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The Blyth Standard, 1903-01-15, Page 31447tbr 740 rv • • "Take caro of yourself, my child," ice, esus will you tell ate what to he says, fondly, as, having packed hor Into the pully -carriage and giv- en the reins into her hands, he holds her angora for a second in his warm olaep, and, with lover -like ebnels- toncy, is almostangry with her for going out without him. ' Wou'id you like me to come, dear?" She tures a taoe to him dimpling with smiles. o "No; you sent me out by myself, and I mean to go alone." 1 "Very well ; but be very careful In turning corners and going in at gates." "Only one gate," laughs Glpey; "only your mother'e, by myself." She gathers up the reins, and the pontes—her husband's present—trot swiftly under the archway and down the avenue. Lady Dermot, ensconced In the dower -house of Drumttneen, with all the epolle from Drumaneen t`ae• tie gathered around her, is a little eurprleed when the door is opened and her daughter -in -haw shown it. "Where Is Maurice?" ehe ask'r, holding op a languid cheek for a salute from Gipsy's ripe -rod lips. "At home! And you have actually come over by you/well I am glad, my dear, you are getting a little Manse." "I came to pleaee Maurice," (tipsy answers; and then It suddenly dawns upon her that the remark, though true, was not exactly the correct one to make. Very frankly the tlrl rallies her brown eyes to Lady root's face. ' "Ment Katherine, I want to bo like other people, to please Maur - CAUSE FOR ALARM When You Grow Weak and You Cheeks Lose Their Colo Thle Meads Anaemia, and it' N - leete d Consumption May Follow- Ili•. Williams' Pink Pills the Only Certain (lute, 410? Aunt Katherine smiles faintly. "Mus you lee do terribly to oaru- oet, Gipsy? Can you 1101 speak with, out colorjjng all over, end that Bort of thing'?" "1, don't know," tipsy 0:t.y4, sadly. "Maurice said you would help me." "So I will, my dear," with a com- placent smile at the thought of Maurice founding hie wife to her. "Ido has found out his mistake' she thinks, looking at the young taco op- posite to hey, grown more beautiful than ever now, with those wonderful eyes fixing Laxly Dertnot's glance. "It be a pity Maurlco ever married you," to all the eeneolulioa the young wife gets. "I know It would never answer ; you are utterly uneutted." Gipsy's eyes blaze with intttguatlon am she tetras to answer this ureal re- mark. "1 am sorry I camp here," she says, unsteadily ; and then, with shaking lige, "Muertco would never Anaemia, or poor or watery blood, is a trouble from whlelt most growing girls, and mune' young boys suffer. It comes at a critical period of the young per- son's life, and, unleee prompt (tops aro taken to enrich the blood end thusetrengtheu the system, de- cline, and most likely eonsutnptioa, will follow. Dr. Williams' Pink Pills la the only medlcine that actor di- rectly upon .the blood and the ' nerves, promptly restoring tho ail- ing one to complete health and strength. The following statement from Mrs- Lena M. Ryan, of Wel- land, whose daughter was a victim Of anaemia, gives tbo etrongeet proof of the value of these pills. 4Mrr. Ryan *aye: "About three years ago the health of my daughter, Birdie, became so bad that I was seriously alarmed. She was pale and almost bloodless; had no ap- petite. lost flesh and suffered from severe headaches. I took her to a doctor, and although his treat - meat was followed for Nome time, it did not benefit her. I then tried sono other remedies, but these also failed, and ehe had tvasted away to a mere shadow of her former dolt. At this stage I was advised to give her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills and sho began this treatment. Al- most from the outset these pills helped her, and as she continued. their use, the color came back to her cheeks, her appetite improved, the headaches ceased to trouble her, and by the time she had taken eight bore* she felt stronger and better than she had ever done In her life before. I think Dr. Wd- Ilams' Pink Pills are unsurpassed for all ailments of tide kind, and strongly recommend then to other moahere," Dr, Williams' Pink Pille not only cure all oases like the above, but also curo all other troubles aris- ing from poor blood or weak nerves, such as rheumatism, partial pnr- alyels, St. Vitus' dance, indiges- tion, kidney and liter troubles, scrofula and eruptions of the skin, etc. These pills are also a direct cure for the ailments from width so many women suffer In silence, Give the pi Is a fair trial and they will not disappoint you. The gen- uine aro solei only In boxes that hose the full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale Peoplis" on the wrapper around every box. If your dealer does not have them, send direct to Dr. WUliama' Medicine Co. Brockville, Ont., and the pills will bo sent post paid nt 111G ciente a box, or els boles for $1.1)0. The floor to Bang open, and Mre. Bryan entero, In a second 11(0 keen old lady takes in the whole scene—Gipsy's orim- sou dteeke and tearful eyes, and Lady Dermot lying back, htnguldly sarcastic. Tito scene gives her infin- ite pleasure; but mho has ecarcely time to enjoy It when Ut)ey darts past hor area out of the door. "My dear, what 'ills the child 1" cries Mrs. Bryan. The Dowager I,ady Dermot be MOM to the occasion. "A lovers' quarrel between the bride and bridegroom, and the poor little thing came to mo to set It right." Lady Dermot knows pertectly well that this voluntary confidence of here, HO frankly given and with well an air of truth, will e'.factu• ally throw dust in Nine Bryan's eyes—nt least she thtnke so. The old lady chuckles, but is incredulous all the time. Lady Dermot remarks that she le sure there is going to bo a thunderstorm and site hopes dear Gipsy lute plenty of wraps; and then, after this prelude, the two ladles settle down to their al• ternoon tea, served In old Crown Derby cups, part of the Drumanedn Caetlo collection, 111111 a regular good talk about thelr neighbors. you home ; it le Net In my way." She! u lace rtoogutztet Mee. iotas, who 1 was 90 ruccesrfully blaok•balled for Gipsy, with sweet, tender eyes, the teams ohuU It suo.t time ago. takes the poor, titin hands 11) ber own Mre. Vivito' hesitates; rue is wet warns, young clasp. through and slliverdlg in the down- 1 "Macy I come and ecu you again ?" pour, 01141 the pule, frightened face she asks, s.tnply. "1 should like to." turned on her deliverer soaks miler-- For answer Mrs. Vivian bursts into nide 10 It lie ex trine. She is also enough• weak, hysterical tears. Leg terribly, and Gipsy's heart le fol "Olt, if you would !" she sobs. 'You of pity. can't lmagfne 11)40 lonely 1 tun day "0o come,' she perelete; and, with utter day, se ill and miserable, and a nlul'l1mre1 "tisane you,' AN. Vltlan death coming nearer every hour 1" etc tete the pony 6 h out' carriage."1 wllcome,"ace," prohulsrn feel. fe• "1t to so Med of you." I Ing ready to cry herself. "1 will come "Oli, not at a11. 1 0111 drive as feet very soon." um possible, for 1 am sure you are very wet," Gipsy says, turulnl; her I Sir M((iurloo cornea out Into the hall owe bright face to tate pahld one at 1 when 1)e hears the carriage. -wheels, her ride. (tipsy scene quite bright after her And at dile moment the Urimehaw drive, and, in answer to his solicitous wugoaotte, one, mase of dripp.ng um• itnpilrit e, ole tells him oho le 1101 a breha4, drlvee Aust. bit wet. "Lady Dermot driving with that "And where d0 you think I have 11rs. Mylan, 11t her own pony -cut'- been, Maurine?" ridge! How awful l" "I can't tell, darling"—leading her Tiley would have left Mrs. Vivian . Into the drewleg-room by the hand, Ue poems on the roadside rather , "At my mother's?" than give her a meat in their car- I "1 was there, too"—with sudden rage. Were/tend about the good Hamar- star had attacked her levee, Mies tan now." Flackman sa•eamtd with terror, call- ing loudly for help. John Skillings urged him horse mpeedlly forward, thrusting oat Ills hand with the In- tentioi of seizing the reins near the load of the struggling animal. An- other long bucker darted upward and faeten(.d itself on one of the rhtge of sho bridle b11 10 perhaps against the 1000 of the horse. +'An octopus, a devil fish," shout- ed a dozen voices, as thexle On horseback crowded to the !emcee of their companion. Miss Fla:knttt proves to bo at home in the sad - (110, or she would have been thrown from the back of the frenzied horse, She drew herself up into the sad- dle and called to ono of her friends to cone and take her on his horse. The horses scented danger, and though the boys were lashing them with fury 111d driving their spurs into their fbwke they refused to approach their struggling comrade. Only a few seconde ihad passed elite° the attack Wad made, but the water teas charnel to foam and colored CIiAPVII :CSI. 'There Is going to bo limiter or rain; the sky Is growing dark, and the clouds aro coming up thicker and tldekor. (tipsy whips up her ponies and hurries on, ller face atilt burns at the recollection of Lady Dormers wows, trod she le unhappy, angry sand miserable, feeling that she ought not to tell Mau,ice, and yet longing to do so alt the while. 1e she unsuited 11) him ? Site recalls all hie fond tenderness, hie devalue, lits perfect happ,ness with her. Never even for a mewed has he shown that he was anything but pleased with lits Mince, And dose ehe not live for him? Has not this very drive be011 taken at his wtslt, to Ovalle him ? "Would you wish your cloak on, my lady ?" Tito interruption comes from the groom, who 1s thinking that he wall be drenahod to the skin presently. And down the rain comes as from a shower bath. sudden, coil and in 110i, r and heavier, and to one minute the whole sky eeeme severed wah a dark, portentous pall. The ponies put down their tteuda In mute pro. Leet, 11,41 the rain beans In Olpey'a face so that Nile can hardly sec. A carriage crams rumbling by. Mre. 111118e it 11,1 Flora are com.ortat,ly seated in it ; but Gipsy leas hardly time to no.ico them, 1,N the peeled are frightentee oy the storm, and 11 takes all her strength to 11014.1 them in. Tea roads aro a 0tle4(1 of water in a few minutes, muddy torrente racing in all utrc done. The ominous mutterings and rumoitngs In tate dletatoo prow al.iim the fury of tho tap000aohinl2; thnnderotprm; but Gipsy Is not afrald of thunder. ehe laughs as the rain dashes In her face lord reduces her hat and feathers to a species of pulp. The ponies are pulled up suddenly ; the groom, perched up behind, and holding the umbrella eo that it covers himself far more than his mistress, peeps round the shelter, and sees a tripping figure leaning against the bn nk and looking wildly about her. "Go end ask that lady to allow me to drive her home; Gipsy says over her shoulder. "Yea, my lady," replies the faithful John, with an tuward groan, and pre- pares to lot the rain do Its worst. Walking across the road, he delivers , the message. "You will be drenched," Gloms nays, guiding her ponies up b0xide the Ile(Ige. "Please lot m° take. gravity at the recollection of the in- with blood that toes strramin ploy Sir Maurice, It will be tervlew with her mother-in-law. And g dreadful for him. Weil, I always she. tulle SIC Mau'too (d the meeting' from the uosn and mouth of the thought there sus something strange with Mrs. Vivian, and draws a ser- horse. It 1(01041 ae 11 a dozen long, slimy reptiles were fastened ebamt WNW 1(1 Itis wife. Wlty, it is oiegraoetul rowful teeter° of tlto lonely Ilfe of even to look at such a person 1" the outcast of society. `'('reaneng oat these remarks to Sir Maurice Dermot looks grave. 101 other, the Orimehaw family ' "It was kind and nice of you, Gipsy, drive on, the rain thundering down to drive her home ; but I am sorry 0n their umbrellas. The Blokes hike- you went 11110 her house." 0010 are much exercised in their "Why ?" sho asks, with such trust - minds. r lag, hntooeut ey(ts that he feels ho "Do you eye Mrs. Vivian, leaning hardly knows what to say. against the bank and oougling ?" "Yes, poor thing 1" murmurs Flora. "She looks dying." Mrs. Blake, who has reached home warm and dry, feels a hall-twhtge of remorse tthe recollection of Mra I m a \151x1) drenched through and shaking with cold a mile from her home. "1 nm almost sorry I did not giro her a lift," she soya, uneaslly ; "but I was air^:std elle might have forces). leer acquaintance on us afterward, and 0110 must bo particular in n neighbor- hood like this. Tho beaut(".I Flora laughs. "1t Is In lye was not with Ila; elle tv 1 a:., o insisted on your delving hi. eeme, mamma." "Yes, Indeed 1" But all the evening Mrs. Illake can- not get Mrs. Vivian's hollow uhoeks and sad eyes cul q1 her mind, as she stood In the torrents of rain, looking so piteously at tate narrlago rolling by. Mean wh'le, Gipsy, unconscious that Kite hne tranegreeeed the rules of eoclety almost past forgiveness, drives along swiftly 111 the rain to- ward Laurel Lodge, where Mrs. Vivian lives. As ehe pulls up at the hall door, the thunder seems 10 break right over their heads In one loud crash. ('Ito ponies pluege and rear the groom runs rotted to their Leede and bttolde them tightly. Mrs. Vivian turtle to Gipsy, and the red color flushes her thin cheeks, " Please come in till the rat t is over ; 1t is not really ante to drive in such a storm, and the carriage can go round to the stable." (11pey agrees readily to the pro - 'e'en!, regardless what the world will think. And, 011, if some of her ac- quatntan0ee could see her sitting lit Mrs. Vivian's drawl Ig -room before a comfortable flee, In.Jsttig on Dirs. Vivian's changing her wet tillage at once, and leaving Iter with u book 1 And then, later on, could they have soon the two ladles with a dainty tea -table bctweeu them, and Gipsy with her hat off, it having gone to bo dried; and Iter short curie all wot with the rain, sippi 'g her tea and talking to tele dreadful Mrs. Vivian, wlto Indeed looks we if eh had urarli• done with everything to this world ! "I am afraid you aro ill,' says, pttingly, looking at tit 1 trans- parent hands end the thin ft 10 that even to her tuesperiencrd et'.0 ((111 to have death written 0n them. " Yee, I have been 111 a long Ville,' Mrs. Vlvlan anxtvore, sndlr, herbright, feverish eyes looking into Gipsy's face, " 1 know I nm Ii a consumption, though the doctor does not Ike to `elf me" ; and, smiling pl.ifull-r, site welds, "He docs not know stow glad 1 nm to bo 111." " 1 am very sorry," Gipsy whispers, a great pity shining 1n her 01511 Dyes. " No, do not be sorry ; you would noti if you knew all," site snyx, look - Ing up for a second time at 10 ph010- graph on iho chimney -piece --aa pho- tograph of a fat, chubby, laughing baby. Olpey's glance totllowe her. "What a dear little child !" "Yes, he was," whispered Mrs. Viv- ien ; and, then, Glpsy kllewe 110 i0 dead. The rain has cleared, and the pony - carriage le at the door again. Gipsy gets up to go, and holds out her hand. Mrs. Vivian half extend( hers, then draws It back, while a swift, painful blush rushee to her forehead. "Lady Dermot, bit 1)t( thank yon," she says, falteringly, "Sou know who I atm. Other ladles passed me be' 1.0- day, o-(ley, and you took m'o In. 1 think I Sanely, Gipsy, you have heard all the matelot about this Mrs. Vivlan'e suckers, and emitting an Inky ('laid running away from her husband and that colored the waters of the sea. everything? And nobody knows her Itevolvere and guns were quickly now ; so, dear, I don't want you to brought into action, and the boys take her up, or anything of that rained lead into the quiver:,ng mass kind ; and you need never see her of living devilry, which seemed to again," he winds up, triumphantly. have no further effect than to in - "Maurice, I promised to go again," cream! Its rage and cause It to sho says, lit a very Idw votoe, and lash the sen with soma of Its arms, while eithere were fastened upon the struggling horse. Finding that he could not force his horse close enough to be of service to Mime Flackman, George Judy, a valiant young rancher drew hie pock- etknife and plunged into the men. Seizing the Imperilled girl about the waist, ho (crew Iter on Ids shoulders and wail In tae act of bearing her away when the floundering horse turned his head around, dragging the octopus so near that it lashed against bile body and Ssalle('d him to stumble. Ilegaining an attitude of defence, he found that nn arm of the persistent devil firth was fast- ened shout the screaming girl's an- kle. His knife happened to be a good one, and a single fureefel blow sufficed to mover the repulsive mem- ber of the monster's body. Other arms, vibrating with rage like the tongues of mad reptiles, shot above the convulsed waves, and In the millet of them appeared the head and groat eyes of horror within a few feet of iho rescuer's face. One can hardly imagine a man In a morn frightful or perilous position. A11 tho horrors of a battlo and dtnth be- neath the waves as the devil fish slid along tho bottom, with Its vic- tim In ire grasp, toward spino cav- ern flashed across the brawn young utnn's mind, and ho determined to make a heroic struggle to nave himself and the girl on his shouldore. Ills blade flashed, and at every stroke n tentacle fell, severed, upon the foaming sea. The monster Built irm(vl and inched the water, ap- putrently little affected by tate lose of several of Its terrible woapone. When the boat reached the heroic young man's tilde, he was almost ready to fall from exhaustion. The 111)1-140 shook the etiekcr5 leoee from him nose, and, as MINS Ilaek- Inn11 and her 'valiant rescuer were resisted into tbo boat, they saw the fragments of tho ootopue still qubv- erieg with combativeness, slowly sinking about tho hideous head and body. the head of the furious animal. The boys PO tile boat pushed the bony of their little craft 01000 to the devil fish, and one of them began to strike It with an oar, while an- other made battle with a boat- hook. The enraged monster sud- denly rose to the s1); face, 14111ead- ing out a tangled mase of long with lowered eyes, "You pr(tmiswl? My darling, how be It you always manage to do the wrong thing?" odes Sir efaurlcq, more nearly angry with her than he line ever been in his life. Gipsy raises two great, sorrowful eyes to tote. "How clot I know what is right; when right seems wrong ?" she asks passionately. "1t seemed no harm to drive poor Mrs. Vivian home. Mrs. Blake and everybody else left her on the roadside. Olt, Maurice, I never thought you would be angry 1" "I am not angry," he answers, looking at bla wife, and thinking that this little fit of passion Is very be- coming. "My dearest, don't cry 1" For Gipsy's angor has ended In "a bust of tears, and ber husband's arms are round her, "Don't cry, wife darling—don 1, for my sake I" lin goes 00, soothing her with every loving epithet in lila vo• cabutary. tedlug her she may go to Mrs. Vivian whenever ehe, pleases, may do anything she nett, if only she will not sob so pitiably and snake him unhappy. Gipsy flo,;s not tell him the real cause of tier tears. The sting of the Dowager Lady Dermot's words is too deep to be lightly forgotten. e • 0 e 4 A dinner party and a hall are to bo given at Drurnaneon C'netle. The Dowager Lady Dermot hen settled 1t nil with Sir Maurice, and has given lam a good lecture into the bargain on Gipsy'm indieeeetton In going to Laurel Lodge. (1b be Continued.) CONFLICT WITH A DEVIL FISH. • Tem Gin alhrilling Adventure. (Chicago Tribune.) Panto young people of Corwin Christi on the kilt resod of Texas hart a narrow ewer, front a liert'11110 death recently. A email Island item about two miles off the coast nrul at low tide It can be reached by wading or on horseback. The island lx 11 beautiful spot and touch Nought by tourists and plenic parties. The party in queetI0l had spent the day on the island. ,Nies Fanny Flackman excitnnged her meat lit the batt for the pony of one of the young mete \Sld'e they were xlowly yxtraeyht back hilar Fbeckman's horse suddenly throw up iris head, elatggcring and enortin1• as if frightened and hurt. The young woman Jerked the reins and etruek the animal a sharp blow with her whip. Jia made a power- ful lunge forward, bellowing like a wild nmetang, and as ho made an attempt to rear up for another plunge, two long, snaky loolen11 arms shot tett of the water by the side of his ho d. ,Realizing that some mon- Modern l'en(•lupen. During the war in the Transvaal several Doer women living near Johannesburg heard from time to time that their husbands had been killed by the British, and, after mourning for them the specified lime, they all married again. No mows. was peace concluded, however, than most of the husbands who were supposed to be (lend re- turned to their homes and speedily) convinced their former wives ,eat they were not ghosts, but living men. The warren were then in a queer predicament, for each had two husbands, and neither wan Inclined to surrender any of his rights in fa- vor of the other. No similar cases have ever before occurred in South Africa, and 1t 1e expected that some sensational stor- hee will be told when the matter Is brought into court. Paralysis and Locomotor Ataxia. The Dreadful Results of Neglected Nervous Diseases- Dr. Chase's Nerve Food Prevents and Chen Paralysis by Restoring tho Wasted and Depleted Nerve Cells. To underetend eiralysis and its I causes it is wtelt to remember that 1 every movement of the body or ids 1 members is due to the contraction of muscle, which can oily take place under the tntieence of nerve force. As this all-important nerve force Lsdreated In the nerve centres of the Grail' and spinal cord, and conducted along wiri Ike nerve fibres to the verioue parts of the body, any de- rn!ngement of the brain, eltmal cord, or terve fibres may result in porn- lysle or lose of the power of move- 1 most. ' Puralyda than, to tete natural re- sult of all neglected nervous dim - 6e5. u you find yourself nervous and Irritable, over-sersilivc to light, sound, and motion, end.cted to con- tinual movement or tapping of the finges•x, twitching of the muscles, sud- den (nartmgs .aid Irk figs of the limb(( datbtg sleep; 11 you have her - volts house0b10s or dympep'in, are ucuthlee to deep 1)r test, el dowu- heart(41 111 cl:courag.'sI, reami 11,11 to fight the battles of life; if ;four nerves are weak ane eeletested, ❑n.l your blood thin Dal wakes, pet 111101) every reason to fear pai'10 of at leant some part of the body, and consequent suffering and help- lesese, Paneralysis can always be prevented and partial parnlys:* actually cured by the timely dee of Dr. Chase'm Neeve P110 . The t`Ihe• to begin treatment is when any of the aLove mentioned symptoms become tipper - mi. These axe indications of a degen- eration of the nerve cells, 1)1)41 when terve force becomes exhaueted psar- 1 171110 114 1011 10 follow. D:. (lhase'e Nerve Food acts on the system in an entirely different way to ordinary medicines. It Is met her a o11nal;11 to whip tired 1140004 to renewed activity, nor a n creole, nor opiate, to (tendon the le tie the euatrery it is a food wi1ieit forms row, red cor- pulence in the blood, end creates new 10121' oils. Every dey It ie bringing back health, strength and vitality to mores and ho ilrede who have become discouraged through the fnt'ure of (lectors and other tarifa els to cure them. 110 erne.) n brat, :'I all dealers, or Edtuansou, 1latee & Cu., Toronto. ,