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-::.â€".-:â€"r,â€"_-W‘W “M.Nw.mm>r;3nw-t“hwwnu ..» ..~~.~..u.~.~.â€"M~_.....~m ,... V .. . , .. With a deft touch of his oars he checked the boat under the overhang- ing branches, and hung suspended on the clear water, where the opening trees gave the living picture clearly to his eyes. Ardelâ€"the great Dr. Ardelâ€"was ‘down on his knees before a small wood fire, which flickered faintlv with a smokeâ€"like flame in the arâ€" dent sunshine that broke upon it QQQQQOBQQQQQ A RAN-SOMED LIFE eeoeeWW ammoemoeeeeec CHAPTER XIII. "Moorchcad is certain that the At seventeen Years Of age Huffy highest honors in the University are .Trevor left Eton, having had a dis- open to you, You have only to ac- ltinctly good time at school. A let- cept Successj' - tor from the headâ€"master had gone “But '1 don't want University hon- before him to John Trevor. ors.” "My dear John,”â€"â€"it ran; they hadI u gut for my sake, Harryâ€"for your been classiellows at Eton,â€"“Yourimothmo's Sakeâ€"don’t, rob us 0f the. son is a marvel. In my experienceijoV and pride we will feel in your I have known nothing like him. He triumphs,” is that rarest 'of rare birdsâ€"a modest Eva, who genius. a fi ‘, through the rents in the high green roof. Close to his side Jeannette stood waiting. with a burnished brass teaâ€"kettle in her hand. At that moment Colonel Wickham was speaking earnestly and Lucy was listening patiently, with eyes on the green sward and white hands nerv- ously interlaced. Though he was a good forty yards away, Harry Trevor felt like an eavesdropper, so plain from their faces was the purport of their talk. So he dipped his oars again with a ran his boat’s pointed was sitting close by, He “rm do anything you said nothing, .but there was wistful Smash and except in the examinations. Almost vop paused before he answered. the bank. banks, who lives their lives out, whose bodies are now dust, or air, or water, and whose souls areâ€"'â€"â€"” “Don’t. Harry. don’t. You know how it hurts me to hear you talk like that. heard, like CleVer boys, I have often to play at being unbeâ€" lievers. They get sense as they grow older.” Again that queer smile stirred the corners of. his mouth. but died out rlemuredly under her searching eyes. “Dr. Ardel was not quite orthodox, I have heard." he saidquietly. “I don‘t know. In my one talk with him there was no hint of unâ€" helief. To me he seemed all wisdom and gentleness. I was full of gratiâ€" tude. and admiration, and fear of him.” she went on. “fear, above all. Evaâ€"your mother. I meanâ€"spoke of him. as a kind of god. I dared hard- ly look or speak at first. But he was so gentle. that I forgot my fear. Never in my life shall I have an hour like that again. Often he looks as he. did then. Age has hardly touchâ€" ed him 'at all, and for a moment. or the only boyâ€"or man, for that matâ€" terâ€"I ever knew who learned for learning’s sake, and not for profit or display. He has studied what pleas- ed, not what paid; and wandered far afield from the beaten track of our school curriculum. Yet even in the scgool curriculum he could have dis~ tanced all competitors. He will do great things at the University” (for to both men Oxford was the Univer- sity), "if he wants to. That’s the rub. There is not in his character the slightest tincture of emulation, which, as you know, is often the po- lite word for envy, but is a good, workâ€"a-day, serviceable virtue (or vice), all the same. Unless you can find ‘some spur to prick the side of his intent" he Wm drop quietly out-John ‘TI‘CVOI‘ said heartiIY; "I've an la little cry of dismay as she caught a glimpse of the red sunset through the trees. "It’s a quarterâ€"past six,” of the race that he can win so easily. For him to try is to triumph. I' did my best to rouse him, but after an hour's talk he left. me. half per- suaded that it was not ‘worth while.’ Hoping for all our sakes you will succeed where I failed, “Ever, my dear Trevor, “Sincerely yours, "Matthew Moorehead.” Following this letter the day after its posting. llarry Trevor got down to Lavella. on the morning of a glorâ€" ious spring day, when the smiling land looked its best in its fresh finâ€" ery of green and gold. John Trevor and Eva, smiling too, met him at the ‘door, and welcomed him and made much of him. together. Between these three. who so loved each other, pleasant talk flowed from morning to noon, touching many topics as it wont with drifts andi eddies here and there, but holding its i main current on the boy’s life at school and his prospects for the fuâ€" ture. All the time his friend’s letter held its place in the judge's mind. It. was inevitable that his thoughts should find words at last. “You will find Oxford more to' your taste than Eton, Harry,” he said. "I think not,” the other answered. “Indeed, with your permission, sir, I don’t intend to try. I enjoyed my school-days, but I have had enough of them.” “But a university is not a school, my boy.” v “A higher class schoolâ€"that’s all. I 'don’t need it." "Oh, Harry!” the father cried out, in consternation; “you are surely jesting. I have had a letter from your head-master prophesying for you a brilliant unilversity career. It would make you too vain to read] it for you.” "Hardly that, ’1‘ think,” young Trevor said, smiling. It is curious On what terms of easy, affectionate familiarity the son and father were. “I trust vanity is not my Weakness. Mooreheadâ€"I beg his pardon, Dr. Mooreheadâ€"is very kind to say kind things of me. He was good to me at school, and gave me a pretty free hand, for which 'I am deeply grate- ful. But 1 want more freedom still with the rest of my life.” All three breakfasth “No,” he said at last, abruptly, “it. cannot be. It Wouldn’t be fair, it wouldn’t be honest. toâ€"â€"-â€"-" he checkâ€" ed himself as abruptly. “I ant very sorry to disappoint you, mother’ (he had almost said "Eva”), “but I feel strongly about this, and I trust I may be let have my own way. Who knows? hereafter I'may do someâ€" thing to please you both better than winning big boys’ prizes at the Uniâ€" versityâ€"some real, honest. work in the world. Just. for a little while I should like to rest and enjoy my- self.' Won’t you let me?” ~ There the discussion ended, as all discussions with Harry Trevor ended, by his having his own way. "Take your owu course, my boy,” likeâ€"but show off; shines everywhere Gnu-cam. in hel- uyes, and Harry ’l‘reâ€" 10W deep into the yielding moss of I I idea you know best what’s good for you.” "Just a taste of the fresh air and sunshine is good for one. But where are the others?” I have been expectâ€" ing every moment to see them, Ar- del and little Jeannette, andâ€"- Lucy.” “And Colonel Wickham,” Eva adâ€" 'ded, with a smile. "I-Ie’s staying with us just now, Harry. The whole party have all gone up the river since early morning. They mean to camp out for the day. It was Lucy thought of it. She guessed that for the first few hours We would like to have you all to ourselves. If you care to follow, you will catch them on the near point of Lisavanny 11'sâ€" land.” “Will you. not come?” She shook her head smilingly. “It’s my busy day, and I’ve idled the Whole morning pleasantly away.” “‘Will you, sir?” Judge Trevor pointed goodâ€"humorâ€" edly to a. huge pile of books and paâ€" pers that overflowed from his desk on to the chairs and floor. “That judgment has to be finished by to-morrow, and your mother is not the only person you have idled this morning.” ‘ "That’s a hint. The sooner I am out of your way the better. I will take a selfish canoe and stroll quietâ€" ly up the river after them. Goodâ€" lbye till dinnerâ€"time.” But when he got to the boathouse, instead of a selfish canoe, he select; ed a shiny mahogany pleasure-boat, with a pair of light sculls and a cosy, cushioned seat at the stern. Tne joy of life ran riot in young Trevor’s veins, and vague visions of delight, , too vague for word or thought, stirred his heart to restless acstasy. Round the last long reach of the stream the boat swept in an even curve into widening water, where the river lay at large with a wooded island steeped in sunshine in its midst. At the island’s edge a delicate spiral of blue grey smoke broke from the treeâ€"tops to merge in the deeper blue of the sky. He. eased his stroke and shipped his oars, let- ting the boat glide. It slid over the glassy surface, smooth as a bird on stretched wings, with no sound but the. low music of rippling water at the prow. Subject to Sinking Spells and Faeiings of Languor, epression and Weaknessâ€"You Er. Chase w Very many people feel much as you - do. They do not like to confess that they are sick, but they are. weak and languid, feel drowsy and depressed after meals, are easily tired and discouraged, suffer from indigestion. sleeplessness, irritability and-general bodily weakness. At Can be Helped by Nerve Food. preaching nervous prostration, para- lysis, locomotor ataxia or even in- sanity. The time to act is before these dreadful diseases of the nerves have fastened themselves upon you. They are much easier to prevent than to cure, as many know, on acâ€" count of long years of helplessness times, it may be, some of the oldâ€"land suffering. 'iinie vigor returns, but you no more‘ than get your hopes aroused when the sinking spells come on again and you are as helpless and dishearten- ed as ever. Such I nourishment in the blood and an. exhausted nenvous system. You can get Well if you will but restore the svstem by using Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. This great food cure forms new blood and m’stils new force and energy into the wasted and depleted! gboxes iI‘Idm-anson, Bates protect you against imitations It makes you well in nature‘s way by supplying to the blood and nerves the very elements in which they are lacking. These symptoms of which you mmpluin are but a warning of ap- nervc cells. ‘To Dr. Chase's Nerve Food will give you new hope and courage. 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Tea was made and the luncheon basket unpacked, and Jeanette playâ€" ed hostess with the delight of 'a child in its own makeâ€"believe, and the pleasant. meal heightened the charm of the pleasant company and sylvan scene. Jeannette at last leaped two I cheat. myself into the, belief he is the same: but the moment he speaks the delusion is gone. IIis thoughts are the thoughts of a boy. I never knew him to take life seriâ€" ously for an hour until Jeannette came back from school in France six months ago. But that would never do, of course.” “What would never do?” he asked, smiling. “Oh, you know as well as I do. He is forty-seven years and she is just sixteen. It’s quite too absurd.” There was a curious eatnestness in her insistency. Jeannette seemed Harry ventured. “0h! Jeannette likes him, in a Way. Sometimes she half forgets how old he is. But now that you are homcâ€"-â€"” “Why, what have I to do with it, Lucy?” ‘ “Oh! nothing, of course,” she said quickly, half amused, half confused at his amazement. "You have the strangest effect on me, Harry: I nev- er speak with you for five minutes without quite forgetting how young you are. I never feel like this with Jeannette, and she looks older than her age, and you look younger. I might easily be your mother, you know.” » , "I know nothing of the kind,” Harry interposed, with quite unnecesâ€" sary earnestness. His eyes met hers, and there was a moment‘s selfâ€"conscious, embarrassed silence before either spoke again. ,“Tell me something of your school life, Harry,” she said, glancing sharply from the dangerous topic, as a skater glances aside from thin ice. “Are you glad it’s all over?” “It was a pleasant life enough,” he said at last, “but I'm not sorry it is over.” to like him?” up with she cried. "I went bail we would be back in good time for seven.” "Half an hour to row, and a quar- ter of an hour to dress; we’ll be in jolly good time,” Ardel answered, while he slung the lightly to his for the boat lay. “Come with me?” Harry Trevor whispered to Lucy, as they foJIOWed together in the rear of the party. “Deserting us, Miss Ray?” \Vickham called out from the other boat. “Take care that boy does not drown you.” He took the front seat in the boat; Ardel rowed stroke, Jeannâ€" the silken the rudder between her dinner at luncheon basket. shoulder and started water‘s edge, where their ette facing him, with strings of fingers. “Is it to be a race?” she said, glancing a saucy challenge over her shoulder at the other heat that fol- lowad. “Oh, a race, all means,” said Dr. Ardel, always eager for physical effort and excitement. “Not this time,” Harry Trevor an-. swered laughingly. “Two to one is too hard a handicap, especially when one of the two is Vivian Ardel.” "I'll change boats ifâ€"-â€"" Ardel began inipetuously, but he glanced at Jeannette in the stern and stopped short. “Race away,” cried Trevor, "if you want to race. Give old time a licking, and tell them we are comâ€" ing.” “All right,” Ardel cried cheerily. “Ready there, Colonel?” The two oars dipped together withâ€" out a splash, and the boat shot, like a darting fish, into the current. “How well Ardel rows!” Trevor said to Lucy, as the frontboat drew swiftly away. "See how the oar bends to his stroke and the boat asked. “Never”: discussion morning. “Do you right, Lucy?” "Oh, I think you were quite right. But still, I want to know what next. You are not one to waste your life in idleness.” "I hardly know what next,” he replied, speaking slowly. "I have chosen my profession. But first there is something else, something infinitely more important thatâ€"â€"â€"” “Which profession?” she interruptâ€" ed hastily; “not the Army or the Navy, I hope?” “No, not the Army or the Navy. I have no taste for the. science of slaughter in any of its departments. It's my ambition to save, not kill. and he told her of the think I Was '- 3’ . . fuels. ' In my professmnâ€"‘I mean, the profesâ€" 91“ Dr; Ardel 15 '51 111€}""91 to sion I have chosenâ€"a man is always me! She Sald SOIUY- He 15 You‘ll? found on the right side in the eternâ€" er toâ€"day than when I first met him, â€"-1net him to speak to him, I mean, â€"ever so many years ago. I was a. young girl then, and you were a baby, Harry. You need not smile superior. sir. I often had you on my knee in those days and read fairy; tales to you. “You have often heard, of course, how I)r.~A1‘(lel saved my life at the risk of his own. ‘v'ell, it was a litâ€" tle after 'that I had my first and llast talk with himâ€"with the real al struggle between life and death.” She glanced at him in quick surâ€" prise. "How strange!” she cried. "Dr. Ardel spoke just like that to me. Oh! I remember it. so well. Can you possibly have-â€"-â€"â€"” She broke off laughing as her eyes rested on the smooth, fresh, boyish face of her companion. “Oh, Harry! ‘I'declare you have bewitched and bewildered me again. I was just going to ask you if you remembered what Dr. Ardel said 'when you were a threeâ€"year-old baby. I never can remember for five minutes at a time how young you really Dr. Ardel, I mean. Every word is still fresh in my mind." She blushâ€" ed softly at the tender remembrance. “I always think of him as he was . - . re.” then. The real Ilr. Ardel 15 dead, a ‘ H v 1 . ' U Harry; as dead as if his body were D“11 t “mom-091' 1t, Lucy; he The man we know So broke out abruptly, almost fiercely twell and love SO We“ is I)“ Ardel mastered-- by theupassmn that was onlv in outward Shapu You are burning in him. l‘hink of me 'alâ€" as like the real man as he is}, ways as a man 111 thought, in feeling, in resolve-a man that loves you, in the grave. ' -' “v - sn'ledâ€"a u or . . . “any . T1” m. I l q C ’ and \Vlll love you to the hour of his amused little smile. dfath ., “You need not laugh. You are. ' "My poor Harry!” she said softly, at last, "my poor, foolish boy! I cannot laugh at this; you seem so horribly in earnest. But you will laugh at it yourself a few monthsâ€" maybe a few weeks hence, and then I’ll join you.” “But, Lucyâ€"â€"â€" he began. far more like the real Doctor Ardel. [than he is,” she added defiantly. “Yet he is the man himself, not you, The man who saved my life and gave me happiness; the man in whose soul - is hiddenâ€" obscured, it may be, but not. lostâ€"the genius of which I got one brief glance on that memorable H T v, ‘ ., ‘ , evening. I would forfeit my life freeâ€" 1‘0! n0! “0' She ?‘1ter"lÂ¥)t?d’ a 157' Harry, to give him back his real touch “of sternness in hex gentle 5011.3. ‘ veice; I must bear no more of this The sentence began lightly and end~ folly, now or eve)" 1110 “1130 WI,“ ed WPV earnestly. come, and come soon, when-you \v1ll ..He"is so young,” She said, after thank me for refusmg to listen to a pause. “In thought and spirit be You. ‘ u T . .g!’ _ .,. . . n 7 - is far younger than you are, Harry, 50‘ 01- ht 19?)”:0‘1- my 10‘0 IS who are. not half his age.” 11101‘0 than my 11(1 0 1110. l l l i “I can well believe it,” he ansm-r- no‘hofm, 141035? 'IIcar: I‘Lalt.f 1 ‘ M \ed slowly. “I sometimes feel as old She “mm m “I” C 0 m)“ ' 9‘ as if I had begun life at the dawn “Wait; ,Vcs, Harry. wait till I’ni an of the creationâ€"older thanthe etern- Old Woman hot 5‘10“ 1‘ (mg “alt' a1 hills. Older than this ancient 1.3V. either. Surely your sense of humor 0,. which “mod down to the Sea a should have saved you from this folâ€" ! ” thousand years ago as it does toâ€"dny. 1Y- with naked, painted savages on its “T011 1110 one thing, at least,” he and the decision of the a Is there. WEAK AND NERVOUS . Thousands of Lives Made Miser" able by 3. Trouble Easily Overcome. Thousands of people throughout this country suffer continually from nervousnessâ€"their blood is poor and watery, their nerves unstrung and jaded. They are pale, weak, often troubled with headaches and dimi- ness, are exhausted with the slight- est exertion, and often feel as though life were a burden. only one absolutely certain way to get new health and strength and that is through the use of Dr, .Williams’ Pink l‘ills for Pale People. These pills make. new, rich, red blood, strengthen the nerves, and bring health, strength and happiness to those who use them. In: D. W. 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