LN along the wood road; had had mutter MY HEART'S DARLING BY W. HE(MBURG: =r CHAPTER XIX. T.ucie went out, and across the hall f0 the sitting-room. The three elder children were sitting by the large table which was covered with oil- cloth; the little girls, 'of eight and nine, with tear-stained faces, were busy with some green 'leaves. The boy, overcome with grief; was lean- ing on the table, his head buried in his hands, and sobbing as if his heart would break. The youngest, three years old, stood at the door leading into the room where his mother lay. The tears were running down his round, childish cheeks, and his whole body was shaking as he eried. "Open the door! open the door!' Lucie took the child in her arms. *'Come,'"' she said, andi carried him into the chamber of the dead. She stepped, with the child, who had ceased to cry. up to the couch; a white sheet covered with flowers was stretched over it. She did not dare to turn back the cloth and Took at the still face. '"'Mamma!" said the little one. Then she folded back the linen cover, and lifted the child up to the bed, knelt down and clasped her hands together, and pressed her face, wet with tears, against the cold check of her dead sister. "Forgive me!" she sobbed, "for me!"' : But the tired eyelids did not open. and the mouth was speechless. When the old woman came into the room a few minutes later, [lucie lay uncon scious on the floor beside body, and the child was silting fier playing with some of the Lowers which it had taken from ther The funeral was just over; the car- riage with the last mourners rolled all was still x7 again inthe house. The children sat in the yard, and felt quite important, as every one fad spoken to them to-day and sym- thized with them. The little girls ed oddly in their black woolen dresses, which were almost too long for them. They had their little sis- ter between them, and were taking xotherly care of her. The boy was eating a piece of cake ith tearful eyes. The Oberforster sed by them, but looked the other as if. he could not bear the Fle had slung his gun over shoulder, and walked, followed by his dog, across the court-yard, and out of the gate. In the sitting-room where the nother used to sit, the elderly little woman was resting herscli from the fatigues of the last week, and par- 1 thi ast day. Lucie, who it the other window, brother-in-law, knew 'woman had a right 1c Was a relation, and arranged, so she told Lucie, to remain in the house and look after the children and the housekeeping. S ucie understood quite well that 5 as nol needed. She laid = her decal against the window-frame and atched the tall man disappear be- dhind the trunks of the beeches. He 'Was hastening away in his despair; the house was so empty, and life so Jonely. She had tried to speak to hi as they had met early in the © by the coftin; she had grasped hand, but he neither saw her ppeared to feel her hand. gones be by-gones,"' he attempt at assistance inf pPre- the breakfast for the pall which was set in the best room, was also a failure. The cousin gave orders about ev- werything in the store-roam and linen closet in such a loud, noisy manner that Lucie felt as il the shaking of the keys must rouse the dead from her sleep. do not need any help, fraulein,'"" been the siwver, as she almost ibiy hegeoed to assist. Even old refused her amid her sobs, as 2d to help her in the kit- 'i.cave it {for me, IPraulein Lucie; it is. no work for vour hands. Ah! you need not bave done anything in hie house if you had only been here pmfort niistress; she ke up i mind to die,. she had takea leave of all, could not speak any more; but Tiere calwe on the door. ted so long, but you did not dg fold- 1e had She She sat the mourners. self so merry Pp any more. iL aniong of her sister, the pas- tire next village, and or of the sugar fac- thizingly to her as sion disappeared in She had neither card nor answered. And she was just as dazed and stunned still. At Jast she went up to her little room, and lay downson the bed where she dad dreamed the happy dreams of yuth, and listened to the stillness wmhout her. It was a curious condition she was in. ne tried to put herself back in Ahe time that this was her home, strangely enough, she succeeded. Fin awake and half 'asleep, she heard the clock strike, and saw the moon shine through the trees; it made moving shadows on the white ficor. The little iron stove in the ps { tner says that for, eight 4d worner looked, 'in: the uncertain light, l1Ke a woman with a long waist and a pointed cap. She had once, when she had a fever, im- agined it looked like that, and the recollection had remained with her. As soon as the twilight came on, the woman stood in the corner, and to-day it came again. On the birch- wood. bureau was the little china Vi Why was il empty? Had she cked no flowers when she was in 1 the wood with the children to-day? | Hark! was not that Mathilda's voice? No, Mathilda was ill, as she always was, but some one spoke. That was he, her lover! ""Alfred!" she © said, and started up in abject terror. No, she must have deceived herself. - Where was she, really?" She got up, and steadied herself against the bed-post. &he heard a shrill, high woman's voice say: "The funeral, my good friend? It is over. You wanted to pay 'the last respects to her? To-morrow? Good heavens! to-day? We have a bed for you, Herr Doctor; come in; my cousin will he back soon; he has just gone into the wood." The 'girl sat down again; all 'the horrors of the present moment came over with full force, and now he too was here! How long she remained so she did not know; all was still in the house again. "Go to bed 'at once. Allez! "March!" sounded suddenly, like the notes of a trumpet. Then bitter, childish crying. "For Heaven's sake, what are you afraid of? What nonsense!' sounded again; and then little feet came pattering up the stairs. The girl's heart beat convulsively. She thought how Mathilda sat by the: bedside of her darlings until they had fallen asleep. Suddenly she stood up and ran to the nursery, which was opposite her room. 'Sshall'I pul you ito. bed?" she asked. Upon that the children hung upon her, sobbing and embracing her. 'Be still," she whispered, "so your little sister does not wake." We always do go to bed alone, but we were afraid to-night," sobbed little Christine. '"The charcoal-bur- Ss our mother will come every night to sce if we are well cared for," whispered the eldest; and in the moonlit room could see the terror in the 's eyes. he drew the little one to her. "Your mamma is with th dear Lord in Heaven," said she, nd she asks Him to take care of her child- ren. But she will not come here again, you poor little things!"' 'Lhe younger one soon began t6\cry bitterly. Lucie kissed and 'quicted her, and helped them to put on their night-gowns. She then sat down, as Mathilda used to, betweer the 1wo beds. "Shall' I tell you a story?" '"Yes,"" cried the boy, who had his bed behind a curatin.. '"'About Rome, aunt. Mother said you had seen the Capitol, and that when you came you would 'tell us about it." She put her hand to her forehead. "Rome! Yes,"" she murmured. "Uncle Alfred has given me a book about Rome, aunt. I do want to go there; it must be so beautifull?' ) "Uncle Alfred brought us a box of candy to-day; but the cousin has Put It away, whispered one of ue little girls. "To-morrow she must give us some, or we will tell wncle before he goes away." So he was to stay all might here! The girl stood up, very much agi- tated. Only not to see him--only not that! She seated herself again, as the chil- dren complained again 'that they were afraid. "Go to sleep," she said, nervously, '"'and to-morrow I will tell you a great deal." : They obeyed her and were quiet, and lay with their eyes wide open, and looked at the white moonlight that came in through the uncurtain- ed window. Nothing was to be heard but their breathing; then steps came along the corridor, which made the girl jump up and try to hasten away. She hurriedly looked round. Where could she disappear? In vain; there was but onc door leading out. Dut there, behind the large porcelain stove-- She sprung over into the dark shadow, and seated herself on the old chest, in which the children's clothes were kept. The door now opened, and he stepped over the threshold. Nes In the bright moonlight she could see every feature of his face. She pressed her hand to her heart, it be- gan to beat so wildly. Ile walked close to her; she could watch him through the open part of the stove, as the tall form the children's beds. '"Are you asleep already, my little mouse?" she heard him say; his voice sounded so tender. 'No, uncle," answered voice. "Are you afraid still?" "No,'"" whispered the little one, throwing her arms around his neck. ""Awvnt Lucie put us to bed." He started. "Aunt Lucie?' he asked. [conTINUED.1 a sleepy The Influence of the Trees. - When we plant a tree, we are doing what we can to make our planet a more wholesome and happier dwelling place for those who come after us if not for ourselves. -- Oliver Wendell Holmes. AA mother's mind is ever on her chil- dren. If she is noble, she is praying for them; if she is ambitious, she is scheming for them.--Schoolmaster. bent over one of. ' wNot Much Doubt of It, "Tle children were taken toda, their teacher to the big bakesho around the corner. Mabel went along." "Did she make a good inp ression 2" "I believe she did. She sut:down in a pan of fresh dough." -- Cleveland Plain Dealer. no : eo Sa Both Essential. Roderick--Old Oilrich bought an au- tomobile. Van Albert--Take him long to learn? Roderick--Yes; one month to run the machine and two months to pronounce the word "chauffeur" properly.--Pitts- burg Dispatch. Appreciation. "Do you think that people appreciate art in this country?" ; "Certainly," answered Mrs. Cumrox. "Everybody gets interested as soon as you tell 'em how much a masterpiece cost."--Washington Star. 2 Fellows In Complaint. The Guest--This is a tough steak Why. I can't bite it. ; The Waiter--Neither could I, cul; neither could I. Forgetful Father-in-Iaw, "I've bad another quarrel with my son-in-law, Count Fuscads," said Mr. Cumrex gloomily. "Have you refused him money?" "Certainly not. But I forgot to take my hat off and address him by his title when I handed him the check." His Experience. "Pa." said the poy. looking up from his book, "what does a man's 'better half' mean?' : "Usually. my son," replied his father from behind the evening paper, 'she neans exactly what she says." -------- Conceit often gets a small man in- to a large hole. : Many a man's popularity is due to what he doesn't say. : A LIFE SAVER. Babys Own Tablets Make Childeen Well and Keeps Them Well. Emergencies' come quickly in the lives of little ones, and the wise mo- ther will always keep at hand a reli- akbse medicine to cope with them. De- lay may mean the loss of a precious livtie life. There is no medicine ca take the place of Baby's Own Tablet in relieving, curing and prevent tte minor ailments of children. you could see my baby now,' writes Mrs. James Roviah, of French River, Ont., "and compare him with his con- dition before 'I began giving him Baby's Own Tablets, you would not know it was the same child. From the age of four up to twenty-one months he was con ntiy ill, and was wasted away to a eleton. I gave him a great many medicines, but al- ys without result, until I heard wa Baby's Own Tablets and began them to. him. Almost at onc helped him and he is now a fi ; healthy child. I now always keep the Tablets in the house." The. Tablets cont poisonous drugs fc medici and can in none of din #so0th given wi abe. Sold by mail at 25 writing to'i.the. Dr. Co. Brockville, cents 'a hox by Williams' Medicine A lot of typewritten matter was stored in a slightly damp vault. for six months. On removal the paper and gall ink signatures were in the best of condition, but all trace of typewriting had disappeared. This plan is slow and not very sure. Wilson's Fiy Pads Will kill millions and do it quickly. Spavins, Ringhbone Splints, Curbs, and all forms of Lameness, bunches or bony enlargements. Dr. B. J. Kendall Co., I have used your Kendall's Spavin Cure for zo years and have found it an nfallible remedy. Please mail me your book at once as I havea colt Iam now having trouble with. Yours truly, L. L. JARVIS, Dayton, Texas. As a liniment for family use it has no equal. Price $1 ; six for $5. Ask vour druggist for KENDALL'S SPAVIN CURE: also " A Treatise on the Horse," the book free, oraddress Dr, B. J, Kendall G,, Enosburg Falls, Vt. ry F: get rid of an undersirable suitor all she has to do Is to appear on the stage of action with hen hairdo up in curl papers. The trolley car is' pushed by the electric current at all, but is lifted again and again by the attraction of magnets for the.arma- ture coils of the motor. not drawn or; Galety is 'mol a proof that the heart is at ease, for often in the niidst of laughter the heart is sad.-- Du. Glenlis, Tor the first time in the "history of our government the imports have exceeded a billion dollars in a vear. The exports are about $1,400,000,- J ' ¥ iN PAINS IN THE BACK al FOR TWENTY YEARS Could Mot Turn Over in Bed-- Kidneys and ferings--Cured by ladder Affected Experienced Great Suf- DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY LIVER PILLS. The old people especially appreciate the effectiveness of. Dr. Chase's Kid- ney-Liver Pills, because the kidneys are usually the first of the bodily or- gans to give out; and the result is backache, lumbago, pains in the side and limbs, urinary disoreds and con- sumption. : Old people learn to trust in Dr. Chase's, Kidney-Liver Pills, for when all other treatments fail this great medicine seems to go directly to .the diseased part, and promptly affords relief and cure. Mr. David Misener, farmer, an old and respected resident of Port Rob- inson, Welland county, Ont., writes: "I wish to state to you that 1 had pain in my back and left side for over twenty years. At times I could not turn over in bed, I was so badly used up. I had cramps iin my feet and legs, and my hands were so en- tirely useless that I could scarcely lift anything." "Kidney disease, was, no doubt, the cause of all my suffering, and so#e- times the urinary trouble would be so bad that I would have to get up five or six times during the night. Fortunately, I began using Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, and they cured me completely. I am now 79 years old and quite well now, but still occasionally use these pills to keep my system in good order. Several per- "sons to whom I have recommended Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills have been equally. benefited." Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, the comfort of old age, one pill a dose, 125 cents a box, at all dealers, or Ed- manson, Bates & Co., Toronto. The Fly's Noon Hour. An Illinois congressman said tbat during a hot summer day he sought rest in a hammock beneath the scant shade of an old tree that stood at the corner of a down state hotel. "I had no sooner stretched myself in the hammock," said he, "than these flies attacked me, seemingly by the million. It was intolerable, and in no pleasant frame of mind I looked up the proprietor. "What do you mean, I demanded; 'by stretching your hammock in that fly haunted field of torture you call a lawn? "'I know the flies are bad out there now," he answered, 'but you ought to use the hammock during the hammock hours, and you'd have no trouble from the flies. : ; : " 'What are hammock: hours?' I in- quired. both : " 'From 12 noon to 2 p. m. daily,' he replied. 'During those hours flies will not attack you in the hammock.' "I was much interested in the man's Socratic skill in evading the issue, and, wishing to draw him out, I asked: " 'Why are there no flies around the hammock between 12 and 2? "'Oh, 'he rejoined, 'at that time they're'all in the dining room.' " An Awful Experiemce. A native diver descended into the w:icr to see whether ene of the piers, then in course of construction, had set. While he was engaged in this work a great iron cylinder subsided a little, crushing his hand between it and the masonry. When, on a signal being giv- en, another diver came down, he found his unfortunate comrade imprisoned under water without hope of escape. After a few moments of mute despalr and harrowing uncertainty a speech- less decision was arrived at, and the newcomer proceeded with chisel and hammer to hack off his unhappy com- panion's hand at the wrist. The pris- oner was thus liberated, but died soon after reaching the surface from the shock. Never, I think, has an opium eater in his dreams imagined a more pitiful spectacle of hopeless. human suffering.--"Travels In India." The Word "Average." After a fair translation of its old French body, "aver," into English only "horse" is found, and the word Dbe- | comes *'horsage." The change tends to confusion, but none the less "horsage" and "average" are identical sinee in the old time French an '"'aver" was a horse. It was also a horse in the Scotch dictionaries, and in one of Burns' po- ems, "A Dream," he alludes to a horse as a "noble aiver." In olden times in Europe a tenant was: bound to Go certain work for the lord of the manor--largely in carting grain and turf--horse work, and in the yearly settlement of accounts the just proportion of the large and small work performed was estimated according to the work done by "avers" (horses); hence our common word "average." Woeoslgathering. "For one's wits to go woolgather- ing" is an allusion to a pitiful industry sometimes seen'in older countries. In parts of France, Germany and Spain very old people are sometimes employ- ed in gathering wool from bushes in sheep pastures where it has been pluck- ed from the fleece as the animals pass too close to the branches. Tell a man he. doesn't look well. and he begins to reflect that he is looking interesting. THE WAY TO BE WELL. The Blood Must Be Kept Rich and : Pure and the Norves Strong. Good health is the most precious treasure any man or woman can have, But good health can only be had by kepeing the blood rich and pure, and the nerves strong. If the blood is al- lowed to become weak ang wate the whole system is weakened falsl an easy prey to disease. Theron is no medicine can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills in keeping the blood rich and pure, and the nerves vigorous and strong. Every dose helps to create new blood, and by a fair use of the pills, pale, sickly people are made bright, active and strong. Here i. proof. Mr. Robert Lee, Néw West. minster, B. C., says: "Refore I begs using Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, my blood was in a very impure state, ard as a result pimples that Were very itchy, broke out all over my body. My appetite was fickle, and I was eas- ily tired. My wife urged me to try Dr. Wililams' Pink Pills, and I got | halt a dozen boxes. By the time I had used them I was completely re- Stored to health, my skin was smooth and clear, and my appetite good." Dr. Williams' Pink Pills do not purge--they simply make pure, rich blood. That is why they cure such troubles as indigestion, neuralgia, rheumatism, anaemia, partial paraly- sig, St. Vitas dance, scrofula, erys elas, and the ailments so common to women, young and old. Sold bv all dealers or sent postpaid, at 30 cents 'a box, or six Loxes for $2.50 hy writ- 'ing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Cao., Brockville, Ont. Some men's idea of a Orilliant leader is' a partner who leads trumps' opportunely. AND INDIGESTION .--C, Syracuse, N. ¥Y.. write : gross of pills. We tare se re Parmelee's Pills than any other pill we keen. They have a great reputation for the cure of Dyspen- 2) and Liver Complaint." Mr. Chas. Smith, Lindsay. writes : "Parmel Pills. are an excellént, medicine. My sis ter has been troubled with severe head ache, but these pills have cured her.' 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