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l.Cr'r t int t0o'�.ttlto sflll i}egI►tfl t
Loraiuc with her faint of pious casae ' ns -cit, 1 :t] ging to flirt with the
with gremlin:mina to church the next haute u.e lnt,u.her, (live me three
;rt]. `vu• lr„r:ed as, 0,n -tun, as Mrs, \'ane t um s, ( Sterid Fairlit, and he will al -
herself, with her down -dropped blatek most, have forgotten her existence. Ile
Lashes and her cool white gown, relicv-' will be tit my feet"
ed by roseleolored ribbons at her throat.' retinal Fairlie laughwl at her boast.
!lir tall 'iglu e was the impersonation "l tun quite sure that .firs, Vane can
of greet,.
No one minded her book or her pray•
errs more prettily Limit did Loraine Lisle,
and when the service was over Elle welt-
ed at the gate to ehakek likoknkds; old most drilled you in my heart,: Can you
Virginia faslhion, with Mre, Vane and inuorine Snell a victory as that?"
the reciter, and to congratulate him
lviu'inIy on his brilliant sermon.
But when she was walking home with
Colonel Fairlie she laughed in merry
1501)1.
"Did you item the Reverend Paul
Vane preaching directly at me?" she
oriel, "Some one hes hceu telling tales
of ate, and he has resolved to stetted:
lie 'es a brand from the burning.' I as -
elite you that if 1 had dared lift my
oyes to any of you, I should have laugh -
cd outright."
"That would have liege unpardonable
rndeiie o." said Engem, Fairlie, with
Ids odd little senile, "For myself, 1 Was
cnioying his remarks very much. I
thought them peculiarly appropriate. I
know no one who needs to be preached
tet more than yon do, Miss Lisle."
She gave hint a winked, mu nous
(PAUL VANE'S WIFE
hold her own even with the Queen of
}tends," he said, almost proudly. Then,
with a mucking air, "You see yourself,
Miss Lisle, that for a moment she al.
glance. `.
"Pot arc always turd on ate," she
pouted; then added, gayly: "I did net
expect to awaken so lively an interest
in dirt Vane's heart at this early date."
CHAPTER VI,
Colonel Fairlie's deep -brown oyes
gleamed strangely at Miss Liele'e triton•
pliant words, but the slight sneer that
curled the corners of hismobile lips wits
lost Nemeth his thick mustache, Ile
gazed in silenee for some moments at
the'arc'h, sparkling face beside hint, thea
he said, slowly:
"Quecu of Hearts, I think you will
find in this cane that there is one to
cliispute your supremacy. Mrs, 1'viers
sway over her liusbaiud's heart must Inc
too absolute to admit even the possil•
ility of a rival."
Loraine' looked quickly, up at hint, a
epoik of, fire kindling in the noniore
depths of her night -black eyes bcueath
the thick fringe of the bushes,
"You admire the village beauty?" she
asked, with the seepiciot of a sneer in
her tone.
"She is lovely," he answered, enthus-
iaatically, "Otte could almost wish—"
he paused :and bit his lip.
"Well, go on," ,she cried, impatiently.
"One could almost wish—"
"Perhaps 1 had better not finish the
sentence,' Colonel Fairlie uswcred, with
sadden gravity.
"But 1 insist upon it," Loraine cried,
lvitdt her most imperious air and tone.
"Have you forgotten the proverbial cur-
iosity of womaul ,,II assure you I should
not sleep a tntmu'te to -night unless 1
katew• ghat it Wali that you wished in
regard to Mrs. Vane."
,She was laughing as she spoke, but
she knew and perhaps lie guessed how
much truth there was in the words. She
looked at hien with a proud glance that
commanded obedience,
"lt was uothlutg," he said. "I ought
really not to give .utterance to the
passing thought that no doubt has
tonclled many, a .man's heart before
lnine,,YVillryou pardon tie if 1 decline
to finish the "sent'etcce 1'
Iler heart throbbed ag tilyi;"hut she
r
looked at him with almost ci defiai
1,1)1110.
"Will you pardon me if 1 finish it for
you?" she cried, gayly "One could
tviar"—slue melded with a onncy light
1n her eyes—"that you had met fair' Vi-
vian before Paul ''ane bound her life to
)ds in the rosy bonds of matrimony."
"You are an adept in mind reading—I.
am quite sure of that," he replied, lough•
ugly. "Nut you will not betray .my
Weakness, hiss Leslie? It is written
•Thou shalt not covet thy neighbor's
wife'" Then his face grew grave. "Iran.
don sty jesting," ho saide,"Mrs. Pane
seems too far de mored from our common
sphere to warrant our worldliness. With
all her bright, arch beauty she awakens
almost holy thoughts. Do you remem-
ber this;
"'Anal a stranger, when he sees her
In the street, even smileth; stilly,
dust as you would at alily,'"
She looked up at hint in surprise. His
voice and eyes were tender and a spasm
of rage tore the heart of the beautiful
coquette.
"1 hate her!" she cried to herself, vin-
dictively, "How dare sire-lvith her
moonlight beauty—awaken such on in-
terest in Eugene Fairlie?"
The angry smile on her lips deepened
in intensity, and time was hidden men-
ace, fierce vengeance, in the tone with
which she said:
1 don't think the Rev. Pani Vale, de-
spite bus cloth, is any mane_ than a Mor-
tal man;..and to prove to you that her
sway over him is not so absolute as you
"Easily," she replied, carelessly; but
to herself she said: "He Stocks me with
his indifference. Holy dare he withhold
Ins heart from me and turn with such
tender awe, so profound•is his respect,
to her? Very well, 1 shall have my re-
venge. ]t is she who shall answer to
me for this slight With every drop of
blood in her heart!"
And that night Loraine sat a long
while before her mirror, smiling with a
sort of bitter triumph at the luring face
reflected there, and thinking of all that
had passed between herself and Colonel
Pantie, his openly expressed admiration
for lovely Mrs. Vane, and her own bit-
ter vow to punish the beautiful, mwou-
scions. Girl tr the interest she had
awakened in this man's heart.
There washot o• ne way to. do it, she
knew, and that was to turn'. from her
Inc husband's heart. It would 'be a oriel
deed, but proud, willful, imperious Lor-
aine did not shrink front it. She had a
private opinion that the rector already
had a serious intco'st in her, It would
be easy enough to deepen it by emitting
nits, and herfatal beauty could do the
rest. Beauty rules the world, and it
should rule her World, she was determin-
ed, She haat scarcely ever had an mt-
realiocd wish or desire, and Colonel Fair -
indifference 's indifference to herself and adntira-
tion for another itcidden:'d her with an-
gry jealousy. So n cruelly beautiful
smite stoic over her lips as she, thought
of the vindictive vow she bud just taken
upon herself. Despite her fancy for C.'el.
Pantie, the quiet, genial young' rector
nail strangely attracted her, and she
thought with contempt of his evident de.
tattier, for that insipid Vivian, as she
! h•l h
Styled r in re her 'h
1 1thoughts, t9, \\ ill ,l tri-
umph it would be to rival her in her 1111s-
nd's heat!
Loraine flung oat of her chair and
paced wildly tit and down (halloo'', hm
rose ,silk dressing goon trailing far be-
hind her on the soundless, velvet carpet,
while a hard, pinched look came, over the
beautiful free, and the glorious Oriental
eyes grew gloomy with the burden of
her bitter thoughts, for leer defeat in the
ton est for Colonel l.aumlie's heart bud
been a erne] humiliation. The very nmv-
rlt;c of it made it harder to beta',
Why •was it, she risked herself, in
wonder, that the grave, stern soldier
had withstood her charms? No one
had ever piqued her. before.
"Men have died for love of tire!" she
cried, pausing at the window aid lifting
her pale, Writhing face to the silent
stars; lint even as she uttered the words
she shnddeued as with a mortal chill,
Her thoughts hal flashed across the
ocean; time had rolled back its misty
curtain, and in place of the peaceful
vales of Arcady that la) stretehe,l out
in the moonlight before her eyes, n wide•
lv different scene^Pose, before leer •nleii-
lal! Scion --m forest glade, ,with the
doioiw;+. stntshinc'ulling tiirough inter-
lacing lioughs upon a mossy bank slop-
ing downward to the, slivery stucco pf
ripplingwater, ovhil{i the rain of golden
liht fell with a sad and tender touch
an the face of a dead man lying cold
and still, With a horrible gaping wound
on the white!' temple, where earls of
sunny gold lay matted with the life-
blood :that had oozed out of the bullet
hole. Never more wnnld the blue eyes
light up with tender, loving thoughts of
the cenc'b woman who had driven him to
his death, Fixed, with a dull,. glazed
stare, they led a sanely pleading look
that pierced anew, in memory, the Heart
that had quailed in horror from the ac-
tual reality in y'eti's ngone. +,,
Those- dead eyes, with their silent,
pathetic reptonch, how they thrilled
l.ominc's heart as tilts ghost of the past
confronted her. A moan buret from her
Irlauelicd lip.s, and she leaned her tread,
with its loosened tresses of rich dark
her, against the casi'unent, and stared
oat with sombre eyes into the night,
with its cloudy 'shies and cold, fair Moon
Lalli veiled in the silvery mists of float -
in. g clouds, •
.1 sainuner stem was theealening,and
little flashes of electric light played over
the Inccof Nature and gilded the iter..
iug leaves of a tall magnolia tree below"
her window, The, poi'fnme from the.
Intg,e, white b
n.relossoms filled the
, nm ,v 1,r and. thrilled her wvith a sense of pain,
while. the low wind rising in the grove
of pinus hada sullen, menacing murmur
that sounded like ""reel woe! noel"
The striking of the ormolu clock' on
Ili mantel startled h.• with its silvery
chimes, and she lifted her g'heetl1' tic"
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That is
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USED TIIE WORLD OVER TO CURE A @OLD IN ONE DAY
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aili tm'ned it beck into tee light of the him to a full stop, while the blood about
room Midnight!
heart seemed to congeal with fear
Midnight! and awe. A moment he 'stood rooted to
"There will be no beauty sleep for "the spot, end in that moment the storm
Loraine to—night," site muttered with;woke tlousiy Atuu
I}, bearing
on
a hollow, constrained laugh; and she its wings another shriek of fearful de -
wandered why that vision from the past spat that roused him from ills. t.ran?•u + o 'I rt] 'ontin'rm r t 1u:r,{'-, stile Cunt
Wolderful Success of tie Prtoticnt
had returned to Inceso vividly toatighl, of fear to yield curiosity. broth; . out, I r tied the intlf Sed the
toilet] she urns platting fresh wickedness "coed havens! whet cru it he?, :101' ltietbod of Treatment Evell.obst: South torettom niter the v rt]'. Ibe raib•
and sat. murder!" he Stuttered, in mare, rad as wiw gave pro Ieruv to the south by
Why did elle Pot take it es a warn• the sound had seemed to coma (rem nate COSe3 of inclibnotiou. ,u o:Ironing immigration and la aiv::ng
ir; to desist in her cruel purpose. of somewhere near at itnnd, he ran blindly tui old-fushfoaed methods of ureal- " it' ogle to help do the uphuildiu�,
wenciut; the (lircean spell lienal the. kn7vtud e few steps in the chtrkneas and :1i s iiri. tweet} ,u.us. o0' had a long
heart of a !rood mai and wrecking in the pouring rain--tt few steps only, for fa;,'
stomach diseases ate, biro;; lis- I, s I I
n td I g tm carded. 'Phe trouble 'with the old• llttin;t of (14,0)0. To-do,• it has 101,000,
Itis fatal duwvnfal{ the lives of more than thea n blinding flash of lightning, ilht- h . 'rbc rnihrays did it. i fe w ycoas tIgn
she reeked of Inc her said thirst for yen- initiating the whole scene with awful
fashioned methods was tont when
ue 's alendor, showed !rim the o Sit s ace et the treatment was stopped the trouble Hundreds , .0 places ie Lou like
g', t • } I 1 , p rcturcied it an nggrtlavted form. 0 rottleT, for exmitrmph•, wear only" prairie
She flung her white euros wittily into the and of the magnoliasv wall:, where',5(10 ' The modern method of if
until- hand. '!rile 1om;theln 1'acfftc bulk n sca-
the air, prostrate form of a noncan lay, seem -
catarrh tion at flrowlev, and • to -tin} that
c o ireu hl must have air!" in*ly lifeless where it had fallen from gesiiou, eatnt•rh of the s.lonneh or place
I inn t•I 1 1 e chronic gastritis, is to tote up the bonds 7,000 per=oar, Other tailronds
he triad, suddenly, and snatching tit the rostic garden seat. stomach and glands to do their normal did the ,sonic, thing for rt hundred other
a fleecy wrap and gliding swiftly out Willie Pointers ran hurriedly forward., thriving tlncos in the 30,ithern Hates,
into the hall, made her way down stairs The now incessant flashes of lightning work, Leery step toward recovery is :t l
Said out into the gloomy night, whose trade it easy to recognize Lorraine Lisle, Step gamed, not to be lost again. The The outheru $nllwt )eiit r mato the
tetrvehl
weird splendors seemed 10 chime In with his beautiful hostess; and he knelt dawn recovery of the appetite, the disappear, waste ]:laces of the South and 1 eince of int, the absence of ns all sue towns t]1 spring up, 39u Seaboard .lir
her strange mood. by her in alarm and wonder, putting out p' g '� Line went into a cThe: Se o&hhm=tad
Loraine hurried down the long mag- hesitating hands to feel if she. were steps an -the rend to health that those y
• who have tried the tonic treatment re- (topes, and built up new industries and
sella walk and herself pantinglf lend, memdistinctly, with their nen courage. To a region of
upon a garden sent.cot. Lurid flashes of No, the, wrist that he grasped throbbed nary the atlantic ('oast Line brours'ht
lightning trembled in the air and Blum- faintly with the else of life. Loraine Dr. Williams' Pink pills area tonic penury lightning } h 0 returniu g every constitdent of which is helpful In plenty -hy putting cash into circulut.f011
toed Inc ince with a pale -blue horror. tired; consciousness;
she was even t building up the digestive organs and where no cash had been before. The
that warmed to lines her almost ether• to consciousness; for as the young poet b Southern Railway gave the exact service
rel in her loveliness. With a little lifted the superb form in tender, pity• therefore are the very best remedy for necessary for the d0vdnus^tit
breathless gasp she flung off the snowy ung amts. she recoiled from tum m wild, ehlmrnc cases of stomach trouble. 'J'lue l
shawl, and the weird blue light flashed unreasoning terror, and shtick after success of the' treatment is ehovvn by of 1110 311100 through which it runs. !t
of , tie b unreaso tg , not 1111) oreattd nen' imdnatiev, Inc, it•
on the diamonds t.hnt, encircled her shriek of such mortal anguish a
soul. The vivid lightnings diyed n ton fir went elo e lu het he louchul the to oblivion.
1 I 11 was the ptineimal )roads of the
Sandi--linmt,l)'. the Solit'1ar) Railway,
the Seaboard Air Line, rind the Atlantic
Const Linc—thot set to work in a
A TONIC FORtheir Irst stand, anal the tablet h,, the
I very emit where Clea. o'lInu su r.ureend
would soon be'. irnisible if the 000 were not
THEIrooucnLLv called into rise isInc.;away 1110
"�T� ' ?��� ercroa.hing ,rood }
Railroads Built Up the South,
hundreds like tl fit
throat like it ring of fire, -Suddenly e self beauty; the chief customer forthe wild crash of thunder seemed to shaky pr�aduct of the 1 0 Mills.
c lits d m d } The South needed $290,0011.000 for
the solid firmament, followed by a vivid hauttrd him L1 J f further iuitnediate d'vrlopnu•it, • The
flash of lightning, and in its iridescent Southern railways wore scenting that
gleam the startled girl beheld before vmist investment, of Northern (epital
lien, as though it had risen from the corpse hkt t, e n tl F 1 Vale 71 t alcirg their lines --afros the unreasoning
ground, n hill, !don forts crowned by a- ngitatigm against all eailirndo sot in
fair face and golden lit i --'tile filet that owl. temporarily, et least, Halted the
Buil risen before her at the window with 1 eye me oh Matt nu mcautl, s g Southward movement of Stoney. One
the gaping trouud on the temple. Now h doctoring, Seg but dad not act the brit
g I i yuntdred eed sn newl'nilwn;v enterprises
the non's white hand was raised and of only you lull knee etc in put e. 1 tl 7 0 hail L bad
were under tray in the Smith when the
pointed ,toward the gory wound; sand, politician's began using the Southern
advancing toward Loraine, the ,spectre-
gazed t her convulsed -face, rnihc,tys as footballs. .'those new rands
lilac figure breathed in a voice than; ens rlenmly tcvumkd b} the cleou Were.,to be for tlto doe of tier
seemed to curdle the blood in her veins I st 1 t I I I1
her land miningnegi0ns mid. to hnridie.
with horror: • "long hauls" in 'iexas mind Oklahoma,
"Murderess, pause ere yqu lure auntie
The 1000101)10 o1' the enterprises Incr,
er soul to death and despair. for the moment, been frightened away,
Loraine cowered a terror linen her the cenuml lour;r fimend wh0,e lath pits
seat and the blazing eyes of the spectre.
TirOv trill get back on the job as Enos as
n 3a certehibrgnd of politician is relegated
like figure seemed to scorch her very ,um to daily pleasures,
s els ofcures the following:
from her writhing, foam- 'Mrs. William E. Dunn, Prince Dale,
forst ti, S., says; "Fur a nerds of sev
cern-
flecked lips. Breaking from the clasp renes 10.05 at nlinost continuous suffn
to bold her, she fol! cr from stomach trouble, which was ng•
hkImich le, he se rai'nted by obstinate constipation.
Meek upon the meat and lifting bar g 1
e and sombre black eye.,, 1'001 teas not only distasteful, but ovary
that seemed to see ooimtething beyoul his m u r u was painful. e rot]-
lier she wildlyadjured ]rim; We o affcf{,ted my heart that at times
J '1 tipu bt I Could not live. I tilts constn t
u, n'oniised to ,ulorr 101.
spectre! hfave 1 not 1 ,
peace?"
relief. Indeed I woes growing worse. and
wondering, g the young
mlmn n the summer of:.l ria got 'o bac
Struticd, bg d that I went to the City of Boston, where
w ho c *0t]} I spent some time under the care of a
flashes. She looked wild distraught, with sl'n a i- returned home, however,
her fierce eyes and her atrenming tenses li0 better than when I went away. The
of rain -drenched hair, and it was quite piens I endured were "bi000t intok+mabie,
1 and w'omld sometimes cnuee me t0 drop.
evident that she [oiled to recognize at all
I kept getting.arcrtker and weaker and
tohuake it, the
had practically given up hope of even
(nee Arcady_ helped 1 hcing well again 'when my mither urged
of 1 I lye1me to try Dr. Al'illinms' Pink Pills, flow
h stly face with the, wound in the cold white hand that hungu
lu.,el by
tilt) n
fair temple., from which crimson blood•
drops seemed to trickle down. l.oeto°
shrunk Nether hack in her sent and
threat' out lies' white amts with n repel -
bon goshuc. as if to ward off the - ap-
proach of the advancing figure, while a
stifled cry burst from her stiffening
tips:
"Oh, my Cod! it is Gerald Holmes
come back from the grave to hnnnt me!
Oh, go, go, go! return to the shades
whence you carte, and 1 will revoke Sty
creel Vow I"
Even as the last words left' her lips
the stuttering storm broke upon them;
the lightning flashed, the thunder rolled,
and the torrents of rain begat to fall in
blinding sheets. Overcome with a dig -
„y horror as the awful spectre from
her tricked past faded in the bleekness
of the night Std tempest, Loraine sprang
erect to flee the accursed spot, but iter
,strength frilled her, and uttering
a loud, almost maniacal shriek,
she fell prostrate upon the graveled
while the storm of ruin hent wildly on
her thin silken gown and her loosened
wealth of raven tresses.
a e + .
No olio but a ext or a half miladcl0ned
woman would have been abroad this
night of mystery and tempest; but the
strange influence of the eminmer night
had lured Lo•aine's guest, the romantic
poet, out into the beautiful grounds of
Arcady for.,a mjdnight stroll, and he had
littgiryrct 1a'ter than`ho know', adtsorbed in
re'erie that was rudely bmcmlcnn by the
rush of'the 1tm!u'st '.Std the shrill ere,
of n terrified woman,. as she fell grovel''
ung to the earth In her tey'er and despair.
CHAP'T'ER V1L
•
Willie Ilenners had been cejoyiug to
the utmost the romautie beauties of the
summer night before the storm broke in
sudden fury over Nature's face, Nature
has a language of her own to the poet's
ear, and w'en's to him a different face
from what she put on to other eyes. 'Pile
pale moon seemed to his poetic fancy
like an inverted silver boat riding on a
sea of clouds, and the sighing of the
night wind, as is stirred the leaves, wide -
tiered to hien strange, vague fancies,
lIr. had attended Forest Church that
mooting with the Arcady party, and
Paul Vane's sermon scented to cling ten•
aciously to bis mind. •
Prepare to meet thy doom.” the
rector's solenut touts had uttered, and
the words, still rumujng thrmiieh the
poet's mind, took forst, and shape of
rhythm;
When the sun sets, and the Inst light of
day
Is Blatte'ing dying 10 the west,
'lbeinento•hod!' glitters in the my
That marks the place he sunk to rest.
rhe lightning flashing 011 its fiery path
Daguerreotypes open the otoud
"Memento merit"' and with dreadful
wrath
The thunder roar's it long and loud.
Strolling slowly beneath -the magnolia
trees, watching the bright flashes of elec-
tric light glittering among the green
leaves and large; show white blossoms,
J: lir! I now am that 1 tool: her ad-
vice. 11y ease was n severe one and did
not yield readily, but once an iniprove-
alm Was noticed the cure progressed
steadily end satisfactorily, and lifter
the use of tot boxes of the Pills I Was
again a Well Woman. Every symptom
of the ttoatble disappeared, and it is
years since I enjoyed as good health as 1
tort doing now. All who knew me look
upon ms cure as almost a miracle, and
I atr rgly urge all s fin ing
from stom-
ach trouble to give this methal in a fair
that°'
Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are sold by
all Medicine dealers or you 0.1111 get then
by mail at 10 cents a box or six boxes
0
Incfrom e Williams' ',Tedi•
i P .a0 f t The Di.'
eine Co., Brockville, Ont,
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r0
her aide,
Hiss .Lisle, aline yourself! Let me
take ,you into the house oat of this wild
storm that has driven you out of your
demes," he, implored; bat Loraine, with
a shuddering, inarticulate cry of woe,
pushed hint from her, and :springing snd-
deuly past hint, ran fleetly toward the
house, as though pursued by avenging
fields. The y'oumg feet, troubled, aux.
ions,,aud wondering over this mystery on
which he had 80 strangely come, followed
in swift pursuit, but the almost madden-
ed girl elated hint and disappeared like
a shadow into Arcady. ...
ClIAPThiilt VIII.
Vivian Stn \'ape moved gracefully among
the flowers that clear, bright summer
day, the golden light of the sun falling
upon her annit,y hair so tenderly that it
seemed to make a halo around her white
brow. So like the picture of the Ala -
donna in the little church she looked,
as she stood with the white lily of the,
valley in her hands, that l'nul one; step-
ping from the doorway of the low house,
covered with Virginia creeper and honey-
suckle,, felt a sharp prang of subtile pre-
monition pierce his heart; she ]oohed so
pure amd gentle, ns 1f too good Inc ea'th.
The day come to hint when the sight of n.
simple lily of the valley made this sweet
scene rise before hint always with
sickening sense of pain, ]hit now his
heart thrilled with passionate tenderness
itt`sigfiE of •fret Wondrous beauty',' curd
ifo nru'rmu'ed, half aloud: '
"113 lover who' dices all solace brio ,
Y'
Who, by the power of some street spell,
Moves my soul to purer things."
"Paul"—the young wife toned with
a wistful glance toward her adoring hus-
band, And he wondered if he was 1, is -
taken in fancying the sont]d of tem it]
her low voile—"will Miss Iles!-• coni
with her friends to -day to sat lie? Do
you believe in dreams or foresail Loi c,:•,
11y husband, 1 tau sorely troubled --I
have had such a terrible terrible dr'auii
Conte, sit down beside are, dialing, and
chase away these gloonmy mrohmJmas
With words of 'cheer!" she cried; and,
sinking down beside hint on the. rustic•
seat, she raised those eyes like summer
violets to his calm, serene gaze, with n
pitiful, quivering smile on her scarlet
lips,
He drew the sunny head to his t react,
soothing her so teudely that site whis-
lated presently, in a tone of clief
"There; e [ feel Hotter now. Oh. Paid,
how good it into have your lo :0 and
sympathy ala Sys about nuc --a it Id
from gloomy thoughts and fom't 11 •:"
Paul Vane smiled at tlrc Sim mgt, wc9-
00nte flattery, wound his arm nu e cic,u-
ly about the stipple waist, and Ltti.cil
time lovely lips, curved like a verit!hl'
Cupid's bow,
"We con laugh together now; my tier:
ling wife, at these dreams awl Pr •,,anti•
nests that darkened ,your 'rfe'' 0.10 but
pow," he ntm'nturail, fondly. "But tell
me, now, Vivian, ocltat it was you dream-
ed that had power to sadden diose sweep
eyes and put that quiver of pain into
Mi. Reuters became suddenly aware that roti mutsi:al 1i,e?"
the heavens;ore becoming darkly over-tlo he continued.)
east with storm-elouds, lit accompani-
ments for the somber lines That con -
Lind to form themselves in his mind:
TO CURE A COLO IN ONE DAY
FOREST CREEPING BACK.
01d Virginia Plantation and Ancient
Landmarks are Disappearing.
Forests are creeoing bock over abandoned
farmer In many parrs of the East. When
wornout fields can no tomer produce serl-
celtu'aI crops nature lakes them bac!: and
clothes them with trees again to give them
'
abode and rest and slowly restore fest flity
to the soil, This is more in evidence 1n tate
ttr•rt settled parts of Virglna perhaps than
anytt•here else in the country, for the reason
that a longer time has passed since the origi-
nal foveate were cleared away and the second
growth Has had better oppmrluulty to take
lila laud.
In James City county-, Virginia, the first
permanent English colony 10 the United
States was established ,1100 )'ears ego,, and In
that old country the, whole .cycle of defore-
etlhretorestamay 00 studied.
Antaionrulturead Pcr a lonttong period pushed lila
forests back and plantations covered the
country; then the forests came again and
crowned agrieultu•e out h hundred years
before the Revolution tobacco plantations oc-
cupied true best tparts of tidewater \'lrgbna
sad had pushed up the rivers Into the Pied•
moot region,
Continuous bodies of cleared land embraced
thousands of acres. Nearly every largo
plantation had a river frontage and a wharf,
and ships carried the tobacco directly to
Europe and brought merchandise back. It
would be difficult, perhaps impossible, to deo
termive with approximate accuracy the pro-
portion of clear land to the forests In tide-
water Virgmnla fifty years before the Revo-
lution, but there con be no doubt that there
was mare cleared land then than now.
Many great Virglula piantatious of Coiunlol
times have contracted under' the pressure of
surrounding forests, giving tip field after
field to the pine seedlings until small open-
ings now mnarlc the sites of former estates
and all este 1s woods—second growth or
third growth. The early settlers found a
soil of great fertility, They drew upon it
as though it norm last forever. It yielded
)ahacca and cora for generations and made
fortunes for the planters. But the result was
Inevitable. The sail wore out, A few
Patches of land are pointed out in Janes City
County and also in nearby districts which
have been a ndnr continuous cultivation for
nearly or quite 000 yearn Jamestown Island,
the site of the very earliest settlement, still
produces: Orli, bay and peanuts Rut such
maces are few. The unapoeity of the oldest
plantations Lace partly or wholly Sono back
to fct•eer.
In traveling through that region, now it
Is frcgnentmy possible to a tote the successive
stages of the forest's otvance Into the cleared'
land, In one place a hotly of anther may
consist of trees n foot in dmnmeter and prob-
ably eeventy feet high. Their even: Iapg,
and uniform size show that they occupy the
site of a former field where seedltnIs took
oosnerelon after the plow left off its annual
practical srny to 000ourage the t*row•l0
of building associations in tine South,
that helped develop the savinces-bank
idea. that gave prnetletil aid in the eon-
strtiction of bettor homes for w,n':mg•
men. that led the week of twantifsM
towns and cities, that slot ,,0d the way
to nnmicipnl navamc'm et in sanitation.
These three gree: railroads in fact,
brought to the Smith new- oyer„r. new
new• wealth. '.rhe story of the New*
South is the story of the •°ottthern rail-
roads. It was the mint -ads built by
Pingler and the late Jlr. Plaut that
made n (health resort for the Whole act•
” •n
AAille s Weekly,
s Le
tion—Gals n t in s lie' 1.
FOR LITTLE BABIES
AND BiG C}3LIsKEN
Baby's Own Tablets are good for all
children, 'rein the feeblest baby,
whose life scents to Hang by n thread
to the sturdy boy who occasionally
gets his digestive to a:s out of ol-
der. Baby's Owt] 'Tablets promptly
cure all Stomach and bowel to ubies
and make sickly or ailing children
well and strong, And this medicine
is absolutely safe — the mother las
tie guarantee of a government [analyst. ,
that this, .is terse. ,Airs. Anted
Snddnrek, :Haldima nd, . Que., says: '' 1
have used Baby's Own Tablets for
ro»st itatimt, stomach troubles and
restlessness and find theft a splendid
medicine. They have made my little
one a healthy, fat and rosy child. 1
always keep 0 box of tablets in my
hem." Sold by medicine dealers or
by mail at 17 cents a box from The
Dr, Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville,
Ont.
Waiting for Dinner.
When one is very hungry,
It's Hard to wait. I know,
For minutes seem like hours
and the clock is always slow.
Thee isn't time to play a gauze,
Von ,j0st sit devil and Wait,
While mother says, "Be patient,
Our cook is nercr late,"
It's best when one is hungry,
'to think of other things,
For then, before you know it,
The bell for dinner• rings.
---Alden Arthur Knipe in Burch St.
Nicholas, ` :
Then Pass Him By.
When a man loses till his money it
changes hint so. tl)at lots of his old
friends scarcely know hint—Philadelphia
Record.
Not by levity if rimming, hart by -.ta:b-
boln'forcc of :tin, shrltthou um 1e
tillage. Adiointng such n wood lot another t.ay way-('01.1th, -
aray often be seen with smaller and younger
trees., suggesting that they occupy I.be site
qt n held norm enol uta 1,iter date. Amor
by may be seen a still younger ..rand, In
same loseecaltm es the enI w•md
are
lot n beyond aevennclhet•to,s descendolinge tike
stair steps aril marking the sites of one
"lit that dread place Where lost souls Tnire I '"'"'"F BROW' Outnt Tablet , abandoned field beyond another, 00011 sun-
'ROVE'S
refund money fails cure E. -
A warning wails through their de- ' "''' V" s signature In on each box " a.
Q_� quo illy code with n field whu•e Young trees
are lust starting from seeds blown from
neighboring msoada. It may mark the site
of the last remnant of 0 former plantation
which wrs allowed to relapse into woods be-
rou the 5011 was worn out.
Few u. any of the primeval forest; remain
In tidewater Virginia, but large tress of
second growth exist, A "pucocere inure than
2M years old, and known to be of second
growth, was ant this year au the site of a
buntline burned during Bacon's Rebellion In
7010, and many other trees as large are
groaning where tobacco was cultivated two -
voice of .the •;thunders roar, 0 sln•t0I, eaiorits ago. The forest In Ile hung0r to
g flout ercupv again it 0e resPeeier of hirtorkal
startled eat In a woman s voce rang "klle ft's about time judgio Places.It Is slowly laking the intrench-
meati pt Yorktown, where the British made
C u I t I d if 1t it ce s, renting one a little later and the trees: a
dwell, • J ccttl ,mallei. Ti desnyudinh safes fro
span;
'Memento 100''1' conies to us from hell;
Before thy doom is sealed, prepare!„
Some 'splashing drops of rain cause
through the interlacing leaves above
upon his face and hands, recalling him to
consciousness of time and place, and
with a start of surprise he wow about
to hasten his steps toward the house,
when written*, above the muttering
An Advantage.
firs. Benlmmiei—Tiley say that a seat
in the stock exchange costs maty thou-
sand dollars.
Benham Yes, but after you ]lave paid
fon it you get it, mad that's more that
rot] can say of a seat be a street ear,—
Plr,ilaoe'iphia inquirer,
wellllautde is studying painting;
r.1 out upon the snllemnligltt and brought her coiplcxmn,