The Wingham Advance Times, 1928-05-03, Page 64:1
WINGRAM ADVANCE -TIMES
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Thursday, May 3rd, ig28,
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Avellington mutual Fire
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Maks taken on all classes of itisur-
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WM When fie fabeled tlia ladY'S
bows, and tound that She was gOing
to Preston, like himself,
As he was uot le the mood
venation, and knew no woman cotild
possibly keep quiet for three mortal
boars, he decided to get into a smolt-
ing-carriage. . • • "
He thought he had taken his pre-!
cautions, and congratulating
him with ti, sneer the inom.ent his pas-
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slon becomes dangerOus, ineon
. .renient, or stande in the' way of a new,
eonquest, Whereas', I am such a ecoar,
fOolish thing, tkst 1 always r,i,ow
q u.ite . fond of te men who lias been
spooning me a week or tWor'aed hrY
when 1 bid him. good -by."
, ',41 honestly believe you are not
'bad'
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himself upon his foeethought, when
the porter threw open' the door of
the very carriage in which he had en-
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sconced himself, eaying, civillY: •
"Now, ma'am, if you please!'
"But this is a smoking -carriage
porter,". interrupted Colonel Deere.
half as as yod seem," returned
Colonel 'Deere, With a faint smile,
,,But tell me Norah -you know
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.wul not go ay further -have you
the least reaeon for suspecting • an
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one of haviag caused your brother's
ileath?" • '
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• f so, 1 aave no reght to .speal, of
my.suspicion,'• she replied, with a re -
him; It was se
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• "All .rescht, sir; that's' ' what the
ledy •wants," he auswered, somewhat
'disenchanted, but still deferential,' as
,tineteinrce4eythraotresitigii.pritsoed
her charaol.ei
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. .1., W BUSHFIELD
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Ea' rester Solicitor, • Notary, Etc.
iVioney to Loan
C Iffice-MeYer Bl°c`k Wingbax43
Stinee5SOr to Dudley Holmes
love,"' she said. with evident. effort;
and the utter desolation of her faee
Id have touched a heart of stone,'
rm.' ' • • , •
I will not take another woman s •Just
place."
"Heaven forbid that I 'should be
base enough to ask sucha thing of
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--;.in „.,.'„„..tr„ ae, me wan;
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iir ' ' in eu trod c I el Httnnale w . th i x.
'aPerating tranquility; "because, it
'!' ,t. m and i o rev eusbend would be
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ad to go to Ded ' We aren t titans-
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enied to late hours, like fashionable
be handed her in, and 'put hex. bag
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and dressing -cage in the seat beside
her. • . . . , .
"1 hope .1 don't incoreirenience.'yout"
the lady begau, then' stopped short,
and held out her hand. "Why, Law -
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rence, It is actually your What an un-
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"Ceme and gee lee at the 'LainehatiO
a • Week hence,' and I may be abe to
,t1,1t-t.iipylOelintoson.i.n„e. trbiff.". .Bt!.t 116‘re We arc.
.. He helped h el. down, and t her
werestanding raelice. cloQe to ce lter.
her. han'cl ie Iiis as he bad7e her •ood-
-oy• • • ' ' a , and expressed his hope diet sea
would apply to him if she required
. any assistance, when . a veiled 'etc .•
bent eagerly out of the winclew et
ti . f 11 light 1: o ' ep A ete al
le u.. o „ -ate . ,, 1..4 ...
wind lifted the geuse juSt as I ho ....ail'
began he move. aed the woman ce ta"
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Money to Loan at Lowest Rates
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4‘You are asking it now
''You would trus.t a madwoman
rather than me?" he said reproach-
fully. • , ' . '
"I am afraid I must, The mad-
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woman bad to by de-
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. Colonel Dame/ slipped a couple ot
eil.r.;croven pieces into. her hand.
I ut those under your Pillow, to
.,1te, veil sleep 11 he said.
' ‘('‘'Ir.• :Hannah' ;urned thein over two
mitigated Piece of good luck!" '
. And she threw up her veil, and.
the h d hut bold fe -
showed e an some. a
tures of Mrs."0"1-lax•a.
Colonel •Da,cre had always felt
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kindly .towarci Mrs. 0 Hera, in spite
of her Many' faults indiscretions,
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J. A. MORTON
BARRISTER, ETC.
Winghana . Ontario
nothing. gain
.cetving me, and you nave,"
"You forget that what I had gained
by fraud I should net be able to keep.
If I were a married man there are
people. in the world who must know
,r three time • d 1 handed tl on
.s an t lenie
al.e.,(c. resolutely and reluctantly..
I don't care for money 1. haven't
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. ,arned." are said. "When people
eek to bribe you, you're: an idiot if
en don't Y
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and, indeed, during her married life
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she had been exceedingly popular in
the regiment, on account of her un-
affected good nature. Colonel Dacre.
r... membered what she bad been, and.
back hastily; but not before Cetene:
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D.. .• . . ,•
aci e had le•coanized Lady Caasu•
dolyu.
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"What's 10 a Name?"
.Colohel Daere . dropped Sire,
O'Hara'ahand as it it had stung 11 1 111
and• darted' forward Mechanically. es
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if to ca tch• up. to' the traiu; but . hie
CO nipanion' s frightened exclar tat len
restored him to himself.
"For mercy's sake be careful!" site
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called out, gram.% hisearm. ii 3 tel
have left. anything in the train yoll
can • telegraph:" • ,,
H blankly,re
t'-ande
e staredaher
swered in a confused sort of way:
" f • .d . . .. t 3 „ 3
' I am a rad It is no use . e co...ap 1-
ing, for I have no idea where to tind
her,"
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Where to find whom?"
"Lady Gwendolyn St. Maur." • •.
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e wasn't in Our train, surely?"
"I didn't kn.aw she was, certainly;
but 1 caught a glimpse 6f her raee
as it moved off."
"But. wasn't It odd she did not
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Peak to you, Lawrence? I fancleo
, you were near neighbors at Barton.
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an very ma e. . . ,. ,
"Exactly," be replied, in a va.gue. •
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y "I saw' Lady Gwendolyn this
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morning; but she did not tell me she.
was leaving Tux
"Perhaps it was a sudden caprice,"
replied Mrs. O'Hara. carelessly. • "But .
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do. you intend to stay in Preston to-
night, Lawrence?"
.
• "No; I am going on, I think; but,
really, I have decided nothing yet. I
had better see about your cab, had I.,
not? You are going to a hotel, I
,
presume ? '
"Yes; to the 'George.' I shall see
you a week hence in town, shall I
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not'?"
" If I am alive," he answered ein-
phaticallea "I am quite as anxious
as you are to solve this terrible nays-
tery."
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DR G•0 POSS
"Graduate Royal College of Dental
' _Surgeons'
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
Office. over H. E. Isard's Store.
about it. It ie rare that a woman Is
• entirely without family an.d protec-
tors, and • can be kept • out of sig
• ht
without •somebody requiring to know
what has become'o! her.""You
"True," Lady Gwendolyn 'replied;
"but one has heard of such things."
"In novels."
"In re'al tile, too. One rarely takes
guess what t ey m.eati. 0.0
: - fit to know where my mistress is
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- ne, and you fancy I can tell you;
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.,.,1),.uldin,.tcan'tI, and, need
don't d ' t• ti -
Iin:orunlocl,n,I
ao wlien to held my tongue,"
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,Colonel Dam e looked battled and
• lthougli he felt that the
nnoyect, a . ., .
•ar,on was right
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forgot what she was, so that he al-
ways found a cordial greeting for her
'when they ca,me together. Their'
hands met in a warm grasp.
can't think how glad I am
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to have some one to talk to," she
said 'her eyes suddenly clouding with
" ' - ..
tears. You have heard of my poor,
brother's. sad death?"
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II. W. COLBORNE, M.D.
, Physician and Surgeon
MecEcal Representative D. S., C. R.,
?Ilene 54 ' ' . Wing ham
' Successor to Dr W. R. Hammy
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up' a • newspaper without hearing of •
some mysterious disappearance." .
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"That argument is rather in my
favor than otherwise, Gwendolyn. If
f I-1 d • di d 'suddenly'
mY wi e a sappeare
u. would have seen something about
you . . . ,
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it in the newspapers, accoi leg o
"It' • you make so much mys-
. s a in .5' y .0 cl 1 '
erv about Lady Twee o 3-n s move-
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•ents, he said. "Secrect always ex
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''',.:s susP"•mz• • •
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eo ever dared to suspect my inis-
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.ress," she answered proudly. ."Any-•
•-)vi nobody can tell what they don't
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"To tell you the truth, .Norah, 1
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never kiaew you had a brother." ' •
- "N •it as no use telling
o, well, w .
everybody," she answered, with sorae
embarrassment. "He did not go oil
• d
quite as one could have wished, an
of course it would have annoyed Jack
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to
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DR. ROBT. C. REDMOND
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Id.R.O.S. (Eng.) .L.R.C.P. (Lond.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Dr. •Chisliolm's old stand.
your own showing, and there would
have been every effort made. to dile
• h h -h
cover .her w erea outs, or t e man-
ner of her death, if she were dead. '
Besides, it is only natural to suppose
that in the early days I should .have
taken my wife to Horton, and itatro-
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:now. Her ladyship --s.aft about five
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'cock this evening., •and it warn t
'ay place to ask where she was going.
rt. it had been necessary for me to
a new, 'she would have teld nle, of
a, a , . „
`7).471. : •about
have George talked about as his
brother-in-law." ,
" But after your husband's death?"
"Then it -Would have -looked odd,
surely, to have suddenly annerainced
that I had a brother, as nobody had
ever heard of him before."
•
D.R. R. L. STEWART
'fitraduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons. . , .
Office in Olaisliolra Block
3osephine Street Phone 29.
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duced her to my neighbor's. You do
not marry a woman on purpose to •
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shut her up; that would be an alter-
thought." . ,
"Yon could have. gone abroad, and
frora.th.ere announced her death. "
"Posaibly; but you may depend it
S better to have a skeleton in your
cupboard, rather .than a. living crea-
t or '
ia., orders did she give
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.ol woe ding , her otters,"You
h 1 then?"
"None, sir. My husbaed did von-
re to ask her that question, but she
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'old him she did not expect any.
Colonel Deere begaa to . under-
., tend at last that Lad Gwendolyn
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vas fleeing from a temptation elle
, ,ruld not resist and an expression of
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know,' Norah, I. always think
honesty the best policy." •
"I started with the same. notion, •
but I found out it. did not do," re-
turned Mrs'. O'Hara sadly. "All the
women are against me now, because
they say 1 am so gushing that I talk
about the first thing that comes into
_
my head, and so lead men away from
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Dr. Margaret C. .Caider
General Practitioner
'Graduate University of 'Toronto
Faculty of Medicine
Office --Josephine St., tWO doors south.
of Brunswick Hotel.
Telephones: Office 281, Residence e5e
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tare. One tells no tales, and the other
• ht get into'
might one some very un-
pleasant scrapes, Come, Gwen, do
not be unbelieving. I swear by all
that is most sacred I' have no wife.
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Even if I had wished to concea h
1 t is
fact' from tiCe world in general I
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should certainly have connded in
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your brother, and you may be sure he
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triumph darkened his handsome eyes.
When he found her he would com-
nand rather than plead, for she be-
longed to him by right of their mu:
fuel love. •
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He was so absorbed in this thought
that he quite forgot Where he was.
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until old Hannah inquired, tartly, if
lie was going to stay all night, when
their wives."
"Yes; I have heard you accused of
that, certainly," interrupted Colonel
Dacre, remembering the accusation
Lady Gwendolyn had made. "There
was Percy Gray, for instance " '
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Mrs. 0 Hera oiushed vividly. :
"A s you say that honesty is the
best policy, 1 will admit I did be-
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DR. G. W. HOWSON
DENTIST
Office over John Galbraith's Store
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would not have allowed me to visit
at his house under false pretenses."
"But, of course, you would not
have confided in him if you had irch
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ed to keep your marriage a secret."
be apologized -th a pleasant laugh
ivl dthe. t
anid. said, as he proffered two
i. ia t -crowns again:, . .
"You may accept them with a clear
ronsci' ence now, for you have fairly
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have rather unwisely there. The fact
was, Lady Maria brought what hap-
pened. entirely on herself. Percy
Gray hadn't the faintest idea of fall-
ing in love with me, until she put it
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' F. A. PARKER
0 STEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Office adjoining residence next to
Street
Anglican Church on Centre.
.
Sundays by appointment.
Hours a.m. ' to 8 p.m.
Osteopathy , Electricity
Telephone zee.
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"Gwendolyn," he said passionately,
you en . .
" . 11 wear me Out If you would
only trust me as I trust you. I love .
you so dearly, my sweetest."
The strong arms enfolded her lov-
ingly, the tawny mustache swept her
_ .
cheek. For one brief moment she
yielded to his caress,' her lips th•rill-
.
ing under his, then she wrencned her-
self away from him, and, fled.
earned them. I would give twenty
pounds m.ys_elf glad.lk- for an hour cif
read honest tranquil sleep, such as
a ' ' ' s "
r have deprived You. of."
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"La1 sir," said Old Hanna.h; ' then
why don't y.ou go home and g9 to bed
.it once?"
` en '',' • t Id h of o use I
„at/cause 1 would e n • .
•hould only turn and toss'about •until
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mornin.g.
"How funny! I never turn until I
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into his head. but-wouia you be-
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lieve it?, --when he was going to Nor-
way fishing, she accused him of in-
tending to elope with me. The con-
sequence was that he couldn't bear
Lady Maria to tell a falsehood, . and
he came off at once and asked me to
put her in the right."
"And what did you do?"
"Ask Percy," she returned dryly.
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You. know they used to say in the
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They had reached the end of the
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Platform an were quite alone or
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and can be much better dealt with
in
the miuUto. Mrs. O'Hara turned and
faced him.
"Will you answer me one ques-
tion, Lawrence?" she said. ,
"1 don't know," he replied, flush-
ing slightly. •
"Are you in love with Lady Gwen-
dcilyn St. Maur? You know you may
trust me, for 1 am one of those peo-
pis who seem very frank, and yet
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No less than six residents of Leek-
eow-all women -are at present so-
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io rning in the Winghani Hospital.
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Fortunately, none 'of the cases are of
an immediate serious nature -just the
sort which require regular attention
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the .hospital than in the home.
The patients are: . Mrs, Wm. Ann-
strong (Jr.); 1Virs. RoMcCallum; Mrs.
(Dr.) A. M. Spence; Mrs. W. J. Dav-
ion Mrs. Wm. Lloyd; Mrs. John -
John -
son (Cain H•ouse). All are' reported
doing reasonably well. Sentinel. '
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A. R.. & F. E. DUVAL.
1,,icensed Drugleas Practitioners,
-Ohiropractic and Electro Therapy.
Graduates of Canadian Chiropractic
College, Toronto, and National Col-
lege Chicago. • . -
. Office opposite Hamilton's Jewelry
Store, Main St.
HOURS: 2--s,'p.m., and
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bY appointment. 4,
Out of towri 'and night calls ie -
sponded to. All :business confidential.
Phones: Office 3oo; Residence 6ox-t3.
, CHAPTER X. .
A Face at the Window.
Colonel. Deere waited for half an
hour, leaping Lady G-wendolyn would
•return; but .when the time passed,
and thei.e was, still no .sign of her; he
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concluded that she did not 'want to
see him again that morning and went
s . . '
back to his hotel. All day long he
e.xpected that she would send him a
little note, telling him when he might
call again; but his patience was not
rewarded. The heurs dia,gged av.ear-
eurn out of bed. Perhaps you've got
- '. •sir There
Aorae,hing on your mind, s .
was Joshua Billing, in our village,
tel)o murdered his wife; he was that
.niserable he cauldn't lay of nights,
andgot up and hanged-hisself at last.
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le.i.taing a etter to say a is wi e
IC hcouldn't abide his haunted im, se e aie 1.,
liar."
"Anyhow, I haven't Murdered my
wife " said Colonel Dacre, in spite.
of himself, "The fact is I haven't
, /
a wife to murder."
.".A...1i,i poor gentleman that ac-
ceant" 191 1 k' ' b d I "
your cm mg so a . re-
turned Hannah, who e,d the fullest
'My
regiment that Norah O'Hara liked a
- ' •
piece of fun as well as anybody; but
she'd make you remember' it if you
went an inch too far. And, to do
them justice, our boys were all gen-
i. ,,
t emen.
"Nevertheless, you weren't 'always
wisp, Norah. I used to wonder often
that Jack stood it,"
. "We understood each other so
well" she answered her eyes cloud-
' • ,, '
Ing again. I can honestly declare
that I never had even a thought that
,
wasn. t true ;to him from .the first to
the last day of our married life.'"
There was a minute's Silence, a.nd
never let out a secret. . As r am not
'
supposed to have any I am never even ,
• .
questioned so that I am really as safe
a confidante. as it is passible for any
one to have." ' • '
"But I don't need.
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.a confidante, .
ea ., 1 " . •
I man.
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"Nonsense," she said decidedly.,
"There's no comfort like talking over
one's troubles to a friend. I declare,
when I got into. the train this even-
ing, i felt as if my heart were break-
ing, and now everything seems more
:bearable. • I must tell you that I had.
a hint a little .while' ago that you
we re fond of Lady 'Gwendolyn, and
what I have seen to -night 'confirms
it, so you ma,y as well tell me the
"Well " he eald at last •difildently
• ' ' • ' '
eut proudly "I do love Gwendolyn St,
• • '
'`a'aur with all my heart." .'
"Then I hope you may win her, if
,.•
., le es wor 13/ o ' you, sal ' rs.
1 ' tl f " 'd M '
O'Hara, with a. cordial smile. "1
',mow she does not like .me, and
1 ' It ' ' d ' ' •
.. lin s me a 'very angeieus woman,
but 'then I am the' bete noir of all
Lady's Maur's friends." '
."Then do tr37 and be more Prudent
'or the future,. orah. You know
•
ecople alv,rays argue that there is no
invite without fire."
. "P °pie a.ren't always to be trust-
-el, Colonel Dacre," she said, with
effectcd formality: , "One has heard
nen a. Ateaewasane. Vont-,
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J. ALVIN FOX
D'RUGLESS ' PRACTITIONER
. CH/ROPRACTIC 'AND
' DRU'GLESS PRACTICE
. ELECTRO -THERAPY
Phone rez. ,
Hours: Io-ro ann., 2-5, 7-8 P.m, or
by appointment'
ily, but they passed; llringing the
cool, sweet eventide, vi•Ohen the tired
flowers went to sleep under 'their
. .:
, heit ri 1 a ea d n th b
s ,e ng e v , an eve e usy
bees were abed.
• •"She will amid 'or come now," he
said to hiniself, believing that 'the
lady Of his loVe had too much inde-
pendence of sPirit to regard. conven-
tionalities- he sat at the open
,
faith in matrimony. husband.
Would be •a dreadful poor creature
witiltint tne•"
' "I see, I must get married at
ence," observed Colenel Deere, as he
stepped out in the twilight, feeling,
as old Hannah expressed it, a very
poor creature, indeed, without this
woman who had grown to be the
light and savor of •his life
He aelted discreet 'questions the
then she added tearfully:
' "1 wish you, would tell Me how it ,
.
really happened, LaWrence. Lady
Lenox -was so very ambiguous arid
mysterious, and though she means to
save me pain, I dare saY, I always
prefer to know the truth. She hinted
soraething about Lady Gwendol n St
Y • •
Maur and another gentleman being
t. ..
jealous of poor George; but I' could
D. H. McINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
ELECTRICIT.Y
Adjustments giveti for : diseasee, of
ell kinds; specialiee 41 dealing vvith
children. Lady attendant. Night calls
• • ded to. ' , .
respon •
Office . on Scott St.,' Winglaarn Oxit.
Phone re° .
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dow, waiting still, :and gill in :vain.
When the clock struck eight he
decided that she intended him to' seek
her, and went over 'to the Grange.
Old Hannah a.nswered..his impatient
knock, and, in reply to his. questiot,
said, quietly, that Lady Gwendolyn
was gene,
"Gonel" echoed Colonel Dacre. ' "I
am sure she pould not have.left with-
,out my seeleg her.", ..
•."1 'dont know, whether You saw
at
railway station, but the one solitary
porter declared that. no lady had '
come there that, day. .
"In fact, sir," he said,' Pocketing.
Colonel Deere's half-crown, as•if ,suell
munificence staggered him, "We have .
no ladies, as a rule. . Our station was
made priecipally for market fellows
and farmers, 'When we 'haven't no
passengers we signal, and. the train.
doesn't stop,"
not make anything of her story, and
she would not explain." ,
"Look here, Norah," he •answered,
with grave inapressivenees. "Your
'
brother le dead, and nothing can call
,him'hack now, - Take my advice, arid
do libt .seek to know anything' raore,
since it would only add to your dis-,N
treas.,/ „ • , '
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eNei if e could avenge him ?,, ,
. "That would he a, terrible task for
'a e . '
,
GEORGE A SIDDALL
• • •
—Broker—;- . .
Phone 78, LucknOty, Ontario
Money to lend on first and second
mortgagee •ori farm and other reel es•
ties at a reasonable rate of
tate proper .
interest, also on first Chattel mort-
-k and on personal notes,
gages on- Stoc .
A few farms on 'hand for sale or to
rent, lart easy terms.
her or not, sir," continued the wo-
an, with perfect civility. But she
really is gone." •
She did not 11?aVe any. .41tter for
me, then?"
- "Not as I know, sir; but perhaps
You would like to step into the draw -
ing-rborn and see" , ,
COIOnni Deere L•tccented this:,offer'
a-erly '
0 e . .
' Old Hannah stood a4 tbe door, and
watched him as 'he turned, over the
. . .
"How often have they stopped here
.„„
to,-tlay7, , .
"Twice, sir." .
"And. were there many passengersVint
. , ,,
these two occasitms 1
"There was one lady for the twelve
' 1 1 "Phe
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o c, oc i: express, an t a VMS a.
"What was this lady like?" ..
"Bather stout sir. Judging by the
, - , a .. a
our • on her iacte, 1 shown say. she
was a miller's daughter; judging by
her drese, r.shPuld ' say she was a
woman. • •
" " . '
Not at all. 1 should like it. In-
deed,' if I could find out that mY
brother had met vvith foul play, I
wonld hunt his murderer down, even •
if he were the best friend I had ever
had." .
'
"The game.is net worth the candle„,ay
Norah," ,
"I thints a at an rate,,4
- 01 3'. an anl
goin.g to Preston on purpose to • con-
suit a very cIeeer laWYer there, whom
Lady Lenox
‘, es that
i. repo] . were entirely false,"
../e that . .
.case, you a MOS arivaii-
1 t ' .`
. ley find that it ha.d. its origin in some
mateeenee e . , .
.„
. "'Oh!" she answered loftily, "you
nut me dawn for • hundreds' of
,
il000 ' T. never could.. would. or
,. ' '. . ' ' ' '
imuid be arudent; It is not in my
etatae,/, , . ' • • , ' ,
- Leen can't Yeti change your na,-
:.lre Minh?" • . ..
.• •
No, 1 bate being perfect, a,nd I
a ' b. .'1):‘' , I' -el,.' • d if
ii t eaa (one - )(arc , an YOU
,... L.,.ure me any 'more, Lawrence, I'll
•...... S•Oin e 01 ing spiteful about Lady
., '
u ee ii do lyn : that sh e paints her
:lieeka---YOU know elle has a lovely .
C,loom-oz dye as her hair -nobody be-
ieeves in hair nowa,dayi-or anything
disagreeable I. can think of at the
moment; for I warxt comforting,. not
i,colding, to -night -I do, indeed; and
what is the use of a frierid if he fails
.„, a in yam, u„ed?,, • •
- '""kly 'doll! Norah ' 'I can asstire You
i zu..A..nt to be sympathetie."
"You ought to be " h d
, s e answer° ,
,,,Ith a dry soh. "I should feel for
en If you had lost the only person
,; the Wrirld who really eared for
.1. "
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"You are not gni' 10 80 ittitOttnnate
no. \I'''l You1 '11
.1. 1 '.tra a know have it
_ 1 i f. ,
. • -, cc. cn or you, ter peor •
, ....e. _ :Itt. 0 \an; Ile well,
(COntlritted iiext week)
1
aid, so invaluable to human
:1- sufferers in time Of need, is
usually highly appreciated by .tlae
• recipient but never more so than in
the case Of Oswald., who showed his
gratitade by adopting those 'who
had rendered.first aid end probably
saved his life, As a result, OsWald
has a private car in which .he
tvavels regularly and has become
well known throughout that see-
tiort of Ontario in -which he travels,
while tlm first alders., employees bf
the Canadian National Electric
Railways, have a nevi pet. •
Oswald is a pigeon who suffered
, . .
. severe injuries when while flying,
' he attempted to push a.side a
rapidly -moving eleetric car on the
• Canadian National lines near El-
derado Park, Ontario.Thed pigeowhen. n
*as struck by the car an
Piebed. up by the erew, Motorman
Cecil Brown and Condtictor Joe
Wetson.„ wee found to have sus-
tabled a broken wing and other in.,
Purim The ornPloY"s .(?f PY'is 1'411"
way stand, high in their .1.1'irst Aid
tests, having Won the Galloway
' . ...,S.d.
Cup on two occasions. A. First 1
kit is.earried on eaoh of the ears an
'
the, eantents of this kit Woe used
: in renaming firsto'd to the injured
pigeon„ Remits Were such that tho
inittries •S 6 o ri ' ',.ealed,. and the
• ' • •
pigeon. was able to fly again, but it, •
beeame evident that Oswald, as,
the pigeon was had found. a
new home for himself, 'orfthrough'
out the winter he lived inLine Car
252, making his home under the
4,uebee heater which is carried for
heating purposes. Ar,id. any strati-.
ger entering the car is greeted by
Oswald with a...flood a "pigeon
lilliglish." . • ,
•
Slime the accident .occurred last.
Pall, Oswald has made every trip
with the car, covering. 150 miles.
daily, and is thoroughly at home in,
'his new\ surroundings. If taken.
from the car he immediately flies .
back to it, At Georgetown,,Aetori
. and Guelph, "porte of call" for the
car during.' its daily jciurneys,
children and adults loin in asking
afterthe health of the bird whith
has' become .0. pet all along the
route,,
At Brown's Mill, Norval Ont.,
where the crew go in with cars of
grain" and come out with ears
loaded With. flour, Oswald has
learned 0 make a practiee 'of
leavieg this private ear.and daily-
.' `1 •• ' 1. . 0 . '
mg. or lunch dur rig the bungwit<.
operatione each day. ' . , •
The photographs oho* OsiWald
with his resouerst the, crew of Car .
No. 252.---Cariadian Natienal Italie
waygp 6 ogr p .
' TFIOMAS FELLS
-L-. AtICTIONEER -
REAL ESTATE SOLD
A thorough knoWledge of Vann
Stock
--- Phone S3r, Wingliaile -
.
•books, fold. even looked into the'
vases on the mantelpiece, corning
bac* to her, at ' last, with a ver7, deewagonette"
appointed air, .
-Porletps Lady Gwendolyn, has
written by the post," he atatd. .•. "I
hardly think she would have left
Turoy without givieg nio notive."'
elei " . .
tittnil .... , ,
"How did she' come? a
,
In Lady Lenox's
"Ohl" said Colonel Dacre, and took
a ticket. for the next etation. .
"Ws the late parliamentary, sir,"
observed the porter; . "but perhaps
you don't mincl.!'
reeOmmended to me.
Poor George left me all he had, so
ths,t I shall be able to pursue the
Matter, if Mr, Barnard a,dvises ., re0
to do so."
"And ,supposing you were to help
destroy an innocent Person?" •
"No fear of 'that. I am not quite
a stupid, Lawrence. And to
W. J. BOYCE
PLUMBING AND 11EATiNG
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"Why?" %aid the woman cal:lily. '
This was a straightforward' ques-
fion, undoubtedly, and only required
st1'nighti.OVWald annWnr; but the
Sphinx's riddle , could hardly .
Not at all. I aan. not going far."
"You'll find Bearstead a very out-
of -the -way plaee, sir," pursued the
porter warn ,
ingly. "There's only one
hotel, and that s not at all the style
show you
I are not, 1 may just say that I don't
believe Lady Gwendolyn St. Maur had
anything whatever to do with mY
oor brother's dea h "
, t ,
Colotiel_Daere could hardly restrain
•
.
Phories:" Office rod, Resid, :tee I
:
A. J. ,WALKER
.TRNITURE DEALER
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YUINIARAL t.,IREcTOR
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„have
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tuezied Colonel pacre more. '
had to Dondor o low,. tinio. be.
:ere he answered,
- e , xe six .. a lasI, "W II " 1 Id t I t "I have
h a d , the honor of knowing b er iady.
hip foe arsine time,"
"Ohl"
And 1 am oin of her brother's
?est frierxds,"
,', "HutriP h I "
•
"And -..and '
Here ho stoPeed shot' I Oki Han.
Al. .1
of thing for a gentleman like yoli."
"You need not be anxious about
me, I shen't reinaln all night. Is
that the train now?"
"lees, sin"
31.19t as it .drew up along the mat-
form, a lady in black, -deeply veiled,
. intoe
stefMed hutiiedly the station,
and said something to the porter iti
. .
tt low voiceolo doubt slipping it smell
dein int +) his- hand at the eanee time,
for he begen to bestir himself lit
himself from seizirig her hand, and
tovering it with kleoes, by way a
showing his gratitude for thie Speech.
,, I don't fancy he even knew her,"
Pursued lairs. O'Hara deoldedlY. "But
listen. to me, Lawreece, beware al-
ways of a 'cold-blo.oded coquette.' You
e • , , ., .6, ' .4
ectiVe been A ecturing ine ,Lor my haat
buiumee, but 1. .
e n .a.as re you a
0.• u ' ' that
a ani 0,5 harrolees 48, a dove lei me.,
perinea With a litottlan like that A
co oo 6 coque e on y o 1%6 , or
Id bl d d ' tt . I ' a- t
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