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LY CHARLES CARVICE
Author cf 'The Verdiet of the Heart," "A Heritage
Viltgan Nell of Shorre Mifls7 "14441
"A Mo erii Joliet," Etc,
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elle, Nitta. must learn what had be-
•tleed. Thanle my hand on itt" roma of Lord Sutcombe before !she
Suteembe took it end .riedded eid anything elee. •
graYely,
leeefiltef behind the boulders es
ohatere to octme inyetery which X ,
cannot solve," he said in a law 'IP" as Possible, she approached
tne yawl and Was amazed at finding.
voice, "I3ut I believe you and trupt,
Bat you cannot sail at once. no sign of life about it. Alter it
You are not fit, riek-oh, it ip "me she Plucked un couretee e and
. inipoSsiblel Remain are until •to- 4°0 tt)"."d8 it' bee e*Yet'ttlIKe I "17°°
e.10ierr, eetaa ae.aut flea., 't, so that she ettMe quite t111(iflonly
if. I thld that you are hhereh, onprepered upon the ft me lying
ten gth tiPon the groeud,
enottgle-well!" he ehrugged his ,
shoulders. l• be utterita v toel tt hap,
After a while Vane reluetantly It" <VPS 'IlSt,'11.1111''' ,h r
agreed to the nrrangesueut. • 3.1""tit v""11"4":P-t"f"1.1Y. 1". "
"Now, X don't want to seem in. 'S f11143111, hie f. 10 lint: 8 .) in
hospitable," he said, '''hut isn't ,it " re 4
time you got back to theladies/ something familiar in the egiare, neat
They wilt be anxious about You." with her heart throbbing ilk
When Sittcombe had gone Vane set steam elighte, she stele negro end
with his chin on his hands, gazing nearer, Then sitraw hiet
Were him; the bitterness that Whit.. and -the three:Ming. , mewed to MAIO
od up in 'his heart reflected rn his ettildettly .and a iniet swain before her
eyes. " ' • terrified ryes.
He thought he saw it all so plain- ele wee Valle eieeemeearee,
.13r, This manwith the frank blue pee ate element or two she eheeighe
.eyes and pleasant enanner, *is04- 'sere ear seeeee had eleyeeleor few.
dentist in loee with Nina, and she --e '
that she Wes ehe victian of a delusion
'of court Oho returned his love. Why. born of her constant derellieg upon
not? Was he not the sort at younbira Ohm .similaritY rn the
'fellow any girl might love? And he,
sieeeME t th1
Vane, stood- between them; in short, _ ° e men. she eyed;
but eat she crept nearer still and
'barred tlaeir happiness and wrecked .
their lives. It was tlie irony of ee ' •
•yeeeet elle saw that it wait
u vane.
(fate that he should beeloorned to be In an instant Time became thing
the marplot, the obstacle to other, of naught, an was deistroyed, and
persons' haPpiness. Re had stood bee
she was back to that other night•
tween jultatt and the Lesborough
;p
eeragehhad stood beteeeen-Jul-
long ago when she had bent over hint ; e
tan, tied Judith. But he had, by the In the ealoen, and, Waking, he had
Caught"her by the arm and hurt her
raid of Dlutfiee, effaced himself in
'their case. Oeuld he noteefface eim- in hiselearee!geateit, fiut as iswittleethe
present •reeurned to her, and all that
'self this ono? Why note Re• pone
• dered, With an illereasing bitterness, . had heppeneti since that night yawn -
'for hours, and at last he arrived at ed like a gull between.
something like, a decision, Re still Then, is she looked, she saw the
left faint wieh.the,lois of blood, and empty sleeve, the lidood-statned' band -
Ware tired, 'am), lying down, With age On the shoulder, and a thrill of .1
arm for a pillow, he fell asleep. Omen, of pity, ran through her.
' Sutcombe had promised to,. return Vane here, and wounded! linty had
ater five, but he did not arrhee, and . le come? What fate had _drifted him
,as the half hours; dragged on with ' back tie the island and thrown him,
'to sight of him, the girls, Vivienne so to speak, at her feet? Why hadh
especially, geeiv uneasyhe come? Why had he left the woe
"Do you. think anything could have man be loved, the beautiful woman
happened to hint?' she said anx- she had seen in the -box at the. fOUSIY. "..Ito.is usually so cat eful not theatre, the "Judith" ethoSe por-
qo be tete, knowing that we should trait he had carried next hie heart?
'-be alarmed. Think of him all alone gad he come in search of her, Nina?
"there, dear!" /lad he Ohm because the memories
"1 darn think anything has hap- of the island had haunted him as they.
• -petted to him," said Nina; bUt 1 will lied haunted her? •
soon find .out." The bleted ran warmly and swiftly
"Decline! You wouldn't go ant through ler veins and rose to her
-there alone!" exclaimed Vivienne face. For a moment she hugged the
'learfully and yet. half . wistfullythought to her bosom, thieletiereheart
'Why not? said Nina, with a boat with something that was like+
*mile. "1 have •often been as far On happiness. The desire to 'look hito
Xhe island- alone, and 1 am not his eves, to hear him speak, assailed
afraid; indeed, there is nothing to e .
her Irresistible. She bent, attn. lower
be afraid of,. 1Ve three are alone here, and touched' his forehead With hei
and there are no animals more Wildlips, then drew back, breathless and
than the ducks and the poor turtles.
expectant half fearful hell hopeful
Of course I shall goe-no; you could '
not wow, it would ho too tole Light, es the touch- of her most had
shall probably meet Lord Suteeitiebe been, ttie pressure of, a thistledown
close. at honk,. Don't let the stole' only, it' awoke 'him: Be opened ;his
'burn while I am away!" she added eYes, with a vague and dazed 'ekpres-
a laugh as she left the saloon. sion in them at first; then, as full
with
She walked quickly toward the
consciousness,. came back to him, he
ley, and would have met SuteoMbe val-
Stared at her With a perplexed frown
. as ie he could not believe that it
if he had been rettiening from. the
was reallY her.
repot at whieh. he. had been ivOrking,
but he was coating from the diree- The next instant he was on hie
-tion of the coast, o,nd so she rniesedfee,t, ihneavrn,ione on his Jips.
m
hiWhen she reached the working N
.and found that he was not there, She stood, her liande clasped but
-she felt rather alarmed. She stood' ready to be -thrown round his neck,
'looking round her anxiousle, and saw her figure standing upright, but es
the footmarks leadingin the diree- ready to fall on his breast. And, in -
ton of the beach -Still min.a • anx- deed, he did extend his arame as if to
iotts, shoefollowed theinfoe some die- take to lint, diet take a Stem to-
eanee, and presently, 'th her ablaze.. weeds -her; then, as if some'thought,
meets' taught sight orthe yawl. She some remembrance, had thrust itself
tete:Teed dead Alert, her heart beat-
ing rapidly. What did it mean? nvi-
'stoutly some peremis had discovered
he island. and had cotue upon Lord
Sett:whet /lad they taken hira
away with them, or hail he gone of
hie. owe accord?' It would he of ho
use going hack to alarm Vivienne;
'BRONCHITIS
tlifas So Choked
iip-
She Could Hardly
Breathe.
•••6466,1,
etetinehitis is an acute itafiamtnatiten of
-the trams membrane lining the air tube*
!of the lungs, and should never be tie.
gleeted, for if it is very often the disease'.
'becomes chronic, and then it is only n
'short step to consumption.
Oti the first sign of bronchitis Dr.
Wood's gorway rine Syrup should be
taken, and thus prevent it beconting
Chronic.
ij Mryohn t. ticDonald, ofleg
Pronto N.S,, writes.„ -"My little girl,
' id taught a bad o Id Wel
:Osten years o
..'developed bite hrtutchitis. She WAS SO
oholted up she *aid hardly breathe.
lleadirig about your wonderful medicine,
Dr. Wood's brotway Pine Syrup, Xde1ded
.to try a bottle, and -with such good, ref
_mitts that /got (Mettler W1d1 coilipletety
cured het 1 cannot say too much in he,
praise, arid would not be Without it in the
house.°
Dr. Wood's gerway Pitie Syrup is
put tip itt a yellow Wrapper; three pine
trees ehe trademark; price, 25 cents.
Vitirinfactured 010 by Ths T. Xilbur
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• tt Pronto, Jut. •
Co zing ci T
upott him, he stopped short, and his
arms fell to hie sides, and, instead of
words of love, of endearment, which
would have brought her to hint never
to be put away from him again; came
the horse, broken words, like the
dropping of icicles on her expectaxit
Writ, longing for a softer tone, a
loving word:
"I -I am glad you are here: X
wanted to see you -speak to you!"
OIXAPTEat XXIV.
Nitta. ;stood with her hands claisped
tiglitly, her eyee fixed on Vane wait- '
lughth Mel meter theit regard his
cottrage almost failed him, the long-
ing to take her in his awns well nigh
mastered, him. Tint he thought of
eluteolnbe, the man whe loved her,
,the. Mfot whom she histihtlees Itreed,
and fou»d 'his voice et last. it
her hart eat aching void.
He flattened, with hie %Wee on the,
ground keeping from biet face every
Sign Of the annotiOne thee thrilled
hint et her 'dory. Site had Wen
tatruggling with poverty while he bed
been leuralened by the wealth Oat Wee
uselees to him Without bort When
She had fittlehed ,ho atood end wait-
ed. She did not ASk hitn for MI .ac-
count of hie ilk einCe they had part-
ed. Ho noticed this, and again WO
underettiOd.
"Thank Ood, hard time ere over
for you!'" he Said, fervently. "Yee
are well? Thit-elnateenet, banner,
Nina?"
She looked et him, an eloqueet
glance, bet hie eyes were fixes; on
the ground anti he did not eee it,
"Perhaps -perhaps I can geese the
ceuee-eind remove it,'' he said, grim.
IY. -"MAY 1 speak quite candidly?
Oh, whet ie the use of our beating
about the bush! We are both think-.
ing of what hePpeeed on this islend.
Yee were the victim of ft cruel fate,
Nina, a fate I appreciated, atrothr
to avert. You will do me the Noe
tice to aeknowlefige that, won't you?
But I have kept my premise, the
Premise You waked of me. No one
knows of our -marriage."
She turned her face from hint and
19,015eti.s.teeeight tleferellee.
etl, toe, lavee kept my promifie,".
she said, in a low voice,
ite nodded, "1 knew you would-.
for your own (take," he said, not at
all gratefully. -"It Wes poor Flom..
tught doing" entirety. Rind! I bear
him no ill will. He acted according
to his lights, tende.-and, peter all,
there is no harm doec-I roan that,
it can be midterm"
She looked at him for a 'second,
And waited.
"Since LordeStatcomhe loft Me," he
went on, "X have been thinking 'of
the -the tie that binds us two, and
I've come to the conclusion that it
6 -the marriago,-was invalid; anyhow,
'that it would'not stand good unless
We were married again."
• The blood threatened to rise to 'het'
'pale face, but she kept it down.
f'It you remember,. poor Fleming
*aid that We Might go . through the,.
'cerentotty again'if we esettped from
the island, when We got to a port-"
She made the taintest gesture of
assent with her hand.
"Therefore, in 'Heaven's name,. Why
should you be hound to me , by so
frail and intangible a bond!" he
broke out, sharply. , "I know how
You mast „long for your freedom; you
Would do im in ..ivay -Cage; '.btre.
Rer brows knit as if she were try-
ing to understand this.
"And -and 1 admit that you have
.the right to 'he free; that, indeed. it
Would be a shameful thing to hold
hrou by a chain. Whieh fettered you
itgainit your with". s`
She made, no sign of assent or dis-
sent, ahd, stringing himself up to the
'necessary pitch of self-saerifice, he
Went on,huskily:
e "Fleming gave you a kind of cora-
Acute? You hey° got it still?"
' See matte a movement, ot her hand
Ma affirmative,
"Well; then," he Said, almost siva.
agelY, "destroy it."
Her eyes flashed on bit for an in-
litent, with surprise and relief, as he
thought.
"And the ring. Give it back to
lee, and -and so cancel our" -he
laughed slowly and bitterle-"our
agreement. There cart he nothing
then between you and -your -freedom,
except the -the ceremony. If that
*ems to you an obstacle, you can
got it remeved by s court of- law. I
course, I should not oppose.
Lord Suteombe would be able to
hell) You in that part of the busi-
ness. Re -he is a good .fellow; I am
-sure of that, and he--uou--" The
words stuck in his throat; he could
not go any further.
Nina stood with. bent head, her
eyes flashing, the blood running fier-
cely through her veins, ire hltd spok-
en as if it were her freedom he de-'
Aired, but was he hot craving for his
own, that he might be free to marry
-Judith? ,At that Moment she saw
'the portrait as plainly as she had
seen it when it had been actUally in
.her hand; and, her heart racked with
jealousy and wounded, outraged love,
She could utter no word. Stiddertly
she turned frotn hint said took from
her bosom. the certificate attd the
zing that wits wrapped in it, and
held them out to lone •
"There they are," she said, with
alt unnatural calm.
• Vane took them front her out-
stretched !tend and looked at talent
for it moulted as if he saw nothing.
Theft, witheot a word, he lit one of
the thatches Staconthe had given Jilin
oed held it to a 'corner of the pallier.
But, as he did so something seemed
to Catch hie breath, and, half chok-
ing, he flung the match from him,
crushed the certificate and ring in his
hand and springing towards her
taught her in his arms, .
Through a mist of tears she 'sate his
face, white to the lips and there, ale
most sahags, in it!; passIon. Amsesed
eho sItuggied fairitly in his grasp,
bet he held her so tightly as aIteoet
to erush her.
"No!" he cried, hetteschh. .`41
Won't do it! X can't! _You are my
wife; do you hoar e I hon't care
whothe.e thecerentoey seas valid or
not, I hold .you to it! You are my
_whet ItlY Wife! Do you understand?
von Married me for better or for
V011,10; ra11•30- to release you.
hold you, to your VOW.. refuse to
give yet: 'up to any luau. Do you
understand?" • •
lier eyes closed, the knigtior of
surreeder stole over ber; buteshe
fought against it, thoegh the' pro.
tire of his arms, the ATerce, passioe-
ate words were senditig the blood
urging theough her Veins in a happy
mad. Dut though she loved bitvith a love that threatetted to oweep
way every burlier, she wee %Vo -
and not child, and elle remora
-
erect, So She held tier face from the
allote-hie bort-which eraved,
fld tetabied poeseesloir of her SOUL
"Why did e'en( fly teem eic-risk
our life rather than etay with Mc?"
e demanded, masterfully. "Did yoU
islike 1310 so much? Where you so
efraal of Ine7 Could you not trust
exe? matter! I don't care to.
•
sounded harsh Mut herd in hie own
ears; itow much more so, then, in
het's! .
"This -this is a strange meeting,"
he geld. mi'lett gentleman who came
'with you has just left tne-"
S'he shot a quick glance of alarm at
his shoelder; Oleo. which,: of
course, Vane misinterpreted.
A
"n accident," he said. "A mere
trifle. Lord Suteonthe is tint hurt."
The color flooded her face, and she
drew e long breath of relief -of re.'
lief on Suteombeca etecount, Vane
thought,
"etc hos told me how you happette
ed to tome here. at glad, Yee
have done so, glad he should have
the gold. Iadeed, it ie yours to do
what you like with. But that's nothTer mthe e
ingi e e all ituportabt tett
be of course, that ybu should be s
alive. I have sought for yott-" He fl
checked himself, for ha felt he shoitid
Melt athl his resolution brenk down
if he dwelt on the plot, the days I Ilum
that had passed since they had part- 13
ed, "Will 'you tell me llo%V MC -sherd , 1
saVed? llose tete haadealt With you'? 'd
Ien-Fitt neturally curious," be adde I.
ed, evith a entity from Nvhich he tried el
hard to keen the bittornese.
Nina obeyed', spatting alemet Mos xl
thanically. %lee dream, the hope, 1
which had illumined her spirit tie She
140A ovor hint lied yttaislied; eine left
itnowt You. arc wifet X held
mir vow, your promise.
Nines leve
you I loved yeta
Owe; re° loved you ell the time
we've been parted. I Mee you now,
and, by God, 1'11 hold yoial Nothing
Shall part tat!"
Then Me /spoke the word; Meet -
witty •enoUgh, for loveht voice Wee
glamouring 04 her, "Be satisfied! Ha
Jollies you.''
"Judith!"
ele Owlet!. Slightly and stared
dowo, into her eyes with entazement
ehd dawaleg ref:elle:AWL
"J tulith?" he echoed,
"Yee." iihe breethed. "e -I found
ber po trait itt your wet Wicket, A
heautifule 41 lovely woman. 1sew
her M hot at the theatre in Lone
Yesf Judithi e
'hie gazed, questioningly, anxiously
into her Cyte, bele Oared for a Xim-
went; then he laughed. And the
Meet was .ahnost tWeeter in her ors
thanhis wores of passioutite love
and hanging,
"Jutlith! Judith Orme! Yoe
sound her portrait! 1 had, forgotten
it; tomcat,* her!"
The warn) Mom' flooded leina's face
and he drew a long RIO of relief,
"dutlithr I thought 1 was M love
With here ln WM I did not Allow
abet it meseet till 1 met you, Nina,
my dearest, my -wits!" me arms
clotied round her again, "1 had for-
gotten her! Judith!" he laughed
again, "She is going te be ntarrieh
-is Merriest by .this tinie to -to an>
ether atian! Judith! And You
thOltle'eel'
kht-".'YeS OVerfloWed with the
glad tears, Oh, .it is well for woe -
Men. that they. can ince% evon ire
elSe eolith. X think? And -
don't cote for 'her now?"
she 'faltered,, liko enY ' 'g141 in her
teens, woman as she was.
lee threw back his head and laughs.
again, the 1'4110 that wee sue,h
sweet Music to .her,
elsou oely,. dearest," ite said.
"And Y2U never -gtiessed it! Ah,
..welheit You could have seen me when
found you bed. gone on that in-
fernal:raft; if you could have seen
RIO . when its Is:mains floated ashore
with your 'cap! The dear little cap!
oh, Ninab 1 woe toad with grief;
has's; been more than half ,had .since.
Alt theworld could not ecinstde Inc
for .the loss of . you! And all the
time Yhin Were sthiffising I was in
love with --Judith!"
.leorgeve met" she 'murmured,
".out what clic could 1 think? -her Portrait, there in your coat, over
your heittal-and knowing that you
heti been. forced into the marriage-"
loved• nou then, before thenl"
he seed, earnestly. ''It was on your
gee/tent- that, 1- hesitated, pleaded
with Flembeg, made the raft, I
,t,t1;1.71, it you disliked tee, and I loved
yon too well to gee you against youP
"Row -blind we were!" she mur-
mured, regretfully:. for how much
their blindness had test them!
"Blind as young puppies! But our
OW APO opened now, dearest! It is
all- right!"
"Your shoulder, your wound- Do
you remember the tight with the Lash
car?" she whispereo, with a shud-
der.
"Yea, and how gently you dressed
the wound; yoo little guessed bow
the tooeh ot your -dear Angers thrill-
ed through me!" he reeporided,
beautiful!" lie gazed into her eyes,
raised shyly but lovingly to his.
"To think of your being a literary
swell! A dramatic anther! And to
think of 'my looking ort at the play,
and not knowing that my dear, clev-
er wife had written it! . My wife!
Nina, you haven't kissed me yet!
Wise me now! Just that I may rea,-
lite that you are ' flesh and
blood, and not one of the visions'
of you that have come to me so of-
ten in tny .dreams."
She raised her head and kissed
him, and did nottell him that she
had already done sol
"And. now, dearest, touching the
future.-".
He started at hie °ten words, Fu-
ture! Why; he had destroyed the fu-
ture that belonged to her, had given
aWay his birthright, the title, the
Wealth that should belong to her as
his wife! It had been the act of a
madman; but -the act had been ac-
complished, awl eould not be undone.
She nestled against him and laugh-
ed.
"I. am too happy in the present to
think of the future," She said in a,
Io w VOice.
"You -you don't mind being the
wife oh -of a poor man, a man ot no
itee0118tr. 110 faltered:
She looked at hint with surprise,
"You forget the gold -Vette!" she
saki.
The tone of her "Vane" thrilled
hint,
"Alt, yes, of course!" he respond -
ad, with relief. "Yes; yes! I'd for-
gotten the geld. NO wonder, with
Stich a treasure, in my arms! 'We'll
go to langlattd, form a conmany-e
Ile stepped arid frewried, llose rould
he go. to hanglartd, he Who had exit-.
ed himself front eivilizatiet, who was
dead to the 'World, his world, "Yon
-you esoeldn't like th stay here?"
he suggested; scarcely. . knowing what
to say,
"Anywhere -With youl" she Mors
helped.
Suddenly athwart this clreartt . of
happiness came it 'voice hailing, ono-
einta-Miss Woodt''
Nina stat.ted, "Lord Sutcombel"
elm whispered almost guiltily,
"All, poor I,ortl elutcombet" mur-
mured Vane, gravely, "Yea I Teen
pity him, N'inal To love you.....nnd
lose you!' Don't I know What that
. means!"
Stacombe came mum them berthed-
ly end stopped short, looking from
one to the other, the toter coining
and going In les ince. Veen made a,
(hash at the revelatioe.
"Lord fietrombe-leitia-Mieit Wood
eetve haVe met -she is tuy wife!"
: etuttornbe started; then he 'rememe
bereft the paper anti the ring he
had seen Nina Weeping oVer, and No.
Med the trutla-attni his °We aim.'
lute, irrevocable losie Ire stood for
tt, moment oe two quite silent, then
he came forward and held out his
ha ini,
"144 congretidele you," he said,
simply, and net oven Vane emald
appreciate theeffort, the words, the
41. ••• • ,,s 011.4. Jay..
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ttarea,:eee. .
" WeesweseoWe-our happinene to
you," he wheapered, "Dut for you 1
shoukt uot, have come teak t4O the
ISlatttnd;t7
kilhe patted her Mind inade
lielelfonrumt aai;oomiZk, ttheeriznhyte
e eoaelisdtr;
She is enxious,"
"Yes, let us go," mild "Vane.
Suttee:the would heve preceded
th'
em but Nine walked resolately by
his sifie; end tee all together, they
mite to Vivienne in the seloon. Ni-
na, gew to her and hid her face on
eLY bowie, and Vivienne etarea y.
Cr her at the tali, rough -looking
men, whose grave Mee had. already
the glow of his new found happinese
in"Iti
Vvienne-oh, Vane, caret tell
her! Trout" she broke down.
"This lady to Whom• you and your
Vette carne ferward,,
is soon told," he old, gently,
brother have been so good-Ood bless
yoa for itl-and 1 are husband and
Wife. We were marriee on this island
a long time agolfy name, her
name, is Mennering, I am Vane Man -
a ing,...00
Ile stopped, aghast, et the slip of
the tougue, Ind wee more aghaet
still when he saw the brother and
sister exchange glances. was glad
that Nina had -like a good house-
wife -turned to the fire to see alter
the supper.
elannering!" exclaimed
Stateombe. "Are you related to the
Lesborough familytThere was a Vane
Afanhering-tbe last earl, who per-
isheti in a 'fire at Lesborough
Court--"
Vane signed to him warningly, anti
Stiteombe, embarrassed and speech-
less, stopped and stared at him,
Vivienne made a show of helping
Nina, and presently Nina shyly in-
vited them to supper. They sat
down, and Vane told the SutconebeS
of the wreck, and the story of,the
marriage, Nine sttting near him with
bent bead and face that grew hot
and pale by turns; and the Sut-
combea listened with an amazement
which grew still more intone° when
Vane abruptly said, as if he had sucl-
dimly ,arrived at a decision:
"And now for something else. Sust
now you asked me if 1 were connect-
ed with the Lesbowoughs. I am. I
am the man who was supposed to
have been kings] by the fire at the
Court!''
"Supposed! Then -then you are
Laid, Leshorough!" exclaimed Sut-
combe. •
Vane stretched out his hand and
got Nina's and held it tightly, and
looked tenderly and reassuringly into
her startled oyes.
"Yes," he admitted gravely. "It is
a strange besiness. Listen!"
Amidst their breathless, silence he
told them the story of the accident.,
the sacrifice he had Made for Sulian.
"What Was the tise of the title,
the estate, to me?" he said, simply.
"I had lost Nina forever; as X
;thought; for even if she were alive,
t•thought she had risked death rath-
er than remain alive with me. Life
was over* for me; such a life as that
which I should have had to lead was
impossible. And Julian would make
a ten thousand times better Lord
of Lesborough-it was only pushing
the clock on a little, I thought!
should never marry -even if X had
been free to do so, for, you see,
loved my wife here, wife or no wife.
And so "I disappeared that Julian
Shore might reign in my stead! It
wasn't much of a sacrifice; and. it
was lessened by the fact that the
poor soul, the poor deaf and dumb
woman, who was so devoted to him,
hatiegiven her life to save mine. It
was some kind of a return, acknow-
ledgment of, her heroism. I could
make the master she loved rich and
happy. Volt see? 'You think I was
haul; but -I hadn't found my wife
again," and he colored and looked.
round. "She is my wife, Lord S'ut-
combe. Tell her so!"
Stacombe nodded gravely.
"Yes," he said, "I am a barrister,
t hough I've never practiced.; and,
strangely enough, while I was read-
ing l'or the bar, 1 studied the marri-
age laws. The magriage was legal!"
"Thank you!" said Vane, with his
eYes on N'Ina's face. She rose, and
without a word Vivienne and she
lett the saloon. At the door she
paused for an instant and looked at
Vane. lee had started to his feet,
but, before the look in her oyes, he
sank down againn
"She is not satisfied," he said,
almost inaudibly, as the door closed
on thong.
Sutcombe shook his head. "It is
Only natural. Von must be, inarried
in due foem. Though, mind, this one
is legal and itbsolutely valid!" ,
"But -but -there is another Mat-
ter," continued Suttombe. "Do you
mind telling no again about the -
accident, the fire? It is a, painful
subject-11)ot I have a reason for ask-
ing."
Vane repeated the account of that
anitil seette in the Wizard's or
Witch's Room, and Stitrombe stop-
ped him now and again' to aek for
some detail; then he said, very grave..
IY:
"And you call it an accident?"
" ertaiely!" responded Vane, with
snepriee. 'hilt. poor m mat upset
the etos•e, furnace whatever eon rail
it, tnd the burning spirit ran over
the floor and eitught.'*-.- shud-
dered,
-The lire? Vt. that Was an acci-
dent," said S'ideombe, still more
gravely, hie fere pale, his eyes lime)
earnestly 08 Vane, "But the futte,s
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looked up at him -through mist Vf
which neerly $ehorated hou? The
door was
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"The ropee of the veettlator gate
way in entre Movie. Vow, cousin, Mr.
Julian Shore, e.id not return-"'
"Good God! What is it elm are
enggestingl" cried Valet, elite 11)1N,
HI 5, hot onIN• at the suggestital, but
at his own 1 agllt• .31.1181" tilat it might
be true.
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van:, hoe!: and regarded him
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"Murder! e It 1 i ul hot 1;1it,
my dealbl Oh, eon don't know ben!
Ile is incapable of,-". (meet
stood thively on hie brow.
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"You had never met your cousin
before that day at the lawyer's;
knew nothing about him," he said.
-1 know more than you!"
"You!" said Vane.
"Yes; because I have not come un-
der the spell of his preeence, that
peculiar charm of which you tell us.
I, unbiassed, untrammelled by the in-
fluence of his personality, can view
his actioes with a clear judgment,
Walt! Think how much he had to
gain by your death! A peerage, the
estate, the woman he loved!"
"Ditt-but," stammered Vane,
eagerly', "1 was not in their wayi
She did not eare-I did not care for
her. She knew itt"
Staten -tate smiled grimly, "She had
cared for you; I. am not so sure,
from all you tell me, that she' did
not still care. At any rate, ho
thought so. Yon were terribly in his
way, Lesborough, and he -tried to
remove you! Why did that poor wo-
man come hack to that infernal
room, and by the other door? She
3' 3.43-ftfl her master, as 1 suspect,
n.I see came to SriVis you from death
:lei !shit om-murder!"
%hoe. sernneto hie fret.
why God!" he cried, "I can't, I
‘11,k.loyn %brie 1 illet:s-ei
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Setrombe. "'leaven grant that you
tbted Juliate
" More k ith tha n kind! '' murmured
ma) be right and I wrong. But se/ur
duty is clear. Von must go to Eng-
eml and discover the truth for your-
self. Go secretly, concealing. your
ideetity-"
"I will!" said Valle, resolutely.
"And prove you're wrong! Ye's,
prose it to your satisfaction,
Julian try to -to murder mel" lie
of dread and doted in it.
laughed, but the laugh had a note
Thee sat anti talatel for some tune;
then Vane vaid he meta go.
"1 can't leave the boat; I'm not
certain of the tide," he said. "I'11
(Ville around tohnorrow, and we'll
talk it over. Of course, not a word
to the ladies!"
l'hey shook hands and parted, bnt
neither slept. Vane lay awake look-
ing np at the stars and thinking of
Nine, and Sul:combo pared the 85-
10011 and curried on the fight with
his tlisuppoitiment and loss.
Going to the spritig quite early the
next morning, he was surprised to
aul is feline seated on the beach a
.ittle ally from the ladies' hitt. She
ber..oned to him. aml when he cams
hat hearlths hold up her finger
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The Stomach
Needs Help
The liver, kidney* and bowels must
be kept active with OR. CHAS'S
KloNey.LiveR PILLS.
The liver and kidneys are over-
woakod in their efforts to remove the
Teneoneus waete tnatter from the eye -
tem. They fail and become torpid
and eloped. The bowels beeotne
constipated and stotemeh derange.
wade follow.
There is one tnedieine which will
•
overeonte this condition niOre Cer-
tainly and more quickly than any
other, and this is Dr. Chase's Kid.
nPV-Livor Pills.
Thie medicine gets the bowels in
action at once and by awakening the
liver and kidneys ensures the thor-
ough cleansing of the filtering and
exeretory systems.
With the poisonotts obstructions re.
moved, the digestive eystele resumes
its healthful condition, appetite ine
proves, peins und itehes disappear as
well
as irrittibility ant dome:sum
Volt 08311'; 't temente a tut 4et sntis-
Watery treatment. One p111.0 des,',
...ht mitts a hox, at all dealere, Ed-
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NUM OF WISDOM.
(From Farm, Stock and Home.)
Arran's time is worth more raising
corn than it is raising cain.
Go into debt in haste, and one is apt
to repent in bankruptcy.
With two many a us thankfulness is
a theory, and not a condition.
Blowing up a stump is dangerous, but
a good deal safer than "blowing up"
one's wife.
Until we make polities the labor of
the best among us we shall suffer from
the rule of the worst among us.
The initiative, referendum, and the
recall make up a strong three -horse
team for better conditions in civic life,
Love takes roses for the first course,
but prefers beef steak for the balanee
of the meat -with roses, if you please,
to garnish the dish.
The man who doesn't bother with
polities needs waking up and shaking
up to the fact that bad polities never
yet found a more efficient co-worker
than himself,
French Invasion of Eastern Ontario.
•
In 1851, says the aoronto Star, the
population of the united counties of
Prescott and Russell was 18,357. Of
this total 4,126, not quite one-third
was French. Ten years later the total
population was 22,828, of which 9,447
was French. The total population had
increased 67 per eent. and the French
part of it by I2g per tent. In 1901 the
population of the counties was 02,201,
of which 86,712, almost 60 per cent.,
was French. It is believed the census
of this year will show 75 per cent. of
thee counties to be French. Sixty
years ago one-third French; to -day,
three-quarters Freneh. And what is
true of Prescott and Russell is becom-
ing true not Only of the eastern coun-
ties of Ontario, but of the northern dis-
tricts, such as Nipissieg, as well.
In 1901 the French population of all
Ontario was placed at 158,009; to -day
it is believed to be nearly 250,000. Ten
years ago One person in 14 in Ontario
was French; to -day the proportion is
one in tee. In ten years the total pop-
ulation of the Province has increased
by 15 per cent.; the Prench population
of the Province is believed to have itt-
creased by about 60 per cent.
While flying lately from Dales to Waco
Texas, P. Rogers an aviator, was accom-
panied part of the way by an eagle of a
curious turn of mind. After driving
along a score of miles, with the bird
below, Rogers observed the eagle rise
directly beneath him, a thoestind feet
and make directly for the machine.
The bird continue-' upwards tie til Within
a few feet of the racing aviater, thee
frightened by the propeller, sufhlenlY
swooped down and passed ont of vision.
We heve W41l1on's ltublier.1 in al
the shapes to fit the styles of the now
shoes.. 45e. to 65e. W. J. Gahm:,
I-IOUSIShru RENT. -- In Tow l'ith th
or without land, gond Orchard, cote/a:-
lent to foundry. Also 8011111 tar vi
)10t will be eold cheap. Apple, to A_ Kole
eee,