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We
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I Move
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About the 1st -of Feb-
ruary we will move in-
to our new store in the
Tisdale block where We
will be pleased to meet
all our old customers
and many new ones.
Our stock is all new
and comprises every-
thing in the drug line,
fancy goods, etc. . .
.H. B. Combe,
THE COURSES- OF vrtniy IN THE.
CENTRAL
STRATFORD, 'ONT.
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Are up to the highest statidgra o-' e..
w
The Face,
ehfnd the Mas
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A ROMANCE.
*vevkiwomoom*ormo~oselemcsowowsemowiwwwwx.
Um PAMPA "Aws4grAN2
. The diverf's hieh hrevr meg as a
thlinderecloud, Beet jumped to hill
feet, And tionfrotited the queen with
h look so Mteneely ugly that no oth-
er esirthly face could. Neve esteemed
it. net that la.dy eaerely, met it, with
eentie et cold disdeth midi aversion,
and, keeping her dark bright eyes
eixed chillingly upon him, weved her
.white hand1 in her iraperioue way,
ete the guards.. These warlike gen-
Menton knew better than t disobey
her moat graciouir majecite when ehe
happened to, be, like Mrs./Joe
gery, en the "rampage,' which, it
her flashing eye and a roe in expects -
siert ahoet her bend me mouth
spoke the t meet have been
twenty hours out of the twenty-
four. 'Alt the soldiers approached to
Iced elle away, Sir Norman. tried to
'catch her eye; but in vain; for she
'kept times brilliant optics most un-
winkingly fixed on the dwarf e face.
heetlt Lady ..Castlemaine," corn-
..erianded the. holm, ,_C4,Norman
'with his- guards .passed through the
• doorway leading to the Bieck Chain-
. bee. "Your highness, 1 presume, le
ready to attend to her ease."
Before 1 attend to here or anyone
else's ease," said the dwarf, hop-
ping over the table like an .over-
grown . toad. "I will first see that
this guest' of ours is properly taken
hare' of, and does not leave ue with-
out the ceremony of payinggood-.
bye." • '
With which, he seleed one .01 the.
wax candles, ane trotted, with rath-
er unprincely haste. after Sir Note
man and..his conductors. The young
knight had been. led down • the Ramo
Icing .passage he had walked through'
before; but teethed of entering the
'chamber of horrors, thee, Passed
through the ;entre areh, and found
themselves in another' lotig,
corridor, .dimly lit by the glow of
the outer one. It WaS as cold and
dismal. a place, SirNorman •theught, •
as he had 'ever seen; and it had . an
- odor damp and earthy, and of thii
grave, It had two .or three •great
pondeacius .doorei oh'either Side; taste
ened with huge iron bolts; and bee.
tote one of thecie kis conduictor*
pause.d.• Jule: atte they .did 'so, the
glimmer. of tee dwarf's' taper . pierced'
the glaciate and, tke• next momenta'.
smiling tepee' ear to ear. kit weS, by
their hide. • ' .•
•"Dime with the bars," hie cried;
"tide is the one for him, the strong-
eit and Safest Of hitelie iL1LT Keefe -We
daihizig eourtiere .yete Will, eee ,how
tenderly ' your 'little friend provides
for his hiverites." , ' . '
If Sir elortnate made any reply,
'Was .drowned in the rattle and clithic
•of the massive doors; ;and .is hope-.
iessly lose to posterity. , The huge:
door swung: heck; 'but. nothing WaS
• visible but a sett Of black velvety
.phll, and effluvia much stronger than
sweet. :'In'voluntarily he recoiled as
one of the .guards made 'a metion'for:,
him he enter. • .. •
"Shove. 'hint in! Sliest him MI"
yelled the dwarf; who wee getting
so extited .• with gieit that he "wee
dancing eilitiet in a mart of jig of de-
light; hhe "With hire; in with him:
If' he vinin't go. peaceably, kick him .
'In heed feremea • . .
"I hvoild strongly advise him 'not
to try it," said 'Sir Normae, AS he
stepped tete the blackness,: "if they
have any regsrd for their health.' It
tloecanot teaks .mucti ilielerence, atter
all, ray little friend,' whether 'I spend -
the *he, half hour in the 'inky Mack-
ness 'ef this hiece, or theelgoodered
grandeur of your royal ceurt. My
little • friend, until we Meet agree;
permit me to oily au revoir."
The dwarf laughed 'in- his- pleasant
way and pushed:the candle chtitiotese,
ly Inside: the doer.'
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celli.ticc and that is one reason y,hy
•
I] is popular school is noir enjoying! a,
"record-brea.king" atttrcianee, You
want the best training end we glee it,
therefore enter at once: Cieculars
free.
W. J..ELLIOTT, Principal
LADIES'
RINGS.
Of 100 Ladies, 90 at Last
prefer Rings to any •°the}
kind of Jewelry. For thi
reason we pay speetal atoll,
tion to this line. .
You will find all the favor-
ite Stones and combination,
at their best with us.
Di A MON DS, • PEARLS,
Eli ERA LDS, RUBIES.
S A.P P el LEL ES, OPALS,
OLE VINES, TITRQUOIS,
Every Ring at its very bts
both as to value and anal -
i ty.
Grigg,
JEWELER 'Al4.1) OPTICIIAN
Our Studio'', is ex-
ceptionally well equi-
ped for making
group photographs.
Don't miss- this
chalice of having a
family group.
You may never
be all together
again. •
"Good-bye for a little while, my
dear young sir, and while the beedee
.man is sharpening the aXer I -wil
leave you to think about your little
friend. • Lest you should tack Muse-
reent; I'll leave you a light to con-
template your apartment; ,ited for
leer you may get loneoine, these two
gentlemen will tand outside your
door with their aveerilii draivh, till
I come back, Good-bye,' my deer.
young sir—geed-bye!" . •
• The dungeon door sievung to with
a tremendeme bang. Sir Norman woe
barred 'in his prison to await his
'doom, and the dwarf was skipping
alorig the passage with sprightlinects,
laughing as he Went.
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CHAPTER XPX.'
Probably not one of you, ray dear
friends, who ' glanee 'graciottslY Over
ads, was ever shut up in a Melee.=
under expectation ef bearing the . un-
ph:agent operation et decapitation
Within half ati hour. It never hape
limed to tuyeelf either, that h can
recollect; ea, of cottree, you Or 1per-
sonally can form no idea what the
fieheatiefi may be like; but in this
'particular cese, tradition eaitlt . Sir'
(Ante of mind
Was deeldedly. depreased. As the
deer shut violently, he leaned
ageinst it, and listened t his jail-
ersplace the great bars in•their sock -
eta, and felt he was shut in, in the
dreariest, darkest. (timeliest, die-
tgreeitblest place that etter had been
hi* miefortune to enter. lee thought
of Leoline, and refieeted that In all
prOba,bility 411110 Watt Bleeping the
eleep of the ihe-perhaps dreamiest
Of him, and little knowing that .his
head was to be cue oil in half an
hour,
In the course of tithe, Warning
htbuld cethee-it was not likely the '
ordinary course of natere tvould be
cut off because he Was; and Leoline ;
woUld get Up and, dress herself, and,
looking a thousand time Prettier
thee ever, Stand at the Window and'
Wait ter hhn htlel the Might Wait
--enueh good Would it•do her; about
that thee he Would probably
where? It Wall a rather Uncomtotte
able gitestion, not eitally answered,
and depressed hint to * very dr,spondA,
ant degres ndeed
Ua thOhigiit. of Ormistoti and La
thasqUe-.no doubt they Were billing
and cooling in Meet approved faith -
ion thee,. arid hatter thinking el hint;
thought but 10r La Masque and his
own .1011Y, ha might, have been half..
Married by this time. Me thought
of Count /21.18trango and Mutter Tin.
bort, And beanie fleetly tenvineed, 11
914 did apt And 1404001 40 other
•.f* • .
theuld; And, each being equally bed,
•
It wan it towhee in agony which got
her.
tle tlieught of Queen Miratida, and
et the adage, "Pet no trust in prin-
ces,' and sighed deeply as he reflect-
ed Whet a bail sign; of human miter°
't was—raore particularly ouch hand -
time human nature—that she could, '
figuratively epeakingt at him on the
back one moment and kick him to
the sceffold the next. He thought,
dejeetedlyt what ai fool he was . to .
ever have come beak; or even, having
eome back, not to have taken great-
er pains to, stay up aloft, inetead of
pitching a.breptly head foremost into
, such a select cengiany evithotit an in-
vitation. He thought, toe, what A
cokedamp chamber. they had lodg-
ed him in, and how- Apt be would he
to have a bad attack of 'ague and
t Miasmatic levee, if they would on-
ly let hen live long enough to enjoy
those bleseinhs. And this having
hiroithht him to theendof hitieneien-
choly meditation, be 'liege:tato
• fleet how he could best ainuech him-
self in the interim, before. quitting
1 his vale of team The eendie was
still blinking feebly on the floor,
shedding tears Of wax irvits feeble
prostration, and it suddeply remind-
ed him of the .dwarf's ithvite
to mtamine •hice bower of re-
pose. So he picked it up
andL, snuffed it with. hia„
flegeeti and held it aloof, much • as
Robieson Cream held, the brand in'
' the 'dark cavern With the dead goat.
In the velvet pallof blackness 'bee'
fore all ded to Lai small ray
•
pierced but a 'few indica, and only
made the darkness visible. • But:: Sir.
Norman grouped his way to t,he wall •
which he found to' be all' over green
and noisonie slithe, and broken • out .
into a, held, clammy perseiratione es
though 'ie were at its lest gap. By ,
.the aid of his friendly 'light for
. which he was really much obliged— •
ahfact :which,had, his little friend
known, he hhoUld ziot.hteve left ft
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TOXIMTIk %Int tn. 11010Y
flesh w_th 101Artlinr's round table;
and oven if ay were in exietance, no dark end radOtlY 'hat it Wiwi id -
neve of thein would take the tremble • most *ellen. •
te limp down so far aci to nave ouch
;t4Yha
es'Z fibearctee bnainloto'd' ite,,3s
heejtakcatitwlateat
An tmluelty dog as I." ev
"Thee you forgive me for What 1 quite dreadful; "yes, 1 hate •
blaze
hey° dime!" 1 and 1 woilld kill him, like that rat,
"Your majesty, I have nothing to 1 if 1 could. Ile has been the curse a/
1 tilievalic" she said, scornfully. 'To 1 to me; and his heart's blood shall be
my whole life; he has made life mimed
. not moelt Inc here, My majesty, for- • alma for it none, day yet, I eweare"
smith! You have but fifteen reintitee .1 With all her beauty there was sonie-
to Hee In thia world, Sir Norwell;
andhif you have no better way of
eliending theta, 1 will tell you a
strange etory—my • own, and all
about 'this place,"
"Madame, there is nothing lp the
world I would like so touch to hear,"
"Yee shall hear it, thee, and, it
May be elle the lest slow moments
he managed to Make the circuit of his
Prison, Which .he found rather spade
ous, and by no inea.ne eininhabited;
,for the walis. and floors were covered
with fat, black . beetles, whole fehee
lies ef which interesting specimeria Of
, 'the inseet World he crunched reniorse-'
liesely tinder toot, and inessiecred at
every stele ged great, depraved -look -
int rate, with eashing eyes, and sin-
' istei teethhwho iheele frantic hives
iroderesheseaielem, -and hit., at -- his
jack -hoots with fierce .fury. •,' These
smelt quadrupeds reminded him force. 1.
%bee of the dwarf, especially • in the
reeien of . the eyes and the general I
,countenance: and he began to reflect
that if the, dwarf's soul--suppesieg,.
hen to possess such an article as that
which seented open to debate—passed
of time before you gee out into eter-
nity,"
She set her lamp down on the floor
among* the rats and beetles, and
stood watehing thi3 mall red flaeae a
Isoment with a glootny, downcast
eye; and Sir Nornian gazing on the
beautiful derkening face, so like and
yet so unlike Leoline, ()toed eagerly
awaiting what was to conle.
Meantime, the half hour sped. In
the crimson court the /est trial was
over, and Lady Cristlemaine, a slen-
der Itttle beauty of 18, stood con-
demned to die,
"Now for our other prisoner," ex-
elaimed the dwarf with sprightly ani-
mation; "and while I go to the cell,
you, fair ladies, and you, my lord,
will seek the Bieck Oheraber and
await our cotning there."
Ordering one of his attendants to
thing so horrible In the look she
; wore, that hir Norinan Inveluntarily
recoiled from her, Her sheep oyes
. noticed it, and both grew red and
Ifiery as two devouring genies;
",Ah, you, too, would shrink fron.
rne, would you? You, too recoil' in
horror! Ingrete! And I have Write to
pave your Wei"
"Madame, 1 recoil not from you,but
froin that which, is teMPtillg you to
utter words like these.. I have no
reason to love him of :whom you
opeak—you, perhaps, have even less;
but I would not hove his blood, seed
I n reorder, on xny bead, for ten thous-
and worlds. Pardon me, but Yee do
not mean whet you say."
i "Do I not? That remains to be
seen, e would .aot call it murder
plunging a knife into the heart of e
defame incarnate like that, a,nci I
would have dene it Tong ago, and he
, knows it, too, if 1 had the chance."
"Whet had' he done to make you so
bitter against him?"
'Bitterf Oh, that word is poor
• and pitiful to express what I feel
when his name is mentioned. Loath-
ing and hatred come a little nearer
the mark„ but even they. are weak to
precede Mei with a light, the dwarf express the utter -'the—' She
skipped jauntily away, to &Pat over stopped in a sort of white passion
h. his victim. He reached the dutigeon that choked her very words. .
floor whieh -the guards, with some hThey told me 11A3 was your hus-
trepidationintheir countenance, 08 :bench". insinuated p4.• ..!T9r1=9, „titre
• they thought of evbat his highness utterably
would 'say when he Mend raajes-;:i "Did they?"' she Raid with ,a, cold
:tY locked in with the prisoner, theme sneer; "he is, top—at ieast, as far
open. •
• I' as church and state can make' him;
• "Come forth, Sir Norman' itier,s-- but I am nee more his wile at heart
•
• lh,oyo! n"i es hf ooruttheda ntdh e indeeevteeyfo, utrei sdhoicrinig I 1, than I am Saean's. Truly of the
t two, should prefer.thelatter, for
t
But no -Sir Norman Kingsley then h shoeld be Wedded to some -
ed the pleasant invitatioh,and a dull thiegigrand—a. fallen angel; as it is,
echo from the darkness . alone an•-•
he,have the hemor to be the wife of
severed bine There was a lamp burn- h a devil who never 7was an angel,"-
'Mg on the fleet., and near it lay a: At this shocking statemeet Sir Nor -
form, shining •and specked with white man looked helplessly round, as it
ih the. gloom. He made for it be- for relief; and Miranda, after' a nme
• tween fear and fury, .Init there • was . reentes • silence, broke into another
mirthless laugh. '
"Of all the pictures •of ugliness
after deithe intothe bohy of
other CniulO1 it woeld certainly be.
into that of .0 ittt; . .
He had just . come to this, coriclu-
Ion applying the flame to
-the n'tr-ie of an inquisiteve beetle, .
:when it struck hen he hard ,voices. in
elteiteation . outside his door. One,
'clear, ringing . 'and imperious, • 'yet
withalem n ne, has certain y not.
beard for ehe first tiniee and the 'sub -
deed and tespectfut ethees that ane
see tett him were those 'of' •his guards;
Ajtor a'fl1:Ofllent, he heard the.
ofthe lwithdrawing baleslied his
heert "hit fast, ,Siirely, ilia hall -hour
, bad not already expiredheind
had; would ehe lei the person tp con-
hect hint. to de tit? The hhor open-
,* a puff of Wind extinguished his
• .candle, but 04 Sill:11, .he had chime -it'
,the 'glimmer of: •jesitels, the ehinieh of
gold, and the flutter of 'lime 'bleat,'
hair' then iionieehe came in The door
eves closed:; the belts abet back
' arid 'he Was alone with Miranda, the
Queen*.
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• •
There was no trouble about those •
nizinh her for she carriedin her
hand a small lamp, which she held
• bettveetethern, that its rays might,
• fell directly ori. both faces. Each was
rather white., herhahs; and one heart
beit .fahter• than it hah ever gone bee
fore, arid that one was decidedly not
thequcen's She was dressed exactly
as he had seen her, in purple and •er-
. mine, in jewels and gold, and strauge-
ly .oet of place she looked 'there,. •.in
.her shlendid beauty, anthem ,the black
.beetles erid„ rats. leer face' might
have been a .dead blank ;walt, cut
out of cold, white stone, for all. it oh
presehee nod, as she lightly held ep
her tieh robes In one hand, and • in
the other bore the light, the dark.
Shining .eyes • were heed on his face,
ahci weft as barren eh' intereet, .eagere
nOls, compassion, tendernesa, or any
ether feeling, as • the shining . black
glees' .ones of a Wax doll, So: they
stood looking it each other some ten
seconds or so, and there etill loohinh
full at hint, Afirenda spoke, ahd • her
vele°. 'teeth as clear and: eiziotionlese
as her eyes. • . • . ••
"Well, Sir Nemeth Kingsley, h have .
Come to see you ,befOre you. die."
• "Madime,'" he itanimetred, .schetely
knowing. what he • :laid, . "you are
kind." •
• •
• .
"Am TV. Perhaps 'yeti forget 1 sign-
edyour death-warrata,"
abiy it would have been •at
the risk of your Own lite • to re-
fuse."
• "leothing of the kind. ' Not one of
them would hurt, a hair on iny head
• if 1 refueed Sign fifty cleath-we r -
tants. Now, am 1 kind?"'
"Very likely it. would have amount
, -
ed to the same thing in the and —
they would kill me • whether you
signed it or not; soetWhat does • it
Matter?"
"You are inistaken. They would not
hill you; at 'met, not to -night, if I
had not ihsigned• it, They would have
1(4 you live until their next Meeting, -
which will be thlsng vee t, and 1
would hate!, incurred neither risk nor
danger by refusing."
"I do not know that that prospect
is intich more inviting than the pres-
ent, one. Even death is poterable to
a week's imprisonment hi a, Phiee Ince
this,"
"nue in the raoltntime you xhight •
Kavo d.,,
"Maclaine, look at this Atone floor,
that stone roof, these solid
. that barred and nutseive door; reflect
then, that X ient +Seine forty feet un-
dergrounde-hannot perforin
and then ask yourself how?"
"Sir Norman, have yott ever heard
or good rabies visiting bravo krtighte
ahd settirtgthem free'?"
"I am n:trtict 111.!t 10 gond fitix:ieti and
• tioa *if
something red and slippery on the
ground, in which his foot slipped,
and he fell Simult e usl there
You ever saw or heard of, Sir Nor -
ad atteteetrit, that was echoed bya ma4
ever was one of them half so irapel-
dwperfect screech of rage from the
sive or disgusting as that thing?", .
arf, as on Molting' down he beheld "Really," geld Sit Norman, M a
Queen Miranda lying on the floor in subdued tone; 'Piet is • not the most
the pool of blood, and apparently
dead. and Sir Norman Kingsley gone! prepossessing little man in the
• , World; but, me,deerie, you do look
. and 'epeek in •a. remitter quite dread-
., .
.• „ CHAPTER XIV.. • .. ful. Do let me prevail oh you to
calm :yet/A-self, and tell nee your
The interwin between set- story, is 'you - premised." • •'.
ting down: her limp oft the •dungeon "calm rayself!" repeated, the gen-
iloor 'among the eats and thebeetles,' tle ' lady, tone half .sniappiehe-
arid' the divares finding her bleeding half -harsh; "do you think I am pied&
and senseless, Was hot.more. than 20 • ofIrori, to tell you nah story . and -
'minutes, but e, great deel nely be •be I hate himi h hate. him!
done in 20. nitinites juditiolisly • eh- .• I would .killahim if I could; land' • if
emitted, :and moat decidedly: :it was yeu, Sir Norman,- are bell .the men
so In the present ease*. Doth rate • and; . that. I tekeyou• to be,. you will rid
-heetles.:hitusedetoecontemplate .them.. 1 .theworld.. o1 (he horrible little hipeee
plate her,' for an instant or •so. Her i• ."My deer lady, you seem to forget
marvellous resemblance • to Lean.% in that the case Is reversed, and that he
all but •ohe • thazig, struck him entire • -is going .to rid the world of. me,"'
and inore—there tiehe the .same'beaue •: lead Sir Norman, With a sigh.'
tiful tonepaient colorless' complex-• 'We, not de as .tell •you;
ion, the halite lightisfraight graceful and when I have told you how much
. figure, the 'same. 'Smell; oval, awe. I have to abhoehim,' yoe. wfll
delicate features; . thee same • pro- hgree With me• that kiliirig hike will
Sir Norman paused to • coeteme .ster before morning elawns."
• hese wavhs • of 'shining dark be no. murder. Oh, if • there is one
heir; ' the entree large, dark, above who rules this World, and will
brilliant eyes; the ,sanie little they judge us all, why 'does he permit
pretty mouth, like one of Correggio's such monsters to live?",• •,
smiling angels. The one thieg want- "Because he le more meriful than
ing was expression—in Leoline's fate 'his , creatures," replied Sir Woman,
there was a. kind of childhke sinie with calm reeterence, "though his
elicety, a look half -shy, half -fearless, Eivengew hand ie heavy . en • this
half -solemn in her wonderful eyes; but deemed city.: But, madame, tine is
' d the' h . demeet vvill
. thing shy or, solemn; ' all eves •cold, -be 'here before your story he tell."
hatd, ' ,glittering, and • the broieeing ... "Ah; that story! How am I to tell.
eyes 'Were full of a dull,. -thisity . firs. • it, I :Wonder,- two. words 'will come
8he•lookecl as hard •and cold andbit-k prise it all --sin and. miiieryeeenisery
ter, es, .she was -beautiftil; arid Sir and sin! For,. heeled. alive here, as I:.
Worthen began to perplex himself ezie am—buried alive .as I've always beeil
warelly..as to •whitt hal brought .her •-•-•I krtOw What both words • reeen;
..there,' • Surely not _sympathy, for hoe they havebeen breindeh,On.liehete and
thine. 'wearing that; .fate of 'stone • braie in letters of fire. And thathee- •
ciauld e.vert teepee thazezeening et such., ' rithe monstroeity,.:ht the 'Canso of 'all;
'a Word. . W.hile he •lhoked at ,her', half-. : .hheh lciethsoraie, . -Misshapen, hIdeetie ,
- .
.evonderiegly, haelepityingly; lielf-teneheatimitlem luts baited and' ettried nty
derI , . . word ' • "
foilieg •eviiie eaused•by'her resenlble,n
. e.,,,'...)tviohnol,e life,. He is, nty riot recollec-
As hie baCk • as. 'I -, hot took
.
to - Leoh ' • . ' • e ' • -
vvittching an eld 'gray tate the eatri- . Yeeka, that' horrible face; that, gnarth
.in this, her prototype, there was. no- on the wing, an ea
tne---she had .moodily b throuleit the dent ham of hiaildhood's
ateir Of . the tribe, Who was making'. oa and twisted think,: those devilish
toward her in short riles, :stopping eyes glare at nee !Ike the eyes of e
between each one to stare. at her, out Wi1d beast. As Memory grows
of his -unpleasantly bright eyes. Stele, stronger 'and niore vivid, 1 can see
eenly Miranda shut her teeth, cleneh- .-ehat same
• face still—the dwarf! tlie
.tivearfl 'the dwarf!e-Satatee true re -
fierce suppressed ejheuletioli, , lifted presentative :-upon ...earth, darkening
her shining.foot and. Plant0 it, on the' and blighting eeeete paesing Year. X
'. •
ed .hei hands, and with a. sort of
ruts. head So pudden so fierce and
do not know where we lived, but I
e ima in ' t t h b f I '
so strong was stile stamp tliat the • •
rat was crushed flat, and uttered -a theme and • loWest clena in Loedon, ,
. ,
sharp end indignant squeal of expos- theligh the rooms *I occupied were,
tulatioe. 'while. Sir .Nerman .leetted at,' for that matter, decent end 'ceder's!,
enqugh.. Those rooms the day.light
still she groUnd it 046 with .4 , boarded up within, And fastened with
her, thinking she had lost her:wits. .: never eetered, the Windows Were,
Doreen* and stronger fox:To 0YerY seea shutters ' without, Ph that of the
otianctli;onsnithie lislaciiedlingin NavistithyttracTilis4:rty14)}ilitsvslc:..
thilddof tWo •hours old. I saw but
"Look at it! The Ugly, loatheolee two human faceS, his" --she seemed
;thing! Did you ever see anything look • .to hate him too emelt eveli to pro -
more like hen?" • , . flounce •• his name—"and his hotlee-
' te'rrihoeur: gepsiltorltiatbhetleveee6nri.soutiteient etras;
as himself, end who is now a set -
keeper's, a creature ah
110
as vile
he understood at once to -whom the vent here; and with this . precious
ziohictearri.,yailpie:,:iciinneillieprgoon4igi r;(icele)riteescs1,1,011
fifteen years old, ' My outer Iffet con -
pale to guard me 11 greW up to be
of Countenance there is, eathet e mark- sisted of eating, sleeping, reading eh.
ed resemblahce, eepeciallY ih the Ye- for the wretch taught me to read he
gion of the teeth and eyes." playing with niy dogs and birds., and
"Fixcepe that the ret's eyee tire a ' listening to old Margery's stories.
thousand times handsomer," see But there Was in inward Iiia, fierce
broke in, with a derisive laugh.
''
e • ", and strong, as it was rank and iner••
aees
"But as tie shape," resumed
''''13brooded over alone;
'Normn, yeing the excited and . i when Margaret bid, lived and and her master faneled
,,,tvointietehd.eligtItalnecaenoitintatl, still squeali-
ng,
connoisseur. `.'t i were they to knoW that the creature
' pae Weeping in idiotic, content, How
confess
1 do not I
straight a nd shapetly4wlt1ch t hits a, thought of her own-i-tiver wenher-
highnese, with all reverence, he ' It
from, What she was destined to be,
ed who she . was, where she .caine
it:11)1. t -.-- not b Ilbte rathertheenieveerfsoer,
and what lay in the great world bo-
• She broke into a short laugh that made a great mistake le, teething me
sun ryd 0—u
sitying so." yond? That crooked little Moneter
was as a as
hey had reared and made ever had
had a hard, metallic ring, and then to read; he ehould have known that
her taw dirkerted, blackened, and she' books sete seed that grow up. and
ngehrieuetrid, and%fvoictitit ttthastote.rtoisitercal ssthioenaracet
Como giants in strength. 1 knewflourish tali and greent till they bee
vindictiveness, no if she 'had the h'ead
bright and glad world Without; from
eneUgh 10 be certain there was a
of,,tthehadtwe abrifintindeir hheartheeeit, 1,,
O'O'which they shut rae in and debarred
tsahiodugh,thhroerugthoolteerwttelsensechaerdeeityeettthb,oviraboth f itt 1 h g an tear -
d
m :
e; and I knew ehough to het° them
whisper, it was too horrible iii its felt hatred, only seeond to what I 1
• fiery earnmtness that Sir Norman
thrilled With repulsion. "Yes, I hate • iThen6SVirte'p' ed for a Moment, and like I
y ;
him with all my heart and soul, and ed her do, , esenly, eyes ss the
II 'wish to heaven X had hint here, like warming oor, and shook off, with-
th s rat, to trample to death tinder, i
that: crawled over her rich dress. She
otit a ehild er, the hideous thing's
mYeketnre'• ve tee very 6 whatMP Y" had acctreely looked at Sir Norman I
speech, Which rather tilioeked his kid- dOne efloUgh looking for thorn both, 1,
to make `to thie Wong and heartfelt hi h began p
tions of fehlale'PreerietY, sir NOrnian „settler one° titkieg his eyes from the 1
astitneord ttielenrat,t, awndhichin, owItehdttireoilhee!tiVveeirt hhztowiels:itrar:ingclealrykeunkitotgbeftatiettioryllewthaesegthot ;
witted it al last to go, free, 'ironed Moline's—both shut in and ieolated i
cartvesatylanwo.inthealtiproisnseitroalibleynsnhoittokitittitgheartel frieri the outer Weald Verily, des- ,
tiny seemed to hal% Whiten the Woof 1
animated features, Sho watched it, and warp of their reepectiVo fatO I
too, with a gloolnY eye, naid *hot it WOntlerfidly together, for their lived ,
crawled Otto the datimose and Watt wells aa Meth the sone as their faees. '
1
Ing itecritaintanee, went Moodily on.
t "It 'was three years ago, when 1
I Was 15 years oh!, as I told you, that
i a great eliapge took pities in my life.
1 lip to that time that miserable
clwarf Was what people would call
my guardian, and did not trouble me
rauch with his heavenly coulee/1Y, He
Was it great deal from our house,
1 aometimes absent for weeks together;
and I remember I used to envy the
Ireedom wlth. whlch he tame and
I went far more than I ever Wondered
1 where he spent his precious, tittle. I
1 did not know then that he 'belonged
to the honorable profession of high-
waymen, with verietions of (mining
when travellers were few and money
scarce. Ile was then, and is still.
the head of a formidable gang, over
whom he wields most desperate au-
thority — as perhaps you heve seen
during the brief ancl pleasant period
of your acquaintance."
"Really, madame, it struck the that
your authority over them was much
more despotic than his," said eir
Normen, in all sincerity, feeling call-
ed upon to give the — well, I'd ra-
ther net repeat the word, which ie
generelly spelled with a "d" and. it
dash—his due.
"No Cheeks to him for that, He
i would make me A slave now, as he
I did then, if he dared, but he has
I found that, poor, down -trodden worm
45 I was, I had life enough to turn
and sting,"
"Which you do with a vengeance.
Oh, you're it Tartar," remarked eir
Norman to hitnself, "The „saints fore-
land that Leoline should be like you
in temper, as she is in history end
face; for if she is, my life premises to
e a pleasant one.
"This rascally crew of cut-throats,
whom his villainous highness head-
-edit• said Miranda, -"were an almost
immense number then, being dielded
into three bodies—London cut -purses,
Hounslow Heath highwaymen, and
assistant-coiners, all owning him
. as their lord and master.
He told me all this himself,
one day, • When, in an after-dinner
and most gracious, znood, he made a
boasting .display of his wealth and
•
, greatness; he told me 1 was growing
4attimor 14t11 1,4114
:Huai
• .
" When the butter won't
came put a penny in the
churn," is an old time dairy
proverb. it often seems to
work though no one has ever
I told why.
When mothers are worried
because the children do not
gain strength and flesh we
. say give them Scott's Emul-
sion.
It is like the penny in the
milk because it works and
because there is something
astonishing about it,
Scott's Emulsion is simply
a milk of pure cod liver oil
with some hypophosphites
especially prepared for delicate
stomachs.
• Children take to it naturally
because they like the taste
and the remedy takes just as
naturally to the children be-
. cause it is so perfectly adapted - •
to their wants.
For all weak and pal.e and
thin children Scott's Emulsion
is the most satisfactory treat-
ment.
up pretty well indeed, and thee I 7 We will send you
Was shortly 'Le be raised to the the penny, p;., a
honor and dignity and bliss of beieg
his wife. ' • sample fiee.
•
• ". holey I must heve had a verh
i vague idea of what that orie sniEal
wotd meant, and was besides in are
unusually contented. ahd peaceful
state of mind, or I should, undoubt-
edly have raised one et his cut -glass
decanters, end einaehee his heed' with
'it, I know how I „should receiye
• such an assertion from hire now, bue
I think I took ih then with a resig-
hetion he Must have feud 'mighty
-edifying; arid when he went on to
!, tell me that all • 11107: riehsesa and
•.gieatneis were to be shered by ine
wheri that eelestial titne came; •
think I rather lilted ehe idea, than
otherwise. The horrible creature
! seemed fo have' woke rip that day,
for. the drat time, and all Of a .suci-
eden, hei conviction thee, I.was in a
fair way to ,heconee• wOniu'n 'arid,
!' rather -a handsome pne, and that he
had better make sure. of me before
--tiirk-itdeident-interferred- to .tirke- me.
from him. Full of this laudable no-
tion, , he became a daily visitor .af
mine from •thenceforth; and made the
discoyerye, stinulteneously With eeye
eelf, 'thet . the oftener he ca.coo. the
less ,.favor he foimcl 'in my -sight.
haa, beftore, tactily disliked eiM, and
*abet With e, naturel repulsion. free'
, e • •
his dreadful uhlinese; bite hoie, there
. negative dislike,' I :greiv to positive,
hate, ' The utter ldathing and ithhore
rence I have. had fop' him ever since,
begee then—I grew dnnly and Intel-
tively eonsciolis of' What- he • *mild
raa.ke mee-end shank Irani auk. fate
with a vague 'horror net to be eel&
'in Weeds. I becaine..strong
'teethe' dreed of it. Ltold him I 'dee
tested-, abhorred, loathed, hated him;
that he might keep his eiehes, greet-
- nese, tied' angiiielyhelf for those who
'wanted him; they were temptetions
• too weak to move' me.
• " Of . motirse, there' Was raving, 'and.
storMing, threatening., •terriblc looks,
and denuncietions, and X, gleaned ahd'
•iihrank. like Ie. epeverd, but. was. 'ob-
etiziate" etill. Then ati a • reedit .* ee
tried Atiothee one • he knew would
conquer me, onetime bribee -the glori-
hue • one of libereY•aed it did He
promised' me freed,one—if I : Married
him, I might' go into the great un-.
known world, • letterldss arid freee
and Ie 0 fool that I wail eonseetee.
Not that my object waa .eo stay with
hint one instant longek after my. Mt -
son ectors were open; np, I Was not
quite so besoeted as that-eiohee huh•
and theelittle demon might look 'for
rae• veith list Year's partridges. Of.
Mired; those demoniac eyes. read my
. .
..letcteairne, like an open book, end . when
I prontounced the fetid 'hes' he ihuhhe
that deligheful. way et his own,
, which probably be the lest thing
you . hear hvheh you hey yoer
head Mulei the' . ,
"I hoiht 'other who the cleegyreen
. 'Who merried .us. eras; but he wes
• clergyheire there cen be no (IOWA
&beet that. It wee 'three days' af-
ter, And for the first time 'in ray fif-
teen' years of life, I stood in eurie
shine, and daylight, „and open air.'
Wo eirove to the .ctithedralhefor •it
wee. St. Paul's. the eacrilege was
• cointnitted; I never .cotild have
walked there, Was so stunned geld
thady iced behtilderect, tieeer
thought 'of the marriage ---I could
think of-' nothing but the bright,
• teashing, sunshiny world without,
till was led 'up • before the clergy.
mate with mech. the air, euppose,
01 Wm walking iti, her cheep. • He
was a very young man, /,rernember,
and latticed from nut to the dwarf,
ateht fremi ithe thyme/ to Me, in a great
ear. c.zid uncerta1nt, but
evidently hoe daring to refuse. Mar-
gery aftd. one of his gang were our .
only attendants, and there/ in God's
temple, the deed was done, ahd I
Was' made the miserable thing I itm
to -day."
hhe suppressed passion, risieg and
throbbieg like a. whiee flame in her
thee and eyes droh for a letotrient,•
• breathieg hard. Looking up, she
met, hir Norman's' geZe; and ite if
thera. Was something irt its Attiet.
pitying tenderness that mesmerized
her into calm, :She steadily end rap-
ldly Went, on,
ildll*101010
aura • thot this eietaye inthe .
.tufol scinoin oyto uabluayb:i tot ,the
wrappey of every bottle uf
SCOTT .iSz' OOWNE, •
100z' •
Toronetiloe,11108insItarin,..
• - 'at:o:nit:to ne.wj'.life after that;
' SOC. an. RI 00; all clTugg,Ista.
bet not to one of freedom 'and hap-
-Ohms. I Was as cloeely, even more .
closel guarded th , d
foiled, :when toe laee, thief, hetet]. bee -
tiered tnyeelf, soel and bedy, for en ,
eiepty proteise...- The difference
• was . that I.8a.w mere heteelecee; :for
the theme began tie being his. confede: .
' curates end subeidinates, to the house,..
, tied weuih have lea dressed up end
e A:Hsi:hayed io them, With a demoniac • •
-,-pride-that -revolted .rne beydnd every, .i..
• thing else,:. aS if I Were a pairited •
. putipet ' an overgroten wax . doll.
.elose of t,he: piece:els crew• 'of escoun- •
drels had !'veivee of ;their ohne • ape .
, theee begah brotigiti with, there
'of an evenieg; and then;. what Witte
.dencing, and mueic, and cerils, And
feasting', We had q:uite 'a earnival e
• It till morning, . • • .
• liked this part .01 :Vac business
ekcessivelY 'at first; arid I Was
flattered and fooled.. to the tOp of
• my. 'bent, 'and Made from the first,
the , reigning belle'.end queen. •••- There .
'Was more. policy in that"than
mira on, ano , for the dwarf waa
all powerful einong them -end :dread-
ed exceed ieble an d X. • was eh e '
dwarf's 'pee ande plaything, and ' all
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