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Ehtls head, strug ung to noia it. You wil have to get out, sir. We. have something to say to you, said an- o_t(111er man, appearing at the carriage 81 e. ` . Van Norden yielded with a reluctant grace. Ruth heard them talking behind the carriage. The peremptory tones of the strangers, and her lover's voice n- `ally urging something, gave her no light. mm 1;s4-gmmi until m 1a.H-m- again got ugnu. She listened until the latter again got into the buggy. He was very` pale, bnt spoke with an evidently great effort at being quiet: ufhlman -ma-n nmnl-_ in can ma nn 'hrmi- Delng quwu: These men want to see me on busi- ness. * I shall have to take you back ___A. D ."LVUI'IJlll.lUlU( J.VU. Algain, in the more rapid drive home: ` was only fooling, Ruth. about tak- ing you to be married. You did not take the joke very well. But never mind. A11 1.1.-1..'....;. ....'J-I. J-`Inn J-can man nun- .:f&11`i'the time, with the two men, ano- ther buggy was driving close behind them. A A L `I.......J-In J-Ixncv AI\+l310l1a I-Ina Van Wnr- HD6111. At length they entered the Van Nor- den grounds. As Ruth was `handed to the path, a. familiar voice pronounced these words: - This man's claim upon me is spuri- ous. I never saw him before. Arrest ` him I . ` Ruth turned and saw Doctor Van VNorden. He stood, ushed with health and indignation, looking full at her late companion, whose white, xed face, when they took him away, haunted her. 13...... 1:-1.. 12. I Q1: `had never be. WHBII D116) LOUIS 111111 away, uaauuucu uvL- | Poorlittle Ruth! She had never be ` fore witnessed the arrest of a false man 1 by the unyielding arm of the law. She was too shocked to sgcleak as Doctor Van ` Norden took her in `s arms, too bewil- dered to know that she returned his gentle kiss, though his ne blue eyes were looking straight `into hers. He took her into the house. and shut out the 1 dangerous -world. `(1'l\.'..._ 1:r_'.".- n-_u- ._.=--'I. tn a.-..-..-.I `I |,lHallgUI.'Ul.lB ' Wulxu. . Dear littie Ruth, spealgto me! 1 4 found that I loved you win the months I found myself -so fare-so very far away! V Dar1ing,"sure1y-you-have not given your _ heart to that fellow? Youhave been in L great peril! 1 He is a. Van Norden, but of `another family, and has no. claim on me whatever. "But 1 I e am here now, my `lamb. to protect my fold I? L 7 an LA 4-oTI2nR nn 11`nf.' T`R.`I1f.h And we arnot going to Northeld? . `Northe1d? No. " _...... 3.. J-`Ln -msnmn sun In-:11 1`It\I`Y\nI lamb. to provecu my 1011.1: So he talked on until Ruth found strength to lay her arm about_ his neck e and s1gh:. - ` .2.-.`.`:Yes,; I love you--I love you very muchl.-= . _ ` . ` ' When, after aomemonths, they heard ~ofv.thejudgment agginst __the im s-te`r,- ,on; ighe eharga Of; f, j e pretenses, tor `=Vapl,tT91.'$19h-. of`:thn;8reat English Van `:N0rde,n:$,t8,fe.:i!8-i;d'= - - 3` `(He pro`Dab1Y'hegu`d of m =8u,<.>Ce88.~ or 1... .,..,...1a'1...i.-.11v1nn'v'a`4r.i-iec1 ` scheme.` for Iauu uxpu ,uu.uv. - - 1 . ` V , . 6' ' I " men he Said. ` In case anythmg: 1 V 3119111 happen to one or other of us, we] all keep oureyes opgn,_..-g,u-at ` wk? . what we can see, so as to repdrt at _ f' 1-J . uarters to-night. Then he turned" again and went on gilently. Easterbrook, his quigg l.\ULuvu,Us:Iguvv, nun... \ _ i _HK'a ptfoliably heard of miguccess, or he `1,19;rd1y.ha;"\*e, -t`ri.e(1 V ' scheme.` _13 L- t.he'-`wa , hemust have -been` rather a .. *0` "f91.QW'R1.11i61" `3 '-`' , i j__. A. j" _ i-1;don"t, k;1ow'how,`much`eo', she j 'ari'o11s'l`y%. ` `I.-Ee"was =the- -knave ~qf_~_ rlnnncra i8y3id 3`brili|'i:I-:,;:'(o"_:l`|'_3'-I)-i,-71':-idiom not one of `f'I_:he re`n `d" cotee who hecrd her of c'3llin'g"``i:1'I1ior3l: At eight- ,e,en I4Ino1:riedjof-my own foolish will, 3 "m3'n_`of fty who adored me. At twenty had ` le3tn_ed tho: it would be 3 sin to w33te my full young life-the only lite ;I could know this side of the gt-3va--in no monstrous 3 union. He was 3 good m3n, 3nd, 3ccording to his lights. 3 model hue- bnnd. I could not but resnect him, but we had not one emotion in common. We were wholly imcompatible in feeling, aentiment---in nature. Upon this ground, and thla 3lone=, 1 obtained a. divorce. " T '.\: go-on:-n an-|9;rr'|nI\.Q` Iinihi llllu lzlll IlUul', I. Uutuluwu an urvvnvu. - Tear away, sentimental` verbiage an this woman's case stands thus : Her bus- 3 band's ideas andtastes were not, to her appreciation. favorable to the develop- _ment of. what she sketched as the life she uught to lead. Her individual happiness outranked all 0', her consideratiens in her mind. The marriage vow, uttered of. her own free will. because she then fancied that she was forwarding her selsh inter- ests by the union, became a rope of sand when inclination veered to another I """" "' quarter. mhnn 1` quarwr. - - _ _ There In an extreme of altruxsmv which 18 Vfanatlcal Bald egoism of the type here `Vavowed can never be arjythiung but con- tempnble. To :8 &l\I`I\J Q` Il1:l`n`\fI\ Ynh uelnpuuiu. . It is sound if homely wisdom to make f2;he_best of a bad bargain. Our repre- sentative Incompatible made the worst of one that, to dispasslonate judges, was only doubtful. Carlyle s caustic reminder of the complaining eqoist that there is no act of Parliament to the effect that thou shouldst be happy, comes intelli- `gently here. The appellant at twenty, against her eighteen year-old self. was by her own confession incapable of standing in her lot andconquerine circumstances. In demanding that everything in her en- vironment should be auspicious to her growtl. in the direction indicated by wil- ful imagination, she testified to her ina- bility to bear and to perform what Provi- dence or fate or her own `:11 judged de- -sire: had brought to her. -jl--I_ 2- ...--L 'I3`.I.-. none-9 nan-A Ohnn -urea uuu uruuguu nu ma. Wedlock is not Eden any more than ~ men and women are angels while wearing the garment of mortality. The united pair turning from the altar, albeit one In name, and, for the time,` in heart, are no more perfect in patience and wisdom than in holiness and in happiness. How they fare in _the novel state, entered upon with unquestioning eagerness, will de- pend as much upon the discipline of tem- per and will.` and the practice of the ever}. - day grace of `mercy, goodness, and truth, as if each had continued to lead an ex- istence detached from the other, and been compelled .to defer to the. whims of blood -relatives and to consult the wishes of I chance associate a. ,,:.L,`I__ LI_-L 12-- -1. LI..- unt` uuuuuu unnuvultr :3. The serious mistake that lies at the root of this form of wedded wretchedness is the fatuous belief in one another s per- fection. without. which ballad makers and 1 romance-writers tell us marriage is a mockery. Nobody can live up to a stand- 'ard as false as it is `mischievous. Hus- bands and wives are as fallible as if they had never been in love, and hoped, through love," to nd a terrestrial heaven. There is a nobler use than the pursuit of personal happiness for the mutual affec- tion which, thanks to Him who implanted it, yields but slowly to the pressure of crucial disappointment. It is rened and strengthened by sustained effort to rise superior to the disposition to seek out in- tmnities and to punish wrong-doing. With each victory over selsh ease and desire it approximates the love that to gentlest long-suffering adds_ belief and hope in all good and gracious possibilities. .---Marion Harland, in Harper's Brzar. . Penny iostage. It is only a few days since we learned ;that Great Britain was about to intro- duce a new system of postage, according to which the rate between "the mother country and the colonies, one and all, without distinction, would be one penny. The step was at once wise and politic and should not be without its Inuence in the United States". Already we learn that Mr. Caldwell of Ohio has espoused the recommendation of Postmaster Gener- al Wanamaker, andthat he will pffer an amendment to the Post Oice Appropria- tion bill, reducing the rate of letter postage to one cent for every half ounce. When this change can be made without too great a deciency" the people will welcome it. v Literature. All those who follow closely the move- , ments of literature will certainly be of the ` opinion that it is on the point of being reno- vated, and that, if its vitality is not yet entirely drained, it is now approaching one of those turns, two or three of which it hasalready found in the course of its evolution. Romanticism is nished; naturalism, whether it wishes so or not, is _not the less so. In this confusion, where is the germ of the future? How,` by what law, in what form, will it be developed? Is symbolism a new thing as -wellasanew word? Is it truly a be- ginning`! Is it an end, the last awaken- ing "of the metaphysical, ard mystical tendencies of romanticism, apparently suppressed during a quarter of a century by victorious naturalisml It 18 difficult to say. neavy Wllin propueuwu U]. ucauu. Sergt. Easterbrook sat there, gazing` into the glowing depths of the re. - He was a tall, broad-shouldered man, of , about ve-and-thirty; but grizzled and l unkem t as he now was, you would have ta en him to be older. `Crouching close beside him was little Charlie ,Hil- , ton, a recruit-almost a boy, indeed; but there was a sort of friendship be- tween these two, for both came from the same village at home, in the garden of England-a quiet little village perch- ed upon a hill, at the foot of which lay the fair Weald of Kent. V ' Ad`! _ _ _ _ --..L 9 LL- _.......--:L--1a.:o-noun:-xcuna-`.1 C`: - Honor Roll. : Honor roll of Craighm-at Public school ` for December : Sr. IV --Txllie Craig, `Josephine Hayes, George Ma-Lean, Grace Morrison. John Canton, Mary Kiel, Sarah Prion. J". IV.-Alice.L')nghurst-. L z`zie McKinnon, Mnldred Hart, Phoebe Oatrender, John-Higgins, William Brown- ridge. Sr. III.--Wallace Ruchurdnon. Bu-die Goddard, Willie Craig. Tuttie Hines, Charles Minty, Thomas Sheield. 1 1; tn`- _1.... 'l`.r..mhnnL Mggoig ulna:-, UDBTIUS llllulay, Luuuunu K111`/lL|\.I\:: Jr.` AIIIZ--Janet Lrmghurat, Mugqi Sh.ortreed._ Sarah Longhurat, Minnie, Oaler, Victor Longhurat, Harry Richard- son and Maggie Williams. Emma. Oatra.n- -der, Alex. Pyette. Elva.Saliabury, Willie `a.unders. - Sr. H.-Eaaie Goddard,` , `l'1-___ 1 \III\IVI$I Iv: [Eamon Hayes. - . Want: it Ilade cheaper. ; Is it, not terrible to thiizk that liquor Vcmti the British nation more than one hundred. million: per annum ".1" Humor- ous IriVah1nan-_-Indade, it is... sort. Och, eoanenotbingbe done to reduce the price Lave the d'rink.A-`+'I`empe_rance Advc cate. ` ]7i3'?d3`h3Li'55 and ,sh t;him. . the other day. He gave a pretty one good 3-home and 1 .hnshe1._o_f oats for another-.. The James Webb, of Eesserton, traueu norses ,n9:_t "he took hiqnew horse to the. bush I _._` ..I....s.k'.n ' . . ,_ `AI James Webb, hf Fesserton, traded horss I L -` -u.'... .1-.. `I1 - nnn g nr.'hI'.f.v nrm (mad | ForBronchitis La GriPP9 Lung %Tro`ub!e B116 Iaur VV Uiuu. UL zxvuu. Sergeant, the recruit whispered, if anything should happen to me to-mor-A A row-- ` C * Why, you talk just like the old hands! 1 T Well, why not? There s as much chance of my getting potted as anyone e se. . Are you afraid? .. Afraid? No! Are you? , - Yes, the older man answered. with a sad, quiet smile. I don't believe there can be a man living who does not fear death--aye, the bravest of them; it `goes along with the fear of God! V uDn+ -if nnvfhind shnnl hsmnen to " 'a Prompt `I: act, sure to cure- L 2;: ARE NOT a Pur- * gative Modi- ,- v _ - . ,, . ' 9 cine. ;hey are 2:. DR L BLOOD Bmnmm, . . _ I, Tome and RECON- STRU c'ron, as they supply in a. condensed -. form the substances actually needed to en- ich the Blood, curing all diseases coming RY BLOOD, or from Vrruvrsn Huuons in the BLOOD, and also invigorate and BUILD UP the BLooD and ' SYSTEM. when broken down by overwork, mental worry,di<~nse, excesses and indi~-c_re- tions. They have 8. -* SPECIFIC ACTION on . the SEXUAL Sysmzu of - i 1 both men and women, K restoring Los'r vmon and correcting all 1mu:<;ULAR1'r11as and st:1>1>m-:.ss1oNs. M a Who nds his mental fac- ulties dull or failing, or his physical powers agging, should take these PILLS. They will restore his lost energies. both physical and mental. EVERY ,wo:qg=ggMm::::::1:hB;.`r;; mhinh -innuitn from P009. and WA'r- * CAUTION: Kill I Uli II VIII-In ----vv ---- ----- make them regn1'a.r. For sale by all druggists, or will be sent upon receipt of price (50c. per box), by addressing v mnv `no nrrr 1.11 Its! Jinn, (J0, : km it by teecng it with : :___-. -` MYRTLE NAVY ! . IN BRONZE LETTERS. NONE ~ OTHER - GENUINE. along Wllin mu: Lem` UL uruu: A But if anything should happen to l me, Charles persisted. Oh, you ll be all right, youngster. It is not because I am a. youngster that I am any safer. Them confounded Russians don t pick out who they'll hit. I wan t you to promise me, sergeant, _ that when all is done to-morrow, if you should nd my-if you should nd me among the dead--you will take this let- ` ter tha.t is inside my jacket. The other fellows might laugh if they knew, and she would not like it. But you know her. \Ve are to be married if We come safe out of this. If I don't, I think she would like to know that I fell With my face to the enemy! _ rn1-:.. 4:-.n 4-`Inn 1rn1-Ina fnnntxr `F2.i`l`1V Of Pure Norwegian Cod Liver` i I can ....I |.l..-nnnlnnanlnlfnn "I never realized the good of amedicipe so much as I have in the last fcw.months. during whichitimel have suffered mtenaejy from pneumonia. followed h bronchitis. After o trying various meme ies without In-unt. I I1:-van the use of Aver's Cherry P [Ill l"UfU IIUIVVUQIGII vvu --vv. , Oil and I-lypophosphites Iwill stop a Cough, cure a Cold, and check Consumptgon in its earlier stages as well as all forms of Wasting Diseases,_ Scrofua and Bronchitis. It 58017008! as palatable as milk. I n___..--.n --|.. |... Q... 9. um...-m Rollnvilln. I vu VI-CA -a.v.. u11f.: of vr Wane women -=s::.:.-3: nnkn them re2n1'a.r. [After trying vanous -remeunes Wunout. benet. I the use of Ayer s Cherry Pectoral. an the effect has been marvelous, a single dose relieving me of chokin . and secunng :1 good mght's rest." - . A. gigginbotham, Gen. Storc, Long Mountain. :1. Va. "Last Spring 1 was taken down v. `:h la grippe. At times I was completely grostrab ed. and so difcult was my breathmg that my breath seemed as if conned in an iron cage. Iprocured a boltlenf Aye:-`s Cherry Pectoral, and no sooner had I began taking it than relief followed.` I could not believe that the effect would be so ra.pid."--V\". l-I. Williams, Cook City. S. Duk. AYER S Oherry Pectoral For more than twenty-ve years, I was a sufferer from lung trouble. attended with coughing so severe at times as to cause hemorrhage, the poroxysms frequently last- ing three or four hours. I was induced to try Aye.-r's Cherry Pectoral. and after taking four bottles, was thoroughly cured. I can conderitlyrecommend this medicinc."-Franz Hofmann, Clay Centre, Kans. Iace to me enemy: - This time the young fellow fairly broke down. You say I know her. May I ask who she is?" ' . Yes, I don't mind telling you. It is Mary Ashford. uxfny-wl 'I`ha n.11trhf.91' nf . Farmer gated by Dr. J. C. A er & Co., Lowell. Mass. by all Druggists. rice $1 ; six bottles. $5- V 3 men in the lung-healing virtues ofthe Pine 3 combinedwith the soothin and expectorant properties of `other pectora. herbs and barks. ! A PERFECT can : FOR A `--A--L -n:1'23l R3 - A Fl:IuV-sun vans r v.. COUGHS' AND 'OOLDS Hoarseness, Asthm Bronchitis, Sore Throat Crow}? and a1l.THR AT, BRONCHIAL an LU G DISEASES.AObstinatec hswhi I: resist other:-emedies e-id progn y to thcis pleasant play syrup. ' PRIOI 850; AND 500- FIR BOTTLE: an: I! IV ALI. DIUOlITIo Upucucuuuo uo Juouwloo . Prepared only by Sco1t& Bowne, Belleville. >-_._"__________ 1:11. The Cold. lptt 01 ILFIUU \u)UU. ycx nun], u; mu-..-......... THE DR. `WILLIAJIS 1|IED._CO. - Brockvzlla. Ont. DR. vyoo1_) s EACH PLUG OF THE ZGIII filth! vvu r -rs -_ COLD IV ILL DI|JOO|I1'Ia T heertiu T * r-"!o;:o'1.:me " . Mv lnrti-nok"' `ivm ev: ` d*io}_1'Jq-y..; Beyond the ['0 i`e'I , =`_. '3-is . And ever , _, -jee . - 5,` My thoughts. beyond .the.._s_eg. 2; Beyond the see. beyond the see. . 'I`he swallow wanders i'oet"e.nd free: i ' oh, happy bird! were I like thee. 1, too. would Jly beyond the `sea. Beyond the see. beyond the sea. Are kindlv hea_rt.s and social lee ;. But. here for me they may no be. M _v heart is gone beyond the sea. `Is MARKED new. will M nry Asnroru. Mary! The daughter of .. Farmer Ashford? Yes. Then there was a dead `silence between them, during which, as the ickering relight danced upon his features, an .- one who had been watching him wou d have read a world of unspoken thoughts upon the sergeant s face--a short but pathetic history of human woe. Such an observer would have read his secret, would have understood that Noel East- 01`bruuk10ve.(1 Mary Ashford too; that he had imagined and hoped his love might some day be requited, until these words came to dispel his dream-words_ spoken in all innocence, but which pierced his heart as fatally as could have done a Cossack's lance thrust. . It was Hilton who rst broke silence. You have not answered me,c ser- geant, he said. Won t you promise me what I asked you? _ _ _ u'w.... H 'r.N....+mJn-nnb rnn'|u:_ In SI. muet. what; 1 asked you: Yes, Easterbrook replied, in a quiet, subdued tone, which betrayed no emo- tion. I will do you this little service,` if you should require it, and-I` am in 9. position to perform it. h - ~ _ u rmmnlr vn11 snmnch. And you w111 position to perform 11;." - Thank` you so vmucb. you take the letter back to her? Yes, with some lhesitation, I will take it back to her,` if I live AL u._-- -...-..~..m+ on n-lnnr name Hike 11} nacx `CU 119.71`, 11 L uvc ` At this moment an oicer . came among them, and the soldiers rose and saluted. V - 11m- _--...L ........-. mg as 1' mid tn saluted. - ~ -~ _ We want some men, be send, to go forward and reconnmtre the enemy s outposts. The duty may be '3 danger- ous one. ' " " - :11",`I1 .,_ 3n __..;- ...1.\.-...n nn Q91. {LIFE SACRIFICE. one." ` V _ W, 1 , .1 11go, if you leasge, captanzl. Ser- , geant Easterbroo sa1d,v stepping for- ward. ' y ; - _ W `:91-y well. Take three `men mth 3'01. V , f . "` I`ll come with you." 3315 Y 01133 H11` 1... W1'1bu1u5 uu vv .I.u:c l.lUl.l.l. BUIILU uyvu. - r After they had marchedfor nearly an hour they approached a. `frozen. stream, ' nd on a hi1_1ock upon the oppdite hahk, gould dimly desc ' the res of the Rue- -:.-.-. nowrn 111:1`? . tnn 1-wr, +1mn{-n-inn!-_ works. __- ___- -`.`_v--vv, ,'3E1&`d`{nT1y aEcI; the E6? sian ..ca,mg,hha1f idden by V their `out- ey crossed the river;Tand then halting, Sergt. Easterbrdok-s_pok`e' fog the xtst time. T sM'v man- he said. in `nuns nnvthia Wll V017 `- T ?.l:.n`I:".% we , ;"sligh i f` 30:03:`. ; i. u L 3 v; of e--3ene1li'yI-noting th "dlrectio`n`_ o{ the,"-lines and each point, either 0! 3 strength orof weakness, so far as it was : bleto observe them in the gather-? . mg gloom. At last they-turned a cor- ner and found lthemselves suddenly right beneath a tall gure in a long cloak and furry shake, ggsted on the to of the ridout just a ve them, an thrown out in the bold relief by the glow of the camt11)1 x-e not many yards . behind it. Our `ends `were very still and cautious in their movements, but one of them, by the gleam of his bay- onet, probably betrayed himself to the Russian sentinel as he peered down into the gloom, for the latter spoke some words in his own tongue, challenging them to declare themselves. ` un-..n-_`...: um c1.......L `l'.1m.4-m-ha-nnb ~.-.aa- mu .............1 a...`:;a;..*;;.a., ..;...... -can qnnnv nnvul-|'&`I-Ef}I `Nil 13116111 DO utycugre buumuuxyua. _ ` Confound it! Sergt. AEas_terbrook . muttered half aloud,- we have ventured } too far--right into the lion's den=-wo` must turn tail, boys, and run. for.,ou.- ` lives, till we are out of gun shot. That is the best sort of` courage that we can V show now." `T A I rm.-_- -..-.....::....... .11 l-',..;-. I-rnonn and snow now." T They, accordingly, a.11.four turned and ran at full speed, for since their object was to obtain information there was no . real bravery in staying to face the foe. But they had already-gone, too far in their eagerness to determine the posi- tion of the enemy s lines,. and no sooner 1.-.: LL-.. J-.-...-.~.nA I-n u thnlh an! sham us HOD OI 12118 611611.13 5 111465,. auu Lu: 5: had they turned to y than the she. report of- a musket was heard behin ( them.` The sentinel had aroused his comrades, and a moment later a volley of balls was whistling through the night air past the little English squad. V . 1.`t\L I 1.1.3.. in `nc|0v:1'\1n 11n11nu UVIIUL . all past H18 utme muguau uquau. ,Oh! this is terrible, young Hilton said breathlessly, as he ran, if-Vwe should fall_ like this, sergeant !.-to be shot from behind !-I had rather go back and face them 1` "``- A ------A 4.: ..`1Ano :1;-no-:11`-`tl anumce menu - The young fellow doubtless fondly imagined that the "e es of all Europe` were upon him indivi ually, and had not yet come to learn that so many men must come down like corn before they raaper s scythe, Aonlyto `be regarded at headquarters-as so many casualties; he still thought that to peril life and limb in other men's quarrels was glory! , You must not go back, the sergeant` znswered, with` a. "strange mixture of gentleness and authority. I could not allow you to do that. Every man s life ' that is out here belongs to his country, ` and no one has 3. right to .risk it ra-shly. They are only ring wild-don t be .tfraid. s _ . I m not afraid-I-`-my God! I be- 1_` -__- T9... `I..'L I3) L Ll-I. I-IUU (111.1 rlieve I m hit 1 nu , _ _ _ _ _ -____;, rueve [III 1115 1" t The ser eant, notwithstandin his ex- perience, ad indeed been mista en. He ; knew that the Russian soldiers could ; not have takenaccurate aim in thedark, but he did not `allow for the fatalities of chance-those terrible chances which ' govern -the worId s history. Hilton said he had been struck, and Noel Easter- , ,1- _-_-1.1 -1...-. cnnl 4-1r\n+, o k1-1110+. ha SKIVBLLJ Ub&\I `\4---- .. --v.._. and 1 brook could also feel that a. bullet had 1 entered his body, but still they both ` kept on bravely as long as theycould. Here in` the cold, silent night {he lust of battle was not upon them; there was only the mute desire of wounded beasts, Whlch would fain be at rest, away from `their pursuers. rnlum no.1 nnw r-.1-nsnnd the frozen their pursuers. V ` They had now crossed the frozen stream, and were safe from further dan- ' ger. B c this time the `weather had i change . The wind had driven the ' snow-clouds away, and from a steely, i blue sky the moon was shedding her silvery light upon the four Englishmen struggling over the .white Crimean! plain. They were still a long way from ' their own camp--probably three long weary miles--but they were now in safe- ty. Sergeant Easterbrook called out Halt I and the others noted with alarm the faint voice with which he spoke the word. His ctitious energy had given- way at last, and with a stied groan he ___.1_ .a....... .4. +1; nni-, nl n. crrnnt hlQ.r3.lr he 1 sank down at the foot of a great, black gnarled tree. Young Hi1ton s wound was also overmastering his strength, and the next moment his form, too, was lying an -inert mass e upon the snowy ~ ground; smug; in Hm msatfm-- sergeant? one ground. What is the matter, sergeant? of the other soldiers asked, feelingly. I' did not know zen hadbeen hit. u1"l .'L nu nu-I-rna_}\n`I|n `:11 (116 I105 KIIOW 011 uuu_- ueuu uua. Hib-yes,- a.wes-here in the left side-it was foolhardy of me to have ventured so far into their lines--and~ there is the poor lad. Oh, Dawes, I am done for 1 um-r- ...... 2.. ml now +`|no.+. ans-onnhf. No, no; do not say that sergeant. ' We will carry you_; back to camp all right between us, won t we, Ryan? You ` vsilll be out of tomorrow's fun, that. is ` a 1. e T . - ' . To-morrow! Yes, there will be no ` tomorrow for me. Nonesense! You will be sent to the rear, that is all. The old sawbones will put you straight in no time. See, we will carry_ you as gently as a nurse. Come on; give us a hand, Ryan. nun. v 1i`.oa4-A1-hiInn1r nnnwnred in a. UOHJG glVB H5 is uuuu, ,.I.\o_yau. . I No, Easterbrook answered In a feeble but decisive tone, leave me. Leave you? We'll see you hanged rst! Ryan said, with rough good nature. ' ` ' ` ' I n :1` .. -1- nl- J-`An 11t\11`rI d+13f--hQ {R Wllndv ` nature. ` V . Look at the you ter-he is wound- 11 ed too. You surely ' on t think of leav- ing him behind. _ mm um are not zomsz to leave you. -anyway. We can come back for hnn. ing mm Denmu. Well, we are not going you. -And nd him dead 1` - We must take our chance of that. These are not times to ick and choose what we do. - Come on %an. ? "No, I say; take young ' camp and leaveme. - u"\T.`-. I '. i I Uiuup uuu. auuv v ...v. l N01. ~ ~ ' . T But Sergt.,' Easterbrook, with a supreme etfort, now rose to his feet, and I supporting himself` by the trunk of the tree, said 1n afstexfnt tone of guthori - 1 H A -no vnn . nnmmdii 50 01' I ytres, Sam In H: Buaru vuuv ; sacrice. ramise to on; but 'whe111gon Englan , `tell Mary ord t send you. safe; home UL Glluonvnnv _ you commanding this aml? saylwill beobe ed!` akeup the lad and carry him bac to camp I" They yielded to the force of discipline, which is so strong_as to become nearly an instinct, and raised the half conscious "Are form of Charlie Hilton. The latt_erl dimly what was going` understood only on, or he himself would have been the rst to protest against his friend s heroic Good-bye, C_h_arlie_l the sergeant said; I sh`an t byejableto keep my at 1, `Noel i;,`,11tt1.9_ bst` 1'0 `ei -. ~ thevtwo soldiers, with their A As Easterbrook, ,did mg 1 I .A11d";as iburd9n..VfV1ked..i silntlli wand Badly away over the .= white` `1 >1ain,_1*I_`oel' Eas- . terhrook again _. l _ _ _ heavily upon the ground, a._nd_r'.01100- . one tune; never to rise.or speak again. - rn......1..... 1:r:u..... ..n'4-n-mm nafn hnmnlli-ii etg bacig; . nme never to ruse or spams ugaux. W Charles Hilton returned safe home to be :united_ to Mary Ashford; and there is aetender. b9th,th. ' _ hearts` to . um sileiftzhewjzvhds bongsaagfwmtenfee `(ing in theR1i'seian% Chersones,e,.the man. 7 a..1.~.*- .-'...:`.'.'|..-4"-.'a..'..;|`. u.;~...:..'.~..a nn .; (nu-' jmg In uuvuhnusuuur uuqmuucap, u_w ';who met -his['de'athV to says h`9.r,pa.1_n_; for .it was, indeed, to send her lover mick to. her that the brave sergent hid`thu`s courted his doom. V ' otnerwise. . Must the children lose their mother and their home, too, _ Doctor _Van- Nord- en?".said she.~ This is the best place for them. _ ` A , f(`1We1l, stay with them, Ruthie, he sa.1 . .. She had made. the house endurable `for three months, and then came word that heirs-at-law were wanted for the great Van Norden estate in England, and Doctor `Van Norden, who` was claimed as direct in the line, was sum- moned thither. 'l1---A `L- ..-.-.~.L 1nu'n #11 runs: ndrrnn FUR-V $$'n83r'U8Q OOIIIQ "ly OI I181 --u-`ll .ur: usuedto the wa ` or 6 `world. Doctor Van orden ew it,of (`.21-3'0-+' 'but`his call abroad was mostimo rag-` tiv, and no one in the world lov "hm orphan children as Ruth did-Ruth Mar- 1m-. antnnnf. vnnna oi!-1, whn had drifted orpnnncnuurun Ill! nuuu u..I.u'-1.`: uuu nun - Ion. 8.-sweet oung girl, who had drifted into his fami by reason ' of her tness as ? home ma er, ' T ' _..- .L- _.`I... --{J-`Ia `Inns: IIYOIOYYI 3 U IIUIIIU lllllfn . ~ It was she. who, with her `warin, brown eyes, her quick deftness, kept the chilled and shattered household to- . gethet-when d'evastat_ed'b dea.th." Distracted at the loss o his fair and title wife, Doctor Van Norden would ve closed the house and ed from the scene of sorrow. But Ruth pleaded otherwise. 1\l`._..A. 4.1.- ..1..:I.1...... 1.mn {>1-umiso rnnl-1mn1I moneu uulauer. . Before -he went, his will was signed and witne_ssed-his will leaving all he possessed and all that should, accrue to him to his children and their guardian and friend, Ruth Marlon, to be carried into effect without delay in case of his ..dea`.th. `I"I'- I..A1-.\.'I an oonnncv whorl iaeatn. _ - ~ He looked so. very ill when he went away on his sea voyage that Ruth's `heart swelled with grief. 1171.-.. .-(Ln uonnnlnnil 4-Ln 1nn11un n.rr;':.-in nears sweuuu wxbu guns. `d When she reached the house again, she sat down and cried. She missed Doctor Van Norden s presence, and the strain of carrying other s V burdens had been severe. - 4 'n__4. -1... ..L....J-.-"1 1'\11n17A111 run ca-gin was o -'-.th'&ti.H11 the ` ' dsay ofher--a.-a zm-. . A1 - '_.___._ '..I LL`. `-._IA D8811 SGVBITG. But she started bravely up again, o made the ways of the household simpler, less expensive and easier for herself, and took up her daily duties with the sweet composure which eye1j_made her so in- valuable. _ . _ - . - 1`l--LL -uann ~\AA k va.1uao1e. . 4 Ruth was more lonely. She felt the need of the doctor's presence, and the ` year to be spent before his return seem- ed very long. . ` . T n... ;+. 1179,: '|ma'|`F crnnn cam had been ED eu Very mug. When it was half gone she had been playing dance music for the children on a. pleasant day, when she found they had stopped waltzin g. Turning, she saw 9. young entleman I standing at the door with his at in his 3 hand. 11 T L1..'...1- ..A.. 41:: Qua` `Anni! an`l'110`I"I+. nanu. I think you did not hear the servant announce me, he said, advancing. I am Van Norden-Va.nstone Van Nor-' 9) (1811. " Ruth rose from _the piano. Such. a. ` handsome man she had never beheld as the one who stood before her. u '|r:..... 1|A'....:.... 1' `I-n31-intro xvii-_'I`1 n_ `Iain `D118 one W110 swuu Ut'-Lun-J ucr. _ Miss Marion, I believe, with a. low bow. Little one, picking up Dollie, % the youngest child, I'a.m your Cousin `Ton V an. " . He seated himself, with the little girl on hisknee, looking over the fall of her fair t-resses at Ruth. u1'1'.... ..L'I...... `nu-|vl\1'7l'\11 `hag-m1 n*F "h-in Iall` t-resses an nuuu. A Her father-have you heard pf h1s welfarelatel , Miss Marion? W1IaI'U~1ubU1i', Juma J.I.|.al. iuu ; _I had a etter .from the doctor a month ago, sir, she replied, a faint alarm stirring her heart at something in the stranger s attentive blue eyes. Me was well then? Yes, answered Ruth, paling. I have later news. a Good tidings, I hope, Ruth falter- e . - I regret to say this poor little girl- the boy-M1ss Marion, the children are nunknna I orpnanxs x Ruth had seated herself in the piano chair. She sprang up as if she were shot; The stranger was evidently start- led by her emotion. He put the child down hastily and came to Ruth. She was deathly pale and swooning. n Tnnbn n'hn11+. `Fnr uratnr and at was uea.-umy pun-J uuu uwuuusug. He looked about for water, and at last rang for a servant. 1+ -uvoa `I-m`I on hmnv `hnfn-m Ruth (-.nn`ld last rang 101' aa burvau:-. It was half an hour before Ruth could "talk. "She was surprised at her own weakness. But she knew that a great sorrow had fallen upon her. - '6! `Eu. nn-nn<:ra 11:13:` nr|t`(1n`n1V in T.(\1'I`l1 sorrow nuu la-uuu upuu urn. My cousin died suddenly in London of heart-failure. I was with him when he died, said Van Norden, bending over the sofa. where she lay. He gave me careful .instructions concerning everything, so you will have no care. Of course it is 9. great blow for you, but so large a_n `amount of e_money is now yours, MISS Manon, that you are secure from all hardship and trouble during the, remainder ofiyourg life. ' 'I"hm-A was little Ruth could sav. She me. remamuer UL _vu um. There was little Ruth could sa . was dazed and tremblin ; and t- e next day, after a sleepless nig 17. et more ill; but Cousin Van, as t e children called him, greatly attracted as they were b the handsome , resence and agreeab e ways, tookher c arges off her e hands and gave the servants instructions, so that when she appeared in the even- ing she. was _1ad to nd him at the ' 1.. 2..-- v in sh. v3," iat "or erly resi e. A van! rueny nnamuu. = .He was bribing the children, with a story, to go` early to bed, and Ruth s peav heart warmed toward him at see- mg t em so happy. 6` 'lly-.mn1-sown nnhnv 1111+. mo nnw Aha mg 11118111 su nappy. 4 They have `nobody but me now, she said. e"I feel grateful to anyone who will make them forget their orphan- " I....A.`l 9 IIUUU. heir father knew I would share their charge with you, Van `answered, gently. You are soyoung, he added. I am surprised` that my cousin con- sidered you `capable of -so serious a care." ` V" * ' - ' 7 No one loved them as I did, said Ruth, -quickly. Andghe expected to come -back to'them. ~- V face, a;nd"sat `t cou'sin',` fMa;rion? . He looked ittingl at her smitltenv % A ought 111. ``You were." deeply `attached to my u'I".-3.! All 1.6:`-nnnv Inn:-:1 -rh11r-11 an aha COIISIIJ , mus. .LY.I.UIl.'1ULl ; 7 I did,not know how much so, she 1 answered distractedli. ' _ The` uu'rse',had ta en the children.- Ruth a_.nd`Van sat `silent in the beautiful room, until 'the young `man, "starting from meditations`; `sought devotedly tocheer and entertain `c`ompanion, ' ` His presence inwthe house was `certain- a. . eat diversion from sorrowful ' " Cbus_fii`Van an-`amp, %5,pgn.f.rt.'Ruth found, ` The boy Hubert r 3.. P ,0 ... and. y wou1dft'ot side. with `.quite as;mnehenthnsi`a;sm. :1. Imam-m"mnnv names and E8`-`h -Ira- . qmte asgmucn enpnusuysm. ._ ` "' He knew `so"many games and tricks, could ride and, driv_q' _so`we'1!`, `was so witty and indu1gent--Ins blonde; p1eas- * ....... ...-.:....'c..nn~.'m.qnn:1+hu hhnfnr nf thni WI? 311. lnuutgvuv-nu: uuzuuv, yuzacr ure- ovin face`seemedithB `center of the house : .' e. And to Rth comfort and convenience he was} deivoted. - 11--A.L:.... ......u .-.1!-gnu` -in 'hn1:n7nv nf. Qonvemence no W116 uuvvwu. . Nothing was. altered in her way of ; Aliving. . Vpn cousin wjshed it 'un so. _ . . Let me save you an reminders of his death, he said. ""1 instructed to take care -ofnll money matters. Only .1 et~ me rlinoWi`.~yoi1r!fwishes-, -and he`happy and cheerfu1.~- You ;he.'wo_nld,pre`-_, r fer it. And you should do ;fp1_' echjldrdds sake. . - _ l Ruth, as she had ever done -in ` and:.e_iet h Eiliigi-7Itot* in be patient`. fnl,.and succeeded so wellin following the counsel given her that Yam stone V9.11 Norden became a neces- ` Rena-urn` 1151- "m>9..I.1_er:I9- - . '. . . es gu edhere walks, drove, her ponies, discharged her commissions and pleased her fancy. _ She enjoyed his beauty and bright conversation, and believed she loved Ll... ischarming-of outotell me so," he said,` when he T won her confes- sion. You are such a delightfully frank, honest girl, Ruth! ' 1:17.... `I...-nu; nvnn 4:11 nrrr `hanua-fa {aha frank honest gm nuuux _ _ _ Yen have wo'n all our hearts, she answered. u A _.I ...,.... mknn g`Io`I1 an-zn ha 1nn1-rind Anlode(1l1.ow, when shall we married, Ruth? . The eariiest time will be the best. - - I don't think of marriage "answered the girl. I _can t be any hajopler than I His brow clouded. Butyon know this can t go. on for- A ever, Rut-h-my living here as a. visitor`. And I want a wife. Why not? Day by day he urged marriage. Ruth 1 could not have told why she objected. Some time, she promised. . But Van was not satised. Once she heard him mutter: I This is cursed foil 1' . But he was genera 1y good-tempered '--so much so that she upbraided herself as being unreasonable. uhnnw rm-n hm-mi-. mn9 `ha nnlrn hgr, IS Demg uLl'1'U'd5Ul.l_:U.I.U. Don t you trust me? he asked her, one evening, as they sat alone.` Oh, yes I_ ' she responded, surprised. Yet a vague distrust made her say to herself: a I am so alone! I will ask counsel- ndan adviser, and trust to her decree. Later," Van asked: ' E J ohn-if my cousin had asked you , to marry him, would you have con- sented? A little, quick blush ran up to the soft -brown hair of the girl. . e Yes,. she answered. , ,V\ hy? ' Because I knew how good he was 1 Her companion looked as if he had food for thought. hnuvh nu 1-nnnlra 1-nan`-_ 1'\\1 T-Tn `DR! 110 Ioou 101' bnuuguv. Days and weeks went by. He was no nearer his desired end. '(l'I'I--J.1- T nova nv1\:u\rn +I\ nearer ms ueslreu arm. A " `Ruth, I am going to Northeld, he said. ` I cut my hand` with my razor this morning, and I nd it disables me from driving well. Will you oblige me by taking the reins and going with me? nun. sun intn Hm tmn, She changed December 29 .:`;*as;. DV taxing B118 rams a-uu gumg vuu "Ruth fell into the trap. She c"aBgd her dress and entered the carriage. nu. ._ 1.-.`: .:..:...w. J-`lnmn A1: Pnu-no an-Han ner aress anu exueruu we Uu.|'u.ua5U. They had dnven three or. four m11es,- when she said: u A _. _... ......3....-u ULA -n:(v1n" 1-now`) T `hnvn never Dean 130 .LVU1`I.lu1U1u. Her companion nodded. He had not, % as get, begun to urge her marrying him, an Ruth s fear lessened. Her spirits rose. She began to enjoy the drive, and to conde some pleasant plan, when she interrupted herself b saying: - Where are We? hat signboard says, `Northeld, eight miles! And We must have driven nearly that already. wnen sue bauu: Are We going the right `way? I_have never been to Northeld. T1 ........ ...:.-.... ..nAAm-`l 1'-Tn Ino nnf. nave unven Qt`-`kl-l.`1_) buuu a11Uca.q. Her companion took the reins from her, not minding his injured hand. In- deed, it did not seem to be injured now. Ruth felt him looking at her curiously. ((112. ,1-Ann Rn 1rn11 1:171: +9 aha Qlfa J.1:1lU1 ICU; nun Luuluug aw nu; Uu11.uuax_y . My dress--do you hke It? she asked, confusedly. - 'r+ nine 0 a-m+ M3 119.10 alz urith a. hunch c0nIuseu1,y. It was a suit of pale si1k,with a bunch of white asters at the throat. It will do Well for a bride's dress. What do you mean? she asked, startled more by his manner than his Words. ` ' . urnL..__,.).. ..A uqn :1n'I11n on1r1n'h0'n'I` 1011 W111 UU aw unuu Ill. nan au. uuuz She turned her Wide, /indignant. eyes . upon him. His~face grew threatening, his voice harsh. 1xrl'11_.._... .'._ Qv\I\ an 1'v-. syn:-:50 9.. .VVOI'(1B. . There s no use dallying any longer, Ruth, I am taking you. to be married. You will be a. bride in half an hour. . 211.2. :.--.......:I 1.... ...:,1n 1`ni-linrnonf-. OVOQ 1113 V0108 lli:l1'U. There is no use in your taking a stand against me, he began, when a voice called: Stop! A He started, looked back, uttered an oath and snatched the whip from the socket. One, cruel stroke upon the glossy hide of the animal, which made it give a. frightened bound, rocking the bug y; then a burly man was at its hea , strug$1ing to hold it. u\7',..-. .1-.-.1 `Ina-n`-yo {-n no}: nnf. air W9 It was an evening that fearful win- ter of 1854-55, memorable for the mean war. whose terrible stories of danger, privation and heroism the vete- . vans delight _to tell by the reside at home. . The cold was intense, snow lay thick upon the ground, and was still, falling noiselessly through the grey and dusky air upon an English camp in the Crimea. A space had been clearedaronnd the tents, and the men were seekingvsuch warmth. as was to be obtained around the a camp res. It was the eve of battle, as one versed in the ways of wars could tell, by the anxious looks on the men's ` white, unshaved faces. There was none of that reckless bravado of which ro- mancers tell us. The men were silent, or spoke only in whispers. Their thoughts were, doubtless, toooppressive A for more loudly spoken words. It was the terrible Russian winter`; to-morrow they were to ght, and the air was heavy with prophecies of death. q......+ 1r...s+m-`hmnlz :m:l'. thm-n. gazing"