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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1899-12-29, Page 60 VETERINARY --OEN GRIEVE, V. S., honor graduate of Ontario terinary College. All db.:came, Domestic) animals treated. Calls promptly attended to and charges moderate. Veterinary' Dentstry a specialty. Office and residence en Goderich street, ono door East of Dr. Scott's °Moe, &Worth. 1112-tf LEGAL JAMES L KILLORAN, Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and Notary Public. Money to loan. Office over Pickard's Store Main Street, Seaforth. 1528 T M. REST, Barrister, SoReiter, Conveyancer, s.) • botary Public. Offices up litairs, over 0. W. Papet's bookstore, Main Strut, Seaforth, Ontario. 1627 iricc G. CAMERON, formerly of Cameron, Holt in. Cameron, Barrister and SoBettor, Goderioh, Outario. Office—Hemilton street, opposite Colborne 1462 11) IL HAYS, Sudsier, Solloitor, Conveyancer and IN Notary Public:. Solicitor for the Dominion Sank. Office—Oardoo's block, Main Street, Safer*. eloney to loan. - 1236 M. 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Moe over Johneo 's hardware store, Staiorth, Ontario. 1860 TNR. F. A. SELLERY, Dentis j../ Royal College of Dental Su honor graduate of Department University. Office in the Pe Will visit Zurich every Monday day, June let. , graduate of the geone, Toronto, also Dentistry, Toronto commencing Mon - 1687 Tweddle), graduate of Ro al College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario ; ant class honor graduate of Tofin,to Univers ty ; orown and bridge work, also gold work in all its forms. All the moat modern methods for painless filling and painless extraction of teeth. All operations carefully performed. 3ffice : Tvreddle's old stand, over Dill's grocery, Seaforth. 1640 Dr, John McGinnis Hon. Graduate London Western Unive..aty, mber of Ontario College of Phyeiciant and I Suixeons. Office and Residence—Formerly *coupled . Wm. SirNight calls attended promptly. 146 x12 and Fellow of Trinity Medical Llollego, Gra- duate of Trinity University, Member of College of - Uric). Office formerly occupied by Dr.Ccoper.i 1850 -rot. ARMSTRONG, M. B., Toronto, M. D.10. ti., Elliott, office lately, °sampled by Dr. &UM, 'nee. A LEX. BETILUN , M. D., Yellow of the RoYea IS. College of Ph stolen, and Surgeons, Kingeton —Corner of Victoria Square in house lately occupied ,„ate resident Physician and Surgeon, Toronto Gen. era Hosplial. Honor graduate Trinity University, =ember of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. Coroner for the County of Huron. Office and Residence—Goderieh Street, Eaet of the alanodiat Church. Telephone 46. 1886 PHYSICIANS AND SURGEONS, cioderiah street, opposite Methodist chnrch,Seaforth 1. G. SCOTT, graduate Victoria and Ann Arbor, and member Ontario College of Physicians end ,Sturgeone. Coroner for County of Huron, 0. MacKAY, honor graduate Trinity University, gold medalist Trinity Medical College. Member College of Physicians and Surgeons, Ontario. 1488 WM. 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Always keep on hand a dollar bottle of tr It cures the croup at. once. .Then when any °nein the family comes down with a hard cold or cough a few doses .of the Pectoral will cut short the attack at once. A 25 cent bottle will cure a miserable cold; the 50c. size is better for a cold that has been hanging on. tap the dollar size on head. "About 2S years ago A camo near dying with coneurnptibu, but was since which time I have kept Ayer's medicines in the house and recom- mend them to all my friends." C. D. MATE ENYWN Jan. 18901. Airistot,'Vt. Write cemptel best Ole the Doctor. If von Intro any t whatever and desire the 'cal advice, write the doctor Address NEIL MACLEOD. A Tale of Literary Life in Lo don. • BY DAVID LI -ALL, Toronto.) " So he has deserted is old haunts ? I'm sorry to hear' that ; it' I be to his detri- ment," anewered Lockhart, musingly. There was something pr phetie in the words. Macleod recalled thorn when the hue and cry was raised on the publication of the book. Their talk was ostly of men and booke. Macleod sat ,st 11, saying tittle, but drinking in every *or . Often a jarring note was struck, someti es a false' one, and his distinct impression leen he left was one of disappointment. 'These wore men well favored in the ro.nks ..cif their profession, who had achieved considerable success, and for whose words men w ited with respect. Yet they seemed to have so little respect for their own calling that they continually spire of it, if not slighsingiy, with a scoff or a sneer. Ho* mudh was assumed and how much real Neil had no means of know- ing. But it was not what he expected, and he could not shake of the depression of mind it occaeioned in him. During the early part of the week" he saw a great deal of Merrick. Angua's days were filled with the engagements common to busy men in his profession. It was not to be expected that Neil could feel any inclination for work during the first weeks of his residence in London. All was new and strange, and calculated to hinder his settiing down. Every morning and evening paper seemed to contain some allusion to his book, and so rapidly do We live, and with IT little regard to privacy, that the usual personal para- graphs' acquainted all interested persons with the particulars of the new writer's i, life before he had been in Lo don a week. Angus looked on, much amusql, at the shy and conscious pride these para' raphs awoke in Neil. To a man of lar er experience and a finer sense of the fitn as of things that sort of thing can seldo be anything but mildly offensive. Neil o ly wondered to find himself a person of sue importance. He bad everything to learn. On the ap- ointed night he dressed hi self for the adies' dinner at the Nomadic Club, wear- ing for the first time a dress suit. He looked well in it, and the spoiless expanse of white linen seemed to show pp the ruddy fairne3s of his face, and the clear light of his eyee, undimmed by study or the dissi- pation Of late houre. Angus, preparing for his weekly prayer meeting, came in to eee him before he went, and was instantly struck by hie distinguished look. To the average man the regulation evening coat is sa test ; in it he either looks a gentleman or the reverse. Neil wore it ali to the manner born. But somehow Angus preferred him in the homespun which had been the na- tural garb of the schoolmaster of Kil- " Am I all right ? I don't -feel at home in the thing," Neil asked, with the shy con- sciousness of a girl. "Coat fits all right, " jOuldn't be better, You look, splen- did, Neil. Why, man the Glen would never recognize you," he answered, with a touch of banter ; but there was something else in his mind he could not have put into worth/. nor did he attempt it. , " Well, I must go. I promised to call or Merrick, so that we'd go together." " The Holbein, isn't it ?" asked Angus. Neil nodded. " Won't you change your mind yet and ome to the soiree after?" urged Neil. ' Juet think of all the interesting folk you will Hee." Angus shook his head. " It wouldn't be a fitting tailpiece to may tick to his last." lune true what Lockhart s id ; you limit our own uaefulnees," said N il, on the spur f the moment. Angus Fraser's black eye fl shed. " When I chose my profes ion, I accepted ta limitatione, Neil," he ane ered, quietly, ' end I would not change pl ces with Lock - art though he were ten ti es the success " But I "think he's right, 11 the name," ruinbled Neil ; " you ought to see iife and unny smile. " But we're not goino to o, and when you are ,,bowin the knee to he brilliant and beautiful 1 dies to -night, CHAPTER X. The Nomadic Club had be orne an insti FH E H U 11.0N EXPOSITOR tution in literary Lon on. It woe, primar- ily a dining elah for men, to which they could bring an unlimited number of guests 1 on payment of a very moderate sum, The dinners were not cal ulated to charm the epicure, but the email on w a more or leas interesting, and it a rded n opportunity to many who were mo e or I 38 intefested in the literary world, bu not o it to hob -nob with some of the les dierliguished mem- bers. Meynell, the i defati able promoter, worked almost as h rd o gamizing these club dinners as he did wit ) hie" pen, aud with much the sane resul . Everybody liked him, though many to k their good- humored fun Of him. He vies a prince of nomads, yet one who found e impousible to be happy unless gregarious. The latest de- velopment of Meyne* fertile beain in tbe evolution of the club 'was a adree' night at the Nomadic—a nigh upon whiah twelve literary ladies of vari us degrees A magni- tude, were to be the onored gu sts of the club For this occaei n only, evening dress was inaisted on. Theiscene in the reception room of the Holbein Was 0110 calculated to make an inexperienced person like Macleod open wide his eyes. 'He had never seen such a crowd before even at a political meeting , in Blairdou --certainly never a orowd of any sort. in evening clothes. It was a brilliant= seen , but the effect on him just at first wars istinctly confusing. There was a great de 1 of noise ; neverthe- announced the guests to the reception com- mittee could be dittin tly heard above the din. When Merrick and hie coMpanion were announced a go d many heads were turned, and it was on Macleod all eyes were fixed, but he was Trite unconscious of it. Already " Mist of the Hills " was making some talk. Almost immediately behind them Lady Edwar Grantham entered. Her appearance also was the signal for a flutter of interest., e was looking her llz loveliest, in a black own blazing with diamonds, and the c ronet which met her apart glittering on li r beautiful hair. As was to be expected, s was instantly sur- rounded. Merrick h spored to Neil to look at her, which he did, and for the next five tninutes saw nothieg else. "Shall I introdude you ? There are plenty here who would like to shake hands with you, Macleod." @aid Merrick. " Not yet. Tell me who some of the • " Faith, it's diffiou t to pick out anybody in such a crowd • o nobodies," answered blerriek. ," The men who received us svere Meynell and Lurgan and Salome—you know TiL all their names It's the women l'm inter- terested in to -night There's a country- woman of yo r's co ing in just now. I didn't think she'd countenance a free-a.nd- easy affair lik this." ' Who is it?" aske Neil, quickly. "Don't yo raw niae her, the moral stand-by of mothers, the literary chaperon in whose hands the young person is quite, quite safe." 1 SomehoW the toile, which savored of poeitive dislike, tree ed to stab Neil, and he was glad to change ehe subject by asking another question. i - -" Who is that ver . handsome woman in a black gown ?" " That, my dear boy, is Madame Ro- land," said Merrick, ith a peculiar smile. " Oh, 1 didn% thin she'd look like that." " She has a very clever face, and she knows how to dress, which few of -the writ- ing sisterhood do. You'll observe that she sits alone; peophrylare afraid to speak to her. But she is reall I very pleasant I've bad several talks wit her, and I can't" help respecting the svom a, theugh nothing on earth would induce e to read a line she writes. Now for o-nebody else. Great Scot, there's Sophie engelly ! She usually shuns the haunts of Men. We're goieg to have a_ more intere ting evening than I bargained for." " She is very youn " said Neil, as he some diaphanous ma teal being impressive- ly received by the so Mittee. " Or looks it, whi h ie the same thing, at a distance, " observed Merrick carelessly. " There's Mrs. Steer the writer of Indian stories, one of the eteVerest of them all. When she gives us a austained work, it will make them all sit up, Meanwhile her short Ones aro some hing to be thankful "She looks rather d not to have writ-, Macleo " M dear boy, n't forget that no_ woman has ever achi ed fame until after forty. It is then th' y learn to open their Now e're going in. It will be an inter- esting tudy in degr es to observe the ar- range ent of the gue ts at what they are please to call the- hi h table, Lurgan, you beggar I hope you' o given us a good face and a bald head, nodded viole tly, and " If we get this t ing through without' bloodshed it'll be a marvel. Miss Pengelly has just left, because !eh wawa t placed at the chairman's right a d." blerrick laughed, nd they passed with the crowd into the sp ous hall, which was speedily filled to ove flowing. Macleod was intensely interes ed. Mote than once Merrick regarded hi ith something like envy. It was long si c he had felt genu- inely iaterested in any hing. The scene was a faros to him, nothing more. The dinner roceeded gaily, the guests at the high ta le coming in „for a considerable shard of attention. then came -the speech• es, the usual eulogistio introduction by the then the ladies spoke acquitting themeel- vss creditably, but without distinction. All, however, were in good humor ; not the feeblest spark of wit was lost. Then there was the customary adjournment to another room for coffee and talk—such talk as was possible in a seething heass where there was no elbow room. Her Merrick left Mac- leod to speak to sem acquaintances, and Neil was -not sorry to e alone. be sense of -bewilderment had passed ; wonder took its place: Was this what they celled en- joyment, and could it possible that this pushing and eager threng were ;all connect - Of Inestimable Value, !which Positively curep Phnpiss, Blackheads, ceenta end every forth 'of Skin Disease, is Dr. Chase's Ointment. e 40ks great al may the differance of pe one can sae beauty in a fee° that Is cito• scarred by tenet Of insane 61 othir skirt The low -neck socilety doss frequently reveals , shoulders and back Covered with pimeles or ether skin eruption@ rapids,. to the sight, Why are women content to use powders suid harmhil preparations to cover hp such blemishes 'whein they could as well cure them and make the skin clear, healthy and natural by using a erreparation SO iVell known as Dr. Cloase's 10intrnent. 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I • mediately he saw Lady Edward beck- ni onin to him, and the impression fled. 04 saw you from my exalted 'position " she timid, as she offered him a- gracious hand, with a smile which created nvy in &score of othet men who had been va nly seeking her recognition. " Well, what do you think "I haven't been able to 'form any elefin- sed by her dazzling fair este which her sombre raiment marvellou ly accentuated. "I hope you are very welt. And may 'I ci "! Oh. Dolly i3 all right, as tiresome 61,3 eve . I don't know why I was blessed wit children, I'm sure. I do 't know -what to o with them. I daresay ou think me yo r book. It is poetry, pu et poetry. I ha e -written a notice of it f r Saturday's Qu eo, but I could only do i half justice in the meagre space they alio .” " I am very much obliged. It isi very Scotch in some parte—in` cone ption I wholly so," said Neil. " I hardly ared to hope " Oh, I do. Since Scot° has become the fashion, we have been obi ged to study it, " she said, showing her bite teeth a little maliciously. " Have yort seen the Pall Mall to -night ? It is very adveree. I believe I can point out the!man who wrote it. Scotch is to him the proverbial red What does he say against it ?" asked Neil, with painful intereiit. Ile had not readied the stage which rendered him cal- louti to what the newepapers said of him. "'Oh, everything—attaeks the style, and says the whole book is so 1iebscure that no- body can understand it. 1 - He is a poor creature with no soul. Never mind him. " In this sympathetic mood Lady Edward was quite irrehistable. Neil could have knelt worshipping at bee feet. But her next remark carried hirn safely over a perilous moment. " Well, aren't we an interesting crowd ? What do you think of your sisters of the pen? A v ry presentable lot, I call them ; nothing n mby-pamby about them, eh ? Most of th m are women of experience ; some even have paste. It is seignificant that there s only one unmarried woman at the ,high t ble. Rather explodes the old theory tha the woman of intellect is not interesting to the male persuasion. " Macleod 'laughed, but said nothing. The Scotch are not naturally gifted with email talk. Neil had not yet acquired any. Lady Edward, accustomed to the endless platitudes and banalities of hog admirers, liked him the better for it, and felt like telling hiM so. " I am not a favorite among them for some unexplained reason, " she said, with a toss of her proud head. "But I am very chuinmy evith most of the men authors. Have you spoken to Royle ? He's a good ." I suppoee Meredith and Hardy are not Lady Edward shook her head. " You won't find the few giants left to us mingling with a herd like this," she said, wish a good deal of shrewdness. " We are only the rank and file. • the officer:sleep to their own quarters, AO very properly too. Well, when are yore coming to lunch with me ? I want to talk over your book . I have marked several passages I want ex- plained. See how childlike I am, confes- sing my ignorance. Shall we say Saturday at two ? I shall be quite' alone. " Thank you ; I shall, be delighted to overflow with invitation cards, but you won't forget that our I cquaintanc , or -frieedship, rather began !W.th your ming to London, I will be a. ery good f iend to you if you *ill alrow in , though can be a,good hater too. " Macleod staid nothing, but his eyes glir'Stmanteudiday at two, then,' she said, g ving him her hand with a gent( pressure. "I shall count the hours." ; WIth these daring words she turned ber back on him, and there as a gleam of laughter in her eyes. It was her pastime to play with men's hearts, and' the look in his eyes touched only her pride. " What a fool he is," she muttered to herself. •" It will be a Christian act to teach him to be master Of himself. " CHAPTER XL ON PERILOUS SEAS, Neil found Angus eating up for him, anxious to listen to the record of the even- ing's experience. He 89•W, that he was un- der considerable excitement, and even wondered for half a Moe -rent whether he bad not had too much liquor, But almost immediately he blamed himself for that " So you don't know whether you enjoy- , ed yourself or not, Neil, " said musingly. Well, I should eay you hadn't. A man who has enjoyed anything thoroughly never, has any doubt about it. " ' " It was an experience, " Neil flowered ; " something totally different from any- thing I have ever seen or even !dreamed of. Brilliant was the wor . I confess some of Oiouldn't like to see nybody belonging to me gqt np as some of hem were. " " W, ho was the m interesting person you nay there V' An u answered. Neil could very we! have told him, but evaded the question, s e had evaded many more. " Among -so many lit would be hard to tell. Perhaps Royle ong the men, and Madame Roland among he wom n. I was feirprieed to find ho many Nipple have read my book already Why, i the Glen 12 of con se there is a co stant outl ok among fl literary circles for ne lights). have al - of each other. That'a one of t .0 reasons ways heard that they aro intensry jealous some wise men abjure their company." " Oh, I think that si ould be foolish," said to compare notes wi h one's professional brethren." , ".In some cases, y 0," admitted Angus. " Did you compare many not e to -night V' " Some. Meynell wants o put me up for the Savage Club, but Mau everer says I must join the Omar Kintyyariii „That's the greater distinction, of cours , .because one has to wait so long for electi u Angus, much amused. " ake care don't get -swamped. Where' the titne for -1 work to come in ?" " Oh, I'll settle down. Wye nie - time " said Neil, with a sleepy yaw n. `i`nys nearly one o'clook ; I'm going to tu " Was Lady Edward Gra tham there ?" asked An us, as he also rose " Yee,' answered Neil. ' Good night." Somehow he did not care to mention to Angus that he was to lunch at Bruton Street on Saturday, certain he would disap- prove. Already, so wonderful is the foece of circumstance, Neil had begun to- regard his comrade as a disagreeable and sotnewhat strait-laced mentor, from whom it *as ad- visable to keep certain things. Anges was quite aware of this subtle change in Neil's mental attitute, hue it did not greatly dis- turb him. He had observed it in others, and had also watched it work" its own gradual eure. He believed that the sanie sequence would be observed in , Neil's ex- perience. Meanwhile he was large -hearted and wise enough to let matters drift without undue meddling. He saw that Neil bad em- barked en a certain course from! which he would not be set aside. He trusted to the lad's own innate common sense, as well as to the eye-opening wisdom of experience, to bring him hack to a perfectly rational life. Neil would have been startled had he known how correctly Angus read him, and .how ac- curately he gauged the whole situation. Neil was adaptive by nature, and found hinuelf knocking at Lady Edward's door at the appointed hour on Saturday, without any qualms. A week- had taught him a good deal, among other things an undue Bence of hie own importance. He was shown into the inner drawing -room, Which, be- cause the day was dull and cold, was tropic- ally heated and artificially lighted by can- dles under exquisite shades. The effectWas mysterious, • giving a delicate gleam here and a soft shadow there ; throwing up each beautiful objeot in the room, and miming certain pie ures, priceless gems, 'even to Neil's unelt vated eye, to stand out from the walls w th vivid sharpness. Here 'he was left quite ten minutes, and a muffled gong had sounded somewhere in the depths of the quiet house before the rustle of silken 'shirts at the opening door caused his pulse to beat a little quicker. In her house dress —a creation of soft grey with a touch of rose pink --Lady Edward looked very young and gi1;14illlho. w are you ? Sorry to be late. I have had a morning., I can tell you with proofs and interviewers, and what' not. Have you been interviewed yet ? Bet, come, we can discuss that at the te,ble. I think I Seated opposite to her at a quaint octa- gon table, set comfortably near thd glowing blue tiles of the Dutch fireplace waited on by a noiseless attendant who only appeared as if by intuition the moment anything was required. and immediately became again in- vieible, the country school master got his firet glimpse of the woman of fashion at home. He ate each dainty morsel uncon- sciously, and spoke' but little, content to listen to her. She seemed, however, to be used to enjoy. Not that we miss itror want said to my interviewer this morning, we it, you know, but that makes the loss all tinhe,r,asBathduedtresrau.r,e),eelyneive mood. They talked of have lost the leisure, our grandmothers indulgently approving rather than, caustic said, as she leaned her elbow on the table so that the lace fell away from it,eeeyealing its white and exquisite contour. ' " As I have lost the art of reticence, just as we the Nomadic dinner, of course, but she was and bitter, as she had been when I he met s of it after a time," she all have not lost it," Neil ventured to say. " You have not, of course," she answer- ed quickly, " because you have lived in the country so long. But you will lose it here, as we all do. It is inevitable. I said to Merrick when he told me you were leaving Scotland that you would lose something fcti'talked of him even before she saw shed slightly at the thought that him".But you will gain in other ways," she hastened to assure him. " Your book is crude, but now you have come here, you will never write another like it." Macleod was struck by the words. Others had predicted the same result, though with a different significance. , " In what respect do you think it crude?" he asked, eagerly. " Not in style ; that is wonderfully good, and your . Eogliah is admirable. I have said so in any notice. But your point of view is youthful, extremely so ; refre,h- ing, of course, but very youthful indeed." " You mean, I suppose, that it' is the work of a man who has had no eXperience " Precisely ; but before we. get fissorbed in this interesting theme, shall we lgo up to my den ? I do not allow many to enter it ; it.is a privilege I reserve strictly for the in- ner circle," she said, rising as she uttered this flattering speech, every word lof which sank into Neil's foolish heart. - She led the way up the richly carpeted stairs to a room which bore but little re- semblance to a den. It was furniehed in Eastern style, with tawny rugs on the pol- ished floor and richly upholstered divans in every coay corner. A dainty -writing-table, littered with papers, was the only, indica- tion of the purpose to which it was devoted. A small silver trap, with coffee ready on it, waited their coming. Neil was slightly horrified when he saw his hostess, open a small cabinet and take out a cigarette box, offering him one, and then' lighting her own, without the least apology 'or explanation. " Now we ehall be truly comfortable and jolly," she said. " It was time we seiatched from your sex some of their dear privilegee. 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Every pair Good - r welted. 8E4 GAdit froprietors of the bioving placed there ;proved machinery, do all kinds of of Cm First•elass Flour •for sale - .and all onetomere wi R, sOTY, LOCAL - AGENT FOR SEAFORTH. are auntingly like some one I have seen ; and yet I cannot trace the resemblance, Are your Parents alive ?" Now Noil's face flashed dark indeed. .She " No," he answered, and his voice had a stringent ring in it. He wee needleasly sensitive here. The bar sinister was of small aecciunt in Lady Edward's world, ex- cept in solar as affected the law of !en- tail. " Yon Will acquit ine of any desire to pry, I trust," ;she ' said, ,leaning forward, her beautiful face earnest and swerve. " It only by obtaining sonie slight knowledgis of your environment that I shall better under- stand—my friend." • The subtle instanCe of the hot words, accentuated by the slight pause which -pre- ceded them Wits fortnnately lost on Nril at the moment. The tagged hone3ty of his nationalit conquered, his pride and shatne, and be rc e to his fer. again, bu I will tell you the truth. 1My mother is dead. She was never married, should meet here. They were talking a you at the house where I lunched to -day. You may have heard of Captain Mackinnon, of Braasay. They are in raptures over your book." "I have heard of the family frem my my friend, Mr. Fraser, of Trioity,° answer- ed Neil, glad to be able to divert the talk. from himself. Something in the remarkably clear, direct gaze of Enid Lawrence diseons carted him. He telt that she must dist- approve of the foolish tete-a-te upstairs. Ch, yea, they mentioned that Mr. Fraser was a friend of yours, They like him so - much. I have promised to go to Trinity with them on Sunday morning to her him. A Presbyterian church, Betty ; what do you think of that ?'1 " Oh, you are always eceentric in matters of religion, Enid." Lady Edward answered, carelessly. ":Where is Kilravock to -day ?" " Ont of -Warn. He went down to Bright- -; ton yesterday with Colonel Pierpoint, and will not be home till Tuesday." I. There was a slight pause, of which Neil took immediate advantage to say good-bye. Lady Edward did not press hirn to prolong and f have never known who my father his stay, though she very cordially bade him was.", ' come again when he felt disposed. Lad' olward lumped, apparehtly, to " He looks an interesting young man quell° a red spark from her cigarette, in Betty," said Enid, when the door aced realit td, hide her smile. "How did yon get hold of him ect soon ?" " I beg your pardon. I had 110 idea, of ; " Merrick brought him the other Sunday. or should not have been so shame- He has written a fine book, but he is very inquisitive. Pray eit down again ; n't be So f lishly sensitive. Yours COM111011 experience. After all, what will c nquer anyth ng. Now shall never allude to this agaire but I must hear you say first that you fOrgive me." lesely and d is a matte " There ill nothing terlorgive," he Ans- wered, his glowingleyes luminous with his heartfelt gratitude, " Sit down, then, and let us forget it. Now I want ' know what our friend Mer - Ito rick has tol .you about me." " Nothin much," answered Neil, truth- fully enough. " Only that Lord Edward Grantham is at Vagos, the climate of which is impossible tor you and your children." "If he said that; he said What he did, not believe " she said flatly. " I daresay, if I were a'devoted wife, I should make Vegeta possible. The clitnate is a peg for my lex-- owes, that's all. / had the misfortune to be . married young to a man fifteen years older than me, and who did not understand. me. He belongs to the i old school. Nobleasee oblige is his motto. I will not be tied down by the narrow tenets of his creed, so I remain here while he represents Her Majesty at a respectable distance, Or course I lay inyself open to a great deal of mi understanding and abuse ; but I em should worry him to death at Vagos, and ha pier : my hueband incomparably co. I very well he knows it. " Tail was silent, thinking many things; " Why don't you- say something ? she as ed, with a pretty stamp of her foot. " Of course you disapprove. Don't think wiih Lord Edward, " Neil answered, with perfect sincerity.; but she only saw in his words a diplomacy for which she had not given him credit, and which greatly diserp- pointed her. She lhad offered the same confidence to many Imen, with varying re- alit's. From Macleod she had expected nothing but sympathy for herself. But he wad not altogether a fool, though she was. doing her best to make him so. " You are very Scottish after all, quite provincial,," she said, with one of her veno- mous touches. "Well, as we met to dis- cuss the book, hadn't we better begin ?" " I am in your hands " he answered, simply enough, "You h'ave led the con- versation hitherto." " Well, I want to know if these old- fsashioned ideas about womanhood are your own beliefs. They aro all exploded long age, in actual fact. We are all on one plat - say so ; certain natural facts remain unshaken, " said Neil, as positively as she herself had spoken, only with greater dignit For he was at home here, and not afr id to defend his own beliefs and his express on of them., - " So ou will show fight, " she said ; and if he co Id have read her face, be would s Lawrence is in the drawing-roorn have se n respect a d admiration there. At tha moment a ma -Eervant entered the my lad , land Mies Grantham has not yet retUrne from her walk, " Lady Edward toqk no notice. ,She seldom poke to servant,. Beyond their functio in the house, they had no exist- ence for her. The Man, accustomed to it, simtply delivered -hie Triessagc and withdrew. ' How tiresome ! ' she said then, and to a leis vain man there would have been much significance in , these two words,. Miss Lawrence is a cousin of my husband's a great ally of Dolly's. She comes here tc; tea every Saturday. I have W be civil to -her for various reasons. So there is no- thing for it ; we must go down. " " No. , I promised Dolly she should see you. She took an odd fancy to you the other Suoday, and I fancy Enid Lawrence will just be your style. " She flashed upon him a mischievous glance, but immediately changed. " i am afraid you are leaving me to -day with a very poor opinion of mei" she geld winningly. " Merry people speak ill of Grantham,, but she is not all bad, and she can be loyal to a friend. " Again Macleod' blushed, and tried to utter a faltering word of thanke. He was glad, however, to find himself outside the door, away from the, languorous odour ef the place. He felt intuitively that it was not geocl for him or for any man to be long there. He could very well have left the house, but eha deeired him to enter the drawing -room. A young lady of tall, fine figure, wearing that eminently Eoglieh gsrmerit, a tailor-made gown of immaculate cut an4 fir, and a bat with a touch of bright scarlet ion the berm, rose to greet them. am a little earlys ,1 I was lunching at the Mackinnone', and Flora bad to go to the Scettish Industriea at Stafford House and offered 'to drive me here," '! lit doesn't matter when you come, Enid, of centre," returned Lady Edward, with Mr. Neil Macleod." A gleam of interest added ' a further char to MiselLawrence's'attractive face. ow de you do How odd thet we tame himself," answered Lady Edward, cruelly. " If it is true, as the Mackinnons said, . that he has been a country schoolmaster, he cannot be expected to overflow with smell talk," replied Enid-. "I liked his flies, Don't spoil him, Betty." " Yon are rude as usval. Enid. You could' not give me credit for a kind act, I suppose, I may have thought I could ini- tate him into the manners and customs of good society." kesid laughed bluntly. " We have enough and to spare of such experts, Betty. Leave him as be is— honest and sincere. Bdieve me, these arts rare virtues." " You are severe, Enid. It is the Mac- kinnon atmosphere," said Lady Edward. Then she relapsed into a musing silence. 'Well me, doesn't he remind yoa of some " He does," answered Enid, in a per- rse pleated voice. " The turn of his head is absurdly fatnilar ," - "1 den't wonder. You see the same turn every day," answered Lady Edward, with a harsh laugh. Enid's color rose hotly to her cheek. It was impossible to !mistake her cousin's meaning. Both experienced st distinct sense of relief when a bounding step sounded on the landing, and Dolly burst into the room. (To be Continued.) • HAGYARD'S YELLOW OIL -cures all pain In mut or beast ; for sprains, cute, bruises, callous limp. swellings, inflammation, rheumatism and neuralgia. it is a specific. • He Got Out of' Johannesburg. Britisherteshave had trouble in getting away from Johannesburg. The Republican Government endeavored to commandeer all young men, but they stoutly refused to ren- der assistance to the Boers. Mr. Williant Shed, eon of Mr. Shed, schoolmaiter, Foul - den, Berwickshire, in a letter informed his relatives of the strategy he had to adopt before he could leave that city. Mr. -Shed entered a train to travel to Pietermaritz burg. Boer officials were very busy at the sitation, and when they came to the oom- partment in which Shed was seated he was - unceremoniously hustled out and informed ' that he would not be allowed to leave. He was, however, determined to- carry out his plans, and after being pulled out of the one compartment he quietly walked along the platferm, and seeing a lady sitting another he entered it and sat down.- - Again the Boer officials got on his track, and a 'second time he was ordered to quit the train. He argued with them that it was impossible that he could leave as the lady betide him was his wife, and be could not allow her to travel alone and unpro- tected. The ruse worked, and he was al- lowed to proceed, The lady who, sat its silent spectator of all that went on knew' absolutely nothing of the part she wee play- ing in the performance. She was of French, nationality, and did not understand a word of English. Shed got safely across the Transvaal border, and immediately joined the Imperial Light Horse, with which he is now serving. Shed bad been for some yearn in South Africa, and was one of Dr, Jame - son's troopere, and took part in the raid, Have You- Catarrh? 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