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The Herald, 1907-08-30, Page 3r� �E� "Are you sure it is impossible?" asked .Mrs. Bayley, sharply. "Quite sure. I never intend to see 'Colonel Fane again, 7f 1 case help it! Wily did not Sir Frederic warn me be- fore? I don't want to quarrel withCol- onei Carrington, but had I known his eonnection with my husband— "You would have had nothing to do with him, and quite right, , too. Believe me, my dear, you will come round to my opinion, and the opinion of your friends in general. You owe it to yourself to sue for a divorce. .An to poor Sir Frederick, henever thought of mentioning this man's intimacywith your husband, until he was going away; and then he was so full of you that he mentioned it to me;" "There is no harm done at all events, In any direction," said Mrs. Fane, cold- ly; "but I think it will be as well if I let' Colonel Carrington know I am aware of his friendship with my husband, and more, that his intervention will be use- less." "Certainly," returned IVere. Baylileya with. emphasis. "You would be quite right." The day after this conversation was dull and wet; but Carrington was not sorry to spend an hour, perhaps two, in the pleasant, quiet atmosphere of Mrs. Fane's drawing -room, perfumed as it us- ually was by hothouse flowers. To -day a bright fire glowed in the grate, and Mrs. Fane had eatablishbed herself and a piece of high -art needlework on a sofa near it. She was alone. Mies Onslow had some visitors, and Mrs. Bayley was in- demnifying ndemnifying herself for a bad night by a long afternoon sleep. At first the conversation flagged. Mrs. Pane seemed preoccupied. Carrington, who had drawn a low chair near her, wattghed the motion of her deft fingers in silence. "Is it true," she said, suddenly looking up, "that you know my husband?" "It is," he returned. tPo you know him intimately?" 'think I may say 1 do." h have known him since he was in before." dropping her work in her .Lap. o d friendship, then. Perhaps to you of me?" u ilii' not receive a fav- 4f ane?" ng up' aSkein of silk, entangle it. Mrs. Fane's a smile played. over her of :come here,. then, prepar- ke friends with me?" e here," said Carrington, "tat - prepared for—for what awaited x• ta'expression struck Mrs. Fane as pe- Jliar. "You did not expect to find your friend's wife?" "Certainly not. I should never have sought her." "Ahl I understand!" A pause. "Col- onel Carrington, may I ask you a few questions about my husband? A little curiosity on my part is excusable; is it not?" "I may answer any question you would ask," returned Carrington. "Tell me," hesitatingly, "is he well and happy? I mean contented with his life?" "On the whole, I believe he is now. He has had lots of work, and is steady enough. At first be was a little reckless. Of course he is not as young as he used to be." "He is not old," said Mrs, Fane, very thoughtfully. "About my age. I suppose." replied Carrington, looking keenly at her. "Oh!' I imagine he must be younger," returning his gaze calmly, critically.. "I look older than I am," saki Car- rington, smilingly. "Pray excuse me! I do not want to pry into Colonel Fane's life. I do not feel I have any right to do so. Nor am I dis- posed to be harsh or unfriendly towards him; but our position is peculiarly un- fortun{tte and difficult. Nor do I see any way out of it." "That," returned Carrington, speaking emphatically, "depends on the view you take of certain questions. A divorce is by no means impossible." "I strongly object to being dragged through the mire," she said, with some hauteur which became her very well. "May I tell you my story?" he continued. "It is well to know both sides." "I shall feel honored by your confi- dence," said Carrington, with much feel- ing. Mrs. Pane, leaning her elbow on the end of the sofa, and her cheek on her hand, turned slightly towards him, a dreamy, far -away look in her eyes. 'You have probably heard the' out- lines of the history. I was very young, an orphan, rich, ignorant, I fear arro- gant. My aunt, under whose care I was brought up, spoilt me, yet worried me with small restraints and perpetual espionage. She was very pleased to marry me to Mr. Fane; he was a lieu- tenant in the Guards then; especially as he was to be Earl of Milford when his uncle died. As to my own ideas, I can hardly tell what they were. I must be a totally different creature now from what I was then. I liked the notion of being mistress of my own house and free from my aunt's rule. I don't think I cared for Mr. Fane, though I Was rather proud of him. He was not at all good-looking, but tall and distinguo and haughty. I took it for granted that he would love me, for I fancied myself charming. The lawyers squabbled over the settlements, and it was "finally'ar- .ranged that the original Fane estates should be cleared of encumbrances, and handed over to Mr. Fane, and the rest of my fortune settled strictly on myself. Well! We were married! My husband was no indulgent lover; but he was polite and condescending, and tried to teach me good manners. Oh! yes," in reply to a murmur from Carrington, "I. was dreadfully bad. style; loud in dress,, hoydenish, everything I ought not to be. He used to mortify me perpetually. Yet," a soft blush rose in her cheek, a sweet, half -mocking smile parted her lips, "1 belieev I could have loved him if he had not disdained me. Ah! how cruel it was to let two such young creatures as we were rush into certain misery! Clifford—my husband, I mean —was only three -and -twenty, and I was seventeen and a half. How could we bear with each other, untrained, unde- veloped as we were? I imagine the con- trast between myself and the clever, high -bred women of the world he was accustomed to, must have been trying; but he might have had a little patience. "1 am afraid he acted like a brute!" ejaculated Carrington. "No; he was always gentlemanlike! That first year was miserable enough. My aunt took great offence at some trif- ling neglect of which Mr. Fane was guilty, and did her best t against him. lje .insiste [ the cote:dry, so I fans' _ "' tl ed .of,.beteg s began to dislike and his uncle suddenly acknow •,yt�xar vote marriage and a son and he finished the measure of Mr. Fane's ini- quities in my aunt's eyes; she never ceased complaining and fretting about him. But I will not weary you with lips, "I believe I could have loved him and I was very wretched, nor without reason. When one day driving with my aunt, I saw Mr. Fane standing by the door of a carriage, which was waiting at the entrance of a pretty little house fn one of the side streets. He was talk- ing and laughing, as I had never seen him talk and laugh, with a very hand- some, dark -eyed woman. My aunt ex- claimed, and told me she was—oh! a well known actress—adding much that was most painful—perhaps absurd. Then she gave me from time to time unpleas- ant morsels of information as to the past and present. Ultimately, Mr. Fane one evening brought about a crisis. He chose to lecture me because I laughed too Ioud, and made myself remarkable by dancing too often with one of his brother officers; his tone of cold scorn was maddening—all my pent-up indigna- tion overflowed. I had borne a good deal, and now I let myself go. I told him I fully returned his contempt, and with better reason, for whatever my faults might me, I did not, like him, flourish on the fortune of a person I disdained, and repay with faithlessness or ingratitude the benefits frankly and willingly bestowed, winding up by ex- pressing my determination live with him no more." Her es lit her brows ontracted up, ashe delicate She seemed to feel again the fire of that moment's passion. Car- rington gazed at her, entranced by this glimpse of the real woman, which throb- bed with such strong vitality under the softness and languor of her exterior. "Do you know," she . resumed, with a Laugh, and slightly raising her shoulders, "I am still surprised at my own courage• for I was rather afraid of my husband; but the burst of anger, which may have been righteous wrath, carried use over the rubicon. I have never been afraid of anything sine!" She clasped her hands, and, resting them on her knee, went on: "Mr. Pane was greatly astox ished, but intensely indignant He said our marriage had been a fatal mistake; that he would d,o highest to further my wishes for a separation, which was our only chance of tranquility, and so we parted. 1 never sew hila again, ins pride was so hurt that he sold his whole estate and replaced every sou of the money my trustees • had, expended in clearing it. He exchanged into an Indian regiment, as the .least noisy mode of sep- aration, and since then I have not been exactly unlzeppy—indsed, I have enjoyed myself a good deal; but I have always felt a worm of mortification gnawing the fair outside of my existence. My posi- tion was doubtful, difficult, or might have been. These is always a slur on a separated wife, and it is impossible to carry the true version of the cause print- ed on one's sleeve; that those who run niay read! Yet I doubt if I should have been better off had I dragged on with Mr. Fane. Still, I; do not like to think 1 have spoiled his life!' "He ought to have understood you better," said Carrington, huskily, alter a moment's silence: "Perhaps he could not," she returned - "You see there was no love between us to pour its balm upon the bruises we in- flicted on each other. No; the blame lies on those who hurried us into that terrible, indissoluble marriage. But I have been prosy over my early trou- bles." "If you knew the deep interest every syllable you Have uttered possesses," said Carrington, huskily, and stopped short. "You are very good to sympathize with 1 me so kindly," returned Mrs. Fane, look- ing at him with suspiciously moist eyes. "There is my side of the story. I am no angel, nor was my husband a mon- ster; but it has been our misfortune to spoil each other's lives." "By heaven!" exclaimed Carrington,. starting up and pacing once or twice to and fro. "There never was so unfortu- nate a devil as Fane to lose you, and without an effort to save himself!" He resumed his seat, and, pressing his hand upon his brow, .sheltered his face for a moment as if to hide his emotion. Mrs. Fane, greatly touched, looked at him in surprise. What a warm heart must tie hidden under his stern, cold manner! Her' own beat quickly with an emotion more thrilling, delightful, disturbing, than she had ever felt before. "1 don't suppose Colonel Pane takes your iiew of the subject," she said, with a slight smile; "and do not suppose I have any wish for reunion with him. I bear ,him no malice. but I never desire to see him again."' "That is •only natural," returned Car- rington, ar- rin§on, in his usual tete. "Am I dis- creet," he continued, "in'asking how life has gone with ye since—since you and Tian parte Val,,,... mm,. At sur. the whole. ±u� of. plea- of is think tlita," returned Mrs, Vane, grave- ly. "1 /have known Six' Frederic Morton now for nearly two years, and 1 think 1 May say he is only a pleasant friend." i "1 :aril probably lam 'mien a stranger to have ventureu.to speak as 1 did." gt*aintanoel" said Mrs. Pane, turning to hint with 'the frank, sunzry expresszozi, which at times gave such a charm to her faee. "1 never felt youn were quite a stranger, You must have lived a great deal with Colonel Fane, fox you have caught some tones of his voice. Not the most musical intonations," and ,she laughed. Carrington looked sharply at her, then a; smile relaxed his face. "The resem- blance is no recommendation, 1 fear." :"Well, perhaps not, when I remember the occasion on which 1 last heard hire speak." There was a pause. Carrington leant his elbow on his knee; and his brow on his hand. "Yes," he said, at length, "life must have been difficult to you, and it has not been smooth for Fane. He is not an amiable fellow, and makes few friends; he has had little hope, and is, I know, oppressed with a sense of having been guilty of in- justice. Poor and proud, existence has not had too many pleasures for him. Until lately, he had no idea that you were a woman who cared for home or ' "How does he know I am?" asked Mrs, Fane. "He has heard of you, ho has some means of information," said Carrington, brokenly, with confusion. "Mrs. Leslie Morton," announced a waiter, throwing open the door. Car- rington, cursing the interruption in his heart, rose, and with a hasty "Good morning," passed, out, as a portly, hand- somely -dressed lady, al smiles and civil- ity, advanced to greet Mrs. Fane. He walked slowly down the hill from the hotel, and strolled along a little- tfrequented path across some fields, to the beginning of the wooded uplands, in deep thought. "It is a curious position," he roused. "How shall I extricate my- self? I might well say Vane was an un- lucky devil, to lose, to throw away such a woman. And she was inclined to love her husband! Gad! how sweet, and arch, and shy, she looked when she admitted it! If that husband had not been blind- ed and stupefied by an idiotic. entangle- ment, he might have perceived her real value. She is not quite happy. How does she regard that designing scoundrel, Morton?" "She hardly knows herself. She shall never get free to bestow herself' on him; but, would it be right to hold her still to so irksome a marriage, if freedom was really essential to Iter happiness? She shall yet know that Fane can be gener ous. I soinethnes dream there is a. spark of hope in the curious understanding that has sprung up between us. By Heaven, if 1 could believe that, I would forge the fetters again so strongly, tha would never even wish to break oldness and caution may carry but there is no time to b pssess:sny-siskeswbetr=aha ,•womnan sprained her an doctor must not let her move ft a fortnight to come. A fortnight! It will be sharp work, deucedly sharp; but nothing venture, nothing have." He quickened his pace, and with brows still knit in active thought, and the air of a man who had taken his resolution, stepped out for a. long round through the neighboring fields and thickets, that he might, unmolested, mature his plans. Mrs. Bayley was quite elated to find her bold conjecture confirmed when Mrs. Fane told her the result of her interview with Carrington. "I hope you gave him his dismissal, my dear 1" she ex- claimed. "and showed a proper degree of indignation at his sneaking round us to pick up information. In my opinion he is a very doubtful character. Sir Frederic cannot make out who he 1.9.”"I do not see why I should be angry with Colonel Carrington for wishing to reconcile me to my husband!" said Mrs. Fane. "Most people would consider it a meritorious atteanpt. He cannot know its helplessness; and as to dismissing him—he is not in my service—he pays his own hotel bills, and can do as he chooses." "At any rate, I hope you will not be eo weak as to let him influence you in favor of that husband of yours` I am surec;tories." my, nephew, who was in the same station with him, could tell you such "Which you are dying to tell me, and which I do not want to hear," said Mrs. Fane, laughing. "I don't like ugly stor- ies, and I assure you, 1 never felt more averse to reunion with Colonel Pane than I do now." "I a mglad to hear it," returned Mrs. Bayley, shortly. The lively widow fancied that time hung very heavily on her hands, and de - (demi that nothing made the days pass so pleasantly as crewel work. She was, therefore, obliged to trouble that clever, artistic creature, Sir Frederic Morton, to send her some patterns, wools, etc,, which compelled a brisk correspondence; twice, indeed, Morton wrote to Mrs. Fane her- self, and declared his intention of com- ing north to escort her and the invalid to London. COW TESTING ASSOCIATIONS. Dominion Department of Agriculture,. Branch of the Dairy and Cold Store age Commissioner. The interest taken. by the dairy farm- ers in the work of the cow.testing as -1 sociation organized byythe branch of the! Dairy and Cold Storage Commissioner,. Ottawa, is steadily increashrg.,Evider;Ga of this is seen in two or three ways. 'dhe:E milk record sheets being tabulated daily i show a larger number of cows whose ! Milk is being weighed and sampled six times a month, and better still, there Is 1 an increase in the yield. That is to! say, that the second and third tests in 1 the various. localities show a marked 1 improvement on the first. This will! have been noticed in the summaries of the tests published from time to time.The Dominion officials are ;doing valuable ` educational work on their rounds, for the custom is increasing of farmers drop- 1 ping in while the testing is in progress to i ask many questions about the test, the work of the associations;, improving herds, feeding, churning at home, and in fact •on every :phase of dairy work. The importance of succulent feed is well illustrated by the yield of a herd in; the St. Prosper, Que. Association. On June 5th the yield of 11 cows was 286 lbs. of milk; they had been on dry feed and pastures were backward. At a mod- erate estimate that herd could easily have given 1,200 lbs. more milk during the month, if succulent feed had been available. What applies here applies to hundreds of other herds. There would be an enormous increase in the general flow of milk and a vast improvement in our dairy herds if provision were made for green or soiling crops, ensilage and succulent feed generally to tide over backward seasons and dry hot spells. Have you built a .silo yet? There is stili time this season. Feeding ensilage al- most invariably means malting . more money from the same number of cows. c . ® C. P. W. BABY'S HOLD D14 LIFE. Baby's Own Tablets cost 25 cents a box. A box bought now may save your, baby's life. Summer complaints come often without warning, and thousands of little ones die from them every summer. If children's stomach and bowels are kept in order these is little danger of these troubles, and that is just what Baby's Own Tablets do. They are good - for the new born baby or the well grown: child' and they are absolutely safe. G' your child an oecasional dose of and you will keep it well. If yo !not got a box of Tablets in at i now, send for them at once, and. feel that your little ones Wm. Parrott, Myrtle, Ont., little boy suffered greatly 1 I t'-cried•=•almost coatinnrtusly.. - of the Tablets cured him, the Tablets occasionally toa trouble returning." Sold by'*•* dealers or by mail at 25 cent from The Dr. Williams' Med, ,out, Brockville, Ont. 'so ray TO MARE THE P'AI1.M HOME AATTRA rms. Pile wood neatly. •. Keep the barn clean and neat. Keep walks and porches swept clean. Clean up or fill up small, dirty ponds. Burn as much of the garbage as possible. See that fences are mended and painted. Keep the grass around the house in good condition. Cover the old rain barrel with a piece of cheese cloth to keep the insects out. Rake off all the rubbish, pick up the papers and dispose of all waste matter. Keep the house in good condition. See that thq roof is mended and the house painted. Put screens fn neatly and see that the screen doors have locks that are in order. Don't keep garbage or wet material in wooden barrels, because the wood becomes soaked end can't be cleaned. Don't empty dishwater right outside the kitchen door. It makes a wet, slimy place, which is often the source of disease. Be sure that the fence around the chicken yard is in good shape, so that the chickens won't get into the flower garden. Dig a deep pit and put all the old tin cans, broken bottles, broken china and rusty 1 ,pans and kettles into it. Covar with earth. Prune the trees and don't leave the branch- es lying under them. Either take them away or use them for a hedge for sweep ' peas. Do not have too many trees right around � the house. A farmhouse should be very healthy, but it is often quite the opposite; and we find the rooms damp and the roof and foundation often covered with moss.— Mary F. Bausch, in Kimball's Dairy Farm. The effect of malaria Lasts a long time. You catch cold easily or become run- down because of the after effects of malaria. Strengthen yourself with Scott's Emulsion. It builds new blood and tones up your nervous system. yALL DRUGGISTS, 800, AND $1.00. 0000000000001 ' -41 eppinoue neve eu�lr4laxried an ol!d / e. "It -has boon I2L.Cr tion for such a woman as yos, Carrington, his brows knitting as he looked keenly at her. "It has its worries," Sae said, coloring at the meaning she well understood, and, with a. frank laugh, added "it would amuse you if you knew the tremendous declara- tions that have been made to me by all sorts and conditions of men. The amount of sage advice I have re- ceived as to the best way of setting myself free—of revenging myself on that heartless villain, my husband! At first I believed every man to be in earnest} and used to be frightfully troubled about, the pain I inflicted; but gradually I per- ceived how largely the love offered to me was compoundedof vanity, selfish. nese, and greed. There were one or two exceptions, of course"—more gravely 'but when 1 found myself deserted, and, in a sense, repudiated, I resolved never to bring the shadow of disgrace on the name 1 bore—never to give my husband the right to say, 'This woman is the commonplace, low -toned creature I thought.'" "Then you never held any communica. tion with Fane since?" "Yes," coloring quickly, and looking down. "Once word came to us that he had been dangerously wounded in some obscure fighting on the northwest fron- tier, and was about to come home in had health. I wrote, offering to nurse hire. In truth I feared that he had deprived himself of the means necessary to make ill -health bearable, and that I might be useful financially. However" with a slight gesture of resignation—"I was not accepted. He wrote 'a civil letter of thanks declining my offer, and stating that he was better, and entertained no idea of returning to England! I ean't tell you how infinitely ashamed I felt of having tried to fordo myself upon him. That finished everything."" Carrington muttered something ticulate between his teeth, and then re- mained silent for a moment. "You are. a wonderful woman," he said, at length, "to have so little bitterness against the man who has ruined your life," "We are, I fear, tolerably equal in the matter of blame," she replied. "The man has the best of it, though! Do you know, when I found out who you were, my first thought was to ascertain if there was any eaanee of smoothing matters between you and Pane? Morton I confess puzzled me! I could not quite make out your relations;" "You understand now?" with a calmly superior smile. "I understand more than you think— more than Morton does." "How do you mean?" "He wants to be more than roraat friend; he is playing a deep game." bll "JC don't think you have any right to 000 (To he cant nued.1 Ahead in Automobiles, Too. 'America now leads the world in the manufacture, sale and use of automo- biles. This is the declaration of a French expert who hes been keeping a record of the automobile business. Five years ago the United States built only 814 automo- biles of all classes, while at the same time France built 23,711 machines. Last year the prodction in the United States we* 60,000, in France 65,000, in England 28,000, in Germany 22,000, in Italy 10,000 and Belghum 12,000. In nine years in the pountries. named there have been manu- factured, cold and used 650,000 libitumw representing more than $1,000,00*- of mane),- Savannah, Oa., News. • An Ordinary Tie -Up. Miss Edith McGorre,y, of Cleveland, O., who is tc be married on June 18 to Ed- ward H. Schv'ab, brother of Charles M. Schwab, the steel magnate, has demo- cratic tastes, and deplores the statement that she is to get $2,000,000 as a wed- ding present, and says she doesn't care about the money, because she desires a wedding and a married life day •id of dis- play and notoriety. "We aren't going to get the world on fire or azzyehing else like that," said. Miss McGorray. "We're dust going to get married and settle own like everybody else who gets mar- ried. That's all.1° • 11( �I