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Mfiflmsgg "Were you taking your walks 7" asks Clarissa, idly, leaning on the gate. and gazing down the trim graveled path that leads to the ivy-clad cottage be- yond. " Nobody’s walks are ever as clean as yours, I think. And your roses are something too delicious. far better than our outdoor flowers at Gow- ran. And so late in the season. too !" “ May I give you. one?" says Ruth, dimpllng prettily at her praise. " Thank you. How sweet they are! NO. no, Horace. that is altogether too Large for your coat. Ruth, will you give Mr. Bransoombo a tiny bud? That one over there, for instance.” _ . ‘ vuv v-v- 'uv-‘ -V _‘ "I don't think I see it." says Ruth quietly. . She has grown pale again. and her lips have lost a. little of the childish petulant pout that character- lzes them. "Just over there. Don't yo? Why. you are almost looking at 1i stupid child.” ~vâ€"'-â€" ' “ I am stupid, I am a!raid.”â€"with a taint smile. "Come in, Miss Peyton. and gather it yourself." She Opens the gate, with a. sort of determination in her manner. and Clarissa, going: up to the rose-tree. plucks the delicate blessom in dispute. Horace has fol- lowed her inside the gate, but, turning rather more to the left, falls apparent- ly in love with an artless white rose- bud that waves gently to and fro up- on its stem, as though eager to attract and rivet admiration. "I think I prefer this flower, after all," he says, lightly. " May I ask you to give it to me, Ruth?" His manner is quite easy, very nearly indifferent, and his back is turned to Clarissa. But his eyes are on Ruth; and the girl. though with open reluctance and illâ€" repressed defiance, is compelled to pick the white rose and give it to him. " \\ ell, I really don' t think you have shown very good taste," says Clarissa. examining the two flowers. “ Mine is the most perfect. Nevertheless, wil- ful man must have his way. Let me settle it in your coat. for you." Almost as she speaks the flower drops accidentalh from her fingers; and, both she and Horace making a. step forward to recover it, by some awkward chance they tread on it. and crush the poor. frail little thing out. of shape. It lies upon the gravel broken and disfigured, yet very sweet in death. "No, dear; I really thinkâ€"Indeed. 1 am sureâ€"it was you.” returns she. calmly, but with conviction. ‘ ‘ “ ., 'A n.A- kncnliu "You; trod on it." says Horace, ra- ther quickly, to Clarissa. - . 1» wuus; , qu u “u ‘ .... . - " It doesn't matter; it, was hardly worth a. discuasinn," says Ruth, with an odd laugh. “Sec haw poor 3. thing it looks now; and. yet, a. moment since it was happy: o_n its tree.”‘ _ 7‘ _-_II.. 11. "um Hurt-.1 v" -V- __ “ Never mind. Horace: this is really a charming little bud." says Clarissa. gayly. holding out the rose of her own choosing: “at least. you must try to be content with it. Goodâ€"by. Ruth; come up to Gowrau some day soon, and take those books you asked for the other day." __. ‘ . ' , n VOA-IVA nu;- “Thank you, Miss Peyton. I shall come soon." “Goodâ€"by.” says Horace. “Good-by,” returns she. But it is to Clarissa. not to him, she addresses the word of farewgll. ‘,. When the mill has been left some distance behind them, and Ruth‘s sliq‘ht figure. clad in its white gown. had ceased. to be a fleck of colox'mg in the landscape, Clarissa says, thoughtfully. “ \Vhat a pretty girl that is, and how refined! Quite a little lady in manâ€" ner; so calm. and so colde(~t,ed,â€"cold. almost. I knuw many girls. irreproach- ably born, not to be compared with her. in my opinion. You agree with me 4" " Birth is not always to be depended uppr‘x. nqwadayst" _ 1“, A“) _- _-L:_!_~ “She is so quiet, too. and so retiring. She would not even shake hands with you, when we mar. her, though you wanted her to. 71m ypqg'expark Imp-f, ’4’" "aulvu uw. w. --- “â€" -Vw..__ " Sometimes I am dull about trifles, such ,as thgt. "_ ‘ uâ€"v... _. “ Yes. By the bye, she did not seem surprised at seeing you here to-day, al- though she thought you safe in town, as we all did.â€"you deceitful boy.” “Did she not?” "No. But. then. of course, it was a. matter of indifference to hex." " Of course." They have reached the entrance to the Vicarage by this time. and are using to say farewell for a. few ours. “I shall come up to Gowran to- morrow morning first thing, and speak to your‘fzzhtherz‘ is't'hat what you wish ,,A LKAJ : “ Yes. But. Horace,” looking at him earnestly, “I think I should like to tell _it all to papa. myself first. this evemng." “Very‘well. dearest. Do whatever makes you happiest,” returns he. seâ€" cretly leased that the ice will be broken or hlm before he prepares for his mauvais quart d’heure in the li- brary. “And if he should refuse his consent, Claxjissa, what then? You know you mxght make so much a. bet.- ter yardage-1’ .. 1 u “-r 1 Au. his. W; fiigfifi-‘VI'? "â€"tenderly. “ I don't think so {and papa would not make me uhhappy?’ “A generous friendship no cold medium knows." Pope. Mrs. Redmond is sitting on a center ottoman. darning stockings. This is her favorite Eastime. and never fails her. \Vhen s e isn't darning stockings she is 9.1 1:55 scolding the (week, and as her voice. when raised, is not. melliflu- one. her family. in a. body, regard the workâ€"basket with reverential affection, and present it to her notice when there comes the crash of broken china. from the lower regions, or when the cold meat has been unfairly ‘dealt with.‘ nave-v ““1 UV»- v..._v.._‘., She is of_ the lean cadaverous order of womankmd. and is bony to the last degree. Her nose is aquiline. and. as a. rule, pale blue. As thls last color also describes her eyes. there is adepressing want of ooptrast about her face. Her lips are thm and querulous. and her haipâ€"well. she hasn’t any hair, but her wig IS flaxen. As Clarissa enters. she hastily draws the stocking from her hand. and rises to greet her. A gaintV blush mantles in her cheek; pakmg one at once under- stand that m bygone days she had pro- bably been cogslglered p‘rettyk‘ “So unexpected. my dear Clarissa." she says; with as pleased a smile as the poor thmg ever. ooniures up. and a lit- tle weakness at the knees, meant. for a courtesy. “So very glad to see you,"â€" as. indeed. she is._‘ D. mqu-p ..._- -v. In her earlier days sher had been call- ed a belle,â€"-by her own people.â€"and had beet; exgccbed, agcordingl . to draw a. prize m t e marnage-mar et. But Penelopq Pro‘ud‘ 13ml fgifled‘ them, and AA.-__..\I L Y:|lw;vtrv by so (10mg, had brought down eternal oondemnatzon on her .head. In her second season she had‘ fallen foolishly but honestly in love with,a. wellâ€"born but inrpecunious curate, and had mar- ried him- in spite pt; threats and. wither- --- . , 7,,AL L_‘ leu All.“ u. y -- ing ,sneers. Vith one consent her family cast her off and consigned her to her fate-dodging themselves incap- able at dealing Wlth a. woman who could willfufiy marry a man possessed of noâ€" thing. They always put a capital N to this last word. ant} perhaps they were right, as at that tune all Charlie Red- mond could call his own was seven younger brothers and a tenor voice of the very purest.‘ LL,,,_L ml‘_. D-) him '01.] ywwâ€"u As years roiied on. though Mrs. Redâ€" mond never, perhaps. regretted her £07131 '7’, risks? Horace, her' hand in CHAPTER IX. I really thinkâ€"indeed, I at it. you - u; _...“. _v--- ; reconciled her to her lot, when e neu- im of Govg'ran Grange pulled lp .her . pretty ponies at her door, and running % m made much of her and her children 3 and listened attentively to her griev- ‘. antes. as only a sympathetic nature can. ( 'l‘o-day. Clarissa's vrsxtn being early, ,and therefore unconventional, and for lthat reason the more friendly. sweet- en: all her surroundings. Miss Peyton might have put in an anvearunce thrice in the day later on. yet xer Vlslts would not have been viewed with such favor as is this matutinal call. “ Cissy is out; she has gone to the vil- lage." says Mrs. Redmond. scarcely thinking Clarissa. has come all the way {mm Gowran to spend an hour alone with her. Y "A ‘_L _A_ - cless secretly marrgage. She .neY§EEh_ ‘snn‘fof;nfl n marriage. SIR: 11!:ch buutwu uvvzt _ knowledge to herself a. hankermg after; the old life, a longing for the grandeur ‘ and riches that accrued to it (the Proudes for $enerations had been born- and bred am had thriven in the soft goods line). and hugged the demorgl; rung thought to her bosom that a. lit- tle more trade and a little less blt'e blood would have made her husbam'a decree more perfect. _ . lt _plee.sed her when the county 23;“)- lies invited the youthful Cissy to {1911' balls; and it warmed her heart, 90d caused her to forget the daily Mutts and worries of life when the dwhess sent her fruit and game, accomtlpled by kind little notes. It above all» hings reconciled her to her lot, when Q6 heir we of Gowran Grange pulled mp .her pretty ponies at her door, and rmnmg in magic much of her and her children om: lmtnned attentively to her griev- \\ LL‘A LIE/Ac “ l am sorry : but it is you I must ar- tivularly wanted Lo see. What a. eliâ€" (:ious day it is! I walked all the way from Gowran, and the sun was rather too much for me: . but how cool it al- ways is here! Thxs room never seems sLuify or overheated, as other rooms do." "It is a wretched place. quite wretch- ed.” says Mrs. Redmond. with a. depre- cating glance directed at, a. distant sofa. that. might indeed be termed pat.- riaxchal. - - I... . pu. AMI/luqu. " What are you doing 2” asks Clarissa. [romplly, feeling she cannot with any dignity defend the sofa. ”Darning? Why can't I help you ?â€"I am sure could darn. Oh, what a quantity of racks! Are they all broken ‘3" looking with awe upon the overflnwing basket that lies clm‘e tq Mrs. Reqund’s feet. “Every one of them," replies that matron. with unetion. “I can’t think how they do it, but I assure you they never come out of the wash without in- numerable tears." Whether she. is al- luding. in her graceful fashion, to her children or their seeks, seems at present doubtful. “I sometimes fancy they must. take their boots off and dance on the shar) pebbles to bring them to such a pass; ut they say they don’t. Yet how to account for this l” She holds up one bony hand, decorated with a faded sock, in a somewhat triumphal fashion, and lets three emaciated fingers start. to life through the toe of_it. _ “ Do let. me help you," says Clarissa, with entreaty, and. stooping to the has- ket. she rummaged there until she pro- (luces a. needle. and tbimble. and some thread. “I dare say I shall get on splendidly. if you will just give me 8. mm; now and then and tell me when I am stitching them up too tightly." This hardly sounds promising. but Mrs. Redmond needs her not. “ My dear, do not trouble yourself with such uninteresting work," she says. hastily. “It really makes me un- happy to see you so employed: and that sock of all others,â€"it is 50b1,)y's.l_:§nd :11 sure there must be something wrong \\ ith his heels. If you insist on helpjng 3x16. (‘19 tl_'y anothgf." I A_ )3 "\on I shall stitch up 150th or die in the attempt,” says Miss Peyton. valiantly. “It is quite nice work, I should think, and so easy. I dare say after a time 1 should loyp it}; " Should you ?" says Mrs. Redmond. “Well. perhaps; but for myself, 1 as- sure you, though no one will believe it, 1 abhore the occupation. There are moments when it almost overcomes me, â€"the perpetual in and out of the needle. you will un(lerstand.â€"it seems so end- lel-s. Dear. dear. there was a timr: when l was never obliged to do such menial service, when I had numerous depend- ents to wait on me to do my bidding. But then"â€"with a deep sigh that sounds like a. blast from Boreasâ€"“I married the vicar." ~“ ‘mrl quite 1ight, " says Clarissa. VV 1t h a. cheerfulq little nod seeing Mrs Redmond has mounted her high horse and intends riding him to death. “I myself shouldn't. hesitate about it. if I 01111 got the chance. And indeed where could any one get a more charm- i.11,r.,r husband _than the deer yicar!"' _,, ‘ ““011 well, it was a. foolish match notxfithstanding." says Mrs. Redmond, with a. smile and wan sort of blush; “ though certainly at that Limel (MN I: deny he was very fascinating. Such a. voice. my dear! and then his eyes were remarkably fine.” .1 “'Were’â€"â€"are, you mean." says the crafty Clarissa. knowing that praise of her husband is sweet to the soul of the faded Penelope, and that the surest means of reducing her to a. pliant mood is to permit her to maunder on uninterâ€" ruptedly about past, glories and dead hours rendered bright by age. To have her in her kindest humor, h-t-fore men- tioning the real ob'ect of her visit. must he managed at all} risks. “Yours was a love-match, wasn't it?" she says. coaxingly. “Do tell me all about; it." (She had listened )aticntl to every Word of it about a. undrm times be- ; fore.) “ I do so like a realfiloveâ€"affgirr.” “ There isn't much to tell." says Mrs. Redmond. who is quite delighted, and uctually foregnes the charm of dam- mg, that she may the more correctly remember each interesting detail in her own “old story ;” “ but it was all very sudden.â€"very: like a. tornado, or a. whirlwind. or those things in the desert that cover one up in a. moment. First we met at two croquet parties,â€" yes. two.â€"-and then at dinner at Ram- seys', and it was at the dinner at the Ramseys' that he first pressed my hand. I thought, my dear, I should haVe dmp- ‘ped, It was such a. downright. not-to- beâ€"got-over sort of squeeze. Dear me, I can almost feel it now," says Mrs. Redmond, who is blushinglike a. girl. LDC\£LAI\leu, n uv u llAuouAAAâ€" mum .â€" " Ye. . do go on,” says C1ar_1ssa, 341.6 in rg:gli_§y,_i_s enjoying hersflf mtenfel‘y: " \Vell, then. two days afterward, to my surprise, he called with some tick- ets for a. concert, to which my mamma. who suspected nothing, took me. There we met qggin. and it. was there: right, as one might say, under mamma's nose, he proposed to me. He was very elo- quent, though he was obliged to speak rather disoonncctedly, owing to the music stopping now and than and my mamma being of a. suspicious turmbut he was young in those days, my dear. and well favored, no doubt. So we so! _r.mrri.ed-f'. ,, :34 __ 1.- -II vv mu. . .v-n. " That is the proper ending to all pretty stories. But is it true.” says Clarissa, with a, wiliness really horrible in one so young, “that just at that; time you refused a. splendid offer, all for, the vicar’s sake!" «Ir " Splendid is a long word," says Mrs. Redmond. trying to speak carclcsfly, but; unmistakably elated, “yctl must confess there is some truth in the re- port. to which you allude. Sir Hubert Fitz-Hubert was a. baronet of very an- cient lineage. came over with the Con- queror, or King Alfred, I quite forget which, but it was whichever was the oldest: that} know. He was, ‘ln (act. a. trifle old for me, perhaps, and not so rich as others I have known, but still a. baronet. He proposed to me, but I rejected him upon the spot with scorn, though he went on his knees to me, and swore, in an anguished frenzy, that he would cut his throat with his razor if I refused to listen to his suit! I (lid refuse. but I heard nothing more about the razor. I am willing to believe he put some restraint upon his maddcned feelings and refrained from inflicting any injury upon himself." " Poor fellow!” says Clarisga, in a. suspiciously choky tone. “Then I espoused the vicar," says Mrs. Redmond. with a. sentimental sigh. “ One does foolish things sometimes." “That, now. was a. wise one. would not marry a. king if I loved a. beggar. Altogether, you have behaved beautifully, and 'ust like a novel." Feeling that t e moment for action has arrived, _as Mrs. Redmond is now 7 .21._ __.-'II nag, dllIVUu. ac Annu- ‘.â€"u\....v.._ ._ _., in_a. glow 91 pride and vanity well mlxed. Clarissa. goes on sweetly; 80- S‘Yea. for on. I know how delicate {011 are, an how unable to manage 1086 two strong children you have at Lomp. And I know, too. you.have been ‘ookmg out for a suitable overness_f0_r some time. but you have ound a. dlffl- cult in choosing one. have you not?" f‘ _gdeed I have." " \Vell. I ithâ€"ifikwl know one who will just suit ypu. _ She was at >schpol with inc. and, ibough poor nay}. HiGifié‘lost both father and mother, 13 of very good family, a,:_1d well copnectedffli “But the salary?” §uys Mrs. Red- mond, with some heSItation. " The salary is the thing. I hear of no one now who will come for less than sixty 01‘ seventy pounds a year at the lowest; and with Henry at school, and Rupert’s college expenses, forty pognds 13 as mué_h-_as we can. afford £9 g1_ve._"‘ 7 “Miss Broughton will, I think, be quite content with that: she only wants to be happy, and at rest. and she will be all that with you_ and Cissy and Mr. Redmond. She 13 young, and it is her first trxal. but she 15 very clever; she has a. really lovely voice. and aints excessively well. Ethel has rat er a. taste fer p‘alhtrng. hag 511% not?" A u AA_ “A decided talent for it. All my family were remarkable for their ar- tistic tendencies, so she, doubtless. in- herits it; andâ€"yes, of course, it would be a. great thing for her to have some one on the spot to devclo this talent. and train it. Your frien you say. is well connected?" “Very highly connected on her mo- ther’s side. Her father was a. lieuten- ant in the navy. and very respectable too, I believe; though I know nothing of him." "That she should he a. lady is, of course. indispensable," says Mrs. Red- mond, with all the pride that ought to belong to soft-goods people. "I need hardly say that. I think. But why does she not :L‘ppea; for help to her mother’s rela- xons " ““1m have some news for you” . A_ 11 nave sox ' F_or me?" "ll-léécauae she prefers honest'work to heggxmg from those_ who up to this have taken no notice of bier/‘77 “ I admire her," says Mrs. Redmond. warmly. If you think she will be sa- tisfied with forty pounds, I should like to try what she could do with the children." “1 am very glad you hqve so. de- cided. I know of no place 1n.wh1ch I would rather see a. friend- of mme than here." " Thank you, my dear. Then will you write to hér, or_ shall I?"_ "-"Nljetr rfiéqufitéwtlb‘ Bér first. if you ilgp’t mind: I think I can settle every- mm" “Mind2â€"no, indeed: it is only too good of you to take so much trouble about me.” To which Clarissa says. prettily.â€"- " Do not put it, in that light; there is no pleasure, so keen as that; of being able to help one's friongls.”. ‘-.u Then she rises, and, having left he- hind her three socks that no earthly power can ever again draw upon a child’s foot, so hopelessly has she brought heel and sole together. she says good-by to Mrs. Redmond, and leaves the room. -V‘VO'1;Es_icâ€"lgvorâ€"1V£EE_avenue she encounters the vncar. hurrymg home. “Turn with me,” she says, putting her hand through his arm. “I have something to say to you." “Going to be married?" asks he. guyly. "Nonsensel"â€"blushing. in that he has so closely hit the mark. “It is not of anything so paltry 1 would unâ€" liux‘dgn my mind." an ,L “Then you have nothing 91' import- ance to téll me, ” says the vic:1r;“and I must go \our 5101". \\ 111 keep: my work will not. I am in a gmat hurry: 01d >l_%ol,ty M3u'tinâ€".-â€""_ “,, . ....,__, -._‘-___._ " Must wait. I insist upon it. Dyâ€" ing! nonsense! she has been dying every week for three years, and you mlieve her every time. Come as far am nge gate with me; ‘ .. 11.- "Your command, I obey." says the yicar. with a. sigh of resignation. walk- ing on beside his pet parishimier. “But 1! you_coul_d pnly undefisttmd the troub‘lc‘: vvu w...“ V-.- ----~.V._,VV_-_~ I am in with Lhnse Batcsons you “ ould know some pity for me.” __A, k. . . “ W hat Iraimin ? " says Clarissa, show- ing, and feeling. d_eep compassion. A‘ Aug-1, auu lUDIlllb. uuay yum... yum. “Even so. This time about. the bread. You know what unpleasant bread they bake and how Mrs. Rod- mnnd objects to it; and really it is bad for the children." “ It is 1111150113 says Ciarissa, who never does anything by halvvs, and \x 110 is nothing if_ not: sy mputhepic. - u 1 N‘s-\‘Véi-lrnsuul gixvidzv :ILId Iéhén I had exposwluted with them. mildly but firmly. and suggestgd that, hqtfigr flpul: firmly. and suggcslea mm, newer uuur might make homer dough, and they had declined to take any notice of my pro- t.est..â€"why,[ just ordered my bread from the Burtons opposite, andâ€"â€"” The vicar pansvs. "And you have been happy ever since?" “Well, yes, my dear. I suppose in a. way [ have: that. is. I have ceased to miss the inevitable breakfast lecture on the darkness and. coarseness of the bread; but I have hardly gained on other points. and the Batcsons are a perpetual scourge. They have de- cided on never again ‘(larkening the church door’ (their own words, my dear Clarissa). because I have taken the Vicarage custom from them. They prefer imperiling their souls to giving up the chance of punishing me. And now the question 13, whether I should not consent to ithe‘slowypisoning of mv children, rather than diive my par- ishioners into the arms of the Metho- dists, who keep opon house for all comers below the 11111" vumu... v-. .. __v_ 'I don't think I should poison the children," says Clayissa. - u -,n uuumu nu, “ But what is to lxacome of my choir? Charlotte Bateson has the sweetest voice in it, and now she will not: came to church. I am at my wits' end when I think of it all." ... on“... v- .. W--. “I am going to supply Charlotte's plch‘fOI: you.” says Cllnrissakslyly. “Thank you, my dear. But. you see. you would never be in time. Any]. unfortunately, the services must begm always at a regular hour. Punctual- ity was the one thing [ never gould teach you,â€"§_}3at:,_und themCalzcchtsm.” _-__ lll' "TYVhat a, libel!" sms Clzuissa. “I shouldn't malign my own. teaching if I were you. l am perfectly certain I could say it all now. this very moment, from start to finish, questions and all. without a mistake. Shall 1?” " No. no. 1’11 take your word for it," says the vicar, hastily. " The fact is, I have just been listening to it; at. the morning school in the village, and when one has heard a thing repeated fourieen times with variations, one nut- urally is not, ambitious of hearing it again, no matter how profitable it may W. ” When I spoke of filling: Charlotte’s place," says Clarissa, " I did not allude 1n any way to myself, but toâ€"â€" And now I am coming to_the pews." v " glad!" says the vicar overtake old Betty y.et " van VI‘uv “ 1 have secured a. governess for Mrs. Redmond. Such a dear little gover- nessl And I want you to promise me to he more than unusally kind to her, because she is so young and friendless and it is her first effort; at teaching." “ So that question is settled at, last,” says the vicar, with a deepâ€"if careful- ly suppressedâ€"sight olT relief. “I am rejoiced, if only for my wife’s sake, who has been worrying herself for weeks post, trying to replace the inestimahle â€"if somewhat depressingâ€"Miss Prood." “ Has she?” says Clarissa. kindly. "\Vorry is a bad thing. But toâ€"dey Mrs. Redmond seems much better than she has been for a. long time. Indeed, she said so): ,_ ,,,ELL _ auU ”'01“ on. "Did she?" says the vicar, with a. comical. transient smile. ‘ Mrs. Red- mond's maladies being of a. purely im- aging.“ order. ‘ _,._ I.......L:..~ 1|“ “mu ’2" 8113. Luuuyuu way a ,,,,,, , Mrs. Cawkerâ€"Well. we used to be; but my six-year-old daughter spent yes- terday afternoon at her- house and I don't; know what the httle girl may have told her. Mrs. Gazzamâ€"I believe that you and Mrs. TarddeLls M3. g‘maf. friends ‘I “M”: 4... k..- Sensibility would be a. good fortress, if she hand but one hand; with her right she opens the door to pleasure, but with her left to palmâ€"Colton. uuuu ‘y u. “u. . “ What are you laughing at now ’6" A Dangerous Procedure. “ I may asks Clarissa, who has marked this pass- ing gleam of. amusement. . ' At you. my dear. you are so quaint- 1y humorous]: replies he. " But 0 on; tell me of thls new acquisition our household. Is she s friend of yours?” " Yes, a. reat mend.” " Then 0 course we shall like her." "Thank you," says Clarissa. “_She is very pretty, and very charming. Perhaps. after all. I am doing a. foolâ€" ish thing for myself. How shall I feel whe’zn she has cut me out at the vicar- age I! ,L 1--.. -0 Shut “yam aha u 'C l 5“ Not much fear of that, were she Aphrodite herself. You are much too good a. child to be lxked lightly or by halves. \Vell, good-by; you won't for- get: about the flannel for the Batley {wins ? " LWLIID" “I have it ready.â€"at least, half of it. How could I tell she was going to have twins?" says Clarissa, apolo- getically. ”It certainly was very inconsiderate of her," says the vicar, with a sigh, as he thinks of the poverty that clings to the Batley menage from year's end to year's end. "\Vell, never mind; she shall have it all next week," gromises Clarissa, soothingly, marking is regretful tone; and then she bids him_ farewell, and h. ALI-.. auu. Luvu aux; an... _.-... goes up the toad agam in the direction of_her home. She is glad to be alone at last. Her mission successfully accomplished. she has now time to let her heart; rest con- tentedly upon her own happiness. All the events of the morningâ€"the small- est word, the lightest intonation. the most passing smile. that cluimed Horace ,, __ .1 I.-. L...- nuuuu yugasuo ”Lula-v. v“... as their fatherâ€"are remembered by her. She dwells fondly on each separate re- membrance, and repeats to herself how he looked and spoke at. such-and-such moments. A ,AL -1 mumcuua. She is happy, quite happy. A sort of wonder, too, mixes with her deli ht. Only a. few short hours ago she ad left. her home. free. unbetrothed, with only hope to sustain her, and now she is returning to it with her hope a cer- taintyâ€"bound heart and soul. to the dearest. truest man on earth, as she be- licvos. AL How well he loves her! She had no- ticed his sudden paling when she had begged for some delay before actually naming her “hrydale day." Sh ehud hardly believed hls love for her was so strong. so earnest: even she (how could she? with tenderself-reproqch) had mis- NHLAA muu v u u... vv- “V. ..-._ --K,_ judged him.-â€"had deemca nim somewhat cold indifferem; unknowing of the deep stratum of feeling that lay be- neath the outward calm of his demean- 01'. Dear, dearest. Horace! She will never disbelieve in him again; he is her own now, her very own. and she loves him with all her heart. and he loves just the same. andâ€"-â€"Oh. if every wo- man in the World could only be as happy as she is Loâ€"day, what a glorious place iL would be! Not that it is such a. bad place, liy any means, as some people would lead one to imagine. Surely these are dis- agreeable people, misanlhropists, mis- ogam'mts, and such like heretics; or else, poor souls! they are in a had strait. without present hope and with- out any one to love them! This last seems, indeed, a misfortune. Yet why abuse a. lovely world? How bright the day is, how sweet. and fresh the air, though evening is nigh at hand ! She hardly ever remembers a September so fine, so free from damp; the very birdsâ€"â€" llad he thought her unloving or ca.- pricious when she pleaded for a, longer engagement 'l (llere the tears rise un- hitltlen in her eyes.) 01], surely not; he understand her thoroughly; for had he not smiled upon her afterward? So he will always smile. There shall never be any cross words or angry frowns to chill their perfect. love! Their lives will he a. summer dream. a. golden legend. a pure, fund idyl. ’l‘hus beguiling: time with beliefs too sweet for earthly power to grunt. ehe hastens home. with each step buildingr up another story in her airy house. until at length she carries a. castle. tall and stately, into her father’s house. Whatever is pure is also simple.â€" \Vilmut. Good company and {mod dim-curse are the very snnows of minerâ€"Isaac \\ al- ion. The sun does not. shine for a. few {rec-s and flowers, hut, for the wndn morld's The sun does not. shine and flowers, hut, for the Joys.-â€"Smnns. ;frmn scrofuluus, skin or scalp diseases. ought to be given Dr. Pierce’s Golden Medical Dim-ovary. for purifying thc‘ land. For children who are puny, pale or weak. the “ Discovery" is a tonic which builds up both flesh and strength. Whit is said OK it; for children applies equally to adults. As an appetizinrz. restorative tonic, it. sets at work all the processes of digestion and nutrition, .rouses everv organ into natural action, and brings back health and strength. In recovering from “ grippe." or in convaleâ€" scnnce from pneumonia, fevers, and other wasting diseases. it speedily and surely invigorates and builds up the whole syste‘rp. ,,_-J L_. .. J-AwniA ‘Ile who brings ridicule to bear against. truth findx‘ in his own hand a blade without ahilt.â€"Landor. No persons are more frequently wrong than those who will not admit; they are wrongâ€"Rochefout‘auld. The exvvssns of our youth are drafts upon our old age. payable with interâ€" est about thirty years after date.â€"-â€"Colâ€" ton. Great. men undertake great things because they are great; fools because they think them easy.â€"Vauvenar1,- E Not Prepared to Try It. I Sheâ€"No, Ned, it wouldn't he judi- cious for us to marry until after you ,bzwc had your salary increased. '. He (ploudingly)â€"But two can live Echeupcr than one, you know, Nellie. 9 Sheâ€"Yes, I know, that’s what peo- ple say. As a. matter of fact they have ; to. W “HAG a; thlln- For all diseases caused by a torpid liver or impure blood, as Dyspepsia. Biliousness. Blgtches Az'm'd Eruptions, it gives A Remedy for Heart Disease Greater in its Results Than the Great Discoveries of Louis Pasteurl All honour to that great Frenchman. Louis Pasteur, whose famous hydroâ€" phobia cure and other scientific dis- coveries have made him famous. Peace to his ashes now that he has left this world. But, it is a problem, measured by actual results. whether he hasdone more for the world than the discoverer of Dr. Agnew’s Cure for the Heart. \Vo speak of heart disease as incurable. and yet here is a. remedy that has practically grasped. thousands from the hands of death. In cases where it seemed that. every breath taken would be the last, in half an hour’s time patients have been brought around, and alittle perseverance in its use removes the disease. even when of ‘a thoroughly chronic character. l 1 A miser grows rich by seeming poor; jan extravagant man grows poor by .seeming rich.-â€"Shenst.onc. Consumption, La L-rippc. Pneumonia, and all Throat, and Lung disenses’ are cured by Shiloh's Cure. Brave conquerors! for so you are, that war against your own affections and the huge army of the world's de- sires.â€"Sha.kspeure. Thousandgof cases of Consumption. Asthma, Coughs, Colds and Group are cured every day by Shiloh's Cure. _Thcre is'nothVingrso agonizingto the {me skin of vanity as the applxcatxon of a rough truthâ€"Bulwer. Karl’s yClover Root. Tea. is a. sure cure for fleadaclge and Neg‘vous Diseases. Nothmg reheves so qumkly. GREATER THAN PASTEUR. most perfect satisfaction. ARPELS 0F TRUTF (To Be Continued.) Children Who Sufl’er Is the Means of Renewed Health to a. Sufferer. Dr. Wllllnml' Pink I'llln Succeed Where Doctor; "and hum; [or 'I‘hlrly Youn- The Sufl'erer One or Norlhumberland 0035 Ken. Know“ Men. From the Trenton Advocate. Mr. John Frost’s case is a most re- markable one. He is one of the best known residents in the county of Northumberland. being a retired tar- rner of most ample means, and havmg financial dealings with hundreds‘ throughout the townshi a: ‘We have known him intimately or over ten years. From him we gleaned the (ol- lowmg facts in February last 2â€"“ IWES born in England and at twelve years of age arrived in Canada with my par- ents. who settled in Prince Edward county and remained there for three years. .W'e then moved to Rawdon township in the neighborhood county of Hastings. For thirty years I was a. resulent of Rawdon, three years reSIded in Seymour township and lam at Present and have been for the past tel} years, a resident of Murray town- Shlp- For thirty years I have been a martyr to rheumatism. During that time I have been treated by scores of doctors and found partial relief from but one. I have d‘i"7'a£! the same per- Getting Into My Rig Was Agonizing. iod tried innumerable rcnwdies. but all failed to cure me. Scan-My a month passes that I am not laid up. and fre- quently 1 am confined to bed six or eight. weeks, unable to move hand or foot, and suffering untold agonies. Two well known doctors told me one time that I would have to have an arm tak- en off to save my life. I tell you lhave been a great. sufferer in my time and I would give anything to find relief. M 3' business causes me a. great deal of driving and getting in and out of my rig is agony. Knowing his story to be true and ions that Dr. \Villiams' Pink should have a. severe test: we 1.":6‘ “'0. Luv yum nu, ,..... _.- , am telling everyone I meet about. the cure." Such is the case, and having known Mr. Frost for years the suffer- er he was. and seeing him now active. and almost youthful again, the rapid change from suffering to health seems almost a miracle. However. we are not; at all surprised. for on all sides we hear of cures effected by the use of Pink Pills. The (ll‘ugElSLS remark their rapid sale and the satisfaction they give their customers. Dan gar. First Trampâ€"It makes me nervous to sleep m one of dese lodgm' huusos. Supppsm' a, fire was to break out. m (10 mghy '!_ w .. “ W ,3_‘ \u' nu. Second Trampâ€"Dat' s so Dem fire- mun “ould Lurn a. hose on yer in a minute Isaac E. Bowman. M. P. for Waterloo ‘ Praises Dr. Agnew‘s Catarrhal Pow- der. the Remedy Which Relieves in ten Minutes. ' Our Teutonic friends are not rash in anything they do, and none are quicker to approviam a good thing. They soon prick the bubble of unreliability. The testimony of 153110 E. Bowman, M. P., for \Vaiorloo, is that he found Dr. Agnew's (,‘atarrhal Powder act-omplishâ€" ed just what it claims to accomplishâ€"a suro, pleasant and vert-iin spot-it‘ll: in the loose of catarrhul trouble in the head or throat. But what Mr. Bowman says of it is what everybody is saying of this great meilii-inc. Reject womhless imitations. Take only l)r. Agnew‘s if you wish instant relief and a. permanent cure. Sample bottle and blower sent by S. G. Dotchon, 44 Church St., Toron- to, on receipt of ten cents in silver or stamps. Sold by druggists. W'hencver the body has boen weak- encd by disease, it should be built. up by Hood’s Sax-snpurilln. Read this: “About two years ago I suffered with a very severe attack of inflammation of the bowels. When I began to recover I was in a very weak and nervous condition, and suffered intensely with neural in. pains in my hmd, which caused loss 0 sleep,snd having no appetite, I Became Very Thln and weak: Fortunately a friend who had used Hood’s Sarsapurilla with great bene- fit, kindly recommended me to try it. I did so and apex-feet, cure has been effected. I am now us well as I ever was, and I would not be without Hood’s Sarsapnrilla - - ,,._.|.:.__ 1) MD: (3 FRIENDLY ADVICE Weak and Nervous WUUIu uvv uv " .-..-..- 7 in my house for anything.” M KERN, 245 Manning Ave., Toronto, Head’s Sarsaparilla Is the Only True Bloodi‘ Purifier Prominentl! in the Rubllc eye today Hood’s Pills iii: AMONG THE GERMANS :ssy to buy. my to “he _‘ 1,31 in «Hoot 36¢- .fi. P. 791. anx- Pins Cold in the headâ€"Nasal Balm gives instant relief, speedily cures. Never fails. It is easy for amen to write and talk like philosophers, but; to act with wis- dom. there is the rub.â€"â€"Rivarol. Karl's Clover Root Tea purifies the blood and gives a clear and beautiful complexion. Scott’s Emulsion is as much easier to digest than the plain oil as milk is easier to digest than butter. Besides, the fish- fat taste is taken out of the oil, and it is almost palatable. The way sickly children, emaciaierl, anaemic and consumptive adults, gain flesh on Scott’s Emulsion is very remarkable. Don’t M. permaded to accept a substilulc.’ Scott Bowne, Bellovllla. 50c. "nd $3. It. MURRAY BIACFARLANI-L.‘1xl-rciézlmhl‘2y1: Eat and Throat. 3‘: Carlton .51.. ’l‘oronLn- OUGLAS BROS. Slate. Gravel and meta roufcxw. memllic m-illngs. skylzznhi sheet, metal workers. 121 A:iul..idn \\'..'l‘mn;:|Lu â€"__-_â€"â€"â€" prescribe. Scott’s Emulsion of Cod-liver Oil and Hypophos- phites because they find their patients can tolerate it for a long time, as it does not upset the stomach no: derange the digestion like the plain oil. “7 E are always open to buy 0:- ieii Hay, straw. Grain, or Potatoes, in cur 1019. W. M. HANNAH CO. Toronto. huts. Wm burvaanonx Innchivo. 2:. T PENDI‘.‘ [men 73 to 81 Aviclude Sb. ..TorouLo 1| “u USE OUR Inn-nu--.” ;:>lrt' Doug-1:. Mixerst 1..» WM' ‘W AVEâ€".79": nrv I | ALL F ORIDA LANDS of extraor "mar-y fertility in heathy 'zocal‘ion; ima- ense profits on shipping winter crown vegetables lo nv vrthem murketa. No clearing, drainage or irrizu' ion needed. Low prices; easy terms. \V. J . FENTOS. 20:1 Church Street. Toronto. Maclfinery of all Kinds, STAMMERING Harm] 5\ RM '11). lionnl S) stem circular. '1} Slate. Sheet-Metal. Tile 8: Gravel Roofers Sheet, Metal Ceilings. Term Gotta Tile. Rad, Black and Green Roofing: Slate. )Ieml Cor- nioefi. Fen. 'l‘ur. {oofinu Pin-h. Etc. Gums Downpipcs. 8m. nupplied the trade. Telephone 1936. Adelaide 6: Wldmer Sts TORONTO. Dow’f’couen YOUR LUNGS AWAY GERMAN BREAST BALSAM "’1‘“: a! Palymce $13.. ammma, fig? My. FOR TREATMENT AND CURE USE Phfiy‘éiciasas AXD BF: CURED OF THE COUCH. Sold by Drugszish At '25 and :‘20 cenh: EBR'TW’ENTv-FIVE YEARS v 27:11 YEAR Most, widely attended in America For catamgue. address nl'unuaz v‘;- A.v\»â€".. _ ,__.7_ , lishshoep and narrow Amend; n hog m- at, right. prices. Park. Blackwell a 00.. Lul.,Torqmo " ALEXANDER" Puusmx SPECIALIST. 139’: Nof-re Dame St... Montreal. {HEcbaKg B_E_$_'[EB_IENE “112????“ BAKERS i GISS'ERETS 2225‘. ”nu-r- ,, ,,,,, fron~ Windmills, Fire Department Sup plies and Waterworks Plants down no Engine Packing ‘ t the best kind. NAUD. Manufacturers‘ Agent. 2257 Notte Damo Sc" Montreal EGTHIE SONS SAGE CAfiINGS. Finpsn imporrL LARGEST SALE IN CANADA. ROBINSON 8L JOHNSON BELLEVILLE. ONT. Etario BUSENES m C’J'LLEGE WALTER BAKER once. Adda“ D.T.Morgan. Man at: Box A. 4. Windso 1‘. 0m. USE EB ”ER|N Permanently Cured by a. strictly Educm :m. No advancn teen. Write hr THE ONTARIO INS'X‘I’X‘LT'I‘E. 76 Bond St Toronto The great success of the chocolate preparations of the house of Walter Baker Co. (established in 1780) has led to the placing on the market many misleading and unscrupulous imitations of their name. labels, and wrappers. Walter , Baker 3:. Co. are the oldest and largest manu- '3' facturers of pure and high-grade Cocoas and fig: Chocolates on this continent. No chemicals are , used in their manufactures. Consumers should ask for, and be sure that ‘ ” they get, the genuine Walter Baker 8:. Co.’s goods. Timely Warning. solute: ' burr; we r tench you (run; yo whurv you live. S and we will u-xvhv xvnmmlw‘r wt -::.-:r. {3. :1 FAh'iH'V 54 J um‘ wowiu 2.: \ you how go malfvnss I. d ‘ l Dyspepsia. Inflam mauon of the Lungs. etc. candy 'e harms); the war: a 30': work in Lho iota? Send us your add: flmn the busim‘m .’ ' DORCHESTER. MASS. 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