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The Clinton News-Record, 1905-02-02, Page 7February 2n4 1905 itVie G. D. neraggeert BAKKER. A GENERAL BANKING BUSINESS TRANS.A.CTED. NOTES The -Clinton Ne *Record bitten at X.Ounie litIouri. Leuise Michel, the noted coniniun- Jet, recently died ot Marseilles. Frazee). LAMM Miehel was born in 18n0. $he became a teather in 1853, and Ultimately taught In Faris and Mont- inartro. She took an active jairt in the revolutionary conunune in 1 - no/scot:We Parte, and wae*enecle a prisoner in 1870, Sc was Sentenced to trans- " portation for life, but was released, TED. DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST I and. returned to r was in 1880, Si Wee again imprisoned in 3883 and ALLOWED ON DEPOSITS:, e- ..-- 1880, She wrote many books att tacking the eocial enetene, and or late i years the wee classed as an Altar- ' cbiet, ALBERT STREET; 'CLINT() •••••••••••••••••••••••••••• W. BRYDONE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR. NOTART.r, VUBLIC, ETC. OFFICE -Sloane Block-- CLINTON HENRY BEATTIE (Successor to Mr. James Scott.) 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A COPY, ' •NO CONTINUED STORIES EvE kV NUMBER CoMpLtrk F4 ivottr 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE TliAbt Mantua' DttioNa. COOVRIONTO &C. /mond seeding a fiketth Mid tuneeettee mei tummy ascertain eta opinion free whether int invenuert le probably twnentrihla etnmentetc. tIone [Arlene emit eimeieRANDBOO en Feeling Sent free. olden aaeney or (lemma batontv. Patanta taken through mune a-ce. reeewe *pedal Meta. %%Nita is not( lathe Scientific stierwit. SoF0 ThVold land Cougho A temple, ,effective and eat° rencey for wit throat inicatteettsfoluelin Cresciend Antiseptic Tekbbfoin 9 BY DORA D H Rs Author *I RUStigLL "The 13roken Seal," "The Last Signal," "Footprints --in the.Snow," "On Golden Binges," Etc. +++++++++++4++++++++++++++++++++$4+++++++++ "Yes, deebt; and also an arl- sistcume to an income. but *m hal o They combele thegsameideivalueofcresolenerfith , soothiag properties ot slippery' elm and Oconee tertet, •You "now- • Mo. 41111 Druggists OD "That I Shall =ma to starve?" "Fleas./ do not opeak thus ; 'but MP. AREM H7:1 Aunt • Alettil; er-ner- know living M London is expensive and your capital is so entail.', "I dare say you think have roads • too large a hole in it already, btzt hope soon to be paid for a,nother story, mici then I tihall begin. to eave. " "It is a very p-recariouri way of live ing," said Nfr, Gifford, gravely, "and I am going to take the privilege of an old friend and tell you that yon do not look very well, and rather tvorried,*' I bave been worried to -day," "I. ant sorry for that, Can I hell) you in any way?" • ' "NO; it le only about a spiteful letter, but it is a very Meanie() thing." • "Will you tell'rne what it ? Rattenbury Street Works l • ' received an anonymous letter alms, "Well, I know a gentleman who has ini porters, Workman. Ing • "Abusing ,you! Hew could any one abuse yoil?' "That was what I nattered my - elf," sinned Laura; "but it seems I flattered myself in vain," "Did. yeti Me the letter?" "No; It was too bad to. show ,me, I believe." ' "Perhaps the gjentlenam invented the whole thing?' "Oh, no; lam sure he did not. He came to me and asked me If I knew of any enemy I had, and / candidly an - mend I did not." • . "You could have no enezny-;-unless It was a jealous woman." Laura laughed softly. "Now long is it sinm you began to Pay. con1Pliments, Mr. Gifford?" did not mean it as a compli- shinetild Materia t guatanteed. J. Q. SEALE & CO. Cdters Cutters We have a.gbod assortnient Ofputters, comfortable,stylish and durable. All Our own make .and guar:- anteect. . ,:Repairingin alliitS branclies P1'911),,Pt:1Y tended to.. Repairing promptly ,attettclea t ;at 7 KIMBALL arid MOUTH Huron St., Olinton. Harness and Robes enumorawarown. • For harness Well. made and' that looks Welt and wears long' come ' tO _Do -yeti needs, :rOite.? •If so: see stock. of SaskatelieWan eoites,etc.• Thereis /la '13ietter stock food than the International. . Reed the testi7 inoniala and Yon will buy .We seli NieholsOn, Tittj11010110nrflutlial Fire Insurance. Caniganu ...:_rarm and Isolated Town Property- Ihnuredeee OFFICERS. 3.41. MeIfean President, Kippen O. ; " Thm. 'Fr'aser, •VieeePresideut, lirecefield P. O.:: T. E. Hays, See,- Tre.asurer, See.forth P. 0. , • DIRECTORS. Williani Shesney, Scaforth ; John Grieve, Winthrop ; George Dale, Sea- foeth ; JolinnWatt, Itarlock ; John Bennevvies, Brodhagait ; James Evans, Decchwood ; James • ' AGENTS. Robert Smith, ItatIock ; E. Hilt- chley, •Seaforth ; • .Tame Cummings, Eginotdville J. lQir; "iteo „Holmes- , villa. arrIes. e i ous to effect insurance s or • transact other busimess will liti I` t 'promptly att tided to on application Ito any of the. above oflicers addratsed to their rope tive postoffices, teoeses itispected by the director who livea nearest the steizei. ' IT1'6'1.1Wte'll, it. was it very pretty one. But note tell me about all -the people of Suffold." • . • "The despised country tewn?" said George Gifford, a little sadly, ' "Please do not say that. I have some. very kindly memories of Suf- fold." • : A faint flush 'spread over 'George . Gifford's pleasant, good-looking face as he listened to these words. 1 ane glen to hear that he said,'• "Well, . those Wheel' you .know are well, • I think; ono of the vicar's daeghtees, is xnarried to kr. Master-, man, th curate and the ether they say is engaged; and for the rest I think everything, is the same as when you went away., "And your father?" ‘'my father is very well. , We have got a cousin, to live with us at Red House now to manage. the house." And hero George Gifford 'afghan; and Laura lehishecit They were both thtnking at, that moment of whom he had wished . to be the mistreM an a' manager of Red House, but neither alluded to this. . "And is your cousin young or old?" asked Laura, ' . • Neither one nor the other., 7 1;M -end say," answered ,George Gif- ford, snilling. "However, the ol4-4' gentleman 'likes her, and gets on very well with bee, and a house is *never the same without a woman." • And again G•eorge , Gafford sighed. Laura felt sorry for him at this moment: No good 'woman is • really ever 'indifferent to the. honest love of an; honest mane She did not love him,- knew she 'cotild never' love him, but she liked and -respected him, and knew • she could depend en his Con -- stoat kindness and friendship. 'Therefore, when he asked her if she would drive evith to One of the exhibitiens, she hardly liked to 're- fuse. He had arranged all her fath- er's affairs and her own free. of charge, and she felt grateful to hun and did ,not like to wound him in any way: • . • It Will be quite a charity if you will, Miss' Ingram;" urged George Gifford, “"for otherwise I shall have to go alone, and always find pub - lie places so desolate when 1 t ani alone.'' .• • So, after tittle hesitation Laura coneented to accompany hinn • He hailed a' hansona when. they reached Regent Street, and handed Laura in,, and as he did this, - as ill -luck would have it, a pair oe jealoue, gloomy, eyes fell on Laura's slender black- . robed form,: • This observer was Sir Ralph Wood- land. 1-10 luta left •Patty's • room die - gusted. and annoyed, but also with a conviction in his mind that the two anonymous letters about Laura In-, gram were certainly very disquieting and disturbing to any one who had • a regard .for'her. And then her oWn positive refusal of his offer of mar- riage seemed to hien utterly. unac- countable. She had said there were reasons, a reason, that it could never be. What could these reasons, or reason, be? Sir Ralph had asked himself with an angry, uneasy heart. Was it some secret knowledge that he was unworthy to hold the posi- ion that he had offered her? He knew nothing of her past life, and he remembered now that 'the iirst tinie he had aeon her he had been struck with a book in her dark. eyes which told of Some hidden sorrow. She had roused herself, and gone on with her painting, but it was there. "And then these eonfounded • letters must have something to go uport," Sir Ralph told himself, .uneetsiTy. Al- tegether ho was anything but In a happy femme of mind after he left Patty May's rooms, Ile keot krone ing arid down Regent - Street, thinking what he must do. Should lie tell Laura of this emend lettere But no; he had better not see her again to -day, at least, And just as he ntade that deeleitin he did me her, . He saw her handed. into 'a cab by a good-looking young man, and ho saw the good-looking young man take a seat byeher aide, and he eave Laura /obit at him and smile. Something very like an oath ese taped his lips, and then a hard, grim smile distorted his mouth. It Was all true, then, he dedided this moneent. The girl he had asked that very day to be hie Wife, the girl that he had wished to take his dead mother's place, and Whoin he had believed cared for hint, was car- rying att intrigue With another nittrit Sir Ilelph never refleeted how tin- self degraded, "What a fool I have been to taken In with a pair IA' Imedsoi eyes," he told himself, scornful]. "Well, she had, the decency to .refu "Ante retailt as her etories. It wail the old story -the weary struggle for fame which does not come. And ewe month after month ease away. The houee where she Uv wits dusty and dreery, the Milani etoet, dirty, and exacting, and nights given to overstrong potation DLit Laura tried to buoy herself u about the novel. "If I can get it published," s often thought, "he May fiee it A nortised; he may' go to the publishe and lind out where I live, and the he will surely CQMO to see Me," She could not understand how t few words that she had said to hi about net marrying him had so coin 4, pleteiy severed their lives. He he seemed to care for her -and to b discouraged se soon! At last the novel Was done in th be sweet springtime, when the park kw lay in the fresh beauty, and tit or sent her, hope enee raore r°seIn ed her eeddened heert. The boolc Van fairly well got up, dy n, and to see her own. name on tho fresh pages, for the publisher had ad- vised her to drop her nom de plume P In tbe novel, no doubt sent a thrill , of pride through her whole. being, She packed up a copy and sent it to u"' George Gifford at Suffold, writing ra his none in it, "with kind regards." n In return for this gift she received a letter in which Ur. Gifford's con- ne gratulations were mingled with aux..- m iety ,for the writer's position. George Gifford did not know the terms on. 4 which this book had been published, n but the manager of the bank Suf- fold where Laura's mail capital bad e been placed had given him a hint 11 which had disquieted him exceeding- ly„ e 'This manager had been dining at o Red House on the very day When o. Laura's book had a,rrived there, and • eons and daughters of wealth rod me, but perhaps she eouldn't he berself. She is probably • bound, this other inan. anct well out 0.0 Or sat beneath. the green trees-. Tit IP sons and daughters of toil son ie times caught 0, 001PSO.of .them. aleo Cor and •forgot for awhile the carkin • teres of their daily lives. The. beau 8, 'and sunshine *is for AIL- and bright g. ens the meanest- dwelling. It Mimi into Laura's dingy aitting-roara, i 4 *fell on her tete, which. had amigo 10 and saddened. • • • "go return to .town for th °' season," she told beeped, as she fel ,the warmth of • the gled beams, " nt May see him in tile park." Slie bad teemed 'a theory in be mind •that in his disePPteintrnent • a her refusal he had probably lef • Englited But lie would ceeio back 11 And se, 'Laura In her black gown y WhiCh bed net improved by wear, took itmey a walk in the spring daYs alone ie the Park, and lecikeel at the e. ,riders on the Row with wistful eyes Sir Ralph she knew- rode regular] sr when in town, but • for a lont; tim. • she eew nothing of hie:tall. figure and y strong dark Mee, •• ' • XII the -meanwhile, she had sent :her v hovel' tei a publisher, and :it had been eethenen to her with. a civil note . of thanks and regret, Silo tried. eine e other and amither :'3,'hei• third wrote to say his reader's' opinion was .not d . highly fattoriftle, but that if she were...willing to • tedvance a certain sum of .nioney he would venture • to .publish .it the system of half- pr•ofits after all expenses. had been • paid.. The sum required to be ad- vanced was nftn pounds, and fifty • poundi Would nearly make an end of Laura's: little eapital. • ' .Selli' site was, so weary. Of waiting, B o. tired en cliseppeintinent; that she. resolved •to risk 'it.. .Sho knew it was very rash, but like all youpg: writers slut had a groat belief in the. first beg ;child of her etrain.. timeght once More of '• Writing ' consult Getiege i fiord • at ,uffold ; and then remelt). • tiered; With a• blush. it.would aineoet• • be like eeleing hint to • adietrice* the Money.. .'So with , trembling fingers • . she drew the. ebeck, and with a sink- ng- , heart e,Waitieg the result.. • : And at this .very time ciroVe wp to • • .• •ber led' MaddoxStreet : the Very , Men of whorn. she had thought .and waa •atill, thinking fSi • Much. ,• Sir Ralph -WOodland. had etred of • a sornewhae reeklese "life eneoettl and hed.retuezied to Engiend, .. end 'a strong. feeling had dame • over hiiii once again to see. •the dark-eYed giri• whoin, .never• forgot. }ie had begin -tells° to ask himself. had .honot T judged her too harshly, and on too slight -evidence:, •-ali. ...events he• ' .would go to ice her, and- sohe drove to Maddox Street, :and was inforinedt ' there by the . maid. that 'Mies tegrant ' had; left•sonie montha . 'To.. you know whore ..she id? Bid she t•leave ' andieser nquirod RelPh, ie..eold,, et.e.ange feeling ,..,Of: digappoirithiefit • at ...his • neart., . The 'maid could not, tell •hlit, 'tint at this 'moment. the light' little feet 'Of :•Patty May ' Were ntireylog down :the staircase. She had Seen Sir• Ralph'S .cab cleteeto the. honso. door ; she. nail seen him alight, and :•slie vivoarstunnoitty.geing te att.eh. .71:7 sho .btloirep. h. tell wrniothotlt. • away SILac beweda. door.. . • • ' • 1 • .."Sir .Ralph!" she eriecte witnereal Pleasure lighting 'her. lterette, ;face, .• "We are *till here, .yott nee, :Where have• you been all this thne?'.. We thought you evete loet." • . • . have ,bee, abroad,' • said Sir RaIph.. "COMO, in; I, .,e,ra so" Pleased • ',3rOP • have coineto•see ti4," continued Pat- ty; dieitedly. And Sir Relish found it impossible, to toll the eager .girl his real errand to the house. He therefore followed ,Patty; tine steers, ha' eat talking to her. tor a 'little while, and then, in a Sontemittat laisky voiee, inquired for Laura. Is Mies Ingrain here?". he: asked. • .• . •-•"Oh;. n�," amiWered Patty, putting • on quite.- a . shocked air'; . "olio has. beim gone ter Menthe., '.'lltene was. a great scandal. &beet her, you know-•• elm went away with, 6, young man." 'Sin -Ralph' Inane Xib answer to Pat- ty'mendacious word. Ile oat sil- tiann' also 'when she .prattlecnen ,ab,out • the ennoymous, warning they had • both received, teed then rose and went away, in spite of.'Patty's • en- treaties, :with a. certain.gray look on hitt face she had ' hover Seen:there be.. It tlizz.-e very easy. to Bay all thi but it is not so easy to put a stron feeling away from one's heart who once it hes got there, Si*' Raip scarcely knew blinself how Much I had cared for Laura Izigrain unt the belief that she was unworthy bis love cut him to the Rout. He wa so restless and. unhappy during th next few days after he had me Lanni handed into a cab by Mr Gifford, and road the two tenoeymou letters against her character, tbat h anOn:14,:g0:eolywtoiclireterrninral eit leave tow agroits.knocked ot ' head there, I suppose," he thought bitterly; and so he went away, with ont word to the girl of whom h ever thought. • In the Meanwhile Laura naturall wondered what had •betorne of hint George Gifford had loft, town tbe do after she heft gone to the exhibltio with him, and she, of course, knot nothing of the . second anonymou ]otter that Patty May nad shown Sir Ralph. She also wished t4S se Sir Ralph about...something that had occurred to het when she had calle Ork Mr. Valentine Rom, which had .greatly disturbed her. • e Mr, Ross -had received her wiling ly, and when he loeken On tier hand • mem . face quite • endersteode no thought. n a pl `I • Woodland's interest in her writings He Wished her story slightly sheet - Cried, and he proceedeci. to:point. mit the: alteration. lee -row:lire& made, and after he had done 00; Laura said to him, pourteauslye "I ought to thank • you for -sending nie the money for it so promptly." Mr, Valentine Roes raised his light eyebrows in surprise, and an odd ex- . preseioe passed over 'Ins face. .' Wits this younglady sarcastic? .; he Wan leihWOOthand gat.. -le the. ey'to rne," 'continued Limed; and he said' I need. not 'write to thank you for it, as had itirearlY done eo.•" Thee .Mite Ross! ..blue. eyes 'shone with eniuseineht.. and he siei led , and .showeci his' white teeth; - • "Sir Reltli 'must have: taken time by : the forelock," he said, 'ask whathe gave 3/0.0"' Fiv pounds, orion.,ered Laura. .• nFirt. pouneisl" " 'repeated Mr, 11004, yet more amaSecl. take, niy advice, Mies Ingettur, mid. always .rn.dpet/iid.', through Str Ralph Wood- _ "X el.hi not Understand You,". . "Never inhane take Me advice," • laughed' Ittr. Ross.• : • • • ."Init • do ;you mean that-etnat Sir' Ralph did not receive this five pOunds from yeeten.' • ' : - "I shall betray Inc. Merets,. but. it . In Welt to have so rich. and generous* friend"a. :' • - l'hese weeds enade ex- ceedingly uneoitiforeablet. Shp membered' that Sir 'tenth had, said, • "Ross is rather a torwand. fellovv," SO she did not cate to bandy any "further Words with. him On the sub-. jeet, but shortly afterwards. took hen leave, carrying. her sto ry away: With. her for Correption, •Bet 'she deter- mined to ask Sir Ralph, about 'it • the first -tithe she .saw hint: : .Ittit a week passed aWeiy, 'and she neither saw -Mar , heard' fietni Then a fortnight, ;and a strange feel- ing of uneasiness and uneept: eiept into leiurant heart. She knew his -address in town, and also the name of his country plate, hut sbe did not I like to write 'after tne. conversation which' had, passed between thein the east •ttine they: met. ' "I cab. not marry:him," Laura thought' manY times, "but vve might rernain *friends. toid him this, but he seems to leave forgotten me," In • the Meantime she had. once or twice ..inet Patty '• and Ella 2day on f; it was lying in state on the drawing-, loom table before dinner, and George Clifford pointed it out, not without some little pride, to his guest. e "Ah," mid. this Mr, Hay, taking t one of the volumes up, "I am very d glad to see thin for I was afraid, poor girl-" And then he paused, and O looked sigilifleantly et George t ford. "What is this young lady like?" asked Miss Lindsay, who wits George Gifford's cousin, and liven now at e, Red House as housekeeper and COM- P00100- tel her until°. old, Mr. Gif- for'deihe's a very handsonie girl," te.- . plied Mr. Hay; "but the old major was nu extravagant fellow, and lett his affairs in a sad etate and his daughter badly off, so it's very well • if she can earn her livelihood by her o pen, for she has little. or nething else." George Gifford did not speak, but he listened, and wondered if Mr. Hay knew more than he did. Then TX1VrE TAME, Traies will arrive at and depart roue Clinton stetton as 101loWS litIVALO AND GODERICH GOilig East Expeese . y.88 twit, n it• 3,23 Going East 5.20 Goilig West 1o.1,5 an, Going West Express 12.55 13,01. 1) " " arrive &IS leave 6.4o ir 10.St p.m!, 40 -ND 11, HURON' AND DRDLE 0oing South Express IN,/euuttion of nee attention menet. Terme 13 Al lot fent raontha, si. Ito e elm newsdealer& • A bandsomoly-ilinatratod rbelt11.. IAtgoat Me 1.1 f ft "0% North Express t. 4 . 11:41:3441aaPii:11111:11.1 . 0, IIATTIS011, Statfolt Agent. , Ri: HODGENS, Torni Tieket Agent. ts!, MACDOXAT,D, District Pitenth- ger Agent, TOrtnitee. ONN&Co,gointoadwaY,Now York numen mike, tt& P ate titreetneton, Z (Wise Read)Disinfeetant Roar Powcier is better than other soap powders, 04 it also aott at a didinfecttint. igt just Might be Such conelusion, Ile .4%4 jpgAlg 2.1111,91t hinie • • the stairs,. and -they lutd coolly noted .ther presence: Once. they ac- ttiellY'rnet at the door, of the house, but 'Petty and Ulla turned' their .herals another way and pretended not to see her. Laura hatitrally fele eine noyed, and Wondered if they had any- thing to do With the. disappearance of .Sir .Ralph, : • • Altogether she began to feel very dreary and weary. She had -Written two other short...stet-les, and 'they. had both been refeeted by • three dife Went. magazines. Then she had sent • thein to len, Valentine eteee who wrote in .reply that as. he had not yet .found. room for the one of hers. ehat he .already held, he feared it Would. be impessible, for that year ' at least, to look at another. He added In his letter that actompan- led the returned martuseript, "Have you seen anything lately of our friend Sir Ralph Woodland? have hot." • Al! this Was very discouraging, - and Laura foetid that the Tose of . Sir Ralph'e occasional society made all the differeneo to her life. Howe evek, ehe 'Worked bravely •on. She begart a three -volume novel, . and sometimea forgot, her own trenthges thinking of imagloaey mien But these troublee threatened to bedoine feel 'told tetegible. She had been eix months London, and With the ex- ception of the t'iRelitarY Otte -Pound note given her • by Sir Ran* shit had nuide nothing. The golden get - es of fortune seemed closed to her, mid the bitter ways .of ponenty to lie at her feet. •At last slui determined to leave the rootns where • she Was and go to cheaper onen .s,* did thia nmet tine wilileglYe To • go from. Maddox ' &met &mud to cut off her last chance. of again seeing Sir Ilalph Woodleund, Ile Wetild not, know her now address, and AS ha had seem- inglY so completely droptied her ae- gi:tvintiatilice, how could She let him However, it could not be helped. She could not ailord to :on paying for the rOothe in liteddoX Street, and so removed to cheap lodgings in Edgware need, There she went on vvith her novel, and tried to WI Ionic of ,IpIr gitAtigs, rith the iii;;;.ig • ++. And some days' after 'Mir; he 'saw standing beneath the 'fresh -leaved trees in the park, au he rode 'slowly along, a tall, slenden somewhat shabbily dressed figure. whom he in- stantly recognized. It Was Laura In- gram, and her clerk eyes were fixed on his face, and a. Sudden flush rose to her cheeks, as she bowed and But Sit Ralph did hot Smile. He touched his hat, bowed Coldly, and passed on, CHAPTER IX, Lanz% walked no More in the park after tine Meeting. She turned 'and went back to her denary home, with a bowed head and a istriekeit heart. For she better for 0„,ileornent decelited herself, The Irian Of wheel). she had thought so much, the man WhO at ono time had liked her well OnoUgh to ask her to be hie 'wife, had noW plaInly shervvrt her that he did not With to see her again. "Ire has loathed to care for some one else, I suppose," thought Laura, with a ,sigh; and the idea Was ineX- pressibly painful and bitter to her, It made the daily increasing atixie- ties of her life more esalling; Made ties springtime dull, end tor Work a labor. Ilut still it must go (oh The letto ledge that she tete Meaty at the end of her resources was a Muir elle could not ignore. So she eat, Wean- hig etorieri of deetiniee bright or sad, While- her atm lay tinerehatIOWeile with such heavy elotulde At Met, ithertit the Middle Of Stintister, her lionet teas 1)0118116cl; and Whoa Lents tsetived eopleil that tlit pUblittnei ',veer • gust day, and Laura telt utterly weary when she reach.Ki rodgware goad, and weak from want of food, She sat down in her dingy room and cried bitterly, And when she Was J4 this depresged condition, Mrs. Fryer, the landlady, entered the room, with wrath in her -Watery eyes, and a con. sidorable amount of brenny on her brain. ' "Oh, you're there, are you, Ise Ingram?" she began, "Well, would jast like a word with you, please. You see you.% .owe me three week' lodgings on Saturday, and you'll oblige me by Settling." plied Laura, with a reeking heart, "I've been exPeeting • Keno -luonoY "1 am very merry, Mrs. Fryer," re - from, nay publishers, or you obould have had the money before." "Oh, know. nothing about pub- lishers! Their money may be good. for anything I knows. bit I want mine, and can not depeed on their vagaries." ",I will try to pay you," said Laura, with the sad hurellitn born of. poverty, "I must be paid, and on Satur- day," retorted Mrs. Feyer, her red. visage growing scarlet, "How eau I meet my rent and rates, do you think, if my lodgers tlen't pay met Why, there's a notice lying down- stairs that the water turned off if the water -rate isn't paid on Monday. It's ridiculous! Ladies, in- , deed! Fine ladies that can't pay fee their rooms!" "I will pay you on Saturday," said. Laura in desperation; and -muttering . •to herself, Mrs. Fryer,. having re- ceived this promise, wont out of the room, slamming the door behind her. • Laura spent a znimre.ble night after this, but she resolved in be inorneng to go down to the publishers ofher novel and inquire what the profits ivere likely to be from it, and ask after dinner, when Miss Lindsay bindan advance .on them. She was at retired, and old Mr, Gifford had sub- this. time literally almost penniless, and had no money to pay for the sided into a, nap in an arm -chair, he rooms,. nor indeed to live. Mr. Hay, once more turned the conversation to the .banner at Stiffold, had good rea-. • '11,Lfaisusr.aIngr. ara's . book may be a Sao^ her ;swans, for, she had actually .done et sincerely hope, I am Sure, that ' Son to say she .had nearly exhausted sq. She had risked all ozi tbe flitY cess," he said,' • '4And so do 'I," replied • Mr. Hay, pounds she had Advanced to ,have 'cracking hie walnuts, and sipping his her novel published, and now the bock, for to telt. you the truth elle civilly, though by no. means , with ' 'How' mueh do you supped:, was going to learn its fate port , and was received by one of the firm now, Gifford,' sne will make by thia So she started for the publishers, Is -confoundedly near the end of her , effusion. She Was nervous, and no, tether regarding any meney slue, has wonder, when so much depended en in the bank." .. • this interview. But she' sat 'clown ' "I am serry to hear that," ane' an after a moment's.heettation swered George -Gifford, gravely. . "I , plucked up courage: . know ShO was paid for a short store "I -have come to ask about mY she Wrote, but it is a most 'preemie u's'Alilifde.• such hard work, t'00r I should think," sitid Mr, Hay. "Well book, . Mr.. • Brooke," she aid..:s"I hope, it is dieing- fairly Well?". and I belleee Miss 'natant WO ino.11 •penffiless women must • do sweetening, Mr. Brooke cleared his t,hroat and fcactIs.et hdlovmtriohistheiysesu.lomHeez:ie.nee. eei.,0 • educated.'.Pber girl, -I ilope she ivin to. look at the eager your. g face be- • 'I. am Sorry,. it is Met; M.isi•In- gerrthtAti.;;;ts a' 1,1 .0,1at -wa' s'. sa. rd. 9n .t., 40: . grarn,". he answered. • • subject, but it made; Gifford -uneasy. -. wi'e'il.‘„T:oet e'teelt11,?, " as.ked, 14:61.11"': altirs't .L ' Iici reallY liked' Laura Ingrititie . and ,-no t all • tne attention's which , Ids coin "NO, net at all weli, It*. is. a niost Iasi few mooths had :hien; Miring the.. . difficult thing to launch :, a young - sin, -Misst.Lindsay, ,had .lavished • 'on enevea to nut. Laura out of his mind. author, you know...* Sometinies, arst ff'herefore, when he wrote to thank . eind yours has been . booke do. toke; but not •as a , tele, ner foe' the book 'he.' hinted net lie ', ,fikls eef,aallil •e,verYno exceptionIt 7l- t''';e'e lie rfee.en: i,:see bonen she •had been well •paid for it i A -.i- -eitthere-!_fact we. Will lose . ' - • ., Laura smiled sadly enough .when Not aPeneY; .in she read this letter. Her fifty pounds• "' ' wei'e' goneand as yet , 'the had not ..',t0b; itj received a farthing hi return. And :se pubeication. .However, don't lose . .. and it Won't 'pay the expenees nether month • paesed - awity, and hearte," for he saw the gran. look of a • then her :.affairs... heeame ahnoSt , dos-' • .. tdeasuPie:ai'l; ttahdtti "awna°4tir arP'rni.34ac:• illigu9ceso*etiri either 'another . story or a in : you. know; but there will be..no pro- gettingperateh ; : She had not sueeeededt painting' disposed of; 'she had Oath- ; fits to divide this ;time; a. that I am (mite certain; • in .fact; -It : is no ed herself in her daily food, and , a :' use.going :on binding any moreef ihe hiseuft -anda glass of milk served • edition,., for they won't sell.' t . her .for dinner, and she had get into Laura paid nothing Mont. She felt : arrears with her landlady for three faint and ill, . as though all strength': • • ' weeks' lodging. : . had ;suddenly passed ,awitnfrom. her .. This lade was not a .pleasant Per- limbs. . She rose and went out Of the', son to deal 'wieh:, and had observed office,' and Mr .• Brooke's. parting that her young lodger. was , " getting words fell On dulled eites, '; It was. all ' thinner and rialet, And 'tba,t her dress over; 'she told herself, as site . went lees shabby, mid that . she generally along. the • crowded street mitaide, Went' out to dune ' ' ' e ed to a neighbor, Who also' ie't lodet new; she had not .ttle means to live - .. din- ' cliv°etrYcitPhgtngne'en one She ner; tnateorny epinion; sne confide failed. She Could not bo an atteliOet boSohke, •11,aandel It . • . . • " ' believe She gets any • • • • • ' ' .ings. 'And as for. them • beaks, what • while she weete 'another bpi*, eand; 1 • don e do:then make?. A sot . of trash, . the therefoke. she must turn to something.' most- Of..thein I So i if Mies Ingram else., •- ' . • doli''.t, sump. q6)..vrt. :ori, Saturday she '- .g7(2bWil li '0 E D .)mustgo..iethisunlea. . 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