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:‘é nounu. There Was little difficulty in doing thin; for the gaunt, powerful frame d the once majestic gipsyâ€"queen, rated and Worn by illness and all! age was light, and easily lift.- 36. now. Ray took her in his strong arms and placed her gently in her largo elbow chair, and then proceeded to convey her below. _-.: M. Ma .rm_ and réiIBâ€"Vlaid her hand on his am, am: looked up in his face with a. piteous look, “0 Ray! what have you tol'd me? [- Reginald living still?" It Was so strange and so sad to man- her-â€" that haughty, fierce pas- 111-7 lea-Y HUI-â€" buu.» uwvâ€"aâ€" ., . donate womanâ€"speak in a. tone like that, that quick tears rushed to the gentle eyu of Erminie. “Ya. he is livingâ€"he is down finite; but he is only come here indie!” answered Ray, hurriedly, “O Reginald! Reginald! O my son! thank God for this!" she pas- sionately cried out. A â€"--- â€" 1kg 5 (for funny and many a. I 01 man; u..- .- Imod name had never crossed her lips. It sent a thrill now through the heart of Ray, as he bore her ~{late the room, where th mania . y , A .. , AL_; mm+§nd9 €113" shall describe that meemng {1 Long, long years of darkest. crime} data that lowering, lamentable dayi on which they had parted last; Your: full of change and sorrow, Ed sin, and remorseâ€" years that ' (I changed the powerful, passion- .te. majestic gipsy-queen into the wpless. powerless paralytic she was nowâ€"years that had changed the ' high-spirited, gallant youth into the bronzed, hardened, any man lying there dyingâ€"pass- alowly out into the dead 1m- wn. Yet, despite time, and e. and years, they knew each It purifies and enriches the blood. Acts on the Kidneys, Liver, Stomach gmd Bowels. Cleanses lance, and years, um, um. that at the first glance. l‘llother," said the smuggle. taint. ‘ strange smile. IS I spring madinlno it “S no Gull]. 95;}: be sick, weak, tired. “111 36$ lift her room Mia KEEP “LI-J THIS SPRING TIKE ek 310ml Bitters TO that meeting 7 FAITH RAIL YOUR FAITH year tbat '1‘” (10¢ M Iyr- vwvâ€" v _ , tient to exunino his wounds. and Pet. going over. beg-an conversing in n low tone, with Erminio, tell- ing her how she had encountered Rarity. Roy stoo'd Watching the doctor with interest and anxiety; and as, after a. prolonged examina- tion, he arose, he approached him and said, hurriedly: “Well, doctor?” The doctor shook his head. “He may linger tWo, three days, perhaps, but certainly not longer. Nothing can save him." Ray’s very _breath seemed to stop ' 9* L---“ nnin- Ray carried over the almost mo- ; tionless form of the aged gipsy. “Mother," said the smuggler, tak- ing the Withercd hand in his, and Hooking sadly in the vacant face, l“Mother, listen to me. I have abut a. short time to live, and I I long ago against Lord De Courcy. “I have! I have!” she exclaimed. rousing to something like her old fierceness. “O Reginald! you have been avenged. I have wrung drops of blood from their hearts, even as they wrung them from mine . Yes, - yes, I have avenged you! They, - too. know what it is to lose a. 1 child." " “ ‘ A L-â€"- "n11 ”Poor mother!” he said 111 max. same tone of bitter remorse Ray had heard him use before; " her worst crime was loving me too well. Bring her here; I have some- thing to say to her which may as well be said now.” {ant daughter! The heiress of all the De Courcys, the last of her line! Yes, I stole her!" She fairly shrieked now, with blazing eyes. ”I vowed to bring her up in sin and pollution, and I Would have done so, if I had not beenstrickâ€" en with a. living death. Oh,Regi- naldf your mother avenged you! A child for a. child! They banished you and I stole their heir!" “0h, mother! mother! what is this you have doneâ€"where is that child now?" , “Yonder!" cried the gipsy, with a sort of fierce, passionate cry, “there she stands; Erminie Sey'ton the heiress of the Earl and Countess De Courcy. ”The daughter of an Earl - *- r-_ vnl‘ll' u!- a. v..â€" Courcy. The daughter of an Earl has toiled like a. menial for your mother, Reginald. all her life. There she stands the lost daughter and‘ heiress of Lord De Courcy. ‘ An awful silence fell for a moment on all, broken first by the impetu- ous Ranty Lawless. f‘Lord and Lady De Courcyl why they are here in Americaâ€"in Balti- more, now. Good heavens! can our Erminie be anything to them? Oh, I knew she was; I saw the likeness the very first time we met." “Who says Lord and Lady De Courcy are here?" cried the mug- 8181'. halt-arising himsel! in his ex- citement. “I do!" eal‘d Rarity. stepping for- ward, “they‘came out in our IN!» and I wuwiththem as fer In; Washington citY- 1"“ “is“ human that they had 1-171"! in 111 like that. "So near! Cu: it .0 her onoc more? 538$; npproytche'd who had listened liko 0!" red. to us M99515." her!" She fairly , with blazing eyes. bring her up in sin I, and I Would have I had not been strickâ€" living death. 011.quâ€" for her." girl ” he said in that per bitter remorse Ray ‘d‘ I use before; " her Leon is loving me too I {art :- here; I have some- shit . hpr which may as t", what have you brow. and a. ubuu 5.-..» ..__ sweeter the lovely face. and alittle more passive and less proud the soft, dark eyes; but in all else Maude, Countess De Courcy, was unchanged. The rich black hair still fell in fleecy, silk'en ringlets round the sweet, moonlit face; the tender smile was as bright and beautiful. and the graceful form as superb and} faultless as ever. There was a| dreamy, far-on look in her dark, 1 beautiful eyes. as she watched the 1 letting Iunâ€"a look that seemed to past. The lady was not alone. Halfâ€"bur- ie’d in the downy depths of a. velvetâ€" cushioned lounge reclined a proud, haughty, somewhat supercllious-lookâ€" ing young lady, most magnificently dressed. She was handsome, too â€" very handsome â€" despite her tossy, consequental air; but Lady Rita, on- ly daughter and heir of Lord De - Courcy, might be pardoned for feel- ing herself somebody above the common. Her form was slight and girlish, but perfect in all its pro- portions, and displayed to the but l«heritage by her elegant robe; her ~complcxion was dark. as a Span- ‘iard's, but the large, black eyes and Ishimng black hair, of purplish lus- i tre, were magnificent. Diamond pen- ‘dants flashed and glittcred in her Iunall ears, glaring through the -66.. I...{p shadowy masses or non, whenever she moved, lik: fire. In one hand she h< lnlaid fan, and with th languidly patted a. bee. Blenheim spaniel that ex he; feet and watchegl he heft, tendtet brown eyes AL- wag" 3:,“ din]: there is any their attacking us, mam "NO. I think hat," 5 LnCII' '- v Iveâ€"”D “No. I think not." said Lady Maude, smiling; "you need not alarm yourself my dear; those des- perat. people are a long Way art. and are probably Jul-mated banana this. a elegantly furnished room. in It dcgut prngtg mansion. a still young. and excoedingly :htfully and somewhat sadly on floor. A littlo paler the noble mil ; little gravgr and “Fo' an yea: I stalemate:- ribiy fr 4 dytpcpsu. with pea Jcpr; a cu, and vns alvnys Mung poor}. I than tried Ayer'I Sana- mr-ézra "id in one week I m n w e r -."-- John W 'mc. ‘, Pi. m‘gcf that it’s ’ Sa‘rsapafllla m: you strong .. Don’t waste " :md money by .amc other kind. c om tested,“ s .c Aycr’ s Strap:- 5"” ’â€"= Losses of rich, jetty hair he moved. like sparks of .3 hand she held a richly and with the other she patted a. beautiful little paniel that crouched at id watched her with his hand. her eyes fixed 1d somewhat sadly on littlo paler the noblp - little «raver and Omit: 'M‘ b. m“ ‘ a. my a“ mega :ar," the said. 3 that papa and Mr. saying this morning em, or outlaws, or ind of horrors, that 98-.“ the young lady, 1118111138.. I! moment. :n'd the bud to announce: “Gentlemen doWn stain. W ”a Lady Do Com-63h” umd they send up the“ u said the lady. A‘- A. ,h he minted to see you on pox-taut businus. but he din his name." “On important business? it be " said Lady Maude. surprised. “Very well, 1 'down directly." u -.. 1L- “:15; minum alter, room 'door opened. both young. “0“- ' the face of May A» emu... --_, do her eyes dilate md dilate as they rest on that dark. handsome face ,of one of her visitors? Why does she reel as if struck a blow. and grasp a. chair near for support? Reader, she sees, standing before her, the living embodyment of her early girlhoodâ€"he whom she thinks buried for under the wild sea! “Lady De Courcy. I believe?" sail! the young gentleman, his own 1m somewhat; agitated. -‘ -- ‘kAIII'h .h. somewuuu a, AAAAAA Lady Maude. feeling as though uh. should faint. sank into n. chair. and forced herself to say: "Yes. air. And yoursâ€"'9- She paused. “Is Raymond Germaine." Germaine. tooâ€"his name! What feeling Was it that set her heart beating so wildly. as she gazed on that dark. handsome lace and manly form? He seemed moved. too. but in ~ 3 less degree than the lady. There was no time to lose. and he began hurriedly. m---_-. ..“ chm;nn “f.- " _,_ . Rhiadam, excuse my seeming pro-1 sumption, but may I beg to ask:; Were you not married beforeâ€"beforo' you became the wife of the present! Earl De Courcy?” ' Had the sea given up its dend,‘ that Reginald Germaine should thus stand before her? From her white, trembling lips. there dropped an al-‘ most inaudible. . ‘ nay“!!! “And you had a childâ€"a sonâ€" by that marriage " went on Ray. Another trembling “Yes!" from the palli'd lips. "You were told he died?" She bent her head, silent and opeechlm. ”Madam-W De Conroyâ€"they dc.» eeived you. That child did not lie!" White and tottering, the arose and stood on not men. “He did not die. Reginald Ger- maine told you so (or his own calla: That child lived!" Her lips parted, but no sound can. forth: her eyes. wild now, were x-ivb eted still to the face of the speaker. "Th-e child lived, grew up, was brought to America and still lives.” “0 saints in beam! What ‘do .I hear? My sonâ€"my child lives still! Heaven oi heavens! You wear the face and form of Reginald Gar nameâ€"can it be that youâ€"” “Even so. madam. Countess DO Oourcy, I am his son and you'll” Was it his bold. open face. or her mother's heart. that told Lady Haude he spoke the truth? With a mighty cry. she held out her arm. and the next moment he was clasp- oil in a wild embrace. He did not turn round tor nearly fifteen minutes, and then the now- found mot-her m‘d non wen sitting together on the sofa. with their hands clasped. talking in a low tone, while her byes nova- wufderod from his two. He was tollinghcthontory om- !uther, of Iii: m. of hi! subco- quent life, of their meeting. and of his confession and dying request. Lady Moudo'o face as she listened. grew so whit. ufd fixed. and rigid. that you might have thought it mrble, save for the horror unspent- .blo. the terrible look burning in tho great. black eyes. No word tell from her lips. he: very heart Moon- geoling, pen-trying; III. at. liko transformed to stone. "And now, my dearest mom," said Bay. “1 have moths: null.- tion to make to youâ€"on- tint. I hopemill in tom measure 03am for the necessary pun tho on. I luv. Just been Mac has «and you." Bhodidnat notlpuk: ah. “tuna and mun whit. {me ham chiliâ€"s Inui- Kills all Germs to see you on mm uu' ness. but. he did not and of color 55 De Courcy! Who can somewhat I I' V v‘r " " V Gull Smackâ€"Gout Influom â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" ”Ya; oh. Wu stolen. My grana- mothor. Kenn-g. whom I hurt told you ofâ€"sho Ital. her. and brought her hm n. the nuns time Ihe brought me." There wag . sort of gun. an'd “ A AL-J - “or feet. 000 my Gfi! ghoul: aheâ€" "Sho 18 alive “Hunk Godâ€"Oh, thank God for" this." she cried. as she sank down! and hid her face in her hands. 1 There Was a long silence. Then ‘ Lady Maude. starting to her feet"; cried out, passionately. « ‘ “Where is she?-â€"where is 5110? Take 5 me to her. My precious Ermlnie ! 1 my long-lost. darling! 0 Rnyxnond,I take me to Erminie!" | “Will you go now? Ought not.l Lord I). Courcyâ€"" began Rey. heri imgngly, when she interrupted himo wi : ‘ ‘ .,--_ -n. wnw. “Oh. yes. yes! he must bear all and come with us. too. Excuse me one moment. I think he must hnve come." She passed from the room. but oh. with n (we so difierent from that§ ‘ she wore when entering. Then she] had fancied heroelt childless. and now : two had been gigen her as if front“ ' ' AiiflAl.-- nap-v had fancied hereelt childless. and now ; two had been given her as if from} the dead. And Reginald Germaine” tooâ€"he whom she thought lost at‘ neeâ€"was living yet, and she waste: see him once more. She trembled so, 7 as she thought of. him. that she al- most sank down as she walked. The two in the parlor saw a tall. distinguished-looking man pass through the trout door. and the next moment, a quick, decided toot-etep in the hall. and then a clear. pleu- ant voice, owing: '.G°t back. you 860. mm, m. what’l the matter?" 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We willnlso send an Order 0“ druggifl for a full-size bottle M022: an I will pay the dmggist ourselves for it. This remarkable offer is made to m '01 .40 help youâ€"to cure you. It 1, made because of our faithâ€"because we h“- what Ozone vi“ do. Please be fairw with yoqmelf to accept it. ' 7- Powlcy's Uduified Ozone is sold 1;, ll idmggizds in two sizesâ€"50c. and_$l, broad-Side o! knock-dovm facts,“ alter hearing all the astounding“ unexpected things you had to u her. of course it couldn't be m .1! she could think of a common, cu cyan; mortal 1ike me. Heigho! A! 7 A ‘A_‘__ H for a“; ofl'er my not a : out the john!“ and mai ring-n t2: 0:2 00.. Lhmwd. 48 Colbomo St... Toronto, A “mm m1 7.0.”. you sup yr: 0 m. 1 will Lake in p ' m" w your‘ nxo'Tia-Y- "SM u not seem to do so while hen." “All your fault," said Rum ”You didn't give her time t. bloc! horse". before you openodyn "C "1 no Mink is a. great lady now?! ”mono-I ought. to I). glad, Ru, but. 1: you'll believe it. upon 3, word. I'm not. 0! course um lave hundreds of suitors, now; all no it she loved meâ€"whichlu't 81199080 she did - that high .141 utility oeignior. her father, would“ let her have anything to do with . poor sailor. Ray. I tell you whu, over since 1 heard it, I, have been wishing, in the most. diabolicalmu- net. that it might turn out. to tan {also report. It may not loud lriendly nor Christian-like to vii It, Ray, but I do wish itâ€"I w‘u she had not a red cent in the world, Imight have some chance then." ‘ o ~ »-‘ -.. Unila- it. Ray, but I do msn “â€"1 n she had not a red cent in the world, Imight have some chance then." The moments passed on. Haifa hour elapsed. than an hourâ€"an up it named to the impatid . In his restlessness. be p» 0d rapidly up and down, withhfl bro". casting quick, restless glam at tho door. - 'r _ 3.. \(udn leaning on m wry pale; uu'u Uta“; â€" looked as if she had bee in. But she was more compo: natural-looking than when sh left the room. Ray stopped in his walk. a the eyes of Lord De Coux‘CY- ‘ -- - A-:A "Mr; Germaine," he said, :10qu out his hand, “for your mother'i nice, you must look upon me as I lather!” Ray bent over the hand he 9‘ tended W“!!! a look of deep tude, such as no words can 81PM “Lady Maude has told me all.“ continued his lordship. “And in: A A‘ bowed, Ranty are“. I“ t!” earl caught sight of mm ‘ “Mr. uwless." he exclaimed ll 91m amt-115e, “I did r1016!" (Continued on Page 3.) CUT OUT THIS COUPON It opened at 50c. Bottle Free 'W'r'l'tq'b- ' "but name plainly la in Envelock, Street and numbcn Toivn and vainoé. at last. and Lad!“ if for a journey. en ’ her husband' 5 arm- pale; an-d Lady ‘L-_â€"‘ 16(1) )U Ladies ysâ€"v .750, Bargain Days .......... ' 3 patterns All". Gmgham. 2 patterns, reg. 10¢ ”a? Pure HemStitches Ha fiTm’key Red Handkerch It’fi' Cotton Nests, reg. 1: “Cashmere Vests, reg s] ”'3 W Flowing Ends :2 ‘ Pins. reg. 3c. 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