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B0b iâ€"run away with her â€" h-l'x;;eâ€"lf to England ? 1y 6e noepice s Ees 4 then, he might go himself not ?â€"run away wikL LCl EnE P y at }* .‘.nen Warren Rolf was here, in this selfâ€"same houseâ€"on this very floorâ€"next door, pos gibly | . He would like to go in and wring the oreaturé‘s neck for him !â€"But that would be rash, unadvisableâ€"premature, at anyrate. The wise man dissembles his hateâ€"for a | whileâ€"till occasion offers. Some other _ time. ~With better means and more preâ€" meditation, If he wrung the creature‘s neck now, a foolish prejudice wonld hang him for it, unâ€" der all the forms and pretences of law, And that would be inconvenientâ€"for then he could never marry Elsie ! How inconsistent ? that one should be perâ€" mitted to crush under foot a lizard or an ad. | der, but be hanged, by a wretched travesty ‘of justice, for wringing the neck of that nox. | . foas vermin! He stamped ‘with all his might upon the bolster (vice Warren Relf, | 1 not then producible) and gnashed his teeth | 1 in the fury of his hatred. . Some day, my | ; fine fellow, it‘ll be your own turn," he mutâ€" | c tered to himself, * to get really danced | p upon." h Happy thought! If he let things take | n their own course, Relf would probabigy never | B go down to the station at all, waiting like a | ef fOOl bO heal‘ from Hluta ..‘ m ~/. 3 olf woanlj 10. 12. _". _ "28 9.40 ; and Warren Relf would be there to join her. "IJ meet you at the station at the hour you mention." But not unless Relf received that letter,. Should he ever receive it? That was the question. He glanced once more at the énvelopeâ€"} torn hastilw anamw . ce var, _2 CAC_& t After a while Hugh‘s excess of maniaâ€"for it was little elseâ€"cooled down somewhat, He began to face the position like a man, He must be calm ; he must be sane ; he must deliberate sensibly, > "2viation evenfrom me. But probably no’t’:. I wish I could do anything to lessen this misery for him." Why did no answer come from Elsie ? That puzzled and surprised Warren not a little, He had begged her to let him know first thing in the morning whether she could get away by the 9. 40. He won. dered Elsie could be so neglectfulâ€"she, who was generally so thoughtful and so trustworthy. Moment after moment, he watched and waited : a letter must surely come from Elisie. After a while Hugh‘s excess of maniaâ€"for It koun Heincloca‘ WE sE c Mh s wars e 5_ _c. 2 0V J0F Warren in effigy. â€" The relief from his strain had come boo quick. He was beside himself now with love and ra e, mad with excitement, drunk with hatres and joy, and jealousy.. That greature ‘marry his Kigie. forsacth ! TTX a‘y pi LC Tt â€"~puIu=â€"~â€"udtt Veor. |J LO w min ! Hs, ha ! I have you now at my feetâ€" | Pah ! my heel on your neck, you sneaking traitor. | Bu Hiding my Eisie so lon from my sight || risen. But I nick you now, on tie eve of your vie. | would tory. You think you have her safe in the He hollow ef your hand. You‘ll carry her off | tocrat away from me to England ! Fool 1 Idiot 1| himse Imbecila ! o Baikma_2.P x; L £ hyponaur, 3 _ e , What need to play the hypocrite, here, alone, in his own hired house, in the privacy of his lonely widowed bedcshamber? He smiled to himself in the narrow lookingâ€"glass fastened against the wall ! He laughed hilariously. He showed his even white teeth in his joy : they shone like pearl. He trimmed his beard with unwonted care ; for now he must make himself worthy of Elsie. "If 1 be dear to some one else," he murmured, with the lover in Maud, then I should be to myself more dear." Anithat he was dear to Elsie, he was quite certain. Her loved had suf. fered eclipse, no doubt : Warren Relf; like a shadow, had flitted for a moment in be. | teween them ; but when once he,, Hugh, | burst forth like the sun upon her eyes once | more, Warrea Relf, paled and ineffectual, } would hide his diminished head and vanisk | into vacancy. * Warren Relf J That reptileâ€"that ver.| min ! Hs, ha ! I have you now at my feetâ€" | I my heel on your neck, you sneaking traitor,. Hiding my Eisie so long from meo dolct>l. N _ bo get really danced ught! If he lep things take irse, Relf would probablgy never he station at All, wai ting like a from Elsie ; and thenâ€"why,} t go !h‘iu‘xaelf_ andâ€"wellâ€"whvy ‘2z7°d and surprised Warren not & He had begged her to let him know ng in the morning whether she et away by the 9.40. He wonâ€" Mlata i ara a h8 * 1. â€" 2 3 j3 "_TC6) but his heart was blithe as a lark‘s on a bright May morning. He drew up the blind : the sun was flooding the bay and the hilisides with Italian lavish ness. Flowers were gay on the parterres of the public garden. Who could protend to be sad at soul on a day like this, worthy of whiâ€" test chalk, when the sun shons and flowers bloomed and Elsio was alive again? Let the dead bury their dead. For him, Elsie ! for Elsie was alive again. He lived once more & fresh life. What need to play the hypocrite, here, alone, in his own hired house, in the privacy of his lonely widowed J § q cnry M eml oi L Ogc 03 0(10 ooo SSMER P AME DALYY oh. EL :1 nged, by a wretched travesty | _ A throb | a jump !â€"ali wringing the neck of that noxâ€" | Elsie, Eisgie, Eisio, Klsie He stamped with all his | _ She never turned ; she e bolster (vice Warren Relf, | walked on hastily, side by cible) and gnashed his teeth | ren, the serpent, the repti his hatred. . «: Some day, my | pass out on to the platforn l]}?e gpur own turn," he mupâ€" | Garriato â€" tris q_.ly" 20n 74 seke i. Li o _ _ _"A" when once he, Hugh, forth like the sun upon her eyes once Warrea Relf, paled and ineffectual, hide his diminished head and vanish cancy. arren Relf! That reptileâ€"that ver. mp C hacl c gi e‘ s THE THREAD oP |jfr CHAPTER XLII _ â€" S 10w, from yours. Your touch my Elsie‘s. Nectar is not for mudlarks, I‘ll bring your marrowâ€"bones before me. utwit me. “Two can play at y Euis 4 UV ie in her own %ood time. r him, for all that, in His worst enemy could v. He must be suffer. â€"â€"and to approach as near ie as the narrow resources permitted. Butit was all w mockery, a transparent outer semblance : his coat 10947\ ave 1 off SUNSHINE â€"FAOR To FacE case C H S l At a shabby tr he took his break but the coffee was ’ aroma of the new!] fresh fruit was : Mediterranean slo cover a multitude have nicer, now, daintily purpled . SÂ¥e o T sensibility he had taste his breakfast by the seaâ€"shore been arranged a sC YE _ .mC His beautiful, pure,nobleâ€"hearted El To write to that reptile ! What desecrati Pah! It sickened him. But it was not for long. The sun risen. Before its rays the lesser Luci would soon efface themselves, He ranz the bell, and after the usual a tocratic Italian interval, a servant presen himeelf. Y our Italian never shows a vul haste in answerin bells. Hugh han him the letter, rea.tfdressed to Wg'arreni forged imitation of Elsio‘s handwriting, a asked simply : " This geontleman is in i pension, is he ?" 2o hse toid the landlady with a sigh of nsibility he had no heart that morning to ste his breakfast. Ho would go and stroli 7z the seaâ€"shore alone, Everything had en arranged about the poor signora, What grief !" said the landlady, Look u, Luigi, he can cat nothing." i K+ se yo o‘ , e another unchecked â€" Elsio was alive! He had But no! The scandalâ€"the gossipâ€"the indecency ! With Winifred dead in the room below ! He must shield Elsie from so grave an imputation. He must bide his tims,. He must simulate grief. He must let a proâ€" per conventional interval elapse. Elsio was his, and he must guard her from evil tongues, and eyes. He must do nothing to comâ€" promize Elsie, Still he mightjast go to the station to meet her. To satisfv his eyes. No harm in that. Why give the note at all to the rentila 9 There, now, would be a dramatic triumph indeed for you ! At that very moment when the reptile was waiting in his lair for the heroine, to snatch her by one bold stroke from his slimy grasp, and leave him, discon solate, to seek her in vain in an empty wait ingâ€"room ! It6 was splendid !â€"it was magniâ€" ficent! The humour of it made his mouth j water. Snd meouet " Anliviy Portrtints in tihaniaisd BlDOY:hBBthe .3'@ Lucuul c 0 ~~ | there. (He ldoked up, not without som‘* + Yy Inifred, o > & of oyance. What a bork, d the Iandlady with a sigh of &&r;?i%ng:v%:ed iamfiey didn‘t want to be du;% e had no heart that morning to turbed or recognized just thenâ€"at Montj;;}g akfast. He would go and stroli Carloâ€"and with Winifred lying dead oZ shore alone,. Everything had her bed at San Remo ! > ed, about the poor signora, It was a desultfory London club acquai: : â€" _ !" said the la!“dlf‘,dy + **Look banceâ€"a member of the Savageâ€"and ‘wit~== e can eat nothing. him was the man who had come with Hug _ y frattorta in the main street, | in the train from Mentone, reakfastâ€"a sloppy breakfast ; | _« Hullo, Massinger," the desultory Sa _ . was good, with the exquisite age observed complacently : * who‘d ev newly roasted berry, and the thought of meeting you here ? Down in t & ‘as_really delicious. On the South for the winter, or on a visit? | Co 2 slope, coffee and fresh fruit | for pleasure, or is your wife with yo ude o}f) sins.h What could you W hitentrand a.. _ Y°H 1 OW. than thaks L000 mone SHADE, fls [_% ~_ 7 _/ " 4 poOrSOn. H1 1 r dead | °°% Was all engrossed with Risie. Whaq now I N? longer dead was a casual foreigner to him, with Eisfe, living love o cdaress T.21¢ | Elsic, Elsie, recovered ; g:lnforg;ng.ressedrei;s:o8;;s The Casino gardons wore already filled of (’ieli tfl and kissed is | With loungers and children â€"gamblers‘ is hot I%lsie’s? children, in gay Parisian dressesâ€"but the s gamingâ€"rooms themselves were not yet open, ure,nobleâ€"hearted Elsio ! Hugh, who had come there half by accident, ptile ! What desecration ! for want of somewhers better to ‘go to, and iim. who meant to return o Nan Rarma LL i1 for long. _ The sun haq | YRQ °* Tow . er saw. She 8 with War. Hugh let her d choose her _ fairly over. ; knew Winifred ! He enjoyed his nine by the big His up ? If | fop p1.4._ .fi _ ) HHVCF, OF on & vigit? | Co "Na Iresh fruit | for pleasure, or is your wife with yo hat could you | Whitestrand too much for you in a fog green figs, so English N ovember, he ?" °y side, and Hugh made up his mind at once to . he local vine. course of action ; he would say not & sin= ne of musky | word about Winifred. ""On a wints » . C of the hayp | _ _"JC @OORL :. down seen and must w;, ;, 11 __ _ "3° e deej purse, and must win in the end, if you gC long enough,." | « The Russian‘s face wore a calm expres; of superior wisdom. «* I know better,‘ answered quietly, "I have worked b0do myay 7. . n " SCn by nature, he j to. too much commonsense to balieve in Mig po. ingales. * The bank‘s bound to beat you § the long run, you know. I%b has the deep 4E purse, and must win in the end, if you goales. long enough." u* se <, 00000 9â€" LCC > ONOUsggas pounds â€" steriingâ€"isn‘t it, Lock :â€"ynd mean to try your luck, then, ey gn a Lgvonsieur 2" ive he Russan smiled, « For once," he ansv,;,j ed rodding his head good-humouredly. &# have a system, I believe : an infalli system. _ I‘m a mathematician myself â€"â€"â€" taste and habit. I‘ve invented a plan tricking fortuneâ€"the only safe one ever 1 discovered." IR Hugh shook his head almost mechanica _‘ ‘CAll systems alike are equally bad," replied in a politely careless tone. Gamident as he had always been by nature, he | 1. Fran saee ale: wl dn 1 express in wan. 7. 1 """Y BaYve bappenedie. express in your lcoks and manner. . Thiy hundred thousand francs is no doubt a ve large sum. Why it‘s ‘twelve thousa‘": pounds steriingâ€"isn‘t it, Lock :_yud MEBAN : | hh > herw" mA io Ag oo n Kemo bookingâ€"office upon it wholly by ch; he had come ; it was smiling aspect of the away with wonder, _ of all that blue bay & feverish excitement a covery that Elsie, his Elsie was alive, and h. He must build uD a fon 20 0 . udn l aL uU first train, Strolled ca thought to a seapy on the pied as he was, the love nevertheless toolr Li.. . |,. Hugh had not had the carriage entirel; to himself all the way ; a stranger got in with him as Mentone station. But so ab sorbed was Hugh in his own thoughts tha he hardly noticed the newcomer‘s presence. Fall of Elsie and drunk with joy, he had ut terly forgotten the man‘s very existence more than once, Crying and laughing by turns as he went, he must have impressed the stranger almost like a madman. He had smiled and frowned and chuckled to himself, exac@ &s if he had been quitealone ; and though he saw occasionally, with a care. less glee, that the stranger leaned back ner. vously in his seat and seemed to shrink away from him, as if in bodily fear, he scarcely troubled his head at all about 80 insignificatt? and unimportsat a person. Hi« sant O warho PE _ Ket L0 invitoeicnds tm 5t mmb natiita Autate utacatetacpet 1k 2 1114 fin the morning sunlight. The ro Monaco rose sheer like a painter‘s from the sea in front of him." And stepped from the carriage at Mont Station, with the mountains above the gardens below, flooded by th. Mediterranean sunlight, he looked Eit't} _at the scene in pure ass Mn > Paater tirtrt oc in mhs en tpatorendeatiec s ht 2541 1 12 Elsie was orying in her carriage tooâ€"cry ing for poor tortured, heartâ€"broken Wini. fred. £nd not without certair pangs of regret for Hugh as well. She had loved him once, and fie was her own cousin. And all the time, Hugh Massinger, in his own carriage, was thinkingâ€"not of poor dead Winifred ; not of remorge, or regret, or ponitence ; not of his sin and the mischief is had wroughtâ€"but of Elsie. The bay of Mentone smiled lovely to his eyes. ‘Tte crage of the steep seaward scrap on the Bay Martin side glistened and shone in the morning sunlight. The rock of Monaco rose sheer like &A painter‘s dream from the sea in front of him." And as he utannod pB NOR Mo ts . Lsup of V nti,, I)p _: 1 ___4 Uupon Its way to the frontier, Bordighera, Ventimiglia, â€" the Royas, the Nervia, were soon passed, ‘Fhey ea;:red France at the Point Stâ€" Louis. 1 a 00 mubee * sds The train rattled on upon its hus 48e P an ne. 8 E ed up, not without 'i;oz;(ffi annoyance. What a bory, â€" He didn‘t want to be dirl\ ie. *‘ I came over w 2l lum [entone this morni; C 107 nad the carriage entirely 1 the way ; a stranger got in Mentone station. But so abâ€" ecel s 0 nc L2 h desultory Sa _**"who‘d evy _ _Down in t & visit? Cor *~*"s â€"STAR MUSIC 8 sSS S T PAUL HT. â€" 8 Hu " 1â€"G@oops THE BEST V n _ | > * Kimg brsetkoast. Bank ine:W gâ€"}i fi;;z;{l .:nther Anesthetics ow ; Â¥ 4 d t y cfsas Ccr YÂ¥ YÂ¥ n‘ ‘.% 41 ! ' iC K s. OHITTENDEN o e nfetEAkXT DBI Of the Latest Styles and Most Artis and see us Remember the place, 16 Macna The Greatest Discovery of the Age. Price â€" â€" $3. THIS SILYERâ€"PLATED ANSTRUMENT Keep on Hand a Large Stoc 16 MACNAB ST. NORTH, H THE GREAT EYE AND LUNG RESTO Actina is not a medicine or a digusting lotion or 1Emwder ting Vapor, easily and pleasanmtly applied at all hou _ Actina No. 2.â€"Quickly relieves ang thoroughly c "C0 HIM* 1/ / George Henschel and his wife will make omed to | the American transcontinental tour this his acâ€" | seagon. Henschel has had & remarkably o watch | successful Summer as conductor of symphony 6 corcerts in London. Remo, f bed of F.or a couple of years bast the high life l8 Parisienne has recently eschewed a display of %ls_r.f(#zxrlo diamonds and JjJewels. Shapely ehonlgm adotje/and wellâ€"rounded arms have been left uwist poaiell oo o O olren‘ arims have been, left un HM en ts Zowsis i ; PRAUAAUV®* SE ___ovrlo. s King & DB. 8. ZIBIMEBMA S p EN or King 4& MeNab 8t Vitg}ifi E Pp. GREEN, pENT 0 32 Jar (Over 8:+y as. Vitalized Air, etc., f€ eeth. Upper 0 lower set d frae of charge every M PATTISON, COL H 3 Barristors, i Offices : St. Paul‘s at o * ~ oo 10 u memToAN: h C and 11. .. _1 _ s : PHULOrH bow at the back, and, though not a pin i used, it keeps its place and holds the drog perfectly. _ Yum Yum, however, does no want her dress spread out like the tail o the peacock. She runs rather to the pull back and the the loose folds of tne unstarch ed stntfe Arhian . 22 2i on & PBAC'IICAL pENAAAP* | Over No. 3,,5‘9_‘ Stree East Hamilton. DB. 8. ZIBIMFA!MAN, T EN TIST. or King & MeNab 8t8. Hamilton @1 Vitg!ifeq }ir E p. GREEN, pENTIBT, e 32 James Sbreet, HAMILITON: f (Over §:well Brother8 ) Gas. Vitallzed Air, ebCâ€" fer the s:inlou extraction eeth. Upper 0 lower set only §6 08. Teoth exbro d frae of charge every Manday aflternoon. //,_ e n var To n Oomive 48 29 10Uf : and its material is as rich as h stances will warrant. Sometimes of magnificent stiff fabrics and lo embroidery. It is tied in a big bow at the back, and, though not used, itla keeps its place and holds natnl m aALl [ ie se n n dR e . ooo hm ie s nalra PATTISON, COLLIER & uP Barristors, §olicitors» Offices : St. Paul‘s Streot, sSt. C w. E. PATTISON. HEBBEB‘! C A. B. gHAW. â€"â€"â€"â€"<=ar INGERSOLL & do ns ... .,, ®_ "" Parschesded. Bkirta they : do not G*%. &n whe long stockings and the high heslsd shoe never clasp their toes and ° | calves. The J apanese girl wears no gloven, ° | and she never logses her shoeâ€"battoner, KWeor _ | shapely little feet clatter over the strees in ‘| wooden sandals two inches high, and se | holds these on by a white cerd, which, thed to the wood between her first two toss, crosses the foot and is fastened to the sandat at the heel. In Place of stookin the has foot mittens, and these heve a « g;ger " for her great toe, and they do not come higher than her ankle at the leg. Above this comes her dress, and if the weather be wet she will think t othing of pulling is up to ker knees and in wobbling along with her bare calves showing at the back., This dress, however, is a curiesity. B has no pins nor hooks and eyes to keep it together, and as for buttons, they are a foreign invention, It consists of a long robg made of silk, creps, or cotton, aad this & open at the front like a long jacket. Wher worn one side of it folds over the other at the froat, and it is hali 1. _i"C _ MWill visit Smithville ~~4an @VerY Tuesday Y AA NoBUOOnJ | A Japanese Cirl‘s J As an infamt, Yum Yum dre mother, and the givls of Japan upon clo*they chan g. their Amer Spring sonn â€" they never get, manhas sere goag fnw:headed. do not G*%. &n whe long stockin high heâ€"lsd shoe BeVEer clasn th. P o en x Will visit Smithville every Saturday, â€" lan every Tuesday 204 Grimsby_ â€" OV Fhursday, where he will be prepa.red to Dental work in all its branches. Vitalized Air for Painless Extraction. Pruestek â€"BEEbIOn Street, Beamsville. ~â€"~»pIrGQMnI OQpFICEâ€" school B00K8» . McoDpONALD, pl . Pward, Lhe cheaper few dollars, and some h are made of cotton and which cost only a Beamsville, s a present of one and k. The girl was delight. , but she at once removy.â€" and fas‘bened it to her pEETZEL. OSLER No yike c 29 002 C looks and eyes to keep it for buttons, they are a It consists of a long robp pPS, or_cotton, aad this & like a long jacket, When it folds over the athar a4s c 2009 § °A NHPO . _ It is four yards long as rich as hor circum Sometimes it is made abrics and loaded with ied in a big butterfly SA io ve x 2C 2 1 Groceries, her bustle. The W ear-rings, anonl a this belt. The the dress, and am told cost as is over the other at in place by a wide s the finest part of it forms her cinrfta , Patent Medicings, coriles, Boots and Shoos, ps, Hardware» Earthon: Qrockery, Glass, Ghoulders a:r:d Side Moat, & SHAW, ont- 9 apan spend loss American sisters, _ket, for ali woâ€" e o m & MARQUIS Testh extract , ONT. . RYKERT, Q.C dresses like her M on ayrcap n W HARRISON Catharines. COLLIER Dres. her girdte a pin is the drogs &c.,&c. ont TERMS ONT. every to do Jorâ€"