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Nitude. A ..,... .. ....._,. _ `I am indierent both to Mrs. Rand s riches and to her beauty; she is my cousin. I therefore intend to. save her from an `evil tongue like yours. A on no I-11 nu9v\nnn<:AI| nunannl` ,5 J VLIIDQ I An ugly expression crossed Clair '3 face, but after a minute, she said in [a meek voice: ' ' II?` I C1 :10 u I- CU l.Ll\J\J l\ V \Il\J\I I I m sorry you should .think I would offend, Miss, but rest assured that in the future you will have noth- ing to complain of. If (|'l1I....L' :. ..:...1..a. 'r ..1....n .......t ...... Lug DU UUIIIPIHIII. UL-" \ That is right, I shall want you to come here every day except Sun- day for_ a week. You will have your meals here, but must sleep out. Your wages will be four shillings a day. My mother does not allow beer. (l'R'~:-5 Him lung-A T9-n Inc-u:`t|` nan- AVLJ LL-I-\I|lL.uI\Jl \.l\ V9 IIWIV WIIVIV II:3CL M1ss, i[ m _'sure I m qtute-% con- tent. II???`-II , ,1l,, l"r I`, , ,_, IIULIUI w_ Will you alter this blouse accord- ;ing to this pattern? You can make Ia list `of the trimmings you will re- lquire for this, and also this coat and skirt, and I will buy them for you this afternoon. A ' 7 (IT? ' `I'D _ I.` , 'If',,, , ,.` on 0 uL_uvLuvvu. :`Yes, Miss. If you` like, Miss, end would entrust me with a little money, I could go into Sloane Street and get the necessary materials myself. I \Tp\ nn\O\" Q-pa-nun T U\CA&A$ lltnz-\l\er:Q`lD = ;w:the`u;e;eee&;:;e words 01.3%.; left the roo'm. When this happened Clair dropped the blouse she was unpicking, and buried her thin. face in her` toil-worn hands. . ' ` ULIU Jlvuvuuu No, tha;1.i: you. I prefer choosing Vmy own trimmings. ` . vrrinv A\ ,, `__,L _, ,, 1 101 1,11, - IAAII IIVII-A1519 I-IIJ cull.- ;Lall5llClU uuxucu. NU I/A16 JULIL15 ;u.uvu\.aAo I It is good to see you agam, Mag- gie. You have had a bad time .my poor ohill_. but thank God, now allvis well. H. V` ,_,:1 `Ar .... ....;- .1... ....:.:x (1.. Ls4uo\ mCon`crete iwalksi are sightlf, everlastin and safe.` They cost less to build and nee no repairing nor painting. Write for our free book, "What the Former Can Do .W:'tk Concrete. Ittells in plain. si le language, how is 1a'_`l!l:;stra('ed .m . A 9 an n can save. money on arm construction using oeinent for Barns, ; Dairies, * oundatrons, Fence Posts, Troughs. Feedin Floors," Hitehing Posts, Stalls`, ilos, Stairs, andso forth. , , ; _A_" . V _ _ _ a- ii: repairs befofe they are replaced. am I kto and so 3.33`. 3.3.? av.e`i V er," she thought. _-`-` Yesterday I felt : that 4. I, so to speak, ?ad `er in the grip of my ~ and,. but to-day ,she. s as` aughty a they're made--wot can be. wrong! And I who could elp er so ne; but never mind, my young lady, perhaps it may be best for me to cling on to Mrs. Ragid, she "ave the most to lose. I could frighten er now into eeein me. _`.Iest a letter, an the mention of .the church ud do the `deal. I ha a good mind to go back to Mrs. Rand. She were aughty enough afore the kid come along, but a mother ull stoop ever so low for the sake of her kid. Well, I, ha. a week secure. Good food; light work; and good pay. It ull be time enough for me to decide which 0 em I cling to wen the week s up. CI1l\ `A `vlnvv V5536 V101: V110 VVUUR Q like Meanwhile Charlotte went to` have an interview with Messrs. Money- penny and Reade.` She telephoned to them that morning, and when she ar- lrived old Mr. Moneypenny was wait- . ing to receive her. 1 w-11 ll':m= `Il'..'..ml3-I.1 ..:L .l..--.. 7 JOB I`/I/V111`! L195. 6 V\I 1 Well, Miss Manseld, sit down, j.won t you? You havenot been here +ever before that I [can remember. Very glad to make your acquaintance. What can I do for you, Miss Mans- eld , , nnnuuvvsu FGDDUIJ DIJLULIS JULII uauua I And that is quite true, my young lady. You are neither rich not poor. We have managed to invest your eapital -so as to bring you in four hundred a- year. That sum, for a girl who lives with her parents, can- not be called poverty. We had some tiiiculty in investing all your money at four per cent. but we have done it, and you need not fear about our investments, for they are all sound. "9 `If\Y|If`l'\(tVIv\1! luau-u.n-1.& ..--L LL- stretrrhml out 11e1` fourcfd it ioclwtl in Mrs. Manseld/s. ` .\-l:xr;_-'nret," said. the older woman, you were very ill and for a'time your -use was entirelyone for doc- tor and nurses. Not the dearest friend on earth-not your `own de-.1 voted husband could have done much` for you then. But God has _been good. - I\'utwithst:nu1ing your illness you are able to nurse your own baby, /gthus hC]}ing _vour recovery and doing un- told gum! to your child. In future, 3'(m must look on me as on a mother. I s}mH .-nme daily to see you, if'yo1_1 'iiIm." ._ -.. I. u u ,._1.!_ The old gent1eman s voice was at oncekindly and haughty. He look- ed straight as a die. Charlotte was conscious of a sense of rest as she watched him. She said now with a smile-- ` ` ' '11? c UIJLLIU "`I.was under the supposition that I was fairly well-to-do. You will scarcely credit, Mr. Manseld, when I tell you. that it was only last night that I learned thefexact income I possessed, and it was only last night I was informed that all my money matters passed through your hands. fkn` :a 1111:`-A `Inna -an-o -vA.-..4-an nuvvauguvuuu, Lu: uucj 111:: an auuuu. ` Mr. Moneypenny brought out the: one word `sound with a roll of con-i siderab_1e pffect. run 1 .. - uxuuluulv Ullvbllo ` Finding` that Charlotte made no reply, he continued-- (`T L-...-.L LL-L ---- -7 --- ---1-3-13-3 --3L`- guru , nu V\.Uuu1ullCu"` JI trust that you are satised with my partner and myself as your men of business. . (IT _ , no on can I. A.. I VJ. I.l\.||JLl.l\;IUD . I am quite satisfied, said Char-| lotte. I am pleased, she added. Iram gratied to hear it. ~ The solicitor looked at her and she looked back at him. Each of these astute persons was taking the exact measure of the other. 11: __. 1' n - . q uu uuulu vs. Vuuc uuucx. I wonder what has brought her here to-day, thought old Money- !""``J' , `It is a` pleasure to me to learn that you are also my cousin s-John Raud s--men of business, continued Charlotte. Mcno:-ypenny s eyes lit up. Ahl. he said. Those dear young people are very wealthy. , It is splendid to feel that wealth and nobility of character should go to- gether as in their cases, Miss Mans- eld- How happy you must be now that your cousin and his beautiful wife have the felicity of being the parents of a son. I am given to un- derstand that the babe is a very ne specimen of his race. - (CT .v...n.'l..L L. 1...... 77 n...1'( 1L.._`l...LL.. Drvvsulvll UL 1110 lolbo I ought to know, said "Charlotte, for I` was in the house when he was born. ' Were you, indeed? Yes. I have only just come from my cousin s house. I am` happy `to be } able to tell you thatboth mother and; chi1d--to use the hackneyed phrase-- are doing exceed'1ng1y'we11; but now,; Mr. .Moneypenny I know your time} is valuable. May [I tell you why I- have troubled you with a visit this, morning? I .... - ... . . l [ I The alawyer crossed his legs in a} satised manner. _ Wrnunsmv, APR1IJLl_6,: "`I ax, continued Charlotfe, told! thatmy money amounts to `ten thous-j and pounds. Over that capital, II: 4. _'s v . "tlIIOO00oolOIOIIooog Con_frete." M Wma: !hFariner_ rm: a copy} of 'may send _vwvv vuvu ID PIVUVVUIH I can draw on my.capita1, con- tinued Charlotte, her eyes brighter ing, ,without asking the consent of anyone. l( (IY:d-l.....L ....I-:..... 4.1.- .... -_A. -5 uuu L IIIIIDU ELI-IU But lawyers` keep their _secrets, don t they? asked Charlotte, with the faintest tinge of a smile on her ugly face. --V vv vuuvv vu nu} UGPLUGI. ' I_ have no power to prevent `your .dtavnng on the whole of `it, Miss. Manseld--x_nuch as I should depri- cate such a proceeding. I. IIQII IIPOEY l\I\ Ivlvv nnv\:Ln1 A-.. VG IOIIJ VIII`?! L Without asking the consent of ; anyone, echoed the lawyer. 3 I can do it without anyone know- ing? Well, I am afraid that my partner [and I must know. ll1'I,,L 1 . , , , __ I -gzxru [-_haveV-.-being of age--absoluto " col/K: 't`to1. A _ V J 111?- _,n,. .u 4 `I I ``.You state the facts quite correct- jly Miss , Manseld. .` m`|n`- Ind-.. LI... -....._ `ll - 1:-,,-_,_' ; SJ -II-LIVUU JlLG:lDllUII.Io 4 . I 4f`That bemg th_e case Mr. Money- penny, you can, 1f necessary, allow me to draw on my capital. ~ T Iunrn nn ntu-nap 4-A n-.........L ..-.-._ E12t SCOTT S Coal R. J. FLETCHER. Agent. Barrie. Nut Coal... Stove Coal Egg Coal ..' Beginning Dec. I follows: P; Coal... Elli. ` `\`1::1'}_I:n`0t, my dear, why not take ` `all Hw f:m1il_v in? There is_ your }n1sh:u1 uncle, and there is Char- 10tto. V V 25c. ton less to i from yard. _ Oice Phone, 86. Yard `Phone, 118. ' ' % EXCURSIONS TO llantnlga_,_ Saskatchewan, Alberta -`_-Vga;ca~l'Trdm leave Toronto 2.60 p.nI. on mu. 4. 13 MY 2.13, to JUllE13, 21 JllLV11.2I mo. 3, 22 am. 5. 1: Second dun uuw em om. .m....' to ...........z- ~ Nonhwul point at A57 :4 `mar? :.,:.'........-' ';5.a.g ';'.,....,..' ......." .'oo.hmm.wahm6od.y.tmm.oan.d.u. ,. TOURIST SLEEPING CARS on :11 exctzrions. Colnfoxtnble berths. fully ' with bec|&n.cnnbe'uecutednInodctuerueu no-nl Acton}. and to othctpoinu in propomon. Tici_ wllh beu:IIn.cInDeIecm'eauInoacnwruuuuuuu| loul agent. Early application must be made ASK FOR H_UE8IEKIH.' PAUPHLKT oonlnimnsnlenudfull ` *""*'s";..S`:% ;.'3.-2::t'-%':.:!.`.;:~`"* % om oInsE`r"EI'raE"' no cum: or can _I_.p\_N I-'c_)_ii"|\"I`B"-`i"|'=a"I'I'= RATES Aaann Fl MANITOBA, ALBERTA SASKATCHEWAN L The only through line V V V V ` \l0l'Il'IIul'I'I C 31.5. An olondingaskotch N do: tion may quick uncertain our opln on {no It ether un Anna on It probably a tub 0. mnmn1on- tlouutrlot condent . H0309 onPatonu unuru. dost may 1 as tn. Puont:tahont uh goeoivc Ipldll Idiot, without * _ Q`.1A;AA.!I2A. . TIAAAAAJIAAAA 1:91 Viill leave Toronto Each TUESDAY anal! and mm. 10.10 PM. Ask any C.| .I. Me-at 1:: copy of "Sltlon' Guile` l S..!?_`. f i;P_i""'.`-"I for senior: hmlllu u Hwnnlnni A-I SH OES REPAIRED Colonist Cars on all Trains A No charge for berths Tlirough Tnains Toronto Winnipeg and. W! !IOIiUlIII'[U.lllIoll '"S"i' tiiic JImer'Ican. xn...4|.nun'.kp'mnd9nlnil.1Il1`. Land dl m (` \ girl. '0I' IE" lUI'I I|'IVllIllI| with livestock and LOW COLONIS'I' A W. WHlTBY S I IIVIDCI effects (To be Continued). Elizabeth St. 6. QREAMLAND N E ATLY QUICKLY ,.SETTLERS 1' RAIN s R. T. FILETCE, Agent, Barrie. l\1|,\,s . Mrs. Manseld, you mllt kn0W that (Jhzxotte does not care for me. zzuu 1____`- ` k..& farmers `teaming _A'l` land Tourist-Sleepe'ra| mun. Tains Lenin] Tomato 10.10 MI. Daily Thron: Colonist Soul: and hnlllu without livestock .|u.-l.I _.- prices will be as uuru \.Im1IULu: UUUB uub can: Lu; U- _ 'l`lmt mu) be true, my love; but IS not the fault on both sides?", ` lL\' 11 `ll _,,-L' 1.. .. I 1 -.-Anon Lu U10 U11. IJUUII Dauuuu said Margaret, in a. very .1 1 v 9,- __L If tbn nun nu;-, (.`:m _\'m1 not as the happiest ._WO.-"ff *m_zm--?..lm woman to whom God has gm.-n so much--make things easier for (_,`h:n'lntte. In her feelings for ;y'ou---hm` strange, unaccountable f0`9`1'L tugs----sho suffers terribly. PM 1.0.. ..:...1.a ...:u.. mu. 'Mnr.. garet. ---so mu: nuucr: usululy. _ ' ' Put her right with you, ?Mar-- I cannot. V My dear, why? (`I uvnn1.1 `t\1` conn 3-9 1' nnnl '-I_7 urux wu 7 I w0n1d,te1lyyou if I could, ..bl11i;,_. I cannot tell you. Charlotte 3nd7_"I _ are best apart; we shall nev_er~be fnends. I wish with all my heart .53-fl could be otherwise; but it never `-`can; be otherwise. We can only-'at_-.:best _; assume the semblance of f;1-ieI1',dJ;'~,l,|'k?J e=-",1 The kindest thing that our `fr'lel1da*i' 01111 (10 for us ,is to leave `.ll8 8l0'n_-:- I love you all deeply." I Gan,`-1fe V 91":j? love her. Please don't ask me~"a_!I7;j more. Please try--yes, try .not-.`;t9;-Q; blame me too much. I l ((\1 an: 1 1,1`.- .- .un-uy II':l.1.(,3h. J"m '-i My poor dear, I will` not blaillif 7011. Now I will leave yox'1`;V`I` "? W'3..5 come again tomorrow. ' -Rest, ~Ma`r_-. garet. Rest in the precious.love,_`V:`='-Li the vnrv 1m.=+ 1.....1.......: :. #1.... g. V --_- -> :r-4V_ the Very best husband in film W5'1'.1'(1 `m:i Indeed-iudeed heVis1"il1 'Vi:11?:`?-`~. :- -.~V-`..~.~% 3' Mrs. Manseld went `away;`v'i"?': I;!11?:1".i`7 that evening she much irritated% r,:3h.9' 1otte s somewhat de1icate.A.%4nervgs; % bu-cm nest 1n we prec1ous.wvu_ vi-;_.`~.. in:: Margaret. SuzetteT;A?8L'1-if _ "3Dturons over the baby-.T`i!it'* 91 45" had specially made for-L, 1 (Inifn nnw`n:n ' an` L CHAPTER VI.- (continued) . Suzette uttered a. succession of soft, __,_..__J `Kf\L n' , Una -A`-\t\t\`lI! wi` '.l"t4Lau`y u1`uuU;_1ur~_, ' mas Qmte certain `Gqqi R6 sollovely and perfq X0116 else in a1l. the_"` uzetta, vnn "him, :- uzette, y011 31`9 said Charlotte. she. slit? that the child may bursti ' `Yes-, sh? `Shv is :1 agrees _ `.\'h:- loves you, Margaret, with all }r:x\ <> Httlt` heart. V ' .':.r'_r:n'0 r smiled. . "IV. we you and Suzette makes ft-r;_-M that I am a motherless I I .<`m.uM like it beyond. words; you would bring Suzette? -11 0;! :__. )9 nu u; wishe haul nu I 0V6!` s5:5.ooo.ooo SAVINGS ACCOUNTS 1 SOLICITED. Total Assets $3,650,000 Capital and` Resetve. 1 would bring Suzette?" . will. go'wi1d with jo . darling, murmured ar-. L! A] 7 van`. slie adzfed, her cheeks; at the time TheSouI off , Margaret Rand o, 1911.-1 said Mar-I the colour why did instead of - Caital I}eserte_ -UaDit'al_' . . ~; a . !$3.ooof,_6oo I}ervfe Fund. . . . $5,590,000 . .[ --Hevad OtVb,"`I-Ialiaxg` N.S. Genergl Manager's Oic_e,T Tm-onto. u-T General Bankin Busiiiess -Transacted The` Books and Staicments of this" Bank are annually submittgd to a ` "strictly V independent audit. Barrie Branch Five Points 8. McADAM.'MAxAonn _ -BY-- "`?7'13I{E" that it Rand. 1117 `7es, I am -afraid I have observed` that. . T ' And you have seen no reason? , `.` Charlotte, you are my` child. I do not pry into your heart or seek lto solve its secrets. V II`? ,- 4. ___.fl _,--LI____.` ,_ how aurerent n-om luv. `-"My child, I have the wisdom _ of a years. Margaret may have` good} rea- son not to care for her early friend. . ` "Mother, you are without curiosity,` . `but If am endowed` -with a,.- `rather 1 largertshare-of-.tl;1at quality` than falls . to the `lot,.of most.` I want to see 3 Hegtr? Nu'i?nt'ia t h ad 1?? V ' .`ow`w1_`youge er a ress ~ ` I confess that will be a diiculty,` 1 for I am i vqurte .fdeterminted..,_t1xa`t .4 Margaret shall _not know .l;?;~a3iything 7 about my visit, to Australia until my '~roturn_;{:?. -'4 ,-.;" l - -V , ` - .. l 'when the loving little creature ew into her arms she again repulsed her. \ Come, come; you know I hate being kissed. til I] 1 1 , I 1 1 A1 aaaaaa Uun When Suzette had gone to bed that night Charlotte sat by her `mother's side. Mr. Manseld always spent the evening in his study. u1\1r...n..... n ....:.a ru....1..u.... N1` ..}..;.+ KJVLCIILIE Ll-I III? UUIV-`J 0 Mother, said. Charlotte, I want to` have a talk with you." `Tovwv In-vnrl Jnvv Hanna , `I-In En-nu- "V7{"ry"wZii;`-ni3?"&`e3" Mrs. Mans- eld looked up timidly. `7`nu -Rn] ~:l- J:%nu1J- I-A ..n.1lna.+nn.1 uvxu _.,,.,...,.. ..,. .......u.,,. You nd it d'icult to understand me at the present moment, don t you, mother? . You were never easy, Chattie. Perhaps you are right;_but never so difficult -as now. . .That is true, my child. T Has it ever occurred `to you to guess, or at least to` partly guess, the reason, mother? - T'nnnnn" an-noun I-Inn avnnann 7 nc lC(1B\.ll.l.,A JJLUUIIUA I I'cannot guess the reason, sand Mrs. Manseld; ` - 11'r\ L L .___L . __-,_ _.--_..L `L- ..-_..- uu DVIVV IUD uvvauvun ` .You are a dear, good mother, 1 said `Charlotte in a voice very soft for `her. What you guess keep to your- iself dear. I shall get over a-a `sor- row-which I at one time thought would crash me." Still, if I can by any means serve him and his, my life will not be lived'in vai_n. _-_. II ,,, 11,. ,..,,'L1. "AAA uu Azvvu. ;u vuuu. I Sr poor dear, said the gentle other." - ux7.._- ..-a.1....}. ,1-.. u. ...:L.. ....... C11. Yes, said Margaret; she said the single word with such a passion of fe1'\'o1n' that Mrs. Manseld was deep- ly tmu-hed. . Now that I have come to see you, you will let me come often", Maggie. I did not dare to venture while Chat- tie was in the house, but now it may be m_\;' turn to be of use. j f,`u1xw at any time, Mar- _..__..L '1V1.,.-- .-.1... nJJn.v'l I-kn nninnr `IUULIUII p Nay mother, don t pity me. What I have hinted to you no one else shall even guess. In your keep- ing it is safe.` What I want `to talk about now is a very different matter. I am not wanted at home, that I. see quite plainly. It will .be my duty presently to return. -But until Mar- garet s and John s' child is weaned I am better away. I am far past one- and-twenty; I can go` -wherepI like; I can do -as I please. My idea is this. I want to remain with you un- til after the baptism of the chld, for I wish to be present at the church of St. John the Divine and to" take my place as, godmother-afterwards I shall be away for a time. (l*D--L c-'I.`An':1n urn`: (I? -I. 311311]. UK? GWOIJ J-Ul~ 9! U1l|5V- But where'do you think of going, deaf? 111' _i`_-'I`I _.__.J-.. ~.... ..;.1.VI` -`DA-, -I shall wander `far aeld. `Per- haps I shall `visit America-certainly Australia. - T , - T ""*Char1otte, my dear, why go to Australia? Why. there of `all places? ` Has--- 'l[...mmum+ :Inon'~nnInn .'Fi-nm' Ausuuuuc yv u.y. uuuzcv an. an 1JAuyuu; Since_ Margaret. l_;aa'~come . from Australia,`I have'bee`n full of. curios-, ity about `it. I want in particular to see the qther girl who `was Mar- garet's friend. ~I. want to have a talk about Hester Nugent. 1tn_-L ...- 2-.."); bunny 1-n'|1n1'-3' aha in 8D011E neuwr rfugouo. I But we don't know where. she is dear. AI have often been pu'zzle Margaret s indifference to her ;_early friend. I have even heard that ,.dea`r, aectionate creature say that she did not much like her. Now` `if "I were >` '`~-- --1------ non`! 1.5.-`Y Mann '1l7'.h _1lKU uUl'o. +VUW AL `.5 vvvav in her shoes, and had been `with Hester all my life, I should ;}iVave_ had her over` to share my comforts, and to contihue that friendship? begun in linfancy. nu- ...... .14. mnnaiut Margaret's` inrancy.-v - M . . So you also thought Marga_ret s condui-.t strange, mother? _ - ll`II7-II `cons nnnfnnf Oll(ll1GE strange, IIIUIIIIUI. 3 .` `Well, yes. . I._confess" it-_-but .1 comfort-" `myself .. with the reeqtion that our Margaret must know `her owh a airs_ best_._ L 11.71 .-_. .......- -nan as-A 1+}.`A own analrs Dan," _ A , A uow` wigg you are, lxttle mother-- how_ dierent from me. . . A 4.411.. -a.:1.a 1' 1...... '4-ha winnm of Incorpdrated 1832. : QULUDUC Ulvuauu In ulavvvu-u-ova; vc av-U very round Oh s! Her cheeks grew pink in her joy. Mrs. Mans-V eld asked the time honoured ques- tions with regard to weight and growth and the amount of baby s fcod. ,.. 1 L..;. QunnIuLn -vuvnzu kn-an Ag uA.IuLl\.n|I.l.o at least` you must be sure is connected with Margaret glvlu uusu . ; J. By the, iaypie not] Clair the we? man you expect to come here to-mor- -rowI . _ - She is, mother. Well, I am_ sorry. John won t like .it if_ he sees her about. (t'r-L_ _._ ..-4_ 1:I_-1_ L- ..-- 1.-- -..J reauy my child? , And for this, too, I have to thank Margaret. muttered Charlotte in a low tone which her mother could not catch. a v ` - ` ` She rose abruptly from her seat. What I have c6n'ded to you is for your ears alone, she said. joined Aunt Fanny, and am travelling Whatever my mother may feel` abouteme, I can at least trust her. I shall not be going anywhere for several weeks. When I do leave home it can be supposed that I have again with her. I_sha1l the back in the` autumn. ` i And then, Charlotte? i Ah! said Charlotte. And then?` Suicient unto the day is the evil the7reof._ -. - I v 1 in II 1850 `IV LI: QUUD HUI QIIIIKIII yJohn is not likely to see her, and I cannot consult him about my -own aairs. * ' I think it very probable that if I carry out my Australian scheme` Iashall take Clair with me. I .must have a maid, and she will do as well _as another. llf\I _, , `F I I , ___,_1fI ' A Oh, my darling, I wish you would -give up going to Australia. That :your mother \use her, inuence; give it up, Charlotte. Cease to labour un- VI`-I5 .159 GQIVIII-IV`- visit bodes no good for any of us. Let kind and untrue thought of your fel-I low men. .In especial , cease to feel so spiteful towards Margaret Rand. Cllfnl-`gs: :0 :5 - Irina nnwn nu1I-- T _.... ..,,........ ...,.,...... ...... unvv ......... `..` Mother, it is herygwn fault; I was prepared only this morning to be her real friend, .to help her. I was determined to bury-to bury thoughts that will c_ome-, and that, yes, torture me. She rejected me, mother; she turned me from her door. -The die is cast., In the future, she` will have but herself to blame. ` 9 11pm, 11 `. on thousand pounds. _,. .. . You' may never have any cause to be. I `go away to rest my -fears, perhaps for ever. - Suppose `you confirm them? In that case, mother, it will be my duty to act as a good woman should under the circumstances. But enough of this. We have nearly, if not quite a year` ahead of us. By the way, I have never troubled myself` much about money matters; but I have been under the impression that I am'well off.` -Is that the case? You have your Aunt Charlotte_ s. fortune; not at large one; `only ten You have been reg- ularly paid the interest, at four per cent. on that money, i.e_. four hundred a. year. You have simple tastes, my child, and up to the present `that sum has been suicient for your small necessities. ;But if you wish to travel round .the world with a. maid, that will_ be quiteanother matter. I have nodoubt, however, that if you make your case seem `good to your father, he will allow you a couple of hundred more for your journey. But your father is not a man to stand secrets or mysteries,` Charlotte. _ l(\T.... 2.1 T ...!...L 1.3.... L- Ln...-\,nn.o, _ `IVS ' IIVIIE VVCU CII Charlotte sat ;`;`r,y?+.sti1I; aw smile hovering" `round her lips. . After. a minute s pause, Mrs. Mans-~ `eld said: , - / III` A L - ;,_ ,, !_ A, AL lV`-!__ LL- j- Uull ILVIDULI. -UV IJIGLIIUI ` Cha'rlotte, you really `terrify me. [I look at. you and wonder-are- you _really child? ' `A3 `-Im:nH `AA T Lnbvn `A I-`an-m`; 13; and bye Suzette `was borne o in triumph to gloat over the `baby with only Sister Rose and Nurse Hinks to share her delight. Mrs. Manseld turned to the young mother. 1111. 2,. .....-.,..'l LA nnn `onus nnvn:v-n `Into- m.1{e. me_ dreadfully un- happy-.. -1 `CV-.. `manta. canton`: `ma-uvvn nsnuo nu-nun:-nu IIIVIIU UHV EUVIVII r Oh Ghattie; do not be unkind. The photographs` were really` very plain, and not a bit like our lovelyvgirl. No `wonder she wished toget rid of them.` Had `she spoken to me I would have committed them; to the amggh at once. I think `the whole of her story most natural. a Poor child, you and that maid Clair, harried her a little bit over. the matter, Charlottep N 0 won- der John was annoyed. < d. '(`_`\nu`n6-C-A uni concur ubfli In Il\;`A ,aurpr1sed.;' at ` a May .9! getting. out of her conduct ; abbut "the stolen photograp J n`\ mQ: an hnl kn |II|`.r:lI1` 9. III. uvunavu, xznnowaaxvvvvo ` . Nor dd I wish him to have.-any- thing to do in this matter. My money and mine alone, shall be employed in it; of that I am resolved. t " ` ` Charlotte! ` 1 A1 1 In I,,1 \JlIIl:lJ\IIlll\J6 My `dear, good mother, don t look so -terribly sad; but please answerme. a question. The money left to me wet ground--as, `A for instance, in walks -A-has a very short life.) It requires almost conitant `repairing and, in a few -years, needs replacing. _.". -"Concrete, on the other hand, improve: `with age, and the very thapness yvhich de- gstreys lumber calls out` the best qualies of the cement by makingit harder and harder ._ ` - . - V V 7 --`until vneiner time rior ~ traic `can affectjit. _, 117/ The best ofwooden LUMBER used in lamp places and on V Wtfvf rep`a. waver ~ Qntiitual Wanda . li1nlf>`., They. l `S01 .fif* r Co%ncrte% Sidewalks are Safe. % Sightly and garet. Then deepening: on not you come --of her?" NORTHERN ADVANCE? a Xji Cm V 310 True to her arrangement Charlotte settled `Clair the next morning in a little room. next her own -bedroom, and gave her several articles of ward- robe to alter for her. `Charlo_tte s manner to Clair was -very reserved and distant. She read the woman s character aright. She saw that she `would not stick at the truth, in try- ing to defame Mrs. Rand in her eyes. Charlotte knew well that in the future Clair might be exceedingly useful to her. She had `given herself up to a 'task which required someone to help her who was not too scrupulous. But at tluwpresent moment Charlotte had no use for Clair, nor did she wish -for her condences. She put them down therefore with a rm hand. Oh, Miss, how kind you are to me, began Clair, how dierent ftam that Mrs. Rand. a ((7 D ' ,1 , CI CU IVGU UIILUIU CV79 VWIUQII _ J . To` . this remark Charlotte made no answer; but, as she was. leaving the room her mother called after her in quite a new strong sort of voice: I` have made you no promise of any sort, `to keep this matter back" from your father. '_ l`.L'D'I'i `TTT J I IILICDII AV-I.` DJ LUCIIJVJC A "'."I fail to. un erstand you, re-i `plied Charlotte, standing up tall and| haughty. - ` ` T 1-u-vnaou 7` Dv|t\l'|1n:I|lD Cull iununn ` `jai--vJvasn t meaning no oece, Miss. I` was but alluding to my late mistress; I told you `all about her . ' I 2 yesterday. > . gunth g1ir1oe} is nine: `bso1u:e- ` Yea; absolutely. ` It is not fettered by conditions? `V Not that I know of. ` ` Who holds the title deeds ot the property! - . Messrs. Moneypenny and Reade. A Charlotte started. A . o How strange," she said, they are also - Margaret '3 lawyers. '1`hey_are. ' - I. will go and see them to-mob How. . I lIt'\I rI|`_,,-|_LL- 3- J- `L- --__A_.1V Ill": Oh,` Charlotte, do--do be carefni. In this mad scheme" of yours do not }- at least throw away your capita . { ' } "I'hg` `-`I|:a canons! nu`n#`n Inn:-In n .7 Ls`!-'4L\IIlJ 0 You did Clair, and now I wish to say a word. I am sorry for you, and `if you conduct yourself well, and also show proper ability as a dress- rmaker, I may be able to give you employment for the present; but I `wish you clearly to understand "that Mrs. Rand, when she married my `cousin, became my relation. I will have no remarks made against my `relation, by you. or (anyone- else in `this house. The first-. scrap of mis- *chief that I trace to your doors in relation to Mrs. Rand, and you leave here never to return. Now, is this clear` to you? K `I00 I V I \JI\Ill.L Lil `V \J|uI I Oh, of course, Miss; who {speak against so beautiful lrich a lady? "`T nun -:u\a1:~:\ `\n\ ""111 Hl_'l& I My poor child, I was ill with in- uenm. Even if I could have left my 1 bed the doetors would not `have allow- er] me near you at such a time` on` {1(;(`(_mIlt of infection;_? M 1 _-____ 99 - `ll'........'....L