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The Wingham Times, 1903-08-06, Page 7xxxxlmomoomniocommootx HER SECOND LOVE A STORY OF LOVE AND ADVlNTURI. BERTHA Author of "" Between Two Loves," Which Loved Bion Best," "" A Fatal Wedding," '4 A Woman's Vengeance," CLAY ""Between Two Sins," 1 that, no individuality. „i,.d so sho had charity and forgiveness for leery ono, except women who had married without love. There was a ,gentle intolerance about her on that • subject, which one often - sees in :those who had known or seen noth' ing hardly beyond their own forfun- .ate experience; theirs is the happiest lot; but they do not always remem- ber that it came to them, they did , not fled it. Whilst Georgy and Mr. Erskine had each half -unconsciously begun the game that has sometimes been play- ; ed before, she sat by quite uncon- and :seious. Her life. was complete, ' . she never speculated upon that of ' others In her own way sho was a TILE WJIGUA . TUIES, AUGUST G,. 1903 1;44144441I Sunlight Soap your blankets or wilt make them fleecy. will not injure barden.,.,them. It soft* white and 7B "Mr*. I.umsden is a clever llt.tae 1 Tey' ant! by the housekeeper conic, a woman," said Mrs. Lewis to Geor- talkative elderly -woman, who would gy, when, they were alone together•elttertafn Misst?andon, and offered Clever!,' exclaimed Georgy, open- 1 to walk with her round the garden. ing her eyes. 1 She looked upon herself almost as "'Well, don't catch me up so se. joint possessor Of MonWands with N•et•.1 with your lefty ideas; clever . Mrs. Erskine. "tier father had rent- aneans everything nown(ays•-•-ane ed yon farm of the mistress' father, never gives it a precise definition-.-- i and her brother had it now. When it hoes for any sharp pi4 4 of assur- ! about in bye, and .rad never taken a once, as swell as to' the: great outs about, in 1,y0, .and itad Dever talten a the carl.tsuatiortUhi• lllistreES . had offered of "Georgy, w."ill you Stay for the herllthe pla,ce or 11nnsema1d, and $lie oharn,i?" had, been with her sotneway's ever "Tha0nks you, 1 shall be obliged to since.,, go Immobefore the groan clay; It was not easy to stop Mrs. 1loy's my tongue when it WAS once unloosed, aunt is going Iirway, and so win i and she continued to pour fortis want one, to be housekeeper at apologia's for the unkept state of the GratnthnrZ�e. en. garden. i Mr. Erskine was set upon by Mrs. „pre had a fine show of greenhouse e to loin i the s i Lumsden, ap"1 begged p)"Weants Disco. hitt now the green r e . n g into 0 to d it m d. n genteel b s concern- s ro h i d 0 k l t •t 9 t u y beech -trees throuhere, clear lady! What errand: Stave t e a •re. road; then through narrow stony ou come nn?" Georgy always contrived to be fan near the old lady; indeed, it ryas a driving—and endless fir corer. , } \1 very pleasant ne c t or loo1 dering sometimes on one side of the so witty and kindly, so 'warm- road and sometimes on the other; hearted and so unsophisticated; now past the back of a country then Georgy hnade her' talk, and she house, with nothing seen from the fell into the snare, and often talked road but the stable -roof through the about her own concerns. Georgy trees; through another fir plantation; had never remembered that some then down a steep hill, and through people in the world must know Mr. a burn which was often high in whx- Erskine intimately besides his Ino- 1 ter, flooding the hanks, and soxtle- ther; all the people here knew him, I tinges carrying away the foot -bridge, and seemed to live on strangely oh- but was now mare like a few clear veryl of that privilege, bearing it stony pools than a streau'l. At last very lightly Mrs. Lumsden genee; Georgy arrived at the gate at Monk - ally spoke of hien as Jinx Erskine; lands, a rtunl.)ling little house, with else boldly affirmed that he admired two flights of grey stone steps lead - her, and declared that he wras a, ing up to the drawing -room 11in- seeue capital follow•, and that she dotted domes; which was neither on the so Many reruiniscences of fairy land, ell him; "indeed, he Ixad ttvo ince- ground floor, nor yet' did they be- hback: Then all the tunable qualities in a Ivan. Ile long to the first story. present, the present of those fere I tvoulcl mance a delightful lover and a The pony hat must b shoe,ltltx nd• days, which was too beautiful to b lerfect husband; so few had capacity first of ail, t told out in, any fashion—she was enough for both." Tho housemaid said "there ryas a arra. Lumsden ryas a rattling,well- blacksmitjl, she supposed, in the dressed little woman, with a lovely village;" but she did not seem to pink and white coutplexfou; well- think either ponies or blacksmiths in rt•o • w s t -•Ila c a rt ` 11C g mannered, h elfirst d, in the , orvper- her province. T room for the first half hour, or per- miles off, and there would be a haps evening, but of thoroughly bad blacksmith there, slle supposed," anti style in reality; she was quick, and 11 presently, as she was perfectly aware had entire confidence in herself, say- of these tet o facts, she described his ing hatever first occurred to her. residouco. .ler suppositions iuvoly- E • kine haci rather a distaste I re de unc0rea r s for in that part , Lo n51. ant to him whether she runs engaged or not? and what need was there to mention such things to hint?" so site never brought herself to do it, The joy of the day was sufficient unto it- self; to like him was enough; that he ideal whichhsh eke ter neverriously, was an ente tained for a moment, but "it was very good of hien to talk to her a little." She tondo herself pleasant too, to him; what power, what capacity, silo had, was all poured out so genuinely be- ford hien. It is not often that ',r•e 1 are our whole selves to any one; either wo take too much from thehn, a n b ht le c t c Y and >:tin only p as hearty atteIfllt at a soli-atereotyPe; or timidity in •ourselves, or want of ,pleasant person to have staying in 1 sympathy from them, keep back a little oL t 1\ cl vol onnli n e d der a d our s Y Cut le of r sl rt p • O A f P r ho use P 0 r th f _I � malice, alto w'as nitvays ready to ad ,mare wprklly wisdom, Anct Georgy • mire other people's beauty and clew- I might have made calculations as to n h be- cruces, toil those with• whom she -what ntLrn liked in 5votnon, that g -never came in competition niwaye fore sho spoke, and been a nice per - liked her, and forgave her the good sort, perhaps; only not herself. looks on which she never prided her- So the first days' passed, and to - :self.' • morrow, Mrs. Erskine, Jautes' mo - Georgy and Mr. Erskine, were far ther, Mrs. Lumsden, and a corre- ' 1 more thrown together than most sponcling complement, of gentlemen 'people who aro visiting at the same would arrive to increase the party. 1 house. They sat together through Mrs. Lewis was downstairs again, long mornings in the library, whilst and all the morning she engrossed ' Mr Lewis was --I don't quite knew Mr. Erskine; then in the afternoon where. Air. Erskine made a show of he had been walking with Mr. writing, And reading the newspaper; Lewis, Mrs, Lawrence had driven to I Georgy made a show of going to Eastham, that she aright do. some •"busy lierself most deeply upstairs, sho ping for the children; and Geor- I and always thought when she had gy,pwho had thought during the been there for half an hour that a morning that three was n decidedly ntnst unc°nschonab a h d lap- bad number i t wandered She was a tall,. striking, handsonto old lady, rather masculine, in her abrupt, vehement manner, Ilut she was only so in outward manner; in her inner being, she was perfectly feminine. it was so difcult to de- fine why a quiet, well-mannered w'O- xnan often strikes one after a little acquaintance as a lot sufficiently feminine. To a woman it is often more quickly discernable than to - a mass; not so muds from a quicker perception, ns that it is muck less carefully veiled frouh her. Such a, woman. (foes not effect to he hnascu- line in any way, and yet there is an instinctive feeling that something \' nt feln.ttinc is wanting: and tltut t a is perhaps the faculty of heartily looking up to any one person or thing greater ,Ilan herself. Mrs. and this Erskine always had had t , had it still. After an unhappy first marriage, unr sho weddrei,�whcn rte longer yo f„ Mr. Erskine. She worshipped her gentle and reserved husband, More yielding outwardly than herself, and never dreanht of" trying to govern him; indeed, the people she loved, al- ways governed her, inn spite of her positive, decided manner, and com- manding air, Now that her husband was dead, more of her affections were given to James, than to the children of her first marriage. She could no.t help it; they had only their own sharp of love, and her youngest son received both his and I his father's. Tho house at Monk- lancis, not far off, was hers; but ea - ntUiurw mn,ppnplgplp,;'@Ii allwtp ., m '4,111..,. 4i mTlr., J Y t,.. _ s acting; but he had scot the sit lutea' clination to bo pressed the so little at home, the expe0sevi ono in rood. The garden is 1. service. Nobody subntiitted more 6 humbly to being ordered about,if he though, and a large one. ` Mr. (Char- i' sed it and nobody was solve les should. comae back front trevelin` , timepea , s was dtero gently itt; could11 t,Ile and act, mother tcompa*ty; t it ei a lonesome for nd did and knot! Duo; could , and did not know Slow to act,and •lot utarri0d�" that• Diiss Julia alas had never been able to learn any g '"Feat made been a long time with thing by heart, and then, o, he Mrs. Ersk!ne•" 1nust go in a couple of days.' rs. Ed I leave. when I first know- pars. Luutsden, who hud decided that he should. be hero, was vexed; ed etbc ml Mess, A she r ,as a Mi t ess and Mrs. Lewis laughed at h tt, dc- Air, Grey was a kind geatlentan, and Glaring that his refusal assn ed an I r, G ptlrtiul to bin., poor man: air of fatuity—still, he woul not: though he tial not so Sunny alto - d ' •ate ) t tett he y 'Ilse t t 1 he tt att t the vus iron I r Ind 4k1nC. u cth0r as Dir. 1Jr. declarad to ueorgy that Mrs. I ntee i tistress and Mr. Erslcine's wedding, slden had assumed a Lone of rable, and a bonny bride she made, when Geog-,that -wm quite ensu cecale, I had finished the dressing of her. I ' • .tie r Cla r 11CC of otos a 'ltd C lint ' tYU9 `+) ' S Svc. G<r t 6 1:i c j 'd tot. g• teas her mal , snore le was worldly -minded woman, and was There wras an ant xt d di cession well satisfied with my dressing, at breakfast the next dayllO01 in dresses and playbooks, some of though I family a'0re London body." " g tit Monk- All her a to * found be duty were toher we' it I which It her wl h•'1• felt lands, hidden away atter an orderly .eyes, She even t and undiscoverable manner.Mrs. 'hien so ell ofy itIrre. Grey, , he the having &- Erskine could not drive the that tress. day, and she maintained that the She gave Georgy a nosegay of servants had not the discretion nen (.Stint roses, mignonette, find cessary for finding dresses and what- ingchoosyet - books; whilst everybody else said ever evert to ehrs and -remained, resde- that they Hurst be had, ilia • Erskine niel; for, as site would have expres- had dined out sto night before, and ryas not yet returned—so a was sed it, "she was partial to Miss not available. Georgy offeredto ride Sandon, greho had w anxious anxious pleased .sed for the over and choose then!; and t s Monk- �orgal)ut it had notuarrivedatyet; he lands could not be more than eight ko went again into the house, and utiles off by the fields, it was quite feasible, and was agreed to directly• sat down in the schoolroom, made The ride was a pretty one on that 111) a heap of books which she would bright autumn day, across fields and Car`y,tiand ttied supa bundse toof take. dress- througheerough narrowrihlane every She heard the steps of the pony on tree and bush rich with mellow changing hues. Part of the way was the gravel, but never looked up until road, the door . It was hoa be seen, ce housemaid)inoreMrs. Hoy whocr darkc whole valley couldned the entrance, but Mr. Erskine. tetanic purple, heathery + + •i brightened invo un - be beech-trees overshadowing stood some thewhole tartly As she looked up at him• ou ' 1 time a o for society, y, I cept when any of her chi ren I sed. So most of the morning they about alone in the afternoon all I with her, she was little in it. She .wt and talked in the old oak through the shrubberies, where a ! hail lived years there withh I` wainscoted -Doan, till the ugh the warm wind was- rustling among the Mr.dmany but arthere her I which first came in through the still green hollies. Then she went 1 to leave it Erskine, justice fo son; and t:'large east window, was shining full into the garden, whence she brought) that was the true reason why site ! through the three small south ones, a whole basketful of asters; they no longer cared for the place, Bc resting on the books and brighten- looked so gorgeous on that dull af- her daughters had taco. it ling suthe he old-fashioned leaves and ternoon, when nothing else bright sides,, and daupersghter theiradthoughtoit acorns of the old-fashioned gilt , was to be seen. After she had put go away from it; and now, that they frames which surrounded two look- them is the large China bowls on the Iwere married, Mrs. Erskine had lost to ! ing-glasses: glasses which ministered 4taireASo, she sat down alone in the h habit of living the 1 not to vanity, `or they distorted the drawing -room. r ',face most painfully, and gave it a She could play, and had a very greenish color. great gift of music, though, to her i 1 b 1 d she was Now they rode with ;a• Lewis, • aunt's disappointment, who thought 1 and now wenttk walls glove; and when I that playing did not make a show, 1 •ers, M . Erskine the garden for flot she had no voice. There are times -ern, Air. asked with great ! when, for a short while, passion can tmtoc They m "Might not he go too?"b supply the place of genius; • people must certainly have been can, write verses, and good ones, too, good companyfor rar each other, ,tali who would , never again be. capable The ine ultli front the ordinary Hees. T q lapse +art a c I such a ing from appearances. of s P me it, there was between litkem, conditions of their capacity, any uhild it, in Groaggr part, eke a more than a man who could not chilh's liking for a grown-up errson• ride, could again take the leap which When two people are lout of tohe he did under stress of circumstances. well versed ill kthe other; of the Perhaps Georgy never again. played world and of life; the ottes; ignore to herself as she did then; so many �. ettg of all save the position of one recollections of her childhood, which eagyr heart, their Posit wn must be d tohavereturned to her like very act Georgy would speak and act seemed to p way that came brightly might have seemed compromising to !,a, woman of the • world, only she never regarded herself of sufficient im- ' ortallce to be compromised. the d hills ' GeorIn one gy's fact bI g 1 glorious Y es again --batt for either riding or you get books and dresses for the 4 bor- charac es. i. y pony lost a shoe, and 1 I really think that they are maim - lecturing as well as the taclurtnl, the holt slate." Well, never mind; luisn't Mrs. Hoy given you something to eat?" "'the made faint offers, lett I re- fused thele. for I diel not think that aboutI she seemed quite confident it." "I will go and see." Presently he returned with the news that "Mrs. Hoy would give • P Each I saying it through the music as best 'word, each look of his, made an in- shey could; dreaming tillm her actual , eliblo impression upon her; and yet I lone wits momentarily losth in ual d the beErskinemecould not inall equity contemplation of that love. Her blamed. theat is often called flirt- tears fell fast, and still she did not ing is but give and take of so- cease her playing; she was excited, '•-ciety• One person cannot always and yet nothing startled her. It was Itell the moral position of the other, only the fulfillment of her dream, or the impression ,which -every un- when the folding -door was pushed 1 would word would stoni Many open, and Mr. Erskine cam out of I ! wee start back with astonishment i niswhose the library. She knew his footstep 1 were it revealed to them in whose without turning her head, and she ,lives they have made the deepest stopped. marks. "Do you keep your beautiful play - Erskine was totally ignorant , secret dear lady?" he asked, Mr. ing a for him. ,of what Georgy really felt and leaned over -the pianoforte. $he oleused him for the moment. at o There was a sense of mastery and bo was too incessantly occupied to possession somehow • expressed in 1 hmeasro produced a nicetyuothe effect which hose low, quiet words, that could he upon her. Ise he not have been felt better if he had known the work which ho was called her by name. Only the heti- it doing, fl wouldysore, if have activee ItlaCy seemed all on his side, and she • k undone. coulddy more, if any would have felt nearer to hint if he t child'ess ,she have brightened "found the had called her Georgy. ;from'eI him, ade would have found it.. '"'It is not worth while to play, I from had he known her wants. Mrs. Lawrence and Mrs. Lewis sing They talked on all subjects, ex- i•oepting that Georgy disliked making so well; and then playing- is never to have called for." 'Mention of Grainohgh, ""But do play some more now, if been there was enough, without be- you are not tired; what .,is that you Ping condemned to talk about it, She have just finished?" I told flint many things, only never „Only my own fancy." recurred to that somewhat prosaic ""Can't you fancy it over again?'" i.ttetunlity of her engagement; she sev- 7 She tried, but reality had dispel- eral tines thought of doing so, and led it, and the music only inane strut- `once or' twice an idea of disloyalty me' ing ay forth the second c time;est so ! :seemed to attach itself to the orris- she played soft he music of te so '.sion; but that was only a =onion- and then fragments of Deethooen; tarp reflection. "What mattered it ed no other music I - which should prec . o , for nothing can express the calm of passion like his. She played her very best, and it began to groW dark; for the little lady; and it was amus- ing to see her. disapprobation, and then her perfect good -nature. She though she said id • the t brit 6 admired her spirit; it was carrying pit off bravely— "when you knew that a person did not like you, to declare that tlicy who began to explore Inc house, worshipped you."party were lounging The whole g g soon found books and dresses• about in the drawing -room after The books were in a little room that breakfast, and Mrs. Lumsden had ' the once etbeen nre rschoolre roolttiland in of rushed into an epitome of a French i torn book, not much adapted for the � children. ) t e ogyloo turned dfute over a little perusal of quiet English families. owls was silent; and Mrs. portfolio containing a drawing of rctw•ina still he did not seem weary of listen - 'Nervous Headache ing, and was leaning over tate piano, with his face, so full of intelligence and Rheumatism and gentleness, very near hers. "I must go now," she said; he Both thoroughly eared by a Coarse of treat. went with DI. Chases 6 ;e rye Fe od ofd Kidney -lever Pills. made no opposition, osi ion" but hent t down still iv little nearer, and putting up These11 are a lock of r hair that. was e with remedies of br• mane per- hall laid hisehand on he • head, for a isons togetherWe the greatnsuccess Y, w k moment, and then helped her to sons. While the Kidney -Liver Plus awaken the action of the liver, invigorate the kidneys, shut up tbe ptcanosf o e. her t After p1 is Food d A Nerve I' made s the er he bowels, the w ate , dr regulate :an 1;always re - y ?builds up the system. minding her of it himself, He would MRS. C. BAT"riSOlr, have done the same out of kindness 373 Murray St., Ottaway to any one Who had appeared to him Ont., states: --"For to be thrown at all in the back - some time l was a secret ground. Site Waited now every night • ..him to zzt told s dint, asked ---or by nes ake from nervousness, to be n Hess, nervous headache play Whatever he had bidden her and rheumatism. I liad do, she would. have done it. the rheumatic pains for of the country, were you ask body if their next-door neighbor be dead, they would answer "I suppose so," had they. themselves attended his funeral. The groom, who had conte with Georgy, set off to find the aforesaid blacksmith, and Georgy, cors. + Erskine, for a wonder, had not read it, but only heard of it; for there was no one more voracious than she was for freely d more fnts, or French literature, although She occasionally preached against it. child had done it n long, long while "You Ott really should read Ju San- ago. There clone runs also a 1, ioii eel bat- lydeau's 'Madeleine;" Jim Erskine sure- ly has the book—he ought." tledore, and the skeletons of some don't know, I'm sure,,, said shuttlecocks. ooks n t the bookcase offs the some cott ages, with trees g conveniently by, and a bridge which crossed a river just where a tree was likewise growing; but this draw - tog was incomplete, the foliage of lie tree being yet unfinished; some them some tea; sinless, melee(, Afi �Antlon would like whisky better. .� regetatllePrcparationforAs- slmilating theFood andltegtlta- t ng ttl�smulls itd'3a1a'e!s Cf insnatimti 1 Promotes Digestion,CbeeTftd nese and RestContdas netttler Opiul i.Norpliile nor Sin z i. ISTfI .si oOY~Q. • T•arecrOrelSrSrf. �� .7.2.:. /irrqAirs SK.?- ./..Snot • ,ncltP&kr- i'n &t Sea[ • ]ipp,rrrrrnr - i!r teeZm rtc&Z', • i'Ve! . r. i .,rrt„JJe' l.t,.xryr,uc fluJvr. AI zr xtBcmcdy forCorslir ,- tion. Sour Stomach.Diarrhoca Worlds,COnvutZions ,Fever islt- t1Cl1 and Loss OF SLEEP. 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The grooms did not return ss I till fate in the Afternoon. "Willie I Burn, the blacksmith, was away at a wedding;" rind w'hQn he had found the said Willie, "`Willie had been get- ting et ting a drink, and would do no work that day;" so the groom was oblig- ed to find another smith, and on the road had probably refreshed himself a little. Mr. Erskine bade him go and get some dinner. "The pony," Ise remarked, "was not safe for Miss Sandon; she had far better drive home in his dog -cart." ""Ehl but the pony is all right, not such Sandon dc>•.t is l 0 I.a sir; and Miss In time, a sort of tea -luncheon ar- rived, and some whisky also. "You needn't look so disdain- fully," lie said; "it is very good, though you have never probably been allowed to have any." "Very likely." "Will you take some?" -"Yes." "'Now, wait, I will drink to you, and happi- ness. d lady, all manner of goo What do you wish for most • about three years. GHA1;'TDR VI, Mrs. Erskine; "perhaps he may—he reacts a good many French hooks, I believe; I do not like French books." She had assumed what they called her denture face; and Mrs. Lewis and Georgy were laughing to themselves. "But you will forgive poor Made- leine at last." "Poor who? I am very deaf, my dear. I really do not understand French books; the language has changed so now, that old people can • t. You 1 said to understand • o ] b hardly y you 1 O Erskine, f '1 ' Drskt , y can ask my a015, 1It . wish it. He rends french, I be- lieve." It was of n6 use; she was hope- lessly ope lessly stern, and bent upon making t lish fL. favor of g in fa r ' nt use rat tb oto de a Dire, decortntt that morning; so Lumsden dropped the conversation. loan; elad rr ay shelf?been here,What a this'whole When site WAS gone, lire. Lewis andthat book 'told; holt history th Gror>;y showered down a torrent of childish reproaches on ' Mrs. Erskine, who i present to a good boy! Then or bore thein very patiently, only say- note! There Was something look different ing, "that the supposed old� pe<ty,le then. lh�rro ttrnsttnlrgearning as the laughed at. to with such d to be g thedays made , love; y were w ] , r e y t o fit those -0 Mise. I,tttnscten was happy in the t childhood and if we afternoon; she .tad proposed char` we have had no holtld be, t in,ikely, with- -,lid her any good until I gnvetshetpdov d, a entail scute; Mrs. Lewis all had, We tel breath Is sweat, Iter tongue cleanrovcd, and Mr. Lewis had adopted l out the longing love of ours. We are �TabTets. Now her food diges proper - the p n. Mora young ladies , strange to those days; almost the ly, her w suggestion. olrly . have 1 eosin ,and charades would i 4irfit5be days of sorra Weream 1 tyreco itnteud tl e t beet to eethn eromitb- were c g tpo a capital alttusentcnt. The house : no jeatotrsy, Ithfaf a very pleasant 1 tlhers m they curet. my baby when noth. eras weeks ago .. ..-e--' , • •'/ .the use of ;i)r. Chases'Cleargy did not much relish the Mrs. 11dney.L a fills, a d and found new arrivals of the next day; her • Chase's e oleey'•Liv tete-a-tete was broken in upon, -that 'there medicines worked together most ..satisfactorily in my case. 1 havca to d altogether several bores oldie Nerve r nm now entirely cured of my old treglbic. know of others who have aua I thesehe'Repent- tions i tions and been cured, ,herr heartily recommend them." The portrait and signature of Dr. Aio e rests»•aft every bots. never perhaps to be resumed. That, Georgy would !lave liked litre. Era- Wab in contusion; rooms, o rth'irs ! to sit to wring even the most trivial f .nil else Would. are !told by all half, had the been pons h e e of but and dresses k it -for discussed. lgr attest that nothings front the lips of some un- dealers Baby's ittn tiicina or will s sent pont• the Was 10 be heroine, en 1 suspe i , tr ni t!- , R. doubt; Vat others acquiesced in her exlpecta"- tion. ) tri to liking, there watt no T,unlsdett tau 1t d the nothings - friend, who finds a len paid et t $ve cease M1 boa by the to litre her done not once cy house. Odd - volumes of sermons, and old English novels, that we, who have learnt the refinements of senti- ment at the feet of France and Ger- many, ignore. There was all manner of obsolete An(1 useless literature, and on the lower shelf a thick, old Bible, bound in shining purple leath- er, Which looked clumsy in this clay of Church Services and Bibles, with their clasps, crosses and embossed covers. c It to , s01 been a rc i l0 had be 1 Ili l 4 T ht. James Erskine, from his affectionate father, on big departure to school for the first time;" so said tite in- scription on the title -page. It had been thumbed a little, but, on the Dow well • tl had been preserved. whole e,.- ife? I ate sure that your desires, I bad one for riding." atelier they may be, have a reso-"Miss Sandon, di you had really much e quaintness of their own. Now you 1100(1 note bestow that better drive home with me; he is not Sweat approbation upon me," very sober; I really think you answered, laughing. " I am very ought;" sonable; I only wish to have my in 1 wh lut equ she "Very well," said Georgy, re lessly. "suss Standen will let lee drive home, and you can lead the pony They did not go home immediate for the rain was still an excuse; a they sat at the schoolroom wind* whilst the leaves of the syeam m trees, still green in that shelter place, and whose branches had sto out richly against the blue sky, h an hour ago, were dripping with t heavy rain -drops. They sat the till the rail had ecnsed, and th rambled about the garden till t sun began to set, Mr. Erskine lt' ing invented many ingenious excu for not starting. "We must go now," said Georg desperately, at last; and they • go, packing books and dresses in i dog -cart. They talked sentiment 1 the way home, discussing nla)tit( generalities nitd truths, which n no literary authorities to mint them—they Sind many living exp tions. Ouch converse tion 0lout Mr. Erskine; and he ably NN ell. (To be continued) ret own way, which is but a trifle; and _ you—you wish for the approbation ,e, of others, besides that, I sholld - r eee think.""4,,' .' "Do we positively come here for the purpose of preaching sermons?" "I hear enough of that at other times," site answered, demurely; and the lunch(0hi proceeded. "Look how it is raining: when will the servant come back?" "But, Miss Sandon, two nee Com- fortable; why should we trouble our- selves about it? You know, if any- thing happens, I can drive you back." "Holy furiously it is raining!" "Like as in summer." "Can you not speak grammar?" and they both burst out laughing— those hearty, gay laughs at noth- ing, which children give, and people BABY'S SECOND SUMMER Why Ms a Dangeroa:t Time For The Little Ones-. Baby's second summer is considered a dangerous time in the life of every in- fant because of the disturbance to the digestive fnnetions caused by cutting teeth daring the hot weather. In slight- ly less degree every summer is a titne of the in- s shown b babies as is Y for lA danger c fi during created death rate among them d B the heated term. Of great interest to every mother, therefore is a comparative- ly recent discovery of which Mrs. Devitt Leo, of Lindsay, Ont., writes as fol- vsi-- lor ' e et stn rel tem R t --- "My little girl had a Ila R her teeth. She was feverish, her tongue was coated, her breath offensive, and she vomited curdled milk. On the ad- vice of our doctor I gave her Beby's Own Tablets and rhe began improving et • at night well* g lett' not R DuceShe hadP SI for about three months, anal I twee al- most. worn out caring for her. Nothing "sees.....ss_ Trve11erS and Tourist Travellingfrom place to place are subject to all kin count of change of wat of Bowel Complaint on ac � diet and: temperature.. dtilt Would have done otherwipe. -cu1tl; fate• lent listener; even if the retrospect ilrock- bei tail there is no jealousy. there. Ivi11eW()ni�mslllatlieillaC,ottrpnnyt Dr. Fowier's Ext. of Wild StrawbelTY Diarrhcea,'Dysentery, Cc Is a sure cure for �sentery,_ am Crpsr Pains in the Stomach, Seasickness, Chop Cholera Morbus, Cholera Infantum, in CC llld plaint, and all Fluxes of the Bowels n Cllen Adults. Its effects are marvellous. It acts like a charm. Relief is almost instantaneous, . a ted coedit Does not leave the Bowels Y in consti . p