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BY IVIRS, MARY E. OLM S,
s v' Author of "A Woman's Lave," "The Wife's Secret,' "A Heartless
'Woman,'" "Her Fatal Sin,' "A Wife's Peril,"' '
"A Desperate Woman."
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XtorkcXcmpprcc,c*e��OV Zoo* n c4�-� G6�a **ao*ogo
• :hely a deep. breath of relief as he
' pcsesed. ,
Solnctir-ing about the man gave Lady
Alice a sense of alarm, and she w'ts
glee When after some moments site
. beard Valerie's fleet footsteps return-
ing, coed heard her panting voice say;
"Here. Paul! And now go. These is
« no Ilse in hanging about: I must re -
:"tura to the house,"
`flanks, my street sister. Yes, I
' will go,.' That le my atdcitess should yen
desire to hear from me. I shall know
mi'c+re to final yen." •
"Leave ale in peace for a tvdtile," Val-
,.ezie said abruptly,
"Give me fifty pounds, and I will
. leave • yon altogether."
"I cauun't, Paul. I have 'not the
tooneyl'if I had. yah--"
",'should not have it," finished the
.num..
'
"Park you are ungenerous; but I' ani
' . �a'fool to do. as much as I do for you!"
"You, are no fool,. Valerie! You don't
-avant to have zee come boldly up to lihe
• and Castle, a t } nide for my sister—eh?"
Alice heard Valerie's. sudden exclam t -
tion, and then she heard the man kiss
.'itis sister, and leisurely depart.
She waited to let them both pads
•ttwny, then, rising, nude her way s}orv-
.Yy back • to the Castle.
I'nnl . Ross strolled leisurely through
- the woods, until he came to a pathway
that led to the village, and past the
'dreaded Madmen's Drift.
flere he stopped and uttered a soft,
r low whistle.
in- an instant it man had crept from be•
:nenth some bathes, and stood upright..
Pent Ross moved towards him.
"Well," said the other plan, "haw
:much.?"
.; "Fifteen pounds!"
' "leifteeu Ilot:gilds!" repeated the other.
•nYoltr :Sister is not generous."
"Valerie xtt•ears she has only ten
mounds snore, and I believe iter,"
"She may have no more. but—"'
"Have you examined the t'ntrfltires
"Well?" queried Pistil Ross.
"Not all; but they are not difficult to
=annexe"
"'Mar da yore sleep?"
t. T e span laughed. - •
• "In the guest's eerridor—n nlnst noble
:eparturut, my friend. The•etul kuaws
,l ow to • lodge hitt company."
"'elude valuables about?" asked Paul
'loft: eagerly.
"Muck?" echoed the other. "The Cns-
•tle is rf,' •eatable „old mine) -Ey Jove,
Ross, trust was n aced notion. af'yonrs,
the trip jthraad."
"Yes; 'I;• flatter n'ysclf I rtzu . not So
stueiud 'its', Valerie thinks ,ate. She - is
-the fool. in this case."
"You 'mean in not snatching this earl
before the murder and the rot:?" •
-
Pnul swiveled.
"Well, it •tens a mistake; she has
' .foto her s;1innec now." •
Patti :Rees looked gip suddenly.
"Whet le the girl like?" ' -
"Who?"
''my Lady Alice,' as Valerie
••YsnIis leer,'• kindled
. "Like?' repeatted the other. "She is
'nest lovely. Paul, chat it be tette about
;her lowly birth? I have never- seen a
those beautiftli ereatui'e among
":#ll the Indies of fancily and fortune
'with whom Iron are `ou suelt very in-
•thrtate tails—ell mons garcon?"
• Paul leisurely ruffed away a cloud of
°,smoke.
she is plebeian foie all that,
-merely a farm -wends; her people were
bought off the eertote and sent away,'
but any 'Lady Alice is part of then far
-all that." •
u' ;
Sent away i' repeated the other man
as if he tvcre thinning; "then,` site is
aloin' here—unite alone."• • - •
"I:viceleseetor the earl, her husband;
blit mind, (George," added Pattie -Rosa
;;with his experesfon chunking. suddenly •
.and derkerein+, "no fooling; we etre he.e
fele-woa1 1'ot play—yon understand?" -
"Perfectly,
erstand?"-
"Perfecctly, Ply. good first!: now 'au
-revoir. I mist go. tasted:—there is the
• gong fol` breakfast. The plans shall
reach. you to -morrow or next day, and
we mita meet once mor,^. before----"„ •
I':iu} hrtdiic'd, slmtehed his hat over
bis eyes,, and walked away quickly. •
lite man Galled GGeorge.. clive,t busk
into tire bushes, crept along for a time,
then emerged into Otte of the avenues
leading to the Castle,
'.Chen he overtook a slight, girlish fent
e grey, !'tarrying towards tt side elltr-
"(Good -morning, Lady} narreil," he
-.arid, softly.
Alice turned and blusherl slightly.
tt
,
(..tel marttlg, Count Jura, 1 did
-71:10 ,hear you coming. you have been
oa a walk. 1, too, like the ently morn -
lay best." •
• "Will you not enter this way?" asked
• 'Peered, otherwise Count "Tura.
Alice shook her head, V
alts ys brtukfast fi ntv!%owtt fteal t-
„
,. Ot!Yllt.
- i She bowed and turned away,
l' "Alone, Paul Haid," ,nutterred Ceunh
...Mien es he stood retainer iter graceful
tranish. "alone. •What a. fitto le ,
M.,
hers! And how beautiful! Piper! Paul
is right, 1 am Treee for work, :tot play;
and now to breskfaralt ' with lny friend
the 'earl."
CIL4.PT1'JR VI,
Valerie recoiled the Castle in time for
breekt tit, She ran' quickly to her room,
threw off her long mantle, and after a.
few 'hurried touches to her magnificent
hale, swept leisurely down the wide
sttireiiee, looking as if stile hnd but just'
left her bedroom fresh from her maid's
bands.
She met Count Tura at the door • of
the mottling room, and smiled gra'cinus-
ly to his courteous greetings, little
thinking that es he bowed a look of
nnusenent settled in his eyes as he re-
called Paul. and her pride.
Rey hasteuted to meet the tall, beau-
tiful woman, his eyes ' speaking the
•truth of his Iove ns he approached .her.
Lord Radine came in while they wear?
spealking.
"1 have been 'thinking all, night, Iloy.
and 1 cannot remember who it is that I
trace a resemblance to in your wife,
k'e saki as he sat down to the table.
"Does not . mile dy the fait countess
breakfast with us?" demanded Count
,Tern, as Roy made .no nnswer.
• !Roy flushed, and Lady Darrell looked
uncomfortable. •
"The coiuutose; or as I call her.piay-
fully, my Lady Alice, always treakfases
in her .own room. •She prefers it," an-
swered Veloric..
C'otint Jura bowed,
"ii'hat are our plans for to -clay, my
lard ?" continued Valerie easily to the
earl,
• 'I thought a ride to the old Abbey,"
said ' Roy. "Ra'lline, yon would- like
that?"
1 ' "Very much," ltgleed Lord Redone.
"An.d - you, Jura?"
"I regret T have impbrtailt fetters to
write; you will pardon me?"
I "Oh, of course,"••teasel Troy quickly; "I
• like everyone. to do. as they ple•tse here."
`j "Why not' ask year wife to joilt:.usi"
Itf:.•o$crl Valerie, ' °R ..
i '.rile earl looked. pained. The very
' slept of Alice seemed to Jilin tartare,
r: -called the agony he had endured, and
i the feet that he .was sepaa;tted fl•tint
i '1`,:ic'rie Thr ever.
`"If yon will ask her, I dare say she
will came," he replied.
i ;Valerie rose with a Ialtgh. '
"I shall be ready in ten minutes, and
My Lally Alice naso.".
Count Jura held the door open for hem,
ruts site swept out; she Mounted the
Andre, and tinned into the corridor that
led to Alice's room.
"Get on your habit and dress quickly;
your husband desires you will ride wills -
us this morning!". ,
Alice rose • from her boons.
"T will be randy," she answered. -
'Valerie bit her Iip. Again this girl
fniied her. She thought tee have
tritnupoled over ber ignorance in thio
ease.. -
Cnn you ride?" she asked insdlentiy.
'
"Ye ," answered dice quietly.
"You are. a pai;ugon of perfection in•
creed," sneered the other women as• size
•'withdrew.
Alice gazed after her sadly. • She
pitied Valerie now from her heart, and
thought she knew what made her so
bitter. .
The interview in the grounds had
Shawn Alice that Valbv"ie'hed a trouble -
that was indeed very heavy, especially
to It net,ture so proud as here.
She called Davis :output an her haabit. -
Ever since she could remember .tdiee,
had ridden, the only differeli,ce 'being
than she had sat her .steed. :Without a
neriine„ owl unencumbered by a long
skirt,' and now she -•twas checked by so- - t
0011 gnrfnehts and ways.' -
She took•h.er: eanaatle.•ts and whip, and.
gnthetdng ben, habit.* hand, opened the
door.
To her astonishentent, in the cnxrither,
she came upon Count: Jura walking •
Slowly up it. ,
Me turned with - tut exc}mmation as he 0
perceived her•, crud Alice thought elle
saw him put a paper hastily into ills
, itoeket.
"1 clave pardon, milndi; I ntlstake my
• way. Ts this riot the corridor to the
guests' wing?"
"Ne, you are quite wrong; this lends
only to my apartments."
Alice spoke coldly, indeed site feat an-
noyed.. •
"I am indeed distressed,. eottntess," he
observed courteously, "but I will take
my departure at oncca" •
He bowed again and turned towards
d door Which led into another chamber.
"Still you are wrong," said itliee, mite
Ing and pointing with her whip. "Go
strniggtt Moog, and you will reach the
big stalrettse, them yon will soon find .
'out why, That door leads to the empty
part of the Caste --tete 'trentstme• toasts,'
act the •servtntts call them. ices, now
you ere right"
""•rltt revs', tidied -0"
Count Jura strode down the cseeth oa.
"1 reoeute- rooms!" be repeated to
lttnt..'1f. 'Paul was right, anti
ilutong sill tate tretteurt's of the fetal
sin' it to :tie the rarest."}
Alice made her way shreds down•th
sttiircnst' to. the central ball. She fe
excited anti itheost happy. She nittntt.
•hard Vint strange I'duttcr at her hes
when nesse her husband,
Valerie, lookiur. like a goddess in h
perfectly -ea ltl,.k, was standing in t.
doerway, beyoutl whfell• the horses ever
wetting, A ttutn`s form wus beeide h
sins! Alive natieed with n cold, stekoolu
seetettlon how low he was whispexin
1899;
Q
y All 014 t" Over `# to Years, motherMils
e An Old end Well - Tried Remedy ►fru
%Vir, lt,w',i .Sootl►ing Syrup. bee been
e ueerl for overlay years by millions of
!t tw<'othere for their children tvltife loath -
,e Mane log, with perfeotiauueess. It soothes the
rt child, ,leotards the gums, allays all pilin,
cures wied c oltc, t;., -'.d is the boat remedy
err tear diarrhoea, .,It as plenetint to the tante.
he • Sole! by itruggiste its livery part "f the
n world, Twenty-five wets to bottle, Ito
vtrfuti tit t e.aluable. lie sure you tisk for
ex, "di'u. Winslow'ia Soothing Sirup, and
g talo po other saints
and hose eager was his look, !rhe cart:
slowly up to them, and, caught a fel
words:
"When i think of it, Valerie. I
i:carly maul to know what I have los
My lire is a misery to me, tied as I a
to n•-�-•"
Valerie heard Alice's footsteps, an
sdu drew her hand away horn his,
"It is getting late, we had be't_
start," she said quietly, giving Ulm
kelt full of sympathy, and glanein
another of triumph at Alive as she hu
rigidly trent down the steps,
Lord ltaditte now joined them, '
'".fay I ptit you up, cottutess?"
asked eegetly.
He was a young plan, and :Vice's fair
loveliness had won bis warmest admire -
11(1"111..E you please," she answered slowly.
She ryas still hearing her husbatntd's
voice, txission-laden, breathing his love
and misery into Valerie's ear.
The earl ttseisted Valerie to mount
nee then the four rode slowly* away.
"We don't want grooms, !toy," said
Valerie authoritatively,
So the earl waved the attendants back..
LordIladine glanced every now and
then at his companion's face;
"Who was it said Darrell hnd mnrricd
n -flit n -;;ire?" he nursed. "li'hat -a cruel
seclude! This noncan is peerless, Coun-
tess," he said aloud, `•`are you in iiuy
way connected wits! the Arnolds-you
know who T inean; they are a very olid
fiunily--the heed is always called the
:luster of Arnold?" "
Alice had blushed, bnt now she was
pale.
"I have no aristocratic connections,
Lod !.,aline," -, she answered quietly;
"I ant only n farmer's niece."
"But you have their race. The Ar-
nolrls are a strangely' lovely family—
forgive me for paying you so gauche a
•ca:nplin:ent; but yon are fairer than was
the Intdy 7titiid Arnokl, whom portrait
plugs iu • 111y mailer's room, and who
died years ago, ant! she was supposed to
stave been the greatest beauty of her
bile
I have no family," repeated
"1 vas Culp a fnrnl girl., You will Have
heard how I came to—to-to marry the
carr,: before thou 1 was negleeted, W-
eevil., and Or:tenable. I even taught
myself—at least, the village schoolmas-
ter helped mote:. some ti:z e, -but he aged
two 'yeas•% ..go, and then.I had no one
to n>:s',t me."
"I do not care what yon were,"" cued
Lord Ratline, fervenxtlyeenchieg fox her
small hand and carrying .it to as ilea;
""crt to me you' are the embodiment of
evc.ytbing tidat is 'perfeetien."
.•i tier e turned at this instant, and the
cull ]coking hack, .also saw the young
nlit'ts stet of carol -test' amt adntirttion.
"Illy Lacey Alice progresses," re inrk-
ecl Valerie with a sneer . "Philp, you
unnst look after your •wife." '
teed Darrell did not anats`er, he n�n-
eot-: ,rise tightened his bold. on- his
mine, and his brows met in a frown.•
Something in the sight he bed just
seen vexed him strangely, and for the
first time since his return he behold
Alice's beetty •in nll its power.
Valerie saw the frown, and her heart
leaped•
"He is angry with her," she said to
herself.
She checked her have and the eaurl
did' o also. -
""What is it?" asked Lard Radice
qui key.
"1: forget the exact paatll."• said V.tl-
mie, "awl Roy knows absolutely no-
thing about it." •
"1 trill go -
and enquire," saki the earl
Itttrl.etliy.
"`No, I)nrrcn, let me," and Levi Ila-
drape rode rapidly down the path to the
right.
Alice, whose checks were still flushed
from modesty at Lord Thane's., out-
spoken adnifrat".en, reined in her horse
a few pace's away.. •
,Vaierse chattel on, taking no notice bt
he yottug enntttese; but, strange to soy,
tale enrl was watching 1111 wife with a..
reel nn! thin to amezentent end adinfra-
•
tdo11.
now well she sttl. het he'tir'1' ECow
go?.tlen and Glottlttixul was her halls!
ii'h,'tt • dark, king laishes fr•nnted bee
;est •
Lnat night he could see making but
Valer!c', the woman he loved; now ids
whole attention was tt.u'1nM1 on the we
num he had monied.
.Vice was toicensein11S of his gate, And
when he mover! . his horse near to lis:•,
and rectified some fanit in her reins,
she woke from her drea:n-is with -a start,
end turned hale and eold.
Valerie noticed Roy's ehanged exprei
cion, and Jertotisy burned in her breast.
"Chloe, Roy, Lord ,Undine is waving
to its," she etClaimed, and, he Moving
to her side, they put their horses to ,the WE -V--•
trot down the lane.
rt rr'Q14CCQ .4ND '1.'i.t4 liL''ART.
few
a 000 ft)tt GIVES 1'Jil,a T TIES Ce LEA GULP
nI • FACTS .1Ii011'1'.lr,ylolSiRG, :
""t don't like to upset u ollerished
d tradition,'; eaict a doctor who is hien
self a devotee of the weed, "`brit the
der talk one bears of tiie0tlne saturating
a the systems of smokers is mostly rot.
l icovine is a, deadly poison, One I
drop of it will make u good sized
mastiff turn up his toes if injected
he eubentaneously, and it would take
• precious little of it to kill a man.
The truth is that very little is absorb-
ed, even by the most confined smok-
ers. Now and then you read of men
who die from excessive tobac4o using
Kid ere'fotind on•autopsy -to be liter-
ary reeking with tliotorine. All
rubbish. Nothing of the Lind ever
happened.
"Again, it is a favorite experiment
to blow smoke throngh a handker-
chief, and the stain that is produced
is popularly supposed to be made by
nicotine." It is really oil of tobacco,
which is a horse tat' "quite a different
2olo1'. No, the chief harm done by
sneaking is the stiinulous •whieh it
gives to the heart. This particularly
trite of cigarettesntnking, where "in.
hailing" is nearly always practiced,
"Eiach time the smoke is inhaled
it acts as a Iigbt spur to the heart,
and, needless to eay, there is sore to
. be a re -action. If the smoker is in
:good general health, be will probably
never feel it, but if he isn't there
will be p rio Is of profound depresbion,
and, not knowing the cattse, he is apt
to i,ry to braee tip on a drink, which
snakes matters just twat rune!) worse.
If he has organic heart troubles—
valwtll.tr weakness, I meat,—it's
quite possible that he will tumble
over some day- and pat his angel
plumage on. Those are the c',ld
facts its jst smoking —none other are
gefntltle. "
•
CASTO R 1
For Infaxrto and Children.
V6efto
ea
signature
of
any
?Pott
nese '.tired Kidneys.
Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills belp
tired kidneys to do what tuey must do
if you ate .0 bealtby roan or woman.
PROOF fOM
Port Hope, Ont.
Mr. W. A. Russel, tate Popular Dis-
trict Agent for the Singer Sewing
Machine Company, Proves that
Doan's Kidney Pills Clare ltidasy
Ills. • ,
This is his statement : "I suffered for
five or six .years with pains across any
back, headaches, dizziness, and -kindred
kidney' troubles. I got very bad, and
when driving would, often have to stop
the horseas t
the pains were so severe ;
that,• I could not stand thein. I tried a
great many medicines, but they did me ..
.no good. I then got Doan's Kidney
Pills at Watson's drug store, took th.'. •
for one month, andani whip/i''i.. y I•tat t.r3 . .
'regard the cure as a ream ygabI tease,
crony to the virtueatof Deetn'sd'il'ls, and
am only too glad to rccoeutend them to
all sufferers from kidney trouble in
torte." , any
r
Doan's Kidney Dills aro tt rievrr-fi+fiing
remedy for (fright's Disea'se, i)labetes, Drop-
sy, l3acksche rind Weak Pack. Gravel, Serif.
:!tent in the brine. and 10t Urinary trout,ic9
of ofilitiren 'et adults. trice 5. r. n box, 3 for
$1:25. ell druggists. The Doan 'Sidney Pill
Co., Toronto, Ont.
Remember the name—Doan's•-and teas*
all others.
Alice felt a choking sensation in her
threat. Withoutanother thought, 'she Sewer and
Wheeled her horse round and eaht'e;ed PipesCulitett
wildiy in the ois osit,~ direction. i
Site had lost nil control of her feel' An Sites from .4 in. to x# id. A teo
MO; 'sobs burst from her lips, bonaaaaotialts.
' 'rho poor young wire was utterly, tee4 i • 1#14.. • • 1i 01� islRI Ss
tally ttnhapny. u
:c}he Iatiety 'net what to do oY witetro �l'l ����
SEWER PIPE CO.'
to go, but she felt that something utast : 'CO i•el AOLLA6IOE ST. W
end the torture she was enduring, at t'ACTOf1lt At 11f1141C0:
onedicine.
What distress and anguish corneto the
'nether when her little one wakes .up at
night with a nasty croupy cough. Wise
mothers always keep on hand a. bottle -of
Dr. Wood's Norway pine Syrup.
It's so pleasant to the taste the youngsters
take it without any fuss, and at the same
time its promptness and effectiveness
are such that the cough is checked
before anything serious develops.
Froth one end of the Dominion to the
other people are praising Dr. Wood's
Norway Pine Syrup as the best reset 'fo,
Coughs, Colds, Croup, Whooping Cough,
Bronchitis and all Lung Affections,
Or. Wood's s}
Norway mend
Syrup.
esc. at all druggists,
You can't be healthy if your
blood is . impure or 'watery,—IE
poison is circulating through your
arteries instead of rich, pure, life-
giving blood.
If you feel drowsy, ianguid,T--
are constipated, have pimples or
blotches brealting out an your body
the remedy for you is Burdock
Blood Bitters,
"1 have been using Bali., also my
bre "',r and sister-in-law, and we find it
a an t: reliable and efficacious blood
purili and most cordially recommend
it. eurebased it from J. R. Ault ee
Sons o 's town." MISS C. M. - WAT-
SON,
ATSON, A; villa, Ont. •
B. B, 4- a, highly concentrated
blood purifying vegetable remedy,
--.only >< teaspoonful at .a dose,—
you add tt#ie water yourself,
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HE IS A WISE
MAN
WHO
DOES
THE
BIGHT
THING
AT
P
Ida
RIGHT
TIME
1
The right time to do the
right thing- is NOW, and ad,
vertising space in'
goi.
, :E
,vs n xz, •• al
will help to keep your lousiness
moving.
With the good crops money
will circulate freely this Fall
and Winter, and no advertiser
should Jail to begin now arid
attract the attention .of pros-
pective buyers to his storeand.
what it contains. '
ADVERTISE T H E TIME'S
ON GiVES REUEP.
on't Spend a Doll r
for
Mea idnc
•.8]S
}
until you have tried
Irc'u cab, buy them in the paper 5 -cent cartons
see
Ten Tabules for Five Cents.
this Mort i. put Sp °boob, to peals/ the Inhered yrwen !heated for a lsw Walk
if you don't find this sort of o
Ripans Tabules
At the Druggis0
SSetui rive Cents to Tux 1t1PAN3 Cnn>,tacAr. COP/PA/14 N1''o. tee
ipretee St., New York, and they win be sent to you diy.tstaill ist
t tjartofs will he mailed for 48 cents. 'l'l: chances ire ten list
Ina that Ripens • 't*''6ules are the oozy ,rtedi Ind you !teat!.
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