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-__.__.â€"â€"-______â€".-â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- Even as he spoke a quiver ran so placid. His ‘face had grown through the prostrate body and anâ€" ghastly, and the drops of perspira- othcr and another, then there was a tion stood out on his forehead. l-Ie deep sigh of relief, the Stifl'ened .seemed to have forgotten she was be- muscles relaxed their tension, and side him. the great limbs lay limp as a sleepâ€" She laid a timid hand on his arm. ing child’s Eva watched with partâ€" “Why, Harry,” she said, “what has ed lips and straining eyes. Wickham come to you?” was trembling like a leaf. With a strong effort he curbed his John Trevor was the first to Speak. feelings as a man curbs an unruly There Was wonder, almost fear in stead, forcing it to be still. his voice. He spoke not as father "11; is the reaction, I suppose. The to son, but as man to his master. strain was killing while it lasted. “What have you done, Harry?” You know, Lucy,”â€"a faint smile "Saved his life, sir, I EOIieVe,” the flickered on his lips,â€"â€"“Arde1 is more boy answered modestly. “Feel his than a, brother to. Ina Iâ€"Ie is as heart, doctor: already it beats easily. dear to me as my own flesh and The color is returning to his face; b1ood_” his eyes are opening.” Then and afterwards Lucy found “Where am I?” Ardel murmured, a mystery in his words, and ponder- but 50 feebly $11937 00“” hardly hear ed- vainly over their meaning. the words. (To be continued.) Harry Trelvor helped him to his ______+_____ feet and» sustained him. He swayed - WELL AND STRONG. like a child who has just learned to AFTER ELEVEN YEARS OF walk. “A few hours’ sleep," Harry whis- GREAT SUFFERING. percd to the doctor. “and he will be A Wonderful Tribute to the Power himself again. Then the two moved slowly across the lawn together, the of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills to Cure Stubborn Diseases. CHAPTER XII. Harry Trevor’s vacations were spent at Lavella, of course, and his, Ivory first vacation was marked by a! startling incident that had its after fell! and my prone on the grass up- consequenccs. Not by father and -der the hOt glare of the sun’ Stlfi mother only was his welcome warm. igfiitsti“: With his teeth “1‘3”th Idllidyll‘CCCdid-himx Wit}? Shy ijoy; Pr. | l’gl‘hat halfâ€"strangled cry seemed to egg-£133,911filfigfiambte With Wl‘d' Ireach the soul of young Trevor far There was av visitor at Lavella on imp the rival" Lucy' lying pack is the occasion of his first home-coming. galligiitfignjn gfietgfialgoitéolwggtgagg Indeed, Edgar Wickham (now Colonâ€" . . . I :31 wickham) was a constant visitor they moved langu1dly (low-n With the current, saw a look of pain and fear to tlx , d i ' a 't . 1L place an nude httk some start to the boy’s face. She saw 111s of the strong attraction that drew i . hi1 u i V. ,_, _ - - body suddenly stiffen and stretCh to n 10re l ickhams piomotion 1n his ours, and felt. their light boat in the army had been rapid. Twice. .. . . . , - he distinguished himself in action. lm’ With the Siralmnjg Silo-kg: .larld Good looks, wealth, combined with “3‘” through the “'a‘tel Wlt 51.3”) military reputation, made him a mas 0f foam at plow' .d d “lion” in London, and there were I I all? ‘jfi‘lted’ .15 alldllfiasniu ’ 3.11:6 man fair would-be lion-tamers anx- ‘0 39°") "C one m a t .‘ y water foamed white at their prOW, ions to share his cage. But he was __ 'still unmarried, and like to continue and tile baPkS’ and the megs on them, slid SW1ftly by. so, unless Luc Ra 511'] d t list , . y y 1 l C a a At a turn of the r1ver Lucy caught on his ati nt wo i . . . p O 0 ng sight of the tenms ground and a In this wooing John Trevor was . I ‘ his strong ally, and had even spok_ group of people on it clustered round a prostrate figure. “Look! look!” en in a gentle, fatherly fashion to . , , Lucy on his behalf; so fm. without she cried; but Harry I‘revor never turned his head for a moment, never avail. But Eva, in spite of herself. _, . Was pleased with an unreasoning eased the heme strain 011 the oals pleasure, to see that Lucy’s heart until he ran the boat’s nose on the still clung to its first choice. Lucy, bank and leapw 0‘”! leavmg Lucy it is true,, seldom spoke to Dr. A1‘- to fouow “5 She c9111d~ _ do], who made Jeanette his chosen He darted Strmght for the tenms companion, But Eva saw that ever ground, and in a moment was with and again the clear blue eyes would the group gathered round the prosâ€" turn on the manâ€"boy a glance of Hate bOdy 0f DIV Arde}: Who lay yearning, pitying love. Keemwitted stiff and still, as in the rigour of jealousy gave chkham too an ink- death, the feet curved and the strong ling of the truth. But he made no teeth IOCI‘Gd tight as ‘1 IWit-trap- . Sign, or, if there were a change, his 1' Dr. Bartley, who happened to be in manner to Dr. Ardel grew kinder the house at the time, was bendmg ‘ than ber01'0_ helplessly over the body. So life flowed smoothly at Lavella, “IS it S‘mStl'QRCv docmr?” 00101191 with sunshine on its rippling surface, kaham aSked: as Harry Trevor and no hint of chill or danger in the ‘33an “R Banting; “He was Playing depths below. 111 the fierce sun all the afternoon This summer afternoon Harry Trevâ€" WlthO’Ut 11_ hatf" ~ _ n or and Lucy had gone a longlazy ‘ “Its pmsonmg by strychnlne, the 1.0“, up the river. Dr‘ Ardel had doctor answered gravely; "the symp- challenged Colonel Wicklmm to a toms are unmistakable. In the last game of lawn tennis, and Wickham Stage, tof); there is. no hope-” had cherily thrown his book aside One quick, searchmg glance Trevor to humor him. It was quite a liol- cast at the I‘l'osu‘ate bo‘ly’ as if to 10W affair from the first Dr. Ardel lassurc himself the doctor spoke the Was an unrivalled playen He had truth, and then turned and ran for regained his marvellous skill in all the house' sports, like one recalling a halfâ€"forâ€" . He came had? more Slowly’ can?" gotten language, as though there mg a tumbler in one hand, and _1n Were a sort of memory in nerve and the other a green glass bottle With muscle. From Wickham he won la glass Stopper- fright and pain came suddenly upon his face. He staggered two or three times and recovered himself, then, with a low, halfâ€"strangled cry, he others following. When the boy came down from Ar- del’s room all anxiety had passed from his face. The look of imperiâ€" ous command was gone too. He seemed abashed and ashamed, and ready to apologize for the part he had played. “Ardel is asleep, doctor,” he said, “sleeping soundly. I think all danger is past.” But the doctor’s dignity was ruf- fled. “I don’t know what trickery has been practised on me,” he said sharply. “The symptoms of strychâ€" nine poisoning 'were wonderfully to expect a cure Here is a bit of counterfeited” , . , . ' - A ' ' ‘ ‘ Pink HT , . .,‘ u . , strong proof that D1. Williams Simpify “me “(11' Tlevor answel ed Pills bring health and strength after ..e ' - ,. years of suffering. Mr. Louis Brien 6111.521}? “HS Slldden and myStenous is a well known resident of St. D1; n. . . . (lace Que. and tells of his years 0 “lhe euro 15 roof os1t1ve,” the .’. ’ . ,, , other replied. 'lIllien hi3) went on hasâ€" sufiermg.“ ionolvs' . 136%.: goal: tily, like one caught in an offence, ag‘o’. Whlle WOll‘mg m_ GI-t us ’ter_ and stammering out an excuse- "I shamed myself and b1 mg] on ' i ' ‘ ' rible pains in my stomach and back, should have told you that I found -- .- ' , _ ’ Where the trouble seemed to locate. some time since, the medicine chest I had frequent fits of vomiting, which had been lostâ€"Ardel s medicme which caused much distress. some_ case. I meant to have told it. . - . . , . tunes I could work, and then again Among“ the bettles 1 found this for months at a'time I would be one. ” . . A" , . »_ . wholly unable to do anything; but He handed a qualntâ€"shaped v1a1 to even at the time I could work I was the dogm’ .Who 100de at It and always suffering. At different t1mes smelt it curiously. ” _ . . .4 r .. , ,, . I was treated by thiee docto1s, but Look at the label, doctor, sa1d ‘ .- x . , ,. , they weie unable to help me. 'lhen the boy. On the label was Wiittcn, , U . , _ . _ I went to Montieal and put myself Antidote to st1ychn1ne; twenty , , - . - .~ ‘ ,, under the care of a doct01 there. II1S drops 1n half a tumbler of wate1. . . . . , . . i , , mcdicme relieved mo wh1le I was 1nâ€" The 1nk was flesh and black, as . _ - , . , v active, but as soon as I attempted though the words had only been ,. . . _ work or exertion of any kind, the written a minute before. But the . ,. . . . pains returned worse than before. All W11t1ng was the writing of Dr. Arâ€" . . . dd of the 01d (h _g or a effect in]. “HS time. I was growmg Weaker and " ‘y‘ ’ p- 1 less able to resist the inroads of the tation of it . . u v ' - , trouble. Then Dr. Wilhams’ Pink When I sawâ€" when I hcaId you Ping ere brought , to my notice, sayâ€"that 1t was strychmne po1son- and I began to use them. From ing,” Trevor said modestly, "of . I _ . course I ran for this antidote at that, tum“ I began. to regam my once. .If I was rude or disrecpect_ health and by the t1n1e I had used . . , . thirteen boxes I was once more a- ful, D1. Bartley, Im sure you W111 _ - forgive me It was my anxiety Was wen" Strong man‘- The prom Of this to bhme for it ,, ’ is that I can do as hard a day’s John Trevor reddened with pride W9rk as anyone and never he?” the in his son. LHCV and Eva beamed slightest symptoms of the old. trouâ€" on him delighted”. Even the doc_ ble. I am only sorry that I did not. tor’s professional pride was comâ€" know Of the plus soonerâ€"111m}, would pletely momma. have saved me, much sullermg and “You have saved his life, my dear msriey {is we“: . boy,” he said pleasantly “and I Vith such ploof as th1s, that even heartily congratulate you. ’ Yet that apparently hepeless cases can be is not quite true, either,” he added, cured? them Gail. 1.38 n? liéasonaplc smiling at his own conceit. “You doubt that Dr. “illiams Pmk Pills helped no doubt But in a certain w1ll restore health in all cases where sense, we must confess that Dr. Ar- gum} a fan. “1.2a: These plus ‘13“: del saved himself ,, sold by all medicme dealers or Will “Yes ,, Harrv' Trevor .mqwered be sent by mail at 50c. per box or quickly, assentiiig, with flushed face; 5:”: boxes for 32'50’. by Wfltmg. .m- ,,Dr. Ardel saved himself.” met to the Dr. Williams Medicine He was right in his prophecy. Vivi- CO" BFOCkaO’ 03”.“ See that iche an Ardel awoke from his long sleep mu name’ D1“ 37mm“)? Pmk Plus like a giant refreshed. Neither then f0]. Pal? Pfolflc' ’18. Drmtcd on the nor afterWards did he feel the slightâ€" W1 appel mound may box‘ est ill effects from the potent poison that had mingled with his blood. Nor were his strong nerves in the least shaken by the danger he had passed. He laughed like a boy when he was told it was his own antidote Proof upon proof has accumulated that Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills will cure when doctors, hospital trcat~ ment and all other medicines fail. Paralyzed limbs have been restored to strength, rheumatic sufferers made Well, weak, anaemic girls and wo- men made bright, active and strong; neuralgie pains banished, and the poor dyspeptic given a new digesâ€" tion when it seemed almost hopeless game after game, and get after set, He knelt down beside the prostrate with consummate ease, while Jeanâ€" bojly; wfmn “'19 dOCtOT intCTDOS’O‘dr“ nette, who had appointed herself _“hat$ “115 1'01" my boy? ’ he marker and umpire, crowed with Sald Sharl’ly- ~ unconcealed delight at her big play- But Trevor turned UDOTI h1m a 100k mate’s triumph so full of stern authority that he But Wickham’s good-humor was quililed‘ , _ not in the least aflcctei You can do nothing," he hissed “Game and SOL That’s the out; “don’t hinder those who can.” fourth,” he said; “it’s getting mo_ The qu1ck action, the steady confi- notonous_ My deal. follow, you dcnce of the boy, seemed to mesmerâ€" don’t give me a look in. I’ll have i7? the group round the b0dY- He my revenge, though, some days, spllt some drops from the bottle on Ardel laughed a boisterous, boyish lllS handkerchief, and dabbed it on laugh as he filled himself a foaminglthe White’ Set face', The boa-V (my; tankard of been , ered slightly, the lips parted, and “Here’s better lack, Coronal," he the teeth unclenched. Trevor raised cried, and drained it at a draught. the h?ad’ _ the Whom bOdy moving “Nasty hitter aftmutaste’n he mut_ w1th 1t, stiff as aboard. He set the tered, with a comical grimace: “the tumbler’s edge to the White lips and dregs of the cask, I dare say.” dexmro‘ZSly Poured the contents of Then he called out to Jeanette, the halfâ€"filled tumbler to the last “Come along for a game? I’ll give drop through the parted teeth. you forty and may backhand Win 'At that moment Lucy came up runâ€" you umpire, Colonel, just for this mm: from the water Side. She was one set?" flushed by the run, but the flush fad- But it was soon painfully apparent ecl from. her checks as she saw Ardel that Ardcl’s skill had departed from LVH‘Q there SO_St11]- ‘ . him. His body trembled and stifi'en- 0 God! is he dead?” she cried ed alternately. He lost control of out- . ' ’ his musclea His arms and legs But the kneeling boy smiled up at moved with involuntary jerks, like 1161‘ ll'it’l’i confident hope. “Nor like the limbs of a puppet. A look of to (he, he answered SOYUY- isedng Pies and Eryspeas Two Severe cases Which Illustrate the Extraordirt ary Soothing, Healing Virtues of as. GliASE’S QINTMENI. I __._+Lâ€"._â€"- SLEEPING IN A CRADLE. There is a man of seventy in Paris named Wallaca Superneau, who .still 1 _ h , sleeps in the cradle he was rocked tiat ad sawed 111111. There was no in when a baby, and he has never trace Of regret 01‘ envy in his VOice- slept one night of his long life in . "I must have been a wonderful any other bed_ The youngest of a JOSSCY in those days: Harry," he family of boys, Wallace retained his said. "though I’m. “Ct up 10 “111011 place in the cradle as he grew older. now. It Was lucky I had you be- He soon became too tall to hem it. Side 1130 YCStCI‘(laY~ NW” Whon Tl'e- at full length, but he overcame this vor offered to restore the medicine difficult-y by drawing his knees upr chest; "you must keep it. You Ward. Each night to this day he know how to make good use of it, rests his feet squarely on the botâ€" and I don’t, and never will.” tom of the cradle, sways his knees Of course there was inquiry and to and fro, and rocks himself to investigation, but it came to no- sleep as he did when a small boy. thing. The coachman, it was disâ€" The habit was formed in babyhood (severed, had got strychnine to put and never broken. an old dying dog out of his pain._ Q But how the strychnine had come .into the beer tankard or the beer . . , . , gjug was a mystery, and till long afâ€" TAILORth BY ‘WEIGHF' terwardsla mystery it remained. (301â€" Many men of modest dimensions , . - one Wictham, \vho seemed most of have thou ht it hard that they , SFOTCS _0f P‘CODIO' do {mt think “Rimmed to d? 1101' any gOOCL I 8â€"111 all appalled by the catastrophe, was should be ggharged by their tailor tr}, mg D1._ Chase 5 Ointment for telhng my friends about the wonder- keen’in his investigations. But even on the same scale as the men whom bleeding p1les becausa they haxe us- ful cures which Dr, Chase’s Ointâ€" he had to give up at last in despair. twice as much cloth is needed to WAS EB KILLEiD? MEI. and Mrs. Slocum Were in~ Great Doubt. accident which happened at the fac- tory in the town of Lâ€"â€"â€"â€", and which the editor had described in a great many Words. “I declare, wife, that was an awful accident over at the mill,” said Mr. Slocum. ' “What’s it about, Mr. Slocum?” “I’ll read the ’count. wife, and then you’ll know all about it.” Mr. S. began to roadr- “Horrible and Fatal Accident.â€"It becomes our melancholy and painful duty to record the particulars of an accident that occurred at the. lower mill, in this village, yesterday after- noon, by which a human being, in the prime of life, Was hurried to that bourne from which, as the imâ€" mortal Shakespeare says, ‘no travel- er returns.’ ” “Do tell!” exclaimed Mrs. 8. “Mr. Dazvid Jones, a workman who has but few superiors this side of the city, was superintending one of the large drumsâ€"â€"-" “I wonder if ’twas a bass drum, such as has ‘Epluribus Unum’ printed on’t’2” “When he became entangled. His arm was drawn around the drum, and finally his whole body was drawn over the shaft at a fearful rate. When his situation was dis- covered he had revolved with im- mense velocity about fifteen minutes,- his head and limbs striking a large beam a distinct blow at each revolu- tion.” hurt him!” “When the machinery had been stopped it. was found that Mr. Jones’ arms and legs were maceratâ€" ed into jelly.” Mrs. Slocum, with increasing inter- est. ”Portions of the, dura mater, cere- brum, and cerebellum, in confused masses, were scattered about the floor. In short, the gates of eter nity had opened upon him.” . Here Mr. Slocum paused to wipe his spectacles, and his wife seized the opportunity topress the quesâ€" tion:â€" "Was the man killed?” “I don’t know; haven’t come to that place yet; you’ll know when I have finished the piece.” I And Mr. Slocum continued readâ€" Iing:â€"â€"_ "It was evident, when the shape- less form was taken down and it was no longer tenanted by the im- mortal spirit, that the vital spark was extinct.” “Was the man killed?-â€"that‘s what I want to come at,” said Mrs. Slo- cum. ‘ “Do have a little patience.” said Mr. S., eyeing his betterâ€"half over his spectacles. "I presume we shall come upon it right away.” And he went on reading:â€" "This fatal casualty has cast a gloom over our village, and we trust that it will prove a warning to all persons who are. called upon to regulate the powerful machinery of our mills." “Now,” said Mrs. Slocum. perceiv- ing that the narrative was ended, “now I should like to know whether the man was killed or not?” Mr. Slocum looked puzzled. He. Scratched his head, scrutinized the article he had been perusing, and took a careful survey of the paper. “I declare, wife,” said he, “it‘s curious; but really the paper. don’t say!” â€"-â€"-â€"~+ A JEETTER T0 MOTHERS. Mrs. Jas. E. Harley, \‘v’orthiugton, Ont, gives permission to publish the following letter for the benefit of other mothers who have young chilâ€" dren in their homes. She sayszâ€"“I have many reasons to be grateful to Baby‘s .Own Tablets, and to recomâ€" mend them to other mothers. Our little girl is now about fourteen months old, and she has taken the Tablets at intervals since she was two months old, and I cannot speak too highly of them. Since I. came here about a year ago, every mother who has small children has asked 1110. what I gave our baby to keep her in such (even health. and l have replied 'absolutcly nothing but liaby’s Own Tablets.’ Now nearly ex'cry child here gets the Tablets when a medi- cinc is needed, and the oldâ€"fashioned crude medicines, such as castor oil and soothing preparations. which mothers formerly gave their litâ€" tle ones, are flirded. Our family doctor also stronglv Praises the ’l‘abâ€" " lets, and says the?" are a. Wonderful n 11 r ,h ‘ n s in va'n ment m d '-for MZ‘, ' ' _ l . . _ ed so 18‘ 3 0t 0) treatme t 1 a e 1~g"slmth and my “It was God sent you, Harry,” clothe. The Garment Makers’ Con- lncdicme for children. Accept my and do not believe their ailment self, and would say that it is only a - - , 1, , V V. , . , 1,. ‘ curable. It is by curing when others pleasm‘e for me to recommend so SJm‘d ILEIS‘V ttlo yam]? [hm/0121515 You??? ‘at thhlcgi‘gghirs gifwflz‘d fail that Dr. Chase's Ointment has excellent a preparation.” like? 123011021 16, for]? “103130? W‘U‘ 1" u ,Lillle bi‘lc (Flor l‘g: H l" (3:1 Non such a record for itself. It Wherever there is irritation, in- gnyglgjtfonlimflfigfig “givignlgktfgli 11:13:. “1,1.he”,ffight 0011- gfglfléglformfi ’ f'.‘ ‘ 1 ) 1" r l’eve and flammatiOi, ul' ‘.t' - ‘ - ' , v ' 0 \- _ ’ . ' a Will not 111 to p101l1t§ c 1 I L011 ion 01 itching of m the old days. ._.IIOW could you Size is aflntramly fixed at 150 lb” completely cure any form of piles, the skin Dr. Chase's Ointment will I . _ _ ' , I . Y .‘ 7 ‘no matter how severe or of how bring, quick relief and will'd‘ltiinately kno‘Y? HOW dld the can Come, to, am} 1'01 Caleb 100 Vlb- mm ' that long standing. heal and cure. On this account it. you? “"i‘g‘ht the fat man “I” be taxed 5"” , . . . . , (I u ' .‘l ' ' e ' . A ll '_ Mr. James Ul'lz‘lll Pye, Marie Josâ€" is useful 1n scores of ways in way It Was & S’Fl‘flngc ,feelmg, Lucyâ€" %(4clit1011a11 ‘Ifoil lns‘qcloltlhes. fill/3.11:1 eph, Guvsborough Co., N.S., writes: home for the cure of eczema, salt Sudan and Stlange. he answered. at ant sum or lelllflléfia “1 3e -' ' ‘ . . . . '. H V , , . "I was bad with bleeding piles for rho-um, tetter, scald head, chafing, I seemed to feel the taste of 111010 111 denmlld 111 he states than about four years and could get no itching peculiar to? women, pin Stl‘ycgnilnel. in 113nY5119Uthylt0 know even g heli. Dr. Chan-12's Ointment cured worms, piles and all sorts of skin that 1m. swa owe it. felt my- I, _ I I. mam CHASE'S me in a. very sl’wrt time, and I can- diseases and eruptions. SCH stage? and, fall: .and 110 there . Dr. Chase’s Ointment, 60 cents a helpless and lifeless. I knew there II. not praise it too highly for this cure. Mrs. Thomas Smith was box, at all dealers, or Edmanson, was not one moment to spare. '1'! “ mm direct . troubled with ou'ysipelas in the feet Bates _& _.(}o1n-pany, Toronto. W’l‘p knew that 1 was .tremb‘ung on ,the _ I, g“), the Imtgrsxdgfiaud and legs and was all swollen up. I protect you against imitations " the brink of dissolution. ' ,Oh! it was ealsihe ulcern,cle.n gave. her some of the ointment, {portrait and Signature of Dr. A. W. agony while it lasted.” {frigiltzesitops droppingsingh. which took out the swelling and'Chase, the famous reseipt book auâ€" He brOke off with a gasp almost of caunhagndmm;::;}l§3fures :ealed all the sores. She had triedlthor, are on every box of his rcmo- pain. Iâ€"Iis wild words and voice gem: Manuel-5,0, Eggs/£12: nany treatments before, but noueidies. frightened herâ€"he who was always H ' Muncm’roxomo and Bum“ thanks for all the good your Tabâ€" lets have done my little one, and I hope other mothers will profit by my experience.” Baby’s Own Tablets can be giver. with absolute safety to the youngest, frailest child, and they are guaran- teed to cure all the minor ailments of little ones. Sold by all medicine dealers or mailed at 25 cents a box by writing the Dr. Williams Medicine 00., Brockvillc, Ont. ' . ____.+__â€"â€"â€"â€" ‘ INCREA S‘ED INSANITY. Nearly 28,000 persons became in- sane in England and Wales last year â€"-a higher number than in any year since records have been kept. The increase over the prowl/ins year was 8,251.. A few evenings since Mr. Slocum: was reading an account of a dreadful "Poor creature! How it must have “Well, didn't it kill him?” asked. ‘.'~._‘- , .r , ‘J. .. u..- -..\\‘\. \‘\.‘_‘ s. \. ‘-â€"'x/VN‘-"J'VA'V‘W‘-\~.fln/A'v a. W,~/~_v.,~.~vâ€"(»,« .VV..‘~- A .., \ Js ., " AA_---\ \â€" â€"“‘~ s..z...»--\.x.«