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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-04-01, Page 31111801i1011.Y41.1ftesurpe0101010ta....1. But the doctor could not tell him. " Go as far as the church," be sa!d ; "the walk will do you good this beautiful morning, Ask the wingers --they are sure to know." .Ho had not tire time- to spare; but the moaning'was fine, and •some strange instinct that ltee could coulee not account for hurried him on. `'Why are you ringing this 'merry chime to -day ?" he asked one of the ringers, a walte-headed old man, whose arms were wearied, and who sat resting on one of the green .graves. "Why ? Because the great Sir Owen is married to -day, Master Lonsdale." "Married!" cried Felix. "Married to Whoth ?" The chiming ceased end the wind fen a.s the old man answered "Married to Violet Kaye." CHAPTER. XXVI. There are no finer woods in Eng- land than the woods that surround Sramber Towers. Braintree is a glor- • taus estate, and the woods extend to Lifford. Time; ratan the massive background of trees which helps to render the old church so picturesque and artistic. The Earl of Arlington, the master: of the Towels, had but one fault an the eyes of the county —he was too fond of travelling. It was no un- usual thing for the Towers to be closed for two or three years, while the earl, with leis wife and daughter, delighted in fair continental cities. Lt ;was the one drawback to a noble character ; for Lord Arlington was one of those fortunate men, who was born with a keen sexise .of duty. He was a model land -owner, a model landlord, a model country; gentle- man. Wiien he was at the Towers, eeerytliing was sure to go well; he had a keen sense of justice —be gave himself the trouble to examine thoroughly into everything. He was never away, in:pnticut, or unjust. IIs was abror;t ldolizr•u in the county. 3lost of tee town of Lilford belonc- (el. to bine, arc! he took the greatest amicable interest in the place. He wade a point of attending the pub- lic x>:eetinge; he would have justice ••"jestiCe" was les motto. "Let jus+ tete be clone, though the heavens; fail," %vas a favorite quotation of Lis. Woe to nay man who tried to belle anotl.er, and hien fell into hie hotels! Woe to any voter who trifled with leis votes 1 Lord Arlington was it straightfor- %var.e. bonen, honorable Eng:a:Miran —alt dein try ways an -i tortuo-•spit teat were unknown to heat It was always obeerveil that if he were absent for any length of thee things went wrong. His fir,>t concern on his re- tt.rii was to endeavor Lo set thew right. The lead been nb:re rtt nearly three yearly this time;, lingering tivith Lis beautiftit wife land daughter in the quaint eltier,• of (IL! 3,lr:t10. He reaeL5 } homer on the cies mall of Sep- tember: ut<i he rawer that, ao 'a.- ual, dudes;;• hilt aberuse. nenell had gone wror.g. Hie return wee hardly known in, the neighhorboo1I.-for one of the thinge that cord Arlington disliked was friar. Why should there be a cane every time he returned? So he gex.erally kept his intentions sec, ret. The countess was a beauti- ft:a quiet, reread woman. One of her great characteristics was her sympathetic manners. She possessed that keen insight into the hearts and feeling, of others which creates sym- pathy. It was natural to her to feel intensely the sorrows and joys of others. There were two children -- The young heir, Lord Bramber, who was still at O:ford, and Lady Maude Dramber, a lovely. young girl about two yeitrs elder than her prother. Lady Maude inherited her ruather'd peeullar13- sympathetic nature. She was as gifted as elm was beautiful, and the one thing in which she ex- celled was art. eihe would have made •enc of the fittest painters of the day, ,tad she not •beer) an earl's daughter ; as it was her pictures were far sup- erior to those of many well-known artists. It was at her solicitation, that Lord Arlington returned home that autumn. She hail seen the fin- est parts of Europe—the most a11C.- turesquo, the most beautiful —but there was nothing she liked better than the fine old woods round T,iram- ber ; and she loved them best in au- tumn, wl.ten the leavos were falling and tee glorious tints on the foliage Made apicture of tints of which could not be transferred to en.evae. Site ha<l hogged that they' might spend the ai.tumn at lxonte, for tine bea.1.ty of an •English autumn eine passed anything whites they could see, abroad. Her i -1r ix was compiled with, as is often the wish of a spoiled child„ iiicl rho promised herself a few platen. n t mon the. reeLe qct oi,t on morning with ixee tau:tt 1 bocce aal patella The cram - tree s gge.,terl that elm rhonld take a 111111 or! a footman witlk her. Lady Mamie laughed. 'Ne datigs x lttrke an our English Steels, nerintxn:i," slie said. ''11 I were in -Italy or Greece I might Meet a few ba•igarelis; ixore, at Bran -stets there will be nothing wore° tltax the I pretty brown hares and the fettle sgtirrels. I could not sketch at my ease with n. great idle mann walting for me" So site Went alone into the 13rant- ti bel' Woods. She Wadded li tele sketches of Englieb, trees in their. t ruby -tinted autumn dress, and some of titre finest in England grew- amidthee fern and bracken in the Bran,- ber Woods. She had no fear. Why Could she have any ? The sky was blue, tl.e sun bright and warm, the air full of music and song. As site entered the woods she fancied that she heard a faint chiming of distant bells. " nay are the old church bells of Lilford," she said to herself ; "what a mellow, richsound ! I shalt not hoar it present- ly." It died &..way as she entered the green glades; the wound could not penetrate the' thick masses of foli- age. "I want oak, ash, and elm," she thought, "tend here I shall find allthree-" There was a broad open space, and, a majestic oak spread out its groat branches there. It was like to little kingdom in ,tself, this won- derful oak—a great .green kingdom with a life alt its own. Near it stood a. very fine elm, and in the distance she saw, the branches of a fine ash -tree. Not far from there was a pretty little brook, so clear that lone could see the pebbles at the bottom of it; it ram with a sweet, musical ripple that was a song In itselrt. The birds were hav- ing an entertainment of some kind in the green kingdom of leaves, and the 'noise they made over it was continuous. As she beea.me absorbed in the keen delight of her 'sketching ,sem forgot her feathered neighbor's. They no longer disturbed leer. Tele wind sounded like an Aeolian harp among the trees, bat that was music she liked ; the merry rabbits hopped among the bracken and fern, the (squire; 1s it1 iye.i among the spreading boughs. It was all so still, so peaces frit, ,so beautiful, that elle thought a =ho cattle sit there ek'tiehing forever. Once she was- <:esturbed ; site fancied time from the long western glade on the other u 11m of her there came the sound ex reckless running .footsteps,and then of a heavy fall, but after a moment or two etc concluded that it wails only the rabbits. "They are havpag a 'steeplechase,"oho said, and 1a'tghed at the idea ; then the pencil trembled in her fin- gnrr, for.' surely ,pie heax'.1 the sound of terrible sobbing—groat, paeston- ate, bitter :sobs. She coni ; not b' mis- taken ; they grew more bitter and deep, and there nil wa.s still.: he tried to go on 'with her drawing, but her hand trer,nble<i . .':die cOoiit not per. evade 11t t•., -elf drat what she heard was fa.nc•y--•alt fancy. Something min=t 11 'VC' m:>.2 tit: noise—the. would—go &:nil s,,. . • tiltr %� u:+ onto o: the most fearless of inelecn:, ; all the Ugh courage and ur:<3zunta't1 bratvery of her race lived in her. Sheput her drawing materials c is and went -toward the elno %%h ,neo the •toin_1 bed proceeded. Her heart boat fast, when eta saw beret her that prostrate figure of a man. There was no sobbing now, only a d•eath-like silence, and the man lay' with his face downward. She did cot faint, or scream, or run away, but she listened for his breathing, this dainty daughter of a. noble race. Was Ito dead ? Had he swooned ? Was lie hurt ?• She grew pale and trembled 'hien, on the coot, green grass, she detected stains of blood. Once, twice she spoke eo lam, and then slte raised his stead and looked into his face. How, handsome It teas — just such a face as site, had seer/ in marble in the dim light ofRomanolRomangalleries. Then she saw, that on the temple, so white, so rounded, so full of 'ideality, thereas iv,a terrible hound. A moment's oe•flecti�on showed her what the wound teas. Just above hint the branch of a tree. Ile utast brevebrae running in hot haste, and, not seeing the branch with its sharp, jagged edge, had run• against it. Ile had fallen there, and had swooned, probably because the, blow, had stun. asci flim. What a 11andcomo face it was, bat how terribly marked, with pain 1 What diel all thaw: great lines mean on the fair brow; and round the beau- trlui nicht!: •? Warmpity and tender r.om, xas,.ion roma in 11er heart for him, She Iwi the helpless head on the eras' again, and went and dismalher lun.kerchtef in the brook. Sho lela it on hips brow ; elle bound up the te cra, gaping %vound, then hesitated what�he should do next. Ills head i^.y inion her arm, and ,she looked tiko an angel of compassion briding over Eau. iSu•rkleniy, 'to her greai re- Idef, he averted his ryes and gazed at heir. "Violet," -he said. • "I am not Violet," ram replied. She ai w hie whole facts change, f "Olt, Eve—Eve,'" he rsaki, 'you told mo of tire: angel of pain, bat the trial was. more then I could boar." "I am not Eve," ,sthe told slim, gent- ly ; bat from the dim, r hudowecl loots In .his eyes' she know that he did net rear her. Gently and quietly, with Softesttouch, :rim bathed his, hot brow with the pool water of the brook, until she saw that itis senses had returned to "I found you here, badly hurt," elle on id.Ile tried to rise, but be was quite unable Mir. ir. She laid her hand ten Ole arm, " No," ehe said, "you must not try o steed --you will feel better soon. You are dazed • and Addy --•vols must have struck your head against this branch. Where were you running• so quickly 7" ' Away from the sound of the bells," he answered. " I know that I should not hear them in tlio del)tils of :the 13ramber Weeds." " Did they distress -you ?" -she asked. "I thought there so beatttifuee T'lxey drove me mad—they were killing nee," 110 repllc�d.. Ir,ben with a 10w cry he bent his face toward, the long grass. "I feel that I have seen you be- fore," she said. "Do yen know me? I am Lady Maude Brnnnber, and you -I have seen yarn at file nx' Surely you are 1Ir. l ells I.Tosvanoclale•.. the dear ol.d lawyer's son ?" Ile leaked at iter. Fes, I aha fete. Lonsdale," 11" replied, " and I begin to Heinle that Heaven has placed a .black cross against my name. aught to leers known you, Lady Maude. I remember you now, but m•.y head was all confused," "Your fees is quite familiar to me," said Lady Maude. "You came to the Towers with your father -- it is four years since—and you took luncheon. with us. I showed you some of my drawings, and you Were very shy. 1t com mo so vividly, . 13ut, Jit.es Lonsdalebackto, wily were you running from the sound of those bells?" She sate a spasm of pain pass over his handsome face; his lips trembled. "Do not agitate yourself," elle said, kindly. "Do• not tell me if it pains you" "All the world—ell my world— knows It," he replied. "1 will tell you, Lady Maude. I ran, mad, blind, reckless, from those bells because they are claming In honor of the marriage 01 .the girl I loved—the girl who had promised to marry me." "Surely," said Lady Maude, with a light breaking over h'er face, "you do not clean your pretty golden - haired sweetheart, Violet Have? Your father told us about her that at the Towers." "Yes; she •has married Sir Owen Chevenix to -day, and the wedding - belle were driving elle mad." "Poor boy," said Lady Maude, rather to herself than tie grim, "1 am -not eurpx'ised at it. You shalt not tell me about it now," added Lady ,laude, :After a silmee of some few -seconds. "It is the old story, I vurios fl of trust an•a ,r f aly tet treachery. 'i'eli me of your home, of your father. How is he 7" your father—I was always very fond Sympathy wee sir sweet. They were sitting under the great boughs of the spreading elm. Lady Maude's just nn:1 gentle Heart ached with pity for him. It seemed to him .u^h a, relief to -talk to her. Ile felt weak and languid—woman's sweet, soft words, woman's pity and symp:a.- the,y were very acceptable to him just then. He did not speak. of Violet, Lut h:n toed her the story -of his fat'her's bitter trials—flow Airs. Hardznan's money was Left to them, how happy it had made them, what pans and 1101)es they had built on it ; then of the disputed will, the trial, the ver- ' dict ; how his father's business had fal'en away from 11im, ana his old friende had ace by ono deserted him, all but Eve Lester ; and lie told her naw Eve had. come to offer her for- tune to them. Lady lilaucte's eyes filled with tears as site listened. "That is a girl after my own heart," she said. "That is just one of tete_ things I should have dorso myself, But do you mean to tell me, Mr. Lonsdale, that this is the outcome of Englishr law ? 1 have never hoard of so cruet as case. Ali who know your father know that he is as incapable of doing wrong as any anan en England—in fact, he would not do wrong. He was one of the tionestest and noblest; of men. I hare always heard him so highly spoken of. You do not mean to say that his old fellow -townsmen and the old friends who have known him for years stand. aloof front flim for tit's ?" She spoke with angry indigna- tion that dirt itis heart good to hear. " It is true," he replied, " and what is more, they have withdrawn their business from hien—some un- der one pretext, some under an- other. We .have had a struggle such as few conal understand, and my great fear is that my father will never be a strung man again." "He wants a reaction," she said —"something that would put him back in his place—that would rein- state him in public opinion ; and he shall have it. I will tell this story, just es you have told 11 to me, to the earl, 017 fa - tiler, and I ant sure this Is one. of the wrong, hr will hasten to redress. f ant glad that I have seen you, p lad that you have trusteed axe. There has been a gross misearriixg; or justice." "Human Intoe must nlways be more or less imperfect," returned Felix. "It is only the Diviue law that 11as no flaw." "Tell me mere Of Eva Lester," said Lady JI:1rte, "Your fair, false Violet dots not interest me, but Eve Lester does. I love noble women— tell me more of her.'' He told of her patience, ler heroism, her tirade, generous Ere; and Lady •Maude, looking at him, wondered why, when Ito understood the l.eauty of her fair seui NO well, he had not loved her in preference to Violet. "at xn were ail the same," r.ho thought ; "a fair face will lead 1112111 in any direction. They lose their heads when beauty comes- upon the scene; they are not strong -mended as a rule." Then, with a smile, she looked up at Felix. "The little mouse In Jim fable freed the lion. I will•be the Molise in this instance, and I promise you such netp for your father as shall! make his trouble really; a blessing in disguise.". , t . Re thought of Eve's -words, and via peated tem to her. She smiled, "Your friend Eve is right," she said, "Sorrow is often a blessing in disguise. I six) glair 1 stave met you; you will go horns all tete happier for knowing that the hour of your fath- ee's triumplx is at hand. You will have something to distract your thoughts, froth fair, false'Violet ; and remembee rue' promise, the fourteenth of Septemner, her wedding day, will beei;, beatter a,the 100ll."81 unhappy; day of your lif He thanked her until the tears came into her eyes again ; and then he told her that lie was better, and asked her to let him walk with her to the cher of tile :weeds. When he tyles to stand up, he looked very) white, and ill --she almost feared for him ; hut the giddiness soon passed, and they walked together to wnere she had left her drawing materials. Ile thanked her again and again so simply and earnest at she was charmed. Then she left lien, and went away tome. Felix had intended to take up his burden bravely. and carry it nobly; but human lore and human passion were too strong for lam—he coulee not face the world ,just yet. He stayed all night in the shelter of the 13ramber Woods, Suing hard battle wlth his despair. He watched the sun set and the moon rise; he watched the golden stars come out one by. one ; be watched the cheek'red shadows that the ino:)11 threw upon the grass; he listened to the wind as it sunt; its sweet song; lie thought of 1111 the moonlit nights en which lie had met 'Violet. He fell asleep for a few short moments, and dreamed that he stood under the wet lilac bushes with her ; Iter arms were clasped around his neck, her beautiful face was raised to his, and she was wattling hila even in a dream he could not believe her false. He woke with a cry of rapture. There lay the cola moonlight,. there stood the giant trees, unci Violet had rnar- ried Sir Oven. All night he stayer' there. It was the one terrible battle of his life. He was not asbamxcl to impart all his sorr:,w to the listening stars. They had listened to Oenoue's wail- ing when beautiful Paris left his love. This story ,of man's love and woman's folly, of man's trust and woman's treachery, of love forsaken, and forsworn, was nothing new to then'. There were times that. night when he almost went made, when he cried aloud for death. But Hea- ven was merciful and death earns not, The morning light found him; pale, weak and exhausted; but that one fierce paroxysm had taken the sting of his sorrow away. It was better than if he had gone hone and been ill for long days and weeks, That once fierce night of pain ex- hausted Item. When it had passed he was too weak and too tired to suffer more. Ile went Immo In the full iiglit of morning, and found TCate waiting for him. She had guessed what had hap- pened. She had not spoken of his ab- sence, but site looked anxeonsly at his face when he came in. He bent down and kissed her. "It Is all over, niadre," he said. "Now I shall live down my pain." Bate looked sadly at the wound on lies broad white brow. "How did you crit yourself so ter- ribly, Felix?" she asked ;and ixe told her. It was one of his great merits that be never spoke a false or eva- tiivo word. (To be Continued.) A SPRING MESSAGE. To All Who Are Weak, Easily Tired and Out of Sorts. Spring sliould be the meet joyous season of the year. It is the har- binger of sunshine, and birds and flowers; 1.1 breathes of freedom and out-of-door 1e'e. But unfortunately there are thousand:; who cannot en- ter into tae ,spirit of tthe season. Close confinement during Irate long winter montt.is has left them weak, dispirited and oppressed ; the appe- tite to fickle ; t'pe blood is sluggish' with imiltritie<: ; the eyes lack the lustre or health ; riven rine is and eas- a3l.tude have taken the place or vtg- Ovous energy. fillet 1:4 needed at tines season by such people is b health -renewing, bloodanek-ng tonic sometgiin; that will send, new, rich reel blood coursing'Llirouglt the veins, bring bt'ightne,:-s to til . eye, it healthy appetite, and a eater :kin free from all c,rrintion,s. Int alt tette world there 14 noosing* can do 11111; so effectively and so it(liorOnt~•hl,y ns Dr. 11'i-ilieme' link 1,'.11". Every don e1 .x1c,4 new blood, :stret;.gi'hens the nerves, and Un - the velsoie body. Here ie a bits ter strong proof, given l y Jft'. 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Your children will take this medi- cine as readily as candy, and • it is guaranteed free from !remind drugs., Sold by all druggists or mailed at 25 cents a box by writing The Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. HAM AND E0OS. The Egg, Ham and Bacon Trade With Britain. Department of Agriculture. Commissioner's Draneh, ' I The following is the report of 11Sr. A. W. Grindley, Agent of the De- partment of Agriculture in Great Britain, regarding an important branch of the Canadian export trade in food products. • The Canadian egg trade is ina good way, best brands selling as high as fresh or Daniell selected,. The eggs are clrieflya shipped in the Canadian box, witrx fillers holding. thirty dozen. The style of package Is popular, and being of good quality', gives general satisfaction. A limit- ed number of eggs are shipped in the foreign bux, which holds twelve long hundreds (1,110 eggs). The eggs in these large case& are packed in straw, or excelsior, and are put up in this style at the request or the [import - ems. Continental and Irish eggs are, packed in dile style of package. 13otlt fresh and glyeelines have come forward late in tete year fen large quantities; the quality) was good, but the total shipments have odnot 'been co large, owing to scarcity] eggs in Canada. According to a 'book recently pub- lished in Russia, that country, boasts et having left Denmark behind as regards export eggs. R esian com- petition in butter, eggs and poultry is .becoming veryj serioue by reason of adopting up-to-date methods, and these products are becom'eng much more popular on the British mark- ets, owing to the improved quality,. Russia, Denmark and other foreign, countries are now taking greater care in selecting, grading and pack- ing eggs, as well as getting them marketed as fresh as possible. These foreign eggs now, arrive reg- ularly several days every week, as well as regularly every week of the S'ea.r- Thtr bulk of these eggs are per- fectly clean, and are graded into as many as six sizes,• se that to -day. the L'rttisl] imparter is not inclined' to speculate as in former years, and! will have little. if anything to do' with Stocks which have been• in cold storage^. As Cana:diet exporters have to meet thus oempetitlon, great care must be taken in selecting and send- ing forward only eggs which are perfectly fresh, clean and graded in - During During 1903, tete United Kingdom imported 19,518,897 great hundreds (120) of egge, veined at £6,017,019. Cariada'S share of this large trade amounted to only 1157,080 great hun- dreds, valued at £313,:71. The im- ports from Russia, amounted to £1,800,421, and from Denmark, to £1,04S,3G7. Germany, Belgium and France are the other leading ex- porters of eggs to Britain, each Of these countries sending from throe to four times as many as Canada. Bacon and Iiaani Trade, 1903. Mr. Grindley! also reports as role lawn concerning the bacon and ham trade. Canadian mild -cured bacon and name are beeemiug very) popular la Great Britain, and are preferred to those imported from the United States, as they are leaner and there s always at demand for lean cuts. Canadian pocking houses should make a clause study; of the various !British mztrket& and supply them with the cute !which are in demand by the cone There le still room for improve- ment as regards packing cases — the'se are of ten anatie of knotty lam-, bor, badly; nailed, and nes battens at ands (same ae American packers use) which give double nail bearings. 1leatvy split weaned hoops should bo uss°il 10 'b?nd round each end of the cash and for extra large cases an extra, bender 9hcni1d be placed round the centre. Shippers of these ntild cured meats must take advantage of the best rltea,ns of transportation which are now provided. Ship geode as little aq po,.sibde to 3m geoid on commission,, and then only 'to reliable firms who will see that 'theyare warehoused tinder proper conditions as regards cleanliness and temperature. Yours very truly, I s 1 W. A. Ciemoncr„ Publication Clerk. • Tree felling 11 1 r1,uc -ay electric wire "Shure, is it? Br 11ivins, Oi can't is done couxereially ,and the process is slape dreamin' u(unit heal'' said to be perforated itx one-eighth of the A Sure Test. (Life.) "But, Pat, are you Burr. you love her?" •