The Herald, 1912-06-28, Page 6rowing on the little lake that refieoted•
the stars of heaven thee twinkled in 'this''"
blue dome overhead; drives over the plea
sant country roads, all too enchanting to
this honest -hearted youth, who founq
heaven on earth, in the glances of a girl's•'
dark, dreamy eyes.
The summer days came to an end all
too soon, and the lawyer and itis family
returned to London.
Olz, dark days to Jack Clyde; he found
life unendurable without the girl he had,
learned to love.
A few mouths later, he went on to Ln
o -
don, heavy-hearted, because his numerous'
letters had never been replied to, seeking
the lawyer's daughter at her magnffieent
city home at once, upon his arrival.
He reached the mansion just ae the
voung girl was coming down the marble
steps, leaning upon the arm of e young
and handsome man. and the eight nearly
took Clyde's breath away, with jealousy
and fsar.
He sprung before her. holding out his
hand, entreatingly, to her, huskily ealltug
her by name.
She gave him one cold, stony glance of,.
haughty surprise, and drew baok her
dainty skirts from contact with his dusty,
travel -stained clothes.
"Do nothing with the fellow—let hiui
pass on," she said, calmly, to her frown
ing escort; "he is a person whom I met
at Beach Grove, while summerin'- there,
and to whom I -was civil; he has taken;
advantage of it, as people of that elass
generally de." And she passed on, leav-
ing Jack Clyde standing there with his
heart turned to stone in his bosons.,.
From that moment Jack Clyde had re
fierce hatred of women, in general—dark-
eyed ones especially.
No wonder his mother and sister trem-
bled as they noticed how like the beauti-
ful young stranger was in form and fea-
ture to 'that other one," as they always
called her now -a -days.
By chance Jack discovered the stran-
ger's presence in their household; in
passing his sister Molly's door, he had
stopped a moment to wish her goodnight,
and stood staring in the most undisguised
amazement from the threshold. at the
lovely young creature on the white couch,`
over whom his mother and Molly were
bending.
His mother harried to his side in great
anxiety; and, in a, few brief words the
situation was explained to Jack.
"You know I couldn't do different than
to take this poor, pretty stranger in,
Jack," said his mother, in a hesitating,
apologetic tone: "could I?"
"No—I suppose not," he answered, thus
directly appealed to.
"You are not so very angry are you,
Jaek?" she asked, earnestly.
"Why, how could I be, under the Cir-
cumstances, mother," he responded.
As the days rolled by, contrary to litre.
Clyde's expectation, Jack took quite an
interest in the fair stranger.
For long weeks Irene lay between life
and death in the humble farm -house, and
i as the days dragged their slow length by,.
the mother's eyes were opened, at length,
to a strange discovery, and that was, that
her son had learned to love, with the
deep, passionate love of his heart, the
lovely stranger, fate had placed intheir
care.
"I can scarcely believe it," she mutter-
ed to herself, when the idea first present-
ed itself to her mind; "that was the rock
on which he fell once before; surely he
will know better than to stumide against
it a second time—yet, with most men,
once a fool, always a fool, where a pretty
face is concerned."
"When do you think she will regain
consciousness, mother?" Jack asked, one
day. "Poor girl! her ravings cut me to
the heart."
The ravages of the fever will not last
much longer,' she returned. "I :should
say in a very few days now the crisis will
have been passed and she will Ise en the,
mend. It will not be very longthen
fere she is. ready to leave us."
"Leave us!' he echoed, starting -ffgr
his, theirs and she saw' a sudden pell
cross the brown/sees of her boy's thee*
"Did you expettt her to stay here 'fors
ever?" she asked, sharply. "She must have
a home somewhere, and people who are
most anxious over her."
T had not thought of that. I did not
look at the future, only the present," be
said, very slowly; and the keen ears, list-
eniug, detected a great huskiness in his
usually cheery voice.
The farmer's wife walked quickly to her
boy's side and placed her hands on his
broad shoulders.
"Let me give you a word of advice,
Jack," she said, slowly; "do not fall in
love with this beautiful stranger, for a
fine lady like that, is not for you, for she
is a fine lady; her hands are like velvet,
and her clothes cost more money than
we have ever seen. Take your mother's
advice, do not let your heart go out to
her. There is a very good reason why
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went on. "She's married, Jack."
"Married!" he ejaculated, fairly ,spring -
ins; from his seat; "why what makes you
think so, mother?"
"On the day she was brought here she
'wore a wedding -ring on her finger," said
Mrs. Clyde; "it fell from her hand, and
I put it away for her until she recovers.
That is why I repeat to you, my son, do
not let sour heart go out to her."
Mrs. Clyde's warning had come too late.
Bey son's heart had gone out to Irene,
with a passionate love that frightened
even himself by its intensity.
Re began to look forward with dread
to the hour when she would leave them.
It was at the end of the third week
that Irene awoke to the realization of
events transpiring about her.
"Ain I awake. or—or—dreaming?" she
murmured, faintly, struggling up to a sit-
ting posture, and gazing in bewilderment
about bei; her glance resting upon the
honest, toil -worn faces, grouped about the
unfamiliar room.
Mrs. Clyde was by her side in an in-
stant.
"0f course you don't know where you
are, dearie," she said, "this is a strange
place to you. We found you lying in a
nest of blue bells in the clover meadow,
under the old oak tree. You was in a
deep swoon. My husband picked you up
and brought you here—that was nigh onto
three weeks ago. You've been here ever
since, down with the brain fever; why,
there was one time we thought you were
going to die, we did indeed, dearie."
"0h, wily" did you save me!" sobbed
e, turnipg her face to the wall. "It
j d have been -a deed of mercy to let
go d.,,woman was.'agreatly shocked.
"bluets have hart , deep sorrow *in
y r life, to say such words as. those,"
the said.
"1 have had one of the cruelest, most
bitter sorrows that ever wrecked a life,"
moaned Irene; "and the world narrowed
down tograve. That is all I can say
for myself.'
you friends in this part of the
country, if I may make bold enough to
ask?" enquired the farmer's wife, pity-
ingly.
Irene shook her dark, curly head, drear-
ily. Y am east adrift from home and
friends—forever,' she sobbed. "In all
the wide world, no young girl ever met
with such a strange and cruel fate as I
niet with. I never offended Heaven to de-
serve it; then why was such woe visited
upon Inc? It was unjustl"
"God knows best why," said the far-
mer's -wife. "If I could give you a word
of advice, I would say:—go back to your
home and' your friends; no matter what
caused you to leave `hem."
"You mean well. Your advice is kind;
but you do not know all," murmured Irene,
burying her face in her hands. "I can
never go back. A11 the bridges are burned
behind me. No one who ever knew me
shall see my face again."
Their entreaties to tell them whom she
was, and from whence she came met with
a firm denial.
"Know me only as Irene—a hapless
strange% to whom you was kind," she
said, "and after I have gone from you,
pray for me, as you would pray for a
lost soul in great danger."
And those strange words haunted the
farmer's wife for many a long day after.
CHAPTER XXXi.
You must not talk any more now, my
dear," said Mrs. COlyde, soothingly, "if
Yea do, all the good effects of the medi-
cine that has been given you will be lost.
"You have such a good, kind doctor,
dearie," she went on, "and he takes such
an interest in you. It is strange how we
happened to find out about this doctor;"
she went on, "it came about in this way:—
"Only yesterday, a young man rode up
to the old well by tho roadside, and ask
ed if he might water his horse. Jonas
that's my husband—fetched a pail, and
just then they noticed the horse was
lame.
• You'd better stop with us the night,
sir,' says Jonas, 'that beast needs a rest.'
He was impatient to be moving on, but
be saw for himself Jonas was right.
"'I cannot give you much accommoda-
tions," Jonas went on, apologetically
'for the best room le our little farmhouse
has already been given up, to a stranger
—a young 'woman whom wue, picked up ill
by the roadside. She has been here onto
death, ever. since.'
"In an instant he was all attention. Row
he questioned Jonas. Why ono would
have thought ho had never heard of such
a thing as a woman fainting, then being`
taken with a fever; but we soon found
out why he was so anxious to know all
about it—he turned out to be a doctor.
He declared that he must see you, right
away, which was done; and he gave you
such powerful medicine, that you were
helped right away as he said you would
be.
• Have her dressed and propped up
with pillows, sitting in that chair when
I come to see her to -morrow morning,' he
said, pointiug to the one by the win-
dow there. So, to carry out bis instruc-
tions I must hgtve you up and dressed—
at once.'
(To be continued.)
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,CHAPTER XXVIII.--(Cont'd)
With a quick, impulsive movement, the
woman knelt down and kissed the hens
of Irene's garment.
"Of all the world you alone have shown
me a kindness. If 1 can ever repay it I
will. I can never forget you, lady. Do
not think I was always like this," she
went on, "once I was as pretty a romping
lass as ever the sun shone on. My curse
was, that I married, and, worshipped my
Husband. My devotion soon wearied him,
and he deserted me. For ten years T
searched tyre whole world over for him;
and one day I met him in the streets of
London. Wild with joy, I flew into his
arms, he struek me and spurned me frgm
him. Mad with rage and pain, I picked
I. up a stone and hurled it at him, and as
I fled down the street, I heard some one
crying out that I had put hie eyes out—
blinded him for life. I ran and ran, never
turning back. I never saw him again.
"My name is on this envelope," she
said, "if you should ever write me to the
address on there, I will get it. I found
work there once, and there I shall seek
work again."
Irene took it from her and without look-
ing at it slipped it into her pocket. Thus
they parted. Ah, if Irene had but glanced
at that address had she but dreamed
who that woman was, what a world of
misery might have been spared her.
CHAPTER XIX.
It was a long, dreary night -on and on
the lonely lady walked, surely the saddest
creature on which the pitying moonlight
ever fell. At length the first faint streaks
of early day broke faint and pink with a
tinge of gold in it, over the eastern huts.
How far Irene traversed she never knew;
there was a strange, terrible feeling in
her head; a red mist seemed to float be-
fore her eyes and obscure everything; a
sound like the rushing of waters filled her
ears.
She hurried on through green meadows
and bright, sunny fields where birds were
singing, and children playing as though
there was no such thing as snrrow in the
world, sorrow more bitter than death.
She walked past them and the little chil-
dren stopped from their play and gazed
after the lovely, strange lady, whose eyes
looked so strangely bright, and whose face
was as white as death.
Irene reached a point where two roads
met. It did not matter she told herself,
which one she took, all places were the
-ame to her. She walked down the hieh-
oad, then a lovely green lane charmed
er—she crossed it, and found herself in
clover meadow, and through the trees
he could see a farm -house. Although it
as very early. the inhabitants were astir,
blue line of smoke curled heavenward
rom the old brick chimney, and the dairy
aids with their pails over their white
rms were hurrying forth to the morn.
g's milking.
"Oh, how much I would give for a
caught of new milk!" she thought, "for
am feeling weak and 111 unto death."
e remembered how Iong it was since she
d tasted food or drink. "1 must rest
moment before I shall be able to reaela
.farm house," she thought, and with a
of :exhaustion Irene sank down; ,to rest
hong the blue bells' that grew at the
t of an old oak tree, thinking the rest
fight de her good, might take the burn -
g pain and hent from her brain, the
uel mist from her eyes.
She looked down the long, white, hard
iglu -road she had come, little dreaming
at she would never repass it.
The strangest sensations came over her;
e earth and sky seemed to meet, the
reen world to whirl around her. It never
ceurred to her she was ill from long
sting, want of sleep, and sorrow. Strange
ancies cane to her, strange voices called
er from the trees and hedges, strange
aces leered at her from the green boughs;
nee or twice she cried aloud, then laughed
t herself for her own fears: but tbe
aughter died away and the fears grew
reater.
Her hands were so cold—perhaps it was
he cold, glistening dew in the hearts of
he blue bells that had chilled them. Her
ead burned, and the breath that passed
'er lips seemed like a flame of fire.
The dark, curly head sunk lower until
t rested on the long lush, grass, her eyes
losed to think.
The golden sun as it rose higher in the
.rue heavens fell upon the white, upturn -
d face. Irene's hands were closely locked
•gether, low moans issued from her white
fps.
She tried to leek the future in the face,
he terrible future, but her thoughts wan-
ered.
She closed her dazed eyes to the glare
.f the sunlight. She had a dim conscious-
ness of hearing the blithe whistle of farm
Iaborers as they crossed the fields to their
work, then all became blank.
It happened quite by chance that Far-
mer Clyde and his wife crossed the clover
fields that morning. They were in a high
dispute in regard -to money matters es
usual.
Those clover fields want mowing, and
then there is the haymakers that will
have to be paid off to -night. No, Marthy,
0; the new gowns for the girls must
wit a bit."
"Depend on it, Jonas, the girls shall
ave it," declared his wife, energetically.
'There's to be a grand picnic in the vil-
age a week from to -day: Squire Jones'
aughters will be there, the Higgins girls,
th their fine new spring hats, the
Jane's and the Pendleton's—all the best
people hereabouts—and d'ye think, Jonas,
:11 let my girls go lookin' like dowdys?
guess now"
" 13t.t llioney's se tight, Marthy," grnmb-
d the farmer.
It is when it gets into your clutches,"
etorted his wife. "But now mark me,
ones, I'll have the girls a new gown
piece or I'll know the reason why.
har'Il bo war, Jonas, do you hear,—war,
'11— "
The wife's shrill tongue came to a sud-
dn standstill—something very like a gasp
roke from her lips. Rae 'sharp eyes had
iscerned something very like the outlines
t a human form lying among the tall
rase.
"Jonas," she cried shrilly, grasping the
,emer's arm in affright, "what on earth
that?"
"It looks like the figure of a woman!"
claimed the astonished farmer. ---"Why,
ricGeorge,
y r as it gained woman,"
spot, he
wife
ose at his heels.
In a moment the farmer's wife was down
her knees beside the prostrate form,
shing the dark, damp curls back from
e white face. "It's a young girl!" she
i,ed, "Oh, Jonas, do look and see how
etty she is, her face is like an angel's,
hat are you standing there staring for,
nth your hands in your pockets?" she
invalided, sharply.
'Pith. her up and bring her to the
ease, VII sec what ran be done for the
Nur le re."
'Wtted:se it be better, Marthy, if we
took the girl down to the village tavern?"
mildly suggested the farmer.
"Will you hold your tongue, Jonas, and
do as you are bid?" cried his wife, "The
tavern, indeed, for that grasping old
landlord to run up a bill on the poor,
pretty creature, when like as not she
hasn't ri cent in her pocket. Lift her up,
and be lively, too; don't you see she's in
a dead faint?"
The .angry light in the dark eyes turned
upon him, warned the farmer that it
were better to obey without further re-
monstrance. He plainly saw that his wife
had made up her mind.
He lif.ed the slim figure with alacrity,
and in a few minutes they had reached
the farm -house, cutting across lots
through the wheat field
A young girl sat on the low steps of the
Porch paring apples. She sprung to her
feet, scattering the fruit in all directions,
and staring in amazement at the strange
spectacle that met her view—her father
striding hurriedly along the path bearing
a girlish figure in his arms, her mother
following up the rear.
"For mercy sake, pa!" exclaimed the
young girl, "who in the world have you
got there? Who- is she, and what's the
matter with her?"
"Molly!" exclaimed her mother, sharply,
"you are like your father, for all the
world. Stop staring and asking ques-
tions. Run quick, and see if there is hot
water on the stove, and bring me the
peppermint -bottle and the mustard -jar,
towels, hot blankets, and help me get this
poor, young creature's clothes off and into
bed, and—"
Don't give the girl so many orders at
once, mother," expostulated the farmer.
"Don't you see you have muddled her
head so she don't know wnat co do first:"
The good woman started kitehenward
in high dudgeon.
"It's always the way; if I want any-
thing done, I have to do it myself!" she
cried, angrily, "You two are a pretty
pair of drawback for a smart woman like
me to be tied to!"
And she flounced out of the best room,
leaving the lovely stranger to the care
of curious Molly.
She returned almost immediately, fairly
loaded down with bottles, blankets and
et ceteras.
The farmer was hastily invited to va-
cate the room; then the work of restor-
ing the beautiful stranger began at once.
Slowly the dark eyes opened. It was
pitiful to see the great tear drops stand-
ing on the long, dark lashes.
"I'm afraid the poor thing has the fe-
ver; exclaimed the farmer's wife, pity-
ingly.
ityingly. "It she has, she won't be able to
leave her bed for many a long day."
The beautiful eyes regarded her with a
frightened look in their Clark depths, the
crimson lips babbled empty nothings. Now
and then a word or a sentence could be
distinguished. "Lite was so hard to
bear," the quivering lips muttered over
and over again.
"Why," said the farmer's wife sudden-
ly, as she gazed on the little white hand
straying restlessly' to and fro on the
coverlet, "I have been faking her for a
young girl-ebe is married. Look, Molly,
she wears a wedding ring. I am afraid
the poor, ppretty creaturehas seen .acme
Yenta trouble," Mrs. CeedaS eonclluder e, and
er kind, motherly heart went ont' to ter
in warmest sympathy.
"Are you going to let her stay here,
mother?" asked Molly.
"Do you think I would turn her out in-
to the high -road?" inquired the farmer's
wife, curtly.
"You have forgotten about Jack, mo-
ther," the girl said. "lie will be home
tonight. This stranger looks so much
like—her."
For an instant the color left the ruddy
face of islrs. Clyde,
"Ah! I had forgotten Jack," elle mut-
tered, under her breath, "still, it cannot
be helped now. She can be taken to your
room, Molly-. and Jaek can come and go
without having seen her, or even knowing
a stranger is heneath this roof."
"Ab, mother," whispered Molly, "think
what would happen if he should by any
chance discover her."
"There is but one thing we could do,"
returned her mother, "and that is—to fare
the matter, Molly. This poor girl cannot
belp it if her face does resemble—that
other one."
The farmer was quickly summoned, end
wrapped in the long, 'Horse, warm blan-
kets, Irene was conveyed to Mollies room,
and not a moment too soon, for as they
were descending the stairway, the sound
of carriage wheels was beard without, and
an open buggy dashed up to the front
porch, and, throwing the reins to a boy
who had come up from the fields, a young
man sprung from the vehicle, and strode
into the pleasant, airy kitchen.
"Father—mother—girls—where are you?"
cried the young man, in a deep, impati-
ent voice.
"It is—Jack." murmured the farmer's
wife, hurrying forward.
CHAPTER XXX.
The home to which fate had drifted
Irene, had never had but one shadow
cross it, and it had happened in this
way. Only two summers before, strangers
from London had answered the old far-
mer's advertisement that he would take
a private family to board for the sum-
mer at tbe farm•bonse. And a few days
later, a London lawyer, his wife and
daughter arrived. The girl was as beau-
tiful' as a dream; no wonder she took the
hearts of those who saw her by storm
at first sight.
"1 am sure I shall die of ennni."
groaned the lovely heiress, as she walked
under the blossoming apple boughs with
Molly. "What amusements do you have
hero?"
Amusements?" echoed Molly; "why
Spelling -Bees, once in a while, a picnic
in Piney Woods, and balls."
"A country ball," murmured the young
lady; "ugh. I can imagine nothing so
stupid. Are there any young gentlemen
about?"
No not for miles around, except my
brother Jack," replied the girl,"
"A farmer, I suppose," returned her.
companion, elevating her dainty. arched
brows,
"Dnfortunately, no; Jack hates farm-
ing," replied brolly; "he pleaded so bard
with father and mother to be allowed to
go to college, that they consented. Jack
is what we are not—educated.'
Her companion laughed; her black eves
gleamed. Ab, well, a college fellow was
better to flirt with than no fellow at all
during those long, monotonous summer
days.
She was rather pleased with the great,
tall, stalwart, handsome Jack, when she
saw him, and he did just exactly what
she expected him to do—fell head over ears
in love with her at first sight..
There were long days spant under the
blossoming apple trees; in the sweet-
smelling orchard; long rambles in the
deep stillness of the gloaming, and in the
moonlight, lietening to the nightingale
sing in the tanglewood: long hours spent
FROM MERRY DLO MUD
NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOAN
BULL AND HIS PEOPLE,
Recurrences in Tho Land That
Reigns Supreme in the Coln
menial World.
In London last year 1308 fire
were .caused through carelessness,
Literature for the blind ia to be
provided in the .public libraries of
Stoke-on-Trent.
An abnormal increase in briampi
throughout Warwickshire and Wor-
cestershire is reported.
At a Wood Green inquest on. a
child of ten the doctor stated that
the child had, the brain of an adult.
Lor.don't latest "lung," Tooting
Gardens., situated between Garratt
lane and Tooting grove, has just
been opened to the public,
During the last quarter, out of 96
inmates who had. left the Lambeth
Workhouse to receive their old age
penfiiOns37 returned.
Mrs. Marianne Neighbour, of
Sunningdale, received many con-
gratulations recently upon reaching;
her one hundred and second birth-
day.
To make up a jury at Hackney
Coroner's Court the other day, the
coroner's officer went outside the
court and called on several passers,
by to become jurors.
Four hundred Hammersmith
schoolchildren have been given
fushi•as and geraniums to rear for a
juvenile flower chow at Hampshire
House Club on July 22.
Mr. Alfred Austin, the poet -laur-
eate, is seventy -Seven ,years old;
Viscount Cross is 90, and Sir J. C.
Lawrence, late judge of the King's
Beneh Division, is 80.
The defence of a motorist who
knocked down a, young couple at
Southsea was that "the two were
paying far more attention to each
other than was necessary."
The London County Council de-
clines to place leprosy on the list of
compulsorily notifiable diseases, on
the ground that there is not suffi-
cient evidence to warrant :such in-
clusion.
During •excavations on the Bit-
terne Manor estate, near South-
ampton one of the oldest estates in.
Hampshire), some ancient Coins
and other interesting relies have
been found.
By a unanimous vote• the East
Suffolk County Council havepassed
a resolution that all jurors ,should
and ought to be paid ,,from the
rates for their trouble and loss of
time.
The death took place in London
recently of Mr. Simon Jacob, who
was believed to have been the old-
est Freemason in England. He cel-
ebrated his hundredth birthday in
September last.
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The King will, on the morning of
Judy 15, receive at Buckingham
Palace members of the Boston
branch of the Honorable Artillery
Company of Massachusetts, who are
to visit this country.
Mrs. Mary Shelton. of Stroud,
attained her one hundredth birth-
day the other day, and her grand-
son •attended Marling School for the
first time, leaking the school's one
hundredth scholar.
Lord Kinnaird laid the founda-
tion stone• of the "Red Lamp," a
new haven of refuge for destitute
boys in Horseferry road, Westmin-
ster. The enterprise is a branch of
the work of Mr. J. W. C. Fagan,
It has been;.decided to discontinue
ringing the town bell at Bunting -
ford, Herts, which, placed over the
gateway of an inn, has for 286 years
been rung for Divine worship en
Sundays and tolled for deaths and
funerals.
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LAWYERS ARE SO SPECIFIC.
A newspaper can seldom state a
case to suit a lawyer, and if one
lawyer is satisfied the other lawyer
who is a party to the suit complains.
The lawyers have a way of snak-
ing things so clear and plain that
• any one can understand. Ono was
asking a witness some questions and
here's what happened
"My good woman, you must give
an answer, in the fewest possible
words in which you are capable, to
the plain and 'simple question whe-
ther you were crossing the street
with the baby on your arm and the
oxnnibus was coming down on the
right side and the cab on the left
and the brougham. was trying to
pass the omnibus, you saw the plain-
tiff between the brougham and the
cab, or whether and when you saw
him at all, and whether or not near
the brougham, cab or omnibus, or
either, er any two, and which of
them respectively -or how was it 4"
More than five million blanches of
bananas aro now imported annual.
ly into Great Brita;