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Aesoeiations of London aud Edin- • burgh .and Graduate of the Outer - Veterinary College. • ' • • OFFICE- Huron street -CLINTON. Next to Commercial Hotel' Phone 97 .AUCTIIONEER-JAMES SMITH censed Auctioneer for the CoinitY • of Huron. 411 orders entrusted to - me will receive prompt attention. Will sell either. by percentage or • per sale. Residence on the Baylield .Road, one mile south of Oaten. • PPINCOTT' MONTHLY. MAGAZINE. • A FAMILY LIIPIARY • The Best In' Current Literature • 12 compi.rni Novels YtaitLY MAN v smont sTomes, AND •-PAPERS ON ?mew TOPIC* -$2.80 ace 25 ern, A cOPY. ONO CONTINUED STORIES •, avant NOMMEN COMPLETE IN ITSELF SO YEARS° EXPERIENCE PATENTS ?Mint MARKS, • Distemii COloautors &a. minor Anton* sending *Osten and 8a *newer ssoertain out opinion invention Im ',MOM ably. batoramb tIonaltrkaltermedrintria. HAND meat Irma (WOO a emitre for own ro tem• Amara nonce without warn, tbe • weenier an nomumlem. om Patent* rug nia. move. scientific iinterican. 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PATTIS014, Statfoi't Agent. r, It. ,MODC4EN'S ToNil Ticket Aged,. At. th stAcroxitat, District reek*. eeeeee ; get AssestA Thtonto DV DORA S RUSSELL Anther al "The Broken Seal," "The Last Signal," "Footprints • in the Snow," "On Golden Hinges," Etc. +++++++++++++++44++++++++++++44444-4444.+4+++4 and raised thisfolded paper. It was written ' a nian's handwriting, written closely, and it was long. Lie stood by the table reeding it, and as. he read a look of great horror came over- hia face. • "Good heaventil" he muttered. "Ohl my poor, poorgirli" it was the letter •that Major In- gram had left to his daughter to be read after his death; the letter that George Gifford had told.. her lay seal- ed among his papers, and it centain- Oil the teerifessipri of a hidden crime, • "Laura," it began, "yoa have somettinee asked nue about your mother, but 1 cbuld net eeeak of • her. But after X ani gone you shall know the dreadful truth. This hand ii. red with her blood, though. God knows, unwittingly. I Was decide • Attached to her, but she was ce bean- tiful woman, and I was jealous Me her, unreaeonablY, I now believe, un- til, while we were in India, • a man . named • Wciodland exchanged into my regineerit. •• • "From the first I hated this Wood land who was dark and haughty -look- ing, old was, I believe, ehc heir to a baronetcy. Ile plied your mother • great attention; •and 1 was much roa- toyed by this, and • reinonstrated ',with her • about it.. She promised not to Speak to 'him any more, but I • received a hint that in my absence she sometimes went to ,his bungalow., hich Was situated' some quarter of a mile riitittint to the one .WO then 'occupied1 eletereened to .diebover thetruth concerning this, , end bus - Mg received ofders to visit a dile; *tont outpost, I started from the• cantoniaent,after parting °with your • • mother. But when some • miles aWay I turned my homes head and. eoieti back by a circuitous routs to Wood• - • land's bungalow; • • " 'It was evening when. I reached: it, and I saw not .a single servant e,bbut the place. 'SO,, :after tyingmy horee to itetiee, Iavent (Meetly on tee !cite veranda that ran - tOund the whole bungalow. From the snot where • r Stood r could see distinctly into One Of the rooms beyond. And what di You ••:think I did see? :X': saw your mother seated ort a couch with. this wretch Wpodteed beside. her. He was • holding her had, ,and he was speak.. Mg in a low' pleading tone to her, with his head hent close to here: eight •seerned to deive me mae; .the 'blood rushed to rny head., and with a,. mattered etirse 1 stood' _stiff and strove to hear :what be said. . lee was urging :her .to leaver 'her busbane and 'ehild and go to.; to England with Mid' the weak weinen ssas lietee- ing.te his *Order •: • "I could beae, it no longer; I sprang from the .veranda e into • the room with my revolver ,.in niy'band. Your mother se* me eret. -She gave sereerre and rese. Then: Woodland rosealso eine as ha, did 801 pointed the revolver at, him and fired.' •As I did this your mother -ran 'fprevaid and flung .hereeif on his breast, as. if etp, protect him, The bell struck her: in the .1ACR ,Of the neck, and a enom- °ant later: I -fired again at Woodland:: and this time fatallywounded him.' ' He tottered and fell, and them I. :saw, your mother Wae. weetinded. e. I tried to stanch the blood,. but •wits' in .vain. I scarcely.. looked at in • ,enemy, who was straggling .in: ins .-deatli-throee. I lifted Your iother on • a couch -the :very couch where ,she had sat a eminent or •two ago with the dying wretch on the epee. But . everything I did was eselesie- 'in • a . few minutese-hours they eeeined .to.. eetee-ehebreathed her heat, . with sure' •ftelook of. horror' on bele-face that it • has :haunted my .whole ''.•••.• "What was I' to de? Woodland, •by :this- ' time Was unionseipue, and there' suddenly fiesheci across my brain the . memory of a ..deep . well: said. to _be 'haunted, which Was esItueted , ie thicket, jest outside: the burr- geloerr roscd..hei• 111 ray irate; 'I carried .leee oket in the gathering gloome ..Notee creature was to •he geeii,.• The man. who had really killed • her -who had weeeked : her peace- • hitd; :I believe, sent every e servant from the '1 .bore, her in my erzne eo the well, ewhich was • overe grewn with .feeris. e • "Laura ; that well is 'your poor iricither'e gkeve. I heard :the hideous 'sPialeh, and their. turned .cine fled fro111. the accursed ., place like one dis- traught.' 1 got any .horee end '2'06 eall-theotignethat' awful nighte-ineTee- stets •fmind tem terrible to deserke.. ..was not suspected, .1 reached • the 'distant outpost 1 had Wild 1 was bound for,and the *mit day •was tete called to hear that my. wife had dis- appeared, and that Captain Wood; land had been murdered. " His , bad been: fouree M• the bungalow, but . there was no one to tell the 'tale. Ilo. had only • Met hie halt reward, . for but for this scoundrel 'Woodland, yeeur Mother might have beenBeing 0011, and my Soul: unstained ' by . a hledeli crime, • . "But. frorri that hoer I.,Iireee knirevie ed.. pertee. -: Sometimes I fancy her restless spirit, .still. lingers 'beside me. and I hear strange revengeful whisp- erings fe my ears. ,But if in another World. Ave' meet again -and 1 ace weary of thie one-elte tvill kii0* • I did not .inean te Injure her, Mid that. have tried to do what I could dur- ing my enebittered and remorseful existence for her Only child, • "Laura, forgive your dead father after you have read this, and remem- ber that; thia accursed Woodland alone wag' to blame for the dark tragedy which ended'your rnother'e life. • , Sir Ralph Woodland read 011(4100g confession ot his father's murderer With knitted brow and a fast -heat- ing heart. He remembered the tiewe hieing 'broken to his mother that her luiteuind wag derid;' remembered her grief for the man who had been an, °thee woman's lover, and who WitS- lying in her unhallowed grave. It Wait gloomy Story, dark and tragic, and its shadow had tioUr fallen on hie own lik. And Laura!? underetoed now only only too well the cause ot her timid rejettion ol nis love • when he had first asked her to be his wile., • Re took up her letter again; he pressvd )1I ftpa ori the sad written worth*: l01*1 1P0-31.1WILIA, 4. OAS WWII 0.0 now, but the terrible shadowof his 1 crime lay between use lies between us still." ' Sir Ralph was just a roan to ap- preciate this feeling. 'Whatever sin • his father had inteaded to commit, MaJor •Ingrain had murdered bine • Sir Ralph began pacing the room again, still holding Laura's letter in • leis hand. She was the daughter o • his father's murderer -this dear wo- man, to whom his heart was bound. It was a terrible thought, and yet, and yet -- At all retreats he must find her. If she had left her home through his in-. Buence-through her love for bine it at least behooved him to see that she had a home. Something must be • done, and done at once; and for a i few minutes Si' Ralph was endecided I hew to act, •At last he determined ' to go to Red House; to 'eerie tbe I truth, to face the man whom he . Would have wronged. ' 1 Having made up -his ' mind he at once carried this out. - He ordered his horse; he rode quickly into Suf- fold, and as he entered the Merket Place, Anna Lindsay, who was stand- ing leoking out of the beeakfast-room '• window, waiting for George :to re- appear, saw him, and hastily left the room to seek for Jew cousin. i At this moment the house doorebell • at lied House• rang, and Anna waite ed. on the stairca,se -to hoer it an- eweeed. This was done almost im- mediately, but• Anna peering over the banisters saw Sir Ralph standing diernpunted at the door. She then ran on hastily to George's reenn, and tapped. "Who is there?" asked G.eorge, sharply, from Nvithin. "Let. me in, George," enswered Anna; "I ea.vo• something to say to you." Upon Ole George unlocked tee door, and .Anna entered the robin in . a. state of greet excitemerit.. - "Who do you think is at the door,. • Gtorge?"..she gasped Out, ,-- 'Who'?" asked 'George, briefly. . • "Sie Ralph • Woocllienci," answered. Anna, breathlessly. "George, he has • come ;as a blind too. He has come • to pretend she is not with Mine to • deeive you. I am certain of it." 'She says she is not with heia," her; X do care for her ari I shall care, ler no other UCimitn, and for illie reationI have come to you. She has gone away alone, gone into poverty. She meet be found -she can not ' be perimps to starve." "Perhaps not," retorted George, Scornfully, for he was remembering An Lindsay's words. "PerhaPe you know better where to find her than I do, jrSRalph Woodland, and probably you vvill not let her starve!" "I 'swear I do not know where to end her!" cried Ralph, paertionately, and his dark face flushed. "Would that I die:, but I will try to find her; X will leave no stone unturned. 13e- lieVe -me or not as you will, 1 ani now 'ape kin th t th a g e rti And without another word he turned away, leaving George in a miserable state of uncertainty and doubt, .11•Trrr•••••• • CHAPTER XXVII, The Same day Sir Ralph Woodland , • went up to town, and the day after • George Gifford did oo also, • They both went to seek the shine woman; • and they both, naturally, went to the publisher of ber first novel. This gentleman, Mr. Brook, receiv- • ed them civilly, but declaredeto eech that he was quite unacquainted with • Mrs. Gifford's present address, "She has been 'writing another ibtootko,";osua.?1,1 Gee.rgo.. "Did she send :"No,"• replied the publisher, mail- . ing; leut I shall be very happy to receive it when she does." • "Her first book did well, I sun.; pose?" asked George. "Fairly well," answered the Pub- lisher, still smillog, and rubbing his hands together. "But we forwarded • Mrs. Gifford an exact account of the sales, etc., about three weeks. age. • Mrs. aifford's share of the profits amounted to a fairly .respe'ctable sum." • • George made no answer to this. He stood thinking. Laura had never • mentioned having , received' this Money from the publisher. .This look- • ed as though ber Med been. for some time premeditated, he was re- • flecting. • . • , ' However, he got • no Information • from Mr. Brook; nor did Sir Ralph, George then went to a, private M- I q,uiry office, and finally to the police. He offered one hundred' pounds for the discovery of his wife, and he also had Sir Ralph Woodland's move- mente watched. He stayed in town ' more than, a week, and was. then re- called to Sutfold :by the 'illness of his father, It had been a great shock to old Mr. Gifford to learn that his • daughter -m -law had left her home; and • during George's absence Anna Lindsay bad tried her best to'poisen her uncle's ears regarding Laura.. "She • is with Sir Ralph Woodleed, uncle,'' she repeated. ''George wasting his time seeking her:. . The whole thing • was planned eefore she left heee." This was also the general opinioa • in the little town, and, through her mother, the report. reached Lady Danvers, Who was geneinely grieved to hear it. She had noticed Sir Ralph. was attentive to •Xetura while She was at the Park,. and bis having bought Harewood Sir Richard Dan- vers thought strange. ' "What did. be want with it, when Kb had such a eue Place of his own?' -e asked the jovial baronet of his wife. "Lu, I'm afraid Your handsome • theorist has not turned out' well." for the vicar's family, they heard 01 and talked of Mrs.:George Gifford's disappearaneet. with the. ut- most Interest, and even excitement. Mrs. Masterman's opinion was that Laura's head .had been upset by her visit to Danvers Park, and that she had ran limey with Sir Ralph -Wood- land, because she hoped finally- to in- duce him to marry her, and thus rise in life. •• But he never will" aellrmed the •senior curate's • wife, with satiseac- tion. ' "George Giffprd, I suppoie, will get a divorce, and then Sir Ralph Woodland w111 throw her <mar, - and Serve her right." . ' But George Gifford did not seek,to et a divorce. in fact; he had . no grounds to go on. .His wife had left hiral.bedause she did not love him, • • saideGeorge, iii a bew. tone; "ie may .""Ntr:te-i.'te, they.. haVe. Planned. it all between them: Sho. may not, be with .him but he will .join •here he knows very well Weere she is." . . At this.moinent the hoesemaid.rap- ned at ehe. mere -deter., and :•Gebrge opened itOh , ,' • !,••• ' .please,' sir, Sir Ralp Wood- land has celled, !and has sent. no up to: know if you can see filea for • a • .few eninutesee said the housemaid el've shown leim hien denieg- Toone!' • • • eVery well; 'see eim," severed George, glooreily; and thefehe turned round and 'oohed at Anna, "Don't you be lake!) in, Gebege," she said, .in • reply to his. mute ine letery. "He's here as a blind, just'as, She said she was•going to Ladyleine: Bali - vers as :a blind. •It's a plot between them." . , , . :George did not speak; 'he etoed- -enonient. or two thenking, ..encethen.he folded up I;a.ura's •iettor. and 'put , it into' his poeket, and having done this proceeded dciwestaii%, and en- tered. the dining-kopm through: the open door, whicki'he shut behindhiiii Sir Ralph was etanding the window .as he went in; and a deep • flush. rose to his very brow when he sew George. The, two Men. bowed both coldly and haughtily, 'and then Sir Ralph spekee • • . • Excuse My intension, Mr.. On- feed,e he ,said, 'lea have tedeleed a 'letter thisniorzeing : • - From my wifeeerisked,Georgo Gif- ford, with suppressed •anger •:his tone, as Sir Ralph pausecj , continued Sir Ralph; and che• tells me She. has left her home - thee 'she does not mean to rpt.m.n.- -And. you, •1 presinee, are ihe cause?"' salt( GeOree; ., with kindling eYes. . Sire ROA die riot speak ; he stead. there' facing George, and there was self -reproach -in his heart. • • • ., "Yee," 'went on George, aiigrily "I 'LOCI have had a letter from 'iny• wife to tell Inc that the reason ..she has left her home that she has Inet en old lover of. hers ;agent; lover Irom Whomeshe was parted before.mir rianiaripr4iagweOodAiarued?.au.thris eoyer,.She "Yes," •he • antwered; and he fixed . his dark .eeies • ciu •George's • jaw Steadily as he spoke., "I am that lover, Mr. 'Gifford. .I met' Your wife long before her inari•ia.ge; I asked her Co be my wife, and she refused ale," "May I ask why?" ' ' .•• • • "Ther e .were painful reaSons-uft- known tO nie then." • • „• "Yet. you met as strangers," said George, indignantly. "You pretended that you were introduced kr the first' time at Lady - Danvers'," '•• : "Mrs. Cliffeed did not seem to wish to notice me when we met there," • "No! And all this while I suppose you have been making love to hoe behind my back, X most say, Slr Italpte.1 consider your coriduct,is in- excusable." ' • "I have, no excuse to offer you, Mr. Gifford. I urged her to go with me, . but she declined, On my word • of honor -and this is why I am • here to -day.-/ do not know where she is notwiA*.ti'd how ant to believe this, after the way in which you have de-. ceiVect ine7 Most probably she is only Waiting for you to join her," said George, very ringrilY, "I only wish it were so, I not hide the •truth from you; I did every. thing X could to induce her to leave her hoine with me, and her answer 'came this morning. It was a letter of farewell; a letter to tell Inc that she Would see inc more., though for my sake :"/ Understand," said George, bit- terly; "for your sake she would leave her husband, lose het good name! SO she told me, Volt ought to be content, sir, with the mischief you have done, with the misery you have brought about!" "t feel my wrong -doing as deeply as you do, Mr. Gifford. have no tiket00 exolPt e_itr.Pd fin ot/n47' 14 111,. but. he had no proof whatever, • that 'she' was with •any one else.. -.Sir 'Intl& Woodland was living atone at a hotel in town, lie easily ascertain- ed; but the private inquirer -men whom he employed to watch him, could dis-• cover nofffing more) In fact, it 'seemed ,as though both. Laura and Sir Ralph had spoken the truth, George began , to think, and that •Laura • had kept where she Was living 'a secret alike • from Sir Ralph and himself, Of ' course Anna • Lindsay tried to• • combat this idea. For one thing she did not believe it, and that any Woman -should leave her husband reed •a comfortable home for the sake of a romantic feeling for Another man was a matter utterly. incomprehen- . sible to Anna Lindsay's inind.`'' But though George said very little about , it, he was . yet, deeply indig- nant Laura's Conduct, arid this feeling was certainly not unnatueae. Himself a •good-looking man,. he could not understand why Laura had not '10Ved him, • He had always been. kind to her; he told himself, and she owed him so much; and to expose him to • remarlg and annoyance was, at. least, exceedingly ungrateful on her part. • • In this unsettled 'stato. of affairs three months pegged away at Red House, and nothing more had been heard of Laura. People had ahnost ceased to talk of her at &Weld, and the Gifford family went on very much the same as before George's nfar- riage, But George kept himself in communication with the police, and also a strict surveillano was main tained by his orders on finr. Ralph Woodland's movements. In the meantitim Sir Ralph had never ceased in his efforts to tr. te Laura. After going to lir. Brook, the publisher or her firet novel, 4iici learning nothing there, he had called on Ur. Valentine Rose, the editor of the wociety magazine where her _rivet story had appeared, for which in reality Sir Rallat bacl paid. hoods into the trenehling one offered for his acceptance. 'Well, Woodland," be said, well pleased, "I've found her!" Where? asked elle Ralph. "My dear fellow, give me time to breathe! After all the amazing amount of false swearing I've gone through I really deserve some eonsid- eratioe." "Do not talk such folly!" said Sir Intheahtih,didimsphantiseanytIly, "Where is she? Mr. Rosa sank clown on the rimiest chair, and affected to be half -over-, eeine. "Where is slue?" lie repeated "Well, at this moment I should say probubly crossing the bridge in a bus On her way to the ancient but not very charming suburb of Putney." , "Of Putney?" asked Sir Ralph, eagerly. "So OM informed me. Well, let me tell you the whole story. -eerie busy, but one of tho clerks came in to inform no that a lady wisbed to see me, I asked her name; message came •back should. rether not give her name; but had written for ine .before . Mythoughts flew to you; I said, 'Slum the lady in The lady wap shown in, and, lo and behold, it was Miss Ingram eine no other." "Yes, go on." . • "l'in going on, my dear fellow, as fast as Iran, X rose, bowed, held out my hand, which the lady did not seem to see. Then 'she said, 'I once Wrote a story for you, Ur. Miss.' ' perfectly remember,' I replied. 'You wore introdueed by Sir Ralph Woodland.' . "Upon this she sighed, deeply, 'And,' X continued, . 'I hope you Metro brought me another story,' '"On one. condition,' she answered, • 'whieh is that you tell leo one my reeifii,ex0ornandad,reIssa.aid, with an agr.ae_ 11:b"t'c'NETao joien'ee she repeated, beve t been married since I Saw yeu; I• have • left. my husband, and changed lily eamte and I, wish eo ono. to know where I eine •• • • . ••".'YOur wishes are law to me,' Ire - plied, mendaciously. "Their she produced her story, and talked a little,. though in a reserved. fashion, I asked her address, and af- ter a •momeet's hesitation she gave it. 'It is at Putney, •just after you have crossed tho. bridge, •over a little linee-eleaper's shop.' She said, '1 ain peer now,' or something to that efe feet.. Then, after 'a little more hesi- tation, and with a sudden blush, she askee after you. • " 'Have you seen Sit- Thelph Weed - land lately? the said. •' Not 'for, an agiee I answered; mid I hope ,I may be forgiven.' Then I. wrote down her- address, and . here it is, after' which she rose and depart. - ed; but before she left ' she again room, and the laarilittly doiviit the door behlad him, IAA Latirs saw 3415°11eittuwxred. pale; ShO Marled up. She did not speak. "Laura," Raid Sir Ralph, holding Out hie hand, but lobe did not take it "Why /Tye you come? lIoW end you Ilml Me?" ' Ole asked, in a brOken vooixocaammoobemmentuoclatierg.01114 not ata' away," answered Sir Ralph. "'For the last three.moatlis I have eoughs Mr. Rosa received Ulm plettaentlFr 'though he instantly thought of the I05'oentcolgeidd. for. Bait he wee not dis- transact on with, Wee Laura Ingrain and the story, which he had never Sir Ralph," he said, rising, as Sir Ralph was uphered intti the • room; "exceedingly glad to see you, I hope you have brodght Joie another. • story from that handsome young woman in whom you were MO inter- ested. 13y the by, where is she now?" Sir Ralph fixed his keen 'dark eyes on the pink smiling face before him as Mr. Rose said this, but Mr. Ross' blue °Yes never flickered. • "That is a question I was about to ask you," answered Sir Ralph. "Yes. Has ehe during the la,st few weeks offered you any of her work?" - Certainly she Ilea not; for if she • had I should have taken it. That story we published of hers was above the average; yes, decidedly ii,bo..ve the a• niviem7itt'i'On with her?" tthhean-re,d smhee fcaarlipeadyihnegreneorneand "And you have had no furthpaeyrrotincaopnint; • "Net for mouths and Months. By ly." • • • hi• s nwdhiMter'teneothss. laughed and •shoWed "She told me about that. what made you tell her?" said Sir Ralph, griinly. •' • .. • "My dear fellow, I did not tell . her," replie.d Mr. Ross, with ancither laugh . I only. advised her alwaYe • to be paicl through Sir Ralph Wood- land;. whaasva tihtrenenwpro.unds ten. . . Will . you . and Very good advice too, She, pounder what she really should have •"There is no hurry about it,'' said tied me you. had given her five Sir. Ralph, yet more 'grimly; ane . • e rose and began walking 'slowly up and down' the editor's of - tee. ' "And you, have never •beare, from her since?" he presently asked: "Yes; .she sent m�. one other story, . 'bet I was full up at that time; and besides, her .first • story had not 'then. , been published, . eo I . declined the so- ; cond one; but if you. helve brought it .now -." • th'ilgwihsbanI had An extraordinary • young lady- you knew *its .Miss. In- . gram married ..".••• . "Marrieel" said Mr. Rossraising . his light eyebrow. • -) ••• • "Yes, and she has now left her e husband; and -she is keeping,. Where . • iihre: lives a secret from hee •friends, This ie why I carne to. you I came work to You for she must intend, I - 33toelieinveqiui. troe !.11(yeehtey had t pberilou.,g: brought .. any Ah said said; Mr,- .Iloes, • anti' 4 thoeghtftil exiiressieire Paeeed over his faie face, '' • .. . . . • . dor`o'essIis,.?t h,,.i, (,)1 Us. gi.'ihet. di to, ens, o: tw 1.14ril 1. 31 kroetlly. dtoli.an.t1.0e..1,14e • would come ,.tp .3,etieettrid she may. ' . favor? Will ', you eive me .1ter ad-. Mr. •Ross booked . yet more thought - What it she binge 'nolo' secreeye" Even if ' see: binds 'yob to . se- . crecy , ' • .tirged bit 1 la erb .. , ' ' lege e , • 'Roes, I will give anething 1 e grid out; her address-. You may nanie. e-etir ' 91`v"rlYoPuri' c..(' think eY ery , men ba s . li i a . . peiee, •teen?". smiled kr: 1 o SS . "It IS n nuitter a life and (lea th . 'to inc to kno* '41 11c she . is.," eon-. • ' tinned: Sir Ralph, veheinently. -,,.-Aie . has left her honie,-einetly tinemgli I feel myself to Mamie; so ii .„ $ee . ;coruies here, Roes -e • ' e'leoll, Sir ilaleh, we are ceed .friends." . . ' • 'If you can find out whel'e: sbe is -living I' Will 'give. you -en tho ti • ••"-I can depend on -you. may I aoe,'. to tell: no one my address? 'You .intter 'certainly 'depend on me,' I 'eald,. and I reflected it Was. cruel to deceive so charming' a wo- • marl; :but ,then alse reflected. it Was; no doubt her good And Mr, eVeleAtine•Roei laughed. •• . But Sir. Rah* did hot latigh. Ile. wrote down the address, 'oared theri looked at Mk. 'Ross. • . "You shall • have the check to-mew- nroigwh,t':,,he .said, "if I find. .,her to-' "To-night,t Why, ;you are. certainly not going to Putney • to -night," -ex- claimed Mr. Rose,' aghast, who had intended to dine with Sir Ralph. ' eertainly, am,' I tail going . at . once. Thank you, Ross; you have e.a,eiltienddeetythe77gr,atitudee," • •.7 "The check?. It will be all right if your infornuttion. is 'correct. 'Excels°, inc., Ross, but I am'gPing hosiee • '•Stop,'stop,•my dear fellow!"..cried • Mr. Ross, rising excitedly. '.'Why, you have not even asked the naine that the fait lady goes by at Putney."' "I am off niy head, I think," an- swered Sir Ralph, . grimly, "Well, . what is it?" , • • • . : "Miss Boyd,. ; Here' it is written , BRacTpsh.,.. .Awkiadin another monenL Sir s, gene, , • CHAPTER ebeVIete' . • . ed Putney, and the lames. wei•e , lit in the narrow streets:•He had been di-. reeled, by Mi. Ross. that.' the hcruse where Laura -lodged was close to the bridge, and he easily 'found it. The street Was steep' and crowded,, but; the small linen -draper's shop ' for which he was seeking was . not 'full, and as he entered. it a. depressed- . looking sliopman hurried forward. with the object of serving, him. . "Does. Miss Boyd' lodge .here'?" In- • quired Sir Ralph; and the shopkeep•-• feee when he found Sir. Ralph wits, not _ a 'customer. • ' ' , "Yes, sir," he ansivered; "Miss • Doyd has our drawing -room. She is •a writing lady.", ' . said Sir Ralph; upon which the sho"p'.... • "That is the lady I want to • see," keeper called to his wife in the back • parlor tha a gentleman. had called for Miss Boyd, and then a faded respectable -looking woman appeared. She usheredeSir Ralph up the nate • row staircase,. which was not lighted, . and rapped at a robin • door, • . "Come in," ' replied' voice, the • tete- of which Sir Ralik remetnbered: so" well. • • , ."A gentleman for you, Miss Boyd," said the landlady, opening the door.; and then.Sie Ralph saw. the quiet. in - teller. • •, A wornati in a black gown Sitting at a table, which was littered with papers and lit by a shaded lainp; woman who \turned round her grace- ful head as the landlady spoke, and did not for a moment recognize her I visitor, for Sir Ralph was standing In the shadow of the dark staircase: . Then he slowly walked forward into • It Was dark_when„Sir.Ralph reach PURIFIES THE BLOOD. BRACES THE NERVES. BUILDS UP THE BODY. COMPOUND alLsida= Womb , . pounds; and 'Ho one , need De the wts- .t)r," contieued Sir Renee and elle. Ross ' pink face grew: little pinker, 1..hat.. Wag •• A thousand po Mid s? ' he • report led • t !fought! u ly . ' "Yes, a ti 00 poUndseeeplease•- ry- to earn it, Rose, and my , ere t ie • toide..aa , •."Well, your gratitude iS•a tempting tribe; so if 'title 'fair lady •COlneS bere- • -/.et.,ine know. at once:. De not alarm her. .If :she. asks you to keep -- her name and address a secret stretch:. a pellet; with , your. .consdience. for °nee.- Telb no one but. Me, but tell 'me without delay:" . • . • • • ' . "All right; • I'm your. man. -But what a she does not come noir' • "It's 'a chalice of • coui•se; .beit. she may colnee.". , , -.• . , • • , 'Sri .she may.Wroodlende My dear feilow, ,just by chance I ant. a -trifle • harcl, up this morning; do You think you ..could lend • me • a hundred ' pounds?" • .' "Certeinly," .reotied 'Sir Ralph, with a hard smile. "X have not my check -book with me, but I will Send a hundred on this ..afternoon; or • .would you rather. have two hun-.• dred?". • • . •• • :, , "I 'should •rather have- two hun- dred," smiled' Mr. Valentine Ross. • • right. -Telegraph at' Once if this lady calls. And now. goed-mOrn- • lug, Ross." • . . •• Mr. Rosa got his two • hundred • pounds, but weeks passedaway and Kb had no chance •Of earning tho thousand pounds and Sir Ralph Woodland's gratitude, Sir Ralph call - pd at the oftlee more than once, but Mr. Ross had no news. Laura 'had ' disappeared, seemingly, • ' amid the vast multitudes of the great city, or • hidden hernelf away seraeWhere else. for no one could find her.. ••• 470 ('ONTINUED.) mak.. COMPOUND' WAKES SICK PEOPLEWELL 1.0..$PRINQ :TOM "PAINE'S". .4iggsic 30ort Eliethe Kind That Has Made Such Wonderful Cures. • • • .