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The Herald, 1904-12-16, Page 7_.--te-. w..., e, -/L dft rA t- it;t3 4/1z7t11(4tell"- Unit ow r' ,�® ri ' '. e r 6. 1��. cg° @6.1� r ts- ,a,aat , "What a fool I wlae to tell him they had bane tc Parie," Leighton sullenly muttered, as he glared fierce- ly after hie rival; "but just as soon as the carnival is over, I" will follow them. Meet the 'fellow. I never dreamed he would play me such a shabby triek." no was net so overcome by the in- teetiew, however, as to permit it to Interfere in the least with his amusement. Ile proceeded directly to make a call upon Inez King, with whom he spent the afternoon, driv- ing out to the Campagna, and after- ward dining with. her at a fashionl- a,ble cafe. Merrill, on the contrary, and liter- ally, "in dead earnest," as he had said, Went straight to bis hotel, packed Lis trunk~ and took the next express en route for Paris, no traveled night and day, and arrived at his destination some three days previous to the arrival of the Seaver party, much to his disappointment. Re kept a .sharp lookout for them., however, but could get no trace of them ~until jtdiey had been in the city several days, and then be lost no time in calling upon them.1 Florence was not very well pleased by his appearance, for she could not forget their last inter- view,, and dreaded a renewal of his attentions and. Importunities, She secretly despised him for the threat he had made, .loping there- by to coerce her consent to his pro- posal. Still, she w,as a lady, and felt that she 'roust be courteous to hiin. She introduced him to Monica, telling him how strangely they had met on their way from Rome, and by always insisting upon her presence when he called, she hoped to dis- courage a renewal of his suit. But the young man had staked his all upon winning her, and he could not be long eluded in thou tray; and, ono afternoon, when they were all out sight-seeing together, he managed to get himself and Florence separated fifom the oth- ers of the party, and then took in- stant advantage of his opportunity, "Miss Florence, that all-important question iwhiich I asked you. the last time I isms,. you, " is still unan- swered," he began,' as he turned into a narrow, shaded 'path, for they were in the Garden of the Tuiller- les. "I went to Rome, hoping to meet you there, but not finding you, came directly to Paries, to learn whether I ,am to be happy or: wretched during the remiaisnder of my lifo. Florence, darling ! I love yowl with all my heart and soul. Will you be my wife'?" / 1 Florence turned a glance of un- disguised astonishment upon him. "Mr. Merrill," she began, with a chilling dignity that assured him he had nothing to hope for, "1 carafe:ss I am amazed that you; ;should renew, thls subject after my attitude to- tvaxd you upon previous and simi- lar occasions; but let me say now, once for all, that; I ;shall never mar- ry you," Tho young wan flushed hotly be- neath her icy calnne'es of man- ner and the inflexibility of her tones. "I cannot take tl'at a; a final answer," he said. ."Oh, let me try to win you'?" "It must be final," she replied,wille out heeding his appeal, eagle j tJ - oidedly that he knew his fate was eealecl.; "And If you persist in forcing the ,subject uppn me, 1 shall feel %obliged to requesti you to discontinue your calls. I would not willingly wound you, Mr. Merrill," she added, more gently, "but this question must never be raised again." (Tis face was almost ghastly in its pallor, but it was not caused by wounded love. Ho was bitterly incensed over the fact that a fine fortune was lost to him, when he had .spent he; all fel ani the attempt to win it; and now r.r his eha.grius sent all the mere]no'r;s 1:o of his nature, for which so Jong bio Ise had tried to conceal, to the sur- of redly ;that no one ,suspects it. You love that haughty beggar, Carrel but Ito shall never win you. And, for your scorn of me, I swear that you shall drag out your life in a bondage "sa bitter that you wall pray to die!" Florence drew herself up to her full height and lifted her blazin eyes to his lowering lace. "Sir," ,she ,began, with loft scorn, "I fail to understand yo bat I can dispense with your coni 'zany here and now, and from thi moment our acquaintance ceases, They .saw no more of Merrill whi.l they were in Paris. He disappears as suddenly as he had come, an Florence was heartily glad to lb rld of his presence. Thus time passed very pleasant and rapidly to our four friends tint four weeks slipped by, when they were rejoined by Sir Walter Leigh - Y a� ape a -ea sing Morsz�ea'i�s alfaa<irs. that just aj li.tle as ou• should b:: t Uc s..s,. a ut lr r history .t , , an Last, unt 1 fir. S.anrr oould tnaLturw his' plans to act against Cart King and his • daughter, and tiles he could not do until they amid hear from August Castttid', to whom they had written again, or gather from Mexico tome tangible material to work upon. Their sojourn in Paris was most: drliglitful, awl only the pleasantest relations seemed to exist between Sir Walter and l�lor- enoe. No word of love once ezesp'd the lips of the young baronet during the six weee he wad wi�tirk them, al- though he had been most devoted in his atttentions to both of the young ladies, who acoepted them with the same friendly frankness in Which they appeared to ba o:'fered. It was a bright, charming morn - Ing, late in May, when they finally turned thei' faces once more toward England. By '.ome means—she could never exactly underertan 1 how=—Sir Walter mapaged to get himself and Flor- ence separated from the others of their party, just as, the train was leaving Paris for Calais, and that'• barely hied ten get upon the last ear— the young man waving his hat to Mr. Seaver, who was looking back for them, to shove that they were all right—when it began to pull slut 0t the station.. "Never' mind," . eaid Leighton, as he saw Florence's anxious face, "we can change and get in with them at the first stopping place. He made her as comfortable as possible, and then took his own place (beside her. They chatted in a friendly way upon various topics for a while although Florence appeared a trifle xestlesl and constrained. At length, after a Short pause+ I Sir Walter inquired: " Iias Mr. Saver told you of my plan to have you all visit. me at - Worthing Towers next month ?" "Yes, and he appears to be anti- cipating it with a great Ileal of pleasure. I have heard that your new home ie very lovely." Florence e replied, but wishing the train would stop, so that thee: could rejoin their friends, for the recent pause had 1L made her uncomfortable. "It certainly is," ,Plr Walter re- turned, his face lighting with pride; "It is an ideal spot. It overlooks the sea at the south, and a bea0tituul Ol- e .stretch of country' in all other Ol- d a'ections. I am not going to 'cveatyi you with a description, however—I shall leave ylou to judge of its mer- its for yourself." ai "You were certainly very for- tunate to fall heir to so handsome He had intended 'to leav Rome carnival, immediately th af ter Mies Piing ha made so many plans ahsad . whiels included him, he found It net to impossible to tear himself away while, too, In spite of his boasts. affections for Florence, he found th gay heiress a companion after his own heart, for she led him a liver<r dance, and he thoroughly enjoyed himself with, her, when he was not hampered by tlu3 presen•We of those before whom ha felt obliged. to bra j have himself eheamepactly. Inez had been greatly upset over I the failure of luar plot to capture I her hated cousin, on the night of the bah masque—for of ceur.)e it was by her orders that the two reseals In the guise of pages had endeavor - rd to kidnap Monica—and tihe was In a ktate of continual fear that eche might any day spine, upon her unawarise, to wrest her stolen for- tune from her ; for, .she ri-asoncd, that idle could have no other ob- ject in coming to Rome just at that thee. • When the men who had acted as her (:ages at the ball appeared to clam~ her promised rower 1 for their services, they related what had befallen them just as they were on the point of abducting their victim. They could give no description of their assailant, however, owing to the darkness,, and tie) soddenness of the attack, and thus the List) of Florence's champion remained a taysttrp, greatly to the p lrplexity slid annayanee o: Inez. See artfully (inert oned Sir Wal- ter, and it was through 1)im that 411. learned the Savers had left Rome. On his arrival in Paris Sir Wal- ter easily found hie fci.-nds and was cordially welaomeJ by Mr. "beaver and his wife. Florence was not present when he woe first admit,cxl to their ,lp:urt- mont ; but ehorr.ly of terwarit she and Monica entered the room to- geth er. She Walter started to hie feet as they appear: d, a.n exd:lamation of as'to.::i>bin on1 b:{.ak'.n; fi')in hint, while he gazed i;] perplexity, :ir:,t at one; then at the 0Llier. Bit Florersee advanced with a Fm:le and extended hind to greet lune and th •,n 1 uuel l ir1e ob .ese I : "I 503 3oa are p.z:lrd to finds a elupii'cate or myself' with u i; but that will b' o .pl ,f:t d, I t a measure, at least. when I ludo lulu) my towel. Sir Walter L igltton, ail ow mo to make :sou acquainted with Mi);v lblolti •dt hilts,." Tho eou:1g hatom,' csl;ri ss Al his elseenr-s r:l 'raking the young lady's adqual stance, bit to him el: lir tx- cl-a, nisi: • ",love! another Mars Kin;,, what eau it all m:an?" Later, Mr. S :v; r expl iin•dl that thee had ddicoy' rr•tc'i mau- 1,' 1 p,lr le by a c n .—t;fa� . hh idl hee;i travelling; an Ln,gli:;h lady, who heel died very in]ddel:ly, a; d Monica an l tit Vie lad al nil € were ret urn fng to En eland bf them- e e a, when the S ave_". 1' r'v ln.d 0 a•: 7 -aro s their path his nini:l had 1 ;e,s on het' w,t.y henry, but 1 ';L, :it tit) ea) n : one tation Flores tie, had 0 tis nt ;g to re- f " A▪ ncl that is really our nitir matum, Miss Riohardsctn 1" he whis- pered, hoarsely.. all, " Mast assuredly, Mr. "Merrill," she 1'i a haughtily returned, fns, "Then—marls my words !" • he na hissed, bending his lips close to her ear. "I, will snake you rue tide .day and this hour as long as you live. I to knotvl your secret, even` though yoe rot think ;Nu have guarded, it .so sac- do 1 wet) "I was lot aware tha,': Floc: nee had an,y r.l.iti • un 1 hog r mask- they re., ruble : a h other,' e.h, it a' m0 z•pi' dhery dl, nn s it lute; careen 1/ gree 0 1]3 l.id t ] the ui. + of King. Yes, the likeness. 11 dm'Ice1 vry iii igr," end 1 lir S nve.', reel ane the Irt toe ob'iervit o', but f - •In•r lee reser nee t;.] tit] mai- .1 nue r1 a property, to say nothing about the title," the fair girl remarked, tor the sake of saying sbmothing; for another pause had seemed imin- ent. "That is true," said her compan- ion, gravely; "but—even Eden would .be desolate without Its Eve. Flor- ence, when may I claim-pmy wife?" CIL PT(ER XXIV. Florence flushed hotly at this dir- ect and unexpected attack, and for a moment she did nut reply. Then, lifting a look of grave surprise to ther compsanion's face, elle quietly re- urned: "I thought that matter had been settled long ago, :sir Walter." "Do not ear that, Florence," the young man pleaded, earnestly. "I etas.:net giro yo t up—I : n ver give en up the hope of winning :you. I know you seemed inclined to draw back and regret Uie step we took beet summer. I love you, my darl- ing, as well to -day; as I did then, and have never ceased to hope that you will some day be willing to ac- knowledge the tie that melee us." "No tie binds us to each other, Walter," Florence coldly, re pouded. "I know you assume there does not dear," said Leighton, losing 80100 of leis color, "but leaving that out of the .question, after having plighted your faith to me, and gone to the very altar', surely you can hardly say, that I have no claiin'upon you." "I know what you say is true," ed, with a weary dge myself to ,you a clandes[hie mar - then I have often could 11,11v n been so unwise—so reckless, 1 hale sume- tiuies 'been halt incline'l to think that you really did mesmerize me into consenting to that wrung and fool- ish act. '!'Here were times when I believed that trey hap$;inees depend- ed upon our union, and then there iv.ould coloo grayer moments when -I felt that we were both making a fatal mistake. Beside,;, I had grown up with the idea thee I nine, carry; out my. father's w'ishee gsy marry- ing the eon of hie friend." A peculiar look ;stets. oter Sir dValtcsr'ee face at tlm, lar;. obser- vation. Ile dare not laces her too Tar, j:e-t at present, for he feared she might refuse to become lis geese, and Use f0ndly: believed that once rale saw his beautiful home and rcalii:ed the position she would occupy, al his wife, the temptation ivuuid be more than 14110 e iuid reined. Ser Walter bore h;mself very well during the remainder of ti.le journey; 111) '~vase perhttp.:1 e little more grave than ur,ual, bat his manner 'was free and unconctraincsd whenever he addressed Florence, and be we,' Just an kindly att.rntile 118 {,vet'. tJpen their arrival In Lon - dors he mils, th;) •1•urty 1'deas- antly loca n tbeir ss;tcl, then, . bidding its -.11 a1s revd]ir, in view of their promised visit a c ui l^ of wor,v'r.lks lat. ` ter, ethe, return.,d to W'srtti:n g Ta Florence admitt sigh ; "I did pie 1 ctid consent to riago ; but since wondored hew I revolving tee other way for llimse Ile Was absent throe znonths, dura which everything prospered wail~ h moist s encouragingly ; and when he turned to London his firm express themselves as mare than pleased tui the result of his labors. Ile found Janues, his littlo prote looking strong and robust. He Jied grown taller, and hie for dead filled out round and full ; his'fa waits flushed with the Luo of heel his eyes were bright and sparkli with boyish mischief, and his delis in having his kind friend -back ti unbounded. .They spent a ]appy month tog Cher, :end then Mr. Carrel was ob1'g to go upon another trip. T lis time he was absent fou months, and whatever he touch Seemed,! to •turn in his favor, and whe be again presented himself in Lond he had the energetic manner a bearing of one who realized that w,asi fast sweep;,rig all obstacles tiro his path; and was making rap strides toward the goal to which aspired. It WAS April when he returned t second time, and Inc business won now keep him in the metropolis f soveraI months. This fact was the source of gre delight to James, or "Jamie," as hi friend affectionately called him. lad appeared to regard Trim with a the affection of a son for his Pathe and was never se happy as when was with him. After sclnaol and bu,-iness hog were over, the two had many e jol time together, as they sought variou ,places of amusement and interest, o m:ads, excursions out into the su rounding country. Oceastonaily' they would pay a vis to Tom DTII, who never grew weary of telling Jainie and his friend th story of how he re:Relied the boy an Mei nurse from the burning hotel - One afternoon, wh'le returnin from one of these visits, as they wer turning the earner of a street, th came su+dd^:sly upon a woman boa ing n large Imedle in her arms. Before Mr. Carrol could ewery aside he had kn:ecked the package t the: grouter, and -then, with a quick' outstretched hand, barely saved it bearer a fall -open it. "1 beg your prirdon, madam," he e claimed, as courteously its if lie ha been taldree:sing a 'grand dame fro Upper Grosvenor street ; "I did no sear you in tune to avoid a collision." Ile recovered the bundle•ancl was In the oat of restoring it to her when, for the first time, he looked her squarely in the face. ,1. sit.;ck of mingled -surprise zeal ex- ultalion went thrilling- through him, for l:e Instantly recognized her. Sime wile no other than "Crazy Moll," whom he had seen in. the hos- pital eo long ago, and for whom, af- terward, tie Parc! tirade such diligent but fruitless earth. "I isope you aro not hurt," he added, by way of prolonging the interview, and with the hope of perhaps being able to carry out a long -cherished plan. "\o, sir," briefly' replied tl-c woman ad ale regarded trim with a half-puz- zlcd, half -vacant :,tare. "Your nanr:' is \.:try, isn't it, and you ur;i'el to live in the Hahnemann I1lcpitol, did you lint?" "Yes, air." "Do you remember 0 gentleman mho ea rete! to set, you [':ere last falls" The woman shook her head doubt- fully : yet there wars a look on her farce which~ told 1101' questioner that seo had a vague remembrance of his visit. "1 don't live there now," she stol- idly remarked, ]while her eyes wan- dered wan at wistful look to ,ramie, 'cele:s ss as standing quietly beside his friend. "Where is your home note."' Mr. Carrot inquired. (To be continued.) Oa0 SLEEPLESS BABIES. If, - It kept in a cold place It will not beoome ng rancid. Peanuts—Peanuts, im though undeniably boor- potato, are tremendously important. They x'o- contain starch, and only attain full food ed value when cooked. 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That is what at causes your headache with the dull pains' s or sharp stabs of sick kidneys. And kid- heTney disease is one of the most deadly 11 and hopeless things that can attack r' you. The only hope is to strike with - he out delay at the root of the trouble in the blood with Dr. Williams' Pink 1 s Pills . They actually make new blood. "n They flush the kidneys clean, heel their ✓ inflammation and give them strength for I,- their work. Common kidney pills only touch the symptoms—Dr. 'Williams' Pink it Pills cure the cause. That is why they cure for good and at the seine time im- e prove the health in every way. d Mr. George Johnson, of the village of Ohio, N. S., gives strong proof pf g the truth of the above statements. He e says : "My son, now nineteen years the old, suffered greatly with kidney trou- ble. lie was constantly troubled with e severe pains in the back, and oftei pass- , ed sleepless nights. Itis appetite failed, she grew weak and could hardly do the usual work that falls to the lot of a boy on a farm. We tried several kidney me - x_ divines, but they did not help him any. d Then a friend recommended Dr. Wil - m hams' Pink fills, and this was the first t medicine that reached the cause of the trouble. He used the pills for a couple of months and 1 am thankful to say is now as strong and healthy as any boy of his age." There is no disease due to bad blood ( that Dr. Wiliams' Pink Pills will not cure, simply because they make new, rich red blood that expels disease from every part of the body. That is why they cure, the worst eases of anaemia, indigestion, neuralgia, rheumatism, head- ache, and backaches, and the special ail- ments from which women alone suffer. But only the genuine pills can do this and you should see that the full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for pale Peo- Iplc " is printed on the wrapper around each box. Sold by all medicine dealers or diroct by mail from the 1)r. Williams' 'Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont.. at 150 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50. �-o LIFE ON THE PLANET MARS. Oecgraphical Map of Our Celestial Neighbor Very Accurate. We can draw all the geographical con- figurations, seas, coasts, islands, penin- sulas, mouths of rivers, or canals of Mars with accuracy, says Camille Elam - merlon in 1larper's Magazine, and we 0:111 anticipate what district w.ri. appear in the lens of the telescope, for the length of the rotation of the planet is known to the hundredth part of a sec- ond. As the planet turns upon its axis more slowly than ours, the calendar of two consecutive years of 008 days and a biscxtile one of 060 days. It is not many years since Mars enter- ed into the sphere of our observation. And one can say also that there is but e, small number of the inhabitants of this world who have observed it fn all its details, and of these the most ex- perienced is Signor Schiaparelli, director of the observatory at Milan. The geographical map of the planet Mars has just been made with infinate care by the above-mentioned astronomer. One might really musider it a tcrristrial sphere of continents,, islands, coasts; peninsulas, gulfs, waters. Moreover, clouds, rains, inundations, snows, sea - Sane, winters and summers, springs and autumns, prevail as they do here; and the intensity of the seasons is absolute- ly the same as with us, the inclination of the axis being the same as ours. Our problem of the habitability of the stars is limited to observing the celes- tial bodies upon which the conditions are such' flint organized matter can exist in a durable form. In the planet Mars, the density of a cubic merte of water. earth. or any 'ut- ter is only the seventeenth of what it is here, and the weight is only 38- 100t11s. A kilogram transported to Mars would therefore only weigh 376 grams there, and n. num or woman weighing 70 kilos would only wei;*h 26 there. The years are nearly twice as long as upon our planet, and the climatological conditions Seem, m11011 more favorable than they are here. The eonditione necessary to life are, we knew. multiform, as the structure of the reesenie natter is so complicated. • — Cernille Flamm rime in F1arper's Maga- zine for Nave/rare 'iht' Camera Fiend. Iie took the house, he took the barn, The children at their play, Iie took the deg, he took the cat, ,And bobbin, Nell end (fray; Ile took the pretty parlor maid A-shn e , Anti nosewingd migeowitthh agaterale, and vowed The efeture simply great. Well babies sleep soundly and wake up brightly. 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They must be serenity pre- pared, however, as few people, even though thelr teeth be good enough (which few are) will take the time to grind them up into di- gestible 101111. Almond:e,llmonds rtaad in the first group of nitrogenous or tissue -building foods. '.~'hese members of the rose fancily, which are now grown in our own ceuutry, are among the oldest and best known. They are deli- cious salted, though the housewife shnuid nellrber "not" to plane butter or oil in 1r,:n with there, 11,i hest decomposes fat and defeats their digestive function. ere's oil enough in them nattnully to hold hcr,it,nta---1 iidenbtedly the chestnut is the ur 11 du'' hr e b� tient (1nest be conned to be -di. iit.le. r:iu;e 11 re f:ti118 so unteh starch. t,n.s 1n•:t with Luny as a turkey stuf- be lcngiisll Wa:nut---eatery prefer the Plug - 1 W.unut above all ' Y rt nuts. Though t'toy are taming thn most. digesti- A tittle salt alts to their ,ligc.tUlllty. hsf 11 ,, t -The li ,nrt endthe hasol I111t faveritmt, the 0n 11 11,filbert, or cob nut, le the most delieiotle, he llrazil Nut--Itieh in ail is the Beast! It is so likely to be spoiled by the time.ret it that come will have none of it. ret the 1' thb7e tl, e n u Tt es - it It is new time that we wore Inctu'r- n7 leg new le "c feel b"iii plod ! e I ill;; with 1!e' 11r, Cnre l (Inane th'u ;o g niters -el. ;;t After elegies; wan the oiler of the 1:.'. Leado-1 fern] as has Iron I0'Vriousiy are ec 1 ~tea, '.r• t FA:ai 10(1 t r tai -e. ng. 1.•11 ,s row (111t:e 8 tied 8,e w•''n.t let r,, rept T 5 to nut ward turning 1'or unJ s wheel c lie took Prise1111 fifty wilt's— indoors end out-of-doors, I've loved I'r•taetlla ever since She romped in pinafores): Ile took himself away by stealth Ono night without adieu, tut, oh -the hardened miscreant! Ile tool: Pric:111a, too. .-aliens. Irvine in Lippincott's Magasin.,