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THE WiNGIEAR ;TIMES, JULY 30, 190
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HER SECOND LOVE
A STORY OF LOVE AND ADVENTURE.
BERTHA
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Author of 44 Between Two Loves,"
Which 11.0Yed Hint Best,""A Fetal
Wedding," "A Woman'.6 Vengeance,"
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CHAPTER. X.
It Was a dull autumnday; the
• leaves of the sycamores had nearly
all fallen, and strewed the short
- drive (avenue, it could hardly be
1- called) which led to Grainthorpo
Park. Tho trees were so diminutive,
that to an eye not accustomed to the
• stunted growths on the northern
coasts of England, they would Mune-
, diately have suggested the idea, of
Chinese trees, whose branches, in the
• cirouniference of a flower -pot, imitate
'-thofe of the gnarled, knotted forest
4
oak Park, too; the place had
nothing of that excepting the name,
for "down in the countrY" they call
• fields "parks," and a large one
awhich lay in front of the house was
• all which belonged to the mansion.
An iron railing separated the field
from a few stiff flower -beds which
, fronted the windows. 'rhe frost had
blackened the dahlias, and nothing
'.seemed to prosper except the box -edg-
ing, which was both luxuriant and
4lisorderly. Several firs, which had
grown in spite of the east wind,
' and if not tall, were not very stunt-
ed, were the only things which gave
.an idea of shorter about • the house;
.4 dark brick building, with a front
of four heavy square windows.
The sea, some half a mile off,
:hardly formed a redeeming point in
the landscape, seen as it was
eitlegpugh the gaps in the low sand-
! hitt, called "links" in that country,
' thrown up all along the shore, their
-.size and shape often altered, on the
sside next the sea, by every strong
1 wind; whilst, to the landward,
their form received some consistency
: from the coarse grass, or rather
rushes, which grew there.
Plat fields, red -roofed cottages, a
coal -pit and the straight lines of
two plantations, were the principal
• .atures of the country which could
e seen from the four front windows
-of Grainthorpe.
i A. girl was looking from the draw-
•ing-room window; sometimes work-
ing and sometimes studying the land-
scape, with that expression of face
• which may betoken either deep
, thought or utter vacancy, ono can-
not always decide which. She rose
! as she heard the sound of •wheels,
and then one saw that she was
, thin rather than slender, for she was
well and strongly built.
Her Complexion was fair, and her
4gray eyes large and. handsome. iter
mouth, too, was rather large, and
' the lower part of her face had, es-
;
pecially whenin repose, a look of
,.squelreness, but was otherwise
! pretty. She went to the front door,
where she met a short, stout, elder-
ly gentleman, whose thick, fuzzy,
!gray hair stood on end in the most.
1 rebellious way when he took off his
hat, and still gave him a rather
youthful air. She welcomed her un-
.scle, and asked for news in a general
way, although she must have known
, that nothing remarkable had in all
probability happened that day at
Eastham, the large manufacturing
town, some three miles off, where
her uncle went for business every
"Women are always insatiable
about news. X never know such
' creatures," answered Mr. Sandon,
1 with an air of benignant superior-
Itity. "No, I saw no one, and heard
!:nothing—met William Ledward twice
•in tho street, that's all—but X have
news for all that, Georgy, dear!"
• "Well, uncle?"
"Well, miss, I have heard from
:somebody; you Won't have lum
'home yet. I don't know but that is
Well; you are young enough in all
',-coniCience; time. enough — time
1senough."
There was but, little disappoint-
'rraent visible in Georgy's face; but
I:her uncle was not observant, and be -
:sides had his own opinion as to the
i•nature, habits, and -custoins of girls,
1.into whose dispositions he believed
that ho possessed a special insight.
"Here is the letter, and one en-
1,61oSed for you; and now be off, for
X have plenty to do before dinner."
Georgy Sandon slowly betook her-
' self to her own room, and sat down
to read slier letter, which reminded
her that she was ono mouth nearer
.to matrimony. She was an orphan,
and had but a childlike reeollectiOu
of either father or mother. She had
lived at first with her grandmother;
and, on the death of her grand-
mother, had come to Grainthorpe,
Five years had passed since, at 13,
she had become one of her uncle's
family. He had taken on himself,
even from the time that she was left
an'orphan, alt the material responsi-
bility of 4 father. Ho had always
cared, in his way, for her and for
her interests, and had never suffered
his wife to fail in any outward forms
of affectiont to his niece Georgy. Her
father, the elder son of a poor coun-
try gentleman, died soon after he
succeeded to his property, worse
titan pennileSs. His brother, Much
to the disgust of one or two rela-
tions, had, after duly reflecting on
the meagreness of the patrimony
which fell to his share, his slender
interest, and the small chance of
success which awaited him in any of
the more aristocratic lines of life, en-
tered into trade. Whether the little
money that yet remained to Georgy
would over be recovered for her
seemed doubtful. It was sunk in
colleries, from which it seemed in-
clined never to arise, and had all
been muddled away in some inexpli-
cable manner, of which nobody could
even desire to attempt the explana-
tion.
Nearly a year, ago, she had become
engaged to Captain Anstruther, the
man whose letter she was about to
read. As there was no other voca-
tion for her in view, her uncle and
aunt were both on the matrimonial
side, .which, added to the fact that
she had no inclination for any other
person, carried the day, with all the
other little considerations which
generally influence so largely great
_decisions.
Well, she opened her letter; an af-
fectionate, uninteresting composition,
Woman's Tribute to
Dr. Chase's Remedies
t -Showing how these great family medicines
win the confidence *like people, and
establish themselves In the homes.
• •
MRS JOI\Wettest, 335 Victoria Street,
1 N
Londoit, Ont., states 1 -"For years I suffered
a great deal with catarrh in the head. I tried
4, everything I could hear of for it, but it
remained for Dr. Chases Catarrh Cure to cure
,me, Though -entirely freed from catarrh, X
was left in a nervous and run down condition
and then began using
Ilk. Chase's Nerve Food,
Which has built up my
system, strengthened my
.nerves and made me
strong and well. We
'have also used Iht
Chase's Syrup of Linseed
end Turpentine in our
fmnily for coughs and
colds, and never !mew it
tofail to cure these sil.
merits."
Dr. Chase's family
Mrs. Werra, inedieines have proven
their right to a pIROR In every home, And have
cause to be considtred indispensable. To
protect you against imitations the portnilt and
signature of D. A. W. Chase, the famous
reteipt book author, auso.ou every bee et his
vetnedios,
_t
',Pure soap!" You've heard
the words. In S un 1.i Olt
S o.a p you have the fact.
5unto
0 REDVCE$
EXPZNSZ.
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Ask tor the OC/11014 liar, op(
Portsmouth ten days earlier than a
man who wished to strain a point
need have gone. So Georgy thought,
at least; but 5110 found her little
bit of unreason disregarded, and
Stephen's energetic declaration "that
all through life she might do what
she liked with him," was in point
of fact but 11. figure of speech. She
Was not in the least hurt, which
would have been unreasonable; but
the heights of responsibility upon
which she dwelt the day before were
somewhat lowered.
Stephen set, calmly forth on his
three years' devotion to his coun-
try, well pleased and well contented
with his lot. Ile attached no idea
of insecurity to a long engagement.
His brother and his two sisters had
been betrothed—the one for two
years, and the others for more than
four, and the respective persons were
on both sides of one mind at the end
of their probations; and Stephen,
who reasoned in all matters from
analogy, and had. never yet embrace,
ed an original idea, thought that a
three years'*engagement fell into the
natural course of things. Aunt Jane
would have deemed a too hasty mar-
riage absolutely indecorous; and Mr.
Sandon, who had settled All things
without much consulting either of
them, had110idea of a woman's not
waiting three years, or thirty. if her
parents or guardians wished it.
CHAPTER n.
have dismissed her. rt Aunt Spar- one, with her faultsi Mid her gram),
row had known the Way in wideh her entbuslusm and lier worldliness,
she, Was regarded by the three, It hae oinuateity owl bar vanity, to
• would- not have altered her for one still before rue, and her laughter hi
nunnent, towerds thein, and she jaway$ pleasanter to my rename
wotild not perhaps have thought her- .brence than that of most other wo-
Self en t i tied to more consideration. Men in this world. She Was very
*ha had VIQused Georgy l'Y uski-"g • fair, and enemies would have called
her to go back to .i.ontion a ith her her coloring fide; but nO One :o
end pay her a visit; bat su
ch .aa had t ver seen Jar lace change as she
needleNsa,, frivo,11. V%pcnse he• tllIVI.0 told a story, or felt her snide MIK%
and 0.1211 1, W1114.4 not 11(.11r ot; beSidcs silo wished to pleese (and it WAS her
Loilth'll s‘as a had Place for girls, wish pretty often) could have
and even win% given te uoderstand• th„„ght, h„r so. 1,1„, seemed to ma
Georgy having finished her letter,
went hastily down to dinner, which
passed over as usual. Aunt Jane
W118 a good deal occupied by an im-
partial and unprejudiced examination
into the shortcomings of Miss Rob-
son, who taught the children French,
music and all the rudiments of a po-
lite education, and heard Charlie his
declensions, therugh herself ignorant
with ninny desires for a speedy re- of the Latin tongue. Poor woinan!
turn, and some particulars as to the semght o more hope to
Ti
society of Cape
Town, and the cus- n the eyes of Mrs. Sand= than a
of the natives. Ito Prime Minister or a Chancellor of the
toms t seemed
tell the tale of the writer's charac- Exchequer in those Of the remainder
of the political world. *Uncle Bob -
ter; an upright, delicate, finikin
handwriting; and, in spite of its ert never talked when he had nothing
to say, and was therefore silent.
uprightness, a something wavering
and uncertain about it; if he had Aunt Jane was a thin woman,
not taken great pains, it would have with a florid complexion. In her
sloped and straggled. youth it had been often compared to
Like it was to the man, so pains- lilies and roses; but now, alas! the
taking and exact in small matters, roses • had usurped the principal
place. In her girlhood she had been
and so undecided and indolent in
proclaimed a beauty; and, at a dis-
great things.
tante, well dressed, still • made a
He was eager for self -improve -
show. She would have bullied. her
ment, and always embodied the re -
husband if she could; but, as it was,
sults of his researches into the man -
she fell back upon the children, ser -
tions as to the meteorological phe-
ners of the natives, and his observe.-
vents, Miss Robson, and Georgy,
who, asshe grew older, Was gradu-
nemesia, of Africa in contradistinct-
ally losing the dread site hit(' once
ion to those of Europe, in his let-
ters to Georgy. He mentioned also felt for her aunt. Mrs. Sandon was
c.alled kied-hearted woman; that
his convictions as to the blessings
that ound religious knowledge
is to say, site was kind when nei-
, S
would bo to the African population, ther .her ,self-love was touched nor
and the gratitude which we ought
her jealousy aroused; easily flatter -
to evince at having it ready at ed, and jealous of the affections of
others; very spiteful in a sanctimon-
home to our hands (or ears and
hats, self-righteous manner, if she
hearts, rather). Of love he did not
treat much, and only had one Or conceived herself in anywise injured;
ea. ger for authority, and always in -
two set phrases on the subject,which
sisting upon giving everybody else
he altered and transposed, but which
adv.ice. She was in reality intensely
were orig•inally the same; these often
recurred just before he signed him-
limited, but possessed a simple, =-
self "yours most heartily and affec-
doubting faith in her own capacity.
tionately."
:Perhaps she was right, for she was
A few days before he sailed, an ac-
often called amongst her acquaint-
cident had broughtance a most agreeable and superior.
his proposal "con-
cerning Georgy to a crisis. He had wo
known her for nearly a year, but
had never yet dared to speak the
mind which he had been slowly and
surely fling. Ho might have gone
away and the words have remained
unspoken, had not a conversation
with Mr. Sandon, who mentioned to
him an unlucky speculation which he
himself had made, and which involv-
ed the loss of part of Georgy's in-
heritance, brought forward a discus-
sion concerning her prospects. Then
the offer, which was always on Cap-
tain Anstruther's lips, found utter-
ance at last, and Mr. Sandon was
really pleased.
"She could not have done better;
and if her father had been alive he
would have been, or, at all events,
ought to have been, satisfied. Poor
George's views had been so vision-
ary •and exacting 021 some subjects,
that one could not say With certain-
ty what he would liave liked."
Mr. Sandon had Georgy into his
room for a few minutes' talk. Her
aunt heartily approved, and was
kinder than usual all the evening,
not making any remarks on the sub-
ject till they went up to bed; then
she sat gossiping, seeming to treat
her already' with more respeet and
deference, fig, a person who Was
really to hold. a position, have an
opinion to give, and to becOme that
dignified and responsible person, a
married Woinah. Georgy felt, on
bidding her aunt good -night, that
she had somehoW grown both taller
and broader, and the !toupees of her
dress Seemed to rustle Consequential-
ly along' the passage AR she Went to-
wards her own tooth.. ,
Stephen proposed in his own props
or person the next Morning, and
Georgy listened silently. It Was
soon done, Without much denim-
stratiort or sentintent. She rather
liked being liked—everybody does.
To be honestly and heartily made
love to alwaya carries Some Weight
with it, even though it be all On Mut
Side, Ahd Georgy felt a .certain de-
gree of responsibility beihg the
reelpient of Snell • an eftenditure of
deep feeliag. She did net say much
herself, end MOnosyllables Were her
refuge.
Stephen. tefused to key for the
Medium ball, which was in proe-
poet; aid Georgy had rather look-
ed forward to his doing too. lie could
have stayed if his fidgety punctilious
love of °leder had not taketi him to
that her going would cost them fdl the description of one of Madaule
nothing, Aunt Jane would not hear Hahn Ifahn's heroines, cif whom
of it, and had easily persuaded her beauties said, "She is 'very clever,
husband that slie was right. but vot a beauty;" and the wise liter -
'Well, when I'm merried you'll ask „ay waaum,
me, a un t,'' whispered Georgy in 11 big, but not d';sj
:eilttis very fast:ill"'
.'"
defiant undertone,—"when I'm mar- Margaret. Lewis was a great con-
ried." . . trust to her friend and oleschool-
" Yes, (lear, I will; but .you know fellow, -Constance—tall, but rather
maaantsriga,(),11,c,an't be all visiting and awkward; fine-looking, 84=0 P4'01)]0
might have called her„ but few
"Of course not, X Mean to set up would have said pleasing. She had 4
4 little Grainthorpe of my own, a good deal of capacity, and of the
well -ordered -Paradise" (mockingly); material for success, yet did not pose
"but I'll get an ()Whig sometimes,"
she added, in the true north -country
chant.
"Don't be foolish, dear, and reckon who far less de-
opon marriage only a s a in ea n s il:ar,eat.?(I' ' It, clever. Al‘nd yet she val-
of—" ued both these triumphs keenly; or
"No, dear aunt, certainly not rather had valued them; those
shall I read to you? I know your around her did so, 11114 .8110 had learnt
eyes aro weak tosnigh t ." it of them, Singularly devoid of all
"No, my dear, X am afraid I shall those small attrections which give
bo'r'Be u3t'oirlike a volume of sermons success in • society, she had been
sess, the art of making the most of
herself. People less good-looking
than she W118 have often been called
very much" (tittering the falsehood
most energetically); for she felt re-
morseful at having sometimes been
wearied. and left her aunt alone over
her knitting'. None of the party
were more grateful than Georgy
when bedtime came, for she Wt16
half asleep while reading aloud.
It was not often that she mention-
ed her eng•agement in joke; but now
she was vexed at the refusal to let
her visit her aunt, and lay down,
restlessly whispering, "When I'm
married,when I'm. married!"—she
had such a thirst for happiness. It
seemed as if her longing could al-
most wrench from fate the arrears
of life and _love that were due to
her. It was am undefined desire, and
site honestly believed that mere free-
dom would satisfy it. There were
friends to be made in the world;
there was intellectual life and
groleth in the world; there was-was—
she(401)14 not tell what—but she
'visited for it the more, because she
did not know. She could only tell
tutight to consider society her voca-
tion. Her mother, an extravageot.
brilliant 11 onute, who did not sec-
t -mei in the svorld, brought her out
ram;in (' nit appealsthat neither
success nor huelnaid were in store
Inc her.
Poor 'Margaret! she was romentic,
and her 1(1'&4s of a htieband were ra-
thx
er eacting. Her day came at
length; a worthy, prosaic wattle -
ma e presen t «1 11 i I nsel f , a d Margaret
contented ler irother by eccepting
him. But she was disnopointed, and
showed it in her sercasni, which was
not 11(4a Meal, int -had groan upon
her. 1V042 really kii,d-hearted,
and -tt as never hitter against 11411
viduals, but against things and in-
stitutiors iti the abstract. licr gen-
eral raflectiona were alwass serves -
tie settee she \vita 11111'01151r/tined, but
sometimes she suppressed her natur-
dispositio11, as if she feared the
ridicule which attaches to a disap-
pointed person. What is a sarcastic
bitter tone, after all. but the expres-
sion of disappointment? more' earl -
that it wasm
not Grathorpe. some sometimes, and gm
aining saller
The, next few days passed away as indulgence, thun a downright, senti-
many more had done. The house mental complaint, which is liss (118-
was very small; the dining -room and guised, .and arrogates less distinction
drawing -room occupied the whole
frpnt. Aunt .Tane did not inhabit, the
drawing -room of a morning, but per-
vaded all parts of the house in her
housekeeping and maternal capacity.
When Georgy was not working, or
acting as a sort of vice -housekeeper
1(11'i1.5011. 11 W118 (110 1:.110W104ge of
this which repressed Margaret's bit-
terness: and perhaps time 4111(1 chil-
dren, 14 110 so change every woman,
Nvould efface it. Neither so ready
nor so expansive as Constance, it
was the great difference betwecn
(for Aunt 311410 meant to (lo her duty them, which constituted their mu -
by her, and to teach her all useful tual attraction, Nu rgaret always
things), she sat alone in the draw- came out under her friend's influence,
ing-room, reading or playing. Thai and Constance enjoyed Margaret's
was the only quiet part of the day. • hearty appreciation of hoe
in the afternoon site walked with Constance had married for love.
Aunt Jane, and she. was no longer Luxuriously brought up by a strict
alone. It was a very dull, comfort- and stupid aunt, she had always
less existence that site led. Morn- looked forward to falling in love, as
ings were better than afternoons, for a great entet•tainment and delecta-
they were passed with Aunt Jane. tion. She had a "grande passion"
Afternoons were quieter than even- for her husband, and for a short. time
ings, for then she sat through many they worshipped each other most de -
a conjugal dispute, stitching on with voutly, whilst her visions of life
a dreary patience, and each day that Seemed better fulfilled than those of
she grew older feeling more and more masa peeple, pet in time there fell
out 'of place. some shades upon her pleasant exist.-
They did not want her; they could ence. She, her husband, or s ome-
not want her. She had never receiv- body, was extravagant, and their
ed tenderness from either of them; T,ondon house W(113 sold, and he fell
but her uncle had been kind to her ill. It was whispered, too, that he
In all material things, and she was had not behaved to her in all things
burdened with a sort. of remorseful as he should. She never spoke ill of
gratitude toward him; she did not him, and no blame whatever attach -
know. always how to express the ed to her. Ile was in Italy now, for
gratitude, and she constantly re- his health, and did not. care to have
proached herself for not loving him her With him; it was better in every
better. He was an irritable, imperi• way, and more economical, that site
ous man, not enduring that any one should stay. "In the spring he
of his own family shoeld have an would rejoin her," she said, rattler
man.
opinion of their own; and yet (Icor-
"There is an invitattion for yon gy s reserve and passiveness did not languidly; and perhaps had no great
desire that that spring should come
to stay at Millthorpe Grange, dear always please him; he would have
( uicl-lv
Georgy. Airs. Everett will be there;
they are not my style of people; she
is agreeable, I believe, but it is not
the sort of agreeability I like. Mrs.
Sandon said this with the air of so
many people when they own to the
cleverness ofothers; with an air
of reluctant defiance, when it in-
trudes itself upon them, too evident-
ly to be denied. Their manner seems
to express, "Yes—well, So-and-so
taken contradiction better. She had "And whet shall you do then?"
the habit of being afraid of him, and asked° Margaret .
all her efforts at approach only "Do? Why, we must settle some -
made her feel distinctly that they where. Frank may perhaps get a
were far more familiar titan hat- place somewhere in India, or some
mate. She had no friends of her own outlandish country,'
age. Aunt Jane did not wish her to ."And shall you go?"
associate much with the Eastham "Yes, I suppose I must; but I
People, and the county people were 1 shan't stay lorg," said Constance,
not at much trouble in seeking Mrs, with a wilful, merry look; "1 can't
be too much away from Frank," she
addeci, more softly; "he does not
like it. I don't know why, for he
does not care for me. He was pleas-
ed, once, 4411011 anybody admired me;
but now he 811001'S when they do,
and melte to be jealoue."
other; indeed, Georgy's life could bet- "You are right, iny dear; yon must
ter be described in all things nega-
tively than positively. not be too much away from him; it
would never do," sa i d Margaret
Sandon's acquaintance; so, beyond a
may be amusing, and 1 daresay is— few gentlemen of Mr. Sandon's age,
I could be amusing, too, if I liked, they saw hardly any one. Georgy's
but I don't like." onla- acquaintances were the Miss
In one of Balzac's stories, the ad- Mai:beans, who patronized and pro -
vice given by a lady to the hero, tected her; but the young ladies did
bids hint not be too brilliant, and not in reality care much for each
never amuse the company too palpa-
bly: "Quo votre superiorite soit
Leonine," says she. And never was
better advice to thome who, superior
to their neighbors, yet wish to es-
cape their censures.
"Well, I give Georgy leave," said
Mr. Sandon, dogniatitally; it is good
for girls to see it little of the world,
but not. too much!"
Georgy closed quietly with the per-
mission, and expressed her satisfac-
tion at the prospect of her visit.
Going to lifillthorpe stood to her in
the place of balls, flirting and all
such feinale diversions, for none of
which she had the least; tante; that
is to say, she firmly believed So.
Mrs. Lewis, tho mistress of Mill-
thorpe Grange, was one of the few
people whom Georgy knew.; and the
lady always 'remembered their ac-
quaintanceship, and since Georgy had
been grown up, generally asked for
her a.t least once a year. So the
question of Georgy's visit was set-
tled, and the conversation returned
to ite usuAl course.
Ono Other person yet remains to
be deSeribed, and the family patty
Will be complete. Miss Sparrow,
conimonly called Aunt Sparrow, Mr.
San don'a aunt, and eonsequently
Georgsea great-auot. Zho was old
and rich. Una. •Sandon principally
veined her for the use she might be
to the children. Mr. &olden had a
good deal Of reverenet and affectioe
tor her, And acknowledged her good-
ness in a general way, Georgy, who
was yowler and inipatient, did hot
very deeply regard that gentle, seem.
ingly peesive amiability. "She wag
good and kind, but it little tiresome,
occasionAlly;" teed io she would
CHAPTER III.
It Was very different at Atillthorpo
Orange; though only in the next
county, you might have fancied it
another country. It WAS 0. 121(21.151111t
1101150, standing almost amongst the
• 1. • it sudden-
ly, lying in a deep, narrow wiliest:
oot bleak and barren as many of
those valleys are, but whose .sides
Were covered with trees. To come
snddenly upon the trim, beautiful
moors n ru3011 CO 111 2 upon
garden, after leaving the road, which
wound for some WIty amongst the
firs and ash -trees, was a pleasant,
sunny contrast from that wild road
with its trees rapidly changing as
every autumn day passed on.
There was still sunshine on the
hills opposite the house; the gentle -
111011 Wer0 1101yet come in from
shooting, and Mtg. Lewis and Mrs.
Everett were sitting over the fire,4ri
the midst of a long and intimate
conversation. Dress and sentiment,
intellectualities and' ectualities, pee!
pie (me cultivates for pleasure, and
those who are necessitiets; all these
were talked over and despatched in
that quick, womanly Weer, where One
word must explain the whole; for
every two or three people have 41
sort of cant languege of their own.
Constance Everett was not pretty
in the Istria Acceptance of the word
--not pretty, if regular features are
all that make the beauty whieh
dwells, longest in our reeollection;
but 6, thousabd pretty women have
faded from iny memory, While thiis
(who was generally practical in her
remaeks); "and then you have more
power over hiUl than it pleases you
to O4411 1.0, 111 your melaitcholy
moods."
"Power over some people, perhaps:
but not over she replied,
sadly,
"Yes, you have power over some
people, I know; James Erskine, for
one."
And Coostance smiled rather con-
sciously.
CHAPTER IV.
The Rind Ton Have .t..lways nouratt, and which has been
iu use for over 30 years, has borne the signature of
ezvw-------- and has been made trader We per-
,„. 1031141 supervision since its infancy.
•. . 'c-fef-c4`4044 Allow no 0110 to deemve you in this. .
All Counterfeits, Imitations and 4 6Just.as-good" are but
3experiments that trifle -with and endanger the health of
Infants and Children- Experience against Experiment.
What is CAST IA 1
Castoria is a harmless st:bstitute for Castor Oil, Pare.
colic, Drops and Soothing Syrups. It is Pleasant: II;
contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Narcotic
substance. Its age is its gna,rantee. It destroys Worms
and allays Feverishness. It cures Diarrhcca and Wind
Colic. It relieves Teething Troubbcs, cures Constipation
and Flatulency. It assimilates the Food, regulates the
Stomach and I3owels, giving healthy and natural sleep.
The Children's Panacea -The Mother's Friend.
OEN:I:RAE G
IA ALWAYS
Bears tho Ciguature of
,r-a=c5GZ=Vargel
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The Kind You Have Always Bought
-wstglike'
In Use For Over 30 Years.
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be on a different footing with him,
from the rest of her acquaintance.
'rhe evening passed on, entil the
gentlemen were entering the draw-
ing-roons after dinner, and the la-
dies were busily talking to each
other. Georgy was ou a sofa, in
the corner, as busily working at a
large parrot. She had wondered,
during dinner, what Mr. Erskine was
saying across the table; and now
she wondered whether he would
speak to her. He stood turning over
a newspaper at the table, and she
looked up as if uncertain where he
should place himself. A more 'fastid-
ious woman than she WAS might
have watched him, and felt pleased
that be should talk to her; so Geor-
gy thought, at least, and always did
think. lle put down the 1 -per,
came tewards the sofa, and sat there
all the evening.
Ile talked as other clever people
talk every night—that brilliant gen-
eralizing talk, whirl), is so easily at-
tained, and May be caught almost
with the atmosphere which you live
in; „those terse, picturesque expres-
sions that a very short reading of
Carlyle teaches one to fall into, and
that comprehensive Eclecticism which
the current wisdom of the age af-
fords. He was not one easily to be
forgotten, and, like all good talkers,
had his special brilliancies, which
can hardly be defined in general
terms. The wonder of that conver-
sation 111113' be a little explained, 08
perhaps may tnost wonders; but
the first time that it is heard, when
it bursts unexpectedly upon a to-
tally new and ',colorant hearer, it
sounds very grand, and does indeed
call forth a deep, hearty tribute of
altin%ivraasti
mlas.trange lightening ned wid-
ening of her view into existence. She
knew nothing of the books or the
life which might enable others to
talk to him. To her he was mot
only the clever man that SO 1101' eyes
would have seen, but he filled up the
whole space Which. her mental vision
could embrace. She had always
lived in a passive state of intellect-
ual inanition, and now her intellect
and heart seemed one; felt thor-
oughly aroused. fully satisfied.
Both the ladies Itad sung, and Mr.
Erskine had not listened; the other
gentlemen had, and had acquitted
themselves, like Englishmen, of their
evening's duty. 'I he or 'Mr.
Lewis' •voice aroused Georgy.
, "Erskine, offer Miss Sandon some
wine and water; the ladies are go-
ing."
Mr. Lewis did not stood contra-
diction at any time, and there Was
itothing,'- alas! in this proposition
which could be denied.. Presently the
ladies were on their way upstairs,
and Mr. Erskine had bow ed to Geor-
gy, leaving her with the impression
that he was more at a distance from
her than hen he had first said
'How do you do? 5)10 had ex-
pected, as a matter of course, that
Pc would shake hands with her. He
had that perfect self-possession
which, '4 14 11 a most good-natured
gentle 1118111101., ean soling Mies awe
one .bito a distance agoin, after
The day came for Georgy's outlet-
seei.mng to 01141141a, certain degree of
pated visit; but Mrs. Everett was
Ttnnacy, almost a right to it.
gone, and the party only consisted eorgy went upstairs, quite oblivi-
of a matron friend of Mrs. LeWis, ous of the ladies and those dressee
which had made her feel her own
nothingness so intensely lint a few
hears before. She had no thought
Inc the future that night; her happi-
ness bad no conneetion with her
Outer life; the form of that was dee
tided upon, .andhe tthought of het
marriage did not come before her
one or two sporting gentlemen and
Mr. Erskine, a distant cousin of
(leorgy's, whom she hod never sem.
She felt very childish and mall fus
S110 crept downstairs, wondering
'what the people Would be like, and
Wishing that her old hall dress could
by Any possibility look like the
pretty "demx-toilettes of the other
more prominently, or weigh upon
ladies. It was nearly dark, but
her more than usual. 'The conscious-
ness that sucth a ono as .Tames Ere -
kine existed was enough, and seem-
ed to give an end and aim to her
whole being. She was glad to knoesr
there were no candles, only the
bright streaming firelight, as ShO
COMO IMO the &Awing -room before
dinner. The two ladies were stand-
! ing in the window, and a tell man
by the fire; he turned round quietly,
arid courteously claimed Miss San- WANTVD-PAITIIPN. PERSON TO Tnever.
don's acquaintante on the score of for well established house in a few counties,
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-usual spasmodic civilities of tbe East- ed. Position prevenient. Bredness sneeessfal
ham gentlemen, that she siceined to , rtt.AIVAIAtitstitile*Warnigtv`i!`,1111=1.0''
hat he was in the woild—to think
hat she should sometimes see him;
glad without any afterthought. She
lid not love him; there would haw
tppeared a degree of profanity mad
presumption in the thought; but she
lever (lid think of it. She woke up
once or twice in the night with her
heart still beating, andstill happy.
as children are before a great treat
or some anticipated holiday.
CHAPTER V.
James Erskine was a lawyer; and
the grass, trees, and quiet of Mill-
thorpe Grange would almost have
sufficed to put him in a good humor
after the dust and glare of London.
Perhaps it was because of his new-
found enjoyment of autumnal beau-
ties that he stayed on 59 pertina-
ciously at the ola hall. 'Perhaps he
enjoyed Nr. Lew is' society; he cer- •
thinly found a wondrous deal to say
to hint, and appeared to enjoy that
crotchety, dull man's ways more
than most of his other friends did.
Poor Mrs. Lewis WaS VOW suddenly
indisposed, and did not appear down-
stairs for nearly 11. fortnight; Mrs.
Lawrence was most of the day with
her.
44 riling to Mr. Lawrence, or
werking for the children. She had
ao natural love of gossip; and hen
husband, housekeepiltg and babies
absorbed her too much to leave her
any leisure for speculatiag, on the
thoughts and actions of others. She
was one of those women who
are so thoroughly absorbed in matri-
mony that they possess, apart front
To be contiuned)
CHOLERA INFAH1 UK.
02rooa
Cholera infautum is one of the most
dreaded diseases of infancy. Itis pre -
Talent during the summer in spite of all
the care mothers may take to guard
against it, anti it sometimes proereeses
so quickly that death occursin a few'
hours ni
o matter what care s given to
the child.he Tfirst thing to tin is to
stop feeding the child and give him Pitn-
ey of freeh iiir and pure water to drinks
Give Baby's Owu 'Cablets to carrneoff
the poison in the system. Do*i..ot under
any eircumseauce give a 1110(1101140 10
check the diarrhoea, exc.ept 1111(101' ther
advice ot it doctor. By usmg Baby's Own
'riblets the cause of the diarrhoea will be
removed, and the disease will thus be
checked in a mitural mauuer. Proof
that the Tablets cure this too often fatal
trouble is given by Mrs. Herbert Burn-
ham, Smith's Falls, Ont., Mho says:
-When my eldest child was six weeks
old be had an attack of cholera Wanton%
and was at death's door. My doctor ad-
vised me to try Baby's Own Tablets and
in twenty- four limn; baby was better;
the vomiting and purging ceased and he
reen inert strength rapidly."
Iteep the Tablets in the holm -their
prompt use may save your little one's
life. Sold by medicine dealers or sent
pastpaid at 25 ets A box by Nt riling the
Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
Uses of Turpentine.
Dat e tra ever stop to think how many
Ives turpentine has and that pea can -
net afford to be without a large 'bottle,
itt the pantry?
For croup, cold, sore throat in any
form, it bus so Equal, especially when
nixed with lard or vaseline to prevent
blistering. Often a severe cold may be
cared by rttbbing the chest and
thoet with a niixture of turpentine and
lard. Or still litother way is to wring
flannels clothes out of hot water and
turpentine.
In cases of colds, burns and cats
turpentine if applted immediately, will
prevent -soreness. It will remove paint
from clothes When everythiug else fada.
drive away moths and ants front cheats,
wad closehl, end in cleaning woodwork
awl windows it consideraly lightens the
task.