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CHAPTER XXI, So the days had gone by in one key, only varied for Nancy by two with bent head thinking, wandering in the old, sad fashion till the dogs had rushed upon her, and with a great start and a mingled sense of thingsâ€"fir“, the dismissal 0f Mall-18’ i fear, ecstatic delight and deep sor- which was an inexpressible com- row ) she had raised her eyes and fort; and, secondly) by the news 0f seen Derrick standing before her. Sir Humphrey’s accident and ill- ness, which was bitter pain. If she could have crept out at night, she would have walked over the rough, wot country that stretched between the manor and Ripstone, barefooted, to offer her love, help, sympathy to Dorothy; but escape for an hour was impos- sible, and so she had to live day after day burdened with suspense and self-reproach added to all her other troubles. She had accepted all the insults and miseries which Crawshaw put upon her as part of the sacrifice demanded for her uncle’s safety: and knowing this, she made no complaint, only every now and then, when goaded and tired be- yond all endurance, the wild! What followed has been told. it 9% ‘k 56 "It When, at last, she recovered strength enough to conquer her agi- tation and emotion, Nancy drew her cloak about her shoulders, and turn-ed slowly back along the unâ€" kept paths and weedâ€"grown walks to the Manor House. She had dried her tears, but her face was very white, even her lips were robbed of their pretty red hue, and her eyes were circled with deep ,black marks. As she progressed slowly toward the large, ugly door, she came up. on Fenton, who was evidently wait- ing and watching her. At first this man’s presence had been almost more than Nancy could endure, and she had been vaguely . Humphrey’s most quixotic dealings thought came to her to feast It all iamazed at the familiarity which Tm tppeal to .thls man 3 generos' existed between her husband and lty‘ hls heart”. If he possessed one? his valevt; then, for a time, she had and enbfeat him to be more .merm’ grown accustomed to the insolent, in” .t’o lighten her d'a‘rk path 1f eyer sallow face which haunted her so little. But she never did this. wherever she went; of late, how- She knew too well the result of ever, since her mail had been dis- such pleading. She knewvupon what missed, Nancy’s horror of this man terms alone Crawshaw would con- had increased; he seemed like sent to alter his present conduct, place, and at night, when She was which arose as much from infuriatâ€" ed vanity as any other reason; and sooner than agree to those terms, she resolved to suffer a hundredâ€" fold more than she was called upon to bear now.' Even had he been a less pitiful, contemptible creature, she would never have permitted herself to listen to his love. Love! It was such utter degradation to associate the word with such a man as Orawshaw! Would love have tormented and ruined her happiness as his cruel passion and revenge had done! Love is self-sacrificing, selfâ€"forgetting, selfâ€"abnegating. What claim could Thomas Craw- shaw lay to any one of these? She had been coerced into 3. mar- riage, she had accepted the sacri- fice with all its attend-ant miseries. She hadrâ€"so she imagined, poor child lâ€"saved her uncle from shame, perhaps from deathâ€"there her task ended. Sooner than let this man touch her lipsâ€"the lips which Derry had kissedâ€"she wguld have expected the irl to make any 1.e_ fallen dead at his feet. And Crawshaw knew this was no mQIOdmmafiC: ,empfy thlfeM-'Th?r° her usual firm step, but her heart was an intensity, a quiet passmn had Suddenly A , 3-3 She utmrad lil‘this mean but that the very small which told hlm she meant every amount of liberty which she had When he had reallzed M118 hitherto been, allowed was to be about the girl word. he had vowed to himself that, come what may, he would yet break her stubborn will, her disgust and hat- red of himself, and bring her hum- bled at last to the dust at his feet. Only one gleam of pleasure came to. Nancy out of all this grim darkâ€" nessâ€"the thought that her uncle was safe and happy. Yes, actually happy at last, for Dr. Grantley had Written, telling her that he had heardfrom Henry Chaplin. giving news of himself and his wife. The latter was returning to England at once, but Nancy’s uncle had made friends with some scientific and lit- erary men, who found his brain and information so useful that they had offered him t tary to some society in Melbourne, which not only gave him a salary, but sent him into the seventh heav- en of delight. This letter had the very Darnley had started reached Nancy from her morning on which Derrick cheeks lost their wan off for his golden curls were no longer disâ€" some evil spirit skulking about the safely locked in her room, she had caught faint sounds of riotous sing- ing and laughing, which told her all too plainly that the master of the Manor House was enjoying himself as he liked best, and that his confidential servant was assist- ing him in the laudable task of get- ting loathsomely intoxicated in as short a time as possible. Nancy never, by any chance, took any notice of Fenton; but she knew that the man hated her for what had occurred in the past, and that he delighted in offering her every conceivable insult and indignity now that he had the chance. As she passed him silently and entered the house, the man followed her, and with much fuss and noise closed the great door after them, and having shot the bolts and turned the key, took out the latter and put it in his pocket, whistling ostentatiously the while. If he had mark he was cisappointed. Nancy went straight upstairs with sunk. What could taken from her? Was there more horror and misery to come? CHAPTER XXII. Sir Humphrey Leicester improved 'wonderfully after his nephew’s ar- rival at the Hall. “And it is all through you, Derâ€" ry,” Dorothy declared, warmly, as leach day passed and left the pati- ent a degree nearer recovery. “No, gdor’ijt shake your head; I know it isl And certainly it seemed as'if Miss Leicester’s words were true, for the sick man was never so happy as he DOSt 0f 5001"?” when Darnley was sitting at his ‘beside with Dorothy presiding at her old post. - ' Dorothy, too, apparently, derivâ€" ed not only pleasure but health cousin’s presence; her look, her walk with the dogs; and having hevelled, her pretty, dainty figure escaped Fenton’s lynx eyes, she was fresh and trim, and matched made her way to a quiet nook in her lovely face; indeed, every one the lonely woods to read it over and the first faint indulge in almost gladness she had felt for months. “Poor uncleâ€"dear said to herself, with tears in her “I have saved himand blue eyes. in the house declared Miss Dorothy to be her old self. and one and all innited with the girl in delighting uncle!” she in Mr. Darnley’s appearance; that l lis, all except Aunt Priscilla, Coun- tess of Merefield. To her Derry made him happy. Does he ever think was nothing more nor less than an of me, I wonder? realize what I have done? won’t let myself doubt him. loves meâ€"hc will never me l” But all the same the poor girl’s Does he ever obstructionist. But I He field be away? It was altogether forgot wrong! Why should he be here and Mere- So opined Mercfield’s mother to herself, and as Mr. Darnley had aching heart longed for mine warm'un unpleasant habit of diving be- word of leve and g resting from tho neuth Lady Merefield’s evangelical man" who had indirectly been the surface and exposmg’the very un. cause of all her trouble. in her pocket, and ' WIS-d...“ fl. ,9. u, She had deniablo worldliness folded'tho letter up and put it away there, she may be forgiven for not then had sat altogether loving him’. ' that existed figh’l‘kiflffifiy-mr - She had not only just recovered from her annoyance over the ques- tion of Nancy Hamilton and Sir with the girl, when another trou- ble came in the dogged determina- tion of her son to depart for a lengthened sojourn in foreign parts, and on the top of that and» the real anxiety to do Lady Merefield jus- tice she had some affection for her half-brotherâ€"about Sir Humphrey come this visit of Derrick Darnley, while her son was miles away and not able to make any stand against this most dangerous young man. It certainly was enough to try any mother, and it must be admit- ted that if Lady Merefield had had her way she would have immediately dismissed Mr. Darnley, and brought Mercfield back to the Hall without his leave or by his leave. However, as this could not be managed, the next best thing was . to circumvent Mr. Darnley in his supposed matrimonial projects whenever she with decency could do so. Lady Mercfield’s manoeuvres were all lost on the young man; he had too muct painful matter for thought to permit himself to no- tice such a trivial matter, but Doroâ€" thy was not so blind. “Aunt Priscilla might be my govâ€" erness or my nurse,” she declared, petulantly,’ one cold, blustering morning, as, wrapped up in her fur cloak, and with a cap set jauntily on her golden hair, she went down the terrace, a pretty picture if Darnley had had eyes to see it, to join him for an hour’s brisk walk in the grounds. Derrick Darnley, who had been standing with his hands in his pocâ€" kets, staring wistfully across to where the Manor House stood and sheltered Nancy, woke from his thoughts with a start; the memory of those deepâ€"blue eyes and that Wan face was too keen to be wiped out by Dorothy’s fair loveliness. “What is up now, Dolly?” he asked, half (onqu-edly. “She actually wanted to come out with me for a walk to see that I did not fall down or catch cold, or some such nonsense. I declare Sold in all parts of the World. ' Canada’s Moat Brilliant Representative. . It has proved its superiority over scores of other .makes, and has won popularity . solely on its merits. It’s good for your shoes. , THE F. F. DALLEY (30., Limited HAMILTON, Ont, BUFFALQ, N. Y. and. LONDON, Eng. _-:~--- -« M Ten dayslâ€"it was m 9 like ten SOMETHING LIKE A PLAGUE. long years Iâ€"and not once during â€"-â€"â€" that time had he even heard her name breathed by any living soulll At night, when all was still and quiet, he had stolen down into the damp, cold air, and paced to and fro, thinking of the girl whomjhe knew now to be his own loveâ€"his very ownâ€"and yet whom he must not even‘see or approach, for fear- of dishonor and evil falling upon her. His heart was racked», too, by doubt and fear. He tormented him- self by imagining what sort of life the poor child led in that desolate, dismal placeâ€"alone, without friend swarm 0f flying, Whining locus“: and relationâ€"alone with her husâ€" WhiCh daSh into our faces, enter Its lour houses, and fill our rooms With Countless Millions of Locusts on Whirriug Wings. A locust invasion is an event not easily forgotten, says the Cape Argus. . The first sign of the approaching “army is usually a long, dark cloud on the horizon. As it comes near- er, it is seen to be composed of countless millions of locusts on whirring wings. Soon the cloud appears overhead, and is sufficient ly thick to obscure the sun. Now we are in the midst of a dense I believe Aunt Priscilla thinks me a baby incapable of taking care of myself.” Darnley smiled faintly. He knew exactly the true meaning of all this solicitude on Lady hIei'efie»lcl’as with her own part. “Perhaps She would 1101’ Obie“ had come upon her cousin, have. so much to your taking a walk alone,” he said. “It is a certain inâ€" dividual named Darnley whom she regards as being so undesirable a companion.” .37201'othy gave him a sharp glance from her beautiful eyes. “Aunt Priscilla is a silly old thing!” she saic.. irreverently. “No, she is only a mother.” .They were pacing down the aven- ue away from the Hall as" Darnley said this. Dorothy Leicester colored faintly, but made no answer, and her couâ€" sin, having first asked her permis- sion, took out a cigarette and lit it. “‘A-unt Priscilla is possessed of one desire,” he observed, as he flung away the match. “She wants to get me away from the Hall again.” ‘ Dorothy’s cheeks flushed angrily. “As she is not mistress here,” she said, rearing her small head proud- ly, “her wishes are of very_ little concern.” “Possibly.” They walked on in silence for a few minutes. The man’s thoughts had gone to their only task now dwelling on Nancyâ€"what she was doing, how it was faring with her, and if she had forgiven him his harsh words when they had partâ€" ed, nearly ten days ago? _.__._..__.â€"-..â€"_ ffihlflflllllg sun Dr. Morse’a Indian Root Pills Healed Mr. Wilson's Sores When the sewers of the bodyâ€"bowels, kidneys and skin ductsâ€"get clogged up, the blood quickly becomes impure and f rcque‘ntly sores break out over the body. The way to heal them, as Mr. Richard Wilson, who lives near London, Ont, found, is to purify the blood. He writes: “For some time I had been a low, depressed condition. My appetite left me and I soon began to suffer from ind-i- gcstion. Quite a number of small sores and blotches formed all over my skin. I tried medicine for the blood and used many kinds of ointments, but without satisfactory results. What was Wanted Was a thorough cleansing of the blood, and I looked about in vain for some medi- cine tllat would accomplish this. At last; Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills Were brought to my notice, and they are one of the most wonderful medicines I have ever known. My blood was purl- fled in a. very short time, sores healed up, my indigestion vanished. They always have a place in my home and are looked upon as the family remedy." Dr. Morse’s Indian Root Pills cleanse the system. thoroughly. dealers at 25c 21 1A5 Sold b all. y 6 'band, and exposed to the insu , , _ _ ' presence; the air is Simply of his servants. 1thcir . - Her Very ‘vordlallve \Vlth them. Open \VGIIS sent a cold shiver through his veins l “lust be instantly covered, or they __a Shiver of mental agony. Will be polluted by the insects. Had Dorothy been less eng1.sted Fowls and turkeys, however, feelings, She must welcome the advancrng‘ hordes; have noticed the great change that @3th eifitlfigcoglmfi‘s: 13:32:23 Iwondered at his grimlyâ€"set face, audiby this Chet as to be qulte unsale' Imarvelled sadly over “his taciturn gable, and even thelf eggs have an manner, so different from his.f0r- lunl’leasant my? AS Soon as. 10' mm. brightness B ucusts make their appearance in a and pleasantnes . g _ . But Dorothy was too happy in the llocailt)’, the 131‘103 Of 6883 drops to consciousness that he was near her one-half or one-third of its former to remark all this, or to imagine value. for an ins-taut that he had some 3185 also feed 011 100113“, and sorrow so great as almost to crush their flesh also becomes affected; him to the ground. in fact, animals seem to be ad- For Derrick Dawley was suffer_ versely ail-acted, for horses have a ing far more now since he had met Strong m'eTSlon to grass Whlch has Nancy again, and discovered thatbeen Pouuted by 100115“, and: 1111' he had wronged her by his harsh iless very hungry, will not touch it. thoughts, than he had ever done in the very first moment of his trou- ' )__â€"â€"â€">B ble. He was haunted by her sacâ€" red, miserable face. He feared and ATTENDING THE DEAD, In Canton, about eighty miles dreaded he hardly knew what. At times the longing to rush over to , . Y (r ‘ . _ we arid from 1 inmates $313321? an" her lhorimle surfbgllndmfi’ 1:; i There are one hundred and ninety- came a “’05. um gala gt h “b lfour small houses, in each of which by the g’em’est 9 mt t a'. e S“ ' l a corpse is lodged at the rate of dued this, and brought himself tobaWCuf/‘wi.we dollar; for the first realize the fact that he could and gthrée manths and then at & re- . “I , , ‘11:?“ go gfifhmgIagiolu‘ggy m3; duced rate until the geomancers t gigâ€"811 ‘11.: gig ’lf’ 0 ' employed by the relatives of the to “D "$11 Se 1 563011;qu ) ' dead person decide when and where ( 0 6 con ' the corpse shall be buried. Silk a: or paper lanterns and imitation WHERE TIME IS MONEY. fruit are hung from the roof; there are screens in each room between . the door and the coffin; tea, fruit, The coloma’ Goggle” (in the Pam" i and any other kind of food which guay, above AsunCion is one of the the (1,,“ person liked when on nost err: us ' e r . . :nembe’m “2),, ti]: 21:10:70 limkeTlg‘: ; earth, are placed. on an. altar be- row evervthin the v y want and I fore the collin each morning. There .g t wt}. g ' 7 3k rare cardboard servants standing Egggrsevg: filigr'S, “variea 3:1 1:65 I about to wait on him with pipes or ‘ b .. y' I n. icardboard cups of tea.- There are ea’n’ not Inciney‘ “t illnlw'lf lTle’r i also two handsome paper females W‘lgbs me 1011’s a?" m "’Oul’“ 1placed there to guide his spirit on These they save up till they have a file WW to heaven - week in hand, and then they go off; ‘ ‘ on an excursion. If a man wants i are““v-I*'~“--*~WMWW’-ve?e a chair or a table, he pays for it in hours of work, which are deductâ€" ed from the balanceto his credit. .â€"_â€". _._.__.>}‘.____..__ LOW Pincus IN CHINA. In China one may rent a man- sion for $8 a month, hire a very ex~ perienced chef for $12, a good one for $9, skilled butler for $8, valet, who is also an excellent tailor. for '$6 and a laundryman for $3. House servants may be hired for $4 a "tasty Diaries Soups, hashes and' chow- ders of all kinds are made more appclising and more nutritious by stirring in a lit- month. Eggs cost five cents a (102â€" “3 Bovrll' en. A crate of young chickens may FOR be bought for less than one chicken BOVRI], is the concen- could be bought for in this country, trated flavor and strength and vegetables for the whole houseâ€" of prime beef. ' hold will not cost more than $10 a Mix a “MC, BOW.“ with month. . your favorite salad dress- _ ED. 1-A ISSUE 26â€"11 mg'