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The Signal, 1899-2-2, Page 7BEATON'S BARGAIN, HT MRH. ALEXANDER. AHI me." ate resumed, rr,vvenug bee •.4r. 'Tow lung Is tt dace you have A' Cooed?" -*Heat a tear." "But you will not always bury your - sett alive in the wilds of Crel:TothleT' "SS by out? 1 twee uo particrl.o am- bition. (laving no specie! plufeed n. 1 mast do ti hot 1 can, and to ouuwar large estate, develop 1*. resources, ■lid improve the tenantry, la nes bed situp, den for a Man's Ilfe. My father is very much broken, and eve0tuully 1 d eu't think the guardians or treat -es will am peeler any one in my piece." "They would be eery foolish If they Md. Aud you are 000tent to Ilan and die at Cnikm,thler" , "At pre.ieut, lee. Home is very pdt.r smut after wandering about for years." "You are too young to feel that. Per baps some bonny lassie with goe'eu locks r the reel attraction to the old More; e1o1 ieagalnj t4 io4low me good. example. and taken purtner for life." Jack Maitland smiled • somewhat grim •mile, "I ata he no wrens inclined to mom away," he said. "When 1 am "'der : lid Mote talkative and stay at borne. I may look w11 far a good hoewrnlre to mato me decliuing join es enhll fort hip, but for the I+re eft no'" There was a world of l o Armee. r'Jertion in his "no." "You are a good deal changed," salt Mrs. Winington, softly, almost tlnrdly, "I ase a change 1n you taw," he re- turned, looking at her stendilY in a man Might e•owe'nplale a picture: "bit emu am even handsomer, I should ray lovelier, than you used to be." A certi.0 fumill ante bad come into his toot es he lulk- od' and Mrs. Winiegton, as she rem his eyes, feet that it would not he rosy to pierce the panoply of his indifference. s9 fear you are hard tad unforgiving," he murmnrtd. "You wrong me, 1 have go right to be dIMI." Then, with the bright frank senile 'Mich ht up his face eo pleasantly. '1 M'•er� Jon, 1 ha•e true a eery e going, unheroic fellow since time and o Alfie! frictio• Mee worn down my rough Adie'-" "You used not to be rough. Jack; you Were very, very teeth. to me at tenet." "Very good of your to say so. 1 foam was seeneehing-or • beeserer mooned R 1 bad Riotire. e"-jon'r "1 wilt 1 could believe I had ever doss any good, Jack." "lees, you did; you t•sght me • great ' la tithing e 1141, eemeand e,dem Wheingenenfiler Mort pante, you must come ■nd ('toe Iib us. 1 want to iDtvoduce you to Wimngton. You know hr is one my father's executers; It wonld he well it you became friends• plow este II you be In town?' "It 1. Impartible to ay. f late he and before the committer to morrow. I y be kept kicking my heels here foe entree of weeks or a month." "Hem," cried Lady, Mary, coming la. r a sheet of peeper in her hand, "brae a eegoiAeent eompneltion. Prey " fkhe alerted herself at the table. Resent, who followed. led the tuck of her chair. "Ila vine teen A. X. L's sdeertl.emeet, I d 1 beg to offer myself as ■ candidate for the matrimonial alien." proposed. 1 nm 1 • elan of good family, assured social posh 0 goo, sad attractive appearance. 1 at- r seined my thirty-first year oo the r g'h- ter+elh of F'ebntary last. My ceararer will beer the strlctoet invemixations, and I ay refervnees are tw)*x('ej)II nal- My a fnrtuse is, i regret to eey, MI, Mit. won- derful to relate, 1 Ent free from debt. 11' .X. 7.. will consent to • private eMuir- dew, i shall be happy to utile, IfniIfnioa ail !Mints. and make any terser -meat ealrelnted to give indirection. Karim" a baa endowed me with a warm heart end t .a afeetlnnet• diepoeitlnn, which nn en- w tiniy at the commend of the Indy n hu w will be se gond se to .hare her torture* p with yours, etc., etc. • "JOCK O'HAZT.I' IEAN." m "F off -rein! bravo" cried Airs. Win - lemon. clipping her hands. "Enough to Inc. the birds from the i Men."" said Maitland. on "You never could have de 1t your 1 eek." observed Lady Mary.atIi 'Never," returned Beao, mphntic'tl- f I7. "tine me the precious paper wit eh If shall be lay passport to fortune," 7--f- CHAPTER II. Ten n days had grebe by rapidly, sad Jack Mpass of bug ne•a •ltiaad. In the tu in ad amusement, was hardly aware tint • elapsed. He had cot- much time had els b Sestet' himself by leering a card esu Mrs. Widngtee .t the hour she was moo e lik: d 17 to be out. Fie wit interested and mauled by his renmutPr uwi u beg, and • 'tete able to admire her beauty without Wm; emelt disturbed by 1. meeting This fine sunny ming he was bns• Iii wr!tutg letters in his room, before Boles "r wet for the day, and had laid down his e Pea before aaretiog an Invitation to n tt teener from CoMnel and Mrs. Wiaington Tuesday.r F for the followleg "i must accept, i suppose," he mid telh himself. "I have refiese•d a inimical Area lag, and • party to Richmond. I moult a' eke to see Jean's husband. It is a deed( icks to meet him, and to meet hon too, without any deadly Intentions. Comm in," kre'trnptlst himself as some one knocked at the door. "A Ieatleean wants to knew If yon en will see Ma, dr," said ■ welter, pre - sting blit with • tart, 091 icb wttwee Printed. "Leslie Beaton." Yee: sotow tole him up, and la • totole Ates Beaton walked in. I wan Just thinking of look ng you in" AMM Maitland, shaking hands with Wse m. "7 here not en anything of 7011 Mace we nipped together a Mn. 11'In- tmgtoe's. 1 thought yon would hare cele 14th Ore to beer (:Iedertnrie'a answer to-" et "Mr defellow, 1 Mare been othere. Mc Wed," foteerupted Beaton, with some rod 17, as be drew • chair ovpudte bis end. kl'xl'nd looked at him, half emoted at mingled expressible of triumph ami lil matinee he a eyes. "I have been very sevioody occupied," ~ irAtit• loess"'about a- "1 hay. 1*..,.r2 Doctrine • wife. I ban te finding the means of existee." u -r being laodused by -gag -sue rletageeto an tie -veto want a mow to wrtlinaw)'1 1t M the astute goat of operitiou more opeoly .u.d isotherm -Wetly conducted. 1 [ea, bare Neu kwkiag huo moons, and it 1s a bona tide rtvdy-naouey affair. 2,u shortI um imbued to thiuk wy luck her turned." "Anal the young lady?" Beattie made a grimace. "i haven't tees ber yet, aud I cite only hop,` she is out too utterly utter. 1f elle is why, I'1 rr elf. ktut, Joel, she ha■ close esu five 1t110 end a year. That w.Il•-raver • gull rude er defects. '1'hrn three are pauny on.peroulione even sur the Moat devoted :urs gud, ami 1 .fiend to he et mo 'e'. Sh +hu11 :meld a fair share of her own m 1.1 oo obi? Otte, %bile 1 .hall amuse mysot .uy mita way -in moderation," esu are old ,enough to take caro of s-aursd(," said Manned, prot'et•dug t. • ord ,rump Mletters he bad add:m. "I contras I feel most for the girl. 1 stip- Mow she kuows nothing about this Ilrtr'.- .u. sehr•ux'?" h' "ILnn't Inc fa!net suspicion. M. fear Ietluw, he will be eucllu1 ,t wit'. w1,, if 1 dsa,w.• 1 always get ou with 4011011. and !11 a,,. Miss N. iiiathsr amara is 111.,1) hal bill -11'e, ln.,ed all her seven :cru or elg'bteeu years. Her fetter w.s .i u 010huurtic nit tutuliat. stud had what be co& aideted eu Iugie to live on the w 4 •v:.Ren:fly a man of limited idrttnl, ae he iiimo'bt up Mie girl in the mo•t rater lie • c 'mower possible. I (Huey the mother ,.!edvcora ago. Mute the father's Jeith :my 1Luue spouse has lived in the pater' .al cottage, under the cute of the sto ay -o,u,liau's rater, and 1 presume her eou..rra urs not of the highest to e. ':.rte lately she Inherited a 101 of nu.ney :row au uuclr who had Dot bora on gild d elms with her father roe yeses, but wh , died intestate, 1 hare got %Vining , e a% e.i titer to I.ok into the matter, and he too says, it is a bona fide couce._ " ':Teeple wag i moment's MIF. t , "N by don't you eoagratuiat• ss,y Juck'*' es. "i'erheps 1 may later oo; et prent- wcll, 1 don't like the ramie-, but 1 sureMea. 1 take things too slrionu y. 1 dere ray a marriage of this kind to u0 worm.. than • large proportion of tho a whle'ii uc:•ur every day." "On the ceueary, It isa deuced deal better, less nonsense and no re r nit.); you are quite too desperately in ear:me:- always etre, so Jelin says. By Mr way. Mie ie quite taken op with my plan. 1%111 yea Come with me and support me In this "At the Royal Academy to-morrow.r sethirty-to meet the object of illy ad wvtloa. It's • beuaty hour, but thite %rise( aid '.lily hoed. filly ae the au triu- IttAlilt(reA eted .w...to,.iademialer ere mos.oung tlieud' to hit ward and her chat le - roe. Reilly it win be rather fun fur proto see the meeting. "1 will come," Fold Maitland, slowly. "Whereshall I End you?" 'Uh, pick me lip at the club. Come and Have • glumof 'berry and a battikto keep up our spirits. You know, it tS • thing coo be managed it will be a great Melee fe:r we. 1 am pretty well at the nd of everything. indeed, 1 meet rni"e Feuds to carry out this scheme. i don't think even Wn iuington will adrace me i rap. Ito you happen to have • few het , t.sittand. yei-Weaid.Ilkerbi-1f�' at high interest?' - -- Y ertainly not," wok a grim ensile: "7 ike you too much, gid fellow, to bare nay money transactions with you." "Niggards' cried Beaten, in .nock Aer- ie tones. "Well, i must try my old emits the Jews. in Miort, the only Mince left me is this marring.. If it fenat t -bot it monot fail. Now 1 have o escort LadyMary to a gard.0 pals" t TMs ckeobam, so good-bye till to row. Mind you don't fail me. You'll woke 1 respectable sort of rpooApg." tVitb n end be der -the tram. Moitlasd looked after him old playfellow with something of uueaaineen and dis- turrobation. a the thought, •'Ile is not o be trusted, 1 fear; nose of there ever tee except the old Ii1rd. I must gpa but the victim Is like: fwrrblhly .he to a owdicary women rn %hem a 1,..d tame nd a hi; her ..tai position than her own a 'be all dneing." • • The fateful mnrm,w wag dill nnd miry; but Mwitland' found Deaton in IA, almost ton high septette, and fantt- erw drew, with dainty gloves, and a de cat. 'prig of gardenia find maiden h. r ern in his buttonhole --"quite n bride room elect," as Maitland told hint After • second glass of sherry Bea- m declared htrnwtif ready, and tet oat their Important genet. Although it was lunche.00 time, the nouns st Burlington Hone were fu I, nd Maitland looked eagerly round, s ek g Nome figure, that might answer tp the fes be had formatted Beatos's intruded ride. There WEN.* misty.. at visitor mvh .oily provincial, over whom Maitland'• Yes rolled unsatisfied till tbey were lir reeled by • group which stood before one f the gems of the exhibition --a late pie re uepreurtNng a wide, breezy rp!0nr1 tweed islet genre and heather. soh e beep feeding in the foreground, mid thering rain-elonds behind. A wh to aired neat old gentleman with • Nigel hock satin cravat was speaking to an de.rly women who might have been rad nurse or a Mgfi4y reepeetah'e enok id honsekeener in • country family. Ste "07 view" "What do you •tel'?' " Yea ? mbar that advertisement?" "Well, f •iOe-,•, ,• t 1t. Net the answer decocted with Lady Mary. My two was eatertain' .L I latetviewed,110. sing mermen • sentry. shahby, wd old reseal, who has bees sulking rigid hereunto, remeetiDg me, end my statements. i •nppn.e the result bas been so far mithefartnry, that gnerdl*n mune her two rsa.red ear yeaterdey, sed we eo�a obut well. He le a pompon old gentleman, and It Is agreed d al's to be 1 sundered t• the young lady morrow." Ret you *tet rat le mused? Yon waned plot dtect • wife (a this fashion?' "Film est? What ls wenn la N Mita wore a timely -tied black satin bonnet, and a large Mtswl of the kind known as 1'miicy hung In a point from her ehonl•1 YM to the e'nd (if her black skirt. wh Ihe,hnnd eitb which die pointed to a tee, hinthhg Seel)* hanging high above their benda was incased 111 ataH hl..wt lid gloves with loos ninety finger ends. A step or two in advance stood a alien Teeny girl, whore gown of fawn ...Omni alpaca was somewhat short and scan'; Sbe wote a round cape of black cash, e.. its long ends crossed and fasteucd hwhin Awl a broad rimmed straw hat adur.-J with a bow of white ribbon and a largo hinrh of very stiff forger -me nolo: hen feet, clad In white Mocking., were pia •: NI In smut square -toed, eie-vi, e,ubl shops. tied on the Instep, and had h n heed worth 'to whole 1,'w rune bon the Mang Of village millinery. A gnalnt lit a bosrkeoi. figure. yet pilau Ir -ad's attention wit riveted to M. Whit• he looked. Beattie touched him oil tip al'onider, and exclaimed in a d".,, whipper: blaetlnnd smiled •t the dismayed ex. Wee.Noo of bis face. "How do 7m knew r he asked. "Her mete Met Iw old TB1y, the grew - Ora. with hes: dne't yea ere hien loekbee round for the ether victim?" "He wee Ton," said Maitlsod. Benton miring his hat, started forward with a frank, pleasant mile to met the e nemas looking gid 1aatlsaso wise was beckoetng Mm. "Yon are a little behind thee, are Yoe nut, air r' mild Mr. Tilly, In a Inc tone; "at least It *seats n cemsidtrwble tune mince we came Iwo 44M bevrthierlas trace." "i flattered mytrr4f f was nether geme- nt" anent" aM Beaton. "Will you allow or introduce an ofd Meed of mine, Mr. nitland. i thought It .eight b• se well make some of my mood knows t to en N to rens "Certainly. certainly," bowing with old ashioned politeness; "very hu1111.2 1 knew any trtrud ut yours. I nm 'or Now- uuw I wil&$gStetat leu, II is ell f e ea.e,ue sueauWewtteet during r "romert, but Wfib.. gnu of a w•r "'"- bare Lemon you, 1 menu. bly youet uu,d to 46,01 2,0[.1,4 it uiw t .e b.c.u..o arm "h..' humid quickly nod looked full r Win with a rtarthd eopru•y.n. es it ■md drily :retitled from unother world, show nig ender her latae but a riwplr. p le. gentle tree, the ume u little up nrued the mount scarcely 3uu111 cu. nett to beauty, the eyes well stet and darkly h•olx,.1, but no pa: t i. nlnr ruh,r, mite ha r soft, I.rht brown aud smooth-- an o/d ury kttle face though, but en moat, and not without a certain none -Hai. "Fd et, my fraud, Mr. Beebe', w.she. to. koom .run. lir. }Lion. 111.e. V'i,au. Mr. blaitluud, Misr Vivian•" She I... 1,l at thew steadily, a a 1 ,1 1,i sur .N -.Jing up in her cbu,'k, us t' r Wade it anal! eery email couv*ery, guar hot not ungraceful, wit bout nus atte.ied to +peek. She was 11111, ug I:I:.:0 to the pictures when I:rutou with what M.,io .otwt {WT ..% rd to be...nit. effort, -auto- ala do's Sour lima visit in the .kale.. y * "Yew, 1 ',ever sew any !mint ate, before. except two or three at tunic." "7 here err quige to multi hire for ens :ort, you will he awtull7 tired be -lay y,a hen re.'• "I fel a little giddy when I I•orr, '•'aud eertaiuty. but 1 ..non.'d like to et.ey •o and esu ILII:I saw riery 0411'." ''b it nntst cutae 1,,.ustant1r, taking a re.t bete ton roue rimae," se d bI,itI .i,I who w•.ie determined to make uc.l ua,mt :au• w-:th the pour (4t4' bore..,. ' "I should like it but it weuid cat 01101 a number of abilliesse._Mear-skint venni l have to conte tow, you knave," T think Mr. 'lily Would not .,1t Jett," edict Bent no looking doe n est h.r ash a careening smile. "I rather m- -'gine he would end it dimcalt to ref...se Inn." ' "Mr. Tilly, res, hi le very kind. betbl'•, Damen le nlwaye unhappy about m abs retained, quite uiicon.cfuus of the ,onpyit,d compliment, and looked again at the picture. Beaton seemed checked, and turn ng, observed politely to air. 'Tilly, "Your friend looks very tired. I think I cin finil bar •meati- - -.. - -_ :1'mauratsr Ihn %eery Hes. Miles, gratefully, and Beaton escorted her 'to the Tong bench s Om tenter of the room, where she sat down with a green!" "This is • clever picture," said 31.u.'.,t. 1004: erbtr'altrit'Yt7s jiltice' b7`Irt'r i rtnn. "It is woudertul," the said, in u low tone.ns If absorbed ln,000tcmpli,tten; he vome was naturally soft, and towage( p.../4 lairly good. "I never thought auytbn: could be pointed like it; there are so : e hits of moorland neer my horns, cud I have seed the cloud.' gather oyer t! tem just like those. I almost feel the co1-1 hirEte that generally comes tip with ill, rain: ■lid those dietaut blue Mill., how fist away they look -that is what I e.,n not do When I try to paint. I cine it a make the dialanme look far." "A few month.' study with ■-g,. d treater wnnld help yeu over that • i- ci.Ly," said llaitiand, kindly, n feel 11.1 •if cornp'ssionap tleter,.d drawim; to the apeeeker, "You are an artist. :brae!" "1 moist* i were. Mr. IMrean his agnea to lot me have lessons, and 1 shall wurli bard, so hail:' "Work herd"' eehued Beaton, rtnrn- ng to her side as .:.tee spoke. "11'h , i a rrrneihdnn. nsmluliol: Almy I ask what • ,he object to -be attaiued7' beim Vivian colored eliyhtty, aci' pro' • sad rum as, d.ahe thought be was laugh mg lit her. "I want to learn drawing,' she said simply. "'then Mr. '1111; must find you a g od master. Hai be ■ ay idea whom to e.u• (1117?' "Oh. I suppose go." -- "It is very important to and the r ght tura," said Beaton gravely, " %Vhat nin+t er do yon think of,'1MT.'Tilly, for Mime Vivian'?" "I really have not 811 Idea on the sub- ject," replied Tilly nervously. "1 never hod anything to do with art or artiste No doubt Mr. Dorgan, who la $ m lit •iniveraully informed, wW be able to sure ply one needs." [7'0 lla ooirrie JID.] IT STUMPED HIM. Yet the PretsaNr Baa as Asewedi Somewhat to the Petal. It was 1n tits art museum In Ft. Louis, and s "professor" from one of the men try towns of southern Illinois was pilot Ing aeierel of his pupils through the ex hibltion rooms. He had exhausted all his adjectives In admiration of the pictures which hem well as the boys then wow for the first thne, and the questions which he had been obliged to answer hed sadly tem ed both his memory and Imagination. "I reckon I'd like to go end see the w techews neow," weld the tallest of the group of toys, a lank lad, with trousers lags tucked inside his boot tope. "it'll' you ens come along?" The profereor thought they "ought not to neglect this opportunity to learn some thing shoot the ertof the ancient Greeks," so the whole company, with Hench clatter of hobnailed shoes, filer! solemnly Into the gallery devoted to wahine oasts. It was mem minute. before they got thelrbrrath, and two or three of the younger hors ac- tually blushed, but the one with troupers tucked Ineldo his hoot* was quite oblivl- ons. Ile had espied a group of figurine In one corner that nearly took him off hie fed. "Well, by thunder*" he exelsimed. "Pr/:eaw r Jones, what's thin hem man doln all tied up with snakes? It's enough to snake a feller see pink toads in broad daylight." The professor from southern Illinois, ;moss sperlalty was mathematics, referred to the catalogue. "La0000n," he rend slowly, pronouncing the word In three tpllahlee, with the event on the ss�qi'voind. "What dries that meant" leaked the whets group M Morns. By title time they were all gathered, open mouthed, anoint] the writhing victims cd Apollo. "VV het does that mean?" "Well, I don't exactly know," mine 1 admitted the preftasnr, adjusting look at the thing "I ,on t h bh t think It mast be something got np by the Mmperanoe societies " Very $aee.•sfal Oaotatloa. to the Crafton enhoole It Is ondnrnary to kava regular "quotation days," on which each pupil 1. eequfn.d to etvg a gnotat.loe and announce the name d the author. The day before the ioted occasion of this Bort oseof the boy complained to another that be had no quotation for the morrow. "1'11 tell yon • grand ons," told the ha- ter, and the gootationion one wit hypq. When t1 came to the latter's turn to he roes ed odd with great ron11 denim . "Go welt, Tenni man.-Rhakatp.are." But the reciter wee not Tana/eft fro the talmultuoos applativa which greeted his quotation - Pittsburg Chronicle Tel. LOwe'e WISUUM. !hate teas what the a.' uptw have emu Ar they seas Through Ihn nu,nhs .Ir. Tbruueb the weed and thy r ou la 10 Walesa Pale bused the uwun enJ Ile bare Brtele ilium of 111e sun. Cur were I have owe what the .crap*. hay. wkwa- Through the llmltler spate. of air R . The hrs.e mbar that we ver and wens Are Iwlbd cud patleut and fair. I i.v- fathomed the pride and the pets Of the .nuwa end rwup*sluluie rain 7070041 too W41tl..e apse ed ur. 1 bare known theta-tb.lime mina that 111411111. Aud the glory slid taare est Ilio skew .. Where all "trite and hetet tenet. are sail' Anda hush are ell pawlyaate .lets, b'ur 1 gncaal In the dory of 4se'a eye*, And I kaow what no aerapha .hell gain. -Pull Kelt Oamtse Aud be tawtobd her In his arms aim kissed her. to the cunning Beu was at work amoug his caLbalres aud peau, aud the remembrauee of that kid was us hew *1 he worked. That evruing there was a gluteus desk with a loath wind Ben, sewing Wood, pause) will the crosscut sowlitil Lroogh a piece of timber aud draw bis guy baud across his fort bead. • He was re far away that he gait, started to bear a light footfall close be gide him. 11e looked rrouud, $11d there dawued an astounded expreeaion aud then a rapturuur glow on hie tram "1ie•.iu!" be exclaimed. "Hestiel" He put out bigamy. What more per- fectly erfectly uut unit than that she eboold slip BEN'Sv + + tutu thew? DIPLOMACY. But sbu only smiled and shook bet bead. She stood on the back veranda mak lug up the butter. The drevea of he blue prim gown were rokted up pa. her elbows, aud her hands were yr awotten and ped fr ine4t a scalding an Chilling Fleeced. 8oddeuly there Dame • abarp knock tag •t the hell door, and a tall; star "fobtb'retl woman kunst her head throeKh the bathroom wiudow, which looked 0131 011 the back veranda. "There's some oma at the door, Bee de," the said, aud her whisper cunt Rave reached to the hoose trout. The glnl hurried elitism the nano passage, unrolliug her right sleeve a file wear, wbicb was the nue to be pre Muted wh.-Lithe dour should be opened "Good morning," she said as oereue ly as could be expected from 0110 where hopes bad been raised by • shadow ou . I "I've come to have a bit of • talk k t� you, Beu," she said, and a new coo seloa.cen of her power over this big. t bulking fellow armed her with a d atettnitt-Whielrwae only bort*-- Per the occasion autTwEicb would have brought a gentle to her ■tepwotber'r face. p "I don't quite kuow bow to begin,' she said, "bat -but I don't believe yet rare extra much for we yet. do you Ben? Not astouisbiugly much:" "Don't 1, though I" he bout out d ".Len here, Begg would you believe it I've thought of ivoa every moment 01 w, this blessed dry: My word!" 1 She set her mewl). "Then if yon . Dare for me that much 1 cau ark you k do sometbiug for me." "Auy mortal thing, my girl." "You could give the op, couldn't a frosted pane aud shattered by the .pepT._ lint of the docile.' "Good morning," mid the man at the doorstep, and his eyes smiled arookedwise at the knocker, which war the exact spot where her face was, ac-, eordiug to lib focus. "Good 'nothing. I-1 thought maybe yop'd like some peas. They're gblte young aud fresh, and I've just po.'led lTtew." "We've ju11 got emus," said the girl. "John attempt conies ou • Saturday." "I thought maybe you'd bare them," mid the young luau to the kuocker, "bot p'rap you'd rather have flowers." The door was jerked back sod anoth- et tarn appeared above the g(ri'i shoul- der. The 7e0ug man moved hie eyes to a bole that bad been made for a latch- key. "Good morning, Mrs. Stnart," be esti eagerly '"1-I jdat leolteitt round to see if Mies Betide wouldu't like some trash young peas. I bad a good crop of 'em this time." "Why, of course Bessie will," said MM. Stuart, "aud she's very much obliged to you for 'em. Aren't you Bea - de?" "Yee, mother," she said, but tbe words teemed to oome from behind abut teeth.- W hetare-yos-going to do with your- . - selt on Sunday, Beu?" asked Mrs. Stu- art "I reckon I'm just going ilitiehifet home by myself," said the young man, bat an anxious shading stole into bis ami 1e. Yoo might as well drop in and take a eDpof tea with us. Bemire and I, will be alone," said Airs. Stuart, her natural grimness climbing over her blauduess. "Tbunkr,"11e said, with aiiperlty; "I don't mind if I do." - When the ball door was ololla, the two women took their stay to **back Veranda. "1 don't want his peas," Bede mid. "I bate them." "No, you don't," mid her etepmnth- er in her clear cut voice. "Yoe want 'em, and you're going to take 'em, and you're going to behave civil to hint when he comes on Sunday." "I'm,not,"Reid the girl, bet weak- n ess streaked her voice. "Don't be a ninny," said her moth- er. 'You'll have Mtn when you're ask - d. And young Macalister'■ gone to Western Australia." So•day was ushered in with the sing- ing of locusts. A cloudless bine sky dropped down from the heights to the horizon, and ■ hillside of grim gams stood stark, as if benumbed by the mel• titode of voices filling the air. Bessie put ou a wbite muslin gown and walked with her ruother to church. Her hat was broad brimmed and deep down over her face, the lace touches of her gown and headgear seeming to be- long to her as the petals do to • roes, Ben Stevens watched her through /be_ aervioe, his eves hiding the secret of Ms truancy that his half turned bead would have revealed. He walked down the road with them afterward -*bat little cold girl separat- ed from him by A1ra. ,Stuart and • wbole wide world of indifference. He sat through • tea meal by ber side and talked to her mother shoot a weed which spoiled the milk, and he bad at - en of soda bread and current bons. And now be was watching the moon ecme up through the trees, while • sort of uncouth bliss was surging In his heart. "Wouldn't you rather go to church?" asked Bessie. "Noe" be answered and let his eye. begin his atbry. I believe I left the canary 013 the dairy wall," .be mid and ato&i np. "Never mind," mid Bees, rising to tower above her. "Bat the mosquitoes," aha faltered. "Never mind," be said again. and dropped bis bead to bee level, blurting oat • pasasonete live word Into her ear. "No -no -not" she said. " Yon're ahy I" be said. "Now, aren't yon? Oh, Beside, I do love you sol" A tall form emerged from the door way. Shynese mono wean off," said Mrs Stuart "1 suppose, Ben Stevens 7o0 mean angling my girl. hanging over her like this?" "1 I've her," said the young man. "Ween did you think of getting mar it�f'r'itilalf.181111t 8tttttlr-' "$Dow's ever Beare likes," aid B. "This ed of the month 'wd be • gni time." mid Mrs. Stuart "Wouldn't 1. Beset e?" The girl's Mae wan In her hands A muttered word cams from between the fingers. "Then the and of the month," aid Mrs. Stqpt, "and now you'd better ay gond night The girl'', a bit uvernome with the heat. Onset night, Ben. Oome again tomorrow." Ben Mtmde beyond hat% 'Will ynn marry me, P•rd,?' he asked sharply "i,rt'. hear yen say It " Mrs. Btnprt nulled triumphantly in the darkness, "Yeti" faltered wlfl4 wikb • m•m- yon? Couldn't you? Couldn't you? Oh, Bea, I'm that miserable till yon give very several] hut we had a fear that, ipe if' "-go and VII my-motbertbairlf provoked, -1M would go gees -Meths yoor don't want mel But, ob, Beu, in pnni.hmeut. I have seen his mere dou't let her know I told you I There's scowl bush at Onto the whole school." Iota of other girls, and you don't want Hugh Miller here interposed by ark - me, do you? Say you dou'. Jost lay. ing, "Did your teacher ever burst into '1 dou't want you, Bessie.' " a atrauge laugh hi vbuol?" He raid It after her mechanically, "That is a very odd question," re - watching her baud, twitching uervom turned the erovurt. "Why do you ark? iy at his gblrt sleeve. Bat now that I remember, be had at "I don't want you, Bessie." be said, times a veru eztraorninary laugh that "and, by heavens, I won't have yon it made n■ all stare. It bad • train of it's eget) your will l" queer chuckling which exploded in • She stooped her bead and bar warm succession of lodd and -deep guffaws that lips pressed a gratetal kiss ori idequtb hook his bele body and digpleryeelall *toiled wrist. is teeth like the keys_ of • piano. H e -He-fold her mother about Et Tiii *psi t Miami -tied his bands on the book be roaming restlessly about the parlor of held against Mahatma. Yet none of um Beufe's borne. raver knew at what he was laughiug. Ou Sunday Bessie went tochurcb and He -bad a grim smile iii reproving mile wore her big lace bat and mt beside bet and • habit 01 tapping their heads wilb tmatber. rr'et`,ewe.x ten Whet tad? .Meta .bat the - Ben was on the opposite aide of the heads would Dever be worth the price •1111e and farther down the church, but lit bats or the charge of is barber, though he could have looked at her if be bad mammae and mints had that worniup wished. He never once tarued his bead and Berrie watebed bin, even et prayer,. When tbe service was over, be stood up, bead end eboolders above every 0130, and it appeared to Bessie his eyes were eagerly, and he proceeth.t: , ,'1" . aartatuly o• the door. - • - - "One morning, • fewmlutoteF p•eta:; -f1e nteelt a bathed pass6itgue-hold---the achool__hoar, when most , t leg big bead high-su oncosaeiow di• pias had arrived. and; int rain eroe1lgf; plomatist 'Preaat,y ghettoise Mtn Ilirid- ing, tbey had- gene Into eller sebonl,-a ing down the road as though -W1411741j. donkey, Which had broken lone from longed to him es well as the bowman its -tether on a gratuity spat Dear, wait en its lido • tering the playground. 13111 Hood and 1 Two months went by. Ben took tip were so far on our way, and Bt11. Wbo his measure of days and dealt with wee a stout and frolicsome lad -the tbem a well se be was able, but the evenings, when the cabbages and the pear were carrying on their lives with out him, when bis washing up was done and the w`nd wee stealing in the dsrknem around his home, then be staid to wonder how be wan ever going _helakelomorrow into bis hands. He alma..' took i. however, and 1t was ■Iwayn coming. We'd have bad a fire of an even. leg," he said two months after he had given her up. There seemed a tremendous amount of irony in cutting firewood, to his sine ple mind. A ligtlt footstep sounded behind him. He started, and there dawned an as tounded ezpreesion, then a rapturous glow on his face. "Bestial" be exclaimed. "Bessie!" She tried to smile, but her face was white aud afraid, and her lips quivered. "I've come -I've come to see you, Ben," the said and was so uncoo.cions of her power over him that she trem- bled. I snppoee-1 suppose that you don't oars about mo yet, Ben. Do you? Yoe don't care • bit, do you, -Ben?" "What do yon want plaguing me for?" be buret oat. "Can't you let me alone. Are you wanting me to lie over CARLUE AS A TUTOli 014 AMUSING ANECDOTE OF THE GREAT AND GLOOMY MAN. 11. Mar Proofs' Thal Terrlaed and a t.aagh That alartled Ilia The DOW the intakes Care to ackuol Is*Iu.t Me N 111. A sritcr in The Seolalnati has nei earthed an amu,iuganecdote of Thome. Carlyle as a country "doeuiuie,'' for the accuracy of which be vouches. It war told in 1868 by a Cepar Fite law yer dud provost who bed been one of Carlylea pupils at Kirkcaldy, to tkr writer and Hugh Miller. The interest 01 this gentleman's reminigoeuce. 01 hie schoolmaster was heightened by his utter auoous•ioueuess that hie old' do- miuia was the Thomas Carlyle who was then begiuoiug to he known to fame. '1'be old gent lemau described the older anent SOSINSIIPIM oo _ entnemtveyyS during 10h.nl hourr wearing their bets -at least keeping their heads covered - awl mnuy of the boys, viewing the pe culiar angle at whit b the bat stood um on the head and how near it cause to the eyel row*, could conjecture if the sav- Energy EasUy Earned. Wasted st♦srwi estst be made up or tba body will weaken andperbapi"INrlsll. Foe <r long time •prior to •fakiaw. 'Card', Blood and Nerve Pills systemw u:u (4 ..uly deranged an terribly nen.,.,, ao mud. 10 that in nay business (I. uIo'.uan of the Kingston Electric Light Co..) my extreme net rout 11.'!% naturally made the following' iif my bta,utca' extremely hazardous. Before . Ne !akin()r. ar lteod,edi Nerve Pills my kidneys had been affected for rum• lune. l had constant soreness and stalk nese across my loins and the small of my back. My appetite was variable and very poor. 1 also sutlered'greatly with' constant headaches. _1 amlad to be able to inform you that Dr. Ward's Pills com*,Ielcly cured me of all the above ailments and made me a well man. 1 have found no medicine tike Dr. Ward's Jeered and Nems lege,,Mthough 1 have --tried-mans different kinds. They acted quickly and effectually on my nerve sy.tcm, making my nerves strong{ and removing all indications of nervousness. These valuable pills also removed alt kidney and back trouble and restored to me a h •althy vigorous appetite. 1 have ace wood were to be that day predowi- had no headache since Arc months ago anal. and feel justified in saying 'hal they are a wonderful remedy. 1 hey Vet only "But my tescber," said the provost rernovrd nerv-ousnes., but gave me "a striot end glooply disciplinarian healthy kidney., removed all sureness with the name of Carlyle, raver wore and stiffness ?rom my back and 1011.0, his hal in the •cbool, and indeed hie cured me of headache ar 1 gaye me a brow was aooverboag with dark threat- greed appetite, consequently i am highly eying tient 110 extra a;pressimu to alarm pleased. 1 know of ir-niedicine that .. UN was needed from his low hat! Ile P111.1 Dr. Ward's Fir the tirrv• Pills for nerv.wsnes., chronic headache, , did out thrash us either very often or sore kidneys and back and loss of apps. • Yours trupe.dlll.n as.•[�tllf�:. iii " emcees St., Kingston, Ont. All food druggists sell them. 1f they won't, v e will supply you by mail on receipt of price, soc. per boa, or s boxes for Soon. The Doctor Ward Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. - - AN INTELLIGENT DOG. "*1,," 11.1•1 4:. .o. 0*,.rn Ing of Kee. Pratt Her. b a likens.. of "111y," Abe fifth fol little cooker q,anM1 who aceon.panied Qlate Mw. Prof. bfarudnm when on his last walk reoentlr, when by soros onheown mtehap-he-411 thriugtrih, lee of Ttuz.ato flay and. was drowned - "lily" as a thoroughbred ooakar- spaniel, standing"1M Inches hllth, with • long shaggy ooat of black bale, and bright Ineeinoos one that demise ireaa twts1(igence. The Intl. fellow is uuly 11 samba Old, nerd baths from North Bay. He was prs.ensed to his dead 11110151 when tour a,oather.1i by a member of Ms congregation; end as a nup he e1 once 'Mewed his noble lustiness and de - combed, timed and bleared them, o> i' Totlon to hA new owner ile Is now well they were teeruiug with the out :low, trained, and on 'enrol previous owastons inventions and deeigDs!" :.al olapleyed 'hie training to • marked The provost sass that Pugh MI6 mien. '1'ne into Prnf Maoadkm wag as Ardent sportsmen• e, d enjoyed ble Islsun and some other gpest■ wet,. Ile. nADO, ,,ilii while ■ reeldent In the north 1a sista?" _ "I want the truth, Ben," she wbi. pared. -Loudon Telegraph. - Getting as Opening. A maw had a story about a gen wbicb be delivered himself of upon all race alone At ■ dinner party one evening be writhed In his chair for over an hone waiting for ■ chance to Introduce his story, bat no opportunity presented it self. Finally be slipped a coin into the band of • waiter aud whimpered: "When you leave the room again, ,:am the deer." The waiter slammed the door as di. rooted, and the man sprang to his feet with the exclamation: "What's that noise --•a gun?" "Oh, not" resumed his host "It war ovly tba door." "Ah, I mei' Well, .peaking of gum reminds me of a little story," eto.- iJverpool Mercury. Carbine: lemon•*. We have ■11 reel the man with ee diplomatic • countenance that an (mrlb- goake would hardly prndoce any change in his imperturbable fans We are apt to infer that these .pbinxlike pinions n eves feel emotion, whereas limy do Dot betray their feelings like the generality of people. Oolmmns have been written about the Impaaivenete of lieraell'e expression A German philosopher once went to Berlin for the .ole purpose of studying Yifehwew atwl dfaoovard what every one had sarcl,pu) for In *0th 'LIM, tff' men," :'rote the keen observer, "be has one sign of emotion whech never tall. to show Inuit, the moveetent of the lee that is oroemed and the foo." But If then was ever • men of "he• t elt control" that man was Goakber' Abe famous biographer. He forased.tbe, I1IIDtbe of Paris The statue ins perfect Mea In youth that It was nnwanly to model of the "little corporal'. In char make any +talent display of joy �oGjt��l4,s1, aoterietie battled., wen. Ing a ca ked oo e nd he sabeded •o well In re keeltif hat a•ad semi end snuffbox it, hood his feelings that when he grew 1p be The foetus -3i an tell Itfohke mold not ebow them. When hie brother and deter died within ■ few days Of each other. Lockhart did not Ary off Oth- erwise relieve his deep and terrible feel• Inge, and the e'n•agasels wall that be ransom so ill that bits Medea is jsopar Lnotlrhppwlld bird. •'Bly" missal any game. The little animal Is •Lo wall hatted 11 domestic tricks, .1.d will go 11 wares of • lost artl'ts or • forgotten handkerchief • distance Glover 100 Feeds. and generally linos 1s... . On i11 the lad Prof. Maadam's long walking trips hli ting always aenom- paoled btm, and the Professor watt weree known to NO on. wnthont "lily." The dog was Almayi anxious to gut out who ringleader in many sports and tricks- be taw hie master Ireprrlug to leapt rushed to mount the animal and began After 11*.. effort to warn people of els to guide and force it but the school. master'. dent!., tbe faithful spaniel w111 be even • greater favorite than hatate- fore. All children love donie.tl' anfmale which chow each wonderful intenl100 and they w(Il no ¢mien wiih N• pictures, "Rm.-Op/1e , her mads 'mob • reputation for lin,;.elf.' "With desperate ern ring the donkey was induced to carts its tiler over the threabhold, and is .t a IeceptiQD both of them gc,t froth the - trerilsArowsls! Bag. of hooka were 1 . Ore' fastened -to the tail nnd eiroind the • -k •' the ass, and so busy wets tall and b•.., a dozen companions in urging the animal to a canter around the school and to ascend the short stair of the master's (leek flet they did not notice how time wag speed- ing, and before they could remove the stranger Mr. Carlyle appeared. "We expected a tremendous expired on of wrath, but he buret into a roar of laughter -such • roar, however, as, W. stead of tele -tine us to join in it, pro- duced a madden t:: •1 complete bash, and that roar w a': renew. d errant aud again when the nee, withdraw., r 1ta forefeet from tbe 1.. t step ti t!ve leek .!air and turning round, took • p.,r • or Inc, ....rep- lytoward tbemaster00 if to:a'.'te him. " 'That,' exclaimed Carlyle, 'is the wires* and beet scholar Kirkcaldy has yet sent me. He in fit to he your teach or.' He tapped the donkey's bead a he was wont to do ours and aid, 'There's something here far more than in the skulls of any of hie brethren before me though these skulk aro patted 1n fond ■dmiration by papas and mamma', nnd though that far grander headpiece meets only with merciless blown.' "He then gave some hard tape on Bill Hood's bear!, and would not allow Bim to dismount, but fur a penalty or- dered him to ride op and down the school for an bear, while those boys who bad been moat active in helping Bill to go through the farce had to march in pairs before and behind the perplexed looking am. He did not re- quire the other 'scholars to attend to their several pchool le,sone, but silently permitted them to stand a spectators of the grotesque proceselon. Then be himself, seated within his polpitlike desk, surveyed Hill and his company. "I have not for years thought of this scene," continued the ptovoet, "bot it has new come back to :no freshly, ■nd 1 remember that my old master Ind .& very strange laugh. 1 don't know what has become of him, nor indeed have I heard of him shim I lett Kirkcaldy school." No Ogen Dates. "Yon have an elegant and epaofoa■ home," said the pastor. "Ton have books, a piano, • daughter who can sing and play and everything to make bone ■storing. Why don't you throw your house open some evening in the week for the benefit et the hnmelece young men? You might are Emmy • terve from the club and the saloon." "Wong mea?" geld the wealthy memaabbaer. "There'll one of them whn ler ii ' I. Whii htmasats -tittkfo� In the tiosteer • iap'•leere 1l' atver.reea. The great Napnlenn, done in ever green, to the u*utue statue ,het Mende In Ihp garden of M. d'Agnillen'u, in the TM greaten rare fie net -emery en ordr• 10 preserve the Iukenews and the 41rti•' gardeD.r .lauds o. 1,-n', rnLle tint. ni Clipping off dead leaf••s and cuttinI •1107 au Arcesmnal bran, b The mimes loos of Napoleen is reptuducud at 141. dy,_ jot of the *tato* In eow.ea,..sr. HEART PAINS The Heart and errs are Often Affected and Cause Prostrat'on of the Entire Fystan. A Kingston Lady Testifies to Her H! perfence In the Use of Milburn's Heart and ?terve Pills. • People who suffer from any disease er disorder of the heart nervous .vstenw. such as Palpitat ion, Skip 1:eat., Smother. ing or SinkingSensation,, Sleeplesonea,• ' Weakness, Pain in the Heed, etc., ramp- ant atant afford to waste time trying varicose remedies, which have meshing neve to back up their claims I ban the bold asses. tion of their proprietors. These diseases 800 (0 serine. In pew mit of your experimenting with nntried remedies. When you buy Milburn'' ' Heart and Nerve Pill., you know yen have behind them the testimony ofthoar ands of Canadians who have leen curlew by their use. One of these is Mrs. A. W. Irish, ex Queen Street, Kingsteet, Ont., who writes ai follows "I have suffered for some years with a smothering sensation raised by heart disea.e. The severity of the pains (e my heart caused me much suffering. I was also very nerVnu', and my whale system was rah down and debilitated. " Hearing of Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills being a specific for them trouble., !thought 1 would try them, and therefore got a box at McLeod's Drug Store. "They afforded me great relief, heviwg toned up my system and removed the distressing .vmptons from which 1 suf- fered. 1 can heartily recommend these wonderful pills to all sufferers frons heart trouble " Lava -Liver P111e erre Blfleasnwr, time Mesh sad Constipation. Every pill parfait. Sores Healed. Nothing like B. It B. for healing sores and ulcers, no matter how large or how chronic they may be. A. B. B. applied externally and taken internally according to direr- -sends rich, pure blood to the part, oto that healthy flesh soon tales the place of the decaying tissue. " 1 head been troubled a •h ser•- 40g,',s and sore tots armed nu mels. The solve 1 wit using did n '1 help are enJ 1 etre getiingeworee i w,,.,'. ...d to try it.rdno k [timid Inlets, Ned ., me• ruing nearly two bettlee m. .' .-i were all honied op 1 Buriook co....,R. B R. $ Y woietsefd blood IlIocd prrifi. r." ENO( It -> QHORST,RIoom wit Isgdll�®aw'p- �l 4 . u.0