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to shield one whom she ' would ' naturally \md that momen.the~rtily wished she ha.d Jn[t i!Ure of the hand, and tne next moment GerA. Sprig ot" Purple Heather. ' have ueen the first to denounce she c9ulo b.er news to be told by other lips tha.u Julr ~ldino was lt-fo a.lone once more. :UY J AMBS 0-llBIG, through the hours of that piemorablt All own. It was t oo late however to dn"w be.1 ·1i:, not tell. She was only , conscious of a A letter c·mo to me to .da.y s's chiua.cter too w"l' night the girl fought with her sorrow, Ce· strimge confusion of ideas, ·a. dread of ·she ·she knew her mistreB F. om one at present lar away, oot to be certain that nothing but the whole lene cam" again to r.ek whether she could knew not wh11ot, And in its dalot} folds there lay do a. nything for her youog lady. but for the . When at last she reached home, she stood truth would satisfy her now . A eprig of purple he11.ther Oul!ed trom the eido of some great ben, "Tell m e , do you hear?" M :ss Ma.inwar· aecond time was aummarily dismisadd. for moment half hesitating before she tim· Or from some wlndio1r, fai7 glen, idly knocked with her hand on the door. ing repeated, giving h er a shake that m:1.de When all wae s till, in the ema.il hou rs of Where oft the bloo:I. or Hlehl&nd men A br!t f pause, and then there was a sound her teeth cha~ter, partly from fright and the mcruing, a tall pale figure enveloped in Hae deeper dyed the heather. of approaching footsteps, tile bolts were partly from the suddenneee of the a.11011.ult. .'\ looaeoaahmere robe came slowly down the I kissed ooch lovely purple bell, · drawn slo1vly ba.ch-, and a voice like-yet so "I-I-they say that Captain Braith· broad oak st-Urcase. In one hand Geraldiue And breathed with joy tn. 1ragraut sme '.l wa.ite was pushed over the precipice by a carried a sha.rl ed },.mp. with the other she unllke-her father's asked hoaracly, " Who U m~e my boeom fondly swell, This sprig of purple heather ; is there?" girl;" Celeste jerked out, "the d ..ughter of held up her trailing sliirta. N ow a.nd a.g..in Y\ ma.de me Jong again to eee "It is I, father-Dolly. Don" t you know 'i smith who is bliick, She la very pretty, s he pa.uoed and g~;.n ced anx iously around, The lovclj' llps and ligbtaome e'e me ? ' the girl said tremulously as the door on dit, and momimr le Capitaine u&ed i-ome but at length aha reached her goal With Of her' who fondly sent to m e Thie sp ·lg of purple heather. was opened cautiously, and she crossed the times to talk to her." The woman hlllYing fingers tha~ trembled a. little, ehe unfastenthreshold. found her tongue, went on glibly enough ed the library door and entered. But autumn's gold must come and go, Ada.m drew the bolts again and followed now. "And then it ii supposed-for of In t he centre of the room, on a. h a.etily And winter clothe with spotlesJ sno.w Dolly into the ltltchen. As the light fell up· course no one can tell for oertain-tha.t she improvised bier, the outlines of a. figure The monntain.1 and the glens where grow Tho thyme and purple heather on him the girl uttered a. little cry of alarm. had heard monsieur was going to be ma.rried could be clearly defined benea.th the white Before I see my Bertha's faoe ; Could that old, worn, ha.g~ard-lo okiog ma.n and was jealous." covering. Half a dozen wax candle& were Bu$ tor her sake I'll gently prese, be her fa.ther, the jovial blacksmith ? Surely .At the la.et word Mies :Mainwaring relea.1· een ding a. pa.le gleam a.croH the cha.mber, And next my heart with !on<lneea place, Thie eprlg of purple heather. he never before ha.d that stoop in his should- ed c . leste as suddenly as she had seized ma.king the shadows in the corners. appear 00 ers, a.nd his eyes- oh, why did they regard her, more deep by contrast, "Th~re-tha.t will do !" she said, with a her so coldly, so strangely? Had she sinned Geraldine h~d closed the door softly beso deeply as to have alienated his affection harah la.ugh, that sounded strange In the hind her, a.nd, now setting down the la.mp and wrought this terrible ch:.nge in him ciccamshnces. " I shall not need your she .slowly drew near that central object, within a. few short hours ? services, Celeste ; so you ma.y go. No" - Her hands were claaped tightly on her bo1-j "Well, girl, what have you to say?" Adam WI the girl was about to speak-" I 11hould som, which waa heaving tumultuously, 0 By the Author of "THE F LOWER GrnL,' questioned sharply, prefer to be alone." her breath came in thick ga1piog sobs, So the ma.id had no alternative but to her eyes were fixed and strained, whilst her "Oh, father, tather," Dolly cried, stretch~ '·'LOVELY LADY LYNHUltST," &c., &c. ing out both hands towards hlm, and blling obey, though she glanced a. little dubioa1ly face in its gh~stly pallor was almost as upon her knees before him, "don't l"ok at at her young mistress as she turned to leave death-like as those other emotionless feaCH.APTER V .-(CoNTINUED.) me like that-it will kill me I I have done the room, tures upon which she was presently gazing. " Mu J oi, but she shows a strange sun5How ca.Im and peaceful he looked ! There D olly looked on with dry eyes, but ever- wrong; I should have trusted you and told you all ; bat, oh, if I have ainned, I have /roid !" Celeste muttered, as she traverll6d wae one ugly wound on the teft temple, mcreasing fear and agony in her heart. She been bitterly punished I" the corridor. . " One would hardly believe otherwise the fa.ce it.elf wa.a not disfigured, k new instinctively, before the doctor had "How-how?" asked Adam huskily : that she ha.ejust received the news of her thongh F the hair was in one plaoe clotted uttered a. word, what his verdict would be; and the girl shivered at the sound of that lover's dee.th. And the other girl ? Ah, I with blood, and the left hand was terribly ao, when h ' laid i;he head gently back on the strained unnatural voice. ca.n understand that ! If he were per.fide, cruab.ed, Dea.th, even intha.t cruel form, had pillow Joe had improvised, and uttered the "He is dead !" the girl answered briefly, what else could she do ?" not robbed Hi.rry Braithwa.ite of his IJ'.Ood monosyllable "dea.d" it was no surprise to wi~h something like a. wail. The girl shrugged her shoulders, a.nd her looks ; he had been considered one of the .. her. " D ead !" Had Adam spoken, or was it a black eyes fl.ashed, as if in sympathy with handsomest men in the oounty. The fair " I t is a terrible aff<i.ir !" D ootor Seymour groan? that "other girl." locka still clustered· round hie broad white -·11aid s lowly, as the three stood ga.ziog down Meanwhile, Miss Mainwaring, left to herDolly ra.ised her head and gla.nced fea.rful,with different emotions upon the handsome ly up at him, He wa.e standing with arms self, dropped no her knees, a.nd stretching brow; bat there was a. atrange ex pression on his faoe-a little tender smile was frozen ··. fea.tures already fast stiffening in the. icy ctossed on'his brawny chest, his eyes eta.ring out her arms on the ohintz-wvered coueh, 011 his lips which the half-open eyea b,Jied '·"grasp that h ~ld them. "Fearfully auddo:n straight before him-uncon&icous even of bowed her head upon them in the very acme in their startled a ppea.ra.noe. t o be thus cut off in the very prime of life, her presence. of despair, It seemed almost impossible to believe . a.nd with such brilliant prospects before him I It never occurred t.o her for one moment that he was really dead. Only a few hours "Father I' the girl repeated In frighten.~ Poor Lady Braithwaite ; it will be a sad ed tones ; a.nd then her glance fell upon his w doubt the truth of Celeste's ektement, Her ago he had ridden fort4 at Geraldine's side ·b low for her and almost as grea.t for Mies shirt-front aud travelled down to the wrist- cousin dead. She accepted the fact Un· a.11 the abandonment of youth and good : Mainwaring ! 8mith, I think it would be bands. Wha.t were those dark red spots be- questioningly ; but no tears came to relieve in health. H ow gaily he had la.ughed and' · :well for you to go to the Hall as quickly ii.a sprinkled here and there ? Dolly's eyes grew her tortured heart. She was stunned, par· talked, ' how proud ahe ha.d been of her hand. ·you can, and ask to see the butler ; he will dark and distended, whilst they looked like alysed, as it were ; bnt it was not even Har. 1ome lover I And now-now, at the eight of know best how to break the news. Perhaps those of some hunted wild animal, "Fa- ry Draithwaite's tragica.l fate that caused his ioa.nimate form, a wave of tender mem. it would be as well for you to say that the ther !" she gasped, staggering to her feet that Intolerable anguish. At that moment ory beg11.n to stir the girl's heart. In bis ,Capta.in is d angerously hurt ; they will be and ta king a step backwa rds, " Speak! she felt she could have born to lose him, presence she forgot all hill failings, even that 1,li11ore prepared to hear the truth, which will W ha.t is this, horrrible thing ? It-it is not ha.d she k11ow he had boon true to her. It he had been untrue to her ; she remenbered rbe known soon enough. I will rema.in here true ! Great B.eaven-oh, &e.y it is not true I was the fact of hie having been the oontriuy him only at his beet, ehe reoalled t he time ..and keep watch in the meantime." I w as wrong -when I saspeclied- a.h, tell that WM the greateet blow of a.II. when they were children together, and, lalW,J oe started on his erra.nd somewhat re- me that I am going road I" Tha.t he wa.s dead seemed to her but a t er, when he had been her boyish ah.w e and 1u ctantly ; he wished the Doctor ho.d und~r Then Adam Jarvis's strained gaze relaxed a.dmirer-11oy, even the happy days they. had taken it himself, and left him free to ta.lk and his oy<"e, filled with a strange regret and small e.lfa.ir,since he had not loved her-nay, passed in ea.oh other'· eooiety up to a fow ·with .Dolly. He had something he wished h opeles,.nees, met those of h!sd ~ughter stead- even in her bitter despair imd degradation, hours ago. Dolly J 11>rvis ellpped from her .particularly t o say to her, and he might ily, a.a he answered slowly and distinctly- she was almost gla.d that It was so- glad memory altogether, or was banished a1:1 a that he would never belong to another wo· :never have such an opp<>rtunity. He dared " You are not going mad, Dolly; b ut I man, alnce she ha.d lost him, It was a poor hideous nigh tma.re. .not however do otherwise than obey the was ma.d wheu, in a fit of ungovernable pa.s· .And, so living over a.gain the paet, a.s she ·c ommands be had r eceived, and t herefore sion, I struck down the man who had dared satiefaotlon, e.fter all, and it brought bat stood ther e, all Geraldine's c old, proud retemporary comfor t, The little ormolu set out on his mission without delay. to wrong my daughter. " clock on the mantelpiooe chimed the hoar serve gave wa.y, the ice that had b·en enW hen he wa.s out of sight, DJctor SeyScar cely had the words left hie lips when, circling her bee.rt melted sndddenly and her m our turned to Dolly and la.id hie hand gen- with a cry that r ang in Adam s ears until and still Geraldine crouched , beside the bitter rMentment was replaced by the old couch, h er dr.rk unbound hair falling ia 'w ild tly on her a.rm. t he d ay of his d eu.th, Dully fell forward di&order &round her; great dark rim11 encir- t ender feeling , In an ag ony of remeree and " You can do no good here, my child, Thia senseless at his feet. cled her eyes, her hands were dry and fenr· repentanoe, she flung herself upon her knees Remember this ancl purchase your Furs at ioor fellow ie beyond all earthly care and beside her cousin's st ill form; and, taking lah, but still she ha.d not wept. ccnsider".t ion, and you must think of yourhis cttld hand in h <lJ." own feverish pa.lme, she Presently t here was a kuo<;k r.t the door. eelf now, Tako my a.dv ioe and return home CHAPTER VI. It wa· not like Celeste's bri1k little tap ; bathed it with tears, kissing it passiona.tely im mediately before any one arrives from the a.gain and a.gain, . HaU. Your presenee here would only give Sir R 11olph and L 'ldy Braithwaite were en· and, as if iG a d r eam, Geraldine Mlowly roee "Oh, my love, my love," she cried , "for. rue t o rema.rke and surmises, which are beet terta.ining a._l<>rge circle of guests at theHall. ang:~~efh~·shold stood Lady Braithwa.i'6 give me that I ever entertained one hard 01· .!~voided , Besides, your father doubtless There were mome old friends of the Baronet, cruel thought against you ! For who am I must be growing anxious at your absenoe and several young men, his sons' friends, white and t r embling, wltb. tra.c011 of exces- that I should judge a.nother ?" f rom home at thi1 late hour." for this was the eve of the twelfth of Au- sive grief en her pa.le face a.nd a 11:eneral air An d in that hour of bitter anguish Gara.I· A full and complete stock of all kinds of F ur Coats, Caps, " M y father !" she r epeated, r aising one gust, and the sportsmen were looking for- of a.b1U1donment to sor row, dine Ma in waring's wounded self love wa.s h and to her forehead in a confused manner ; ward to ha.ving a. fine time of it en the Y ork· "Forgive me, my dear, I could not come healed. J ackets, Ladies' and Misses' Sets, &c. znd the D octor saw again that curious look shire moors. befGre, " she uid, enteriog at once, and ( 'rO BE CONTINUED,) in. her eyes, while a slight shiver pa.seed But the lords of creation were not to have closing the door soft lf behind her. " y ou through her frame. " You a.re right," she It a.II their own way. A number of ladles have bea.rd- -" __ _. added in a. mote natural tone ; " he will bs ha.d been invited to share their host's hosp!· The Power of Discipline. " [ ka.w a.ti," Gera.ldiu aiHiwe""', in a. F rederick the C reat of Prua·ia was at hie Sp0Cl a a,nx.ioue, and since, as you say, I can do no ta.lity, and to keep La.dy 8ra.ithwa.lte and cold hard voice, 10 strangely unlike her own . g ood, I will go now--0nly-only- -" And MiBB Mainwaring in countenance, u the l&t· that Lady Braithwaite glanoed a.t her ner- pa.lace a.t l'otada.m, when eome of his orders B R ING YOUR · W ORK IN EARLY. by their exoeBBive 1&verity ca.u10d great disthen, before Doctor Seymour could inter- ~r la.ughingly prote11ted. vou1ly and shivered. " Who told you ?" pose, or was even aware of, her intention, content among the Pcuaela.n troope ; ao the All the Iead" · 1 bargams · in · F eIt H a ts and Caps. It had been decided tha.t there should be " Celeete.,, soldiers then in garrison resolved to a.vail mg mes and specia $he had flung herself upon her knees and dancing every eveni og-not a. regular ball, After tha.t brief q uestion and anew. e r themselves of that ea.ee and facility with G F h' was covering the dead man's ha.nd with p:J.S· but just a. homely affair- that form of a.museents' urnis mgs, of which there is always the latest styles aiona.te kisses, The next moment she had ment being the most in fa.vour with the there fell a silence upon the two women which Fre derick oould a.t all time· be a.p· neither of them seemed inclined to proaohed by them; and thn11 a deputation · which · raiBen to her feet, and, th.cowing back her young people ; whilst their elders repaired break. d b est qual't t 1 · h as R U bb er Coats, of the Grenadiers of Ogilvie ma rched delib- an 1 Y a owest prices, SUC h ead with a gesture of defia.nce, she exclaim- to the smoking-room, or sought refuge in ed proudly, "They say·he would ha.ve mar- the sm\ller dra.wln;I·room, where c ard tables "You will forgive him- oh, Geraldine, erately from their ba.rra.cks a.cross the l!re1't m re as, n erwear, If .. ose, races, oves, & c. :i:ied M iss Mainwaring ; but he loved me- were set out, for Sir Ralph had a grea.t par- you muet forgive him !" cried the elder equa.re which lie11 before the palace and halt· ed at the porch. An officer in waitlngye11, me-Dolly J a.rvis, the blaokilmith's tiality for whist, lady at last, look!~f up with eye·. ewimGIVE H I M A CALL AND PROC U R E A BAR GAIN. <laughter !" Geru.ldine Mainwaring was in her own , ~Ing with tea.r11 know you a.re J u~ging a.fterwar ds the great F ield-Ma.rshall K eith, · T hen she turned, and, without one bMJk- room; she had been lying down to refres'i him ~a.rshly. Y~u a,a.id you k now all, but who was killed ln ba.ttle by the A uatria.ns w a.rd glance, moved rapidly a.way, herself for the coming festivities. Dinner that 1s not possible- nobody knows! !et a.t Hochkichen-a.cqualnted the King of " W ell, well, to be sure!" muttered the had been delayed ha.If an hour in deference there may.be, t here must .be some explwna.- their a.l"l"ival, adding, " S lla.11 I order them worthy Dootor, rubbing his hands slowly to the expected arrival of more visitors. t~on ~.or h1s inte rview with that wretched in ba.rra.cks, sire, or place t hem under ar· re11t ?" "D" neither ; thi-y have come to together and starin~ after the retreating The first dressing-bell had not yet rung g~~ 1 h · 6.gure a. little blankly. " lt'a a stran~e when a knock sounded at MissMainwaring's .~ 0 do~bt he had deceived er, . aa-as see me and aee me they shall ; good aoldierB world I The gossips wer e right, after all. ' door; and, in answer t o that young lady's h~ cua me, M!s· M11>inwarl.ng ea.id b1tt.erly, ha.ve nothing to fear from me, and the regi But, being no gossip himself, and discreet " Entrez "her ma.id Celest e came in. w1\h ~o softening of her voice~ but wtth t~e ment of Og ilvie is one of the fineat in Prue· ' hard Imes ronnd her month growing at1ll aia., I ehall try on them the power of dis· !All thoee in his profession usally are, the Geraldine was wearing a. pa.le primr ose tea. harder · · cipline !" Frederick hautlly put on hie sha.b· 1rood old D 1>ctor never divulged to a single " y ~u are c~uel-cruel and u11j11st !" cried by old uniform, his long j ' ck boote which ~~ul what had takeu place after Joe'Q de· gown, In w hioh she had al?peared daring t he afternoon, a.nd w~ich suited her style of L11>df Braithw11>ite, bursting into a fit of pas· had never k nown blacking, his orders of parture. Meanwhile, Dolly sped on her way, At beauty to perfection ; she had loosened eionat e weeping " Oh my boy my bon· knighthood, hie cocked ha.t, s word and ea.sh. ' ' ' "Sire," urged K eith, " W iJI there not be a.n !first she walked quickly, her feet keeping her hair, which fell in rich luxuriance below nie boy I" If the sight of her aun··a grief moved her, inconvenience in all this ?" " To whom?" pa.ca with the tumult of her thoughts, but her waist. There was a happy lig ht in h~r b y-and-by t he high nervous tension b"egan dark eyes, a.lt~oagh h er thoughts were .e v1· Geraldine made n o sign. A statue of Parlan " To you, sire," " H ow comrade K eithto relll.x, the excitement which had borne dently wandermg, or she mu·t have notice d marble could not have been more chill a.nd how ?" " DieouBBion will lead to other depuh er up in a measure died a.way, and her the ~nuaual perturb11>tion of the F r enchwo- oalm a nd motionless. She stood with her ta.tiooa, and every order your Majeaty may _ hands loosely clasped in frent of her, ga.zing iaaue will be dissected and cavilled at in turn £taps la.g ged wear ily. A sort of st upor be· man e manner, But Cele < te needed no en couragement to eliea.dily and unseeingly before her, Lady in eve ry guard -room a.nd beer shop in P rusgan to creep over her, the shadows of t he tr..es formed t hemeel ves intofa.nta.sticshapee, speak, for h ardl:Y; had she crossed the three· Braith waite'e fit of weeping ended at laat - sia." "No matter, comra.de-marob in the J!Uld seemed to her d ist ort ed fancy like so hold w hen she lifted both her han ds and indeed it seemed as if the fount of her tear1 raecala ; I 'll trust to the power of discip· m any imps dancing round her and gloa.ting shook h_er)lead in a way that was exceedingly wereex'h a.usted. She lay back in her chair now line I" In they oame aocordinl!ly, twenty expressive. almost as motionless as Geraldine herself tall and swing ing fellows, all after F reder over her misery. " But, m11>demoieelle, this is t errible, n' est " Wher e have they ta.ken him ?" ' ick's own heart ; but the a.p peara.nce of the She wonder ed whether her father had ce pas?" she cried·. " Oh, wha.t unhappiIt was Geraldine who aaked the question K ing, dre2sed as if for parade, a.wed them m issed her, whether he would be very an· ness-:th,~ bemi monsieur - I ca.n hardly be· in clea r unfaltering tones. into tot al silence, " Achtung !" (attention) gry when he learned where and with whom it I " Into the library If you could see him cried he, d ra wing his swor d, " to the right she had been, whether even he would refuse lleve " .Believe wha.t ?" Geraldine a.ek ed sharp· - oh Ger aldine y~u loved him once- you face-front ! t o t he lef t face-front !" These to receive her intt> hfo house a.g1fn, W ell, it ly, r esenting t he ma.id's freedom of speech. would forget his' faulte, and- and think of commands the deputa.tion, who were formdid not signify- nothing signtfied , now t hat "Then ma.demoiaelle has n ot heard ? I am him more kindly !" ed in line, obeyed in perfact silence, and Ille Wile dead. D dad I Oh, no, i t could not " Yes ; I loved him once," tli.e girl r epeat - wondering what wa.s t o follow a reception so ille ! 'fhey had been t alking t ogether , he the first)o bring the news so ill!" " W hat do you mean 7 Tell me qu ickly I" ed slowly. "How long ago t hat seems now! unexpected ; and so F r ederick cried sudden lhadj ust told her how much he loved her, when someone had struck h im from behind. Gerald ine cried, a str a.nge fear seizing her . I made a hero of him, I believed him un- ly, "To the right a.bent face, to your bar But it seemed that Celest e either could selfish, true, a.nd noble, a chivalrous gentle- racks, quick march'!" Then, as he never I t had all been so s11dden, t he assault and -Che deadly struggle that followed. She not or would not spea k lucidly, for now she man, generou(and brave- I believed him a.II gave t he word " halt," they felt compelled wrung her h ande, ex claiming·t his and much more-un til a n hour ago. to ma.rch on, and the old K ing and 1forshe.ll h ad been so alarmed that she ha d, a f ter, " An, le puiivre Capitaine- so young and Now tna.t my idol bas fallen from the ped · Keith laughed heart ily as t he bafflsd depu <'m .e feeble protest, burled her face in her est al on which I ra ised it, I ca n see of what tation disa.ppeared within the barracks-yard bands that she migh t not wit ness that t erri si beaii ! Milady, it Is too sad !" " D' y ou mean Captian Braithwa.ite? Has very ordinary cla.y it wa.a composed. Ar e where t here expectant comr ades gathered ·b le fight . She had heard t he deep breath a.i;iyt hing happened to h im? " asked Gora l · you surprised that :i; a.m d isappointed ? N o, around them, t o hear t he report of how · ·~l'lg of the men, the muttered imprecat ions, ' a hee.vy fall, the sound of r etre.a.ting foot- dme, .b er cheeks gr l)wing a.shy pa.le, her da.rk aunt Bessie ; it is beca.u·e I loved your son F rederick had received the complaint, "We Btepit, ·!llld t hen there was silence - a. silence eyes fixed piercingly upon t he maid, as so dearly that I ca.nnot find it in my heart have never opened our lipe," said the oldest to forgive his- -" g renadier, wit h a very crest-fallen expres. tb.a.t olasted so long that she wa.e fain to look thou~b she would re.i.d her inmost soul. " )J fais oui," Celeste eaid slowly. I heard "St op, st op!" broke in L:i.dy Braithwaite, eion, "D"r Teufel ? d id not you ae" the B owmanville, A~gust 28, 1885. .jp ; a.nd t hen she had seen that no tra ce re35. it but just now. He has been found--" put ting her hands n p t o t o her ears. "IfK ing ?" cried they. "'\Ve have just left mained of the comb abnta- o:nly the grass " W oll ?' ·i ·npat iently, as the m11id if. he has wronged you, r emember he fo him- - " "Blockh·ads l a.od why did not was down t rodden e.nd the b rambles broken dea.d I" you follow your inst r uctions ?" " lt war< Im whe:re they h~d fought clOffe--grea.t H"Javen pi!.used. "Murdered---killed, what do you called "Do not let us t alk about it any more," 1>ossible." ·' Impossible f .... and w hy so?" eo close t <> th11 edge of t hose huge boul!lers ! Continues to do a General BankingBusineaa it.? at the bot tom of a so dangel'OUS prECi· Ger aldine said, with a wea.ry ge~ture, "lie "Because when we 2aw old ~'ather Fred e- talio wman villo Branch. . Fa.sci.nated, drawn thither by som~ fore pice, ..,,,, was your son, and- -" · rick in h is fighting coat a.nd dirty boots, stronger t han her own will, she had crept to D EPO S I TS A low mon,n broke from Geraldine 's white "And your lover, " interrupted Lady 1Wd heard his voice of command, our hearts llihe h ead uf the rock3 and looked over, t o lips as she r epeat ed the t errible word. Braithwaite agi>ln. fai1ed us, a.nd t he- the power of discipline Received in Savings Bank Depa.r1ment and ~ee dimly a figure lying there still and moca.11 and interest allowed at current rates. N . _"Murdered ? Great Hc!!.ven, _ it is lmpos"S1y re.ther Dolly Jarvis's," Mia~ Ma.in· proved t co great." . tionless. notice of withdra.Wa l necessa.ry. All deposl.t· s1bl~ ! There mm·t be some nustake, Ce- war ing rejoined with a daogerous fl .sh in payable on demand, DJring tha.t terrible and lonely walk ahe lest e; it is rid iculous. H ·irry-Ca.ptain her dark eyes. ' An aristoc ratic writer in Vani y f air enact ed the whole scene she had just gone B raithwa.it e could have no enemies who Lady Braithwaite rcse from her ch air. saps : " A mong us one h11s become a dtarter .EX.CDA..NGE ~hrough agi\in. and again. That o~her man should want t o harm him !" She spoke rap- Her face looked drawn and hallgard ; the (Lord M,.tcos Boreeford~ anot her a dreEe, ARE NOW OPEN. h tan d sold and Drafts i ssn ed upon Europe - poor Harrv'e murderer- who was he? idly, trying, as it were, to convince herself shock had aged her terribly. Geraldine, m1ker (Mr. M eade). and a. third a bonnet Roug. United Sta tes and Canada, also Gold,Silver an<l Stand romn criy' occnpletl b y t.b.e l 'ost omce. She had not seen his face nor heard .his of the falsity of Celeste's story, yet all the gl ancing at h er for the first time, noticed ma.der (Lord Gr11.nvifle Gorkon ). Spillers United Sta~es Greenbacks bourzht and sold. voice-a.nd yet,· just for one horrible mo- while feeling vaguely that it must be true. t he change, and a. sudden revulsion of feel· cigaret tes are c omonly repo ted to b., the KL ~ G STUJlli:'J'· ment , she had fancied he bore a strange re- "Ah," she went on, as she noticed in .,. c:.me over her. H er"own trouble was property c.f the brother o f a. peer. Lord COLL ECT ION S :BC>VVJ.v.r .A.lST"VXX..L S . semblance to- Cel.,ste's lll co11cealed e11gErness, yet evi- gr~>\t enough, but hardly· so great as t hat Londonderry d aily a.d,,.- rti·et coals, while Promptly made at current rates upon all part Oh, no, no, a thousand t imes, no ; It was dent timidit y to ea.y more, "you know some- of t he mother who had :seen her best loved Lord Dudley's ns.mu stares us in t he face of. Great Brit tain, the United States and Do The Gallery is fir st-class in all its a pnot possible ! The m an who had struck her thing further- y ou bave not told me all!" i on struck down by a mard eroue hand while over a. shop winduw in L own pt e street. minion of Canada.. poi ntments, and furnished in a comfort lover down muot have been so me one who " P..rdon, mil,,,dy, no ; but it is only a yet in the very prime of manhood a nd Several sons of p eer s are c lub iec etaries. 'J 'elegrapla '1'1·ans f'"c rti! able manner. There will be no poor work <0wed him a deadly grud~e, pe ·haps a poach- canard- gossip p erhaps. I would rather strength, Mias Mainwaring moved a. step or wine maroha.nts, and sons of dukes are r.r whom the young officer had been the not ~ a.y; mademoaielle ll·ill ht a.r it soon o,: two forward, and, as her annt reached "on 'Change," in the tea trade, &c. Lord Ma.de for large or small sums on all parts of allowed to l eave t he r oom s, and these who Canada. This is especially advantageous t.c means of getting convicted, and who ha.d enough. " the door; she bent forward and k isaed her Shrew~bury a.nd S11,vernake run cabs, and persons living in Ma.mtoba or the Nort b·wllet favor me with a call can rely on being pleased ,wa.ited for an opportunity to a venge him· " I msiaton knowing now- at once," Ger- gently. there is quite a.n a.rmy of arilitocrn.tie brew· as it makes the funds available a t once at the ,3eif; and yet why had she- Dolly said it & !dine cried, spriogiog forwa.rd and clut ch· " I am grieved for you, dear a.nut," she ere aud agents. On the othef hand, look at place of payment. ~The instan tenous process only will was an accident - why had she not boldly ing Celest e's arm in a v ice-like grip, as ea.id softly , " In th.inking of m y own the n umber of ne w peers and p owerful men · For further particulars call at t he Banklnf be use d for Phot,ograph s . ·ille1uamced the a.ssasain ? though sh e fear ed she would endeavour t o wounds, I h~va overlooked yours. Forgive who have formed new huniliea from trade House. Come in and see me. Ah, why, indeed? W ha.t motive could escape. ' me if I ha.ve a1en1ed harsh and unf. eling." GEO. McGI LL, Any one can pick out over a hundred 'l'.BRODIE, Accountant . Ma.nage1 .!lave influenced her to make her endeavour The maid gave a little screa.m of ala.rm, L'-dY Braithwaite only replied by a :pres- names in the att seven ty yea.rs." . r rtt . G M' a IlOMINION~~2~tNs NEW :itti~l~~~INCER l SEWING MACHINES.) H. H. NIEMAN. W. RUSE, Gen'l Agent. Office and Showroom :-BIG 20, Bowmanville. ATERRIBLE TRAGEDY. ...... - LOOK OUT FOR BARGAINS ~ z ~ t-3 l?:J ~ UJ. t-3 pj Jl> µ:: q 0 -~ 00 was All ,Wool Suit t-:1 M~DE ·TO Well Trimmed and Wel Made. ORDER FOR 9 DOLLARS, Gents' Furnishings of all kinds. JOSEPH J .E FFERY. The first Law of Nature. SELF PRESERVATION I ,HAT AND F U R STORE. Russian L amb Coats made on the premises. 0 r d ere d W Ork and R epa1r1ng · · ...., lty. a r U b 11 U d B Gl N eads' Block. , COAL CO.ffL ·, Furrier. M. MAYER, · Messrs. McDOUGALL & METCALF beg to announce that they have received a large consignment of Celebrated Lehigh Coal, and are prepared to fill all orders at LGwEsT PRICES. "We intend to keep on hand an assortment of Lumber, Shingles, Posts, Lath, Cordwood, &c. Office, Old Foundry Lot, corner Cl;l.urch and Division St reets. ROBT. McDOUGALL. HENRY METCALF. THE ONTARIO BANK PHO T OGRAPHY. ___ ___ New Photo Rooms -·._,, HENRY'S ·.v R.H. HENRY,