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-,Svh;e' reached the hall whenA ,.q1 ick `steps hurried" after her. *A'_ .;1gand;wasV;`laig.1f somewhat` timidly out her 4shqtilde`r.`. She turned. Mar- gar_e_t*fRaud~"stoo-"'*by* her side. j Wt-Benson,5 .aaid__. his mistress,` I w__V L; sea`Mit..g:'Ma1geld:gizgtov the ;car- servhht i iithd_rew. V ? " 5:3; aidf slowly,-"E; know they A: gin the-W29? razasss but. `V 1,>%`; 4:1 9.31-". 11!5t` ` very `wrong; I egply. "X911 , hays` :4. ' `d mei 4%-.ph-isozi.` uvuu, uuu J. HGVU G bl'HuP LU CURVE) lme to the raxlway station?__ Rand rang the bell without speak- ing, and. when, Benson announced that the carriage was `waiting for Miss Manseld, Charlotte went away, yvithou't"a. glance from John or_ a mnve1nent'on-`fthe part" of Margaret Gaythornew ; ~- . F n n I aunvll D, DOLE: Yes; she killed her soul for me. said Margaret Gaythorne in conclu- sion, and then there fell a silence on the little party. ' It was-broken. presently by. Ch-ar- lotte. - - .n.v wan uxuncu PIBSI.`-lltly D , Ljnar. lotto, V _ Y `_'-701111, can_I have a trap to convey me to the rawsnr nfnnnl V uvuuu. yum ucx I 11!: ` is o She spoke of Hester and Hester s refusal, Hester s struggle; Hestet s love for herself. ' I-Iester s indiEer- ence to money for its own sake. Finally, withgraphic words, Margaret got her hearers to understand that Hester gave up Her soul for Mar- garet s , sake. CLYTA..." ..!_- 1,211 1 c - - m1`1ewdes::.1-.ibed the temptation, the agony of longing for the money which would put her right. t | Rho unnln: .-.4? II....;.... ...J tr- Inon\. .1`; uuzusnagc vyaa nu.uu,. cue Story of her own concealed marriage, of her, erce` passionate love, of` her do;/spair when the news -of the will giving her a vast property. which she could not by any possibility inherit, reached her. I --_.aV.v.u An hour later, when a little calm was restored, Margaret Gaythorne told her. cousin John, and Charlotte [his cousin, in. the presence of Hester, who now `by baptism was Margaret, and by marriage was Rand,-the" story Of her nwn nnnnnnln rnrn--3n--A -9 vv UIOII mlvargaret ` face, great ngers. A... 1.---.. .... Jvu, nun: LILCLIBLICIU, LU nug1u.nu,' I- also came as steerage passenger. I am a` widow and desolate. Once I loved my husband well. But for you he might have recovered. The kind doctor had found a home where mar-I vellous .cures were accomplished. He! had got an order for my husband s admission. He meant to move him there that very week. If he were I cured he would have been as loving as of old. I" might V have been as happy as of old. You took his life; yes, as `surely as I tempted my belov-'l ed friend, Hester Nugent, to forfeit the approval of her conscience, so did you kill the man for whom I sold myself to the devil. My God! but you are one with us, Charlotte Mans- I eld, I am inclined to think you are the worst of the three. 'll ............_L fV---L1- - V ` ` ' , `,.,.. ..-u.-u Eu Lu utsu av UUUC you mn.~'t- tell him all at once. . \\'ilI vuu come -- come - With him -) ` ' .n.Awuv\4Aq On 'the;very _ `steamer that convey- ed you, Mass: Manseld, to England,` T" Qln PQTTID QC nfanronn nnncnnnnn Tl began. I traced you in your wick- ed maid; I had seen her watching the farm for a day or two. I did not mean to give her f the ` chance she sought, but unexpectedly I was` ob- liged to go out. While I was away the mischief was done. I found my` poor husband. raving" like a madman.` The doctors had forbidden all stimu- lants. He was onthe borders of deli- ...v..:u,v;. nus uuuaau. uuuu nauu. l I found out what yousdid, she] I V resist. When I discovered him, he had swallowed half a bottle of brandy. He was mad`--his brain on tire. I sent for the doctor and told him what had happened. He said there was no . hope w_hatsoever-that he must die. All night he lingered in agony. Kill- ed by you. Just before the end he recovered reason, and told me what had occurred. He said that he had told your maid all the secret of our Ilove, our deceit. He begged of me to forgive him, and to try to save you, Hester. ` Irium tremens. He had no power to "no "time she found herself changed from thoseof her cousin John Rand. "Wi1& ilifgediately followed Char- lotte" could never `quite remember; she only knew that in 'a few moments the position of accuser to accused, Margaret Gaythornecould be gentle to those she loved, but for Charlotte: her feelings were nearly as strong as (`T -......3 ..--A. ._1.-L _-- 1' nnvusnyvwg Aitln _ VJ! IIIIUI _l-Ice 1 The real Margaret Rand, the real heiress, entered the `room. John Rand's wife gaveva low cry of ex- ceeding- gladnessf and she and the other Margaret `were. clasped `in each other s arms. ` vv--.. an, a IAIJIIIU cu;-n. J The next minute a rustling noise was heard in thepassage, the room `-door was u`n`g `open. Benson an-I nouneed Mrs, Gaythorne. I 'l'lnn `-an`! `M'.............4 13--.`! LL- AN: -my efuuuv uvuu. HGVU `HUI . The_ very concentration of loathing contempt shone in those ne straightforward eyes. `The_ lips `were r ;nly g3hut. The rigid Feold features, th"ebearing of the man,'the way he ` showed 1,_Charlotte Manseld the truth. ` She had "done her best, she had worko ed her hardest, she had imperilled her p_r ess_'_'ed[`.a_ little nearer to his wife-,. soul and she had lost John for ever, "Phat look was unmistakable. `Like :1 "re it burnt `through ,Charlotte heart. ,Margaret, with prison before her, was happier than she. She felt cold and a little sick. nu..- _-_L ..--'.. y .j her.~hornewya;'d"'jour-1 gcygbhei; hndgiiapcken of a similaligcase, !"git9ut_*l 1nti6ning any names; to a Li `on :th_e-; ship. *He had said ; tljxatten. years "would probably be `the " -sentence which `would be" inicted. John yvould be sad at rst, but Char- ~? flottefwould comfort him; she thought she knew how. Alas! she could never be his-;,_wife now, but she could-"be his " comforter..f hAt1:..rst he might be angry but he;.coi1lde not_ help the old yaection coming back. ' Were they not like brother and sister? How precious could a sister be to a. brother `on such an occasion! She turned her eyes a trie, _..and snow ' theeyes of Charlotte, the accuser, and John Rand, the husbanli of a guilty wo- man, met. If Margaret could look sadly at"her foe,_ very different was ; the glance John gave her. _ I Who 171:1-v nnnnn-.6-...-.L:.._ -1! l-A " uuy vnscc. I Gaythorne covered her tears rained between her um. u; uL'1 uvvu >VVl.UuS'l.l.Ul.llgo_ A human presence, very full of 1101)` love, touched hervown. ` She turnvd and looked fullut Dare. (`ome," he said, rising` a`11d jtak-T ing her h:1n,l. ;`Af\I Q0 .. - -.. - -1. '- - Jonul. '1` D%INBDIid.L V ' `at at W quA`ImIIIIll 33" $OhII1d M . ,. . Invon on In progs%`l'; ammo` T ""'<`""'"'"` I _,._ John,-Sometimes hatred makes us blind. Sometimes again the touch of an angel causes sight to return. When you turned from me that awful day at Melchester Hall, your wife let me look into her heart. Where I hated. now I love. Where I was blind, now I see. My visit to Tasmania, my discovery while there, will only be `known to you and Margaret and Mrs. Gaythorne. To the rest of the world it lies buried in the grave where a. woman laid it, when she 'alone fol: lowed me when I left your house. Ask Margaret to forgive this most wicked Charlotte, and, if `you can, cousin John; follow her example. THE END. _,uu- uvuct-ICUCC }lIUll1I)DS yoll. 1 repeat her messageword for word. She is a strange,woman. Knowing you as she does; she expects prison, but is as happy as those are whom God for- gives.` -Your -Cousin. John Rand. To this. letter Charlotte made a 'brief reply. [[71 fi- nnu uuuuu. In the latter will he left all his` ivast property of every sort whatso~ ever, unreservedly to me. ` I was to make use of this will, or not, as I thought best. . Had you never made your discovery with regard to my wife I should not have acted. upon the second will, and on my? son coming of age would have destroyed it. Your position; however, obliges me to act on the later will, which is now in the hands of my solicitors, Messrs. Money- penny 8: Reade, and they are about to prove it and act upon it. The will is without a aw. I have told Mar- garet all about it: she knows I am writing to you. Shebegs me to say that she hopes you will act to her as yourconscience prompts you. I repeat ~l.er does. shp nvnnnl-a m.:...... 1..-: :- -- REPAIREDJ -..-.-- -vuvuuuuu IJUIIUDU (Afiliated with Lindsay Business College.) ENTER ANY DAY. A. H. SPOTTON. H. G. BEST. President. Pnncipal. Oh, to go. n'('[`0 U113 - .... .,. \lJlll. uuuuulsn; 1 nave heard Uncle Stephen mention his name. . I found him dying. He told me that, acting on our unc-1e s express wish, he meant td~..put me in possession of a` will made three months before our which his supposed niece inherited the property, was made six months before. ` his death. _-.-- -III Iifii The secret of successful men is a busi- ness training. We train young people for honorable business careers. Ournteachere are SPECIAL- ISTS. Gregg bhorthand taught by the pest equip . teacher in Omatio. who us acre lune of the Autlyor. All business and shorthand snbgects; IIOHBJSTUDY COURSES Urillia Business College (Af_ilia_ted with Lindsay Our New Story--The Power of the_ Pen-A most thrilling tale of the great power exercised by those who write-- The opening chapters will be given next week-Don t miss it. A W. WHlTBY S 'vIvyu'UJ V0 Margaret, said Charlotte in a hot, choking. voice, why are you 30. Wicked, and why do you wear the- face? of lanangel? .- ' _ Because God and my husband are so good, replied Margaret. A. few days later Charlotte Mans- eld received the following letter from John`Rand: ' - fVL-_1_LL_ `I9 a-- -- es; mzsstmz 7roue:1:?it'ennaris as you cannot take his love 3 away,- privson- does not matter at all. ` I."a1u happier. tq"-night than I have been.- since I,1e ft Tasmania. I quite tot- give you, therefore you cannot injure me. .You -have never injured -me. Good-bye. -` li'.\/I n...-.........A. H - - "- es me still`.. You. Ij OGQQQ D4--L J:9.9. S._AHE.AD on. , `nniuunnnn u I have always known. Now take co111;:1ge. `Tlrough your sins be as` 5t".'i1'](`f, they shall be white as wool. She sobbed again `and struggled,- then she told. From the `very begin- ning` she told. She kept nothing hm-k. The whole ghastly story was pUlll'6d into the ears of the priest; At last the narrative came--to an end; she fell on her "knees a_n_d7 re-~ mained us one bowed" in niorta-1` painkg She felt after a time as though there! was a gentle presence close. to her._ `Half fainting from excess of emotion, she heuame presently aware - that .~:omeone was praying for her,-and that she was being lifted up on. the wings of that prayer to endureeven the tire of her own wrong-doing. -\ Immnn nw.-manna trnivwy 43..ll Ac Elizahgth St. NEATLY: ouxcxmr v: . . -` ;-. v ,, , ' >-_._.~..-I .;.w. n ` 2 f%"".`i v.nu.{-.,, D\_l .....-..... -.v-.4`; vugug... _ I. V ` I always knew you would come to this. I am glad; I rejoice I have, 2isk9(] for `thns hour. T 1 .1\|| ` -()h! my God, then you know"-you: o_nessel."' '- 1 - ~~ "`Mrs. Rand, he said. < , ; V T She struggled to speak, but for -al few moments could nd-no "Words; He waited for her with 11 Beautiful pltl( ll('B. He had been prayingfor this woman for months, now he knewthat. his prayers were about to be answer-I 3.1. When she still struggled vainly," he laid his hand with great tender?! I 1 \ 11988 on hers. l , '[`l1en he went on prayingfor 11919, I7 lmve come to tell you every? thing, to vonfess everything. - V *`l nlwnvs knnw vnn 1xv`r u`wl'.-'l"......... mow empty church, she rose to meet CHAPTER XV.--'(Oon:ti'nu`d.) % 1 When the Vicar returned to` the him. Her face was Very `white, there were heavy black hnes under `her o3\'eS. I ` r 'r\ 1001 I` ' v . V O `\nu wnll not need me, you W111 not.` :1 . . . . H " ' W05. you must go to him at onc; H`|H\`f- fa ]1:nr\ nll -15- Anna ,7 - 1 ymxr husband, he answered.1 " she murmured `in a faint] uuuI.|o she replied," ``-Whel'5 8111 I ! "oven- ! s55.ooo.ooo savnas ACCOUNTS SOLICITED ` Tom Aafs..`t{i $s.65o:.06OA. Capital n_d ; Reserve. A __.,__-- Barrie Branch ; "- Illllle I I . I John! John! T He would have `given -worlds to `reply. He struggled` with `frozen lips. He felt that if she went away he must scream aloud.'_" But she did not go. The tie that bound gthosez, two souls together was: too eetrong; She` _ --'-the ein_ner-,-tlie ' 7'deoei1jr,er,A 2 entered unvited; she ..;et"ood . befoxe`-.,himg:`-;_ She went on her knees; she tbpnt lojy_u;1- til her head `rested e `oi; ;hie;,ek_z1"ee.;;f That touch brokei~t'h ef:_spdll;te` ;. Hefetiertee `He ' t?..mb.19d?5 `violently: 159;; ~e:.*F9!!50r . moan; tli6*`; lf`i"canehf We i`*ise` he o.9tf3in6i:"sliliwoiif Their`. thew tgheetgif tlltblsa ute b at tin A t may 0935 111 luupuu. ,;_O1V1.John,~ I_, have I can (qt. Ebdar i L at sinner. M cbme,.. t6-A f:t11 _ t any.` ngers` I "Capi,.tal `. -` Reserire .' . . . $5,509,909 e,Had omge, Halifax; N.S. C9ener_a.|" Manager's Oice; .ToroVnte>. Gchgral Bahking, Business 'Tran9:tcted The Books and Statements: of this Bank a g'e_`an_nu_ally ubmitted.to -3 _4.__ , ` uguddenlyu `his heart` gave a. great leap. The voice he _lov.ed--must ever love--w'hispei'ed` = his = -name . -~-The whispezwas %low,__. but it, reached ,`I..lu'~. ".O I.h': hm}. ll? vs: 70: I end; I-bvllluannl He listened for another sound, the? A sound of his wife s lovely voice. He ; did not hear them. He sat like `one! glued to his ehair. He held the handles of the chair very tightly. . I .My God! How am`I to endure this? he thought. There was cold sweat on his forehead. His hands were cold asice, his legs trembled. His omission to` Margaret had van- `ished. He longed to y to her and the boy, and yet he could not go. . He found after *she had entered*"the house" that he still wanted her, but_, he could not go' to he-r. Would she go to -him? He rose after a time very. unsteadily, and crossing the rVoon_1,s un- locked the door. '_ If she came to him, well andigood,Vbut_he'g-could not bid her ten't er.,- ,Wofrds }r.were: fyrqzenu within Qhini but he 'vv,:an`tf`d .`h-e_.r. ._-The agony of his 'rs_*antgcried"`a1oud"_ With: in him. " i ` nth ; :.__-_--_L; `J.`2-.;`...- pun. uTll`1`em.1I1oments vdrag'ge`! as- rthouigh weighted with lead. -~H_-A_e seemed_ to. be _in arr Eternity that gwqgtld. `never -...I, ' \.s aavuwvuv E "The carriage roliled oaovsliay. In a little over an `hour, a" gay baby-voice with a coo in it sounded through thehouse. Rand heard it. He felt (sick 'a.i1d tremb1ing.- T` . " 11'- `:nLp\vun:1 0-.. nvu:\`v1np\uI I nnuqnna: v`I`nl\ A --BY--' oi lJD\rt-I500 um gun Alva wyallsul In Somethix=1g> is wrong, murmur; ed Benson. ` V ' nu,- -____.,--,- __'_n_,1 -_.A__- I I i '1', -. 10AAI,| I546 , L35`! I . V _No, `I am occupmd. Tell your! mistress on her arrival that I am very much engaged. See` that everythingl is "prepared for her comfort. - I `G TIIKIIUIID Uilivlunnn - vvovnnv v I '.l`he carriage is `just startinig, sir. . . - V . . IIIIII ; 0 n q. ._ - A- 9 sac ` That is right, Benson. Is the om- nibL;s?going for your_mistress _ `lug gag . V 1 1 . I I Yes, sir. '.[fhe man waited hesitatingly. What is it, Benson? ; .I~tl1ought perhaps you d_ be go ying, sir. HKT.-. T ...... ..... ..:..:I' m. _--.-.. uatvv nu uuu runway 568610;]. ., V t " , Rand immediately -counternianded all orders, and entered the house. He` looked up `trains; told the servants when they might expect their3'mis- tress,` and deird -a carriage to meet _ her when her trgain arrived. Then he locked himself .into his study; He lhad burnt Charlotte s letter, but its contents were stamped on his brain. They were branded there; -he knew` that se could never forget them. His. [attitude towards Margaret was at; that moment impossible to dene. He, Ewes only fully-conscious of the fact that he did not wishtto see her yet,` that although` he had intended` to -go to her in London, in order to `pro- tect her from Charlotte, yet he him- self had no place for her [in his heart, just then. The hours passed, there came a tap at his door, he rose to attend to it. Benson stood without. l_ 3 ` a %c1m1>1'3ntxv1. 7 ! Margaret Rand sent a telegram _to' her husband. 'f`_Am Areturning by first train `to Melchester Hall. " This little message reached tRa'n'd just as he was stepping i'nto' -his motor" car tp `drive to the railway station.` _ " pnn -in-nu-nn.-1n#n.`l-. ----_A.-_.'.L.-_ZI-!| W`?-;s.,,my Sistef. bHe' tbok Zhef` ,hand; she left him. . I Canifton, Ont.--I had beena at ` guerer _for ve years. One dgtczor 01d me It was ulcers of the uterus and another told me it was a. broid tumor. No one knows what I -nuts fered. I would always be worse at certain `periods, and never .wee-; regular, and the. _ ebearlng-dvown.r:' fainswereterrible, was very llljin bed and.the_d9e`tor; _ told me _I- would have to he during the operation I wrote fgiiier about it and eshe..idVvi1Id '(?o1Lydia' E Pinknamw, iv mnclotlxnd. Thronifhe per h . B , thhave foun it;_ttre`.j__ e For a moment she failed to under-` stand. He :bent- towards her. Three- men were in the `fire; thoe who watchel, looked, and behold there were four, and the form of.-the fourth was like the son of God. _ Her eyes lit up. From despair they passed to rapture. ' _ Oh! she answered, it is V enough. ; I v -_ VI, van ....__ C1!_A._,, no -11-. _...,--... ....u ..u.u;auuu.s, OI II : a`te annually submit`ted.t6 strictly independent audit. Branch`-'4 ` Five Points L. J.SAL1'ER Mgual I ncorporaied i832. __.__..________..____ v the I He `one .E(lD) JQLIII.` ,, A. I V .He g":eet_ed,(u'avely, __but did. ; not welcome, 119:, I f .nor,; was his v> y-9vv- ' . ,Clair,.he1f -work at an end, ihed been well `provided for, and left ;behind'in M*2!.We9~e .e e .e 3 -;~,,_O `, ; 1 1 :1` our an IVA LLIQIA en "Cured by Lydia E. Pink-`L5 .ham sVegetableCompound , %Char16ttej.ar"ri\}ed at the `Hall: ati about 4. two o. c'lock_..` __ She was, receiv- _ed~;by Jahny` g; ` ' ` MI- 'n'!uAnGn')` II:-4`-V .4134`: llhl-VA__I-"III-alive . - m6;:w1an"ding shereeei_ved her cous- in s _telegtam. _Its-econten:te but add- ed to her excitement, She knew by what he said that he > had`-received. her letter. 'She.`;_weuld - obey his re- quest that she should go `to. Mel_chest- ef:HarlI atx'.911e.,,` . * 1-41-3.. u___ __.-,u,_ ;; --,, :44 , '1 ca` -- 7It. was aldark and _.wintry day, not- ` withstanding the timeof year, when Charlotte came home. She was 6011:; `umed by a sort of erce. excitement [which had `oppressed her all `through the voyage. _ The spirit ,of revenge. long indulged. in, now run `riot in her .breast. ~ - ` . v v u uv, uuu. LULI. HUI. LIIIIIEUIL. Ah, my darling, `he said. You have told me all. She loved much-- therefore she is forgiven much. As` to our future, we can do nothing un- til Char lotte cornes. She will reach London the day after to-morrow. I .will' send herga message telling her `to come straight here- The matter will then berdiscussed and `arrange- ments come to. Until then I propose that the subject, is dropped between you and. me.- You must restjand] not fret, `Margaret,,a-for the sake of our baby. V `1uL:.nLAJ -.__ ___L _`._ `I , 1.. - I` QIINIIJ O She started` `up when `he uttered the last words. The mother-look caused all else `to fade from her eyes, The mother-iove caused. `all else to be forgotten. ' V I must `go to" baby, `she said. ~ 1:11:33 ' 1 He rose`, still holding her to his heart. There was .a -sofa close by, lie laidlher on it, and leaving the room returned in a few moments with tea E-ajnvdr toast. _ T ` I g`.-'IIVeW;;<;:1.1'ed out` th tea-brok the` itoast, and fed her himself. 55.51,. ....-- :l-`..I:..._99 4 -- ~-4 .,. _ __ ! She laid her head again on John s! `breast. T ' ' I After I have gone through my punishment, she _said, May I---`- .May I come to `you? Oh, can such forgiveness and _'1bve* be `given to me? " ~ I uun azucx as very .l0llg sllence he said: V Five thousand pounds would buy. a nice piece of land in Canada. We could build a house, You would make a grand settler s wife, Mag- .rgie`7I ' ` I The color `ew,into her cheeks mak- ing her look- most marvellously love- lv. ' ~.....y va. ucl U1L`UUl.lIal'Ul gaV Way- "`Don t make matters too hard for! me, she said then, you know what I ICharIotte- is--I must go to'prison.' RIITII1 nab annnn 5- `---~ rViV"h1Yl;;: ;l`:,;I'Vwas spehiiihg he kept , looking at her very graveAly._ As she I ceased he, said: You forget what I have just said, that youvand I'cannot part. ` Her eyes- grew bright. She look`-A. ed at`him and her _lips trembled. Some of her `selTf-control gave way. `Don t make mnttnra mm 1...; c-.. v--o-ovvvu &*`.L usual; gU `0'pr1s0n-Il- John Rand -did not seem to hear her. * After a very long silence he` said: L.....--- -.-ruw_-uu. uuv utzag-`but: P115` on, are all .less than nothing to me, for I go to meet "what I deserve with your forgiveness.` Your forgiveness means God s forgiveness. I am happy. Myysoul is at rest. You will be good to our boy. Your- share oftyonr .unc1e s property is ver thousand pounds, I, being no relation, can in- herit nothing, butwhen my punish- ment comes to an end, I can earn my own living and---you my-my darl- ing.` Her voice broke, then she re- `covered herself, and `went on speaking in a rm tone. You are strong and clever; you will earn enough to sup- port our son. o r. ' I ' 'nn.:|.... ` .L. W, .I.uu. me an I_rom the beginning." 2 = -. She did o. `No detail was left out . }:'The `plot; the thought; the carrying ` ; `out -of the plot. The diiculties that - beset` her path. . Her `agony when Charlotte `beganeto suspect. Her bap- tism by Mr, Dare in the City church: Her struggles ,.with her conscience. 1 Her. mad love; for him. .The telegram sent toher by the real Margaret. Her interview with Mr. Dare that morn- ing. His advice; nay, more, his command. , . ' .' Ihave lied--and lied-and lied, she said. There is no- `excuse. `I `must go away. Ah, well I know that, `but if I go with your beautiful, .heavenly forgiveness then I can en- dure. . - Margaret, you will never leave 1; . me. ' . l John, you cannot understand. :'This thing cannot be concealedofrom the world. The wording of that will 1 of your uncle. s is burnt into` my! brain. You must . realize what it 1 s means. The`thing I have done is ' punishable by law. I am `willing to undergo .-"my punishmente-I deserve it.` I do `not wish to` escape it. AThe 5 `public exposure--the trial-the pris- 1' on. are all Inns fhnn ..n+m.... 4.. ..... u ."`-7 ussuny IUl.|.l.l(.l.' 1161'. NOW; `Margaret, begin everything. Tell `me all fr th b ' ' 2:, She itfsn: o'!$n 3:3-ogu1.ly?:ln'l'cL ....4. *'iIe`}`h 1:i'sthed her until she grew calmer` then, he drew her down to -sit on his knee. He`c1asped his arms rmly round- her. (INT:-un 'l`,f.........--L L --9 w-vuu. uuuI.uuuL', lltl BUB wept. _` V -The. form of `the fourth was` like " the Son` of God, she murmured un- derher breath. . 13-... 1.4.11, - -- `- - ' W `I wi_ll neve1'- let you` "go. ' God` in Heaven. =1! was angx-y-angry with you `--the mother of. my child. Oh, what I suered. I_,t.,.p_assed.. Your step in the house drove it ;';way.' I am yours --D-you are` ;nine.. `Never, never T will I,'.John "Rand, let Margslret go. , ' hf ha `Pall `PA-pvsvncul An 1-3!- ;, .uuuu nana, net Margaret go.V Then. her head fell forward on his broad shoulder, and she wept ``The form nf `Hm c.-....4-1. ....... 1:1--. DOCTOR : ADVISED, OPERATION _-....._..... mvu, nu uccysy, 1.165 1118 g0." 1.15` is not right I that your dear arms should be_~c1asp"ed round one who is a sinner. 111- cu. . ' - '1'f77?And"echar1ot `to1d-`tol`d----. ' e * V -She'.sa;id enough in her letter te `enable me to guess the_rest. John,tlet me gag John, I`--IA can- not-cannot. Oh,` my love, my darl- ing, my bes`t--my. noblest:-but I haVe a sinned. 101:, `so deeply, Let me go; It 1 is not rinht that vnnr Rani ----- vv Univ 3 vvvv I Etmustv e" bgby, `she; a'id. . `{Yes. 7 LI" hatd `fr `morning . : I Ywas `co: London, when your . ma- l 1.171 rJjohn;.% icu inovf it! . `tram; Gharlotte this Eiwas coming to you to [Q1]. vnnr fninnwnyn cl-A-----J RN` AiDvA%Nc%E ,..-aqua UV. 1 lo tlegram stoppegl . 7 ' -vvnn, I-LU DGLVLO Charlotte was standing. up; her queer eyes were xed on ~Margaret s- pale face, -She had "once and for all ruined Margaret. Never, never could ' John love such a base deceiver. The woman who had come, under a false name to.England, who, by her wicked talent had deceived the lawyers, who had stolen the vast property, and worst, oh! `worst of all, had- taken . the heart of the. man Charlotte loved; jpwife ` in p`rison'." f ,Mar`g,ar , mah.l,l.w;,u5datr% slim-n . ed ,.,to gather-;1 up : she at lease was about to receive, her punishment. Yes, all in` a. `sense, was, well . _The property would be divided- .into equal aha es` amongst the many relations. `John would.-be a p * -e-poor, `innocent, and fdisgrac ;nust iavnuv uuuluca UL usauuy uiuucu ii.VV_Y. Shebrought him one. He asked her ito draw the cork; she did so. Then he took a long_ draught, and said he was `better. Holding. the bottle .in his hand and taking sips from it froml 'time to _time, he, allowed her to sit by him and to question him._ Sheitold him that she knew friends of his wi_fe._ Then. she said suddenly, `Your wife when she was Margaret ..Rand. He lookedup at her and laughed. `I am right in supposing that your wife was Margaret Rand, she said. V ' I})(~...) ,V uv avv av -I-VI Ill-LIL : .I.Lt_,' IUUKXCU ill: 'l,lUf again. - A. ; A_`I am a stranger in these parts, she said. ' Then his eyese-brightened; he told her where she would nd some bottles of brandy hidden away. 'She'brought He to took mg: `11nI-far 'I'.TnLJ:nn. C-L`. I-...LLl.. 1.. I uuvunu |0 xnsuu oulug auu vegan. 4M;, ? subject of the woman you had mar- ried. We knew she was the wrong woman, but.in order to make sure of this and to be in ,a position to rescue you, we had, to get proof of our.sus- picfrons. I talked to Clair after I left Rose Farm, and we arranged` to re- main at the hotel until Clair could get into` "conversation with Mr. Gaythorne. In order to effect this we managed to get a report brought to Mrs. Gay- thorne that we had left. The evening after Clair went and walkedrin the manic; and I agreed ` on the} time herltrouble was rewarded, Mr. Gaythorne came out. `He looked .ill; he trembled as he walked. Presently -he sank on a bench. -Clair went to him and asked what he wanted. He looked at her out `of. terrible bloodshot eyes and mui-'mured:` `Brandy. She offered to get `it for him. -He looked at her grounds of Rose Farm. After a short , I ~_ you Charlotte,` but before wovu say u onus; LU} `U13 ;Now, he said, wewill listen to you begin UUUBIH VU " 1.138.; "I 2 I will stell you that Margaret and I ~~ have very carefully studied your lretv tergtogether. _We have come to the part where -you met the` wozi1an~.who' ca'lled herself Hester Nugent. Aft--r` . seeing her you called in the services ;~_ of ;_i your < French `vmaid--the' woman 5 Margaret dismissed. This` woman aid- . _ ed you in your search, As Margaret - is not very strong, and it is trying for her to be long in the presence of a woman who doubts her, we would be glad if - you I-"would begin your story from that date. What use was your maid to you, Charlotte?. 4 John, replied Charlotte, I do not understand the meaning of your attitude to me? I have been `work- ing on your behalf, trying you from the clutches of an adven- 'turess. ' e Hush. His` voice, `and the look in his eyes frightened her. Margaret at that to. rescue . moment came forward and took his . hand; in that attitude she looked full at Charlotte. Charlotte gave her shoulders a slight shrug and began. Rift? mnirl on;-I 1' `LA CIISSAAJ A- shut. out all brightness" -; during the vw1;(::E;tet washstanding by a fyvin-` dow--:tl_1is window stood open. The heavy banks of clouds which` had orning, now" suddenly ,;broke; the suncame out in sudden `warmth and splendor. . _ . Margaret turned, but did? not T ad- vance ~ towards Charlotte. John brought a chair for his cousin s `used H1\Y.-..... H L. .._:.a 1._, -2 I V ` ` V :l; ea'1'.-`.V-I .1 h in "the prese`nc;eji'o1_3: myggwife, `or not at all, vgas` .hi$, reply.` ." asked, . _ .. - _ V Yes, he ? answered. * . Then she, followed him without comment. eve to sag? `.`.Did you" `get, my~'"1etter? She" \JI-IL'l.ln '\JAuL| VVCAIU DU 111111] xd dd ` Brandy. get-`it it 5 "`J1Z111,V - v.:~;11e-.-3I'id;T ` LS I"`.have some- thing to `say toiyou" a1ne; ; 111- _,~~n . ;, -" Cii:not felt. thniideeae ber` .o1'- `-t'ri1if1nph . had; con1e'.Y\ She1,ha'd "hop- .edj,*an d also not hbpehd," -v that John wonl'd= guess the-Vtruth from her. let-' ter. Evidently he. {had not guessed.` The greater, therefore,"wou'ld be her present enjoyment. '11 1,1 1igl":t.?"4;i;:= .t1.1j 11r:>ul&'- .1iave`* bee: a_lmqst invisible.` -3 ' " Voice.