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". discovery- What discovery can he To say that Mrs, ' tteeterece evas
so important as to cause the postpune- thunderstruck at 'this aullouneernent
ment pr annulment of your betrothal, would give the reader lu Zb faint idea
oven at the last moment! Lady Ether- of its effect upon, her, She wits Istrick-
idge, as your oldest friend and your lute en dumb for at least two minutes's ,but
guardian, 1 should have been the first to on recovering her speech, she se t her
be informed of this lifficulty," said Col. tongue at work, "to meke fast atone -
Hastings, in an excess o fagitation, that ment for its first delay. Colonel Haat-
scarcely seemed justified, even bythe ings, however, at once cut her short by
observing that Lady Etheridge had not
grave importance of a broken marriage.
"I deemed any affianced husband to be a moment to spare, as death was no re -
the proper person to he first advised of a specter of persons, and would not wait
discovery that so deeply affected my eir- for the mightiest on earth. And then,
eumstances and his interests." with the stately courtesy of the olden
• "In Heaven's name, Lady Etheridge, time, he conducted his ward to the dor
what is the'nature of this discovery?" in- of her dressing -room.
quired Colonel aHstings, moving about And in half an hour afterwards Colonel
restlessly, and scarcely able to restrain Hastings and Lady Etheridge were roll -
his agitationint along in the close carriage on their
"It is simply tha 1, called Laura Eth-
eridge, am not, the heir of Swinburne!"
The effect this announcement nad up-
on Colonel Hastings could scareel,y be
explained as astonishment, doubt or dis-
appointment. It seemed rather 'the con-
sternation, terror and dismay of detect-
ed guilt. He dropped into a chair, wiped
the cold drops of perspiration front his
blanched face, made several, ineffectual
attempts to speak, and then gasped
forth -
"For Heaven's sake tell me! How did
the existence. of this other heir, come to
your knowledge ?"
"By the confession of the nurse, to
'whom was confided the care of the in-
fant heiress of Swinburne, and, vto,
alas!was tempted to betray her trust,
and palm off upon the wifeless baron
her own child as his daughter."
"Wha exclaimed Colonel Hastings,
in perplexity, but losing a portion of
the abject terror that had. lately and
unaccountably shaken him.
"It is a sad story for me to tell: It
compels my tongue to the unkind, task
of disinheriting myself, and to the hard-
er and more cruel one of criminating my
mother."
Lady Etheridge commenced. and nar-
rated. the whole story as she had re-
ceived. it from the nurse.
Colonel Hastings, as he listened, grew
graver and graver, and when she hadcoicluded,
concluded, he paused a long time in deep
thought, and then said:
"Lady Etheridge, I know you well en-
ough to be sure that if once you eup-
pose the claims of another to be just,
however opposel to your own interests•
those claims ma ybe, oyu willdwdw hm
those claims may be, you will at once ad-
mit them. must see this woman, and,
as a magistrate, must take her state-
ment, officially, upon oath ; as-yeir
• say—awkward as it may be—your mar-
riage with my son must be postponed."
"Our engagement, Colonel Hastiegs,
must be annulled," said Lady Etheridge,
with gentle dignity.
'Well, well. 'We will talk of that at
some future time. Meanivhile, we will
direct good Mrs Montgomery to re
plain to our friend, that, from Indere.
seen circumstances, the marriage is ne-
cessarily put off, and we will go togeth-
er to Mrs. Elmer's cottage, where 1 will•
cross-examine her," said the colonel ris-
ing and touching the bell.
A footman answered the summons.
"Desire Mrs. Montgomery to COMEhither,
hither, and then order the horses to be
put to the close carriage, and brought
round immediately," said Colonel Hast-
ings.
The man bowe daeol retired ;and in a
few moments the door opened and a tall
dignified, elderly lady, attired in a black
satin dress and white lace turban, enter-
ed the room.
'Good-mornin„e, Mrs. Montgomery. We
have ventured to request your presence
here upon rather a sorrowful oceasimi.
We have just received intelligence that
an old. and intimate friend of our fam-
ily is lying at the point of death. This
necessitates a temporary postponement
of the marriage, as Lady' Etheridge and
myself must immediately repair:to the
deathbed of our friend. "Yon will, there,
fore, Mrs. Montgomery, be so good as to
?take upon yourself the task of explaining
to those friends who intend to honor our
breakfast the sad. reason why our fes-
tivity is deferred,' Colonel Hast-
ings.
way to the house of the laundress.
The sick woman lay where Lady Eth-
eridge had left her some hours before,
She was attended by Rose and a neigh -
bet., who welched with her.
•The eyes of the visitors turned. fleet
upon Rose a glance of inquiry to see
whether as yet she knew or suspected
the possible great fortune in store for
her.
But no; that drooping form, pale eace, details of the formal proceedings that
and those tearful eyes,spoke of anything
Occiinied the 'next two or three hours,
rather than of pleasure and uneemeeted'
end that eon -rimed the validity of the
triumph.
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riLe• .te ,
if 1 eouldrinoth-
er. l'rot 'Vs, • ! , l• eel te:, de 411.,n13).
'15-e• blit sboi aid u;b.el! it is 'q,,,, L will
fo
remain With yoii es loog
try 10 polorm toward yoti a 'be du-
ti.es of 0„ deughtre." • , t, , ,
emye :me the love of ono r enud. I
It
need it greatly, And TiO 4' 00;11at le it
you would have me to do,, • ara?"
"The statement that eon eek to me
last: night, to he of any:, ko, Lo the
true heiress of Swinburne, suet, be pat
into writing, sworn to, :nee !O, and duly
witnessed. in the presence ef a magis-
trate. .Also, it is -needful that you sub-
mit to an eXaminaion by a phy-
sician, who will ' dttly testi fy
that you are of (science mind -when
you execute the docummit,"
"I will do all that you wish me, Laura.
Let the proper person be brought hither,
The sooner the 'better."
Lira beckoned Colonel ilastings,who
laid, retired to the faether, 'end of the
roorn, out of hearing of this converse-
t'o ,
• .
When be came to the' bedenle. she Ina:
eented•him to the dyiiit weeme, saying:
"Islere, mother, is my tete guardian.
Colonel' Hastings, who withee to take
Pin: deposition." • _ ',, •
"Yee; .certainly. I will be eery thank
Tel to.yaneu, sir, if you *Ia. send for a
phyaimand a. lawyet, eadouly one else
yeti 'MIS* think proper tO; 4arnmon for
the purpose of confirniineand insuring
the -o,Ed.Ri.ty of the steitenient that I wish
to Ma,* ," said Mrs. Elmer,
Cledonel Hastings growled an inaudible
reply, for he was very •inoch. perplexed
and dissatisfied; and went out, entered
the carriage and drove off to bring: the
proper parties. '
In • half an hour he• returned with them.
I will not weary my readers with the
Laura then advfanced to, greet the
• • dYing woman's statement. The whole
maiden, who was about to respectfully business was conducted, in a manner at
otte legal and confidential. No f
courtesy to the baroness, who irmindt- ,orm was
omitted that could go to confirm the evi-
dence; yet, each member of the party
stood strictly pledged to the others to
keep the secret until proper proceedings
could be taken upon it. Immediately af-
ter the signing and witnessing of the
document, all left the cottage, with the
excepion of Colonel Hastings and Laura,
who remained by the beside of the pat-
ient, who had sunk into a sleep of utter
exhaustion.
"Well, Lady Etheridge. Howevr this
may eventually result, whoever may be
declared the true heiress, of this you
may rest assured that, 'possession be-
ing nine points of the law,' it must in
any case, be months, if not years, before
you can be compelled to lay down your
title, or give up your estate, or leave
your home at the cootie:"
ately presented her to Colonel Hastings..
And it must be admitted that the •etrn-
fling old courtier bowed. to the possible
future Lady Etheridge, of $winhurne.
The neighbor arose, made her obeis-
ance, and gave way to the distinguished
visitors.
As Laura took the place liy the head
of the bed, the sleeping woman awoke,
and. seeing her, said:
"Ab, you have returned, as you pro-
mised': 1 knew you would. 14ieura
Laura! take my hand, my child. For-
get your past grandeur ,or regard it
only as a brilliant dream, an dtake my
hand, my child. I will not ask it long.
Are we alone?"
"No, mother; Rose is here, and one
of your neighbors.'
"Send. them away." .'
This short conversation was carried
on in a very low voice unheard by any
one else in the room. •
Laura arose and: spoke to Rose and
to the neighbor ,both ,of whom namodo
ately bit the house, 'limn she return-
ed to the bedside*,1 i. eick. • woman,
WIleo agai Laud. held. her•
hand, so, i• . , ,i' •
"Oh, Laura! Laural Aci not feel cold-
ly toward me. Let ene, have the eom-
fort of ray child's affection in the last
few hours of my life. Oh, Laura, Laurel
to you with such a mighty, unqtleneh-
to you wiht such it reighty, iniqUenclie
able thirst for your presence and your
love; and when 1 have heard all the peo-
ple praise the goodness, and wisdom, and
bounty of Lady Etheridge, I have said to
myself: That is my daughter. No
haughty, cold-blooded and. selfish Ether-
idge ever was good, wise or bottittiful. It
is because she is my daughter!' art& when
I have seen you passing through the
lege in state and grandeur, and joy, I
havo dared to linger and gaze upon your
form, lest I should rusk out and catch
you to my bosom. bo not be cold to me
now; indeed, it would break my heart,
and eut short even the few hours 1 have
to live. Do not shrink from me now,
my only child.1" pleaded the woman, in
etity .upAir4;
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"Mr; If4it
is it i'ottAit4tVai
been slanderingznb
-
"N'o, Mr. Hast ngs.
no one on earth knovig,,,or":a
except your worthy friend arid ir„/:
vere. Thank Heaven, that 'noneese
this world knows the extent o
falsehood end iner''folly!"
"Rose, what in "Heetven s name
meaning of Utile It seems to me triP,t.'"
day•I have fallen ,into a train of •
adventures."
the ream. tir voicle,'stne,re's •
oweepig -wed turned eyeing]:
.ire re ,iny8elf that in, eiseS. ;heel' not
ed me.. , No there Ion :•ssterscl,
hingeto her the Oadne'Yows in
aecleitig love, •tlint,)''yon hod just '
,,.„e halite; berfere 'breathed to met -Axel
tka-see stood, noble lady! withall her
loyal soul beaming 'from her fine face,
your words that fell fr•oin your
• Talse tongue, jeetas I believed you three
Insforee
' • C.To ha, continued.) • ,
"Not so strileige• either, as these ,
had .inarked out for yourself when '-
,purposed in the 'same •• day to Meer ea•
peeres and ruin a peasant. Oh, atiferiet
which of the two did you meditaWthe
"Colonel Hasttngs, 1 ulo not believe that
there is one candid peeion in the world
who could witness wile we have •tvit-
d convinced of
tatement, and
title and. es-
burne. I shall
tardy pee -
end now
the new
e that I may
e barony and
s is my final
nessed to -day: and not
the truth of ,my moth
the rights of Ros
tates of Etheridge
not wait to be it
illission of the le
solemnly resign i
claimant allright
be supposed to have
estates of Swinburne.
resolve. Call' me, ther.ire no longer
Lady Etheridge, but, you are kind,
call me, as you did in my happy child-
hood, Laura, for that name is mine yet."
"J3ut my dear Laura, this is faniti-
eism, sheer fanaticism. You are now in
a condition to judge what you should
do. You are unnerved by this sudden
shock. You havo spent the night in
watohing. You need repose. Let the en-
treat you to return home retire to your
chamber and take a few hours' sleep.
You will then be in a better condition
to think and to act."
•"I thank you, Colonel Hastings; but
my mind is clear enough and strong en-
ough, even now, to know right from
Wrong."
"'Well, Laura, 1 perceive it is uselees
to comb& your resolution at present,
J, KIN COVERED
WITH SORES.
DEFIED ALL REMEDIES FOR SEVEN
blackest treachery. Agamst the 'Unloved • ' YEARS, AND DOCTORS SAID,
laity whom you were about to 'lead to the "NO C."
altar, •or the ill -loved cottager, whole •
you were alluring to destruction., Good
Heaven, what blackness of • wiehedoesed
' Yet Zam-Buk Has Completely Cured.
Stand out of nay way, sir, and let me
pass. Your presence cleric:deo the very
with a :horror so real, theV• it could not, So powerful are .the healing essences in "
Zinti-Buk that in some cases whch baye been
i
sunshine to mel" exclairatel' the maiden,
ha:ve been coneealed. ,,,,:::` : pronounced beyond' relief they have. worked
"Rose! I have twice asked feu wba.'p complete enrol, ,Sieh an instance is Just re
-
Is the meaning of this attack; I have a Ported from Inv -Genial, Sask. Mrii. J. M. W-
right to an answer." Cori:nick, of that place, says: "About seven
"You than have it, Mr. I:fast:Mos, But years ago nay face broke out in rough red
first, perhape, you will explain ''to me blotches, which burned and itched and smart -
how it is, thaton this, your wedding ed in turn almost beyond endurance, I tried
day and, hour; you are here question- every remedy I could get for face and skin
ing me, instead of being, at tile church troubles, but in vain. 1 consulted doctors,
with Lady E'theridge." • • and they to me there was absolutely no
Ile saw by her manner and her expres- cure for me, but that I should have to wait
sion that she 'knew too much for 11111, tO until I outgrew the disease.
attempt to- carry on the deeepton. 'He
felt no other course was possible foo -
him but to tell the truth and defend his
a voice of suck deep sorrow that Lady though I deem it a most injudicious one.
Etheridge bent down and tenderly kiss- And so saying,Colonel Hastings rose to
ecl her, saying: - bid her good-bye.
'I do not, mother. I have eonte to CHAPTER VII.
stay with you till tho las." .
"Oh, thank you, Laura!" cried Abe When Rose Elmer left her mother's
wretched woman, pressing her hand with cottage, it must be remembered that
spasmodic haste. "And you forgive ese, . she had no knowledge or suspieion of
Laura?" • the exalted fortunes in prospect for her.
Her heart was filledwith grief and des-
pair—grief for her supposed ,mother's
failing mind and body, and despair at the
diseovered : falsehood and treachery of
her-lever:For him 'whom elle hid, known
only as 'William Lovel, ' her pure affec-
tion, honor and trust had:}manountedto
reel faith and worship. With:the heath-
enlift idolatry of ' a ,yeiliigiliVarm ,heart,
she' lied adored him' as•:U'otoeles4nd. mow
"Poor mother! Forgiveness is a pre -
fame word to pass from child to parent"'
"Yet I cannot rest without it, Laura."
"Tien take it, with all my neart, jf
you think that you have injured time,
take my forgiveness, as freely and as
perfectly as I hope for that of Heasirene
And. now, poor mother, a trial 'awaits
you. which I woiild willingly•spare you,
430
000
10
Most people know that if they havp
been sick they need Scolees Erisat:.
,5s®n to bring back health and strength.
But the strongest point abut Scott's
Emulsion is that you don't have to be
sick to get results from it.
It keeps .up the athlete's strength puts af,a
on thin people, makes a fretful baby
brings color to a pale girl's cheeks ae
vents coughs, colds and consumpio
tnL'.,
• and sniffing siddl •• said to gain her consent to oonee,'to My
"Plaally my,busband eent for a sample o
Zam-Buk. • We applied some of a small patch
'of the diseases, To our delight the portiort
" ninny months' be- treated -with Zeta -Bek very quickly healed.
Rose, it is true that
"se. then ,obtained a Proper supply, and began
conduct as best he inight. He said;
fore I knew You alld love, partly to the'zam-lauk treatment. I em no delighted
pleciee my father who desired the mar- to state that after having usea a few boxes,
rine, and partly to please the lady who
conferred upon Inc the honor of her pre-.
ference, I contracted myself to xoura
Etheridge, without a partiele.of love on
m, -sr side entering into the affair, After'
ward I saw you, Rose of tbe, world, and
loved you, the first and only woman I
ever did love, the last and only woman
ever- shall love. I could:mot forgo the
pleasure of seekng youredeer presence,
and beseeehng your love.' tb I approach-
ed you under an assurnedename it, was a,
lover's strategom and 'as seat, yon will
forgive me. If I sought.'•to make you
mine upon unequal Wine, it wao a lov- asee-ouk Co., Toronto, for price. S boxes
to filid this idol of her adoriettiona tied
-
tor pi the deepest dye, who could now
woo, under false pretenses and 'a-
,
sumee name and who, even, on his eve
of •reareiage with Lady Etheridge,- could
coolly plot her own ruin, se, -Wrung het
heart with anguish and dietrected her,
beak. with wonder that her -whole ma
thee,
seemed beaten iibout between mad-,
ilesS and death; as a storm tossed. ship
betvecoa wind and wave.
•• In this meted of mind she left the cot--
'
rage and after parting with her neigh-
bor at the door of the latter, she walk-
ed. listlessly down the narrow -street,
e.am completely cured. 1 will never be with-
' out Zana-Bult in the house as long as I
Jive. and to all who are troubled with skin
diseatea in any forI would say, waste no
time In, obtaining a supply of Zam-Bult. I
have slime obtained a. supply for an old lady
who had an ulcer on her leg for 00 years.
Three' inizes were sufficient to close the
wound," , •
am-Buit Cures cuts, burns, bruises, scalds,
eczema, scalp Sores, pimples, poisoned
wounds, children's rashes, ulcers, bons, ab-
scesses, itch, sore back, festering and dis-
charging wounds, etc. Used as an embrocation
it cures rheumatism, sciatica and cold on
the chest. 5.11 druggists and stores sell Zuni-
Buk at .50c per box, or obtainable from the
hand one re laced ner on
er's extravagance, (tildes* e-lich, you may.for $2.50.
pardon it. I love eon, Rose,rwith a whole
undivided heart. In proof , •which, I have
this day done what I -should have done
months ago. I have brOkeer with Lady
Etheridge and I have come hither; to
throw myself upon your •mercy, to beg
pardon for all the wrong, chine or med.-
tated aganst you, to lay my, heart, haw).
and fortune at your beloveefeet, and to
beg you to be my wife. am
at
your feet. Will you forgivelemetM1 yon.
accept my hand, and be. my ',halal/ed.
wife?" he supplicated; sinking 1,1"esi
knee and taking her e,Tel
;
She snatched it • from and. shrunk
away, exclaiming:
"You 1121V1n broken with Lady Ether-
idge! Double traitor! Fake to• me!
False to her! Who shall trust you!".
"Rose! Rose! I do hot •nierit. these
bitter reproaches from gene -Met 'from
you! To you, at hetet, I -have been
true!"
"But false to her! False to that noble
lady who gave you all she •nesseesed,
and, above all, her whole lieffrt's rich
love! Ale do you think, sir, that I ad -
;mire treachery any more, iheetause an-
other is to stiffer by it rather than my -
.'elf?? Shall I thank you, because you
have turned traitor to Lady Etheridge,
rather than to me? NO! 'no! no! eici! a
thousand times no! I spurn the faith-
less heart! Go! leave me Mr. Hast-
ings! Your presence infects the very
air I breathe!"
"Roee! Rose: Why this fleece indig-
nation against one who adores you.?
Why do ou continue to strike one who
loves you too tenderly to retort? If for
a time vosialated between the lady
who had m promise paid the maiden who
possessed my heart; if, final, I broke
with the lady and. decided for the •mai-
den, was that so great, ct,,orinie? If so,
you, at least, Rote, who profit by it,
should. not reproach Me with it," said
Albert Bestingsebitterly,
"1 profit •by yosir treachery! I pick
up 'your broken., faith and wear it asa
. trophy! Never! IOnoW me better,: Mr.
Hastings!"
"Roee, you axe very ,ernel."
"Listen to Inc once more and for the
last time, /and you un ersciand why
• you and Immet 'epealelto Mora oo earth.
h.
' afternoon • ,Yett-'''• not •• Mee
breathineevowe of sinceed'Atedlygedjeuil
dying level"
,"e'"\\*Ibich Imre true, Rose; as true 0.5
heaven!" •
'. !They were? Well, ,so 'Ibelireved „them
to be, and so I, hoping', 10 •fooPle.para-
disc, left you, Welle when reached
hehne, in•other, N'ory unexpectedly,en
ing part, despatched me to the eagle bo
request Lady Etheeidge te 'oenteetis eee
'her, On reaching the castilel -Wits :shelve
to the library, where four:AVM lady
sitting with doeumente before her, and
;with her noble face beaming with lapel.-
•' ioteeding to seek the hills. She lied. pro- 11,OSA and benedictions, •its though she
• &laded but a little wayd•'t
beyonhe out- were anticipating the arrival of seine- •
-Skirts of the town, and had S'4' (.1.0VJX1 on one upon whom she was about tolie• - •
the trunk of a fallen 'tree te•test for a stow some new token of her love—'spm
:while. when she heard a familiar foot- unexampled good. In a word, Mr..11:CtOko:
ateP approach and looking •l•tP, slie saw ings, this noble and generous laxtg eeselg:
Albert Hastings standing before her- expecting her betrobhed haslet:14, npiOn.,,'
She started up with the ititeetion. of wham she was about to bestow inetde.,
hastening away, when he caught her vane° her whole vast landed estate,eT,
' her ,end, seat, had scarcely time to deliver my aneeseige
it • e.
BLIND MAN CV:Eel:MR ADEPT.
Can you play checkers?
There is a Wind man in Philadelphia
who can heat you, no matter how well.
you play. Ile has defeated Pillsbury, ui
Matthew Priest, td half a dozen other
professionals despite the fact that he
can not see' as much as a ray of light
and has -to follow the game in his mind
with the, asistanee of hiS finger tips.
John Thompeou is the blind chant -
like's name. livee, 4 251 North
Warnock street, where many of the
most scientific ehecker players in the
United States have called on him and
met their Waterloo.
Thompson has a ,crude little board
that was 'Made especially for him, the
squares being sunk in the wood. One
set of men is square to match the holes
and lues a little groove on one side. When
the men have only a single value these
grooves are turned downward, but when
they reach the king row the grooves
are turned upward.
The other set of men are the usual
round checkers and with his delicate
touch Thompson can distinguish be-
tween them as readily as anyone who
has the full use of his eyes.
Forty-six. years ago Thompson's vision
left him. He is totaly, absolutely blind.
It was about fifteen years ago that he
determined to learn 'to play checks and
had. his little board made. liThe game
fascinated him and he has been play -
bag steadily ever since, part of the time
professionally.
For several years he has been a regu-
lar feature at the Ninth and Arch
streets museum and he will play there
again this year. He meets all comers
and. rarely loses a game.
"Oh, it's a beautiful game," he said,
rapturously to a visitor who called at
his house. "There's no end to it. Pills-
bury himself admitted to me that there
is.more in it than there is in chess, and
that's a good deal for Pillsbury to say,
you know. PoorePillsbury` He was a
good opponent, the kind of opponent
that a. men likes to meet. •
"That's one reason I always had •a,
,kindly feeling toward Edgar Allan Poe. '
10, was a friend. of checkers, or draughts
he called them. He said that cheek- •
•er8 was undoubtedly the most scienti-
fic game on earth." •
He talked about the game as if it were
a 'masterpiece of art or music and with
unerring accuracy he worked out the
problems.
"I could play checkers forever," lie ex-
claimed enthusiastically. "It is a wins:
deeful game. People don't understand
it. They think it's a shallow game,
ep
but it's deep — des—Philadelphfie
North American.
Food in concentrated form for
e% young and old, rich and poor.
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jrour appointment with xlateuing, ed. The deer la.'dy, who had n''•-• to
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