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The New Era, 1881-09-08, Page 6# I I - . - . I .1 . 77: - -1 8, 188:1, � , And,' when laiglit fall Again, be sank ,, I and flea w . , Ilan the miarning dAwaeiLiva. the __ - , - .- ''. , ,cl 1�119mll! . t is P' cried Lionel, a sudden I'loswberwith ' child she )lad nursed, waltolleil,and loved for go many She �mzed. at him, and - 4 � ' I have dolle wrong," she said. ,, Lil- Ilan to Se ptember exhausted, Feverish olluibeis came. to sky. l broakingia , oubi.m. up. years. not strong enough to o - .so visito,ro � _.."%1:_7=z== him, filled vnth a haunted dream of BQa, 16 I killed her. I might have saved lier, Ob, Lord Burle, you may be. proudof Lil. he never forgot the woeful, weeping %ace, , y at.!... . . ____.. 11 * trice sinking in the dark water And calling I') I ... lager of yours cau. add ut did Act. A �, � . 0 � Ilan. .She is the noble tt truest girl that "Ronal.d," she cried. "I trusted my . � I I � 11 Lady Dora," .explained Lionel, . A IfflReflotiAd 3rAuU0Lb7- upon him for help, Kindly faces watched nothing to my torture ;think what it has - � ever lived. Why, she saorificedber own darling to you;-whaltbas happened to bar 211 . I taking her barid, 41 I love Lillian ; and, she - . I lba, ply OuM, tilac, . ( J,u!� . Oil die 01000 to maullnia; _ him. The over him, kindly hands tended . morning Bun found him still there. _ man two days since; , � _ . been. I was A strong when the oun,"to I 4all be numbijed with � love, her own happiness, for bersister I She loved mo- reddirig, that , .and, when. this m , The first words for many long yearB-the first since, he had turned round upon her in . loved me before I was so unhappy via to I offerd. her. I have come to beg la, er pardon ­_�­ U, - . Idle clospan'boar 1110 oing, o , peorleino.tio lammie. . . g � oold an, oUlor shells . . Lady Helena I I brought him some tea and besought him tp drink it. .. The parched, , � ish to sordett myself the dead. I .do not w from justice. I have t e at f will never no,w take place, was. over, I , . I intended to oak You to give me Lillian. I )lie contempt, hopilighe Might �e forgiven for having made her . � . his wife? Wi] I You trust her with me for a few in' : In utes?" I �ldrkojn, I � Fee do inerelaidlo dwellin'. I dried lips almost refused their office. Ifi heaven, suil'that Appalls me as the anger of ,, ;, quite mccidentially, while I was One night I Sheaee=4 to forget himthon, and laid . Lady Dora assented and went .away, , Beanie 110'ere frao fairk dolls Past a, moxtal tollill, - , . whM 6411 blit do, , - was An hour afterwArd that Ilewson entered the romp, bearing & letter . , , Moors of the manilever could. Send the o law $or me. If I am not deA. d, let them wandering through the grounds with A . la r peaking to P, stringer cigar , bar ' 3 ' "- �'-'Iw I a J liar head down upon the quiet heart; bat . I Ronald went round to bar, Us raised liar , leaving tbem together. I I . 641 I � . Wil !an," said Lionel, 11 I do not know I W'h a, oh lot I t � Her t O' Toy-bsrt, 11 0 O' =Q. . -in his hand. It was. brou . ght, be slioid, by t .ko me, I Ana, let them bury me, as . OMPAS$ 11 of Pity atc ion fuir, s, �',f.ae J1'.a 'IQ , ,. weeping face on ia his arms, he laid the ) . big. breast, he kissed the blinding tears, in what words to beg your forgiveness. I . saftly, sattly, houluilt gray. I I . to creePi , o lived Thomas Gluns w,la at the. cottage , , Vairoen. �iils. It bad been written ,it th .Y we, a 4 dog. I, ask no moray, no . compassion, no forgiveness; I do, not I. me which I mis colt for love. I i I 8119ime tO, WO . , oubt her -that that I was base enough to d I away � I . and she cried to him. � - _am gabulned and humbleit, I know your � sister's story, and all that you did to i4vek Owra dm sea , � Ant it's. nodder nicht nor past, . by. a man who lay dying, there, mud w1lo , merit it. I spoke the words to her I uttered I 1 41 . nald-forgive we I YOU Forgive me, R.p . . . her. When one was to be -sacrificed y u, , , � , I WILikin'time, norr SlQel)i ; � I I)Uti da waves uPo'dm 0111 I had prayed him to take it at once without . delay, I 11 It by say torture, any death, I could . undo what I have done and save liar, I dews ded to know who it was she had met, . .0 , , And .why she had, met him. She asked me 0 lmot refuse in the hour of death." 4 ... , How the words o.mote him I They .9 were the victim. Can you ever forgive Me?" . �, I . . NybiBper still n3ylanllni , 3)QU , u Is lum, an' troo 49, door . 14 1 ventured to bring it to. you, my lord," I . I I . wouidgulfer the extremity of paia , but I , 1. to trust her, saying she could not tell me. were his own, recoiling upon him. 116w but be his "I forgive you freely," she gently ans. . 4 t Cuddle close to maunnio. � , . .. Cosior du couldria be- . said the butler-,, the man seemed to think I it a matter of life, or death." cannot. My deed -will be judged in oternity. . ,,My lord, I write this confession Patti I stabbed her with cruel words, And left . I ever see her her,, vowing that I would U often refused mother's pleading -burdened his own heart, saying to him. . I , . wered , ft I ho vo bee in the valley of the I shadow oideath, and all human resent. 11 ' I Hart, ol my hert, life O" me- . took the letter from his Lord Earle. I to ease my own cousciduce,Partly to shielK Again. Her sister .aai4st home trusted her I I . , self and to bar that he could not pardon nakeiltsaild, unisindness Boom as nothing to I - Bonnie blue can blinliln! fast, � . I , hmnds�he tridd to open it, bat; the train- , others from dnjuBt blame. Do not clarse, with bar secret, and she would 130 b davulge her yet -he would forgve her in the Uour of - � me ,, - . Peoria inootio laminio - . 104, has talon Cleo n . 8, 00 a , t last, to I bling Angers seemed powerless. He signed to Hewsou to leave the room, and, placing mo,','bec ause through my inad jealousy, my miserable revenge, as fair and pure a . it," � 4,We cannot ask Let ,. now," said Lord , death, wben either he or she otp I ,od on the tbreshold of eternity I . , , I . .1 11 And may I be, to youa,s I waa before 2" he asked. , . I . . Cuddlirl'oloso InallItaiO. . ; . . I 11peeps be qttondin'del . i the letter upon the table, resumed his I , *or loved hasi gone to her child as'father a Earle. 11 y mother tollw me she i 0 very M Heaven had not willed it so. The par. I - - � "That is another question," she, said, I' , Happy be dy waki in', i i ! For �Yir ain comes fae da sea, ,. ; Whin 6m day is broaldn', I melowcholy watch. But in some Or ge . all way his thoughts wandered,to the missive. rest," I � So the strange letter concluded, Lord- . ill.)" ,, I must see her," cried Lionel 11 and ask (Ion he had refused was . Wrung from him now ; #.ud looking at his child, he felt that � , ­ . 11 I cannot Answer it mow. You dic! not � trust me, Lionel." ' I . Daybreak llcht-o'-)18,1110 isUc- . . � Herb ol inky,hort, lite Q'Ma, . � what might. it coutmin, brought to him, too, in. the silent death chamber � -He opened Earle read eyery word, looking ever and , , I kept anon at the quisi, dead facetbAt had , liar to. pardon in's if she can. Wfiat am I ind me to do for you, Lord Earle? Comml , I she Was sacrificed to his blind, wilful pride. 11 You will forgiveme, Ronald,,, pleaded .1 Those were the only words of reproach I I . I I fibs ever uttered to I � I him. HQ did not annoy . 'that' : I ,` Tl J. NICOLOOk- . 1! . . - lovuble, are I I it and found many sheets of closel On the first written 'The , , the secret hidden. Everk word seemed . as though I were your own soil," . it I want you to go to the cottage," saia , dead the gentle voice, A, for love of my . . . . 1. � . I , child? Do not send we from yoii again. ber with protestations: be trusted . I time would do for him what he saw' just - : NQTn,-0urry7-Xeat, .bonnie, I . _­ - JUpIUfJeA_J.o,�.hi13 comprebonsive Word and do . paper. was -o, .0onfes#14m.of.Hugh FeruQly-'-'. - I burned in upon his brain, every word I . via ace seemed to'rine bdioro- him like iusing Boualk- . it mjULAee it the man. is living or � _.- I.Nmve been very unhappy all these IongiAllen I . he could not .do fog himself. . I . I not exhaust iTF-50Ahing. X`ddiTik1X56alc:-:'yfty' 1, from; nedder-noither; . small; ting�-tbing; fae � , d& -the; du -thou; dy tby; 11po-Upoo.; troo---! The name told him nothini, Suddenly . an idea came to him"could this confession - spirit . Hd stood face to face At last with the sia dead. 'You will know how to act. I , and. A'gentlealita need not ask a kinsman . years; let me, stay with you now. Dour, I was beside myself with jealousy I I when I I His out down upon the couch bv half Aide, - and began to speak to her of th; to r she �. . I In - doo"thoo' bliSsOns-blossings; wir I. through - , oar; Ni641-twillilat. .. .1 - I th, tile fat ' of th have Anything to-, do, wi .0 .0 . be'l6ved'ohild who lay before him?' Kneel, 11 .1. out. TI of his youth; ithad foundhim -is . i . disobedience; the mar- . to keep. my secret." ' ' In -a few minutes Lionel.Dacre was on acted as I did." . 11 I forgive'yqu," h B�A_getktly; "Omn .a, was about to makel, of the places she L . should viBit--oarefully avoiding all fefer. I : � . . . - . � LOVEUS ' V M' t'- i . , by ille 4oad child's side, he turned Ov4r In � thg. leaf and read as follows: . & wjlful,� wanton r,s heart, riage that hadbroken his fathe , , And struck Ronald himself frbm the tell of his, way. to'tbo cottage, riding as though it I wokil-if ife.' Death had been -still . or dear, I I 'H dead., , you pardon me, as easily, Dorm? I have . , I spoil4d your life -1 have done you a cruel can forget all, sad love ihe as . . eiiico to the tr6ubloil Past. . ' . . Three days afto5ward Lillian"started d,`h ­- � - . her to th'a France, insisted I I - , . ,,Lord Earle, I am dylng�tbe hand. useful-radn; the wilful, cruel neglect of .more. swift. ughFernely lay wrong.; you . journey south of I I I 'his . . � � - _.. - " - _0 be-&U,thor-01-11-madain ---. - � 1, F I " O"Ovar-l*- , , � ttwmg-th,w-wrll--o,o,-be-,mld--]3e - � die ' , de-throwia� _,Of__alJ_4Ios+__tbe_ =;,g - ow the _Thb cottugerls. w1fq told'Lionel h out at play had to and -a-MMT to.277 1 I . . . you did years ag - ____`1 strain".nd-auger-"re-dead- I upon by the, doctor. Lord Earle And -.wife-too,k-eho,rg"f-tlieirchi-l(!-i-I46rd A-irlie,;.-- - ____�_.�� CHAPTER XLII. - I must confei5s my crime. n,7, I . 13la the per a E; ork are kneel g y the side of I ,. unforgiving temper, the a,bandonnakelt of wife And children -all . children asilk grass near the Pond, and . lyiWIN1111 th's ­ � He loving words to his weeping I I - I I Y . . . declaring be, could not yet indure L zinton,. I . While the *coping 94oup still stood there . doctors came;*they looked at the q I uiet , a il lost to -you for 11 ti a.. - . ,.y lord, . T ended there, But for his oins, and errors, . . . his own strou g arlEs, .be r hu band', in still.' had brought him to their alibile. H6 lay Wif o4e had not heard foi years; and he could li�ve, fancied, as he did 130, "went with them. Lady Helena and Lional, Datare, remained At hoille, hi charge of the ' I . . ,: face, so-beautifal, ia death, and said she had been dead for houro,- The words Had or. I ,, . - I at 'eir tab nearly t roe ears 1190p . . that wh,ite,*still figure, might no., ;v, have I 11 � been radiant with, life and beauty. I _ , , for-maray hours, and then a sked for- pen He ivas she said, nearly that 9, happy smile lingered oa the :fair face . I I _ of the dead. . I . ., . . I . Hall and the estate. . � � I . . One thing the lattoi had resolved upon -. . . struck those who heard them. with unutter. I 06 nutsfor -a. o' As out alo ej and - I . I � . saw her� I loved her than no I love her The thought stung him with cruel poln. it his own fault.- Beatrice intilab have writing, alld'ink� rayed her all the, night, and afterward p . No, .it i�as but, Q6 light of a wax taper . . . .that before the I travellers returped, the . , . . . able horror. Dead, while those who loved . I her so dearly, who would have given thill: mere accident now, B ' I board hot' , , ..was erred in meeting Hugh Forriely; Fernely, husband � - to- LoraEarle. to tgke the letter Tha. rimirishmarit. Two flickering over it; the- strange solemn . ' ' ' bea*� a that wewi brow'and those,quiet . . . lake'should be filled up, And gre6a treeg � ' L ' - .. ad over the spot where its w i t ' plant More now I . lives for bar, had imin . sleeping near h6r, ,a 1, deplore riely, isolated life she led, And tZ � that in such terms that I pitied her. She hold done wrongin trying towin thati-young, I heart for. b do own j, but he .who man refused any hours later they went in to PergumdO him I . . . lips was. unatirred. . . . � . I glistened in the sun, . . . � unconscious of bar doom -dead,' while her .. lover had waite4 for her, a d her father . 'beautiful, full Of lif was young, a and spirits; in rez I note home, Awmi that child -like left - his children io ptranga. ,hands, who had � and lound him lying to take.soraq food, his face: turned to the morning sky. des , Half an hour afterward .,L,p,dy Helena, . . I . . trembling foi the result of her.experiment, .. .1 No matter hoiv great th � � . e, ej�ko.tger and trouble be was resolved that it should be . . . I I 11 had been int gaily thinking oi3ber appromplI6 - � - . , ing waddi4g. I she was pining glint, out from the, 1wrig World she longed for longing � I into words. neglected all Auticka of pmreutm.ge, , done the greatest wrong. surely ,a, Lionel Dacre "tered the 'room.: 630 hot . anger died out of his liemrt� as he saw the � entered the room. She snw Ronald's &tin clasped round Dora; while they knelt I done. 1:Q,mrlesaouk-6t would be wretelied,11 .1 ' la� so.Ad, 11 if that fatal lake'remained.J1 . . � I d she suffered during thy6t night? � What lam What awful storm of agoiiy Jiad driven her with m cannot pat 1 spoke to her . do ilot blame her, BIIG'WBB . - F6 r the first time the utter rigglect of aFty came home. to him. He Ilm4 thought 'ho I anguish death.hmamark6d� upon the white � I I . . 'What- the I side by side. , . .1 . . . it Mother," said Lord Hari a, " my The dayaftar the familyleft Earlescourt, I I. he had workmen engaged.' Vo One was , . to the lake ? Had she gone thitiagi , Put- a beautiful, ignorant child... I spoke to her, . I I 1. asking some.questions about the ro�d, and himself rather a:,gioddria.berv, blit. now caught 0, of himself as he was in countenance. - torture- must man 'have suffered, what hours, ,,of untold agony, I . 7ife has pardoned me. - - She is -my own aigia - . . P I � . -sorry At Iiie, -determinatiom. Lady.Relena . � . I 1. n' � posely ? had she wandered to the .edge a a fallenin2 Or was there a deepar mystery? she replied, Looking at bar face, X. swore from the life glimpse remlit�. He saw that he was not 5- even- a . to, have destroyed him in so shoit 6, tim; I . . _ The dark, handsome face.-appearad to indi. my comfort in sorrow.". I . - - Lady B arle touched.Dors'a face with liar highly appr6ved of it. The wy.ter was � .. i . drained off, tb� deepbasin filled witli earth, ' ' I Had foul Wrong been done to LoraEarle's dAughter while he was so near her,'au'd yet that.1 could ral6aso -her -she hated and take her where, she would- be brave man; for a brave man negfects I no � � duty., It was pitiful to Bee how sorrow bey) t I I I - yeark. cate that the man .had been dying for . Man is . . lips, an b . . d told. her what - or orrand was 'i'lley must leave the room now"the beau- and tall',saplings planted whero once the . I . . . -, . . water had in the Bun, The boat . * . . � � . knew nothing of it? I . I . She still wolie her pretty pink evening . hap Y., . I .. . I . . . P, 61 mad -Again. )Fleaveu 1. met her again ; . -_ .figure and lined his proud face. his, stately . . Ila leaned over his dead child and cried to Lionel turned reverently' away- weak and powerless before death. In few '.. )As told the woman she should be tiful face of Beatrice Earle was to be bid- _ detiforevei1ronitbe eight of-meu. - - glistened, - .. aie was pulled dowir,. and all vestigg of . 1101 . I . . tbd lake was done Away with. . dress. What a mockery it I looked I The the pardon me, it I did any best toawakdri an interest in her girlish heart I I told her � * her to pardon him, for it was all his fault.. - Lady Helena, seeking him to the glGOM Of words amply. rewarded for her kindness, and that - I That evaniilg whs* long remembered ah . . Lady Dora I * Lionel, Dadre cAme home one evouing. .1 Works in low I . � delicate laces, werewet and spoiled, pink bloBsoms.ille had twined'inhof hair . a storiaB o4traval and adv'utures ilintatirrecl t4e in'her nature. � With -.the thmi soleran aeathachamber,�. found. him - . vould defray all he, bi aiself N . I expenses. I I He was perhaps a n old Be rvant-of,my Earlescourt;'for -thencef orward .. . took her rightful positioh. She fell at.onbc . from the very spirits. . . I , E mbectiledlek the bottoin of the Inks they . . . I . I clung to it still, the diamond -arrow Lord Airlie had given her'. fastened them, a all romance ' keen instinct df love I ,understood her- weeping as strong men seldom wezk�. 'Ile did notgiveher theletter,' nor tell . . . � .� : � ,Iora,s r she said. . �. 11 11 Lord I arI6 did into the spirit of.the place, attending to every 0 no. and thinking of every Ono's com- la d foun'd a little, slipper�-the fellow to it ' a 'was lboked away. in Dora's dr4wor. He - - , I . ; , e bodice of her � diamond. brooch was in th ----dress, larnedlet encircled the charaoter,. and played upon its Weakness While -1 worshipped its'strengili � . . . . ker oughfi.of Hugh Fernely's, confession. He tfirned to her with as Bud -a face as man - ,. No,'� was the reply ; not know him -had iibver even seen him; but I . . � . .. . I . � forts. � " fighting hard bar. , . Rmyed"it to give to her when she, retilined, .., - . . ' I I i. I and 9, costly . ' m.*- whitq, cold or She bad not, then, .,q She told-nack of -a Fail, patient young . . I . ever w . Ore.. . � I . , 1 . � - of the poor man was . well. kn9vKn to one fri6ladaill ' ' Lord Earle's - - - Lillian was for young - way -life, -Sho.seemed in Boma vague - to ,' . I; To be continued. . I . - . . I . � . . . . . . . . . I - , � removed her jewels Qr:eboinged her dress. What could have-taken'ber down ib the mother who -never smiled,'of a - father who was abroad and'w.buld not return for many 11 Mother, " he 0 Aid', ,, I wa rat -my kinglilan . Lionel. Daere. Lot him be.sont for, and . _: . .. k faintest , Thanki to Xiianel'o,words, the,, � . . d. of understialia that liar mother' was near.- Lady Dorm's hand soothadand calmed liar - �* , AL R1KU111G.,,VN wiMmia'suic.. . - - . . . .. I � I I I - , . , � . . . I 1. . . I . . - so' lake ? Why was Lord Airlie's.looket . . tightly clenched in lierhad 2 . I years. -Pardon me, my lord, if, in common . . with many others, I b6lieved-that st&y,to" asked to come without delay." . . . 1. In this# the crowning sorrow 6f his life; - shadow of siaspioion was never raise � the two deaths,11int'of Miss Emile excited t her gentle mot ught comfort I 1erly ways, bro but long days Passed ' Uorriblv- Murder of a'Ne at . .. . a .. I I .. TOO: .. , gre . . . . - - I '_'W"cour's . 1. I Lord Airlie, when he was calm enough I r be one told to mpp6se bar, Pa'doii,ma,,1f' be could not stand alone..,'He must have I I - -,some him',, all atioatioll. and aroused All sympathy, . No one H ftely, or q6n- and rest;� many ' before Lillian knew -those around her or i !.- .:. I . .n. . � I � 1. 1 . 'A Wadou6ta '(Mich.) despatch says that ' .. . .. . . tq speak, su 'ad thit she might have � . .11 0gest . I t. .. &116n' affeep, irqff, Wore ,undre ,',,in Ldoubted-as.manY others did­�-whether- � � , 1. 1. I . athe'r was your wife. ' thd Bud y6ing mi - , one to ,think'and plan for pome 11 . . - I . . one. to help him bear the' burden that iir� ace the Hall. -hooted him with the bod re at . 'Chars decided - .her troubled feveri ilr' M. woke from all as When shadid, so, her sister had been -laid 0 -the. -I ceds ever Par. I . . Ile of raost lacirrible a I . . . petratea in Clinton County committed . , . - � � , . - _. - - - . - --that- in.. hoar.sIeeP_hbA_W,iLht have 121-d I --d - ave out, tq the edge of the lake, An E ' ' " . . At 1 hiiagiubd thpt I wits going to' rescue -6t lfb& a4alga-�laositikau­whetk 1- Asked,.hoT­ ,seemed too'beav,; for him to.'darty. Some, ' . - t-se6 illi -unba - ilian-wbo-had- '01110:711128 . ­ ppy - wasau inquest, and ined . tha he had ,, died by the visitation of God..". ... , A., - -14-_ - -bita. . I -to rest in liar long, last home. . I . . I . - .Wag . . on Tuesday night in the Township of -Riley,. - ... I I live-miles'fro,mN.Ag . . I a t . . %.. A. nigro. named b go�ae fallen in. . I . That spieaa amongv�ttlao s'ervants. to be my wife. Sll� amid ,liar mother Aiemdedi'all 'Mention of love and lovois, azid I - - written that letter, And it shoulabe a.kins man othis own. " �' :' ,,4. .. I ' I ast, No Ono mew 0 &T611Y tEft hud7(a ' . prostrate - W. the thick dankgrass; noone . . P.---f4­­a,­tt"­- -Y ! eop a sai a ,erwaltd1hat ho Uirer�ds` had ever been than that on which Beatrice . p9qu . � - Charley Dow was killed by blows upon the- -�� ' "' ­:` - . . I ". -I head with s6M6 sharp instrument, and - 0 �. . version � 1. . 0 . From them it spr6ad like � Wild,fird 'around ' . *country I Prayed her to keep My, love'& secret froni. . I '' . . , , Not the brave, Bad, ­young loveri Nb'iag- mblti AP61011. �tlluot had, knovi. the..uneliclur , . . .1 .. Ishorteneahis;ife. '. -'- - . -. . ., . .Earle .was buried.- The.. sun shone. bright . and warm, the :birds - *are -singi . ng,. .the - :. dt6rwirds banged In.his own ' burn, the -'. .. " . the whole side; the c6tintry I I I were fillecl with it, � and the London � I all thb world.- . . . A � . . t' I inake no ciouse for my*self; 6he'was alov�e wiih. his. sorrow -he must us , , know the- tthgedy of that'larief -life. To . � I . . . ' When .. Lioziel returned to-the.11all, he - I . . _�' I '( - 1. . autumn 11owers-w4d in bloom, so thelong I Whole be.ifig apparently. done in cold blood. .1 . , ,I " I . . .1 . Devilwais.wsmail 'man And pot of -a; 9glating . , � papers a ers afterward told he* 11 the beautiful � � . 9". E arI, 11 bad been drowned while Walk. is � young ing child. . and innocent as a 4r6tu , I ought to have looked 6��:'Iaer beautif ul t be sadied and,. bim.her memory.mu� untar- nislied, unmarred by the knowlik d go of her. , JoLor4'Earle.'. , .-' I . we t str ht t , mig t , solid; '14 the man had '� I lf�. 00 A 1, . . I I waA ' t it . . . be .4 Pal oces sion. wound AtU way thro�gh the I paik�;, the leaves fell from the -trees in the . .1 . , � � , . disposition, baths had many enemies. It , , . was ollurgedtilat-lie abuseabis wi ' I J fe'alid was � . I - . .� . : . 1 .. g -in'ber sleep. ; I I . � . in ' . . I fa;c6andiemier. Mylord,anall altogether . .. ' 'The I . . . - . , -, . . folly.. - . I . , . ' , � as ��a hours, .11 . , 1, 1 0 21is �= not in�jkitioued between me was trees, While the logg.grass iustled under the iread of raway feet; - . . . I cl About 6rual'tohis stock, an ,three. iveeks � I . I . But Lord Airliels. suggestion did 'not . I . . satisfy Itonald Earle.;. he would not, leave to blame? .lonely - young, girl at - Knutsford pined f6r what I couldgiVe bet Lady elona ong. in, dislacivering H Wds' I I �� One of.the Lionel Dacre a vlaoi,cabouts. ... . ­ them acialia. - Lord Earle never inquired . - . ... . .. Lord -Earle and Hubert.."fie Wore * I 94o a party o4mon forced his door one ight, . . � . n . I - : took him out', bound,' gagged and tarred . . I the darkened chamber.'. Women's gentle . I hands reiniaved.tho. bright,jewels and the -happinam. and Pleasure did not seem so . . far removed from me, Had she been in ; footmen Who had atte'n6d him to the sta- Con remembered the name, of ths'place wj�kere be was- burie&-:-he -never knew. . - . . . ,ened at "the Half. *The gloom:had .deep ' - �Ullixi together. Mindly hearts knew not ,Which . . I I to Pity ths. inoie-the father whose .heart �soemed..brokorak ' a , . . * , and feathered, him, �and thr mtoiled his life , : if be did.not change his course. Tuesday . . � . . -evening drabs. - Lad . y .. Weis - a With tears I n - .. . .. a,' I' could liar proper plao never .have . . � ` '. ' � . � for Which la � a -had taken a. tio-ket. Lady OreSton Earle lay nigh, unto -death. Many , , believed that the masier"of. Earlescourt by his sorrow -or the young 16.ver so' siadd6ly beieft of all he loved : . I . I . night -Dow's wifia was absent, and at, &�out . that felni ffie long waving ke rain, dried I limit, and -drew it back fikam the i3lacid adc6ressed liar. . . . . . . "I Not to youlookil Ilell"Ahe detaila of * my, I Helena know.that .Sir Wilfted' .. lived close, and she sent alt once to his. � V"Id soon be A. claildleis man- He could: . 'not . . I beft. . From. far, allaid. near friends and, . I . � 12 o'clock tfie Wife of Mi. Cooper, P, biother- I I . . . 11 . 1. � 1. .. In-law of - De�vj­wllo lives just'across -the-, . brow.. She closed . the eyes, . buballe - could . . � . . � not cross the white handg"on -the cold . . love story-howXwonbippe'a with passion-; I ate love -the- beau6iful, innocent child Who � . house .. . 1. I . . . I �. . .. ... .. . I - I rjoktiinately �ha messenger.,foundbim, realizi6lt. They told himbow she lay g fever ,sappilag.1er with � the .. cruel , rd,giu .. . strangers gathered to* that m6grii fill. core- I . , n3ony,.4rom .One to,- the : otlaer*� the story. ' I I . aGpet, beard it- noise dt,DeWls hotise. She , .'' , z' '. aroused her husband' to get up, and, pi,ised � . . � . I . I a. hold, the' locket. in the film; breast. On tight clalAp of death, and 4b,could, not, be ' sihiled ipto'.my fabe and dranklia. my words. . . be my wife' and. she pro- i ' ' . I.A:ik6d.her to I � Startled and Iforrified by tbene,vid,Lionellost . no"timehiroturniug. Ho'couldnotrealize , life, but he. seemed to, forgot th6 living � ;. thild in mourning for one. that la)r AeAd. * flew how be6litiful She was, slid ,how dea -h6w she rli b d the lord lov7�d'.Iaar . MY . � . . I .Do* - � . the window. He t] h6ught he heard . . . .cry 11 Murder r twice; and sui pbosed the I . . . I . . . . moved. ' . leave th' � 'lord, I ,never mised, - My . for'.. 'one mom n b dreameid 'that. she Would qvpr a . th really at his beautiful young cousin was Her face, in its at ' brightness, Ila cOmPlian ce with Lionel's' pra'ye"if . i to1he Lady Helena toodk him n sick ;room date ,tit ofth6 . at i3leep and ", house in -h .. . . fallen into the lake. . . - , ing and'feathering w6re beii)g repeated.' . I .4. tarr, I hi being �con- . * . I . 'ba: . Ronald would not a room. . Gentle hands finished their task. - B eabrice - . - I have a home with you -it did -not a *earn to And .dead. 'qJ.liDg - - haunted him'. Her',voica: saitea to mingle She -here Lillian lay. She did hot'know him - . ' the. gentle, tender eyes Were MIL of .dremd . .,. 'They laid- her to iastin'thegr�een church. , I �vkrd- the "'of the hill ... 4ho I burls, As Dow bad, obar&d with, . To he I I., � . � 'earned -in the attack of three ,v�oeks, &A . . . in, lay in thb.awful, beauty & deatill-no pai . . I - . I no sorrow radving the serene lovellness� of me possible. I- intended toieturn I marry liar, f ' it ally. believingthat -in some with the wild cling Of the iron wheel a. - - , ,was dead, and he w a g6i g'td console hqr. ' and fear ; the fair, puts face was burning - . kit .foot . , , . . I " I . place of the Bar as * said: to his Wife that -he would not interfere . . I - ra� I -and went back to bad sivd.�lept until-mok ' ' � . . . . ' , . her p1mcidbiow. He knelt by her side., It was, his little Beatrice-, tliisitran cold, clmt�ke,: - - �res e.bs my rank mud, c6cidition it, lifis -were., be? her 6vil. She'piomisd-d to bd to-q.than , . . . .a an- . �. I . �. 11 � . . father. � ... . �. No pnrtioulurs of hot death"Lad reached . 11 .. , ; . with; thell uilrof f6ver;*11aellot,�&Y lips . ' war alked ilacessszltly­�-- a never..9till. . Bhe t . timbs'of Knutsford-- aul Bev Ari�o-��-thefi. The doath.Wl "vid* a6d' " la cemse - ringing;.the i a, long -whit " blirlds "6f the Hall Windows -were dXawn up the sunshine once . ,.. . ing. Upon getting up on Wednesday morning � � ' t'. ... � -that � Dew.'s barn door was open, I . .. he noticed : - - marble statue -his- little baby . true:'.to Lae, to love. no one ,else, to w'a" it -for . .him-; he now only knew that-sbabad Walked I . fibr Jnto the at ' pra�,dd in'ber sweet sea Vofde'thAt Lionel I ;: played ' more,inthe roonas�;. the carriages of-'oor­ 'Jag undsti oil -he- w'entmoro" and , - - ., -and this boi 11 , , ,� " , ", . , � ". - . 1 who hold leaped in tis arais years a go, who had cried and laughed, who had' Uarned in me, said to*marry me WheII1 retu road. ", - I I beli��e ubw that she never lovedme. a sleep, and'.had:fall on o vin . ....* . �. �. . . . lake. - - , , . . I... . . . I I would,:trust. hei:--6nl true ' t bar -; wh Y. . . P11 I � I . . . rowing friond� we're gone ;, the funeral was � i .. � found the iv�in-`fo a, boom.. - He -, . . . -bodv, ban, � . . ..'� then *bAlled. hi� � "neiolibbisi. Mr,' Jones- and ' - ' � � . pr - p his kamme-hisbon'tati- . etty accentoto Its . � My love, and divotion were'but .a pleasant' . . . . Twdnly-fou'r hours licanot eiapsed"since' Beatrice. w�s m4rried she would. tell him, . .. . ,. I � t.B,� ii�, ovei. , Of the beautiful,'brillian t .0 , I . . . ' . - . ,� r.'PilakhAib,' anY the - 'three ,. made. an U I I _... . - In, daughter, who , . I child, his proud, bright . hid kissed him the previous night while he interruption to :the monotony of her life. They were to blame &166 whoallow'ed 16r Lord Earle cried cut. in- his ' 7 or his grle, I 1), yoiingkiiir,ni�;il',y'etalt'eadybeltooa Yllis . . � all.' - - ... I ; , . I I :Us turn�d- away -, her -eyeg had. Jln�ekdd` . Earle there remained latat a memory. - . They told - afterward fiow,Gasp�r Law-' ,�: . . . , . exankipatioii .-together. - 1jew's -body was. . �- - .... �. I hanging with the feet's few irielles'from the - :'- . I spoke jesting words to liar about her lover. . And he had never heard her vpice ,ainco�. . ' no pleasurea-who forced her to tegort ' to this 9tolon'bile.. ' - . � . .1 . .� , , " . I . .... siae,: - ... . . . 1. � I � 1, -"' PerBuade, him to leave that room," said I . on his face, but no g1cam of recopitioll . came into them. .,.: . . . . ... '44 'she �reuce watched th� funeral Procession, and bow lie landlingered. last of All in the little - . . I A.8 1 -ft. I . fl9or�:---Tbaro=:wl otil .ovog the'left eye * _.,. -­ . I I ­ which tile , brain nad was- suffi- �. .. I . . I neverwoulahear it again. -Had she called- . him when the dark waters closed over her - . . - , '$,my , lord, I placed ik; .ring upon, vent daughter's'finger, an . a pieagea my fafth to I ,� Lady- Helena'. -Since-. our -darling -W4A . carried there he hm§ never left bar sidd." ' You' do .not think will diel" be . , . I asked 6fLmdy,IIelenv,; audshonever_for. I I I chui6la-yakd: He -.never forgot Beatrice. -he never looks . a into the f . ace of an,th,r . . penetrated . . , .cient to cause itistaint death. -There was - - . ,. , . &Iso a out in the 'bmck of the -heM, not so - .. ... I � .. . bright head? ' . ... - I . . � . . . I Cold, motionless,'. no gloarn .bf life or . her. I cannot tell � u what MY love was � ,p like; it Wai s.fierce re that conaamed"kne - ' - - Lionel did, -a -is w�nj s requested. I straight to the library, un&'geat for 'Lord' got. iiiii voice.Or. his manner. - . ... . .' . - "life, 6ind ' "-'We 'hope not,` she. said I - I : .- . . Woman. with loye on his own. . it..was all ovbi and On the eVening of that . I I .1 ''One iog was aialoontea and. tfib back , - � r " - - deep. - . .. . �. , . . ,was badly lary ised, indicating -m torrible . . . light d this was DoreO.s little child I He utt, - "" ,ad a great city as the'' thought struck night, and. day. ' . , . I I .,. I . - d1mi '� "'I was'to'returLi � and in bet in two . Earle,. saying-t"t lie could not at, present . . .look up6n ibe and sii,lit ill the gloomy death death are .in higher bands than outs,- If . you wish to'l, kelp her, pray,for'her.1 -1 ,same day, a, quibt, deep *Bleop,oame to Lil-. liall. E arle; � It saved heir lifd;'the. wearied. . struggle. Tho body'wai 60V�reif with -blood .� . . . pi6sentea a ilibraing sight.' ' - The . - � ... ' .,* sic . � list would Dora Bay ?" He loved . him, 11 W Beatrice ; yet for all the long, years of her years. Absence made me love her ; more. : . I came back, rich in gold, my heart full of, . chamber. ' - - � ' I _. , a '. . � I I While waiting there, be heard Of Lillian's I �. In.after years Lionel. I)mcro liked to remember that the .best and most' fervent . brain found rest.' Whola she almoke; the 'lurid light 6f fever died out of her ,eyes, and. .and , I . . . zrauce of' Ono - boot showed that Dow . I up a, ,,, , , , � . I . la, .topped into &..pool of bloodduring the I I . . , I . childhood he badboon,'abserat from'her. . . How must 'Dora - love the child who had happiness, hope making everything bright I I went : straight t and beautiful. - 0 �XaitB- � dangerous illness. Lady Relenatold him how she had changed -- b6fbre ;her 'sister's pravers 61,lais .1 ife, had boon offered for . a. I . gorille, innocent Lillian: Earl . 'he., .they looked in gratified. Amazienaaint upon . . . I heisida.. .. � - Lady Dorsk,'who amt by . - . . 'tr,ggl bkat�66 'such pool wma:found, . I Th4r, 9, .11O.Alue to the' murderorsp' * ' , I - . Is , I . � , slept oil her bosoxai,�.'mnd .who was iYow ford-ildsl sho.wasno longer.therel and dewt Ili and despite iho young. man's.6inget, 'As- he turned to quit the dhawber . She - ,�-gmnaaam,;­ ,she w jjperal ,1 --- I - . . � h im-, .. 'y- �.t­ . � . . . .. , ­ *_ I . I . �. � . � . .. . - . 11 . ' I � parted from her forever I � ' - ' .' And then his thoughts . Went b"k to the: then.1 heard fliat the'girl'I loved'so, deeply and so dearly was Lord Earle's ciaughtet., his heart was sore and heavy. . . . - Ile hardly recognized.Lord Earle in'the heard liar crying for hot nibiller. ted .. ier, mother - why . WAS she wall I Helena', h6nidstRuutsford?"' . � . __ �. di th '.:Dora soothed, her, almost. --dr m Ing a. in, full .. . � : . - �� .. .. " . The Spri6;til'oi-itioliaii,imedanligm. I I . - . I Mr. S. Blunt, the w'n. '. Old subject-1111ow lamd it. happen6d?. � What bad taken her to the lake?" - . . , "I did not dream of losing her; birth, title and position -seemed as nothing beside , altered man * who soon stood: before 1112 The long watch, the bitte i remorse, him not there? He looked at �,BdY , ,she . . . understood him ' time wben niemory sliould�mwagn � . t seemed partly to return than, for force. I I Wvrid, welb'kno* . . . . Orientalist, has jusf completed a consus . ,,� ::- . . One Imelt near who might havetolahim, . I . ' bl;t a numb, awful droad had,seized upon � - , my, mighty, passionate love. I thought nothing - of your consent, but only of - her; . the miserable con6oicuAness of his .own . folly and errorg 0 ,_)ijd_wrj.ttda strangq lin' a - , ,, I have written," ,she said. "Isentfor Dora-yoBterday; she will be herb,66a.Al -, . I , I Lillian gavoveut to a. wearied sight road . .1 . . 'closed her eyes. , . � . 1. from the" best obtailaWe authoritieq of . I TilphammadarliBm. According to, him �the �. - ,�- . - . . I Lillian. . Alkemdy weak. &lad ill, she was � . unable to think� unable to shape lagr ideas, and, I went to Barlescourt. My lord, I wroto to her, and my heart was in. �very n . I . - . . I I . � . - UPOI isseln'Ne"fo-r You, Lionel," he smidi ;, I . �. . ,., . : , I I �. . . . .CHAPTER XLIIL' . . I � � . . Then. Dora saw a look- of wild almrm � 6 bar face.. She s�rving up crying: - - : oros I creed numbera 114,000,000 believers, divided .. . . . . . . -into four sects; of wilioli the-, gunites are . . . I . . unable to tell right from -wrolag.' - . .. .11 . She alone hold the claw to the myitery,* line. She seat me a cold. reply., I wrote again ; I swore I would Be 6 her, She sent . " becausea, am in great trouble -so great that I 'Can no longer beer it alone.; Yonk-whith , Oil the , seekand'day su ' oceeding 016b. on . Dorm' had 'been sent. for, Beatrice 'Earle , . ' � ismamma,isittrue? Is Beatrice desa2l' , (� it - Is trudi.my'darling," Whispered bar I . . � . . I. 145,000,000. There'vere.93,250 pilgrims at * .11 . 'Necom last.yeiv.- But the most singular - , , ... 1. _. I � and she knelt by that death bed I with pars, her sister to km6 with' the reply. Then I vowed lay - alusb-thinIc'. and work for' me , I can do . 1. was. to be, laid in her gramb, Tb6 the household, ,who hv.Ld all mothert gently. -"Dead,. hub. not lost to ug� I . --only before.` I feature of Blunt's rbeord is the spread of . I 'Islamism into the heart df Africa. In. the . . . . pmr�ed lips, and eyes full of terror. Her I face startled those who saw it. He � r sor- grow desperate, and i would My calskimbefore you. I asked her tomeet me iAeither f9i myself." .. I - Looking into his -hills,man's,face, Lionel servants of dearly loved their beautiful young MistrOss, 'had gone � ' The -young girl recovered very slowly. .. .1. .. I . ' Dark Continent thefaith Is. slive.alla at ' . . . � rkaw found no vent . in. tears; the, gentle . . . eyessee id changed into balls of fire; -she oub in the grounds, ut night, unseen and unknown. slio,congbrited, allaon'Thurs- felt that. more'than the death of �if I i'child weighad upon the heart and mind- of* Ron- , . taken their last look at her' face, Ladlueleumhold Abed bar last tears over The, old.1ful - doctor in attendance upon bar said that, as soon'as it was possible* to 'direct work; and is pros6lytizing as fiercely as .in .. . . . . .. . the days of the Caliphs of* Bagdad. Each - �� . . . . '. - � 0 mc ouiduab realize:that itiwas Beatrice,who - day night.1 met her near the shrubbery. I �. . � aid Earle.' .. � � . asked to be .6lone for a it Ord 4plic.11ad 11 I . love. They had remove xsr,.a�lre should be carried travelling ' ' ' * year adds thousvinda of tonverts to the ­­­�­­ f* ibh the the r6ult will- � . lay there# so oilm and still -Beatrice, who. � had knelt At her . feet, . An she d prayed that - HoWJ ionlaknabor her pretti,'pleading words, -'her : b6adtiftal proud face I ,&& There are. secrets in every family," . said Ronald; fl henceforth there will 'be time with his. dead humored bind, * and for throo long bours.fle from h,49 room to it carriage, takenfrorn home 11 d not alloweO, to return of ptophist, and 01 I shortly be tbo erbotibra- 6 f another Met ' ham., , " . . I . . would save her -Beatrice, who had believed . � .She *aiked me to release bar. She said tbmt it -chilcPs "one in mille-and it will be the tru6 story � had knelt byt .her bidding list a AorroWful farewell, takingg faig.last look Mthe IAZO to the Hall-, tia,in she Vras"otroager,.and better. . . .1 . . . . modan Caliphate in Soudan, Which is now:- ,. I .* - . largely Ialmmitoi.. The, work. whipli... thiz ­� .. I . herself so near the olimai of her happiness. I Could havd met Hugh and had -he had all been. play�-a foolish Mis/" take -and that, if I%would give her her of my dau�hter's- -death. While. I knelt . -yesterday by be.r.side, this letter was thut 'Would, never adAin'Smile, On earth for . �� . They waited until that day came, and . ... . * creed has done in the civilization of the - ' ' , , - , , , I . .she . . . murdered her? . 13k Look where she would, freedom from 9, foolish promise, she Would I first I lamught to me. Road'it, ,Lionel'-, -thell'act � � . , him- . . . I . . . They respected Wo bitterness Of IliB orm'Barle learned -to meaJawlaile La c eate6m Lord �Ayirplio' Vory Natty. IIO I . World will t0er be appreciated, anAmb w . . again in Africa, 'no centuries ago in Europe, . 1. Lillian saw that question written in- fiery letters, Whit ought she- to do? Uuatsli a always be my friencl. At Would not he&r of it; but who could have �rofused bar?. for me.1y - 11 . Re.read it slowlVi tears gathering fast in u no. Wie words of nedutrollablo Borrow, . i ' seemed to And. more corafott with lidi than . . the crandefit is' olaining brightly upon a , I �. . . � . or did the p tell Lord Earle, romiso.-she laid � in if she had told a to lie (Iowa at -liar feet Ili cs, hi is ey Is lipg.juiv6ring, tind his b4nds . . . I gympathy Were offered to him; men P - �Oed film by with averted facd-womeii with. -one else. They spoke but Of one with ally . subjeot-tho loved lost Boatrico� ' bouiglited-people. Our debt to the Arabsin , .. . � , Spain. faid to tile Ottomans in solitllcitst6rn I � I . � made bind her in death as wall (is ill life -2 Nothing co uld..restore her sister. "Ought and lot hot train the lite out Of -me, I should have submilo; ad. . .. �. tightly cIbnob6d. I . 11 My poor .Beatrice 11"hweiamimoa . . , and . . I tearful 0 yes. , I own, Her secret V.vb,(3 never kn ' Lord er be paid. 'Their thil. ' - I . � . I. . . � she to tell all she knowl and to stain dn � I., I Promised to think of her'request, und . then the strength of his young manhood 'arlowas mic),19 with his acaachiia. Lord L I � Inn little nothing Would rommin of Earle mud Lionel Duero 3topb it faithfully. 11TO allukqi6n-to-it ever crossed their lips. osopbol:4 laid the foundation of almost . . �vory- science that we have; their COML � � death the namo that Was ,lionored and I . .. . . we Walked on'the - border of the lake. . EVory hair on bar clear f,ohd was sacred to� g ive way, and Lionel Dacre wept as be had never wept before', 11 The mean, pitiful while lite be mutijul, brilliant daugliter but it To Lord Airlie, while, lie lived, - the moni- � . .. . wanders �ggbh -its strategy %ad m . odora I '. loved? - , � OAo of the doctors -called in smw tile iace Illian Emile. He went at once to Lady Li me �, the pretty proud Ways ;h&t tormented . me delighted me too. I promised I would scoundrel I", Ile cried, Angry indignation rising %a he thought 0� 'her.cruel -death, . Ila and a name. He dih nob w , cap; emory � hisporrowlay too deep' for tears, I'llAlis loved so -wall was '. as the fallin snd*. �� whr. - It w uld be stymnge if Islam took, a - . art of . tile .1 . �, . . I . I now icaiid of life in:flxe 61deSt P,. earth - , �. , of d told her .that, 'if the yourk ,Ilelena, all . 9 release her, and give her the * froodona. she . it The wratchod villain 1 -to stand by -,Vhilo . licivirt ho"WaBataking paradii foil -the Bills and follies 6f his.youtli; la is moo wo a buried ther was th'o story- as -oVery: one else'. rtnclsproutealreslilyamoki�-ita,p.00ples; It - ,, in � system which is indigenous* to the � ' I I d were'not removed -from that room, � a �Jwpt she would be in danger of asked,. if she told me I was not giving -bar up lo another.. She would not. Some few she died," 1. at Hugh I" said Lora Earle. * 'I H6 is 96)30 in Lis hands, big bond bowe(I over tire silent -that Beatrice had fallen accid.entally into . . tropics; aw obarelotoristio &a the faunt, or , I . quiet, an . � her lifoo I I " I face a6nobing.tlamt the words drove me mad .with jealous rage- yes, Mud, the blood seemed to boil in my to his account. What have you to Bay to mo, Lionel � Because I�Iamd 0, miserable od'obild -, and -when tile door 10rul of his 10V I cried gently, he never :raised his eyes- the lake. When Lillian grow,strcinger- I botter.ablo I 'o ,ilia ,flora of - tile torrid zone; and' young 1. Africa, under the grodn sta � udard 6f the . . . . If ever saw a brain wasdistiirbod,ll lie said," thAtis Ono." , veins. Suddenly I caught sight of a gold - . quarrel With my wife fabandoned my chil- them ill wa's only conscious that some * One OP entered the room, mud. Walked swiftly UP 0 -bear th mentioii of liar sisters name- Lord Earle went to her room one ProphoL, may Yet take bar -placo among , " , , tile nations. � � Lillian Was taken back tolor room, and, � leltwitheareful nurses. l3uttliodoctor's locUdl on liar laock, slid I asked her whose pottraititcontminea, Sherefused to tell aren, I never carea,to see from -the time thoy,*oro babos until they Wore tile gloom' y, darken0d chaliber to the bedi slay,fand gently anough, tried to win bat. to poa c to � . - ""' _. . . � . The Itight Itov. Dr. ' Anderson, who on big warning proved true. . While Lord B arlo me. In the madness of my rugs 1 -tried to woman grown. now guilty &Ili 12 That side, TUri a passionate Wailing thal chilloa Lis vdry blood filled tile Mom- him of what she knew. She told him all -of hot sister's sorrow, raidglImtioli Of the Bishopric Of Rupert's wept over the dead child, Lady ifeiens, � ivirag one, ,whoga, life mourned overthe It snatch it from liar. She caught it in IIOV hands, and, shrinking back from moo f ell : man believed he was about to raise Bea. kao trice in tho ,; ,iml scalo when he aakod, liar * 4i My Bentrice, MY antling, why could I . . V realorRoAnd-tomrs -,,.hot longing to be free from the tolled snaro in which she was Land was appointed Vicar -of Uif ton, Bris. . * I �ol,hasroigned that appointment owing � hung by a thread. - tho'gloom. of sorrow The any wore on, into the lake. ' . 'I I swear it was a, sheor riediaout-I to be � big wife. iio did not tbink her Iii6tbor was my wife, or, -as fio A&yst lie ]a .have died for you Ot I ,Some Ono bent Over ,the quiet figurot wro caught; how she 11 aaea liar to' interfere. 10 ?lot interview . I , to age and infirmities- - - ' , , . � . � � and moUrning had .settled oil the null. 'spoke , . vvOkild not have hurt a hair of her hand, Would nevet,havo dreamed Of Proposing to, clasping it in tender atins, calling With m, thousurad of loving words upon the dear Ono She. told him of Abort with the unhappy man,'and its And consequences The original Tichborno Claimant does - not . scorn alarmed at� the pr 09pect of an � Servants with laughed �oices, and trend. Lady Helena biit, oh, my lord, pardon mo-pardoll, ano, for heaven's sake 1-1 might havo saved marry nay daughter. 11 lie makrito blame, oserve?" ' what do I d . who lay there -some Ono W1090 voice foil . for her, -.. I . . . I. I � I . American competition. . -NVheu rodontly I moved with gentle Bat in the darkened room where Lillian I Lord Airlie had shut himsolf tip 'a imt,aiaal aid not. I might hav� plungea. fia, aftai her and brought her back, but . , " Itwoks afaloo position, certainly," rophod Lionel Dacia. .1, . . . like the obtain of lotig-forgotten music upon hisears. Who but & mothercould woop . One Morning, when she Was able to rise and sit up for 0, short time, Lionel asked Lady Dora informca that there Was another 6141mant � . . in the field, ho replied - 141. - I to I . "'gra &O"60, I . y by 110L -, andRonala E6t1okkaeltall. am �", e . jealousy whispered to me, ODO not gave . At be kept juviolato,1, ',Tlais secret mui I an she ald-who but -at mother forgot every-, thing else in the abandonment of her got- permission to sea her, I who . know nothing.of what bad passoa between hear itt'as it is the lao�t th, bat could - happen 'or me The P rib"O �'I' than All ' ' " ' his dead ohna. In vain they entreated . M to move, to- tolie fooc 4 I or wine, to go to her for mnoth6r-let borilio., I stood upon Be ther bank, Am! saw the water clo over liar I blind thrOW11, up saiaLovdEarlo. .14 Lord Airlio must never now it -it would. kill -Lady tolotim, X � Lionel-, raw, mud romemborlo'nly thvi dead? , I up, he know it Was Before be looked thorn, tin hesitatingly congontea. he wag alarltiod w he n, as lad outefda � " an in"Vo8lor ill Alan any Mi a as in lailtos oross;oxafflikintiou as I aid a cial myA (tw ' I 1: , his own room. lie remained by her, try- . ing td kbft' from that silent face the secret head. A&W the White 'in wild appeal, mad never moved not allovd, One thing piazzleB me, V ornely ,amya Lillian mot him. I do not I _ I I -the Dora-t1le mother boref t of flat child the. I the room, she saw h6i d%ughtot'ls gentle a igh � but , t sured 0 will not mak � 8 As I of hot C'milk. . sti rod. 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