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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1905-07-13, Page 7• • July jtSph WOO Mcfraggart 13ANKER , A GENERAL BANKING BUSI- NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES * DISCOUNTED. DRAFTS ISSUED. INTEREST ALLOWED ON 11E- • POSITS. t ALBERT STREET, • CLINTON. per sale. Residence on e I3aylie Road, one mile south of Clinton. LICENSED AUCTIONEER.-GEOR- ge Elliott, licensed _auctioneer for the County of Huron, 'solicits the patronage , Of the public for busi- ness in his line. Sales conducted oi . percentage or so much per sale. All business promptly attended to. -George Elliott, Clinton 13: O., re- sidence on the Bayfield Line, 58 LIPPINCOTT'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE A MINA" LissAsY The Best In t orrent literate° 12 COMPIATC NOVELS YetiRLIP MANY SNORT STORIES AND PAPERS ON TIMELY TOPICS S2.150 NM %NEAR ; 26 wrs. 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Without, they were seen whispering It The attendant, who was the Count of Cross, breathed what be knew to the Duke of 111ontineireney, who told Bellitys„ who related the story to doiirse," lie said with', e a peculiar snille. • A look of impatience crossed her face, but she gazed at him intently, and her eyes hem his front the floor, where they would have strayed. "Are yon stupid, or do you but pro- fess to he?" he demanded, "Before • the tilt I noticed the duke aw4 his • trooper talking together, When they • separated, the latter', unobserved, as Unless save for a• foot that Waved to he thought, struck the point oe „his and fro, betraying her reetless mood. Weapon against his stirrup, The disk fell to the ground" The sound of her dress, the sweyIng of • the foot, held his attention. In that lit - "Your glance is sharp, jeequeline," he retorted slowly. "Thank you ftie hewer the air was almost stifling, or the information." •laden with the perfume of nattily flow, era. Even the song of the birds grew Her syes kindled: An angry retort fainter. Ont'Y the tiny feuntifin more .•en••• .mel 'about to spring from her film. rt assertive than ever, became louder ane was with diftleulty she controlled louder. The princess breathed detply, hittetreete..if to answer 'calmly a =Went half arose. A vine caught in her hair. "You mean it can serve you nothing? She stooped to disentangle it, thee held • Perhaps you are right Today you were herself erect ' • 'Wow close it Is in here!" she 'no - lucky. Tomorrow you may be -what? inured," arranging the tress the plaut Today you defended 'yearself well, and had disturbed. "Go the door, fool, • It was a good lanee YOU bore. Had it and see If you van find your master." Involuntarily he had stepped toward as been any ether jester the king would have praised hina. •Because it was you noword. has been spoken. If anything, her, though' to assist her, but now • he jester made no reeve to obey; hid, looking clown, answered eoldly• "The Mike, modern, likes not to have. his peer deeds exploited." . "Poor ileedel"- he returned and seemed about to reply, more sharply when Something iu his face held her !silent. • . • Leaning ter head on laer hand, she appeared to forget his presence, mo- • stopped. His • face changed. • lie even your success' has minoyed him, Several. laughed. That last word from her lipe of the court spokeof it:. He answered seemed to break tee spelt of self con • you!" ., not, tlie *sign°. t° igli°r° it and-- trol that held hina,• : • . . • "Then are you courageous to breve ' "My master!" hesaidin a hard, public opinion and hold Converse scoffing tone. "Whom mean- you -the With., ntan. who left you to go to the soldier? -me?" he replied, with a smile. - ••' That blusterer tray master! . That sWag. , • ,"Public.opinion!". she. exclaimed, With . • • flashing •eyes. :"What would they say' ' gering trooper!" . of a jestrese? Whets shi? What is • Her•Inertness Vaelsbed'T e sudden anger and wonderinent in her • eyes . tth he ended abruptly, bit •her lips met. the passion in his , " y . - s 'Owing her , gleaming white- 'tee. gow dare you -dare '- she be ' Then some . emotion mere protound swept overher expressive. face. She e • neither MY Meeter nap the• dulee, but .ft Mere freebooto, nioun• e looked at him silently, and when she spoke her voice was more gentle. • • . Jitpinotdeeand contempt• lat'.'.repiac'ea hestir • . . "I cannot believe,'" she contimied • Prise, but indignation still 'remained, thoughtfully, • "that the duke . told hi's His audocity ,In' coming to her. 'with troopeento 'do. that. , VIS too infamies. The man must have rioted ohieown this falsehood, his hardihood In main- n , responsibility.* The duke could • not, 'Would not, countenance such hisenese."' • ."You have a geed 'Opinion of „hitn,„ ; • gentle mistress," he said in atone that exasperated her,. . . . • • "Who has not?" she retorted. sharply. .• "Ile is as braveas he .18 -distinguished.. • Farewell! .If you served him .better and Yourself less you"- . • • "Would serve myself better in. the end?". be • interrupted . • "Thanks, goott• Jacqueline. A: NY01:0101 makes' on excelieer counselor" ..• , • •":', • Disdainfully she Mulled... gee face grew „cold.:: Her figure looked . never. More erect aed. inflexible. • • "'Why," she reinerked.,'"here am :westing' time talking when the...make playingand every one is dancing. Even now I see'a: courtier approaching. who has . thriee importuned' Me." And ethejestress vanIshed.in the throngas abruptlY as. he had appeared. • . Thoughtfully, the duke's feel looked, not after her;.buttowerd a •far end of the Pavilion Where he last had. seen % theprincess and *her betrothed. should now„be• well on .his way," ' he told • hiniself.,• "No-one has yeeinissec1.11m, or. If they de notice, • bis absence" they'will attribute it t� his • tnjerles." • ••• • •• Around hifli, carraine,,..blood warni, flowers exhaled a 'commingling' redo- lence;:. near ',him a toy -like. fountain • whispered very softly -and' confidential - •Through the: foliage. the figures moved and moved; on the air the muide fell an ose In in orchestration, yet ating in sparkling , de-. e the 'Vloline - epee- tiVe the Mites, .alive the gitterns, blithesome the -tripping arpeggios that • crisply fell •from the strings, of the' joy- eas harps. . • • , The rustling a -a ,gown • admonished.' hthi • he was not alone, ene, looking down'. athid, tbe crimson flowers, to his startled gaze appeared the face of .her. of whom he was thinking; above thebroad, white broW.shone,the radi- ance of hair, a gold that Wee almost . breeze in that dimlight; through .the green tangle Of ,shrubbery, a silver: slip- • brightly •p tail. • Bielycfn • "Ale It is you,. feel!" she said. lan- • guidly. It may' be. he contrasteO the ledifference ofher tones new With the unconscious softness Of her voice when she had addressed him on anether oc-- cailonha another gaeden-for his face Mashed and he would have turned abruptly whene- •• ' • "Oh, you Mai remain," she added carelessly. • "The duke hart but left me. He received a inessage that the , Man inart•in the lists wait most anxious to see him." . • • • hap the whirl cif his reflections her • words inidnUated themselves. Why lad the free baron gone to the teoopery What Made hie presence 80 imperative 'at the bedside of the soldier that he. had abruptly abandoned the festivities? Surely more than mere anxiety for the Man's.• welfare. The jester looked at the ,prineess for the answer to these questions, but her face was cold, smil- ing, unreSpOnaiVe. In the Wain et toning it, admitted of but one expla- nation, BY• her cOmulitiOance in the past ale ,had fanned the• embers of a • passion ivhich now burst beyond 'con, trot., She realized how more than fair • alto looked that .evening. •Hadshe not healet it fertin many?' Had not the eyes of the king's guest told heti? And she-. • belie-ved that this iie must havesprung to the jester's lips while" he was re- garding her. ' •, • . As the •selution crossed fier.inind re- pials.ant..4.,desperate and despicable as well as lowly wooer, her face relaxed. In the desire to Mit her conclusion •she hitighed quietly, um - Cruelly king mulled the prin.- - cess. ••• "Yon are mad." sbe' breathed softly.• - "Yeti are mad., -..because -,because you", , • ''" • .. ; He started, itutlYing-her eagerly. • He fancied he read relenting • sOftnese bete gaze, a flash of menaory. Into •a. -past, where ,glamour Und ronutnee and the heart history e of the rose Made up life's • .desideratum, . whereiu • •exleterice but an allegory of love's quest and the, goal its; •conennaniation. Had she •.tiot bent gednlously over the rose of the p ' oet? fled not her breath 'corne •iy, :eagerly? • Clould he not feel it yet . sweet and .warm .on• his' cheek? 'Into. the past, having gone so far, he .atep- ,ped now boldly, As though to. • grasp again those Illusive: colors and:. seize anew the , intangible substance,'' *He, was but youne, When shcid0w0 'spent •8611d, when dreams are, 'cortorcal attire and, . fantasies,- rocklike strata, a. real- lty. • ; • . • • • • • • So he. kileit before her. • "Yes," he said, "1 ioye yeti." • . • . And. he thus' remained, pale, inert, afl resentment or Jealousy eucee.edeil by a Stronger emotion, a feeling chive', • , rip that bent •itself to a glad:thraldom, the desire, but. to serveher, to save . • her, #is heart beat: faster. • 'lie raised his head peondlY, . • "Listen, princess," he began. "Thotigh Meant.it ncit, . I feet .1 have greatly., Wronged You.. I have mecli. toask your pardon for, ineeh to tell you, It Is . • • , • The words died -On his Hps. 'roni the princes' face all eoftness had Sudden- ly vanished. gergazepassea him, dole, hatightY. Across thelllusorY; positive - nese of his world, immaterial, penile* . iogical, ghostly, an interniecliate orb, e tangible shadow', was thrown. Behind • 'bine stood the free . baron' and the. king,' Quicklythe fool sprang to ills feet • "Prineesar 'exclaimed. the Imre°, Vole of theinister of gachfels, • ' •"10 lord?" • . •• • For a moment neither spoke; and. then the: clear; told :voice of the prtn- eess broke the silence. ' • ••• "Are, all the fools in Yonr country So . ptestinaptuoure najt lord?" she said, . • . The king's counteninice lightened. He turned his adeusin'g glaZtee upon the .foel.. As.in a drain stood the lit- ter. The words he would have uttered .remained unspoken. But Melly the monatch • . surveyed him satirically, . darkly, then, turning, with a gesture, The Ivor& dted olz Ma Zips. • /Mime de 'Poitiers, who ernbeltished it for yinot, who carded it ..to Jacque. line: ' ".Tribciulet has his wish," said the poet -fool half regretfully. -"There is. one jester the less." • ' • "Where have they taken Ilim?" asked the girl steadily.• 'e but to Uze keep!" " "That dungeon- of the old castle?" • "Well," he returned significantly, "a -tqol and bus , alas, are soon pat - ed! Let us make merry, therefore, while we may: Vet what would you? Come, mistress --the dance",-; • "No, no, no!" she exclahned, so Pas- eionately he gazed at her In surprise. •CHAPTER . 'XIV: N a mood a contending thought the free baron left ;his apart-. • ments the next morning•and troverseti- the tapestry hung corridor 'leading toward the servants' and soldiers' quarters., ' Following the expoaure.. of the jest; er's 'weaknaSS, pasaion for mis- tress, 'Francis, -as Y•illot tole., JacqUe-. line,' had Ifinineillittely Ordered the tool Jiito tarletest.vonfinement, the 'donjon of the -ancient structure, In that dark- ened cell he had rested'overnight, .and there ; he would no • doubt rentain in-. • definitely: The king's • guest bad not. been greatly ..cOnterned with the jest- er's quixotic love for the Princess, be- . little dioposed to jealouoy. • • But to offset•his'satistaation that the je•ster lay :.uncler• restraint he, took In bad part tbe, trooper's: coutineed in • Sensibility which deprived him,. of, the • much needed information:. 'When he. had repaired, to the lealsideof the Sol- dlei. the night before. he bad Only,his- . trip for ifis 'the. manhad • •.Ogain sunk' let° 'uneonscioueness short- , • ly before bis einnieg. thee the free liagon.Was.ettli la ignorance of the .per - gen to Whom the feel had .beteitye4 :.1211•1111;•ith r' ...• citfer.).. the king's guest en •teeea the chanaber ef the injured. sof- troop- er, his inustachios appeuring snally . red and fierce against lats•umilv" • Washed out .Complexime,..Ae .the free baron drew' near the. cotich:a tall fig:tire arose treirt the.side of the 'bed.. • "HOw your patient, Oectorr said • :the visitor shortly.7. • ' rettirned the other 'Meanie, ally; This person Woe, a. blank, gown, a• pair of: litige broad rimmed:: glasses • 'testing on. the bridge Of ei -thin; long. -nose, and .in his elawlike fingers'. he ' . held a vial, die content of which be ..stirrett slowly,* His Aspect was. that 01! • living sorrow tIndinelaireholk.' • "ilas.lie•lyeen conselOtta again?" ask-, . • • .ed the caller. .. "He has e'en lain as you see him,":ri,• . plied the..weorer of the black robe,- • I "HIS daysatenumbered,". quoth the free baton to himself, Staring forward. But aef 110 spoke he imagieed. he sate. • the red .muStacilleS move, while tree eye • 'certainly glared with intelligent hatred upOn.,the -doctor. and; turned with aux bus splieitude uncet his master.. •The :latter. immediately knelt by the.bed• e side and jaid. his hand upon:the alreody, celd one of the soldier. ., • L. • ."Speakr he said, . . . It Airets the command. of an officer :to a- trooper,. an autheritittive bidding, • and seemea to suitinion 4- last eallying energy from • the failing. heart r•L'ite inite's gage sliceiVd that tie enderstood, Froni.. the free 'bereft eye flashed a' • glance of savege power fled force • "Speak!" he repeated cruelly, inipera; tIvely. • The inustachlos .qtaltered;' the MOM' ' beet his head- so low his face al- • most touched the , soldier's: voice - was it a voice, so faint it. sp•luided?7-, breathed a few. worche • "The emperbr Spain ••-f- Caiilette- • goner, .• • • • • • • rieberly the king's guest walked dew!' the echoing etitirWey mat Into the on'efil'air of the court. The eneperor ifl Spain? It •seerned not unlikely.. •. If the emperor had gone to Spain a rhea. senger, ridieg posthaste, could reach Charles In time to' enable that mon- arch to interpose in the •nuptials and override the eorifidenee the free baron had established for himself In the.court: of Pennell& . An impediment • offered by Cluirles Would be -equivalent to the abandonment of the entire marital en- "rtVateitig. before'. • t't. lal.rissiVe arched doorway thnt led int0 a Whig cif the Castle where the free littron knew the • jesters and eertain of the gentleinen of the chaither lodged, the veneter of gethfele, aneWer te hit) ;Inquiries Stininioned ari, attendant, Not until the the fountain tiny fish played and dart - hands Of two soldiers fell upon him ed, and as his eyes tutned from her did the fool betray any emotion. Thee, to them they appeared as swift and 11 - hie floe changed, and the. stunned look lusive ite his oWn surging fencies. "The-deke, madate, Is most solleit- ItChis oyes gav4i- walt to tin expEbn outs about his men," he said in a 'Mee of such unbridled feeling that olen- • tarily the lang stepped habk, and the Which sounded strangely calm. free baron drew his sword. Dut neither "A. good leader has always mind ' the welfare Of his soldiers," she replied had the ttletletreh need el:4' t(PPrehett'• sten nor the princeste betrothed nee briefit, for his weapon. Some entertiOn deeper Her hand played =tong the blots- than auger repladed the revenge tut - soma, Over the dowers she looked at moil Or the jester's thoughts as With it hint Her features end arms -were a last IIXed, look at the prineeee he me - the sculptured roundness of Marble but the reflection of the ruses bathed ehanically Suffered himself to be led her in the wain hue Of life. As he met ftwaY* •L°0184ft gaz4 Per61" followed him, and when the Canvas fell and he her gaze the illumined pages of a book had disappeared ehe passed, a hand, seemed turning before hie ,eyes. Did act ow her brow. She remember 1 • She could not but perceive his etno. "Are you setlelledf 1113P lord" aid flour the tribute of a giant° beyond ng tree baron' 4"1,1:110 knave has reeeived Just de- cofttrel despite the proud immobility et his features. setts, sire," replied the other and, step - "Sit here, tool," elle said, not tinkled. I Pi" to the Prille°°°' 44°' relee4 her ly, "and you may tell tee more about tho duko, tot troalfs,..0t that battle "gee de Maul" eried the monitreh# hand to his 1106. Niatettilti the me ot the pal:sprat'', Ints"ing hi° erill in • frith° than"6r . . ever the fr 6aron'a ohowder a d ' •,,•e11 , 1 Ifyoir, your friends or _relatives suffer with Fit, Epilepsy, St. vittie Dance, or Falling Sickness, Write for a trial bottle and valuable treatise eri such diseases to Tint Lame Co., tegKing Street, Toronto, Canada. All druggist* sell or can obtain for you LEMBO'S MOORE. , front ii tiervant, learned that Valliette ... had not been in bis npartnienbi since ' the day :before; that be had ridden from the tournament Ostensibly to re• turn to his rooms, but nothing had, been heard Of him shtee. No further doubt renteined in his Mind that the cluke's plaisant bad Sent A Comrade In Motley to the emperor, and as he would net have inspired a Mere too' e errand Charles without question wee In 4410', several (Jaye nearer to tbe court of the French Men-, : arch than the princess' betrothed bad -presulued.—llette-Itad •novit-- been' four and twenty bolts en his journey. • It would be uaeless te attempt putsult, as the Jester was a gallant ItortteMen, trainee to the 'bunt. Such a Man Would be Indefatigable in the Kiddie, and the ether realized that, 'Strive As he might, he could never overcome the handleap. Then of what avail was one fool in the dungeon, with a second on the road? Should he abandon -his quest, be driven from his purpose by a nest, ef ' motley meddlers? The Idea never .seriousiy entered his mind. Ile woUld fight it out doggedly, upon the field of deception, But how?' . Step by eitep, the king's., gaest had • left the palace behind hire until the surrounding shrubbery shut it frem view, but the path,. sweeping onward, i With greceful curve, brought him sud, ' steady to a beautiful.chateam.--Lost in • thought, he gazed within the flowering , grountrat the innate architecture, the: 1 marble statues and the little lake in Whose •nellueid depths were, mirrored a thousand beauties of that ,eboset • spot, an iniproved Edell of the .land, seape gardener wherein resided th • *i:1•6.tizily" trs,sdlillagtoctumrts. •ewthe .. free baron, ' •• , Bell Weather. brightening abeuPtly, "that chance •on the fifth bell of the Tadcaster peal which served . me last ' night, whieb forced the trooper to speak today, now .. has led My. stupid feet to the tooth - s • . Withintt. mucb begilt and gorgeous . bower he aeon found hiMiielf awaiting patiently the coming Of the king's:fa. • vorite„. Upot a tiny chair ,of gold tea fragile for his bulk the: caller moan - while inspected the :ceilings and walls •. Of this dainty .dondclie, mechanically striving to decipher 4 painted allegory Of Venus and.111ers 'Or Hetet and Paris or the ceuiatess:and Memo's, he coidd not decide precisely its purport, when she floated' into the room, dressed In • seine diaphanous stuff, a natural' ac- companiment to the °time decorations, herdishabille a positive note of mod- esty ' amid • ilae • vivid. colorings and graeeful poses of •those tributes to love "with Which Prinaatiecio and other :Ital- ian artists had•aeorned this hewer. • : "Hew Charming,' Of your vegneir murnierod the lady, sinking lightly up.- to church before •thern, ty on a .eettee. "Whitt on early riser you- or • woovenas tli id driVe cattie to 'market.' ' must be, duke!" . • - • An e:7tric 'Altinnagh'it was then hitt ttio• hour* .T. he..!;He Bell, • .yestrY ' bell" Of .• ,Tottenharn, . from noon, the Visitor :coefessed him- •.' Church has a -rather Interest:fug his(ory • , soeAlnf'dopyeonu tit: -weeelltlielipsitinotininlil4raedgdaerdd::: . 1,0%heiatiatrhe: Ii7.1ireenni ephf.h.tiehl..ati. 'Rlecri it was ' "tirriSt plead geilty Of the same fault,. ehence. Wt., was :taken agnual' bjsr°ongthht7rtC .One can easily see:yon.have been out Efiglatith. y some Biltish. sailers..Whc • . gthe de .1D•iir.othvienerattrIfIlo7S5t9;rsviGhlecriil : .... in the 'garden and,'" he blundered on, : "N;a,eirneiden;se. 0`atolen the tints frOtn the roses." •- • Sharply the countess looked af hint . ,ebourat.prleietmdenotn.ly... au honest. eit.teMpt at e , , ... •• the parish church in 1,801.: It is .in. ",.•,".'why,.' seemed, "You are becoming . serteed•-"Sit .nomen Dombie • benedic- ' as mitt a ilatterer as the rest•ot thein,..1, tum ,"•• and ' is reniarlfabla for -its clear .you did not call to : rine, 'Wbich Is attributed to an' excep .• :tBeullt;rn' cafaet1,197V, . • . ' . '.,ct,loornnapl913sT4litinge.prePortion ef silver in its ' . "Ne, niadam," he 'anewered,". taking is not necessary thithitsrudtilit honicald be credit to himself for "It It • Drinking. are Eatine. used to .be • the practice in sone premeditated. Lhad a' ieriouS purpose •Parts of Lancashire to spend the fines . Which had been inflicted •• dirriug.lthe . in seeking. you, Of all the. court -yew yeek upis,n,parishionersi for drunken : • , Mone can. Assiet me. Hist o •You only. ' . • •mssa- In loaves of bread; which after •• I earl look fOr aid. knoviing you gerier-; ' et h i s hsi • ' • ,_. . ous, I have .1teutured te:eonte." • . •' . wleUrr'casrerriLueint'uou:theu Carchulyaurrcilliti4 • !!yon interest Poe": she laughed. -"It the-sekton,..and there distributed among • ouch ofthe po.or folk of the parish as . • • %had attended.. the., serviee. • ' " •.7. .. !!' . Her Last prop. , A tale of a • woman sentencea • te- .. . . . death, whose. warrant had been. over- looked Or niisearrIed,• and the. exeetition, , tons delayed for.s. loilg tifrie,. is tesorci. • ed in the "Sistory ot.Aylesbury" •by appearence In the, bower of Merl had gunny weighed .turen him, het not Ise ta attitude ot the princess. How vividly ell the details stood eat In Ids brain- the sudden transitionS of ber manner; her seeming' Interest in lita passionate words; her eyes; friendly, tender, as be had onee: IMOwn them, then portentous. allence, frozen AM - dein! Into the marble -like pallor of . her faee eltaint seenied to la Militate Itself, but the words had drop. 'veil easily trona ber lips, "Are ail the ewe; of your country so presueoptelone, my lord?" ' Above the other distinctive feattirea E CONTINUED.) • FRIENDSHIP, • A ruddy. drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs, The world uneeitain conies and goes. The lover reotea stays. • fancied he was ficd- And, after many a yt,ar, Glowed unexhausted , kin illness, 'Like daily sunrise there. My careful heart was free again. 0h,. friend, 'my bosom said, Through theo alone the sky is arehtd. Through thee the rose is .redi Ail things through thee take noblex form -And look beyond tbe earth; The mill round of our fate aereare- A sun path in thy worth, ' ' thY nabli /10SS has taught To master my despair; The fountains of ?ay hidden iire Are through thy frienclsiiip fair. •--Emerson. CURIOUS SCRAPS. is cast the inscription, in raised letters, "It rerriv.rkable that these bell..4 were meulded 'in the great frost, 1.743." .(This frost began in i..7133, and lasted three months.) • •• Impeding the Traffic, In 1569 an order was -issued' to the residents . of .the • City of Londen that thy were not to stretch clothes- Haar . across..the streets- to dry their linen'on. • •An• Old Custom Renewed. .•1, Current Press. paragraphs aclvertitic' that .a.cortain Norfolk rector whips 'a Sunday morning congregation . ty calling on his:laggard parishioners and rousing them with a hand -bell. to n sense of duty; but there is notliin2. nova about that 'method of filling 'choral. • In the middle ogee, and down - to • pn:tty•• late In the, last ocntiny, 11, ' was the custom to ,many . 'ip, the northern) parts of the countrY for the chnrchwardens. to Sally forth af• ter the Litany, aimed with s.rviceabli • canes, and, literally -"whin up" a 'con- gregation from th'e loiterors high ways,' byways,' and' taverns, whom wolfe. On its arrival here it .wit2 . bought ,for 22e by a Tottenham rest JackSan-wha gave it tc must be a pressing,.emergency when you honor me -so early -in the day." "It is, madam," he replied; "very Pressing to Me. I want the wectiling • • day changed." ,, • • "Changed!" she exclaimed, staring at him.' "Deferred?" •. • • ' • . "No; hitetened, mtidem..:It Is toe long to wait Go to the king;' ask hini to shottee the ititerVal; to set the day' sOonee I beg .01! you; Madam!" ."dh,.. this 18 delicious!" purred the countess. "I will be, your messenger, YOUr advecate, and will plead your cause and Will • win your case. • But • what about the princess? What will she say when".- . • . • " "It shall be mY task to persuade ber. I am sure she will consent'', returned the slitter. ' "Perhaps you have spoken to her, al- ready?" asked the 'Countess. • • mice, of What uenwoula bether nese?" "Ne, madam; Without your ctehist- • • "Wind' a responsibility you Place 'On• , my weak Shoulder's!" cried the other, "However, I will net shift the burden. 1, will go tO his•majesty at once.' And do you go to the princess." ' ' • "At yOtir command," he replied 'end took his departure. • •• C1FIAPTtit .' • . . rtu MI hie atnis behind him,, the clukees: fool Moved as best he inight.to 'and fro within the narrow coniines of his ja11, '1113) events -ivhich had led ti) hie inertr; emotion were so recent be liad hardly yet brought hiinself to realize theiefiall significanee, • Neither Francis' anger nor the free baron's covert satisfectlen the late Robert Gihbs, P.-a..;A The . condemnee wornan was allowed to „;.leaVe,the • prison Ak.vdt) day'sj.... washing :.Unexpectedly th arrant arilved..der. ing her absence from gaol. •4 tutnke was sent after her •with the unweleotrio, intelligence thot it had beeri received' • and he addressed her:--"Gu.vrier . says. you be to come 'home. and be: hung." "What 'must be must,'! waa,the.philosco ' phical. remark of the Condemned, 'ae she Wiped. her hands on .her moron. "I'd . like one drop; afore, X go,)' she lidded, with a pleading look itthe landlord of •,.. the, house where she .had .been at Work, I' e'en. be my 'last drop but .one.". • ' • . . I • ove N t pa Obi' tr. • • . w , . ' • Rider Haggard, the' anther of "She;" . who is now visiting Canada in the rOle, apparently, of a scientist, has had some curious experiences with the I 'spirit Ile was visited one night last. 'suinrnar, by the ghost of his favorite dog, Who had, unknown ea him, Just been yule over and killed on a railroad ...trestle. Ile was awakened by his 'wife ix:cense' of his groaning,' and carefully' noted, the. hour, 2 a. Ifi; Subsequent quiry disclosed the fact . that the dog had been run' over 'about 11 p. • in. of '• thenight in question, but lived for • 'several hours afterward, and that probt, • aler just •et the inotnent of -its death,' 2 a. m., the ghost appeared in the bed. • room •: of Mr. Haggard, several nines • aWay. --• „ , • Iever's (Wise geacl) Disinfectant Soap rowder is better than other soap, powders', :••s• it also aate as a dieinfectant. 2A Miring the sceue following tlieir abrunt -• ,nelwraa.,,,alimagete.woommundlognewsociaastmaiwommtemethea • FltIESMMEARACtaliiia,iihRieliMialaKZIFIMMIMWMZ.E2CUZIONIn . UEENSTON. CEMENT Sold .DWOot:FrOO1 Tho fdannfootoror To Tho t HUMP Don't be tnislek by statements of agents handling eenient paying large Commissidt, ' Go yourself ad see Queensten walls and floc;rs built in your own locality. Out Ward epee tains as many eubie iothes as any other cement, and as cement is gauked by Itlealltiter ma by weight, your cement will go as: far. Write vs for ittformation. Preight rates and estimates cheerfully gin. 70e per barrel, strictly 0.,b• van'. CNN nston. Go in with *your neighbor and get •henefit of carload' rates ceaneavrairox, cosivAmo. - eammommagadommistmoutaiummosiftwomeaftill W. BRYDONE, BARRISTER, S0L1ciToRe NOTARY, PUBLIC, TO. - OFFICE -Sloane Block-CLINTON. HENRY .BEATTIE, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, 'ETC. A aloe formerly occupied by Mr. James Scott in Elliott Block .. - - MONEY TO LOAN - - • RIDOUT & HALE Conveyancers, Commissioners, Real Estate and Insufance Agency. Money to loan. -. C. B. IIALE - JOHN MOUT - C> DRS. MINN.& GUNN Dr. W. Gunn L. R. C. P. & L.R.C.S. -Edinburgh- Dr. J. Nesbit Gunn M. R. C. S. Eng. L. R. C. P. London . Night calls at front door of residence on Rattenbury street, opposite • Presby`terian church. OFFICE- Ontario stivet-CLINTON DR. SHAW PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON OFFICE -Ontario street -CLINTON Opposite St. Paul's church. DR. C. W. TIIOMPSON PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON . Special attention given MI eiseeaes of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat - -Office and Residence • ALBERT STREET WEST,CLINTON North of pottenbury St. ..... J. B. LUNDY L. D.:S., D. D.. 'S. (Successor to Dr. Agnew) • Office in Beaver .Block, CLINTON. DR. O. ERNEST I-101.111ES Specialist in Crown .and Bridge Week. D. D. S. -Graduate of the Royal Col- lege of Dental Surgeons of On- tario. L. D. S. -First class honor graduate of Dental Department of Toronto University. Special attention paid to preservation of children's teeth. Will be at the River ,Hotel, Ba,yfie14, every Monday from 10 a. m. to .6 p. m. ' DR, J, FREEMAN VETERINARY SURGEON - A member of the Veterieary Medical Associations of London and Edin- burgh and Graduate of the Ontar- io Veterinary College 'OFFICE- Huron street -CLINTON. -Next to Commercial Hotel - 'AUCTIONEER -JAMES SMITH LI- ceused Auctioneer for the County of Huron. All orders entrusted to me will receive prompt attention. Will sell either by percentage or _ ... . _ per sale. Residence on e I3aylie Road, one mile south of Clinton. LICENSED AUCTIONEER.-GEOR- ge Elliott, licensed _auctioneer for the County of Huron, 'solicits the patronage , Of the public for busi- ness in his line. Sales conducted oi . percentage or so much per sale. All business promptly attended to. -George Elliott, Clinton 13: O., re- sidence on the Bayfield Line, 58 LIPPINCOTT'S MONTHLY MAGAZINE A MINA" LissAsY The Best In t orrent literate° 12 COMPIATC NOVELS YetiRLIP MANY SNORT STORIES AND PAPERS ON TIMELY TOPICS S2.150 NM %NEAR ; 26 wrs. A COPY, .NO CONTINUED STORIES; BMW NUMNIIR CoMPLICTIC IN ITSitUr ANY 'Nem 50 YEARS' EXPERIENCE PATENTS • Were Thereet Wad C0141101 4 leetite, „effective and oaf, rowdy for sailboat oritatieneiefoundie V*1,001011. Aittleoptio Tetblete- '111„ ercom,hinethoirernikidal value of Cretiolenewith aeotlimg roPartme ellppery ekri awl Were& initti. 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Nicholson ;• , • , Dear Sir, -el ha,ve-useci Intereatior.- al Stock . Food on my, driver • this winter and have: derived first •Class, results. I :have used many other foo- ds but for a blood purifier ar.d Med saver • nothing equals this, I could not recommend :ittoe highly to My fellow larmers.e7Reibt. 'Rutledge, Au• burr., Ont.. . J. Nicholson, —AUBURN—i Jillillop Mutual Fire Insurancei Coffiganu . , -Farm and Isolated Teem Property- : --40nly Mental-.' -OFFICERS J. B. McLean, Preeident, Kippen ' 0. ; Thos. ' Fraser,. Vice-president, Brucefield I': 0.; T. E. ;Hays, Treasurer,. Seaforth :-nIRECT-011S- . William Shesney, Seiforth, '; John Grieve, Winthrop, George Dale Sea - forth ;• John Watt., liarlOck ;, John Bennewies, 13rodhagan ; • 'James Evans Beechwood ; James COnriolly,e'Clieton. • -i•--AGENTS- Robert Smith, Itarleek i, E. . Seaforth ; James Cummings, Egmondvillo ; J. W. Yeo. Holtnes- vine. • Parties desirous to effect insurauee or , transact 'other • business will be promptly attended to on application to any of the above Officers addressed to their respeetive postoffices. Losses iuspected by.the director • 'who lives. nearest the seene. •• -TIME TABLE- • Trains will arriVe at and depart from Clinton station as follows: DUPFALO AND GODERICH DIV. Going East, .. . ; 4 Going West 41 14 11 ' 11 7.3& a, m. 8.23 p. m. 5.20 p. m. 10.15 a. m, 12.50 p. M.. 8.10 p. ni. . 10.47 p.n. LONDON, HURON' .5z muck: rnv, Going South it. 4 Going North 7.47 a. m. 4.23 p: m, 10.15 a. m, itAbit Mating 0.35 p. tn. DSIGNB 11. & /I, COPYRidtrre &c. Anyono Rending a sketch and description mar A. 0, PATTISON Station Agent l• • glaeklr ascertain Our orltaoll freetnetnueltz Invention le probably petepjAhle, orem 17' IIODGENS Town Ticket Agt tuasoartateconasesula. MINION enkreett• ,, J. I/. Il4A0DONALD, Dietriet Paesen- gsr Agent„ Toronto. mint free. Ideet agency for securest, P , ir. kl• Patent* oaten turersh Maul Os co, reviler eilettel neat% Without charge, lathe . I Stittitific JIttietitarie A fireiettoreely Mistletoe **Me. toNiot An Pr rot E96366100rogdd,:boyi:allimitliAittit ithiiruvaxttrini"tho• ir taiit t,..tv aro 9,14 Infante too young to take Medicine mi4 bit cured of titan, whOOning Otatgh awl Colds b* VAPotarettOlene-ther bretithe It, t011iesien Nwi *MINS tiOUNW• tft004 wlfl01114 ft" 1 ert of Friedwald worthy of your bigh trust, cousin." Without, they were seen whispering It The attendant, who was the Count of Cross, breathed what be knew to the Duke of 111ontineireney, who told Bellitys„ who related the story to doiirse," lie said with', e a peculiar snille. • A look of impatience crossed her face, but she gazed at him intently, and her eyes hem his front the floor, where they would have strayed. "Are yon stupid, or do you but pro- fess to he?" he demanded, "Before • the tilt I noticed the duke aw4 his • trooper talking together, When they • separated, the latter', unobserved, as Unless save for a• foot that Waved to he thought, struck the point oe „his and fro, betraying her reetless mood. Weapon against his stirrup, The disk fell to the ground" The sound of her dress, the sweyIng of • the foot, held his attention. In that lit - "Your glance is sharp, jeequeline," he retorted slowly. "Thank you ftie hewer the air was almost stifling, or the information." •laden with the perfume of nattily flow, era. Even the song of the birds grew Her syes kindled: An angry retort fainter. Ont'Y the tiny feuntifin more .•en••• .mel 'about to spring from her film. rt assertive than ever, became louder ane was with diftleulty she controlled louder. The princess breathed detply, hittetreete..if to answer 'calmly a =Went half arose. A vine caught in her hair. "You mean it can serve you nothing? She stooped to disentangle it, thee held • Perhaps you are right Today you were herself erect ' • 'Wow close it Is in here!" she 'no - lucky. Tomorrow you may be -what? inured," arranging the tress the plaut Today you defended 'yearself well, and had disturbed. "Go the door, fool, • It was a good lanee YOU bore. Had it and see If you van find your master." Involuntarily he had stepped toward as been any ether jester the king would have praised hina. •Because it was you noword. has been spoken. If anything, her, though' to assist her, but now • he jester made no reeve to obey; hid, looking clown, answered eoldly• "The Mike, modern, likes not to have. his peer deeds exploited." . "Poor ileedel"- he returned and seemed about to reply, more sharply when Something iu his face held her !silent. • . • Leaning ter head on laer hand, she appeared to forget his presence, mo- • stopped. His • face changed. • lie even your success' has minoyed him, Several. laughed. That last word from her lipe of the court spokeof it:. He answered seemed to break tee spelt of self con • you!" ., not, tlie *sign°. t° igli°r° it and-- trol that held hina,• : • . . • "Then are you courageous to breve ' "My master!" hesaidin a hard, public opinion and hold Converse scoffing tone. "Whom mean- you -the With., ntan. who left you to go to the soldier? -me?" he replied, with a smile. - ••' That blusterer tray master! . That sWag. , • ,"Public.opinion!". she. exclaimed, With . • • flashing •eyes. :"What would they say' ' gering trooper!" . of a jestrese? Whets shi? What is • Her•Inertness Vaelsbed'T e sudden anger and wonderinent in her • eyes . tth he ended abruptly, bit •her lips met. the passion in his , " y . - s 'Owing her , gleaming white- 'tee. gow dare you -dare '- she be ' Then some . emotion mere protound swept overher expressive. face. She e • neither MY Meeter nap the• dulee, but .ft Mere freebooto, nioun• e looked at him silently, and when she spoke her voice was more gentle. • • . Jitpinotdeeand contempt• lat'.'.repiac'ea hestir • . . "I cannot believe,'" she contimied • Prise, but indignation still 'remained, thoughtfully, • "that the duke . told hi's His audocity ,In' coming to her. 'with troopeento 'do. that. , VIS too infamies. The man must have rioted ohieown this falsehood, his hardihood In main- n , responsibility.* The duke could • not, 'Would not, countenance such hisenese."' • ."You have a geed 'Opinion of „hitn,„ ; • gentle mistress," he said in atone that exasperated her,. . . . • • "Who has not?" she retorted. sharply. .• "Ile is as braveas he .18 -distinguished.. • Farewell! .If you served him .better and Yourself less you"- . • • "Would serve myself better in. the end?". be • interrupted . • "Thanks, goott• Jacqueline. A: NY01:0101 makes' on excelieer counselor" ..• , • •":', • Disdainfully she Mulled... gee face grew „cold.:: Her figure looked . never. More erect aed. inflexible. • • "'Why," she reinerked.,'"here am :westing' time talking when the...make playingand every one is dancing. Even now I see'a: courtier approaching. who has . thriee importuned' Me." And ethejestress vanIshed.in the throngas abruptlY as. he had appeared. • . Thoughtfully, the duke's feel looked, not after her;.buttowerd a •far end of the Pavilion Where he last had. seen % theprincess and *her betrothed. should now„be• well on .his way," ' he told • hiniself.,• "No-one has yeeinissec1.11m, or. If they de notice, • bis absence" they'will attribute it t� his • tnjerles." • ••• • •• Around hifli, carraine,,..blood warni, flowers exhaled a 'commingling' redo- lence;:. near ',him a toy -like. fountain • whispered very softly -and' confidential - •Through the: foliage. the figures moved and moved; on the air the muide fell an ose In in orchestration, yet ating in sparkling , de-. e the 'Vloline - epee- tiVe the Mites, .alive the gitterns, blithesome the -tripping arpeggios that • crisply fell •from the strings, of the' joy- eas harps. . • • , The rustling a -a ,gown • admonished.' hthi • he was not alone, ene, looking down'. athid, tbe crimson flowers, to his startled gaze appeared the face of .her. of whom he was thinking; above thebroad, white broW.shone,the radi- ance of hair, a gold that Wee almost . breeze in that dimlight; through .the green tangle Of ,shrubbery, a silver: slip- • brightly •p tail. • Bielycfn • "Ale It is you,. feel!" she said. lan- • guidly. It may' be. he contrasteO the ledifference ofher tones new With the unconscious softness Of her voice when she had addressed him on anether oc-- cailonha another gaeden-for his face Mashed and he would have turned abruptly whene- •• ' • "Oh, you Mai remain," she added carelessly. • "The duke hart but left me. He received a inessage that the , Man inart•in the lists wait most anxious to see him." . • • • hap the whirl cif his reflections her • words inidnUated themselves. Why lad the free baron gone to the teoopery What Made hie presence 80 imperative 'at the bedside of the soldier that he. had abruptly abandoned the festivities? Surely more than mere anxiety for the Man's.• welfare. The jester looked at the ,prineess for the answer to these questions, but her face was cold, smil- ing, unreSpOnaiVe. In the Wain et toning it, admitted of but one expla- nation, BY• her cOmulitiOance in the past ale ,had fanned the• embers of a • passion ivhich now burst beyond 'con, trot., She realized how more than fair • alto looked that .evening. •Hadshe not healet it fertin many?' Had not the eyes of the king's guest told heti? And she-. • belie-ved that this iie must havesprung to the jester's lips while" he was re- garding her. ' •, • . As the •selution crossed fier.inind re- pials.ant..4.,desperate and despicable as well as lowly wooer, her face relaxed. In the desire to Mit her conclusion •she hitighed quietly, um - Cruelly king mulled the prin.- - cess. ••• "Yon are mad." sbe' breathed softly.• - "Yeti are mad., -..because -,because you", , • ''" • .. ; He started, itutlYing-her eagerly. • He fancied he read relenting • sOftnese bete gaze, a flash of menaory. Into •a. -past, where ,glamour Und ronutnee and the heart history e of the rose Made up life's • .desideratum, . whereiu • •exleterice but an allegory of love's quest and the, goal its; •conennaniation. Had she •.tiot bent gednlously over the rose of the p ' oet? fled not her breath 'corne •iy, :eagerly? • Clould he not feel it yet . sweet and .warm .on• his' cheek? 'Into. the past, having gone so far, he .atep- ,ped now boldly, As though to. • grasp again those Illusive: colors and:. seize anew the , intangible substance,'' *He, was but youne, When shcid0w0 'spent •8611d, when dreams are, 'cortorcal attire and, . fantasies,- rocklike strata, a. real- lty. • ; • . • • • • • • So he. kileit before her. • "Yes," he said, "1 ioye yeti." • . • . And. he thus' remained, pale, inert, afl resentment or Jealousy eucee.edeil by a Stronger emotion, a feeling chive', • , rip that bent •itself to a glad:thraldom, the desire, but. to serveher, to save . • her, #is heart beat: faster. • 'lie raised his head peondlY, . • "Listen, princess," he began. "Thotigh Meant.it ncit, . I feet .1 have greatly., Wronged You.. I have mecli. toask your pardon for, ineeh to tell you, It Is . • • , • The words died -On his Hps. 'roni the princes' face all eoftness had Sudden- ly vanished. gergazepassea him, dole, hatightY. Across thelllusorY; positive - nese of his world, immaterial, penile* . iogical, ghostly, an interniecliate orb, e tangible shadow', was thrown. Behind • 'bine stood the free . baron' and the. king,' Quicklythe fool sprang to ills feet • "Prineesar 'exclaimed. the Imre°, Vole of theinister of gachfels, • ' •"10 lord?" • . •• • For a moment neither spoke; and. then the: clear; told :voice of the prtn- eess broke the silence. ' • ••• "Are, all the fools in Yonr country So . ptestinaptuoure najt lord?" she said, . • . The king's counteninice lightened. He turned his adeusin'g glaZtee upon the .foel.. As.in a drain stood the lit- ter. The words he would have uttered .remained unspoken. But Melly the monatch • . surveyed him satirically, . darkly, then, turning, with a gesture, The Ivor& dted olz Ma Zips. • /Mime de 'Poitiers, who ernbeltished it for yinot, who carded it ..to Jacque. line: ' ".Tribciulet has his wish," said the poet -fool half regretfully. -"There is. one jester the less." • ' • "Where have they taken Ilim?" asked the girl steadily.• 'e but to Uze keep!" " "That dungeon- of the old castle?" • "Well," he returned significantly, "a -tqol and bus , alas, are soon pat - ed! Let us make merry, therefore, while we may: Vet what would you? Come, mistress --the dance",-; • "No, no, no!" she exclahned, so Pas- eionately he gazed at her In surprise. •CHAPTER . 'XIV: N a mood a contending thought the free baron left ;his apart-. • ments the next morning•and troverseti- the tapestry hung corridor 'leading toward the servants' and soldiers' quarters., ' Following the expoaure.. of the jest; er's 'weaknaSS, pasaion for mis- tress, 'Francis, -as Y•illot tole., JacqUe-. line,' had Ifinineillittely Ordered the tool Jiito tarletest.vonfinement, the 'donjon of the -ancient structure, In that dark- ened cell he had rested'overnight, .and there ; he would no • doubt rentain in-. • definitely: The king's • guest bad not. been greatly ..cOnterned with the jest- er's quixotic love for the Princess, be- . little dioposed to jealouoy. • • But to offset•his'satistaation that the je•ster lay :.uncler• restraint he, took In bad part tbe, trooper's: coutineed in • Sensibility which deprived him,. of, the • much needed information:. 'When he. had repaired, to the lealsideof the Sol- dlei. the night before. he bad Only,his- . trip for ifis 'the. manhad • •.Ogain sunk' let° 'uneonscioueness short- , • ly before bis einnieg. thee the free liagon.Was.ettli la ignorance of the .per - gen to Whom the feel had .beteitye4 :.1211•1111;•ith r' ...• citfer.).. the king's guest en •teeea the chanaber ef the injured. sof- troop- er, his inustachios appeuring snally . red and fierce against lats•umilv" • Washed out .Complexime,..Ae .the free baron drew' near the. cotich:a tall fig:tire arose treirt the.side of the 'bed.. • "HOw your patient, Oectorr said • :the visitor shortly.7. • ' rettirned the other 'Meanie, ally; This person Woe, a. blank, gown, a• pair of: litige broad rimmed:: glasses • 'testing on. the bridge Of ei -thin; long. -nose, and .in his elawlike fingers'. he ' . held a vial, die content of which be ..stirrett slowly,* His Aspect was. that 01! • living sorrow tIndinelaireholk.' • "ilas.lie•lyeen conselOtta again?" ask-, . • • .ed the caller. .. "He has e'en lain as you see him,":ri,• . plied the..weorer of the black robe,- • I "HIS daysatenumbered,". quoth the free baton to himself, Staring forward. But aef 110 spoke he imagieed. he sate. • the red .muStacilleS move, while tree eye • 'certainly glared with intelligent hatred upOn.,the -doctor. and; turned with aux bus splieitude uncet his master.. •The :latter. immediately knelt by the.bed• e side and jaid. his hand upon:the alreody, celd one of the soldier. ., • L. • ."Speakr he said, . . . It Airets the command. of an officer :to a- trooper,. an autheritittive bidding, • and seemea to suitinion 4- last eallying energy from • the failing. heart r•L'ite inite's gage sliceiVd that tie enderstood, Froni.. the free 'bereft eye flashed a' • glance of savege power fled force • "Speak!" he repeated cruelly, inipera; tIvely. • The inustachlos .qtaltered;' the MOM' ' beet his head- so low his face al- • most touched the , soldier's: voice - was it a voice, so faint it. sp•luided?7-, breathed a few. worche • "The emperbr Spain ••-f- Caiilette- • goner, .• • • • • • • rieberly the king's guest walked dew!' the echoing etitirWey mat Into the on'efil'air of the court. The eneperor ifl Spain? It •seerned not unlikely.. •. If the emperor had gone to Spain a rhea. senger, ridieg posthaste, could reach Charles In time to' enable that mon- arch to interpose in the •nuptials and override the eorifidenee the free baron had established for himself In the.court: of Pennell& . An impediment • offered by Cluirles Would be -equivalent to the abandonment of the entire marital en- "rtVateitig. before'. • t't. lal.rissiVe arched doorway thnt led int0 a Whig cif the Castle where the free littron knew the • jesters and eertain of the gentleinen of the chaither lodged, the veneter of gethfele, aneWer te hit) ;Inquiries Stininioned ari, attendant, Not until the the fountain tiny fish played and dart - hands Of two soldiers fell upon him ed, and as his eyes tutned from her did the fool betray any emotion. Thee, to them they appeared as swift and 11 - hie floe changed, and the. stunned look lusive ite his oWn surging fencies. "The-deke, madate, Is most solleit- ItChis oyes gav4i- walt to tin expEbn outs about his men," he said in a 'Mee of such unbridled feeling that olen- • tarily the lang stepped habk, and the Which sounded strangely calm. free baron drew his sword. Dut neither "A. good leader has always mind ' the welfare Of his soldiers," she replied had the ttletletreh need el:4' t(PPrehett'• sten nor the princeste betrothed nee briefit, for his weapon. Some entertiOn deeper Her hand played =tong the blots- than auger repladed the revenge tut - soma, Over the dowers she looked at moil Or the jester's thoughts as With it hint Her features end arms -were a last IIXed, look at the prineeee he me - the sculptured roundness of Marble but the reflection of the ruses bathed ehanically Suffered himself to be led her in the wain hue Of life. As he met ftwaY* •L°0184ft gaz4 Per61" followed him, and when the Canvas fell and he her gaze the illumined pages of a book had disappeared ehe passed, a hand, seemed turning before hie ,eyes. Did act ow her brow. She remember 1 • She could not but perceive his etno. "Are you setlelledf 1113P lord" aid flour the tribute of a giant° beyond ng tree baron' 4"1,1:110 knave has reeeived Just de- cofttrel despite the proud immobility et his features. setts, sire," replied the other and, step - "Sit here, tool," elle said, not tinkled. I Pi" to the Prille°°°' 44°' relee4 her ly, "and you may tell tee more about tho duko, tot troalfs,..0t that battle "gee de Maul" eried the monitreh# hand to his 1106. Niatettilti the me ot the pal:sprat'', Ints"ing hi° erill in • frith° than"6r . . ever the fr 6aron'a ohowder a d ' •,,•e11 , 1 Ifyoir, your friends or _relatives suffer with Fit, Epilepsy, St. vittie Dance, or Falling Sickness, Write for a trial bottle and valuable treatise eri such diseases to Tint Lame Co., tegKing Street, Toronto, Canada. All druggist* sell or can obtain for you LEMBO'S MOORE. , front ii tiervant, learned that Valliette ... had not been in bis npartnienbi since ' the day :before; that be had ridden from the tournament Ostensibly to re• turn to his rooms, but nothing had, been heard Of him shtee. No further doubt renteined in his Mind that the cluke's plaisant bad Sent A Comrade In Motley to the emperor, and as he would net have inspired a Mere too' e errand Charles without question wee In 4410', several (Jaye nearer to tbe court of the French Men-, : arch than the princess' betrothed bad -presulued.—llette-Itad •novit-- been' four and twenty bolts en his journey. • It would be uaeless te attempt putsult, as the Jester was a gallant ItortteMen, trainee to the 'bunt. Such a Man Would be Indefatigable in the Kiddie, and the ether realized that, 'Strive As he might, he could never overcome the handleap. Then of what avail was one fool in the dungeon, with a second on the road? Should he abandon -his quest, be driven from his purpose by a nest, ef ' motley meddlers? The Idea never .seriousiy entered his mind. Ile woUld fight it out doggedly, upon the field of deception, But how?' . Step by eitep, the king's., gaest had • left the palace behind hire until the surrounding shrubbery shut it frem view, but the path,. sweeping onward, i With greceful curve, brought him sud, ' steady to a beautiful.chateam.--Lost in • thought, he gazed within the flowering , grountrat the innate architecture, the: 1 marble statues and the little lake in Whose •nellueid depths were, mirrored a thousand beauties of that ,eboset • spot, an iniproved Edell of the .land, seape gardener wherein resided th • *i:1•6.tizily" trs,sdlillagtoctumrts. •ewthe .. free baron, ' •• , Bell Weather. brightening abeuPtly, "that chance •on the fifth bell of the Tadcaster peal which served . me last ' night, whieb forced the trooper to speak today, now .. has led My. stupid feet to the tooth - s • . Withintt. mucb begilt and gorgeous . bower he aeon found hiMiielf awaiting patiently the coming Of the king's:fa. • vorite„. Upot a tiny chair ,of gold tea fragile for his bulk the: caller moan - while inspected the :ceilings and walls •. Of this dainty .dondclie, mechanically striving to decipher 4 painted allegory Of Venus and.111ers 'Or Hetet and Paris or the ceuiatess:and Memo's, he coidd not decide precisely its purport, when she floated' into the room, dressed In • seine diaphanous stuff, a natural' ac- companiment to the °time decorations, herdishabille a positive note of mod- esty ' amid • ilae • vivid. colorings and graeeful poses of •those tributes to love "with Which Prinaatiecio and other :Ital- ian artists had•aeorned this hewer. • : "Hew Charming,' Of your vegneir murnierod the lady, sinking lightly up.- to church before •thern, ty on a .eettee. "Whitt on early riser you- or • woovenas tli id driVe cattie to 'market.' ' must be, duke!" . • - • An e:7tric 'Altinnagh'it was then hitt ttio• hour* .T. he..!;He Bell, • .yestrY ' bell" Of .• ,Tottenharn, . from noon, the Visitor :coefessed him- •.' Church has a -rather Interest:fug his(ory • , soeAlnf'dopyeonu tit: -weeelltlielipsitinotininlil4raedgdaerdd::: . 1,0%heiatiatrhe: Ii7.1ireenni ephf.h.tiehl..ati. 'Rlecri it was ' "tirriSt plead geilty Of the same fault,. ehence. Wt., was :taken agnual' bjsr°ongthht7rtC .One can easily see:yon.have been out Efiglatith. y some Biltish. sailers..Whc • . gthe de .1D•iir.othvienerattrIfIlo7S5t9;rsviGhlecriil : .... in the 'garden and,'" he blundered on, : "N;a,eirneiden;se. 0`atolen the tints frOtn the roses." •- • Sharply the countess looked af hint . ,ebourat.prleietmdenotn.ly... au honest. eit.teMpt at e , , ... •• the parish church in 1,801.: It is .in. ",.•,".'why,.' seemed, "You are becoming . serteed•-"Sit .nomen Dombie • benedic- ' as mitt a ilatterer as the rest•ot thein,..1, tum ,"•• and ' is reniarlfabla for -its clear .you did not call to : rine, 'Wbich Is attributed to an' excep .• :tBeullt;rn' cafaet1,197V, . • . ' . '.,ct,loornnapl913sT4litinge.prePortion ef silver in its ' . "Ne, niadam," he 'anewered,". taking is not necessary thithitsrudtilit honicald be credit to himself for "It It • Drinking. are Eatine. used to .be • the practice in sone premeditated. Lhad a' ieriouS purpose •Parts of Lancashire to spend the fines . Which had been inflicted •• dirriug.lthe . in seeking. you, Of all the. court -yew yeek upis,n,parishionersi for drunken : • , Mone can. Assiet me. Hist o •You only. ' . • •mssa- In loaves of bread; which after •• I earl look fOr aid. knoviing you gerier-; ' et h i s hsi • ' • ,_. . ous, I have .1teutured te:eonte." • . •' . wleUrr'casrerriLueint'uou:theu Carchulyaurrcilliti4 • !!yon interest Poe": she laughed. -"It the-sekton,..and there distributed among • ouch ofthe po.or folk of the parish as . • • %had attended.. the., serviee. • ' " •.7. .. !!' . Her Last prop. , A tale of a • woman sentencea • te- .. . . . death, whose. warrant had been. over- looked Or niisearrIed,• and the. exeetition, , tons delayed for.s. loilg tifrie,. is tesorci. • ed in the "Sistory ot.Aylesbury" •by appearence In the, bower of Merl had gunny weighed .turen him, het not Ise ta attitude ot the princess. How vividly ell the details stood eat In Ids brain- the sudden transitionS of ber manner; her seeming' Interest in lita passionate words; her eyes; friendly, tender, as be had onee: IMOwn them, then portentous. allence, frozen AM - dein! Into the marble -like pallor of . her faee eltaint seenied to la Militate Itself, but the words had drop. 'veil easily trona ber lips, "Are ail the ewe; of your country so presueoptelone, my lord?" ' Above the other distinctive feattirea E CONTINUED.) • FRIENDSHIP, • A ruddy. drop of manly blood The surging sea outweighs, The world uneeitain conies and goes. The lover reotea stays. • fancied he was ficd- And, after many a yt,ar, Glowed unexhausted , kin illness, 'Like daily sunrise there. My careful heart was free again. 0h,. friend, 'my bosom said, Through theo alone the sky is arehtd. Through thee the rose is .redi Ail things through thee take noblex form -And look beyond tbe earth; The mill round of our fate aereare- A sun path in thy worth, ' ' thY nabli /10SS has taught To master my despair; The fountains of ?ay hidden iire Are through thy frienclsiiip fair. •--Emerson. CURIOUS SCRAPS. is cast the inscription, in raised letters, "It rerriv.rkable that these bell..4 were meulded 'in the great frost, 1.743." .(This frost began in i..7133, and lasted three months.) • •• Impeding the Traffic, In 1569 an order was -issued' to the residents . of .the • City of Londen that thy were not to stretch clothes- Haar . across..the streets- to dry their linen'on. • •An• Old Custom Renewed. .•1, Current Press. paragraphs aclvertitic' that .a.cortain Norfolk rector whips 'a Sunday morning congregation . ty calling on his:laggard parishioners and rousing them with a hand -bell. to n sense of duty; but there is notliin2. nova about that 'method of filling 'choral. • In the middle ogee, and down - to • pn:tty•• late In the, last ocntiny, 11, ' was the custom to ,many . 'ip, the northern) parts of the countrY for the chnrchwardens. to Sally forth af• ter the Litany, aimed with s.rviceabli • canes, and, literally -"whin up" a 'con- gregation from th'e loiterors high ways,' byways,' and' taverns, whom wolfe. On its arrival here it .wit2 . bought ,for 22e by a Tottenham rest JackSan-wha gave it tc must be a pressing,.emergency when you honor me -so early -in the day." "It is, madam," he replied; "very Pressing to Me. I want the wectiling • • day changed." ,, • • "Changed!" she exclaimed, staring at him.' "Deferred?" •. • • ' • . "No; hitetened, mtidem..:It Is toe long to wait Go to the king;' ask hini to shottee the ititerVal; to set the day' sOonee I beg .01! you; Madam!" ."dh,.. this 18 delicious!" purred the countess. "I will be, your messenger, YOUr advecate, and will plead your cause and Will • win your case. • But • what about the princess? What will she say when".- . • . • " "It shall be mY task to persuade ber. I am sure she will consent'', returned the slitter. ' "Perhaps you have spoken to her, al- ready?" asked the 'Countess. • • mice, of What uenwoula bether nese?" "Ne, madam; Without your ctehist- • • "Wind' a responsibility you Place 'On• , my weak Shoulder's!" cried the other, "However, I will net shift the burden. 1, will go tO his•majesty at once.' And do you go to the princess." ' ' • "At yOtir command," he replied 'end took his departure. • •• C1FIAPTtit .' • . . rtu MI hie atnis behind him,, the clukees: fool Moved as best he inight.to 'and fro within the narrow coniines of his ja11, '1113) events -ivhich had led ti) hie inertr; emotion were so recent be liad hardly yet brought hiinself to realize theiefiall significanee, • Neither Francis' anger nor the free baron's covert satisfectlen the late Robert Gihbs, P.-a..;A The . condemnee wornan was allowed to „;.leaVe,the • prison Ak.vdt) day'sj.... washing :.Unexpectedly th arrant arilved..der. ing her absence from gaol. •4 tutnke was sent after her •with the unweleotrio, intelligence thot it had beeri received' • and he addressed her:--"Gu.vrier . says. you be to come 'home. and be: hung." "What 'must be must,'! waa,the.philosco ' phical. remark of the Condemned, 'ae she Wiped. her hands on .her moron. "I'd . like one drop; afore, X go,)' she lidded, with a pleading look itthe landlord of •,.. the, house where she .had .been at Work, I' e'en. be my 'last drop but .one.". • ' • . . I • ove N t pa Obi' tr. • • . w , . ' • Rider Haggard, the' anther of "She;" . who is now visiting Canada in the rOle, apparently, of a scientist, has had some curious experiences with the I 'spirit Ile was visited one night last. 'suinrnar, by the ghost of his favorite dog, Who had, unknown ea him, Just been yule over and killed on a railroad ...trestle. Ile was awakened by his 'wife ix:cense' of his groaning,' and carefully' noted, the. hour, 2 a. 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