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r,he 111(11(10 ('01,10)01)1, of those !t;, bald something; and she conquered her sur
1eown none butsorrows of sentimeet 11111se to tears, and after a lonely hoar
f,rr those who are furred 10 consider -pont by the oulbms of the fur till ell
FIcH.TE
FORTUNE
"11 -ell, you 11nnn', it luul,', s.o odd!" ! gate for himself, but to take Doris with
"'It. is ;in odd elecumslman that. brie him
c Igen' _:at least, it .seems add to ate." , "Ile in ill, thea?" Doris said, in a low
"Yes; Ian you ionto tom stayimgh(r. �I voice, 01011 6c had finished his recital.
):111'1: do au1' good, .1111, on the other I "tlh, don't he alarmed about that,
hand, perhaps, if you were to meet hint, i Doris! Providence has only sent hint a
it "tad be vera 10)111,01,00a for both of ; little touch of indisposition to make him
you just tow; and he, being off his I more amenable to good influences,' said
head as it were. ,lust naw, and lathered 1 l.'harlie, who was getting hilarious int the
and worried, he alight ---well, there's no' belief that all would come right at last.
slaying body he might take it."
"Indeed it is very hate{ upon hint that
he should be liable to the annoyance of
meeting itis wife!" said Dooio, with ris•
ieg spirit, .
Vo, no; of touts he's to blame; ho
has done very wrong, and he deserves
anything yea could Bay to him. But,
1lorie, David is 1eelly-1 ie 1("_t any it -
such a good old 1)011010, so rand, so -so -
well, such a good-hcau'l('d fellow, that---;
that 1 can't boor to think Ile ehonld be
uncomfortable and tmhatppy, 1 knots I.
have no right to advise you, and you
may brawl me up as mei' as 3011 like;
hilt I 1.1111. sure you, wlio,arel 0o good your.
self, (rou1(1111 like a. scandal, and people
talk, but would rather forgive and make
it up again, Well, if yon would go back
quietly to town, It would all 001110 right,
Met David would Gime brick like the lost
,beep and the l'rodignl Son, and then you
could blots hint up, and it would be all
over, and you could live happy ever af-
ter. 'Phere now wouldn't that be beet"
Doris Istened to this not very -1.1001.
arty (110000100 with the there running
down her cheeks. After a uom01fo
CHAPTER XX.
Doris was very silent during the drive,
and Charlie had deet enough to restrain
his glib tongue, seenng that his compan-
ion eras not in the mood to appreciate
his conversation as she ought. Although
her thoughts during the hast tee days
had run on little, else, than a hotted -for
meeting with her lu1sbl)nd, and she had
pictured to herself it variety of way's to
which n reconciliation alight come about,
now On 411m moment. was so their' -.,Ie
tried in 0;111) to decide oat the \verde she
ougtdt to use, theattitede She ought to
take, to bring Daavid, penitent and loving,
to he Lents, She had half resolved at
last to be very calm, very quiet, to be•
have as nearly as possible as if nothing
had happened to divide them, this being
the line of colldu01,8Ile believed. the least
likely: to offend his (1(110ate susceptibil-
ity.
It carica: her, with the deafness of
mental vision which often conics to 110
at a 1..1111e of high excitement, as strange
that she, certainly the innocent, ger,
talinly the injured party,, should be the
pause. she said rattan bitterly: one to have to conte hnn1b13', with down,
"Atom advice is thrown aw'n,l', as there rnati 0(1(1. ey0s 01)4 10ee0 re0dy to head
10 nothing left fur ere to do but to go in supplication or in tlluuktuitiess, ac -
heck to tow)), David has left Brighton, cording to 1111' 11(00(1 10 which also offend.
and 1 don't know where he i0." -
Chalie tela evidently relieved; ho
iuul dreaded the lxusequenees of a meet -
10g nnw'eleone to the lean, laving a
every' strong feeling that nothing teas 00
likely to doterinine David to "11011 for
it." Ars it was, with( the fear
of immediate frietio0 removed,
he (Grated much to the Healing
influence of time, the caprice M Airs,
1{1111 on, and the natural goodness of two.
111a;rt.; w•hielt had unaccountably shown
✓'u little disposition to beat together,
Charlie did not feel that he couldAlf:
ford the:"estrla" of sentiment in his own
marriage; but a woman- with seven
010110011d a year can afford what she
pleases, and, as for 1)avid, lw113) how any'
wrutan could he married to him not be
ready to make any sacrifices neces0nry
to his eenvenitmee, Charlie, vvho wits as
loyal to his male friends as he was irre.
sponsible in his dealings with the inferior
sex, could not understand.
The Object of his tete a -tete, and in-
deed of his visit to Brighton, being thus
attained, Charlie turned back with
Doris; and they soon rejoined Gussie,
who was found enjoying a lige' and
evidently waiting for them, though ho
podes0ed that he had lost sight of them
by accident and that lie had been hunt
inti fur them ever since.
- They were all rather subdued as they
walked buck to the Queen's, where they,
,
Said g'ood•byo, as the young Wren hail to
chum to town early the, next morning.
• O the following afternoon Doris re.
11
tinned to London, She called upon 1101
graielmotlIOr in the evening, 01111 was
ninth relieved on discovering that the
old lady did not attempt to take her to
tasa for her escapade; she had even the
11)' t •1(t to abstain from any refer
off quite tranquilly.
Doris• lived through the next few days
iu a dyena-like, objectless manner, al
way's hoping for some tidings, brat almost
despairing of the penitent return Charlie
and Mrs. Edgeombe seemed to expect. Ai
last tidings mune.
111" had been ba01c in her own Home a
weal' when Charlie Papillon called upon
her late one afternoon and greeted her
big party should deign to receive her,
She told liad no love affairs of her own,
aur had site ;tidied deeply' those of outer
pimple, r t she might have learned some-
thing from the prostrate, ridiculous
meekness in courtship of many a manly'
young fellow who meals to )tare it all
hi. oww'11. way 111 marriage, and
who, with more or less modifica-
tion, succeeds. 'Coo strong and too
niede,1 10 11100 any (raving for
rale, she did not yet filly understand
,the weakness of the nature to which sho
liad innocently- looked for guidance, did
not: understand that in events of jetport.
once she would always have to take the
initistive in a tore or less veiled man-
ner, or risk disaster to both of them, It
10110 dark when t11e brougham stopped.
too dark for Doris to see, even if she hard
been in a humor to notice, the appea r-
anee of the house. the door of which was
slowly opened after Charlie Papillon's
-wind ring.
Doris was led into the house, up the.
dark staircase, to the second floor, and
into a large room where the gas had not
yet been lighted.
"Who's that!" asked David's vole(,
hoarse and broken -not like the gent1a
tones which had been half the secret 01
his popularity,
"It's only some friends cone to see
you, ser answered the landlady', real'
suringly, "HeeeTwhere's ale matches!
I'll light the gas luetic 10iuute, ma'am,
and then you'll be able to see for you -
self how' 111 the poor oebtleinan looks.
I'm thankful, in1ecd, to fend be has
friends to look after hint fur he seems
real rorty and Ione -like,"
The woman, who seemed to be from
se •res nal a the country, and not yet smoke-drted in.
()tree to David, so that the visit passed] to the more 0010111011 form of bloodless
and blood -sucking London landladyhood,
ligated two burners of the dusty chande-
lier, and revealed a pitif11 sight enough.
On the faded green sofa, with its back
to one of the windows sat David, pale,
hollow-eyed, haggard. and unshaven. Ho
had raised his head from an uneasy rest-
ing -place of musty cushions on their em
trance; and now, as the unwelcome light
fell upon his dazed and staring eyes, he
with a subdued excitement which made got up unsteadily and, advancing a step,
her draw hack, look anxiously into his tried, with an Englishman's instinctive
face. and whisper- wish to avoid a scene, above all, beforo
witnesses to say, "How do you do 7" and
that he was glad to see them.
But the sight of her husband, a horror-
struck glance at the miserable surround.
Ings, had put all 1)oris',prepared speeches
and rules of conduct to flight. The tears
were in here yes, her voice had in its
ring the new -forma tenderness of a young
mother, as elle took one of his hands,
and, with a 1)1111 and gentle touch of his
right shoulder, persuaded him to resume
his see. Ile looked into her face in 11
such 6(0) 111 ; a luxury. decided that she. I110 hausc ells still, she ,,ray
purse 11)
1111 1,011 n un et Hope)' that
IN i (0 lit pa 11 1' ett. 110 11(1' ambn0•
do' obediently heti omul the landlady
u of e tome, lea( lag the husband and
8itc clone together. Rath felt lntba
iter at cure. Doul heart was burst•
(„
) ud ta0
h '1" , w ue..s 111
...v 1 leu tet l c
alit, n inu,:d,�phvsually 111111 mentally
unfit. fol uq' forthor shock, as she,
111111')' eensit it'e to Ino feelings, more clear-
sighted than she had formerly been, alio'
linctly felt, Ile broke away from the
la00h of her hand, and walked to the
tint' phaco, where a fire was binning. But
ho shivered 1(s he stood before it, and
10,rled against the nn11ntel-piece, with Ida
head o1 his hand.
"There is a draught from this win-
der," she said, after a pause, glancing at
the tattling panes behind the sofa.
"Yes," said he; "Md. my head aches;
and it was cool there."
ale w'as grat01)11 to her for going
straight to commonplace, not heedless
either of the new tenderness .in her
v0100; he became on the instant less
afield of 1)01'; and as she said nothing
more, he hulled his head slowly just fat'
enough to he able to glance furtively at
her, But, rapid as the look '1 0s, it Guild
001 ()seep( ihe notice of 1)01 steadfast,
loving eyes. Dais came nearer to him,
slowly. seductively, as one 1101, to a.
timid animal One wishes to taupe.
"Yon ere feverish, 1) thin] '1sh0 said,
gently; ",yon have caught cold. lest
your hands are cold, and" -she drew oft
her glovo, and .put her right band 000050-
iugly on his forehead, so that he did not
know what was coming until le was half
in her embrace -"and your head is 'hot.
You are not well at a11; you will have
to submit to he nursed for a day or two,
1. feel sure,"
She tried to speak quite: lightly, not
yet sure what: emotion a too -rends dis-
play of 0ager)tess to have 10111 bad:
might awake in him; but her voice, gen-
tle, loving, not etitirely stead, was 00
eloquent that nn passionate harangue
could h00h touched him more with sen-
sations
em
sations of shame and self-contempt 004
a n0tt' ennvictom of the 0010,11 u, 0,1)11!1
he had misjudged his wilds 1181 Ore.
"'Thank you --ire is nothing- yon ,(1e
much too good to me," he said restlessly,
and then, with an uneasy consciousness
that his last words summed 1(p the whole
situation lie turned away from the fire-
place 11(11 as Charlie re-entered the room.
"Come along, old Davy! Ilere -where's
your uvercoa.t You mustn't go out with-
nnt it this (readier. .lits. Glyn, 1 (rust
tirouhlc you to do your husband's pack-
inlg, as 1 nue employed in packing 1(p your
husbandl
And, es Doris b 18tied about the room,
filling in a random and immethodical
manner David's small portmanteau with
newspapers of the day, before, slippers,
the peri wiper belonging; to the room,
and (trything else that. her hands felt
upon, Charlie of his side. 10ept up the
commotion with a volubility of ehidiah
talk which left their' prisoner no chance
of protest, mud enveted beautifully the
awkwardness of the situation, 'Thu. 11011.0
home, with Charlie squeezed into the uu-
cu0d'urtatrle little front scat of the
brougham, was managed with equal sue-
ee.0s, the actual home -coming with even
more, 110 the indefatigable Papillon, in-
telligently seconded by Doris antes1 see -
0e00011 110 giving tete ontious and suspt-
eiaus servants the bupres0100 that their
master's ab0ence had been of a more
coumenplaco and less interesting 1atiu''
than they' had believed,
But, when Charlie, after etay'ing to a
dinner at which he did all the eating
and all the talking, and spindulg a0 110,10
in the dia,itgrmint (01)1)11 on11 his
presence saved from being awkwrod, s.tw
that the time had came when D,evid s
evident fatigue made it impossible for
hint to help the unhappy, couple lougcr,
and when he had wrung both their hand-
with a. sincerity which touched Doris's
heart and hurt her fingers, the airy 1dtil-
osupher bade then, good -night awl tied:
1110 departure. David, with an 001,00
burst of friendship, 10' with a cow'nrd1y
tear of being at lust left helplessly alone
w'fth his wife, rushed out litter 11)1)) into
the hall, and thous) on to the dour•step,
regardless o1' a duet of warning 1101)
eila lie on the pavement and Dari,: at
the dlaning- oom door.
'Chen Da'fd cane bnelc 1nd,a0 the front
door closed, 1)oris slipped into tial diaw--
hug-ron1 again with excited nttpn'hen•
-ion of the segue width 1111101 101luv, fail,
11 did not David merely ommed the
door, nail, saying sweetly, "Good -night,
dear. 1'nl so tired that 1 think 1'11 go
to bed. A long night may do 111y head
good," he disappeiu'ed 11gaiu before she
Aad 1014 time to take more than a step
toward the door as site said, "Oh, good-
night, dealt"
he 11(1x1 1nat101)0 she heard him goi)lg
np0t ere.
Doris was dismayed. She, had meant
to male his return easy' for haul, and
she. had 00)100dctl so far as to make it
too easy. She had meant to pave the
way for a reconciliation, o11 explanation,
1011 ,1(t apology, 00 matter how sketchy',
horn quickly accepted and Bushed up by
the ready affection site was willing to
bestows she felt that ening advance on
the past of her husband 00, tiny her
due after ell the s,tcrifieea she lied nude cold. almost d0.pu0103 00100,
10 her o1n pride, 11l the pain he had Re took it from her sand read it. Care•
without. fault of hers, made her suffer. folly, then 110 handed her a letter of bis
Own „1011lg'l.
"I have ,just reeeiyed this Renal it."
It w a; the letter' frou, :ht's. Ilodsoll.
Sinniou ting , repugetiucc which made
her dun scarlet as she touched the
pip, r. Doris tool it, and read an 1)15 )111.
tial, in bei' old charming style, with all
the Case:Mating liveliness and piny -
fel line. of emnmaud which made every
written wed Allis in the ell's as if if
were being spoken by the writer, 10
111000(11 evening at the Latins, to which
David was Dur) to bring the charming
wile lie diel int half -appreciate as he
nt1_fit.
Doris gate it back withimt a. wo'd, but
' V1 bat is it? lou have heard s011e-
glhiubl"
"1:10 nod put your things on, Doris,'
he answered mysteriously, and not with
out triumph. "Remember, it was I who
found him."
.fc 100uldi not tell 1100 anything »ore
then; but, as they th'ave along to few
minutes later in the direction of the city,
he doled oat, bit by bit, jealously, proud-
ly, the iotelli 000 he had for her -how,
0.1 hearing a messenger had been sent
to David's office in Somerset House, henry, surprised way. without seeming
asking if there were 11113' letters for Air. able to 111at1 any logical deduction from
Glyn:, he • had waylaid that bol', and the 111100peefed nature of the action.
bribed him to disclose Air, (alyn'0 Irid1ug ' 1tc will he all right now," she said,
place, which proved to be a city lodging tuning to tho landlady, with a tearf1111y
horst: how' he had further 10100011 that •;nrilin;? flee; "I am going to take hint
\titlya wet; ill, upon the receipt (1f
001(10)1 tidings he Ind at once resolved leek rather t i 1 crestfallen at the. prosue ^t
nut len (('ante' tine by' going to invests- of losing' her lodger so $0011. 130141, Will,
IT _
There is Only One
"Brom® Quinine's'
That Is
Laxative Br®'..r .o ; tkiln ifl
USED THE WORLD OVER TO CURE A COLO 111 ONE DAY.
Always remember the full name. Look c
for this signature ou every boo. 25c. 7
to teal,
I)uv1d was aelecp, s1( ,01tc thought. ISA!,
W11'11. 8811.m�t11', tde fe 1 1 in 1a it ort trit1)01(1 a look at, hint. It
1(.n Mail on 1(1 pthw (try at 1.1 els 1t vert s11o't 11019)
bar of disturbing no 1i tad
n.-uea,r err :,tau,,;
01 :ALT!, legit i lida0-Madan). -11y' 'wife and S loin
0)0111el it lens true that his mind - ii 1hald1113 you for your very 1,ind im-
000i1ru0ed 0110(1(111 10 let hill) nut so soca, vitation. 11 is only one more instance of
and esti. 11(111so1
1 move Irl Ala '1'. i l ( and 1
presently' heard 111 I •o and
1, 1 s i 1 1 remora u
11 1 y t the kinel (111(1 n ,y
tate, soft touch of his lips upon lin Cat • 11, e ,ilw 1ya taken in our mutual hllppf-
wide o look iu which she could not ]tide
disgust.
"And this is my answer," said David,
wh,1 hod been finishing 1)10 note as she
read,
Nit Doris' ,hand trembled now 00 she
The 1,011,11 1011.5 1183110110, t111(i tie illyd
110•; 1,11,10 the OuPc, fatuLhOnrted kis,
she. reit, 11)11) pessiiu0tc affection indeed,
but colt-reerondl, gratitude, penitence• --
a doze» feeling, which showed that. tar
rend was smoothed for her march, which
she might well flatter herself would in
tine be 0 triumphant one. (lo she at
length fell asleep with hope in her heart.
1111 next three days and nights passed
evenly, with no outward eventfulness 0t
all. A third person would have been
acute if lot had perceived any ditferenee
i)i 1,110i0 general conduct or their bettor -
old life before the late disaster.
1)nvld trent to his office as usual; true
he returned earlier than before, but be
was not ptudieulaly entertain ng or live-
ly; and it was only little by little that
his wife 10801ugiuuing, by persistent and
unv11ryiug sweetness more assured than
of old, to cur)' him of a habit of shrink-
ing nway front her, which had taken the
place of his former lifeless passivity in
tees. You will be pleased to learn, how
ever, that, chiefly through your kind
agency, '1 have learned a lesson toward
altpreciatiug her better, w11i(1) makes it
impossible for 1110 to spare even so much
of her society as n visit together to the
Lamle Would give to others than my•
self, Forgive my selfishness, and he•
hese me to remain, 0111,110110,
"Yom's very frilly,
"David G1yu1'
Doris begun to cry; so her husband
gently look the note away frau her, loot
her tears should spoil it, folded 11). got
it into a1 envelope, and wrote the dir'oe.
tion.His wife meanwhiie tried to re-
lays) her sobs and dried her eyes.
Then David got up, drew her to hint
with the firm warm clasp she had yearn-
ed for so long, and1 kissed the nap of
her neck fervently, repeatedly-, without
at first speaking.
"What 000 von crying tot?" he whis-
pered at last. "Are yon sorry I've found
het'u'esencr. Even this sign of a change i rate. taut,. I've been 'a. fool and a brute
1
she ac0ejltnt hopefully; that he should --sorry that yon have conquered my Darn
el 0 sense of shone)) in her 11100ce1 shnnie--sorry that i love you?"
f1y 1
"Oh, David!" della all 011 had to say
to hint.
But he sat again in hi. chair, and
drew her to his knees. and, utterly eon -
the triutil ib, by force of her Own rfafn3 (oared. excited r 7' ler passion ate reerp-
1
spirits. of nulking him gnitl animated tion of his tardy confession, ler'. poured
out iu00hereet words -into her symita-
lhctic eats --words which, broken as they
were. no Understanding except hers eonld
have interpreted 00 the history of his
fear of her coldness, weak yielding to al
show of syulpnthy, his struggles, remorse,
demmir and penitence.
Doris could not hear mud), eve) if the
Ulan has Leen eloquent enough to tell
was 0)1101tely better than that he should
feel nothing at (111; and she hall succeed-
ed at last in passing quite at cheerful
evening with hind, in 101101 sho had had
when the nest morning it chill w'as east
0(01 her new hopes by the arrival of two
letters, both containing tidings of her al-
ways•nnnumthoncd rival
(Inc was 11 letter directed to lie' bus•
brand in Airs. 1lndsods handwriting; the
postmark was Richmond -Doris waas
euriaus enough to ascertain that, as she
took 1110 letter in her hand, before her
len buod came down, and felt a violent nlucll, abet 0. patl0e, a broken word, n
,ti>h 10 tear it 1(I t Anil throw it into the look.. told her sympathetic heart. more
than sho 8014)11)1 to 11,10'0: 1 h harrier
ore. However, 1,(e replaced it 01) the tun between the two natures wits 1)0010011
letof the pile, tred, 11fwi,lfttl of her own drown forever. The world would g" on
his eye prepared abb watch his face when 110 before for Ilion; they would err
his eyes should fall 00n it ca ie hap• 'Pio, 11)07' would suff1r again; but 1111'
peered of 00111-0 00oe soon f he came 111011 error would not be. of the d1n• toward
the roan. H i became 1(t first red, there
whirr, and "lanced ❑t Iris wife a•hnse the other. and the suffering time might
eves a301
fell after the fh'st 000d leek bring them ibev twoul(1 lnn
she had ventured to take at lois face. Ile (The ls'nl'Jr together,
r
said nothing about the letter, 01111, turn- RALPH CCNNCF.
Mg over the whole pile as if carelessly,
opened and read the rest; but, as Doris
noticed, he left Diet one unread. and He Believes Sudden Conversion is
she dared not ask him why. After Better Than Reform.
breakfast, however, which was short, De. C'narlea w-. Gordon, 010101 o) 01. Step -
and during which the talk (('08 like their lien', Church, A". norig boatet kuonru by hie
Step -
old tulles, interudtteot and constrained, non 1011(0 of 'x,dph Contmr,' l8 0110 0f 11)0
he gathered up all his letters, Mrs,Hod- most In;eresiing and notable evangelists 00-
1011'' ttuou301 them, ,I 1111 disappeared ill' sIstlor In 11)0 creat 1001,1(1 now being held
to the library'. w l'11;irdtlphia by 10. ChTelnrau :1111 0),
She sta't(1) up, longing to follow hint, Alosa Hereat '011,:11 ,•tach L= .1,001„80 (0)1,1
,feeling that now et hist she must huge 1,010)10 5111000).
8emo monis a50 sai'a elm \en 30)11
that scene, 0101 oIbnax to Iter per11•l1p 'weekly Wltnea,.' lye. Cha 0000 conducted a
feelings, for which her feminine nature mission in Winnipeg. Following the delztrt-
11a11 long been yearning. ''Prudence got era of Dr. Ohapnlan and ads 03010 10001 'tbn
city, lir. Gordon received into his church
the Netter of her again, and told her 177 l taons av ris result of the wo:It there,
she must not risk her patient work by a and he has 100 more nines 011 1110 list who
premature ('ogagenlent. Resolutely she arc to be 'atee,00 w, a00 a targe number
of t11am ho boideves will ba wan. Thea barge
took 11p the letters to which she had logatheriug so Pleased and impressed Dr.
been till now' too deeply (templed to at- 01rdo0 and fllied him with such evaoad-
bolir fervor, (hat he (00010110 to ,olid Irl the
tend. The first she opened was from N bt0110iphia eampat¢o.
her grandmother, It told her Trow 'Dr. Gordon 1e tmoroughl}• conciucod of
thankful she was to hear that 11et' dear rho value of ver teals. 10 adtlrlaing n body
Doris was on the road to be5n ha of Phitl'lelp'hk1 mini0te00 000 marn100, rh•.
g happy 00(0011 amid: 'I would Lather Vrceeh the
a1 11101, a5 Charlie Palmitin had, in a gospel thou write mo groatest hook ever
very kin] -hearted 100111101, been good written, 1 would rather win cauls 111 Chrlot
enough to (o)ue and inform her. She 11100 m8ke 1)0,000 a 0,01,111. I botiove in sud-
den rend instant converafo0 1)0)0')0 „eel
added that she found she had formerly dm I tried ta' gig year,. to reform a man
nitdel'rated rental that young gentleman') 0iid it coat 111e hundreds of dollar's, but Last
feelings and sense, though he still talked suoallr he fu }ed up• mane to a dozen Che -
quay, i gait rho 010Wod 1,00 hencot ort ti will
of his own fiancee w'It11 insufficient pro -
ed
11'00, not to reform men, bot w got them
he ha' of diction 1h's, cave the
o04 couycetr'0.'
he had judged it best to leave the rennin- epo l ing at another Ltme of itis lnly te1slo,:
d 00111110 to themselves for a few days; 1(t the revival movement, 0 Gordon sate:
( '11y Imprtus)ion is khat the permanent re-
but she herself only needed 0 word from sults of this movement arm 10 he juat ler
Doris to come. and witness their new'- proportion 10 the (31000ughness and 1)8etlto
of bhe ptstm'nl 1008 o'on,gel0cai walk of (:110
foanl happiness. Then came• a few line muaM1e are Thea movement acre an ideal
which made Doris' heart quake with before the ordinary church and ardta-
patn; Mo.. Edgecombe 111111 just; learned
that -1101, 110(10(11) and her husband had d ml It it 1s tot g
pa tolled up It recolcilie tiott, and tt"ere
bads again at Richmond, after a coupe.
sitioi with the latter's creditors, with
the help of his brother•in•Iaw, The old
lady hoped, however, that Dosis would.
not: be so indiscreet as to injure her own
'1,anee of happiness by consenting to
tut do ani -thing you tell nu," t ,ns sur
et:maimi nee a renewal of her husband's nriaMi; 1 did lot know whir to r:.1(>•, and ha(d
acquaintance with either 11usb'tytd OT to slop •tel tcratoh my head; bel. it. he came
• 1 tR tell 11111 abst
SKIN EI IJ?TIONS
AND ; It'hh'L S
Disappear Under a Treatment With
Dr. Williams Pink F'ids.
There can be health end vigee ;oily,
'01011 the blood is rich and ted 111 -Ca
are
thousands 01 young Ilel just ap-
proaching
-
proching manhood who need the roll
ted blood that only Dr. \\'ilItnis Pink
Pills can make. They have 110 eu)rgy i
tire out at the least exertic0, nm.t
feel by lite time they have done their '
day's work, as though the day (vas a
week long. ler Sonne eases thele is 0 far-
ther sign of danger in the pimples .Id
disfiguring eruptions which break tile
on the face. These are certain signs Arae
blood is out of order and that to eon-
plotc breakdown may result. In this
emergency Dr. AWilliams' Pink fill- i,
the medicine these young mets should
take, These pills actually nucke tach, red
blood. They clear tete skin of pimples nal
eruptions and bring stealth, strength and
energy.
Here is the experience of Adolphe
Rolland, of St. Jerome, Que., a young
limn 11 years of age, who stye "Por
more than 11 year I suffered from gem
a'al weakness, and I gradually new- .s1(
weak that I was forced to abandon toy
work as a (•lurk. Aly appetite failed 1110
1 had occasional violent headaches and `
1 began to suffer from itldigestim), I
was falling so rapidly that 1 began to
fear that Consumption was fastening it-
self upon me. Our family doctor treated
me, bat I did not gain under his e:n'e.
1
was in it very discouragedstatewhen
0 friend front Montreal came to sm. me.
Ile strongly advised me to try 1)11, Wil-
liams' Pink Pills. I did 50 and inside of
three weeks I began to feel better. rte
appetite began -to 111µ'•010 and 1 seemed
to have a feeling of new 001100110. I
continued the pills till I had taken ten
boats and I ata now enjoying the best
health I over had. My m100 surprised
many of my friends W110 began to re-
gard ,e as incurable and I strongly
advise other young then who are what:
to follow my example and give 1)r. Wil.
Hams' Pink Pills n fair trial.' Bad blond
is the cause of nil common diseases li':e
anaemia, headeches, neuralgia, themea-
iism, sciatics, indige0ton, all nervous
troubles, general weakness and the spa-
eal ailments that only women foul
know. Dr, Williams' Pink Pills are the
one cure. because they go right to the
root of the trouble in the blood. 'thee
change the bad blood into goal blond,
and thus bring health, strength and eye
ergy, lou can get these pills from any
nedicin0 dealer, or by mel at 50c a h tx, ,
or Dix boxes for $1),130, frown the 1)r/1
11. 33'1!-
1)1018' Medicine C4,., Brockville Ont.
A Profit Anyhow,
De was filling his first prescription,
and when he handed it to the lady he
told b s' it was $1.10.
she paid the dollar' and ten, and after
she had gone he informed the proprietor
that the dollar was counterfeit. 'I'hc
proprietor looked over hill glasses' tit Mt
young man and said:
"Well, hon about the 10 gents -is that
good money!"
The young man answered in the niiir-
mative.•
"Oh, well, the proprietor said, "that's
not so bad -we still snake a ni0kcl."--'
Success Magazine.
SLEEPING DRAUGHTS AND
SOOTHING MIXTURES
A wise mother will never give her
little one t1) sleeping draught, sooth-
ing or opiate of any Lind
except upon the advice of a 001npo.
tent doctor, who has seen the Mbeki.
All these things contain deadly
poison When you give your baby sr
young el0hl Baby's Owu Tablets, you
have the gaarantee of a government
analyst that this medicine does not
contain one particle of opiate or
art minister. That is, it reminds him that y1a'wtir, and there(ore cannot pos-
me ch01ch Is a touudnlion of bacssag to the guoil,
dotn tnMn , siHIY 1111 harm -but alw•nys do
"I hale login Baby's Own
goodre ar0011 m.
good, then he ought to close 110 AL's, George M, ltompt, Carleton Phoro,
•ll h; a thing that surprised sod rebuked Out. ants. m , g
mw -when , found out, as n many 111 Winnipeg just haw many men m our Tablets to 10y baby since he 0V11 tltwo
01 It of recent
1 vmlted to work. 'Thera ere thou- weeks old. 1Ie was a very sma , hitt
Chula hof t
dw of tun ht tltechurches who are wain-
day
an
any morning about three years ago to tears, now to bag, fat,healthy boy."at
1),y
en
Ing to wank.. One mow name to me on Mon
_ baby, but thanks to the Tablets ••he is
and sold, "Mr. Gordon, tell ale whet to do• medicine dealers or by inns 11 25 vents
,'111'. t0 rale 110W, ,'Ol ( 10 de.
9hr, reorganizing o1 men's devotlou 111111 dIr-
Doris laid tuir letter' 1111'0'11 in int lap, edhig it fn e spedfla ony is what wi1 have
nitd looked 0111) at dire grey day with ,1 1)000 dotlag 00(001)0 iu our r:hureh 1(1171. re-
face in which doubt tons turning slowly mlrkablo results.'
Ih'. Gardov 1s pr0aching nigh" �i!m• night
11°0
a resolutlott. A11
lost ,she ras0;0
boll:
halt to Ute rosidenta of bhe wmilth0 .ubwlhi of
h00)10 certainty,
long dough;. she 01)1 at 1'))001101)11)41, '1)11) la p00fng 10 110 m 01101050-
Ilnvl' eel't,lilltl', of 3'101 towel' lima it full 000000001- 110 believes fn tho0Oelgh,toss
111 (a0 worn o1 0000)'14011 and (alis upon
might Is. Slle took lap the 1011)01', 3'0(11) 1)101:0 0'110 10(•.0151 Chrirt la Lome 001 boldin
to her 11101)0011'- study, aid knockoil at before, the audieece 1011 p hlielY plafuss their
the don Nth.'`_
• "Conn 111, said David, Sho Talk Barred.
:1S she 001eled. he raised Ids head P
from the telde int -which he was writing Friend In wedding)--1\brI 01'e 1.01
0(1,a smiled ather, going to.splint your honeymoon. dear."
lie lgokctl'nnima{on 1,
1111t she did not smile back. 'With a Blushing lir'do S11! l'ou mustn't let
,trove, 5ollnu face, and glancing anxious- (110 husband Near you ask that question.
lo' al. the paper before diiu1, she handed Don't, you b;too' he's a. beekeeper?"
111n1 ler Inner,
"1 have received inst rlcred til from grand- `-_.._� t=-
110 01111 P4.11,0 1 tel it." 0,.id ,all, in .1
And new ht'lw,ld, he seemed to be tak-
ing advantage of her long-suffering pa-
tience to slip into the old, old, empty
reserve, and perhaps the old estrange-
ment. Porta c0u111 11,11-0 (Tied with mor•
tificotioy with longing, witlt bitter dis-
appointment. For sheloved her hues
band 11)1)1 panted for hint in This wc,lb-
ne, in his fault, far more deur she had
dote in the old day's when he tood 110-
nuteul1te on n pedestal out of reach of
her sympathy and of he0 undet'alawlilig.
1However, to hevo got him brick 1(t all -
got bath at least the cold passive shell
widish she knew to eontaun sduiething
6ir ar �,,g living, breathing, human, suffering ---ea+
Je
if
a box from Tho Dr, Williams' Medicine
Company, Brockville, Ont.
The Merry Widow,
on, 1'ut a merry widower;"
I hasn't any hat;
so whon I come into your shop,,'.
Toll knew what I amt at,
A merry widow do I 'ant,
Bedecked wit1, flowers gay;
.A hat? of course, But what's beneath
I'd rather take away.
what are mere e,
oh, w Y widow hat
11 Unless beneath the brim
Aro eyes of love, coquettish, true, woman, A m ,
•o neat and trim?
yes, I'm a merry wi(lower;
I haven't any hat;
So when I (oma into 000r aho)1
You know what I em at.
_C. H. Dorris, in Bay City Trihu:te.
Matter of Labor.
Lady- 35', 0 'I advertised £m' 11 (0,110.
What w l 1 s do -'on expect!
Applicant -Ten (Mauls ,a week,nldan.
1)13'1 suppose you cin furnish first
class reference's as to your ability 1
Appbc,n1 No. ml'aun. 1 never tlid
any 10018113 Ill any life.
L, ch It -008(,0 o the yon expect vet('
hi,tll wages for an mexperieneed )(1''' on.
AplIican1--l)s, ma'am; but you '00
it «i1! t"' s1( (mat) 101.0.'1'' for 111. ; 'e('1s0
0 ,be'n't b, --w low.
"You say your sol isfond of long-
winded arguments?" Yes, indeed,
ler; is" "What are you going to make
of hint -a lawyer or 11 prize-fighter?"