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The Wingham Times, 1905-08-24, Page 71 ;,,ac; -' A Wicked Girl. .MNMNe BY MARY CECIL HAY, 1 Author of "Righted At Last," "Carried Away," /, ';C. t"Bac1�h'16 the 01d Home,"r�yEtc'..t,��Etc. . *,4,0 .,(8t ••don't dislike hitt, as Aunt Crystal,Oliver, aad Roles was In Oliver's does. I always find hitt well inform- way. Oliver owns the property now, .ed when he converses with me." i and no ono is in his way, but I can "And I do believe." said Derry, her not forgot that Miles was. .What is eyes warm with a laugh of which she it, Derry?" for the long gaze of hor- was instantly ashamed, "he is just ror had forced Ella's eyes to her as well informed when he converses sister's face. with me — though I can not get him •' You have given me a cruel to inform me." thought," gasped Derry, "Primrose is As Sarah Eales had accompanied it girl like ourselves." her young mistress, and w'as standing "Yes," returned Ella, taking her now waiting for orders, Derry felt sister's panel and caressing it, "but .a little wakward, having only one loving sisters—as I learned yesterday room into which to Invite anybody, —will do daring things for those they .so she asked her sister whether she love. 1 havo only told you that would prefer to walk about or go in. Priturose adored her brother Oliver, "Go in," returned Ella, giving the and never cared for Miles. I had not ,reins to her small liveried groom. even told you that she had been at - "Sarah can sit with Mrs. Fraud un- terly changed since that night. Sho is til I sutamon her. It was very stip- more broken-hearted than even I have id," Ella went on, in a whisper, as the right to be. Besides, why does the girl entered the house, "of Sarah ()liver, who was supposed to love to beg to come with nee this morn- her so, stay away from her now?" ing; very unkind, too, as site has "I made a mistake," said Derry, found that I seldom refuse her any- with a new comprehension of the thing." full pretty lips, in thinking there "She will enjoy Mrs. Frayd," opt- leas no suspicions at work. Does not served Derry, pensively. suspicion --seemingly so busy among Though Ella would not remain to Miits's relatives--toubh Oliver?" THE WINGIIAN TIMES AUGUST 24, 190 One sifotts that We ought none of us to rest until, or rather she feels surd that none of us ran rest until the nttlyderer is found." neon and stay with Me," Sui,- gestted Ella, kindly, "and you will escape these painful questions, Inc. Mrs. Martin Will not have Derry fit the Pities." "No, oh no," was the swift an- swer, . "1 lutist learn to speak of my brother's death. It is time. And I never leave poor grandmother now," "How good you are to her!" sigh- ed Ella. "And to Oliver, for you never reproach hint for not coming to you." "Oliver will route," slid Prim,. rose, it: laded tones; and Ella, mov- ed with cuutpussloa to see a cur1ouet haute ung feat' nit the pale face, rose to leave. As I'rlutrose turned, she found that, Sarah Eales had conte into the hail, and Will. standing there awaiting leer young mistress. "The ponies are restate Miss Hope," she explained, In her respectful ntouotonous way, and then stood back for the girls eo pass; looking first at Ella with one - anis solicitude, then at Primrose with at, intent, uneasy suspicion. PART IV, CHAPTER I.;,` It wus a 1:'cbruury morning, and Derry sat gazing into her lire white she ruude strenuous efforts to pur- sue a direct train of thought; to go back t.tep by step over the three weeks of her stay in l)ewriug, that she might discover to what mistake or igut:rance her failure hitherto had been due, and then if possible to lunch, and would not have the ponies "I don't know," sighed Ella, tleari- loop taut a noire auspicious line of put up, she threw oil` her sealskin ly. "I have scarcely ever seen Oli- actiot. for the future. But though with the appearance of intending to ver. But I always knew he was his she resolutely sol herself to keep k th • vete- before time, and seated herselfthoughtthis mei track, 4 stay a long e, ea ed It a sister's favorite, and that they bout tot , before the fire, looking very comfort- felt Miles in the way. 1 suppose," in est trifle. would disperse It, and she able and pretty in the mourning, tired tones, "they had both a sort had still no definite project formed, whioh, except for the absence of a of right to do so. But this cousin when. at the end of two long hours •cap, and the general enlivenment of never had." the silence of her roost was broken r r• jet glistening wherever it was possi-wings, It g e t g e r "Elia, why did so many people dis- by the noisy flapping of w t6 . ble, was as deep as that of a widow, like Miles? It has beea great was 1he involuntary memory of the "Derry," she said, with a smile shock to me, for your love for him legends she had beard which ninth: and sigh together, "I ant so relieved had lifted hint high in niy thoughts." her start front her sent in memen- to see you in your ordinary dress • "Do you knew," in a pained half- tart' alarm. again. That affectation of mourning whisper, "what jealousy will do?" "Wlu'r e's Miles then?" yesterday was a great mistake." "And Primrose loved Oliver best? 'rite sharp question cause from ea - "Yes," said Derry, simply, "but I Well," with uncharacteristic irony, ,ler the table, and Derry smiled dis- had felt unlike wearing colors since '•there is no accounting for a sister's dainiu]IY at her own childish fear. ownsister—" nt -, d — r Y,•, s c:�she said, tat. you, r is t "It .,George, 1 ? "I know, dear, that you felt all "Then you did not admire Oliver? b that was kind. Now let us talk of as she went for a lump of sugar for Ile is handsome like his brother," Llla's parrot. •''This is a call I something else." said Ella, speaking as one who knew, didn't, expect, sir; why couldn't you The girls had lad an hour of idle, "but I did not mean to mention bring our mistress?" loving, wandering sister talk (which them. You will not force it upon mo The bird was not to be lured. from Derry had not the heart to break again, Derry? Oh, how I wish you his tdreat, and Derry was still with any of the questions which liar- would go back and be !appy. There fruitlessly enticing him, when Sarah assed her), when Sarah Eales ap- is nothing in the world to keep you Eales came ltiirriedIy through the peered, and asked if the ponies had here." not stood as long as it was wise for "Yes, there is. Didn't I tell Mrs. I open glass -door, calm in her demean- themto stand. She walked away Martini I had conte to spend arty or, though Derry sate that her hand when site had asked this, and Lila wealth? I began this morning at rose to bid farewell. tho village shop." "Dear, stay a little," cried Derry, "You always jest when I am in drawing her back with a pleading earnest," fretted Ella. "Of course, look. "I have so much to ask you. I something different from that keeps don't want to pain you—you know I you." •don't—but 1 must speak to you. Am "Yes, I have not heard Yet—and 1 to go to the Pities, or where will shall be a Iong time before I havo you conte to ate again?" heard, I assure you—one thous - "Oh, Derry, you really must go andth part of what Mrs. Trayd has back to town. I trust you will. It it on ber mind to mention." is wretched for you here, and indeed "Nothing ever troubles you," said I came to -day almost solely to en- Ella, struggling after a smile. "I treat you to return, and not snake remember how father used to say. in yourself so unhappy—and me. I real- old thnres, that you were as easy as 1y meant not to cease urging this, an old shoo." but it is so nice to be with you, that And was this all that Ella rement- I forgot." bored of the brave dimes of those That's good, dear. But 1 ant not old tunes? •going, so when will you come agaht?" "Not at all if you speak to me of Front I3arrack's Beacon Doss Iiope Miles." drove to the Tower, and again Sarah "May I not ask you to think --to Bales pleaded to accompany her. try to remember whether he ever said Vexed as she west she kindly gave anything to you which could give it way as she had done in the morning •clue?" - but left Sarah in the phaeton out - "You have his cousin near, tisk side the Tower when the old butter him," said EIla, with a look as if admitted her. In the hall she found the tears were very near, though, to 1'j'imrose Basset, sitting deep in Derry's delight, they were, kept back. thought before the fire in the great "ile must surely have plenty to say, open grate, her Skye terrier lying ,for he hated Miles," opposite her on the rug, looking un - "But if I am to win help." said w•inktngly up into her face through Derry, in deep earnest, "it will sure- his silken tresses. 1•y be from some one who loved "I don't want to disturb either of Miles." you," smiled Ella, deprecating the "Perhaps," continued Ella, looking trouble Miss Basset took to bring dreamily into the fire. "Steven bene- another of the heavy old oak chairs fited by his death. I don't say he up to the hearth, and the consequent •did—I don't know—but perhaps it unsettling of the dog. was so. Oh, leave it all ns it is," "I Iike to be disturbed," said Prim- - • she broke off" meeting her sister's rose, simply, "and Tess will be the startled gaze. better for a run. Oh, she has gone "I can not leave it as it is." said already! That is right " 'Derry, dazedly. "I can not think how "I used to find you always piny - you can. Yon roust be an angel, ing," observed Ella, looking vainly Ella; 1 mean it is so far beyond the for the violin case. to understand your resignation. I "I have never played since that may go to the Tower, for Primrose night." and I have flet, you know? May I "I don't wonder," said Miss Bone :go at once'?" gently. In her glance round, she had "()1 course. if you desire it. But I let her eyes rest for a moment on 'really do Irish" (quite perceptibly the door of that room which used to • shrinking front what she was retaking belong to the master, and she locked an effort to say). "you need not go her fingers tngethtr and set her lips, there. perry. . 1—T have a tear tut not allowing herself 'to cry. Printrose,'' "It ie hard for you, dear Ella," "A fear of Primrose!" The older sis- said Miss Basset, her manner strange - ter could only repeat the words. lv reeert'ed for all its softness. "Yes, a fear. She was devoted to "You Ion should have spared yourself pj • this visit --yet:" 1 "I fel; 1 must come to -day thou h e .. I w.•.,xlar Protruding Piles ft is opening an old hound." I Ha>ie Restore:. Thousands of "Not an old one." L "No, too new a one indeed to hear fhr'alil!? difIIan kt�V+omea f0 Doctors Failed a tooth. Primrose, I wanted to tell Health and r7trcngthe you that my sister Derry has come A , helplesif 1tufferer' In draper., to Dewring. She says she is going There is no need for so malty Women he ate condition until Cured by to stay and devote herself to solving suffer pain and weakness, nervousness, Or, chase'Ointment. : tate mystery of Miles's death. She s.eeplesenese, ,aniemia, faint and dizzy Mit. JoIIti V11. MoLleo, carpenter, Toilette can do nothing, of course. What spells end the •numerous: troubles which haler, NA,writbs a ,",I :wag confined to my could a girl do? • But site persists in render th° life of Women a round of eels.`lied hT protruding. pules, mm1)14 t4 =ore with. I opening this wound for me." 1 peas and s irIl b g. , ouY #ha gqreltQ4F.plin. Ab the trouble seeded I Primrose Basset's wan face had I Young girls budding into Womanhood, .ray IV- als3'stenb I wasaoonbiottghl toreaitz°.+ brightened at her compuuion's first who buffet, with pains end headaches, and the eeriou.nessof niece:). ,word"", but noW it was paler even I whose face is pale and the blood watery, clition, ecu bhliyB no will find Milburn's `heart and Nerve personeveraqffered as I I lltttn before, and She was so silent ipiilahelptheIngreatlyduringthieporioai. did. The dodo gave m! 1 that presently L Ila went 0u--'fi o I Women et the etitlyje during: life, who ere ar, ointment Which .did is couohg here, Primrose. iunrose. , he is o • betvouy,.abject tlobot,flttshor, feeling of CIS no good' not *Mt relief. I bon ,upon questioning everybody, I girls and needles, pe1pitation of the heart, touting hen aat+eot�aliPrY relief. I aim sae will speak of it to Sou II; , a �� My tidOd• over the urging time of a different kind of Mut. •she has done to nuc. It is cruel to i (hair life) by the toe of this wonderful ;r= meat butit did tae Os You." . mors e,4 than so 00Qh "No, w•hy should it be?" cried i remedy. has a wonderful /fCeel; on a women'1 l . no*. • . • • Primrose, hotly. "I mean- -I do not , syetefii, braked puns and aches Vanish, I • 1� 'rJle1 ..A friand.adv}eed tae nit* your sister would ever wish to , th eft chsek rind ap arklb +'+' �'ttt ers of Dr. Citese's tit x ,. btingir calor to O T► P 41 r tOir#ricer rind tbe, or: be crltcl. 1 to the egg • �1 oa brei iti "No, but she has no right to tree- i The build up. the eyetem, Mew lest Y j : j'p iwtn Ih ask ins We Its all With the painful subject. vitilifoy, lalprere the eppelite, make rich, ». , -1ts ' i1�s should not forget that we have i ed Blood Rid dispel.thelr weak, itrea, bbl i woe coa�pla#el� She she fz r • esr�od, aad.1tays �ot 1l$d .ia heel at t w 4sld had to live through it. She ought ,beast,, no.s mbition testing. t,°nble sinus I wie et;po.ed to all serte of to know that everything that av, se., oda sex, aft a ,ail st.•se nil iti apoel that ;'iateriit drift be dont) Will be dont -or has 1. •l4 aEAlestt. t wia�adlbtetlA+iff,. °X, Yi tMil been -by those who Vete nearest to y�Rtw ,1lU11tiptNy tditerttltt,Oltf. L"i0., aha 11i� is i�r iot►�i+lii; h1".• ullasele IOWIwr 'a Ate (tidy peel** hitt." lair i lit fyr'ibf(eg, 60 its.; at Ell "Taut she thinks she is helping, and , ibtals !,•or Zdtiraeasrt, B1at r ilk Co., Toroatllw , ' " shook when she extended it to catch the Parrot. "Come, George! come, George!" she Crooned, as if to a child. "Ella Wante Sou." But George remained unmoved un- til by a skillful swoop Sarah cap- tured hint. "I won't stay, Mies Derry," she said then, folding • her shawl about him and leaving the room. "Miss Ella will be uneasy." But outside the door, George, hav- ing craftily won confidence by itis wary quietude, suddenly dived under. Sarah's arm, and with a fiendish laugh flew to tho top of the old mill, from which unalloyed• seclusion be looked down with a solemn pensive- ness rather exasperating to his baf- fled captor. "If Elia would not be uneasy," observed Derry, regarding the' parrot with admiration, "how much better he looks up there than in a arm' he looks up there than in a room! Leave him, Sarah." "I must have him," fretted Sarah, pointedly raising her voice when she saw that Mr. Basset was within hearing. "Could you get it down, sir?" nervously accosting him as he Stood gazing up at the solemn bird. "it will go home presently." "I tenr not, sir." "Oh, well, it will do the best for itself, you may depend," he returned with an indifference Derry thought inexcusable, though she herself had offered similar advice to Serpi.• Afc 111 (PRONOUNCED skLEN) .Positively Oures Lo. Grippe. Lung Trouble, Pneu- monia„ Night Sweats, General W ee.k n ese, Con su mpt i on,Bron. chute, Lore of Fleeh, Short Breathinj. 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Slocum, Limited, rpa cling street west, Toronto, Canada. $1.00 Per Bottle. anon as the woman had unwill'IngS,v departed, Steven Basset returned lazily to Derry's side. "The cun- ning fellow will go into your roost again probably, Miss Hope, if he does not fly hone. Therefore, as the wind is very cold for you out here, will you ask me in, that I may be - able to capture him for you—your sister? If there were any luxuries in ney sitting -room," he added„ coolly, in her rather dubious pause, "or anything to look at, I would invite you in most humbly., But there is I not." "There is Mrs. Frayd's photo- ' graph," corrected Derry, but could I not hesitate to lead the way. Before following her in he took off his hat and hung it on one of the nails among the ivy, and when she half laughingly thought 'this gave hint the air of being at home there, she unwittingly touched the motive that had stirred the lonely and fan- ciful nature. His gaze wandered round the room as he noted its brightness and warmth; its cozy, untidy, artistic air of homeliness; the bright fire, the open piano, the books lying about, the work and flowers He felt it all with a keen and glad appreciation which kept him silent, until she (not under- standing) feared she was at fault„ and h+istencd to bid:him welcome. "You cannot guess' what this is to ate," he said, drawing his breath as if he drank in the air of the room. "You can not tell the weight of sick weariness that sometimes falls upon me in that parlor of nine, and this, quite lately, was its twin." "But. Mr. Basset (for all her de- . bonair ways. she invariably spoke with shyness of any one's brain- work), "you people your room at your will. If I had your gift—if I were a writer. I should never find any place bare or lonely, I think." IIe only smiled, for he could not tell her that it was its being her room that made its charm to him. He thought how all the light and warmth and brightness centered in her, and how it surely would all cen- ter in her in whatever room she might be, however crowded, how. ever brilliant; and from this thought he went on to picture her in a so- ciety dress and scene, and without that onset ;seed dewire the lovely faces wore now . "Seroly,'a' he said pres- ently. " on are tonging for your familiar t.' <lletitioils?" "Natural!: ," she unStt'ered, won- dering how scum she alight open to him lee subject which through that norntng—ns through so many ether days—had harassed her. "What would you have been doing now•• -al home?" "Lt t me Get'. To -night I might be at a costume hall, where all are to wear the dress of ancient Greece---• wbatever shade t.heir roses ata. lee." "Theft yon," he unused, with his eyes still on her face, "n Quid Mere' bad your hair piled high and •titxrit: with three snoods. I suppose. t)r Woul,1 you have chosen the lour knot?" "Any way. don't ,you mean that of cour,u'1 should haste looked entranc- ing? ' She asked it with e.lett sott-e men would have called finished coque- try, snit he already understood her better. "What 1 think signifies nothing. The question is what would have been thought by those tither ancient Greeks. hove different this must be for you!" She noticed the unconscious heavi- tess in his "tone, and spoke with it watnnth of which she was not aware. "If I had been in London to -day 1 should have been at work, hard at work; harder than you will be all day." "HoW impossible to picture it: "Kau 7 look so unlike one who Works; iso. like one for whom all other"- 111.111.111.1111.111.111.111.11.111.11111ismimmimiimmilIMMINI •"So indolent as that'?" she queried is quick interruption. "Yea would ' ^e d„n1igPUlnllninnllPlll11I1P11U1'IPgP91111111V IttllupU ,n ,, ✓ STORIA never think it after you had once seen me plodding away in -my great apron." And in russet gown?" She nodded, but when he. did not For Infants and Children. speak, and still: stood by the n)antel- piece, looking down upon her, she went on, with a smile, 'Now, do you imagine 1 work in silk brocade with old Mechlin banging about? Mr. Basset," nervously avoiding a pause, "play I ask you a few questions?" "1f I guess their drift aright, no," he said, almost sternly."Let the have these few minutes for my own. Tell lie of yourself. Do not ask about things here; but tell lie of that different life of yours in town. This enforced one must be so tedious to • you. If it were spring It would be ditterent." 'ellen be at ease," she said, lift- ing the pretty brows, "let is spring, . for I have found to -day that a bravo little crocus had pushed its way through the softening earth." "It was not spring when you first decided to stay here—so far ' from the world." His smile recalled to her that this was her own expression, and she laughed. "You are disrespectful to your village," she said, speaking lightly, because site wished him to Understand she would not force upon hint yet the subject he avoided. "I wonder whether you appreciate the advantage it bas over that village where tho girl lived whose mother was so exacting. in the matter of her binding her hair. That only seemed asleep or dead when Lubin was away, while this is surely still more asleep or dead when Lubin is hanging about." "Village loafing is wasted on you, Miss Hope. Why those are the mute inglorious Afiltons, and Ilampdens guiltless of their country's blood. Don't you understand?" \o Idn demurely. "By the way, could not something have be •tn done all through the winter evenings to stir then up, or to use the. time better? A good penny reading or a concert is amusing, isn't it?" "Not so amusing as a bad one," said Steven, dryly. "Still, we Wright hope. We could have deliciously lo- cal touches, and feel quite at home - vech , with 'The extol, 'The Gravedig- ger,' r a t; ger,' 'The Bell-ringer,' 'The Worker,' not to mention the 'Village Black- smith' -- Harmonious, and other- wise. Let me see" (reflectively), "we have our organist to fall back upon. He had gone nearly all through 'With Verdure Clad' on Sunday be. fore I recognized it, but then I'tn not particular about recognizing what he plays—why should I be?" "Mrs. '1'ltair would sing," said Der- ry, determined not to smile. "An unmixed delight, if she would but recollect she has only two stor- ies in her voice, and not climb after attic flats." "You might read," suggested Der- ry, naughtily, while she was bonging to speak to him about his own writ- ing. "So I might. You remind me of Mrs. Martin, who is sometimes deter- mined to be gracious to ate, and to talk of what I might be supposed to understand. So one evening she cheerfully began, 'Well, and what about books, Mr. Basset? Are there any good ones you have lately read or written?' " "Mrs. Martin paid me a call yester- day," remarked Derry, presently, glancing up into the rugged lace, anti wondering whether she ever should bo able to ask him under what name he wrote. "As you may prob- ably guess, it was to press my de- parture. lsparture. She declares this independ- ent life of mine will utterly destroy all my chances of marriage, and that knowledge pains her deeply, of course, loving the as she does. She says a woman with no property should straggle hard to avert the aw- ful doom of an old maid. So I as- sured her I had not the faintest de- sire to be an old maid, Much prefer- ring to be young. Indeed, I think that by my otvn desire I should nev- er go beyond the age of twenty- ttvo. "And shall you—ever?" "I must. I've decided, after deeply studying the question, that seven years is as touch as a woman can i with perfect impunity take aft her age" 'You will never be able to do tlutt," he declared, with a !lush of real laughter in his melancholy eyes. ."What a sorrowful truth for ene tp hear, for I sometimes even yet feel almost as young as two-and-twepty ! How young do you occasionally feel?" "About as young as the everlasting hills. Did ,Mrs. Martin conte telly to cheer you in that style?" "There was one thing more she had to say --that if I did not leave .Dew - 9 Oo.flitops� 'ua . egetablePreparationforAs- silittlating theFoodatutReguta- ling the Summits andBowe . of �j'Yi�wtl: {�1!!iylll�� Promotes pigestion,CheeTful- ness andRest,Contains neither Opluin,Morphine nor Mineral. 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The out -door If yo¢ caller with hes laches, .iacilgoe- Ition, fiatuleuoy, spanks before tho oyes„ life, with natural exercise, the fruit and fermentation, heart burn, dizeinew,, er berries whioh are so freely eaten, all I have a variable appetite, and weaknese, help to restore healthy action to the di. 1 it shows that the stomnoh is not digest gesture organs. Now when Nature will aid Mi-o-na in curing indigestion and giving strength to the stomaoh and whole digestive sys- tem, is the best time to use this remark- able remedy. Taken before each meal, Mi•o-na will soothe and heal the inflamed and irritat- ed lining of the stomaoh and solar -plexus and strengthen the nerves of the diges- sive traot. Used at any time of the year, it cares all diseases of the stomach, excepting cancer, but in the summer ring she should take Ella to town, as she did not Choose to have her darling worried by my eccen- tricities," "Why on earth do you stay through it all?" "fou ]snow why, and ; et -- sometimes I feel that 1 my- self scarcely know wit• I rare so much. Why should it be mile 1 who cit res?" "Aly opinion is," he ohserved, un- abashed by the wistfulness in her up. ward glance, "that you revel in this sort of life. You are like that man in the 'Idler' who recommended to everyone the pleasures of meditation, and the charms of the country. and sat all morning at his whitlow in Isliar'ton counting the carriages that, passe -I. You may just Its well cou- Iess that an afternoon call front firs. Martie is a delight." "Without afternnon culls life is empty to ate. Can you wonder th+tt 1 tuns; for thne land where it is al- w•ay•; afternoon?" "1 oft find a w ide range at snhicct s opened up by an afternoon rail in Dew ri neer' "The friendlies?," said Ilcrry, in a musing tone, "is of course the weath- er. Te the male population of Dew - ring 1 plate never a et spoken of tny- ihiug else. But among my own sex there are other inferior topics intro- duced. Mrs. Noakes always goes conscientiously through the details of what she calls her great illness. — nOw int Its sixteenth year. I know it all and am hopefully prepared t•t correct her when she goes wrong. but she never does. But the best of all," with a glance of inimitable drollery. "is to go into the village to Mfrs. Rotting. She keeps no ser- vant and all Morning works like a Briton, but in the afternoon she is in great form. She,, receives me -1 always let myself in it her desire.-' 'and - sits opposite nuc+ in broa}l. e- • •nignant. matronhootl; with two er three comely chins resting on a Tar- tan bow, and her rap hung with gorgeous creeping plants which take I their gro•tvth very kindly over her shoulders. While 1 am there it gen- erally happens that we bear a Isar) at the front door. She suddenly patises, and with her head on one side listens for something to follow. Nothing dos, and the rap is repeat- ed. " "Olt, clear, dear," she sighs, 'they never will hear that door. Excuse lie, Ono moment, my dear, while T look into the rettson,' and so disap- peare, of tourso to rouse her retinue at servants --no tine could possibly imagine she went to the door. I --•I am inescnsa.113le," perry S eric.l, suddenly lifting her eye* to meet' Steven Basset'g. As hit !toed Tums Bad Blood into Rich Red Blood. No other remedy possesses such perfect cleansing, healing and purl - tying properties. Externally, heals Sores, Ulcers, Abscesses, and all Eruptions. Internally, restores the Stomach, Liver, Bowels and Blood to healthy action. If your appetite it pool:, your energy gone, your ambitreon t ]est, B.B.I. will restore ore youtath b salt enjeiyinent of happy v gOrou 1fe. ing the food as it should. Intend of the food being assimilated and flaking rich, red blood and solid flesh and mus- cle, it is turned in the stomach into e sour, slimy, fermenting mass that causes gases, distress after eating, end poison- ous germs that fill the whole body with poor health. Just one.little tablet out of a fifty cent. box of Mi.o.na for a few days, and all this will be changed for the better, ands health restored. Ask WaltonMoE'bbon. to show yea the Mi•o-tea gattemetee, still upon the rug, thoughtfully - garding her. "I go to Mrs. Betting, and elsewhere for my own purpose,. and my own pleasure, and it }o mean beyond words of me to laugh) at any one." "Never mind," he answered, pla- cidly. "Every one --I mean the facr folks tl'ere are )fere—seem ready, en-. ough to make a friend of ;you." "Then that," declared the girl, Quite calm again, though a little blush t urued in her cheeks, "must Berl because I do nothing but listen, so, no one has any chance of ,judging- whether I've feelings or failings, or virtues or vices. Indeed, I often feel quite sure I haven't. Oh, 1 (orgot"' —as Steven Basset's eyes gathered us quiet amusement in their depths,. "I forgot airs. Martin, of witont r have made an enemy, and you,. to whoa: I have talked immoderately. I wonder why I speak to yeti no un- guardedly of your neighbors" --with a smile meant to be supremely care- less, l:ut which was rather wistful!, "Yon need not be afraid." he t,nid, composedly. " "twos, of us Dryden said, We neither beliece what. either can say, and neither believing we neither be- tray." (To be continued.) r . et w. 1 Is siteree specific fee b1AA1IHC$A, nysiorrstliw, CRAMPS. PAI* 114 THE STOM. ACH, COLIC, CHOLERA MOO. S US, CHOLIIt!%A 1I11?rAt (Ultl, S*A SICKNESS, a.4 sit SW CQMPI,AIIi rS 1a Children er Malts. Its affects ars iiarvelkete. Mealiest aad heeds*s to take. lteple, Reliable earl Effeetwl in I- ▪ 1 T HAS Indite A HOtiy111iitiiit.b RAMItDY FOR lflkAlltLll' Slat'Ilf 'ltit/1ftb. Piavel it caste; . atts+rea iteissoir k TOT* n i iiliogll