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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1904-05-19, Page 2Ito iing Skin Distreesi y 447.40 :raighte-- . That! the complaint of thotie. 140 - are so unfortunate al to be afflicted with Bezeina or Salt Ithenteeerlrld out ward applicationa. de not CUre. They vant, The source of the trouble. le in the bleod—make that pure and thie ocal- ing, burning,itching. ekin dipper wilt disappear. • *II was •taken with an Itching on MY arus. which proved very disagreeable. I concluded it was salt rheum and bought a bottle of Pecars. BaronialIla, Intwo daye after I began taking It I .felt better and It woe not long before I WAS curea, Have never had an skin .dleemie•since,". .Nue. • C. Warta, Cove Point, d. )food's Sarsaparilla ride the blood 9f all impurities end' cures all eruptions. ••••••••••••••••••0.0. f Northern grown SOWS Notthern Grown Seeds are known to be su- perior to any other,being earlier, hardier and more producive. We are selling these seeds ac, the same price - as the big departmental stores. 2c a Packacre 15 Packages for 33 Packages for 50c 68 Packages for $1.00 Make out your list of Vegetable and . Flower Seeds and bring it to our store. We have the lar- igest variety to choose from. In ordering by mail send postal note. •••••••••••••••:.• 41 H. B. Combe, • • Cimmiet and Druggist'. et ie.* teees-********011.*••• MANY CALLS ere reeeited, from business firms aral many stuatinta• are placed in good positions each ,year. ,by, the famot.s ' CENTRAL STRATFORD. ONT. .• This school steads for the ;highest and best in business educatioti in Can- aa tcday. Many 'business' •coneies • employ our graduates . as teachers. We live sc'el'ee ofapplications from .4.)-thqr colleges: Aek to :see them the day *yeti eater.' Commenee course"Advs.., •Cata- • ." 1,,gue free. • . • • .• • •• W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal.. 'LAD! RINGS Of 100 Ladies PO at leas. prefer Rings to1 any other kind of Jewelry. For •this reason we pay spectal, atten- tion to this line. You will find all the favor ite Stones and combination at their best with us. DIAMONDS PEARLS, EYLER ALDS, RUBIES, SAPPIIIRES, OPALS, . OLIVINES, TURQUOIS, • Every Ring at its very hest - both as to value and anal. 4'..i•-•;;', „*.V.e",••*;••••:::;: A distance—romething in her figure or TT ,T7TTr, 1 The Clinton News -Record • I IIIII1M1100$11.! . oung By Charles Garvice Author of "A Modern Juliet," "Better Than Life," Girl s ru CIIAPTII, X. The MeOn' was shining brightly as Bement Yorke came out or the New Corinthian, Club, and stood on the top step and looked up at the sky and up and down Piccadilly, with smiling thimalitfulness. It Was in the Month of May; the eeason was getting into swing, and the cabs and carriages rattled along the historic and aristo.eratie thor- oughfare, bearing their occupants to balls aced receptions.. Bernitrd Yorke 'himself was due at the Countess of •Winshire'a "small and early,'' which always means ,"late 'and crowded;'' but he stood with his cigarette. in his mouth and his head' in tlie pocket of las dresa Inverness, as if he were in no luirrV, • and time and the world were his own. , Ile was - Young, and life • was sweet. The gods had been bountiful, very boantlita to him, and made him good to Wok upon. Women smiled upon him whoa they met him, and looked into his dark eyes, and sighed when he left them; Ile Was tall; even ia this age of tall men, but looked less than his . height by reason of- the well -proportioned -feria which cricket, ulIIn,-featt.all,* and the , frequent use or the foils • and the boxing., gloves had knit into graceful perfec- tion. . , • '. He was not only a persona, grata •avith• the women, but populer with •his fellow -Men, and there wag no bet- , ter known or more 'warmly • liked. young • fellow than "'Bernie" Yorke, as his'•intintates, were fend of . calling hint. . • " • ,IPor :the rest, the .gods .had •willed that •he should' be the only spri and heir of • a: baronet :whci doted 'npott :hint, and made him an .allowance , wbich was so liberal that 13ernard wits not More • than two or- three thousand riourids in debt, .• whiche.la Altos° 'rapid days, wben men • run - through a quarter. Of a million in . two years or Po, !is it mere 'nothing and not worth speaking of. 'The Yorke estates were in .8par- shire There WWI a•• 10VlliV old house. of red briCle "•and stone, surrounded* by .pbtLilOig 91a-zworld. grounds, • • and- wI.th.farine .and lands: which repree ,yenteii a rent-•rall: mate, long ,enough fot c U('(Is of.a nodcrn baronet. he kept within bounds, • • .1 , 'Perhaps' Bernard yorke was think - Ig of the. old.; house—he was Very , foad.ond proud of• it—and, 'picttirina • it to himself as, it must °look in this — present .nioenlight; or perhaps he.Was -.thinking Of •Pelleia Damorel,- who* he was .going temeet, at the., Wina • Shires' balle-the half smile on, Ida.. . lips, :which were 'Of better .shatie than most men'S,' Would bate stilted 'either ' . subect.... . • . . • • • j As he stood levity •iandleing .• his ci- „ • • • garette, the .plate -glass door's of .the club .swung '.open and another man 'came out. , • Me. too; wastall. In a • Way, vood-loelcing, ' was very • fair: . • with .imperceptible eyebrows and : . - mere shadow of a"meaStache., • His heir was -thin as wellas light in* eolor, and his eyes of se pale a blue that; at times they seemed almost, , eelorlefis; and he bad. a trick—Oat-Ur- al or •aeetiired-.-of, Screening-. thein, • under rather; heavy lids. He was in e•Verattiadreas;- a • valuable/ diamond • Solitaire scintillated' in his sPotless .shirtafront, rind • diamond studs:' of eiftral, value glittered at his wrist- - bends:. •• .77a..pauSed he :saw Bernard :Yorke,and a fain snu e curve .. p lips -a very .different smile, hy• the way.' to thefrank, and half -dreamy 'ono . With Whieh Bernard.Yorke .' Was; gieaing :up and clown Picea illy. . • ' gentleman was, .Lord, Stoyle,.. "a man about town,”. ' .elsortriougiy 'rich., and better lenown than liked; . "Ah :Yorke,:' he said—it will be • noticed : • that be did not Call him t not gone ye though you were making • for the Winshire bop?" "-- Iis voice wae: in perfeet harmony . with his thin figure and spare,..fitir• hairthat le say, it was low and thin and colorless, •save for it cer- tain' tone • of half -weary cynicism, • which in some Way jarred upon' ..the • "So I .am, .said Bernard; and the clear, musical lanes of his voice con- trasted markedly with • . those of Lord Stoyle. "So I an; but I was hat irig..a look at the :night. . Splen-, did, Isn't it'?" • • • • "Ye -s," assented Lord. Stoyle, With a slight "drawl; "Moonlight, : and all that sort of thing isn't much in MY way. Den't '.ge in for Nature, don't ou know," •, "No,"! said Bernard. . "No; • green, table and a, • 'Olean peek have ever so Inalty more charms for me than .any 'amount, of green meadows and blue -skies, By the •way, you are not in a hurry,' Why - S• "Once in a Life." ity. hearer. A.. J. Grigg, J EWELER AN I> OPTIC( Welemenie Gift. aiNotbing so complet- ely satistieS the mem- bers of tha family m a good Photo. It will be your opportunity to have one taken on the 24th. We can and will please you. We will be (men all day, but secure your sit5- ing beforehand so as not to be kept 110111r3 PHOTO STUDIO. tt of thing before. I've made the same ' reiolidlon myself scores of times." "But there's no need for you to chuck the," said. Bernard, pleasant- Ilvya..ys.'.:you always win—or nearly al - Lord Stoyle glanced at hint sharp- 1 ly. . • "Not so !often as you think," he said, listlessly, "Luck goes against, MO sometimes as well as other men." There was a pause; then he said: "Miss Demerol is going to the Winshires' to -night, X suppose?" He pat the question as listlessly and casually as.he had spoken before; but Bernard Yorke's brows calm§ to- gether in something like a frown, as he replied: "Yes, I suppose se—yes, she le," ''Alt!1' There was another pause; , then, as he took out hie cigar -case/ Lord Stoyle remarked: "Going to be elie belle this season, should think. The Cotintess considers her the beet of this •year's flyers, and is mightily proud of having brought ,her out. Must say she's more promising than soma of the KOs the old lady trots ft'ont under her wing." The frown grew more decided on Domed Yorke's face. "Getting rather. mixed, aren't .YO*, Sloyle?". he Said, dryly. "Which is ' It you mean to cotnpaie Miss Da-. morel toe -a filly or a cbicken?" Lord Stoyle smiled. • •"I3eg her pardon," he drawled, In his thin voice—"beg yours, too. For - •got she was a piteticalar friend of yours. No -offeace. . Seen that last plieto.graph of ber? 'Best she!ii had taken. They say the prinecaa" :Bernard .pulled oat his watch., "I Must be going," be said, its if suddenly reminded of the time. "See you again, Stoyle. You are going to the lienshiees', I suppose?" ' ' Lord Sthyle nodded. ' • .• • "Yes," he dreaded. "Nuisance:. but • I Prontisdd Miss Danierel." • ' . • With frown on. is brow,.. Bee, nerd Yorke walked down the" stops - and along Piccadilly. . , Not . very far : from the palatial • portals of, the Corinthian Was a pie* ture• §hop, • There Were •rio shiitters windows,to the , s o photograph§:were Inaba. larnfe. Ile stopped in front - of the windoW and leeked at the portraits. • 7n .the, midst of a group �f tho :royal family, the popular actors and act- resses; the professional beauties.and famoes " statesmen; was ne 'of . a handsome girl with. fair. hair and , dark eyes. , She was in evening -dress, and held a.ilege fan of white •ostrich- -feathers, •-over . which the eyes=s. little • too 'dark and heed--eshope clearly,.al- most piercingly,. At •the bottom of the card was written "Mies Pee -licia Dirinerel," . • • Bernard' Yorke looked .at it • t hoaghtfully, adiniriagly, as . dreds looked 4 if. daily. Yes, • §he•••• was very beautiful. •Stoyle • was right; she would be, the belle Of the settepn,' the .prise pea4 of 'Lady • shire's beVy. : • • — , . • As he looked :at :the "photograph. Bernard recalled the first oceitalon on which he. had met her. • • • Tt was at the opening --p1 the• see:a- eon, •the first of Lady • WinSh'ire's •aad earliesa" had catered the room rather...late; hitendiag to .reinain:foe only anhaer at most. and witi wondering whether he. could not make. it half MIAMI!, *.vhen Lady 1Viashire touched ' Idea oa.' the arm• and. said: • ' • " • • "Mr.: Yorke, II •want ' hitroduce you to Mies Datnerel.',!. • .• . had ttit'ned Withthe • • al assumption of eagerness :to .find a beafitiful girl Standing beside the Countess and looking. at hint with the steady: regerd of the dark. eyes With whieh'itli• Leaden was now fa- iniliar. It was not the first bea.uti- . ful girl ha ,had Seen and talked with and flirted with; but something about. her—perhaps it was the eyes them- selves-aenade an instant 'impression, :cold he found himself asking for a dance 'with .an•earnestnegs and eag- erness which are rather unusual in these days -of lanktior, and general limpness. . • • , . -Though her card Was pearly . full, and men were pressing her for the: few vactincieie, • Boinard ' got 'two dances that night, and went home -- He did not- know. ne asked • him - 'self • the qttestion now,, •as he stood and looked at the photograph; Was . he in love with.,Felicia Dainerel? Did she care for, him? Since that ,first night they had Met • almost daily—at halls, at. concerts, at. the* theatre, at • •"afternoons," which but for her pre- sence Would have been. the .ouintes- menet! or boredom. She ,alWays seein- ed. pleased.' to see him, but then she was also equally- pleased to see Lord • Stoyle, lio.a)ut in an apPearance.rit all the social- functions. at which , Miss Demerol Was presen ly pleased to pee the other men of their set. . It was. true that, he had once von - tared to .press the long, .sliin hand, erid• that she luta ram tied, or he had fancied that she had returned, the Oight pressure; hut then she • might a1.0 have shottn a like graciousness to Lord• Stoyle and the others who forond-1,t, court for her whenever she appthi ed in public. • Ile turned from the window at 1114 ' ' not eenie back and have another -flut- ter? ' • . . Ile put the • question carelessly eniugh, but • hie eyes glanced side- ways at the'. handsome. face with an intent look. •• • Bernard laughed 'shortly and shook '- 1,is heed, • "No,. ,than',' .he said,- cheerfully, , "l've lost enough' for to -night and the luck is dead against me, 3'11 ake my revenge from you another t into, I.ord Stoyle nodded, and fixing hie eyeglass, • glanced listlessly at the endlces string of vehicles. ."I didn't 'think you'd lost much," he drawled. "Not from yons point of • view, I dare say," said Bernard; • "but I den't happen to roll in money risaYou Stoyle, No, T Won't. play again to night. Sometimes*" TIe paused, and- Belted another tie garotte. "Well?" said Lord Steele, without looking at him. • "Well," and he laughed rather shamefacedly,. as a young man will de whin he is about to express Vie. thous resolettiott—"Well,, SoMetlirteg half inclined to cut the code nit ogether," • Lord Stoyle smiled, and his lids went down over his light eyes. "Yves," ho drawled, with a Wepi. eitin el a. Sneer; "I've heard that kind t • and equal- and A lit NA toward Ludy inaldre's, with the question still ananswered. lie did. not walk quick- ly; as num does who is going to meet . the aNnan he loves, htit saune tered along, smoking his cigarette the manner of her walking struck but $0 vaguely that he would, net have ,glanced at her again if it hact not happened that at the mo- ment ot his first glance she had slip- ped oil the pavement into the road, and that at the seine time A hansom cab, tearing along at the usual break -neck pace, had come bolting, round the corner. She was walking with her head slightly bent, and did not 000 the cab. Just as it was upon her, Bernard Yorke shouted warningly. It was an unwise thing to do, for naturally, the girl looked toward .the spot whence the shout had come, instead of in the direction Ot the cab, and she stopped short In the middle of the road. The next instant the horse was up- on her, and she was 13fing under its feet, Bernard Yorke, with his eigakette still in his mouth, sprang forward, seized the horse's bridle close to the bit,. and forced it back, The cab- man, pulling hard at the same time, the horse reared as • high as the check -iron of• the cab would penult .him, and with commendable presence of mind and the dexterity• of an ac- complished athlete, Bernard put his arms round her, and, just as if she were a bundle of feathers, lifted lter out of the way. • She .lay in his artns quite motion- less, her eyes clos,ed, her . face white as marble, and Bernard Yorke had confused sense of a 'sweet,. oval face, " and the , glimpse of bronse-gold hair as the eahman, descending clum- sily from • his perch, canto forward stammei•ing in a tone of deepest. In- quiry: . . warn't my fault, aut'nor; she got right- afront* of the hose. Ie she eirt? She"—es he 'looked with. slide dee apprehension at 'the white rare lying on Bernard's arm --:"she ain't killed?" . • • • "I don't. 3.-nOtv,". said Bernard, without lifting his eyes. . ClIAPTElt II. • . . An hour previously -Miss Damara 'wee standing :before' her ebeval-glass .in her.drersingiaiont -at, Lady .Wia- shire's; standing is, however,' •searea- ly the light. .-expreasioa, • for. :every now ,and -• then 'she- turnen • feona. the' glass . and:paced up and •down before it ' with. an • -impatittet and , • angry gait. . - . • • ' '. In an easy -chair. set Lady Winsint.e • .. hekelf,: a' buxom lady attired- in all her mar -paint, •hlaeing in jewels, and carefully rouged .and powdered, At a ,saftt distanee stood her"ladyship's Maid, her.. fare Wetiring •mask of • resnoctful' syrimathe. as she watehod, that, of het. beatitiful inistrest au 1 *d and angry:ail(' linnatient: • • • • ' • • .• JO too. had!" -Miss %mend,. preinised •.tne faithful, . 1Y that I. Should h•tta the lace by nine o'eleek..1 t nJarly .nittst be 'quite tea, ien't it?" ' • • . "It 'wants live •itlinutee to 'ten," • said tliti:Countise. .111aejcily, coneult; ing the tiny watch set in • her dia- -irond betteelet. T t Was not the fleet' 'time; by many, that. she' had -seen a ' Young girl In .. ''..tfmtrmil," and .eX- . • l'erIenee enabled Ian, to 'retain, her. serenity,- •"Slie will. be here directly; there's -plentY sof tinie..• Besides,• you . can wear 'another: dress, inv • 1. dear.. disteees' yeursell, or vou will - get fltiehttl,•••and: spoil. veer evening. Why- 'net give her tip and let IlOwderi choose another' creek for you?" ' Bowden, ' the. Maid, .• mu.rinureil agreement respectfully, and went- to the wardrobe; but -Miss Demerol StitiorPepea. h.,er.:.with ' an, iriniericms ...1gee-. • • "No. will wear th1sl No • other dress suits meso well.. I partietilatly wanted to wear Allis 'one to -night.. And. it only wank the lace: She -pro-. niised it. Bow I hate the. lower or- ders!. One can . never rely on them. Their • word -is worth nothteg; if I • had my ay—" •• • "The girl ..ivpaid he • ..whipPed, : T. .dare .say," •put -in Lady *.Winshire,•• with a smile: as vou can ',not order het. altnoutine,-'hiedn't: Veu nett :ter select' anather 'can't wear that one 'Without the lace, and. ..the lisee is •nothere.": . : •i . Miss Datnerel paced. to: and fro, .1.1erdark oyes llashlftg . - "1 wiflgiyc hr anang(i;tillly6r, o•v;e' mi:n.. utes," •she said. . "If she does. not come by• that tithe, will wear actin& - thing • else:. but'—she ,set • her.• white, • even teeth -and"' clinched her •harid— "she shall n.ever have • any other work front inea-nevee!" ' • The Cenntess smiled and yawned •-behind her fen. • . "Don't make sash vows; my dear,' dear,!! she said, .feacitity. "NO • one under-. stands • ol.d lace so well as this girl, and she is so ;wonderfully, cheap. if You. had sent it to Madame • :Cerise., she would • have charged you"--"Ine,'-'' the good-riattired old lady alight with. I I 111101t .! • I Hell 1, 10, 4..1 ; grv risentment. "You are late, Vies Grey,' she veld, imperiously'. "You said you would be here at nine. end it is now trin airlock% The ball has eelnelene.. ed—or will do so directly—and I alll not yet dressed." And. she extended her fair, bare arms dramatically. The girl untied a, card -board box which she carried. "I am very sorry," she said, with the low made of her voice accentuat- ed by contrast with the passionate one .0( the beauty. "I had an a•cel- dent with the lace. It got torn, and 1 had to mend it." "Tornt Then I suppose it Is ruin- ed!" said Miss Darnerel. "No," said the 'sweet, low volee; "It is not •injured. I have Mended it so no ono could detect the tear, even wl‘t'S1.1014 yionaiersUs;'!"l'h't*I;tne the angry re- tort. "Where is it? Let me see it. X think you. heve behaved very badly, Miss Grey. If 1 had sent it to Ma- • dame Cerise—nnd I wish I had done so—I should have had it back in time astid'hounigslit•lirsttaLo"k the priceless; late% from the box and unfolded it care- • "It is not Witted—that le, no one would keow," she Paid. "I have con- ker the original so closely. It has token wslass hours," wn fault," broke in' r.... Miss Damerel. "Bowden, stitch it up as quickly as • You can. I suppose, Miss Grey, you do not. expect any mote . work from me or Lady Win- sh'irrkete'r gii..1 • made I no response, but stood watching the maid as she stitched the lace on the dress. .. , "I think you have disappointed inc' shamefully,"' went. on Miss Damerel, friends of your—your carelessness." maid's swift lingers. Then suddenly took the lace and drese front .her put the dress on, i could arrange. it. without raising. her eyes from the hand. . sho .Said, qifietlY. "Perhaps; if you "and . ftohureiyou." osrI eu s.:),,shall take care ta tell an irly she • said; "Pardo.n nie; that is not right; not behind." • • "What," demanded Mies -Demerol— right; .the broad piece should go in . "1 ant very gorrY," saki the girl, .."It should go Oita way, I think," "what do you mean?" • The girl went to, the maid and ierel . hesitated • for . • • . . . . .• cond, ' then4Wn.saisgripeudt' thetool. - maid, a.nd , . With deft :fingers • the girl arrangt d the lace, . and as • she did so Miss 1 Damerel .surveyed herself in thu • cheval-glass, and began. to . smile coin- .. placently.' , . .. . • , :"You are. right," the ...said, but .with' evident ;reluctance; , "You ap- pear tii- have 'some taste.' I suppose you.are accustomed to this sort , of thing?" ' • • r" "Yes," said the.; girL..sappressing a sigh; "I have studied it front old engravings. This niece should gath- er :round the -bosom , of the dress-- ! so;" and she arranged it as deftly as before, .• • I. The. beautiful Miss Demerol toue - sated no single word or -thanks. ."1. ant fearfully :late," was all .she said. "'Make haite • please: ; 'Tate ,. , , i You finiShed? • Very ' well; you. *ill : I send in your bill to Lady 'Wiltshire; and please , rentelaber that if ...you hope. to retain our patronage you • must be p.unetual," ' . ' -• She cast a hot •glance at .the glass : which -rbfleeted her beautiful face and figure, and swept- otit of .. the ,rooni.• I 'Without it . wot•d the other ;girl • took up: the erupt* box and turned Ito depart. Illawiden, A respectable, . good-hearted woman, who had not, i strenge to say, resented Miss Grev'e , . I ''Interfer.ence,!' looked at.':the •pale , face pityingly. , .••. --------- -• i"Would you tike, a glass or wine, Miss Grey?'' she said, with •sitaple kindness. "Yon look tired like.. I.L Iyou's; come down with itte to the I housekeeners room you could drink . your Wine and rest before' ypu go . 6a"cfkT.h"ard you;;' het I must notsty,' i said the sweet voice. -"Though... I am rather tired, and would like. :to. ' rest; but 1 never drink wine."- : • 1 • •The • refusal:. Was made _gcntly, , ',enough,' but . with:. a certain quiet. • dignity whieh rendered • it impassline • 'for Bowden to Urge the request, :. . •F • "It wag a pity 'about the lace,' she said.. "Mies Dainerel was awful- . fi ly put Out; but you ' mustn't ritual her: She's hot-tempered, and likes i everything her own way,' like. Most . . ladies. You mast be very clever at 1 lace -making to have mended it so nicely; I suppose it took an awful lot of: time?" . 1 sa',1,a'YeAsifissIGeraety, upall,last,, night," ' • "Did you, • now! . And such trying I work! X don t ,lenow how you do : 'It?". she glanced at the girl's shapely I. hands, white as wax. "1 suppose it's.. , a knack. Well, good -night. Miss Oreyif yotere eure.you won't reSt a 1 bit and. try A glass of wine; it will f be. Of the best, you may be sure* . night," said the girl. you wet/ much. • I "No; thank o t She went (limn the t tairs, her light' ' 'sttnr:Scatc'ely I dtnting the thickly pil- . "Are you better?" he ealeed as gently as only a rutin can wale when addreeses Ivelpleee WOUIAU. She pUt her hand to lier bead,. end AS she withdrew it be saw that it was stained with blood. 4:;(1, tatIII)tplAvril;(Anid.sivyeolyu. are hurt," kw "N -o; no, 1. Am not hurt, 1 think," hshaeppiii•elleildie?d4 with a sigh. "What has "A cab—" began; then it oe-• 'eurred to him that it detailed tie- intription of the accident would nut help. her to recover. "Nothing Raub, Tyolitoop,e,," he said. "Dee you .feel faint still? 11 coald get something for She oPeried her eyes—they had clos- ed, again—and seeming to realize her position, witheeew from his arms, a Nr,,A.hiOicth hhheuriltiornisgingittlaie'shearwiempitu file'egoY,' no. Thank you—thank you: AM quite well now. suppose the cab knocked me down. No, I ani nndotshheurtto,01 sort-'01tn, if about to go on her way; but Ber- nerd drew her•aent ' within his, re- Ppeetrully enough, but firmly,. "Wait a moment or. two," he said, very. gently. "You are not Tecover- ed sufliCieetly; you are 110.t strong enough to walk, There, you see?". For, as, he made *the assertioh she sWayed slightly, and 4,111 lille011101.1S7 ly hie. delicate fingers closed urge - his *in. The pressure of her hand thrilled him, though he .did not know it or recall. the thrill until are' Isl;'1'seledliete," he said, "you must let me take you home." "No, no," she said, raising- her eyes, with. a , half -frightened look in thent---,'no; I am quite able—i' . "indeed you *are net," he .said; calmly. "1 will drive home With you,. if yen: will allow Inc. - indeed, you* must • permit. me- to do so,' • You are :still faint• mid weak, and—well,; I don't - knew whether .yeta aro hurt or -tot," . 'I AM not ' hurt," elle said. "I think it is the frieht, and. the. will o`f ilti a.. moment or two. I could tiot thinkLeh, intletd!," With a --young man's masterfelness —we'grow eite-Sle as. we gt ow older— Bernerd- ;detail • to the tetbniati to Morin. -'11oX. 'Men 11.‘ took .the girl's aria Ulla LOA'. ht.!' it) the cab. S'he drew foi• nioeitint; then.' With 0 skit,. yhedeti, lie 'almost 11. . • "Lean beck •:and rted," he said • ''Tell. Hie where to drive to." • _ She i Usti iigtil tl; 01111- Fithio WO li (10 \V Do alit eyes,. hitt. 1.1 Ito teac.o ol. the ie • inlicative .of • ,e Linear ity:. • • ii.Ni,tiiiitiiitt‘.vril'21.1.etlen Llece, .Cheisett, 11 •i• "wily he •saitl,. with .0. faint- smile; eielehe cave the:addle/4S . to the tialentm, adding in .a lesser tied *elerner: vdieet ••1' A nil 'clriva"glose- ly careitni y; -de 'you hear? • hes get,•itito the. cal) beside"lier. ' She itetheti lier-'etes Closed,' • her hand 'supporting We. head. JIG noticed. Um • hand as ..13owilen had •• . . done. Miy 19th 1004 . womposimors***tiosmootoorampowar Shylock was the man who wanted a pound of human -f." "— flesh. There are many Shylocks now, the convale-,i. cent,. the consumptive, the 'sickly child the pale young woman, all want human flesh and they can get it—take Scott's Emulsion. Scott's Emulsion is flesh and blood, bone and muscle. It feeds the nerves, strengthens the digestive organs and they feed the whole body. For nearly thirty years Scott's .Emulsion has been the great giver of human flesh. We will send you a couple of ounces free, . , SCOTT BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto, Ontario. eee. and P.o°; all druggists. you will—you won't mind—will you tell rue .your name?" . She looked aside for a second, then met his eyes . again. ' • , "413' name •Is •Grey," she said, • As she spoke, the door Owned tied astood silhouetted againtst the light stiin "Nance, is that you?'' he called out in a thick,husky oice that is best described: as "beery* . "What the 'devil makes you so ltite—Hal- loo!" he broke pit evidently- seeing the cab and Bernard.. The girl .started slightly, iminnut•ed "Gooti-night, and' opened the gate, saying, burriedlY:• • . "It is 1, father.: It is all rieht." Bernard Was turning to re-enter the • cab, but thought that, he had better. wait, in .ease father should have ahy questions to 'ask. The sight ..of the man, thesound of his •Voice, had *given him an. unpleasant start. • "Ehr he heard him say. "Who is. it? What's the .matterr • •• •Tlien he •canie• down to the gate • . and stared at Ihiraterd questionmgly. . Ily the light ••of • the cab -lamp 'Ber- nard saw a commonelooking • man,. with:the kind'. of face whidit the habi- tual, though not ilecessariat' heavy, toper .acquirea. I -Te• stared at Ber- • nerd with -yellow, %bulbous ;eyes:, and • .seerned to wait for an •explanation of hia„preeence.- • °pd. :at -ening, saki ' Bernard. • • • • d 'Mess ,•Grey lias met with acci- dent. 1 was fortunate, enietigh to be. • near,. and she allowed m*1 to. being • her . home.' I trust 'that She. is not • tett; .but her head is Cut: •and . , . . • No lady of his .0equatlitanee had 0.• • whiter ,or . more ellapei,v4 .• one. It re- ..ininded :him of a delicate white flow.- er les! it nestled against the . rich :au- ; burn • hair:, •But he •did not stare.. at, , or Wateli her, but looked straight in 'front pi hini*in *silence, • . •• • , Pr:ntly 1 -they passed • a chemist's • .1-8`sphro.ui.nig hutd eftvb.:1i and to ns tenni •few minutes reterneil. with 0 medicine. glass 'of sal • volatile, "Drink' this," lie said, putting lac; hot hind, • • • • . • She onenenhex eyes and *obeyed •Iiint Without a word:: : • • • !tette 3'0U,'he said,. as 'he, tossed tha- glass' to the chemist' and re-entered the cab. •.... • She intanitired A. "ThAhk • you," , • .and .in a few minutes her hand came down front her:beadend she leaned forward slightly. Ile Could...See . fey 'the, enpreSsioti of her face: that she Was- only *juSt reCOvering: full ..pti'sses- . 'sitar pi her senses.. • , .::•• .. • • 'Better?''• he said. • "Capital thine • si Valatile! Now, • if yo.0 find you: y not hurt, in . any w ay, . 'truth have said for 1i...elide Deanne * • • witS a, "poor relation" of hers; and she "roped • the :sinews of the war . which, the .proud but penniless beauty Was waging—"wotild- have. ehaeged • . • • you twenty guineas. 91 his girl s bill iwinilgls•.rly amount .to as manY , ,shil-• . 'rhe kilt of Carriage whoels ascend- ed to the ,roem; and the •Countesi rose.. • • • '"The people are coining," she said, "and I must go down. Wait for , five :minutes longer, and then put , on something else.' . • Jest as she was leaving the roma, ' a meld knocked at the door. "The young porson with the irtee, 11IV lady," she said, and made 'way for a young girt to enter, • She was very Young, not -more thatt nineteen; a • graceful girl; with a pale 'face .from which shone •dark - violet eyes., They • were. • *wonderful eyes, shadowed lw dark lashes Which matched, though they were of a dark- ellatle than the deep-aubtan, bronet-eolored hair that framed the clear 'oval of her face and lent a subtle charm to its ivory palter, lItad she bern attired in the &est whieh lay outspread on a chair by• the eheval-glass, she would have so eclipsed the beautiful Miss Dareerel that no one would, in the presenee of this violet -eyed girt, •ha,Ve bestow- ed a second glance on the popular beauty; but the possessor of the bronze -gold hair woe clad in a cheap black merino which was almost nun- like in its simplicity, arid the hair itself was nearly hidden by it plain i'ldttolc hat. ' As. she entered sho elteneed round the luxurious room, with its hang- ings et roee-pilik, Its elaborately gilded cornice anti costly furniture, then she stood siltatly wafting to be addressed. And yet. though she stood thuS silently, there was nothing abject or mean in her attitude. On the Coll - teary, there Was a certain quiet dig - hat, whieh Impressed, not only Bow- den, the maid, but Miss Damerel, her Inotreso,„ who eml the girl with an. and glancing noW and twain at the : Moon With that feeling of perfect satisfaction with things in general which a man blessed with youth and .etrength and good 'make should feel, The passersby looked after the tall figure and handsome face with envy and tultitieation, aceording to their sex; and not one of thena, any more than lie himself, foresaw that within a few minutes, Within a few • 'hun- dred yards, something was going to happen which Would change the whole. current of his life. II° crossed- the road mid returtuid into Mayfair, As he reached the co?. me' of the street in which stood Lady Wiltshire's house, he saw a girl coining along toward him en the oppoeite side of the road. Some- thing about her—not her face, for be 4011.14 ilat boo t Optiaetly at that ed carpet, and . passed through the !superbly decorated . hall into the Street, She' Wita tired,. and swalked slowly; *•• she was sad, and ste nt on With • . 1 dreamilY lowered eyes. :Between lash.: • ionanje Mayfair and her home, doWn by the river, • stretchedt- a. weary Do raj 'Catch cold easily? • Dees the: cold hang on? Try • are • real'' • you'll be alt right,' The way' these follows -dash about the streets is simply shanieful, T. -ought • to pull him- up before 'a magistrate to -mor - row; and, by. George! if it. were not that it Would: bother you, I'd do it.", "No, no," •she said; •••"it doesn't matter. It was all Aity feta; was not looking out. I have never been. rim .over before, and yet I go about London - so inticae-perhaps •that is why ant eo careless." ••••• • • "rite .strecits are not -Safe foe *a lady alone,." he said. "Solite of these days they'll knock over a melee. min- ister •or a county:: eounsellor, and ••there'will be a fuss and a genei al al- teration...Do yoti alwaYs go •anout alone?" • • • • The question eotinded, and Was,. • ... abrupt, and he •was sorry, the Mont - vitt .alter it had left his lips, • that he had put it. ' . .. • • . But she replied quite amply: • "Yes, *always; 1 alit used t� it." - The *cab had brought them within sight of the great. riVer shining beightly and deeply in the •flocid, of moonlight, and peesentl,v, after• some heeiltation, r ante to a Standstill be- fore one of a titian 'row of .hottses.• They were old-faShioned, cottagy little. places; with a narrow strip of garden in front of Wein., , The one be- fore which. they stopped • Was odor- -oft with Wall -flowers and stocks.. . • "Is this the house?" he ttsked. • . "Yes,", she said. Ile helped her out, holding .her as gently and (irtitly as before, She - drew her arm front his and laid her hand on the little iron gate. ,' "Thank you." she said, lifting her sad eyes to his with ft•ank gratitude. "YOu haVe been very hind. Thank you, and—and •good -night." She .mado him. no offer of her hand, and when 13ernard extended his she les a . a mom( nt and flushed faintly as she put hers into his. His strong lingers closed it and he hold It, "r haVe done nothing—liothing," he Said. She looked nt him with shy, grate- ful contradiction in the violet eyes. r "Nothing," ha repeated, emphati- tally, "1 am sure you would have done the sante for me, I only hope that you are not worse than you say.. ste thut your head is cut." • "Not badly," she said.• , "It has Stopped bleeding."' 'PerhafiS"--he hesitated, bet , dOt not remove his eyes 00111 116114, which seemed to hold idle as the Wedding Guest Was held by the Ancient Mari- ner In the pootn—"perhaps you will allow Me to call to -morrow and ttelt—" "Oh, he, 110 1" she said, quickly; "It—it is not necessary, (rood- ftl'g'ithittiy" not?" he said, with evf- elatit talSappointment, .",,,At any ratia length of streets.; She scarcely noti- ced the bett-tity of the right—it is only the. rich 'and the leisurely Who hate time to appreciate Natitre's tine inoods---and ehe had walked on won- dering how soon she dared send in her sniall. bill to Lady Winshire,•and • how long it would. be hefoee • he countess re.ntembered to pay it. • Then 'suddenly, as she Stepped off the eurb into the road, she heard a shout. She looked up, startled, to 'see a tall gentleman i evening -dress gesticalatitig to her, felt something rush upon her, and remembered no more' until, opening her. eyes„ she saw a handsoine Mee above her, ellti hoard A man's voiee, deep and thril- ling With manly sympathy, sayz, "Are you much • hurt'?" . As Bernard put the question he noticed, for the first thee distinctly, the strange loveliness of the face that . lay against his breast, . and AO - beauty- startled him. At route time s.nd samewheree—in a - piettire-galleey, peeliaps—he had seelt a Picture like her; but the painting, : beautiful as it was, lacked the ex- pression of the violet eyes now raise - ed to Ida and affecting him lit a pstitabital,tild way he could not have ex' Ile looked frotri her face to her hands, her drew), and instantly the impression Which had struck Win at first, the conjecture that she waS one of the \voile of the tetreet, fled, disappeared forever; for the Violet eyes were the eyes of a pure, good woman; the white, stainiese Soul etenad to slili.e thrqugh them, 1. eta h's nsum ure :'ihe.1..ung Tonic • It cures the most- stubborn kind .of couelis and colds. If it doesn't cure You, • your money will be refunded. • . • • Prices 28c , 50c. and $1.00 S. C. :WELLS. & co. ToreetteCite. ' LeRoy, N.Y. , • .. . . uoctor, should see her • as soon as possible*: , • . •The tnan'e eyes roamed- ever -Bet** nard with a kind of Covert, cunning • • _scrutiny, Ile had noted the evening dress, and the , fact thatthe speaker was a gentleman—a • 'swell," as he would have put • it—arid his , matinee changed to a deferential. eivility. that yet had. sofnething • defiant braggadoCio fn It,: • • , "Accident?'" he: said • "It's • ver,y,. kind, ot you, sir—very-A.:fad . indeed We're much Obliged- 'to you. Won't You step in? Pray, step in for .---a',• Te-gre-haven't expiessed my • • thanks in a—en•—proper—...Inity,, step' - in. Our 'mile is 'umble—but :come in,. • . sir—come in," • "Thank you very mirth, but I not come in •to -night.. Perhaps. •131its.- Grey . will . permit..nie to inquire.• -to- • mote ow— "Oh, come in,' come in!" said the —4. Man; and he: laid. a thick hand on Bernard's arm. 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