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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Times, 1913-10-09, Page 7TBE WINGRA.V1 TIMIIS, OCTOBER 9. 1913 The Siege of the Seven Suitors By 41( :MEREDITH NICHOLSON Copyright. 1910, by Mereditb Nicholson bad become a monotonous autumn ran. upon Hezekiah's face as she held its The light of the lantern fell warmly 'illumined countenance toward her, crouching on the stile steps. I heard now what her keener ear had caught -earlier—the tramp of feet along the path. The suitors were returning to the Inn. and the voices of one or two • of them reached me. The nature of Hezekiah's undertak- ing suddenly dawned upon me. Near- er and nearer came the patter of feet and I heard, for I could not see, the :scraping of Hezekiah's slipper—a wet little shoe by now—as she crept higher on our side of the stile. The first suit- or groped blindly for the steps, slipped on the wet plank, growled and rose to try again. That growl marked for me the leader of the van. Hartley Wig - beyond a doubt, and in no good !sumer, I guessed! The others, I judg- ed, had trodden upon one another's ,heels at the moment Wiggins stumbled. • Thus let us imagine their approach— •s1 ic gentlemen in top hats headed for a -stile on a chilly night of ram. It was at tbis strategic movement that Hezekiah pushed into the middle -of the stile platform, its grinning face Struggling to Escape From the Hideous Thing. turned toward the advancing suitors, -the jack-o'-lantern her hand had faSh- toned. I marked its position by its faint glow an instant, but an instant onlY. be world reeled for a moment before the sharp cry of a man in fear. It cut the dark like a lash, and close upon it the second man yelled in a different key, but no less in accents of terror. The first arrival had flung himself back, and so close upon him pressed the others and so unexpected was the halt that the six men seemed to have flung themselves together and to be struggling to escape from the hideous thing that bad interposed Itself in their path. ' AU was over in a moment. In the midst of the panic the lantern winked out, and instantly Hezekiah was be- side me. "Skip!" she commanded in a whis- per, and._ datchaqgn2yheted,_ shejed Get Next To Your Liver. IF YOU DON'T Son -tattling Serious May Happen. At times Cveryone is bilious, the Liver , becomeoverworked, had bile is accu- ulated, and enters the blood, and causes ie ma general cleggitig up of the secretions. When th:s happens no one can escape Constipasi so, 3: undice, Headaclice, Heartbur Indiesstion, Liver Com- pinint, these tired weary feelings which fellaw the wrong action of the Liver. eltenener's 1 Axe -Liven Plats stitetts late the sitiggieh I.ivr, clean the coated tongue, sweeten the Meath, and dear away all the waste find poisonous matter from the se stem. Nies. 11.P , MCCLATtAr, Rimhcy, Alta., writes:--" I 1 tive tred MiuluaN's I sine- Livne lma, and ern greatly pleased with the rt.stlitg. 1 had Indigestion, and such a I itr Mae in my mouth afttr rdirire il et wee so unpleasant i'. iI, and also had a deatL1ysi(•1 ne• salt' ohms after I had eaten. Teo vitas L.'.XA-LIVER PILLS /aye cared ir.e." at 111•111re'S 1 AxA-Lieue PILLS are 25 toe:: 1.irvi (r vials for $1.110. See that you get them asked for. Manufactured only by The T. Milburn fto., I.heited, Toronto, Ont. RERMENERNMINIM ARANOvN 11•06.0.61 EMMICIAH lite off at a brisk run. ‘se hall gone a dozen rods she paused. We heard cokes from the stile, where the gentlemen were still engaged In disen- tangling themselves, and then the planks boomed to their steps as they crossed. They talked loudly among themselves, • discussing the cause of Omit. discomfiture. The lantern, 1 may add, had been knocked off the stile by the thoughtful Hezekiah when she blew out the light. "Oh, that Hartley Wiggins! I might have known it!" she cried. "Known what?" I asked, pricking up my ears. "That he would be afraid of a pumpkin with a candle inside of it. Did you hear that yell?" "Anybody would have yelled," I sug- gested. "I think I should have drop- ped dead If you'd tried it on me." "No, you wouldn't," she asserted, with unexpected flattery. "Don't be deceived, Hezekiah. I should have been scared to death if that thing bad popped up in front of me." "I don't believe it. I gave you a worse test than that. When I switch- ed oft the lights and swung a feather duster down the stair well by a string and tickled your face you didn't make a noise like a circus calliope scaring horses in Main street, Podunk. But that Wiggins manl" "He's a friend of mine and as brave as a lion. Out in Dakota the sheriff used to get him to go in and quiet things when the boys were shooting up the town." "Maybe, but he shied at a pumpkin and can be no true knight of mine. Cecilia may have him. I always su's- pected that he wasn't the real thing. Why, he's even afraid of Aunt Octa- via!" - • "Well, I rather think we'd better be!" "My wheel's in the weeds somewhere. Please pull it out for me. Inn going home." "But not alone. 1 can't let you do that, Hezekiah." "Oh, cheer up!" she laughed, arous- ed by my lugubrious tone. "And here's something you asked me for. Don't drop it. It's Cecilia's memorandum book. Give it back to her and be sure no one sees it and you needn't look into It yourself. And we've got to have a talk about it andCecilia. ret me see. There's an Men bridge acrods an arm of that little lake over there and just beyond it a big fallen tree. Tomorrow at 9 o'clock I'll be there. I've got to tell you something, chim- ney man, without really telling. you. You'll be there, won't you?" "I'll be there if I'm alive, Hezekiah." I bad found the Wheel and lighted the lamp. She scouted my suggestion that I find a horse and drive her home. The lighting of the lamp required time, owing to the wind and rein, but when its thin ribbon of light fell clearly upon the road she seized the handle bars and Was ready to mount without ado. She gave me her hand. It was a cold, wet little hand, but there was a good friendly grip in it. This was the first time I had touched Hezekiah's hand, and I mention it because as I write I feel again the pressure of her slim cold fingers. "Sorry you spoiled your clothds, but it was in a good cause. And yOu're a Wee boy, Chimney Man. Good night" with iff any way. I have not opened it and it has not left my hand since I recovered it." She had almost snatched it from me, and she turned sligbtly away and ran hurriedly over the leaves. "I thank you, Mr. Ames. Thank you! thank you! You have rendered me the greatest service, and I hope you were able to do so without serious inconvenience to yourself." "On the other hand, it was tbe small- est matter, and instend of being a :trouble I found the greatest pleasure In recovering it. Is it not possible (that in throwing rejected correspond- ence cards Into the waste paper basket 'that stands beside your desk—there is such a basket, is there not?" "Yes," she replied breathlessly, "Is It not possible, then, that that lit- tle booklet, hardly heavier than paper itself, may have been brushed off with- out your seeing it'?" "It is possible, I must admit that it Is possible, but"— "The well trained maid who cares for your room, seeing scraps of paper in the basket by your desk, naturally carried it off. When I accepted your commission last night I went directly to the cellar, sought the bin into which waste paper is thrown and found among old envelopes and other litter this small trinket, which but for my promptness might have been lost for- ever." "It doesn't seem tered. "Oh!" 1 laughed easily. "Possible or impossible, you could not on the witness stand swear that the book had not dropped into the waste paper bas- ket precisely as I have described?" "No, I suppose I couldn't," she an- swered slowly. My powers of mendacity were im- proving, but her relief at holding the book again in her hand was so great that she would probably have believed anything. "You see," she said, clasping the book tight, "this was given me for a particular purpose, and it contains a memorandum :of greatest importance. And I was in a panic when I found that it was gone, for my recollection of certain items I had recorded here was confused, and there was no possi- ble way of setting myself straight Now all is dear again. I feel that I make poor acknowledgment of your service, but if at any time"— "Pray think no more' of it," I re- plied. And at this moment Miss Hol- lister appeared and called us to break- fast. "If it is perfectly agreeable to you, Arnold, I will hear the story of the finding of the ghost at 4 o'clock, or just before tea. 1 have sent a tele- gram to Mr. Pepperton asking him to be present. He's at his country home in Redding and can very easily motor down. As no motors are allowed on my premises, he shall be met at the gate with a trap." "You have sent for PeppertonP' I exclaimed. "That is exactly what I have done, and as he knows that I never accept apologies under any circumstances he will not disappoint me. In addition to reprimanding him for not telling me of the secret passage in this house, bave another matter that concerns you, Arnold, which I wish to lay be- fore him. The new cook that Provi- dence sent to my kitchen yesterday is the best we have had, • Cecilia, and I beg that you both indulge yourselves in a second helping of country scram- bled eggs." A little later 1 met Miss Hollister in the hall dressed for her ride. "Arnold, you may ride whenever you like. 1 maw have forgotten to men- tion it. What have you on hand this morning?" CHAPTER XIX. A Tryst With Hezekiah. IWOK1 the next morning to the banging of Miss Octavia's fowl- ing piece. In spite of the Crowd- ing incidents of the day and night I lied slept scenelly, end save for a stiffness of the legs I was none the worse for my wetting. The service of the house was perfect, and in response to my ring a man appeared who de- clared himself Competent to knock my dress clothes into shape again. Cecilia met me at the foot of the stairs, looking rather worn, I thtfught. We were safe from interruption ti mo- rdent longer, as her aunt's gurl was still booming, and I followed her to the libritty. "Plettee don't tell me you have fail. ed," she cried tearfully. "That little book means so much, so very much, to tis *IIP' "Here it is, Miss Hollister," I said, placing it in her hand without Perley. "I beg to assure yea that I return it just as you saw it last. Please satisfy yourself that it has not, been tempered possible," she fel- "An appointment with a lady," I re. plied. "If you are about to meet the owner of that Beacon street slipper I wish you good luck." She was drawing on her gauntlets aud turned away to hide a smile, I thought Then she tapped me lightly with her riding crop. "Cecilia's silver notebook was miss- ing last night. Sbe told me of her loss with tears. She has it again this morn- ing. Did you restore it?" "It was my good fortune to do so." "Then allow me to add my thanks to hers. You are an unusually practical person, Arnold Ames, as welt as the possessor of an imagination that pleases me. You are becoming more and more essential to me. Cecilia ap- proaches, and I cannot say more at this time." When they bad ridden out of the porte cochere I set off across the fieldj to keep my tryst with Hezekiah. Tha air had been washed sweet and clean by the rain of the nightand sky was never bluer. ' I was seeprited at my own increasing aetachteent from the world. My -days at Hopefleld were the happiest of my life. I reached the fallen tree that Ileze- klah had appointed as our trysting place a little ahead of time and indulg- ed in pleasant speculations while waited. I Was looking toward the bills•. exeecting her to come skimming along the highway on her bicycle, when * splash caused me to turn to the lake. Dull of me not to bave known that Hezekiah would contrive a new en- trance for a scene so chantingly set as this! She had stolen upon me in a light skiff and laughed to see how her silent approach startled me. She drop- ped ono oar and used the other as a paddle, driving the boat With a sure hand throogh the reeds into the bank. 'Vs morning, and the days are kale Such was Hezeklah's greeting as she jumped ashore. She wore a dark green skirt and teat and a narrow four-in- hand cravat tied Under a flannel collar that clasped her throat snugly. A; boy's felt hat, with the brim pinned up in front, covered bcr head. This Is YOUR Newspaper. Get Full Value From It By HOLLAND. TH" paper is yours. It is what you make it It will serve you as well as you will let it. And it is only through the united force of the big family of readers that such a paper is possible at such a price. But do you get all out of the paper that you can get— all that you are entitled to? You do not unless you read the advertising columns. Besides the news of the day and the happenings of the world, there are adverti.se- ments that will keep you posted on business affairs, that will give you the news of commercial life. These ad- vertisements tell you which are the most reliable stores, w Ira e are the purest foods to eat the most serviceable and fashionnble merchandise and the most reliable products. n ET THE HABIT. BEAD VIE ADVE RV SEM ENT's AND t.no 1-11"rii "You seen) nond the worse for your wetting, Hezekiale You must have been soaked." "So must you, Chimneys, but you look as fit as I feel, and I never felt better. Did they catch you crawling In last night?" "I didn't see a soul. Yon know I'm an old member of the family now. No- body was ever as nice to me as your Aunt Octavia." "How about Cecilia?" "Having found her sliver notebook and given it back to her before break- fast, I may say that our relations are altogether cordial." "Are you in love with her—yet?" asked Hezekiah carelessly, tossing a pebble into the lake. The "yet" was so timed that it splashed with the peb- ble. "No; not—yet," I replied. "It will come," said Hezekiah a little ruefully, casting a pebble farther upon the crinkled water. "You mean, Hezekiah, that men al- ways fall in love with your sister." She nodded. "Well, she's a good deal of a girl." "Beautiful and no end cultivated. They all go crazy about her." "you mean Hartley Wiggins and his fellow bandits at the Prescott Arms." "Yes, and lots of others." "And sometimes, Ilezeirlah, it has seemed to you that she got all the ad- miration and that you didn't get your share. So when her suitors began a siege of the castle, whose gates were locked against you, you plugged the Atimney with a trunk tray and played at being ghost and otherwise sought to terrify your sister's lovers." "Tliat's not nice, Chimneys. You mean that I'm jealous." "No. I don't mean that you are jeal- ous now. I throw it into the remote and irrevocable past. You were jeal- ous. You don't care so much now, and I hope you will care less!" "That is being impertinent. If you talk that way 1 shall call you Mr. Ames and go homeaa [IAD A TERRIBLE ATTACK OF DIARREA. Became Very Weak. Diarrhoea, especially if allowed to run any length of time, causes great weak- ness, and the only thing to do is to check it ott its first appearance. You will find that a few closes of DR. FOWLBR'S Ex - TRACT or WILD STRAWBERRY will do this quickly and effectively. MRS. JACOB SMITH, Manor, Sask., writes;—"I am pleased to express my gratitude far your remedy. In my case, I had a terrible attack of diarrhcea. Just about every three minutes, I would have a passage, and it would keep this up for a week at a titne, causing the passing of bhody water. I was so pained and weak, I could not do anything. 'Sing your !Da. VowLita'S Thvrancr oif WILD STRAWBERRY recommended, I tried it and it thoroughly cured me.-- It is, the ,only medicine for this complaint 1 will now have.'" "DR. Vownse'S" has been on the mar - 'set for over sixty-five years, and is, with- out a claubt, the hest remedy known for the care of Diarrluea, Dysentery, Colic, Cramps, Pain in the Stomach, Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infe.ntum, and all dowel Complaints. When you ask for "Da. rowana's9 see that you are not handed one of the many substitutes for this old reliable remedy. Get the yellow -wrapper on which ap- pears the name of The T. alilburn Co.. Limited, Toronto, Ont, Price, 35 cents. "'Tis morning and the days are long!" "Vim can't do that, fIezeltlah." should like to know why not. If eu gay I'm jealous of Cecilia now or est I ever was 1 shall be very, very erre fir ins not true." 'No tem see things very differently tw Von told me only last night 'ecilla might have Hartley Wiggi'z. sgstuning that she wants hitn! And 110 and he have been good friends, 'aren't you? You had good times on ilie other side. And while Cecilia was in town assisting Providence in (biding your aunt a cook you went walking ith him." .tr did, 1 did!" mocked Hezekiah. "And why do you suppose 1 did?" "Because Wiggy's the best of fellows, a solid, substantial citizen who raises wheat to make bread out of.' "And angel food and ginger cookies," added Hezekiah, feeling absently in the pockets of her cont. "No. Chim- neys, you're a nice boy and you don't yell like a wild man when a feather duster hits you in the dark, but there are some things you don't know yet." 1 "I am here to grow wise at the feet of Hezekiah, daughter of kings. Open the book of wisdom and teach me the alphabet, but don't be sad If I balk at the grammar." "I never knew all the alphabet my- self," said Hezekiah dolefully. Then she laughed abruptly. "I was bonnd. ed from two convents and no end of Hudson river and Fifth avenue educa- tion shops." "The brutality of that, Hezeklak wrings my heart. Yet you are the best teacher I ever had, and I thought I was educated when I met you. But I had only been to school, which is different. Not until the first time our. eyes met, not until that supreme mo- ment"— "Mr. Ames," Hezekiah interrupted In the happiest possible imitation of Miss Octavih's manner, "if you think that, because 1 am a poor lone girl who knows nothing of the great, wide world, I am a fair mark for your ea- jolery I assure you that you were nev- er more mistaken in your life." "You oughtn't to mimic your aunt. It isn't respectful, and. besides, you have something to tell me. What's all this rumpus about Cecilia's silver memorandum book? Suppose we dis- cuss that and get through with it" , "You see," she began earnestly, "I'm going to tell you something, and yet Put not going to tell you. So far as you and I have gone you've been tol- erably satisfactory. If I didn't think you had sotne wits in your head I shouldn't bave bothered with you at all. That's frank, isn't it?" "It certainly is. But I'm terribly fussed for fear I may not be equal to this new ordeal." "If you fail we shall never meet again; that's all there Is to that. Now listen real hard. You know something about it already, but not the main point Aunt Octavla got father to con- sent to let her marry ns off—Cecilia and me. Cecilia, being older, tame first. I was to keep out of...the way, and father and I were not to come to Aunt Octavia's new house rip there or meddle in any way. While we were abroad I was treated as a little girl and not as a grownup at all. But, yon see, I'm really nineteen, and some or Cecilia's suitors were nice to me when we were traveling. They were nice to me on Cecilia's account, you know." "O' course. You're so hard to look at it must have been painful to them • to be nice to you—almost like taking poisOnt Go on, Flezeklahr • "You needn't interrupt nie like that. Well, es part or the understanding, and Cecilia agreed to it—she thought she had to for papa's sake—she wilt to marry a particular man. Do you un- derstand me—a particular man? Aunt Octavla gave her a little notebook— she bought it at a shop in Paris at the time Cecilia consented to the plan— and she was to keep a sort of diary so that she'd know when the right man turned up. New we will drop the note- book for a minute, only I'll say that Cecilia was to keep the book all to herself and not show it to any, one, not even to Aunt Oetavia, you know, until the right man had asked Cecilia to marry him. Now who do you sup- pose, Mr. Ames, that man is?" Children. Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CAS-rORIA o ' • 'Se• •_!!"' CHM E'or Infants and Children. The Kind You Hie Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years A THE CENTAUR COMPANY, WWI YORK CITY. -~441111254141, it*t? A P$, CHAPTER XX. Seven Gold Reeds. WATCHED her hands as they deftly cut and fashioned some dry reeds. The air grew warm _ as the sun climbed to the zenith and flezelflah Bung aside her terra. The breeze (-aught the ends ,it her tie and snapped them beer nil her She was wholly ithsorhed 111 not task. and no boy (-mi)d hal e im, 1;112 ,'it 1 1.1,11(4 knife better T hp first neer ..111. 11111Cle s trifle longer tli•in Iter 11 ..,11 1 lie quel•eediiel ones '. t• 1 1 1..m....1 ., ••1 .,11. itel ,i. ...ening it, .11,.. till "''1 111 In ail !ili(1 limm cut :1.,1) 1):. 11 ..110 e.,,,lied !tem 'Se % WI." •••111, "1 .11 ..1 .1, mem ...:11 m .• 1 , • 1 ..... .m.d..• 111,' . ' o% u Ismaili read 'w .t ,ifil •leiga •ne She ,.e., • ..4) ..PC. mu 1 .1. . ... won .v1111.11 ,he ...,./i, CO - .:ether retie 'Serer' Buhl •a Anil HUM Close by the t ,s• - t ., 341 nrirn Syrnix. the naiad Bated past. Pan. the goat hoorea, toitoweo fast. "It will he easier." said Elezektah. "if von hold the pipes while 1 tie them " I found thls propinquity wholly agreeable. It was pleasant to sit on a log beside Hezekiah. It seemed no far cry to the storied eleditersanean and Pan and dryads and naiads, as fleze- kiah bound her reeds to the music of couplets There was no self conseious- ness in her recitation. She seemed to be telling of something that she had seen herself an hour ago. "Ile spread his arms to clasp her there Just as she vanished .nto air And to his bosom, warm and rough, Drew the gold reeds close enough. "1 don't remember the rest," she broke off "But there! That's a pipe fit for any shepherd." She put It to her lips and blew. 1 shall not pretend tent trip result wag .t.b bettef without the reeds, but the sight of her, sitting on the fallen tree beside the lake, beating time with her foot, her head thrown back, her eyes half' closed in a mockery of rapture at the shrill, wheezy uncertainties and ineptitudes she evoked, thrilled the with new and wonderful longings. A heart, a spirit like hers would never grow old. She was next of kin to all the elusive, fugi- tive company of the elf world. A.ndain such a pipe as she had strung together beside that pond to this day Sicilian shepherd boys whistle themselves into tune with Theocritus! "Take it," she said. "I can't tell you more than I have, and yet it is all there, Chimneys. Read the riddle of the reeds if you can." I took the pipe and turned it over carefully In my hands, but I fear my thoughts were rather of the hands that bad fashioned it, the fingers that had danced nimbly upon the stops. "There are seven reeds—seven," she affirmed. She amused herself by skipping peb- bles over the surface of the water while I pondered, and I deliberated long, for one did not like to blunder before Hezekiah. Then I jumped up and called to her. "One, two, three, four, five, six— seven! Not until the seventh man of- fers himself shall Cecilia have a hus- band. Is that the answer?" For a moment Hezekiah watched the widening ripples made by the casting of her last pebble. Then she came back and resumed her seat. "You have done well, °latency Man, and now I'll not wake you guess any more, though I found it all out for my- self. When Aunt Octavia gave that memorandum book to Cecilia I knew it must have something to do with the noventh Man. You know I love ,all . - .... ... Aunt Octavia's nonsense 'because it': the kind of foolishness 1 like myself and the idea of a pretty little note book to write down proposals in was precisely the sort of thing that would have occurred to my aunt And it was in the bargain, too, that she herself should not in any way interfere or try to influence the course of events. It should be the seventh suitor, witty nilly. And I suspect she's been a little scared too." "She has indeed! Sbe was almost ready to throw the whole scheme over last nig,ht. Yonr naugbtiness bad got on her nerves." "You missed the target that time Aunt Octave) loves my naughtiness. and I think she has really been afraid Sir Pumpkin Wiggins would catch me Now, I didn't roam my aunt's house just for fun. 1 was doing my best to keep Cecilia from getting into some scrape about that seventh suitor plan I found out by chance bow to get into Hopefield and about the hidden stair- way and the old rooms tucked away there. Papa really discovered that. A carpenter in Katonah who worked on the house helped to build papa's bungalow, and he told us how that ruin came to be there. That dys- pepsia cure man, wbo also immortal- ized himself by inventing the ribless umbrella, was very snperstitious. Ile beliaved that if be built an entirely new house be would die. So he bad his architect build around and retain those two rooms and that stairway of a house that bad been on the ground almost since the Itevolution. Mr. Pep- perton, the architect, humored him, but hid the remains of the relic as far out of sight as possible." "Trust Pep for that! And be did it neatly !" [T,) be ('ontieued.) ant Mrs. C4eoTe: Wauga et Stratfo.d celeb. a • thsir gclde I wed ding da,• . A few women are bore lu ar d have as ninny clothes in liter year 3 as they luri iv :en they got mari *ed. There have al -lave F een Arguments against high heele, autfashion is nbou the only influence; that or poverty which lets them wear oil'. 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The Kind You Hie Always Bought Bears the Signature of In Use For Over Thirty Years A THE CENTAUR COMPANY, WWI YORK CITY. -~441111254141, it*t? A P$, CHAPTER XX. Seven Gold Reeds. WATCHED her hands as they deftly cut and fashioned some dry reeds. The air grew warm _ as the sun climbed to the zenith and flezelflah Bung aside her terra. The breeze (-aught the ends ,it her tie and snapped them beer nil her She was wholly ithsorhed 111 not task. and no boy (-mi)d hal e im, 1;112 ,'it 1 1.1,11(4 knife better T hp first neer ..111. 11111Cle s trifle longer tli•in Iter 11 ..,11 1 lie quel•eediiel ones '. t• 1 1 1..m....1 ., ••1 .,11. itel ,i. ...ening it, .11,.. till "''1 111 In ail !ili(1 limm cut :1.,1) 1):. 11 ..110 e.,,,lied !tem 'Se % WI." •••111, "1 .11 ..1 .1, mem ...:11 m .• 1 , • 1 ..... .m.d..• 111,' . ' o% u Ismaili read 'w .t ,ifil •leiga •ne She ,.e., • ..4) ..PC. mu 1 .1. . ... won .v1111.11 ,he ...,./i, CO - .:ether retie 'Serer' Buhl •a Anil HUM Close by the t ,s• - t ., 341 nrirn Syrnix. the naiad Bated past. Pan. the goat hoorea, toitoweo fast. "It will he easier." said Elezektah. "if von hold the pipes while 1 tie them " I found thls propinquity wholly agreeable. It was pleasant to sit on a log beside Hezekiah. It seemed no far cry to the storied eleditersanean and Pan and dryads and naiads, as fleze- kiah bound her reeds to the music of couplets There was no self conseious- ness in her recitation. She seemed to be telling of something that she had seen herself an hour ago. "Ile spread his arms to clasp her there Just as she vanished .nto air And to his bosom, warm and rough, Drew the gold reeds close enough. "1 don't remember the rest," she broke off "But there! That's a pipe fit for any shepherd." She put It to her lips and blew. 1 shall not pretend tent trip result wag .t.b bettef without the reeds, but the sight of her, sitting on the fallen tree beside the lake, beating time with her foot, her head thrown back, her eyes half' closed in a mockery of rapture at the shrill, wheezy uncertainties and ineptitudes she evoked, thrilled the with new and wonderful longings. A heart, a spirit like hers would never grow old. She was next of kin to all the elusive, fugi- tive company of the elf world. A.ndain such a pipe as she had strung together beside that pond to this day Sicilian shepherd boys whistle themselves into tune with Theocritus! "Take it," she said. "I can't tell you more than I have, and yet it is all there, Chimneys. Read the riddle of the reeds if you can." I took the pipe and turned it over carefully In my hands, but I fear my thoughts were rather of the hands that bad fashioned it, the fingers that had danced nimbly upon the stops. "There are seven reeds—seven," she affirmed. She amused herself by skipping peb- bles over the surface of the water while I pondered, and I deliberated long, for one did not like to blunder before Hezekiah. Then I jumped up and called to her. "One, two, three, four, five, six— seven! Not until the seventh man of- fers himself shall Cecilia have a hus- band. Is that the answer?" For a moment Hezekiah watched the widening ripples made by the casting of her last pebble. Then she came back and resumed her seat. "You have done well, °latency Man, and now I'll not wake you guess any more, though I found it all out for my- self. When Aunt Octavia gave that memorandum book to Cecilia I knew it must have something to do with the noventh Man. You know I love ,all . - .... ... Aunt Octavia's nonsense 'because it': the kind of foolishness 1 like myself and the idea of a pretty little note book to write down proposals in was precisely the sort of thing that would have occurred to my aunt And it was in the bargain, too, that she herself should not in any way interfere or try to influence the course of events. It should be the seventh suitor, witty nilly. And I suspect she's been a little scared too." "She has indeed! Sbe was almost ready to throw the whole scheme over last nig,ht. Yonr naugbtiness bad got on her nerves." "You missed the target that time Aunt Octave) loves my naughtiness. and I think she has really been afraid Sir Pumpkin Wiggins would catch me Now, I didn't roam my aunt's house just for fun. 1 was doing my best to keep Cecilia from getting into some scrape about that seventh suitor plan I found out by chance bow to get into Hopefield and about the hidden stair- way and the old rooms tucked away there. Papa really discovered that. A carpenter in Katonah who worked on the house helped to build papa's bungalow, and he told us how that ruin came to be there. That dys- pepsia cure man, wbo also immortal- ized himself by inventing the ribless umbrella, was very snperstitious. Ile beliaved that if be built an entirely new house be would die. So he bad his architect build around and retain those two rooms and that stairway of a house that bad been on the ground almost since the Itevolution. Mr. Pep- perton, the architect, humored him, but hid the remains of the relic as far out of sight as possible." "Trust Pep for that! And be did it neatly !" [T,) be ('ontieued.) ant Mrs. C4eoTe: Wauga et Stratfo.d celeb. a • thsir gclde I wed ding da,• . A few women are bore lu ar d have as ninny clothes in liter year 3 as they luri iv :en they got mari *ed. There have al -lave F een Arguments against high heele, autfashion is nbou the only influence; that or poverty which lets them wear oil'. A scene or: gaiety is a :Treat aggra- v a eon to a man wno is teeny tired ant wants to sleep. 1 NEW •••••••••••.•••••••.•01431.1110••••111MM . - - Girl's Nervii Fully Restored Waliaver Able to °Man Lasting Benefit Until Dr. Clins00 Nerol Food Was *Used. Too many gide grow up with weak, anaemic bodies and exhausted nerve oust systems. Indoor life and too much application in school are somes times the caose. The blood nee,;,: enri' hing and the nerves need streriethening by such treatment as Dr. Chase's Ner‘o Food. This 'food cure ic 'wonders fm many thousand5t of gia• nhoee par- ents had almost elerrpeitcd ot their ever developing into ettene, he:tithe' women. Mrs. J. Bagnall, V115 eriavitee ave. nue, Toronto, writem "eta (1aughter suffered from nem oirenese rinee ebild- hood, and any medicine's 'Am tried aid not do any Positing. mod. We real in the papers eleatt Ins Cheee's Nerve Food, and my date -liter aged it w .h wonderful results. 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