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did, Sir John," she repneu. _ . She looked at him with a smile ' which he found difficult to interpret. At her first meeting with her cousin ' '__in, the solieitor s office she had been ' -\ ightly -predisposed in his favour. 1, Possibly because his breath had been 5 taken away by her youth and beauty and he had been tongue-tied. As the solicitor had prophesied, Stavinger received a pleasant surprise, but it also came in the nature of a shock. For the girl he had come to look over as he might have looked over a horse he thought of purchasing, or a house which he had been offered the lease; the girl whom -in odd moments he had silently cursed because he would have to make up his mind whether to take or leave-and leaving her meant losing five thousand a year and a very fine estate in Devonshire which, properly managed would cer- tainly yield another thousand per annum-this girl straight from a con vent was the most beautiful creature he had ever seen. _..}*-And Sir John ..imself about being a Women. He was also something of a lady-killer; women of a certain type found him irresistible. 11.. 1...: nnifn made un his mind to rather flattered good judge ofl Lydlnmrmxnam 3 ~. Vegetable Com- gund` ldvisod mo _try tbefore sub- mxtt1nto|nopen- tlon. Itrelievedmo from aw troubles I0 I can do my house work w thougsn diicult . I advise my womanw o I wi Lydia E. Pinkh;m u Vegetnblo m- und a. trial and it will do as much for u..... "-Mra. Mum: Born, 1421 5th th female trouble: to 'vo ` do; \n-- do much I01 em.- Mrs. Muun St, N. E., Canton, Ohio. Sometimes there ere eerloue condi- tion: where a. hospital opeuon in the ` only nlbernetive, but on the other head so nnny women hnve been cured lay thle funoul root and herb remedy. L3 in E. Pinkhunfe Vegetable Coxnpoun , eftet doctor: have sold thet an opentlon wee .....-.-nrv--every women _who_ wenu IIEUIII FIR": -nu g... .. - -__,_ , Compound, { ` ouun who wnnu uecunry--every w to tvoid In opention uhould give it I me am befou submitting to web 3 hit mu Detox! Illvuuuuuo. .. -_-_ , s 2:; ordul. f complications exist, wrlu to Lydis E. Plnkhuu Medicine Co., Lynn, Ilum, for 3290. ".'i;k`a"o %nlt of nfuy yours 1 . CHAPTER XV ' ,1 . , Jge 13th, .1913 no-l'sn operion uhould give 1: u n .- trial befou ` [-1- nnnnl. 1. the quesbion she had V in reply to the rather ne he had addressed to an t behave in London '1 iu--er--I forget the place you've come from spot in the Pyrenees, wasn t it? I ve forgotten myself, she re- plied. As I- don t intend to return} it s not worth while remembering, is it? `In fact, I ve decided that my past, Sir John, must be a closed book ! All my life has been spent behind I, the grey walls of a convent. Life be- : gen for me when I left it. I re- ' member nothing, perhaps because . there s nothing to remember. ` Stavinger stroked his chin thought fully, then nodded "Iis cousin had a l will of her own, iueas of her own. _ He was a man who did not believe in women having ideas . . of their own. He felt a little disappointed, because he had hoped to find Lady Aliee s mind in a state of puritanical " flapperhood . Very rough luck, your being _ l smashed up the moment you set foot l on your native heath. He changed the conversation, and the tone in which he had `been conducting it. I was fearfully shocked when I heard. I did my best to get away and run up to Holne Abbey. -But it was ab- solutely impossihle. . . Other people s _aff-airs, you know. Needless to say, I would have chucked my own in- _L--A.I_.7) 14113] ~auuuAu LIJGLLJ. I As soon as the door had closed on James Easton and she found herself (alone with. Sir John Stavinger she -knew for the first time what it was -;.1fee1 self-conscious. She could not V ...._ p showing her emharrassment,` though she tried to hide it, together| with the natural resentment which filled her heart. m-.......-- ......1:...,,1 that Lmlv. `.1 wuuxu uavr, hlluvllvu ..-._y I stantly Lady Alice thanked him. Tell me, how did it happen? I Lady Alice felt though he meant \ to be kind, he certainly was not tact- ful. She was beginning to feel a little disappointed -in him. There was something about his personality which jarred. Having nothing but instincts to guide her with regard to nun ,,~n1nnnn1~\7 hnminrr Failed her-- IIISUIICES E0 gulue 111:1. wuu Lvsaxu uv men--memory having failed her-- those instincts were preternaturally sharpened. 1:7; __.__..I. n....... Ln-n~.-.n1-ant` vnrv BllaLyolAwua ' It must have happened very suddenly, for I remember nothing, she admitted. We were driving down a very steep hill leading to H... u:Hm~m uylqnn T annnnnp H10. 0.hB.11f- down very steep um Acnunu,-D law the village when I suppose the chauf- feur lost control of the car. He was. killed, poor fellow. /Qnrvo Hm hnrrrrnr right. Sir` xuueu, pUU1' Lcuuvv. Serve the beggar right, Sir John said with a laugh. I mean, he should have been more careful for he ~A~ -...-nun CA Q11nnngnn SI10l.1l(l nave been 111u1 c l:u.LuLu1 .L\.u nu = was risking your life. Supposing that had -been lost, too, what should I have done, Alice? Tannin" Fnrwm-H. he took her I have (lone, A1168?" Leaning forward, he took hand and looked into her eyes. 1171...... .. 1:4-no -ml-lo no-n "M1-_ 1 nana zmu .|UUl\l:u Iuuu uv.-.. \;`y\-u- When a little while ago Mr. Eas- ton had looked at her she had been unable to meet his gaze, he had given her a thrill; she had only to think of him to feel it again. And thinking of him she was conscious that he did not seem nearly such a. ` stranger as this man who now held I her hand, a blood relation. 1 uv-.. -....9+ :m.m-inn hnw m-atefull blood relation. You can t imagine how grateful ` I feel to see you sitting there before me safe and sound, Stavinger con- tinued. ` 1'1-_ 1-.....L 1...... `hand in his. but he i let her eyes wander from her face. , . Her eyes should have fallen before rlage of nVmenc' . trout or the swish of the paddle, his bold, penetrating gaze--but they ,He had `fade. 1 5 mam t`m.S the beauty of it all combine to place did not, and he had been forced to bout, bemg ` earnest about 1t` the visitor under the spell of this look away. He allowed them to linger NOW Wm` Ellery moment that W5-5`1iwonderu1 natural domain. he was beginning to feel more and; The park makes an especially on her delicately shaped hands and _ Id f .1. feet. He noted the slim, almost boy- mm m earnest and the am Mr `strong appeal to the fisherman and ish figiire outlined by the soft folds protestamons Phmses and Pretty canoeist. There are more than 1,500 of the gown she was wearing. He felt "", ;dS "h,`d`1 hm` lakes in the -park, and the excel- a genuine throb of passion in his , I _tik I have already made ,3; lence of the lsport diaws anglers heart. He had been prepared to woo few imeilds 01.1 H30 moorlands , from every part of t-he Dominion five thousand a year and Holne Ifady Ahce Smd atter 3 moment S and from every State in the Union. Abbey; he had even warned old S`l ."' . . H `Among the special varieties to be Barnum that he would want his S11` (101111 Smlledvllldulgently. My caught are the genuine squm_e_ _ pound of flesh when the settlement deal," gm you `,1 t .drSmd' Y0 tailed brook trou; the gamey black was drawn up. It occurred to him an t make fnmds th the low? bass of the small-mouthed variety, now that Holne A-bbey would merely rd.erS' Y-on must take_ your place `E ranging from half a pound to four be 3 Pleasant Setting to the more 5`Cty' I Prophesy E` hmge Succebb pounds, and the Iblack-spotted sal- Valuablc jewel of the girl herself. for -Wu` Sun" 1 (1011 t Wam t rush imon, or -its near relative, the grey For a little while he made conver- y' . . ,, trout. satioii in an amusing and more or Af;'. }}s1mtfd' I hope you The accommodation in the park less intelligzeiit way. He talked a do t mfk I In t`k`ng t.mh up is such that the most varied tastes great deal about himself, his position " m-V5011` B I feel m}`uS t,d,- .r'.an be pleased. There are hotels, in London, the people with whom he my duty not 1.Y .as m.`"_ . ` including the well-known Higr- came in contact; he retailed what hm S -"`'_51 1"`-Q `_ land Inn, for those who want to he considered to `be harmless bits of the" the 13 y9ur fa "13 be in the wilderness, yet enjoy all scandal which was flying about town. Sh to be.c"S`derd' . the comforts of good service and And Lady Alice listened with 11 Lady A1` bW 1112 M W1 social c0mpanionso]]ip_ Time are log polite interest which Stavin_e;er even- her `Lace was emlmly hldder He cabin camps, Nominigan Camp and " tually found disconcerting. Of course could n1,y See her ciown of nut" Camp Mrinnesing, comfortably fur- she possessed l)I`(`e(llllf_ : and good man- bmwn ha thr,add.w t1` gold Whore nishcd and ideal for family parties, hers; he had expected that, but she the 5m` had klssed Vlt` A.s he lea. The park is easily accessible by was devilishly self-possessed for a t`",'dS her hf coma Inhale its the Grand Trunk Railway from all girl Stl'Z1l;lll3 from ii foreign convent. eluswo Suggeshon of the moorlandlsl parts of Canada It is two `hundred He found he was not ]ll`QL`l`eSSlIlI', '-t1` $".rS alld heather and E3 miles north of Toronto and one ` at any rate not as swi3t`._v as he dc- SW00? wlld th`?5- 1:10 was tempm` hundred and sixty-nine miles west ch siied.'Lieiitciiant Janics Easton coii- to nsk e"er~Vthmg "1 9 bold mmnii of Ottawa. For reservations at the "0 tiiiually rose on the horizon reinind- H_ert as Qvolhl .5 {gram prtmptt`i Highland Inn, Nomiinigan Camp and $2 in: liiiii that Lady Alice did not lack mmlto tn 91 `"1 `Its arms, O S 0: Camp Minnesiing apply to Miss Jean tor suitors. The London season was ` `,-V mm `er. `P5 am 1e pe Lindsay, Manager Algonquin Park fume 11'0"` her hmr t startle her Station, Ontario For more detailed tinned. _ He kept her hand in his, but feel that he was sacmncllig `"`" `tended, the tree-Irlngcu mm.-s, ms or on the other hand making a mar- turbed only by sport-we bass or ` `P1 l--.- V, , 1 at its lieiglit; society was very quick . _ . . _ into snbiection, to stir the doimant Information maps, routes, etc Write to find new recruits, and her name _ , 1 d . h h would of itself be sufficient to cii- passlo" m her so an Wm or on to or call on C. E. Homing: Union the moment. v . - He halt: rose from his chair, stretch- Strum Toronto` ed out his hands---but something held him back, something stronger --When you think of brass beds, than liimself, a. power outside him- think of W. A. Lowe & Son. self of which he had never been con- scious bcfore. ? ur),,1:,,,.,` ma 1' `hna nn idea .'V_ | ' c Lady Alice had been too surprised to show any resentment at Stav- inger s familiarity. The roses in Qlercheeks only served to accentuate `her beauty and increase her fasci-I nation. If Sir John had -been an e1d- ; .erly man the embrace might have: been permissible. As it was, Lady; Alice felt-when she had time to `collect herself--that he was taking` `advantage either of their relation- Lship or of her late father s wish that 'they~shou1d marry. A- ..--.. .. L1... .1.-.nu `|uu.'I nlncnr] nn IIU MG 1 ii. ly the end of his moustache. sand square mes U Ls on we H It was not so easy to come to the ridge of the famgd llmghlands 0% point as he thought it would be.l0nmrio_n Its altitude above sea. During the last few weeks he had level averages 1,700 feet, while some often rehearsed the unpleasant busi- of the lakes in the Park are 2000 ness of offering his hand and heart feet above the sea_ Itis tonic ah. to Lady Alice Cardley believing the filters through mm`-ms of acres of only difficulty would be the suiii- pines and balsam and spmce_ The ming-up sufficient courage and to fragrant bush through which roads avoid perhaps making the poor girl and trails am; constantly being ex_ sacrificing himself, tended the tree_fr-mgedb. lakes diS_ `hand turbe bags c0nVme 1`3- swish He made love so many times without being in it. every passed | wonderful beginning and; lmost `iamest old fmmhar l rteStat1"S 10`. 'rdS h,`dd ' think a friends on the moorlands, Lady after silence. - - - - Sir John smiled indulgcntly. 5,332.2? tgree Sralgzggxiggcs sfmrbg dear girl, don't understand. You tron. can with lower 5ma1 1_m0uthed varietv orders. take in fo; - ' are nger .s, en -but 1 iands ion red nd arned red uild . 1 Y _ h r H Prop 153 $8 tsuccesf you. 0 rusi relative you Again he hesitated. park` doii think taking; too much on myself. But anxious to (lownan hotels duty, only as -W?--`-*' adc id [e tli tailed .V`11'_51:3 1i``'i```f=1 ' i iless the th 9 "15 in W151` be 5`derd' . ellcd Ahce b. head H131 vinger h_mn'f e g`. only 0 gut" 1dgo0dm:1n- thr.addV.wm` A-1011a W1 "$6 parties. hat, the_5`m land kissed `LH .51`? Quiz by zessed er `.0 m_"( mm el ' Railway all zign t}hC mooa an 151 lhundre g.rse Pd heatmvr an om t`._v S1(t1mp` Wes` Sk "er~Vthmg b0 _ m`::E1' th: rizon we `? momp `i am him to take her in his arms, to stea camp Jew 2 . . n Ellagogfzmirm 1:61`. hp: `mg the Lindsay, Manager, Par? "m`- 0 5 31` 8 ---- Qfntinn Ontario. detaile L _ sure her being received all the] best families in England. Five thousand a year was not to be snif- fed at in Erie present day. Young` men preferred marrying a small in- come to the trouble of earning a. ` larger one. I A..:1 `L-....L.. mo am on -nnfanf. 9 I nugcx And beauty was still as potent a force in the world as it was in the days of Helen of Troy. Sir John Stavinger would have to strike quickly if he wanted to w-in her with- out a struggle. He cursed himself for not having rushed up to Holne Aibbey directly the news of her ar- rival had been sent him. One week spent alone with her in the romantic surroundings of Dartmoor, with the added romance of Watching over her during her convalescence, would have done the trick. Tell me what they taught you in the convent. I thought nuns only prayed and sewed. You don t look a bit like a nun, you know. Your` knowledge of convents is worse than mine, she laughed. If Uucc ' I d been a nun they would never L have let me run away. Or if I had obtained leave I should have had to go back. I shall never let you go back, he said. Her answer seemed to surprise I... uvr- .....-. nun nvnr nr-event IIIV V 1 c . If ta% DUI: llvvl J A V . . . VJ take an interest in them and tho: affairs. If my -brother had not ` killed he would have lived there. ` ` D-~`- 4-: uynrn-.-.11 different ` .':'g":i*.'~` :. "F? V -13: nonrnnnrt ADVANCE` j before. Believe me, I had no idea that Lord Cardley ever thought of me as a son-in-law. I always thought he looked upon you as irrevocably given over to the Church. And, need`.cs.s, to say, his generous legacy also came as 11 complete surprise. I ean t help feeling that I have no right to it, and I hope I shall not keep it for long. He was deceiving himself per- haps, more than he was deceiving Lady Alice. He waited a moment, hoping she would gather the meaning l of his words. un..`.....-. um mnf. hp continued. words. Before we met, he continued` I saw -Mr. -Barnum and told him I .\vns quite preared to carry out Lord Cardley s last wishes. I'm a miGle- M (been alone; the dislike he had taken lled her nears. | Stavinger realized that Lady A1ice s first impression was not al- together a happy one. Of course it would have ,been all right had they to Easton increased. (:11... .1:.1 ol.m+ umnnnv man net in- aged man, I ve gone through life without losing my heart, so a mar- 1-iage'such as suggested did not seem |unreasonab1e to me. How it would strike you was, of course, another matter. Believe me,I was prepared to fall in with your views in every way--for I felt sure you would wish to obey your father s ~1ast desire. T-Tn tron nnfncr H`. ctrnnrzlv. Hei to obey IaI.ne1"S~1us|. ucmna. He was putting it strongly. He saw the little head nod in acquies-i '---- I cence. Then we met. The moment I saw you'I knew we were not strangers-- .I recognized you. I don t understand---. A note of genuine emotion had crept into his voice. It was harsh, un- musical, but tinged with passion. cur ....,.........:m-.: :7. mm H-up wnman 97 tinged with passion. I recognized in you the woman for whom I have waited all my life. |Aga.in he took her hand. She tried to withdraw it, but he held it L-ightly. Alice, I am a man of forty. I fell in love at first sight. Perhaps I should `have waited before telling - you. I meant to wait, because I wanted to be sure of myself. But I am sure. I ve never been so sure be- fore. I love you. I don t ask if you love me-it would be unkind and foolish; but I do ask you now if you will accept my love and promise to marry me? 11.. n-nvn hm n nhanee of renlyingz, W-lu uuccpu 1u_y Juvu uuu r-v..__..- ,. He gave her a chance replying, but she said nothing. Her head re- mained bowed. The hand clasped tightly in his was cold. He could not feel the faintest movement. His declaration had left her cold. un....u n\:..1, `I uvn hnncncr vain- declaration nau It'll: nu-1 uunu. Don t. think I am boasting vain- ly when I say I can teach you to love me. And even if you. are not [sure of your heart, I know you must; `have been weighing up in your mind your fath+2r s wish that you should become my wife. That s w'u-,v I've told you I love you, it may make your decision easier, and that s why I must press for an answer now. . It s yes, I m sure it will be yes. Not only becaue you feel it's your duty, but because you know you ll give yourself to a man who loves you." no cicrho as `he finished. a sigh yourself `[0 man WI`:-U lUVt::| _\'-Ju. , He sighed as `he finished, sigh of relief and satisfaction. He had persuaded himself that his desire for this innocent, beautiful girl was really love, pure, unselfish love, so |he could hardly have failed to per- ____J.. I... HU uuunu III-lA\LJJ ..u. _..__-V. A suade `her. No woman had ever resisted him. . How then could she-when duty forced her hand? ' IV - L- 4..-.:.....-.il\ 11.: $5` `VQCI - -1`: The Algonquin Park of Ontario is a great xeserve of nearly four thou- sand miles. It is on the very ...:A.... A4-' Hm +`n.mm1 Highlands of `How MRS. new AVUIDED AN |_ %AT|0N\ GENERAL` PRINTING ALGONQUIN PARK -r\ L __e r\__), Of Every Description Executed at the ADVANCE QFFICE with Nentneu and Iv)-1-:5-1;;tci;.- - LE1. uauu I (To be continued) High Class .IIIIIllllllllllllllllIIHillIllllllIIIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllIll!IIIlllllllllllIllIIllIIIIllllllllllllIlllllllllllllHlllIlllllllllllilIllIlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllmlllllllll q The mouthpiece was designed to speak into, and best results are obtained when your lips ! are about half an inch from its rim. `ll Economize time and temper by speaking dis- ltinctly, directly into the mouthpiece, and ; avoiding needless repetition and delay. Can He Hear You? to hiaston mcreaseu. How did that young man get to the flat? he asked, giving a twist to his moustache. As he spoke he pulled forward a chair, arranged the cushions comfortably and waited for Lady Alice to sit down. Then he threw himself on to the Chester-l field close to her. u1 :-..;........ Wncfnn rrnf intn mv EN you talk into space. and not directly into the mouthpiece of your telephone, you are not giving the instru- ment a chance to do its best work. OWING to the seriousness of the fiiel situation at the present time, the Government of Ontario would urge upon all the farmers or others who m_ay have wood lots, to assist at this time by making provision for their fuel supply from such lots. ' - ~ ~ ~~`| J -1...` A.-any fl-H3 nfl-pnf-inn The a Bell Telephone Co. `of Canada IUVLDLULL J-\lA --..-__ ._-, , . _ The `Government vyquld also draw the attention of the var1ousMumc1pa11t1es throughout the PFOVIDCC to the necessity of taking some Municipal action to - :.--1 -......1., Tn this: end the Government .A view i To Municipalities of the Province of Ontario ' in the hudwood forests i I in the Akonqnin Park nem close to net. Lieutenant Eastou got into my `flat in exactly the same way as you did, Sir John, she replied. mm Innlma at him irresistible. He had quite made up fulfill Lord Cardley s dying wish \ and marry her. Indeed, he told him- self with a grim chuckle of delight as he drove to her flat that after- noon, that he would do his duty; and it should be done without a moment s delay. London would soon rob sweet Alice of her innocence; she would find the song of the city and the music of the tzaginny orchestra at the fashionable restau- rants more fascinating than the Ave Marias of the sisters at the convent. In his heart Stavinger had often scoffed at innocence; now he realis- ed that it had its advantages- where a young and beautiful heiress was concerned. He avoided =`.3"th`rust at him impertinent one her. You ean London` as you would name of the place you ve Thursday, n I ;;:Woman Who Was` Not By ARTHUR APPLIN J `