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i1LD8 PRAYER 1
OR, THE DUEL IN THE GLEN:e
CHAPTER XX.
"His remorseful ores were terrible to
hear in those last days:—'She should have
told me the man was her brother,' he
would .cry, as he paced the floor night and
day. ,When there are vital secrets be,
tweet' man and wife, trouble comes of it
sooner or later, as sure as the sun
shines.'"
Tho story had made a deep impression
upon Irene, especially the closing words.
Frederick, a `it might all- have b elnmavoid-
.ed
if, as the old lord said, there had been
no secrets between them; yes, trouble
comes of it sooner or later."
Happening to glance casually at Irene's
.face, he saw that it was white as death.
In a single instant great, dark circles had
crept beneathher large, dark eyes and
her bands were trembling like aspen
leaves.
Before he could• take one step forward,
she had dropped at his feet in a deep
swoon.
Esmond bore her quickly to her apart-
ments; the signora who had related the
story to them, following in apprehension.
There is no class of women who have
stronger nerves than English women, this
one seems to be au exception, however,
she thought. '
in
"The
er signoralloIts alia voice sus she said,
sympathizingly over her; "but this is some-
thing more than a mere faiuting fit! I
feel sure; you see the maids cannot bring
her to."
Let the doctor be summoned at once,"
said Esmond, distractedly, 'looking in
alarm at the grayish pallor stealing slow-
, 1 ever the 1 vQQ y flee, lying so still and
white, against the pillow.
His order was executed at once. The
young Englishman had plenty of gold, and
was lavish in "giving tips" as the eervali j'
phrased it, and they hastened to obey his ,
command.
It ere. a
o Frederick the physician
was an age in coming, and as he bent
over the still form his face grew grave;
there was a look on it that struck terror
to Esmond's heart.
"Is she•
„tell — ger, doctor?" he cried;
:;-. me at once—I cannot bear sub-
pelise-1•
i
to and fro, he wit assnot d thoughtful-
ly toan-
swer rashly; and there was something
about this air young woman, stricken
down so suddenly, who lay before him
that warned him her's was no common ill-
ness. When he had administered restora-
tives, and the dark eyes had flashed sud-
denly open, there was a look in them he o
did not quite like, he read in them acute
terror.
Esmond touched his arm with a tremb- I
ling hand. "You do not answer me, doe- s
tor," he said, "is it a malignant fever—a
fatal disease?" a
"No," responded the doctor, shortly, "no -
of Me hand which means ,the end of life;
and what puzzles me Most is :follow•
ing close beside it is , ttSpther marriage
line when there is no line' of death across
the first marriage line. As both linos are
well to the left of the hand, tbat indicates
the marriages will take place early in
life, I should imagine the events had al.
ready taken place, If she has remarried,
and the first husband is not dead, then
there is but one conclusion, the poor girl
has had recourse to the divorce court.
"Mind, this is not mere fancy; it is read-
ing aright the lines of true science as I
find them here. As some people make a
study of human faces, so I have made a
study of human hands. She will not have
a happy life of it. There is dark and
bitter trouble ahead of her; and as sure
as the sun shines, it will end in a tragedy.
Those peculiar points at the end of the
finger tips indicate it. Heaven forbid that
many people should have such marks on
their hand.
Anne Boleyn, the ill-fated queen, had
them; and one day-, when she was a very
young girl, a strolling phrenologist saw
them and predicted what her future would
be. She threw her pretty head back and
laughed aloud; but, when the hour came
when she was led forth to the gaze of the
breathless multitude, and that beautiful --
head laid on the block, she thought of the
old phrenologist's prediction. The lines
on one's hand foretell the future as sure
as fate; and I find plainly enough .just
what I • have told you written on this
one."
The doctor quietly retreated; he did not
care to have the nurses know that he had
overheard their remarks. He paced up
and down the corridor some minutes, his
brows knit in deep thought, and as he so
paced the strange notion that appeared
to haunt his beautiful patient's brain re•
curred to him; of the dark.' revengeful
face that floated before her, s1t'-itting out
her young husband's face from her gaze
forevermore,
The doctor believed he held the key to
her fatal illness at last; but he was as
far from helping lien as ever. The secrets
of her life were her own; no one had a
right to pry into them.
Long and earnestly one of the nuc
--aere+d over what her companion li
told her,
''It is an ill wind which brews hobo
good," she muttered, when she found he
self alone; "why shouldn't I make capit
out of what I have heard, if it can on
be true. I have nothing to lose anyho
I may as well try." Slio set her wits el v
erly together planning for this one en
old
girl!" tried Irene, 'elntphi *
elle marble mantel, her love) h( to isab
"You will find, on the cots za; that 1.
mond.evLetmme tell yeo ou mtv lst ? have I r.
Say.,, bi tn,.
Irene leasted heavily again ]' sthe toR1�''Jj
marble and looked at her, „g+igra
found out, in any way, the 11 sef,r'et
that was wearing her life one;itdlat ,'Keret.
of the past which she couj;ti e2 suln+.
Icon sulfiofent courage to revert; t•e Pre:dere,
Mk Esmond, but whieb ;;erlaleal to have
boeu eating her heart out ever nice like
blighting canker at the heart s,f-,a, lose.;
Ah no! surely not! she had nee a; tua care"
fur too guarded for that.
"I suppose 1 meet listen,' sate' .Ilene,
"but Iet what you. have to seyy.be said
quickly. that tale very uz1)leaeent ie rr •
view may be over as speedily s•-aossiblo.
The maid rose from her chair��cnd, r.lial.
ed up to her,' "1 made the die very of.I
your secret when I was nursint-' ae?u .i4;
aly; signora; when one is delay uta, they
babble many things that these would: give
their life almost to recall,, It id net el.
ways nonsense they talk, 'but ea -'tiiitigre
uppermost, and that which vv a Arles° molt
heavily on their minds," , e,
Irene started. and her face paled to:°a
dead white. "Go en," she e lel it'z ,lie
girl paused abruptly, looking a4„."./air with
glittering triumphant oyes, '
"In the still hoars of the (lax, and in
the dead watches' of the night lali,cened
to you; there was always the' same err.
on your lips, milady,—of •11 we 1' d..ti,t tds,
and that dark, revengeful fete th fit al-
ways came between you and tri. Es-
mond," r 1
Irene uttered no cry,—no moan 1'(ll:;from
her ashen lips,—but the desperiazru 1 drror
on the white face looking up .a't tea )(need
was pitiful to see,
She had fancied that story of Alt/Jai past
so helsafely secue, and now, cit v 4laven
"There is no use in repeatieg nil, ', con-
tinued the girl, actually, 'suiSce it to
say. I know all, and a pretty erendal it
would make to be sure,—Mr l;aln'ond
would feel it so keenly. I do net !wish'
any harm to come to you, 'Mrs elsznond,"
she added, quickly; `give me the inoneY
I ask for and I will go quietly away.Not
a word of it shall'ever pass :my )ii:,., You
can trust me." •
It was a bold move on the part of the
maid;; ' true she had:• heard her patient
murmur of some secret with must, be
kept forever locked in her o n• and
of the face that haunted hhef ' had
wrecked the past, and Wheys" t e other
nurse related the incident of the' two
lines. meaning two husbands, '.dl eernable
on the pink palms, with clever° sty tegy
she had put this and that together;
lyvrking up quite a little mystery about
it.
If she accused Mrs. Esmond of conceal-
ing a mysterious secret and there ryas
nothing to it, she could but be "discharged,
and elle was •sick and tired of England
anyway. CC
s:if!. If there was anything to it, le' would
shoo anw y terrorforms. at once, and would accede
i
df' face had fetter betrayed diherrnab e o •knew
ari bit he right had
shotat
dainty was
ly henceforth and forever in her;sewer. loss
ivy Irene would have died before:tte@ would
e * have acknowledged the truth of.iwliat the
d. girl had stated. ,;
"She is just rolling in gold," she wo
ften mutter as she paced the floor of h
room•—"why shouldn't she divide .with
f it be true that she has a secret to kee I could but stumble on the truth b
orae lucky chance,"
She was a diplomatic woman; she ben
11 Iter arts to one aim—to ingratiat
erself so completely in young Mrs. Es-
mond's favor, that when she left Italy,
he should accompany her as her maid,
and this object she readily accomplished,
"Of course you shall have your own way
bout it, my dear," said Esmond, some
weeks later, as they were about to take
heir departure; `you always have that
"I knew you would rather that I' should
er come to you first," the girl went on, "Mr.
e0, Esmond would have—"
"Stop!"
y The voice that broke the simile l silence
was like nothing human, more like the
thing of that kind; the mind is diseased
rather than the body. She has suffered a
hermattlasstrain
t I believe shieh e has been fight
ing hard against this insicluous foe for
t moa
o tree
as
ong months. Have you any clew to the a
cause of her deep depression?" he asked, t
Hing to the wondering young husband.
'Depression I echoed Esmond, "why you
- must be mistaken, doctor, Who. in Hea-
yen's name la there to depress p •
t% px ss he ,ypirits. It
-•:.'[�'c Ytave.:bete married and a >;lac3ir#: lima..
: anti since h have ha o bee .,.., ,.,
never known = n rr married, wlrC blvs
eine wish unfnlflll d v
been etre '
e,vebave.
w
h
>ttonn v
.11 happy, iai
i thought." it"
l .y
t
li
g
!The :cage old doctor :made no only • but a
in
But in this case, I hope.you will' stop and
consider a little.' I cannot say than
favorably impressed with her, .I,.�
Ito these low -browned women whps.....
^•beut stedliliily, casting £urtfva',glien_ ,.
abent. under their lashes. Man a ti
hen I leave 'supposed we were alone 10-
gether, happening to turn abruptly
round, I have found that woman stand
g at my elbow,"
'You exaggerate it, I am sure, dear,"
said Irene, laughingly. If a 'woman is
no longer quite young or pretty, men see
all her faults and but few of her virtues;
nember she saved my life—or rather
elped to save it—that alone should be a
ep claim on your gratitude."
' So it is, Irene," returned her husband
continuing, "If you wish to engage her,
shall offer no objections. And so Marie
ontalti was engaged as maid, and Irene
ad cause to rue it all the years of her
ter life; for as the serpent crept into
e garden of Eden, so bitter woe entered
e household
AH this woman crossed the
reshold.
is face grew graver, more thoughtful.
That some great, hidden, sorrow prayed
upon her mind, which her young husband
knew not of, he firmly believed.
The next few days were painful ones in-
deed to Esmond, for Irene had grown
much worse, Dr. Rienzi and two experi-
enced nurses were in constant attendance
now. Brain fever had set in and her life
was despaired of.
Esmond scarcely ate or slept, his soul
was in such a tumult of agony.
Hour' after hour the doctor would sit
quietly at his patient's bedside, listening
abstractedly to the senseless babblings
that fell from her lips.
"Such odd notions as the poor young
lady leas," the nurses would exclaim,
laughingly to each other, "she is always,
crying out about some dark, revengeful
face. which she fa.neies has suddenly come
between her and her young husband, shut-
ting him out from her gaze, forevermore."
One day as the doctor catered the sick
room quite unexpectedly, his footfalls
making no noise on the thick velvet car.
pet, he found both of the, nuc +:s bending
over the patient with rapt atteut:en.
Ile was just about to speak when the
words that fell from their lips held him
transfixed with curiosity.
Both had their' backs turned toward
him, consequently neither saw him.
"We will not disturb her," whispered
one of the nurses; "while she sleeps I will
make an examination of this little white
hand which lies like a snow -flake on the
coverlet. Much of one's life and tempera -
Some little bt gleaned r sttiillt the
ehnurse
was studying the white, slim, restless
hand she held, intently.
"Well," asked' her companion' at length,
what do you see there? To ma it is no-
tbin
more b or less than
a ver
lovely
y
white
hand, butyou
appear ear
nn to look of rase
aver 11."-
"And
t ' grave
And well I may," returned the other,
slowly. 1 have read the lines of life on
(many hands, but I never saw them so
strangely marked as they are in this. Do
you see that line?" she said, pointing to
rt delicate line that was like a vein on a
ose'leaf, "That is a fatal line;. it is an
brupt ending of the marriage line, the
ame one, mind, goers on to the other end
Gives
Stamina.
t win benefit your
hildren or your
rvalid.
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CHAPTER XXI.
From Italy, they journeyed back to Eng-
land, and took up their abode in their ele-
gant town house in London.
There was one thing, however, that puz-
zled and annoyed Irene, and that was
the great change in the demeanor of the
maid she had brought with her from
Italy.
Marie was no longer deferential to her
wishes; there was a look in her black
eyes that Irene could not comprehend,
and there were occasional hints of secrets
she had discovered in the lives of many
of the dainty ladies who had employed
her, and her words were always accom-
panied by a cunning smile and a peculiar
nod that almost made Irene's blood turn
cold as ie,
"Can she suspect? Ah, no, surely not,"
Irene assured herself over and over again;
get the very thought terrified her.
The girl's manner was becoming inter-
erable to her,
and she concluded to lis•
pease with her
services at once.
Marie M
ontalti
received
her
dismissal
s seal
with a
sneering smile
"I have something to say which may
change your views, signora," she said, and
Irene was more than surprised to see the
girl glide swiftly across the room and
turn the key in the lock.
Why do you do that?" asked Irene, in-
dignantly.
Because I have that to say to you which
must be said—and listened to without in-
terruption,"
Irene glanced np with haughty
pleasure. "You behave very strangely,"
she said, "I do not like it," and she looked
fixedly at the girl whose face was not
t
pleasan to
see. There e was a lurid light
in her eyes, an air of cringing, yet of de-
fiance in her whole manner,
"You must listen to me, Mrs. Esmond,
whether it pleases atm to do so or not,"
she said, impertfneritly, continuing in a
shrill whisper:—"I hold a secret of yours
signora, and it is not well for you to
make an enemy of me. I intended to leave
your service long ago, but I shall not go
away empty handed—you must pay'me
%yell if I keep your secret!"
Irene recoiled with a startled, terrified
ory; for one moment the room seemed to
whirl around her; she recovered herself
by a violent effort, she turned slowly and
faced the girl, and no one who witness-
ed her calm face would have dreamed
thater heart Was beating in great,'
strangling throbs-
X4u 1111 , know he Scores of mine," she
tattiir„dw bravely, but the shrewd rriald
detected the terror in her voice. , "How
dare you intimate such a thing!"
"But I do," persisted the girl; "I could
easily convince Mr, Esmond that it was
a very dark secret, too, If you want it
kept from him, you must pay inc two
hundred pounds for it."
You have taken leave of your senses,
n that one sometimes hears among the
s.
top!" cried Irene, again, thoughthis
time there was the recklessness sae despair
in her tone. She felt that' she' flatlet tem:
porize with this girl at wvhatev r, oast.
"I—/—will give you the money on. ask
for," she said, speaking with ., effort.
"not because there . is anythiis at' -1
have ever done that the w' d. au -
case mo for.; 1-1—do not ad
is' a secret, but' I do not',
avela
;l
heilyd ,story
l$ il, �b
MAIM NS t)1P,•" ... .
4Ii4ee you %vliat you asic 16r',:
"You aro wise, miladit tame
.take a sensible , view of the
turned the girl, and the covert mean
in her words made Iretre's eyes •flash"
her cheeks glow with - hot auger.
She pointed to the door; and without
another word. the maid glided frbm the
room, satisfied with her work.
The golden sunshine in all. its 'rounds
since first the flight of time began, surely
never fell upon a sadder sight that the
beautiful woman, standing alone in that
luxurious room.
Let me try to realize what leas han-
pened to me," she gasped. "While I rest-
ed secure—believed myself safe -my fate
was silently tracking me down; my doom
was seting darkly around me 'like a
funeral pall. Let me try to thiuk clear-
ly what has happened to me.
The world will soon know. ' :Iy hus-
band will soon know that I am net what
I seemed,—that I have been actiegea, liv-
ing lie—that—before I wedded Frederick
I was—a, convict's bride!—and-•-and-•-hie '
widow i"
What a Savory morsel the scandal mon-
gers would make of it! But for this she
cared little, her sole thought was of
Frederick—his horror and amazement and
the very natural question that would
spring'Iing bis
lips:
a..Why
in Heaven's name have you .keit
this from me?'
How could she answer him; what could.
she say, that would palliate what she had
done?
in t at muomentvshefwo found
out
thee, for
ever; his love for her would die, 'then
and there. And standing there, i the
drifting sunlight, the memory of theight
when Frederick Esmond had asked, her
hand in marriage, came vividly, .back- to
her, and how, standing there by the faun
twin she had debated with herself wfie-
ther she should tell him or not; when,
he, himself, had settled the mater by
saying if she had ever had any other,
lover
even
though g e had (Fred-
erick) he
l'xed
ori
ek would
marry him; believing, though asked
ther
lover lay in his grave Ms memory 'would;
always come between them. Ah, how in.
deed could she have told him the fatal
truth, after bearine that; and when .slab','
was so sure, too. That dark past whic'lr
had always' seemed to her like same
hideous dream, was buried in Leon For-
rester' grave.
And now, it would all come to light; if
she made an enemy of this girl; her fate
was in the maid's hands; hereafter site:
would never know one happy hour; she
Would feel as though a sword hung over
her head, suspended by a thread, expect-
ing it to fall any day—any hour—and
slay her.
Better, far, better, had she told Fred-
erick all then; and if he had not loved.
her sufficiently to have wedded her In '
the face of it all—to have parted from
him then and there oven though her
heart broke,
secret f ossa him had ff uttdiheertout after
all.
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but when weeks lengthened `into months
and months stretched out into . years and
she `xlid, net hear froui her, fear at last
ed out'ol her heart. ''
a i
whapstt ati� i f
�#, rx tail 17y had
ght great • changes to the Esmond
;househa
l Th
o a
oaciou
s
., ro
om
s e hoe
a d
with the Bound of chilli h 1 1
ing
and
a ang Iter, and
re- the apodous corridors with dancing child-
ish feet.
A lovely romping child of four, with a
merry laughing roguish face, eyes liko
blue pansies, and a head tumbled over
with short, fluffy flaxen curls, calls Irene
mamma, now, and Frederick Esmond,
papa. Little Ruby is the darling and the
'pride of the entire household, and the de-
light of both her father andmother's
heart.
The years that have passed have touch-
ed Irene bat lightly. adding to her beauty;
to the depth and lustre of her eyes—to
the perfection and grace of her figure.
They
ha
ve
nIrrsh magnificent feneiteee-u-1 n-ty
now.
theirbeautifulwant s called, andnwho
saw or knew Frederick Esmond and his
theirs was Pone laughingly
g,happiio declared rriages
in the world. They had been married five
Years and were lovers stili; and Freder-
lek Esmond declared they should always
be lovers.
On the morning when this, the second
part of our story opens, Irene was sitting
alone in the apartment known as the oak
room—a large, square, oak panelled room
with an immense window which occupied
one entire side of it, that looked out on
the lawn, there was hardly such another
window in England; round it grew white
jasmine and 'white
purple wisteria.
To sit in the deep recess of that grand
Window ndowv was always a pleasure to Irene.
She lilted to watch Ruby at play ort the
lawn with the tame doves and the pea-
cocks; she liked to watch the aun shining
over the trees and tiro flowers.
thIrene
deepvrecsitting,
s t f rthe old mullioned thought,
watching the wind -stirred jasmine,
that she did not hear her husband as he
entered, ' Her eyes had travelled out on
the lawn; no wonder the picture she saw
there caught and held them.
roses, with the lovely
Little Ruby—the spoiled darling' of the
household—was sitting on one of the gar.
den chairs beneath a blossoming lime
tree, her chubby, dimpled fists dug deep
into her eyes "doing her beat," as nurse
Nannette often phrased it, "to get ue a
good cry." Nanette stood some little dis-
tance from the child doing her utmost
to coax her into good humor, "Now, Miss
Ruby," she said, coaxingly, "f4 you are
a very good child, this afternoon perhaps, I
Your mamma will let me take you to I
see Humility Dumpty"
"I don't want to see Humpty Dumptv,
I want to go riding with mamma,' sob.
bed the spoiled baby. stamping her foot.
"But you don't know how nice it is go-
ing to be," persisted Nanette; "lots of lit-
tle monkeys, riding on the backs of
trained dogs; parrots saying the oddest
things; and ob, so many wonderful funny
men. Now, Ruby. do be reasonable, you
can't go riding with y0111' mamma; there's
no room in the victoria. I Beard her
say only a little while since that it would
be quite impossible to take you with her
to -day,"
(To be continued.)
CHAPTER XXIi.
According to her promise, on the mer-
itow Irene gave the maid the money, which':
was to purchase the girl's silence feeee-
ermore, as she believed, and on the . imam
day, much to Irene's relief the girl tools'
passage on all outgoing steaamee beeeee
for Italy.
"Farewell for a time, reiladi," the, girl
muttered, as the blue line of shore fact,
ed from her view in the. distance, "you
think you have looked your last, upon
Marie afontalti; all, so you have while,.
the gold lasts; after that you shall sce'
me soon enough,"
For many a long day after her' dory,u',
ture, Irene had been haunted by tiho tate.
prehension that the girl might .retufu,
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dust nuisance,
• Recently 45 deer were seen feed.:
ing at the mouth of Ashnola, creek,'
in the Similkameen
While digging a trench at Payor
couver last week, C. P. Martha
picked up an $8 nugget.
A joint stock company has bei
formed locally to erect a $25,000.fsesa.
tel at Cumberland,
A pioneer of Nanaimo died re.
cently after a residence of forte ,
years in that town, in th•e persona'
Mr. Samuel Drake, at the age e1
seventy-four years,
Granite Road is the location of
one of the first vineyards planted is
the Calgary district,
In the vicinity of New Denver -
and Silverton about 50 men oxer,
working on the wagon roads..
There were 33 patients treated at
the Isolation Hospital, Victoria*
during the past month.
Cranbreok's tax levy this year is.
30 mills in the dollar, includinj
five mills for school purposes.
During 1909-7.0 the catch at Naar.
aimo, the headquarters of the hers,
ing industry, reached 25,000 tons.
Three carloads of pure bred ninth
cols have been shipped into,
Olds district, stn ict, Alberta, in the
two months
Nelson., Recently
t y near 'sew{n
deer, fleeing from cougars, sough
protection among a gang of men a
waile upon a pile driver.
The copper cent has made its ap-
pearance at Vancouver, having:
been introduced by James Stark &
Sons for change -making purposes.
The fiat has gone forth that *Net...
son merchants and business mt
have agreed to close on each 'Wed-
nesday afternoon during June, Jura,
and August.
The wedding of Mr. Milton 11. -
Porter
`Porter and Miss Florence 13eeirn
was celebrated a few days ago in
the heart of one of the big trees in
Stanley Park, Vancouver.
Vancouver is to have • its Coney
Island, The British Columbia
amusement Company, Limited, iu
going to make of Hastings Park &
veritable paradise of pleasure.
A settler arrived in Keremeos the
other day who had driven all they
way from California. He brought
with him, in two wagons, his family,
ducks, chickens and other effects.
The Northern Anthracite Syndi-
tate, recently organized by Andrew
Laidlaw, of Victoria, B.C., will ex-
pend $12,000,000 in developing 12,-
800 acres of coal lands in the
Groundhog mountain district, 100
f ;S
miles east o Stewart.
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POINTED PARAGRAPHS,
And the louder a man talks the - -
less it amounts to. '
How narrow minded most people
are who argue with us 1
Some people lie because they are
too polite to tell the truth.
It's surprising how many griev
antes most worthless men have.
You can sometimes do a friend; a ,-• ,
favor by refusing to give him ad
vice.
It doesn't take a very clever we -
man to. make a man make a, fool et
himself,
'And many a woman has lost eg
good friend by leading him to the
matrimonial altar, -
When the average man hag a1
ohanee to say agood word for hive
ncighbor.hc is apt to go lame.
It's an easy thing for a married
man to understand why, as a bailee
lor; he didn't understand women,,
Maize, which is largely grown in ,.
the Argentine, yields one ton of
corn per acre grown.
It's difficult for a than to practice
economy and be. popular at the
same time,
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