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The Herald, 1910-12-02, Page 9"Oh, my rooms are being. done up, and ?ve moved up here for to -clay. Sit down, will you?" and he'went and put a chair with its back to the door, murmuring, as he did so, in a voice just audible to Joan: "For heaven's sake, nota word!" "Any news?" asked Pontelere. "Tree) confounded seedy. Dreadful luck last night; I'm inclined to tarn up cards and take to the turf again; it's more amus- ing, and a good deal more wholesome" Bertie laughed with the same make- believe carelessness. "Talking of the turf," he said, "I stip- pono Stuart Villiers- will keep a stud now be has come into his pile.' "I've just seen him," said Bertie. "Seems to be making himself scarce," said Lord Pontelere. "Always was a close sort of a fellow. Never half liked. him. Mustn't say so now, though, There's some good shooting at that place of his In Devonshire, isn't there?" "Yes," said Bertie, "I—I suppose he'll marry and settle down now?" he added, keeping his voice as steady as he could, but glancing at the slightly open door; it waved a. little, and he knew that the girl he intended to save waa listening. "Yes, I Suppose so," assented. Lord Pontelere. "He can pick and choose now, I suppose, and marry well. ate has had a fine time of it!. Gone the pace as fast as most men, I should say, and a little faster. Been a good thing for somite of the women if he hadn't been quite such an Adonis!" Bertie's heart seemed to stand still. The critical moment was approaching. "Do you think that he ever behaved unfairly?" he asked, slowly and clearly, so that every word should reach the next room. Joan leant forward, her eyes fixed on the broad back of time titan sitting near her, as if she would drag a negative from him. Lord Pontelere stared. "I thought you were talking of Stuart Villiers!" he said, with a sneer. "So I was," said Bertie, faintly. Load Pontelere laughed in a leisurely, sarcastic fashion. "Did 'he ever behave fairly?" he re- torted, blowing the smoke from his lips. "You must have a bad. memory, Dews- bury. Have you forgotten that .scandal abont Lady George?" "You -yon mean that he tempted her to fly from her bonne with him?" "Of course Ido," assented Lord Pont- elerc. "Didn't Lord George meet Vil- - liars at Calais .ancl..exchange shots? --a ridieulous proceeding nowadays but Lord George was tthvays old-fashioned," - Joan put het hand to her head and clutched the edge of the door. Was this some horrible nightmare these two voices speaking in this way of the man she loved—the man she had. trusted! 'And that is not the only intrigue he hats been mixed up with,' said Bertie, slowly, Lord Pontelere laughed. "The only one! You might put it in a basket with half n dozen others and still find some more to keep it ,com- t)any. 1. telt von that Stuart Villiers bas done more harm in that way than any man in London! Why, you know that, 1 should think!„ White and trembling. Joan put her hand to her lips to crush back the cry that seemed choking her. "Ah," said. 13ertir, after a pause; "and you think—look here, Pontelere; I want to mnlc your opinion. Supposing—mind, this is quite a supposititious case!—I This was quite enough to whet Inc say, snpportiug; Stuart Villiers chanced curiosity and make ]tint desirous of see - to meet a young girl ---an innocent, pure- ing her face. hearted girl. pappose he got this girl He crossed over, and stopping just in to believe in him, told her. in short, that front of her, said in his softest voice: "1 beg your pardon! Did you speak to me 1" Joan, for it was she, dropped her hands from her face, and looked up at hint, Mordanut Royce was never guilty of pert ---do }'on think that he would have starting, ur expressing any emotion re- rnercy on her innocence rend purity?— sembling eurprise, cr he would have that he would, in short, keep hie word starteet• then. As it was h' was egocch- aml--marry Iter?" and he lene'.i back and less for a moment, struck amid) by the wiped the great drops from his fore- wonderful beauty and misery of the head., his eyes fixed on thee opposite girlish face lifted to his gaze, Boar. "1 thought you spoke," he said, softly "Do 1 think if Villia.:es had induced and encouragingly. an innnrent girl to run away with him "No," rasa Jura. Tlun her eyes wan - on the pretrnee et marrying her, that tiered front his face to the trees in front once boning got leer into his power he of her, and then back aloha would keep his promise?" he -said. "Where is We? Whet place is this?" "Yes!"' answered. Bertie, hoarsely.she asked, in a dull, leaden voice. "My dear Berta., if any young Trivial "'This id Hyde l',u'k," he replied, as of yours, anyone in whom you take an natty as before; "are you looking for interest, has been so foolish n.5 to -put 1 al:youc't" such trust in Stuart \'illiars—good t "No, no," rbc murmured, wildly; "no Lord! Stolid, \ lli:Arsi-.,-all I eau say is one,thanks," and she rode sad went that she ie lost! lost! ruined! Peet all I quickly past him. hope and recovery," I Rosie: semoa 7ora m) nr"a t looking a fa ,Toga), with her bunds clenched tightly, r ter her, nerdy temp..cd to follaw; then, her hestrt beating wildly. rose and stag- ; Nei shrug, of hie -ha:r'dere, 13) gent ;sued to 0 door. and held it swaying, to the gate and called it hansom. and backwards and forwards. She felt as if i told time (haver to take hint to Feneharcn vain were going to faint, and meant to f street, i rather than do so. The truth, the I Old -Craddock wee seated on h'- high diet,1 awful t} nt.h. had. struck home to her Siool, poring m1'er h s a :cunnt bink; but heart at last. a„ :.)grist 0f• the gentlemanly dressrel fig - With parted lips she threw '10 her t err, climbed down nn.1 ehut the blit in hands and cried silently "SSA -tart! ' its door. Memos1 Zfy life, my love! Anel you I "Come at last!" he ejaenlated. "Where have done this!" I on earth have you been? Eli! wham Then, matching,* ep her cloak a,ncl hat. i Loire you been. she put than"ol', n.nd opeeimy the door • "What is the Ma titer?" donsnded that led to the landing, passed mtoiseless-; Royce, coolly, taking out n c:eer and ly Ont lighting it. M., , :,...• .r r • 4 Five minutes passed. Bertie kept Lord I'ontolere talking; he knew what ter- rible agony the beautiful girl must be suffering; he would give her time. Indeed; ,he wanted time himself, time to regain bis self-possession and calm- gess. At last he said, absently: "We'll go now, Pontelere! 'Would you mind going on to the stables and telling them to saddle my horse? I've a letter to Write, but I shall be there almost as soon as you!" Lord Pontelere lounged out in his heavy fashion, and Bertie, watching un- til he had ridden away, hurried to the door and opened it. The room was empty! He sprang to the window, dashed to the stairs; the. house was silent; there Was no sign of the slim, girlish figure. Then he came back and sank into a chair, a great pain at his heart, his breast heaving slowly. For a moment his face sank .into his hands, and he murmured: "Gone! and I shall never see her. again!" Then he looked up, and some- thing suspiciously like a tear shone in his honest blue eyes ,and he muttered, "Never mind! I have saved her! Yes, I have -saved her!" CHAPTER XV. About the time Lord Villiers and Joan reached Paddington, Mordaunt Royce was sitting at his breakfast. Now, though Mordaunt Royce was one of the best known men in fashionable London, few knew anything about his inner life—that is, his horse life. For years past he had been the jackal which has found food for Mr. Craddock, of Chain Court, Fenchurch street. It had been his duty to hunt down' the noble game, the rich scions of the. nrietrocacy, and drive them into the den "of his mas- ter, there to be devoured and have their bones pinked clean. But during the last week or two some- thing else had sprung up to employ his acute brain. Ever since Elijah Craddock had told him the story of Stuart Villiers and the lost will, his restless mind had been on the work. the two millions Loomed up before hint, and haunted him day and night, He felt assured, with Craddock, that a- will existed, and that Lord Stuart Villiers had no right to the vast prop- erty, bat he was still no nearer finding the rightful owner, and the rich booty still evaded his g raep. For some time past he had not visited the old man. But' this rnorning-he 'resolved to pay_ ChainCourt a visit; it might be that the old man had something to tell hinr re- specting the two million;; he might have discovered something. It was a lovely morning, and Royce, who enjoyed nature —when she wore her best drew, thought he would go round by the park. Ife lit a choice cigar—one of Lord Ber- tie's by the way, and sauntered through the gates. Mordaunt Royce made hie. way to the end of the gravel path, enol was about to cross the road into Piccadilly, v,•heu he saw a slim, girlish figure hurry over the crossing, and after parsing a moment to look to right and left uneerteiuly, sink ou to one of the scats by the retie, lie was a keen and (lose obssrver, and in an instant he saw that the figure be- longed to a young girl, that it was graceful, and that it was attired in is costume that, though not stylish stud fashionable, was that of a lady. be meant to marry her, and—and" his voice broke and grew hoarse iu his excitement --"and persuaded her to leave her home and fly with him, Hush, not a word! Bear me out. Do you think that he would act honorth!y by „ it been c'pectir.g you for days," ( said old Oraddrl k, N g !v, "i.'ve somne' thing to tell yon," .\n:l he Gold the me, y "f 4,,,,.. \ , :' V1,11+ to the Wold with ilrr Oliver p+e:'+.y, and the dia- TS' tvittnkly stops couith5„ cures col o, J c0l:e rtLvM ,( cs .1 ar,d )xumi rc . w .' r.., coats:. GIVING TO THE WORLD How Ravages of Kidney Dis- ease Are Oneokod !n Quobec. Mrs. Julien Painchand, for Seven Years a Sufferer, Finds Quick Relief and Complete Cure in Uodd's Kid- nes Pills. Whitworth, a.'emise¢l1 lata cotmty, Quo, No. 28.—(Spepialj With the awning of winter the ravages of lS.rdiiey .U:Seit,e are again felt .ti this Province, and the fact that a sure cure' is vouched for in this village is news worth givinu to the world, Mrs, Julien Painchawr is tha person cured, and she states without hesitation that ' she found her cure in Dodd's Kidney Pills. "For seven years miry heart and Kid- neys bothe'r'ed me," Mrs, Paineltaud states, "I was always tired and nervous. I could not sleep. My limbs were heavy and I had a dragging seusittien across the loins. My eyes had dark circles under them and were puffed and swollen. I was so ill I eer•,ld hardly drag myself around to do my tiousewelrk, "A neighbor advised mite to try Dodd's Kidney fills, and I .found relief in the first box. Six boxes made me perfet'tly well." If you have any two of -Mrs. Painch- auds eyntptcrosyour Kidneys ai'e dis- eased. Cure theirs and guard against serious, if not fatal, results, by using Dodd's Kidney Pilar. eovery of the .portrait and its resem- blance to Joau. "Is that ail?" said Royce, coolly. "A matter' of mere resemblance. Where is nothing in that." ' "Nothing in that 1" echoed old Crad- dock. "I tell you the slightest thing may Trove' a .clue,. I tell you this girl; this Joan Ormahy,. ,ll;a-I the .image of the portrait! I never,sitia anything like it'! And remember she le not a daughter of this Colonel Oliver! ale: is his ward, as he calls hen. Nobody knows anything about her! Mark that:" "'There may be something in it," he said, careles.!y, cBut where is the par. trait?" Old Craddock' shli£flcd to a large ante and unlocked it, and brought out it ulaek wooden case. MIordeunt Itoyes stepped forward to look at the portrait with a carelese, non- chalant air, cigar in ]rand_ then sudden- ly he -bent over .the p'cture with en ex- clamation of astonishmen t. ."Well, well!"•demaadecl old Craddoele "What es it?" - "What is 11.?" reiterated Mordaunt Royce, "Why, I saw' i:be original in Hyde Parc tlt1+-3n'ornin:, tui hoar --!Tali an hour <got" "Wrong for ••ra :^,!l,, Nance, my bay! The i;iil that tit ms like is at •l)eer- mumbe, in Deyonsh'•e." "I don't ears=," commenced Itoyce, when the door behind them was shaken violently. The old mad se;zed the portrait, re- stored it to the safe, n:nd, pointing to. t' art inner offine, itrcl until Boyce -had slipped in; then he opened the doer, and a stalwart figure strode. past slim. l.t was Lord Viilinra --pale and agi- tated. Cld::l`:'x:Ell XVI. hIalll an hour after Sam- had glided tremblingly down the stairs and into the street Lord Villiers returned. e' 1a nmoiis, mad obta!4ied as Much infarbaticn • about the laws of marriage in ten min- utes as ma11y men acquire 113 a lifetime; and he has ined,a what arrangements were possible. 'There would be imam de- lay, but it could nut be felt, and he felt that her could still clepwud On Juan's trust and faith iu hint, ,Ac Inc' opened the door of tin' sitting - 100(11 !lies face took upon itP:lf the lover', fund smile, and he had almost spaken lien name when, ou looking round, he saw that the room was empty, and at the same moment 11e nutieed the odor of a recently smoked cigar. It struck slim as i'ath^r strange; he hatd not noticed it when he was looking over the rooms in the morning. However, nu doubt Joan was iei the dressing -room, tunl he would sit down and wtut until she eanu back. • Ten minutes :passed ---ten precious min- utes!—and thea he strode Across the room and knocked gently at the door. There was no answer, and, •fearful of alarming her, he went bark to the chair and tried a little more patience. Then he got up again and this time called to her, gently and quietly. There was still no answer, and puzzled, but not yet alarmed by any means, he rang the bell. • "Has anyone been here, anyone to see Mrs. Newlands"" he enquired, quickly. Now London landladies •aro sharp- witted; they enjoy various and mani- fold experiences, and they learn, like the wild animals, to be cute and. self -defen- sive. Su Mrs. Parsons, scenting; trouble, at first stared blankly at the fireplace, then replied blandly: "Anyone to see lien? Oh, no!" 'Go," said Lord Villiers, his face grow- ing paler as it seemed each moment— "go and look over the house, go and examine the other rooms, upstairs, any- where! She may have mistaken her way. Go quickly, please!" The landlady, still more suspicious, and still more convinced that safety lay in silence and discretion, left the room, and Lord Villiers paced up an down with feverish impatience. "Well?" he demanded, when she re- turned. "No, sir, your gond lady is not in the house; I've looked everywhere -elle must have gone out. sir! She may have run out to buy something—" "No, no, it is impossible!" cried Lord Villiers, hoarsely, "When I came in the door was open --the street door' ' "'.Chen she has slipped out quite un- awares, sir," she said, with an air of conviction." Lord Villiers put hie hand to bis fore- head, vainly trying to leap to some con- clusion, some clue to the mystery. In confused bewilderment he seized his hat, "If if mne wife should return while I am away," he said, "tell her that I shall be back directly, and that she is on no account to leave the house again." "Very well, sir," said Mrs. Parsons, and she let him go without saying a word of Lord Bertie. Where could site go? 'To' whom cook! she fly? The -re was no one! As he pondered, he suddenly remembered Mr. Craddock. Joan had nit him, and. knew that he lived in London, and that he was a lawyer. If she were lost she might recollect the old man. and ask to be taken to him. • The thought gave hila fresh hope, and he went straight^to Chain Court, Fen- cieum'eit street. "Iias anyone called here for me?" he asked. abruptly. "Called here --for you, lay lord? No," said Mr. Craddock, hie head on one side, like a jackdaw's, his eyes fixed curiously on the stern, handsome face.- "Did you expect anyone. my lord?" "Yes—no-1 do nut know," said Lord Villiers, confusedly. The old man, stood regarding hint keenly, "I'm afraid something i, the matter;. some unpleasant busines,; upset your lordship. You couldn't come to anyone more anxious to as,i t you, my lord." "Thanks," broke in Lord Villiers. "I am in great trouble. I ---I have lost a friend --a. dear :;Mend! She was to be my wife." The old man's sharp eyes grew into mere slits as he nodded. "My wife!" repeated Lord Villiers, firmly. "Our marriage was to be a sud- den and secret one "Yes, ,yea." crooned Craddock. ".our lordship had sufficient reasons, no dou'' "life remitted London this morning, I wentbtout for an hour, and on returning found her Alone." •'Gone back to her friend,:' suggested the old maul, with his Bead on one side, "Nee" said Lord Villiers, sternly, "she would not do that; of that, cit least, I am sure. i. thou;;:it so for the moment, but now" 1 amt convinced that it is nut so." "Good, very good, my lord! Your lordship knows best. She must have etep- pceI out to make some purchase and lost r,, r \na)tli .' ed, tt }d 110 doubt the explanation. }sac: a, the nuly ode!' !.naw' time htdy."' ttskod old c;tadduel:. -.see e.aleg 'i,. ' is Mies Je,ar1 Orrns- by," Sala i+ c,.!i"rd. "Joni: Ormsby!" said the old man, dully, ''1he e,a:tie.; lady ahe u.tnonipanie:} ( e'1une•l ..;v. i to tai' whose. face e„ „ly 1aeae.iil.0 the portrait of the Homo' ®q''tETit'ig Ilas it ever oecurred to you trhat a large number of things one can :Dye at Home, and in :that way retake quite a saving i' When on shopping expeditious, you halve often uotieed on !the "Bargain Counters" lientuants' offered at ridicu- lously low prices, .The reaso i for these low prices was not by any gleans on ac- count of the materials being of poor quality, but because the.shades or colors were out of style; the matcriale often being of superior. quality. Now, these bargains could be taken advantage of, and by Dyeing the Goods, the colors could be changed to the most delicate shade of any of the fashionable calors popular at the time, And renletn- ber that it doeau't make the slightest difference whether the goods are Wool, Cotton, Silk or itlbted, as there arc Novae Dyes new that with -the Same Dye, one call calor -cloth of Any Kind perfectly. • You mss possibly have a dross that is hardly worn lit all, but is out of fa:dh- 1e11 118 to color 1tnd style. here again, tlie.ee single 1' --once Dyes step in to help things oat•. Rij) it •tte, Dye it a fashion- able shade, mind`with new patlerne male it lip into a .most stylish gown that will be the envy of your Lady friends. While Summer' Dresses eau be Dyea delicate sit Ilea of any color by using these, new !!omit Dyes very twerth-.--e:ty about an ehritb package to about fist, g; tllo is of it 's net „lube to "\Vest) . ..sieg"e" that these immproved Home Dyes lend their services. 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"1 beg your pardon, my lord, beg your lordsh+p s pardon; 1 was surprised!. Yes, yes. 1 remember the young lady, of course! A very beautiful young lady, and like the portrait—or you thought so; 1 didn't see it myself. Oh, I will find her for you, Lard Villiers! Dear, dear nme, and so young, tool and gone off—disappeared!' "Like a dream," said Lord 'Villiers, more to himself than to the old man. "Find her and 1 will give you a thou- sand pounds." "Yes, yes," assented Mr. Craddock; ave!" and the little eyes shone in ,the dim gaslight. "1'd give a thousand pounds myself, my lord! Meanwhile, my lord, 1 know a man who can find her if anyone cent.' "Take me to him! Bring Was here!" broke in Lord Villiers, eagerly. "Nc•, no," croaked time old man; "that would not do! We must keep your name out of the affair! Let me give our man the instructions, and appear as time principal in the matter. As to money?" Lord Villiers drew his cheque-book out, and going to the desk filled in a cheque for a hundred pounds, which Mr. Craddock, •though !me stuttered some- thing about it not being necessary, promptly pocketed. "Spare mo expense!" said lord Vil- liers "Leave no stone unturned! Un- ing her at once, at ogee!' Mr. Craddock escorted him to the door, bowing and cubing his hands; then be shot the bolt in its place, and shuffling across the room like a mon- key, opened the door of the inner room. "Boyce! Royce!' he cried; "what do you think of this, eh? Fancy the girl's running awoy from hint! He -he! Look- ed rather cut up and disappointed, didn't he? 011, my lord is like the rest of his family, a wild one, a wild onel But he's been tricked this time!" "1 think Stuart Villiers is not such a fool its you think him," said Royee,, slowiy- (To Be Continued-) DDItad' hrls.cures coi• Om throat adungm(,-2cents IrvOriLD'S !BIGGEST APPLE. 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