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eccym, I u11densta1;`cl; -3'-l j:;`,o!1"1 forttlnute to get thT0u`8'h:l`_,lE easily--Il1e Jwer.m_eys arep. 1-dbeliun. Do you 'retu_1f1_1:-:w;_1;`;hf `bl \vate1' 3 " I. believe that was _- left own I should--.l)a`b;gi1ja1f: of a (lay or two in _Phila;1ef1l'p1jfia;??3. <-E11`-ily arranged. -.Whi_le{Ij' ].em~o the city 't'o-.`mo*rV1'og\y _$o`l=fasY,t6; give ("lint_m1 a fan` 'e1d,_I sha,;1.;1s}1se;S_*:j mail) on Lord Howe s agship 601119 time previous to my partlxw for New Yogk, Yguahad` better 111cI<,s here Wlth .-my. gst,a; =l .]\5,]z1n~y, tur11ing' to -the aide," `lseel that l.i0utemu1t_ 'Fortesque_ l,h'a[sL l)real and Pl"C}1l'e 'him`,a7pa`sls- goal imle11ite.ly- within our lines; You will parcloll my` withdrawal, as tlw ufllOerS- of the garrison" prom ise mo an exceedingly busy day.__ We will meet again, no ado-ubt. llo clasped my hand Warmly;-and witl1(l1'v\\', leaving {me alone with the uil(=_ half-ashamed, ' I confess-` ed. nf"'lmvi11gr been compelled to _de--< cw?-iw. Yet the very ease of it all stin1ulaA endeavor, andf I_ _ con- Ive1'.eo liprlltly With Malbry over the ;.L1,. ....J ...L.._. 1.1.. -_..I-._.1__ bi` 2 me `V:-1.`-<'u u,'.guu1.y VVIUII 41-LCM VUL VJJW1 ...,, 3, mo-- table. and, when the: orderly ~I"l 1l1'l)(`d with the necesaryj pass. .41 \\'ns keen to start upon my around of in. utterly forgetful of h:-1vin_:r been up and in saddle aI1-1 night, Mzrbry `could not 1eave,'hie duties to no-comnatny me, but dour- tv?m1.<]y fu1-nished`a fresh horse,` and 1 a.csi9.11ed a private` of dragoons to ';.r1n'de me about the city. ` By '_ten o o]m-k we were -o ,'my only fear being the possible `meeting with some nr-quaintance. " L`..'. 1__...,.._.._ -r _....- 1.-.;_.:1;_ Dl lll\' l|\ \lLI|llllJ$|Il\z\4q In this. however. `I was happily di.~`:nm0i11ter]'. as there were few oiviliam on the streets. the throngs of mlrliers, off duty for a holiday, with all disclimline relaxed,` Beingf h0i. and cons-iderablyr under tltw inuence of liquor. The uni- form \\'m'n. together with my dra- gwm gruard. Saved me from trouble; and I found the fellow sutcienty int(~]h'2~ont to he of value. T dared not take not-es; and yet recall clear`- ly even `now the etations of the tn-.n.<, together with a.elear. mentval on ine oft 'the""rr1Iiiii`de'"Y7E T$he surmgn For Year Restored To ` by Lydia .Pinkham'I Veg-V 3 eta e Compound, . Canadian wo `en are continually writ- mgus such let rs asthe two following, Which are hear . elt expressions of gratis tude for restor health: ' k Glanford Sta :1, Ont.-I have to.- Lydia E. I_ i . ha.m s Vegetable Com-_ _..-.-_,.-} $1; pound and neve-r ` ' `I found any medicino; \ .;;u 2_r;;g! compare ,w.ith`it'. l =; Iliad ulcers and fVa.ll',-`Q *6? ~ . ing of womb 3 doctors ; dijd_,me :,5l"l,9:A {; good; _sI1 _el'ejd.;.x~- x, oreadfullyfor, ._ 3:1 ..t.1 1?98i31.f1i311i*iE`l-. A "1 out: medioirie,,=_: Igsli. -:`,' ` . 0 reeorntn9nd:itEgf ervousness-;iax;d.ii. . ; RY CI-ARK G1 0 Chesterville; ' Ont. ` nedicines highly ' began taking them? and ovarian troubk-,`';; * My left sidejaiiiii. "6 inst befoteuly THURSDAY, _I ty . torpyaia P{nkham s. Vegtghl ` ,j id, "'4 CHAPTER III.v 'l`ho Fete. and Mischianzaf I confess that up to th_is time I \EVERYTH|N|} Author of : Ld'v e Unde1r: ` My Lady `of `the. N6j'th? ;. etc. By Rau`\*d:Lll& {had .ex4perAie'ncd .infrest~ ixi uthez affair. ` After` jVa'l1-ey Forge it lwas -hard` for an Ameri1can goldigr {DA ntlu-ya:-A .~.--~_'L 1; L ` v-v-.. -snow _g.vL ,_I.l`;`.;L`u1'1'lUll1 SO10.l6l' to,` admire. P11`c'h I-boys . play, War to enter -`into the `spirit of British -fun making. _~Besides- `the. `danger of my position, _the fear of - some slip of y r tongue betraying me,` f the very knowledge that "I was initthe very hea-rt of the enemy s. camp, with grim, stern duties to perform and , a return journey to accomplish, kept. me nerved to as-point` where _I thoughtof little else than my task. But now _I dared not remain in- ldierent, and`, A indeed, the enthus- liasm. of my __ companions became contagious, and It jO13i0d with them eagerly, as they .-hurried. forth to the "best point 'of view. Oncetherel the sight revealed aroused me to an enthusiasm scarcely less_ than thatl of those, croyvdyingc albout. V Few, in- deed, .'have ever :witnessed so gorge- lous a spectacle j as that river pre- lsented; ` = Wall, out in the stream lay the vessels of . war--th'e Fanny,` Roe- hwek and _V`.igilanft--together with .a_ long - line of ` transports, stretching as far as the eye could see, ags flying`, `and decks crowded " with spectators. T-he pageant came down. lwith the tide, - moving -in three div- isions to the inspiring music of several hands, ,.the oars of valleys and charges a keeping exact intervals. As they passed us the oicers be- side me named the various ocvcu-l pants. In `the leading galley were, Sir William, Lord Howe, -Sir Henry Clinton, the oieers of their suites and`-some ladies; In the last ofithe Iboats stood -General Knyphausenu the Hessian -commander. Between; these were atefbloats, covered with green cloth, loaded with ladies and gentlemen, or else containing hands. Six Ilzlarges, darting here "and there, kept onen space "amid the swarms` of small `boats. Everywhere the eye swept over a riot of color, and the; ear oaught a Ibaibel of sound. As the last barge glided by the man next me growled in disgust: I urn1.__, -_.- `l--...L..- 1-..- Mm '.J.-.-. |1lCAUVllJU 5_;uvvu.u_ _;u, .9-5......-.,. I . ,Those are lucky` dogs o duty- to-day. His eye " caught mine. Why don t you _go after th`em, Fortesqure? ` '-'_l`heAre V will ` The plenty -of fun avfoat yonder where they laI1id.1 T171. _..- ` 2. 4.1....` on ` oi If'"5ort;. "follow th. crowd, and yo}1 l'1 not - go astray." Have you a txoket - V l`(-..4.-.'_. .A.....3_4. '-`Ln:-.ns.n.1 -nan 117:4-`rs LLUVU yuu a |_au;'x\Uu ` Captann :Andre."hononed me with one thls morn1n`g'. . . mm --__1 1-.. 4.1.- 2...; Uutf mus u1vL'.luu5o- "`Then_ you are -good for. the first row. Don t miss: it, tinan, with en-thusiasm`. T.will be such a` sight as has not rbeen witnessed since 'the Field of the Cloth ' of ' Gold. _ ` A " ` A passage at arms, you mean ? ` Ay! as gorgeous as those of the! `old-ti~u`1e knights; a fair conceit Aas LL- ...............~. TU]. U-in '01u-wulu 'K1M`gu;uB, a 10/11 u.u.,.., ..., I read the program. Pd; `be there. now font for the damned! orders that 1 hold me here. If `you ride hard you ] - can ma e the spot `before they come ` ashore. 1 ' V A v _ `There was no reason I should not! i go-,'. and much in the glittering pros-ll l 1 I I i I l 4 l lpect appealed to me. -Five minutes later ..I was trotting out of the Ylager camp, pressing passage through the crowds, already` headed esouLth-ward, the dragoon riding sitlently at my_ -heels. Miovunte-cl: men` ` that day were I `few and -d-owbtless ~ =believ.ing` -we were connected with I the `pageant, the jam sullenly parted and `gave us opening, so `we reach- < ed the -site of the old fort as the , Abarges ibegan ` dis'charging_ their oc- cupants.` A glance about, however, convinced me to where the lists were to he run, and I headed my horse in that _direetion` and` gained 3 a point of vantages beforesthe. throng" `Dourecl in. n : T . . ` ' _ ; Iwvas some right ocfg; the hiig stand, ` hesrestive .heelsjof 2 my 1 '11Or8." .199DinS;- the `cwwd awvay. l `ai1_dj.wi`th" af clear, View-_ a_a"s_ `far .as_ zthe rriverx; Shank; It" ;~was,- ..-ma_ylbei,A_ .- `yards \d91wn`A..a-%g`_entleA; slope.` . c: "_151_1<,3- __W'a.t_Q! ?:__. ; `herfe? fths 1 .line_ vas: _orm'_1ng- of-_ Uu 'W'lI(ll` a`uu-at. some gwer~ `ing in: `the _s_t;1v11`,<; t1;`:-fs.`f vuroeess1,on). passe. I (I'LUv-U J \lll\-I\JJ H: A . .41 ``Where` is that ? II .1 1 `I. (I Comight. A; c,_ Mopmrg 8: co} xauf. I13` if . "`in.`*LtnfbafhS` ttwifh a whiehiaaa:he:f7 meant -jt9.`Tai`eWard`~.tHe knights conbendingin ..t11,ei?1*_ honC,.u`.~. Behind these, Jana do-f .fupying"'al1, tho. 'uuper` seats, Hwere che.` maidens; }.rpres'en ting the - two d-iifisions of the day. -s sports-`-ladies aoftthe Blended Rose and.1adies- of the ` Burning Mountain. `From the "crowd --surging oaiound V I `heard name after nazme mentioned, as famous Philad-elphia .be11es were pointed out,` not a. few familiar to me. Even as I agazed upon` that galaxy` of beauty, hwlrf angry that Ameritcans should take -part in such :5. D..{43-L 4...:...........L LL- 2-1.1" -`....,- -into the opening 'i erode the 0I.it0Iiding' .kn~ights.. iattendedi jby, esq_1}ires-f. on foot`, dressed ancient halb1ts`of~fwh1te and , vred silk, and mounted on gray-ihorses. `From the other directivon appeared` their op-i ponents; in` black and orange, rid- ing Tblack ` steeds, while `to the cen? ter advanced the herald loudly pro- clai-ming V the challenge. I knew not who they all were, but `they made .a gallant shdw,_ and I over- soldiers -met in ,Ibattle--}Lord Cath- eart, Captain Andre,` Major iTarl- ton, Captain -Scott. `Ay! and -they fought well that day," those White and`, Black knights -on the mimic eld`, At last the two chiefs-Lordi C'athcart_ for the Whites, and Cap- tain ,Watson of the Guards, for the Blacks-were alone contending furiously, -when the marshall of the eld rushed _in hetween, and struck up their -weaipons, declaring the contest done, the honor -of each side. proven. As the `eompanv broke up, owing forward to the -great house beyond, the vast crowd of onlookers lburst thpugh the guard lines, -and, `heard imany 1a name spoken` of like a mighty torrent, swept over the eld. It was a Wild, jubilant, yelling mass, so dense as to be ir- .resista.`ble, even those of us on horseback -being` pressed forward, helpless chips on the stream. ' I endeavored to press back, but :my restive animal, startled by the idig of the spur, the yells, the wav- ing of arms, refused` to -face the tumult, and whirled madly about. For a moment I. all but lost con- trol`, yet even as he plunged rearing into the air, I saw `before me, the appeal-ing face of a_ woman. How ishe chanced to Ibe. there alone, In the path of that mob, I know not ;_ where her. escort had disappeared. and how',she had become separated ' from her party, has never been made clear. But this I saw, even '1-" . 1, 1 __!L1_ AL. 'I...-....] em.-sud-la- rccuuysnvqbgu vpuvuxu want: '[JaL0 J11. `GU01-VI la` British triumph, the eld was cleared for the lists, and a sound of trumpets carihe to us from ~a.`dis- [.tance; - ~ ` H1303 016311`. Duh uua .L as I` struggled with the hard-rnouth- ed brute under me--a slender, ' girl- ish igure a_ttired as a lady of the Blended Rose, a white. frightened face, arms outstretched-`, and dark blue eyes Fbeseechin-g - help. Already the front 017 the mdb was upon her. unable to swerve aside because of the thousands pushing behind. In another moment she would be un- UCAVV, \JV\An derfoot, or `hurl-ed` into the air} Reckless of all else, I dug in my.- ,spurs, yelling to the Light Dragoon beside me, even as my horse leanped. how it was aocomplished--only I Ihad the reins gripped` in -my teeth, both my hands free. That instant I caught her; the next she was on. my arm, swungsafely to the saddle, held by me with a `grip of steel, the double burden into the open eld. Then the Dragoon, riding, madly, 'gripped the `bit, and the aair was `over, ' although -we must have gal: lop-ed a a hundred yards `before the trmilbling horse was brought to a standg Leaving him to the control of the. soldier, I sprang to n the ; ground, bearing the lady with me. We were `behind one of the pavil- ions, facing the house, and she I scarcely -know what happened, or peeled _as her feet touched the earth,` . -r 1 ,11 A1, __ _c;..._.. 1!-`l`I:.'. ... .213 1161' lccll Il\]L|\3~llV\,l. 1111`: \./Gil um; so that I held her from V fall-iiig. Then he_'r lashes lifted, and the dark `blue eyes looked into` my face, tr--- ...--..L ....`.L...L.... -.-nu urn: n-11- UHFK `U190 cyan Luuncw unuu` lug Lu.\.v-_ You m_ust 'piird0n my r911gh- ness, I' apologized, but there was no time for ceremony. "-4:11,- _-_-_!`I__`l _ n___1 _1'__1__ __,'_M7 [sue 0U:.l`UW 311-[gum] a.w_a,y. IV appr `ate `that, sir, t'ran_k1.V `shaking out er ru 1-edskirts`, and. {you have made knighthoo real. .wm......< 1' ..,...4;`.......1. u.........*.T Lnnnt .l1_U I.a1u.|'l:7 LU; uutvunuug. l "She -smiled, a flood of t-solor chm- 'ing"L_1ba`ck V into the -clear cheeks, - as" she drew slightly away. " I T .._....__...=.-.&.. . Ln n:_ , -nnl\I-\1 1I7 Uu IIQVU xltuuv l.\LlL6llUIJ\J\-Ihl "`Then`, I xientured; may".im}.1one t;o*necei~ve_ the reward. fair lady? `I- '_,`I. _ J 7; ' 'I3A_.n.'I- " A.`.____ __ gr s`i;g1;i, `;"ri;:ie *;;e,;;';: of nervousness 111 {the sound, but her `eyes full` of challenge. * V u1r-___. __-.._-_ -`L . 1.'....`... ...L'A L...;u-m. : : JIJTI `J-I. \IllUI&a\4`g.|e\(o ` ' V I k. Your` name; ' the hope of ' better . acqu a1ntanc~ ?'L % I If... r._.... .-......... 1- canon 1611183-] a_\1"._[\IallIIIa_II\4\':O _ I _ Her `eyes swept vmy uniform ques- tioningly. .' _ * ~ . You are notof theV"garrison_ ? 4 No; a courier `just: `arrivect from; New York ? .1 ' ` ` ' -' 11%? . I >,.. -.1 ' 114;..-` __....- Yet an oicer; surely then 39' will he pregent gto-night?_ I A ` -"`Thi`e- privileges. m$ne;7 if sui- icieiitly gtemptedz I may` attend,_;L `f'l`emp,te-cl!-.` Ho\y,;.Vs`i`r.? L ?By*. 57370111`; s1_11eds'1;1g_r;m6 '9 Adm-'9.-` She V _`1hu:gh'c1iaga}n.;. % ,o.ne`_:, ; %-hand `the?-10n8`T511393`;1Sk A ` - . nr.;-9 ..'..1`.?..`...V..`..-A. -.;..;.=...;.s.....` .. 4-.44-2 `*'6l.|B'[J'lllE yuu I-vstg ugauvu on... ..,. You ask ,muc:h-I-my name, a `beti 'te_r- jaoquaintance; `a, `Ldajme-all this. -foirl .;s a`vi1fg'`me-L from a mdb; `a l:.knigh$9 1; Lummlmmml A a.nd~,V* W? Shy We1~ ( \JLI4IJ`7\/I Eiier 4, ;5.no1$1gh _- to V .'...f` V . th)ug7;t..-a_s1,g-m11c}laA the _.long 1 shes; A in? to me We deptllsw a the` .=pronaiaeti):rq.A .wu..u " uvwI_\JAa;. ; I at ~ aeiwdte. j V `S 1" mew .AnvANcE bowed, hat 1n hand, and now au| `revoir. . A - ` . I I stood_ as, she left `me, staring while she crossed the lavwn and joined` a dark-faced officer of Ram` gers. Once she glanced back over her shoulder, end ther_1 disappeare`d| in the crowd of revelers. i I had not intended to remain in` Philadeliphia through the night.` Already I had secured the inform- ation sought, and now must con- sider the safest and: quickest method of escape. It seemed to me this night, given. up to- revelry, afford- ed the best possible opportunity for my safelv passing the British -guard lines. To-morrow disciplined would -`be resumed`, the soldiers would re- turn to their posts and the citizens would again appear on the streets. This would `greatly -intensify my danger, for, at any moment, I might encounter: some one who knew me, who might denounce me to the authoritim. Tiigt V1_:va'.is; 1`:he exact truth of the situation coulsd! not the denied, ,S>ce_neAfrom THE SPENDTHRIFT CO. Grand Opera House, Monday, Sept. 14 May have the effect of raising prices on Com- modities, but one all Printed Matter drdered at The Advanee Job? Department, there will be *-no increase inprices. i THE WA R Our Job Department is tted with the best of Materialts and Machinery for the production. of classes of printed tmatter---and we guar- `antee prompt delivery. ' ' If you _are in need of commercial _stationery, office supplies, church or society printing, a book or a catalogue, we promptly meet your wants. To `FARMERS WIVES---Printed Butter ewrappers ensure you a better price for add prestige to your product. Lmpre V made up by the in- `PiV- y 0" Ibined in a temptatoin I found it yet, now, every reckless impulse of] my disposition urged me to remain;| the -invitation of T those la_ughing blue eyes, the challenge I read in the lady s -fair face, the unsolved mystery of her identify, all com- imposible to resist. For` a `dance with her, 9. possible understanding, II was willing-T to venture life it- | self. It must have .`been nearly ninel o clock when, in company with a young, oornet, XI rode up to the house given up to festivities, and, turning over our horses to the care of cavalry grooms, climbed the wide steps to the door leading into the l hall: T i i [ My companion disappeared, and, to escape the pressure of those surg- ing 'back and forth through ` the wide `doorway, I found passage Uiil was a riot of color, rich, be-' wilderin-g, with smiling faces, -and laughing lips everywhere. In such a spot, amid such surroundings, war seemed a dream, a far-o delirium. lelose to the wall,` and %h-an circled lthe r00m,_nally discovering a halt- in-g_ place in the recesses of a'win- myselflby owing -curtains, I could gaze out over the brilliant assem`b-l- ness of my own attire, and feeling a stranger. and an alien, I was yet consciously seeking the one face which had lured me there. _ dow, where, rpartia-lly conce_aled_ age. Half _'ashamed` of the plain- Enough conversation reached" me to disclose a nnromised display of- reworks on the lawn, and almost immediately a magnicent bouquet of -rockets shot up into the black sky, illuminating everything "with a glare of re. This was followed 'by the-'lighting'up of thelt-riumphal. arch, and` the `bursting of A balloons high overhead._ Attracted -`by the spectacle, I was staring out at the dazzling scene, when a voice spoke at my shoulder. ' I W" W" ` Tis a relief to see even kone `soldier. present ready for duty. (To be Continued) city. [I made no` beyuml the 1i1'l iit$,~~"bllt, from. state.- nwnfs of the dragoon, and*vario1'1s. 03('0r.< with kwhorn I` koiiversied, nmmred in my "mind the entire .<<-hmlln of defense. I visited a num- =1`:*1- of fhese encampments, nding in mu-h a s1na]Il guard retained.` for th- Jay. the maiority of the troops 1~,-<=iny_;' at? on liberty. -Soon Rite!` mmn these began to throng the warm front. eager to View -the .com- T ing }ID("t'i( ]. I was. myself, in the Var."-1"s camp. nishing a. late lnm-'h. with a few ofeers, when the mmmnwement came that the'water pm-o<. had started. 1 '