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, i$l,1\(t31I|fA4_l,l.l'U.t uugrlgwuneg H5` I`e1}Q_Vy _, passen. gemwere; =4ne`3ihe.?* t:i>f`:b6.- 31;.1e.3= ".'d`T`:':LtAhf'. 1;: . .r-' . `~ 0,. V n ' 2' " ; mm butwewdently` mh Mus Lo 1; Meanwhuila, ,C}h`ar1ott_eL found- her: way"without lt hr" hindrance to Tas- *maAnia. -,. ~= !1;e`6pat1sd,~. although a- ,comai',ativeIyV smaII'f_boat, was most c;Om 0rt'1.1h1,e,;..-V..,:.l1_i!.19:.1<>. ....v-.-whet. `id me` ` en mar uear` mpnua;'."ug;:_ 3 =5 " - Trust .n1"e,_ .."` paid t11 e;young man. Then he added, There is no need. Mrs- Manseld does , not J know that I came he`re'*1`tLo 1gt*"whtt' I could from yon. That is impossible. You do not` understand what I have to forget- to forgive. You have conded in me; I will conde in you. A rumour-I reached me that Charlotte was not coming to you to Italy, but, unknown. to her parents, was going to Tas- mania,- in order t_o get some clues which might possibly injure Margaret. I Went- to the ManseId s `at the day before Chest-Iette was supposed` to be going to you". -I asked -her-a plain question: I asked her-if she was" go- _ing to .Tz_1smania, or to It'a_1y,-to you. She stood before.m_e'and 1oo1_ into my"fac`e - and told e_ me deliberately that she -was not`.-going to LTasmaini.]8r' but that she was going to yo u.'Could' you easily .orgis:e.-.suc'I1`-an, -yaotiong -I met. Aunt Mary two `dayg ego, and" sh`.e;,%:s.id?? .tha't,-:n" sf fed jjfad s.,11i5t',~i`2fi_Ii- V;;;};i>ii'e_[-; f'!..it*`.~.h**iA:1;6 a`epar4e~ t`ur'e."j " Doyoh ,`call that 1g_ind'1 ;;-.1 . on HT .1 - ....L. <`r`T A.`a..:..1- -.;:L.....-~_~""* 11 uua II l\lLl.\.L Y .W;;"I ti: 1:02: . vIu`t}1ink .she- mus!/if` b.e':: mad. Jdhn, when you gofhome make the -best V of` things .- an`d.,;do pot Lrigh't- en her de'ar` nipthe;-.:.g_ g -is 1` Trus \m - . * naiil .thia";irha'1Ano ,ina`n_ _ unnuvvv Av, uaLI:AAALcAuu uuu Luau: ` ` You were no brute, but be kind `to her now. ' . - Thank you. 1 What I have thought` right to! conde to you, will- never pass your, 'li s 1 P Hv-.. ......-. ......-1.`. ..... ..-:n \1'.___ "TI I i AA17vJo x 1 You may restassured. Now I will /leave you.` Yesf, you have thrown some light, not much, but a little, on her strange movements. ((fV,.- L..,.`I- L- --...... ...:.. ....:1 _1.:1J uv-ucuev Anuuvunasuuumo M`Go' back to your wife and child,; John, and be happy. Forget poor Charlotte. _ _ V- a.v_ .A-I\IIl`,'Ll\I&\I I-l\I vvo W37`ii{I'I new 'her`:_e:'tbojut., the"t1nid.dle ` of December. f Shej1t old_.7ine_,"th at she` was going -to j'__iQ-- on" the follow- ing` dziy, slie and Jier maid`. AV"f" g ` f I . Her `maid ! She (knew that I could `not take i.11"_f.._a maid. I told` _her so; . Charlotte and` a" `maid; it:-soujnds .too" iracongruous.` ; -I_t'is' true she -wrote `to me-. about coming herself early `in the .autumn_, but it never came to any- thing. Her tastes and mine have very much altered of late. ltd]...-. A:n:nn`-"9 .`n`A aka -urns . 1 ..--.,..A.._,, .. um... ......,,.,.. . l That is true, but you have play-g ed with edged tools when you made} 'Char1otte your special friend. Re- member, she is a plain woman. To| an-other, your pleasant cousinly words` woqld have meant nothing. To Char- lotte they meant the whole of her Ilifef T ` T ' -r a u . . -- an-..'. :;4. %`u"l;.. have been a `brute. I did"notV-1 khow it, murmured the` man. ` `uxn... ......... .. 1......4... 1...; 1.... 1-:._z `w.`T:)tl`1.n R.-and got up and walked t6` the window. I `_`I gave her no cause, he said% presently, in a semi-whisper. urm;..4 :.. L...... 1...; -..... L`--- -1-.. She hates my wifehecause she lcves her husband? - ` . That; is so. These circumstanc- es are too hard for poor Charlotte.. They have turned her for the time from an amiable kind girl, into :1 cruel woman. .John, need I say any more- Oh, you man, can you not guess`? Well then, the truth. Char- llotte loves you most passionately. .You love Margaret. You have mar- Iried her, Charlotge goes about the `world with a broken heart. This state does not suit her. It would soften and ennoble somelwomen; it hardens her; now you know every- lthing. ' Tnlun .Dl'Ii\J can` C hunt: u-anal]-A3 J-A I uesnerr" * \ 1 I used to be Aunt Fanny to you-1 John, boy. Would I hurt you willing-i ]y'noW? Charlotte is only human, she has less self-control that I.gave, her credit for. She hates Margaret} because--because John, Margaret `lov-E es you. ` ` h Hal... I....L..... ....... _..':n;. 1; ..... -_ '..1-- charming ,litt,1e_. Itgi1a_n`av;Eage::.:Whre I Miss Lester had `taken 1_1p"her=winter -quai-ters_._f_;`S_l_ie` wits Eeated `at break- 'fast when . hB';,Wb.s __shown' into her presence. ' Like everyone, else .who knew him, Miss Fanny Lester loved John Rand. -How delighted~_I am- `to see you, s_he's9_.id.`t Bu`t`,? jhan' Ianxloos. express1on,_swep `over _- er `faee, perhaps you" have brought your wife.. I sha11Ab_e lad, -very lad to make" her acquaintsgrcer Axe gyou ' )7 . Istaymg at the hotel`! - ```TI\ )7 --n`In.1 Tn}.-. (`T 1.....- LIIIIIJ ill II III-I`) I-I\IU\n4L I `V - No, `replied John; ``I have` come for a few hours `aria must return ' by the, next steamer. Margaret can-~` not take such"loug journeys not leave - `baby. I. have oome to see Charlotte, where is she. `II! , T .1 I ,,,,L 3 L, ".3i.i;s f.;s`;::1`- burst info a mei'ry' `laugh; ' - to A... .;.... .:..........:.....an .1... ...:.a is?` I `K361-It .Are you dreamin 1 she said. l`I know no more abou Chattie= s -move- ments than you do. For ought I'can_ tell-* she may be in England. It is true I am constantly getting letters for her, with `To be kept to await ar- rival . .wri_tt_en.._,on. the_.-_ envelopes, go she may; ._turn.`up. .v-anysday. ' She _1n`6st' cettai`n'ly"is ,_not.. here now." - . ((`D..L" T -inn `Inn- .s~`|\n-'u4- I-Inn`--..IAIn MI -....u., ....- uulxvu ._u..u.,._ Yes,. he replied. "Then"~_as her gentle eyes were xed `on his .face, he continued: I mu_s_t not conde in you. You have noticed a change `in Charlotte, so have I. For no reason, she hates my wife. - TAP vrvnn Tan`-A-7:1 nnvrv `K`1'1-nu 5..-on Ln. 1 Ilhulllll A`llJ\ll.lI\L IJIJ I\l-IIJVV Ll: You know .the truth! he-_said, bending towards her eagerly. ' - ' I know _why Charlotte hates your: wife. ' - ' T Be Careful what you say, Miss` Lester? -... .....\ .`.My dea1r`JVo_'h1.1V, I do not like to say ugly words,-but she most dis-` tinctly told you -a lie. ' -`Dav-up` ' -CA1`- L:onnnI` *1-..cn-an :-an. I UIJAVIIJ. IlVl\.A JVU `G I-IU- John~ Rand . _felt' himself-- turnVing pale. Miss ' Lester "noticed his .pa11o"r.-' `:`_Do'es' this matter `to ' you, John Rand, she asked kindly. _s ` van: 7! `IAA an.-..'.`|3..'.l "f'lVl..-... -- -.-. L-.. nsnuauvuv LL Duv aaxuo What I am about to 'confide in you is generally best not onded.. But there are occasions when it is| kindest for both parties that the} truth should be" known.- 1 111'? She distinctly -told m'e9she "was coming to; you :o_n t_he'- fteenth of vv&J Auuuu unvusvu. ua. xuuvo 1 4: uuv uuvvu nu. vv AA.op. It was now Miss Lester s[ turn change colqur; she`thought `for moment then` she said: l I 1 I'v1 n 1' ' A1 tog IT Iavuuv DU IICL IIULCI EIIHB ` >; Before Miss Manseld retired for P .1the night she received a letter from lhthe girl at the farm: 1 l l Dear Lady from England,- I did love to sit by and see you eat to-day, and watch your beautiful` and elegant manners. I do so adore ,to see graceful people, and ner 'iclothes and things. I have got the; name of the farm where the lady! went, It s called: The Rose Farm, `lSt. Mary s Country. It s, from what 4 I can learn, a good three hundred ' milestfrom here and right at the, other end of Tasmania. I suppose` > it s Miss, Nugent have gone there, for the furniture that was kept back [after the sale had her name put on. ' -i_t,,and there come orders that it was * `all to go" to The: Rose Farm. Some folks say that Miss Nugent is mar- 7 2 ` tied, but I 'don t know nothing. I, wish I did, so that I could help you. I d"' like well to; see you again and `your `Beautiful graceful clothes. My '_ word, it does set` a girl, up to be dressed,-`as "you ` Be`. . 'You"'1-e` the very smartest Miss I ever .set__ eyes on, 'Yo'uj ,d . best go straight to Hobart and ask th_Blf.' how to et` to` T_h'e` Rose T f'ar`n,1., _ St. Mary s ' o`u'1it`ry' is a wild ; and l_`l,esola:te part.`. II .don"t think, "u`; llii Vget tr_a'in s all the` _ _way ,' but `;ate_-,_1"always jbu1lo`c'k_ waggbhs , l behind-e"in the ya` go"; very plain 5 a Anything .7` . too ; gojod there,-, . he.` farm, ' Miss._~. .........5...._.. . D1-at the mahogany, said - the` elder woman in an angry tone. She -ung down the tray, and walked out of the room. ` That s just like mother; never a` drain of qualityin her. Now, I m} yquite dierent; have a slice of this cake, ;Miss? ` I Charlotte enjoyed the tea and cake` and presently went away, having got] "the girl to promise to send her] Hester s address that night if pos-] sible. The girl said that she herself knewnothing, but some of the people around would be sure to know, and she c'ould send, particulars to Char-pg [lot-te to her hotel that night. { I Before Rfiqq 1-fununnla mu-3---1 1' "She '_go__tb_ .._n11_ _inormat19n ` with, regard -to~Tasn'1an;,ia, If and ' V` also with regard e.t'oj fthe' `fruit farm where Margaret Band and Hester .Nugent:/used to live. There came a bx-oiling day in the Tasmanian `summer when she. found `herself standing inside the` deep cool; porch vyhere Margaret and Hester spint so`many happy hours. lms-IAN-n 42.15 5]..` _L.. ...... .. I pr ..-,v-{av nu-uuJ _uuyyJ uvulau. ` | bharlotta felt that .-she was ap- proaching. the `end of hergoal; Soon she would know the worst or the best. She had `left `Clair behind in the little hotel. Sheprang a. large -bell which hung from an iron chain; la dog'barke_d, a parrot screamed go away, *don t want tramps. Then thejmassive door` was ung wide, and an unkempt, rather dirty man ap- peared. Can I do `ought for you, Miss? . F`_I have conic to see Miss Margaret Rand9" e . - _ _ I f`Come along here, Moll, he call- ed in stentorian voice to a woman; who immediately appeared in. the dis- tance wiping her hands on a rough itowel. ' voice. to", make you feel you d doj anything on earth for her. But.) .here s -mother with the tea. You'll: have a cup, won t you, miss. Mother,; lay the bit of green baize under the. tray, or my polish _will go oif the? mahogany. I `(Tl-n4. L1-A ---r` `` ` V .~,~Here s a young _oman, a swell II `take. er to be, axin for the heiress. W The woman joined the` man in `hearty `laughter. I IIIIIII nLnJ- L- ---J- --`r~ `atgug VJ 100.161-lllUla '-She was about to reply when a slight and very pretty" girl ran round} from the back of the house. \ can. .. I.---- L. n - - V-ovnnn vuv uuun. VJ. hut! uuusu. I .Do go {back to the `wheat eld, Pa, .she said to the man. And you Ma, busy yourself getting tea `for the lady instead of laughing at `her. Come this way into the cool, will you, Miss? She led the way into 11 great hall with agged oor and very little furniture. | `(Tl-Ah. .. ya. 1...; H _1_- _,--I ' - `g.n\_5 v_vaJ ILIIUI-U Lllllbufvo A _ ' ,Itfs a bit hot, she said, gazing! at Charlotte s attire with' marked admiration. My! ain t you ne to look at. I d like well to take the cut` of your little jacket, and your waist. `My! it beasts mehollow, but I there, I always do betalking. You, want to know about Miss Rand. She and Miss` Nugent left here a good _while back. They left very sudden- like, and as father wanted a good fruit farm in ne condition, he just bought this right away, furniture and all. The furniture is a bit_ above` us, it s kind of elegant. But I like {it all the more because of that, al- though father and `mother do be, laughing at it. _ _ I HT: J-LL. .....n__' 1:" V -- - .u-u usu GU l|u_ V I `$15 this really, Miss Rand s furni-` _ture`! asked Charlotte, looking` [around her with great interest. : ; Yes, it . truly be`. V Mark this table, she pointed ,to the ne polish- ed mahogany table, where the let- ters from `England had lain on that! .daywhen Margaret got news of herl fortune. That table takes a sight` of elbow grease, but I don t mind.i Wasn t Miss `Rand lucky to come in} for a- fortune. Why, it s .just won- derful; and you used to} know her, MiS'3 l t {1}} _____ -- -...,5o...,. . 7 Oh,,_m'y, but she s nobody, they do say. Never a penny to bless her- self with, only with .a wonderfully; handsome face, and a tone in her? make do} anvthing m1 any-1-h cm. L..- n L- \-\II.I.|.l..l Miss? Ir/\- '- (_)h, yes, shA has lcousm. l Then, why ever did isee her here? f'I1L`. -I _. ,..\.u. uuauuuu-.3 xaugnea. To tell` ` the truth, The person 'I was really i was Hester Nugent. - I 11 .....V V; 14616! I The girl `looked up at Charlotte} with a.very sharp expression on her. face. Charlotte laughed. Tn tall. Han 4-....L1. :9 -14- '* V- `gull D u U azuu. N interested in] 14- 2} K married my you ask to` Asaid the? ` .\I:4 she said; .L___-,: `Clair was _not much use up` to. the present, but Charlotte felt that she might need her before long. Mean- while. Patty Beetie `spent an almost `sleepless night. Try as she would, she III` 1 had' them in -_ ..readineas to snq day to Pattie Beetie. ~ an... 4.1.... ....-u_- _ -#7 -E V A CVDAV JJVUUlUo . Whev then packed hat own ings, and `early the next morning was- on her road, accompanied by- Clair, tonqbart. ' half ton; `$1.85 per quarter ton. STOVE AND EGG COAL--$6.65 per _ton; $3.40 per half ton; $1.75 per quarter ton. I I -. HPEA COAL-.--$5.65 per ton; $2.90 pet I NUT COAI.--(g(-3.90 per ton; $3.55,per i half ton;' $1.50 per quarter ton. 25c. ton less to farmers teaming `coal from yard. Bagging coal 150. per ton extra. and 25. per ton extra. carrying up or down stairs. Oice Phone, 86.. . _.. A: T ' Yard Phone. 118. " ** The servants were abed; and the doctor answered the bell himself. A. colored man stood on the steps hold- ing a large package. 111'; 1:2, 1 isnamnma MAY 1st rnxcns WILI. 3:: AS rouows: _ 31; Mies hdatildah,` the cook, at home, sahi asked the man. Yes, but she has regired, returns ed the doctor. . ' - .Can I leab dis fo- her, sahi. Certainly, said the doctor.` He ;took the bundle, from which `owers and buds were protruding, and, after bidding the man good night, carefully carried it. to the kit- chen, where he deposited it, paper and all, in a pan of water. ' Al'\lI`l\G 6Ln..._LL _-L|.!.___ _.--A ` ~A ' The doctor houghb nothing more"of the affair until he heard Matilda 8 angry voice raised in conversation with the maid. -Ef I had de pusson heahf crieci the cook, dat put mah. new spring [hat in dis er disbpan, I d scald im. for shot---Pittsburg Chronic1e-'1`e1e- graph.` _ _. . M .3 -M,-`_ _, `whom ans, An (I yu UL "G|lUlo p . |State of Ohio, City of To1edo,\ [ Lucas County. . 1'5 Frank J. Cheney makes oath that .he is senior partner of the rm 0 {F .T nhnnnv .\'r n '.`l..:..... 1...--:..-__ 2,, \ `xx Cured by Lydia ham s Vegetable compound ..- . . . V u . VI yauuqx U1. um nrm 01: F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in -the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said rm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED -DOLLARS for each and every case of catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of Hall s Catarrh Cure. IN": A 11'-I-r r an-rs-on--1... F. J. CHENEY, & C0,, Toledo, 0. Sold by all Druggists, 75c. , Take H:a11 s Family Pills for con- Estipation. . "SCO_T I"S Co al ` .1 vvuu-uvz, `Loy. (Seal) - A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. Ha11 .s Catarrh Cure is taken intern- ally, and acts directly_ on the blood and mucous surfaces the system. Send for testimonials free. __.v ---v V. ._w. uvussu vuxu. ` i*1'ANK J. CHENEY. Sworn. to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, AD. 1886. - {gnu-.'\ A 11 ? r1'r11Arr`c- Ian; 170$ UIIIOII Patents taken Ipacial ovum, wmm: ` ` A"A AAA", 4. A 'unu: I \. v-$'V-`V 7 ) `mwmmmgk .1, ..,....*-wa-st, `qt!-d`-..-: an nundmlar: 'i' Tuna: MARI: Dcuaud . .~ . Oorvnlaurs 0. - .Ml`y6n0' sand! 8 kotoh d donor! may Qnloklxv uoertalnn` on`: oplnlgn It-on w other on Invent on In probably KL ComIlI.nmIup- N strict! gdont - .ox. ,.,...... _,,g:!.s- Pntmifn-tnkgg Q: h` `Ilnnn '"i33t"iE "ii't'ifri`au. lr S-_4I-`cu--fab lunijlnal 1.: :1 "tnni n When John Rand left Colonel} .31 Standish s cottage with the la8,t,'WiII_3`.` and Testament of his uncle, old Stephif en Rand, in his pocket; hebwalkedfi like one _in `a dream. He was, not ,3; man given to think` uukindly of any one. b11t jiist now his feelings to`-'1.` vvarals his cousin Charlotte, were. hh-8".` reverse of amiable. From the first 1 she had disliked Margaret; she had(1 been suspiviousr without cause, ohshe 1 had made Margaret unhappy.` T9 I xnnkn one so beautiful,` so dearly. 1oy- ' ml us Mzirgaret unlhappy, was Aenough ` To make her husban-d s` heart aAch_e' 1 with more than Sorrow, `With a feel-_ in}_:, whivh for the` rs-tv time in his; 1 mum-iontiou;~`, happy life, akin to the 1 4iu\`il---.if it lay in his power _hef`] wouM gzladly injure Charlotte. 5 H. ronvlnml home-Mar'garet .1ook'-T ` in; tirmi and white, unlike her usual ------ ---vuv-vvv CIIIIU I Csmiliated with Lindsay Business College.) ENTER ANY DAY. A. H. SPO -TTON. H. 0. BEST. President. PI-In:-inn` The secret of successful men is a busi- ness training. We train young people for honorable business careers. Our teachers are SPECIAL.- ISTS. Gregg shorthand taught by the beat equip ed teacher in Ontario. who is a. on: uate of the Author. All . business and shorthand subjects. REPAIRED Urillia Business College (Aiiliated Lindsav SHOES A w. WHl1'BY S .!-.99rsAH EAD HOME s'rumr (7`.$Oi.l-IVl"SdES (170 be C`ontin(ueVd): Q Eiizabeth` 't`. on . "nn3AMx.ANn men SUFFERIN Unkind Kindness. N E A T LY QUICKLY` -I I US`. 1 President. ll'."""'Mv`." ~ ' 9" 3' .5`~sWuhIn"g:Ew1E. -DD3l. Pnncipal. La. ver-A all h0r~ rial and This low- sire 1:1];` u\'(IH.\' HE ,~.iHH. -Is .-anything wrong, Meg? `.\'..," .-Tne answered. Or,- at -t." slap :e1d1ed-, her lips trembling mhing that I ought to mind. I-_ :1 Mt of a goose, John-1, the .;\- wife. the happy n1ot'nevr-..; `You never could be :1 gooose, my ~t iv.-Ir. If something has troubled a _\'n'.'. must let me'kno-w. '1 w2:.~' in Bond Street, and Iemete n-. um>. She was not very` kind. run-I .< brow Vgrlew da4r1~:. ' l):HI-in;_'," he said, you surely 4 1w mistaken. Choarlotrte is- on 'nntinm1t. T T out 1 1 ' . s -Uh. "_;IlI`t`T . ' ' ` .\'..-\-or mind, dearest, you are with" mw. Uh, John, _I love you 30% }:. Ft! nlllvh. that all the 1'11dBf1eS:.S` H! tlw wurlal is Jess than the dust`! n- - \-.'hm1 you are by.. 4 ' 1 .\:.-i_l feel like tluit about you, I _.\'}]t) is wonderful what love like m i. said Margaret. When I think of it I feel comforted.. i`e~:> that verse in the Bible-'-l I Vial Iiwwwayw '- 9v`r`:% ggi 53A9e979i9 hnu-ans All L|L\I wunuyivuuvo reavhed look: mH]:uHlVVhUB, unke usual self, came to meet him._ .luing. I gnu so glad, so glad 9 you lnnne again/ A . - issml her wdth a sort of eager Then he looked into her ` Total Assgfs % SAVIVNGS, ACLOUNTS SOLICITED 3%, ;-:(:`.5,-~----,_ Res:-r've.`jf ss.o5o.ooo Capim,l.Aad% xuul. ur sins be like scarlet, they. auu su uuu .a.aAn.Isv cnA1>n:n xn. _ j - mput off her departure` She goes to-mo_rro-W. was-Was Rule to you, 'eticv one` at YEARS ---:j` '. u {.3 * BafEie-=fEV_5hc f V ;-~:i"- ivie Poin-t- your I The Boc`3kaA a;d .Stafments c;f, `this; `Bank are annuallyjsubmitted to _g gtyictly indgpiendght `audit, C` `t1 0`,">0. o o_ 0 in V 1 p 3333: Fund` . . A :Hid.919..;,Ha1ifax; N-Se Qevnegal , u-T capital L - Resgrve `Fund : .A-mr-L ..vvvunyu~`v `*si%;5uz;*,:}; *2: ;{di;diii3 i%'vaK= He. Ivi96<?%6f.se#t %~2=:1*1tat1b=3e{ f`:Y=~ui `ma that your novarnvyou `umguav ucu. V- - ...._- not ,I;;d`oxf1 . ,_"i:' want 05 k1ii()x,1:t.;.= Un-` dpgrsrtaii` clearly once_ anil/"fbr all} that `no W01.19I50?`.Y0r8 A;11o`:s1u'a`e*s>'*?ries$*ou ;mg`a.y.__t1iViWn1tT-%_y`g5t_1,.wiT nggke, i will vupgfgot Mnrgurw an awo- mhn v7yj1ii$v{'1'i{1i`i:'i"t s` ` wi`t1i; ',-x119`t1AieiAl:11`x- "" at`1Ed=*::.w_ealth,,, of: "%Mel,(-hes`tb_r ___ , ;y;.,_ rm. , *`-_- 5.: 1 v)_})U.lJ., u.U Jvu uvquv ---4 ..-,_, Yes. * . ` - \ ccwhygayl _ A , ``I have_ cause, when you ar'e`_rude'. When on insuIt Mar aret 'ou insult 8 Y _m e.~ You met-my wife fin Bond S'tre'e't "to-day, and Qtreatjed * her, to` put it tmnaay, badIy;"-- j _ L`[`Di'd- she te11,you_wf1a.t I said?' A No, shy is `too noble; gshe wgs ;`>.aiz'i9t_1.\, It; isno ii1 1 1er to be xr-in-I "dictive.-" '- - ..` .,. - . ___` A,.___ ;._",_ __~_. lull UL Luuuv-uv-nu , . . _ `.`AMis-fgar-at did hot dare to e1l' you what 1I said to he_r.' , revi-` 11.`? ~`3You3""3l1'atfust -`my wifbi ~1'ii,` ~y`of,ur` 11%? -t.,)'(:_)l`,l`:"`,A(:(;l1S9'_l'I401-" of 1' c _r9; .....'& 5 nr`li `.`Qha`rI`otte,.Vhush, you` Jiad better .not.,~ (gay, guy mgre. ,. ,Qn<;_e , , we ..,wer.e`. 'friepds._'~TI1at ' .f1`i`end7shi`p you -1i'9:Y9" kilkl; those. .n.t .;thi'ng!! ca;n;n,.t.l. fheif at want: toijkiivgii. L,n-_s . JUCL IXCIVIJ EVIIIJI .-avvuv ingly. V The cousins were left alone. . W,hy,are `you `go rude to .me, John? Said Charlotte. 1 V t I am only what I feel `to you. Charlotte knew that 'a', strange quiver was running down her spine`. } H1 don t Au_n,drs1:a_nd,- she_" said? .after a minute. V " T ` 7 You.do. A " V .~ -` John, do yououbt _my wqrdi? _ uxf.... H Suzette `left the ro3Ir1"v;}'un_wiIl- uluvav UI ._ "C4harIotteA" IauQl'1ed';? her.`Ia.u`gh, was full of. bittexfness. . . -"no " 1 1-..- L-` 41`. .cbD\I`I IIUF9 ` . , . Run away dear, whispered` back` "the -_v'mmg man; I: wil1'spea1{ after you have gone. Leave us now. cz.....e+4m`1nN Hu:'1'nnm vmvv unwill- `D611. Ualuu Lu. " Suzette, go -at once "to help Clair; she says she 'won t be ready. -.(1h,%I| say, John._` 7 ' ' ` V oCharlotte- s' face turned very pale.` Suzette still sat on John s knee. ' She whi`spered,yI,.meant to tell y.ou.i`n_a minute.` I did real`ly,A truly. She spoiled things by coming in;.I wanted kit" to [be a big surprise.` `She ialvifays srpoils things, always. But I: gay, Cousin fJohn, why don t you speak .=toA her? ' ' ' - l#--_- 3.-.... n ...-i..'...........','r 1`..'...1,. I w:;i\}a;xghty Cousin John. Don t you} know that Chivbtie was to leave to go` to Aunt Fanny to-d ay`! VBL- `Anna 1\v\n`run.-I nut` `nor- hlous I 115- I45A\.A '.~va.v ;avnu 7 1t Was difficult to make John Rand! angry, but now-his anger was burning like a white ame. He called at the jewellers, boght the braeele.ts-`-hard-' 1) looking at them as he did `so.-he took a cab to -the Manse1d s at. When he entered the jdrawing-roAom.{ there waseno one presentebut Suzette; She uttered a cry of joy and ew into his arms. ` V "l`I- v1- Qh, darling, cousin Jo,hn'. is the little angel baby? 1413.. :.. .11 ..:..La. Q...-. T urn Annu- t-3 S\1 1`.7:`n;;"e1:u";_ot`1` pleased expres- ision of'a' child who was holding a [secret . T b V ` ' 1111' 1: rm - 1'1 'l\_,,9L ,___l 1 U ' U Ixuuu ; uuuJ vu \.| u|J 5 } Thedoor openerl and lgelf came in. . IIIN _, _L -___- lis Charlotte at homes? ll.` IIIJIOIK7 CIILLEKJI LIIIKIJ I `rife is all right, Sue. I shy; Sue, 4 1 1 V1 ,1,__,1 ,`,,_,.__ '`:.`That {is why you look so grave? He sApra`n_g- up and took. the c_ase.. ._- HT ....... 1..~.;- .1.1......,: 11,. ......: 1.-. .-. vnxv vlnuv Abv litlllll-Q6 ur any; vvvg-L. V 9 V-_ ` I I maybe" de`l`ayed.v `Go and have` at good resvt duringmy absen'ce.V > T1. l.n;.n.'.l L-.. ...l-L .......u..'..1 v\t\l'In:r\u\' `lk suuu L /aJ|I ullblu ll. ullvuhbvvn He kissed her with unusual passioq; and I`left -her. ' - - V In A 1 1' I `1-\ -I ydie. utvvuv vsnv \ll-5'7! - I watched a gallant old .ship go-' ing into harbour, Magi ` ~ You mean? _ 2, f`I_. saw a Chxyistian getting ready_to.J T..i leaning`-back in his chair with a look xnvuss U VIA!) LU` I181 lUUU`!J|ILll`l|a * He laughed, and ,she left the room.` When she returnedin a moment with the case which contained his magni- cent .gift, she. found her husband so s-t,er'n._.and.new on his; face that at first she scarcely recognized him; lTJ'nu-`n nun 4-Ln nu`.-nnla. T.-dun Tn}... at neet 1 at oocuu 5-IoI,u ,uvuo AJ Q\4\4\la&_lOJ4\.II.L `I ```Here are le pearlsx, John. `..l`l.ohn, you have never told * me howvyou ;spent the day. `(T .-.nL..1..n.l ..' .-....11.....J. All 9.1.}... RC1`. vu\`;,- III-. yus LUVV -lVI_lUo' ` ` I r But,'..-_x`1;y Vifpoor 11881:, your quotation isnot very `apt. What sins like'_scar- `let has my dear committed! T Oh; we all have sinned, dea.rest.A.,_ You "less than` others, Meg. But come, letvue turn to a more cheerful E subjecti _ I -have not - forgotten the :b'ra;celets.. Can; you fetch the pearl rope for me, Meg, or- will-you entrust me with the key of your safe? | I U v\nn:o]a vv|vvc|n`c TAL-u nu; vvsuu vuv UL JUHI. UGLU 5: `.`I 11 fetchngge pearls mysel}, John. How .V-spilendidly you are going to Vdeck me out fin; the 1feceptio n.. . .- l I-Tn Ionlvkna nnr` cu`-in `A-mg` LI-an unnnn .shaIlabe -_ white gas `snow : i:hat`~`is the `power of. your love over .me.?"- L ' I ' TJ.n I`-`An- An..- --...--- ..---1.`_;.:;__ ` n;a;po;aea ` :33}. _.__..___.__________ Charlotte .he}{- BUDFUUUUU uvvunuau He:-happ_y -sunshiny face was his li'fe"-just` 1;h_'en.. `He loved her-_ `more passionately than he had ever done._ One` '_day he `met, Mrs. Manseld in,. town iwhol said that she was . anxious `at; not hearing .f.rom`fChar- _..lott. , `Hestarted, and asked her 'ea'ge1;.-fquestions. ' He. M presently ' dis- f;co\'r'ei-_ed thalt Clmrlotte had not w1`it- ';f_en _-ofnce. sinde her ~ departiire. He` `wondered * why Miss ;Le'st er 2 did :01: Vw1i_te,;. hut j,Mrs. `Manseld said 1: at .~ igs';Lester'_v_tas. never;kn_om_1t`ow_vrite - any` V - He una on MM. 3 i:Lester; si laddtesa land -14 .` M '1 29ih%eWnin8n `}Ve1'`"}at he hated` Scotch men, but he arranged to meet them _in London. '_I`fhi's` meeting` tookplac`; Rand t'"o1`d the 1'awy`e'rs that at pres- "ent he did--not mean to act on the wiI1', and -A would dcontitnuehto pay t_h'em` one hundred a'year.h. Theyjtried_ to` alter this` determination hbut one look at"; his. `firm lips showed them `how -fruitless Wt0.'u1.d'_,be their task. They `left Ldndolflund he returned to the country, but that buried will seemed` to He` m o'r.e1lieavi1-'y., than ever"on his ;1'i7v'i'ng~} over a. volcano. xHis only re- tief. lay _in. the_ fact -that Margaret suspwed nofthinsc e ~ ~ A _b_re'a_st'.' -He felt like one who `was 11..-. I-ninvuv `,_un vu:`I-:31-I19 -`nan nu-in -1` `n .-` VVVCEIIL-(iv\VJ.. ll-l.\-`J >lCIl\L `II-I IIID DIl.bIl'o ! He~_.tjr1ed_ Itp push the memory- of its existence"from`him, but it would not be rempved, ` When.'Margare.t askedmix his.ad x'rice with r.egard;gto the `man-. agement of her property, he found = himself whispering under ` his - breath," `F,It `is mine; not hers, The `know-`I ']ed-ge that : this was s'o gave him agony.- . ' - . _ ,About the _second week in_ January he received a 1etter'fr<')ni the lawyers` in Scotland telling him -that they un- Idersfoode that "he now he1dA_theVr,eaI .WiU_, and asking for an interview. Cc:-lonel Standish was in his `grave for th_ree.weeks' "and had, written to T, them befbre` the -end, . . '1' . `uh . 1" An of ....,,,....-..-. * A V I Eacli any hereon grew and ourish- `ed.~ .l'3:'u.h day he charmed her with [some glimpse of tha splendid intelli- gence which God had given him.| {When he smiled -right up into"her [face she felt in Paradise.- ' T-L;. ___ -1..- L_._____ 1\,,L LL_.L uuv av: u ;uLIAuLuUo +:T:>hn wasva`lso happy. But that willtwhich he kept locked up so care-J full in his secret drawer in his] ..a.. ` .'....:...u.-..:|.--1:1-.. 12-: ..-._= 1_:.. ....-.n x fu11_3rV_in 'his`sec17et drawer` his] study! weighed` `like Iad "on his sou1.Vl Inn. "l\ 'v\7i1a1u"-`r1A- omnvnnmrv A4! :5; {{{f"{he"?{a1it "Jf"};"1{e "E{1 1 "1C1ar{e' softly glidedaway, and a [few minutes laterrre-appeared with her noble boy Jlying. asleep in her arms; his sweet -dark ; curly head resting_ against ,-her breast, the enthusiasm became a sort `of furore. ' .. . . I 7111,. '_ .__-__- L_I _ `,,L_ LI , 1 ,,,,A fVan`tVson that night. "1t`"`is`}}a2{t thing to. find .a hom in "hearts; and this was what VMar- garet achieved for herself and her in- `Acom. um tmn ....,u 4.1.... ru...:'.........l la nunv AIOBLAVO 1 After._the ball and the Chrfstmas{ festivities had come to an'end, the young couple settled -down to enjoy: life at the old Ha1L'. And then the `happiest moments` of Margaret s life eb_egan.i She had her husband to `her-' self, she had /her baby to herself. `Charlotte was out of the country;' utherevvas no danger. . She forgot. he '11` |`ir-. happiness. ' ' " L`n..l\ lluuv Ln-'.-.1... AIS/uvuv no! I.\....3..l. can In uvvav au;ooLvu . uuu UVDGIJDU _.I]L Ill-IV = ~p1d~frienaship,,: I %ake: the 1-i_b_ef.ty `not :co`i'bA,j1ie%:ait,- uileilf I_. lldhr it_ c_qnrm- \.. -ed">'b7 wus ovin `~1ip.? - . ,. .(`J..n.1..++.. .-a-...-.4 .a.-..:..1..a. ....,a ..a.::: t... ;f;;:Qr1t33~et3:'- sfzikht ~Ja.n.<.i;%:;s1si.tf by John s side. ` ` ` T Who told you that--that lie! HT diin ulna n....a. ...... ...1......1.: ........1.I 5agu. yuan: Juu. nuuuyu ayuun I y_o.u! < . :.,.L`-"3,-..`V='1?he na_me of my informant I re- .fu8.6 to divulge. " '"`vuAn T nnnnl. c-AL n.-~;1n:_ 4..-on.`- of._f,qr_ore. , _ A V - , The trio wet-e`taken into the hearts tot all present. 14; :. .. .........L u.:..... ;,. :...: .. 1.......;] 8} UL tl\JI4I.l has \5`1he5".c``)`1`1.r`1?y rose up in a body to do the. young` Margaret Rand greeting,` Sh_e`be1onged to them. She, was" the head of one of the proudest` families in'the `country. Her "son would inher-. it after herself. 7 -Her husband, a chip of the same block, was already ador- ed by a1l,`who`*knew him; Never was tlaere ahmore. popular pair, and when .:.. 4'1... ...:',1.,4. -4: .1... 1...n 1/r..........,.; 5._a~5uy_v, gov usvuzau. 37"` Then I need ` not explain` away what was told anonymously. ' ."As` you please; I shall be forced to draw my. `own oonclusion.? For or `against me, John! .'.l'her_c wasa tremor in the woman's face. ' Against you, -Charlotte. She.looked at him steadilylor gay. m,9ment--her ,,_light _ eyes growing" ` strangely bright, but `at the same time. `almost ;destitu'teV og -colour: her lips very thin and firm,` a bitter smile, quivering round ` her mouth, her . freckledf face sa11o_w., She was going through the\bitterness of death, for she knew, that the love of her life despised, i1iayTmore, hated her; then very slowly and with a/ tottering movement she left the" room. '1`hatCth'ritmta at 1i&.sic1.e;ee, Han was one long to remember. Charlotte Manseld was. outfof the country. gW ith' her Heparttire it`seeme`ii to all who `knew and loved, Margaret that a load of care was removed." II-Iearts that had beeh heavy 'with a sort of nameless suspicion became light. Smile es -wreathedV:rhappy~ faces. `The Hall was full of gay and delighted guests. Margaret s face glowed with the great joy of young` motherhood. ` 'l\n 1-an`-sup Cknnuon nnnnn. LL n - A - p nu` I _The baby throve apace; there was; CIIICU V \ICn \lIIA A V U U C I 9 I I&\l\l\-LO B J J J E no cloud an`ywhez-e.. The` ball was magnicent. Margaret looked as shei alone could '-look in her gloss of satin and glimmet of pearls. ` I \ nAu1u"tv II:-usn un nun n RAJ-u LA .31; 3-.-v-v -v fvwynv vuflw `UV Ill! lIU\fP1U>o tt99.d-hm.,a; !2ee%5s1t;..a our ..t.-day: 11* " m attjei' *frbi1i""vr}iioni, ~ that `you "were purposely hoodwinking your people, and instead of going -to your Aunt, Mi Lester, you intend to trace out Mar'gai'et s pedigree in Tasmania. It is a noble mission-,_ and becauseiof the AL! .&.:.....I-L:.. `r A.;1-- LL- 1:|......'a.-- ......s out her shaken. . V , `flu ]}Eargaret s case` none. .'-`I1 ~mII'_..,.leav.e_ y.qu,v Charlotte. `Once =s~--: -`~:~*m-w~.~~ av ` ..: cbndence w'g.. you w,'e fre._{;`my,._fri9nd. You de'1iberate- I 13" chO3f'- to _,:ig'nofre ,--;fmfy' ri-eVnds'hip'. It, is .no -.,,1ohz9rA :zom:.:; ,o.nry L Mar- garet- s`people: can" be % my , people. (lnn -}\VA T I-sanity` n in A113: 4-n_::n1v `of. fit 1 `is 15 VH3 UluIGII' UIJIIII llUl_ I ';`1"t1"v_El`::1dJ that_ you should speak oh I: 1;`: 5 .