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Home My WebLink AboutThe Wingham Times, 1913-02-27, Page 7l IIE w IN HAM T11ES, FEBRUARY 2 1911 .......... 941, c Purified * * B MARV J. • by SufferingHOLMES, 4;646....* 4 & 44. Stolen tatter brought a pang, while Helen's taco was a continual re- proach, and she was glad when, to- wards the tirst of May, her rival left Now York for Silverton, where, as the 4pring and summer came on, her services were needed. CHAI'TEit XXIX. A summer day in Silverton—a soft, dbright August day, when the early rare-ripes by the well were turning their red cheeks to the sun, and the Bowers in the garden were lifting their leea(is proudly, and nodding to each other as if they knew se- cretthe,. , tl I h t tL I c t e that r1 h aV1'' '' so bright above ail others. Katy was really coming ' to o ung hon ,and {ItIraof thereof, h ere of there were behind the house and barn piles of rubbt•lt, lath and as d piaster, mouldy paper and broken bricks, the r Ohats and remains OL the repairing process, which for so lon'•i, a tutee had nude tit.' farm-housec' a a scene of dire confusion. As a condition on which Kato might he permitted to comm. home, Wilford had stipulated an improve- ment in the interior arrangement of the house, offering to hear the ex- pense even to the furnishing of the rooms. '1'o this the family demurred at first, not, liking Wilford's dicta- torial manner, nor his insinuation that their home was not good en- ough for his wife. But Helen turn- ed the tide, appreciating Wilford's feelings better than the others could do. and urging a compliance with his request, "Anything to get Katy home," she said, and so the chimney was torn • away , a window was cut. Ilene and an addition made there, until the house was really improved with its pleasant, modern parlor and the large airy bedroom, with bathing - room attached, The 'furniture, too, which he. sent on from New York, was perfect in its kind, and suitable in every re- spect, and Helen enjoyed the settling very much, and when it was finish- ed it was hard telling which was the more pleased, she or Aunt Bet- sy, who, having confessed in a gen- eral kind of way at a sewing so- ciety, that she did go to a play- house, and was not so very sorry either, except as the example might do harm, had nothing to fear from New York, and was proportionately happy, at least .she would have been if Morris had not 'seemed so off, as she expressed it, taking but little interest in the preparations, and evincing no pleasure at Katy's ex- pected visit. And Morris was great- l• y changed. The wound which in • most hearts would have healed by this time, had grown deeper with each succeeding year. while from all he heard he felt sure that Katy's marriage was a sad mistake, wish- ing sometimes that he had spoken, and so perhaps have saved her from the life in which she could not be ;,wholly free. "She would be hap- pier with me," he had said, with a ijp,d smile to Ilelen, when she told lilm of some things which she had flet mentioned elsewhere, and there ere great tears in Morris's eyes, s'ben Helen spoke of ICaty's distress rendthe look which canto into her kttce when baby was taken sway. fit she was coming home; Provi- dence had ordered 'that: and he ac- Opted It, Cooking eagerly for the time,hut repressing his eagerness, so that not even Helen suspected how impatient he was for the day of her return, Idarian was working at her trade, ectad never came to the hotel except Otte day. when Wilford was in New WHOOPING C ' LEFT A NASTY, il DRY COUGH. eters Couii Do No Coed. ldrs. A. !Wainwright,.St. May's Ont !Wary's, Ont., Writes: --"I feel it my duty to write and fit you the good your Dr. Wood's Nor - Way Pine Syrup did for my little boy. ile, had whooping cough, which left him 1h a nasty, dry hard cough. 'I took .ih to several doctors, but they did him 'itia good, and I could see my little lad ! ing day by day . I was advised to take to to another doctor! w 'ch I did, and ,told me he Weeo ing into a decline. Was telling a neighbour about it,altod told me to et a bottle of Dr. ood's rwla Pine �u Syrup, and give it to him tar She then gottellbre how �,to ' alesch good it did her h children, o I got a ,k?bttle, and gave it to my little boy, and so pleased with the result that I }'�(Kh t another one, and by. the elides he !afar finished it he bad no cough. He ii a . fat and strong, and I would not be o , th irk' kettle. ;: : . R le ii#..the h Huss, 4A n' t1tcCQuht. •'i,'ilioopis cough generally ins sr a , ' ,,on told accompanied wi cough. i and slight tib dischargehem a noes. � � , 't is, as ferule, mere of a eblitre trouble t. als 1► to adui lir.. Dr. Wood's Norwa Pine Sirup .ie a lit preventative If taken in tim a. ti , C fend is v taut for d b anyof 0 Ami[bre after (ts. f ;I, • I9)., oo Wood's" is put up inti yellow intra sp , pines trees the trade essrk• ;pries 25 and 50 mate.' 1 thlthidiettteed,.0 6:0'4116 T. Igill.`ulal 00.0 Titwhtek, Totortfta, Ont. • • York, hut that day sufliceit for 1<a- ty to know that after herself, it was Marian whom baby loved the best—Marian, who cared for it even more titan Mrs. Hubbell. And Katy ' was glad to have it so, especially af- ter Wilford and his mother decided that she must leave the child in New London while she made the visit to Silverton. Wilford did not like her taking so much cure of it as she was inclined to do. It had grown too heavy for her to lift; it was better with Mrs, Ilubbell, he said, and so to the inmates of the farm -house Katy wrote that baby was not coming. They were bitterly disappointed, for Cats's baby had Dee anticipat- ed at - ed quite as much as Katy herself, end a Aunt Betsy had brought from the wood -shed chamber a cradle, which nearly y forty years before fe had rocked the deacon's only child, the littleo b ;t , who had died just as he had learned e rod to lisp his mother's name. As a memento of those days the cradle had been kept, Katy us- ing it sometimes for her kittens and her dolla, until she grew too old for that, when it was put away be- neath the eaves frein whence Aunt Betsy dragged it, scouring it with soap and sand, until it was as white as snow. But It would not be need- ed, and with a sigh the old lady carried it back thinking "things had come to a pretty pass when a wo- man who could dance and carouse till twelve o'clock at night, was too weakly to take care of her child," and feeling a very little awe of Katy who must have grown so fne a lady. But all this passed away when the time drew near when Katy was to come, and no one seemed happier than Aunt Betsy on the morning when Uncle Ephraim drove front the door, setting old Whitey into a canter, which by the time the "race" was reached, bad become a rapid trot, the old man holding up the reins and looking proudly at the oat -fed animal speeding along so fast, lie did not have long to wait his train, for the train soon cavae roll- ing across the meadow. and while his head was turned towards the car where he fended she might be, a pair of white areas was thrown impetuously around his neck, and a little figure, standing on tiptoe, al- most pulled hint down in its at- tempts to kiss }iiia. "furls Eplr! oh, Uncle Eplt, I've comet Put here!" a young voice cried; but the words the deacon would have s; a'cou wt'a•ei smothered by the kisses pleased upon his lips, kisses which only Caine to an 'nd when a voice said rather reproving- ly: eprovinbIy: "there, Katy, that, will do. You have almost strangled Ririe.,, . There was a good deal of the city about her dress and style; and the deacon felt a little over -awed at first: but this wore off, as, on their way to the farm -house, she talked to him in her old, loving :.tanner, and asked questions about the peo- ple he supposed she had forgotten, nodding. to everybody she met, whe- thel' she knew them or not, and at last, as the old house came in sight, hiding her face in a Rush of happy tears upon his sack. Scarcely wait- ing for. old. Whitey- . to stop. but with one leap clearing the wheel, she threw herself into the ' midst of the women waiting on the doorstep to meet her•.. It. was a joyful meeting, and when the first excitement was over, Katy ,inspected the improve- mente, praising them all and cone gratulating herself upon the nice time she was to have. "You don't know what a luxury it is tofeel that can L I a r st" s said shend to Helen. "Didn't you rest at. New London?" Helen Asked, -Yes, some," 0 ne Katy replied; "brit there were dances every niffltt, qr .•:nils upon the bay, and 1 had to go, for Horny of our friends were therm and Wilford was not witiieg for me • to be quiet." This, then, was the reason why leety came home "o weary Susi Irate, aia'al. ci'iivinq so -inuch' the rest• she had not had in mere-theri two years. Katy had inquired for Morrie itn- enediately after her arrival, but in her exeit'iuent she had forgotten hiin .again,. until tea was over, whet;, ;net as she had doner e on the day of her teturn from Canandaigua, she toot. her hat and strfrted en that well-worn path to Linwood. I{e wad thinking of that time now, and how differently it had all turned out. when he heard the bounding step and SAW her coining toward hien, swinge, in 6 r her hat in childish abandon, and; warbl1ni• a song aha had learned trout hien. "Morrie. oh, Morris!" she cried, efs she ran eagerly forward, "I tarn so. glad to see you. It seems so nice to be With you once store here in ,•.u the dca old [Moods Don't t e ,p " • g 4 • a, d R t n nti utid c 9t' b . ire co d t Pieta* � p 9 B t. i• . t to nese. >; iitd a i 5 1 Stied *as' sis,ndin •g" before him, ti hand on either side of his face, seta *Lich she .we looking quite sus wist. fully as lie • wits, ,regarding ;her.,0''tuiv thingsite, Missed lit bateinsikant Which troubled her; and Mink! knew Wleatt was aha said rr , tlki e W!i .site it i eta !�! ofirli A . '�` U ti . Von true; Ain't alit � +t� tet , s7 wit 'F tAt * S% V'CdF, #610," tali tNN111Ki; irtairityl liar Ilowaa treatda 0/101 t�err eft t' . e.. . rat �f Mei � �E.l� she tried to think what ailed Mor- ris. lie was very thin, and there was a few white hairs about his temples, So that, thoughh four years younger than her husband, lie seemed to her much older, quite grandfatherly in fact, and this accounted for the Iib» ernes she took, asking what was the a t tt r andtrying in to snake him like her again, by assuring him that she was not as vain and foolish as he might suppose from what Helen had probably told him of her life since leaving Silverton. "I do not like it at all," she said. "I teen in it, and must conform; but, oh Morris! vo don't kuow how much happier I should be if Wilford were just like you, and lived at Linwood instead of New York, I should be so hap- py hero with holly all the time," It Was well she spoke that name, for Morris could not have borne much more; but the mention of her child quieted hint at once, so that he could calmly tell her she was the same to !mitt she always had been, while with his next breath he said, "Where is your baby?" adding with a smile, "I can retnemher when you were a baby, and 1 held you in my! at'nts.'• "'Chin you really?" Katy said; and as if that remembrance made him older than the hills, she nestled her curly head against his shoulder, while sit.. told him of her bright-eyed dar- ling, ling, and as she talked, the moth- er-lovewhich la eh spread itself over her girlish face made it more beautiful than anythingMorris v r had ever seen. n "Surely an angel's countenance cannot be fairer, a a erg purer than hers, ho thought, as she talked of the only thing which had a power to separate her from him, making her seem as a friend, or at most as a beloved sis- ter. "And you are not as strong as you once were," he added, pulling her shawl around her shoulders . with, careful solicitude, and thinking how slender she had become. From the back parlor Helen saw them coming up the path, detecting the changed expression on Morris's. face, and feeling a pang of fear when, as he left them atter nine o'clock, she heard her mother say that he ha not appeared so natural since ICatg went away as he had done that night. Knowing what she did. Helen trembled for Morris, and Morris trembled for himself as he went back the lonely path, and stop- ped again beneath the chestnut tree where he had so lately sat with ICS» ty, There was a great fear at kis heart, and it found utterance in words, as kneeling by the rustic bench, with only the lonely night around him and the green boughs ov- eietead, he asked that he might be kept front sin, both in thought and deed, and be to ICaty Cameron just what she tooig him for, her friend and elder brother. And God, ,who knew that sincerity of the heart thus plead- ing before him, heard and answered the prayer, Co that after the first night of trial, Morris could look on Katy without a wish that she were otherwise' than Wilford Cameron's wife and the mother of his child. He was happier because of her being at the farm -house, though be Slid not go there one half as often as she caute to him^ Those September days were happy ones to Katy, who became a child again—a petted, spoiled child, Whom every one caressed and suffered to have her way. To Uncle Ephraim It was as if some bright angel had suddenly dropped into his path, and flooded it with sunshine. He was so glad to have again his "Katy -did," who went with him to the fields, waiting patiently till his work was done, and telling him of all the Won- drous things she saw abroad, but speaking little of her city life. That was something she did net care to talk about, and but for Wilfotd's let- ters, and the frequent mention o1 baby, the deacom could easily have itnatrined;'thea Katy had never left him. But these were barriers be- tween e tween the old life and the^present.; these were the insignia of Mrs. WO - ford Cameron, who was watched and envied by the curious Silverton fans, and pronounced charming by them all. Still there was one draw- back to Katy's happiness. She miss- ed her child, mourning for • it tto much that her family, quite as mere Lou. asherself seeit, e to suggested her .sending• for it. It woulsrely take no harm with them, and Vex. Oen WouI comei� Would with it, if 'Mrs. Ilutr bell could not. To this plan Katy listened more willingly frau the fact that Wilford had gone West, and the greater the distance between, thein, the more she dated to do. Anti so Marian Itazeltote was one day start- ed at the sudden appearance at the cottage of Katy, who had Come to, take het and baby to Silverton. There was no resisting the veheau- ence of ICaty's arguments, and be- fore the next day's sunsetting, the farmhouse, usually so quiet and or- derly, had been turned into one gen- eral nursery, where Baby Cameron reigned supreme,. screaming with de- light, at the lilt ware which Aunt iletsy brought out, from the cake - cutter to the dipper, the little crea- ture beating a noisy tattoo upon the latter with an iron spoon, and then for diversion, burring its fat dimpled hands in thole I':phraim's. long white hair, for the old man Went down on all fours to do his great-grand-nieeo homage. That night Morris carne up, Stop- ping suddenly as a loud baby laugh reached. him, even across the orch- ard, and leaning for a lnonient againstthe wall, white wa h in leo tried t fX e o tr rthe 4 e) o himself for .frr is it C , I ti s In r t tl h, e c Kater t'l 4 n 11 to see t 's let , ,at#d i ho.d it in his arms, as he knew he must, or the mother be aggrieved. rig He lead sulaposeil it was , pretty, but. he Was not Ireh)are' for the d u C T beautiful little therein, which its ital street white dress, With its soft curls of of gown clustering about i cit B t ut to �a head,stood oldichair,usis holding to a n tug it occasionally, and venturing nove and then to take a step, white its infantile laugh mingled with the sties*ens *f its delighted audit ore, tvatehiug it with so much interest. "Oh, Morris," lCaaty cried, ""Bdby can almost walk. Marian has take* se witch Trt*ifnd, and oho can ray 'papa,' Isn't she a beauty?" pithy had turned her lead by this time, her ear caught by the whistle Hutt her eve arrested by something in Morrie. r xltfr s h fascinated tr[ •1 t 1 her }teat. l'erlutps she thought of Wilford, of whom site had been very fond, for she pushed her chair towards him and then hold up her fat arms for him to take her. Never was mother prouder than Katy during the first few days sue- retding baty's arrival, while the family Seethed to tread Ott air, so swiftit tire time went by with that act lee little life in their midst, stir- ring ring titmi. up aso constantly, putting to rout all their rules of order and keeping their house in a state of de- lightful confusion. It was wonder- ful how rapidly the child improved with Co many teachers, learning to lisp its mother's name and taught by her, attempting to say"Doctor." Ie; out the very lirst the child took to 'dories, crying after hint whenever It • event away, and hailing his ar- t i t al er ith a crow of joy and an outer attempt to reach him. "It was altogether too forward for this world,"e Aunt Betsy often said. slat%irkr h;r head ominously, but not really meaning what she f+:'rclicted, even when for a few days it did riot seers as bright as usual, btt lay quietly iii Katy's lap, a ':lue look about the mouth and a ,1 ) I. h u < n his cheeks, I c which neith- er 'cith - er Morris not. Marian liked, fut•e� s t ' act tt, tot uci to children than h other metub,'r•s of the family, :h•y watt 11'd ' at. closely, Morris • 0 earth over twice out day, and the lust tinto he c auto over regarding Ka- ty with a look as if he would fain t• e •'d off from her tome evil which h • feared. "What is it, ;Morris?" she asked. "Is baby going to be very sick ?" an•1 a great crush's_ fate came up - n lice' as she waited for his answer. "I hope not," he said: ."I cannot tell as yet: the symptoms are line cholera infantunl, of which I have s' t oral cases, but if taken in time, I perchend no danger." '!'here was a low shriek and baby opt u d Its heavy lids and moaned, anile llelctt canoe at once to Katy, who was holding her hand upon her hart as if the pain had entered there, To Marian it was no news, 'or ever since the early morning, she lied suspected the nature of the dis- -ruse stealing Over the little child, 111 night the light burned in the fai'ua-house, where there were atm - Ions, troubled faces, Katy bending constantly over her darling, and ev- en amid her terrible anxiety, dread- ing Wilford's displeasure when ho hould hear what site had Anne and its possible result. She did not be- lieve as yet that the child would die: butt she suffered acutely, watching for fire early dawn when Morris end said he would be there, and when at last he came, begging of hint to leave his other patients and 'are only for baby. "Would that be right?" Morris ask- ed, and Katy blushed for her selfish- ness when she heard how litany were 'rick and dying around I heat. "1' will spot d every leisure moment here," be said, leaving his directions with Italian, and then hurrying away withoutia word of hope for the child, v h't h grew worse so fast that when am night shut down it lay upon a. ',plow, ten blue eyes closed and its b art thrown back, while its sad rnoutcielgs could only be hushed by •urrying it in one's arms about the atone, a task which Katy could not "0. She tried tt at first, refusing all their offers with the reply, "Baby is urine., and shall I not carry her?" But the feeble strength gave out, the limbs began to totter, aril stag - vein.; backward, rho cried: "Some- body must take her." It was Marian who event. forward, Varian, whose face was a puzzle. as •he took the infant in her strong erns, her stony eyes, which had not ,t'ept as yet, fastening themselves upon the face of Wilford Cameron's •hill with a look which seethed to eery: "Retribution. retribution." But only when she remembered the hiller, now so proud of his daugh- ter, was that word in her heart. she could not harbor it when she ;lanced at the mother, and her lips avotl In earnest prayer that. if r,st'1 :• iIle God of would leave her O n e 11 so !.isolate. An hour later and Morris ante, relieving Marian of Iter' bur- ette which he carried in his own arms, while he strove to comfort ICs- ty who, crouching by the empty crib, was sitting motionless in a kind of dumb despair, • all hope crushed out by the answer to her entreaties that he would tell her the truth and teem nothing back. "I think your baby will die," he said to her vett' gently, palming s, moment in- awe of the white face, whose expression terrified him. it was so full of agony. }lowing her head upon her hands. poor Katy whispered sadly: "(lad must not take my baby. Oh. ;renis, pray that he will not. Ile will hear and answer you. 1 have been ;,t, bad I cannot pray, I ant not going to be bud again. If he Will let me keep my darling I will begin a new life. I will try to serve him. Dear Lord, hear and answer, and not let baby iiia•• She was playing -herself, now, and eforris's broad che. t heaved as he glanced at her kneeling figure, and than at the death -like face upon the pillow, withthe pinched lou. about t the nose attd lips, which to his peace Beed eye eras a harbinger of death, a t r should be lett a t ", he thouht and when Katy lifted u her head again ler asked if she wigs sure her husband had not yet re- (tu ned frog I! i 5 n nih,ot,r„ ••l'e'a, sures -that. is, i thietnk aherltil<t has Un tn. w4 .. a ,,Y <•teritrt,,, over her at. the thee•;ht of meeting Wilford. and gibing hint his M d.0 .titt" d l , ea c. "1 shall telt tit th• in (it' atnrni,t R i s, a: all events," Morris, coaliuu.'d ' to if not - d h e t y t au New York, it will he forwarded." • t'ti't, the t will be. I cit." Was the reply. spo'cen sa nut-erufully that Morrie Stopped in front of Fatty and tried to reason with In 'u'. lint Katy Would not listtn and on - ly answered that he did not 1• row, he could not feel, he never had been tried. "Perhaps not Morris said; "Mit Heaven is myvitne witness, Katy, that if I genic' save you this pain by gi Jag up my life for batty s, I would du so willingly; but Clod does rot give us our choice. Ile Ino loth what is Bost, and baby is better with. flint than us,'" I''or a moment Katy was sit nt; tire![., as a new idea took moss s ion of her mind, she sprung to Morris s side, and seizing his arm rleman`r'd, "Cart en unbai.tizedI child be sa,- i,d,,,, "We nowhere read that baptism is a saving ordinance," wets Alorris's answer; while Katy continued, "but do you believe they will be saved?" "Yes, I do," was the decided re. sponse, which, hornet., slid not case Katy's nand, and .1a. not red on "A child of h. MIL n ratents may,. bat I knew bette•'. I knew it was my duty to give the t hl'•rt to Got},and for a foolish fancy withheld the gift t n - til it is too late, and (loft will take it without the mark men its fot•e- heaci, the water Ott its brow, Oh, baby, baby, if she shout(' be lost — an name, no mark, no baptismal sigtt.,r "Not `water, but the bloodof Jes- ms cleanseth from all sin," Morris said"and as sure as he died so sure- this little one is safe. Besides, there maybe time one for the baptism yet—that is, to -morrow. Baby will not die to -night, and if you like, it still hall have a name." Eagerly Katy seized upon that idea, thinking more of the sign, the wat- er, than the mune, which scatr.ely occupied her thoughts at all. It did not matter what the child was culler, so that it became one of the little ones in glory, and with a calm- er, quieter elemcanor than she had shown that they, the saw Morris de- part at it late hour; and then turn- ing to the child which Tinel. Eph- raim was holding, kissed it. lovingly, whispering as she diet so: "Baby shall he baptize d—baby shall ha• e th ' sign." CHAPTER XXX. Morris had toltgraphed to New York, receiving in reply, 'that Wil- ford was hourly expected home, and would at once h isten on to Silt Cr - ton. 'f he clergyn'cen. Mr. Kelly, had also been seen, but owing to a funer- al which w•ouitl take him out of town, he could not be at th' farm- house until five in the cite rnoon, when. if the child still lived, he would be glad to officiate as re- quested. All this Morris r•ommuni- cattcd to' Katy. who listened in a kind of stupor`. gasping for breath, when she heal d that Wilford would soon be there, and nio! nin r "that will he too late," when told that the baptism could not ta' e Melee till night. Then eneeline• by the crib where the child was thine, she fastened her great. sad blue eyes rpon the j'allid face whh an earn- eatnesn as if thus she would hold tial nightfall; the life flickering. so fa.,llly and steering so nearly 1'nis11- e,l. The wailing's hid ceased, an I 'h• • no longer carried it in the : heels, hitt had placed it in its cal', where it lay perfectly still, save n a Is e,t".S occasiorttehly unelast•d runt teened wistfully towards the cuts, ehe're it knew was sotncthin'r whie•h euen' h d its raging thirst. On •e. in - deal, 's the hours crept on to noon and Katy bent over it so that her curls swept its face, it se'nud to ln:'sv ha, and the little wct`:ted hand woe uplifted and rested on her cheek wit'i tin Caine caressing motion it Inc•el been wont to use in heel' h. 'I h n hope whispered that it might Hee_ and with a great cry of ,toy !',:t,v sobbed, "She knows tae, Mor- r14—mother, see; she knows me. May - he 'h' will live!" Bet the dull stupor which sueeeea- eri swept all hope away. and again '''ey reseuntecl her post, watching I st her flying. child. and then the tum; hands of the clock which crept en so slowly, pointing to r my two t ti n she thought it must, be the. Would [het hour never come, or vom- iter, would it fine baby tit •re? It wits stub ,in:; five, and with our'}t et take tit• dying tab, in:mind, while aty siruttied her ecu' to taint ilia ete of horses' hoofshurt yi ng up Iiia road, The clergymen heti come Ind the inueateee of the house gath- ered round in silence. while he muse!! r, ady to receive the (hdld into t heist's flock. Mrs. 1,enttox had qu, st toned Helen nt a ut the mune, and them Teti;} an- swered, "Kitty kr•ows. I presume. It. trues not a a't''",'• but no ore laid 'Token directly to Wavy, who herd '•'ctr'eely given it a thou h , ca in:g t': ore for tit' titin siw had cle'erredd so 4utg "Ile nntst ha.'en." Ai. • said to ',[orris, h>r ryes I.'sis1 upon the pnttt- nt; chin} she I. d lifted to`lu'r own lay. nal thus c' + , ed the c•h'- gye rut failed to meat el, usual it) :wry v, ,• co„- grin »1. the t�n•..• he was to ,t , I dim r ne h to as a at'hle - 'atnita Il: t on ithelton Ended to h) l'ac'e of ha y's choie•, t rel ii gs- lV; hurt Ii her h,,n is upich it, t luted Mar Kiat' 5o h t her ,;c' s, tOO, ,t'o'il ill on i It • little fit a, I's o.,, 1i it tit ;v n hmnt'ri but a n'e. !nt ;le it we a th+' r•le,•ui, ne n s Oka was lien <l et Hug for a tenon', there was an n ant's sitene a eves! rt ii;s 1•. eget to move, wit a me el N1e1••;e1 is 'c•'n 'a t a'i 1"irl 'nIl it r Dead, matte the ether too 'n its Oen th'ituep whit' ba y s •s .,t. „i. r.ov •r Lb 1 tin d Mare lou a a ' t t1, n its inn as it said. it 'v a t . -Yes (lane `t." Katy t his tea I t til s �r words were, r a i t. h o to } "Goo a, 1 bin!lve lb • in he to a't Path the., m tettd nettle h Non, 1 , he T olv [,frost." :•o tee tin» btt••tisncat tt'ater•m fe 1 tfun t t' pale ;maimed. I a t and at t keit 1 'un- closed, tonna little ii ri Stave eyes t tt i the ( h v xlo td thett a.. t it ti ith +ea a t S ' ae ) 's Tri n thiru.hivee fret[ Atriart. gra f . and again sought th' tso'her s e•he•'•t, testing there for en tl'itrtttt. While a 'Atttiir broke ares n I the baby's lips, which tried to say ""lam-tua.." 'Then the hand tell bite" , dawn up, S !tsar- i,,111+N,i,tI,,,,I,1,NIuNIuI1,iI,tl111,I'iurNUHiiliINII inimume AYetyefablePrepata ionforA,s- similating ihlrToodatidReguta- ting ijmStmmnnrhn andBoweis of P outoies'Digestion,Cheerru]- nessandRest.Contains neither IO tum Morphine nor Metal. QT N.ii'ri c to TIC . ./141.14S.4.%• • CardtvrakJ' Nem Scent - .lare/crl Jur ano Aperfect Remedy for Col s lion. Sour Sfo macfU1atrltiopesa- . ri it - C vu i n F eve s �Yorirls (Ise iss o nous and LOSS OF SIX4P. Facsimile Signature of aaled-iftWeeth 3". NEW 'YORK. ASTORIA' ror Infants and Children. The Kind You Have Always Bought Bears the Signature of in Use For Over Thirty Years RIA EXACT COProf WRAPPER, SHE CteRT,tu,, OOWPANT H' -W YORK O inn's, the soft eyes closed, the limbs grew rigid, the shudnw of death grew deepele and while the prayer was said, and ictutrian's tears fell with Kitty's upon the brow where the `optismal welters were sot dried, the angel came. axct when the prayer was ended, Morris, who knew what the rest did not, took the lifeless ferule from Katy's lap, and whisper- ed to her gently, "Katy, your baby is dread" It w'ae Morris's task to comfort (toot- stricken Katy, telling her of r tae blessed Mae tour who loved the little children while here on earth, and to whom her darling had surely gone, "Safe in His areas, it would not conte hack if it could," he said, "and neither would you Imre it." Butt Katy was the mother and hu- man love could. not so soon submit, but event out after the lost one w•!th a piteous, auoni.ing wail. ',Ole, T went my baby ba.c... I know she is safe, but I want her back. She wigs my life ---ail I had to love," Katy moaned, rocking to and fro in this her first hour of hrrcavcnirn5, "ate:l Wilford will Mento ace so much for bringing my bnl•y here to die." At nine o'clock next day there came a telegram. Wilford had reached New York and would he in Silverton that. aftce•umin, accompan- ied by Bell, At thi; last. Marian Tlneelton caught as an excuse for what she intended doing. She could not renenin there after Wilford came, nor was it necessary. TIer task was el, ne, or would he when she had fini>•hed the wreath and cross of 'Metes she was trtitking for the cof- fin. otfin. I ayin, them en baby's pillow, Marion went .n quest of Helen, to whnnt she explained that, as Bell Cameron was coming, and the house would be full, ten. had decided on go- ing IO West `ift•e'r•ton, as she wish- ed to see the old lady with whom she once boarded, and who had been so kind to her. "1 Height. stay," .he added, as Hel- en 1 ) e. n began to e i 1 "hu v ) e t I on d 1 not need me. ° I have don' all I can. ie,d would t•nllirr go where l cant he quiet for te little.,'' '1'o this last meanie n' there c•oele be no eleutur, and so t he. sauce veto liege which at ten o'cloci'. went fo • Wit hued Cameron eared d Matrian liit'r•lfon to the village where sle' preferred 1•t•ing left. * t R er et in remelt anxiety and elist••ers 1 "- fo I Platte oa ream the told, an au nettnrin ; baby's illnt'ss. hea ante -arm!" he snit!. ' lbe1 cum that be wit -•n the Auld was a• New Lon'Ino " uend he glanced agar' at the Won de: "Your child is dying at Silverton. C'onu' at once. M. Grant." There could be no mistake. ' an 1l Morel's farce grew dark, for h guessed the truth. censurin tee Kul ninth, hut• censured her family more '}'hey of course had encouraged h<',' itt the plata of taking her child front New Lor•'ton, where it Was doin well, rtn'1 tats Was the result, Ila.l Katy Weald me, it would not ham hs pent ,1," he said, pelting up anti <loan tit,' fierier and prcpur:iie t') say Moe., v h n ?tell came to e aty'!e Sed, pili lighting +'upon him. cn to I [.hat he meant by blaming his wee so meth. t. ••I''nt • my pact," She sai.h t t think there has been too much fanit- iardinq Stud dictation from the ve• .• ri t o tl ild' r# till now teal it h t to i i Sty f b h If (hod takes It, I shalt thin': �Ii u. judgment upon #sou^ First yo here vexed With lollybeeaecse'it v a• a n It a 1 oy, as if shWere. to Mena; Oat rote cid not lite it because was not more promisinguising cd fa ;r next it was in your Way, and so you � ,• tit i• tit it lief, never 1* :ider'ng Katy any Mote than it slue had been a. entre mamma tion. 'i'hen you trust needs forl,ld her takilt t it }lone to ht'r fairmity, a e if they had 116 interest in it. I tell (To it• trtrirtilulrarlla) QUICKSILVER MINING. An Occupation That Quickly Dooms the Workers, The chief quicksilver mines in Eu- rope are In the Spanish town of alma - len. which is an Arabic word, mean - lug "the mine of quicksilver." These mines were formerly worked by the Iberians and after them by the ancient (romans. Between 16411 end 1843 the Spauish government employed galley ;levee ire them, art occupation that loon ended In death. The fumes of :he mercury produce eonstunt saliva- tion. and the system becomes perme- iced with the metal. ' 1 At first the victim is seized with tremlefings, and then the teeth drop ant; pains in the bones follow and then death. The annual yield of mercury I is 1.:I00,000 pounds. to produce which - l.Ut14 men are engaged in this un- tteaithy employment. After Almaden so far as yield of anieksilver is concerned comes Idritt, in Austrian town. twenty-eight miles , From Trieste These mines also were ince worked by criminate, who, oWing -t ;o the terrible qualities of the mineral, f expired after about two years' service. There are now nearly WO miners en- gaged in the work at Idriu. They are Induced to enter the mines by high pay. A peasion Is allowed when tbey disabled. and provision is made for their widows and children.—Peurson's Weekly, A Wager Wen. The following story is told of 3. P. Morgan—and possibly of other success- fui business men as well. Leer three consecutive days the great financier carried an empty birdcage in his hand to and from his office. On the third day one of his mnnagers ventured to est: why he carried that apparently use- less article. "To see." replied Ptetpont Morgan. "If any one would bare the impudence • to ask the why I did so." "I beg your pardon," began the in- , outrer. "I"-- "You needn't do that." said the chief. smiling grimly. "I had a bet with a ' man that I had at least one employee with some curiosity. I've won the money; but in future don't ask quos. dons about thln„s that don't concern your, W DRUGGIST IN WINNIPEG Cod Himself With 61N PILLS No greater eompl'ttnetat could be paid t CIN DILLS than to have adruggistuse . theta. Mr. Rogers being in the business, tried all the oruiaiary tentediee, but it 9 was not refit he used GIN PILLS that /I,I. severe to vats cured of a ev erepain in the back. 1 t .i Winnipeg, May 19th, 1912. "In a suffered the autumn. E t' I t I o 3 r with a continual pain in the back. All a druggist, I tried various ret edie s without as apparent results,IIavisg sold GIN PILLS for number of years, I thought there trust be good in them otherwise the tatc3 would riot increase so fad#. I gave them a.fair trial amt! the «,.. results I found to be food". GEO. . lt.Ot:lsR5. t I:t PILLS intim cure you or year money will 'be- refunded, Ioc, a box, 6 foe ¢0.3o. Semple free if you write National Drag Sod Chemical CO, taf !Ceueda, Limited, Terolrto. , ,