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'Front Street, 12 -6 m. ‘ You need not fear that Ignatia. will give you a divided heart, mar- quis,’ said Colonel Redmth. ‘ She is :23' free in heart. as if she never had ‘You‘shall never think of him again darling,’ .snid the young ,marquis, halt‘in jest, half in earnest. ‘I will not share your heart. even with a memory.’ Lord Thornhurstclasped her closer, with a thrill of lende1 ness Ign: itia had been wary reticent 0t hex past in her confidemes withhim. She had only told him that she 11 us .1 widow of a Captain Helm, of good family, who had died in Canada. He hud taken it for grantedâ€"having heard frequent allusions to the residence of the father and daughter in Italy-â€" that Captain Helm a,had. been dead .ome y.ea1's Hm 1110 a chivalrous t1 ust in his betrothed, loving he: with all his soul, and ha\ 1110 a. bjeal- ous anxiety 1n the depths of hls heart that she might loxe him less than she had loved Holm he had not liked to speak of her first husband. He had indeed tried hard to forget that she had once belonged toanother, and his avoidance of the subject of her early marriage had checked the confidenees Ignatia. had more than once been upon the point of making to him. ‘You neéd fear no rival in my heart, Antony’ said his betrothed, in a low voice. ‘no rival, whether living or dead. I was but little more than a child when I was first married, and my husband is but a. memory to me, and a memory I do love to dwell on,’ sheadded, with a. shiver. ‘But me 2“ exclaimed Lord Thom- l hurst,looki11g upon her tenderly. ‘ I used to sav that I would never marry a. widow. The idea. w..s abhorrent to me. Sometimes, y ou know a. dead 1 rival is the most. formidable of all rivals. The thought that when I should ca1 ess he1 she might‘ long for the touch of a vanished hand! uand that when I should breathe words of tenderness 1n her ears she might yeai'n to hear again ‘the sound of a voice that is still’-â€"â€"that, in short I would continu: ill), suggest to her the loved and the lostâ€"wasnnce enough to make the very idea of manying a widow repulsiv eto me How stzan gc- ' 1y we chanwe. ‘I shall ucvermake you jealous, my Othello,’ said Ignatia, gayly. ‘ You cannot be jealous of my dear father, and I care for no one else but â€"but-â€"-’ He émile'd gravely into the lovely face on his shouljer, and the face smiled sunnily-back again. I 'am one of the most jealous men alive. because she has neVer seen my jealousy aroz. sed. We Thornhursts are a, passionate, jealous race, true to Our loves as the needle to the 11,0112 and equally exacting of fidelity. It is a flaw m 0111 armour, so to speak; but Iwnatia w ould never hm e known of the existence in me of the family failing. I never lov ed before and I never. knew a 101: crs jealousy It is not probaole that I ever shall ,but the _capaci_t) is in me.’ ‘ WE were discussing ourselves, sir,’ said the young mamuis fm‘nkly. ‘I was telling my darling here that I should not allow her to enter mar- liage blindfoldâ€"that 1s, ignorant o} my afaults. She will not believe that (Contimwd. ) ‘ Come in, father] said Itrnatia, blushing, and trying vainly to with- draw from the arms that would not let her go. ‘ Is everything going on well ?’ ‘ Very well, dear,’ returned the colonel, wheeling an arm-chaix near to the grate and: sitting down. “he you very much occupied? hc asl' ed, smilinrr. Author of “The Double Life,” “Tressilinn Court." c.. c. “3531’ THQRHHURST'S IAUGHTER. Daughter, don’t let mother do it .' You will never, never know What is home without a mother Tm that mother lieth lowâ€"- Low beneath the budding daisies, Free from earthly care or painâ€" To the home so and without her, Never to return again. Daughter, don’ t let mother do it! She has cmcd for you so long; It zs right the uenk and feeble Should be toiling for the strong. Waken from vour listless langour. Seek her side to cheer and bless, And your grief will be less bitter When the sods above her press. Daughter, don’t let mother .do it I Do not let her bake or boil < Through the long bright ‘summer hours, Share with her the ncavy toil ; See her eye has lost its brightness, Faded from her cheek 3.119 glow, And the step that once wak buoyant Now is feeble, weak and slow. Daughter, don’t let mother do it .' Do not let he: slave and toil, While you sit a; useless idler, Fearing your soft hands to soil. Don’t you see the heavy burdens Daily she is Wont to bear I Bring the lines upon heiforehcudâ€" Sprinkle silver in her hair. @122~ E BY Don‘t Let Mother do it. ante ifircsibc. ORILLIA, ONT, CANADA. THURSDAY, APRIL 25, lan Enquestionable right to marry a. second time.’ replied Lord Thorn~ burst, ‘but I should-not want to [man-y her. To know that a. man lixed on this earth who had been to her all that I could lieâ€"who could say to me that she had smiled on him as she smiled on meâ€"that she had caressed him as she had eucssed me: to know all this would poison the. very air for me. I should hater helmâ€"Ishouldâ€" Themnrquischeck- ed his \ehexnent Speech abruptly, and added quietly, ‘ You see, colonel, how my jealous spirit shows itselt. 7 Mysister did not do wise ly in getting you to take up her favourite cause, unless she desired me to exhibit my weaknesses. I admit that I am pre- judiced, but then m: are all "M. erned by prejudices of one sort or another. ‘Tluc,’ said Colonel Redruta. su- berly,‘ we have been led into quite an exciting discussmn. but as 3cm can 5uux‘sclf so prejudiced, It 15 we}; ‘ As :1 matter of simple right. or wrong, the woman in such a case has I Udo not doubt that thousands of women arejustificd in seeking divorce, but I think many of them would dc. better to conceal their wrongs from i the world, and prefer a quiet 3313mm [ tion to the scandal of a divorce court. 1 I am: frankly that I have a. honor of divorced wives. I would rather die, to put the case strongly as I feel, 1 than to marrya woman who has a‘ husband livin 2’ ‘ Colonel Re :uth looked relieved. ‘ I see,’ he said ; ‘you object to the scandal of the courts. Aquietly oh~ tained decree of divorce is another thing. As to the idea of marrying a. woman who has a. husband living. what can it matter if that husband has been divorced from her by laws both human and divine ?’ Ignatiu waited breathlesslv for Land Thornhm‘st’s answer. ‘I see that my sister has been talking to you, colonel, said the younrr marquis, shmgging his shoul- ders. "I recognize he: favouxite arguments. Sheis also fond of quot- ing the Bible to defence of her theory 3 ‘ But, marquis,’ he said, with an uneasy glance at his daughter, ' you 11:51; acknowludge that there are cases where a divorce is desirable. Imagine a. girl, innocent and un- suspicious, married at an early age to a. man as beautiful as an anwcl, { with the heart ofa demon. She Tm- ‘ lieves him faultless, andslowly wakes up to the fact that his love for her: was but a fleeting fancy; that he is unfaithful to her; that he is unscruga. ulous, wicked, a. gambler and a cheat. ‘ He abandons her, let us suppose, and the years pass. Should she be tied for her life to a man who has crown- ed his insults and cruelty to her by descrting her 2 The Bible justifies divorce. \Vould you not justify it also in the case I have supposed ?’ ~51 matia. drew away a. little from theO protection of her 1m cr' 3 mm, and shaded hep eygsy'x g1) {lex- h-and: The colonel looked pained and troubled. louuu LllclL “C; nun-Au- 6v vvuo nun-aw a change for the ‘nworsc’ I am a little puritanical m mvidcas, pcx hops, colonel, but I attach ”lull meaning to that solemn injunction, ‘Whom God has joined together let not man put asunder.’ Andâ€"the idea. may not commend itself‘ to y-oux senseâ€"but I have a. horror of divorce and divorce courts, and of a. declaration to the world of matrimonial infelicitits.’ ‘I do net mean to imply that she has misbehnved herseif in the least,’ said Lord Thomhumt hastily. ‘ It. was she who procured a divorce from her husband. He was a. scoundrcl, no doubt, but he was a scoundrel when she married him. She was in- formed of his character, and married ‘ him in- defiance ufthe wishes of hcri friends. She took him ‘ for better or worse.’ but, cast him off when she found that her marriage was indeed Iguana, started, and her face \\ hitened suddenly. Colone} Redruch lookeq surprised and anxious. ‘My sister is aitached to Mrs. Fal- coner,’ he said. with an effort, his voice soundin stem, ‘and that at- tachment. rcn ers her blind to my prejudices. I do not, like Mrs. Fal- coner, who is but a very distant relative. I do not, desire my pure young wife to know her. She is no tit associate for Ignatia. She isâ€"a divorced wifc.’ The fair face of the young mar- quis darkened. His blue eyes grew stem in thei) expresisioy. been maniedâ€"fax more free than most «ix-ls when xfi’ey man-y, for few persons, man or w0man, marry a first loxe. But to come to the errand' ‘clmt broughbme here It appears that I hafe been guilty of an inad-‘ \extence or omission, for which I ask 3"ou1 pardon. Lady Armitage tells me I should have united vour distant cousin, Mrs. Falconer, to be present at themarriage. I was not i aware of Lbe‘lady’s existence, and am hurt that you did not send her cards 111 my mime, Lord Thomhurst Surely )uu knew that Ishould be glad to rccciv‘e 1:11,wa relatives? Indy Mmitage seemed huxt at the omission.’ At eleven oclock {he can .ages containm r Lac bzzdul 1mm took t! 19. r It Was a fine dag 'vthat of Igna- tins second bridaL) The sun shone, the sky mu, clear. the air law. The Irirl ucoe ted the weather as an omen {of her uturc life. ‘If Helm lived, I should advise you to brave the anger and the re preaches oi the marquis, and beiihim all. His chief horror was of mam - ing a woman whose divorced hus- ‘ band iived.- Your husband is dead. You need have no fears my darling. I advise you to keepyourown conn- sel in the matter If harm comes throuvb following 1 .1y advise, I will bear 0 m“blamef I tmyieided to her father's ’ anee. A little later she went up to_her own rooms; but her alum- bers were brief and fitful. and she was glad when at last the bright; April morning dawned. --_,l ‘ But if he should hear it from any other than you or me ?’ said Ignatin, with a sudden term}. ‘ He confess- ed that he wasjealous and exacting. :16 zPight accuse me of deceiving 1m. " Yes. it is too late,'said the colon- el. ‘ Yet some day you might tell him the story, and he would acquit you of blame. Wait in patience, my child.’ ‘But I kept it innocently father. I did not like to talk of the div,orco or of Captain Hulm. If Ihad crumm- ed ofAntony s pxejudices, I would haxe told him the whole story. But now it is too late.’ f ' ' Any revelation you might, make ‘ be him now would not. prevent. the marriage,” said Colonel Redmth, stroking his daughter's hair fondly. ‘ Lord Thornhumt would not put upon you a public slight by refusing to carry out, his engagement. But he would marry you with repug- nauce possibly, and his love for you might be diatroyed. You cannot. make this revolution to him now. You had better keep your secret yet. 1 a while longer.’ . tell him beforvc our marriage, but I think I could write it better. I will write to him to-nighc and send him the letter at (in) break. And thenâ€"â€" .md thenâ€"he can do as he pleases abuut fulfiling our engagement,’ add- ed Ignatia, with an intonation of des- Pair: _ ‘Oh father, I could not. ' I no». er thouwht it necessnx v till to-night I tried to tell him alter you went. out, but. my tongue clungoo the roof of my mouth. \\ bat if he had ac- cused me of docuu 1n" him 2 What if he had broken our Deugagement on the ex cning of our wedding day. ? Why did I not. tell him at the out.- set, months ago. ’ I suppose I must The words were grand in their simplicity. The colonel was satis- fled. ‘ Did) ou tell‘ aim about your di- vorce. 7' he asked. ‘ Loxte him?'shé repeated. ‘Fathcr, he is all the worid to mo.’ ‘ You love him, do you not?‘ asked the ofliccr, with a loving anxiety that would have befittcd a mother. ‘ Love him 3' The glorious taco grew radiant within an instant. The starry eyes glowed with soul-lit fires. An emo- tion which she could not repress tmusfigurod ovpry featuro. ”No father, uo,’ answered Iguana. ‘ I shall not give up my father, ev eu thoggh I_ takga lugsband. ‘ Fortbe last time,’ said the colonel, sighiug Softly. About half an hour later, Innatia, in her dressing gown of white, fluock- ed at the duor of the library, and softly cnbercd. As she expected, her father was there alone, seated by the dying fire. She went. up to him, and sat down on a hztssuck at. his feet. and laid her head wearily upon his knee. Ignatia made her appearance in the dmwing-roo’m a few moments, and the guests then dispersed, going to their rooms. At a late hour he too]: 'his leave, going to an inn at the viliage some three miles distant. Hi: lumrage was. at this mn, and his “act awmts ed him there. Lord Thornhurst resumed the con- versation at the point eta-which it had been interrupted, But Ignatin bestowed nomor‘e sh caresses upon him, nor did éhe ” again against his breast. A great struggle was ‘ going on within her. She was temp- ted again and again to tell the mar- uis the story of her divorce from gaptain Helm, but she could not. She was very silent during the re- ‘ mainder of the evening, but Lord Thomhurst was happy and unsus- picious, and scarcely marked her silence in his exuberant jox. _ He arose and went out, as if his heart was heavy. I that I did not extend an invitation to Mrs Falconer, thtou h lady Artifi- tag-e, who desired that should send one atifl, although Mrs. Falconer could not possibly arrive in time.- Your wishes are, of course. law' in the matter And now,’he added, rising. ‘I will renurn to her ladyship sad report my failure} i@ m f schooner, which was on its way to a ' village upon the Opposite coast. . Both no friend and myself were [convey to the ‘Ameriun side of athc lake, where, in c‘onsequenee of ‘ accident, we lay ill for weeks. When we returned to Toreuto we found‘ that our friends had been informed of our deaths, and that most afi'eca- iug obituary noticw had been pub- IEShcnl to commemorate our untimely ‘ ‘ taking 061' It seems a. pity to; spoil a story so handsomely finished, but. injusticoto myself I must in- form you that I really am not dead. My parents were immediately in- formed, u m myretum to Tomato, that. I stii lived, and I believe giro Amny Joumwé has made due correc- tion of its statement of my deeease. If it has not it does not matter. I ’ ‘Lirss JACOBEA Bahamaâ€"MA- Dw,â€"Ncarly a year ago I met with an accident on Lake Ontario, which had nearly ranked fatally. I was out in a boat with a fellow-ofioer. in a gale, and our boat was capsized. We were »_rges_cned by a lumber It had been opened by its first, rel cipicun I‘mati't sat. down helplessly in the win ow-seat. Her father and the mar uis did not notice her agita- tion '0! er‘ ten-or. Presently she found strength to unfold the letter of her enemy and scan its contents. It was dated only three weeks before. It was brief, and to the following purpgrtéâ€"_ “ -- Ignatia lacked at the address in an utter horror. She recognized the handwritingas that of Captain Helm! As in the case of the previous letter fox'x'varded by Miss Rcdmch, t‘.is1et- ter was addmsed ta‘ Miss Jacobezl Redruth Ralr nth Mom’ ‘ It contained simply an inclosure -â€"a lettg‘r postmarked Canqgia. She placed it. in hEr pocket, as Lord Thomhurst arose to reply to a I toast ofl'ercd to himself and his bride. 1 When the breakfast was over, she slipped away to her own room, to put on her travelling attire. Her bridal tour was to be made to Thumhurst in Yorkshire. and they were to set‘ out upon their journey in an hour. Her travelling toilet made, she‘ left, her maid to attend to the final 1 packing of her luggage, and glided down to the library. Colonel Red- ruth and the marquis were here alone, in friendly conversation. Go- ing to a. distant window, Ignatia. opened Migs liedruth’s letter. ‘ 2 The) oung mémhionws took the lather and glanced at the pmtmark. ‘ It us from Aunt Jacob,’ she said. ‘ I will read if whqu I‘get time" ‘A letter for Mrs. Relrutb,’ he said. ‘ It has arrived too Lute. There is now no Mrs. Bedruth. I suppose Lady Thomhurst, that you are Mrs. Redruth’s heiress, and are empow- ered no open her letgers 2' A large party of neighbours and {fiends had been invited to the w - ding-breakfast, and the bridal feast was soon inaugurated. A scene of gaiety attended the feast. and happy hearts and faces surrounded the new- lyâ€"marricd pair. They were still at the breakfast. the bride in her chair of state, and closely attended by her groom on g them Waugher Cuber on the other, when Mr. Oaks approached Ignatia, with a smile, bearing a let- ter in his Land. . Alta the ccncmony tney retired to the veslry and signed their names to the registry of their marriage. The bridaf party then entered .ueir cnniages, and were driven back to Rv. drulh Wold. Colonel Rearuth gave his dang:- ter away; The impressive service of the Church of England was fully recited, and the words were spoken that undo Lord Thomhurst and Ig- natia. Redmth man and wife. For weal or for woe, their lots were henceforth one. Having been married, custom did not allow Ignatia to wear the bridal ‘ white or orange blossoms. but she looked none the less a'brije in her pearl-colored moire, and with a. veil of priceless point lace shrouding her figure. She wore diamonds instead of flowers, and her veil was secured with a. tiara composed of a row of glittering stars. She looked pole for a bride, it was remarked, but her pallor did not detract from the splen- ‘ dourof heiagpearanee. _ _ und‘ioo‘king inmide and mhnly beauty like some noble Saxon king, presenting a fine contrast to the sumptuous beauty at his side, with her slendbr, ful figure and the loveliness so 11:0 3. starry tropical night. ' ‘ew handso r couples had ever stood at a ma. altar. The young ma. uis, s .9. northern pine, and oolfing in Spade and manly Yway from Redrufih Wold to the church in tho villaae, three miles distant. Asme bfifie, Teaming upon her Eliot's arm, swept up the aisle of the dim, picturcahue church, crowded with carious vi agcrs, Lord Thomhurst, attended by a {gen}. passed, u the o posite aisle. ri e andfbridggroompmet before the altar and book thei'rvplaces before the sur- pliced clergyman. Their, friends: grgpped amund. 1 He had long since abandoned the warehouse attic, and procured for himself decent lodgingsm m the New4 Kent-road, on thee Surrey side. He had a few books and a cracked fid- dle, groomed at a great bargain at. second hand from which he pus-ino- ed sex and cxcruciabinw “tunes” to the horror of his fellowl "era; but 11: s tnstas “ere simple, and and outof l.s:.$sw.a1yfumorethanhe8p4t (TU bf (‘04' 2 4121431.) , I But. as he gre .v in years and Satan. and showed himself as faithful as an aid house-dog, and evinced an hum-- L 'ule, plodding dispofitiou, Mr. Marsh * perceived that the lad had merit». and promoted him a. single grade. Thus- cncqu-agal. and ha-.'iz_1g aspirations. to become sz=nneb':5ng better than parcel pOli'J', Rcuhm becamea mem- ber of a night school, and learned bookkeeping and other qualifications likely to be useful to him. Hr. Marsh kept infonne [of his progress, and seep by step young Danni wu‘ advanced, until he now oecupiai'the post. of assistantvbookkeeper in tho housv, at the munificent salary OE‘ cue hqndtqd poupds pgr.annu’u_. ' vim He was the hardest worked person in the atabfishmentand‘m‘ kicked about much like the torpfl. overgrown eat that cleared the plan- ises of rats. Tobesure‘he was! and clothed and fed; Int the lodg- ‘ ing consisted of a sack of straw and. ‘a couple of ragged blankets in 11164 ‘atcic of the warehouse; his clsthe: were the cheapest that could he pm- cured; and his feeding consisted of mmnantsof food procured for a. trifl- ing sum at an eating-room [lard by. For the few first years ofhis new- lit'e, the glory of his position was about all the remuneration young Roubcn received for his variedserâ€" mmenger and errand-boy td'flm great. wholesale house of Marshr'ond.’ no one would hwe suspected Mr. Marshofsuchaweaknessâ€"orwhether with a flew to economy, was not known; but certain it was that the pompous, spectlcled 01.1 gentle!!!» stirred u p the had with his gold-héifl~ ed cane, as one stirs‘up thebw-s in theix cage. at the Zooalgnenl Gardens. and having uestion him sharply, after the mgnner of a. judge m the petty police courts, installed him an messenger and emd-boy td'the Mr. Mazsb, the senior Merit: the firm of Marsh Co, had found the lad asleep m the doorway of his war-.houseone morning whenptying an unprecedentedly earl visit to his City estub‘ ishment. ether from a. prompting of benevolenceâ€"though greixt wilderness of Land. nfmn the pursuit of the men, who would have tmnsferred him to a workhouse for union. { He'looked like aLondon shopma'n i cut for a holiday. And such.indeed, he was. His name was ReubenDen- 3 nis, and he was a sa'esman in the ’grcat city wholesale establishment of Marsh Co. ' ‘ His life had had but an humble ‘ beginning. His father had been 3 conunercml traveller, or bagmalund had died in Reuben's infancy. The mother had lived a few yew: longer in a Bitter struggle with poverty, and had been busied at the expense of the parish. The boy, then ten years old, had rm away from $0 room he had walled home at “finite- chapel, and had 1053; himselfiinthe “u... v...“ n. \vmaw. "In: ““63. His features were tiin, and commonplace; his complexion was sallow, indicating that he had led an indoor life. His e wasapplmdy some thirty years, at there were :1- ready some stmks of gray-in his hair, and lines about his time that skewed that his thirty yearshad not been passed in .idlegm 3nd -1uxnry. There waa nothing remarkable in‘ his appearance. He was spa-e of frame, with scooping shouldem, and was clad in coarse my garments. staff in Hand. F at away from Redmth Wold and Lincolnshire, in the very south of England, among the wilds of Dart.- moor, in Devon, 3. man was walking in the 'plea‘sant morning sunlight, _ ' Drom' Hour! ‘ The letter dropped from the hands 1of the young marchioness. ,With one shuddenng cry of terror, she fell forward in a deadly swoon. CHAPTER XI. nun man. A scene of equal interest, and of scarcely less importance to thecher- acters of our stn'y, transpimd upon the day of Ignatia. Bedruth's'second bridal,-and to it we now invite the attention of the reader. .undershnd'that my wife is livingin Italy, and that she is W I think she would hardly diceto mur- .‘x'-'y again whilevI live, ( I desire you forward to herthis ‘lebfier. f/deum 'her to know that Infill lived The jlawhasfreedher from my claims, ’but I regard her as my Awife'md I will never yield hex-into the arms of another! She was” my wife. once, and she is my wife still in my ' ht. and I am a law Auntp myself fie]! her we shall meet again in good time. For the present. it. is enough for her to know thatI stiil lliveZ_- Respectfully yours; madam. “ nuns: s1 m Allin.