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Rose then saw before her a fine-look-
ing man, with a tall and graceful figure,
' a static?y head, well covered with glossy,
light yellow hair, that waved around a
tiBehead broad, white and open as that
boyhood; delicately -arched eyebrows,
ear, gentle, blue eyes; straight nose,
lull finely -curved lips, all blended into
a charming expression of kindliness end
gay good -humor.
As the young duchess looked up at this
face smiling sweetly down upon hers, her
own countenance went through many
rapid changes; first a vague surprise,
then a fearful suspicion, lastly a horri-
fied recognition, as, with that cry of ar-
guish we all utter in our extremity:
"Oh, my God!"
She threw her hands up t ober face,
reeled back and sank upon the sofa. The
'vis'itor deliberately crossed the room
folded his arms across his broad chest,,
and standing before her, said:
"My sudden appearance has startled
you, madam, the duchess! Your grace
scarcely expected to see me here-"
There are shocks so great that they
kill the weak, and stun the strong into
a state resembling calmness. This was
such a one to the young duchess. It
did not crush—it calmed her. Though
pale as death, she quietly motioned. her
strane,e visitor to a seat, and when he
had taken it, said:
"In the name of heaven, heave you re-
turned from the `=nave to ruin me?"
"Nu, mine own; I have returned only
from tIle Continent. I aur no ghost, but
solid flesh and blood, as 1 can soon con-
vince you," said the visitor, gayly, rising fold. It was twha ,e leaing 1 : t 1 tater
holding out his arms, as that night's ad
if to cin .3lttlre ' l be -
and
g
yoitd all clonl't that I Lel 1 t :sen rec:lj
brace her. nized and that the main' v 1
� in ,e'rc
"Stop! Wo nearer on your life and s �e p'
soul!" said Rose, spa'.1'.:iilg in a deep, of rev. l•al. P I dtl' St r tri :cev('r lets
stern voice, that sounded strangely and self to one evsno dear you"
flips, and "Then. in the r an of heaven, do
earfully from those bloodless
extending her hand in a forbidding ges- you appear to U' 't rim srh:h your I,res-
eiwe null 1" cried Rase:. in l &raor
tore. "Bra u,e tie.' scereasity of cons anent
lie sank back in his chair, regarding no ie.na r elrsts. P^c21ts0 my ermine:—
her with wonder and curiosity. tet iidii -ec Ikor -no loner lives; he is
"In the name of heaven, 1 adjure you dead—reed and d- ill" e:.'.lainre l the
to tell me --why did you give out a re- s:trttn' cr, in a tone of intenee h;'dret1, as
port of your own death? Why have co demoniac glare fleshed like lurid nein,-
you absented yourself so many years .
ning
and why have you returned sow?" ten n ativrtr nnlie e a0r.1' 31c fahi' e,
"Hal hal bol" laughed the stranger, hatietlly, "1 scant you for ma•seli."
throwing himself back in his chair, Ph The yotan dueness, si.ltlddaring, hid
"this is a pretty reception to give me, her face in both her hands without reply -
after a four years' absence." ins
"Once more I adjure you, by the right- g. „
Come, Rose; he continued, with his
eous Judge of quick and dead, tell me uantl cont oanre, "if you did not owe
why you have practised this .long and. me fidelity and affection, you do owe eae
fatal deception." s and at least.some gratitude for _my deliver
"Sweet partner of ..all . mq -joy . - • tatee •o'f you -from a' house that you en`tif
sorrows I do not know thatt-1 have any
scarcelyHave Left without my d. Even
right to keep the secret from you. , hisgrace the duke .touId nohave cls -
wall tell you then. I• fled as you know, eov eel your retreat, or rescued you
from a criminal charge of a monstrous faoni t'oat ell -chosen Mains; pl^on. Come,
nature, and of which it would have been nose,you have elven ane it very Bald re-
very difficult to prove my innocence. septi:,t: but when I a. rrn'e you that 1
I ingeniously spread the report of my grit villin{, to forgive this eeecip:ads of
own death to stop puasrit and obtain--•
oblivion, After four years' absence, yours with the •duke, and provide for
`vhen I supposed myself to be forgotten, your flight with me to the contuient•—
--can you not if you will consent to bo mine—"
1 returned to England
guess why—to see my beloved Rose. "Wretch! Cease your insults! I will
And where do you suppose I first saw hear no more!" cried hose, shivering
her?' 'asked the stranger, pausing and with disgust
looking fixedly in the pallid face of the Come, Rose, this is carrying matters
young duchess.with rather too high a. hand. You know
"Go on," were the only words that es- that you are in my power—soul and
caped her blodless lips. buds you are mine:'
"I found her at midnight on Houns- "No, by the blue heavens above tis !
low Heath, in the hands of footpads." Not so fallen as that; I sane not yours,
"Yon were —" Rose gasped and thank God!'
stopped "What! Do you forget the little trans -
"I was the companion of the scan action at the village olrureh at Swan -
calling himself Colonel McCarthy in your imine four years ago? By that I claim
pretended rescue." you as my own "
"Then, if you recogztized me there, "I forget nothing; least of all a lnntee
why did you not make yourself known foot that I should. .ever remember, n.'ime-
to me? It would have prevented all this ly, that I am the most unworthy wife
utter ruin." of one as high above you as heaven is
"Because it did not suit my einem- above hoose—so high above you that he
stances to do so. My return to Englaiad should not even be harmed in. your pres-
Wes an experiment. It remained yet to encs. To him, eny noble 11:uebse d, will 1
be tried whether I should be remembered go --to him will I makes ss all, as I should
and pursued, Besides, as soon as I re- have done before our marriage would he
cognized in our intended victim my own have consented to hear epee -else only, my
Be,asI wished to deliver you from the husband, shall be nay judge. I will coat -
power of my colleague, McCarthy, a net my cause to him, and receive my
purpose that 1 could only effect by the, fate from his own just kande. Anil,
utmost secrecy and caution." whatever that fate xaay be, I •rrhaki kno v
. "Explain yourself." it to be riglateens, ce ninio teem .luta;
"You must have already surmised that and, whatever it nervy be, though the
the whole affair of the attack on your Duke of Bereeleigh may banish this poor
carriage, your rescue by Colonel Me- .Rose forever from his sight—look you,
Cienthy and myself, and your refuge at sir: you, at least, 1 will never see aagin.
%Iowlet's Close, was all a preconcerted The morlwtraus and unnatural crime that
arrangement, planned by McCarthy, alias has mane you hateful to all enasnkind
McSomebodyelee, to throw you into the hoe made you loathsome to, me."
power of a certain illustrious personage "You take high ground, madam; but
whose name was not to be mentioned this one warning I would give y stir
in the affnir; and who, I suppose, really grace: Unless I hear fx'o.m you to a &f-
neser authorised it," t.ront purpose to-amorrew before yens,
heaven, eaven, what a pandemonium is you, Rosamond Wardour and Etheridge,
this town, What demons are in'it!" mut- Duohess of Beresleigh and aBroness 1Dth-
terod Rose, in terror, ericige of Swinburne—shall »11 stand. before
"Very true, my love; but you are un- the world a eomlmritted felon!"
i wise to disturb yourself about then(. To Far all answer the young druehess rang
!resume: You were taken to the country- the bell.
;house miscalled Hamlet's Close. You The footman in 'waiting on the outside
; were shown to your chamber, but for- of the door imruecl.iate'!v entered.
aria
,tallow thiCt ii!
tp , be street
ioor, and if he does,1ti( go: promptly
and quietly, aUsu non • Vlolie man," said
the young duchess,
"your grace shall :hear trove irrnc before
twelve to -morrow!" neleimeii the demi-
ger, minlson with rage, as he followed
the f;. otman from the room. '
"Oh, rneecifni Saviour of 'the world,
that I could die tide _'moment! ' Birt one
short hour ago, SO exalted, se confident,
and so happy! an antionow, so wre-Waled, so
fallen, andso lot! And oh, Heaven!
I
how shall tell :one duke? 'What •sha11
I say to my husband?"
The re-entrance of• the footman who
had attended the stranger' to the street
cl,00r, startled het.
"Well, Miller?" she asked, looking up.
"Please, yam grace, the malt has gone
aiway,quite peaeeably, said the footman.
"Very well. Then go to the duke and
say, with my respects, that I request
the favor of his preeence here in the kb-
rary," said the 4,uoherys.
lihe footman bowed 'and withda•ew to
do hie ,errand.
And tlae young duchess, :pale, breath-
less, trembling, almost dy,ing, awaited
the entrance of the duke.
oHAPTER XYVIII,
tunately did not retire to bed. A man
in a mask came out from his conceal-
ment in a dark closet; his purpose was
honest, and though he unwillingly gave
you a desperate fright, he bore you
away from a house of danger and he
would have borne• you to one of safety,
had not your own outcries and the un-
timely arrival of the Duke of Beresleigh
prevented his laudable purpose, and
made it necessary for him to beat a
speedy retreat. You have already recog-
nized in your deliverer from that house
of danger —myself!"
"Go on! Why did you not claim me
then and there, before I rushed, dragging
down all I love, to this horrible pit of
perdition;" exclaimed Rose, in despair.
"Because, my love, as I repeat, my
circumstances did not permit me to do
so. I glared not alienate my friend at
court by letting him know that I had
freed the bird I had engaged to help
hien, to entrap. And I dared not let the
authorities know of my return to Eng-
land. I was forced to use caution and
secrecy- in all that I did. You were de-
livered from my honest cu-stody by the
hands of the Duke of Itersleigh. And
the next news I heard of you was the
of your betrothal to his grace."
"Olt, man! roan! wh-, did yon not
then, at Least eerie forward nd prevent
the consummation of such a horrible
misfortune."
"l:eceree, my dear, the prineiple of
self-sacrifice ice. w s never a eeneid,er.e7de
element in r17;di et, r, The :i,•
of secrecy tend maiden bol finer a . , :1 tell
The Duke of Beresleigh entered ` the
library with a brisk atep, humnning a
aively opeeentj'aie—the exuberant jo.!..of
his heart overflowing, In Iris manner;
"Well, fairest and r o: b i 1 of Roses,
what are yo?as gaee's commands? You
have absented yourself ;on;; from our
friends; there are many inquiries for.
you. Your untimely visitor h.s d pdirted,
I pr'suwee,", he said, gayly. e t,in o:to/Ong
her.
She turned toward him with a face
white and still -as death,
"Bose! Good Heat/en, 1 what is
the matter? \Vhat hos I ; u •l?": he
cried, springing toward. ) ,r. `'s a held
out her ban'( with an aili.eing gesture
that suddenly ' ire' e l I. • , ire
stood still, ryax_n, at her it ni-lnnont
for a moment. enc' then
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lodgings. Passing by, he ha:1 seen and CRIPPLED ��A
had been pleased with the 'louse, and AL liIl i '�J SCIATICA,
would pay liberally for the accomrno-
dation if she could lodge hint for a few
weeks.
'Now, there were several suspicious
circgmstancea coruieetcit with the ap-
pearatlhce and story of this person which
did riot strike me at the time, but which
1 had bitter cause to remember after-
ward. In the first place, Swinburne, with
the exception of the obese was not a
sporting neighborhood. No one but the
visitors at the castle ever came down
to shoot or fish. In the second place,
this was not the sporting season. But any
poor foster mother, no more than my-
self, noticed this discrepancy.
"Her one absorbing desire to fiul a
wealthy husband for her poir Rose
blinded her to every danger end all cru -
sequences and decided her, 1 ficniy be-
lieve to receive this gentlemen a; a lod-
ger: The bargain was soon strias.. The
stranger returned to the village fr'r hag
portmanteau, and Mrs. Elni.er ea ea al-
to the house to prepare tbs upper rooms
for his reception.
"After her preparatiod-t were complete
she took me in hand 'tress( i roar care-
fully, but very plainly, and cautioned
me to be very discreet. But th1 a sort of
setting me up for sn.le w to eu rem -mint
to my feelings that, in�teed, ! eonld have
found it in my heart to have 1.i•irlen my-
self in the wilderness."
"I can well believe it, my poor Rose,"
said the duke, with a tone and look as
though he were mourning over her, dead.
She continued:
"Captain Rutherford carne the same
afternoon. 1 suppo=e he would have been
considered by ally landlady as a model
lodger. He was a handsome and prepos-
seseing nem, tall, fair ,?tinned, fair-
haired, with eyes as 11100,• clear and gen-
tle as those. of ehildhond, and a smile
full of frankness and benevolence. Ile
fascinated my poor foster mother; she
believed in •hian, ho , r ia.deed,
loved hint. I!i, lif, .,1.: s ' as very
quiet itch? rep,alat. 14. l • i t in the
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Settlement, The attack was so se-
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some time.. The cards of my leg' were
an drawn op and I could only ?chap
along with the aid of a stuck. The/ '
pain I suffered was terrible. I was
in misery both day and night. Every
moment caused one suoh pain as only'
those who have been tortured w+ftlk
sciatica ean• know. 1 was treated by
several doctors, but they did not'
help me a bit. In fact, I almost be-
gan to feel that any eondrition oval
helpless, when Dr. Welliesns' Pints
Pills were brought to any attention.
I got a half dozen boxes. I had used'
about the same quantity before I
found any benefit. But I was en-
couraged and got a second half
dozen boxes and before these were all
gone every vestige of the trouble halt
disappeared. Not only this, but I
was improved in health in every
way, as it will be readily understool
that the lc'ng siege of pain I had suf-
fered hal left me badly run down. I
can't speak too highly of Dr. Wil-
liams' Pink Pill. I can't recommend
them too :`tren7ly to ether suffer-
ers."
Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pi' cure sciat-
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they i ...:e _ d' o .lent. brok-
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t.., and 1 But only the genu-
ine pills eau de (kis, and they hive
t1,e fall name, Dr. Will1ems' Pink
Pills ter Pa'. 1'ce1,e en the wrapper
to her.
But again olio w spa her wkite hl •l.
to wave him rack, as in a 1 scat '1t l :i
low that he never could bees r/ sen... d
it ars her own. she.smith
"Don't touch me. Duke of llerealeighl
A gulf. has ',penal befeveI n u; deeper
and broader than that which divides hea-
ven •onil bodes!"
"In the name of heaven. Prose, what
do•you mean?" be exclaimed, appalled
at:'ber manner.
`:That plan—oh, .heaven? how dare I
tell elm! Oh, Georges Oh, Beresleigh!
13cr,sl .ighl dad I not r,iy.to you three
iniiiths aro that' j ort ,wets list Mien
'Those brow you ~;vele to p;aier the ducal
coronet of your :anima house --•did I
not? Dill I not?"
"Ye,, nen, yr.; but what mean you,
in the naive o1 ?leaven"'
Bttt so great wee her anomie]: that she
was incapable of speaking or breathing
freely..
There was a waiter with decenters of
port and sherry and ,glasses sitting on
the table. The duke poured out and
brought ii glass of wine, •whieh he forced
her to drink. The r•stimulant had the
desired effect. She breathed freely, and'
commenced her narrative:
"It was.;when 1 was but seventeen
years old, and while I still believed my-
eolf to be• the daughter of Magdalene
Elmer, the. village laundress, that the
event I am' about to relate to you oc-
curred.
"My poor .foster-niother, doubtless to
assuage the:. pangs of remorse, always
made my life as easy to me as possible.
She worked hard to keep ane from work,
and to pay foe 'spy education. She:ewes
as careful of My poor beauty as though
I had been some little princess entrusted
to her charge•. That 1 should.be brought
nip like a la.dy,'and marry a. gentloneau of
fortune, seemed her one great ,purpose
in life. Doubtless she wished to compen-
sate me in this way for the birthright
of .which her treachery had deprived rise.
She threw ills as match as possible in
the way of gentlemen, but always pri-
vately cautioned me never to ,permit the
slightest freedom from one of them. She
used to tell rue. that if I was discreet my
beauty would snake any fortune; but if
I were otherwei a, it would. prove my de-
struction. And thee forewarned, if. not
forearmed, she would send me, as it
were, to seek my fortune amid scenes
of social danger. I mean that she was
in the habit of getting up all the fine
linen for the transient visitors at the
Etheridge Arris, ,and of sending nye to
take it home."
"Oh, Rose! poor, peer girl! how cruel-
ly you were exposed!" said the duke.
"It was the only service that sny•poor
foster -mother requested of ine; and, in-
deed, I always rernembered her teaution
and deported 'myself in suck a memner
as to repel impertinence." to
"I was scarcely seventeen years old, and
was living in an obscure old house in an
unfrequented wood a mile out of the
village, when one morning a traveler, in
the dress and aeeourtrements of a
sportsman, passed by• our place. He look-
ed at it, retraced his steps and entered
the gate. Mother and myself Were both
in the yard. I rcturried into ilio house,
but r "�
'`Yourmy mothefoster mot—her, Rose," said the
duke, with a fastidious shudder,.
"My foster mother, •then werit'forward'
to meet the stranger. From 'the ,open
parlor widow I heart? all that passed:
"His name, Jae said, was Ceptaitt Ru-
therferd; he was . ail officer of the
Tenth I•iussara; he Was on ,leave, and
hal come down to the teii'hberi ood for
a few weeks' shooting; h#' ilid. not tike
the village, and was inseatala of country
recovered herself, and proceeded in a
lower tone:
':Olt how I have to speak of what soon
followed! Rutherford loved 1110, ,sought
every opportunity to tall me so, but my
foster mother, discreet, as she was am-
bitious, took care that he was never for
a,: -moll ent alone with me. This course
of .conduct brought dile man to the point i
taward which 'she had been drawing him
all:31m the . time. He sought an interview
with'aher; told her that he loved Pie, and
wished; to make me his wife. My floor
mother:i':with ill -concealed triumph, dhe
approl ed his • shits; and sanctioned: his• ltd-
dress.
"And. you, Rose, yon?" exclaimed the
duke? with the most painful interest.
"I• hated the 'man. I say it now, and
I said it then! Blit then 1 blamed my-
self for the instinctive hatred that
seemed so unjust, 1 we, a rlhild in the
hands of my foster -mother. She
did not absolutely force me to
'accept Rutherford, hut she urged
Pie with tears, entreaties and
reproaches, and won her eau-' and 1tuch-
erford's through my love for her."
The young duke could not repress the
deep groan that burst frau' ?lie bosom.
"I consented to become the wife of
Captain Rutherford. l;ut after our en-
gagement, my poor nurse in,i,trd upon
the same reserve as before. We were
never left alone together for a moment.
"This course effected that which Mrs. I standing between these powers is in the
Ehler had intended it should—the fix. interests of the German Empire.
CE'O„LtN ra ISOLATION.
Hamburg Paper Completes Bitterly of
British Diplomacy.
The Hamburger Nachrichten, formerly
the organ of Prince Bismarck, and still
representing the views of a large sec-
tion of Junkers and the military party,
has a bitter article complaining of the
persistent efforts of British diplomacy,
assisted or inspired by Sing Edward, to
isolate Germany front the rest of Eur-
ope and to draw a ring of hostile powers
around her.
Two powers, it says, must be consid-
ered as having boon in a special degree
influenced by' England 'against Germany,
namely. Italy and Russia. With Italy,
Britain has been thoroughly successful,
and relinnec can no longer be placed on
her by Germany in any conflict where
British interests are involved ,but with
Russia it is different, and there is still
tiinne to prevent efforts being made in
London to come to an understanding
with the Czar's Govermnent.
It is asolutely necessary, says the
Bismarekian organ, that German diplo-
macy does all in its power to hinder an
understanding between Britain and
Russia, and it expresses the hope that
Prince Dnelow is now convinced of the
error of his, former belief that an under-
ing of an early day for the wedding. The
captain made liberal settlements, or he
brought us documents which he declar-
ed to be such. But he desired, upon ac-
count of his family, who. he said, wished
him to marry an heiress, that the wel-
ling should be a strictly private one,
Witnessed only by my mother. To this
Mrs. Elmer consented, and the captain
undertook all the necessary prepara-
tions. The curate and the parish clerk
of Swinburne were heavily fed, and
bound to seerecy.
"It was arranged that the captain,
any mother and myself shollid repair to
Swinburne ehureh of dawn, where the
curate and the clerk would be in readi-
ness to perform the ceremony, after
which we were to take a post chaise to
Bristol. where we were to embark for
the continent,
"Everything was conducted as had
been previously arranged. At dawn the
captain had a post elenee before our
door. We entered and drove to the
village .and entered the ehnrch before
any of the vilagers were astir. We found
the curate and the clerk awaiting us.
":Che ceremony proceeded,
(To Dr ,-r'Otinned.1
The great trouble. of practicing what
you preach is that it is so easy to get
out of practiee.
Atone time, says the paper, Germany
was able to rely on a rising in the Brit-
ish Mohammedan Empire should England
pet into trouble, but since the Algeciras
fiasco the Oriental nations would sin
to have lost confidence in Germany and
would probably remain quiet should war
at any time break out between Great
Britain and Germany. If, therefore,
clanger of a serious character is to be
avoided, en understanding between Bri-
tain and Russia must be prevented at all
costs. There is no other way.
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eeourity :that her child's health its
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ments as colic, indigestion, constipa-
tion, diarrhoea and. simple fevers.
They break up colds, destroy wormis,
make teething painless and give the
child healthy natural sleep, And the
mother Inc the guarantee of a goy.
erniuent anaiyet that the Tablets aro
absolutely safe. Mrs. Robert Waite
son, Cannbe•rmere, Ont.., says: "1
find llaby e Own Tablets ,just the
medicine needed to keep children
healthy." Sold by all medicine deal-
ers ,or by mail at 25 cents a box from
The Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brom.-
vine, Ont.
ARinal Critic.
Dr. D. D. Evans ,(lie medical expert of
the Thaw trial, was criticising at a phy-
sician's dinner the browbeating method
of cross-examination that the courts per-
mit.
"But my criticism," Dr. Evens ended,
"hes been feeble, and what good is feeble
criticism? The critic, to store, must be
epigrammatic, unexpected, humorous,
"Thus, in any native Bridetown, a can-
didate for Congress spoke at a mese-
meeting, and afterward a politician ask-
ed an old farmer what he thought of the
speech.
" `Waal, I dunno; said the old man,
soberly, 'but I think six hours' raft
would 'a' clone us a let more good.'"