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.uc\.caaa.A_y._ \ about my miserable delusion--but 'I began to spealc to _her`_ this! morning, he said.` I was going to explain things to her--to tell her she evidently thought'I was going to propose. She cut me short pret- ty. sharply. Well, I needn t worry that I ve hurt her. That is one con- solation. He laughed bitterly, If l1I1(T`1+ f/\ ha 0| lr\VIbt\`I`:)-urn T I auxuy. I vu1\.G U1 . 1u_y 1-1Cdl|.& _ V ' I jumped up and put my~hand on `his arm to stop him; but Doris had heard, Her bigeyes Lwere staring `and she stretched out her. hands. "9Oh! Voice of" my Heart! she cried. Voice of mine! Was_it you lallthe time? You? You? A__.I __-.:.i_,,I_, -.1 DUIGLIUII. 11 laug said, since you dou t love her. But I do, he said. Then turned away. o 14- um- .. ......... -......1. ..-.1 L__._ A ucu Ul([Cl'}y.- It ought to be a consolation, 99 I.- he -.._I . &|JI Il\r\1 Way. It was a very wretched time, and` I was very glad whenthe last even-l ing`came. I watched them careful- ly toprevent their being alone to- rgethex-;.and when I saw them sitting some way apart in the little draw- ing room, which hadno other occu- ant, I went and sat there,/coo. hey were bpth staring at the _ceil- ing, as if their thoughts. were far away. I.had nearly fallen `into 2;` doze, when sudden] he spoke aloud. `7n:4n` A` c-vuqr Ana-6' .1.` ....:.I I G11 LIIC IIILICE II. A Andv . suddenly _a_.bn_c-ther s V arms. uul.\.. vvuuu auuuclu uc apunc auuuuu .. - . I ?`Vo1ce of my- cart! -he sand softly. Voice of.my H`eart! T :|Ina-`AA unis an.` -.4. an.-- Ln...` ..._.; . They never told,me the whole of `this story; but it seemed that Doris had suered from an-'ha'11ucAination' "a`s,he had. She had` fallen _'inlove, as a neurotic child of sixteen,`with` Arthur Raymond, the author, and She knewhim in his books. `- She had pictured herself` meetin`g".~hi`m, and had held make~be1ieve..~.conver- .s`:_rtions _'with `him, until. she. fancied 3,-`i;-but apparently _it.. was,n_ tj -fmpre ifancy- -,-'that they were =_r'eajLThese '_.i_magina_u'y ' conversations fgthat he had` "..to.`l. `me of .Were=.a11.-r1.'.-.th'cy- `de- iared,` and each of them:_remen'1ber- .;,e_'d -them` perfectly. t She. had "_ be env -.as'.hamedv to `give her real; name`, `after; avowingi her love, for; him,-_i'an`d, "Lcourse, she had not_f'k_now his,1'a'nd A __ nor` `identied j`-_E`d`ward'5 Payne ' _itha_Artht,1r~- d,i,`,`f;:i' ' 1" nnucessts, cnoiilifmn c:u'mL`s1cn:sp `loo. per packet, or 3 packets for 28 n-III Igg an -..I'.gl -g-n . 1 FLY ,PADS 1WILSON'S W>rk`3i uw- .---ww-w-' -- w '-wow-uwvc ww- will last a. whole season. -9 sou: av .5. Jtl 1.\J|-Ii they were in one Ive:-"y packet . will kill moronic: thgn $"83'8"8"l 8"8"I"'l"8"8"8"8"8"8' cted Recipe ?1 mi k. tb ey' chrish them: still. 11 II\JlJ\r DU: A K . ` i.~=That is the story of the strangest `of the many strange,cases that have come before pie` -in twenty years doctoring of `the.-minds and bodies` of women andimen. Some of my scientic -conifreres explain it` as a kind of wireless` telegraphy between} two v'ery excitable.brains; others as a curious rnentalchemistry of over- charged; nerve, cells. _. Von` Dollner "believes that it oers the clue to a new and hitherto unsuspected forest which he provisionally, names ueu-i ral electricity. Myself, I do not try to explain it at ~ all. Explanationl only substitutes one mystery for an- other, wheniyou come to the dear- est things of life; and reason and science will never account for the tugging and pulling at our heart- strings--for the dumb, passionate voice of the heart. 3+-2-~:-:~:--3--:--:-oz--3+4:-1-+g:-+~z-z-+++~:-+3_-' -E-as--:-:-:-+4 % _-:--1-4-:~-2--:--:-oz-2-4---I--5-a-2-+-A:--:-vs-3-OT in a variety` of ways nearly all palat- able and nutritious. For any of them choose large,Aso1i_d tomatoes. Cut in half and_ remove the centre and the seeds. `The lling may be creamed` '.swe`etbreads, boiled rice mixed with minced meat, highly sea- soned, or with chopped nuts. A very good lling is minced meat, a little onion juice, slivers of celery, and the scooped out centres of the to- matoes. `Stuff the tomato shells, sprinkle dry bread crumbs over the] tops, put a bit of butter on each and bake in a moderate oven for an hour. Make a gravy in the pan, adding cream, and pour over the baked tomatoes. Stuffed tomatoes may be prepared I 1 Potatoes roasted in the pan with] beef or mutton are known to be palatable, but not very many Ameri-' can cooks know that onions, car-l rots and even cucumbers are equally as good cooked in this manner. Medium sized cucumbers are pared and salted and roasted with veal for half an hour. Caxjrots and onions are especially good with mutton. , - i ' `V I Good Mustard Pick1es.--.Take 2 quarts onions and I quart each slic- ed large cucumbers and sliced green tomatoes, I large cauliower divided into owerets . and 4 large green peppers cut ne. Scald tomatoes and cucumbers in clear water, Boil onions and cauliower about 5 min- utes, then take out in a pan or jar. [Cut peppers and add. Pour over Here is a delicious dish of carrots. Cut the new vegetables into straws like Julienne potatoes and cook in salted yvater. After draining sea- son with salt, pepper and a very [little onion. juice, and return to the [saucepan with a large lump of but- ter. As this melts shake till the] carrots are glazed. Have ready 2. cupful of.green peas and pour thesel over the carrots in an uncovered: dish. ' YOU ARE NOT. WE HAVE A GOOD JOB ornn ran You . What kind pf e` man are you?` i ' Has your teaching been at fault er are you familiar with all the new loose leaf isysytems and modern ollice devices which are used by up-to-date business houses ? The directors` of Business Systems, Limited, who are closely in touch with business. houses all over the countryfwhere modern methods have been "installed. are continually being aslced to recommend competent ollice men. This gave them anidea,:and the result is that arrangements were made lior the opening of Business Systems Commercial School. . Business Systems\Commer.cial School teaches practical methods such as llretactually in use in commercial houses, instructing only by expert teachers who have had practical business experience and aiming at the highest standards of educltioln. i ' _ \ ' - `V ' Business Systems Commercial School teaches retail as well as wholesale methods, arid for those now occupying positons and who desire to improve themselves. there `re special nitht ;oI'n.'ses. `I - V I ` .I `I- . f.l I I .' I,,___,,,Il__.I_ l_,,- ,. Hll5l0.n` Drecikcf-r',;-ll vvuat _Ia tun '5 woman'`H 1. 1 1 Hhe I .\()lf`IL"3 young wo- . meant .111, or say a.pa_1r- lphra .. .,`. - ::mmef,v.but 1.411., to me quite J am a1<.::, but the other night. 14116 when 1 \-v;1< what. a lady--. -t 519? 90 . 1_x.- and urgently? a10u`(jT1<'{ 1ny_~c:t :m` answered - -11) cnmpamon thought 3lUn:1I1c.':1n(1 ran from me in 15', 134) idea Of an `CH % I T ~ Hf course. They an] THIN]. -Kn} I?" I 5 1)`':l~`<` um] looked closely \",\n y .: --`x S ., r;11<%. me and an-AI back, She ga-ncrally speaks- I '35 ?1lI11w.~t tzngaged to her. I " ' - .7 I K ' ` I i Inasmuch as the directors of the school are now in demand by the largest business houses inthe country, to devise new systems and improve present, -accountin\-7niet'hods-,- every student has an opportunity to thoroughly acquaint with the latest improved aystemsiand most modern oice devices. A _i this it is not meant that; the workof Business Systems Commerciai Scho9l_'i,s' confined to the.forms manufactured by Business Systems,_ Limited. includes Tali. modern accounting ideas, going into the matter so `thoroughly graauhte is capable of iiilifzg the best positions. " . the`. men-"who fill `the best positions _are the men who draw the v `_i`s..that the oi position you iwaint to t yourself for, and is that the `-you to diiw? ~ If so, write [or further particulars and begins Tuesday. September 3rd. 9, A. 5 _'.~ . :5`, wess sw ,ER(_>YAl; sq ARE YOU m `rm: RUT ? is:-zmous ormnous AVOIDED [ giue Eoiuerin} o't%Z'x'`':Pa`&"r`a &" ;rreL;11;: I H101`. _ The growth of a. tumor is so sly that I frequently tsufaresence is not suspected lunulitisfar vanged. 1`UMORs_g0_1_v_QUERBn "One of the greatest" trium ha of Lydia E. Pink`ha.m s Vegetable (.}1< >mpoun'd is `kn nnnnnnn n` 1I7f\ll\n | Abnnl` Ananniv them hot brine made from four quarts water and I large teacup salt; let stand 24 hours. Drain thor- oughly. Mix I cup ower, 6 table- spoons mustard, and I of tumeric with enough cold vinegar to make a smooth paste. Then add I cup sugar and enough cold vinegar to make 2 quarts in all. Boil this mix- ture until it thickens and is smooth, stirring all the time. Add the vege- tables well drained, and let them be- come well heated through. Keep in glass fruit cans sealed tight. ,.,..,.._ "You are an imaginative man, I ,dh`m, "and ynur nerves are ex- . over \vrJrk. You have got Hdea for :1 . into your mind, have been on it too Ch. _That :11}. Go toa brac- Ssfasxde placc fur a month . and '9 In the open air. and don t ~ ah` I I ! `P? 10_work, and you ll turn the msnon mm :} three-volume novel! Heshopk has head and set his .. _ He had a deter- Md Square jz1w--thc sort of jaw X UPVPT (r..:..~ ....1.. ,.-..4...1 ...p.nIp Unqualied sucT:o:oTLydia E. Pink`- I|nnn c Vnnnlvnlulg Pnonnnnun In I-Inn So-called wandering pains may come from its early stages, or the pre- sence ozi danger may be made manifest by profuse monthly periods, accompanied by unusual pain, from the abdomen through the groin and thighs. If` you have mysterious pains, if there are indications of inammation or dis- glaoement, secure L dia E. Pinkham s egetable Compoun right away and its use. rs. Pinkham, of Lynn, Mass, wil) give you her advice if you will write her about ourself-. She is the daughter-im law of .ydia. E. Pinkham and for twenty- pnwn xvnnra Lac knot! otiuininu nil-L nvnmnn Law VI JJJULG 1'4. .1 lXIlLlA|'4ll'II'lll\L :\.-L yvv wnavl ve years has been advxsmg sxck women free of charge. Dar Mrs. Pinkham :- LICA I,4I,`SL _,L# 4- -_____-L.-l-A- _.--- -__ LIT All-AU: L Alllbllunll o`7 . I take the liberty to congratulate you on the success I have had with your wonderful medicine. Eighteen m onths ago my periods stop `i. Shortly after I felt so bad1y`t.lxat Isn mitted to a thorough examination by a physician and was told that I had a tumor and would have to undergo an operation. n.-.n nnvn T I-nut` nna n5` vnnr avnrfiun. ana wouxu nave LU uuucrgu an upci uuuu. Soon after I read one of your advertise- ments and decided to give Lydia E. Pink- hnm s Vegetable Com mind a trial. After trying ve bottles as 'rected the tumor is entirely gone. I have been examined by a physician and he says I have no signs of a tumor now. It has also brought my pe- riods around once more, and I am entirely we ."-Fannie D. Fox. 7 Chesnut Street Y)..- .29....) `Du Wen. ``'`'1` `(Hunt Bradford. Pa. II XCIIIUY F Ii -4. - ` h:m s V;ge"t:;lge.E:>n~1is;und {nut-I; Case of Mrs. Fannie D. "Fox. E p;nLJkovn a '\7..m+.I-.1. nvnnnian gm , Ms s HOOD ronox1ro}V,onr. "'i~~L1 are not::-but: ' :~"m- ;1cmunt, to- have h;1Hucmation._ {You mean by that?" ` `Hes. _;. ' .` `. `4`ys,_"-`F. _ - hdV"~` I':1d your bolb, urn n,.+ ..a....I`l.. ~...A._.'u.' knen A, P --. an unusuzxl man, you _Sffs' "`3 . H is the nove11$$ .-. on running riot. mtrhy t0 cu_rb it.` Tell .`*1`I`,! . L C hallucmatnry lady. she me? What does Tshef; hat lo you sa 1.4!.-u v_. be as strong as you ch, pungent avor % gmich Red Rose, want it--and it has that: . Allrfrom one pound %of,%the 31* Lbel` The Te;Yill%%'` __... an via`: 1 nm _`1ucmation< .- etailed, Y t CWT guts 200 Cups=of_ 7 -r-f -----~-----~ __ `o'o"o"oo ooooooooooooo-0000" 'og_ " _... ` `WA --~ answered, see what you ,c ' delusion and % .8enera1ly. I ` _y\l|-II 'IJ\I\lI`I~ 011's are not usually; 9 thcv -" T ' . agreed, It is 1musua;1t;" anlunusual she} t_ 15 novelist ,, rL1{m111g_ Ijiot. (Owen Oliver in `Black Vand`,Whit. ) tid. 14. ' ihu not; but FUr:wcuunL have 15 bv m1},-1,`. .. ' `:`*' fam I to I `asked. " >11 to stay answered 1111-. .. L u Lllk, .`)\ll|. U1 JIIVI with mental we,ak-5 Heart Voices. id. it will be ihei iiic. It may be 21! `cal tu me; as real] ay with meufot` ed, and watch` ou can nd ,915t__ am not.[.?%a.14 #9-~:w%"a%m[A "What _is the. _Set to `-wbrkjj vvuu iua ICVLLIIII LU uAca.u.u. You are wasting your money in retaining me,.- I told him when we |were `strolling along the esplanade _one evening. The `lady evidently docsn t care for shing or golng. She won't intrude while you occupy ycurself with them. uxna 1... ..,.;......A -1... '-..,...n `D..4. ! I I I J L. Ill Dbl` VVIFII Lllclllo _ `.`No, he agreed, she won t. But, you "see, I, shouldn t conne myself to shing or golng if you weren t hero, I should start talking to wo- men, and-well, the fact is, sh_e s jeailous. ` f"......'.. .........I T ...Z.l \f.-u. ...\ Jcaluua. Come, come!. I said. .You re_ jr,king? ' I.wanted to draw h1m out [a little. - u\ 1_n 1-- _1--1-._.|.1 awn... ..;. 1'9---| a nine. "No, he deelare`d, "Tm not, I ve been on the point of getting engag- ed three times--'-It havethe domesti`c virtues, I believe, and .`I d like to settle down-T-but she s always made me break it off. She won t let me marry anyone else. If I. were to be- gin irting she d come back like a shot. 7 .rrI._._ __-__!,l L`-_u..... I......... d1..L2.-.... HUI. ' Then you d better begin .irting,| I told him. _It was advisable,` I considered, to bring his delusion to a head. `O",_L,_ 4.4..` r --...- .1..:..t.:.....'" 1.4 a neau. A . "That s what I was thinking, he lag,-`reed, calmly. The curious thing is that I always want her to come lbafck, though I suppose it's a1l'fool- iery. . _ unt ,..-...-._-.3 3+ Cal T gecnrprl I-nrn_ [It Out and let "W1C HEVC a IUUA GL II.- The next morning he started irt- ing with a golden-haired widowat the hotel. `He took her. to Walmer Castle, and I went shing alone. He escorted her somewhere else in. .tlie-.. afternoon, and sang duets with her in the 'evening. At about ten o clock he suddenly left her and walked over tome, `There was a `strange look in his..eyes.. Come outside, he whispered, ioncc He gripped my arm tightly. She s come back, he said; `in a {loud harsh whisper. ._'She s-she s [been crying! I-hang it all-,_ Mord- aunt! ` ' `I? ' .` ` `fl,-J_.us'h!' I,--; exit-re:.:tiae"c;l::.v::`*.. P-eo.pj1e Iwm hear. Come on the beach __and lhc-arsely. I went out with him at: `cry. ,Of course it is! I assured `hing. But. it s the foolery that" I ve got,to cure you of. So you'd better fetch iit 'g`ut and let `me _have a look at it. - --.--L ..A .... an `Inn dflltlfbfl H;I"- IIJIISIIX `In, I \il|UI~nisnypo_., - `V-7. I . will hear. Come on the beach . and sit down; This boat will `do. fowk tell melabout =_it.?' ,, ,_ _ .-He scarcely :_seme_l_ to,_`h_e1_'r me . ```It was only .p12Y$f ViQ1et;"h",.de-` 3 clan ed, addressing ~.;;th'e`_v;a`ir'.. ` L"I gl:o.n t' .care for her}, I.:_wante ~a11' 'v;h1 time. I---- . I,-l_u`sla_! I__cmt,:;1anded. ' I_ eopl:;%A IIIIIL. 1 Hush! I'_.commanded. I eop1_`V are.fooking'a`t' you. . . . "`I don _t care, he answered. ,,I vL made her cry, I`te11 you. ' [I like` heif better tha all thearest of them. If: shcwere real I d marry `her. `She Ii; real, I tell you. She is real. VSh_;A lives and waits for m`e somewhere;-`; I know it. I.kn{ow it.a . A_l_ 1...... `upl-nae-A 1:119 `lives. van know it. Lknow It- _ _ . Ask her where she `lwes. an wa_i_ts then_,. I:2;sa_d, still humoxfing ` Thlere are many new fea- tures in the Maxftin-Ormey t--Piano `worth? knowing Zabbut->-=-' V .,0xie. for `instance.-...t_h A Violoform" sounding board increases the tone of the in- `;_st:_-ument and makes it sweet- Ltints, rket; `A?i?33 VT?' .3. .;' B.UQ`.`_`.`, L Vuylb the_ beach and t ,~`Nowi~ ., ,to away I * p19g=_;iy,sc(1\:t`o!%try,V,. and I ~ . is 13%` 1. S.i>9l: to_ `it e "cum ':h'imL` .If ;sh'.e s r'eal she?11.]tel_l you. ~ `ea: "I ve. -asked her a hundred times and %h'e: won t tell me. _ ` -"FL-.. -1-- 4-; ,ffThen;-g_slt`e 4 'doesn t'1.want~ you, and you, hadjbettertell. vhef1 ~`ijt7o _beh_av.e i" lflike-' atlady and not annoy you "any ,;mor,"* I suggested,` in an matter-of .fa'_ct,tone."_,.`_- ~ , . , She is a lady, he almost ,,shout,ed ~'*`andes'he does wants me` ' I know ` iII.i_k11ow!_._a ; ` Q;'l.`hen, tell her thatfyou, want `a , "wife "of esh `anfd-'blood,"not al_)uzz- ing in your ears , and if she does not i choose to reveal herself you re `go-. in-,; to have one whether she likes it` or.not'.. Don't `just say it. "Meanit. ` Make. upfyour mind that you will `put it to test that way. Come, Pay-'_ He." be a man. ` You knowit is an hallucination, but suppose it were not, and that the voice were the voice of some real woman--a good woman, such as, you evidently think -she is? Wouldn t she revealherself if she cared for you? And if she didn -t care for you Wouldn t you be jmaii enough to put the thought of :her aside Take your hallucination as a reality, if you will, but if you take it for such, treat it as such. Have a `straight talk with her, and take` her or break with her. l1""5.r_. ,5llCf,W \.f!l:l _I.:C1_l 1115.9` = " , T. ._.-_- __-4-4 Jlllal ll IJC "lllDdllCo 1. UL! |.lll\.IC..l ELGIILI `5Yes, he agreed. ~ I understan'd.` If she doesn't appear there I shall know there is nothing in it. There isr-."t. of course, But----. Don't you think th'ere`might-be- something in it, Mordaunt?. I 'l`l`.`.-... `-4 cu-no-6 6:-\ 5113 u., u.LuxuauuL_r . Iv Then he went back- to the hotel and to bed.~ Two ' days later we started for Gibraltar. Violet did not trouble him on the voyage and we stayed on the rock for a week without hearing from her. Mean- while. we made friends with an eld- erly lady, Miss Fame, and her niece, Doris Fane, who were staying at the same hotel. The '-niece was about twenty, a shy, pretty girl, with soft brown hair `and big brown eyes. Payne talked to her a good deal. and at the end of a week I noticed them sitting together in the -- dusk in the little garden opposite the ho- tel. ' I .. 7 _- . up: -u-. turn.-u\.j1 U1 Ugcalk WILII llcl. It may seem strange to a layman 4tl_1at.I` shuld speak to a patient about -his. delusion in this matter,` but a `doctor, will understand my reason.` The only_way tocure an hallucina- -tion is to treat it as real, and so en- courage tl patient to bring it; to _a crucial test against rea1ity."That 1s what I meant to do with Payne. V...-.. .....n 1... ....:,u ..1.\...I.. rm vvucu. .I. IIICGIII. LU UU VVILII Ldyllc. Very well, he said slowly. I ll havelit out with` her, but I can t do it[ oefoVre anypne. I ll -`walk along by the sea, up Walmer way, and talk to her, and come back to you here. A11 .-1nLL' T .....-....A 1' `I14. .. VV `sun II 6&1 [J] I-llb Illtlllo Umph! I said. Well, we may as well go there as anywhere else, but you must know that it s utter folly, Come, Payne, you are aclever man, and you know now that it" is an hallucination, but, if you let it grow on you till you don t know, -you'll be -insane. You understand? . V'nn ls.` nan--11n1" T coo-ur`no-cl-near` Lu nun, auu. LUIHC uaun LU yuu IICLC. All right,' I agreed. I lit` a `cigar, and watched him walk slowly away. I had lit a second cigar and was strolling about to keep'warm, when: he returned. `LI . ____11_.._1 1__:_1_1,, ,,__`l 1,-,,;-___--; - -iSl1e s 'real! he cried. Sh s real! She won t tell me her name on anything about herself; but she saysviflfll go to Gibra1ta`i' she'll` acct me there--at_ .the- Bristol Hotel Vv c ll go by the mail. TT...nl..I T an:A X17411 (Iva rvnntv UV Were vou talking to Miss Doris t~fo,make Violet jealous? I asked him when he had come in. U "No--o,l he said: I was talking to her for herself. ' Umph! _ I took .a Adrjnk of my whisky and soda. She-she s yot ng, you know, oldl an, and she m`ght- think, meant_--w at you don< t, of course. , up-sh In L`..- --..-..I-99 I... ..-.-.on:;-`AA VVIIK-ll. [lb I.\aLl|I IICLI. . He walked, briskly and hummed a cheerful `tune, and when he came up to me he slapped me on`the should- or course. - Oh, I ll be careful, he promised, hat-tily. I didn t say anything that mattered, and---a fellow must `talk to scmebodv.' She s got rather; the ,same sort of voic as Violet,`anil I stpnose that attracted--me: though .she s. the verv antipodes of- her in` character. 'She s -a dear little. girl all the same. If I were sure she wouldn t turn up--you know what I mean?. ' ' ~ 4427,49; 1 __:.: T 1------ '1. I. Y"C'dll . ' Yes. I. said. T. know . It won t do. Payne. -Y0u re perfectly. sane at the present, but you have a prettv bad hallucination. You have got to get rid of it before -you ve any riszhtto `make love ,to Doris` Fanef ` - ` `- - van ..s-_`:__--a. 4-..- .L....n.:..... AC .1... S0717. HC. UIUl.CaU`U Vvruuu_y. ` `-`Th:-n';,dQ t, I insisted. `.`Yogx -re, a ljilkab e fe iow, old chap--I4 like vyc-u. vou know--and she s young, and .shje_. might think you` meant something. _ . ' r ` V I I _`_nI_ -. 3 ' '11: {ven t (ione Anything of the ism-t, he. orotestd wgarmly. "' 'I`I_ -;-. .I`... A. 9 T 2..-.`-4."! Vanni,-A 1 P3116.` WOIHUH L L'.\1l_ll.C uacn-- v nuns. ` .``But you re not sure? Stran'sze}to say,. those who suffer from ha`1luc'ina"- tio.nsT,_ga,n _gene_r,a`l1y_ tell .when.\ .t.hg_i; d'e11'1si`on"sA have" gone from them. , ' H17- 9! Lv. ..4\':A . I oin = nnl-`__'__T ur:cI-I CICHJSIOIIS` nay: guuc uuxu |.u\..Iu. .- -No. he. ..s`id.- , I'm not`-+-I wish ' --1 don t4*`kn'ow what I'd do` either` No woman`. can be` to_ me, quite~jwh_at :Vinle__t` l,_1;:'; s :b_e i1;: - ;_ -_'1_ 1-- __--- `_1...;..`.. own-nv uuuu -. I-Te il'eV'V it deep `breath. 1 e"`I 'should mean something,". ~;_he' isaid. if I " `were sure that" she ,wouldn t comwe `an... _....9_. `....L .......-.3 Q......,.,,; ;,,` A back-'-Vio1et. ' ~VIOlqt [gas .uccu., . had" passed and ViQ1et;d`id; not- ap- Iseemgd. attra_~.td_.> and "repelled; ~ f by 1'one_gn:oth_e'1-A :n_`tu1jn..Eg.n_i to be`_`vall-' ing `:11 Jcsve ha1f unw11l_mgIy. Mfiss {it `qn__e;.ven=ing,=ff ;* - For tAhj.'nexVt wek iuelwas with-Do.r1s: but when a `fortnight... ;_neaf,` either as a; delusion or in.._t"e-~ ality," he Lbegaun. -to pa,v' marked atten+`- tibn to her again. She appearefd._ to. like afso, `but the?!` courihip` was _, curiously spasrn'odic.. 'l_`h~e_v~ `Pane, the aunt, Aspokeato me` 'abo_1gt_ ...--n.1'..1 ..`:.L..;.L-` :"1 aml very .truuuucu__ ,au_u.u.; _ m... Payne and` my niece; Dr. Mox"dau1'at ,. ."_ ;she. said. ` They seem` to be dxiitig fing vtowarq an .engagement.;=;and~yet ~ ;I `don t think they Tare `really - sure,` 4`that `they .car_e:_ for` one` a,n_otlier."7 ; When young people -are surefthe,y re :1-eal)_y ;in lo e, 0n_e.l1ofpese.th'at they `_ may;,f,-b'e";- ty when 1 they're f not {sure l %o_t' it,.;thems.elv)e.s,A_ you` may .;t>,e_~5o_n_fi_:;; ` * `L hx.;ane. not iin e.1xie`s;,e:a<.1e th,.3l.`-e_ 1 ` uni .. . (IIIO '\.Vp||Vn_|J6! ` .-"`I am. very .troubl`eV.(l .a&hQ\1-t n_-_..- .....A- can nib.-A` hi "Kind-`t`In1`Ii`1; TH E Shall: uswered, and he had turned very pale. W T An Intro nnr:n -1-:4 ~n;r` luci- dawbtuug uuu uc uau tunncu vcly pdlC. _ `_`I _do love D(_)ris,'he said, but-- but It seems dlsloyal to the other. [M'1esVs--.- t you thinkthat maybe. what she meant, when she told me to come here? That I should meet Doris? . ' `I 1 1- o .0 I ll\l 6lV\y Illlll {lye . Well, Isaid, this time you need} `not call her. You can 1et her go,- since you love Doris. He groaned again. I I love Violet, too, he said, You don't know what she is to me. I ve laid my heart bare to _ her as .I/ve never done to any living- bein --g never shall. It s something more than 1ove-better-higher. I call her `Voice of my -Heart -I must have her. Imust. I suppose I am mad, and she will never come. Can't you help me smother it, Mordaunt? LT`: lull-I l!|:o lunar` A... .~.-. ......_ III- uauc wulncu pauuuuy. You can't smother things when` they are as strong as that, I said.` Y,'ou must face them. Call her up again if you can. Tell her just how you feel. Ask her if she is in love with someone else. If she'is' ask her to pledge you her word to come to you no more. She is only a dream, dear old chap; a character in a tale. Mere than that, perhaps: the dream that we all dream; the `Voice in the Heart. There was a voice in mine once, Payne. She-she died. H I-I13 I. ..... .. ..... 1...: ...J`,,,...- uupv, 1a_yuC. out--auc UICU. He wrung my hand andwent un- steadily upstairs. I listened outside his door, and heard "him talking softly, with intervals between his speech, as if he listened to`an'swei's. TL .-A-.4. .._....----- L- 1-` - LI IIEO ` I` considered for a long time" be- fore I answered. If` he could really [believe this, he might kill one `de- lusion with another-'-which is the way that the diseased mind usually: "cures itseli. But.` suppose he only half believed it,` and the `voice "re- turned after he was engaged to Doris. or he had married her? I was fond of the child and could not let her run such a risk, even for his sake, much as I had grown to like lain: Juu uyny HAL. aulULIlCl IL, JVLUIUGUIILI He laid his hand on my arm, His face worked painfully. VAC! nsno-1,6 no-v\;\4-I-.n_ LL:.4.._ -_-I--_- _.:,;\.\.u, as u. uc uau:ucu LU EHISWCTS. The next morning he looked hag- gard and ill. We would leave by the next mail, he said. I wasn t there when he told Doris. Her eyes were red, as if she had been crying, when I met her in the afternoon,- They moped miserably and kept looking at one another. I was afraid he-hmight propose to,her after all, and tried. to keep him out of her way, but he told ,me that it was un- `necessary. ' TI `stuns-not `1-\ maximum`. 4... :I4`-_` L.-. - Doiyou think so, Payne? I ask- el. "Do you honestly think so? Right at thebottom of your mind? -He groaned. . No, he cried passionately. I don t_ I don't think about it at all. I know. Violet is real. She loved me. She meant to come -here to` me. She hasn t come because--she has met someone else. I can t tell you how I know, `but I do. There was someone else before, and I kifew, and I called her, and made! her give him up. I u\M,.nn I ....:,i u.:..:- .:..._ _-_.-_ _--_4