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Back to Life and im ; OR, WAITING THROUGH WEARY YEARS. i act on her threat, and to turn me cut of doors. Well, I â€" I canuut say a word ! I have nothing to say ! If I could only die!" Her miserable mourning was in- terrupted by the entrance of Mrs. berger and several of the men. Marie Serafinne looked up timidly to read her fate in her mistress's face. But Mrs. Berger was looking around the kitchen in sniiling ap- proval. "Well, Marie," she began, "you have got before hand with your jwork this morning. And you did preceding Christma.s, thai JIarie j* ^^ ^''"'"S up an hour rariiev. I very nearly succumbed to her weak- I rf'"° >";'" b"sthng about down here ness i before daylight. Now if y.>u would I always be so smart I wouldn't want , • i • 4. n M _ ' * better girl :--Come : put the of pies was put into the oven, Mane ; i,.„„, t, . ., . â-  , .. , , . > : , ^ , r 4. J â-  ^ u u breakfast on the taule, she added, .dropped exhausted mto her chair, .„i-„ , Hi- n 1 i J '^ 1 t • * I I takmg up the steaming cofCse-pot 'and nearly famt'.-d. „„ i ,<â- â€¢-â-  -i .i i j - land setting it upon the board. I Her hard task-mistress applied | Marie Serafinne looked at her the moral spur immediately. mistress in consternation. Was "I'll tell you what, Maiie, if you i lirs. Berger making game of ^or ( can't do better than this, you must | Marie did not know, and she was find another place, and I must find ; tno much frightened to inquire. She [another servant!" ! placed the hot dishes on the table, Nor did they care to inquire. She j Marie's thin cheek, an instant be- ""^ stood silently waiting while the was too useful, indeed, too neces- \ fore flushed deeply with the (ire of ^^rge family gathered around it and 6»ty to them, to make it politic to ! hectic fever, now grew pale as sat down. ashes, as she faltered : I "You were up so early, Marie, "I will try-indeed I will try." f°.<^ y^" ^.^"'^ ^"°° «« """^^^ "^"'^ And she staggered to her feet I '^'^ rri<iTmng that you must want and went to work again. i y'.'"'" breakfast too. Sit down now "Now mind you, Marie! I will : J*'* "« ""'^ 'f ,V • ^l'^" *T ""^^ I give vou till New Years. If you i •y.^^/'"*'^ ^ ^'^^ toff^^^'ld yo"' 'don't do better between this and i '"';;^^,.^"- ^"^^^er. still sm.img. then, you go," said her mistress. ^h,s was a vary unusual favor 'I will do mv verv best, ma'am, !*'"' Mane wondering more and indeed I-" began ihe poor girl, j ^-« jlfi h" ^'^^J^L'T'^'A^JT: CHAPTEE IX.-(Cont'd) The Berger people were not very intelligent, not very much given to thinking or speaking of any other subject than such as related to money-making or money-saving ; but even they, in the course of time, had come to the conclusion that the whole of Marie Seraiinne's life, before she arrived among them â€" a life of which she never spoke â€" was a secret that she did not care t-o tell. question too closely into her past If there were any secrets in her life that rendered her more help- less and timid, more patient in la- bor and humble in demands, why, so much the better for them. She would work all the harder, and for leu money. And so, as years passed, they put more and more work upon her, and paid her less and less for it but a violent fit of coughing stop- ! «^^'>" f «**"' \f ^"T"*" *°^ ^^^"^ ^^^ For long years she bore her in- ped her words and nearly choked *="P "^ 'I'^^f *^''* ^^"- Burger pass- creasing burdens bravely. Sne ! her breath. I .,r ,, ""u- arose at four o'clock every morn- And she kept her promise so well I ."^"u ,r V* i^*'«*"^L "''^ ing, two hours before any other that it was nearly twelve o'clock at : ''^^^^ herself. Would Mrs. Berger member of the family stirred, and ; night when she stopped work, and ; fesently turn on her and send her •he worked incessantly until ten crept up to her hard bed in the cold '"'"" "^"^ ^^""'® ^ "' Marie did not know. .She was thoroughly mysti- she could I ^^^' ^"^ '^''^ *^* ^'®''*' huog^v, like o'clock at night, and sometimes ' attic. even until twelve midnight. She | Exhausted as she was. ,, never got more than six hours' j not sleep. She was too anxious, 1 "'.' consumptives. And so, sleep, and often not more than , feverish and restless, and the sea- withstanding her mortification and but so great was her fatigue : son was too full of heart-breaking net- four «f the end of every day's hard i associations. work, that, as soon as she dropped i It was now only two days till upon her bed each night, she fell j Christmas. And on this night instantly into a profound and j twelve weary years before, her child dreamless sleep, that, in its depth, was like a temporary death. Each morning she awoke from this state with a start and shudder, and a great dread of the day's burden to be instantly taken up and borne through eighteen or twenty hours of painful, profitless, thankless la- bor, and she would rather have closed her eyes, and fallen into the sleep of death, than have roused and goaded her weary, aching body ti the agony of new exertion, for which she was growing more and and strangled in an.xiety, she ate a good substantial i breakfast, and felt better and stronger for it. After breakfast the men dispers- ed to their field work, and the mis- tress harnessed her ponv to her lit- tle wagon, and went off to the vil- lage of Peakville to make some piir- > do all the had been born Cliff Cottage ! That memory alone without fever, , , , • n, • cough and care, was enough to have ; ^"*^^«' '«a"°g Mar-c kept her awake all night. 1 housework alone. She rolled and tossed from side .^ shouldn t won.Ur if she was to side, and called on the Lord to lK°"'K,*^«''^ ^o get another gnl be- pity and forgive and help her. \^"t she^ sends me .^way. If she is. Towards morning a feeling of ut- ' ^ '^»*^ ^^^ *°"'^ ^^^^ "'«• ^^ ^ "'''^'i* ter exhaustion, a faintness unto death, came over her ; vet the hour being so near daylinght, she feared to yield herself to sleep, lest she know what to depend on." saM the poor woman to herself. And. timid as she was, she braced hf?rsolf to a.sk the question : "Mrs. Berger. are vou going to send me away? ' she fa'ntlv ino'Mr- I should not wake early enough to more unfit and incapable. But the | rise and get the breakfast ready. , , ^ . law of necessity was upon her, and • But battling with this overpowering â-  ^^' ** °*^'' ""»'«'^''8 was about step- each day. with a greater effort, she i drowsiness was like battling with i P'°*^ '°*° *''*' wagon, conquered her weakness and pain, • â€" .... i "v,. xi „-,» . „.,^ .p 'And took up her again." burden of life Did her mistress notice her failing health and strength? Be sure she did; but only with anxiety on the subject of her own interests, and not at all on that of the girl's sufferings. And whenever she would observe Marie looking unusually pale and weary, and death. There could be but one is- ! ^"' Mane; not if you do as well sue. She soon fell into a deep and j *,' >'?" ^^\^ '^'^"*' ^'^'^ >norn;ng. I dreamless sleep like temporary an- I ''^*? t send you aw.iy : but it you nihilatlon ^f lazing about the house, on ac- Some hours later she awoke sud- 1 P"""* "^ ^'^^''f •'•. ^.^^•''^^ '"^''^ *:' ^," " because I d jti t keon a !i ^^[j:f!!, answered Mrs. Berg'T, as she took the reins and started her pony. Marie went back into tho kii;v-»hen. j less frightened but more n.ystifiod I than ever. I Who had done her work that I denly, and found the morning sun i " oecaus shining full into her face! ' -^'°" '"*°*' A groat terror seized her, exag- gerated by hor own low nervous condition. She heard the familv morning ; That was the question that per- stirring. She knew that they would all be downstairs soon for their breakfast. And she had done no- moving with unusual languor and j thing! Not even made the fire to slowness, .she would say, hardly: i boil the kettle. And she reflected, . , , . ^ , ,, â- , -,â-  < "I'm afraid you ain't strong ! as she started up, and began to i 'P'^- , '*^'" b«>o'^'^ '^^^ possibility | enough to do my work." j hurry on her scant clothing: on all i of settlement. ] This acted upon the failing and [ that she had to do, at this late I ^However, there wa< .-. rre<.t .leal j fainting woman as it was meant to hour! Bread to make, hot forbreak- act, as a sharp lash to a jaded , fast, bacon to cut and fiv, eggs , mare, stinging her to fresh exert- j to beat up into omelettes, potatoes ; P"' '^" *'' '^^'^'^ *»on8. I t.i bake, rice to boil. All. this, that "" '" "" It continued a covert threat, un- : should havo been begun two hours derstood, and meant to be under- | sooner, to do now, and the family ready to come down to the break- fast that they supposed to be smok- ing hot and ready for them. Shuddering with sickening fear as much as with the bitter cold, she went downstairs. stood, by Marieâ€" a threat of dis- missal, to her old life of homeless solitary wandering about the coun- try. Sooner than brave this fate again, poor Marie would work un- til she should drop and die at her work. However, there v.a< .••. c-foit ! of work yet to do. Th.-r-.- wis] '. breakfast to clear away, diinwr to j and the beds t'l make up And strange to say. she fe't al- most strong enough to do it with- out fatigue. She soon restored the kitchen to order, put on a ham to boil, ami a piece of beef to roast, regulated Between Ourselves Let us talk this matter over face to face. You want to make money quickly, easily arvd with the lea^t possible investment. Taxicab ^/J /l/l P®** share offers that rare oppor- Stock at V^"»v/t/ tunity for you to make big profits. Now IS the time while the Company is growing, to make the investment. Seme Simple Logic You Askâ€"upon what do we base our prediction of big profits ? We Answer-The big earnings of Taxi- cao Conapaniea in other cities in general, and the concrete results in particular of the operation of a comparatively aniall number of Tax cabs in Toronto covering a period of seven months. The Lo<2ic is as plain as the simple proposition that tvro and two make four, and two more make six. If the number of Taxicab* which have been running in Toronto up to date warrant the directors in paying a dividend of 2 1-2 per cent, quarterly, or 10 per cent, per annum, doubling or trebling the number of Taxi- cabs is bound to greatly increase the divi- dend-earning capacity of the stock on a much larger ratio, because the overhead expenses do net increase, and the propor- Lon bcrne by each cab is small. The Greater Sco pe Besides the Taxicab end of the bus'- ness, do not forget the great earning powers possessed by this Company from the marketing of commercial motors throughout the American continent Motor driven vehicles for h^avy trucking, all kinds of carting and light deli'«ery are becoming more and more in demand. The possible scope of this side of the business i« practically unlimited, for as a possible customer there is every memufacturer and commercial firm in the entire Aj??jrican Cc nt nent. And the Bema Commercial Mo- tors have no peer in the field. Of Interest to You Your money will make money for you faster in Taxicab Stock than in any other industrial on the Toronto market. The investment is secured by what is practically two distinct lines of business, either one of which woiild separately pay a big rate of dividends. Thus Taiicab Stock gives you double the chance of making your money earn money that is presented by the ordinary proposition. If you neglect to participate in this issue of Capitad Stock in the Bema Motors & Taxicabs, Limited, you are neglecting your own te»t interests. Subscriptions will be accepted up te 100 shares in the order received at this office. m « •! 1 â-  if you wish to piu-ticipate, before Mail us your cheque at once, thu issue of .tock i. exhausted. £A ir.^^l^^U Adelaide and Victoria Sts. .A.iLngUSn^ Toronto SEND FOR OUR ILLUSTRATED BOOKLET. A1 CHAPTER X. The end drey near. When Marie Serafinne had been working out <..as worse than penal servitude for more than ten weary years. It hap the fire, and then went up-slairs tx> ; jj.g great capabilities and to-day the and is bound to rise in value. The | .Adelaide and Victoria Sts., Toron- : make up eleven beds, and clean all' gtopk of the Toronto Taxicabs ' ..-.-.. ^ . . ' one of the most interesting invest- Passing down through the middle ; ^^t '''^.tâ„¢^:- u i ^ c • i i *u pas.sape. she heard the vouug men', \T *»'?'',"''? ^^'^^ finished the nients in the country. With its pre- walkins; about in their rooms, evi- ! ^*'' ^'^ ^!^^ *''*' '*'*' ''°""'' ^'*'^ f'*'V sent outfit it is a success, and « ... dently rcadv to come down. And : '"T" ^''l. . , • . .u , . >" increased equipment, the re- thev were always as huiigrv and as I ,^"* ^'^? ''*"*^ T^"^ "'*'' ^'^^ ,^'*" si.Us will be greatly increased earn- cross as famished wolves. ' I <"''«" »"'' washed the vegetables , i„g., iu the future. Ah! for the poor. sick, friendless ;«"'' P"*,*^^"*/,"^- "'^^ ^^"i *^« l"*^** , .Vs an investment there is no -.f- time to buy is now, at its present 'price, before the rise. Kngi: E. woman .' She e.vpected no lighter i on the top of the stove to warm. , ., I -J 4L 1 1.1 t J- fering to-day before the public pened that during the eleventh win- punishment than to be sent angrily j *H?. '",^° '*'" *''^. *=[°"' ^ ""'"'" i vidend of 10 per cent, per annum, ter, an o.xtremely severe one, she , awav from the house, to her home- ' *»"*">â- Â» f*^® sprink ed down some ^.^^.j^j^ij presents greater po.<«sibjhiies than Ta.xicab stock. the condi- tions are ideal, because the trans- lungs. Though very ill, she did not dare keep her bed. She knew full well that her hard task-mistress would neither tolerate an idle woman, nor be burdened with a .sick one. took a deep cold that fell upon her less wandering in search of a home, I ''"*•'.'=* *° *''^"' ^''^ then she drop in this bitter winter weather! | ped into a chair to rest whiU So. wishing for death to deliver ^ *'*tfl»">8 ^^"^ P"' ''"i'- her from the ills of life, she went ; into the kitchen. How great was her astonishment, 1 and how much greater her terror So every morning, after a night ^ at what she beheld of coughing, fever and restlessness, j There was a fine fire glowing in followed by a heavy perspiration, j the great cooking stove an ! heating bhe would rise, weakened and drip- all the large kitchen. On the toi» ping wet, and dress in her cold and jet the stove a large pot of coffee firelcss attic, and go shivering t was boiling and filling the rdi'M with down stairs to light the kitchen fire ! it fragrance ; two large .sau.epans, and eook the breakfast. And she | one filled with rice and one with would keep at work through her potatoes, were steaming in coin- prostvation iu the morning and her pany : a gi-eat pan if fried bacon fever in the afternoon and evening. , and eggs was covered over to keep Of course she grew worse and j warm, and a huge pan of hot rolls worse. And notwithstanding her completed the bill of faro ready for best efforts, her work went behind. 1 breakfast. It was now late in ncecinber. and | Kven the l:ii:; was near!' set in the Christmas Holidays were at the kitchen, and not a sp(> or a hand, when the married daughters, fork missing! .Ml was (|uiic ready, the son:?-in-law and the grandchil- and not a soul to be seen ! were coming! Marie Ser.afinne sat down in dis- The family all came in to dinner. It was quite ready for them ; and Mrs. Berger's good humor continu- ed. (To be continued.) ''The mistress has done it all hot .HOXEV IN TAXICABS. Toronto's »av Rapid Transit Sys* tcm an Industry which Offers an Ideal Investuiont. Taxicabs in large centres of po- pulation have since their first in- troduction to the public, paid large dividends to their shareholders. To- ronto, the first city in Canada to install a taxicab service, will prove no exception to this rule, for ever since the aunonncsiuent was made in April of this year, that the ta.Ti- cabs were ready for business, they have been overwhelmed with orders. Torontonians have acquired the Taxicab habit, and depend on them dreii '>f the family home for a visit. And there was so much extra .„ ., ^^ rleausins; and conking to be done i self,"" she said, in despair, "she ' £or keeping all their business and that the work was almost doubled, i i.-i tired of talking to me and bear- | social engagements. It was during this trying week | ing with me, and now she means to As a money earner it has yrorea portation system fills a long-felt â-  want, and furnishes the only real rapid transit service in a large and quick growing community. Its rates aie the lowest on the Ameri- can continent, being ba.sed on a flat rate per mile, and all charges are made automatically by the taxi- meter which prevents all disputes between the driver and passen- ger. I Money invested in Taxicab stock is money that works. Every dollar invested in it will be a working dol- lar. Its earning capacity has been proven and after six months of successful operation, it can pay, beginning January 1st, 1910. a di- or 2% per cent, quarterly. With the equipment doubled or trebled the percentage of dividends will in- crease in larger proportion, be- cause the fixed charges are no more for a large equipment than they aro for a smaller one, and the in- creasing of the number of cars run 13 bound to decrease the propor- tion of expense. Taxicab stock has a great future ! tc. is offering Taxicab Stock for public .subscription at $0.00 poi tfharc. 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