. ggmtfund also ivhelpbdrftne Canifton, 0nt.-I had been a great sufferer for ve years. One doctor told me it was ulcers of the uterus, { and another told me it was a broid J tumor. No one 3 knows what I suf- fered. I would always be worse at certain periods, and never was regular, and the bearing.down' ainswere terrible. . was very ill in be and the doctor tol me I would have to have an operation. and, - that, I might die during the operation. I wrote to army. sister about it and she advised, me to 3 take Lydia E. Plnkhanrs table Compound. Throtgh perso _ s rience I have foun 1t.vthe`.he_stf.;111 , 0-ine in the world for _femsle.:et;;9ubl9._ for it hascured me. .nd I-rdldn. , . , to have the operaon.3ff1?': _ ough Chan ' xfo ` LETITIA Br.AIn,~_;A_ _,ah1fto .-,, :~ 2 ffnan. *.o;.;: ,jlnjg:d5&!.;`:" EL [never .fo_r get ' avfui day. when he_lier;; f . . T; CW.` 3cX&'c;a; % - % _"9S9ds,3ff'h!!t1$l`.t0hf. `eyes; upqn er queer, pfam',._f1`eck1ed face _there` swept a ggeat wave ,of cmotzon`. ` 4 1:- . A I The01_:ve: Tyewriter is a rn`<`>ney,-, maker, right _from the yvord go !_ 50 easy to run that begmners soon V8t m_ the expert class. Earn as YOII _1ea_r'n, Let the machine pay the_ ;zu(;esnt8 a `day--and all above that is ,%;g:uao.rm;;1Noxs;*- 5 VI iium ouvza 1'r..`~Ewa-n1a;1,`txLnc.5 Wherever you are, there's work to be done and money to be made by ` `usingethe Oliver. The Business world. is calling. for-Oliver operators. There are not enough to supply the demand. Their salaries are considerably above those of _ mariy classes of workers. 4 -'__ _.. ____L_, AN 0LIVE~12lTY1l>i:VlI_Rl'l`l1l:wl'2__lN EVERY HOME 2 " _~ That is our battle cry to-day. We have made ghe, Oliver `supreme in usefulness and absolutely. Indispens- ablesin business. Now comes the qonquest of the home. ~ -v-- `-. an uncut ousrqnavo `It. TB; simplicity and strength of` the ,()liver. t it forrtfamily use. It is be- .c_9nu'n_g'-a'n important "factor in the home training of young people. An _educa't_or. as well__ as a. money maker. ` '11....` _.-__J .-_n'2. , ` `said Mr. R-eade. ' 'She may comeat any moment,| She ought to have replied, said. Mr. Moneypenny. It is very. hard` on John Rand. I have lent him some money to go on with, but everything- is in confusion until this girl ap- pears. She might at least write. T`1Q$Q :n n knnlr 4'.` 3..-... A--_L.._I!.. ..of. jgmar a'Ble Oliver-~ opportunity ? -_..--_---- -- u -u._ an; u..ooavnnv_y lJllII\\vlu V 011: new sselling plan. puts the Oli- ver on the threshold of every home 7i_n-Atnerica.` -Will you close the door ` ` r=.ho1_he or oice on this re- -{=.Tur;:s';e z.-_ z.,_..._,, - Tyawriferg wwtvt --::\-V 7.90 V VI VFW` UKIIIBJ S ` } -W ri;te for further details of our 5s;a. y:-ioer and a free copy of the new '@1t\rer~ca:Lta1pvg.} Address ` - K 6?} Million People arev Making Money With cu uuaaaca, all ages, an 0CCIlD8t!O!lS. The majority of inquiries has come from people of ' known nancial standing` who were attracted by. the novelty of the proposition. An im- pressive. demonstration of the im- mense popularity of the Oliver Type-~ writer. . . _----r-J_ uuwovucnlwjvllo _."I`he demand comes from people of all classes, all ages, al_'l_occupations. Th. KIQ:D:`oo A` :nn:In-dA- L - - - - -4` A` startling cnrmatignn, of ' our be- |l`i'e"fiti1iI1l1;t..-sth:tI`!;.:.`dof Uluversal Type- l C Q i 4 . T/zve Standard-l;z's'z'b/cf 7:z;e.rl result has been such 4 deluge _of-avplications for machines that we are sunplg astounded. ` 'I`I._ `_I-,,_ n - I `3 Centsalhy`. Wle announced this neir sales plan recently, just to feel the pulse of the people. Simply a small cash pay- ment-then 17 cents a day. That is `the planina nutshell. . m`.It is strange, said Mr. Money- penny, that we have had no answer to our letters. _ ' The typewriter i that is ' equipped with scores of such conveniences as The Balance Shift-The Ruling Device--The Double Release-- The Locomotive Base-The Auto- matic `Spacer-The Automatic Tab- ulatoi--The Disappearing Indica- tor-The Adjustable Paper Fin- , - gets - The ` `Scientic Con- densed K e y- boar -all ._v_.--v us an. `gun Iv .5 IIIr\lll J Y?! . An Oliver Typewriter-the stand- ard -visible writer-the most highly perfected typewriter on the market -yours for 17 cents a day! The typewriter whose conquest of the_comme_rc1al world is apmatter of busmess h1st0ry-yours for 17 cents adayl. Please .read the headline over again. . Ihen its tremendous sigm- eance Will dawn upon you. A-` f\I:__-- rn___ -,,,_, THE ouvl-'.R TYPE- WRITER FOR 17 clams A DAY. v _ _ _. nu-Ara` L'l8\ 8&1 > Margaret" Rand, haying made up her mmd to" a certain course of ac- tion, had notethe `slightest idea of letting the grass grow under her feet. Il"-_-. _, ~1`>tl1,t':'.`~:I`,,d`c}L V15? `J 01111 Rand-" -"-'~A'itd=~ 'do1 !'- t,t said Charlotte. _"Sometimes I wish that I could get away to the other side of the world and forg_et that `such abemg as John % Rand-_-ex1sts."5 ' '. % V . ' (`J-IAP'l`.El_2 In. If_...__'V -4 T.Beecrn Issued` payable anywhere. C'lu;queo_on outside banks cashed atlow_eotrataqfe_a:chauge. Sale Notes Caalwd pr Collected on aonoctfaubi-abjle. terms}. . IIGU her. IOTA `r. Bescdorr, Manager Transact a General Banking Bdaineaa. Notes Disboimted at reroonable rates. . . . . Collec- tion 9/` Notch and Accounts given` spcial atencon' . 0'-`V5? VBANKERS. Oce; Hour)-10 to Tiew-iirf 4. co. CHAPTER 11.-(coneinued). ` Mr. Earlton left the -hotel. _Mar- aret was too tired to write tothe awyers that day. Their` names were Messrs. Moneypenny and Reade. They were a ver x old rm, theyehad taken care of tephen Rand's os-: sessions- for many years.- T eirv fathers before them` had looked-`after? Melchester Hall and its requireme_nts.g Day after day -they were looking for. the heiress to_ qrrwe, b_ut as. y.et.theye had got no tndmgs `With regard tel her Yours for 17 'sco1"r s 25. ton - fromf, d.. Beginning Dec. VI follows: Nut`Coal....' `Stove Coal . . . .\ . L coal that's strictlyhigh-grade llmetow -- % Phone No. 23 ...|le|ivefed when You Wish... Estate g_f__`._w;i_wilkinson _Wj|.K|NSON S REPAIRED SHOES Butcher '_ R. Powell - .,_.....r. -J..--.--- There is no food more palatable- none more wholesome--tl1an Sealshipt Oysters. They can be served in count- less different ways. A Our little recige booklet is free for `the asking. Step in and get a copy. We are handling only Seslshipt Oys- ters "this season. We are Registered Agents of the Seslshkvt System, and have signed their rigi contract to sell Seslshipt Oysters Just as received- solid oyster meats. We fine just received the first ship-` ment of tempting Sealshipt Oysters. II\L J net as delicious, just as appetizing, just as wholesome, as the minute they were taken from the shell. A. W; WHlTBY S THU%Rs.bAY.%A _.;-Lit ,1, .. `Sealshigticase Sealshiat Ozsters smsum oysma This is the JUST IS IISIIAL Elizabeth St. OPP. DREAMLAND From Which YOU CAN GET : .}.u.'ui:i.i.u;; ....Admlnlstra:l=' N E AT LY .O U.ICKLY ._.__.____..-- - $3: Seasonis 0n priceg will ` be as Five Poin_ts qvei-= 543,000,000, ' Total +A;I sets nocron ADVISED OPERATION sAv1}~cs ACCOUNTS SOLICITED $a.soo.odo Capitgl amid Reserve. The Souljof V Margaret Rand L. T. d_Capita"ld' ; 0 `n . 0` Reserve `Z Fund` ... ` Had omce, Halifax, N.s. General .-`jMaAnager .s J Oice, wToi-onto.` Genet-ad!" Banking Bdsiness Transgcted Tine Bodks dud ;StatAe:"x`1ents" at thi . Bank 'are annually submitted ,to'a 2 strictly independent audit. _ Bar'ri`e Bran-ch] -% 1 Five 'P_c_)intS$ S. MG;ADAM,`MANA`GBR ' -_-BY-_- Cured "by Lydia 5; Pink- ham sVeget_ableCompound i dun. kl_Cl5"l ll.` llI:llllCU. away. Iwhisthng a, Joyful air under _ his ibneath. He did not feel clerical at] `that moment, he felt like someone who was in the midst of ,a pleasant conspiracy. H`-eenjoyed himself, he hoped that he should see avast due:-. l of the young Rands -in the future. LA `nor. "all. L3... MAL `l'I,-..I \'---L U1 uu. -UIIJUI scllblcllldll, V No pews _at all, Rand, nolnews at all, sand Mr-. Moneypenny. Can't {make out what girls are made of in `these days. Here's` a g~irl{withj the . `\:nn-nrnaf nu-s1Ana nouns`; .LL'..L ....--, _-___ I i Well, my, (dear, kind ..f.sii:s, Lsaid ; the `ydungman, glanging. fromone. of` the-`~1a.wyers to the other. A")_`.gdqn .fc,` know that. - sh. -'.=ITv'e; ~anvth;in8;,%.%.:;yer:r4 i SD tip: say`. {bL.1'oix1d1.;;th`s2efact ft, / E `YR ; I suppose it is, said .John`R_and. I'm glad she's here, I'm glad she s come. M_oneypenny and Reade. were puzzled at not having got one let- ter_ in reply, to theirs, put if she had landed in England. at` makes all straight. ' `T El. .9 I III 1 0 a a 4 aaluuvu nu, Lallglallg _ JL, xuanca all I She s in E_ngland,~ she is close to you . this minute; There, don't tempt me to tell you any more. Tho 1\1AItI!II'I1lIo\ Luo-o-:naI- ' nun--. ua. unlv Jvuu5 :.\au.ua "Ill" Luc l.u|.l|lC. When h had. left` him John Rand stood for a moment-quite still by the edge of the pavement, then- he called a taxi-cab and got into it. He desir- ed the man to drive h.im to Selbo-rne 3Chambers., `Bell Court, `-Cha.ncry_" Lane; these were the offices of Messrs. Moneypenny and Reade. He was quickly `shown i-nto the pres- enpe of the elder gentleman. "'kTf\ I`\nvuIn an` .11` `D....A ...-...----_' _'A. lsuv-?r\; uaya. LLCICS it 5'11`! Wlt Int? biggest golden apple that ever was made to drop into her mouth, and she takes no more notice than if I {were offering her a. bite of a. cherry! Ican t understand what, young ! women are made of! `Really, the less `we `.sensib1'e men~hav- to do with, `them, the1b_etter_ . ` -' r ' "1-1 __- _`_` ___` __A___ ,3. vi _ ," V. ; ulcxu, Luc UCLI-Cl . 1 If you have no news for me, .Mr. `Moneypenny, I have some news for iyou, said Rand. `R ; '_-?What! what! Eh!ehb? You have I ' seen her? I say, Reade,~~Reade, come" along in here. v " 5 % Mr. Reade, the junior partner'en- ;ter,ed.' ' * . ` ` R _ Shut the door, Reade. The] junior_ partnerfdid=' so. ~ Now then',<---Rand_,r mgrboy, speak out--you have.,news'---. lw at i_sit? -" ]- 3 ' ` _` News of; Margaret Ra..n vis" Mr; Reade, I do;-_` tru t, fI1"1t1" ' _tha_g.ryo, .Ahav;,:!'=. _.a._,.;:_ - . .~5.I`l'XY..1I an.-. `.1-..._....~ I.:`.`.-.1, :a `uax5uLc1 UL ll-is Ullly DI'UICl'."' _ -. Is'that `so? Well, I am glad to llngear 1t, --1t makes the will mgre faig. . e sure you invite me to t e we .- 'ding,, Rand, and get married to that radxant young creature as soon- as you can. No, no my boy," you need have no further cares, she'll make. herself knownto you all before many- days have gone over her head, and if she does like to rest, and stay quiet for a. short` time, surely it's natural." ' ` I I'm glad you have met Miss Rand, said John, in his quiet tonec, and as to-as to Stephen Rand ; will, there is a sort of idea abroad tha; I am his nephew, but that is? a mistake-I am only the son of his first - cousin; ` this girl is the] :daugh-ter-of his only bx-`othex-.' Ia +1-...+ an? \xr..n 1 ..... ...u...r L- CWIIBLI I _ All this time Margaret sat alone m her solitary. bedroom, Mr. Ear`- ton, having done what he_could for her comfort. walked rapidly down Piccadily. He had nearly reached the Circus when a young man stop- ped him. He was tall, well set up. and pleasant looking. He. had a I put`: utclc `W63 lIU_ l'I':(], In tne'[n_ gar-git cRoat:1s1(Ilq of yours,;a Muss Mar- "Is that ,true? asked -the" young 11. T .. ` 'm`As true as I am 118126 I l ' ,_ Y _. canttell you where shes staymg, she has begged 9f _me _ not to, but she ll commumcate wxth the lawyers to- ' mom-o_v.v. Bless you, Joh_n, of` course ; I kn0l:V,3l1fllbOl.1l1:l tlhatlfl/1a.boica'l Evil] -a s amen wry ca" it. ut s es Ila. splendig young. creature-you re in ~ luck, you re as lucky a dog as I ever came across. You ll t each other, you two w._1ll. _It s very seldom `that a selsh wall lake that of your unclell ]Si1t<<:11)he:1 t(1l1n} s out as well as it is! y o o. l ..... waa` on warm -me uceamc wttn. me?" Rand coloured, then the. colour .faded- 4 His cheeks. were bronzed, |but there was `no, red in them. nnnn1'n A 112-- If, I "luck Earlton - Stopped }'011l18 m,an, s hand. : Rand. dear hnv_ Py. dear Rand, V [ yuan:-5 ugau, S nanq. V _ _ ~ I Lto OR`3:f},, d_31`_ boy. you don't look :1 am ail 1-i.ght,.,th'an"1< you? I wonder, 1f`you can guess who was on board -the Oceanic with. me? Pan;-`I nnlrian-nA 41.... LL. --u____ vv ti J_\'IIII a\uIl\l. `v -`-V-I-fella, Earltonl. hew cried, s ) you are `back in England? `Well, and -what did you think of our Antnp"od- CS; . ' ` " V " . A \ radiant, glbwing, beautifl face. V \ name was John Rand. . \ 1` a. nun I|I'Y`-II_ ampt 'ii{ t6'{"ou a-:1;r'xr; c>_1'e. ;""' 'I_`.he_ c1_ergy_man. hurried` away. rhhstlxnsr a. Iovful air under his .'I'nc6rp`oLra_ted' 1832; :1, this is a _`piece of 31 .and. wrung. the Lydia E. Pinkham s Veg ound, made from roots Improved` to. be -th` ' ifr o1.r;ng:.,t E I CCGUIC. But, my dear good John , you can not live for the `next month _or `six weeks wit1ho,ut_money. V . -. ,,./.l'.I have a trie, and it.._is' ra,t'her nice _havi-ngto save onefs mo_ney._Al1 my? llfe, -A until Uncle LStephcn s death .1 ha%ve.had .mo'r`_e,mo;_1ey than I`_l 1av 1- b.'e`en,'j a{ble,*`to;*A :sp_e,nd1.* ,=` ~ . - ' `ts"'nra-rv` ...`..s.`.1. ...~e- '.`_T_~ . ,-irn n - `-`I nu nulsuuc, 1. will HUI. llli1lTy_llCl'. I But if you "don't marry her _voa' know what `will. happen. All that tremendous wealth will be scattered; amongst relations. Even we poor Manselds, distan.t relations, though ,we are, will have. our ve thousand [pounds aolece-ve thousand-a mere `}l:aga,te'lle! Of course: you will. marry er. . Charlotte, if I 'love her I will. 7 John Rand sat down. He was lookimz at his cousin; he was not the least in love with her, but he liked her. `She? was clever enough. to con_-- ceal her truewfeeling with regard to. him from him and all `theworld. -A ,woman might have guessed that she cared for` this man, but a man like John Randwould never perceive it, forhe was as humble in spirit `as he _was noblessand uprightand splendid 1!`! character. . ~ ` A,.- L`,, _.1 I an a q 4 1. lhear the news. , ~ -111 lllGI GLLCI 0 , .Are the others in? he asked. after! a pause. ``I thought they'd like to KY. A.L--, _ - _,,4 !O ,,, I` I t'II uI:'r'.ll, au1e,tO~.Spe_nG." T _ , ' _ `A`I-Vie `Was. good .to`T` . `us all, said %C}1ar%1ott-e..';`:(;.`How, Twlll 1`-em e.r1b'lelx; '~.eu;x=_- appy-` .~ aysi-%',at_ %e c ester`? a . `Mother, th" 11 L % jucar Luc ucwa.. ' . l * No, they are out, replted Char- lotte. What are you going to do ,with yourself for the-rest of the day, John? _ . . I don t know, I feel restless. ' - You'll be sure to: want to see her. ` ` I shan t hurry her in anyway, Chattie. I have put the matter into .my.law.ye_rs lhands_. I have -told them to_tel1 her that whenever she wish- Ies to see me I am at -her service: I zdon t _want" to 5 hurry her, ` and `if she wou'ld_>_p`refer* to let `all nthings remain in stattgfj quoj for theznext .1'_t19`,nth or .~-six 3 we'ek_s-,-.tI am, 'quite_ :ag`reea-ble.~t _ ,. .. . JUU U\;'|l In 53$ yuur IUKLIIHCI: I `?Be11eve me in one thing, Char- lotte. Unless I love -her, fortune or no fortune, I will not man-y_her. "Rink `C unn '4-Inn-1'9 rrlnuntuv Inna um.- I sha1l feel it more and more 45 timejgoes on". _ Fancy you`--a man like you--d pendent for your living on your wnfe!` Fancy a man like you being absolutely given a wife, bein, fordered by will to marry a certain Lwoman! If you don't marry her, you don't get your for-tune!._ . HQ-nlf ova; t\no_ hang FL..- \yIl5V a "I don t, that.is -the case. .I met Earlton, and he said she had` travelled over with -him on board the Oceania`. }and that he had put herlinto "a gooj jLondon hotel. She had asked him inot to divulge to anyone where she was,` so :he wouldvnot tell. me. 35.` will ' probably see the lawyers to- morrow. ` u'r|I_`_ 1 ,1, .0,-' 0 - `whole thig is disgusting," sand Charlgtte. . - 4615., 1-0,, .. BGILI \.rlIGl IULLu Poor Charlotte. vou have felt like thgt from the first. ' '_I_..II -_c E. o ; uuu nauu. That is true, replied the ctther man; they talked together a little longer. A A11 51.2- 5.`..- II . _ - - - -- ~-= -'- sense! I 111- 1 - Well, where is she, John? VJ: }ought to go and see her at once._ ` `_`She is in London? But where in London? I don't know.- `f Y,'ou 'd'on -1: know! What non-. cannon. - ` IL L&Vn krefuse? OII .1- ;uuvc IIIC, 1. vc gU|. LU luarry HUI`. If js~he }l- have you! said Char- logte, )_,:`Do you think she's likelv to JUN VVUUIQ lIU'L ' You oughtn t to` hope that, for you ` know that 1f I am to do anything 5.3; you and the- others, and if she ll have me, I've got to marry her. I' l.l Hana 1rnn" en:/1 FLA- uaunlauy, uavc_auy xccuug. . John-, you are certain to fall in love with her. Very unlikely, Chattie. Oh, Joh-n, if I` could only hope iyou would not! ``\7.-... a{..._LL."L A...` LA; - A.L-L B _, _ ,, S A sin {was seated by aawindaw, a.\'uu\Ic. . `which was partly opened; She had-at novel `eon. her` lap, but s~h'e.,was n.'.`)ft- ;-ea,ding".it., `She was a curious-look xngvglrl of about` twenty-.-ver years of age. She was not in the least pretty` -.--on `the. contrary, she was -plain. I rShe_had reddish hair, a pale com- } Iglexton, -which was ;made Stlll paler y a_-very thick -spnnldin of large T freckles; She had 1igh-t- lue eyes and eyelashes the colour of her hair. Her name was Charlotte .Manseld. She_ had always been a verylspecial friend of John Rand's. For years i she. and her people and John `Rand himself had lived at Melchester Hall with old Stephen Rand. For years, since .her first dawning womanhood. Charlotte Manseld had loved John Rand With` all her heart, and ..soul', and strength. Charlotte was not a hit an amiable woman, but she loved Rand wrth a. assion which she had the greatest ifcultyn in suppress- ..ing. She felt herself trembling now as he approached, when he held out his hand she put hers mto it. John, she said, you have got news." Charlotte, I have. "Has she-has she come? Rand nodded; Charlotte sank back into her chair, , he:-`face turned very white. "wnat is it, dear? What's up, Cl1atbie?:' ` . - - .. git -`W- -`. 3-1. Nothmg, nothinglat all. I sup- 7 pose you are glad she's come." , `fl ~have`n- t seen`her yet; I cannot. `naturally, have any feeling. rt\.'1I*`I. '1rI\I1 noon nnnnln-:3.` L- [-11 '.. vanug ayyvuul-in-I .l.Id(._'lll a.Iasmuna.D1'e part~,.6-Pin_1.lio. `A servant threw` s`openA a door and` announced 4Mr. . R}`d.. ' ' ` A " - __ , _ . c c O - "-- i';;.':.;i;',.;;:%Sm youm my ad- ., . . glress...` I; dont Tv1\\r Ia,_x1t`.tl<{) pgsh rwgelf In any. way on Iss an . en s1;1wjhes..to ee me _I_shall be"quite a er service. . . _ ' `I'{It bi: .as -yxu like, Rand. an `e t im. minute or two later he was bein showninto .a very gaily appqinted atAin a fashionable_ narf AC . DlI|I|`:nI\ -Am`.-.-..L L _'__ :`I ;i`on t'_'see why she should wan`. `DI! . `said John" Rand. ,_..V._ .3. -....._ ..-.,-..... av nu: |,u`. It. -is all. i'igl"1t.now', she has. come," It! , vuau Juruu I.\Ill_l\I.~ " ' ; TYou'had' best look in sbme tiiael to-marrow, Rand)`; III` .9 ' thought V` y9u' d Igkef"`t&$; `know. f, V. < - - % L. L1'k;: to .know?~` I should think we;.do.! `This guts amend ,t_o one of the `most trou les`omeA busmesses I have ever had anything to say to." n. :_ -11 ._2,1_. , ._ :'t'e"h_xg, 1: .way: `p9ssib1`_e~of `her; .1- HERN% ADVANCE 114:: but: WULLCII at lasui She has done far more. John has just been "here. She is in- England; `she never wrote, she did far better, she sailed; she sailed from Me]- bourne in the ship Oceanic, and IS now staying 111 a hotei `in this very y town. She won't give her address, but-what do you think ~has~happen_- `ed? Wonders . never cease. Mr. Earlton, our good clergyman, .ca_m_e over in the Oceanic, and made her` .\acquaintance, and he took her to .some, quiet` hotel? he knows,` `where `Ashe"is,y but she made him -promise not to reveal hei`-.identity.-_;"He met~']'9hn,: _however,-`_ and he wto1d:,`_J.oh_'n-.,.:;1bb_ut j. . "h'<.*-,!'.~..-. A re) ' uraise_c1._;'her _gp`r-1to.<`._thg*'skis ?:sa1d.>..ah?` 1' :ct%'1it..'~.;i:`{i-eatxire.' ` IIIULII l'IIUUUI'D. ` . I hate town life, you know. `that, mother. ' (`TL 0 1 _ I n .. . - IIIULIICI 0 It is a change, certainly, said Mrs. Manseld, sinking down in the nearest chair and unfastening her lace cloak; after our free and joyous life at Me!chester_}H'all, L_ondon- does feel close. 1\.._.!. ._n -9 1:4 1 . -o .. .. uauc xa uu aayuig, saiu LVLY. 116306. Time will prove, replied Mr. Moneypenny. I hope she will come soon, for it is impossible to go on. at the present rate of things. The Manselds have left Melchester Hall,` and we are pract.ically keeping up the lace at our own- expense. John_ and is looking for a post as. senior! clerk in one of the big oices here.` Absurd `thing of him to do, when he knows that the moment this girl ap-.3 pears she ll be only too thankful to marry him. No one. could resist John Rand." - u'r1_,_._ :_ ;.___-n ,,-_I!_u .u,- -.1 ,, LCCI CIUSC. Don't talk of Melchester Hall, said Charlotte. ` s V I cannot `help fallci-ng about it, dear.- Suzette and I, we"-talk of the .old times morning, noon, and night, don't we, Susie?- "I".l...A. ..... .1. ....-...-- _--.I -4 - A---- LILIII I VVC, Du`3l.c{ That .we do, mums. and mypony Gipsy. and my cat Jacob, and my dog Bonhur. Oh. I wish we were back. I do wish it! ' ' 511375-11 `I L__'-- ..- ._'-___ 0 in wquxcr gnu` [.18 UK]. ' * . ' ' Are you] really aglad, "CI1arI9tte?' T.%1lS`~".d."`,1i1ft1.e"5`1.?9ttr. I ~ % g b,eQanse.}'.-;1ex_T. pa v %19v,:?'?rW*% Llllllsi ` ' No, nothing in special, only -it is bad for you, Charlotte, to mope so much indoors. - `IT LA`- .., O`! 0 -` v._m`\`;I\. 1 uu VVll5_[l 1[:_ _ _ _ W;e1l,AI have got news anvhow, sand `Charlotte. - u1n--___'an - 1- at up 1. .2. .. dlu QIIQIIULLC. News? .said Mrs. Manseld, the colour ushinginto her face. What? what? Has she been found? `I mean, has she written at last? CL- `I.-- .1--- 1-.- -__-,_- 9-0 I `ua:C uccu uluuurs an ua3.r.' ` ; `Yes. mother, I was. gnterested m a novel and kept on reading xt. I am sorry-.-did you want me for any- thing? KT- ....u.:.... :_ __---:_o - o -. - uuncntc, cuccrcu ulc I'JUlIl.. . , ,` Charlotte was a` young woman who had absolute control over her own features. `She looked uowith-la smile. I `.1 . `:5 l1II:.`4n - |ncu1_- J--- --3-` `I-- 1 scatutca. Jun: 1uuxcu'uDWlIn:a Slnlit. `.`It- is quite a love1y day, said Mrs. _ Manseld. Do yotr. mean to say you ihave -been indoors all day? ` V v fnnfknu T `can. ..-Ln-`-1.-. 2... uu'\v _A "Ail the same, sheemay have come m it; _she may be a pecuhar girl, there is no saymg, ,s,a1d Mr. Reade. hr"';I~`In 117:,` no-nun _n..`:n:-I I`-n. vvnu IJC uucuuuraUIc.' ` .' Hailo -Chattie! What are Von. do- ing here? . A- gay voice was hca1~d.~.in the little hall, and` the next mom- ent Mrs. Manseld, accompanied b Suzette, entered the. room- : f"L-..IALa.- -.--_ _' ..-A-.`_ W ----- "- llUU\.I'3 U1 LUCIE- How I hate, that awful. woman! she said to hhersclf. I couid nd i in me to do her'a mischief, to kill her if it were necessary. Oh. I pray that `she will notflove John! if she loves him and marrieshim, my life` will be u`nendm-able." uLr-1u_ r~L-..2_n 1:11 . -' gcuuy auu. ayu1paLucucauy- I wish you d cheer up, Chattie, he said. Whatever happens,_ yotrand I will be the best of friends. Good- bye. dear, for the present. . Ups 1A:C~ Lam m.-'l\ .-`n.'- `:..._ U !-. Ubdl, tun Luc plcacut. 1 He left her. Charlotte `sank limp- dly down into the deep chair in which he had found her and burst into ` oods of'te.ars. u'rr-,,, .0 . an - an c ucyuuucuu. Uu Iuy WIIC. You know perfectly well that if Margaret marries you, you have an absolute right to half of Uncle l'Stephen s money. . T Lane" L; `I A... -;\L ..A:..._ A_ .I__ `l uswpucu a unuucy. . ' y I know, b_ut I am not going-to `be 1 dependent either on a dead man s `wealth. I will make my own money, come what may. \.._vxuc vv nay Judy. He took her handgand pressed it gently gnd sympathetically. T nvlojc own ,1 `Lag... -4` "'-_LL:A 7 Lug. uUnL } UI1!' ' I don t know. `She is here; she certainly is blameless. -I am sure that from what.I have heard of Mar- garet Rand, from` the letters that she wrote once or twice to niy dear uncle during his lifetime, that she is the last sort of girl to marry for mere money. I will tell you more about her when I see her, and now, dear, I must be going. I wish you d' stay, said Charlotte. "I can t, I have a lot to do. I am working. at my profession: I mean to study for the bar,.I don t intend to y-be dependenton my wife. l VAI1 `runny d\n:ntd`1-- cg-All LL-L. St money,.'continued the] girl, I "was > I-loved him,` and how.` like. a father ._he had been to me, notwithstanding I did notythink at all about thinking about him and .how truly the fact that I had my own dear father living. We went back _to.the house, of course, and the` will was read, and-, a l_of a sudden the.,bomb- ~shell,`burst i our -midst! There was someone in existence nearer than you, John, and nearer, far nearer. than any of us. Uncle Stephen had a 'bl'0tht' whom he loved, and that brother had gone to Australia, and had married there, and had died,..and Uncle Stephen -had quarrelled with his brother, although he loved him, and he was too proud a man to make up .his quarrel during that .`brother s lifetimt, but he left everything `that he possessed to that brother's only child, Margaret Rand. on condition that she married you. How well I re- member the words of the will: 91 want to repair the wrong I did my way a dying man can repair it, so I do a double deed of kindness to-his child, I giveher a double gift. Ivgive her money, heaps of money. more money than she will know how_ to better than gold, the chance of win- `ning the love of the best man I know. There, Tohn, I call it sicken- inn`. don't you?" T _n-_.u Ha ' ` ' brother Henry in the best possible : spend, and I give her also what is A ` "51? s_lx'all-`1`r_1_eiverforget,itI j'shej ~_<`:'o3`\-_. ftitiud. g We _;came' iv dqw_n<. 1i.11'.4V`.t_l l. .mo1:n'ing. and `everything. was a`s1=usual,* and Suzette, `little a'.nge'1; `-,wa7s' - sent upstairs. to know, w A Uncle Stephen did not cometo bx-ea fast-. I.-Ie"want- ed `us all to callhim `Uncle Stephen, don t you -remember? and she could not get him'to hear and ran down again and the `butler went up. and it was discovered that -he was dead, he had died in his sleep. O-h,~ how-te1~ rible it was! Then you came, we wir- ed for. you, and--the "next few days (I can never forget them, they seem. burnt i-nto my brain: like fire, 'but-- ztllule day of. the funeral was worst of I .1! `. V .~ `gun: a. -Juc uugul. at Lcau wru;c. There is a boa.t in from Australia to-da , said. Mr. Rueade, she may possigly; have come by that. 3 Not likely, `replied `Mr. Money-' genny, for if sheb1had,hshe'd -su:_'ely' ave sent us a. ca e w en startmw. One of us would have gone to megt her, or better still, Rand would have gone. . "All 4.1.... ......... -L- ..--_- L-