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Next year, said her fathper,Nsmil- ing, we shall _be `Coming out, and it will have to be a far more formal affair."," T ' ' -- 11-1.)!!! '1 Incas. `-n not half so delightful, said the solitary guest, quickly. _ A1,- r--up .-\._...-.J A` few minutes` later, ;vhe_n the mother apd daughter `had retnred "to the draw1ng-room 1ea_vmg the gentle- men alone, Mr.- 'Sav1le ereiurted to `the.matte_r of future festivxtles, wind`- ling` up wxth the sming remark :_ s 1 ._| "`As you do_n t seem partial. to. `showy affairs, you `must give us as much of your soci'_ety meantime as your growmg practnce allows. You are always welcome, as you know. rvsu , 77 `__`-A7__ I-av -u-.-v-.J,., .. ~_vv---. -- V -77 1 There was a short pause befo__re the friendly courtesy received `any acknowledgment. Dr. Perivale seem-1 ed more intent upon drinking the] coffee just brought in, while it was: hot, than upon being polite. i J- At last he put his cup down wjth a sharper cllck tha_n was w1se, see_1ng1 it was a dainty b1t of Sevres.ch1na, `and lifted his eyes bravely to his host -s face. I """""" " .- - V Yes, Mr. Savrle went on, wel- come as the son and partner of the family., ' ` l know it, and am most grate-L ful, 1- can `truly say that the happiest days of my life have been! spent within your gates, said thel doctor. ' `fWe]1, said Mr. Savile, by way of llmg up a. second pause, or, perhaps, by way of encouragement. .. .- , ',nyH I I fear it is by no means well, was the blunt answer. Miss Savile is still a child to you; but although in fact she neither is nor looks much more, to me. she is a woman, and the one woman in the world. Mr. Savile leaned back in his cl1air.l Harcourt Perivale diligently stirred nothing in the bottom of his coffee- cup. Had he looked up instead, he} would have seen the broadening of; the smile, that at last developed into} I - `I...-...`L. ...L;nL on cl-nu-C-`at; 119 nent iulc aluuc, LuaL an. IGDL uuvuxvyyu .....v la laugh, which so startled him, he dropped the spoon. 44: ` _ _`AV ___1_`v_ U-Vrrvv ~--~ -r---- .,Ift.Pussy were `here, she would; `say you a re .not_ safe, even with herl wooden spoon, said Pussy ? father,- mischievously. But about that other matter, Perivale? 1 .1 _,_I ZA.1-| \l5ll\A .......-., _-_-.__,. Yes, sir, rather shortly, and with`. hot check_s. ` - . . I u "up" ! Why, as to Gwenny having grown; into a woman, in your esti1'nation.; Have you only just found that out?1 Her mother and I knew that two years ago. -Oh-h! Ah, just so. Clever `of us, wasn t` it? That was one reason why we were so ready to accept your fathesi advice to take our little one travel1-1 ling for awhile. i '9 _A_-..........,.-'l /`V'I-I assur_e you- il-Iarcourt Per1va1e., `as v-... _-- l My dear lad, you need assure me of nothing. I know that you. were as perfectly unaware of the depth of your own feelings at that time as Gwenny herself. But they were in that condition when the smallest in- cident'was bound to openzboth your eyes too soon. A ush, suddenly dy`ed'the listeng er s cheeks. "He remembered the` love-bird speech, and the` expres- sion called up on the human love- bird s_._face.1 But the speaker contine-l ued; vv'1tli`o'ut'betraying'notic'.` ` ` Q 4.. A 1.--! Ll\-`ml, VVlLll.\Iv|u |.l\p5n~J -6 ----____ I However, two years have goneobyl safely, and now, of course, .matters are altogether different. We are home again, and `you are welcome here as often as you like to come. N .- . ' The young doctor satup, and star- ed for some moments at his com- panion; but then, he dropped. back into his stoop with an impatient sigh. ' _ That is all very well for you to say, sir, on your side of ..the question. :Of course, I know that things are different. Equally, of course, I know that Miss Savile will very shortly now wake up to a. sense of her own value, and that your heiress:--young, beautiful exceedingly, and accomp-l I lished-w-ill run small risks from,th:e - A L ~ A L=--- -15 kn nnnnkrv dn~_tnr_. fun Sula IIBISD Ll\Jlll~IIl'\an attentions -of the country doctor.` But, looking at things from my side` of the question, I have decided that those attentions must cease}? ` Then, very calmly, you have decided to be_a precious young `ras- cal, I say. ~ vs 15- ,!_.-1- ....-n-an. I-A 1N1`: < W n . He. got 'no,farthTer. Mr. Savile! :burst [into a,.-greatA1augh.' - ` .!,_,j At cu, .l. nag. Dr. Periva-le sprang tb his feet. stammeredi 7r ejeg:te11. *< , ~ . L .`1a.yq. ad my 3oef , i:_VAe;q_t1a;\11Ly_A`p1ainly ` _Twenty minutes later a young man entered the `Saviles ; `drawing-`ro_om, looking so 4.` happy ~ t'hat Gwcndoline asked wh.eth.cr_ her fatherl`1ad been :weak enough to promise he should be allowed ,a' fork,_as well as spoon. aoH`A;P'1:R iv. in WA WISE DECI-SION. :`.Had _you shown your usual . wis- dom, Perivale, do you think -`you would have judged us very wanting. .in any prudence, usual 01 -mu`s`ual, in,allowing:y_ou such close intimacy with our child, had we disapprqved of love nding. its way into ybur heart? But, mind you, no` talklof open love-making at present, for we should allow no engagement ; until after the child's eighteenth birthday, under any circumstances. (Or I! `. f`Y'ou speak. my own steadfast" de- termination, returned Perivale, earn- estly; If I cannot hold rst'p1ace `against all comers, I will not, have the prize. No wife for me, with risk of her` heart vbeing aroused `_more thoroughly `by someone e1se,_`affer she is mine. But--- ; , Sne IS IIIIHC. DuL"`*"' Andwith that But on `his 1i pg, i;:e~ went off to the drawing-roorr;,_ with steps that would certainly have turn- ed to dancing, _if`he had been 21. girl, instead of a` grave young doctpr. CHAPTER v._ ' T-HE GREEN ATTIRE., | Gwendoline lSavi1e s eighteenth `birthday had Come and gone, and the beautiful young heiress was being feted, attered, and run after, ,. writ- ten about, described, and photograp- hed, wherever she went. J I A . 1- u 1- -L1__n _.__1 s.:._,_1: , ....---.-- ---- ..----. I Offei-s from eligibles and `ineli- `gib1es she had .by the (1oze1i,`and }Lords` and Commons, millionaires, land penniless young officers were all alike refused with a quiet p(isitive- yness that left no hope. - V i l'l|\.-Iv Illiplv away --5: --v`.-. A heartless co_quette, was_ ' the .world s false verdyct. `Meanwhile, Gwendolinlz became well_ aware that she had a heart, and that 'it was very wide awake. : Un- comfortably _so,she had begun to tell herself, since the private beliefwas growing vivid in her mind that it was not she, but someone else, who iwas the irt. -r 1 _` vvuu stay nun. on } And then, one hot June. day, `fainted. I 5177 I-l\|lL\.\Ao ` W`e _rnqst take her home," ? [the anxious parents. `- . 75 __:;`| And, in spite of the invalid s own earnest protestations that she would much rather go home, the Saviles |did start for more bracing clim'es. I am sure dear old Dr. Perivale could do me more good than all the air in the world, said pale-faced !Gwend0line, wistfully, as she leaned `back in the railway carriage, watch-I ed tenderly by two pairs of equally, wistful eyes, and when they reached :`.Dover Mr. Savile sent off two tele- rams. ` ~ . . lg Snow, trees, elds, owers, and faces were all bathed in the brilliant sunset glow when the Sav_iles r`each- |-.1 T ..... ...., A11 1-hp fnllnwmq Satur- LIAC allnnuuu tau-av---~- Nothing of the sort, said. th~e`| {doctor, who appegred on the scene. }Take her to Sw1t2erland. ` 1` 1!, , ,A_| `sunset glow wnen Luc Qavuua ....-.. led Lucerne on the following iday evening. Perhaps that was__why la. certain young lady facefwhicli ; :had been growing sadl pale the past lfew weeks, was suddenly suffused `with a most lovely ush` _ One of two gentlemen, however, standing in front of the hotel to which the Saviles had driven up, had `his doubts on the subject, and felt ridiculously happy in consequence. l Both Gwendoline s'hands had sud- denly gone out to him, and were as `suddenly withdrawn, and given to his companion, with the glad cry: . Oh, Dr Perivale, how good to` nd you here! You will cure` me [fast enough, I am sure. The old gentleman smiled. "I have retired, you kno`_w, my dear young lady. I must leave, your cure to my son. V` The rosy ush deepened to crim- ;evidently~ Lora M-_--.-- u.u..5.. --. -They were almost mseparable. There~was no sunset glow to dye. her cheeks now, only silver moon'- light; but there was a ush on Gwendo3ine s face as she m`urmured:- You-`might remember something more---i'em`ember that you had writ- N88 1-n-p.qqqIqnIIa`IoI'!||I (`I `I m nanan molt 331 :."*'""'::"=:=7;;-E.`r`:.H*' ""_u*'m m -- - ' no 9%,, -"' .....,;:.':,.'.':::.:.'?.:2.*:.., -:2.-:=.-.22!` ."%* `` ""` I . . . moo u 3; puo; pun `ox: nut 0.83.3103 3 no cngulds .lO}_-1}~pI| 1 "am : _.1uzua3T19J alumna ; ~ um! Spams. In--39 L u `I: Anna u;auds_ but Svamau an-us I at axua upauds I.ll'P.lI3X :0 antu am .:oz. Ian at 61.62111... :3. urns-n ' kin `vmmvn -Ipuuuoq; 30 mo ;a`I'I':ifs_i0 3; 3133 - said she "\\'hy. `Whcn 1 I mul ten iybu hoiaed tno be,with.us` that` evening; and then ydu never came. That green dress was for--- _ __, _--- H..- ; `It.was a very low and eager `voice tllat asked: _ . , . For me--for me? For rt} love-' bird? . An equally low voice murmured back; - "`;7IV.ord M-.-- {was the only one good and kind He did not tease, after I told him there was-was someone else. - V x x ? When next Miss Savile appeared in London Society, lovers were warned off by the rmg upon the n- ger. of her left hand. - 1 `;MVyM1:s-;)'a'tient, and my first only love, murmured his son. 9 __ ---_ _-_- --..-..-. ("30 you have won your first Vient for good and all, my boy? old Dr. Perivale. Modern Divers Cutting Their Way ' ', Into Long Lost Treasure. Since the naked Malay in his trop- ic waters learned that by holding a. stone in his hand he was able to dive for pearls and stay under for` two minutes, diving has made many" strides. The naked diver is out of date save in the surf or at the swim- ming hole, for divers suits have been made so that submarine work- ers go down and toil for their eight hours as deep as 200 feet below the surface. All the navies of the civil- ized world have great glass tanks in which men are trained to use the diving suit, and the battleships gen- erally take along eight divers, who are always ready to go down into the water and scrape the plates of the vessel or to investigate and mend, if posible, some portion of `the ship exposed to the water. I 1-: o \weigh forty pounds. 1 r" * " ' """*' Going down into the sea in a div- ing suit does not mean that the only trouble found is in getting air, that is now an easy matter. Being able to stand the .pressure is the great trouble, for when you get down to about 180 feet the pressure is some- thing like 100 pounds to the square inch, which` is a vastly different con- dition from life in the open air, where the` pressure is only fteen pounds to the square inch. All of us have seen pictures of the diver in copper helmet "and corslet, suit of rubber and lead-soled shoes which I I I . I ""J .f"""" l lie is provided udth a rubber tube for getng an'fron1 above and car- ries a telephone, electric Searchlight and took znul weapons VVhen a diver goes into very deep xvater he wear a steel crinoline," as he calls it, to protect his'lungs apd his stom- ach. Recently a Frenchman invent- ed a sort of steel `armor, which has pcwrful lobster-like joints and which, it was claimed, would stand `the pressure at 400 feet inider the gwater. No diver would agree to go down in it, and the invention was lowered to something more than three hundred feet into the Vvater znid left for an liour. V\/hen it was drawn up it was tight and dry, despne the fact thatit had been tinder 2: pressure that xvould have crushed an ordnuny thver hke an eggshell. . Ohf Gwcndoline interniptcd, with mitv; :1 cry, and an impossible atlcmpl 1' lmk all over herself and her attire. | An umu.~c chuckle checked the eflorts and the small head went U With 21 lacs of indignation.- T ' WP: ~ - 4- A _._2I J- Weird are the tales some of the idjivers tell of their experiences on `the oor of the ocean, and romantic enough are the adventures through which they pass in their search for treasure that has gone down with {some ill-fated vessel. The Spanish "ship Alphonse XII." was wrecked off the Island of Grand Canary and carried to the botom, 180 feet dowu,_ with chests containing $5oo,oooii1 gold coin. An expedition was tted out, and for six months a fruitless. effort was kept up to reach the treas- ure. Many and many a time at the be brought to the top with blood streaming from ears and mouth and nose, caused by the tremendous. `signal from below the diver would pressure of the water. TLA nrxcto-nrrn (\; f`|`1P (]i\.'(`r lDl'CSSl1I'C UI LHC wcuci. The courage of one (liver failed on account of the dead bodies aboard `the ship, for as he pushed his way into the saloon and ashed his elec- tric lamp into the submarine darl<~ ness, he declared, the bodies of wo- men with streaming hair oated around and overhead and glassy- eyed men reeled through the waters, undisturbed, until now, since the ship went down. Every trip of the kind was dangerous, for if the air pipe became tangled th.e supply might be shut off and the diver would suffocate before being hauled to the surface, as this process has to be done slowly owing to the change in pressure. But at lenrjth the trea- sure was reached by an intrepid diver, who worked his way into the bullion room, tied ropes to the chests, and they were hoisted` to._ the _l_2- ..`l..-nu. LIIQBLO, auu our; u v.. _ ship above. Another diver for treasure off the coast of` China had just reached the bottom when a sixteen-foot shark began to dart here and there about him, attracted by the electric light which the newcomer carried. Open- ing an air-valve, the diver sent a stream of bubbles \ into the water" and succeeded in frightening the shark away for '5. while, but the mon- ster returned, and the man drew his knife and `prepared to ght while he was being drawn up. _ rm_- ..I.....l. A.A nnf m=rnh1m_ but the- SUBMARINE ROMAN CES. was being drawn up. The/shark did not get` him, but diver refused to go down again. Another man went down, blew open an entrance into the old ship with -dynamite and got into where the money .was. He found the coins scattered allrover the uoor. -He sent _up box "after box of the money and ithen .was`drawn to the surface him- self half `dead with a hemorrhage caused by the `great pressure on his `luxigs'.` 4 . ' -One diver ofi |Cape Finistere got nea_t1_ytwo* mil1ion dollars" worth of -`goldjand silver and -nearly a half i million? dollars worth of gems,` after irblasng -his ewa through the wood V stee;I5f:'wrec. V ge . of the -sunken No.~_doubt~as improvements _in ' ` `_ edressfggo 9.-on.:`:more men will WlL'll. 1.: which lost, pa_t- sa1d and ,. .. . , .. ...-.,, ....... V. "This: is not the rst Of APT: 31,7` and my father says an imP1i'- -d""`A A Very cxprcssive nod ended th Smtcnc<-_ C lily (lL'tll |.'lL1 51\.u.|.*uuau., ;. u;..-J . Their minds eyes won t conjure any one lll\'t'. me, you know. Very improbable, agreed the eung man. He had an idea that,l; tside the front rank of poets, therel ould be few imaginations vivid ough to conjure up a picture ofl at living bit of spring. l For my part," he added, I don t ink you more deserve the name on (-l1l'S\'enteCntl1 birthday that when lrst saw you on your seventh. i To the speaker`s astonishment, the ngliter .~:u gave way to tears "\\ l1y. child. have I hurt a newly- lcvelopul sense of dignity? he ej- culated. with genuine penitence. But the smiles returned and`the' ltars were shaken away. I No. nu. I do not understand myi own stupi attempting to laugh] gaily as l)ci(`nre. Perhaps I have ten skipping too long. Now that I .. .. * _ _ . . . . ~ . . ..` I 41.-.nnn1+ 1- nnrrkfl 1 I "But, ~L- now, with a change '3` Wire. I am at least glad that _y0l11` Dfror m:m`s eyes have had the W to dxscox-er that this is a new dress Sift it grzmd! L C '. '- fan of 5}`-1pp1n,. {pea} of tha --nu C Dr. gasped the skipper . adding, with another t irresistible laughter: Perivale. Do.n t 9 ramp in `A woman: `A \VUlHun. _ ct that must ` `of her. f21\~oriCtOema;1t1i. `A warhal K,` Cimt )'()u p1c}urc_t11at Wm C _e,t'he Sort les m.md5 when the0me mm. the .PT1\'Il1C shook h_y read that?!) lI10 hers at 111.5 h_ead, Tlh 'h lights in n`! In retue "I can't, mm LV01` fty, 'in S0me_one abo ess. and wectacleisl Skunp br\0`: 1t . . . t of 30 he had to stop {O h r e Com Dan- I :-:Le'1'1l-arxxlrlxls What? seemed to` allow up all the air there was m eg[{|I'(1Cn- I \\ hatc\'er` do wou mean? be `ad- d at 134. Oxford-mixture halt? Around shcmlcler was shrugged, dthc C1lI'\L`(1 lips pouted With. a Zurse. sort of brownish-black and ,ecnish-\\'lmc. muddy kmd 0f_thmg.i lord mixture or heather mixture, _ _ nzlme mlxture, and a parting emy dear old great-aunt, Palrny-] 'T`lI\:f .n;n.l.` mm: wnn f r~m1nn-en encc (>1. lIl1[)2ltlCnCe. .`Why, "Of ` T CHAPTER V I. A VERDICT." ` .p.5kip, skup, went a g1r1.ov'erfa as the round young arms tossqd n the goltle-brown yyavy han- ` in the soft, sunlzt wrnd. Skip, and words and httlertrills k , . L sgler slxpped out of ghe rosy th as it were, at every jump. om;m--~now---dear x,1,1e--wha5t `a vfthing---th3t.SeC1`nS`. V % It W be funmer, perVhaps, . said mung man, to whom thewgerked ,. temark-5 yvcrc; agldressed, If y_ou| -h yoursch `of? wlth your favorxte cof e,\-crc1se,_and_.I-have- tp tell coroner t brrpg m a Vl'd!Ct of .. -: ;L-mmmr. _' I You have heard of biscuits--_-8-Dd ` read of b'ncuits--and,e:ten bisctutl-f but you don t know biscuits--\Int11 you try Mooney : Perfection Cream Sodas. They are everything that .L- :1 1 1 - ,:-_ -L-.-1.I L. Ii; $351 6a;L}'a:s'Loi&'}' ; we mean DISCDIIS Bllflulu U530 J \ The air-tight, moisture-P'`. package brings them to you f1'3ho crisp, inviting. - L ` _- --e - ,u__ -_-.... .........o :n'CIAdl. iz}snAy, msp, mvmng. _- ` . Practically every grocer in Cfntdl has MOONEY S. Your: will set A - IL ._I._.. nun lVA\J\J1VL`4l U0 "them if you ask. In (Grace Stetb.ing, in mg 2 " " +~:'-M--:--a--z-as--n--2--a--3-~:.-no.1.-;..;..;.......v ~ W I, .~ I 7' 5; 2, DEC. :L2th,f% "L ((_)llIhC, llllbblllbvuuan` r_\~ chxldrcn anythmg but 1 .'-11;ur anyhow, new drcs Ea, M `N `Dr; Per{v;a1e"put' on "one side, and looked at_the Paris pink silk; frock with a critical air. V "::G 1'-a't.1'('1_-!` s'l'1oi1.l.d just think so!` Almost magnicent "enough_for, not a skipping clmld, but~_;a ,re_al:--- ` The girl laugh'epci_`_pde_a.ntly.' _ Oh, pray say i't.-"'=`a rcal woman. I don t know what made me so stupid just now. I much prefer to .be a nhnri 95 5 J!|;.DlI-d',l,IUVVc 1. unucu PICICT to .UC \a c 1 . 7 ~ -` . And forthwisth. pr ovii1g_"`th`at' she felt o1_1e still, she rgm swiftly across "_the tw1;ei11awn,tl;:1z3.v1:l1g her compan- uxon o, o o_w a_ 1s .e1._sm-e, % OHIAPTER` II`. L j THE FIRST PATIENT. . in i 'Gwe ndoli'ne -Savile` was` an only. child, as `perhaps astute readers have guessed; f Until her -seventh` .year she, had lived near" Glasgow, within a short distance of her. father s factory. But although born ' in the strong Scotch air, ' she had been a -delicate" creaturein childhood, and \tl`1_e_ medi- cal at went forth` at last thatitlie Northern climate must be exchanged for a `Southern one, if the drooping budwere to survive. ` ~ That settled the _matter. .T.h'e fac- tory was sold, and in little more than three months time Gwendoline s home was removed to a lovely spot on the English south-west coast. Better let our child be an heiress |'in a small way, said her father, than strive to` pile up richesfor one w'ho may never live to inherit them. 1 And many a onevlearnt to blessthe wretired manufacturer, who had saved lsome health and strength and time from the pursuit of adding house to hcuse, and heaping up wealth to de- vote them to .more' unselsh: pur- ` s'u.'its. But the small daughter's ; gratitude for all the sacrices made `on her immediate behalf was most unwillingly displayed by a ne d_ev- Ielopment of measles on the morning of the; first birthday spent in the new home. : Harcourt Perivale, then a medical student of twenty-one, in his second `year at a London Hospital, happened Ito be spending a few days at hpme, `when the message came for his fath-. `er, the chief doctor of the place to go up instanter to Savile Lodge. /\ v\ I Old `Dr. Perivale was gather avtesty old g_ent1eman`, and ponsxdefable suc- ,'cess 1n .his professwn had not les- Vsened h-is opinion `of -his own im- `portance. ' Au-I-nu 1 , x ;1,,; L-L__ 3.. `Iva vvaoawsv i The fuss made over that baby is ;perfectly ridiculous, he grumbled, as the urgent summons was deliver- ed, while he sat nishing his second led with watching, if they don t look put. V . ' ' 5 4` Q. cup of coffee. The child will be kill-~ \JlJL- - , But an eruption, Vfath`er," vgntured gthe _son, an enthuslast 1n has` pro- ifesslon. Scarlet fever 15 about. u'1|9I .,,__] xuaaauu. LI\.l-I-ca\av ayvv. -- ....--V_ Scarlet fever! Rubbish! retorted the older man. But look here, my boy; since'you are so sympathetic, `suppose you run off and diagnose the case for me. And for goodness sake,` calm the crazy parents down 'i_before I "come. I daresay it s noth-| L,_; L`--L L....` Ianun nr:uon 1419` !DeIOI'e 1 HCOITIC. 1 U'dlCD_d._y IL: uu|.u~| 'ing but that they have given the child one of those so called `innocent `things, a new bun stuffed with cur- ` rants. . I A- ..,___ I (lIlLDo "Pe11haps, wisely agreed the sonl and then, nothing loath, he dashed!` off to 'Savile Lodge, and thusfforl the first time, saw and at once made friends wih his future playmate, forl `such the sweet-tempered, but imper- ious_ small damsel insisted he should as UUIICDL up 1.11: aaaa y. `as one might meet in a day s march. i As for the child, ashing in and out of his life, now like the .softest beam of a tender moonlight, and then like some sparkle tossed up `by a. fountain s spraydancing in the sun,. thanks. to early_hours' at rst, and ` then govei-n`ess, and tutors-above all, to a judicious mother--Harcourt Peri- vale had no opportunity for that miscroscopic watching .-which makes the eyes ache; but some newly-de- veloped gracejor charm dazzled his. brown orbs nearly every time he and his first patient met. a V Fairy or witch, tea! me? he ask- ed, one `day, as he drew up his -gig p |1"l__-I `X74-..\'r` ac ghp Fairy ask- 'day, -gig on the edge of {Hazel Wood, as she came darting out to watch a splen- did buttery. ~ ` ' ----.. ..-.-nae `C QG I'\fPf- i(l1(] Duucruy. ` Neither ~of,your names is as pret- V ty as father's, she replied, a `smile ; lying in thedepth of the violet eyes. 1 When he saw my , hat, he calledme a blue bird. Birds can /y--l1ke that lark to" the sky.- Ah! with an answering smile. Then, asel don. t wish you to y thither--;-I have.;another.5 . _A ` Please, please, please! Wliat? -; ~ . ..We1l; and suddenly, as: his face . bent. Adow1`1..,t_0 the 1..0Ve_lyr rosebud one uplifted with that beseeching look, some hesitation as to uttering this `thought grew as 81 faint. shadow "into his mind, `He spoke half-shargly, f;`I :` 'was.on1y' going to -`say that if b_1ue~: frocks made you a; blue bird, you. hjadv better. dress in green,_ and be a love a bird. Ta, ta!" . ` . And h`e"_'t_ouc_h'ed -e . l_1is~ -`horse: -rat_h-er blue frock and 1 And_ he touched ~ his horse" rather 1 sharply with the whip. Harcourt Perivale wags , ~to'_the very._ core; a` g'ent1eman,f and in his soul abhorred .-the vulgarity delighted ]``in;` by some men, of pouri'n'g _`nonse`rise' in-V ; to .chieldhb4d s. ears-ab`9ut 1o_vers:and.'_ lovemakingi Btat.-'it _=`T-was.?o'n1y` with; the'wqrds;.on-- thetip of his .tongue,5 ` " 2 that.-he,...;r`.lijzeq'_2 Vulsil ll`, up--5---.- fnonsense ii;- 5 cars `abput lovers and_' But 2-`it pwas. qnly 1~the~tip of has .ton_g1;e,.. ; g_9_es,, t_hat . h..vreal1zedV nu; .o- .A.....' "IE3 k of Is that really a_l'l-- you think me- `a creature without a soul? . ` Then itwhust be `Witch he said. 'VVitch at twelve; what will she be at twentyf . laughed her father. ` Something almost, too lovely and `sweet for this dim-`sighted world to look upon,- thought the young doc_- tor; but he held this peace, and 1t was some time before he saw his A `.TWitch again. - ` 1 I Gwendoline was working hard at ilessgns, and Harcourt at h1s pro- lfessxon. _ ' _l -;`i1rX-r1mhonest,' st'eady-going young fellow, and gqtting on, said Mr. Savile to his wife. ' `_`Yes, said Mrs.'_Savile, equally` quietly, and deservmg to get on. i L1- ,.1_ {`L"""J! """ "` V` ' *3 ' And then came a long blank. Gwendoline was fteen, tall for her age, and well advanced in her stud- ies. The 'Savi1es1et their place for two years, and went on an extended foreign tour. A letter `from Paris--from Mrs. iSavile, said Mrs. Perivale, one morning; and an enclosure for you. Har_cou.rt-d3amty enough for that citynf dainty things. . ,_ 1 - J 1,3..- _ 42..-- .-.._AA.q a V-7` I .'_ 7 And silv_er-edgd-- envelope, simply` ad- jsheihgnded him a tiny green,` dressed: ".`For your son. There was little more inside: The birds are ` .ying `Home--Home-oHO`ME! Sing__ for joy! I do! The youngest of the three birds a1most--not, quite--,-sprang into Har- court s arms, twodays after the re- turn, when he went up to the lodge to dine, in_ answer to Mrs Savile s in- !vitation. ' wanna- What changes will have been wrought in her during these two important yea:-sin a young life, he mused, as he drew near the house. E Llxuuvu, us: nun \novv .-v-... -..-- I . 7- - T |' The swish, swish of. the whitest of iwhite-ropes`, as _it {ew in the air,seem- led to answer hrm,- and `he laughed. ' _Ll U U) auawcx uuu, auu up xuuannyuq I i Fourteen `and sixteen are not forty and sixty, as I appear to have been tlvinking, he muttered, and a _brig_ht, girlish voice intefrupted his l medttation. . make I Eoi ~.'p';'aL;:;.;l"C1h`I'isft-._ mus `giffto a " T OUR 135.50 pair-of solid Mk ` ._ gold ,CqfF Links will IlI\r\.IlIuSbl-l\JJl' ~Not altered a bit, are we, doc- tor? said the father, at the dinner- table, loqking with admiring love at his beautiful, animated child. V -1- --1_ 1-..- 1;....A I115 Uuauulaua, unsung - u . ~ u V . . - . -. The gentle mother shook her` head, `smiling.. I am .not so sure. We took away a. moyse, and 1, half doubt whetherfweoahave. not brought back a madcap. _ T IAPIQI . D _ 1 7 7 AA` __`-'1 U...` ~ I % ma4de,a'n_d` the p!a_ces where the ordinary givesout." \ IIIGIILGP That is good Anews, laughed Har- ;court.7 ?`The _change_;-from` mouse to madcap means the gain of a grand new fund of health and strength. Who was it recommended sea-voy- ages, mountain air, learing to be got `from brambles - and brooks,"in- stead of books_. and all the rest of it. I shall put a feather in my cap to- mo`rrow. _ ' A. ' -' - 1 .,L2f--1 _..:.. `THEY are `4 ubstntiallyh maria ant-1 o-o';n`nrr-or-I in %.a.Z;?..?'I':2?'3%'..I.`.S}"eF..'.'..'g .c _~c'u_n Links will no mama upon IIIUI I UVV. Do!_la1ighed `that beautffnl pair` of ted l1ps_ opposite, `_`and v1s1t your patients with it. A scarlet one shows `latest, and we are nothing, ngwadays, ..-a. .............1...k`I- An Ampriran girl best, and are nuuiuig, uuvvaua._y.:, if not remarkable. An American girl in Rome told me so. When I go about selling my infallible remedy for` all ills, I intend wearing orange- - I A .._ J nu`.-. L:.c IIv;fh 115$ IUI an Illa, a. --.-v.-- colored satin, with _;'1z1_1V_ag`e`-anta tri'rn-| mings. T . ` And the infa11ible--_ Skipping-rope, to be sure. T You shall be partner, if you like. -&_.. Ia._- nrl\lI r`)\t\+fII` Tempting enough to have a try, at any rate, returned Harcourt Perivale`, a'nd .i_n `a tone so peculiar that his'hosts involuntarily exchang- ed glances across th; table. V Gwend- Efltalfspnzzle `expression. of wistful- But > Perival `had -not the benet -3?: I ._ . .oli'n`ef looked (at, with a _.curious, . : ggeirxg xes; i V gxgrgssionsj {;_or;i;- .1 his- Pal LIICI, ll Jvu n---vu ; The1_'e s an.offer`,for you, doctor, sand Mr-._Sav11e. `Won t_ you" take w. an _ 561 it? }?'iYI{IE BROS... .1131-_r \ - -`*' `V wont cough--q ick "felt; to-.t|`x_o!-: }1eavit` . c'old-A-and SAFE `to _'e\-`cyan . or af. ' A` ` rm s'._r.:shnqh's..curc.. EIIFQS . . --...n...% `'0 K59: cyuu IIJI u-_. v----_._. . That is_ 5--Sh'loh's .,cure.. \--!"=%3 -Sold nude: vuv"guara.ntee- tprcure colds` and coughs`; -& ~-quici`or_"i.than.any: ~_o_tht _ , _ 3 % &%M>;mnei:;6b-ck- 3439". mgjgd-:,S_h h'i Cage,` ,25.. 134-138Yonae` St. " rolgowro our ntuuntod Qntnioguo ---.'1...._r _ -....._.- -__-_a....__L i M '14:: out Links % L 83.30 i CHAPTER III. HUME. Haunt. THE` Near!-mnv ADVANCE cohipaxiidifs ~-.countnance , 71-lie, had dropped his dessert-fo1`Ic";""a'x1d,;whil stooping to pkk that up, knocked `down the knife too,- .'`and at length frose with. a discdmted ush on his handsome face. Naughty little awkward boy; must only have a wooden spoon next 'time,'said the girl,` as "she rosetb follow her mother to the drawing- room. A ` V I ` .The smiles had 1 returned `to `the, V brightleiesl and the rosy lips. "__L . ;_-___ -_-. 4.1.- C...-.4. .-.....1. 2.. I-~ You `v`vi1'1w`;;'171vi11`.l-:_: that you have two children, inste1d`of pnly one; at` din- ;.n`er, Mrs. Sav11. ?- 1x\v u 1 A _1 .7 __ L _ yo-Qugv vi up:-r -u--x. ---v _ V-` -7`- Thatwa the first "week in ;'.Apri1, and, from one cause or an- other, the young doctor and Gwend- .o`1in;e had met constantly from that day. morning, afternoon and evening, `until we first met them together on the lawn at Savile Lodge on May 16, when the young man had been invit- ed to eat the birthday-dinner with his friends, s and