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â-  «nt ii r1"n<riwr» n w'T' ii -' fc2 fsT '•>»>tti 9 B »a » >e«« « »>«>t»»eci B «« c«â€" B« a>««g«<K>g STRONGER THAN DEATH ^ <^ OE, A RANSOMED LIFE iJ »_ CliAPTF:it XIV. , Trevor shook his head. "I socia to r.?.'i!ombor your face â€" I snlflom for- get a faco. I havo seen yoii before; I cannot well tell when or where." "Try again, Judge. You ought to rc-mcuiber. You gave me loiir- i'or live weeks longer the drama of life i)layed itself out placidly at Lavella. To all outward seeing, Harry Trevor and Lucy reverted to their old, familiar relations with never a hint on either side of his pn.ssionato outburst of love. Uut she .was shy of being alone with him, and mo:e tolerant than before of the open, \^:-. Wickham. Jeannetti^ and Ardel enjoyed them- L^„ „f t,,„ ^^^ teen years' penal servitude once on a time. â-  I was a young man then, but surelj' there is something left of me still to swear b.y. Don't you tent court.ship of 00101171 j '••e;-'"^'^'-''- ^^ke Curzon, my Io"l?" I The memory of the muu came back a dash at the mea- (ifcives in the frank, free fashion of | boy and girl with just that piquant flavor of love-making which makes tiiGrry-making so fascinating. Kow and again Jeannelto would ca.st admiring glances on the play- mate of her youth, and coax Heri-y to join in the excursions by land or Water. But she always found, how- ever much she tried to hide tlie feel- ing from herself, that their c.xcur- Kions were the livelier from his ab- sence. Harry, for his part, seemed well content to bo alone in the woods, or on the river, soothing his love with Nature's loveliness. or pondering moodily on the perplexing problem of his life. Then suddenly, and without warn- •Yes, yes," he replied, a little vain at the quickness and accuracy of his recollection. "You were tried at tlie Old Bailey for killing your wile." •In a drunk,. Judge. I didn't go for to kill her. She wor kicked and beaten worse than that many a time before, and she worried over it all right. Last time but one the beak said, 'This is a horrid, bad case,' and lined mo ten bob. You gave me fourteen years, judge; for my own good, you said. The fourteen years is just up, and I'm come to thank you for v.'hat you done for me." He almost grovelled .before the judge in the excess of his gratitude. Again Trevor had a sudden recol- ing, the event occurred which broke lection of the time when he had last up this peaceful life, absorbing all seen this gentle, pcntitent-looking other thoughts and feelings in one I man. Then it was a lierce, wild nvermastering horror. It clianced one sunny afternoon Judge Trevor was hard at work in his study, while Eva, who loved to be with him even in silent compan- ionshop. sat still as a mouse in the •â- osv cushions of a groat chair; not so absorbed in her book but she stole a look now and again at her hus- band as he worked with persistent viuor. The morning had been dull, but tho cloacfs pa.sscd with midday, and sun- Bhinc Hooded the air. There was a sudden chill and dark- j ening of the room. TVevor raised ! his e.ycs, and right opposite him, on I the oblong patch of sunlight on the wall paper, he saw the black sha- - dow of a man, with hand raised to | the fastening of the French window • that opened from the room into the j garden. ! Turning sharply, he faced tho in- i truder, who instantly raised his cap i with a deprecating gesture. Trevor ' Was not unused to such visits. It was a hobby of his to help the pris- oners whom he had been compelled to sentence when they had shown any de.sire to go straight after their re- lease. Many of them had got from him the chance at last of an honest livelihood, and took it. As he op- ened the glass door to let this man pass, the judge's quick eye recogniz- ed him at once by tlie slouching Walk and close-cropped hair as a 'â-  ^'â- '^^ prison newly liberated jail bird. He was out.' not so quick to recognize face or figure, though instantly con.scious of having seen the man before. Middle-sized and middle-aged. he looked still strong and active, in spite of slouch and limp. Ilia clothes were a shubbv-gonteel smooth black cloth, md his hands, as he 'drew oCl the cotton gloves and folded them into a ball, though coarse and large, were scrupulously clean. On his egg-shaped head the course black hair, just grizzled with white, was cut clo.se to the skin a puzzleâ€" a wide. rugged, cruel mouth, rough with broken teeth, like a gap cut in his head b.v the gush of a hatchet, belied the soft. i>ersuasive almost obscqtiiou.s â€" look in his great black e.ves. llis soft voice v,fas not -less persuasive than his soft e.ves. "I canie to thank you Judge Tre- vor. You don't know me. inv lord?" beast, black eyes blazing, strong hands clinging to the bars of the dock, coarse voice yelling curses and vengeance as the.v tore him away. The judge smiled to himself at the thought of the beneficent change the prison discinlino had wrought. "I did only my duty," he said. "It was a sharp sentence. I'm glad you have come to take it in that spirit. If I can help you to begi.n life again, I will be glad. Only be quick about it, for I'm very busy. What can X do for you?" lie dropped back in his chair, mo- tioning -the other to be seated. But the man stiil stood in front of him humbly, with drooping shoulders and shuffling feet. "I'll be as quick as I can," the man said humbly. "Y'ou can help me. Judge. The very sight of you is a help to mo. Many and man.v a time I thought of you with a bless- ing dm-ing the long fourteen years, when my hands were aching from the oakum, or my knees from the tread- mill: and it cheered me to feel I Would one day stand before you, as I do now, and thank you for it all. Bo you reniom,ber the wicked words 1 spoke when last we mot, fourteen years ago?' ' "I only remoirdjor that you were in a fierce rage." "I can remember evei-y word of it. I swore b.v God that day if ever I alive I would pay you "Don't trouble about that now, my man. I bear no malice. I'll help you to emplo.vmcnt, if I can. Jleanwhilc, a little miojiey will be useful." He swimg round on his oflice chair and fitted a ke.v to the desk drawer whore his loose cash was kept. "I don't want your money." tho man said, coming a step closer, and slipping his hand into the bosom of his coat, while his voice sank to a low, purring whisper. "I'm not Ili.s face was I coming here any more. The thought of .vou and what .vou did for me has boon in my heart those fourteen years of hell upon earth. I've come to pay you back and give .you what you've earned, linnm ,vou!" The purring whisper broke off in an angr.v snarl. Before Trevor could turn his head, a long knife gleamed oys? Gcoros of tho Common Ills of Life Due to Disordors of the Livtr are Curable by DR. CHASE'S K1DINJEY-L3VER PSLLS. If you are biliou.s. blame tJic Uvcr. It your digeslioti is impaired and ;ou sailer from headache aivd dizzy ipcUs. blame the liver. It your nowe'.s are irre^'Jl'i''. constipation md locseness altcrniitlng. blame the liver. If you have pain under the ;houlder blades, feelings of fullno-ss iflor meals, aching linib.s, a yellow, iii'.ddy complexion, blame the liver. Torpid, slUKivish action ot the liver Js re.vponvihle for fill the.se s,viiia>toms iml while you have a right to blame tho liver, it mav be well for you to set about to holj) the liver out of dilllculty. Though bile, which the healthy liver filters from the blood, is )ia- tures cathartic o.i>d is i-.ecossary to healthful and regular action of the bowels, it is poison when left In the blood n.iid cives ri.-o to many dis- tre."y^iiig syn;iiton\s. The use of Hr. Ohnses Klilney-l.iver Tills protn4>tly cures torjiid liver and biliousness, and bcciiu.'-e of their combined ac- tion on liver, kidneys and bowels en.sure a thorough clecnsing of the ly.steixi. Thcr'c is probably no ono organ rc- ipon.slblc for so me?>y ills as the liver. Overeating, excessive drink- ing or irrgular meals are very likely to upset tho action ot the liver, overload the system with bile and bring on biliousness or sick heail- ache. Keep the liver in health by us'ing Dr. Cha.'ie's Kidbey-Liver Piiis aiul you will avoid many of the com- mon ills i^t life. There will then bo no constipation, no stomach trou- bles, no danger of kidney and urin- ary lieraitgenionts. The position which Dr, Chase's Kidney-Liver J^ills hold to-<iay as the leading family medicine is un- doubtedly due to their woiMlerftilly prom/it actiim on the liver and their combinetl effort on the kidneys and bowels. There Is no medicine ob- tainable which is more tiseful in eases of emergency whe.n the diges- tive, urinary or excretory s.vstems are deranged than this great pre- scrljjtion of Dr. A. W. Chase. One pill a dose, 23 cents a box, at all cloolor.s or Edmanson, Bates & Co., Toronto. To protect you against imitations the jKirtralt and si.giui- ture of Dr. A, W. Chase, tho famoiiR receipt book author, are on every box. I But, quick as tho man vca;;, there j Was one before him. With a wild cry, Eva sprang- between her hus- band and the murderer, pushing him back witli feeble hands. The raging wild beast was awake in tlie man. I ITe struck fiercely at the woman. The keen point, entering between her i breasts, went home to the Iiilt, and ishe fell into the arms of lier hus- ' band. Mad with rage, the murderer jrai.soU the dripping red knife to strike again, when Ardel and Harry Csovor, drawn b.v Eva's wild cry from the lawn, broke into the room. Ardel was lirst, and tne wild beast !at bay turned on him with bloody I knife as he came. But Ardel grip- j ped his arms in a grasp of iron, raise<I and hurled him v.'ith tremend- 'ous force to the furthest comer of ! the room â€" a groaning mass of brok- en bones and bruises, with blood welling from a deep wound in his thigh that his own knife made as he fell. Without wasting word or thought on that crushed carcass. Harry Tre- vor turned to where Eva la.v droop- ing in the arms of her husband, who .stood and stared with vacant eyes, dazed by sudden horror. Eva made one pitiful elTort to .smile and speak comfort to him, but the red blood bubbled at her lips, choking her voice. Her face wont deadly white, her eyes closed softly, the lids quiv- ering, and her body lay limp in her i husband's arms. j "Is she dead?" he whispered (hoarsely, only half realizing it even I yet. I The younger man, alert, resolute, jcalm, though every nerve tingled. stood silent for a moment with fing- jcr upon her pulse and eyes on her I face. I "No; not yet." The words seemed j forced from him. "Let us lift her to ithat couch; softly, softlyâ€" a jar is [death." I The wound had hardly bled at all: I only one round, dark stain showed on tho bosom of her pale grey dre.ss. But too well those keen eyes and that skilled touch divMied the intern- al bleeding that was draining her life awa.v. "Is there no hope?" the husband again whispered humbly, as to the master of life and death. The gloomy ejes raised to his were his answer. It did not need the despairing word, "None. " After his tierce elTort of vengeance, Vivian Ardel stood panting and glar- ing with blazing eyes upon his prey, as though he longed to tear the sav- age to pieces with naked hands. But when his eyes turned to where Eva lay, and he heard yoinig Tre- vor's despairing whisper, suddenly his mood changed. He flung himself on his knees beside th.e couch, his whole body shaken with grief. Slowly down the husband's face tho merciful tears coursed. But for ITarry Trevor's deep sorrow, for his stinging remorse, there was no relief in tears. The instinct of the physi- cian to save or soothe triumphed for tho monicnt over human weakness, and instinctively the other two leant on his strength for comfort and coun- sel. "Fling open the window," he said to .\rdel: "the sunshine and air are good for her. Lift out that carrion; it poisons tho room." "How long?" the hii.sband whisp- ered to him .again with white Jip;^, so feebly the faint words hardly stir- red the air. "'Twenty-four hoiu's i.s the utmost limit that human science can stretch her life." "Not in pain, Harry; not in pain. I would not have her linger, even for an hour, in pain." "There will be no pain. That, at least, in any event I can ensure." "Must she pass away from us un- conscious, without a word of smile at parting?" "It is not best so? She dies with- out the knowletlge of death, or th'» fear. But I can give her back con- sciousness in a moment. You know hor best and longest; it is for you to sa.v." "i\Ia.v God direct nie rightly. I choose as she would choose herself â€" conscious life and love to the last." "But the fear of death which wo ma.y spare her?" "She has no fear of death, Harry; or fears it only as a brief parting from tho.se she loves." "The choice is yours, remember, not mine. Put your hands to this cushion. Softly, softl.v. Hold her head just as it is now. The slight- est motion may be dangerous. I will retm-n in an instant." From the snmll ghi.ss which he car- ried back with him he let ten drops of a clear, amber-colored lluid trickle slowly through the pale, halp-parted lips, on which tho blood-stain show- etl. and waited. One, two. three long minutes John Trevor vtatched the white face and saw no change. Then slowly a faint color warimid her cheek, and nt once softly, as to a llowers petal in the sun.s4iine, the eyes unclosed. Her feeble glance wandering a lit- tle found her husband's face, and rested there with unutterable love. "Come closer." she umrinured; "I want to be quite sure you are safer" -She fondled tho hand he gu^e her with both her own. "I ntn kIKing you at lust. John. I- fca^'^^ in my heart: I see it in your "race of tho room, leaving those two aione for the last time on earth. Slowly tlie long day passed. Jeannette, mastering her tears for a moment, kissed tile loved face ten- derly; then instantly fled from the room and fell weeping, broken-heart- ed, heedles-s of Ardel's stammering attempt at comfort. Dr. Bartle.v camo, and shook his head, and departed, a little aggriev- ed at Harry Trevors quiet assump- tion of control. The police came, too, and with them a magistrate, who spoke about the ends of justice and a dying dc>- position. But again young Trevor quietly put his restless importuniries aside. "Abundant evidence will be forth- coming when it is needed," he said. "You would not surely rob ber of tho few hours of life the murderer's knife has spared? But you will need no evidence," â€" pointed to the maim- ed wretch the police had lifted ujion a hurdle â€" "there is death in his face; he will never live to be hange<i." So through all the day he guarded the peace of the room where the dy- ing woman lay, and each hour, with a few drops of the strong potion, he rekindled the flickering life in her, while she thanked him with a smile and a pressure of the hand, growing hourly more feeble. For tho rest he kept in the back- ground, leaving the place by the couch to the others. The hours crept on â€" Eva Trevor's last hours on earth. Slowly the light faded out of the west, and the evening closed upon them, and the curtains were drawn, and the wa.x tapers kindled in the room. She had been silent a little, with e.velids drooped, â€" so silent and so still that they might have thought she slept; but her lips still moved, as if in prayer. "John." she whispered, at last, "I should like to speak to Harry for a moment or two before I die." He rose as she spoke, moving soft- ly to where Hari-i.' Trevor stood with bowed head at the furthest corner of the room. He touched him on the shoulder. "Harry, youi- mother would speak with you for a moment alone." "With me?" He seemed surprised, startled â€" one migiit almost sa.v frightened â€" by the sinmnons. But he did not hesitate for a moment. She caught his hand and held it as he sat beside her. "Harry," she said, "I ha\e been much troubled about you of late." "I am sorry, " he answered simply. "You are to be pities, not blamed," she said. "Love's o.yes and ears are keen, Harry, and I know more than you ever mean me to know. Young as you are, you have lost tho hope that brightens life and makes even death cheerfulâ€" the hope, the certain- t.v of an immortal life, to which death is but tho entrance." "It is true," he said softly; "but why sjieak of me at such a time. Let tne bear my own burthen as I may. I [tin not worthy of your pity or your i)rayers." "I would fain help you to lift the burthen from your shoulders. Faith is warmed to lite b.v prayer. There was a time when Vivian Ardel was as you are. But now " "Don't! don't!'' he groaned out. like one in sudden pain. "Don't speak of that. If you onl.v knew â€" if 1 dare tell you all. I often thought of telling you, but shame held me silent." She pressed his hand a.gain. with pit.v in her eyesâ€" pit.v and love. "Not now," she said softly, "not now, Harry. I havo dreamed there was some mystery in that sudden change. I shall know all soon, when I pass to the longer and brighter life." He felt the contagio:i of her conli- dence. "Yon have no fear â€" no doubt? " "None. So sure as I die I will awaken to a new life. That to me is more certain that I now touch your hand. The conviction is part of m.v- •self. You. too, believe, at least, in a Cod, Harryâ€" a Creator?" DR^A.w.cKASE's j^er MOTHEELY ADVICE. FROM OWE v;hose UA'OGHTEB WAS EESTOHED TO HEALTK. Had Stiffered From Headaches. Dizziness and Fainting Spells â€" Feared at one Time that Con- sumption Would Follow. Ail the freshness c!" youth, tlio rosy cheeks and bright eyes of girW I hood, the charms of budding womaa- jhood, are duo to pure, rich blood land healthy nerves. When the faca is pale and the eyes lack lustre, when there are headaches and back- aches, sliortness of breath and pal- pation of the heart the blood is ser- liously out of condition, and decline I and consumption ma.v woU be feared. In emergencies of this kind there ia no medicine so certain in its benefici- al results as Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Every pill makes nen-. rich blood, strcngthenes the nerves and puts the isulTerer on the road to health. Prool of this is found in the case of Miss Bertha Milloy, Port Dalhousie, Ont.- The story of this young lady's res- toration to health is told by bev, j mother as follows: "A few year* [ago my daughter Bertha began ta I decline in health. Among the early j symptoms were loss of appetite, loss jof strength and an aversion to exer- tion. These were followed by sevei"< headaches, and sometimes fahiting I tits: her color left her and she wa« 1 greatly reduced in flesh. In fact her I condition was such that T feared sh« I Would go into consumption. W« 'tried a number of medicines but they I did not help her; then a <ioctor was called in. but there was no improve- ment, and things looked very hope- less. At this stage acting on th4 advice of a ladv friend (whu. by tho way, was studving medicine and i? now practising in Chicago) I started giving her Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, In the course of a few weeks ihera was a decided improvement in hep condition, and by the time she had taken nine boxes she was again en- joying perfect health. Diirin.s her illness her weight was redticed to ninety-live pounds and while taking the pills it increa.sed to one iiundrcd and ten pounds. My advice to othei* mothers who have weak or ailing girls is to lose no time in giving them Dr. Williams' Pink Pills." Nearly all the ills of life are due to bad blood, and they .ire cured b.v Dr. Williams' Pink Pills simply be- cavise these pills make new. Ach blood thus bringing strength tolfev- ery part of the body. That is tho whole secret, and is the reason wh.v these pills have cured after other medicines have failed. All jncdicono dealers sell these pills, but there are some who oft'er substitutes: see that the full name "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People" is printed on the wrapper around every box. It in doubt send direct to the Dr. Wil- liams 'Medicine Co.. Brockville. t'nt., and the pills will be sent by mail at 50 cents a box or si.x bo.xos for $2.50. CATARRH CURE leaving you. AV'e time in thi.? ww I om )il*e had a hiyip.v d, dear: no man Is sent dlr!!<:t to iho dlseisrd rarts by the Im^voved Blower, tciti lh« nlcecs, cli-ars the air p.issagci. stojj* <iiopplni«t In tho lllroat and permaiuintly cures Catarrh and Hay Fov^r. Blower frfe. Ail ilnalers. or Dr. A. W, Chasa MnUclua Co., Tiironio and Bufial* "Who can doubt it that has sense or tvason, that can si>e and think? The lu'oof.s are everywhere." "Can you believe tho great Cod â€" the good God who made the universe, who made the beautiftil world for ns^ to be happ.v inâ€" would cheat m^ this hope of Immorttrtity, whielv'^Ye lie to a poor human smil^Oiat loves â- ilie a fTTia and woman ittppiei-. I have many things to s<!^ to you before I go."' â- 'Will it hurt her to si>rak?" he w^i!*pcrod aside to TIarry, who shook i is head: and, touching Ardel's shoul- iKr, thoy drew back to the far end Himself inspires, wouhl^yieat and smi Him?" ,.f^ Her face, even more than her words, ipspire<l in him something of the faith jihat lilled her, and shone brnve. and strong in her clear, true OYO|k She si^cnietl from the grave's cTigc, with spiritual e.ves, to see the future life of which she spoke. His doubts shrank abashed before such glorious certaint.v. Faith kind- led warm and bright in his heart, pulling chill, dim reason to shame. "Evil," he whisp^reti, "praise God and thank Him for'ntc; I believe." "Thank God! thank God!" she mur- mured, under her breath: "my Inst carp has pa.xsed; now indeed t con die in )>cace. ' "John," she Whispered, iiresently. He had retaken his place at her sidi and Site knew it. though her eyes were closed. "I'm growing v.eary: I want to s!ee[). The end eat. not be far olT. Cood-b.ve till 1 waken: and if I neiver waken, ni.v darling, good- bye till we inei t again. It ma.v bo better so. ^l,y life has been so hap- py, it is hard to leave it even for a happier. " The last words trailed awa.v into perfect stillness in tlie room and she slept. They watched through the loiifl hours of the night, speaking seldom, their e.ves and thouglits with the still figure on the couch that wa.» slipiung so softl.v from tl e warm clasp of their alTections into tha unknown. The chill of the earl.v dawn was in the air and the windows showerf faintly luminous whin Luc.v stole softl.v from her seat and blew thu candles out and put the curtain.^ back. Fqi' a little while the light grew slowl.v. Then of a sudden tho rosy- flush of tho .sunrise lilled tha room, an^ the birds broke out into song. The still figure on the couch mov- ed. The loving e.ves sought hi.s face lovingly, the small hand fluttered in his with a feeble pressure. "Good-b.vo, John:" she whispered, "only for a while;" and she slept again, the sleep that knows no wak- ing. (To 1» cruyinutvl.) cru;^! savehj-bXex's life. - » â-  â-  â-  â-  MrjJpf. Brisspn, Cold Rock. Ont.. WB»l^«-"Haby's Own Tablets saved y little hoy's lifo when there .seem- ed no hope, and he is now a bright, ro.sy healthy child. He siiliered more than tongtio can tell from olj- stinate constipation and medicine gave him no relief until I gave him Baby's Own Tablets. I would not be wittioul the Tablets in tho house. ond I think they should be kept in cverv home where thel^ are young or fielicafo children. " All the minor ills ol childhooi', such as indigestion, colic, stomach troubles, diarrhoea, worms. consti- pation, simple fevers, and colil.s art promptly relieveil and speedily riitx through the use of tho.se TubltHir'* They are guarantoi>d to contain* t'lV opiate ond ma.v bo .uiveif with nbso Uite safety to the yotincMt and nuj<<i delicate child. .''oldi'^ail mediein' dealers or sent pc^|^|niir1 nt 2."- cenu !i bf>\ by wri{iiu{ The Dr. Wliiia.P Medicine Co., Drtckville. Ont. V â-  s M