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Lord Lisle, and his daughter . w any invitation to the Villa ©5900¢00000:60€2000°0082000°0302900c308:9000Q © ® © . : 9 ® ® ¢The Fatal Dower: $ 6 ® -- OR ---- ® H THE DESTRUCTION OF A PROUD SPIRIT. © E00 e@o00000200008:8030D°0c0c8cB8e 00600 D000¢ SYNOPSIS or PRECEDING CHAPTERS.--Margaret Howard, on the eve of departure to join her se- ¢retly married husband, leaves her child with Susan Rivers and is drowned at sea. Susan rears the <hild, Daisy, as her own, and dies. Her daughter, Margaret, alone knows Daisy's secret. Lord Lisle seeks his child, and Margaret, taking Daisy's birthright, announces herself his daughter. She falls in love with his nephew, Philip. CHAPTER XII. Lord Lisle continually thought of that scene--those passionate tears-- that bitter cry. He knew that his proud, beautiful daughter loved her cousin with all the force of her heart --with all the strength of her nature. He_was grieved, for he saw nothing "ike love on Philip's part. No one could be more chivalrous, gay, and kind than Lord Lisle's heir, but there was no love either in his looks or words. He watched his daughter, but she never betrayed her secret. At times, when Philip spoke to her suddenly, he saw her face flush and her dark, lustrous eyes grow brighter. But pride and hauteur wrapped her round like a garrient. He could have believed the scene he witnessed from the balcony a dream. He saw, too, although Rita guard- ed her secret as she guarded her life, there were times when she was jeal- ous of every one else to whom Philip spoke. The pretty, fair-haired Count- ess Guardi was then considered the belle of Naples. Tair and coquettish, with bright eyes, charming smiles, and winning words, she was more popular and more admired than any other woman in Naples. She liked Philip, and immediately | upon her introduction began a little flirtation with him. She gave him her brightest smiles and gayest words, much to the amusement of her indulgent husband, who looked with something like commiseration on his wife's favorite. It was all innocent nonsense, and the count know it. His pretty, pet- ted wife must have homage and ad- miration. re- ; uardi, the ¥eautiful and lxurious home of the fair-haired countess. She was fond of charades--of operettas-- of tableux. Miss Lisle charmed her ; that dark, magnificent beauty was the very foil she needed for her own. She was never weary in arranging tableaux in which she could act with Miss Lisle. All the gayety. and fashicn of Naples assembled at the villa ; _ dances, soirees, evening parties, morning rides, excursions both on sea and land, were constantly going on ; the center and soul of all were the Countess Guardi and Miss Lisle. The Neapolitans raved about her ; the fair face, with its delicate rose- leaf bloom, the dark, lustrous eyes, and magnificent crown of black hair, had a great charm. 'The beautiful Migs Lisle !"" Gentlemen flirted with the pretty countess, but they ad- mired Miss Lisle. Lord Lisle was delighted with his aughter's success. Mingling with his, the best and highest society in Naples, her manners hecame formed, her natural taste for all that was elegant became developed. He saw the time had come when he might safely present his daughter, and the most fastidious could find no fault with her. i Rita might have abundance--Italian counts, French gentlemen, and Austrian nobles would fain have wooed and won the heautiful daughter of the rich Eng- lish nobleman ; but she smiled upon none. She accepted their homage in a queenly, graceful way that was in- finitely charming and full of piquancy. None of them had power to move her. Lord Lisle laughed at her numerous conquests ; Philip ral- lied her ; Mrs. Marche was proud of her pupil ; but Rita cared little. Her ambition was gratified ; men hung had lovers in ® upon her words ; they would have risked much for her smiles ; she could rule brave and noble hearts, touch them with a look, move them at her word. She was courted, ad- mired, and flattered ; homage and adulation followed her ; but the time came when Rita would have yielded this sovereignty of youth and beauty for one smile from Philip. The Countess Guardi sent out in- vitations for a ball. 'It is to be," she said, "a faint imitation of fairy- land."" No one was asked who had not some special claim to public favor--pretty girls, eligible men, but no "bores."" The number of guests invited was small. The rooms were splendidly dccorated with flowers ; the long conservatories were lighted up ; lamps gleamed like stars amid the green foliage and rich blossoms ; pretty fountains rippled musically out in the pleasure-grounds, that ran down to the shore ; the lights shone amid the trees. Every one talked of the recherche entertainment given by the fair countess. Lord Lisle wished his daughter to look her best on this evening ; he thought it impossible that Philip could help loving her. He wished his nephew to see her in the full blaze of | her regal beauty--the queen of the ball, admired and sought by all. The same idea came to Rita her- self. She spared no pains over her toilet, and the result was perfection. Mrs. Marche, whose taste was far more than good, chose the style of dress. A rich, sweeping, flowing robe of rose-colored satin, shaded with cost- ly white lace, that fell like a white, soft cloud. Costly diamonds were clasped round the white throat and | on the fair, rounded arms. Dia- | monds glistened in the coils of black hair that crowned the queenly head, and a beautiful blush-rose nestled against her bosom. When Rita entered the room where Lord Lisle and Philip awaited her, tl'ey both started with admiration. |Lord Lisle kissed the beautiful face with proud, tender affection. Philip |said gayly, "Ah, Miss Lisle, our little countess will be eclipsed this |evening. Old England will show her |supremacy. I place myself in the Rita was charmed by. the fairy- like scene. The soft, sweet music seemed to thrill the air ; rare per- fumes came from the rose-flowers ; the little fountains rippled musi- cally. '""There are pleasant scenes in the world,"" she said, turning to Philip. '""There are two sides to life. This is the bright one ; the other i '""The other you shall never see,'"' he interrupted. "Ah ! ma belle cousine, moralizing in a ball-room--how thor- oughly Knglish !"' "Thoughts fly swiftly,'"' she re- plied ; "the ripple of that water took me back for one moment to Queen's Lynne. I was on the sea- shore." 'Forget that miserable time," said Philip, warmly. '"We all try our best to make you forget it, Rita ; do we not ?"' He had never called her Rita be- fore, and a warm flush covered her face. The rose on her bosom trembled with the quick beating of her heart. Before she had time to reply the countess joined them. "I am so glad" you have come !"' !she said, in her pretty, broken IEng- lish. '""My rooms seemed dark with- out you !"' She spoke to Rita 'and looked at Philip. He, perfectly accustomed to the lady's arrangements of look and speech, was much amused. In a few minutes Miss Lisle was the center of a group of admirers. Then she showed to advantage ; bright, witty words, clever sayings. graceful actions and movements charmed her courtiers. Prince Dal- garin prayed for the first waltz. She had hoped Philip would care for that, but he was still talking to their fair hostess. Count d'Arni, grarks: of thifmeed rguc." pemet ATC one of the proudest men in Naples, sued humbly for the second. It seemed like a dream. She was strongly haunted that night by the recollection 'of Queen's Lynne. In every pause of the soft, sweet music she heard the sea beating in and breaking upon the shore. She heard Ralph Ashton crying out that he loved her. It was like a dream that she should be queen of that brilliant room ; that men of noble birth and high estate should sue so humbly for ona smile. Yet it was all true, and she had done all this for herself. "It has prospered,'" she thought to herself, "after all. It is not true to say that evil never succeeds--evil has been my good." It was later on in the evening when Philip sought Rita's side. '""Can you find time for one dance with me ?" he asked, gently. 'You are. surrounded By so many courtiers I have little chance I fear." He was somewhat startled by the expression of her eyes as she raised them to his face ; for once her secret showed there--passion and tender- ness lingered in their dark depths. | In her heart she was wondering that he did not know how utterly in- different she was to every one but himself. Her only and Rita and har- mo- reply was rising placing her hand on his arm. was a good dancer--graceful easy, every movement full of mony and the very poetry of tion. c The music sounded sweetly and softly. She never forgot the happi- ness of. that time. Philip's face smil- ing down into hers ; Philip's arm, with its strong, light clasp around her ; Philip's voice whispering kind words--it was one half hour of per- fect happiness. She saw admiring eyes follow her ; she heard murmurs of admiration from those who watch- ed her; but she was indifferent to all and everything save Philip. The last notes of the waltz died away, and Philip, turning to her, =» BR. A.W, CHASE'S ""_\ CATARRI OURE ... i is sept. direct to the diseased pails by the Improved Blower, Heal} the tlcors, clears the air passages, steps droppings in tte throat and permapantly cures Catarrh and Hay Fever. Blower free. All dealsrs, or Dr. A. W. Chase Medicine Co., Toronto and Buffalo, "You must be tired--" He stopped abruptly as his glance f:l1 upon her bright face. He saw the light in her dark eyes ; he saw the blush-rose in 2) her bosom ; its fragrance came to him like a faint¥sweet whisper. Her beauty had never struck Philip so forcibly before. '"You should be tired,"" he resumed, '"'but I see no trace of fatigu ! happiness that she believed was coming to her--to dream over the words and looks that made her mu- sic and sunshine. Not there, where at any moment a gay crowd might surround her. Rita went through the long conservatory, out into the pleasant, moonlit garden, where 'the lilies and roses perfumed the night air. She sat down on one of the pretty seats placed near the foun- tain. The night was solemn and still ; pale stars gleamed in the darkening sky ; the moonbeams gave a silver radiance to water and trees; the flowers were sleeping; only the roses seemed to be awake and greet- ing her with perfume. Far off, like the sweet, faint echo of a dream, she heard the rise and fall of the music. She was alone--alone with the beau- ty of the summer night and her own love. '""He is beginning to love me," she thought. He had called her Rita, he had side, he had asked He would love her in held no pleasure, lingered by her for the flower. time ; and earth no happiness, for her save in his love. She had believed ambition, pride, and love of admiration to be the master-passions of her life. This love was even stronger. She would rather--ah ! ten thousand {imes rather--be poor with Philip than share the throne cf a king. "I love him !'"' she murmured, '"'who never knew what love meant-- who never cared for it ! I love him, and he must love me in return !" Nothing like pity crossed her mind for the man who had cared so much for her--who had left her believing that she would be true to him and wait for him. When the thought of Ralph Ashton came it was with a cense of loath- ing and contempt--a wonder that she could ever have endured the sound of his voice or the touch of his hands. Out among the lilies and roses she dreamed of the love she hoped to win--of the bright future, of the title, of the honors, the grandeur that awaited her. The solemn stars, the sleeping flowers, the whispering night wind brought no bright or holy thoughts--they brought no re- morse, no pity, no compunction ; and she smiled brightly, thinking that her evil deed had prospered, and would bear good fruit. (To Be Continued.) rues A MOTHER'S ADVICE. She Tells How Little Ones Can be Kept Well, Contented and Happy. When baby is cross and irritable with a smile. She carried in her hand a bouquet of white roses and lilies. Philip bent over them. '"Give me one of those flowers, belle cousine,"" he said, "in memory of a dance I shall never forget." He meant nothing more than a pretty, flattering compliment, but the words thrilled the girl's heart. She took a delicate rosebud, half shrouded in green leaves, from her fragrant bouquet. "You will leave it somewhere fade and die,'"' she said. '""Nay,'"'" replied Philip, gallantly ; "it shall live near my heart." A shadow startled them. Looking up, Rita saw the countess by her side. The pretty coquette was look- ing her best that evening. Her rich white dress was looped up with white lilies, her fair hair beautifully arranged ; white lilies drooped from it ; the same delicate flowers nestled in her bodice. "I am interrupting a pretty scene" she said. "You English people under- stand the sentimental, after all. Mr. Lisle, I have been looking for you. The Princess Dorieti wishes for an introduction. Prepare yourself to be all that is fascinating." Philip did not respond with his usual alacrity, and a pretty look, half smile, half frown, came over the lady's face. to "I see,"" she said. 'You would rather remain here." '"Yes,'"' said Philip. "If I consult- ed inclination only I would rather remain here ; but your wish, Madame la Comtessa, is my law." "I shall be glad to rest here for a few minutes,"" said Rita. '"Do not mind leaving me alone." They went away together. She wished to be alone to dream over the Legs So Swel This case of Mr. James Treneman, the well-known butcher, of 536 Adelaide street, London, Ont., is an- other proof that Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills are effective in the most severe and complicated diseases of the kidneys. 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