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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1910-10-28, Page 94 .x ;7�.-•. r'a a <441..4erhli. 14t1.',SIL._§!; GNY`rk'•�"ndV"ne.,terr�{riJAEI'. gtXY'ii. :btu 7t lXiirl'�M1kiia`Yu'tfgr`^.j Every word she uttered made his heart beat faster, and sent his good angel far- ther from him. "You will not have another soon?" "No," she said; "never perhaps." "Never is a long day," he said. "Who knows? There may be plenty of such gifts for you. T am no prophet, but I. will indulge in prophecy on this occasion, and add that I an sure there will be." "Ali, you do not know," said Joan, With- n wistful little smile. "We shall see!" Then he bent down and almost in a whisper said: "Miss Joan. will you grant me a favor?" "I?" she said, opening her gray eyes full upon him. "What favor can I grant you ?" "It has been a happy night for me—I hate told you so already—I should like to carry away some memento •f it. Will you give me that red blossom in your dress?" Joan looked away from him with a vague trouble in her eyes—a look of doubt, almost of fear, "Is it too much to ask?" he said in a whisper; "are you angry? You shall not give it me unless you wish to!" "It is of no use," she said, hurriedly, and trying to laugh; but the laugh died away on her lips. "It is n11 faded, and nearly dead—" "I do not care. I would rather have it now that you have worn it—" He stopped short, for she turned her eyes to him with the troubled book more strongly marked. "i meant that 1 shall value it just as clearly though it is faded. Give it to me!" Joan took the flower from the bosom of het dress, her hands trembling, and she did not notice that be stood in front of her to conceal the action from the of her to conceal the action from the eyes of any who might be watching them. "There it is," she said. holding it out to bine. "Poor flower! It has not been a very happy evening for it!" "Not happy, and it hes beera worn by you!" no said. trying to speak lightly. "Ah, thanks, thanks!" and he thrust it, but gently, inside his coat. `Come, .loan," said the colonel, bustling ups. "where's your things? • Villiers. where ^are yon staving?—at the Royal, I suppose? Right! 4I'll drive over to-enor- row and look you up! We're not going to Tet yon give ns the slip again!" "There.is..no fear of that" he said, quietly- "But don't trouble to come over. 7 want you and the young ladies to come to the. Wold to -morrow and give me your advice. T ani going to fit up some of the rooms." "Mod news! I shall be delighted to come, and T ate sure Julia and Emme- line will; won't yea, girls, eh?" "Oh, delighted!" they echoea in a breath, with their full smiles on. "Thanks." he said quietly. "And. Miss Joan, 1 hope ehe will come also?" The fares of the two girls would have formed a study for a painter of charac- ter. "Eb?" said the colonel. "Oh, eh, yes: but I'm nfrnid .Mise Jona doesn't care for that kind of thing; eh, Joan?" Joan stead with downcast eyes. "Mists Joan is too good-natured to re- fuse her assistance;" said Lord Villiers. in a matter-of-fact voice—how different thought Joan to the low, whispering tones c4 n. moment or two before. "You will come, Miss Joan?" and as he put the frieze cloak around her, he whispered: "Say `yes!" • And Joan faintly obeyed and answer- ed: "Yes!" CHAPTER VL Mr. Craddock not only had his office hi the city; but he lived there also. Very few people live in the city, and at night, as early ,ay as eight o'clock, the great thoro lig; :fere'--which have been kluging the day so thronged by a hurrying, scut- t:lii;.; crowd that one eau scarcely make one's way along the pave- nuenr, -.. are so deserted that, if you are observant, you 1uay sec cats ac- tually running across the roadways. Int Mr, Craddock lived in the city because be liked to be near his wore. and be liks d ?inlet at' night. Iris office was situated in a little dingy <r ,art leading out of ]'-nehureh sere+'t, and here the old gentleman whom ,loan 1:.'':l seen sneaking out of the Wok! 1!vc,l. if existence in a room ten by nine, n'hi:•ii served as a bedroom and c.rau:.,,;; room. and parlor combined, can by called living. ?dr. Craddock was an attorney, but he did riotdo touch in the way of the law. Ile we-; rc ,lr,ri rd to be rie!lt, very rich, end. 501!;1' 1'r, r ous professed great curios- ity sus. ' cr l;rdw- lie got his stoney and how hr e.: r•r - ! it. - A:: n mater of fact, Mr. Elijah Crad- dcel: Ivi.s a money lender. Of course, it was not generally known that he WAS n money lender. By most, by the late Earl of Arrowfiekl, for ]n• stance, lie was looked upon as simply an eceeairic old miser, who chose 10 liw.' in t:. dingy den above his office, because--vvc11, because he liked it and found the air, or want of air, suited him. One evening --two days before the ball at 12:edtifnple--Mr. Craddock sat on his Nei ,,..,z,d,r� ..—w.— �p 4�11 'm'' - colclse heels o 2f.coats. quickly he throat o ad 1 ng s.ttl aures stool - in his office. Every now and then lie looked up at a .crazy, lopsided clock that hung on the wall and ticked creakily; and, as the old thing wheezed out the hour of tea, he was rising from the •stool, when there came a knock at the door, and there entered a young man. lie was tall, and thin. and handsome, having black hair, elosely cut, with a dark mustache. His eyes were dark too, and brilliant, almost too brilliant, so that when lie flashed them around, as he did when he entered Mr. Crad- dock's office, one felt au uneasy .sense of having been pierced by a gimlet. Per- haps he knew of this unpleasant sharp- ness, for after one of these piercing glances, he lowered his lids and hid the black, sharp eyes from observation. ".lust an hour late,!"- said Mr. Crad- dock, pulling out his turnip -faced watch. "Just an hour! Whet. on earth makes you so later" and he snarled until his teeth showed through Itis thin, parched lips, "I .have been dining out!" "Dining out! A pretty time you have of it! And you dine out every day is the week, dressed like—like a door:! He, he!" and he croaked. "Shouldn't won- der if you've forgot that I picked you out of the gutter, out there," and he pointed. into Fenchurch street, "and made a roan of you." "1'm. not likely to forget," said the young man, not at all angrily, "seeing that you so kindly keep it in my mem- ory." "A boy in the gutter—selling luei- fers!"—and addressing the furniture. "Fusees," corrected the young man. "But never mind that. The question is, what do you want now I am here?" He stooped as' she woke, and picked up a piece of paper which lay, half torn across; in the fireplace. It was the inn- keeper's bill at Deercombe, "Dcercombe!" he said, flashing his eyes upon the old man. "Deer—ah, yes, 7 remember, that is Lprd Arrowfield's place—no, not his now! Wiio carne into it? Yes," and he nodded, "Lord Vil- liars," The old man eyed hint admiringly and chuckled with satisfaction. "Good—good! Always rememnber! Never forget anything! That's .one of the first things I taught you, Royce! And taught you everythilrg. elt? Yes, I've been down •t'o' ;t1rt ; Wold 'est Deer- eombet Beautiful place, Royce—and money! Money!" :and he heldyup, his hands. "Nearly two millions!" The young lean raised his eyebrow• s. "tlo •much?" "Quite! And—and. all belongs to Lord Villiers." Royce turned and looked at hirer with a strange smile. "You surely don't mean- to suggest that it is of any use trying to make money out of hint?"' he said' ivitli a laugh. "Lord Villiers! If any man knows the world he does; too well for us, Craddock. Depend upon it, he'll keep his two millions!" "Hush !" said Mr. Craddock, and hob- bling to the door he turned the key. Don't speak too loud, Royce; that old eat of a housekeeper is not so deaf as she pretends to be. Reep his two mil- lion, will he? I'm not so sure of that!" and he fixed his small black eyes on the dark keen ones above him. CHAPTER VII. Royce turned and shot a keen glance at old Craddock, then bent over the fire again. "I'm not sure that Lord Stuart Vil- liers will keep his two millions, Royce," repeated Craddock, Ile climbed on to the stool and stared down at the young- er man, with his head on one side, and his small beady eyes like a raven's. "I'm not so sure, Royce!" "The Weld was not entailed, I think." "There!" exclaimed old Craddock, addressing the clock with an impish tone of trtu'nnlz—"there's a start for von —don't ask any questions! Nob he! a''4orns dune to tile runs of the matter like a mite! Right, Royce; right, Mor - daunt, my boy; the Wold was not en- tailed. The old earl could do what ho liked with it, every rod of it,, and ev- ery penny of his maul He could leave it to me --to me if he lined--'.' "Instead of which, he left to Stuart Villiers," said Mordaunt Royce. "I re- member you drew the will yourself." "I did," assented old Craddock, "and a very rood will it was." "Leaving it all to Lord Villiers," raid Mordaunt Royce. "Well, I don't sec—no ora disputes the will, 1 sup- pose " "No one, at present," said the old man. "Mimi to the pints carefully. There's two n' lieges of money in this business. The E,•, -i of A.rrowield--im- el.=.Ply rich and livin.g entirely alone, po.ea&ed of a vast fortuue, quite mien - Cumbered, quite urlentailed. Who is leo to lea,e it to? As far as the world knows, his nearest relation is Stuart liars—a young man he doesn't get on with, a man he has quarreled with — but still his nearest kith and kin, and his natural heir. Point one. Royce. Now, then; it was not generally known, :Royce, that the Earl of Arrowfield was mar- ried. lie married beneath him—out of pique, they say—to annoy a woman who had jilted frim. It was just like him Anyhow, his wife and he dM r -t agree, They separated, Royce --but Wier before a child was born, A daughter.- Point two." Roree•nodded. ` 1 see." HE FARED BLOOD PSN: But Zam•Buk Bayed His Thumb Once again a ease is reported in whleh the popular bairn /Lam -Buie bas saved a worker from the terrible ,effects of blued poisoning dr. ;Alfred zR'. Orth, u: Shipley, Ont., says: "While at work 1 had the misfor,,une to run a rusty nail under my thumb nail,',. td the depth , of about one. and 'a halt irtvthes, The pain 'was terrible and' what 1 feared was that the nail, being so dirty and rusty,would set up festering and blood-poisun. I knew from previous experience how' good tam-Buk was, so .I cleaned the thumb, melted a little Zam-Bu'k;..aild ran it Into the wound. The result was wonderful! It soothed the pain and the thumb 'act- ually did not swell. Garb -Buie kept away all. inflammation. I was able to go on with 'my work all the time, and In a few days the thumb was as good as ever. A balm which can do this should be In every working man's Borne." Zam-Buk Is the finest 'form of "insur- ance" for all workers. Its antiseptic Power is so great that no disease germ can live In it; and if immediatciy epUlled to a sore or injury, or diseased patch, all darer of blood -poisoning is averted. Tieing composed of pure vegetable es- sences; Zam-Buk is an ':ideal 'baler for babies and young children, and mothers will find it far superior to the ordinary salves, some of which coutairt harmful mineral poisons, rancid animal fats, etc. Zam-Buk is a sure cure for ulcers. abscesses, eczema, ringworm, blood- pcison, scalp sores, chapped bands, cold sures, inflamed patches, had leg, varicose veins and ulcers, piles, cuts, burns bruises and all skin diseases and Injuries, sold by all druggists and storekeepers at 3oc a box, 3 for 31.25. Post free from Zam- .Luk Co., Toronto, for price. Avoid harm- ful imitations and substitutes. "Yes; so that there were two relatives nearer than Stuart Villiars." "Yes, but the countess died, and the daughter also " said Royce. "Yes; the countess died, I know, and. the daughter, so it was understood; but who saw her die—who buried her? He didn't go to his wife's, funeral, he didn't go to his daughter's funeral—if she ever was buried. Anybody might have told him that they were dead; and he would havo believed it—just because he want- ed to." "Then you think,",, said Royce, slowly, "that the daughter is alive?" "No," said old Craddock; "I think she is dead now; but I don't think she died when he thought she did, and if she didn't all sorts of things might have happened! She might have married — might have had a child; if so, that child, supposing it to be alive, would be the natural heir to the Wold and the money, in place of. Stuart Mars. A short time before died the old earl sent for me; itvas an urgent mes- sage, and it came 'zcr' itatlte •-'Wold. I should have gone; b'14T was laid up with the cursed rheumatism and c"uldn't move. When 1 did get down theve, tae old man had flown again, I wrote do hetet offering to go wherever 11e' wisbae ; but he wouldn't havo it. Simply said die had done the business he wanted to r+ee me about for himself, and I needn't 'rotaom Now, Royce, what was that business? He wanted to make a fresh will!" Royce looked incredulous. "Yes, that was it! How do I know it Well, 1 didn't know it, I guessed It by the old man's movements. Ile hadn't been to the Wold for years. He hadn't mentioned his wife'sname for years. What does he do when he gets down to the 'place? ,Shuts himself up in the library, sleeps in the room where he and his wife used to sleep; had her portrait brought down from the gal- lery, and placed on a chair in front of him, so that he can see it where he sits. Spends the day mooning about the old lumber rooms, where the countess' dress- es and things have been pushed away, and hastily—mark ate, Royce -hastily writes some document, with two of the servants as witnesses." Royce smiled. ' "A very pretty atony," lie said, "hut it is all mess work, and worth nothing. ARE KNOWN AS THE FRE FU Dodd's Kidney Phis Dbing Great Work in the Prairies, Michael Anderson Joins the Thron; Who Arc Shout:., Their Praises— They Cured His t- ravel and F'?h u- rnatiom. Pine Valley, Man.. Oct. 1d; (Spec/all. —Michael Anderso a Weil -known far- mer living n:, -l' 11,,re 1s iticletl to t1 number cif tnos,• w 11yc sent the e echoing over that `Dodd' Ed- ney I'il)s lire the r tar's friend," dnI truly :,ir. Ander:, >: ..(s reasoA tl the groat Ctua:ii•r dL1ey remedy. ten to his exp,+die "A strain :t;11.1 11 1,1 cold started ray troubles," says lir, nderso ., 'rigid fiat' twelve lo't g years 1 1S is • t victim of Kidney trouble, lir ,•.natisni ,trail Cray - el. Doctors atter ,e,l rule and 1. tried many medicines, hut they did not core me, Dodd's I idne 1ih; cured me in less than ono luno 1. 11 is east• to d.i u1;; thief; %rhea you know how. Mr, .1n l ee sore went right to the root of his trouble ITP cured his Kidneys by using Dodd's Ridnery Pills and with the toot gone the other diseases disappeared. Dodd's man". Pills always make healthy kidneys an d with healthy kiJu eyr;,ul you ean'Li have Rheumatism or Gravel, `7 nut' 1riclined to think that he didn't rnoke a fresh will." ' • "Theo.' for once ,1001 cleverness lee, at fault, Royce" reterted`Crcuad.oek, trium- phantly, ' Fur be cli•!l!. t don't .,g'ness this time—I know! Why? I1eeemee he wrote to Stuart Villiers, 14'1114 him that he meant. to disinherit limy, and that he had left the'^ property; to one more fully mitii'. s to it, . For the first tture. the yonlyg'man's face was tureed on Cl'addue ,,,»'tflt sharp, open surprise. "Al," hs' suid. "Iloss' <lo you know all this?" "1 saw the letter!" said old Craddock, in a hoarse • whisper. '''Stuart Villiers rend it to me on the terrace of the Weld!" Royce's keen eyes flan.bed. "You went there to--•-" The• old man nodded. "'1'o look for the last will ---the will the earl went down there to make; the will he made with his wife's portrait be- fore him." "You found nothing at the Wold?" Royee asked, Ids voice soft anti thought- ful. Mr. Craddock shook his head. "Nothing. 1 was there for hours. 7 searched the library carefully. It had been locked up after he left, and un- disturbed," "In whose favor was the last will made:?" ".1,h," groaned the old man, "if we could tell that-" "You have found no one then?" said Royt'e. "No ole." responded Mr. Craddock, gloomily. "The countess had a daugh- ter, there is no doubt about that; she herself died, there is no doubt about tdicthata--•; the daughter is supposed to have "'There is doubt about that?" "Yes!" said the old man, sullenly, stubbornly. "Royce. I believe she lived to marry and give birth to the heir of all this property, but where. is ::he?" and he stretched out his skinny hands. "No traee of her at all?" "Not the faintest. She disappeared es completely as if --if she had been a shadow," said Mr. Craddock.. Royce was silentf ro a moment, then he laughed. "It is a pretty problem, with two Sides. To find the Pal'l's last will and to find the person in whose favor it was made! Most people consider one question of that kind. difficult enough," he added. "But not you; not yon, Royce!" said the old man, clutching his arae eagerly. "Not you! You won't make 11111011 of it; you're too clever! ,And T taught you, didn't I, ltoyce, eh? And look at the money that's to be made out of it! Thousands! We alight make terms with the person whose favor the will is in. or with Stuart Villiars himself; it could be worked either way." "If you had the wid and the person to whom the old earl really left his mon- ey," laid Morelannt Royce. He spoke reairiil d y, with 11's eyes fixe'cl ritt7iw-fire, his opera flat held before his lips, his lona. white hands playing a soft tune on the crown. The old man watched him cl arely, nar- row•ly. "You're thinking of something. Royce," he declared it' his shrill suppressed treble. "You're thinking of sum, thing, I I:Low you :u;': Z'ot;'l- at wort: on it already, eh? I knew you'd take and hang on to it; that's why I told you. 7 saki tii Inyself, ha're's a east' for Boyce, this is the sort cf business he'll take to Didn't at once.1)uu't ] know lu? l train him up azul teach hilt--" The you:t;; man took out his watch; a handsome repeater, in gold, !raving a plain but costly chain affixed. "I must get back," he said, quietly, passing by the Old Man's encomiums. "Lord Dewsbury has a party at his rooms, and they expect me." "•1h1" said toe mil man, eyeing hint helf-admiringly, half -impatiently. And you are going to speller the ei ehiitg with a viscount and other noblemen, and you'll hold your heart sus high as any of 'em, ruffle it with the oast of 'eat, and win their money of 'OIs, eh, Royce; and slap theist en the back and call 'ern 'Dewsbury,' arid '1'.mteterc,' at, if they were mere nob>die ; and they won't miner it, but be proud to claim the friendship of such a eleven, handsome, nceore/Weer a f.•:low as Mord:unit Royce'. (tuud lord: hits surprised they'd be if 1 dropped i::.tit.l in 0 quiet. friendly sent of 5 117, '1 i ! : 1 this young gen- tleman out of tbe gut a.':, my lords; h•' deed t>sell 1... • es; w zit da yeti think of 1l:as a tidal', e:1 " '1.' eo';i be bur- "1 Blare say," a ,'nt rl the young man with pmfeet, e1+'111:•- , tiuia young lies nmetaeh.e by very ..1 a t,tu!1e. "But per- eees t.. W;.11:'10%; .t er, out. oa •.::.t! 1.. ,`�:.. i.'','!'., ir,1 ]'tier s!:e> Ila: i 1: a rt r!! 1. >ng It'e;.,,> i' L'i••i:' dl in a 'd tt. •rr 1 el t t ' f: ,n tl e1 .e t,.,l ti !,ti ., ,. i..! • eq11.1e Abl.. ti n', i ;of,t, , lid the t:tii, well-dress- ed `il lr' s- ed t:+, .•0 :ii 311 ,1 r!>rwav was gn c.: ted s: i; it d• <. id ...1 1! welt" *'u,•, •T:Ped' los s!^ 1 •s •, (x11. 'Royce! Where, hiv, yin boon ?" O;r. don't e! ii oche r, h 1"t4 i'10 'v. • not of hint! Boyce has always 8o11re mysterious uppoin.lnrnt to 1.•el,, !:s •it a dtebes.t this -tbno. and hove. you been , . .1 nit. CAUSE AND CURE OF RHEUMATISM Due to Impurities in the Blood --- Cured by Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. The most notieeable and immediate re- sult of rheumatism is a marked thin- ning of the blood, and in duo disease does it develop More. rapidly. Not only does the blood become weal,:, but it is soon filled with impurities, which the different organs of the body have been unable to throw off. One of the most harmful of these impurities is uric aeid, which is formed from the waste pro- ducts of the body. In health it is read- ily passed off by the kidneys with the help of oxygen from the red corpuscles of the blood. Without oxygen the kid- neys are unable to rid the system of thin acid and it is retained in the blood and distributed to all parts of .the body. The weak back, pains across the kid- neys and thin scanty, highly colored se- cretions, which follow, show that the acid is already in the blood •and often leads the sufferer to think he has kidney tro- uble. If the disease i,, not driven out of the blood. rheumatism can never be cured, and the sufferer will always be subject to attacks, whenever exposed to damp or cold. With each returning attack the pain becomes more severe and complications often arise making necessary the use of -habit forming drugs to relieve pain. It is readilly seen that the only way to eure rheumatism is through the blood.• Dr, Williams' Pink Pills afford such a treatment as they contain all the elements necessary to build up and purify the blood. They increase its oxygen earrying capacity enabling the kidneys to pass the uric acid from the body and the other organs to do their work. This rheumatism is reached at its root and permanently cured. Dr. 1Villiams' Pink Pills are absolutely free from all habit-forming drugs, and are riot an experiment as the following case will show; Mr. W. Studley Lewis, Pilot Mound, Man., says: "I am a firm be- liever in Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and always keep some by me in ease of need. A few years ago while teaching school I suffered so much with rheumatism in my amts and shoulders that I had the greatest difficulty in writing on the blackboard, and after trying a number of remedies without benefit, I was al- most in despair, and felt inclined to abandon teaching. But one day I hap- pened to pick up one of Dr. Williams' almanacs. and read of the cure of a number of severe cases of rheumatism through the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. This decided ere to give the Pills a trial, and I had only taken them a few weeks when I felt much better, In the course of a few weeks more the pains and stiffness had all left mo, and I had no more difficulty in doing my work. 1 cannot say enough in praise of 1)r. Williams' Pink Pills for they and they alone cured me of my rheu- matism: Sold by all medicine -dealers or by mei! at .50 Neils s a box, or six boxes for $2.50 from The 1)r. Williams' Medicine hr,"kville. Ont, riding. in her carriage, Royce, or is It little Tonle of tate Frivolity!" Boyce laughed, and pulled off his gloves leiettl'ely. "Here, come and take my plaee!" said a fair-haired, blue-eyed ,wrung fellow who eat at the card table. "gunge and take my place and change the luck; these fellows are winning everything!' and he laughed a merry, careless laugh which chimed hi with the music. The speaker was Bettie, Viscount Dewsbury, who had come into the title and estates—the estates Mr. Craddock so much desired to grab -••-a couple of years ego, and, short though the time had been, had managed to prove the Lruth of the assertion that wealth had wings. Royce went up to hind and put a white hand on his shuulder, and the young viscount looked ut, al. ]liar with frank affection, with a look of beyis11 delight nr,d pleasure at his „ppt'arance that might have touched even Mordaunt .luyeide heart. "Coote and sit down, old fellow! You artist be cold; year Aimee feels damp. Bring 11r. wove: sate win.!:" he galled to a footman. tay w'bdr'e you are," Sar Ituv e, 11 .ing hi:n •rt..tle inti his seal- '•1'11 ]1i:1y with you ag.tit:s' P.,utel're if he Tikes. Lord Pon;;!:' c 1 ;irk, heavy -featured mut':. with 1i>irk lips, 1,1 „ hull -.lug ex- '1tr-'on:, 1tr.l,l. 1 "As t;on !:kt'; int 1 h•.eee Paul' e.rn' i!0011 •l lade won't ..:10:1 you o, -night. I was nearly dleane.l. .. ; 1,1st ss' "k" (To be Continued.) ar. c':ly mon,: co ties, cores cot•4s, heals din throe.: a,sr:1::n4n. a a 23 sous. n1 -I re,•^ i"T't.,E .t' .e t_ -MANNERS. l'::rspore ret 10(111'0-A10 lir e .',berg Who, 1.0 "p et 11:1 :ilO . cis guie:cry akt i..ty we tddi III:e, inrleI;;n i>1 la:,rslt Ian - e t•'wtzrr?s the girl clerks, 11100 been. r,d.cr;•11y l:.rdught to book by the i.ele- viione n llinir:stltliicn of eope>atngen. .tt 1:1:t it was found difficult to identify the e 1'fcr rut.;, so a 1,r.tnlaphoue appara- ti. ' sons it tal1P5 at the central W.:- Chat:we. The moniker n subscriber began to u.'e nnsot.rnly language the girl would have it recorded by the gramophone. Some of the wot:t offenders were srimntunrd to the directors' office, and when they dented their hasy remarks t;tt•>y were convicted by 0n exact repiti- tion in their own voice on the gratno- ehone. Telephone manners In Copes- ltwgezt has as a result improved.