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The Herald, 1909-11-19, Page 3Iter pale face glowed as I praised him, her dark eyes shone with a beautiful light. "He told me," I remarked, "that he had eomsnitted a folly in his youth, and that he had been expiating it ever since." "A folly: Nay, folly is a light word. I call it a crime." "I cannot believe' Lord Wynton cap- able of a prime," I said. "It was a crime;" she insisted, gravely. "I like you for defending him, Mrs. Nev- ille; but it waa a °rime." "I nnay never see fiinx again," I re- turned; warmly, "and I know but little of him, yet I would stake much that he has never committed a crime; he may have made a mistake." She looked al me with wondering eyes, and repeated, dreamily: "A mistake: How would that be? I never thought of that." "1 am ignorant of the cireunistan es; but I feel sure that what you hold to stave been a crime was simply a, mistake —nothing more, and the time will tome; I venture to assert, when you will find it so." "What faith you have ht Min," she said; and with that the conversation ended. I went home some days after thee, and then mattersfell into their old routine. The only change was in Miss \'ane herself. She grew more hu- man; her one great act of forgiveness seemed to have changed her whole char- acter. There was only one thing she would not do—she would not mix with the world. She took up a lily one day when talking, and from the deep white cup pulled a petal. "Can anything re- store that petal or make the lily whole?" elle naked. "Nu," I replied. "It is the sane: with my life," she s:ihl. "A page was torn abruptly from it• --a page on which sweetest hopes were written—and nothing can restore it. I could not take up my old duties, resume my old pleasures, prix freely in the world of men and warren, talk, laugh. and enjoy myself with thein—I could not bear it. 1 eau only live as 1 em now, unknown and unknowing, for- gotten—waiting for the signal of release. You will not urge nee again, will you?" "No, I will not." r replied. "I am happier than I ever hoped to be, because I have lthgi.ven Lord Wynton, and the blank tjesolation has gone -out of my life." 6; InstinetiveIy I kept two secrets from her. I never told her that Lord Wyn- ton had promised to conte to see me, or that he intended to call upon,her. So the year passed, spring came round again. and in May I read this announce- ment: nnounce-ment: "Died, on the 8rd of \say; at Nice, Isabelle, Lady Wynton. She was interr- ed in the cemetery at Niee on the 5th." A leading fashionable journal devoted a. small paragraph to the event, and said that Lady Wynton, after suffering se- verely for some month,,, had died sud- denly at Nice. I took the papers to the River !louse a4 Showed there to lieldah Vane. She gre\v very pale as she read— her eyes filled with tears; and then she turned to me and said: "1 ain very sorry for him. Poor Olivet" The remainder of the story I tell as I heard it seine time afterward, when the mystery was explained to nie, and all ws,s clear. CHAPTER XII. When it was known in London that Gerald Asheton, the younger son of a poor ,hut noble family, had returned after thirty years' service in India, a millionaire, society decided upon opening its arms to him. A millionaire: Such exceptional distinction society decreed ought to be recognized—must• be recog- nized, in fact—and Gerald Asheton was received with open arms.- He did hie duty as became a millionaire. He pur- chased one of the most magnificent mansions in Belgravia. and furnished it regardless of cost; then Lord Fathern's family estate, Silverwell Priory, came into the market, and he bought it, and had it refurnished with the utmost . splendor. Afterward, hearing of a pret- ty little villaa in the Isle of 'Wight, he purchased it, also. With three houses, week one rivalling the other in beauty, he began to consider who was to inhabit ellen; His friends 'advised hirci to marry but for that by did not °are. His brother had married, and his wedded life, like his life generally, had not been a sue - cess. Ile lad married a gentle, accom- plished girl, who:had, no fortune except herfair face -and her noble mind. She sttrvived her husband six years, 'during sae l " Gold hellRings We vri11 give you you, choice of oneof those bean- Wel guarenteed 14 karats solid gold shell, plain, engraved or sot with elegant simulated Jboxess only. at etc la `box of Dr. biaturin'e Panicles Vegetable Pills. 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He was so deeply engrossed on his re- turn to England by the settlement of his affairs that he almost forgot the existence of his niece. It was not until he began to wonder how he was to dis- pose of his vast fortune that he remem- bered her, and then he went down to Brighton to see her. He found to 'his intense surprise a tall, lovely girl, with a graceful figure and a beautiful face. His delight was great. Huldah Asheton was at once taken from school, installed as mistress at Silverwell, and everything that money could procure was lavished upon her. Gerald Asheton idolized his beau- tiful niece; he never tired of looking at her, of listening to her, he.formally adopted her as his heiress, and did not rest until he had made his will, leaving her mistress of his vast fortune. It spoke well for Huldah Asheton that her head was not completely turned by this change in her position. She had beers happy and Contented at school, feeling sure that her education and ac- complishments were to be her fortune, and that she would have to earn her livelihood as a governess. The result was that she had aequired a certain in- dependence of character, feeling that her success in life would depend on her own. efforts. At seventeen she found herself one of the most beautiful, wealthy and admired girls in London. She could have mar- ried just as she would; but, young as she was, Huldah. Asheton had formed a resolution to marry only for love. Be- fore she had been a month at Silverwell she proved that she was fitted for her responsible post. A girl of seventeen, as stately as a duchess, as beautiful as a poet's dream, gifted and intellectual, looking upon wealth as an accident, a stepping-stone—pure in heart as a little child --full of beautiful thoughts, her mother's only legacy—wondering with a grave, solemn, child -like wonder what was to be her ultimate fate, what grand destiny awaited her—a. girl of the' rar- est type, noble in soul, but proud to a degree ,lot vain of her beauty or her wealt +r flet proud in the highest, broad- est, noblest sense—such was Huldah Asheton. 'Gerald Asheton loved. her. Ile de- lighted in hearing his beautiful niece called "The, Queen of the Season;" he had foretold'. that she would be that. Society welcomed him because be was uncle of the beautiful Miss Asheton.She was very happy. She enjoyed the magnificence, the wealth that surround- ed her; she enjoyed the homage laid at her feet; she enjoyed the admiration that seemed to be a tribute teller beau- ty. But she enjoyed the vague, dreamy happiness of her inner life better than all. Standing where womanhood and girlhood met, her heart and soul thrilled with the vague, sweet poetry of life. CHAPTER XIII. The Countess of Ivrington had a beautiful villa on the ' banks of the Thames. She delighted in spending part of her time there, surrounded bg the' very flower of London society. She had invited `'The Queen of the Sear son," without whom no assemblage was complete. On the morning after her arrival, MissAsheton, tempted by the beauty of the grounds, roso early and went out. Life Meld many fail' mornings for her, but none like that. Her white morning dress, knotted here and there with rose- colored.- ribbons, fell in graceful folds round the tall, slender figure; a wealth. of shining, waving hair rippled over her shoulders, the , morning breeze had brought the daintiest bloom to her face; her large, dark eyes shone with light; the beautiful lips were parted in keen oujoyrnent. She stead watching a pretty minis titre water -fall. She held her hand in the water, and watched the spray run- ning over her white fingers; then she thought she would cross a little rustic bridge which spanned the stream, and was about to do when a rich, deep voice said: "I should advise you not to trust yourself to that little bridge; it is un- der repair and is not quite safe," She Iookea round, and. saw a gentle- man. come across the lawn. He raised his hat and bowed, "Pray, pardon me," he said; "but I know that bridge is very shaky. I am LoreWynton, Lady Evrington's brother. You, I know, are her guest, Miss Asheton.'" Huldah bowed; not .for worlds would she have spoken just then. "1 stn afraid have startled you, Miss Asheton," continued the musical voice; "if so, I am very sorry." "No, you have not startled me," she said. He carne nearer to her and she looked at his face; it was handsome, noble, with eyes and lips that could sweeten and soften like a' women's, Her heart went out to him—she could not tell why, 'except that he was the hero of her dreams, the ideal come at last.- Lord 'Wynton was visiting his sister. She had teznpted him bytolling him that the beautiful Miss Asheton was to.be her . guest. He had laughed at first, telling her beauties were always more or less failures,- He came, ]however, to please his sister. But on the morning that ho saw IIuldah Ashton, in all the sweet simplicity of her beauty, he was amazed; and, frothat erifwnro0"* O CUR IN 224 Hours You cainlessly remove any corn e t er hard, sot or bleeding, byapplying Pntnam's � Corn RxtractorIt neverleurns, leaves no sear, contains no acids; Is harmless because composed only of healing gurus and balms. .Fifty years in use. Cure guaranteed. Sold by all druggists 260. bottles, Befuse substitutes. PUTNAM'S PAINLESS CORN EXTRACTOR pa � . loved her with a love that was his doom, It was a case of lore, at first sight, and everyone guessed it. From, the mo- ment that she first caw.. )lord Wynton until the day she died, lie' was the one love of her heart and soul; she knew no other; no other man .ever had the power to charm her. Her ideal *as realized; be- yond that realization she never went. The time cane -it wa,s the gloaming of a beautiful June night—when Lord Wynton told, her the story of his love. She raised her beautiful face—not to ltim, • but to the evening skies and thank- ed Heaven for its goodness. ' "Huldalr, my darling;"' -he cried, pas- sionately, "1 six not worthy of you, I know. The love of a:plue :innocent heart like yours is a 'treasure above price." She would not hear it. He went on, holding her hands in his strong clasp. "When I was young, Huldah—quite young—I committed a great folly. 1 must tell you what it was." "No," she objected, "I will not hear it—or, if you will tell me at all, it shall not be until after I am your wife. My faith, Clive, like my love, is boundless, If, when you were young,, some fair face caught your fancy, it was but your £anag —your love is all for me." "As Heaven is any witness," he declar- ed, "all for you! I have had no other love, and never shall have." So while the nightingale sang they plighted their troth to each other. Ger- ald Asheton was delighted. His darling would be Lady Wynton; and, besides that, she would be one of the richest wo- men in the country. With his consent the wedding was arranged to take place in September, and there did not seem to be even the smallest cloud in Lord Wynton and Miss Asheton's sky. • CHAPTER XIV. All went happily until July, and then name a terrible shock, Gerald Asheton died suddenly of old -standing heart dis- ease, and Helldal was left heiress and sole mistress of his immense fortune, She was then only eighteen: Silverwell was hers, the villa at Ryde was hers, and the Belgravian mansion; hers also were the plate, the furniture, the accu- mulation of money in the funds, the jewels. She had been the rage before; she became doubly the rage now. Owing to the death of Gerald Asheton, the wedding was, of course,. postponed —it was arranged to 'talietehneesein the following.: April. Held t, „ x t, t' the an- tunxn at Ryde, where the Countess 'of Evrington reigned queen. Lord Wyutou was visiting his sister, so that he . and Mies Asheton met every day. Hu' Iah had expressed a wish about her marriage.. "Let me be married in quietness and peace," she said; the ceremony, is for us, not for a crowd of idle lookers-on. There can be no prettier church than that one at Silverton—let us be married there, Clive. I do not want a great house full of company—only your sister—no one else." It was well that Lord Wynton acceded to her request. The preparations all went on. Lyndmere Park was made ready for the reception of the bride, and the wed- ding -day was to be the leth of April. Lord Wynton was to spend the night at the hotel iu Silve tge, and tq meet his beautiful young bride ni church. Huldah had her wish. There was no large party of guest's; no one was invit- ed to. Silverwell except Lord Wynton's sister. •and her husband. The ..1.Oth of April dawned. It was a fair spring .day; Huldah hslteton rose early; she,.was tab happy to sleep. The sky might well- heck • so fair, the sun shin° so brightly;..it,,was her wedding - day. She went out for a few minutes to take a last look for a time at:her•' fair domain of Silverwell; and then ,she with, drew to her apartments to dress. It. was characteristic of her that on this, ,;her, HOW MRS, CLARKE FOUND RELIEF After Years of Suffering Dodd's Kidney Pills cured her. Pleasant Point Matron Tells Her Suf- fering Sisters How - to be Free From the Terrible Pains That Make Life a Burden. Pleasant Point, Ont,, Nov. 10.---(Spe- cial.)--That most of the ills that the suffering women of Canada have to bear are due to disordered. Kidneys, and that the natural cure for them is I)ocld's Kid- ney Pills, is once more shown in the ease of. Mrs. Merril C. Clarke, a well- known resident of this place and a prom- inent member of the Salvation Aarrny. Mira. Clarke is always ready to give her experience for the benefit of her suffer- ing sisters. "My sickness commenced twenty years ago with the change of life," says Mrs. Clarke. "My health was in a bad state. Water would run from my head which would snake me faint. When I cane out of the fainting spells I took fits. I was bloated till I was clumsy. The pain I suffered was awful. It would go to my feet and then to my :seas:. Many doctors attended me, and I tried many medicines, but nothing gave me re- lief till I used Dodd's Kidney Pills. The first box stopped the fits end seven ho:c- es cured me completely," Every suffering rvelnau should use Dodd's Kidney Pills. They make strong, healthy Kidneys, and the woman who has good Kidneys is safeguarded against those terl'ible.. :ladle tet Melee wedding -day,' she should ask her faith- ful old nurse and servant to, dress her. She—the proud beauty, "The Queen of the Season," Gerald Asheton's heir- ess—clasped her arms round her nurse's neck. "I have no niother," she said, lay- ing her beautiful face on the nurse's shoulder, "to kiss and bless me. Wish me godspeed in my life, Lewis." And Jane Lewis blessed her with lov- ing words, foretelling such happiness for her as made the girl's heart beat and her face glow. "Now come, Lewis," she said, "and see all my wedding -attire; it lies ready in my dressing -room. Lewis followed her. The wedding -dress, the wedding -veil, the wreath ,of orange blossorns, the white gloves,. the white 'satin shoes, the white fan with the ;jew- elled handle, the bracelet of magnifi- cent pearls, all lay ready, just as for years afterward they lay du the closed. up room of the River Ild`%\se. "You shall dress me, Lewis," said the beautiful bride; "no other hands but yours because yours have been the kind- est hands in the world to me." She wol'e a wrapper of white silk, and just as she was unfastening the band of it, saying, "See how the sun smiles 011 my wedding morn," a -knock came at the door. Susanne, the Paris- ian maid, calve in. "The -re is a lady in the hall, :Miss Asheton, who insists upon seeing you." "'.1 ]ac r . Say l cauttoi; see aityoite. that 1 ant particularly engaged. I have spent so much time out of doors, Lewis, 1 shall be late." Another rap carie. "Lady Evrington begs nie to say the carriages are reacts." "I shall not be tong;" said the young heiress. "Susanne, tell the lady I can- not see her; whatever message she las must be sent by you." Susanne went away, but returned in a few minutes. "The lady insists upon seeing you; she bade me give you this." Huldah took a note from the girl's hands and read: "If you wish eo spare yourself untold shame, anguish and remorse, see me at once. If you refuse to do so. I shall follow you to the church. When eyb11 have seen me, you will understand that to -day's ceremony would be a wrett•lred farce." Huldah Asheton looked up at the ser- vant who had brought the note. "The person who wrote this must be mad," she said. "I do not think so, miss; she looks sane enough." "What kind of person is she?" "Tall, elegantly dressed and pretly- looking, mdse. She heard something about the carriages being ready, incl she laughed. 'You had better wait until 1 :)ave seen your mistress; she said." A sudden presentment of. evil tame to the young heiress. "I rvbll:esee her, ii, sanne," she said; "bring her here." ".into your dressing room?" question- ed the maid, wonderingly. "Yes, I have no time to go anywhere else." Susanne went away quiekly. Miss Asheton read the letter again. What eortld it mean—dear heaven, what could it. mean? Her beautiful fare grew pale. "Es it bad news, my dear?" asked the' old nurse. "I do not know," replied I7nldah. Be- fore she had time for another word the door opened, and a tall, elegautly dress- ed woman entered. Her veil was thrown back. showing a. pretty but somewhat insipid face, and a quantity of false hair. The visitor was elegant rather than graceful. With a mocking. senile,, she looked round the magnifi"cent dress- ing room. "I and sorry, to intirude, Miss Asheton, but my business is imperative —it admits of no delay. I hear you are to marry Lord dVynton to-daly." "I do not see that the"'tiraLter tot - cents you," was the haughty reply. "Pardon me, I am the best judge of that." ".I see your wedding drsss is all ready --the veil and the wreath and the bridal bouquet, sent by such loving hands. The minister stands ready robed at the al- tar, the ringeiis are ready to ring the e' -wedding bells. thcarirages stand at the door, the servants all wear White fav- ors, the bridegroom is counting the mo - in nts. But listen to me—oh, hour of 'triumph, for which I have waited and longed and prayed—there will be no wedding. there can be no wedding, for 1 am Lord Wynton's wife!" (To he continued.) . ROUNDUP OF BEARS. Necessary in Colorado, Cattlemen Say, Because Bruin Is Kiiiing Stock. The annual roundup of bears is on in Roust 'county. Albert Whitney, Steve Elkins and several other bear hunters of note have undertaken to rich the cattle ranges of Boutt county of the bear's which are killing the colts and calves in large numbers. Eight bears have been taken so far during the bunt. 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