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The Wingham Times, 1903-12-03, Page 71 LOST WIFE tB�sat A NOVEL,: p BY MRS. IL LOVETT CAMERON, Author of '4 Worth Winning." Etc. possible, and thq fly, all ready, with my box on the top of it, waited at h door tillth Y to ever lastmoment. oat. Wo neither of us said so, but Bel - •la's motives wero transparent, and I was weak enough to fall silently in- to her tactics. But It was all of no use. Mark Thistleby's chamber remained hermetically sealed, al 'though I believe that Bella, under I pretence of fetching something from her own room, actually ran upstairs, and hammered at his door to hurry him. To this manoeuvre I was prudently dealandblind. It was humiliating, ad it produced no results what- .i r. olla's pretty baby face looked positively ill-tempered as she came downstairs again after this unsuc- cessful attempt. "Bella, dear, I must bo off." "Yes, darling, I suppose you must;" and as she kissed me, she whispered: "What message shall I give high?" Wino? -Captain Thistleby?" I an- swercd aloud, with uncompromising frigidity. "Oh! you can wish him good-bye for me; and say I am glad ho has slept so soundly, and I hope his next boating expedition will bo ,pleasahter than his last." And with my proudest and most unbending aspect, I gave Mrs. This- tloby a final embrace, and stepped into my vehicle -the old rickety fly from tho "Bull Inn" -and was driven off to the station. Late that afternoon I was home .again; back to my, poor old father, with his thin, wan face, and his shabby, threadbare coat, and back, also, to my lover, who had come ov- er to Slopperton to welcome me home, and who stood smiling henig- nently at me over papa's shoulder . as I was driven up to the door. George Curtis was a very different - ;looking man to my father; although, in reality, very nearly the same age, ,he looked much the younger man of -the two. Prosperity and good liv- ing had, I suppose, made the differ- ence, and the years which had turn- ed the one into a shambling care- worn, gaunt, old man, left the other stout, genial and middle-aged. My lover had a round, red face, and pale blue eyes, smooth, well - brushed gray hair, and compact lit- tle gray whiskers. IIo wore gold - rimmed spectacles, and was very particular about his clothes. He had a kind, pleasant face, and was as true -hearted a gentleman as ever breathed. "Delighted to see you back, my •dea`,".he said cheerily, bestowing a sort of peck upon my forehead by way of embrace. ` "Conic in," said my father, "and ! tell us how you have enjoyed your- self." And then we all went into the li- brary at the back of the house, where the two old gentlemen speedily highly of it. Tho advantages are forgot my existence, and returned not wholly on your side, asI told to their studies together over a rare hint; he quite agreed -quite. But and ancient folio, which my arrival had for a few moments interrupted. The library was the only apleasant and cosy place in our little cottage. Every other room in the house was poverty-stricken and dilapidated. The library walls were lined with books -books all art aycd in solid sombre calf; great dusty tonnes, whose very names had become extinct with age; • they were worn with constant use, • and their margins were gray with pencil notes. They had that peculiar fusty smell which hangs about books that have been printed a century . ago, and which to this day is always connected in my mind with learning and scholarship, and my father. Besides the books there was very little other furniture in the room - only a large dingy walnut writing - bureau, a couple of deep-seated, fad- , ed leather chairs, and my own little 1 basket -chair and work table. The windows looked to the back .of the house: a narrow strip of ill - kept garden, a low moss -covered •wall, an orchard filled with gnarled old 'apple -trees, and beyond it guiles -of pleasant, sunny fields and hedge- rows, stretching away to tho`e south, till they melted in the blue distance into a low range of chalk hills. it was that m In this room y fath- er and Mr. Curtis held almost daily discussions over their dusty folios, a while I sat by and listened. They - were, I think, writing a book togeth- er -a sort of dictionary to all the other books upon scientific subjectd which had ever been written. And every day either ,kir. Curtis came over front Eddington to Slopperton or else my father trudged over to Eddington. It was two miles off; and to those two guiles, dusty in hot weather, unsheltered in rainy weather, bitterly cold•in snowy or windy weather, might be traced the main cause of my' engagement to George Curtis. It came about in this wise: The two compilers were growing old, the two miles were becoming daily a greater tax upon the strength of each. My father felt it most in the cold weather -Mr. Curtis in the hot. • One day they laid their heads to- gether, and the result of their cogi- tations was thus made known to me by papa, the sante evening, as we sat cosily together after dinner, "Freda, my love, my good friend, George Curtis, has charged me with a message for you." "For me, papa? Why ho was only here this afternoon." "Yes, dear, and he spoke to me this afternoon about it." "You are very mysterious, papa! What is this wonderful message?" "Georgo Curtis proposes to do you a great honor, my dear -a very great honor." "He is very kind." "I•Ie wishes to make you his wife." "His wife? Me! Papa, you must be dreaming!" "Not at all, my love; there is nothing so very extraordinary about it. It is true there is a great dis- parity of years -but that is all the more complimentary to you; for it is a very groat compliment from a man of his learning and intellect -though he is not quite sound always in his deductions, not quite sound, too much dash perhaps; but still, as I was saying, that a man of his learn- ing should want to marry a girl like you, ought to !latter you very, much." "Oh! papa, it is impossible - quite." "Well, gay love, I would never force your inclinations; but don't decide in a hurry -always weigh a matter of importance well in your mind -you need give no answer at all just yet; but I should just like to place the pros and cons fairly before you." "Oh! papa, he does not care for me one bit." "There, Freda, you are quite wrong. He tells No ho thinks you one of the sweetest -mannered young women he has ever met; and he ad- mires you personally very much. You have your poor mother's beauty, you know, my dear; and he thinks very kJ This Boy was Weak and Languid 1 )file parents became alarmed and used Dr. Chase's Nerve Food with splendid results. r Mas. GEORGE F. Bar9nn dile Street, Peterboro', Ont., states :-" One of my chit- . dren, a boy of about fifteen years, did not have good health for a year or more. He seemed to have no energy, was weak and languid and ' suffered from nervousness. The doctors said .. that he was growing too fast, but we became alarmed about him, and began using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. It was not long until we noticed a great change in his con. dition. His appetite im• proved, he had a better calor and soon became stronger and healthier. He is still using the Nerve Foody and we are perfect• ly confident that he Is improving tight along ander this treatment." Muter Briabin Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, the great blood badder and nerve restorative, go cents a bogs. at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates and Co., Toronto. To protect you ageinst imitations' the portrait and signature' of 1t. -A. W. Chase, the famous recei�ppt book authorr ate on every box of his remedies., then George Curtis always was the most generous -minded man ---pity he is so unsound in argument! How- ever, that doesn't matter to a wife; because a woman can never argue; it isn't in her, and she had better let it alone. Well, Freda, as I was saying, my old friend is most favor- ably impressed by you. He tells mo he wishes to marry: a man of his wealth and property, you know, is in some sort obliged to marry --for the sake of -ahem! -a posterity; and he will be a most kind and indulgent husband." "But, papa----!" "Wait one minute love. I wish to place it before you in a proper light. You see it is very irksome this go- ing backwards and forwards, and if you will marry him he wishes me to live at Eddington with you, and there I should have no -household cares nor expenses. 'Your future would be provided for -with nothing on gay mince I could give my atten- tion much more entirely to my stud- ies. I could accept from my son-in- law what I could hardly do from my friends; besides I should not feel under any undue obligation to him, because it is all in the interests of the dictionary we are compiling." "In fact, I am to be sacrificed to the dictionary!" I exclaimed, bit- terly. I don't know what you call 'sac- rificed.' Freda; you aro talking like an ungrateful girl. You would bo the honored Wife of a very Wealthy man, whose only wish would be to gratify your every whim; you would have the Sole management of his house, and be able to entertain as much as you wished; he told me so to -day, ho wants a wife to dispense the hospitalities which are . expected by t he neighborhood from Edding- ton. You would have everything that the heart of a woman can' de- sire, and e. good kind husband into the bargain; and moreover you would rid me forever of these grinding, worrying bills and duns, and per- petual struggles and money troubles which are wearing me to death, and which cramp the healthy action of my brain. I don't want to force you into anything repugnant to you, my dear, but 1 confess that were You to agree to this plan of our kind friend's, you would materially brighten the .:losing years of my life." I.[is last arguments had more pow- er to move me than any other. I answoted humbly that X Would think of it. Sho who hesitates is lost. The fol- lowing day, stipulating only that t Was not to be unduly hurried into matrimony, I taid 'down my arnie and surrendered at discretion. TEE t' WING LAM TIMES, DECEMBER 3, DO3 Shirt waists and dainty linen are made delightfully clean and fresh with Sun- light Soap. lis Georgo Curtis, when informed of my decision, kissed my forehead, called me "his dear little girl," gate Inc a very handsome diamond locket which ho hung about my neck with o111 -fashioned gallantry, and then evi- dently considering that ho bad gone through everything that could pos- sibly be required of hien is,. the way of love -making, he retired to the library, and was soon as deep in his beloved books, with my father at his elbow, as if nothing unusual had oc- curred. And after a few days I be- came accustomed to the idea, saw much to reconcile myself to the ar- rangement, and did not regret my de- termination. But all that was before I had seen Mark Thistleby. CIIAPTER VI. Ono morning, soon after my re- turn from Seaclifr, I was perched at the top of the library ladder, duct- ing the •books. - A big holland apron covering the whole skirt of gay dress with a bib of the same, pinned up under my chin, preserved lay not over -fresh blue cotton dress from the further ravages of dirt and dust:. Once a month, knowing that no servant was over allowed to lay a profane finger upon papa's precious folios, and that if I did not dust them myself they would in time cor- rode and rot away under the accu- mulating 111th of ages, I was in the habit of giving up a whole morning to the purifying of their ancient bindings. Upon these occasions f re- signed myself utterly to my fate, and "went dirty -not fit to be seen." Having been for more than an hour at my work, my face, hands, collar, atlti cuffs had all darkened in- to one uniform grayness; dust lay thickly amongst the coils of my hair, until its original bright color must have been quite undistinguish- able; dust also floated in clouds down my throat and up my nose, so that I choked and sneezed incessant- ly. Altogether, I do not suppose that at any mdment of my life there had ever been in gay appearance few- er traces of that "beauty" which my friends were wont to ascribe to Inc. Suddenly I heard papa's voice in the passage, saying: "We shall find her here, I think; this way, if you please, Mrs. Feath- erstone; take care of the step." The door is thrown open, and en- ter papa and Dir. Curtis, accompan- ied by a lady, a perfect stranger to me, but whom, from having just heard her name, I at once recognized to bo Mr. Curtis' sister. Would any one but a man and a father have placed an unfortunate girl in such an.unpleasant position ? Papa, who knew perfectly well that I had been grubbing away at his books for more than an hour, and that I must consequently be filthy, instead of keeping her in the garden or the dining -roost, and sending a message to me to come, which would at least, have given me time to have washed my hands and face, brings in this most formidable per- sonage -a sister-in-law to be -to be introduced for the first time to the Penniless girl who is engaged to be married to her wealthy brother. In the whole course of my life I do not think I have ever felt so thor- oughly nonplussed as I did on that occasion. I scufl!q. down from my exalted position on the top of the ladder, and stood before my visitor the very incarnation of awkwardness. Tho contrast between us must have been sufficiently glaring. I in my rumpled yellow print dress and dirty face, and Mrs. Featherstone in the most gorgeous toilette that a fashionable dressmaker could devise. Her attire was indeed resplendent. Her taste in .dress, o.; I afterwards learned to know, was more striking than refined. She affected brilliant colors and showy materials with small regard to the suitability of the occasion to the splendors of her rai- ment. She worn a crimson and black dress of cunningly mingled satin and velvet, deeply trimmed with heavy jet fringe, and a crimson velvet hat to match. She was a handsome wo- man of about forty. When younger she must have been very beautiful, and her figure was still slight and graceful. But her face was not a pleasant one. Tier dark hair, cut in a stiff line across her brow, gave her a hard, and Dutch -doll -like ap- pearance, and her eyes, also dark, and set rather near together, im- parted a somewhat insincere expres- sion to her face. The narrow black eyebrows, too, looked as if they know how to scowl, and there was an unpleasant compression about the corners of her mouth which impress- ed me unfavorably. She stood in her gorgeous rai- ment in the middle of our dingy lit- tle library, like a plate out of a fashion book, and looked as iliuch oat of place in it as a Cape jessa- mine in a cabbage garden. I am not ordinarily overawed by fine clothes; but standing there opposite to that splendid woman in red, a little dusty girl in a cotton frock, I clearly ap- preciated the vulgarity of mind, so tar more unpardonable than any vulgarity of manner, that lead nide Airs. Featherstone deck herself out so magnificently to pay her first visit to a country girl in her otett shabby house. Yet X confess that T could not help feeling that I Was taken at a disadvantage. Mad I been only! clean, I could have defied her; but how tO be dignified in a dirty print dress with one's whole person sxno- tiu'red from head to foot in dust. There was nothing for it but to hake the hest of it. "t ion afraid .1 and not fit to be touched," I said, drawing back from the speckles tan suede glove that was held out somewhat hesitatingly towards me. "Oh, lay dear, you look charm- ing," was the answer, with a beam- ing senile --"loom rlete'milig even -than George's letters had prepared me for." Which, being clearly a falsehood, had the effect of staking too feel more uncoutfor(alat' than before, and set enc against her at once. 1 wou!'d sooner she had said: "You look like a pie," and thea, we could liar. laughed off the situation together, and been friends over It. "1n that cave ley looks must he - lie u.y feelings," I answer, shortly: "for 1 foil filthy. Mr. Curtis," turn- ing to ins betrothed, "you should have told me you were going to bring your sister to see lite." "I carne down the last train yes- terday, quite unexpectedly. George and .l thought we would surprise you this morning, but some people do not like surprises," with a com- prehensive glance from •the apex of gay rull!ed anIhien head clown to the heat of my dusty cotton robe. "IIad I known of this honor, Mrs. P'eatherstone, 1 would have put on my best. gown, 7 assure you," I answer sarcastically, "Flow kind of you;" very sweetly. "It is not very beautiful, per- haps; but I still do not usually dust Papa's books in it." "I would leave the dusting to the housemaids, dear, if I were you." "I do not think you would if you knew the importance of books," with a polite laugh. "But then I don't, I suppose --e" "So I should imagine," rather contemptuously. Meanwhile, the two gentlemen stood comfortably chatting togeth- er, neither of them having the faintest idea that warfare was going on openly under their noses. It is wonderful how dense men are in the matter of female battles. My father and Mr. Curtis had evidently no idea that we wero not conversing to- gether with the most sisterly sweet- ness. They turned towards us now with placid countenances. "Can we not give Mrs. Feather- stone some lunch, Freda?" asks my father, pleasantly, "if she will be so kind as to stay for it, now she has come to see us?" Mrs. Featherstone turned with a bewitching grace. She was a syste- matic captivator of the male sex, and had to them all, young and old alike, a charmingly -flattering man- ner. "Dear Mr. Clifford, how kind of you! Nothing I should like better - I shall be delighted." "I am afraid we have not very much to offer, but if you will not mind our simple fare -just cold meat and an apple -pudding from our own orchard----" said my father, apolo- getically. Mrs. Featherstone interrupted hien eagerly. She doated on cold meat, she said: and as to apples, why there was nothing in the world she liked better! An apple -pudding was to her, the way she spoke of it, quite the most recherche luxury that Francatelli could supply. With an excuse relative to the pre- paring of the above-mentioned dain- ties, I slipped away upstairs, and proceeded tie change my dusty gar - (To be continued) HEALTH FOR BABY IN WINTER. Wiuter is coming on when baby will of necessity be confined to the house a great deal. Uuless his constitution is rutzged the close confinement will soon tell on his health. An occasional dose of Baby's own Tablets will act as a saft=- guard during the winter mouths. If begun before the winter arrives mothers can be reasonably certain that their little ones will retain good health during the months of indoor confinement. Baby's own Tablets cure indigestion, sweeten the stomach, break up colds, prevent croup, regulate the bowels and keep baby healthy and happy. Con- cerning the Tablets, Mrs. G. G. Sawyer, C.arenceville, Que., says: "I have used Baby's Own Tablets for my little girl and found that they are the very best medicine I can give her." Baby's Own Tablets are sold at 25 cents a box by all medicine dealer,+ or may he had direct by addressing The Dr,Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. Remember they are guaranteed to coutaiu no poisonous drugs -they can- not possibly do hares and always do good. UNCONSCIOUS FOR TWO DAYS. Two Galt people Victims of Escaping Coal Gas. Galt, Nov. 23. -When Dougall McC. Smith of Melville street called at the house of his sister-in-law, Mrs. T. B. McKenzie, Brook street, on Sunday af- ternoon a t 4 ,o'clock he was very inueh surprised to hear no response to leis ring. Ila was assured the lady must be at home, so he broke in the door. The odor of coal gas told hint, that a I ragedy might have been enacted. Mrs. McKenzie and her daughter, Mary, aged about 12 years, were in bed in a semi -unconscious condition. After considerable effort they were roused and Mr. Smith took them to hi; home, where they are to -clay. The danger of tssrioas consequences is now past, but both are still suffering,. This case is the moat miraculous in the long list asphyxiations that havm been recorded in -recent years. Mirs. McR'enzic andher daughter slept for 43 hours before aroused. They went to bed on Friday evening shortly atter 0 o'clock, Mrs. Me.N.enzie has a dim recollection of her daughter crying about 3 o'clock on Saturday morning. Mary also complained of being sick. But they slept on. An- other incident was sufficient to roue Mrs. Melienzie's deadened s311SC% Sho ,hard something hounding on the oor. Further than this slim knew no- Al* until Mr. 'Smith opened the 'lir and windows on Sunday after- 4 o'clock. . ° Atthe Sacred Alter. tehteage Record -Herald 1 Under her splendid, costly veil '1'be Happy heiress stands; The girl, a gorgeous sight is she, With genes upon her bands; Beneath a dozen strings of pearls Iter virgin breast ee,pauds, Iter gown. cost twenty thousand plunks The gems caught in her Bair Are worth a hundred thousand more; The shoes she has to wear Gleam with ten thousand dollars' worth Of jewels fastened there. From head to feet she's studded with The richest genes that glow. No 'wonder that with honest pride 7.h groom 0 o beholds b herada g so- She's o-Sho s worth a dozen tithes her weight In yellow gold, you know. The organ peals triumphantly. The wondrous thing is done; The fight was hard for Cupid, bat The citadel is won - The lady has the title, and The nobleman the "mon." • Thanks, thanks to thee, oh happy bride. For the lesson thou hast taught, Thus, love divine and sacred still, A miracle bas wrought. And thus low -born vulgarity Receives another swat, Pointed Paragraphs. Froin tate Chicago News. A happy home 18 the reflection of heaven. There's nothing more disgraceful than iusinceri ty. Reduced circumstances are the kind that alter cases. Beaware of the barber whe illustrates his stories by cuts. Never strike a boy smaller than your- self ; he may grow. When corn pops it turns white. Same way with a bashful man. Let us hope winter will be a failure, rather than the coal crop. Take time for recr'eation.or you will work yourself out of a job. Happy is the girl who thiuks her fath- er is the best man on earth. It is impossible fora man to help oth- ers without helpiug himself. There are a few things that even a very young man doesn't know. Many a candidate for office is not as immaculate as he is whitewashed. Every time some women smile their husbands are reminded of dentist' bills Responsibility is a coat which the man at fault thiuks is a misfit on his own back. Man would rather propel the bicycle of pleasure than the wheelbarrow of necessity. Industry and prosperity are spelled differently but they mean about the same thing. No woman ever admits outside the divorce court that she drew a matri- monial blank. Women laugh when they aro in love for the same reason that cowards whistle -to keep up their courage. A man is beginning to lose confidence in his theories when he is uuwilling to listen to arguments against them. Many a man- will notice a decided coldness on the part of his annexed rib this winter if that sealskin sack is not forthcoming. • Some men waste a lot of time in wondering how the world got along be- fore they came into it, and how it is go- ing to get along after they leave it. There is a law respecting the pound- age or taking up of stray animals. In case the animal is a horse, bull, ox, cow, sheep, goat, pig or other cattle, if dis- trained by a resident, instead of deliver- ing same to pound keepers, he may re- tain said animal iu his own possession, provided he makes no claim for damages. But notice in writing must be forthwith be given to the owner, if known, and if not known, notice shall be given within 48 hours to the township clerk, together with a description of the color, age and natural and artificial marks on said ani- mals. If the animals be worth $10, or more, the distrainer shall advertise the same for three weeks in a county paper. One month after taken up, the distrainer shall advertise and sell the same animal -three days' notice of sale to bo first given. Out of the proceeds ho is author- ized to pay for the advertising, necessary care and trouble, and for food of animals. 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