The Wingham Times, 1911-08-31, Page 7-
TUE WiWHO TIES, OUST 31 1911
Linkedy Fate
BY CHARLES GARVICE
Author of "The Verdict of the lieartt!' "A Heritage
a Hate," "Nell of ,Shorne "Fad
For," A IVI:oiern Juliet," Etc.
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-Unconsciousneas, but After a time she
aglow to ;Again, and fowl'', that Site
was still floating in this dream-like
mist, Her Whole past life seetati, like
a dream. Was this wide sea, the
and, ber marriage, only a dream?
HoW long she floated. On the calia
millspona of a see, She did not now
'but presently tbe mist VAR peeetaat-
.ed by the sosed of mimic, With clos-
ed eyes she listened, Was she data,
and was this the music of the haw -
«only' ehoir? If so, she was at rest in
1,
,
the bourne from ;thence no traveler
,
returns. But tin nnering,. her hr sl land
-alai was still on his desolate 'stand.
aali, how could she have left idea •
The music grew louder wed ittore
alistinct, and it seemed to taw more
earthly; she heard s voice, a deep.
stentorian voice, cant .. "Igart • over-
board! .Stop her!" Then her senses
hipped from her slowly, easily, and
when they iaturned and she opened
.her eyes again they met the pitying
•ones of a young girl who bent over
her with anxiety eloquent in every
curve of her body.
"Aro you better? Can you :under-
stand? Oh, I hope you have coMe
tor" said tbe voice' belonging to tho
body.
"I -I am better," said Nina; arid,
I as if it were a formula, she asked,
"Where am I?"
. "On board the Island Queen -one of
the Weldon Line, you know," replied
the voice.
'Nina did tot know, but she sighed
.and turned her heed away.
,"We. found you tied to a part of a
raft,". said the voice, which sounded
-nearer now, "and we are all so anx-
ious aboat you! But you mustn't, try
to talk. -The doctor said that if you
<carne to X wos to keep you quiet."
."Who -who. are you?" asked Nina,
but without any great display of bi-
"texast.
"Polly Batriford," replied the voice.
• "at was 1 wbo first saw yoti, I was
leaning over the toffrail, .or whatev-
er they call it. But there! I Shall
'have the doctor on me if I talk to
you. Try to go to sleep." •
Nina, turned over and endeavored
to obey, and presently fell into '• a.
-sleep sleep.
' When she wake the girl, Polly Bain -
•:ford, was still sitting by her side,
z.atal she nodded approvingly and en -
1 .eouragingly.
il"That's right! ,Why, what a sleep
:you've had! Eighteen hours by the
It clock. And you look so much better!
-Hush! Here comes the doctor!" '
The ship's doctor, a young man,
'team° in rather shyly and felt her
;pulse. .
"You are much better," he said;
. ttlien he started as Nina thrust his
',hood aside and, sitting op, eaclaina
red: .
"The island! Where is it? I want
to go back! You inust find it! He is
there! You must rescue him, take
him away. I. -I left Iiiin--alone, all
alone!"
"Hush!" murmured the doctor; but
, • A as oho still continued to rave he went
,off for the captain. The captain had
h sflye daughters of his own, and he
1,
stood beside Nines berth and lookecl
a ..dowit a her fever -flushed face with
i.. pgaoba
ternottilt pity i bainirioxing lady?"
gtehnidear dmernaeswaly.
"What as it no
'he asked,. aoothingly.
,elose by; Too can- find it! Ile is there
.alone -in solitude--tquite alone! In
pita, I implore you, I beg•of you to
• y
"The island!" panted Nina. "It is
I
' left him. I was fooliabamd
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The captain patted her hand and
glanced at the doctor. , e
"What island?" he asked, gently.
"I don't` know! Ilow should I
"know?" she murmured. "It has no
name. Wa were wsecked-"
"Inv poor girl, we picked yoa up.
on the open see," said the captain,
pityingly. "And that's days and
d ay s ago. We en t put back-''
"Leave her to me," !woke in the,
doctor, "She's roving, Very Probab-
ly there is nothing in it -no , island
- tie ea Leave her to 100."
Ninn rein! Bed into delirium and
l'olly Tlainford and he nursed and at-
tended her, It wes a, week before she
• reeoveral tu1 consciousness, and by
that tinie the tessel ,• was nearing
'Closiond.
,N•lnix, when she dame batik to her
senses. lay with closed° et es and flea-
ing boat, listening to the wash of
the waves against the slap, mingled
with the sounds of musie and • sing-
ing. They -reminded her of the sounds
she bad heard as she tessed On a
portion of the raft.
's "What are they singing? What is
.thee music?" were almost her first
words.
Polly smoothed the bed clothes,
"It's the company-ldr, Harcourt's
company." she replied, , "They're
singing one' of the songs of our last
success, 'My Lady's Pride.' Does it
disturb you? I'll get them to stop. •
I'm sure they will, for they are most
anxious about you; and they're all a
good sort."
"No, no,"' said Nina. "Don't stop
theta And aro you one of them?"
"Yes," said Polly, 'Ian one of the'
company. But I'm 'not a principal.
I've only got a small part -what's
called a 'Singing Chambermaicla " •
Nina looked at her =comprehend-
ingly, and Polly laughed.
'Oh, it means that I'm os
n y mall
1 1?
potatoes. You see, I haven't much of
a voice, and so a take a back • seat.
'We'ae been and,
in Australia and
we're going to do the provinces -and
-Londen-1f we've hick,"
"1 see," said Nina, with a sigh
that was a little envious; for this
girl with the bright eyes and the
mobile lips had her futuremorked
out for her, while she, Nina, was
adrift on the world, homeless and
friendless. She closed her eyes, Polio
stole away, and Nina pondered deep-
ly. In her delirium she had implored •
the captain to turn froni his course
and search for the island. It had
been a. hopeless prayer then; it was
still more hopeless now. Besides, ev-
en if she could achieve the impos-
sible and persuade them to turn
back, they might not be able to find
this particular island among the
group, and if• they did, if sintering
would probably'%have leit. Ile had
the canoe, and she knew him too
Well to think he would remain there
in solitude. Then, again, there was
their mutual promise. She had pledg-
ed herself to keep, their marriage se-
cret, and howascould she do so if she
told them about the island?
The captain ond the doctor visited
her a little later, and when the cap-
tain rallied her on "her island" she
colored, bit her lip and turned her
bead aside, and she heard him say
to the doctor aa they left the cabin:
"I told you sol Just a fancy on
her part. People talk like that when
they're in her state. She must have
been wrecked from the Alpine' that's
misSing."
The doctor nodded assentingly.
"Better let ner alone, and say no.
more about it-uleas she does," he
Nnici, sagely; awl, ineating roily
deck, he cautioned her to refrain from
questioning the patient.
"As if 1 sheuldl" retorted Polly,
with it toss of her pretty head.
But she had to aSk one question,
her Nissan, In winca sull faY` alo'
den the oilskin; peeket containing
Flerniug's diary and her Marriage
"lines," as if elle Were trying to re -
flee by actual touch the reality Of
the vast.
• All day the theatrical company
made the ehip gay by laughter and
snatches of song, and in the evening
there were informal cOricerts in the
vast fialotal, to a Wrier of Which
Nina sometimes Stole to listen and
look OR unobserved, as sho listened
and looked on from the nook on deck
Which had tacitly been reServed for
her.
Sometimes the captain approached
and oPOke to her, or one of the pas-
sengers offered the stereotyped Mar.
testes, bet Nino seemea to shrink
from them all, pave Polly, and, ie -
cognizing her reticence and reserve,
they gradually ceased to address her.
But they were nearing England, the
voyage was drawing to a close, and
on the last evening the captain pull-
ecl up beside her and in his gruff
voice, which his kindly smile fully
dis0ounted, he, said;
'We shall be in port to -morrow,
afiss Weed. Can 1 wire to your
people to rneet you'? You are in My
charge, you know,"
Nina colored and looked down for
a moment; then she raised her eyes
bravely.
, "No, thank you," she said; "I -I
will not troubleyou."
The taptain tried not to look suo,
prised, and Nina hurried on;
"My passage -I must pay for that.
a -I ought to have spoken of it be-
fore,"
The captain laughed and shook his
head,
"Never mind the passage money,
my dear young lady. The Weldon
Line hasn't dropped down to asking
fare from a cast:rawly. Why; were
only too proud to have tacked you
Ii and carried you with ps!"
Nina drew a sigh of gratitude and
Tenet, for she knew that, her slender
purse -the sinali stock of money
which she had brought with her
from the island -would have been
exhausted by the heavy fare.
The captain hung about for a mo-
ment or two, shuffling from one leg
to the other awkwardly; then he
said, as griallY and with as tender a
smile as before:
"If -if there's any. difficult about
Your people meeting you, Miss Wood;
I'm sure my wife would be glad if
you'd come home to us. l've got five
girls of my own, and you wouldn't
feel lonely."
But Nina pictured those five girls
plying her with friendly, sympathetic
questions, and, with moist eyes,
thanked him and declined the offer.
4111y plans are all made out," she
said.
The next morning Polly came and
sat down besfile her.
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R. fONVL4.11!S
Extract. -of
I1d:Strawberry
WIMOFet4 .teTe,, • .
money Arid, countea it, '
There were only a few pourale, and
for a Mernett the rellectiOn Vas/lied
across her that there, on the island,
she had left Svealth Which, as Ilene
Owing had declarpd,
was beyond the dreams of avarite.
/hit the Wand Was far aWay, se
as ta be the island of a dream,
Mid her present tads Were yeryalear
and pressing.
She remained in her room until the
morning; then she l'ase early and,
with every regard to econemy, Pur-
chased some clothes. After breakfast
othe made a parcel of the things Polly
bed 1! at her and, with a few lines of
gratitude, sent them to tbe address
on the card -"20 Percy Street, elude
sea,"
Then she set out to begin •that
most difficelt of quests, the roeare1.
for a livelihood. It teed eearcelY be
stated that elle locked through the
advertisements ja the daily papers,
There were several laiet seemed to
lier suitable to her case, and she set-
ected one which, actforth the desire
of '"X. Y. Address Messrs. Slopes a
Slane, ffia Rutland ',Street, Regent
Street," for a young lady Secretary.
Nina, in the simpleblack dress she
bad bought, and with her veil down,
found, not witholit, sonic difficulty.
the Rutland, Street metti oiled in the
advertisement, and. •walS somewhat
surpeised to fiud, that, instead of a
private house, whieb, she had expect-
ed it to be, it was on oilies over a
rather seedy-loolcing ,b0oact shop.
Knocking at the dotils - which bore
in black paint the suote,:of Sloper &
Slyne, she was bidden by, a shrill
voice to enter, and,: obeying, found
herself in a small room furnished, as
far as a desk anetWo chairs went,
as an ofilee, •
The first thing that struck. Nina
was the strong perfume a hair oil,
with which she rightly credited the
sleek, blaca head of a young man
who was seated at the desk survey-
ing himself in a small, crooked mir-
ror which hung conveniently above
it.' Seeltig that he was ai extremely
commonplace youth, with'a face spot-
ted like the parl, one would • have
thought that the glass eould have af-
forded him little satisfaction. Never-
theless he did not withdrew- his eyes '
from it as he °drawled in a. rich cock-
ney accent:
"Well, what is it?"
"I wish to see Messrs.. Sloper &
15,11e," said Nina.
At the sound of the musical voice
the youth swung round, ,opened
mouth -it was 'like a gash aeross his
ill-favered face -and stared at her
with watery eyes,
"Oh," he said atlast, as if he
were slowly recovering • from the
shock oyier beautiful face and Law,
sweet wimp, "yoo :want to see the
gtivalors?Soity;- they're both away,
Gone on special boainess to, the Mar-
quis of' Quisby. Wired for this morn-
ing. Awfully sorry. lar'alls' I'll do.
„Cm their confidential 'clerk, aou
know." • •
"I came in answer, to this adver-
tisement," said Nina, taking it from
her purse and laying it on the desk..
The youth looked at it curiously,
critically, as if it were a curiosity of
the rarest ;kind. - • ''
"Ohl" he said at dast. "Ab, yes.
Quite so! So you want a situation
as secrethey?"
Nina expressed assent.
"Yes; will you take a chair?" He
dragged one forward. Nina sat down
and waited, and the youth stared at
her and stroked the piece where, if '
tae gods ate good to bini, a rneus- •
tache will tome time grow. "Well,"
'he said, when the silence and the
stare had become almost intolerable
to Nina, "this place Ms! gone." -
Nina promptly rose, saying, "Pm
sorry. CI ood-day." •
"Oh, here, stop a moment, you
know!" exclaimedthe youth • in an
aggrieved tone. "Don't go like. that!
1'here'a no huvry, is there? . This
thing's gone, but there may be some-
thing Lew, to suit you. Lemme see,"
He turned -his eyes left Nina's
face slowly and reluctattly-ta the
desk, and opening a ledger ran
through 'the pages, muttering in a
sing -song voice to himself, but
glancing the while out of the corner
bf his watery, vulgar little eyes at
For Th. Last /Fifteen Year.
/
' Mrs. Daman McRae, 62, 6th St. North,
it.,
Brandon, Man., writes: -"It is ranch
Leasure for me to say that I have used
r. Fowler's Extract of Wild Strawberry
ri my home,' every Summer, for the lad
fifteen years.
1 "I have SIX children and have used it
fon every one Of them.
"/ use it myself and BO dote my
husband. Last summer ray baby, seven
months old, was taken very sick with
Summer Complaint, and we thought he
would die. We got a bottle of Dr.
Arovfler's Extract of Wild Strawberty and
,ht,arted giving it to him in small done
Jana in three days he got ORO Well, So
:we kept on with the medicine for about
i. .4a Week or More and he became as well
1 40.8 ever.
"My little girl, two years old, *ea
taken very bad with the same trouble,
'and I used two doges of the same medieitie
find filielria completely cured.
f I "Myself and my husband think there
is 110 other medicine so 'gond for all
bowel complaints.
"if anyone Wishes to know what an
eexcellentremedy Dr. Fowler's Extract
of Virilci Strawberry is, I am willing to
tell them what it has clone for me."
LIN FON, "DR. tOWLEWS vo AND
INSIST ON (=TIM WHAT YOH ASZ
FOR.
Manufactured only by Tha T. Milburn
.:06.. Limited, Toronto, Ont. . *
samosa the captain will wire to
your peer& to meet you," she said;
"but it anythina happens,, if they
don't turn up in title, how woidd
you like US come home with ane?
I've got diggings in chelsea. They're
quite the 'humble cot' kind of thing,
far too Eimb,11 and 'modest for a swell
like you, Miss Wood-'
Nina smiled at her and laid her
hand -the fever had left it thin and
white, 'very different to the brown
"paw" of the island -o11 Folly's arm
affectionately and gratefully.
"Protlot by any means a swell,
Polly," she said. "i am very
Ip001-'-""A great many swells are," inteil-
rupted Polly, with a worldly-wise
nod of her curly head.
"And I shall have to work .for my
living; but" -repeating the words
with which she had declined the cap-
taires offer-"iny plaits are all made
oat, and -"Al
"l right!" broke in roily, with
a nod of eompreherision. "I didn't
mean to intrude. Anyway, here'
address, aed if you can you'll leuk
me up, wolft you'? X rather think
Harcourt intends taking a Lopilon
theatre; if so, I shall be settled
there" -she put a card in Ninals
hand -"for some time; and if go
Into the country with the company
the landlady .will give you my ad-
dress."
Nina glanced at the 'card, and, try -
Ing to express her thanks, put it in
her pocket.
"And now can I help you to pack
--'t She stopped awkwardly, as
Nitta, with a laugh and a blush,
shook her head. •
"You forget that I haven't any-
thing -why, even this dress and oth-
er things are yours! I will send
them to you when -When laget some
others."
"That's all right"• said rott,v.
• "nut I'd rather you come yourself
then 'send the things, for -well, I've
got fond of you,' yOu seo, if you don't
mind my saying so."
The last day of the voyage was
one of hustle and eonfusion, lighten -
by the eleetric •gaiety of the com-
pany of actors; who king from morn
to night, andegot up another ertarity
concert, whieh thoy periosteed
with an enthualasin farWoulaind away be-
yond that which they d have dis-
played on the ordinary and proles-
sanlal stage,
When the vessel glided slowly into
port Nina geld her grateful good-bye
to the captain and Polly and shoOk
halide with sotne of the people who
had been kind to her, mid it the con-
fuslOh slipped ecteaY,
With the clothea she stodd up in--
tuld they Arad inostly Polly's-atd
small handbag, oleo Polly's, she
Sound ht..
erself in the whirl of t
ercetvdee thorcieglifare. She had re- place them en the dealt. The you
1 t thein as if he feared they
and she asked It the next One she
went to the cabin.
"Don't think I want to bother yea
with questions, or that I'm a bit
curious, dear," she said, "but 1-1,
don't know what to call you."
Nina. hesitated a nloiment and a
blush rose to her. face, whith s, Polly,
looking straight before ter, affected
not to sea Nina thought; "If I give
my real name it must be Nina Mal:k-
neeing-but don't know whether X
am properly married, and there is
my promise. ' She Was almost as re-
luctant to give her maiden narne,
and, on the spur of the moment, she •
replied:
"My name is Decline, Wood." It '
was ono belonging to an aneestor
on her mother's side.
"It's a very pretty name, almost
as pretty as its owner," remarked
redly, with a brisk nod. "Arid now,
Miss Wood, you've get to get well
and strong and dome up on deck as
soon asi ever you can. cab, see you
have had a bad tittle-"
Nina, looked at herka little pito-
ohisiy. "Ah, if you notty!" she breath-
ed.
Il
"ot X don't knoW, ahd I don't
Watt to knew, unless you watt to
tell( ite",-Niritt drew long sigh -
"and I see you don't, I've undertak-
eh to ask to questions, dear, and I'm
sure you won't be bothered by any
one else; so you needn't look so anx-
ious and 'unhappy."
In a few days Nitta, Was strong
enough to leatte the Cabin, and the
doctor tied Polly helped hot' 033 deck
and enscorieed *het one of the long
deek chairs in a tarter warmed by
the atm and sheltered from the Wind,
The vessel WAS erOwded, and her
appearante dratted a great deal of
ititereat and euelosity; but the pas.
sengers With the cousideretiott tvhich
is one ol the fetv good things for
Which we have to bless the inoderit
eivilization, did hot intrude Upon. her,
blit /eft her alone hi her nee& to
look on dreamily at the life on board
a Ship,
'Every note' and diet as orho watch.
eci the prottenaders, the gay end
noiey groups playieg at deck quoits
and similar games, han
Ir hand Stole to
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game!"
4 t . Nina Was net Withsrot bor saSP-o" sionemominimmulamimamommimummosimmit
ions; hut She did not Wert the gaols,
and the next afternoon -oh, the de- '
solution and the solitude Of that day
In London, in A niece which Owned,
to a population of our millions, and
not one irieed for the solitary girl!
-she again presented herself at
Messrs. Sloper ofe Slyne'S,
The youth WAS tA .his Accustomed
seat, and carried a pungent cigarette
-it mingled affably with the scent 04
hair -oil -in his loose and hibulOnre
"Alt, how are you?" he said with. a
mixture of impudence and deferenCeet
for the refined, aeautiful face„
its grave, violet eyes awed even him,
"Glad 1,0 see you, Gny'nor's still
away, The marquis een't part with
'ern. Important business. Sorry to
say nothing has torted up," Ile ,re-
ferred to the ledger and Mumbled
over It AR before, "Thither a elealt
time just now. X./easily ypu find time
bang 'eavy PA your hands. Do my -
Self sometimes, Now, what do you
say" -he had sufficient grace to
stammer and look uneasy -"what de
you say to doing one of the halloo
this eveniria?I'nt not particularly
dush-..Sloper & Slyne, don't pay ate
a princ,ela salary, oh, by no moonlit
TirieheutstoIcrthanreunrtroivacaictoyutxcw
plelfditlses
talvolity, I s'poso?" with a leer; "1
desSay we can manage, it bit (Vi sup-
per afterwards, eh?"
Vita regarded hint with an amaze-
ment which evidently disconcerted
him, for he turned away and eyed
the glass and Angered the incipient
moustache with some enebarrass-
!nett,
Nina leant forward in her their,
her heart beating fast' with a sensa-
tion of disappointment tempered by
disgusted amusement.
"Are you asking me to go with
you -with you-soinewherer
"That's so," he said uneasily.
"You'd better:"
Nina laughed bitterly, for °her eyes
were suddenly opened. , • „
"Toll rue -though it isn't necessary
-is this pretence of business, of get-
ting Me it situation; only a pretence?
Tell me the truth, please."
Something in the musical voice, so
lOW and yet so clear and Command,
Mg, compelled the youth to an un-
accustomed veracity which after -
"1.t ih
orods. as on s edhim.
"Well, you know," he sai4, .grud-
gingly, "if yon drive me into a corn-
er -Old that's where you are driving
me, ,don't you Ittow-it's something
like what you call it. We're a kegis-
try office. We taka the fees, don't
you know. As to the situation" -he
shrugged his narrow shoulders -7"w°
might get, 'cm or we mightn't; most
often and generally we mightn't."
Nina rose pale and statuesque in
her anger.
s "But *don't you cut up rough!
Look here, you're no good for may
of this 'secretary' or 'companion'
business. You're it lady; anybody
can see that with 'ali an eye. What
You want, with that face of youra,
is the theatre or the 'ails, you come
with me to the, Frivolity and well
talk it over-"
Nioa rose, pale to the lips; ' but
good boy!" She 'said. "Haven't
Yrou a mother, a easter? Is there no
one to teach you -no, I will not go
with you to this place. Will you
give tne back lily guinea?"
The youth's face fell.
"Can't!" he ejaculated. "Entered
it in the books. More than my iliac°
is worth. Sure you won't come with
me? Plea sant even in' '
As Nina moved towards the door
he followed her.
"Iii!" he said. ''Look here. You're
new at this game. 'Take ma adVice
and cut it. There's no good in it.
They'll-Sloper & Slyne or anyone
elsa: it don't matter -pocket your
coin and do nathiug for you. Cut
the secretaryship business. Better go
on the stage. wba, lor'a you're made
for it! And I say, won't you be nice
and friendly, miss? Won't you jain
me in a regular beno of an ramie?"
Ninit left him, pleading and ex-
poattdating, and made her way out
into Regent Street.
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Nina. crowded, and she was jostled and el-
" Nursery governess, £50 a year.' bowed as she made her way to the
Ah, that'S gone. 'Lady help in it Strand. She went back to the hotel
nobleman's farnily."Inat'if golin• diseouraged mid dismayed. She had
'Companion to a clergyman's widow,' spent a guinea at the sham registry
Filled up last week. 'Secretary to a office, and saw no prospect of em -
Member of radial -tient.' And that's ployment. She was too tired, too
gone. Don't see03 to be anything heart -sick to e4, and she spent the
left to suit you at present. You'd rest ot the evening in the attic near
better let me put you on the beolts, the say. At nightfall, weary of her
Miss -Miss -0t-" solitude and . the thoughts that
"Wood," said Nina,. weighed •upon her like a physical
"Wood. Bight. And address?" herden, she went out. The streets
"Hickleyls Hotel, Durham Street," were crowded and her solitude in the
said Nina. - . midst of the multitude was ahnost
,"Right, One pine°, boolting-fee, intolerable. She made her way to
please," he reatarked in it business- the Embanarrient and, leaning
like tone.against the stone work which keeps
"Is this it registry for situations?" the slow but mighty Thames in
asked Nina with pardonable surprise.
"Of course it is!" he responded,
briskly. "What did yott think it
was, a cheeSeinonger's? alloper &
SlYne-sorry they're riot in; they'd'
be glad to gee you-einployment
agents. See? I'll enter your name
and let you know if anything turns
up likely t� Suit, you. Though, by
the way," he added, with it glance at,
her, "it, would be better if you look-
ed hi now and agaill." ,
nut -smile not at her ignorance
and unsophistication, reader -wag
foolish enottga to take a sovereign
and a shillitga-troin her purse end
membered a cheap and quiet hotel in
Oho ttf the Streets in the Strand. --
Durham.. Street -at which site attd her
father had stayed marry years ago,
and she went there bit a cob, and wet
fortunate enough to obtairt rootn.
It ivas a small Otte, bear the roof,
eta she Set doWn tlit the bed and
looked atotinti, and through the win-
dow at the opposite roof, with a
sense Of lonolirieet which elm had
never eXperienced, even in her worst
moments, Ort the island, for Man -
tering lied been, there to rely' on,. to
Cheer (Ltd eneourage her,
She tried to drive all thought% of
the past from her mind arid to flit it
on the future, anti When site had
eue.4 aeta rested she took out her
might fly away if Ile lacked promp-
titude, and put them inside the desk.
"That's all right," he said, as it
assuredly Was from Messrs. Slayer
Slytte's pOint of vieW. "You look itt
again; early and often, you know.
'Come in to-ntorrow-iti the after.
noon, I get back from, lunch about
four, Seel Oood-Inerning."
He got off his seat and opened the
door end stood gazing with his gash
of ft mouth stretched in Admisitig
grin as Nitta Went down the stairs.
"My, she's green!" he ejaculated a5.
he tore himself away from the door
and returhed to the deek, "But she's
prime, prime! Wonder if shell come
hack, Or Whether shell spot the
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towards ger on (lie night air -she
was hunting for half a crown, when. HELPFUL HINTS FOR .
st mart -the wonnaras actomplice- THRIFTY HOUSEWIVES -
hustled. against her, smashed her
purse and, with the woman, disap-
peared as suddenly as if they were
•onsubstantial as the mist that
was rising over the river. Nina ut-
tered a cry of dismay and started
after them, but ,a policemah who
had witnessed the latter part of the
familiar act stopped her with a
friendly hand on her shoulder.
"No use, no use! They've got clear
off into the Strand. You should
never think of taking your purse out
on the Embankment and, begging
your pardon" -as he looked suddenly
at her face with its pure, distraught
eyes --”this is no place for you.
"Shall I call a cab, miss?"
"No, no!" said Nina, bethinking
heiatlf that she had no looney left.
"It -it does not matter. Think you
-and good -night."
The theft of her purse had left her
penniless. Sbe tried to face the situ-
ation bravely, to ..laugh, but the
laugh would not come. Unconsciously
she turned and walked op the Ens-
bankment. It was, at any rate, quiet
and solitary, and she craved solitaide
and quiet; She had to think, to de-
cide Where she would go. She Was
penniless, friendless,.in this great city
and already she had found how
beartless it could be to the friendless
and penniless.
She made her way slowly, niechan-
icalla to the Chelsea end of the E133-
11Ydlyattotwilearbc1rsbwthile tsveaattfr sweeplog plat- bankment. le A
Polly in her mind, and it was with
There, acmes the Oceall, to which r;.atsiiiti.gr.htt 1,1ElsniirealaiNvef
the tide was tending, was the Wand athagt7PinotthesilgraPilsglif'
where'she had known la happiness be- the name of Polly's street staritg at .
her from the end house.
yond the leaver af words to express.
Was VARA Mannering, her hosband- Still mechanically, and half ix:neon.,
her husbaridi-sitill thei•cs? Vials he sciously, she Walked up the street,
mourning for her'? No; for there was and, as if in a dream, stood before
the- tinknoWn womall, Judith! All his the house with the =ober Polly had
thoughts would he of Ilea of the we- given Ilea
ninartirliedheW
rettli,e and of WhOto he 'Mir- 1lY WS tillIO Ski was weals and
faint With fatigue nod excitement,
She leant her head on the cold ond she stood, swayinig to and fro,
stone and gitve Way to the •despait and gazing at the hoilse. At this
which is so fitting tut emotion to moment a luoisoin cab drove up and
"the finest thoroughfare in turope," a girl alighted, paid the cabman -
and the Mast desolate, the most, after, thle ertaiLdisweltitti,te-haenrcletweass fe(n4i,
,
bounds looked listleesly yet Ionging-
SI h d no thought of
To remove dust from silk skirts do
not use a brush, but wipe them with a.
piece of velveteen, which will not wear
the silk, and will remove the' dust bet-
ter than a brush.
Banana, pulped and seasoned with
lemon is a tasty filling for a brown
bread sandwich. For the luncheon or
the 5 o'clock tea they will be found
delicious.
When making lemonade one of the
lemons may be peeled and run through
a meat chopper with a small piece of
the peel. This will give the lemonade
a delightfully piquant fis,vor.
Instead of nailing the outer cloth. on
the ironing board with common tacks
Ise thumb tacks. They are very con.-
venient in changing the covering, ars
-
perfectly smooth and look much neater.
A back rest for an invalid, which will
be found comfortable for one confined
to bed, is made of a wide board, well
padded and slipped into a cretoilile,
pillow case,
heartbreaLing in its magriatude and
solitude to one it atintas Situation. -upon the figure cliuging to the rails.
A footfall roused her from her naps Voll:,' -for it was she -hesitated a
sorption. A woman in most unlvo- moment. then sale Wenano.
Went up to N
"Now, then," She said, in a mat-
nionl.V raga eiapt up to bee and in
tvt:tt,,kinsatntlettiubnjigetl'It 103' 11
tria;gysIgitetinl co ohaa.e,, ter -of -fact Voice. "what are ;vett do-
ing, ins- deer?" sao moaned, ot Nina torned 'her white face, and
t'lltitoenlit'iststlrili.tvontiligaiitislinistien bed for
. roily uttered an exe'anuttion of Sur.
Nina raised Ilea bead and looked tit ll.' ;"11iisS ((334
1111' really! You, end
'not
tile woman, A wave of pita suept ata ' tiara! Na. cabba• a 1.4i:qvum
la ber. Dow long, ot, rather hoW i laarel T Lima' a our fare ! 1/11 :von go!
soon Wo
Arnold it be beton. she hers,II ! "r4 L/t11.„,„1111, IoN. (Ival. what bnueas,
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should
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