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The Clinton News-Record, 1905-01-05, Page 7r Janitor)? sth1.905 . elte err, 1177.-^i7 Th Clinton New -Record' 7S G. D; Yief a nart BANKER. A Gn:NERA.I. BANKING BUSINESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOITN- DRAFTS ISSUED. INTER1EST ALLOWED ON IfE,POSITS. - TED. ALBERT STREM1.`, CLINT0N, W. BRYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. NOTARY, PUBLIC, ETC, OFFICE -Sloane Block- CLINTON HENRY BEATTIE tStrecessor to Air. James Scott.) • BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, Ave office formerly occupied by Mr. James Scott, in Elliott Block . • MONEY TO LOAN, RIDOUT & IIALE eonveyancers, Commissioners, Real Estate and Insurance Agency. • Money to Loan. C. B. HALE - JOHN RIDOIJT. DRS. GUNN & GUNN De. W. Germ L. R. C. P. •& 14; • Edinburgh: • Dr. J. Nisbet Guru al. R. C. Seleng. le R. C. P. London Night calls at front door of residence on leattenbury street, opposite •••, -Presbyterianchute*, -• •-- OFFICE- Ontario street -CLINTON,: a DR. SHAW PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, OFFICE- Ontario ,stre'et -CLINTON, Opposite St. Pauhs church.. DR. C. W,. THOMVSON PHYSICrAN AND SURGEON. Special attention given to diseases. of the Eye, Ear,. Nose and, Theoat -Office and Residence- • - ALBERT WrithicT WE,ST, ,CLINTON.. - North of Rattenbury St. DR. G. W. MANNING • SMITH. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, Office formerly occupied by Da. Pal- Estee011 Main street -- ISA VFIELD - •• • OT DR. DR. AGNEW, DlehiTIST, Office adjoining' hhoto Gallery:. open every day and Saturday.. nights. unti1 to o'clock. CLINTON., ----------.- • ONT.. -1.a. 0. ERNEST Il(..LMES apecialist • le ereen aetl Bridge Work 1). D. S. -Graduate ei the Royal C.O1- . lege of Dental Surgeous .o.1 Ontar- io. • . • L. D, S. -First claps 'honor graduate. of Deutal Department el teroute University. Special attention paid to 1 aservateeei of children's teeth-. • . Will be at the River Hotel, Bay held, every Monday irate to a. ns ,to 6 .p.m. • J. PREEMAN VETERLNAh.Y SURGEON. • member of the Vettr:nary iUalical Associatioes of •London• and burgh and Oraduate ot the Ontar- io Veterinary -Lolicgc. ../ • OFFICR- Huron street, -CLINTON, Next to Commercial Hotel Phone 97 Marriage Licenses • ISSUED BY • • J. B Rumball, Clinton • ..forst Isetween Neighbor*. lidre. Haggard -Do you know, Mygelf end MY daughter are Often PaiStaken for Sisters. 'Wm, Gray -Ab, the dear girl must be studying teo bard, don't you tlaink7 9 •Poor Pahl, Miss Nearsite-Isret that a new Ixnn. net oft your mother? Miss Wisa.--Well, I really titia it's en papie-Excluinge, Sore Throat a.nd Coughe A simple, effective and safe taealy for all throat *That ions is found in Crissolene A.ntisept16 Tablets ,They combine the germicidal value of Cresolenewith the soothing properties of siippory clin aad licorice. 10o. All Dreaming, 0400 mAntivx:,f3rafiffE MOLet3.10 • Rattenbury Street Works m porters. Work Inez - ship and Material guaranteed. J. G. SEALE•fk ,Co. Ntiffs Cutter 1 teehe,14.+4,4,44,..+4,,,e++.4;444„ee .. : . ••• : . •+44.1,,+,..a+.4.,,,,e: e " :I and way oeeeedonatea appealed a ,:, .:.4.,,,,,44,0„;..:..14..;..:.4.4.4.4...8.,;.04.+.;..,),;.+4...;.4.;..:.4.4.4.4.4.4,..:..;..:...:..;..:..4. • ItathboUrne 1.1411. Ire had admired •.h. . an , Patrice May at. first, and Patrica : 11114 OKINNON It CO . Eil. ITH $: . 1 11,41. had diCided tee, be Lady WOOdland, e „ . bet Ohl oherellet her Mark. 4.. BY DORA HERS RU8SELL4ihithet "The Broken Seal," "The Last Signal*" °Footprints in the Snow," "On Golden Hinges," Etc, f+i++++++++f+44++++++4++++++444+++ "Sir Ralph Woodland, she lepeat- ed over mesh° entered her enmll back they ecere new arrivals and wleht in the end. It • . a. Ralph feel thet he had no need V) . -won by ouch iedvances. So •he Went h woo, and he was not a man. to Inla t . , R 8 111 i It* aarnWatr504, fthendrfieWpfel:jg 7:0417;107 troatthtY0 ...:$: ..dooloo..................T..... . • disgust of the root of his female :t..., , parishioners. • But she haden0 Idea of beecnning •:$* We connive:ire cutting prices on /Ill 'lineS or Mrs. Snowo, and be "cutting out flan- y nei petticoate for the peer all my 'St PI am gum Sir Ralph likes meet she 'tet we de not Welt till tile Willt4 SetP1011 is about over, but right - a tele the a:trident weether Is to come and oue custoutere WINTER :,-000DS life, see confided 'to her sister Ella. : also confided; "there must be sonaer- thing prevents hie proposing' to me; "hat I believe it Will all come right Pt 4 4 ,,,,dd She, in fact, never gave- up the sitting -room, for, though elm wes Sir Ra fet AndtX, tUr a rriec r n the Ir. Mee,. - Sir Ralph came and went living in what is called "a good they hbo ei ins an ly e og ized S r away, and then, as time progreesed, neighborhood," her apartments were i. her aunt, Mrs. Phillips, died, and the _"Wh. Patt ," cried ono "look, ious. She had gene to this house be- th°r° rs'RalphYWoodlandl" ' - Ware broken up. Mr, Snowe again by no means either largo or luxur- home at the vicarage of Laytonside cause *he had once been there with ,:i,sdc.. It i„..!13 " anStiered the other, ex - and again asked Patty. to become 1 Who is the girl, I wonder, lee is With? See, elle is coming in • Patty (alwaye sweetie') declined. her father, and she had written to c'"'' its raistress and remain. there, but the people who kept it when she wished to leave freuffolel, as they were nere. Can ehe UV() hero?sReally, this "I an not good 'enough •to be 4 the only rooms she,lenew a.,nything of is ver funny that we should seo elm • clergyman'a wife," she said, looking o they ver • first day." gently M the vicar's face, es if she in town, She had told • them she on islet coining M. They are regretted her shortcomings, It was wished for two small rooms, tied she seeking hands. Well, wo unlit find her nature, in fact, to try to please had certainly got them. They both oat all about that irl." loo 0 back yet y p d ghl f - '• g them, and was beginning to corisider •' CHAPTER ur. • that she had better seek out a cheaper home. • • The two young ladies who had else was by. And when after their "Viroodlendt" Where had she heard such a strong interest in the unex- aunt's death it was found that both the name? Suddenly a• flush rose to pecten appearance of Sir Ralph the girls were left fairly well off, her fac,e, and her hands began to Woodland weie both good-looking young Mr. Williams proposed to Pat - tremble. In a corner of the room • stood the larasssheuncl escritoire "Patty" considering herself, and be • - gins,' the one bearing the name of ty, as well as the vicar, , But she would have none of them. which had formerly been her father's, Ing somethnes considered, a ',beauty, She had made up her mind, and and which Ishe had brought with her They were half-sisters, and their meant to carry out her purpose. Sir to London,' She sought her keys; names Patrice and Ella May. Teey Ralph Woodland, was living at this she opened ,it with strange interest, were the daughters of the lato Cola- time in town, and to town Patty and once more drew out the letter net May, and had been sent when meant to go. The vicar bought the which her • father had, left her to be yourtg girls from India. by their fath- •furniture at the vicarage just as it read after his death- • :• er to his only sister, Mrs. Phillips, • irtood, and this put a little addition - Again • she opened it, and almost s every man slett came near. Even the doctor's ugly little son was , smiled upon by Patty May, when no one who was the w1 0 o , . 0 y al ready money hit° Patty's pocket. the same look of 'horrer and pain clerandshe intended to spend itThey gyman. Mrs.. Phillips, who had no spread .ovet her face as what she had children, was only too delighted to had,' moreover, about two hundred a first roa,d the dead man's worde.• • . receive the two lively; Anglo -Indians, year each, and 'were thus able to . Woodiandli Thd halite. . occitired ., 'who brightened her home bytheir e live where they pleaeed. - We have atood mere then once in the closely wke_ .. prattle, and. altogether cheeeed her Pattyhowever, did not quarrel ter. execraee ions by the Writee. "But life. • .. tt '1,he viettr with the impression - - ' - - ''''-''' ' --------'' ' . -- - - - t°11 ilagca""MullealQadedeswiths bit't.s' - }le .haseandrthtiellevahhohn ephile is.Lowit'lle4-0.407444.91:?-4t X4.43/91464doe-540 assortment ofoutters,. .: for this sc'oundrel Woodland," -Laura lips, had dice a year before her that she would return and looked nieces arrived, .bet she had cantle:tied f 1 also at Willi ' whea she parted with ' him. Then the the, patron of the two, irls • • " in anpther Lattice turned faint end • read in. one ine. e a,e u se so t y at young anis oom ta 1 I stylish.- woodland only met his lust reward," t° liv° by the favor of in the vicarage at LaYtonside living, Sir. Ralph Woodland. who had on tha first day of their arrival there • • for b e g started fcir Leaden, iend • and dura,ble • • All our • cold. Could this dead Woodland be been a pupilain the days °hells boys • saw the very: person whom they .had • ' W di d ' any relation of the live tio art hood, of the late vicar, The present gone to seek. •• •• from whom she had just parted? • It vic,ar, Mr. Snowe, was an unmarried • They watched Sir Ralph Woodland own make and guar- might be; there was at least a doubt, man. and preferred. ifying in rooms part with Laura Ingram the And this doubt . filled Laura's •heart•to the dares of A household: ar- street below, and then Patty hastily, =teed.. • . ,with.a strange. dread shrinking. rangement, therefore, suited • both and in a state of great excitement, .. I "I had better not see, him • aziy Mrs. Phillips and Mr. Snowee and it rang the room -bell. • This was rine more," she thought; • "and yet-" lle lasted for, six years,' and only .ended sneered in a moment Or two. .by the . I was •the ono acquaintance she had at lairs.. Phillips' death. 'matt •• little Maid .of 'the establish - 3 made in• town;' • the one among the. In the. meanwhile ' the two , pretty ' naent. i, vast multitudes by whom she was girls' at the vicarage had wetted a "Who is that young lady who • has .'i surrounded. 'She had feltit iriexpres- geed dealof gossip in .the e village af Just come heel asked •Patty. • . : ‘: '. sibly dreary' wheneshe had first • ay- Laytonside. A struggling village Wee. , • "Oh, mane . that is . Aeiss Inferale0 .I rived: Almost bewildering, this rush ' Nvith a green in the centre, and three' answered the maid. • . .. - .. , . I of human Hie .which.. knew •no end. or four, geed, houses ;standing . back . "Does she live 'hate?". went - • me la And. teen Sir Ralph Woodland 'had from it. ' The doetorelivee . in one .of ...teas,ty, . . • . . , _ . . offered to try to find her. an opening . these; %and had twO: • ordinery-lopking. • "'Yap, Taiee, she does; idea has the ditighters, who. did not admire ,1.11e s' baok *valor and the back. bedroom." Anglo -Indians, and e thought • . them ' ... "And -does any ' • one come • to See what. they. Called "forward," But if • her?". inquired Patty, with heighten - the Misses Williams Slid notadiaire ed. color. "Any . gentleman'?" • • : 'them the vicar,' Mr. Snewe', did, He - • "No, miss; sheen one of thci •hextist, was . a. ..good-looking man, . Portly.,....:sor,t„....1...think,......sad. paints or writes,. comely, and rosy, and ho. fell aevic--. all day. Once' a gentlemaebrought tine , almost from the :first time he her 'eine In a carriage, though." sew her, to thc.. charras of •Patrica • '.'Ah," said POO,and she drew a (Patty) . May, . ',, • . • - .:.• long breath; .and when the maid Wits • She was, was, in- truth, • an attractive .• gone. she turned -ta her. sister 'Ella. 'Yeeing•••ereman, with her tall, slender. "Where, can:. he have' .pielted her ' welt -formed form, her abundant gold- , up?", ehe.naid... ' .. • ' .. • . • en heir, and her fairly pretty .. fon- • Ella May . was not so striking- tures.• Her 'nose. had a little tilt at . lookint.as•Pateye nor were her 'char- . the end, which Mr, .Snovve •theught • acteristies so .marked. She Was two . perfection, .• but . which .her : enemies years younger, and • the daughter of did not. - • ' • .e • a -.different r.aether. . But still there "She is always erying. to attract mene" the Misses Williamesaid, and, , . Was' a. sort of resemblance between • them, for they had ..beth ahunclant. It mustbe admitted, with truth. When, therefore, . one day. the • - - s°m° . fair hair, the bright golden.tint of young larldlord ofthe greater part of whie, h was produced by -art;,•they had Layeenside, and ,the 'owner oe. Rath, .alee• pretty =Oh the seine. views• of .•life, meaning t�do well in it, and • .bourne Hall; . the big. house . ,•standieg looking at it from no very elevated about a Mile from the 'village, called - s en. the Widow of his .old tutor, •MIS. . t,alutdpwoinasit . . . • ' . .. -Phillip,s, at, *the - vicarage; Patty felt : • land,certainly, Ralph Woode • ". said Ella, in answer to her • she Was no longer wasting her elan... sitter's r.einark. ' - . • . . .• Sit *Ralph Woodland had been •• "No doubt about it," replied Pat - abroad • for the three., years that ehe girlie had already lived' , with • their ty, • decidedly. "We . must• got , to. e , know .tilli girl. • Ellai: mast. pick . up them. When he was ushered into the "Oh . . aunt when he appeared, and •thus he her accinaintanco somehow." had never seen, pox' „indeed heard, of . .„How can we do that?': rue up ' against her r en the, old-fashioned ' drawing-rooni, there- • stairs ---anyhow! .We rauSt da it, and. fore, his stu•priee was •groat. ;to find, a handsome yellow -hawed girl .sitting .. then through her are 'will get hold' of Sir Ralph.- Perhaps," added Pat - by the open window, reading a hov- , ty thoughtfully,. "she has 'stood in. el, instead et. the white -capped widow ho expected to we. . - •• • ' • the.' way „all this tie -I always ho ., But _Patty was quite eq11 •toiethie thought .it might be somcewoman.' 7 . occasion, She rose 'from er "Porhaps.- She , seemed ,good -look- . . ..IFZ'SaRepaiting' in allitsIDFaziches .• ,•;.proniptly at - • I, tended to . -' .. • , .tor box literary work. ,It was throw-. which .inieht not: Repairing ' .proMptly ' nitended. he., • '', •nege'ura•w,a6gya. hn • chance did not ,_ 1 h • see thie . i• yeung, man any mere: And,, more-, , . • ..... , . 7 overe phe liked him. rilipi.e • was -4' OFR tramlifili-Allie---- eaerinothinge -in. :his ecieeer. ;Mpg_ _which. 1 [ • • he v .: took' her fancy.. At all events it , . ended In , her going to the National Unreal St., Clinton. , , ., „Gallery 0' Frid y s they had ar- • .......,,,,...,.....24;,:„...4,.....z.riu....,. kAtigect, carrying ' the manuece.ipt of ' • - .." • -: 4 - -- - - - --- " . - • • •• ' what "she considered her best' story Harness , „nth her. . , • . • '• . ! She was ;disappointed not to 'ilnd . .. , . . Sir Ralph Woodlaed ih.his aceuetozh- :and Robes od place, and sat doWn to: her ea.sel , i with a 'somewhat' chill reeling in here heart. • She . looked rouhci mere than . .POr harness •well made and that . once, but still he did net appear. loohs•••well and Wears long come . •to• She Was hegizenieg to think he did not mean. to come; when she heard. a . : quick footfall near her, and looking Do you need a robe ? /1 se s - hastily up She saw hint stendine by our stodk ,ot Sasketcheevan rohes etc her side- Laura: was corisciousAnthnaert . . . a ' e sae .blushed and that • her ' m Plereis no !better Stock food than was confused. . . .. the International. Read th , ,Goodahorning, Miss . Ingrarre'' e 'testi= . monia,is'arid you will buy. it. • We sell •said ' •Sir Ralph,' heading' out his it. . • •' .• hand. Well, lia.ve you • brought. the •• •, ' stery?" - .•.' • ' . " • • . , . 1. ' • "Yes," answered Laura ; with some • .• •. .. nervousness 1 ' That ii; right. I asked my editor • ..fricedeto diniaer • yesterday for . the leho. 1.son . _A UBURN--:-- purpose of .softening his heert." . Laura Mailed brightly, • eeeratesereasereeseessehereeeert--'••= nuenced by • these smell attentione, "Yoe may shine, ,but, we are all in- _ The 111 11 Miltuaifiro -My editor ..cloubtless saw • through even • when we Perceive their Motive. • • . males as I had never asked him to Insutance Cornuanu chimer before; yet it made him mere • , genial; He promlied, , In •• fact, to -nixie and . Isolated Town Vroperty-, read your story, 'and to consider it . • -Only Insetted.-- favorably-ef he eould." • . quickly. , "Ah -it he could 1". Said Laura, 49:rliere is always an 'if,' you , OFFICERS. know, in these things. put," and he J. 11. Mclean President, leappen r. glanced at LeUra'S cOPy as ha spoke, u have not been working -very, • Brecefield P. O. ; /1". E. Hays, Seca eeee:e_oeeindeea, I bean ahteseeheee_ • 0: ; Thos. VraSer, Vice -President, hard to -day, X 'see." • • LIPPINCOTT'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE A FAMILY LIBRARY The Best in Current Literature 12 COMPLZTE NOVELS YEARLY MANY SHORT STORIES AND PAPERS ON TIMELY TOPICS $2.60 !ER YEAR ; 25 CTS. A COPY, •NO CONTINUED STORIES - EVERY NUMBER COMPLETE IN mats 130 YEARS EXPERIENCE. TRADE MARKS OtaIONS COPYRICANTs /10., Anyone sending a sketellabd detteritottott totlY sleekly Oceania our Opinion free mhether an Invention Is probably patentable. COnenunleit. Untie atricuectmedentrat. HANDBOOK en cutouts soot freo. oldest hanoy for securmg_patente. Patents taken through Moan & co, receive epeatarywuce, WebOut ober o, In the ji $dtntifit inericati. A handsomer ittuattatee week*, treast rie eattatort or any Selebtlile loom). Trafra, San year t tear tnenths, AL Bola by all tett SNOW'S, MUNN &Co 3610toadwaY. ew YorR stands office, ess b" Waishington, C, isx,...,aossamutazt...tt..-saxer,s&sismesaatstattemsaisimisilat. ...711ARA.crSPAtitftlytwissymate Lever's Y.2(Wirae ticari)Dieinfeetantfielie -Maine toe vette to take medleine miss be Powder is better than other soap polder, ; eared of emus, whooping eough and colds hr es it 41.40 acts as a disinfotteqt „„ 041 I using Vapo-eresolenc-ther breathe it, Treasurer, Seaforth P: Q. - . 1. i been thinichig-well, , Of the fate; of. - DI12.14CToRS. • , ITW. story.". ' . . "Suppose you take' a hqlidaY lc/- William Shesney, ' Seaforth i John' day, then, and let us Walk together Grieve,. Winthop r ;,. George Dale, Seas forth' ; John watt, 4atiock ;. ,T.oho. through the gelleries for awhile." ; Bennewiee, Brodliegaii James Evans, Laura felt it would be wiser not • Beeeiswood 1. James Connolly, (.11411.to go, but the temptation proved 'too strong for her, She, • however, libel- • . • ' ' .e.GENTS, -, tated, but Sir Ralph, in that mast- . • • ez•ful way of his, did not seem • to Robert Smith, Ilarlock ;E. Inn- perceive this,. Ha led her froni gal-. chitty, Senior th 1 .) antes etimmings, lery to gallery; pointing out as they Ieginondville • J. W. Yee • Holmes- ' Went What most struck his fancy. villa. • .. . ' Tie was clever. ' There WAS a sort of • graphic picturesqueness in his phrases Partis desirous to effect insurance which pleased Laura's ears, though or transact other business will be) ' he aimed at no effect. .11e had traV- prorriptly attended to on application . clod,. and. spoke of what he had seen U, any of tho above °Ricers addressed. • easily and Well, and ,altogether was • to tlibir respetitive• posioilices. Losses undoubtedly tii agreeable companion inspected by ,the 'director who ' live$when- it pleaSed Mitt to be so. nearest the scene -J... ; The time passed swiftly, for 'Laura, _ ...„ but suddenly she looked up quiekly and ca'gerly in his face. • "Have you," she said, with a sort of nei•vous anxiety in her vole° which she could n1/2:ot suppress, ''eiver boon in India?" "Hoer ertrange that you should ask mo that question," answered, Sir Ralph, srnEiiz. "Is there anything Oriental in me appearance, except my dark skin/ Yes, I have been in India; my early days . were speht, there, buton my father's ' tragic death / returned to England." "Tragie?" repeated Laura in ft loW, sharp tone of pain, and her face pal- ed. . "Yes; he Was supposed to have poor dear brother, Colonel May, died arm, yes," retinal the httelligeht and been murdered -but it ie a painful very suddenly in India, and his girls subfeet, let nth chime° it." Wets With me When it happened, and accommodating puhllishon "I'll halm ..sys•rEtvi TIME TABLE. . Traini will arrive at and depart from "Clititon station as totiows 1 • • 131.11fA.140 AND oonrat.ren Div.• ' Ioaiog•Eaat Express, - 7,38 a.m. ss n .• ) t • , 3.13 pan.. : Going East • .5.2o pen. •', Goilig Wegt • . Ice re a.m. ' Going West Express • X2.5e. pan. l• ' - " "•', advt. 6.15 leave 6.46. • .1•yr• . ri re.32 p.m. - • - 1 LONDON, HURON' AND 1312.ITCE DIV4, .7.47 adn. 4.15 p.m2 r0.15 edit. 5.35 Palk: Going South Express I rs s. " North Express s 0 1 A. O. PATTISON', Station Agent, F. R. IIODGENS, TOWIt Ticket Agetit. J. D. MACDONALD, District Passel - ger Agent, Toronto! rr .. ...r. , + .e. Z. 1: .-. co %%ant 1 ht. goothe Belem we quote A few yrices to give you 811 .0. ' Idea of the reductions that will he made in everY drPai talent t ' ' a'• .e. , . . .-• '4. Ladies' Rock hie! tin For Souls, 72 inchea icing, . six tails, silk orneinents ••d•. ond eord ;yid tassels, a epee'. price' $10.50, for $7.05,• : he Ladies' Sable Seat fs, 50 inches log, deck •iglosey fur, witli 8 leils and cha - et. •it: .1.4,k• (Ili itzf,548js:ttifi.:Iiinoi,issig5c,:tittittasi,r31,101 $11 O, fili.1.1•$hi3g. tails and 0bai 0 fastenings, wok le .i. . . e. . . . .0 X Ladies' Pereilin Lend) Ruffswit h`benal atod two taiils, worth $4.50, for $3,45 et. 0:I Lecliee' Astrachan Jackets, wrath $28.50, for $22,50. • e. .*. Ladies' Astrachan Jaieltees, .firie glossy euria reticle of No. 1 skins, lineal eh Wltli heavy inercerizeci fa ruler's satin, ‘viit•th 140, fie $33.50. • ••••• h• Elect:le Seel Jackets; 24 inches long, eiciee glossy leir, a veery btylisti. gars *.t. '0.'•ieent, worth $37,50. for $32.50, ..• •.g 4• .... Likdi..s' Cloth Jackete, all this ye' s up to-ditte goods, at aboutlhatic price. A . •It Terrine reductions will I* made M the Al Winery deportment to Weitz'. • eis A Hoineepun Drees•Goocip, 50 inches wide, in grey, . black , and gie.en, good a. .. • •value att. a5e, lor48e. . . •. .• ••• a. • ..e. . •. . , .? A . . .• ' ee a. • McKINNOR.& COP ... EILYTH t ,. . . x 0+4.4.-:-.1-:-)+++,:...:••:..4:4-:-.:.•:•::.+•:0..:••:,,.*.:.1.4,..:...4.4..:... & .. • seat by the window with the supple • Jag." a • ' grace which Was one of her charms, eshe . wasdark,wasn't she? Well, and. bowed smilingli. , dark or. fair, she slia'nt hithe Ralph safee, Woodland if 1„ can .help it." • "Sir Ralph Woodland?" she • "Iehe aunt; I Imo*, will he charmed The girl whom these two free - to see you; she has often spoke of spokenwomen were discusshig Was, you In the Meanwhile, standing,. in . her Sir Ralph bowed, and looked, also back sitting -room, 'with a. poined. erailieglY, at the gracious •blue -clad figure before him, • "Then," he said, "you are Mrs. Phillips' niece?". .' • . "Yes, • Petrica May,." Maswered Patty. "You have been so long away, Sir Ralph, that you do not• know anything that has 'happened here for absolutely years. Do you 'mow that ray sister anct I have lived, or rather bee n buried, here already for three years?". . eThen may ask," replied Sir Ralph, "licher° yent, Reed before you. were buried?". . , • PattY laughed sweetlY, and flung back her shahely head. • "In India," She said; "but my sis- ter took fever, and then my poor father died, so • here wo •Mid to etay."'• ' "And you find it very dull?" and very strained expression on her face. She also Was thlialdng of Sir Ralph Woodlitrid; thinhieg of• father's tragic, death,' l and of the dark • suspicion • which haunted • her own mind concerning tt. . . '"And he is so kind, so clever," she reflected, wietfully; "takihg so 'much trouble abOUt ixty story. • Xt is VerY ead-if-'-it 'be true; but it may not. be.". And she isighech , Then she 'eat down and tried • to compose another story, but senealiow sho could not concentrate her mind to. her work. She was restless and excited, and in no mood to create •loYs and sorrows, • when her ;own heart •was !so • disturbed and ill at eaSe. • • .Presently she re's° and began walk- ing slowly tip and down the little room with her hands clasped loosely "I should think sot A country vil- . together at her back. . laget!' a "There might be a hundred Wood - "Well, rattaInly Laytonside is not , e lands " sh 'as telling herself; left a vete, lively place." : the dark face of the Woodland tele "It is 'simply awful; and then the knew seemed to haunt her, His . little quarrels and lealousiegt All the thoughts; did, most, certainly. Es Women hero hate me,. Sir Ralphl" had left her unwillingly, arid as he "I do not Wonder at that." proceeded to the publisher's oftlee to ' •Agaiii Patty laughed. which he meant to ,take her maim - "Ah,, X nee," she said, "you under- script hie mind was dwelling on her 'stand things, I hope you -but hero :tap weal& tie 1 is ray aunt.", , "" '%',"7.• 173e, CONTINUED.). The widow ontored at this moment, .1 and warmly welemeed this young ° /tamer velar* Mari who had been het husband's pa- ' "What I would like," said the verY pile and Who had allowed her to live young author, Whose first story lied rent free So long. , Jed been accepted, "1e that the binding ; "Thi e is my 'niece, Patrice, may.- of the book should he in keeping with "-Y. tbe story. Do yon grasp my meaning?" eho amid, introducing Patty. M Laura said nothing more; but her now this is their home; they ate a a dome ha half calf." interest in the picturee and her corn- grefa comfort to Me:" . --, -. .........., panion'S conversation visibly' flagged, "I am sure they Will be." tthinvered ' and a, few ininutes, later. she propose Sir Ralph; and for a moment hie lite eilleesese ed to leave the gallery. eyes rested on Petty's face with a tnshman-I'm troubled With head.. "I pill seo YOU.. home, then," Raid look of suppressed amusement, which aehos in the Morning. It may be on ad - Sir Mallet, quietly; and he did, she quite understood. • count of my eyes. Perhaps I need though Laura starcely Made ally . Such Was the beginning of an ac- stronger glasaas. Dr. Shrnde--10; t answer to thie offer, and spoke but htlaintanee Which had gone on nearly tItink you rneretyllooa Weaker glaeSeit little on their way to Maddox three Vero When „Petty and Ella May Street; but *heti they reached it, re0Oghieed Sir Ralph Woodland from -and fo . t night. their arrival there . ereated quite le tile Wilidated of the house in Maddox little •sensation. - - Street., just 'tte he wag parting With . seilipathr. r Two young ladies were looking, out Laura Ingram, it was an acquaint- Mr. CritIntia--Yes, indeed, ftly hens° of the drawing -room windows of the &nee Which for a tiine nourigi104.vig' elnapie full of Miens. Mrs. Non. house where Laura livid, Watching orotudy, and then the young man veautieha-Good graelettlf, ain't there • ;4... 10- • -' 04111110111 i.tcato bong 41404 bi.hig sts#0.t.14 n17. ajuventabr9a1- no With of Wiling- IV .vas„10. • • 4 $44400••••4641•40.4.41 •••4 0*******00..*****6. FOR t easo oloie Foot r •±L.074., • . 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