The Wingham Times, 1902-08-21, Page 7Parted byFate
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BY LAURA JEAN LIBBEY
Author of "Parted at the Altar," "Lovely Maiden,"
."Florabel's Lover," "lone," Etc.,. Etc,
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-eliestion was Answered by that silent
"Is it something connected with any
paper ha your prevnte safe, mother? Ile
at length, lu despair, never
dreantipg that it seas. To his unspent: -
table tostoxi;shment; the eyes travelled
•atulekle" to the portrait,
,f• that is the euse," he said, derghtea
,te heve touched the eubjeet that was
etroublitig her at last, "I will bring each
atud every paper I find hi your sate to
:your bedside; and I shall soon diseoyer
Which document it Lis that yon wish ine
to see or read, and we shell soon deride
what can be done about it."
The eyes fatly danced uow, Ile could
ace the puisile (Witte and the ;odor deepen
in them, as though what he heel pre.
posed doing relieeed her mind infinitely.
Ratledge arose harriedly hand walked
over to the safe, which stood in the
°cute:Listed alcove, stud in a moment more
returned With eOry paper he round iu
t. One by ene he laid ,rhent before 31er,
meth the 'very last limier was reached.
.Something like horrible despair• shoue
in the wild eyes raised to his own.
Be went to the safe and inade another
careful search, to see that no document
had slipped behind the ti 8S.
"There is no her paper in the Pate,
fletsther," he said, 'returning to the bed;
,side. "Are you sure the doeuthent sem
wished me to see was put in the ante?"
The eyes fairly leaped from their
:sockets to the portrait with an omelette
"Yes,"•nlille great drops of agony rolled
like raiu dowu the trhastle•eheeks.
"If yot are. sure .1,00 put the 1111Psr
there. there is but ;me conclusion to lir
-
rive Mt" he said. "Some one must hove
removed st who knew it, and Wilain
.terested in it."
• Of cut..ev Rutledge had his father fat
his thoughts; 118 he spoke. EL0 WAS Jiot
prepared los the U trilde und suddeu
.changt; thht came tort, his mother. The
horrible shuck was to, much for her.
"Oh, God thet the thought must remain
um:rot:en,
And the horrille sees` 1 remetn unspoken.
By the SW1il 1111d 14.I1ts seal or Ate:ult."
With cue mighty gasp. the soul was;
suddeely rent front 'dm tenement of clay.
She foil haek. upon the 013)w—dead.
We will draw a veil, reader, over the
scenes that fulbwed (4;ring the next
: fortnigh 1.
ISIrs, Chester wits laid to rest in the
.mmtrble tomb of the Cleecters, ,end the
terrible toe -elation she had Wed so mud
to a o. mitU \Vith her.
It may as well be It 31 ti here, dtat
the contenta of that fatal h.tter had hot
been made known to the senator, ,ie•
cause ".`.;ellit tietton had de•ired it so,
. Only Heaven could have told how the
' dying weariu 'regretted, en her deato
, bed, that she had not unule a cultlident
• of her husband, that. he, in turn, might
haNe ace elooeell, handsome son,
of the Wad barrier that lay bet weee
hint and. beauVrtil, 1tap13;se i'ldene. the
girl-inaele, whom fate had deereed must
never love, fee she must uever marry,
., Duthie those honrs Itutledee Chesun
. -sat by his mother's coush, he had Me
agined himself alone with her; bet such
. 'was not the case. Ile was never alone
, with her:
Behind the velvet hangings of the bed
crouched a girlish figure, who listened
with bated breath, /o every word that
fell so nmeicadly from Rutledge Clisst,
•ee•s
It was Uldene—this bride. °
She 'knew what paper the dying
euother longed so ardently to place in
her sou' s hands; "Thiene knew. too, that
he would not find the paper—Mnrk Sof
, ton's later—in the safe; for et that nee
ment it was hidden in her own bosom,
agninst her own wildly throbbing. heart.
The :situation was cruel. But in the
hour of Mrs. Chester's death, Illdene
cried out, in the secrecy of her own
room, "that Heaven had spared her. If
, Rutledge's mother had been given the
power of speech, he would have divulge
• ed ell, and that would have separated
tier from Rutledge forever."
"1 Will teke him far awfty from here,"
she told ihersielf---"so far away that
; Mark and Nella Sefton can never find
him, to write hiln of the heavy em..se
that was 'predicted to fall upon my head
• oat my eighteenth birthday. And he
shall never know, and we will be happy.
;res. my • great love will win like dove
from hint in thne, and earth can hold no
! .greater heaven for ute than that.
3 Li that fortnight of bustle and cow
fusion that passed, Ituledge Chester had
; seen but little ot Verlie. He knew that
she avoided him whenever lit Ives owe
Hti 14115 11111:11all1 fOr that. tot
Eczetne"s Koh
Os Torture
Mrs. Ann McDonald, Kiogsville, Ont.,
writes:—" For about three years I was a
dreadful sufferer from eczema. At times
the patches of raw, flaming flesh would
extend from my waist to my neck and
from the knees to the ankles. The intense
• itching almost drove me crazy and though
I tried ell the local physidans, they could
not even relieve the suffering, The flesh
would crack open, and I don't believe any-
orte ever roffered more than 1 did.
WAS told of Dr. Cliase's Ointment
but did not believe that it coolci help me.
After the fifth application of this prepare -
tic" I began to feel the benefit of its
soothing, healing effects, and note attribute
a curet() the persistent use of this wonder.
ful remedy. It is truly worth its weight
in gold and I !Meer tire of recommending
it to other sufferers."
Besidet being a thorough cure for
eczema and salt rhettm, Dr. Chase's Clint.
ment comes usefnl in a hundred war; in
every home for every form of skie irrita-
tion arid eruption, chapped shin soul
Chilblains, to cents 11 bon, at all dealers,
Or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto.
Dr. Chas;e'S
Okedront
io those ditrli, dreary hours- he couto n
here resisted finding eonsolation
her, and breathing to her how lediehly
ond desolate he wns, Mid she been aear
At the end or the fortnight Verne said
good-bye to them, and starterfor home.
She moue suddenly., unexpectedly, and
neheralded tippet Mark and Nene, as
they 111t before the rottrIng wood fire one
chilly spring evening. They 41t1 not
hear the gritting of the little boat as it.
touched the eand, for the thunderhige
c-ontinuous wash of the waves outside.
Some one glided like 11 ghost neross the
neon a slender form slipped down en'
her hues before them; and a. piteous,
sad, youngvoice breathed out sobbiagle,
es two great, blue-bellsof eyes, swim -
1111111.; with teas's, were raised to her.,
mother's face:
"Mother! father! your Verne )1as
cone back to your
Both sprang to their feet with joyous
cries. but almost in the same brenth
they called for, tidene.
-Bring the lass in, NOM!" cried the
cherry old tight -house keeper. "No
doubt she is outside of the door, walther
to play some prank upon us, bless her
pretty, roguish face! Come in. Udell:',
lees!" he roared, thumping his °este,
while Nene flew to do- his bidding.
But Verlie ealled her beak,
"She is not there. mother." she said
gently. "Uldene will 110V0r COMO tO 118
again. She is a great laay now.- Did
yeu eot receive the letter which she wild
else wrote to you. tellivg you that she
had married Senator Chester's son. But,
ledge?"
"Married!" shrieked Nella Sefton,
springing to her feet in the wildest ligitn-
rum. while Mark grew prie as death.
"My God! have I Itenrd aright, child?
nid YOU say rldene—had—matri led?"
"Yes. mamma." said Verlit.‘, raising
her blue eyes in wonder to her mother's.
frightened face. "I Sala she bud mar-
med Rutledge Ohester."
CHAPTER XIX.' 71.17.
"I311 EAS .1111EGKEO IIIY 1.114E."
The startling announcement of the
murriage of lee •,`;ful 'Thiene, over
whose head such 4.a :mailing, mystennes
eitudow hung, lilted the . old light -house
keeper and his wife with the greatest
dismay and terror.
They multi not pardon themselves for
their wsult of forethought i11 allowing
this I:saltily lovely, ill-starred young girl,
who had been lett so strangely in their
loepeng, to visit at the magaribeent home
ell the Ohesters, tthere she would be
brought in contact with the haughty,
handsome son.
Long mid earnestly Mark Sefton and
Nella talked the ;natter over, eitting b'
their cheeeful wood fire iong %atter Ver
lse had retired to rest.
It was evident that Mrs. Chester had
not divulged the fatal story, that dark,
!sued 'Mimic's me so pi13fully, to her
RCM Or Ulla marriage would never have
beta selemnized—ah, 111ev4r: It would
have parted theint0T11 th0111 asunder as
completely as though one of them lay
in the grave.
The questionthey dismissed so ear.
nestly was, should they reveal all tc
Uldette 00 not? Why destroy the brIght
mss of her gay young life by warning
her of the doom her. dying mother had
foretold. end thus break the heart of
the last daughter of It fated rate?
No, no, they could net—they would
not. Warnings were cse little avail now!
the marriage had taken place, they whre
joined together for weal or woe while
their lives lasted. It would be kinder
by tar not to reveal it to Iildene. It W118
111i8t Midnight when the light -house loop'
0234 wit e took up her candle to seek her
couch.
Ali: how good it seemed to the Ond
mother have Ji,er darling eltild be-
neath the 01" home -roof once twain.
As ehe S passing. Verlie's room she
paused a moment. Was it a sobbing
ery or a ,mottn that fell upon her star1.
led ear? $he Dashed the door open sottle
and entered.
The moon's rays, (dear and bright,
shene threugh the nneurtained windsw,
bathing tite pretty little chamber under
the (elves in it flood of silvery light. It
thiew a tender. subdued glow uposi the
seender figure lying ;mom the ;emelt.
The lovely culls were tossed about the
white pillow like a glisteuing veil of
geld, mul the little white hands were
olenehed tightly together.
As Mrs. Sefton bent over her. the
;3'4'1'8 lips parted in a quiveting sigh, and
she 111(11)) 111 pathetically:
"Oh. mother, mother! I am so well's°
of life now: the future is all Shirk. I
loved Rutledge Chester so. Life is n
living death to me without his love. 1:11.
dole, with her fatally beautiful fase
ceites between us. Oa there wae
eime when he loved me bests I knew
11. I telt It in my heart, (i'od pity um!
Uldene has wrecked nay life!"
The weeds trailed off in a piteous sob,
and the slceeer toseed reetksely to and
fro on her pillow.
1)10 une turned to stone Nan Soften
hed listened. She did not rey out, even
though what she had de:covert!" was
the bitterest. most mievous ehock she
bed ever experienced. Preseing hei
Minds tightly over her heart, elle Or M.
cd her raw hem the room. Th., fa:,
14' 0111,5111 seemed to haVe been suddenly
blotted out, and the •room to have grown
dark and chill. All the long hours of
the eight she never sIept—her e,yes n :yes
c1osd.
e
"The pitiful 'secret of Verre's 'love int
the haughty, handsome mnn who had
wedded darleeyed Vldene troubled het
heart sorely: and 11 half mad wish -crass
ed her mind 111311 she bad never aided
iNtark .in saving that child front the fury
of the wild W111'08 'flint never -to -be -foe
gotten night in the past—to breek her
'own .eltild's heart in the Atter years.
She knew that 'Verne would rather
die than treveal the pared eeeret that
ley like It stone on her young heart. She
was one a the mud -who endure und
suffer Ill Sla;;Y,.',
le flits days; that followed. .PYCll 43.41.6
110titi'0 *AV WO Idolized chliol .w011
ing.
"What oto yen suppose is the moan
WW1 'Verne, mother?" the honest 0141
lighitthouse keeper asked at length. "rho.,
lass creeps about the house like .a sha.
44 w; she Is scarcely more than e ghos;
or her former self, We nem: hear bet
go)" 111 114411, iike the rippling murmur of
11 moitatain bruuk, about the house. Fake
never emiles now, end more thou once
tvii.so I lillYe come .upoa her unexpected
1Y. I hare relleul her in tears, lk you
think_ the lass is grieving ber life out at
being beparated from 1.7141vne, and
cause—since Videne married the milie11.
alre's son—she never oleigus to writ: to
ns?"
-. "It would bare been. better :for her if
Iter path and Vldene's 114441 eeyer eroso
'ecli" she cried out, so bitterly that the
old`lightshouse keeper looked up into bet
face aghast,
"Why do you say that, wirer he
481;fut,lt.
iNella turned away with a tearleo
sob and would vouchsafe him no ale
swer, It wile breoldag- her heart te
watch her darling fade like a storueld
edflower before her very eyes, She re.
;deed eomething must be' done, and at
once. Verlie must have change of &veil
too gay companions to win her over tc
forgetfulness.
Mrs. Sefton never dreamed of the tor
Went depths of love .thott lay beneath
the ealm exterior of this girl's hcert. She
could never forget the 'dark, haughty
handsome face of Rutledge Chester!
wakleg or eleeping it Was' alifttve beret(
her. In the hour -or death his mune
would be .ou her lips.
At this, critical „ junetore a straugc
eveut haopened that changed. 'the our
rent 14 M'11'rk Sefton'sis'tlterto. uneyene
fill lire. Years; before, by the 'death ;if
an older brother, Meek Sefton had be'
00113(3 the possessor Of a narrow strip 01
lona in 0ne 01' the wildest 11111.1 MOSt
I'llgr:0d. portion:a of California.
In vain Murk had eudeavoredto sell
it: no eme could be found who would
take the barren waste' off his hands at
e141711 lialf the 10W -twice he had offered
lit at; so, in despair, at lest Merk ceased
his attempts ef trying. to dispose of it.
and for `long 'years the strip of hold was
given up to neglect end riotous weeds.
(Meetly the folltnving brief "Pereoe J"
11101 3111 rk'S 03'e$ ill 1/110 of the New
Yolk Open that MO by chance found
its' way to iselated Magic -Toe Light;
IIousee
valnable vein of ore hns been dig
covered uport larol—stild to belong to 31
Mr. Herten—in E— enmity, California
Parties having adjoining claims tetrad
like to negotiate with him as to purchase
of same, through their attorneye, 3Ite4s034
Harris & Whitney, —Broadway, New
Yn'll'.111%"honest old light -house keeper held
the pstper -off at /11.111.8 length and gazed
at it Sri great astonishment.
"Ore found in that strip of wild land:"
he I1$(1041. "It can't be pogsible."
He loet no time in writing to the at -
torneys mentioned, (1110 of whom came
down in pereon in response, offering the
old 1-1ea-1101sec' keeper %Itch st fabuino.
price for the bit of wild, rugged land
that it fairly staggered him.
And Mark. who had fought a relent
less battle 'with stern poverty all hies 1113
long—who had known what privation
and even want meant, end 10110 had
been worried times. dnnumerable as to
bow he aheuld wake -both ceds 'Meet
from his elender income—suddenly found
himself. a wealthy man.
"I 8113411 never leave the old light-
house, Nella," he declared. "I have
spent the best years of my life here
tending the light in the tower shat
guides the manners on their way, end
here I shall :mend the rest. I could
never live away 1:1'0311 Inc seght and
sound of the great, restless sea."
"You forget the duty WO OW0 to our
child," sseid Nolte, softly.. "Think what
an isolated, lonely herne this would be
for Verthe to spend the best and bright-
est years of .her young life in. The
sound of the 'sea, .which is musk: to you:
is horrible in its monotony to her. Age
prefers cluia, Youth. ;rivets:. You ask me
Sick_ Headache, Biliousness, Dys-
pepsia, Coated Tongue, Foul Breath,
Heart Burn, Water Brash, or any
Disease of the Stomach, Liver or Powels.
Laxa-Liver Pills are purely vegetables;
neither gripe, weaken nor sicken, arc easy
to take and prompt to act.
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have no effect on
harness treated
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keeps the leath-
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able. Stkeltes
do not break.
No roughtur.
face to chafe
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I ts•ny Tetze oss Truingiql '80 lir nue. '4710
I answer you: She .misses the brilliant
i life she 10 while vitiating at the hs»ne
tbe ikihesters."
These words hild more weight with
Mark than ell site lind eald previotody
There
50834 140 enclitics; he would not
hove made fee 'Velstie'S sake. •
1V11en the suliject was broached to
Verne the girl drew back with 11 nitter
cry. flit oat Into tile hard, veld world
.In which she had met him nod learned
.to love him? 411, lan, ehe could never'
4Qlit'
"Iis not natural for it young girl to
like an isolated life," persisted her
mother, smoothing letek the shifting
golden curle• from the white, lovely time,
'1.70i1 meet take your piece in the worb1.
as your father's heiress. You ehttli have
hells aml parties, c0:1(4108 and homes,
silks and lewels—till ‚(1134( 41(4 fentlit'ne
.heart dent—to win you .hael: to
happiness, Verne," she said, wistfully. '
"Poor; marmite:" sobbed the girl, flin44.
ing her White Ormearound her .mornede
ilnea;pk,y.t1i1r047,
h1,1t,811akes you think I aili net
Neila was strongly tempted to answer
"Beettuse .1 know your -secret, my poor
darling, . -I lenow that your heart i$
withering from unrequited love, as • the
flowers wither for the went or dew,"
but she held her peace,
'noble men, Nelln hoPed that her darling
In -the gay, height wcycid, se run sr
might, in time, overcome (ho foney she
bad entertained for handsome Role ige
Cloyster, and leer11 to care for another
Who would, nieke her -a good lied tree
On<
...'1:11(1111rlieroAe
snett7letL plgei air natlm thriez
1;11 314
emir $PrIng they took possession'of the
bectutifill villa thot hed been purchesed
lit the entombs' of Richmond; and That
40118 the beginning, dear reader, Of 8
most pitiful. tragedy.
•
•
utnEsB 'rvirN.Bp ANG miirrrnsmgo GAZE
OF TEN sehaxoen mete nem
We must return now to tidene.
Vour months -had elapsed since thet
weird midnight nuteriage. The week fol-
lowing Mrs. Chester's death, Rut'edge
had taken Uldene away from the deso-
late nicumion, and' it was closed up to
•ewait the order:: Of the absent senator.
Two months of that time Rutledge and
his -bride had spent almond. Then they
had returned to .Washington, taking op
the thread' or lire at the ply capital.
one could have been kinder, more.
cenehlerate, mere " thoughtful in his
treatment of his young wife, tlum Ruts
ledge Chester .was. •
lie studied her -wishes, and met them
almost before she bad time -tO 110011100
them. She never expressed either a
tope or desite before idin, but that it
was at once, AS far US NY In his pewee
gratified. .Perhaps a sincere Meer might
not have studied her so 11111011. It wee
the very cenrselomeness that she had not
the 101'0 of his heart whicli tnatle him
so entirely devoted to her, through "Ity
sake.
That was the way their wedded life
commenced. But he was only human
He . could not withstand the • clasp of
theee lovely white arms :mound his nee's;
the velvety cheek pressed ,close to hie
tind those wondrous ;brit eye8 gazieg
at hem so fondly, evhde the resebud. lips
munn•ured how dearly she loses(' him
without hissliettet warming toward her
love 111
turn. •
Prai8es of her peerless beauty were
-on ('1113' Hp, and it -1)113180(1Rutledge's.
vaulty to know thnt of the whole world
she cared -only for him.' thiene 1)0(3:11110the reigning belle of ethe gay• capital
Fuelstoneble papers described her move-
molts—told of the balls she attended
the- (mores she he:Ira—and people raved
alont her. The dark, pignan.t Southern
face won 'tribute from poet nua motet
She was .so popular in the social world
that people svould 00013 delay balls and
parties in order to secure her attend.
:meta Her dream was realized.. The
world lay .at her feet.
No one enjoyed her succees or gloeifi
ed in her triumph more then Rutledge
Chester. He S14W MI 1 she eneed for tie'
admiration but his. fete never wished
to attend the most briliant fetee reneee
he wns with her. No society had any
charm for her save his. At any •time
she was only too happy to give ep 11
ball .01' party to spend a quiet evening
11'1111 111111.
"All, 1:1118 wne something worth living
for, to be lewd Me this," he often
thought to himself. He .told hinseelf
too; that his love for golden -haired d ea
1M had faded into a sweet, broken
Stream. and that now his hea.rt wag in
truth beautiful Uldenes, who loved him
so devotedly.
The world 8050 with wonder thie dee
voted an(1 moet unfashioeable nttech•
tient of the young brnle to her Intehand.
"No good can come horn lovieg31
men so 11111011 ls that," ninny said. nod
dims their heads eagely. `'Wait and see
how it wilt end."
'Chien° was happy—wildly, deliriously
happy—but the conscience of this hap
lees' girl was never at rest. She timi41!
see that she was very dear to Butledge
Chester now', end turret thrilled her soil
lest ehe Should Mee him.
Her life wasi enrsed with the thorieht
that she had taken -him from Verne by
(kora and fraud. Would not Maven,
in turn, puaish her by taking him tom
her?
"If we were ever parted, should •pray
Deaven in that hour to strike tue dead,"
she told herself,with a great, tearless
sob.
IIer idolatrous love for Itntledge Ohm.
ter WriS to be the swo...1 which should
sh.y her,
Uldene had invited Edna Temple to
02:41 her, and, full of delight at spend-
ing It XOW weeks at the gay cap'tel, •
Edna lied come down Mut her country
hemp at once.
Uldene was eepecially fond of this
beleht, :gluey, piquant girj, whose ac-
quaintauce she had made through Wr-
ite, who •had been brought to tlie min- •
try licene of the Temple's on that lee-
etorelsle whiter mortgng she had been
fermi lying unconseloits by the roadside.
Rollicking Neddy—Neddy was the pet
name given to Edna—kissed her friena
rapturouely.
"How fenny it is to imagine you .any•
1 •
40110 10 04;0 .pemsteP. PQM;
to.0:10.141/1. gh.:.:1:11:11.orttivelin,t-h/ludzitghuetliot1:14tyent::
)1•1101ng 11 new beau for erery occasion,"
• oho declared. demurely.
laughed "When yoo dot Yon,
will sigh (00 (1)314 one. And .thot one only.
The whole world. will he nothing to,you
without him. IC0146111 to De scen
,,,a1','11113111t(11,(Itilfte:lit1-yet. 08331 1 u 310834011130. l,'.11lic04:11,11t1YoY:114.1,41,:i
word of it, 1 should get tired and slots
of seeing 11 man poking abant the house
. fon el cr. Now, thore s 'brother Mb.
There's • alwayscontinual sparring be-
een us whenever be. s In the house.
tio's provokingly 140314 pity
nay 44irl unfortunate enough to get 4100
"A brother ilOn't half as, niee aa
husband. 'Yon will tell me so setae day,'
cliegott3,,pi
redn r111:10eitttoe,i017c.111ug down intheto
p
NeddY. With girlieh ebstinaoY,
whether nsanteed .er 1144. 100111(.1, not be
convinced 11p034 this point.
4.he two ymnig girls (for 'Ultimo was
very .pirliblt in mite or being e hat:- or
four mouths standing) .enjoyed, them'
selves' as only • rondo -Mg, girls, full of
youth, spirit and Vivacity,
rdiell. day saw them driving in the
.parke or Douleyards, at a• lawn fete or
pleasure gatherieg.
Rutledge Chester looked on in grave
amuseniertts After oll, his bride. •was 318
much of a.. Child as fanleving. NeddY,.
So he made -all .ollewances.
0110' afternoon Vldene and Neddy
gone to the Art Academe tegether.
'J'here was to he nn ealulatton of ...etre
pustures from the old masters. Tickets
had., beent sent to ti selec4 few., and the
41111414',promised to be .a very enjoyable
Nethly 'arid 'Chien° stood by the west-
ern wholow or the amidemy, wetehine
intmttly 11 pietere mom which the. slatiug
reps of sunlight fell. It represeetej
young end lovely girl clinging in ;in
agony too 'pitiful' to be pictured by woree
to a cold, grey crass, that seemed to
rho like o monument out of the sand.
At her feet flowed a dark, thrbillent
see. whose angrY, white -capped waves
tlu.eatened to sweep over 1110 supplieat-
ing figure elinging so' deepairingly to the
cross—tear the white arms front their
-
clinging hold told carry her on to de-
struction,
indene gazed •at the picture breath -
lose ly, she could net tell why.
Suddeuir Nteldy gave her a nuage„
, "Deily," she whispered, shrilly, under
. Ito, breath, "who is that gentlemen lean-
;itig against the' marble pillar to the
right of us? For the last- AYe minutes
he .h,as trot taken his eyes oft your 2400."
Uldene turned her dark eyes from the
pcture'she was contemplating to the
person indicated, and met Ole fixed gaze
of the stranger bent upon her.
What was there about this person,
whom 'she 'had nee-er -met before, that
fascinated her, . made the Mood creep
chilly through -her heart with a deadly
mensation, like that which fills the heart
of a fluttering dove that falls under the
-steady gaze of a serpent. The floor
seemed to rock beneath her feet, the
grand pietures in their frames to whirl
around her, and the air to grow dense
and etifle her.
"I don't knowwho he is, .Neddy," she
said,racinet21,3.-. "I do not like being stared
at so' rudely. Let us ga—let us leave
thppia
They moved with the dense crowd;
Noddy could not resist the' impale* that
Once possessed Lot's wife—to look naek,
and see what had become of the dark -
brewed stranger.
"011, Uldeuer she cried, "this is grow-
ing quite romantic; he must have fallen
inlove svith eyou,never dream:rig a
(To bo cou(inned),
Merehanta will do 40(311 10 examine all
tees dollar bilis they take in for some
time, as there is a counterfeit in amt.
lntion that would dazzle a bald's eye.
The imitation is about as poor as they
could melte them, brit in the dark the
iere is fairly good, but the eugraviug 114
poor while the paper it; undoubtedly the
bill could. bo palmed off easily, The let tsr-
flow many different
shapes of feet, law insteps, high insteps, crooked feet, straight
feet, crooked toes, tender toes, corns, bunions, somes, Chsro-
podists paradise—but how many perfect feet—Nature aid not siva
ell these deformities. Von sowed the seed when yo14 wore those
shoes that vitiated a little, or did not feel just right. Don't repeat
the ,experiment. Wear a shoe that fits ran, fits you all over.
We know the "Sovereign" Shoe QT. take good care of -you,
giving you the ease you desire, hiding any deformities, Mill carry.
ing the style of fashions latest productions. For Ladies or Gents
wear $3.00, $4.00, $5,00. Vrice alwaye stamped on the sole,
BOK Wingbam by W. J. Greer.
Have you seen. or heard the
dila Gramophone?
If not, you should
It's a talking machine. It reproduces all kinds of music
Thousands of them are being sold, and you should have
one. Sold 'for cash or on easy payments. Call or
write for catalogue and full information.
JAS. McKELVIE,
Agent for WINGBAM, Ont.
Manufactured by E. Berliner, 2315 St, Catharine $t., Montreal.
On account of ita terrible effects, blood disease is Called the king of all diseases.
It may bo either keretlita.ry or contracted; so while it may not be a Ctillle to have
the disease, it is a crime to perznit it to retreat's in the system. It may manifest
itself in the form of Scrofula, Eczema, rheumatic pains, stiff or swollen joints,
itchiness of the skin, eruptions or blotches, umere in tue mouth or on the tongue,
sore throat, falling out of hair, -lsordered stomach, and a general depressiotk of
the system. 11 3011 have any 01 111910 symptoms 4041 110015)31 yoarsete Ton have
no time to lose. Beware of "old fofri" treatment—beware of mineral poisons—
beware of Quacks awl Vakira. OCce =Iv 1te9TECOD 11`213ATMENT
is guaranteed to nitre this disease, never to veturn. Bank Bonds will oro+ect you.
Our treatment is not injurious In ally way, but reaches the very root of the disease
and eliminates all poison from tho system. nee symptoms of disease gradually
disappear. The blood beectues pare nod enriched, the whole system is cleansed
and purified, and the patient feels prepared anew for the duties and the pleasures
of hie. CURES Ceasetat tallTIZED O1 OPAY. 26 Years, In
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neat appearanee, very durable and cheap We also
AT make farm and ornamental fence, gates, nails and
worst ever seen in a couuterteit. The • .
paper is very thin mid tile luk is very
faint, so people should be careful iu
reeeiving their bills,
Ou Friday morning, August Sth, there
passed away one of Gloderich's highly
respected residents iu the per-
son of Alr. johti Morrisou McLeod
at the age of 00 years. " Dr. "
McLeod, oh he was commonly
o tiled, had been in feeble health for
some time past and last December his
nephew, David Macaulay, had conic
from Edinburgh to assist Mtn in his bus -
fixes. His death VMS rine tO a conipli-
cation of rheumatism and inflammation.
Dr. McLeod eves the eldest sou of Deniel
McLeod, a wealthy merchant and ship
owner of Harris County, Invernesshire,
and was the second in a family of two
sone and tee) (laugh:M. He ',vas torn
at Leach House, neer TarbertO invernes-
shire, and received his education at the
University of Edinbergeind et the hos-
pitels hi Eftbug,ltnnd Loudon, intend-
ing A pecom: A meaieai missionary of
the 1Pligsby1tlionf .01111,rehe." -He practiced
for seine time in Edinburgh with his .
unclea deetor, and about twen ty eight 1
wronwoMNIOINWO.**•••.0001.0.14111.1.14,
031 Mr. D. A. Forrester's farm just
weet of Clinton there are about 1000
chickens, probably the largest number
of chicks being raised by atty. individaal
/farmer in this county or adjoining
!ones. This branch of the farm Work is
under the management oE 31r. John
i Forrester who is passing through the
I experimertal stage with no more thau
the usual share of bad luck. He 10 now
!fattening a batch; of chickens Mid in a
fortnight or so will begin shippieg. In
!addition to the stock hatehed by his own
incubators' he purposes bnytng a large
!number and Will pay as high a price as
; eau .be ,obtaing(13 011,81113' of the heed
nutelsete, This is anew industry in this
country, but WO I11100 111) doubt it will
become a profitable and importaut one.
years ago came to Canada, where he
took up medical work at Montreal and!
Woodstock and later in the county of
13ruee and Qroy, finaily settling in God-
erieh about eighteen 31e1108 ago.
1
Itow's tuts'?
We offer Ono Hundred. Dollars Re-
ward for any ease of Catfirth that can -
riot be mired by Hail's Catarrh Oure.
F. 3. Oinotny & Co., Tokdo, 0.
Wo, the un.lersigned, have known P.
Chrney for the lost 15 years, and be.
tote him perfectly honorable in all Mist.
less transactions and. financially able to
carry out any obligations made by their
firm. ,
Wner & rTamx, Wholestile Druggists,
Toledo, 0.
WA:MING, Crele7AN & MAItynt,, Whole.
bale X)roggists, Toledo, 0
Hall's Catarrh Care is taken 'in tc runny
tiding directly upon the blood and nine.
01)8 8(41311008 of the eystem. TestInionials
cent free. Price 75e, per bottle, Sold
by all Dreggista.
all's Family P
Hills are the best.
body's wife," she cried, breathlessly, as
she watt teinoving lier 'wrappings. "Why, .
you can't be much older than 1 am, ere
yea, Illdene?"
"1 Phial be. eighteen this mouth," '10(11 -
ed VIdono, "and I in sure oats 010
enough to be "anybody's wife,' is yon
quaintly 3111131 840 it"
"1 don't think so," (tried Noddy, tossing
her amis. "I shouldn't liko to. be. :pod
3;3
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SIB, $18 MID $20
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Times and Weekly Globe
'Times and Weekly Mail
Times. and Penally Herald and
Weekly Star
Times and Weekly Sun
Ti Ines ana Montreal Witnese
Times aria Western Advertiser
Times and Partners' A.dVoente
Times and Toronto Daily Star
Times and Daily Globe
different •
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34.41 where. .6.1s0 a special
line 01PANTINGS. Evenr-
1 00
2 thing you want in thq
2311)
2`) Tailoring line can be
.
$1 CO
We couldextend the list, but it is not
necessary. We ean give you clubbing
rates on any newspaper or magazine.
Tim nuns,
Wfngho,rn
—The Timm (-Mee is the place to got
neat lob printing. Best work at reason.
able prices,
had and satisfaction.
guaranteed.
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