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"Doctor, you acre a Christian gentle-
man—you believe in effectual prayer
and in providential guidance. Go home
and reflect on all that I have told you.
Put away all worldly thoughts and cone
veationel ideas. Think only of justice
faith and mercy. Pray to the Load for
direction; and to -morrow, whon•you visit
Clueeinove, you will know what to say
and do," replied Laura Elsner, with sweet
gravity, and she arose as if to close the
interview.
He also arose. He looked at her—
beautiful, palestatue that she seemed—
and, taking her hand, replied:
"I will, riy child, I will; and may the
Loud guide my thoughts and direct and
comfort you. Good -night." And he
raised hex hand to his lips, and departed.
CHAPTER XXXI.
The next day Dr. Clark had an inter-
view with Cassinove in the prison and
pointed out to him that the only course
to prevent Laura giving evidence was to
make her his wife.
Oaseinove at first demurred, but the
good doctor easily persuaded him that
it would be for the best.
And then he took his leave for a
short time to make the arrangements
for the strange marriage.
First he called at the lodgings of Miss
Elmer, whom he found dressed as if for
a walk.
"My carriage is at the door, ;any child,
and if you are going to visit our prisoner
this morning, 1 will gladly take you
there" said the doctor, artfully.
"I thank you; I was just goi; I am
quite ready, and need not •detain you en
instant," sad. ;idles Elmer. joining him.
He took her to the prison, through an
the halls and passages to the cell of Cas-
sinove, saw her enter, and then withdrew
to procure the special license. Then he
ca.led upon Cassinove's old pastor, the
Rev. Henry Watson, of St. Matthews.
He found the good old Sian in his study,
and in a private interview, explained to
him the service for which he was wanted.
Now, among the very few who had
an unshaken faith in the innocence of
Cassinove, was the Rev. Mr. Watson, the
pastor, who had known Irian intimately
from childhood up to maturity. So a£ -
ter a little hesitation at the strangeness
of the service required of him, and after
being assured by the doctor that there
were good reasons why the marriage'
amid be .solemnized, the good man
yielded to his faith in Dr. Clark and
Cassinove; and, though greatly myst--
fled, consented to go and perform the
ceremony.
In the meantime Laura Elmer had
passed into the cell of her betrothed.
Cassinove was sitting just where the
doctor had left him on the side of his
mattreae with his hands elasped toge-
ther and his head sunk upon his abreast.
He looked •un as Laura entered, and, ris-
img, extended his hands to her, saying:
"Oh, Laura! oh, my guardian spirit,
can you snuinise what Dr. Clark alias
been saying to me this morning?"
"Yes, yes, mine own, for I sent hien to
say it," replied Laura Elmer, with noble
truthfulness, as she placed both her
hands in his.
"And are you, my beautiful preserver,
prepared for the sacrifice which, indeed,
I fear it is doing a great wrong to ask
of you?"
"It will be no sacrifiee on my part.
It is the only possible way to save your-
self from an unjustly -inflicted death, and
me from a fatal remorse."
"Alas, Laura! when I first met and
worshipped you—when I first dared to
dream of the poy of making you my own
—this was not the sort of .bridal 1 pic-
tured to myself!" said Cassinove, with a
deep groan.
"No, my own; you thought of con-
quering fortune, and laying it at nay
feet and of lifting me to a position high-
er, if possible than that from which I
fell, This is what you planned for me.
And because you planned it, and because
it pleased Heaven to disappoint your
generous plan, here am I at your side,
as willing—oh, yes—as willing to share
your sorrowsas ever 1 should have been
to share your joys," said Laura, sitting
down beside him.
"Oh!" groaned Cassinove, "If my
guiltiness is no plea to heaven or earth.
in my behalf, surely this woman's good -
hese must be! Surely, for her sake, God
will bring light out of this great dark-
ness! Heaven will not leave her to Ant-
terl21
Thus they conversed together until
their conference was interrupted by the
opening of the cell door, and the appear-
ance of the warden who ushered in it
lady closely veiled, and retired.
The lady threw aside her veil, and dis-
closed the sweet fake of a friend.
"My dearest Rose!" cried Laura El-
mer, rising to embrace ber.
"The Duchess of Beresleigh!" exclaim-
ed Mr. Cassinove. in surprise,
"Yes, it is I, my friends, come to see
you once snore. Indeed, I should have
have come sooner, but I have been i11;
and, oh! in so much trouble. You have
heard about it, Miss Elmer?"
"Yes, sweet Rose! I heard, and I
should have gone to you, but sorrows—
such dark sorrows as ours=make us self-
ish, I fear." said Laura Elmer, as her
heart smote her for the neglect of this
gentle friend.
"I could not expect you to come, dear
Miss Elmer, Dr. Clark, who attended mo
in my ibress, told me—"
"That Miss Elmer was performing the
part of a Sister of Charity to a lonely
prisoner so zealously as to leave• her no
time to bestow upon her friends," said
Cassinove, regretfully.
"Something like that, indeed. But I
consider such duties as sacred as fully
to exonerate Miss Ebner. I fully expect-
ed to find her here, and I am glad to
have found her."
"I am here every day, dear Rose, to
lighten as much as possible these dreary
prison hours. But I am here to -day for
an especial purpose. Therefore, I am
pleased that to -day, of all days, you
should be present," said Laura Elmer,
gravely
The young duchess looked from one
to the other for an explanation.
"You are here involuntarily to wit-
ness a marriage," said Laura Elmer.
Rose looked more perplexed thanebe-
fore
"Miss Elmer does not wish to be call-
ed as a witness on my approaching trial.
To prevent this, she is about to bestow
upon me her hand. Tell me, madam; for
you are a disinterested judge, ani I not
doing a great wrong to accept so vast a
sacrifice?" said Cassinove.
"But I do not understand," said Rose.
"She would immolate herself for the
bare chance of saving my life," began
Cassinove; but Laura gently placed her
hand before his lips to stop his further
speech, and turning to the duchess,
briefly, and in a low voice, explained the
urgent necessity for the immediate mar-
riage.
"You are right, dear Laura; 1 feel
that you are quite right, although not
one in a hundred would think it right,
and not one in a, thousand dare to do
it even if they thought so," said Rose,
earnestly.
"I am pleased that you agree woth
me; dear." replied Miss Ebner.
"And I am very pleased that I hap-
Ipen to be here to support you, dear
Laura! You required a woman's pres-
ence, now, did you not? : Say so, to
please me, dear Laura."
"I can say with great sincerity; sweet
Rose. I did, indeed, need the presence
of some woman friend, and I am most
happy to have yours," replied Miss El-
mer.
Once more they were interrupted by
the opening of the cell door and the en-
trance of Dr. Clark and Mr. Watson, who
were ushered in by the turnkey, who im-
mediately withdrew.
Dr. Clark recognized the Duchess of
Beresleigh with surprise and pleasure,
bowed, and presented the Rev. Mr. Wat-
son.
The little party quite filled up the nar-
row cell.
"The officers of the prison seem to
think that you are holding a levee this
morning, Cassinove, and are probably
wondering what it. is about. I did not
think proper to voluntter an explana-
tion," said Dr. Clark, cheerfully.
"Young lady," said the minister, ap-
proaching Miss Elmer, and speaking in
a low voice, `is this step that you are
about to take well considered?"
"Yes, sir, it is well considered," an-
swered Laura. Ebner. gravely and firmly.
"In the name of heaven, then, I must
proceed. Stand up; if you please," said
the minister, opening his book.
Cassinove arose and led Laura before
him.
Dr. Clark took his place beside Cassin-
ive, and the young duchess - stood by
Laura Elmer.
The marriage ceremony was commenc-
ed with the usual formulas. When they
came to the question, "Who giveth this
woman to be married to this man?"
`1 do," said the venerable Dr. Clark,
taking the hand of the bride and placing
it in the hand of the bridegroom.
When they reached the point where
the ring was iequired, there was no ring
forthcoming . Good Dr. `Clark had en-
tirely forgotten that little necessity.
But the young duchess, hastily draw-
ing a circlet of diamonds from her fin-
ger, offered it for the purpose,` saying:
"Keep it, dear Laura, it is the emblem
of truth."
• The ring was placed• upon her finger;
the vows were made, the prayers offer-
ed, the benediction bestowed, and the
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Itastl cgs, .dressed in .deep mourning, and
looking worn and wasted as though from
illness: Caesinove beckoned M, Fulmer,
junior counsel ,and inquired: .
"flow came Colonel 'Hastings hither?"
"He presented himself this morning as
a voluntary witness for the defence. llel
has just arrived from .Baden -Maden,
where his constitution received a terrible
_shock in the death of his only and ido-
lized son."
"The death of his son? Mr. Albert
Hastings? When did he die?" inquired
Cassinove, in surprise.
' "About a month ago•"
"Was he long ill?'
"7n body, not an hour. In mind, always
T fear. He blew out his brains after los-
ing fifty thousand pounds at a card table
in Baden-Baden. It has broken his fath-
er's heart, as you may sec. Theold
Mau was ill for many adys after the ease
tastrophe,aana has only just arrived in
England, to serve you, if he can, he
says."
The attorney -general proceeded to
open the case for the Crown by stating
at large the facts attending the mur-
der for which the prisoner at the bar
had been indicted, commented severely as
he ,progressed upiton the atrocious nat-
ure of homicide in general, and of this
murder in particular, wherein he said
were all the vices of ingratitude, hypo-
crisy and .cowardice. Wber•ein the prison-
er, young in years, but old in crime, had
heninously murdered his own benefactor
—not in broad daylight. face to face with
his intended victim—no! but "in the
.dead waste and middle of the night,"
when all the household save himself,
had sunk to innocent repose, the coward-
ly assassin stole to the bedeliamber of
Sir Vincent Lester, and there, in that
scene of stillness, in that hour ofi dark-
ness, while the victim lay helpless in
sleep—"innocent sleep"—plunged the
dagger into the heart of his benefactor.
The clerk then called the name of
"Gala, Lady Lester."
And there was a general rising and
craning of necks to catch a glimpse of
the baronet's widow, as she moved from
her seat among the witnesses and went
forward to take the stand, where her
stout, black -robed, deeply -veiled form
stood revealed to all eyes.
After having the oath duly adminis-
tered to her, she was requested to look
at the prisoner, and turned to meet the
full, dark eyes of Cassinove fixed with
a look. of anxious integrity upon her.
This was the first time •she had seen
:him since the ',eight of the murder, and
'lis expression of countenance evidently
surprised her.
• Cassinove and Laura both wondered
what Lady Lester would have to testify
in, regard to the murder, waren they
w.
knethat; her ladyship has slept sound-
ly through the whole of the tragic scenes
of that fatal first of October. It was
known ..tivhen she began, to speak.
•"I ar' ;the widoi: of the deceased. I
know the prisoner at the bar; he filled
stile -situation Ofeeta'.tor of out; younger
sen, and: resided` in our house for nearly
twelve months:a. •
"Cab•- your ladyship inform the jury
what seemed to be the state of feeling
between the deceased and prisoner?"
inquired .the counsel for the crown.
`At first the deceased and the prisoner
seemed to entertain. for each other as
cordial a, friendship 'as could possibly
exist between: persons of unequal rank
and age. Gradually:, but evidently, that
friendship cooled; until, at length, it
ehanged to a bitter enmity."
"Will your ladyship tell the court how
this enmity exhibited .itself ?"
"1n many daily acts of mutual an-
noyance; in many looks, words and deeds
of hatred."
"Your ladyship will please be specific
and instance some of these stated acts
of mutual annoyance."
"In the first place, Sir Vincent Lester
very much disliked the attentions paid
by Mr. Cassinove to a young • person
residing in the capacity of governess in
our family. And though Mr. Cassinove
was well aware of Sir Vincent's dis-
approbation, he not only persisted in
those. attentions, but augmented them
marriage ceremony concluded.
After the cordial clasping of hands,
and earnestly Breathed good wishes,
their friends departed, leaving the new-
ly- married pair' together..
-At the usual hour for closing, Laura
took leave of Cassinove;.. and returned
to her lodgings. ' She bad 'soon good reae
son to know that her marriage had not
taken place one hour too soon.
The next morning, while she was pre-
paring to come• out, a 'sheriff's officer`
was shown into her room, who served'
her with a document that proved to be
a. subpoena; addressed to Laura Elmer,
spinster, and ordering her, under peril
of certain pains and penalties, to appear
upon a certain day at the Criminal
Court, Old Bailey, as a witness on the
part of the prosecution in the case of
"The Crown versus Ferdinand Cassinove,
charged with the wilfulmurder of Sir
Vincent Lester, baronet.".
Laura read it, and returned it, saying;'
"This does not concern me. My name
is not Elmer, neither am, I a single wo-
man.'
"Then will you be good enough to tall-
me where I can find Bliss Laura Elmer?"
"Nowhere, I presume;,, I, who once
bore that name, have now another."
"Then, inaditm, will you be so good as
to tell nee your new name, that I may
have the mistake corrected?" said the
officer, taking out his tablets.
"You need not give yourself that
trouble. I am the wile of Ferdinand
Cassinove, and therefore incapacitated
from giving evidence on his trial," said
Laura, gently,
The officer looked at her in surprise,
and then muttering that lie would, see
about it, departed.
And Laura Elmer went on her way to
the prison,. where she found Ferdinand
Cassinove in close consultation with his
counsel. The latter arose with a• smile
to greet the lady, saying:
"My client has just told nue of the•
ceremony that took place mere yesterday
morning. I had already learned that a
subpoena wag out for yothin morn
ing,,ane clay' ..too later, !,cu have
achieved a great stroke el rl-p eraa;ky,
madam, and saved; my el: t.
"If anything can save him in,such ex-
tremity,", murmured Cassinove, under his
breath.
`When does the trial come on, sir?"^in-
quired Laura of the lawyer.
"To -morrow, madam"
CHAPTER XXXII.
It was the morning of the day of the
trial—the' trial, par excellence, , of the
session—the trial of the tutor, Ferdinand
Cassinove, for the murder of his`employ-
er, Sir Vincent Lester, one of the oldest
baronets of England.
All London *as talking of it. It form-
ed the subject ,of• conversation. at every
breakfast table, every office and every
shop in the city as well as at the cham-
ers of Messrs. Clagett and Fulmer, coun-
sel for the prisoner, and at the cell at
Newgate, where Ferdinand Cassinove
awaited his summons to the courtroom.'
At an unusually early hour, a. crowd,
composed in part of the most respec-
table citizens of London, collected in
front of the Old Bailey toawait the
opening of the :doors.
As soon as the doors were thrown
open this crowd pressed into the eourt-
room as into a playhouse, to witness
the agonizing spectacle of a fellow crea-
ture on trial for his life, as if it it had
been a play got up for their entertain-
ment.
At ten o'clock the judges entered the
courtroom and took their places on the
bench.
And soon after., the order was given to
bring in the prisoner.
All eyes were now turned in the direc-
tion of the door through which the pri-
soner was expected to enter.
And in a few minutes.. Ferdinand Cas-'
sinove made his .appearance, walking be-
tween two police officers.
His step was firm, his carriage erect,
his glance keen, •and his baring proud.
His face was pale only in contrast to the
darkness of the ebon locks,. that waved
around his lofty brow, and the sable
suit of clericalcloth that :formed .his
usual costume.
Behind him walked Laura, •clothed In
deep mourning, and leaning on the arra
of the venerable Dr. Clark.
Laura was aeco ii odated with a seat
near Mr. Cassinove's . counsel.
Dr. Clark unwillingly took his plane
among the witnesses an the part of the
Crown.
And Ferdinand Gaesinove was ushered
into the prisoner's' dock. Re kooked
around himself, ove'- the •sea of faces
upturned to his; no friendly look among
them; the hundreds of eyes fixed upon
him; no kindly glance from them. Cur-
iosity, horror and vindictiveness was the
expression of the multitude.
Wearily, despairingly, Cassinove turn-
ed from this black array to `look upon
the groua of witnesses for the defense,
who •were seated on bls right hand, They
were very few in number-•--<iotrsisting of
hie venerable pastot, his old schoolnras-
ter,, and his ola aurae, all ettrte to tee-
tify to the eiteeileireo of, h el'i*raet r
from hie childhoodup. Wit? lb is Cas,;:
einove was astonished Colonel
.. Here a titter ran through the crowd,
mingled with murmurs of "Very natu-
ral," "Quite right," etc.
The cried cried "Silence!" and the
examination of Lady Lester proceeded:
"This was one of the ways in which,
the prisoner annoyed, the deceased. Will
your ladyship tell us now, in what man-
ner the deceased annoyed the prisoner?"
questioned the counsel.
"By throwing every obstacle he could
in the wav of Mr. Cassinoves conversa-
tion with the governess."
"What motive do you suppose the de-
ceased had for this course of conduct
toward the prisoner?"
This question was challenged. objected
to, and ruled out.
The counsel put it in another form,
and inquired:
"What was the cause of this hatred
between the 'prisoner and the deceased?"
Here, even the cold, calm Lady Lester
reddened, as. she replied
"I can testify with certainty only to
the enmity; the knowledge of its cause
belongs only to Hiin who seeth the secret
heman"
"lintartof what then does your ladyship
suppose to have been the causer"
This question was also objected to and
ruled out. And after a close cross-ex-
aminatiou, that elicited nothing more
than a reiteration of the first testimony,
Lady Lester was permitted to withdraw.
Sir Ruthwen Lester was now called to
the stand, and duly sworn. After which
he corroborated the teatimony of his
another, but added new.
(To he continuednothing.)
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A RHEUMATIC !, EC 's
After n.ospital Treatment Failed Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills CuredElul.
"I suffered the greatest agony from
rheumatism. Leading physicians pre-
scribed many medicines, but'with unsat-
isfactory results, I ° was compelled to
go to an hospital, but even the treat-
ment there. failed. Then I took Dr. \Vi1-
liams' fink frills and to -day I • am a
well man."
These words were spoken by Clifford
I,. Forbes when interviewed at his home
in Port hltiitland, N.S. Mr. Forbes is a
fisherman and had . always been very
Healthy, until some three years ago
while fishing off Newfoundland -he was
seined with a very severe attack of
rheumatism. In his own words he says:
"I was fishing ma the (;rand Banks in
the spring of 1903, when I was stricken
with rheumatism. I could not work or
sleep, and the pain was almost unbear-
able. My ease became so serious that I
had to be landed and for weeks I ]ay in
a Cape Breton hoepital as helpless as a
cripple. The hospital doctors prescribed
different remedies, but. they did not a,ure
me. I then left the hospital and was
to en'lrome with rheumatism apparently
completely fastened upon me. Day and
night I suffered. Nothing I did for the
trouble seemed to help me and I be-
came despondent and down -hearted.
Then a friend advised me to try Dr.
Williams' Pink Pills. I was skeptical,
but my friend praised the pills so highly
that I determiued to try them, with the
re:-ult you see to -day.. I am fully cured
and have not since had even a twinge of
that dread affliction. I cannot say too
much in favor of Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills, and I urge all rheumatic sufferers
to try them."
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills cured Mr.
Forbes because they struck straight at
the root and cause of his crippling rheu-
matism. They don't act on the mere
symptoms like ordinary medicine. They
don't act on the bowels. They do only
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actually make new blood. In that way
they root out all common blood dis-
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aches, rheumatism, sciatica, neuralgia,
and the secret ailments of girls and wo-
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richness and regularity of their blood
becomes disturbed. Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills are sold by all dealers in medicine,
or sent by mail at 50 emits a box or
sir. boxes for $2.50, by writing the Dr.
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SEED TIME
IT IS SOMETIMES LATE, BUT WE
ALWAYS HAVE HARVEST.
Seeding operations in some portions of
the Northwest have :been delayed by
cold weather. From private sources it is
learned that some of the farmers can
only sow in the afternoon when the sun
has thawed the ground. The frost at
night and during the forepart of the day
is too severe to permit of sowing. How-
ever, a good deal of sowing has been
done in the afternoons, and the pros-
pects are that the crop will be all
right. The following table, taken from
the official figures at the Expertmetaal
Farm, at Brandon, Mau., gives the date
of the beginning of seeding and harvest-
ing, and the yield per acre in the several
years of the period 1895-1906:
1895—Sown April 16, ripened August
27; yield 49 bushels.
1896—Sown May 8,' ripened ffeptem-
ber• 4; yield 26 bushels, 40 lbs.
1897—Sown April 26, ripened August
19; yield 35 bushels, 20 lbs.
1898—Sown April 20, ripened August
25; yield 35 bush., 20 lbs.
1899—Sown May 1, ripened August
28; yield 38 bush., 30 lbs.
1900—Sown April 10, ripened August
21; yield 21 bush., 20 lbs.
1901—Sown March 2, ripened August
22; yield 36 bush., 40 lbs.
1902—Sown March 4, ripened August
28; yield 31 bush.
1.903—Sown April 24, ripened August
22; yield 24 bush., 20 lbs.
1904—Sown March 4, ripened Sept.
71 yield 86 bush., 40 lbs.
1905—Sown April 10, ripened August
29; yield 36 bush., 40 lbs.
1906—Sown April 10, ripened August
17; yield 35 bush., 20 lbs.
Seeding at the Experimental Farm
diel not begin till May in the yearn
1896 and 1809, and in these years the
harvest yielded 26 bushels 40 pounds,
and 88 bushels 30 pounds respectively
per acre. In the other cases early seed-
ing did not invariably mean an early
harvest.
DRUGGING CHILDREN.
All so-called "soothing" syrups and
most of the powders advertised to cure
childhood elements contain poisonous
opiates, and an overdose may kill the
child. When the mother uses Baby's
Own Tablets she eras the guarantee of a
Government analyst that this medicine
contains no opiate or narcotic. Thew can
be given with absolute safety to a new-
born baby. They cure indigestion, con-
stipation, colic. diarrhoea.. and the other
minor ailments of children. 'Irs, G. (`ol-
Hi
a ss, tiii l.ellnt Hain., says: "liah,, s ()wn
Tablets arc the moat sat'cfnetvay w di-
ciue 1 have ever used for the minor ail-
ments of children . 1 acltvays keep the
Tablets in the house," Sold by medicine
dealers, or by mail at 2:; 'ents a `box
from the Dr. Willia.me lrledi:ine Com-
pany, Brockville, Oat.
Swallow Your Complexion,
A good complexion can not be rubbed
in from the outside; it must be seval'
lowed. The nest fray to get ::his is not
in medicine, but an greee vegetables and
dnndelian t•a.la.d, Nr,' <<natc IWoria,