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` UCLCIIHCU. But Mrs. Atherley was getting' ` pertinacious. To nun lunar` ups-v had? ghp ggk- , perunacious. 5 Is your head very bad? she ask- ed. Might not the fresh air and agreeable society-for I hope it will be agreeable--prove benecial? Thank you, dear Mrs. Ather1ey, said Sybil, for `all your goodness, but truly it'is better for me not to go out to4day. ~?- Then, after a little pause, she added, "You see, Mrs. Atherley, it is necessary not only that I should` be discreet, on account- of my position here, but that I should respect myself enough `to `be quite sincere. My position 15 in reality not at all what you may have taken. it to be. `I am simply an orphan", well born- indeed, but having. no family claims. A [wild `cousin of mine put these unfortunate ponies into my care, and it is the ponies which have misled the people. `I am sure you will not now ascribe the ideas which are abroad `to any de- signs of my own. But you see how, if I were to perimt you to introduce me to your friends,I should in reality be sailing under false, colours. ` ,,__ - _ 1:51.`- nncco-\d-:5- C QlIlII5 &lI.\nvo -----w_ . - - , , { Mrs. Atherley was a little surpris- ed at the frankness of thxs disclo- sure, but she felt in honour bound to discretion regarding it- ur-A ......n.. .1... Mir! 1 nnnnnt discretion regarumg u.- But, really, she said, I cannot see anything in what you have told me -to necessitate your making a re- cluse of yourself. You may be cer- tain that I for one have full cond- ence in you,. and should be most happy to consider you as `my friend, without further credentials, Oh, said Sybil, "if it were a matter of credentials only, I should not quite despair._ I think you have at least heard of Lady Dysart.' `She was my mother s friend, and. I have letters from her which are suicient vouchers for my position. .I beg you__ will permit meto show them to" you." A-...`a`- 'QuI'\iI- ihrnmziht =lier- 1ittle-writ- ing desk, and in enley should read 01 rather prosy letters, A'nd `Sybil brought zner .1itt1e-writ- sisted -that Mrs. `Ath- d Lady Dysart s commenced, My dear, good. daught- --An -...I ....t.:..l-. cnhlns nffher being which V always ?commenced, :'My dear, goon uaug_n:- .er, and `which spokc of her bemg abo1_1t to assume a position in. her famaly. - ` 7 ,.:.:;.;:o c..1..:1 . `Ava:-\`q|:i1nA'V Mrs. Atherley, smiling. "I wish there were more-such people. Yet Sybil` could see that she was somewhat relieved that she was re- leased from the responsibility of in- troducing her.n_ew Vfriend into soc- iety. V a I ; - ,1 , 7,8, --rvJI q- ` But you will come and see Jessie and me sometimes, will you not? `asked Mrs. Atherley. "Certainly, if I may, said Sybil. I am_ very fond of children, and am fond of entertaining them. It may be that I shall be` able to beguile some of Miss Jessie s lonely hours, and when she is able to drive out again I hope you will permit her to accompany me behind the ponies. So that was the beginning of a lit- tle league between Sybil and Mrs. 1 l|u`Il\al 1%,- Miss Trevanion has reasons, the latter told her brother, for not de- siring to appear in general society, but I shall continue my acquaintance with her. _ I I , 1 ' ,,I T om, dca_r, said `Sybil Trevanion 0 her cousxp, I ha_ve met with mny trials In -my hfe, but never cftlrc havc 1 reached such a depth ;f despair :15 thrs. If you can t-help ls _l do believe I am utterly lost. Tom stroked his moustache and ookcd surcastically sagacious. "With what am I expected to help mu?" he coolly inquired, I,I`I VIJLII Il\.vIa So then the rumour went immed- iately around that Miss Trevanion ;was to be married in the fall to a] ?gentleman who was now abroad. The wedding was to" be a very brilli- ant one, and the festivities conse- quent thereupdn would be quite ex- hausting, and Miss Trevanion owas' wisely recruiting with a view to them, ,,,1'LI_-L :_,_u -1!!! -_;1 4.1.- ..-.. i annual: II\.. \l VI 115$; tU`\.ll auu LIGLIJC yuux \LIUl\Co ` Dutch Hunter Seed ., td., London, Ont. i auu VBIJ J\-Ql\-IDIJ, CIIILI VV\J|r|l\L |Jl\p(1I\ io the match instantly if Miss Tre- Ivanion should as much as take the! arm of another gentleman. He met her in London, and these ponies arel |his present to her;_ for, as I said,, the family is not so very wealthy, though their.b1ood is of the bluest. He gave her the ponies for the sake of getting his coachman a place near her. Thecoachman is his servant, and paid to play the spy on Miss Trevanion, which is the reason she] does nt dare so much as speak to a gentleman. T\rT.-o AI-11n1A1r wannno 4-`sic I-rxrn- |.u\.u.|, *And'that isn t all, said the gos-V sips; the gentleman is a Spamard, and very 'jealo_us, and would break ;,\cc.+1.... uvunlrn`-u qnafnnfluv R/[;cc TFO ` 6\.II|vI\rIIIIIIlo Mrs. Atherley repeated this rom- Iance to `Sybil. 1\.\ #n`1 man plan an;r` :5 nntr auuc LU s.J_y uu. Do tell me, she said, is any part of it true? \Nere you ever en- gaged? xv....,... :. '...... man Mm c..1\;1 skahli - Never in my life, said Sybil,l' ilaughing a merry and most hearty laugh. But then I m a thousandi times obliged to gossip for account-' ing. for the ponies, for really they lare my greatest embarrassment. Every evening I anathematize Tom for palming them o upon me, and every morning, when I am speeding behind their fast ying feet, and! breathing in this fresh air, I thank him that I ve got them no matter what anybody may say. ' ` i "For my part, said Mrs. Atherley,1 I adore the ponies, and feel per-, sonally grateful to "your cousin for: my share in the delight of them." I " . "' . . 1 Meantime, Hubert Ainslie was making the most of the many quiet; ;opportunities of forming Miss Tre- \vanion s acquaintance that came in` his way. From the first her manners! and appearance had been pleasing toi him._ When his sister had, as she` felt in duty bound when she saw how much he was `attracted, revea1-| ed to him the scret of Miss Trevan- ion s history, even to the matter of theponies, he had smiled discreet1y,_ as Mrs. Atherley supposed, over`; what seemed to him the oddities of`. the young 1ady s position, and there- after had more sedulously pursued his acquaintance with her. 5 ru 1 u. 1-: c r-us. . . gWArl llkcd him, That was` the way that she phrased it to her- self, and that about expressed her feeling. _ She was quite determined, however, that she would allow her- self no latitude in the matter. Hubert Ainslie, she said to her- self, is a man of the world. If he marries at all it will be a woman of his own set, who will bring to the union at least as much of worldly advantage as he does. Still, he is pleasant company, and why should I not adopt enough `of Tom s philoso-i phyto `take?the good the gods pro- vide, and let fate take care `of the consequences? ' I .I . K` 1, '1 I, "l ;n' from it," exclaimed Tom, vith well feigned disgust. If there us` :1 made, and I got my hare. I couldn't keep it six months I_ lmnw that; but now that the .ther fellows have got it, of course t'.< my duty to get it away from them by my wits, and, by Jove, hulk jt1.~l the role 1 m equal to. (lift you see? "\ e.<. laughed Sybil, a little hy- .kterie:+ll_\'. I see; but fortune has `cienee. ymi have no compunction, hile l. unluckily. have had ideas of 1Hnt`.sl_\' and self-dependence instilled `mu me, and somehow they do teigil with me. For my( peace Of nimll .\lli\'(` l must work for a living, `mil _\'et ju~1 llU\\' I cannot work. To ive by my wits for a season seems tlmort inevitable. and here at the lllR`\ll(l(l I realize that, in that sen- se. l lime in; wits---wl1ich was the l t2l~'Hll of my applying to you. `'1 feel eomplimented," replied 'l`m1; `"p.n honour I (10. But ifI am to help you. you must be con- mlt-miul. First. please, what are ...'l..1.l,. .2" H\`Hlll L`(l you. You have no cow` ; It may be, beside, that Sybil cher- lished a secret desire to show her in- dependence. At any rate, she began systematically to accept the atten- tion which Mr. Ainslie offererd her quite freely, and the irtation, if irtation is were, went vigorously forward. There were lovely morn- ing walks over the cliffs, and moon- light lingerings in the glen, and reading of much poetrytin the long afteroons, till at length Sybil felt that if Mr. Ainslie were not in earn- est, it was quite time thatshe should beginto assert her independence of him; and `yet, as the days went by, shefound this more and more dith- cult to do. At length camera letter from Tom in" which occurred this passage :- ltI\I I .1 I, L`- _ __ _ ,_ Oh, by the way, how are the pon- ies? I learned the other day that their owner, -Hubert Ains1ie,.is some- where in your vicinity. If you meet him, keep a stiff upper lip, and don .t be in the least embarrassed. He has never seen [them more than once or `twice, and very likely won t recogn- ize them-at all. If he does, he s the best fellow in the world, and will be only too happy, etc., .etc; .-`'u n 0 -u v- _-.. _---r d, --v., -- _-when Sybil` read this` Que was in a] rage of mo;-tication. and despair. an-no ,_, J,_-_-_I!-,I ', -_.2__l9! .L. '__:J Those dreadful ponies! she said. They were born to be `my ruin. That is the reason, then, that Mr. aAinslie'has s_o sedulously avoided" riding out` with me. .. Not recognize `them, ' indeed,-".~when~he kno_w`s that L =.'1.'Qm::-: 'co.usm!.' `What; ' To introduce our` New Swede Turnip, the Canadian Gem,_ we will ive to every inquirer for our New 1908 Cuulogue 3 pac `age of these seeds absolutely free. The `great turnip growing district near Guelph shipped 400 cars of these turnips tothe United States last season. Cana- dian Gem" never grows Ion or narrow, is free from side unn `Q re` |*II111or\nun nI1o1;1>19 I .7 '7 Gem never shoots, `and is of unsurphsserf quality. If "you prefer, we will send a package of our Santa Rosa. py or Canada's Pride " tomato instead of the turnip Write to-day and name your choice. - l\-...l. 1. I1--._.._.. c__.I n- I .1 I -_ _I-_ A... SEEDS FREE And then she burst out into a hearty t of weeping. `She wouldn t do down to. tea, and when Mrs. Ath- erley inquired at her door if she were ill, she complained of a headache, which nothing but a night s rest would cure. . 1. She slept little, and tired of the heat and oppression of her room, rose early and strolled out into the glen to try the virtues of the morn- ing air. But the glen was damp and chilly. .Above it, however, rose the hills, sunny and cheerful-looking in the morning glow. A narrow, half- dened path led up to a plateau of rocks, where she knew the sun's rays had already dried the dew. It was a somewhat desperate climb for a young lady alone, but she was in a desperate mood, and determined to attempt it. ".~`\ Everybody knows. `nu have had nothing else this many! (I;1_\'_ You have lived by your wits so lung that it does seem as though he slender stock which Nature be- `towed upun you originally must aw .~`mnc property in common with he widuwls cruse. At any rate, it ever sccnlcd to fail you. - Tom laughed. Sybil, he said, "do you know the cason 1 am not a communist? _ "No, I'm sureI do "not. I thought _- .___----r- --. For a time all went smoothly, and lshe had just began to exult in the `lovely view she was about to enjoy KQQ H19 rurarrl n` has la`!-`A..- .--L:-n -vv\vI_y v-\.vv ouc was a.UUuL LU enjoy as the reward of her labour, when, stepping upon rolling stone, she lost lher footing, and fell several feet l down the rough and jagged. declivity. In her ordinary mood she might have recovered herself, but this morning her nerves were all un- strung, and despair was in her heart; .,and when at last she stopped in her descent, and found herself with a torturing pain in her shoulder, and a cut in her arm that bled profusely, she gave herself up to her fate,_and :11 nr\r\1-sou w-arse-vane-:6 1I\n`- ...~.-.n....._-.-. sue gave nersen to ner tate, and m another moment lost c0nsc1ous- ness, Meantime, Hubert Ainslie also had ]risen early, but he had, with discre- ition, conned his morning promen- iadc to the terrace. It happened, however, that the cli above the glen was visible from that point, and :01 r\ on... AC 1...'.~ .....H. L.-. ....,.l,!.-...L..ll-. 5l\vlA VVIJQ Vl\J.l|Jl\y LI\.IllI LIICIL PLIIIIL IIIIIJ in a turn of his walk, he accidentally `caught sight of a light gure in 2. imorning dress climbing up the steep i path. (AY\ 1 I .u , u u --1 rw . -c By Jove! that looks like Sybil iTrevani0n_." was his hasty exclaima- ition. Another instant's observation convinced him that it was Sybil. and that she was in danger. I d better go to her," he said to himself. It -1 . A . n . . n A n .'...Z...... is In ..H -1"!-.5 By that time he was half way down the path that led to the glen. The cold, dark chasm in the rocks was silent and untenanted, and he made his way quickly through it, as Sybil had done before him, and sped up the rocky pathway that led up lthe side of the cliff. Turning a }sharp angle in the path, he came lsuddenly upon the prostrate form of l Sybil. AA` .- 'I\ - In 1 - 1 .5 lJ\vIrI-\rl 6K} BL IIEIIQ II`... I_7|ll\J I-\J lllAllg\.ll' If she escapes injury it is all right. If she should fall 9 Miss Trevanion, he cried, are ; you hurt? 1w 1 IM mm` ;-.\'.'a Sybil For Tm or There was no answer, and he stooped to see if she breathed. I 01 I ' n1 She has fainted, he said. "I sup- pose cold water is the correct thing; `but there's none here, and I can t leave her while I go in search of it. A . So he looked for a. substitute, which he found in the shape of some large, moist dock leaves that he plucked and laid upon her fore- head, and after a while she opened her eyes._ i "Are you hurt? he asked. "A little, I think, she replied, I ;think my ankle is sprained, but that lis not much." i Quite a serious enough damage, if it is really so, said Hubert, grave- ly, But perhaps it is not so bad as iyou think. VS/ill you try if with my support you can `get as far as the road? After that the ponies must do the rest. ? Never, cried Sybil, passionately. i_They shall never carry me another E step. 1: IIYI . \9l 11 `I ":`li'r:deed! VVhy not? coolly said `Hubert, b1_1t a with 9. gleam. of hu- mour in has eyes. I I hope,: he said, gently, that your aversxqn to them does not ex~ tend to thexr owner. Sybil blushed crimson at having betrayed herself, and Hubert saw Tthen that it would be better to at- iend to her mental malady rst. :- ; Oh! Mr. Ainslie! she exclaim- ed, you have known, then, all along what I only learned from T0m s letter last night? I ll never forgive him, never. (`A I I ,, I P!` ' .I grateful to him for having brought K And I ican never be sufficiently about my meeting with the sweetest Ainslie. Sybil-won t you take the iwoman I ever knew, said Hubert ponies as a gift from the man who loves you, as an earnest that one day he may hope to nd that love re- turned? :'_H,.;..;.---;-~:-vi`-~-:~-i~-v~!--~~-ii-i-4-!`!-!-'1--ii'l' -:-~:-:--a-:~++-:--I-:--1-+-:-gs:-4+:-gs-2-++-1-aaus-;_ 2 o . ' - ` 1 It was some time before Sybil imade another attempt to rise, but [when she did _'she _was amazingly lstrongcr, and, in. spite` of her vow, she allowed herself to be seated once more behind the ponies and driven home by their master. A4-n--i c 1 n 4 up V" _.M_i1dred, _said Mr. Ainslie, to his %1st'er, who met them before the ihotel, congratulate me. I m so glad, my dear, she whisp- ered in the blushing gir1 s car. It is only what I have been expecting, vthough-- ' Inna: I up u u u; Ath:,g;st4;ea .for a mo~ ;ment, then smiled, and folded Sybil i in her arms. mybirl was married from Lady Dy- %sart`s house. ` As for _the ponies-they were not ysold, but grew old in Mrs. Ains1ie's service, and several young persons in time to; came lC3l'_`ll.Vdt0 : drive ._them... :bu[:-,_`*1;g`!_u-._' V wl_1AoM.evex._ ,flts quite ' :=thi'* -;"f6tufvtpm'ds t11'gm th`aet_-` W1; }.uru] that I T---.... i *""'!-}.+ '3'-[~Q.,!_`!.% % _ -I-~2--I-4%--'l.-:..;.,'_.N'+ ``'$Q.,'_ '} . T ,_ -. . you wvrc once. iI]g_' UI\ ..b. . ".\'-." mid Tom, I didn't mean (1tM,~. I never count debts at all--- thm 9.<. .~m`h>as I owe. They are some uthcr m;m's 1iubilities-what he is to. 1050." "'l'm. 'l`~cnn, you are incorrigible. The unly other circumstance in my cam that 1 can imagine to be of sex`- vicc U. gcou as my adviser is that I liuvc iur-L received a letter from old 1-atly 1)_v.'art, who was my mother's `zntimutc cncmy,' saying that she 5llUl1l(l l)Q to engage my Cf" \'l(`\`- m-xt .5:-ptcmber as companion, l.~rm'il(-(l. in addition to my otlfcr re- CUIl1m4,`I`(l&1llOHS, I can assure her that 1113' health is good. `I ve been plaguul to death with invalids, writ:-s the old lady, `and I'll 1101: haw :mm'r1cr about me if I can help iv"` "HLnn,;h3" said Tom. I supp0e' you would like to try martyrdom In T nc Books and Statements of this Bank a}e aha a strictly mdependent audit, nk Of NW3: 3 (20 l}ia.a Barrie Branch. Fiv Poifnts. ,,....-., ....... ...- HI ;:\`.'iii;ii)1c.~`:` Sybil izmghcd in spite of herself. ir '.l`um to assume business airs is two luriicrotis, but she answer- v.~it}i>ut circum1ocution,- l`h<- inn-rc.~1 of three thousand \1H .~cc11r<:1_V tied up in the Three r L`<;n'.<. :1 tolerably good ward- in; and :1 ;,r' constitution, SO Hi\'\`H ltrwn by overwork, however, {Li zim Ilirczitciicd with utter loss in-zehh if 1 stop and recruit. "All right. Liabilities?" - I `II One dollar opens an account? arid -avd-de-d-q;1a rAterly;v he vast er been snows bound 1ishing;- dans of nd the opitiate Irh by rninugd -L.bg U90 AI'mour's Extract of Boot |lb- T "11! in hunting turkeys. It pro- Yenu-: the meat rom becoming "Dreaervea the natural Jui `."ds an enticing flavor that noth- `HR 0180 can. 1% sivca the true but liner to A roast and baked meats and tow]! - -enables the cool: (so 'croI.to "W1! dainty dishes -|.IId is of khan. L...._\._ _-__.n-- 1. `IL. ---uuuu uuun kitchen. y IGVVIOO 1 V. .-...~._. . . - . .-.... ywra mt-an debts, not a shill.- a seminal samufc smtss Imsucren. SAV'NG 95 { _--._ ._..'.I !A;A._, 4 u -cu; ug almost. I.l4 -1 A Pair of Pcnies. MAR-CH` 5:11; 1&4; -..-.-vi uni:-I00 -` G hourly service 1:: V mconpomrrzo 1332. -o Halifax. N.s. get : Office. - Toronto. ll|.1uu\.~. Wh!t saw hxs he froz-. turning melting . Reserve Fund, $5.400.`000 'that shape. Women have a gift that *waP'. ' ' ` ` " `It's better than` living `by one s wits, at any r"'ate,, said Sybil, rather sharply, - . - AA-rs . u. . - .- -- I whether you have the wits. You couldn t live long by your wits, I see plainly. , A v Oh, Tom, don t.let s quarrel.v "Who s quarrel1ing? says Tom Depends. said Tom, coolly, ggrufy. I amnot a physician, but] as near as I can understand, all that your health needs is a, quiet summer with plenty of out-door exercise and agreeable society. Isn t that so? Yes. 4 _ Well, -then, the way is clear en- ough before you. You want a sum met at some of the watering-places. Forty-ve pounds to a person of your careful habits is a small fort- une for such a campaign-give you two months at -Brighton or Scar- borough very well, I should say, seeing that you ve no debts of hon- our, or little things of that sort. I`I'\I VI` I Oh, Tom, groaned Sybil, what advice! It seems to me that ,any- body could. tell. me how to spend money that I ve got. I wanted somebody to tell me how to live of? `money that I haven t got. l 1 Why, bless the little sinner, said Tom, looking at her in cnyical amazement, "-how sharp she is gett- ing.` See here, Syb; swallow all your qualms about taking that mon- ey out of the bank; go as I tell you, like a good girl, and I ll. do as much as this for you. You know the pon- ies I have driven all winter? "Well, in a little transaction with a friend of mine, not wholly unconnected with a game called nap, they fell into his possession-whi<;h was a good thing for me, for I couldn't stand their keeping. But my friend told me he d keep the ponies this sum- mer if I d look after them, since he s going off to some out-of-the-way place for the season, `What they need is rusticating, and if you'll S0 to some nice cool place, down_ D e-` vonshiiie way, and promise toq drive in every day, it ll be good exercise for you and take them off my hands. 4.117 11 _-- ,9! __2_I .C_-L:1 1n..n-L.-any _,-.. ...... ...--- -__ ,-,_, ell, now,. said~`Sybil, laughing, that is something more like what 1 expected from a man of your genius. I ll take your friend s ponies with thanks; and as for" the money, I really see nothing better than to use as much as will sufce to pay m V board for the.summer.4 - - ,,9 4-11- U nu. LU: I-any -:u...-----. So ended Miss Trevanion s talk with her cousin V Tom concerning nance. When it was well over she ,sat,down by herseelf to think of it, [and burst out with loud laughter. SJ: _-_1 ---... Gllu LIBIIGI, \Ju|._ nan... ..v-... -....c--- . % Tom is such a dear, ridiculous ;creature, she said. I really think {he cares for me,` and has gone off [with `a comfortable senseof having been of the` greatest assistance to me. And what has he done beyond reconciling me a trie to spending my own money, and saddling me with alpair of ponies that he himself doesn t want on his hands. But he -knows that I adore ponies, and .will see that they are cared for. I won- derwhat I m to do for a man in livery` to attend. 'me-. .;..,: Quhil cost about studvimz Vlivery to attend me And Sybil set about studying where would be the best place to go to without too heav-y a drain on her purse. ` Born of a good family, with a spendthrift father, and a, mother who had taught her child" good prin- ciples, and a contempt `for the make-. shifts of shabbyegentility, Sybil Tre- vanion was, in her way a character, Her parents had died early, and shel had been for ve years dependent mainly on _her own, exertions. Her --.5...-annoy uuhibh had been mainly her own exerupua. Lac: ;pa.trimony, which_had been small enough at first, had gradually dwindled away, more through" un- wise management than any real ex- .L_............ M 4... nfnre.-mentioned` OWIIIUICU GWGJ, luvs u... `-9-.. management any ex-' 'travagance, to the afore-mentioned three thousand pounds. Yet Sybil had lived thelife of a lady. But thewear and tear of this life, when one considers all the exacting T de- mands `of a rened existence, is -something almost -l_l1Cl`>dibl'C, andASy- . bi1 s physical strength had succumb- ed `at length, Her physician had told" her, what infact she had known? be- fore, that she must _have_ a more regular-life,. with less anxiety-`about way_ andmeans, and acertain de-f gree of rest before she_ would be able to earn her own living. i_ Such paradoxical adivce as it was, _to bersure, `to be'g1v`en~ to a young lady{ in Sybil ; reduced ;c1rcumstan- ces ._ n . CC5! Yoq have friends, ?1.3r. Graham" had said; `fmake them do'_someth_i'ng for_you.. . A , . L ` A--- - ._m -a.- ....:A min-h 9'71-aalf totyou.` _ Friends! she said, with a` 'half .1513-, *7i1Y'3;' ,1 A `W M~ANRrGERA1 know? mrelf how you. ought to man?` age; but the_re s you cousin Tom; he ought tobe able to tell you the sec- ret. Tom _has lived for the` Iast -ve yearsoh his wits, and they seem to keep him well enough. Supposeyou have a talk with. him? " E I, `I I I 'I\ ---v w - ,----- qJC|C' nu}--DC So Sybil Had a talic with Tom, as we have seen, and we have seen also the result of it. . In 3` week s time she set out for the quiet seaside resort she `had chosen. Her own arrival caused not the faintest e:_;citernent.~ A` .quiet, modest - young lady, handsome en- ough, it is true, but with no boast of heraldry or-pomp about her; The gentlemen, if they noticed her at all, simply elevated their eyebrows a trie, and co_n1r'nented-- T -F`-i cl.-1-611 vretty Some style, `but no credentials.` Some actress or musician, most likely, o on.a -holi- day`): . - _` And their interest in her died at xts birth. But` two days later the ponies arrived; handsome` stylish black ponies, and the pretty basket- phaeton to which they were attached was t for a. queen to ride in. .With the ponies came, :a groom in gilt ligery. A. note from Tom explain- 'e :- .. . V v _I forgot to tell you that man _Snnmons woultdg-come with the pon- res. He is a model coachy, ifor I ve "had the traihix.1'g"'of him myself. You will.nd him discreet. In fact, he doesn't know of the change of pro- prietorship, and really supposes that the ponies` are still" mine; I" have told him to say the right things if he is .questioned, so there will be no trouble. ' M i-L It is'not surprising, `-therefore, that when Simmons drove up to the ho- tel to `deliver the ponies to his new mistress, he touched his hat to her withagreat respect. _ T ~ lLt\c I I IV` !9 ILD IIIIVB \.\JII-I\vu_ J. Ill 5I(l\.l Iv\I D\-\a Ullvlll, I am sure, and she`trotted`down the steps and patted their `arched necks in full view of the morning loungers on the piazza. I won t go out this morning. Take them to the stables, and this afternoon I ll try them for a-mile or two. What hour, miss? asked "Sim,- mons, `respectfully. 0 0 r\ I `1 .1 `cl f`Oh,_. good-mor _ni_ng,A Simmons,l [said Mass Trevamon. So the pon- : ies have come. I'm glad to see them,` VT . m . . . .. 9 .....A ..L...'4._,'.4s.-..-!~.A.-...... 41-.41 m:`o13,'t'i2'Ia c"11L* said Sybil, ``will do as wellvas any time. ' And `Simmons drove away. Sybil ascended the steps again in face of the loungers, and resumed the book she hadbeen reading. But she was no longer the insignicant creature she had been a quarter of an hour before. Trevanion! said .Wil1 _Ather1ey; who the deuce is Trevamon? [ Nobody knew exactly, A so they sauntered off to the register to look up the matter, and gossip about it a little more freely than was prud- ent. ., L- . , _ _ _ A _--J AL_L Dill. ' ` Now it is not to be supposed thati `all this buzzing could go on without` [Miss Trevanion having some idea of it. But Sybil was shrewd. She did not propose at once to enlighten these people concerning her private affairs. -19 1 , ,1 _- _ J , __-_,_ -11 ,_3 J: an an 3- 'I ve been and. made myself ridi- culous, she said to herself," by ac- ;cepting the care of-these ponies, but ithen I needn t advertise the fact to `me whole world. Let them buzz; it will do them good to have _a new topic, and if I keep my own counsel no harm needjcome of it. I -.v u... --- ----- v._.._ ._ Next morning, soon after break-| ;fast, Simmons drove the ponies up` rto the door of the hotel. Sybil came down immediately, in a broad shade hat and gauntlet gloves- .1 , _1,_- I F---y;)_i-l- Win the phae- ton, grasped the rems, and started off in ne style. `VII .-J1 nn:r` R/fro Allan:-1911 nykrxcn UH. Ill. nut: a|._y1\.. Well, said Mrs, Atherley, whose: girls were trained to be timid, {shrinking creatures, to whom a hor- se was as terrible an animal as an elephant, .that tells the story, I should say. No 1ady- _ ---- 1 117311 Why mother, interrupted Will, lots of girls do that. Only shows ;she s thoroughbred and used to hor- `ses. She handles the ribbons like a man. Pon honour now. '" "V" 9 I % But why has. s:h party; not even a. chapcrone?-that s what I d like to know. It is highly improp- Ter.. xsnc 9! L `Ill . i Sybil drove two hours. The pon- ies were slightly fractious for the first-' mile or two, but -Miss Trevan- ion s judicious driving soon taught them thatishe was their mistress, and then,= they yielded very grace- fully to her. rm touch. i urn -._I__n ..I.- .....I on haven`: T lull LU uwr can . - . . V . . . .. If only, she said toiherself, I can keep these gossips, old` and young, at bay for aseason, I shall have a glorious time. I shall, stay here at least a month, and I cannot do better, I imagine, than to devote the,rst week of the time to discre- ion. .. 'So "Sybil studiou_sly observed the _.propriet1es, following .her morning drive by a quiet stroll on the beach in her own room over a drawing. Her evenings were always spent in seclusion. Of course such conduct, while it made her solitary state re- spectable, had the `effect to pique curiosity, and before the week was overf the hotel was in quite a `stir about her. Even` old Mrs. Atherley - was propitiated. I've writtento some friends in London about her, she` sa1d,*and I -nd that the Trevamons are a very old family. Not exactly people of `with her book, or a still quieter hour ' fashion you know; rather exclusive, ShiIoh's nmidh Cure THE NORTHERV ADVTMNCE '10` `MIC Wvluu \v.-, the sharpest cough -try it on a guar- antee of your` money back if it doesn't actually CURE Quicker than anything you ever Safe to .tak_e}~i--nothing in -` itfto _ 05371311 3. I5 nd of a Iiferary. turn, but they are wealthy, ,a_nd of the very" bluest _`blood. " ` w.eye-glasses. --vwu-- " This was announced on a day after Sybil had very politely found and re- stored to Mrs. Atherley her missing `(rim ,1 _ ,, 9) 1!..- A L`- I hope she ll come; she -might have the grace to ask Marie to drive out with some day, if she were pro- perly managcd. - ~ -' . rm 1 In 1 _ _`_I .11, , _L`__ ,~J v ----- Thankvgrou, my` dear, Mrs. Ath- rley had said. Aren t _you some-* times_V_1onely of an eve_mng? Come and 30111 us in the drawing-room`, do, dear. We should .be glelighted to` have you. AC4vA.....n.-A 6|-.4 .cn9'na 19/117 rnrnnrlv- IIEVC yuu. Afterward, the -same lady remark- ed codntially to `her daughters--.- , --_ 3 ._I- A. x rs. -J -.--.--_v-. T But Sybil did not respond directly to Mrs. Atherley s-overtures. " _ . `I ,_ It happened oneday that` Mrs. Atherley was out walking with her. little girl, when -suddenly the child fell, and sprained her `ankle badly. They were a full mile from the ho- tel, and Mrs. Atherley was just won- dering how in the world she was ever toaget the child home, when Sybil came suddenly down upon them with her ponies. Seeing that an accident had happened, she stop- ped t once- "Tn urn:-up 1:f4-1n nr;-I I-new-0? cl-1n nab- ycu. as uu\.c- _ - A "Is your -little. gxrl hurt? she ask ed of Mrs. Atherley. L ' -he liae ?fTa7llenT ;1;1d sprained her ankle-quite badly, -" replied Mrs. Ath- erley. I m wondermg how I am ever to get her home. | 1`? F v -- 3-- ____ __ If you will accept seats for your- self and the little girl in the phae- ton, said Syb`il,Tkindly, I shall be most happy to drive you home. 'I\1', AnI__ "510 -S):l)-ilmrdrhiveg 'Atherley home, with the little girl, and .H11- ebert Ainslie, Mrs. Atherley s rich bachelor brother, came down to help them out. M'\r 1 -.1,_,_ \t,, A:_.-1:- aI !....I i '"76h','"{h`n1 3'(;1;; ; `s.'IiaM}s Amer-l {ley, I should be greatly obliged. l 1 uxcux uut. 1 ` My brother, Mr. Ainslie, Miss` .Trevanion, said Mrs. Atherley. "Hu- ; bert, you can t tell what obligations I am under to Miss Trevanion. Jessie fell and sprained her ankle dread- fully. 'See how it .is swelling. And how I should ever have gotten her home if it hadn t been for Miss Tre-= vanion, I m sure I don t know,_ 1 mi afraid it s going to be a dreadful sprain. 71' I . , 1 1!- .1,_._1__i -,,-_-_.. l Mr. Hubert expressed his thanks to Miss Trevanion, and, lifting his little niece from the carriage, bore her to her room. Now if Sybil had desired to elect a chaperone from among the ladies at the house, certainly Mrs. Atherley would have been the lady of her choice, and that for several reasons. In the first place, Mrs. Atherley was .. I..A-- -1 ...16-2...).-nnunul and n-nnrl apnea 1.11 LIIC AIIDL yxapn, AIAAJ. Asvnnwnn J vvuu a lady of refinement and good sense. ;Her position also, no less than her attractiveness, was most enviable; and not least, though last, her hand- lsome brother, Hubert Ainslie, wasl the gentleman of all others whose attention Miss Trevanion might de-I sire to atract. But it was just here that Sybil`s seruples came in. Of course, she said to herself,` I must inform her oithe real nat- ure of my circumstances and hist- ory.. I have no desire to gain any- body s friendship under false pre- tences; but then there are these dreadful ponies, which must be ex` lplained. I think on the whole, 1 ll [be a little cool. [ ~ A - I u: A.I I IJ\a so 1` w v n ~ www.- When, therefore, Mrs. Atherley, after calling on Sybil in her own room, politely urged her to return ,the call, and, indeed, pleaded little {Jessie s gratitude and strong desire to see her helpful friend, Miss Tre-I vanion accepted the overtures with} the least possible enthusiasm. She called indeed on Jessie, but she took lcare to time her visit so there should be no possibility of meeting Hubert. And when, soon after, i\/Irs. lAtherley very cordially invited her to make one of a picnic party, which Sybil could not help suspecting had been gotten up for her especial benet, she pleaded a headache and declined. T1 ,1 ' 117-4 ALL.._`n-- uuvnn (1-gaf-f;11fy