The Signal, 1912-5-9, Page 61
THVI.DAT, MAY 9, 1911
ram SIGNAL : GODKRICH. ONTARIO
wawa
_yLOUIS TRACY
iConWm
�ue t out la week
TW bomscoming of Carmel' was
matte an important event in Its way.
Si *rat sight it bore the semblance of
a mere disillusionment suck as any
OA might ezperlence mese Iib
cir-
cumstances. 8be bad been takes from
t Flores to occupy a palace at Rio
m
de Janeiro and was drives frothe
palace to the hotel lite at the coati-
S ent- coati-
Sent- sh
During two years e bad not
seen either father or lover. au! savers
of the Ban Benavides ilk are apt to
console themselves dung them pro-
longed
ro
longed Intervals. Yet Cermet'', *bat-
tered romance was the pivot oo which
rested the future of Brazil.
t
Had she gone stralgbt to Ire os.
leavtag her fatter and made Knows
the a.tonndtug tidings tbat Verity and
Belmar were riding up the Moxoto
valley barely three miles 'way iris
sootswould surely have devised soots
means of acquainting Philip Hosier
with the fact. In that event. assuming
that he awaked tbetr arrival, the Brat ts
March of an extended conoolssaoce
whkb be tae-
oagbt desirable would or
eaarUy be poetpoued. And tbeu-well,
the recent hisld
tory of Brasil wou
have to be rewritten, sincs there can-
not
not be the slightest doubt that Dem
Oorrla de Sylva would never base s
copied the presidential cbair again
It would be Idle now to Inquire too
closely into the springs of Philip's re-
S Ohe to take service under a foreign
flag. Perbaps the irksome state of af-
fairs at Lan Flores, where tbere was
no mean between loafing and soldier-
ing. woe intolerable to a spirited
youngss. patter. Perhaps Ban Benavlde
a int by Oaf Coosa►, sassed te
oat of tee plsaldeot- pardon,
the time mete, but a is presideul, In erasma-
"It Mr. Verity alp kir itutmer are burn at all events," be said In au
niece. le fact- 1 hook !rase plats for
k'
1a Brasil"- Iris began tremulously. apologetic aside to Cartnela-"an' the
bat Carmel& broke Its. with a shrill •0000r we make tracks for or Eog-
laugb: laud the better it'H be foe all of '
"'There 1s iso 'If.' Loot below there. us Wot do you say to an early start
near my tatber's testi They have lir- tomorrow? We'd bo off tonight 011'7
Hued. Tbey are asking for you Come. I'm feared my rbeumaticky bones
let us meat them! 1 must sea my fa' wouldn't stand the racket."
tber before be departs-" The color ebbed from iris' fate, but
iris' swimming eyes could not des- she said et oma.
cern the figures to which Cartnela was shall be ready, oracle, dear. 1
pointing. But this Strang. glrl'a tramp promised Dom Correa to look after the
pbant tone rang hospital appliances that are so much
like a knell to her needed by ti poor soldiers, but the
Mha was Seaborn de 8ylva will attend to that
not thinking now much more effectually than I.'
of the compilca- ..Good! Tben that's settled."
floss that might Cara. of course. d(d not believe
• r 1.. between In a woman's compiaceucy in snob a
San Beaavldes vital matter. 8bs was ever prepared to
and ht. discard- opting. to strike. to winch their plans
ed flame. B h e to suit her own ends; but, contrive as
only knew that she might, she coufi not tacceed to
by some miracle leaving iris alone with Bulmer. !hull
ber uncle bad of device. she was foiled at eacb tura.
come to bring The day wore, the sun went down, the
ber b o me. and starlit sky made beautiful a parcbed
wit b him was earth. but never a word in privacy did
the man to whom Iris exchange with bar husband to be.
she was plighted. Carmelite malice was not bidden from
while Philip only her, but see despised it. There was
"TOO'va arose as a half an hour ago soma sane for ber tortured brain ID de -
"me DallCL" bad told her he feating it. if the Senbora de Sylva
would not see ber again until the fol- had only understood bow thoroughly
lowing evening. the Englishwoman loatbed ber petty
8o this was the end of ber dream. jealousy It was possible tbat the few
Bittersweet It had been and long remaining boars of their enforced tntl-
drawls oat but fortbwitb abs most macy might have been rendered less
awake to the gray actualities of life. irksome.
Site telt Carmda dragging her on- The future is the most cunning of
ward frredetibly, vtedlctively. She playwrtgbts. No man may tell what
saw as tbrougb a met David Verity's tM neat geese shall be
gory hoed Lace and beard his harsh Behind the veranda was a nage ball-
accenta. les, tbere was Do mistake. room converted by the exigencies of
Sen was Bootie transported to Brasil. the campaign Into a dining ball for tbe
Linder Hoene to Las Flores! many Inmates of the tinea- Tbe Bra -
"By gam. lass," be was bellowing, :Man ladles, the sailors, some sick or
with a toads of real sentiment in his wounded officers wbo were not con-
voke.
oo-voke. 'you've given os a rare dance fined to bed, even the household sere -
afore we ceugbt tip wY 700- Brat 'ere ants, took their meals there in corn -
you are, erten as a cherry, an' 'ere is
mon. Supper was served soon after 9
Dictey an msslf Dome to fetch yon, o'clock. When cigars and cigarettes
1)asb my wig, there's life in the old were lighted and the company broke
dap yet. or we'd never ba' bin able to op into laughing. gossiping, noisy
ritle forty mile through this God for- groups, the place looked more like a
'*item country. An' damme if that popular continental cafe than a room
Isn't Golfe, red as a lobster. Jimmie, 1n * private mansion.
ms boy, pot It then! Man, but you're Tbongh De 8ylva, General Russo,
San Benavides and some score of
members of the president's staff who
usually dined at the finca were now
absent, tbere was no lack of lively
chatter. A very Babel of tongues
mixed In amity. The prevalent note
was one of cheery animation Carne*
exerted herself to win popularity, and
a president's daughter need not put
forth very strenuous efforts in that di-
rection to be acclaimed by most
Iris was listening with real interest
to-Yerity's description of the finding
of Macfarlane In the Andromeda's boat
by a Cardiff bound collier three days
after be had drifted away from Fer-
nando Noronha.
"The yarn kem to us through the
consul at Pernambuco," be said. "Evi-
dently, from wot you tell me, it's all
right Poor We Mac 'ad a bad time
afore 'e was picked tsp. but 'e was
alive, an' I'm jolly glad of it, for 'e'll
be a drat rate witness w'en this busi-
ness comes up in court"
"Wot court?" demanded Coke sharp -
constantly riding In from the front, a dashed long way from pgrtr
irritated bim beyond endurance by his Happily iris was too scanned to be-
sapertor aft, or it may be tbat a tray herself. She extended a band to
growing belief In left detentes/all do sun browned. whip halted old
to sacrifice herself by redeeming bar man standing by bar uncle's side.
bond made him careless as to what
happened in the near future. Tho out-
come of one or all of these lntlueaon
was that be soogbt and was redly
given a comml..ion in the army ce
liberation. Like all sailors, be pre-
ferred
erferred the mounted arm, and De Bytes,
having the bigbest opinion of his door
ougtiness, actually appointee him to
command a braocb of the intelligens
department
Philip, trained to pin his faith in
maps and cbart., came to the conclu-
sion that Las Flores could be attacked ical faculties to assume that two years'
from the rear, which lay to the north. residence In Europe bad not cooled the
*est Tbe Brazilians lamgbed at the hot southern blood Bowing in Car -
cotton. Where were the troops to meta's veins
comefrom? Barrett must bring all aloe bad bated iris before she set
his men by sea. Tbere were moss ate- eyes oo her. She bated ber now that
tioned in those wild mountains. she had seen Der rare beauty. Mot
"Better go and mate wore." gOOtb gloated oo tbe .uffering inflicted by
Fbtllp. the presence of the faded old man I lee.
Ile ascertained the president's Inteo- who claimed ber as his bride. Tbougb 'The court that settles our claim, of
tions u to tbe next twenty-four boon.
assembled his little body of scoots,
saw to tbeir forage and equipment
CHAPTER XV.
SNOWING Bow MAUL CaO*k tela M15I•
DINT.
TWO thousand 8oe hundred years
ago the prophet Jeremiah ex-
pressed locredulity as to the
power of an Ethiopian to
change his skin or a leopard his spot*.
The march of the centuries has fully
Smelled rhe seer's historic doubt, so it
makes bur slight demand OD the mit-
took leare of lila and burred off.
Wbeu two stout and elderly fellow
countrymen of his climbed tee Inst
Dille of the rough v•dey peteeatb the
Las Flores' slope Pblrlp and no troop
were a league or more eeyotet Ike
111oxotn's watersewd.
If win Ileoatides were really Car
meld's accepted toter. then. mdsso
Iris bad good cause for tombedleg
Thougb the Brazilian had never di-
rectly stowed bis paeeloneine, tie
knew quite well that she would re
fnee to listen. aloe could not be blled
to hie Infatuation. holy IDs threat of
per dire displeasure too restrained
Dozier from so open quarrel with
bim. Her position. Macon e000glt al-
ready, wnuld become 1ntolerab. tf Do
Bo Ice's daugbter became poises, sad
she had no doubt whatsoever toot Sao
1'enacides would sere to propitiate
the woman be loved by catba•ty OW -
11 g the r=oman be bad promised to
D ::wry that his affections were bestow -
et elsewhere her.
Her bean mak when she dlacosared Coke was Impartial He would bays
Ws new mawtrom In ber sen of troll- minimised his own singular bravery
bleu, bat bare was airmen' teamed la running op the ship's signals had
s;'eaklor to beet and In Kew's& net lyes given bins a breathing spec*
'80 you an Itis Yorker the girt was while she enthralled the others with
saying "1 Dave beard so mach of you. her daorrlptiod Otherwise Ooke skip•
yet you n re ea atterty ditereot from ped so mss se him woe
what 1 mmn.toed." . "Towel reelect." h^ wbeesed In a
"Yon bare beard of mer repeated soh* thee ramped ill . a file, "you'll
Iris. and surprlae beeped ber to mottle reelect Mr. Verity. r• 1 aid to yes
with somethlns of ber wonted self pot- (let Hosier was good enough to take
memo ebarge of the bridge of a battleship.
"Yes. oo hoard tee Mesmer We nab Ry -wet. ae7'ow tf rd said the chap -
ed ham $Mratbamptoo sial had UWS net fleet 1 shouldn't 'ave bin talkie'
Nee to tail of doting the voyage Wt. through m. 'it Look at '1m now.
of coarse. moo cannot oneereteod. 'it. ow oe'y tett nve man Dom wet'..
Ar000g m7 fe1Mw palls.egere were Is -name 'as got Rink me. If 1t wasn't
ynor aerie and kir Rntm.r ' for the folks at 'once an' the het the.
tris bad long relingVMbed any bop. the Andromeotla'm skipper ought be
of commune -sties watt ftwolle WWI torp clear of poetics lo this edema
country f'd 'ave s cut in at the game
✓ mRrl f
1t might be toyed that OarM1a'u
u sed weld/ soften when she dfseov-
amad her fwd's hapless Imre. but that
mewl M ..Malls' seething which
bat bantam seettee Mart could not
g ive. A veiled* pews forth lava, not
we ter it larches. set heals Iris.
w'ming or not, bed sapped her Salva-
dor's slle'faers Oarmela wasted to
wee those enreed Itps writhing i• ate.
those brows eyes dimmed. that moot'
brew wrung with the grief that Mame
it was of the utmost importance that
abet abated hasten to ber father, she
returned to las Flores In ber rival'*
compane. tbelr arms linked In seem-
ing friendship and the Brazilian girl's
ears alert to treasure every word that
told of Bulmer. wooing.
S o Dickey contented himself by lis-
tening
istesing to Cote's Homeric account of
the Andromeda's wrecking, and 11 be
tnoerposed an occasional question and
ties drew the girl's sweet voice into
et. Wk 1t was invariably germane to
the strange history of the ship and her
arae. freight
O•ks's nerrative was picturesque and
lett/. Every iecldent centered in 10.
striking personality of Philip Hosier.
Fiero the Instant the second shell
ttlArJt the wtncb and laid him appar`
suety dead oe the forecastle to the
very boar of this coming together at
Las norm. Bowler held the stage. It
was be wbo took iris on him shoulders
set brought her to safety through the
Wm, of the wrathful sat, be who
added her to the bot be who crossed
Firmaedo Noronba alone to protect
tee present A.ndtn.-k Is t e ore -ration,
of ter ton armies wile a thing of the
pest Compete', reystlbd sew by
Cnralela'a glib retereere to the two
euro whose Ms.s were an region Is bag
thoughts, though walk's. es her Ilya
As coal emcee gats at 1M llenbora de
Myles M sliest bewilderment
tyrment. feeling ?Oat •Ie was eels -
ground rapidly. •flerted • sots of
prat. regret
"rum.. f..r[1ve me for beteg S,
irrupt Pertrnp• I r nght te mom per
pared you Hot 11 to Quite tl'ao Mr,
'Werlty end Mr Reimer reins with eel
from Forego We all reacted Persia- M Nmser•
Item thy Ifs y beim, )moan Ery. Is A dens tee leaped op to tier wish
died. B a were set M toes sad ifs Vetlty * of as early dwpariers.
denlliesne• they pave me I wssM sea "tem •se.. ITM" he sapWaed. 'Yoga
bolts sew, so ems rerog*r•d geb. llr're2s beets may be months la sob
• aud-1 h.gs foe R ase of rah senores Dickey ser M
wail•-; pow. ago 110. Voir* `
course," retorted Verity, with a quick
ferret look ■t bis fellow conspirator.
'There'll be no claim. The president
means to stump up in style. You take
my tip an' shut up about courts,' said
Doke.
'It'll cost Brazil a tidy penny," re-
marked Balmer thoughtfully.
A criado, a nondescript manservant
attached to ape boneebold. stooped
over Iris and whispered something.
She gathered that she was wanted in
the pateo, or courtyard, which, owing
to the construction of the hoose, stood
on one side instead of lb front, where
the lawn usurped Its usual position.
"Who is it?" she asked.
"Colonel Ban Benavides, senbora."
"Tell bim to welt." sbe said, hoping
to gain a moment wherein to decide
how best to act
"It is urgent, senhora-ao mesas
tempo, tbs colonel said."
"Go! That Is my answer."
Iris had no wtsb to meet San Sena -
vides. If she were seen with him in
the dart petro at this late boar fuel
would be added to the fin of (Lrme-
la's foolish spite. 8be was aware of
Carmela's covert glance watching ber
from the other end of the long Croom.
What was to be done? Why sot wend
Oarmela 1n her steed? They were al-
most of the same height and dressed
somewhat alike 1n flowered muslin
it would be an amusing mistake.
though annoying perhaps to Bae Bess-
vldes. At any rate. Oarmela would est
object, and iris was fully remiss/ not
to keep the tryst in person.
She walked straight to her gamey.
"Oolonel San Beaavldes .walls yea
to tie patio," .M said in i•oglli
"Await, mer'
There wan 00 mistaking the 'Mail
to those jet black eyes. The .atelier`
Eng fire flamed into furnace Mat atilt
Imps Indignity of web a maMdats
being dellr.red by Ir1a
'1 uprose so," aM Iris eatel.aly
"A servant brought the mnw/R Be
Mme to me ID the first tplslM !et I
am Jost ening to my cash le /set q
few heicog$ags• We haws MOO gut
daybreak. gee knew."
Po et lest Oltenia' would t*afd the
trete. MatrsMr was out them alma
She would soon jedste blm‘ it be emcee
tnnncNtt +he would know. If be had
merely been made the sport of a de -
dings' woman she was reedy es doe.
gave, ie a more mishit mood this
act had dlspleyed •t sag sage+t dam
eisr ertivsl at rte Hips, oarmW
Mee-esd &Mad • 411111 oer*fi*r. mems&
a bats balk pl'Id Mseagh • pm!
stat searcliiii • orwa of the
palm far t!e MOM of Me leu OM
how mIU esesasele e
Beautiful Indeed Is The
St. Lawrence Now
Sewn W hr t. dr srrr sir et
t►r ,Weir .w... sle Mem all !.ate isom
me wend airless 5,-. A & MOM
me•stl Moans s lie. mem cactus. demi
.ln 10 aft, saasweed hemmed as -dings
blatant rlemn.s ties allyn elessilhe
mfr wde.rs eggs awns/ vete r.s.ae.+e
wit later sell/ mow. tree to es mar- Th.
sod /taws w hear st os se+.les ram./
lased.' Mmrme• 71s i a, sows* ad
Way. Ti. easn ems. mea.ser., malthesslim
as remail .1 as or. Towle. apaO R a as
ROYAL EDWARD
ROYAL GEORGE
ter safer as .wei ironer. .1 last leme.se•.
uott er lash la ts.ets. am u weds adralm.
Ask yew summate mewl r vim as stencil
eelareml, asaq••s m,..ei.l Aram
H, C lieeriase. Gemmel Agent
camas. Morleses lbmsowe Ler e. TORONTO
An Encouraging Message
1 Imre a morimes et hose and good cheer. of encouragement
sad lneptr%tiea le every esS,strlg woman. 1 have endured the
torture des to femme 1D'aellIse sag the consequent d.spotmdeecy
and meatal atony shown tbe pleb of de•Do 1:. a nd I hat e
been restorr1 from this a a stale of tigoroua health,
and to the Impels,folos
traaof mind whtch stcorn-
panles pt.yall w00 bele. • change has been brought
about wises by the mos *L.MANGtt LILY.
Is addIttos i ham bad the std pleasure of induc-
ing melptedm M eller sisMar rig women to give ORAN03
LILY a trial. and have .'eed1.4 thousands of enthusiastic •c-
knoeledgmeets of the ll -mi -de 1t tam brought to then- The
following is a ample:
Truro, N. 8., April 1, 1909.
Dear Mrs. Correia -Yes! very kited letter was received yes-
terday. 1a ropy to your gm••tlas about my health. I am
thankful to say that I sat very well. As I have never gives
you • statement of e..7 ease you may be Interested In It.
For several years 1 have suffered usual &gear This suaerlsg emu continuous,
but I would have violent attacks ovary few weeks. each attack lasting several
days The 0,51 Sunday in November, I telt e polo Increasing and mo did not go
to prayers. The rest of the away did usP. add soon atter the forcing down palms
seised me and i had to renals es 110 leer meth their return. I was in great
pain all eight and was very mak for a -wheel week. wonderful medicine. got
Then Mrs L. came to moo am eel amid �s of Neer
my husband to send for it right away as i wee too sick to write m ,elk. (My
Mem
doctor could do betide, for me.) I bees mod a s of OttANOE LILY, have
had three months of goof reef W ass sew w00, sever better' is my life- I have
not had the old pains sista i Mos oak sour ' •'*i'° It It L myself that )s
around and doing my owa wort. 1 M �ro.y� believe It It has Lean o ysy
to my eyes. I could shout It to .8 thy world. I OMSK eptek eeoaLs is Its prate.
Y*Sd Ment, 1[R8 S H le
Receiving. as I de. /oats of ODA reports sett dey, I feel impelled to task*
known to my suffering alstdr* the merits of MANGO LILY, Il differs from
ether mo -called remolds le that It Y sot taken - It is • strictly total
treatment. and is made! dbaMelrwtoo selsseal septa cu
Its rative elements
are absorbed 1i11 the the rdagoant foreign matter
physicist has been trrltattt.g =name 'nerves, and a grow.
Ing feeling of physit t from the start It
w • posetivs ocleotlae reset!'• MM Ise se mere they the Tree Trial
treatment you will be very •
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I want - every reader of tela• wag/
suffers In any way from mead
monthly .periods. fragetarl
lea-
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of the womb, pains 1n the , stet
to send me their addresses, and f
will forward at ones, without ebargs.
10 days treatment If your calm 1s
not tar advanced it may entirely curs
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much good. i am so earnest In mak-
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that It is true, that 1 trust every
sufferer who reals this Rollos win
take advantage of my oder and get
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nn HAMILTON STREET is the
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WAGONS from 'Bain's_
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BUGGIES from Grays,
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WIRE FENCING from
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Note the manner in which the sap of the
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F. F. LAWRENCE, Town Agent
READY
FOR
SPRING
BUSINESS
our [spring 'took is in
and will comprise the
Iargcst and moat up -to
dote stock of Clothing
and Furnishings we have
ever shown.
New Suits
New Raincoats
New Hats
Now Caps
New Stets, ete-
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