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In and Inc grass. _ . `When he hadenlightened her as to what she must do, and a seond handful of silver jingled merrily in -her capacious pocket, she went off in the direction of the cottage,whi1st the man who had despatched her on such a. strange errand resumed- his wallg, and gave himself up to a t of I i1Esi}:g. 6 o I 1i7f\ musing. ,I wonder if -it will `be -_for the best, he murmured. `Maggie -is pretty. and intelligent, and agreeable when she chooses to be, but she has a temper that would try the patience of a saint. Do I love her? I `am not quite certain,` after all, and- Dear me! I ve half a notion to call that old-cheat of a gipsy back. Good- ness! she is nearly out of sight. Well, let her go. If I change my mind, I shall not be there. \x7:`L. ...1.C..1n anon}-ur:-11n11c 1-nrY'Inrl( HP T111110, 1 >113}! HUL l.{c Luci. _ , With which ambiguous remark he hurried on to his place of business. Meanwhile, the gipsy had reached the cottage, before the door of which, overhung with blooming, bell-shaped blossoms, two ladies stood. `One was small and pretty, with dark eyes and pouting red lips, whom the _wo- man instinctively recognized as the rose with thorns; the other was tall and beautiful, of the statuesque order, "with blue-grey eyes, and a mouth as sweet as an ange1 s. `-.....LI-I...... IILA nt`o`V!J:I"')4';f\I1 urn: 11 `ring; nothing enlivening about her DWCCL an an ans; .7. Something like admiration was in the gipsy s lance as it rested- upon the latter. he was clothed in some. lthin white material, which oated about her like alcloud-. Beauty un- adorned was personated in her, a In the heavy golden braids that` were caught up so carelessly at the] back of her head, there was not so` much as a bit'of ribbon; at her: white throat, r_1othing.but the snowy rufe; on her slim, capable hands, no in the way of ornament, if I except the double rose-colored althea that; was fastened at her waist. l Pr`, __ ._-...-_.l...l 1...... uuvl\Vir`tII';I`I(Y`\Y W35 IBSICIICG at ucr vvaaat. They regarded her wonderingly. What a queer creature she was! What a perfect Witch of Endorl Maggie France drew herself up. What is your business, woman? `IMaggie, `and the tall,-, statel.y girl, whose appearance had so taken the gipsy by surprise, lifted her clear eyes beseechingly to. sher friend, do not speak so abruptly.` The woman looks flushed and tired. Let her sit down here in the shade and rest. Perhaps she is hungry. ` A-3 3` --A ..-LA Arlene) Chg hag I1'1e! l(l, '00 not 5pC'dLS DU a.U|uyI.IJ. `The ushed lLet she And if so, who cares? She has no business to come upon one so! suddenly. Ugh! she is `uncanny enough to chill the blood in one s veins. I should `think-she would be tired, wearing -that. heavy mantle on a day ..like this! I should think it` would smother her._ Well, woman, . . __.._- ....--a.1....n- 4-rs ennr C0111 If Woula SIHOIHCT IICI". VV cu, wuzuau, if you have anything` to say, say i_t,` nand begone; We do not entertam 'tramps. ' 7` T ' ` Hush, Maggie! interposed her` companion. Dub 61-an rrzncxv 0111' chnrf '19! -the one who interceded in her be-` CO1Tlpal'llOIl. _ A_ . But thegipsy cut short her words with a gesture indicative of con- tempt. ' `- _ . '_I am sure you do not, dryly. You have _the heart of a stone, the temper of a, shrew. Lady, turning her back to Maggie, and addressing. half, I am Myra, the gipsy. "My province is toV reveal `the , "hidden events of the future.` Let me. un-' ravel the. sk_`ein`of your destiny. `I'i_-4. \........ AL` `ago IIIAOAE "IIIl`I":F(` ravel tn8.SKCl`.|'l UI yuur ucauuy. _ T But Maggie,` at'her words, hurriedl forward,` and lifted her curious face to the _w ____ .. - _, ` `_ _ _77V__ ______ A v chc-er. as had done. hy didn t you make known your errand before? It would have g re- ceived immediate attention. Iwant you to peer into my palm, Myra. Do read me ~my fate, with her most wistful look. ' I ` - 1- __.`_:-n.1- VVI3I.L lull. I\J\Jl\o She was a creature of variable moods, one moment sunny and s_mi1- ing, the-next ffowning _and'repel- Iant.`.._ -WK ' The fortune-teller shook her head. ,I,do not` care to treat you `to a chapter out of the Book `Of Fate, she said, with stolid indifference-. nun - ~_u-__I"`..a 4.1.-': IICI \-J\\-lI.\aAaw:Aun A bit`of food tendered By you, would choke me if I` tried to gulp it down. I do not want your money. `You are a. rose so environed by 'thorns that: no man would care to pluck and` wear it upon his boso1 n. . tur-V-'-half twoman; half devil,who can seegnoefurther-intoe the future than I _ a'n",_ _retortede.-`-Maggie, , her tegnper : a` nun m` the gse`endant_.'- She Is ya {E 1;: )eat,~,. Eleanor`: `ed n.A-..t.. :~ 2 onft j'itei'\:st .. hen? ` ` Axyd you are` a. wieked~old crea-' Vvltll |-\Jll\l ILIUIIIVI \.vIl\p\rp 1 . Come, Myra, do! 7 fleaded theE girl. Don t`be ugly. V ;ado`re gip-i sies and I xjnustihave my fortune told.l Com_e,- _tel_l Vxt me, and I 1l-~give youja `shining pxece- A -` % D _..-A._I...;l- `I.--..-- -`ago 9|; oooo J->5 r-v-77` ' _ _` The , g_ipsy , snatched` away - ' hand, vqhnch Maggie ha,d caught her excxtement. " . ` . -` 1 . _j_____1` |_`__ _ puccu, Jzlwuxnvag \ov-- . -. ._--- _-_,. But Eleanor Cariyle, -who'se. na-E ture, was . somewhat , imbued mzith; German "mysticism % ` d" that * th's=-- ` L T `ALPS; aA9 -av -wv\.J. _ ' . 1s a. _` Nd,.-inded.! it would be no. troubie _ ` to love ..t}i1s'heautifuI girl-it would "nu-The ya. dejxght,` he. thought, as ;their ' _ pe4d'_`a :;_:3., he coyld H ~._gel.;,l1ke. bleslljg.` 133159591}! <=; .!"' '~. Vevaxthv col`d tellH'l1e4'i:' Lw1A1a't the] l , - (3 {myst1o`futur_eghad in t`ore for her; I so she 7-Said, unhesitating'1y- an 1 u.:..1. rm: 1..;.... ...|.o.+ elm ha: `V50 SOC `$310, uIl5.lLdl..lu5|_y'.'- to say, Maggi'e. \/nun ;-.u -1 54-\Ar\.1 f`IA11, - ';ff;f2h1V (`Yo `1...1. mink -1 11 hagnwflat she-has (U1 U'Jl|(. ' ' A im-tfull scattered her tender! rm-ric. :m(1, a moment later, a rcsj- pectful .-A-qrvzmt partedthe drapery: at at the ;.'rL-at oriel window, and called. ht! by name. ' II ,, E. ',,- _ claimed -Mass brance, ajnsne rutmess- ly stripped o some idf the` purple mormpg-glories and. tossed them to the ground. ~ " ~ ' (\ nnnrcn cn`:"11-n.u'rH. -.|. u1nfnnn' ZIS I.U.`b`dy,, Lu`agg1_c. _ _ `_You }'e `a fool, then, grrltably ex- clalmed `MISS France, 8.,ShC ruthless- 1-- ab:-:o\c\AA A Qf\fTI1\. FHA. 1'\IIl'1`|19 I.-u. gpvjgluu. , , ~' ' _~,. I _, i Of.~;course-.so7`,slirewqL a woman as l Myra~kn'ew7whom. Stanley had refer- ence~to;fwhen hei concocted the` plot ' that was towin "him a wife if car'- ried safely out. It was Maggie. But Myra had determined to reverse ` the order` of things,. and halve V her revenge on the tantalizing, little elf for treating herso cavalierly. To be sure, she reasoned, the little vixen must `love so ner and rich a gentleman -as the one who `employed me on so unusual an er- rand; but she`. is not half good enough for him, and I ll balk his plan of winning her; if possible. He is an upright, splendid man, and she ---meaning` Eleanor--is a sweet, dainty woman; and, if I can, I ll bring them together. In . the end, he l1 `thank me for frustrating his 7) .(`I_ _ ;._.`l_ 1.1.. .1..`I..n4-A nnlrn 1-lap ' SCl'lC1'I1C.' -. , . `She took the dehcate palm the girl extended, and studied the intri- cate lines. . T _ "You are in love, she began, bo1Ad1y. ` A 1.1a 4*`-In mninn avprferl her DO1u1y. _ _ At th.1s the malden averted face, which 'riva_1led in view althea. at her waxst. - as/,,_1n _..-..-:1,.....1.. .un+ nr-i GILIICG` CL lA\-| vv anus And, mercilessly went on the` pretended prophetess, you will be-- ,yes, you `actually will be--married in less than a year s time. And to such a grandman, with such lots of mon- ey that you can wear your diamonds and have 3 new gown every day, if you wish. He is not what "you would call tal1---not what you would call handsome. He is-but, break- ing o abruptly;' "what is this I `see? Lady, ashing the_light of black eyes on the listening girl-- are you a coward? I`\Tn- 191 91-19 cf!-Infpcf CPYICP Of the `him--the man who is to "are you d. cuwaru: "Notin the strictest sense of the term, Myra, the startled maiden slowly replied. Why do you ask? Because-thus saith the oracle- if you want to know who is to be your husband, you must hie to the spot a few rods distant from here, where two roads meet-'-come to- gether like the.` lines of a fork--to- night, precisely at nine o clock. There under the linden, you will see be your fate, who is to guide you along life s devious ways. Art thou afraid, my 1--..Z._39) ugvxuua vvu_y..a. .... -...... .._-_,_, _ lassie? V "Nay, mother, I do not think so. It will be a bright monlight night. And the man who is there will .prote_ct you from all` danger liable to befall you. He has a strong, muicular; arm. _ I 2;. .. .. 1\;`r1 111111rt\fYI9r\1\I muscuxar arII_1. ` % "But--but It Is a bld, unwomanly act, " mother, stammered Eleanor. Does-does my future Husband, suggested the gipsy, as the girl. blushed and hesitated -over the word. Does-does he know anything of what you tell me, Myra? {~n.-615:9-\`uy r\'f\+ , Wflat you Lcu 111C, 1u_y1_a; I `-`Certainly n'ot, child, boldly as- sserted the woman, inwardly laughing lat the [consternation of the man, when, instead of a wee ibbertigib- bet, a tall, graceful maiden, with" a face. like a pictured saint, appeared; before him, , 1:11.-` .... ..IA 1.... An? \}Unnlrl hp he Ilkl UV llulllk, "H } 'r11 please, Miss _Dorg-ian, lady w1.~`m.-5 to see you 1n the draw-. ing-r_u_.1n, Shc wzk the card he handed her, a little surprised at a call at ten` U`(`](,vCk. u\| (-1- w . n .n ..u 0`. I . lnerore mm, What would he doi , VVould he be mad? Or would he recognize the superior merits of the girl, and glad-l ly submit to the inevitable? If not, he is a dolt, she said, as she descended the steps. "Anyhow, it is "his fate; he cannot avoid it. Kismet"! It is written. ` At the appointed hour,nine o'clock, Justin Stanley was standing under the linden, the moon shedding a sil- very light athwart-the face of the earth, and falling on the grave, per- `plexed countenance of the waiting man. He was not sure but that he had done a very foolish thing; for,. after all, did_ he love the heedlessl girl" well enough to `make her his; wife? . A i l A _ .1,, .1,-___.1_;. I_'4.4....1 `I..- -...n-1-. I-`Sc wue: - - ` As the thought itted th-rough hisi` _mind, he saw the gure` of a girl in the distance-a slender, graceful gure, that assuredlydid not belong ` `to the lass he had purposed making_' his wife. Who could it be? l-lisll amazement was overpowering when, ` as he approached nearer, he saw that 4 it was Eleanor Carlyle, who was spending the summer at the country ` .seat of the Castletons, neighbors of 'the Frances. He had _met her fre- _quently during the past month--and admired her greatly; but the idea of falling in love with her had never entered his head.- Why was she there? -Had she come to meet her` `fate? Had.the woman gone to the: wrong house, and had she sent the wrong girl to him? Surely, surely if he were to propose, that. dainty, `sweet-faced girl would never con-I `sent to be his! But he felt` evenv .`now that` it would be no diicult . task to learn to love her. K He stepped-out from under the ' drooping branches of the linden--this` . man whom Eleanor had prayedi '. might .be the one to confront her Hthere `in the mon`1ig'ht--and softly ;' pronounced her name. Miss Carlyle! Am I`mis.taken`? , Is-it you, or is it your wraith? *1-;AlI1IA :0: ulv`1:` 111:0`? -4) llihif hI1I'-i 15 '1`; you, yr ID `IL yU|_.u vwlaltlfa `Dressed In-whnte, wxth a wh.1tebur- .noose covering her golden he_ad, she looked not unlike an appantion--a sheeted ghost. "AL `LA 1-rs.no\II f\` 1: \YI'\;FP Pffu sneetea gnost. . _ `At the sound of 1115 voxce, conrm- ing her -wi1dV11opes, Eleanor _shrank back all a-tremble. ` It was-1t was {Justin Stanley! ' ' ex... +..:..,1 1..."! 4n -n++m- I-Iic.nn.n1P, ijubllu .JI.uuc_y ; . She tried hard to `utter hisxname, but was unable to a_rticulate a syl- llable, But he, growngg bold, ad- lvanced nearer, and. Said: H1 ...--..L'......11-. ad; qulnnfkgav :4-' `c O- VHIICCU JICGJCX, a-unu. aauu. . ` I _must really see whether 1t 15 a- being of. esh and blood, or a crea- ture without substance-`3\shadow. ' She held out her hand. . - You sceptic! . `Touch `me and be convinced`. I am only an qrdinary mqrtal-not half so mterestxng an object as` a ghost." ' _ -1 w-vJ--- wvvv - 3---- 1\ It_)re interesting, however, to a prosaxc creature 0? esh and blood '1ikefm,. he made answer, as he Vbfook:-_i_n his the extended hand, whose touch: sent an electric` thrill through his{vvP91.r1?9drer`e A 4-IIL, _._L ;____|_I_' her the she! ` This wbman says -that Lydia E. ; Pinkha_m s Vegetable Compound saved her life. Mme. Emma` Chatel, Valleyeld, Belleriver, Quebec, writes to Mrs. I V K l\Jkl'\. .\lr.~. (_`hichester,---thedaingy lit- UL` mzxlmgllwl Card read -- L1onel s mother. \\'h.'1t did she wan,t?.. Why hzul shv wmc? -What cotild she. L I L .45-. I want to tell you that withouiz `Lydia. E. Pinkhanfs Vegetable Com- pound, I would hot be alive. For months I suered with painful and irregular periods and inammation of the feminine orxmns. Doctors could `I111 yll\I\nI-B QLIVJ ILILICILIIJJICUIUIJ KIL the feminine organs. Doctors could ` do nothing for me, and said I must sub- lmit to an operation as I had a. tumor, (I-.n.nl vnmn nnuninc nrcnri rnn fn II J an UPCLGUIUIL nu L uuu no uu.LuvI.._ `(`)`1l1e'of my cousins advised me to take Lydia. E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound as it had cured her. H7 [H3 an ant` unit I H9119. nn nu-in uuuzpuuuu. aa Lu uau uuswu 1.101: I did so and now I have no. pain and an entirely cured. Your remedy is deserving of great praise. FACTS FOR SICK -WOMEN. For thirty years Lydia E. Pink-' ham s Vegetable Compound, made from roots and herbs, has been the standard remedy for female ills, and has positively cured thousands of women who have been troubled with displacements, inammation, ulcera- tion, broid tumors, irregularities, periodic pains, backache, that bear- ing-down feeling, atulency,indiges- tion, dizziness or nervous prostration. Why don t you try it `P 'II'_a Dinbhans in:-rifnn all sin]: through mistake, him. The chance thrown away. So, vacant o-nuqoru t\r\9'v|n- had sent, her to should not be away. when she said, "I must return home; I have been en- ticed too far away already by the beauty of the night, he offered his arm, and said: `Kl will accompany you. If you are not a ghost your- self,` you may see one on the way. `-kYn+ TI (`Lo 1" ...-..L...,'|. "kn; urt'\ud.a vv uy uuu v _y.uu uL_y Lu 5 Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women to write her for advice. . She has guided thousands to l.A.v.`I4`|u ARR-nan Tmynn WI'o,aI- ELI`, \J|J IILGJ D\y\y \JllC \JlL LIIC VV(1J- "Not I! she laughed; "but your company is such a provocative to gnjoyment that I will gladly accept it. Ill: llilr gunucu ulluuaauuu lbnealth. Address, Lynn, Mass. wish This gave him the desired courage. I---I wish, Eleanor, that we might walk along 1if'e s path together. Do you thin}; you would be happy as my wife? i The answer would have been unin- telligible to some, but it satised him completely. Thanks to the gipsy, he had won a wife who would be a he1pmeet-who would not frighten `him with her ebullitions of temper. iljlill VVLLII II\uI \vLlLIlIlLl\IIlD \JL L\.IllPLl- \ Voman-like, Eleanor confessed how she came to the spot to meet; her fate; man-like, Justin kept silent as to his part in the plot, but he zlonged to know whether the gipsy was aware that she had sent the wrong girl to him. And because of her hasty words to the gipsy, Maggie France lost a husband, and Eleanor Carlyle won the man she loved. And Justin Stanley always kept one secret from the woman he grew to love with all 1115 heart. O00OOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO `Selected Recipes Asparagus, Stewed.--Break the stalks into inch lengths, placing the ' ltough ends that are not fit to serve by themselves, then wash all well. Tie the tough pieces in a piece of cheesecloth, and lay them. with the tender aspairagus in the kettle, as they will add avor, Put on enough slightly-salted water to just cover. Cover the kettle, and cook slowly about half an hour, or until the as~ ,paragus is tender. Remove the, icheesecloth, and throw away the contents; season the rest with but ter, pepper and salt, and serve at once. Some prefer it put on toast, with cream sauce poured over. v V oooooooooooooo3 An Easy Salad.--Prepare individ- ual plates by laying lettuce leaves on ;them. Cut `bananas in two, then cut leach piece lengthwise. Roll in chop- ped nutmeats; lay on the lettuce; pour a little salad dressing oxier, and serve. A Rhubarb and Fig Preserves.--Cut rhubarb into inch lengths, and rneas~ ure 3 lbs. Take V2 lb. ordinary dried `gs, and cut into. quarters, and 1/2 lb. candied orange peel, with`2V2 lbs, sugar, the juice of a large lemon and its grated yellow 9-ind. Put this in- to" a kettle in layers with the sugar, and let it stand, covered, all night. In the morning, boil it down slciwly till it is thick; about an hour will do. Rhuba`rbr Pie, with Two Crusts.- `Filling: IMix I cup sugar and en- ough chopped rhubarb for the pie. Add I beaten egg, and I large rack- exf (rolled.) Hut. _thv\-`re was not the slightest` trace m the little cunous concern she f<-1:, as she went mto the mag- nicun .~.;m,n, a slender, queen1y- Cr}`::I`.1fL, !'ubL'(l in plain black VelVetv, with z. .~,~;xrk1ing jet cross at her th.';.*.. .m} 21 great gleaming red. r .~c ;~mn<:I1 to her waist-a woman to bus I1V.\:r men and women by he) rare, gush 1uv('1i1`)eSS, her 7 gracious ('1tg.'mcc-. I, ' .1 _ "IL :5 no wonder, he. is Vrnatlk Over her-1 (`LU understand that_myse1f,. Mn. (_"m::he`:ter thought, -as she rose-,l and .\Eih3m] crossed the velvetyl .. I /vvn-.~...` 1... -_...`-;. A...----...I Lg. . Rhubarb and Orange Pudding.- Ct up the rhubarb, put it "into a shal- low, round pudding dish, sweeten, and mix with pieces of orange and a"lit-tle` grated orange peel. Pour in a spoonful or two of. water. Cover with a crt_1st, an_d bake. .'Serve hot Qr:eo1`d_,_'w1th whlpped glcream. . V Rhubarb Jam.-;-_-s,V`V`avsh the young rhubarb, and cut.f- ito inch lengths. Do not peel _it. To each pound allow ? *1b. sugaxf. Pqt all into a porcelain: . Vmed k_ettIe, 13:;-ng slowly `9,-.3 boil, .5;-.,} nd : sttr .c0ntm,u.a1ly,~ fsrr% %t1it_ef'-quarge` ` I Kl` I heir 111111!` formul, rt-sulmt K Y ". `. thc tfr an that. H-M " :..L'uuw, sen: tnnus U1 VG,`-UV. lmrwa .'x over the graceful little. uurv annding before her; Y,011' arc ;: :`.i.'~`11cd, I dare say, at bems C?1U(`fl tn receive mews. stranger, 3;`? this `vu.--- hour of the evening..but=- It 0CC}JTI`c.i to me as a favorabie 09907- `1T1' to see you--a1'o x':e,g:.`k!_1?W;5!181 the f:In`.`11y are all absent.l..f3"o111. (home; Prn); by mated, Miss,Dpj" _ ` Ho`: V; ~ es-. 31*? _ H./L; f11I\1L1`1t"fu 5 rs patronagcs-; *n3.,`;.; Z...`dJ.T?-"V3 01}, :1 mm: rebellious '9'" T Yh:1n'ks. sheosaid,` f dlyz;-`y` amj: Very comfortable. ' ` T : You are.`enga:ged{M:.f ' spI1,_L10:1c], I b,lle],_3>;_i.,5M _ M'I"11(?-n one of he? '- U-jhcs surged warmly Ted s inir fade. " " "I am c11gage`d`fO-'7oti.i':"' T dam. .-he said_, T and'V.V_.j~xJ1%';'~ O cum: s:5.00-- Head Office; . , _ -_[.. General Manager : Ofeeky -r 'l`orofht6; Ea n k at (Ma ia.% UI pI'l(1e_1!'l tnesampl "A11, yes--SO I surprised that- y0|_1 , mitted even,an7*!1_,_ 979 know that it W33 m9,? ?V You, wit'h such. 8 4905" 9* to seek t"o marry". _ look of HIM`, _.n- `I am. T11.'m' 3.. 'I"h('x gu:-4---+4'+'H+++'#+%++!?+i!$9?'%'?+*%-%*+44"H34'%"++-+4'% To Part NoMore. % 3 t One doilar o13e`nS aj a(ccOl,IrTt aT_r; interest vis'.,added`quar`_trly.` -,qu_,- - new-j-rw_-Q A GENERAL mums Business`musmsn. $.AV' N93 L]jPE?ARTN!.E_4NT IE go\'crness.'" , an.-.1 was instantly c'9nsc191}s 9f vim hostility in her vxsxtotfs hxzt the simply bowed. _ . m I am right, Mrs. Ch1ches- 1. in :1 pleasant, relentless way `:.3('13OW, sent thrills 0fVV3,8'u. V '4': ,...,... `L- ...-A .-A`n` 1Iff`F her? I,l \ \_] lllc VUIVVUJ 1.u(-d carpet toward her. she pronouncedi cultured tone. , ,. 1 .`.!:d you are Miss Dornaml Please be salted-." I If I am correctly 551- fclxx are Lady Beresforcvsl ,.-/............-n3 rie V \.'l.| (ll\r LU governess? uuconporwrzb % 1e:a2.% I nI5Il IOQ. Jligfuerye F:nd; $5.400.060_ "seek a wife` amongst the noinlest in the land, whxle y_ou--what are you? `a `governess, nothmg more. I A 1 .- c . - - i X T d;':'r{fy,'ona2{rI?g'T paxeness `spread all over Mildred s face. 411`! v.-- V v v. .-.--u-- we -: onovvo ca Madam; you a woman, a mother, toxsay this tome. `It is true that` lsince my father s death, and myloss of fortune, I` have been compelled to seek my own living, but in all other res`pec,t_ you know as well as I can say that .1 am` well-born-that I am your equal, your son s equal. . A 7 : iMrs.. Chi_chester listened. calmly to the impassi ned speech. ' ` D116 an-:11 `Anna: L`.-;\:..` .-\ .-..- But people will form their own opinions, you see, Miss Dorrian, and,` unfortunately for you, I have formed; mine. `No son of mine can marry` you with `my consent. You must give-him up. I I um- 5ll\ llIlPaDIUlIC\J 3`J\}CLlln ' ` III 11311 1 up! , Mildred repeated the hideous words. Give him nupln It would kill me--Ii cannot. A That is morbid sentiment. `Wo- men who love {well will sacrice everything for the beloved. It is in your A power to save my son from. the fruits of his mad infatuation for you-the regret, the shame, the peni- tence that would have "to come after- you were his wife. It'll .19- 1,____I_ _.__ -,_A..__.__-.J_- ixrvu vv `adv on vv--v- ii}/Ii1_dred s hands. vyere agonizingly twistmg and untwxstmg, and the look that was in her eyes went like_sword- blades through ' Mrs. Chichester s. worldly, calloused sensibilities. Vnuq can uynu 9-nacho-1__" Ofl/1 mun-+o:-I-3-ex-so-:-+2:-9-z-+4:-#1-++-I-43g:4g-3-:--'3 `.__1_ _ __,9r, ,. VVUIIUU, \}Clll\l|zIC\.I. 3\:ll5llJJll L\v. You `say--you mean.-- and M1 1d-I red s vo1ce _was hushed and breathe` 1ess--that it is. an/infatua'tio_n? Why, he loves me-I am 'sure of it. ' Mrs. -Chichester laughed flightly. You haven t known him" a yearl `vet. He has been just as mad1y_ an Love with 11aLf-a-dozen Apngtty `girls __. LL- .....-.4. amnesia` | Ila V Elf ? ` folly. I/[HA `_.!U\/C Wllll uuu-a-uuuzu `pI\.|.L_y 5u;o im the past ve years. He axways Vgeys over it; he will get over- this., MISS Dorrian, and thank you for ,havin,g saved him from his absurd I.\lI.. ` 4 ' . QIIICIICDLCI 3 \.uau- ~`He knows all my sad story, ma- -dam. He would not give me up. `He loves me. * ` M11- .1--- ...\4 L-um ivnn T '1.-nrnul luuy. - I Mi1drcd'\gva1kec1.across the room once or twx-ce, then paused by _Mrs. Chichester s chair- ;T-La. L-nnur: an mv sad StOl'V. he loves me." ' - He does not love/you. I,know he is only infatuated.by your beauty. {He will `soon tire--pardon me if I say I knowhe has already begun to tixje. I speak of what Iknow. Break your engagement with.him, and my word-'-_his mother's ,word--heA will not suer long. " ' 'f`L- .......'..Ze-Lari nu-nu nvd "FI1"` Of ` not suffer 1ong. . , _ Q n -' The anguished grey eyes, full _ of sublimest suering, met -the cold, glittering black ones `in .a steady gaze. Then-e " uvm. Me mnther_ ought to know! Lnen-- . l You, his mother, oughtto knowli 'H_e is tiring of me, already! `I will give him back his-7-freedom, since you, his mother,. who love him, who oiight to -know, say he will behap- pier so! There--tl1ere---and_. she took la leaf from her pocket-A -tablets, and pencilledia hasty nofe--give him that--it is his reprieve, it my 'de_ath-warrant; but never mind-`-he i will, be `happier. And -I--oh, Heav- en `- ' : ` Mrs. Chichester took the little pencilledgnessage and put at in her lszlove, then arose and:*bowecl_ grand- | Y i T .`lYou have"519_ne `Q; niobliy Ly. _ . You haveidone a.. most nobly generous act, Miss .Dorrian,1 and .1, and my son, and my -`family will never eeas; to regard it as siich. Good-night. _` ` ~ Ami, somehow, Mildred managed to summon the servant -to show Mrs. Chichester to .her- carriage, and` then--she took herself up to her; room, and feli p_ron_e across the lit- tle, white bed, lying -like a dead wo- mqn; in sheer _ecsta`cy of innite des- pair and suffering. ,. . - . , V Tait an the midnight bells peal_ed `pal! anu suucxu.. , Just as the majdmg out,` loud. and grand] -de_a,th of the day than l pair" and suffering. mijdiaigh-t bellKs.pealeii' grandly~`so1emn,' the -death of the that__had*seen the blightipg of .her hopes, ;the `birth of the*morn that; held po*_ho'pe Three little years-~.when .one looks back on suffering`_unde`rgc'me 4 and forever pgst, but, oh,~.how e ernally for: her. ,*. long in the passing of th e?s`1qwf, wqe-' 1.-.`...:..1.+..1 hnm-s- . V . `-'- -: :5 Ill uu. yaw...` 19",: `._fre1,ght_ed hours. 1. :4 a hm-em` Ikille u - V-r- `,, _ Afreighted hours. < ' .,` -_ I It as a.December night 'agam,. and still, sits alone in her -p1ain_t1itt1e' room, with` none of the elegance of life around .her; yet, herself, ,as peer- `less, as enchanting as in the bygone days when love an'd,joy7 and hqpe reigned suptfernen for a few sunshznygi "hours. hours. . % 'Ih"ere hgfi beer; many. changes 4 since that ateful mght_ when .5119 hadv t_l1'c_ugl1t**"jV."e`1- 9 h_ar_t;,. was)` br_eakmg.:..j wlule her soul_w`as .,.qtte-rly,`_ `qrushtd and bl,eeding_ ' - lb;'eak' so .'men 9' 1'" V many . _ cdngev LL -...I-gum "lD hd . V . iifoni = <`Z1;)"o_`el*`1Chic1Yester. ' `She "had `i.;..:`ehge.raod.n~;.r is ,w.;ra` left the"B eresfords-slbecause it was ' impossible `for her to stand the ner- "vous strain` of any. possibility of meeting}, the man she loved, she had lost, and `who-+had tired of her. She ` had opened classes for vocal and in- stsu_me1'1t a.j instruction, and had pros- . p,,er.ed~gbeyond her "hopes. `173!!! nn`:I1v 'A'A9v|(nu-lrnlruiqv and 1l_aiA~_1,-\`l,`_',UUyJ_Ul`_l!.L ucr `nupcs- ~ .."~.Vs_`.,L1iVCd co's`ily,. `comfortably, 2.an,d `-'-_;_i1;lofnpe -.p-5for* she` `had forsworne so- exety,`t_,hfo.ve;_` and ) marriage--thi`s - ten- der,_jgtruehearted;t lovely fwqman, and was 7'only _lo'oki`n'g for quiet peace in the faithful per-`formance of` her daily duties. E,xpe'ctin.g npthing, there- fore spared` all pangs of disappoint- ment. ` - ~ ' ++.:-++++~:~-:-++++++-:-++++-z~~:-+:++s:-1 - - - I x JIIVLI Do '-Only, .t`o-nighth, sonihow, she found her heart `keeping vigi-1 .with the night. Somehow, she could not drown the. merriories, so bitter, of all that! the olden" days` had given _ and has taken fforjn 'hr. f _ T . .. ...L- 1--- ,,1 u,_ 1,-._,. and. a peace wasiin. her heart, and there were .no`_tears-`in her _though-t- ful eyes:a_'_s- _.shfe sat alone by `the rre, thi-s winter n-i"ght`-; ,th'er.e` was no ash of expectation }..on, her .pure,.sv've'e_t face as 'fsf6ni.=one knocked at. her gioor," a-,nd;_she `quietly -went to" open To `ee ,1Lione1 rChi'cheste`r standing And. h`n,a11'~ the life seemed tlying` ua.u Lane 1 i1.ru1u'.ng:_r. __ . . , _. ` "But she had ieagned her. lesson-i~ out of "her, foione-s e11bour_1dj`min- {ut'e. The next. the be oved voice was` speaking to her-agonized,im__p1or- ing, _thi-illing with a man s absorbing `passion ~ ' `. `(.311 u. - A - .`.`Mi1dred! My lost 1ove--an'.hour ago my mother called me to her sick bed and confessed how she hadjciorne between us, and prayed;-fme togeome to .you-she' hever has los_t_ sight `of `you, my 1ove-and I.prayyof`us' to forgive her, and come `toher before she dies. -Oh, -Mildred,'"y0u.wi}l ; for- give us--forgive me,_ my blessed no-an? One ? uuc: ._ ` -'He was "leaning over he'1:;his hands clasping hers, his dear. eyes shining in hers, and---with a little sqib. of speechless joy, she ung,herL,-arms round `-his` neck and lifted-`-h'er sweet face to" kissvhim. I have been so lonely! Ilam so glad you have come gagam! sh-e sobbed._ L A.-.A .a.L...- 5-..-.. .-..-........ 4.. 1.1.. 1... ! . Ea5X1.`1`_c'l -t1:;:"~t`e`;L\x";us;`>`t"ung- to his hand- [some eyes `as he foldedher to his heart. .A \ ' `'` ""?' I Only a little later, -after he had gone, and Mildred wasonher knees, in wordless rapture _of thanksgiving, looking like some saint. in her ow- ing` white robe, and unbound hair of softest, asunniest brown, and rapt, holy upturned, eyes, and `fair clasped hands -- from out a neighboring church tower, suddenly pealed the midnight hour-:-the same grand. sol- `emn clangour. and as she listened, theihappv tears stole down her cheeks; for `she realized, that, even as the midnight bells had "ung the ,de_ath-wa-rrant of her happiness in the other days, so. now, they pealedl the paean of her victory. over pain |and loneliness and yearning forever. '4 turns 6.-101:: I-dun`-up `Am 1145-: n 151A:-n 9u s'1ia1l never be ldhely again, my httle darling. GIIKL IUIIMILIILDD (IIIV-L J GI H1116 IUILVLI. It was truly, tru13?_ for her a b1_ess- `ed joy that came. :11 the `mormng after he'r night of wee'ping. V I _ ~ . I 0ooooooooooooobooodooooogE % The Gypsy s oh ' ' . A glm'i()uS1y lovely face, grave,-_re- nal; the very es_sence, of. sweet wUm;u11'111c.s`s was wr1tten_ on 11:, anq my w]1cn Lipnel Ch1che_ster had. brought all the rich, warm ushes to tA}`.': u>u:aHy 1v0r.y pale cheeks,_ and 1, 1. nx/PR rlmoo before his nas- V . . % UOOOO..OOQOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO: ` Let_the old, gipsy; tell your for- tune,'sxr. I` see a good one in_ that `comely face of yours--one that will make you feel at peace with all man'- kind. Nay, do not. turn from me so incredulously! Stop a moment, I beg; cross. my hand with silver , and hear what I have to say. A bonny, bonny fortune I will tell you.~ `L135 u-nu!-9""-lnfnrnnnfnrl luv `H19 1111- UUlllly lultuuc 1. W411 scu _yvu. His route "intercepted by the un-__ canny creature, who so strenuously craved the honor of lifting the'veil , 'from__ the misty` future, `Justin Stan- % ley paused out of `sheer ~necessity, f and waited a bit impatiently for her A to proceed, -beating a tattoo on! the& ground with one restless foot: ? }' He as a man well -worth. looking at. Of the average height, compact- ly. built, with as face that women would admire at_.rst_sight, albeiteit was a grave, quiet `one, and in` no `manner handsome. . ` - ' PHIL- __--....... (A. `Lil gin-incqiou} cannon- |rnanner nanusomc. . " The woman---for the singular. crea- ture who stood in;his pathway was of the feminine :gende_r--.-wastall and thin, and old-weird and-T repulsive as.audweller of the Plutohian realm. It `was hard tote-.ll\ to what national- ity _sh.e belonged -' L V Her `skin was brQnze_d`to the hue of copper; her eyes were keen and black as,-s1oes;, and. her` hair, xhicl} _L..- ....Ia-.-I ' 4.:-Ian-you Law ~ an I ' -lUC3i`J GIIU, I191 _ IIIlll~V. J straggted adown beg ; jbaC.k.~ an `which she.._ had arr abundanpe. lwhjte as snow. : .- L....-... `\`nn`,I' n`!\;|" inO)c' \x1?'n1 `wmte as snow. . A heavy black'c1ohkVwas'wr pad,` toga-li_k_e, about her attenuatd orm," though it was a balmy 'S_x'immer- day. 1 her; earsswung barbaric? loops of `Jud, and a faded crimson. `scarf was twisted aboot her head. . `V a `If the -man "bgfore, he: had hoi been so - exceedinglyjmatgt-of-fac`t, _, he would "have had faith .a`t'~on_ce. in her supernat__ural powers. N=s- it was, a -._cjn,temptuo_u`s,;_ gmile crep't_ ;'ibc'out;his _l1ps,- ;.andh1s` tone topk on a,`,_` touch _of' sa'rca_s`m,*asV be sad: ,;,V -` ' C"'I'_u- ihvf\fl1n1d I A `Ul Baluaauu, my uv ._wu-u. _ V -My "good_ woman, I am too old a `pei-son*,::.vTtoo matter`-of-fact,_ an one al- .foge_ther, t`_o beftaken in-by theT chaff you. ing forth; The future lies vhiddn." fromi mortal sight.~'_-xt'ill- the 4Cre"a`tor. himself lifts` -`a`s,id_e" the'_~ veil. Bej sblgood as.t o step.asxde'and al- [1owr`m'_egtjci_.j~:'1Jass. -No', ` as -`sh'e---began T ||1;`f`-1'It'I";>;f91"| tn 1. A .......'. ..-`nttnnofba. IUWT l|l'C LU`-yawn.` -guy, _u-- u... -..-u..-- _to remon st,ra'te, I willrnot `listen to you! -I te ll ygu. I.-havgeino faith; but, }as she-.persiste'ntly: "kept, h_e_r'_ -fp1a_.ce, and he} coixld *not`=j"p,aSs"f;un1ess'"he gthrust `her to one. sid,`.V V ._some money for you; m`I3a'_k_e. it,, and be__content.V . _ II-Ieitossed he-r aWh andfqi_-Lof silver, '- but the gipsy, with a esj;i1'r`ei; of dis- *daii1. ~ 5`.tePpe.d' J.ba_ck. aV* two. `and,..,"l ettm nth: -,e~g;n's:*._1: `Junheeded finj.th'i,ISh:;"3~ ., E}.'3., 5`3?ii,d:PfO_.._ 1f%f,?=`t>1 4. . 7 2; ;...!I`. - `.8. ' -. ` ' * n9g;,xea'rn wi3rei:e;?s;*`1:h%ey__"' drop-j ere is ' I E.~u:~.l1y ivory pale cheeks,_ and mzulc her eyes aroop before pas- bi`_,,mc glances, and her s1_endex_- form` trcmI)1c at his cager_ pleqdlg, lt'1:l3d' _.._WxncL1 to 111111 that m`-vs{m_mng '1\ IJ1d-I W1 [)orri;m he had ga1n_ed,all'tl_Iat_: \_,,-;,_g (lcmuble to possess an the wide. y,'HI']d. I I ifhut had happened A few months },L-fmc-l>ack in the fervent sumtper days when they had met at Trouvnllc, and druxmetl away _the' happy hours; ml .\liMrc(1 was thxnkxng-It all over now, .~t:'.n(ling all alone with the .:1..; .c.n-v niahf, {I1 H19 windhw Stratagem *ANo%R*1titc14v% Abvwcn VJI`I\p_II A was 7abont _he}, she ws` `turn_ii1`g`aw;;_L3`v,'l xyhjen, a; sudden thought st_nk1ng- h1m, `Justin `Stanley cued out: ' Cd-an n ovunubno `"1 O-n11 urn!` hnnvi JU_B|.lll..u3l-VGIIICJ Lucu uuy. , _Stop `a. mmute; I ll tell you how you` can earn. the silver, and an ad: ditional handful also. I gm in- love. I lmmn it nnnrlenhanv assert- \I.lLl\.lll-Gal IIGIIILLIII CID`-U. .l- 6 III` l\lV\.- I knew 'it, . condentxally assert.- ed the prophetess. A girl as sweet and. pretty as a blue-bell. NT-may `I-on `anew!-unrlo I'u11- :11cI- 1-`Tn GIIKI IJICLLJ GD 6 Illl-IC`U\?llo ' . 5`Nay, `he ylaughed; but just the reverse. - She _is rnore like. one of the -wild-roses. `that.-blossom` so -pro- fusely along the .banlgs here-.-having equally as many. thorns as petals. Ruffle her temper, and you `might better touch one, two, three-,-halt a dozen thorns, You see, my good woman, you can t tell flortunes. _There, don t get angry; no offence ,meant. You can assist me material- ly, if you elect. I: want. you to go up to yonder white cottage, peeping` shyly out of its thicket of green, and tell the pretty, zvixenish young lady there--my divinity, in spite of her uncertain tempeij--her fortune. _She is superstitious enough t'o.please`you, and will give credence to any `tale, no catter how wild and improbable,| that you may relate-. Will, you go E ` A... o..-- Far T nor! the mnnev LIJ'dL JUL] 1116] LEI vv J51, Jnliyn -5v- Aye, sir; for I heed the money.` But youerr when you Eioubt my ability to read the future. The wind, the water, the very whisperings go- ing on among the. branches of the trees, tell mewhat is to happen. ' \I...~ gal irnnal-;pnH1N "|' 1:nn\xr IICCS, {cu Inc wuau Ia LU uayyun. f_`Y es, yes! impatiently;_ "L know all you would say. But I am an un- believer; so stop your rigmarole and listen. ` - I 1'1 1 . . , _ -.1 ._....:...-L 41.1. `-\rx`.1. A3 A IIISICU. ~ He legmed against -the bole of `a young lmden; she stc_>oped down axgd gathered up the cams gleammg 1n, the grass. . um... 1.- Ina anlio-Inhanpd her as .`1i'.lHlHI`b' an cuyuu vvaun uni; silt-tit. starry night, In the window whose thick draperies hid, her -from all the world inside. `She7had hee\n 5-L, h;11ipy-st,) perfectly happy. since! that bin;/.ing diamond ring of ` Lio- ne]'s had been on her nger-andshe hited it to her cool, pale` checks. in a pzi.-*.~*ion;~.tc little caress at the thotlght. Yes -- rupturously happy, `and tltiziiitlcss more so in comparison with the bitter experience--the dark iii,-t'iT.< of earlier days-when she re- (:i`.`.I(`i}' Shllt them and their mem- ories out of her mind as she stood there. late in the winter evening, WitiCi1iI]g the majesty of the `-night, []`, i1i)' enjoying in her own, sweet, thiinkful thoughts the `blessed pt`21CL`i11il1cSS that was given inguthat which time angelic proclamation, the wise that passeth understandinggand that m1i_V is known to those who have Cumt` up from deep waters, and who have 1-;t.<.~t'(l through the discipline` if ~:':r;:.r_v hopelessness into new,glad chcc-1'. as the saintly-faced.womati: .. ,1 /In..-