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Was it not something to thank God for to be restored to such a World ? “It seems so beautiful of the sun to shine, sir, when you’re getting better,” Letty ,said to her master. in her simple grateful way one day. “I’m so glad it’s going to be sumâ€" mer : it seems to help one to be glad.” “Yesâ€"I am glad too that the sum- mer is before us.” he answered quiet- l . ‘ ‘ yI-Ie was a man at most times who. absorbed in his own pursuits, was affected very little by the changes of the seasons ; but now in his weakâ€" ness, which forced upon him an unâ€" accustomed idleness, these sweet bright days through which he watchâ€" ed the world reawaking to its new life, roused in him also a feeling of almost hitherto unknown pleasure and interest. They did not thrill his. heart with delight, perhaps, as they did Letty’s, yet in his calm way he thanked God sometimes that his life had been spared to see them ; he would sit often for a long time watching the colors on the trees or in the sky. ' “Yes, it is a beautiful world. Letty,” he assented one day in anv swer to something that the girl had said. Letty had gentle, simple, almost. childlike Ways that made her pre- sence soothing and acceptable to Mr. Trelawney. During these weeks of convalescence he fell into the hab- it of having her a good deal with him. He was so weak that solitude was wearisome to him, and work impossible; he wanted some mild in~ terest that should amuse and occupy without tiring him, and he found this in her. She was in natural refineâ€" ment so much above her station that her presence never disturbed him ; she was ignorant, but her ignorance only affected him like that of a child; he used to talk to her almost as he might have if she had been a. child indeed, not in learning only, but in years. It was an unwise thing to do, but he was a lonely man, shut out at present from his natural ocâ€" cupation, and too weak in will perâ€" haps, for the moment, to deny'himâ€" self any help that he could find to make the slow hours pass. For a few days, at first, he had merely sent for her for half an hour to come and read to him, and she had come and performed her little service, and departed again ; but presently, when he grew better, and was able, as the days became warmâ€" er, to spend. the greater part of his time out in the garden, they were more together by a great deal. She would frequently then, at his reâ€" quest, bring out her work and sit down, not with him, but within ear- shot of him, sothat he could call her if he wanted anything, and he fell into the habit soon of calling often. He would call her, and genâ€" erally when she went to him he would keep her near him for a long time. Sometimes she would stand by his chair while she stayed, but some-l times her standing gave him a sense of unrest, and he would not let her do it. At first she had begun by never sitting down in his presence except when she was reading to him, but he broke through the regulation after a time. “You had better sit down, Letty,” he began to 2:1 , half irritably. "You make me feel that I am wear- ing you out when you come and stand like this. I give you so much running about to do that you may well sit down and 'rest while you can ;" and, though she did not want to sit down, he was so disposed to be impatient when he was crossed that she had presently to give up her opposition. “You’d better do what he tells you Letty.” Mrs. Markham too said. “There’s no harm in itâ€"and people when they’re ill, they have their fancies, you know. I’m sure I’m obliged to sit down when I’m with him, for I’d be lame with the swel- ling in my feel; if I was to be kept ,__.._ .._....... .. ... .._ -. on them for an hour beside his chair. Oh no, Letty, it’s quite right you should sit (lown if he asks you, as long as he’s ill. It would be quite a different thing, you know, to do it at other times, but now it don't matter, child.” Letty had taken her difliculty to her aunt, and this was her aunt’s decision on it. For circumspect though she was, no thought had yet entered hirs. Markham's mind of posâ€" sible “danger to- Letty. inthis in- creased intercourse with her master. I’erhaps, on the contrary, she was rather flattered and pleased at the liking that Mr. Trelawnc'v had taken to the child ; she might have se- cretly hoped. (for she was always anxious about the future for her) that possibly he would end by “do- ing something” for her presentlyâ€"â€" something that should raise her above the necessity of working hard for her own living. luvs. Markham. for herself, was far from a grasping woman, but there were times when she could almost have been grasping for her niece. Letty was so unfit to fight her own way in the world ; she would probably all’ her life be so much in need of somebody to hold out a helping hand to her ; if she made a, friend of her master would it not be well, for her in the, time to come ‘2 She may have argued in this way with herself, forgettingâ€"as Mr. Trelawney too forgotâ€"â€"that Let- ty was not any longer a child now. And as for Letty herself, were these not days never to be forgotten while she lived ? She was one of those girls whose passionate power of loving seems to be the one power they have, and their devotion to some great worship the only work in this world that they are fitted to do. Such Women must find a god and hero somewhere, and, though Mr. Trelawney was certainly in reality ' neither god nor hero, yet Letty might have done worse, per- haps than spend her lifeâ€"as she (lid â€"in burning incense before him. He. was at least not a bad man, nor one who would willingly slay her for her folly. « ’ After a very little while those first days, when he had merely called her to him to read for a little while, and then he wanted nothing more from her, came in the memory of thorn to seem cold and colorless and almost blank to Letty, so much fuller, and sweeter Were those others in which she was living now, when scarcely an hour passed but he asked some serâ€" vice from herâ€"when even if she were not with him she was near him-â€" when he talked .to her as he had anever done before. He was a very grave, quiet man, who in a general way talked little and thought much, but in these ‘ idle days he had no strength to think, and so, for occu- pation, for amusement, for some- thing to make the empty hours pass, he talked to Letty. It was an en- tertainment that had no dangers for him, and he was selfish, or forgetful. Er indifferent enough not to think of er. . Sometimes he wbuld amuse her, or himself, by telling her things that had happene to him long ago. He fhad travelled a good deal when he was very young, and he used to itell her about the life in foreign icountries, she sitting the while near to him with her work, which often, in the interest with which she lis- knees. She 'used to listen like child, with a child’s eagerness, and ignorance, and belief. He told her things that were so new and derful to her, and her delight ‘, thinkâ€"that neat gar was the chief charm she had in Mr. Trelawney’s eye. "My little handmaid,” he used to call her. He would pat her Shoulder kindly some- times by way of giving thanks to often tell her how useful she was to him, or Would praise her to Mrs. Markham. He would frankly sayâ€"â€" "I hardly know just now what I should do without Letty ; she is both eyes and feet to me.” For a long time, even perhaps after he had grown strong enough to have dispensed with her services, be conâ€" tinued to make .her read to himâ€" partly from indolence, partly be- cause the sound of her voice had beâ€" come pleasant to him. and becauseâ€"â€" he saidâ€"the practice was good for her. If she were to be a school- mistress, it would be useful for her to be able to read well. He would ask her about the work she was doâ€" ing with Miss Watson, and once or twice he went over a few of her lesâ€" sons with her ; but Letty was slow in learning, and the part of teacher was not the sort of part that suited Mr. Trelawney. He might recomâ€" mend it (as he had done) for Letty, but for him that kind of workâ€"so far, at least, as concerned its lower branchesâ€"was too dull in its monoâ€" tonous routine to have any power of interesting him. So he did not help Letty much with her learning, but contented himself merely with making general inquiries as to her progressâ€"except when she ventured to bring some special difficulty ‘to him'that she had been unable to solve, or when once or twice he took' up some morâ€" sel of history that she was feebly studying, and clothed its dead bones with flesh for her. “When shall I be myself again, Gibson ?” he said to his doctor one day in‘May. . “ ‘v'hat are you in a hurry to be yourself for ?” the other answered. "Do you mean that you want to go back to your writing ? If you are wise you will do her ; he would no more Writing for the next six months. “Six months !” echoed Mr. lawney, aghast. "Wellâ€"perhaps we won’t call it six Treâ€" months, butâ€"say three, at any rate.“ Why, many a one is a year before he gets over the effects of such an ill- ness as you have bad. You may be thankful to be as well already as you are.” “But I think I am better than you suppose me. I don’t. think it would hurt me to work now.” "If you tried it you would pretty soon change your opinion, I sus- pect.” “But I would only do it in moderaâ€" tion.” “Far better not attempt it at all. Take my advice, Trelawney, and wait patiently. It will be better for you in the end. I am sure you have very little to complain of. I don’t pre- _' g a To prove to you‘ that Dr. . 4 Q" Chase’s Ointment 18 accrtain E W and absolute cure for, each and every form of itching. blocdingendprotmdi pilot), the manufacturernlmvo guarantee-d it. see tea. tnnonials in the daily press and ask yourncigh- bars what they thmko" it. You can use it and got vour monev back if not cured. 000 n. box. at all dealers or EDMANBON,BATES 65 00., Toronto, Elia Glasses Qintment vent you from readingâ€"and you can talk to your friends, and; if you want amusementâ€"well, like that man of Browning’s, you can play a de‘ cent cribbage with your maid at night before you go to bed. Can she play cribbage, by the way, do you little maiden of ' yours '3” tened to him, would drop upon her Markham knows all about it. a I might teach l “I can’t play it myself,” said Mr. Trelawney, rather sharply. "Well, then, you had better learn. It’s a capital game. I darcsay Mrs. She you both.” And Mr. Gibson went away laughing. But Mr. Trelawney did not take wonâ€" his doctor’s advice, nor learn to play . and ; cribbage surprise in them used to please him. l were warm and long, and he with Letty. The evenings preâ€" She would ask him questions some-fierer to pass them in his garden, times, but never more than 3. questions, for she was always shy of him, and too conscious of his conâ€" descension to her not to shrink from doing anything that might seem as if she put herself on .an equality with him. She never once through all these happy days‘forgot that he was her master (her master, and in her heart her lord and king), and she his servant. She was very neat and deft in waiting on him; She moved quickly and quietly ; her voice was sweet and The entire absence in renaâ€" few or in taking I l stern longer wa‘lks abroad. He would take these longer walks mostly on the evenings when Letty went to Miss Watson’s; on the others when she was at home he more often contented himself within the range of his own grounds. He had let himself drop into this idle habit of making Letty a companion, and inconsiderately and unwiser as he got better he went on doing what his illness had tempted him to begin to do at first. He liked her well enough to be pleased to have her with him ; he liked her youth, and Several Years of Kidney Disease-5A Prominent Merchant Cured by fir. theses kidneyalver Pile. Every day adds scores of names to the long list of persons who have been cured by Dr. Chase’s Kidneyâ€" Liver I’ills, and among those who are now enthusiasts in praising this great medicine is Mr. W. Gill‘oy, the well-known merchant of Blenheim, Like many others, Mr. Gilroy now wonders why he (lid not use Dr. Chase‘s first place, instead of experimenting with new-[angled and untried remedies. ceptional virtues of Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills. Ont. Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills in the There is no doubt about the ex- They act directly on the kidneys, liver and bowels. and thoroughly cure complicated ailments which cannot be reached by ordinary remedies. Mr. W. Gilroy, general merchant, Blenheim, Lint” states:â€""I am rather enthusiastic in the praise of Dr. . Chase’s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills, and believe I have good reason to be. from kidney disease, and had pains in my back almost constantly. not succeed in obtaining more than slight temporary relief. “A friend of mine advised me to try Dr. Chase’s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills, tion. For several I tried a great many remedies, but did years I was a great sufi‘erer and I (lid so, with great satisfac- I had. not taken half a box before I began to feel better, and now realize that I have entirely recover- ed. I often wonder now why people go aftei'vnew-fangled remedies when this tried and proven medicine is so easily obtained, and so certain to Dr. Chase’s Kidneyâ€"liver Pills have the hearty endorsement of good citizens in nearly every city, They are p1 ohably the most popular remedy that was ever introduced into this coun- try and their enormous sales are due to the fact that they radically cure serious and chronic disease. and village in Canada. cure.” town pill a dose; 25 cents a. box. at all dealers, or Edmansom Bates & 00., Toronto. her of all that was coarse and vul‘ her pretty face, and her gentle, sim- ple, modest ways. He was touched, too, by her devotion to himself, which was the devotion of a. child, he thought (or persuaded himself that he thought), and partly from gratitude for it, partly because he knew that so small a thing from him would give her pleasure, he would often deliberately go and talk to her, intending by doing so to make her glad.~ It was a dangerous gratification to give her, and ,he ought to have known that; but perhaps he thought too little about it to recognize its danger. He only said to himself, gently, and even with a. kind of tenderness, that he was glad he had the power to attach the child to him. 110 said this to Mrs. Markham herself. “Letty touch‘es me with her devo- tion,” he said. “I don’t think I have a truer friend in the world than she is. If it should ever be in my power to show that I am grateful to her, you and she may both be sure that I shall not be slow to do it." ]He put out his hand to Mrs. Markâ€" [ham as he said .this. “I think no man ever had a pair of kinder women to take care of him,” he said. “Oh‘, sir, we do no more than our duty. It’s you who are so good to Letty,” the poor soul replied eager- ly. “I’m sure Letty may well love you, and bless the day that brought her here.” And she went away, when she had made this answer, with her heart light and glad, for had not her master almost said that he would “do something” for Letty, and was not the seeing Letty' proâ€" vided for the first hope ofher heart ? She thought too that the girl was too much of a child, and Mr. ’I‘relawney too much removed from her. both in age and rank, for the kindness that he showed he?! to do her harm. ‘ (To Be Continued). SHIRT WAIST OR BLOUSE. 32 to 40 Bust. The smart blouse waists are ac- knowledged favorites of fashion and grow in favor and variety with each change of season. This latest design includes many novel features. and is admirably adapted to afternoon wear. The original of white moire poplin, stitched with heavy white silk, shows gold ball buttons with white silk cords effecting the closing at the centre front. All waist maâ€" terials, such as taffeta, peau dc soie, flannel, serge, cashmere, pique. chevâ€" i'ot, and the more substantial wash fabrics are appropriate. To cut this waist in the medium size yards of material 21 inches wide, 8:1.» yards 27 inches wide. or 2 yards (III- inches wide will be requirâ€" cd. . â€"â€"â€"+â€"â€"â€"â€"- A TRYING SEASON. Little Ones Are Subject to Colds and the Result is Dangerous Unless Prompt Remedial Steps Are Taken. The little ones are apt to take cold, no matter how carefully a mother may try to prevent it. While colds may affect children in different ways, the main symptoms usually are that the child grows cross, the skin hot, the appetite fickle and the child quite ievurish. Unless someâ€" thing is done at once to relieve a simple cold, the result is often very seriousâ€"so serious that many a child’s life has been lost. There is no remedy that can equal liaby’s Own Tablets in cases of this Lind. These tablets promptly break up colds and carry off the poisonous matter that has been retained in the system. By doing that they reduce the fever; the pulse becomes normal; the appetite is restored, and the child is again well {HHS nappy. Mrs. O. E. Earle, Brockville, Ont.,. says :â€"“I always use Baby’s Own Tablets for both my children, aged three and five years, when they are at all unwell. When my little girl was a few months old, she had a had attack of whooping cough, and I found the tablets very beneficial, Since that time I always keep them in the house ready for use. When the children are troubled with billâ€" ousness, any derangement of the stomach, are pcevish or fretful, or when they have a cold, I always use the tablets, and am always pleased with the results." These tablets are a certain cure for such troubles as colic, sour stomach, indigestion, diarrhoea, con; tipation, simple fever and colds. They prcL vent croup and allay the irritation accompanying the cutting of teeth. They are sold under an absolute guarantee to contain no opiate or other harmful drug. May be had .‘rom druggists or will be sent post- paid at 25 cents a box, by address- ing The Dr. Williams’ Medicine (70., Brockville, Ont. +â€" HOPE FUR spinning HOW THE RAvaG-Esrosf‘flfis SCOURGE Mag x.‘ \‘ g ., .. -_, “A ' ’ ' .,.F}L..vv;-V '1. \'_ Statistics Prove That“Mbré.-Déaths - _ .a- Occur From Consumption ‘Than From All Other Diseases Combinedâ€"How Best to Combat the Disease. The ravages of consumption throughout Canada is something ap- palling. In the province of Ontario. where statistics of deaths from all diseases are carefully kept, it is shown that 2,286 of the deaths oc- curring during the year 1901 were due to consumption, or about-‘10 per cent. more than the number of'deaths occurring from all other contagious diseases combined. These figures are startling and show the urgent neces- sity for taking every available means for combating a. disease that yearly. claims so ,many victims. The time to cure consumption is not after the lungs are hopelessly involved and the doctors have given up hope Taken in its early stages, consumptiOn. is curable. COnSu'mption is a wasting disease of the lungs and at the earliâ€" est symptom of lung trouble steps should be taken to arrest the waste and thus stop the disease. Consump- llOll preys upon weakness. Strength is the best measure of safety. Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills are the best tonic and strength builder knowu to medical science. The record. of this medicine speaks for itself and proves conclusively that taken when the symptoms of consumption develop they build up, strengthen and invig- orate the patient ,to a point where disease disappears. In proof of this take the case of Ildege St.‘GCOl‘gC, of St. Jerome, Que, who says:â€" "About a year ago I became great- ly run down. I lost color, suffered constantly from headaches and pains in the sides; my appetite left me. and I became very weak. Then I was atâ€" tacked by a. cough, and was told that I was in ‘COIISHHIDUOIL‘ The doctor ordered me to the Laurentian Mountains in the hope that the change of air would benefit me. I remained there for some time. but did not improve, and returned home feelâ€" ing that I had not much longer to live. I then decided to use Dr. Wil- liams’ Pink I’ills. After using sever- al bottles my appetite began to re- turn, and this seemed to .mark the change which brought about my re- covery, for with the improved appe- tite came gradual but surely increas- ing strength. I continued the use of the pills, and daily felt the weakness that had threatened to end my life disappear, until finally I was again enjoying good health, and now, as those who know me can see. I show no trace of the illness I DaSSC‘d through. I believe Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills saved my life, and I hope my statement will induce similar sufÂ¥ fercrs to try them. These pills are also a certain cure for the after effects of la g'rippe and pneumonia, which frequently devel- ops into consumption. Through their bloodâ€"renewing, strengthening quali- ties they also cure anaemia. heart troubles, neuralgia, rheumatism, stomach troubles kidney and livei ailments and the funCtional‘wcak- nesses that make the lives of. so many women a source of constant misery. There are many imitations of this medicine and the health seek- er should protect himself by seeing that the full name, "Dr. Williams' Pink Pills for Pale People.” is or. every box. Sold by'all dealers in medicine or sent post paid 31.50 cents a box or six boxes for bv addressing the Dr. Williams‘ Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont. .â€"â€"â€"__..+ ALMOST GOOD ENOUGH. An old Highland lady is a litth bit prouder of her nationality than of anything else to which she can lay claim and seldom misses a chance to boast of what her countrymen have accomplished. She never tires of telling what they have done, dwelâ€" ling particularly upon Scott, Burns, Wallace, Bruce, Stevenson and Ian Maclaren. “Mother,” said her son-, after she had been discoursing upon her favor- ite theme the other day. “you hon- estly seem to think that no good can come except out of Scotland. I fear it’s becoming a sert of mania with you. You’ll be claiming yet that Gladstone, Nelson, Wellington, flick- ens, and all the best of our greatest men in modern times were born in Scotland.” » “Weel, I’m nae so sure 0’ that, Jamie, but no thing I do ken o’ the gude men ye nameâ€"â€"a’ o’ thim a’most had intellect eneuch to be Scots: men.” mad-*â€" NOT ENOUG TI SALARY. “There is in the employ of our house,” says a salesman, “a young man who is an assxstant luckâ€"keeper. He’s a steady chap, minds his own business, and is as shrewd as they make them. The other day the sen- ior partner of the firm, who seldom comes down, made a tour of inspec- tion, and as ‘he approached the as- sistant bookâ€"keeper he noticed the solemn expression on his face. De- siring to be congenial, he said:â€" “ 'I-Iow are you, young man? I see you are at your work. That is good. Close attention to business will always bring its own rewardr Tell me, what are you earning now a week?’ "The young man without a mo ment’s hesitation. answered: "Twenty 05° . 37,000 girls attend cooking classes f‘ve dollars, sir; but I only get hal m. London. that.’ ” - _ - _ I V .. “N-.. ,_ ,m H ,_ U, .. Contagious“ -’~' . 'I. f .A. -l 7’.‘ gr ‘. I I). v . L .1. ' .s 9. ; , mt“; ,. r._.\' “rt, ‘7‘». ‘33. I