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It was dif- ficult to mention it without running the risk of the terrible questions which as children they were so like- ly to ask. All the gladness and spirit seemed to have left them. They• were both shy, and the meet- ing with this unknown parent was a terror to them. They clung to Prithiof as he took them clown= stairs, and, catching sight of Cecil leaning back in one of the hall - chairs, they made a rush for her, and poured out all their childish fears .as she clung to them and kissed them with all the tenderness of a real another. "We don't want to go and see fa- ther," said Lance, stoutly. "We had much rather not." "But you must think that he wants to see you very much," said Cecil. "He remembers you quite well, though you have forgotten him; and_now that he has come to you, you must both make hint very happy, and love "I don't like him at all," said Gwen, perversely. "It is silly and wrong to say, that," said Cecil • - ou- "mill love e_ hi ,a; S o'u see him." "I love you," said Gwen, with a. vehement hug. "Have you only room for one per- son in your heart?" "I rather ' love Herr Frithjof," said Gwen, glancing up at hixn through her eyelashes. They both smiled, and Cecil; see- ing eeing that little would be gained by discussing the matter, got up and led them toward the drawing -room, her pale, brave face contrasting curiously withGwen's rosy cheeks and rebellious little air. Mr. Boniface sat talking to the new -comer kindly enough. They both rose as Cecil and the children entered. "This is my daughter," said Mr. Boniface. And Cecil shook hands with the ex -prisoner, and looked a little anxiously into his face. He 'was rather a pleasant -looking man of five -and -thirty, .and so much like Lance that she could not help feeling kindly toward him. She hoped that the children would be- have well, and glanced at Gwen nervously. But Gwen, who was a born. flirt, speedily forgot her dislike, and was eluite willing to meet the stranger's advances half -way. In two min- utes' time she was contentedly sit- ting on hisrlcnee, while Lance stood shyly by, studying his father with a gravity which was, however, in- clined to be friendly and not criti- cal. When he had quite satisfied himself he went softly away, return- ing before long with a toy pistol and a boat, which he put into his father's hands. "What is this I" said Mr. Grant= ley. "It's my favorite toys," said Lance. "I wanted to show them you. Quick, Gwen, run and find your doll for father," He seemed touched and pleased ; and indeed they were such well- trained children that any parent must have been proud of them, To this ex -convict, who for years had been cut off from all child -life, the mere sight of them was refreshing. He seemed quite inclined to sit there anti play with them for the rest of the evening. And Cecil eat by in a sort of dream, hearing of the new home that was to be made for the children in British Colum- bia—where land was to be had for a • penny an acre, and where one could live on grapes and peaches, and al] the most delicious fruits. Then, presently, with many expres- sions of gratitude for all that had been done for the children, Mr. Grantley took leave, and she; led the little ones -up to ;bed leaving Mr, and Mrs. Boniface to go into ga7T/ �i L me - (f-ete%/rzf '! Ziewcentrefteed C the 0LEA HEST, SIMPLEST, sea UST Rom,. DYE:, one can. Guy -why you don't even have to knoll, hat KIND at Cloth your Goods pro mads et. --So Allstakcs aro Impossible. >` Send for Free Color Card, Story Booklet, and floeklet giving results of r)yotng over, other colors. The 3OIsNsoi`T-a:c urtOsoN CO., L[mlted, Menem, Caonda. Orie C;O'ClRS; OENLIIAL OBSTETRICAL MASSAGE ELECTRO cis SCHOOL NURSING Qualiftc3 you for the best pas tions. Study at home or attend the School. Grarlu- rtes earn $15.00 to $40.00 r week. SAn,t fire N'.ee 1 orik' oil 44tut,ine Re'J Gres School of Nursing 05s trl:Ssen stkvat f);lOti :"ot CANADA the garden and toll Roy t'tnd Sigrid what hard passed. "How does Cecil take it 4" askekl Sigrid, antiously, "Very quietly," ways the reply; "but 1 am afraid she feels losingthem. so 500/1,"Frithiof, with an uncomfortable° recollection of what had passed in the garden; doubted if Mr.s. Boni- face fully understood the depth of Cecil's feelings. He left thein talk ing-over the drawbacks and advan- tages of colonial life, and went in to his translating; but though he forgot the actual cause, he was conscious all the time of a :distuxb- ing influence, and even while ab- sorbed in his work, had an irritat- ing sense that something had gone wrong, ',an t that trouble was: in the air. He hent to bed and dreamed all. night of Cecil. She haunted him persistently; sometimes he sa\v her leaning back on the garden -seat, with the narcissus just falling from her hand, sometimes he saw ;her with the children clinging to her as they had done in the hall. From that time forward a great change came over his attitude to- ward her. , Hitherto his friendship with her had, it must be owned, been chiefly selfish. He had always heartily liked her, had enjoyed be- ing at Rowan Tree House, had fal- len into the habit of discussing many things with hor and valuing her opinion, but it was always of himself that he had thought—of what she could do for him, of what he could learn from her, or'how much enjoyment he could get from her music and her frank friendli- ness, and her easy way of talking. It was not that he was more selfish than most men, but that 'they had learned really to know each other at a time when_, his heart was so paralyzed by Blanche's' faithless- ness, so crushed by the long series of misfortunes, that giving had been out of the question for him; he could merely take and make the' most of whatever she could give him. But now all this was altered. The old wounds, though to the end of his life they must leave a scar, were really healed.- He had lived through a great deal, and had lived in a wey that had developed the best points in his character. He had now a growingly keen appreci- ation for all that was really beau- tiful—for purity, and. strength, and tenderness, and for -that quality which it is the fashion to call Altru- ism, but which he with his hatred of .affectation in words, called good- ess, As he thought of Cecil during those _days hee•.began' '•Fisee more. and more clearly the full forte of her character. Hitherto he had quietly takenher for granted; there was nothingvery striking about her, nothing in the least obstrusive. Perhaps' if it had not been for that strange little scene in the garden he would never have taken the trou- ble to think of her actual charac- ter. Through. the week that followed he watched her with keen interest and sympathy. That she should be in trouble—at any rate, i'n trouble that was patent to all the world— was something entirely new. Their positions seemed to be reversed; and he found himself spontaneous- Iy• doing everything he could think of to please and help her. Her trouble seemed to' draw Ahem to- gether'; and to his mind there was something -very beautiful in her pas- sionate devotion to the children— for it was devotion -that never in the least bordered on sentineental- ity. She went through everything very naturally, having a good cry 'now and thea, but taking care not to make the children unhappy at the prospect o1~ the parting; .and ar- ranging everything that they could possibly want, notonly on ,the voy- age, but for some time to tonne in their new home. "She is so plucky !" thought Fri- thiof to himself with aa, thrill of ad- rniration, For he was not all the sort of man to admire helplessness, or languor, or cowardice; they seemed to him as unlovely in a wo- man as in a man. At last the actual parting came. Cecil would have liked to go down to the steamer and see the children start, but on thinking it over she decided that it would be better not, "They will feel saying good-bye," she said, "and it had better be here. Then they will have the long drive with you to the docks, and by that time they will be all right again, and will be able to enjoy the steam- er and all the novelty." Mr. Boniface was obliged to own that there was sound common sense in this plan; so in their own nur- sery, where for nearly five years she had taken such care of them, Cecil dressed the two »little ones for the last time, brushed out Gwen's, bright curls, coaxed Lance into his reefer, and then, no longer able to keep back her tears, clung to them in the last terrible part- ing. "Oh, Cecil, dear, darling Cecil," sobbed Lance, "I don't want to go away; I'don't care for the steamer one bit." She, was on the hearth -rug, with both children nestled 'close to her, the thought of the unknown world that they were going out into, and the difficult future awaiting them, came sweeping over her; jest as they were then, innocent, and un- conscious, and happy, she could never see them again. "Be good, Lance," she said, through her tears. '«."Promise me always to "try to be good." "I promise," said the little fel- low, hugging her with all his might. "And we shall come back as soon as ever we're grown,,,up—we shall both conte back." "Yes, yes," said Cecil, Iryou DMA come back." But in her heart she knew that however pleasant the meeting in future years might be, -it could not be like the present; as children, and as her own spedial charge, she was parting with them forever. The carriage drove up to the door, there •came sounds of . hurry- ing feet and fetching and car>:'yjng of luggage; 'C•elil took'rhein down- stairs, • and—then, with a Fast long embrace from Lance, and kisses in- terspersed with sobs from Gwen, she gave `them up totheir father and turned to take leave of their nurse. "I will take great Dare of them, miss," said the maid, herself cry- ing,. "and you shall ;hear from me regularly!' In another minute the carriage had driven way, and Ceti'wasleft to make the best she might of what she could not but feel, at first, a desolate' life. CHAPTER XXXIX. Hardly had the bustle of depar- ture quieted down at Rowan Tree House when a fresh anxiety arose. Herr Sivertsen, who had for some time been out of health, was seized. with 'a fatal illness, and for • three days and nights Frithjof was un- able to leave him; on the third night the old Norseman passed quietly away, conscious to the last minute, and with his latest breath inveighing against the degeneracy of the age. x Vx 49 COLT DISTEMPER Can be handled very easily. The sick are cured, and all others in same stable, no matter how "exposed," kept from having the disease, by using SPOHN'S LIQUID DISTEMPER CURE. Give on the tongue or in feed. Acte on. the blood and expels ',germs of &. forma of distemper, Best remedy 'ever known •for mares in foal. Druggists and harness dealers. Our free Booklet gives everything. Largest Belling horse remedy in existence -15 years. Distributors—ALL WHOLESALE DRUG- R GIST'S, SPOHN MEDICAL 00„ Chemists and Bacteriologists. Goshen, Ind., U.. S. 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