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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1904-11-25, Page 3ben,A lie,kel -e4.0 441Z lipWr 471 lteer,,S‘419 • . axtt�+ , . @I' vti %"aS °' .,tta`"9te4Pat xeseta.d3anz.seen"alle.dv°" "`fin., '°assn l e m9 )dor a, ft,'ss days, after learning that Inez leas ,going to Rome, lie seemed. rather depressed and absent- minded; but lis made no comment regarding her movements, and ex- erted himself in every way to pro- vide for her oomfort oft the trip, and was also most kind and attentive to Mise Clairemont When he, with the two ladies, en- coesiate1'Od Mr..seaver'e party, on the night of the reception, and he first caught a glimpse of Florence, a ter- rible shack had, for an instant, al- most deprived him of the power to move or breathe. Surely that fair flower-like face was the lace of Monica—surely -the girt he laved was not dead, as he had been told, but now stood before him Ln al her froeh young beauty. This was his first thought. But love, such as lttl entertained for hes bene- faetor',s daughter, is very keen, and some instinct discerned an unfa- miliar air and movement on the part of Florence, although elle was won- derfully like !!ionic;!„ and convinced him that she was a stranger. "Did you sec her ?" gasped Inez, lasing a trembling !rand upon his teem, just as they entered the build- tn1g, while her etartled eyes, in wllieh there was a terribl eSFar, eag- erly eearchexl his face. "Whom, senora?" quietly inquired August, tease had now completely re- covered. his self-possession. "That ,girl just crossed our path— Mb'zllca," returned. Inez, with tremb- ling lips. "I saw the young lady who was wlth the alneeli.shman—who used to visit you in Paris; I sats) the re- semblance, certainly ; but sILu wad not Senora Monica," August posi- tively osetivery responded. "i, tell you else was," retorted Inez, rlaesionatoly, ''leer face, eyes, hair, were the same, and--" "Phut, eenama, pardon—you have told rue that the ,senora Monica is—dead ; that she died in London," the young man interposed In tones which he tried err t'liu to 'keep steady; "how, then, caultl silo appear to you, here, in Rome?" "'fes—yes—I know.—that is, she was euppased to have died in that hos- pital; but—but—there may, possibly have been—some mistake," faltered the ,girl, in name confusion. She realized, too late, that she had betrayed what for world site would not have done, if she had not lost command of herself. "Ah, then you did not see her— dead. :lobi did not attend her bur- ial?" queetioned August in low, re- pressed tones, and sweeping her blanched face with his burning eyes. "I? Alt, no; papa wouldn't allow Lt, the doctor would not permit eith- er of us because—because of the con- tagion, ,you knows" "Ah, then, yoe are not euro, from your own personal knowledge ?" questioned August ? "a,:, of course, we are sure," re- turn -Ed the •girl, impatiently, "only that young lady, vv,hom we passed just i ow, was so like her site gave me a fearful start. Did you get a full view, of her fare 2" "Yee', senora, and it is true that site is very like; but she is not the Signora Islianicet, all tete dame," Aug- ust reiterated malt art aseuraeoe which proved that he firmly believed wlw.t he toad. '%Volt, I tin,cer Iy hope I shall not zu e'ot her a, tae, or I t hall begin to think I am haunted by a ghost,,, Ines ob:ecrvtd, ani theu dropped the eubJclet. But ,;he was by no means con- vinced that ehe had no seen her Leeman in the fteah• Tho thought that Sfonien, might aaeseitly here es:aap d from iir. i'llnt's ttnnitarinm and tra-kecl iu'r her to home, Merest: d her continu- ally, epoin rig her pleatsure in the 1 can on. Even of ter her return to her lige! l the I.Oa'nbili•t.-y of her es- cape drove :1 es from h:r p now end kelt bee toeing r: o 1 asly upon h r p.1low t.ile who!,' r.it;ht. I i0s I n _ : au tile ion t t.u:l : -!itisi a hail 'o,tov- list• to Romc wcr,r co i firm_ I a f,* cl,yx latrr, After Iia - Ings out a cou_.lo of hours in St. I'a4.r.s, with h r chatpeion, Clairmont, on wall my rounding one of the large pi;lare which sili1- poet tee demo, th want, is full ti.,ty of her 'son'ata.w.lo Ws &tending not a dawn fleet $ram kr, by the railing of let. P. ter':! tomb,. She was -wan:lig down upon the knroeling flzuro, in bropee, of !dope k'i:s, th.r, Sixth, 'and was wholly ure- conscious that anyone was observ- ing her. Inez saw her distinctly, and knew that the girl ties Monica. Then, with a stifled moan of mingled pat.- ' sloe and terror, nage shrank back out of sight, her face as white as her ltaneik.vrah.ef, and a gleam of vin- die±iro hate in her eyes. She imme:dkl,tely sought I!rr. Clairemont, who had lingered b' - hind her to examine a fine mosai^, and, pleading weariness, harried h'r from tilt. i la•re, entered her carriage and ordered her coaohman "home" A few. moments attar arriving at her 1•otcl, she stole forth, secretly, to send a cable message to her father, informing him that Monica had escaped, and was even than in Rom c. Dir. King was, of course., aware of illani•cn.', Wetting, for, after hi.a en- counter with Florence Richardson —whom Iv had taken to be his wand—ie. Regent street, he had past- ed o:1 to Dr. f'lint's sanitarium and demanded to bi taken at once into the presence of Monica. The startled doctor had tried to evade him by claiming that the girl was ill and not able, to see anyone; but tho man had 'mated and threat- ened, until, seeing no alternative, h(1 confessed that his patient had eeoaped. Thee there fol'ozved a live ly aerne, for the pihyeic1an had been receiv- ing hie pay regularly every month, and it was only Amon his offorin't to refund every s'o'lar that Carl King at lest oonsonted. to settle the mat- ter without remorting his inethois to the authorities. It mny as well bi real here, hew - ever, that Mr. Sidney had already Feet in molfo.t a tch m" :or inves`:1- gating Dr. Flint's sanitarlem, and coon afterward. the avaritions aryl heartless i:hysi:elan was obliged to cisme 1ii., }lo-pit;tl nail tak l hams l' away to parts ulrknown with all possible dit:p i -et h. Two dye t.fLe' Inez sent her air.s- s-age, she received ail answer that causal an ova im'1 of sat's'ac lin to wreath her red lips. It read thee: "S*:are rothin,g to get her safely lodged somewhere until I come," and sho secretly rerolred that Monica nlionel be under lerek and key again before another week was at an end, if ehe could by any means accom- plish such. a result. That same evening elle attended the.. Teata'o Apollo, and if anything more brad been needed to drive her to the utmost limits in her purpose, it was to find herself in a box e:l- rectly oppo-ite one oeeepled by the Seavers, and to s'e her recreant ad- crcaLnt admirer, Sir Walter Leigh- ton Fitting beside her feared and hated cousin, as she supposed. She tried to beet the party on lratln.g the tit -litre, to put herself En Flot+en00't pelh, to s'e how she would. appear on beholding her. But tchel was a trifle late for this. Site tame, fed leuly up in L. i,hton, however, u'h:l had ;Lire. Seabee on his atm-Fl:r nee hzvi,lg; p.r.onal:y fasten(„rl upnn her guar.lian to er- cap•1 him, and thus they were tome - whet in advance of ilea others. The baronet paused anid shook hands with In: z, iniro;lue ng Mit, Seaver, and remarking that his en- gagements lu:d ben so pressing tinea receiving her curd, 1L+ had had to oplortitntty to hall upon .Ler; but woald q_iv0 bleu el: the t pl.eusu•t'e tue next 'nominee, if the erra:imamon', WO:11 b agr,.e:ibis to her. illi o: Binh W88 11 tl i:lt. e'ool In her greeting, bat court: ou •ly a. s. nt d to hie apt) n.m:nt; ti, n, after vainly •(careering for lu r eau. in's feriae la the e.ow i aroun i tittin, she passed them with a lo'ttyi bow and sought her carriage. The next morning site, arrayed her- self in a stunning 1ton8,e-dress gown, and sat down to await the. coaling of her visitor with no little impati- ence. Ile came about a half an hour be- fore lunch, and Inez thought she had never seen hem look so well or so handsome. Gradually and sk'llfully Inez turned the conversation upon the opera of the provmourt evening, and the cam- p's neon' she had seen with him. 1 Yes, ha said, they( were the friends of whom ho }fail told her—:sir. and Mrs. Seaver, and their ward, Miss )lic}la.rdeon. "Xln i -o you kilcm'n this Miss Rich- ardson long?” she inquired. "I halve known about her nearly, all my life ; but lay personal acquaint- n;nco with her is not of very. long standing," he replied. •!ler heart sank at this answer, for it Seeme& to ca:firm her ewspecion8. ".ti she :tn Eng}islh lads.?" she de - masted ; and ellen the bleed In her veins seemed turned 'to itiotten fire as he returned: "Oh, no ; she is an American," ehe was sure now, and that this ibaronet, upon whom she had poured all the wealth of bee fiery! nature, was in league with these people to , reinstate Woolen and rah Iter—Inez —of be'r ill. -gotten gains. But she dropped the, subject at this pounced and which she invited her companion co share with ]tor. Sir Walter excused himself, upon the plea of another engagement, tlut made an appointment for a drive with her for that evening. The young baronet caine almost every! day, bringing herflowers and fruits, and showered flattery; upon her to, her heart's content: Then he w,ould go directly' from her to Florence, and play the role of devoted lover, accompanying her and Mr, and Mrs. Seaver almost every- where.. One day, while Inez King was mak- ing puraltases in the -Via T3abutno shops, she came face to face with Monica. Yes, she was sure now that the girl was Monica ; for the look of fear in the girl's eyes as they en- countered hers, and tete deathly toad- ies- that swept all the color from her beautiful face, told her 'that even before her almost rigid lips parted to give utterance to her name. "Inezi—you here in Rome 1" she breathed, in scarcely, addible tones. "Hal Monica!" cried her treacher- ous cousin, a look of bate sweeping over her face and vibrating through her every tone. "Then I have not been mistaken—it was ;you echos! I have seen several time,, after all. Ah!—stop!— I--" But the startled girl hard recov- ered herself sufficiently to enable her to turn quickly and 'sweep out of the room, thus leaving her astonish- ed cousin again alone. Inez dashed after her, Inst Monica made straight for the ether door, crossed the Pavement and hq rang in- to a ravaiting carriage. When Inez reached the entrance to the shop she utter a vehicle robing rapidly down the street, but her cousin was nowhere iu sight. CHARTER XX. ( The next wee'e would be carni- val week, and many -" the En,;•1i'di and American residents had arrange ed to devote one evening of it to a fancy, dress ball. Those invited ',sere requested to act their :awn 'pleasure regarding wearing masks, but it would be obligatory; for every one to appear in some character. Inez learned that Sir Walter 'would attend this funotion, also that the Seas -ere and Miss Richardson would be !present. This inspired 'her With a cunnig plot which she deter- mined to carry out at any cost, and, procuring tickets liar h:rself, her chaperon and ku,gust, she proceeded at once to set on foot measures to bring it to perfection,, The intervening day.; were repent in diligent preparation for the event, and the alt important evening; finally arrived. She had boon chosen to represent Night, and hail spared 11x1 expense to make the character most effect- ive. Her costume War of jet-black vel- vet, studded here and there with dia- mond stare, tvhil:, her jewels—the necklace that encircla,l her perfect reek and the crown upon her mid- night head, tivith i dazzling cres- cent, and all compo.:id of purr white stores, were a marvel to every one who keheld Mem. Over her face she wore a mask of black gauze, fringed with hold, while from her shoulders depended a mag- nificent train, borne by two pages, also clad in black and gold, who fol- lowed her as she slowly and with haughty neon paced around the great ball -room; in line with other char- acters of every description. It was a brilliant scene, for there were hundreds of people present, in every variety of costume and color, while the display of costly jewels, rare laces and fabrics, was unpre- cedented ; but conspicuous among them all Was the godless of Night in her dead -black velvet and dia- monds. :While slowly promen:alin; the ball- room, her keen eyes roving restlessly hither and thither, she suddeniy es - Peri a slight, stately figure in white s:LtLn, 111' erase;!; 1 }laving been 'alail- fnily made to repreeen1 a calla, 1113-; tht•' •short sleeves revealing a beau- tiful arm, almost to. the shoulder, was falhiono'l in the form, of the same fiercer, and one pure white wax - e(1 111011:rl11t1 a'os:t 11'0.11 a .01 oinL o: golden hair tleti: surmounted the :;mall and ;th 1p2l;: head. Pearls, set with d(aiiiiid,, gleamed epee the moble -white Seel: and arms, and fattened the lily In ;place among the glaamin;; yellow coils of hair. .1 white lace mask, embroidered and fringed, with pc ales, concealed the features, but di,l not (mite hide the dainty "pink ears" and the pret- ty dimpled chin. The moment that Inez beheld thi., exenisitely riziltme eleetre, with its familiar proportions: and bearing, she was Surd she r.•ooguized her cousin. "11 is Moaie. :" elm mntt-red, un - tier her breath ; "but who would over beliese that !h,• could get1er- self tip like that ? Tilos.^ people don't don't spare their nt n ey, either, for it must coat a. pre'113 p,)n,ns" to deck her out as thley do." •She followed the llty queen for a while, occasionally coining very near to her, and becoming more and attire convinced that she was correct in her surmise that she washer cousin. Deco she p:tusod and beckoned her pages to her. "Behold the lily queen," she said, in a low cautions tone, and 'tvitll a gesture whom She Mail at. Two frtLrs o: gilttet ing l:izlek caw were at one fastened upon the and two re eon black heads nodded a dumll MEC "\tratel xs'h n Site mirmasks," corn - ma nded Inez, in 1 h(1 seme tone ale be- fore "If 1 give you the signal, know that •she is the signorina, and—do your work,", Again the pages nodded assent, and there the trio .moved slowly on again. As the hour drew near for unrnaslc- tng, Inez managed to' be near the lily queen agate, and stationed har- slet whore she could not fail 'to see !tor when :she removed her oivn mask, when she was stare her routes would betray some signs of repugnance or • fear upon discovering her proximity. At last the signal teas given; and tho Goodness of Night gave a Iow exclamation of satisfaction as that pearl embroidered face covering was removed, and she found herself look- ing directly into the Lace of the wronged Monica, as she supposed. She loosened her own mask at the same moment and bent forward to attract the girl's attention. Their eyes met, and a7 flush of anger went surging up to Inez King's brow as the calm, beautiful orbs gazed for an instant' into hers with an ex- pression of well-bred surprise, but without the •sii;htest sign of recog- nition, The treacherous girl drew haught- iIy back, an evil look flashing over iter [ace.• "She plays It well," site murmured, with savage vehemence ; "but—her day will be short." She glanced back over her shoul- der at her pages, and nodded signifi- cantly to them. Then, unclasring the train from iter ,shoulder, she let it fall into into their !rands, and they bore it away, after bestowing another flashing glance at the lily queen. Aimost at the same instant, bars. Clairemont, regal in a. Queen El- izabeth toilette of mauve satin and duchesse lace, and August elastaldi, in the eliaracter of a Spanislt bi- dalgo, joined her, the latter pre- senting both ladies with an em- bossed and gilded dance order. "August, look yonder," said Inez, calling the young man's attention to the radiant girl opposite them `there is Monica again." t Ile turned quickly and glanced in the direction ,she indicated, all the color receding from iaLs face: A puzzled expression came into his eyes as rhes' eagerly swept the countenance of the lovely lily queen, who was now conversing with Sir Walter Leighton. He studied her closely for a minute or two, then turned back to Inez, a look of keen Main in his glance "She is not the Senora Monica," he quietly, but positively observed. "I tell 's-ou ,site is Monica," retort- ed Inezz, impatiently. "I admit that Silo does not act quite like herself; but she is putting on airs; and I know. What I ;urn talking about, for I met her at Rainaldi.'s, in the Via Babuino, only last week." " You met Senora Monica last week 1" repeated Augu'.t, with white lips. "Yes, I saw her and' spoke to her —she stoke to me and cancel me by name, and then she hurried from the store and was gone before I conld'ctet.ain her," Inez affirmed- Tltr)n the turn.ed away to greet an acquaintance August feline a convenient place where lee cco111 l watch the supposed .11oniila., without being himself ob- served: But his sensitive, adoring heart could not be deceived. He knew that the fair stranger was not t]u girl wllcuni he lead sec- retly idolized for .so many years, and for whom 10 lra'} been diligently searching for long months wWth the hope of being 'Lble to right ibe wrongs she had suffered, ('1'o be eontinued,l HEALTH FOR BABY. Babies that are well, sleep well, exit well. and play well. A child that is not playful needs immediate attention, or the results may be serious. Give an un- well child Baby's Own Tablets and you will be astonished how soon he will be bright an;cl playful. For diarrhoea, con- stipation, simple fever, indigestion, colic, and teething irritation. these tablets have absolttely 110 equal. 'alley do not stupefy Che child. ars poisonous "sooth- ing" medicines do ---they go to the seat of the trouble and cure hint. Mee E. lila croft, Deern'ood iI:tn„ says: "S halve used Jbtbv's Own Tablets for stomata and bowel !!ables, for simple fevers and teething, iota 1 think them the best medicine in tlu world," You eau gee these Tablet,: at any drug store, or by tubal at 21 cents a heti by wilting the Dr. Williams' Modifiine Co., Brockville, Ont. Wise mothers always keep the Tablet:: in the house 10 gsend against ai stdd'u illness of little ones. POTATO BI t HT AND ROT The Cause of Serious Loss— Some Preventive Measures. 1)•: puri stent of agrieul1ure, (.email181011('.r'8 Branch, Reports from many districts indicate that potato blight and rot are again this season eau.- lac; eerions lout to the farm- er's of (liu(!a. '.ii(s disease has been quite ltrevatlent in many !,arts of Onta- rio and Quebec, and although a good preventative is known in Bordeaux mix- ture, few grower's seem to have spray- ed their potatoes. Sir. 1,. 11. _New'luan, of the Seed .l)iyisem, who visited nearly every county ie Onterio during the sum- mer, confirms tills statement and 1.: - ports that in merry eases he found, that growers were sadly wanting in knowlrge of the disease and methods of preventing it, There ere two known blights while affect the potato in America. the early blight. •\l1vi'ii rhl Solani, and the late blight which causes the rot, Phstopbthe- re, Infestnns. The early hlieht cavae:; the sprttthlg of the leaves in 1nly. '.i'llese spots increase in size, unite and former large glasses of diseased! tissue, ,1 ti,s b11ltt does net attack the tubers and A Trouble Due to Improper (flood Easily .Remedied. Ball blood is l.he one great cause of bad. complexions and blotchy skins. This is why you m st attack the trouble through the blood. with 1)i'. Williams' Pink rails. Ala blotches, boils, ulcers, pimples and paleness are the direet, un- mistakable sasult of weak blood loaded with impurities. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills conquer ,the poison; they drive out 0,11 the Impurities; they aetuadly make new, rich, red blood; they strike right at the root of all eemplexion troubles; they are a positive and permanent cure for e11 virulent skin • diseases like ec- zema., scrofula, pimples and erysipelas. They give you a clear, clean, soft skin, free from all blemish and full of rosy health. Mr. Matthew Cook, Lamenbon, N, W. T., tells flow Dr. Williams' Fink Pills cured ;!lint rof erysipelas after other medicines lead failed. Ile says: "My skin tries inflamed, my flesh tender and some; my head ached; my tongue was coated; I had chills and thought I was taking fever. I tried several medicines, but nothing helped nie until I began using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and drove the trouble from my system, and I am now in tthe best of health. I think these pills the best medicine in the world for blood troubles." It is an every day record of cures like this that 1tas given Dr. 'Williams' Pink Pills their world-wide prominence. They cure when other medicines fail, but you must get tile genuine with ,the full name Dr. Williams' Pink Piles for Pale People on the wrapper around every box. Yau can get these pills at all druggists, or by retail at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by writing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockvilla, Ont. it is not nearly as injurious as the oth- er. If the leaves are punctured by the beetles or from some other cause the disease gets a foothold easier. The late blight is the one which causes by far the greater loss, both by lessening the crop ana by causing rot. According to Mr. W. T. Macoun, korti- culturist of the Central Experimental Farm, this disease passes the winter in the tubers, and in the spring when the vines begin to grow it starts to develop, growing up through the tissues of the potato stem. During the latter part of July it produces on the undersides of the leaves myriads of tiny spores, which in the mass lmve a frost -like apearanee. These spores make the rust stage, which is caused by the leaf tissues drying up where the spores have been feeding on them and causing dark brown spots. It is from this stage that future infection takes place. as the spores are carried ra- pidly by the -wind and alight on the foliage. They are also washed below the surface of the ground and reach the young tubers, and in titer. cause no 'rot. The potato rot itself is a dry rot; the wet rot comes through decay of the tubers. It is when the tubers begin to form that the blight b:'gins to appear. This is just after the potato has pass- ed the most vigorous stage, the stege when in a wild state it would be blos- soming and nrodnring seed. At this stage the constitution of the plant is weakened, whiell probably slakes it more subject to disease at this time. in the Province of Ontario potato vines usually dry up during the latter part of August. 1Vhy should they die so soon when they do not produce seed 1 If the season is fairly favorable even the earliest varieties may be kept growing right on into September by thorough cultivation and spraying. Tlie import- ant points to get them past the per- iod when they are in a weakened con- dition, without injury from fungous dis- eases or insects. Experiments conducted at the 'Ver- mont er- mont Experiment Station proved that over half the crop of marketable pota- toes was produced after August 22nd. In Ontario the potato vines are usually dead shortly after that date. The great gain in keeping potatoes growing until late in September is here very apparent, Very marked results in spraying with I3ordeaux mixture for blight have been obtained by the Vermont Station, the Irish Department of Agriculture, and the Dominion and Provincial Experi• mental farms. In 1001 experiments by MMIr, Maeeun with eight varieties show• ed an average difference in favor of spraying of 100 bushels' of marketable potatoes, and in 1902 with eleven carie - ties the average difference was 124 bushels per acre. With the Empire State variety there was a difference of 103 bushels per acre. In 1902 the vises were sprayed four times, on July 10th, July 22nd, ,July 30th and August 13th, the formula used being 0 lbs. bluestone, 9 lbs. lisle, 40 gallons welter. While the Colorado beetles were active sighi ounces of Paris green were added tq each forty gallons of the mixture. For large areas the expense for bluestone would be in the neighborhood of $0 per acre, and the total expense probably not more titan $S or $9. Even at $l0 per neve the result of the above cxperl• meat for 3902 would show a profit di $38 per acre, potatoes selling at 40 cents a bushel. These results should convince pot', to ;:•rowers of the importance of spray. ing their potatoes for the prevention 01 blight and rot. The work mast be thor, ouglily done. Spraying should be began by flee -mid111e of July and the vines kepi 'covered with ilte mixtin e !until 'the close of the season, It is generally recognised that some varieties of potatoes have greater pow• or than others to resist Ibis disease, and it is safer to cultivate only varix• firs which are superior in this respect; All d18188((l refuse from an affected~ S0 1 is so fired Manila } c burned. It also ad• i-isa.ble to avoid using for Seed purposee potatoes from a diseased crop, even though tll etubers appear healthy. It. A, (iLEMONS, Publication Clerk. In the gauge of life iota of girto would rather win a (tiamonet than A bra rt,