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The appeal is quite unheeded; the
two men have forgotten her. They
do not indeed, as she thought they
would, come to blows, for even in his
blind rage Stephen Trevor cannotig-
nore the enormous dispnrportion be-
tween his own trained and disciplin-
ed strength and that of the eflicm-
inate stripling who flaunts him with
dogged defiance and a trace of- im-
pish mockery in his eyes. There is
no need to spare harsn words how-
ever.
"You miserable little cur!” he
cries in a furious tone. "Too poor
and puny for the, punishment you so
richly deserve, I scarcely know how
to deal with you and your venomous
suggestion!"
Pablo Valdez breaks into a low
laugh of triumph.
"I am perfectly aware of that, my
dear Sir Stephen! It is precisely in
that difficulty that the strength of
my case aril the weakness of yours
are to be found. If you could clear
me from your path you might per-
suade tete rest of the world to believe
that Miss Blake merely 'disappeared'
and that Miss Slade is in no way con-
cerned in her banishment. Can you
do either while I bar the way and
clamour for the truth?"
A sudden feeling of alarm seizes
Stephen and for a moment masters
even his indignation. It is not the
first hint of danger to the girl he
loves so dearly that has reached his
ears today. The suggestions of the
detectives that certain imprudences
on Elinor Slade's part had at least
laid 'her open -to suspicion, and that
she would do well to submit to the
fullest possible investigation of her
conduct as soon as possible, is still
rankling in his proud heart. The
memory of Miss Green's malignant
story still haunts him, and now he
has to face this new and yet more
dangerous attack. That there are
other assailants with even greater
Power to distract and agonise frim,
• foes wield i the citadel, traitorous
torturing doubts are fears, he will
not admit even to himself. These ha
can. deal with freely, can thrust in
secret chambers under triple locks
and bars, can gag, stifle, and control
with all the force of his strong will.
•hies. Ruthven, watching and wait-
ing breathlessly for she scarcely
knows what, breaks the tense sil-
(111c0.
"I think you are very selfish and
cruel, both of you, quarrelling like
that and dragging in people's names
before there is any necessity to do
Letterheads
Envelopes
Billheads
And all kinds of Business
Stationery printed at The
Post Publishing house.
We will do a job that will
do credit to your business.
Look over your stock of
Office Stationery and if it
requires replenishing call
us by telephone 91.
The Post Publishing (louse
so, 1 shall not ,stand it much long-
er! Why should I? To live in the
Abbey just now is to suffer martyr -
(10111 111 every way, and I was not
horn to be a martyr."
Stephan, looking at her, is vague-
ly aware of a new danger; but, ab-
sorbed as 11e is in Mepresent '�si• lttg -
pli!, he sets that aside for the time
to .1y with a tied sigh—
"I din sorry, dear. Of course you
are tired here for the present."
[ "I don't see that at all!" Sylvia
replies rebelliously. " I have my
husband and my children far away,
jtoo long neglected, and I really
cannot see that I am wanted here."
"Not wanted?" Stephen turns
! from Valdez and comes quickly to
his sitter's side. "Oh, Sylvia, you
never were so much wanted, so 111.".
dispensable in your life! Dick and
the children can do without you for
a little longer—you must not think
of leaving us just yot!"
The appeal does not in any way
flatter Sylvia's variety, and only in-
creases her spirit of mutiny. If he
wished to keep her for her own sake,
or if she could do hint any personal
good, she would make the sacrifice
gladly, for she is really very fond of
lir brother—she tells herself this
with a glow of generous feeling —
but site has no mind to be looked
upon as a mere shield and buckler
for another and much less important
person.
,Why not?" ;he asks. "You have [
done very well without my society
for a long time now."
"I— Good heavens, yes!" he
agrees,. with imprudent haste. "'But
this is so horribly dit'1'erentl Sylvia
have you forgotten Nell?"
The arrogant little lady flushes
angrily and snatches away her hand.
"Do you ever think of any one
else?" she asks. "You are of course
free; you have every right to sec-
retion yourself, your future, and
your selfrespect to the girl who seems
to have bewitched you, the ,girl about
whom the rest of. the world is say-
ing very ugly things, but for myself
1 decline to be made a victim any
longer!"
"Sylvia!"
"Oh, [tis no good crying 'Sylvia'
and looking at me as though I were
talking high treason instead of the
barest common sense! Finish your
quarrel with Pablo Valdez—he will
tell you better than I can what all
Ceanstotte says and 'thinks of Paul-
ine. Blake and the girl who owed her
everything! Ah, I see he has wisely
disappeared, but you need only walk:
into the street to find another in -
Ailment! Your house of cards is
falling about you, Stephen, and I
fear it will bring down your idol
in its fall!"
The last words a1'0 smothered in
a burst of hysterical sobs and laughs
ter as, not staying •to see their effect,
Mrs. Ruthven runs out of '3110 room.
CHAPTER XII
It is nothing of a surprise and
very much of a relief to Stephen
Trevor to find two excuses instead of
his usual companions at the dinner -
table that night after his distracting
scene with Sylvia and Pablo. Mrs.
! 1%uthvert is prostrate with nervous
headache and equal only to strong
tea and salvolatile, the housekeeper
11forins him; while Senor Valdez
simply desires to be excused, with -
Out any assigned reason.
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h 1.(11 ! iliva1 cdfort. to avold any :elf.
! e ,yol is working havoc with l,!;
!., odly ..e,uly nerves, "My hands.
are so cruelly tied that 'i may not
gn'iu•oi ,•s011 w143 that cowardly lit
tie viper who has dared to hint —
to suggest — 03, heavens! I must
Bo!. 1111 Ilk of that!"
He makes a resolute effort to
tome his thoughts into some safer
track.
k.
As he glances across at the empty
, hair .from which Sylvia Itnthven's
bright face its wont to lace him,
frtec'"ly enough, the thought of his
lighthearted sister, though, he is
;t:111 very angry with her, htings with
it .a certain relief.
"She was wickedly cruel tonight,
but, if I know her at all, she will
be till penitence tomorrow,'• he re-
cta, "Even If there serge no need
to temporise for Nellie's sake, It
would be absur.t to resent any
speech or Sylvia's. She is like a
feather blown by the wind, her op-
inions are at the mercy of the last
plausible person who has spoken to
iter.', and that young Valdez has been
beeaihing his poison in her ears; To-
morrow, when she is more herself,
she will listen to and believe lire, for
she loves 111e in 11e1' way"
When his wretched meal is over he
goes to the library and, shunning the
intolerable company of his 0)011
thoughts, sends for Mrs. Clarke, the
housckee• er, who can at least give
hint the latest news of Nell.
Th:•1 proves to be of a reassuring
character, and the good woman, who
is obviously uneasy at the summons
and unusnnlly awkward in Sir
Stephen's presence, brightens and
looks mare like her own good-natur-
ed harpy self as she assures him that
the doctor was really pleased with
his patient's progress, and had pro-
mised to let her leave her room in a
clay or two.
"And I think that lifted a sort of
load from her mind, poor dear! For
she had been l'1•etting dreadful at
being shut up away from all that was
going on," 1111•x. Clarke says, glanc-
ing around. "I seem iso fancy, sir,
that once she is out and about things
will be sure to get straight again;
she is such a clever clear -]leaded lady
and was as you say, Miss Blake's
right hand."
Stephen, who is seated at a small
side -table on which stands a green
silk -shaded electric rending -lamp, in-
voluntarily draws back into the
ihadow as he says in a tired tone—
"I •trust you are right, -Mrs. Clarke,
but I mei afraid bliss Slade can'
scarcely help us here, though she was
almost the last person to see your
mistress before her disappearance." -
"Quite the last, sir!" the house-
keeper says. "They dined and spent
the evening together and sat up
quite late, tailking."'
A temptation he%had long resisted
as a wrong to Nellie and as some-
thing unworthy of himself suddenly
conquers Stephen Trevor. His cur-
iosity on the subject of the last night
Pauling Blake ;.pent in het' old house
and in Elinor Slade's society must be
satisfied at any cost, even at that of
questioning a servant.
"Surely there was nothing to ex-
cite comment in tenet?" be says bru-
squely. "Miss Blake and Miss Slade
were friendly, 100111 they not?' -
"0h ye,', sir!' is the half -frighten-
ed answer. "At least, 1 should have
said they were more affectionate
than usual, for Miss Blake sent her
maid for all the jewels she had
brought from the bank that day and
made Miss Nellie try them all on
one after ,the other. She looped
lonely, and, when Miss Blake said,
as she fastened a big pearl collar a-
bout her deck, "Don't shrink from '
your honors, child; all these will
come to Lady Trevor some day,' she
looked very frightened."
Stephen winces a little, but his
brow clears.
He scarcely knows what he has
feared to hear, but there is, so far,
only- reassurance in Mrs. Clarke's
story. When with a start he realises
that the has qualified it, he looks up
to find her regarding hint with evi-
dent uneasiness.
"Well, what is it?" he asks
sharply.
"Nothing much; sir," Mrs. Clarke
goes on in haste, "only that the ser-
vants do say that the ladies had fal-
ls pout a bit, that seine high words
passed bcitween thloin before they
parted that night, also that Miss Nel-
Every Woe it ani Needs
"FriiiQt.a4ives" the sore
way fm regular health
MSS. A. PARENT.
Daily tasks rob many women of the
priceless boon of good health, because
constipation, biliousness, headaches, in-
digestion, backaches and kindred ail-
ments, undermine their constitutions.
Read this sincere letter:
Driscol Lake, Sask.—"I have taken
many kinds of medicine, but none proved
as good as `Fruit -a -rives' for me. It is
the only medicine I take I use it regu-
larly and do not feel right if I do not"
—Mrs. A, Parent.
"Fruit -a -rives" is universally successful
because it is a natural medicine—made
from the intensified juices of fresh fruits,
combined with tonics. It will help you,
too. 25c and 50c at all druggists. Buy a
box to -day.
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lie was crying bitterly as she went
upstairs and knocked twice at Miss
Blake's door without being let in. 0£
course this is just kitchen gossip,
and you may be sure I stop it pretty
smartly whenever it Comes to my ears
but 1 can't be always on the spot,
and girls will talk. And I must tell
you, sir, that when the poor girl was
at her very worst she kept raving to
Miss Blake to forigve her and not
believe she was the wretch she seem-
ed. It was heart -breaking to hear
the poor young lady, though I felt
sure it 10118 only her brain burned
up with the fever that made her say
' and think such dreadful things."
Of course Stephen agrees.
"Was it you alone who heard her
ravings?" he adds with affected care-
lessness.
"Well, I cannot quite say that,
'though I was mostly there, and after
the first tried to keep people out of
the room. I soulb not say, but it
seemed the best thing to do."
"It was," Stephen says tersely,
and his heart swells with gratitude
to the woman who has acted with
such simple: li7yalty to her unhappy
charge. "Did she say anything
more?"
"Lots more, Sir Stephen—lots that
was just sheer nonsense, and one
thing that came oftenest of all after
she was tired' of asking Miss Blake
to forgive her and trust her—it was
always the same. "Stephen shall
know all—I swear that, but he must
know first, and I must tell him my-
self!"
Stephen turns away abruptly, fear
ing a dangerous self-betrayal. The
words strike him with the force of a
blow, though their first effect is that
of inlinense relief. Nell has a sec-
ret, then—a secret that has already
made trouble between her and her
kindest friend! But it was a secret
that ,he could confide to him—her
lover and husband to be! Surely
she had the right to refuse an ex-
planation to all others and guard it
for Ms ears alone?
He does not know now he has
wrestled with his thoughts in silence
till Mrs. ,Clarke rouses him with a
respectful cough.
"Oh, good night Mi,. Clarke!" he
says, with a desperate attempt to
speak naturally. "I had folgetten
you were there. Therb's notllinb.;'
more, thank you!"
The housekeeper accepts this as
t '15.11 is.al, but seems very reluctant
to go. At length, alter fidgeting a-
bout a little, she says in answer to
his impatient glance—
"If you don't mind, blaster Steve
--beg pardon, Sir Stephen --I often
wanted to ask you about those.
jewels."
"The box Miss Blake broughtlfrom
the bank?"
eyes."
"Well, what about it?"
"Are you quite sure it is safe, .sir?
It is full of the most valuable things
---brooches, brancelets, necklaces,
and necklaces, and goodness knows
what! If a thief had got hold of
that it relight accotult for a good
Beal."
"It might indeed," Stephen says,
with a bitter smile, "but it is safe
enough, Mrs. Clarke, Not only is it
under lock and key in the wardrobe
where Miss Blake placed it, but it is
under the lawyer's seal."
The 'housekeeper draws a deep
breath Of relief.
"That means you save it yourself,
sir? Well, I am glad! Though I
slid not like to speak of it before ,t11e
thought of the box has lain Heavily
on my mind. Good night, sir, and
I hope you will have a good one, for,
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The kindly wish is not fulfilled.
Vole:' after the good woman has left
the roma, finished her roulr1 of daily
luti,r lost her own uneasy -141.54 of
something, dreadfully wrong and oi'
acute syrefr:atlty with her clear un-
happy Master Steve, in blameless
and healthy slumber, Stephen sits on
in solitude, absorbed in hopes and
fears. He forms plant that are at
once contemptuously dismissed as
dangeroue or futile, and explana-
tions which steadily refuse to fit in
with undeniable fact,.
.At length utterly worn out he goes
up to his own room and throws him-
self on the bed with the determina-
tion to force the sleep of which he
stand, in such sore need to come and
help him to escape for a while from
all his troubles. It is but waisted
effort; the heavy lids may hide the
tired eyes, the harassed brain may
striv,l io busy itself with .tome dif-
ferent idea or mechanical occupa-
tion, but sleep refuses to come. A
thousand phantom fears and horrible
suggestions invade his mind, and,
do what he will to ignore them, they
v,'hisner to him of horror in the
and peril in the future.
Hour after hour he lies tossing on
a comfortless pillow, planning, fear-
ing, and praying for help in his bit-
ter need, but never losing th con-
sciousness of despair till the sun is ,
high in the wintry "heaven. Then 1
quite suddenly he falls into a slum-
ber so profound that the man who
brings his hot water, tea, and letters
fails to break it by his quiet en-
trance and discreet announcement
of his presence. He mercifully re-
frains from any definite attempt to
wake the worn-out sleeper.
"1 was not ging to disturb him ---
not for Mos. Ruthven nor no one!"
the man explains later in the ser-
vants' hall. "For he looked that tir-
ed and haggard it quite made my
heart ache, knowing all he has had
to go through lately and all that lies
before him, most like. However, I
think by now he will be pretty well
rested, so, as it is getting on for
Mulch -time, I shall have another try
with 1r -rl n
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'.. t lord," hr. s4s. "I 11101 n hod
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f h • eta ;see) vennt. di 1 suppose. •
"Ne, il'," 1,'c1511J answer: Patterer'
hal is, the man who
3.n'e v 'u•rday 11<) asic ,,i for
'.,11
"1)h, he can wait!" .111 51.'Phon's
f•. ass 001115 hack with a slab. Itis
Coli' 1s Intr.-411y inpatient, lds 1a•'e
glows .suddenly stern, and thus last
cloud of slumber dins out o1' his (Was
aS lw adds, "That is all, Arnold! No
stay! Have you heard how Miss
Slade le this, morning?"
-`She is very much better, sit'! She
was up and dressed quits. early, Mrs.
Clarke told us, and as Soon; as the
doctor has Leen we shall know
whether she may route out of her
room."
Tho 111(111 retire:, and Stephen is
thankful for at least one piece of
geed news. Turning to his letters
and seannint; their addre-res, he sees
without surprise that one is in his
sister's handwriting.
"Silly little Sylvia! She need not
have written her excuses. I know
her too well to attach any real im-
portance to her angry words, though
they have power to wound me when
they strike through Neil as they
did last night. But ilir. Pablo was
responsible for that, and I will take
care she does not come under his in-
fluence again. I will find some way
of dealing with that young Dago pre-
sently, •r butre
1(ain e meantime t1
s y, th m a time I
are more important things waits t„!"
He opens Sylvia's letter and reads
it through—first with blank bewild-
erment, then in growing anger for
[the content, are by no moans what
he expected them to he. 1'Irs. Ruth -
Yen makes no apologies, but curtly
and coldly annotutces her intention
to quit the Abbey at once,
(Continued Next Week)
W. D. S. JAMIESON,
MD; CM; LM -CC;
Physician and Surgeon
Office McKelvey Block, Brussels
Successor to Dr. White
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T. T. M'RAE
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Phrsioian, Surgeon, Aecoueheer
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William street.
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