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UNI: CIIIESIO The beauty" of her_ `face, the frcgsh charm of. her personal'i'ty,';moved Lord Westeld suddenly. . H.e_ had suffered during the `past fortnight lmore wifh..a henniless future before him. than- he ,had ever suffered. yet` and , th 'thc'>ught bf"Laceda1e 'm`d- dened hin1 ..- = ' (.\7_._ ...---4. .......;;-- `I14.-c.... 1 (l'7C (l Illlll. . v , . I _You must marrv me, Hester, he .=a5d.`sw1den1v cat'chi.nsr her by the wrist. J wi-llhave you`!='?` - V . ` "1 `wi1l_.never Vmarrv you? He=t-| Int : anger wzis.r,r1use_d n'o'w4 tog th'e `fu. amtshe-`bad%1,oAsrhr fey. You !.o?n1v ~ cared _ ..fo_r :me_ ;be`c_au 's_e ,of_' mv- '- ` ` ~ I- know`i~t-~I`-yam-.~s ute"OAit& nun I? *su`s%taiLnd` tone _ is secured in the j Mason and Risch piano THE e"`=' Med . T `:md'nelv` hred o - . . n {_The `spruce of which this sounding board is built is grown gonly under certain . ecli`m_atic conditions ._ n ~ in a particularly rich soil. gWe are fortunate in the districts from `which we secure our spruce as` it has proved a very high grade article. THE evenly grained and nely bred sounding board of the Mason and Risch piano is a great`factor in se- curing the instrument s beauty of tone. ~"I"I.-`_..._---- -1.` What do ou mean? she said,` breathlessly. I run-4 `KIA:-`CA1 ! van:-`A n cl-n\ :t\F_ cannot alter now' 3 ~ ` ~ her life. You ca; gi`**;1an s love is; at the eleventh ho -6 up now` r- and mm; III CGLIIIQODIJ 0 Lord Westeld made a step for-' W376, and in sudden terror Hester ga've :1 scream that rang across the moor. There was murder -in his face'--black, relentless determination to kill and make an end-or so at_ least she read it, as she stepped backi out of reach of his arm, and in step-i ping back overbalanced on a loose` stone and fell over the cliff. Ilblu LL] II.IIIIU\yIlu' \.J\J\.I I L `I IJAIVKI IL, but 1 did not do it! . 1 "He turned very slowly, and, with-I out looking behind him, walked away`: with his face set and hard. 5.1 _-2I1',- L__1_ H 1,, ..SJ ('I"L_i I I did not do it! said`Lord \V`est-Q eld to himself. God! I wished it,} 1.--; `I .12.! ._..'4 .1... 3;! VVII-II IIID IGDC DCL GIIU lldlklo Q I wxll not go back, he sand. The, money :5 'mme-and Laoedale 1s sav- ed! ' V - T1 1],! _fII `l__,1_ _,,__- 41-- `anu IUDL ula Uvvu auuI- ux, ungg. wuu \lL uh: nu; n - V u u . .1. The sun was getting in a blaze of "It does seem dull, eh, Hester, just orange and ame when he paused ' to marry a poor man and be hard-up ~l`.(i(lL`l`l) and looked behind him. Farfor the rest of your life? away in the dim recesses of his mind, "I don't think it is dull, Paul. I he thought that he heard his moth-ubelieve I have found out the secret cr_'s voice calling to him, and he of my own heart at last. - stoppeddead, He had loved his mo-l He caught her hand in his. Do ther, and he had lost her when he you mean that you have loved me al- was a boy at school. Perhaps if sheiways, Hester? had lived he would have been a bet-! I-I think I must have done so, ter man, and now the sweat` stoodialtered -Hester, though I never out on hisbrow in big drops. If he;knew it. And he kissed the words left H?ester- now he would be as mur-.; from her lips. derie-r. and he would never `see his: _ ____________ _ mother again in the Hleaven in which! ' ' [she had` taught him to believe. I` E Q I T +1-.n..~L.4- I... g-SJ 4-A `1;1`V\Cn:- "Ti WI`-Ie walked rapidly back across the| .moor. with no thought beyond the tumultuous trimph ofvhis own heart. He had saved Laced_a1e--but, at what a~'cost! He had gained the worldl *and lost his own` soul! _,_;4!, , 3,- _ 1.1-..- _ A The "piano with a soul _ The Mason and Risch sounding board is `built ' up of carefully selected narrow stri s securely held by a series of ribs, as shown inillustration. . i :1: C A Ql A A II of this spruce rmly glued together an / I and thought it was my mother! aux: uuu. laugul. uuu |.U u\.u\.v\.. I I\thouqht,T he said to himseif, I4 .11; 41-un (`marl urn: Anna I-1'4: Hail` fuluuglu ll WaD ul_y, u1UI.u\;1; . ' * But the deed was done. He had: ipausedto think,'and before he knew: iwhere he was he was retracing his] steps to the cliffedge at a far more` rapid rate than he had left it. He` was `not conscious of prayer, but his` whole being was pulsating with so strong a hope that he would nd Hester alive that it amounted almost to a prayer. `He had forgotten the mon_ey`for a moment, and had re- membered only the sin that he was lnow so anxious not to commit. i ur~u- '1: 1A-, , L--- .__-..l--.1 ....4. L.-. . CC` ..ITUD TUD$I.I gin should own a Mason and j `sch piano. about "the construction of the Mason `-i'-**-"- and Risch piano. Send us this coup- S, urxqm on to-day and we'll mail you In- mud mm ...u.. side Information which will give ` ` '"' -"" ` you the illustrated reasons why We would like to tell you more/ .P?1:ui:SE:(g.`. shoulder: 3 Hanoi: and Risehpiano. Thlslnnovny obllgatulnetopurchue. N830. . o c o Q Q ooh O I I C I 0 O o u too o C o O I O 0 O IO Mas 0 n and Risch 'llLl\V DU dll)\lULl3 IIUL LU \.\J1AI.uA||,. '- "She will have been washed out to sea, he said tohimself, unless per-' haps her body has been caught oni some projecting rocks. ' iH:e had suffered far more than he could have imagined possible beforel he came in sight of the bare shelf of; cli where he had left Hester halfgf ivan-hour before. But at the foot of the same rock, where hethad seeni her x`-st sitting. he saw her Inowl again with Paul Anson s arm about: her waist; And as he stared and} wondered, they turned, and he saw.` their lips meet in one long kiss. 1' 5...! `X7...-LCAI.-I cl-run-|t1:It\' Glace-n um-` '_l_`}1e ZMgs;on a'nd Risciu !...2A__.I |.llClI' lip.) IIICCI. Ill UIIC I\Jll6 :\|aD. I -Lord Westeld standing there un-J. certainly. Anson Vlookecg up and sawi him. and ineanother moment he had; pushed Hester-Stanmore behind him} and, had advanced to meet the man] whn Had once been his friend. (:17. _--_-A.I_.--___. L1--1.` II C IIICV VI inn-nu 32 West King St., Toronto. \VHH uuu Ulluc Uccu ulo uxcuu. . You _cur-you murderous black-I Inward! he cried. between his teeth. You would have lefther there to] die. without caring. Do you know that I hadbcen looking for Miss Stanmore all over the countryside. and had found her with the greatest difficulty only to-day. I came in; search of her. and'though yotydidl 1101* lrnow it, Iewas coming along_the- cliff bv the lower path when you- _vou---were almost the cause .of_ h.er death.` _God! "It yqu had Dushed her. 'xrer_;:;`rT4ivould `have killed vou`-now `:-hj*e!v'--She` felIv`o`n'1.y'.'-a few feet. `.1`?'. .'-,-,'ii:I."'\ 1l*`,1."`.!`e`. her '<=,n`ve arm ` ` ..-. -3-gs: _:_:J'1xn-_. `1'I:10.uE::, mm. City ......................................... -- III-_L ',2...- EL 1 ';-ru_n u<:| I_u u.I.'_v cuuyn ``_`V`-T. v di'r1C`n6t_,`pnsh_;_J~=+; said VV_`.esf- fiId: ,"> *wi-t_hJ d_1`y1i1:L='.- `_`I" did not touc_3~ "V .r` "an`1"_` I *&C,1'<--`- - -11_`.':vsr;-__-to--`seeV me. .' LILVJIILJ. L DVVCGI ILB "Listen to me, Lord Westeld. 1 came in search of Miss Stanmore to tell her that her lawyer has bolted with every available security that she , possesses. Do you understand me? ;She has not a penny in the world- .and I, who love her, can ask her to l t i marry me! t no-A .\XT...-56-`H.111 val `Ade it-;_ 7|_\'\'dy3, ILCDLCI 3 W Qfaltered wknew lborn! "I would not have touched the 'money. I swear it! I `.1 ;C`lhQQ G-A drin I Act` T . Illa`: IIl\.5 J Lord ' esteld looked at his tri- ,umphant face, and tecognised the jproud love-light in his eyes that iltransgured the man whom his best 1friend would notecall good-looking. I .\-I- 1...-.. A.....\... L.-. (~r\:r` LIICHU WUULU IIUL ball 5UUu`IUUI\A1|`. ; Look here, Anson, he said, -,hoarse1y, on my soul I am glad that `you and she will be happy. And `without another word he turned and ileft them. I Paul, said Hester, as they strol- led back to the village together across the moor, when I came here to poor old Nurse Gareld's tiny lodgings I never thought this would be the end of all my troubles. "TA. AAA. ntnlxnan zIu'I1 AL Llano..- :1:~G UC LIIC uuu U1 an an! I.l\.lI.llJl\.D. eh, "to ;_md {for Qf yo_ur "T Ann L LIA`.-`I; at :3 A11`! Don` T Lydia E. Pinkham s {Vegetable Compound 1 AA `Ln`TAIun table Compound. .. Eleven years ago I was a. walking under the doctor s carebutgotnorelief. My husband` per- suaded me to try L dia. E. Pinkham s egetable Com- ound and itworked ` ikea. charm. It re- liewfed all my pains -J_-can n11#nII`;f\lD Paul Anson stood . height with the uncoxgcictfgs hgs lfuil` ofliemer Snuunords bod ` yd? arms, held against his bare m mus wasxnad for the n1onneng__n:: ie rage an_d horror and pity fo tender hfe that these twovhad ~ the." ed, and in another moment hwreck- ung the hunting knife with e had mg am over the carved 1, .}1err. ashed for an instant" in 33:15` .1` then struck the electric jet f .3": and shivered it to atoms am? . light other moment the libraty W35` 3'?- n. darkness. ? 7 I 5137155, Liv . Va.--V ``I feel that I owe the last ten years of my life to L dia ~ , % inlEham s egg. . e ompoun . Eleven I ' ,3; shadow. Ihud been ` undebr tthet doct1<;r;s care 11 go nore e . ,j': H Lydia .=;Veg3ta.l(>11_<; Ccllmd oun an 1 wor e ike a. land 1 2331532 2% ;& ? lwomen to take Lydia E. Pinkham s i yvegetable (%?n1pouz1%.T{-7-MRS. EMMA HEATON ienna, . a. Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Com- Eound. made from native roots and feflzff contai1(11st`r)1-oi mcclicigr harm`; u , an a o s e recor for the r est numger of actual cures of female 'seases of an similar medi- ls cine in the country, an thousands of E voluntzgi testimonials are on tile in i that P` `ham laboratory at L ., Maggi, gem wirer who_Yyl;a.,f\v_e _ er; `%lI1;la1eycl:I11 a_ os over 0m 0 plaxnts, in&2&a_ _tion, ul- 'i ceration,disp1acements,broid`tumors, ':e:i.:resulariti9s.t1>eriodic p_ains;backache.s `i'rid`1ge_st_i.on: and tnerycuus. prostration. Eve, ` such sueringwonisnvowes it to. ` `. vs : 1* V.` V BEBWDIB UUIII uuuu. a. uucu. If you won! like special advice s;a.bont your case write a conden- ;ftia1' _lettel_` 5 . ' -MA1;s.V Pllikham. at o . RI-I, Alll.W:ED_l L 1'*m::;! vl min. A 5; w at an aown MASON RXSCH re . puma co.. TORQNTO Paul Anson opened the door quickly, and carrying lH~.ester pressed against his breast, he went up the corridor. In hrs ears.*rang Adela Horton's scream, for It had seemed to her that vengeance had descend- ed out of the unknovyn, for neithe! she nor her companion had been aware of any spectator of their love scene. The blood was thumping in Anson's temples, for peaceful man that he was, he had looked murder in the face for those few moments, and he felt the lust of'its still in his heart. I I So Lord Wcsteld had deceived; him after all, and had broken the` heart of the woman he loved! There could be no punishment bad enough for such :1 man-nay, he ` would shoot him face to face when the next met! - I . _ . l In 1:; arms H`.cster Stanmore SUI -I rod and moaned faintly, and in an! in.~'t;mt he had forgotten everything` but her despair, her crushing sorrow'.I He pushed open the door of her lit-1 tlc .~itting-roon1, where the lamp was still burning, and laid her on `the! sbfzl, mm] in :1 few moments sh wasi sobhin;_r her heart out with` her facei hidden in the satin pillows. "Dom cry. H'.ester; he is` not ' `V ' O` wwrth )1. .<:u Anson, hoarse1y. _He; luul xylthtlrznvn himself some dust-` ancc Irum the pitiful gure In the CT11m1)]L`(l muslin gown, for he could no: hcztr to look at `Hester 1n her grlcf. M .I ` 0 I _A.:" I c--~v-- _ I "I trusted him, said the girl, sttl-! ling In-1' ;~'0bs at last with an effqrtfg LEMON < The Books and Statemnts:tf s- Iaakt are m a strictly itidependentv a_udi_t._ Barrie Branch.lfi%\{feV#i fcLif1ff1`,f' capital 53900-000 A %=Tmf'_d'nto. \ Head Office.` -` j - General Mas-1ager'S Bank 0 f vw_III I II.I"j.I;;_` I One dglian; opens a agcdtin: a`:-`1v_'cl'~i~1fAte1;;st is.addgd`haIf}r te Dainty, Delicious New The Secret of 3 Hagi IDDEN between two erisb, beautifully} biscuits of 2 unique. `design, ` ie ,_a; 1 cream, with a avor of pure;lem 1oin~-iuie"e.i our Lemon Creami Biscuit--o ut`i4u About 60 ' biscuits to AGENERAL samuua %aus'mKsrmsacten. > " "'5 `.3 .E`l`lP.%R..TM`.`E`..`N::;f~ n Anna an nnnn.-.. -..`.I E APRIL >`2'2; AND the pr'e oent-re1"VnarkAab:leA deinand will be, still mor_e'g_ta;ly inqreased qualify-% The ewe-:{ cor;r.ect to servhit Continued. from Page 6.` mconpoaxrzpw wag. T1aeaer<{t--`Quad. ;5.4oo.obo "I think that is the worst-'-to: trust a person and th.en`_rnd suddenly that- all y,our world as Just in ruins about you. . ' ' ` [and that the first `Anson-`noticed, with a" curious contraction? at the heart, that there was no note of love in her voice, " thought over- whelming her had been one of per- sonal disappointmentin Lord West- e1d s character. I an ashamed, said H-ester again, nging. to her feet. -We were to have b'en-- married .. in three days, land -now I can never marr him,'and what will everyone say_? 511, I can t stop and face him again! I must go `away, Paul! You must help `me! His name jfcll so naturally` from her hps that Anson flet his heart cap. _ ' ` But {where can you _go, I-Iicster? Oh, I don t know--anywhere, I `suppose. But, Paul, listen; there is someone outside the door. In a ash the room was in dark- ness, an_d.Ansonr drew the girl he- hind a screen "at the farther end, wheredhe held her `close hidden. Anson, are you-there? said Lord` W]est*cld s voice. `But as he` saw ith_e darkness of Tthe si1ent room he` `wxthdrew again, and after a moment` {gig fogtsteps c_lied `away behind the` anze oor again. - | -`I? 1- '19" -131- I "could not see him, said` `Hester, under. her breath. I am not strong enough. Perhaps he would persuade me to let everythinghgo on the same, and I could not do it--I could not!` 5 cnnxo 4 V i H-ester Stanmore drew herself {away from her old friend with sud- den, widegeyes of horror. `.`_You still ,love me? she -said, faintly. Oh, I inevaer drcamedof such a thing! g W;\n.so'r1' E:-lat->.<`;(l Th; cia.s`1;w;f" 'l_1is ixhe throbbing of. his heart, Tell me what I can do to help you? he lsaid, harshly;`only don t,try me too `far. `My God, 'H'ester, I-I love you ,sti1l!"4 -- ` . c, 1! arms about her, almost faint with. I anfa selsh beast to tell. you` mow, - cried Anson, passionately.` gForge._tswl1at I have said, please. . {think I `am mad/. - ` I . , A ]. Hester put her 5 eyes. What` are` C ICIIIVJQ ,,..-- - , t--our New. Creation. to the pound; anTnuAal41y submitted tho`- A 3 G N.Miller. ; ~ MANAGEHA hand acrbss her we: .to 310.? she_ Yearly, reat ,sai:d.A "3Fi.fst Elou a..dt1.eg;}1_m `of us in troubie! % , ` Anson stood =1ookin'g at her mis-` Lerably. .:I-Ie lojied thus girl more than :life itsglf, and `now he had hartnedgher. ' `. . ` . Go away..nOw, please,-`Paul. -I must be alone to think all this out, said*'H`ester, atelast. And, knowing that his presence would only cause her "fresh pain, Paul Ansop, with one long `look at her, turned and left the room and-heardfthe key turn in the `lock behind him. M/'he.n he reachedhis room Again 'he7found it" occupied by, Lord West- field, who was ipacing the oor like an uneasy_beast of prey. _ (S\IfI_ . ll -1 What are you` doing here? `he said, sternly. -Have you not wrought _enouTgh'mischief in his house to night? L I ' ' " lII\I I ' . . .- 6` s . "Oh, so it was you in the gallery, Anson. :You. would make a good melodramatic actor indeed! sneered Lord VVeSteld. What possessed -you to throw that knife? You fric ht ened_ Mrs. Horton into a fainting 5 ! ' . I "What were you doing with a:_14 other woman in yo1.1r arms? sagd `Anson, sternly. Do,ypu know that Hestei" Stanmore was m the gallery and_ saw and heard everything? 1!? ,4!` In I (l'\,_,.___ u---so _ w:-- an---`. -win: an v - `.4 ......z . Westheld bit. his lips. "Because you took her there, no doubt, to spy upon me"! Yes, `I know your sort, :Pau`l Anso'n! A hypocritical spy, 1 call you!` -You choose a mce way to win Miss Sfanmore s affection! .I manger--_- suppose you are such a dog in the r n _ n -I P, A,____`. words ceased, for, Ansoii struck him on the mouth. -cur .... ---.- g.-. - V _.._.v... -God f<;rg'i;e -3.1311 andume, West- `rcld! You rouse the very devil in me!_ cried Anson, hoarsely. a car . * 1,-__ AA ---vu . vnnvsn snopuuvou -v------J. _Lord Westeld. stood looking at him with slow hatred dawning in his handsome eyes. Then he lifted his handkerchief to his mouth and wip_- ed his bruised lips. I ll be even with you yet, Anson! he said. There was never a man who cross- ed my wishes who did not live to rev! pent it! - And"without another. word he had gone. l . Hester `, Stanmore, watching the slow night steal away and the dawn break acrossher little sitting-room, was disturbed once by a knock at the door- She held._her breath like a terried creature. hiding- from an implacable enemy, but she heard no more`; and a moment later awhite, twisted noted edged itself under` the door, and lay like a snake curled up within reach of her hand. For a long time she sat staring at it, as if fas- cinated, then moved towards it and unfolded the sheet with ngers that ishoolc. It. was from Lord Westdield, `and the sight of his handwriting had [power to shake_ her to tears :- ` lliirouu ` I g Will you `see me at eight o clock to-morrow morning? I can explain everything`. -It is all a mistake from beginning to end. The whole. plot was engineered by Paul Anson, who is in love with your money. I taxed him with it. and he could not deny it. ask him yourself and say I said so. W'hy, I have never loved anyone but you, and I told Adela `Horton so to- night. Are youlgoing to punish me for love _affairs played out and n- ished with long before I_ ever knew you? I think you are 21 Just woman, H'ester, and there must be truth be- tween us to-morrow. Hleser Stanmore read the letter and tore it into a dozen pieces. |Therc is no truth in any man, she ! said to- herslf. "`It isal1 this miser- able, hateful money "that bewitches `them. I wish I had not a penny. (`I Vfslh 11oi1;E.i' (`window . across the upland sweep of the park towards the sunrise. There were no lights in the windows `of the Court. Everyone was asleep save herself and the man who had brought the .note. The sky was reddening to the ea_st,`and the opal light-touched the tree tops. Beyond "the boundary of `her great estate flay peace an.d yfreedoni. She would throw off her r.esponsibilities--for a time at least`- an_d be free-a girl without a care; `a girl who could be `wooed and won for herself alone. She "would` tell neither of the` men who vowed that they loved her where she was going, but she would leave Parham before anyone was awake, and go out into the world -and forget all this horror and disappointment. ' A - u . . g _ ----ly`-v-r_-~--v--- She; sat down at her writing-table and drew a cheque on her bankers for a large amount, then steadily wrote a letter `to her aunt, in which she left everything in her hands for an indenite period, and broke` to her the news that she had made all ar- rangements for postponing her wed- ding. i p 4 A ca` , . V V ` "It will be a great shock for Aunt Clara, she said _to herself; but the dear old lady will be quite happy; looking after Parham. - Te. .1- u-_-_-- 1.-- .1... ..:.a..l ` Ivvlsuaa nun-V. - _. .... .She left, the house by the side door, `harnessed her own dog-cart, waking one of the `stable-boys to `help her with her box. And,"as she idrove into the sunrise, with the fresh fspring wind, in her face, she forgot, `for a moment" that her heart .was broken, and she remembered. only that .she had gained a freedom that shehad never possessed before. Both of those men had loved her for her . money, and of -her own free~wiI1`she [would never see either of them again. `The past was over; the -future` lay {within her own hands. and, touching the horse with the whip, she drove on with--a new -light upon her -face. . C_hapter_ III; ` Be.cai1*se of `the Angels. A I "ITz_1lvays said yogi vverea fool over the bus'in_e'ss,i;Miles,? said,` Adela 1:110:-- mu, .13`ng1_1;(j]y;'- ~'?A whole ,fortmght Vhas rI5a._Ssed,`and.'you' hiav .not1 found --. x > lite r: ",H`jest`er, and__I_"knOw.'i for an; absolute tr.th3t*.SZ3Zh.$ !*5t".i'fd_7 .th wilt ' A ,$,he;~.ade ;When,'$ :...W.as. first`- 1-- i~--l- Lin l\I.'-:`V"'"n:h'Q`h`-fr ".`H`a}HdE is` Wllcll VVGD, Allan. r.gn'gaged ;oj~ypu.;` ,Fr%:mk Lowndgs is! her,_-lawyer,` and Frank and `I __'axje1 1* S. If` s,`l11;Ad1fe:'s, _a l_1','i`g'~ slice" of ; `herV.7property.:`%20 s4 t9'yov{3_T%j ._ % M % % ` 111.9-'n< >'vs-,? ~T%HE&`i\*-oRTHEViRN% {ATDVANCE `*we:=.c e`m. ,, `E3! I A ,1 . I FEE : mgr 3F"com" wi1, Horton also was"a guest. It .was supposed-fthat now, since the? had been jilted`by an heiress, he -would console himself by marryiingghisjold love Adela H1ort_on,-and the` friends with whom he was staying were an- xious for the match. _.'But Lord W_.esteld was like a bear with a sore head, for the attentions of his credit- ors -were only to he stayed off with difficulty, and, since Adela Horton had been the cause`of -his discom't- ure, he no longer felt any affection for. her. since the hear of a -man of his calibre knows neit er`fa_ith nor chivalry. " T? I I I)! . .1 Tcatch early ttfbut at a shing lodg :21 I-I-In n};1Aa` n` PAP1Q `iiftlkli AM.-e nu: v an J . =H.e look_ed_ dovn now at the o- man who had -spoiled a. brilliant fu- tufe for .him,`an she shivered at the look` in his ejis} " ` ` - -1.1`? C II I -'v- -.. ---.1 Ir; v-as We were both; badly done over the business, he said, L Perhaps we were both` _fools. Q Anyway, what does the fact of Miss S-tanmores testamentary. inte`ntibns matter" to me osf\IIv 3 noy; Adella H-;<)rton',`1:)`e.au`tifu1 `in her ta- gown `of agmeycoloured chiffon, rose from hex-'seat .fpnd,came over to him. If she .died,:{:'W'esteld, you wduld beset on your` iegs again. ._ `l'~-,.n 1:7 -,.t'1-'1 1 _I,- 1. . , L. ' -Lord Westld looked` straight in.- to the dark, handsome face, and read in it a message that vstVirr'eVd`Vson`1,_e_ .chord `in hi 0wn heart. ' `;VV:e1I, {$9 W;}1<-:- | wickedness, commend me to a wo-V man! he said, .emphatib.1ly. More .1-Tncn at-an-1::-van-A11 Lac: 1\`I(\I``t`, llltllla IIC dlu, ..CllIyllaI.I\dil 0 3 Mrs. Horton shrugged her should- ers. I fail to understand yqur meaning, `she said. In what, have} I offended'now? It was "a beautiful `afternoon in May, with golden sunlight on plain and `hill, but` Lord Westeld saw no- thing of the fair world about him, since hefwas beset .wi_th one-thought --the lust of murder` that he had seen written plainly in Adela H50;-' Iton s eyes. a ` A nit- I -. n -- --v..`.u-so - _ ~But. Lord-'{N;este1d, looking `at her,d1eft the ~._ room without another war . " er! `he --- VJ -- IMoney he must have, and how to get it was the problem. He had ne- vet pretended to love Hle.ster_Stan- more, and her death would have been more than a convenience to him just now, but he wished that Adela had not put the thought into his mind. Only that morning he had received a letter from one of his creditors to whom he owed several hundred pounds, and he was only allowed `a week's grace to meet the debt. !All the pictures at Lacedale must be sold -perhaps even Lacedale itself, and at the very thought be ground his heel into the soft heather that car- peted the moor. I . (V . The wild country about Stanger appealed to -him, and he` walked ra- pidly on for many miles until he reached the edge of the cliffs that rose sheer from the beach below. -The grey granite of the boulders on the moor, the blue line of the distant horizon melting into the blue of the. "sea. had no meaning forhim, because his heart was lled with a fresh thought now--the lust of gold, the despair of poverty. ' It was when he was at the acme of his despair that he suddenly turn-` ed round the corner. of "a huge bould- er and came face to face with Hester Stanrnore. She was sitting, looking out to sea, with her cheek propoed on her hand. and when she turned at his aporoach he saw that -her eyes were full of sorrow. Lord Westeld! Hester sprang to her feetin such terror that it was evident his appearance was tptally unexpected. uvv . n 1171 . I . .1 H-ester! Why`, what on earth are -you doing here? I have been hunt- ing for you everywhere. ` 111 '.r II ,, A _.-_ f__.` Lord Westeld made _a step for-. ward, and the light fell upon his handsome face and easy gure in his rough suit of `fishing tweed. She was afraid of him; he saw that in her blnnchipg face, her timid eyes. T nnma horn fn he nlnna she U1--I-\.un,|;.4, re-.I.c, ucx uuuu L_yL.a. I came here to be alone, she, said. `7I-I never want "to see you again; Lord Westeld, and you know why. .IV'saw you. in the li,brary,i_and I heard what you said to IM :-.s; Hior-I ton--the woman I believed to be my friend. - an .4_.,__ n,r-:-_- A.......- I 4....`I.. ITICUU. V 1 _"I_ s_upD.ose Maiot-' Al`I__SQl1_ t00k` You `there? He laid his olans"well`.l Is he with you now?- The-snveerlnel the well-bred voice,-`the look on the handsome face killed What little love .there remained in IHester s heart for the man who had deceived her. `:7 .1_e_-1_ ;_-._ 1---..- -..... ...... Iulnn (HP Ina`) wuu nuu UCLCIVCU. net. ``I think you know youare lying about Paul Anson, she said. throw- ing back her head proudly. She had never looked prettier than she did at that moment. with the tendrils [of he_,r__.eoft hair escaping from underl the blue serge cap that she wore-- her slim, erect gure in its work- man-like serge coat and skirt touch- ed by the west-going sun that found out golden sparks in her hair. and lit a ame in her eyes that`emad_e her ten times farther re`-noverl from him. "Hester. won t vou fororive me? said the man. swiftly. "Can t you realise what it was for me to be leit by you at the eleventh hour? Can't `vow see what a. fool you made"n1.e -look. independent of the fact that T loved you?, .Do` you-. hear _ me?--I loved `youl" V T - 4|-rvj, . _ _,_| 3- -_--_ 1 4--- &'..-A. uIDDl\ `_'How could: you `love two` o_wo- men?- said Hester." undcr her breath. I amb`e"gim1in`g-to, realise" that I' fould nqvr have `loved you. or else I could "not have left you as `I did. I_,c'ould not have borne to see, vou nowdas I do, unmoved by anything _but, anger. ` ' * ' V J L AA-AL-A' -:V-LA-.. -Pg.-- "94 `mask |l\JV\-\l JV-.-