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" ""'f `'""3.' uecxue a5`T.l'1\ai I go; if against you, you SO-_, He isall I have to say at prgscnt. com tiirhed onvhis heel, and 1e1t'th"O,,. 31m-ri`ed1y,%. without giving 1115 OPP Jet a'n`y _t:ha`nce. of reply- -! fr "ii"; . A4. E: _ ---sound Ul JUU lllcll a5 1 I\llUu --` `A3,it is, One` of us will have to let?- 5*:f3'cbmmittee decide agam` ' 1 at m ` 1 Of, 9(vn:o\-L . . A . . . . A . . urn Was known that he had been law `"33 3.Cusation._'before the c0mmitt~ VA: 1.} 1'1: no... -1 --_ ___3n L-..` ..\la:1V. "'3 Pent)! heavily lately. Appear- ances_ certainly were against him; even If his solemn declaration of it nocence was true, he was at a dis _ rHe gauged the tempt: of the little assembly; instinctively he ud."5_t90d that he was an object 0; prejudice, as _well as of suspicion, anl .33 `lot a_ single man present boll hm` any friendly feeling; on the oil` 9 hand his enemy was rcgardedli . f thelights, if not one of the plarsv Of the club. His word W011 be accepted before that of :1 I16` member and a` stranger. . Very we.1I, s replied Goldschmidl V in8 command of himself: "NH `"9 3 liar. if you like. I shall cer- 331111) 1101: prolong the argument, 110 p~ "'k You into revealing fnrthtl depths` Qf Your blackguardlv natuft 1* shall: be Prepared to stilwstantiatt g-j71_W_1,s `mainly responsible for Y0 -l1.mnT8 H16" club, but I didn't l\'ll' so much of you then as I know n0W- "VVV GOP `um! I thou}. ' "3""? oplmznd d';'E:'&:r II Commnlc `RICH I U -- NY . And I assert as solem are "r_1ot inno schmxdt, still pected. nly that`y`c cent, an_swcred (zozc very excxted. ,.,_ .. uuu u\.u1CuU.I "I tell you again, ;groivvled Jasper. "1 my life. auc. V ,- In J . O11, I.didn t say I disliked you!" she exclaimed`-quickly; `_`.`I only thiigk you are foolish *f_o`i- being led astr,a_y,-,' so easiiy. _- _ * ` `V ` ` Led astray! he echped. ' 1; Yes, though, pf coui-`sc, Tyqu attchgi imnortnnob 1-n .111!) inn:-on ..g'.I -..-23. 1 l up lug, unuauo Incl: Gnu i and always helpful. u. wguv uyuun 4'4. LLLI I able Compound a. trial. I ! IIIIII `urns:-I11` 1812-.` an TIIIC \I\I luyuuuu a nun. f you would like special ad, about 1 tin! le Lynn, and h`IIv yourcase write a conde, tter to Mn. Pinkham,. Mass. Her advice is In. as won 15` 33.. ` V care whetherln or died, when I read about Lydk Pinkhanfs Vegetable Compound. ,0 be ntntakei and am well agai}, re eved of all my suffering, .. ,` GEORGE J OBDY, Box 40, Marlton, N Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable ,_ und, made` from natxve root; . erbs, contains no narcotics or .., tul drugs, and to-da holds the -..._ for the largestnum r of actualc of female diseases we know 01,] thouundeof voluntarytestimonia _ on le in the Pinkham laboratory Lynn, 11333., from women who 1,, been cured from almost every tom female complamts, inammation. v aeration, dlsplacements, _broid tum. lrregulantnes, periodxc pams, back, indlgeetion _a.nd nervous prostratj Every snenng _woman owes it to ... self to gm Lydxa E. P1nkham s . tnhln nmnnnm-I 1:. trial ` Cured B)? Lydia E. pm ham s Vegetable Comm 'M'A'llT!l'n1l . NJ---.T fee-1 +1.. .7 ?17}21%JRsDAy, an ucx _a1uulaQVCl'S1OI15.~ awfully sorry.to hear you. say you were ridiculous in takingan`in- tel-est in me, he remarked, and I 1'30! Ills `I -m am `peculiarly _. unfortunate if a_I.have _ done anything to cause you .to' dislike! me. ' V :11 seemed removed no rest of'*the members, a general chorus of " his lordship s' sentimem Au-A... L3--- ~` Vn, you are a Iiar_. "1 never cheated I, APRIL % _ . _ _ _ . --1-....\...a. VVIJJ UIIUUIU J. .5 ' Jasper was stirred by very mixed feelings. He had almost blurted out: c`If you don t love your brother, do -you love me? but checked jhiinself in time, yet he was drawn towards her by some magnetic `inuence which-caused him to regard her as a man regard s- a .wom'an~ who` is high in his esteem. On'the,other hand-,.it seemed.fo him obvious that shewas angry wigh Carl, and, with.,,the ip- pancy of an angry woman, was i_1n-' sparing in her ammadversion's.. 9\lY`II'lIv anon`. L`. 1.--.` ----- ceoin r lue gr (V ut it eloom owing. anted dvanta uicker uality ixed, aluabl urcly hrivc he gro he In luc g ents ng cre rcssly oils xv he pe rass. (1 ion tches tcr t d be pen. auled e sod etchcs ut thi uch ampm Sheep ossess D'wcH tock e spr eptem The can, ay be gqod '"``I shouldn t like to think your: --g -vl;o\r\O U\J IIVI brother is the dangerous person you; wish me to believe.- *1 don't wish you to believe any- thing, Mr. Allport, shevsnapped se- verely. I was ridiculous enough `to -feel some interest in you at first, and, knowing that my brother doesn t hear you much love, I was desirous of forewarning you. Although he is my brother, I am` notdisposed to -screen 4 his iniquities. Why should I ? 1_________ ___ _ __ Two own tch is e hai tentio avicr ving nsive There if short red f [ vine ti by _-,g SCV ated d_ of. ough. sban (Jtta `cca `choc. uvv ug, (sun In CA\.ldlll.l1CU"' Miss Clara, do let us be `i good` Ufriends '! I `want your friendship so much. .I ve frankly told you why .I wrotethat. silly letter. -I was in honour bound not to mislead .you;l not to be false to Miss Lindmark, to whom I am engaged. She laughed scornfully again. .You may take it from me that my brother will never allow you toma-'rry Olivia Lxndrnark. Never let me! That is what I said. But Olivia and .I are pledged to etch other7 ` \ _ 44-- rhc - __.----vun Jasper `was not so dense that he could not perceive she spoke. with: the bitterness of a woman, though he was at a. loss how- to, soothe her. They walked on for some moments in silence until his feelings carried him away, and he` exclairnsed-- Elias f`l...... A- 1-; _-__ `LA - ` way with equal facility. 3. 1:. waxn, President ` %P%aid-Tup Cgpital,$I Tuumm wnmcenml ileserve Fund, %6.ooo,ooo; co" "ray 3 U 3 | N E33? `Every facility afforded; to ramm and ` others for the transaction of their banking business. Sales notes will be cashedor taken for collection. = .._-:_w .~,';<.'-~:.' . -. ~ ` V ., - ., . - ' , . ' A ` - A . ' ` `.,_w_,\n,:- .- A . . . ` V.. ' 1- * ` - . m V ` ._ A ` x \: 1. " `- ' x . V I 1 b BANKING BY MAIL .Branches% throughout Canada, and in tlienited States and< England CHAPTER XI.-(Continue d.) % inn o1m n.1`-onoirro Au'thor `of " For God and the Char. "From the Boson: ot the Deep." etc. etc. By DICK DoNQv;_u~{ ::?didn t}:'iindggg;,g ntaiiil *.=1a:'u'a&....._`.._..- ` ' Acqounts maybe oened` by mail and. l monies deposited or withdrawn in this`- al facility. . _ % 133 aAanu;:_aRANcH f `_ V .-The Stify of a Woman : L822; _y v_u auauu ~ and qpih- _ I V _.y ow-`vat UK ' 1 Althoijgh that uncigpected interview a ihwitfh ~GZ3i`ldh`A1;1idt `gave Jasper .-L5 `a toad 'o`ff'foo'd fot ;_ reection, J; andL`womxziqd.-i.hign;.at`..,th_ -time, be t quickly _regained his no'r'fma li: condis [. tion. He" persuaded, himelf,-fof two- - . things. First, that? Clara .had{..become.`= 1311; second - f<>.;,1 of h 4 7. r It TI A. . 5:; .*.v-. :2 ',' i " "1 _ ' '1'.` 1 0 `V. 3:11`; \_ . a.,>v..w ` .2 \ 4 ,_u:at_ gye ini. f -........ auuccu, ue wouxu not. allow her I to sway him against his better judg- ment. Unfortunately for `himself, he `believed at that junctureof his af-1` fairs, thathe was fully competent to guid-,e._his._own footsteps. .He' was a man in theeyes ofthe law. .He was very much a. man in his; own eyes, ]4and.l_1e was very; strongly `tempted, tin` aceoi-dance with way of think-_[ ling, .t'o-.~`v`take hisfte" in his own_' i hands,-`a'nd `_`m~ake.; or break himself. glig,-. s;g_1'_i_ou_l zenopgh, was A `uncon- A si?9iiss`thei: it ;afti:7 `ye *?|f..9e!1 alireatdy taken "his.&rface' and that he `stoo*d`~i"on' `tl]1e=.ed"geVof, affgnlf into `- } whith. e was:"-in` `imminent? da_;nge1`-' of . A i . 5 Jun axatcf men to make mm out be. And as -for Lord Dwylwater, noth_i_ng would, convince him that his lordship .wasn t7.a- mbst exc.el'l`ent, up- right, .and worthy young man. This, perhaps, was mere sophistry,`bu_t it satisedhim for` the timebeing; and `though he` liked Clara very, very -much indeed,he would not. `allow; her to SWHV 9::-a:na L Lin L'.L4Z-_. 4 i f she wished to prejudice him against \.Ull. yuu. uuuic again: She seemed to hesitate for some moments, beforevreplying; then-g-Oh, no! I think ,not. I may be late, and if I am, my friends will send me home in their `carriage. Perhaps I ay` see you again before long. Good- 'ni t. i ' he tripped away,` ran across the road, and was lost in the darkness almost before he knew. she had gone. Then he turned, and `feeling far from `happy, slowly wended his way home. His. mind was troubled with conflict- . ing thoughts. He couldn't steel `him. I self, against Clara s charms, not that he thought she was ; the equal of Olivia Lindmark; at the same time, he was irritated because he thought she regarded him as a `Simple-Simon sort ofbeing, who was incapable` of taking care of himself. That wound- ed his amour propre; .then again, her own. brother and Lord Dwyl- , water.` It was true,Carl had annoyed 'him_ve'ry much by the coarse and. of- fensive manner 'inf-which he_always ; referred to-his sister, so that it seem- [ ed there was very little true aection between them. But according to his ` way `of thinking, that didn t justify him in regarding Carlas the vile be- ing his sister tried to make him t0 be- SIC `Fryer Yrs-o.` f\_--I_._A-..' i acuu, an 311:: acuppcu. anu IaCC(1 mm-- I wonder how deep the impression is, and.how long it will last P . and then sheadded quickly, `But I must leave you now. I m only going just across the way.- Good-night. MQ11 T I1l'\` 1170:` `AC 1711:` nal` A1! nu: vaa ulc wa_y.- \J'Ul._).U.'lllgllI.. ' May I not wait_ for you, and cort you home agaxn P Q`-fa nnnrnnA 6-,. 1....-1L..A... I..- -- us uuau wu. He caught hold of her hand impul- sivel,V. and exclaimed: Oh, Miss .Clara, why are you so cruel? His tones were emotional. I do want your friendship.` I should _value it beyond price.` .You don t know the impression you have made upon me. _ hey had come to the gate on the Knightsbridge side _of.the Park, and withdrawing her; hand from his, she said, as `she stopped and faced hirn-- I 1l7l\I\At:|aI hf\II" Anna-g OLA :.~q Q _ A . . . .\.. 1 V on '7 9 3% CCIVIIF9 O ) ``I:Iay, I don t know, she rophed` ldem ely, and with much `less acer- bity han she had yet shown... The -fact is, you didn't think my "friend-. ship 'was worth having, and though "you frivolled with me on board the Sylph, `and talked a lot of nonsense, I suppose you thought I was a fool. A fool s friendship isn t a; thing to be` Tdesi_red." ' _.._' J V..- vw---we-av-1 } ;I_1'1deed I would, if you would be ` less severe with me. I wish I were } your brother. I dorm she said signicantly. "`Wel1, then I wish-_-I wish" you would let me regard yo_1_1 as a very deart and bafect1o(111at?e,_ fnend. Why can we e 'r1en_ s V .. `\Y I yokel, and I don t know what. else. Lord Dwylwater is a poor, brainless noodle, and entirely under Carl s in- uence. I felt sure, therefore, that you hadn t been asked to go to. Dwyl- wp.ter s house for nothing. Of course, you knowuyoui-.own business best, I suppose,` and you are not likely to make me your confessor. 161' '1 I 1' 1 an 4 g*;%;;g3=i;t;ni ,;yu;% rt=,__'s'l;1-ec`":{.}`3.. f.:`15*?=.%%3=1*='"=if;%~4ike35ae.?;:33 `_i_t';tjg- V" "`"-'11:-av .:*.::,v' 1 -W - 3 '7J"Ii`.'E"1`'~?{".;`.;.';Jx=_ :1 .-yw.1`ouau\.l| ua. nu: uwu way, [at 116 TC` gfgards himself as a `sort of demi-god hose wishes must be obeyed.'a -~.` `.Ishe could have seen-how -deadly _ bale Jasper s face had become as_ she thus gave expression to her feelings, 5 she might have felt some concern. With Carl s cheque in his pocket for a hundred pounds, for which he had signed a bond, he was conscious'that to some" extent he was in Carl s pow- er. Hadn t the money been lent to him with deep` and dark design? Then, a counter thought cameito him, and gave him relief.` Repayment of the money could not be enforced un- til the expiry of the two years, if the interest was paid regularly. With some little denial he would nd no diiculty in paying the interest, and by the end of the two years he would surely be `in a position to repay the principal. It all `seemed feasible enough,.and'hc was comforted. `Had he `been gifted with more iprevision he would have carefully weighed the _ possibilities against his sanguine an- e -`tacipations bein he had had so g 'realis_ed;vbut though me slight legal training '-he. hadn t a legal mind. .He `broke into a little laugh--not altogether, however, a_ laugh of lightheartedness, _as he replied to her- lvr I _".-f'4:; jCI-.I; lKP,'I`El.2 xii , '. : : 5f. 519- ..F:`06l.A I19 Ii. :that unex ecte` ' V !Gbldsah&lv1)=a+ \ t~$EY`_.w "`nsn'nusxixn' 1967 --zulvoft Was lafmvdt -'"I'Ie `kn 3 thattif his uncle, came `_to_ t truth `about matters ~there*would; be Autnpleasantness,' and it.,mi,g`ht -i'_'esult his un-'ctle-p dia`;iling:.hiur ,ent1rely. Ht 911, Wst 1l"t.TL _ti1"e1`,' r1ian A to ,u.. uuucr net protective \ ~-Alloo'1'?t`was alafimed. ` 2 c that` if his -un`c'le. came `.10 Jtruth` matt'e'r%s .-th'er e:* l]i1hh|aa|-it".-i`A.'.'..' ..-- : - -- _ _ -_-- ............,5 cause or unpleas- an-tness in your family. ' Oh, I'm.-not afraid `of that !' Carl replied. I m "rather afraid about yourself, because she has threatened to write to your Uncle Hugon-.` .. 'W'rite to my uncle! For what purpose P"; - ` - _ o .``How the deuce` can I tell you-? She Ldoesnft know 5her'se1f,,:but she ffseerns bent upon ~ m-p.ki_ng- _m_is;chief; S V iimagines;`-Ii.suppoS_e; t'hatuh`e` has . )2} t u 1 iin(};erf"her,='` proteetive 7 win-g.,' " . cg?` ,. '5*`AIIOFt7 7 ii.-`.3 'f'f8l`,"f .1`-d-`if ._1S!1W"` 3tdt* if "his .:1 1i 1`t~1:.':;...'.-.*.-.vx '*I*-4v-M-~ -' mun I . ueueve net, but---- a . L Why, I ve never set eyes upon her, broke in Jasper, since the night I called upon you, when you gave me the money. She happened to be going out just as.I was, and I -strolled across -the Park ._with.. her. [- -,.Ah,, tha-t."s it then! Did (you tell I her anything about our- transactions? Certainly_n0t. _'VVlhy do you ask? TBeca_us`e she is constantylynagging at me about"-you. She accused me of Leading you? astray, A andwseems to think that, you are as great a fool as? `she is. -_ J. ' ._ ` \ Well, = really, it's too bad! said Jasper distressfully, and I should never forgive .myself if I should prove the `unwitting -cause of unpleas- _a`n.tn`ess' in family,v _. = ' ` ".(.)h, =Ii'm.-noit a_fraid"of that !*" Carl replied; .I m rathr afraid `bout yourself,"-because` sh; kn at----4`-~ A J LUUI, Ucflally HUI 1" She7denied. it herself, though I didn t believe her, but----_- '\1m-..e. 1..- ..---- You? think so, no doubt; but she doesn't know her own mind. ;.She will never go against her ;mother s jwishes. Besides, you don t know my brother.. He s capable of ruining anyone who thwarts him. .He s been "1.;,o utterly spoilt, and-allowed to have so. much of his own way, that he re- n-xn-A: himedit ac .. uncut .: .a.......: ._..s i Luau. HLEJCVIUUI 9: ea sx_ster of mine? ; Havmg meetmgs with her? cned `Jasper in surprise, and annoyed `in turn at hearing her called a little `fool; certainly not ! ,Ql1oV.:h:.-.3n.I :1. I.-_--1r .c - - [ E1{`LGUUUL UI1'lC[HlHg. V I ook ljxerc_:, he exclairhe_d, have you b_een havmg secret meetmgs with that lxtt-levfool of `a sister of mine?" HaV;nU n1nnHn-pa ...h.l. 1.... an - ,. um, uu: nutter coma _not tall to see that there was somethmg wrong. Carl was evxdently annoyed and an- gr about something. ` HPTP , `IA n\rnln:.-an.` `---- A , Haw! Are-you--a new-mem- , ba ? Vdrawled the yellow-haired one, :_ punctuating his words with pauses, and pronouncing member as spelt, _ with a great emphasis on_t_he~ ba. ' Yes, this is my rst visit. _ i`*-Haw ! ejaculated the. youth, you ll-nd--the fella s demned stand--oish at first, don t-yer-know., Having thus delivered himself, he of the yellow hair rose, shook. the bot- toms of his trousers over his patent- leather `boots, stretched himself, yawned with the air of one who was_ `thoroughly blase, and throwing himself on the couch again, closed- his eyes, clearly indicating by his I.CllIl3 WILII IIIIIIDCII. > manner that he didn t wish to be bored further. Nor did Jasper at- tempt to carry on the conversation. He-was discouraged and a little dis- heartened. There was a decided air of frigidity that struck a" chill through him, and he made no further attempt that day, to cultivate acquaintance- ship. Three or four other visits re- sulted in `much the same sort of thing. Nobody approached him, no- body seemed in the least degree de- sirous of knowing who he was, and he began to feel that he was out of "place in those gilded halls ofbored swelldom. On a subseqifent occasion, '- however, he met Lord D-wylwater in the reading-room, and his `lordship greeted him with a good deal of ef- fusiveness. '_That broke down the barriers. His lordship was a star of the first magnitude. in this world of snobs. Even the yellow-`haire'd_youth, who was the son of a shipowner, who was an `MP. also, wasvery humble in_the presence of his lordship. The Sp1`l'ltS,O.f Allport rose considerably ; when -Dwylwater . condescendeel to l conduct him over the club and intro-' : diice him to several of the members ` who happened to be present. After i that he was no longer ignored. A : .day or two later Goldschmidt put in 1 an appearance, butwhen he and 'Jas- : -per met, the` latter could not fail i see that fhprn tune ..-.........I.:.._. __._- , A . him .. i2h .~vm11d!1. l . shadowr` oft:-Clara; --"to-"-;int_rude`.' itself. -deiception `he was.prac.txs1ng, in with- ~ `llbldltlg `,fron1i,Mr. s Wint_on- and, his uncle `C the `knowledge that he `had _c01.!fnitted` himself. to a;. relatively heavy liability in order that he might --join the,,Elysium', On -thatipoint he `was certainly uneasy. Deception was ;;_ea'lly foreignto his:na_ture,- and he had "drifted into this in spite of him- self. But he` was not able to` gauge either. `his weakness or-`his strength. ' 'He`~~h,ad= to gain -experience, {and he was to prove, as every one does prove sooner or later, that experience is often dearly bought. Since his coming to London he had had not a few dramatic moments, but the most . dramaticof all was when he walked into th'e7Elysium for the first time as a recognised member, and placed his signature inthe` attendance-book. He was `almost overwhelmed with the sense of importance he begot. It was a phase of London life so ao- solutely new to him, that he felt awk- ward and out of his element. There were a good many members present in the different rooms, and he knew no `one. He was a stranger among strangers. j.Carl wasto have intro- duced him, but had written at the last moment to say that he was ing out of town, and might be away a week or two. ' H'=owever, he add- ed, that won t make any difference: make yourself known, and chum in with somebody. You ll nd plenty of `precious it-7. 1al`l'6w even ,;the ? .`?`AS-'th""sister`~ of `his vgoq. .riend, Carl,` ;.hg.`;wgu1d, `esteem ;andli =`:7i3ip " re'ciatej?her . .f1fl_`1endship, . but 4` (there cou be noth-5 `tit;-% b eyOnd' t;hat;_,: '- This was ea I me`rej_ - `fallacy, `yet -it satised hijm`. -He wa_sn t' _:'S0-I easily` ~satised"in-_1;'gard to `the, go- . good fellows there. As a. matter of 1 fact, hewas disconcerted by the way in which everyone stared at him, and he felt,as if he were an intruder. He tried to get into conversation with a yellow-haired youth, who was lolling on a large and luxurious lounge. in ithe reading-room. This youth wore _patent leather boots, had a costly `diamond ring on one of his -ngers, and a monocle screwed in his right eye. He was pulling away at a big cheroot, and seemed on very good `terms with himself. u*r1-__ I A._ ,, -Txi%N0RTH1:RN VA%DvANcE v--. -/Valli g1_ven,~_ f1`oY this Jasper consented, an_d_ _hha_g1..toj drziw thfe, rhongy _throug1;. ;his`f`, . 1,7 `dshi'p S4v` qIjiijtors,_ gwhq a'1s% % ?;"r -`I.5b l.11T ' ' ` V` ` a.nuuuuL5, coupledwith a promisethat he would redeem them in `a. few days: In this terrible predicament `he ap-3 pealed to Carl` to help him out of the mess. Carl excused himself, on` the p1ea_of` being short, having o\?erx-mi - ,_e__cons_thble, but he suggested that i -`$rdi;,_Dwylwater. might do so; Hgm iliatd and angry with h_imsJj:lf,"- h! gap _.ed;_.to,hisi 1o.rdship,. who tafteili . eonsfented-`7to ob_1i1z.e.,, hirn ; to t.elisr,esetn 1>.tie"i* teeinirh 5.3121. t,tI9=2r;..g9z2,sstatsd.,and; e m`-.`.""'.7'.i.V.,;`~;`t._~-`E-`:.':.0g3`./`: . _ ,._ -_ -anvaoao ll-U Ll'_lCQ agam wxth the same result, and at last, to his horror, , learnt` that his debts; of honour'amounted to th ' lar e sum, for him, of one hundreh ancf twenty-four. pounds. He; was , obliged to give jI.'O..U. s .for, the ` ; amounts, . coupled, with a `promise ;.tha,; ye? would -them inn 4.... .:.....t .= _ *O_h, indeed, I do ! he Vejac`ulate d,l . -I think you ai'e'exceedingly clever." Please don t say again that Tam at?-. `tgening you.. I am `_'not,,, qn. my; sou1 and honour,--I am not. Y oq,a`3 gf? fal_i_ Lly clever. J - 5 ,-.. -.And yet, .-when I `asked kyo]u;{jnot- 4t9:4 ago to Lord ; Dwylwater s,:. .yo'n,-went; ~>_3`xe;v`_the1ess,-I she rgtqrted. 1: g on see, =ygas;:_n~a-`sensc: . ; Vto;~g;.%:besidgL}% V 35.;-.`%3.`3i_`. :3;at:;i'L, ;'V`~1;.-.%Z;? TC "s"'"'v51kedi rapidly away, and he stood there dumbfounded t the unex- pected turn matters had ta en. Obey-' ing 'a sudden` impulse, he followed a `few yards after her. A Then stopped. If she chooses to quarrel with me, why should I mind? Perhaps it s all the better. `With this `reflection he tried to console himself, but was decidedly unhappy: he was deeply" impressed with the fact that during the few short. months which had pas-I sed Since his first meeting with her, she had lled a place in his life, and `her going out of it caused him a wrench. When he next saw Carl he was very guarded in what he told h1m,.conning hiself almost entirely to__ the .bald_ statement, She s broken MIIAUD vvuu, yuu in nu: uauauacu. L It s very good of you, Miss Clara, to interest yourself in my affairs, he said, but do you think you are quite justied in trying to make. mischief between me and your brother? She turned upon him angrily._ A e If you imagine that my only ob- ject is to make mischief between you `and my brother, you must have an exceedingly low opmion of me, she_ retorted vehemently. I _felt suttic- "iently interested in you to wish to put you on your guard against being led ; into temptation. I know two or three ; young men who have been ruined by ;that club, and I am sure it will do you no `good. But since you are so blind, and you insult, me, there is no- thing more to be said._ I wish on good-bye. - y Cl... ..-..n--;I ._-_:1u - - OIIIJUIU UV Uu It ought not to follow, but it will, she answered. f`You seem. in- fatuated with Carl, and unless you keep up a position among-the set he mixes with, you'll be ostracised. If a crave: t'Ul\l\A at gonna :~- tI...... - I heard Carl tell Marguerite, she explained, that he had got you intoi the Elysium Club. -1 am quite sure, from what you have told me about your affairs, it is (not the place for you. Why, even Carl can t alford it, ; and since he joined there has been no end of.rows between` him and his father, who has had to pay his debts several times. ` - But in What way does that affect me? asked Jasper, somewhat test- tily. "Because your brother runs in- to debt, it doesn t follow that I should dqj's`o. f I at. _, 9 M I . iShe confessed that she had made the threat, but that she did not in- L tend that it should be anything more xthan a threat. 19I\%\I JIIHPI IIIII \jDJ to be mm. `with `her, and give .he'r>to' to `Lady Lindmark, and tell. her `was very curious _to know what his- ` object was. in wishing to see` her, andt :he very mildly `informed `her that he` understand that she is not, to concern herself about your affairs. Carl had a sinister motive. in tendering this` advice, although Jasper did not for a moment suspect it. Clara had blunt-. ly accused him of acting the part of afalse friend, and had threatened to write to Mr. H'ugon, and also to go some truths. -Goldschmidt was real-` ly afraid of his sister, and though. he did not think she` would be able to inuence her ladyship against him, she .-might causea good deal of trouble through Arthur, who was not a man to `stand, any nonsense, and Carl had taken a very strong dislike! to him. Carl was playing his own game, and he didn t want to be checkmatedf Of course, Jasper fell into the trap. 'He-`suggested going to the house, but Carl advised him to make an appointment with Clara to meet somewhere. The consequence was Jasper wrote on the following- day, asking her to see himin the, Park, and she, not suspecting what was hidden behind the request, con- sented to do so; and he went, deter- mined to disarm her, and take a high- handed course; but he had no sooner shaken her hand than all his deter- mination oozed away. Of course, she m`3`les, if you. make up yourmind] \ had heard through her brother that` she had threatened to write Mr. Hugon. :- cl: '2 f'5.`,`i3gV5.t-"3'-`*[f0`i . fh3 f3 ` '3 .tl_1e.,rnatt_er is this . -you v.e turfed lath! 2xrl._ .S head.` `-1 ;0,h;_ donft~ say it s,.-your` fault-a-I511" t`o ..- *' .fW`_hfe nf I gawk you irtiing together I ought to have `stopped it;" but`you~ write to Her, and couch your letter in such terms that there may be-no mistaking them. Tell her" that she must `mind her own busi- ness, and not interfere `in any way, and that you are quite_ capable of r takingeare of yourself. _II_:s'per laps- ed into_thoughtfuIness.` ey su ges- ition did not appeal-to him. ` old- t schmidt read his thoughts, and added, If you don t"choose -to take my ad- vice, there s an end of the ,matter, but you may depend upon it she will make mischief. It s no use my try- ing to knock sense into her head. nAvu 6 urn-c T 110:` `NIAI-Av'c|n LII I\lI\I\pl\ DVIIO I555? JAVA |l\ulI\J l`5`I5;n t you thing I hgd better '.see her? asked Jasper timxdly. \7._ if __-__ ...._I-_ --_ --..-... _.:..'A uu. 111 um um, am! :lf P111 QI'In c "nut-"A- uuu Upcu spasmocllcally. .Have a care, he gasped, have a care how you insult 1ue'!_ For one man to call another a lnar xs to pro-- voke retalnatnon. !Have a carg, I say again, or, by God,_ you ll rue_.xt !_ "`Again -and agam,.I say you he- Ayou coward! you hound! growled Jasper. . ' . I do! not lie, ansvxgered }}11is ercaiermlr in stri ent voice, `-' ou c eate . , Vslaw tI 1 e two. aces fall from._ your ; s eeve. Jasper drew in a gulp of air with _ .sibiIan`t sound: I~..s+m......n.:. --M - `IIIVBJI ' V .-Carl Goldschmidt was pale as death, and agitated as if he was in the grip of an ague. His whole body quivered, and the nerve-storm that swept him caused his hands to clench ,and open spasmodically. : 3 P979 , `IA (uncouth-t `-A" You liar! `he repeated for the third time, with a dangerous menace in his tone. At the first note of alarm all the company. in the room had sprung to their feet; now they crowded round, seemingly at a loss what'to say, how to "act. -Consterna- tion, fear, rage, shame, were depict- ed in the eager faces of the onlook-[ ers. Such a scenetwas unique in the ' ananls of the club. Its dramatic in- tensity held the group in temporary thrall, and for one man to call an- other a liar, within the precincts of tlfe Elysium`, was a display of un- tempered language which `shocked l the souls of the Elysiumites, and did jviolentvoutrage to their sense of pro- = priefy. ` < ,.__. ,-., . I _-, .._-_ ------_--.. ----,.-..-.-. ' .He spoke with his teeth closed. His voice, his attitude, his gesture, his whole manner betrayed the vol- canic force of anger and passion that I moved him. ` TYo_u li_ar! You liar !._he repeat- ied, wxth mcreased emphasxs. `LI- --_._, 4 CHAPTER Sun. The Tightening of the Toils. Jasper rose up, white and tremb- ling, his .eyes ablaze with the re of `pulsing anger. He ground his teeth; he clenched his hands; his veins werei jdistended; and xing his burning eyes on Car], he said :- Ill? 1 4;V ?",%0A`;`*%~4 .`.sg,`*' - i....~~ ' '~`T~e t-= ~ . IIGVC I611`?-ll IIUILI. I113 DICCVCo It was as if a bomb-shell had bixrst, [ or an earthquake had happened. The icompany looked appalled and dumb- founded. .It was a moment of dram- Vatic intensity, and accused and ac- tcuser drew every eye to them in a stare of stony amazement. I lIl_\rII U My God! I can t stand this, al- though he is my friend. As he spoke he snatched up two other aces from the oor by.Jasper s feet. And holding them above his head, hei cried, He has been cheating. I have watched him closely. These two aces haye fallen iron} his` sleeve: *HZ'E2l:i"3' secgond bi&lding. They went toget er to t car -room, and though Carl declined to play, he urg- ed Jasper to cut in. He did,-an_d _sat down to play whist, at two.-shilling points. Carl. stood near him and seemed much interested. in his game,` iventuring on sonic critical remarks lilvllarlnfthti schuglinkg. Jaspera so fir,` I s _ inn u_c appeare to _e running entirely in his favour. His: rierves_were_strung to a high pitch of tension; his face was pale; the ex- pression of his eyes was eager and a_.l'!Xl0l1S`,' It was. his turn to deal; he dealt and turned up an ace. Sudden- ly (iarl exclaimed, in wild excite- men - (III In 0 I 9 3U_|V (U H15 UUUII1. . Onenight, soon. after he had dis-' charged his, liabilities by_ incurring others, he felt desperate and reckless. He had that day received his quart- erly alowance from his uncle, and though it was all mortgaged, he thought that by venturing it he might regain some, if not the whole, of his "losses. Urged by this folly of the fool, he went to the club, and the lvery first person he met was Carl. They` smoked and had a drink to- gether, `and he was led by a remark made by Carl, into expressing his doubts as to. the wisdom of having become a member- ' (XL !_,,,__L,,_, :9: _ 1 - 1 A q 1 IIU\r\-VIIIC Q lIl\uIlJlI\rIn. ' 5 "Oh, humbug! exclaimed Carl, You re down an the dumps. -`Come and woo fortune. She can t always go against you. ` I `II- ..A4.IA.`I ..- z-..-A...I `L1.I,l..... TL--. . . tavos1ld?l-thaYs`u s=h,15e.dl .which- `only .too ' isieadin-g him to sorrow; Butgthe - resoIuti_bn.,and _c_Q`u1fiage were lacking ] then. ~He;_stil[-t;1ed to `buoy-himself `up .with`.itl1e`beli`e f"-that in the end he w'Ould 4_iplil through_. all `right. He `paid. _his t"'deb ts of honour,' . and his ;spir1ts.began to rise a little, but it *was'- impossible that his mind could be at ease. The Elysium was a fool s paradise; he had only had a very short experience of it, but be under- _stood`now that he was decidely- out -of place` in it, and unless the unex- pected happened and he was placed in possession of money, his position would become very serious. The road he was travelling was the road `to ruin. Tens of thousands had taken. it before him, and gone down into; the darkness. Why should his fate;' bedlerent from theirs? Had he been asked that question, he might have_ said that he had no intention of going to the length that others had gone. 'But althought he did not realise it he was being driven inexor- jab V to his dooin. l r'\_.- ..-__L- ---,, _r.-, 1- L_,r J9- uJl%II oth- dis?- Isa -_.5?`:h 5(Co,n'tin ued on Page Seven.) - ..u, .|.ll{\al5II, `pl. CUl1l'.'5_C, y . xio importance.to my views i_o)1s." __ . , _ V -`"011, .indee_d, `do e `*1 are exc;ee'5li1g_ -planets .-11... ; ....-- -..-`!-~