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inquirlee, learned thee, she was gisii iiateliai just behind thent. I had onlY fietio" yries ithamill°wel"i'viit')Eto!Itlili's".1;*art,l'andd
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,i Harwood. CuriOus how these thinga , to step round (tad say, like the low be staggered backward. atria eiunk
• mine about, isn't it?" „ 1 comedian in the Acielplii play WhO into the settee.
'2'; The 'screen moved slightly. "0 i always crepe up .fst the last act and ..say God!" he said, que.tly, very
waited a Moment while he wiped Me I puts things straight, 'Permit ine! X quietly; "you—have—Itilled rile!"
lips with bis delicately scented hand •• 1 eita explain, everything. Miss Feli- She stood, with the revolver in.
, kerchief. 1 eta Damerel, the lady to whom you her hand, looking down at him. Her
•"X wanted to knoW how she had are engaged, whom you were going fitee Was whites her nostrils pinched
happened to change her ottme, anu to marry, has caused this mischief.
bleeemis into a rich heiress and mis- together, her lips compressed. It was.
It is she Who separated you. She the tigress, after the spring, looking
tress of the Yorkwe ola house, ati 1 ,• must have told Miss Grey that YOU down upon her victim.
harked back to Long DItton," ' had loft, and were going to marry His head sunk lower; his angers
The screen was loweied for a her, the said Felicia, and all would clutched spasmodically la Ids chest.
Moment, arid the dark eyes sought have been well; they wieuld searcelY "Yes," he gasped, painfully; "you,
his face., It was bland, serene, law have killed me!"
gala as ueual; but there was a glint Ilbaefvosrewtcklitteeycl fuellilthinItobaeclachleftotthiewrr'111 A step was heard Outside the room.
of anticipatory triumph in the cold armee,•She dropped the revolver from her
gray eyes. •Felicia pressed, her hand to her baud, but steed motionless, her face .
"I had an. interview with Mrs. lips to keep back the cry of jealous loolthig over her shoulder at the
Johnson, the landlady of Mrytle fury which his word -picture had door. • .
Cottage; -a Very sensible person, aroused, Lord Stoyie watched her He rose, staggered 'toward her,
if you
uJolehtnshoenr, ha:vdequbietza tinimteelligeanntd, .0.10,ree admiringly, and . then .. eon_
it she turned her eyes . upon him.
with a half smile, looked it his picked. up the revoiver. As he raised
don't flurry her. •e She Was always . a
tinued: There was no sign of fear In them,
flurried when Yorke went down to "Now you wonder Why 1 dalrat. It only a dull kind of. stupor.
make' inquiries, and so didn't 'do . Ile raised the revolver and actually
7,ovuenldgehfaovre yboeueln. trsettacthmeantriicoef lit.ntleie,
herself Justice, X let her hava her pointed it at her; then, as his eyes
head'—let her talk of her,' daughter wouldn't it? Ys, so it would," :he wet hers, his own faltered, his hand
out at service, of the new curate, of said, thoughtfully; "very aim But" wavered and fell to his :side; and, '
the scandalously high price of pro -.still holding the revolver, he sunk .
—his tvi °nil: (.: eghraaivi ge edanaand 4getreivovu, s for,, ht lui et
visions,. especially bacon—and. at slowly in. a heats at _her feet,
• • last X . got hor to tell ma of a cere it was not revenge only I waited. 1 • •
`tain visit a certain lady made to
Miss Grey—or Mr. Bernard, as Mrs. don't. think I care about it at all. It
()HATTER XLI. .
Johnson called her—jiist before Miss is you I rant, not revenge-. I leve ••
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Grey disappeared." you, Felicia. Yes, strange as it may
seem after your treatment of me, I • Nance came down to breakfast, the
The screen was dropped. Felicia . care • for you still, and want you to morning af ter the concert, looking
Young By Charles Oarvice
' Author of
"A Modern joliettit
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"And if I do not deny Itrit. said lal'eY.- • - * i
Bernard. 1 And there was/Lord Stoyle—Lord
. serearat_st. aahnee face :grew • Stoyle, who knew her secret. How
'grave and somber, and ;,0eaPaanretedeaa,
"then 1 tellayou that- much did he know'? And he was her
foe. She bed felt the menace in. his
aoft voice hie light -gray t.yes, as.
' Bernard's • eyes flashed and his they had lasted mockingly on her
J. G. SEALE St Co.
NOTARY, PUBLIC, .ETC• cowargl and a scoundrel! '
OFFICE,' —Sloane Block— CLIN10N,
HENRY 13EATTIE
(Successor to Mr. James Scott.)
BARRISTER, -SOLICITOR, uw
office formerly occupied • by Mr.
James Scott, in Elliott Block
MONEY".T0aLOAN.
RIDOUT & IIALE :
oonveyancers, Continissioners; Real
Estate and insurance Ageucy.
Money to :Loan.
C. B. IIALE — JOHN IkIDOUT.
DRS. GUNN a GUNN,
Dr. W. Gunn I,. R. C. 1'. & L. R.C.S.
Edinburgh.
Dr. J. Nisbet Gurn R. C. S. Eng.
L. R. C. P. London
Night calls at front door. of residence
Rattenbury..strect, _opposite .
Presbyterian church, .
OFFICE— Ontario street —CLINTON,
DR. SHAW
PHYSICIAN' AND SURGF,ON.
OFFICE— Ontario street —CLINTON,:
Opposite St. Paul's church. -
DR. C. W. THOMPSON
PUYS1CrAN AND''SURGEON •
Specia.1 attention given to diseases' ()a
the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
_ —011ice and Residence— .
A.LBERT STREET IVEaT, CLINTON.
North of Rattenbury St.
browe darkened. He seemed in- face while he pointed Nance Grey out
_ capable of speech fora time. to her.
There was only one hope for her:,
she must burry on the marriage.
Once married to Bernard, she could
set this girl, Lord S'toyle, all ,the
world, at defiance.
Yes, there was one other thing left
for her; she eotild . denounce Illiss
Harveood, &ileum(' her as 13ernarcas
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DR. Gs W. IVIANNING SMITH .
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
°dice formerly occupied by Dr:
lister on Main street,
BAYFIELD, — — — .ONT-:
DR. A(NEW, 1)1eNTIST,
Office adjoining Phew opea.
every day and Sattirday nuts until
to o'clock.
CLINTON, ONT.
:52- G. ERNEST HOLMES
Specialist 111 rit Wilt Bridge Work
D. D. S.—Graduate of tile Royal Col-
' • lege of Dental Surgeons oi Ontar-
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L. D..
3.—First class honor .graduate
of Dental Department of torouto
"University.
• Special attention paid to j aservation
of children's teeth.
Will be at the River Hotel, hayfield,
every Monday from le a. in to b
p. m.
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Pl(. J. RE;EDIAN
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VETERINARY SURGEON.
a member of the Veterinary Me, :hal
Associations of London- and .14in-
burgh and Graduate ot the Onter-
10 Veterinary College. -
OFFICE— Huron street —CIANTON.
Next to Commercial Hotel
Phone 97
Marriage
Licenses
ISSUED BY
.1. B Rumball, Clinton:
We have a good
assortment oto -utters,
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cofortable , stylish
and durable. All our t
own make and guar-
"A feW years sgo, St. John, he
said, slowly, "such words as these
would have been paid at the sword's
point. We don't fight duels • noa-
adays; did you forget that when
you inputted me?"
"No," said St. John; "X forget
nOtheng. I am ready o go with
you where we can fight. 1 am ready
to answer for my words anywhere,
and in any way,"
Bernard gripped him by the should-
ers, and looked down at him with a
gaze half fierce, half sad.
"By God," he breathed, "you are
worthy of her! Yes, you are worthy
f h 1"
shook his 'head. like a fire..
former mistreaT, and so rain her at
a word.
"And I will do' it!" she said to
ghrearyselkawasn.she Paced her room in the
She longed yet. feared to see Ber-
nard, and she waited in all the
morning; but he did not come.
By the ' afternoon the fever of
St. -John's' eyes • flashed, ohd les .dreacl, suspense, -burned in her veins
truck 'five she beard
t
"No; •no one is worthy of her," he . As be clocks
anteed. said in a low voice. "Bernerd; ring. ;Her heaSt leaped. It must
aut sorry e X called you what I did. I be Bernard at 'last,
dia not come here to -night to do Trembling half with fear and half
se; I came to begyou to -40. --go with longing, she posed herself upon
back -to her1 knowe-iny. love has a sofa and took up- a book, The
Made me keen to read her allied, and door °pelted and .Lord Stoyle was
I saw that moment I came noon you •annouoced:
in. the arbor, that •,she—stil1 loved . She sprung to her. feet, her face
you," Bernard withdrew his hands white, her eyes flashing, disappoint -
hastily and fell to pacing the rooms Ment and 'hate and fear in her bos-
s aGo back to her, Bernara, You are' 05),• .
• Repairing in
all its branches
promptly at-
tended tc.
neither a coward' nor a, scoundrel. , "You!" she said. •
God foi give xne for ca, ng y
• ,.•
ou s !
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Lord Stoyle bowed and smiled, a
rose, then sunk down again, '
"What has • all this to do with
nie?" she demanded, contemptuous-
. pale and weary, to end Lady Dock -
be my wife."
She did not lesigh with scorn.; she. itt in the seve.nth .heaven of delight •
ly, . was past laughing. He looked . at her and triumph. . -
gravely. • .. "My dear," she exclaimed, kissing .
0 ' .
But he detected the under -tone of "You see, I'm one of those dogged Nanco. with even more than her mite
dread in her yeice, and smiled. kind of fellows who heying once set al affection, "it is in The M61111114; .
"You shall see. I got airs. John- . their hearts upon. a thing, bang mi Poste and our names are in the list .
son to describe the lady, and, 'pon and want it all through to the end. of guests;-- mid .here is this week's •
my word, she did it very well. The rye set my heart meat you, and I've Society tensor, with a paragrapa,.
description .was so accurate that no hung on, and mean to—to the end," and quite a long one', about 'Miss
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pne could fail to recognize Miss She fell to pacing the room, not Christine Ilitrwouda " It is headed
Felicia DaXterel. . You sees-forgiae' . hurriedly, . but slowly, her hands "nu Coining queen!' How . quick
ma—but you are a very handsome'. still clinched at her itItiesise it:,a•-wasysotapbegrda,re;i3ttate ttliii:yy not'?
women, with plenty of characteria bent: The movement was
sic"fikheerthahtsaol
tips of your e'en, and. Mrs Johnson ' -a tigress in a cage, andn •
, , i Lord • quite right. Of •courste• I don't pie
had spotted them. very well. X knew Stoyle's eyes it seemed full of S. tend to be one of .the ultra -fashion -
knew' the young lady I saw in Bahia elated and admired much more than ways of ,soeiety to .feel. certainathat .
it was you just as . certainly as I fierce, savage grace which he amine- able, ' but • 1 know eliough . of the.
borough church .3i as Miss Caw." - he would have done tears or entreat- .
"Ii—if--Supposing your surmise to . jes. .
' • be, . riglit,"; she said, -still scornfully,' "So I didn't play. the low comedy yam, I Shuule say that • ' I n was • not -
• 'f what has this to do iv i th nie7" - : morehaat'S part," he eontieued, • "1 . stinn. isod." „ • , :. • : a
. a , . Nahee took 'the t ensoi• end glans:-
. e "Listen a tt e o Igo ,
. heatt . . .. un .
ea. at the Taxa g ea ph , a ii (1 her fiale ..
Repairleg vionlptly attended to, 'Act. as your honor and your, slo ems
. dictate—for yes, yotu, still love her, 1. e , .
'''Y a it le I," • he paid-adrawled,
• ' ' i'.1':'• ' • ••aolirison—wheit she' lied tergotten, I. ed, and then I left. E.—York-1t .
, with a settle. . "1 learned trent Mrs. .ancle Yorke arid Miss' Grey awl part- • a
"the Myeta Cotteaa, spasode"
face crimsoned. alip, Nanise Grtar, •
pyeotttic,,r i‘ • rather.: . .
d m ded as. a man is when he is -in love with in hoi. ilfo, a c(.1,,brity, or' . , c 0 LI i big.
. • hBeearrn: rddi ,ct•atIesktntiorl d liktut-4aeetyoausr
a ! "Why—why . haVeayea conae? ! she . ,
, •-sepaose; at any rate, she miser to
... id the house, as; you know., half nfack . •wee.,
. . eternaid.. a oeke--that the _visitor had
.
you are going to be a celebrity.. 11
. . . -1 were •Hota• afraid of -Melting . you
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I 1 .'" he saidwaited til St ' John had 'retuen d 3 • I
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Huron St.,' (Minton.
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The racKilion Mutual Fite
Insurance Domanu
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with' her.. I plead ter her and for . e an•, .
• 'stayed JO tea; and that, after she: a woman. who thinks that he has taileen!" It seemed. bitterest raock.ry
' nos'" replied,
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yourself, Your :higher,. better ,. self, "C an .yo.unot g s?he • -bad. left, Mrs. Bullard, as she called, lost' .here. X dare • say he wasidered .• of her ach' 1 • • •
Go . to her; Bernard!" • still sniping, "Last nt() .1 had t,hc g• t. •
and upset, 'about in. +1... rain—like a :fool. PIM ...
. . • , . her, had seemed agitated
dear " Said Lally. Dockita ' eyeing
. ,
M ie.; liamereleernust have' ' I saw a .'better game beftire. rrie. • I
. .
her wita . the kind 'of • (‘x iressiOn with
which a.' tlwatieical manager might
"And yott—yooel'ove her?" he said •it wase't—it wasn't.
YOU look steed this' 'morning, my
yo u. • Soon after, she left the cottage. and' •dene the saioe' in my time; and as. •'
stood • With his . back to St, John, you had your innings.. Perhaps
pike -gala that the visitor—in. oth- make those twci happys. 1'n t ell you. • •
Bernard was terribly reeved, He .pleasureaof -seeing you in this (soul .
•disainicared. Now, it is as plain. as you are dying to knew why I didn't . ,
that the lad..might• not see. his ' face thought the game as ....• over. But
• . scan the count elltille0 el a great star
legs now; .and I have come to take er . a • • . . .
• .. , -
. peeesere upon Mos Grey to inelace throw em down on the tab (.,-. ee "lee are not aecestonael to late
the acitir giele to fly the . place. to • licia,. for you ' to see for -yotirself.. • hours and excitinent; but. 'you ''. will
. .
. desert Bernard , York,' her suppoged '.See..here." ' . • • • iioon gat tieed to them. WI/end • unon'•
v s and
• lt is inv inn -
in a low Voice. sa id "something—must have pat some saw that I held the trump cards. I
tip'on , horn his fortune depended.
St. John was silent a moment. thera—Felicia!"
."it is because I` love her,r he •
said, sinoily. "I would lak 'clown my
life to secure her baPpinees."
" • :t1 t that i
CHAPTER XL. 'il, we shall have plenty of et 11
. n He made • a gesture ••as of Otte
•
. ,
*Sshave come -for -my innings,"_ laslicia_jataireel roseaid. •st alked • throaring cards face downwa
she sighed with ) ' content and •
isminnerit ble to ons • Wel 1" —tincl •
pledged to . another womaia." • ' • • . She did not turn her eyes aut• she
No. I do not . forget," said .Sts
said Lord St 3•1 i th softest. of to tin other side of the •roona
o, ..e
I •• 1 in t: tl the t vithiet lin •
voices and with the smile tor waich, cabinet ot -tut os• s oo( ago s , saw e action. no 3 an( g: d '
satisfaction—"It ,,is onI
.1ohn. It th t
Poi•tunity to comp to the front.
s ,
,"but. now , a, two wrongs .
: OFFICERS,
J.• B.. MeLe,ari,'• a:Appel-I P.
0. ; Thos. ',Fraser, Vice-l'resideat,
Bviceileal P. -0. ; E. Hays, . Sec.- -
Treasurer, Seaforth P. 0. - .
'ail ' Absently, " niechanicallv as if ' • "For a • • • ar •
y your. .tie.
. I cai e, tat. may ice O • .1 :felt that you (ally wailt.ed the op -
.1.g . that • a 'Pats •• le hated lian. : • , s 1 e 'did dot kiloW what sbe Was" .epart forever. All I went is. that
op • ,
• perhaps without knowing .it, moot - ••tt . . - • . . , .
' do n t make 'a r` ht.. ' • •
' riage withOut love-aand it is Chris- -
:tine, not Mies sparnerel, •whom .yeti, . a:
Fetid Damerel Mechanically mot- , doing, she up , one • in too 9 , aou shall be my . l
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' • •ssailed, her kindIS eye fixeci vacantly,
.: . 't . • • Whet iv triumpb it wag! and eshe
• love." • • • , . .: • _. . .,ioned bine to a 'chair, and at look,. the. trifles, looked at. them, and set . not his. What do you sity?" . •
: ":Whe told• you so?". eroke in Dere ing •at him,. her brows. drawn them dew n age in. . She • wanted • to. , • , She • tented ' .her • . head . (pier het. . • ;,.,. i , . . •
• , • stai —liei star, - her Christingl • ' .
-ward. coal:at/no_ ..e .iduinv it by; aoaa her • handsome .eyes regarded . Isiin ; - "Now, all this wouldiat heye co.n- lwareela. . .. .' •
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DIRECTORS.
Shesney, Sealo.rth ;' .
Grieve, Winthrop ; George Dale, Sea -
forth ; 'John Watt, Oarlock.; John,
Beimewies,. Erpdhagan s• James Faiass,
Beechwood ;' James Coimpllys Clinton.
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• AGENTS.
• • •
'Robert • Smith, • Harioek. ; E. IIin-
chley, .ataferth ; James Cummings,
Egmondville J,' W. Yeo, Holmes -
vale.
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Parties clesirOits to effect insurance.
or. transact other • busincis will be
promptly attended' to on application
to any of the, above ollicers addressed
to their respective postollice.s. .Losses
inspected by the director who lives'
nearest the scene, .
ii ifa:ir le
Dll Itil.
Ll DR. OVENS OF LONDON at
oil iLli
il_., surg.n, Oculist, Speciesist, -mi
N Dim:macs of Eye, lf,i-r, Nose and IN
fijc Throat, visits Llinton monthly ae
111.1 it
GLASSES PROPERLY FITTED (lc
(Isj • Li;
Lsi Nasal Catarrh and Deeasess la
flit treated. kkil
4 London Oliice 225 Queen's Ave. a_ii
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011 Clinton Chace Combe's ,Drirg a
El Store. gil
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[gg Hours 8 e...m. to 4 pi.. in, Dat- :LS
eel es of visits—Tuesclays—Feh. 2, eisj
Ole Mar. 1, MS.T. 29, illa.y 3, May LI
ag 31, June 28, July 26, Sept. Oa
INI 00.. 4, Nob. 1, Nov. 29,
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TIME, TABLE.:
Trains will arrive at 'arid' dear
Irani Clinton station .as teitoltvi
FALO AND GODF(RICII
Gohig East Retinae
5/ . 5/ • 31
Going East
Going. West
Geing West Expros
11 fl It.. aselea
1) .t) 1 :
.7.38 aan.
3.23 pale
5.20 pan.
10.15 astn.
12.55 p.m.
6.15 leave 6.40
10.32 p.m.
I,ONDON, HURON AND )3RUCE DIV.
'Going South Express
fI ••
• q.zI7 a.m.
4.15 p.m..
15 North Express • aosr5 tom,'
5.3e. Tan.
A. Oe PATTISON., .Station, Agent:.
r. HODGENS, Town Ticket Agent.
• f Wife,ad • • •
. . a.. s le metaled the crewd of 'coarti-
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A va eue fear withal).- her heart' but eyes, ,.• . • • . . .... .. . • "If -11 I. say
. .'. ors Who ' gathered round nthe • neW
straight, her bps tightly compressee., keep her taco hidden fi om the can . shoulder.. . •
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mad, hoargely. ' • • .• • • • • • aNci?' " •she. said • • . , •
• "I know tt by you moaner . to -
• . . Nance • liStened with $11 oleo With
alt if Bernard Yarae. . He shtegged his shoulders.
. • . the• csIcl .'''reseree,!! Lady
.: • : • • cerned ine •af
k •t, ateach
I—I don a tderstand you:," she had cetieed to "(etre lair' the :woman - "Theri •T go to Mite Harivtiod an'd a •
face, -yew- *Glee now.., now 1 y
ocicitt had grown accuetorned.
Seem. presumptuous, iinportinent, for- • No, it? ic ot te , a mos P
1 •t•d 1 t I had left her, deSerted hera fer yoir,v'eit t
I • had t.1 • 1 • • w'r If h. •
of his own free cho"c• and Will, all your 1 f 1 '
te Bernard Write e,nd. tell them of
'Myrtle ( ottage T ee,- • . •
she tInew heiselt at
What,. indeed, could she say, tiale,,,ua
the old lady :
.hamere e .
l's pres 1 Ce Dernard if I
said at last. , • ictr(a as his e,
.your Messner when you 'are Mi'ss
O., 'LI. c“5, ant • antes encl told her ell? She felt like'
antly. "T e .last time X ,had the plain.t 3v o e. hag
ine, boar with me. Christine'S s Id ' 1 s. it d t"
' 1 • • h o t won. oil this wou n t lave ma ere . u a -he mailed lenguictly— know,•,and a
rudderless bark
happiness. is the Object' of my life. '1 P "'sure ° I' • Y
drifting ,
which at any moment might
ig on the .
you know, that he will •marrev. her, •eoaa
• weuld risik the loss' Of even. your set roe at defiance. In fact, you gave —he paused. end looked at his lavea-
'friendship to secure it n cong. its uneeremonfousty as der -gloved: hands minuteiy, then rats- and that you--" rise before a storm -wind which must
the•victor gives the death -blow to the ed his eyes to her face, or, ration, • He paused eigniaeantly. . -
'Bernard laid his hand- on St. destroY iler• • • •
• vanquished. But I'm not the man the back of her head—"but 1 happen .,
'John's shoulder. • to knovv that Bernard Yerke did • , ..
And I?" she demanded hoarsely. A '
s ,she sat at the •luiuriously ap..
to die • easily I'm one. of 'these fel- . • . 'Will. find youi'self held up to ridi-. pointed 'table- in the beautiful roona.
"Go away now, dear laddiel . eine lielere the civilized woad:. Every she leeged to he back alone; and
lows who wait—and win in the end:" not leave lips of bis own tree wilier. . .
know all.: 'You will never' knoW. .''Still, I 'atin't 'inalerstand yoh." that he , lo- • her still, and • would
society piaier wile:hex° tae stela. of. hidden away in the little -hoilse t
sale; almost inaudibly; "you don'e
the 'way in which : yeti eaaght. -Bee- Edell ,.to • be anywheise
and keeping bee give five. e s of hie life to go back
rieVer I Your Words dui like rePeuteda •°°1(li3•''
eyes uPori 'him. Yciu talk like 'the sae' her," . • ' • •
a knife.' a may .hove seemed to yoU •
nerd • Yorke... lf I. knew you" and I 'anywhere out of the world!' • .• • •
a:scoundrel and a Poward,. but—but hero, or •vil ,
lain in a melodrama- It it Ia.-false!" broke tient her pale, • • a ' • •
Yo are . thine a laid* area,. • a eliehi, aou And all the while Leas— P00kitt
a am aot.. There is a mystery ,con- would he interesting and 'aniuning; la* It is .falsel would. net lea able to held up • year tall (,d 5\ 5151.1 henna Bernard's voice • ,
necteci with ,this story of niy—iny. I happened to:be .in the humor. te. • I,,Te smiled u at,her.ic • •
13 . Of:the • men • she loved_ and had •
interc.sted sand ismusea; bet 1 -gm Noe at all.'e we.
d d It in head; Yeti. would have to. ieil,VC1 Lon- as she- lied • heard it Iasi night—the
don, England, aud •vegitate In. a
friendship wit a on -1,
wood. which May never be unveilad.
}l AtiSs • . • • quite' true. Pray be calm. •Idi not ..continental town—aed even there laSt '.A11,Ci• XS. SA16: l'eSliz.6„frhis'
. . ,
! "You will be presently," he: said, fly •into, a. rage Wben you scored. oil
they would -know your eter a' •+:
,„
Lt it rehxiain as it You caflclo a with a smile "Felicia—" me laet thee,. Try ,and follow ' my. y° "ids' frai::;1 cleducissertIle
nothisig—but fightame." He Smiled • you who have eueened it so lime., allot On
grinely. '`I leave' 3rou 'the right to • Her oyee .fla.sbed apon him; . exaniPle. • I. tell yeti this is my.' inn don't you • know; Would be an out- him ho asked h .1 lfwhat t Id
.s -e 1 cou
that Yet, if you. like ' Ge now," Inge, toad I mean to play them; out. , of. f ., . •,, • • . ,.. • ‘,., .
l,as or the r(st of yout Bit, It is . mean,
the sort of thing nohinly Mak for- ."I think we had better go and .
"Be geed enough . to leave my
St; John. still hesitated., 'and 'Mere . Christian mirne alone, Lord Stoyle. .. Last night . le, t le intsrva„,, Wt.
' .1 ' . I X. ' eit
c•noist:rsticeati- ' ouLhadstda.
'laid turned' upon him almost . liars .. at. is not the, • first' thee you have into the Winter Gardert •for a czar- gets; Whreahould • they? It's 'too ' g
31•0•°. good a athry, isn't It? and I'd take Deoteltsi°tItliSsaidii.iflO
coy... .. • ' offended in that way." ' ' ette, I went alonee-you tiee,
hot been 'goiefs• out any 'More than
.
' aPardoni • It shall be Miss Denier- - .wouldn't come with me if I had ask- ease to icooa •esr, aeooadeg of fte.
' fl,M almost mad' with grief and do_ el for the present. Last time I wog ed you, andcare . , a
I don't ' for othe •
"Mao, man, caa't Yeti see that I • • •She sunk on to a settee an& clasp- we anticipated, the ilresst•s you hate
IQr• ed her hands. between ber knees, her WOUld have. iloue; bat after last
spairr ' he exclaimed'. ''Do • you hete you. were good enough to ea. women's .societa-al fastened about
think yoU are. the only one who has' us, and 'cried o , i • Y, . , _ Iie got up and seatea himself be ..!They have; some beautiful colors '
made between a 'minute or two,. and then sat aoWis . . .
epudiate• a 'bargain we , _ . . . . • need butt low. . night—" fehe patieed significantly.'
'a heart that can suffer? For 'God's IV n oet maitiri us in one of the funuy little arbor- - .
• i) I thought, and think still. I have Places, to be quiet, and—think of Side her, . - •• in halCinourning,. and light mauves
sake; leave' me to myself! •
St, John, without another word, come to rousted you that 'a contrails. . Youa" . „'.... "But you won't say No he gid • and helioteopes suit you. Hew wen
left him. ' . • . 'once mede satist be carried out, iiii• . . ' Coward!" she petite& • • ravery In a low voice "You. .are too sens7 • you lookea . last night! Lord St.
. That :bight. Niance .lay wake try- :less it should be canceled by mutual word 011 ,
that kind from your lips is , 7 ;
ible. Say I es. Promise to he iny .•1 ehn said that be heard the •Dowag-
ing to realize -that all that had hap- ealnent• . You Peemisea to be my an insu tl ' wife " She situddmed and thrust er Duchess 'of (rownlwilliants say
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She shuddered as she completed can't trdstake her identity. 'T don't Venetian glass; but abl,‘ flaw Done 01 YOU (0, and unwort o you. 0 •
Lovor'sY.Z(Wisoifemighalarectant,50r _ the sentence in hor mind She know . naPP080 there is another woman hi thee() things, She saw only the inotiq schtllhlo, Veneta. You have lost, Der-
.. Y *I. f 0,
• "I thought. X Was quite aliases aut.: .her hair 'instil her forehead as if silo
' presently !aboard voices close behind • Were stifling. "Go off with me quiet -
me, and ree.ognieed tlioee. of .youag 13r, aria marry. inc without a word to
Lord •Liste. antea-slliss• Harwood; aye d sanv ' one • and We'll keep our ostal.
proraised—it: has beeri ' withdrawn He is' Seery fetich in love with her, is . CP,u,nt:4°'''.! ' ' : . • ' • ' ' '
. .Leavie him to her!" she panted
long ago. •You. must be :aware ,:that
I ani .going •to • niarry - Mr., I3ernard
Yorke„'Lotal Sstoyle., . • . • season is over. You can always tell . impossible for-- aim to marry her.
• that she c(insidered yoti one of the
• D .1"
• best -dressed W0111111 ili. the room,:and
her grace's dictum is lavV.'' .- , • ,
. Nance. felt that slie,, could not • go -
out driving. from shop . te... shop.. :and
.gazing at deess materials (ma nal-
• liners, and she pleaded a headache.
.!';You go and .clioase for • me," •she '
s said in a low:. listless voice. "Ia
• shall like anathing you buy.." .
. "You alwaya do; that is the worst,
aCleitqcitsenicilegLictit°Ytolisreeiscitt,tf.1..‘i'ill.11.111t 3';i°out. .
: As she lay with her flushed and 64•.' ' • • Plot .a Whispers and she ia. ruined," • •
buraing face tossing restlessly from • She half rose, then seek back and. • I was on •the point of •clearing . out She., . .listened with parted. . BPS,' ' . . •
sidetoside on the pillow, eh° felt looked at him with defiance .and : and returning to the eoncert-romn, . through which the •breath 'canie and be longer than 1 can help."
'When. she started; Nance want back
that at all costs she must avOld axis scorn in her magnificeet eyes.. .. .
• when I beard another voice a inan's
- a went en laborious gasp's. •
easor • .ho Lagoa jai a low yoke, to her 'Owe. room, and throwing lair- •
other meeting with. him. "i Ei 011C, "1 Would .rather -die!' she. said, voice: It was' Bernard Yorke's." , .
'
the 'sight of : his face, •tho souhd of with suppressed. fierceness. But. I , She gtai.ted, and her hand went to ,,In aria/. case, I can . prevent - your
• his v.oice, 'had tortured .het, She can not take you serioUsly. Ferhaps . ... .
• her bosom and clutched the lace marrying hixn. •The moment • he
..
coUlda not. run the risk .of emoting. , you do net .wieh me to; Lord Stoe•le; there; but, she. saia , initiator; •
hint again . and again. The sight, '
pened at Lady Grandison's had real- • a '
ly occurred. She forced a laugh.
' She had seen Cyril agaia, and he "Pr°miSed; PerhaPsT But the
was Bernard Yorke,' whom. she had
turned out of the Hall! It seemed
almost too wonderful to beal#1.1c,"
but what was still More wonderful
was the frict.that he should upbtaid
tier with 'deserting him—he whe had
'left her for another -Woman; Felicia
promise WaS obtained on false pee -
.tenses, Whatever I. may haVe beater call her by her. right name. •
poor young St. John, Just as 0. eaP to herself, not to him.
of other fellows will Ise before the eNo ,, ho said. „wo col make it
."1,Vere, not are," he said, blandly. • when a. man is hard hit, by his You and I, arid we alone, .knOW the
Datnerel, . . "You .are going to marry me, Fen- voice.. After awhile he. Went off
, . story of . her shame. • .A.• whisper,
. fetch hia an ice, or something, and
' knows that you separated hiln..frane
ah' 1 att. little comedy played for "He ha,d not seen her in the con- the woman he laves he will east you
,
him not only awakened the old love, P3t11' °vizi. tillluson°nt. . • - • . ' I .
• on her since the turtle -dove period . her arms atioVe her heads with a. geg- publish leer sad, shameful story to
hut awakeeed oleo the. old shame. ,
• To -night,' :ikg Lady Dockitt bad told Politely—"which yoix please, it rests . . • • . the World,•
her .eacultingly, and as sae hereon Ivith, you, I am afraid 'I am tiring . -at.Myrtle Cottage, • and she biSSI Met tine of infinite .despair. . .
eatias you, For she 1 a IA Sad f the peon lum, ,4 1(y a re both surprised • He got up and folloWed hera . ' What • should she do? Whither
''' • ' . e I .1 ur T. . ' ril k . '6
tigt, She had ate& .• a great back, and half..clOsect her eyes with . •(ind"—his voice .1... 5...' slowly— "Be sensible, Felicia, I love you; X aliould sae aly? Ali! if She could blit
cess." She was to be . famous,. p. .
popular beatity, one of the women
whom other women envie and . men
run after and worship, .
Suppose some one of the brilliant,
crowd which welt to make up
ciety" discovered the truth, told the.
self on the bed, covered her .eyes
with 'het hands.. Felicia:Demerol, if
she had not - aireeds). recognized her,.
:Would so. She would draw ha
cert-roona had. not, •I take it, ju.dgs, eaa. . • .fereaceg, guessat• the connection bee '
"Coinedy or tragedy," he said, rig •by ItiS tone and worde, Piet eyes .She -sprung to. her feet and • thretv tween afid Bernerd. Yorke, • anti
•
weary eontempt, "You haVe not . "considerably upset, They fell to tell you I love you. One husband is escape—esca.PO 'from. her newly ac -
recovered front the , shock of laSt ehaeging .ettch other. Ile accused her as goo as anot or, a eta a .. t, :d • . • I . .. ,
night. It must • have been a pretty (if deserting him, and fate charg•ed 'I'll make you as good a. one as Ber- etas!" If she could but ny1 . ..,
considerable surprise to find Nance hini with leaving. her, It was quite nard Yorke. You can't marry him. 'The morning passed, The maid •
Grey in Miss Christine Harwood, of evident that he. did not know that I earl 'render it, and Will render it, brought -up a. note. It was just a
Bainford Hall." their separation • had been brouglit iinpossible. 1 SWear that; if you re- folded sheet of paper frora Lady
ITee face fluShed then 'went pole. about by the .yisit of Miss 'Felicia fuse rite, I will go straight from this Dockitt, saying that • she had gone
. story of that time at Myrtle Cot -
She took up . a screen and held •it, Demerol to Myrtle Cottage; and it • hotige to him! ' to lunch with 'an . old friend, and
presumably to shadc. ber face from was . ils evident that she • did not She drew away from him with . that she hoped that her dear 0111 i'3-
5,11
the story of her sliamea• There '
was not a woman, however bad she.
theAlre, hut really to eonceal it, from know that he had. been ill' and uncoil- gesture of • hate and loathing. f i tie Would not be lonely. Lonely 3
might be, . who would not -shrink
h Id lc r • k D • wl at I ID stepping back her foot struck ((alit the thoughts that thronged.her
from her arid point the ling,or of • 0 0 0 a
000111 at her.
against something, 'It was the inlaid brain, the emotions that reeked her
."X knew of the transformetion; the am driVing at?"
ef must go awaY—a long way oft change that bad come over Miss She did not specik, The lace on revolver,. She stooped arid snatched heartl
. to sleep.— an he(
1 Must go abroad," she murMured, G'rey's circumstiteces, Some time her bosom rose and fell, her heads It uP, and, in a frenzy of despairs She hid her face again'd t • 1
feverishly, ' • ago.''' were clinched at her side, Those pointed' it at hint.
t . • • • (‘Ii.eep' away! Do
wo, Name Choy and ternaid, had
. she panted.
. not touch mot" tolligt'otlingtho th: ntrigoltlitbereadnd
d oszhes wwhaesn f ccl, tile'
she had Uot. slept all
And as she told hereelf so, She a "You knew it?" she said, inadvett-
I ko to other
felt that elle most fly, net. SO thuith• 0110Y, n
to droWn the chance of discovery, Ile Inclined bis lietal. Y .
room, miss, she mid.
but to eseepe from Cyril, "Yes, I am an idle man, as you or 'WO, it only wanted some friend
at, the matter seriously, quietly."
.
"X could not bear it! I could not know, and, as you don't know, per- who knew of Miss Demerol's visit,
hear it!" site moaned. "To meet haps, don't like to be..heaten. The to atter a few worde, and they , _ His tone and itiatmer changed sud- Christine opened the door and the
• knaid handed her a card, 1t wits
would have coihe together again. . cleallyt
that thing down!' Do you Poniard's. Nance clutched the d000;
him, to have to . speak to him, and day you sent me away, as if—as if 1
thi kut
to remember that—that,—" were a dog you had grown tired of Yes, 1 assure you, Felicia, that they! I
0 Yau 04,5 escape 100 You 101.01v ii mint rose befoia. her eyes. SliqUal.
ever they Were; PerhaPs more, for You can t. X ve laid my plans tao she see lama ehould she send him
are ag mUch le love With each other as
She hid hor eyes even from the ....4 made op my mind to See the
game out. you see, a aidn't Man away? Ilut as she asked herself ti
carefully. Put that thing aown! Give
Felicia laawake also that night, myself 'beaten, T discovered. what absenee makes the heart grey fond-
eyoo see, it only wanted a word Ho laughed.
amid Icaocaed at the door. • ,
"A gentleman is the drawing -
r ear held her, too, in thrall. Der- had become el Miss Grey, by a kind er, doesn't it'?" • it to mei". .tniest ion she knew that he would ma'
he Sent aweY, that he would see flee,
110
nard Vsitnee Grey had 'met, again; of fluke. I wag shooting down at 11e1 eyes wandered round the room I no Wok a Stop forward as he
txt the exquisite deceratiente, the 1P00, Und mised his hand.
and she Waft no longer the friendlestill my brother's place near Itainborough
darkness.
She drew back, the revolver still . li', not to -day, then to-M01"r0t7, soon -
costly pietureS, 1.17en fen on the floor ' vr or litter.
•-.1 will come doWn," oho said, ale
In unprOtectod lace -girl, het and happening to go to church—my
tho odetreee of Itainford 1 t
.10.1 and brother's Wiro goes In for 044, part at, the litter ef 105 10 which she co,v,ring„hilrik
I ut 1 Ile eXeloimeak with a r.lost inaudibly. she bathed ' het
had overturned—the carved ivory -
laugh." he ia r' . ,
T t IN, d uss1($11-11111eade f.i.e..--but she could not reuiPve ili.e-
half a million of money. of thing, and morellos us all off to .
Indian brass -work, the.
At any moment there might Do an kirk every Sunday plorning—/ char,- chessmen. the
liesides, tlils Is itivIodraina, it
i.allor— ' Wenj, ADV93.,
inlaid revolver the broken golilet, of
Powder fo Watt. owl othersQ61.1 powders that tortiard did not loVe hen she •With such hair and oyes, tol poavilt, of Jlortard and Neale& flat C" sU ()VOVI'rt
4, I h As he spolw, ho made dash at :r tako Aituat,itoLLA
Lit that he stilt leY00 "Nano. know her at °lice, and on makine Oro, sitt off& tal "ing together.
ho mutua kivd Wati w4nt" th t r ,.; si of (ion), whoophig Math andsolds
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