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3 §©®®%%OR®%%'®® RANSOMED LIFE i A ’ WWWWSS CHAPTER XIX, without word or sign, except the Next morning Ardel broke impetuâ€"‘Whitening Of his fflt‘O, lie-3d $191“ by uously into Trevor’s room. amazement. The morning \voze on; “Have you hem-d the news. Harry? the grey dawn blushed into vivid Wickham has gone off like a shot; rose color ill the east. But “10-50 left by the morning train. I never two 111011, Shoal-ling and hearing was more surprisedin my life when strange things, took no account CI my man brought me this note with time. The whole Wolld was ablaze my coffee: 'Called away in urgent with sunshine which flooded the silâ€" haste.â€"E. Wickllam.’ Not much ill lent room when the narrative closed that it’s shorter than a wire. at last. Haven't the least notion where he’s .Ardel broke the silence. "Well," off to. Thought perhaps you might he said quietly, "is that all ?” know when he’d be back-” Then ’l‘revor looked in his face for “Never 1” the first time since he began his “Never ! Then in the devil’s name story, what has become of him ?” “Is it possible for you to He’s gone to America for good. me ‘2" Perhaps I should not say thatâ€"he “Right away. I don’t see myself has gone for life. Don’t look SO there is very much to forgive afich startled, Vivian. I’ll tell you all lam 1’m bewildered aboth the bus- about it at some time, but for thegjness yet, The whole thing seems present I want you to take my word ' that Wickhain was a thoroughly bad lot, and we are all well rid of him.” “Of course I’ll take your word for anything, old man. Never cared particularly for Wickham myself. But he was so set upon Lucy that I thought it only fair to give him his chance. By Jove ! though, I’m amazed he could make up his mind to leave her. like that." “He could not her himself. Lucy forgive whether I’m myself or somebody cl: 0. No i‘you need not sat a word more. I believe it. right through. I cannot help believing it. You make yourâ€" self out as bad as you can in the story. But even on your own showâ€" ing, the life you borrowed was a life you had just saved. I don’t know I’ve had altogether the worst of the bargain. I’ve had a good time; life has been very pleasant to me, has had a narrow escape 0f the mar" and you’ve worked hard to make it bUt She has “fined! thunk G°d~ It’s a comfort, I must ' . pleasant. Dont let us talk or think of him confess, to know that my mind nev- any more. He has passed out of our 01- many broke down, and that I lives for ever.” . don’t remember things because they 'lllell after a pause, “There 18 someâ€" never happened to me. Even yet 1 thing else I Want to say to you, if can harle get, my head clear. Don’t you Will hear me out patiently, but look so ghastly about, it Harry; I’m Ituis‘hombly hard to my." a bit dazed, that's all. 1’11 get 1179” used to the notion after a little granted.” while I dareca ” .41 must.” Trevor could hardly “Yam m_e'1;‘o:"q,)g.ry?,. fore. tl‘. r ‘d 'L “ ’ ’ . . p e “01 S mm A hmmblc' "Not a little bit. You gave me guilty secret must be told, though more than you took from mo by a :l a h -l - ' ‘ ‘ ‘ ' can ald y expect you will believe great deal... me. I cannot hope you will forgive “You aw contented t, in . ._~. : n38.” n “Don’t talk rot,” said Ardel brus- as..gz;lt:}f3 7 quely. "You must be drunk or mad n. - to talk like that. You have been .l,l,ev,01 Suffice fc'l' such a friend to me, Harry, as no “$0177,- af].("ed Slowly' man ever had before. If 1 got back ,1 es ' b1 Che m llevor Very Gag" something of my manhood after that 912,611 , 1 , . . awful seizure, I owe it to you__ _ J . tlele is no, use of talking or wholly to you. That time I took thinking of that; I m perfectly con- the poison you pulled me out of the tent" Don t worry “Ursa” any jaws of death. But that’s nothing 313328 abogét me” Let this be our You’ve been as patient with me as a 9f" 0 the res”; of “1?, world mother with her baby. You’ve help-- hmgs can go on as before' ed me in a thousand ways. You’re Bht he “‘8’th l'egi'etfuuy in a clever chap, and I'm a dull one. Of himself- But Irm not dun enough to forget an The other was quick to notice it. I owe you while I’ve life to remmm “Speak out frankly to me what is in her it. So don’t go on raving any ,Vom‘ mmdln he Cl'ied carnCStIY- more like a decent fellow, or I’ll ‘WQUm you have your youth back send for the docter,” again 7” "I’m not raving. I’m speaking the .Al'dd Started to his feet" eager’ oxâ€" Plain, sober truth. I’ve wronged “(och at the Ver thought 01“?- "But you as no man ever wronged another mum you do this thing: Harry?” in this world before.” “I believe I Can- I’m 111111051? 511‘1'0 Ardel tried to laugh one of his I can. I tried last night with Wick- great good-humoured laughs, but he ham, and found the GM Power is as broke down in the middle of it, strong, as ever in 1110- There may frightened in spite of himself by the he ‘1 “Skv 0f courseâ€"are you Willing earnestness of the other’s face and to face it 7” vojje_ “I’d risk death a thousand times "By Jove ! you look as if you had for the mere Chame- Cannot You a ghost Story to ten": see youth means hope and love to HI have a ghost Story to ten, a me? It means the light to woo true ghost Story, a Strange ghost Jeannette and win her if I can. story; too strange I’m afraid to be But-n Wlth SUdden remorse. “it will believed in spite of its truth. Will he "eh-Y rough on 3’0“. My gain is you listen to it ‘2” you" 1055‘” “Fire away! only if it is any- '“I'm more 0330” for the thing bad about yourself, don’t exâ€" thah 3’0“ can ha” pest me to beliefi-e it" “But what tempts you ?” Again there was a long pause. The “A h‘mihtm' hope. a greater love two men sat close together at the than 320m's- Forgive me; eVCVY window, with the grey dawn on man tl-lnks his own prize best, and their faces. Ardel listened, flushed, mine i“ more than 1h"? to 1130-” curious, excited, while Trevor, with “Bf” When muSt I ‘2” low, forced utterance at first, told “how: if you are “311de the Strange story of a stolen life' The answer was a smilemnd a nod. Has voice‘ grew firmer as he proceecb "Then draw your chair closer, ed. Throughout there was that in ViViah- “’5 the last time, I 110130. its tone that compelled belief. I 51131 can you by that “31110; 0105- A‘rde] listened to the end. patiently. or still; lthere in the full light. Now Kidneys and liver Affected by holds Backaehe and Pains In the Legs the Common Symptomsâ€"Cure Comes with the Use of Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills don’t. I’ll take it for h ap py spite change Exposure to damp, cold weather is troubled with pains in the small of a. frequent cause of kidney disease. the back and in the side, was gradâ€" Bitting in a draught so as to chill ually losing flesh and growing weak- the feet and legs is frequently enough er. She got into a very bad state, to bring on congestion of the liver. suffered dreadful pains and her ankles Colds settle on the liver and kid- “’OUId swell up 50 that We were neys as well as the lungs. The reâ€" afraid. 0f dl‘OPSy- We had & b00k 0f sults are diseases of the most dread- Chase’s 1“ the house. and, read- h‘ny painful and fatal sort. 112% {113323153}??? Egasglz’s fiidncy-lgiyelg ' . . . . - S, l' t ‘ em. (:10 colligdyit glfggalifiigegéial‘mf: soon came with this 3treatment. My Chase’s Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills as a luff} has Peon entirely .Curcd’ and prompt and thorough cure for Ce- says she would not be Without Dr. rangements of these great filtering fhfl’a‘flfgihwer Pm” for ten organs. ‘ ' _ _ "I am using Dr. Chase’s Nerve Pains in the back, headache, urln- Food Inyself, and it is building me try disorders, biliousness, liver comâ€" up ‘vonderfuny.“ plaint, dyspepsia and constipation Dl._ Chase’s Kidney.Liver Pins, one noon disappear when Dr- Chase's pill a dose, 25¢ a, box, at all dealers, Kidney'LlVeh Plus “"0 “SCd- or Edmanson, Bates & 00., Toronto. Mr. Arthur Walden, Ferryville, To protect you against imitations Carleton County, N.B., writes: "My the portrait and signature of Dr. A. wife was a great sufferer from kidney lW. Chase, the famous receipt book senses for several years. She was author, are on every box. like a fairy tale, and I'm not Sun? look me full in the face, and give .your will over to mine.” Again there was silence in the sun- lit room, while thought and sensaâ€" tion ebbed slowly away from them, and sleep profound and unconscious as death, came upon both. CHAPTER xx.‘ "011 ! how you startled me,” cried Jeannette, looking up beamingly from the book in which she had been absorbed. “So it’s youâ€"is it ?” "Yes. it’s me. Am I in the way '2” She looked at him ill quick sur- prise. She had never heard that tone in his voice before. '11; was Harry Trevor undoubtedly. The boyish figure, the handsome young face, blueâ€"eyed, and flaxen haired. But there was a youthful eagerness and exhilaration in the face that was quite new to it. The bright black eyes of the girl opened Wide as she gazed at him, and the red lips parted slightly showed a gleaming thread of white between. "I thought itwas Dr. Ardel; “then with a mocking smile that made her eyes dance and her cheeks dimple, "She is not here, Harry. She has just gone out for a walk in the de- mosne.” "Who is she ?" “Who is she ’2” mockineg. “Lucy. of course. Do you think I’m quite blind '2” For answer he seated himself quietâ€" 1y beside her in the deep cvosily-cushâ€" ioned couch of the great drawing- room, which looked out through a wide arched window on the green world. But the surprise in her eyes made him nervous. He picked up from her lap the book she had been read- ing. ' “Oh ! I’m glad you took my adâ€" vice. Isn’t it lipping poetry ! It carries you along like a horse’s gal- lop.” “Your advice, Harry ! Wily you never spoke to me about it, never ! You wouldn’t look the same side of the library as Scott.” "Wouldn’t I, by Jove! I think there is no one to match him. Don’t you remember only yesterday I was saying to you ‘3” He stopped and VVlllS‘th‘d, a low whistle of perplexity. Again she looked at him hard, in utter bewilderment. long “Why, silly boy, you never spoke. to me once yesterday; you were bet- ter engaged.” Though they had grown up as chil- dren together it was the first. time she ever Spoke to him or thought of him as a “boy.” "You know you forâ€"â€"â€"” "That’s nonsense, Jen." He turned to the title page of the book. . "Why, it’s my copy of the ‘Lady of the Lake’; the copy I gave you I” "You gave me ! Dr. Ardel gave it to me. There is his name.” “Well lâ€"am not Iâ€"â€"- ” “Are not you Dr. Ardel 7â€"is that what you were going to say !" “Would you like me better if I were 7" “I don’t know. He’s livelier than you areâ€"generally." “I’ll be livelier too for the future, if that pleases you,” he said, edging a little nearer to her on the couch. “You are a little too lively now, sir. Let that cushion stay just where it isâ€"between us.” But there was surprise, rather than displeasure in her voizc, and he was encouraged to bide his time. Presently they fell into a pleasant talk, easy, lixely, unconstrained, such talk as she‘had often had with Dr. Ardel, but with Harry ' Trevor, never before. She was still perplexed by the vagâ€" ue change in him, and ever and again under the long lashes she stole a lookâ€"half puzzled, half admiringâ€"at the ‘gay young face, that for the first had eyes only time beamed upon her with overfiow-_ ing love. I The blue eyes caught the black in one of those stealthy glances. She blushed and her voice faltered. His young blood took fire with love's longing. But he could find no words to say what he wanted to say. "I wish I could tell you what I think about you, Jen.” “Try it, if it amases you.” "I’ll get Scott to help me.” Again he picked up the prettin bound volume of the “Lady of the Lake,” and turned the pages and read,â€" "And seldom was a snood amid Such wild luxuriant ringiets hid, Whose glossy black to shame might bring The plumage of the raven’s wing; And seldom o’er a breast so fair Mantled a plaid with modest care; And never brooch the folds combined Above a heart more good and kind; l-Ter kindness and her worth to spy You need but gaze in Ellen’s eye.” "That's why I like the ‘Lady of the Lake,’ ” he said, “Ellen always reminded me of ” “Of whom ?” with a mocking chal- lenge in her eyes. “0f some One,” he answered timidâ€" ly. “Did you read it ? Do you like it, Jen 7” "No, I don’t. I have no patience with your Ellen, to fall in love with a walking gentleman when there was a real man like Roderick Dhu to be had.” I ~“I wish I was like Roderick Dllul” She looked at him and broke into a pod] of laughter, voice and eyes brimming over with merriment. "You’d look too killing, Harry, in kilt and Claymore," she began. But the sheepish appeal for pity in his face checked her. “011! you foolish boy,” she went _ meal owing to on, the rebellious laughter still dimâ€" pling her rosy cheeks, but with kindâ€" ness kindling in her eyes. “I don’t want to tease you, but-you provoke me to it. You are not yourself at all this morning.” 'A sudden seriousness fell on him. "No. Jen,” he said, “I’m not n1y- selfz. not the self you knew all your life as Harry Trevor. A change has come- to me; more strange than any- thing you could dream of. Can I hope you will not like -me less, but more, for the change 7” “I don’t know. You give me a. shiver when you talk in that mysterâ€" ious Way.” “It’s the last time I’ll talk mysâ€" tery to you, Jen. I’m not given that way as a rule. I should dearly like to talk something else if I darâ€" ed.” "But what is the wonderful secret. of yours, Harry '2” she whispered, coming a little closer to him. "I have sworn to tell it to only one person in the world.” "And she is-â€"â€"â€"?:’ "She is to be my wife. Oh, Jen, don’t you know, can’t you see, how I love you ? I haye loved you ever so long, but I never dared to speak till now becauseâ€" Will you try to love me a wee bit in return ?” "I don’t know,” she said very softly and slowly, “I’m afraid not, butâ€"” the black eyes thrilled him with a sudden glanceâ€"“I’m dying to know that secretâ€"” . At that he would have caught her to him,‘but the lissom figure slipped illusive from his clasp, and his arms held the empty air. Yet there was hope and love in the gright look she threw at him as she ed. Her book lay open on the sofa, and he deliberately crossed out the name "Vivian Ardel,” and wrote "Harry Trevor” on the title-page. (To be continued.) ____.+_.___ . EXERCISES WHEN PEE SLEEPS Curio-us Habits of the Leader of the Irish. Bar. ' Stephen Ronan, K.C., who may be regarded as the leader of the Chan- cery bar in Ireland, who was one of the counsel for "I‘he Times in the Parnell Commission, together with the present Attorney~General for Ire- land, Mr. Atkinson, is one of the Imost interesting of men. 'Among his friends his peculiar methods of work have earned for him a certain notorâ€" iety. His day is divided as fol-â€" follows: ' . On leaving the courts, which 'close at 4 in Ireland, he hies home and gets into an old hat and a suit of old clothes, timeâ€"honored but comâ€"- fortable. A huge, black, weatherâ€" beaten pipe completes his equipment, and after some light refreshment he buries himself in briefs and legal tomes till 6, when he takes a short walk. From 6.30 till 7.30 work is continued, the evilâ€"looking briar still very much in evidence, and then, dinner brings about a temporary de- verce from both. After dinner (generally a careful refractory digestive organs) the pipe once more, and a. possible caller; ,and then bed and sleep till midnight. Awaking punc- tually at the Witching hour, he dons an ancient waterproof. and a rakishâ€" looking soft hat, and starts param- bulaiing round the square in which he lives, smoking the trusty briar till 3 a. II]. He then returns home and reads till 6, at which hour he makes it a rigorous rule to be in bed. He sleeps till 10, makes a hasty toilet, gulps down He breakfast, and hires a cabâ€"â€" he has not been known to .walk to the courts for years. Then he is ready for work at 11, when the judge sits. Surely an extraordinary day ! His vacation is generally deâ€" voted to yachting. of which he is an ardent. devotee. 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If it rains through the Whole overâ€" head you’ll find an umbrella . under thcxbed. The rats won’t hurt you if they do chase each other across your face. Two mén in a room must put up with one chair. Please don’t empty the sawdust out of the pillars. If there’s no towel handy use piece of the carpet. your name on the we know you’ve been out them 'ness of step that bespeaks ' look to the _ 0f Ont., who has is out is too much for you, writes; a The. :BEecz-vflle. Out. A tours all. PLAINLY INDICATES TEE GON-' DITION OF HER HEALTH. How to Obtain Bright Eyes, Rosy} Cheeks and the Elastic Step of Perfect Health. "A Woman’s face,” said a well known physician, "is a mirror which reflects unfailing the condition of her health. One can tell at a glance if she is well or not and usually one can tell what the trouble is. It so often happens that instead of bright eyes, rosy cheeks and an elastic step, there are dull eyes, pale, saliow or a greenish complexion, and a languid< disease, early death if tl’u right treatment is not resorted tor The whole trouble lies with th( blood, and until it is enriched and! invigorated there will be no releas( from suffering and disease. UH questionably the greatest of all blood-renewers is Dr. Williams’ Pinl Pills. Good blood mean-s health, V14 gor, life and beauty, and the om Way to make your blood good if to take Dr. Willianls’ Pink Pills. Out of many cases which illustrat( the truth of this may be cited that of Miss Amanda Damphousse, Ste Anne de la Perade, Qua, who says "For more than six months I suden ed greatly from Weakness. borderim almost on nervous prostration. l suffered from headaches, palpitatim of the heart, and pains in all m] limbs. I had no energy, no appetite, no color, and my nights ware fre quently sleepless. At different time: I consulted three doctors, but, nom of them seemed able to cure me. A friend strongly urged me to take Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills and I finally fol- lowed her advice. With the use of the first box my health began to im< prove, and five boxes completely re stored me. I now have a good apt petite, headaches and pains have dis appeared, and I never felt better ill my life than I do now. If I am eve] sick again you may be sure that Dr, Williams’ Pink Pills will be my oni] doctor.” If you have any disease like anae mia, indigestion, heart palpitation neuralgia, rheumatism, or any of tlll other host of troubles caused b} bad blood, Dr. Williams’ Pink Pilll will surely cure you. Be careful tl get the genuine, with the full name "Dr.' Williams’ Pink Pills for Pal People,” printed on the wrappe around the box. Sold by all medi cine dealers or sent post paid at 5( cents a box or six boxes for $2.5( by writing to the Dr. Williams Medicine 00., Brockville. Ont. IT ANSWERED WELL. Wife (with solicitude of tone}-â€"â€"-“I must be very lonesome sitting all b: yourself at night, balancing you books?” Husband darling.” Wifeâ€""I have been thinking abou it for some time, and now I hav got a. pleasant surprise for you.” Husbandâ€"“A pleasant surprise?” Wifeâ€"“Yes, dearest. I sent f0 mother yesterday, and I expect be this evening. 1 mean to have he stay with us a long time. She wiE take care of the house at night an children, and I can g down and sit in the office with yo while you work.” Husbandâ€""The dickensâ€"â€"that is t say, I couldn’t think of you going tl town.” Wifeâ€"“It’s my duty, dearest. ought to have thought of it beforl but it never came to my mind til yesterday. Oh, John, forgive me in not thinking of your comfort soonel But I will go and sit with you to night.” . Husbandâ€"“Toâ€"night! Why, E-â€"Iâ€" the fact is I got through with in; books last night.” Wifeâ€""You did? How delightful And so you can now stay at horn every evening. 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