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Home My WebLink AboutThe Herald, 1903-12-18, Page 3No social affair is complete with -- out the delicious - tasting The fragrance and rich creamy taste of this tea are peculiar to it alone. , Forty C lana nes Black Mixed Ceylon Should be Fifty As$ for Green the P.ed Label 4o1 "You never �',lv'ord,Violet No from human earhear r 'lux, but behold the great, broad, ble 'flaky. Your vow; is made to me, dar- Vling, before Heaven." "I have made no vow, Felix." "You have said that you love me. !•:Violet, make me quite happy now. 'Already I am, so happy that the air ,lseemis to intoxica,te me. Suzy you lsvili be my wife." She was thinking again, with the Pseudo far-off look in her eyes, and 'she said, suddenly; "A cottage orne. Do you mean ,that pretty villa where the Hen- tdersons stayed 2" The question seemed to him almost ,decisive. She would not leave ask - id it had she meant to refuse him. 1Bb could hardly answer ler calmly, Rhut he beat back his emotion. "She �£s so easily startled," he said to him- self -"I must be very cautious what I say to her." He answered ; "Yes, and many or the beautiful things that Captain Henderson ought are there now. To my mind t Is the -prettiest house in Lilford, land, my darling, I have a vision of ,eyou standing in that pretty en- lerance hall, waiting for me rebel) cosiness hours are over. I can see ,the light !roan the stained-glass Window falling on your golden hair. I ca,n see the sunlight lying outside an the flowers. I can see my wife's sweet face grow brighter for my com- 'lag. I can see your hands stretch- ed out to w.eicome me. I can ;also see ;the years pass on, and 41fe grow brighter and more 'beautiful. Do you like the pica ture„ Violet? Will you make it real." His groat, passionate love, shining cin his eyes, trembling on his lips, ttaucl;ted her. Her beautiful face grew pale. She was woman enough o feel the .beauty of the future be ad painted for her -woman enough to appreciate the deep, honest, true love offered to her. ' "I would rather not promise," she Wald; "but I will think of it, Felix." "You da not refuse, Violet?" u',No, I do not refuse," she answered. '' "Why, then" he cried, "the victory s won 1 You will be my wife. My darling, T love you all the better or your shy, sweet reserve. How could I be so foolish as to fear tibazt I shooed not marry my sweet girl -love. Violet? See, darling, 1 have been keeping this for you ever since( I came home from London last rear." He drew a little Morocco case .from his pocket, and, opening it, took out a pretty ring. It was of gold set with pearls. "You will let me Is your betrothal ring. You will never s part with it -promise me." She looked at the pretty jewel shining on her finger. "No, I will never part with it," she said; "but remember, Felix, I have not quite promised" "Not quite," re returned, with a happy laugh. "You will let me go back to The Limes with you, Violet, and tell Mr. and Mrs. 11'aye what I have asked yon ?" "Must you tell them now -so soon?" she askew. "It will be almost the same thing as being married if you tell them•." put this on your finger, Violet. This "It will be only the foreshadowing of a happy future, my Violet. Yes, I must tell them to -night. It would not be honorable to elcep silence; besides, I am so proud of the treas- ure I have won that I could not be silent if I would." They 'went back to The Limes; tea was ready in one of the sunny little rooms that looked into the garden, and Mrs. IIayo sat waiting for her daughter. Site smiled as the beautiful girl entered with her lover. "1 am not surprised," she said. "I thought it was so. Violet• is two hours later than she intended to be, and then does not return alone. That is like Violet." Later on in the evening Felix told his love story to Vio- let's parents, who were pleas- ed with it - piea,sed, but not elated. Violet was very lovely; she belonged to the gentry. Her beauty ought to have done much for her, still Felix would certainly one day be the leading lawyer in Lilford, and the legacy had quite altered mat- ters. But for that and the part- nership, Mr. H'a;ye would not have been willing for his daughter to en- gage herself to Felix Lonsdale ; how- ever, in that country ,spot he was now h. good mates. Thoy talked for some 'time about the prospects of business, about the cottage orne, about Lilford, and then Felix knew that it was time for him to go. 'ice THE FIRST BABY. ' (RThat joy there is in the home when the first baby comes. and yet to the young and inexperienced mothers who bas to care for it there is no other period of her life so trying. In the little ills that are certain to come the inexperienced mother scarcely knows what to do. To the young another -to all mothers -Baby's Own Tablets are a real blessing. They promply cure such troubles as con- stipation, colic, sour stomach, dlar- ellea and simple fevers. They break }asp colds, destroy worms, allay the irritation, accompanying the cutting Of teeth and prevent more serious ills. These Tablets are sold under a guarantee to contain no opiate, nor any other of the harmful drugs al- 1 t ways found in the so-called "sooth- x ug" medicines. . Tbey are good for all children from the new born babe to the well grown child. If you do don lath eintl the Tablets at your wadi- Niine� dealers, send 25' gents to The go Dr, (•Williams' (Medicine Co., Brock- ville, Ont., anti a box will be mailed you post paid. ; , , , fir Violet went with him to the gar- den gate. How many times he had blessed that garden gate. A. great lilac bush shaded it, and some of the happiest hours of his life had been spent there. The moon was shining and the flowers were steeped in gift,. tering dew as the lovers walked through the garden. It was a long good -night. They stood under the sweet-smelling, lilac, and the moon- light seemed to soften Violet's heart just as it softened the beauty' of her marvelous face. "Via•',ot,"' said her lover, "will you give me one hires? It is customary at all betrothals, and this has been our betrothal -day." s in themoo She raised fair faree to nitght,, and he imedh� the sweet lige. "Remember," site toed hien, "I have not quite promised." 1 have been thinking of y ur wedding dress, Violet," he !said ; �'it shall be of whiete silk, 141y darling, vont will be such a beautiful bride that every'ofee who sees you will want to take you from me." Tire lilac leaves were wet with dew, and the lovers laughed as the dew- drops fell over them. They laughed as the night -wind swept over the sleeping Slow'ers-gas tide great booghe swayed and murmured. All he world seemed so fair. Then Felix ound that it was growing late. 1t was hand to shorten this, the happi- est hour of hies life, but it must be e. "Violet, I conned Stand here saying od-night until moruleg dawned, but that must not be. Good -night." Once more he kissed the beautiful os, and whiespored to her that She alt h was clearest, sweetest, truest, that the world hard no other jewel so rare, that he laved her with his whole 'soul ; but she, when her 'lair face was resting on bis breast and his strong loving arms infolded her, whispered: "I have not quite pron'alsed. Felix, do, atforget t." "I shallot remembethar it only' to love 'ybu the more," he an,sw-ered as 'he left her; and he smiled to himself each tree that be tbought of the words. "You have brought good news," he replied. "I have seen Violet, and she was more beautiful and charming than I have everseen her yet." "And ache promised-" began Mrs. Lonsdale ; and then she stopped sud- denly, thinking to herself that af- ter all she had no right to put the 1 interrogatory' that was on her lips. Felix Looked at her with a bright smile. "She will be neyl wife, madre. Mr. and Mrs. Haye are both willing. She has not exactly' promised ; but she will marry,' me when I have a house ready for her.'• Lave and youth were strong with- in, ivim ; the mighty passion stirred his heart ; he meld not breathe within the narrow -compares of four walls. He went out into the moonlight ; he could think of it all -realize it &11 -better there. He had won VLo- Get. S1re was bts own, the beautiful girl whom everyane loved and ad- mired -his own to love him and ,'bless hiem, to crop u bis life. The union rotas a settled thing. Both. families mat and talked it over. It was >a, certainty; and a few days after Felix bad placed the little pearl ring an Violet's finger he went to mate inquiries about the cottage orne, wales We. Lonsdale said to herself more than once, "/ do not know bow it is, but I wish that he bad choueen Evelyn Lester." CHAPTER IV. The newts of an engagement was al- ready well received in Lilford; it wast something to discuss, to think of, eomething in which 'both maids and matrons took a lively interest; and tt was certain that no engagement ever co'urt'ed so much discussion as this. How intensely the young farm- ers in the neighborhood detested Felix Lansdale for having won beautiful Violet. Each one made up hie mind that Felix Lonsdale should do no more business for frim, and wondered why she preferred a law- yer to a farmer. All the old people thought It a most suitable alliance. Felix and Violet. they said, were equal in position, ann merriag.,s of that kind were the best. Mothers who had daughters of tlair own to marry were thankful that beautiful Violet could rival them no longer. The girls thought that Violet had won a prize, for there was certainly no one in all the country -side like Felix. There was ono pure, gentle heart to 1vhom the news of the engage - Mont came like a. terrible blow, al- though it had long been exPected. Evelyn Lester had never even owned to herself that she loved Felix Lone - dale, yet when she heard the news it sceerned to her that thebright face of heaven was hidden from her by a dark funeral pall. They had all been children together, and.in their child- ish quarrels it was always 'Evelyn who defended Felix. He could do no wrong in her eyes ; in her opinion the wide world held no other so brave, so handsome, or so noble ; and the chiidia]t love had unconsciously grown with hor-.she called it friend- ship, and believed it to .be nothing else. Felix load a real frieneaship for hor, a real admiration, a great esteem, nut nothing Iike love. He lent her books, he • frequently asked Mrs. Lonsdale to invite her to the house; .but it was all be- cause ho was sorry for her, and. thought her life lonely and sad. Evelyn was an orphan, left to the tender mencies of a strong-minded aunt, Jane Lester, mistress of the pretty little farm known as Our - lands. Miss Lester would say to herself, "I am anothing if I am not strong-minded," and therein she spoke the truth!. She looked like a stroog-minded woman. She was thin and angu- lar; she had what she called a darken it, nor did the wind ever freshen it into deeper bloom ; her gray hair was braided in a most severely uncompromising style; her dress was of plain, rich material. In writing the word "woman,' she always used a capital "W," and a capital "H" in "humanity." Of men as a rule she had .the poorest possible opinion ; site had the pro- foundest contempt for all their sen- timents, principles, and inventions. Site went to extreme lengths in her views about the rights of women. Where there was a mean, she was accustomed to say, there was mis- chief. "If you want anything done well, do it yourself," site coun- seled; "do not leave it to men." She had a certain oonvictioe that if the world wore governed by women it, ?would be quite another place. She did not dislike men, she had simply a superb con- tempt for them -a lofty pity and compassion that were infinitely amuesdng even to the.objects of them. It wavy the puzzle of the whole neighborhood hoax so Sweet a girl as Eve Laster could have grown up un - deer the splurge of ono like her aunt Jane. Eve was not beautiful. She was the perfect type of an English girl - graceful, heal.thy, with a ,rounded fig- ure, a clear complexion, fair, brown hair, red, ripe lips, a face that bne wioualcl call sweet rather than beauti- ful ; the dark -gray eyes' were clear and tender, long lashes shading them -a frank, noble soul spoke from iter eyes ; her lips worn firm and sensitive, with sweet and greacion's- 6urvos About them. Of a hundred men per- haps ninety-nine would have passed Eve by end thought but little of hor; the hundredth would haveiconsiderod hor Pape one of ties sweetest and dearest. 'There was a quiet dignity .,,Mout her, a graceful eaaem and self- possession that delighted her aunt. Evelyn had a small fortune entirely Or olvn cameiand, bat her a tint wa!s always at hand td sere that the was no undue expense, Outlands was a pretty farm n more than half a mile tram Lllfo and Miss Lester roes supposed have made money. She, with 11 niece, belonged to the gentry, b. owing to the elder woman's pecu arities, the two ladies visited b seldom and seldom received a visitors. If th.ore was one man In .7aLester's eyes less, oontemptib than another it was certainly FellLoaexdale. "The boy has a beautiful face she was accustomed to say of hi "and beauty is a woman's gift." So, because he head, "a woman gift" Miss Lester looked more kin ly on him. She liked to see hian Outlands. She 'gave him an amount of good 'advice; she w pleased that he should be a frien of Evelyn, No ane was more delighted thea Jane Lester to hear of the legac but the engagement did not plea her so wall. Love and marria were folly in her eyes. "I am disappointed in 'you; Fel Lonsdale," she said, sharply. " thought you had a little more sena than the generality of men. Pra expect no congratulations fro me -I have none to give." �' But Eve smiled at him with: he clear, tender eyes. r'I am very pleased," she said, ToI know that you love Violet dearly, ''Wo shall always be,. friends," told her. And she answered him with a ha, pi- p �� ruble on her sweet face. I , Always." They would always be friends; fo she desired nothing better in 11f the 1riend4h'ip of Felix Lonsdale. Mies Lester was perhaps a trifl more disagreeable than usual for th next two or throe days, and then to alt outward appearance, every thing went on as usual at Outlands but to Evo Lester life was nevei quite the same thing again. Sh Was innocently unconscious of he love. It any one had suddenly tax- ed her with it she would most In- dignantly have denied it. She hard- ly knew that the love of a woma differed from. the love of the child. She did not know wily the smilin earth and the fair heavens had so suddenly ,grown dark to her. She did not know why thio spring of her life had left her. * * * Darcy Lonndale had taken Val Rouse; he had for once in, ]tis lifetim the pleasure of ordering new car pets and pretty furniture. Mrs. Lons dale was delighted. She had engage a treasure of a nursery governess and prepared herself to enjoy life in real earnest. The deed of partner- ship had been drawn up and the firm. was known now as Lonsdale & Son. Everyone agreed that Darcy had done a w'is'e thing in making his clever, bright, intellectual ,son a Partner. Felix had taken the pretty cottage orne, and his spare time was devoted to preparing it for his 'beau- t/beau- tiful bride. He head seen eine fine photographs one day that he fan- cied would loci; well !named and hung hung upon the walls, He asked Violet to look at them; 'but he could not get her to speak freely upon any- thing. The photographs were beau- tiful -with the most charming of smiles she condescended to say so; that was all. She was evidently in an amiable humor, and Felix resolved to make the most of it. "Violet, do came .and sea the house," he begged."You"Yosay that you never visited It while the Hendenson's lived there. You. cannot tell how pretty the rooms are -do come and sea them." It was a brilliantly beautiful day In July ; the sun shone on lilies and ,roses, on flowers of every hue; the earth lay in the warm heat and brilliant haze; there was a hush and sweet, brooding silence over all. Violet could not refuse ; putting aside all other thoughts, it would bo Irleasant to see the interior of a pretty house. Mrs. Lonsdale of- fered to go also, ' and the three start- ed together. But Aire. Lonsclale had been. in love herself, and she had pity on her stepson. When they had admired the beautiful grounds and gardens, site said, laughingly: "Tho kitchen will not interest you; It does me; I will go and inspect It." re Then' Felix nlleozyed Violet the 'lsier. retty rooms he lead planned for h "The charm' of them," he said; "fe that they are full of light and brightness; :fronm� every window yos seo flowers and trees, through' ev- ery door comes 'a breath of per- fumed air. Olah,ere myi, Violet, we can bo pro happy " ' Is that jasnsine growing yon- der ?" elle asked. "Do gather a few' 'sprays, Felix, I think I amu fonder of jasmine titan X atm of any flower that blows." sae (To be Continued.) (!! ot. rd, to er ut,. 11- ut ny ne le m, 'e d- at y as dl n I y,1 seI ge Lx 1 e y m r h r e e e e r n g e s17 • e e NEW VEGETABLES. Being Introduced in United States From Mexico and Europe. Thee Department of Agriculture lees mlaking experiments with! many; new eagetables, which, .says the Saturday Evening Post, are expect- ed to prove useful in this country, if the people can be persuaded to grow ,thein. Its explorers are fetch- ing them from Mexico, which ie known to possess many food plants that would be of much value If in- troduced into the United States. Among the available Mexican vege, tables are various kinds of peppers and several species of tomatoes, wrki!ich are unknown to us. For ex- ample, there is the "husk tomato," which is about the size of a horse-, chestnut, and is contained in a sort of detachable rind that is removed Wvh'en the fruit lie rice as a prelim- inary to cooking it. It is not good raw, but is said to be excellent When stewed or fried. The Mexi- cans preserve it as a sweet pickle; Then 'there is a 'brand new kind of cucumber, which is quite an odd- ity in its why, inasmttch as it ex- plodes with! a loud report when ripe, thiroweng its red seeds to a distance. It chief use is as a med- icine, but the vine on which it grows is so handsome as to be de- sirable for gardens. More valuable is a giant okra, lately obtained from Europe, which has pods five or six times the ordinary size. Soon, doubtless, it will be commonly, grown In thisocountry, and will be• obtainable in our markets. It has a delightful flower., 'Another European vegetable which. Uncle Sam wants to introduce is' th'e tuber of a plant that looks a good deal like Marcia grass. It isl only about as big as a hazelnut, and, when eaten raw resembles cocoanut• in flavor., Thus is called "chervil;' and may be cooked in a variety of wiays. Th!e plant is a kind of sedge.' Special attention is being paid to the cultivation of new pot herbs on thee experimental farm which the Government anaintains near Wash- ington, and the seeds of the best of th'ese, when a sufficient supply, has been obtaned, will be distri- buted to farmers and gardeners: Notable among theam is a plant Iron" India called "basella," which bears fruit that looks like little black- berries. It is a vine, h'as pink blossoms resembling those of the arbutus, and is said to be delicious: It is always difficult to persuade people 'to eat new, things -a fact of which the commmon tomato, wlhich a generation ago was consid- ered poisonous in New England, af- fords a familiar illustration. Never- theless, every new. vegetable is art important addition to our happiness and welfare, and even a novelty in the way of pot herb is a contri- bution not to be despised by thlase who appreciate a well -flavored plate of Roup or dish! of stet. , Turkish Proverbs- With patience sour grapes become sweet, and the mulberry leaf satin. !By the gime the wise man gets married the fool has grown-up chil- dren. (Give a (swift horse to him who tells' the truth, so that as sooat as he has told it he may ride and escape. Be not so severe that you are blamed for it, nor so gentle that you are trampled upon for it. !1( you have to gather thorns do 1t6 by the stranger's hand. We should not give people things they don't want. That Dr. Chase's Syrup of Linseed and Turpentine po,esosses unusual merit as a treatment for Throat and Lung Diseases, has been proven in a score of ways. ia.r iy'ear by year. , (' _ ' 1 It has stood the test of time. It has gradually grown more popu- It has at least three times the sale of any similar preparation. It is to be found in the homes of the great majority as the favorite treatment for COUGHS, COLDS, CROUP, BRONCHITIS, eto. , r. i nsee 'Es Merit That Arms l ikettyfss Is it any wonder that there are many imitations of so successful a, family remedy ? I ; What we would emphasize is the necessity of care in buying. You cannot afford to rusk health', or life itself, to an imitation or sub- stitute which has not sufficient merit to work its own way. Look for the PORTRAIT and SIG• Nee UR,E or DR. 4. W. CHASE on the bottle you buy. r These are the best guarantees which any medicine can bear. 1 , s Syr a Turpeiflne is wonderfully successful as a oure for CROUP, BRONCHITIS, WHOOP- ING COT/GE, ASTHMA, and SEVERE CHEST COLDS ; Ru cents a bottle, family size (three times as mach) CO cents. At all dealers or EUMIhNSoN, BATES & CO., TORONTO. To proteetyou against imitations, the portrait and signature of Dr. A. W. Chase, the .famous recipe book author, are on every bottle. t �faila ,, 40