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:5 li ‘f; ,1 r. ééfiéébbéQébéghgé‘g‘hbfi ‘25 CONFUSION w eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee ’ Or ' Gentility ,Vs. ' Nobility of Soul. d v3¢$¢$$¢$ eeeeeeeeeee 6W1?” 3, vvvv’v‘ v’wv"$$'5vvlvv‘ v: v“v“???$v$$¢$$$$$6$$$$vvv“ Mid NEW SERIAL 'GOEJFUSION 0F EASTE- ‘ film READERS will welcome our new - story, the first instalment of which _ appears in this issue. Follow it. CHAPTER I. Mr. Trelawney was in his garden, the beech-tree hedge. There was a pathâ€" way there that had been worn by his feet, for both in winter and summer it was the spot of all his garden that a favorite walk, this thick hedge from winds, yet standing high, and open to the west, and command- sidc a pleasant view ,across a cultivated country, rich in walking and down beside up he loved the best : sheltered by the east ing on that meadow land and trees. He was a reserved, who did not know much of phocles, being .miliar friends to him than the and whose voices sounded .in his ears. . It was about fifteen years ago since Mr. Oxford to this only three or the'rctired habits of a student. that time his mother was alive, high bred and Woman ; and the mother and son had lived together for twelve years. During all these years the house, in spite of its having a mis- tress at the head of it, had scarcely a less dull or quiet one than it been Was now. Mrs. Trelawney was a woman who held herself rather above her neighbors. Such a woman of course could not be popular in a country, village, and Mrs. Trelawney in Shepton who either enjoyed her soâ€" or her greatly when she was accordingly had had few friends ciety much while she was living, mourned dead. Mr. Trelawney happiness his mother’s manner and been pleasant years that they she had become his idealâ€"the one he had felt her ever felt the loss of any other thing. clear to his taste. He was thinking out some ' knotty point in his work to-day as he paced his favorite walk, ranging evidence in his mind, weigh- hardly conscious that the sun was shining on him or up and down ing probabilities, the west wind blowing. It was ten o’clock in the morning of a summer day. The postman had come up to the house a. little while ago, but he had brought no letter for Mr. Tre- lawney : he had only brought one letter for Mrs. Markham. the house- keeper, which had contained ill news apparently, for the poor soul began to cry as she read it. She was still crying, standing at the open door with her apron every few moments going up to her eyes, when half an hour later Mr. Treâ€" lawney came in from his: walk. She was waiting to intercept him as he reâ€"entered the house, and with red eyes and a face full of grief she ac- costed him as he came up. “I’m sorry to trouble you, sir, but ~â€"but I’ve had a letter from my sis- terâ€"or at least not from my sister (poor dear, I wish it was 1-) ; it’s my niece that Nerve Food. There is not a single organ of the hunian body its characters are well drawn and its plot unusual. In it the author develops the idea that "kind hearts are more than corqnets, and simple faith than Norman blood. H gentle, studâ€" ious man of forty, or a little under ; simple in manners and in mind ; one the ways on“ the world, but. lived quietly absod‘ :d in his own world of books wilmner and Horace, Plato and So- nearcr and more fa- men whose, living faces he saw round him, Trelawney had come from house in Shepton where he now lived, and though then four and twenty, he had almost at once begun to adopt At a rather cold-natured had grown accusâ€" tomed to .the life he led, and felt no 'desire for a keener or more exciting than what it gave him. He had been fond of his mother and company. I-l'er refined calm mind had I In the V had lived together only hadâ€"of womanhood, and he loss more than he had living writes, andâ€"and‘â€"-” with a burst of tears, “her poor mother’s dying f” It was a. little confusing to Mr. Trelawney, but he Was very sorry. "You would like‘ to go and see her, Would you not ?” he said at once. “Yes, of course ; go as soon as you can. And whatever money you would likeâ€"-” _But Mrs. Markham did not want any money. Her only two troubles Were lest she might not find her sister still alive, and lost Martha, her help in the kitchen, should during her absence in cooking chops and steaks. From one of these anxieties Mr. Trelawney did what he could to relieve her ; for the relief of the other he could only give her his grave good wishes. ‘ About a week had passed after this day, when one afternoon a knock came to the study door, and, on Mr. Trelawney calling to the knocker to enter, a blackâ€"robed figure came mournfully into the room and dropped a courtesy with a tragic face. “Oh, Mrs. Markham exclaimed Mr. Trelawney, a little startled by this apparition. “Yes, sir, it’s me," said the house- keeper faintly. . “Did you findâ€" ? But I am afraid I need not askâ€"” - He looked at her black gown, and stopped. “No, sir. She’s gone.” kerchief went to her eyes. “Poor thing. I hope her ?" "Oh yes, thank God ; me and Letty we were both with her. It was a. very happy ending, sir.” “Well, that will be a comfort to you, Mrs. Markham.” “It is, sir, it’s a great comfort. She suffered so that, if it wasn’t for Letty, one would hardly have wished to keep her. But it’s hard to lose a mother, sir.” “Very hardâ€"very. Is Letty your sister’s child ?” “Yes, sir, and a good girl, thing.” , “And is sheâ€"What does she do, I mean ? Does she go out to service?” -“Ah, sir, that’s the difficulty. She’s delicate. She’s not fit for a common service. She’s been helping her mother, you see, sir, with the. millinery.” “Well, can she not go on with that sort of thing ‘2” . “I suppose she must, sirâ€"but she’s youngâ€"she’s only fifteen, and a child "of that age alone in Londonâ€" But I mustn’t bother you with our troubles Sir.” “You don’t bother me, Mrs. Mark- ham. I am only sorry that Iâ€"that I am so little able to give you any help. Unless there was anything you could think of yourself ?” “Well, sir,” with a little hesita- tion, “I almost had it in my mindâ€"â€" if you’d not think it a great liberty -â€"I was wanting very much to ask you if you thought you’d mind my having her here for a week or two, just till we had time to look alf'out us.” "You had better send for her at once. Where is the poor girl now ?” "Well, sir, there were some kind neighbors that offered her a bed for a night or two, and she’s gone to them. And I thank you gratefullyâ€" I thank you with all my heart,” said the housekeeper, and brought the interview to an end with a "1 Her hand- you saw poor re- lieved face. It was two days after this that, as Mr. Trelawney was walking in his garden, his eye was caught by an unfamiliar sightâ€"the slight figure of a girl dressed in black, standing= with a basket on her arm gathering fail. I. But I loved not forbid nie ; stronger grudge him this last solace. miserable ther now. Go ! go away. This is no place for you. Leave me alone with my dead.” sank again her arms stiffening form. Upon the white her gown a great crimson stain was spreading. carried down the stairs to. the hall, he stumbled was all, had followed‘her mistress faithâ€" fully, in fear and trembling. structions to who from sound of the revolver. hurried orders brought round immediately from the stables, and conveyed direct to The Cottage, once more chamber. As he drew near it, he found the silence was broken. A voice shrill, frenzied, .was ringing through the room. Mrs. Dundas had risen, and was denouncing her husband as the murderer to Stronge as he entered, and began again her peas. “Who is this ?” was his first thought as his attention was arrestr. ed by her, and then. “Oh, it must be Mrs. Markham’s niece,” he recolâ€" lected, and meeting the housekeeper presently as he was returning to his study he said abruptly to the houseâ€" keeperâ€"- “Mrs. Markham, why should you not keep Letty here with yourself for a time ? It would be a. great deal better for her, I should think, than being thrown amongst strangers. I suppose, if she were to stay, you could find something for her to do?” "Oh, sir, you’re too ideajdfthe The Action of the Heart, the Nerve Forceâ€"~Entrae nerve forceâ€"the motive power of the body. The nervous system_ ach, kidneys or other organs. feelings, headache, dyspepsia, we.» organ of the body. Nerve Food to cure you. blood and creating nerve force. 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But the reflection, as such re- flections generally do, only touched his conscience for a moment ; and then he took up his book and resumâ€" ed the reading of itâ€"and forgot alike Letty and Letty’s pleasure, his own satisfaction and his selfâ€"reproach. (To Be Continued). in k that CHAPTER XXXIII, On the threshold stood Lady Varâ€" ley, and behind her Stronge and Carew O’Grady. They all stood there motionless as if stricken into stone, gazing on the scene before them. A man dead, already more calm, more placid than he had ever been in life ; a man living, yet With death upon his face, and head bow- ed stubbornly upon his breast ; a woman cast brokenly upon the ground, With her arms flung about the silent corpse ; all her rich red hair had come unbound, and covered his breast as if with a shroud. ,_ It was a most piteous sight. Yo- lande, overwhelmed by‘ it, sank on her knees and covered her eyes With her hands. All was swept from her remembrance, save the awful, un- availing grief of this wretched wo- man. ‘ Her sudden action roused Donna. She turned and addressed her. “You are a good woman," she said in a subdued, monotonous way. “You could not understand such as him and you never did ; my love for him taught me that, carefully as you hid your secret. Leave him to me now. Do do not deny ‘ my to him : do not We were be toge- claim alwaysâ€"let us head Once his of She spoke incoherently. Her back upon his breast. closed round It was his lifeâ€"blood. Lady Varley sickened at the sight. She rose to her feet in a wild, shud- dering haste, around her. when O’Grady came quickly towards her, she shrank from him, and it was to Andrew Stronge she held out her hands with a choking cry. and looked helplessly She swayed a little, but as she fell, and of the room and where against a woman. It the girl Kitty ; who, knowing He caught her her out He left her in her care, with in- rouse the servantsâ€" now, indeed, were hurrying all quarters, roused by the Having given that a. carriage be that Lady Varley be he returned to the fatal of her lover. She turned denunciation ; she looked avage desire for vengeance. O'Grady went quickly up to Dunâ€" “Fly,” he said in a hurried whisâ€" “There is yet time. Soon, we It is in our power now, it not be so five minutes hence. A curious smile parted Dundas’ O’Grady lightly on is distributed and fails to do its duty, the liver You may be a attributing the trouble to the stemâ€" the thoughts, abscntâ€"mindcdncss, sleep, on Dr. Chase’s occuriin winter, their countries as emigrants the nineteenth century. Our total consumption per head of ‘ alcoholic Ions. but 14:,- gallons in a year. the. shoulder though he did not look at him.- His gaze was riveted on the spot where Donna stood. “Too late even if I had cared is already on my track. Look her. ?” O’Grady followed his gaze. Donna, who had been commanding Stronge’s aid, was now looking towards them; though fearing to be ba‘filed, deprived of her and aside with super- human force, seized hold of Dundas. Her.eyes blazed, there was madness suspicion lit her eyes. As revenge, she rushed forward, dashing O’Grady in them. Stronge caught and held her back from him, restraining her as gently any kind that kept her from securing the ' her vengeance infuriated and glared at Dundas, who was standing motionless, making no effort to avail of escape pointed out to him by O’Grady, and fearful of his 0b as he could. But restraint of object of her. She laughed frantically, himself of that chance which she was so taining. ' he said, gazing at her with frozen on his lips. him, could the revolver to his mouth. It whilst they fascination that could not be quered, the last quick, shudder ran through him. As for Donna, she stood a rigid attitude, her face livid. her face. mutilated her it crept with a dull haste, with a deadly back, but it followed still, clutching a chair as her . touched the Wall. could imagine no other means escape than and that crimson flood. Stealthily, crawling, until her. It touched the hem of her gown, and reddened it. How stain grew ! ‘It seemed solved to merge itself murderess ! For a moment, as fascinated, she stood staring at with wide, awful eyes. earthly scream' escaped her. after peal of horrible laughter lowed, and presently they bore from the room raving maniac. (To Be Continued). RESTLESS LITTLE ONES. _â€" Peevishness Sure Sign That Baby is - Unwell. 'When babies are restless, cross, or pecvish it is the surest possible sign ofillness. Well babies sleep soundly and are cheerful and playful when awake. When baby is cross too many mothers give so-called “soothing” medicines, which contain opiates that deaden; but db not remove the trouble. 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Ont. +â€"â€"-â€"- In 1,000 deaths of Londoners, 287 and 220 in summer. million Europeans left during ' Nearly 29 beverages is 1â€"3 galâ€" The average American drinks to prolong my life," he said. “Nemesis at He came slowly up to her, and, by a little wave of the hand, put back the two who were still holding her. “You are not yet satisfied then ?” that same strange smile that now seemed “You have taken from me, faith, hope, joy, yet still you crave my blood ? Take it, then i” Before Stronge, who was nearest to interfere, he had lifted was all over in a moment. He was lying face downwards mercifully, and even looked with a. horrible con: trcmulous there motionless, her body drawn up into All meaning seemed to have flown from It was a more beautiful mask. And presently, oh, so slowly, so sluggishly a thick red stream 'beâ€" gan to creep from under that hidden head. Straight towards but surety. She shrank Back she went with stiffening fingers, and with dilated eyes fixed always on that aw- ful pursuer. Back still until she Her mind was so far gone that she of that backward one ; ’slowly, but ever nearer, came an inch-now, a. little rush then creeping; at last it caught White the as though his blood, having found her, had reâ€" in herâ€"his if it Then an un- Peal folâ€" her securely pinionedâ€"a and Sleeplessness a. medicme for their little.,Silver m. would be the making of her,” replied RHEUMATIU PAINS. CAUSED BY AN IMPURE CON. DITION OF THE BLOOD. _â€" Liniments and Other Old Fashion- ed Remedies Will N of: Cureâ€" The Rheumatic Taint Must Bl Removed From the Blood. tism are too well known to need des- cription, but it is not so well known that medical science now recognizes that the primary cause of rheuma- tism is impure or impoverished blood The result is that hundreds of suffer- ers apply external remedies which cannot possibly cure the trouble. 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As a briefless barrister, Lord Chancello: Clarendon had married a housemaid, and her grandchildren sat on tlu British throne, says the London Standard, Victor Emmanuel offered the tributary crown of Sicily to Ca!" ibaldi, but the old sailor refused t4 exchange his red shirt for the purplt robe. _The founder of the Ming dy« nasty of China was a Buddhist priest, the son of a Chinese potter. After occupying the Celestial throne for three centuries the Mings werv overthrown and succeeded by the Manchus of Tartar freeâ€"booting ori- gin. . They have been royal for only three hundred years. But the Imper- ial house of Turkey has absolutely authentic descent from Mohammed, the long line being unbroken from 570 A. D. With exceptions, such as that of the Mikado, Disraeli was right in declaring that “the most powerful people in the world, male and female, a few years back. Rere adventurers, exiles, and dcmireps.” -I-._I a- A GOOD START. I have been thinking for a time,” she said, with a sober pression which contrasted strongly with her usual airincss, “that I ought' to have some serious purpose in life. So I have decided to go into literature.” “You intend to pursue it seriously do you ?” “Yes, indeed. I’ve bought a love- ly Louis XVI. desk, and I’ve got some of the most exquisite stationâ€" ery you ever saw. Papa gave me a gold pen and a inothcr-ofâ€"pcarl pen- holder, and I have just the prettiest inkstand ! All covered with filigree work, you know.” “You are certainly well cquipped.’ “Yes,” she replied, serenely. “I‘ve got a splendid start. All I have tc do now is sit down some time ano‘ think of something to write.” '>“’.» “1m?- Aunt Maria (at concert)â€""Josiah, what’s the next thing to be done ?" long ex- }Uncle Josiahâ€""They’re going to sing “For a Thousand Years.’ ” Aunf Mariaâ€"“For goodness’ sake. 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