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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
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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."
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"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