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•«**««A*«««***«**4l««i«« CONFUSION OF Or Oentility Nobility of Soul. | SYNOPSIS OF niECEEUINCJ CHAPTERS. â€" Mr. Tielaw- ney, ii scholarly recluse, mar- ries his housekeeper's nieco. niieir daughter, Dorcas, grows to bo • Sirl of couidderable rermciuent. Frank Ilarcourt, of (,;oo(l family, who knew her as a child, meets her and is fascinated with her. CIUPTEB XIX. The Upper Pool was the largest of a eerier of sliallow ponds that lay a nallo or two out of Shcpton. It was the place always used for skating, when sltating anywhere at all was possible, and as the ico was srtroug enough to bear on this Monday morning, and it was the flrsrt loe of the season, the p»ol was soon fairly full of people, and the winter sun •hone all day upon a lively »cene. The Warburton girls wore very handsome, and they skated well en- DMgh to Iteep many eyes upon them. ^'1 wish I had Dorcas here," Frank thoug-ht often to himself as he skim- med the ice by Maud's side; but, as be had not Dorcas, he satisfied him- •elf fairly well with the companion that hud fallen to his .share, and the day would have been a very pleas- ant one to him if, when it was about half spent, he ha<l not suddenly come upon a .sight that drove the color in on instant impetuously to his face, aod the dumon of jealousy to his heart â€" the siiht of Dorcas Trolaw- oey near the edge of the pond, with a man whom he did not know kneel- tng before her and buckling on her â- kates. He gave a start that almost made him lose his balance. Maud was saying something to him, and what â- he enid conveyed uo more meaning to him than if she had been a fly buzzing in his oar. For two or three raoments his whole soul was absorbed in the contemplation of Dorca.'), and the (Iguro at her feet. And then ho and his companion glid- ed past the place where she was, and in a few seconiis she had passed out of his sight. He made an excuse as soou as he could for coming olT the ico. Ho was too unreasonably up.set to care to 50 on .skating. He wonted to stand Dmewhero where ho could watch DorciUi, and nurse his jealousy at his e)i£c. , "Are you going to leave ofl? Are you tired?" Maud aald. rather sur- prY^ed at his movement. "No â€" I only want to look on a Uttlc," he answerod curtly; and tlion they stood for a few moments side by side. What did It signify to him who Dorcas skated with? Ho told him- Wlf that it did not sign^lfy a straw, and turned vigorously away, but half »avag«ly too, to the ta.sk of at- iendlng upon Maud. It was not that ho was angry with Dorcas. Ho was only angry with (ate, and fierce- ly jealous of tlie man who Was in the |ilacc in which ho wanted to be. Ho passed the girl once and bowed to tier with an expression that Tilled her with amazement. Her lips had broken into a smile at sight of him <8he could not but smile at sight of htm, even though he was with Maud Wnrburlon), hut the solemn lugu- briousncsR uf his countenance check- ed that sign of pleius-ure almost in Its birth. "Does ho not want to etxm as If he was glad to .see me?" Dorcns thought; and then Uie color flushed to her face. Was he ashamed of knowing her and being seen to bow to her before these people?" she t»c..,an to ask herself. She tried to keep out of his way after that, and it seemed to hor as If ho too tried to keep out of hers. Perhaps a couple of hours ago, when, meeting Mrs. Penrose and her aon, the vlcoi-'s wife had good-na- turedly asked her if she would not let James get her iskates and come ^Ith them to the pond, Dorctis had accepted that invitation with a little half-consciouB hope at her heart that aiie might meet Frank lltrcourt on the skating ground. He wquld be there, probably, she thought, and if he were there he would be sure to como to her; he would be plooscd to aee her; could she doubt that? She fcfl an it she did not doubt it in the least; she knew ho would bo glad; and so, when she saw him first, the bright young face had broken into the smiio â€" which received in tlie next moment such a wintry check. "I think I tun rather tire<i; I tliiuk I won't sikate any more," she said quietly to James Penrose presently. She had enjoyed the exercise so muoli at first; she had told Mrs. Penrose it was so delightful that she should like to skate for hours, the sudden collapse in her energies puzicled the young man a little, probably. "I am afraid you lind it more tir- ing than you thought you would?" he inquired. "Oh, one is out of practice a little; that is all," s:he said. Sl.n Joined his mother, and let him take off hor skates. "I should like to stay a little long- er and look at them. You don't mind walking about a little, do you, Dorcas?" Mrs. Penrose said. I am afraid it was not at Mr. Penrose's performances that Dorcas was gazing much; she was looking at quite another pai't of the pond; hei" eyes were following two other fig- ures â€" rather wiatfuUy. "Of course he cannot leave Miss Warburton to come to me," she said to herself; but yet she felt strangely deserted and lonoly. Was it not only yesterday he told her how little he cored to be with Maud, and yet now he seem- ed so engrossed with her that ha had not one look or word to give to â€" his old playfellow? She concealed hor disappointment aa well as she could, and talked to Mrs. Penrose. She was a little an- gry, but she told herself she had no cause to be angry; she was a little unhappy, but she would not allow that she was vexed. "Do you see how Inseparable Mr. Harcourt and Maud Warburton are? I wonder if there is goin^ to be any- thing between them!" Mrs. Penrose said. "Perhnpa there ia," Dorcas answer- ed rather wearily. The pair of skaters had come near thcin as she spoke. "There is Mrs. Penrose," the young man was saying. "Yes â€" have you not .seen her be- fore? I have soen her a dozen times," Maud answered. "Lot us go back and speak to her, then." Bnt Maud objectod. "I can't when MLse Trolawney is with hor," she said. And then Frank bit his Up; and as he passed Dorcos this time he did not even look at her. If it had been possible ho would have thrown Maud of! and gone to hor; but how could ho throw Maud off? Dorcas looked at ner watch; it was past one o'clock. "I think I ought to be home," she said. She was tired of it all; there was a bitter taste in her mouth. The elder woman did not notice that the girl Was out of spirits. Dorcas talk- going M.A.W.CiMtE^ OATAMIKHnK ^250. te MM dinci to iU 4tMut<i p«» bjr tlM Improwd Blowtr. Hm1« (lu ulotn^ ciMn lb* «lx puti(«9, uor* «rap)ten la ita ikTOM uid uaraiimiKrT nmi Caturt ind [lay P«»,(r. BlawH fr«». AlldMilK Hv*ea» Ce, TbrosM tad UXM, at V. A. W, i«^ od as she walked home much as she usually did, even a moro acuto ob- server than the vicar's wife might have failed to perceive that any- thing was aml.ss. "He's a fine looking man â€" don't you think so, Dorcas?â€" that young Harcourt, I mean," Mrs. Penrose said once; "but there's always some- thing arrogant about these Ilar- courts to my mind. I remember the fatherâ€" dear me, he was a man 1 disliked; and Mrs. Harcourt, though she's very soft and pleasant in manner, they say that at heart she's ns hard and proud a woman as ever lived, a.nd that her son has to give way to her in everything. You saw her at church on Sunday â€" did you not, my dear? A very ladylike woman, isn't she?" "Yes, I aaw her, and I thought her very lovely," Dorcas said.. "She was a Miss Cholmondeley. The CholmondeleyR are all people of good family, I believe." "Are they? Oh, yes, I suppose ao," Dorcas replied. These people with their family pride and their pure bloodâ€" what had she to do with them? she almost an- grily thought. .She felt as if that pleasant hour yesterday with Frank had gone such a long, long way off â€"as if she should never see any more like it again. Had Frank not known yesterday about her mother? she all at once asked herself, when she had parted from Mrs, Penrose. Had he been ignorant of her story yesterday; and then had somebody at Woodlands told it to him since, and was this what had changed him so much to her? The thought occurred to her sud- denly â€" a new tJiought, making ev- erything clear. Yes, she saw it now; he had never heard tha story before, and last night some one had told it to him, and now he was ashamed of seeming to be intimate with her. "X ought to have remem- bered sooner; I ought to have sus- pected that he might not know," she said to herself. And then she add- ed quickly, "Well, it does not mat- terâ€"at least, not much. It is only a little thing to bear." But yet, though she said it was only a little thing te bear, her heart swelled, and her eyes filled with bitter tears. It had been very nice upon the ice, she said to her mother; oh, yes, very nice, and she had seen a great many people. Was Frank Harcourt there? Yes, Mr. Harcourt was there with the Warburtons. She had not spok- en to him, but ha was skating a great deal. It had been a very pretty scene. The day was so f:ne, and everything had looked so bri[;ht and gay, Dorcas said. How could she help hiding the wound that had been given her? She was atfhamed because sh.? h.id been wounded; she was angry with her."»el£ because the piain she tolt was so sharp. "I would not have turned away from him for such a cau.sc, his mother mignt have been a begg.-.r out of the sti-eet and it would have made no dllTor- ence," she said to herself passionately onct but this was Uie only bitter speech sfio made. Once, when Ixstty xvas sitting at work, she Went up to her, and suddenly, with- out any apparent reason, put her check softly to hci-s, and, when Let- ty looked up inquiringly at this car- ose, Dorcas only began to say some- thing that to the other seemed (^uite Irrelevant â€" about long ajjo, when she was a little child â€" "a bad little child, who didn't love you, moth- er," alie said â€" and kissed her, half laughing, but with her eyes a little wet. Frank Harcourt was not very con- tented or In a very happy humor when the Warburton party drove home in the afternoon to Wood- lands. The girls were pleased with their morning's entertainment, and were talking goyly, but Frank was angry with tiiein and himself and all the world, and would not talk. Ho had almost voluntarily kept himself apart from Dorca.s, but now it un- rea.ionably seemed to him that it was wholly Maud's fault that ho had been kept apart from her. He had meant at Imist to speak one word to her before she went away, and she had gone away when he had not soon her departure, and so even that word had not been spokon. "I think your Miss Trelawney is rathor dow^y, Frank; she wants .style, .she alwtv'S nuta me In mind of a Quaker," Miss Warburton siaid, as they sat at lunch; and then all oognu to talk of Dorcas, and to cri- tic ize hor, till Frank's ears burnt. .Sao was prettyâ€" yew, the girls al- lowed she was certainly pi-otty. In a way, onlyâ€" "It may be fancy, but I always feel certain, for my own part, that I should know there was sometliing peculiar about hor," Miss Warburton declared. "You sec it in her manner; and of course it is na- tural. It would bo very strange if .«ihe did not feel her unfortunate pos- ition, poor girl!" "I really C4inn()t see why her pos- ition need disturb her," exclaimed Frank, hotly; but of course, as soou as he said this, all tho others were down upt)n him, and ho had to do- fend his assertion as ho best could. "Well, why should you try to mag- nify a small evil into a great one?" ho said boldly. "Lot it bo allowed Itching Piles Can Be Cured At it Itlng Proved Every Dayâ€" Operations With All Their Risk, Expense and Danger Frequently Fall, But Yeu Can Rely on It would be difficult to Imaalne a more difllcuU ookc of piles to cm'e than that described below. Altar twenty years of misery Mr. IfcLaufhlin was cured, and cured permanaotly. Mr. Alex. MdUautbiin, for 80 years a resident) of Bowmanvllle, Ont, writes : "For twenty long years I suffered from itching pilea, and only peraons who have been troubled with thai annoying dieeate can in>e.atue <>!::* T endured during that time. About seven years age I ashed a drxigfist II he had anything to cure me. lie said that Pr. Onyse's Otntanant was most favorably spoken ef, and •â-  bis recommendation I took a bea. "Afltr three ajmlirutJons I felt better, and by the time T had used one boK I was on a fair way to ra- covery. I continued the traatment until thorou.'fht^ cured, and I have net sutfOred aay ednea. I am flilktly canviocad that the olntraent made a perfect cure. "I opusidtr Dr. (base's Ointment an invaluable triatiseiit for piles. In my case I think the ourn Iraa ramarkaola when you consider that lam getting up in years, and had been so loag a sufTersr from this di»- eass." ' TMa is tlu only preparation fuaranteed U, cura evary ^arm o( pilea^ 60 aeata a box, at all |||>Wwt tt Mttaiasoa, Bates 4> Co,. Taranto, that her father did a foQli.9h thing; he married out of his clase â€" that is the long and tho short of it. But Mjs. Trelawney is neither a vulgar woman nor a bad woman, and if yqii suppose that Dorciw is ashamed of her, you have malfe an utter mi»- taJie." "And so we are all to marry "r7hom wo like in future, and live as if wo were in heaven, without re- spect of persons? Hear, hear!" said Miss Warburton, with a cynical sneer. And then two or thrco of the oth- ers laughed, and Frank felt the col- or rising to his face, "I don't think there is much imme- diate fear of our coming to live as if we were in heaven, sir, whether wo choose our wives above our own rank or below it," he answered quickly. "Possibly not, Frank â€" only a re- partee proves nothing," said Mrs Harcourt in her quiet way. "It cer- tainly, at any rate, does not justify .swch a marriage as Mr. Trelaw- ney 's." "I am not . attempting to Justify it, mother." "You are attempting to make light of it, my dear boy." "Some of us may well try to do that, I think, when so many are on tho other side." And then there was an abrupt sil- ence, and after a few moments Mra. Harcourt began placidly to talk about some other subject; but Frank was angry, and everybody in the room was quite aware that he was angry, and, with the exception of Mr. Warburton, who, was extremely indifferent to the condition of tha young man's temper, maao each one her own private comments on that fact. ^To Be Continued.) HEALTH rOR LITTLE ONES. Baby's Own Tablets ffiCaka Child- ren Well and ICeep Them Well. If your childrcR are subject to colic, indigestion or any stomach trouble ; if they are troubled with constipation, diarrhoea, or any of the ills that attlict little ones, give them Uaby's Owh Itbiets. This medicine will give relief right away, making sound, refreshing sleep pos- sible. It will put ctaildrca on tho highroad to health at once. It is doing this to-day for thousands of children in all parts of tho country. Mrs. U. L. McFarlano, Bristol, Que., Says : â€" "I take pleasure in testify- ing to the merits of IJoby's Own Tablets. 1 have used them for my baby since she was three months lo Id, and previous to using them she was a delicate child. She is now quite the reverse, as she is plump, liealthy and strong. I think Baby's Own Tablets the best meUioina in tho world for little ones." These Tab- lets are good for ohildreu of all ag«9 and dissol\X!d in water or crualfdd to a powder they can be gi\"e«i with absolute safety to tho youngest, weakest baby. Guaranteed to con- tain no oyiate or harmful drugs. Sold by all dealers at 250 a box, or sent postpaid by writing direct to tho Dr. Williams' Mcdirine Co.. Brockvillc, Ont., or Schc!:ectady, N.Y, MfiNDLT ADVICE. PEOPLE or ODD DELUSIONS. Jerusalem is a Great Place Eeligious Fads. Jerusalem Is a great place cranks, particularly those of gious toadoncies. People who visions and possess tho gift of phocy, who have discovered ways of .salvation and methods for for roli- have pro- new by which they may li\e without sin, seem to Hock here as the moths scok the- light. .Some como in clubs and associations, othnrs as individual**. Many of them are actually iutaue and possessed of pocwliar delusions. There used to be un old sailor here who went around through the prin- cipal streets day aftor day carrying a heavy cross. Ho was doing pen- ance for some groat .fin he had com- mitted, and it would bo a satisfac- tion to know whether he obtained absolution before ho died. Then there was a man who bought a Innil) every morning and sacrificed it- giving the skin ami the meat to the poor. His place of sacrilice was on a rodk outside the walla, and a ci-owd Was there awaiting him when ho came with his ofToring upon his back. Thero is an old woman in Jerusa- lem nowâ€" and she is said to be rich, toy sho lives in a comfortable house and seems to have plenty of money â€" who considers it hor mission to re- lieve the hunger luid tho diati-css of nil tho IslimuolitisU dog;:. -She goes out daily with baskets of bread and meat lo feud them, and if she can catch one of tho mongrel curs wi'.h which tho streets are haunted, she takes him homo, washes him, . puts ointment upo)i his sore.'*, aoaks' him with Carbolic acid and other disin- fectants and then turns hiaf luosc Hut sho never gets the samo «log twice. Although they like tho food she brings them, they do not relish Uie other attentions. The MoslcmH, like the North Ameri- can Indian.'), consider a lunatic sa- cred, and any man who comes hero with marked accentricics i.s absolute- ly sale, safer than if he had em es- cort of the Sultan's bodyguard. Mr. Singletonâ€" "MiSB Willingâ€" <râ€" Nellie, you don't care If I drop tho â- Miss' and rail you Nellie, do you ?" Mi.ss Willingâ€" "No, indeed I Why, only ya-storday I remarked to mam- ma that 1 wua getting awflully tli'ed of '>eing called 'Miss.' " tov/eAk, ner vows and EAS. ILT TIEED women, Given in the Story of One Who Had Suffered and Has Found Rene-wed Health and Strength. From the Sun, Orangevllle, Ont. It is a good many years since th« good wrought by Dr. Williama' Pink Pills was iirst recorded in the coU umns of tho .Sun, but during thati pen-^od the sterling morit of thq meidit cine has increased its reputation and every day adtls to the number of those who hava found health through the use- of these famous pills. Many in this town have freely spoken ol tho benefit they have derived from the use of Dr. Williams' Pink PllU and to these another is added in tin person of Miss Victoria Widdis. Tq a reporter cf the Sun who had heard of her cure. Miss Widdis said : "Sev- eral years ago I tiecame ^ery much run down ; I felt tired all the time, my blood was watery and I was in what the pihysicians called an anae- mic condition. I was always weary and worn out, not able to do any- thing and yet not sick enough to be in bed. My heart bothered me with its constajit palpitation, brought about by my extreme weakneas. My apipetite failed rao and I was gradu- ally growing worse. I had heard and read of Sr. Williams' Pink Pills and decided to give them a trial. Aftor using them a short time a de- cided change was noticeable and It is no exaggeration to say that I felt like an entirely different person. My appetite returned and with it good blood and strong nerves. I con con- .scientiously soy for Dr. Williams' Fink Fills that they did me more good than I can tell. To all weak, nervous, easily tired, run down wo- men, I say by all means to gl\"e Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a trial and you will be delighted with the result." It is because these pills make rich, red blood that they cure such trou- bles as anaemia, shortness of breath, headache, palpitation of the heart, rheumatism, erysipelas, St. Vitus' dance, and tho functional allmenta that make tho lives of so many wo- men a source of constant misery. The genuine pills alwaya bear the full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People," on the wrapper on every box. Sold by all dealers o« sent by mail at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50, by addressing the Br. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. .♦ â-  THE EVIL OF HEAVY HATS. It Is the Most Fruitful Cause â-  ol Baldness. When travtjUing in countries wher« Uio great majority of the people habitually walk bareh-oaded, as is the case in many parts of Italy, for instance, ono can hardly help notic- ing the' great number of handsom* heads of hair seen on tho streets. This fact must bo accepted us one ol tlie strongest pixjofs that the hut is the most fruitful cause of baldness It is certain that there are mor« bald men than bald women in the world, although if. women wore con- demned to wear heavy, unyielding felt and silk hats as men are, they would probably suffer asi much. The heatl-gear to which men are condemned for tho greater part ol the year has .several qualities in- oimrablo from it which tend to lowei the health of the scalp and injui-^ oi entirely destroy the hair, and in a lesser dogroo women'.sr'hats may coma under tho same condemnation. Thcst qualities are weight, lack of ventila- tion and tightness. Any hat Which causes a sense o{ oppression and heaviness across tho brow will injiu-< tho growth of the hair. Let any woman who has worn foi months or years small, light bonnets set bade fronx the face put on a still felt hat that rests upon the brow, and »ho will soon idealize how vigor- ously her whole head resents tho un- wonted tyranny. .She will (iud hel- s^lf constantly lifting the weight tt gain a moment's relief and fresh air for tho imprisoned and robelling nerves and \'eins. If she persists in wearing the hat, in a shol^t time the danger-signals cease. Her brow be- comes apparently indifferent to th« insult ; it has given its warning â€" i'ts danger-signal!* of pain and discom- fortâ€"and now adapts itself to th< new burd/n. But the harm goes on, novoiiLhe'ess. The scalp ."JufTcrs frow overwork, overheating and lack o; vvntilalion, and in a short time tht thinning templi s and dull, nervelof* hair will tell the tale. The growing cu.stom for women ol removing tho hat in public places to- gether witU tho extreme lightness ol tho structures demanded by fashiop for the greater portion of the year should result in a noticeable im- provement in this respei-l. for with the hair aa with all the rest of us, good looks cannot cxiit withoui good health. • ' Mra. Simkinaâ€" "I see that our new neighbor has bought a hand.somt unibrolla-stanii for her hall." Mr, .Simpkiiisâ€" "Ard now she makes het hushiind come into the house throi:gt tho kitchen and leave his umbrella in the sink." "How is your hu.sbnnd this after noon, Mr.f. Dotihs ?'â- * "Why, tht doctor says n.t how if he lives til morning ho shall hkvc some hopci of him ; but if he don't ha is afearat he must give htm up." ^^» 'f^ ♦