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ad to life aod Love ; OR, WAITING THROUGH WEARY YEARS. CHAPTER X.-(Cont'd) They called her mad. Her mania â- w»8 haruile:js enough, but they were afraid u!' her. Mad people were very uncertain. . Sometimes they broke out very dangerously, or fatally, a:id cut throats, and set houses Oil fire. And so they cast about fur some means of securing this woman who told them that she was helped every day in her work by her spirit child. They dared not turn her out of doors now. She might come back some night and burn down the house over their h«ads. Nor could they send her to pri- son, for she had committed no of- fence. So they cast about for some legal method of restraining her, and mean time they watched her very closely. They detected nothing in her, un- usual, except a tendency to sleep walking. They found that she of- ten arose in the night and accom- plished great feats of labor while in » state of somnambuloncy, but when taxed in the morning with her nightly performances, she w«uld« firmly deny that she had ever stir- red out of her bed, and aa firmly maintain that her spirit child had done the work. On this ground they charged her with insanity, and lived in constant fear of her doing them some fatal injury, and they watched her day and night, and studied how they should rid themselves of her with •afety. At length it occurred to Carl Berger to write to the only person Marie Serafinne had ever referred to as a friend â€" named, Mr. Ismael Worth,, of Richmond. Mr. Berger wrote a letter and ^ posted it himself. The letter was answered by Is- Thc letter 'Ssras answered by Ish- Ho came down to the farm and expressed much interest in the Marie Serafinne whom he had nev- er forgotten, but whom he always remembered as the most interest- ing client ho had ever been called upon to dofend. He told the Bergers nothing of her trial at Pine Cliffs, but he called himself a friend, and asked to see her. She was sent in to him. The meeting between Marie and the benefactor who had saved her life, was very affecting. Marie Serafinne wept and kissed l)i8 hands and would have kissed the soles of his shoes, if he would have permitted it. He asked her about herself, and she told him of her long wander- ings and of her finding a home at length at Witch Elms, of the hard work that had worn her almost to death until the last year, when her spirit child had helped her, adding in relation to this astounding infor- mationâ€" "I know you will think I am crazy, Mr. Worth, for indeed I should have thought so, two years ago, of any one who should have toH mc such a thing of themselves, but indeed I am not crazy, Mr. Worth. And I know that my child i3 now a maiden beautiful and strong, who lives in the spirit world, but comes daily to help me with my hard work in this!" "Have you ever seen her?" in- quired Mr. Worth, humoring her fancy. "No, never seen her! but I have heard her sweet voice and felt her soft hand, and more than all, I have perceived her presence through some sense that I do not myself understand and cannot therefore describe," she answered firmly. Ishamd Worth did not dispute her words. He fell into deep thought. He was sufficiently inter- ested in this case to consent to re- main twenty-four hours in the farm hou.se to attend to it. Later on the same evening, while Marie Serafinne was in the kitchen preparing supper, he had an inter- view with Mr. and Mrs. Berger, in their common sitting-room. He told them that their young friend was probably a somnambulist who did not understand her own case, a condition which would account rationally for everything that was otherwise inexplicable in her case; that her mind was certainly in an abnormal condition and that she required special medical treatment. He would recommend her removal to the "Good Samaritan Asylum for the In.sane," and would himself undertake to persuade her to go there, where also, he would cheer- fully defray all the expenses of ner treatment. And thus it was arranged through the benevolence of Ishmael Worth, that poor Marie Serafinne entered as a fir.st class patient the famous Asylum 9t the Qood Samaritan. At length, Mr. Talbot started on a tour of search in person. He began ut Pino Cliffs and traced her to Wendover, but there he lost the clue, and never found it again. At the end of three years he re- appeared at Mr. Worth's ofiice in Richmond. He had given up ihe search in despair, and was going td Italy to try and divert his thoughts from remorse that was deranging his mind, by studying the different schools of art at Rome. He took leave of Mr. Worlli, and fmbarked by the next outiv.ard bound steamer. Since that, cloven „, , ^ I years had passed, during which There wa.., l^"wever a secret â-  j.^^^.^i ^y^,.^;, j,^^ heard notking known to Ishmael \\orth, regard- Ij^j^ther from Talbot. Ho did not ing his poor protegee, that he did^^,^^ ^^^^ -^ ^j^^ ^^^-^ ^^^ ^j^^^ not care to confide either to the j j;^; ^^^, j„ ^ ^^^^^ Talbot's Berger family or to Mario Serafln- i^„ ^-^ jj,. ^y^,.,., ^^^j^^^ j^. ne herself. For he could not tell i jj^^j ^^ ^j^^ ^^j.^j ^j^^. ^^^ ^^^ the Berger family without bringing! jj t.) light and exposing all Marie Ser J aiiniie's early sorrows and humili- ations; and he could not tell Ma- rio herself without indicting upon her bitter grief and rcgiot. Tho secret was this â€" that her huaband had turned up, six months aftor her departure from Pine Cliifs, where he hoard with horror and amazement of her trial for the murder of her own infant child. He learned farther that though she had been acijuitted by the jury, she had been actually driven from her native village by the force of public reprobation ! He then so«j;ht far and wide for news of his lost wife, but found none. He at length went to Richmond t.i confer with the noble and hu- mane counsel who had gratuitously defended her. But Ishmael Worth was as much shocked as was Talbot himself at hearing of Marie's flight from Pine Cliifs. He could give no informa- tion of the fugitive ; but he offered every assistance in his power to- wards tracing her. In the presence of the man strick- en with grief and remorse, Ishmael Worth forbore to express the de- testation he had felt for the heart- less desertion which had plunged the poor young wife into such un- utterable horrors. And soon he felt glad of his for- bearance, when Talbot, in a voice broken down by sorrow, explained the reason of his apparent abandon- ment of his wife. He had left her, he said, in a fit ot boyish anger, because she refus- ed to leave her selfish and grasping old grandam, to go with him to his own home in the city. But when he reached his home bis short lived anger was succeed- ed by compunctions and grief, and ho wrote an affectionate letter to Marie. But he never got an answ^er to that letter, which of course was never received by Mario Serafinne. After waiting a week, ho wrote a second letter; but before there w.as time to hope for an answer to that, he received a letter from Leeds, in England, summoning him to the death bod of his father, who was sinking to the grave with a linger- ing disease. He wrote a third let- ter, apprising his wife of the ne- cessity of his sudden voyage, and promising to return and claim her as soon as he possibly could get away. He went to England and to the city of Leeds, where his father was a wealthy manufacturer. He was detained there many weeks in attendance on the death bed of his only surviving parent, and even after having closed his father's eyes and laid his body in the grave, he was d(*tained many weeks longer in settling up the vast estate to which he was the solo heir. He had no taste for the business ai which his father had made a for- tune, so he sold it out to a good company, and with the proceeds of the sale h* returned to this country a very wealthy man, to invest his money and to clum his wife. The dreadful njBB of her trial for infanticide met ^^d nearly killed him. In leaving her, he had not had the faintest suspicion that sho was likely to become a mother. How overwheli!:ing then was the horrible information that she had borne a child, and had been tried for its murder, and that she had fled from her native village, pursued by the reprobation of the whole com- miiinty ! "See here, Mr. Worth," he said, in conclusion â€" "If you blame me without measure, for all the woe my carelessness has caused, you will do right. But, if you think me now remorseless, look at my hair. I am twenty-three years old. uhen I came back from the oUl country I had not a gray hair in my head. Look at it now !" His hair was, indeed, half gray, and his face was that of a care- worn, grief-bowed, middle-aged man ! 'â- I pity you from the bottom of my heart. But we must not lose our time in idle regrets. We must try to find your wife," said Ishmael Worth earnestly. .\nd they did try to find her. They advertised widely, offering large rewards for any information respecting her. But Marie Sera- fume, buried in the lonely farm house among the mountains of the northwest corner of Virginia, where no traveller ever called and no newspaper ever came, could not bo fcund by advertisement. Such was the explanation that Ishmael Worth g.ave to the physi- cian in charge of the asylum, at the time of his placing Marie Sera- finne under hia care ; but which he withheld from Mario herself, lest it should only bring her sorrow and regret, until he would, by writing to our consuls abroad, seek and find some definite news of Talbot's fate. CHAPTER XI. "And this is all '?" I inquired, as the doctor finished his story. "Yes; for she remains precisely in the same state in which she was when sho entered the institution ; and he r circumstances and pros- pects are the samt). "Mr. Worth has written, I be- lieve, to every American minister and every consul in Europe, Asia, and Africa, without obt-aining any news of the present whereabouts of the artist Talbot. Ho is still pur- suing his invcKtigations, but with little hope of success. The last heard of Talbot w-as, that he had spent a winter, eleven years asjo. | in Rome, and had Ifft in the spri;ig ; for a tour in Switzerland. Tlu-re all trace of him was lost." "But she is happy," I said, with a sigh of relief. "Yes; her hallucinativin makes her happy," ho answered. It was after ten o'clock a.i'I I got up and thanked Ur. Abbv)t fui hifc story, and bade him go( :d-iiight. I looked in at the nursery, tm my way to my room, to see what had kept my cousin Nellie away from the drawing-room all the. ev- ening. I found her still cijiagoJ with her teething baby, to whom the doctor was just administering some simple medic;iiie. I bade them good-night also, and went on to my room to go to bed and die.ain of Marie Serafinne. The next morning every trace of the night-storm liacl disappeared. The sky was perfectly clear ; the air keen and cold. It was good Christni-is weather; and Christma.s was drawing near. I joined the family at breakfast; and after breakfast, at my own re- quest, I was permitted to niako a visit to Marie Serafinne, attended by young Doctor Abbott. We found Marie sitting by the window of her room, looking out over the wintry sea. She silently extended her hands to us, and her face was so radi- ant with happiness, that the young doctor exclaimed : "Why. Marie, you look aa if you were delighted to see us." "I am. I have had much news." "Ah! indeed! What news have you had, Marie, and who brought it to you?" inquired the doctor, humoring her, as if she had been a baby. Maxie Serafinne's voice sank to a low tone, as she answered : "My child brought mo the news. Before I was well awake this morn- ing, I heard her sweet voice close ti my ear. She said to nie, 'Do you know you will be married soon? I do?" "So you are to be married, Ma- rie? It must be to me, then, for I am the only young man who ever conies to see you. Are you going to marry inc, Marie ?" inquired the young doctor. She looked at him in grave sur- prise for a minute, and then an- swered, gently. "No, Dr. Abbott; of course not. There is only one in the world I can possibly marry, and that one is not you." "I am very sorry," said the young man, laughing good-humoredly, as he arose to attend me from the room. In the corridor outside we met Dr. Hamilton, who was hurrying toward us in considerable agita- tion. "Have you seen Marie Serafinne this morning?" he hastily inquired. "We have just left her," answer- ed Dr. Abbott. "How is she?" "Not quite so well this morning. A little excited. Thinks she has (had a fresh communication from her child." ".\h! ah! I am sorry to hear that ! especially just now. The fact is, Mr. Worth is down-stairs, and with him a stranger, who has come to sec Marie Serafinne." "Stop!" said I, breathlessly; "a stranger to see Mario Serafinne 1 You don't mean to say that ho is -he isâ€"" "Her missing husband] Ym, Choosing an Investment If you have a few hundred saved and want your savings to gro^W faster than they will by compounding interest at 4 or 4 1-2 per cent., the selection of a medium for investment is a serious matter. Some of the accepted investments are theseâ€" Municipal Dobt-nturci, paying a?4 to 5 per cent. Corporation nonds, paying from 4Vi lo CW per cent. Raok Shares, puying ft-om 4% to 5*6 I>er cent. Steam and Klcotric Railroad Siinrcs. pnyiiu; from 4hi to 5Vi per cent. Maiiufiicturing and Indnstiiol Stocks, puying from 7 per cent. up. Bonds v s. Industrial Stocks. Bonds bear only a stated low rate of interest, usually from 4 to 6 per cent., do not increase in value, and at the end of a slated number of years return you only the money in- vested. Industrial Stocks always yield 7 per cent, or over, with extra dividends as the business prospers, iccrsssing in value as the business grows, and after a tenn of years can be sold for more than the original investment. Som: Record Breakers. Industrial Stocks have always been the bii^tfest money earners. Among the big ones are: Standard Oil, Western Union Telegraph, Bell Te'epaone, Singer Sewinj Machine and V/estinghouse Air Brake. You are too late to reap the bene- fit of investing in these ♦'record breakers," but you can participate in Toronto's Taxicabs â€" a new in- dustrial which after six months' oper- ation has pioven that it can pay, be- g!->ning January, 1910, a dividand of K/ per cent, per annum, or 2J per cent quarterly, and is constantly increasing/ in value. A Good Bay Ta:!dcab Stock is a good buy at $6.00 per share, par valuo $5.00, amd we advise its purchase. Ask for our iiluslrated booklet on Taxicabs, and full particulars regarding this slock. E. A. English Adelaide and Victoria Sti TORONTO A3 good that is just CKactiy who he is. But I must see Marie Serafinne myself before I can permit lior to he ex- cilcd by such a visit," answered the doctor, as he went past us, and en- tered Marie's room. We waited an.xiou.sly in the corri- dor for his riftiivn. At the end of ten minutes he came out with a look of astonishment on his face. "Would you believe it! .She va.s prepared for this visit I She recciv- rd me smilingly, told me she knew â- what I had come to announce, that her child had told her about it! So jou see I had nothing to do but to ask her when sho would receive Mr. Talbot. She answered, with deliKht, that she would receive him now !" ".'Viid are you going to take him up to hor room?" rather ;iii.\ioii>ily inquired Dr. .\bbott. "Yes, immediately,' answered the elder physician, as ho preced- ed us down stairs. We all wont into the drawing- room together, where we found Mr. Worth and the stranger in conver- sation with my cousin, Eiennor. Mr. Worth 1 had seen beftire, and so I greeted him as an old ac- f|uaiiitanee. He introddced his companion, Mr. Talbot. .•\iid I curtsied to a tall .spare, ^roy-haired man really but thirty- seven years of age. but looking fif- ty, and very unlike the raven- haired, dark-eyed y<nnig Adonis of fourteen years ago. who had farein- ated the little beauty of Cliff Cot- tage nearly t<i her destruction. We had scarcel.x exchanged the usual words of greeting whcii Dr. Hamilton invited Mr. Talbot to walk u]) stairs wilh him. and they left the room together. Mr. Worth remained with us. So none of us saw the meeting between the long-severed husband and wife. Rut we afterwards heard something about it. We heard that Dr. Hamilton had left Mr. Talbot at the door of his wife's room, and that the artist had entered that room alone. She was expecting him. and she received him with calm delight. But ho was quite overcome by the sight of hor, And by the remem- brance of the terrible suffering he had brought upon her. And when ho would have humbled himself at her feet, and implored her pardon for the great wrongs he had done her, and besought her to listen to his explanation of his apparent abandonment, she prevented him by gently replying iJiat ^e was well assured he had never been in fault, and that she needed to hear ne de- fonoe from his Um. XHs aaaU day M>. Talbot remov- ror DISTEMPER F Ptnk Eye. EpU*«<le. Shipping Tavar a Ciitarrhal Fevav SurecurnoiKl positive prfiventive, na matter how hursrs.it »nr a»o ara miecicdor «r<«cd." I.iquiil, xirc«nii the tiuiiiur: aiti mi ibr i;ir.<jd and Cl.Tnds. exptlii t he polaoiiuuii a.Tm»fi«ai liia IXHir. «'iirM Di.tcmiM-r in D»gll und Sh«;inii4 C!»lri » in Vovatvr, Liremt »-<i:n,r l>TCK;^\:k I'caiittr. Ourc* I,a Griprs amonc huiaaa bclnss ani i^ n liiw Kiilner rrmnjv. 5o>; untl $1 % bunle: toar.il $11 adozen. Cut thia •ut. Kn'p it. .Shun tu your urugciat, who will eet It for you. Fraj Hookli-:, " Distfnipvrr. Caiibis auil Curc».'> DISTRIBUTOnS- SrOHN MEDICAL CO^Cka -ALU WHOIESALK OHUSaiSTS â- UM 111 St(itri»iMi>*«, MSUeS. Nl.. U.S.4. ot. his beautiful wifo from the a.sy- lum. Mr. Worth acjompanied them as far as Now York, when they em- barked for Liverpool, brcauao Mr. Talbot had determined to fix their future residence in England, whero the torribh; story of Marie Srra- linne's eai'ly life was unknown. * â- Â«â€¢ r,' it * Some years have passed since their settlement in jjondon. 1 have heard of Mrs. Talbot recently as a spirit medium of groat power. She lihows no signs of mental derango- nipnt. unless it be her persistent hflief t,hat she is in con.stant coni- uiunication with her spirit-child. But if that belief is a proof of in- sanity, there are about half a mil- lion of lunatics at large, holding seances, exhibiting signs and won- ders, and c.iliing themselves Mod- ern SpiritualiKts. THE END. MOST LUXUKIOUS I'RISON. Tlie most lu.xnrious prison in the world is in .Fapan, ah-jut fifteen miles from Tokio. In the mid.st of gardens where, flourish tuedlars and cherry-trees, where an; .seen orna- mental ponds with water lilies, aris- es the palatial prison. The cells are spacious and airy. The lighting throughout is by electricity, ana the apartnient.s are fiiniisbed lux- uriously. Bathrooms with marble baths, hot and cold water being laid (m, dressing njonis .and read- ing rooms â€" nothing secnis to be wanting to make the sojourn in the piison pleasant. In fact, it seems calculated to reduce crime. 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