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"Yes." he replied. "I have seen
him."
The eyes of the brother and sis-
ter met, and they understood each
other.
"You are not going to be against
me too?" said Cecily rather piteous-
ly.
When they were children Haddis
had always been her champion. She
heel always come to him to complain
of the tyranny of nurses or gover-
nesses, and he had invariably, not al-
ways judiciously, taken her part.
Surely he would take her part now!
But as she watched his face she saw
that. he was going to play a new rule
this time. Before he answered she
turned her head away with a little
proud gesture, as if she disdained
to repeat her appeal.
"My dear Cecily," said Haddis af-
fectionately, "I am never against
you; but surely you do not call it
being against you to wish that you
had not given your heart to a man
who apparently does not belong to
your sphere and who has he rn;uy,
and, in short, whops nobody knows
anything about?"
"Whom nobody knows anything a-
bout!" she repeated impatiently. !
',Good gracious! Why should it al-
ways be assumed that because you
don't happen to know all a man's
history he roust be a scamp?"
"My clear child," replied Haddis,
"I don't a:surae that he is a scamp.
I mean merely that as nobody knows
anything about him he is not your
equal, and it is never wise for a wo-
man to marry beneath her."
"But I clo know all about him!"
replied Cecily. "And I don't con-
sider him beneath are."
"Then he has no money," said
Haddis, "If he wore the son of a
duke you couldn't marry frim if he
has got no money."
"I could," replied Cecily coolly;
'and what is more though he is not
the son of a duke, I mean to marry
him one day, money or no money,
when I have brought father round to
my way of thinking."
"You will, I hope, never do that,"
replied Haddis. "Fancy you —you
married to a man with five hundred
a year!" -
He glanced significantly at her
dainty gown, the fine embroidered
pocket -handkerchief she still held
in her hand, at the other simple but
costly appointments of her attire. !
She understood the glance.
"I could do without all these!"
she answered disdainfully.
"You think so?" he said. "You
have neve rtried, so you don't know
what it would be like.^
"If you say too much about that,"
she said, with rising spirit, "I will
try. I will dismiss my maid, make
my own gowns, wear cheap hats, and
iue cotton handkerchiefs!"
I Haddis laughed, and she joined in
the laughter. Then she put her hand
caressnigly on sih arm.
"Don't let us quarrel about it!"
she said. "I will never marry with-
; out my father's consent. And so,
as you have no sympathy with me,
suppose we don't discuss the subject
any more till that consent is given.
caressingly on his arta.
Her brother tactily acquiesced, for
the present at least, in this suggest-
ion by beginning to inquire about nis
father's health, and then he gave
her some account of visits he had
been making during the past summer
months when he had been able to get
away from Windsor, where his bate
talion was then quartered.
As they approached the house a
short, square -shouldered middle-
aged gentleman with sandy hair that•
was beginning to turn gray, and an
ugly but very pleasant face cane out
of the side -door and approached
then!.
"Ah, IIaddis!" he said. "Welcome
hone! Your father told me yon had
come. I am bidden stay to dinner,"
he added, turning to Cecily.
"I am very glad!" replied Cueily
warmly. Mr. Scott, the agent for
Lord Lochfinnan's property, was a
very old friend of hers. She had
known him from childhood, and for
his invalid wife, who never left her
sofa, she hail something of the affect-
ion of a daughter. "How is Mrs,
Scott?" she went en. "I intended
to go to see her today, but—" She
.topped with a slight flush en her
face. '•She remembered that it had
been the necessity of preparing her
hither for Jack's visit that had
caused her to abandon her .almost
daily visit to the invalid.
Mr, Scott noticed the flush and
'the madden pause, and suppressed a
smile, Lord Lochfinnan had been
to full of the subject of his daugh-
torte unexpected love -affair to keep
it to himself. Moreover Mr. Scott
occupied the position of an old fam-
ily friend. However, the agent was
discreet; he did not let his know-
ledge appear,
"Mrs. Scott always misses you
when you don't come," he said;
"but she is not so unreasonable as
to expect you every day."
Cecily pulled out her watch. It
was jest half -past six.
"3 will run down to see her now!"
she said impulsively.
It was not only regard for the
feelings of Mrs. Scott that prompted
her. It was a sudden desire for a
woman's sympathy. These men did
not understand; they were so stupid
and worldly. But Mrs, Scott would
surely understand. She would go
and talk to her, She turned away
from the two men and set off at
once.. bir. Scott's house was situat-
ed about a quarter of a mild from
from the main gate ttp a side road.
The two men looked after her, but
neither uttered what was in his mind,
After a moment's silence they teem-
ed and began to pace the gravel -
walk and •discuss the subject with
Which the thoughts of both were
busy—Lord Loahiimnan's money
troubles.
The agent Reid very strong views
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with regard to a landlord's duties to-
wards his tenants, views which he
was well aware Huddis shared.
"1 em very glad you have come
burns Just cit thus moment," Mr. Scott
rtltl, "fur I much wanted to talk to
2,au.,
He proceeded to lay before the
young num various schemes which he
rad drawn up, by which certain acts
f justice should be done to labour-
er:, and tenants with the least ineon-
venivnce to Lorca Lochfinnan.
fladdis listened in sileneo, and
then again suggested the idea he had
broached to hitt father, But Mr.
Scott opposed the idea as strongly
as Lord Lochfinnan had done.
"No, no!" he said, shaking his
head. "We must find some other
way than that, But there are cer-
tainly some other retrenchments—"
He broke off. IIaddis was no long-
er attending to what he was saying,
but looked as if he was straining his
ears to catch some distant sound.
"What is it?" asked Mr. Scoctt,
supposing that the young man was
listening to the whir of n distant
pheasant or some other sound dear
to the ears of a sportsman.
"Hark! There it is again! It
sounds like a woman's cry. It is
Cecily's voice! Good heavens. what
can have happened?"
He darted from Mr. Scott's side
and began to run at the top of his
speed in the direction of the main
gate. Mr. Scott followed him; but
the older man, though active for his
years, was quickly left hopelessly be-
hind. In a few minutes he lost
sight of his companion.
Haddis ran on towards the gate,
which was about three-quarters of a
mile from where they stood. As he
approached it the sound of Cecily's
voice became clearer. Something
had happened, and she was calling
for help. The gate -lodge was occup-
ied by old Quiller and his wife. It
was Mrs. Quillers' duty to open the
gate, but she was somewhat infirm,
and as a matter of fact the gate was
generally opened by a small girl, her
grandchild, who spent her days with
her grandmother but went home to
her parents in the village about six
o'clock.
It thus happened that when Haddis
reached the lodge there was no one
there but the old woman, who was so
deaf that she was sitting beside her
fire with the door shut, quite uncon-
scious of Cecily's cries.
Haddis looked about him. For a
moment he could not see his Sister.
Then he caught sight of her. She i
vi as standing a little way up the t
lane which led to Mrs. Scott's hoose,
looking over the hedge and calling
to a man who was crossing the field
on his way home after his day's
work.
At the sound of her brother's
shout Cecily turned and ran towards
him.
"Oh, Haddis," she exclaimed, "I
am so glad you have come! There
are two ladies a little farther on the
high road — one of them has met
with a horrible bicycle accident, and
I haven't been able to get any one
to conte to them!"
CHAPTER IV
"Why did you not go to the lodge
for help?" asked Haddis as he went
with his sister towards the spot
where the accident had occurred.
"There was no use wasting time
going there," replied Cecily. "I knew
little Jenny had gone home, and poor
Mrs. Quiller could neither run for
help nor be of use in any other way."
When they reached the scene of
the accident Haddis. saw a tall fine-
looking woman 10 a well -made black
cycling dress. While on the ground,
resting against the bank, lay a girl,
in an equally well -made brown hol-
land costume, with a white sailor
hat lying near her, Her head was
thrown back and her eyes were
closed, though at the approach of
Haddis and his sister she opened
them, showing that she was quite
conscious. Haddis instantly recog-
nized the two ladies he had admired
that afternoon, and even in this
moment of confusion he quickly de-
cided that they were well worthy of
admiration. The elder woman was
very handsome. Her hair was- of the
true auburn colour, and her eyes
were of the bright red -brown that
it often seen with such hair. Her
features, though somewhat irregular,
spoke of great health and vitality.
The girl was of a different type.
Sho was small and apparently some-
what frail. Her eyes were bright
blue, her hair was fair, her expres-
sion, as site looked np now at Had-
dis, was singularly sweet and child-
like.
The elder woman spoke at once.
"My stepdaughter has, I fear,
broken hoe arm and injured her
ankle. Would it be possible to get
something or some one to carry her
to the village inn'? We shall have to
Declares War
"Fruit-a-tives"—the Enemy
of Dyspepsia
OT. URSULH, QUE. —"Por ten
LI years I could not digest food,
Now I eat like a new man.
Fruit -a -uvea relieved me com-
pletely." Jos. Martin.
Our way of living lays most
of us open to recurrent attacks
of dyspepsia and kindred ail-
ments. To remedy this, the
regular use of Fruit-a-tives la
highly recommended.
The gentle, natural stimula-
tion of the bowels and digestive
system by the fruit juice ex-
tracts and tonics in Frult-a -tives
soon heals bothersomeand pain-
ful digestion. Try it. Sold by all
druggists --25c and 50c per box.
put up there for the night at least.
I suppose there is a good doctor some
where within reach?"
Sho spake rapidly, in the clear de-
cided accents of one who was accus-
tomed to give orders and have them
obeyed without question or delay.
"You could not possibly go to the
village inn," replied Haddis prompt-
ly. "I am quite sure my father would
be only too honoured if you would
accept his hospitality for tonight. His
is the nearest house—Haddis Castle,
up there." He vaguely indicated the
direction of the Castle with his hand.
"Your father is Lord Lochfin-
non?" asked the lady. "I understood
that that was the name of the own-
er of Haddis Castle."
"It is," answered Haddis. "And
I am Haddis, his eldest son. I can
assure you that you will be wel-
come.".
The lady smiled.
"I am Mrs. Mansfield of America,"
she replied. "But I am not sure that
we can, or ought to, accept your
very kind invitation. Perhaps your
father, Lord Lochfinnan—"
Haddis interrupted her.
"Run back to the house, Cecily,
and tell father." he said; "have
rooms prepared, and send down four
men and a stretcher at once."
Cecily needed no second bidding.
She turned and ran almost, before
her brother's sentence was finished.
"I forgot to introduce my sister,"
he observed, smiling. "But we can
repair that omission afterwards,"
The countryman whom Cecily had
called now came running to know
what "her ladsyhip" wanted, for
Cecily was known and loved by all
the country people round; moreover,
this happened to be one of Lord
Lonhfinnan's own labourers.
Haddis promptly despatched him
to the village with orders to tell the
Doctor to come to the Castle at once.
"We must put Miss Mansfield's
arm in some sort of improvised splint
he said. "If you will let me, I can
do it; I understand that kind of
thing."
The girl had closed her oyes a-
gain; she opened them as Haddis
knelt down beside her and, with the
two bicycle pumps and his own and
Mrs. Mansfield's handkerchiefs, very
cnrefully and deftly bound up her
a'm. He then took a penknife out
of his pocket and cut the straps of
her cycling shoe, an operation which,
once over, gave her considerable re-
lief. •
"How did the accident happen?"
he asked!, when this was done, and
the girl, after ,thanking him in a
sweet low voice, heti shut her eyes
once more. "I think 1 saw you this
afternon, and you both appeared to
be such practised and careful riders
that accidents ought to be unknown
to you."
They always have been till now,"
replied Mrs. Mansfield, with a sigh;
"but the fork of Lilith's bicycle
broke, and she was hung off with
great violence against that heap of
stones."
"Aha" said Haddis. "0'f course
no skill or care in riding will prevent
that kind of accident."
"The worst of it is," added the
lady, "my maid and all the luggage
have gone on by train to Perth,
which we should have reached this
evening, and where we meant to stop
for a couple of days."
"We will telegraph for her at
once," 'said Haddis. "But of course
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she cannot got here tonight. How-
ever, my sister will supply you with
everything you want, and her maid
will take good cars of you. Indeed
I may venture to promise that we
shall all do our best to do that."
His glance wandered involuntar-
ily as he spoke to the pretty child-
like Mee resting amidst its cloud of
Lair against the bank.
Mrs. Mansfield noted the glance
and frowned.
"I really think," she began, with
a little hesitation, "that it would Ito
much better for us to go to the vil-
lage. It niay bo a week or inert' be-
fore Lilith can be safely moved."
"If it should prove to be a month,"
said Haddis courteously, "I can
assure you that we shall not think
it too long."
Mrs. Mansfield smiled this time,
though she did not look altogether
satisfied. But all she said was—
"Well, I must say you English peo-
ple are lovely!"
Her American accent, though un-
mistakable, was not exaggerated or
unpleasant, and Haddis felt inclined
to reply, "You Americans are love-
ly!" But be said nothing, and Mrs.
Mansfield knelt down by her step-
daughter's side, murmuring gentle
words of encouragement and affect-
ion, to which the girl responded by
opening her eyes and smiling faint-
ly.
Cecily meanwhile had sped back
to the Castle and burst in upon her
astonished father. who was still at
his papers, with an eager exclama-
tion.
"Oh, father two ladies have met
with a bicycle accident on the road,
close to the gates, and Haddis has in-
vited them to come hero!"
"Bless my heart!" said Lord Loch -
finnan, rising. "What sort of ladies?
What sort of accident?"
Cecily explained.
"They are evidently ladies," she
added, "and I don't really think it
would be .Christianlike to let them
go to the Lochfinnan Arnis when they
are so close to our own gate."
"No, my dear, I suppose it would
not," replied her father. "But it is
rather a bore, isn't it? However,
Haddis was quite right of course."
"Then, father," said Cecily, with
practical promptness, "will you see
about sending down a stretcher of
some sort and men to carry it while
I go to get rooms prepared?"
"Certainly, my dear!" answered
Lord Lochfinnan obediently.
So Cecily went off to interview
the housekeeper, while Lord Loch
Lochfinnan rang for Quiller.
'Quiller by no means approved of
taking two strange women whom no
one knew anything about into the
Castle. He was oldfashioned, and
distrusted, like his master, women
who rode about the country on bi-
cycles. Lady Cecily did not ride a
bicycle. He was not aware that she
tem re—wee-
1 wan about to begin the reprehensible
'tractive. With the freedom of an
Ohl servant he ventured to give stent"
rxpre >iorl 'to his ohtc et!one, and
Lord 1 oel,Iinnan did not rebuke him.
Ile merely said in reply --
"We cannot refuse to show hoepi-
t'dity to two ladies who have met
with a bad accident at aux door. Iie-
.des Lord Ilad lis, has already an-
swered for my willingness to do so."
Thus eil'nr•ed, Quitter forthwith
gave hie nand to the busine,.0 of em -
eking 111en and u stretcher. In lose
than a quarter of an hour Lord Loch -
finnan, accompanied by the coach-
man, an undi rgroom, and two foot-
men, with a long carrying -chair
which luckily happened to be in the
house, went down to the scene of the
accident. Ile found hie son walking
impatiently up and down the road,
while Mrs. Mansfield sat on the
ground by her stepdaughter's side,
endeavouring to soothe her pain,
"Oh, father, this Is good of you!"
cried Haddis joyfully, as he hurried
forward.
Mrs. Mansfield rose from the
ground, and Haddis introduced Lord
Lochfinnan to her.
Whatever Lord Loehfinnan's ob-
jections to the course he was com-
pelled to take might have been, he
suffered no hint of them to appear in
his face or tone. He bade the two
strange ladies welcome to his house,
and put all it contained at their ser-
vice with as much warmth as Haddis.
Mrs. Mansfield, in her heart, said
again, " You English are lovely!"
But she did not say it aloud this time.
She had all the quickness of percep-
tion of the women of her nation, and
she knew that Lord Lochfinnan
would not appreciate the compli-
ment.
Under Haddis's directions Lilith
was lifted on to the carrying -chair,
which was so constructed that it
could be pulled out to enable the oc-
cupant to lie full-length on it. Quil-
ler had not forgotten cushions and
rugs, and in a few minutes the little
procession started for the Castle,
Lord Lochfinnan walking ahead with
Mrs. Mansfield and Haddis beside the
chair. Lilith though she roused her-
s elf sufficiently to thank all those
who were ministering to her com-
fort, did not attempt to talk, and
Haddis contented himself with watch
Ma the bearers and taking care that
they walked regularly without jolt-
ing their burden.
(Continued Next Week)
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