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14aYv_ lay. } r Th`enV`tthe' 1aw.yar.`"Mr._ Grston, appeared again om th'e sobnq. Once. md're' Vivian Neslid was hbiiress of Ilancwod. ` " 1"! ."Believe me," 3119' said, with tears in_ her eyes,-.I would tar 1jath'er nev- er have `had It i:'h'an that th'e'boy'q deaVt1:23a"h'o\`11d' havp 'given1't to me." g.`W`o' oa'.m1ot` olf6ose. f obsrve Mr. ;G;eston 5 _we . q.1ust_` aooe_p_tL wh`a t'ver' Ifrovidnqggsondsi I gogry tor.`,th'eH :;.Qhii1d"*"' 30.-V`,i"o `@391 3 I`5,hin.- toii; hit ~moi:l;er; hat *1 a.m`p.]Io;,asb(1tha.t 'I)anna- @@ .h`m1~ new .5 The A SW61?" eif.-#3. "`.3'.?}i%1-'.i.'?'j"*=_". A`_?.""` .}W9i11`i1; ' " " T'`L 'V1"ui:\1I. h';1z1 l`1fe ?'c;l_)`i 1d-;liv_ We:d; "M." Fr n'd:k';'~:_. hot 11e ."` she can to who haid just ap- Hydawell-!et the hef~`11a*aysh1n. iwifh he: (if A Frgndlfvlitgxa, wil1."'g`o` I" "I suppose to," said Vivien, thdu_ght;- fully. "Yet I` am so ` sgrry for her that, if Ithought she would care to do so, I should be almost tempted._ to ask her td'r'eI.naln-" To be Continued. V scrathconq. N.0005_it! forced the Hudson` ay Company, a. trading `corpqri1tion' en- gaged. in `collecting furs, to becqmea. government that ru1ed_with deapotiq paws: from the Greahlnkes to the Arctic Circle. How absolute this power might be, and in dme -oases was, in il1ustra}ted by the strange his- tory, of Sir Donaldvsmith, now Lard - Stra.thoan.a, whose name is honordin every part of the Dominion. The'hia- tour. which cantuina all the element; at 8 romance. or a. meloilram. is told "by the Rev. Dr.` Field. in his of travel, Our Wesbarn Archipelago. ` Mom than fifty years ago 9. young Syoottohmazn came if:-om `his iiativa `land to take a place; in the illudsoh Bay Company.` Hotservedd it with scrupulous dality, and had hogan to ' dathomointhopkoowharaho. . Ouevdar an Indian runner cine, -to ' V him with an order to. leave his post; , in one hour and hotako himselt to La.- i brador. The order did not `permit | him to wait to pack his clothing. which. so he was `mtormed, would bo sand: after him. ' , _ Although the ordenexilmi him to an `American Siberia, and was unaccom- by a word oi-explanation. ho obeyed it without ~ remoutronca. Within the hour he was on his way to the distant and inhospitabln coast, : He waa kept them twani:-three years. `On tho death of the governor at the `AL- , a.. on Satur lately wreck tire`, and th excpptidn o yed. [Ever apt `the men car perish .ain crew ople in a ' company. } ilo. hq was rooalled. . As during this long, trying time he fhad shown himself a. wise, faithful, zbervamt of the oompany,- he was now' _ promoted from position,` `to position, 11 nally became its gover- Doctor Fieldthinks the exile was 8 _ harsh measure and the reason of it a. mystery; but en old settler put it in ;and_ther71igh1:. The oonuaeny govern- Led by milintary discipline. and ordered these subordinates to perilous services : whom it could rely on to `endure priva- ' and oope with danger in` the spir- , it of 9. `gallant eoldier. IA BH:1lh':tIonj'That the not" Wm Make . Goml Loyal ~31-man Subjects. 3 Mr. Poultgney Bigelow, i the well knTown_Americun writer, in an article I upon Pretoria, says: `I I __._ - _`_2_._ - In my mind`s eye I have a vision of Pretoria ten yoars hence. It will be a city where _all 'Afrikaado`rs unite {under the Union Jack to do for that ; country what Canadians are doing at` % Ottawa, and Yankees at Washington.` i Even in the you? of the Jameson raid, L 1896, Boers and British miged socially loat the Pretoria.-Lolub, and, while thre uuv v-V _.._---__-, -, `was much divergence of opinion on `many matters, there wasiunenimity `enough on certain vital questions to give me considerable confidence in a bright future for the. united white races. -Boer, .Briton, Yankee _and German-g-there were plenty of these even in, that year. who were heartily sick of Krugerism, much as `they honored "the old. man for his past. services. Men of affairs, ."men who had money to invest. men who desired to grow up with the countryeavall men with progressive minds were displeas- ed with the pretext -put fcrth by the Krugerltes for keeping the country" in `a backward state. _ The modern Boer appreciates the necessity for liberal legislation quite as much as any Airikander, and when England ' shall have demonstrated _ beyond questionthart she notonly can `con- - quer all obstacles in: South Africa, but means to remain the 2 paramount power in i that region, -it .is .-my belief. theibest portion of the Boom will th-rogv in their lot cheerfully with the ' British? the as loyal as are the French _ot. Montreal. or the Ohinescnf Wei- [i-fa:-Wgi. iwao LIKED" ,,su:1u\vBER11Y JAM. ` The Lady Bountiful of the parish % wasgoirig her routidsg and c.'lle'tI at-ea` "small cottage occupied by 9.` model peaisant, whose" wife had been a.'i1 in-' v"alid for some years.` ' ' ` 4.. ,IA __C l_ ._.._Is..-J Vuzgu LUL uvuA\a:~ JV!-Au: I And hbw is`Mary to-day? inquired the. visitor. % ` . - T Just about t).ieVsa`ni,' tl!a'hk$e k'1n_d-1 1y, mim, was th"e" tep1y." L "Qid She enjoy "fhoSe_"l_i_1_:~tla 't'hing 1" slant Her yetidayf `asked the ul`a(i5;'. ` T_h9 things, come all _right, mam, in` mi '_ be. gxjatiy vqhlgged ; but if I rpighf m'a'_lfe; so K b6ld,'. .woi1 ldA is not .',`:,_ndjir'L'dn}; main or Ath'ali:_ jenyg sma Jitm-3.t:av:`v!>arry Jana:-fb;imn91i pore ggotablg, _ inegn. HI, , _-__'_7 "h.'.'.V 3-1!...` bats. -.W Q5 9551.: `now-_-u---..- _`_ __Y__ >` .Y9- memL%s11 do- but i bamt 1 I~`aoe s.~~. .' j`: .f.~'`,."f. UUl.aU1vg uavnuc I ` _ ._ j- dogsnft she gate `for the jelly? `..w_gs th'e .naur_a.1 qgry. ' ' \ u___:a_ 1- 7_.`.._n. ..-".. .._. PRETORIA 'r;~:N YEARS mamas. A ROIA-liT_1GTHl8T0RY. who` had anIt` Ra into 0:- V ' . UNIIB-ONED QLOTHING`. '1'o`1,!'0!I`Cl`neI is Q mintako. Lot 11! spend as -`many Hours" as we about upon table linen and cotton garments. Butt do let .6: he vino snugh to to- tain the magnetism, the vitality, of the, track air andaunshine In` under ananl. A hot iron kills than life- glving forces. !)on`(: laugh at this, _I-_._I._____I_:____.'ll\L, ,- 3 1.-- dear ~`1`he-annel has en- meshed the Iubfle, sweet life of the air which only our ner interior eemee can apprehend. When Once exhausted it can never be regained by proximity to ali the atria root or see- het bags in the world. i In pi`a'co,ot ironing.'_it annel: m hung eyenly` `on the line, then pulled V annels, out, smoothly folded straight and put under such pressure as the oiothee. basket with its burden or the next day s ironing, it. will be found, the next morning that they are smooth enough to satisfy 2!. most fastidious- In like manner, (mil cu". hoeieiy, fold, and spread under the :.t.sl;et with the 100 _tet if swiftly mov-A Sheete that are in bonetant use may be treated in like manner. Unless one ha`: tried it, ovnecannot imagine how welie they look `after pressure. The hemeand setvaea may be rub- bed over, nothing else. More than one eminent physician is a believer in the elite-giving" properties 01 `air and sun- -shine, administered through the inter- stices 0! clean, unironedplothing. T `HAND.-MADE UNDERWEAR. There `is certainly a great satisfac- tion to had from home-made un- darerea.r..'[~n the first phoe. the ma- terial is sure to be good, the embroid- ery or lanai: apt to ba_ oarei-ully se- lected, with anpya to durability. and each garment is well titted and ad-` apted bathe wearers individual whims and fancies. Hand"-sowed underwear. `which is almootithe most expensive. to buy, and inoompariibly the most beau- tiful, can easily-ibe made at home, out of simplest materials, if only there are patience and even moderate skill. Silk" lingerie isnbut little used; nowa- days, because it does not wash pret- tily, and cleaning `is so very expensive. The `preferred cottons are` nainsook, fine cambri'c_ and lawn. Lace is more used than mb-roidery, and elaborate puffs and tuckshave quite gone out. Hemsstitching is very much in fash- ion,`as are pin-head tucks and narrow sot lace. ' Chemises, ch-rset-covers and many of 3 the new night-gowns, too, are out low-. nqcked; either heart-shaped, square or round. The prettiest chemissst are drawn in at the waist~1ine with.rib- bon rug through a. heading, a_nd the newest oorset-c'ov'ers reach just to the waist and are often filmy bits of lace, lawnand ribbon. The wide umbrella drawers continue most-popular, and _ of nighrt-gowns" there is an infinite variety._inc1udinz the Empire. Moth- er. Hubbard. round-yoke and sacque.-I NEW TOUCHES FOR OLD PRE-I ` ` SERVES. `L Instead of being entirely supplant- ed. by the mom modern canned fruit, old-time `pound for pound` preserves were `never more-` popular 1h=an~now,! for the reason that we have learned how to give them adehcato, natural flavor of the fruit, instead 0! apun~ gent, oloying sweotnas. ~ ` There are oertuin rules for every. vai- ety of fruit and mofhrod of. `preserv- ing , but the gist of them an 13 that ms skin in making can give prime prea aeivs it infbrlof fruit, otfeb u-gar, tin pans and jiron spoons. are used. Have hporollains-iined of granite- waro kettle and use it lolely for` pse- alrving; and in preparing as well as -in cooking fruit, let every other vea- sel be of granite or aarthan:-ware. and spoon: and ladlsu `or silver or wood._ `Th-ii done. with prune fruit, granulated uncut. knowledsu and care- ful work. you, can defy "luok and be sure of success. Beating the -sugar in tho` oven-before it is a:d_ded. to the fruit gums Va handaomer o'oI o_r 10- jams 513:1} g:eservos.as well as jelly. T'I-.! ._-_._I___.-_. J`... " Ra.sibarry'Jam.---Red raspberry jam has Va far more refreshing flavor if it ts madeoi one part` red currents to three parts raspberries. Stem. washunnd dry the currents on a_towel; mosh slightly in the preserving kettle, aagdstaw a1`ow1_y_ till piqft enough to strain` through .a_ jelly-bag. Allow qne` pound qt, sugar for every three-` qurths_g` a. pound of berries and one gill _o! rourraqt `juioe, Heat `the sugar; bgii rt_he jmce twenty rnixputea; add the s_u_a"x`; stir till; dissolved; then add the. Berries, and cook slowly tor one hour, gty;-ring xalmoeto constantly. n.-,---_I rI_.`_...-_A._. `ll'.QI-n 4\In\nI` nu-u-I QVIALVQOOD 0: -~ww.---`,- Spiced Currants-Make artcber and tine!`-_lavo19d`.Igeve._t \a,u_ce,__ it 0I_1_-_:.[ o_|_1,rt'h'T 01} D9_lJ'na of needed and chop`- ped raisins is added to every`three- `ton;-thls of apousngi of currants. To _eir-3,15! four pounds of fruit add two pounds or sugar `and one ? ounce of: `stick .c1nnamo`n. the' same of" fnn`c:*., ' Lagidxifnlg-q_t_g_f w'Irit`a` ` Tmlia-turd Sd tuad maigyw whpl c__lov.es, and 9. team 1 -L; _4LI.. .2`- . 3-u-an-Iv:-u . Zowotiainc with . mat.- snrlnci `VIII! tho Hittite mmtnondl Sdut (nah. tendon: ntallc nub; < out into nioao......mn ah'. and Al- thu` rhubarb with bqllins water tor- tho sugar on tho bottnm at Lbs NP .- serving httlo. and infinite "the rut" alumna u stalknu you hdd tbaxh. Omar tillh kottln closely and cook Ill about oven 91` halt an haul`. Fill hot an 6001. dsri: pnaoe. V n V Crab-Lppl9 and Plum Marm.alIdI.-- Plums, und in the vmportxon at one . neat and a finer flavor to crab-apbla nnrmdadn, Stem and out out an covered. in: little water, and whoa Vault rub through anien. " Cut 0!) the plums, cook in aplittla water. ad- ding the stones, till soft; . rub through anion and mix with the apple pulp`, Heat alaw{y, and when it commonoea to boil Add hunted sugar u: the pro- portnon of throo-fourths at apound tq every pound of pulp. andpcook halt V an hour or longer, stirnng constantly, Spiced Pears.-Para evenly, halve and core rather sweet pears that are ' not overbripe. Make asyrup of two ' cupfuis of vi-negar, three pounds 0! sugar, one heaping tublesspoontul of finely bro-kan stick-cinnamon, and tho same amount of green Igingor root, both tied in muslin. This will be ' enough for six pounds of fruit. Cool ' the latter in the syrup until it can be easily pierood, and keep in truil "J1;-nnhh nhubcrbmh . xmmbnausm ouooatnlly in tie into -winter `and 9611:. `km its wo1'gh`t=ot.angar. Covet two ninnhs;'t.hnn dating put part at ` trait r: to ovortlowing and koepll _ part. to tglufeo of; crab uppla, add rink- blossom bad at the nipples; stew. c.looo- . SUGGESTIONS To HOUSEKEEPERI The insipid taste of dried prunes is alleviated by stewing with them an {equal amownt of raisins. Cranberriel perform_the same kind office` to: ' dried apples. _ ,_,_1:_|.. _...._-...l. us Lou sag-yup-we i Some people can accomplish marvel! with gasoline; others complain the) can t do `anything with it. Th: trouble is that the unsuccessful one: don: go at it properly. Generally the trouble is that not enough uid in used. A silk ` waist. for instance. should be wholly immersed and allow- ed to soak several hours. then it must be worked up and down in the gaso- line till all the spots have disappear- ed. It must then be rinsedjn fresh gasoline and dried out of doors. The `vessel in which the waist is soaked must of course be covered as the fluid is so volatile. Professional (cleaner: are said_to use soap with the gaso- line, exactly as if it were water. To clean gloves, wash them in the gaso- line as if it were water." V n 1 1 .... _.. .,- The author of a book of salad re- cipes says that when the: lettuce in the garden {shoots up quickly during `the summer into long seed stalks it can be utilized by stripping the stalks at leaves, cutting the tender portions into lengths, and tying in bundles like asparagus. Boil till tender and when cold and well drained serve with maydnnaise or French dressing. . 191_A ___;______` _..-J v-.--v~'_' _ V V Should any cereal like oatmeal. cracked wheat, etc., remain after |b reaktast,_ pack it in a clean baking powder can and put in the ice-box. Next day turn it out into slices about a third of an inch thick. duet with flour, fry. and serve with maple of sugar syrup. The Wide Whle `.1'__u-lV_:a_ _|s `.-1u:.l`u-Ins Froll is _i!i1i3!In iii` llozlsblniniids. The` servant problem is, without doubt, an en.gagi`ng`one in`Lo`ndon. There is hardly 9. town or country xn Engra mi from 'w_h;~:ch complaints on th: subject have not been , recently re- sewed, In addition, househoiders with experience abroad, in `i he colonies, India, China, Japan and America hay; tpntrlbuted information. ".. \JAawAIIU|Av\Jsn -.-_v- .....--- `Many objections are ajsed at the idea of Importing Indian` or Chinese` servwnts on account of Ugeir node 0; morals and their Lpepulxar views on sanitation. On the oumr hax_1d,t;har`o are many who, knowing the silent Ta-1 mil or the caxlike Cantonese,-would. wlaicome h.im.rn England with ope_n_ arms. -' _,.-,__ '-4-1..--nA`p`.r\I'9r\ n1L\1v\ n ft`-nun; ';.....;;'..;i {`I'Il.l3. ' ; Numerous letters have come front ?writers `on doxnestic service. giving- reasons for the scarcity. On one point ihyere` is unan1miP.'y-restmction of lib- erty. - " ` ttar ofp-ersonal coxniort 18 also-ya-' ned by t'he'serv~a.n-ts themselves a_a the reason. It s_'ome orthe` descrip- grassly paegerated, certain Bntldu; hnva ample scope for re_-. .form. Not enough constiaro.-tnon In? tho. tiona otslaepjng rooms gxven a`ra"noti. 'n A...` ..3u.;..:.'{..`....' 4-}... `+8.43 `ilfny '- .|.Ul'lL|- -'"At afternoon tea "the nsno;-h" chic-1. tovpio `Is servants` -f\i!li1g's .?'~Thi'~ m\ntre3e|, pf course, an poreotl`:`..*f 0111. - __..-.....~. -.-.-nan from nnarlnr. }WI'5!-FUIDVI; Ut DUIIIIIID, Iuhu rwnovvvrm, The aaroarsm 9_o_m_e .__x._'gm aggeog :*n;ai9~z: W%a% % J . 3,: ` em. * ,VDIS'1`R_ESS:ING. ; _ _ _ . 'Mi,=._;g.,S11,!111I1-`tut-,-M,1T._'.l`utter deo nothg. mg but talk 'aboutgo1 all the" timjgj.` i `M13; P_allisa<,.ie-_-Wh`at a bore! ` `. '_ > Miss Sum mit:-I%n i:h9 & 1 dn`*ss&, La chance` to ta_1k.ab_o,nt it _11v1yzv5';ol.`V-*- raw cooks m ENGLAND. 11% the occup-. 1' recovered and after get "out 0! selves on the ) the others, sleeper were nce to_ their a brief [tuna 4,... null` `O ` Lord Leitri; pvare Well-. hen LU If?-yr ~ cbuld be` '*- .12.; bou gfng, and al closed, Tho hey thought. Iy from the nt to their t's warning. few mmutgs coacheawsre an car. There heavy Pull- Yurthe first time Gerald touched hand; on one v:u, .;'c.1 shone a gold with Ll large `neautiful pearl in center. "Gimme this," he .=..xid as a proof Iyou xnezm \\h;n_'yuu say." Shetook Ihc ring from her finger placed it on one of his. "Kiss V'e.~slie. h-`I said. look into` face and tell 111:2--tl~.ink over your` `Wer-do you ['6-3J.15_\` mean what you ve just said ? ` A . "Ida. 1 do 3" she cried, It is the of saving l,.aucewood. I 01586 it all Ltic,:;1`L` just. yet; my "'18 bEV\\"li_del".`d--ill`: that I have anl heard has driven me -mad. Item to have lo:-:t, my self-_cont;rol. have lost :the power of thought, have furgolum much that 1 ouglit remember; on!) that L5 clear to If he could be taken away `in lfushidn, L-..u`y Neslie woqld have W6. and Lauccwood would be I.) H I He-drew nearer tube!` and . , a sudden, sweet guil- shooting through his veins and 'ghis very heart. on fire. 5appose,_ he said, " that some one is-some one who would always mdito him, who would `provide with the best of. education, the careful training, the means of `ghis livelihcro-d in all hdnor and ;3ty,-what Wil-L1id'y0ll do for such as What wnu`.d_you' give him ?" uywhole life." `she replied, quick- Such a man would be a benefac- tolhewhoie I`lCi*.'.()E Nesiies. ` H6 ` -~ -~`* '1 Ix nwnnnrvg "hmihlke, gmd her expression} 0! Jufed disruily -'r.a-uck hun. ` _Hw Y0l.l love Fzancewobd 1" he . must binex-ny. 1: Nseemed to h;e*tr=Lnge um morbid. love ot Ed I8 love of. my li-fe:tiu1e," she kvv - -. A} .- . A . . _u [11 TL`1IlL'.II1l)(3I` 9 ha Tcald. Vuiem f0Tc'l." she replied. speak- .M.e 0 Juswnuruetl {mm adream. "3 N9-`Hie. I am going to` Lon- e.v.``_`h0 had seen `_'mi1adi shepiissed her brand over" her eyes . ~"`w." .~:-aid Gerald in an 417-, ` I . "W again. " Is there anything tradesinan -S 81` 3ndhd'. th 9?: no right to Lanoewood. 8 mg and knows that` I moot we true Nslie sp'u'it.I lewd, proud, happy. but He will grow I!-P W5 'Wd we be.autiu1 ushed` . ._.. mirh -nnsasion and? tbmd of France in his ; l.U HIC nu... - . lddu`.vh'Lt I nruxlrioii do-preserve honor unsul1ied.[ gmld paused Eur 21 Vminute, . If," he said. some one -did this yoarsake,-1nEnc1. for your sake e-wha: would you give him? Any lard he might ask '6 "Yes," she IT-}_Iiit'Li, little dreaming. ztshcpe that reward would" take.` would give bill}-`..iI1y'Ll1iLl'g he ask- ed_ _ `v '-My-s ucnnuu Lu an Taf wv`e`_`h0 `_'mi_1ad1 n again. u: (10 0" You I _ ` . -1`4`I1dox1!" she repeated, in 8111'.- ~1`a [thought 5 0u mea`ut- ma1l``n to London. he said, in weave here by the early train aw p"bb"cY 1 may be away .9 or ten days. A.h-l;er h . {.19 5988 melv I will tell ;ha_r,. . I -, `_.,1 thf:r`f: ma. He is ad I u w- "-"` T . *i 'dblgot :ld be carried ayvax" nil - um forget all about] it is `really not hi ; be his. Better that zed to the ground Wood Weglalemlimands of 9- had la er. GeraW' `he mu; I'`.p yhim'f~0r the first tinge wlllng me` it could not -nan 0*` ' . - _ I Arm. He has no nghototo lm; the child of a. strolllng _-_..:I-'I.2].I lulu.-i ahe rep1i8.1- is: you, 'Mr"'Dt-m:"%.-, `Will not be 9. letter .iwr1tt%ot*A4_; .f"%':f 0unt attended to until fY`.." =Ir'= Ibo V pa it` is r;oth1n'g?'|,3kl_,-9; Hsayou` A '3) , - 5 MW , T-1. rwnu I---~ >* lad caught eight 92 the old sun-dial. _ - 39. m. and went'oY_e1`, `0, --uvooc `OI-I A : Ygigali beginnin .und er -5. _contu;_ued, :._.:..j stand his va'.1ue.Irt w; than yhon ho: m'. .9 ml. 1mPm7 F81! `No . matter how sh;-9. lees lho was. thn nan-man-. ....... L. W truth and mm she could ,_,__ ,., ._- ..--_._--aaau-g 11$! unjuannd lay with her tmon the8round..t_3rying- -' . _` V idoned! Itia`mvonlyhopel.". " 185! I1!0.W&B. the account: u.r.f`;.;. Wm richt when 5110* was: irritatgd, L.1!`N01iI.D0ka of hiu.mn[u,.% 4510638 but had this am. t kn`." th"`1 0` 3. Rood; tnithtiai dODn!111't- Solha was very craoiogij to Gerald; she and mm to 3,3,; 3,, `evening , in tho d.ra\ving..m.,m_ gm. Ifuaona otjhin own. he consented, while Vivien. as the darkening night fnH'aI-nnnl lug"- 1.... ...:u_ ;,, . love oo'npamon.' ` `H A -3:-aaou "that ho may have strayed sonat- whene in the pu`k., - ' " He has not strayed. in- pationtly. It in o_n1y~the nurso s idle- nesa. J ust because she did not, find him where she had l_et him. she ha; to come to the conclusion. that he is lost. People do nqtotealo ohdrehin these days." ' In I? " You are not a very anxious mo- ther," observedfthe obunt, .w'Lth- a. smile. " You will not brea.k your heart I a.bout~ your child. In tr -- uvvvuvn uuunoouusnni 1" That phild Lancpwood, and `I value him accogdingly. Setting aside all love. I would not lose him tor this wand; in lming him Iahoukl lose this. grand old hone and a Large pant of Fhope nothing will ever happen to him." 4 i % This Voonver94u6n.-`t-o'ok plane pg tween " mi1a41i and the count ve ldaya ater Gerald Dormant had left id; .u;e.;,,T 2;. g. to :..;.;...:." ES; morning was warm and a'uLt_ry. " ledi. wi.th- the adaiutiest of lace `sha(wls and the moat coquettish of `hats, had gone out because it was cooler sitting under the ahede ofvthe cedar than being in-doors. The Comte de Calloux had hastened to join her- his in-tended journey to Paris had been deferred, and he had availed him" -self. of eValerie presence under the" cedar to renew his suit. While hewai talking, making love after the most approved fashion, `the nurse, Mrs. Corby, had come with a pale, seared face, to tell miladi. that she could. not find Sir Oswald. Lady Neslie was indignant at the tact fot her very pleasant tete-a-tete being disturbed, also annoyed at whatfshe deemed a sensation about nothing, U\QI~ .7 Half an hour paxssed-_-V1niladi" ind forgotten the absurd little incident. `She was listening to aomeof the sweetest and prettiest compliments she 'had ever heard -really the count: had a genius `liar saying" pleasant things--when the. nurse came again, her face looking whiste and even more lscared. ' _ .. . in .11 .__..__.._. \ " Go and look for hiin. ? `she said ; and the yvpman who stood graathr in fear of her mistress}: anger, haste_n~ [ed away. T ' ` 1 1. _._5|. .1: is L-_I I 3955` 9% ` `My lady. "she said, _` `I am` very .sorry. but indeed I am h`iBht8'Dd""I cannot find 811' Oswald." _ _ L] ,____ 1.:...an ..-I..l Uuuuuyu Lsuu uu v~u---- f`Where did -you` 1e.avpThi.4m.C ask- ed Valerie emphatically. LI..- -manning 0 V It-IUD I-V vu-.`-:-_v-w -~-._' He did noleaaona this morning; your Jadyship paid that it was too. warm. and that I was take_hin}`_ Uullu _ ' _ ' "'1 knows ! was. the impatient "*- terruption. Where ;did. you take him 2?` ' ._.__ . nI,_..._._._I. Q<`Ap\ nan nun U _ r ` `We went through the Hyde wood: as far as the river .B'm8-' ' ` --- ,-,1 1r._:_..:.. `nit I-ha urn. i LG]. (I6 know now... _...--..w "Wel1? said Valeri_6,_'ior the was Aman stopped and began ti) sob; "'1`hen, sheAcoon;tinued. ."_Si.r Oswald turned cross ; 'he'said that he would --.`..~ .. 1....-.1.'+n ram-ah` `turned (31'L$', MD But. you... ._- fish, and that I nfust go backito fetch his tishing-tack1e.'f . % V ` `Miladi s brilliant race grew pale. Surely. she said. Vyou never were so t oulie.h,.. so'mad, as to 3.ea,.ve the child alone on the brink ofjhe river? "My lady. he kicked me. he scream- ed. he bit my:he.nds-he'*was o'vio1ent that I did not dare to refuse, `him. :He Sa.t_ down "on7 the fallen br'I_:..ndh' ;of. one `pf the tubes. 1!-,l.iV,;.1)!`0_Ilit,5_aMiA~"I_l ;e. not. d"stir.' .ldEy`ed`_1adyt.,.wh'e_n I_\went_ back 'V vith,th_,e tiAshing_-j:a wag not` fhere.". V .. A , 3 \. -4 -_ IA`.- :1 'l';adf 5 Va1-'e -;1-i-.;-at u." said "mi!a.d!. T valeha lbokea at-~-hiVx_zVi"wi,tl1':~4iaxed; ' ` I 5 : reyes. N ; L, A. _ ._. If phe repeate(}_._ _ D9_`yo'u L 'Draez_e"d, nof know` t}1'.V1:.' Hie _Rixig`e _'if":;"k L vv`-'i,t,,. Ji99 $?9%!9-? %9 _t-;1VI i%8.~. . ` the ,*s_ea_3 I 1"ou:1`e !_nbdr+-.-_9 7.`, 7 lojovsninto. 1:l1e".a'3. \`rox'1. V CHAPTER La_ay new --- -,.-vv- cu. vv yggu _;I'.1` lbeoabl/180 118 `T vvV_.s`f left on the` ank. that nurse of yours deserves to be" reproved. "Fetch Miss , eslie, slgb _t$ cum.` .-.0 .I..v _-__, ta, Ga., any: n the Maco railway ra a half mil --~-- ---1--/. uuuwnnvg . 3;! H3111.` LU one of the` servants had >proache.d-"send to Hydewe1l-1et keepers scour the woods. ` Oh, my boy, my-.bo y, I ha._v*'e lost Lancewood if {have lost you I '_ and then she rose `__up' and hastened toward the" house." ` ` Vbi-v-'1`en'. .'T;1:(;e;d::;-my boy is loaf! He has ` fallen into the river I am ~'sure I" little motherly feeling fhati she kpbsessed was all called into a.ction._ `In a few minutes she stood in"Vivien's ` r`o_om, panting, pale, and scared. 1 -There was ge1'mv'ineAsurprise" in Vi-A vfen a face as she listened. Lady ` Neslie repeated the nurse's story. CI? 1.4;. A.-1.I I_!__ _, ,n:` 7 - '1 -- _,_-,_-_ _ ..---,.. I haw told him so often, she said, "that {the river was d_a.ngerous-that he must not go near it. Oh,_ Vivien. what shall I do 9"` A T'l`?hze1'T-e`;v_a_1's-g;1\f1ine'dis'tress in Miss". Ne8lie'sA_fa.ce. real pain.` ' `II? ___ _ -;v -- `-----v-g ----- run-u ` V "I am` ve1'.y'sorry." she said, gently --'-"but `we will not -waste time in} talking. Let us said people out` at` once? - } power, a whole crowd of servants ahd % And, while the hot Augusi gun` beat Vdown with merciless heat and labo1j_er_s searched the giounds, the: gardens,` the , woods-`-4but thgre was no: trace of the little heir. snffered keenly. - ' Despite all here fri- __ -_.v __-'_- o-v-u-v Eon; after hourjplassed, and n'o*_tid- ings were heard of him. `~ Lady Neslie VOW) . her greed,'her worldliness, she loved the Ehild after a fashion of her own. Vivien too" was Tgrieiied. It was one thing 7to wish the boy out-. of the way, `because of the evil he had: brought` on to the place, it was an-: other to find that he` was probably_ drowned in the swift, clear river.~ 5 a x I var that , -11\l\ n Noon and afternoon passed; the heat 1 grew less intense, a purplelight seem- : ed to fall over the trees. Then` name` 1 news of the little Oswald-sad, ter-:1 ribie news. -S'ome miles down the river,. where the current was swift !. and strong, `where it ran straight into - the sea, they had found the chi!d's:_h hat. and cape-T-they had evidently ! 1 been in the water for some time; and I; the ebbing tide had (washed them ong to the" `bank. Further down. they` found the little whip which he had held in his hands. i ` ~ In: ,!_I.` |B.I.|D uzvuuw vv_...w- ..._.. ...._.__ a vain semblance of hope; `the men For some few days they preserved-i continued their `search, advertise- ments` were inserted in` all thehnews- ipapers, large rewards wefe offered. It was all in vain; every one came to the same conclusion--'-that , the young heir had been drowned `in the river, `and that his bodyrhad been carried by the swift cufrent out to -a.nv_u-5..-a -- -__- ___ unhappy moVtvin_erVfell into :1 or vio1ent'hysterios. " " ` "' l____. I__.I.. Java`. .0. ---a ----V...- "He is drwnedg sure enuugh," said` the count, when. these articles-ware; brought to the house. ' ' ,;1,__ 3,11 2_A._ - V:Ll Ill. V Lvnvnav up, way "It I have lost `him, I have lost- .Lancewood`!" -she cried; and Vivieng standing by, with pity shining in he :-' clear eyes,`said- V I 1 1 Jan LI_-A. `l"-..-..-.u-.1.-ll UIDU-L 9.7 903, um. ` % I would give all that Lanoewood ` holdh to have him alive again. And I-.sho meant what she said. ` :1; __ ___.________')_ ` 883.. "sea. '-`Could he have been stolen1`ask- led "miladi," with a slight glimmer `of hope, { L - -, A._'l.`I u....4. :1. nun. uinliklv ; nope. , 1,` She" was told that it was unlikely, that the whole county had been scour- ed-, and that it was well known` that neither gypsies nor tramps had been "seen" near Hyde woods or Hydewell. `All hope waspgone. Her ladyship went `into deepest mourning; the nurs- er'y"was closed`; the head-nurse", un- 'der whose cha1;g'the child had been `at the time he was lost, was dismissed with all possible ignominy; a marble to._blet was placed in Hydewell ohurgh; 7e:ll_th'e' newspapers had a Ipgxragreph tellinghoxv suddenly and unhappily the little" heir of ,Lanc"ewood had "come '-to his end, andithate the. estate re- \verted'to- SI!` Arthur's daughter. Miss .Ne'slie._= ` `- -' I -II` `-.I_:.'.l.._-LI` Dbrxqan was `still detained >i'n~'.=Londo`f1; h`a. wrote from` time to Hams, expressing hlrregret at. what ha.d.*happenad_, and `asking her lady- Ts1iip s indulgeilce b`ea_use of his de-