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"V. have tun! elop euk- I? my. haste" `she - turned. &'i;g"S pf this L to was .v\-| uu I..uc uucauulu OI every nome In Amenca. W111 you close the door of your home or office on this re- markable Oliver` opportunity ? III`...:.. 1., 1- ,4- gr n .. The O|_l_vor Typewriter` was ouvan TYPEWRITER anon. cmcmo. muuons T A4; L- o; That is our battle cry to-day. We have made the Oliver supreme in usefulness and absolutely. indispens- 'able in business. Now comes the conquest of the home. ___ v-- _vn v-nu acvnnnvu The s_imp"licity and strength of the OIIVCI In it for family use. It is be- `coming an important factor in the 'home training of young people. An educatoras` well as a money maker. I\..._ ...._ _-n:.,, , A - Iv vs; `.59 lAl\IIl\ lllGl\\aIo selling plan puts the Oli- ver on the threshold of every home in Amp.-am um: ...... -1--- .1... .1--- ...----u-wow \J:avvL uyyux LIJIIILJ 3 Write for further details of 6'qur' eagy offer and a free copy of the new Oltver catalog. Address` ' `all u uuuu DIIU IULI: Lllllh `After morning service at the little old church of St. John the "Divine, Dare spoke to Margaret for a few mements in t-he vestry. Some people lingeredv in the church. - What W38 that lovely girl in white doing? W88 there to be a wedding? Margaret came and stood at the front. M19- D_are, a thin elderly woman with ;a plnched face stood near, Mr. Jones was also present. Only 9. baptism! `Some of those who had comein ex.- Decting something more ~ exciting. Vyent away, but. one or two__st__'1:1lp hngered. The service proceeded; =Th.ii troublesome world.` Ask f'._o.nd4 :10: `shall receive, knock and fit s ha1,1-"b,-' Opengd to you )! `-4? WQQ N `Q11:-u ,,,`\Au nu-ran I Wherever you are, there's work to: be `done and money to be made by` using the Oliver. The `business world is calling for Oliver "operators. There are not enough to supply the demand. Their salaries are` considerably above those of manv classes of workers. .1.-- :1 I999!` The Oliver Typewriter is a money- maker, right from the word go !t So easy to run that beginners soon get in the expert class. Earn as you learn. Let. the` machine pay the I7tcents a day-and all above that is `yours. Z`/ze Sta.rzaara-l;'zsz/e Wrzler, T v`-vu-vQ--`j 7 `cu-vu CTVVW ` mutated would . - ft aclentlno joux-11,31. Ifogg `Port is near. no-we panda. 891d by, A gtartlig conrmation of our be- nlief that the Era of Universal Type- writing is at hand. .: i:;:_~;.G v V W - _---r nJ_ Ina uuuuucu. The demand comes from people of all classes, all ages, all occupations. The majority of inquiries has come from people of known nancial standing who were attracted by. the novelty of the proposition. An im- pressive demonstration of the im- mense popularity of the Oliver Type- writer. . nu. dent ukon c 333 .. nation. Imhont j Tmml: Manna ' Dcsmuc` ' . col-vmm-rrs etc. A ' A lcndlnc a sketch and descrlgtion may a %g`(I),!lll' opln'lIon free wmegheri an . V un uolutrl oonndonytl. on Paeencg 1 ts. 'nix'u1'3"" me we nnglntn `and the - Holy Ghost. ? . v--uu o.-wuss U1. uw1rug.- V q .. Your name whispered the clergy-; man. ` 3-27 Margaret Rand." V A ` Margaret Band, I "baptize vthaefin the name of the Father,%thaVw* 811:1, It man A... ' an- 1.-.! We announced this new sales plan recently, just to feel the pulse of the people. Simply a small cash pay- ment--then I7 cents a day. That is the plan in a nutshell. - The result has been such a deluge of applications for machines that we are simplg astounded. rm L - - uuuuuc W111 (IHWH. up0n')'Ol1. An `Oliver Typewriter-the `stand- ard visible writer-the most highly perfected typewriter on the market -yours for I7 cents a dayl The typewriter whose conquest of the commercial world is a matter of business history/-yours for 17 cents I day! , ` The typewriter that is equipped with scores of such conveniences as The Balance Shift--The Ruling Device--The Double Release- The Locomotive Ba,se-The Auto- matic Spacer--The Automatic Tab- ulator-The Disappearing Indica7- tor--The Adjustable Paper Fin~ gers" -- The Scientic Con- densed Key- boar `--all QUIGIOO. WIHIOIB 038180, IIICIIO Scientic JImrc_q_q1.__ lrvinjlt Inca-I-363` 1A9I A I -Please read the headline over again.. Then its tremendous signi- cance will dawn upon you. I A. .n1:...... '1"-------=~e -- . f Yes, mafam, -replied Hank, I used to work at" me chauehr an me valet. I nabob in them days, ma/am. JGreai; ' cntghi-19:; 2::-:11;nd lzginley in TOW ;1s_1n it." -Lippinc01;t :81. can --~ v-- --u Bu Yes, but "I don much money in it. `lII.., A Not Exactly}: he ilant. An `enthusiastic auburbanite was showing a guest about his domain, di- lating on its joys and comforts as they walked. The guest ventured- uv-.. 1.--; '1- Bnele Stephen; I did. I know what his heart was set upon. He was too old himself toocarry out his big ideas. He has left them in young hands, we will do what he wished, -For the good of others? ` she asked, her eyes sparkling. (To be Continued .) OLIVER TYPEWRI'Ii`El`2_-_iN; EVERY__ H.OME 2" 1 OLIVER coinp'a?1-V TY_PewrH cr I """ ' V--u-- don t think tv1:ere5s n 1'4-9) Yours" for 17 | Cents `a Day! replied ungry wnv-Ir ;:d- l.......:..: 3o to.14i ay in in bor- p-`nasal. bossin "1"`*U`-1 IIU yuu." . ~: `Was it true-her eyes -grewkmltx w1th excess of feeling. ' " ' " ` ` vnnv -n nun 4; u-o1n:nv\nuo\;I 7 `"&&n': .BIave you never" done work? asked the considerate lady; ga she _pn th thiArd`.4%pi9_ce~; o,1_A,A"pie;5, _ N .4!f.~4:'. .r ;.-.;r . -- we SCOT l"S Coal Beginning Dec. I prics will be as follows: Nut Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.5o ton. Stove Coal .. .. ..$7.25 ton Egg Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$7.25 ton Pea Coal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .$6.oo ton 1 less to from yard. Oice Phone, 86. -Yard Phone, 113. l. A w. wmrmrs REPAIRED SHOES B_utcher him. }Eslate pt A.W. Wilkinson A. \.I I. '4 V ' ' " V` There is no food more palatable- none more whoIesome-than Scalshipt Oysters. They can be served in count- less dirent ways. A . - Our little Jjecipe booklet is free for the asking.' Step in and get a copy. We ixave just received the first ship- ment of tempting Sealshipt Oysters. HIV` ' We are handling only Sealshipt Oys- ters this season. We are Registered Agents of the Sealshipt System, and have signed their rigid contract to sell Sealshipt Oysters just as received- solid oyster meats. Just as .delicious, just as appctizing, just as wholesome, as the miuute they were taken from the shell. Sealshipticase Sealshiet Oysters ,.-vv ` DGIIIU DI-LI\'4Un ` L ~1.('o11W}U1a.ve "forgotten to go to the` [Strong for \help. I have. ! h In Baptism you can get nigh to] ` im ` I R. Powell SEA!.SHlPT 0_YSTER This is the Elizabeth St. , OPP. DREAMLIND Glenn, bright anti well-sci-eened ` r 2000 lbs. to the ton every time. N E AT LY QUICKLY ;z{i;n_is'(}|; ' ma 761a .1b.: {- Direct from the best mine in unuuvn Poor child--you evidently "loved your father very dearly---" - - A B 1rnu__Mn run an .-..4....I TI}- Are Sold Sarah Wilkinson. ....Admlnlstratrlx farmers Five P0il_1_tS goodness was sheer beauty. I have- vun AILUJIUJ UUGIJ "1' J Ah yes--'l1: was_ so good-His` never been the same since. llT7_., 'L_,,- 1' N" ' uuuwuuu D was Do Being an adult, the question of I ponsors is not vital, said Dare. That I may perhaps manage. , What is your name? V ? `(T 1...... ...- ..._.....-- ..---.- lA--r "- ` and us 11 (11510 I I have no proper ,name-have I? My father, when alive, used to call me his Fire-fly---He said-I-I -had apirit--I think it has been broken since. vuoq cart. pll OTKY Have you `no friends who will -come with you? A ; I have (many friends, (but they -cannot come without my revealing what I would have hidden-what, .in- -deed, must be hidden from my future husband s ears. ll1\-!__ _, 1 I: .u ' -- - ; that church. It is my earnest desire ' that he should never know of this. I I "want him to believe that I, like other Alas! sir, there is little time for jpreparation. I come to you -and _`ask you to do this for_me quickly and privately. I am completely my own" mistress. I want this matter to` be `conducted privately. I belong to the `Church of England. I am about, in less than three weeks, to marry a gentleman who is also a memberof happy infants, have been received into the church in my infancy." Can you do this thing for me! May I come to you quietly and alone some morning, and will you receive me into the churclii. llTY___- __- '- i CHAPTER Ix.-(dont1nued) _ove_r% T ss3,ooo.ooo SAVINGS ACLOUNTS SOLICITED Capital and Reserve. $8,650.00!) % Total Assefs. The Soul] of % Margaret % Rand }_._.-: Barrie-Branch - Five V s. McADAM. ylazuain x -, V - - .- '- -. -r.naVV!>"."'V Head Ofce; Halifax,` N.S. General. Manage:-'s Oice, To;-onto. General Banking Business ;Transactede The Books and Statements of. tliis Bank are annually submitted to .a V strictly _ind_epen`dent audit. cam: . . _Reserve Fund .. .. `-BY- . A-vu. Iv C-ll-f'Glnl-\L JV "111. But: J ohn. . V . . A , . Ah! yes. Margaret '5' eyo;s"shon`e; Charlotte felt --~as athpugh; she would 3`9i' 7'7` ` -.m-..u uva U051. vvuuu Il1P|a|.ll'Ua Behold! on t I look ravish- ing? she cried. Mamma, see, I will dance. She raised her pretty arms, spread out her dainty skirts, and began to skim lightly about the room, Ah! but it [is ravishing, she cried. Behold, behold-- , Oh, you sweet little darling, cried the elder Miss,,Rashleigh.- Now Margaret, stand here, just opposite .the mirror, and. we will all ,dance round you. I will sing the love-song of Venice. ' Suzette `take my hand- Now let s begin. I - ` In the midst of this entertainment while `Margaret stood like a beautiful statue with her bridesmaids dancing round her, she was thinking of an- other ceremony performed ' not long ago. She flung herself in alchair and . thought; This troublesome world. Knock and ye shall receive. Was.- H! vl-small man :4. ..........:L1-n 1I7--vu."-w JL.lul\l\Jl\ G Jo ouuu IUUUIVB." Was it true? Was it possible`! Was there hope for one who had sinned? Who meant to goon sinning! Who could not now turn-back? . - There was a hush in the room. She turned her head.` The bridesmaids and little Suzette had gone : away. The door `was `silently opened and Charlotte came-`in; -' ' 1111-___-._-L _JI=ln - - -V - Ifsvhall I help you _to get that dfess %-9:Aiaf..Vsher-aide = f 1.4: ; ` a. ':|'1._ .-. " `Q; 1 ` .- .2, /~.K `_ `Margaret, -. what are you doing! You ought not to wear your wed- ding dress, with that frown on your _face. , . .\ ' 5' ' ' ' Was I frowning Charlotte! ' ` `Perhaps not i exactly, .' but yon -were looking n1isorable. .* ' HT yuan +'l.:..l.:.'.... -1 4.1.- `._-_L !l.._;S IV vs U avv JIIIDUI lllu Ills ' I was thinking of the `paat,said Margaret. One does not get mar- ried every day. ' I `shall put` away a- g'reat hnahy childirsh things - to -nrora rnur... _. 9 V Saw; .5 ` `Yo '?,I II voauaauuvv 111 Ill. Lubute 1118." He sighed. Charlotte s "conduct I was the little" thornin his `pillow of down. Meanwhile Margaret and her bridesmaid were very busy trying` on the dresses which they were to wear to-morrow. _e ' Mrs. Manseld and,Margar_et s maid were busy assisting. Suzette was be- side herself with rapture. . Rn!-mlin A....:+ 1 1.4. ----'-`- 5--- -..... ,9 uxu uuppy-more you! [have no right to ask. But Char1otte-Chattie$ Where has she gone? John Rand frowned. What is the matter with her, he said under his breath. She; is l- tered-she does not like my Mar- garet. `Why does she not like her! That excuse about the bridesmaid- was but an excuse. What is wrong! Much as I love Margaret, I shall miss . Charlotte in my future life. . ,'n'n ninhn f1L-..`I-1.L- 0- '- 4 Austin Us Chattie, you puzzle me of late, ,%till -I nust everd ,t1-ugt and love ou. ` ou wi ask Go s essing on ar- Igaret as-well as on me. ` Charlotte stood very quiet and still. My thoughtsand prayers. must be my own, she said at last, quietly.. ]``I have schooled myself `and I am glad that you are happy-more youl [have nor_i_ght_ to I 111-\ I I, ,......,, ugure ror tne occasion. ~ ' I The eight bridesmaids were, as far as possible, to match the bride in , belangy and: e'lIeglance. dThey wage gag ea 0!L1;e0 to n, a: .;ne_.anl pa * iii; w.`i-and to 22. ; 55 "33 , they, said sd in words or dialight. Charlotte of course was asked-nay - , more, eiitreated boh by John J `and , Margaret to take a prominent part f in the proceedings. But she refused. `.` You -annoy" me very much, , said her cousin John. I am sorry, she answered, but there are occaions when a girl must think for herself. You are marrying a beautiful woman. The bridesmaids . are also good looking. Why should I . be the ugly duckling. of the occasion! 1 My dear, good John, I refuse. Suzette will make a charming chief bridese 1 maid, and your cousins, the Bash- leighs and the Rands of Castle Drum- mond, will be `a suicient -body-guard to protect any one._ I'll be present in church, and I ll ask for a blessing on your head John, but ask me no .more. __ ` A lllws 4` a.uU uuuu was E0 80 $0 $116 Bltl` vi inuwhite satin and valuable old Brus- sel .lace, which was an heirloom in the Rand family. Althea Chester was to do her best for this fairest of Tas- mania s daughters, but even she. was. not entrusted withthe weddingedress. Paquin was to dress that glorious young gure for the occasion. , 'l`lm ah-1.4 1...u..-...-:a- - Iswll UVA One 4_____.__:---- Incorporated - 1832. __________ will>-,-Tan'd you `w.illv AL gTe_tT x; _. ., . me- I- nu Points H van .n/In V vuyva U W uusu LIGU UUUU. 31V `on to Mrs. Manseld by Stephen Band, and which used to grace a corner 01- the hall `at Melchester Towers. , The upper part of this old case was made off ordi.ne.ry.p book-_ shelves covered in with glass cut in tiny diamond squares. Then there rcamethe desk part __ and then . the :lower part whereL was` a deep "cup- board capable of holding. any amount or treasures; ` A ' V V s. ` Margaret` saw with V%:delight`. "that V J " itvenph9@'d+.clt`erihe. fbgg nuau nu. vuv LJUUIJI vvuusu VVUUIJ by the name of the morning-room andwhere Margaret and her brides- maids had tried on their dresses for to-morrow s ceremony. _ A It.was a small room; Mrs. Mans- eld was fond of,,spending her morn- ings `here. It was kept in absolute order. ~ This was Charlotte s V doing. She` could not stand disorder `in any- l"_: ` . V ` Margaret now looked around her. The little room was handsomely fur- nished, but amongst the most remark- able of hits adorqments was an old- world Davenport which had been giv- .An th My-n- 'M'n-no-Bali! `In. Q5....1...... tluvvvss urns), DI-IV V7 ULLI LIL! She wou dbegin in the place. She had very stincts, and she recalled Charlotte spoke of the today she had inadvertm behind her. wuunaau uvl o The chances were, threfere, that they were in the room which went R1-9 `kn iununnn ny LL-` _.-....2._.. ..--_,_ 6.. .- When Margaret and` Hester had made their plans in Melbourne, they had quite {forgotten the V fact that `photographs of Margaret had been sent to oEngland when she was a child. ; M . M vuvuauu vv 1 vvuau DIIU uau. UUUI: uu. She felt desperate. Eyen ' at the risk of ,future trouble, she must get rid of these old photographs. John must never see them. She could -bear anything in the world but that. rm... non- 4.-1-4. ....... --....-- _-_:-. 209 I "supposed Margart i1ow-the happy bride of to-"marrow-sat and thought over what she had best do. cu... 4-14. .1.............1.- 1.1---- -1. u-- Va ..--.. . ,........ How well did her {friend recall the scanty light hair, and the small sunken eyes. She remembered how she herself looked on that occasion. She was the _same age, but slender, with curly black hair, a pale face and big,- very dark eyes. She also was photographed, and her father was inordinately proud of her, _and had compared her to Margaret to" the great disparagement of the other girl. " `Kiri.-- `ll .... _-A. ;_:|- 1-r-._L-_ 1, 1 , Of course they were photographs of the real Margaret Rand. She could recall the time when they were taken. Margaret, although a tall, ,ne young woman now, had as a child`! lbeen very `plain. ' may vnA1` .11.! L-_ `A-3 -- J -A V - vvauuvul UV DOG] Illa She went to her room. Her heart was beating very hard. Whatever happened "she must secure those photographs . before to-morrow. She had a. dreadful `sense of uneasiness about them. ` ' W331;-;;`g' -- the. last, day }of Margaret s maiden. life, the rest of the party `went out for several hours. Margaret wished to `stay in. lm um-.4 4-- 1...- ......... 77-; 1.-__L OJ KICWL JUL U Ill-Iv I `J I `She was now, by -Mrs. Manseld s request, staying with the Manselds in their flat. She would dress there in the `morning and go, as though she were Mrs. Manseld s `own daugh- ter, to the- beautiful church where the ceremony ` would take place, which would give her John Rand for` eyer._\ 1 vv uuv uau V1111 uuxxu. W65 LIEU: V Show them to me, please, Char- lotte. - Some day I will, but I can t just now. ' 1 Margaret looked at 'her gravely; The light blue eyes, and the dark. ones met," as two warriors `meet. Presently Margaret turned very slow- ly and_left the room. Q1.` Ono-nun _-: `I._ II..- '|r_-,-,n,1-no, wvv DUI-I II DU 1; ``They were Reuben `Rand. what his own ll!!! , KIICIEIIUUIQ I should like to see them, said Margaret. It had never light hair. I had never freckles. Please show me the photographs; they must have been sent to- England by mistake. ` ` nu IIYAIA nan` kw `van: `nlvlunu van Jvu uuvc uuuuguu! ' You must have looked at some very- old photographs, `said Mar- garet. ` " Photographs of- someone else.. I was never like that. I am sure you never were,"Mar- igaret- I `said so to mother; she would not agree with me. One thing at `least is certain; that when Uncle Reuben sent those photographs to Uncle Stephen he believed `them to- be faithful likenesses of his little daughter. ` a (CT ..I....-`l.I '1n..' 1.. ..-- .;.1.-_.. so ..-:.1 ...uu .u.v.vv ugu Jun yqaaluly your ' ' I know quite well- Mother has photographs of you taken when you were about eight or nine years old. They are in the old Album, I was looking at them a few days ago. Then you were an ugly little light haired girl. Why have you. changed! _How- can your have changed? ` ` v Yli `IIIIYA on` saving uuy vuvu yup uuwuruuus OI l'8.g6- , _ The Almighty is unjust, ` she cried. ' You "ought to have been like me.:?' . ` ` Charlotte! V Yes, I say it; You were like me when you were a o-kid. ' . `-`I was like you when you we're a kid ! How cgn you possibly tell? T lmnw ....;+.. _....n u..n...- 1...- uv. aanasalvv D LOUD. Charlotte glanced at her, she- noticed the symmetry of her slender and yet `tall gure. The perfection of each rounded limb. The white throat and arms. Her heart -cried out with the bitterness of rage-- V `m ~:n \1n~:nn`- 7 1-1:-A owv luv IIJILDBUUII JUIII X333 " Margaret " stood up, Chaelotte un- `heoked `several inysterious fasteninge; `Soon the-`levely robe` lay in 3- heap at ` Margaret e feet. Olga:-I.-.65.. ...`l......-.:- -1. 1 -_ ihas a m-ethis .~ hot. weatAix~er. But n dw I let me unfasten your dress. Marconi cl-ant` no-\ ' t'1I.--1-u.- __._ d,begin most likely 1e sharp -in- l that when Lpoke photograph inadvertently looked `QJIIIIU II. J VIII` JnllIlII\JL, I. suppose he knew child was like. JlA6JIl`l\L LIJ u;Luun1Lvo _sent `by your father, `I canon-\ Ann `u A `to. non- THE 'NORTHER%N%ADLVAN%CE tention. me'H01y Gh"" . (111; was over_. A x 511.9 name. The mgnatures 111 ad 36 ' `;= :g;f; afterwards scarcely n39g Her spirit felt. as`'A_ 1'i8"11f 31*" -vv-O -uuvu Juan vuv J.vuuu_ I-Gll-Ill. .101 many generations; it had seen gay life, keen pleasure, and also tragedy. It had witnessed birth and death, and. on every occasion its old, walls pro- claimed a welcome, a home feeling, to those who lived under its shelter. The Rands had never been poor, but neither had they been extremely rich. They `were what is called comfortably -oif, until the father of Stephen, =Reu- ben and `John, had made an enor- mous fortune `in `business. The bulk` of this fortune he had left to his'eld- est, son, Stephen; who had never mar- 1"ied,"and who, _him_se1 abnsiness man, had. added `to -the -pile of . wealth. "Mar- garet, ..w.a.s ,.now`_ the possessor. 1.0.1, wealth; the old home was. also here, ed. :*what i happier_1_ot_fy 9"n1,d its 1' `*`t-W11; .. .. She was " to the" manfshe ~1ov'5 theVnessessi6n.. of: any ' -T h A est ried, an had. add garet vs wealth; She- wan `ed. W the nos: " 11-1 vuuulu Final1y`John, in his wife's name, invited all present to go to the great barn where a. repast was in readiness for them and where presently, Mrs.` Rand `and A he himself would join them, and where they might end this auspicious occasion with a. dance; mi... ..-__1. 2-.. A-_1, over t had b 1: TL` I. ...`I You are their queen, darling, whispered John. `And you their king, she replied. Then John Rand made a -short speech. He told his wife s tenants that there never` had been in his his- tory a day like this. He had` brought home a mistress to the old Hall. who would love her people, and who, be- yond doubt, would beloved by them. All their troubles as well as all their joys would be- also her troubles and joys; she would live with and .for I llfl azoys ~ JOYS; therp. AIAAJVI I I very, rery. good. _,_._..___ g--no IIIIII I Iv uau 115110. 1183 8116, Wnoevel` She is, to take pictures from Mrs. Manseld '3 album! Ah! but this is good for me; very. verv. good. You will baptize me? I cannot refuse. Your circum- stances are peculiar. I like to prepare candirlates. But I think Life has] taught you. Dare rose. ' I Come here to morning service to- morrow, afterwards I will talk to`-"you for a little, and then administer bap- tism. My wife will, I-, know, act as one of the sponsors, and my curate; the Rev. Peter Jones, as another, Two in your case will be suicient. By the way, your surname please? Neal. Ah, I shall be ready" for youvto-' morrliw, Miss Neal. The next morning` Margaret es- caped from a pressing engagement made for her by John Brand. She wanted the morning--she must have the morning to herself. . She. would meet him at one o'clock at their law- yers, Messrs. Readymoney and` Reade- He asked` her where she was go1ng._ He looked with admiration iat- the extreme simplicity and spotless `white of her dress. ' V [1 A . -u no \.. I _I,!,._.__.-J Knowledge is power, she said to herself. Madame is of the rich! Of those riches I mean to taste. Did I not see her take away the photographs and tear them to pieces, and then- and then burn them. 1 Did I not ob- serve her colour change when I, ap- peared. I tell not on her, by no man~ nor of means, but I use this secret. What right has she, whoever she is, 1:0 tk ninitni-on `Finn: If-N 1'---A-'3'" gun. vuvun wuss My GI-Ill. uiauppuur. May I speak to -you for one mom- r ent, Miss Rand, said the clear, pre- cise voice of` Clair, the so-called French maid. It is about your rose velvet dress, Madame. Shall` I alter , the trimmings` so" ` as to make it demi~toilette. It might suit Madame atthe foreign hotels. Ah! permit me, Madame has dropped this heavy book! Clair picked up the photo- graphic album. V. . Margaret s eyes were ashing an- grily. I will come to you presently, Clair, about the gown. ` Please do not touch that book. Yes, leave me now, I shall soon be with you. ' Clair stepped" gently away. She smiled to herself. l('?._..._.1-_`|..- `V " ' vuu UL usaasalvu an out: IIUW appeared- ith trembling ngers `she tore `the tell-tale pictures fl_'0m their places in the album. Shaking all over she tore them across and across, and then ung the fragments into the re. With the open album still in her lap she watch- ed them curl up and disappear. MINT T HTIDQII +0 111111 -`nu A-mg cn-A--- avuuavuvulv vvursu. - There, staring her_ in the face` were the__ two portraits of the `little Mar- garet of long. ago; How we11*Mar- garet recalled the little plain, honest face. The frightful dress, the -sturdy form. In no court of law in Eng- land would this likeness be considered one of Margaret as she now` appeared; With trembling nanru at... +...... n... vv u_IJIUU\L r With` frantic. . t1 -the `pages. Yes. Oh," yes, good to her. She was not be drowned in the waves troublesome world. . _ ` f'IV`L-_- -L-~-' volume.` j_` The ge.:_ssiness_ `of he} search seemed almost too good to be true. She shook with emotion; Was it pos- sible that this was, the volume she wanted! ` - ' 117241 3 .5 . . * '- ...... V-I\J`J6\II.l. "Jun 6 \lOl.lI2Uo me next day John -took Margaret: the great house. Melchester Hal! been .in the_ Rand, family for I1 (!AI1PlI+,`:1Ii 41- Inn` .d:'nu- lun- omirm xx. ards 1 VA. LJLJI \.l|UDDc A sevret darling, she vghispered in that delicious voice in h1s ear- and the very--very last secret I need keep from you, my beloved. ` He took her inhis arms." { Margaret, he said, you look. so beautiful--and so--'so good; $554`? sometimes I am almost afraid._ She turned as white as her dress, My dear--my dear, she 8.9515: and then `she left him: A`.`____ ______ __' _g_ 1.1.. IELLIA