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l t- A ‘5 Love. wth" wm'imd'é‘WMWrE’M CHAPTER XI. “Yes,” she answered, "I must go away." "That Would be a commonplace ending, after allâ€"running away from .your trouble. Hildred, I can see how you may make yourself a hero- ineâ€"how you may rise from this, your girlish, dissatisfied life, to the grandest heights of heroism. I see It, and, unless I am greatly misâ€" taken in my estimate of your charâ€" acter, you will do it; it is better to die on the heights of heroism, than in the depths of despair.” She looked up at him with a gleam of interest in her face. She had been so lpng without hope that to be told s1e could be heroic awoke within her a feeling of wonder. “There. are tw0 ways before youâ€" that. of fighting against your fate, rebelling with all your heart against it, and that of submitting to it and making the best of it. You may, for instance, leave Lord Caraven. You have money in abundance, you could live either in England or abroad, you could have plenty of soâ€" cietyâ€"but you would never be hap- py. You might try to throw your ‘whole heart and soul into the gaye- ties anid frivolities of the World â€"â€" they would tire you; you are too noble for that. Then the chances are that when you found all these things pall upon you, you would Want to lead the woman’s true life, which is thatof love. Of all .the fates that would be the most dread- ful which could overtake you.” “I am not afraid of it,” she re- plied slowly. “So you think now; but I am one - I. Of those Who believe that no ‘Vo’fthe white acacia blossoms on to the, man can live without love. .ff you should ever, when the world had tir-I ed you and your heart ached with the weight of your loneliness, seek comfort or consolation in the love of] any‘ creature, your fate Would be terrible. Picture yOurself so situâ€"L atedâ€"a woman beautiful, gifted, and brilliant, married, yet with no husâ€" band by her side; all duties of rank and position ignored; mistress of a. home that she never saw; beautiful, ' yet miserable with the neverâ€"failing consciousness that she had run away from a life' that might have been improved. It is a sorry picture for a noble woman, a sorry ending for a. life that might have been heroic.” “Yes,” she agreed,- “a sorry end- ing." ' "Now look on the other sideâ€"subâ€" -mission to your fate. Believe thisâ€" whether he knows it or not, .every man is more or less influenced by a Woman; every sensible man will own itâ€"will own frankly that he OWes the better part of his character to the influence of a "noble woman. 13e- lieve me, Iâ€"lildred, most great and wise men. owe the greater part their wisdom to the influ- e'nce of good and" noble woâ€", men. It is the grandest influence in the world”â€"and the soldier raisâ€" ed his noble head proudly. “I need not quote history to youâ€"you are better versed in‘ it than I am.- 1 need not quote biography or poetry, nor pelnt to the man who said he owed all his success in life to his mother, nor to the man who owned that he owed all his goodness to his wife. It is the same story. I feel inclined sometimes to think that the grandest of God’s gifts to this fair earth is the influence of good and noble women.” The Power of Persuasion Or Lady Caraven’s Labor of ,inot like it. You may say that as 59H“? ' WHH~WWH~ "C - ' w’ rm: : : tee-MM .W. . >24 load. 5 “It would be 0. noble task,” she said, thoughtfully. "Could I accom- plish it, Raoul?” "With perseverance and self-conâ€" trol that would amount to heroism you might,” he replied. "You must be the sculptor who from a mass of iqualities, good and bad intermixed, :must try to produce a perfect char- 'acter.” - “But,” she said, half doubtfully, "he does not love me.” - "That does not matter. I proâ€" iphesy that he will love you in the gendâ€"that when'you have roused his .soul from its sleep it will turn to you naturally as the sunflower turns ‘to the sun. Do you not foresee it, iHildred?” And an alomst saintly enthusiasm shone on his face. “It is possible, Raoul, butâ€"” “Nay, be brave. Think of the difference in the ending,” he said; “Imagine the earl on his deathâ€"bed, tortured by the ghosts of those whom he has neglected, by the ghosts of duties left undone, ready ‘to curse the young wife who, by flyâ€"; 'ing from him and leaving him to his ’ [own devices, had hastened his ruin, {body and soulâ€"picture that. Then I {fancy to yourself the earl on his ideathâ€"bed, blessing the dear wife, the noble woman who saved him from rain, who woke his soul from its long sleep, who taught him how to live and how to die. Could you hesâ€" itate for one moment between these two pictures?” ' i “No, not for one moment, Raoul. iI do not hesitateâ€"I will not hesiâ€" tate. I will do my life’s work.” She pondered in silence, broken .only by the western wind, as it bout 5the heads of the roses, and shook l grass. , It was Hildred who with a little icry broke the silence as she looked into Sir Raoul’s face. ! "We have forgotten one thing,” she said; “we have decided that Ul- ric’s reformation must be attemptâ€" :ed, that is a good thing to underâ€" itakc; but you have not told me how lit is to be set about.” I "Your own instincts will tell you that. Will you let me speak quite ‘fr ly to you, Hildred, and promise me that you will not be ofi‘ended Iwith one single word that I shall say? We start 'from this pointâ€"- lthat a great wrong has been done Eyou, but that you are too noble to 'seek revenge.” Her face cleared. “I want no revenge,” she replied. “Good,” said Sir Raoul; "a wrong ihasbeen done you, but you will not Iretaliateâ€"you are even willing to return good for evil. The first thing, you have to do, Hildred, is to lay aside that proud, injured, defiant i . . o . expiessmn that you always assume ofiWhen your husband is near?” I “Do 1?” she asked in wonder. "Yes; you are perhaps bright, ani- lmaied, charming when he enters the Lroom, but the next moment you are Ilike a woman turned to stone; a proud chill seems to come over you, ’to freeze you', your eyes grow cold, iall the smiles die from yo'un lips â€"- you are as different in his presence as sunlight is from darkness.” i “How can I help it when I know lthat he does not like me?” she askâ€" .ed, piteously. , E "It is difficult, I admit, but hero- ism will do such a manner upsets him; he does His eyes brightened, his face flush-he does not care for you your man- ed, he, spoke like a knight of old. She looked up at him with wonder- ing awe. . , “You may run away and leave your home, Hildred; but that will be u, commonplace ending. Do that which is, nobler, higher, better â€"â€"rc- sign yourself, submit to your fate and make the best of it. As a handsome and noble woman; use your influence with your husband to rouse him from his slough of deâ€" pend into a higher life.” Some of the light that shone on his face was reflected on hers. tel. r 'ner can make no difference.” i “I should most certainly have thought so,” was her reply. ' “But you are wrong, Hildred. I have watched him very keenly, and I. say that you are quite wrong. When you draw that cold mask over your face, you~ harden his heart against you.” ' it- not unwomanly to seek for, love which is not offered to you, Raoul?” I “It might be in a girl, it is not in a wife. I think a wife should aspire to win her husband, to make of much. Now, I know v ihim love her with all his heart." "Lord Caraven will never love me,”. she said. “I do not think that he has any heart to give; it is all wast- edâ€"he has had a hundred loves.” "But not one real one, Hildred. If you win his heart, take my word for it, you will be his first love. We ,will take our _stand on something lhigher. To win love is pleasant, Ibut you shall not devote your life ito that. You shall devote youself to the rousing of' a soul, naturally noble, but long buried in self-indulâ€" gence an'd folly; you shall spend your life ,n making the Earl of Caravcn iworthy of the name he hears. You have promised.” It was wonderful how the expresâ€" sion of the beautiful face had changâ€" ed during that quiet interview. She rose with the gayest, sweetest laugh he had ever heard from her lips. ‘ “I am a Woman with a Miss-ion,” she said, “and I shall always think of myself with capital letters. Raoul, 1 cannot be grateful enough to you. iWhen you first entered the house I 'felt as though I-leaven had sent me a friend. If happiness comes to me through following your counsel, how shall I thank you?" , “I shall need no thanks, Hildred,” he replied. “You are and have been, ever since I first saw you, the dearest object on earth to me. You are my dear sister, Ulric’s wife. I have loved Ulric all my lifeâ€"I could not help loving you.” In another minute the beautiful face had disappeared, and Sir Raoul was left in the pleasaunce alone. , "A man might lay dowu his life for such a woman as that,” he said. with what was almost a sigh. * * 9i! 0. * * * * * * Lord Caraven stood in the billiard room at Ravensmere; he had been playing with one of his friends, who. having received a telegram, ’had gone to answer it. He stood alone, leaning carelessly against the open veranda, something more than his usual indifference darkening his face; he never liked interruption dur- ing a game. "A most unpropitious moment,” thought the Countess, as she caught sight of him; but having given her word to Sir Raoul, she would have marched up to the mouth of a load- ed cannon rather than have broken it. Looking up, the earl could not but confess that he had seldom Seen a lovelier picture than his young wife at,that moment presented, with a flush on her face, and her hands fill- ed with sprays of fragrant mignon- ette. I She would not reveal her hesitation but wont straight to him, smiling so that he little guessed how her heart beat. He raised his eyebrows as she drew nearer to. him. What Was going to happen? Before he had time to speak his face was buried in a soft, dewy mass of frag- rant mignonette. : “There!” said a laughing voice. "You said this morning that this was your favorite flower. I have been looking for the most fragrant {sprays of it that I could find.” 1 He could not believe the evidence of his senses; it was incredible that the laughing voice belonged to his cold, proud wifeâ€"the girl .who had swept, imperiously from the room when he saw her last. He looked at her in amazement. She would not see the surprise on his face or make the least difference because: of it. “You have the very pick- of the garden here,” she said; .“every spray has its own special beauty.” ' | l'le‘roused himself and tried to reâ€" cover from the wonderingstupor that had overcome him. “I believe this is the first thing you have ever given me of your, own free will, is it not?” 3 g “No,” she replied, quietly; “‘it is not-’1 . 1 “Ah, pardon me,” he said, with a ,quick change of face and voice; i“you gave me your fortune!" i There was hot/rebellion for one momentâ€"hot, bitter rebellion. {l‘hen To prove to you that Dr.- - l B y Chase’s Ointment is acertaln - and absolute cure for each i " and every form‘ of itching, I bleedingand protrudin piles, , the manufacturershavo guaranteed 1t. ec tes- ; timonials in‘ the daily fleas and ask your neigh- I here what they think of’it. 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I could easily see an improvement in her looks, and she had not been takingit long before her color became very much better, her ncrvcs more steady and her headaches disappeared; She is now entirely cured of her-trouble, and consequently we value Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food very highly." Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food is woman’s greatest help, because it forms new, rich, lifeâ€"sustaining blood. 50 cts. a box, 6 boxes for $2.50, at all dealers, or Edmanson, Bates & 00., Toronto. Mrs. Williams, 73 Palace street. Chase's Nerve Food and started her hand on .his "arm: I" 33s _' l . MUlEERjrsjljlilifE, “Nay, Lord'CaCraven,” she said, “you are quite wrong. I thinking of money. Gold despise itâ€"I could aleâ€" most hate it for the'mischief it makes. I was thinking of someâ€" thing very difl‘erent from momeyâ€" something that money could not buy.” He was looking at her with keen curiosity. “Something that money could not buy,” he repeated. “I declarethat you puzzle me. I thought that geld was omnipotent.” “I do not think so. I do not like it. Omnipotent? Why, Lord Caraâ€" ven, all the wealth ,of the world could not buy happiness or love.” “No,” he said, quietly, "it could not; yet, Hil-dred, money has done something for me.” _ “I do not intend to depreciate it,” she remarked; "but it is not omniâ€" potent; and there are many things in this world of far higher value than money." “It is true,’ gently, was not is drossâ€"I he said, thoughtfulâ€" ly. She laughed again, and, if he had known her better, he would have de- tected tears in the sound of that laugh. “We are positively agreeing, Lord Caraven,” she said. . He was looking at her with inâ€" tense curiosity in his face. “Hildred, what have you given me that money could not buy?” The dark eyes gleamed softly. » "1 will not tell you, Lord Caraâ€" ven,” she answered. “But I must know. You have ex- cited my curiosityvâ€"you must gratify it. ,You have enumerated three things that‘ money cannot buyâ€" happiness, virtue, love. It was none of these. Then what could it be?” “I must go, Lord Caraven;” she said, her face growing hot and her heart beating quickly. “If you weigh every word that I say, I shall have to be very careful." “Hildred, tell me what you mean?” he requested. “What have you given me?” “I will tell you,” she replied, laughingly, "when you have counted all those tiny leaves on the mignon- ette.” She turned to go, but he put out his hand to detain her. She eluded him, and, with a light laugh, dis- appeared, leaving him by the ver- anda alone. , (To Be Continued). _.__+_____ ‘A COMFORT AND A CARE. If Your Home is Blessed With a. Baby You Will Appreciate This. A baby is a priceless comfort, but in its utter helplessness is also a great care. Anything that will re- lieve the tired mother and add to baby's health and happiness is both a help and a friend. 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King Edward of England recently ordered half a dozen typewriters, one for his own use and the others for his secretaries. ‘ “This is a notable innovation,” says an English paâ€" per, “since hitherto the King’s cor- respondence has been done entirely by hand.” King. Edward, how-ever, is merely following the example of other sovereigns of Europe, most of whom have been using typewriters 0f for some time. Indeed, the Tsar and ’l‘saritza of Russia, the King of! the Belgians and the vKing of Italy manipulate typewriters with a dex- terity that might almost be styled professional. The Emperor of Gerâ€" many would also fain become an adept in the art, but is unable, as his habitual nervousness prevents him from striking the keys uner-- i‘ingly. Even the Sultan of Tur- key appreciates the typewriter, and frequently amuses himself by picking out the alphabet on it. WORK MEN’S BATI-IS. Bathing facilities are provided for the employes of a great paint facâ€" tory in Cleveland, Ohio. 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In- deed, it is an indispensable element of the food of man and animals. A well known authority assert: that whenever the annual consump- tibn of salt falls below twenty ‘lbs. per head of the population the pub- lic health is likely to suffer. In re- gions of the earth where salt is a scarce article it is regarded as a substance of great value. Salt star- vation is, in its way, as distressing as thirst or hunger, although it shows itself in a different way. “The want of salt,” says the Me dical Press, "does not produce a definite disease, but reduces the vi- tality of the body a whole. {-90 that the persons deprived of it fall more readily victims to prevailing epidemics, as well as endemic mala- dies.” We use salt because there are salts in our food in its unrefined state, as nature prepares it, before it is skin- ned and boned, peeled and cooked: and we must replace these salts, or our bodies will not be fully benefit- ed by what we eat. . We use salt also because our blood contains it, likewise our muscles, our nerves, and, indeed, our whole bodies; and it gets used up during the life processes constantly being carried on within us. , But the salt contained in natural foods and that required for our liv- ing bodies is not common salt, but a combination of that substance with phosphates and other things, which are even- more :necessary and more natural than'comn'igon salt itself. . ______+ , ENGLAND’S SHOW PLACES. Under the new regulations- for ad- mission, Windsor Castle will take the premier position among the remun- erative show places of England. Its visitors number annually about 100.- 000, so that the fees will swell the charitable revenues of Windsor by $15,000 or $20,000 a‘year. The 25 cent toll to the subterranean won- ders of Welbeck Abbey yields a ready income of $6,500, which the Duke of Portland distributes among the Notts hospitals. The Duke of Devon- shire 'foregoes $17,500 a year by admitting the 70,000 visitors to Chatsworth gratis. Tintern Abbey returns about $4,000 and Raglan Castle $2,500 a, year in visitors fees. As an investment, Shake- speare’s Cottage is to be preferred to $15,000 (its purchase money) ir Consols, for the visitors number 30.‘ 000 and the charge is 25 cents. Half these pilgrims go on to Anne II'athn away’s house at Shottery, where the fee is also 25 cents. Four cents. admits to Burns’s cottage at Ayr and the visitors total 35,000 a year. x 1. Berlin uses eVery year nearly liai- a million tons of English and Welsl coal. - ._ a. I.-,’\.2/\/-’-_ \>., are- -' w .‘t-‘c ) 5‘