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HoRmm1N%i;py;4gcn I shall I course, butshe , and be ACl\I ;I' guess ulna. 1- II vZWhen Rose Lewis returnedfrom-.'her European tour-V-a. v'ery brief one--there ` -was a'double wedding ; and since Rose ind Ruth were `the names`, of/tl_1_eV-L two`- th 7 : Jnnnn . A V N brides . ~!t=-us` easy -to;:gTu ea`n<; _ho.:;3ygf;g`%i `,`Do iron think I -wahted to marry VRose, said Frank, or that I dreamed I she would accept me? I read. your \ hearts toowell. I knewyour love and ` your pride. I saw `two who were made for each other tearing `themselves asunder,` and I took advantage or your roolish promise to place you m a po- sition in which ?t was impossible for iyou to `conceal your true` feelings. I Somehow I felt sure you, would under- 'stand_ each other; and at the worst, I should only have a refusal.1 My hap- piness. as I think you must guess, is. .deiJedent on . what ynuth will * ansyer . ~me4s ome daypand I t1h[.i.nkfI snI1.;ih`9;ve ;cour.a.`g,e_._enO1'1gh to do? f. .,1nv.-{_this`foases?_' `t In U5 no "You. have propoed tb her," he said, and she has accepted. you." j Paul could not answer . You have the right to take my life, he said; but- V _ - -...,..--. ....,, uv JIJIQ auvsx cud How can I ever make you believe that I have not played you false? fal- l Vtered Paul, and Frank burst into a laugh. 1:1 ... I___.'. _ _ _ _ . .__.1 :1 -7 an 4` -- Fran]: looked at him. He turned away his head. - Il'ff7I._L I.____ -_.___ I_ , ,, I a an. - _ ae-ntencesljlrs. Seldon apologized for Travers and explained the situation. he had the mixed joy of seeing Jdck appreciate it to the .dregs.- -' The nvfrn "uh.-Ann -4. .1..- --. _ - In vv VI. 115-: an\pIa\no What have you been doing? asked Frank. Why do you iook so? "Una: Ant` 1' new-.- cg.-I-- ----- L-In__`_- tH1s uttea-Ajoiy and his -woeful shame `mingled themselves in his soul. Hav- ing bidden Rose adieu, he found Frank waiting for him. `I\4uJni|V/`An u--use ;n\. auuu ynuyucu LU ll.U1n __ He was almost mad; he was quite distraught indeed. The suddenness of his happiness was in `itself enough. ` And then` there was `the,a.wful eon-. sciousness of 9. terrible breach of trust. ' And tears came faster, and woman's hysterical `sobs. And what could the do but take in his-arms this woman whom he adored and- who had Just ad- mitted her love for him under the im- pression that he had proposed to her. `CI - `ova-nun o\`unnJ\au` ......a. 1.. ____ But then a sharp. spasm`- of pain caught his breath. He `paused for an instant. In that instant Rose turned toward him and `put her hand in his. My love is not worth so much, ~. she said, tearfuily. But since you value it so highly it is yours. ' It `always--' has been-sinc I,rst knew you. `,3; --v In wan: v us now: unubu 5:5. IIIIILQCIALD For months he has thought ot you by day and by. night, until there is ` but one .woman in the world to him- t you. Of all the objects that there are upon the horizon of the future he sees only -y_our`face. He could do anything `for your sake; without you .he will be "nothing. He has seen-nao token of any` liking for him in your face, not heard it in your voice; yet he would have you hear his story, and know his fate, ere you are parted from him. Hi name--" i 0 V; vs: up vyywun b `-`I know a man wo has loved yon- for a long time, he went on, taking now a sort of erce and` bitter pleas,- ure in this cruel usage of himself." EV.-nu um`--.5`... I..- I.-- L`l_---_I.A. -4 .._-__ She:- 1dokIa{1$.t' Km}; 1i1 _I; Her eyes dropped. T car 1...... .. .__-_ _.I.'_ 1.-.. n-___:| _,___ vvv--g It is a storzi of one who asks a.'gift," I he said, but not a. gift of alms," his` voice trembled-a gift, that only you car} glve-you, of all the world." | _That of some poor person? she? asked. hYou have only to say that you know him to be in need and worthy." ' sun. 2.. - _4.-__L -4 -_- __I._ __u___ _ .._;p;_ n H2375; scribbled and sent off the {Rb wires, she went up to dress ex- qmsitely for Jack : critical eye. At a quarter to two Mrs. Seldon was in the drawing-room. At ten minutes to two Seldon came down, rubbing his soap _ fragrant hands, and `smiling anticipat- ingly, At five minutes to two the front door bell rang, and the servant announced--M.r. Travers! Mrs. Seldonl turned a light lemon color and shot one fateful glance at her husband. Seldon shrugged his shoulders in answer to his wife's appeal, and sank into a deathly calm. Travers was hearty, happy and intolerable, as usual. V Mrs. Seldon, having grasped her hus- band's condition, became hysterically "That s all, and I'm done for with _ Travers-utterly. "Shall I say I got suddenly better-- a ,wonder1"ul doctor? ' Bosh, impossible. He's more than. 8 years old. Then I must get--that wire out of his house before he leaves this. You must go in a cab, and-"-` ' ~ ` Jack was announced. Travers had not yet reappeared. .In a few hurried` I have come upon an erra.`nd thatl will surprise you, Miss Lewis. I am commissioned to tell you a story. -v- vv -an Irv.` MCI Irilla JIIWU $13 is `I377 told You?" _. _`f_Yes. A _ T Then he sought Miss Lewis. -N You hav come to wish me bon! voyage, she said, as she held out her hand; but he only bowed and seated -lumselt beside her. Ina. moment he _-.IJ_ "1>In `stood dismayed. `He-.-he; O1 all 'men, to undertake such a task as` this ?'he who loved Rose soumadly He stood bewildered. So Frank, splendid fellow, her mate - in wealth, position and appearance, loved the girl also. It so. she could not fail to love him in return. They were` made for each other. That fancy that Frank ad- mired Ruth was a mere `dream. too. The little woman's heart, sweet little ,Rut| s, was thus unharmed-. Yet it was all right. It was na ural,- but why choose him for a go-be ween? I do not refuse, Frank, . he taltered; but _you need not fear. She will love you. You are not one to sue_ in vain." 1'a.u1 turrfezlva ghastly face toward him. ' ' ' , an uuv oauvna IV on... -vn-at no..- "1351? her a sto1:;-this: `You know who has never dared -to say so. [He feels that his own deserts are too small to entitle him to hope; but. on the eve of parting he can restrain himself no longer; he must tell her that life is "worth nothing without her, that her love is the only thing worth striving for; he must ask her in this strange way because he has not courage enough to do otherwise; to bid him hope or despair. Then she will ask who this lover is, and you may tell her;_ not until then-not until all the story of the love is told. And you will bring me an answer." He wa.sWc1e'a.Vt;1_l;* -i3:1?uI}`mnk went on unheedingly: . a. man who has loved~ her long.-but ll!-II L-.. - ._4.___ AI_t_. '1 ... u__._. #1 Air; .1 }ov"a}a',7- LI{ia"FJE'. You_ are 9; good fellow, Paul, and you will do it. l11't how?" said Paul; "I kmiow nothing of such things. I have never told any `woman of my own love.` I- .aha.1l harm yours in the telling." --U-I-u `. Ph{x!."you; know 1 am. neither a h__._1?A%!;!_111.'.11l_V.4I,nva.!1_ nor a` coward in most . cases; `but every man becomes one or both, under some circumstances. I: have a favor to ask oi: you. You re-_" member your promise to refuse me nothing I could ask 25: you. The time} `has come when I have need of your aid. Will you give it to me? .' '1`ell me what you`want me to do? I want "you to see Miss Lewis. I want you-to tell her something which I have not the courage to tellher my- selt-to tell her .a love story, in fact. and see what she says to it. Will you do it . _ ` ghe _ _. . 1] III` L'I_i-,u a .__ . . __ .__ { "Must I?" "It would be more hearty. Very well, then. I'll be 4 quick, and then leave my D( in peace again." 3 T-TnuIhnn -.._.lLLI- - ` ` v A I F tmk?33h .:;m:.--sa:a% ` `you` wtll:hi,1rt her 'by going so." -- shook` his head Again. - -='_`Sh'e iv_u1-zinot care. why sholild she?" and he turned his` head `away to any .the" words. 1'... .. _....l.,, -' ' ` ou will tll the tale just 9.31 have .141 cu-`cu OH V. I! - I-SIC VVUI III- In a. moment more vF1'an`k; lioke ,DnCn- 7 ja. 0171. `FEB WEL17'S Halrcutting and Shaving g % L W arlor . . : . %:`% warm r;0'rn=I~ % 3 &:,;;:$4;.:aRI . V . ;. ' ahhrt IJABKSUN; in BARBBNETTES. "Most popular . . Picture e'ver introduced. " This is the only Association that makes a denite contract with both investor and borrower. One plan _ only. and this divested of all technicalities. Within the twelve months to June 30, 1894, the shares paid up increased from 4327 to 19,654. and the dividend from :2 to :6 per cent. Investors Stock, $100 shares sold at $50. carrying 6 per cent. interest. payable half ea:-ly-and'aocumulating interest double principal it about Eirht Years. ' JOHN ROGERSON, GENERAL Aann-r. '3 - --- The hit.%..- _ %af+the8eason. _ ,-,_ .7.-, .395-I earnest; "but do -as you like." He was a peculiarly `truthful man. He took up his pen rather wearily, as' You must wir Jack lt s all rlgh't,' then. ' Acxxrr. I-\l|'|l` M53. or TORONT . . INCORI-;ORATBD nuns: CHAPTER :69, R S.O. AUTHORIZED CAPITAL. "' ' $5s0oo,doo. SUBSCRIBED? -- - - - $r,5oo.ooo.' J.Vn. Mcmmls. nnnn. nunn. A District Agent. 8-ly Local Agent. ______.________:_.____.__.__________ ` PROVINCIAL HEAD OFFICE BARRIE opmcz , LEVEL 1-nnntlvms :Nnw AND ATTBAGIEIVE FEATURES That are not excelled by any other4Company . in Canada. V Excelsiurlife A lnsurance G04 Sporting C+ood_s__, ; _.: V-vvviivu IKJI/I III/I/U!/O SAteamWorks and Shomiodm. C o|lie_r-st., Barrie. Gofflnsvand caskets of all kinds in stock or made to order. Robes, Grape and all Funeral Requisites furnished. Qrders by Telegraph or otherwise premptly attended to. . G. O. _D'OL1IIAGE,Ll![a/nager, Stroud. I am not very fond of -avoidable lying, you know," said Dan, gentlyi but "as like. ` peculiarly [truthful man` UNDERTAKER DAEDIE *il'\ &TIHt\|Il-5 wwnm. Asia, and almost all foreign between thc hours of a. m. and 4 p. m. Registered, matter 3101.116 be posted :5 n Postage on letters for the Dnmnim. 9...: above mentioned home to _e3s`t_:re gespitcg. _u_ d oetageon ettets art 0 t t ta 1 tea 111 an Ireland `cent: per half of1nce.m"g:ias:raho' en :12 5 cenatsf. 3 can per ounce an 0 n V_ _ tor taken from the street" letter boxes daily (Sundays excepted) at8o'clock a. m. and 3nd 7.30 oclockp.m. ', . f Oice hours, 8 a. m. to-1 p. In. (Sunday's nj htmail on Saturday night my. '/ olly ofdefl mud and nn anal 6 II; In man on annually night uni) . V iiopey Order: issued and paid on and trom an) mane _Britan_n and Ireland, Britid: India Newfoundland. the U \ COIODIBI. and almost all oreign countries, and Sa ibegveqn ofo and 4 am. .;aAvR%HiIAEAPosT E; TIM E 'I sABl~;=E EEIIII 1 2? A33 333 EJTCDING AND I3- Our grdndino-thers. Guns, Ries and Ammunition, Morey s Patent H Gas Burner. X-Cut Saws and Handles, Chopping Axes and Handles, Horse Blankets, Rubber Knee Covers, Cow Chains, Lanterns, Buckskin Mitts and `Gloves, Platform Scales, Hay Wire, N onsuch Stove Polish and Varnish, Stove Pipes and Elbows, Glass and Putty at The U- .-aywu- Dan-when he's only herenfor; one single day--a.nd we haven't seen" him for a year! A Well, you can't put Travers off at the eleventh hour without any sort of reason. ' Can't I ask him to come to-morfow instead of to-day? "Not without some reason." Oh, Dan, do think of somethiingl clever. Couldn't 1- wire. Wait, I'll write a wire and show it you. Mrs. Seldon sat down with a frown` of intense concentration. I shan t save coppers over this," she said, and wrote: Alas, cruelly disappointed. Must postpone the pleasure of seeing you- prostrate with violent cold; will write." She read itout. - ' Now, what could oifend him in: that? D-oesn t ltsound as true as true? - LBARRIE ANI5 S-T'RE)l-JD-.- PHOTOGAPHE. % L ,MAII,SA FOR ---::_-------:-- .`toZ . . s` 4.. ' - - `..,7 ; ullll'll ).l excepted) and for no mxnutes after the amval of the Toronto 'II`f LOAN ASSN. l'I`t\ - as far back as can be remembered, used E. B. Eddy s Matches. Like the pioneers; these are identied with the early history of Canada. A good thing always has imitations-'-beware tbein. P TORONTO. ROSS BLOCK. I U ~- V? Fo?a 1's1' APRIL,-189-5: W`-` 9-I;-rlst wire Jack hot to c that's all. It's da-mnable, but it be helped. . T . . _---_... _.... ..... ........... \1OCIIFDJ ucnta per ounce, am: 101' Ural: bntaul and Registration fee cents. street" at 8 o'clock 3 and J . EDWARDS, Posmasrzm w u--agr on trout any mos order office in the" Dominion of Canada, Great `Newfoundland, goited States, Africa, West Indies, Australian breign Saving Bank deposits received from $x.oo to $3909, ; A Bmmnr. [advertise in " THE Anvnrff _'[_ANDARD LIFE ASSURANCE CO. Ivn STED IN CANA DA. OVER 8 8.000.000 ACCUMULATED FUNDS -- ' 38.500000 'rn'rAt..`AssUR.aNcE` . '- 100,000,000 INCOME - - " 5.000.000 -P_BCENI_X INSURANCE C0.. of Hartford. IMPERIAL Insurance Co. ~ COMMERCIAL UNION Insurance Co. NORTHERN Insurance Co. . - NORWICH UNION Fire Insurance Co. .]CAS'l`EBN Fire Insurance. . ' PROVINCIAL BUILDING AND LOAN ASSOCIATION, Co, &'o. I ' . 0 4 [JOHN RUGERSON, Air investment safe as.g_`o\ ernment securities and much more protable, realizing the mvegtor an equiva- lent to 15 per cent. per annum, sample mterest. i For printed matter and further information call on THE lNVE$TOR-Why not`p|-ace your $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. Ass n. and have it, doubled in 1': years. beside receiving during the in- , terval 6 Z per annum paid to you every six months? ` In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will receive as interest $66 and a lump sum of $200. making a grand total of $266. _ A TH E PUBLIC-\Vhy `spend all `our ket money? 6oc. a month placed with the P. . and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 years A RRESENT of $200.00, or a prot of $41.40 over i v your monthly payments. _....... ...... uucvv 11. onto am writing table. He read: In town or one day. Coming` t1 lunch with you. Jack, Garrick Club. "And that awful man. is coming,` said Mrs. Seldon, we can't have hit: and Jack together. Jack `would nevgn forgive us. iv... -.---A ` TENAN'I'--Why pay rent, when, on such eas month] pa ents. you can become your own Ian - lord ? nu ave the choice of repayiniat a monthly rate of $1.20, $x.5o. or $1.90 for eac $Ioo.oc bor- ! I-`owed. Callsattention to the `special facilities offered to In ? vestors and Borrowers. - % THE ` Ontario Permanent Building Land Loan Association WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, 0F1='ICE--9 Owenzstreet. BARRiE. om-.. A #1 " LIFE IND FIRE J. Henderson s. Iusunnuce CLOSE AT _,.... we-uvu, anvil)!" 0`! '".1`nev'l "Reason," etc., etc., was s'itt'1ng,:1n `den writing.` Mrs. Seldon did not 3, rule, disturb him` atdhis work} wgs surprised, therefore, .when burst the door Open. not down storm and said: "Dan. I could orig _ "VI-4-.` 1- .. - BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. RECEIVED ` by TRAINS" DUE AT of "uan. 1 coma cry!" There was an ope telegram In `her hand. She thmew it onto his writing out or the vale, the sun crowVn'Ad h m, out or the doubt, the Master : will; out of the chutened heart, the `song- out or the meek, thewangel `throng. ' -Cleveland Pla.1n_ Dealer. -_..__.._ -...____ V Out at the angry thought`. the Irish: Out of the Strife. the V1cto'r's.cr"y; ' out of the mist, the xfeaoetul joule- out of the sun, the ramsomed soul. out or %the`aj:an:m % ower. . V . ._ Out of the clou- F " _ Out at "the ahdowq!o;?itt:u~?!hoyeg,,` out or the grief th pu,p:`::.;;g_g3;j_% Outofthet:-ob .. 0ut_of the atorilmrm .t,1`e drum, _V out or the pond the ln'ow's-*g1..,;g,.; Out at the tear, iovvys lgggmbellg . ? . ' . 3Dell. Nm`##%7.V` A r1Tw77i5i}1}i5uRAMs. I'll` ' ieldon. frown`: )se concenfrnfinn auiohor of "The fn nus; .-5144.1--. , - -.. -v u "U [116 ang, and Dravers! Seldon non and I`I`f1DF l" """` no-4 heretote, wiiii she n, stormily, we ..:- the table had The introduc- , and they all > of the party om-.a o n-.-u`_.. to come, .t can't ever 'e him never '-y6iiE pull... .5 ` one him` she ~----5 :11 bus anal; lnr|.V. I16 Ul'u1uH3uu , the telegram savagely and ` threw* -1`t-' 13:0 a cave of red-hot coals.` ` Contound the thing." . ;_ hThen he slipped upVata.1r8." He "would have to` allow, s_11tl;1c!ent}t1,_me ,to1_j ela.p3 % the; `WI 0'` LII` 1. any----w -- --- - ,--..-. ......- u-we Law 6UlZlJ\Io\Lu a ridiculous tad` iaout telegrams. His `,`H9;veMyo_u vb-icviglven 8001;-.-bye to Rose 'V.r1te.-'*-h.8!.? ..L 0' ..`11,i'.hr:th&t ,0me.ax,ad `ivs%1s? ? .1 1he;"za`:c_a\";r f__1`;`f;I" e!.x `rune. .i`hef=an.lhi`ur m'1shed7 .c.l% "'si1m':k his hd, 1_ng,tt.31Tp'f ` Se1dn;_ d ev'elopd` a~ feverish": ` gr[e1. 1d`ah!Rp'~forjMr; ~Munrow-Kirk. Also -7 __n.:A_.'.I.mo- .Cn 'nI\:n;I- fnlignnnoinn Eh. ~ l.I4'l\Il5 Jllcuw yo vvvuovsn unnw Venn`. yovscwulii Will some 'on'e:;bp en the windowT(1;" said 1,Irs,.`f.8'eldqn._. .veryg.gejr_t,_tly. Any. real Ajiiy, like? a great` blow,~1s afphsial. cal `shock. and`-she-was not robust. A an . < ' ' C . 1 - 7 ' and Mrs. Seldon breathed.h:av- i1~y. There was. a. moments pause. which lasted--`toi"'. them.-p1-eclsely half an hour, - V Then Mr._K;1rk .wex'1`t.- on: A , g T "Wellf I `fancy `the,-jexplanatlon is of the simple: .d9.~i1et1c order. It geems there was 9`. serious--'er-sa.y unpleas- nntness, b_e_tw_e_e_g'j-my`.;gnd1ad and the 1 young person whqpwas supposed to`: waititgcrg` me, -and .I,1';e-L left this morning in .hish .e d?d.$w :..4` ,e1 allowinx my poor c'abT_e `to go to Jericho in the tm'cas.t 1'hsLt?.d`: the idnly- po_sIble~ exgi ` fusion l_ias l>1`bu1"ed7m9t .t1i` D13li1ii`e+7 ' pianauon. =.-;119!9er.._.aa. ..th.ls .1'i.te con? - an-gnu`. ..-.'.a.. `.35. ... .-..-... mu. .`...l..a_..~..~nni t0 gvu vv way uni; |u ;'6 ` You were saying that your. wire could not have been sent," prompted Jack; have -you found me expiana`-L non ?" A - - _- .-,,.. A-`nu .` .- -_ A vvvvvvv vv vvaunl u 1.11, Lo u with her back to the others. Of course 4 It was 1rom`the__nei8hborlng postofce again, andregarded the second mlsdl- ` rected telegram. V The last of them, I trust and pray, she said said to her- V self, and out aloud: My dressmaker; don't let` it interrupt you, Mr..-Klrk; you were sa.ylng--?"h ` W 6617:. U-its-nu -n uoI-.. `.`_-A_ ,__-._ - mu .l.Ul' Iny nul._lBB." ` ' . ' He slippedltwo halt crowns lntowthe` man's palm. - . ` ' Good mm-nlng,."Ba.ker." = I `Seldom let himself `into the hall"g_aln_ _' Yhoiselessly. A. There` was - a_.,1lne ._ f1_!jB'_. burning in the hall grate. He crum "lady; I 9 +A`n1-n-anon: -.- cog -:41..- ......... pauuguu. uu next, you see." Just then hewas fnterrutped by the entrance of the servant with another: missive On Her Majesty's Sercjce. `She : handed it to Seldon. For Mrs., Seldon." he said, feebly. ' MFR Qnlnn IIIQIIIAJ .........-o.-II_- n, -- F-"\-VII-0 ant: DGILI, Lccuiy, . MP5-A 391601.! Walked gracefully to the window with a, May I?" `and read it ...u.u. cu. aa.1.n. DUIUUII. ` "Well, I don t kno,w" said Mr. Kirk, if it had come there, it would have been brought on here, you see." .TIIH" ha Inna I`:-`La.-----J----`I ` " .... nucd '- uuu E Ewe You must forgive me tracking down your guests, Mr. Seldon, he laid. at once, and with a full twang, but the fact is I'm not really to blame. (Mr. and Mrs. Seldon blanched.) I wrote a dispatch asking him" to seeme at his house, in proper style, you under- as Mr. Travers was here, so I_ took the liberty or coming straight, on, time be- ing uncommonly short," .. 1 ,Ah; then, Mr. Travers will `nd that wire 9.-waiting him on his return," said Jack, with a. Mephlstophedlan smile at Mrs. Seldon. `ITn'II -r .1-.. 1-..- ._-- 7 -- -- - t -4...-u.nu LL11!` 6 ,``Pleasure, of course." -1: was Mrs. `Seldon who spoke collectively, with that loyalty to appearances which clings to woman throughout her trag- edis. - 4 Mr. Kirk wore an air of -engaging franlmeasua-nd a stage ulster. "vnll Inna! Inn.-..l.... ...- l--- -'-`l~ ' "`Tak_e the `card -and` the message to Mr. Travers at once. said Mrs. Sel- -don, `with decision, and as soon as they were alone again, Dan, this will give us time. _Let Travers see this man in the library. You go and bring Jack in here. He may help me to an idea. `Come back with him, for pity s sake and suggest things. Oh, what a hid- eous day!" ` v _ Seldon did as he was told. The name of Mr. Munro Kirk was familiar to him, but his brain was too confused to place it. When hereturned with Jack he sat staring.-into. the tire, only half hearing the wild, suggestions of his wife, and the heartless amusement of his friend. ` . _ Then Travers came in with his us- ual radiance. `The chap from whom he had ` been expecting the wire had traced him here on receiving no reply to is telegram. (Mr. -and Mrs. Seldon exchanged looks of mute agony.) The . interview was ended now; everything `was satisfactory. Might. he have the pleasure of introducing his friend, Mr. Munro Kirk? ` ` CIT)!` A . _ . . .. - A nu.-o I-I-LIIIJLU SXIFK. A gentleman," said the girl, who wished particularly to see` Mr. Travers, She had left him in the hall, not know- lnz. - T ` _..-.n.wuua LVU (IOU? my best." But you said it was all right.` Oh, Dan, ho_w ill you look! There's noth-_ Ing new, is there?" * : I He gave a develish laugh. ' Oh, no, nothing new, he said,`- 'mockingly, only that this has Just come, pulling the crumpled, paper} from his pocket, and that-I've burned somebody, etse s telegram to Travers, and he says` he s expecting a. particu- ilarly important one. Oh, heaven. Don t say anything about this other telegram. 1-.., uuyurnanl. one. t a telegram. It will all come7out. .f\I`I{!IInn ....-.. was UB6 I16 thrust thegpaper 1:;-EEIh:s pocket, sank on 3 tall chair, and held his head in both hands, , V . His mind was dead beat. He got up and went into the drawing-room on t-iptoe. He felt steeped in crime. s Mp.dge,- he said to his wife; I give i this thing up-1-ight up, do you un-A derstand? I've done host." ' Rut Inns: .8; 1;. _.e ..y._._,Ac, ""--- All right, Baker. (A auddenvtnlne-.' Spiration shone` on 'Seldon's fa,ce,)` Ian afraid you have had your tro_uble_tor_ ;- thing. This wire "was a. `little Joke, of mine which has failed as it-thatppenp. _*_- I wanted your master toegqt i1t'f.betore_ he left for my hoI:_Ise.'. T-To an-\.v...;` 4...- I...I.n -..-....".'..' Vn'_.;.'-` .;.I.L;"v" .... .......c a auprexne extort _to say: Oh, nothing" very` bad, thanks. I- er-I must seeto It. Go on w!th-er- ....._ aw. sue IUUIII. _ _ ' ' "Oh; no -answer after all," he and `outside the room. to. theewaitlng ser- t vant. and when she` was `gone he thrust `the paper into his pocket, non _ L- It I a.r\l CW 5; . of the men--h n----- -v-- -.uIvvv__lt _I;ne Garrick ICQIID,` a.na_ that the vtelegram had _n4ot;.-been delivered; In her haste` Mrs. sldon had put 'J`guck's name 91; the telegram intended (or Travers, anr pt-ob_a.b1y " vice versa. Jack had nished with his muse: story, and a. pause was happening. "Bad news. rm an-nan -...u - -....~ "7'Zio on, he stud` may to mi; (whe was in the middle 0! a.n1gg`er story) and then tore the envelope with cold n`-H gers. An intimation trom the pasta ofce to say that the name otlrravers was not know _at the Garrick AC1ub._ thetelesn-am hna-I ....... 1...... `Milly -man 1~ml`ht"~ Wtq=~hsve' beenb ` nound with a-w1re' that I've been ex- pecting since 11. thia morning-an Vim- portant wire-very odd." ` _ . seuion sow mnuana _ or beautiful stars. He was glad his wife had been spared_ that extra. agony, and that-'- what was that? Something was being handed to him e on 9.1 stlyer.- aalver. It was marked On Her .MaJesVs _Ser- vice." - ' ' ' ai" "...a"u....'..'""'-""" 3 ""% V A. .. 6i'i'vV'ei- siltTon~ tor 'hb` iu.a1sita=u: t1on.~ .u_l~_Ie was succeeding. too. when Tl'.&V9l'I.`:,l:1|1!Il ..dtewi put hi: im- mense g~om.fu_vfa1:h' gnd""i'in9rkcd: "very bad thing." `and nding` fhn-t 5- ..-. and nnd?l71that he 3 ' P33. `died : ninjas 4.2. nen--he never knew `which But 8 8. Bunrnnn Anna; 4.. ..-__-' "``'``'9 V! ILL]. UIIIJJI UCU Cull". Yes, sir. I- should~ have broughtlt. before, only-" - , A. All ..l._LL 15.1.... n 4; .__-_.,-u . - . V. -uucvv vv uuiuo V siirgme effort to '.hln2"verv` mm 'n.n-1-- vi: ll lies, There will be V.Yo:-u are-V'<;'r_Jing we l1`Avhere, said Frank, doubtfully, ` T man must not- -peril his health." 1 Frank a._sked up explanatron. . V ? The days `new. by. Rose was ready- tox-Vher tour. ~vPa.ul-`tor hi departure. .Fl`8'.!1k_ hB.dV seen "a; good" deal of both. .f;edP TYV !i3""1{`?. "Ig;tc;-fvvmer may - In one sense. yes- in anotner no. A. -.0013 f.mornin .h e'fsat -lb. Pai1l a'-rbom. , , .,!1- I At same time Rose, scorningi herself for-the infatuation which she could not control, had also resolved to leave a place `where every day bore in its arms a- possibility of meeting the man who, with indifference in his mein and coldness in his speech, still haunted` her presence so, persistently, and following an example already set by most of her fashionable friends, go to Europe. The A's were going, and the B's. `She should have pleasant 1 company on 'thefvoyage_ so` she said -to .Franlg Millard. ` 0nfthe.a,a.1'ne evening Holbrook -spoke `off his departure to South A`merica._`_. " ` "It's .a good offer, he said. ` lmake mbney and get on. Of it's hard to Ieave.Ruth alone; I will board -with an old-A-friend, `well pro;tected."* '~ ` I -v. IvA\4\.All.I5 u.n.uD_Cl.l. LU H188` he hopelessly adored; an himself ott.an offer which _be a. stepping-istone to his 3 success, put a. barrier_ 0 land and water between 1 Rose Lewis. --., -\.uv;v\:\A DU 51] wuul. Cnar: m;ght be in absence; to leave forbidding himself to meet the ho ]`ll'|I\n'An1u`u-9 --A---J- - a; jllabbc Junc, u 35 BUUII as the door was closed behind him, rushed wildly into the hall, grasped his hat and tore out like a madman. On the doorway he narrowly escaped felling -Traver' man, who had arrived at that moment with a telegram in his` and. ' - ' A urnL . - '__ - V --- _ ----`aw-I 4. atvsomething, but I am not certain." They were together. a good deal, Frank Millard and Ruth. It had en- tered Paul's head at times, that this fellow liked his sister very .well; of late, that it was possible that he loved her. But Ruth, at seventeen, seemed` a child to mm. _ As she had..said, he..wor1ged fiery hard, but toil? could not banish the "haunted thought of his life. It grew B-ut do you kriowof anythn can trouble Paul? asked Ruth { Frank ha.d_ answered; Perhaps 1 but cert And Fratriikqhad said, I think that your brother cannpt be` very 111. If anythingtroubles h1m.tha.t will pass away. . -_._._- --vuuo vvvnu Ill: H; is so unlike himself," she said. `I am frightened. Mr. Mlllar . ;__,s in -_ _._-..-..-__-_-. v\( u-nvuunnn us.- But it was true, nevertheless. Rose said, If he cares so little for me, I will make` very sure~tha.t he does not guess I care one whit for him. Paul said, She shall never laugh at me. though she does not love me. She shall _ respect me, andnever guess her power, whatever pain I feel. And so they met and parted, day `after day; and no one gues`sed..that anything troubled the heiress-but `Frank Millard; and only two,` the same Frank Millard and ; Paul's sister Ruth, saw horw pale Paul grew, Poor Ruth . who in her terrors asked >Frank Millard one day, if he" thoughtthat Paul were ill. She was beautiful. But that tells you nothing about the woman--the frank. sweet, womanly woman with whom Paul fell in love before he had Jmown her a month. Wrapped up in his pro- fession, _engrossed by struggles for bread and butter, which , while they seldom prevent a man from doing great things, al-ways unt him for'so- ciety, Paul had known few women. He had no experience by `which to guide `himself, or by which to measure his own feelings. For a while he did not guess that he was in love, and so was drawn nearer and nearer to the whirl-A pool, until, when the truth at last dawned upon him there was no retreat. rIt was out of the question` that she 5should like him. -It was impossible for him now to cease to love her-to be happy without her. That she should care for him never entered his mind; that she did, would have been an ab~ surdity too preposterous to dream or. `;_A. DA _,- A A "i`h:ere(-vnevner were `two men so 1'1t-terl_y unlike as Paul-Holbrook and Fm-IIK dMil'la.rd. The rst a hard working` prrofesslonal man, who had struggled; for such little success as fate had meted out to him, unaided save by his own hand and brain, the other a. man who had fortune for his friend from his'b1rth; who neither toiled n.orr'sp11R: V-who was a, `man of society a member of clubs, and one with whom women. 'a.l'wa.ys -fell i-n love. From that day they were friends. And so it came "to pass that, walking down Ffth avenue one day arm in anm-, they met Rase` Lewis, that Frank introduced her f0 Paul, that they turned and walked` a block with `her, and that, a. few even- ings afterward, Frank took Paul to call upon her. A Ah` before this speech was made Fran-k~ Millard had saved Paul Hol- brook`: sister from a watery grave, and brought her sate in his strong arms to the very spot upon the beach at Newport where the two men now stood together. y there should ever be a.ny1:hl~ng that` I 7 can do tor yo.1,_I swear to do it. You oan askwme nothing which, at any per- sonal scrlce, I will not endeavor to accomplish. You are rich; I .a.m poor. You are somebody; I am nobody. But the time may come when the promise will be worth something, and I will keep lt. ."It'1n all oinr lives yon need .me-lf `Yen, you'll : They-; crosrthel-.muduy:8treet- * ` at` no we're often -told. . But now -&'me sure there : really nothing` n _. .r ' I " -' 1 To shovg their pretty feet Their sklrtljiqn his they'll hold. Well, you really. cannot. blame them. for . t's only for 9. minute , - ' `. ' o Never longer. I know that style or, glrl, . . And` have generally found That when you've got your screw and think to board the ulneas bright, Your head gets In a w lrl. You'll sgrend them. I'll be bound, nd that they will-last you. well! only for a night. . * Never longer.` m:`."I.1.|at %forTMr._ Travrs?" s4.sk'ed Bel. 3011. with enforced calm. 5417.... ...|_ 1- _1____u-u u, - .r. .. ~ 1 k+_u:Iip.)T L. _ V ` l_ltf`t'Ie7m' vhn. ` Or the ddinty little flirt. Are qtlll the` patent; topics for u `ditty .09 to dtte. % - . With 1nocence,they'rv ladeh, . Or on oy- witlymanners pert. . The exqula te enjoyment nf lfnrlno mu nu A rnoxv. 1>n0Pos.Iu.. `VI U Iii 0} -."$:;li:tfe V kriow o I- `D..-.Ion -`_u H%`eX:'J n`3':"'35't3's out -nu` l 9 --.- -__ u-ova v bsence; lei./ve the city, ns_e1f woman and availing. promised to 4:1-nun in 1.1. ......a-....s-.._- nu.-.1 av: _ UL 1111133 OI ' himself and -,_--.. . v..:unr:-u LU >11}: 6 professional barrier of miles of had-nnsny. I...|_...-IA -- '- n.;. me.` wof anything that Ruth. And ,1" u'rs-._n.-._, -r I -I-aynw..vAuoc LI. LU LII-C uregs. The extra `place at table ha been laid in a moment. tion was accomplished, went in to lunch-two the with light hearts and good appetites, the other two` stricken. Seldonfelt that only lies could extricate` him,"and lies were painfully difficult to him._ His only course was `to take a. cab imme-'- diately after lunch, drive to '1`raver s. house, which was luckily not too far,-` and get hold of the wire by any means 1 which should suggest themselves toihis. Imagination. At the end of the lunch Travers embarked on a long story which everyone knew, and sipped ma` coffee with expansive enjoyment. `Sel- zlon remarked he had received a very Important wire in the morning, and: was obliged to rush out. He hoped to;. be back long before either 01' them dreamt of leaving. Seldo-n walked, slowly to the door," even. paused to throw back a little joke, and as soon In I-Inn Ann`. ........ ..1,....-.1 :.-I.n--s-