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To her you have been false; but
is her. I will be so true that I
Will spurn the' traitor heart you take
from her to .offer to me. I will always
-defend my sister woman, with a.1 any
might, against the world, the flesh, and
the demon, if need• be. So may the
Saviour of us all defend me at my great -
eat need. Take yourself out of my way=
and let me pass, Mr. Hastings."
"And will you not forgive me, Rose?
"If ever the Lord gives me grace
enough, I may. I cannot. yet"
"Willi you not wish me iyell, then? She
with whom, for your sake, I broke faith,
she washed me well."
"She is the Baroness Etheridge of
Swinburne, a peeressof the realm, a
noble lady. Yet she has a meeker heart
than I, the cottage girl, 'possess. I can-
not so easily. forgive. We waste time.
Let me pass.' And Rose, putting out
her white arras, seemed to sweep lam
aside; while, with the air •of aa. young
princess, she passed on her way.
CHAPTER VIII.
Tate father and son met at dinner.
Mrs. Montgomery was at the head of
the table. The good lady was full of
anxious inquiries as to the condition of
that dying friend to whom Lady Ether-
idge had been so inoportuuely summon-
ed.
Colonel Hastings took but little no-
tice of Mrs. Montgomery's remarks. He
was absorbed in much more weighty
matters, and was anxious to be alone
with his son. As soon as the cloth was
removed, and the wine set upon the
table, she retired, leaving the two gen-
tlemen alone.
"Now, then," exclaimed Colonel ITast-
ings, turning toward his son, "here is a
dilemma. What do you think of this?"
"Nay, 1 should ask that question of
yourself, niy dear sir. You, 1 under-
stand, have been at the bedside of thns
woman, Ebner, and have taken her dy-
ing deposition. What do you think of
Et?"
Before answering, Colonel Hastings
arose and went to each door to be sure
that no one was hearing. Then he re-
turned to his seat, stooped close to the
ear of his son, and whispered:
"I think that the little village maiden,
Rose Elmer. is the true Baroness Ether-
idge, of Swinburne 1 think that the evi-
dence leaves no doubt upon the ques-
tion; and, if that evidence should come
• before the House of Lords, she would be
immediately declared as such."
"Well?"
"But that evidence shall never come
before the tribunal. I was the magis-
trate who took that dying woman's de-
position. The only other witness is in
niy pay, and at my mercy, and I know
how to keep him subservient to one who
can reward 'AM with gold, or punish him
with a jail. and he will be silent until 1
give him leave to am:1k, So make up
your quarrel with Laura, and all evi-
dence that might shake her in her pos-
sessons shall be supp••e=;ed."
"And suppose she refuses to make it
UP?"a
"'[lien. hold this evidence over her head
as a rock of iron. Let her understand
that, unless she consents to become your
wife, you will bring forward this evi-
dence of another's claim, and ,hurl her
down from her high position. Let her
find that her only safety is in becoming
your wife."
"But now," suggested his son, "sup-
pose that I, myself, decline to snake up
the quarrel?''
"Yon? l'oo'.! Nonsense! I don't
understand you!" hastily exclaimed the
colonel.
"We11, then, 1 will explain. To begin,
You never imagined that 1 really loved.
this woman?" asked Mr. Hastings, with
sneer.
"Nay, excuse incl I always gave you
credit for judgment to tuppreeiate Lady
Etiheridge. Whether you really loved
Laura or not, I cannot tell," laughed
the father.
"You were quite right. I always ap-
preciated Lady Etheridge of Swinburne.
• As my father, you ordered me to appre.
elate her ---as a good. eon 1 obeyed. you.
At your command, I pxoposetl'for hes
hand, and was accepted. But it was
oirly Lady Etheridge that I valued, If
yon suppose that Leered for Laura you
are mistaken. if we had married., we
should have led a terrible life. No; I
detested Laura., but I valued the Baron-
ess Etheridge of Snvinburne."
"Nell to what does all this tend?"
asked the colonel, impatiently.
"Why, to the solution of a problem
that has plagued guy heart for the last
twelve months."
"In faith, I do not understand you at
all!" exclaimed the old man•, almost los-
ing his forbearance.
"Then I will explain. I hated Laura,
but valued the Baroness Etheridge of
Swinburne. I still hate Laura, and still
value the Baroness Etheridge of Swin-
burne, who, it seems, is not Laura, but
Rose Ebner, the poor maiden, whom I
have loved for more than twea've
months."
CHAPTER IX.
Meantime Laura Elmer watched by
the deathbed of her new-found mother.
It was a dreary vigil to the fallen peer-
ess.
At length Pose came in, bringing a
basin of gruel, which she affectionately -
pressed upon the siek woman's accept-
ance.
"Yes, I will take it, Rose; for I need
a little strength to support what is ye
to come," said Airs. Elsner, while Laura
raised her up, and supported her on the
bed, and Rose fed her with spoonfuls of
the restorative.
When she had taken sufficient, and
was laid upon the bed, and when Rose
had put away the basin, and resumed
her seat at the bedside, Mrs. Elmer said:
. "Child of coy love and care, if not of
my blood, do you remember the Goner-
sation we had. yesterday afternoon be-
fore I sent you to the Castle?"
"I do."
"You thought that very strange talk?"
"Yes, dear mother, but I ascribed. it
to your illness; you were not well."
"Nay, I R^a5 in my perfect senses,
Rose though I remember that you
thought me mad and raving. I was not
delirious then, dear Rose, nor am. I now,
when I address you as Rosamond, Baron-
ess Etheridge of Swinburne," said Mrs.
Elmer, solemnly.
"Oh, mother, mother, pray do not
ramble so dreadfully," exclaimed hose,
blushing scarlet; and. then, turning to
her visitor, anal saying: "I ant: hum'hled
to the earth, dear lady, to think that in
poor mnothor will ramble eseeearli
Please forgive her; she do, s not lenOw
what she is saying; her poor dread is so
bad."
"She knows what she is saying, Rose,"
ra avely replied the lady.
"Oh, indeed, she does not! She is
rambling, wandering in her mind. She
never would offend your ladyship if she
were in her right mind, or knew what
she is saying. Pray do not be angry
with her," pleaded Rose, with tears in
her eyes.
"I ani not angry with her; nor do you
understand •either ane or her. She knows
what she says, and I know that she
speaks the truth," replied Laura,. grave-
ly.
"I—I ani afraid that I ani very stu-
pid; either I do not hear rightly, or 1
do not understand your ladyship," said
Rose, in her perplexity,
"Then I will speak ,snore plainly. SW'ihen
my mother, your nurse, Mrs. Elmer, here
present, treats you as Rosamond, Baron-
ess Etheridge of Swinburne, she speaks
the sober truth, for such you are," re-
plied Laura, slowly, arta emphatically,
fixing her eyes upon the perplexed face
of her hearer.
"I wonder which of us three is crazy,"
said Rose, looking from one to another.
"None of us, dear loose, though what
I have just divulged th you is enough
to stagger your faith in our sanity. You
are Baroneus Etheridge, and, as such,
you will, in a few weeks, be recognized
by the whole world. Cyan you not receive
this fact?"
"Lady Etheridge, if I am not quite
mad—if I am in my right senses—if I
know nay o1,1n
men', the altilct eu
and you az+e'tkii, ',d
of 5winbus e," sai4 t
"No, hose, l 411:;1
the cl uightcr of •iia^�,
launt z e mss.'
IZo e g1iZed, in hG?!
w 'rni the s 'lale]kri,
last tmets
seed (
Ir, env.
:lie la
•charge, t
fern days old, nnt?t s ,
old. I .lied,xu aan1fall
age. V lrile'the bat,;:i h
. aztristress;
-Etheridge
oana.aemen t.
tr a Elmer,
Omer, the
Onsternation
pion tempted nle to:,
cradles; awl wi;.siiy
months, the; .baron: 'i'
his own cliilcl, fro'n h
him my child, whomO
educated in the beget?
own. Remorse foist
through ate. Rene*
polled mitf*o male
elosul e "•
While she spoken
ghastly as a corpse, sit
into a chair.
"Now, at last, you 'tin
lieve,•Rose?" said Laura
"Oh, Lady Etlia dge Y ,replied Rose,
covering, her face. wilds her hands.
'What Is the nt;i;ueer, dear?" inquired
Laura, kindle.
"Oh,- .Lady Etheridge, sv'1at, a trial for
you! And it was no fg,cilt of yours!
Oh, Lady' Etheaid, e, 1 neeer•, never will
interfere with your -title, or with your
estates. You werEP brought' up to con -
sired them yours.. 'ou know how to
wear them. You • ire, used, to rank and
wealth, as I am to' paves ty.and obscurity.
I will never interfere vrttli this arrange-
ment!. • It is too late slow ;; It would be
very cruel! • lrorget 'thisIisinful revela-
tion, Lady Etheridge, fol' i hall drive it
from my own mind,?
"Rose, dear, you rav'ia�
your choice to reject:T.0.nti
though the. uiannor in va
it proves ;you most :Wes,
It is your duty to aeeept,
resign this rank. And,lii>; ,� .,
Rose, it is a comfort t'dltlnzv that I others ought 1 to speak of my troubles,„ of the stomaeh. stimulate the digestion
yield it:.to one who will viyepr the ancient "Nay to me of all others you should and tone up the liver. and correct the
talk of .them.' :Cor, Rose. I hove been secretion of bile. Their general action
name and title bath gnaeenlly and grad- wounded in the very depth of my heart." is at the same time corrective and tonic
curly, said Laura. • 1on,:lady_ Oh, yes, 1 know. It is a —correcting faulty secretion, toning up
"Then, lacy, you must share -it equally great reverse; I wish it had not hap- weak and debilitated organs. They thus
with me. You must be lnys!ter, as you penal," said Rose, thinking that Laura cure anemia, green sickness, female im-
are my faster sister, and', share every- 'Elmer alluded to her sudden vicissitude 'purities, rheumatism, nausea, head -
thing equally with me. • And you must of fortune. ache, ga's. pain in the chest and between
make the lawyers fi xit sit that no one "It 'is not that; that could not have the shoulders, constipation, piles and
will be able to deprive yo,tluf the half touched' my heart, still less pierced it all female ailments. All druggists and
of all 1 posers."as this other blow has. No, Rose, it is stores sell Bileans at fifty cents a box,
",`Dear and generous Rose“ thank you this—my marriage is broken off." or post free from the Bilean Co., Toron-
from my profound heat! l .t this cannot "Your Marriage broken off. Oh, lady, to, on receipt of price. For X2.50 a par -
be, my; love. My own prim; Rose, would 'how was that?" said Rose, remembering ' cel of six boxes will be mailed.
forbid me to become eveit
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lit confessed
sly Child of
you In my
were but a
s}x menthe
he, dr hosewe will have flims tun
.hiroaoii oleaid then; rest, To•morrutin you-
iZlitst be 1presented to Ibo household as
ths baroness." .
,Oh. no; dear lady rip! not yet. I am
frightener at !kis ! great place, and all
those niilituiy looking attendants. Do.
not tell theg ,ret, ,and do not ever leave
'nae+'r exclaimer ire terrified. maiden.
She alias ;fag ,
,cifn rejoicing et 3tengood
fortune, 'Tire death O , •' ear foss cr-tnoth-
er, the treachery of i r .trusted loves•
had nearly broken her heart, and now
this vast wealth suddenly fdllon upon
her had crushed her spirit c; great
of.,the same ealanzity.
gone, the de- "Do not .leave me, Lady 9ktberidge..
you in your Oh, never ,.heave are iii thi;.!vest wilder -
end of six nes.s of splendor' alone. I shall' go road!"
l hid you, she 'wildly exclaimed. •
it, and gave `"Sweet Rose, you will not be alone.
tight up and Mrs, Montggomery is a good woman; she
elle 'lies his is your near relative as she bas always
t pursued nue been supposed.to be mine and you will
this act coin- find her very ;kind and very competent
eatlibed •`tis- to become yea' in that society
which will giiickly gather around you ' Frank L. Wellington has died at his
white and after your, 'position bas been confirmed home in Trinity avenue, New York, the
half -fainting by the house of peers, as it must be in victim of •a disease which caused his
a few months," said Laura, with her us•
,;tend and be -
investigate this strange affeil'. She does
look like the Etheridges, that is certain;
but she may 'be an Etheridge with the
bar sinister aeross the arms—a sort of '
Fitz -Etheridge!" sneered the old lady.
"Do 1 not tell you that she is not.?
She is the only child of the late baron,
by his lawful wife, the late Lucy The-
morne," said Laura, a little impatiently,
as she commenced and recapitulated all
the evidence of Rose's birth and lineage.
"Well, well, 'those that live longest
will see most;,' quoth the clergyman's
widow; and, haying uttered this unan-
swerable adage, she solaced herself with
a pinch of snuff..
(To be continued.)
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DISEASE MADE BONES
SNAP LIKE GLASS
nal Galin, sweet' seriousness.
"Oh, Lady Etheridge! 1 care nothing
for all these things!" said Rose, very.
sadly. .
"Do not call me by a title to which I
have no right, my dear; call` me Laura
or Miss Palmer, which you please. And
now let me tell you that you should strated that mineral medicines are
caro for these things, Rose. You should. harmful. It is because Bileans, while
value the gifts of. Providence, in grati. so effective for all liver and digestive
tude to the Giver, and you should con- disorders. yet contain no trace o£ any
rider how much good you may do with mineral; but are en the contrary, purely
this power." herbal, that theY have won. the praise of
°till! but if you knew—if• you knew— medical men. trained nurses and scien-
h'°ow much I have suffered!" tists all the world over. Bileans differ
Is do kno.vv, hear Bose. I know that from nearly every- other liver medicine
you :have .suffered; but I am ignorant in containing no mercury and from near -
of the nature of your sufferings. It is ly every other stomach medicine in be-
ing free from bismuth. They are also
free from aloohol. They are compounded
from the finest known medicinal herbs
and roots, and are thus the best family
medicine that can be obtained. They
operate gently on the bowels, curing con-
stipation and piles. They correct acidity
bones to snap like glass. One clay while
holding a strap in a street ear his arm •
snapped. off. A short time later a leg
bone snapped. According to his physi-
cian this terrible condition was brought
about by taking medicine which con-
tained a certain mineral poison.
.Again and again has it been demon -
something besides the loss of her whom
fit" is not in you loved as your mother; that, indeed
wood fortune, would. e,:,use you deep grieff. but not a
;you receive bitter, fnisanthropical, hopeless case like
of it Rose. this. Come, you must unbosom yourself
It is mine to to me, it will relieve you."
"Oh, no! no, lady! to you least of all
ent, tlr receive heavy ben
as meek and gentle as y
lost everything else, dear
feel that.I have yet my
control."
With tears Rose re
her petition..
•Rose was silent, for
,aura Elmer's posit
done as Laura Elm
"And I can serve y
It rs very distressing,
"We are talking too
bed, :1 fear," said Laura
suffering woman.
"No, no," replied the
her eyes; "no, I wish the
settled before 1 go heru'e,"
:"All is settled, dear mo
age, you know, and no longer, in the pow-
er of •Colonel Hastings, so that in this
affair I can do as I like and you wish.
Were'I a minor, Colonel Hastisee , 'as my
guardian, might choose to contest the
claim, of Rose. But ae I have attained presented himself under lie name of
my sun orit,y I shall use any freedom to Lovel, to the time that he discovered
do justice. I shall myself, without him to be the betrothed husband of
our depend- ; that she had heard: the same fact from
a from one 'Albert IIastiugs—yet wishing to know
self, I have ' more.
se. Let, me j "It was nn,.eonsequence of my change
scions self- , of fortune" ,
• "Oh, the traitor. Oh, the base traitor!"
nd urged exclaimed Rose. •
j Hush, my deur. 1 cannot hear the
t in znan whom T once 1o:veti spoken of in
leave this manner."' said Laiirni :teltln senile
d'�,+'stlt,..; , t .,,•'•vr
t all? ``.. h. blit. then ,yen lief. mot l now all
•his treachery yet, or how •much right i
he Sieh
have to call him a.traitor, •And now since
er the I I hear from your own lips that the near-
"
!liege is broken off, and the reason for it
`er, opening' 1 will tell you something which you
iell should be ' ought to hear, that you may dismiss for-
ever from your heart the memory of
ler. I am of such a traitor."
Laura looked up ,in amazement.
Rose paused a moment to recover her
self-control, and then commenced and
related the history of her acquaintance
with Albert Hastings from the time he
waiting for the law, abdicate the estate
to Rose, I shall take her to the castle,
and install her there. The House of
Lords, I presume, will take up the ease,
and confirm her in her rights, at their
leisure. But in the meantime she will be
in the full enjoyment of her rights."
`.GOtt bless . you, Laura! You have a
noble heart. When will y'olt conduct Rose
to the castle?"
"Mother, mother'" interruprea Rnse—
"let-rile still call you gather—I will nev-
er leave you while yon live."
"She is right," said Laura Elmer. "We
must not leave you."
"Then, when all is over, you will do
as yati:promise?" inquired Mrs, Elmer.
"''Ve will," replied her daughter, grave-
IyThe suffering woman, quieted by these
assurances, dropped into a deep sleep
that ,l fisted. several hours.
The physician that Laura had employ-
ed to attend her mother arrived in the
course of the morning and expressed his
opinion that her awakening would proba-
bly be decisive for life or death.
Ande* it proved. Magdalene Elsner
awoke Billy once again to ask forgive-
ness of heaven and of earth ,to bless her
wronged.:child and foster -child, and then
i
sank into her last sleep of death.
Laura mourned. for the parent found
only to be lost; a.nd Rose wept bitterly
'for one who had always seemed a mosttender mother to her. '
Of Magdalene Eltner,;it might be said,
her sins were burial ifrith her -her •re=
pentane and her affetic: survived her
in the memories of 110 e andLatira..
Laura retained hes sell!-coiumand and.
assumed the direction affairs.
`After the fzlneral, 3"hliru. placed Rose
ina close carriage and condue.ted her to
Swinburne caste:
cH4PTEtti X.
Ruiners` of the chi loge of ownership
had reaeherl the eaetli4l� And as the car-
riage. drew up before ,the central hall
door, the head servants arrayed them-
selves in the 'hall ,to vvelcome back their
beloved fads, First on the right ;Itlli
left, stood the steward and the house
keeper. They' bowed and curtsied ,IoW es
Laura led' R.Ose through tfie halt,Ind up
the broad staarelase to a pleasant apart-
ment 'that had been the late C,l:ay tt;h-
eridgre's moraine tool ;
"Taloa off yout 1 znedt' tzl}4 frian.'tle
Lady Etheridge.
"And that was the eause of your
fainting in the library that day?" said
Laura.
"It was, lady; I am ashamed to ack-
nowledge the weakness. I never again
Will . faint, or even weep, for that
traitor!" exclaimed Rose, with flushed
cheeks and sparkling eyes.
After an early tea, Laura and Rose,
both greatly needing rest, retired to their
respective chambers.
Rose was shown up to leers by apretty,
neatly -attired housemaid, who informed
her that she had been appointed the
young lady's personal attendant.
"My name is Anne, miss; and please
can I do anything for you?" inquired the
girl, as she put the night lamp upon
the dressing table.
"No, Anne, thank yon; you may go,"
replied the cottage girl. to whom the
attendance of a maid. was more ember -
resin;; than useful.
The next morning Laura Elmer sum-
moned.her chaperon, Mrs. Montgomery,
to. the library, presented Rose to the
ancient gentlewoman, null explained to
herthe strange discovery that had .xe-
vcrsed. the places of the baroness and
the cottage girl. It was a long time be-
fore Mrs. Montgomery could be made
to understand that Rose Elmer was
•really the Baroness Etheridge of Swin-
burne, and that she whom the old lady
had. hitherto been assured Ives such was
only the daughter of the village laun-
dress. And when at last this truth was
forced upon her mind, it nearly turned
her brain. She could not comprehend
why such a great change of ownership,
involving such a vast estate, should be
effected without the .ldllp of many law-
yers, and a great lavv,l it; And she could
not. approve oteI.'huris ;anticipating the
majestic slowness of tht •laf'v by doing
pLOmptr .and simple ,justice
"po •siet be alarmed, 1rs.,t�lMontgom-
ery4 you shall Eine :;i. 'snit; all in good
time; the affair will came before the
'house of . peers: they ;will have to con-
firm Rase in her rigliWi but, in the
ineantime,•as they are likely to be most
nobly 'tedious, I prefer to put Rose in
immediate possession, that she may
enjoy her fortune," said the high -smiled
Laura.
"Hem! Well, I am glad the peers will
POWDER MILLS HEROISM.
"I always like to read the heroism of
firemen and policemen, but I think that Vir-
ginia can pride herself on having more heroic
acts aceomplished In a year that any other
state in the union," said Roger Harrlss of
Charlottesville, Va., at the St. Charles. "The
Virginians and Carolinas have 90 per cent. of
the Powder mills in the country and the Du
Pont people furnish government
h. large amountalone o! explosivethe, 'The mia-
ingwit.t,rpcess is n extremely dangerous one
and therea are"amany instances where the
powder has exloded from seemingly no
cause.
”When hundreds of kegs of powder are
piled together In a warehouse the effects of
a nexplosion are too terrible for comprehen-
sion. When we do have a disaster it generally
is an awful one, but hardly a month passes
when the heroism of an emplo'-e does not
save the plants from destruction and the lives
of hundreds of workers. About two months
ago the Du Pont mill near Norfolk caught fire
from the outside and within 100 feet of the
scene of the blaze was a warehouse contain-
ing several tons of giant powder. With
scarcely a thought of the great danger the
workmen secured the fire -fighting apparatus
and quickly got the fire under control.
"When the danger seemed over a sudden
gust of wind blew a number of the blazing
brands directly on the roof of the powder
house. Before the roof could catch afire a
half dozen of the workmen were upon it and
extinguished the blaze with brooms and palls
of water. This, I think, is true heroism."—
Lesson to the Vulgar Herd.
Those vulgar persons who go to the
theatres on street cars have been pro-
perly rebuked by a lady who complains
of 'their unseemly haste in quitting their
seats toward: the end of the last act in
order to rush to the cars. The nice peo-
ple, who come in earridges, according to
this superior lady, can be more leisurely
in filing out. We are glad to see these
hasty ones rebuked, but we tremble for
the theatres lest in their humiliation
they refrain from coming to the shoves
hereafter. As they comprise ,about 99
per cent. of the audiences it would he ra-
ther hard on the theatres, though, of
course, the people remaining—theotr-
riage-comes--would form an audience
as select as small.—St. Louis Globe -
Democrat.
'$5D
The Silk Hat.
Thio rid'ccu.laus rtiwtom ,of vv�eanzing that
silniivtng ttmmel, the sulk lane, twill •aopeace
u,s stupefying to our great-gnaludehildeen
as the custom of putting a. bone 'tlrnota:•mva
the hp or a ring through the aiosts;gs
appears monstrous to us. --Paris Gauiiois•.
Makes a Vivid Comparison.
(Atchison, Kan., Globe.) i.
heavy snows are so rare in Kansas that
sleighs lead almost as secluded an existence
as a married man's dress suit.