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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-02-19, Page 3jorrywagumarmesmarnsangesmonemaumusweaammemommartimara ....WO.. sehrsee4r4 Avik' ;:, H, ai ie;ri 4,,, ],;,;ata Nee les eee +.;) i i S: I'Aiih:4.Y CHAPTER XXVII, threat and sorrowful changes had hair pealed to Lady Florence Wyverne sinr;e she stood on the semlit lawn of Severn - like Castle, feeding the white doves that nattered around her. Never was any fate more full of start - Hag contrasts than hers. Brought up in the midst of unbounded extravagance and unlimited indulgence, she had Meyer known a wish ungratified.. The late earl had been a prodigal all his life. The estatblishlnent he kept up at the castle was magnificent. There were whole troops of domestic servants, and car- riages, and horses almost without num- ber; and profusion reigned alike in the hall and the kitchen; no ono ever looked after anything; and of this extravagant and unlimited household Lady Florence had been sole mistress almost from the time she had been able to walk. True, there was a stately old house- keeper, even as there were a butler and a steward; but _the chief occupation of the servants at Severnoke Castle scented tee be, in 'lain and perhaps somewhat vulgar English, what is generally known as "feathering their own nest." The earl himself seldom, if ever, came Severnoke; he was engaged in a round of dissipation and pleasure that emptied his well-filled coffers rapidly. The end of his career came at last, and Lord Wyverne awoke from a long dream oi' folIy and indulgence, to find himself old, feeble and ruined. Of his large for- tune nothing remained. The estate, which wee entailed, was already plunged into debt and difficulties. The sale of every personal effect he had in the world would not clear it; and, worst of all, no pro- vision had been made for his beautiful young daughter. At his death. when Severnoke Castle passed into the hands of its heir, the poor girl would be home- less and penniless. It was this fact that tortured him above all others when he cane to his menses. but he was powerless to help himself. It was then too late to unto the evil he had done. The last few months of his life were embittered by this knowledge; it shortened his days, arid. Lady Florence knew nothing of the dark future that lay before her until she stood by her father's death -bed. Then he eoufessed his folly and his aline; but he knew not where to turn to find a friend for. his unfortunate child. He haul not one. Men had drunk and gam- bled with him, and had taken his money in' debts; but there wad not one among his old companions to whom he could now turn -hi his hotter of bitter need. Lady Florence was even more friendless; she had spent• her life at the Castle, and no one visited there. The only relation she bad was Lady Blake; some distant cousins of • the earl's were still in Eng- land --tithe Dudleys of Houton—hat they refused to acknowledge the prodigal peer during his life, and they refused to assist hie daughter after his death. The next heir, the present Earl of Wyvern, was young, and a ntean, parsimonious dis- petitio n, His disappointment upon treeing possession of the title and esteem was deep and bitter. He spoke ee the late earl as of an unprincipled, d;rhonest man who had wronged him, whose lofe had been a disadvantage and xbsrne for all connected with him. And keep he did in the presence of the child tVl:o had never known anything but in- dulgence and tenderness from that same father, and who had loved him with all the warmth of her young heart; so that, when the young earl offered to lady Florence a nteagro income from ibe estate, she indignantly refused it, and told hinn that she would rather si,arve than be under any obligation to the man who had slandered her father. Something like pity seized him when hs. saw the young girl bid farewell to the stately home where she had so long reigned as queen. But she passed out of his life, and be was easily consoled for the slight pain he suffered. Lady Blake offered the friendless or- l;i,aae; a Kohne; but the bread. of depend- ence: is proverbially bitter, and that of l,ia,dy- Blake was of the bitteroet. Years and years ago she had imagined herself wronged in some business matters by the dead earl. She had newer forgiven Iden; and sho found no better subject of conversation with which to entertain till,, unhappy daughter than the constant teSess of her father's memory. Ltady Florence endured it for a time, but she had tenderly loved. this poor, prodigal father, and her heart bled at every fresh taunt and insult heaped up- ose flim. "He is dead; they might spare him mow, at least," she cried to herself. '.Theo the poor child 1 went to Lady Blake, and begged her to refrain from a subject that caused her so much pain. Her ladyship's anger at what she was pleased to call such impertinent inter- ference was unbounded; ahe spoke an- grily at poor Lady Florence, taunting Ina with her dependence and her pov- erty. alien the child, for she was little more, faumi herself alone,in her sorrow; her thoughts flew to Lord Lynne, and she Tonged in her grief for a kind, sym- pathizing word from one who had been a friend; but he made no sign. She heard he was married, and she said to herself bitterly that he in happiness and prosperity had forgotten her. But to . eiehtinue at Lady Blake's was an impos- elrbility. "There is -no help for it," said Lady ]littrence. "I must do as othee girls have done before me," I must work for my liyin ff." Rate knew where her old singing ntas- e{:w:e,1aP hllrae!w,4`:W+f:a( �. e .6Y. ter, Signor T3aechi resided. In her do- spair she went to him and asked his as- sistance. "Find me something to do," she cried. "I will teach, work or beg, but remain with Lady Blake I cannot." Signor Bacehi was too astounded for speech. When last he had seen this young girl, she was mistress of See ernoke .Castle, a whole retinue of 'what he called "pampered menials" at her command. Her face was fair, and bright and beautiful as a fresh June rose. She was magnificently dressed, and bore herself with easy dignity. Now the fair young face was pale and tear stained; the heavy moulding chase was neither elegant nor becoming; and to complete the wonder, she stood before him, home- less, friendless, penniless and asking for his aid to gain a livelihood. No wonder that he stood for some nno- inents in silent wonder, too moved to speak, and then seizing the little white hands, that he had once seen sparkling with jewels, bathed them with honest, sympathizing tears. It seemed like a miraele, he said, that he should know of something which might suit his honored young lady. By a strange coinoideuce, a lady whose daughter he taught asked him three days ago if he could find a travelling com- panion for herself and her two daugh- ters, who were going to Italy. The lady was' Mrs. Caldwell, the widow of a rick city merchant. It was agreed between them that Sig- nor Baeehi should name Mies Wyverne as a lady in every way suited for what Mrs. Caldwell required. Lady l'loreuee begged hint to forget her title, and not to mention anything of her rank or ben former life. "There will be no need," she said, gently, "No one will write to me—nn one knows anything about me, or cares whether I am alive or dead." Mrs. Caldwell was emelt pleased with the signor's description of Mies Wy- verne. "The chief point is that elle should be refined and well bred," she said. "My daughters, moving as they do in the highest society, could not endure any- thing else:" The singing master smiled as be con- templated the red faces of the Misses Cadwell and remembered the fair lovCli- ness of Lady Florence. Mrs. Cadwell begged that the young lady would call on the following day; so, in complience- with her wish, the young girl went early in the afternoon to Hyde Park Square. Mrs. Cadwell was pjuzzled .and surpris- ed at bliss \1yverne's behavior.' She manifested neither surprise nor embar- rassment when that lady received.her in the grandest manner in it drawing -room that seemed nus blaze of gilt and mir- rors. She passed her examination credit- ably, flushing the while.., poor child! et the strange questions asked her. She could speak Drench and Italian fluently. She had never filled a similar position; and she was living at present with e dis- taut relative. When ehe said something about references, Mrs. Cadwell smiled, and said that Signor Bacchi's word. was quite suffieient. The interview ended satisfactorily. Mrs. Cadwell would start for Italy on the thirtieth. If Miss Wyverce could join her two days previous to that time, it would be quite sufifcient. "You will not object, Miss Wyverne," said the lady, as Mean eo rose to take her leave, "to giving my daughters a lit- tle instruction in Italian. Unfortunately, they know Nothing of it, and so I ann obliged to take a tratveling compauion.» Lady Florence declared her willingness to do anything that Mrs. Cadwell de- sired. "I think I have Made a bargain there," said the astute lady, as the door closed upon her visitor, "She will take all the trouble off our hands—teach the girls,, and be of great use to me.- The only thing is, that Maria] and Julia may think her too handsome; but they must be � reasonable, One cannot have every- thing." At the appointed tune Mies Wyverne made her appearance. She brought with her to Hyde Pani: Square two well-filled boxes, for she had dresses in abundance. The first contretemps that occurred was her ignorance of the exact position of a companion. The young Indies were not visible when she arrived. Mrs. Cad- well received her kindly, and informed her that the dinner bell would ring in half an hour. Although the house was partially upeet, and the young ladies busily engaged in packing, Florence nev- er dreamed that they would omit the ceremony of dressing for dinner; accord- ingly, she quickly unfastened one of her boxes, and took out a dinner dress of black crepe, exquiicitely made and trim- med. A jet brooch with a diamond in the centre was her only ornament. The rich lenses of her golden hair wore neat- ly arranged, and Lady Florence looked what she was—one of Nature's own gen- tlewomen, She noticed •ahe start of surprise that Mrs. Cadwel ltried to conceal when she entered the drawing -room. She intro- duced bar daughters, Maria and Julia, and then offered some kind of apology saying they were too busy and upset to dress for dinner, Miss Julia looked at the compa.nion's exquisite toilet with something like dis- may. The dinnner was good, the table well atlrpointed, the servants well train- ed, 'With sharp, scrutinizing eyes, Maria and Julia watched the newcomer, stmin- bly anxvpus to cleteet the smallest trace of mauvaise halite or ill breeding. But they caw thn.t the beautiful, graeeful girl before tte^,rl sn';.tently aceus- CUED l,id 24 HOURS You can painlessly remove any corn, either hard, soft or bleeding, by applying rutnam's Corn Extractor. It never urns, leaves no scar, contains no acids; is harmless because composed only of ]healing guns and balms. Fifty years In ase. betties.Refuse substtiti Sold all druggists PUTNAM'S PAINLESS '- CORY® EXTRACTOR toured to high society. The evening was long and dulls and in compliance with Mrs, Oadwell's request, ee'lorenee sung some operatic airs. 'The.giris were both rather sulky at being eclipsed; they could neither .play nor slug so well as the eompanion. It was riot eleven o'clock when the candles were ordered, incl Flor- ence,wearied and dispirited, retired to her. room. "Mwinma,' said the eldest Miss Cad- well, solemnly, when the door was closed and they were alone, "were you mad when you engaged that girl to live with us?" "Mad, my dear," said the poor lady; "no, what can you mean?" "You intend Julia and myself to marry well," continued. Maria. "You are taking us abroad, ]toping we shall marry there, and you engage that girl to go with us. Do you know what we look like beside her? What chance shall we hare near her?' "I never thought of that," replied Mrs. C'adwell, nervously; "she- speaks Italian so weal," "Of course she (lees,' retorted the daughter, with a sneer: "she sings and plays so sell, too. What elan in hie senses will look at us wbeu she is by?" "But, my dear," said the mother, meekly, "eoti forget her position. You are lteiressts, remember, while see is only a companion." "I shall take good. care that she re- members her position," said Maria; "those; kind of people are always pre- surniny- Now. remember, mamma, she =stew tangltt to know her place and keep it." CIuu'TElt XXVIIl. Whatever were the trial; and diffi- euities of her new life, hlorenee resolved to bear then] bravely. The great sting of all was remot ed.—rio. one spoke ill of her dead father. Her wane, luting heart was not wounded a hundred times each day by allusion to hie faults and the wrong he bad done to everyone. With Mrs. Cadwell alt' would have been, comparatively spcukiug• happy; but the young ladies !sere jealous awl envious. The •journey to`lionne'ivas not hulplea.sant. To Florence. it was one clreann of delight! she for0 the petty vexations, the little nuaeries of. her every -day life. She was realizing one of her wildest hopes; she was travelling to that "land. of beauty ante, of song" of which she had dreanledl fromu the time when she had been a chilli They reached Rome in ?' yti. Many English people were the c "` wjple of rank and position; Ws.' joieed as she read„:blt and celebratedr a l'.. ,� 1; �'xrt- WORK AND W' WEAKENS WOM N Si New Health and Strength Can be Had Through the Use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pils. It is useless to tell a hard tt or e:leg woman to take life letelly and not to worry. But it is , the duty of every woman to sate her strength a5 llama as possible; to take lues ciu•es us light- ly as may be and to built. up her sys- tem to meet any unusual demand,. It is her duty to herself and to her fam- ily, for her future health depends up- on it. To guard against a complete break- down in health the • beoud Blunt be kept rich and red and ptu'. No other medicine does this so well es .11r. Wil- liams' Pink Pills fur Pale People. 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I had only been taking the pills for a couple • of weeks when T seemed to feel somewhat better 'land this eneouraged me' to continue the treatment. From that on my strength gradually but surely returned, and in the course of a few mare weeks 1 was ouco more a well woman, able to do my own ho:isowork, and feeling bet- ter than I had done for years. I have since rennaiged well and I feel that I owe my geed health to the healing power of DI. William' Pink Pills." Every otter weak, sickly, worn out woman should follow the example or Mrs, Wan and give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills it fair trial, 'These Pills will send sew blood coursing through the veins and bring brightness and energy to the week and despondent. Sold by al!' medicine dealers rr by mail at '50 canis a box from The -Dr, Wil- liams> llfeeicine Co..- rroekt•iile, Ont, merits in une of the best and Most fash- ionable parts epf Itume She had some letters of introduction, styli she with her daughters deterricined to gain a foutlug la the very best society, "Nothing semilitemite, Nagging," said Maria, who was the Jeadieg spirit of the family; "remember, everything depends upon the set tt'e get inti first. 14 must be a good one, if we wait: six. months." Both sisters and another agreed in this. Thein brightest hopee -were placed upon the Hon, Mrs. Clodwin, to whom they bore a special letter of iutruductiun. She received. them: kindly, was civil to .Jars. Cadwell and her daughters, but seetue..d to grow fond of Florence. "1Vha in • the world is that companion of yours?" she setid one day to 'the mer- chant's widow, "What a beautiful, pa- trician face site has: Where did she conte front?" Mrs. Cadwell explained with some lit- tle pride. that she had bene recommended to her by Signor Bacelai. She was an orphan, who had been living as com- panion with surae relative. Mrs. Godwin looked thoughtful, and said nothing. In her own mind she hail already cunhdemn- ed the ("adwells as parvenus, and de- cided, that Florence had beeu accustomed to the best society. Day by clay Maria and Julia disliked Florenee more and more. They disliked her because of the attention she excited. People praised lit.+t• looks, her trammel•, her voice, the perfect ease and fluency with which she :puke Italian. The 1fissevs Uadvrell, in their own milds, termed her designing and under -fared . They remind- ed het constantly of their difference in position, and spoke of the "duties" of -persons of her class." But the sweat., untiring patienea with which she bore it all alight have disarmed them.. "You aright really have found a com- panion, mammal," was Julia's dutiful re- mark, "who would have been useful to us from knowing other people. Many ladies, highly connected, and of good family, would be glad to enjoy the ad- fvantages Hiss Vi yeerne does, told they would have introduced un to theiknow."friends, you know. But Alm, Cadwell liked the beautiful, gentle girl, who ells always amiable and pleasant with her. Florence, owing to the good nature of Mrs. Cadwell, had a little room of her own. The sisters intruded there some- times, tinder different pretexts; they were in reality very curious as to the contents of the boxes that the young girl always kept locked. One morliieg lire (:udwell asked Fier - mice to go to the bank for Jner. The girls dict not know she was absent, and went to her room for their Italian les- son. They rappel, nett rlu answer cause. Muria opened the deur, a:ad entered bold- ly, .aying that flit'e pryer:e ought to be ready for her dn' at the appointed time. The room tt•a : i'1 ata naval tidy state, but one of the haves atwuys kept locked was half ilpeual, end 'from it there hung something that looked like u mixture of exquisite blue satin and white lace, r h'iaria, looked and. hesitated. Julia ?coked too; theft "biith sisters:gazed'at each other. They were half 'Islamics of the curiosity tvhieh atetutated them; the lace hung directly over the lock of the lux. \Chatever that i.," said 'iiariat at last, "it tviil be quite.., spoiled. 1 will re- place it. It in nut, often ellen \Wyverue leaves thi:eee enrich." elm rai-•ecl the blue eattin; it was the sleeve of at richly-trivattieel dyese. Maria 1 fossil all else, In her enriosity site drew out the remainder. and fecund une of the most elegant evening dre•,s+e.i she had over seen, trimmed with se,,tl-pearl, and point lava'. She held it up before her a::tuliehed deter, r, and they both gazed. for snore nm nt11 es hi unfeigned. admira- tion. "LLnv l,cauilfell bow exqui'itse!'• cried ,Tulin. el. never .euty any thing so ale - gum L." le- gent." "Whet in the world' said -Maria, "eau a girl in Mi -s \1 a verne's position want with a dress like bras? 1t must ]gave cost a fabulous dun," is had iudemt; it was one of the hast presents which the pour old earl had made to his idolized daughter. She had never worn it, and slid not Iike to part with it. "Whore mulct Miss Wyverne have fotinel the money to buy tile? 1 teil you twhet. Julia," continued \tnmia, solernne ly, "there is autuetiitg not right about her; 1 halve always felt sure of it. I shall warn lnattlirl11, instantly, end she Must get rid of her, Come with lie now," 'Tile' two sisters went immediately to Mi s. C ael l',� morn, '1 Irisdw51;10, mamma, that all is not as it hould;.lae" concluded ishuria, after relating the' story of tic dress and its magnificence; "neither you nor 1 ever had anything g like .it i11 our lives. Dotes it starlit to nevem thaet as young person in ;1iis:1 Wyverno's Location could purview snob it dress?" •'It. may have been giver] to her, 1111' dear," reuronetratot 11rs, Caldwell, mildly. 'eoc:sel:-e, nr P.M1nn!" Pried Julia. "Who in their sM1.4.eS tvolllel ;:iv,' at dress like that to a companion—it is fitted for a due ue's. Depend 'Upon it, there is somethieg wrong about her; and you will repeat it if you do net get rid of her." "Well,. if T meet, I nest," sighed the mother; "but she ie mvttlly very 'useful. But say nothing about it to -day— two ere going with the (lodwicsal to the. Col- ossteer. LenVe it until tide evening, laird 1 still spent; to her then," Satisfied that they s.bould at length get 'rid of a rival, the Misses Cadwell were restored io something like good 3m - mor, '.I'hey said very little to Florence when alta returned, while she, who had often been puzzled by their eonduct be- fore, wandered at the nhauiciora yet triumpaant looks with which they re- garded her, l'nn tually et the appointed time they celled rel. dee Gcdwilis', and then proceeded, to the Colosseum. The elderly lather) tented themselves near one of the mance arches, overgrown with grass and shrubs; the younger ones sat with them for a time, intending to sketch aftoru:rard. The conversation, gas Chapped From Fingers To Elbows. Boy's Agony Relieved by ZardBu.lk. 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I sustained a burn on one of my fingers. Zam-Iluh took the fire out and healed up the sore. it realty seems a wonder- ful housahoid preparation. "Oa one occasion my son Iiarry had hies fort frozen. 11 was very swollen and dis- colored. but Zant-Bok both relieved the swelling and removed the discoloration. 'Lam-Iiuk Is so handy and so effective that we shall always keep a sum ly handy." Miss Mattie Bertrand, of S..,Isbury (03xt.), says:—"•Lvery wiater 1 suffer from chapped hands. but 1 have found a cure in Zam-liuk. Avnlled at night, It hosier the cracks by morning, and takes away all the soreness." Similar effects follow it; usa for eczema, scala core_, blood -poisoning, ulcers, ring- worm• uhildren's sores, cuts, burns and bruises. 11 also cures pins. Abl druggists *nil stores sell at 1Oe a box; or post free from 'Lam -auk co., Toronto, for price. usual with the (aodwius, turned upon the aristocracy then in Home. Florence soon wandered tired of it, and some little distance tthe entrance of a corridor, and stood there, leaning against the stones. _Miss Cadwell smiled contemptu- ously to herself, thinking hew companion was "attitudinizing." "The best people now in Rome," said the honorable Mrs. Uodwin, oracularly, "are the Lynue'e---Lord Lynne, his wife, and sister, i am told +hat Lady Lynne has created quite a furor in London. She is wonderfully hand:eonne, while: her sis- ter is the very ideal of a graceful, pretty English. girl." The Cedwelis lixtened intently and reverently. They loved many things, but nothing so dearly a$ a lord. They did not know one; they would have given anything to be able to speak, as Msr. Godwin did, of loris and ladies—men- timing them with a familiarity that fill- ed then. with awe. 'Co be really intro- duced to a loa•tl, to speak to one, was the higrllest end ares. aizn of the Catlwell's "'rm nisfelrce. ""t, ,arc; ,k;,: , ..,. (To he eentintled.) 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