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"I shall have so much to occupy me, so many arrears to pick up, to help me past away the time. And you?" She Tiilr.i through her toara. "I shall practice very hard; and I have my leeeous." Ho nodded. "Lessons! What a eblld- wife you will be. Mina !" he said with tender smile. "My little girl'wlfe! Ah. my child, may I strive to be worthy of your love, to make you happy!" They were the laet words. As if he could not truat himself to say more, CHAPTKR XV. -(Continued). Mina was ignorant of the waya nt the world how nhuuld nhe be otherwise? Imt lie knew thai i.'lu would be 'marrying ix'iieuib him" in marrying hr. Bhe wish- ed that they had not met until nhe had raised herself a Ittt e higher. ttha would never, oh, never, be worthy of him; but pcrhapa if he had auocceded ax a ginger a real concert ginger-- the difference be* ti-fii tin-in would not havo bren so great. Hut, if ib*-y had not met until that hour for which nbo waa working, and toward* which he wa looking DO eagerly und earnestly, the would havo missed 00 much: tb memory of that night ho had avd II-T from the hooligan*, tha pro- riouH times they had Hponi together at the picture gallery, the Boleinn experience of having it/ood between him and that howling crowd at th meeting, aud th.e a* eolumuly tweet moments hy hi bed- tide, when, help)e*8 as a babe, he had had to rely on her Mnder care. Yea; !: the future be ever so bliu-k, no- thing could rob her of these happy 01- pprieucw. of the nubile joy of hie pre- ^- (once. C'live woke to find her <>* on him. her hand in bin: and her name sprang to hid lij at the fimt Instant of hm awakening. "Mina! I've been asleep, and dreaming: a bod dream. 1 thought I'd lost you; that you had wandered away into a dark wood, and that 1 wan honllDg for you. and could not find you. I wa half-mad with fright and grief; and 1 fought my way through the bush you know how thing!) obstruct you iu a dream, clinging about your arms and legs, and holding you back:' and all th- time I oould hear your voice crying to me. 'C'live! Clive! Pht'w! HB nice to wake from own a nightmare aud find you here. c'oso to in, dearml " She -?,.. ,H her head, though (he blushed a rosy red. "You you mum not call me that!" bhe (aid In a low voice. Bcinerober your promise." lie frowned, and laughed up at her. hi ey< ardent and reproachful. "My promt**: h. y! Forgive me. darl Mina! I am to wait; yw>; y! Ilow grave you look, child; ft if 1 wero o-.it of my mind dill I But 111 < good. Jliua. I won't diotroxi or worry you But though you can prevent me tolling In no many words that I love you. you can't prevent m looking It!" No; -I;.- could not prevent that; and MM triM to turn her eyes away lent the lore tu them should tempt lnui '> break his word; and ihe made a revolution, though It owt her a grievotM pang, that she ' would not be aloue with him moru than she could help. Ho CliTe. much to hi> dtoppolntineirt and regret, found that nither Tibby or Elwlia wa now limit- 1 in constant at- tention on him, and that only .in very rare occasions did Mina peruiil heroelf to be alone with him. Thin self-denial of h-r, of courpe. hn- tened lua n-coviiry : and In a day or two he w:i up and able to go out. If he had had iloubts of hm capacity' to leave UM bonne, Tibby would h:in dispnlled th-m ; for though iho had been kind enough while h was 111, somothlng of her char- cteriBtic nicKirt had returned whan he wat convaleM-'-nt. "I supnoie you're fretting to get back to your iiuilnrM. Mr. CliveP" iihe ud, M she lied on her bonnet and rolled up her work apron. "Well. that it Datura] enough: I felt like that when I 'ad the meanTui." "Do you think he's quite strong enough to go out, Tibby" Eluha put in jrn-ekly "Oh, lor, yes," ehe retorted emphat cally. "A man who can put away couple of heggs in the first-class style a* e did just now in etrong enough to g road-mcmding. Not. understand me, Mr ('live, that we begrudges you the heggs not by no means. We're well aware tha but for you there wouldn't be any hegg> at all." "Tibby!" murmured Mina. flushing Tibby looked over her shoulder at her. "Well, don't I ay so!" she exclaimed "An', come to that, it seenus to m tha you've wasted quite enough time. There!' ai iUna'a eyes filled with tears, "when ay wasted, I mean lost, o' course. 'Pear, to me that I'm the only one in thia fain bly a ever speaks her mind; an' when do, the fat's iu the flr. That's ull Ui< thanks I get." "You're right. TU>by." said Clive reas suringly. "I have lost you time, and cauied you too much trouble not to fee that the sooner 1 take myself off the bet ter. I wish I could toll you how grate- ful I am. But you inut let me come and tell you In a day or two." "Why not write?" sh naid as ehe open ed the door. 'You call send four ouuc< o' gratitude for a penny, now. you know." "But there ii something else I want to tell you. you and Kiishu." he went on but Minn, gave him a ropTOaehful glance and Tibby eyed him ungraciously, and jerked her head. "Put it in the Bamo envelope." she said iKBifleantir. "I'm devoured by curhmhy o' coume; but I can t stop now, or 1 niia! be Into. Oood'bye, Mr. C'live." "You won't mind hor. air." pleaded BU phn. "It H only her way. Bh don't mean arf of what she say*, don't Tibby you won't go because of her barking ut you Mr. Clive?" "But Tibby's right." Bald Dive, an h got big hat. "But you must lot me conic back, M I said. Mina. I wonder whether you would eo with me .< far an the end of the street?" Miua hesitated, and. turned her facr away but Kllha exclaimed "O' course, ho will, sir!" and she put on her hut and jacket, her hands trembling, her C'.livn aid hi good-byp to UUshare- fraluiug from wounding him by a single word ol ibiiukH- and Mina and he -went down the t!tuii and into the street In silence, and walked for lorne little dis- tance before either spoke; for they were too full at heart for word*. At laet, wnnn they had reached a quiet street, he top- pod and took her hand and said: "It was a. hard promise, a hard tank y"u set me, Mina. But I unden-tand, dear- it. and I honor you for iiminung on It bee now. I'll oome back to-morrow. 'The day after," she murmured impl-u looked at her reproachfully, but yielded a reluctant awtent. "Well the day aftor." hn nnldi but that Is the very longent I can wait Don t you understand ah, yes, you do. Mina. how much I want to feel that you belong to me? To know that you are mine, tny very own; that you are pldgd to mo f< my wife. The day after to-rnorrow! Attor that 1 may coino and sen you. tako yoa out Minn, one of the nrt places wu will no to shnll be the Timi (lallory! And you will not be harrowed by scruple*, will not want. t*. run a-wny. as if w wen. doing something wicked! And yoon it m.u. . be very MXIII. Mina! ' will be uiauKi ' -.mno, not!" .he murmured brokenly, as she swept the wars from her Whjrdotsn't sho t.V NA-DRU-CO Headache Waters They stop a hedohe promptly, yst do no! oontajn any of th a*n;erou3 drup oommon In hado)i Ubteta. Aak your Druggist about them. 2fio. a box. Co. r OH*A, LIHITI*. 123 >ERFECT1O SMOKKLBS* raised her hand to his lips, and walked on quickly. But he turned and looked back before he hud gone very far: for ehe was still standing there looking after him through u miM; but she moved awa-v : quickly as he turned. She did not go back I to the Rent* for some little time, but i walked on to the Embankment and ..! "I. : leaning 'on the atone wall, and gaxiug at the river. rthe awoke at last from her happy yet fearful -reverie and, aghast at the time ehe had loot, turned home. Ellsha had i Bone to his lessons; tho rooma wore empty and silent: u empty as her heart. She eat down to the piano, and made an effort U) coucentrate hor attention on the exercises; but there were many pause*, her hands lying motionless on the Kpya. her eyes half-closed as ehe r:il'ed his face, his voice, hit) words. "I love you!" Hhe was so aibnorbed in the joy of re- collection, of dreaming, that ahe started ruiltily a a knock at the door broke the silence. She rcae and opened the door, and etond gazing with surprise at the flguro of a Hindoo woman, with broed face, big gold rings in her ears, and her head enveloped in a white shawl, whioh. with her white hair, showed in marked contrast to her swarthy, olive complexion. The woman had dark and piercing eyed, and be nettled them on Mina with a fierco scrutiny that stultified the fixed mile which twisted the small, full lips. "You are tho girl called Mina? Yea? I muted to see you," she said iu her broken English. great sahib. Lord Cheeterleigh," said warn an slowly, her eyea watching the girl's face intently. Miua remembered the "Edith" which Clive had murmured in his delirium. She had thought of it, of course, very often: it might have bren just the name of a friend or an acquaintance. But now she repeated it mechanically, with a sinking of the heart aud a wlft pang of jealousy her first. But her eyes met steadily the dark ones flxc-d on her, he showcx. r sign of sudden fear, of the doubt that was creeping over her. CHAPTER xvi. There was a silonoo. during which Sara's <ijirifKii.il changed in a subtle way, as if (the hud made a mistake In her esti- mate of the girl, as if sho found it ne- cessary to change hor mode of attack; for she knew now, the knowledge- had been growing upon her convincingly ewery moment, that, whatever Mr. Clive Har- vey'* intentions were towards this iirl, hers were good and true. The dullest comprehension and Sura was as quick acute ai even a Hindoo can be could not fail to be impreseed by Mina's innocence and purity. Sara's tone changed to one He did Tht KJtmtmtftu in llftu vuill . i of persuasion and even sympathy. ed " You * Te "urprwed." she said. " Miua inclined her lipad. She was at first almost too astonished to speak. "Will you couie in?" uhu naid at last. fiarn. zhdod in and stood, winiliug still, but still scrutinising her with those piercing ey<". "Wou T i you sit down?" said Mina. "I it roe you want to se, not my u!ter l'il>by. or Elisha?" "It la you I want," said Sara, ae ehe seated herself, still gazing at the girl. 'You have a gentleman here, a sick g'.'n- tlemau. Is it not so? The color rose to Mina'a face, but sne fought it down. "You mean Mr. C'livo?" she replied. "H< aas been here; but he has gone." Sara nodded. "That is well," she Bald slowly. "Ho i better?" "Yes." Bald Miua, too engrowied in won- dering wlmt tlito strange woman could w:int with her to feel confused any longer. Yen; he left this morning. Ha has been very ill. but he is better." Sara looked round the room with a Bwift. all-embracing glance, then her dark yes returned to M ina's face. "The suhib's the gentleman's friends inve been anxious about him," she eaid slowly, as If she were choosing her words, feeling her way. "They have mma- ed him it was natural-" Miua colored. "He did not wtah them be told." she said. r ----- . --- ~ ---- not tell you? Ah. yea; that is their way. These sahibs, they aro all alike. It was wrong, it was wicked of him." "You say-you day that Mr. Cljve is go- ing to marry this lady." said Mina at last, her voice very low, but an Bteady as her eyes. "Is It true?" . "It is quite true," said Sara. "Why should I say it if it were not? And why should it not be? My mistress is a very beautiful lady-oh. the most beautiful lady In the world." Her face softened, her tone grew lower, she clasped her hand* in a kind of rapture. "She la fair, fair as a lily, with eyes like the sky. with hair like the sun for gold" Ulna re- membered Olive's incoherent words. "Go!- den hair, golden heart," and another pang shot through her heart "she is as graceful ae a fawn, as a Nautch girl; her voice is like music. She ie peerless, lovely oeyond words, is my m'.strois. the Lady Edith. All inen are in love with her; all men want to marry her why not Mr. Clive Harvey?" Mina moistened her lips; they were dry and burning. "And she -she -- ?" she Sara shrugged her shoulders. "Hoe loves him, yea. " shn replied with an air o; resignation, condescension. "There are others more worthy, mure wealthy, more noble of rank, and as handsome and ae straight of form; but my mistreeu haji caet u favorable eyo on him. She Is a woman like the rest of u, and will make her choice. It is a good marriage for him. He Is poor and what you call it?-; ambitious. He wishes to be one of the rulers, one of your great men in public; and It will help him to get all he de- , sires, if he marries Lady Edith; for her father is a lofty uoibleman, irreat and rich and - -' ' - ' will . . Sara shrugged her luou'den. ished to b hidden. Ah. yes. "Sol He That 1 iko these nahtfM. when there Is a pretty 'act-. You minted him, Met Mina?" "I -we. Why have you come, what is t you want?" demanded Miua. panting a itlle. but speaking calmly. "In a little while I tell y<iu." said Sara, rthe looked round again. "That id a fine HUIIO, H cost a great deal of money. You jiiy it?" "No." said Mina; then she added. "Mr. Clivft gavo It tt> us." Ho? He gv it to you. Hs is very kind in the sahib. And he got you jewels why yon not. wear zruiP" Mina rose, and stared at the woman. ' Oot uio Jewels? No!" she Baid. "Why lo you 1" Wait: in a mmnBiit," said Rara. "Why you eo angry? How long you know the ahib?" she added, loaning her chin on icr skinny hand with its big Indian rings. Mina was silent a moment. Not ong." shfl replied. "Not long! And you call him Mr. C'live' h?" Hut that's of course, eh. uiy d.r. I call him Mr. Clivo, yes." sld Mina with surprise. "That'll his nanin. " "A part of his nam<. yes; h:e Christian name. a they say." waid Kara. "Do you ell me that you did not know that hu la Mr. Cliv Harvey?" Mr ('live Harvey?" repeated Mina. You did not know? ATi. well, that Is he way of these s.iliitw. They hide thdr lames sometimes: it in very wise." 'Hldn -wise- ?" echood Mina. 'Why hould lie hide his name? And why have oil eonio to aek me thwe quentioimP Icnea answer me. I don't know who you rn, what right, you havo to say tneae hin-irn. Vo question me." "I will toll you. dearie." said flara with smile, a grature of friendly confidence. I am the servant, the old nurse of the ady the sahib is going to marry." M'lna'a hand closed, and pried on the ible, but she neither started nor called ut. Mr. C'live Mr. Harvey is going to larry your mistress," she said slowly, iu dry voice. "Who Is she? What is her ame?" 1 rthe Is Lady Edith, the daughter of the rerful. Hs has been a ruler, and again when the tide turue. and his friends come to power again. I do not understand theee things, and cannot explain; but o it is. With euch a gre.it man for Iiw father-in-law, Mr. Clive Har- vey will climib to a great height, and wi.l be as rich aud powerful. You . under- stand ' ; Mina understood. A heavy weight preening on her heart, her breath came lowly aud painfully. Sara paused and arranged her shawl; and then went on In the same persuasive manner. "I love my mistress; I love her better than life it>elf. She lay on my bosom when she was a little babe. She has grown into niy heart." She struck her bosom with hor skinny hand. " I hnve nursed her. watched over her. tended her all her life. I would die willingly to gain half an hour's happiness for her. I am like a mother to her: she is like my child. I get everything for her he want*. If she wanu thie Mr. ive Uarrey, she must have him. That is why I oome to yon. One day I see him with a pretty ifirl, a very pretty young girl. It would not matter to me. If my mistress did not love him, if he did not love, were not going to marry her; but for my mistress's sake I .must see what this means. 10 I follow her." Hhe paused again, and leaning forward smiied Ht Mina, who sat quite uiotionlesi, but pale to the lips. "These sahibs are all alike; it is the mime here in Englniid ai it i in my country; they wiil all run after the young irl with the pretty facca. Ah, no: it u not you that is wicked, but the sahib. That makes my work all the easier. I .iin to offer you money" Minn s eyee Hashed, and her hands clenched, and Sara hastened on "I came to offer you money, becaubo if you had been the girl I thought you, you would have taken It." She shrugged her shouldere. "But I do not offer it to you now. Ah, no! I wish to urgue with you, to appeal to you. There ta no doubt that Mr. Clive Harvey loves inv mistress, and will marry do not stand in the way. Smell the real violet fragrance The moment you smell this soap you will want It. In it we have captured that sweet elusive odor which has made the violet universally beloved. In it, too, we have caught the beautiful green of fresh violet leaves. This soap is so clear you can sec through it when you hold it to the light. Many soaps have been made to imitate it; be lure, therefore, to look for the name Jerftni stamped on each cake. Your druggist has it. Atlt him for it. 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Mina rnep. and stood looking down at tho awarthy. smiling face; but she said nothing, and sank into her chair again, her hands clasped tightly, her eyes flxed on Hara, an she wont on In her aoft broken English : "You did not know that he is the son of n lord, tin- i -ii' of an earl, that he is one of your English Parliament, a lawmaker. M ruler? He kept this from you; it Is their way, the way they staJk their prey, these sahibs. Now. why should he hid* i vt ij all this from you. if lie meant well by Mol < and yeasts ,v*re not mlsfllllg. you. if he meant to marry youP But he does not. He is going to marry my the bacteriologic point of view. Her findings indicate that organism* are usually to be discovered in both the yolk and white. Only 12 per cent, of all the eggs examined were aterilo when tested. There were minor variations in respect to the incidence of season, breed and fer- tilized and unfertilized specimens which need not concern us here. What is more significant is the great arrav of species to which the egg organisms belonged, thirty-six species in the hundred egga from which the varieties wore isolated. trres, the Lady going t Kdith; a nd he but nmutxtd himself wlmt you call UP paused time with a pr<tty girl." (To be continued.) the BACTERIA IN EGGS. Shells Not Proof Against tho En- trance of l.i-rmt. There is doubtless such a thing us a gennproof wrapper, but ap- parently the egg shell ie not in this class. Fre&h-laid eggs, it ia true, may be perfectly free from bacteria, but on tlie other hand, even when from undoubtedly healthy hens, they may contain many germs. In fact, recent investigations by Rtt- ger, of Yale, demonstrate that the organism causing some diseases of fowls ia transmitted through the egg itself. 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