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She remeinberecr how her face lead. -with compressed lips.
gushed a blevniug red as she listen- . "It may come to that before this
eat to a verse he once read from a 1 es over," said Frederick, botly. . "I
boa: of poems. Helena repeated the assure you that I would not reluse
verse softly zo hereelf as she glided I to accept a challenge with the clear
Awiftly aloog toward Stiutre Cam -d' understanding- that the best man
arort's room -repeated die beautiful would win her."
love poent with fiusined cheelis and i "It Nvill be re lively contest be-
beatiang heart; tween us," Renwick answered. "1
,
"The throas of hwe, the witching i love her, and the moment ray eyee
. trance. ! rested or. her sweet, fair face I said
The tol.geb of hands. the drea.ans of 1 to neeself. *I will win that youog
bliss, I girl for my ee•ife though I slay every
Tbe whispered" vows, the tender ', rival that crosses my path.' "
glance. "I made that same vow." declar-
The trembling -clasp. the burning ed Fe -edentate energetnolly.
kiss." °We understand each other," re -
•47,
: plied Herbert Renwick, curtly. "I
gtre you fair warning, Frederick,
that I will do all in My- power to.
win her from yont. I shall try to
engross her at tent iOn whenever I
can. If I can prevent her frore telha
ing. dancing, or even speaking, with
you, rest assured I shall do ie."
°Helena herself shall decitle that
matter. and 1 have no fear for the
remelt," returmini Frederica Castle.'
t
on. hanteebt ily.
"We are swore enemies then altar
to -night." said Herbert Renwiels.
gloomily, -we •alto Lave been such
true. stanah friends; yet we are not
the first who have been separated
by a lovely Nvomen. Ah. Fredericlef'
be added, nientreratelo, "if you would:
but give, her up to uze."
wheld ileat," Fain! Fredere
Oda soleotnly. "life would not bp
-OlIAPTEitIL
With hurried footeteps
4,d down. the corrinier, stopring ha"
here the squire's door, aed le -necked
SOftly. There wee ei; eleswer.
Mc' placed lie:- littie evilite hand
timidly upon ?tee iter. t It yielded
to her touch.
metre wee a eteeteee, eiea dertir.ese
oral silence in the esone tiata erred.
1dhl Helena.
eanirely he a not inertia" She •
:thought, tUrnir.g toward the door
it4enno.
Ql••
•-•-•4! took a step rtWo forward. a
There was a am, s!e.11*.hy step be -
hied her. The eest n. -.t a
grasPed her arm int .1. Twit.:,e-111.,
awla ery tined 'as t to bear
4'ae1eY" my deer deughter, hand
Pa e theta paper opon my (teak"
She hooded it to him, avid he tux -
folded the doeueneet with sleeking
leandse-a,nd lIelena sow that it was
-a- wi
And as she gazed the etnealing
words mat her eye:
"To my deughter, Helene, 011ie
Cameron, I bequeath all of the pro-
perty of whish r am possessed, both
personoi and realeed.
, "Oh, Squire Camerom" creed Hel-
1 en, fefilieg ou or knees beside tixe
couchand point ieg in terror to the
vriertis-"it must not be so. I -I
am. net: wicked, eteoufeelt to accept it -
your moxney must go to your wife
(
and nephew, oever to nm, oh, never
to me, sirf"
1 Squire Cameron laid his band on
‘the beautiful bowed. cutting head.
, "Would you have my beautitul Hee-
ela an outcost?" be asked, leusleily.
No; no; you shall have all. / have
in this world. Van raorried me
for sordid gold -but /ler hopes shall
i
turn to Deed Sea fruit upon her Ups;
May Gbd panish, wOmeu Who sell
theioselves f4e fold-nevgt do it,
Heletta--or my curse. will fall. up=
Yotir•
A low exit of terror broke from. the
, girt's lips, but he continued, gasp-
ingly: "I have named you my heir-.
ess. Helena, upon the condition emu
........211,
A violent spasm eholeed, atrther ut-
terance,, end the squire fell back upe
oni the pillow-. a bright streeOf
. blood issulug from his. purple forma
flecked lips.
Helena, spraining forward with a
shrill, pleecing scream. The bright
war* life -blood spurted over the
bosom of her ileecy dress. her white
hands aud won her flowing cteris.
but sine did not heed it.
"Goa- bless -you-My-only
child," be wailed,
°Oh. Squire Cauteronf- cried the
girl. itt all egOtty of rexuorse. "Lie -
ten to one op eleoment! Cu Me
' hear me? Ob. sir. I can not rah
poor Frederick of his ialleettanCes, er
yOUr wife of hers. I will not accept
Your moneyi"
The sweet yotteg v01.00. so pitiful
rang through Oe. r,.,.3.1.-elhe ddest worth livieg without lea, How will wait griliazing remorse. went op.
er,,, that eV4.‘r fra, Upon teenan carte. have done you a. terri-
, title endi 'Rev:withal"
The next inetatit a heal of gas- ,Ii
desittir, Madness. auci mur-
VOA intuoined tis- teat -Zell' stena der!" cried Herbert Renwick, fierce -
that Watt never to ai forgettee.
A shrill ere- rnwet '.41'eneeforelt we will Le aeknowiedg-
ihwih eine. eorritior, to it was hest . ell rivais• whose sole oi.ta will be the
in the erash of 611C1frIt; ;=-ci.e "10 dowefalt of the other in the fierce
the voires of gay -eine , bottle of love," he ;Added. aloud.
Ataiiin and for th,•• " tn=tt "So retelied Frederick, calre-
piercione ere" for heiii raids fseeto 2h'? tee sball be rivals until death
girl's ties.. Out taie ere 'eels 'eaten: „.„,„ertiongtos for ever:veered'
teitieceielo hearei,- eed Leda" 41 "If my rival were stIccesstul
Ottani-Wee silesea krS';•',1 Watd61 haXii• reed to call urea Heave
,dirti?" dri."1 th.At one for uteree." soliloquized Herbert
f,r‘c'' IP" rwnwiek, as he made his way slow-
hyou who slave tee le !ece. te the house.
-so faithless to eientr ." They had returned to the house by
Tb • fingers ;of steia tiatio th, aletrate Oaths and entered the hall- •
bead. lea the girl 7'74. rirainn by different doors, yet each Of
er O;Irs. Tine halo ode ei Anita:4 ;twin tont Up his tdd Position aft
%int in a deatialita ele. . ezelt side of the arch through width
Thera, in a anernale e • •'• Belem must pass as she returned to .
are weitei to ti•onaillo, ; ravel the horn.
aterelarte, dazed e7..s •Zo ii.•ve
ovor her, Rob Mt sure that ho should be
!. the mettipteror in this battle of
A /anti !item had paiaett. ale- totion. :• hearth
was over. yet Helena Seel rein re-, The misments roil by and yet IIel-
turnea 10 the ball -room ena does not ret :ern. The torture of
laited „oho intended to Fili4ki ltiLt sor her ebsenee is driving- the hearts of
rrederiett asked inimeelf, or was it the two determined rivals mad 'with
an oversight? 'He woula wee! vett- the agony of sliSp..tise.
ly and gloomily vhier his breath- ,
ently . at the door unt at raven:ea. Thai% saga oiaiiia at ailed hi) re -
and. to his inlinit0 :.:Ind:•,:••.!•t'0. lin r- mind her of Ifelieee's absence.
Inert ltezetviek t00% up L..- na,....4a a`!, "'a Other partners 'otiose names were
tine intlea side of the t:rilltd
for ;
u down twee th.» somas girl's tablet
seIf-s.» purpose. have crowded ertenul Vivian.
For a few moments thee found Th, lint•SI ilk:4 upon every lip is,
theltirt'IN t :•-• alone. "Where is Mits Cameron?"
"hlelene.. does not wieh to dance - amities ih. s eash as she taps the
with I:inn-she prefers me. That Ile memo« areet le ee Tier perfumed /au,
the rettoon she leis not realm:eta" but she leo; s 1, r ralear down,
thought Ilerbert ii..no telt. t re:1114*h- "IToW attNio:. all you, geatlemen
antiy. and his face reluxed into a are wive the leak of the ball." she
tiOalle that made Frederick's blood sh7.e. ei ith r leo.. Jelly htligh. 41
boil. aloe: ee be ee 3• In geese of her I
Woi sxve Mon; ; re .ing heartS."
"Hteert," cried Frederick, ibflash- n
ing his rival a glance of withering She neonate -al her roetesilk train
,scorn. "I should late to talk with over her ern, and took a step for -
you far a few moments -out in the ward.
graeltal would suit me best." The gentle:lin fell baelt with low
"And I Shall be pleased to have bows. profttee in their thanks.
a few words with you," returned di etall be standing under yonder
Herbert Renwick, witb much paha-tree; Oring her to that en-
-warmth. trance." Herlieet Renwick managed
Thee- walked together in silence to wigseee unseen.
;through the fragrant blooms, stop- "t will manage if." nodded Viv-
ping n..bort at the end of the rose- lam, smiling, but the smile ended in a
vath, ftleang each other in the pale, shriek, and horrified cries of "Look!
cold moonlight, eyeing each other in }leaven's name, look!"
with bitter contempt and passion- Through the green arch came
ate anger. Helena with flying feet. Her white
Frederick was the first to break dress was torn and disheveled, and
the silence. -the long brown curls that fell over
"Leave heard of friends betray- her breast, and the white arms she
lug friendship, of all kinds of treach- held extended to them were dripping
ery from those whom wo believed with -blood! Her face was white
friends, yet I would never have be- as death, and her eyes were extended
lieved this of you." wildly with the most intense
"What, is that you claim I have. fright. . And the next instant a
been guilty of?" asked Herbert, cool- tnan's form dashed through the green
ly. archway and into the very midst et
"Of coming between ine and Hel- theega,y revelers.
ena," cried Frederick. "You -you
have driven me beyond all human pa -
CHAPTER X.
tience to -night. If you see inc talk-
ing with her you thrust yourself be -
When Helena, had entered i the
tween us. 'Yiour conduct is outrage -
squire's apartment's, the light from
ous, Herbert Renwick. I warn you
the gas jet was turned suddenly on
•I will stand it no longer." '
"Pardon me, I think it is you who and she raised her •eyes to the face
bending over her in wonder and -ter-
thrusts yourself impertinently be-
ror. It was Squire Cameron's, but,
tween Miss Cameron and nee," re -
oh, so white, wild and haggard.
plied Harbert Renwick, stormily.
"Is it you, Helena?" he asked,
"If the young lady prefers me, why loosening his hold of the white arra,
should you, who have no earthly: "I -I thought ii was Vivian - I
claim upon her, dare to take me to had sent for her."
task for it?"
iii
, "I do not believe that she pre- niilstaggered geinsback to the bed --
g
Oiniself wearily •OPOn it,
fers you," retorted Frederick, equal- murmuring an apology for his Wild
ly as stormily. "That remains to be „arts.
tested. Von give her no opportune', down there, child," he said;
• ty to choose between, us; you at- motioning to a chair close by ' the
etempt to monopolize her during the couch, "sit where I can see you,- I
whole evening." have something' of great importance
"And why not, pray, if Miss Hale to say to Yoth"
•. ena bersolf is staished? It is not the For an instant Helena's heart seem -
first time that two men have loved ed to jump up to her . threat; had
•-the same girl. You will odmit he diseovered that she Was not' 011ie
that?" . Cameron, his long -lost • daughter;
'I-3;1111ft it," returned lorecle. icie wniir1 1 '• +Tir.,qe I-- • ni,t i+th
ble wronl, sir; strike me down at
coefess the U4"4
hg
secret that is wear-
ing tuth very beart out. Listen,
Selheire Cameron. I am oot your 1011g -
lost daughter, 011ie. YOU have been
cruelly deceived -a'
She :stopped short in her terrible
excitement, eepectiug to bear
Man or a. cry breale front his lips,
but so ery Came. Was his anger so
intense he dthred not trust hitteseif to
speale? She raised her curly head a
a condemned man raises his eyes to
his executioner a One bet dread Mo-
ment.
But there was no gleam et auger
in the glazed eyes that met hers.
No consciousness in the, white. set
face.
Her terrible confession had fallen
upon deaf' ears.
He would never pass judgment up-
on her: never know that he had will-
ed his weaith to a stranger.
Squire Cemeron was dead, with the
• tightly clutched in his fast stif-
•fening fingers!
Ono &awe at that white. set face,
and Helm, knew the truth.
Snatching the paper from his hand,
with a low, shuddering cry she
thrust it into the bosom of her
(loess, an 1 i
t. with wild. screem dash-
,
ed Pantingly from the room, and di-
rectly into the arms of the doctor.
Hearing that the squire had re-
tired to his room feeling unwell, he
was on his way towards bis apart-
ments, when be encountered Helene
'dashing in affright through the cor-
ridor covered with blood.
"What is the. matter? Stop:" call-
ed the doctor, as the girl dashed past
him. m ith terror.
Faster and faster flow the slipper -
ed feet straight through the great
arch, and into the crowded ball-
room, with the doctor in close pur-
suit.
"Visible -Mrs. Cameron!" cried
• Helena, incoherently, "your husband
is -is- Oh! how can I say it? He
is- Ohl come and see!"
A shrill cry breaks from Vivian's
lips. as she follows her up the broad
staircase, followed by the breath-
less, terror-stricken guests.
Frederick Castleton and Herbert
Renwick both attempt to reach Hel-
ena's side, but the surging throng
kept them back.
: Vivian flies up the stairway, down
the long corridor, and reaches the
squire's apartments in advance of all
j the rest, pushes open the door and
enters.
; Then there is a wild cry.
7 "OM what is it?" is the cry on
every side.
What they see when they reach the
,door is a chair ad cuspidor over-
? turned, and th8 form of Squire Cam-
. eron on the couc,h, dyed with crim-
son life -blood; and • Mrs. Cameron
bending over hien wringing her jaw,
eled hands frantically..
"Ohl my husband! Look!" she
shrieks, as they ga.ther around her;
"he is dead -,murdered! Yee, he is
,ram-dered, I say!" she repeats, in h
'piercing voice.
And at the dreadful words all re-
' coil...
Ilturciered! Pale lips echo the hor-
; rible word, and eyes meet in dismay.
Helena stands heside her like One
;
, dazed.
OThere. is Something clutched in
his kand!" she cries. It was a
., •
• creunpled bit of paper.
- And at the instant her keen eyes
detect the white paper over. which
Helena bolds her hands So tightly.
In an inetant "see has caught both
of " Helena's hands fp one of .hers,.
and, With eine other dieengaged one;
• plunges her amid: into the 'gh-l's
drese, •and draws forth the parch -
inept Helena had taken frota the
sq,uire's hand. j
t "He has been • neuideredr"
cried Vivian; solemnly; "area I accuse
this 'girl of the crime," semaiSant on,
Wildly. "See the blood. upon her dress
and hands; end in her bosom I find
this paper that was torn from his
hand. Yes, accuse Helena, Cameron
Of the crime!"
W008•••••$*
year fee if you will -bat must
pale to the lips, "and now it •4 an street -denouncing her bitterly be -
open gut stion between us
r
whic; will fore the assembled guests for what
win Helena Cameron." she had done?
"I belie-cie that you will be defer,,t- The wages of sin and deceit are
ea, Frederick." sickening suspense and constant
"And 1 am sure that yeti will be blightieg dread lcst the moment o
the one who shall taste defeat," de- discovery is, at hand.
clared Fredertue, confidently. Should she fall at his feet and
CHAPTER XL
repeat the accusetiott," cried
Vivian Caencron, shrilly; "that girl
is to be held accountable for Squixe
Coenerore'a death."
Helena raised her lovely dark eyes
to her accuser's face with a low gasp
of unutterable horror, then she look-
ed appealingly around at the awe-
stricaee guests. -Oh. Godwould they
believe it?
In an iaaant Frederick Castleton
was beside the girl he loved with,
such a, mad, passionate love.
"It is folset" Iie cried. clasping
Helena's little, eol& trembling hand
in his. "I would stake my very life
upon ber innocence. One would as
seion think of accusirig, me angel from
/Maven.'
"And I would staake eoy We upoo
her iunocence." cried Renwick, husk -
r. Tbayer. who had been bending
over the squire's form, turns upon
them angrily.
Who is it that makes such
strange Demotions?" he says, bur
patiently.
"I do!" responded Vivian, trembl-
ing with
Dr. Thayer shakes his head grave -
IV That is A wounaa'a first ehouglit
, A moment of -wretched silence en -
Stu
Tx) olclen times gentlemen would
have, settled such en affair by a
returned Herbert Ilen.wick.
, .
with the bitterest' of tears confess
all? While she was deliberating, his
.rs't words assured her that her ter-
rible fear had been groundless.
in a case laic this -murder or foul
play. Mrs. Cameron is too excited
to be held aceountable for what she
boa said. I beg of you, Miss Hel-
ena. Pah no heed to anbat she has
said. The squire has burst a, blood
vessel, which caused instant death -
yet. perfeetle natural coned" he con-
cluded, briefly.
For an in-steel:it a gleam of battled,
rage darts into Tivian's eyes as they
ueot Ifeleuada, dark ones. and Vivian
falls back o. deep swoon, and, to
Ike intense surprise of the guests,
Helene. darts forward and catches
the ewaying figure in her arms.
"I forst* litr." she says. gently,
as she puts the blonde hair hack I
from Vivianda width face. el -fee
trouble came upon her so suddenly;
she Was frantic w•ith horror, and, as
the doctor says, "Wo utust not hold
her at:countable ter whet elm has
"%oil are an angel. Miss CetilerOn.
to forgive her SO readily.- whispered
Renwick, as he bowed for on instant
Over Itedeneas Intle white luudi, then
quitted th retina.
4 THE SUNDAY SCHOOL.
A GLiMPSE OF NAPOLeON,
ticed that Helena stooped dawn and
ed front her hand, and svhich had tr"I litahelihrs and tifiihlettite that would
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Text ot the Lesson, Jehn XX, 44-.•••••••". ing, I was caned io oieera ab -
as a curete to liev. Canoe Ilene,
Verss• 1,6-18,-,G0141e4 Text, sence administer a religious ser- VALUABLE SECRET,
Rey. I, is-etommentary Preporea , vice to an old aeltnirol in Eaton
leY the Reit'. D. AL Stearns,
Square, writes- at correspondent of
Quo Fend's' MU, Furnished Stqatt*
ght, 001, by American: Press essociationa he London Spectator.
vice was over he took lai hand and 1 Sixty -eve Years/. h
al's name was Eden. After the ser- i -
The admix- canceler's For
f .
ECopyri
11. "I3ut Mary stood without at the
brought to anoint Ills body and were !postieface, the date. e, have beelfh
came" We have seen, loving service loam can say what I can say. You ar
gever used for that perimea Aud inaltis one family. In the year n
without faith in the spices that were 1 who can say what, I can say, You made leh
Mery we see sorrow as the result cif we -
Since 183o all ate machtnes
stooped °wiz autl leeked• tut° the seP14- nume There are got many ally; web as exalted with the name of t
canceled mad e
sepulcher weeping, and as she wept ehe said: -"Shalte bands with pie, young 1P°sIge stamps are
are' talking with a man who has ea the postmaster general en .
in
tallied to Napoleon the Greet." ( a contract with Benjatolo Claamberei
"Ste," I paid, "that is history. May citizeel of Wasaingtou, to furniele • 4
fleVlee' Whi0,1 postage stautpe nxigh
xitehf;' iletel"fuotilonn; 1ileol;'0,t7;rhtah;Q roweLs trhea?t'' beThoe•asQldon4cedartt"nlientliinegn
greatest thing, The love of God is ali Illdhi'es" but of th4t 1 "1 11(3t sure- l
than, in many. Love is sometimes the awithttaleue:edeeta-tIl:.inliejaate: tThiel :Sea:: ill huLaeaneehealien4, Saldt,haatitilloeuYibeQiublearr lita.14
respects the erotest thing, faith whiell
heard et but on our part faith is in some
Ways the greatest thing we ever SAW or ameroiniormoadeisstwioi:ott:ias;:eueTly4.
.worketh by love, for without faith it is "II' and the senior miclehipunao. `.:vre-.--erillatir °'11e:dra•syjillhrsa'matflearS':' ye:hnaitsrrafirntliGlIsdybeeahl4:i
rgesopinegetsuPte°NLaopnot" ‘ been 4 multitude of emnPetlt"S 911 sell
•
(1.2.2,A0n.l:ebe.tbso,t,50.)0. angels In wtate 41.t., "I was the senior midshiPman," b8nra;(1:1°c111; theiwdiehsavaree4masedeereer VanralICA.211,,-
to V.75 en '
impossible to please Hint (I Cor. xiii, 332
ting, the one at the head and the other 'Intrt:: rWhaem7Shithedd
said the old gentleman. and so 1 gale iron and earboolzed into steel at k
at the feet, where the body of Jesus bad IeteStisOfeetrItrlinlytiOthertoSnly gover lupe
or Napoleonvau.stimiang janne ;
lain," The ministry of angels to Ilita at how eagerly I expected his entrance, contrget
ala s birtb, His temptation and hi, Gi The door was thiroevn open at last, i and probably the ollla CQ
Hio
Semane, and in that eonneCtien the whole and in he canto. Ho was ehort and traet in the 'United States that 1:"
been renewed so Often and =nail
Bible study of the ministry ef angels is a fat. and nothing very attractive but n
White as the livers of hearen is alSO a i Dever seen anything like it. After
e Nee staalieng. The departelent buys air
! .$.4,003 worth of nevr CalleelerS Ole
azost helpful aud interesting study, for his eye! My word. sir.
helpful study. Consider the white robes ispeaking to the admiral he turned to year, Buis are ad'verUsed for
anrniahl
of Rev. Nil and the fine linen, clean and " Me, and' then. I understood for tho ', and every now :Ind then some ara _
white, of Rev. xix! 8, 14: the wbite ap- first time in ow life what was the tious manufacturer who thinks he ini3,'
parel et Acts 1. 10, and His OWn *Otte
raiment of the transfiguration Mark int
3). and thiak ef the Rev. Mx statement
that "the fine linen Is the righteouseese
of saints" and that it comes by tlie blood
of the Laub. On this topie let me pass
oa n eeetence whieh otne to me threugin ,
would Wove done, it at once, English Which le closed, end is provided otit
Professor Moorehead! The aghteous- .
Ka bas tally pooled awl freely be. Napoleon's :dentiwas the revelation of I eeeure it to the hard NVOQd handle. %We'
TIM requires aise to require and which
13. "Beeeuse they bal'e taken away power. He Nya.9 born to command.' • portion of its thicknesa enters the In4
e Man all the ehalauation ot itie Over of the bon is te difile. ier steel. .0:.
stows in Ilis dear Son."
,, , Natural .exuedicaby means ot a screw thread around it
meaning of the ohms% 'A horn rider a good -mpg offers a proposal, but tne
tolftelurrene.n. as-IhbaetineatathuoghtiteV'tiol,11haxtlet bCebv4ellIbinteraproarrnedllYth7diellvYlieVubniTil
when Napoleon looked at me there -• •
was stall power mid majesty. in almost 'wiled.
Dox with. ft screw thread, one end 41
The stamper IA a circular east steU
look that if he had bade me lie down
UQS3 °(441 th° widc4 Uls righte911 middy theugh I was! The look on the outside with a square shank p
my Lord, :Intl know not where they
• ; periphery ot almost 20 threads to the
•
4 •
} tQ P10 •
angels in response to their inquiry. "Wo-
man, why wpepest thou?" hey hueer
Ile would rise from the dead, and she
should have known, ter life 311inselt had
plainly told them again aud again. LC
she had believed she would not POW be
1 dead Christ,
regained tue v111hirian had snatch. Ob, the sorrow and the. team thnt ettide
slipped unheeded to the floor. Mee in their stead le only we fie
paper lay beside it, aute_ais tath more and has all power in itearen and on
A blank sheet of •crantbled note- Qui' eyes UPeu 1111° wile Unre "QIN'
ea
too. by a. strange coincidence. Was Taihnh when she heti huh saw sho
teZnasatintwIttedocUctrourermedkjeer,,,I,07k,bkeellell" turned Iterselt leach aud saw Jesus stead -
up and laid it upen the table -that beg and 'mew not that it was Jesus."
it was this Mrs. Cameron bad -taken
from Helena's hands.
All that night Helene., paced up and.
down her room in a, fever of excite-
ment.
"Oh. Heaven! what shall I do?"
she cried. bringing forth the fatal
will from its hiding-placte. and gaz-
ing at it like one Mimed. The voice
oi conscience answered, •.o,0 away at
once." "Il I hud not come here all
Squire deuteron's mailey would ba.ve
been divided between his wife and
Frederick. And now it is mine -an
impostor. Oh, I enhould go o.way
from here. I wonder that 011ie Cam-
eron does not come back front the
grave and strike me dead for usurp-
ing her rights. But: con I give up
what I have sold my life almost to
attain -even to the matt I love?"
Then arose before her the dim vista
of years past: and gone, when toll
rind every privation known to the
keenest poverty were her lot.
How she had toned early and late
In the work -room for the merest
pittance-searcely enougb to keep
soul and body together -suffering
slights, scoldings and snubbings from
irate forewomen and jealous cow-
Panions-all for her daily bread and
an attic room.
Ah, if there was ever a young Loll
in this world who bad tasted to the
faill the letter fruits of dirt pover-
ty, that girl wee Helena -beautiful,
faulty, guilty Helena, who haa made
such a daring and desperate cite t to
live the life of a lady, tempted by
glittering gold.
A try of despair escaped her -utter,
hopeless despair.
"I will kill myself," she :Lei I, ito
her anguish, "before I will go back
to the old Ufa again! Yet how can I
take what belongs to Frederick Cas-
tletoer she cried, sinking in her
knees and reeking herself to and fro
in agony.
How long she croucteel there, her
brain burning and her mold tail of
dark, confused thoughts, Ilefena nev-
er knew
;the remembered 'MI in :eel
Jaughingiy, only thc eloo betere. "If
you nad not retnrneti, ifelee n.
ori :l iii Caetleton Nyanja eave , inhae tea
half of the squire's" fortune -he made
a. wall to that -effect long since."
"Poor Frederick!" murmured the
• girl, . brokenly. "If .1 burned
this," she told herself; "Fra'erick
would have his awn, for I sleould
never tontest it-eneyer!" '
The great struggle of her life had
come. Could she give up wealth and
luxury -going back irito poverty --
for love's sake -she wen loved
wealth and magnificence so wen? •
Ah! how mighty_ was the love that
led her to .streteh the will out . M
her white hands over the gas -jet, and
set her -• beautiful crinigan lips to-
gether aesolutelte murmuring: "It is
• all for my love's sake," as she saw
the ring of setoke curl up. from the
burning parchment, and a bright red
• flame burst forth.
Was there a hot breath on her
white shoulder Or was it only fancy
.
Was there a voice hissing in her ear
or was it delusion?.
•.Before shett4hould 'turn her head , • a
white jeweled hand dashed the paper
from her 'and Mrs. Cameron, • with
flaming eyes • and anger -distorted
face, stood pantingly before her.
"Ha!" she, creed,, in a voice Tay-
• /
ening : with, passion, ''T knew you
°were up to some treachery, I knew
I it, anh. Imre is. the proof of it. Veval
arouse the household. ' The whole
world shall know that you have Ezek..iii, 10, 11). Blessed are all who
been. tracked down in the very act ;have so seenand heard the Lord. that
••
reeling bad? ; inch. This permits of a space betweelY
dust sing; I the Inner face of the die and the het -
Soon be glad. I tom of the box, while the remainin$:
(Sure thing!) thickness of the disk forms a flange
a
1 with the edge, Whiele is coarse rnfileti,
Veelliig fund? u So that the dislc may be turned wit.h-
ITere's o. cure:
Smile, my lad. 11
(Quick! Sure!) ii 1
I
he hand or a wrench. On the outer
ace ot the disk are characters ot the
body of the cylindrical die. -These cow
bino the matting and the canceling:
ileviees, one being on oue side et tbk
"disk, iuelosing the mum of the posts
office in a -circle. There are three :dots.
for removable type, for months. date,
hour andhalt hour. Diametricelly o,-
posite the circle is the canceling devit'4
the side of which is parallel witix We
edge of the disk. 41.uy required nude-
ber or letter is cut In relief In the We -
ter. while three grooves aro cut ife-
taglio. The removable types are ot
steel au4 have on the ends opposite.
their faces projections from their oute‘t
edges, SG that wheu inserted in tile'
Mots the projections can o elanipedI
and held in DIU°.
W111380 Captain ChteMbers Mantle
factored the eancelers .hera An. :Waalt-
ington, and he is still required to math.
Ulu a repair shop in the neighborbo4
of the postottlee departthent, but be
moved bis factory to Northumberland
county, Va., on a leg of land at the'
mouth of the Potomac, Where he bas ip
little village composed exclusively of.
/
bis employees and their families. of
one can enter his grounds wItheut Ile
mission, tuid. those 'who have be
there say it is quite an Ideal little vi -
loge, safe from the spies of compe
tors who would like to get tbe co .
tract away from him.-Washingt
Cor. New York Tribune.
Worrying?
Breathe deep. i
(Just the thing- '
Safe! Cheap!) ,
Cash all gone?
This
is Plis first appearance to any mor- e 161 grovel;
tal after Ills resurrection (Mark xvi, 0). Wm le, lay eon.
Why firM
st to Mary agdalene Ile knows, (Best known!)
and that Ile•saw fit so to do is sufficient
for all who have confidence ht Wrn. We
might have thought that IR: would sure- Deep in love?
Iiere's a cure:
ly appear first to His owe mother or to
John or to Mary of Bethany. but Ills Wed ihe
way is perfect (Ps. xviii. 3W. and some (Great! Sul el)
• '
day we shall know, it necessary, why Re
saw fit to appear first to Mary ot Magda- Food Woe or :•or,ar end Alcohol.
in. Why did she turn round after her
reply to the angels? Did she see them
looking at some one behind her?
15. "Jesus saith unto her, Woman,
wiky weepest thou? Whom seeltest
thou?" But she did not recognize Ulm,
and, supposing Him to he the gardeaer,
nsked that he would tell her where the
body was if he had taken it away. How.
'blinding and stupefying is unbelief! Wo
shall see it again In somewhat tho same
'form in next week's lesson. There is no
rest in unbelief, and the word preached
does not profit unless there be faith (Hob.
19; iv, 2). Faith would ba.ve led her
to expect a living Christ, not n dead one.
Yet there are manly believers even now
wbo net as if Christ were not alive.
16. "Jesus saki: unto her, Mary. Sbo
turned herself and snail unto Him, Rub-
io:mi, which is to say, Master." Just ono
word from (tech -Mary, aInster-but the
spell of unbelief is broken as she ac-
knowledges her Risen Lord. Seeing
Risen Christ is the remedy for all our
woes and doubts and fears. We think ot
His word to Israel: "Fear not, for I have
redeemed thee. I have called thee by thy
name. Thou art mine" (Isst. sliii, 1), and
to Moses, "Thou bast found grace in My
sight, and 1 know thee by name" (Ex.
xxxiii. 17), and His word in John s, 3,
The French physiologist Cbaveau
hos recently been engaged in some
most interesting experiments with a,
view of ascertaining the compara-
tive merits of sugar and alcohol as
nutrintent. The said experiments
were carried out upon a, dog. Por
tIII days it was fed with one pounil
of flesh and half a pound ot 'sugar.
Although the anima was made to
run 15 miles a. day, it had, at the
end of the test period, increased in
weight by one -fifteenth of its orig-
inal weight. For the second test
the sugar Was replaced by aleohol.
The dog inunediately began to lose
both in weight and strength percep-
tibly. In order to verify the fore-
going results, alcohol and sugar were
given in alternative meas. The re-
sult was always the same, with ,
sugar the weight inereased, with al-
cohol it decreased.
Sources of 5111k Supply.
The world's product of silk is 38,-
328,828 pounds tumually. Of this
enormous output Western Europe
produces 8,829,075 pounds, the Le-
vant and Central Asia ,933,007
"He ealleth His own sheep by name and pounds, and the far east. which in-
leadeth them out." eludes China, Japan and most of
17. "Jesus saith unto her, Touch Media, 25,506,828 pounds. China is
not, for for I am not yet ascended to my Fee still, as it always has been, the chief
Fa_]
ther. But go to My brethrea and say producer of silk, yielding nearly one -
unto them I ascend unto My Father and third of the entire product. The
your loather, and to illy God and your leading countries in this industry aro
God." How glorious our oneness with China, with 12,026,093 pounds; jet -
Him in resurrection life, for He says to pan, with 7,960,530 patinas, and
us through Mary. "My Father and yetir Italy, with 6,314,070 pounds. Since
Father; My God and your God." Oh, to 1897 the increase in the silk pro -
appreciate this more fully, that we might duct. has been nearly one-third, the
indeed rejoice in God as our God and Fa- yield for that year having been 14,-
ther. as well as the God and Father of 769,000 pounds, as against 88,328,-
our Lord Jesus Christ! There is enough 828 pounds in 1809.
in the words "Our Father." which Ho•
•
taught us to say. to give us peace and joy First 'Imes Bridge.
under nit circumstance's. for since our .
It is impossible to say When the
Father knows and lows end em•es, how
can we have any unxietios? Has He not first , bridge was built. so shrouded
assured us tbat having me spared Ws in antiquity is the. date. But the
only begotten Son He will with Him also first metal truss bridge, the" erection
freely give us all things? Mom, viii, 32o of which marks the beginning of mod -
:timbers of /Iahotly, a Part of aim- ern methods of construction, was
seld risen with Him and seated wieli put' up no 'Tenger .ago than 1860.
Him in the henvenlies, let es rejoice in Almost all of the great bridges of
Him! Much has been written and spa the ;World have beea built within the
ken upon His wads. "Toueh me not," last quarter of -a -century. in 1868
and many questions are asked as to wha a bridge was thrown: across the Ohre
But He gives the reason when He says,
"For 1 am not yet ascended to My' loa-
ther." A little later Ile allowed others
to 'hold" Him' by the -feet and worship
Him lentil. ' xecviii, 9, '1(bii evidently. lino struction, while others of nearly Si.
plying that He had meniatim( been te •000 -feet have been designed by able
His Father end lettunet. for (plies as a builders and undoubtedly will be
flash of lightning are the movements of ea.ected •
the glorified.• Notice also that on that .
evening- He invited the disciples to lintidle • _-w _
It
Him (Luke may. 3D). Ifoto enoi;ete irelv.t. . ,
.• 18. "glare Magdalene came and told- •French chalk rubbed . in 'lightly will,
remove grease spots from velvet; or
'the chalk' may be drepped on and al-
lowed to remain for t welve hours.
To restore the pile on velvet; hold': it
very taut over the stenai teem a pan
of boiling water, . keeping the right
to, preach Inc I'' '-''"0 that the Lord side On' top and having seine one -be-'
River with a span of 320 feet, then
unprecedented. At the present time
.the limit. of a single span has been
extended to 1.710 'feet in actual con-
the itiscielee One she had seen the Lore,
end that He had spoken these things in
to her." Mark ad ts that they believed
not tMark xvi. 11). Well, she did as the
Lord told her, and her responsibility in
the matter ended there. Jonah only had
bade him and leave resurts with -God. ,go side you to brush the pile up with
also with all the Lord's messengers.' a still whisk until it, look's as it'
They are to 'deliver the message whether should. If this part of ,the work is
men will tithe or 'forbear Glonoh iii, '2; carefully done the results will be
most satisfactory., • .
bui•ning Gilbert Cameron's will." they cannot but speak tl:ie things nal. A, Good cat flatten."' '
The dark, velvety eye,s raised to
Eggs Tpot WIII Keep.
It Is saki that a. carload of evaporate
ed eggs, valued at $14,000, was lat4
shipped from Springfield, Mass., top
San Francisco, where it wilhbe placeOl
on a steamer bound for Cape Nome:.
The eggs were put in one pound screit.
top cans, CO cans In a ease, and wail
answer any purpose in the culinary BOO •
except boiling. The moiature beititt
taken out of them when they are pist -
pared leaves nothing to boil.
The largest egg evaporating estab-
lishment in the world is located t. -
Springfield. The process of evapora
Ing is done with hot air, and it tak -
eight hours to thoroughly evaporate aij
°tie. About four dozen are equal to .t
.pound of tbe preparation. The Sprlie
field factory emhloys 75 people, and
capacity for consuming eggs is abo
400 eases dsasgeoso
adaL
:1.be shipped to all foreigy .•
countries, and in Europe especia113::
tbere is a big demand, as the Englisge
' government bas placed the preparatioile
on the hospital supply list. The
dike country is a heavy user of ti-'
brand of evaporated eggs, as no matt
what the price of the fresh henftuff-
znay he. or how scaece it is the evapq± •
rated egg retains its old price aid is eh!'
*wean hand and. ready for businest.-
-New England Grocer, •
. Pond of Pomp. .
It IS said that no Monarch has evet
had such a genius for the organizatib ‘••
of pagiants as the present emperor ot.
Germany, and the recent celebrationa- •
of the bicentenary of the creation el
the kingdom of Prussia ba.ve been vet
Impressive _as well as very gorgeouee
The order of the Black Eagle is -ate
modern institution of,ebivalry compar-
ed to the Garter or the Golden Fleece, ,
the two decoratiens which lank the
highest of all the great orderSkif
etendone But no order of knights has •
• sueb. an impressive cereneony tit its o
gathering as the highest one of the
Prussian kingdom. The • heralds in
their uniform of the pattern establish- -
ed 200 years ago, the fanfares on the •
great silver trumpets, the king of Prus-
sia, for the kaiser for the moment
inks the emperor in the king, seated t
on the golden throne with his scarlet
have seen aml heard (Acts iv, 20). NV hen batNew,, nalk ,and rats constitute cloaked knights ranged before him in
Secret council -all this has the true riu
• we cannot help manifesting it by weld h_ee. tna.t i.:hey...hatte. the mulk 1!
of the traditions of chivalry.
and decd. weene diem to catch the rats.
Y"
hers gazed fearlessly into her own e wsee and 'enjoy our oneness With 4 ;
ancea• ratOrion fthe barn cats'
Helena threw her dark head badk-
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