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The Blyth Standard, 1908-07-23, Page 3PAULES WIF ANY 1..........................' sorvm a. -....•*©t...... ....aA.....•sa ale threw hiresolf front his horse and 1 eonsioniu'I ills soul. 110 worshipped the wet with the Iain middle salty spray, lie dashed his ]rand Against his hot1brow, and though y iarniugly of hoee-of her, his dead love, At night ,gntciug down I in• an.. loco n Iia U(e green ncuh w1a wl',� guttering t k phosphorescent stars till his rya, ached mth the weird splendor, the voice of the might deep, as it lashed toe 1100114 sides of the "Ocewt (1ueu1" seethed to murmur in his ears, "Return! Return! Vivian! Vivian!" 10 is strange that every Found lu htn'ricd l0 rho scene; finding h:ntutn still blot veuqurtte yeoge', ;old would hove the universe seems to whisper her name lying on the ground, sobering wildly. "She is dead! She is dead! She has thrown herself over the ptulpice!' she wtillled, lard 11r. Oluarl03', rushing to the brfult, p(creil clops into the midnight gloom, A cry of joy 0111110 from his lips, and Emma started op in wonder, "What is it?" sho cried, with now hope, "She is hero I Her garments have ea tight on the ehnrj) roots of 011 old pfn0, mud hold her safe. Courage Eninis we may save her yet!' he cried; and as she 'rept nonrer, ho added; "Quick, Etnmo! 1.Cnecl down here by me and, hold me tightly about the feet while 1 learn over and draw her up. Steady, now, and keep 0 tight grasp, for ft will mean ileath if you let me got" Emma needed no m•ging to exert all her strength to save 00 woman her corele0500ss had imperilled and Dr. Char- ley's brave effort was eminently sne- eessfil. A few minutes of anxious sus- pense, and Vivien lay pale and death- like before them, Lilting her gently in his strong arms, that trembled still with the exertion of raising her from her dan- gerous position, where she had hung like a. lemon pendulum between earth and sky, the young physician placed her be- fore hint on his horse Doe, and just as he loll carried her from the graveyard before, he lore her again to the rase - embowered cottage in the wood, follow- ed by the weeping and remorseful Em- ilia, who maned for tonight's folly by 1111111y months of carefni_nursing while the mysterious stranger hovered on tine borders of tho spirit land. Brain fever followed on this night's exposure, and 11 0, winter snobs had melted under the sunshine of spring, and ounmer's 10805 shod blossomed and faded again, ern the heavy clouds that had so long enveloped her mind cleared away nd Vivian Vane awoke to the bitter sorrow that was to shadow her after life. CHAPTER XXXIII, Pail Vane, the handsome, grave rector of Forest Church, was stunned and, heart -broken at the loss of his lovely' and loving wife, So crashing writhe blow to his health and spirits that Ilio friends mond shim to leave the scenes of and his later be- ie5 nl married ns his mull ll 1p reavement, and seek diversion in strange hinds. A long -desired trip to the Ifoly Land recurred to his mind when travel was suggested to him, and he lost no sold his soul to the crit ono to poss0ss 1101, But he knew that her love w11.0 not for haul. for his keen instinct told him that the girl loved the new -made Will - 01001 with all her heart. This slight dandy, (totdoe ILtll, with his graceful Herm and saturnine fare, had the instincts of n fiend when his jealous fury was aroused LOVA 1110 1111(1 111 III! 1(010(1 with fire when, to her irrepressible 11(1(01 for conquest, she had stooped to Win his heart, which she held of no more (nitre than 11 b 'ten toy, IIe stood at 'e,' h'atehing, with a suBcn, lowering gaze the by-play between the par -.the. handsome, soil' youeg wide v, touched and u)consc•iously . dux i1(?, and the girl so beautiful, 5t kjmentltl, so dan- gerously sympathetic, '"The man is n fool, la all his learn - !ug!" Gordon Bali grunt, 'd darkly to himself, "Does ho not . 'e 11101 the wretched etoptette !s windim, 'tar spider - like toils around hint with rue e cotauat- mate art that he can neve get '00e? She Mies hint -she to whom ie it 'melon land even n prince bent the knee tt vain, Set she stoops to this canting country p111900 just fora face 1in(1 form of prince- ly beauty and a voice whose tones are like mesa), rho will uoirry 111111 lvhen his yea0 of itiourtung is expired. 1 read the meaning of th 0" subtle eyes of hers, \irs. Lisle' 00111 he ready to help it on, too, in the fond belief Dalt h„ will sae ioraine's wicked soot from too Evil Otte, who justly 0110 it 1" He gnashed his teeth in the rage that possessed him, and When it became 1(i, turn to bid farewell 10 the rector he wasted scant eunrtesy (Iiia his rival, 110 he called Eat in laic thoughts with (In' Iftte ante fury, 'Loraine was glad that he took at sudd Ou departure a tea' hours after Paul 1'11110 111111 left, fur see 00115 growul9 very tired of hu devtted admirer; ami, in ulissful u11uglseioasless of his, vengeful spirit, h +' las tit'ho' honied that she had seen the C rejected swain. She wanted to be alone fu' awhile to exult over her triumph. ( helped "ll0w tuuwnscluusly grautd 0ou 1 g ui me out!" she tlwugut, wit hue 00(10(1(1 smile. "She mad() iota' prowls) to trite us often, and she told hint ni an aside that his influence had Unproven hue so 01011 0001 0110 100•. 5011'y to have it 10,011- (Ir1rMI, then he t,.nd 1101' nit. would wino me sometimes, and that he would always rculeu1hrr 10 pray for his Ir(e((1 Loupe, 11a, leo 110)0 it amuses me to see how time !n 01011 ng, for each' day that ire 0(ereuy they all help me, to my 0(01ory: spent now hi Lisle vv05 torture to Ids the tett eo celt.u.1 01 81)0x005 (15 11 sho heart. Even the deep sympathy of his wore on eau taus 1 sacs wife, lie W011,1d friends who surrounded hint only deep- 1 soon 1'o9et the insipid wife he Mourned enerl his pada, for their whole theme was so bitterly now. Loraine bit her alp at 110100, and every utterance of her 101110 anis )n0ll{eh1 111 the flood came, m fierce y of jealousy , ' des liow she hated 1 tad d. sweet 1-iviati, even m the grave, to whose 910001 her vengeance had pursued Ler; But whel1 she 01001, tor 1111' ,s sake, each day to plod) flowers on the lonely grave, She Shuddered with superstitious Owe lest sho would be cotfrouted by the W0- uan sox had murdered; and Annie Sea- 0(oltz, Ler Hurtle 1111110, 10011' that 1,0r. ewe way m 0('toted soecper-that .ale1' dteuus were sirauge taut wild, for situ would cry out In her steep of tionoleBil people and terrible spectres that Mumma mer nista and (hay. ' Soon after. Pau tone's departure Dor. made his heart -wound bleed afresh. In those first bitter days, Airs. Lisle end her proud gronddnnghter could not do enough to show their sympathy for his sorrow. Grandme•e came every day to sit by his sick -bed, always bringing dainties to tempt his flagging nppotite, while the nupr0 )uretic Loraine sent flow• 005 each morning, and more than once mine herself in the carriage with Mrs, ],isle, and would fldtter into the sick- room, cool and fair in her dainty robes, with such softness in her eyes and sighs' upon her lips that no one could 8oibt the sincerity of the grief she pretended, her blessed haute!" he tuougat, and sonic lines somewhere lead 00 acaf(1 re- corrcd to his fancy: "sweet, in the sound of wind 11.1111 wares, For eve•n+ure 1 heard they tone; Gazed down the ut0011ai05 verdant slope And tilseglht of thee and thee alone, "The eyes Mime sparkling light 1 loved 1110ue on me from the midnight star's; The crimson of the lips .1 kissed Blushed in the su(18015 rosy Mary," Slowly the days wheeled on to the unhappy num, lie scarcely tools (1011 of the nee about hurt save to wonder 11000 and thea over a 11110, 0111011 10011 00'((0 .oeuled to dog his footsteps wherever he went, There was something foi niliar in the tout eeseuwle; but the face, who its bushy -Wad: eoirl (urd sinister eyes, was string and uncanny. It beloved to no one that he knew wind 110 tried to shake off the vogue impression that the strluoger had some peculiar interest in himself, "1 awn getting (Goody; ,1 must sh0,e off these unpleasant fancies. The moo is alone, mud sod; like myself, that is 011," lac murmured, after a week of this pecuhnr 0591010)910 had somehow dulled the a,tryangeness of it. But that night the air 001(5 (cry c,p- pi61051 e, and •he remained hate 00 the L.101k. The sky was overcast, No keen stirred the white sails, outspread like the 1viugs of a gigantic hind, as he steamr sped on through the 00110Y foam. Some fascination led him to the stern of the vessel, and standing (ce11 in the shadow of the wheel -horse, lie relapsed into a light re00110. 1\duct brought the face of Lovable Lisle into nus sad (100011198 ?-britIi'o (1, beautiful Loraine! She blended In ids teout:e mind with ouch ntnvlety over the unknown fate of (101on01 Fairlie and piercing regrets for flea' who slept 111 lane 1(Ir-away grave, "the 1o'od and lost," In 111110y he Lia (0 Lor•aine's sinuous, glid• ing form bending down with a wreath of pure, white flowers. Then he sta•tal violently. Why had the graceful forst Owned all At once into a serpent, cold, shiny, beautiful coiling about the white marble, and hissing with forked tongue its venomous hate Ah, it 0005 only 0 „rift memory el Vivian's choana; flat he shuddered, it had come to him with such te'rdhie 111(110(0, While he nursed the whet had freshen - ace, and now the wild stone began to break: Hos the fierce lightning preyed iu the rigging: clow the thunder peaaed, while Che waves dashed mountains high! 1(10 "Ocean Queen" shivered from 80(0 (0 sterni, Paul Vane, drown 001 of 1010 - self and his sorrow, gazed with fascin- ;it0d •eyes or`, thio terrific display of 110- 1:1100'8power. What t es ahat, soft and l 5,.At his ear, startling niuc anus than the 110111' do'-1peial, s& voice, sweet end warning all 01 one, "Go below! Go below!" it said; and he shivered with supe-natmlal awe. It teas Vi0ia0's voice-11ivi011's, who was dead! "Whispering past my (Meek, so eke the voice 01 the 101(01) 11 ooer11-. cd 1 heard you speak; Aad the sense of a pres01100 touched 1110, myself and yet not 1, As though my lost tw^in•lpirit had float- ed softly by., P11.111 .Nano. mater a moment of silent awe and wonder, matte a step forward 118 if to obey that warning voice. Too Out of the darkness about him a 5111011, cal -11110 figure suddenly sprung upon -foul, wad a vivid flush of lightning sn000d a gleaming knife in the upraised hand of aha stranger who had wat0hed him so savagely, all the week, 11) the fiery 1y08 there 11i15 it fury of hate as Ire hissed: "Die! ! die! You stole her heart, and Meth shall be '0111' punishment!" Paul Vane Ldhg out frantic hands, and nn awful struggle ensued in the shadow of the wheelhouse, for the man was fur- iouslybelt upon powder . No intelligible words were uttered, but the hissing tones of hate and the lower ones of re- monstrance weee distinctly audible, pt the, desperate, struggle with the midnight assassin, the rector grasped the bushy beard. It dune off in his astonished grasp, while a flash of lightning, w•efrdiy illuminati/1g the awful scene, disclosed to his horrified eyes the familiar features of G00d011 Ball, the noun who loved Lor- aine Lisle with so desperate a passion dint it had driven hint to murder. The moment of surprise that palsied Paul Vane's laird Was fatal to him, for Gordy hall, gaining the advantage of his . foe, struck thee knife into his breast, and as his life -blood spurted out epee the deck his body slid over the rail into the smith - mg watei•s flint iugulfcd it with demon- ise glee. to fool over 111.0. Vane's death, 1 ante received a tetter t11a. tau,: away "I loved her os i tvo ld have loved a some 01 tae 0xuucna.o00 to het joy, sister, had Heaven blessadane with one," was front doe -Murray, who had written she told the rector; and how could be her from mountain Bake to tell her of (' i )11 it when he knew that every.day the rescue of (1000(1 ramie, ;urd his she visited Forest churchyard to place terrible illness. fresh flowers nettle new -made grave L01'aml( was white with baffled fury where the bride of one brief, happy nett 101ten 51m found tha.t,.Culoue1 1'airhe slept ill peace with the lost holt. ett (1115 1111)0, and 1101 ly1(19 at the bottalll of had so brightened the ]1st months of toe river, as she lino hoped anis 'elie(ed, her sweet life, "lie can (18 me no harm, but 1 hate The last day before he sailed, «(00111 how 1 wish.that he hadhoou drownodl" siren she watt, this fair Loraine, with his sly thought, v,n0(etively, Dad tore toe midnight orbs burning in he knee lace' into a hundred fragments. "1 (0111 01011011010 to hide their trinulphant gleam' take 110 notice,' sou Mut 0,0 cu. "'to one as she pretended to sob: ,e t'1' w9( 0001' know from m0 .that he lives: "I will care for your wife's grave, rat 1 huge he may 910, (111a• all, of the ' 1 may call yon Paul, may I not, dear wound on his head!" friend, now that this sorrow which -we share in enn1mon has drawn us nearer , U11.4.1 '1,R XXX'Y, together? Fresh flowers shall be placed faun A ;um did not travel alone to New' on it every dojo Will yon not oemem1100 York (0(10(1 he left \ 1)9mfii, ler nue tars '' this? and whenever your thoughts turn staunch friends, Wisite Betters and to that sacred spot, think of 'Loraine 1''rank Barrett, accompanied hut; the fur. weeping daily beside it and praying that nice glad of an 0x51100 that 1u.esented 11- Ifeavcn will send you solace for your serf at that time for puteriag the jour - cruel sorrow." IIer full, rich voice broke )ley of tae )moody rentor, in a bitter sob, and he pressed the 1hand -•1 Hurst go to .(10(0• York on business she exteudal to him in grateful emotion, relating to lay' poems in 'Tl1e Fireside answering: (,'ompaulou.' 0 wean to puloisn cleat "Gad Mess you, Loraine, for yo rr ids - soon in a book,' he said; urd Frank llar• - terly sympathy! I always knew your' cert readily,consented to ,u too. So 11 heart was warm 011(1 true, in spite of 011 6 ) was several days later that they sitar that 0001000 slanderers said, it owI h,oft', watching with hearts Lull of realize ell your goodness, although Icoit n• sympathy the tau form leaning against not 11011 words to express my gratitude., tine steamer's rail and the white bend But pray for me, Lorraine, as you pro' vtacvfil udnuu, 0ised, for I wn 000 wrct(!bed yet to ask waliem''e((,as 0uo toae umsea;whe w0ts,o0 his way comfort." God for to a foreign laud, seeking oblivion from The luring, dark eyes hooked up ten- , an almost00(unbearable able sugrruw; yet his dingy at num, and the white, jeweed thenen tnrm'd unek with vr:uw y:1 li hand pressed his warmly before she ict y"1 g it fall to her side again. He had cone love to fhe ,little grace where hu hhu g - n e planted, the clay 101me he left home, the them all good -1 r� 1' t y toA ad ndt toArcady dg tall,. ctnubim nmuuflo(vers his dailiu9 before he sailed, and Lorain lord a lard loved .tto well.; While he 1005 oval parting gift for hint -a small sealedy !mange which she asked him to carry they wood creep up the 100 110 marine upon his person until he was fair out at short aiui oling lovingly about that sweet 000. (11000"A lynch, lie stood on the ' iicross the he deck 0f the "1Then you are half way Ocala Queen, broad Atlantic, open it and sox if you 1 ten, and watched, through u can find any a+enlfort in this keepsake," mist of September ruin, the outlines of she said, daringly, but with denture his native land fade into the distance, sown -dropped '05, whose coquetry no How' dreary all the prospect seemed! one fathomed except Gordon Hall, tubo "Like t gray Cantata the rain, falling and whose marl dove, was watching her closely, lied from 111 passion for Loraine gave the clue y sad eyes the path on the hon • ocean; to her actions. Far far awayfrotn m darling, m Gordon hall had stayed on at Arcady y� g, Y ' when all the other guests ware gone, held 01v10: in chains by a master passion that WA u u II u u n + Paul Vane believed himself lost when he fell headlong into the ley-a.old waves of old ocean; hut, throwing out his hands with 1111 fnstlnetivo offo't ut self- preservation' they encountered, to his great joy, aha Long rope which trailed belind she,"Ocean (limen" and was used to re ester the nautical knots the vessel made. Clasping this frail support with gin110to with the en- e•hoods, clung n 1t ergo of a desperate man; shiverieg in the ' t shin t in is gale midnight, Alla the iL y g c of and g pl g of the greatsteamer in the wild storm almost shook h11)1 from his hold. Fortunately the wound in his breast was only superficial Its 00000e had been turned aside by 0 small, 'mrd pack- et in his breast -pocket, and but for this Interruption to the dagger Paul Vane obotild•110ve been a dread mai floating Leeming against the vessel's cadet away on those wild waters, and his tra- Food Products Libby's Vienna Sausage You've never tasted the best sausage until you've eaten Libby's Vienna Sausage. It's asausage product of high food value. Made different. Cook, ed different. Tastes different and is different than other sausage. 'Libby's Vienna Sausage, like all of the Libby Food Products; is carefully prepared and cooked in Libby's Great White Kitchen. It can be quickly served for any meal at any time: It is pleas. ing ; not overeflavored and has that satisfying taste. Try it. Libby, McNeill & Libby, Chicago. hot he dud so 1101x', and started with stir- prise and pleasure when in an exquisite medallion lie found 1,01-aines' o1'11 Laub 1!I'u1, luring, dark face. As he gazed rare e • , (Orin I• the pictured I Wee a thull of pleasure filled his heart, h 'lore d by something lie superstitious 1 0000. His life had been saved by this kindly gift, Had angels humin stood by his side, thea, to save hien frons thin Moody peril? lie remembered the warn- ine voice so like to Viviau'5 that lied whispered in his ear, "Cao below! (lo !whin'!" Mad the stood beside hint in spirit, his own sweet love, to watch over him whet danger threatened? He look- ed away' from the portrait and lifted yearning eyes to the sky, feeling 1110 9,0(1 thrill with i(Il (otent pain and longing; "Darlow dolling darling! blight stor of 11» early love, When math is fair around me and hent cu 1)11(0 ((hoe, Moo - My soul is 50111. 1009 for you -it pierces to the stars, And smites its wings of fire against the heaven's eternal ben,,, Then a reverent thought ellmne to hint, dispelling some of the bitterness of his pain, '"She is beyond the s1+u•s happy 0)01 at pence, sweet tunnel, in the pr0'em0. of "'Those sweet and gentle accents ore edaimed beyond lite skies To john the songs of gladness that swell in paradise,'" From musing over Vivian los eyes went back to Loroouds face with strange ((10(1 00. She was his friend, and while he ranged the wide world over alto would be keeping gree0 his young wife's grave. ".Ind this portrait she so sweetly gave me turned aside the dagger from try heart How„blessed 1 (01(5, 90011011x(1 thus by angels twtun!" he murmured, in a sort of reverent awe, Angels twain? 111, yes, Paul Vane; hut one was an nngolof light, the other , of dankness, (Ts be continued,) On the Ocean Bottbm.' gic life's history would have ended hone, "Heaven frau all creatures Irides the book o1 Fate," ere Paul \000, in this supreme hour of his destiny, would len'e dropped his lapid on this frail support 1' our eteruit -would Irehl ei him e t old y 'ore gone gladly to his death, But by almost superhuman efforts he retained his position, although so nearly frozen by the intense cold that he had 5011 c010 any Otensation in his whole body. Still he clung with (umh, stiffened fin- gers to the thin, tough rope, praying mutely for aid from _leaven, Did an answer come to his prayer' S'm.to *iv' n ) ,_uuly, for just as he began give 1 all hope, 00(1 his strength almost desert- ed hint from the, cold, he became con- scious of a pleasurable seusatiou--a. 5el1so of warmth stole over him. The waren was .losing its icy 01(191; renewed energy stemmed to animate him, The vessel L11d entered 1110 Gulf Stream. • AN ANNUAL WOLF HUNT, Best Time of the Year to Get laid of the Pest in Upper Michigan. wolf drive 1 hoot 'The auuuAl I a l t nt d f the Moughton County trappers 1u,(l 'co Modem will be the chief subject for d!s• etssien in the extreme upper pumnsuht for the next three weeks," said A. I. Wright, of 'Houghton, Mich. "This hunt w•!il tutee place in about two weeks and will start from a little t((('(1 named .11 stmt, a station on the Mineral Range Railroad. Over seventy-five clogs hove already been secured Ind it is expected that 125 hunters will take part. "The hunters congregate at Alston, ., while the men who floodlit the dogs dist- t' tribute themselves along the railroad -• tracks in preparation for the drive, At a given signal, which is passed along the lino by Eon shots, all the dons ur0 tak- 0n 11110 the woods and storied and the •hunt is 00. Some a dog scares op a tt'olf and chases him in toward the Stur- geon laver; where he cannot r110 any further, ami then the sounds of basting all alum'; the lice telt how first oma and trivethen , thanoer animal is making for the "The hunters are following the dogs ' and the game O plentiful enough, so Una forty o fifty wolves areklllcd an- nually. At this time of the year the, wolf is lancer than at any 011101 een:0011 and eau he hinted with greater ht,e. This ordinarily cunning animal seems to lose It good share of his croft in the late sprhug, •1'111 profits of this hunt besides the general good that it does to the former' and cattle owlet in the vicinity are guait, as the bounty on wolves in Moughton C0ottly, lnehl:beg fees Storni HO! Sante, is 01)001 $06." \lihv:mk(!c Sentinel, . 0•0 Your dining room and kitchen can bo i kept free from flies by using Wilson's Fly Pads as directed on each package. Get • the ,genuine Wilson's; no other fly 'tillers compare with them. Works the Birds Do. Just at present we hear frequently of the great sums of memo' being spent in San Francisco to exterinhlale the cemn1Cn house rat, while from the other side of Ino world, western Europe, there rise loud lamentations comern1:9 ausei by csh•uution calmed rodents to the c l British trope and merchandise, We ;:now that all over this country, rats, mice and other small gnawing animals of various sorts are causing in 111)' and com(t0y damage which i, beyond eats :Motion. Individually trifling. the .010 101111 of 11110 destruction 0inouut; to a vast 5001. it is said that in one county of the State of A\ ehinglon a 901108 of ground 5(0(1(0! destroys a half million dollar worth of wheat annually. 'If the dosf'uetiou wrought hr these \ads) 000 rodents could he stopped, the 0011c il try would be richer each year by bun: Mods of milhous of dpltrs, • Evert- farmer knows that one of his ('111ef lai;or.s when itis crops are ginning in summer is fighting weeds, either with hoe or cultivator. Weeds grow front seeds rod pmmnabl' the more seeds_ the farmer eon (1051003' the fewer woods he is likely to have to fight. It is 1:1ow0 that sparrows of nil sorts for food depend largely on the s:.eds of sari us weeds, noel while the food of the individual sparrow luny pe'Imps �of an amount to 00 more than n quarter iu't ounce of seeds each day, yet these birds ane so numerous that it hos been fig - mod by an elaborate calculation that in WOO the sparrows of the 1e011010)' steed the farmers $3!i,000,000, merely h' their destruction of weed seeds. The most useful aids to the F nOrs in destroying the hordes of swell ro- dents teat prey upo0 his crop, his fruit trees and the tomcats of his house and burn are the hawks and wens whose food these small animal8 re. Tl'nse birds are striving day and nigh) the whole year almond to capture this food. Hos enormously valuable to num are the services of these haucks and owls has been pointed out many time: by the experts who have studied their food and .may be semi e1O11 by the 110!1.0X. 0011 who will take the t0anb10 to pall to pieces one of the pellets of und(9(9(0d material disgorged by hawk or owl, and will notice wiat it consists of. Ile will find that it is node up of far', skulls and large bones of Hance and rats -tri other words of destructive rodents, The urian who kills a hawk or 110 owl, (1111060 it be one of tie three or four harinfnl species, performs an ill service for the eonnnunitya where he khlls it,- Froth Forest and Stream, 1 Sitting inside a subrain on' 1 Cowan bottom you lrculd be no intigi lc (10910us of the enormous water pressuitd'%04111100(0 Ono if you 0(110 going asleep In yditr own bed. You might. (coma twenty: four how's undo nater withoait corning up, using only the n111oi'al air supplied in the boot without feeling the least.un• comfortabh, if yon wished, you Might 10uu,iu down foo' or five days,tapping the air tank as yon needed ,t fresh 'sup- ply of air, 1n the meantime you would 1)111(1: over the torpedoes Imd torture yourself by letting your imagination loose to Your heart's content, or you might rend by electric light, or play cards or dominoes or checkers, tho Pool: serving you with coffee and canned thing,, that can be heated or an electric furnne0 without eansing too touch 80)01(0, and making the air disagr0000l, to lnrathe,-Frim 'The Under -sons Fall or and. His Boat" in July St. Nicholas. Half t score of fimea he gave l it despair, as he was sucked down into tie awful trough of the sea, holt at length an immerse wave broke over the stern of the "Alcoa11 (1»0001;' and o1 ifs foamy 1)00001 hone .the body of the half -drowned 151111, tossing it, stunned and bleeding, bind: upon rho slippery deck, 'flunk ChM, ,he was saved! - CH•11"TER XXXV. \Thea Gordy Hsi' had 8e011 the nfurn he Luted swept away, Its he believed, by the tom sea, a smile of exultation curved his sinister lips, and ale crawled ((arae' like a venomous 001900t, to Ids state-rooii, to 1011911 in fiendish glee over Lol:ai.ae's despair whom she should learn 11)113 11x1' !enured had perished in the deejl sea, But his triumph was of short duration, for early the ((0x1 morning he learned from one of the passengers that Paul '('1x10 had heen washed overboard by a strong waste and' miraculously thrown Nuek by wwother one, Of Pool's wound the anon said nothing, for t110 rector, ort discovering that it was it very slight 000, 10(11 nog yet betrayed the assassin; but Gordy Ball, filled With fears of arrest, iiid himself down in the hold of the ship for the .few cloys, remaining until the "Ocean Omen" reached Hort, and then lost himself tumid the dissipations of "dun duligirtfal Paris" Paul Vane 1tadmuade, in the meanwhile, while. a startling discovery. Tim hood substance in his lin:est-pocket which had turned aside the assassin's blade from its destined 01(0011) in •bis heart was the lit- tle pocket given him by Loraine Lisle at parting. (11 his trouble and sorrow he had utterly forgotten her (09uest that he would open 1t when half -way across; etlr KEE' CHILDREN WELL DURING HOT WEATHER Every another knows ho Mill the sumac' months aro to s11,11! chJ dren, Cholera Mall 111111, 1ru'0hr010 dysentry and stomach h ouob's ere alarmingly frequent at thus time aid too often a pleel000 little 110 is lost after a few hoots 111110so. :Che moth - e1' who keeps Baby's Own 'Tablets in the house feel safe the occasional use, of Babys Oo'ol'alpdets prevent e stonuch acd bowel troubles, s or if 0(1 trouble (cines suddenly -as it generally does --the Tablets will bring the little one through' safely, Mrs. George Howell, Saud,;' Hench, Que., says, `,lac baby was suffering with colic vomiting and diarrhoea. but after" giving 11101 Baby's Own Tablets the trouble disappeared. I would ad - 'lee. 1(11 mothers to k00p a box of Tablets always at hand," Sold try, medicine dealers or by mail nk 2bc a box from The Dr. Williams' 11edi- eine Co„ Brockville, Ont, BREAKING AN OLD CUSTOM. How a Club's System of Blackballing Was Brought to an End, • An authentic story is told of one famous club in St. James street where a number of ancient members made it a lens to themselves to -reject every 000 without exception who hod offered him- self as 0 candidate. This ;intake of blackballing was long held as an imperative and unbreakable ru10, but was at length evaded by a stratagem. At one election 0 number of 0 newcomers friends were in attend awe, but onts1de at a distance from the club hous0. No one appeared in the committee room m111 !t 1118 generally supposed that there would be no quor- um, 'Che malcontents therefore abstain- ed from voting. But when only. a few minutes of the legal In1c for !allotting remained and the secants were at the point of renov- int, the ballot boxes an overwhelming nmmb.r of the candidate's friends rush- [ rd 111 !Ohl (leetcel him before the slight- osi opposition could be organized, After this the absurdd system )f 1) hoekballing vvas dropped mid the 0101) today is still olive and prosperous,-1leynold's News- paper, Young Love. "Could you bring yourself to li0e n flat mh $.0 +t "i could, 'Harold," answered pec ed yet 110 901104 db 11100, " not know just hos it 11.011.14p ,d my French mai( "-WasLingt i i Of course you plfl,i briflgo (1110 for fun?" "Of course, •,t lvetett 1h's. Oj ii. gleno). "hurt itf ,• 7' tan (0i1000 von are playing .1(0)'-Washin'gto n Star. Hysteria in Cats. IL is known that the cat has treacly nervous temperament; very sensitive to the most m t01na1 in1'lucuc10, Vann they, nj, says NI. Curium, excitement t„) of taut ;bee origin is snffidult 1Thcake a eritab10 attack of hyste 1 rats. In these cuuditions these anti -mils are un- easy, scared and hide plot rewire,. or sMPring at everythingthey' comm ;(0ros, iting, serutchl)g, r0 t 1 (01 the. gretuta, with clenched pats A11d foam!!;; at the mouth. while their 1( Its ore r uu1d with conlulsis(' (110010019,' The attack renes not last lung and; v e lowed by la Mager or shorter peri0Al"st?t0pefactin Of dr- prt -ion. after, (rl�v ti.e animal It res 10 its «urial fen. 11 ere Hitt':a frighten two o 1001,01llior1 of the oeiout " thus to fear an 0 t{QtF11 ,11ajp "'t:10 ,a great. (((mbr 1 for this cause, at- ilt suffering from lab- ile m la- ne \ i 10)110, 4 54 Employer -1)Id you tall Mr, 1''tre'm!0, who valid that 1 had gone to :Vmcric,a'?' Kens (1(lite Boy' -Yes, sir; I told Llnt you had started this mooning. "Good! What did he say?""Ile wlshc(1 to know when you'd mtunn, sir, and I tdd hint' 1 did not think cult would be hack on - nil after hIncheon."-Pick. \le 1 m,