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The Wingham Times, 1913-03-20, Page 9rilE WINGUA1M Tib1LS, MARCH 20 1W3 stinic)******* BY 45'. Purified MARY J. 3' SufferingHOLMES, Or 1.. 4 4 4 • [ sent for you to tell me, and take • me away front here. hack to Silver- ton, help tae, Morris! I am chok- ing! I am—yes-1 ant—going- to faint!" It was the first time Katy had .put the great horror in words ad. dre,st d to another, told the act eat (10'11; SO made it more appalling, nail with a moan ale s• 'tk back . aa.onsf the pit .ows of the couch, while Morrie tried to comprehend the str age words he hued heard: •'I ant not 1lilfogd's wife, for he had ane- their before Mitt:—a wife in Italy—who ia not cited." P •, Morris was thoroughly a man, . an I though much of his sinful na- ture had ween subdued, there was enough left to nuke his heart rise and fall with great throbs of joy as 'he thought of Katy free, even though th^.t fieadotu were bought at. the ex- t ou•,e of titre disgrace to others. and of misery to her. "My pour little wounded bird," he rent, as pityingly as if he had been her father. while much as a father nil 'ht. kiss his s^irering child, 1:3 1 issid tilt: forehead, and the eyelids wc' re the tears I 'gait to gather. aty was not insensible. and the ye zee •by which he called her. with the lesees that he gave. thawed the. ice avottml her heart itnd brought a Po d of tears, which Morris wiped aw: y, lifting h,i' gently up and pil- lo' ing her hat head upon his arm, el. ' i she Moaned like a wet ry cL I. t re: is tee so just to see You, It:c 'iris. May I go back with you, as yo s housekeeper, instead of Mrs. IIt• I --that is if I am not his wife ? 'i h • world might despise me, but . you won tt l.nutt• I was not to blame, .1 should go nowhere but to the farm -house, to church, and baby's • g ave. Poor. baby! I ata glad Clod pat a her to me, even if I ton :a wi'ro'd's wife; and I am glad now thut she died." : he was talking to herself rather than to Morris, who smoothing back her hair, , and chafing her cc. el flat vis, said: -My poor chil.d. you have passed t?'rutnrh sonic agitating scene. Ate you able now to tell rue all. about itg and v. hat you metal by anotl•:r Wi'c? ' 't here was a ,shiver, and the white ',ins grew still whiter as Katy be- gan her story, going back to St. '11ary's churchyard, and then com- ing to her first night in New York all n Juno had told her of a pier teee, and asked her whose it. was. 71'h an she told of Wilford's admission •of ant earlier lore, who; he said, svt.:a dead; of the trouble ahgtut bee by's name, and the aversiojt of Gen- es ra: but when she approached the •.dieter at the elder Cameron's, her aiL ' lip quivered in a grieved kind of ""way as sits remembere,l what Wll- ' ford had :,:rid of her to his mother, but she 'would not tell this to Mar- :els—it was not necessary to her story—and so qui said; "They were talking of what I ought never to have heard, end it seemed as if the walls were closing cite in so I could not move to let them know I etas there I said to myself: "I llt:ill go clad after this.' anti I thought of you all eouting to see dile in the nt,id•house, your kind $ace, Morris, coming up distinctly be - fare ate, just as it would leek at . Vie if 1 were really crazed. Bat all this 'wept away like a hurricane When I hia: d the rest, the part gI.out Gen:vru. Wilford's other te.fee„ Katy was pant'ne for breath, but she went -on with the st ory, which XT TOCOSIIMPTIDI UUfNE ARE MORE ®EATH$' 1 From PNEUMONIA ttiall Air Other Long Treiiis. Pneumonia tltaa What used to be called "Inflammation of Consumption may be contreoted frons ers, but ilio it rule pIIeualonis is Caused expo ate to cold a $.,et,,niu 4 if the ' ietimmed`utel . eery d to not; 'attended y reehlttt are liable to follow. There is only one way to prevent teunionist sad that iato cure tett Ctld en first appearance. Dr. Wood's Notwhy 'Ate Spills' will this for you if yeti will only take it is e. Wood', Norway !tine Syrup ewe. Mit die essence'- stud lung lee! si Overt! of the famtlue Norway Pine tree. dir. Ruth /idea, k'tt.t:tritay, tea: -40 little buy is Tey it d •iYti '` colo'did't tr+` t'ili+ Pa a. Tire doctor stbkdie (out m t i got eerie of your sOrt ay .Zoe OM). Oil be t eke. ft**. iii' s104614 lisiatby Q, atslihotn no site of it ever maim ;t Ih. plitstof thitr`teaettrdj!' eedte Pdlittttlt, h J41t 1C t udal'+w t ''y air whipper; $ pine trees the trade marlri is ritlund etured oily by 'h. Co. Limited Termite OA of made Morris clench his hands as he co:upi ehenilc'd the deceit which had been practiced so long. Of course he did not look at it as Katy did, for he knew that according to all civil Mw she was really Wilford's wife as ii no other had existed, and he told ]tor so, but Kitty shook her head. "IIe can't have two wives living, and I tell you 1 knew the picture—Genev- rtt is not dead: 1 have seen her—Gen- evra is not dead," "Granted that she is not," Morris answered, "the divorce remains the sante." "I do not believe in divorces, Whom God bath joined together, let not man put asunder," Katy said with an air which implied that from this argument there could be no t;!•1 cal. "'.'hat is the Scripture, I know," Morris replied, Whet you must know that for one sin our Saviour per- mitted a roan to put away his wife, thus making it perfectly right." "IAtt in Genevra's case the sin did not exist. She was as innocent as I ant, and that must make it differ• cnee." She was very earnest in her At- tempts to prove Genevra was still a lawful wife, no earnest that a dark s•:spicion entered Morris's mind, dial - ins vent in the question: "Katy, don't you love your husband, that you try so hard to prove he is not yours?" '!'here were red sorts all over Ka- ty's race and neck as sire saw the meat tug put upon her actions, and, covering her face with her hands, site sobbed violently as she replied : "I do, oh, yes, I do! I never lov- ed anyone else. I would have 'died for hint (ace. Maybe I would die for him now; hut. Morris, he is it sappotnted in me." "You cannot go home with me. Ka- ty: your .duty is to remain here in your husband's house," he said, and she offered no remonstrance. "It is not safe for you to be alone. Esth- er must he with you," he continued, I" dine her rapid pulse, and noticing th • abet nate flushing and paling of her c heck. A fever was ruining on heti teared, rt"d eto unc'nitag Esther to the, room, it'd: "10111• ttsistac.•s is very sick. You tenet stay wit h her till eternities and if :he e- ours worse. let ant' know. 1 sit ill !,u in the library." !h.•rt,with a few elle et!o;.s tcath "•e,ord •'0 the teedirine be feet 'mats- ly lead 'i i h hint, he left the chata- I•t''•, ad ‚n alit d to the li.rat; it'- !utw. Me, e lit• "; i n' 'he re's' ,t"Ildirn- It • u s of the e,.'''.' . on !''ring on a' • a 0 ,'< s'0 !•, • t ,e1 a d anti 0 n • u•' p' or Kut' e heart heti • n so Sc,' elv v : • , 'i. • 1c•.-w'ti•4 I ., };,e something was .wrong. ann rracrn tt rtadily to Wilford, whoSe exacting nature she thoroughly understood. Numerous were her conjectures as to the cause of the present trouble, which must be something serious, or Katy had never telegraphed for Dr. Grant, as she felt certain she did. "dhatever it is. I'll stand heir friend," she said, as she bent oven Ler young mistress, wise was talking of Genevra and the grs.ve at St. Mary's, which was no grave at all: She was growing' worse very rap- idly, and frightened at last at tiff eeildnees oe her eyes, and her coir- siant raving; 'Esther sent down for Morris, and' bade" bim come ' quickly to- Mrs. Cameron. "She'll taken out of her head, and' talks so queer ar[d riving." Morris had expected, this, but he Wts,aot; prepared' to find the fever ski' high, or the sytuptems so alarming; -Shall I send fqr airs. Careered anti another doctor, please?" Esth- er asked. I orris bbd faith in" hien elf, en would rather no other hand shout, naia'ster to ICaty; but he knew lib could not star' there long, for those were those at home who needed hit► sere:fees. Added to' this, tier family] physician might know her constittf- tion, now, better than he knew it, duel se les answered' that it treater be well to send for both the doctoY an•t Mr's. Cameron:: L tt was just daylight when Mrs. ('a•'leron arrived, questioning Esther •eI:•sely, • and 'apliearing' much "stir - prised when she heard of Br. t;c;mnt'e presence is the house. The he came by chance she never don to ed, and as Esther merely answered) the questions put directly to Ler, Mrs. Cameron had no suspicion cf1f Ute t.legraln. ' ' ant glad he happened here It this time," she said; "I Uwe they ttt•eost confidence in his skill. Still it umay be well for 1')r. Craig to set}' h.s I think that is his ring." ee city and country physicians e• •'ed exactly with regard to Ka- t} ,t i'lness, or rather the city phy;, - e an hoe tall in ac•gttiescence when MaP- r;v s:tid to him that the fever relent, so high had, perhagii been induced' Tia natural a t+isev, but was greatly a'•; -1 averted by spore sudden shock td' t., • nerviue *Wein. ! rs. Cameron was very glad that Ti'. (Natant was'tItete,.khb:WNitls i'ar•ltape it is hest she shotild net k' ow of the tefgratn," he thought, • e i literally bowing to her remarks, h tuned to Katy. why► 'alas growirt�^ v c res{less and moaning its if i!C lea '1. ft parte," chi said, taraiaitd hbl' ail fro.* side to side; "Y• am lyitit tam G*nevl•a."" With• i aodciail start, Mre, Canner* drew ntearei', but when She rtntlembet•- ed the little grave at Silverton. she' sa'd: '•Lt's the bibs she's talking iib mt." Morrie knew better, and as Katy Still continued to move her head es if something were really hurting her, he passed his hand under her pillow and drew out the picture she must have kept near her as long as her consciousness remained. Ile knew it was Genevra's picture, and wits about to lay it away, when the cov- er dropped into his hand, and his eye fell on aface which was not new to hint, while an Involuntary excla- mation of surprise escaped him, as Kitty's assertion that Genevra was living was thus fully confirmed. Mar- ian had not changed past recognition since her early girlhood, and Mor- ris knew the likeness at once, pity- ing Katy more than he had pitied her yet, as he remembered 'how close-, ly Marian liazclton had been inter - worm with her married life, and the life of the little child which had borne her name. "What is that?" Mrs. Cameron ask- ed, and Morris passed the case to her, saying: "i1 picture which Was antler Katy's pillow." Morris did not look at Mrs. Cam- eron, but tried to busy himself with tit' medicines upon the stand, while she too, recognized. Genevra Larne bort, wondering how it came in ICa- ty's possession and how much she know of Wilford's secret. "She must have been rummag- ing," she thought, and then as she remembered what Esther had said about her mistress appearing sick and unhappy, when her husband left home, she repaired to the parlor and summoning • Esther to her presence, asked her again, "When she first ob- served traces of indisposition in Mrs. Cameron." "When she came home from that dinner at your house. She was just as pale as death, and her teeth fairly chattered as she took off her things." "]]inner ? What dinner? Mrs. Cameron asked, and Esther replied : "Wh thenight ht Mr.1 � Y,Wilford vent If away, or was to go. She changed her mind about meeting him at your house, and said she meant to sur- prise him. But she came home be- fore o-fore Mr. Cameron, looking like a ghost, and saying she was sick. it's my opinion something she ate at dinner hurt her." "Very likely, yes. You can go now," Mrs. Cameron said, and Esth- er departed, never dreaming how notch light she had inadvertently thrown upon the mystery. "She must have been in the lib- rary and heard all we said," Mrs. Cameron thought, as she nervously twisted the fringe of her breakfast shawl. "I remember we talked of Genevra, and that we both heard a strange sound from some quarter, butt thought it came front the kit- chen. Titat was Katy. She was there all the time, and let herself quietly out of the house. I wonder does Wilford know," and then there carne over her an intense de- sire for Wilford to conic home—a, de- sire which was not lessened when she returned to ICaty's room and heard her talking of Genevra and' the grave at St. Mary's "where nobody was buried." In a tremor of distress, .lest she should betray something which Mor- ris must not know, Mrs. Cameron tried to hush her, talking as if' it was the baby she meant, but Katy answered promptly: "It's Genevra Lambert, I mean, Wilford's other Wife: the one across the sea. She Y►aa innocent, ton—to mnocettt as t, Whom you both deceived." Here was phase of affairs for which Mrs. Cameron was not prepared, and excessively mortified that Morris should hear Katy's ravings, she tried agein tp quiet her, consoling Herself With the reflection that as Morris was Katy's cousin, be would riot repeat what he heard, and feel- ing gratified now that Dr. Craig was absent, as' site could not be sure of hint. If Katy's delirium continued no one must be 'admitted to the room except those who could be trusted, and as there had been al- ready several rings, she said to Es- ther that as the fever was'protiably Malignant and contagious, no ono trust be admitted to the house with the expectation of seeing the patient, while the servants were advised to stay in their own quarters, except as their sery ices might be needed else - Where. And so it was that by the morrow the news had spread` of spine infectious 'disease at No.— on Madison Square, which was shunned as carefully ees if entail -pox itself had been raging there instead of the brain fever, which increated so -fast khat Morris suggested to Mrs. Cam- ei•ott that she telearapk for Wil- ford. ,.t'. Y ht mighta find him and they might i,ot.," Mother Cameron ICC They could try, at all ("yenta," and in a few rntbtnl"tits ' thti' telegraphic wires were carrying the news of ICa- ty's illnessa both'to the. Wf,5t,' where tt i :ord had gone, and to° the E Ist; tellers Iielen read with a blutnthe ' Cheek that Katy perhaps was• dying„ au 1 she must hasten to Xsiew`kciel . CHAPTER i►XXVT. Wilford could not forget ICa'ly'e fact; soaftil1 of rep'roac'h. It foliose- ed ollow= ed him coctt:inually, and Was the magnet which turned ?oil stopaj,hntxo- ward before his business was quite d •tie, and 4efote' the telegraut had foutad jmttut. Thus it was with tie kn,twlefgii' of a*iatittg• circuuntanceet that hib clacked' lt7ew 3Cu1•k jest at the' doing lit the i't,tb, end orderin(a carriage, wit's driveh tower'&e home. All t> a shutter* in the front pert of Ow house were closed, and net a ray of light Was to be ',seen in the parlors aX he efiterettt the hell, whe i'o' the gas wit burning linilr, ".City is ist lteUte,'.". trete aide i►F he went into the libr ry, where ;"a shawl was thrown a.croifi a chair, ea if some one had lately Menti t'here'. 'It was hie mothers ebntit, aMdlii was wohderiner if she was there, Whoa down that stairs eagle a mer1'a rapid step, and the neat fatoin at. 11r, (.rant came iet s the , rooter; ttltlrthe *1141 ito vatt't iiiifti'rik, t�irlt' fe hie tuitively that awllaet1iuge Wee *revel. "Ill Kitty sick:?" Was his ,net question, Which Morris answered ,id the affirmative, latilding Moult bath tut he turas startin "fol' kbr .'lain iiti, o*'!ifl tp len►, "x et >taa e'and yrraIux • nt:her to you first," What passed between Wilford and his mother was never ]mown exactly, l't at the close of the interview, Mrs. t'atneron was very pale, while 1: t or d's face looked dark and anx- iot.s as he said: "You think he un- derstands it, then?" "Yes, in part, but the world will be none the wiser by his knowledge. I knew I)r. (,rant, before you did, and there are fete risen living whom I re- spcet as much, and no one whom I would trust as soon." • Sirs. Cameron had paid a, high tri- hute to Mortis Grant, and Wilford bowed n assent, asking next how she mileage d Dr. Craig. "That was easy, inasmuch as he believed it an insane freak of Ka- ty s to Irive no other physician titan he r cousin. It was quite natural, he said, adding that she was as safe with 1)t•. Grant as any one, And I wee glad, for I could not have a st, anger know that affair. You will eo tip 110w," Mrs. C'amer'on contin- ue'd, and a moment after, Wil- foed stood in the dimly lighted room where Katy was talking of Genevra t ti I St. Mary's, and was only kept u • n her pillow by the strong arm u: Morris, who stood over her when , 1t .'ford entered, trying in vain to t'i'er her. She !.naw him, and writhing away ft oat Morris's arms, she said to hint, • "Genevra is not in that grave at :'•t. Mary's; she is living, and you ice not my husband. So you can It use the house at once. Morris will settle the estate, and no bill s' 'ell he sent in for your board acid In In some moods 11'ilfortl would have smiled at being thus summarily dis- t.: seed from his oxen house; but he was too .•ore, now, too sensitive to a lie, and his voirc was rather se- t '•i its he laid his hand on Katy's and said; "Don t be foolish. Kitty. Don't y Illines {' m E 7 t m11'ilfo u 'Wilford, d your r 1. .4I 1,nd," -1 hat was, you mean," Katy re- t'd, drawing her hand quickly t' uy• ''Go find your first love, t h:• e bullets fall lit hail, and t h r:' there is pain, and blood, and et, nage. Genevra is there," "What God bath joined together 1••t not man put asunder'," was the text from which she preached several short sermons as the night wore on, but just as the morning dawned, she fell, into the first quiet sleep she had ! td during the last twenty-four It tees. And while she slept, Wilford ventured near enough to see, the senkett checks and hollow eyes which wrung Eo groan front him as he turn - cd to Morris, and asked what he sum osed was the immediate cause of her sudden illness? "A terrible shock, the nature of ss hich I understand, but you have n'thing to fear front rue," Norris replied, "I accuse no man, but leave you to settle it with your con- science whether you did right to da, ce i ve her so long." Morris spoke as one having author- ity, and. Wilford simply bowed his head, feeling no resentment towards one who had ventured to reprove him. Afterwards he uti:;ht relearn - elm. it differently, but now he was too anxious to keep MIorris there to quarrel with hint, and so he made no reply, but sat watching Katy while she slept„ wondering if she would die, and feeling how terrible life would be without her. Suddenly ifenevra's warning words rang in his ear. "God will not forgive you for the wrong you have done ins." Was Genevra right? Had God re - month -dyed all this time. and overtak- en hint at, last?. It might be, and with a groan Wilford hid his face in his hands, believing that he re- pented of his sin, and not knowing that his fancied repentance arose merely from the fact that he had been detected. Worn out with watching and wait- " tag, Mrs. Cameron, who would suf- fer neither Juno nor Bell to come near the house, waited uneasily for the arrival •of the. New Havear train, which she hoped would bring Helen to her aid. Under ordinary circum- stances, she would rather not have met her, for her presence would keep the letter so colrstantly in her ruin I: but now, anybody who could be trusted was welcome. and when at last there came a cautious ring, sli" went herself to the hall, start- e,g back with undisguised vexation when she saw the timid -looking wo- man following close behind Iielen, and whom the latter presented as "%', • mother, Mrs. Lennox." I ("evinced that Morris's sudden journey to New York had something 's illness, 1 l- withKaty's rune. and a todo r r withars for her reit-t dust a tEd fears da ghter's life, Mrs. Lennox could not remain at home and wait for the; tartly mail or the careless tele - 'gra ele: ele-'gra'1h: She • moat:' go• toher child, and casting of! her 'dread of Wil - ford's' displeasure, she bad come with lie on, slid was bowing meekly to Mrs. Cameron, who neither offered her hand nor gave any token of greeting except a distant bow and a simple "Goad Morning. madam." Wit' Min. Leainox 'was too anxious to'' notice, the" woman's haughty elan - nee as she lets them to the library and then went for her son. Wilford was not glad to Sae his another -in- law, belt he tried to be polite. an- ew( ring her questions civilly. and whta vete asked if it were true that be had" scut, for Morris, assuring her that it Was not. "Or. Grant hap- pened here very providentially, and I hope' to keep him until the crisis is past, although he has just told me he must go back to -morrow." " Was you a, widower when you married til!• `diughter?" she said to him, Whoa' at lank HelenW, left the room and she wits 'ulbtiet'with hint. •'Yes, traalent." ha replied. ".once wnatd call lac so. though I was di- voeced tram nay wife. As tttie was a mater t ,licit tl:d not in an;: Way eon emit your daughter. I deenuid it bra;.. not to tell her. Latterly she hitt foauxi it ou:, awl it is hatink a y.' ('Kit, arti'ni '; t.teet upon her." nd tint: was ell lit;v. Lennox tinsel ttttti! close with 74.+len, Who to it her the s.or): as she had heard it IS oiii Steels. Ifiis susidati journey to NOW York Was thus acio gaud for, and 'Helen explained it to her mother, advising her to say nothing of it, as it might be better for Wile ford not to know that Katy had telegraphed for Morris. It seemed very necessary that I)r. Grant should. return to :Milverton, and the day following Ilelen's arrival in New York, ho Made arrangements to do so. "You have other physicians here," he said to Wilford, who objected to his leaving. "Dr. Craig will do as we'l' as I." Wilford admitted that he mi';•ht, hut it was with a sinking heart that he saw Morris depart, and then went to Katy, who began to grow very restless and uneasy, bidcl'ne hint go away and send Br. ?Morris buck. It was in vain :batt they a:d- m'nistered the medicine just, its Mor- ris directed. Katy grew constantly worse, until Mrs. Lennox asked that an doctor be called. But to this Wilford would not listen. Fear of exposure and censure was strong- er than his fears for Katy's life, wh'eh seemed balancing upon a tl.road as that lung night and the meet day went by. Three tines Wilford telegraphed for Morris, and it was with unfeigned joy he wel- comed him back at last, and heard that he had so arranged his business as to stay with Katy while the dan- ger lasted. With a monotonous sarnenese the days now came and went, people still shunning the house as if the plague was there, Once, Dell Cam- e:•cn came round to call on Helen, holclin; her breath as she passud through the hall, and never asking to go near Katy's room. Two a three times, too, Mrs. Banker's car- r age stood at the door, and Mrs. Iltutker herself cane in, appearing so cool and distant that Helen could scarcely keep back her tears as she guessed the cause. Mark too, was in the city, having returned with the :-tt enth Regiment: but from > I• aster, Iielen learned that he was about joining the army us captain of a company, composed of the fin- est men in the city. The next she h sod was from Mrs. Banker, who it: icle'ntally remarked, "I shall be very lonely now that Mark has gone. lie left me to -day for Washington." There were tears or. the mother'S face, and her lip quivered as shd tiled to keep them hack, by looking from the window into the streets, instead of at her companion, who, o 'ercome with the rush of feeling v ]rich swept over her, hid her face on the sofa and sobbed aloud. "Why, Helen! Miss Lennox, I am surprised. I had supposed—I was not aware—,I did not think you would care," Mrs. Banker exclaimed, cotn- inC closes' to Iielen, who stammered out, "I beg you will excuse me, I. cannot help it. I care for all our aoldiet's. It seems so terrible." At the words "I care for all our to!cliers," a shadow of disappoint - at' at flitted over Airs. Banker's face. he 1•.n;•w her son had offered him- self and been refused. as she suppos- ed; and she believed too, that. ilel- en had given publicity to the allele, feeing justly indign•tnt at this !wen h of confidence and lack of del- icacy in one whom she had ikktd s0 much, and whom she still liked, in shite .of the w'ounried pride which had pro mptad her to :ppear so cold and distant. "Pei haps it is all it mistake," she thought, as she continued standing by Helen, "or it may ie that she has relented," and for a moment she fit tenm ted to ask ally her boy had been refused. Itut Mark would not be pleased with her interference, she knew, end so the gold, n tnotucnt'lled, and when she left the house, the misunder- stc•tding between herself and Helen was just as wide as ever. Wearily after that the days passed with Hel- en, until all thoughts of herself were forgotten in the terrible fear that death was really brooding over the pillow where Katy lay, insensible.to all that was passing around her. The lips were silent now, and Wil- ford had nothing to feat' front the tongue hitherto so busy. What Wit- ford suffered none could guess. He did not ask that she might live, for if all were well hereafter he knew it was better for ber to die in her young womanhood, than to live till the heart, now so sad and. bleeetilta, had grown calloused with sorrow. And yet it was terrible to think of Katy dead; terrible to think of that face and ' form laid away beneath the turf of Greenwood, where those who loved her best could seldom go tet !peep. And as they sat there thus, the night shad owe eha ows stole into the room and the hours crept on till from a. city tower a clock struck ten, and Morrie; motioning Helen to his side, bade her go with her mother to rest. "We do'not need you here," he said; "your presence can 'do no good. Should a change occur, you shall be told at once." Thus importuned, Helen and her mother Withdrew, and only Morris and Wilford remained to watch that heavy slumber, so nearly resembling death. CHAPTER XXXVII. Gradually the noise in the *trate died away; the tread of feet, the rumbling of wheels, and the tinkle. of car belle ceased, and'.ndt iii .counti was heard, save as the distant fait bells pealed forth theif• darning voices, or some watchman went hur- rying by. The great city was' asleep, and to Morris the entracte brooding over the cotrttlese throng was deeper, more ailsean, ,than the silence of the country, where settees rises tier own tnOsteri,ttis nstei and lul'abies ler her. sleieiiing children. Before his marriage, e, jealous thought of Morris Grant had fauad a lodgment in Wilford's breast; but Ins had tried to drive it cut. end Ian led that he had sucetsidled, en- periencing a 'sudden shriek WW1 he felt it liftli►g! its' %r!t(tr hind, and poisoning his anima against tJtslueut who was doing for Xaty!sly what a brot her Might. do. *e forgot'lhat it was hill ewti entreatlii. Which sept .!orris there away Molt the eft''hhea: ton patient*, Who Were tataleilig hulls so hIUCb, iylCat cttiltphiirtililf of ' kis ChildrenCry forFletcher's et er ch The Sind You Rave Always Bought, and which has beers in use for over SO years, has borne the signature of and has been made under his perm sonal supervision since its infancy. ^L4's�-c��c;;641. Allow no one todeceiveyou y u in this. All Counterfeits, Imitations and ""„fust-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, Flatulency, '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. GENUINE t i I CASTORIA ALWAYS Bears the Signature of fi The Kind You Have Always Bought In Use For Over 30 Years THE CENTAUR COMPARY, 77 MURRAY CTRCET. NEW YORK err,. ahasence. Jealous men never reason clearly, and in this case, Wilford did not reason at all, lint jumped read- ily at his conclusion, calling to his aid as proof all that he had ever seen pass between Katy and her cousin. That Morris Grant loved Baty was', after a few moments' re- flection, as fixed a, fact in his mind, as that she lay there between them, moaning feebly as if about to speak. Years before, jealousy had made Wilford almost a mad -ratan, and it now held hint again in its powerful grasp, ahi'.perine suggestions he would have spurned in a calm frame of mind. There was a clenching of his fist, a knitting of his brows, and a gathering blackness in his eyes, as he listened while Katy, rousing partially front her lethargy, talked of the days when she was a little girl, and Morris had built the play -house for her by the brook, where the thorn -apples grew and the waters tell over the smooth white rocks. "Take me hack there," she said, "and let me lie on the grass again. It is so long since I was there, and I've suffered so much since then. Wilford meant to be kind, but he did not understand or know how ,T loved the country with its birds and flowers, and the grass by the well, where the shadows come and go. I used to wonder where they were go - in„ and one day when I watched them, I was waiting for Wilford and won'der'ing if he would ever come again, Would it have been better if he never had?" Wilford s body shook as he bent forward to listen, while Katy con- tinued: "Were there no Genevra, I should not think so, but there is, and yet Morris said that made no difference sib 'n I telegraphed for him to come and take me away." "Do you think her dying?" Wil- ford asked, and Norris replied: "The look about the mouth and nose is like the look• which so often pre - codes death." And that was all they said, until a outer hour went by when Morris's hard was laid upon' the forest+ad and moved up under the golden hair where there were drops of perspire - Con. "She is saved! thank God, Katy is saved!" was his joyful exc'a'nam- tion, and burying his face in his hands, he wept for a ntowtettt like a child. On 1 v. s t face t n, t c was no trate of tears. On th • cont vary. he seemed hardened into stone, and in his heart tierce passions were con- tending for the mastery. What aid 1•-aty mean by sending for Morris to take her away? Did she send for li'm, and was that the cause of his teeing there? If so, there was sotncc- t ing between the cousins More than mere friendship. The thought was a maddening tone. And, rising stow- ly at last. Wilford cams round to Morris's side, and grasping his shoul- der, said; "Morris Grant, you love Katy Cameron." Like the peal of a bell on the fros- ty air the words rang through the room, starting Morris from his bow- ed attitude, and' for an instant curdling the blood in his vents. for he understood now the meaning of the look which had so pushed hint. In Morris's. heart there was a mom- ent's hesitancy to know just what to say -"an ejaculatory prayer for guidenee -- and tines lifting up his :read. his calm Obi etTes tact the r..u.a....w .a_ _Y. eyes of black unf,tiehin ;lyas he it- plicd: •'1 hate loved her ati'ayts." A blaze like site. t lig h' i ur; from beneath %Wilfosrd a r .• n••hrlt, end a taunting sneer Burled his lap at he said: "You, at saint, confers to chis?" "Should ,my being abet •run ea al a eaint preteatt. cey t.tnit'±eine abet I tlide" "No, not the confession, but the fact," Wilford anewered, eatagely. (To its ossitaielpial.$ i 1re c. a Iso ---6 for $2.5o—money back it t,;,'t u&''ti,Iietl. Sample free by writing eaetisteal I3ru and pChemical Co. of 't;sntrteut,I,futitgexl,Tbt eta. Tanning Rabbit Skins. To tan rabbit skins with the fur on • lay the skin on a smooth board, the fur sideundermost. andfasten ern t. It down with tacks. Wash It over first with a solution of salt and water. then twoand a d a halt ounces of atom In one plot of warm water and with a sponge dipped in the solution moisten the surface all over. Repeat this op- eration every four or five hours for three days. When the skin is quite dry take out the tacks and, rolling it loosely the long way, the hair Inside. draw'it quickly through a large smooth ring Until It Is quite soft, then roll it the contrary way of the skin and re- peat the operation. Skins thus pre- pared are useful for many domestic purposes.—London Mail. In a Perfume Factory. Musk is perhaps the most valuable and delightful of all perfumes, yet the refiner, as he opens the mask pods. must wear thick cloths over mouth and nostrils, so repulsive is the odor that the pods emit Indeed this odor inhaled for any length of time causes nosebleed. Civet. karagulinc and ambergris have 4 in small quantities a delicious perfume. but in large quantities they smell so abominally as to give the worker' nausea. The hawthornto b ssom ledelicately sweet, and perfumers prize it highly, yet a roomful of hawthorn blossoms smells like a charnel house. This, too, is true of the tuberose.—Pblladelphia Bttiletin. , ? HERE IS GOOD ADVICE TO TAKE it will help those who hare Kidney and Bladder Trouble. Tlisre acre other "old. enemies" similar to the one to utiourd in this do ... •t et sst 1 1 un .tit l Bladder t .i na. I,,i Troubles are a'ways enemies to good het:lth. As sJuu as you start to take t (MIN r ILLS these ailments l.egiti to disappear. It is the sante in cases of , Lumbago, Sciatica and 1:ke complaints. This 'letter illustrates the benefit of 1 GIN PILLS. Winnipeg, Jan. 6th. "I have been asu::erer front Lumbago for souteyears past an,lchiringChristmnas week had a very acute attack which cofmfi tted air to the house. Al•out the latter purt'of April, I met your Mr. Hill and tnetntioined my complaint to him. lit advised tele to take GIN PILLS. I ' have been taking theta at intervals ' tinting the early part of the present ' Winter, end up to date have had no return of airy old trouble—hi fact, I feel better titan I have for years and think that my oil enemy itas vanished for good end ill." 11. A. SAKES.