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Or, A MODERN ROMANCE.
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CHAPTER V.-- (Cont'd) 1.• Halide pointing to the crescent,
Evelyn Derrick joined us as he ( that those diamonds aro of enc•rin-
fi( isshcd speaking. She was a tall, art's salve? 1 have not see" u
sch
nee fill girl, gentle and dignified F4°"" 111 any shop in London. I
fu manner, with a pale, relined dare not say what that one crescent
face. Site was pretty in a wary, but alone is worth. or that emerald
bracelet. Jewels of such value as
not to compare to Aurelia. Evelyn bracelet' aro a grave responsibility."
' Ire stood, shaking'tis head a little,
and turning the crescent in his
hand. "Wonderful!" he said.
"Wonderful! 1)o not tear up that
piece of rice -paper, Miss Derrick." ,
Ito added, taking it from her. 'file
crescent was wrapped in it, and I
will put it round it again. All
these stones want polishing, and
duany of diem resetting. They
had au anxious look about her
t, t•. Now I do not approve of a
Kiel looking grave ; she ought, to
be bright and happy, with a smile
for everyoee. It is all very well
for us sten, who have the work
of the world to do to look grave at
times, but with women it is differ -
eta. and a woman always looks her
best when she smiles—at least, I
think so.
First, Aurelia came .down, per-
fettly dazzling in white satin; then
George, then Ralph, giving an arni
to Lady Mary. who suffered from
rheumatism in her foot. Then
came the gong, and afterwards a
rustle down of more people, young
and old, friends of the family who
bad come to act, or to see their
tens and daughters; but as I never
el u!d get even their names right
I shall not attempt to give any ao•
count of them, especially as they
are not of importance in any way.
After dinner, on entering the
drawing -room, I found that great
excitement prevailed among the
Jaelies respecting Sir John's death.
.About his sad fate and costly leg -
a -y they all seemed well informed.
1 had myself almost forgotten the
•reason of my taking any interest
In my new surroundings, tusk hav-
ing even as yet given up the jewels
IN PAIN FOR YEARS
net give up r:!I ht tae. though. of
(•gorse, we let,•t II't count (.n your'
"FRUIT -A -TIMES" BRINGS RELIEF fl•i(•nd being amble lar collie at such!
MRs. FRANK EATON
)lrankville, Out., Sept. 27, Igo9.
"I suffered for years front headaches
and pain in the back, and I consulted
doctors and took every remedy obtain-
able without any relief. Then I began
taking "Fruit -a -litres", the famous fruit
juice tablets, and this was the only
medicine that ever did Inc any real gook,
I took several boxes altogether, and
now I ant entirely well of all my dread-
ful headaches and backaches".
(Signed t MRS. IRANK EATON.
toe a box, 6 for $a.so or trial box, 25C.
At dealers or from 1'ruit/a•tivej Limited,
Ottawa.
1.1aort hart tare "
'J'.1"• telegram w•a8Y written and
dospat.•lied, ('sur hating given WO
an
114141r.•-- nitere letters would 111141
hi11,, i11.rtigh 11e 69141 ! •• •lid out lila
up there, 1 sincerely hoped he
would not be out of the wry 011
this occasion. and I was not a little
phased when, a few hours later, I
rcceiv.•41 a telegram in reply, say-
ing That he could come, and should
arrivu by the afternoon train which
hair brought inc the dad• before.
('fu be cuutinuui.)
sot 1' I:D 111. 111:11 'LIT.
Eugli.hwomau Owes 11er Life
Ilei Merry Widow •
London is prepared to contend
that the justification of the enam-
ilu tit hat the "Merry \Widow" lid
---has been furthcwmiug. says a de-
bpcicl► to The New Turk Herald.
Practical experience has been in-
voked 14, silence those querulous
)CI U1is who complain that such fe-
minine headgear blockades the rush
of the public at, rude ay stations
an 1 other places, gives women the
to
ought not to 1,e tumbled toget•hcr coming. A rush upstairs un the appearance of huge animated uw
in this way in a bag, with nothing part of moat of tho young men h chars, disturbs the acoustic Pro-
t. prevent !diem scratching each brought to light the awful fact ierties of churches, and obstructs
other. See, Ralph. here is a clot, ► sae view of tourists who hanker to
1 that .\t r. Denis lead retired to pig
broken, and here aro some loose , i,:goober, a pre' to rludden and Ke t glimpses of Niagara hulls, the
1'yram:dr, the Matterhorn and
stones, and this star has no clasp re tie indisposition, 1
at all. Yon must take thein up to ',Dear ins !" said Charles to Lady eV (`tiuinster Abbey. Here is the
some trustwu►thy jeweller, and M'iry' witty a distual shake of his. e„ idenee :
have then thoroughly looked bead, "how preen s is life l l "Miss ------- met with a seriuns
over." I (-}(-ling occident yesterday. ' runs
: Here to -day, and in bed to more
"I suppose the second sun was the thrilling recital that appears in
I l �„ r, w Support your Aunt glary' an English pros newspaper.
specially mentioned, Middleton , ,,,% dear Evelyn; she a ishes to re- „ B I l 1
said Charles, as I drew back to let tic to re•t. Indeed. we may as` Iter brake jammed when she was
r,ding down ('rugby street, a steep
the rest handle and admire. eel, all go to bed, for there will
"Of course," said Lady Mary i)no moro acting to -night without hie, and the machine dashed along
sharply, v, "and a very fur:uuate at n great pace. Swerving into
1 >` y poor Denis. 1 only trust he may Wood street, it ran into the 'front
thing. to •" be spared to tis till to -morrow, and
"Very—fot Ralph," he replied. that ho may be well enough to dio of the Sun Inn. and the rider was
"1S is really providential Veit 1to-morrow„ thrown violently against and part-
um what I am. Why,I might have Ls my hand evening. 1 ly through a nisi l w consisting of
g We al! d s persed for the night, in •
ruined the dear boy's prospects if owe anxiety. The play could not platy glass three quarters of an
1 had paid my tailor's bill, and it,t.ceed without Mr. Denis, who n ch thick. The impact scattered
lived in the country among the lout- took an important part; and Sir and smashed the bottles displaye•l
teicups and daisies. Ah: arty dear' George ruefully informed enc that in the window and the girl was s.
Hunt, as I see you are about t(, s• reiv cut about the face and neck.
to Sir George Danvers or Ralph; ;all the neighboring houses had Leen ,
g I remark, how all things here below t:' (d for these theatricals, and
But for the fact that she was wear-
b,a at the urgent request of all the 5'urk together fur gaud:” that great numbers of people were "'g a large 'Merry Widow' hat,
ladies nt once, Ralph begged me t„which part y protected her head and
bring thein down to be seen and 1 was not going to remark any- expected. There was to be dare face, she might have lost her life."
admired then and there, before the thing of the kind, ' retorted Lady lag afterwards, but the principal. It is now �sagered by mere men
rehearsal began. Mary, drawing herself up ; "but, . f, store of the entertainment was that. in the targe of this practical
she added spitefully, "I do not t1i • allay. We all retired to rest
"They will all be yours you demonstration. the mammoth fe-
' tee: the less rejoiced at Ralph's fervently hoping that the health
know," Ralph said to Aurelia. p K mining hat will become strictly de
"You shall wear them unyour wed- geed fortune and presperity, when of Mr. Denis might be restored by ri .ueur for bicycling and autuno-
de
I see, as I so often do, the ungodly the following rnorniu s'
ding dray." K g' biting. For no woman knows the
"You are always talking about flcurrshing like a green bay -tree. _ _ day or hour when she may be
Acing married. "I wish you would Of course," said Charles, s}►ak CH:\ii'TER Vi• thrown through three-quarters of
a little pout. ''I wig i you would irg his head. "if that is your own
experience, f bow before it. But But far from being better the fol- inch of plate glass.
try and think of something else to ______Se
tiny 1 was quito looking forward for my own part, I must confess I I( wing morning, Denis was much
to it -myself until I came here, and have not fun d it »o. Flourish worse. Charles, who had sat up His Majesty the King has ar
How I am quite, quite tired of it like a green bay -tress! No, Aunt [Host of the night with hire. andranged to tP iew the Buy Scouts in
r,, W .nds••r Park in June.
beforehand."
Ralph laughed delightedly, and
Sir George reminding me that ev-
eryone was dying of anxiety, him-
self included, 1 ran upstairs to
take tho brow bag from around
pie neck, and in a few minutes re-
turn d with it in my hand- They
were all waiting for me—Lady
Mary drawn up in an arm -chair
beside an ebony table, on which a
areal! space near her had been
cleared, (ttsarie» alone holding ra-
ther aloof, sipping Isis coffee with
his back 'o the fire.
"Don't jostle," ho said, as they
a41 crowded round me. "Evelyn, let
me beg of you n t to elbow forward
In that unbecoming manner. Ob-
serve hew Aunt Mary restrains
herself. Take time, Middleton : only with a view to keeping up ap-
3cur coffee is getting cold. H'un't r4.arancos that he was ever invit-
3(11 drink it first?" cc' to the paternal roof at all, ile-
As he finished speaking 1 turned twe(•n 1111 brothers, however, in
the cuttenhs of the bag upon the
table. The jewels, in the •bright
lampligiht, seemed to blaze and
burn inti, the ebony of the table.
There was n general gasp, a silence
and then a chorus of admiration.
Charles canto up behind inc and
io ked over my 'hiulder.
"(iota! gra, iotis •' said Lady
'Nary, solemnly. "Ralph, you are
x rich man. Why, mine are noth-
1.'g 'to therm :•' and she touched a
diamond and enxrald necklace on
ho• own neck• "I never knew poor
fl:r John had sn intuit good in hien,"
"Oh, Ralph. Ralph "' cried Au-
relia, elat:;ping her little hands
with a d'.•p sigh, "And will they
really be my very own 1•'
Ralph assured her that they
would and that she should net in
than 'the following night if she
like!.
I think there was not it woman
prig sitwho did not c 'y Aurelia
ss Ralph took up a flashing ilia -
mond crescent and helot it against
L F 'fair hair, I saw Evelyn turn
Away and begin to tear up a small
I icer of paper in her hand. Women
ore ‘,1y- jealous of each other,
rsi et i:111y tho nice, by which I
51.1;11. the pretty, ones. 1 was sor-
ry to -.•t• j. alousy so pini.•Iv mark-
ed in snob a ollnrnling-looking girl fully a l ranged. the tout lights were "l►„ fou think he would come?"
A• 1s cly n ; bu't. worsen are all the lighted. he pisco began, :Ill went, ls4' a -ked.
Philie about jewf'ls• Aurelia plush- well till nearly the end of the first "1 nm almost sore he would." 1
cd and sparkled Hud pnlllr415'11(5 act, when thyro was a cry Lrhi11(I said; ''he is a great friend of
Ih s clasp relight in her Lair. and the .0411. s of "Ai F. Denis 1"mine.,'
"It would be an exceedingly
re. d-nntured and ftiendly net.,"
said Sir George. -Charles --no, I
Mean Ralph --bring a telegram
fktm ; and if you will write a telr-
l;ranl at once, aliddlclon, I will
1.41141 it to the station directly. We
shall have an answer by twelve
o'clock, and, until then, ss e will
Mary, it is a fallacy. They dun t. who came down to bieakfatat tau
i am sure I only wish they did. But cool an ' indifferent than e••er t•
1 see the rehearsal is beginning. (awe extinguished any hope that
May I givo you an arra to tho .till remained that ho would be
hall l" I able to take his part that night.
The offer was entirely disregard-) Great was the consternation . f
e 1 and it was with the help of Maine the whole party. A vague feclitai
that Lady Mary retired from an • c.? reseistineet against Denis pr•
unequal combat, which she never` sailed among the womankind, ss1 .
seemed able to resist provoking' having all preserved their u'
anew, and in which she was invar- litalths intact for the occasion (atai
iably worsted, causing her, as I each by her own account WAS :a
04.4114 t" regard Charles with chronic invalid), felt it was c\
the tuna (1.1ratcd bitterness of trernely ineousiderate, not to Sit.,
which a severely good woman alone iI (lCIieate, of "a great roan like
is capable. !loin" to spoil everything by being
I sown perceived that ('hairiest laid up at the wrong moment.
was on the same amicable terms But what was to he done 1 i)cnis
with his father ; that they rarely) was ill, and without Denis the play
spoke, and that it was evidently c.,lild not proceed. Must the whole:
thing be given up 1 The re was s
gereral chorus of lamentation.
"I see no alternative," said
Charles, "unless some Clirtius
w'1; leap into the gulf, and go
suite of s, nut h to estrange, them,
a certain kindliness of feeling seem- through the piece, raiding the
cod to exist, whit'► was hardly to pati; and that is always a failure
have been expected under the sir- at the best of times."
cumstanccs. At that moment I had an idea.
The rehearsal now began. and It. broke upon me like a flash of
Sir George Danvers. who had re- lightning- Valentino Carr! I had
seen him net, the very port Denis
was to have taken. in the theatri-
cal.; on the steamer. Iiow wonder-
fully fortunate that it, should have
occurred to me.
I told Charles that I had a friend
who had acted that part only the
week before.
"You:" cried (1►arles, losing all
Li 4 customary apathy. "You 41011't
soy sari Great heavens, where is
lie ! Out with him! Where is he
nt this moment 1 England, Ireland,
Scotland or Wales? Where is this
treasure concealed !"
('.level Middleton! 011.
Loa delightful!" cried a number of
gentle voices; and I was instantly
5111ronndr4.1, end all manner of
tit•cstions put to ane. Would he
'dun a•4 1Wn•t he tall i And 41h : had
h' n beard 1 1le had not a heard,
},a'. Ise ! because it weldel no (lo
far the part. I)id lie net well, When
eddholie acted? \Where had he net -
1
Illy fl. -urge interrupted the tor-
rent of interreenti'ln,
in -mined behind to put by the jewels
and lock them up in his strong -box
among his papers, canto and snt
down hy me, again thanking me fur
taking charge of them, though I
as'nrecl hila i4 had been very lit-
tle trouble.
"Nut tnucli trouble, perhaps(, but
a great responsibility," he said
courteously.
"A soldier. Sir George," 1 re-
pl;etl, with a slight smile, "be -
ton' -s early inured to the gravest
respunsibil•ty. It is the air we
breathe; •t is 'taken as a' matter
of course•"
Ile looked keenly nt enc. and way
silent, ns if considering something
-perhaps wlkit I had said.
I was delighl(41 to find the play
wa4 one .,f those which 1 had seen
acted (luting ours passage home.
There is nothing I like se much as
knowing a ploy beforehand, be•
cause 1111'11 one can nlways whis-
lor to one's companion what 1s
costlier next. The stnge, with all
;14 n(Iju.tinenls, h114 604:11 care-
fL. ok her little head impatI nils.
at,d stns altogether enchanting.
After the firstlmrstof n(Inlira
tion had subsided. (General Mars -
II, nn 01.1 (feline eflicer, who had
&wren sllu(•wllnt in the rear, came
De1.i< s1,n1.1 have rustled en, but
II, Deni- did not rush on. The
play step,. d. Mr. Denis vac not
in the library, the inaprutised
green room; M r. Denis did not app -
pear s%Isen his name ens called In
up and luuked long at the glitt(r sti nterinn tones by Ithlpls, or in
Mpg mos! upon 't'." 1 able. p,.111etic falsetto by Cisarlks. In
"Are you St%s•o." be said nt last &bort, Mr. Denis was not. forth.
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BANES AND BRAES.
What Is Galog on in lbs ighlaado
and I.onland•, of Auld
bcolla.
In Paisley day nursery 168 chil-
dren were luuked after !est year.
Extending the Paisley reservoir
at ltuwbauk will cost $250,000.
A young couple were married in
a cage containing six lions in Glas-
gow recently.
The consumption of spirits in
Sulteoats during the past yi ar de-
eitased by 3,000 gallons.
An outbreak of anthrax has oo-
eurred at the farm of Itegu,dolo,
in the parish of Itathlaw•-
Bannuckburn feels that it has the
dignity of a town, and numbering
of houses has been started,
While fishing in the Lossie the
other day, Mr. George Walker,. 40-
gi;4, landed a brown trout or 4%
lbs.
Dundee tramways are this ye
valued by the assessor at near 852,
.768 for assessment purposes.
TheCaledonia Shipbuilding Com-
pany, Dundee, have booked an
eider for a steamer of :;00 feet for
foreign owners.
Weighing 20 lbs,, the largest sal-
mcn for this season, has been
caught by Tweed net fishers in the
N c,, ham district.
Tho workmen at Polinadie loco-
motive works. Glasgow, resumed
full time, fresh orders having been
received-
:\ Stunehaven crow is adding to
the dear golf ball difficulty by pick.
in,r up balls from the course and
drepping them over a handy cliff.
Greenock burgh police passed
their annual inspection on the 14th
nit The population is 72,300, which
gives an average of 603 for each uf-
(icer.
A Keith postman, who has re-
tired, in course of his duties walk-
' ed about 208,000 miles. or more that]
eight, times the circumference of the
ghsbe. '
The output of the Clyde ship-
bt.ilding yards during April total-
led twenty vessels and 00,000 tons,
which is the largest tonnage recor-
ded since July, 1907.
The Dumfries Town Council will
efer the freedom of the burgh
utA'n Sir Jaynes Crichton Browne
an r • • r : ' ent se
sites to his native town.
The War Office propose to pro -
0(0c1 with the erection of buildings
f• - militia stores on their land at
llannahfield, and retain th
headquarters in Dumfries.
At Dumfries the Dumtr'
and Galloway Northern Scots
ciety has been formed. with Mr.
S Phyn, the procurator -fiscal of
the county, as chairman.
The marble statue of General
Lord Saltoun, of Waterloo fame,
at Fraserburgh Town House fox
nearly 50 years, is to be removed,
anal a replica substituted.
Boring operations in the Island
.•f Itaasay have been commenced by
a firm from the south of Scotland.
The islands of itansay and Rona
contain iron and. coal.
:\ new bridge will connect the
northern district of Paisley, mean-
time separated by the river fart,
and will he of great advantage to
the inhabitants of thoxo localities,
.\ rare event—a funeral on a
Loch Lomond Island --took place
recently when the remains of tho
only son of Mr. I), McLarne,
ynchlsula n, were interred in inch
Caillieh, better known as the
"Burying isle•"
In one of the largest shipbuild-
ing yards in Port (Glasgow the
working hours have been re -ar-
ranged for the summer. The men
,'start at 6 a.111. and knock off at 5.15
p.m, On Saturdays the closing
hour is twelve noon.
The cosmopolitan nature of the
classes at the Glasgow University
is shown by some of the names of
successful students, Sheikh Saterh
\tnsad, Mohammed Ahmed, Mostafa
1t. N.sart, fehok Lee Wang. ('he -
tai 1'u and ('hen Tunk Shen.
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lnt:t'inn of ('8%1(004 •Threatens Its
1. islrnle,
The Irish jaunting car, the de-
light of tourists, threatens to be-
came extinct. as far as I)lublin i.
c. ncerned, The "jars-ies" fav
115.11 tendure, , r, n '
htr us longseries c
years, the ravages in their bustirss
caused 1►t• cheap local telegraph
F1 1 t ire, te1ep)1olics, St reet cors, bi-
cycle-:, aa.4 lastly, nut, -nil •biles.
Tl.ey resisted the introl(luction of
511..tor buses, and actually (Trove
them ort. But now comes the taxi -
cal, 54 eking to invade the classic
precincts of the Liffey. :I1111 iIn end
of the merry •'jar e'" i, in sight.
\.,t immediately. for the corpora -
tool of Dublin, yielding to pressure
from the jaunting carr drivers• has
so far withheld licenses from the
1.: ',leaps. But ultimately the cow
set.ient and rapid taxis 1t:11 yo
t.l.irling around the street- ef lila
Trish capital, and the "Inr1i' u'
mast learn to d'i'n there•
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