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The Signal, 1902-1-9, Page 6r. - i 4,J / n, �cit,% e le, 44 'Le t Atc, klIzA L ' / a sittit'lir'i'+9,4414,..**.444 ,0 i'i'i' TIIEEARL'SDAU6IITER .1 • tray what Me was feeling. Aad p reaps rhe might have done so had not a wholesome correction await - of her upon the other sale. "I trust that Lady Ethel Carr has not quite forgotten me," said a voice from that quarter; and turn- ing with relief to any dietractlou from the immediate presence of Vic- tor de Lacarras. Ethel plaoed her Mend almost eagerly in that of Col Thom& Bainbridge. CHAPTER X The dinner, and evereng that fol lowed it, passel much lu the manner that rock entertainments rk, when We gatboatug I* innaU and prlvat. and the converestkm besomee sea - oral. The Wes TreyaniOS*, by forward - neat and much talking, contrived, a. they u.sahly dud, to m000pollae tk. Ion's ahere of attention : and after a dine amount cif 'toffee and drawing• room Mtlatie Uro party separated for Lite siiabt, without its having been poseltalf Fir any two of its member* to exchange • quiet weal with ea. another. and get, nemebow, Lan) Ethel felt disappointed at the result the nt eetlag to wbiah she Itao been took ng forward with much ardor even while she was angry with boreal. for feeling so The Marquis de Lacarras had met her as any other gentleman of her aoqueintance would have done ,` as 1..• had been used to do while her father was alive; and under it.-. circumstanced she °oak! not drive expected him to do more t would nave b nth wrong, Indelicate, •il emly ; she would have been the first to blame him If he hal dared to woke any open demonstration of 'his attachment to her ; as .tee ,said with the quick etgerneeem of a woman to deny any linputatkm of o oldnes In the man rota nares for. Victor would tnke a proper opportunity to renew the omit (menti n, which had been in- ltrruptnl ; In a few days all wool, be right between them, nevi ole• nevelt' be enabled forever tie silence M.•unwlulo Colonel Bainbridge did not at all consider Miami( an object of compassion. Ho was in at state of the utmost delight at the unexpect- ed Invitation he had received to Tem- ple Orange. and feverishly anticipat- ed the moment when he shoal go there. Since hie return from Soot - land he had been working steadily with hie battery at Woolwich, often heaving a sigh as ho thought on the events of the season part, and won- derines if, In the cosigns( one. he should meet with Lady Ethel Carr again. He felt how visionary were hue hopes reepeeting her. bat he told himself that If she would not marry him, no other woman cheek!. And la the midst of this vague, un• satlefactory train of thought name Lady Clev.don's note, like an earn- est of soccer., Inviting hum to Juin a family gathering at Christmas- time, and in her country-bouse ; the first, too, whch she bad a.aembled since her hu.baJkl'r death. What man, hoping as. he did, would not have been etartletl by such, a proof of interest ? He had .beeig,rbut -of leaaalrerls who.. had partwkkea of Lady ('Ievedou'a hospitality 'Jur- Ing the past season; and 1f his silent admiration of Lady Ethel Carr had been observed (and he had reason to believe the Countess had ob- .eeveal It), there we. the greater reason that he should not • be sin- gled out to meet her in the privacy of home life;. Unless. indeed—and here a hope, faint as to precedents. but etrroo�oogg enough to make the man's ttr�ta reel, would interpose It- self. and turn lila future Into one great glory. He had been going down to Scotland. as Usual, to spend Ills Chri.tmae wok, but he wrote and made hie excuses ror not doing ae, at once. He told the truth: the Countess of Clevedon had Invited him to 'pend a short time at Temple Grange, and he /Mould be worry to k,ee the opp.rtunity of doing coo; be duel not seem to o.reaWer thief any other reason wee required for breaking faith with the home circle At Cranstww hie annomtcetoeaf was received with various revenge) Mrs. Uainhridg.•, nr.twlthsteno- Ing her disappoint mot, was proud to think her son 'Mould be armed iting with such grand people; but Mr. Bainbridge read the title with a sigh; and Meg gie:. face (which had been growing very pale and thin mince his Melt In Tito auIuaikVtierned hist a paler as she tried to commie herself with -tits -premise -in his potteript that he woad try to get another fortnight's leave, and run down tore. th'm in the nprtllg Instead. So true It I. that seldom can one reap joy in —CMS world withait entailing morrow on another. On the day that Victor de Lacarres was expected at the Orange Ethel Carr did not know her .elf. She. ordinarily to quiet a • • ne possessed. acen.tomed to stamp o her emotions with the Iron heel of prude, was almost alarmed to fad her feeling', had outstripped her will, and that she was as nervuss and trent, blew as the most ordinary coveter' born. She had never realised till then, she maid, with a .frightened look nt her pale, anxious features le the gless, how ouch .h^ cared for bon. Mlle felt en though .he court notwalk down Into the room to meet him. and yet she knew that not only meet she do so, bet that the eyes of her stepmother nod her etepmotber' satire world be fixed upon her the while, eager to mark her agitatio e and delighted If she publicly display- ed tet. Titat thoight alone was sufficient to nerve her for the coming inter view, abd perhaps Lady Ethel Carr had .d lout loeeked lovelier or more defiant teen when .he emerged from her dressing -room that ereniog Mid set her foot on the etatrenoe which led to the apartment where she knew the company to be assembled. The deep mourning robes which she still wore for her father, eat off the trnnepkrent delicacy of her skin, awl the beauty of her golden hair, to the grenteet advantage While a soft flush, called forth by anticipation, relieved the pallor ,wltoh her face had too often die - played since hie iteatjt. the would the Inefnuntkone end stop the mors o_sa:Wiling Lim, which elle had eo often (mind It hard t.Vbur from tb• lips off Lady Clevedon. And so Lady Ethel wrest to sleep that first nageli very full of happiness a.n.l trust. Bul whorl day alter .lay slipped away witbout the niarquta making th.• ,rligtitrat effort to son ber alone, or the r.enm.lewt allesice to whet has Dessau between them, her pride took alarm, and shy asked herself whet h• r ere pmetble sue- bstse leen etlataken. - Was the scene which haat. taken place upon the balcony, toed every particular of which site so vIIidly re- membered, only a detention of her (ev- rod brain ? Had Motor do Lacerrae river sults- told iter -nkat be loved 'ler, and asked for the assurance of tier affecticn in return ? and had 'le been dweCing for all thine mouths .tp,n. a ateertMmern, the prettiest nt 'ter vain imngination ? Lady i•:thel, with her ince burled in ser hanks, sat town 1° her owl' nom, drrloilwly tie ...insider this. Ob to . It was not fancy ; her farmer) van too clear, her love too real : ehe world never have Invented .o much hnppinPen. tie again saw the balcony !igloo' ,nly by eters, watched the whit. haat creeping on her own, heard the ow, fond tones, and felt the warm kiss Intl upon her lips, it was not fancy ; she had panned hrough and felt all this, mho hacl mien deceived and made a fool of he was of all women the n)oet miser- . Now It neceasetrily happene In a mall noterte such as was assemttlr.t it Temple Grange, that there le Iltll, rlracy for any one. There le n• Reclusion as perfect an that of a large crowd, where Poch Indlvkluai i a occupied with hie own concerns, slid too busy 1., *try into theme of 'ds neighbor; but In a family party .•paratlon moons estrangement. Consequently, Lady ('h•rcdon, who van nowt particular in imprensng on her guests that she wan living In the utmost srclnclon, and could not hoar if anything like gaiety, took carr lint whether they rode, or drove, it walked, each one 'hold Nlate In lie amusement ; but If It happenot is It very often did, that her -poor amid ached," or her '•poor Hearts felt hot yield to the Inclination which heavy "ani she claimed the privilege Of bereavement to be left behind called on her to parte and try behindeke calm the rapid beatng of her heart, generally managed that the Maiquls ode Lnearrae should be her compan- r atilt her :remb Ing nerves, but ion poised swiftly on until elle reached alt are 40 ailed you tit not n, a 1 s t156 aflr-chatsiWer to 1W.drawIitl'• _ , - w room. Even as .he mtuad upon the 'staytnlf with a .hhpdd creatnrn lits ttwethohi she maw a figure quickly ■kmyself," she would Rey On ouch hx•ra. ora.: ante deter do I.iu'ann ', with leave the eide of Lady C'l.veden and all a F'r.nohmun's fervid dltrn.wa, adtamoe toward her. She telt the _efnrm that b.1 bad no pteasnre pressure of Itis hand and heard him equal W that of waiting tin the atter a few ordtnery words of greet- _woeof kir antinbin hoetoee. Ing, but the never could remember _ afterward how ilte had met hies; ffr at the sound of his voice a sickly talntness assailed her, which mate Ivo fen" leer she should fall, or be- whom he happened to be brought In aittawt. But when she lotted that be tweet attempted to break ate motet - tar' (Inaba III order tai remain with her, laud that MW servicer appeared to tit ulwu, s engaged either by her rtupux,ther or the MINS Trevamutm her 'mud, hittb to ante Itself up to the deryulr wkob eat last twwlut.J on it, partied tutu weather phare of fo•Ilug, and WIe cluing to the Idea that It war by Lady Clevedou's mentor that the mnrqub was pruveut- oil aortae; to au uuderrtuudiug with i ermei. like remembered bow, even during her father's lifetime, ber step- mother ked vied with her lu uttritct- utg his ettenttun, and rho believed that ehe war drums all ►be could to arias pyetweeu tree IIOW. l.c.fy' Ethel knew that elle wca proud, Mut matey called her cold cud re steed, etied she was etware that rule hid tlSTer guue ante p rut ed htr way to eiloid ste'. lotus de l.w'arree the opportunity for which w utk lit be dtlugently reekles. Ot .h• .,eettrary, om more than nae occa roomfearful of her couduet befog la, u.e.Mit ruOil, she had purposely ri.'raleal being left alone with ,blur v. , might have been wrong, thinking o matter quietly over lu her cttaw :•••r, elle (folded now that elle wee. .vroog, and that U such an Liedt ee% .r•eurrtd again tele would not 'Mirk K. A large oostservat ry opened from olio drawing row at 'temple Urange and two daye after ale had arrived at title coucluelum Lady Ethel was etamling on Its Urreeltkl. looking at -lei bright array of winter flowers euro the Marquis de ,Lacarrao ap prurtehod her leisurely. "A epien.lhd show of camellias," he ail, following her glance. "Yee, 1. It not ? reit answered, In ,,he nervous, tome with wi,tcli Mlle al wa7r now a.klrumred Item . 'and Woe parer Jou look at Ulmer. the mare tl.mutlful they appear"; with whe .vorde she eteppewl Into the conserve cry. It wee a long one, and Lady ::th.'1 walked 'slowly to the end of it and back again, but Victor de Lacer 'as hast not followed her. When she rottu•ned to the drawing room Lady eaevee.lon was wailing there alone. "tilt your Invitation was not ac repted," she said. with a .arcaetlr laugh. "Upon my word. Elliot. I lid Dot give you credit for so much forbearance. I should feel just a tittle piqued with the Indifference .l Monsieur le Marquis If 1 were you." The hot blood rushed to Ethel'« cteek anti drew; and elle-was ..o give n° angry rejoinder, when her words were checked by the re- entrance of the marquis himself, accompanied by Colonel Bainbridge. "My dear Lady Clevedon," he ex- claimed. addrertting his haiteee, "we come to tusk a favor of you. W. 11are got up a scratch race in the pork below—just a couple .of hurdle+, you know, and a ditch of water. but we stint derive no pleasure from our little brimque linked th. 'sullen honor ue with their presence. tad encourage u. With their •milee. tray. let me conduct you to the -scene of aettnn ; the Miss Tremor - tone have already gone up, under the emerge of 11ajer Marchmunt:, SOZ000NT Tan'aadar 25c "What, monsieur! is It to take place immediately 7" she sane inugl,ing. "Indeed, then, you must` wnoage your race withoet- me, fot- o is much too cold to ■tlr out (hie huoruiug, in my estimation. iter Mere Is Lady Ethel, who. 1 am sure, will be only too pleameil to accept' your escort ; yeti' Can offer her your arm inetend." Lindy Ethel, who hard been itnnuiug, flushed and indite nant, by tufo table whit. Lady Clevedon was delivering Icor mpwaritel harangue. now drew back w'ltdt a greture of refusal. -''Many ITaailke, itttraai'w,'r ill. bowe! 1n acknowledgment of the Mar -tubi' extended room -NNW lmthel-Carr prefers to choose? o.ee her cavaliers. t. Jiving them cboeton for her. even by nt good a judge an Lade -Cdeealier- 'tate with a smile that was too openly ...orate' to pretend to be la May. ale Mewed ham by and placed her hand upon the coat sleeve of Colonel Bain- bridge. Thee---Coonte.w buret into a tons' augh. while Victor de Laearrns bit �.1e lip ntil looked annoyed, and Col oriel Bainbridge, coloring with pleas ern at the unexpected preference own to him, Intl his beautiful tram tank.o from the room. The glance of dlerpleaenre wit(• which thn Marquis hail viewed till, act on the part of Lady Ethel tele not seam, Iter notice. and prompted her lei follow .t by many of the same sort. If he chome to neglect ber, she nl,l pa"kmately to herself, he Vitali(' at leart be made to see that mere were others ready to take the places he had ebendobed. And since between Colonel Bain- bridge and hlmrself there had always been n very apparent though nn - avowed dlaglike, no less than be- cause the former was always' near at hand to aid her ;n" her ee•h'me of retnllation, it came to pass that he was madle the tool of Lady Ethel's revenge. and from h:tvine stndtouety avoided his company. it might ahnrwt be saki mho eourt'd it. Her heart burning with r:sent- ment at the sleight pat upon her by the altered conduct of Victor de Lacarrae, she thought of nothing rind no ono tett herself and her own wrong•. and in self-defense ehe tined the first weapon that crime In iter way. Thht Colonel Bainbridge, cherishing the feelings which he did for hero should have been that wea- pon, was unTortunate Tor dim a toe herself. And yet she wcarccly thought of the great evil she was doing him. nor was she coneelone of the conaequences she wan draw- inlg dpwn upon her head until she wee reeved to a sense of the ettua- tll in which ehe had placed her- '•plf by receiving an offer of mar- riage from Item. It was atter an evening of great excitement on all their parte—an evening during which Lady C1t're- _don_ hien entirely appropriated Vic- trw de Lnearraw, and flirted with hint In manner No open as to cell down centure on tiered( from nvrn the lenient Ilpn of Mrs. Afarchnrnnl, rind in the sight of which Ethel carr, deaf and blind to everything but what concerned the man whom batty Ethel waw- one--..,.,oyted- err thh; ebe had tome of the petty pal- mistry whhb would keep a mon forever k itering by her Nilo, and she know that the meaner of the marquis, Lke that of many foreigners, wed enu- petiso toward every woman with Let us send you one of our free booklets explaining our method of hand reading by mail. It contains valuable information that will not fail to interest you. North American School of Palmistry Canadlaa Branch, P. O. Box 225, Hamilton, Ont. r.. *opted suitor. Am I to 1o' -o1 Mel Believe me, yours always, "Tbomar Balubridg•.w Cel PTtllre XI. When Lady Ethel Mad thin tette. it war late at night, the guests of Temple uraige had toper iced fur their respective ek tmbe.l an hoar be- fore; and had rho met, lu a vain en- deavor to teethe off the rootless anxi- ety which oppressed her, been loiter- ing and laughlug In the room of Mrs,. Uurohsitwt, she would have received it on firm going uletulrr She war alone—her hleepy maid weld uiikling in the ante -chamber, waiting fur the sound of her naetrerr' 41. and uo one war witness of the feeling's with whloh she perused It. And it was as well, for those feel- ings were very bitter. She had been thinking much more leniently of Col- onel Bainbridge lately, but thus let- ter charged all the current of her thoughts. She war not generous TI 11J�Ala1� Jt j�L111J. The Clay Potter who Escaped BNag Crippled for Life by Almost a Miracle, .au A. N. Wideman of Dustroea, Get.. latervtewrd lis l'oruutu- 1 an Moat Hopeless Cue of Iebrutuetlem •a Record- A t.tvlee Monument its the rumor of Uudd'e Itaaaey P111• Turouto, Dec. 81.—The wonderful otioupae of A. N. Ll tete u .u, whlub luuu'1 its way into the uewepapers a few week* ago, W a!Ui a subject ut inter- est here. He wall be rem •mbered as Ow wan who was su frightfully crip- pled with rbeumatl.m, beteg twleted not contorted out of shape. Hu wad fairly matched from a mis- erable death by Uodd's Klduey title, eno.tgh to ubeerve what a manly and he has bow outs of the gre•ttert etralghtforwarrl proposal it was, nor upttoldere ad Ihodd's Kidney fails In to re'ntentber that her eneoerage- C'aumet ever ►ince. utent had forced It from him, bite . h lir. Wkltnuau tear 'till to use a mighty, unwomanly itdlgnatioo, and stick when he walks., as the dtreitse a hot image of having been insulted her left him with uuu leg shorter in her father's, brae by the man whom Lady Clevedon had chore° to Invite, there, rose up to choke al: tliutghts more befitting the "'auto tion nal her res. She wee band. contemptuous, crush- ing, in the first knowledge of Mir pre•.duuptuoue hoped, and her angry heart oried out against Viotorde La - tun the other. With this eteeption, anti with the defect due to the breaking of his teeth from takiug mercury wtxllciner, Mr. Wileman is ae well. as ever Ire was In his life. 1 never heard of auytbing like rho way I).lde K•ldney Y.IIo worked ie wy care," saki Pte. -"they drive the Rheumatism clean out of my carom. ne the accomplice by whore 1 «yrtt'w. lou know work woe elect cruel oouduct this indignity had to Uw earthenware wurkr, stud 1 took Welt brought upon her. Everybody war, In Lady Ethel's mind, to blame, except herself, and her reeent- ihent knew no, bosnds. Ae for Colonel Bainbridge and his prub- NMI" suffering, those were mat- ters left out of the question al - tether. Her fleet Impulse hail been to tear the letter lute shreds and cast it to the winds' ; her next to show her stepmother what had come of :ter insisting uu asking iwople to the house who dud. nut know how en pr. - •verve their station in society, and tine stern mean by which she In- tended to tench them the lesson. At- water Impulsive, when her weak point had been Interfered with, without further reasoning Ethel flew down the baud staircase and Into Lady 'levwkm's dressing -room. But it was wroeapied, excepting by the servant wc•rktnt patiently by the fire, who. is 'u wer to the young lydy's excited h.qulry, replied that her mistress had -yet come opetairs. It was all the better—so thought Lady Ethel—for hi r atepmother would be alone; and whet she had to emNit0 n., Itta er wee t, t At, subject for tuene- Her light feet scarcely sounded on the rick carpets she traversal be- tween o-tween that chamber and the draw- ng-a,om, which had been deserted. is she th night, w ling before. But as she gained the dleovway, the tow murmuring of comes reached her ever. and without further prrfnce, she Irew aside the heavy portiere and ettsxl upon the thruybo(dl At the mole she wltneesed there her !tenet seemed ns though It turned to stone ; for on eine of the 1ew aufns, which had been wheeled tear the fire, there reclined easily the form of the Marquis de Laoarras, e -by his side, still in liar evening ees, her Mende clasped in hts. and wealth of atrbnrn hair laid eare- IetiJy upon hie ■ho:gdrr, set her rattler's new -male widow—Gertrude. int•es of Clevedon. Lady Ethel stared at them with - mit \s.peaking a word; yet that un- definable.Instinct which makes us feel without knowing that we are ob- .erred 'caused the pair upon the mfa to titre tr heads and quickly obs e t position. :. ^ ors they del so, Laity Ethel had dropped the portiere and was gone. - - "Who was that ?" said thecount•se rely' to her compattiou- - _ -- - "It was Lady Ethel Carr," he re- named moodily, and thon they drew .part from one another, and there was silence between them for a lit- tle space. it was interrupted by Lady Clu erlon'e nervous lan u chance to work to the Itarrest field. 1 gut soaked several toter with rule and that.brought no the worst at- tack of lfhetametlrm I ever heard of. 1 war W bed five mouths. My lege were twbrted out of dupe, the tier pointing award's. Well, uothlug the doctor could do did me the leant gout. My teeth broke off from the mercury Ire gave me, that war all.' 'flow did you come to take Dodd'e Kidney Pell?" 'lir. Wideman war urktel. ' A neighbor of mine., Mrs. Boyer, got me tit try them. I did eo to pleurae her, but continued their use h•cawre they were curiug me." ' And you ascribe your present health and strength to Dr dd's Kidney Pals 7" ' 1 certainly do. If it hadn't been for thdd's Kidney Pills I would be Int my grave at title minute," sad Mr. W'Weneaa empliaticslly. A Priestliest A pELS MTsa. "Martha, you are a Christian Sci- ence believer ?" "01 course. Jonas." "Well. Martha. don't clean house— just sit out in the yard while I'm down town. and give all the rooms absent treatment.—Chicago Record - Herald. Mlaard's Ltnim let Cures Oarget In Cowes esti' atlll a Geier. Patti has lost none of her popu- larity in Lomlon. and If roe max judge by the encomiums of the critic. she h',• lost none of the art that give her worldwide fame. One ad- mirer writes of her on the occasion of a recent appearance at a concert given tie Charity : "Her matchless rendering Of the well-known songs held the wait aaelteeee as fa a open, and at the oonclusun of 'Home, Hweet Hume,' there followed one of those extraordinary demonstrations of almost uncontrolled enthusiasm which Mme. Pottle a voice always pro- vuker. Agaln and again the diva toe?' turned to ecknewledge the ovation she received, but It was not until she had sung 'Comte' Theo the Rye' her ._alimireril_warit content'. Mme. Patti was looking radiant, and in her Lovely dress sparktlog with a `l ay )uviols a. germed to h e become younger than ever."' JOLTED HER INTO SAYING "OBEY." e+ +++++++++++++•+++N++•+++ "1 remewber," said an old clergy- man the other day, "that 1 was sodkieuly herd put to It to decide whe- ther 1 eluld roar with laughter at a solemn eervktt to the house of God or whether I should he very angry. The upeh,t waw lhnt 1 hid ouch hard work to keep a straight ecoutuuauce that 1 Ger gut to ho angry at all. The Lncdent aroeo in this way : • "It was Is my early daye in the ministry, and 1 was marrying a young farmer to a country lar. In • backwuailr church. About that •time the women of America were Just be- ginning to kick ngalnet the elaneo in our marrhtge bustler which maker therm premise 'to love, honor and obey' their epawree. Tim bride in Ole o tits wanted to eruape the vow, but Mil tea soave the courage to refine utterly to take /t. Instead, elm tried to slur the rentuta'e, when it came her tura to opium. the werde after me. alit else meld t, love, huuur and bey,' lua\'Wg out the 'o,' in the but. that 1 would sot metro' the umirslou. But 1 dal notice the ungsriut ell rt upped. You court sty ".obey" clearly,' 1 attnuuuced, 'or 1 cannot p• -u un.' "The brlle hong fuer (ie..'l, but a 'stubborn kick carne over Iter face, aril 1 owed wee that it 'unit take a kA of perruaeiuu to make her change her real. 'Will you neat may "obey" ?' I •idled. "Slim only 'shook her head. Yk me new; mod 1 coaxingly. 'I will repeat the words agate sud you ray thew alter me.' 1 tlhl .u, uurl the bride murmured lure, honor anti bey.' "I looked at the brldcgr•uom to see if he had any emggeettou to mike. The lrretereu. fell .w actually gave me a wink. 'Try her ouco more, sir,' he rad. 'The third time's the beat. Site only wants coaxing.' 'The bide shot him an indignant look and exclaimed tartly : 'I II any the Irmo thug user a hundred tumor and not n t- amble moxa' "1 w-ur getting wearyof title non- elem. oa- e emi..o 1 rapptvl out te worth very e uiklenly and sharply, ',love, honor -uta/ Ober.' at Out ietme 113ge ;bootleg out my index finger at the girl, TWn seemed to martin ler, and with equal rapidity tete began to repeat, 'leve, honor sal—' 'Just here the brtlegroom gave her a sharp dug irf the rib. with a huge forefinger, and tee girl emltteei n pained "Oh C But, determ`.ned not to be Interrupted in ;what ehe had In- tended to ray, she finished her own rendition of the vow without • .sec- ond • pause and cjiruletel 'b'y.' "Mere,' exclaim e1 the impudent tetdegroom, 'she said obey all right that time: '1 galloped through the rest of the nervIce, pr'ontetnerl the pile men nod wit.. In a twinkling. and was able to rcpeees a buret '•f laughter Just long en..ogh to enable me to shut the vestry door behind mo before 1 let it cut,"—N. Y. Tribune. "I shall have to make some excuse or other to her, I .,tppoee, to -mor- row," site said inquiringly.,"Can you help me to one. Victor "There 1e no occasion to ask me." was the quiet anewer; "yob know that you are much cleverer than I am_" ungenerous' behavior wee eating out her heart. bad permitted rel. Hnlnbrddge to rimy mores and to' go further, than tilt• hail ever sufferer him before.. that she found it note In til head -writing, placed upon her .dressing table. Half frnrfel of whet It might con- tain, ant yet fmaMrly bniteving, In her intolerant pride, that he would rerneeme to make her an offer of mar ringe, lady Ethel tore the letter "pen, And reeal as follows: item Lady F;thrl,—If-yqo deem me nrmotimptinnis In midmorning you on it matter w-Itich Ilea very near my heart, you mttwt dame the klndneet which lino nmbnldened not to do so Nit after the events of the last few lave, sad rwpeelnliy M thin eveninb r feel that i arida waft on longer 1, venerttle my fate; for •eery ritrn moment d asap- now tanoman n purge. tory to mei 1 bnnnnt remnln at Tem plc Grange netts It le M your nes SOZ0D0NT far the TEETI 15. Tire countew Night!, gathered up t shawl which hit.' fallen off her •itnulners, impatiently, and bidding tuther l.nu'l, alfirmed it was high line that all respectable people hkl lull other good -night. The marmite took the proffered wand, released It without so much ue it pressure, and' turned on lits heel owaal the. smoking -room. whsle his fair iModteee walked off to her own tiwlrtmenta, not rated her maid for tier atupolty and awkwardness until dm drov6 ''ttf^ unfbrtubate menial into glrlagbee wain's.. Meanwhile Lady k,trel Carr was •rerpfnj-creeping 'lowly, ilke one whirs had received a severe blow on he heed and In blinded or dirsy from the shock, back to the shelter of her own room. She passed through the ante-cham- h•r, mechanically letting fall the ,entence, "1 don't want you,' to the servant as she went, and then she 'coked her door and eat down by lin dresatng-table (null In a kind of _and._4spread out her hand' neon her lap and tried to und.er- etnnt what wan this mtefortune that had overtaken her. i have drawn her an a vain and •trrogant ,gtrl—as one whom many wouldcall heartless; but in this hews of her deep hnmlllatlon, every heart should he uncovered) before her. Oh, women ! women poeticising not arty henrts and mould, but warm. full life, and the natural lmptlae to be love -1, 1 appeal to you If there IN any lite en cruel. any death_ so hard _to leaar_ as the It which hat been robbed of the if- faction which was all In all to ver find the death of hopes which we find coneldered to be certainties. No men can understand thin grief an we cano for we were wide for them, not they for ue; arid, love lit a' they may, we can never fill up every r•hlnk and Crnnny of their ilvmw. an their ,affection does for refire. And we nue so utterly pow- Prlrns to dp mete than ell .town and cry our eyes out over their in- coneletency. When Lord Clevedon died, hie daughter thought she had lost everything; Mut In this moment of discovering tltnt her lover was un- true to her ehe felt that ehe had never yet known what It 4 to be really poor. Up to that momentebe had hoped aininet all hope; new 'nope wne done,' and lone, end life, mrd everything finished. She (hail seen hum perfely with her own eyes. When 'fatly Ethelr'. meditation reached thlm paint, a vivid picture of her own deserted and detiolete enrdltlon rase nit before her mental therm, nnd, street with pity fnr what lay In the future, ,h., east herself penetrate on the floor, and gars vent to an exceeding bitter cry. (Tb be fbntinoed.) Why bny imitations of doubtful merit when the Genntne oat be pur- chased as easily? The proprietor's of 1IINARD'S LiNi- MENT inform ix, that their .ales the plat year still entitle their prepara- tion to be considered the RE.'T nod FIRST la the hearts of their solo- trymeo. I ' HOW'S THIS ? We eller One Hundred Dollars' Reward for any caw of (.terrb that cannot be curet by Hsb'. Catareb tare. F. J. l'HLNLY t CO., Toledo. O. we, the undersigned, have known r. J. Cheney Inc the la't IS rears cod bellere him perfe.aly honorable In all Moslems transact ions and financially able to carry out ear obllga ttr.n. made hr their firm. Ws,rr t TRUAx, Wholesale Druggists. To- ledo. O. Wet Dare, Kiecro Rk M•avtx, Wholesale Draarelta, �a7wioei�------ --- Hals Catarrh Cure he tasen internally, Get. lag dlr.ot'y upon the blood and anorvus ware fare of the ■y.tee. Te,timoulala tont fres. Pries -ler per betas. Sold b an eirytl*a Hat'. ramify Pat. are the lbws& Whirr Thew Wetted 11. How strange it 1n that Alexander the Great wan never mallet' "Fighting .fleck," or Julius Caesar "Mcrappy Jule," or George Wriehington "Gory George;' or Napoleon "Battle Nap.** Mlnard•s Liniment Cures Distemper. Love's sacrifice. "i sbal'1 have to Wee -you bp!" It was In the year 19.SO, and as be 'poke the youthful aeon of a once Dolle bneje buried hie face in bie Mande and groaners neind. "Pers," he said, "my darling, nitwit an I lore you, 1 cannot euhject you to all the pri- vatises* that a marriage in my pre- vent eircumotancee would entail on my wife. Three weeks' ago I wan rich and pamperous, the head of a large. syndicate that my father had bequeathed to me, and on the moot familiar andilntlmate terms with the Emperor. Northing, It seemed, stood In the way of my oont'tnued armies' ttuddenby, however, another styndl- cate loomed above me, and 1 was quickly overshadowed. And now. af- ter braving been obliged to sell out, I firm .that all my earthly poliesm forme amount only to the paltry .nm of eight million.. and a half." The girl at hie side never waver- ed, but firm, anti r.'e,l ite, her vnlee betraying the great leave end deter- mination that unheated her in mete of thin terrible blow. ehe rushed to her dtt..iaeolate lover and threw her "My own dearest Me cried, pas- ebnettcly, "why, i would marry you if you were worth no more than a mlllklo 1"—Tom Musson, in January Smart Bet. Mliard'a Liniment Cares Colds, etc. Pin 1 hese to Yoerr Memory. A woman who will not be managed Meats on men:urine nthern- vrn when it girl hen money In her own name On is anxious. to ohang* It. ISSIIE NO. 2, 19o•�. YovNa WOMAN AniDg—JUBTCAme tato poese.,.lon of testa--wlthes to rimOn16 elp.o-o Nature Babies and children need proper food, rarely ever medi- cine. If they do not thrive on their food something is wrong. They nerd a little help to get their digestive machinery working properly. sc0gsJ9R COD LIVER OIL IH7W NYPOPHOJP///TES o' L /MEet SODA will generally correct this difficulty. If you wfttput from one- fourth to half a teaspoonful in baby's bottle three or four times a day you will soon se a marked improvement For larger children, from half to a teaspoonful, according to age, dissolved In their milk, if you so desire, will very soon show its great nourish- ing power. if the mother's milk does not nourish the baby, the needs the emul- sion. It will show an effect at once both upon mother and child. .n aesim 1COTT a sower, Tomato, Carrel.. r BLAIN Kali CHAllst'ka. token MR. IREAI. KSTATE OR ht +1 • nee . oo putter where it ia Send dew rip - 1105 mid emit prl.-e and Ret our plan for t i,d ink rash buyer.. latest kubarere and Iuieet B rent l'.mpaar. Toter la Canada. 1'AIEXTOL ll)ATCNT*, CAVKATtl 1RALg MAIlk - 1 etc. Home or forties procured and rh ppl1oltrd. Booklet anpotent. free. 11e Pat, kirks/we Gad lavoeta sat Company, Yythish, Wttdieg, Tweets. ret T)Rft;11T ItOYS AAD CURLSCSN MAEF- 1) money after school: ...Myles. outfit ,,,t par*.lculars real for ;.• poet site Sits Sul'i•'1 Cor P. O. nos LSe, w'w.i,tu,•r. Mrs. Winslow.' Soothingtlyrap should ways be swirl for children tsstats', It modem the child. .oftens the mere•, cars wind rook e nd le the Reit nme dy ter Mantes a. Taw' ave emu a bottle. A PIM MORE 1.00D NYN WANTII1t her• you a paying 0oeupatlon for the winter! N. will put you in a way to wake good worse; we employ cosh ow watery a.,d o mmlalun; hand., nee ou101 fu,nl.ree for.; belle car amentia ay.aaldly; testot asd get hiress and particulars. 4 base Arotk.r. Los.teny. Nurserymen, Colborne, oetriet.taablash.s-445 p�rtalrsaara S SALS—La...41101! Viacom, 10 miles from H Ill.. on two rea- le. way.. 'Macre. In all, In of wib'h . in Iron. aleslly peached. Will bs sold L ow patrol et divided tat, Iota of 10 to w worms to tab per reseThl• la a decided b mAdds. "164° Grpootw, Y. 0. 6o Irwna ss. W respond with honer[. intelligent man. wba would appreciate a good wife. Doe L,SIl*, Toronto, Ont. Tearing Down clans's door not Delay wtormt. Oplam-IMen "mown - eines' mer shook c'thghlnp;, Mat the reel stays. Do ne,r trifle when vee hgtin t'. e•.sigh trite Allan's Lang atm. free from ol,htm, full of beating tx*wwr, Ilaye Yrirnd. 1e. Roth Plates, Thr Hunt Memmn, do society pom- p1r ever go to heaven 7 The Mamma -They don't have to, 7:)heatwth, darling , it 1s not ettpeet•d of them.—Town Triplex. TURKEYS WANTED We will p.y you 9 croft per pound Inc Plucked 1 urkeya, Targe or ,null lots. We buy all kinds of Poultry. We pay freight and send check or moue) order as soon as ws reeelte the Poultry. SAMI'kI, 1.. LEWIS & (O., Comml.ston tlerehanu, London, One. ONTARIO SCHOOL FOR BOYS. Hlghfleld - - Hamilton RI'OBY and HAI1.1LBCRT mea ou Om staff. Onoo Faere. Magnl4e•ent buliJing athe home of the late Senator Turmert, and weasel re theof urn'tite greued• esteeding to the top .f the moenealn. Splendid hems for hoarders. Apply for prospectus to the HsAD Masten, J. If. ('OLLINSON, M.A., Late Open Mathematical .choler of Oman's College, Cambridge. TU8 i Ter into by all Ml1Dn Or EDDY' INDUI hT NO HOOPS, " NO JOINTS, P40 SEAMS, NO LEAKS. FIBREWBRE are vastly .nperl'w to the arils ary Woodenware artistes for amnestic nee. TRY THU. *. first slam dealers. - - - WIVES 1T AvrT M12WIRTR OT Tot'R WAVILY DAtlgP, tor• teat.. fes titNr Ma r. resorted Mrreantatlt by .Ing r .•a•tes.amw,IO r rpt.. .sired yl■ 1 dud er drink. railere iepeode, 117014•••• l., MOTHERS ltewn d•1•�r+rr reatre,a.d- w tMA�1/ 1Mtaard'1 Llalm•gt pares DI�htNrM. ltild�Y t< ., Joxdss atmwgt, Cu. SISTERS BROTHER FR[NC RI She Had Fr WITH TF nays 11sr 1.11 l:wld N I'rubabl; the ('u111 Bat: Fran French barq which war i the steams.; loess of abut. war towed oras baully t Ilt'r Jtbboum WAS broken of It trailed tale of tho angles' with stem was 11 biolor had be was ono aim soother u f water -tight from elnklne Tire F'reuc .here ago, b was In balsa trick Henry to say regal that his ve Ing the rt the Mennen of hlr barer lights the lug and die of his Drew long time 1 *Thy 114 tai seee as., sad ed we boot too late. T come our b before the e swung ti through an to poem to h came too In Meunier all pilot slide. 1 togocher an wooed way thought ab, the mecum' - could do tri daylight wit ward the a breakers, b great mem On Mater. n (env from Bator wens CUlkx h" SHE RI Mi. Mc WILL NO —wow Tool !Meade as -of Philauin'l Rayne ltcC emersion bJ asenus, at yesterday By that forfeit a u estate of 1 entlaated main for w the Meuse with en a1 she merry The marl mimattle,n courtship, bo made. It war s) tralay the ity of the it. the neo taken, now married th One of friends silt irroom was will, excep his who, it to escape r victim of n sentiment it is the sur the es which she inn rr'age, the allege. eleeelgnetl t, her el elm I her eh aro tis more t1 In reneh the artist the wishes well as the lather. ant dtmounde h deckled to with Louts "MISS '1 She 1f I Pret A cane came rota dente of / whlob plat has Hoist itroil use to harp t "Musa Map the pettloo yenre who woman, p made knee Sylvester The el Bernet -1i, county, t blonde, wl ter Cole, 1 Mated to peter In the neon miles ere Cole In f nature or hem n wn mess of U that be p