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Her eyes wandered round the • • • .; t "
room, as Jack turned to leek his bag.
. She felt a strange interot in every-
. thing in it. In the gun standing in
the corner, in Ow pipe and tobaccu.
pouch—the latter made of sortie skin
which she did not know, but more
pevially le the age whith hung on the
wall, the axe with which she hod
struck him the blow which he had
enacealed so skilfully from her hliONV-
IU, and the thought iligh,o1
through Inte--how lonely and solitary
life be spent there, and how the
prem-Mce of a women would cheer
and brighten it. Perhaps some cloy
he would fait in love—perhaps with
that girl with the bronze -gold hair?
:leek turned from his bag to look
at her.
"How do yeti know you can tru,lno ,
?" snid, in his brusque way.
"You know nothing about me, and I
may be 0 perfect villain for all yen
van tell. Don't trust any man tuna
you know him."
Now, as he spoke, Esther thought
of the two hundred and fifty pounds
which she had just sent Mr. Selby
Layton; but of course she knew him.
'That sounds nee 0 copy -book
heading, Mr. Gordon," she said. "Thit
I've no doubt you're right; and
go over the papers to see that you
heven't cheated me. How beautiful
those') hyacinths are," she broke off,
with a women's irrelevance, and look-
ing at the flowers almost wistfully.
"Oh, hyacinths, are they?" said
Jack. "I couldn't think of the name
of them. They're for Nettie; she's
very fond of thern and likes. me to
take her some every evening when I
go to supper." He stretched out his
hand towards the jug if he were
going to take out some of the flowers,
but t•is hand stopped half -way and he
did not do so.
The color mounted to Esther's face
and she bit her Hp quickly, and ris-
ing suddenly—so suddenly that she
startled Bob, who had been sitting be-
' 41 side her with his head in hre lap --
she said, haughtily;
"Good -morning, Mr. Gordond" and
swept out of the cottage with her
lady -of -the -manor air full on. Jack
looked after her with a puzzled ex-
pression and tugged at his moustacha.
"Now, whist the Moses offended
her, I -wonder?" he said to himself.
"Something I said, I suppose; but
for the life of me, I can't ten; can
you, Bob?"
Before she had reached the Towers
Esther began to feel ashamed of her-
self. What right had she to expect
him to give: her the flowers: and how
much less right had site to treat with
such scornful hateur the man who
served her so devotedly and worked
so hard in her interest? She told.
herself that she had behaved like-
shop -girl. It was a strange thing
that every time she met Mr. Gordon
she "forgot herself," forgot that she
was Miss Vancourt of the Towers,
and that he was merely the fort:mat
of her home farm. She resolved that
she would not see him again for some
time—that she would put so insigni-
ficant a person out of her mind. •
Miss. Worcester was ready and
waiting, and received her with the
• look of a deeply injured person.
"The carriege has been waiting
smite time, my dear Esther," she said;
"and I am afraid We shall be. late.
Where, have you -been?"
• "Been doing my iluty, aunt," said
• Esther . "Been playing the LarlY
Bountiful amongst 'my people.' "
She said nothing of her meeting'
with Mr. Gordon and she hated her-
self for tot being able to speak of
it. Marie and she scrambled on tier
,things, and the two ladies drove to
.the.Hall. Though it was understood
that no large party could be asked
to meet Miss Vahcourt, who was in
mourning, the Fanworths had invitsd,
informally, one or two neighbors to
lundi. Of course, they were all very;
pleasant to Esther. The' Towers was.
the principal place in the county and
she was an heiress possessed of im-
mense wealth; and she was also one
of the most beautiful girls in the
county. Lord Fanworth had taken
great liking to her, and made a
great deal of her, and, of all the
(minty people she had seen, Esther
liked him best.. He was a tall and.
aristocratic -looking Old man with
iron -grey hair and a close -shaven
fate which. ahtost always wore a
Pleasant and genial smile.
Lady, Fanworth was rather a state-
ly dame who was fully conscious of
her position, and had been prepared
to patronise the ,yonng musie-teacher
-who had step,Ped into Vaneourt Tow-.
ers and a huge fortune; but Esther
was not easy to patronise, 'and held
her own to 'a degree Well Surprised
and inwardly discomfited her starchy
ladyshisi. The other visitors were.
Sir Robert, .131m ce and his sister, tintl
a Miller Long, who had diatingOished
himself in our lot little Wars They
all paid court to, the ,heautilui Mis
Vancottrt, and Esther had Very
pleases& time of it, and her mind was
so °coupled with the attentions of
her cavaliers that. she felt that sho
was suceeeding in forgetting Mr. Gor-
don, But ideal cts she was walking
across the lawn with Lord 10torwortio,
Triek wt again brought to het, Mind.
"I rode over to the ToWers the
.r day( 11/1-180 Vaileoutt," he Said,
,
10 ity irieliparsaiblo cliSapPoint-,4
Paid that neither she nor her aunt had
never seen many, but she refrained.
'"Sfr Robert asked inn aver SO many
questions antl your life izt the Tow-
ers I think he was interested in; you
—intensely SO, If I may Say HO, He
18 a way I. ittrtimm Illa •
know. 1
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n $""'Y',.
reinaleireally quite young. He has not a
tail Estlwr."Yes, I "lilti Ma11.1.1'
•"I'l • t i • very sweet of . you "h ed partieularly struek—,how well that lw„,„ ‘,/ „ 14, / . , . ,
said. "I tried to console myself by tailer....mad,, emeame beeaales yoa, for that iudy aiwiws iviltm.d with 1„, :old what wt, 4itnt ow woo, • •
I, (loin. vnateur keepert.
She had almost resolved that a Si
would not go down to the home Sam
and would take no part in the hay
harvest.; but all the eame, ehe told
a it • 1 't • tt
girl stepped ClItteDUSli fiain clieo ie0ehad. his i.eap „„„
the treee and stopped, startled and front the man who was now apprnitc117 ,
6•13Pn 04" and jao1/4
affrighted, in front of him. It was ing her; for it was Jack Gertion, say,
I "Good -evening, Giles, Pine •
Kate Traneoin. The moonlight :shone and he had heard her and tritelied moue in his frank and genial i,my.;
full upon her hive, and its ruatie .her
but Kate colored deeply and shrank
and a eun-boiniet for her. She was beinnY ;gsnot o S4.111' Layton, who WIii. !MI ilis gall Over las arm, 51nd ;,,i).01i14•11,c;fiiri.indi ewaiiitigt, 0 au, ollitlierrilitonwl , "Tchoaorldk
viewing these with it strange mixture •. ;,11ecoPtil)lo• Y''I'Y b11,4,01)111,14'. to l'ent. Bob woe following at ids heele, The nqiugii(ilitily,.,. walked away from him
of feeling when Miss Woreester nlin" chorine,
burst in upon her; though "burst ill" ; 1.11,), .itiaia :um! iooked al each during the interregnum. between his
head kt„,per had bewen dliksit;t1net,sig:::115,1:11171.
"Who was that with Mr. Gordon?"
is scareely a phrase applicable 10 . faht,r in :silence for a moment, .1p-45 going and the In;
"eh '"I'""th"" t"");: 11 stridi thi.°14gh asked 'Murk-, ne she and Giles pass-
ed them. "Wasn't it Eatt, Trutt-
som V'
1 Continued Next' Week) ,
riding round yo.o• earm..,....you know 1;istherl They tell me Ise has a iargl: stately prevision, • doleg here?" . work. 134. raised hi hot end :tuck;
how keen I ant almut How oialaa. and he is (Mite •
Itil very much improved your farm Ist. .1`,„„, I I In( , if w, 14110 tilt' "lien, I,' a t414'gram fl'orn Mr, Kate's face had itu,died "C;41011-tvt.nutt.t• 'Miss Transom," ••ven
Selby Layton, my dear," she saId, hut It wt., Sih, s,ond in,ft,1.4. he came up to the trec.
Ile ie comom lis 4.to o
- litlialled "for known min- I named Thursday. I suppose I MIS • ,
I ite riser( mal puzzled" 1 • ; h • one da fleNt we'elc and .
1 • •• • .1 1 rt•tg, It mit 1111(1
tin ;tint hie w'tv of (loin. thin-- I r • There is ust inn; to we it and said „till on. Selby Layton look response, and Jack st-tw that silt was •
" right; wi. have 10 engagement for t ' it•
had 1. new foreman dueller Marlie's had almost forgot,u ItIr. Selby Lay hie;
"No I think nut, auntHai,' lee..
and that tie- ista41 t
many years. until 1 wa, told thtd you Tiiiii,sd„yr !r • u, • ,11 Iter with nth/dr:11ton glowing in ' 1.1""Mblalg.
illeese. 1171,1be a splendid ro.
• '15', late for a you ag girl like rat
Hier, ebsently. "Yes, they wet,. ton.
was going Nvheit Martin god. about FanWorth best. He calls me 'My for dinner; and Esther found him, • "Wila,t1"1"-; 111"10,': What You,'
1,1 low, and we, mast not. let him go out
very kind; but I think 1 like Lord laayton 5(1)1) (1 just in lime to dree: I." I"' ou t , •
the Woods " heaol
of the district. I Waii tOhi that his
dear' now and then, and it kind o' clad in his hnmaculate evening attire
gel rid of him, and have nothing a- • ,
elp•r4; nfi the America/is say." in the drawing -room, Hie manner 'I ra1Voln. elm," elm
gain, If that 1$ so, and, you want to
"Your hall, 11P1f,•11?" 8;ti I Selby
'•NlY father--" elhe stooned.
• iiht• seemed very listlegg anti • was; as usual, soft and charming, and 'aid'
" • '
ii. r oosoin we.. clenched nehtly as
shs' '5"11 will: d'nvl''''‘I 'Y' is' '''I''.•.r''...H-E. Ind- atst-r-i-,0.1-1VIorega;e and
d
111 ii kintily Way,
"Is anything the matter?" he todael (54);,,,tr,Srga.1:::„1",rt7:liagi.„1,01:10,:srt,d11,75(11,7.4rway0111.7o.ctft.e:Si.daotir:irny110741
nN-o," ehe 11.1tered. "1 emit, ieto a•rea,•• ee nom Inertgettes.w01 tth hose apelyito
ito ,,'s (lit him, I ehould bite to take lum cipoloposed tot lite Vlia , ill .1 1111, father— Ilcive you NI.'1,n him?"
the woods b, ;lee 1,,._1 w 8, ,trraid 1,iit,-,;.1,..,.,,,,,„.,,,,,,,,iii.,,,,,,attf,a:Iniii:iisiivolvh,trinrt.,,g;:goueemwiplio.foury•
thoughtful for the rest of the thive, 4 h° 1 4eyton. •"rri•spassing—pou ehing, I -4"(.15 115111''''''t°°(1.
on here, He is just the kind et' Illitri
anti listened with wooden ears, tie 4 rehr"n1.nd terms. "It's all right," he eaki. "I saw
..1,:t.fi.ki3e3, a. o 1 e aNelerr
the Spanish say, to her aunt's culotte 1 "I have so much to tell you, my "PP°se?"
4s he spoke, there was a rustle in him g'olag down the street just now."
I want, a man of ideas, and one who
:AGENT FOR
'II , I knows his business. Ily dear Miss Vancourt that I could not • i i . He did not say - going into the
BUSINESS CARDS
111.1! LiOr(4011 ITIonnt 1;0 lonVe. therri? I "felt that I ought to coma .
the brake behind him; hut he ne t t;
heard it nor saw the figure of Dielc inn."
the th told in his lam hut Innis Of the people they had just left
cye st e,
es rth y
write, that
mid Es, How long would it he beitore MartiM i doWn, I trust you will pardon 511> .4
I have forgotten it.
"His „Me is GOrdoll," Et ore which stole up beside them
i Presumption?"
ther, rather coldly. "yes, I suppose lx°t• 1•th"t again?with his gun in his hand.
he will leave when Martin is cible to For the next two or three clays kis.. 1 Esther salt she was glad to s ..; , Katt, ,111,ned. ht't'
h Ind,
• 1
look after the farm. I will tell hint Hier did not leave the boundary of i him; and, to a certain extent, she was; ' "Delft t'ell on th. 4 • ..41" — • I
em, sn . she -,rec..
that you would. like to have him, if 'the park, and carefully avoided the : for the last few days in which she had . „J ,
, am afratil my I: ather',-: her,- -het
home farm , not seen jack Gordon had hung heav- ;
; I.'m not sure."
She drew a breath of relief and
nuAed the thiek hair from her foee-
head with a weary little gesture. -
"1 ant .4141," she sad, in -a low.
voice. "I am alWays afraid he will
Itr.alt his promise, that he will forget
yet like, The machinery came dowm arid ily upon her hands, Mr. Selby 1,,i- :
1 SE ay Layton took a t
sep towerds : Y"1.11. kindnesS and — get into
Panworth. "Tint 1 II I may be permit- Jack Gordon superintended its care- ton Made himself very pleasant at ,, hpr trouble."
hink he'll keep his promie,"
s
"Thank you very mach," said Lord and got hold of her hand. '
ted to advise you, I should say that ful Unpacking.. lie was rather die. dinner; he was full bf London goesin, ,
' "Don't be frightened," he said, "I I "I t
Per' ! am not going to tell. What a pretty I said Jack-. ”There has not been sottolc /
had better kee him yourself • he tpointd that Miss VI/moult did not which he retailed with the most
sipopto e
inspect• neov pnrchao- feet art; and every now and, then i ,.,
1 you or -1 You ou dit not to be ` much poaching lately, I fancy; ley I
must be simply invaluable."I here. all alone at thiti
s me of night ' know I'm keepmg a sharp outlook.
es; but he had not much time to in- Esther foond herself listening to him
"I believe that he understands his cow giv„ 0„, a kiss, and I'll si,„ y,,, You didn't see anyone in the woods,”
dulge in disappointment, and lie Was , with something like interest. After
work," said Esther, still more eoldly • , ,. , 1 ' the a.it tiro. to.. dinner, he joined them in the draw- ham, e, 1 Her face flushed, end she turned
—so coldly that Lord Famvorth
glanced at hc,r euriously, and, think-
ing that there Was somethteg against
the new foreman which she did not
like to toll him, changed the subject.
Sir Robert Bruce and the major
had joined them and took her away grass, which 110W SWElyed knee-deep
from Lord Fanworth; but though in the summer breeze. He was so
they made themselves extremely interested that at times he forgot
pleasant, and paid her the attentions that the Wide -stretching fields actual -
which were clue to so beautiful atid ly belonged to him, and that he 1085
wealthy a girl, Esther could not for• Sir John Vancourt, the owner of the
got k Gordon, whom Lord Fart- Towers and the land over Which he
worth's innocent words had recalled rode, and that Esther was a userper. a bright, moonlight night, and halt
to her mind; and as she drove home, But he had not forgotten that Es- absentlyi he went down the stens.
aun 's h 1 ther had desired to have what he had crossed the park and entered tin_
and the people they had met fell called a beano, and the day before wood. A nightingale was singing be
-
upon unlistening ears. the cutting he sent word up to the witchingly; and Layton made his way No one had ever dared to speak to
"One of the oldest baroneteies in Towers by Georgie that they were amongst' the trees in a contemplative her as this gentleman had done, and
the kingdOm—the Bruce'—my dear going to do so. mood. He was thinking of the girl all the girl's maiden pride was lut-
Esther. They are descended frem Esther simply said. "Very well„' who owned all this, and was so ab -
1 Scotch- d ab-
- I thought tin ir and sent the delighted Georgie round sorbed that he went farthet than he
day, was one of the most beautiful be regaled with the pie imd ale which sound of footsteps near him, caused Her hand flew to'hez heart, anti she
g.ether of the machinery with which . ing-room and sang two or three songs 1
He drew her towards him, and Dick her head aside as she shook it. Wit
he intended tmrevolutionise the com- i in his sweet, not to say perfect. voice.
Reeve raised his gun to his shoulder; a murmured "Good -night, Mr. Gor-
ing hay harvest. He was always at 1 He had made himself very pleasant,
but he lowered it, as Note, with a ia,„„ . don," she was leaving him, when an
broke from Selby Leyton and owl flew- screeching from a tree, and,
work, tramping. across the fields with but he had said nothing of the buel- i cry,
Bob at his heels, overlooking the men, ness which had brought. hien down, i
was lot in the wood. with a cry, she started hack, Jaek
and arranging for the cutting; of the No doubt he was reserving, this for
—
the next day. Esther did not mind -
CHAPTER XVII.
in the len.d. He amused Intr and .
I
kept her from thinking of — other When Kate broke away from Selby
things. Layton she set oft running; but pre --
When the ladies had retired for sently, when she found that he had
the eight, Mr. T.ayton lit a cigarette not pursued her, she slackened her
and went out on the terrace. It was pace and went on more slowly. Her
heart was beating fast, but with in-
dignation rather than fear, and the
hot blood came and went in her
pale face, and her eyes flashed.
raged and in arms.
She had nearly gained the edge ef
place, when we called there the oti, to the servants' hall that he might had intended. Suddenly a sound, t the wood when she heard footsteps.
saw that she was nervous and over-
strained, anti he aid:
"l'm going back, and will go with
you if you'll allow me."
She shot a grateful glance at him
from her superb eyes, and they walk-
ed together through the remainder
of the wood, and by one of the g•ates
on to the high road. Jack saicl very
little—just farmer -talk about the
crops and the coming harvest—and
she only replied in monosyllables;
but she was drinking in eyery word
he said, and his deep voice was like
music in her ears. As they passed
through the gate a man and woman
came along the path; they were Mar-
ie—Esther's maid—and Giles, who
were "keeping company" and had
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SI owing the famous 'Alt Blacks" Rugby team sl ortly after the
arrival 01 (1(5, Canadian Decide train at Toronto,
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count nosontoo, an Austrian noble-
man, vrho has travelled In the Rockies.
recently liacl dispatched hy Dominion
Express to hts Austrian estate, six of
the famous Big Horn sheep that visitors
to Banff and the district have seen.
This with the sanOtion of the Domlnion
Government. The Count expects these
sheep to breed and th rive in hIscoUntry
as they do in the Rookies.
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In the Royal Parade.
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The Smoke•roons Or the Canadian Dacia° 15,51,
Coastal Steamer ..Prineess Bathleen" said to be
5)50 )0005 luxurlOus and up to to vessel on the
Pacific. With a sister vessel. the 'Princes/I
Marguerite," the "Kathleen', (010 be placed on
the Vancouver, Victoriaand Seattle run, reliev-
ing two ships new operating for service on the
increasingly popular Alaska notae. The totem
pole features the general decorative scheme.
Bast meets west at the
Canadian Pacific Mai.
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All Glasgow was interest-
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comedian Mollie Bxhib-
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so -Aisne In the Interests
of the Company% Coloni.
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of re.eonstritetiori is completed this spcing..ree banding of the new'
wing, of Oro proof nieterinte, sub sere weather tutting the winter,
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