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• I The PoweF of Pepsuasien {: tt'**'*i**I"M'*r^r*j ^i: â€" Or Lady Caraven's Labor of Love. â- l- M 'l n i l M 't'r M " t ' M 'M"!'H< CHAPTER XI. "Y<»," sho answered, "1 must go away." "That Would be a couuiionplaco ending, aflcr all â€" running iiway from your trouble. Hildred, I can see how you may make yourself a hero- ine â€" how yoji may ri.so from thi.s, your girlish, dissatisfied life, to the grandest heights of heroism. I see It, and, unless I am greatly mis- talcen In my estimate of your char- acter, you will do it; it is better to die on the heights of heroism, than in the deptjis of despair." She looked up at him with a gleam ( "It would bo 4 noble tusk said, thoughtfully. "Could plish it, llaoul?" "With perseverance and self-con- trol that would amount to heroism you might," he replied. "You must be the sculptor who from a ma.ss of qualities, good and bad iiiLermixod him love hor with all hi.s heart." "Lord Caraven will never love me," she said. "I do not think that ho has any heart to give; it is all wast- edâ€" ho has bad a hundred loves." "But not one real one, Ilildred-. If you win his heart, take my word for it, you wili bo his first love. Wo will toko our stand on .>»omething higher. Tr) win lovo is pleasant, but you shall not devote your life to that. You shall devote youself to the rousing of a soul, naturally noble, but long buried in self-indul- genco and folly: you shall spend your life jn making the Karl of Caraven worthy of the name he bears. You have promi-sed." It was wonderful how the expre.":- I accom- sion of tho beautiful face had chang- ed (luring that quiet interview. She ro.sc with the gaye.st, sweetest laugh lio had ever heard from her Itps. â- 'I am a Woman with a Mission." she said, "and I .shall always think of myself with capital letters. Raoul. sho ' must try to produce a perfect char- I cannot be grateful enough to you. actor." "But," she said, half doubtfully, "he docs not love me." "That does not matter. I pro- phesy that he will love you in the end â€" that when you have roused hi.s soul from its sleep it will turn to When you first entered the house I felt as though Heaven had .sent mo a friend. If happineas conies to mo through following your counsel, how .shall 1 thank you?" "1 .S'hall need no thanks, Illldred," he replied. "You are and have of interest in her face. She had y"" naturally as the sunflower turns iieen, ever since I first saw you, the to tllO SUB been so lijjig without hope that toiTr.ij ,.,,, be told sho could be heroic u-woko ; "'/,"^f!^_- _ within her a feeiing of wonder. "There are two ways before you â€" that of fighting against your fate, rebelling with all your heart against It, and that of submitting to it and making the best of it. You may, for instance, leave Lord Caraven. You have money in abundance, you could live either in England or abroad, you could have plenty of so- ciety â€" but you would never be hap- py. You might try to throw your whole heart and soul into tho gaye- ticf* Bind frivolities of tho World â€" they would tire you; you are too noble for that. Then tho chances are tliat when you found all these things pall upon you, you would want to lead tho woman's true life, which is that of love. Of all tha fates that would be the mo.st dread- ful which could overtake you." "I am not afraid of it," sho re- plied slowly. "So you tliink now; but I am one of those who believe that no wo- man can live without lovo. If you should ever, when the world had tir- ed you and your heart ached with the weight of your loneliness, seek comfort or con.solation in tho love of any creature, your fate would bo terrible. Picture yourself so situ- atedâ€" a woman beautiful, gifted, and brilliant, married, yet with no hus- band by her side; all duties of rank, and position Ignored; mistress of a home that she never saw; beautiful, yet miserable with tho never-failing consciousness that she had run away from a life that might have been , me improved. It is a sorry picture for a noble woman, a sorry ending for a life that might have been heroic." "Yes," sho agreod, "a sorry end-' "Now look on tho other sideâ€" sub- mission to your fate. Believe thi»â€" whether he knows it or not, every man is more or less influenced by a woman; every sensible man will own Itâ€" will own frankly that he owes the better part of his character to the influence of a noble woman. Be- lieve me, Mildred, most great and wi.so men owe the greater pai-t of their wisdom to tho influ- ence of good and noble wo- men. It is tho grandest influence in the world"â€" and the soldier rais-' ed his noble head proudly. "I need not quote history to youâ€" you are dearest object on earth to me. You are my dear sister, Ulric's wife. I have loved Ulric all my life â€" I could not help loving you." In another minute tho beautiful face had di.<»appeaied, and Sir Raoul was loft, in the pleasaunce alone. "A man might lay down his life for such a woman as tliat." he said, with what was almost a sigh. • •••*••••• Lord Caraven stood in tho billiard room at Ravensmero; ho had been playing with one of his friends, who, having received a telegram, had gone to answer it. He stood alone, leaning carelessly against tho ruin, who woke his soul from its open veranda, something more tlian long sleep, who taught him how to his usual indiflorence darkening his live and how to die. Could you he."*- face; he never liked interruption dur- itate for one moment between these ing a game. two pictures?" "a moat Do you not foresee it. And an alomst saintly cnthuiiiasm shone on his face. "It is possible, Raoul, but " "^fay. be bravo. Think of tho dilTcrence in the ending," he said. "Imagine the earl on his death-bed, tortured by tho ghosts of those whom ho has neglected, by the ghosts of duties left undone, ready to curse the young wife who, by fly- ing from him and leaving him to his own devices, had ha.stcned his ruin, body and .sx>ul â€" picture that.. Then fancy to .yourself the earl on his death-bed, blessing the dear wife, the noble woman who saved him from "No, not for one moment, Raoul. I do not hesitate â€" I will not hesi- tate. I will do my life's work." unpropitious moment," thought the countess, as she caught sight of him; but having given her word to Sir lUoul, she would have She pondered in silence, broken j marched up to tho mouth of a load- only by the western wind, a,s it bent ed cannon rather than have broken tho heads of the roses, and shook it. the white acacia blossoms on to tho ; Looking up. the earl could not but gross. confess that ho had seldom seen a It was Hildred who with a little lovelier picture than his young wife cry broke the silence as she looked at that moment presented, with a into Sir Raoul's face. "We have forgotten one thing," she said; "we have decided that Ul- ric's reformation must be attempt- ed, that is a good thing to under- take; but you have not told me how it is to be set about." "Your own instincts will tell you tha.t. Will you let me speak quite freely to you, Hildred, and promise that you will not be offended Hush on her face, and her hands fill- ed with sprays of fragrant mignon- ette. siie would not reveal her hesitation but went straight to him. .smiling so that he little guessed how her heart bent. He raised his e.vebrows as sho drew nearer t(J hira. What was going to happen? Before ho had time to speak his face was buried iu a soft, dewy mass of frag- rant mignonette. "There!" said a laughing Toice. "You said this moniing that this was your favorite flower. I have been looking for the most fragrant sprays of it that I could flnd." with one single word that I shall say? Wo start from this point â€" that a groat wrong has been done you, but that you are too noble to seek revenge." Hor face •leared. , . - "1 \v:uit no revenge," she replied. I Ho could not believe the evidence "Good," said Sir Rnoul; "a wrong of his senses; it was incredible that has been duiw .you, but .you will not jt-^'O laughing voice belonged to retaliateâ€" you are even' willing to |Cold, proud wifo-thc girl who return good for evil. The first i thing, you have to do, Hildred, is to lay aside that proud, injured, defiant expression that you always assume when your husband is near?" "Do I?" she asked in wonder. "Yes; you are perhaps bright, ani- 1 mated, charming when he enters the room, but the next moment you aro like a woman turned to stone; a i proud chill .seems to come over you betU'r versed in it than I am. I j to freeze you, your eyes grow cold. need not quote biography or poetry, nor point to the man who said he owed all his success in life to his mother, nor to the man who owned that ho owed all his goodness to his wife. It is the same story. I feel Inclined sometimes to think that tho grandest of God's gifts to this fair earth Is the influence of good and noblo women." His eyes brightened, his face flush- ed, ho spoke like a knight of old. She looked up at him with wonder- ing awe. "You may run away and leave all tlic smiles die from your lips â€" you aro as diftercnt in liis presence as sunlight is from darkness." "How can I help it when I know that he does not like me?" she ask- ed, piteousl.v. "It is difficult, I admit, but hero- ism will do much. Now, I know such a manner upsets him; ho does not like it. You may say that as he docs not care for you your man- ner can make no diflerenco." "I aliould most certainly liave thought so," was her reply. "But you aro wrong, Hildred. I his had swept imperiously , from the room when he .saw her last. He looked at her in amazement. >Shc would not see the surprise on his face or make the least difterencc because of it. "You have the very pick, of the garden here," she .said; "over.v spray ihas its own special beaut.v." I He roused himself and tried to re- cover from the wondering stupor that had overcome him. "I believe this is tho first thing .you have ever given nie of your own free will, is it not?" "No," she replied, quietly; "it is not." "Ah, pardon me," lie said, with a quick change of face and voice; "you gavo me your fortune!" There was hot rebellion for one imoment^hot, bitter rebellion. Then Piles your home, Hildred; but that will bo 1 have watchod him very keenly, and a commonplace ending. Do that ' I say that you are quite wrong, which is nobler, higher, better â€" re- | When you draw that cold mask over Bign yourself, submit to your fatoyour face, you harden his heart and inako the best of it. As a handsome and noble woman, use your Influence with your husband to rouse him from his slough of de- pond into a higher life." Home of the light that shone on his face was reflected on hers. To proT* to rov that Dr. Cbus'a Ointment la a ctrtala and absolnte cur* for each and oTsry form of ItohiiR, bloodlaeand protnidioK piles, tho manufactarars have iniarantefldit. Saataa- tlmonialu in the daily press and ask ;our neigh- bors what they think of it. Yon can use it and (ret TOur moner back If not cured. 60o a box, at all doalcrn or EDMANeoK,B.iTES&: Ca,TaTOBtOk Dr.'^ChasG's Ointment against you "Is it not unwomanly to seek for love which is not odercd to you, she remomberod Sir Raoul's words. Raoul?" lit was for her husband's good. She "It might be in a girl, it is not trampled down the hot impulse of in a wife. I think a wife should angry pride â€" sho stilled the bitter a^ire to win her husband, to make anger and contempt. Her victory On the Threshold of Womanhood Many a Girl Fails a Victim of ills Which Affect Health and Happiness Al| Through Lifeâ€" Dr. Chase's Nerve Food, Just on the threshold of womonhood, that trying period when the whole system is undergoing a complete change, mun.v a girl falls a victim of Chloroain, or green sickness. Her disposition changes and sho becomes moroso, despondent and melancholy. The appetite is changeable, digestion imperfect, and weariness and fatigue are experienced on tho slightest exertion. Blondes become pallid, waxy, and puffy, bruncltta become muddy and greyish in color, with bluish black rings under the eyes. Kxamination shows a reniarkabln dorrea.se in the quality of tho blood. Iron and surh other restoratives as are admirably combined In Dr. Chase's Nerve Kood are demanded by tho system. The regular and per- sristcnt use of Dr. Chaac's Nerve Food cannot fail to benefit any girl or young woman suiTering from chlorosis, feniinir.c irregularities or weakness resulting from poor blood and exhausted nerves. It reconstructs wa.sted tifisue, gives color to tho cheeks and new vitality to every organ of the body, ^ Mrs. Williams, 7!1 Palace street, Brantford, states : â€" "My daughter, who was working in a grocery store, became so weak and run down in health that she had to give up her position. Sho was also pulu and uer- â- vous, ond had very distressing attacks of headache. I got a box of Dr. Chnso's Nerve Kood lu.d started her using it. 1 could easily ace an impnivoment in her looks, and she had not been taking it long boforc her color bccaroe very much better, her nerves more steady and her headaches disappeared. She is now entirely cured of hi>r trouble, and con.so^uently we value Dr. Chase's Nerve I'ood very highl.y." Dr. Chase's Nerve Food Is woman's greatest help, hccauso it forms new, rich, lUe-sustainiug blood. 60 eta. m bee. 8 boxes (or 13.60, at all dtalers, ur t^^mansun. Dates tc Co.. Toronto. over her.solf was so great that she was even surprised at it. She laid her hand on his arm. "Nay, Lord Caraven," she said, gently, ".vou are quite wron«^. I was not thinking of money. Gold is drossâ€" I desp'ise itâ€" I cuuld al- most hato it for the mischief it makes. I was thinking of .some- tliing very dilTcrent from moiney â€" something that money could not buy." He Was looking at her with keen curiosity. ".Somethingf that money could not buy," he repeated. "I declare that .vou puzzle me. I thought that gold was omnipotent." "I do not think so. I do not like it. Omnipotent? Why, Loi-d Cara- w»n, all the wealth of the world could not buy happiness or love." 'No," he said, (juietly, "it could not; yet. Hildred, money has Jone something for me." 'I do not intend to depreciate it," she remarked; "but it is not omni- potent; and there are many things in thi.s- world of far higher value than mone.y." "It is true," he said, thoughtful- l.v. She laughed again, and, if he had known her better, ho would have de- tected tears in the sound of that laugh. "We are positively agreeing. Lord Caraven," she said. He was looking at her with In- tense curiosity in his face. "Hildred, what have yoti given me that money could not buy?'' The dark eyes gleamed softly. "I will not tell you. Lord Cara- ven," she answered. "But I must know. You have ox- citeii my curiosityâ€" you must gratify it. You have enumerated three things that money cannot buy â€" happiness, virtue, love. It was none of these. Then what could it be?" "I must go, Lord Caraven," she said, her face growing hot and her heart beating quickly. "If you weigh every word that I aay, I shall have to be very careful." "Hildred, tell me what you mean?" ho requested. "What have you given me?" "I will toll you," she replied, laughingly, "when you have counted all those tiny leaves on the mignon- ette." She turned to go, but he put out his hand to detain her. She eluded him, and, with a light laugh, dis- appeared, leaving him by the ver- anda alone. (To Be Continued). ♦ A COMFORT AND A CARE. If Your Home is Blessed With a Baby You Will Appreciate This. A baby is n priceless comfort, but in its utter helplessness is also a great car*. Anything that will re- lievo the tired mother and add to baby's health and happiness is both a help and a friend. This is what makes tho statement of Mrs. Thos. Little, of Kingston, Ont., so inter- esting to all mothers. .She says :â€" "When my baby was eighteen months old ho was troubled with a sour stomach and was badly con- stipated. These troubles made him cross and restless, and I had to be up with him a number of times dur- ing the night. I finally got a box of Baby's Own Tablets, and after giv- ing them to him for a few daj'S his bowels became regular, his stomach was sweetened nnd he slept well. I think these Tablets a3-e just what mothers nocd for their little ones." Baby's Own Tablets are tho best and most convcnioixt form for adminis- tering medicine to the very young. They are safe and harmless and free from opiates. Sent post paid on re- ceipt of price, 25 cents per box, by tho Dr. Williams' Medicine Company, Brockville. Ont.. or Schenectady, N.Y. A book on the care of infanta and ihildren sent free on request. Write for it. 4f . KING'.S TYPEWRITERS. King Edward of England recently ordered half a dozen typewriters, one for his own u.sc and the others for his secretaries. "This is a notable innovation." says an English pa- per, "since hitherto the King's cor- re.siHjndonce has been done entirely by hand." King Etlwartl, however, is mcrel.v following the example of other .'jovorcigns of Europe, most of whom have lieen using t.vpewriters for ."lonie time. Imleed, tho Tsar and T.saritza of Russia, the King of the Belgians and the King of Ital.v manipuinlo t.vr>cwritcrs with a de.\- torit.v that might almost be st.vled profe.ssional. The Emperor of Gcr- mnu.v would also fain bccomu an adept in the art. b\it is unable, as liis habitual nervousness prevents him from striking the kc.vs uner- ringly. Even the Sultan of Tur- ke.v appreciates the typewriter, ami frequentl.v amuses himself b.v picking out tho alphabet on it. WORKMEN'S BATHS. Bathing facilities are providetl for tho emplo.ves of a great paint fac- tory in Cleveland, Ohio. All arc enciiuragod to take daily shower baths, and the men of the "dr.v-col- or depnrtjnent" arc absolutcl.v re- quired to do so in the interests of their health. Before the rule was made it was a rare thing for any man to work more than a month in tlio department mentioned, owing to tho injurious action of the lead used in nuxking dry colors. Nowadays, men arc able to work years in this department, nnd not more than one in twenty appears to bo Injuriously I afPocted by the Icaxl. MOTHER'S PIIAISE. fOH THE MEDICINE THAT Rl,« STORED HER DAUGHTER'S HEALTH. She Had Suffered From Sever« Headaches, Vomiting and Ex- treme Nervousness, and Feared She Would Not Regain Her Strength. Every prudent mother will watcb carefully tlie health of her young daughter at tho period when she ia passing from girlhood to woman-" hood. This period, is tho most cri- tical in the young girl's life. It is then that she becomes pale, easily tired and troubled with headaches, without apparent cau.se. The tlood becomes thin and watery, and unless prompt steps are taken to restore it to its rich, red, health-giving con- dition, decline, and perhaps con- sumption will follow. Dr. Williiuns' Pink Pills have cure<l more pale, anaemic, ea.sily tired girls than anj other medicine, and mothers will make no mistake if tliey insist upon their growing daughters taking tliesi pills from time to time. Mrs. P. Gage, a lady well known in Rowaa ton. Que., tells what these pills havi done for hor daughter. She stiya "My daughter, Catherine, aged four- teen years, was suiTering greatlj with fsevere headaches, vomiting and nervousness. She was so complete- ly run down that we feared sh< would not recover her strength. Wi triod .several me<licines, but tlvey did not seem to do her any good. I then thought we would try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and the result has IxieB up to our fondest hopes. She hal fully recovered her health and strength, and I shall be very glad if this experience wiil holp some otto er suiTering girl regain her healtli." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills niak« rich, red blood, and give neM strength with every dose. Thej cure anaemia, headache, heart palpi- tation, diiizincss and bring the glo« of health to pale and sallow checks These piils are also a certain cun for the ailments that make the live! of so nvany women a burden. Bi sure you get the genuine with the full name "Dr. Williams' Pink PilU tor Pale People," on the wrappei around every box. Sold by all mo dicine dealers or sent post paid a( 50 cents per box or six boxes foi 52.50, by addressing The X>r. Wil Hams' Medicine Co., Brockvill« WHY WE EAT SALT. It Is an Indispensable Element ol Food. While many treatises en dietetrlci deal witli salt as if it were merelj a condiment, it is univers>aily r& cognized to be something more. In deed, it is an indispensixblo element of the food of man and animals. A well known authority assert! that whenever the annual consump tiou of salt falls below twenty lbs. per head of the population the pub- lic health is likely to suffer. In re- gions of the earth where salt is a searce article it is regarded as a substance of great value. Salt star- vation is, in its way, as dLstressdng as thirst or hunger, although it shows itself in a different way. "The want of salt," says the Meh dical Prcss. "does not produce a definite disease, but reduces- the vi- tality of the body as a wliiolc, . )/o that the persons deprived of it fall more readily victims to pi-evailing epidemics, as well as endemic mala- dies." We use salt because there are salta in our food in its unrefined s-tato, as nature prepares it, before it is sJcin- ned and boned, peeled and cooked; and wo must replace these sialts. or our bodies will not be fully benefit- ed by what we eat. Wo use salt also because our blood contains it, likewi.'e our muscles, our nerves, and, indeed, our wJiole bodies; and it gets u.sed up during the life processes constantly being carried on within us. But tho salt contained in natural foods nnd that refiuircti for our liv- ing bodies is not common salt, but a combination of that substance. with phosphates and other things, which are oven tnoro necessar.y and mor« natural than common salt itself. ENGLAND'S SHOW PLACES. ' Under tho new regulations for tid- mission, Wind.sor Castle will take the premier position among the remun- erative show places of England. Its visitors number annually about lOO,- 000, .so that the fees will .swell tha charilabio i-cvx-nues of WiiKlsor b.'* $15,000 or $20,000 a .vear. Tho 25 cent toll to the subterranean won- ders of Welbeck Abbey yields a read.^j income of ?(">,. ^00, which tho LHik* of Portland distributes among th« Notts ho.spitals. The Duke of Devon- shire foregoes $17,500 a year b.v admitting t-he 70.000 visitors to Chalsworth gratis. Tinlern Abbcj returns about $4,000 and Haglat Cnstlo $2,500 a year in visitors fees. As an investment, Shake- speare's Cottage is to bo prcferrod to $15,000 (its purchase money) it Consols, for the visitors number SO,- 000 and the charge is 25 cents. Hall these pilgrims go on to Anno Hath- awn.v's house at Shottcr.v. where tN fee is also V5 cents. Four ccnti admits to Burns's cottage at Ayr and the visitors total SS.Ocn f .year. !» y^ â- i Berlin uses every year nearly haii a million tons ot Ekiglish and Welst coal. X I