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Are unessineiis After eating, Ats of nor.
, 'VOUO liesdAchol. Ana 418Ag"Able batch.
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lit itery got anything tba.t give me relief
Until I took Rociollo. 15arillaparilis. I cannot
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I Of 9,ranite she could not be harder to watch and 'Ward. opposite this
IAle than she is." cheerful -looking guardian. was 4 tall
I '140 Bile doesn't care about you, Agure In 1>14cir, standing Motionless,
then,?" 40 If It, too, was carved in ebony.
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Not sho. .She has a little Dien. A It was a, female figure, very tall %Ad
helux lapdog that she loves 4 thous. slight, but as beautifully symm,etrl,s
arid ti I inea ulore than she ever will gal us a Venus Volestis. Iler dress
I Ane, " I Was of black velvet, that swept the
"Then what Ali Idiot you are t' polished floor, spflnglefl all over with
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kwpi haunting her like ber shadow! atars. of gold and rich rubles. A pro-
. Why don't you be a In4n, and tear fusion .of shining black hair In waves
out from your heart such a goddass,11P and curls fell Almost to bar feet; but
"Ali? that's easily said-, but it her face, from for6head'to chin, Was,
YOU Were fit illy place, yould net ex. - Completely � hidden by a black velvet
actly as Ido." . I . waok. In one hand, exquisitely
$11 don't believe it, It,$ not in I small A
I rid white, she hold a gold Cap -
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,no to go inad about anything ,with I ket,. blazing (like her dress) with
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a masked face and a marble heart, I rubies, and with the',othor silo toyed
It has done m% X always take It. in the, I I � 4LA I loved any woman — l With % tame viper, that tied twined
4 oring and f4 � 11 and woul4mot be wIthout I I � _'
IT11 I .. I . . Kips Ale, darling—st(ti, with 010; Which, thank Vortune I At the ! Itself round her waist, This was
. W, A. �Oqxri, Belleville, out. q I QX-rAP=A 1, I YJ . Love me—Ifive ma� leave -me A,0011 present , time I do not — and she i dotfUtless La Xasque, and, becoming
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"_ ' . . . . I . I . had the bad taste not to return ' conscious of that ,fact, Sir Norman
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. ff- - The plague raged In the pity of The darling, it% question turned his It, I..should tako illy hat And make I UlAde her a low and courtly bow.
0,trengthopA ano to .a ther. gt.qMAqJI And London. The destroyl g get h bright, blue eyes on that (lashing her 4 bow, arid go directly And Oinks She returned it by & slight bond. of
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the whole d1gestlY4,eyotem. . gone forth, and kindled, with Its fiery street singer with 4 cool glance of love to somebody else inade of flesh � tile head, And turning ,toward his
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------- I .1 . . breath the Awful pestilence, 'until All recognition, . and blood instend of cast front X ou ompanion, spoke.
_.._.;_"_,__ -, _ '*Very sorry, Nell," her said, in o, know the old song, Orr I f1fYou here again, Mr, Ormistoul
, . London became one m4ghty lazar- � ,.alston:
I �. house. Thousands were swept a ' nonchalant tone, "but I'm afraid I � . � To what am I Indebted for the honor
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I daily; grass grow In the ste6ets, and "lust. Row long have. you been here, " It she be not fair to me, of two visits in two days?" .:
. the"living Were.scarce able to bury inay I ask?" . What cara I how fair, she be,' " . Hor voicei Sir Norman thought,
An Entirely . the dead, * Business of all kinds was "A full hour by St. Paulls, arid . I . was the sweetest Itched ever henr(l.
wheiie has Sir Norman Kingsley been, ' "Kingsley, you know nothing about I musical As a chime of silver bells,
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� . makers and drivers of the pest-f;44s.' 'Pay I ask? I thought you Wore it! . ' said Ormiston,. Impatiently, 'go soft As the tones of an aeolian harp
Whole streets were shut up, and al�.- dead, of the plague." Stop talking vollsellse. It you are thTough which tho-west, wind plays,
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4 � I colti-bloodod, I am not, and — I love �
.1 most, every other house. in thei pity I "Not exactly, Have you saari — . . . � "Madam, I am Aware uiy visits are
New Stock . alit there he . is. The Very man I her." . . I
I bore the f4t4l red Cross, And the om- . undesired,," paid Ormiston, with a
. . . I inous inscription: "Lord, have mercy want."� . . .. . . Sir Norman slightly shrugged his flushing Check Arid slightly tremulous
� �� . I .� � . � on us." Few people, save the With � which Sir Nornian'Xingplay I ahoulders,. arid Dung his sl1ioked-out, I voic I a, "but I have merely come with
. - . watchmen, armed with halberds I 1. dropped it. gold plede Into the girl's I Weed. into a heap of firewood. .. I my friend, SW Norman Kingsley, who
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I — A T - . keeping . guard over the stricken extended palm, anit push�ed on "Are we near her house?" he ask- ' wishes to know what the future has
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� I bouses, apppared in the'.streets; through the crowd up -Paul's Walk. Od, "Yonder is the bridge.", . 1. In 'store for him."
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� . ,. A tall, dark 11gure was leaning wood- "And yonder is the house," replied 1 . Thus. Invoked, Sir Norman Kings-
. . . . � - those who, vdntured there shrank I I I
from'eacil other And passed raVidly, lly with folded arms, looking fixedly OrMiston, pointing to a larg6,. a- - Joy stepped forward with another'
Combe's Drug Store oil with I erted. I nt the ground, and taking no notice ciont bulldlag� — ancient even for . low bow 'to the masked lady . I
- Mv laces. - Many even of the busy scene Around - hirn until those times — With three. stories, "Yes, nladam,. 1, have lorig, heard
. Jull dead on the sidewalks, and lay ' ' other, "See!
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with their ghastly., discolored faces I Wr Norman laid his ungloved and . each projecting over the that those fair fingers can withdraw
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. . . ' . jeweled band lightly on his shoulder, While the houses Ott either side are the curtain 'of the future, and I have
upturned to the mocking sunlight, a come to see what Dame Destiny is
Everything is new and 41 until. the dead -cart came rattling "Good morning, Ormiston.' I bad marked As post-ptricken, hers ,Iona '
. 0 � . . � . Along, an& the drivers hoistd an Idea, I� would find.yOU hare, . and , I 'bears.no cross. .So it ist those�who going to do for me," .
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fresh. - No stale .goods body with their pite,liforks , on ,the but what's the matter with. you, Cling to life aro'stricken with death; , "Sir Norman Kingsley Is welcome",
. top of- their dreadful load. Few man? -Have you got the plague? or And those who, like me, Are doisper- said the sweet voice, "and sball see
can be found in. this . . other vehicles .besides these de'ad-carts has your mysterious Inamorata jilted, ate, ,even death shuns," . what he desires. . There Is but one
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.. -arc(I. tit *the P -%Y, and they you? or N . vhAt other annoyance has ' "Why, ray dear Ornliston, YOU I condition� for It he speaks,. the scene
. . appt ,ity no . , urely Are not so far, gone as thA0 - he
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8tore ....... 4. .* . 4 - . - 0 1 pllcd� their. trade busily, flay* .and . happened to make You look as *woo s - Wee V; behoids will vanis . h, C 1 ome for- �
... , a cry 0 begone, or old .Xing Lear, send adrift Upon my. honor, I had no ..you, .- rard." . .. . .. I
... . . . ulght, Land th f,,the .drivery -a care 'were in such- a' bad way. I I - , . - .
� .. .. � .. -echoed disi:nall� through, jthe deserted by his L tender. da�ghtcrq. to tal, I I "I am'-- - nothing L but a � miserable Sir Norman Compressed his lips as
... . . . .11 streets:. I "Bring . out , your dead I of himself?" . .. . . . ch, And I -Nvjsh to heaven I was . cloosly As if they Were forever her -
41101 , %1%1%1 I I Bring .out your deadl" All who The Individual. addressed lifted his. wrot . metically sealed, and came forward
. I I .. . could do. so had I . he � ad' disclosing a dnrk'and rather , tit yorider doad-cart, with the � rest� Of accordingly. ' Leaning over the edge
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. : . the devoted. city, and. Loadon lay handpoure face, settled now into a 1-hem—and she too, -if she never lnm. of the ebony caldron, he loundl-that
�AGIENT- - . : look of' gloomy. di;scontentl . 1-1 a tends to.love Are!" .. ,
I ... I under the burning.licat of the June I . . . OrmisLon spoke :with such fierce . it contained nothing. but, water, for
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�. .... I . 1. .sunshine,' stirleken for its sln� . 9 by the -slightly raised his hat-wilen lie saw I :'he: labored under s, vague And un -
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- � stioner w4A. , - earnestness that there wits no doubt- i piaasaht idea that, like the witebbs'
. .. . I hand of God. - The pest -houses were - :1
For Par.ke, D . avis & CO . full, 'so' we're the plague -pits,' where - I "Ali, it's you, Sir. Norinan I At. 6d 14 his .. sIPcerIty,',a.ud. Sir Norman ( caldron In. "'Macbeth,' It might be .
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For.Eistman Kodak- Co. the dead were buried In cartfuls, and 'given up Ali notion of your coming, became profound ' ly shocked�so,inuch I filled With .serpents' b;ood and chil- .
. . . . , and:was about to quit this confound- 90, that Ile did ilot speak 'again iin- dren's btains.' La Magolue Opened her
I I . . ,no o6eAcnew :who rose. up in health il they were almost at .the door.. goldim* casket An .
I . . in the morning but that'they might ed,,,wbitt has databled.you?" ' � A . � I .0 took from it a
. . _-_1 I -was on duty at Whitehall, Xre Then he opened his lips-to'ask, ill..& .' i)ortlon of red powder; with .which
I I . be lying back arid dead In a* few , � .
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� . . . hoursi. The very churches were for- we not in t1mcAo keep our appoint- subdued tone. - .- .. I it Was filled, - Casting i0lito the Cal-
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aken; their � pastors fled'or lying .in werit?". .. .1 . .. . .She'has prodlated the future for ' dron, she murmured an invocatiorl'in
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H. B. , Combe,- ' Otie plague -pits; ,And It we even rem . . 1. "Ob, 'certainly, , L%'Magqiie is at YOu—What did she foretaff?". ,Sanscrit or Coptic, 'or some other
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.. . . solved to,.cQnyert the great cathedral home to . visitors at all .hours, (lay I I lial own tonglie, and 91
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Chemist ind Diruggis, . of.St. Paul'into a vast plague h arid' night. I belifive, in my's;oul. she I being an��hing n.stbre for such an Arose a dense cloud of dark red
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� pital, cries and. lairlentations I . doesn't kno* wliat,sleeP means.,., - unlowky ,dog as, I am. " sAialro, tlu�t.noaxly filled the room.
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Opposite Town Raft. ' ' . � .. . ' -echo� - I I .. "Where ,did she I . earn this -wonder- ad Sir N inan �ever read thef ate
. . . � 1. . ad fk6in one end. of the city to the "And you are still as much in love . I . . . 1-1 or .rY
__ I � . Nft�., other and Death .and Charles reigned with hei as ever, I dare swear. I Jul blaqk,art of hers?" . . - of Aladdifi,�he w6uld,probably havil
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- _. ----'— , I . , I . . "lit the east, I.bel-iove, She has - thought of itl '
. oval;. London tog*ether... - have no doubt, now, it ,%#aB Of her . . .11 then; but .ihe .young.
* . 4 . . beeit theie and,all -over tbe_,World,' , did' not greatly affect iltcr-�
. . I Yet in the midst of all.,this, mariy. you were thinking *hen. I carue up,, . . . . eourtidr
and. debaijohery : Xothing'plso could ever . . s 1,�llgland for, the i.�'itur of: - *4 * ' .
scenes of wild orkle,s . hav - nlEkdo� a nO now she- visit . . .. a 0 ny kind, And. 'thought:'of
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-i u � . . . you look so dismally woebe . gone an, - . '"first tiale." t. I I th I ing'npw but �of. se . eing sometblijg*,
A- Coursa : '.I � still'went on within. . Its, gates-7--�as . , I .a . � - 10 I .
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. . . -1 . ,. ' . yQu did, When P oviden a s�ljn�,-me t1b, She� hits chosen, a sprIgh6 .. .a.s.on.l.,When, the smoke. CIL d* away. - It
. . . . . in our own!.dayj when' theo eftolet-4 r .. . 0 ' . I I
� . r vag, . I . - . is' he not. afraid :of. was.:,rathe,r I ng. in dbing go, and�
, Parts, the' lnbal)itants of 1 wondbi? , , '' d�'heos'aw nothifig at'first
. ' ' ' ' a ad .Your rdl ef�", - � ,� _. .'., I - for bar. visit,
. that facetiOUs, City- made It a carnl- .1 . " .1 was ihinking..ot. har;".. said the � thCplaguc, i I ,I when it di
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Advortisi n' g I , . � � , - yal 86 A w, -lit London,; oung. man. moodily,. arid, with -�a , "No;, � shoi, ie4rs - nothing;" said or- ; but his own. handsom`c;,haXf-serj614s,.
. . I . I I . there were X, . .1 1. . . -' half er . �
. I. . 1. I # I 0 I . darkoriMg brow.' , I � . mliton, As he khocked.loudly at the' -in eduloils -face; but gradpally
I . .1 many who, feeling that they had but . . . ., , " . I .
� . % few. flays to 1 . ive' at the most, Sig! -Norman. fa�v6r6&, him'. with &� door. "I'llogin''to bafieva'.sha is -a, distinct; and. ele , �.formcd �1
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. 'i, half-0mused, half-edriterrilittious, stara', made of Adamant �tistead -Of what itself at the bottom, And Sir Norman'
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One - Dollar .... I I . I . a in fo� -A .. inorrient,: then stopped at .., other women Are made.of." :, , gazed with bewildered eyes. Ile SMIA�
. . I the revelry while 'they* .Yet existed, ' "WhIchAs
. . � 1. . � . � huckster's sta - .a, rib; I'believe,'�-.,obger- a lakgo roQm;AlIed with &'sparkling �
. I I � � "Eat drink and be. xnerry, .for 'to- . 11 to.puichase soine ci- - . � I .
' . I . � ad Sir Norman, tholightfully. "And ctdwd, manyof-theuiladlcii;,.splen�
*XnM=.*�W,,�*=,=W,,Wc M � morrow you. diie " was their'motto- - , garett6s; "lit one,- .4nd ,after smoking,
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... . � -1 -the 'frantic for: a. few � win.utes, plea'santly ,� 1 . . didly arrayed and sparkling in *jdwT'
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A111118-5SIONS, it inouthly yotj - I arid if' ft L the midst . of . Is �ruck, being .of'. such a,. crooked - arid - cantan� 161 and .
. I dance fir debauched .revdIL � ' f � ,marked, -as it the fact'had just . . . 11 1�1 , fokemost Among them..stood
. oneL.o hilll:. I . . . . . . .. kerlou� ridture� 'eThey'te-,v I , I wonderf . ul .
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I lial 411, 1)[114ness m4king ide-,- t.hbm dropped 'ddad; tild" other only . . t�o"LYOU I :-- . L. I . 10� I - women are;. . arid for wh ** one, whosebo%uty surpassi3d itilythin.j
. . . . . . s 're a fool V' rUC at in-. he had ever before. dreamed of_t �shc
.. . . .. 1. , shrieked. with * laughter; hurled. thi ., ".0rinis f) I rtitable ri�iasort, it has pl�ascd. P . ro- 'wore.
illill %ibit yew, , .1tylol'body out to.' � "I know It;" -said Orthistdn,, .sen� se - .L%. . .. the, robbs'of -a flueen, purple
-h, during. . tb(i Ail. street, and -the - � .. ,. I , . C to c� ,�', ,. : . " d .6iiWillo-.-diamonds blazed L On
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I . L L . . demortiac'mirth grow twice,a:s fast, .tentlousI3,�. ' . ` . � � viden.e reate them L Ail tile
* . . id The openivig'of tile door.
I .1 , ' .L L "The lde%," sai , ,',I ' X utlfuLiie�k,*arnis andfiagers, and.
give.4 a tholough- trelittlivilt (if''tilL and fitrious as befoiiire.- Robbers,and ,,r orman_ .. brought to ' 136, I .
stioldoin'enO this little touch of.fnor� a'ti ' ame brilliants. cro jT-
. I . . ' I knocking, thp ashes, da Ally off the a . ara. of the s W,
* . .� L qut-purses paraded the, -a - treats at end: of -his clgat�ettc W . ith the t!Tl of. . I &I t . zing, . and -a: Wrinkled old. portei I . . . . . .
differeut lihnsos of adverdshig, y, II.. noon-wolay, entered boldly closed 'And I . .. I . ad her regal head. . In .one* hand slid
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. . . . . deserted houses, Ills little finger; '�the iden... of falling, thrust out a -very 'withered and un- :held a scepter; What seented-1or be
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he set, t(I IlPy ltdtl i,e,,,a 0 1 it Qariada or punity 'whatever. thdy pleased, : High" - , Ili w a-� ,.;vbmftn whose - face .11OVOly face. : - , � � � .. � . '' . .a. throne 'Was behind her, but solue-
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L . I . . WaYmell Wested., Hounslow , Heath, You I ' lave never ll can I - I � 6�n undor- "I'a. ,A16sque .at "i hoine?" , friquired.. �thing which . sii�prlsed Sir Xpripan
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tile Unitell Stltio.�i, f4)r One Dol'in . r.. . apd.all� the roads. leading from � tIld stand it man's. going to.; any� absurd Orinigton., stepping In, 'wit'hOut cerc� Wost. of all was to find himself
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. . I . -�icnie *ban be falls in love Ili pro- lnolly� I - .. . . . I I -anding beside her, the Cynosure f
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. . I .11 , fi�y,'Ievy.ing a -toil,orj -41 who passed, ex _. . L . . . I , at . . 01
, , . I L.. ller� ChriStlan-faShion, The, � old' man nodded -and, pointed '
sond fell vent,; for a solllplt- Coll' L'. . And plundering.. fearlessly the fiyin I I 'i�ith a .proper . .411. eyes. Whilli he. yet gazed In min�
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. I . _ ' rl Christian face; but, to'go,siark, stat -w I . � I gled � astonishment 'L . I .
. I eitlzons'L In fnet;, fak-famed' London ' Kiii:gslay/.' Ormiston sprang lightly �the.- -scene fad:
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ft will Ile worth it dollor. to you. . town L .in, the year of grace 1666,.. Ing inad, as you have-done,-mydear . ad �away -and another
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. . . wquld have given one, goad Idea" f. �fLllow, Abomt a black. I . I
.. Q, _;_I Corl:JI'der that a'little too' much -in the same. style ,.by- Sir. X,6rman. gdon-cell, . damp and dintriaW waits
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IMPRESSIONS - L pandemonium beoltaii Idoso... � '.. - . - ".yo . .
. _ , . . . - of a good tbifig�l come"Iet'lls goi." . U.seeni pretty well .acquainted and floor ;and -ceilln'g covered- With .
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. . .. , . . It, was drawing t . O"the.close of,ah, LL'Nodding easlly.to his nuriterous ac- with � .the latitude *and longitude of greeill ,and-hilleouii slime., -A small
. , 0 � almost tropical June day Abat the
'() tir, - - I - 'L an -this place !' , obse, ved't�at -y6u
St. Cathari.n.es, . P . lAhronged ih . " -tintancas as� lie 'went; Sir Noript . . . I �r . ng .14mp stood on* the flqor, And by its
I � . . .. crowd Who hat ol pr - , � lef 'sickly.'water .
. . . I .1 I Cindts of St, Paul's since early in " Kirirslev:saunterad- I.surely .1own gentleman, as they *pa§sed Into a y gloapi,-fia saw himself
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!!01_17_--7_ '. . Ing began to disperse, The poin, that. pAlll.p ,Walk, and out. throilvii illo, "I ought to;be; I've been hore Orion .. again standillgi pale. and dajecteoi�
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I LL I .. . bad tl Ong 0a , I� .1 near the .wall, � But he was not .
.. .. 11 .. . . irobbed the livel, Y Ike- a grant ol'ooi of the catbedi-al; f.011mved anough," .said Orinist "This is . - I I
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. . grrcat,:4eart* of fire In A Ej." of:brass, . 15 V hios melancholy friend. Pausing 'the Cal mon wititing koom .f6 I
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4�1,ktn 4 it I b I ,a -arid'. di4morift stood before
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R in - s 0 for a monientt6 gaze at the gorgeous Nvho_�L 'L .. " li !in,. and. staddenly lie draw his sword .
. L . I . _Wish tv"consult'La' Masque. purp' .
, . . Crimson purplo And gold, yjet PAUFS, s.ungat.kvith. ot-look df.lanoruid ail Phat old bag Of boneflL who let us . I
. Our Heaxlachv , I � Walk v�iig crowded, . There ... were - inir- .� �� L I I n . ; . d'plunged it:.*up.� t
L . . . as L . a6on,�..Slr -Norman passed his tMi't has 96ne to �annotince us." . I kill . Q he hilt in,her -
Cuiring Re -coed ' . court. gallants ill ruAl And plum6s, thm IlghL that of.:his frie (1, and they - Sir Norman took . 'w Be ' . . heart! The beautiful vision fell -like
Hundred-* havo'been - L L Is � , ) n L,nn(,e in, ad Curious, , . at end glnnc� .a. fast, And'the sword'
rr.d from. porsistent ballad- ingers.chanting the not over- Walked .on -at rather li'Lranid Y round the room. It w storic at his ' .
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headakhom b.v our delicate ditties .of jlle,LEarl of 110ch- . 0, L I I was drawn out reeking with her life
scion O'd calir ati9d �, ester� usurerSL ex . cha rigirl L the.dircciiiin,10.f. �Old London Bri�dge. common place. t,partifient; eno A, blooid.' This was a little too .much
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slallsvill. , � � 9 1, for Tbore were few people Abroad, ('.%- with a floor of polished black Oak, for the raal Sir Norman,and with'ailL
When we undorlifto : I � bonds 'Worth three times WhatL they -Cept the wMtChmeli Walking Alowly I I
to curo headache we . .1 .1 . I slipperyaq. Ice and ,shining like glass;
. I gave for them,, quack doctors readin I expression of indignant consterna�
. 9 up tind (town before the. plactle-strielt- a few old,Flemish. paintings .on. the tion he s I
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. . do It or. rotund the I in dolorous tones, the bills of mortal- an houses: but in.-every..str , (,.a . t the,V � w Its; a. Ili . 6rgo round table in the cc
Money. . , . a L . . ri� prang upright,. Instantly it
. . I � . 'ity (if.. the,procefloling' day, arid aell_� L -1C(%d all faded Away, And the reflection of
I . - . . .. I I' poltsed through. theyL not liU96 Wr of the flpot, on Which lay a pair., his 'own,- excited face looked up�at
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. ng plaguC-Wabars and anti-pestilon- pile of. wood'and coal heoped ffown of old musical *Instruments called *ir� lit ' from t -oil. , . I .
. . . . . . 1. . tial aboininatiobs, whose morit. they a th ' . L in 'he caldl . . 1.
. e Contra. Smoking Z911101181Y 1hPV gfnalg.. Two la' .
. . I . . . I boldly extolled; ladies, .too, richly Lon ' . 11 rge, curtabaless win- I k
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, haW walked for a season I ! ... I told you- not, to spea, , " said
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. . . . .. L .,., I dressed, and InanY of them m'fi$ked- c' , wben Ormiston qeased pufll'ng n . scene." r
I ,,ts TIMP .. . I . an a . . . Ila es, set in leaden Casements, adL, I c Mosque, quietly; �'but you �blust
. . St. nelit, In I ollifre. . - on � still -anothar� - L L
oft , .. , andbotiksellers who �al*ays ma.de , for a ,)Mni n �. - golden 4nd'erini . o k L I I I
. . . witted the pon light.. L - - La, portion of tbd
I [I , .. , Paul's! C� fa*vorlte haunt, And ovan, to. .... � . . . Again. she throw
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. , . this day ,patronize its precinets, . ,and . "Whol t Are All tbis4w: for? This Iq a � � ',74 or the receptl6ri-room of a. Arr- . contents of the L "casket intoAllo cal�
I. , , I .flourish, in the regio WL of . ,sttiinge tfme�,.I p4ouldlinagine, 'for . s . . :,$gti, L �
. . , 111 Paternoster bonfl�es,'o � . . . I . I care s," rawarked. Sir Norman, Witir, dron,And Alto Aloud the-words,of
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:4- L as in rich liverlesi port and flippant, L Nornion, "at laasi,thcy,are lint In- "there is nothing .Very Woriderful arose and 111.1ed4tbe room, ,And when
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. I .: solliring-nifin fitit of place, And'. lek . ' aligut.,all this., How it jig sh, a
P - tended for that,- and It your fiptl(t v,qIq i . 1�*. L 0 spaeS. It cleared ;Lway Sir '.�orman beheld
. I I po'ckcts with a keen a, ortunes, anyway!� As illy does, by third And less startling. sight. The
I /,' - -_-� . . ve to business; hot fuller Of that maskOd Witch of.
. I . I . . 1�% . . I . .. till Clashed anit'jostled,togetber, rals� . V,ndor than common' schso (for I be� niails and., Charts, or as tlloso� old scene and place he could not dlscoV-
. I I *Ing- a. din'to which the Plain of Shliir-� eastern nAlfti do it, by magie mir,! at, but it seemed to him like night'in.
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... . i . . - Babylonla$l workman, were As. Poith. �Vlteh), . you colild lint have- bettie(I 'Weither,", said Ortnigton, I 'her � the ground and bound. fast together,'
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L ` Moving oerell I . don lins been inspired sudd(!nly with almachs, who ,show you. your destiny faded AWAY, an . d once more his Own
Scientific JNiWeller 6not . . darit, , ly through this diseor. ft-ndtlOn that If soveraf thnitso"(1 illLa Well. . She has a sort of magio face seemed to mock him In the clear
0'Pticiisln . L Sea of big follow-Cree'tUrCS came LflrOJ4 f"re kindled at Once in the sfroo�, L I .
It- 0. L . 1. � . , lake In her room, and—but YOU will. ,water, ' . . . .
"iT.. ft ,you" mart booted .And spurred, It will purlfv the kir and chock ti,o , .
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x,xivTor4,- whose till, doublet, of cherry 'colored pa,-, t I I I . sea It all for yourself presently,"' ' , '149o," said Sir Worinan, promptl3n,
I.. .. ellee, so, when St. Paililiq tn'tls '11 have , Always heard," said Sir "It was -Ormiston and .myself." :
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L . I I I Velvet, edged and'sPangled with gold the lidur, of midnight, till the'la, rffle.( Nor'J"n" In the same modita�ive.way "Rightf *and ,,one of thank was
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I I aide of his head.,'With Its long black I
. . . I . 111111ninal-lonono 4oubt; but, it,cl tn 11A. ..11 A 7 t- �4',. A Py -1 . 6 Xf-
.n 01110 anu.maftlohu clasp. iwoclaini.
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ad hint to be,soinebody. A profusion
of sneawy shirt frill rushed hitpetuoto-
. ly out of. his doubldt, a black Velvet
cloak, lined with ambor satin, fell
.picturesquely front his shoulders; a
sword with a. jeweled hilt clanked on.
the pavente as he Walked, One
hand I i�lvrcd with a gauntlet of
canary colored kid, perfumed' to 9.
.degree that would shaina Any bolle.of
to-diJ�Y, the other, which rested light-,
ly on his sword hilt, flashed with a;
stilt.n(Jin opal splendidly set. Pa
wits a, handsome fellow, too, with
fale Waving hair (for he had the
good taste to discard the ugly wigs
than In voguo), dark, bright, hand-
some eyeso it thick blonde rnuttadha,'
,i -11 and re-ork-TA r- ceful f1mura
stopping'the progrqps, or th(i pl-e-lie,.,
I Am afraid that it Is altogether too
good to be true," I . . . �
"Why should; You doubt, it? The �'
plague Cannot la.qt- forever,"
"No, Dut Lilly, the astrologer,
who predicted its coming; also fore-
told that it vvoulcl last for many
months yet, and iince one proplusy
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has come .true, I see . no reason. wily
the other should not.00 ' I
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ould be nobody left &.live to take,
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plague -pits by that time.- .
"A pleasant prospect; but o, true
oilt!) 1, have -no doubt; And an I hava
no anibitlon to: be hurled headlong
Into ,one of those 'horrible holes, I
shall leave I—. �14. tu ,
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�turned up tit last Who IN able to -fish :
It out., Alil bore comos our Ancient
M us.t'
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of Your goddess," �
The door opened, And the "old bag I
of. bones," its .Orlyijston' irreverently
styled his lady -love's, ancient doines-
tic, made a sign for them to.follow
.blin. Leading the WAY down along
a corridor, he flung oppri, a pair of
shining folding doors at ibe anti, and
ushered. them Into the majestic pres-
ante of the sorceress and her magic
toorn. 1loth gentleman doffed their
Plurned, hats. Ormiston stoppod'for-
Ward lit Once; but Sir Norman olls-
erectly paused in ' the doorway -to
contemplate the, scene Of notion, As
he, slowly did so, a look of deep dis-
OIL I ex Aimed fr rinan,
with a perceptible - start, 'Which
one, inadani?" I . - I . I
"If you cannot tell that, neither
can 1. If there is anything further
S,6u Wish to see, I min quite willing
to show it to you,"' . .
,"I'm obliged to you," said Sir
orth.art, .stepping back; "but no
wore at present- thank you, Do
you mean to -say, madam, that Vp
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some day to murder a lady, especi-
ally one so beautiful an she. I just
now oavv?" . I
til have said uothing—all you've
se" I will Come to pass, arid whether
your destiny be for good or evil, I
haVe nothing to do with It, except;"
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said ,'the sweet voice, earnestly,
11that.if La Nri-tsque Could straw Sir
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ristmas Greeting
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and ail expression of countenance
wherein easy good "nature and fiery
,,l5- V.4 it m AvW Pitsaure settled On his features, on
days. And, OvInistolt, I would findino it not half so awful its he had
strongly recommend you to follow
Norman Kingslayla. pathway With
roses, she, would most assuredly do
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churn,".is an old time dairy
that?"
I "Tbillu? Don't Ask tile 'et", 6
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sup1losed
$30.00 . .
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Row can you bettor greet a'
impetuosity had a hard struggle , for
niastary� That he was it courtlei Ot.
Iny oxainplc�ll .
"Not I," sald OrmlstOny ill tv tOnO
In sonl� Ways It was very like the
room they had lettv being low, large
"Madam., you Are. too kind," Amid
tile young, gentleman, laying hilt
Al I
Iriend at 0hriatmas thanWith
rank wAs apparent from his rich at-
tire land rather Aristocratic bearing,
illy resolu.tibil, ' "WhI16 TAI�
Vap'ttu"t')) stays, so will 1.11
And square, arid having floors, walls
I arld ceilings paneled wfth glossy
hand Ott his heart, while Ormistoli
peowled darklyo�-'Inioro especially as'
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a photograph. Your Mends
and, a crowd of hangers-on followbol
fiffit ae he want, 1oudly demanding
"And perhaps did of the plague Irk
a Week. " . .
blaek Oak, But It bttd no' windows
I have the' misfortune to, be 6 per -
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will lqok pleased oft Xmgs
ll,ur money, A group of, trimliml-
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"So be M I don't fear the p1doe
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—t lily ,a bronze 14mp, suapended
I front the center of the coifling, shed
toot ,stranger to you,"
"Not so, Sir Norman, I have
when they see the photograph
girls, singing Mrilly the, songs of the
dayO called boldly to him 48 he Pai'10-
Mir so much as I do the thought Of
,
losing bet." .
a flickering, ghostly light, There
Were no paintings—so, Carvings
known you this inany a day; and be-
(ore long wa.shall�be bettor acquafnt��
haVib Made fo�
6d; arid one of them, more free And
easy than the rest, danced up to him,
Again Sir Norman, stated . .
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"Oh, 1 pact it's ho ' I .
0-480,
grlui
of skulls, skeletons end serpents,
. tit, Permit me to wish you good.
We You-
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striking her timbrel and
0, poless �
Valth, I begin to fool eurJOUSL to
pleasantly wreathed . the room—
: aveningl"
the caldron. it
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,shouting
rather than singing the chorus of the
Q08
� this onehantr000, who lies managed
neither NVaria theta Acats nor tables
nothing but it huge ebony ealdrort at
At this gentle hint both gentleman.
bowed themselves out, And soon I
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than popular ditty,
00 c(lectuttIlY to turn your brain,
Wheft did you ,see her Inst?'o
the upper end of the apartment, ovet,
found themselves In the ntreet, With I
HaNny's PHOTO STUDID ir
Wd what rare I lot past of, plaguOl
"Ye.4torday,', paid Ormiston, with
deep. "44
which a grinning skeleton 6ft wireb
With a, iseythor, in on# hand of bond,
very different expressions of coun. I
tonafice. Sit Norman looked consider -
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%not Mr. Ormiston looked sayugpev
*nd uncompromisingly Jealous. The
Animated skeleton who had admitted
tllelxl closed the door alto,r them; arid
the two friends stood, in tb4 twi-
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light on London Bridge.
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,i, When the butter NvoWt...,
"Well, said Ormiston. drawing *
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COMO Put a penny in the ` ,
I )Ong breath, "whal, do you thinli: of
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churn,".is an old time dairy
that?"
I "Tbillu? Don't Ask tile 'et", 6
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proverb. It often seems to " I
I Sir Norman, looking rather hewIl(ILr_
I Od- "I'M ill Such a State of MyStill,
Work illough no one has ever
I -cation that I donIN rightl,
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told wily'.
whether I'm standing on my )lead or
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feet, For one thing, I have cou'e to
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When mothers ate worried I.
1410 Collclusioll- that your masked
� lady -love must be enchantillgly beau-
because the children do not �
, tiful, .
"Have I Pot told you that v, thou.
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gain strength and flesh we
sand times, 0 thol, Of litLIO Inith ?
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say give them Scott's Emul". �
But WbY finve come to such a
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conclusion?" .
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"Because no. Woman . with such a
11gurc, such a voice and I
, , ouch hands
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could be otherWise,01 . I
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milk because it works and
know you Would Own it some
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I daY� Do'vou'wonder I now that I
because there is something
love her?" . .
I . "011,4 as to loving her," said ,Sir
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astonishing 'about it, . . .
Norman, Coolly, ,,that,s quite Ali-
other thing. I could no more
. love her
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Scott's Emulsion is simply . . I
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a Milk of pure cod liver oil, - . I I
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�I could a figure lit wood or wax,-
but I admire her vastly,, and think
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With ,some bypophosphites � -
her extremely clever. I ,will- never
forget that face In
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especially prepared for delicate '
the caldron. it
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Was the most exquisitely beautiful I
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Sto=ChS. , I I . 11 . 1�
ever sa,w.,, .
4111, loya With the ahatio"w Of a �
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face I Why, you are a. t1lousandfold
11101170 absurd. than I,- .
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because they like the taste - " .
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� . - Sir Norman thoughtful.
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and the remedy takes just.as
don't know that I'm in love
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with it; but it ever I see it� liv - Ing
naturally to the children. be -
face like it, I Certainly sliall be, ilpw
did La Masque do it, I Wonder?".
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cause it is so perfectly adapted
"You. had better ask her," ,Aid
Ormiston, bitterly, "She
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-to their wants, � I
seems, to'
have taken an Unusual interest in
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o e and pale and
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You at first. sight. She 'Would
streVv your path with �
roseso. for�
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thin children Scott's Emulsion'
600thl Nothing earthly, ,I believe,
would wake her say anything half so
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is the most satisfactory treat- .
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$Ir Norman la
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I Ili$ moustache complacently, � �
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a matter .6f - taste my dear
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the. pean3�, L e., a - , .. .
'fellow; and these woulen'are noted
for their perfecti6xi in this line,
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SaMple free. . � �
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�cgltl t6 admire La Masoltie. ' -
And niore, . more
:And I tbink You had better
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th" form of a 1;kbel is on the -
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give vp the chase-, Ana let me take
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,,,p r evtry bottle of -
ac in Oyf
,,( ou buy. . . .
your pldc6. I, don't believe yd.U, . .
. the ghost � .have
I Of a chance; Ormiston." ,
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� Orinisfort, -%vith desperate . face,,
'�'but
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, Soc. at id,Sz .00 -,. all druggiAo. . . .
tbat happens.the better. Ilaj.what
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It -%vAs a P16riiing stiriek-no un_
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ugual sound,, and. as. he.. .spoke the
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fusion . of shinl�g f)l __ __
aek -hair tall In,
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the door of 6n.adjoirling house, was
flung 'open, � a
elaborate curls -over her neck and. . .
.Woman ..rushed. wildly
out, fled d6wzi all RdjOining street'
shoulders, Her dress Was that -of a
bride; a White
and,disittill6ared. - '. � . .
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0 satin brocaded
"with Its I
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"What's. All this a-bout?"Acma it
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silver, fairly dazzling In.
shining radianfie, and as' brief in the I
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article of'i;leeve and'.neck-as' that of .
'any
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upoa myself to *&nsNver,. ,said Sir,
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modern belle.' A- irclet -of pearls . I
a was Clasped -round the snow;-�whita ' .
-Nirirman,,-and the o.niY wftv]'t0'sOlv0. �
Ah4 Inysteryis to* gil and.s"ee," , '. �.
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Abroat, and lika6elcts'of the .same , 1.
-jewels'�nclrcled * the taper .
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.1 .It. nlay beflio plaque," saio.:._Or,�,
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-miston, hegitAting. "Yet the hous
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.6 ,marked. Theie Is -% wdtch-w
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:-jeWels, '
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mao;..'I Will ask him," � , .. .
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the latter falling Around her ..
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lit, doud of mist, Everything wab .
. The man with' -the:halberd In his
� hand' was, walk.ing'up arid down be-
perfect,, frorn'tho-wreith,and-,voil. .to. , . .
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fore, an adjoini.rij house, bearing 00
the. tiny. sandaled.feet�. and.lying
there tit her. P` she looked. . I
mute repose
ominous. red Cross and.Ditefous.: .In_
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more, like ,some : .exquisits''piece 9.1 I I .
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serli, - tion::.'%ord lie . %�e , nIC)rc,y - � upon,
. sculpturd tharf Anything that had ever I .
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'Ved and moved Jn this groveling. .
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.twer'to Orinision. . "If anyorio theiL
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has the plague they must have take'I'l
. aild there lay a great livid . purple . � .
-it lately; ,for -1 1)eird .,this inorriffig .
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tha t there wits Ao be it w0dolkip,
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khd-w'who: lives there?" . ..
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without ceremony arid looked around..
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through tile oriel, window at thifur .7,
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embroidered With, gold, to show ii.
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network and gilded moldings; an a
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Neat it, was a, small , i4arble table�
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fire cliltinber is so built tb:it no ashes .
covered with . books and, dr&w1hiti
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n with a decanter of wine and an. ex-
quisite little goblet, of 13ohomian
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glass, The marble mantel , was
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toilet -table, strewn with jewels, laces
exer6sed in nioloing efficient joints . � - .
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perfunia-bottles and an htra,v A61 cost-
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quaint carved bedstead, with - ,
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curtains of snowy lace, looped back
with golden arrows - and searlot rib-
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