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Exeter Times, 1901-1-31, Page 3over heard tt b o. tois sAe lot a shoulder, or I IPY Parents Ldizg8. • . 8CHO eiand. )• .beirs a se • lit trine no iovel narrie. tailless)? ' eried Isse " itttle esulla net atitm, she Walla, TILE SUNDAY 011. hack on its rusty-hiuges wite a load hololo-- . Your pal don , My dear," he was reeve te(ae she could beat. LOVE WON AND LOST! f$,-. m., Again the door of the safe seining be wan -se izi ,s u ee eyware she tum toward him. , ere out like e's %collected bird; the pain ereak, lie b e Ite lier, rwas jcniingtt.0„t heti. vier remark,. ootetznietozssoereget1 scerill-erel.ilioerdefeattuh'vtl;y1 dESSO.„N Vs FIRST 'QUARTER, "'ITER - Heath Ilampten stooped, listenine "eree. 1,, ste" he said, raNTIONAL SERIES FEB 4 intently. w- seehe tle, ode Loraine's iiPs curled. Was. a• 'pout- dr°(aPad 'bet' Ilea(' whee aue ono ohatIO- ed ,to mention lio)v dearly fathers lov. Tbe sleeper stirred uneasily, width(' bead de levee eo ;tat Irma bu P d' teem I sweat. over thoss "How terstely prow:slang, e ee dwarf from lais' hidirig-place distleet- own, an, 1 te pees ob. ke -a e I again, lee.y cried, emit e ea say is planned for them, and were so memory verses, 1a-13-oolden Texts ly her her alumnae: '•f • t I " lo t "'ern' "No one must ketosis' the ontenting ththe OL, Lhail petals k. uptse you. E do- ant know- wine Proud 'at teerie glee thought the math. xxv, 13 Collatneettley Vire. beautallf gra Ross Was th.ixecing of pare by the Rev, D, steurre. cs. -of the safe, for Heath's salre; the se- white reee- claims root% of your attention, your some liar- Off grave. „ • eel 'their tittle sees, watched aver 'text of the Lerman, Meth. 7.-Ity) 1-14. cret. must die 'with me I" "I am ry to h ivo lo pt you wait, wife or your thouglite." iCopyrIght,1940, et; American,Press Asses Ah tf gma noise. rtisto ou. into tito g: ousels; X yot t tat tax eo e p YOn Alueat nett earety eie tbere lied been grave; but the sadlieg earth uneouscious un- 1 'Then shall the kingdom of heaven Carefully the son abstracted the lag. s W.as unexpeetedls there was none. 'Her ausbaSal Walked cietioxel two bexes, qUiciely a o • e " lessly forcing open the lids- pa rdna .tuty vde.el:y," lantl "ter I as,sure On ply thotl te - * Y' ,,. gi) Oaring et tee love of it little sons eleard WO" *ere T1 e frown cleared like a ic. fro • . ' - be likened untied ten tviresi.nthe, ;Which took are about her. It -was strange but she tiever came "Alai the papers," be murmured, 441/* ill le taelaiinte4te L 1 ',.! .„, "tbey most be secured as well as the -4 !,' "e, ' al? 4 II:* A, _ . _ _ ra g ... Ai Imagined .aiderie clasping another in the.n. laps„an wen toi .., to meet' ,t.....tbe gold. Women must not guard so s'itti,g, `•OrPosiie, *es „ ,. ,,, Loraleas face; she ateeeee lastly. ., ea arms,„or another wOman beak -lug bridegrooms °beater xxin e oses ei Neill tell no tales.” mere at inaie, tie she %seamed teat said, "but really, Uhriont . „ , , His prediction of Israers desolation notil vital a secTet; once destroyed they A.„441*""L II', UZ..iik '''llt", Inalsa• 3,133*S4 ,'41( "I tenet beg ,..,Plir pardon," ene IA the love that was tier owns bands me rico over which the fire. • 1 have "Ire th. my roisband," se told. her- they shall receive Him at His coming Ille made a hurried examinatica of ,- ,,, 0,1„,, , , ,i! , ,, 0_ p,,..,„ „„rni„,i, never heara a ilePee elate AS Pretty selie that teougla alone seemed. to again. Conspare Bone xi, 26,. 26; bee the reraiseni.ng contents of the safe, "'lilt "‘"*.s. i.„. "' li;',e'.) les' -',"4""'",. "''''''1;- as arS, Ross* -it is izetta; does it shut out any suen possibility from her xxv, 8, 9, As fie left the tenInie His ea lies e ; lei el es ot tales ic, ex ad. evidently satssfied, ise hurriedly r hunt ninat - not sound sweetly foreign'?" meta, , disciples tried to call WS attend= to its The goblet. of les -water tvlsiols Ul- One morning Izeita frone her win- magoificence, but He told them that it locked it, replacing the key about ' 'be wondoied it the mouth quite the sleeper% neck, and, securing the eee .ezetet ey. tie. d oup"mt mustache. l_ziont held in his hand tell to the dew, sale annont Tilvcs*ord kale his should be whollY thrown down. He de- iloor with a loud eras/a, two boxes. he stole softly fross) thee ein n at eat n n n t 1 ne nideriea. ful dwarf. Its. like li!m, Izotta w-illid have fled: eioul-thette.e., told he never 'lewd hews, Izetta notieed how even so plain to Him (Ise. xlvi, PO), As Ho sat • 'When quite opposite the library, m ,igh I ,,,, od le,33,0 ben mere that, yaw spoke, He iooked at the sweet, foreign face memory Qt that kiss almost drOYO her Ali could lyrir. that name before?' slight a separation. grieved them; the on Biel-Er:sot of Olives the disciples came oefore hina, passing his band over his toad, to Vim to ask Efim aeout these things, said. ' c. eit, "w) have have yea beought me face brow with a strange, bewildered sen- Ifor ihours she paced the floor of her =tan: I:Ha ideti4ree7yedeostacibteaggtel••tieg'i:laigyeatinild "Is that you, Ur. 'llampton?" he "Oh, cruel, reI-ntless tate," she sation stealing over liim, room. b•uch, a torrent of pasmooata , get that these parables of the Irleedom He shall eome again. We must net for - With a bitter oath, which /Martz/ t, face wi-h one so like Aldelic, whom esnsed sere to drop the two boxes be 1 ,11 ugo, 1 ire none eller to Ulmont Ulvesford made, in that tears welted up from her tortured .car led. Heath Hampton turiced upon How could she remain binmath tht -- e a - one but baby "a refer to what lie called the "MYsteries supreme monmot, a mighty, berme s ' heart; ajh li d no him. same roof with this min, breathe the effort to follow the tangled thoughts where stie conf.d..torn in be loneliness o.f the kirtgacsar when He begantospeak "What are you doing up at tbiS ''tviae air, listen to his voice -e and whioh beset hinn • for sYmPatalet and even baby's face oft- lame reminded her alarmingly of in parables tenepter xiii, le, ea oe fee bour of the rtigbti" im demanded live t The very^ lareure would drive The Anne, Izetta, struck a strange late- to eti eiss eonditiou of things during this whole sge -sharply. chord in his soul. Ile sighed sorrow- 'Muesli; IliveefOrd. ' She eact eoffered the keenesit au "I Moe been waiting to see SOU all By a great effort IsItta collected fully, and, Ins thoughts melted into . Or losrael'a reieetien. Note what may be the Prer.Ing. I have important-", be. scattered th aphis to listen tc chaos, most cmgrtant grief, beeause she laa3 called some of the leading featur wars ton, with au impotent yell of rage; "Ary wile 11,373 taid lam you" -33d his- done!" cried Loraine. "See, you, have •bl's( 'awn wife"' "Whys Inment. see what You have seen, a. young husband lovingly kiss and romols o. f.wa.rs (6), fam.ines. and nes- Then toe startlit.o.” truth burst upon ing cold OA and the end or the age like biomes (ot. iniquity abounamg, hive wax. • "You miserable cur !" cried Ilamp- Airlitt be was -seeing- "eou afore been watching cue, have tory ; believe me, you have- rev deep. Veiled my` pretty- Undine," she cried, 1„n„, ,..,. . You, dogging InY ft.utstePsi eM rb est smrat }AY. Arra- R ess" ae' mite ' pee -sting to the lwartb-rug from 1 '' Iii ' id the da a at Neale 1.37-39), His warphre etet \ewe must Ove or A o non go e y „. bow. a short settlement with pia Wa's warm in your praise, but I see which the water trieled iil little. al4a - wile good. by oa the portico; he was clares the exad from the beginning, and apartment, followed by the revenge- mei ae, stranger ben dere, weeena The name seelndd to Pierce his ver e to ha one Mit One day, may a few things not yet seen by mortal eyes are all to His people are on tiirse lines/ Take 0/ see Raw Were Melt thOughte stir tier heed that no Mall decelVe yoll , • here and now," OP has not ewe drawn in It 1.- do arty,. tinY rills. watell- (42) kv for broacbing so sere a subject, but dyed „tile e•bito band ot tbe fairy band or torameillivesford, or met the be ready (44). Inasmuch as tee Sallee that Te be net troubled (0), . , , 'You are mistaken." said the dwarf, Con. You will pardon Mte, 1 trust it was tee trim; the red wool hart bosom, when elle the/tight Of tbe hes- glaetee Or is /OOP. bine eyeS fixed Ufa rola Vulgate versions give tor the last ''"°°Ii3'''' 111 °Yea gleallalaa' a this- I cannot understaxel hew a man could maid, which lay lig/at1y. upon her oo, est, tee,/ clause of verse 1 "Went forth to meet the :fire; "I have nelele or hlthe Rienzi, desert a tender, *clinging litils oaea; bodice, a deep ortroson. Izetta throw herself down On ber bridegroom and the bride," it Mae buy be 'which I learned to.n•igbt, but it. takes tura like eeneselt ; it' se so etraneei i Lerabie'sbuddined; the white hand knees and prayed Heaven to parsley. that these ton virgins have no reference gurney to it." ed t ate lost in emioernew. ,Nt,-,s ;roux nes. seemed as /a It were slasping a bra- the am n or her awn Wild, thoughtless to tile curb, but to those nem Will meet Fur a Meeleat HaraPt‘nt War it band of tint same nativite.• y as Your- ken, bleeding heart, and the gle)Via6 441101'eS,, Ua Vi'llell we come beet; witlx aurLordhim as if in doubt what course to sm. Mrs. It ,ss ?"fire -light, leadAnn idaefullY le the Izetta bathed her eyes, pressed her front the wedding (compare Luise en, 36), frere grate, throw strange shadows over it. hos to %center tilanout's snowy tore- but, whatever be the interpretation. there purser*.• lego, I teinde not. Ito eame "Wel!. in that case it's a little dif- , France, yet 1 believe bine ea bre 4ri , "Take the rug awnY,' said Lor(daet btAti, and Went down In the morning. ire practical lessens for us everywhere. !revolt. What maims you think 4 American." IleXIMUSly, covei. fag her faro with her roan:), aVnere elle „knew $,trs. uiveotord 2,e), Tile previous chapter ends With Tan pt,y for your eurFed tuerct. 'When 6, - . aa I" tki'uglit rime' t• ' thy hands. "I never want to 'behold it awaited her, you 14liiir‘li LOW' f WU nXed ri.stmcial.- „Teta, -oreurrht tor mar tee tees tu Some one had once, laughingly sop. sted- work M ter hand, but as Izetta Now we eave somethieg about tae wise worea Oncerning the faithful servont. .10" c his own land to aboalren lier. "You againr Loraine sat with some pretty WOr.. that if We worth anything to you," "No, Air; my bus -hand said the rec. gest°, that the fair, dainty covering entered she threw it as their lames are all bunting (for verse 8 and toolish. 'I'lley all lame leMes. and • "You might raise the money for bave no cortil a 0 o an in, ri'ger answered Vetal. deeged y. tor was to torward one, as soon as 01, De this Undine re:iamb ed Loeaine "You shall read to me," slae said - "II iw •touch do you want? Five reached honte:i in.; fair Uncline a:r . - Al.V$ "gOitla out" marginl, mud they all Went net to meet the bridegroom, and . would her heart over break like this I era very null; atter that wo will dollor t . "That Is very bad -v -ry bad, Ire ota, those invitations for the The weed boiled in Vatal% reins as deel," refleetei rut The servant removed all trace o lawn ttete tor the first of May, GUM tirY.,,44,1 stela:Wed and stet% In IT Cole be 01101klill` of the bee ea ir tete sake of tbe outo,i hlsh mai igs Taunt)." the accident; still Loraine felt von- how linq Inn have been here Izettaz ." SI. , oelievers are compared to a pure laden with gold which lin kn 'w WaS it possible, 1 vrOl ihi Ili I eau to as ' 'ions. "Quito tour months, I "tielleve." virgin espoused to Christ and In Rev. Ferretol Linder the el, qtr. - inpion tilth it you; e ease writ 1.p put in tit i "Come," said Loraine, Cla-Foing IA- "Yes, a little over tour mouths, yet xtv. 4, we read of redeemed from among Wine. bands of the Most lexeseelerseel dete-- ' etta's hand, "come with me to ray au. are as shy and reserved as 01m the men, as virgins wbo follow the Lamb, "Not a eept Zeas than 4 r 14401 -et -I tires; they are used t' web ea‘es, $o- headeir." first day you. came, N'y husband whithersoever He goeth. In re. elri 14, dollars*" replied the dri; r: • ..,- rain- eiety is in daeger witis seieh a tuan Ulment Ulresford. as one faseirtat- was saying' only yesterday that he the queen is said to hare virgins as her edit% at large." ed, watched them leave the room to- wondered where in the world you companions who follow iser. As to slum- ' Willa 'Elli‘ (Mee Ier este. e. 'ton 'al firmly believe sew, day we shall Other, were biding; lie bas seen you but bering and sleeping there is silwaYe he Met t enz awe anew abet e- i - lee-me:1S meet," exclaime I Ieett"; les soleur ' Never did mortat man PIZ° lletla twice SIAM you have been at the difference enough to the things of Christ, i where -It ,uts r voice seems whispering ...we shall one snob a strange sight; both otthese MAIM. sr really must protest against It seents to be the leading feature In the ' eill V3In1 hesitated, .1,1, nloet; then, before the world, he ; .aueoent m woen, peerless in theb thisi llirs, Ress; you are too pretty to present condition ot the thumb. "ts0h. I sees it's rash in - '. ...se, edits, elaill aekneetsjesieee me. -his wife, ana startling beant ' ' t esrues s wrec as 3 +ea _fee, 1, ) d a. immure yourself from the world In a, 444%4 mhinight there was a eta wade, <Bee 4i -u' "" ilif tt'n1'"1; tt t,9 It „: acktmwledge ilielt4e, innocent eltilar ' the lov f 1 tb jagged ""1"'"'""'ll'" e o one man upon e see n Behold the Bridegroom eoreetb; go To or it will b. the wereo fa " As ; "Yeti ]ave no elele ases which yov melt of fate. s e eve rue, !ars, ' Ulresford, the out to meet MIL" it will be in sueli an Ile. isp 74°- 11.2 placed the, ,..-., hour as we think net, Whether it be Ills lv in Vassal% hand. coming. to the air tor Ills people or Eh* . * "I have traced her l .. coming' with Eris saints for Israelis bone- Idaer's net len milee die* ei At; but those wbo are expecting Him *lam it be pestle 7' eri -; will not ho taken by surprise, and there is excitedly. `a moment When we should not be -eXpeet. 'VI'S," rePli'SI V'atl'; " ing" Mtn erten, ere; e, 12, 2()). Ire May -.... ..-,ou, seem to tarry. but Re will surely come. We have need at feith and patience ',e'er -invest /Tart of the aSE e. list riveeforti -Harrel" - - °Merl I" shrieked the lh-vi (lleb. x, 85-38). . . ..eu'1710. "They that iivere reop sot, in k vx,cv ,A, ..i.ovo. limp.- ..-,...w ,.+.• , tr Ripit6liquippAtia 9 00 pimps 41. I) I a ins SO. 1n t suo Dm+ am. term ,4,0,44,414,4112,44IrtalmminT4 ttio4,1 AVegetablareparationforAs- similating therood aticiRegula- ling the stemaas andBowels of 'MAN CHILDREN Promotspigestionaeerful, ness andRestrontainsmither lvforplarm PorNmeral. 14.A.ite °Inc. .71trypeatacilkairaMMTIZWI ,Fgurp1;;* Sea- ..elbabarsa • RafolloSafts-, sfxds.'e40,1* Firfternria J3140wtak‘rair‘p• Kama, e r • ‘aflor rog k Arm: AperrectRernedy forconsepa-, tion, sour Stamach,Diarapea. Worms,Cororutsiou$,Fmrisk- agss and LosS.Or SOU'. 74eSirnite Signature of NEW -YORK ozr Tim -WRAPPER or rm., 130 TORIA teris 1$ etS ne oesseire Teettle$ aeys. tt gold la indk. Poattt allow eeetee tassel' ything Olt, Ca est plan sr Fargo thAt•it fija4 ge end "will owes evere Tea tei" .44``E:.'4 0/4 yvz 1:4 Otit-2•T-Oataels else - reale -nee ring. could trace blot 1" e'se now Was 71 to endt "'ono whatever, sir," sbeBaby's Future. eit(s ed sadly. "1 ehall trust blindly fr • Olt.1,12TRIt XXX . heaven to guide me." ',be olitor. ; Ulroont tilveoford ft Y OR deeps' Uhnont ye-COM...11111e, idea °I "Do you never long .or some of the fzetta's child from C.illia1"rd.,,U.ailneri sending brightness tbat*Inakts other women's lives?" asked Loraine. 1 comirassion for this trout. Fut voune tb 1. Creature; there Wa6 a i taint a world• when the subject was azatx,s,- to (irt.itiv. minutes after be bed bear" him two weeks later. 'a a teeley edienid Il" "No," answered Izetta, wearily, she i ' liness about her. and 11011,09 is; be would lr,o,, stolred ho: "I cannot Imagine bow my tender- 11`1‘':Y tildt, o7 YQar Yaatji "al ton, "do you meo.n to 1,0' - ci.--........s....*er v.o/ tun .and. oer honor. she, ton, is beneatb that roe': 'low cle "You will find a haven oi. rest hero,' ' etnis knoett" "I saw her face at sh • windoe twicien "When V Nance. /est week, and areas ateleye 'lam ralectffly cur, bow awe 1* hap. pen you slid not PODLInt tO Ine s" 'netl• with the information, then ? Why, at greatest llappinesS ean Lind is ade ministering to Tulle wisivs or baby's comfort;those are moments when,thus employed, cluite forget my sorrow." arted Lora's& could pateriaiiit foz Iovelinees, nte a rnOment, a. thought so creel' as to waltz and inerre. treneng eet felifee separate that sufreang creature from ;leen your ear, i.s teere no throbbieg Ip' said, for both yourself and your child. You. 'amuse Loraine, therefore am only too pleased to join with hex in offering you a borne." Izetta could not speak so great was her emotion; great tears of grattitude filled her eyes. "As for the cbild," he 'continued, "a you know, 1 byre 1,1 t./ erne tr suitable 3turse ease soon be pressured .thrrasis you 'within an inch of yous for the little fellow." life?" Haw sweet and restful it sounded The 'divert set les lips (featly to. to lzetta to hear this pleaSurit- vole - wilier as In. repatui: "I was not enite sure until to-do: 'that it was sbe." "Trayapb !" ejaeuloted Hampton eligb le me Pilled, as he turned on hi lapel 'awl al rode toward his apartment An hour deter, with a hettvy dark cleat: thrown about his should- ers, more to conceal the boxes he car- ried than from actual need. Heath Hampton quieely quitted the house. "I must never lose sight of him and that gi I," muttered Vatel, stealthie following his footsteps. It was evident that Hampton, was at a loss as to whieh road he had better take. S. sudden thought seemed to oecur to him; he would go down the riVer short distance toward Ulvesford 'Man- or S. bold scheme occurred to him - why not abduct the girt? He had plenty of money - to see himself through. "I will do it," he cried. "Hal my .bird, flap your pretty wings as inutoh as youelike; I revile hover about like 1i hawk and swoop down upon you when you -least mcpect." Several ekiffs lay fastened to their :moorings; he tossed his burderneinto one of them, took ue the oars and Ideated silently down with the tide. A few revmute later a second beat pushed out quietly into the stream, keeping close to the bank, silently fon loaving in the walko of the first. The night was dark and cloudy; the two boats -out alone in the' darknesx and the night -were within a few fe,et of each other. Suddenly Hampton's skiff lay mo- tionless on the wave. There was a low, gurgling sound, .as of a heavy weight dropped down inito the silent water, followed; by momentary ripple; then the dark wat- ers that had had 'full malign secret which they never yet divulged, in- trusted to their keeping, flowed on. • The's:dwarf marked the spot well. Hampton's skiff glided rapidly on- ward to it fatal mission followed' otosely in the rear by the one occupied -thy Vietal, the aware • OEllktP;TIER •XXIX. The cLinkKof Fate. For an inetant the rooms seemed to whirl around Izetta' aelderie 1 Alaeric 1" eha cried, but the room, leaned Over Izetta, the words died awee on her iiPs, mak- i he little, trembling , hands in her ing no sound. t a own white, jeweled ones. The fair-haired stranger, with a 'a want Y410 LO feel perfectly at ed young man planning so thought, fulsy for her little baby's future. "Even a stranw.r." she thought, bitterly, "is more eared to the thild than his own father has been, the father who knows not of his very ex- istence." "I think the little one is the beta - earnest 'child, without a. doubt, I have ever seen. I shouid like thins to remain here," Teltnont said. Izetta could bee% fallen on ilex knees and blessed him for tiles( worda. "I elope you bare decided to re- main with us, litre. Ross?" he asked, earnestly, , • "Oh, most willingly, sir, 11: I may only be permitted to keep my littls child with nae.". "There is no doubt aboat that. Why, of course, you will keep the child," he replied. "It is seldom iny wife takes assmuch of a (fancy to any one as she has to you, Mrs. Ross. She is • as capricious as the April sunshine, my proud, Willful Loraine, but you will find her beart kind and appreciative, slier friendship staunch and true. 1 do not hesitate in be- lieving that you will always maintain the high regard in which she now holds you, can say no more than that Mrs. Ross." • "I thank you more than I can find 'Words to express," naurnturetl Iz- etta. shall try to be deserving." "Then we may consider the matter fully settled, shall we not? • "If eiou nlease, sir," she replied, gratefully. r At that moment eoraine entered tbe room, gliding gracefully to an, otto- 'man beside her- lausbahd's chair, up- on Which she seated herself. • Element passed his brill loyiugly around the slender waist. "My dear, Mrs. Ross has consented to remain with ber charming- little one." "I an very pleased at heralecisiona Ulmont did not notice the cloud that settled for a moment over this wife's face as he raentionerl the child. "1 eam very sure Mrs .Ross and I will get along famously together," t.,he replied, with a simile. "She must put away that sorrowfut face, though, and look el the bright side of life." Loraine,' glfling gracefully acregs -veiee saelike, V"nes Innt. 'Alder" " lioam with us. Mrs. Rossesounda so Vet tee great l'esemlidallee for at cold and forinal, I would niucb Prefer -instaet had electrified her:She was talent you by your given name. faas face with the original 91 file am at re it must be' something very eiertrail., yet this was not Alderic. poetieel, and sweet, naatching, ,your ' fear an instant telmone fori‘ii;:infaerfac: Istehat may I call youe" ertzed down into those dark, terrified . Xzetta sine uns,,,,,ete-u,,, oualind hsahvuet oubetenfrnory . eyes, with a puzzled, thoughtful ex - 1 "' cuttoherself. ° .pression. • she arm ou fle cold net remeniber that th:sy, • What a picturesquemus- s" a* a lather returning IT°'m -had ever met betore. yet 'just such a not :think ,peir of _dater, soplete ,eyes as theeer her child."' of 'your lthart tes break awa.y from ea tear stood In Uvulae's eyes as aleOna *teat surrounds you and mingle be answerea proudles tl ivith the gay throng- to feast your "X del not think you would- you eyes on the brilliancy, the bloom and would- caro to Nee a stranger's beauty?" . Deed playing about, thew .ele coral. •"No," replied Izetta; "I should feel dors." out or alace; r should not care for it; my one great ,longing would_ ho to es - "Do you mean you would not oare to see bun bere, Loraine?' . She tossed her golden head proudly book; the lorriuier fire lenped into her calm, blue eyes. ' cape it." Loraine looked at the 'beautiful, formgn face, so exquisite in its rich, dark coloring, and she thought how mistaken. the poets were when they 'It does not m„atber to me, 1 as- chose tee dark- eyed women as thole sure you,", she rep:ied, coldly. ideals ot passionate love. They do not She would sooner have cut her right land off thau achnit to him :hat she was actually jealous of a strange little eland. bitterly jealous, because she had seen it leing for one brief moment upoe his breast, placed fete Loraine was busy with a thousand plans tor the corning summer. "Tau must decide the most import- ant cases tor me, Izetta," she said, sway; it was not like my own gener- with a 13Lueh; "you know this is my aus- hearted Loraine to have such first summer at home." thoughts." She did not answer him. "How does it happen I have never seen Mrs. Ross since the morning you sent her to the library," he asked suddenly.• • "I am sure do not know," she re- plied see the 'Ineptness and gayety; they sets env the sombre side df life, these sad, dark, dreamy- eyed women. At iast, simply to gratify Loraine, Izetta promised to attend the lawn there by her own hands. Himont took her at her 'ord. "I wondered if you really desired (hat poor, helpless little child sent "We must make it a -memorable one an that account," answered Izetta. "The first of May," said Loraine, poising stet' pen .nn her dainty Beakers; "we will set the fete down for the first day m May. I love the sweet month at althy; yet once it brought me the greatest sorroW had ever "I often laugh at the foolish fancy, known." " out I quite believaehe avriels me. You "No one would think you haa ever should make the say little creature teed more at home. If I meet her in hale parlor or library:She flit before me like a snadow. • 12 I • speak to her suddenly, she looks as it she were about to taint, she is as timid as a ycmuxmg • "Weide", answered Loraine, breaking an the tenth, our marrutge Was set .nto a jolly little 11-,-;1, if. that is tor elle fifteenth. tin ease, the. greatest kincleese you Teethe stetted slightly; she rernent- san do her" te to lee her quite alone. bereft •she was married. on the tenth (t th pthinly evident she flees not ap- of May. prolate you, nty dear." "Tete sthamer was detained, .1 'be- lle laugeed good- naturedly, reply- lieve, or tor some unexplainable. reas- known a single care," said teethe, turning nee dark, sympathetic eyes svoaderingIte questioning-ly on Lor - Sine's ithoe. 'Yes,- continued Loraine, "I was to have been married last May. Himont was aoroad, but was expe.cted home sna , on lie reached port late in, the after - "So I supposed. And do you know,' noon of what was to have beets our ee- continued, "your protege is breat- wedding day. Just as •he landed he Lag quite a furore hereztboute. Ser- was inimemetely summoned to ais mo- eral of my friends have Urged rae to ther'se bedside; although I lived bet present them -to the pretby 'fore ten miles distant, no one sent for me, eign beauty. • you muse look • to lest the shock on 'my wedding day youe Jatireis, Loraine, or the crimson would prove too much for me. • I rose muy outeloom the wee white, did not kilo -iv she was ill, and expect- gelden- hearted lily." ed her each raoment at my home. I "Az long as there was one who P're- awaited my love in ray bridal robes. Cerren the Me, slaauld ac't care who I can never describe to you the long„ slose the erM15011 rOSO, or what • ale weary hours i Waited; still -he came )vo rid thougat,',' she sad, putting t ba Me the fair hair that clestered Loraine Grossed, wirer to 'where 1.z- lround lerehPad. etta , at, , standing before her like a Althaugla fzetta fled from TJ1mont beautiful statue carved in marble; UlroSford, she lOved to gaze upon hino unobserved; sir told herself it was and -with a sildilen motionher white because Ile was eo like ;setae?. Were elasP7d round her rival's 11 His step upon the stair. m de her . I aeart flutter wildly; she often won- I )cxr lered her neart di4 not break when he ti-FIAPT"E X • spoke to hex suddenly. 'rho Contents of The Fichu. It she saw him caress his "'meta," whispered oradne, you lot blood mounted. to her cheeks, and wip never leanze what. suffered. the so -tight safety in instant flight. on what was to have been my hlitial She could not eridurn• eve., for the level- bridegroom 'who "How can see other woinen cone ,ent tee priceless love of their came not. People look Odeon me race and eay, with a smile: 'Her iife hes 0 a, n d , while I, who have loved so mad- ' y, purely, and so blindly, was so - and. dreamy, like st Posen, 1 res cloud has ever fallen athwart Ocr iuneeiae: Nobody except poor niam- ma knew that I lived tlie agony of a ifeiimn„ill those few hours t t s a as Lave ee ,vort, \eon jet little child upon hie ities,3enger came, breaking the ter- , ) he cootini.o.:, with Him to the marriage, and the door was shut." The R. V. says "to the marriage feast," for it they went out to meet the bridegroom and the Wide the marriage must have bean over, The mnrrthee of the Lamb is one at the greatest and happiest events of all the future set heath us in the Scriptures. Hear the voice of the great multittide in Rev. rev, 7, "Let us be glad and rejoice and give boner to aim, for the inarritige of the Lemb is come, and Inis wife hath made herself ready." In the ease oetbese virgins some were ready, others not. The readiness consisted of an abundance of oil which made provision for a brightly burning lamp. The wise will be ever shining, that men may see their good worbs and glorify their Fa- ther in heaven (elrith. v, 10). The oil typifies the Holy Spirit, who alone can reveal Christ to us or through us to oth- ers and by whom alone the life of Christ can be lived in us or the works of Christ wrought through us. The chapter in which we find the familiar words "Not by might nor by power, but by My Spirit, saith the Lord of hosts" (Zech. iy), tells of a seven branched lamp stand supplied with oil from two olive trees on either side which represent two anointed ones - Christ our Priest and our King. redeem- ing us by His blood, keeping us by His present life and intercession and ruling us as our King. Where He is constantly recognized as our Lord, as well as our Saviour, there will not be any slumbering. This comes from being filled with the Spirit (Eph. v, 1S). No one can saythat Jesus is Lord but by the Holy Spirit (I Cor. xii, 3). It semessto me that the great word bete is aready," for they that WM' ready went in, and, in chapter xxiv. 44, His word is "Be ye also wady." leo one is reedy to meet Him unless re - Seemed by His precious blood, 11,12. "Verily, I say unto you, I know you not." Thas Ile will say to those who come after the door is shut. CemPare carefully Math. vii. tel -23. and Luke xiii, 24-27., and note Ilea those %them He there eays He shall send away from Him, calling them workers Of iniquity, are such as cry Lord. Lord, and motes.; to have teught in His name and in He name done many ‘yonderful wores. If you ask, Do • these five foolish virgins renreSent lost people? wv answer that the two passages just quoted look like it. If you ask, May they not, having obtain- ed oil. enter Inter? we can only enswea that' this lesson does, not seem so to teach. But. thee, perhaps no lesson senate all truth. We know from other Scriptures that there is salvation for all who truly COMO to Him (J01131 iii, 16; vi, 37) and that He is not willing that any shooed perish tel Pet.' iii, 9). We know also 11101 there is such a thing as suffering much lees and yet being saved (I Cor. iii, 14, 15; v, 5), but we, else know 10a1 ii0 wants US wholly for His own possession. 13. 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