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---_-:_. | aid. the , in man s l l-h`ands.: iVengnce mi_r'i'e, saith the l`Lord,T and I w1ll repay at. ' -H`: 1 2...: 4.1.... nm: 1...... ....:A ..... auu J. Wu: 'I\.ya_y {-5. - lJUl\`. _`. .- - -<"_lf` .1 nd that -,0_d has paid my debt,Twell ax1d.`good .if` not, I pay 1t myself. The Lman who dragged that pure; lovmg, gentle girl . down to shame, to ruin ,and death, shall see the sunset n_o 3longer.3 A 17 . I 1 I9- . i,`,_, LI-_-_ vqov luiwunouvcv -av `c\r--v--_ Yet they. did :not believe hitn, they thought _1t was the Idle ravmge `of at ha`1f-maddened man. . Captain `St. Aubyn, shuddered` when amongst the .n_a.mes of the passengers who "had sailed for India he read M. Gordon; Esq." He wondered how it would end. ' ~ 4. To _Max Gordon there was a trou- bleddream of a long sea voyage, of glassy waters, burning skies, and gfaring sun, of a never ending dirge `Sung by `the "waves; and before him, -all the time, was the dead face of Elsie, his wife. who was to have `been; before him all the time was a `red mist,-for he meant murder!-at the journey s end. ` . ,, 12,- -,. 3,-` _. 1..-..- *--V J""""J -' *---- .. Then he was standing in"-a huge barrack, where the--th horse were stationed, asking for Lord 'U1st'on, the captain of the `D division. 1 1--r1-._,_ -I-___ `-1: `L1... ---....1 SIAM uuyouloa vb van`. an u-w----V--. Lord Ulston, they told him, was away on the Nielgherry Hills sick unto death. He asked what the sickness was and a young ensign told `him Lord Ulston had drunk enough to kill two men instead of one.` That he had hadya fearful attack of delir- iium tremenshand they had. taken him away to the hills. i Will he live or die? asked `Max. I should say, replied the young ensign, itis merely a question of ` days. _ . - e " i IIAII -,1.99 .,!_I `It, 4- 1_f,,___`l gii \nCJw- "A1lright., said Ma}; to himself, as he went away. _I:f God pays my J...`-.L :6 A1-`n11 4-`nan Ln u-nnnsrnrn [ up uc.vv\.n1|. uvvag. .11. xavu. page n;;J _debt 11: shall ass 1f he recovers 1 . . . ,,P_ w1l1 k111 hxml Quickly as he could reach them` he found himself on the` Neilgherry Hills. There was" little difficulty then in nding Lord Ulston; he lay in a pretty little house, built in villa fashion. ' ` e You cannot" possibly see him, sir, said the servant who answered Max, f`his lordship is extremely ill- in fact we are afraid he is dying.: . l must _see ihim, said Max. My business. IS more im_p_orta1}t than Eleath _1tself._fSee, I _i1i11lt kgive you en guineas 1 [you W1 _a e me 0 your master _s room. ' __ _,_l`I`_!___L_ L`_- ;____.1_j I-I_.. V... -___...-v- _ - V_._. I} was suicient; the m1n`1ed him into the house, and_shoAw.ed him the door of a room on the ground` oor. `Lit , My" 1a'sEe}" 1;}; ,t-r;e1::., _ "LE ' ai1L And Max went m. He knew him at 0nce-the man `lying there with pallid face, with bloodshot eyes, and ngers that pick- ed incessantly at the bedclothes-was the gentleman he had seen in Lady Malcolm sTcarriage when he stood under the tree with Elsie. ----_v. ---v -- V- ---- _--- Who are you? shouted a. hoarse .voice-have you brought some bran- dy?_Oh, God! if I could but `get, some brandy I might live them, Are` you the new doctor? Mind! don t you see _that great,-black snake curl- ing there ready to spring--to spring lat_me! Don t you see them-the ug- ly, shiny creatures crouching all over the place. and there is no one totake them away! I .1 . I` I ,, I,, i He saw then that God-as he phrased it-had paid his debt; this man was in _the last stage of delir- ium! iLooking round the room he saw the sedative ordered for him; he gave him a dose, then the strong limbs ceased to tremble fora time, andthe wild face grew calmer. ".77L}I1 "1}1t$B}? Z511 ;\/.i;,"as. hel sat down by the bedside, I have -nou.A psi` 61:... uuvnuo :1-rsv;-\ `D1-Irvinostt (`A bdl. UU\`V1.| U] IJIC L_)C\J_DIu.\-, L Jlavt. come all the way from England to ask you what you did with Elsie'St. Aubyn. ' .1 `,1 . I_,I,I _-` - ---_, - At rst .the sick man looked- so completely puzzled, _.Max thought he knew nothing of her; then a `gleam of recollection stole over his face. Elsie St. Aubyn? AM, that pretty little country lassie as fresh as a rose! VV;hy, who are you? I was to have been Elsie, s hus- hand--s-he was- my betrothed wife. Ah, ah! laughed his lordship, "you are the poor devil who wasto have married her. L-efinlli Then C;`:c>'1'-(`lon bit his li s and; clehched his strong ngers, or he would not strike a dying man. ' I L`? v-.-... ..v- ------_ _J __.c ___ "`You are right, he said, I was to ha've married her. I have come all the `way "from `England to ask you to tell -meal] about her. ` "7`Ii'"I '1$d"1e"e.}. "{J11,~ there would have been some .kind of ght. V I `suppose ? . M -u 1:. .-u,,_1,,, u-a -r _-1 Yes, said Max, `calmly; if I had found you strong and well, I should have killed you; as it is, God has paid `m y'debt.` , v ` . C\ `die ? , _--J - V .7 _. Don t talkithat rubbish! Do you_ want __to frighten me-do `you want to make me believe I_am going to VwE3'r'eat drops of terror" broke out on .tl1_e livid-face, the dark eyes rolled `Wildly. ' r In ? 1 ' . 1 ,1} 1* v----_, - f`Die, you foo1.!`I have -hot half `liv- ed yet--not half 1_ived.~ I_must have. -more wine, more love. Bah! you are .yo1i_ want P u u u 9 - cc . I; in I . .-rs: ' trying to frighten me. What do _Wi11 you teli me aI1"abjut 'E!sie LS_t. Aubyn, ' `the old sea-capta,1n s mece, who hved at Mayberry. ` . Ah. to be sure; I` had forgotten her. My loves have been numerous. .,Poor Elsie! I ought to `remember `her, she was th_e'last. f '- .' tluuolnn | 0 I ' 3'61; how "you won hr and Lwhat you; did 'with 'h er-`-if you married` her_`_orf_n9t?. ` ` an on . in r , --__ `_,_.__,_A1__, _,.,.. ........-... ..-. ,,. V . l` --I will tell you, Jifla can remember ..--if you A will--keep those accursed -snakes away. ...Look at. them`, circling and twisting; darting ou_t- their hot- rid fangs! - ~ . . , I117, , _ , -L_,;2..._ -1. `I -.._I `llgll A-so nu-anew: `V * You were staying. at Lord 9 - as V L ,co_1m,s, y_ou_-know, said Max. -- `I N I TA. . I111 __,_-g.L-.._ - __ \ . Yes,, yes, I rer_nember._~'It` .was.a ' `dull vplace-terrib1y'_ lady the essence` ..of . British`. propriety, and` not A_.a pretty` .wo`mag1.ne'ar.'_ I remember,` LIA saw her `tst `standing-4`mderV`.atree," some . country e'swe.thc`art;fe ;;=:.m1`%`shV;'.hac1ethev-Iovlis-t `fa?l=.4 I:Z.`TV4fr I .;` - w_i_llin`g*;sf.:atal -tstg; even`. to `spelakto me; ,,but-erI,;pe`rsi':adedl her I loved`. her so dearly, and that I would make her .L;dygUlston. That `won her---all women'_ love title. and rank `_`S`l'1e't_o1;d me she] was `going to marryfsomje .doctor but I __persuade`d her '_that,. with her `:be`a.u,ty,T.it' was `a thousand shames to` throw herself away- on `eh, `paltry doctor. It .took me `a. long time" go win` her, but I did win her at last_., Iosay, he shout- ed, drivg those crawling reptiles away-they will have me yet! ` 42:7,, _. 1, ,1 __:j 1:1- 4641.-.! `-"fax '--~.r -- V You won her! said Max, that! was very clever! what happened next?. 7 . ` ` ..._.\y . -__v -, '_. I"toid e: a. jhunddred/j 1_ies;~ Iyksdvzrore as many_ false ofathsase there 'are leaves on! a" tree; and one mght `she -left `home and wei1t~to London with me, believing I should marry her the` next morning. But I did not _ma.r:y her, and! neveremeant to do 1 an ovuno-can-1;:/f din `raga. `noun nI1:aI> `A! IHHIEX HUI , auuu HCVCY lI1Ca.llL LU UU so. .. I managed to keep her quiet for about a=month or ve weeks, then my regiment was ordered off there. I did no; see her to g:>:_>:t-bye;` I really dare not face her, but"I wrote her a very kind letter and sent her a hundred pounds. I know no more ofhher. ` - What_do you think she did when she recelved your letter? asked Max. ` ~ .. I cimnot fell; grurhbled, perps, `because-I had not sent her more money. .I\Y_ -1, _ ,4 . _ 41- L,-I.I-, -,-_I she went to the bridge and` ung herself into the river. I he1p- ed `to bury her, before I came here. t_ ,_'~ `I. - `(PRO \ There is _no accounting for" thel way_ some g1r1s take such matters- |poor Elsxel ' A.1:r'1I __ _j,. _ _ _, ,, , 1 A_J rug. :-...-v Will you sy you` are sorry, Lord Ulston? I should like to hear you say that. V Li`? 1 ,1 2 I I T`! l"_,_,.,, L- ...._, .... .. No, why should 1? Sorry be- cause I had the luck to win a.pretty girl, and the coolness to get rid of her? No, I would do just the same` again to-marrow. us: 1 1.` - 199 _,1 xx, -_1,__ My debt is paid, said Max, "calm-l ly; or I should kill you; men like! you seldom think; you have spent your life in the pursuit of pleasure;I you have pleased yourself. no matter what the cost, and now you have to appear before a just Judge to answer for it all. 1? came to kill `you, be- cause you ruined the girl I loved! You drove her to madness and death! I I am so sorry for you, knowing what is before you, that I would fain `stay here and teach you to repent. ` 1 _ Lord Ulston laughed aloud-a wild, terrible laugh,_ that Max Gor- don never quite forgot. ``I like that, he said; go and ask my comrades how they like the picture of `U1ston| repenting! Then he gave a teridc cry. In charity draw a curtain over the scene,veil the deathbed of the drunkard, the roue, the man of pleasure, the selsh egotist fromi Christian eyes-veil its horror; but remember; from behind the closed {curtains a terrible voice cries, Take Iwarning from me--go sin no more!" In *- , r. ,, xv--- r~-_.1,_... 1,.4.| VVGLIIIIIS nxvuu nu by ....- Two` hours after Max _(};;1:d him Lord Ulston died. His death was worthy of his life. Yvuu vvvnn..n_, \IC .- _Then Max went home. He never returned -to his own house-he went to the East of London, where he spends his life working for the poor. _No one, since Elsie s death, has ever heard him laugh or; seen him smile. He is a grave, sorrowful. man. who does his work ~gently and .kindly amongst the sick and the suffering- the love,` the happiness, the beauty of life are all ended for him. He never passes one week without a visit to Elsie s grave. People say he learns all his charity, his self- denial, and his goodness there. _ A..- 1 Looking at his face you see. a tra- gedy there. Laughing children grow hushed and still when he enters a room; bright-eyed girls look at him` with loving pity, for the story of 4 his love and his sorrow is well known, and people-speak: pityingly of Max Gord0n s Tragedy. 4-z-2+:--x-1-t-++-3--1--:-4-+++~:-+4-:-:4-a--a-1-+_ ; +++-:~-x-:-++g:--:--tA++-:--:g-:--:--:--z--:--:--:--s--n`5 There is no better pudding cloth than a piece of cheese cloth. --.....;......,... .-".4; S-1.e:plre_s'_s'11_e9'e7 (is sometimes pre- ve1_1ted by a hot foot bath just before gomg to bed. r-~4--1- --- ..-........`I`I.- Inn 5`-f\1'\f\l" SUJHS av uuu. Hiccough can_genera11y be stopped at once by eatmg a lump of sugar soaked in vinegar. .3 .-A_11-.I L- 51.... 3Udl\b\l Ill vnuuaun A bag of" hot s.and applied to the part ofthe body affected with neu- ralgia will bring relief.` . - -14- 1 ,._LI. ---..t;n-_:nn :0` I `anal I: In\o\n vv ---. V- . A Lacquered gdods sl;<;1;1d be rubiaed up with a leather, and, if difty, wash- ed" with a little warm water and soap. nr -- 1_-:_A, 4_____________,;,_,; g____ 135611.! vv nun naalnua -u-----. Raisins co_oked wth cranberries in the proportion of _one cupful to a quart add to avor and save sugar. 1 ,1 _,_IJ LA ___1_1___`| 9\IUIrI Snuff is being recommended by physicians for clearing the nasal passages and destroying inuenza germs. L .. , , `art .I_ --'.2.- _. --.__..A- ............In....l 550 luau W'he bearing carpets remember -=rst of all to beat. very thoroughly on. the wrong side, and then very .lig1ftly T on - the _right._ ----_L-.._ `-1: _..-- 1.:...A JAE..- rllallil van Quay I-Bacon} Kf-ter doing. washing of any kind rub the hands with a. little dry salt .b'efor_e w-ipin'g;~ them. This sftens and. nmproves them. .411 1 _.`l__;.___ 2: L..--_LA. 'IDIA\54 tinny: v v v-- -` Candls will`-.l;1-s-7` better if bpught and stored for `a few months before L4f`.__ -;-'-_I TL--- '..LA..1;' kn `rncn :0-1 DLUICU .lU1 a ICVV IILUIILIID u\.;un.\. being used. They should be kept m ; ;c:o'o1 ,dry place. ' ' .14 _v -_- -11 gr ' ..__':-;...' uv \r\I\a_, nu; tr.`-vv. -A` To remove the smell of oriions fro:m `the .h'anc_ls" after peeling ,therf'1, .r._ub; with pa s-t_:cVk of celery, and the -.s;mell will entirely disappear. -.-_ l'.._._. 1.4.. .lJll\oll ,vv Ion up--u-g w.J ----rr-..-V ._To removesmud stains from tan `boots. and-_'hot;s,- rub with slices of vtaw ;potato.? When dry. apply boot steam`, and .polish,_. a.s._.usual. ._ .1--. L___- 1____ _ an yuan- up--`. I V - - - - - , _ _ V . _ _ . . . _. ` Large sheets that have become worn in the-middle should be torn ji_nj'half, an_d_v'vhat were the two out- f.t_r:.;e1.gs_2s ,.J9md1.tO8..thr- - 4.4.! `_`p`,-_- 1__-1_ ._..A_`1__ Vt-5'-' a----v- "u""'.- .. The torn`-leaf of a bk "cm; be mendeg1_.by_ -pastgng ngw, white txssue 393; .er;o. er 1t` :w1th?;'V't'ranspatent paste. . i =5 .4 J__u\: ytaau. vv_-AI '||.\l!V blaavua-a. 7{If_=,b i1eVd vv(ate'r,,is_ poured -'sIever'al' s:'rro'm- S011 to'=.anot1AxerA, after. HINTS MI!) REMINDERS it has cooled it will not have that lat taste_ that it usually possesses. | In making an apple sandwich take apples, the juice of half a lemon, :1. little sugar and water; stew'till ten-V der, then turn out on ,a plate to cool. ' Palms should be occasionally Isponged with equal quantities of milk and water. The water should be hot enough to make the whole lukewarm. re all To restore linoleum and oilcloth that has become somewhat dull, wash with milk, let dry and then polish with beeswax and turpentine. You `will be delighted with the result. Biscuits that have become soft; through being kept _should be spread on a tin, and put into a moderate oven for a few minutes. When cold they will be as crisp as ever. I _ , Fine darning on linen table nap- kins, cloths, etc., can be far more easily accomplished if the part con- taining the hole is first of all tacked on to a piece of dark brown paper. To freshen the atmosphere of a. room.that has become somewhat. stuy, place a few drops of 0:1 of lavender in an ornamental bowl half lled with boiling water, and open the window. If a short strip of kid (from a. glove) is sewed to the centre of a necktie, the roughness of th-e leather will hold the tie in place against a polished collar. - T Milk should never be kept in lead- en vessels; the acid of the milk dis- solves a portion of the lead, which is thus converted. into a. dangerous substance. V Brown paper torn to shreds, to- gether with a little soap powder and warm water, makes a first-class. cleaner for the inside of carafes, de- canters and bottles. Slightly dampen the edge of new table linen with soapy water after the hem has been turned, and when dry the cloth will be like soft linen to sew through. In the early stage of quinsy or tonsilitis a gargle made by adding a teaspoonful of powdered alum to a Itumblerful of warm water is to be { recommended. ` If the pipe from the sinl_< in the scullery becomes clogged wnth. grea- n.. an... AA... ' ' .1 cl:-tsrunr `\r\l`Io\rr an:-In main ' \v|uIll\plJ IJ\.p\-\llJl\uD \.pl\J65\-\J VVILIU 6| \rC5` se, pour down strong boiling soda. water the last thing at night, and in the morning flush the sink well with cold water. - A dirty coee pot makes bad cof- fee, so next -.\time the coffee is com- plained of do not at once blame the grocer, but instead examine the pot and see if it as bright and. clean; as it should be. A good cake lling: Grate a tart apple, grated rind and juice of one. lemon, one cup of sugar, one egg- Boil till -transparent, Stirring con- stantly. When cool spread between the layers, It is often very difcult to ggat new boots to,_ polish brightly, .but If rub- sbed over with half a lemonwahd left till dry, _they will generally clvean. very easlly. The, process should be- repelated if necessary. lasts longer, is the largest box at 30:: o\o:nn anon` is OLA K-cf -uniigh man its p can buy at any price. IIJIIESI ' I3 1% 10 rice, and is the best polish yo 6 I I6%I- Housekeepers frequentIy_..nd a dif- cultyi in. using coal dust so as to avoid waste. Aneexcellent way is to place a piece of paper. about 10 inch-- es long and about 6 inches wide, "pile coal dust. on it, lift carefully, and place gently on*the re. '3` 8 better CWO! Ill!!! 4 ,, EPPS A j-I3-l-...- .I_!_I. 4...] _ -....A.-L..8..4o A delicious drink and a sustaining fond. Fragrant, nutritious and economical. This excellent Cocoa maintains the system in robust health, and enables it to resist . winter : OElC. Stove Polish` AR dead? . Death makes us all alike, mur- red Frank. No, no!" said Max, it is Elsie. ok! oh, my God! look at the aight, clear brow---it is she my ve, my darling. my wife that wa`s be! Oh. Elsie! if I could have ed for you. "I shall not believe it without fur- er proof," protested Frank. ` I can give you one. On the lefti ist of the girl who promised to be . y wife there is the perfect mark a strawberry leaf, we have looked it 11 hundred times--I have kissed a hundred `times. Look if it be ere, Frank." ` He raised the cold, white hand, (1 turned it to the light. Yes, it as there. Then .\lax Gordon knelt down by e side of the dead girl he had lov- with such a passionate love.` _ "Leave me just one half-hour, rank," he said: and his friend, with-Q ut a word, quitted the room, - 1 A1 r 1 `_ Ali. Gudl it was Elsic-lovely, lov- g Elsie, his pride, his darling, his lin this xwrlcll He laid his head n the quiet breast, and Fi'ank,,,G_ra- am heard the passionate weeping ith which he seemed to weep his ve away. Only God knows the itterness of Illc anguish that lled is soul. \\'li<:n that half-hour end- (1, Frank rt-turned; he could endure he woeful > of that weeping-no onger. . Max, dear old friend," he cried, I cannot hear it. Let me stay with 0u--I cannot bear it! `V-\ un \JVV. hFrank," _he said, some villain 35 done th1s! `Spme villain has stO1- e m) D00r hlsxc from home, and 13` 11% to ruin and death in London . ran a - (LOIlClU\1\.u ..\.--- .7, _ Act the Third. Max, said Frank Graham,` this never do. You must rouse rself, or xnornmg dawn will nd as we arc. . _ lax loolged up at him with dull,` eyes; it scexned as_though h_e dly understood his frlends words. You must be mistaken, Max. A nce rcscxnblance has misled you, w can this be Elsie? _ . 'I:nc.Gl0rd0n lifted 21 mass of the ,.shmmg tresscs In his hands. _ `Do you thinl<,"' he said quietly _. r 1....-;. {nrantfen her? The vvuv Il\-I streets. L at I have forgotten hex`? ` The ttime my hand touched this we is standing [under an_ old elm e and it lay like 21 V61] over her iilders; the last time I looked in 5 face it was smiling at me_-ml eet. mute farewell. Do you think v .1- ...-.4 1..-nu lnnr I-xnnanca cl-in `Do You mum. H "0 H-H-J! But the .\Vl`ux Gordon who stood by hat dead g1rl s side was a" changed an-a1l that was gentle` and tender 1'1 hiC I`\'|9nv-n /`:1./1 t\li` nan `L06 nan Wm," said Frank. "Aye, God bless her. `He bf d0Wn and kissed the white} lips. 5 She was---the greater villain` he. 5113 was v " '3"d`3ust a little vain of. it. She was fond of luxury too, poor` chxlq. 1 can read the story as though "It had ben printed. I tell YOU. 4'3",` Graham, cprse reach him--has lured D001 `E1 But-- was your P"mi5ea ery beautiful you see. FY3kv' some vi11ain--may .G0d'5- Iefront {ed to . 1' my v0w!-- I swear sue -`the!-`4-E 0! the .3,C and can. 1.... ._'- A-~*' .. ;auLLu. I LCJI yuu "`"vn ysome vi11ain--ma) Gog: curse P007 -.5s_ T sie from home. Perhaps he 979m-`to, marry her. then left her._ V we in the streets. . ' ahev "But how long is it "Sm" wrote to you, Max? ' Six weeks; she.said wh_C!_1 511 `1 Eoing out for a long v1s1t,'_3d4d ; Was not to write until she retuf!`|_3_. v If I had not been a blind f001 3{d ~a` . madman I shou]d.l1ave' 58611 the`? here was somethingMW1'08" Fran.--*; .t. lwill avenge her! . 1 ~ He turned to the silent 53" 7 . `aid his hand on the quiet breast; ."Elsie, my darling, he. cried, v`-1937 me. hea sta man who has (10116 44.) ? . "E. and to slay him `W1,?."' mm! You hear me, 10%? 7,: 11 J.- ta the white .sh%ef3: ' ---w. uu uml. was gcuuc auu LCUUC1 n his nature (lied out in that one alf-hour of unutterable woe HM tood,now with his hand on the 319. Cold-brow. ' hi" apital V.$:5,ooo.o00- r Head Office. . V,-H '_ 15' - ` `I .,.++++~::--:~-a--1--:--a-+~:~4:-++-s-:--3--a-a--3` -l-I-I!-I--H-I-. -M-H-I-I-!-I-N-`_ :2 lludcd from 1a5tweek.)e -- been the house s mistress. Frank OIC - helpegl her` they. brushed out the _ long, sh~inin g hair; the woman s gene` \Ia~;" Graham.` this tle hands robedjthe` quiet gure in 1` -v ` Vcr You must` T0953 its last `white dress; she" folded the l.n1cf morning W111 little hands, and laid "them to rest l:::\v,c ' 0,31" the silent b1'3.St- rlax looked -dun -Then morning dawned, `and Max 1e\'es; it :`cL m(_1 Gordon, so changed now, that -his -d1y'11"d 5`0Ud best friend would notu-have knovsfn you mistaken, him, started for Mayberry. In vgxn me rcecvnblrmce has misled you.`Frank begged to go with him. ` `.1-.Z~ kn. T:1c;p?' -1- A ` ` -v"."" het : ;, ..;n drew W 0 111.0 _wa9,2 T %f cc and 53w her :7 k!1` ,_"a i3" _ aw 1- , My h5n1:,?ied.! *;f.,?,-c1:`v%Vw '4 {lug to beheand tel . . t . cdu range we eAoP,atien %h~ V One dollar : he Books ; `SI. Inulc ld1kVV\1n V JV Hun I do not know her because `she 1`I! Max G1`d1\'$ Tragedy %_ Aasunm summon sgwmes or:PAI=jI`M.=:NT % :. .11 `.\'.`.1-' - ..... -1 ,_....u not I\I\AQI\IIV\` Brancl V ' ' ` "" '. "".,"`-' _` ' "."L.%'.`f'-"...,` ` , opens gn account hanlcl Interest `is ajdd_ed" quarterly, mcoaPonA' r:bV L throup _uriul I/`I;-15 7ii2'v}*Ai~7.na. $5,400,006 I am bvevst alone, he said; I have my revenge to dream of--I am best lalone. ` . ` - A ; Even Captain ':St. Aubyn started at the sight of that wild haggard} face when the long journey was end-1 ed and Max reached The Firs. He wasted no time in breaking the news `to him. a -- _Captain St. Aubyn, he said, I am M_ax Gordon,- and friend of Dr. Ta.tham s. I have. been at Mayberry three times; I met your niece; I wooed her; she loved. me, and prom- ised to be my wife. We were to have !been married nextvyear; I have come Ito ask you, where she is. I ' I thought it was something to do with a woman when I saw how wild you 1ooked!- said the captain, dole- fully. They are the ruin of. men, sir--the ruin of men! ' Where is your `niece-r_ny prom- vised wife? asked .'Max; "and the cap- tain saw that he was not to" be trif- led with. . - an 1 at I ll I do` not know, he replied, -`o`so help me Heaven!--I. do not know. She went away quite unknown to me six weeks ago. I have never heard `one word of her since ' 7-4-1-- ...- _ . . . -2_....34 HA 1 1': v\lll\p VV\ll\l Va lira w-navy And did you make no enquiries? shouted Max. , _ A Now, man, don t get angry; it was no use. See; she left thxs note for ...-9! auovo _ With trembling hands1Max i1t and read it. . V lL auu Luau use Dear Uncle, wrote poor Elsie, I am going away from"you, I can- not tell youyet-when or how_; you shall know all soon; "I am" going to be -a very great lady. Do not try at present to make zanyolenlquiries. I shall return to Mayberry in a few months, and you will be "astonished" then to hear my name; From your loving niece, . . Elma. I supposed, said the eaptz-1-ih-,"`;she had gone" to be married. Of course, if I had known she was engaged to. you,,I should have suspected treach- ery. Why. dxd you not trust me, young sir? . an . . . _ _ -- ..l.-` 4..-JA nan syn I-usifd yung an 5 Because she told me you hated `woman, hated love and `lovers, apd {that you would only rmke her m1s- erable if you knew it. ' It is quxte true, I!" have heard nothing of her since, and in _all pro- babxlity shall never hear _ag_am.-' ' ' H-Lu --- ...:..a...I.-...n ,,;,q M5,. `*1 UaUuu._y auau uyvy. ....... ..=-,,_,, You are. mistaken, said Max;_ I come to bring you news;.yo'ur niece hes dead in; my house in London. She ung` herself off` the bridge to nd death in the riyer;Vs`.1e found it safe1y.enough!e J . Dead!" cried the captain. Poor Elsie! ppor Elie! _Oh, these pro- men, they are all passion; all pasinon, sir, and no principle. Poor girl! How dreadful to be sure! .Dead! and so young! "Young enough to have been taken better care of, said Max, sternly. H-ave on no clue tothis mystegg? Had E sief-_no-`admirers, no l_over`s__ . . -. .._. -r ....- ._-'...a. mo l:naw;`bf_ [better care or," sam xvnps, am..,,. \HAave ygu clue mystery? Had Elsie -_no-adrmrexfs, Iover`s?;_ None that `I ever saw or knewxof. I found th1s :11 her toomnwhen she had'been gone some days) . V _... . ._:... -.-1- nu .5 gpcnnd I not trouble - to t kc `anything -wfit}1`. had been gone sum: u..,.-. `The captain tool_g,out a _s_econd piece of paper; thus was wntten in a m'an s hand--boldv, vlegiyle, azjd . clear. f . ,,, V __ V. _ V . :E1sie," _myI. *da'r1ing--Co.ine` to `the old trystmg place to-night. "We must leave now in a few days. Do. you. V I a;n`~eog:n_tng th V _. s ugtyl sunset,,_ ~an d }i;;~.i:`I;72 .ah_;al1`f ,yqp; . 45 .:-',-{,g vzjrl ~`.`.--~ WA ~'l._`7.`.-la` ' -3. .. -``.You have no-_ idea_ who wrote 4 this 1'? asxeu lV1'dx.uu:uu... V;N_,o more than `you yourse one knows. My mece was_ se1eLnVwith`.any one. ~ . 4 2. "--- --- 4:: 1:... nOnfnIV-.W:"Wi11l` l_f--np nevfg ` agam. J ` .-.`,You have idea w` [Vt_h1s?? `asked Max. Gordon. -' "-`- - -5 urn vf seen with any one. f`Wel1, said M-ax, stern.1y,twe will] btjryrher first, then, God strengthen my arm,..I will nd the man _a?nd.wi$l 1,5'. " ,i,Cag>tai? _ gtby I19n__gnV%=_V;xg::h.. _lg1xn_.,, WHUUII Oils .1-.._., afterwards they ggburieq the cexrgetery a"tyiA` 1 chgse` 11* er-zvgravey; ;t, _=bgms:.;_: fall ;jovexf7_i - gt, - E tr 1} . Elsie." seized j;`.1?eoj)1e \jvho_ 4. xead ..Tit ~ Say-3`H'0W l 3'0, " to` "i`die`-.,-PbOr Eir1.!` lAndi no one` news that she la-id dow1_1 her life because her sorrow was so great `she couid bearit no longer, 1.. \l`___L _-,,,, .1,';.. -1, . --7- w---`. --p-- as-rooutur ;~. f. In Mayberry heard {hit `she died in Lon`d"6n-g--the`.f_o,tir who knew. her secret, `",1<._e1:,tt_`_`-'_~it better "-than secret was ever ,kei)t',';b'efore.- ~ `On the ev.eningV of t11`q' gqneral` Max _Gordon sa1d to Franke T 1)-- ---`. `ma .9 ltoncuu .- `_5Y.oi 1 "can 'co}n` fand`.,;.1iYj`_ in \ my . house;_`I sha1l`i1e3ir s'tay"in itagain. I` have 5 six fh1in`dr"d`..poft1i1`ds that N I had saved for Elsie,. .Ii-sh_a1l spgnd it all `in searchingmfor .th_e`_{nan who ruined her; when hefis found I will kill` him.K`eep, my3_`houfs'e, Frank, . and all there is in`.-1t -; perhaps the; mice of my revcnge may. be my 11fe--so be it. ` - ` --- -av Irv nu- Wi-Ie wentfback, the next. day V;Iithi Captain St. Aubyn -to Mayberry. T ..1..'n -.--_ __-:..:. _`_..__u 1.- ....:A `-`V ;-""010! `I-If: tnvtulan av fVa>\oJI.I\-nAJn ` .I_ shall, stay with yqu, he sa1d,& -untxl I have some clue. You must` have.pat_;ence with me. ` I I `~11 1 ,_',., `-`He went intoMayberry society. _ He` inquired fminutely who, ' during that month"of September, had had vrsitors, but could nd no one. His patience and pers`ev`erance were won- derful; even. he felt sure, at last, that during the month of September` there had been visitors amongst the townspeople;-not were any of the inhabitants missing themse1ves--that` . one pomt was clear._ Then he began to search in the neighbourhood. The- Hall, he found, during the_months of` Augnst and September, had been full l\ -vna:`vt\cnI T ..A.. `lfr|1nJ\`O~Q 100!` nnrn- plained that they were over done. `What more likely than that one should.have seen that most beautiful face,` and`have laid some devilish trap to win it. . ing inquiries, that during _the- end of September, when Elsie _must have left home, four visitors had quit- ted the liall--"Major Edwards, who was in London, on duty at the Horse-Guards; Lord Cradock, who was now, with his wife and family, at -Cradock Hall; Mr. -Delaware,. 21 member of Parliament; and Lord Ulston, who had gone with his regi- iment to India. If she left home with anyoi1e_, it must be with one of these I four. JlU5uDL_aIIu s.J\.y|.\..I1Lu\.1, Llau u\-\.u aua. - of -visitors; Lady Malcolm had com- of these idle, selsh. men of fashion Heifonnd out,iby `dint of persever- ' -Her resolved to go to each one. Surely they. were men-human---and would hear his story. He went to Major Edwards first, and found him .. ..._.... I...-.2-..-i nlA anlriiar urhncn {at-9 u.1a._|u1 uuwaxua IIIDL, .a.uu zuuuu nuu a grey-hatred old so1d1er, whose face ushed hptly when he heard.the doc- tor s errand. I am a soldier, sir; I have slain my foes in open ght, but I thank God that `I qan. say that I never wronged or betrayed a woman in all my life. The girl I loved, sir, died young; all women have been sacred to me for her sake. ... v `. 1 rs 1,1, LU Inns. l\Il An; nu-syn __ He went `then to Lcard Cradock. He found `him `a kind, genial man, with a-wife whom he dearly loved. . Ieforgive your questions sir,-he-' replied, `.`because I can understand the sorrow that prompts it. My ans- wer is, that I have nevex-`loved any woman except my own wife, and lnever shall. l Nothingv daynted Max sought out Mr. Delaware, but that _gentl_eman could give,him no information. A._-L4_- ____1 AL-` ...,..... --- I never saw a -pretty girl the! whole {time I was there, he said- I came away bored to death. You need not` apologise _for the question -cettain1y not. I hppe you wiil nd the man myself, and punish him. V There rernained than but Lord'Ul-` ston, who had gone. to India with his regiment. Who was he? Max patiently wentabout; he gathered from the different clubs, from rum- our, from the gossip of friends, that Lord Ulston was a roue--a man ut- `terly without__honour and principle, where women were concerned. It struck him instantly that was the man.` He went, to Lord Ul.ston s _family seat, and there contrived to written. . see some of his lordship s handwrit- ing; he V compared it,: and found it was precisely the same hand as that in which the letter to Elsie had- been I have::'found.him-! hie criel, with erce exultation. I have found -him, and I will" go_ to India to kill him! ' - -,.__ L- AL`. --_A. 1 `dill! '_ _ Th_is is the man who slew Elsie, _e sa1d. -Lord Ul,ston-rem_ember t e name that you may cuwrse 1t. -4-A-__-_.I A. C...` IIIIIIO ? He went back at -once to the Capt- .l'a'. I | _` A-_' ___LA A-_-. LIIC uauu. tun Jvin Occur; .._.-_- --. -_The captain, accustome_d to erce wolence, was yet "half fnghtened at -ax. Z . -I " I\_-2---A.2- 2.14.- ('3..- Give this Quixotic idea, Gor- dor`1"; he said. ' = `,'-T,hev mischief is done_n w, no need tow-makes it . worse. I amt going to India to kill him! said Max, with a grim smile. 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