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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-04-15, Page 7►i S Cif "v...r ,.1r' v.,.aa° "to+wLronT~.V~I.0"1".W'1a..'1.1 It was suc11 a.eleasant cvening', and Lord Arlington had ,so cent; ivcd mut- ters that Darcy Lone salt+ was tho equal ltaea•o, and not himself. He was all that was most kind and tonsider- ate; he talked to him, and won lits non's heart forever. But in everything leo fru t D stcy 1irstt, so tha people m'g it unc'e .stand all thus had °.S.eu done foe Trim. 'Wats ht guar wonder that when the was gone the men stood in little groups, each •one praising slim ? Felix followed him to the carriage, and said; "My lord, your life is filled, so :people say, with great and gener- ous actions; but none could be so .grea't so generous,' so noble as that which you have done to -day." "I have only, done justice, lay, dear •boy," said the earl, kindly. "Your father was an injured man; I have tried to set him straight. flu reste, 1 wanted a good agent, and I have found one." "You cannot make light of the deed," returned Felix; "it is a good one. sly father appears to be a new =an to -night ; there is a light on s his face and fire in his eyes that I have not seen there for long months. The miracle has been worked by you —you have remov- ed the falsh reproach attaching to his Blame. I can fancy, but I can- not tell you, what our home will be like to -night. My heart beats fast when I think of the mother and the children 'there, my, lord. I am not, very eloquent, and I am moved too much for words —I can only echo my] Lather's request ; command me as you will." ly The earl was more touched than w he liked to show by the emotion on It his handsome young face. r "I will make you this ono promise, Mr. Felix Lonsdale; If ever I want a service done, or wasit a friend, I avill come to you." "T,ltatnk you, my lord," responded Felix ; and when 'the earl drove off home he knew. that he had left eorue of tile happiest hearts in England be- hind him. ; No wonder that they praised and blcset Lim ; he wars a kind-hearted roan, who. knew how to use his influ- ence in a nc'ble manner—one of tJoce min who, to keep alive in the llearte; leo of the people a love for their rulers, 1st do more than many orators and ; be Gradually they awoke to the full reality of the good fortune that had befallen theme. Tlie strength of his youth. seemed to have re- turned to Darcy Lonsdale; be took his place once more among his townsmen, he went briskly to and fro from his office, he worked bard at his business, the clerks came back one be- one to the office, and far more than its ancient gior'y re- turned to the house ot Lonsdale & Son. Kate could not rest until she had seen the earl in order to thank him, and the littlo lady went over to Bramber Towers and asked for an interview. the tried to thank him in a dignified, matronly fash- ion, and ended by falling on her knees and kissing' his leaned, Yery much to tho earl's confusion and delight. It eves a new life for thele all, and the warmth •of cheered and brightened them more than anything had ever done be- fore. The day came when Darcy Lone - dale put his arm lo�•ingiy on his on's shoulder and said "Do not think, Felix, 'that in mrclst of my troubles an,l mythe pov- erty I have ,vou. I tun doing n a thought or �, the best I can for you by giving you so much work that you will leave no time to re- gret your lost love." "' Uy dear• father, I shall regret her until I die," •returned Felix. "Tire young always think both their love and their sorrow immortal. I will say now- what I have never said afore, because I thought it would ain you; I thought she was not orthy of such love as yours. She ad nothing but a beautiful face to ecommead Ler; her soul was not beautiful, her heart was not true. The time will come when you will say • that you had a fortunate es- cape. I pray Heaven that it paay be so." Bat Felix looked grave; the world must °owe to an end before he could see a. silver lining to that cloud— the eioud of his selsp'laced, unhappy 10ve. • C17:'IPTEl Z.l'VIII. Lady Ciievenix wrote a long let me, telling her mother how, grey le woe enjoying Paris—holy she 1 en to one of the state, balls 1•e Tuileries, and how the [snipe d danced with her—and errs. 11 her side, made all the Indies rem Iford envious by' telling tli w her '•dear child Ltd;. Che x;' was enjoying herself in pa d what a favorite slits was at t utperial Court. Sir Owen was very kind to Violet those day,, and site was so com- etety dazzled by the novelty of 1 slit' saw that she never remelu- red Felix, veeept to congratulate rself on her own good sense in vine given him his cons.'. So1ne ;lit indications of impatience ale her think that Sir Owen had certain amount of bad temper, t at present lie had shown none her—indeed, hire thought frim far tter than he had represented melt'. He had toll her that lie mbled and drank. She had seen thing of these bad habits; site s too inexperienced to detect at he had placed a restraint on nseif which might break down y day. he 'did not like lllln very much. hough he was a baronet and a n or wealth, he was not a thor- gh gentleman. Tdrat she must e known. Thorough gentlemen men of honor—and the man who ale the promised wife of an- ter man eau hardly be lrlaced in t category. She found that Sir en way coarse in his manners, arse in his speech'. She often, u in those early days, shrunk 1n him, eaying You talk to strcrngnly, Olven—I not understand you." Thee you motet heee come Jeasons, charming •ncfe," Ire wot,ltl an - r, laugl tng'ly, following ups the ark bt a:p eco, that wa,e anything refined. .at wa'3 done in good ltuutoe; at he coulal'be when the humor rgod she had yet"to find out. did r.ot love him --site never na':tde least pretence of loving Mina•. 'She kind to him; ]she tiled to talk Lint, to ainaee him; she obeyed his yes, and made Herself very ami - a and charming—not because vile cd him, but Inatome. he wee the 00 of procuring her all the Ins - the magnificence, the pleasure ilie slow enjoyed. In ]tis coarse • its felt that. s brought her home one day a of s 1pi�hires so brilliant and that slie cried out with rap�- when este easy then:. l:ere aro no enpphtro;i finer than e," ]te remarked. "What do ,you for them, Violet ?" say .'Thank yo:,,' with all my t," She cried. that all, Violet ?" slat more eats I say, exeel„t that aro good, kind and generous?" an yen think' of 'lathing else. t ?" 110 asked, looked puzzled, cannot, indeed, Owen ; but I sat anything you wish me to turned eiwa;y impatiently. you thought any set form of s, any pretty phrase, would se me you would nee it—I aha sure of that,'' e,n, ;With the .brilliant sapphires i'e .tae kin statesmen put together. tl 'What a night it was: They vicar 1 lea chore away coon after the earl had on loft ; and then one by one the come I Li aw lary i.w,indicd down to aboet twi nty. • ho These would not let Darcy Lonsdale i ni leave them—they hada ea much to a a.y an to him, and were eo anxious to make , I tip to ]aim for their coldness ; and when the host grew anxious, they in would not separate until they had ill sung ".Auld Lang ynee' in chorus. ' •i1 Then they escorted father and Will 1la to Vale House, where Eve and Kato '1e anxiously awaited them. ha "I am quite sure," said Eve, spring- ell lug from iter seat, "that I hear me them ; and that ie Mr. Lonsdale laughing—do you hear, Kate :' ,— be laughing —and he baa; nevr'r laughed to since 'the trial ; Now 1 kalow there be is good news." hi There was good news in very truth, aa and the pity was that Lord Ayling- no ton was not there to see Kate clasp wa her arms around her busband's neck, th and sob out that she always knew hh natter would come right —that be an was so good heaven was sure to ti make 1118 innocence clear. Presently Alt she looked at him with tremulous me, lips, ou "Is it really', true, Darcy, that you has .are to be the earl's agent and have are t 'thousand a year? I can hardly see believe that it is all true." otl "It is true, Kate," he replied. "Eve, tha nay dear, what have you to say to Ow sae. my true friend—the one true co true friend who loved me well en- eve /nigh to offer nae her fortune if I fro wonid take it. Eve, I shall never „ forget that." do It heed been arranged that Ere should spend the night at 'Pale house. my 8o they sat around the fire until swe they were quite ashamed of the hour, rem arid Felix repeated every one of the but *earl's noble words, while the two. 'isl• ladies listened in raptures ; every wl: time he paused they' said, "Go on, char Felix," until be assured them that oleo he had repeated every word. tho "' So it will be printed in ryas every) paper in England ?" said to Kate. 'Well, my only puzzle is, wi+;1 what could have ineeare4 Lord .;1r- abs lir•gton to do such a kind and gen- lore *'00120 action" mea Felix knew that Lady Mntule had ury, been the chief instigator of it, but that that was a Secret he never told; he NSW. ;sot it all his life. It was Darcy, M. k oiieclale -who answered his wife's set aitre.>tion. rare "My dear Date." lie said, "Lord tern .Arlington has a love of seeing just- dol done. I remember when he rn.irhod half the county because some 017, \vrnng 'ba/1 been alone to 11. toll- gatekeeper. It was such men as he l:a<n,r who made old England what aim and who lnade the word 'England' a eynonynr for ]Conor." ;coal' And then these simrr'.e people-, who Vio1e, Sind been through the fiery furnace Site of suffering—who had borne sorrow', e1 is harn•e and disgrace—who had never will ventured to slope for ,justice in this say," works—kpolt and thanked heaven for He .their reecue, and Darcy Lonsdale's " If oyes grew dins with. grateful tears 'word as he opened, hie Bible and read how plea the ,lust and merciful Creator saves quite those who put their trust in Tiim. ter tly tad • of her baucls, '; 3'1'fckol eel half wi fuil,v at shim. ''I"lib11n ail who lines in lits power to make sucali pre ke as tlrls was worth any- amount .patience. I would. say anything to plc you, Owen, the, .sial. He looked into lir r feat far . , f t, 1 k to v ti tf he z s %yu .xtl 1 za: ,� el , 11121e "Int it -11118 W%'11gl 0eetil red to • y to throw •your arnia round my 00 and kiss 1ne, and leksi, 5(17,. •'J'hu you, my darling.'" ' . She shrunk from him with a lit shudder, .lies dark face 'was so et to hers. • - I smile noticed," he sail, ter you 'are always ready to thank when I bring .you any et the sl trifless-wanten love so mut•h-.you a then most = al)1e ; but never one by Leaven, since' we have .been n:a ries have you <Coalle to me and kis eat me of your fled will 1" "I will 110 so now," she said; and she 111arced the sapphires in- their cases. `No, thank you," ire rr:turnetl. " tvo.l.t rot bo tpolatanc:ous. Yun wuu do it became 1 asked you." She was startled at the expros loo of Lis fn,ce, at the tone of his voi•+e --startled„ and just a little. afraid. 'Yon do love me, Violet, Flo yo rot ?" li,e asked. Slur hacl never titougbt about 10 leg ]iiia; iso was to her a riuh nut who had wanted her to marry hi.I lysin laid bribed Lor by 1118 ril:hei ai st- may aS wc11,1.11,icr: car propel' places n wester, tr l .end C Lt 11 you u frankly 'that I intend to be of ba r.u,„1Z�lkn ttf;� your alines to that it Irina is' to FEEAL TC1 SPRING,. Its' quit , lye shill get along 2.111 r1Jshe ase d• 0111 17lc till oso ut me Ily re 9, r- 5 - It Id tt .i • n, ld 1118 title, and for whom elm had given up the Ilan tate really- loved; .bat to love him—site had never tltor,ght of [L • had novel- entered Into her euje 7.. latiOne. He was to Have her hen at i-, t:Lee. ttivas to Rave his money- and itis itl '1)o you love • me, Violet ?" Le rte madded, angrily; and before ..10' ha into to speak a sudden cnnvictio darted through her mind tint She <li not love him and never 7410 11 — certair, terrible conviction that, al though site was married in t1I man. she loved Felix Lonsdale sail She trembled as she an.swere.l: " Yes, you kuo•w I love you. Owen. She knew the words were false, hut elle was too frightened to say anything else. ' I know you ought to love me, he said, savagely : "hut there is no understanding a woman—fair dealing Is not c]raracteristic of the sox. Still, I should not like to think that you married me for my 100007, and for nothing else. Dict you, Vioget ?" Site was not clever at lying, n (- though she had broken a noble heart by her weakness. She ),ad not the quick, ready fashion of speaking faleel;v which she acquired afterward. Sh'e buried her face in her hands it was easier to weep, after the weak rae11[on of woolen, than to speak. "Say, I dict not mean to pain you, violet," he said. " Da not cry. Still, I eiiau d like to know that you love me. No man would like to think that his wife had married slim for his money " After that little scene Lady- Cheve- rornix did t feel gusto so sure of 11er uy.e, I neahusband, and began to stared a little nd 1 in afro of him. rr 11• a as >r v<!� The. gay Frontal,cepIta1 might be as gay as it woald. Sir Owen would t•Is not remain.Invitat:on.s poured in ire upon him and his beautiful yorull, wife; he Would not accept them. One of Lis fixed resolves was to b' in England at Christmas, and to Eng- land he was determined to go. In vain 'Vielet pleaded that (aarswocd at Christmas woul I b , dull. He laugh- od at the notion. 'No place is ever dull where I ant, I iolct," Ie cried. "That chows how little you know. ale. I a ]fall fill the place with visitors or my own ehoote ing—and I promiee yon 11.at we shall not apend our titue-: i.i singing plea;. ims." That was the first dissension be- tween Violet and her leo bend. tike would fain have remaine:l longer, bat Sir Owen was tired of Paris: He liked bnglish shorts, English habits,. and English echoer. Ile was angry that 1'iolr,•t sltonal for one moment pregame to like Parte, It was unheard of, lie ssaid, that any English woman should find Christmas at home dull. And that was the fleet time that Vio- let saiv him in a. rage. Ile aware loudly—not at her—that was to come latae on. He cierinred the whole race of wolml.11 fuolilli and idiotic. He frightened her tea that elle was glad to escape from his presence and give orders for the packing up. "1 atm not my one lui,tress, after all." elle said, with a discontented look on her fair face. ".1 cannot do as line,; I never thesanned that 1 sllcudd have a. mestor." She did not like the idea. Site had been so free and unfettered all her life that it was new to her to be un- der control. She had yet to learn that Sir Owen hail the obstinacy of twenty men, and that ]viten he had once set his mind upon anything it would carry it through. Her w]she;, caprices, fancies, and desires would have about a5 much effet,t upon hila as summer wave's had upon a wett- tlter-beaten rock. She had a sahlple of this • when they reached Calais on their return to England. It was not wet weather, but there had hewn a ic:rrible gale, and the sea wits rough. Violet was a. bad ,sailor and when e_lte heard the surf beating on the shore she begged of her husband to delay their passage at least twenty-four flours. Silo was so afraid, s11e said; of it eongh sea. He laughed, It was all nonsense -tithe sea would not hurt her. No one ever heard of an accident to the Dovor and Calais boats. She allowed that ; bit the pacsnge made her very ill. •IVculd he not ivait? "If yea. arc• ill you e 11:owl b.1 we 11 again ; ih,e whole J:a s::ago does not occupy two hours. Von Must bear it ars other people do." "I dal not think you could be so unisinel to me, Owen," ,s.la 0ald, pit- c,ously. • `•1 tem not unkind; but 1 warn you fa.ii-ly fleet I have very little patiencti with the caprices of woolen, els for their other nonsense, 1 should never bear It A man cannot be expected: to 011 hon'ynlaaning forever. That d of tiling le all over now, and we r, Thwart me. 211141 we 'shall not a'g'i'l'e?." 'Z"llcy 1001'11 11Ot vet y 1 lellje un t h�c�o 3 Co r ttblit(so' l l and • ' .1 . l'lv' ,til_. S 1 to 1(0aI. Site thought over them for .1..0111O Halle .• "ah lie would never have sicken to me in that fa,1hion," elle saki to hel'- s lf. "But I must c:bny. T:tero is no 1p for it—he le supreme master." " ,dao was very ill crossing the Chan- nel ; but Sir Owen only laughed. Seasickness was a sort of jest to him. He never dreamed that his young iu4-efaae^ •-leeid lr Rpri(:_the ..1n110 -liter- in,t n-ci'xl ivi1:, 1) 1lttiji i s the happiest they ever had there. Oa the 11:o1•rl,w Sir Owen found a. Misdeed. tlli.ugs that required his at- tention; ueverthele e, he was also thoughtful aoout leis young wife. "You will like to Dee your mother end father, Violet," the said. "Order the carriage when you like. I can not go with you, but 1 will conte for 7011. You bonght some presents for them, dill you not ?". "Yee," she answered. She looked wistfully at 11111;. It was her first visit since her marriage, and she would have liked him to be with iter; but she was beginning to understand that she must not inter- fere 'with his arrangements. ,Stile could not resist saying:- "I aying:"I should enjoy it so rene'lt' more if you were with me, Owen" "Oh, no, you would not 1" be laughed, carelessly ; " you only fancy so. You and your mother Nature Requ'res Assistance in Make • ing New, llealthealiving Blood. Spring. is the 40110011 when your sys- t i 1.em wedscds toning up: In the spring you.' ilttist have new blood iust its the treed a must have new sap. Nature demands it.. 'IS ithout new blood you will feel weary, weals and langaid. With new, rich, red' olood .you will be sprightly, happy and' healthy. :I'ihe .ons sure wily to get new! blood and fresh energy is to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. They actually' snake new blood. They are the greatest spring tonic in the world. Mr. 3. J. Jfallette, a well known grocer in Mont -1 •cal, says: "1 wi.<h to thank you for the. -eat "Or -1 your Dr. Williams' Pink Pills] eve axis me. 11y system WAS very ouch run dean. and your pills stave made a new P1011 of me. As I am in t tusineee. Netting in contect with many people.. I aft] Weem able to recomend the piiLs, and they have already relieved a dozen of ink friends who suffered as It did?' Many people fuitl'er weaken their; system in sprang through taking purga- tive medicines. _ What nature needs to' help her is a tonic, and 3)r. Williams' ink Pills supply this as no other medio ine can. Ile sure you get the genuine, ith the full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink; i'ills for Pale People," printed' on the wrapper around the box. Sold by all' medicine dealers, or post paid at 50 ents per box, or six boxes for $2.50, !ler writing the Dr. 'Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. FOR THE FARMERS. Experimental Union Distribu- tion of Choice Seed. The members of the Ontario Agri- cultural and Experimental Union are pleased to state that for 1002 they, ire prepared to distribute into every-- Township veryTownship of Ontario, material for experiments with fielder crops, roots. grains, grasses, el -overs, and tertil- zers. Upwards of 1,500 -varieties, f farm crops have been tested ire! tits experimental department of the; Or.fba.rio Agricultural College, Guelph. ;rasa least five years in succes- - 8w'n. These` consist of dearly all the Canadian sorts and several hun- dred new varieties, some of which. have done exceedingly well in the carefully conducted experimeots at: the College, and aro cote being than tri.buteci free of charge for co-oper- ative experiments throughout Onto. - rhos The following is the list of ,yo -operative experiments for I901; No. Experiments. Plots. 1—Three varieties of oats - 3 L'—Three varieties of barley..,3 3—Two varieties of itulless bar- ley 4—Two varieties of spring wheat 1i—Two varieties of buckwheat 6—Two varieties of field peas for northern Ontario .. o 7—Eminer and spelt 8—Cow peas and tee) varieties Of 11111 have so much to talk about Soy, Sofa, or J"apauts). beans 3- that. I really conic' not Stand it, U -Lrno ru2ieiies of huskIng you know—I could not, indeed. I cont 311 will lie there '1t the evening, 10—Threo varieties of man,goids 3 I h. evenial , and 11 --Tim varieties of sugar beets 11'`1 drive you hack ]:ohne." - for feeding purposes .. ire. knew that to say more would 1•'—Three varieties of Swedish he quite useless, so she made the turnips J best of the arrangement. After all, there wore many delights before her. She had a superb costume, trimmed with wetly 8.1(110—one of the great Worth's masierphpces and she Was to Wear that for the first time. .]ler lie1.01 beat as she thought of the pleasure of driving iu leer magnificent carriage through the streets of Lilford, dressed in her Pari tan "Ostllnle. (To ha Continued.) KEEP LITTLE: ONES WELL. There ought not to be any sieksy, fret- ful, sleepless childrena—there would not 1)0 any if mothers gave their little 0008 an occasional dose of Baby's Own Tab- lets. The little ones are sickly and fret- ful and sleepless usually because of some stomach. bowel or teething trou- ble. These anis the other minor ills of little ones ars speedily reliev0d and promptly curet by Baby's Own Tablets, and tie' ]tits(' 0111s thrives and grows plump, sleeps well at eight. and lets the mother get her 1111101 needed rest as well Mrs. 11. M. Lallue, Mountain, Ont,. says. "I can recommend Baby's Own Tablets to all mothers who have cross o: delicate cllihh•en. I do not know how I email get along without then]. Mother, isn't it worth your while to give this medicine .just one trial? If rola• medicine dealer does not keep the Tableta send :5 cents to the 1)r Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ong. and the "Tablets will be• sent by snail post paid. No Animal 1,i1(4' it. In the Berlin Zoological (ratrclen there ie mew all 1hniln.l w111011 is wholly- unlike any other in the world. It is th;e r>ff rtring of a female puma, from the Argentine Republic, and of a 1112110 leopard from India. Tins owner of at amnia genie 111 tier - many chic inoci t{1 a. two 011110a.ls 801110 thus Igo, 12.14, ay 111 had only cone' moo) unueetlpled, he put the will') condu0ts the experiment two into it. At first lir was afraid c C. I. Zatitz, Director. hint they w..ould quarrel, but they 3 Ontario Agricultural College, Immune good friends at once. . and six 1e allowed thein to rei011111 in the cage. - One- ni i'ning a little 0111) Avas horn, and at first it 'Wit 5 suppre- od to b: an ordinary punkt. In a few weeks, 11'aw00ar, it resembled a leopard quite its to lt'ha as al. puma,, and {iron the truth Leee:ono leninn. Scientists arc studying ilu:s strange animal with. 71111011 interest, which not surprising, epee. 110 one ever imagined that a imam incl a leoe pard would pair. • The animal itself is strong, healthy and of a beautiful color. In some respects it Is wonderfully like a leo'pa.rd and in others like it puma,, 13—Kolrl labi and two varieties of fall turnips 3 14—Parsnips and t1w.a varietie~t of carrots 3 15—Three varieties of folder or siinge corn 3 16—Tltree varieties of millet 3 17—Theon varieties of sorghum 3 18—Grass peas and two varieties of vetches 3 13—Two varictic s of rape: i0—Three varieties of clover 3 :'t—Sainfoin, Lucerne and Bur- net . 22—Seven varieties of grasses.- 7 2.'i—Three varieties of field beans 3 2'4—Three varieties of street corn :l, 91 —Fertilizers with corn Ei 26—Fertilizers with Swedish Tur• - nips...... 27—Growing potatoes -on the level and in hills ...... a..d.. ............ ...... 2 28—Two varieties of early', med- ium, or late potatoes ... 2 29—Planting cut potatoes, which have and winch have not been coated over with laird plaster ..,... ... 00—Planting corn in rows and to square, an excellent variety; of early; corn will be need ,,.2 The size of each plot in each ot. the first `Lwente-six experiments is to lx1 two rods long by one rod wide;' in Nos. •i7, 28 and 20, one rod square; and to No. 30, tour rods squares ono -tenth of an acre. ' Each person in Ontario who wishes to join in the work 1111.71 diocese any ono of the, experiments for 11)04, and apply for the saline. The material will bo furnished in tlie order in which ilio apptieatiens • are received unlit the supply' is ex'ha.wlted. It alight be well for each applicant to make a second choice for fear the first could not be granted. All material will be furnisln'l entirely free of oilergcl to each applicant, and the produce of the plotts will, of course, become the property of the pets, J • V/ • The Cost of Great Wars. It, cost Fraise over a:2.000,000 a day to keep en 112112 • of (100,000 nem in the field against the Clernersi. The Aus- trian ccomrnust, shalilcs ei„ht years ego der•lara'd flint n wilt involving the con - 111,101e1111)(1 ?nrcnevuld oat 1 1'1111(0nenlal +; 0001 ;ce:,0o00.00i0 a. claAtva us.caa. $5,000.000: Clammily, S5.000,000, and Ane1rin, :§0.000,000. :file ii'*uses would probably be larger to•tley. ani if made to include Great ]Britain, the trniied States and Chinas i1e eepruditure for waste, destruction and Beats would ag- greg tt a ilea 'ly $40,00,000 evcr7 twenty- four hours, or more then a million and •f ; u half an hour.