The Blyth Standard, 1903-03-12, Page 3GIPSY'S_1ARRIA6E
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"A coffee thee:" roars Algy, laugh.
ling imnedurntcly. "Why, doY ou re.
piomber, when there was a coffee
dbop, tool Jim Lefroy said he'd drive
a coach -not -four through the whole
concern, became, the, p, 1'110n was
preaching at hila--"
no stops suddenly as he notices tote I
look in his sister's face—the hurt,
woimtfed look that Pontos into her
eyes, Not worn does she speak,
but she temde her head over Mr. [Cur's
letter, though she cannot see it for
the nab of scalding tears,
"~ CHAPTER XXVIII, ,
The turretroom of brunet neve Cas-
tle is au ideal rouiu of Its kind, with
t
panelled wells dark from age, say the
Dermot;, and helped by art, say the
;Titles who have no turrets to boast
of. All tho same whether the na-
tural softening hand of time or the
cunning hand of man line darkened
walls, the little room In the tower
Is a very charming old room Indeed,
speaking of long ago, of the days
when mailed knights rodo out under
the lvycrowned archway beneath,
or clanked up the winding stone Stair-
case to sup lu this very room, and
make lone to sweet and gentle maid-
ens of "ye olden time."
Sir Maurice Dermot can recite
many a tale of the old days, many
a 'stirring chronicle of the Dermots
who lived centuries ago ; and on a
dark night, when the wind Is Whis-
pering in the ley, one may well fancy
ono stn hear the ring of malted
booty clanking up the stalemate or
the rustle of silken gowns.
Gipsy often site in the deep, tiny
window, looking down at hoary arch-
way and the wide gravel sweep, at
the terraced garden beyond, with Its
formal walks and quaint yew trees,
and thinks to herself bow many and
many a Lady Dermot met have
walked in that very garden, have
lived, and local, and died, and been
forgotten.
But today she is not thinking of
the cls time; her thoughts ere with
the present, with peor Sibyl, who sits,
pole and sad, looking drearily Into
the !taping flames of the oak fire.
Tho pretty tiled grate has certainly
not seen very many yeare. Lady
Dermot, senior, modernized the oki
fireplace when she transferred some
of tho old Chippendtlo chairs up to
the turret room—and loud work it
was coaxing them up the winding
el:irs.
On the dark, polished flour repose
welfskins and deerskins, and every-
thing looks as old as poselble; even
the tiny blue -and -white teacups on
the round table beside Gipsy may
halo done duty In the olden time.
And the present mletress of the
turret -room does not look out of
place herself, with cropped head and
quaintly beautiful face. A handsome
collie lies In front of the fire,-•alurt
and watchful. Gipsy's own favorite
terrier obtains a distant view of a
eat from a window so small and nar-
row that the Ivy leaves overlap It ;
Ikendie's sharp eyes can Seo ,pussy
TAKE A MOTHER'S WoltD.
Thousands of mothers in all parte
of pantos have written to say
that Baby's Own Tablets aro the
teat medicine they Iutve over used
for the euro of the little ills that
afflict all children. It is impossible
to pnthlisb aJl these letters, for
they would more than fill a newer
leoPele it the following extracts
tr're a fair eamplr of what all moth,
ere nay about thus medicine;
Mea. J. Hopktus, Tolermory,
Ont.—"The Taiblete are a blessing to
Moth mother and child.'
Mrs. John Debbie, St. Andrew's
Kest, Quo.—"I oonsttler it m,v duty
to recommend Baby's Own Tablets
txi all my friends who Miro chlld-
ran „
Mrs, A. Burns, Minitonas, Meit,—
'1 have found Iltthy'ea Own Tablota
do all you claim for them."
Mrs. Is. .1. Como, Now Brandon,
' . B.—"The Tablets are Jost the
ltd 18g for children; they make diem
well, cheerful ami happy"
Mrs(. 11. H. 'Otte, Aehnolt, B. C.
—"I have found the Tablets a most
rrat1€taetory medicine for child-
ron. I always keep them in the
hoarse."
ltrs. A. W. Higgins,. North River,
N. 13.—"1 Cannot praise the Tablets
too mach. They aro the Beet med-
Coins for children I have ever
used"
Yon oast take the woods of thleee
mothers with every confidence, and
`nos have a positive guarantee that
the Tablet, contain no opiate or
harmful drug. No other medicine
givens a similar guarantee. Sold by
dniargists or sent by mall at 2.5
owing a box by writing direct to
the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brook.
t dile) Ont.
lcleurely promenading among the HIP -
poi yew tiros. The stele in too "'rich
for hie feelings, co, with a sueeoa-
elon of barks, lie makos for the dour
and vanishes headlong down the
statrease.
Sibyl starts up hurriedly.
"Oh, Gipsy, if it should bo your
husband 1"
"tNo" replied Gipsy, crimson and
unhappy at this concealment trete
Maurice; "lin won't be horns, Lill
quite late tide evening."
Sibyl site down again and continues
hor weary gaze into the fire, and
thinks only of Paul Bryan.
" And so ho has gone away," elle
eays resently—"(roue away ; and you
do not know when he le coming hack,
or whither he has gond?'
"L only know he left Bryan Court,"
Gipsy answers, sadly.
They More talked it all over for an
hour, the sad, mleerable subject that
no talking over tvB] ever make
tory better. Sibyl has been emu -Ogled
up to the turret -room, it thick veil
otmpletely hiding her face, and even
the servants take no interest In the
quiet young person in the tower w'th
her ladyship.
It is a sad and painful interview
for both. They speak a little of the
old (kips at Uncle Ben's, when 11107
were children ; of the future, which
oan bring no happfneste to Sibyl, they
talk not. Only ou(,e Sibyl cried, with
a bitter wail of agony, the paseionato
yearning Pry 0f a broken heart;
"Oh, Gipsy, Gipsy, think of the Info
before my 01111)1, and thou of whet
that of yours will be 1"
The terve rush to Glpey'e eyes at
Sibyl's words ; and yet into her false
crimes the light of 11. shy, sweet hap-
pbteee, the beautiful look that comes
with the neared tltonghts of dawning
inothcrbood.
"Sibyl 1" elle whispers, softly, hard-
ly daring to epeak of tills „ roat eap -
pines8, and lays her blushing cheek
on elbyl'e shoulder.
Pito two gtrie cry together, and
S.byl soothes Gipsy as she used to do
long ago, when Uncle Ben had been
harsh or cruel p) the dnrk-eyed, wild
Utile Missy of those days.
The evening sunlight strugglee ht
through the ivy leaves and iies le
flickeringateltes on the shining
fluor. Sibyl rises to go, and looks
round the warm, room for a second,
then turtle back to Gipsy.
" You deserve It all," she says,
gently, as though for :t wooed she
were envious of her etster's tetter
fortune. "And now I will tell you
what I mean to do. It le for my boy's
sake—tf It was only myself I would
not care; but, Gipsy, I feel sure that
I ens married lawfully and truly
acrording to Scotch law, for we
signed our names as man and wife ;
and I will ;march every town in
Scotland 1111 I find the place at Inst,
and then, if I nm right, I will prove
my rights for my child's sake. I must
Lind 11 sooner or later. Iremember
tie people's faces so tvell, and the
Scotch way they spoke, iced I know"
her volco grows strangely wistful
—"I know that, whatever may have
changed Pau] since, lite cared for me
then. He would not have deceived me
then, when Ilovel I,im 90 dear(;; 1"
Gipcsy lldtena with n troubled flee.
She ca11 oiler no comfort, suggeei
none,
.If only I dared tell Dfaurtoe," she
thinks, with childish clinging trust
to his judgment. But Maurice, after
all, Is, hard In Bone things, and per-
haps he might never tet her see poor
Sibyl again; and with a sigh she
relinquishes the thought.
A suddeaidea strikes her. She no-
tices how poorly dressed and shab-
by Sibyl la, and realises with a start
that, while she has everything love
and wealth can bestow, Sibyl has
nothing. In a second her puree is In
her hand. Flushing and hesitating,
with tears now running unrestrain-
edly down her cheeks, she makes her
appeal.
Let me help you a little, Sibyl,
darling, You will want so molt
fur traveling, and Maurice gave me
this today"—taking Dart two ten -
pound notes. "You will take 11, won't
you, dear 7"
Fee," Sibyl answone, huskily; "for
my ohllld I will." ,
With the advent of the primroses
and the salmon -fishing season, Dire,
Blnko has another Idea. When the
yello'w stars are studding the banks
and peeping eat in the lanes and
Naive, and a blood 1n the river has
brought the salmon up the stream
in lmndrexis, a courteously worded
Invitation is deepataheed to Mr. Ker
to speed a few weeks at Rivers.
"Wo have no aasusement to offer
you," writes Mrs. Blake, on the stiff-
est and roughest of monogram-
Ppusller; "but I know you are fond of
fishing; and Aigy lays there are
plenty of fil@eh in the river, and 1
hop° we shall have the pleasure," et
en et Bra,
elr. 'Kerr, like rainy quiet, deep -
thinking men, be a keen flehorman,
and ardently devoted to the gentle
unlit; yet his first thought is of
the girl he loves, and he wonders a
Uttlo Baily If It is who to answer
Mrs. Dlako'a note in the affirmative.
Ile does NO, however, and, after a
field-tty' among salmon -rode and sal-
tucnwflies, he ants forth one fine
morning with bug and baggage, his
face toward Rivers and a great, ten-
der Joy in lite heart becsnis') he win
soon 50° Gladys again,
Mies Blake tees through her moth-
er's motive, end Smiles loftily.
"I hope your slime will cuceeel,
limen," she remarks, with u sneer.
"loo ea n train Dir. Ker to escort
Gladys to and from Dr•utnanoan Cate
lie; she le never away from IL now,
though wino attraction there le
about Manrlec'e wife I never could
sre.P
"Nen Indeed,' repilet Mee. Slake.
"Poor DLturiee—ho waft always rath-
e0I a fool 1''
the thought Iden anything but it
foot at ono thee, when he was in-
tended as a husband for Flora; but
uuttture are different now, and Mee.
Blake would be untrue to herself
could she reslet a lilt at her sotl-
in-11W who might have been.
(iindy5 has been home for a month
new, and the cotuttry is looking Ito
best and sweetest when Mr. Ker
drives up the avenue at 1livers In the
elver evening sunlight. '
The sun, too, glance on the pure
white slab of Sim Lefroy'a grave,
aid on Gladys' std face, as this even -
IA 'IS'S 1,111'1,E
Are the (hies Which Cause 1lie firm-
est Amount el suffering.
It is every -day ilia that distress
most—thoso which sft ze you ee
-
ly rad mako you irrlta111, Impatient
rad fault-finding. Tho root of those
troubles Ilea to the blood and nerves,
and you cannot got rid of then" un-
til the blood has been nuoio rich and
pure, and the nerves. strengthened
and soothed, Dr, Willlams' Pink
Pllle will do tile, and will do It
more speeally and with more lasting
oeslitle than any other medicine. 1n
proof of this Mrs. Janie; Patterson,
Chllliwack, 1I, C., Saye: "MY dough'
ter was In poor health, and her eye -
tem, badly run down. She wile pale,
Buttered from severe headaches, and
very nervous'. Wo decided to give
hor br. Williams' fink Pills, and af-
ter tieing OK bOOCK, She is a strung,
healthy girl. I gladly recommend the
pills in similar come,"
Three pills cure all blood and
nerve troubles, such as anaemia,
neuralgia, indigestion, heart troutle,
rheumatism, St. Vitus' dance, par-
tial paralysis, kidney troubles and
the weaknes5es which afflict women.
130 sure you got the genuine pills
with the full name "Dr. Williams'
Pink Pills for Palo People" pt'nted
on the wrapper around tie box. If
In doubt, send direct to the Pr..
Williams' Mtdlcino Co., Brockville,
Out., ani( the pias will be mnllosl,
post paid, at 50c per box, or Six
bogs for $2,50,
bag she kneels beside where lie ]see,
and her tears fall on the blue forget -
me -note elle planted with her own
hand.
"Jim, Jim, my darlin.g!" elle tvhle-
pers, uh, sit softly, ns though lie
ears were listeuilg to the fond, car-
eeshng voice 1
The suit wind rustles among the
euombcr yew0 and through the leaves
of the spreading limes. Reverently,
and ,vet how sorrowfully, she periwig
her quivering Zips to the cold, un-
resitenslve marble; and, then, MS -
she walks away slowly to meet
Jim's friend, who is coming to-
night. A wreath of prlttiroses lies
upon the grave; Gladys gathered
them this afternoon.
"Oh, here is Gladys 1" Mrs. Blake
5nYs, cheerily, as that young lady
comes Into the room, to find the
family assembled, and greeting Mr.
Ker.
She knew he had conte; but she
hail gone up first to dress for din-
ner, so nil to ho alone a little while,
for somehow it always eremel to
Oladyo that in these eolltarry visits
to the churchyard she hoe been 110111.-
her
01d-
her rather largo and much beringe)
band on her daughter's shoulder,
"Oladye has boon telling me, Mr.
Ker, bow very kind you wore to her
In London, about her school and all
the poor people elle Sas interested
Ln, I aln afraid she misses your kind
aeslatanco now, for, though of course
we are all greatly interoeled in the
poor, and only too anxious to help
them, we ennnot give up all our time
and other duties. I am afraid you
will be victimised to organize the
coffee oboes Giadye Is starling."
(llndys crimsons and draws back.
"Lt would be hardly fair to victi-
mize Mr. Ker, mamma," She 'aye,
rather coldly, for elle is naturally
sisy turd removed, and her 'mother's
sudden tntoreet in her pursuits has
surp1s0si her.
"1 Khali be only tat glad to help"
Dim. Ker males; and the eubJeel
dro
Lateps,r on, Gladys and John Kor are
alone, and are enjoying the fresh
evening air 155 they 'stroll hu Tient e
of the house.
" You did not expect to eon tide?"
Olndys questions, softly touching her
peek dress and booking ,lp for 15sec-
ond at Ile Ker ; tion site ids,
apologetically, •' I wear It only to
Please nmrnma, and It can uucke 110
rod difference to him—M.one."
And by and by Mrs. Blake cornea
out, and, with quite 0 new 4011(1-
(110e, tgnds Gladys In out of the
night a:r, and stays Iters. 11 with Mi'.
Ker for h promenade up and down.
" And how do you iltlek Gladys Is
looking?' she asked, afire. various
other topics have been discussed,
" I think the is looking better and
stronger," Mr. Ker answers.
" Oh, do you? I 0)n so Bled ! I
think the elmngo to bootee did her
a groat deal of good ; and she is
getting over her trouble. I, too, have
to thank you, Mr. Ker, for helping
my poor child to keep up 80 well."
He Is simple-minded, gulleless
man, and he answers, from his heart:
"I would do unylhing I could for
her, for he. own sake and for poor
Jim's"
D1re Blake Motobecomingly :
"Ah yea—Captain Lefroy was your
friend! But I Shall always think 1t
was an IIRerpo€ltlon or Providence
that made him meet with that acci-
dent ; it saver( my shill a life of
woe."
John Ker't; honest, gentle nature
revolts at this hard way of looking
at Getup.
"Poor Jim!" he says, very softly.
"I think you do Lias nn injustice,
Mrs. Blake. I think, had he lived, be
would have made Gladys happy."
Mr. Ker judges lite dead friend by
his own standard of the great love
Ito bears for Gladys. Mrs,. Blake, how-
ever cannot allow him to labor under
any mistake. i
"I do not agree with you, Mr,
Icor, Poor Captain, Lefroy was a
bad, wicked ntan ; and I do not at -e
tach much faith to deathbed . re-
pentance -el. My poor Gladys would
have led a miserable life with hint;
and my only hope now Is that she
may, yet meet golly() good, true matt
who will make her happy."
With this broad hint, Mrs. Blake In-
timates that Ica Is wafting int the
drawing -room; and 011(1 reties to
rest this night well pieadol 101111 ler
fleet step,
18EEr H00T SODA.
Will its Manufacture be Pro-
fitab'e in Canada?
lIIAPTEII XXI\.
It is the time of roses --lire (50 01,
beautiful, frngrmtt Limo when the
queen of powers Villa her beiehlug
face to meet the teed caress. The
ro0rry at Drunuineen Castle Ines been
famous for years awl years. It 14 a
cultivated wilderness of roe's -roses,
roses eweryvhere. Many of the mod-
ern rotes are perfect in color, and
stand like rows of soldiers hi rank(,
with 81ne Whets' bearing their names.
Half the year the Inlets are the most
conspicuous part of those rose -trees:
but Just now they are a 101154 of
well -regulated bloom.
The old-fashioned square of grass,
closely shaven 11111 with an old, ncoss-
grown mnulin1 in Its midst, It lightly
scattered with White and exile.
0011 0110w. Every passing breeze
brings down Lis fragrant shower,
Standard ruse trees here seem one
Muster of rich blossoms. Every
color and hue is hero, from tho
purest white to purple black, and
from faintest plane to deepest twim-
ton.
i'1Vr iso (l eltiuutvl.)
T,W PRICE OF LABOR.
To the kditor •
Sir,—To tiro beet growers, lutcudlug
beet growers, and lnvoetora of 011 -
lark) 1 address these lines:
Tnoso who grew beets fur sugar
making hest year know quite wc.li
how 1t r;,aul ed. 1b them I cannot•
tell more that they know, but they
kuow perle'.tly well that tho prom-
ises made lu thew, so fax as the am-
ount of money they vera to receive
(runt the Peet sugar reiluerioa, did
not come up to their expectations,
101) the reason that they were docked
at every turn ; for a little bit
of earth being left ou the beet root
anti by beteg told that the root was
not cut oft snort enough at the head
or at the foot ; thoro.oro the farmer
did not obtain within ed per cent, of
what he expected to obtain and was
promleet
There aro four beet factories noW
in operation in sentare); there are
four more projected. Would it not be
well for tho grower of beet and the
Intending stockholder to consider
whetter it bo wise to put money into
flit ye111:00? 1t can only, from tho
writer's belief, eventuate In one of
two things—the 1 Oyerllment of the
Dominion or the Provincial Govern -
molt of Ontario meet provide suffi-
cient mosey from the 50005fry funds
to pay dividends to the Stockholder,
or the bueintwe le is Ialiurc. It eland/
to renew" that when labor 18 so
wearer, and bo Moll -priced as so -day
J
it le in Ontario, and when labor is 80
cheap tit Europe—ogrlculturnl labor
being in Europe to -day, where beat is
grown, 30c per okay for a man, (tic
per day for a wommt, and child labor
10c por day—we are working under a
disadvantage. The business Ie not yet
tested, and has to bo tested.
8)110 other thing let ns recall, the
busloesee and factories whish have
leen started were, started by pro-
moters, and the new Once which are
bring tutvoca.tes are also being
stnrteh by promoters. Their business
i:: naturally to obtain their commie -
site), which untounte to a cdnstder•
alto ma, and to sell the machinery,
:it an extremely high price, Zs, por
;wilt. above its worth, to the stock-
k,otders.
Would it not be well for those
who are thinking of taking stock
in this venture, by growing beets
or otbcrwtso, to pause and find out
what aro the results of the bal-
ance sheets of the four faelorlee
now in the field, and 900 whether
1110ney Walt really made by any of
them this season. The epecious
promisee of the promoters might s,5
(veil he taken with a grain of salt,
and I think et ttehoove8 the intend•
ieg beet grower and' investor to
think twice before he leaps.
Government bounties are very.
nice things to get, if poesibie, witif
which to pay dividends, but apart
from each, to the Welting man it
is evident that no dividend can bre
period, inflow; by good fortune and
luck, upon which few elmuld aish to
depend.
One other and a most important
matter to be oonsidered is that tt
iv known, without question, that
stock- of one of the prrrteut worklog
sugar fectortest is being offertei at
110 cents on the dollar. Tide of itself
is rigee6cant.
One further matter should not be
overlookal. Tim promoters point to
the fact that some beet factories In
the Pelted States have paid fair
divtdenne. This Is entirely attri-
butable to tho higher price of segos,
1n the United State'', which is meat
1 cent per pound higher than In
Cnnnda, causal by the American
tariff on foreign sugar Imported, be -
leg about that much higher than the
Canadian tariff, thus affording them
1 cent por pound more protection.
If money bo not made by the fee-
torlen, whore deal the farmer stand
who line grown a crop whloh he inn -
rot dispose of otherwise?
An Observer,
lug communion with Jim, and she
anent at once bring her thoughts K i l n e� T ro u b i e
to earth again.
, Mr. Ker startsi ILS she comes softly
arms. He hies never 81)01 her in
anything but black since Jim Le-
froy's death, anti rho 03/81180 ear -
prism; him. her a moment he dues
not realize that the heart can
, mourn as deeply and truly in a cul -
1 oral dress as !n the deepest crape,
told not 1111 iter gala eyes are raised at
to its doe3 he See that her sorrow
1 1s n sorrow yet.
Slim and Straight she Stands, Iter
fair lair, brushed back from her
forehead, sleek and silken In the
sunlight, and bound round her pretty
heats—as fair a picture sof woman-
hood ns ever breathed, more beauti-
ful, perhaps, because. of the chastened
sorrow that Ilse Ie tier grey eyes nue
about her firm, s'w'eet mouthy.
John Kor feels his whole being
thrill at the touch of ler warm fin-
gers, 'and he remembers how Jim
lett her In bis keeping end jolted their
hands together with his OW11 dying
clasp. Did poor Jim Lefroy ever think
of a possible future for those two—
of a time when Gladys might love
again? If the thought arises, Joint
Kor Is too loyal to his friend's mem-
ory to Jet It be more than it
thought. Tet hearts are hearts
the weary world over, and his
is beating quickly and pain-
fully now. as lie Stands roma tow
momenta at her slip and listens to
her quiet words of weloome,
Dire. Slake cannot let well alone.
She Is always trying to further mat-
ters, nud so comes up now and lays
into tho room In a pale punk gown
with eat lace at tho throat and
and Lumbago
Thirty Years of Backachoand Rheumatism --Winter Season
1 1s Especially Severe—Attributes Cure to
DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY -LIVER PILLS
This season of the year is °spec-
lally trying on the older people. The
emus ami aches grow more 5evero
In the cold and oltangeable weath-
er, the kidneys got out of order,
rheumatism and lumbago torture
their victims, there are aching backs
and limbs, stomach derangements,
urinary and bowel disorders and Her -
painful and fatal maladies.
Dr. Chase's Kidney -Livor 1RLIc are
particularly, suited to the needs of
persons of advanced age. They re-
gulate and Invigorate the Iiver, kid-
neys, and bowels anti prove etfeetnal
when ordinary medicines Intl. This
letter from Mr. Robert Jackson
gives some Idea of what this treat-
ment le accomplishing every. )lay.
Mr. Robert Jackson, ship carpen-
ter, Port Robinson, Ont., states
st was afflicted with kidney' trouble
and lumbago for about thirty years.
The winters were always very sev-
ere on me, and I was many times
incapacitated with all the serious
symptoms of both troubles, I Ind
backache, biliousness, rheumatism, I
headache, and constipation, and was
wrecked pbyslcally. I used all sorts
of medicines, and have been treated
by tho medical profession to tmpur-
pose.
"In the spring of 1902 1 b Nan
using Dr. Chase's Fidney-Liver fids,
and from the start received great
n•: ulie. t continued the treatment
until I fully recovered good health
and vigor, my old trouble Ming a
thing of 7.110 past. I am seventy-
five years Oki, and if, at my advanc-
es! ago, I 111100 received such grand
results from the use of Dr. Chase's
Kidney. -Liver Pills after years of un-
necessary suffering, there can he no
doubt of their effieney in the treat-
ment of younger persons. I recom-
mend them to every 000, I lusve
tried to 'think of ,words to expr000
my gratitude, but It 18 beyond ex-
pre581on, for 1liey have done more
for me than I eould have believed."
Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver (tills, one
pill a does, C.i rents a box. At ah
dealers, or IFilmnnson, Dates and
Co., Toron;.o. . , 1