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mmn went in behind .3. rlbhexllthg eecy scar! of June-niglht clouds. ,' mmga,1e, somewhere in -the ,l~a.ca`- 3111 or trees that girdled the gorse, Mlgrneartedly and war: hill. The " `human not-ses,i.*but " the scent` ct! bloom, of panes, savor or spruiniglyi 1t"\`i`r`7;:i . ht burned` in the lower windg,w`___,_ e oi the two oldcoattzagea whose ._ mg encr-cached upon the -gvcammon ` The twin gardens `behind `them, 3' 9 the edge of `a mtralght, sftndy` that passed their wicket-g.a: es em . on and c-n, cuiltlnug -Che corn-` through its hearit. sently, not lcng .a.1 ;ter the night- e had stopped singing, thehack or the lighted cottage opened, and n and woman entered the garden. ' began to talk -ooittly `together; at the first cautious murrnur heir voices, hardly. at ztihis diss- e, to be di-:it`in'guished,r-o`rn the t noises of the common, a `youth ed out, crept owt from the next-` co-ftage, and crossed a line or ages on tipatoe. . . '1`.'ney stop- deep in their conversation. ~be- - -h the overhanging'b:fanche_s ot a .tree. He drew a long bre\avth~a;nd d himself, with in-finite pains, in- he fork of an apple-bough wiith ch it coquelited above the hedge. ` arley M-ortcn. na,tion a1 school `pu- acher, had been bred to butter e gs than this. i He knew that sdro-pping and spying were con- ptible, it only .-because , he ` read enny novels. He :had, however, ured himself that `in `the present e these peccadllloes were turned to ve virtue. .'l`he nexrt-dsoor lady was, `all intenlts .and purposes, beauty distress.` At least he adored `her _h as much real sentiment as his ` ure could produce, from afar. Shed 1 s in distress: so much was true. ' d Charley on the a1pple~b-ough had ` spirit of the knight errant. he was a Countess, acccr-`d-ing to postman. How many pupil-lteachers d the luck .to- rail in love -Wilbh nllve ntezs? I-lowimany villages, even, id boast of Fnarboring one for three ole weeks ?She was not, by the y, in the village; she was a mile ay from it, living -side by side with arle-y s mother, who `stubbornly re- sed to believe the fantastic, tale 0! r rank. A Courutess wtth one mean-_, e maid. and that a foreigner `to -bootl lthout a bit of jewellery to her neck vn-. LI...-B ....-.-a n oi-nnoh "Who are y-ou, wamt ? was the its occupant. He. bwt he 1!-rt d -the l-~O . EEE. ` ` K612. I.:ook%here!" Ch-arley Mouton` aaai-d, catching at the co`b a head, you didn t Hun-deruamand her. You don't know what `you re doing. I .wa:s there, and I saw it; Besides, she told me asftterwards. You're Oswald; and istis time yin knew. . "W-h-wt the deuce do ycu _mea.'n `P said the man over the splmshbcuarde; and he looked vtehe heaving gure up uxs "=id-" said CI ly. "S1-xe`sa.id: `The ckzvulsd have helped me way. to an it. .'1*-`name raes.I1g~m. again-M. U15. .|.`Uu uauuu 1, my child, but all that is left to . is to run away to bed, and hold _ ;-......... .Vl'\'no1-n_1 am 2'0. is the very put on a 1 house. TIN rusts, cracks, leaks--- and is .- SHINGLES .won t ' Then more N .pA*teRsoNvs wme anon mu ld"". Unarley Utfupctluzuyv `sand: only man who e helped metwill not see the .. n on-....|L9g-n nnn This Your - said Charley d99D1"a'-te ,-3. un'h nnlv man cheapest and best you can` barn, tool shed or chicken HIV VVV am. t; you._ is SHIN GI.-ES .wo`n -3% six years. Then" :11. ac: "was. It s your Nb 4" M For Tho`f LK1dnoys. w~a".y she wants 119 go. Oh, begging your pardon, sir, wznart makes you such a. blessed ool?_ She'd marry you: uaheb wai`-tiin-g 101' just 't"n2.t-a.-nd not because We a way or escape neilbfner." Inhn numnn` n-nnbplnrl Any-.Hnn hlu-:I|" if 0808058 ll`! 8 way 01. Isu-`any: uc.'u_ru:n. u'1`:he novel, untried emotion burst its barriers. He shuffled back 11-mply, his hmdlon his hips. I-Ie rocked: sack- led l-oud- laughter; and drowned ft m crying. He was dimly aware 'bha=t someone steered him to `the bank at the roadside, seated him there, and sotly pl-led him with question-3, to `be answered between his sobs. -Then a nip 0! brandy pulled Mm 'toget~her,and wnen` he lacked up the vP:.lnceaa .a frlenu waa screwing up a flask, and putting `aim on `the -shoulder. "`DnIl vnnnualf .1'.nrnIh'nnr. mv lad. D3lI'.UK!`8 5111'!) OH 'cne `SIBUUIUBI. "Pull yourself -together, my lad, said the grave voice. "I may be, as you say, a. fool; but I `have given you ths. benefit o`. `the doubt. Do you know you have run nine miies across coun- l-._O99 ran `.1 y ? l u 111AI.. Kl" No. I want no favors 0 you, said the rustic manhood 0! Charley. You're going! Now ?" _ "Yea, now. "To her P (IN . `.'..'.U' ml: Heaven, said the messen- ger. He scrambled to his ieet, and `the grey beginnings of day round him pale. ma -eyes red,- his p1e`.beiran cou-n\:`!'na..nce lunbecorningly paztcheo with dust and ` tears. 1 .4.-.__ _..-.L`l..A.." moi-I `.1; I "W: nearer ten, Oharley said, sun 'dazed. - So it is. In tnazt case, shall I drive % you back 2" i `N'n I um-n.+ nn fnvnrn n vnu- said You have mylaating gra-1:`-tude, said the other man. "'I`ha:t is not an empty 9! o nI'\.._.OA..-s.-I nnnr trl'nIf`H'IldD `H Vrid nu: can-ru noun cum: LPl."&.`5l:.' % "confound your gratitude! cried Charely Morton. I don`t want it. I won t have it. I wan-`c_ something else, [I say. - A (X1-`I H.r.C"r! PHD Ynn I say." 1 "You? . . . Oh! th-at s the moon)? 1 Oswald said, picking up vt-he reins, and [dr=a.'wing_ his brows together with a flicker of gru-dging pity. "Ay, We the rmoon. The June moon, C_h~a_r_1ey_mu~':te-red. He ugggd ---L-_1-.I till-561 U1. 51uu5au y...._,. Chvarley muttered. stood aside, and the d=:>g~cart wheeled. The little breezes of dawn puffed tae g;rse scent again int: his face. -an-r; `he winced. . "Int a all a \dream, I believe." -he said. "let's a dream, you know. It ceu`.3rx t 1......-.... `Dmf n.'h hr-Av ift huribs P `IIVB 3 (1l'83iIIl, .y-Ju nuauvv. happen. But, oh, how irt Has 0 ned an UP-TO-DATE G cery 3 No 24 beth St., Thos. Johnsto Block wlfere everything FRESH NEW AND up- "'9fAA"""-... can be had at tze 1<:v-as-t. 1'Jo;ible price. CALL AND SEE WHAT HE CAN I ` FOR YOU , 3____ 4.553;. - JOH|v\rl""'rBOWMAN. NEW GRIIBERY EPPSJS An admirable food, with `all its na.tura.l quzuities intact. This excellent. uoc-_oa. main- tains the system _1n robust health, uni enables 1t. to resist. wintes extreme cold. L'\JLv -I-\a\a ighest price paid for farm produce. It's a mighty` comfortable % feelinfg to ; know that : {the cardage ` J OEN BOWMAN The Celeb:-atea English Cocoa. to Most Nutritious and Economical. ll. L`-cu... huribs ! "D0 - v- u---V uuuuuuu vu ' --- v--vg v-u-. charged;0q:wald.'?'.~;:;,?1`ha;t ,;_w.as8 an fun-. 1 peri'ou.:s.gnc*t,9: sit pasipd, however." ` o ` I ............1 c'a'n'I'.`. . . . . . . .. Ii...I.`.`..`. 4;. ....\....L r it is all planned _` and Laid In order:-.`.E\ar' puL;uILj=.,-_uy'_Iay- n yuquayu, QVEFVULQ _ `v1 1 PPM `P1W=`.e v1a&!ie- . I h'aa'=~t?:e!& M! A3m1<;`: .roma in d London this mortiing.` ermahn ``'`r33i'?':- : ed from F-luulrgi-ng~hre.. agyuggo; ;_..-1.1` 13 at Pr!-nce'e Gardens 6;t"`t'h'!s'_zriomexit ' and Rabemtein ia.wib.`1-"him; He has come, __o't course. .to nd, mini. - . .'.l`h`e man nodded. `; . v"0:.cour-ae." ~ ' < "He may dlacoverwme to-mo'rrow.. _ A It t3;.11ke1y. T - V -_ "Oh, dear Heaven!" said tthe woman, with a. sigh that thrilled the soul at one listener. . "You know w.h-at will happen . he takea me back? You must know bh-a.-t ,;,_- ___|_- ___ _-.-- I.-,... LA L -:l.-I: as" {J-' llrl Ill yawlllcvu uonu av-nu any V. ---3 my sa.ke,ca.'n y-on beazwto sum-nk 61', `O-'wa.1d9 You played with us anhun.-4 dr-e"d_ti-mea as children, You wlll un_- dersatan-d 'b1'va|tQI mwst have Ihbertfy. I -shall never knqowrt-a-3'a_1n 1! Hermann `takes me back}? Dea.'r lady, they own force yourto` `do-mbhlng against your will.- Oh, yes, they `can, Oswald. - He can.` -I `did not we-mt to mar-r"y Paul, you know; and yet I ma'.r`ried hvim. He was 9. `tool `in hi h'a.nd:s--poor Paul. ;He would rather have married Mar-le; but Her-menu _'wen!ced `her not hlmselt. Now all ..1:he_instervenln-g barriers are gone; Merle ole gone, Paul is gone, and there ll n=o,one let-`tgbuit `zine-'-:.nd Hermann. "Ii `n-ate mm. _-.Well! I have cause. He jh-aatea 'n':e--LnIoVdc-dbl` he al- eo Ih`a.s`ca.u=se. [And yeit--a.-nd"yet--e'n-, tt is too horrlble. . . . There must beveome way or escape. gm` I meant only abdlca"be,V we I `desired, and as everyone but'Her-msann, I believe, dew-` sires, Uncle Franz could make my place. Int -would be .a. hundred tlgmeua -better for .'tvl;e country. It woulvdeolve L all my -troubles. I .wa.Ie not mes,-mt -to rule-T-a. poor, erraatlc, 3111-y bhlmg. Look 1__.L -I _.._ 4-1-...` _...a..I `I ! IL-ha-up 6 lll9'*w Qrvvc , an o u-uv-V, -u---g --- ._.- -_ |a:t w-h'a;t I am d:o1n'g' n0"w!' lthes; knew, were would not have been `a. scandal -to equal It for a .hundred yea.r.s.", ` ,uLl1'UuL ct u.n. ua. _;uvvu....._, .. -.-- __,,, ngers! No; that we; a :tough. orsel to swallow`; the old handy, who d seen something To! the kitchens of e great, refused at-.o bite uIp:>n 1tf.`v; a.r1ey- could be1.ieve.:';:t,.- i1.. he ;ch:>_z3,e._, and Charley` did. - He could see fromhie perch _he_r ` 1e face, the neat coils of her e tr`-a=vvj.-' lcred hair. her too regular reazturea. d fhe dignity of her `bearing. 'Tc- ght. in the shimmering shade, ehe ea younger than he had ever dared dream her. She was youtthiul, and e was a helpless Countess, in the em or melodramatic `vi11a;1n*y. Char-.~ y had begun by weaving her -into an aginary rernance: eavesdropping had laced her paramount an a real one, r beyond athe conceptions of his- ncy; credible only, (though he knew to be true, upan B. -`rnegl-c June night nd wi.'thin range -of her `prehen'ce. he sp3ke tee-trhe man beside her. "..'.nhven I sirggsit :thia1tVYour I-I-1g*.hnss ah-ould abdicastfe, the man `sand, grave- ly. ' ' WIJIUII & aiv Ilnlnvov lav v nu- .-v . V- me. do it. Uncle Franz in the soulvgi thtonlort he wil1w;s\tan'd .a.~s1de,?like `the V ntoble ol-d aoldir 't=h~2.it.h'e.Aia, to: fear he should 1n_t1uen'c_e me.` :WuhIaat` a. `rule lng Prince he'would make`! ~No*I-Ier'_- ' r"r:a.nn would wile -him` away,-fr`:-m his ..con=svc1-ence..L". -. L ` . ` Oswald, ybu are '_e Lstolpid English- man; You do not wee because you will not`. I must go back .'to .do'.t*.h-a-t, and when I "get .t-h ere he will never let V.._-I_ 1...._-' In LEA inns!` A1 Ch=a.rley was horribly; berqgged by- the n-r\!gat' or e`t1jga'n`ge `i11uaa_t1_ons., He un- de,x:sbooAd_beduty";4wa.s. still fin` distress," hoiwever, and 'h`m*a*imt~ainedT -his %=p`a:n- tul perch upon the bough. whipped by his helplessnes and his enthusiasm. 1-~r-__._--._.. In-tn Kn n-xnsupu ans! llvlybvwwasvuw ...... .--.. --_.___, , , If .H ez-mann `forces me Ito marry him. the Princess said, with distress aharpening her spee-eh-axid 9.` eh-9:1`: of light lit up `the tangle of 1worde-I ezhould do int: `and I should :.'tie. -the moat unih-app) ,wcm~an in Europe. ` [She had a "light -shawl "aibeouit' her .sh~oulders:.ehe- gave `.1. `little shiver, and wrapped herself in_ it, as it the scented night had evil chill upo-n :!U3 ' brfeaibh. when she. buriedgher I-ace sud- denlyin her handae-a-nd aoib-bed: and eat the first `quivering, unhappy 'br.eant-h `a quicksilver - -`c`urren.t` of pity raced \ bhr-ough Oh-arley Morton; .'1`he ma.:nbe- : aid-e her, her own we-nfiliar'tr1end,`tcod " 1ik`egranite,. his hands hard held at |1_n_ -14."- PI\'kn nnnuslhhlful` 'I\llI'|'] thihr `I155 l{Gu&LU,` HA9 uwuww on`.---` .--.f.. __ his aides. .'m_1e ytoult.-h'Iul _'pup1l_;tea'her -aest him down for .a.n. Inhu`m'a,n.. man-` :UUI Q _ `slowly. N-ever:t'helesa; he sp'oke 'a`t "1,aLat'. ' I will [udoo W-l1'a..:t"-I`ca;n,'?.':heVsa..1c[i -u_;-1-.-.1 1.-.. -m.?.g ;n-nu` .n1{I\'Y\dr slowly. . ` She `checked her cabs, -~a-nd.vslip'ped ' h-er ha.n:dis 1 wmc'her "1-alce; . -. = A ".W-hart ls it you will do 8? `she said, aortly,` '-her -vclce vlbmtlnlg. 7 _ A ' "I will go as an ambwsaador from you to Prince H-er.xim.n-n," he :aaA'd. '_`I . will -say ,t3o_ `hlm`:' '.'1\h_e ;Pr1ncep~ be.- lleves it would be "for rbhe-'-a"oo(d"o't .t-hev country it she were -to a_.-bdnicalte. She` la 1:: mourning tor `her hu-sbc:nd:- she is a.1 .r*a.1d -at `her reb3`nsl~bi1lbies. -She will be 98lt1S1)'1Il`8`.'th8`WA:IBheS lot. her people it she va'ca.tea her place tor Prlnce Franz. ' ` ' ' _ .1 LL--- -1. n.hhnn- A1|fh|]_ rrmuu 1` .I.`a.u'a. She,n\odded, though vrxttidwt, e`nnu-W ~s1aa_m. A . 18.8111. _ H A "rt 1-a all true," she mid`. ".'1`he` na- ti-on th-inks I Jam .Ir'1voIou6a, racking in proper d1g.rr&t y. It the qulite -true. ~. .` Dignity! Oh. no. I .h1a.'ve not .3. r;h':ed'- and Ulncle Franz 1-a,m a.deAo -it. ,-Bu=t_ do you not `suppose a recital at .`t=hese--3 -things will intflu-ence 4Herma.rin=3 I-Ie.;;a would rmher be` the Prince Consort ? oi!` a.'tool -'Uha.n* or" a. -.wlse' womn; '1_ can assure you P.` V ` --II III __-'...||-|..-L nnaunu n!{ "Xes; but you are playing invtzmhia. ands, Princess. I shvall 00'm'e_ Wrhe` 1 ou.ca11 me; I shall-ahways `come at ` our call. But here {-3 so 1`iaht[1`e toll?" ` done,a.ndTi`:t is my duty to .p9!nt Out, ' your indi:~craticn." _ T V I Pxinceze! '1`Jnis was abrupt pmmi:- V tion. rChar1t-;?y` in the "apple-\tree_ `au'c`k-, V ed in a bewildered br'e`a.'bh,. He was a devouzer of the modern mchoql, U1 ro- mance, and he had imbibed eome `in- formation among the -suwee1tstu'1t-8.. He` listened with an_in~creaas1ng inlterest. his heart .pa1pi-tajting at the glamor or can WEEUIU `run 3` ~ V "I% \v1:ll.,aa.y"bh=aat y\ou_ .v11 1 n=c4_t keave? your present .re=trea.`t< un-ti_1._you havej; signed your a.-`b-dicautipn. W1-Ie shall _sn df: Ba.benateV1`n`t-o wiatn"e"ss"1t."""` ' V ....- " ___... _-.. .n ...m am 19'. m-wmlg. ID8l'1`BI.e1Il 7 VU WULIIUDD Inn A "You will say--'1 v(11_1,hatvl."- Iatwlllg be no .barr!er`t:o h1m'--rid'obata;cle,"ahe__:. rapes.-ted7'hopeleas1y. A . Ar; I mu- u......c+...o..I mt-d`mn1l'nwed I. brief} `rapes.-teu wupewssau. A W_. "He -hesitated, a-d `wollowed a. b`r1e{%._ " Ito: z.**.*ad.=.?g.H.: H "` * ' -' a;`=*-;x, 5, y_*n`:I'-~` n-'~;`o`tsf~'-1>>', :,~.wJ:m~\ y,_s2r.v-he t~.;w~=,e,p;:.;L..r'- ;=~w.ss&u _;;- allence by a 1`!na.l.. _pr'ono,unceme,A;:it.:, `."I will taellfnim that I `aim auigtized V bQ~a.rrndurce pu1m1!y- m'at~4>it'he 1?rfac_esq,.,, % dgniaa mhe _rumora or her tmpendlnlfif. re;-marriage," -he `n-112 `{I'_ h'e"1a ob- dywte` It aha}; %bg,.aone.:,,vt 5119,11 be}: pitblmhed b1'|Or8.(_1_8Elf' in] the (D.!`asI`_ o . uld cou;i1`e.mt-% h-- t:- ` -"1 _ I `H f `H, - '5-i g .!. .=.,, unavuu-y, uuu uu uvu v ...-.. . - 5:3 -.7,` 2 : .- `~' : 5;. ~{_ ".f._,`; -,. ".,*~v _ . ._ . .. .. , ,., . . _ ~ F ` `V \s vr "After all, it `I may `not call upon ou. to whom shall I turn? f1`oI-Ier=- ann? .He Ynas made .a Ithoou-aa;nd r-oto:xta;~ticns or good ta;1t`n." She. aweed, locking` andpunlocking ..hl_B1 . ands. "m is net only b-ecauns-e` I `am `cit rzt for my high crime, `Oswald. e has _the p3wr"of the snake over he bird. You know it. You have seen nothing, and she `continued: Alasino, ` there is not-hing (to he done by you, 1 Oswald. I-!bhwr.k_ you, but -`-you miisit " forgive me f-ox-.=ser.-ding for you. Iact.- i ed -on 1-mpu1u.'se,` arool-ish' impulnse, of ` course. Yotirmifasion fails inevite.-bly. And, w-hat is more, my friendyit has _d-a.n-gerkror you, -a.'n`de bheretore I `for- bid you to -u-ndemke ac." ; _ "Does Your Higvlmeas suggest--- 2 q Poise-n or Uhe -dagger. Dea.x-'r'ne,_no, .0.swa.ld: .1 am -not qu=i'te such =3. gdose as youfall -aappea-r Do mn-1n~k`ame. Bu't' poisoned zwords-,-dagger-like in-sinus} ' tin-ma. `. . . You. -have a career be-. rate you; it would -not_be =d1tticu1't for the Prince Ootvacrt to wreckeit . - nu` L.1._- ........ -nlml rnnlrin n -{lat always at-xa, Oswald. 1 must pguitively: be a. gouge, .-o_- s...;~|--a' -n`l4IAuuVmaV|`7'n' `mt uhb `VVKIU `FLLIIUE Vvauuvnv uv . ----- Parr'a.w!` the man said, rnraiung an .1mpa!t~1~emt..utride. _"`.'Dhe -Prir;-c`e. Can- Llcexs-s;.. . -aorut! Y-our .imvag1n~aation- rjdte, Prin- A us 9 , ,_______ 1' mug yyuxuvvsg. my -. . f.H-e3 1gl;e.' sideways lnvoludtgr x-} ~mo,v';em'ent hlmse11':gu_'1c1;1,y. _ V =A1l1'mms_ 1:: the `he! said. '`I.`ha.\_re;~.tJo . mfg o.wt_'c>'t-*.:bhei_1--~ ergce. lf:e.` . ` _IJon-dpn -b'e'1qre "2p4a:ople r beds : I`.1m\_r&t ;--__t1'd try ~v---_, alt -h ,'z` " a.`x_rd- }. .v.`t;r_;ecked 'ghlt '-. 65 V" be {back in--. Y % .'~v ayi7;.. 'a`88"1_n.7t9`f er," `made a`n-_. is than other soaps, but is best when used in the Sunlight way. ` . Sunlight Soap no iniuricus chemicals. Sunlight Soap is pure `soap, scientically made. Every step in its manu facture is watched by an expert chemist. xvii, ,1 b~en:na;a ribbed ths;."wo:l.d,g_...,. 5` J rnoc. ` '. `.`_\ _ f;, ,_ V. . -* mm mm June,n13.;,t 1_.udg_ i i i\_1_ may conaaldey your duty db. f\___.__Ij I..- _I__L ___'__. ._ 'I'.._. > -- . ' ' '. - ` . ._ ' . C ' 7' .'\.'4 a " `* _ Vt` ;, - . : -- .` 7*?!" ``~` ` i.*".-`_-`(K _' `t._ -`A 4 ~::. A` .` v~. .' '. " -' `- . `.-:. V ` luau` Qlonion s ~: .. -a . -r I - , - 6 . '. `V , 1 . _ -..- . . -' v~ . . `t .,< V. k - :4. :. wt - s-. 4. . n ` ,. ` '. . .\'g r x: ' ` ' : . , .- Lever llrotlgus malted. 1'01`-onto - nl '~My taa`oll1et.'l>l-othel- and slstr` diecl onaum`phon,." an 3 Ella M. Cove,` bf Lin- den, N .S.', and myself suffered for ,t\vo_ ' can ft-om"|.'distre_s`a:n cough and weak l |'l'!`|g8-1.`. I Iuppose. I in at-ited a tcudency lnlthisdirectaon? -. `. ; -`But think God I used Psychine ind it built "ind ;.i'ight- up.`-3-. Mi 1iIng`,I a.ro`f.hovi strong. le`n'oyi` cli. health`, andlowe 4.l1H, P-`Y9. 5` 1 .- ` _. V ` C" _|9t1n.._, .rh.reditai'yor cb-.` h-acted, .Ita,nd_ V`-Ohoifore Ppychine. Psychina-killi;-the germ,'nb,;hattrT;how_ it"; ` Ittack9'.the_lug'1gg,.]l?ychinQ'~build8 u' the`- . bodvannd. ab -tol Sunlight Soap saves labor; and the wear` of rubbing which `common soaps require in washing) fabrics. ` i 5c: sunlight 503P l. suppose I 39, -a.'tAer 'a_l`1.- _ , -her;:4r`ga.de _'aV-vn; " and-} checked .na__` '%I" snv a `iv5eerb 1:18.. V-aignuicaht gesture-, will. anyone tell me-what goad I am doing hgre 2"] \I._ 1I\_n_-_.__ 1rvs____._ t... ....._11.....'` -v-- --uw- .- -u-q -v-- . - .; 1`h` pri-xfcZ}.a Z6Bar1ey had nd -her, larger title est a. gulp) extended ` her. hand Vmcpkly for ..s.n;.swer._ I-Ie-bent met lt, touching he;-V lingers. with his lips.-_He sboorl guprlgvht a-gal-n, facing hex-.1-n-9. space or m'00nlI3`l!t,_ and Mor- ton saw him (ll-st1nctt_l~y.;`or tine t-:.st time. He observed -tilraet the was. a. line, hea.ndsome- man in the .prlme`ar_ life. a at_urdy English oak before =wnom bne tozeign la-dry swayed like _a. willow. There was something urgent, de'ra.n't,' unruly in his gaze`; .-but hls nnttitud-e was rigid as 9. r~oc_k, -a-n-d uhe Princess's eyes were. at the level alwhia waist- - _._nL as it seemed`, to `let him go. always very rm In insisting ple would `do It:-heir duty, 0 you tbhink I should be claim It I could -give my imherta: cle Frags instead 02-well, ._,.~__2_.. 9 an! nn.nIsn._ ~UllU uluutvuln, uanv -u-..., --_-----_,,, t>a`let "You are 11-m_ insisting that peo- dtr.ty,0awva1d. Do doing my duty all 1_mhe':3f.-ance_ t--a Ung- Fraj..:: we must say `signing, at c_urae-b-inbead dot vaharl-ng`-[it with Hermann 9" u _ _-1 .s_-.|..- ..'..'-Inn -..v:od uid 511511155`) II. N sou unar ...... .. . d .Nwt y`,our legal duty, p`e'nn-_a. pe,d" `um bhe ooudaellor dubioz1aly.~f`But-a--and here ' he was quite ~- firm, and ' his,gla.Vnce embr~a.ncedher pliamt figure, A the. little shabby `garden, -the ma3n1igh't-"your mor'a1.`du~tyundgu'bted1y, Princess.` You are not lit to reign. over a. turbulent ta;'te_. Your subjeats ask for a. frugal Count, an Box-.der1'y rule; and your Highness builds 9. new castle and sub- sidize: Count singers, and sets `the. _ wives or. Mayors and .Deputies at log`- ger-heads my headlong imtruson `m=to` bhelr .-a.1taira. Lt- ,, _ I_-.`-L o..4-gnu-1'54.` Unelr -llluu. An 'exc1ama.tiJon a.1mc`net`esoa.ped lbhe furious Charley. said the Princess,` with he: finat ripple, of 1ow'l.augh5t.ex'-- ~~-- '\------1-3 the bIIn+h_ WWII lie: uuuu llpyscl Vs u. .. And bhere goes Osw-ald, tellez-,_in his robes or omce! T-h-ank you, my _'-1riend, tor -all 't>he good .e.d- T .vl`ce -Uh-at` cattle: to so little. .I'-am an incozrlglble; ma yet _I am sure I-c:-'uld) be a. good woman 1! I were not a.- relg-nlng Princes. I built thwait "_ca.S- tle to` giv'e'_t-he_ atone-masons work in- t-he hard winter. I did" indeed." -. LL--- --.-I.1 ...at Inn is ml-nnn U116 muu Wu:-un. .; uA\a ...... .... . ``.When they could mt lay a stone or ht. Juat so, Prmcess;" A And `the Mayor`s\w11`e. we.a`-- I V ~"Ce`ntainly,Princ`ess. I gr'a'.n? c `it. But at-h'e whale must not swim -with the mlnn-ows. ` - ' ` "I wish they would 1'et me m`@ke'ycu- Chancellor," the Princess said,_u~tter- ing a. forlorn 11U't1e*'s1gn. "You -would 4 `-1- --- 4.- lnlnnsn .fnnHnh little- you buy is a Tudli%ope .% van. - A _ "Otie momemt,"` she said; reluctaart. 1- L- (9-1. 1_n_. ..... UV:-us urn ; 1 W151} '|-111:: WEUHLU nu. Iaav .......- ,, V V, `Chancellm-," would `nut let me do these -foolish. little- -t~h~in'gs, would you? Oh .-`h-`}.i.`,` . . A. em si-gwhed again. Promise me yam; .w;11? do your be:1tAwi'bh' Herm~a.nn,!V But it is no use--_no .wse; _ ~ 7 ___!'l'l Jun amt! Maf `, H ! 13 ITO I158-nu was. "or come I will do my beat," me- man sai-d,Aa.n\d with-malt he clicked h;s heels, and bent very low, and bared ` his head, and went away `with his shoulders squared. Charley" afdmi-tsted U0 himself that he had a -rel-Isazble` lcok. and `he thought Lt pi:-ssible `that the _Pr_in'-cesze, who etc-od motionless, her head `turned to'wa.tch his d~?.sap`pear- a.-nee, was `ah-inkin-s.the same thing. A-xrataher woman, -who had evidently been in wetting in the lower rooms or the cottage, ca.me.out into the garden, and said something in "a oreign ton- . sue, to which the Princess `replied with 3 equal` -u`ninstell1gibi1i.'ty as far as her _ rustic ado:-er was cancerned. If the _ _ u _l L.'.I nllnn I-hhb {ff} ruauc aoorer Wm: u..u...g........ _- maid spoke at bed she spoke to dear ear.s.. Her mistress wa.v_e_d her away and drew her shawl again around her. and'bega.n to pace, wisth head `.-thrown bagk and pale orehead Ii-nted to` Ithe ubars, to '_and fro beside Iuhe `hedge. rlresenltly, with a. new `and rendirig pang. Char1_ey.perceXved the tears up- % on her cheeks.- - -,--_._.1- 1,.L,,.,.. " `in us._; uuuuuu -. have een that her pose must bring her to discover him. But Charley was amazed, tremblidn-g, bewildered by the . pain at. inettentual sympathy, and at -her start, her sh-arpudrawn breadth or appgeh-eneior; he lost his head, and in j.-ebrrseguenee px`-ompitIy-V-lest his balance. She saw him a few seconds later; it ` he had had hiaxvits about him he could , .:,,!`..v1, nded on her",-aide or sthe hedge. .`sorxie~creaivtg_ "Ff-3;-b'e `g-_ivfen t_:>: blood -;\6i"`?"`hystq'r1cs.; Int.e'a.-d,` she sprang skirats"`-h'e31d.,'4c`}os tb {h_e;"~'knees, like a woman who. see'a`~.a";spm-er,` and she hithft }1e~: ifi_ibh`?fem'or run or peal. `nnnbry back to the mass'p1anv1tn -her `aaid, i_n. a mane` d_! 1_net1a;b_1`e'c6n-tem'pl.: .. "Prince -H`erm4a.n`n_haaa ben .`r'e`a.-d-{er -t:h:ax1 1 thong"-h;t.`? ` ` 2 - "N-o~=n'o-nO,_'Mafaim`- -'.,',I`;.1i_sn`1t--Iti:`3n`.'c -that 1n.deeVd'.! __ -I88-sl!1-"Ch8sr1.` a.t111`up'- "on ma kneqs`, grmzlvling lot `the `hem other - d._;es's',` with-"-his % emotions (and rbuate at g`rq.'ve})4:Ibh-ikegilhg ms `at- T , _ . - 5 , . - You nee}; nc3_t_..1troub1e to deny it, -said iohe" Puncesg, ;c`o1d as .n 1ceberg. --`Really , :11 `am __;q`6:h_te a=b1_e to bear t-'n'_e w-tr u-bh,._~t ~muggh ,p.e-cine do~ nod; -appea4.r~ to bel1_e:~vefj_me .vv'.rx'en .1 A gay` `it? ._'I _.'_ a.`_ 1' AG (Iv, belleye `H18 W=ucu .1. -on-;_ .... , `-fI';`_:'yj'aou [$lea.se;rny Ladydt ismt -the `tr uth, .1r_us1dtd., .01 :-z;r'ley,` `plucking up courage Aund-epl the < ...-treez;ng process. "Don`.t y&>u .._-}Ag`r1_t:>.\isf{>-\pxvz_:_ej, jleaase Maa-m? I dmive ;' of . `your --from 5 amed at me." rm cnarxes `Jacob Mer- gwn, bhdzlt-'Vl1ves.n_e:t `d1dor_.to you.` I- -I saw bhe 'gen It1er'na.n `hanging . about, ' a.rrd`;I `feai-edfggbr mu," my IJ_e.dy, and '1 ;_ cq.rpe- ouit tQ- -iaeojbhere was gno ha;-m rone. I 'don?ds'.%"*know anyvt:h1nc_f a.=h,iou't my P1-inceas.;_' wa_mted'm_` help." you: 7_I;;_ v5vp_|f1ld' dd - 'nry~tm'ng. y9a.:' . L_a}dY~3 h1p ; >p1_gaaiaa; 30 snow` .y_.o`u_ I:';igj `ptelling "`l`IEaA-136` 'ybu,~s~. r ~~ - ~--~ --:..1.. .1..'Inh`hnrin:nv_ .9_n. -he patch yea da;y rnd*rx.1*I_rifg .._._.`and-Ia-nd yen , ' ` "Get up, 'th`en..ple_a;se, ..' ..s`he -eakl; lla fob` you." V - ~ ` `He wa.Asra1z-1y sblukgberin-g, and `he had not attempted to get upon ahi-areet. The Princess bit the `t_-ip of "-her foreg- ringer daimuly, obaervgng -him, and meta was a. silence which .waa_ un- ' bno_ken- unztil 's_he: ap';`ke `as-2.19. 7 *~.. ,vrziH~ gbeueye 4- ypg >y.-cIwu._`.5;`m,u-A_a`:`V. ti_::i._"`:/`:3, - V L -.-_'_..` J- '-'-lfil De Hart 5; \. Tunuopa '-at then. 1: will-- believe you. Stand" upand; vlutj 1 Odnn I HUGE. tac BYE ' Wu) UKW` . ,`;\u_ u--_. - "and let Mgk jyogrln - nlfemnmxe e }aif as ,;.:; knees `Itre_mb1ed._ I-Ie. averted -hie eyes -tram the goddess, intoxicated by the neat-neaa or her brcut-h";"ohe magnetism at her presence, rand yet bitterly con- scious at his own manifold ahox~:tcom`- 1nga,i1-om the toes of ms clumy boats no a..b1atch upon his chin. Luna nsnn hIIII+ Q Qh id. if-Cr 8 ..D1Gts':n upon mu emu. Axe you hurt!" she said. A~nd=1\cr that ..w~oma.~n a word alone he would have put, his neck under her heels. o-um .. ha-r mu Lsulvl muttered mveput, _nx-5 necx unuer net nuns. "Not a.- hit, my Lady 1 muttered Charley Morton. _ "And you really th-ought you might be helping me 2 .she queried; " "Yes, my Lady," "Oh, -then you are quirte ltorgiven!" the Pr1ncees'eaid, and he saw the cor- ners.-ot her mouth go up deliciously, hlsthough he dared not. look est _them. '1`~he=mooh1lghIt 1-ay about him in great sheen-y .pa:chee; the n-ighltingale bub,- bledagaln; this was a land 01 en- .c1vanItmen't, a.'n`d Ch-arleyis gross flesh stood. shivering m it, in an ecstasy ot etmging pleasure. no-.- |._.1 ...... _-.'| 1.-.. 1.-_.l- ..-.a-..\\n.n- nluouanala ll oooo on .She had crossed her hands upen her breast to hold `the shawl together, and she stood at her lull height, .-pale as n med-lzaeval pa.ln:ter =e Madonna. '1\'ne boy : senses became astonishingly ac- ute, just because _hejwa.s in ubou'c'n at `him. :'1`-he ecent.o1"bhe gorse tilledhl-e nostrils, he head the lazy rippleol a. break away beinin-d -t-he pine lands; the waning stare leaned nearer and burned up brightly in the deep arch of sky. nun ___,_ ___l1T 1...! 5.... ago. nan T AA`? ,9 L 9 do "It yau.wi1I but try me, my Lady, he said. seeing her without 1ook.ng, his head glaawncaat, his cafe heart bhumplng. * * ' - ..._..A- .......w v\nl~..v\'ln .h.a~nn :.n~R Because you get th ;Tud`; , a'4the% hope guarantee. I ~ 3 Tudhope` guarantee 1? b1k_ed|.. by a rm that .h making} `carriage 111 can. . . since 1855- season's %sty41.5 .19 ""~``X""";m -many petvple have 2-9&6` t-h.a,1;," Princess replied critgcahy. "Iut u-an-a11ymaa.n~s,thaJt they want no try me. And then, w-halt could 3.11 do?!) ` V` . 3 .,, 5.. 1_-I.- \...-v2a. 1...: An nnenunr` | . -Ch;arley a hot` bragin had an answer. framed. 4- "1. could 1:111 him, he aa.1:1. `ca IH1.m9 ! V g "!1`.h-wt genztleman a.t wants - that would._make ycu-shim you _don ~t want '-ho-marry, he -sighed out hoarsely, torgatting -a. pupil-+teac;1er`s nicety or gtammar. . ~ _- .- -. A _ ,1. -.n n-..\.:-.. Vonv. All that went out 0'! fashion [in my country in the -time or the great Na.poleon,`_" _ehe_ said. "His emissariea overdld it; elt oeoazme b`3ll'(`gO.1S. And ala.'a! the gentleman has learned the ant or self-deten-ce from the `best mas- ter: in Europe. .'1\hen" "she droppedthe bone or mockery, became serious, step- 'lig`1'rt. hja.nd- upon -his -arm. ped to h'im,'a.nd_ (eh, rapture!) `lard a ,1; 1.--- L..`l-. nag.-:1 -.----- V` V ,, The only man who could have help- ed me will mot see the may to do it, s'ne- 83::-ti sadly. "I am an elccerntrxc, but .I am a. Woman, and as it was not to be said. .'1`.'ne stars in their couraesliight. again-st me. You mean .u.`.`l nnv r-h.i'lr1 hunt all thalt ii3 left UUUUOVH ~ Lsguu wetl, my chi you ru your -tongue. ing in myae 'I'.Tnr zlrh-.1 `your . . ..=.'1`.`nere-1 a.-m gu- 4 ing. myself. Geood.-nig~h . Her skit-t trailed over -tvhe grass asl she-. -tux ned. ` V "My Lady--- whispered Charley, but she did not. hear him. She went away, wisbh-out another look at him, .tru-ating him on his bare word, and with her stately forlc-rnnees unimpair- ed, a. princess of magic nighrt indeed. H N L- 1.... ..._,al UV: - r------~~ ~- - _ .T-he maldppened athe door to her, and "they went unside, with the grating of locks following -their disappearance. Charley atsood alone, his pal-ms moist, audibly gulping `one meaning or her rarewell umterance as clear It: -`aim (auo`n- is -the mysftenous 1-nltultiten 0!! love) as the.m-oon s face above. his mo- -tvher -s cottage. ` I -- -- ---- _:.:..L.L.\ "V1155 `I9 vvvvu-cu" He loosened the collar of his shirt-to * ea.se`a.- feeling of sutiocation. Far across coumry the church clock sang ' two. or course, she did not guess~tha.t 1 he understood! How couldeshe? I d'on zt believe `he oare-3! crie=d Charley in_ an agony. And `then again -"C_urse him! It daoesn -t maastter whe- ther he cares or _whether he ~doeen .t. I-Ie s `nut g{c~ou` enough to!` her - but then, no more is any other man. He went to `the hedge and crashed through it, getting a .'eav_ag'e pleasure r from the buffets or rt`horns,t-he sn-a.p of twigs against his uneproitect-ed race. Long after the night the wild crea-- tures of the common remembered some- thing that smelt human, but was~o~th- erwise a wvhirlwin-d, which L swept ....m... .:..1.. nn n=nP- some tangles Unaney 111 an kiim! cares_ He's g_c~ou I erwlse wvmrlwxn-u, Wu_LL;.u .e..-,.. acroizs dyke and dune. gorse tangle and the springing thickets of bracken, careless ot-'fal1=e and foothold, accom- ` plishing speed beyond the pawer 0-! normal man. I-t. breazthed hard; it gur-glezd unc`ou-th ecunde; lit floundered lnobo bogs a.nd-cla-btered over the in- tersecting roa:d-s. Finally it plunged C e:eti'dn'l-shed pony, whom t.-be =1nge': 01 : dawn was directing `to the railway. . tioip a. mvlnutel" pulired the appari- [ Lion; and eo_became herely ahu-gely dishevelled pupil-Iteacher, barring the ` progress 01. a dogcant. - W~ho _ want? ncltunal enquiry 05 He pulled up, -however, pw_t ll-Ijted whip out of its Boc- , .. ~-`u'.`s;~; b` Du, Av1=hii.1tn..