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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1911-03-24, Page 7.0110':4,` "14 ,�r; l"era .'',a.,: 'x6.07.'0 4/4. reateseleameee 10111,:!#40,k,15.1,",?;,/,,N y;t) as for Stuart Villiers, he sat watching hiu 'campanions with a rather grave air; nae a matter -of fact ho neither saw nor regarded them. He was thinking at that moment of Deerscotnbe cliffs and Joun. IA girl he had loved and lost. •"BBetter tht;ia,. he ;said to Himself for • the hun- alreth' time that morning.' "Life is t bitter -mockery; it is time I had clone with it." • The. count came forward. "I. ani afraid that Lord Dewsbury la si111 resolved to withhold any apology any lord, therefore—" "I am ready," said Lord Villiers. Fairfax and the count paced chit the .ground, and the two men walked to their places and faced each other.. •J gleans of passionate anger shot from Bertie's eyes as he .fixed them sternly upon the pale, wan face opposite him; hut Stuart Villiers returned -hie gaze with calm, unruffled gravity. "Now," said the count, in an under- tone, as he. handed the pistol to Stuart Villiers, "aim low; keep your fingers steady. You are partly shadowed by the trees," he added, in a quick whisper. Lord Fairfax took out his red silk hauldkerchjef and walked to a little dis- tux se, so that they might see him; then, raising the handkerchief, paused while he could count three. At that moment the two Iuen stood tvi$11 their pistols raised. The count saw a faint senile, half bit- ter, half sad, cross the -face of his prisi- eipal, and as the handkerchief fell he not:eed with horror Haat .Stuart 'Villiers had raised his pistol towards the,.sky. Be had aimed d above Lord Dewsbury's head, Ale exclamation of amazement and annoyance burst from his lips as the tv,,, sharp reports rang across the• plain. At the sante moment a cry broke front Lead Fairfax- cry of horrified warn- ing. At the second the handkerchief drop- ped a wonuatt had sprung front amonget the mem: and thrown herself, without a were+, upon Stuart Villiers' breast. The men stood for an Institut paraalyz- ed wild motionless; then the -count d•tail- ad :forward to the epot where Stuart Vil- Bai's Mood holding the lifeless woman int h ,`, arms. "•Great Heavens! What is it?—what ham happened? Is she killed?" demanded Loral Fairfax. White and speechless, Stuart Villiers bent over her and turned her face to the eky. it was ?Miss Mazurka: Brtte carne .up with a quiet. stride. whit .e fa .rise 'lips; gild trenThlfng arlf t dread and remorse. • • "Who is it?" he said, hoarsely. "Js— the hotel -no, they wouldn't• tell zee nnyt'hingteeibut .E • guessed. .l guessed. Aire thet • rnornent and ---and----" She. shuddered, , "Would to heaven you lied been an- other ntoutetitl",muttered ,tunas Vii- liars, brokenly, "That ,Mullet won td. have struck me, ineteadaet yon!" • ' A faint guide broke on her white lips, "Alii! is that truer' • "It is true, senora!" Said the cotinat, grimly, "You have saved .his lordship's life," "Really!" ebe exclaimed, taillt,A laugh thatt was broken and uncertaihi. r•1heu --then—I was not too late, after el!— nor too soon!" She rose to her feet, but still clung weak and trembling to Stuart Villins' arm, which. supported her. "Oh•- what does it all mean?" she de- manded, piteously, looking from hint to .Bertie,•who stood with folded arms and dotvneaat face. "Why did you do it? Why have you two quarrelled?" Stuart Villiers was silent, and she turned to Bertie, "Why dict you want to kill itim? Ile didn't fire at you; I saw his pistol fired in the air. Whet have you gnerr eled abotet?" , The count interposed, hat in hand, and with all the suttee courtesy of an Italian gentleman. "Let me implore the signora not to distress herself; she is weak and 111. from this lamentable wound. If the senora will permit the honor of conducting her to her hotel?" She :turned from hien impatiently, "Can't either of you speak?" elm de- manded, her eyes flushing on Bertie and Stuart Villiers. "Can't you tell me the truth, 1Vhat did you quarrel about? Why did you want to kill him? Ile hadn't any quarrel with you," she aakod wildly of Bertie. Bertie raised has eyes and looked gloomily at Stuart Villiers, "Ile will tell you," be said. "1Ve11, tell xne!" rhe insisted, turning het eyes upon him. He shuok his head. "j cannot," he said; "lead Dewsbury knows: 1 do not," .She burst into a low,hysterical laugh. "You are mad, both of you," she said. 'Talk about women being unreasonable,! Here are two men, two superior beings, two noblemen, come 'tut hi the morning to shoot each other, and they don't know why 1" Bertie's face flushed. "Lord Villiers can tell you," he said, "Fte •has"cr•iieliy wronged a lady, whose name—se" "Is Ida Trevelyau, of whom I know 'BOW BMi BOWELS POISON THHE, B1Qt'B. lee" Ile could say no more, but stood nothing," said Stuart! 'Villiers, with bit - staring from one to the other. ter self -scorn. Stuart Villiers had sunk on his knees, Mise; Mazurka stared from one to the holding the girl in his arms, what: the e eteet. poured some brandy between her lip: "this ----bell is an unifort,uuale eontre- i,eu x>4, gentlemen t" he said, with intense gravity. "Milers's, you had best seek a maim 'of :safety; ;iron can do no good re- maining. C ant something of a surgeon, end will undertake the respoasibiiity. 1 ea taae name of 'Heaven, leave the plaee eneke for Spain. Lord Vilhirs and 1 will see the matter through." 13ertie shook his, head. "I shall remain." he said. huskily. The count shrugged his shoulders. "Tut, tut! This ---this is serious, gen- ;J.r•,a-tu:" he snid. "A duel between two .stense is one thing;, but the death of a lady ire another. Fly while there's time." "Eu.elt1" shuttered Stuart 'illiars; "ah<e is not deed!" and he pointed to a Hee of red trickling from ruder the sleeve of her dress. "Thank heaven!" murmured the s:ou>.t, "tilie is alive1 Gentle men—ad- ripening turd Fairfax and Bertie--"go into the city and send a carriage. Lose no time. Every moment may be prec- Lord Fgirfue .'erted off at a run, halt llertie still remained. '('l" count ripped up lite sleeve with iris reissoras, laying bare the white atm, ;and ?our l the tvotuul. After a tam ntrra s examination, he looted up with nnink breath at relief. "A tnirecuiaue reeaapo!" he said, in a low voice, "The bullet gess grazed the flesh, that is all: Clive me the brandy again.' Lord 1)ewebury, there is a pool of water behind those trees, Wet this Isanc,kcrchief." The count succeeded is foreing a lit- tle brandy thtough the clenched teeth, and bathed the •poor girl's face; and preeentl-v she enema her •oyes. Far a moment she turned thein wildly .upon eneh •of them, then they rested upon tate worn face of Stuart Villiers bending over her. and, with a look that Muo ;e him to the heart, he breathed • fait,i iy "Yeti. --yoomat•e last hurt?" }Me lips moral ooee or twice before he .•cull Speak audibly, "Nol Ito! But yon-• ivhy_.-why did you do tt?." gam . raised herself Inc a Moment, J:hen tank back into bins arioa, and cried • ellertly and quietly. "ha 1 thonghtt I-altonid be too late,'; she rutted, turning her eyes"plfcously from ,one to • the ocher. "a thought 1 . • tshotulrl never ggeLhere! .;They told me a at, ay otlekl$, stove eneiptrt. aa+3d colds, heels ime tiaras? nett Breve,,, - . - 33 touts. Dr. lbrniton (Clearly Explains Cer- tain Health Facts , You ought to .Know, din the first plate let us eleurly under- stand the senses thaa't:lead'lip Le Mid bowels. the stoauarh muscles grow' weak; hien indigestion creeps in. Soon the contents of the stomach turn sour arid ferment. .'laic decayed food matter brings on con- atipatioit and pois•oxun thes blood, just ;the, same as the putrid contents of the stomach would spoil water it it were added. • it is admitted that certain poisons taken into tine mouth amused death, and it is just as certain that the poisons ab- corbed into the blood from sluggish newels will quickly destroy health and vitality. Therefore, by allowing consti- pation to run on, you are just as surely poisoning yourself as the :Berson wino takes strychnine 'You are also bound to suffer from breath so vile as to make you disgusting: to suffer also from sal- low akin, pimples, boils, .cornett/ant head- ache and stomach distress: Although numerous remedies are in the market for constipation, stomach distress, headache and bowel eoniplaint, yet not one compares in power to cure with Dr. Ilarrtilton's Pills of Mandrake and Butternut. By raiding digestion and building up weal( atomac1ne to a, condi- tion of health and vigor, 3)1'. Hamilton's Pills are bound to restore your lost or failing strength in a short time. If you are sick at your stomach, if you lack appetite, if your color is bad, your blood pool', your strength run down—then you need Dr. Hamilton's Pills, and they will surely cure you --quickly and per- manently too. All dealers sell Dr. Ram- ilton's`Pills, 25e per box.' • By mail from the Catarrhozone Co., 'Kingston, Ont, other, then she leant her faee on Stuart Villiers' arm and cried and laughed in a breath. "Ida T'revelyan! Isla. Trove/yen of the Coronet!" and site repeated the name. "And you don't know her!" Stuart Villiers shook his head. 'But do not let us linger here," he said. "Your wound--" "Bother my wound!" site retorted, stan:piug her foot. "It is a scratch, acid not much of that. Don't. talk about it, or l' shall go mad. And i1• is Ida ¶t'revelytn you were quarreling about, and you don't know who she is?" she demanded of Lord Villiers. "No," he said. glancing at Bertio coldly, whose face flushed red and fiercely. "Lord Villiers may not know her by that name," he said. "But if he remem- bers the lady whom he induced to leave her home and fly with him to London, rand who left him—was snatched from his clutches—" "Oh, hush, hush !" cried Miss Maz- urka, turning to him, then putting her hands upon Stuart Villiers' breast im- ploringly and soothingly, far he had gone white as a ghost and was tremb- ling. "Don't say a word more. Do you hear! You—you owe me something, Lord Dewsbury, and you can pay it that way—by holding your tongue. There is a mistake, do you hear?" "A mistake?" muttered Bertie. ',Yes!" she said, vehemently. "A, mistake! I tell you so, and 1 can prove it, but not now. And 1 never will unless you promise both of you to hold your tongues. As for you," to Bertin, "you have been fooled, and so has he. And I will tell you by Whom some day, and before long. But root a, word will I say witless you part as friends.,, "A, mistake?" said Bertin, hoarsely. "What mistake can there be? I know the lady—I have left her only a few days ago--" "Hold your tongue?" she screamed, furiously. 'There, go away! Go home and wait there till I send you word. You can't refuse. You nearly killed mo, didn't you—rad you owe me soinethitag'. Bertie leaked from one to the other with deep agitaton. "There is some mystery I I. can't 'fathom," lie said, candidly. "There is," she said, quickly. ' "But I can fathom it, and I will—when I please. And 1 don't please now. I won't, say a word!' There, you two make, fr deds, or—or—"oleo burst into a hys- 'teriea'i;laugh—"or:I shall faint again." "Anything to pieeente so dreadful a exelaini•ed the con oal;amit , ut, w}ao had been looking and listening in cm- asement, and more than ever convignetd float tlaa Englteth were all matt. `"Iaord Dewsbury, Lord Villiers, you have ex- changed shots; your honor, inilondss, has been vindicated. I echo the peaceful desire of the ,senora that you do shake hands." "Look sharp," said .?disc Mazurka, as if they were two shcoolboys. "If I don't keep rty promise, and make it all plain to you, why—why you pian fight over again, you ittnow," Lord Bertin eazne forward and extend- ed his hand. • "If I have done Lord Villiers a wrong--" be said, gravely, anxious- ly. Stuart Villiers took his 'baud and held it for a. moment. era, "No doubt yea know what it is i li xuearas, bub as for tee--" Lie mired itis hands to denote; utter bewilderment, Stuart Villiers -shook his head, "No," he said. "But I can wait. I can rely upon this laady' fti "A'heave wonaia; a magnifieent crea- ture," exelairned the count, enthusiasti- cally, and kissing his hand. in the direc- tion the camniege had taken. "•,3h, Opt is tile, wonderment of your countrywo- suen, nay lord. too quiet, so dove -like in repose, and yet when the moment calls tt•ey soar like eagles: Your lordship is a f9rtunate xnan, and to bre envied" Stuart 'Viiliams 'elteolsa his }lend. "':Che lady is niy irierid-;to More," he said, biting Ids lip, "What she bas done was prompted by friendship" "Oly , yes; of a •certainly, no doubt," said the count', with polite incredulity. "Well, my. lord, I congratulate .you on the possession of such a—friend. I go now to my muse:. If your lordship should require my poor eervicea again in the matter, I am at your lordship's service," and he raised. his hat. Stuart Villiers held out his hand with a grim smile. "Thank you, count," he said. "1 am very grateful; but Ido not think either Lord Dewsbury Or myself will require to exchange shots egain." "Ab, well," murmured the count. "When there is a lady in the ease, one never knows where it will Mid," and he tucedkoff- ed his cane under his arm and walk - Stuart illiui:s, left alone, paced up and down in the shadow of the trees for some minutes. Why had Miss Mazurka returned to Monte Carlo, and what mysterious com- munication had site to make to hitn? Who was this Ida 'freve]yae who seemed to be mixed up with his fate in this strange fashion? Ills anxiety respecting this brave girl who had thrown herself between hire and Lord Bertie's bullet would not per- mit him to ponder over the mystery. 'ile beat thing he -could do was to re- turn to the hotel and see that shelled medical assistance. Ile walked back quiekl,y, and wenn to his rooms to send a message to her, but as he rang the bell the footman brought him 0 note. it was front 31isa Mazurka. "I am goingback to London by the Pink ('ills and 'I clreided t:, try them. next train, and you must come with .tnc. After using the pills for several weeks I've seen a doctor. and be says 1 ant ire.see that. tht p v;srrce helping all right. Pie resting, and too tired to rue, aril '1 ci,ntinue.;i t;akin} there until a I had used nine cr ten boxe3 when tallto erery acym to:u of ttt trouble Mai d]s Ilat sent word by her maid that ]:e p • Y,;. would do whatever her mistress wished appeairerl unci ( rr,uut alk as well as ltim, and dome iii Li ctions to ltI' Heart t`t•er• t sli,1. 1lad I known of Dr, 't'iril• Hams' Piol P]iIs eaulitr 1 would have to prepare. for the journey. hers, a it ig saved niyat'lf much suffering.; :and much. money emelt in outer useless treatment a welt." 'Whether you are ailing; o• not a few 'boxes of Dr. Williams' Pink Pills will inerease your vitality and give you in• nreased strength to withstand the tor- rid sutnnaer weather coming, when even the strongest feel easily fagged out. You can get these pills from any deal - main medieires or by mail at. 50 -cents a box or six boxes for 1,:i0 from The 'r )r. Williams' Medicine Co., llroekvitie, Out. "Thank you, Dewsbury," he said,, his voice broken and leer. "1 eau say that you have. If you knew all—but I can- lnot tell you. She of *limn y'�e speak was to have been my wife ' - paused for a moment, ,streggl rigs+ tvit%n his can- otion, 'thea, weat eln slotrly, i-+Irprc•s:~ively —"she is dead." "Do you hear;" broke in Miss Haar- urka, sharply, .end frowning at him sig- nificantly. "She is dead! Now, not a word morel" for Lord Bertie, staring with astonishment. was • opening his mouth to speak. "Go to the hotel. I've something to tell yon, wheal it suits me, that will open your eyes far wider even than they are! Uh, here's the carriage and my maid at last !" she exclaimed, as the carriage drove up ,'with Lord Fairfax on the box. Stuart Villiers assisted her in, and offered to go with her, but she kook her head at luny. "No. I want to be aldnne and think. My head's in a -whirl, and it all depends upon me. You go home and wait till I send for you " And with a gla`nco, half tender, half imperious, ehe drew up the window, and the carriage started. Bertie had gene, and the eouni, whose head Dues in quite as confused a whirl as Miss Mazurka's, phckcd up his pie - toms and eeurgioal instruments, htunmiug au air from ""Luerezia Borgia." "".A meat extraordinary finale, 017 lord," he eaid, shrugging his should - CARRIED GLADNESS TOTHIS HOME Mrs. Annie VanveeSt's Heart Disease Cured by - Dodd's Kidney Pills. She Found Quick Relief in the Old. Reliable Kidney Remedy, and Ad- vises All Her Friends to -lyse Dodd's Kidney Pills. St. Benedict, Sask., March 80,-- (Spc- eial).-•--C3ladnees has replaced the anxi- ety that reigned in the household of MTs. Annie Vanvorat of this place, For some time past Mrs. Vanvorst ha.d suf fered from kidney Trouble and palpi- tation of the heart, and fen's were en- tertained of those terribly sudden fatal- ities that so frequently accompany af- fections of the 'heart. But relief from both ailments was quickly found in the old reliable remedy, I�odd',+fKidney :l'Plls• In an interview Mrs..Vatnvorst says: ""r had. palpitation of the heart, and my Kidneys were chit el eider. I took one box 'of Dodd's Kidney Pills, and found great relief. For iiidney pill Dodd's Kidney . Pills 'cermet -be beat, You nl'aq publish what T say,, us is may be the means of benefitting; others who suffer with Kidney `.lerenble or Heart Disease." Pure blood is the Urals of nll.3eeltli, and you,„can't have pure bleed unless ' ooel working ' e are• inor- yoafr, Kidneys g der Dodd's Kidney l'ilia liver fail S'I ',i;.E IDES HEUMATISM Damp ., Weather Starts the Paint ;But the Trouble Lies in • the Blood. Spring weather- is bad for rheumatic sufferers-- The changes front mild to severe weather, cold; raw, damp winds following mildness .start the aches 'and. twinges, or in snore extreme eases, the tortures of the trouble going. But, it must be borne in mind that it is not the weather that causes rheumatism, the trouble is tooted in the blood --the changeable' weather merely starts the pains. The only way to reach' the trouble and to cure it is through the blood. The poisonous rheumatie acids must be thrown off end driven out. `.Chis is a solemn medical truth every rheumatie sufferer should realize. Lin- iments and outward application may glee temporary relief, but they never did and never can cure rheumatism. Any doctor will tell you this is true. The sufferer is only wasting time and. :money with thin sort• of treatment, and all the time the trouble ms becom- ing inore firmly rooted ---and harder to cure. There. is joss one sure, speedy cure for rheumatism—Dr. iVilliams' Pink .rills. 'l'hey act directly on the weak, impure and tainted blood. They purify and strengthen it and thug root out the cause of rheumatism. Here is a bit of, proof out of thousands of similar cases that might be given. Mrs. 3?. X. Boiseeau, St. Jerome, Que., says: —"For almost two ;;ears I was n ter- rible sufferer from rheumatism. The trouble first located in the right leg, making work about the Mousse irnpos- s'ible, and, walking vary difficult, I tried to cure myself by means of all sorts of liniments and lotions, but with no result -•it was only money • .tvastetl. Tine trouble eottstantly grew worse and the parts more unbearaixle. Finally it atteeked the other leg, and 1 wag all but helpless and erettpietely discouraged, thinking I would be a suf- ferer for the rest of my' life. At this time 1 read in our home paper of the trouble being cured lee i)r. Williams' trney . it might be only a whim of ur. , sudden return to ],onion, and her de- sire that he should return with her, but the least he could do in aekuowledg- ment of all haat she had done for him was to obey even the slightest of her whims. Perhaps in London he should learn the clue to thismystery. • CHAPTER XXXVIII. It was the evening before the wed- ding- The last touches had been put to the modest finery; the breakfast, as the bridal apparel, hadas modest brideaway, land asked Mordaunt Royce. boon ordered; nay, robbed of a tar, t r er.rne and dine with them on this the riage and six. horses ami a procession of eat raigrlit of Joan's spinsterhood. stage supers, had consoled herself by In:]]y hall re tired a nice little din decorating the room and orderingas Iter1 liar hast,pnt she acid :,a4'tetie:ally, tvaashine basket full of flowers, and at the would eat together for some last everything time, anis Joan told herself that to- nightetleast she ought to throw off the dark e]aalow which clouded her and show a imiliang countenance to the marl who heel paid her the greatest honor a men eu.n pay a woman. A knock at the door roused her from and be able to go through it. Inc reverie, nd Emily came in. "I. shouldn't mind so much if I were "t thought you had gone to bed, dear:" she said, running up to her. "Domer is ready, and Mr. rosy: has come. Ile looks quite anxious and em- barrassed, dear, you can't think!" rad she laughed. "Men always dread the ceremony so! II -once heard a man say that he would rather, Inc made a. Mason twenty times than go through the wed- ding ceerntony twice! Well, I must say they generally look awful idiots in their frock coats and patent boots. Not, mind, that Mordaunt Royce would look an idiot at any time. Come, dear, there ie such a nice little dinner, and father is all in a fluster to begin!' Joan put her arm round the tiny waist and went downstairs. MordantAs Mordant Royce came forward, I.nri]y':s wordy occurred to her. He did look anxious and almost careworn. His fano, never very highly colored at the best of time, was paler than usual, and there: was an expression of watchfulness end alatraetion in his eyes which she had never seen before. He took her Inand. and kieecd it, and for the moment hiss eye' lit up with a bright light. ""Ant l early or late"" he said. "I was afraid I eh'wld be the latter; but ! have been basy making the last prepara.. tion " ('lo be t:ontinued.)ST oa�e THE B , (Pick s'i a r: -s th -Whet i3 e happiest niouient e ,na1il(t1 Gallia - W'hen a turn theme tate pie. tures of iris wife's relatives out of the family admen buand fills it up with pieoto- g,raphs• of his baby instead, se - last was,as she said, ready for the misiug of the curtain. She herself was in a state of sup- pressed excitement, whish threatened to demonstrate itself any moment, and she declared that, unless she had a real good ery before the ceremony, she should me - going. to be married myself, dear. The difficulty of the part would keep ane quiet; but it's the thought of looking on and seeing you married that upsets inc. I ought to have been your mother; I could not have felt it more if I had." To all this Joan responded with a quiet smile, and sometimes a tender car- ess. She herself was as quiet now, on the eve of the momentous day, as she had been all through; indeed, as Emily said, site was too quiet. A subtle kind of gravity, that deep- ened almost into sadness, seemed to have settled upon her, and now, as she stood beside the win- dow and looked mit at the street, there was that in her fete which no Ivan would care to see in the €gee" of his bn'ndc. Irl trnth, n,s t'.ie hour a.prouchecl ed:Mt would make her the wife of Mordaunt Itoyce, she found herself shrinking from it tvitlt a feeling that ';res amnearly like dread as anything else, Twenty times -a day site told herself that the man she was going to tnerry was too good for 1ser; that he was gen- erous, clever, and that he loved, her, and Haat she was a senseless, ungrateful girl not to return that love. But though elle reproached herself, she could not coerce her heart. It wrath" fly back to Deerenmbe and the memory Of the one man in the world who hart won' her hear t, Stun.rt hauliers ]ail wronged her, had bled t.: work he r the greatest injury a main could wick a dunnen; and yet—ani yes'.—she loved hint still! Not even Lord. Bertie, noble to the vire as he wee, had succaded in dispell- ing the mcnn •ry •of her first and only love, and. non . an -the eve of leer marri- age with lliortl•,urit Royce, she commun- ed -with herself and knew that she had no heart to giv' hire, that Stuart Vil- liers had stolen it from her 'bosom, and that it: wase hie until death, though he had held it only ea a toy to be east arida a.tld 1.1'01ied on when he tired of it. • To -night •ktr. Ile mnd, who with eon• si1crnbl flustered bY the preparatioes and ' Ian ily's sex eit'meet, and the feet to put the Kidneys to peered, wort inn thtat. he was to play an important part order: ie 'the next de.y's een'emol ,y artd g'1vt; the NO GOSSIP. Weiltituore Atnericars.) "Our new neighbor must be a very ,us- pieloars character." "Why so?" "She employs a main wine '„ ,lee? and (iamb, the mean thing!" � I } r� y q'urclaly steak oom4h't, cruse calei5, Leel_ 7the tbirs:,aa said tun,Us6. » - • lira t,rinta.