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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1903-09-04, Page 3A l freeenersereseeareenreteeetere The Rose and Lily Dagger A TALES OP WOMAN'S LOMB AND WOMAN'S PERFIDY ,N A di A Ww�rwwu�s�,sw wow.wsaov wrJ ij • w„lh.-r7~Oa.A. ,p.,.9aJa.,as. trailla.Jw Illba ..14JaJ t.10Notpalhsa ir8 Where could be no doubt of it! And at the window, watching Fanny rexow she, Lady Blanche, the daugh- Inchley anxiously. She saw, her ter of an earl, one of the leaders of enter the chemist's, and, as if she 'society, would be dragged as a wit- could not bear to lose sight of her nese into a court of justice. Witness even for a minute or two, Lady in a murder ease ! And worse I The whole shameful etory of her con- spiracy with a servant—the house- keeper's niece—would be brought to light, and she would have to stand there and admit that she had plotted to prevent the marquis' marriage ! Te shame would kill her ! The very thought of it sent the blood estaging'to her farce in a t};eurning flood, and made her writhe as if with phy- sical agony. What should she da? That Fanny Inchley, scared out of her sensesby this fatal termination of the con- spiracy, would confess her share in et and Lady Blanche's was certain. What ,should she do? For one mo- ment the thought of flight passed swiftly across her mind, but only for a moment. She knew that flight was impossible. The cold, shrewd face .pf the detective rose before ber, and reminded her that any at- tempt at flight on her part would attract his attention to her. Should ;she go down to Sir Edmund and make a clean breast' of it ? She rose as ie to obey the impulse, then sank back again. She could not do it—not yet. 'She must see Elaine, see Fanny Inchley-- She shuddered at the very thought of the girl, shud- dered with a commingling of fear and hate. Some one knocked at the door, and she prang up and gripped the chair with both hands, setting her face bard. It was a moment or two be- fore she could answer Lady Bannis- ter's question: "Have you gone, Blanche?" libe opened the door. "Not yet," she replied, "1 aan put- ting my things on." "I came to say that if you can per- suade the poor girl to come back with you, pray do. We are both so sorry for her. "I will tell her," said Lady, Blanche; "but I think she 'would rather re- main at home." She had put on her jacket and a veil over her hat, and went down- stairs. A carriage was waiting, and the man drove toward Myrtle Cottage. As he did so he met the brougham which had taken the major and Elaine to the station. "Just taken Major and Miss Delaine to the rail," he called out. Lady Blanche's man pulled up, and ��, sue a footman got down and told , murmured a "thank you" and "good Lady Bla'n'che. m•orning," and passed out. "Shall we go an, my lady ?"he Lady Blanche took up a packet of asked, evidently all on the qui vive fancy, soap, paid for it, and went of curiosity and excitement. out after her. "No," said Lady, -Blanche ; "drive Fanny, Inchley walked slowly to the town." She would send a tele- down the Rige street, then gram to her father, tellifng him to turned down a lane leading to the telgraph to her to return Home. Castle park; and Lady Blanche, as The carriage turned off toward if drawn by a spell she could not .Barel'ield, end was entering the resist, falio�ved her, Fanny Ineh- I3igh street when Lady Blanche, fey, without leaking round once, who lead been looking out of the win- reached tate lodge, but Instead of dow vacantly, started and pulled the entering the park went down a pi,tin 1.. Blanche, ,scarcely knowing what she 'ways doing, followed her into the shots. Fanny. whose back was turned to the door, did not see her enter, and Lady Blanche, standing behind her, +heard her ask the chemist's assist- ant for some sal volatile. 'I want it for my aunt," ehe! added ; "she is not as well to -day." She spoke in a quiet, perfectly self- possessed voice, and when the man remarked in a sympathetic tone that he was not surprised under the cireumstaoces, Lady Blanche, 'wait- ing breathlessly for Fanny's re- sponse, was -amazed at the calmness with which she said: "Yes: this terrible affair has shock- ed her dreadfully." "Awful ! Awful !" murmured the man with solemn enjoyment. "I suppose it is true that his lordship has been taken In charge, miss `t" "Yes," Fanny assented with a sigh : "but of course it will all be cleared up." "Oh, of course," exclaimed the man promptly. "We none of us can un- derstand what Mr. Saunders can be thinking of. Poor Captain Sherwin 1 Did you know him, miss ?" Lady, Blanche waited breathlessly for the anew -ea It came, quietly, and calmly, with just the proper amount of sadness in the voice. "Yes, I knew him slightly, poor gentleman, . shilling's worth will do, please." ; i i The man•, with the slow precision of his trade, selected a phial and went to the beak of the shop. Lady Blanche, still unseen, her eyes fixed an Fanny Inchley, saws her look along the counter, laid out as usual, with a number of bottles and cosmetic preparations, and then swiftly; and stealthily take up a small paper covered bottle and slip it in her pocket. The ma.n came forward with the phial in his hand, neatly' wrapped in white paper, and seeing Lady Blanche, bowed respectfully as he handed Fanny, Inchley the bottle. Fanny turned quickly, and at sight of Lady, Blanche her pale face seemed to contract, and her grey eyes ceased for a moment un- der the white lids; but without any further sign of recogniti check string. She saw Fanny Inchley, ,walking quickly, along the pave- ment. "I am going into one of the shops,' •she saki to the footman as she got one. "Do not wait ; I would rather *walk back." The man touched his hat and the carriage drove off. She stopped at a shop and looked OF INTEREST TO MOTHERS A Safeguard for Children Cutting Teeth to Hot Weather f1V>e mime when: children are cut- ting teeth is always an anxious one for mothers and when this occurs dtrring the hot, weather solicitude of- ten, deepone into alarm. So many, elle that often result fatally are li- able to ensue that ©very mother will be interested in a medical discovery, that robe this period of rrany dan- gere. Mrs. R. eeargusoo, of lois Itnan,sfield ptreet, Montreal. Que., gives her experience for the benefit of other mothers. She says ; " My baby has always been small and deli- cate, tided suffered ea much last sum- mer with his teeth' that I did not think he would live. 'fare medicine the doctor ordered for hinr did not do him any good. Then he Was at- tereked with dystentery and a very hot skin and cough. I sent for Baby,'e -Own Tablets, and they did and stopped close up against the hedge and under the shadow of the park elms. Lady, B1a,nche came up to her and confronted her, white and pantinm and the two women looked into each' other's face. Fanny Inchley's was white, too, and the gray eyes looked preter- naturally Iarge, surrounded by a dark, livid ring; but her lips, drawn in a thin line, ware firm'• and hard, and. she met Lady Blanche's dis- traught gaze with the steely glit- ter in her own which one sees in some animal driven into a corner and determined to fight to the east. "You want to speak to me, my lady ?" she said, end her voice was calm and unfaltering. Lady Blanche put her hand to her heart, and drew; a long breath. "What—what are you going to do?" she demanded. o ny,Tin exactly the sameeated one,F and as if she did not understand. Lady Blanche stared at her, and nen looked round fearfully. Yes! Quick t seen cane may come may he nether, She uddered, and drew her veil still Cher over her face. .anndin y kept her eyes upon her y. No one Is likely to see us, my y," she said. "And if they did, I 't see that it would matter. I Ludy undBlaerstand d your ladyship." and glistening gazed the thiat the ne exible lips, an if fascinated. —I have followed you to know' -- hear the truth," ehe said, pant - the Id —we sh fur F stea 41 Lad don lam a wonderful amount of don good, and'he le hove getting on eplen- didly." face Baby's Own Tablets are sold by all, roil dealers In medicine or will 'be sent "I post paid, at twenty-five cents a to box, by the Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Brockville, Ont. , 1 , "Q. boat the -Murder, my HAD TO LEAVE SCHOOL, The Pitiable Story of a Young Girl, Every Mother of a, Growing Girl Milt be Interested in the Story as Told by the Young Lady Mies Laura Dumontier is the daughter 'of a well-to-do farmer in St. Cuthbert, Quebec, The circum- stances under w;hic!t she was forced to discontinue her studies and leave school will be of great inter- est to all mothers of growing girls, and Miss Dumontier consents to make them public for the benefit her experience may be to others. She says, " At the age of 12 I was sent to a convent school in the parish. At that time I was as healthy as any girl of my age. At the end of a couple of years, hrolw- eter. I felt my strength leaving me. My appetite grew poor and I suf- fered from severe headache. I nevertheless continued my , studies until October, 1901, when I became very ill, and Was forced to leave echool. The headaches that had bothered me became almost con- stant. I suffered from pains in the back and stomach and the least exertion would leave me almost breathless. A doctor was called in and he said I eves suffering from anaemia, and was in a very dan- gerous condition. He treated me until February, without the least beneficial result. Then another doc- tor was called in, but no better re- sults follo!tved his treatment. My parents , were now thoroughly alarmed, and two other doctors from St. Barthelemi were called in, and after consultation their ver- dict was that my trouble had reached an' incurable stage. I was greatly disheartened and did not expect to live long, when one day one of my friends asked me why I did not try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. I had lost confidence in all medicines, but was willing to try anything that might help tne, and my rather got me a supply of the pills. When I bad used a couple of boxes it •was very plain that the pills were doing me good, and after I had taken them a couple of months I wets once more enjoying the blessing of good health. I feel that Dr. Williams' Pimk Pills have saved nay life, and I gladly give my experiehce In the Nope that it may be of benefit to some other young girls." No discovery of modern times has proved' such a blessing to young girls and women as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They act directly on the blood and nerves, invigorate the body, regulate the functions and restore health' and strength to the exhauted patient when every effort of the physician proves un- availing. These pills are sold by all dealers in medicine, or may be had by mail post paid at 50 cents a box, oe six bores for n'3.50, by writing to the Dr. Williams' Medi- cine Co., Brockville, Ont. Remem- ber that no other medicine can take the place of these pills, and see that the full name, Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills for Pale People, Is on the wrapper around every box. said l? anny, each word low and dis- tinct. Lady Blanche shuddered. "Yes, yes. You know- — you must know.'' Fanny Inchley's eyes were hidden for a moment under the light lashes, then she looked up calmly, steadily. "I, my Iady ? How should I know any. more than anyone else 9,' Lady Blanche put out her hand and pressed it against the trunk of a tree, as if for support. "What do you say ?" she demanded hoarsely. "You don't know---" Fanny Inchley snoop her head. "No, my lady. I was in bed at th'e time of—the murder." Lady Blanche looked at her va- oabrgsvntly., then put her hand to her eat You—youed„ were in bed !" she re - "Yes, my lady," said the cold, calm voice. "I sat with my aunt all the evening. She was asleep; she always sleeps in the evening. She is old, and not very strong, and at half -past 3 I woke her, and we went to bed." Lady Blanche fixed her dazed eyes do her. "Then—then yrnu did not know that—that—Miss Delaine went to the bridge to meet him—that I told her, and—and she went--" Fanny looked at her with calm surprise in her eyes, on her lips. "You told Miss Delaine to go to the bridge, my lady ?" she said. "I don't under--- Why did your lady- ship do that ?" Lady Blanche started, and lean- ed forward to look at the white, suit face mare closely. 'Do you intend to say—to swear —that you know nothing ? That you did not persuade me to send her--" I persuade you to send Miss De- laine to the bridge to meet-" she paused for one swift moment and fuer face contracted—"to meet Cap - teen Sherwin. Your ladyship must have been dreaming. Why should I do such a thing ? I don't know Miss Delaine or anything about her." Lady Blanobe shrank ;hack against the tree, appalled by the calmau- dacity of the assertion. Is -3s that what you are ,going to any i" she demanded, almost in- audibly. Fanny Ineliley's eyes seemed to penetrate her, and an expression of something like score glittered in them. "What I ani going to say ? What else can I say but the truth. But I rani nay nothing. Wily should I? I was in bed by half -past nine. My aunt knows that ; I wound up her 'vnatch for her. She remeutlxers the time quite well, ray lady, for I asked her, this morning." Lady Blanche was eil.ent, fasci- nated, femIl-mound. F;suuj Inchley Went, on e.e.,• i : i ' i'It same as if your ladyship knows more 'than I do—more than anyone else, indeed. I've not heard until now that Miss Delaine was out •r'esen the bridge, your ladyship said —fast nLgne, 11 jso She pA.11sNLalla then lowered het' voice warningly, almost threateningly—"if so, It will be very ,bad lot Miss Delaine. She Will he mixed up with—the murder, you see." Lady Blanche drew a long breathy she telt suffocating. "Let me think l" she panted; but she seemed incapable of thought, and as if to help her the calm, coal voice went OD: "And I think your ladyship must be mistaken, for the servants— they have talked of nettling else since—since it was known—remem- ber that Miss Delaine went up to h'er room before it happened. One of the footmen heard your ladyship tell Lady Scott that Miss Delaine had gene to bed." Lady Blanche put her hands to her eyes, and tried to recall the incidents of the awful night. "I—I remember !" she breathed fearfully. "Yes, my lady," said Fanny Inch - ley. "It is well that you should. If you told any one—if you said in open court what you have just said to me, it would be very, dreadful for poor Miss Delaine." As she spoke the name her nos- trils expanded, and her lips—for the first time,—quivered. Lady Blanche looked up. "h Is no use, no use 1" she gasp- ed. "I sent the marquis! I told him! He knows that I did, and will say so! I shall be forced to speak, to tell all ! Oh, my God !" Fanny Inchley looked at her in silence for a moment, then she said slowly, as if every word were weighed, and its effect calculated. "I don't think the marquis will say so; and no one else can." Lady Blanche shuddered. ' What do you say?" she demanded ! hoarsely. ' I say that Lord Nairne is not likely to toll the judge and jury that his sweetheart was out in the grounds, on the bridge, at the very time Captain Sherwin was murdered. You say you told the marquis Mies Delaine was out, on the .bridge. Did any one hear you tell him ?" Lady Blanche thought painfully. " No, no!" Fanny Inchley's Ii,ps parted tor a moment, as if witlh a sigh of relief and satisfaction. " Then it is your word against his—" And hers !'' broke in Lady BIanche. " Do you think that she will remain silent, that she will stand by and see him—hanged without uttering a word, without telling all she knows—" The mask dropped from Fanny Inch- ley's face, and she grasped Lady Blanche's arm and bent forward, so that her lips almost touched Lady Blanche's ear. "She will tell all she knows, you think ! Let her ! Let her ! But not she! Don't you see that every word she could say would tighten the rope round him ! If she was on the bridge at the time of the murder, she must know who did it; and every word she says must convict him—or herself ! And so must anything you say—any- thing of this wild story of send- ing her to meet Captain Sherwin ! You see ? Ah, you clo I" for Lady Blanche had wrested her arm from the clutch of the small, clawelike hand. and shrunk away. "Now, then ! Am I right ? Isn't it better to be silent ? Isn't it better for him, for her, for yourself ? Do you want 'to appear as a witness in this case ; as a witness against him or her ? You can't appear for them. And who'll believe you if you do speak out ? Who'll believe that Lady Blanche—Lady Blanche! — would demean herself to plot with Fanny Inchley against her own cousin ? What would become of you if they did believe it ? You'd be hooted, there—in the open court! You'd never be able to show your face in public again as long as a you lived! You—a grand lady, the su daughter of the Earl of Delaine, toe s try told spoil your etwin cou9ln's prospects I" She hissed the tanner full, at Lady Blanche's whtte taco and 'terror-strickep eyes. "Bail Your ladyship„••h lost your senses l kid you u, proud lady4 One of those to a orb supposed never to lose their nerve ! Look at Mar, annllee drew' herself up, and fixed her eye with their black rings on Lades Blanche's quailing °fifes. "Why'. Ynte ! aliel ,n.o'a?g'!?t .S.4. ri,4bl41ngerk only ah ememoh PPersbn, h ste0 o .1 servant, while you--" Her t lips curled with, ,unutterable tempt. "Why, you'd confess you did it yourself, you've got so Iit'tle pito k!" Lady Blanche, as it overwhelmed by the torrent of scorn and 00!!- ` tempt, put up her veil, and wiped her forehead. You—you are right !" she said' pantingly. "1 know .nothing about it 1°' Fanny Inchley resumed her former ' manner and tone instantly, and seemingly without effort. "Of course, my lady," she said, dog- gedly. How should you? You know no more than I do ; and I was in bed, as I've said, at half -past nine; and so was Miss Delaine," " Then—then—" Lady Blanche, paused, and an expression of horror' crept into her eyes. " Who did it`?"' she asked in an almost Inaudible' whisper. Fanny Inchley met her terrified gaze steadily, unflinchingly. " Why ?" she repeated slowly. 'That's for the judge and jury. Let them find out I" Lady Blanche arranged her veil with trembling hands. " I—I will go home," she faltered. " No! You must stay here. You must go to the examination, the trial ! You are a friend of his—hers!' Lady Blanche suddered. " I—I cannot :" Fancy Inchley looked at herseorn- fully. "If the person that did the mur- der hasn't more pluck than your. ladyship," she said slowly, "he'll soon be found--". She stopped sud- denly, and her eyes distended with a look of dread_ and horror, as if she had seen something over Lady Blanche's- shoulder. The look had van- ished from the cold, steel -like eyes before Lady Blanche had time to see it, and Fanny Inchley went on. "Whoever it is will want all his wits.' I hope--'. she paused a second, and moistened her tips—"I hope they'll. find and hang him, whoever it la. You'd better go now, my lady'. Stop!" She took something from her pocket , then, as if it were not what she had intended, replaced it swift- ly, and took out the phial of sal volatile, stripped off the wrapper, and uncorked it. A brook ran down on one aide of the road, and she, pointed to it. "Take some water. up in your hand," she said. Lady Blanche obeyed her mechan- ieally : and she dropped a few drops of the liquid into Lady Blwactte',e palm. "Drink that. You look as if you' had seen a ghost." H.er osvn hand was as firm as a, rock. "You'll be better *directly. Give me your handkerchief, my lady." She took it and dipped it in the water, only ittoyour eyes—there 1 It's y your ladyship should be upset, being in the same house, and knowing the marquis so well; though, as your ladyship says, you know nothing, nothing whatever about ft." Lady Blanche bathed her face and thrust the handkerchief in her pocket. "No, I know nothing," stye -said with a sigh. Fanny Inebley nodded. "Of course, now should you ? We were all in *Zed when--" She broke off suddenly, and gripped Lady Blanche's arm. They both heard the sound of ap- proaching footsteps. "Quick," whispered Fanny Inch - ley, and she half dragged Lady, B1.anche through a gate in the field, and from behind the hedge they sat, Saunders coming down the lane click - Ing the heads off the nettles as he sauntered along with the indolent, aimless air of a man trying to kill time. (To be Continued.) The 'heating surface of a boiler of Modern locomotive is equal to a rface fifty feet long by forty.; even feet wide. A LASTING CURE OF ITCHING PILES A Chronic Case of Unusual Severity and Long Standing Cured by DR. CHASE'S OINTMENT Plias, or hemorrhoids, are small tumors, which form in and about the orifice of the rectum. %hey axe caused by an enlarged and inflamed condition of the veins, which are very numerous in this portion or the body, Piles frequently attack women during the expectant period er alter childbirth. 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