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GIPSY'S MARRIAGE
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CHAPTER IV.
Lady Dermot'e mlihright cogitations
result in her deciding that two hun-
dred pounds a year in these degen-
erate days le not to be lightly given
up, and so site comes sailing down
the oak -paneled staircase, key bas-
ket In hand, In tate early morning,
and announcer to her eon that she
has decided on keeping Gipsy at Dru-
maneen Castle—"though indeed much
a oharge will be anything but a
plearureable task," she adds, seeing
no dawn of approval or disapproval
on Bir Maurice', face; It might be
a new cook under dtecueelon, to un-
otutoerned Ls he.
But men are subtle creatures; and
Sir Maurice whletles gayly as he
goes around to the stables In the
chili morning air, and he feels all
the horses' lege and pets all the dogs,
and answers their Joyful greetings
with a smile and a kind word to
each. Altogether he le in a remark-
ably good humor.
Leaving the stables, he goer back
Ito the house. It 1s too
early for hag breakfast yet;
so, with his doge at, his heels,
he pursues his way slowly along the
terrace, and stands jostling over the
Ivy-covered stone balustrade.
Drumaneen Castle Is perched on a
rock, and far down below, through
Om and ragged rooks and ferns,
he can see a wide, brawling, tumbling
stream, ,witting round bowlders,
white and foaming swelled with the
winter rains, a regular torrent to-
day—waiting past tite bunks, brown
as a. mountain stream, with !leaks
of foam dancing by. Away beyond
there le the glen, clothed with treed,
all bare now, but sweet and green
in the summertime, and beyond the
lir tree, of the skyline, rises a chant
of pale blue hills.
Something comes hurrying through
the glen, trod Sir Maeriee watches
the black figure hastening down
among the brown tree trunks. It is
a boy or a goat—no, it is a girt 1
She has reached the bank of a tum-
bling stream, and, without fear or
hesitation, springs lightly from
bowider to bowttler, swaying and
steadying herself, little and active,
till, with a wide spring, site clears
the last bit of swirling water and
pursues her way lip the steep tildes
of the rooky pass, not looking for
the path or road, but taking a tine
of her own, till elle reaches the wide
terrace; and then, and not till then,
Sir Maurice speaks,
"Don't do that again, Gipsy. It Ie
very dangerous; you might have
been drowned."
"Might I?" she ,newer', looking'
down at the brown water. "I did not
know there was any danger ; and it
is so lovely down there."
"So you went off on a ramble?"
he says, smiling, looking at Iter
flushed fade and dew -spangled, curly
Wilke. "Gipsy, your disheveled ap-
pearance will shook my mother and
Miss Blake."
"Will it? she cries, piteously. "Oh,
I didn't know! What am I to do
now ?" she asks, looking down at her
nudestained frock and wet boots.
"Get one of the makde to brush
lou down," Saye Sir Maurice, gas -
ng at her eyelashes and think-
ing how pretty they are resting on
the red of her cheek.. "Gipsy, 1 fear
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paid at 25 oents a box by writing
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pf. T.
you will never make a conventionalyatg lady."
"What le that ?" she aeSA, inno-'
centty, still looking at her etained:
ami bedraggled drum.
" A young lady like Miss Blake, for
instance,' he replies.
" No," site says, sadly. "She is
beautiful ; I could never get like
that."
' No, I don't think you could"; and
there is a very mirthful expression
In bis eyes as he epeake, •
Oipey's velvety orbs look gravely.
away at the line of blue hills,
" Am I eo different from other
people ?" rhe aeke, slowly ; and Sir ,
Mauurice answers, heartily
" You aro as ditto, • t its chalk 15
from cheese." Then he adds: "Would
you be angry, Gipsy, tf I gave you
a few blots?"
" What kind of hints ?" este asks.
"My mother will teach you," he
Buys gently. " And, after all,1 think
it is Duly the clothes"—hie glance fall-
ing on her thick, short skirts ; and
he does not see the pained tears
start to her ewes.
You are al ashamed 'of me," the
whispers, the woman's quick instinct
divining the truth at once.
He notes the quick change In her
voice, and he is truly sorry that his
Indiscreet utterance should cause her
a moment's pain.
"No. Indeed," he answers, hastily,
with more fervor than truth. "And,
Gipsy, I only wanted to say that, if
you ever felt a doubt about anything,
I would like you to Dome and ask
me--"
"About the clothes?" she inter-
rupts. a mirthful gleam In her wet
eyes; and then she laughs out mer-
rily. "Do you know, I could have
laughed last night, only I was so
frightened, when Mies Blake put her
dime little shoe quite close to mine."
Sir Maurice laughs, too, but not
quite easily.
"You have even through us all,
Gipsy "'
Then the going emends, and lie is
obliged to lead her In just as she le,
with her wet dress, muddy !loots, ruf-
11tx1 looks and all, to confront Mise
Blake In her tight -fitting serge and
spotless white collar, with her golden
hair In a shining knot, and her whole
appearance suggestive of a well-
trained ydaog lady.
And even Bir Maurice no-
tices the striking contrast, and
gives the verdict against Gipsy, who,
with the new-born conectousneea of
her defects, le caution and shame-
faced.
Lady Dermot sees It all, but ways
nothing ; for the more uncouth her
niece nppenre, tate greater advantage
ham Flora Blake. She bides her time,
and, after brenkfast, takes Gipsy's
land, saying quietly:
" I want you to come upstairs wtth
me, my dear."
And the girl goes with reluctant
steps, following Lady Dermot up the
staircase to the Tittle room that has
been appointed for her own use.
Lady Dermot clooee the door and
looks with critical eyes at her cap-
tive, " Whit a Wild -looking little
thing 1" she thlnke. "And she is far,
far too pretty to be thrown Into
dally contact with Maurice."
" Now, Gipsy," she says, aloud, " I
want you to listen to mo."
" Yee, Lady Dermot,"—looking with
expectant gage, and rather fright-
ened, too.
" Call me 'Aunt Katherine,' deer,
not 'Lady Dermot'—'Aunt Katherine,'
with a ' K.' " Aunt Katherine
with a "K" takes Gipsy's hand as she
speaks and mulles benignantly upon
her. "And Maurine, you know, will be
o brother to you—a very kind bro-
ther, I hope—ass] I trust you will be
happy here among us all."
"Yee," falters the young voce.
Lady Dermot warms to her subject.
"Wt's must get you some more lath -
!unable drawee, aim, and boots and
things," she continues, "for I would
wish you to be dressed like other
girls of your age"
And during the long discourse that
follows on dress, deportment and
manners Gipsy listens very patiently,
and, at Lady Dermot's bidding,
opreatie out her small wardrobe for
Insptctlon.
Ilrr ladyship's face is a study as
olio examines the country -made gar-
ments and elle resolves mentally
that Gipsy shall not be seen till she
]las eomething fit to wear.
'My maid can renovate a couple of
block dresses of my own, till we get
sone new ones --for, of course, you
must wear mourning for poor Uncia
Ben ; but how a man of taste and re-
finement could have dressed you as
he did passes my comprehension 1
A Mue merino! Good heav-
ens l My dear child, you are clothed
like a charity girl! Fancy Maurice
travelling with such a figure I"
The last part of her sentence in
said hal! to herself; but Glpey gath-
ers the sense of the remark, and
turns a miserable fame away from
the Baht.
Poor llttle maiden ! It le a hitter •
awakening from her quiet, unevent-
ful existence. Uncle Bene panxive
unkindness was easier to bear than
thle.
Lady Dermot le quite cheerful over
all her plane.
I must see Balm now about run-
ning you up a dress for the even-
ing." Then, turning to the girl, she
adds: "You need not look so down-
cast, Gtpey; you will be a very pre-
sentable little person when prop-
erly dressed."
Presentable! Gipsy has never
looked so glorlouely beautiful as
she dose now, with her flushed,
passionate face upraised, and Iter
eyes glowing.
"Aunt Katherine, let me go back
to Uncle Ben's house," she pleads.
"I-1 ant not like anybody here, and
I would rather go away,"
There le determination to the
young, agitated voice: and Lady
Dermot realizes that this shy girl
le not altogether to he moulded as
clay In her hands. 1?o elle mulles
very kindly indeed, and says, In
her eweetest voice:
"I.et me judge, dear, what is beet
for you. Uncle Ben wlahed you to
live here with me, and I am sure
that, when your shyness wears oft,
you will be very happy. And now,
how would you like to amuse your-
self all the [Horning? I see Flora
and Maurice have gone out. If you
go to the drawing -room, you will
find plenty of books and pretty
things." .
But Gipsy, when she goes to, the
drawing -room, leaves the pretty
things to themselves, and site and
gases tnto the are; and so Lady
Dermot finds her two hours later,
and the wonders what the girl has
been tltlnikng about,
Atter luncheon Miss Blake is to
take her departure.
"1 will drive you home, Flora,"
Lady Dermot ,aye, "and perhaps
Maurice will accompany us."
"Please comet" say Mies Blake's
eyes; but Sir Maurice Is looking at
Gipsy, who has grown wondrously
graveaand subdued since the morn-
ing.
"You will enjoy the drive, Gipsy,"
he says, kindly ; but his moths to-
ter poees,
" Not to -day, Maurice. Gipsy will
stayat home this afternoon and
res" It was so etuptd of Maurice
oven to think of such a thing!
Fancy delving to Rivers with Such a
figure 1—and Lady Dermot shudder.'
at the bare thought of it. "Benda.,
I have several visits to pay,' she
elide; "and Gipsy would not care to
see too many strangers Asst at
first,"
"I would rather stay here,' Gipsy
says, in her grave, quiet voice; and
Lady Dermot can find no want of
repose in the girl's manner now, It
ti as quiet and dignified no her own ;
and the tarns away, elbglitty abashed,
from the calm gaze of the inscrutable
brown eyes.
Luncheon le over ; the carriage
comet. round. Mise Blake appears Ht
all the glory of her velvets and tura,
and waits for Lady Dermot to come
down and for ens 'Maurice to mike
lits appearance. She improves the
shining moments by attempting to
draw Gipsy into conversation ns she
stands pulling on her well-fitling
gloves.
' We than soon meet again," elle
begins; "tete houses of Dermot and
Blake ore inseparable," And then, an
Gipsy 'P!presees no Joy at the pros-
lieet of sunk a reunion, she goer. on,
"I am sure you will tike my Meter
Gladys."
" I do not know," answers Gipsy,
gravely.
" She le not a bit like me," Mies
Blake eaye, with a laugh.
" I dare say I shall like her;' Gtpey
' observes, quickly, with unintentional
eorcasm.
' She is a spiteful little creature !"
Wake Mies Blake; but she makes no
comment—only talks on family
"Have you any brothers or eta-
' tete?"
' "No," revile* Gipsy, In a low voice.
Not to Miss Blake can site speak of
the dead and gone Sibyl.,
• Lady Dermot, a mass of eealaktn
and sables, comet hurrtving in,
"Oh, you are down, F lora 1 Whore
to Maurloe? I dare say he le welt-
ing for us outside. Well, good-bye,
Gipsy, and amuse yourself tali we
cane home,"
But Sir Maurice Is not waiting
outside, for he appears in a minute
or two bareheaded at the hall door.
"Do make haste, Maurine 1" his
mother orlea. "We have been waiting
ever eo long." 1
"I am not going," he replied, walk-
ing over to the carriage: "1 have
several things to look after. Let me
help you In, Flora."
Mise Blake gives her recreant
knight the tips of her fingers, and
bites her lips with vexation, as with
calm politeness he settles wraps and
tuckse in fur rugs, and then stands
back under the shadow of the door-
way. unmoved and lydifferent to her
crowns.
"Good-bye!" he says, pleasantly, as
the carriage rolls away, and he
watches it turn round the corner of
the castle, and then goes etraight
beck to the drawing -room. where
Gipsy slit still, listless and idle, feel-
ing very like the proverbial flail out
of water,
CHAPTER V.
"Will you come out, Gipsy?" Sir
Maurice asks. "It le dull for you,
moping over the fire, and you hav-
en't Been the horses or anything
yet;' to she goes joyfully.
The gardens, the conservatories,
the farmyard, the @tablet., all are
visited In their turn ; and it Gipsy
is not well up in the ways of society,
the is thoroughly at home In the
world of nature ; and flowers, dogs,
horses, all fill her with lutetium de-
jlttht.
"You must learn to ride" 81r Mau-
rine says, "and follow the hounds.
What a light weight you would be!"
Gipsy laughs with delight at the
prospect.
I should like it, I know ; but I
was never oa a horse la myl life."
"I will teach you, and look out for
a nice horse for you. And why not
begin at once—to-day ? Will you
try?"
"Yes," elle aaewers, in a flutter'
of excitement, "Am I to ride the
great brown horse you showed Inc?"
"Ott, no" — laughing — " he
would woo sand you over
his head: Your first les-
son will be on the broad back
of old Black Bela tiho is as safe as a
church—my mother rides he: some-
time*"
So Black Bees is saddled, and Sir
Mt,ur oe puts Gipsy up, ami shows her
how to hold the bridle and how to
att. end leads oho steady old mare
slowly round the yard.
"You aren't frightened ?" he asks,
noting the new, bright expression on
hsr face
"No. 1 feel very high off the grounds
but I like it very much:"
"That's right. Come—we will go up
ad down the avenue, and see how
yoru got ole"
They get very merry over the rid-
ing-Ieostm. Sir Maurice teaches her
the mysteries of rising in her saddle,
and makes Bleck Bess trot up and
down, running by her side, his hand
on the bridle. Flushes, breathless,
and laughing, they have reached the
lodge gates, and are turning book
lignin, when they hear a rumbling
noise, and a carriage three in at the
gate. and Black Boss, startled out of
Mr steady Jog trot, breaks into a
canter.
"Sit tight 1" gasps Sir Maurice,
flying baside the old mare ; and
Gipsy follows his injunction strict-
ly and sits as tight as elle can, tate
bristle anywhere in her unaccustomed
hands, her wile -brimmed hat hang-
ing back on her shoulders, her short
locks blown back from her face.
Rattle, rattle, rattle, Come the
wheels behind.
"Steady, you old brute!" —and Sir
Maurice drage Black Bees back on
to her haunches, to confront, to Itis
dlemay, the whole Grimehaw faction
got up for elelting.
He colors up tike a delinquent
schoolboy, and Gipsy shyly averts
her beautiful face from the curious
eyes fixed on her.
The Mtesee Grimehaw are bowing
and salting, and Sir Maurice to
forced to pull up along elde the car-
riage, with Gipey'e quaint attire In
lull view of the eager, questioning
eyes. He is provoked at having been
taken unawares, and he can see the
looks they are casting at hie shy,
badly dressed little cousin on tate old
black mare.
(To be Continued.)
AT GEORGE IV'S.
CORONATION.
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At the coronation dinner of
George 1V., Just 80 years ago, n
great dinner was served. Tho bill
of faro was tie follows:
a" Ilot Dishes.
Soups—Eighty tureens of turtle,
40 of rice, 40 of vermicelli.
Fiala—Eighty dlehee of turbot, 40
of trout, 40 of salmon.
Meats—Eighty dishes of venison,
40 of roast beef, 3 barons of beef,
40 dishes of mutton and veal.
Accompaniments,—One hundred and
sixty dishes of vegetables, 480 sli-
ver borate of sauce, 240 lobsters, ::0
boats of butter and 120 of mint.
Cold Dishes.
Eighty dishes of braised ham, 80
of theory plea, 80 of geese a la
daubs, two lit each dish; 80 of
savory cakes, 80 of braised beef,
80 of braised capons, two In each
dish; 1,190 aide dishes, 80 of lob -
eters, 80 of crayfish, 161 of roast
fowle, 80 of house lamb,
Wines.
Champagne, 100 dozen quarts;
Burgundy, 20 dozen ; claret, 230
dozen; hook, 50 dozen ; Moselle, 50
dozen; sherry and port, 360 dozen;
iced puncit, 160 gallons.
Doetert.
Three hundred and twenty dishes
of mounted pastry, 400 of Jellies
and creams, 260 pineapples, 410
pines,
As the size of the "dither." le not
specified lin the bill of fare, a
pretty good idea can be had of
what a big banquet tete coronation
feast was from the total quanta
flee of all the edibles. They con-
stetot as foliowa:
Beef, 7,422 pounds; veal, 7,133;
mutton, 2474; house lamb, 20
quarters; legs of lamb, e0; lamb,
5 muddles; grass Iamb, 55 quar-
ters; lamb sweetbreads, 160; cow
heels, 389; calves' feet, 400; inlet,
250 pounds; geese, 160; pullets and
capons, 720; chickens, 1,610; fowle
for stock, 520; bacon, 1,7.30 townie;
lard, 5543 poundo; butter, 912
pounde ; eggs, 8,400.
This grand feast and the other
eoronation incidents soot $1,340,-
000. A goal eetimate of what the
!magnet alone cost can he made by
considering what the coot of the
coronation of William IV., nine
smarm afterward, wlteu there was
no banquet, was only $250,000.
His Unkind "hilus,"
"I enw him holding your hand,'
sold her small brother, whereat all
the other members of the family
looked ups.
"Yes," she replied calmly; "Ile line
been studying palmistry."
"Oh l" said the shall brother.
''Ile was reading the story of np;
life," she persisted, defian tly.
For a. moment It looked as Jr sill
had subdued the small brother. Then
he remarked: "Yo,t must be pretty
old, ale"
"What do you mean ?" she de.
mended.
"It was a long story."
"Don't be absurd, 'Pommy."
'.tad a continued story."
ILS WAS PARALYZED
Unable to Walk or Raise his
Hands to His Head,
A More Unfortunate ('ase could
Scarcely be Imagined Peon a
Husband and bather is this
Wretched Condition.
Oshawa, Ont., Sept. 25.—(8peclat).
—The experience of lir. Joseph
Brown, an employee of the Oshawa
Malleable Iron Works, should be a
'moon to every sick person.
Some five years ago, Mr. Brown,
who is a hard working, Industrious,
and sober man, began to feel a sttff-
nevaandsoreness in the caws'4 of ht
lege. This gradually lncreaxed till he
had lost all power In hie limbs and
arms. Ile could not have raised lite
arta@ to lila head to save ttls life
and for over four months he could
not stand or walk alone a slagte
step.
All the doctors treated him and
gave itim np. Then he consulted a
Bowmanvltle doctor who told him he
could do nothing for him and advised
Ida to go to the hospital in Toron-
to, where they might be able to
help him a llttle.
To the hospital lie went in Janu-
ary, 1805, and remained under treat-
ment for over four weeks. Twelve
doctors told him he could not re-
cover and that nothing could be done
for him. lie was getting tvoree every
day and when removed to his home in
Oshawa was like a baby unable to
move.
Hie father-ln-law, Sir. John Aliln,
had heard of Dodd's Kidney Pills and
suggested that Mr. Brown try them.
He did and be says:
"I used altogether twelve boxes
of Dodd's Kidney .Phis and by the
Brat of May I was able to stars
work again in the shop and I bevel
never been Rick or off work a day,
since.
"I am ' sore I owe my life, health
and strength to that great rem.,
edy, Dodd's Kidney Pills."
She Understood 7'hem.
Here Is aft extract from. a girl's
essay: "People are composed of boys
and girls, alto men and women. Boys
are good till they grow up and get
married, Men tele; don't get married
are' no good either. Glrle are young
women who will be hullo. when they
graduate. Boyo aro an awful bother ;
want everything they too except
soap. 11 1 had m.; way halt the boys
would be girls and the other half
doll.. My mamma is a woman and
prt is a boy. A woman to a grown
up girl with children. Ili' pa is ouch
a nice man that I geese he must
have been a girl whets he was a
little boy."
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CHOSEN FRIENDS
This prosperous Fraternal Ineurnnee0rder
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ularly
artte.utarly 001n g to the fact that ft le purely
Canadian, and managed by our own people.
WIIAT IT COSTS TO JOIN.
A candidate for Initiation Into an existing
Council and taking 112,000 of Insurance would
bo required to pay the following tees:
1. Medical Examiner's fees, usually 5( 00
2, Initiation tae, usually 3.00
3, Lite Insurance certificate tee 1.00
Total coat of admieslon 15.00
s'HE COST AFTER T011 ARE A
MEMBER.
At age of 16, ter one year, on 52,000 of
insurance;
12 monthly assessments at $1.16,...513,93
t quarterly due/ at 75 cents per
quarter 8.00
Total cost for one year 518.92
A FEW SAMPLES OF RATES.
Amount Monthly
At coccus. - Monthly Ammar
Age. once, dues. went.
18 51,000 80.25 50.56
20 1,000 .25 ,00
229 4 1,000 . 6 .82
26 1,000 .25 .85
28 1,000 .23 .05
80 1,000 .25 .70
ITS PROGRESS.
The society le a purely Canadian organ.
Kation, and baa no connection whatever
with any American society. The programa
since Ile organtaatlon In the year 1887 brie
been marvellous. Look at the following:
GRAND RECORD,
No. of
Year. Member
1587 347
1889 1,052
1890 1,808
1891 3,115
1802 5, 9x2
1893 7,003
1894 9,710
1895 11,384
1896 12,993
1897 15,127
1894 79,430
1599 10,233
1000 11,197
1901 22,574
APPROVED APPLICATIONS.
Year1000 3,227
Year 7901 4,772
Year 1902 to August :llet 2,:300
The society Is In Ord rinse financial con.
dttfon, tiering here managed In a very era.
nomlcal manner, at. evbleneed by the fact
that the cost of management Inas been ex-
ceedingly low for many years.
The society has complied with the Inw of
the Prostate, and is fully authorised to do
business throughout the Dominion of Canada.
There le still room for a few more good or.
ganieere, Liberal remuneration giren to the
right mea. For further information apply to
William F. Montague, Grand Re or er, of
W.F. Campbell, Hrand Organiser, aantoa.
Ont., where she Lead MOMS loos ,