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Canadian Statesman (Bowmanville, ON), 3 Sep 1886, p. 2

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Yet, ha 1plte of fire and lamp, t;he large "Yee, my de.r Leona.rd," L1ody Keith. room, with itl h!l·VJ beok·1helve1, lt1 11tm· oumbroua antique f1m1I· wu aa.ylog In a depreoa.tory t&ne. "It h bro ploture1, .a.n,d . very lmpruden' no '<Jeubt; but · really when ture, gathered 1hadowa whloh added a. tJ'IY" you see her you wlll nato be .anrpri·ed at. 1terl·u1 gleom to Its appea.ran:oe of oemfort. Cynthia's-rot our imprudence. Suoh a And 'Leonard, going forward to the Eoglll1ll· oha.rmlnir penon, so thoroughly a young mau'a favorite poi~the hearthrug-nearly gentlewoman ; euoh a 1,.,eeti manner, and 1tumbled ever a. young lady who waa lying such a lovely face-the levellest I have ever back in the dep,h1 of a big arm·chalr, ju·' aeen, I really think. I was exceedingly ep· in the 1hadow of a high 1oreon, She sr.t up and bewed In acknowledgment posed te lt a.t firet. · How do we know?' I said to Oynthla, · The oiroumatance1 are of Leonard's a.pelogiee, and ao brought her· se extre.erdinll>ry I' But you know Cynthia; self ont of the 1hadow, · and lnte the full blf.l.ze of the firelight. .And · aga.ln that be· 1he had her wa.y." "As Cynthia generally doe1," says Leon· wilderlug, haunting aen11e of eomethingfa.m· Illar, yet vague and mhty, il$ated past a.rd, with a. laugh. "Yea, a.a she.often deB11," L\dy Keith al- Leenard Hope, eluding him aa be tried to lowed, "And indeed, · Leonard, I b elieve gr&ap it, The girl was In her first youth a.nd of exqulalte bea.uty, with ii;olden hair she Is quite right ln thll lnailldlce." drawn ba.ok a.Imply from her forehead and L~ons.rd ahrugired hie ahouldera a.1 he set dewn hie tea·onp. He had just arrived; and knotted almply r.t the ba.ok of her head, L·i.dy Keith, who had her own reasons for She looked up at him with large frightened thinking a. great dee.I of L~ ona.rd Hope and . eye1, the laahea and dellca.tely peuollled his oplnlon11, was taking the bull by the brewa many aha.dee darker than the beau· berna in prepe.rlog him tor a new and rather tiful fair hair, There waa auoh a ha.le of str.rtling whim ef Oynthla'11. Aud L 'Klnard purity aud innooenoe 1nrroun<Hng her bean· wa.a seeing through Lady Keith-a.a indeed iy that she reminded him luveluntarlly of any ene might de-and wu aettlng hlm1elf, aome pictured ea.Int that he had 1een In a. 11009rdfng to human nature, against thie · Raphael or a. Correggio group. Oeuld thla fre1h and muoh-pralsed protf.gee-a. little by be the person to whom he ha.d applied all way ef orntra.dlctlon, and e, good deal be- t;beae unplea.1ant adjective· an henr or two cause he really did disapprove of the "ex· ago ? He was very muoh a.aha.med and very trr.ordlnary clroumata.nc011" a1 hla aunt de· remenefnl before the unooneolons objeot "f hhl late Invective. He wa1 on hh kneeetailed them. She was living by herself, L'dy Keith In· metapborloa.lly-before her, and therefore formed him, at Jeffcott'· lodgings, a. young in a da.ngerous condition ef mind, She atood up, ta.II, and fair a.s a. lily, the and bea.utiful girl without frlende and with· a history, as 11he oonfeesed to Cynthia-a. falnte1t pink fl.nab, like the dainty heart of history which she oeuld not reveal-Cyn- a. pale blush-rose, dawning on her cheek. thia mnat take U en trust, She wa.1 very Something In her attitude, In the timid anxnnha.ppy, Mra. J effoott ea.Id, orying herself lou1 gaze fixed on him, In the trembllng ill and trying t.o get pupils, who were net olaep ef her dropped ha.nd1 1howlng 19 while to be had a.t Penmawr. She had loet her against the 19ft olinglng folds ef her black dre111Dg·oaBO conta.lnlug her money, en tohe dree1-1eemed to appeal to Leonard aga.lnat journey-ahe admitted she was terribly em. hla harsh unspoken j 11dgment of her ; a.ud oa.rraeaed In oonsequence ef the le111. Mrs. the young man wa.1 oonvloted in his heart Af J effoott pronounced her " a.a quiet a.nd oruel, unmanly suaplolon and oppreadou of sweet a. young · lady a.a ever oame Into a thh defencele11 young creature, If 1he had houee." Oynthla met her In the village, been a plain middle-aged woman with red after their return from St. Seba.atlt.n'1, wa.1 hair and a. 1nub·no1e, perhap1 he would not atruok with her, went to call upon her, and 10 qulokly h!!.ve reversed hi· verdlot and &0· gradually won her oonfidenoe-a.t lea1t, a.a oepted the atory he had 11 dl1tru1'6d from muoh of it as ahe oould give- and, wanting Lr.dy Keith'· llp1. " I beg JOUr pardon, I am afraid I 1tarta. companion, offered her the pe1t. She would only aooept U after tellimg Oynthla. led yen." "Me? Oh, ne I I euaht Go have heard frankly thr.t-she had a history In faot. And Cynthia. had been 1ure that the hl1tory you. I believe I W8I dreaming." · " And yen theught that meant misfortune and not dilcredit for " lbe 101me of Ule dePll >tec1 MiBB Dsveton. Entered at ·be open door." But Leena.rd Rope wu notae 111re, As a ma.n of the werld he waa bound to be dis· Ian't that what Longfellow lea.di DI to extrustful of beautiful atray yeung wemen pect a.t; thla time and. under theae olroum· with hlatorie1. And he wa.1 bound bealdea etanoe1 ?" to stand between "Donna Quixetina" and The startled look wa.1 going from her her moat da.ngeroua ohamplon1hlp11. lj'or he eye1 now; and unle11 the " fitful, firelight waa wha.t the law terme her "next friend," 1hadew1" played fanolful pranka, 1oft dimp her ueareat male rela.tlve, her heir ahould le1 ahewed themselves about .her reunded she die unma.rrled er witheut ohlldren ; and, chin, aa If she amiled. How tr.ntallzlng thl1 young aa be was for suoh a trust, her father wavering light was I It waa thle coming a.nd had appointed him guardian of the young going, thla elfin play ef the aha.dews, whioh heireas, now j11et a.pproaoblng her maj ~rlt.y. oenfu10d him with that myateriou1 hannHng I a this appointment, aa L ~ocard knew, wa.s memery again, tmplled an arrangement which grew so na· ·· I wlah my ooualn would come," he aafll tur,,.lly eut of all the reat that it aeemed to stirring the fire Into a. blaze. " I believe I suggeet itself- an arrangement which weuld have the µlea.sure of aper.king to MIBI Doveunite t wo fortunes, would reatore a. Japaed ten ; but until Oynthia. lntroduoea mo-·- " tltle, and secure th1.1 young heheu against "Leonard, a.re you here? I have been g1eady fertune·huntera, hunting for you," BpBke Cynthia'· voice at Aa he stood at hla dreselng-roem window the door, "I knew you had arrived l a.nd ·truggllng with the lmpa.tlent a.nneya.noe mamma gave a good report of yeu, My L ~dy K dth's conversation had exalted, cousin, Mr. Leonr.rd Hope J my friend, Leona.rd be11a.n to think whether It would Miss D9veten. Perha.pa, though you have not bo better that Cynthl.a.'11 wlnga, which already been made a.oqualnted with each carried her on such doubtful. B.lghtll, 1hould ether!" be cllpped a little, She wa.8 only a. woman "Not unle11 frightening a lady a good - a good, brave woman, he knew, but 1till deal la a mode el ·making acquatntanoe," only a woman ; and, like all wemen, she Leena.rd answered. " I oame in here leek:· needed a.n autherlty In her life, Fer want Ing for you, Cynthia, remembering your ,of it- as, meek, yielding Lady KeHh did hr.bits, a.ud I found Mias Deveten alene and not count- the irresponaible girl, with her disturbed her dreams, Tha.t subdued light generou1 lmpul1lve nature, waa oontlnually and a.11 theae aooeaaerlea a.re really too getting Into aorapea, from which Leonard gheetlr, t Ba.1tlett ha.a an eye .fer dramaUo wa.e ae oen1tantly being summoned to reacue efteo,,' her. H er acreenlngof poachers a.nd glpale&., "It h my effect, not Bartlett'··" ea.Id her patronage el doubtful fotelp:ner~, her Oynthla, drr.wing M111 Deve11on Into her attempts t o redren dubious or lmpo11lble chair a.gain and kneeling down ber1elf on wrvng1, were beginning to earn her a repu· the tlj!er-akln rng In front of the fire. tation a.a to which her future b111band wa.a " Thia ooaey half-light la just; wha.· I likebeooming aensltlve. Yet hs waa not aure tho plea1a.nte1t hall.hour in the whole day, tha.t he wu rea.dy to eubmlt hla ewn wloga Tell me your news, Leena.rd, Where do to the ollpping prooe11. Matrimony, when yen oome from? What have yon been do· he began to leek It oloeely in the fa.oe, we.a Ing alnoe we last met ?" a. little formidable. He wa.a net aure that " I oeme la.st frr-m Holton," he was prepa.red yet to make that indefinite " Frem Helton?" Oynthla's hand wu future a.n irreveoable settled preaent. He en Min D iJveton'a a.rm, "My dear Edith," had oome te Penmawr, aooordlng to his an· she interrupted, " are you od d ? Yen are nua.l onatom, In October, to knook the phea- poalt lvely ahlverlng I" sant& and partl'id~ea abeut a little ; he was "It la- the gboetly atmosphere," Miu hardly prepa.red fer a more , Hrloua oooupa· Deveton answered, trying to speak lightly. tlen, B ut It 1eem6d te Leonard that her voice B ut with tbla new freak of Oynthla.'a he trembled. Had he really atartled her BO w1i.s very much auneyed. H ow wu he to muoh ?" bear him1elf hlmaelf tewa.rda this woman, "Whom did you meet at H olton? Were the most d lflianh of all embari:a.aamentll to the Annesley'a ln great faroe f" Cynthia. we.a deal with-a 7011ng wema.n, a pretty we· beginning, when the dinner· gong beamed man ? In the meantime he we.a very angry ou11. " Oeme to the dra.wlng-reom I" ahe with thhl Interloper, exclaimed, starting up and leading tho way. At that mem ent he 11aw the gleam of " If there b one thing I pride myaelf on, It light garmenta beneath the tree· ef the is my punotuality. And the R ector muet a.venue, and preaently two figuree emerired have arrived five mluute1 ago. I wanted to from the aha.de and came out Into the open. a.sk him a.bout-- " She atepped, with a One of them we.a Cynthia's; Leonard reoog· oensoioua look at her cousin, . nized the free, firm atep, the ',erect polae of "About the model Bill Sykea," Leonard the head, The ether figure--aherkr, alight· laughed. · "By-the-way, ii he eut of prlaon er, moving . with a quiet grace which the yet?" young man deteoted even at tha.t dla·anoe Bat Cynthia. swept on without dei41nlng -muat be that ef Cynthia's protege, a.n1wer, and Mias Doveton followed; and, in Leonr.rd watohed the pair a1 they <mme the ma.rahalling of the party for the diningnearer a.nd nearer-to ner.r now thr.t Oyn- room, Leonard lost alght of her, Pre11ently thia, catching siaht of him at the window, he found her a.gain-when the little flutter wr.ved her ha.nd and uedded a. smiling wel- of aettling··ronnd the dinner-table had aubOE me, whllat her oompanlen looked up won- sldod- half·wa.y down the gleaming waste deringly from under the abadow &f a wide· ef 1llver and flowers and lights, 1ea.ted be· bilmmed black hat, with softly-nestling $ween the Reoter and Captain Allen. Sir plumes, whloh teemed te Leonard to 11et off George Vivian'· place waa opposite to hers, a marvellou1ly fa.Ir oompl~lon. But the on the other aide of the'. spreading gardenia. face wu turned away qufokly- ahyly h e " Ia It hlirh a.rt, or la It genuine unstudied would have ea.Id, had It boon a.ny otner but slmpllolty ?" t he B Yenet &eked him1elf, a girl In " extraordinary olronmatanoee"- gla.nolrig ever between the large wine.red a.nd the clu1terlng plumes drooped, and leaves &t the ma.1vellon1 oomplexlon of pearl Leona.rd sa.w no more, a.nd rose·l ea vea and the almple glrlih toilet But that one glance had flashed aorosa ef black grenadine, relieved by nothing him like a bewllderlDg memory, like the more ooatly tha:n the 1oft llaae frills a.t ~he fa.Int eoho of forgotten mualo, llke the throat and wrlste. "Awfully pretty, anybreath of perfume reoa.lllng momentarily h ow I" some dim aweet anoolatlon. He held his Cynt hia, who wa.a on L&onard's left band, breath as he leaned forward eagerly from thcmgh· her oeu1ln strangely dull and a.b· the open window, as wa.toblng the two sorbed, and was r ather dlaa.ppeluted, but girls paHing the entrance t-0 the house and oonoluded he was t ired J and old Lady disappearing t meng8t the sh ady walks of Saltmarah, In t he place el honour at bla Cyn t hla's own garden, ri11ht, who liked to talk and wa.nted to be " Many vlaltora In the heuse, J am ea f" he listened te, resented t he dulneea ef her illqutred oareleeely of his servant, who ap- neighbor. N either of them gueBBed that he peared at the sound of the dre1sing bell, we.a eooupied In that moat t antalising men· "No, Sir; the house le nearly empty. tal exercbe-pnraulng a fugitive remlnis· Sir Geerge le her P, and Oaptaln Allen- oenoe whloheluded and har1ueed lllm all the jaat come In from ehootlng. And one lady, time, Oapta.ln Allen, a hearay honeat 111ollor, llr." " Lady Vivian, I suppoeo ?" Mr H ope with a. sailor's eye for bea.uty, admired bla said, remEmberlnir t hat Sir George had. fair neighbor exceedingly, and devoted him · married a yeung wife enly a few montha self to her a.ocerdingly ; and Leena.rd aaw before. And with t he n m embranoe oame the shy di mplea appear again and the vielet j ust a. little.fleecing aha.de ef dhappalntment, eyes 1parld e merrily, And Sir George, " N e, Bir. S.lr George is here alone. It lea.ninir ever, joined In t;he Oa.ptaln's lively Is an elder ly lad y- a oeaelu ef Lady Keith's rattle ef talk 'to win hie mare ef the beauty's I believe." emilea, whilst !Ady Keith, aUtlnir benignly " Oh I" Then the plumed hat and the by, enjeyed the Bailor'· merry 11&1Jie1, fair fa.oe belonged to Oynt hia.'1 now oom· " Dear me, ail the fun 1eem1 to be a.t that panlen, Leonard H ope did not call her " a end of the table I" old Lady Sr.ltma.rah re· woma.n" Rew, marked, loeklnir envieu1ly over her fan a.t T he drawing r oom wae empty when he the group who 1eemed to be enjoying them" Q11lte a pretty girl, Cynthia, went .down1talJ1, "nd he p111reaed on t;e the 1elve1, WON AND LOST. yeur frlend ..Mlu-Mla-1 forget; her name." " Ml11 Deveton, oou1ln Alblnla," "Ah, yu ; Ml11 D11veton I One of the N orth1hlre Deveton1, I 1uppo1e. A granddaqhter of old Sir Oharlea, eh? And yet I thought I knew all that generatlen. Who did yon 1a.y your friend wa.1, Oynthla ?" By theae questlene, Cynthia. knew that L'dy s~Jtmarah bad detected the direotlon In which the glanoe1 ef the oa.oaller who ought to have a.mused her wandered, a.nd tha' -he me'a.ntte be spltefnl. CHAPIER VIII. Lady S:i.ltma.rah bad retired to her room, the Reeter had said "geod·nlght," Sir George a.nd Capt.a.In Allen were smi,king the pipe of peu.oe In the amoklng.zoem, while Lady Keith, Cynthia., MiBB Doveton, and L ijonard H G pe were ga.therlld round the dra.wlng·reom fire, enjoying a. chat which the preeenoe of the othar guests had postponed, "By-the-way, Cynthia," Leonard aald oa.rele11ly, " I met aome peeple at Holten In whem you are lntere1ted, ·· "R~r.lly I Who a.re they r' " Mra. Dela.ma.ine and two daughters," Leona.rd au1wered, " Don't knew them in the lea.at," Cynthia. 'protested. " I never heard the name beore"-pesltively, "Have yon forgotten the weddlnir we wltne1aed a.\ S~. Sebutla.u'1 ?" " Na-oh, no I That dreadful wedding I That poor bride !" " Mrs. Dela.ma.lne la the moth&r ot the young lady, I mentioned that I had been a spectator el the ceremony, and I er.quired a.flier the happy p 1lr. fhey are abroad, and yen will be glad to hoar-I have It on the mether'a authority-that they are ' very hr.ppy'-ln faot 'too much ooCU).>led with their bapplne.a to write much or report themaelvea to their frleade a.t heme.'" " Dear me, hew nice I" Lady Keith ea.Id. "So, Cynthla, you were mistaken a.fter all." "Thr.t la It I" (.)yntbla exolaimed abrupt. Jy. " The llkene11 I How it has tormented me I Leonard, ia not Ml18 Doveton the Doveton the Image of the bride when she i11 pa.le!" Milla Doveton was pale enough at that moment. She waa standing witll her fa.ce turned towards the mantlepieoe, holding a ChlnBlle fire aoreeu between heraelf and the fire, and when lmpetuou1 Cynthia. grasped her hands and dropped the 1oreeu upon the hearthrug, turning the pallid featnrOB to· warda the light, Ladv Keith exolalmedu Oh, my dear, you are ill-you are fa.Intl The room 11 too warm, and ahe haa been 1tandlng too cleaely ever the fire, Open the doer, Leonard-lit down here on the oouoh, Mi11 Dovetou, Cynthia, ring for Julie Where a.re my 1alt1 f My dear, let me fa.n you." " It Ill nothing," Ml11 D~veton atammered with white llp1, aa Oynthla stood over her dlama.7ed, " I will go to my roem now. Plea1e de not ct1me, Indeed It ii over," She pl81ed Leonard Htpe with a bow, and without loeklng up at hlQl, anr' disappeared with J ulle In attenda.noe, "Have you walked teo far to-day?" Lady K eith a.eked her daughter, "Miaa D11ve· ton la not a.1 atreng as you a.re, Cynthia.. You muet not tempt her te overtax her 1trength." " l think she la strong," Oyntbia ans· wered, "but she la nervous. Something np· &et her before dinner. Did yen not aay you startled her In the llbra.ry, Leona.rd 2 I ne· tloed that she waa net looking like herself when l fennd yeu there," "Ye1," said Leonard, absently. " We wlll send for Doctor Marweed In the morning; and he aha.11 give her · tonic. Poor ohlld- no deubt abe ha.a anffered a great deal, a.nd it la t elling upBn her nervea and health I We muat take oa.re el her, Oynthla," Lady K eith aald. Snob good ca.re we.a taken of Min Doveton that 1he rallied wonderfully, Delicate pink re1ee bloomed In her rounded oheeka ; and her violet eyes ga.lned a lu1tre whlob q 11llie rea.11ured Lady Keith, and justified Uynthla's enth$i:utlc admiration. "I thought you would have admired my beautiful fr,end mere," she aaid enca to Leona.rd. " It la ju1t the oeloring and the poetloa.l cast of beauty you have alway· Idealized. " Yea, 1he la beautiful," L eena.rd oonoeded, with no partloular enthnelaam, It ~eemed to his <1eu1in, " W ell ? ' 1ald diaappointed Cynthia, gen· erou1 ln her friendships aa In everything else. "But you have been very good, and I ought to be oontent, I expeoted a aoold· Ing, In your r>a.paolty of guardian, and I am glad to be let eff· . Your forbe1ua.noe le an admission, a.t a.11 eventll," " P erhaps ; but don't do It again," Leon· a.rd admonished ; and having 10 f~r die· charred hl1 duty, he tamed to the pa.pere before him-fer thle wa.s a. buslneea " sit· ting." " I like all my frlenda to like ea.ch other oerdla.lly," Cynthia. re1nmed pre1ently, in the midst ef an inapeotlou ef lea1e1, · · I fanoy your frlend1 are dutifully attentive to your wlahe1 In that :respeot," Leona.rd remarked, glancing eut of the win· dew toward· where eoheea ef pleaaa.nt voloee and allvery pea.la of laug.b ter ca.me Hoa.ting up from the green aroadea of Cyn· tbla.'a garden. " Yea," Cynthia. acquleaced. "Poor Oa.ptalu Allen- he lane lukewarm admirer, at all event· I I like a. whole-hea.rkd partisan, or none," " Perha.p1 none 11 aa.fer," Laona.rd replied gravely, a.nnetatlng a deed, "Safer for Captain Allen-yes," Cyn· tbla. admitted. Aud then the fenolnir drepped ; and Cyn· thla. felt dl1oontentedly that 1he hi.d hardly a.dvanoed her friend'a oause with thla other friend, who1e 1eal of approval eemehew waa neoeHerv to Cynthia'· comfort In all her unde,t taklnga, "Allen la ha.rd hU," S ir George remarked that ea.me evening to L \ay Sa.ltmarah, ludloa.tlng the ga.llant ea.Iler, 8oll be hevered a.bent the b!a.ok-robed figure s 3ated at the piano, and vleible through the epen deor llf the mu1rc r oom; " and, upon my word, I don't blame him, She's awfully pretw Gnd nloe, and good form too, and all the r est of it. But who the dlckens Is 1he ?" " My dear Sir George, tha t la exactly whr.t I want to know," L& dy Sa.ltma.rab re · j elned, elttlnii up briskly to dlr cu.BS the lubject, Ther e seems t;o be a aort of myatery a.bout bar. l'lhe la not one ef t he North· shire Devetene- I have a.1oerta.ined tb.a.t. My maid tells me ahe wr.e living In oonntr1 }Gdginga, alone"-L~dy Saltmarsh pla.oed great enipha.ala en the· word- " when Cynthia picked her up and brought her herer eally, you k now, Sir George, a dangerous introduction- a moat dangerous lntroduct ien I But poor L ady K eith ls so blindly indulgent t o Oynthla's whlma, J ust t hink, It ma.y be an a dventureaa, or worse, whom Cynthia ha.a let loOtle amongst her frlendaamougat peeple of family, S lr George I" " Oh, Allen ca.n take oare of himself ; let him a.lone I" laughed Bir George, " Don't apoil 1pert, L':idy Sa.ltma.rah ; h Isn't fair I" "H Is n o· Oapta.ln Allen," Lady Saltmr.rah oorreoted oaJ:1tlon1ly, behind her fan, 0 "There ha wet'1141 dan1er, Sir Georir;e"emlnoualy. "Poor ·mpullive Cyn·hla; her frle11d1 ought tie rally round her I" " Why-wha\-" SU Georire looked puzzled, . " C·ptain Allen ii a younger aen, with only a oemma11der'1 peer pay, u everybody knews," Lady Saltmarahexplalned. "There 11 better game here-fer· an adventure11~han George Allen I" · " But game which le alraa.dy netted,' Sir George ta.Id llgbtly. "Miss Keith comee of age In the rtprlng, I hear, And from a common Blotch, or Erup&lon, then I suppo1e 1he will g ive a. maater to to the worst Scrofula. Salt-rlieu:m, "Fever-sore s," Scaly or Rongl1 Ski11, Pentyg&rth. That"-wlth a gb.nce over a.t in short, ull diseases cnused by bad blood are L 'lona.rd'a figure, .half 11hreuded behind conquered by t his powertul, purifying, and the curta.lna of the window near whlon Invigorating medicine. G1·eat Eating lJl· ers rapidly heal under Its benign intluence. Oynthla aat-" that la pretty well under. c Eepeclnl!y hlll! i t manifested l ts potency in &1i0ed, l euppe1e," curing Tetter, Rose Ras11, Bolls, Car· "Yes 1 lt would be a as.d pity If suoh a buuclos, Soi.·e Eyes_, Scro:fn lon11 Sore· nud S"vollings, H11·-Joi11t Dhea11e, nry delightful a.rrangement should be dis· White Swellings, Gottni, or '.l'l1lclt turbed," Lldy s~Itma.rah 11a.!d, pursing up Neck, nnd Enlarged Glands. Send ten her thin lips a.s if they held In a secret cents m stamps for a lnr ge treatise, With colored plates, on: Sldu Diseases or tho same knowledge that It would be diaturbed. amount for a t reatise on Scrof ulous Atrectlons. " Why should it be dlaturbod ?" Sir "THE BLOOD IS THE LIFE·" George asked aloud. To himseU he ea.id Thoroughly cleanse it by using Dr. Pierce'· ltledical Discovery, nod good dlsreapeotfully, "What en earth b the old Golden digestion, a :fail· sklu~buoyani sptr· woman driving at ?" ltR, vital strengtl1, nnu soundue111 ol "Ah, Sir George"-La.dy S \ltm&rshahook eonstitntion, will be established. her head until the mare.bout fee.tilers en her turban nodded threateningly-" you a.re a.11 blind, you men I It Is the old story of be· whloh Is Serofnloua Disease o1· the ing blinded by a pretty fa.oe aud a. aoft, In- Lungs, ls promptly and certainly arrested neoent-aeemlng manner. B .1t I am net and oured by this God-given remedy, it taken bllnd, and, mark my worde, there will be befol"e the last stages of the dise11B0 are reached. " h JI 8 0 I0 8 0 d From its wonderful power over this terriblf. m Isohi6 f · I h a.ve Been-er P tatnl disease, when 1 lrst ottering this now ce · on the r011t. ebrnted remedy to the public, Dr. PzERClll " Oh · L d S It h " te t d thought se1 ·lously of calling it his "Con, oema, ' Y · mars · pro 1 6 11n11J.ptlo11 C1no, " but nbnndoned that nnmo Sir George atoutly, "you are mbta.ken, UJi· · es too limited for a medicine wlltch, from its on my honour I' wonderful comblnntio n of tonic, or strengt hen· 11 You will see"-a.nd L'!ody Sa.Uma.rsh 1ng, nlterntive, or !)Jood-cleunslng, nntt-blllous, pectoral, nnd nutritive properties, is unequaled, looked "unspoken velumea." "Far my not only as n r emedy for consumption ot the pa.rt, I eha.11 advise Dorethy K11ith to dla- lungs, but for nil poee of the young poraou aa apeedily as poa· elble, or to hurry en the marriage, Snob OF TH E oata.1trophe1 have happened befere in fa. mllles." Then La.dv K111th oame up, and Sir GeHge moved away, · "Spiteful old hag I" he uid a.a he went. I" If you · r eel dull, drowsy, debllltated, have Then he 111ountered Into the muaio-room, mallow color or sldn, or yellowish-brown epotll on face or body, frequent hendncho or dl:tZl· and devoted himself for the rest of the ness, bnd tnste in mout h, luter nal heat or obllle evening to "the young peraon"-devoted alternuting wit h hot flaohes. low splrita 1ma · appet ite, and himself oenaplonouely, under I.i'dy Sah· gloomy borebodlngs, irreguln1 coated tongue, you are suJl'erlng from Indl· manh'e very eyes. 1'esttou,Dyspe11sla, nnd Torpid Liver, "Sir George, ' Oynthla appealed to him, or "Dl1lousilesa." In many case.a only part of these symptoms are e:xperlenced. .Al a.1 they were bidding ea.ob other geed night, a remedy for all such cnses, Dr. Pierce'· " Are the red deer dangerous f LHnard Golden Medical Dl·covery haa no saya there are complaints; they are only equal. For Weak Lun1r11, SpUtl111' ol Blooct, just arrived frem the Highlands, and are a. Mhortness or Brentll, DroncbUl11 little wild, But 1urely you would net o~n ievere Coughs, Cons11mpt.lon, ana alder them da.ngeroue ?" kindred ntrectlona, it is a oovcrelgu remedy. " Oh, no I I have them In my own p·rk. ·Bend ten ·cents in stamps :tor Dr. Pierce·· They ta.me dewn after a while. Au eld book on Consumption. Sold by Dru1r1t1&1, OR 6 BOTTLES weman or twe may be sea.red In the mea.n· , t FOR $ 6 . 0 0 . time, but nothing wores, And yeu ha.ve plenty of reom for the deer. " CURES ALL HUMORS, CONSUMPTION, CHRONIC DISEASES liver, Blood, ~nd Lungs. PRICE $I 00 · 0 . . ·~ . . . The next da.y Sir George and Leonard were oro11ing & oorner of the park, ma.king a. ahert out frem one stubble field to another, Sir George 1topped 111 they pa.aaed along the brow of a precipitous hill and pointed to the thick belt of ~reee below, "Timber wants thlnnlog down there," he remarked, "Women are oonservativs In trees a.s lu et.her things, I enppeati you'll open up the view in tba.t dlrectlen by·and· by, Hope?" "Ye1," L~enard assent ed quietly ; and Sir George oengr,.tuled himself t hat his leading queetlon ha.d been answered, They stood looking down over the wooded elopea and the dlnemt a.venu s-the fine1t In t he oountry- a.nd at tho ~ray walia of the Ciutle, showing above ' the oreeta of the tall tree11 beyond, "It's a fine p la.oe," Sir George was oommeuolog, when Leena.rd suddenly enatched hie gun from the keeper, and threw hlmaelf headlong dewn the decent, followed by hie do119, · " What the dlckon1 la up new ?" cried Sir Geerge wonderingly, looking after him ln hia ma.d descent, wltheut hewever, any inollnatlon to follow him. "Ia it a wood· cook or a whale, keeper?" "No, Sir Geer~e," the ma.u aneweredb.e waa ora.nlna hill nook over the edge of tbo reck- " lt'1 the red deer." u The red deer f Wha.t, another eld wo· man kneoked dewn ? Ia there any etb er llray down, Ptloe, tha.u thll brea.k-neok ladder ef rook ?" " Yea, Sir G eorge; reuud by the Locg VV'a.lk." " A long way reuud ?" " Yee, air." "Well, then, we m11y a.a well go on," a11ld Sir George religuedly . "The fun weuld be ever before we oeald r et there, ~lnd H ope ls reap eneible for the old women e:u the plaoe-I'm not," he muttered, a1 h e walked on towards the eeoond stubble-field, "Ahhough, If I h&d my will, I'd set tha'e1Ja.ndit.l·mengering eld L<.1dy Saltmarsh bofor. e the biggest pa.Ir el antlers amongat tbem, and l et her r un for her life, It might quiet her tongue, at l ea.at, There'· H <>pe'a gun I" H e etoJ:!ped a moment. " What ha.& he shot, l wonder ? Net the red deer, a11uely I" Ju1t then ca.me a. "whb" from· a. whole c9vey of brown wings, rlalng temptingly within range ; and Sir George, forgetful of bis ourloalty, " blr.zed away" for the next ball-hour, with no ether t heught than of tbe bag he was filling, In the meantime Leonard Hope had caught a ~Um pee, j ast below him, of a blaokll'l umsd hat and a gray cloak puraued by one of the red deer Sir G eorge had pronounced barmleBB. The animal, wild and Intract able a.lrea.dy, had been Irritated by a little terrler ·dog w 'doh aooompanled MlEs Dove ten In her walk, and she had oa.uirht up the little creature In her arma, whence he oon. t inued t& harua his foe, and ahe bad fled towar ds the boat·hoa ae for &helter from tho danger. L wnard appeared just in time, At the report of bll gun, hred In the a.Ir, the wild animal turned and fled In the op· pHite dlreotiou, and L90na.r d, fellowing the young lady to her retrea\, fonud 'her faint and breatblaiie, leaning a.ga.inat the wa.11, just within t ile door. B was har d upon him, F er ma.uy daya he had been trying to forget Mi111 DovetG n'e existence-as b r a.a he oeutd, spending ever y evening In her society. He had even oentemplated mi king arra.ngementsfor hav· ing hlm1elf suddenly summened away from Penma.wr, leaving the outle-in the ehoot.. Ing 1ea1en toe- without a host, And h11re he was, forced, by t he commonest laws of hum1<nhy a nd by all bis tradltlona of chivalry, Into the danger he ha.d striven to avoid- Into :the worst pos1lble phase of the danger. Ho feund himself In the posltlo..ef defender a.nd proteoter te a bea.utlful we· man ; and hla case might be a. bad one unless he poBBeeeed a. safeguard. But wa.a his aa.fegua.rd strong enou11h te bear the t eat? It was a quest ion he dared net t ry te answer, a.a th e little a.rambling hand11 clung.to hl1 a.rm, 8olld t ho fintterlng heart beat Be oloae te hhl on the hemeward walk. (TO llE CONTINUED,) · .. · .. · · World's Dispensary Medical Association, Proprietors, 603 Main St ., BUFJ'ALO, N. Y. . \.0asa~~ '\.'1:~ ~a \~vc~'ls LITTLE LIVER "S" e . · e\.\.C'lt& PILLS. ANTI·BILIOlJS and CATHARTIC, Sold by Druggists. ll5 cents a·vinl. BUSINESS BOOMING AT T H E - Eclipso Houso. ---o--Clothing and any a m ount of s u it s s ent out every day. 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Finest stock of Horse Millinery ever,ishown in town, including: ROBES, BLANKETS, F'LY NETS, WRAPS, WHI PS, BRUSBJJJS,j_ C.OlYl.B S and everything in season. PROMPTLY ATTENDED TO. Satis faction guaranteed. Intending purchaser11r ' will do well to give me a. call. Havmg bou~ht Olara. (Bobby's big ab ter)- " l .heard all goods of the latest style and best qua.hty, father oall you a little while ago, Bobby." fer cash, I will be able to give customers tho Bebby-" Dld he aa.y Robert or Bobby f" bonefit. Olara- " He aaid Robert." Bebby-(wltb r. 1erlou1 leok In hie eye)-" Then I gne&1 I Bowmanville, May 6, 1886. 10-iw had better see what he wanta," .. -·- - REPAIRING J. R. BRADLEY,

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