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in :35 ' "i"`;"|,;e' UGQUIII I0 I...I I 5!! II: c k chair other ' held: the leadfne ggg 3; : {gas po'e|;lI . Pots-`=5? Dealers Everywhere ; I l\._ ___.. -... .......I.o.~. ulunnjnamenl . Ind tend YD` Gasoline Engie; {any lIl.l'; ab LU uvvv vnvvvo v--v _ t` likely to be to one D31 [y;.lovers. To be llfe. he lg,-`in a sense Luke w`as_r;i he Luke always yxghtr W`. De- good of bnngmg home the house that they wetje S atuturned out of at M1cha ml r:19t??9'_}`.`*`:`l 33 +..idfi?;,:. ? ---' ' I '.S|I"vI II-- V ` 01: cut out complete sdverunoment qnd `- 4. - . pUUI iV.l.l\.ua\.J. .He was out of {he way 'when Luke strolled over after ms w-3rk_t0 do the vicarious 1ove-tnaking int .'.= % brother. -- -7- .-.....,sru .\ Luke was never much gweu to `the things of the toilet, and this evening he made no more prepara- ,t1on fo_r his visit to the `~`~"mt=: urt- ---1. 1.1.." '..-.n.%.- and Gsoli-I'\--fiEiigi'ne Litavilwvan At. "the -moment he had an old` memory of an incident long, long ago, when he and May were both Ichildren-V. He had come upon May {O."-Keefe, the centre of a group of --.-...1.. 1..~..`.= hm-.arn1.c. folded over 3. othc hi: peclnmcn ecoming 'hir1igig .,__ A`; U."-t&eeIe, me ccuuc Us a. 5......,. -. rough boys, her arms folded .shivering wet puppy. She had res- ` cued it from the pond, where it had been swimming for its life. Its tor- .turers were struggling .with her to get it- from her. ' - I` L1- -1-....nna-I`: 6&5 ID lvonn p-'-. `~`You re _a nice lot of blackguards, Luke had said, to be hurting a gir.~ V And then he had rushed to her aid like any Don Quixote, and was 1 in process of being made to pay for his -knight. errantry when by the greatest chance in the world_ the canon had` come by gndj scattered the`cr'owd_ with his voice and cane. ~'+- ----- as 1-mo nvlh-no 1'.Ile_CIUWu vvuu. qua uv.-- ..--_ ,,, _ `Ah! here she was at last, gliding! mto the room, in the shy way she `had always had as 'a.- child.- IISOVJ can vvvvaw _-_.__ ,, The-years had made changes in h_er.. `She was wear1_ng a whate mus- 1m..frock with 3. pmk sash, and it seemed to Luke like `the garb of an .angel.. V ' ' ~IIlaVo- . . `She shook hands with him, her eyes cast down shyly as Luke re- *-membered them. Then" she sat down `in archair opposite to him, saying fthat her aunt.ha(_l just walked (`own the -fxe.1d, and would be back in a iewj jmmutes. . ` ` `ll _ 1---`. own -__-, _V__ , Conversation lagged. May her -eyes down, an'd~`Lukc was : ing at, her. Hev had" forgotten she-lwas. so pretty. Had her` `been always socloudy and her v_.-_ .;__.-._.A ....A an -in its frame? l'dggCU. AVa.u_y ---r - , eyes .?.ar- 1 ing at -~He that hey.-`hair! `been always and iacc. " sO~`ro1'md and sot in its frame? To be -rsure she.,was- always `little: but now` she `was round, although she- ` was`: s1ei1d_er. A. How pretty. her waist "`w,`as;`ine the.pu_1k's'ash.!. Her. twb lit- f;1;.;,}iands.`were [softly clasped ~to- " wr_he:{e_tl_;e1ac`e- fell away ` `?5Id `bracelet `shgwed .` ,4` P r. Lg `Somewhere about 9'0 cl0ck. when last green arnd lem-on'light lay since in long washes in the western sky; eldr when the evening star trembled amid d;5_ that coolness, and _the thrush and blackbird were smgmg the last song for the night, Luke came `up the mg; rough boreen-that le(l to Ballyrow- He an. Loggce He was whistling ex.citedly_ as he sn1i1- came, and Michael waiting for him _t.the41;nder aA_ owering hawthorn bush ----1.: 1....... IOUIC a`I._ruuu. ' Tltennfamiliar qervousness drove _.him `into sudden speech. - V` V "`-I ought1i~ E'*" to be` taking 1111 Y0? ' time, he stammered. Tis myvb`ro- ' mher `Michael that ought to` be in V `him, :r`na`y1)e? u`1r-._.,- L._..a.L,... '\.T;n11-1:? \Tn- 1"`,-pr my place. `You'll be rememb._ring , Ly-dn1c(1cU11nuv..u._ .~--.. - _ _ _ u` `v." _ w '0`:1`jdi11*"~"",." l`* fhu1:i` e`fsisn w`E'l.{\I~<;-t`:ms"1';1ce."she was5_a _cht1_,"VrT"`f.he: `1__ ` ,`t11 1ized in_, answered. He had-heard she was 1`-1; frifili` Serene yery pretty, but _not_ pcr-et_t'1er" than 1:`(1 \'1r)~(t)1(`1l1m1 gums _ fast all young -ladies, he unagmed. r r '1 I\`\l'cht\'j-0110. But Tim'e s They are Very gay .*h'..~- I Wop" ec9?``.`*= {` ,1.;.L.d me in the dc: what sort -of.-settmg , you~~.w1l1 ~ ' "' ` make for yourself? Can you {fall into their ways? - ` _ . mm" .\l(rYi$L)1} Deane: whom may. ` 4 _ . 1 the ldlel There is -only one thtng that I lhud long kllmvn wxth _ _ m'frit-m1.sI1i1>. Wm` to `fwd 11 rejoice . at in th1sVtransp1antat1on- ` H me 110W 10118` you will be on my ground; within how he 111ld!'- these past few. years we have been stood my um1c\~c1u1> 1 0W1'5- Y separated more that} I like. You ie`.nhat out of all he knew he 6011- must tell your cousm James that ,1, ded only in me. His synlpathyj am oneofy your `pxeces of property. made mc 1f ``1-. Slow natures`. He lingered [in the doorway, and, sometinm` k" `.. '4 momem to` I knew, felt retrospective and a lit- steadb T3?*`3.`1 1. Md been tle sad, as- I did, at the thought of` slowly c my.~;c11 to the ap- the Old place. being deserted; but he DW*`i "i. mi, `v r`Yht mat'\ hadnothinsg but cheerful words, and ' "--`- --A n-nn(`r|;O"11', ::`r;ibly:`5"j1oAnscidus of his. o"wn' r'o'ugh-' hness, his own ugliness, fdr ,the first time in his wise, se1f-condent life. He.had an odd terror of the moment :when she might lift her eyes and 1_oc:k at him. "' V - 4 _ . . A . 4.-cane: :11-(xvi) mm, }luyyca_' - . _ _4 ._ :`_f-Your nbrother iMicha_1? _ No; I've % _f`or`goften.B.ut `why;-` should, he 7be [in yoiur place? I rc1411e'm_1Jer...}{ou very ,wet;1,"and the`gl'og' an horrible boys. -We have the dog still. We must see if she remembers you. 1' am ver.y'/glad you came to see me. I was always an ugly little fel- 1ow, Luke blurted out. Wait till _you see _my brother Michael. Hes the handsomest lad in the barony. and the strongest and the bravest and the best}? I ,1 1! GIILL ll IJ\.uu.. A Not the bravest an best, said the little heiress; and suddenly l she lifted her lids and hcr`gbewilder- ing eyes shone on poor Luke. Whats vizasit they said? Good. heavens! it &o0`u1dn ~t '-be `that. \Vhy, he was an ugly little fellow. No one t.v0nl(l ,ev_e,,_r_ look _a.t,him,,- much less an heir- .'.'S.S', '.f1d*~af"creature like this, as dain- ty and delicate as :1 ower. Not the bravest and the best, s'he`went ;-_S.S, '811'(l'`9. creature ulxc Luna, no uu... ty dteltcate `the the_ she went `on softly. That 1s you, Luke. I! have never forgotten you. Well, Luke, he said, out in the roadway with irassed laugh, and how l m_atch-making? I m glad your time was wasted, boy; for I may as_ well tell you I m lbound to marry Nannie after all." `He waited, the last iight on his bent golden head, expect1_ng a storm of abuse from the wLse younger brother who had so long directed his destinies. There was a second`s pause-then Luke laughed shyly. I think I ll go match-making for ' myself the next time, he said. And , sure, why wouldn t you marry the I girl you liked? I d do it myself in 1 your place. 1` But what about the mother and t Ballyrowan? asked Michael in ' stupefaction. Like many large, am- 5 iable people, -Michael was often a little slow in understanding. '-- Sure I wouldn t be troubling - In And ....n1;m1 lnke. There's V..- ` % igb}e people -1 ..___ 2 kept enema: woman s organism. It quickly calls attention to trouble by aching. It tells, with other symptoms, such as * nervousness, headache, pains 1n the loins, weight In the lower part of the body, that a. Woman s feminine organism needs immediateattention. In such cases the onesure remedy which speedily removes the cause, and restores the feminine organism _ to a healthy, normal conditlon is chant ow-v v nanny, n;1'|n1Na1Kc;!l1 IA E.- i {'I`gnAaL: `courounn -r..1:1.......a.- A43 2.1 Arfil- I.'111l'uJ.uuL. For six years I have been dbctoring e for female weakness, heart and nerves, liver and kidney trouble, but -in Lydia |r.v -n:..1-1........9a Vnapfnhle Comnound I and kidney troume, mu. -m .._y..... E`. Pinkha.rn s Vegetable Compound \ can safely say I have found a. cure. ' -- - ---A:---_n.. 1...n......ul with than 0811 I31: BO J. Lluvv -v-.--. .. I was continually bothered with the most distressing backaches, headaches, and bearing down pains, and I kept wing more and more nervous. . ff Lydia. E. Pinkha.m s Vegetable Com- A_ pound relieved me of all these distress- "*-`----- ---1 nnno nag g_ women, young Pinkhu.m s Vege 1 I-`ACTS FOR SIC For thirty years ham s Vegetable and he remedy would advise all suering or old, to use Lydia E. table Compound. LI(di\:%M_EN. Corfipound, made rbs, has been the for female ills. " andhaspositively cured t_housand_s_o!. Pink ` (llplocellluuua, ....., - 'tio_ proid: "tumors, nodxo pa1n,ba.ckn.che, _t %~:dowx1J`fee.11_I18..l-iilllflcyall. . SA (101 V l I` \ lar Opens an \. t an `. . d in N tis` ~ . \ _ ~_ \ . d \ ` quart G1-ly One - _ % . ,4 1"` 0. 00 00' 9-0 at" 5 '. - ,% f;o9 ( . of ffioapa [,;a9A:f` Q a 09 >9 him. Do you know the mystery? Thei subtle, iiidcriiiitc uplifting of the` wh;1e:i;iuirc, lilc 'd.i)il1]dOl1l'l_111t of the first ruptiltw, the slow and hard control sf :1 nc\\' being." I was changed mi nf my own understand- ing. F|.'YIi1I.` rim time I apprehend- (i1hcl11111IIL`I`;1iJic beauty of that` amrimitc -f Divinity. Then I first truly \\'ur:iiippc (jod, T`~~ i':\' mm in mazy, shift-i \\'_r:h1mc Lxou. - The :'u'~.urg 1;t_\' lhcn in mazy, shift-H ing co1ur.~. in 111) day-reverie di I`-j seek to nd my fate. Girls are prone: to dcccivc Lhc111.~`L'l\'c.~`, and fancy - theiricm1. mi their friend turn-. ing 1o\'c~cn1-;r; but 1 did not falter` but once, it \\(L>L so cusjj. Aunt Fel- 1x and 1 ml `.im_1 on in our coun-` try homc xxithuut a thought of change. We 1\\'< were alone in the` world. and \'cu'c cnntcndcd as two 1. , I E eBooks and I mutant same Business%tmgsAcIn.' 5A was DEPALRTMJENT .. - .1.-me an account and`inte`rest~is addgd quanrten-1 women L`\' CY C1111 I` `. I 1 1 "11". :1: of CYCT Dc Su<`denl' 1. . I` - %`"-- ~~ -, humcd gm:11um(alxixcglztutigaiidena.1 a chocolate 1f he d come -to tea Ming: than 1 \.,,1.N_ntcd to 61:1. mer spe1}t_ all the afternoon at her mt gmumc Hi '1 .\_01cmn 1 Neg) branding her `ham . before the ab1t..i(]k_M_r ,` I ~ ` TCSPCC - now loopmg 11; low, now pus , l. man I should never 1; k f 11 f ' hm ,1.15Mm,1. Thm m f _ d ac rom er ace, studymg t(',(4,1\. mum,` H mv Wffr Y 1'(11Cr:1 S I knew what she was think c1dL.(11._.h_M(,` M ]~m;_i~`d 5: 3;} 6- behexfed she` would succeec bqt take up rm: .tb0_ i` 01183? -when has eyes fell on hertha u'1th111)'g11;1:~.*-.9191 lnd ccousilcfgorth mg I knew shellhad Succeed` SOIhchun~<: \-,;L~_ (1j5mam1ed allmrf Not many days af:er_ tl nooks and h:~.1.:v._- ixwadcd ahd all found me alone, buried m t] wast~ . ners. ` A 2. W Q t1<(1n`n15,1Lt_111y new hie wlth`. 4. . '- .. ,, Morpat cm H, mrce great mmkse Put aszde your pAo11tx:,s, w .T` W`. _ l` I want to talk to you. to `l\1Or up: 1 was ung,aCiouS`_ `Sol 1a1d down the paper. - 5 _, 4 7 ' ~ ` n00n'Whc:]111l?Lal1e was. that _aft_er-., .`V` Seen.` On-the evefof his #1, V X `A. ualkcd m Swmgmg bxg battle, at seems; Have y ~fd\x nzn zxml l00ki11Q so cooll this article? ' l` '- - :L1. .. mum see; notelesa my UHC none the less keen because cs fa11t:\Sliu At first the 'ul1::oked u\\'1<\\'z1rd to me; I was `in hm-111(r11'l.~iI1};`. `But as I grew ' -l condence and oc- W 3 deg,-L-C of happines_s was e s - :: I had kept in my pclurc , I The my time was ungramous . Morrison Dczme was _aft_e1'-,1 noon, whcll he in swmgmg' 1 hksnaw huL and hxdng coo an(]C(:I1Ix`11TL' as to infuriate tme- M "\7Vc1l," 11 maid, in a few moments,` YOU are crn~~`. Come, take 3. dlkiu I have to go nwr the river. 3" -'" It is rm; fur fur Von? Whd k"W5` h0`~'-M soon, likat knighttand maigl. ye MY track L'm~.~c uh] ways again! lbickcd up my but from the ow; 21111.1 we `walked toward 35113 WE. iron bridge that spanned 1118' n\ f`!' I 1.1:` :.... 1+ -- land 511A H11StV`| '!'-|""~ "_`6v null |,I`.'l(1gc 111211 bpallucu 4|---V nver. l.L'(l\ll`.l.f 'it.~; hot and dust)? `rack we `.1 road that lay a9r9S5. 0, :d$0l21te 11lt.';L(lr,\\'.~`, gradually gammg 51 Ml gmunrl, mill the queer, brown Vt, Wises of l .---- began to strtiggle ta dWn to us, and we found ourse1- : V55 In the la-ng, clm-shaded street-- ~ `he 13Tldc ,-1' tllc dwellers therein. 1"" walked on .~l'r\\;ly until Morrison; '3 Med his errand when we turned 73 back 'dgnin. 'l`hc lmur altered the .5*"f`- Sm". Tw.~YC and ambef faded 'f"t.0 1110 lll-cl: of upper l1ea.'veo and {amt e:ml1-m-ms began to '-;1'VP [mm the gr which bore*a`1on_e- ""558 I 112141 m:\`cr felt before. '$01.'ne} p"10T1 of my mood escaped` me 35 _wIlHl} uzm.-.~.1rainc(1ly. . m dread this new _t1nce1`a!.!1t} l_ 9.9: fr) nzlttxro shrinks so t-1m01',1` Om the llfc lmfore me, that I W15...:, h could Slip quite out Of it._ I.`f_e1 weL00k :1t_tl1c bridgc,V said" 11} '33; sDec1tlfv3.l'?'ll. "Along !tS, da.r1<.,.P.1.Tf_'_ mere .9 Ucmlly 11_tt1e lamps g;1It<;g',a.. who is 110 llfc WlthOl1t them. - ~ 11:`- uld '* - " T * esply. h`f$f\.,Ii?}3.`.`% l`; "'b1` low d - uu\C xurtmng [U . ll',Uu_U19, ', J H`-"" " e.$mY- Have you?- A I . g * e-any : L ,.. _ ` ~ 15, .. .. h.-~ ,.j-you .m..__ V to W Hmse not. There Is not `F31: ~ - L *9 fr, nothing to anticipat-"'."5`I wh to regret. and, nOb0dY_'.`-19 Mi`011ivz;1:? anything mor L V. WE had crossd the.br1dge. It deserted. The low 16f new tel an`d our lingeri I18. 'mdwcre the on1y sVo\}:jA_ds~--*3 my Staten 16th, INCORPORATED `% jazz; __.. atcments of this Batnk are {annually submittedito 1 a strictly independent audit. . T ' - ch, Five Points. G. N. muer.` MANAGER L with me; my rs: _. I` uuvu Q Reserve rung , s5,4oo(.ooo - Hemex. N.s. .` Office, - Toronto. " IIIUIDU-bccncx .u 95. V We are now on the_ open road again, and I asked hnn. If he had 53311 Elsie, my cousin s,'daughter.. HKT AL nznsno QIA \1l9Q ` 5|; Seell Elsie, CUUDUI D. uau5uI.\a._- "Not since she was` a child,'"he, answered. had-.he.a rd she was but _not p:ret_t`ier` young-ladies, .5711! ,,_ -__.- --.._-v nun`! fhf I ln- an _yU\_.uL5 xauwa, u- .......,,--__ gay there, won- -of-Isetting. you~~.wi11 yourself! Can you [into ways? T `fl admire your Mr. Deane," msie said, after his first visit. At the second she whispered, Doesn t he love music? I shall practise Mozart` now, you may be sure. At the third she said nothing. He had promised to spend a cer- tain {Wednesday evening with us, {and `Elsie. offered him the bait of -to tea. She` spent afternoon toilet, braiding her hair before the glass, looping it pushing it back from her face, studying effects, knew thinking of. l I believed succeed. --.-.. u.:- A\1PC fell on h,er`that_even- 1 may. V only thing oice this transplantation- u will within zse Jarated more I` You - A--'A~ 4.L.-.6- 1 Hun us way- He put it by. I am sel-sh jAu_ and think of | embarrassment must "have se well as` you you think it st now, nothmg but my s, I love Elsie. en it, do. Be honest. `Margie, own You knowing me; as Do you Ulnus `db ....,-_ Everything yields to the fortun- answered - "T ry. He lifted my hand to his lips, as Elsie swept in, all? prefume and col- or. I don t think he would_ have `spoken just then, barely giving me ' tune to escape,xbut. he saw. her-. mis- taking eyes_ i/ted on me. 'It,_ was"`soon over, and my merry " at in her. cheeks _.. .539,` `It_ was'soon. ana my A... .. maid sprang in, scarlet in land fire in her eyes. gratulate her. ' ,* He found _a moment -to._ zrge that night. It was easier to tell l hxm how glad I was he was satised ' 44- -1 Iinnngy I must con- . Hull. uv vv c- % and h:appy- alllu ihappy. jery. Sharp 1-. tmnared -over .h1s._` `INC-yr) n I,` ` For two -.'months he. a bnef absence enough. _h Dueuy v---,__ _ ' ,h_e loitered 0v 1- .his`adi.eu `r1ch"s isweet poet fashnox sat in tli room with her,` `ed her unobserved with- gaze` that _r.nade` me fan: love was concentrated on ', Elsie, .1 Ibegan; one 1 he had.gone', and we sat 1) window together, how dc him? ~ L . - .. She echoed -my words. -....nv yo? inan?" . .. V " I know .you_ think him nice and . `handsome, ~4bes1des_ .be1ng_. cleverer ' than _ some men, % but__.1`f he_,shou1d ~ be~ ' ` oor, `or .,s9me A.--fearful W IIV nu-.-5. promised esday with 1 E She 1e er giass, , Lg X `hat succeed. And w she `had si1 cceeded.- ny this he the pap- de youf po1itic s,. said he; -- ..1I;. on vnu_ . U] rfe md ig -mac: cf (`(511- __was_ `intensely ` 1.3_ ``.`1`'_ fn;g-. IV! of "another Ie you_ read = r- ds_"'1`he._ shout", of-[`th'_'new_spaper boys '~_'brough]t us `o't,1't* _o`f_i9utse1ves. Morri- ,.` 1-son swasi` 7tru_eto?he1-self. ` With! a "smile? he sang the little --bailad. of I`.oveleice-"s, _ and as he `eiided`-- `I eould` not love thee, dear, so ' much, T L ' ` _Lo_ved I not honor more-- stooped forward, and clasped her hands. `She, did not.unde1-stand, but "half-read A_s`o'r ne bodeful fate in. his passionate `glapce, my startled an`. nu... 59.9 I. 2 ,__ _ _I 4_1- A` Ir:-v-uaonro-In-en: anianovir, o-.._' .'-v- ' ..What is it,V Merry? t`he silver voice. ,1 "am one" of the Queen s sold- Viers, he `answered, gravely, `a_nd* "changed to tender soothing; whtcha` must haveproven suc(:essful,~ for 11 -found Elsie studying~ his commis-I` sion- with a kind of vanity I shared. .``You will watch over` Elsie for my sa_k'e, the one dear thing I own?" he saad, before leaving for the seat lofwar. I promised` and he shook hands : warmly and moved away, I looked 1 gravely after him. 'Who knew the mischance janot-her *mon_th might holdA?~%He caixght my look and came back,`1feutterin'g his good`-bye, and for the first time kissed me. When the door" fairly closed the only tears Y` ----- -I-AA` L-... mm `(ah hnf hard- the door tairly c1oseu_mc Uuny Lbula B I ever shed for him felt hot, har_d- 0` `The gloomy lists of killed and I wounded in the papers swelled. It n dld no.t startle` me when I read his y name in: the long "confused column; 11 I only thought of what must be done, But what could I do? I was t I the only one at "home-I could not 1 , hurry; to the battleeld. It was not : my right to nurse him when he 1 came. But when my friends wrote . _me he was in Coleenso, and, not a f word was heard from Elsie_and her 1 ,aeco1_npan_ying papa, I took my sob- [1 `er, old`and faithful nurse, and start- ed for Colenso. Onc_e_,I thought` of the propiyieties; 'the'njf:`._Pooh, said I:-the women;- are to`o*,husy to com- 'n men on" me, and il71,av ee_I I 10'_t` .S0m .__:_-m n+.m'= -'~r'ncl11' before ment _on_` mhe`,t.anc_1 .),r1,av.::_~.-_-`H1 nut 99...- ` {`S2 }e``i1`2?1?oufljefieyigfaibiiii * `ttighstayas the _haIr,dest_I ever fpassed. V "i `As? early indtheifnofnin as I dar- til ed, `we walked to the hgspital, At the entrance? stood some youngepeo- ple 1n -deep conversation. few i minutes delay and inquiry, and I walked slowly down. the room to the bedside; - _ _Ah, me, Morrison Deane He smiled, and said, .You are here, thank God! I was speechless; _ but nothing could have torn me . from him after that-only Elsie. 5 He seemed to lfailrapidly, and the ' i-:---A `I\`I\1)nr` f`DI1h*.f11]`V 9 ! .I IIUIU-y ll'|lbl- Ihnvwn ---... He fail rapidly, .physicians looked doubtfully at each other-the women sorrowiully at me. They could not bear to lose so `loyal, so obedient a soul. `T1-uer than steel, rmer than the rock, gentleas a girl, yet ghting ing on his men with a resolution that there should be no failure. That is the soldi_er-t-hat was he. ` After` a long consultation the sur- geon told him _by how uncertain at . thread he held on life. The ampu- : tatipn of his right arm might save him; but in his enfeebled state it . was a. `great risk,`and yet the only with a steadfast sternness, and urg- 1 ` Aftera by um lthread on Tl` tatipn right mi mm; 1115 was `great hope. -vac - 1___ Aletter from Elsie lay next his :1 heart, as he . answered cheerfully, 1 Let it be done. I shall not die of that. She loves me!- he whispered 1 to me. Let me scratch a. line to 1 her before. , "So I fastened dqwn _a sheet of`! paper to the-portfolio with p1ns,`anc1, ` gave .him a pencil. With some dif-| -ri,cu'lty hemmanaged to_ write with his blefthsand. p , 1,` - - n__nl lbl Iv unoccu- Much as Ilhave longed` for he_r,' said he, while I folded it_, I am thankful she accepts my will so p_at-. all the comfort she iently. Not for her ex- could bring would I have ~-o--4 .,. mpg scenes for -an hour.- could bring Wouxu 4 us... .. - -_ posed to thesepscenes elf I, die, turning his eyes ful1.on ` has lost me,_without the` added an- guish of detail, for she has not your anchored soul. - b After the operation, contrary to all their fears, he began to rally; `daily he grew better, till my blood began to bound again.,- Hour after hour, as I sat" and fanned him, try- ing to `create a. coolness in the heat- . ed air, his eyes met mine with un- daunted courage. . .~,_1_. ..,,,,;,,p9 ,a~the my face, she will only. know she ` (1a'L1I.1u:u Lvuauav. I can never ght again! was" the only despondent thnng he .sa1d.` But then you can nd some oth- er honorable employment, the doc-- tor suggested -A few. morning: later, and this rnwatchft attendant dsaud: b This is` unaccountable! ` Captain Deane was so_we11 yesterday that .. ._._,..... em unk of sendmg hum watcmux 'dl.I.cuucuu ....._- ` VA so well yesterday that I began to think_ of sending him home; to-day he Is the weakest yet; -`his pulse is absolutely nothing." '.Is the arm painful? walking -to Not: much,`. he answeajed. The doctor. made hxs examinatxons `and -went aw_ay sat1s_ed..tI watched him ',1ie_ rnotxonless, tsxlent, pale, only , a -qu:et_ breath or.` weary movement showmg ham ah-ve; There was no change for the better; as the days passed he. sankeunder ..an invisuble hand. ' . , . Then it came to_pas_ as I leaned over` hum, , send for` _Els_ie now? _ s that I said. -` `Shall I not .4 , ` *He tumedeehts face to the wall as - 2 he answered, ..f`S.he will not marry a, j` eripp'le_, AM'arg'1e.;._1shei `has changed . hr`mmd~f? t s t - Tha; letter was on I _gave,, It. to me,~ but cou renunclation? I coulc Vdropped unheeded as 1 over him "and _touchedf mine. :11 .;could not. h enemy had` `struck him -_t_maware.. ` . I` " ~v S ( "I " "I `- mcoRPORATED` 1332.2; 1` ' 2 ;He turned ms Iacc u, ...-. % 'rIs~it so, poor Vc1 ii1d? said he_` .faint1`y;_;_Are we`: all yvrqng?`-` Be iai_t;1)fu1`;i.v Got)" wil1;,.et 11; righlt. f ? ' %5..~`\?aine .Y`}!i1? .they~- I.9..w.e..r,-. `V ' " d/':red~_,th"e`1r ll T%H1:fNo1z'rHI;R\: ADVANCE uuuu. H at his `breast; he it cou1d,I read her nciation? could `not see. ped a_s.I put my arm touchcd; his check with :.;},~I :_could not .. elp it. `His (I .-could not. new -... hxm .una1-med se_scen_.es rmng LC without " I--- I-4. 1-ma nnf vour % 9999ooooooooQoo6oooa Dobwoooooooooooooooooyooq A -T --A.. __..n eves. And s11e 1lI)e_-YfA'.111_1 of ai` ..You ll have to `do it whether you --al1 eyes. nnu 9...... ...`.T.._. g. 'fter her` Be1gian c'on- icouldn t --be that. W \ `like or not, said Luke Dady'to his` and graces a _ Maybe she wm1ld"nt look at ; br`ot.h.er Michael. What's the good` vent. , _ of-` crying after Nannie Walsh whmen.-n me, hg.adde_d I_I!Ote.,.,110I>,<`-f}il11.V...,. -. . mu ""for.tune?5_ ' ~*she .11' 1001;; at 5,0 fast en0ugh;v2_.A,es.s, and"-a"c.reature 11 ' " ` ' shef_ha_sn tA a penny to ,lier_ _ . _ . .If'L tWasv0n1y yourself wa_s-in It -`and said Luke. Tisn >t like you 'to-bc (1113 be 80138 against afraid of a girl. If I was to stroll the ' on - myself, I wou_l ` Y0.-5 But tW111 break the m9th1"5`; up- there this evening a11d.%v-3 vcr have forgotten 3 hi?-13 t0 1a)_7`_.Ba%Y,1>V\{`311. SQ 1* Wi1_1ila hint how the-land lies'_r>`f _n out o It s e A ave_.to gon M: s l i` W S, - ` . - . ` things _don t better .themse1ves,`. andiieagziifsgjtaeis re?S(1)_wied? _y10Cunge$-g t that quickly- '- ' {broth'er. To be sure, `Luke had re.r- the" gF nd >Luke looked about the neglected` ried the brains of the-family since W351? t e lawn On which they were Standmg,l he could walk alone. The Wemng St? coolness, and e and back at the house, which-had brother had never thougat of _ . , , _ once been a house of consideration, putmg_his `wisdom. Now he acqu1es`- Were 511131 I but now showed sa-dtevidences ofrced with scant `gratitude in. Luke s the Dlght, Luk " neglect. The glass porch was fall -=plani that he should smooth t`mug`s- ing to pieces, and had a . ` ' ' -May O Keefe. 3- standing against it, partly as a prop,. himself had an idea that while whistling partly to make up for `the brokenll _' he Michael panes. Half the glass in the vmanyl -' lan-ty at.the under a owering `thought of Luke as..mat*ch,-maker+- Wondered what a}1-:1 1 and ome to Luke. windows of the -house had gon * _ . ._ .__-..... nnnpr 1119 would `inst slip round t. Nannie c ` G` 1 tn- ..vl1i=+lino- nr 111 - _Ien_d me illnstratedgatnlogue No. Engine to uni ;, ......... ._.. .... ..T. ..... .;.........;.`....... Fame - ........................... ...` ...... ..;....': ............ .. uuuuuuuuuuuuuu nu uuuuuuuuuuuuu IIIIOIOIICU uuuuuuu uooooooo'iuI 551904 \1--._.__' `Luke loo wer U--nxiv ked about neglected` the brains or the-i.ui-ii, e standing, walk star tremuicu aiiiiu and which"had brother thougit .1e55 once consideration, puting his isdom. Now he'- acquies'- 50118 but now showed with scant in. the mght ` 111) ` ' ~ neglect". fall`-xiplan that `he things board.` `or him with 33- _ _ _ whistling excite(1ly_;is _ `the brokenllwas match-making for him--hv: Michael _ panels. Half lthehglasshirii -many eild with a; (Ee1ary'j0culai'it1y atk. the under ad okvering hwtlioiin ' win ows o t e -, ouse a gone, an ,t oug t o u e as.rmatc :ma er'--i W011 ere w at at a cou d have E had been replaced by brown paper.'he would `just t.' i\'aii._iic come to _Luke. He was never one ' ;As Luke glanced V towards t_l'ie\Walsh and maybe give her a hint f0!` Whistling 01' making 21 I10iS Of fhouse a hand wasdwaved to him; {to hovg cruel th'e f_ates.seemed any kind. rom an upper win ow.a i ey e pair Hi yT)ul`?g " uwven, Luke Said S e in `There She is, 53 Said 'nde1'1Y3`iVer5 Torbie sure: k`""" `hat roadway Wltl1,a11 tI11)1%3.- there 51;; the best (lime mothe,-`in w`as_r_.ght. \V3.S1llZ_1.assed laugh and `goes the that ever walked the earth, and s e L k3 31W3Y_5 W"~1=it VHS '~h match_mak;n?v is -hkelpless with the rheumatism be- 3 SW1 t0 3 0 cause the house i rotten with the '.0I'1g to he 50r_1`a =1 WOI'Smat_Ch-maker could damp and the Windss coming in at_ Michaelmas? The_)(911 have folmd, Said Luke. She If you were to marry 1'I10tl'lCI' J10 idea Uf h0\V' bad Vvogldnt let talk about you at th. them. The shock 811. ' every chink. , . V _ May 'O Keefe, the girl with the tlmgs W1' W11 b H 11 ,6 , . . fortun ou could be taking he to 0 GVICUO11 W11 PTO EU}! H ML c s - - , e y r l'It was all a heavygcqil and-=c_d for bog}, nf`01_g1IadmZ;'S tgg $315 yvgstfl 53 that place abroad where Mr. Lang- 1"" `mt "-`'d' Pd like to. See thlPf _ Mlghaei bound _. `E/21,... . 11 | , __ _ ...-,m w en in. ..,...+mi the last iiglit on his rn'cmnunrAmnmxsoI?**vv..:;. f `/+> ~oi-ms. :<> from upper Wluuuvv. said, tender1y;i! ittle mother`! that she r is wind s at fortune, you taking her Lang-` ley got cured. I d to the ` that place auruau m._.... ..--. M _ M n oor ic aei. ,,D0u 01 that Sameo was .1; f01 t thefest work to bet, and to keep her in com, . int girl you bro Luke much to the things this pat .54 cr said, lookinog wistfully at Lukes wise, freckled face. Like! Love! said Luke contem-, tion for the my ptuously. What nonsense you, doqtage-. than to wash his nands andl 51 kc an effort ct smoothing git be talking, Michael! There is_n t}.face, ma much good in liking and loving] his stubby red head, and put on '21 yo the chimney; clean coliar, with a blue tie, which, a when. poverty sits in corner. Small use you d be . tolhad the eftecthalthough he dtdiit Ba Nannie Walsh without a house to. know it, of bringing out the -:olor St, of hishonest eyes which were as i3] i cover her. Out of it we go at Michi- ,, aelmas if we don t pay the arrears. blue as speedwells. lit E And it ll break the mother s_ heart, To his amazement, while he wait_ , A ` Twas -too great a job, said; - - - _ 5 Michael, with a note (of Slfpl(t1y11I`l.`.:(f1 me th\/.hIi1teeat Cl:10t3:gra`;'::g IICCEISI; :1: s 3}iZti.}`f5 pf; o e?ia?er ?ie%`s; 12-`UKeef~e he became conscious of a rh left us the way we are `.feeling of trepidation. it was per- ta "E But the !re aid Ema We can hold` haps the unwoiited daintiness `of _.: y P * ieverything, so much at variance d up our heads with the best. - - , - 0 Many a one would have: gone into}. with his own ruinous abode. . lt gave him a sort of anguish to the court. . _ 1 _ Not the mother. -Wasn t she al sit down on_ one of_ the chintz-cov- - d chair with its silk cushions. He Dcfll great little woman to do i_t? _ _ ere ` ' I don t see much good in it my- had on his rough working clothes.l. `H self if we ve got to turn out,,said But unless he sat on the oor he icouldn t get away from the chintz 1 S Michael ruefully. But we won t have to turn .out.`. and the cushions. There were ow- V," You l1 marry May O Keefe and her? ers everywhere. T'he piano stood fortune. You ll make .Ba'ilyrowanl open, with music upon its stand. ,what it once was. If you d clear of? T_he light walls were covered with he the debts and give me `my share pictures. The`warm wind` from out- side came in through the open wind- maybe I d be making aglittle home` h th 1 _ . ows, `w ere e mus iii curtains stir- ; _. for the mother in case she and May, V didn t agree. -But` I. think they d` red softly. As he- looked away from _ me agree. May was always as generous the piano, a bookcase full of books as the mother herself. Anyhow, P11 caught his eye- iizuiiii-`: .`e`*:.i2`;M.yi `ishe be thinking of at yourself? asked` the elder brother alL,(6he -Sa1d- t. mmseh re".`SSun.ng- ~ -ly- Wait till she knows tis Mich- with 3' gleam of .hopefu1neSs' l kel. that s' ready to court .h`.er. 1 V3 .It is me? `Me!--that was alwavs - , - , v ~ . 00d an ugly little fellow, and cut out forl ggggtryelgd aoi ggajg he ; an old bachelor. by `reason of. being Michael _--- .1... 1...-.An1-near fel. ` 1| mix; Michael ruetuuy. . .out.`.: you'd be making . for in she didn't d! generous the P11: L slave on the farmto help you. uun.-. .1.m.1An + vnu marry May` the tarm to nelp yuu. Why shouldn't you marry Mayl . asked brother, with a ; IS `Me!-that always an bach-elor reason of being` `tidy. And you. the- handsomest fel-. `low in the countryside! ` He looked at the depressed young! giant with the -golder: 'n-cad, who was ! leaning heavily on his spade, and his! own face softened. ._ T uuvn1q1t`11 f Zlk ` OWTI IELCC aux t(.u~u. I wouldn t ask youeto do it,\l Michae1een, I wouldn t, indeed_, he` said, "if it wasn t for the mother, l Tis for her you l1` haveto do it. And `with .no delay. . Tisn t likely `May and her ten thousand ';pounds will be left long. Glory be to good- ness! w_asn t it a great sum for old Corney` -to make out of the shop? ` Ten` thousand pounds!` And to have only a-little gigl yo leaire _it to!. or ...u..- mnsd her. saxd M1chae1| g,...+++#+++4f++h19v%#$+4'$%%%i'!Hf4'N%*1~+$ T V` R*""W`MW. _ - mm-e. days, and the,parapet..` .A1fe'y0u n04 -.`~'M31`8i to ms ri1> _" ,t',L.1.-1: {md hardest for me? _ ; ` * T 11hat\\';z.~`1N1 1. `Life had always ' His `tone shot through me. 031. eig U\~c1,l1111t,`\l'U`1.L.nt with I11): how `V ice; x;)c;tC<=;le1:: t_hc {iatsmag m'c;1lfet;g,1`ts1e fa: ye g? 101m 1hc.1t`55 ffnrst Je:d ` k i 2 `V .'mu_.Uc_ , ` mo -sec er rec. ` ,1\\'11;~dBtl:)t 1?: ; 1Ig:.veav: e at-ed niyw S dthhe_un.o1i)fe11he ongi l'M::-:l1:7(u1th1c11cc :eg;fxl1n E?sli1e, `my? s,'dau8bt1'g; 1ldcL.;1I1(1 f-Hill lf hagpifacsis Was ch1`ld 1Y`- .116, ,...r.n 11 dcgrcc ,L usqxr . -rr 1 1 I- __.'.._I nign ' uuvvfc only a~ll_tUC _gIn _Lu ma. I;_ never hkd her, pass1onate1y,._ _Ax_poOr 1_ i . snot`: pousn Q ueaxhe 53 1-,hg.b`1ackest'and (113103? V gtipolih made; Honest it woosyooovvvvyvwwvvv -_- - - - , V V L --all eyes. And $115e_ l1ibe;fu11-of airs` aid after hm` Belgian C011- she e1. goodivent. he addqd. more.,,_hop,efAu111y.._. r Nannie Wa}_}1, wh,en.-n` 1jn_e, ` _ ` Dem`? 1361' '10!'~t`111<`-? *. Sh; =l1 Aloolc .you_ `enough,-: yoqrself wa`_s=in It-i11"d's`aid Lake. ~_ Tisn"t like [ldn-t afraid 1 m9th1"5` and. 2:.v~: .Ba11y.r9v~_ran. S9_1t__Vj51:1Ei|a hint the land 1ies'_e{j _-. . .. A_1_-11:,`-... ..m- nf nr LS8` )1 Tlopclulucaa. _`e!--that always` How, ' 4A___..:.I.-.1 EVE `ll Luz. ! ' s_a1d `Mmhpel but of a thmg` The Farin r s Friend. . -. -"1, __ _.. )\1...-13:-`av-'15:!` IIITK-khan-to u-_v_-._.__._._ _ I501` Grinding. 'Pfn`ppin;. Chuming;-':|;i General Farm or Machine shop `Work, the `II .I` - _o Uh. \ Q iame Branch~~.Fe \ We % 'Ms_