Loading...
HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1907-03-15, Page 7HEALTHFL Because of its Purity and Freedom From Coloring Matter GREEN TEA Lead Packets Only. eec, soc, 4oc, eoc, and 6oc per ib. At all Grocers. HIGHEST AWARD ST. LOUIS, 1904 T I L coccoccoco 0 ' $ IF 0 0 0 cttooCICO 0 ^00®000 lottery, to bo drawn at tl �4 a'x tt our o'clock. rd. La Th, her da Ia heridgeet o olc ticksuglitars"u,t the 1 our of , drawing was near at bend they re- paired to the house, A croWd. was al- ready around the wheel,. gaily blanks, with a few trifling prizes, were drawn. The crowd of ticket -holders, ed also lso of uninterested spectators, p the house, filling up the halls and rooms, The second prize ' was drawn by the Duchess of Gordon ---it was an emerald ring of great value. The crowd pressed near to see it, and Lady Etheridge felt herself forcibly separated ft me the Duchess of .13eaesleigh, , and pressed one ward toward thewheel, lfer ameba was called out. Expectation was on the qui vive. She drew, and .obtained the. first prize—a gold locket set around with diamonds .of Inestimable value, She blushed deeply at her euccess, and turned the jewels as if la search of, the secret of unfastening it, when she feat { herself touched upon the shoulder. She 1 turned and saw €a, lady masked, and in the costume of Minerva, with helmet, shield and spear, standing near her, who stooped and whispered:. "It opens with a spring; press the-dia- mond hedia-mond there under the fixing and it will fly open; but do not open it here" Rose. disturbed by being addressed by a stranger, looked around for her party, but could not see ;them anywhere. The crowd had entirely out her off from, their company. • "You are in sear h of the Duchess of Beresleigh? I will eonduet you to her side," said the rnasked. lady. "Thank you; I shall be very much obliged," answered Rose. "Follow me, then, if yott please," said the unknown, leading the way—first through the drawing -room, where the lottery had pust been 'ended, thence through a room fittedup 'with musical instruments of every description, and in which a number ,of opeso, singers were performing for the amusement of a por- tion of the company, to the door of an adjoining apartment, whleh she opened, saying p "Alae duchess has one into this room to rest and refreeh herself; enter and you will find her." Rose crossed the threshold and found. herself in a luxurious apartment, fitted up in: the Turkish style, with ottomans, cushions and other voluptuous accesso- ries. In the midst of the room stood a richly -gilded table;,,laden with rare wines, fruits, jellies, sweetmeats, etc. There was no one in the apartment, and Rose looked around, expecting the appearance of the Duchess of Beresleigh. Supposirig that she had, perhaps, retired only )1;t. fenv moments, Rose felt no uneastnedF, but, seating herself upon an ottoman;, touched the spring of the locket foal the purpose of a .aminino i The eash. flew open and revealed the nature of the prince, set in brillian rn the re verse side were the words. iour esb 1'Ange du Monde" Flushing .with cafe: Rose turned to leave t .the clueless elsenvher: pose; .wars preemie," 1, a nsak in the eostu lo, who advanced ten "Apollo greets Auro the Morning Star. "The Morning Star al with the rising of the S Rose, gliding toward the "Nay, pause. beautiful na stranger that addr• f•es ya>ul Ben hold!" And the unkniwn lifted his made, revealing his features, It took but one instance to impress young chi rge. this strange scene upon the brain of : "That fine looking woman, dressed. as Laura Elmer, and then deeply shocked • the Goddess Diana, is the beautiful. Ducn- by what she had inadvertently witnessed, i ass of Devonshire, my love." she turned hastily to retrace her steps to "Yes; there is no mistaking her grace- er. ! ful carriage. But who is that stately wo- heIn hoer hurried retreat,a few words man in the character of Cleopatra?" from the library reachd her ear, the, "1 think theMargravine of Annetta; first from Sir Vincent Lester, in a voice there is the Margrave, as Marc An - half -suffocated with emotionI thong." "For her sake, then; she loves you" "And that Oriental looking beauty, A derisive laugh from the other was dressed as a Sultana the only reply. Flush, speak low, one, my dear, who "Oh, heaven! you would not destroy bartered her woman's fame for a prince's fickle favor, and lost both— her!" burst in anguish from Sir Vincent. "I will give you ten days, and then—" the celebrated Mrs. Fitzherbert." Laura heard no more; she had passed Rose crimsoned and became silent. The lady's name, for praise and blame, out of the reach of the voices. had. blown far over ungland, and reach - She gained the privacy of her own cd even Rose's distant home. Rose walk - room, and with no disposition either to ed on in embarrassed silence, until the eleep or read, retired to rest. ever-changing kaleidoscopic scene again CHAPTER XIX. raised her curiosity. The long -looked for day of Lady How- "Oh, can you tell nee who that veil- arth's rural breakfast and promenade at ed beauty, dressed as an Eastern prin- her superb villa at Richmond came at cess, and wafting all the perfumes of length. Arabia as alae walks, can be." At an early hour the Duchess of Beres- "Yes; she is the beautiful Mrs. Bris- leigh and his party, consisting of the Bar- tow, lately returned from Constantinople orenn Etheridge and the Ladies Wardour, She has taken the character of 'Nour- entered their carriages to proceed to the mahad, the Harem's Light.' You remem- scene of Arcadian festivity. ber the Feast of Roses, in `Lalah Rookh." 1 "yes." The morning drive from London to They passed on. Breakfast tables, eov- 8ichmond, along the banks of the beau -I eyed with all the luxuries of the sea- tiful Thames, through sunny meadows son were set at intervals about the and shady groves, in all the luxuriant lawn, A large number of masked fig - verdure of an early summon time, was ; tires in white dominos, officiated as mas- the purest enjoyment of natural scenery 'tars of the ceremonies, and stood in that Rose had experienced since leaving . readiness to marshal the guests to the her beautiful home at Swinburne Castle. tables- It was rumored that they only It was nearly twelve o'clock when they .awaited the arrival of his Royal High- , reached the villa,, an elegant mansion of news' the Prince of Wales, who was to white stone, crowning a commanding honor the fete with his presence. height above the river, Behind the house This was the first the Duchess of Bere- stood a tall, close, well -kept wood; before leigh had heard of the anticipated pre - it rolled a green lawn, in all the dewy sena of the prince and the rumor some- freehness of June, and adorned by grand what disturbed her; but she consoled her- ald oak .trees, standing singly or in self with the thought that, in a crowd of groups, at various distances, between the five hundred people, her party might mansion house and the water's edge: easily escape royal notice. The lawn presented a strange and oro- A little after one o'clook, an agitation tesque scene. Such anachronisms of his- that moved the multitude as the wind tory and geogrtphy, such solecisms of sway the waves of the sea, announced rank and caste, of politics, and religion, that the prince had arrived, though might have afflicted the uninitiated be- where he was could be known only to holders with temporary insanity. It was his hostess and the very few others who covered with a multitude of people in were in the secret of his disguise. the costumes of all countries, all ages, The signal was given for breakfast, and all classes, and the masters of the ceremonies began The Duchess of Beresleigh was dressed to arrange the guests at the various as a Roman matron, the Ladies Wardour tables. The masks were not laid aside as Roman maidens. even during that long feast which made Lady Etheridge as Aurora, was the business of eating and drinking ra- beautifully arrayed in a floating cloud they inconvenient and awkward. like robe of azure and rose-colored gauze. :A single diamond, like the morning star, blazed upon her fair forehead, and a large veil, like a silvery morning mist, covered her form. Her dress, her figure and her graceful motions excited univer- sal admiration as she passed, but the ;close, black velvet mask concealed her lovely features. The scene, so novel and so entertain- ing, engaged her youthful fancy. She knew that under those various and gro- tesque disguises the aristocracy, celebr- ,ity, beauty and fashion of the town were present. Some, from the peculiarity of their figure, gait and manner, the duchess was enabled to identify and point out to her b' At the close of the breakfast the :tables were swept away as if by magic and the real business and pleasure of the day commenced. Music, dancing, waltzing, games and singing went forward everywhere over the grounds and in the house. The duchess and her party remained as spectators only, not wishing to enter into the active amusements of a com- pany where all the figures were masked and most of them quite unknown. At length an enterprise was opened in whieh the duchess thought herself and party might safely join. A number of young children, dressed as fairies, and without masks, came around among the guests to distribute tickets for a grand "I do not believe she can be bought!" angrily repeated the prince. "Pardon once more, your royal high- ness; but one who knew this world right well declared that every man had his price, and I have never yet niet the wo- man who had not bers. It is but a ques- tion of more or lass expense, of shorter or longer time." "I offered her the rank of a duchess." "She is likely •to obtain that honorably, and without the aid of your royal high- ness "What then, was left for me to do? I could not tempt her, as I did Fitzher- bert, with the rank of a princess and the prospective rank of a queen" "No, your royal highness; it is rather too late in the day for that." "What then, was to be done? What the deuce do you mean by your talk of the conquest of this woman being a mat- ter of more or less expense and of short- er and of longer time? I care nothing for expense, but a great deal for time! I must win that girl, whatever it may cost, McElroy, but I must win her soon. By my soul, she is the most enehanting creature I ever saw. Tell me, what is to be done?" "If your royal highness would. trust „ (01000 65: eta00:1441P 041) Girlhood and Scott's Elr -sal.ilio 77 are linked together. The girl who takes Scoii''s Ensu- ..Floor;' has plenty of rich, red blood; she is plump, active and energetic; The reason is that at a period when "a girl's digestion is weak, Scott' a Etna is lo rz provides her with powerful nourishment in easily digested form. It is a food that builds and keeps up a girl's strength. ALL, DRUGGISTS; 50c. AND 51.00. 0.0000400444)100.0440144414490 0 0 0 may tell me what so distressed you ail the villa" "Oh, madam, an event that makes it necessary that I should beg your grace; to absolve me from my promise of spend- ' Eng the season with you, and to emotion my immediate return to Swinburne Cas- tle," said Rose, excitedly. "Explain, my love," said the duchess, Lady Etheridge, with deep blushes, commenced, and related the details of her forced interview with the prince. 'Ah, I ,see it all now. The breakfast, the masked. promenade ,the lottery, all was got up for the especial purpose of bringing about your meeting with his royal highness. There are niers, and wo- men, too, I am sorry to say, of the high- est rank, who thus lend themselves to the purposes of°royalty. You are right, my love, we must leave town; hut we shall not turn to Swinburne Castle, but to Beresleigh Court, where I shall still claim you as my guest," said the duch- ess. And this course was immediately decid- ed upon. But an unforeseen event that shall be related in the next chapter pre- vented the contemplated journey, and turned the fate of our heroine. cro be continued.) 4,. m"What after two failures?" "With submission to your royal high- ness, I would humbly suggest that this second stratagem bas scarcely been a failure on my part, since it has accom- plished all that it promised—a, private interview with the lady, an opportunity of pleading your cause to her glove." "That is true and if my pleadings proved unsuccessful, you are not to be blamed, I suppose?" said the prince. McElroy bowed in answer, adding: "Nor should ,your royal highness be discouragedi 'iib the manner in which the lady met '.your advances. She was unprepared, surprised; site was not, per- haps, se accustomed to be wooed as your royal highness is to winning, and, per- haps, you had not discovered her price. "Then why the deuce do you not dis- cover it for me? What else do I keep you for?" demanded the provoked prince. alarm, `,'To serve your royal highness to the d seek best of my poor ability, as becomes your uhfhumble servant, and. if your royal high- ni>ss wfil'`deign to -leave,. this affair e- g; my hands, giving me author- rSl7�a it as I SPA i i elusively in 3 fit I think I salutes 1 sty. to conduct can pledge myself to bring it to a sue- appears ue- pp oessful issue. i t wear .: "Then I give you a carte blanche to do as you please in this matter, with one Be is proviso, that you do nothing unworthy of the prince. "On my head be it if I do!" exclaimed this zealous, unscrupulous instrument of the royal Measures and vices, as he mentally formed against. the peace and honor of Lady Etheridge, a I e most diabolical that ever entered the head of man or fiend. Meantime the subject of this plot, hur- rying through the music room and also through the drawing room• everywhere sought the Duchess of Beresleigh, whom she found at last at the hall door. "We11, my love, I have been seeking you all over the house and the bounds for the last two hours; but, believing you to be most probably within the vil- la, I took my position herelike a see porter, as the most likely But what you as you should pass on earth is the matter? You are pale and trembling. You argitated. to alarm oru dis- tress What has happened tress you, my love?" exclaimed the duch- ess, on observing the greatly disturbed appearance of Rose. "Oh, madam, let us go hence! let us return home at .once! exclaimed Rose, excitedly. "Willingly; it has been a pleasant day upon the whole. but 1, t oo,raan quite plana- ed. I will not ask 3 tion of your distress until we have reach- ed the privacy of your own dressing - doom at Iieresleigh House," said her "The prince!" ' The heart of Rose beat with agitation and terror; yet, eenitrolhee herself by:a great effort, she ooneteeied deeply to t ie heir of the ereevn and, speaking witali the most respectful coldness, said:• "I am fortunate in having this oppor- tunity o8 returning to your royal high- ness a jewel which could only have reached my hands through the greatest mistake." And she laid the locket on the table before him, and turned to Iea•ve the roonn. But he took her hand and resealed her upon the ottoman, saying: "Nay, retain the gift, inose beautiful. Rose, and behold the giver at your feet!" - And then, with the grace, Server and eloquence of •which he was the perfect master, he told, to perhaps .the hun- dredth hearer, the oft -repeated tale of his unchangeable love --a prince's love, "A prince's love! a prince's insult!, an insult as deep, coming from your royal highness, as though it had been offered by the lowrest 'hind in your .dominions,I" exclaimed Lady Etheridge, indignantly. And so saying, with herr beautiful countenance exalted to fervid, ,entleus iasm, Lady Etheridge passed, from the room., while the eyes of the prince fol- lowed her with a gaze full of adinfre,- tion•, wonder and roverence. • He did not attempt to detain her; per- suasion not force, was the weapon of the prince. This admiration of her virtues only strengthened his desire to win her heart. He pulled the bell rope impatiently, and a page entered. "Send my equerry hither,". was the order of his royal highness. The page bowed low and disappeared. A few minutes elapsed and Colonel McElroy entered the presence with a deep reverence. The prince regarded him with an an- gry and sarcastic expression, saying: II have to congratulate you, sir, on the eminent success of your second strat- agem!" "Your royal highness has at least; re ceived a private interview With the lady, which was all that 1 could pledge myself for," replied the equerry, bend- ing lowly. "And this is the result," said the. prince, angrily taking up and throwing down the locket. "She has returned my gift with a gratuitous lecture." "Perhaps a more costly offering would have been more successful." • "1 do not believe she can be bought!" ia is a lottery, alimony utast "Pardon me, your royal highness did the latter marriage net, perhaps, bid high cnnu, ! "Now, my love, that we are alone, you be a gantbltng del. t, WEAK AND WORN OUT. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills Give New Strength to Overworked Women. The life of a domestic is a hard one. She toils from early morning until late at night; her work is never done, Often she is too busy to get out of doors for a breath of fresh air. Unless her blood is kept rich and pure this close con- finement wears on her health. Her strength will fail; she may lose her ap- petite, become pale and dyspeptic. In fact she is in danger of a general break- down. Such was the condition of Miss Marie Ami Fleury, of Ste. Anne de la Parade, Que., before she used Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. She says: "For a num- ber of years I have been a servant. Up to a year ago I had always enjoyed the .best of health, but suddenly I was seized with mins in my side, my appetite left me, I became dyspeptic and lost all strength. I consulted a doctor, who told. me I was suffering from general debility. I was forced to stop work and for three months I followed the doctor's treatment, but without benefit. I was advised to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and as I had often heard of the cases they cured., I decided to do so. I only took eight boxes before I was cured, and to -day I am stronger than I ever was. My diges- tion is good. and I can now go about my work without fatigue. I owe a debt of gratitude to Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for what they have done for me, and. I strongly advise other weak, sickly girls to give them a trial." Miss Fleury's case is one of many that Dr. Williams' Pink Pills have cured after doctors' help had failed. The success of these pills lies in the fact that they strike right at. the. root of the trouble -- the blood. Other medicines simply act on the symptoms of the trouble—and may relieve, but do not cure. Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills make new rich blood— that is why they cure dyspepsia, rheu- matism, anaemia, heart palpitation, head. - ache, backache and the ills of women; all these are caused by bad blood. For sale at druggists' or by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, from The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. 4 • Economy That Did Not Pay. (Philadelphia Record.) "Yes," said the publisher of art cata- logues and artistic advertising devices in Philadelphia. "I have done well the past year, and expect to do better in the future. Sometimes I make a mistake, however, that makes me feel a little tired. Not long ago our firm wished to reproduce in catalogue and card form a painting that appeared in one of the magazines. I called on the artist to buy the right. She wanted $400. It was more than I was willing to pay, so 1 offered her a royalty instead. She ac- cepted, and we have already had to pay her $18,000, with the demand for the picture increasing every hour. An ex- perience like that keeps a man fairly humble regarding the infallibility of his business judgment" a.s 111EALTHY BABIES. grace. th The carriages were ordered, and ttee duchess and her party prepared. turn. While they stood waiting, the duchess sought to cheer her drooping young friend. Pointing to the beautiful and varied landscape of hill and dale, and grove and river, all bathed in the clear sunlight of a .Tune afternoon, she said: "Do but look up, Rose. 'GVhat a glori- ous day! With what a lively green the fields and groves are clothed; how deeply bine and clear the sky, how high the dome of heaven'. Rose looked up and heaved a sigh, "Ah, madam, so I thought when we came out this morning. Now, alas! I might say with Hamlet, that `It goes so heavily with my disposition, that this goodly frame, the earth, seems to me a sterile promontory; this most excellent canopy, the air—look you—this brave,, ocrhanging firmament, this majestical roof, fretted with golden fire—why it appears no other thing to me than a foul and pestilent congregation of vapors.'" The carriages now came up; the duels etas and her party entered, and.were driv- en riven to Beresleigr house. Her grace sought no time in seeking Lady Etheridge in the dressing -room of Healthy babies are good babies — it is only the sick child that cries all the time. Mothers, if you want to see your little ones smiling and happy, give them Baby's Own Tab- lets --there is a smile in every dose. The Tablets cure all the little ail- ments of childhood arising out of a disordered condition of the stomach or bowels. They are good for all babies, and are sold under the guar- antee of a government analyst to contain no opiates or harmful drugs. Mrs. F. D. Kirk, Dumfries, N. S., gays: "1 always n,o• Baby's Own 'tablets for the ailments of my little ones and findthen a splendid anedi- cine. A few doses always restores them to perfect health. I would not bo without the Tablets in the house." The Tablets are sold by dntggists or by mail at. '25 cents a box from The 1)r. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Hubby Innocent for Once. A Bethany wen= sat up till 1 o'- clock the other night waiting for her husband to come hotue, At last, weary and worn out with vigil, she went up- stairs to retire. only to find her hus- band in bed ,fast asleep. Instead of go- ing downtown be had stolen upstairs and crawled into bed, which rade his wife so mad she didn't speak .to him for a week.—Kansas City journal. '