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The Wingham Times, 1899-05-19, Page 7
.' 4*:L 9G 7: [^4 9G oogs.' (;,74 4*94`y�04 0*Fey[74*94 tege*94 OG 9:.�'[Tge �(9 �0' r�r114++.e�A *{1w .41� ���iii111..! �4� �-:(A,�• �(�T �G� Sip*. cXa a �a a • c'�nc'�ccy�.•,a�,�' ,ra�ac��c�ac� c� c�.•c� c�o V MVV`` 0 0 0 o b b t1f4•tt your recovery would be more (^clr- tan if brought into puree' air, sn we removed you hex's, my 01141(; '.1'11•i4 is (1 term :t few miles out of town, which, I (lire say, you ('nutlet •petr1e1111re1'." "No," anSIV('1e(1 Alice; "it is 4111 like ai hideous dream," "Ah, well, it is gene! Ancl now gleam, let us go back further, • 1)o you re ticrn- ber When. 1 tuk'i you once if you could loran nothing of your childhood, you edit yoe had a faint recollection of a sweet face,?" oman AGA:tNtST. ' k lir elk * * ilk iiK BY MRS. MARY E. HOLMES. Author of "A Woman's Love," "The Wife's Secret," "A Heartless Woman," "Her Fatal Sin," "A Wife's Peril," • "A Desperate Woman," try. c,S-3•e'a.cc "That face was your mother's. Let 211e finish lilt' surprise at once. You are the°.child of Fulke and Margaret Dur- ant; your parents. are dead, but your grandfather, Sir I•Inunphrey Durant, is outside this dem, waitiug to clasp you to his heart" • Alice rose to her feet, her face white " even to the Iips. "My grandfather!"she repented. "hut Aunt `ferule--- ." "Was no relation, ' Sir Humphrey as your dead father's father. You are ` tete dearest creature in the world to him. 1 will (•alt him." Irt(ly Darrell Alloyed across .to the , door, a1111 Alice saw a t1t11. stately mom .enter, whose (Mirk eyes beamed with love, (chose trembling hands were out- stretched to catch leers, ("My child—my poor boy's chill—found • at last'" Sir Iiumphrey pressed the girl to his l heart, tears in his eyes. '1•. "tet me look at you, my flower•—my star—cable to leighton my old lite.. ' Morell!ti : lowers! how like--" "She, resembles poor Fnike?" Lady Darrell asked gently. . "More; she is the living image of my • ;. preca>ous wife—Fulko's mother. See, you knew the Arnoids well?' Is not that . the Avoids' face?" Alice looked up, and she remembered Lord Itadinc's words to her that mist's' able dila of tate ride to the Abbey. She bent her fresh lips to Sir Ilum- trhrey's hand and kissed it. "I have known no father , or mother till not'." • she, murmured. "I will love 4 olt as both." • Then, as the old man kissed her fend- • Is Phe turned to the earls nlother. "And you too," she said simply. "And now,,you utast rest a while," Lady Darrel' said affectionately. • "Wait an instant," broke in Sir Hunt- pltre3'. "My darling, is there no one else yon would like to ser?" i A. wave cif enter dyed Alice's lovely twee site' drew herself awey and teen- , ed to the Window. . "There, is no• one who would- care to .P,14." slits replied. 411 Humphrey and Lady Darren ex- :. - eha ged. ,glances, an(1:',in answer to at sign ha made, the lady ' went slowly i fr 1r the Town.it ti`Well, my dta^liug." Sir Ilumphrey 0111(1 tenderly, "I will leave you now. When you are rert:'d 1 frill eo rte beck,. tend tiren you shall hear how n AI:.• iMertcIith helped AS to find' you," and how many friends yoti• have that yell • • knn`ty' nothing Me," 1. ,Alice kissed. him, and he lett her sit - i ting in hoe chair. feeling strangely hap - ,11y and ln'oltd by the knowledge of her ctifustrions birth and met -found r('letive, 1 yet with a eel s1 of heaviness and de- pression that she could not push aside. Presently Davis- enine in while-- she "was siting • thus, • 1 ""%nm know all, env lad;:," she said . lightly. "Ah, what did 1 always say? )11. kllew•,you dere a herr; countess. Why, it is quite a romance." ",gome of it was n painful romance, i5;a.vis," Alice said slowly. "Yet how Otraiige it all 8('e1nk1 . year :lg,> a Tutee-het:ll, ill•treatc'(1 au(1 alone. N0Wv a :coauttees With ---4' Ilei voice died, the Memory of her hutl(tnd (sena with st'rrtliltg •'00111 ,ss, nand with. it the_ thought teat she lived and new the barrier to 111:4 harlline - E .1 With 'Valerie, She lay languidly back i11 her chair, looking sadly. out or the *window while Davis chatted on. • "Yon will soon be able to leave here • and go 'barer .to the Castle, my 10(13•." > Alice shuddered. "I cannot go book there. yet," she said • in low tones, • Davis made,no answer. She went to f1e tlom'. 1 Lady I)ztrell was beckoning her cut. hle Slipped :may. find sontes a else - I entered the xoom softly.. "No, Davie" Alice went on slowly; '(I cermet oven think of - the• Castle yet. Davis," she asked suddenly, keeping her face Weil turned away, "did --did the WA. ever aslc for Yee- when 1 was ill?" No arl:rwer, Alice gave a fkeep high. "never mind' )nvis• don't think cef M3'' stllpd(1 questions. I was eery--%-" Site covered her face with her hands, and :somcoxte bitnt (aver her and took them gently away, 'kissing them pas- sionately at the a1(111e time. Aliee started, grew crimson, then ;White as death, Beside eller on the gnetniet knelt the very man whom whom she spoke --the ea:l-- her leve—her husband. "Diel I ever ask for yoti, my rending?" Itoy acid. tenderly, a flush on his haul- ' some face, a love -light an his eyes, •IIo still grasped her slender hands in 116e. "You have not known, you have not seen me near you night and day. 1 have novo! '.left you, Alice --my wife! I [tnvs• 11)1.0yed that you might recover, it only 1 to see you knew enc, and that you for- gave me. Before you utter another word say that Alice—yon forgive ole!" She drew bitek a little. ' ':I have nothing to forgave you," .she sand faintly. "You were right. I was then so much beneath you—a farm gi-1 --and I :separated you from—from heir. " "Listen, sweet, 1 beg—listen. Remem- ber the night before you were torn away. Did not my eyes speak plainly then? Could you. not gnus what ley heart felt? Ah, Alice, you. did know. 'then, ley darling, I knew nothing of your birth. It was you I loved, ter 'I love,•now. Were you forty times :t farm girl, I must love you, the same. Yon are my very life! Sny you love suer" Alice's heart thrilled, her hands, ,held in his, trembled, her voice was faint. "L'eve you!" site murmured. "I have loved you from the morll(11t I saw yon —it was that • love that nearly brake my heart." - ",My darling!'' said the earl poseioe- ate ly, drawing her head to his shoulder, and pressing his lips to hers, "My own —my very •own wife" * * * * • Six months passed. Darrell Castle is alive With people; Iit is the home -coining of the earl and his beautiful young countess. Sir Ilumphrey Durant and the dow- ager Lluly Darrell'sttuid together in the wide entrance to welcome their children. Behind -a line of servants, Davis with her farce crimson in her excitement at once again seeing her beloved mistress. Roy had taken no one with them who ' could remind his wife of what she en- dared. New scenes, new faces, new love, • he determined should work away all (race:: from her Touug mind, so Davis had been left .behind. A 'group of guests were assembled, among whoin were Frank Meredith enol i;eoffr.ey Armistead, whose friendship now the earl held •M part of his dearest 1 possessions: . A glimpse of outsiders were seen; the tenants in the grounds• set up a cdleer; It was caught ep by the .servants, need 1A lth : shouts and acKlanlations of happi- nees, Alice, • Countess .,of Darrell, re- turned to hen hi baud', home and amid .all the haute -clapping, the tender words, the genuine nffcetinn, gratitude and love Sar the being'who had lavished all the good tend treasures of life upon her dur- ing the last six months •stood `first. • 11'11en nil wee over the guests gone; and t)ta .Castle silent, Alice pitt het' h:'eul •-•en Itoy's shoulder, and kissed his hand, while he said . tenderly: . • :111 ,has gone off well, my darling, yet without all this could you love .me, as I love you, with no pomp, 11(> grin- deer, ori riches—simply for myself?" • "I could," whispered Alice. "I de. Our life, Icor, slt'aII, plenre Cod, be very ba:ppy—net by riches, titles or grandeur, but through simple, never -dying Auer' * ' * * (, And while peace and love calne-to, the girl who had suffered, the one 'who had plotted .against her Menne her soul, lived in darkness for er('rynlore,. For when the mangled body of fatal was found ou the ground beneath the balcony, from which he had fallen, and 'Veloric, who had recovered from her swoon, beheld all that remained of her erring brother, the i'ufl renl4zation of 1111- it llit wont to her—diegra.ce and ruin•--w:ls talo mttAt for her overwrought and sdl('lniltg brain, ' 'rho frail c01'(1 that held re(tsbn to he throne snapped, and with a pat rcirtg shriek Valerie again lapsed fete insensi- bility, Bet this tiMe. wheel tier eyes -opened cease to the lig) t, they bore the look of hopeless insanity. Visitors to the celebrated establish- ment of The -- for the mentally nf- flic.ted, stand and gaze in piteous atbniaa- tion lit the regally beautiful woman, who never speaks, but with (lend white face searches—the ground for the fallen , forte of her brothel", and tarns with tigress fnrce to spring ;011 the p teed who itlterrrpts. Sometimes .site 18is" v rt<d by n hand - game ratan and a fair, lovely girl, fret she knows them not, and they trend their way sorrowfully fruit her till they lose reeulleetions of her wretched life in their own hupiiiness. TIB T I'fl % <s G*0 GXa P 0 e mea G�O nor (11to ..tlrfln.i. Steel> 011M tenepeen1u1 oaeh of pepper• mint leaves 12(01 pulverized rbnharb root ie• one-half pint of boiling Water. When cool add one teislannnful sralal. A tea• (ip'oonfitl of essence of peppermint Duty t>e llsc:d it the leaf cannot be obtained. i)ose, two or three tablespoonfuls ever:' twenty or thirty minutes until relieved. This is good for nainged XV scour stomach. WIN RAM: TIMES,,, THE CQST QIP A KISS, Could Only Whisper. BY PIHILIP awns% • It wills. a grand ntonitirng for a hunt. The dew lay thick on the grass and si'adticd like a matinee of gents in the height e ttnefih;e, ',rho hunters opened 'their mouths and drank la the keen,; )Malden air we they dashed after the beagles, post !Ann add 114111estead, ever hedge and ditch, up hill and down 010. The fox (('08 a gtlil(tlrt felialr, and fled lute the wind before his pursuing foes, mho followed the scent with nose to tihte grotnid and tail erect. - After a dashing, chase,. in which many tt horseman was left behind, Sir Bernard -slackened speed at last, and in another moment Lord Willowbrook. shouted the "view hr,llool„ By this time tlwy had foa'nt11d a aelui•cirelc, null were Half 11a3 bai'1( to Willowbrook village...* 011 the t'•reet of the. Itill noun a little stone -built House covered ivitlt jasmine and \'ii'•• glide creeper. It was the little school of \1`illowbroole and .the siugiug or the children ca1110 through the open door and mingled with til faint haying of the weary beagles, who panted tip the h411 anter their tired victim. They were close upon him nolo, and in another moment -hie fate would have been sealed, when suddenly there was a era of :istoniehment front Lord Willow- brook, 11110 w'ts the foremost hunts- man. "By 'Jove, the animal has run into the schoolhouse!" It was a fact; the ism fired beast had seen the open door, and had dashed in to escape the fangs of the hennas behind nine, The c'h'idren in the School set up a frightful shriek, and the s: hoot doer 'was rapidly hanged to iii the facts of the hungry beagles, wild -ran to and .fro, baying and wliantp- ering in frantic excitement. "Weil, this ie certainly a rum go," said Lord Willowbrook, as the other hunts- men struggled hp. "What shell we do?" "Call off the .hounds and get inside," said Prank Cogley, the parson's mad- cap son. After some consultation this was finally agreed upon. The school door had been locked and nobody ripened it • tater repeated knocking, so with very lister cefemoar3•. Frni"ck Cowley put his shoulder to the door and attempted to burst' it open. It Weis a solid piece of oak, with strong bolts outside, at some- what singular ariangement, only used when the place s('as empty, The. leek resisted all his attempts; but, w,hen loser a dozen stalwart. fellows hurled themselves against it, it yielded. The dozen or, 8o young huntsmen 'entemed pell-mell into the school room, but pulled themselves up suddenly ii hen ries.. realized their situation. At the end of the large room, on a little raised dais, upon which was a school desk, stood a young girl, sur- rounded by n group of little children who were clinging to her Skirts in termer .at the sudden invnason, She• was a slim, far girl. with a mass of Sunny golden hair; and, Its she • stood by her desk, with, flushed `cheeks and 1n :rutty light in her blue 83'(•S -she looked very pretty and haughty. "Whet is the meaning of •this unwar- rantable intrusion, gentlemen?" silo said, in a clear, silvery The young huntsmen touched their caps, -bet could not find anything to St(3 "(1adzool>s, what a pretty gal!" whis- pered the irrepressible Franc Cowley. Lorne Willowbrook was the first to speolc, "Nrdam," he said. in that deep, mu - shed vei0e of his which caused snob a1 thrill to the hearts of the female in- bebitants of Willowbrook, "we sin- eere1y ask your pardon; but—hat we ere roirgh huntsmen, our fox 'tor, re- tnge in yotir school and in the ardor of ear sport, (('0 have, perhaps forgotten our manner's," - "T think that is the ease," said the sehoolntistress with a faint suspicion of a smile. "However, gentlemen. 3'ml Win -net fhvd your fee here. bresipp? !t has gone up the chilufn'3', whose you '11' 2t perfect liberty to foliolv it." The huntsmen burst into a sherry laugh which put them et their,ease. The young lord •.ot' the manor sat down on the foremost bench and look-, c'(1 round curiously at the little school- room. fitted with rows of wooden deskas. null decorated with colored heaps and ('hart•:. Then' los Dyes returned to the Pretty schoolmistress, with tete golden Erie. and to the little group of village cl''idren who had recovered from their fright. and were peeping behind her shirts. "Wally, this is unite charming!" said the young lean, pleasantly, as if to °lim'n a (' >1veraation. "Itentiu(ls one of nee's )"oath, doesn't it?" said Mr. Prank Cowley, sitting down on another betel, and, taking lip elle of the children's Slates, "I say, schoolmistress," said Tom Ilar(1,r, ,ane of the neighboring squires, more renowned for his good temper than for Itis brilliant wit, "".v ilea(' you give us 11 lesson?" '!`he proposition was received with it general burst of applause from the h nitgmen, who set down with touch clatter and jingle df spurs 111 the ehil- dreu's benelies, and possessed tltent• selves with slates 0nd peuelle. The schoole)litdren, who were beginning to think the whole scene Cine fern, domed their hands et the iciest of ",sehexrl- tuietress" teaching, 12 1>ig huntsmen in scarlet Pickets. "A. lesson! A lemur iei'ied the huttt siren. • CON (I.1.I1Ii 21115. 1iIII(. Often Colds settle on the Throat, and . Bronchial Tubes, and make the voice , hoarse and husky, And an effort to speak, distressing, It may bo ,redueed to a ( whisper or lost entirely for a while. Irl eases of this kind nothing will so soon give relief and restore the voice as ©tr■. Wood's Norway Pine ..+' y PISp. This is what Thos. T. Smith, Caledonia, Ont., writes 1--'"A year ago I had a very severe Cold which settled on my lungs and throat, I got so bad I could scarcely speak louder than a whisper. I triers several Cougix medicines but got very little relief until I used two rola oua-half bottles of Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup, whish completely cured me," Price 22e. P..aza-Liver Pais cure constipation. without any griping, weakening or sick- ening. Price 25c., all druggists. Tke total assessment of Kincardine town is $645,103. Scrofula, salt rheum and all diseases o.ured by Impure blood are cured by 1food's Sulsapllrilln, which enriches the blued • A Tribute to Mother. Oh, mother, dear ! wait meteoric s se eet Coil book the scenes of ,arly 3 ears, Wen thou didst tend our inf Ont feel, And guard our life. with pe,ayers ar. d , tears • Our tittle grids, at school or play, Wo poured into thy willing ear ; Out thou didet kiss the tears away, A. d quick dispel( d our every fear.. And when in wilful, ways we t• od, 1 Alas !for u I, to willing feet, Thy love did bring els back to Clod, And led ns to the mercy -she. 'l'hvlook was love—th3lernile was joy— Thy tears the e.oquenue 1f grief; 1113' loving voice found sweet eaa;piny In whispering to oar h'eart's reliant. ; 00? mother, dear I how much we ewe To thee, for all thy loving -care ; While memory lasts our thoughts *1(x11 go B.aok to the days cf dove a.nd prayer. Though on this earth no more we meet, And surging seas between us,roll, , We yet shall meet at :Testis' feet, Where loge eternal fills the cool 1 —Ions Num. l .. I Bd�• After. Wooers �'hosp iodUne, ! 'f The Great English Remedy. - Sold and recommended by all druggists in Canada. Only reli- able discovered. ll packagee guaranteed rrall forms of Sexual Weakness, all effects of abuse or excess, Mental Worry, Excessive .use of To- o blew, Opium or Stimulants. Mailed on receipt of price, one package $1, six, $o. One will Steam, sirzciil cure. -Pamphlets free to any address. 'The Wood Company, Windsor, Ont. Sold in Wingham by Colica A. Campbell. . Druggist. l eg RETURNED ON TIME. Carefully washed, properly ironed, correctly finished and fairly priced— that';l the history of your linen when hrntrgbt here. Not a thin' in our ' wa'hin2, preparations to injure the Kure of the goods and not a thing unhealthy about our work rooms. Ta D. LONG Leav'e Orders atOarr's Feed Store, EARLY GLOSING Before placing your order for . Spring Clothing call and see our NEW SAMPLES for 1899. We can afford tt> sell New Goods cheaper than old stock that cost one-half more than new and better goods of the latest style: 'will cost w -day. We snake &tiles thtt't,'lit. W EST & CO. Queen's Wok. 19, 1899, LAre You Weak? There's a Remedy that will make you strong ; give you 'vitality and energy; invigorate the heart; eurieh the blood 1 make the pale cheek. rosy. It's Atilburii'iI Ueart and Nerve Pills. Mrs, Mebleubaehor, who lives at i0 Ann St., Berlin, Ont., made the following statement: 4'I have suffered from nervous prostration and general debility for the past four years, often despairing of acute. c' Sixlce'I have taken DIilburn's Heart and Nerve Pills, however, the future looks bright to me. I have taken four boxes of them and the benefit I derived is wonderful. They hitvo made my nerves strong, restored their elasticity and given mo physical strength to'a greater degree than I could have anticipated. Beyond doubt, they are the best restorative for nerve trouble, weakness, debility, etc., in existence, and I he artily recommend them to all who suffer as I; did." Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills euro Palpitation andhrobbing, Dizziness, . Nervousness, Sleeplessness, Loss of Appetite, Pale. and Sallow Complexion, Anemia, Debility) General Weakness or any condition arising from a'Weeklieart, Disordered Nerves or Impoverished Blood. Sold by druggists at 50c. a box. 'Wo Not an life due to Altered b are not act; consoqueue being poiso ties. DOAN'S KI»N are daily proving theins greatest friend and bone Isere is an instance; Mrs, Harry Fleming, St. says: "Tho use of Doan' restored me to complete first symptoms I noticed in severe pains in the small and around the loins, to general weakness and loss I gradually became i hearing of Doan's Kidney 1 box from our druggist. I am pleased to' testify to iveness in. correcting the tr wlrielt 1' sufr"aved When you want a fine line° (1f Printing, whether it be Large Posters Horse Routo Cards Dodge":rs Circulars Letter Heads Bill Heads Envelopes edding Invitations and Announcements Visiting Cards Business Cards Note Books Receipt Books Or any other kind of Printing, you can get the best work at the most reasonable price at THE 1 "1• W.LNGHAMa. ONE TINE Ri _UEP. Spend for O until you ,have tried Do!lar You can buy them in the paper 5 -cent cartons Ten Tabule for Five Cents. We 'sort y pat up aheap1T to &atter the nettiiettipreien$ demand tar a lo'tr p5211. If you don't find this sort of .Ripans Tabuks; At the Druggrs�''s 1 ' , Send hive Cents to 'tilt 1tiPAtte Ctrtttmo. ' APAtttr,'Ni. Sail Spruoa St., New "York, anal' they will be sent to you by Iraq w 111 cartons will he mailed for 48 tents. Tlln,thertoes i'r'e tett .1 - me that Ripens Tabules are the vary teed! hie you renal.