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"+~1Szi$t {n22.'1}' 'x'a;1is`v`v;;'6d, snedred "ni1adi.?- % = % % '1 it fair to` me, Miss Neslxe Is it ju.s`t--is it hyornorable? She prams`- ed. We erre-ngedit all. I was to come to Lancewood on some pretext `or other. to seem to` fall in love with.` heryan-d: we were to be m-a-rried. 5- should have come -irzg th_0_u1ae or a traveling artist, but _t_hJat "she pro- posed my coming as tutor; Is it tau or justht-hat s11|e _eh:o_ulde refuse me % now? ` "I bag: of you not. to appeual. to me in the matter. I _can hlaye nothing to say." replied Vivien; A G I. "IZappeai';c;-'yoa1, he said . pass1dn- - 'atoly..tose_a justice dome tome. This la'dy`prom.1'aed' most. faith=fn1ly, when! I met her in Paris, to marry; ms, and 9 now she refuses 'to_-_k_g:e.p her word, llfII.L.-L `P J, I "``'`'V` '7 .-.vv`' auvn vv v-u - "That I do,...m;oe't decidedly, put V1er19._ with a smile. , "1 am` glad you are here, Mi.sseNe.s-l he. Imake my appeal to yocu-'-eyou are proud and cold` and hard, but you are just and honorable. ' ` Maladi laughed mockingly. '12.-his premises to be Ti-nterestxng, she said; and the Frenchn_1gn's dark` taco grew jdarker as he heard the; mocking tones. V "Let me warn you, she eiaidv French. I have no wish to hsten your bonversatlon. Permit me pass -through the room. ` 1\__ L wu ----`rvIl \l I-IIIILI-I. - tvltx Henri `d: Noucihet` interpos- ` ed. at nk} t nigt -v.~-----_-p v-nqunuunsyu ` "I ` haveg` been "here" now;-{how many .I't1`n;d it dun, this old Ab- by of yo-urp. Ir tired or it. I long . to be at Baden. orMona:oo, Hamburg, Pans. ' anywhere where ' there no a semblance of: life- I dwaant your ann- wer at ounce?` * - ' - "And why. pray. do "you want it` in! tsluarvhurried fashion?" . `Yov:rca'Il _it hurried, when I mmf been`w_o,iti_ng for months! I. will have"? it to ziight, and. the teas-on_.tha.t De! Ca,-lloux returns to Paris to-marrow,` and my atffairomuast be arranged. "What it! `I do not choose to glve you this promise, inonsieur? ` Hts lace grew livid with rage; , "'.l"hIen, he replied, _`'I swear that 1 mil _betr-ay you to the proud daushr L tor of this house. All England shall know. who my Lady Neshe Is. I .V1vien had recovered herself. She` pushed aside the roses. and the P615`; axon flowers all dxaimp with dew. She`: stepped from the balcony Into their room. ., . ' I IIIIIIL We eonversation ow-as oerr1ed' oo In French. Sim held `a jeweled ion` In her hand and ijvaved it lightly so she` spoke. . 1 ` .` . z _ _ Now. Henri, quiukl Why have you brought me away `trom`m_-y guests! .What do you want to say" to me!" I want your answer to my quea- ltwn. Valerie, and I .'im- deteimined to have it. You duped me years ago; you uhgall not, Ismear, dupe me again." "You rwtzher enjoyed the duping," we returned, carelessly. "1 a.......- s....._ -- -~ - an-"o `iii? Y Vtltfahed face. 1g_ughin g`,` datnant. `_Vi=vio",n would have spok- o_n, but the girat words uttered arrest- 1'! 1`sviy?; 7 % 1nd.y_'shiP ` sum. the conversation She held : f1` 'Be-Can_tih1ied. `hdiship Who Aspoka tnrsf-., Ira:-an&.'_... ___- _ - he Dalag! Afrikandi d a flag 1 Bothy tb- ~wiped_he_r piano and all`her_ furniture I WASHING FURNITURE. ! Perhaps you all know, but Id`idn t until a few days ago, that furniture I can be washed with a chamois skin writes Mrs. (Hf. . I `noticed 7 that my friend's furniture looked clean and well polished; and asked her how she kept it so. - She replied that aneigh-pl bor who worked in -a piano factory I had. told her that he washed his piano 1 once at week, though once a month would answer. He wet the chamois skin in tepid soft water, wrungit, `shook it out, and wiped the piano with I the grain of the wood. My friend in that way, and there is not afinger mark on it: Furniture must `be wiped before it is very dirty to obtain such` results. AMy friend tried to wash 9.; desk for me which thewehildren had; used, and, though it was greatly im~ proved, all the -marks did not disap- I ......'n in ' Instead of `scrap-ing kettles and* `dripping--pans, put into them a lump ` of common wshing soda, with soft water, and place on the stove. When ` the water boils, no zcraping will be necesszh-y.. If `food shoqvld `aocident ally burn on Athe_ke`tt1e,'put;inV alit-/', tle more washing soda than usual, and ' Vt_h_e crgat will come -01! easily, ntduv portoctly dean by tliowln ' s to stand tortian hont.;in_] a pup ' (aw 94 -gnaw sun tan. Itandn Audi. % %xor-ht Viki sueensrrons T0 :HOUSEKEEPERS_ In ca'lre~tmaking, next to care in qaeasuring comes the manner of mix.- ing igha ingredients. Tn stir mean": to blend all the ingredients; to but means to entanglq all we air possible in the mixture. W_h`en_j a `cake has jbun b.e.%ateLn it rains anti it in than *-stirred . One stirring will destroy all the air-'hubbl_e's mnd6=by_ mg vlgoroug. `I__-:.1___ -_..a 1.- __.1_p,1 1.1, Charlotte Russe.-T-o one pint of milk ` add one-halfncup 4;;},`,sugar, one tea-l spoonful of vanill'a,v't":'i1e tablespo/onful 5 of dissolved gelatin and a pinch of; salt. Bring to aboil, remove from; the fire and stir in quickly threei `eggswell beaten. While hot, pour overl pieces of sponge cake, angel's food or lady fingers laid in a deep dish`. Just before serving add the whites of two eggs, beaten stiff with one tablespoon- full of sugar. Serve cold. __W .__. __v. ----`-- w . . v-vj fotinc aricfto which ti. "1}}h;.a. qt is due. Orange Baskets._-With`_ a penknife cut twelve oranges one-third from the a top-, _ leaving a (narrow. strip for a i `handle; seoop out the pulp and juice. Take one-halt box of gelatin, `soak it in one cup of cold water; sweeten to suit` , the taste, and put with the juice and g pulp or two lemons `and of the oranges; add twos-thirds of a pint of boiling; water and strain. When oold, but be. {tore the gelatin hardens, till the `orange shells. When the jelly is firm, ,frost on top. Tie a bit of baby rib-9 l bon onthe handle. Lay maiden-hair , `or pieces of asparagus ferns on small! `plates, end `place an orange on each; `plate. At a luncheon where orange; baskets and cake was the dessert those present remarked that it was the pret- tiest way they had ever seen oranges; served. A ; ` l Another Orange Dessert. -- Dissolve 5 o_ne-half box of gelatin in two cups! cold water; add two cups of boiling-1 vvater. two cups sugar and the juice} ` and pulp of one lemon. Divide eight -oranges into sections and out the sec. ._tions into three pieces; put them in a. . dish and strain th-e mixture over them, ;0ther fruits can be prepared with; {gelatin in `the same way. Canned `cherries are excellent. The gelatin } requires several. hours in a. cool place .1 to become firm. Serve with whipped `cream. { A Orange Delight;-Take six oranges, 1] cut `a piece from the `top of each -as ` lagtge as a silver dollar. With` a tea-I `spoon carefully remove` all the juice ' and pulp, leaving ohly the she1l.ePut [1 the pulp through a fruit press to ex- 1 .tract all the juice. Add to the orange , ` juice the juice` of one lemon, `three 1` `bananas sliced into small bits `and onefll `cup of sugar; stir well together and H : put `back into the shells. Place each ft Eorange on a. small plate and serve {ice-cold. A $1-rigof smilax on the ,.i plate adds to the delight of this de1ici- ` tons dessert. - I 1 I TO o'1.i_:Am KETTLES. te-azspnoonf 3A-{hot} sauce for ice `cream is some- . thing to nra_kethe `average housekeep- ; or `open .`her eyes;- It is one of the _ newest things out." As boiling maple _ syrup is poured in packedi ice or snow. with the result of making the delici- _ out-1_"wax, so a chocolate oncaramel , sauce is poured over each serving of ,l c1-cam, just enough of it to chill and L form a. coating whlch is said to add k:much to the deliciousness of the `cream itself. lg Orange Marmalade.`--Orange mar- xmalade` is a delicious confection and one in great favor with many. Our English cousins are particularly fond !of seeing it on the breakfast table, |where its slightly ,bitter tang seems to pique ' the appetite. It should be made right speedily now, as "the orange season is nearly A over. _ Allow pound for, pound. Pare half the :oranges and out the rind into shreds, iboil till tender, changing the water twice, and set aside. Grate the rind of. the remaining oranges, then take :off every bit of the thick white inner skin. Quarter the fruit, andremove the g seeds and the central pith. Ch-op or cut 1 them into bits, drain all the juice: that lwill, come a`way without pressing `upon the sugar, `heat thisgand stir ill tthe sugar is dissolved, adding avery {little water, unless the oranges are a` very juicy. Boil five or, six minutes, lskimming often. Put, in the boiled shreds and -cook ten minutes, then the [chopped pulp_and grated peel and boil till thick-about. twenty minutes. Put `up in small glasses. _`Youd'wiIl find it ;good. ' ' * i Canned Pineapp1es.--This is :3. highly `esteemed dainty. Slice the fruit fine, `choosing nice ripe apples. To each six pounds of fruit all prepared allow fascant three pints of water and three pounds of sugar. _ Make this rintq a `syrup, skim it till it is clear, then add the fruit and let it boil up well. Have the cans ready, and ho-t, end. can quickly; It is best to boil the syrup till it is mther thick, as the juice: of. the pineapple [will thin it some. ' Crackers.--Put into a. bowl 3, quart -of our, {me te-aqpponful of salt and one-fourth` pound of butter. Rub butter and flour t_o_geth'er,V add water gnVdna.lly,tui1ti1 our is just niacin- 5n.ed ,_w9rk__ and knead until the dough i_uVn`9qth'.. elastic yaste, *pound for g`-f1ggg`t_ until th'e mass [[`n;(i1l,l"_ bubbles!-L put or form into a gem and ..` 0'- Amber Lemon Pie.--c'ream halt a `pound of butter with a pound of .sugar, beat `in the yolks of six eggs fend the juice and ograted peel of a. lemon, season with a little nutmeg iand a tablespoonful of fruit juice and then beat in the whites of four eggs ,beaten -stiff. Bake with lower crust lonly, and whuengdone cover with a meringue made of the whites of two eggs beaten stiff. with two `table- spoonfuls of sugar. Eat` cold. Delic. cious. Veal -I740ati--T.wo pounds of leg or. iloin veal chopped very fine; quarter; `pound salt pork chopped with the vealxz iquarter cup of sweet milk; half cup ioracker crumbs; two eggs; one tea- jspoonfuipepper and two of salt and `one of onion juice, a little sweet mar- joram or any herb yon. fancy for favoring, and quarter of a cup of :butter.` Mix an `together; leaving ;out the `butter; mold into a loaf dot ?with the butter and dust with flour, .9 then bake an hour. Make a gravy of E the liquid in the pan to server with the imeat, which is nice for lunch or for `supper. Is and; i After the hams are smoked roll _jt&1em is stiff paper, out your cloth to `fit them, saw; it in; placq with a large lneed1e_ and twine. Make a starch of ltlour and yellow ochre and covertthem [with it, using a brush, and hang up ;to dry. Chey are safe trom the at- itacks of the fly. I . I A brine for a. quarter of beef re-'- quires four gallons of water, six `pounds of salt, one and a. halt pounds lotvbrown` sugar and an ounce: of salt- ![:eti'e.` Stir all together, let boil, ; skimming the scum off as it rises", and :pour over the meat when cold. i -The "cotton blankets now, used so rmtioh are really "a good thing. They }take.the place of the old-fashioned patchwork quilt, though warmer and easier to handle. They are useful as `mattress covers,'they can be used in the carriage as dust blankets or for iwarmth. And tlmy make first rate comforters, although rather heavy, `Nothing goes ahead of plenty of cot- [ton and pretty cheese clothor sateen ;for comforts- I I i.)1:ie-cretgfgvgl-xells, broken fine and put `into a bulb vase, will, with a little tepid water, remove the coat of sedi- I 1 [Shake vigorouslyefter soaking awhile. ment which clouds their transparency,` ' i_:hori:tggfi3y;1'n'T`c19e}.r`cold' water.` . ' DOMESTIC RECIPES. gxil-y:1:ae gc._.;;.'t. Tt}}7" certain", plot of waste ground. Chse grvound}: was dhg up. A number of rupeedf were found, also the musk-pod emitted the odour. - . " - `- "The latest tad with the ultra-fashkz. ionabla is the absence of the envelojajg. .We have gone bacolt tn th'e.days of olden times when the red Vv(aforr tn(|:-_1,` the `sealing wax and the foldo6`fi"pVg_n-` p-ex were all that -custom. }'1`h modern. fashion` has : the thintiest-tinted waferag to,.-?'__ %"thvavr,/1il?**P-, Now, the broker had been supplied. with a list of the articles stolen on the occasion referred to above, and at` once saw that the trinkets the pre- `sent customer was intending to pledge were none of those that had been taken from the ladgs jewel box_. But ;he had read the story of the'brur- gl-ary, and recalled` the remark of the Lady anent the odour pervading \ THE THIEF S OLOTHES. Now, this man's garments also smelled -of the fragrant oril. One would hardly have considered this similarity, such as to warrant the! ap- prehension ot the pledger, but the ptawnbrokers of Pani-s are avent-ure- some sort of men, and the one refer- red to called a pol-icemwn and gave the customer lncharge. Nor did he err in so doing, for the. man proved to be a notorious burglar, and, indeed, the thief of the l-ady s gems. T-he articles he was on the point of pledg-3 glary, and the chances are that the misdemeanant would` have continu- the universal epidemic--influenza-he calyptus oil. mg were the results of another bur-7% dusty. evaded capture but for the `fact that, being `strangely frightened of_ hadiresorted to a liberal use of en-A An even odder case in point is one which hails from India. A merchant`. returning to his home from Calcutta, took with him asmall flask of spike- nard, a costly perfume used in Hindoo religious rites. The unfortunate fel- low never reached his home, for one the way `thither he was a.tta,cked by a gang of p-oisoners, who killed him. and, after throwing his body into a river, carried off his goods, including the flask of scent. Months afterward` the criminals, who had come under suspicion for other crimes, received an informal visit from" the police, when the strong odour of the costly scent wasdetected in their abode, the halite em-pity flask being eventually unearth}- edvbemeath a. stack of. fuel in one of. V lthe rooms of the house. The discovery` led to the execution of three member: of the rang ` ' vn.n~ v...-V r -a._ Another Indian example of crime: cietected by the strong odour of a peculiar perfume concerns the theft of a number of valuable articles from the shop of a. native banker and broker `in abig Indian city. The -alert. local police had no clue whatsoever to the idezntity of the mrarauders, but "in course of time visited, among the'__' likely hIaun't.s of the thieves, one one csampment that proved to be pervaded " with the uncommon event of musk,-` pqghaps the most expensive of p:oi~ _-"Q, fumes. One of the keen-scented niy-.134. 5 ~.' mido-ha of_ the law. sought about ifolr the sonrco of tho odlour. He.'tm.;=' 3aneLAa?s PAi{'r1AL1'rY pan iyix`-I LYPTUS cwsnn ms ARREST. --wow-J -vsasvv-In-Ila lav AQUUIQ a nartieli `Ear eucalyptus. The `facts, are these: An elderly lady awoke one` n.i'gh"t, to find that the jewel box at o the side of her bed was in the ant ' of being burgle/1~by a burly and close- ly masked man. The lady had the self-control to feign sleep, and make" 94 mental note of the fact that the-11,0`; w`a`s one distinguishing feature `of the marauder. This was the strong odour ments. As soon as he had effected. his departure, the woman rose and summoned a policeman to her assist- ance, by call-ing loudly from her bed- room window. However, her efforts were in vain, for on the; arrival of "the" police it was found that the burglar` had diasappeared with the lady sv jewels, which valued some hundreds of pounds. Nor was the man captured for a considerable period. Then, one afternoon, there called at the office of a Hebrew p-awnbroker in asmall way of business a gentlem-anly-looking man, who was desirous of pledging '8 of eucalyptus that pervaded his gar- ifew article-s of jewellery. [warms Tm BETM; Vxlurdcfcra and. Thieves often Put Arrest Through Bolus Recognized" lune! drrottiue on `their Person. 51"5f7 So iniinuesimally slighvt are 3011113}-.` of. the clues that have led to the '_a.r1"v58,t_7o and_ ultimate conviction of notabl. criminahs, thiat one may nbt be aflr-.'._ D'_1 1_0d to-`learn `that, by the distin-_ gu.-ishing and ineffaceable odour oi` cortain perfumes and scents mI'1r.der-A. em and thieves have are now. boon. brought to book for their miadcmean-_ [Probably the gueereat case i.1ithit._` oonnecbion is that or a notorious` burig glar who was arrested in Paris .a. few." months wk, solely because he had- .` -u...._A._'_I .` IN ENVELOPES. ,-- said 1 `thy avf ill-ll. ardu-ad % after. say; :'--'I of Brjtj ~ia, Jui GPLETE regafcl 1.. t1}" thq V pzaiisants, . peasants, "npeasahts'. l`hure isdancing, ng, every kind of au}1!usement. And who are the giuesis C!" asked ANealie'. ' 1 Have seen fnw familiar faces? ngst them," he i`epi.ied. Her: ship has been sew-king: popularity ` Alyamongsti the '\Pl!`-V mixed so- ofHydewell, :1s!imr_5ounty fam- positlvelyg cietttiiiu her` inv1La-_ I The visitors, many of whom` V:151l13'ingiLhei`e oniv on "the pre- of taking the \\'zi|..c1`s, as well Bikers who are um. :ccogniz.ed by Wllnty people h1"4_`. lC(',t$[)t8(.l,' and 3 ' ives -and families,- _ "19 Ereater p-art at the guests. _: thereis a fresh fU]`1I,yVOf`ViSit0I'S . Paris of the S`.Im~ .`( .:.:i,mp.ra_s the . I'7`V Sir H11 rry Lime [yester- fndhe said that in; riizl not know . L`1C8\\'00d was "ul."liY1g 10. ) ` ` ; mi in no hai`m, 'th81rlwi1.h :t.".'3;i!i;"'(`,y8S "And ;;h' mt jvinwl l'!;='-,l(.'1`()VVd, Mr. in V _ L mgney 7 k place b nd to th failure '1 ,. -vrALCUo '."'\.'1` 3 I? has offend ad T4.-gd mlladiz :. Id 01 som ~.=.l'lI\ our not Nerslie. : ' ` 1 .`-nu- Lu" ar, In-Lwer do thtg"; V. But I fa.ncie'd th. ething of the -ki'l1'd_-:1 visitors, Vfvien'fj` ` . - I do not know )3!!!` '. `Lad ? jNeslie," We observed, W the Cu1'c'z.ss rejoinder. :_ we must. `( hztye what we " N `be conaent `with what- 8-V3 3- `wry sensible ren- t `11` `French proverb. ,_'M d Wuwould return, Vi- y 110* find an admirer *1 N a_d Smeat,cm's friends 3" 63119.13 face `ushed indic- ?.f'i "lg on new v my fair," he replied,-' her whim. I am almost `that you 0:111:16 . home. before It over. I should? not imagine that ` "has ever been such a mottlayi ' at Lancewqodv before." {fancy fair! But why has Lady introduced ll1:u.'.?" >- tannot tell yuu, Miss NesIie."1'Ihe' ;,ngighb0u1'hood has tulkedabout 1 you mut indmezl -hrxve been hap-T `md. busily engaged not to have V of it. ~ ( V. mu, ` not be greater pmp.11';1tionsfor wming of age of a prince. Gun- fmen ha_ve been down for the twodays from London; we have and.Tinford s band. The pictur- V part of the affair baffles all were of des:x'ip?1'ior1'. There are ;_withAgypsies wlro tell fortunes, ery one in the county knows; it, declared Mr. Dnrmuln. " T`here~ E, F10l'id6,;:" `and. `En u very Imp-1/;y,she _5B.1d.. "m5o'grate f1x! to be at peace to be free` frum; (H-.sc0II;f0rt. I `mhpleasani people ` and such jmnds. But, My-I. Lrorman, what 5.5 here ? ffancy \ $1: Smeafon m~ve.1' `spoke OI jcewood," she said,. " knowing that honor a pleasant subject to me. `nifthey knew of it`, no one would FQUIII4. bin her face f1uL. at the re- furnace of how she had been en- I my u`m! deal`. ladi`- 68 afterward jmn`? before the womgu; `;"5.*`": 50 roll. Looming Weface he saw a. subtle 5} am! The haggard, worueix-v :thore.d,9appeared, the "exquis- llwd all re-turned; `thev unnE Splgnd-Id in their dgpth -.0! wefgen held but her hand 13` mlting to him, but Ger- ' We 9. could only K ak, H " latfjiee that was'all the I ,prisec1, - she said} "he replied. Tk__ __ _ ..... ._, - ..vrou,wavv watclling er with a n. dace:~ CI` in1so-n. `V . - ' 8` It` so this love of he1.8__s . . 0 pat_ #5 COLIN 1`e,ad in lxer-l 3meai,(m`s f1`ienfig? ushed indig- id. -Ami I'I:>'Imes, the. xdad L_1dy Neslie. He 3 w:x:s it-.'l.`.St_0Il18d to an`! {g2-.]m}emen. Her 1 L. ..,-. . xuxv {unnu- `f01`;;u!,2 an tl1-at yo nn 4,..!, 11- .1 {ber re: lwill bg 1 }`Tranav; d 10 fiozzt. through 1'011I!!i_, Vivi-en, saw I.._-, v ge;d," answered GOI- -H-I cannot tell what from your face ; and no`. tell what-has p'rised,- ghing smile. I am on, Mr. Dormzan,--~ so astonished at I ""O I LL Stiff couhtessqs i of A`! sytra nge[ p00- amusing. oi-LEE ` U -_ | r)~ You find 1T wry brilliant mzzt him awayw u:' (is Nouchew Qt-g:-.';:l the wines. 12-. :`r>,zLrr1, a sub-| n ? she (ask,-> .,IA 11 Lady Neal!-ie , English a`r'-1' Ares! 1198`... .3, mar. V , : He-had lighted one utthe _1a.mpu, and a soft pearly glow. filled the foam: by it Vivien saw Dady .Nps11e. ~ Sh; wore a dress or! white, Id 'go1i_ljbf_g-_ ca-de, with ' jewels ~shix_1ing'1`n '1_lQ1"h3ir9: on her %b1_ieast,, apd rqundher : Tm lovely", . :W?ns t \, . -,; U av I-I-I van-1.0 aasnnouna vu-s -cw 7q_-7v2-. She was; thihking 30- deeplyend so 1-ntently that she hlad n,-out notnced the rush of people .,towa1`d that part of the - gro/ands wmterethe reworks were to be seen; she had not heard the loud ex:p1-canons. She had; not not1ced th e' dymg away df.t'h,Ie day and" the gleam- mg ` of the golden tstars. she` was wrapped in a `dream. She would have sat `there oa"_hJeurs.,. but that asud- den sound `near her dsAt`a';rt_led' _her. ins round. ehe 1sa.wTt_hat "1'n;iIa_di ._had_ entered _ the , V "_I'6. Lnuug.uL. The day was dying when_s_heAt~cok` up her eta.t1'oun there-the western sky was all amme. She went out on- to the large 'baleoIny, always aAfavo- ri-te resort cg hers, `and sat there watch-mg the `light fade __over the trees, thinking of A,-djrian, ea1_1d'how wel_I sheglove-d h1'm--thinking" at her fate, and how; hiand it se`ea'ned- -(svon-A dermg if bircumstanceswould, ever take such! a turn as in some degree to free. !l1e1"., At present" to leave Lancewn-ed wo uld1si:`11;;pl,y`be togplaee 1t in the hands out the ergezny. ,, 1 L- Amongst other devices for `the amusement of her guests, Vrvlen found there was to be a. grand dnse play of fireworks; `after that supper and dancing were to-follow.` She was only anxious` not to see "and nhearfof what. was godng on. She went to the dragwl-n'gI-(room, tjpev windows` of which looked over `the broad terraces and {pleasure grounds. V I 11- u _ , _.'_._ __;_I I._-_- I. .'.I... tutor-%. `-- --..- .7- - _--.-.-.-y ; "1 shall non; ha ann-oyd here," she thoug.ht._ _ ` T - "N-otvhlng, he told her. "But La.-dy` Neslw has given me 150 undersitand that she will not much longer requlre my preseczne; at Dancawood. - . L Vivien went: to the nursery t.orse'e the boy-he was absent, jo1n1ng.1n the revels. I` henv ghe sought Gerald, and `asked him it anything had been done 1n. the wfay ot`1eason8. ' V ll'lY_LI_ 4,, II ru 1 I 1 EITu.rnVvv/'li1:7'ix>V1'1Vv:vVay-i7`iv}e V11`;s-otullti. there_ % was no comfort. " T sh; 1&:'EiE{qu?E}}2":".{;g a ser- vant who had leisure to prepare her some tea; they were so bust-ly en-` ga.ged- with "my Lady's guests. Vlvnen `ordered it to be taken to heroroom-- there atzaleast _ she w.ould have peace. But even there the noise of the music and the. crowd followed her; she felt as though she were in some abode gwen up to the influence of evil sp1rits. V e ' ' ` . 9 It Sir Arthur could but have foreseen 'th1s-all the evil`-. the scandal, the humiliation .that this woman, would bring upon his home! Then V1v1en- bethougbt herself that she had not yet .changed her tnaveling attxre. Slok at heart, she went through the ceremony 04% dressing, Joan ehoosxng hver lady's favorite 'oos_tume-a dress Of r1c'h black velvet, out `after the quavnt fas-hiotnn of a ,Venetie.n'portra1t, square in the front, showing thefmm Wfhite neck and throat. `with Wide hanging sleeves," the costly lace show- ing the rounded, beautiful arms. A daamond arrow; fastened the mass or dark hair. A of people whose presence hehe consid- ered 9. dire misfortune. She dldinot go amongst them--few inquired about her; others did not even know `or her existence. The once-afl-uttered mistress` 1 of the house was now Little more than j a cipher; no one noticed her,. or seem- ield to remember her existence, V GI... L- .1. A1.-133.9,, u ~~ 3--- f-vnnn _ gswrvubu Vnurtnor dancing in theyerk. ` T - ` Could this be Lanoewood, the rheto- ly, beautiful home wherein no__ unwor- lthy test had ever trodden-ghis de- serted house,` the servants of : which rushed diotraetedly .fr'0m eperk rte: g.ard~en,e _ where the sound ote loud laughter` came In through. the ` open wIimdowe?ie* .' Hours later the new the flushed, dtiehe-veled revelers exrtering the house, So'motle-y 9. crew hadinever been seen at Lancewood. Vivien "saw soi-dieant. military me-n- with huge mustache: and large cigars; she saw `ladies yoverdreesedlandi rouged in the roomei What had been to her as shrines, be- cauise her father and mother had live :__._1 3.. .LL_._- , I erfs pacture, '1`lh `slow, orul. sumny hours lingers-dy She could hear the aquxnd lot; made and revelry in tho park.` Pulling throtugh the. dining room, she _saw preparations 61-. 3 large, banquet; -and, _hearing a noun in this ball room,'aho "wept Vthitheir. She found that preparations wareho- ing made for a dance whiein the, late-_ nan: n 4-.'l.x.. `I....1.-.. _.-- - _ . ......-...p. `.1210. A1851. . I-t wps _a lpng day for Vlivignt--'.~th'e time -_ heragvys `She wandered thcrough `the deserted room; `she looked up 9.1: this noble faces of the dread Nesllos on the walls; she thought at the man `whom: she.` had .learned' to Inna. Rh. `I...-.1....a I'.-~ precventad '1 dh-w.u,?Non can it a. 1.4. cm; top that you ought t__o_lot youi t.hi`13 3". math; I fmamaa:;gng;hg: rou__13ol int iishil; Whiskers % . ,1 olvet to 1; tantlyij A`; nmpog ; 18 revolt}; in probabi ':`P1:ay.-Ixvstenlf he contjnued, vehe- mently. "You are `the, only one here possessed of truth and honesty. Is it honest .-of mi-lad? to deceive me agafnf". " ' `C I I ,1 -n- . 1-: n vI}a}iVy Neslxa laughed, white the nght qu1v01_`8d`in her jewels; " ' . v ` ' She-Ygan. "AWelli:ngtonV in Hera. su_1d V9 jih-d` V I ldli `Lartumgnt 4 con- '99rnin.!0w{ T "It is all. wasted .path*08. H3enrV1`. said: "Miss Neslie dbes not Iik you. "1 know it; but Miss N-eslie will see justlce dovn to me, he cried. ' 1511- -i,,._ ff___;'I! -43.} `TnI4unu.- ."Wo were engaged to be married." went on M, de`_ Nuouohet, uhdeterred, "when Lady Nealie was `only seven-. te.en..' W'hen m `broke off w`-i-th me to marry your father, she promnsed tgzitmtully that it she was left a widow -aa:b:o-`ve all, 9. wrealthsy ou1e-she would marry me. Imet hpr in Pans; shg re- newed the` promise, and no w- refused t o ful_il1Ti1;.v Is, that just, Mis!,Nesl1e@" J"'` v ~ v - - v - v -+-- -v ~--~j- _ ."My dear Henri said Lady Yalerze. "1 was a foo.lia-1);` young girl when I 11-at fell in love with ygur uandsoune face-andL a vei-y hansdsidtne 't_ace It was zn those days - ' ' - * . n_,..._____' L... _ AS OTHERS SAW HIM, ' . .Sh6-Di.d your. egfs burn, to.-day: - ` 3 e;--I don't re1\nembar.: Why? Wu Italked ghnsntt M `L . % --\"f';1v1'or'1't11;`I.1o-_ciTavs;'e;yTvifJl1' ia..1iV $.1r }proud..oontempt_:`.V T ' * _r`;'Iri:fdo*e riot: `interof `me," she said. coldly. " ` ` A Yup: -no -an-nuv --_.'._. . He mufterad soniethirng between me closed milwdi _anned herself