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GIPSY'S MARRIA6E
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err Maurice, with sudden perverse• tire dread.
nese, .,antis up for his wife, and says "My darling," Sir Maurlco
she le perfectly right to take up fondly, "you have nothing to do
Mr.. Vivian or anyone else she but to put on your prettleet ereee
pleases, and he will not allow Gipsy and look your sweetoxt, and try to
to be lectured or frightened to ;thy say something nice to everyone."
way. In ills heart he ie repenting "But that is Just what 1 cau't do,"
the pernlnnion given to Gip,y to act Glpey aunwere, mournfully, "I nm eo
stili further the part of the good afraid of them alio Mrs. Bake alwayx
looks mo ad over, WW1 then I can't
say acyttung, end Mrs. Bryan frkght•
ens mo, and they all ;Dent to think
1 am not a bit like anyone else."
"My owe," Sir Maurice laugh;, "you
ere the love:lra,t sweetest little wo-
man In the whole -world, and they
aro all jealous of you."
She lays her warm, brown cheek on
his (land.
"Couldn't you Met tell ma some.
things 1 might try tp talk about,
Maurice? You can't think. dear, how
ignorant and silly 1 100 wheu I
don't know what to say."
Sir Maurice koita hie brow&
"What do women talk of? Of
each other, I suppose, and pull
every other woman to pieceu;
and I fancy they discuss their
drove a good deal; and I suonn,e
we lords df creation come under
dlecueeacn enmottmee,"
"Onoe," Gipsy says, softly, "at a
party, every one looked at me be-
came/ 1 said I had never been at
two b n
a 'theatre. They were all talking
of private theatricals, and Wee
Blake asked inti It I liked Sir Henry
IrvluQ s "Umlaut," and 1 said 1
did not know there worn Iwo "Rune
lets." 1 thought "Ifamlet" was
Shakespeare's; and, ob, Maurice, I
kmew, wheh 1 am all their faces,
It wart a stupid thing to earl"
He tars his hand on the curly -
brown head leaning against him,
and Gipsy cannot see the half.
annoyed ,smlle in hie oyes.
"There was no harm In it, my
child, you have lived all your life
ed ;math out of the world, dear,
that you are morn Innocent than
any one ;lee, You will gee to under
Mend 11 all in time."
But Glpay done not think so; and
the night of her first diuuer party
find/ her as frightened am any
ohoolglrl at a 11rst dance.
Sir Maurice has arranged every-
thing, from the bill of far° down to
Il. wife's dress. Ile is not quite sure
If the table, decorated by Gipsy with
wild flowers only, looks well. Ido i•:
aneuetomrxi to a" -good, ,allyl sliver
epergne Waging with hot house
flowers, and thin light, airy arrange-
ment of withered leaves,•popplee and
daisies le rather too much out of
the old groove. !tut It pleased
Gipsy—sbe gathered the flowers her-
self and settlel them according to
her own taste, and certainly the
red, russet and golden leaver ap-
pear& to acquire now beauty be-
neath her fingera And he was s>
glad to see her taking .n much in -
Serest In everything—tying up tiny
bouquets for the dinner napkins, ar-
raaging her popplea and daisies atter
her own heart, and withal looking
.o sweet and lovable, that Sir Maar-
ice telt that, if his anneetral table
had been adorned with cabbages, he
could have .aid nothing.
Saoariten, and a,ain to v1,k Lau•
rel Lodge.
"Who is to tell whether she knows
Mr's. Velem or mot?" he exclatnte,
testily. t •
"My dear Mawrttee, sho was Ween
with her—that is quite enough le a
,telghborhood Bite this, so extremely
proper -4f 1 may esu the term —
amd your wife is not woman of the
world enough or clever enough to
be able to afford to effect uo..cu-
trtclty," she replier, minim up with
an air of superior wisdom at lier
eon's leoody face.
"My wire Is sill that a womaa
toola be," retorts S1r Maurloe, with
pee heat, and a very proud etre*,
on "sty wife," for he ie tory much to
love with L apsy, and no one must
blame her but hdmrelf.
Lady Dermot ohauge. the Iubleet
dexterouery.
N CI, about those ento talomonts
Yom meet 110 something, you know —
the tenuity expiate it. Shall 1 come
e
over to -morrow aril heap Gipsy with
a llat of ineetatlons ? You could give
a dinner -party first, and then,
shortly titter, a hall, which would
tnoludo everybody."
BIr Maurice groans to spirit, but
oonpliva, and the levitate/0e lento
forth, to the Juy of the eut'roauding
retghborbood, The very heavy din.
nor party, la facet 011 the list, and
Hip g loofa forward to it with pbsl•
LUNG WEAKNESS
Is Due to Poor and Watery
Blood,
Rimy is Why Some People Camtet. Get
Hid ofaCough, and Why it Dee -
dope Into Consumption.
?hm lungs are suet like any! otlt.r
portion 01 tee body—they need a
ooyliMNt supply of pure, riob blood
to kap tneet around and stroeg, It
the Mile aro not strong they are
tumble to meet 'demote and that is
the /'eater) wh,y an apparuutly stm-
ple bold, silage u, til the petl.ut
grows waster end weaker and fin-
ally 1111. a coneuz puce's grate. Dr.
Williams' Pink Ptltr Boyer fall to
strengthen the Musa, because they
make the new, rich red blood which
aloe* can do We work. The most
otnphatio proof that Dr. Williams'
Pink fills re-oulld the lungs and
euro eonsumptlon In its earlier
.lager, is given In the ease of Mie.
Blanche Durand, of St. Edmond,
Que. Min Durand says: "In the
month of September, W01, 1 was
'Isltlpy at the home of an uncle st
LIA.somptlon. One day we were out
boating 1 got my feet wet and
naught cold. The cold seemed to
cling to me and when I returned
home about the end of September, I
was quite 111. I was quite forerleh,
teen gee -'little by iittle, the cough
seemed to exhaust me. I began doe-
torIngd but did not got any better,
and to January, 19tee, the doctor
told me that my lungs were affected,
and that I was in oonsumptlou. At
this time a friend who had come
to see me, advteod me to try Dr. Wil-
liams' !rink Pills, aui I .eat for rix
boxes, The p111s soon began to help
me, its little by little, the cough
grin/ less severe, my appetite became
better, air strength returned, and
I began to have a healthy color. I
used eight boxes of the pills, and we■
then fully recovered. I am euro that
Dr. Williams' Pink Palle saved my
life add I shall always! speak grate-
fully of thorn.
Such cares as these tell Lotter
then mere word, the power of I)r.
William' Pink Pills. They, ours all
ooflltltutloBal weaklieee because
they go right to the root of the
trouble and build up the blood. That
U why they never fail to euro rheu-
matism, lumbago, kidney and liter
trouble*, headache*, backaohe., In-
digestion, biliousness and all other
blodd diseases. Sold by all dealers or
sent post paid at 50 cents a box
or Mx boxes for .250, by writing
direet to the Dr. Williams' Medicine
CO., Bra/41111a Oat. Substitutes are
sonetimw offered, but you Gan al -
we iretest youraelt by seeing that
the fall name "Dr, Williams' Pink
Anil now at laat the ,young wife
stands dressed and ready for the
crisis, looking at herself a little visa
telly In the large mirror as her meld
pets the lest tfnlaldng towhee to her
toilet. ;dao is 'dressed to black
to -night, adorned with soft, (limey
lace; dlnmmonite 1n her hair Bhlne
like Marc and flash and sparkle
on the velvet round her neck.
"How pretty they aro!" Olpey
'nye, softly, watching the rays of
light flashing and cbauging.
"How pretty you aro 1" says Sir
Maurice, advancing In the spotless
simplicity of male evening attire.
"'Stand out, Gipsy, and let me look
at you"; and he surveys the slight
little figure In the sable garments,
with the sweet, witching face up.
raised and the eyes looking up to
answer hie smile. "You Ibok very
"Yes, darling, of course, when the
proper moment comes!'
"But wheu le the proper moment t"
"a•' asks, holding his hand and strok-
ing It.
ids !coke down tenderly.
"Oh, any time, clear—when n 011,.
Oen stop in. the talk oceure, and you
gee huller patling on their glover,
and then yoe glue tills sort of look'
—releing his eyebrows—",you know --
al erose between a nod and a wink.
a kind of mutual underetandine.
Look tuward the biggest lady Ib til,
room, and the thing 1s done.(' '
"I shall never do 1t, I know,"
Gipsy save, In a hoplea, voice.
"Couldn't you give me sign, Muir
lee, wheel I reedit to give that look?"
she eek,, imltathtg his expression,
wl.h it uw•tut.,i look In her cyte.
"All right," he laughs; "I will give
you a hint. lVltou you hear mecough
twice, begin to gaither y'o,u-
bi'I e Ltige together. and lin
mediately despatch a telegraphic
tommerecatlon to Lady Bantard, and
prepare to collect your forces anti
nutreh."
" Yee," evhiepere Gipsy, tlluklig
what nn awful ordeal It all Ie, ".1 rd,
dear," she Saye, coaxingly, "you will
belle all the people t, go in rl;tht,
won't you ? I never could ell with a
little bit of paper, like Aunt Kath-
erine, and peak at the names when
no ono tg looking. I know I would
bo euro to do something wrong.".
" 1 will pair them off all right,"
Sir Maurice ways.
And by sad by filpey finds herself
following everybody, her fingers on
Lord Bantnrd's coat sleeve, and
wondertug what on earth elle 10 to
say to hm. He does not give her
much trouble on that ecore, for,
when ot_ce be has settled himself le
A M0TGEit't; L'AftL;
Furors mother knowe the constant
mire a little child requires, and to
the young and haetdxrienced mother
who 1s carleg for her Tic et baby there
is 110 other period It her die more
tryleg. In the littlo illo that are cer-
tain to come to ala Infante and young
cldidren, the mother—especially the
young and inexperienced mothcr—
m,u'cely knows what to c1o. It le to
meet emergencies of this kind that
Baby'1 i)wu Tilblets aro offered to
all motheta:, Three Tablets are an ab-
solute euro for all the minor ailment.
of .ittle 0110"., and should conetnntly
bo kept in every home where there
aro young children, Sickness comes
• h
ick. —witi
ib ' y $ y e Otvn Thnblets at
legal the emergency la promptly stet.
Mrs, It. 11. Laltuq )tountuln Ont.,
treys : "I can recommend Baby's Own
Ttibiete to all mothers who heave
;roes or dIltcate etlilireu. I do not
know how 1 eou:d get along without
them,' The Tablets are guaranteed
free from opiate& or harmful drugs
and crushed to a powder may bo ad-
mtntetered with ab.o'nte Safety to a
new bora babe. Sold by n11 drug-
gists or seat by mail at 25 cents a
box by writing direct to the Dr. Wil-
liams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont
hie chats, and gtancud at the menu,
tilt mind for the rest of the everIng
reals exclusively on the business be-
fore him Gipey'e timid remarks fall
Eke a eoothing murmur on hie ear.
Ho condeece,,d, to ask her a feiv
questions between the courses, but,
being deaf as a poet, he fallo to cateh
her answers, acid only nods his apo-
plectic head in reply,
" How pretty your wild flowers are,
Lady Dermot 1" t
Olpey turns tomcat Colonel Bryan*
eyed fixed on her wltb the strange,
into t look that alwaye pussies her
vro much.
" Yes, do you like them?" sae re-
turns. smiling, and finds that a few
remarks at tette heed of her own
dinner -table are not so hard to make
atter nil.
11r Maurice ►oaks down across the
flowers and shining glass at ills
wife's fair, lovely face, and till' ke
that, of all the tacos gracing the fes-
tive board, hers le the sweetest of
all.
Mise Blake, In her eerene fovellneee,
regards her rival with a superb In-
difference. The general r'ixort In the
neighborhood le that Miee Blake
means to console herself wItb Colonel
Bryan ; and site 11 certainly making
herself very agreeable to -night.
Once elle !clots at Gipsy, attttle in
the place efts once thought would be
here, and into the cold, proud ince
Comes a look that It is well Glpey
does not see.
The long dhinee draws to a close;
the servants Leave the room at Inst,
Lord Bantard devours about a poucd
of grapee, rind Miss Blake plass soli!"
a peach. Old Mrs. Bryan is telling a
,plteful story that scuds every one
into a fit of laughter, and Citrate'
begin, to wonder when her hueband
will glee the signal. She kxoke at
him anxiously. no Is sleep In cou-
toreatton with htdy Bantard.
The Dowager Lady Dermot le
drawing ou her gloves.
"Ought 1 to move now 7" think!
Dipey, lit an agony, meting a longing
glance even at Auut Katherine, who
to, however, loo intent on her gloves
to notion her daughter•ln-law.
,Mies Blake epee her bootees' con-
usion ".ted perplexity, and becomes
;verl cooler than lee as she calmly
njoye the eltuatloe.
There 1.4 a genrrnl pause In the con-
ereation ; bud Gipey'e eyes, with et
miserable expression, cast an ale
aeaflng glance at tr Maurfee, which
s utterly umtoticed by him. Her
hreke flush, ale can no longer even
ry to make an attempt at conver-
sation.
onveyBatton.
Colonel Bryan ,omen unexpectedly
othe renews.
" Are you trying to eatch Lady
antard'r ere t" he asks, pleasantly.
Inn't It a rd thing to !alt on Mot
the right moment 7"
Oh, yes(' Gipsy answers, grate-
fully. "Maurice promised to look at
me 'when 1t was time. 11,o you tkink
I ought to get up row T
She looks lovely in bee pretty con -
flagon, yet hie face grows Very grave
le he gases at ger.
enutll In all that blank; but I like
it," Sir Maurice sore, atter looking c
at her In silence (;,r a second or
two; and, as they descend the u'
ltalrcnee together, he promoo her
hand within his arm, whispering 1
fondly, "My darling, what have I t
clone to be bloated with such a r
wife i"
She gives him one brief, glorlbne
look that lights up her ince like the
meoldne on a mountain side, and t
together they pane through the
ball Into the dining -room to await B
the arrival of the guests, Ilere Sir
Maurice, with no watchful lady's
maid to observe hie every look.
theses bis wife fondly, and tells her
sae grows more lovely every day.
"Maurice," she say., halt-rmtllag,
Pole for Pale People1s printed on halt-'erloue, "won't I have to get
At Wrapper eroaad Seem bot. es Orel after dimmer t<'
" Forgive me," he op, ns she
(Iuellee up suddenly, "but 1 always
thh k 1 meet have seen your face
before—it le eo fa.mlllkr to Inc.",
" No—you could Lever have seen
me , but pertntpe"--tvltb a half -!tope
to her voice a::e1 fare.—"I: mh;lit hnv"
been Sibyl , we were greedy alike,"
Rhat Is there In the sample words
to being a euddea puller to Lis
cheeks?
"Bnr you toll me the w*, dead?"
he eetye, Inn low voice.
Ti'.,""Gipsy whin/wee,. softly and
reverently , "but 1 fit alai' you might
have seen her orae, perhaps', when
elle was at school"
" No ; 1 rim quite sure 1 nevor did,"
he repine, hastily.
Gipsy ,tae forgotten all about
Sir ifaurice's signal. Ho lute
coughed half a dozen times; Lady
Ituatard Lite looked at her In vain.
And now Gipsy Tooke up with a
start, to see a frown on her hus-
band's face, and Aunt Katherine
regarding her with missed eyebrows
and an expression of aetonleluueet.
Like a 80011ed child, she Mantle up
lastly, crhueon•cheekocl and shame-
faced, tie dile Ives that fleet night
at dinner at Drumaueon Castle long
ago. tyle feels that Maurice le are
gry ; and he regards her gloomily
as oho passes, and answer" her
timid, longing glance with coldness.
fie does not see the tears that dim
her eyes. Miss Blake's remark—"I
thought we were going to be kept
there all night 1"—as mho swept out
of the room, having reached hie
oars, bete Irle.reaeed his annoyance„
and has mad° him feel as he felt
on that first night ho brought
Gipey hone.
In Iieert—Nazareth the poor, the
wicker!, the despleed. And out of
Nazareth good still comes. Out of
every eel' some good thing may be
drawn, with effect more positive
cud I:etiig because of Its origin.
With every ulfliatiou there Is a
tleesirrg. With every trial there 1r
r hraul11. For every heartache
that dose not lmeitter there
is n heart-throb tbat soothes and
ria bl'c o. Tha Iitw of nature le tnll-
tnsUfy log. 11 le the law of com-
p nsatkei. Why neat we worry ?most
of us have (1iwpovored that we do
not got oocbiug fur something. Every
effort mounts. There never was it
etniggle without a victory, tbough
It may not have been the port of
victory fur which wo etrugglnud.
There 11rIo wnv a meannuee done
lot that the perpetrator suffered
from the reeved. There never was
a crime committed, but that the Crim -
bail pail 110 penalty. Daye, months,
1 years may chapel --,hut the 'reckon -
j Ing Is Inevitable. Nature le an ex-
, pert accountant. She never erre. On
all omens elle lnvl°u a tax, and we
must pray. For honest endeavor eine
makes an allowance, and she must
pay. Tho coin is not always a tunes
choosing. \1'e may etruggle fur riches
and find content; for fame and win
1ove1 for caste acid win character.
Thy who plod and go down by the
wayside are act wholly comfortiees.
B>motlmo, the comfort is greater
titan the goal. Nor does the crim-
inal who escapee the noose evade the
oye of nature's law. ilie peace of
mind pays the death penalty a thou-
sand time"., and the ehrivelling of
his soul le the price of Ids stn.
Tho oaueo for worry nee wlthea
oftener than without. Nut the out-
er s0 much as the timer cou,iltfom
regulate our living. Ilepptnese,
beauty, content—these things are
beyond the incidento of conditions
and people and event:. They aro 1n
00 They are expended or restricted
by the boundaries of our souls. The
beauty of nature le nut tutrtnsic.11
fhretuates necordtng to our sepia..
tivcnese. Last wtek we reveile,l In
the beauty of a landscape. Today
wo look upon it as' commonpineo. To-
morrow 1t will 1>o sublime, It Is se
with conditione that should yield
content and happluese. To -dory the
firmament of our home Is leaden.
The. gorgrons Unto of yesterday
heto faded. Even the Filar
of hope 1s obscured. In all 1110 world
there Is not one wrom we can call
our illend, Every mane hand b
Ii14Fd ngntuot us; every man's voles.
Is rutted to censure. God Memel! lies
forgotten ue. The injustice, the
e
f111 ruses
the se � r
1 eb e
n 1 en a of ell
weigh upon us' with mighty opprea-
sion. If we Are men, we despair.
If wo are women we weep. A11 be-
c•tuso our focusing apparatus la oat
of gear. All because that delicate
interne) mechanism wldeli makes for
each hie Individual heaven or hell
le temporarily disarranged.
Our world to largely what we make
it. Destiny, environment, heredILory
tendency—those things sink Into in-
signiticnnce beneath the power of
our will and the poeelblbtles within
our Soule. The universe with all Its
richee, all ire pr'vtleees, n11 ate joys,
1, ours for the ; . It waits to
be conquered, bu 't waits for the
master hand. Fore. lable, Indeed, le
everything worth while to the
Fearful, to the Doubtful, to the
Weak In Spirit. To these every ob-
eteet° ie magnified. 'Po the Brave In
Heart there are no obstacles. They
wade through them and use them
110 stepping stones. They are im-
pelled by hope—begot of their faith.
They are sustained by courage—be-
got of their hope. They hare
strength and endurnnce—begot of
their courage. Therefrom emneate's
success. And therelu Iles the anti-
dote for worry.
CHARIER XXII.
"I dreamt that 1 dwelt In marble
halls,
With tamale and serfs by my nide;
And of all the., assembled within
those walir
Throe I was their joy and pride."
The familiar words, In hie wife's
rich voice, reach SIr Maurice Der.
mot's ears as the men enter the
drawing rootsand their clatter of
tongues cease at once. They stand
irroupr"l In the doorway, listening to
the song, to the sweet, mild voice
that Is singing so plaintively.
"Ana I nal) dreamt, which charmed
me the meet.
('Ib be ooitinuede
yttiillett441itttttti+iiia
Don't Worry.
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tti++tt
t ii t
Goethe said he never had an af-
fliction that ho dal not turn into
a poem. Which bit of sunrhino ph1l-
ueophy is worth all the peewit
Goethe ever wrote. It 1r an epic.
1t Is sublime. It is the keynote on
whistt the woman who worl'1011 may
tuuo ber harp for every day—and
there will never 1>e a initiated, coin -
meets an entbuslaettc women writ-
er, who adds;
To weave poetry out of afflic-
tion ; to find the hidden blessing
In every trial; to gala patience
and enduring power from suffering;
to carve character out of crosses
—therein Iles the secret of your
true philosopher, and therefrom
gueh tho springs of happiness,
There is a knack reheat bearing
crosses lightly. It 1. born of good
cheer and good sense and good
will. No cross le ever too broad
for the bnek It fatal. upon. Yet
backs" do break beneath their bur-
dens. 1t le because they struggle
and r, eel and will not adjust them-
selves. It le because they resist
rather than co-operate with the
laws of the universe, which distri-
butee Joys and sorrows according
to rule:
"Homo days must be dark and
dreary.
Into each life some rain must fall."
le 1t all su nshlto we wish ? Then
what or the crepe 7 Is it all Joy we
wish ? Then the quality of our Joy
were cheapened. It is with snffer-
ing an0 sorrow we sound the
depths that let our joye sink deep.
It Is when darknoss falls that wo
catch the splendor of the stare. It
le trbon man forsakes that the re-
alize the 11vinc loyalty of Gal. Out
of Nazareth came ahriet, the Pure
Ferry Nr Spoke.
The performance hod begun, but
the young woman In the fifth row
still kept her hat on.
I beg your pardon, madam," said
the men ratting dtrectly behind her,
leaning forward and addressing her
in a whisper, "but I can only ere
about half the etnge. Will you kind-
ly remove your hat 7"
" Certainly, sir," she replied.
R•b,'r open the firewater] benuty—
ter It was ohs'—took her hat off.
Acrd the man hekind her couldn't
sen nnything on the stage.
EASY TO LET
A COLD RUN ON.
Until It Develops Into Pneumonia or Consumption—Easy
to Cure a Cold If You Use
DR, CHASE'S SYRUP OP LINSEED AND TURPENTINE
It 111 easy to let a oold rna o..
You may Beg with others that you
always let a ooid take care of it-
self. There is a danger of follow-
ing thte plan Otto. too often. At
t1ls season of the year the Mage
seem to be unusually eueceptlblo to
disease, Duel before you suspect it
pneumonia or consumption bad
seated knelt In your system. It is
possible you hate tris) the Bough
mixture, which druggiete offer to
their customers. Tllheee m'ty do well
enough for slight colds, tickling tm
the throat, but they are powerless
le the presence of serious tlivemle,
Dr. (Dam's' Syrup of Lieeeed and
Turpentine is tar macre then a cough
remedy. It mores the 00111 an well
as loosening and easing the cough.
It take' the pales out( of the 1,onee 1
and readies the very meat et tine
ilseaee whes there lo pais esti
tfgitaese to the Rest. It, week, set
be tee mor10 to .ay that It,'. (bus'.
llyrsp of IAnes a rose 'renovates '
eared thwaa•ol, el pawls fres,
M. see sea chert . Misr"
Is not a village of hamlet :s Cos -
tide whore this fermate !meliy
treatment in not recnguieeel an a
mart unusually effective cure for
croup, ioronehitle, wahine, coughs
noxi odlds.
ler. Ikneld Gralatn, No. US tbl-
Irr,,lar street, Toronto, elates:
„My Cee, nlr, an tit ,vc':are of age,
woe developing all the symptgiue
of pnrnmoida when we eornneat>cd
eating Lon Ire. ('duo's Syrup of
and 'hu•p,'utine. It very enlek-
ly rbea•Lr,1 the advance of disease,
and in a inv days Ire otos at; well
as ever, n. el )e no',.', going to eobooj
regularly. I have now great faith
in this valucihte remedy, and shall
reee>uc,aeud At 'to nee !ciente.'
ius't take ewytMag saki t. be
"Met MD good.'" Time 1. ns' tbreAt
and lung ■edieise Jset as gemd as'
Dr. !mase', Syrup .f Liaised and
7ferpemt1.a lieuela4gr title when
ireyleg, end Wirt ea backing Dr.
t eae•'e' ; iii .moss a ieitkt. AN
eeerevtt, o Nein►ss.s, Amax