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At eleven caelock he was called into his employer's private room, and, he saw immediately, from Mr. Izglefield's stern face, that Son3.ething grave was inmen.ding. He judged cor- rectly that it was with reference to What had passed between him and Ra- chel, and he was filled with sad fore- bodings. Mr. Inglefield did not beat about the bush ; he came to the point 'without delay. "When you applied to me," were his opening words, "for a situation, you informed me that you were a gentle- man." "I informed you correctly, sir," said Henry, respectfully. "From a gentleman," said Mr. Ingle - field, "one naturally expeets a cer- tain course of conduct. I am aware that the title is often asserted where it Zs not deserved; and had I suspetted that it would be so iu your ease, I Should certainly not have considered your application. 1am, however, my- self partly to blame. 1 took you upon trust, in the belief that you would Justify- my expectations." " In what way have I disappointed you, sir?" asked Henry. "I have at- tended to my duties regularly and faithfully." "I might have forgiven you," said Mr. Inglefield, "If there had been an occasional lapse on your part in that respect; but you doubt- less knew what you were about, and you did not wish to disturb the calm security I reposed in your honer." " Your pardon, sir," said Henry Wy- att, "for interrupting you, but I trust you will not forget, whatever passes between us during this interview, that I a,m a gentleman and that the family to which I belong always bore an hon- cned name until we Pell into misfor- tune." " And then," said Mr. Inglefield, in a tone of such strong contempt, that the young man had some difficulty in re- stzaining his indignation, "you lost your honored name." "That is not just, sir," said Henry; "my father fell into the hands of tricksters"— " As I have done," interposed Mr. Inglefield. It was only out of his fear and love for Rachel that Henry Wyatt was en- abled to keep himself in control. He felt that the happiness which he had hoped was in store for hire had slipped fzcoxi his grasp ; he felt that he was itt the presence of an enemy; but that enemy was the father of the girl he loved, and if the love he bore for her had brought misfortune upon her, he would. not by any act or word of his add to its weight. "I do not," said Mr. Inglefield, "re- cognize you as a gentleman. You are my servant, and I am your master. That is a correct definition of the posi- tion in which we stand to each otlaer ; In my domestic relations you are an utter stranger. I tell you plainly that you have taken a base advantage of me, and of a helpless girl, who is ignor- ant of the ways of the world, and of the real character of such men as yourself. My daughter has informed me that she has been for some time on terms of intimacy with you. Had you been an honorable man, it is you who would have given me this informa- tion. She has, moreover, informe.d me that you have forced her into an engagement of marriage with you," "Forced her I" cried Henry "I use my own words," ssid Mr. Irgiefield, "and am ocountable for them." "Your words are not hers," retorted Henry, "of that I am convinced, know- ing her as I do." "Knowing her better," said Mr. Irglefield, "probably, than I, her fa- ther, do. It is a fitting presumption en your part to make that assertion. understand the motives for your con- duct. You, a begg-er, without a shill- ing in the world, hoped to raise yourself into a position 'which you ha,vo lost, by Means of my money. It would have been more fortunate for me it I cnuld have exposed you before matters had gone so fan but I have hopes that it is not yet tog late. I annul the engagement into which you have tricked my daughter; and I tell you to your face that you are unworthy -of respect or confidence. If the necessity arises, she will have to choose be- tween you and me, She has been brought up with plenty around her: she has never known what it is to want. If you induce her in spite of the strong warning I ani giving you, to cast in her lot with Tou, you will be inviting her to a life of poverty and disgrace ; for in that case I shall re- nounce her; she shall be no longer a, daughter of mine ! Should this ex- pression of my determination have no effect upon your manhood, it may upon your Sense of caution ; for such men as you, when they seheme, sche.me de- liberately with a certain end in view -- that end their own advantage. Un- der no eircurestances shall a penny of my money ever, through her, pass into your pOesession. The game you have played is lost, a,nd you stand before me defeated, not in honor, but in shame. will enter into no argument with you; I clO not admit your right to argue With me. I have summoned you here in 'order that you might listen to a clear expression of what is in my mind with respect to you, And now I dis- miss you from My employment. reu were ertgaged at a week's salary, which Will be paid to you upon application to my manager, One word more, and one only. A watch wfil be kept Upon our movements, and upon the move- ments of my daughter. I forbid you to approaeh her, directly or indirectly, forbid you, frotn this •moment, to communicate or correspond with her." Re strode to the door and throw It open, There was no mistaking the meaning of his worde and action. Henry Viryatt efeW that be Wee in the presence of a merellese Judges and that THE EXETER TI1VIES Ei there was no appeal; and, with a bow to Itachere father, he Passed out of the room. He did not apply to the manager fer his week's salary, With a blindness not only upon his eyes but upon his heart, he made his way into the streets. The full sunlight was upon hint, but he beheld it not. .A. darkness had fall- en upon hbu which enveloped Dim as in, a prison, into which no ray of hope or gladness could ever shine. But later in the day, when he return- ed, crushed and despairing to hie gar- ret in Rosemary Court, lie saw upon the table a letter addressed to hire, It was in the handwriting of a lady, tend he recognized it as Rachel's. With eager fingers he tore it open and rend: "My dear Henry :1 do not know for certain, but I believe that my father will take the opportunity of speakiag to you to -day about our engagement, and I write a line to say that you may rely upon my c:onstancy and truth. I have given you my heart, and it is yours. forever; 1 have given you my love, and I will be faithful to you to the last hour of my life. Take com- fort, then, whatever may occur. I be- lieve I know where my true duty lies, and nothing* in the world can, change nee. Do not write to me. I will seek and find an opportunity of seeing you. Till then, and forever, my dear Henry, your loving Rachel." -The common room became filled with light, the sun shone within it, flow- ers bloomed around. Henry Wyatt pressed the letter to his lips, and Itiseed it again and again, xnuemuring, "God bless her ! God bless the faithful girl 1" Before this comfort came to him events were marching on. Mr. Ingle - field, after his interview with his clerk, went straight from his office to his living rooms, and sent for Rachel. She came irnm.ediately at his bidding, and in her pallid face he saw signs of a sweet resolve which still further hardened his cruel heart. "Have you reflected upon what I said to you last night ?" he demanded. "Yes, papa." "And you have formed the resolu- ticn to obey me ?" "I cannot obey you, papa. I have given Mr. Wyatt nay love, and I shall never withrira.w it from hian." "Never !" he cried. "Never, papa." "Do you know what that means ?" he asked. "No, papa; except that I shall be faithful to the man I love." "I will tell you weat it means, then," he said. "It ;means that, unless you give me the promise I ask from you, to banish this man from your heart and mind forever—forever 1" he repeat- ed, "that 1 oast you froni my heart, and that you are no longer a child of mine in She was prepared for it. During the terrible night she had passed, a night of self -communing and self-ques- tioning, a night during which she prob- ed to the innermost depths of her na- ture, and had sedulously reviewed all the circumstances of her acquaintance- ship with Henry Wyatt, there had come to her a fuller recognition of his good- ness and nobility; and there had come to her, also, in. some hidden way, a true perception, of her father's hard. nature. She thought of her childhood and of the manner in which she had. been, as it were, thrust from her fa- thers' heart ; she thought of his neglect of her, of his indifference toward her, during the time she had spent in his house since the death of Aunt Carrie. She could not recall one tender look, one truly tender ward, to woo her to him. The description Aunt Carrie had given of her character wa.s correct. She was not to, be swerved from the path of love and. duty. "You surely cannot have consider- ed," said Mr. Inglefield, as she did not reply. "I have been awake all the night, papa, considering what it is right for me to do." " And you have decided ?" " Yes, papa," " Do you owe me no duty ?" " Yes, papa, but I owe other duties." " Stronger than that you owe to me, your father ?" She said no word. "Have you seen your—your lover since yesterday ?" "No ; but I have written to him." "You dare to tell me this to my face 1" "It is the truth, papa." "You wrote to him to renounce him, to tell him that all was over between You ?" "1 wrote to him to assure him of my faith and constancy." Mr. Inglefield's face grew livid, and Lor once his passion mastered him. "And you will see him ?" "I have told him in the letter that would see him." And you will? Answer me." "I will papa, because I believe it IS right. There is nothing that you can ask me to do that I Will not do cheer-. fully—eXcept this." Sweet, faithful champion! Her strength lay in her very weakness, his weakness ley in his strength. • " I have heard enough," he said, in terrible wrath. "1 you off 1 MY relations with yon are no longer those of father and child. There is a cer- tain sum of money left to you by your aunt, whieh amounts now, with Inter- est to"— .He paused, and, taking some papers from his desk, consulted them arid wrote down some figures; then he took mit his check-bOok and filled up and signed a eheck. " Your aunt's legacy ;Mounts to seV- en hundred and forty murals. I-Iere is a check for the sum. Ti by twelve o'clock to-morroW you do not voluntar- ily cOrrie to me and express perfect and comp: ete submisolon to my wishes with respect to Mr. Wyatt, you Will leave my house forever and seek an- other shelter," " rather t" "I will not listen to anything. What I have said is irrevocable. No poWer on earth can move me from thatto which I ant resOlVecl," -^ And then Mr, Ingledeld repeated the act which had brought desolation to Henry Wyatt, 'who was silting in his rcom. with it open, and beckoned to it with stern fore -finger. With meek face and drooping figure She walked toward. it, and then turned onee more pitifullee implJringly, to b.er Lather, The hard, cold, creel face which met her view caused her to ahlver and to shrink within herself, and with head bowed. clown to her breast, site left hint standing there, a lonely, loveless max * * "' At one o'clock the following day, Henry Wyatt, who was sitting in the room with his father, heard a soft tap- ping at the door. " Rachel I" he cried, as he opened the have come to you, Henry," she door. , said, with tears running down her beau- tiful face, "because I have no other home, no other shelter, Will you re- ceive nee ?" "My darling 1" he cried, and he drew her into the room ; while old Mr. Wy- att, starting up, hastened to her and took her hand, Then she told, there all, in a voice broken by sobs ; and when she had fin- ished, Heary, awed bY the noble sacri- fice almost shrunk from her, as he neer- mured "Is it right? Is it right?' It is all that is left for me to do, Henry," she said. "If you oast me off I am homeless, indeed 1" What could he say? He kissed her unresisting lips, and vowed to be true and faithful to her, as she was to him. Humbly, worshipfully, he accepted the sacrifice, and felt, indeed, that no tnan had ever been blessed as he was bless- ed.. "1 do not come quite empty-handed, Henry," she said, "It is not much I bring with me, lout it will, perhaps, help us on our way." She handed him the check, and he said; "How can I ever hope to be worthy of you'?" "It is for me, Henry," she said. "to make myself worthy df you. I will try—inde/ed, indeed I will try! I learn- ed a great deal about housekeeping when I was with Aunt Carrie, and I think you will be satisfied with me. We will work. together, dear, to the end." A fortnight afterwara, venen it be- came known in the neighborhood that ITenry Wyatt and "the goad lady" were to be married, there came to Rachel many small evidences of affection from those he and she had befriended. They were, it is true, but humble tributes, but if the leaves of the flowers had been fashioned in gold they could not have been more precious to the happy bride and bridegroom. Rachel wrote to her father of the corning wedding, but he took no notice of the letter, as he had taken no notice of other letters she wrote to him. They did not forget him on the happy day. They drank his health with sad and tender words. "Perhaps he will forgive us by and by," said Rachel, " wh3n le knows you better, Henry." So commenced the wedded life that bade fair to be clothed with comfort and happiness; and so, upon flowers of affection, and heart's sunshine, and sweet faethiolpes, and true lave, let the cur- ta CHAPTFR XI. Twelve years had passed. Time flies according to man's mood and circum- stances. To Mr. Inglefield the days were long and cheerless, and his revil- irgs against fate for having denied him hapPiness did not lighten them. He would not listen to the still, small voice which whispered that he, and he alone, was accountable for his wasted life. But he could not stifle it; im- perious and self-willed as he was, it abided ever with him, and lived with- in him like an aecusing ghost. He was uneucoassful Nothing af- forded him pleasure, and forgetfulness would not come to him. He travelled ia foreign lands, he tried the excite- ment of the gaming tables, he sought new scenes and new fares, he frequent- ed the theaters—and the Spirit of the Past, with its veiled face and sorrow- ful form, walked ever by his side. But still he doggedly persevered. He thought of Basil Penrhyn, and wonder- ed where he was. He journeyed over the old roads of the holiday tour they had enjoyed together. There was no change in the scenes with which he re- newed acquaintances. Valley and mountain, streamlet and waterfall, there they were as they had been in the time gone by. Snow ranges, flow- ers growing on icy peaks, forget-me- nots and Alpine roses blooming, bright cascades babbling as they fell from crag to crag, bright brooklets dancing between messy banks—nothing was changed; and his spirit grew more re- bellious and his eyes more stern as he gazed upon the reflection of his hag- gard face In the clear water. It was indeed a fight between him and good- ness. He heard no news of his daughter. Indeed, it was impossible that news could reach him, for he had cut himself completely away frOm his old life, and She could not but be ignorant of his 7 hereabouts. Could he have purchas- ed forgetfulness he would have been gladly wil'ing to pay a large price for it. But he could not forget by day or by night. Often in his dreams did he re-eriact the last cruel interview with Rachel, and his hand was raised to strike, and he would Mutter bitter, merciless words, These dreams al- most maddened him, but he could not prevent their recurrence. The watere of Lethe are not for man when he is haunted by the shadows (:),f shame and wrong -doing. At the end of the twelve years Mr. Inglefield had exhausted all the Plea- sure grounds of Ilutope. Then it was, being excited by something he heard about America,, that he resolved to bevel thitherway. There new experi- ences overtook WM. ln a Soilthern State he Was attacked by malaria, and lay on a bed of fever for many months. The dreamt and tattaies which oppress- ed hint during that time were terrible and agonzing. His dead wife often appeared to hint, and, with accusing voice, asked hint or her datighter, the only flower of love which .511e had be- Ineathed to his eare. "1 intrusted my child to you," said, the Spirit; "what eaave you done with her ,7 She should be by your bedeide, attending and. comforting you. Why is she not here ?" ln his delirium he had no words of self-justification to offer, and his state, therefore, was all the more wretched. He rose from his bed, weakened and Prematurely aged. It wee fortunate for him that, upon sickness overtaking him, he had fallen into honorable hands; for, of course, it became known that he was a man of wealth and means, It was this knowledge which opened up to hien the prospect of a,n enterprise which he eagerly seized as a means, not of making more money, for that desire ha.d entirely left him, but of mental occupation. This enter - Prise was in connection with a new railway line, and before he had fully committed himself to it his inquiries* and investigations led him to Washing- ton. There it was, during the first week in December, that a strange adventure• occurred. He had been in the city but a fear days when, walking in the direction of Capitol Hill, s man walked past him whose face flashed upon him as a memory. Mr. Inglefield was weak and attenuated, and his steps were necessarily sloev. Now, the steps of the mao he saw were brisk and buoyant. " And yet," thought Mr. Inglefleld, as he mused upon the memory, "11 that really be Basil Penrhyn, his movements would scarcely be so lithe. He is as old as I am." He judged of others by himself. In his waking moments during the night the idea that it was Basil, his old friend, who had passed him in the street, became strengthened, and on the following morning he made inquiriee whether any person of the name af Pearhyn lived 1.11 the neightborhood of Capitol Hill. It happened that his inquiries were made in the right quar- ter. " 011, yes," was the answer ; "Mr. Penrhyn—queer old fellow—lives on the H you know if his name is Basil ?" asked Mr. Inglefield. "Yes," was the reply, "that is his name --Mr. Basil Penrhyn," " A queer old fellow, you said ?" "Yes, I meant it, but queer in a good way. The children have reason to think well of him." "Whose children ?" " All children." "Do you mean his own ?" " No ; he has none that I know of. He lives alone." "Why, then, should all children have reason to think well of him ?" Beoause," was the repier, "he is Kriss Kringle's lieutenant." "'Criss Kringie's lieutenant " ex- claimed Mr. Inglefield, much bewilder- ed by this explanation. • "I do not understand." " Perhaps you never heard of Kriss Kringle ?" "He is Santa Claus, is he not ?" ask- ed Mr. Inglefield. "Yes, Kriss Kringle and Santa Claus are one and the same. In most of our States he is known es Santa Claus; in a few, as Kriss Kringle. But it is O long story for rise to tell, and I have no time to spare. If you are ac- quainted with Mr. Penrhyn"— " I knew hien," said Mr. Inglefield, "many years ago, when I was a young man. We were friends." "Then go to him, and you will hear as strange and pleasant a story as, ac• =ding to my reckoning„ a man could listen to." Mr. Inglefield acted upon the advice in the evening of the same day, and had little difficulty in discovering the house in which Basil Penrhyn lived. He save, from its exterior, that it must be a large house, with many rooms in it, altogether too large and too roomy for a man who. lived alone. He knock- ed at the door, and a woman answer- ed the summons. "Does Mr. Penrhyn live here ?" "Yes, sir." "Is he in ?" "Yes. sir," "Will you kindly take my name to him ?" "With pleasure." " Say that Mr. Richard Inglefield would like to see him." The woman went away, and almost immediately the visitor heard a cheery voice crying : " What! Inglefield, my old friend ! Is it possible ? Has he dropped from the skies ?" And Basil Penrhyn ram, into the pas- sage with eager face, and hands out- stretched. "Why,RichardyR , 1,ichard 1" "Basil Their hands met in a cordial ciasp. " Come in, coma in !" cried Basil. "Why, why, why! who would ever have thought that we should meat again, and so far away from the old land? And is it indeed you,. Rich- ard ? How glad I am to see you. It is like a. whiff of old times ; but you look ill. Never mind, never mind ; come in, old friend. I give you hearty welcome." In all the years that had. passed since he had driven his daughter from his heart and home, this meeting with hie old friend was, in the light of the welcome he received, his only.pleasant experience. Te BID 0014TINI1Ell. A Fitting Rebuke. Workingmen not only have the sensitive- ness of other people about their personal integrity, but sometimes may have a neat way of replying to an imputation upon it, A carpenter, seut to make some repairs in a private house, entered the apartment of the lady of the house with his appren- tice, Mary, the lady called to her servant, see that my jewel -case is locked at once I The carpenter understood, He reMoVed his watch and chain from his vest with a significant air and gave them to his appren- tice. john, he said, take these right back to the shop, It Boerne that the house isn't safe I Guest --,-“By Jove I've eaten ouch Of hearty diener that 1 guess VII have to go upstairs- and sleep ib off," Rotel °kirk,– ",In that ease,we'll have to charge you with a meal taken to your room." A Mother's Beautiful Child Dragged Nearly to Death's Door bySevere Nervous Disease—Suffered Extreme Pain in the Head—Doctors Could Do Nothing—South American Nervine Called in at the Eleventh Hour and Restores to Health Little Annie Joy, of West Toronto Junction—The Great Remedy is Reducing the Death Rate of All Cam dian Cities. MISS ANNIE JOY, A. bright little lad, or golden -haired girl, is the delight of your home. Whether you revel in riches, or know something of the privations of poverty, that child is all the world to you,, It is no wonder that mother and father become anxious when siekness overtakes the little one. The remedy, fathers and mothers, is near by. South American Nervine has been the means of giving back the bloom of youth to thousands of suffering little ones, It is not a medicine that buoys up the parents' hopes,only to have them in a short time dashed down again lower than ever. Whether with child or adult, it promptly gets at the seat of al disease, which is the nerve centres. From this fact it is peculiarly efficacious in the treatment of ner- vous diseases ohild. A recent case is that as told by Mrs. M. A. Joy, of West Toronto Junction, whose little daughter Annie, aged 16 years, had been a sufferer from severe nervous depres- sion for about two years. As with all mothers, no trouble and expense was spared in the effort to bring relief to the child. The little one suf- fered extrerne pains in the head, so PL41,73 WEST TORONTO JUNCTION. distressing at times as to render het completely helpless, sapping all her strength. The best skill of the most skilled physicians was called into request, but little Annie steadily grew worse. Becoming more hope- less and discouraged as the weeks went by, Mrs. Joy decided on trying South American Nervine as almost a last resort. Employing her own words she said: "I determined to give it a trial, although I felt it was useless." of man, woman Or To -day it is all happiness around that home, for before one bottle Of the medicine had been taken, the mother tells us Annie commenced to show decided signs of improvement, The child has taken three bottles and has practically regained her natural health and -vigor. There is nothing surprising in the fact that Mrs. Joy cannot speak too highly of South — American Nervine. Much was at stake, but thie wonderful discovery proved equal te the emergency, and so it does in ever) case. Thousands of letters on file from well-known citizens prove this, For nervous diseases of young or old, from whatever cause, it is an ala. solutely infallible care. C. LUTZ 'Sole Wholesale and Retail Agent for Exetet: Thos. 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