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The Herald, 1910-02-04, Page 7"Oh, grandma, yea are hard and cruel in your judgmenteo '.my._ lover," 'sobbed the girl, great beanie sta:rtintg'to her eyess and rolling deign her cheeks, "Stop!" thundered her ' grandfather, , •exerted as she had never seen him' be- . fore. "She is right In her opinion of *.lire fellow. I have seen him, and I can judge him carefully and well,, with the rile judgtnent of my seventy odd years, and I repeat, he is a rascal! His every feaiture prolate's that, and nature makes no mistake in her handwriting upon . a human faee, • "You did wrong in na,.eeting. this straanger again and again without our knowledge, Norine, but you sinned in ig?roranee; romance clouded the right from the wrong from. your young, .inex- i eziei sed, girlish mind, The villainy, of it lies„ at his.; dooi< He knew .Better. Telatine, Ncriuo!" he. cried,. "thiek.,well, stiakl answer me truthfully: W1ien he spoke to youof love, did he ever men- tion marr1agef'-' °CHAPTER XIX, • Yes, it was the first time that Norine, the darling of their hearts, the child,vvho was the aelace of theri old age, had ever left them in anger. • • Quite as soon as the door had closed upon her, poor'.' oltitag:ra'gdma Gordon broke into a passion of 'tearriga+l.;arighC•t, which moved. Did Daniel to the heart's core, ere hard. with the lhasehusband," sheobbed, wroelr<ing herself to and fro. '''She cannot help loving, no, one tan help loving the one God sends • to her to Iove." • • "It was never God,, it was. the devil who sent him, Betsey;" exclaimed sthe old man, rising hastily and pacrnethe' narrow little kitchen to and'tro. 'You do not know what you say; your wo- man's heart has got the better of your judgment. lie is not a man .worthy of any pure young girl's love." "Rush, latish, Daniell" eried his old wife."You have no warrant to say anything like that." "But 1 have!" exclaimed the old black- smith fiercely. "Every one in the vil- lage is talking 'about the scamp—how he gambles and makes love to ,every pretty lass he meets. Ay, and even the comely young wives come in for a share of his admiration. Only to -day 1 heard this tale, Betsey. 'One of the clerks the village stores: parted from his young wife because of htin and hie attentions to her. The wife openlydeclared her fr tUaEgggrksome stranger;. is1Te, -a__n'dd defied her frantic husband to do anything about it. The result of the matter was, the distracted fellow shot himself at her feet. "The villagers were so incensed over the matter that they would'llave raised a mob to rid the place' of this rascally fellow had it not been for the excite- .: Inent over the grave difficulty hovering over the village in the expected swoop- ing down of the Indians upon Hadley. Now that 1 have told you the man's character, do you say, Betsey, that we should give our beautiful, innocent Nor- ine to him, even though lie wanted to marry her? which. I doubt from the bottom of my soul; for such a man never know love's refining influence in his heart, If he is in- love with any one, it is himself, and no one else." The poor old wife was fairly stricken dumb by this intelligence. She knew not what answer to make. "I am going to prove this fellow's so- called love for little Norine for her sat- isfaction and yours," exclaimed Daniel Gordon, teaching for his hat and coat. "What would you do?" cried Betsey, springing to her feet and laying a de- taining hand on his arm as she looked up anxiously into his weather-beaten faee. "I am going to se ethis Clifford Car- lisle within the hour and test for my- self beyond all question of doubt how strong and deep .his levels for that in- nocent girl upstairs." "But howl" murmured his wife, anx- iously, eagerly. "1 am going to see this Oliffrird Car.. truth, unfold to him the secret that we have kept even from Norine all these years—that she is Mrs. Barrison's grand-, daughter, the last and only living rela- tive the woman has on earth, and.as, such is entitled to the great fortune left by the woman. If he is truly in love with Norine, as the child devoutly believes him to be, he will relinquish every penny of that money which was left to him by her will, giving it to Nor- ine, the rightful owner. That will be a crucial test. Yes, that will be the crucial test. Do you not agree with me, old wife ?" "It is hard to weigh love against. money. Daniel," she responded, her lips quivering, her wrinkled old hands treat- biing. • "It is the greatest test in the world," he repeated, adding in a quivering, husky voice: QUICKEST WITH SAFETY CT.IRE 19TH uts1 vomit Toll @„,lim$,0011.14. For, the baby often means rest for both mother and child. Little ones like it too—it's so palatable to take, "tee from opiates. AU Druggists, 28 cents. "Did not N`orine's mother leave all`tite Barrison wealth to marry our boy,��be= cause love .'outweighed the' •power' of, gold? ,.&yi.,ay,;and it always `illi. "1 shall find out, s'f'• tkiis • .man;, •.truly loves Nat.nte.' • If 'I : find that he does, bitterly as I detest him, I shall offer no opposition if .our lit"l+l'e girl 'chooses. ,to wed him and ' folio*" his fortunes, `even' though it takes her•from us; leaves us desolate in our old `age. `here were never truer words than the poet uttered when he said: • "Thust it zs. our -children leave us-= r Thot;.e eye„love and -those who love us; Just when they have .learned •to help, us, When we are oldut'nd lean upon them, Comes a youth with flaunting feathers With his pipe of reeds, a stranger, :. , Wanders :siligsng through the village, • Beckons to the„fairest, maiden, And she: follows, where he leads” her Lest',ving all thlrigs foz•'the stranger!” "l'ou 'are right, Daniel," she answer- ed, slowly. • "' f this "stranger' loves Nor- ine, he will givfe•'�up to her -her own." '' She followed him to the door) and kissed him good -by, as she had been wont to do during all the long years in •whbch ' they -lied toiled through life's pathway,.ttigether. She hada great horror of the handsome stranger, if his reputatian.Was as black as it .was paint - ad, and her heart grew heavy at ,the thought •of little Norine's great, love for •She would not go 'to bed.' She could content herself nowhere save by the kitchen fire, ' saying to herself that she wonld watch and wait there, alone, un- til .Dataiel returned to her. She had a' faint; notion that perhaps the hand- some yolang stranger,nlight• return with him. An hour passed, tyre, three, and •t•iten .she heard Daniel's crunching' f'otsteps oe the hard snow outside. "He is alone," she ',murmured to h self, as she made haste to open the do for him, and she .lidded below h breath; "I shall Into* when I look in his face if he is satisfied with his m sion, and if this stranger loves Norin She did not waiteach- him to rea forth for'' the latch', . bitt flung open t door quickly, • The moment she saw her husban face she cried out in the wildest ala It was as pale as it would ever be death..`' "Daniell" .she cried, a great fear co ng over iier ti's he staggered into room, sinking down into the neare hair. "What has happened?" "Let me help z-ou off with your eh and hat, and then you shall tell me. will sit patiently by and ask no qu ions until you are ready to speak." Indeed it seemed to her that he wou ever speak again, he was so agitate Little by little he recovered himse and then turning suddenly to his o ife, he cried. impatiently and .vehem ly: It was as I foretold, Betsey. T1 illain who has robbed Norine of he nocent heart does not love her, a will prove to you, and to her." Betsey did not interrupt him, great a er anxiety was, for she saw that he we boring under great excitement, Ir eed, she never remembered having sec m in such a state before, and she real ed something quite terrible must hay curred. It was some moments ere he spoke d then a bitter imprecation burs om his ashen Iips. • "The fellow is as 1 thought—a scoun el of the deepest dye," he cried. "But to my story. Let' Inc tell it ou, Betsey, while I can , command my if to do so, for each moment my rag ems to grow more furious against him went to Barrison Hall, Betsey, d asked the young woman who res- nded to my knoek, and whom 1 had never seen before, for an audience th' Mr. Clifford Carlisle. "My business with him is of the ut- st importance,' I said, `or 1 should 'have ventured hither on a night like s, and at such an unseasonable hour.' `I do not believe he will see you,' answered, pertly, `for he has just down over his wine and cigars. He 1 not care to be disturbed,' 'Say to him that 1, Daniel. Gordon, st see liim,' I aalswered. 'He will re- nize in the name the grandfather of Nor • 'And pray who is Norine ?' queried young woman, eying me curiously. `The girl whom Mr, Clifford Cu- . has been making love to,' I 'ails - ed, taking much care.. not to utter words rudely, or with anger. `An exclamation which I could not e ',catch broke from her lips, ,the r rose quickly into her face, ,and:. a den ugly expression sprang into tier` s, making thein hard and cold as polished steel, She repeated my words as. though to e sure that she had heard aright an instant site hesitated` as though rtaili as to what Bourse she should tte; then said, 'sharply,: 'Mr. .Clifford Carlisle shall see you. this way.' followed her across the threshold that house, that I had sworn never enter, asking the Lord to forgive .me diad so, for breaking my 'ish'W, • At end of the ooa'ridor she threw open ori' and the sight that met my gaze be :burned into my brain forever - +M Inca .abed velvet 'armchair before the ng grate sat the man,.wliona 1 had there ,to see On' the, .table before steada deoante •''half filled. with soemed' more hke strong brandy er- or er to is - e." eh he d's ren. in m- t t n w t v in I d d hi iz oe an fr dr y se se an 0 had wi' mo not. tX'.i She sat wil « mu cog No i the lisle wer the quit colo suds eye blue mak For unce puts tr Step "1 of to as I the a do Will Mote .Mail :come what st at 1 es - d. lf, lel en - re r 8 s 8 i' n e to e s than wine, and his face was but • barely ci you Can plin!essty.,realoove ally ulii ergee ttard, sot's or tiler+chug, t V apph'ena Yutnsirn ti •Corn Extras ur, rtAtevsr binnK leavnKilo> c ar. only o1 heeling gtulis en t..balms„ -.Fifty 111, 28e,lzoiei s g1Xteftibasu:bstiottt as?' al& dug PUTNAI PAIN LCORN EX FAC OF t. . visible througll a.bfue e1tud. of srnuke. gale young •wosiitle ; jhtsllt'd nle ime ward into the room screening herself, at it. appeared to see,•lieljitel fisc, Wittenthe+•young'man caught sight , of me standing there he sprains to bis fttet With a fierce oath.e ary.ou; anti ` do yon want .in this house?" he criedwhat, 13itteas he uttered the words he recognized me, ejaculating: 'The old :village blaek- smiti !' and almeat ;under Iii, • breath, though my quick care caught:it A0,riue Gordon's greet:dialher! }Vliet; zm '-s the world brings him. hese?" ,oHAPTER, Aga, "'Yes I. a n the geendiather of Nor - .me. Gordon,'' 1 ercisitned citcpjiing for- ward toward �t1iIn,.. `east it :is ill her in- .terest' that' 1 ala here ' f o-7zight. Rest assured nothing •else ]i1' the whole world would, have 'tempted nie ito , ..leave the Warmth.:81 my *WV fireside en 'a night like this' "1ge sprang t0 lils,,,feet, flushed and angry;, .his black eyes ,.blaring fu{iotsly, "'.i • leave iso wish to ,see you, sir,'he cried". '7�('ovl' dice the r;:i:tyant disobey niy, orders: �so explicitly dye, to admit no otle, no matter.° what ilris business with me might be- Xtts a gz'etty : thing when a inan'cannoe have hl instructions obey - "ed in his,own•.bopse ,1;,,refuse.to see you, sir. Kindly al lige mc;"by at; once taking leave „fr4n1 the house into whiolt you have;, f ntruded.'. • r")?+7oi so, illy. fine': Mr•.'Clifford Car- lisle,' I cried, ltrsingi.at•.`Iast,:my temper, which i ,had tried ta'ha'rd t4 control. 'I am here for • a ;'talk ;with you, and you Will hear me' lvliefhe ,:you will or no.' " `You .arcs �:inee opt:!;",cried the young man, raising .his: arni ;as' though Co fell me toathe fIeasia' is'features fairly qui-: v ering .ivltli coil meed passion, `r `! `rA•tfrempt tdrrke)me;;vt your peril, •vou',scoungrel r'. ; ='cried; giaiing my fury loose rein,,,;taaikl :ou• shall see' that this strong right pare of Mine has not: swung to isliedgfe 14aii er • those forty years or ''riiot'.e fo'r,d'notliing. 1 a!zr an old man, in years compared to you, but Daniel ,Gordon: will take art insult from no men!" ".And as l ;muttered the words out flew my. srtio rg right arm, and in less time than it'takes to tell it. the hand- some villain measured his full length at my feet. He pierced himself up with alacrity, and Whirling about, faxed• the squarely, and if, ever a hundred devils looked out of a ene.n's eyes, they looked out of his. Bait in tliaut instant he seemed to think .better of having a Itatandeto-haati liet with "`I oanuot sent• the insult just giv- en . me, • bee:tus�e you are a man so ilei years older than myself' he said, sneeaingly, and therefore shall be com- pelled to listen to what you have conic Isere to say to nze. But 1 warn you to be brief. Proceed!' "I stood quite silent for the moment, at r1, loss for words correerning what I head cone there to say.' Our darling's haippiness lay in this man's hands. I must not w1•eek it 'ley any word or ac- tion of urine. , "`I --I am sorry'tha.t1 \vas so hasty, Mr. Clifford Carlisle,' I;muttered, litua- bly. 'I meant to have a peaceable con- vensation with you. I did not think to be terotnsed to auger as .1 have been.' "`Your business with'me, sir'!' he de- manded, harshly. `Go to it at once.' "'It is concerning Norine,' T muttered, lnisky. 'I would know your—your in- tentions regarding, her, sire LIFE'S OUTLOOK FOR YOUNG GIRLS. 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As time passed on :slab was hardly able to drag herself about, notwithstanding that she was tinder. medical treatlnent and contin- uously .••taking medicine, At this .juncture' a neighbor strongly advis- ed • Inc• • to give Hattie Dr: Williams' 'ink Pills, and I decided to do , so.. After she had takers three 'lror-es some irirprovenmtzt• was notfceld;'.the headaches were not so frequent:I1i r so severe, and her 'appetite wag:4410g improved! This was indeed oheering and •Shea continued: taking' the,;Pills until ^she had used' some eight b&xes when slie was as well as ever she 'had been hi her life, and since that...tinte' she. has' been as robust as any felt", could wish' to be.'•, I would strongly urge all .n others ,of growing girls to keep' their?health fbrtifted t'r g th use. 91 Dr',, Williarh's' P)a],1c;P1 esei Die Williams ."ink Pills eta teeleak froth' ant 'Med Min e dealer or by_ mail flioni'The tlr, Williams"Meglai ego "Ile Leigh t the 1+)Ute , an- ima slurs 01 ,. lLuu.. , 1i11 t t.,l ,mull ,t 1t1a11'.utn, -t �4i t. te,41 1at'4 lhA`U[:z;t 1!. he,a.11. t ','u (•hitt 71 1 t.a, t 1 'tee s ills 1" hall un this as .lulu eight, at t l]., 11:.,04')12,1' licout. '' !0 vie -1.011M Lag Vrol 10'laugii:ter u.� iniwKl1.g =n'st, 1,1 itt. lii)!„li qts letr- id rt al%. Its 1t lily <11.!tY V' er-, e to 12 Lu girl. or well nuug one.. into ugh ei n:4. girl arra r31ts- her eye Ido to else ttve eve my. ing- ath' le `let t0 at u sl eel- ith lad ar- ot Tr- iol,' ou n1 it. he ng e rp e, n- r- a1- tlz r0 co 0 to s• o - e ad d s d 0 r d d 22 o `lie trill ' " '3' e,.' 1 meet erei, eu/ti•rolling rage 1),' it roost, uligl ty Niel 1. '1 1 h•221Gt )Utt!'-111LLntleos. eo .211)' ,11tie iltc organ, You have sjroken of. in Bert, 11,0w .1 'oak the. • Ijueeliun, uta lut), d2'0 'y•011 in loud 1,0 make • the yutu• wife, i' '' 1 I'e (100811011 8'a, Olnsost lift: death for use, for 1 knew but too that the hwppine+ss of our darling 1 upon 111•tulewee for all ante to c lie looked into my face and buret .;colt .a loud, brutal, tantalizing la that the blood fairly boiled in my v "flan a luau not admire a pretty without. being supposed to be ortm age ittterit?' he answered, coolly, sa tamely, adding: '8e little Norine peached en ape, it appears, despi Le protesta,tjons to the contrary. 1 g her • credit tog a •litele cease.' "'Do I understand you to say yoI not love the gir), and do hot intend Wake her your wife?' 1 cried, lloars "'That: is precisely w1i t 1 Would h ;you iufe+r•, I am 'sorry that you h come so'far in the eold to hear it. "'Then you have. deceived the girl cried, hotly, seareely able to control serf, 'and we'inen out Iset•e in Wash ton punish suele Creaoliery with de• "'Softly, softly; niy good•,1na.n,' he 'tclited add�iing, more insolently still, ile &'dvese, . you , that it is unwise threaten a rnan'in his ou'u domicile,' "l:: Could endiure normore, T sprang ling -with all 'the pent-up rage of a j gle tiger, oI2 toleing hie aril in a et like grasp that 'made 'him wilree • w pain, though 1 insist add that he 1 too much grit to et'y out. "'You are wrong there, Clifford C lisle,' I Dried, hoarsely. 'This place is u yours, nor is the wealth of the Dei '8011&' "'A madman ns wel -las a fool!' "'.0 ani neither a'Madnlan nor a f I retorted. '1,aan Sane 'enough. ass y shall soon sec';'and I know whist' 1 a saying, and yhacll 'force you to know You ca;snot, you shall not: inherit. t thti'n the thrust of a dagger. Barrimen weeltkl., for there is a.Iivi heiress, a blood tie, which •cuts off tl1 bold attempts of 'a stranger, to usu her rights. The heiress 0f this fo:rtun a;el the only living descendant of Fra ces Barrison, is my- granddaughter, No inc.' "A. low, mellow, tantalizing laugh a swered me, thcugli 1 outtld see benea his air of bravado his lsttughty faee to pate. • • " •Ah; 1 see, you have been imbibin in the Slowing bowl on this bitter c night,' lie •aholainted, tauntingly. 'An did your wild !flight of imagination ale suggest to you to make your way in this lime* to tell me this fairy story "Without notioiiig the sneering iarl.e ruption 1 told the story of :.0t•ine', nt they, and her t+hiltl's birth, and hew tht daughter of the, vyealtlty woman h been disinherited because she prcferre Ove to wealth; of the young mother' cath, tool how >.Irine' had 'teen ream vitlrout`the'knowlt'cia" that the wealth ild reeluee was her grandmother, eh unlit one day Make the girl her heiress is she Wyss in'duty bcnnnl to d,), 1 not sed, although the sneering smile neve or an instant left his lip., 11n11 he di rut interrlIpt. nle, lndecd, 11•e sorme exams to hear all I had to ,ay, and by degrees the ugly fight Ieft his eyes, key )g in it•s AIM' a• at,urod ine. "He 80.enlelt to look appealingly toward the door. I turned mei ;1ane'ed in that !•action, ton, and beheld standing on he threshold the young woman who had adauitted me, and had 'tethered. me into Cliffoa'tl ('arlisle'a presence. "How long she had been standing there, or if it had been the entire time that 1 h•ad been within that room, I had no means of knowing; but as 1 turned and saw her,. hie made a s�iga to her to leave us, aud,she g11iekly vanished from 52111111. "1 felt, even though elm had closed the door after her, that she. was lietening•at 2 the keyhole, and I knew that my com- panion was of the same opinion from the uervoneneas of his manner and the furtive glam'c' be- cast in that direction. .._is he made ee attempt to aeawer me, I went 'o11 Y 'Though Fiances Ber- gson left all the wills in Ohristendom, I shall see that Noritte has her due. She shall be heiress; to the Barrison millions, 01' my mune is, not Daniel Gordon, That is. 4111, there is.about• it' lle leaned t1) viu'd me breathlessly and enugl)t me by the tu'l l," "Suppose 1. mbaeli17 Norine," he whist. pered, shrilly. 'Would not that settle the matter to your satisfactions' Bye harrier, no!' 1 shouted, almost nrr 'If yaelt'vvitli anger. '1 would not hei',to:yotr, now. 1 would rather a nsand time; see her lying dead at feet. You would marry her for her ley, eh, after aeknowledgi11g! that you not love her, after fairly sneering her. hectiuse her heart hog gone out 70111? ;1k man who would marry a without, loving her is a dastardly 'ldrel, a reseal of the deepest dye,' As you ph ar;r,' he retorted, sem'n- , adding:',But wrest from me the risen millions volt cannot, Despite yaiq t}tn do, all tlst' kinfolk that ht oa e 'forward, the Barrison will ,•s buret^ good. Eresy dollar is be- iiileatl(ld to> lite. Help -yourself or your ne if yo'ii.can. 1 defy you. Good - t, Mr. Daniel Gordon, blacksmith of ey, village. I wish you a very good- ingl,c,liiucliy consider our interview ;•iv: tho my n01 did at. to- girl o-girl 801)11 fully 51ar will .Nori nigh I.tad1 .avers at ale "1' do. pot' krjonv how 1 got out of the pptt got home, Betsey, and now tl lestton is, how shall we tell Nor- ere, was little need, A slips figure; 'a. death -white faee,' had crept qui - into the rogm: It was Norine, and had beard all. house the with' etigs rockville, Ont., at 50 cents a boa she or sax boxes for $2.50, OVER-WORKED 13 E Cause, Rush o 'I3+ lcpc3, Fu ness," i)izzine'as., l '1'. 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