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MARY J.
HOLM! S,
'Where I{aty Iived, walking slowly,
and contrasting it with her one room
which was not wholly uninviting, for
where Marian went there was always
• an air of comfort; and Katy, as she
crossed the threshold, uttered an ex-
clamation of delight at the cheerful,
bafry aspect of the apartment, with
its bright ingrain carpet, its simple
:shades of white, its cltiut--covered
'lounge, its one rocking -chair, its
•small parlor stove, and its pots of
flowers upon the broad window sill,
"Oh Marian," she exclaimed, trip-
ping across the floor, and impulsive-
ly throwing her arins around Miss
IIazelt.on's neck, "I am so glad to
meet some one frons house. It seems
:,almost like Il:elen I tun kissing,"
and her lips again met those of Mar-
ian Hazelton, aurid her joy at find-
ing Katy unchanged, wondered what
'the Camerons would say to see their
Mrs. Wilford kissing a poor seam-
stress whom they would have spurn-
ed.
But Katy did not care for Camer-
•ons then, or even .think of them, as
.in her rich basquine and pretty hat,
with emeralds and diamonds sparkl-
ing on her fingers, she sat down by
\[urian.
'"Tell me of Silverton; you don't
'}stow how I want to go there ; but
Wilford does not think it best, at
•.present. Next fall 1 alit surely going
and I picture to myself just how it
wi11 look; Morris's garden, full of
the autumnal flowers—the ripe
poaches in our orchard, the grapes
ripening on the wall, and the long
shadows on the grass, just as I used
to watch thorn, wondering ,what made
theta move so fast, and where they
could be going. Will it be unchang-
ed, Marian? Do places seem the
sane when once we have left there?"
and Katy's eager eyes looked wist-
fully at Marian, who replied, " Not
:always—not often, in fact; but in
:your case they may. You have not
tbeen long away."
"Only a year," Katy said. "I was
;as long as that in Canandaigua; but
this past year is different. I have
:seen so much, and lived so much,
that I feel ten years older than I did
last spring, when you and Helen
Made my wedding dress. Darling
Helen! When did you see her last?"
"I was there five weeks ago," Mar-
ian replied; "I saw them all, and
told them I was coming to New
York."
"Do they miss me any? Do they
talk of me? Do they wish me back
.again?" ICaty asked, and Marian re -
;plied, "They talked of little else,
;that is your own family. Dr. Mor-
ris, I think, did not mention your
name. Ile has grown very silent
.and reserved," and Marian's eyes
were fixed inquiringly upon Katy, all
if to ascertain how much she knew'
.of the cause for Morris's reserve.
But Katy had no suspicion, and
•only replied, "Perhaps he is vexed
that I do not write to him oftener,
:but I can't. I think of him a great
• deal, and respect hint more than any
living reran, 'except, of course, Wil-
ford; but when I try to write, some-
thing conies in between me and what
I wish to say, for I want to con-
vince hint that I am not as frivolous
as he thinks I am. I have not for -
[gotten the Sunday school, nor the
cli,urch service; but in the city it is
so hard to be good, and the service
and music seem all for show, and I
feel so hateful when I see Juno and
Wilford's mother putting their head's
down on velvet cushions, knowing as
I do that they both are thinking
,either of their own bonnets or those
just in front."
"Are you not a little uncharit-
.able?" Marian asked, laughing in
FELL AWAY TO
A
SHADOW.
All Her People Thought She Had
CONSUMPTION.
Mrs. Wm. Martin, Lower Ship Harbor
East, N.S., writes:—"I am sending you a
-ttestimnonial of my Cure by Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup. Last May I took
;11 cold, and it settled .on my pings. I got
so bad I could not rest at night. I had
two doctors to treat me but got no relief.
. ('All of my people thought I had
Consumption. I had fallen away to a
shadow. I had given up all hope,~ of
•e'per getting better again until my dough.
for went to x store one day and bought
mlr a bottle of :llr, Wood's Norstay Pine
Syrup. After taking half of it I felt
better, so I got two more, and thanks to
them I stn well to -day, and able to do
my house. work. I cannot say too much
in its praise, and I shall always keep it in
the house."
Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup con.
tains all the lung hailing virtue% of the
famous Norway Pine tree which ranked it
the very beat preparation for Coders,
Oolds and all Throat, and Liing "Tr'ouble*
See that you get "Dr. Wood's" when
you ask for it. There are nutny imita•
tions on the market.
Price, 25 and 50 cents.. '
See that the name, The T. Milburn
'C.., Limited, is on the yellow wrapper.
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spite of herself at the picture Katy
drew of fashion trying to imitate re-
ligion in Its humility.
"Perhaps so," Katy answered. "I
grow bad from looking behind the
scenes, and the worst is that I
do not care, and then Katy went
back again to the farm -house,
asking numberless questions and
reaching finally the business which
had brought her to Marian's room.
There were spots on Alarian's neck,
and her lips were white, as she grasp
ed the bundles tossed into her lap—
the yards and yards of lace and em-
broidery, linen, and cambric, which
she was expected to make for the
wife of Wilford Cameron; and her
voice was husky as she asked direc-
tions or made suggestions of her own.
"It's because she has no such joy
in expectation. I should feel so,
too, if I were thirtyand unmarried,"
Katy thought, as she notice Marian's
agitation, and tried to divert her
mind by talking of Europe and the
places she had wisited.
"By the way, you were born in
England? Were you ever at Aln-
wickV" Katy asked, and Marian re-
plied, "Once, yes. I've seen the
castle and the church. Did you go
there—to St. Mary's, I mean?"
"Oh, yes, and I was never tired of
that old churchyard. Wilford liked
it, too, and wo wandered by the hour
among the sunken graves, and quaint
headstones."
' Do you remember any of the
names upon the stones! Perhaps I
may know them?" Marian asked; but
Katy slid not remember any, or if
she did, it was not "Gonevra Lam-
pert, aged 22." And so Marian ask-
ed her no more questions concerning
Alnwick, but talked instead of Lon-
don and other places, until three
hours went by, and down in the
street the coachman chafed and fret-
ted at the long delay, wondering
what kept his Mistress in that neigh- '
borhood so long, Iiad she t'' lends,
or had she come on some rtrend of
mercy? The latter ntost4reuaely, he
concluded, and so his tate was not
quite so cross when Katy at Iast
appeared looking at her watch and
exclaiming at the lateness of the
hour.
Kitts was very happy that morn-
ing. f.n' seeing Marian had brought
S!Trrt ton !Leal• to her, and airy as a
bird she run up 1Ite steps of her own
dwelling, where the door opened as
by mugir, and !fill rd Pits :If
f onus) bel, at 1 1. g, eiii, t .s• 1, ..-
which always made her hest t bra, .
where she had been. and he welting
for her two whole hours. •'Slur:' it
was not Itece'R:t'y to 8t01) do long ,
with at sea inst. (' S," he cote limed
when she (vied to explain. '• Ten
minutes would stance for <!ite•'tions,"
and lie could not imagine what at-
traction there was in ;\iiss Hazelton
to keep her there three hours, and
then the real cause of his vexation
came out. Ile had come expressly for
the carriage to take her and Sybil
Grandon to a picnic up the river,
whither his mother, Juno and Ilell,
had already gone. Mrs. Crandon
must wonder why he staid so long
and perhaps give up going. Could
Katy be . ready soon? and Wilford
walked rapidly up and down the par-
lor with tt
a restless e less motion of his
hands which always betokened im-
patience. Poor Katy! how the
brightness of. the morning faded, and
how averse she felt to joining the
picnic, which she knew had been in
prospect for some time, and had fan-
cied she should enjoy) But not to-
day, with that look on Wilford's face
and the feeling that he was vexed.
Still she could think of no reason-
able excuse, and a so an hour later
found her driving into the country
with Sybil Grandon, who received
her apologies with as much good-na-
tured grace as if she too had not
worked herself into a passion at the
delay, for Sybil had been very cross
and impatient; but all this vanished
when she met Wilford and saw that
he was disturbed and irritated. Soft,
and sweet and smooth was she both
in word and manner, so that by the
time the grove was reached Wilford's
ruffled spirits had been soothed, and
he was himself again, ready to en-
joy the pleasures of the day as keen-
ly as if no harsh word had been said
1 0 Katy, who, silent and unhappy,
listened to the graceful badinage be-
tween Sybil and her husband, think-
ing how differently his voice had
sounded when addressing her Only a
little while before.
•'fray put some animation into
your face, or Mrs. Grandon will think
we have been quarreling," Wilford
whispered, as ho lifted his wife from
the carriage, and with a great effort
Katy tried to be gay and natural.
But all the while she was fighting
bark her tears and wishing she were
away. Even Marian's room, looking
into the dingy court, was preferable
to that place, and she was glad when
the long clay came to an end, and
with a fearful headache she was rid-
ing back to the city.
The next morning was dark and,.
rainy; but in spite of the weather
Katy found her Way to Marfan's
room, this time taking the -- avenue
cars, which left her independent as
regarded the length of her stay.
About Marian there was something li
more congenial than about her city t
frionds, and day after day found her ti
there, watching while Marian faehion- d
ed into shape the beautiful little gar-
rllents, the sight of which had a ti
strangely quieting influence upon be
Katy, sobering her down and matur- al
Ing her more than all the years of
co
her life had done. 'Those Were happy of
hours* spent with Madan 1fazelton, hi
and Katy felt it keenly when Wilford er
at lot interferred, telling her she o
THE WINGIAM TUI ES„JANUARY 9 191
was growing quite too familiar with the truth, laughed merrily at the joke
that sewing woman, and her calls repeating it down stairs to the o1(1
must be discontinued, except, indeed, dowagers, who shrugged their shoul-
such as were` necessary to the work ders m.eaniigly and whispered to
in Progress• I each other that it might be well if
With ono great gush of tears, when more young wives were locked into
there was no one to see her, Katy their rooms and thus kept out of
gave 'Marian up, writing her a note, mischief.
in which were sundry directions for , Though flattered, caressed, and ad -
the work, which would go on •even mired, Katy was not doing herself
after site had left for the Mountain, ; nritelt credit at Keivport; but save
House, as she intended doing the last Wilford, there was no ono to raise a
of June. And IUarian guessed at warning voice, until ?!lark stay came
more than Katy meant she should, clown for a few days' respite from
and with a bitter sigh laid it in her the heated city, where he had spent
haslet, and then resumed the work, i the entire summer, taking charge of
which seemed doubly monotonous the be: incus which belonged as much
now that there was no more listen- j to Wilford as to himself. But Wil-
ing for the little feet tripping up the ford had a wife; it was more neces-
stairs, or for the bird -like w oleo sary that he should leave, Mark had
which had brought so much of music argued; his time would come by and
and sunshine to her lonely room. I by. And so ho had remained at
1 home until the last of August, when
CIIAPT1 R Xxll:, 1 ht' appeared soddenly at the Ocean
!louse one night when I{aty, in her
Por Lhiee weeks Katy had been !thy robes and child -like simplicity
at the 'Mountain House, g,uwting
was breaking hearts by the score
st.ronber every day, until she was
Like. others, \[ark was c:harined, and
mach like the Katy of one year ego,
not a little proud for 1{nty's sake
But their stay among the Catskills to see her thus appreciated; but when
was ended, and on the morrow they one day's experience had shown him
were going to Saratoga, where M. more, tuid given hien a look; behind
Cameron and her daughters were, the scettc's, he'tremblecl for her, know -
and where, too, was Sybil Urtt•tclnn. Ing how hard it would be for her to
the reigtlhtg belle of the United {'carte out of that sea of dissipation
States. So Ilell had written to her tt4 pare :tad spotless as site went in.
brother, bidding him 1.0 hasten cn "If I were her brother I would
with Katy, as she wished to see
warn her that her present career is
"that chit of a widow in her proper
not one upon which she will look
place." And Katy hal Leen weak back with pleasure when the excite -
enough for a moment to feel a little meat is over," he said to himself ;
throb of satisfaction In knowing- how "but if Wilford is satisfied it is' not
effectually :iyhil's claims '.o belle ship for me to interfere, It is surely no -
would bo put aside when she was tiling to too what Katy Cameron
once in the fleld; even glancing at dors," he kept repeating to himself;
hortself in the mirror as she leaned on but as often as he said it there came
Wilford's shoulder, and feeling glad up before hint. a pale, anxious face,
that mountain air and mountain ex- shaulrcl with IIelen Lennox's bands of
ex-
ercise had brought the roses back to 'fair. and Helen Lennox's voice whis-
her white cheeks and the brightness whis-
pered to hint: "Save Katy, for my
to her eyes. But Katy wept passion- Hake," and so 'iced day, when Mark
ate tears of repentance for that weak- ft'1"td himself alone with Katy,while
ness, when an hour later she read the 1111••'•t of the guests were at the beach,
letter which Dr. Grant had sent in
he questioned her of her life at Saran
answer to one she had written from tu„at and Newport, and gradually, as
the Mountain House, confessing her he talked, there erept into Katy's
short -comings, and lamenting that
In art tt suspicion that he was not
the evils and excesses which shocked pleased with her account, or with
her once did not startlether now. To whit he had seen of her since his
this letter Morris had replied as a tu'rl'ttl•
brother might write to an only sis- i For a moment Katy was indignant
ter, first expressing pleasure at her liut when he said to her kindly :
happiness, and then reminding her of "Would Helen be pleased?" her tears
that other life to which this is only started at once, and she attempted
a preparation, and beseeching her so an eXense for her weak folly, accus-
to use the good things of this world, ing Sybil Crandon as the first cause
given her in such profusion, as not
of the arnbitiou for which she betted
to lose the life eternal. herself.
This was ;the substance of Morris's "She had been held up as my pats
letter, which Katy road with stream- tern," she said, half bitterly, and
ing eyes, forgetting Saratoga as Mor- forgetting to whom she was talking
ris's solemn words of warning and —"she, the one whom 1 was to imit-
admonition rang in her ears, and ate; and when 1 found that I could
shuddering as she thought of losing go beyond her, I yielded to the
the lifo eternal, of going where Mor- temptation, and exulted to see how
ris would never come, nor any of fru she was left behind. Besides
those she loved the best. unless it that," .she continued, "is it no gra-
were Wilford, who might reproach titivation, think you, to let Wilford's
her with having dragged him there proud mother and sister see the poor
when she could have saved him.. country girl. whom ordinarily they
"Keep yourself unspotted from the would despise, stand where they can-
world,"Morris had said, and she re- not conte, and even dictate to them
peated it to herself, asking "how if she chooses so .1(1_00 I know it
All he had ever dreamed of the sen -
eat ion his bride would create twits
more than verified. Baty had ful-
filled hie highest ;•xpcetations, reach-
ieg a point from which, as slue had
'aid to Mark, she could dictate to
Lis thither, if she chose, and he did
n:11 care 10 fee hP relinquish it.
But Katy remained true to hora'lf.
1'I c } 1 rel, her girlish hlnyf !nese, she;
e sseitned at quiet, gentle dignity
wl.1ch 1t+'catc.e her even better than
peen': resod had thew. marking
1 •r tun timer !:sere popular au.1 more
t.uul:bt after, men :du' hegg (1 to go
user;', ;Reseeding Milford at last to
mune the day for their departure,
and thou, 'weer dunhtinl•, for a n a-
taent that her de.,t!nath:11 was Fi1-
vel•tmu. she wrote to Helen that she.
:110111(1 be home I) l such a day, and
n•: they wield c'om'e•hy' way of I'rovi-
deu a raid Woree,tee tete, .wo- lc}
probably reach We:a. 511 unman at leu
o'^1ut•'., 0.111.
• -.Wilford," she added in a post-
• . , c 11 t "hes 1.:;1:t• down to bathe,
and es the mail i5 just closing, I
. shill send tit!,; letter With0nt 11i4 set'
1nw„ it. (11 a ntrr'e it can make no
Ince, for 1 hese talked all su11t-
1::''r of (coulee , and be u,tdersttuids
shall I do that? how can one be good s wrong—I knew it is wicked—but I
and fashionable too?" like the exeitelueut, and so long as
Then laying her' head upon the rock I tun with these people 1 shall newer
where she was sitting, Katy tried to he any wetter. !lurk Ray, you don't
pray as she had not prayed in months know what it. is t0 be surrounded by
asking that God would teach her a set who care for nothing but fa -
what she ought to know and keep shton and display, and how they may
outdo each other. I hate New York
surety. There is nothing there but
husks."
Katy's tears had ceased, and on
her white face there was a new look
of womanhood, as if in that out-
burst she had changed, and would
never again be just what she was
Lefore.
••Say," she continued, "do you like
New York eoc'iety?"
"Not always—not. wholly," Mark
answered; "and still you misjudge it
greatly, for all sue not like the peo-
ple you describe. Your husband's
itunily represent one extreme, while
there are others equally high in the
social scale who do not make fa-
shion the rule of their lives—sensible,
cultivated, intellectual people, of
whose acquaintance one might bo
glut<I—people whom I fancy your sis-
ter Helen would enjoy. I have only
stet her twice, but my impression is
that she would not find New York
distasteful."
Mark did not know why he had
dragged Helen into that conversa-
t ion, unless it were that she seemed
very near to hb1 as Ile talked with
T:nty, who replied:
"Yes, Iielen Bede good in all. She
sees differently from what I do, and
1 wish so much that she was here."
"Why not send for her?" Mark
nsktd, casting about in his mind
whether in cusp' Helen carte, lee, too,
could tarry for a week and leave
that. business in Southbridge, which
he twist attend to ere returning to
the city.
It. would be a study- to watch Hel-
en Lennox there at. Newport, and in
imeghuttion Mark was already her
sworn knight• shielding her from
er!ticisln, tend commanding for her
rei'pec•t. front those who respected him
when Katy tore his castle down by
an:m'cr•in;; impnlsiwely:
"T doubt if Wilford would list me
send for her, nor does it matter, as
I shall not remain much longer. I
Co not need her now, since you have
shown me how foolish 1 have been. I
was angry at first, but now T thank
you for it, and so will Helen. I
811011 1 ell her when 1 ant in Silver-
ton. I tun going there from here,
and oh. T so wish it was to -day."
The guests were beginning to re-
turn from the beach by this time,
811(1 as \1;Irh, had sulci all he hard in -
her unspotted from the world. But
i at the Mountain House it is easier to
pray that ono be kept from tempta-
tion than it is at Saratoga, which
this summer was crowded tb over-
flowing, its streets presenting a
ting picture of Vanity Pair, so full
were they of show and gala dress,
At the United States, where Mrs.
Cameron stopped, two rooms, for
which an enormous price was paid,
had been reserved for Mr. and Airs.
Wilford Cameron, and this of itself
would have given them a certain
eclat, even if there had not been pres-
ent many who remembered the proud,
fastidious bachelor, and were propor-
tionately anxious to see his wife.
She came, she saw, she conquered ;
and within three days after her ar-
rival Katy . Cameron was the ac-
knowledged belle of Saratoga, from
the United States to the Clarendon.
And Katy, alas, was not quite the
same as she who on the mountain
ridge had sat with Morris's letter in
her hand, praying that its teachings
plight not be forgotten. Saratoga
seemed different from New York, and
she plunged into its gaieties, never
pausing, never . tiring, and seldom
giving herself time to think, much
less to pray, as Morris had bidden
herdo.And td Wilford though t o h hard-
ly, g
able to recognize the usually timid
Katy in the brilliant woman who led
rather than followed, was sure of her
faith to him, and so was only proud
and gratified to see her bear off the
palm from every competitor, while
Juno, though she .quarreled with the
shadow into which she was so com-
pletely thrown, enjoyed the eclat
cast upon 'their party by the presence
of Mrs. Wilford, who had passed bo-
gond her criticism. Sybil Grandon,
too, stood back in wonder that a
simple country girl should win and
wear the laurels she had so long
claimed as her own; but as there waa
no help for it She contented herself
as beat she could with the admira-
tion she did receive, and whenever
opportunity occurred, said bitter
things of Mrs. Wilford, whose parent-
age and' low estate were through
her pretty generally known. But it
did not matter there what Katy had
been; the people took her for what
she was now, and Sybil's glory fad-
ed like the early dawn in the coning
of the full day.
As it had been at Saratoga, so it tended say lug, 1u' left, Katy with
was at Newport. Urged on by Mrs. 1V[Iford, who had just, canto in and
Cameron and Bell, who enjoyed her joined st metes, party of Bostonians
notoriety, Katy plunged into the mad only that day arrived. 3'hat, night
excitement of dancing and driving at, the Ocean !louse the guests Miss-
ed coqueting, until Wilford himself 0(1 something from their festivities ;
became uneasy, locking her once fa the donee wets 1101 80 exhilirating 01'
the small -talk between s0 lively,
while more I111111 one tthitc-kidded
<laidy swore mentally at the inno-
cent It'iliurd, whose wife eh•clined to
john in lite gaieties, and in a plain
whittw pewit», WW1 Only a pond lily
in her hair, kepi by her husband's
8i'k0, n0lttith'tantiiug that his bade
her leave him and accept some of her
numerous invitations to join the eid-
<ly dance. 'lids sober' phase of hazy
did not on 1110 whole ple8Ne Wilford
at; 1nurh as 13er gayer outs had done.
er i-ootu, where she., was sleeeping of
cr dinner, and conveniently forget -
ng to release her until after the
eparture at evening of some ,young
en tram Cambridge, whose tateit-
ons to the Ocean House belle had
en more strongly marked than Was
together agreeable to him. 01
nese it was a mistake --•the locking
the door—and a greaft oversight in
re not to have remembered it soon-
, he said to Italy, by way of apol-
gy; and Katy, with net suspicion elf
CIIAPTEII XX.
The Inst day of summer was dying
O11t in a theca storm of rutin which
swept in sheets across the Silverton
! ills, hiding the pond front w•iew, and
heating against the windows of the
farm -house, whose inmates were nev-
trtheless um( udlul of the stoma save
as they hoped the morrow would
Prose bright and fair, such as the
clay should be which brought thein
'il!ck their Katy. Nearly worn out
with constant reference was her Tet-
er, the mother catclting it up from
'!ate to time to react the part refer-
ing to herself, where Katy had told
tow blessed it weal(' be "to rest
(gain on mother's bed," just as she
had so often'w•ished to do, "and hear
101her's cOleo," the deacon spelling
:tit by his spluttering tallow candle,
.with its long, smoky wick, what. she
end said of "darling oil Uiwlt' 1'1;llr,"
111(1 the rides into the fields; Aunt
'betsy, , too, reading mostly from
memory the words: •'toot! old Aunt
".(•1 sy. with her skirts so limp and
host, tell her she will look hand -
!ewer to rue than the fairest hello at
Cewvpurt:" and as often as Aunt
',Amy rood it she w0111d ejaculate:
"The land! what kind of company
1:nst the child have kept?" wonder -
leg next. if Iielen had never written
if the hoop, for which she paid a
.1ollar, and which was carefully hong
in her closet, waiting for the event
•1 101l,Oc•row, while the hero of her
e0:t_oe had been let down and one
''r(:ulth gored tc accomodate the
•oup. On the wkole, Aunt Petsy
011 .10 111ake a stylish nppearanee
.'fore the little Indy of wliotn she
11)0,1 11 awe. always speaking of her
o the neighbors as "My niece, Mist!
aanl,n, from New York," 1,1111 11111-
3g good carr to report what she heel
'ard of "Miss Canunen's" cnst.iv
tress and the grandeur of her house,
here the furniture of the best chain -
eq. cost over fifteen hundred dollars,
-What could it be?" Aunt Betsy
had asked in her simplicity, feeling
111 increased respect for Baty, and
consenting the more readily to the
flange in her pongee, as suggested
to her by Helen.
But that was for to -morrow when
Kitty came; to -night she only wore
a dotted brown, whose hear just
• cnr•L'od the tort of her "bootees," as
'3111' went to strain the milk brought
t1 by 1'ncle 1•JpIliYllm, while IIelen
took her position near rho window,
t1okin,;• drearily out upon the leaden
clouds, and hoping it would brighten
before the morrow. Like the other's,
Helen had read Katy's letter nary
times, dwelling longest upon the part
whi••1l said: -1 have been so bad, so
I. i;ol(us and wicked here at New -
ort, that It will be a. relief to make
you i.e. confession, depending, as I
do, upon your love to grant in ab-
: ono ion,"
I. ram it fancily- in Silverton, who
hied s;tc,3t a few Clays at tt private
tweet. in Newt ort, Helen had heard
sun1cthiug of her sister's life; the
lady had seen her once driving a tan-
dem down the avenue, with Wilford
et her side giving her instructions.
SI r.• than there 1.1..(1 'Ten some auxi-
n; felt for hit• at the farm -house,
:old more than Dr. (.mutt had prayed
Ceti she aright he kept. unspotted
t 01,1 the world; but when her letter
10110, so foe of lo' a and roll-rc-
!.rourh,s, the burden was lifted, and
.ht re was nothing to roar the antic•i-
po:tion:: of the event for which they
had made ro ninny preparations,
I 1 le I perairn g ling to the expense
.'1 J4(4,4 -114e- et ;met 101, a l:ah-worn ru5-
••,t'u h't' t, wei:h lu' fenre(1 '.vntl,I
tee'. 1..:..y hotter than the turn-.0lu,-
041 mei on i1 wlli('11 she trued 10 rice,
7'o p,•w far this the dee(011 11101 Thai 4-
r tl 5'.:314 010 11:000' eel. •43.1(14' 1'.• t e
e,.1 civet ' 1 e so unnh meet( d fur
tee ewe:ilex 45ill:••r, his: oat L•1 t',
I'tL; d01:'• Iii.:! r, 1', lee 101• 1111('(41 )'/•:. N.
1.14 hi:: (•1)1;114• t wens Il<itlllug' e tt.p..c•-
e uis11 Kat•. '• 'anppinews, .1:<! s••
t ' I. k'*. is '•.I face 1 ' ll!(!ts•f '. i h
.. • �, )11* 1i1.g it etin'Iully i1 the
r.3, (111(1 ' ; .ug' uo one 8boultl tide
1'11 K*, y ;(4110. 1\ ith Ian i t. g
me the 3.'e mutt meta e' ,q' his
•..•r '. 1'11 he hand bleed of
.. ) .` di'i'. 111„ 1,.41 iatprt: s 't 1,1; 1
1.'I1.11'!y Wad , pr pontes of ho se
,ship, and 3. sod her sula't1M.t 111
i He t. ('u1 Id he have .1111 rt ed
1 • 1.p1.in11., nt his yOunuer
hes o h• en t horse }uc..e5 , and
• ,.ow l e i cit no theta hew ter
e :.e eat! ' 4 .1 t.lutey mien
hu n
•„
_
• . its 11,, 4 , , of woods between
I•
'.mse :'!o. the haul of the
y ince De her love of he ;-
one. .e,' hee. id coral!Kent'': i'..i
.ich e. 5i w 't imps o5i11g \lhis e} s
.t11(1 1041 11. :.e took t0 f• •t, :1L
1.1 11 nu 01114, 1..1 i.4t( tit 111111 01 1 )1, S.
.furl +. ;:i g him ..t:u Was vomitus:.
Prat'. Ample- 1,1 nt' ed VW le 1 1 h at -
eel tee days wn! 13 he lust ww.si
s,''rued long to him as they did to
the 'eller t,.on.i tees of his family.
Uat easy erre :11 gone now, --..art;:
wte.141 :,r ho:.:e to-tnortuwv, and with
the :awning in of night (11e eanc!108
were 1iehte¢1 }n the sitting room, and
Children Cry for Fletcher's
The Kind You Have Always Bought, and which has been,
in use for over CO yeais, has borne the signature of
and has been made under his per-
sonal supervision since its Infancy.
'���! Allow no one to deceive ouin this.
A11 Counterfeits, Imitations and i4 Just -as -good ” are but
Experiments that trifle with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children—Experience against Experiment.
What is CASTORIA
Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare•
goric, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is pleasant. It
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. For more than thirty years it
has been in constant use for the relief of Constipation,
FIatulency, Wind Colic, all Teething Troubles and
Diarrhoea. It regulates the Stomach and Bowels,
assimilates the Food, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea—The Mother's Friend.
GENJal E C
STO R I A ALWAYS
Bears the Signature of
The Khul You have Always Bought
In Use For Over 30 Years
THE CCNTAUR COMPANY, 77 MURIIAY STREET, NEW YORK CITY.
.r
Helen sat down to her work, wishing
it was to -night that Katy was com-
ing. As if in answer to her wish
there was the sound of wheels, which
stooped before the house, and drop-
ping her work Helen ran quickly to
the door, just its from under the
dripping umbrella held by a driver
WY. a 0.11 young man sprang to on
the step, nearly upsetting her, but
passing an arta around her shoulders
its time to keep her from falling.
"1 beg pardon for this assault up-
on you," the stranger said; and then
turning to the boy ho continued :
"It's all right, you need not wait."
With a chirrup and a blow the
horst' started forward, and the mud -
bespattered vehicle seas musing dowin
the road ere IIelen had rerovercd het'
sur!:rise at recognizing Murk Itay,
who shook tee rutin -chops from his
hair, and ut'feeing Ler his hand 'tad
in reply to her involuntary ex 1:::ut-
tion: "1 thought it was Kitty."
'•Shall I infer then that. 1 ant loss
welcome?" and his bright., saucy eyes
looked laughingly into bets. II si-
uess had brought Kiat to Sout1'le k ge
ho NO 1:1, tout it was his intention to
tare the ecus that. afternoon for Nosw
Yore, but having been detained long-
er than he expected, and not liking
the luaus of the hotel arrangements,
he had decided to presume upon his
acquaintance with Dr. Orsett, and
s end the night at Linwood. "P.ut,"
and again his eyes looked etrail ht
at. Helen, "it ruined so hard 1111(1 the
light from your window we: so 1: -
siting that I ventured to stip, so
here 1 ata, claiming your hospitality
lentil morning, if convenient; if not,
1 Win find my way to Linwood."
'!'here was something in this pleas-
ant familiarity which son 1•11c1'
Ephraim at once, and he bade the
3 -ming ratan stay, as did Aunt. ITnn-
nuh and Mrs. Lennox, who now for
the first time was presented to Murk
Hay. Always capable of adapting
.{(unlsoh!f trol: tlthde eiorrouwtstutch ssao rrontth
case •114(1 courteousness as to aston-
ish Helen, and partly thaw the re -
sees... she had assume.' when she
found the visitor was from the hated
city.
''Are you expecting Mrs. (`tuner -
on?" he asked, adding, ars Hetet' ex-
plainedu
the h( was coming
to -mor-
row. '"Thal is strange. Wilford
wrote decidedly that he •3110111(1 be in
New fork 10-11101 row. Pus sihly,
though, he does not intend himself
10 scup."
"T presume tin!," 1'01011 rept10(1, a
wweil:h! smiths:1' lifting ft ten her
bra:'t ut the t r4.1:+acct of not het ing
to vett.twin the foratidahle brother-
hrLlw wwl:o, if he staid meg. '.maid
spoil all her plea.-u:'c.
Thus at her ees<• on this point. she.
grew more talkative, half wishing
that her dress was not n shilling
calico, 01. her hair conmbed buck ().rite
:•u straight, giving her that severe
look which Alarris had said was en -
becoming. It wits 5 cry :month e11(1
glossy. and Sybil (;enation would
have given her hest diamond to have
had in her own natural tight the
heavy coil of hair bonnl so many
Limes around the back of Helen'is
head, end ornamented with neither
ribbon, comb, nor bow. only a
single geranium leaf, with a white
scarlet blossom, was fastened just
below the ear, and on the side where
Mark could see it best, admiring its
effect and forgetting the arrangement
of the hair in his admiration of the
well -shaped head, bending so indus-
triously over the work which Helen
had resumed—not crocheting, nor yet
embroidery, but the very homely
work o1 darning Uncle lsiphraim's
socks, •t task which Helen always
did, end on that pan titular night.
Helen sinew it was net delicate em-
ployment, end there 55118 a nutmeat's
hesitnnes us she wondered what Mark
Would thhtk•--then, with a grim de-
light in letting hint see that she did
not rare, she resumed her darning -
needle, and its 0 kind of nominee for
the the It of pride in which she had
(To be sur irktetbt
On: Way to Fight Mail Orders.
Down in Oklahoma, the other day, a
man went into a store to buy a saw.
He saw the kind he wanted and asked
the price. It was $1.65 the dealer said.
"Good gracious!" said the man. "I
can get the same thing from Sears,
Roebuck & Co , for $1.35."
"That's less than it cost me," said
the dealer, "but I'll sell it on the same
terms as the mail order house, just the
same."
"All right," said the customer. 'You
can send it along and charge it to my
account."
"Not on your life," the dealer re-
plied. "No charge accounts. You can't
do business with the mail order house
that way. Fork over the cash."
The customer complied.
"Now two cents for postage and five
cents for a money order."
"What -"
"Certainly, you have to send letters
and a money order to a mail order house,
you know."
The customer, inwardly raving, kept
to his agreement and paid the nickel.
"Now twenty-five cents expressage."
"Well I'll be • " he said, but paid it,
saying: "Now hand me that saw and
I'll take it home myself and be rid of
this foolery."
"Hand it to you? Where do you think
you are? You're in Oklahoma, and I'm
in Chicago, and you will have to wait
two weeks for that saw "
Whereupon the dealer hung the saw
on a peg and put the money in his cash
drawer.
"That makes $1.67," he said. "It
has cost you two cents more and taken
you two weeks longer to get it than if
you had paid my price in the first place."
SQUARE DEALER.
mootion A. ris, <iteetaL's
"I was a great sufferer from eczema
and saltrhenm for years," writes Mr.
John W. Naas, Lunenberg, N. S.
"Five years ago three boxes of Dr.
Chase's Ointment cured me and the old
trouble never returned. My skin is soft
as a child's now, and I shall say a good
word for this Ointment.''
19 Million Bushels Sent,
Already 19,0011,000 bushels of wheat
have been shipped this fall from Sask-
atchewan by the Canadian Pacific, said
J. C. Taylor, general superintendent of
the Canadian Pacific for Saskatchewan.
This total is greatly in excess of the
amount shipped up to the same date
last year. We have over half the crop
to carry yet, continued Mr, Taylor, and
cars are being loaded as fast as is pos-
sible. There has been no embargo plat-
ed on the western crops, in spite of
press reports to the contrary, he said.
The only action we have taken is to
restrict the shipments of grain to eleva••
tors at Fort William, owing to their
capacity being overtaxed at the pre-
sent time because of the inability of
the boats of the lake fleet to drain them
as fast as it is necessary. The boats
of the fleet can drain the elevators to
the extent of 1,1100,000 bushels Baily so
that we are restricting the shipments
of western grain to the elevators to
800 ears daily or between • 300,000 and
9110,neo bushels. I cannot say when the
restrictions will be removed. That will
depend on the progress made by the
boats in emptying the elevators and
how soon navigation closes.