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Mrs, Aryan, got up ue the felry
Godmother of Cinderella fume, lu
black velvet and a hugo white mus•
lin mobcap, and with a gold -
headed cane In her hand, preemie
ales through the rooms from group
to group, making leer comments un
the people, looking like a very
wicked hairy Ood,uotber, Indeed,
She halt. beside Lady Dermot,
She looks regal with thousands of
puunde' worth of diamonds' blraeing
and flashing un her Anaoulb, white
seek, and together they watch the
wires of the waltz.
Aries Blake, In powdered hair and
brawled sack, floats by In *the
arnto of a stalwart Highlander,
and up go the Fairy Godmotber'e
goldrhumed sesame.
"Wm Blake al a flctitioue charac-
ter -her great-grandmother 1 any
dear, the preemption of some peu.
pie I The Blokes' grandmother, lie
deed! And here tames Madge In
blue and sliver and powdered and
patches -another uuccetor, I suer
poeel Very pretty, she looks; but
how ridiculous It tin ut her
to think Captain Lefroy will
ever marry her 1. And whom have
we here? Ah, Sir Maurice,
I hardly recognized you, In all your
bravery I What are you, If I way
ask?"
"A boll fighter," laughs Sir War-
ble, shaking hands with her. Then,
turning to Lady Dermot. he ante:
"Mother, where is Gipsy?"
"Dancing, I think. Somebody car-
ried her oft a minute ago," Lady
Dermot replies, looking up at the
handsome face of her son.
Gipsy l■ engaged to Sir Manriee
for the next dance, and he strode
beside hie mother waiting till who
cameo, Yrs. Aryan taps him with her
sad bedltened muitttu-le, He le horde
aware Unwell haw often wlth a sad,
wistful expreeelou, hie eyes follow
Gladys Blake. Gladys In lucking very
sweet and lovely to -night In her
hoops ami powder. She 10uke the pt •
and lite euddeuly elnken words linen
btruck home,
"Ole turned Ilrhl;' Uric Bray says
afterwards: "1 thought eke was
going to (Hint.,'
But Mise Blake had no intention
of fainting -there lo only that one
moment of agony, wltr-n the piteous
mtsery ehowe in Ler eyes and lu the
sudden quick closhtg of her Ilpe. fu
a second dile le herself again, cold
tied unopproachnble as ever.
" I muse congratulate him,' she re -
Werke, In her usual tache, eteadying
her volco by a supreme effort.
In all her life she has never felt
oo miserable no she feels now. Blankly
rcuntryntan approaches and aekl
It'aby tirimehaw for the pleueure e; 1 companion. The band strikes up; to you." nerve.
n dance. . hie arm goes round tilpey'e walet. "tree," she nntwere, sadly ; "tett I 1�
As he scribbles her name on her "Our dance, darling!" he wile• wish tomorrow was over"; and then F )r invalids, for con-
blankru ratnme. Mrs. GrlmsbaW . Pers; and they pace away Into the (Mee more she reifies her face to
h'terposee: I crowd. Item, saying, "Remember, 1 truer him valescents, for consumptives,
"It ie ouch a cruwua , mixed a
cermet One lou tato her pleading ens,
with every ono; but any friend of : !lie l" elle thinks. And Bow !glee then Ile tutee her hand and holds
She never dreams of the sharp pain
that pierces hie heart as he leads her Loss of Flesh
away to another ronin, and together
they dl down on a sofa.
(Maden does nut seem to have emelt
to sny, after all, and he also re-
uutlue silent. She looks up at laid,
tyltln troubled eyes, and Jerked uut a
gtestlon abruptly.
"Can we not prevent Jim from rid -
Ing to-unurruw?" she asks. a burn-
ing flush mounting to her cheeks
as she speaks. "WIII you ask htm?"
"I am afraid my asking would be of
little use," Ila. Ker answers; "he Is
determined to ride his owu horse,"
"You tried to persuade him?" in a
lower voice.
"Yee, he is not very Be to ride; It
will take u stendy nerve to get over
that eourm."
The flush line died away, and Ola•
eho teatohee the Rey, ever -moving dye Is 'My white when .he mortise
crowd, and Retool to the voices and next'
laughter. "Oh, Mr, Ker, fur my sake, try to
A Spanish matador, with .bapei' prevent hip riding tomorrow."
form and kingly head, bent to talk 1 would do unu•h for your rake,"
to a halo peteant•glrl, whose dark he answers; and as the end twee
heart does not tench her shoulder, took of tele hie, she never drenmr
pacers by.; Mutt he loves her, TWA sober, 'amid
nein Iso only Jlmb friend, and her
Atlee Blake enterer; only n glimpse friend, too.
of hie Lar, and then site looks etcad- 1 The bond has stopped; another
Ily Into Olpey'e glorious dark eyes,dance will begin dlreelly, Mr. Ker
aa the two tutee; 01111 at the coespeaks again,
lok of towel In the beauty's face "I think 1 we>rtkl let hitt ride tie
Gipsy' almost uneonsclouely drawe a morrow, Gladys; he will get 011 all
shale closer to Sir Maurice. right, end you know wo start for
110 does not see Mise Blake, he the Mediterranean next week. lir- is
lute not noticed the strange tvay taking tide tour fur your sake, and
in whlelt ole looktsl tit him and !de I have pr•omleed to btiug hum book
When you can't eat break-
fast, take Scott's Emulsion.
When you can't eat bread
and butter, take Scott's
Emulsion. When you have
been living on a milk diet and
want something a little more
nourishing, take Scott's
Emulsion.
To get fat you must eat
fat. Scott's Emulsion is a
great fattener, a great
strength giver.
Those who have lost flesh
want to increase all body
tissues, not only fat. Scott's
Emulsion increases them all,
bone, flesh, blood and
' 1 S cel b li ` ('011 at heart Kande the lovely to you' 1 eve idin mato your charge," L
I ern of allow this girls to dance'• Mies Blake• end how I have loved 1 B y for Weak children, for all
yours, Sir Maurice"— And bore, Blake knowe 1n her heart that ell it fast. who need flesh, Scott's
elle makes an emphatio pause, j her Ilfe she hoe loved and must "I would die contented tonight Ii Emulsion is a rich and com-
'And you will take caro of Baby ?" I love this man. Through all the gay 1 kmt,w be' would make you happy."
permit.' the fund mother, 'She Is ouch throng to-nlgbt she ems only bpm. "It be hie happlw oo I oar' tor," Portable food, and a nature{
a wad little thing, and It lo almost 1 "Our dance. Miss Blake!" - and murmurer the girl, smelly.
her fleet bell!" the beauty dances and laughs and "Anel 1 youre," he whimpers, Thou, tonic.
Heaven forgive the woman ! The 1 turo of n sweet, (Meaty maiden of a standing up, he says, "Costae -1 court Emulsion for bone,
Baby had been out longer than Sir ( bygone age, her fair hair powdered not monopolise you altogether." Scott's
M ani drawn off her forehead and 1n the open doorwuv they meet
aortae ane remember.
j
Tho "wild 11010 thing" dupe her ; piled In a wilderness of carte and Captain Lefroy. He has deli ae!do the flesh, blood and nerve.
hands ecstatically, rolls on the top o ter tea .
"Oh, Slr Mturloc, Isn't it till lovely? = "What a nul.anco it will be get,
And tutee you seen Captain Lefroy 7" ; ting the flour out to -morrow in time
-lutvering her voice as her lips pro-' for the raced" she Rays to Me,
pounce that dreadful name -"all in Ker, se they eta'na for one second
rent armor, clanking about ? And how I together, "And do you like my dress,
pretty your cousin lo, Just like a real Mr. Ker 7"
little peasant 1" "It to very pretty," lie answers,
Cnennocioua.of any III•nnture under-
lying
nderlying leer words, Slr Maurice moves
away to search of Gipsy.
"Come 111:1 walk through the
rooms;' he Saye, on Dieting her, Ile
mind full of the one thought tllnt
elle be;uogs to him.
Like a statue the lovely Miss Blake
Cando, her blue eyes dilated, a gray
pallor udtowtng for one moment over
her face through the powder and
rouge oo delicately applied to her
fair cheeks.
lire. Bray line Juet told Iter that
Sir Worker 18 engaged to his cousin,
talk*, and hne dozen@ of men at her
feet, and hates them all.
The news of SSr Muur(oe's engage•
ment seems to have circulated
pretty freely; ants erafty "mum•
mem" who have long marked Lint
fan, for their own are chilly anddlstnnt
"Senelble man, to choose such a tonight ; and crafty "papas," too,
pretty Innocent wife! You needn't begin to regret all the wee) wast•
blush like that, my dear man, I knew ed so lavlollly at their hospitable
you were engaged the moment you boards on a map who never came
entered the room to -night. There- to the front after all.
look at your ladylove; she le the "Who is she 7" All the women ask
prettleet girl here to -night." It In adleparaging Bort of way
"Tire prettiest, sweetest, end best became, all the wen are raving
In all the world I" thtnts Sir Maurice, - aliout her
•
watching a certain small form gild- Mime Blase answers the question.
ing by. "She is in coueln of Sir elaurico's,
A chuckle iron Mrs. Bryan rouses I believe her mother wile a Spantoh
hint from him dream. 'remold lady hes peaemnt, and It le her own mother's
Just caugbt sight of rho Orlmohaer dreso she le wearing to -night,"
teatime dttleg In a row on a "You don't say 80! wheat a bad
sofa - the whole six - three match for Ido. A peasant, did you
dressed as nureeryrhynne heroines my? Well, I always thought there
-Little to•Peep, fled 12iding-hood, was eonaetidng common about her
and Pomo other infantile person.-adork, forelgtelooking little thing."
Ilio Other three are equally mita- Mies Blake smiles sweetly.
buy dressed -a flower girl, with bale "She le very pretty -lovely, 1
kite of flowers, Napery Lee, In n thluk; but, poor girl,eho pun uo
red petticoat, and with teat fletu Itt manners or anything!"
a basket. and Baby Orlmehaw at. "Her dress, Is n little short, don't
tired ao Simplicity, in u white frock you think 7" Hake another lady,
and a blue mash. whose own feet would not bear la.
"What a antlers on human 0a• epectlon.
taros" laughs Mrs. Aryan. "Did "Pardonable wIth such pretty ton
you ever see anything more melan- flee," returns a gentleman. 'That
choly than those six epinsterl7" dress Ie ell right; and 1 don't thtuk
1 wbl ask one of them to Mince," 1 ever etw su bewltcldng a fees,"
Sir Maurice replies, gootl•naturedhy Right in front of the grouptloatm
'Poor thlage, they will colt there g
all night 1" Gipsy dancing with 81r Maurice; and
Oh, the Joy of the Orlmshawe, the the erltico have a very good view of
innocent looks ere surprise, ns this the poor little tidng with no man-
ners.
hie eyrie etrtying from her face down
over taw blue and diver brocade,
and down to her Ilttlo high -heeled
Metes.
"This be n. nquaru dance. Will you
dance It with mel" he arks, a slight
Bush rising to his grave lace.
Gladys puts her hand on ltl0 arm,
and they are crossing the room to
take their places, when she Tooke up
Into her face, and asks:
"Mr. Ker, will you sit out tide
dance Instead? I want to talk to
you about Rim." ,
A terra; TYI(ANT.
The Trouble Not line to original She,
There Ie no tyrant Ilke a teeth-
ing baby. Hie temper beet due to
original .10, however; the tyrant
suffers more tbnn the rest of the
tamely. He don't know what le
the matter. They du. The trouble
Is they tic, not always know what
to do for his lordship. An (Merle
mother writes to tell what le beet
to do. "When my baby' was teeth-
ing," Me says, "he was 8o crow;
and restless that I hardly knew
what to do with him. Ile hint a
poor appetite, and ate but tette,
and was growing thin. 1 got n 11011
of Baby's Own Tablets, and they
made it great change. i1, not teas
well, hair a eplendld appetite, :mrd
slyest me no trouble at all." This
IR the experience not only of Tlui 1
1). K. Schroeder, of ilannver, ')n'.,
but ole of thoneande 01 =Alloys
all over the Dominion. A bah;;
teething is cross because his blutel
is heated and his little botvela con-
stipated or unhealthily rebtxe•I,
end his system heated by the ef-
fort of getting the teeth themed!
the game, Baby's Own Tablets art
like magic not only in this, but In
n1 ailments of little ones. Sold by
druggists or sent post pald at 25
cents a box b' welting dlreet to
the ler. Williams' Mediciee Cu.,
Brockville, Ont„ or Schenectady
N. Y.
"Iluw black she le l" -from the lady
with the feet. "and 1 am sure elle
ham a temper 1" .
"Wouldn't give two straws for a
woman who hadn't," remarks] one of
Olpey's male champions.
"They eery Lady Dermot le furious
-nearly turned her out 01 (Rehouse,"
remarks somebody else, "She to no-
bo-iy at all, you know. A niece, did
you my ? Olt, well, In a sort of way 1
I believe she was a kind of conven-
t's') of Lady llertnot's, n poor relit -
ties; they took her In out of chor-
Ity. It Is a great pity, for Sir Maur-
ice. Is so nice himself ; I 1111 very
sorry for Min."
So they run on, null concoct all
eorte of stance about the engege-
uant. Mins Blake 110(08 UW/1), and
off go the tongues ngaln.
"It must be ten awful disappoint-
ment for Mime Make; and really I
don't think he treaded Ler quite fair -
though every nue knows Rim ran
after Min a great deal. Doesn't
She look 111 to -night? Del you remark
how drawn and old -looking her face
1s 7 I suppose she le cut up about It."
Meantime the halt goes on mer-
rily, and all enjoy tbettteelves alter
their own fashion,
Mr. Ker alone does not dance, nm'
does he contribute In any way to,
ward the general Mistily. He etaade
about by hltneel: in coruere and at
doors, Ills plain evening dreier look•
lag out of place amongst tate gay
A TRYING TIME
Is the Period When Young
Girls are Merging Into
Womanhood
perked by Pale Faces. Heart Palpita-
tion, loos tut Aplo'I 11)' and (:rar1l11
Imenleude-Ilett• 10 llrrn'onn'
l'ondlt inn.
cumbersome ermor In which he ap-
peared tib a knight In the early part
of the evening He So now clad In
black veltet, and look% the very 0111-
twdlment of manly beauty.
"What 0 dismal face, John I" he
laugher. "Came, man, you must not be
the (len 1-1 s-bteaI at the tenet ; It
would augur ill for our luck tomor-
row. I 1pok rather like death myself"
-touching Me sombre garments.
"Heaven send that It be not an omen
that I break my neck over that hawk
taYmurrow 1"
tllndye dui ere as she listens to elm.
Then he sty's:
"You are engaged to me for this' ;
01111 It,.. arm goes round her walla.
Mr. Ker watches them through the
crowd, and moire the look of perfect
contentment on Gladys' face, As he
trees her to -night, oo will Ile think
of her often In the days to come,
with thnt sweet lnappineee eldoing In
her eye&
" Aral les our aolaer Mnnrle,e Is en-
gegnl tit Inst I" Captain Lefroy re-
marks, during a pause It the dr,'ece.
(To be Continued.)
After babyhood, the most perilous
time In a y'awng girl's Illy Io when
she Le peel catering womanhood. It
is thea Alnat she 1s subject to head-
aches, dlznluo8s, Ileum millet/Won,
feeble appetite, and bloodless cheeks
and elm. The., cotelItI00 may easily
develop Lute eun8uue9tIon, and to
prevedit tills -tie keep the young girl
in good heelth and strength, moth-
ere should invest Ripon their taking
u blood -melding Joule, melt as Dr.
Williams' rink i'llls. Mrs. Henry
ALclityre, Port Da,Llouelr, Ont.,
give; mound nalvtce to other mothers .
In ;melee ori lids kind. She save:
" About .three yeare ago the, health
of my daughter, lier111, ,began to I
fall. ,9he grow weak and eleme,t ua-
nd11e to 91111111 1110 I1v18t exertion. She,'
',uttered from dlslressh'g lu•ndr,cheb
and falatiag fits; her ,appetite left'
11'" and she 1(141 110811. 11)9 111 melt
money o11 mtdlr;llee, but they did
not help her, Then I took her to u
doctor, and although Ills Irentw(nt'
wets persisted In for n long tlmcalte
sermnl to I,0' growing worse, and I
began to tear elle w'n8 going Into
consumption. Then 1 took her to 111
specb,llet, but his lrestun'ut was
likewise utsrtee'soful. Finally upon
the ndvlcr of u Indy friend, a ttomtut'
practising In tripe tg0. Bertha began
ueing Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and
before long there wee a deckled Im-
provement In tier condition, and by
the lime she 11811 taken 111110 110100
elle wee once more enjoying the brat
of health and lind gained fifteen
10111108 In well1lt. I would 0lrnnldy
a1)rler all atnlllnr mufferere to give
Dr, Sullies' Pink Pills a ear trine,
as her ease seemed :is hopeless as
meld be."
Are meas' e".1 railing' girls and tvo-
Inrn, sufferer," from l:icknrhl, head-
nebee, hedtafnlsltIon to work or ex -
1010 above by thrlr 101' 1111
ehnllow choke (hat they err ht 111
health, w111 find 91011114 rrllef, bright
eyes, rosy cheek," and metier health
h, a fair ue0 of Dr. Willlanee Pink
!'ills. You can ()blade these pill,
from ally medicine dealer or by mill
fnstpeld, at 50 011119 n 1)011 Or 8111
hotee for $2.10, by writing direct to
the Dr. 1l'llllnme' Medlelne Company,
Brockville, Ont. Never nceept nny-
thing etas which a denier may sny
to "Just no good."
FOUR GOOD
SHORT STORIES
"'ilei
In a tillage In Scotto tel eoveral
workmen were engaged le builliug
a largo brick eteltetere, fuel there
wee a had Carrier working ul the
job whose name was faddy. The
foreman came to Paddy one day and
said: "Paddy. I ,think 1 w•Ill laws to
get another 01011 In place of you, 10s
you 11.0 t00 1101Y for 1110 place."
"Well," stye Paddy, "1 a01 sorry
you think 00, but won't you give um
aauother chance," and the head eau
cou$,:nted.
Paddy then started to work again,
hut thought ho would try a little
esllenne, no the next morning he
bought wino mute and dropped two
or three In moll hodtul of mortar,
and of course w11eu rho bricklayers
saw the nuts they But to work to
eat them, and the delay thus en-
abled Paddy to catch up un them.
Again the foreman came around
nu, gays he, "Paddy, you are dolug
better now."
"Aye," *nye 1'nekdy, "un' If you'll
give the a few more pennies per week
I'll keep alto whole Job going In mor-
tar,"
At the City of Dublin 11 le an eslab-
Willed rule to give u reward of 1.5 4u
anyone saving a person from (Melee -
Ing, but it the letrty is dead only .el Ie
given. One shy two hard -up Irishmen
wore sltttng on the end of n dock,
smoking and bewailing three fate,
when n hnppy settees struck Mike.
for he said to his friend:
"Int, you Jump In And I w111 n'acne
you, and wr will divide the rctvnrd."
"It's 11 gO," Hald rill, and in h"
went, and immediately sink.
Nov, 7ilkt''e alum, to make nlovey-
was good, only en bed mate forgul 1011
that he could 1101 swim n stroke.
Pat, un coming to the eurllace, took
11 look at !like, W110 W81 still 0n1u1-
leg, and Own hr went fur tee iee-
und tinge On coming up he W1/0 quite
'istotdshed to see Hike mull t;tk'ulg
flange mate eooey, se down he went
n got t, nod on rising fur the third and
itet time, and e'eiug 7llke tusking !le
move to cave bins, poor Pat ninny
drowned no he managed to &philter
ou"Ilt:
e inhere, Mike, if you don't lull
me out (1118 then it 10 only ten 'Mil
leer • w111 he etlln f
11'e will send you
n free sample,
Be sure that this picture
In the form of a 111x11, on
the wrapper of every bottle
of Emulsion you buy,
SCOTT & BOWNE,
CIiEMISTS,
Toronto, Ontario.
e0c, end ;It all druggists.
two week' leave of ubsenoe.
The l'u:auel was n severe diecipll-
u:n (11 11, who did
uttrot brllo-e in ex-
tending Lau a pltt111•g08 10 1118
corm, ,old 011 1101 hematite to use a
•uhu'1fugo in evading the grantitlg
of 11111.
"Well," sold the 1'ulnnrl. "tuba, do
you 111111 a tnv weeks' furlough
lot -1"
Patrick nnswerrd: "Me Wolfe 18
\1'rt sick It the children are not
w-, Ill :01,1 if ye di,iu't Iniad, she W1/11111
like. to lutve me home for a few weeks
to Kite lira• a bit of a esertalee."
l
The teams eyed hitt for a few
nd
1111111408 :cod le: "Patrick, I
might grant your rrqueet, but l
gun
41 101,0' 1191111 ,1'0111'8('11(1 (Isle
morning, retying that she didn't
went yon Moue, that 7011 weer 11
11 111911111,0 1111,1 russet t110
titer
-u-heu-
eter ;l were there. .elle hopes I
wow( let you hate 10117 nwro fur-
-That *ruler le. I suppose 1 can't
gel the furlough, thea?" said Pet,
"No; 1'111 meld pmt, Patrick. It
tvonliln't be well for me to do 8o un-
der the elrcunstunees."
It was Patrick's turn now to eye
the Colonel, ere hr alerted for the
*or. Stopping meldcnly, ho en111,
"1'11101101, clue I satyr something to
yet 7"
"Certainly, Patreek; what is it?"
"Yon won't gvt tout, Colonel, 11
I way it?"
-Certainly not, Petrick; what is
It ?"
"i want 10 say there aro two
splrmhd r
liars 111 tele ano, end I'm
ear et them, I net 0r was married In
my life,"
10148 art ee g g or
recovery of the dead 11011y',"
An 1'04111111 11 wl1e ordered to make
n coffin, which he did, and to 1s11tnt
the lmcrlptton on the ltd, which he
did, after a fashion which caused •a
little excitement In the ehurcbyare(
Ily dint of following the written eupy,
he managed to get as far as " itielmel
(1'Itafterty, .aged --," lout try ere Lr
W011 hi, 110 c011111 not imitate the
twenty-eight. So he flniehed It diel-
self.
When they came to bury elichnel,
the coffin stood at the grave side,
find the priest spoke ns fullews1 "Alt,
he woo a fine lad; he's lying there se
still, take!' away Ln the erlmc of toile.,
venter, he wee, too, only' --." here
the priest looked down at the coffin -
Mete (0 810 haw nld Michael wa•1.
"110 was e111y," said hie reverence
agate, and hr put hie g)itsers 011 01111
went metre', to etre how old he really
uitF "fie mux 11111." 111• ee11111111,1.
"seven Ihousluld seven hundred on,
81111 7 11>111 years old,"
S Serious !Charge.
Judge -\\'r.1, officer. nhatie the
°berg, egatee1 this women ?
Ine olficer, yet
alaarr.
,fmbfr-':0 1111 11 Olt tell ),1%11' Fto',v,
ibllcrntnn--It WON tllle War, yrs ell`
tier: 1 woen-ro(rtlie Int 'aisle night,
an' 1thrall l0kisslea'ale sirreel't-
cd me, all' a1 1 pinehrd her 'night
tele ale there. 1 ,
emirs -Flee dollar amt 1-08(1. \set!
l:el. Have Two Ifeurl,,
Patrick O'Mara, a private In the The eel Iles tato Feporntr' heart's.
Ninth Regulars, went to the Colonel unr Melte 80, the other 160, awe
of hie regiment end nskeed for a n minute, ; -