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I watched the lady's hand with a
most agreeable fascination and filed
to remember a. hand which it was my
chief business to forget. But one's
memory in such matters is not what
the romantic would like to believe that
It is. The actual fact is that I prob-
ably could not have identified Anna
Lamoine by her hand alone if it had
arisen from the lake beside my boat.
After a long while, as It seemed to
Ine, the lady stooped. I had warning
that he would do it, and my heart
gave a leap. It was great sport; I en-
joyed every second of it. And then her
head came slowly down into the visible
area. She was veiled, not heavily, but
quite enough. I should not have known
her had she been the dear old aunt who
brought me up.
It was very strange that an artist
should work with a veil over her eyes;
indeed it was not to be believed. I bad
seen a motion of her left band just be-
fore she bent down. She must have
been lowering the vele and this could
not have been done except upon. my
account. No one else was In sight.
The hint was suflielent 1 took up
my oar and gently propelled the boat
temnrd the other side of the lake.
'There, with my need upon tie ran as
the stern and my feet almost in the
bows of the little craft, I lay for a long
time thinking.
At this distance the girl was a mere
,dot in the landscape, yet the nearer
'view was present in my memory.
"She is some one I have seen before,"
.said I, "but she is not Miss Lamoine,
nor Miss Jones of St. Jo, nor any pos-
sible remolding of Sibyl. Who is she,
!and why. do I feel this peculiar interest
in her? Really she is only a nuisance
-of a girl who prevents my living in
that Itttle house under the tree."
Having reached this conclusion I be -
gen the serious business of the day,
which was forgetting. This must not
be neglected, and so I lay there and re-
membered -remembered all I could,
with poignancy of regret at first and
frank self accusation of weakness. I
never should have tied like this; I
:should. be up and doing. Every mo-
ment was precious, for who can tell
what is happening in the world to in-.
fluence his destiny? Your friend breaks
his arm, and you grieve for his mis-
hap, but tne good and the bad that
make him what you love happened be-
fore you knew him. You could neither
_grieve nor rejoice; you could not help
him, for in the moment of his most
-desperate peril you were laughing with
that day's acquaintance, and you were
-cast down for a trifle in the nick of
.his triumph. The same is as true now
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She was shaded by a large umbrella.
:as it was then; the great battle of your
cause is being fought, perhaps, and you
.not there.
This philosophy is the father of blue
.devils. As it deals entirely with what
one does not know, it gives unlimited
scope to the Imagination. It was per-
fectly easy for me to Imagine a hun-
dred combinations of circumstances
every one of which would result In the
loss to me of the woman who of all in'
the world I could love, for in following
these lines of thought t never failed to
reach the conclusion that Anna Las
moine was that woman.
In the face of all ray manifest good
•fortune I fell Into a miserable despond-
eney. It seemed to me a particularly
glaring outrage that a man situated as
I was, with every possible chance to
be happy', should have it all spoiled by
the thwarting of a single desire. I
was far from blaming my father or
any human agency. The thing was in
the order of nature and Could not be
otherwise. There is a worm for every
fruit, and when one Is not enough It is
110 trouble at all for nature to invent a
few more. It is evidently not the in-
tention that we shall be happy, but
v ?idly not?
I became excited about it and stared
fiercely up at heaven. And then I no-
ticed that the sky was beautifully blue
and the arch of it immeasurably vast.
My boat dwindled to a speck, Looking
oVcr the rail, as I could do by turning
met head lizily, I saw WS dente Ora.
Dieted to a sphere. 1 was an atom in
a. great bine egg, an egg that tuiracus
lonely beide the germa of an infinitude
of creatures. Considering that t have
tat yet peeked the shell of it, Why' be
impatient? There le a time, no doubt,
-When *6 abet an go forth.
TO undeniably W6 Buffo now, the
big and the little of us. There was a
swallow chasing a fly, and winged tube
was after me with no better intentions.
Around me in the air and water innu-
merable creatures preyed on one an-
other, the stronger on .the weaker and,
bideed, the weaker on the stronger al-
most as commonly. Yet the scene im-
pressed the deeper parts of me as a
scene of peace, and I was happy.
Why not play the game according to
the rules thereof and be cheerful about
it? The like is done by those gay col-
ored insects and by the little people
down ,there in the water. The tiny
pickerel under that leaf is not protest-
ing, though his very father would eat
iilin if he could catch him. It is only
when a man transfers to these light
hearted creatures his own elaborate
and farreaching terrors that he is con-
strained to shudder at the carnage of
the under realm. It is but life and
death, after ail -the life agreeable for
the most part, and the death preserved
from cruelty by methods which you
will better guess in the fields than shut
up in a study with cold reason for a
counselor. For in the winning of this
reason you have lost some part of na-
ture's mercy or, at least, the power to
feel that her exactitude .requires no
mercy to season it.
Idle speculations, leading nowhere
except, thank heaven, away from one's
own personal and exaggerated troubles.
It was for this, indeed, that 1 came to
Mrs. Witherspoon's. I have had a fine
afternoon on her lake.
CHAPTER VI.
THE SPECIAL GUARD.
HEN I went to dinner, there
were several people in my
section of the dining room, all
very quiet and well bred. An
elderly couple and their daughter were
rit one of the tables and t*o young men
at another. In ordinary circumstances
1 might nave been Interested in the
young woman, who was a dainty crea-
ture, having wide blue eyes full of
light. But as matters stood, I gave
my attention to John Trask and Alex- 1
ander Seovel-whose names, of course,
were a later discovery.
Trask was unmistakably an artist by
dress and manner, but his face would
Ave been ideal for a: judge, being
strongly indicative of perception botb
broad and deep and calmly severe in its
expression. He had the look of one
who has engaged in the more violent
athletic sports in youth and has begun
to take on flesh for the lack of them.
His hair was reddish brown, wavy and
remarkably ornamental.
Scovel was a thin man, tall and high
shouldered. His hair and drooping
mustache were dark and his eyes were
gray. Watching him languidly during
dinner, I made two accurate guesses -
first, that he was a lawyer, and, sec-
ond, that he had come to Mrs. Wither -
spoon's to recuperate after an illness.
After dinner I wrote a letter to my
father and then went gut to take a
walk. When upon the steps, I became
aware of a faint strain of music pro-
ceeding from nowhere in particular. It
was a different kind of music from that
which I had heard on the veranda in
St. Je, and I was conscious of a wish
that it were more distinct. A woman
was singing to the accompaniment of a
guitar, and, though I could not recog-
nize the song, it touched that chord of
, memory vaguely sad which vibrates in
1 the heart.
Strolling toward the road, I saw the
flare of a match and then the glow of a
cigar. A man was sitting on the stile
beside the carriageway, and when 1
eame nearer I recognized Mr. Derrin-
ger.
I greeted him with something like
cordiality and said that I was glad to
have the pleasure so early, for I judged
that two people might live a month at
Mrs. Witherspoon's and never run to-
gether.
, "Delightful place, isn't it?" he said
• gloomily.
The tone and the Words were match-
ed so ill that I smiled, and he petceived
it, though there was not much light
"I am down on my luck, and that's a
fact," he said. "Queer too. I ought not
• to be feeling this way. There's noth-
ing the niattet with me," he continued,
more to the eircematnbient night than
to nee. "Health good, prospects first
rate, plenty to do, If I Could find the
'sand' to do it; not broke or anything
of that kind."
' "Looks like a girl on the evidence
thus tar presented," said I. "It's none
of my business, of course; but I'm in
somewhat the same trouble reyeelf,"
Ile brightened perceptibly.
"Yon were looking a bit low in your
mind when I met on at Cushing'8,"
said he.
It Is strange how two men become
eentliletitial. The thing Usually hap-
pens- without Warrant, AN in this In-
stance, and the ordinary habits of ton-
cealmett struggle with a selfish desire
to relieve the Mind. the **Suit 16 that
a fetid* carte* away tioStaluch an 111-
terriew a remarkable mixed ethane for
having both lied and told the truth
when tether was necessary.
What I toicl Derringer did not do el -
Oar of Itit any good, At...6 or bia story,
it *as trultintly vomit*. Ile W*01111 Open
hearted, practiced .tellew, who Might
hive presented the plain fatty with ex -
talent etteet buthe stumbled In the
leynts el ellishem
"The truth Is," said he, "that I
thought I was persona grata to the lin+
est woman in the world, and 1 wasn't.
So 1 came out here to forget about it."
"Another fellow?" I suggeeted.
Ile seemed to ponder deeply, and in
the silence I heard the musie more
plainly than before.
"Hanged if 1 know!" said be at last.
"Beautiful voice, isn't it?"
"I beard it when I first came out,"
said I, "and had a vision of an angel
flying over the house. -Who is it?"
write girl in the rchard," turd he.
"That's the extent of my luformation.
She was here when I came day before
yesterday. Wanted the place for my- •
self, but it wouldn't work. I told ;elm
Withereloon that it wasn't safe for a
girl to live out there all ulone, and she
said eel -mon!' or 'Well, now!' I forget
which. She always says one or the
other. It's a blamed sight easier to tell
Mrs. Witherspoon something than it Is
to get her to tell you anything."
"The girl isn't alone in the orchard,"
said I. "There's Miss Scott."
"Speaking with all possible respect,"
rejoined Derringer thoughtfully, "It's
a simple fact that in au emergency a
good dog is worth a dozen old maids.
I've been tempted to send her one. Of
course she wouldn't accept hine"
"It is customary to make the gentle-
man's acquaintance first," said 1, and
Derringer kicked the stile softly, re-
flectively, as if there might be another
view of the matter. "My own notion,"
I continued, "was to buy some blood
and thunder stories -some of these his-
torical dime novels that sell for a dol-
lar and a half in cloth. An armful of
those things ought to drive her out of
that cabin in 24 hours. But, to be seri-
ous, I'd rather she'd stay, though I
really do want the place very much for
myself. The girl is perfect; she fits the
orchard even as the blossoms of the
trees. I've seen her at a distance,
"Well," said Derringer, ns if I had
hesitated, "what did you think?"
"Why, nothing in particular," said
1, "except what I've told you."
He had got down from the stile, and
as it seemed to be his intention to re-
turn to the house I fell in beside him.
His room was directly over mine, and
at my invitation he inspected my quar-
ters before ascending to his own. When
I struck a light, it happened that the
print of Sibyl was lying on the table
beside the lamp, though I had sup-
posed that I had put It away. I saw
Derringer glance at it and start.
"Any one you know?" I queriecL
He took it up.
"Charming girl," said be, "for at
much as one may see here."
"When a photographer takes tin
back of a girl's head." said I, "the cir
cumstance is suspicious."
"I've seen her somewhere," said be
"Would it be intrusive to inquire" -
"Not the least in the world. She is
Miss Sibyl Wayne. She has been my
father's ward from her youth."
Derringer shook his head.
"I can't have had the honor of meet-
ing her," he said. "I always remember
names much better than 'faces. She's
not staying here? Well, that's odd."
He turned to his study of the picture.
"It's a matter of perfect certainty,"
be went on, "that I've seen this young
lady recently -within 'a day or two, I
should say, yet the time's uncertain.
She hasn't been out here? I would
have said" -
He paused and stared up at the cell-
' ing.
"Strange bow one forgets"- he be-
gan.
"The picture doesn't show much ex-
cept an ear," said I.
He tapped the print lightly with his
finger.
"It's the hat,'' he said. "Pretty bit
of millinery, isn't it? I have an eye
for such things, though you'd hardly
believe it. Yes, sir," he added slowly,
"I've -seen -that -hat!"
He seemed to take a deeper interest
than the facts warranted. By my way
of thinking the matter was of impor-
tance to me rather than to him. How-
ever, he was not in possession of all
the facts, and could not know my mo-
tive for treasuring this picture. I had
contented myself with explaining to
him that there was a young woman in
the world whom I wished to meet with
a perfectly free heart and mind, and
that therefore I had come to Mrs.
Witherspoon's for the purpose of shak-
ing off a certain fascination, a spell of
modern witchery, under which I had
Wien,
Was Derringer right in believing that
he had seen Sibyl recently? Was she
among the guests of Mrs. Witherspoon?
It concerned me much to know.
Derringer and I became so .much
absorbed, each in his own reflectiohe,
Was in Dread of
Heart Disease
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that we were unlit for conversation,
and he presently withdrew.
I lit a fresh cigar and sat down by
that window Which gave the best vie.;
down the orchard. The Blender cres-
cent of the Mem looked bright against
the darkness of the sky, but could not
light the earth, 1 pictured the girl
looking out upon it from the veranda
of the apple tree lodge, and upon the
lake and the rough hill, both as God'
made thein. She might well imagine
herself in the primeval wilderness. It
was pleasant to think of her there,
glorifying the scene ' with her own
sweet fancies. And yet it must be very
lonesome and not aittegether safe.
I did not then know Oat the Wither,
spoon estate was patrolled by night, so
that a faint cry from the orchard
would have brought swift rescue. it
came into my naiad that I would per-
form that duty as a volunteer, and
under the influence of this idea I went
out to the road again, for an invader
of the orchard would probably be no
worse than a homeless wayfarer seek -
lug shelter. A thief would not leek for
plunder there.
A well kept path ran beside the fence
toward the shoulder of the hill that
bent the road. I had scarcely set foot
upon the path when I perceived two
suspicious characters loitering near by.
Advancing boldly upon them, I discov-
ered that they were Derringer and
Trask, and it was thus I came to know
the artist's name.
"I have thought," said Derringer,
when lie had made us acquainted, "that
there might be tramps along this way
in the early part of the night. It seems
that the same idea occurred to Me.
Trask. I met him here."
Then we began to speak of the
warmth and sweetness of the night, the
excellence of Mrs. Witherspoon's cui-
sine, the advantages of the country in
hot weather -many things, indeed -but
not the girt
We walked slowly down toward the
break of the hill, and having reached it
Hut by ontlehleig the blood and
building up the system with Dr.
Chime% nerve Feed the symptoms
were entirely overcome.
Many who are going through life in constant
horror of heart disease can take hew courage in
the fact that by supplying the heart with a mire
ciency of rich red blood by the use of Dr. Chase's
Nerve Food they can restore thc normal action of
the heart and overcome the distressing symptoms.
Ma, JOHN J. DONOVAN, 177 Si. Etienne
Street, Montreal,
states :-"l was all run
down iri health, was
very nervous and stiff.
end a lot with a pain
in the region of my
heart which tamed me
to have queer feelings
come over tne.. The
reputation which D r.
Chines Nerve Food has
as a system builder and
nerve *Iterative led Me
to be gin a treatment
with this preparation and
b I can report exeeltent ft -
MIL DONOVANsults. My nerves are now
strong and steady, The pants ah My side have lett
rite and I feel hettite in retry way. I 'do not
'hesitate 10 rec.:Annelid br. Chases Nerve Peed
in the highest terms,"
To protect you against Imitations the portrait
and signature of Dr. 4. W. Chase, the faMoUil
kceipt bOek labor, as, tit stay We of his
Maeda*.
/ saw Jicrrtngcr glance at it and start.
turned back. Presently we saw a spark
of fire approaching, and it proved to be
a cigar between the lips of Alexander
Scovel.
"Lonely bit of read this, isn't it?" said
the lawyer to me as we shook hands.
"I wonder if tramps ever come along
this way. I got to thinking about It in
my room" -
"Yes," said Trask; "we all did."
And he added a trivial remark obvi-
ously intended to turn the conversation.
It is a lawyer's business, however, to
hold fast to the essentials unless he be
paid to do otherwise.
"It is strange," said Scovel at the
first pause, "how mystery and romance
walk hand in hand. Why are we here?
Why do we speak with a certain re-
straint, as if we were influenced by a
superior presence? We do not know
this young lady. Speaking for eeyself,
I should not recognize her if I should
meet her face to face, and I have no
present hope of ever doing so."
Derringer smoked hard and Trask
took off his hat and rubbed his rough
red hair with a gesture of impatience.
"It Is the mystery," Scovel continued,
waving lils hand gently and gracefully
toward the orchard. "Our interest
might vanish if we saw her. By the
way, I came very near doing so yester-
day afternoon. I was out on the lake
and she was sketching by the shore, so
I rowed in a little way" -
Instantly there was a strong chill in
the air, and Seovel, who, to do him jus-
tice, was itt some respects it sensitive
anhnal, detected it and stopped.
"Well, I didn't exactly row in," he
said after a pause; "I let her drift."
"A distinction without a difference,"
said Trask, "An unwritten law cir-
munscribes that orchard."
"No man can be less inclined to in-
trude than I am," protested Seoveh.
"However, if without intrusion ono
might have n glimpse of her faee"-
Ile did not finish the sentence, but it
had the effect of a question. The
silence of Derringer and Trask was as
loud as any voice I ever hoard,
"For instance," the lawyer persisted.
"we are clearly within our rights here.
'Now to state a hypothetical question;
Suppose you, Mr. Trask, were standing
in this spot during the hours of day-
light and saw the young lady approach-
ing, would you not hold that the re-
sponsibility Of a meeting, If one should
occur, would rest with her?"
"How natural it is," said Trask, Ad-
dressing', the moon, "for a lawyer to
break the law."
"But I should be inclined to argue"-
Scovel began.
"Of • course you Would," interrupted
tresk. "That is Whet you are on earth
for."
'Scovel laughed.
"Will the court please rule on the
matter of Miss Seott," Bald he, "as to
whether it would be within the statute
for inc to make her atquaintence?"
"If the requests the pleasure of hat'.
Ing you prestrited," said the artist, "the
court Will not interfere. But don't
make any advances."
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peered to consider these rulings. The
conversation waned and died. We
wandered silently back to the house.
For my own part I was too deeply
perplexed to talk much. The situation
was extremely unusual. It was evi-
dent that the girl was of vital interest
to Trask and Derringer, while no more
than an object of romantic speculation
and natural curiosity to Scovel; that
the lawyer did uot even attempt to
guess who she was, though the other
two men had settled convictions upon
the subject.
Moreover, I would have made oath
that Trask and Derringer were not in
each other's confidence, and that their
views about the girl were utterly at
variance. It would be impossible for
me to state the grounds of this belief
or to quote a word spoken by either of
them in support of this theory, The
thing was in the air. I held it for cer-
tain that one of these men was delud-
ing himself with a romantic notion
that had no basis in fact. Indeed both
might be mistaken.
CHAPTER VII.
THE GIRL IN THE PICTURE.
HE next morning after break-
fast I sat in my favorite win-
dow and cut off the end of
one of my mildest cigars. I
was feeling for my matchbox when
there was a crackling sound at my el-
bow, and there stood Jimmy Lamoine
offering me a light.
"James," said I, accepting the match,
"I observe that you rarely use nay
form of salutation. That is why the
pleasure of seeing you is so often
heightened by surprise."
"Good morning, sir," said he gravely.
"Good morning, James. Have you
seen Miss Witherspoon today?"
Ile shook his head.
"I don't see her very often," said he.
"She's always at work. But she
wouldn't tell you."
"Wouldn't tell Inc what?" I demand-
ed.
"About the young lady who lives in
the orchard," said he.
Now, it really 'had been in my mind
that I would ask Miss Witherspoon a
few questions, not directly about the
girl, but of a general character 'de-
igned to fix the limits of the problem.
I would like to know, for instanee,
about how many young ladies there
were in the house who might be Sibyl,
for it would be disturbing to my mind
to meet a new one every day without
having any notion how long this proc-
ess might continue. It had not hem
my intention to question Jimmy La-
moine, partly because of the deference
in our years, but more because I had 1
a great and growing distrust of his ve-
racity. Yet since he came flaunting his ,
cloak of mystery in my face and with 1
somewhat the air of a champion sent
forth by the other side I 'set him down
for fair game.
"Why should I wish to know any-
thing about the young' lady?" said L
"What is she to me?"
Jimmy shifted from one foot to the
other and finally said:
"I thought you wanted to get her to
move out."
It would have been a good answer if
he hadn't been obliged to hunt for it.
I decided to converse further with this
precocious youth and opened my lips
to say "Como in," but he anticipated
the words, nodding and pointing to the
other window. It was so aptly done
that I did not speak at all. I merely
nodded in response, and he climbed in-
to the room.
There was a heap of pictures on my
desk, meetly small photographs of
sconce and people abroad. I put the
print of Sibyl among them and then in-
vited Jimmy's inspection. For a few
Minutes the boy dropped his mask.
Ile viewed the pietures with hearty in-
tereat asking questions which proved
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• Branch Office at A. B. Smith's bank; Phone 6, Residence Phone 65.
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Her Twin' Degree's.
"It was only two years ago that Mril.
Weddin took her B. A. at college,
wasn't it?"
"Yes. Why?"
"She has just taken a higher degree
-MA. In the school of life."
A Simple Cure for riles.
Pile Sufferers know that Ointments
mei other local treatments relieve but
never etre. They don't remove the muse.
There is a little tablet that is taken in-
ternally rentoees the tense 'of Piles and
cures any nese of any kind no matter how
long Mantling.
.A month's treatment mete $1.00. Ask
for Dr, Leonberdt's Hem-Roid (a thOns-
and dollar guarantee goes with every
trees ment.)
Hein -B014 to the diaeovery of Dr.
Leottbardt of Lincoln. Neb., one of the
most distinanisherl'and specessful phys-
icians in the Weetern States,
All drookiets, or The Willten-Fyle CO.,
Limited, Niagara Valhi, Ont.
Willing to Demonstrate:.
"Do you really believe that 'the proof
of the pudding is in the eating?'"
"Sure! Give me the pudding and I'll
prove it." e.
Her Intended.
Ada - Why does Clara speak or
George as her Intended? Are they en-
gaged? Alice - No, but she intends
they shall be.
it's a case of qnick consumption with:
the man who bolts his food.
If a man is satisfied with one meal it.
day he can afford to write poetry.
Daring courtship a girl thinks mar-
riage is a haven of rest in which she
will be tree from ail worry and care..
After marriage elte has another think
tonging.
Beware of loose doge and tight men..
Women are fond of gold, bat not of
gold silence.
Dr Bader. Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Speoitdist, 370 Queen s Amenne, Leeelote.
Sod door Beet St. Andrew's Church.
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