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6IPSY'S 1IIARRIAGE
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"till, John, old friend, is It so ?" Cap-
tain Lefroy tvhb per*. "I never
dreamed, never thought of .uoh a
thing."
John Kcr looks up with a quiet
sane.
"Anil I paver meant you to know it,
Jim," he anslvers. "tdho would never
here cared for me; but you know
r'oty why I wish so much for her to
be happy"
Mre. Blake does nut consider herself
1neatly blessed It her children. Algy
r uneatletactory and extravagant,
and Inolined to be overbearing and
unpleasant at home. Having de-
clined to easter the ranks of active
profeselonal lite or to do more Hiatt
Joni the militia regiment of the
county, he le always al home; and a
*polled Idle young mast ie not calcu-
lated to add much by his presence
to the general tranquility of a houee-
hold. Gladys her mother looks up -
op ae a social failure. Having en-
gaged hoireeif five years ago to a man
who lass been ever einee eteadlkv
' drinking himself to death, she le
not the liappleet girl In the world.
And now she will neither marry Cap-
tain Leiroy nor give him up. Mre.
Blake has not very great faith In
the "reformed rake" theory; but still
anything would be better than title
"melees engagement. Gladye, on
the whole, le even more unsatisfac-
tory than Algy,for she has opinions
and view* of her own totally at
variance with her mother's ideas.
Gladyye likes long country walke and
'Melting the poor, and ehe organizes
sowing -classes, and takes up the
troubles of all kinds of queer
common people; and it an-
noys Mre. Blake terribly to hear
nisghbors Baying how independent
Miss Gladye Blake le.
And then Flora, the beautiful and
dignified Flora, is not very eatiefae•
tory either. She las beauty—"thanks
to my dile of the family," Mre. Blake
Often says, for all the Blakee were
hideous --and she has wealth ; thanks
to one of the hideous Blake uncles,
who died conveniently and lett BOMB
of his thoneande, the result of a
hone manufactory. people were kind
ehough to say, to hie niece and
goddaughter, the lovely Flora. Yet,
with alt these attractions, Flora lo
not Lady Dermot, a plan that was
proudly laid In the days when the
heir of the House of Dermot and the
baby Flora need to be generous with
theft klieee and share them more
willingly than their sweetmeats
with each other.
And now their le a counter -attrac-
tion elj Drumaneen Castle, and Sir
Maurice has not come to Itleere for
a week, and hue twice refused to look
in ,pre Ide way home from hunting.
Altogether, Mre. Blake le not In
the beet of tempers on a certain wet
afternoon as ehe thinks of all these
things; and, like many other pec•
pie, whim put out and annoyed,
she vents her temper on n totally dif-
ferent iubjeot from the real grlev-
atlee. •
Gladys, sitting, making eomo email
garments of flannel, falls first under
•
SPRAINED KNEE FORS}YEARS
over the wet gravel, and a trap goes
spiraling by. ,
It te not Bir Maurloe, but Captain
Lefroy and Mr. Ker,
Gladys flushes as she catches a
glimpse of her lover's yellow hair
and broad shoulders tieing above Mr.
Ker, who le huddled up Weide film,
enveloped in nlncklntoelt and wraps.
Flora colors, too, but with vexation.
"Whitt a day for them to come!
Of course, you are In the eleventh
heaven of delight, Otadye, naturally;
but to me, to see other people love-
making on. a wet day is depressing In
the extreme," she stye crossly,
"Maurice would have amused me,"
"Maurice has Me pretty cousin to
talk to now," laughe Gladys.
She would have been something
more than human of she could have
forborne that one little hit at her
sister, and before the angry flush
had died out of flora's cheeke the
door opene, and Captain Lefroy and
Dir. Ker are announced.
After all, aimed anyone is better
than no one to help to pass a long,
ratny afternoon 111 the country, es-
pecially a winter afternoon, when
there is nothing to 900 but the
gray, sodden cloude, and nothing to
hear but the drip, drip of the rale•
drops from the black, bare branches
of the trees; and oven Flora is gra-
cious, and her welcome to cordial.
Gladys gives one brief glance of
happinees up at Capt. Lolroy, the
lar notice, and the unobtruelve, mod- I
eat little pelticait, at which she Is 1
stitching so industriously, provee as
fit a euleeot for dlscueelon as any-
thing else,
"What on earth aro you making,
Gladys?" ehe begine, knowing per-
fectly well what the heap of blubah-
looking flan' el moan..
"Petticoats for that poor baby,
mamma," Cdadys answers apologet-
ically. "You knew I told you about
It."
"011, I Weir nothing about it,!"
Mrs, Blake nays, "I remember you
and some Improbable story ; and very
lkely that baby had no right to be
in the wired at all."
"Right or no tight, It must have
clothes," Gladys replies, smiling ; and
the smile annoys her mother, whose
next speech brings her one stage
nearer the real pause of Irritation.
"1 bate to Bee gluts stttching away
at paupers' clothes and playing at
Being good! It IB a great mistake for
young girls to affect to be eccenttro;
1t always leade to remarks."
"What remarks, mamma?"
A flush has risen to Gladys' pale
cheeke, and the eyes looking at her
mother are full of entreaty. But
Mrs. Blake is determened to have
her nay.
"When girls take to making poor
clothes and visiting one wretched
hovel after another It le generally
a sign that their own life is not h
happy one, and If anybody was to
take the trouble to look further,
some love affair would usually be
found at the bottom of their sudden
deetre to benefit the rest of the
human race; and, believe me, Gladys,
people are not slow to comment on
your pale cheeks and this mania for
provldiag the neighborhood with
petticoats and stockings."
"I do not care what they ray,"
Gladys answers, with a sad smite.,
"And you need not mind, either. man ,
ina ; eo long as I have done nothing
wrong I do not care ono bit what
the world nays about me"—raising
her head. There is no want of pride
In the wistful, beautiful eyes as she
add., "If Jiro and I are content, no-
body else need mind,"
"But are you content ?" cake Mre
Blake; and (Gladys' lips quiver.
Only the qulot moon could tell of
the many nights she had Dried herself
to sleep, with Jim's engagement ring
proceed under her wet cheek—the one
link that binds her to him; and, at
her mother's words, her heart 'welts,
anti her eyes grow wet.
Mrs. Blake aces the tears coming,
- and turns away with a short, un-
pleneant laugh.
'He Is not worth crying about,
Gladys. What a pity you did not Mee
your heart to Mr. Ker 1 He would
have' made you a muoh butter hus-
band," ahs finishes, nnooneclously us -
Ing the very words spoken by Cap-
tain Leiroy hlmeelf to John Ker.
"What put Mr. Ker into your head,
mamma ?' Gladys asks, thinking how
utterly Impossible It would have been
to love any other man than Jim.
Mrs. Blake pauses In her restless
walk up and down, and etande before
Gladys. r ,
"You are either a great coquette
or eo utterly blinded by your
Idiotic Infatuation for Captain Le-
iroy that you cannot be what Is
so plain to every one else, that Mr.
Ker le very fond of you."
"01t, mamma, I hope not!" Gladys
answers, as the crimson► Dolor dyes
her cheeke. "And I am sure you are
wrong. Mr. Ker never like) me In
that kind of way."
"I don't know what 'that kind of
way' means," Mrs. Make replies ;
"but he does care for you; and I
may as well say that truth, Gladys
—It would make me far happier to
see you Mr. Ker's wife than tied to
Captain Leiroy. One Is a good man,
the other very much the reverse."
Poor Gladys! And she cannot ut-
ter one word to defence of her Idol.
She turas away and looks out at the
rain, and 'aye nothing, having learn -
el long since that In these hones -ar-
guments 011en1na Is boat ; and the en-
trance of Flora putts an end to the
invention.
Flora, looking lovely In a black
dross, int up with trimmings of crim-
son, and with a orimeon bow laid
dalntlly on her fair locks, comes in
with a look of pleasure on her languid
face.
"I see a dogcart driving up the ave-
nue," ehe says, glancing hastily
round the roam to Deo If it is all
right. "I think It is Idaurlco; and It
lea mercy 'to see any one on such a
wretched day. Draw that blind
down a bit, Gladys—I Mate a glare,"
and the beauty has hardly settled
herself luxuriously in a deep loung-
ing -chair, with a book la her hand,
and to an attitude of perfect grace,
when the wheels are heard grinding
ook of whose eyes thrills her
through MLR, as they did In the first
nippy days of their courtship. It Is
a very sly greeting she gives Mr.
Ker to -day, and his eyes are quick
to note the change; but in a minute
she is herself again, and then he
turns away and talks to Mrs. Blake,
leaving those two who are so dear
to atm *tending together.
"Md you get wet, Jim?" Gladys
asks, with sweet, womanly Interest
for her lover's welfare.
He laugls at the idea of rain hurt-
ing him, and he laughs, too, but a
little nervously, for the conversa-
tion with her mother only, a few
mtnutes before has left a sting be -
land.
"What Le the matter, Madge?" he
whispers, leading her over to the
wimiow. "Do you know, your face
had such a strange look when we
came tri."
FROM among the numerous 0000-
netted testtmontale which have
been rewired in prelim of St. Jacobs
011 we select that of Mr. Arthur Har-
rison, of Wlllford Crescent East, Not-
'ttrsbamt who suffered from a sprain-
ed knee for ail years, and being de-
voted to the manly sport of football
N felt it a great deprivation that
he was unable to Join In a game
for that period. He tried many rem-
edies without success, until one day
a friend persuaded bin) to try Bt.
Jacobs Oil—The Wonderful Oil, he
calls It—when he experienced Im-
mediate relief from pain, followed by
a permanent cure. He says: "I had
been suffering from a very bad
.sprained knee for 8 years through
Playing football. I had been under
the doctor's caro twice, and had used
ail kinds of one, embrocations, cold
water bandages, etc., when I was
recommended to try your valuable
011. I had been buffering so much
that it was impossible for me to kick
a ball, but atter trying two small
bottles I am pleased to say my knee
is now as perfect and strong ae ever.
I should have written you before,
but wanted to give It a thorough
'trial, and am glad to Inform you
:that shine using St. Jacobs 011 I
have never telt another twinge of
pain," All Hnglislumen who delighc
is athdetlo exorcises will rejoice to
read of tale reliable preparation
whish does away with the ill effect*
bt accidents which cannot always be
prevented,
her e�"tail the yachtingwar ohn'e idea, too ; he is coming "WELL, THANK YOU•"
with
I
Then it la all right—Jim will be
Fate with him : and Gladys sends one
swift, grateful look toward grave, A ()Canton Man is now Able to
quiet John Ker, who sees the look flake this Answer.
and understands that to his keeping,
slue has given the man ehe loves, It -
Is a strange trust for him, but he , Inquiring Friends del not Always Get
accepts it. i such a cheery Reply because n,r
It la to be a (alloy ball. What a sub- . Many Yeai s Mr. s'I,•t, her suffered
Jrct for a wet afternoon --quite Inez•
-
haualble 1 fto think of a these, a i wall Lumbago.
character quite now, perfectly orlg- Granton, Ont., Oct. 13.—(SpeeIal)—
inel, lino yet thoroughly becomhntt ; Mr, John Fletcher, u well-known
le sometittng too delightful ; and lin", farmer of tale plan", who suffered
Blake gives the reins to her imagine- _ for n long time with lumbago and
tion. Valle in the country are not Kidney Trouble, hes at last found
everyday events, and the date and a eure,
the guests have to bo seriously die- Now, when his Irlends lnqutt'e as
cussed, nap not to bo lightly men- to ate health, ho eltrxartly tulle them
Cloned and done with. , that he Is well, something which he
CLIAPTER X. . has not been able to do for a long
time till quite recently.
Gi sy is row moulded into on every Dir, Fletcher tells the story of his
day young lady, moving and . !Inoue and bow lie was cured, as fol -
!owe like evr.ryone else. Sir Maurice lows:
allured wishes she would do soma". "1 wane'troublol for a long time
thdrwd, Jgiro Ida the with Lumbago and Kidney Trouble.
pleasureatµ oi' eoofu!ldiustng herto by and by. , My urine was of a very' 1'11 color.
But the mysteries of finger -glasses,, I tried many medielnee, but could
dessert -knives, and dinner -napkins' get nothing to help me,
are no longer bugbears to her, and 'i conenited who best lnedlent doe -
the long, terrible dinner -hour, with tore in Granton and St. Mary's, but
its forme and ceremonies, no longer they could do nothing for me.
miaow her nervous and awkward, "At last ono ,buy a dntgglst In
With ready 'tact the has adapted Granton euggestod I)odd's Kidney
herself to her surroun lunge, and won- Pills as a cure for my Lumbago. I
dors now how she could !lave existed purohased a box and began to take
In the old days, when viands were then right away. The first box
served, antempttng, un pale table, helped met and I kept on till at last
with no thought of captivating the i was completely curet.
taste or the sight. "I am now as well as PAW I was,
She smile! to -night as she looke on and have not any trade of Lumbago
the green moss, the white hyacinths about me. I am perfectly sound and
adorning the table—they are so I thank Dodd's Kidney P!lle for It.
pretty anti so sweet, She Is de- "I recommend them to all my
lighted with her dress, her lunch of friends, and ae for myself I never In -
violets and snowdrops, and pleased tend that my house shall be without
most of all that no ono ren laugh them, for I believe them to be the
"it was nothing" she answers, has.
tlly, yet glad that he should have
been eo quick to see anything
arotss. Then, for fear of further goes•
Honing, she goes bank to the group
by the are and he follow® her, and
discloses the ob.leot of hie visit.
"I ani going to give Black Abbey
for the Hunt Ball, and I have come
over tide afternoon to have a talk
about it. What do yon nay, Mre.
Blake?" he asks, standing up In the
midst of them, eo pe.fect In face
and form, in itis manly grace and
beauty, and his eyes taxed on Gladye
to learn from ler face U she will
enjoy the ball.
"Oh, how nice." "What a charming
idea." "Delightful." It le a perfect
chorus o7 assent.'
" It was all 3gltn's idea," laughs
Captain Lefroy.
' He was mad for a 'horoosh' of
Fonio klnd, and, as I think of going
away atter the bunting for a yacht-
ing cruise, I thought a hall would
be a nice way of ending the. season ;
but ft was all ,Tohn's idea," he says
ng;iln, looking Into his friend's face
In whose eyes !lee a quiet smile.
"All my Idea, was It, him?" be
akke. quietly, and finds that he is
looking at Gladys to see how she has
taken the ennotmoement of Captain
Lefroy's departure
Pat her taco discloses nothing, and
only Jim can see the expression of
her eyes.
" I shan't bo away long," lie says,
answering the unspoken question in
at iter now.
'Mre. Bryan las asked um to dine
at Bryan Court on Thursday," Lardy
Dermot remarks. " Glpmy is included
In the Invitation. She makes a point
of her, going, just to annoy ale. I feel
eure, knowing how unaccustomed
Gipsy is to going out anywhere."
Sir Maurice flushes and feels an-
noyed.
"Of course Olpsy will go,' Ile says,
sliorlly • "and you moat get her a f ww
greetteet medicine In the world."'
Mr. Fletcher Le a man who means
every word he says and to prepared
to eubetanttnte the truth of every
statement made above.
Thele Roams to be no case of Lum-
bago, Backache, Kidney Trouble or
Rheumatism, that Dodd's Kidney
I'Ills will not cure.
pretty dress, mother, and leave that
old fiend nothing to say."
"I think that Gipsy is really too
1 young," she urges. "I can easily write
Mrs. Bryan a note, and say that my
' name Is too young to go to dinner
parties yet'
"But, mother," breaks to Sir Mau-
rice, "you cannot way that, for, 11 eo,
how can Gipsy go to the ball ?" Maurice! She
"The ball, my den
cannot go to the bah
ing."
"Someone else can
enys Sir Maurice, doggedly, ale tie -
termination growing stronger from
opposition.
And so the feud wages. Lady Der-
mot characterizes the proposal as
absurd and preposterous; but in the
end H!r Maurice hue Me own way,
and Lady Dermot trivia In.
"You n•!li like the ball," Sar Maurice
remarks to Gtpey later In the even-
InBut Obey slnikee her head gravely.
"It is very kind of you to wish me
to Ino ; but 1 think I would rather
, not," she replies, with sadness in face
nal voice," '
"Why?" he Inquires, drawing up a
clime near to hers. "All girls like
balls."
"1 nm not Iate other glrla I think, I
would lo' afraid to go to the hall."
"Afraid! And what might frighten
you 7" he asks, with an amueed
anileh,
"Te people," answers Gipsy, col-
oring cad faltering. "They dance at
ialls—don't they 7—and I don't know
how to dance."
Sir Maurice jumps up.
"I will teach you. Conte along, 1
will soon ten It you the step. You
meet, Glpey 1"
Suddenly Lady Dermot becomes
conscious that a revolution Is going
on amongst the chairs and tables,
With scant ceremony Sir Maurice
thruets them hero and there, clear-
ing aspace for the dancing lesson;
cad, before she can utter a re-
monstrance he has opened the
plan, lit the candles, and is re-
queding his niother to play a waltz.
It is of no use refusing—sho is forc-
ed to comply with a bud grace; and
she sees Gipsy, bashful and blush-
ing, watching Sir Maurice figuring
before her on the carpet,
"Ito quite easy—come along.
Look,
Gipsy—one, two, three, and
turn; one, two, tivree t Look — you
have nothing to do but this 1" gyrat-
ing round, and round, and Gfpey
watching with smiling eyes. "One,
two, three 1"
She makes two hesitating steps,
sliding her pretty new shoes along
the carpet. i
"I can't, Maurice ; really I never
could Learn t
"You can with me" ; and lite arm
Is round her waist, and to five min-
utes tie dancing lesson Is 1n full
awing.
"You have it 1" cries Sir Maurice,
delightedly, "Well done, Gfpetyl One,
two, three; one, two, three 1"
They continuo to dance on ; and
Lady Dermot sees them gliding by
her—her son. tall, proud and hand-
some, like all the Dermots, and thle
little curly-haired maiden In hie stal-
wart clasp. Seto sees the girl's child-
like, pleased face flushed and smiling
as the music and the rapid motion f111
leer wlth delight.
"I am doing 1t right 1" Gipsy cries,
joyfully, feeling her feet keeping time
to the music.
HOW' Ith1LiEF CAMIt
.4n interesting Story Proem an Ice- '
Iaadlc Sett lenient.
(Frohn the Logberg, Winnipeg, Man.)
The readers of Logberg have long
been familiar will' the virtues of
lir. Williams' fink Pills through the
well authentloated cures published
In these columns each week. Many
of our readers aro also able to vouch
for cures which have comp under
their own observation. This week
"Logberg" has received a letter
from one of its readers. Mr. B. Wal-
tel'eon, a prosperous farmer living
at Bru, In which he gives his own
experience In the hope that it may
benefit some other sufferer. Mr.
Walterson mays: "Some years ago
1 was suffering eo greatly from
rheumatism In my limbs that I wax
for 1t long time unable to do any
work. I tried In many ways to ob-
tain a cure, both by patent medi-
cines and medicine prescribed by doc-
tors, but without obtaining any
benefit. I enw Dr. Williams' Pink
Pills advertised in the Logberg 119
being a Duro for this trouble, and
determined to give It a trial. I
bought a dozen boxes and before
hail of them wore twill felt a great
change for the better. Tale improve-
ment continued from day to day, and
before I and used all the pills 1 wits
completely cored. Since that time I
have never had an attack of this
trouble After this I used the pills
in several other oases and no other
medlein" lute leen so beneficial to
me. I feel it my duty to publicly
give testimony to the merits of this
wonderful medicine so others simi-
larly nftlletei may be led to try 10
If you are weak or ailing; if your
nerves aro tired or jaded, or your
blood is out of condition, you will he 9„
wise to ASO Dr. Williams' Pink PIIIe, "And you like It , netts; Sir :ltnurice
which aro an unfailing euro for nl1 with a sudden tenderness In b!s
blood and nerve troubles. But be vole°•
etre you get the genuine, with the (TO be Contlnnsd.l
full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink PIIIe
for Pale People,"' on tie wrapper
around every box. Sold by n11 medi-
cine dealers, or sent poet paid at
r,0 Dents a box or vex boxes for $2.60
by writing direct to tho Dr. Wil-
liams Medicine Company, Brockville,
Ont.
A shrike of the knelt, club area coupe
drivers employed by Chicago livery
stables and undertakers line been
nvertel by compromise 8111 agree-
ment for arbitration of all differ
ence9. ' , - ,
USES FOR
RIBBONS
Thirty bright yellow element', a
branching, aggressive pistil and a
round place for them to grow upon,
and you have the centre of the lat-
est thing In ribbon flowers.
They tried at first making them
wholly out of gathered ribbons, but
that only produced rowel la bud form.
Then the ribbon flower bloomed
anew luto great, Oaring, bright eyed
beautles, that make the wiudowe of
shops mightily attractive.
Ribbons ured to be thought cap-
able of being worn in just one way—
as ribbons.
Now they have grown into a dozen
tees entirely distinct mei apart from
that.
First they were employed us
"couch" pork on fancy things that
women made, and after a while they
even left the fithi of sorb and tie and
became "draw strings" in the under-
sulte
Now, in the general outburst in the
use of ribbons, they are no longer
knotted or bowed or wired Into loops
for hitt trimmings, but are shirred
over wire loops and form hutterfltes,
from which depend myriads of Hey
bows.
The roses, buds and leaves are so
cunningly devised that as they rise
from blue or pink steno/ they have a
quasi -natural appearance, and often
adore a corsage In lieu of real flow-
ei'at
The pink and red and yellow and
white "single roses" for the hair are
made In satin rebore:, and nestle back
of the ear like those in old-fashioned
miniatures, only thee° are indelees.
Ruffles of ribbon are worn, and rib-
bon forms insertions in dress goods,
la made into stocks and usel as puff -
Inge on the edges of various useful
articles, It is made into garters and
into numberless articles of fancy
work, among which aro "all piece"'
sowing bogs, the opera glass casco
and eyeglass holders.
THE MODERN MOTHER
Has Ways of Caring 1br ilaby that Our
Grandmothers Neter Knew.
Many almost emceed traditions of
the nursery have beet. cast astle by
the up-to-date mother. tree the once
asoiitlal cradle Is now seldom found
in the house blessol by baby's pres-
ence. The modern baby Is not fed
every time ho cries, but when the
clock announce:a the proper tine. The
doctor approves of this and baby Is
better for it, tint despite regular
hours for feeding, nearly all the dlH-
orders of Infants are caused by de-
rangements of the stomach and bow-
els. Mothers' greatest problem is a
trtxttmeut for those tlIH that will be
getale
bid ° W` above
v1
1tare.Mrs. J. Bailey, o
Ikea
Lake, Oht., writes from the fulllees
of eiperlehee 'when she &aye: "I have
lues Baby's Owr, Te,blets for me sic
mot,tlos old baby who wits troubi d
with Ihdigtveilon. The results were
bee ond my expectations. Wordscan-
not convey to those who have not
tricxl them the worth of these Tub -
lots, I will never again use nay
other preparation for the baby, els I
am convinced there is nothing so
good as Itab,'s Own P11l11rts."
These Tablets area gentle laxative
anal comforting methane for infants
nail children. They are pleasnnt to
take and are guaranteed to (mutate
no opiate. 11 your druggist does not
keep Baby's Own Tablets send .iio to
thea Dr. Williams' Medicine Co.,
Brockville, Ont., or Schenectady, N.
Y., and a fall sized box will be matt-
ed, postpaid, to your address, ,