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The Herald, 1909-04-30, Page 3It semed to him that Lucie was a very sweet name, and he had grown fond of using it. "The fatigue!” she eagerly cried. "I a8n not tired, you do not think me foolish? I was afraid you would. Oh, if wre "ean go, and you do not object!" �� "I will speak to the landlord now. He went away and was gone a half- hour. 'When he returned he was tri- umphani. "We can go as soon as we are ready. e•can catch an earlier train. A slower one, it is true, but time is not so much now," he said, looking meaningly into her beautiful face. The truth was that Lord Aubrey was :Falling in love with his wife, and he con- eildeeed nothing but how to be with her as :lunch as possible. lady Aubrey Fovea that she was one woman who could be swift in getting ready to go anywhere; for within half an hour she stood waiting for the car- riage. Perhaps she was even feverishly really; and when at last they were seat- ed an the carriage, and it was rolling oft dower the road, she lot her head fall beak against the cushions like one who is almost exhausted. "At once." "Then I will ride back and tell him so." He had been promised ten pounds if he would do this errand within a given time. "My Lucie," said Aubrey, "we shall have to return, to the inn. You heard what the man said?" "That terrible inlet" moaned Lucie. It is fatal. Wait ustil daylight. Something terrible will happen, if you return now. To turn been: on the bridal tour brings misfortune." "That is a superstition," said Aubrey. "Sir Charles is dying, and I must go to him. Go back to the inn, driver. I am emery, my Lucie," he said, as he &:.ok his seat by her again, "but I would nev- er forgive myself, if I did not go." "Yes," she said, faintly "you are right. I will be strong; and since a wo- man's presence is a solace in the face oi'. death, I will go to him, too,". '''Ah!" he cried, admiringly, "that is' the spirit I like in my Lucie." "Let me see him for one minute alone," she murmured to herself,. "and he will slot speak what is on his lips, I have dared too much to lose it all now." "Did you speak, my Lucie?" asked Aubrey. "I said a `dark dawn makes a bright day.' It is a proverb of my country." Did inn. The ride up the hill back to the inn was necessarily slower than the ride down had been; but it was all too quick for the beautiful young bride, who would have prolonged it hours had she been able. The crisis of her life was near at hand, and in the darkness of the carriage she fought within herself for a solution of the problem of how to prevent her husband from hearing the dying words of Sir Charles. And at the same time that she was wrestliug with this terrible problem, she was receiving and return- ing the caresses of that husband, whose love might be turned •.:o hate within a few hours. How could one so young have trained herself to such perfect dissimulation? The Marquise de Sense might have ans- wered, but she was dead. Lord Hawks- hurst might have guessed, but he, too, was gone. How much could Sir Charles guess or tell? • The inn was all astir with the un- wonted excitement when they reached it. Aubrey leaped from the carriage, and helped Lucie to alight. The landlord came hustling up, big with importance. If it had been in the season when guests were plenty, lie would have been angry at having so much death at his holstelry. As it was, hs sae profit in it. and was demurely happy - "'Sir Charles!" exclaimed Aubrey. "He is still alive?'' "Alive, but sinking, sailor," answered the host. 'Se continually asks for you." "Ike' n physician been called?' "He is with hint now, nniior. "Show enc to his room. Lurie. pray excuse me. Even neglect of you is ex - "You are tired, Lucie," Aubrey said to her., noting her action, and for the first nasi putting his arms around her and drawing hereto his side. "Yes," she said, nestling closer to him, "1 am tired, but I am happy." "Happy to be away from there?" he queried, softly. Mere was a long pause before she answered, awl, when she did, he was obliged to lean over to catch the low - spoken words. 'Sappy to be here," she said, as if afraid to utter the words. "Are you learning to love me es lite tie?" he asked, drawing her closer to h,,.izn, and bending over her until his curl - in and moustache swept her cheek. "If you only knew how much," she whispered. Lord Aubrey, who had laughed at love so long, was made as happy as a child by the confession, and his lips sought hers, and elung there, while he eroseed her to his heart. But even while he held her so there name a clattering of hoofs behind the carriage, and Lucie broko from his em- brace and listened with a terror in her e,yo-s that he could not see for the dark - nese. "Stop there! stop'." they heard a voiee ery out, and the eel -triage drew up instantly; Aubrey threw open the carriage door, not noticing in his haste that Lucie was trying to prevent him. "What is wrong?" he demanded. "Why do we stop? Who are your "Oh, nailer!" was the answer, "I am stent to call ynu back. Your friend, the liinglish milor, is daring, and he begs you to return, as you value your happi- ness. He must speak to you. He begs tImi, you will let nothing keep you from him." "Yes. I will return," answered Aubrey, elfe ted by the news. °"You will at once l" demanded the mes- s+•ng" r. ��.' CURED You oan painlessly remove any done, enner hard, soft or bleeding, by„_ rpptyiea •IP'utnam's riz Extractor. It never'beims, leaves aceeeM i"tontainsno acids' is liarmhzembecauseoempesed "'o'nly of healing game and balms. rift .rears kn use. Cure guaranteed. Solt, by all r=MOM me. bottles. Refuse substitutes. PUTNAM' PAINLESS CORS EXtRACTOR Then she drew nearer to the physi- cian, and whispered inhis ear t "Please to bring my husband from downstairs. Go quickly t" The dying man,seelned to hear the whispered words, for he started up again and essayed to `spea'k. But Lueae, with an almost fierce command, 'sent the physician from the room before the sick man etould recover from a sudden spasm which overtook hint at the moment. She followed tl}e p1eysielseato the door and closed it after him. Then, with the swift, gliding motion of a tigress, she turned and was by the bedside. "Go away! do not touch me! I have not betrayed you! help, help) Oh, God!" Taking Lydia E. Pin ha Vegetable Compound Columbus, Ohio.— "1 have taken Lydia E. Finkham's Vegetable Com- pound during change of life. My doctor told me it was good, and since taking it I feel so much better that I can do all my work again. I think Lydia E. Plnkham's Vegetable Com- 1iound a fine remedy for all woman's troubles, and I never forget to tell re . friends what at has done for me." (rs. E. Et'vsoi , 304 East Long St., Columbus, Ohio. Another Woman Helped. tGiranitev'ille, Vt. --"I was passing through the Change of Life and suffered from nervousness and other annoying stymaptoms. Lydia E. Pinithaln's Vege- tahie Compound restored myhealthand. strength, and proved worth mountains of gold to me, . For the sake of other suffering women I am willing you ebould publish my letter." -••-&lits. CISillenne B. ncLite, R.E.D., Granite- ville, Vt. V1iromen who are passing through this erttical period or who are suffering foam any of those distressing ilia pe- tal -1v to their sex shouldnot lose sight al,' the fact that for thirty years Lydia .I�,l• I'inkham's Vegetable Compound, which is made from roots and herbs, Ibixs been the standard remedy for female ills. In almost every eommu- tllty you will And. women who have °usable at such a time, when I owe a duty to the dying.' "Do not think of :me," she answered, in a stifled voice. "1 tto not think of my- self. Indeed, I believe it will be better, if I go to him first. I am used to sick- ness, and I can do something for him. I will see him first. I insist. You shall see that your Lucie is not a useless, sup- erstitious child. 'Tike ane to the iaick- room, landlord! Rupert, I beg you to humor me!" of if to atone for what she seemed to think would be a fault in his eyes, that he yielded, meaning to follow her in a znment. Besides, he cosekl not out Le- lieve that her womaztly syittrthy would soothe Sir Charles,' 1! in feet he eves dy- ing. . There was a strange gleam ill the byes of Lucie as she followed the landlord un the stairs and along the narrow col+- ridor. Anda she drew something from her pocket, and held it in her hand as she went along. "Which is the room?" 'sh0 said, per- emptorily. "That with the light. shirt- ing under the door'?" "Yes, milady." "You need not carne farther," she said, in a low, intense tone. "1:i'e will not wish to see too many." The landlord did not dispute her, but turned and left her in the corridor. She went swiftly to the door, and op- ened it without stopping to knock. The sick ,ran lay on the bed, tossing and groaning as if in ante pain. Ile turned at the sound of the opening door, aitd looked to ser. who would enter. At sight' of Lady Aubrey his eyes seemed to start from their sockets, and he half -rose from the bed, "Aubrey!" he screamed, as if he e<gish- e,l to make himself heard beyond the door. "Where is Aubrey?" The physician, who had been watch- ing him, turned also, and stared at the beautiful woman who stood in the door- way. She closed the door with a swift motion. "Lord Aubrey is downstairs," she an - severed, in a soft voiee, gliding near to the bed. "What is the matter?" Sir Charles shrank back to the fee side of the bed,' and glared at her in sin: ewe. The physician answered for him " ae swallowed some poison by mis•. take" bout restored to health by Lydia E. '.} h t" ejaculated Lucie, in au ladles,. :lltkham's Vegetable Compound. * eribable tone, "Whitt a tniefortunel"' i.' She had loaned river the bed, her eyes burning fiercely, and had caught in a grip like that of a mai the hands that were waving her off. Theca, with her dis- engaged is engaged hand, she was striving to pont on his convulsed lips a drop of a liquid from a vial she held. A. more hideous thing never was: The• dying man fighting for the few minutes of life that were left him; 'and the beautiful grin}, who could be so shy and so gentle,, fighting like a tigress to rob him of thele. "They come, they some!" he screamed, avoid the death that hovered. over his lips. "Too late for yon!" she painted!", form ing the vial clown on his lips. ' In another instant she was standing in an attitude of horror by the bedside, and he was lying rigid near the wall, So they were when the door opened, and'.aubrey entered with the physician. • "He is dying!" whispered Eiucie. Aubrey vas by the bed in a second, "I ant here, Loftus," he said, gently. "Is there anything I can do for you?. You know you have only to 'ask. Can. you not speak? Do you not hear nie?" The eyes of the'dying man relied tear- fully, but he did not mom until he ;sew that Aubrey was ,nearer to him than Lucie. Theu he raised 'the sheet with one feeble, quivering hazed, .and wiped his lips with it. "Some water, doctor, Lucie!"'cried An- brey. Quick as thought, Lucie turned to the pitcher and snatched it up. She'under- stood that the poison had not penetrate, ed the mouth of the dying roan, artd that he wished the water to wash it away. And he did not dare to speak, unlit it was done. She dipped a -towel In the water. and leaned over the.dyir-g man. lie pushed her 'twat' and 1001:ed d a. e e.linoes tet sWaliowed poison by inanatairo, It�•is not tree. I have been poisons*. "By whom? demanded. Auleney,. heherd.lied. fy,t "Listenr' gasped Latins, " was in the way of•—• -r, His eyes were fixed ort lame She knew that in another moment s'hc would be denounced. As the -word trem- bled on the dying man's tongue, she emitted an awful sereazn and felt in a convulsion on the floor. "."Alt,heavens 1" cried Aubrey, "it has been too muck for her!" The physician burst into the room, and hurried at once to Lucie's side: The dying man found himself deserted. Life was ebbing away, and he know that his antagonist would play her dread part to the last. His secret might yet die with him. The fear of it gave him strength. Ile rose on his elbow, and cried out in a terrible voice: "Aubrey, I am dyingi Hear my last words. Come to any aide!" Lucie screamed again, and began to moan piteously. .Aubrey was let de- spair. He tarried from one to the oth- er, undecided. The eyes and words of the dying man drew. him, but the moans of his bride held him. • "Ale, aht" gasped Loftus, in a sudden agony of pain. "The end is here! Au- brey! I lied to them here! Your wife poisoned me! These papers!'° lee fum- bled blindly under his pillow. "Read--" It was his• last word. The agony of death overtook him, and he expired with a moan of anguish. UtILYSKINS RES' Zam'Buk Removes Thula :Et Le Just ,at this season that pinea1es„ blotelzes, ernes, acoeztous ailments, and erup- tions gon,eraily, snake themeetves mast tont.. Za ee uk will be found of wonderful use wherever there e ss is skin eruption or dext laceration. Pimples, blotches and it- Mtaittnc rashes on the Moo wad other parts of the body indicate a distnrbatto of the fwnctiomen of the skin. Impure matter, which the blood,+ should ddeeharge by mesas of the ahemahemfro allowed to remain in the pores. the process of ""exhalation" Is interrupted, and hies valeeio the bad mutter collects, there ptmpies, ulcers. and sores quickly appear, and the Aire nevus suffers. To be complete, the treat- ment must be of two kinds. The eurferer may help to dimiash supply apply of impurities by taking no rich, greasy and imdlgesible foods: but, to remove the impurities them- selves, the pores must be opened and the skim made healthier by the vigorous app1icatime of Zam-Buse ).Horning and night, and washing frequently with some pure soap. There none better than the antiseptic Zeal-1313k m. Medicinal and Toilet Soap. Za-Buk baim stimulates the'functions: of the skin by the penetration of its refined herbal eseenees. and thus rewches the root of the disease. Mr. ,Arthur I . Griffin, of IA1 Pieton street east. Ilaanilton,emays:—"I was, greatly troubled. with pimples and klatches breaking out on my face. I tried a number of remedies, and also specialty dieted, yet the pimples and: blotches remained. a1, ling on. the suggestion. of a friend, I began using Zam-Buk, anal was much pleased to find an improvement after several emelcatlone. The itchings' wa alleviated, and the inflammation seemed lose. As I ootetinued the Zasn-Buk treatment, the Pimples and blotches became less sore, the. Paine was cured altogether, and inflamma- tion banished. Iu the course of a short time, every blotch and pimple was removed." Zam-Ituk is also a sure cure for cuts, Iacer- ations, burns, eczema, ring -worm, poisoned, wounds. teetering sores, bad leg. and all skin iniuries and diseases. It as also a cure for biles. Druggists and stores everyvrhere sett at 50c a box. or past -free from :Gam-Buk Co., Toronto. on receipt of price. CHAPTER t-111. • The awful race against death wars over. Lucie had won. only those fen words of accusation, and it was plain. that Aubrey looked upon them es ut- teredin a delirium of death. Thteeehad been spoken in English. and the doctor' had not understood. She was safe, but for the papers. 'What were they? How could she obtain possession of theme She thought of thaw things as 'she lay in a seeming eonvnl:tton on the floor 'a£ttlle chamber of death. The horror of it did not trouble. her. The only. thing she thought of was her owe safety--nhic was 'whether she was to keep the pre she held Iron so cleverly. Her recovery was rapid, but she would not release Aubrey, clinging to him as though her life was in hint. And it pleased hits, even in the dread presence of death, that it was so. Its soothed her and led her from the room. She remained by sternal, and sobbed every time he suggested leaving her. She was playing a terrible come - den And all the while her thoughts were bevy with truing to cit visa a way of getting the papers of which the dying 'matt bad spoken the said nothing of the accusation; and Aubrey believed she had not heard it. He was rejoice,! that it. was so; fore thought bow terrible to her pure and' 1anoeent;soui such an accusation } would have been, coming. es it did, with Aubrey. The leok was not usoloo.tomd, all the soler iitity of death. but Aubrey drew Lucie back and askeen, ; Tho :landlord 1 eocl ed at the door "Do, y'oe iarot'wish '.titan ill.=.tail .1:" t hilt Aubrey. atm aS et seething his treat - Aa eve rem•As'we l ais&sae oealene,$? e I• teett,g.:iarltie ;•.+ ub ey promised Ludo agony deepening on. iri'. fame t llarlaii that' i ii:.`Votba dd3rtnt 'leave. her yet, and nodded his ..eon 1.<. 'Heim" . "Shall I do it?" ;teri,etl '.nitreµ•, at and .here, said the landlord. "i;t a Paolc- q age et papers belongieg t. the ' ,dated. venture.:, g 1 • p , , The loon of joy nn the uptureeth faee The doctor thin thee were ietsiteed was unmistakable. ,ltd ;1uibrey.,took the for you. `.lies• ss,•id• nm h+ r t}: velem 1;- There W311 .vein I do with it? Dare I destroy it? What story should I tell him? No, that will not do. It must disappear in a nature,/ way, so tient he will not suspect. AIM to what a height have I climbed! It is more than I ever hoped for. All is mine now, if I do not make a mistake. Only this•—this—stands between 3110 and safety!" She paced the floor with a eat -like tread, little like the gentle timidity of the Lucie that ;Aubrey knew, and had' }earned to love. ""Can I not prevent his reading it yet?" Site smiled with a sense of her power over the earl . ""Why need I be trotsbled2 He is not anxious to read. it. He will wait until 'to -morrow, and tomorrow we shall be on our journey, and I shall lose it in some way. Yes, that will be the way. And naw :r ,must sleep. He cannot read without waking me, and, if I awake, he will not read: She unlocked the door, disrobed, and, ' slipping on a dressing gown, threw her- self upon the bed. She was weary and worn out, but if else had deemed it neces- sary she would have remained awake all night. "Ile is like wax in my hands," she moistened towel trent the snundeious 1't 't'1 a ectal hallo i" be t 1 t,7 u, t murmured, as she disposed herself for f his wife. Oentiy as any weal and alt ill uesi hd• o•1ii3 ere,i. womber. 'Sow easy it is for a clever tie handso q i t ., � woman tri lasses a fool of a man!" man he wiped'' the paralied,lips. ,Dat Sir "Very well," r,'pl,enl ut,,r,.y n i.i. 1 elle seemed to have forgotten the hole Charles was not satisfied. He :groped sane whispered tot:••. "Let i' ed ytit:u` roes of the death -bed, and fell asleep tor - for the towel, anti e*.iper1 and s'e vi(Sed his he alone as it �huul,l f,.•, 1 t i.1 pay for: all the peacefulness of an innocent child. Aubrey, and gasped: . lips himself, Then he nixed his eyes cm everything. '['lie l,t:d} nun,' it" It:e;,cnv- Ali ! such a beautiful picture she made with her long lashes sweeping leer routed "I Have something to say. Syncs the P S �ruw liar t> cheek, ar"d her reel lips hala•parted in dotltor away!" • tiaul Y.uud, the relaxation of sleep! .Aubrey sent the physician awry, tell- Aubrey found the whole household stir- ing him, however, to remain within sail. 1'u ring. The least servant in the place wish - As soon as the' door was closed. on him, pet t' ed to be on hand• to catch some of the Loftus whispered: Sh1, hart a 1 z s' a Ire Rupert golden shower which was confidently ex - "Aubrey, I am ,taker, as I hope for 1 d ' t fleeted when so wealthy a nobleman gave mercy from my Maker, I shall,telf you t Tong so much trouble. only the truth:'. eel and sent tome to omelette. o'ise to he a;:teet.ut =a:' eoftl). to hitt, when the landlord was gill- "I Wished to show myself so bele,•, i'.,r y ottr st,ke, } ia- . !1 of that }always, sell} ,t thrill eel delight .h ~ n h him, v "lou were brave in trying to owe - come weakness," he an- swered, "Who would expect t .et girl to lyes, o all you hate without look at those papers now. . wento red x am ea one o any attention you' bestow on anything 'yaw. Am I too .exacting, Rupert'? 1 don't oish to weary you." • "It le very sweet to me to be so much to you," he answered. ""I deo rot need to loos: et the palires may. They can whit. ton are the tine e,.,i, i.leree non Ile Iistened to all the doctor and land - "I believe you. Loftus. :feta may came your n, lord.had to say, acquiesced in everything count on me to do everything I can." saver ed, tt let, r v p since he had no opinions of his own, ex- ile did not. comprehend, bu,t believed an rneapt z let r 1 1 1 1 through ce iiia that the god must be properly leo was going to be called upon td right t! t affected. by eared for tend sent home, p p y some wroug done. Lucie Wtttelied the : rt ,,,, There was a great deal for him to be dying man with coldly glistening eyes, ifust von , fold moreover. The sudden illness was The fight was about to gilt,. Would he she 'staked. win. or would she? , dead roan to see Aubrey before he died. eyes wandering to Lucie'S type, "that 1 "Do you thine he died of poison?" Aubrey asked the doctor. "There is no doubt of it" (To he continued.)' 4 5 le Repeat I t t erose to described with much detail by the land - "I have said," LaRue you and 1 j F y Spered, /11.3 lord; and 'the terrible eagerness of the THEY FIXED UP TIE POSTMASTER Dodd's Kidney Pills Cured i -lis Lumbago and Sciatica. That Was Three Vera; Ago and He is Still Cured—Why You Should Try Dodd's Kidnew Pills F rst. Elliston, Trinity Lay, :fid., April 38. ---(Special)—'Phot 1)odttl , kidney !'ills not only relieve Sciatica and Lumbago, but cure it once and for all, is the ex- perience of Mr, Alfred Crest', postmaster here. "Yes," the postmaster says in telling his story, "it is three years since I was cured of Lumbago and Sciatica. Dodd's Kidney Pills did it, and I am happy to say the cure was permanent. "I had Pains in my Back, Cramps in my Musics. Shooting Pains across. my Loins, and I often found it hard to get any rest at night, and when I did my sleep was unrefreshing. I was medical- ly attended, but without getting any benefit, and at lant I was persuaded to try Dodd's Kidney fills. I used six boxes altogether, and they took the pains away and. quite canned um"' Nearly Nearly every time by Dodd's Kidney Pills tells of trying something else first. If you use Dodd's Kidney Pills first you will never need to try "something else:' They always ,cure all diseases of the Kidneys, and all' disease; Ibat are eaus- ed by sick Itiline,i'•" Ile reached over and Lies ell the pack- It: _.--41ShilQh'S CUM Will always now. age on the table. All! It he would only cure my coughs and COWS." leave it there, rind r 1 let way! She feign- _ ed drowsiness in a little while, and he Spanish Executioner's Remorse. begged lits co rest. Sim had had so lit- A curious story comes from Seville, <"and will you ce,nrr hank to me, Oh Sunda tic sieve. * night the local execution- er3, died, his d0ath being due to re- morse. For several years he had not carried out any execution., but rec- ently he was smnnnoned to Cordova to inflict the final penalty on some criminals. The impression made upon him was so painful that he wets unable to face the ordeal when snrnmoned to exe- cute the last criminal condom "ed fat Seville, and the sentence will have to be carried out by the Madrid exe- cutiener.--1'rnut the Loudon Tele- graph. soon?" she asked cuuein„l' . "I will not l are you, if yon lel,; not wish me to;' he new t d, uer. having intended to do so mail ehe eeggeeted i t. "Yes;' she said. "I. will not be selfish any longer. on! f mu quite well now." tike n tteh,•ti hila, to 1e sere that be ,.lid not take tlto mepere "`1thh lane press. had no thought of tl•n..r ed a kiss on her blow, mel left her to o sec what he "algae to do about his dm ceased friend. "Ilow dreadful it is!" he murmured, as he wont down the statrs. "But it 13 snaking ale know any dear little Lucie!' cure m sou hs and colds," 'How she clings to fuel 1 oor Loftus! I silts S Y �y" am glad Iancie did not beer his last TUE YOUNG FOLK. She is so susceptible elle would Repeat it:—" Shiloh's Cure will never have forgotten them. Lucie, meanwhile, wos alone with the papers. She softly l0lk'd the doter after Aubrey, and then mught. up the package and examined it. 1t was sealed with the, seal of the deed haul. She turned it over ail over.• There was no way of •getting at - the contents without breaking the Ileal; and that she did not dere to time::lint Aubrey must never see he; papers, "All dead 1'' silts nnuruiui ins. "And only r4ays slug ray coughs acid colds." this remains to tlnreeli ie rne..What shall (Toronto Star.) We censor the cheap -plays; we issue warnings . against the moving picture shows; we are always lecturing and re- straining the young people.; but eve do far too little in the way of providing them with instruction' and rational en- joyment, and with the means of helping theta to better their position in life. 'Repeat itt--•" Shiloh's Cure will al'