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, Vr‘ $6 Mfimm “ CONFUSION § OF CASTE. Vs. lb 19 9 g Gentility e g Nobility of Soul. 3WW¢$¢WW$Â¥$$¢ $WWWWW CHAPTER XXII. ltaken a weight off my heart that As Frank walked back to Woodâ€"'was near crushing me." lands after parting from Dorcas he suddenly made up his mind as to the next step that he,wou1d take. He resolved that he would tell his mother what he had done before the It was inevitable that she must know it soon, so he de- day ended. cided, and not unwisely perhaps, that she should know it at once. Ac- cordingly, when they were about to part for the night, he said to her: "I want to speak to you, mother;” and went up with her to her room, and told his tale. He had been in a state of over- flowing happiness all the evening â€"- his joyous spirits making the others wonder. Now, as he went upstairs with Mrs. Harcourt, he was still al- most irrepressiny elated. He knew what was before him, and yetâ€"un- til he had fairly begun his story â€"â€" he could not make himself serious. He was talking such nonsense to his mother as he walked by her self at last, and declared his news to her, her first impression was that he was merely talking some mad nonsense still. “Mother, I have got something that I want to- tell you,” he said to her, almost as soon as the door of her room was closed, and she had sat down before the fll‘L. _ ‘I have got something to tell you, and you won’t like to hear it; but you are a brave woman, and I never could beat about the bush, you knowâ€"so I had better have it out at once. at the Trelawneys’ this afternoon, andâ€"I have asked Dorcas to marry me.” ' Mrs. Harcourt gave one look full in her son’s faceâ€"a sufficiently startled look indeed; but the next instant she caught back her flying courage. "Frank, I think you are off your head to-night,” she said, steadily. “There'is little doubt but. that “I am,” he coolly replied. “But. lie-IS not much to be Wondered at, is 1‘47 I should hardly think that the day on which a man first. asks a WOIUMI to be his wife can be much like any other day in his life.” "Good heavens, Frankâ€"are you talking seriously?” Mrs. Harcourt cried. She had started forward in her seat, and a look had come into her face which did more than any thing else to sober the young man. "Do you think that upon such a subject I should be likely to jest?” he replied quickly. "You mean me actually to under- stand that you have proposed to Miss Trelawney?” IIYCS.I) “The daughter of a common vant.”' A hot quick flush rose to his face. “Yesâ€"if you have so- little regard for me as to put it so.” "And she has accepted you?” "Thank God, she has!” “0h, Frank, in all this folly have you never thought of me? â€"â€"havc you never given one thought to your mother, or cared for the sorrow you were about to bring upon her?” “Mother, I have thoughts to you,” he said quickly. He took her hand and clasped it. “In all my happiness toâ€"day I have never forgot-ten you for a moment.” "And yet you meanâ€"to break my heart?” I “Noâ€"God forbid. something, but not that. win you to love Dorcas.” “You cannot, Frank. A girl who could consent to be your wife, as she has consentedâ€"after seeing you scarcely more than half a dozen times, and knowing, as she must know, what her position is compared with ; nus-such a girl may be at- tractixe to you;but to me~never!” "But suppose you are assuming she has done something she has not done, mother?” . “What am I assuming she has not done?” - SC]?- I mean to do I mean to "You are assuming that she is ready to marry me.” “And is she not?” â€" in 'a tone of eager hope. "Not till you consent to our marâ€" riage.” “My dear boy, tell me this at once? why did you not You have _ slide that when he suddenly checked himâ€" I was :she was not given my ‘ "Because I have told you that you have it in your own power to make me unhappy?” “Do not put it in that way, my dear. Say rather, because you have given me the power to save you from suffering for your folly. Oh, Frank, some dayâ€"before longâ€"you will be glad of this!” “Glad that you will have parted me from Dorcas? Is that, then, what. you mean to try to do?” “Can you expect me to tell you that I will not? You are all I have in the World. Can I see you about to make shipwreck of yourself like this, and not prevent youâ€"if it is possible to me?” “And could you deliberately take it. upon you to separate me and Dorcas, and never have a. doubt of the wisdom of what you were doing? never have a fear in your heart that you Were making shipwreck of me?" “Oh, Frank!” the woman‘ cried, quickly. She put her hand upon his arm. “My boy,” she said, in a tone of pain, “I have lived twice as long in the world as you have. Do you think we all marry our ‘loves?â€"or mourn for them all our lives if we have to lose them? I do not make light of any disapâ€" pointment you may have to suffer. I will believe that you love this girl truly, if you likeâ€"I will believe that at this moment you would be con- tent to make any sacrifice to gain her; but go away from her, do not. see her again for a year, and by the end of that time you will have come to your senses, and will thank me for having kept you from marrying her.” “Will you try me, mother?” he quickly asked. “Will you agree to our marriage at the end of a year if I promise during that time not to see her?” “No, Frank.” "Then you do not believe your own assertion.” “I do believe it; but if I were to imake such a compact with you as ‘you. propose, you Would try -â€" you would not be conscious of it, per- ihaps, but you would do your utmost -â€"to defeat me, from the more love of victory.” , “Yet if we do not make this com- l'pact, we must make some other. If ‘it is not to be this, what IS it to be?” - . And then he 10)ked steadily in her face, and she knew that unless she consented to make some compromise, with him, he would throw her bridle altogether off his- neck. She sat still for a minute with- ‘out answering - him. Mrs. Har- court’s nature was not an emotional one; she had strong feelings, but fond of showing her feelings; she had a good deal of self- mastery, and Was reticent in her displays both of joy and sorrow. “You know we must come to some understanding together,” Frank said, breaking the silence first; “As [matters stand at present, I am enâ€" gaged to Dorcas, but she refuses to marry me without your consent. That isâ€"so farâ€"a But now the question arisesâ€"what is to be 'done next? Of course I shall be willing to wait a reasonaâ€" ble time. You knowâ€"you cmmot doubtâ€"that it would cut me to the heart to marry against your wish. But if I am to wait, mother, you must make conditions with me, or else my one object will be to per- . his his ' The Burningyéflnging S - of”? shade ‘Dorcas to break her present resolution, and become my wife at once. Therefore, think what you can propose, for you must propose something.” » And then, having made this busiâ€" ness-like speech, the young man clos- ed his lips, and patiently waited for his mother’s reply. i It did not come for a good while, but at lastâ€" "I will withdraw my opposition,” Mrs. Harcourt said, "at the end of three years, if you will promise durâ€" ing that time to hold no communi- cation with Miss TrelaWDOY-” “You cannot expect me to to such terms.” “The terms are Frank.” agree reasonable, by [in Ghase’s Ointment. first- plain statement. ' cred 1 cf Enema. ensations Taken Away and the Raw Flesh Healed “How can you call them reasona- ble when ten min‘utesago you told me I should change my mind in six :months? Three years without. holdâ€" ing any communication with her! The thing is absurd!” “If you refuse my 'terms you had better propose terms of your own." “I will wait, if you like, or- eighteen months.” ' "I,cannot agree to that.” An- other pause. "I will do the utmost that I can, Frankâ€"I will take off a year. If she is all that you say she is, you cannot think a couple of years too long a time to wait for her; if I am anything to you at all, or my happiness anything, you can- not refuse this one thing to me.” And then there was a long silence again, while he tried to make up his mind, what his answer would be. Two years away from Dorcas! It seemed at first to the young man as if he could never consent to such a separation; and yet, if he refused to consent, what was the alternative on the other side? -â€" a bare chance that she would consent to marry him, and, if she consented, alienaâ€" tion from the mother to whom he had been a loyal son for. fiveâ€"and- twenty years. “You make it hard to me,” he said slowly, after a, good while. "Can you expect that I should try to make it easy?” she anSWered, bitterly. “If you marry this girl, remember you ruin every hope that I have cherished for your future life.” ' “You ought not to have cherish- ed hopes for me. That is one of the rocks upon which mothers are always _ splitting, it seems to me. You make too many plans. You ex- pect your sons to remain children all their lives.” “If we do, we suffer cruelly for our expectations.” And then they both became silent once m-ore,- engrossed in their own thoughts. ' “Dorcas would tell me to agree,” he was saying to himself. "I think she would agree if my mother de- manded ten years instead of. tWO. and she would Wait for me +- God bless herlâ€"I verily believe, till the ten years ended. She would do that much more surely than she would marry me now. Would any con- s1deration indeed, make her marry me now? I doubt it. If I were to break with my mother I believe the next thing would be that I should have to break with Dorcas tooâ€"and so pretty a fiasco I should make of it! Should I leave herâ€"well, it would only be the pain of a. two years’ parting, and thenâ€"peace for us all, and a welcomeâ€"or a recep~ tion, at any rateâ€"a recognition and acceptance of my darling.” “What may not happen in two years!” Mrs. Harcourt; was thinkâ€" 1ng. "Feelings that sprfng up quickly run a good chance of dying quickly too. He mustsee more of the world. He must be made to. go more into society. I will have 'other girls to stay in the house â€" cultivated girls of a higher class than these two here, and he will come inevitably to compare them with Dorcas â€" to feel the charm of their good breeding. By degrees, surely he will forget her; have I not seen a little judicious separation cool a young man’s foolish love fifty times?” , "I shall see Dorcas toâ€"morrow," Frank said, breaking the silence at last. “If I should find that she will be content to wait, I will wait, motherâ€"for two years. But at the gend of that time you must fulfill your part of the compactâ€"â€"you must inot only cease to oppose our marâ€" :riage, but you must receive her cor- = dlally.” “That is too much to ask, Frank. You may marry Miss ’f‘rclawney, and I will not oppose your marriage, but my feeling about her unfitness I To more. to you that Dr. Chase 5 Om tment is a certain and absolute cure for each and every form of' itching. _ bleedinnand rotrudf . . the manufacturers have guarugtcod it.n 52%;: timonlals in the daily press and ask ourn ' )- bora what they I. ink oflt. You canyuso 1352: get our mono sick if not cured. c n. box. at colors or DHANSON,BATEB 8t. o..Torontp. Dr, Goose’s @Entniem to be your wife will'not be likely to change. Leave that alone, how- ever. If you come in the end to marry her I may not love her, but I shall neither slight her nor quar- rel with her." “Then I will give you my answer to-morrow.” "I have no other word to say. I think I have a right \to ask that In this youngest. feeblest infant with cn of openlyâ€"to any one.” "It seems to difference. ’ ’ folly, Frank, with my prudence.” puts me on fire.” “A good many things seem to do to herself. But she did Word aloud. Her son was impetuous ardent feeling to another. “He will forget' her,” she thought, half triumphantly already. She drew his face down to her be- fore they parted, and put her arms about his neck. "You have given me a bad sleep- ing draught, Frank,” she said; “but, oh, my dear, do not. let us quarrel! long for that.” - “Of course ed quickly. terests at bottom. Do you think I can ever forget all I owe you?" And he kissed her warmly as he bade her goodâ€"night. “Perhaps I could scarcely have hoped for more success than this,” he thought to himself, as he went away. "When I remember all her prejudices, and what different hopes she has had for me, and how she has no one else to care about~ Poor mdther!” said the young man suddenly and tenderly. . He was resolved to have his own way, of course, but, as he went along the silent passages, he felt all at once, keenly and almost selfâ€"re- proachfully, that what he had done was hard for her to bear. (To Be Continued). ___+_.___-_.. PROPOSED NEW ARM. For Sofdiers . Imperial Forces. The new rifle to be experimented with in the British army is a, com-â€" bination of the Leeâ€"Enfield and the Mauser. The breech action is of the Mauser pattern, and is adapted by the aid of thumb screws to rapid mdjlustment in the field without the aid of- tools. The sighting is most complete and up to the standard in most respects of match rifles. The barrel is shortened by five inches, and to maintain the balance an equal weight has been removed from the stock, the wood having been drilled with holes and the brass or steel plates replaced by aluminum. The new weapon will be loaded by means of clips, each containing five cartridges. For the new gun the muzzle velo- cities will, it is said, be maintain- ed at 2,300 footâ€"seconds. It was at first proposed to employ 2,500 foobâ€" seconds, but the resulting pressures in the gun barrel were deemed inâ€" advisable. At 2,300 foot-seconds at the muzzle the corresponding pres- sure does. not exceed 45,000 pounds to the square inch. In appearance the new weapon is very handsome, and is a marked fin- provement in this respect over the Krag. The bayonet and ramrod have been united in an ingenious fashion, thus doing away with the necessity for a bayonet particular our authorities seem to have taken up the Russian idea, since for many years the pracâ€" tice in the Russian arnty has been to always keep the bayonet fixed. '-â€"â€"-â€"~$ BABY’S OWN TABLETS. Tired and Worried Mothers. In homes where Baby’s Own Tab- lets are used cross and fi'etful child-. ‘ ’ heartsâ€"the 'pai'nted china marbles are of plain ren are unknown. "The little ones are cross because they are ailing and these Tablets are the best medicine in the world for stomach, bowel and teething -troubles. They will make your baby well and keep it well, and they are guaranteed to contain no ingredients that can harm the small- est, weakest infant. Mothers evcry~ where give these Tablets the highest praise. Mrs. It. ll'chaster, Cooks~ town, Ont., says :â€"“My baby was much troubled with constipation and indigestion, and was very restless and peevish at nights. I gave her Baby’s Own Tablets and she is now regular and rests well. I also find that the Tablets are a great help during the teething period.” Children take these Tablets just as readily as candy and crushed to a powder they can be given to the none but‘ good results. Sold by all dealâ€" ers, or sent post paid at 25 cents a. box by I‘edicine (30.. 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Wiley, who is employed as cooper by the Kennedy 6.9 Davis Milling Company, Lindsay, Ont.,_ states : "I used Dr. Chase’s Ointment for eczema on my little girl some few years ago, and soon brought. about. a thorough and permanent cure. She had sufiered for considerable time, and though we tried a great many remedies, Dr. Chase’s Ointment Was the only preparation to prove effective. . “I cannot speak too highly of Dr. Chase’s Ointment, as it certainly effected a prompt and permanent cure in this case. p - i _ Dr. Chase's Ointment is remarkably effective as a treatment for sore feet, and every form of skin irrita- tion. , Mrs. J. Bruuton, Allandale, Ont., states :â€"â€""I can recommend Dr. Chase’s Ointment as a, sure cure for sore feet. I Stand a great deal on my feet, and have been troubled for some time with chafing and blisters. My toes were often raw and very painful. v ' “I had tried nearly everything recommended for sore feet, but Dr. Chase’s Ointment is the only remedy that did me, any real good. It'soothed the burning and stinging, and thoroughly healed and cured the sores." Dr. Chase’s Ointment is, we believe, the most effective and most thoroughly satisfactory treatment that was ever used for eczema, salt rhcum and itching skin diseases and eruptions. 60 cents a. box, at. an dealers, or Edmanson, Bates 6c Co., Toronto, lei-mans are boasting that there is'nowhere in the world a building similar to the one which was rc~ cently erected in Dresden. In this novel building there is an immense furnace, from which heat is- supplied to several public buildings in .l)r-es~ den, including the Royal Castle, the 3loyal Opera House, and the police headqualters. ~The heat is conveyed to these buildings through pipes, and in some instances the distance is so great that the furnace has been popularly dubbed "the long distance heating apparatus.” This plan of heating large buildings is said to work admirably, and arâ€" rangements are now being made to establish similar furnaces in other large cities of Germany. “MWâ€"mu SAID A CASE on ST. VITUS DANCE COULD NOT'BE CURED. ~â€" Called,0ne Day and Found thf Patient Ironing and Learner That Dr. Williams’ Pink Pill: Had Succeeded Where Othe: Medicines Had. Failed. The sufferer from St. Vitus" dance even in a. mild form, is much to bf pitie-d, but when the disease assume: an aggravated form the patient 1: usually as helpless as an infant, ant has to be watched with as mucl care. St. Vitus’ dance is a discus: of the nerves and must be treatet through them, and for this purposn there is no other medicine in th( world acts so speedily as Dr. Wil~ liams’ Pink Pills. Proof of thil statement is found in the cure of Miss Louise Lufl‘man, whose is at Pouchcr’s Mills, Ont., who was cured by these pills after two doc- tors had failed to benefit her in the least. The young lady’s mother tells the story of her daughter’s illness as follows :â€"--"1 do not think it. possible anyone could be afflicted with a more severe form of St. Vitus’ dance than that which attacked my daugh- ter Louise, Her arms and legs would twitch and jerk, her face was drawn and finally her left side he- came numb as though paralyzed. Two doctors attended her, but their treatment not‘only did not help her but. she grew steadily worse. Her tongue became swollen, her speech thick and indistinct, and she could neither sit still nor stand still. She could not hold anything in her hand and it was necessary to watch her all the time as we feared she would injure herself. The doctor who at.- tended her told me she would never get better, and it was then that I decided to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. After she had taken two DOXeS we could see an improvement in her condition. Her appetite improved, she could sleep better and the spasms were less severe. From that on there was a marked improvement in her. condition, and one day the doctor who had said she could not get betâ€" ter called while passing and found her ironingâ€"something she had not: been able to do for months. I told him it was Dr. Williams' Pink Pills that was curing her and he said, "Well, I am surprised, but continue the pills, they will cure her.” She used in all eight or ten boxes, and is now as healthy :1 girl as you will find anywhere, and 8-20 has not since had a symptom of the trouble.” If you are weak or ailing ; if your, nerves are tired and jaded, or your. blood is out of condition, you u‘lll' be wise to use Dr. Williams’ I‘ink Pills, which are an unfailing cure for. all blood and nerve troubles. But be sure you get the genuine, with the full name “Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People” on the wrap per around every box. Sold by all medicine dealers or sent post‘ paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50 by writing direct to the Dr. Wil- liams' Medicine 00., Brockville, Ont... “unanâ€" +_........... THE MAKING OI“ MARBLES. Nearly all the agate marbles that wear holes in the pockets of all school'boys on earth um made in the State of Thuringia, Germany. 001 winter days the poor people who live in the villages gather small square stones, place them in moulds something like big coffee mills, and grind them until they are round. The ~nlarbles made in this way are the ' «3011111101 china, minted c‘iiua, “'17: Come as a Message of Hope to all 1 DJ I E“ ed china, and imitation agatesx. Imâ€" itation agatcs" are made from white stone, and are painted to represent the pride of the marble player’s real agate. The agate white stone, with lines, crossing each other at right angles painted upon them. Glass alloys are blown by glass blowers in the towu of Lau~ s'cha, Germany. The expert work- men take a piece of plain glass, and another bit of red glass, heat them red hot, blow them together, give them a twist, and there is a pretty - alloy with the red and-white threads of glass twisted-inSide' into the form of the letter S. Large twisted glass alleys and plain glass alleys with the figure of a dog or sheep inside are made for very small boys and girls to play with. But the marbles most prized to-iday are the real agates. These marbles are seal. brown or black in color, and many of them have large round circles 0! them that look like eyes. +. SECOND SIGHT IN CATTLE. One of the most curious details of the Martinique eruption is too pre- vislion of disaster which almost all the animals in' the island seem tc have had. Cattle became so uneasy that they could hardly be managed, dogs howls-1‘1 continually, and show- ed every symptom of fear, the snake: left the vicinity of the volcano, where they abound, and even the birds ceased to sing, and left the trees on the mountain side. All this, be it remembered, was in April, weeks before the outbreak. Mal alone seems to have felt no premon ition of the coming death. FUNEl-IALS BY POST. The Japanese in British Columbiz are now sending the ashes of theii deceased relatives and friends to Ju- pan by most to be buried. The com is only 71rd” and in this way th: heavy steamer rates are avoided. A SURPRISED DOCTOR. ‘ home . ,“h‘ \_ _,_. V. A. ‘ 35.55..- .g -,. ..,< Vivfivekwba‘éhfiewxs‘w "wt"- or.» ‘M- ' Wifowwkfiyfifiw 'w‘-»'* 'i v ‘a-sw r. m,» -,-.. v: mmmfiscw‘JwMR-‘MGwfiEWM ‘ ‘s'VKM x. >\.W mob.- ’x~ “3 "I s \."\a \' {f‘ ‘..‘~ x a. a Wu“ ~