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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-06-10, Page 3-Q" "I can scarcely hear," sae mur- mured, For ray ,heart beats loud and fast ; Pu't' surely, in the far, far 'die - ;twice, t • I can blear a sound at last ?" M'It is only the reapers singing ' I As they carry home their I ! sheaves, And the evening 'breeze has risen, ' And rarities the dying leaves." '"Listen 1 There ere voices talk- _ I , lag l" Calmly still she strove to speak, Xet her voice grew faint and trem- bung, And the red flushed in her cheek: ;"It is only the children play - y k1 Below, now their dqne, d they laugh their eyes are dazzled • 1 1 , By the rays of the setting I I , ; sun." °''Fainter grew. her voice, and weaker, As with anxious eyes she cried : "Down the avenue of chestnuts X can hear . a horseman ride 1" "It was only the dear that were feeding I t , In the herd on the clover l (; grass; ! They were startled and fled , b • to the thicket b , . As they saw the reapers 1 pass." "'Now the night arose in silence, Birds lay in heir leafy nest, And the deer couched in the forest, And the children were at rest. , , There was only 'a sound of weeping b , From watchers around a ' I bed— I I, But rest. to the weary spirit Peree to the quiet dead 1" There was silence as the last words fell, and Lady Chevenix bowed her head, so as to hido her tears. The gray shadows fell darker. A loud voice roused them. " Where are you ? Where have you hidden yourselves ? Surely a ramble among the flowers does not mean an encampment by the lake." Through the clear, 'fragrant air came the odor of a cigar, and Sir Owen, looking very cross, suddenly appeared before them, ' I could not find you anywhere," he said, in as leu1ten tone. "You must have hidden yourselves on purpose." Leahy Chevenix did oat answer him, because sac knew that it was need- less to do so. Miss Hethcote was equal to the occasion. ' If we had wanted to hide," she said, "we should have hidden, As we did not, we verge hied here. If you are going to be s'l'oes, Sir Owen., do not spoil an agreeable party by join- ing it." FIs laughed then, and sat down with them ; rut the beauty, the poetry and peace, were all gone. He began to tell of a fight he had seen between a Icing Charles spaniel and a toy terrier, laughing heartily at it, and wondering they did not laugh also. It was an exquisite joke to him to tell how the little King Charles lay dying—and even in dying tried to lick- his ickhis hand. "Do you enjoy seeing anything suffer, Sir Owen ?" asked Miss Heti- cote. "I think a dog fight or anything of that kind capital sport," he answered. "But the unfortunate creatures must feel ?" "Feel lt' sneered Owen. "What non- sense. Foxes were made to be hunt- ed, rats to be worried, dogs to fight, Why should they feel?" With a shrug of her shoulders she turned away from him. Sir Owen laughed again; he rather enjoyed a dispute with a pretty girl. "I am not one of your sentimen- talists," he said. "Now, Mr. Lonsdale could give you poems by the yard, I am sure." "I should be very sorry to 'do so," remarked Felix ; "at the same time, I give the preference to poetry ra- ther than to dog fights." Sir Owen la.,ugIved again ; in his own of -Anion he was a Moet manly man, and Felix most insignificant. Felix rose from; his seat and strolled awa,y ;he felt disgust almost araount- ipg to hatred for this coarse, vulgar, repulsive Man. "Do not leave us, Mr. Lonsdale)," said Sir Owen. "'I will take Miss Hethcote in -doors, and you can escort her iaayshig--though she looks de- cidedkz eallen." It was useless for Lady Chevenix to say that she had no thought of being sullen ; when Sir Owen had once asserted a thing, he maintained it. She looked up into the face of Felix Lonsdale, with a smile !that made his heart beat faster than usual. " That is not one of my faults," rhe said, "1 do. not remember hav- ing ever beep sullen in my life ; I have seldom .been out of temper'." ITe remembered the sweet sunny tramper that bad never known cloud of varinbbleness, but offered leo re- mark—he bad resolved to himself so oftenthat nothing should induce him to talk to 'ler about the past. They walked toward th..e house through line deepening stackers, and 'said but little to eatch other.. When the .reached ,the Hall, Lady) Cbevenix wasgrieved to fled a tele - m grafrom Mrs, Hethoote, Some Mends had arrived quite unexpect edly,, and she Wished Marian to ie -1 turn at onoe. Felix evondered what the Mistress of Carse-vabd should etarir ea white When she had ' read ,the telegram—why she should place ber hands upon the girl's shoulders, and say; to 'her so sadly: IW ' hat shall I do without you, MarianR" "I will Dome back to rybu as soon as I can., dear Lady Chevenix," res plied the' girl, "and in the mean- time Mr. Lonsdale will be here." Afterward, wen hLady Chevenix bad gone to give orders about her journey, Miss Hethcote said sud- denly' to Felix : 1 . "I shall go away) much happier for leaving �ylou here." "I shall be here for a few day's only,," returned ,Felix. "Whysbould yldu be happy about my, being here,?I do not understand." eI may speak freely; to you," sail Maass Hetlreote ; "you know, thea,an you belong to some measure to`th'am I may tell you that Lady 'Cheveni lives in mortal fear of hoer husband,: "Why?" asked Felix. "He h'as been very 'violent to lar many times. It is not long sins she had to send for Mrs. Hoye, being' afraid of losing her life. She hasp refused to be left alone since tiro, That is why I have been with a so long, and warp I ani glad you al here." "But," said Felox, "he loves herd he must love her." "I say nothing about that. ire ma love her, or he may not ; but when li is half mad with drink she has reaso to be alarmed." "I can not think that even the he would hurt her," said Felix. "Well, it is very pleasant to have. such cheerful views of things. I should be glad if I could share your faith, but unfortunately I have risen bruises on leer Dame and marks on her face, each, as, if I had been a man, would have made me feel in- clined to call Sir Owen out." She saw the handsome face of the!man• before her grow pale, with emo- tion. She saw his strong hands trema bee and his fingers clinch tightly. She talked until the storm of passion had passed over him. " can ° not bear to thine; of any woman being ill-used," hd said ; "it is one of the things that irritates me and makes me angry) with an anger that frightens me. But Lady Ohevenix is so gentle, so amiable, I caneot understand any man being unkind to her." "I can understand anything -Sir Owen does," rejoined Miss Elethoote. "Mr. Lonsdale, you will be kind to her, won't you ?" she pleaded. "Be- lieve me a peasant woman working in the. fields, ar a factory girl in a mill, is happier than Lady, Chevenix of Garswood 1" "I am grieved to hear it," he said; and the Miss Hethcote left him. She went away) early the .pext morning, never dreaming of what would happen before she saw Gars - wood and its mistress again. , CHAPTER XXXIX. On the morning t eter Miss Hethe cote's departure, Sir Owen did nota come clown to breakfast ; but Fell met his valet with some soda -water and brandy. The young lawyer de•: s:ended to the breakfast -room, wel, hex Lady Chevenix awaited him. She looked very fair and young in her pretty morning dress. She was se pleased to see him; her 'face bright- ened, her eyes met his with such a glad eight; she could riot be cold antis tormal to him. "Brow true you are to your colors, Lady :Chevenix," he said. "Blue and white—I hardly remember to bave seen you wear anything else." "You will own that they are pret, ty colors, will you not 1" she asked, with a, smile—one of thbose charms Lng smiles that stir a man's heart) and pulse. He sat down at the brealafastl table with her, and be asked la res eslf head fate ever placed another man in such a predicament before. a `See," elle said,, "1 remember your, tastes. You like tea better than, coffee, and you like, fruit. These strawberries have just been gather- ed ; they have the dew on them." Ste talked to him during breakfast so gayly, so kindly, but when he looked at her there was somethtng� almost pathetic in her eyes—some- thing that, in spite of her brilliant) beauty, was half sad. Then, when they had finished breakfast a servant came in to say that Sir Owen would, join them in a few; minutes, and would take altr. Lonsdale to the strong -:room. Tho long French windows were Olsen, and great heavy rod roses came peeping in. Lady Chevenix went to them ; Felix eollow.ed her, and they stood talking together. In some vague way the years seemed to have fallen from them, the terrible past for a few, moments was forgotten. Fie was like the Fells: of old, she like beautiful Violet ilaye. They had just a rfowi happy minutes, dur- ing which they evoke only of the roses before them aryl the pleasantprospect. Then Sir Owen came in, and it was as ;:ijeough the whole lace of the heavens) had changed. The baronet and his .legal adviser went away together, and Felix spent the whole of the day, in the strongroom, reacting documents and papers of all kinds. .Ile did not see air Owen and his wife Legato until Milner, and thus the first day of his visit passed quietly enough. On the second the tenants carne to cline at type Hall, and the grand I banqueting -room In the western Whig was thrown open. Tlie dinner pees ed Off well; and the tenants drank SIr Owereo health with ,,noisy: cheers. Nor were they much loss enthusiastic about Felix when his health waw: proposed. After 8. pleasant day they left Gar 'cod Perly in the evening. Lady Chevenix had been alone all day ; the servants were in attend- ance on the numes'ona guests, and in, the evenings nhe asked for tea, thin e trig that Sir Owen and Felix would 'like to join her, Sir : Owen, who. had drunk more brandyein a few hours than another man Would^have drunk in a week, made some observations about her lady'ship's tea which, when repeated by tine footmal in the ser- vants' hall, caused great amusement. Felix wsas sorry to decline, but he had some hours of hard work yet in the strong -room.; the leases were all to be signed on the morrow. When the visitors were all gone, he returnez to the strong -room and resumed his work. . Lady Chevenix went to him to persuade him to let her send some tea°there, and he con- sented. He looked at leer, as she, stood In that darkened room, in the even- ing -dress of whitesilk and trailing lace. She wore a° superb suite of opals, which shone with the "fire that lives in gems;" She looked like' a dream or beauty,, an that dull, gloomy room. , She sent him some tea, and asked him to come to the drawing -room when he had finisbed, and he prom- ised to do so. When she returned, Sir Owen lay on one of the couches fast asleep. She was thankful to see )rim asleep, and hoped that he might wake -up quite himself.- She drew, down the blinds and darkened the room. Who coulcl tell what she suffered in ber heart, this fair, stately woman, who shrunk sd keenly from all stigma of disgrace, her daily, hourly dread lest her husband should do something that would entail everlasting shame up - an them, lest any ono should see him in those moments when he was quite unfit to be seen ? What a dou- ble life she led, this brilliant and br'autlful woman—before the world all gayety, smiles and animation, in her own heart 'always a terrible weight of anxiety. For this evening at least she was safe. She thought ire would wake up bimsel,f, and then they would spend a happy hour with Felix; so she watched lest sound or light light should disturb him until Mr. Loned,ale joined ,them. 1.1e: awoke at last, but the sun had ]oag set, and the fragrant silence of night lay aver the earth. She had cooling fruit that ws,spleasant to eye and taste ready' for him, she had everything refreshing, but no stimulant. He pushed aside the pur- ple grapes and the crimson straw- berries. "Where is the. brand; ?" he asked her. "Tee idea of offering a man such things as those 1" he exelaimee, "I:un for the brandy 1.' She dared not refuse --moreover, re- fusal would have been of no use. She rang the bell and gave the message, but, before the brand' came, with sweet womanly tact she had lured him from the room, hoping that he would forget it. She weeked through the long corridors for some minutes, talking to him ; then he suddenly re- membered Felix,and maid that nothing would satisfy Lim unless he left h.s work and joined them. He went to persuade bim, while. Lady Chevenix ordered the lamps in the drawing - room to be lighted. The two gentlemen returned toge- ther, and they played for some time at cribbage, a game kr wbich. Sir Owen had a great liking, Suddenly he remembered the brandy, and asked for it. Lady Chevenix dreaded its coming ; she said the evening was warm, and begged of him to take some iced cup instead. He laughed at her. "Listen to her ladyship I" be cried. "Iced cup! The very name of 1t makes me shudder. I pant brandy —nothing else." . She remonstrated again, but very, mildly. She felt that she could bear anything better than this, that the man she bad forsaken should see in his true colors ,the man she had mar- ried. Those last words proved too much for Sir Owen. Be swore roundly at her, What business of hers was it, he asked, if he wanted a sea of brandy? Let her remember ,herself— remember from what 'position he had taken her, and not attempt to dic- tate to him : he would isot endure it. Stile trued to soothe and conciliate him ; she might as well have tried to soothe a panther. I ti The brandy was brought, but 'even then he did not recover leis good humor. Felix was miserable. He long- ed to put down his cards and say gdod-night, but be saw the face of Lady Chevenix ,growing white, and THE ILLS OF CHILDHOOD. Every child in tho country needs, at some time or other, a medicine to correct the ills incident to child- hood. If Blaby's .O,evjn Tablets are kept In the house and occasionally given to the little ones they will pre- vent illness and make the little ones rugged, strong and cheerful. Moth- ers should insist on having this med- icine because it contains no opiate or . harmful drug, and children take the Tablets as readily as they take on,ndy. If you have e, neighbor w,ho has used the Tablets ask her and she will tell you what splendid sat- isfaction they. give. Isereio what one mother, Mfrs. Wm. Sinclair, Heb- rew, N. 13., Says; 'I have used Baby's Own Tablets with 8o much satisfaa- tion that I do not feel safe when I heave not eget a box In the house. I am sure that our mothers well be quito as well pleased with them.,' You can get the Tablets through)your druggist or by mail at 25 cents a box by waiting the Der, Williams'elacd- (cine Co., Brockville, Ont, 1 , ; 44.4+++ 4-+++++ ++++ -/ UOLSTEINS ARS LARGE, HEALTHY AND TIIRIFTY. • ++46444-44-444+++++44-4-H4++++-++++44++4+444+++44++444+++ In the course of an address before the Holstein -Friesian Association of Amer. lea, Prof, H. El. Dean, of the Ontario Agricultural College, spoke as follows: "First, we have found them, (the Hol- stein -Friesians) in our experience at the College, where we keep six or seven breeds for instructional purposes, for our students, a healthy and a tarifty breed of cattle. We are regoired, owing to our peculiar circumretances, to keep representatives of the different breeds, and we And the Holsteins a healthy, thrifty breed, and I consider that a very strong point. Now, we and that some breeds do net seem to have that strong constitution, that thrift, that inherent quality which always makes them ready for their meals, and ready for almost anything which may come up;. and I eon - eider that a very strong point, and I believe that the breeders of holstein cattle would be making a most serious mistake if they lost sight of that vigor and thrift and health and constitution which is now so important a point among this famous „breed of cattle. "Then we find in our experience that the calves are strong and good doers. .1 have never known in my experience with them a calf to come weak, and a calf that required nursing, and required coddling, and required any extra atten- tion. Without exception they have come strong and are good doers, and in two or three weeks we can put them on skim milk, and soon begin to feed them bran and oats, and they begin to thrive right from the start. Now, other calves do not seem to thrive in the same way, and that is why I like the Holstein cattle,. because their calves are thrifty right' from the start." "Then another strong point of the Holsteins is their size. They are of good. size. Now, some people say that size is' a detriment in the dairy business; that' if you can get a small cow to do a given; amount of work, 'she does not require sal much feed, and that she will produce'. milk or butter or cheese more economic-' ally, because she is of smaller size. Now,; I will tell you: We have looked into this: matter pretty carefully, and we 8iid that the difference in the feed which Ica consumed by a large cow and a small` one, for the production of a given quan- tity of milk or butter, is rargely in the ' rough food, the cheap food, and whether a cow be a large one or a small one, she will require just about a certain amount' of concentrated feed, and that the dif- ference in the food which is eaten by the large and small cows is in the cheap,. rough, bulky food, and not in the con- centrates. We find that a cow requires about eight pounds of meal for each pound of fat she produces in the milk. "The next strong point of the Hol- steins is that they are regular breeders.. We have found in our experience very much less trouble in getting cows to breed regularly, cows of this breed, than cows belonging to other breeds, and we very seldom have any difficulty in that respect (with Holsteins), a trouble which sometimes gives the dairymen e. great deal of annoyance," Yours truly, G. W. Clemons, Secretary. be was afraid to leave her. Miss Hethcote bad told him of all* Owen's violence. He would not leave her to the mercy) of that violent man ; yet every: moment he remained with hen was a torture to him. Sir Owen had no moderation. In vain his wife and Felix engaged him with cards and in conversation. Despite every- thing, he ,Filled and replenished his tumbler." At length the alcohol be- gan to take such an effect upon him that Lady Chevenix deemed it pro• dent to rise. ' "It is growing late," she said; "we had better put aside the cards." "Yes," agreed Felix; "I am tired." Ere had no time to finish bis Speech. Sir Owen did not seem to hear it. Ile merely turned with a scowl to his wife, and cried in a voice of thun- der: "Sit down and go on with the game 1" Felix saw that she trembled in , every limb, yet she kept all sign of emotion from her face; nothing but its pallor betrayed her fear. She sat down, but the young lawyer's spirit was roused. Ile threw the aerate upon the table. "Lady Clievenix is very amiable to go on playing," he said; "1 shall not. It is late, and quite time to leave off" Without a word, and so suddenly that there was no time to prevent it, $Sir Owen turned and struck his wife on the face. "Tako that," lee saki, "and mind you do not interfere with ma again !", Tho next moment a ,(rrir of strong arms had seized him and had literally thrown him across the the room. His face white, his whole body trembling weal passion, Felix stood over him. "If you touch her ladyship again, if you lay, your cowardly hands up- on her," he cried, "I will kill you!' Then he turned to Violet. She stood trembling with a great red mark across her lovely,' pale face a mark that burned llike a hot iron. "Ob, Lady Chevenix," he said, ."I am so sorra! I ought to have been quicker, more on m3') guard. Are you much hurt?" She raised her face with that ter- rible bruise on It to his, and be saw great tears in her eyes. For a mom- ent the old impala: of love was strong upon him, and he longed to shelter the golden head, every hair of which was dear to him, on his breast ; then he recollected himself and said geeitly: "I shall never forgive myself that this has happened. If I had been: quicker—" ile broke off abruptly, for his wrath was rising again. "I eball kill him," he Cried, "If be touches you 1" She looked up at him ; the bruised face touched his heart, and he turn- ed away. Sir Owen was lying just where he had thrown hien, Ile went over to him ; the baronet had most composedly fallen asleep. "Tirank Heaven," he saki, "that I did not kill him—that 1 slid not do hint 'same deadly harm. Shall .I ring for the servants?" he asked Lady Chesenix'; and he never forgot leer answer. "If you would not iniad it,'" she said, "I should be so thankful if you would place him in a chair; I do not lake the servants to see all that happens." Be raised Sar Owen, who made some violent plunges the while, and placed him in a chair. The baronet fell placidly asleep again, and Felix went buck' to Lady Chevenix. "You must apply something to your face," he said, "or it will be black to -morrow,." She smiled and raised the white !ace that fell over her arm. Ile lama a long dark bruise, the mark of a cruel grasp that held the delicate arm as in an iron vise, "I ane eeklom without a mark." she told him; "but 1 do not often find thein on my face." He looked sorrowfully at the grace- ful woman wbo had areferred money,, to love, and had suffered so terribly for her moire; he longed to say something kind to her, but pru- dence forbade him. She held out her band to him, and ho saw how it trembles. alio smiled, and he never forgot the smile. "Some day," she said, "he will most probably kill rue. If he does, you will ,> always remember that I—I was sorry I had grieved you, Felix." t "I will remember," he returned, gravely. He 'held her hand for one moment, while he bade her good- night, and then she went away. CHAPTER XL. Felix thought long and anxiously after his return from Garswood. He was glad that he had treated Sir Owen as he did; he said to himself that he should leave been less than a man had he not acted as he did. Yet it -was not likely that after what had passed ho could remain under Sir Owen's roof ; neither did he de- sire to do so. It was torture to him to see 'Violet ill-treated; he could not bear it, nor could he interfere to prevent it. ego ree r:ontinued+.) ; 1 HEALTH FOR GIRLS. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills flake Strong Healthy Rosy-Clietked Lasses. "I was attacked with. appendi- citis," says Miss Yabiola Gram'- niont, daughter of Mr. Charles Gram- wont, a prosperous farmer of Cham - pat, Qlue., "and `whale :the doc- tor who attended me cured me of thls trouble it left behind after effects from which it seemed almost impos- sible to recover. I grew weak and very pale; my appetite was poor; 1 suffered at times from severe head- aches, and the least exertion left me completely worn out. I tried sere oral remedies, but instead of getting better I was gradually growing worse. Any work about the house Ieft me weak and dispirited, and I felt almost like giving up. At this time a friend w,ho had used Dr. SVi1- Items' Pink Pills with much benefit strongly urged me to give them a trial. I got a box, and as I did not feel eny better when I hard used them, I would have given them up but for the fage that my; frind urged that one boli{avas not a fair trial. I then decided to continue the use of rho pills, and by the time I had taken three boxes I found my condi- tion was improving. I , used eight boxes in all, and by the time X had taken them all my old-time health had returned, my appetite had im- proved, I bad gained in weight and the glow of health bad returned to my face. I cannot too strongly re- commend Dr. Williams' Pink Pills to all pale and weak girls." Good blood is an absolute neces- sity, and the only way to have a constant supply of rich, red, health - giving blood is to take Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Every dose helps to make new blood, and to drive from' the Oa' tem such troubles as 'anaemia, len' guidness, neuralgia, dyspepsia, theu- matism, etc. You can get these by mail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50 by writing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont, SOME JAPAelESE PROVERBS. Here are a few proverbs and sayings current among the Japanese; Beware of beautiful women as you would of red pepper. A wife's tongue, three inches long, can kill a man six fet high. Rubbing salt into a wound is adding insult to injury. Those who know the robes do most hauling. 1labrt has more weight than instrue- ticm. OLD LAW AGArliST SMOKERS. The anniversary has just been cele- brated in Berlin of the day when, in 1832, the old law forbidding any' one to smoke in the streets was rejealec ,,,,..-,