The Clinton News-Record, 1903-12-10, Page 22
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Itching Skin
DIstress by day and night -
That's the complaint of thoae whee
are so unfortunate as to be afflicted
with gcseteaa or Salt Rheum -and out-
ward applications do not cure.
They can't.
The source of the trouble is in the
blood -make that pure and thia
ing, burning, itehing okin disease wilt
disappear.
4.1 was taken with an itching ofl my
arms waich proved very disagreeable. 1
concluded it waS salt rheum and bought a
bottle of lloott's Sarsaparilla. In two days
after 1 began taking ItA felt better and it
was not long before I was cured, gave
never had any skirl disease since," Mes,
IDA E. WARD, Cove Point, Md,
Hood's Sarsctparilia
rids the blood of all impurities and
cores all eruptions.
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December 10tho 1903
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SiTRATVORD.f,
A VAMOUSsseirpgr,.,
A large Wide-awalte, Working,- hest -
Pee, resuit-produeing• schobl-stlie. lead
business i.o•lege 111, 'Canada • ,today.
Orseluatee alw.E_ys get ..piimititans.,, This
colleee Isees ineny.• of its .grailitates.
in calor busiuess colleg•es.es. teecIsers,
Winter term opens -JOU..4t.11. ITh,fld
S() sic catalogue free.;
W. •lel I IOTT l'ritscipei
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The Face
Behind the Mas
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A ROMANCE.
(Ulu Com-
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wrinkled, old -Woman that would not.
' trouble the peace of mind of the the plegUe."
moat jealous lover M ehristendozn.
"Prudence, you are a perfect idiot!
,
,Are you not liable to take the Oa
Perhaps it was not just the thing guts
to sorer an
aloos s. listen; but be in the remotest quarter of tido
could. uot or the
life of him. help idague-infeated city? And even if you.
itand stand and listen he accordiug-
do take it, what odds? You have
f;
ly did. Who knew but this conversa. onlY a few years to live at the most,
y
tion might throw light no, 'the dark and what matter whether ou die
mystery he was anxious to see
now or at the end of a year or two?"
d laa repeatedr .
through, and could. his ears have run
i •-
into needle -points to hear them bet-
n ft high key of indignant amaze
"
ter, he would have haat the operation
ment. It may make no xnatter to
then and there performed.
yea, Madam Masque, but it makes a
a moutent's silence after the two There was
great deal to me, I can fell you; and
tered. the portal, during WhichLa
. en -
Into that infected house I'll not put
.
Masque stood, tall, dark, o
C-K4M.I.K+Wt4P4W.F.C-44441(11.444'304443:404(11,141/01.11,4044:M9/4)k, Inandidg, motionless as Et marble "Just as you please, only in that
column;
case there is no use for further talk,
and the little withered old SO allow me to bid you .good -night."
. aeternat or tne famuy, Shecimen of humanity beside her
"But
a.ny other such uouseesical o -fa
ldsh- tood azin at her with some-
madent, what of Leoline?
. "So much, my good sir, that
would strongly advise 'u not to go I
iwar it, unless you wish to catch
smnething worse than the plague. 1.
There have been othera-rour worthy r
host there, whose teeth, You nteY
perceive, are chattering in his Lea&
Can tell you about those that lava. I
tried the trick, and,a_.,,
"Well?" suid, Sir Nortmul., curious -
"And who have never returned to
tell what they found," concluded the
little monster, with a diabolical
leer.. And as the landlord fell, gray
and gasping., backs. in his seat, he
broke out into a loud .and hyena -
like laugh.
"My dear littlefriend," said sir
Norman, staring at him in displeas-
ed weeder, "dou't laugh, if you can
help it. . You a re 'unprepossessing
enough at best, but When you lets, h,,
yon look like the very, (a cloWnweakt
gesture) hituself!":
• Unheeding this advice, the dwrrf
broke again into a tmearthly cantina
nation, the t friglitenedt the la !Idiomd
nearly into fits, alai seriously flis-
Composed the nervous system even of
Sir Norman himself., Then, grinning.
like a baboon, and still • trnns
our pu Isnot t young kn ight w It.b I he . •
Same t and .unpleasant glare,
he nodded is farewell, and in this
rash ion, grinning and n odd i ne end
backing, he.: .g•c4 to the door,
and concluding . the intereasing
performance With a- third..fioarse and
hideous laugh,disappeared' in the
. darkness. •
• For fully ten minatei after he •wes
gone,..the young man kepthis eyes •
blankly exed on the door, With a
vegue impsessien that he Was suffer-
. Mg- from an 'attack of nightmare; fne-,
it seemed impossible that ,anything •
so prepesterenelY uglY, as that dwarf
eciuld exist out Of one. A deepgreen
from the landlord, however, ('010.1 i(
ed hint . that it vsas no 'disageecahle
midnight vision; but a brawhy
ty; and turningto that indivkIurl,.•
hsfound him gasping, in the left (107
gree of tersorbehind the counters,
,"NOW; 'wOO in the ILO DAD of Olathe
demons out of bodes may that ogly
abortiert be''.' innuited Sir Normnn.
• "0 T.ord; he morcifels• it's :•Calibanf
and the' only \vender is he did tint
leave you as bleeding. corpse 'at JOS
'Wet!" • • -I. • .
• phoold like.:te see hinCtry it
.
Perhaps he. would "have found ' the t
essisanie tato, ean play .at ;Where.
• he 'come from and, who as he?" . •
s• The landlord looked Over the '..cOun-
, ter and 'placed , • very s ;Epic and star-.
,tied, facia DIOSa to Sir • Nerman'EX. •
That'S f.•just what 1 'nanted to •
tell you .sits,' but 1 vcte afraid to .
'•Speak, befOre hint.. V think be Itees
Up en that Same: old ruin you were
inquiring about ,••-•• : at • Weals; he is
oft en seen tangly e• e round there; but
people are • too much afraid of him
to ask hilusany questi ne., Ab, sir;
it's a strange 'places that rain; eind
there be • strange stories atlas t about
its''• said the man,' with. a portentotai •
shake of the •head. • : •
„ "What are 'they?" IngeiredSir• 'Nora%
'T eheuld particulorlY liketo,
:know's!'
"Well; sir,. for. one thing, some fell:a
sny it is I tunted on Oecoont of -the
. queer lights- aod Eidises. about it
soniettmee; •hut again, there he otlisr
folks, sii., that shy the ghost's are
ahd.that. he"=sisodding towarel.
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stop one moment and tell me of her."
oned trash that artless people still thing between fear and fascination.
"What have X to tell? I have told
believe in bUt to the real genuine ar- "De you know what halt become
you all I know. If you want -t0 find
Lade that Adam felt ter Eve when of your charge, Prudence?" asked the
le first saw her, and whieh all who low vibrating voice Of .1.4 Masque, her, you, must search in the city or
in the peet-house."
ead this -above the innocent and at last.Prudence shuddered and covered her
unsusceptible age of 12 -have exper- "lioW could 1, madatne? You
enced. And the fancy and the real- now I fled !rein the house, and 1 face with her hands.
k
ty are so much alike that 'they dared not go back. Perhaps she is "Oh, My poor darling, so good
amount to about the same thing. there still." • : and so b.eautiful. Ileavert might suns-
. , cl
hoI A,1
Phe former, perhaps, may be a, little "Perhaps she is not. :Do you sup- ' I
to do ;lathing further about it?"
short-lived; but it is just as disagrees pose that sharp shrieks of Yoursas
N‘ "What 'can I do? I have searched
able a sensation while it lasts as. its
nore enduring sister. Love is said unheard'? No; she was fatted; and for her, and have not found her, and
what •do you suppose has beeoine of ese.1 . romnths?"
to be 'blind, and it also has a very.
her?" . . "Madam, you know . everything -
injurious effect on the eyesight of its The old woman looked up 'and • surely- surely you know where my
victims -an affect that neither sPece • seined to read in the dark stern fig- poor' little nursling is, among the
tacies nor oculists can aid in the ure, and the deep Solemn voice, the
rest.'' •• •
of what this mask conceals would
blast yott. Go,. now, for heaven'e
sake, and leave me in peace, to drag
out the rest of my miserable life z and
if ever you think of me. Wt i he to
pray that it might speedily ends You
hate forced WO 10. SO/ 1 ION; 114W
1/0 PA meet dill, mid g4:'
ShO 1116(1P 0, desperate geSti,ri. 01111
turned to leave him, but he caught
her hand and held it fast.
"Never!" he cried fiercely. "Sa,y
what you will; let that mask . lade
what it may, I will never leave j9u
till life leaves me."
"Man, you are maill itelease ray
hand mai let, nte go!" .
"Madam, hear met There is but
one way to prove my love and my
sanity, and that is-"
"Well!" she eaLd, almost touched
by his earnestness..
"Raiseyour mask and try die.
Show mayour face, _anti see if I, do
not love you still."• ' •
. "Truly, I know how much love you
will_have for me when it is royalist.
Do -you knoW that.no one has looked
in my face for the last eight years?"
He stood and gazed at her in won-
der: - •
"It is so, Mr. Ormiston, and • in
my heart X have vowed to plunge
headlong into' the: most loathsome
pleguespit • in London Sather. than
ever raise it again. My intent., be
eatisfied: ' Go, and leave me; and ler-
get inc,"
eligatest degree, making 'them see, . fatal truth.. She wrung her lutads Again La Masque • laughed, another .,-
Whether sleeping or walking, but One "1 can do neither until I have (mos -
with a, sort of cry -
Object and that alone, . "Oh, I know, 1 know; they have of her low, sweet, derisive leughs.
odsto forget everything el§e earthly.
"No such thing Prudence. If X did
Madam, itnplore yoa to hear me."
"Mr. Ormiston, 1 ten .you you but
court your Own doom. No one can
look on Inc told live."
will risk it," he said, with an
Incredulous smile. "Only promise
to show me your face."
"13a it so, thee,"•she cried passion-
ately. ' promise, and be the con,
sequences on your own head."
T-Jjs'face flushed with joy. .•
"I accept. them. And when Is that
happy time to come?" .
• "Who knows? What must be done,
had best be done quickly; but I tell
thee it were safer to play with the
lightning'schain then teenier with
what thou art about to. do,"
"I will take the risk: Will you'lift
that mask now'?" . •
"No; no, I 'cannot. But yet I may
before the,sun rises. My face" ---,with
bitter scan --- "shows 'better by
.darknesa then by light,. Will you be
out to See .the grasid llhurdeation?"
"Most- certainly." •. •
"Then meet inc here an hour after
nticinight, and the lupe so long hid-
den shall be revealed: • Buf; once.
again, on the :threshold .01 drama' 1.
entreat -you to pause."
'"There IS nosuch word for me!
he said- Ilerdely and exultingly erica;
. .
• "S have yeur promise, and 'shall.
hold you to it. And, modem, if, at
• lasts you discoyer iliy Wye is 00100-
lof4S as fate itself, then -may X not.
dons to. hone for a" return?". • .
"Yea, then yea. nsay she
said, :with cold Mockery: . 'your
I don't know whether these were put her in the deod-cart and buried
I should have her here in a twinkling
?Ir. Malcolm Oreniston's thoughts', her in the plague -pit. Oh, ray dear
as he leaned against the doorway, sweet . young, lEzistress," : depend upon. to the same thing inthe end.
it. However, it all
d , folded his arms across his chest
to await the shining of his day star, ' sweet yraing mistress, insted of inn- If you had stayed by your dear,
o . nemes .
anShe is probably dead by this thee,
In feet, I am pretty Sure they were ning screaraing, away as you did, it raont-guNselodlitt
puilte,
, vneto
yliowl)9 lndin h
iftriae,otshat\,ee
not; yraing gentlemen, • as a general. might not hays happened," saicl 1.0. ,
nothing further to say
thing, not being any more given to Masque, fn a, tone between :derision , Prudenceyou
,
profaned moralizing in the reign of -ond contempis. ''theatd inc go." me good -night, . and
His Most Gracious Majesty., Charles • "Ma,dame," Sobffed the old.woman,
II., than they are at the present daY, who was crying, "she was dying of, "Good -night Pru -
madam," said ',
. i They would have buried her in Spite dance with. a sort of groan, as ehe
n
but I do know that no sooer was the plague, and how could I help it?
of me." , wrapped her cloak closely around her
his bosom friend and Sir Nor -
one turned to go
man Isingsley,. out ef sight, an a .' .
forgot him as teetotall.y as if he bad She was . not dead; there. was your. La Masque stood' for a moinent
La
after her, and then placed a
never known that distinguished indi- mistake. . She was as ninch alive, as
vidual.. His many and deep afflic- you or I at this moment." .• k ' tl lock f the door But theee
tions, hi § love, his ang•uish. and his• ,nwadame, I ,left her Alettd,'.' litiu , is • Mony :a slip--.s7she was not fated
the w.oMan positively, . • ,- . to.enter as soon as she thought; for
provocations:. his beautlful, tantilizs .
ing, d mysterious lady -love; . his er-; just at that moment a new steii
an
"Prudenca you did no st‘ch thing, . Sounded beside her and a new voice
rand and its • probable consequenees, .. you. left her .fabitings and itt that
all were forgotten; and Ormiston stttte she was Sound and carried to . .pronoMiCetl . her .neane, and looking
thought of nothing or nObody•in the .the: plague -pit ." • around, she beheld. Ornziston. With
. . what feelings that young person had
world but himself and La Mosque! Theold woman stood; Silent for a
w. la. . ,
' ' ' mement, •with .a; face of. intenee nor- listened to the neat and appropriate
'la Moegite! that Was the. theme on
.
, , . _ . dialogue I have just:had the pleasure
.
variation§ of alternate hope -end fear,
like every other lover .since the world..
heeen„ and love was 'first On install- .
thus, "As it was •in the beginning,'
is.'now. and mat s ,. „
troly , it is an odd and wonderful. stood uraziovedi• ond her voiee, when
thing. ..An yen EEO' I 'may thank . .she spokes was • as celdly sweet Eta . in -the world had La Masque found
•11, great (teal :toe:sensible. to Wear.our . „•.• "Not extictly. She Wei not buried
. .. it out? . 'Lost in a. -maze of \vender,.
• ' and inclined to doubt the evidence 01 .
ciar stars,. dear readers; that wear? • „macro. ice cream;
at all, as I happen to kreasv.' ' Bat his •own earsS ho had stood 'perfectly
hearts. en, mir sleeves for such a •
mist on'S dente .wasalmoser-1 i-V.Pd than the Plogue, end IzOw could she poSsis 1:ra,'4' asOnde°LahlelYn '
bloodthirsty (laws to peck .at, Ar- -When did y oh discover that she had
,..dstisilittLisusnotdil 1):11iser.latIcyroanloityymen
Sir •Norinah's; he had. been in love a blv have caught. It?'•
r " : . . rOnS,en nnnSOf jUSt i$ titne, he • bErd..
whole month, snot bad it badly, and • ' come forward ;and acposted I,a
,yLas now isi the very Crisis etSa mal-
ady.. , Wits .did she.. cenceal her' fitee :.•
•-woillel
she 'eveasliftelase elaysuild.
She .I/Sten.' to • him-ea:would 'she ever •
love " h 1 iii? • feverishly- •'esked Pas=
siOn.; 011(1 Cammon Sense . for whet
little '. of Mei Eisend. corimoidity• he
1,6(3 left), -enrisverecl --a- proliably bo -
cause f,t'se•Wes•eceertrie-.-possible_size
-would discinaesit for the same 'reason
.thitt I:e . bad Only 'f to .1 re and make
•len- listen: tool AS to her loying loins . worse, that,. rtotwithatanding her
,easS•Sioeution Sense owned he had her wedding dress,.she had lam down .on
there:. • : . • • , . • ' her 'bed, lookieg or all the world
.7 ..nin't ..siv . Whethersthe adage, like il: ghost:and told me she had the
'"rniet •heart. never. wain. fair lady." .
was elitsinis . In • his time, ,but : the
spirit of it certhitily-was, and .br-,
trtieton defeesitined ' f 0 preve it, "' Tie
wnsittel., to pee. To 11.10Soue..and try,.
11 i sa, fate ese F.'s :•11 ea in.; '• sled 'eee her. he.:
V "nuld.ielle .1111i1 to stay• there as• ti,
Sart nf an ' orne men till »rep- to the :
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ror; and then she cla,spect both handis -of immortalizing, may be - to use
a phrase :you may have heard before,
once or twice .s.- better imagined than
with a wild cry.
"0 my God! ,And they buried lier ,
ful plague -pit."- . ' I.eoline was, and how* she had. been
.cle,scribed. He knew very well Who.
alive, --buried her alive M that dreads
La Mastplealeaning against a pillar, • saved from the plague -pit; but where
• the does., -'"is a Sort Of ringleader
.."And who are they thet cut tip
-such calitraps in the old place, .
pray?"
A MERRY XMAS
You can make this
coming Xmas a merry
day for your friends by
sending each of them a
good portrait of yourself
or family. Arranp the
hour before hand so as
not to be kept waiti$g.
"That I do. 'not •know,.. madame..1 Masque turned round, regstrditig him
She eenned• .well enongh all day, , in silence for O 'r.noMent,' and Whe0..
though hot. in stint high spirits as a she spoke, her Voice had Etn .octeet •91, •
beide should be. ' Toward evening she mingled .sel•Prise Owl: displeasine. • '
complained of a headoche and feet- "You,' Mr, 0.rinistoni How I. inany
if -1g of faintness; •hut I thought oath- .
ing. of it and helped. her to dress' for -More times am •I to have the :pleas -
the' bridaL, - Betore..it 'was over the uns 01 seeing you again to -night?" .
headache Ond.faintnesS grew. worse,. "Pardon me, madam;. it is the last
and'.1 1:faire her wine,. and atilt . sus_ that,,3ei.i'is.tBdtvsion must .hettr. me now.",
•pected nothing. ••Tha. lest' time. 1 . :Very •avell; thenS. if 'I
1.11100 In :in, she had g•rown. se much. mnst,-aroit had better begin. at (meth
. for the night air is said to be. un -
Consumption is a human
weed flourishing best in wevk
lungs. Like other weeds it's
easily destroyed while young;
when old, sometimes
Strengthen the lungs as yc.tt
would weak land and the
weeds will disappear.
The best lung ,f ertilizer is
Scott's Emulsion. Salt pork
is good too, but it is very hard
to digest.
The time to treat consump-
tion is when you begin trying
to hide it from yourself.
Others see it, you won't.
Don't wait until you can't
deceive yourself any longer.
'Begin with the first thought
to take Scott's Emulsion. If
it isn't really consumption so
much the better; you will scion
forget it a,rid be better for the .
treatrnent. If it is consump-
tion you can't expect to be
cured at once, but if you will
begin in time and will be
rigidly regular in your treat-
ment you will win.
Scott's Emulsion, fresh air,
rest all you can, eat all you
can, that's the treatment and
that's the best treatment.
•.
sion free.
Be. sure that this-vieture 111
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most dreadful burning pain in her
. chest. Then, , madame, the horrid ter let me enter, Ltoo.. I hate to
truth struck me -I. tore down her talk on, the street, for every wall has
dress, and there, sure enough, was ears' •
" .
the awful mark of the distemper.
"You have the plaetie! I shrieked;
o a ouse, se 0 e a. utes ago I saw a tall shape that 1
ttnd then I fled downstairs and Out
1. ....,„
, ,for s week. TTe ' keew Ise • dame madame! X shall never forget have reason 'to Imo*, since it haunts
i,. ---i was terrible! 1 shall no er me, like my ,own _Shadow, standing
count does not know a. word of it!"
v 1 hope you found our conversation i112-
tilere and paying deep attention. I
ns well look for n needle •in a ,
harstEset: as his whinisival beloved forget it! P ' 1 '1 1
oar, poor ell c ; and the proving, , •, ' ''
La•Mascette loughetl-a, sweet, clear "Madain," began grmiston, turning
deriding laugh. ' ' , crimson. • ' • •
"So the count does not know it: "Oh, don't blush; there is 'quite
•
healthy, and . as good people are'.
scarce, I want to take care of my.
self,"
"In that cage, perhaps yoo had bet-,'
"± am aware Of that. When X Was
."L;ord only knows, sir.' I'm sure
don't. I never. go near it myself; bat
• theee are others ' who have; end. some
of Gann of. themost. beautiful
lady, all in white, Wall long, block
!lair, who walks on, the battlements
itioonlight nights." • .
"A beautiful. lady, ell in white, .
with long, black hair!W
' • hY, that de-
Scription applies to .Leoline exactly." •
, And lair Norman.. gave a vi•oleet
start anti arose to proceed to the .
place directly,. . •
"Don't you .go near it, sir," said
the host warningly. "Others have
gone, as he told you, and never come
ba ck, for these.be dreadful times, an (1
men do OS they please. Between the,
pla gee .and their wickedness, .'the Lord
lsnews what become .,of
,uts!" •
"If ,should return here,fot. My.
for
in an hour or two., I suiSpose 1.
• can get him?"' said Sir Norman,. aS
he turned towarda the door. •
"L's likely you cars, sir; if I'm mot
dead by that time," said the land-
lord, as he sank bock again, groan-
ing dismally, With his chin between'
his hands,.
The alight was profoundly dark; but
Sir Norman kneW the road and ruin
well, and, drawieg his swore, +walk-
ed resolutely on. The distance
t ween it and , the • ruin • Was tri ing,
and in less than ten in nos it loom-
ed'up before hit, a. mese of deeper
black in the blackness. No white •
Men's. figoire, lTc ould not see
vision floated on •the broken battle- face, and Ont was an hmannee relief
eteoth this night, a,s • Sir Norman to him, cold prevented his /seeing
looked •wistfully up . at them; but. jettiostev erlded to his other•pe ins nee:
neither was there. any ungaiely tribulations f lit Masque paused eat.
clwerf, with two-edged swertLguarea • •
welt as he, and her soft voice sofpy.
Ing the ruitteci entrance; and Sir 'Nana
man pas. :al unmolested 111. 110 sought ask": '
the spiral etaircase which La Masque "Who calls?
had spoken of, and, passing cerefully "It is I, madame -Prudence."
from one ancient chamber to . "Ail! I am glad to meet you. X
otter, stumbling' over piles eff rub. lifoarveyobt7n Nsvehaerrcehihnagv'eytheocuitybenteh;o„tigh
bish SiOODS as he went hi, ho
reached it Ett last. Descending gin- • "Madatne, I was so frightened that
ger". Its tortuous steepness, he found I, don't know where I fled to, and X
himself in the mouldering vaults, and cOuld scarcely make up my mind to
aa he trod them, his ear was greeted come back at all, X did feel dread -
by the sound of faint and far-oi1 mu- fully sorry for her, poor thing; but
Proceeding further, he heard you know, 'Modem° Masque., I could
distinetlY, mingled with it a mum- do 'nothing for her, and I should not
Inter ,of voices, and laughter, Oita have come back, only I Was afraid
thronek the chinks in the broken of you,"
flags,. he perceived a few faint. rays "Yon did wrong, Prudence," said getting lOst.
..)f light. Remembering the directions IA Masque, sternly, or at least as There was a 'pause, during which,
of15 e Masque, ancl feeling intensely sternly as So sweet a voice could Prudence rooked a.f, her with a face
carious, he cautiously knelt down speak; "you clid very' wrong to leave hull of mingled fear and curiosity. Ab
and examined the loose flagstones uo-' het, In Such a Way. 'You should have last;
pushed it itertly aside, and lying ilat all,ov this? Were you there'?"
"Mitchtin, how do you know all
til he found one, he weld taise; he :come to me at once, and told me
on the stones, with Ida face,to the "But, madame, Was frightened!" "Nos not 15. Tudeed. What would
(literature, Hir Norman behelda Motitt "Bahl You are nothing but a take me there?" •
Wondrous sight. . coward. Come into this doorway, how do you bonnets to know
Ortniston drew back as the twain evr.in'ytAhhi:ftlutlellt)tlititritIV:1:
and tell me all about, it." •
"Love is like a dizziness,"
na" approached, and entered the dee ) per- ”A little bird told me, Vrutienee.
elsemit is the most selfish. feeling in tale Of Le, Mae itleb'aotiOM
Ile eould aec the(tn. ,tieorItiy-oaryo., lelnetityfeen,•;21.1 returned to resume your old
the .old song, Love is something
t allude
Hofirs pliotro sTuma t� the of purtw%i d.ote., said faint lamplight, and he noticed "Madam, dare not, go .ititp, that
• • that La Idasque's companion Was a
home again, I am afraid of taxing
through streets 'of London•-clis.
mal and 0.1-1t noW as the stiasets of
Linsor end l'egemr in Egypt; and he
rogolVoti 1 qoare .hiniseif and
his Spnnish teal's-- hoots the trial Prudence? Poor man! he will bc in ligilt enougfl
g9-io-seek.Wisdes,. like virtue, is he?. Such an ardent and devoted lov- show that. Besides," added the lady
"
easily, "I don't know as I hed • any
of a one -handed r• e '911de-end- despa r when he finds It out, won 't
d 1 to
.its nem reward; and Searcely had he er as ho was you enosvio, objection; you are interested ' in Leo -
crime to this laudable conclusion, l'ruclence looked up a little puzzled. line, and must feel curicius to know,
when, by the feeble glimmer of the ' ' soniething about her.
house -lamps; he saw a .figure that "Yee, nietittina I thinIc so,
seemed very fond of her a great deat "Medams -what' must you think of
made his heart bound, flitting fonder than she ever was of aim. me? ' X, have acted' Unpardonably."
through the night gloom toward hint. The fact 'is, madam," said Prudende. "05,•I ktoW all that. There is no
He Weald. have known that figure on lovvering her voice to a confidential 'need to apologize, and •I don't think
the sands of Sahara., in an Indian whisper, she neverseenied fond or Ellis' the worse of you for it. Will
jungle., or an American forest -a 'tell, '
supple figure, :bending and.
springing like Et -bow of teel, queen-
ly a/III-regal as that of a, •Young em-
press. It was drapcid hi a long •
..cloak reaching to the 'ground, in col- .
• or as black as the night, and elaSPd
,by a jewel whose glittering flash he
Saw- even. there. • A velvet hood •of
the .same color c'overedthe stately
headlsandthe Mask - the tireSoine,
inevif Mee ' nutsk - covered the
beautiful -he was sure it was beauti-
ful -face. Hestia(' .seen her a score
of times in that very dress, flitting
like • a dark graceful. ghost
through' the • city streets, 'and.
the, sight sent his heart plunging
against his side like 00 inward sledge
heart sti ever so faintly at sight'
launiner. 'Would one pulse in her
of him.? .Tust . as he aseked .hitneelf.
. the question`, , and was stopping for-
ward to meet• her,' feeling like the
country swath111 love -"hot end ilia -
like, with a pain in •hie side like" --
an suddenly stopped. Another figure
canes &Intl from the shadow of an
opposite house, iind pronounced her
name. It was a short figure -a wo-
lion at :all, and Wouldn't have .been
inerried;' I 'think, :if she craild 'hove
helped it,".• . •
• "s.
you come to business, Mr. Ormiston?
I think I told you I wanted tscs get
in. What may you wafit of me at
11)11111-h0ve1)11)10(1 i)? What slo
this dismal. hour?"
Yon mean, Prudence? /Nobody atsade "Oh, madam, need you ask? Does
her, did they?" not your heart tell you?" ' , •
Prudence fidgeted, and looked rather "1 Eim•not aware that it does. --And
. ' • -4-to ,tel1 yell the truth, .1.1r. Anniston,
uneasy
ly forced, perhaPs, but ,you know ,you.
, , 1 , a , she was not enact- (Ion t know that X even have a
heart. I am afraid I must trouble
'Why Ind in .. ' I I ' t '
told Ine-.-- . you to put it in words." •
e11," said La Masque coldly. "Then; reatiaitze, / love you '
"Is that air? If my memory serves
• "9'o do what I could," said Pru- - me right, you have told me that:lit-
donee, in a sort of dn
esperatio, "and.
1 cod 14., ont(hIni, and harassed bar tie fact several times before. Is there
aboet it tight and days And then I go in?" '
anything else tormenting you, or may
the count was there, tOo, coaxing and. Ormiston ground out 'an oath be -
entreating; and he was handsome and. tweet' his teeth, and La Masque rais:.
,had such ways With hint, that no ed one jewelled, -snowy, taper fiuger
woman could resist, mach less one so reprovingly.. ,
little used to %gentlemen as Leoline. "Don't Mr. Ormiaton it's
And so; Medallic Masque, we kept at -nOughty, you knoWl May 1 go in?".
har till we got her to consent to it, "Madame,' you are enough to drive
at last; ,but in her secret 'heart I. a. man mad, Is the love 15 bear you
know She did not want to be married. Worthy of nothing but mockery?"
- at least to the count," said Pru- No, Ur. Orinistoo, it is not; that
dence on serlocts afterthought. is, suppasing you really love Me, .
"Well, well, that has nothing to do which you don't. •
-with it. The question is, where ' le "Madill/It" . •
she to be found?" "Oh you needn't flush and look in -
"Found:" echoed Prudence. "Has dignant, It IS quite true. Don't
she, then, befen lost'?" be absurd, Mr. Anniston. now is it
• "Of course she has, you old sitn.• possible for you to love one you have
Pluton! Hour could she help it, and never seen?"
she dead, 'with no ono to look • after "t have seen you, Do you think X
her?". said ta MaNue, with 80010- am blind?"
ried to the plague -pit in her bridal Ender that you can, see Et person With-
"IItY face, I mean. I don't con -
thing like a half -laugh, "She was car-
robee, jewels • and lace; ad whets out looking in her feed. Now. you
about to be thrown in, was discov-
ered, like AlosetE in the bulrushes', to • do you know X have any face at '
be all alive." "Madam, you frinek me."
"Well," whispered Prudence, breath. ,,Not at, all. HOW are you 50know- what is behind thiemask?"-
les'IITY0.11, 0 most Caurageous 01 guars "I feel it, and that is better; and
diens, she Was carried to a certain. X leve you all the same."
house, and left to her own devices, "Mr. Orretistort, how do you know
while her gallant rescuers went for a, but X ant ugly?"
doctor; and when they returned she "Madam, X do TkOt believe you are;
Was missing.. • Our pretty Leolino you are too perfect not 50 hove a
seems to have a. Strong fancy tor
--- perfect Otte; and even were it other-
wise, t still love youi" •
She broke into a laugh; one Of, her
low, short, *riding laughs.'
'Vet' rin1 0 oint,; hos'.'. WiSe thou
Art!15 tell you, if I 'took off thla
utask, tee sista, %%amid curets toe very
IslOod hi your veins with hotror-
would freeze the. life -blood in your
heart, I tell yout" She' paSsionately
cried, "there are sights too horrible
for human beings to look on and
live, and this -this is one of themt"
no started back and stared at her
aghast.
"You think me mad," she said in
a less fierce tone, "but,/ ant not; and
1, repeat itt 5tr, ormteton, the eight
have never looked Sn mine, and how
love.. Survives the .sight it 'Will 110
y !) ,0 ft: ra-
fiN‘U!'laV.i'll be my Wife?"
.".With all my heart!" .
"My darling," 'fie Cried' rapturettely
..'for 'you are Mine already-shoW
ever thank. you for this?..lf-.a.
Whole +lifetime devoted' and . cense-
crated to yoin happiness cEtn repay
,you,. it shall be Yours." . •
Dining this rhaPsody' her •hand iied
heen on the hendle 9f the door.. Now
. .
sse turnec
"Good -night, Mr, Oirmiston," she
. said and 'vanished, •
cnAirrnii.
vu -
'..51h.ocIts of joy, •thy 'tell, me,
dom k ill: 0 my own knowledge, I
cermet saY, for .1.. have had precioes
little eaperience...of • Such shocks in
my lifetime,' heaven' knows; but in
the present lestance,• I . Can:safely
aver they had no dismaleffect (in Or-•
mistrat. Nothing..earthly could. have
.given that young' gentleman .a• great -
or, shock -.of joy • than the enowItidge
hewas to behold the' 1011g -hidden .face
of his idol.. • 'That that, Inc WAS
ugly he (lid not for. a mement_ be-.
,liye., ',or,. at. leasti it. never ..would be .
ugly 'to him, With a .fortir.S.9 per--
-feet a :form .a :sylpla.might,.,hove
ens id ---. a voice. sweeten than the.
•Singing :Fountain of Arabia, hands •
and feet the most perfectly beautiful
the ;sun ever shone on, it .was slut -
Ely a moral Etna physieril
ty, then; that:they could be joined to
a.: repulsive lace.' • . 'There was a re-
mote possibility that .it: 'wes.
less exquisite • than these ravishing.
items; and that her. morbid fEinCY
made her imagine It • homely,
Pared with.. there, but" he Icn.ow he
would never .share .in .that opinion
It WAS the:reasoning of. liciVe -- or,
'rather the logit S for -when love elides
stnilieg in 'at the' doom-, reason stalks
gravely, not to say sulkily, out of
the Window, and, Standing afar off,
eyes disdainfully. the didoes and ant-
ics of her late tenentent. There was..
..ver,.v little • reason,' therefore, in • Or-
miston's head and heart, bUt a great
deal of something sweeter - joy --
joy that thrilled. and vibrated through
every .nerve within . him. Leaning
against the portal, . in ME absurd de-
lirium of delight for it takes but
a trine to jerk thd'als lovers from 'the
depths of the Slough of 'De -
spend to the topmost peak of • the
mountain of ecstasy -.he uncovered
his head that the night air might
cool its feverish throbbings. But the
night air Was as hot as his heart;
and; almisst sinfocated by the sultry
closeness, he was about to start for
a plunge in the river, when the
sound of, totting footsteps and 'voices
arrested him. him. Ile had met with sjo
many iodd adventures tonight that
he stopped now to see who was coin-
ing, for on every hand all was silent
and forsaken. Footsteps and voices
came closet; two figures took shape
from the gloom, and erneeged from
nu
•the darkness into the glinering
lamplight. He recognized them both,
Otte was the Earl of Rochester; .the
other his dark -eyed, handsome page
that strange boy With the face of
the Wet lady! 'The earl was chatting
familiarl,y, and laughing obstreper-
ously at Sm_tiethitig_._:roth..e.....r,
whilo
the boy. merely wore a. languid smile
What shrunk your woolens?
Why did holes wear so soon?
You used common soap.
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nighry'i :
An hal* and a half at least, I
should . fancY," answered the boy, •
with a. strong. foreign (((CLI)t.."
tI. .
knew it stratic. test as we passed St.
Paups." ,
'This grand bonfire . of : our-eacist
woeshipful loed• • mayor will .be . a
sight worth 'seeing," renterked the
earl. "When .all these piles are light-
ed. the city will be one, sea of fire."
••••A. Slight forecast Of what utost of
its inhabitants will See 'in another
werld,''• said the page, with a.Freach
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diction that Londim is to be purified
hy• flee, like a secoud'SodoM; perhaps'
it, is to be verified. to -night."
"Not unlikely; :the dente of ' .St.
Paul's; would be an excellent place to
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