The Clinton News-Record, 1904-02-04, Page 22
An Ancient Foe
To health and hapPinees is Scrofula-.
as ugly as ever ebeee tirae iturseMOrha.
It causes bunches in the neck, die -
figures the elan, inflames the Mueoua
membrane, wastes the muocies, weak-
ens the bones, reduces the power of
resistance to disease and the capacity
for recovery, and develops IMO con-
sumption.
"Two of my children had acroftda pores
which kept growing deeper and kept theta
from going to NOW for teree months.
Ointments and medicinal did. no good until
I began giving them Hood's Sarsaparilla.
Thio medicine caused the &area to heal, and
the children have shown no;signs of scree,
ilia since." S. W. lifcass, Woodstock, On
Hood's Sarsaparilla
will rid you of it, radically and per',
umnently, as it has ricI thousands.
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. of age about it, from. the '.glittering• prepared, with :great cooleesa. • to
oak • beams of the neer . to the faded, . scrutiniee- and be .scrutiTitzed.'
4r was a bed at one en -* a. great. .er, for the two faces were perfectly
The Face
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steps to go, which the next teoment
proved tp be true, for he stopped and. Sir WOrman Kingsley, f or .ls
announced thet their promenade was could at rely not ilnd out her elaitee.
over for the night. • tion and her prison so some and tee.
"And 1supeose 1 nay halm the use •Intd °O Other frieucl$ 111 tile IA huh:
of my eyes at last?" inquired. 3 eo- witle world to trouble themselves
line, with more haughtiness ehali 4ir .about her. There was one, but the
Norman could have believed possible idea, of ever seeing her again was so
so gehtle a Nalco could have expreee- unspeakably dreadful, that she NVOttili
ed. • rather have seen, the most horrible
For reply, her companion rapidly spectre her imagination could con -
untied .the bandage, and withdrew- it jure Upon, than that •tall, graceful,
with a flourish, The detzzling bright,. rich -robed form,. .
ness that burst upon her so blinded.. .Still the noises perseveringly cone
her, that for a liniment she could dis- tinued; there was the sound of with-
tinguish nothing; and when she look- drawing bolts, and then a plae rue
ed round to contemplate her. coal- of moonlight shot between the iiart-
panion, tehelfound hint hurriedly mak- ed curtains, showing the shuttere
lug his exit, and securely looking the had, been opened. Whiter and whiter
dome•Leoline grew, and.she felt heeseif
The sound of the key' turning in the . growing cold and rigid with morel
lock gave her a, most peculiar sense- fear. Softly the window was rats -
tion, which none but, those who "lava ed, a hand stole in ancl parted the
experienced it can properly under- ' curtains, and a pale face and two
• 'stand, It is not the most iternfore- dark eyes wandering slowly round
able' feeling in the world to krioNY• the room, end rested at last an her,
you are a prisoner, . even if you. have standing, 'Ike a galvanized corpse,
no key turned upon you but the wee- as far- from the window as the wall
ther and. your jailer be o high east. would permit, The hand was lift ti
prison end miler were eoneething f
wind and le.shing rain. Leoline's
in a W'arningesture, as
if t
mece silence; the window was rade,.
worse;. end, for the first time, a .cleill • ed. still higber, a figure, Itthe' and
Of fear and dismay crept idly to the -
agile as a cat, sprang lightly Into
core ot her heart, But Leoline the 'room, and etaaading. with his
something' of eaireada's courage, as
beak to her reclosed the shutters, re -
Well as her looks and temper; so she "
shut the window, and .redrew. the
'•n• brave as o •sible 'and
• curtains, before tithing the trouble to
not 'think of her unpleasant oredicee
10011,turn round.
while there remained anything
This discrete . little manoeuere,
else to -think about. Perhaps she
might escape too. and as this
, which showed her visitor was hu-
po-
Von sireiek her, she looked With eag- ' -man, and gifted with human prii-
dence, reassured Leoline a little; and
it anxiety, not tinmixed with ruriosi7
By to judge by the reverse Of the medal,
, elle pow°, Where she Was,
. this time her • eveS had become nee„s- the nocturnal intruder was nothing
very formidable after. all. But the
towed to the light, which proceeded.
pencleut. by a brass chain from the
mom • a great. antique lamp of bronze, '
ssIt.fgapnegliesre, ilneotshkeeestIttohrelr,g4L171114 •ai.nt
ceiling; and she saw she was in- . as if . fascinated, he 'turned
nfoderately Sized ' and by no Means -round, stepped forward e- took •off
'splendid 'room.. But what struck her. cap, andmade' her a courtly bow,
Th e Clitttot(Nowsullecord
•
Ihe, To this unexpected announce.
• went he listered with inwa. Meld-
n't d aaa N.,e11.73rell coutposiire, 4,11(1.
14 414 Seerot heart, or rat 11.T 1, 1 1tY*
wore disappoin Led than otherw
to imel his ex. of her ;ten-
41...rness a gr...: I, mistake. I-0011110
held his hand ti;.111 in hers, and
looked Nvi 1 h loving and tearful eyes
in IOU Taw.
"Dear Ilubert, yeti ere- my broth-
er -I -my long unknown hrother---and
1 love you xvith toy whole heart!"
"Ant I'?" said Hubert. -1 dare
Say I am, for they all say we look
48 4.11101 011W an Wo 11,48. I
OxOssively delighted to hear it; and
to know that You love we. Permit
.uie• to enihrace my new relative."
With which the court page kissed
Leoline with emphasis, while she
scarcely knew „ whether to laugh,
cry; or be .provaked at his conipos-
iire. On the whole •she did a little
of all three, and wished him, away
with a half pout.
" You insensible mortal! HoW
can you stand than. and hear. that
You havelound u sisteawith so much
indifference?"
• "Iedifterent?" Not I;• YOU have no
idea how wildly excited anit" Said
Hubert, in a voice not betokening
the , slightest emotion. "How did
you find et out, Leoline?"
"Never Windl shall tell you
that holigeEtVi'm
You don'e doubt
"Of course not! I know 'from.the
first moment I set eyes on you that
• if you were not my sister, you ought
Lo he. wish' you'd tell me- all the
particulara, 1,eoline;"
"1" shall, do so as Soon as '1 am out
•
• of this; but how cen I tell you any-
thing here?...
"That's true,P said Ilphert,
flectively, . "Well,' I'll wait. Now,
tiara you wonder •how I found you
out, and came here?" ' • •
"Indeed, I do. HOW as it, Hu-
be'lZ; well, I don't :knotv ,I can
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altogether tellayout, hut. you see, Sir
Norman Kingsley being. possessed of
an • insplration• that something Was
happening' to • yon, ... -came to your
• house a Short time ago, and, • as he
stlapected, discovered INA' you were
-missing. ',I met hini. there,. rather dee..
pressed in his mind about it,. and he
. told Ine-L-•beginning the cenversae
WM, must say,' in a very excited
•tnianner,'' said Hubert, parenthetical- •
ly,' mepiory remelted the- fere:eels-
seaking he had undergone --"and be:
. told me be:fancied:you „ware .abduet-.
• ed, and, by one Oeunt L'Estrange.•
• •
Now, • 1,had a liaZy. idea of. who Coeine
".L'Estrenge was, and where he
. 'and so. canto' here,. and 'after ,soi»e..
he.:most apt' to take you- -.to-;'
'searching, ..more lameiree ewe '4 few
unmitigated falsehoods (yeti:la-regret.'
to bear), discovered you, were locked •
'lip : ip -place, and 'succeeded in.
• getting, in through • the Window. Sir
• _ Norman • is Waiting for we in. a- state',
of distraction;„ so now, 'having. found •
•';'"yon,•• 1 will., go .and relieve his mind
-by reporting' accordinglY;:' . .• •
:•"-- "And.. leave; „ine here?" cried • Lee-
, line; in affright,' "Alla IP a e •power
eof . Count 1,-1.:strolige? Oh! me no!
o lees t take nie yeiti.:
bert!'"' •• " • '•-. .•••••'.. • .
'•'"111y. dear - Leoline„ • it is' quite. im- •
.possible, 'CO de if without help, :and'
Without a ladder.. will - return • _to.
Sitallotedane. When the dee-knees
Ceines that. :precedes' .day -dawn, • we
Will tieeee.• the ladder' to your - 'win-
dow, •11.11d..try to get :you •out, I3a
patient--.Pnly wait • an, hour 'or two,
most was that everything had a look and then . straightening himself u
.0 ghostly hasigings on the 'wall. • There . Well might they' look at eaeh oth-
• H. B. Cornbe, tral as 'that on the walla, arid in ' That Niels the same eold hiacke•cteet-
spectral ark Of a thing, like a roauso- . • the same, arid each one saw. himself
teem, with dx-apery aid mid !Mee- ' add herself as others saw them.
• which she could no more have lain ing hair a the same luetrines dark
• Chemist and Druggist •than in a moth-eaten shroiid. ' The eyes; the same cleme• colorless coin-
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.4 seats and the one table the room had 'plexion, the sciatic delicate, ' Perfee
eseeeeeattleteesehreeeeilleetees......44eae were et 'the sanie ancient and Weird features: ' ncithingwas different but
•.+ =77.77Ar77777,—....'-'7"-- her • a shivering sensamon. not unlike- latter -was eseentially different, frir
pattern, and the sight of them, gave the costume and the expression. The
an ague chill: There was but one the ' young lady's betraying 'amaze -
TIM' COURSES OF STUDY IN THE door—a huge structure, with shining Ment,• terror,. dcsubt, and delight rill
. • from that quarter was utterly ,out• of • wee.a gran4 d torelags sur els iX d
. panels seeurety locked; and escape et ohee; While the you
•rg .gentleinan's
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•the question. There was bee wine With just a• dash of carioeity.
dow, hung•with dark curtains .of tar- ,, He was the first, to ..sPeak; and AS-
nished embroldeeye .but in . pushing
ter they, had staredat each:other for
them aeide, she- met * only a dull: the space Of five minutes, 'he describ-
blank of tinlighted glass ,for the - ..ed .a graceful sweep with his band,
shutters 3vere firmly secured without. . and held .! forth ,in ' the • 'following.
Altogether 'ehe amid not form the
it • strain: ' . . -
slightest. idea . Where she was; an ,
"I re el f ' . •
I have startled you by Ma Seeden
et !Lace and that is one reascm ally sat doWn" on, one pf thEi aaeer old .
STRATFORD,. ONT.
Are 1.1) to Ile; higiest stendard of ex-
g a Y ear, fair Locale°, that
. with a feeling of aetter despair, - she
chairsitmuch same feelin
and sierprising: entrance; and if
, wh the g ,
tais opi lar school isnow ex have been the cause of a nioinent's
1)0Ying a as if she were tting in a tomb. '
alarm to one so perfectly teantlftlk,
What ,would •Sir Norman . •say?-
•
"record-breakialr att.( rdt,nce, liciti I -shall" hate myself forever after: .. If
What would he •ever - think. ef her, •
I auk! -11' Nre' e t' '
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want tha. best training seed we geare it, when he .foand •heregonee. ...Arid What P gl• 11•4•T p rri any other
• was destined to be her fate in thiRe. wilete,(in;n
reetiosiseeetkaliar.
redIevoyeoludnpeietaetieiae(Tf
thereforemi
enter at once Circulate r
dteOdful out-of-the-way place ; -ehe -
" would haere cried,. as most of her :sea mind by such a stispicions -means •of
free. Ntroptild . be tenepted to do 'in such a ingress.- as the whitlow; ' but if •ardie
situation, " but • . that her dislike , and • • will take the' trouble • to dot iee'• the
horror of Count. feEetrange . was a dooristhick, and I am composed of
,
good; dealstronger than her grief, the solid .flash t� whisk ehrohgli the
and" turned., her . teats to sparks ' of " key -hole ; so l had to.*theke my eip-;
. indignant. ere: 'Weyer, neerer, neyerl • 'peartitice' the best W.ay.,•,'I could."
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W...1. E1,1.1OTT, Principal
LADIF-"S'
Of' 100 Ladies, 00 at least
prefer Rings to any 'other
kind of Jewelry. For this..
reason we pay spectal atten7
lion to this line.
You will find all the favor-.
ite SturieS Mid combinations'
at their best With us.
DIA M ON ,S; PEA 111..S,
le el ERA LDS, RUM Eli,
APP ••
SHIRES, OLALS,
0 L.I V' INES, 'T (1 HQ U0 IS,
Every Ring at its very hest
both as to value and q
1 `y.
11. J. Grigg,
.1 re Vk 1,11.,E0 AND OPTICIAN
•••••••1110CMOM
IlliharildoWariMooMars..*1•04••
AS 1:'; L1PE
A; you are 111life,
Olt the way we make
a Ire of you.
know by long.
estue'-• Ind experience the
poiv, to bring out and
p .hits to put into sha.
dot; • Your picture will
look just like you but
may t'e handAottier.
• -, .
HENil Mr §1111310
would shebhis , swie! IIe ght • - "Wl to aI. e on?" fi t ntly asked Lee
kill her a thousand times, if he LOB. • . • •
liked, and 'she Wouldn't'yield an inch.' • 'IYOur Heidi, fate lady, enti. '• Sir.
She did not ' Mind dying in a bOosi Norman •Kingslejes," ' •
Calthe; she could do it but once. And Hubert looked to see Leoline stent
with :Sir Norman despising her, ae .and blush, and was deei ly gratified
she felt he must do, when ite fpund--to. see her do both; and. her 'whole
her •run away, she rather liked the. pietter ;counteriance • became • alive
idea than. otherwise. elentelly. •: she withnewborn hope as if that name
a M
beginoing to prepare for the Malan. e i
agic eailasiane of :freedom
s•
"bade adieu . to all her friends before were
choly. fate—to her handeorrie lever, 1"1?Ii,ity
et' iS your' name, arid Who are
to his gallant friend Ormiston,' to you ' • she int:mired in i breathless
her poor nurse, Prudence, and to her -,sort Of way, that Iliad°. Hebert leek
mysterious visitor La, lAlascrue. 'ather in cairn. astonishdient.
• La Masque! Ah! , that name awoke
,lat s
tbl.'dMyrieour—entsnottier 11V-ell:lel;
a new cord Of recOlIection—ehe eds..'" Tel,,easeehe.....:a"
. ket, she had it With her yet, • . n- abort. • leer further particulars ap-
stantly, everything Was forgotten ' fay to the Earl of Rochester, whose
but it ' and its'contents; nate She page I•ani.". " • .
ealEteeil - a chair ' directly • ender .- "Th.& i,Eaii.ot ROonestor's: page!the "
1 , d it . • ut rePecited, .. in the same quick,
and looked at it, It WaB a Pretty. susinefous. way, that surftrisecI and
little bijou leself, :With ite..lpelieh-: . rather :lowered her. ln that . good
ed ivory surface, and shining clasps -
Yotith's opinion, for •giving wayto
of Silver. ' But the inside had ear feelings', BO Plebeian, Ii. is—it must
nnoro interest for her than the t be the. some!"
side, and Shefitted the key and tin- "I have no doubt ;of it," Said 'Hu -
locked At with a trembling hand. It '
bert. "The • same what?" 4 '
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Minton ansireied not, and the heart
gave no pulsation under his fingers.
. He tore open his doublet as the
thought of the plagge flashed through
his mind, but no plague -spot was to
be seen, and it Wa9 quite tvident,
from the appearance of the face, that
he bad not died of the distemper,
neither was there any wound or
• mark to show: that he had met with
his end violently. Yet the cold,
white face was convulsed as if he had
died in throee of agony. The hands
Were clenebed, till the nails sank in-
to the flesh, and that was the only
outward. Sign or token that he had
suffered in expiring,.
Sir Norman was completely at a
loss, and half beside himself by 4
thousand conelicting feelings of sor-
row, astonishment and mystiRcation.
The•rapid and exciting events of the
night had turned his head info a
•
mental chaos, as they very well
Might, but he still had conamon-sense
enough left to know that something
must be done alout this immediate-
ly. He knew the best place to take
a Ormiston was to the nearest apoth-
ecary's shop, Avhitth establisa•ncnts
were generally open, and filled, :the
whole livelong 'night, by the sick and
their friends. As he was meditating
wiaether or ,not to call the surly •
-watchman tip help him carry the
'body, a peat -dart came, providenti
ally, along, and :the driver—seeing a
young man bending over Et prostrate
form—guessed at once what was the
matter, and carne to a halt: ;
"Another one!" • he said, colaing
Ielsterely up, and glancing at the life-
less form with a yery professional
eye, "Well, I think there is room
for another one in the cart; so bear a
hand, friend, and let us bave him out
' of this." .
"You are mistaken," said Sir Nor-
man, sharply; "he has not died of
the plague. I ant not even certain
Whether he is dead, at all." .
The driver looked at Fir Norman,
then stooped down and touched Or-
misttexes icy face, . and lietened to
her aire breetae. He stood up for
a moment with • something like a
sm 11 laugh, ' ,
"If he's alive," he said, turning to
go, "then I never soar anyone dead!
Good -night, Sir; rwish you joy when
You bring him to." • '
"Stay!" exclaimed • the..young man,
."I 'wish you to assist me in bringing
him to yonder apothecary's .shop, and
You triay have. this for your pains."
"This" proved to be•a talisman of
alacrity; for the Man pocketed it,
and briskly laid. hold Of Ormiston- by.
the Pet, while Sir aTorman wrapped'
his cloak reverently: aleout hien mad
took him by. the shoulders.; In this
style:his body Was conveyed -to the,
apothecary's shop,.: which they found
half -full of applicants for medicine,
among whom their' op:trance with the
corpse Produced. no • greater sensation
than a -momentary stare. The attire
end bearing 'of Sir .Norman proving
' him .to be somethiog different from.
their "class of visitor, bringing ' one
of the drowsy, apprentices'inimediatee
13r to his side, inquiring what were
• 11.1.e"A°rpdreirvsete -rOom and your enestexes
,
,
ettehdance directly," ,was the author,-
itatare rePlye • :
Both Were to be had; the former; a
-.hole in theavali•hehind the shop; the
latter, a. • pallid, cadaverous -looking
•person, with the air of one Who had
" been (lead a -Week, thought better Of
'table 'in ehe aforesaie : hole' in 't
it had. rose again. 'There -was a lei%
wall, beefing . a strong family like-
ness :to. a dissecting • table, .upon
which the'stark figure .wris laid, and•
the pest -cart driver dleappeared. The
apothecary held a mirror close' to • the
face, eipplied, his ear to the pulse and
heart; herd "e, pocket-inirine over the
mouth, and looked E0 it; shook . his
head;andset.:down.:the•.candle with,
' "The man. is dead; eirie was. : hiS
ereticisni; "dead ,es a doornail! All
the ' medicine in the . shop won't, kin. -
'die tate Spark. of life in -such ashos!''•
' ,"At least, try! Try something -..
bleeding, for instance,'" 44ggeated Sir
NoArgmatitn47.the apothecary... examined the:
licitly, and again he shook his head
doefully. . . .... . , :
"Wet no. use, air; but if it will
pleasb you,„I can try." . :, :•1 : ,
• The right arra was bared; the lan..
cot •inserted., one .or two black drops.
sluggishly dewed, and nothing more,
. "It's all a waste of .tiine, you See,"'
remarked the apothecary, wiping his
' dreadful little weapon, "he's as dead
as I ever. saw • anybody: in my 'life!
How did he come to this- cod; sir. a-.
not by the plague?" ' ' . •
"I don't know;" said Sir Norman,
ginernilya "'I wish you would tell
• •T:x?t'e'Ctrtit.idina'tt:h'clatot l'It a:r ,ii:Ti .'h Aryl ssokni161 pd Icicle:nu 6.*
spot or visible wound or bmise on
the person; so he must have, died .of
eoree internal complaint-e-probebly
disease of the heart." .. • " .
"Never. knew him to have such a
thing," sighed Sir Vermare "It is
' very maiterious and :very dreadful,
.and notwithsteading all you • hove
slettiodt,r cannot believe him dead: Ca.n
he not remain here Until Morning, at '
The starved apothecorer looked - at
,him out of o pair of ho. liovit, ree,ae.-
:hia'°':iGinYotli:d7.4ein.eptilyd,o' an7thing.,7 Was. his
,"x• underetand: YOti shall .have it.
Are you sure . yeti • can do nothing
-more. for him?" : •
"Nothing whatever, air; and, excuse
me, but there are custorners in the '
shop, and I must'leave, air," •
Which he did,' accordingly; and Sir
Wormari was left akthe with all that
remained of him who, two hours be -
W48 his. warm friend. He de:a:II:0:d
deathi°vthtahtatt ts ow at: a tnhgee
'ehlsee:pitieseetlirionbtelof that white face, and
yet, the longer -he looked, the More
deeply an inward conviction. aestered
him that It Was 540. He chafed the
chilling hands and face, he applied'
hartshorn trod burnt feathers to the
nostrils, but. all these applications;
though excellent in their way, could
not exactly raise the dead to life,
and, in this ease, proved a signal
failure, lie gave up his doctoring, at ,
last, in despair, and folding • hie
arms, looked down at what lay On
the table, arid tried to convince him-
self that it Was Oriniston. So ab- ,
sorbed was he in the endeavor. that '
ho heeded not the passing' moments;
until it struck him, like 'a Shook that
Hubert Might, even now be Welting
for him at the trysting-place, with '
PeWs of Leoliite. Love is stronger
than friendship, strobger than grief, i
Stronger than •death, stronger than
every other feeling in the World; MO
he suddenly seized his hat, turned his
back on Ornaiston, and the apothe-
cary's shop, and strode off to the
Made he had quitted,
No Itubert was there, but two fig-
ures were passhig slowly along in
the moonlight, and one of them he
recognized, with an Impulse to spring.
at hint like a tiger and strangle him,
lint he had been so shocked and sub-
dued by his reont diseovery,. that the
'lupe* which, halt an hour before,
would haye been unhottatinglv obey -
and, then 'yen. will he /Tee."
r13ut1 0 I-Iubere, where am I?
Whet -dreadful place is this?" r
"Why,I do not :knew that :this
- is a very dreadful place:. and.: Most
people consider: it -eufaciently tee
efiectable house;' but, still, 1 would
rather •:see .mY • sister anywhere else.
than in it, and wiThtake the trouble
of kidnapping her out„Of it as quick-.
'ly aS possible.' ' • : ,
' "But, Hubert, tell nee -ado asp trie,
who is'COunt L'Estrenge?" "Hubert
laughed: - " • -
, "Cannot,' S-exeels,••Loolinel ' letist„'
-not mitil ete-rnottow, .and you. ere
,1 Lady Kingsley.", . • • '. • •
!Tut,' whet if lie: should:0Mo heee
to -night?" •
• ""I do. not .think "there is much den-
, ger ' of that, . but .ibether. he
does or • not, rest ':assured,
-yeti shall be • free to-mprroier!
At allevents‘, it is •• melte ..irn-
possible for yeu to escape with ine
'new; itSid even as it is, Irunithe
risk of being detected, and made a
" prisoner myself. You must be pa-
tient and wait, Leoline, and 'rust to •
Providenee and your brother Hu-
bert," ..• • ...
"1" must, I suppose!" Said' Leolino,
'`and you. cannot take me •
away until day dawn."
"Quite; ireporesible; : and thee all
this draperer of yours will be ever so
much in the way. .Would you ohject
to garments like these?" painting: to
his ; doublet and hose. f `If you
I would not, think "I could procure
you a ilt-wit."
Dot I should, though! said Lan -
line, with epirit, "and moot decided-
ly. tool I shall w,ear nothing of the .
•
kind, Sirg !"
• „„
Everyone eo her fancy!" said Me-
. „„
was lined with aware velvet, Wrought
with silver thread, in dainty
"Did 4y.ieu notcome from ,Ftaziee-ee
Wreaths of water lilies:. and in the bert with a French shrug, end
pretavesieter shell have hers, in spite
of. earth, air, fire, •and water! Andti*
new, fair • Leoline„ for a brief me,
adieu, ancl tte revoir!"
• "You will. not fait me!" excloimed
Leoline, earnestlee• elesping her leande„
. "If I tite, it abate :be. the 1E10 thing
.1 • wilt to on earth; .foe if .T am
alive by Ce -morrow morning, Lee..
line shall be. free!" • •
"And you will. be careful—you will
'both be careful!"
i'lexceeelyely cereftell NOW • then."
The la.st two words wore addressed
Lc) the window, ,Which he hoiseeesely
opened as. he spoke. Leoline caught
a. glimpse of "-the bright free, moon-.
light, and, Watched hint with destroy,.
ate envy; but the' next moment -the
shuteers were closed, •and Hubert and
the moonlight were both gon. e.
from Ibion, recently?" went on Lee -
ed., went for nothing now;i1 there
wits more of reproach, even, than
anger in his voice, as he went over
and laid his hand on the shoulder a
one of 'them.
"Stay!" he abl. "(Inc word with
you. Count L'Estrange. What ha,ve
you done with Looline?"
"Ahl Sir Norman, as 1 live!" said
the count, wheeling round and lift.
frig his hat. "Give um good even—
foU'r r8att. ulloonrgniig, go-aK
n e thinegisnleidY:
, night hour."
81)' Norman, with his hand still on
his shoulder return.ed not the cour-
tesy, astern
, ansdrrenegar:I.ei.ng the gallant Count,
"Where is Leoltner he -frigidly re -
"Realty," said the count, with
some embarrassment, "you attack we
so unexpectedly, and so likea. ghost
or highwayman --by the way, 1 have
a word to say to you about high-
waymen, and was seeking you. to My
"Where is Leoline?" shouted the
exasperated young knight, releasing
his shoulder, and clutching him by
the throat. "Tell me, or by heaven!
I'll pitch you neck and heelsinto
the Thames!"
Instantly the sword of the count's
companion flashed in the moonlight,
and; in two seeonds more its blue
blade would have ended the earthly
career of Sir Norman Kingsley, had
not the count quickly sprang back,
and made a motion for his compan-
ion to hold,
he cried, commendingly,
with his arm outstretched to each.
'Hasp &PI George, sheathe your
sword and stand aside. Sir Norman'
Iiingsley, one *;ord with you, .e.nd.
be it in peace..
• "There can be. no peoce between
use', replied that aggravated young
gentleman, fiercely, "until you tell
me what, has become of Leanne:"
"All in .good time. We have a lis-
tener, anddoes it not strike you .our
eonference should be private?" '
"Public .or private, it platters not
it jot, oo that yciu tell me wbat you
have done with Leoline," replied Sir
Women, with waons." it was evident
getting beyond this question was a
moral enclphysical iniposeibility.
"And if' you do net •giver an account
of yourself,. I'll vein you through,. es
sure as emir name is Count L'Es-
trange.'' • . . • • .
A strange -sort of snide came over
the face of • the enunt .at this direful
threat, • as ;if he...fancied ..in that case,
he Was safe enough: but Sir Norman,
luckily, 'did not -KT, it,- and heard on-
orman; 1 ribnul be
delighted.. to • do so. Let' us stand.
over "'there in the...shadow of that
arch; end, George, do you remain
here within call." " •'
Febranry 4th, 1904
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The eotteit adendly waved Sir Nor-
io f(i1Inik; which. Sir Norman
ditl, .witl.":•MuCh the Mein. j'ef te sulky
. lion; 1nd. it inementlater, hot5" were
•faaing eaph" other:arch-
Way.
"Welly' cried the voting knight,
impetiently'e itee 'waiting. Go
"TiI' 'dear Iellegslay,"•:rne'pontled the
eoune, in his eaey_Way,,ei.thialeaysin„
-are eabeeing eaderaete little mistake,:
:I have. nothing to go (M.ebout; it Is
you who are to begin, the contro-
versy." •. • . . •
"Do you dare toplay with me?"
-ekclainied Sir • Wornuie„ feeiouslye
.. tell :you •tie take care how. you
• speak! What. have You •dooe,. -with
'That lie the' "fourth of fifth • thde
you have asked ane .thet goestiere"
seld the count,, with prOvoking • in-
difference."What do •you imagine .1
eha.ve doee With her?" . "' • .
SirNprrnan's feelings; which
, •
'. beats tieing &Vet" 'since ;theta :meeting,
*got up to such: e• height" at -tiles
ag-
grarciting • .question, that he gave
'vent.' to an oath', and..laid 'his: hand
,
on his sword; ,but the ceunt s hand
lfshelye interposed before :it . came
-Ont: . • • .• •
.• "Not. yet,: Sir Norman. Be calm.;
talk rationally: - lehtit'ele yeti Irceuse
me, of doing With. leeellisie?"' •
• "DO •you dare. denY baying darried
•." her 0R:':P • : .", •
.!',Depy it? :NO; r nen n,eeree 'afraid .
Co father my ewn deeds."... • ,• " .
"Ali! said •;oir Igerman., grinding:.
his.. teeth.. • "Then • you ackneariedge
ii.?" • . • • .." •
"I acknowledge it ---yes. • • What
-The ..peefeet Composure of his tone
' fell like ae cool,. • •clainp .towel on the
fire of . Sir •Normahrs wtath. Itdid .•
not quite extinguish the 'flame, ,how-
ever—only quenched it a little -a -and"
it .still hiesect hotly enderoetttli: •
,eAticl you .da,reto stand before'ree
tired aeltpirieledge such an 'eat?". ex-.
clairned Sir, Norman, perfectly
tounded ate thennol assurance of _the
alter, ' , • •
. Yea "; said the count
laughing.. I seldom take the. trouble
to deny my actri. VV,hat riext?'.!
• "There isnothing next," said Sir
•
• Nor'inah, Severely., "until we; have
come to a proper understanding
about this. Are you avYaro; sir, that
• that lady ie my promised bride?"
leo, I de .not know that I ani. .On
.tinhietieco„ntrarY, I have an idea she is
• "She was, you mean. You know
She was forced into • cOrisenting„by.
Yourself and her nutsel"
"Still,. she consented, and a bond
is a bond, and a promise a. promise,
• all the world over."
"Not with a woman," said Sir'
Norman, with stern dogmatism, "It
Is their privilege to break their
promise and 'change their mind sixty
. Ones" an hour, if they chooeu. Leo
-
eine has soon fit, to do both,' and has
accepted me fix Your stead; therefore,
I command you inStantly, to give her
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tvrapplr' of every bottle of
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"What extraordinary bad taste!"
said the count, tlionglatfully. "Did •
• she tell you that?"
"Yee, she did tell me this, and a
great deal More. Come. -,-have done
talking and tall me where she is, Pr
"Oh, no, you :Wouldn't," said the
count, teasingly. "Since matters
stand in this light, I'll tell you what
do. 1 acknowledge that. I :Car-
ried oil Leoline; 'viewing her as: my
_promised bride, and ha-ve sent her
to ney 'own • heme in the care of te*.
-trusty messenger, where 1 ahre • you .
my word • of honor I have not been
since. She is as safe there, and much '
safer than in her own louse, until
• morning, • and it wouldbe a: pity to
disturb her at this unseasonable hour. .
When the morning comes we
both 'go to. her togetherstate nur .
rival claims—and whichever one she
decides on accepting can, Neve
and end the raatter at once."
The -count paused and meditated
This proposal time all very plausible
.and nice an the eterface, but •Sir Nora":
neap, with his usual penetratIen and e
acuteness, looked 'further than the
:surface "and found a flaw.
, And how am 1 to know," he ask;.
ed, doubtingry, "that•you wU. not g6
to herto-night and ,spirit her .eff
where I will never hear .of either • of •
line rather ina ositel a it t 1 • ''
bottozn, neatly folded, lay "a sheet . ..
ner hearer, • . . . .
"of foolscap. She opened It Witit nor. ,. "Certainly I' 'tame from -Thjoh. ITtid
vous .haste; • it .was tl. corranOn iiheet, I the honor of beingekhown to . yeti
enoagh, stamped with a fool's can thorea, . . :. •
and bells, -and shoVired it belonged to "How etrange? Haar ivonclerfuti"
Cromwell's: time.. • rt Wag eleeely. . said Leoline, ,,with •a. paling check
written in a lighta fair hand, and and • q et ieke ned breatielog.. .fe Ho w •
bore the title. "Leoline's.History." . .2_
'mysterious those things turn. putt .
.Leoline's . hand trembled so with Thank heaVen that I httve. foend
eagerness, the Could scarcely hold some one to love Sit last!"
'the paper; but her eyes rapidly ran Tele speech, which • was Creek al -
from. line to line, and she stopped gebra, high Dutch, or thereahouts,
not Until she reached the. end. to Master . Hubert. caused him to
While - • she read her face alternately . stare to eech are • exterit that; when
flushed and paled, her eyes dilated, .be . came to . think of it after-'
her lips perted; and before she fin- wards, positively shocked him,
felled it, there came over an .0,1c)°k The two great Wondering dark eyes
of the most.nnutterable horror, ,It, transfixing her with much amaze -
dropped front het powerless fingers .
,. nient brought LeOline to the Sense of
s le 1 . ,
. her talking unfathomable mysteries,
PP 7, s s rue
her chair with such it ghastly pale- quite Incomprehensible to her .hatid.
new, that it seemed absolutely like some anditor. She looked at hint
the -lividness( of death. r I t h a srnlle, h Id eut herr• hand; anid
A sudden rind startling noise awoke Hubert received , a strange little elm -
her from her trttnee of horror—some. . Inc thrill to yea that her Oyes were
one trying to get in at the witidowi full of tears. He' took the hand and .
The chill of terror it sent thrptgli raised it to his lips, wondering' if .
every vein acted as a sort of cOun- the .young lady, struck . by his good
ter irritant 10 the other feeling, and looks, had conceived a rash and in-..
she sprang from her chair and turn- ordinate attack of 'love at first, sight, ,
ed her face fearfully to the sounds, and was about to offer herself tO i
But in all her, terror she did not for-
get the mysterious (sheet of foolscap, Prete this speculation the sweet
which lay Molting up at her, on the
floor; and she snatched it, . up rind, .voiee aroused him.
You have told tlie who you are,
thrust it ' rind the casket out of Now, do you know Who 1 ant?"
sight. Still the sounds( went on, „/ 'hope m., ,,
7 fairest tooline. I
but softly and ettutibusly; and at know you are the most beautiful la -
intervals, tut 0 the worker were tng1anc1, ansi . .
lI
afraid of being heard, Leoline went 1:„sit,,,1 1,,,,4,,, eele„,„e,,,,,
buck, step by Step, to tlie other ex- ''' `''''""'" ''''"'"' ''''3"'''‘'''''''
"I am emnothing more," said too-
treniity of the room, with her eyes
him and discard Mir Norman forever,
still fixed on the Window, and on line, holding his hand between both
»er face A White terror, that left iter"lid betiding ne" bittl; "1 ant
3
her perfeetly colorless, /our sister!"
The Earl of Itoeliestmoti page Meet
_Who could _it be? Net Count
have hild good blood in -his veinit; ,
tstrarige, for he would aura-
ly not need te• enter his for tiever was there duke, grandee,
own bonne 41k, burglar, '
or peer of the plaint more radically
a not
and .unadcatcdtp nonchalant than
,
1•••1114.111•1•11.
CHAPTDIt
Sir • Norman Kingeley'S consterna-
tion nod horror on the
dead " n d
body of • his friend was only
equalled by his amazement as to how
he got there,or how he came to be
dead at all. The livid face, upturned
to the nmenlight Was unmistakably
the fate of a dead maa—lt was no
swoOn, no deCtiptioa, likeLeollne'e;
for the blue, glossy paleness that
Marke the flight Of the eeal ftom the
body was stamped on every rigid
feature. Yet: Sir Norman could not
rettlize it, We all know how hard it
ie to realize the death of a friend,
from Wheal tee have but lately part-
ed in full health arid life, and ()rude -
ton's death was so sudden. Why, it
was not quite two hours since they
had parted irt teoline's house,. aod
Oven the plagtle could hot eariSt
q victim as quickly ttS this.
"OrMistorit tirrnistoni7 he call-
ed, betWort grief and dismay, BS he
rained WM in v‘hiri„ arms, With his
MO Pier the ti1ie1 hearty,. but. Oro
Cou,ghing- is.. the .outward, sign
ef inarerd"diseaee.".
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"Softly, aty friend --softly, How
wits I to know all this?"
"You ought to have k "
returned Sir Norman, in the seine
dogmatical way; "or if you didn't,
you do now; so say rio more cibot
11, Whence Is she, 1 ask you?" re
peated the young man in it frenzy.
"Your patience one ixioment longer,
until we see which of us haS the best
right to the lady. 1 have a prior
claim,"
"A forced one. Leoline does not
care a snap for y,ou—and she loves
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