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The Herald, 1907-01-11, Page 340 CC CCCOC 0 IA CCCOCCCO 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 0 6040440'°C Rapid changes of temperature are hard on the toughest constitution. The conductor passing from the heated inside of a trolley car to the icy temperature of the platform—the canvasser spending an hour or so in a heated building and then walking against a biting wind—know the difficulty of avoiding cold. SCOT! g9,.b' Em'alsion sfrengthens the body so that it can better withstand the danger of cold from changes of temi'petaturc0 It will help you to avoid taking cold.. ALL DRUGGISTS; 6Oc. AND $1.00. ll00 61140§3w "` 013 004044 ego 000 :eke. 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.) .r, w 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.