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One among those to inconvenienced was a youth dressed as a rmtner. me was tau. pliantly built. blond as a viking. pos- sessing a singular beauty or the mas- culine order. He was forced to flat- ten himself against the wall or a house. his arms extended on either side in a kind of temporary crucifix- ion. Even then the stirrup of. the American touched him slightly. But it ”“13??- What can he be doing here? No, it is utterly impossible. It is mere- ly a likeness." 7â€" A. was not the touch or the stirrup thaf startled him. It was the dark. clean cut face of the rider. Once they were by the youth darted into a doorway. or the abstract admiration which characterized the American’s. The me girl had seen this look in other men's eyes. She knew. A faint color grew under her tan and waned. “What is it?" asked the duke, gath- ering up the reins. “The girl’s race. It is beautiful.” Ttg‘e duke, after a glance. readily “Pretty figure. too." said one of the aids, a colonel. But his eye held none When the cavaleade reached the goose girl the peace of the mai- 57:... asheé ssnhwlzh Confusion took {-3. the scepter. The silly geese. Easter? 9: remainin: on the left 1;: the road in safety. stratghtwny determined that their haven of refuge was on the op- posite side. Gonk, gonk! Quack. quack! They scrambled. they blun- dered. they new. Some tried to go over the horses. some endeavored to men. He saluted with a humbleness which lacked sincerity. It was the grand duke himself. There was Gen- eral Dncwitz. too. and some of his staff. and a smooth faced. handsome young man in civilian riding clothes. who. though he rode like a cavalry- man, was obviously of foreign birth, an Englishman or an American. Praenuy there was a clatter of horses. :1 jingle of bit and spur and saber. Half a dozen mounted officers trotted past. The peasant on the para~ pet instantly recognized one of the ier and heavier. and the little bane feet ached dully. but her heart was light and her mind sweet with happiness. Day after day she had tended the geese in the valley and trudged back at evening alone. all told a matter or twelve miles. and now she was hrlng- mg them into the city to sell in the market on the marrow. After that she would have little to do save an hour or two at night ln a tavern called the Black Eagle. where she waited on pan-ens. ,g... w»-*--m~â€". The little goose girl was indeed tired. and the little wooden shoes grew neav. So the mutter runs. There ls a Na~ poleon in France. but no Bonaparte." He laughed ironically and cautiously glanced at his watch, an article which must have cost him many and many a potato patch. He stepped forward. He had followed yonder goose girl ever since the incline began. Of: the little wooden shoes had lagged. but here they were. still a hundred yards or more ahead of him. The duke and his escort turned into m “Ma and restful sweep ‘ot the “The philosophy of war is to me» pare for it.” mused the old man. with a Jerk or his shoulders. "France! Across a lofty jumble of barren rock and glacial cleft, now purpllng and darkening as the sun mellowed in its decline. lay the kingdom of Jugeud- belt. By and by his gaze wavered. and one particular patch in the val- lcy. brown from the beating of many ironshod horses. caught and chained his lnterm for a space. It was the military field. and it glittered and scin- tlllated with squadron after Squadron or cavalry. mlles that day. His peasant garb rath- er enhanced his fine head. His eyes were blue and clear and fameeing. the eyes of a hunter or a woodsman. The afternoon glow of the September sun burned along the dusty white highway. From where he stood the road trailed on' miles behind and wound up 500 feet or more above him to the ancient city or Dreiberg. N old man clothed in picturesque patches and tatters paused k and lmned on his stout oak smfl'. He had walked many By HAROLD MacGRATH 'rCopyrlcht.1909.by the RnthM-n-fl n â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"- “You CHAPTER I. W The from Jngendhelt peer- ow. but MM“. no house or many gables, caused the mountaineer to breathe gratefully. “Here my Journey ends, Gretchen, at the Black Eagle.” he said. They Were passing 11 clock meanders “I {nu show you. You are also stranger in Drelberg?” He observed her critically. for he was interested. She was not tall. but her lithe slenderness gave her the ap- pearance of taliness. Her hands. rough nailed and snnburnt. were small and shapely. Her hair. in a thick. braid. was the tone of the heart of a chestnut bur, and her eyes were of that mystifying hazel. sometimes brown. sometimes gray. "How old are you, Gretchen ?" “1 do not know,” she answered. “perhaps eighteen. perhaps twenty.” Arriving at length in the city. they passed through the crooked streets. “Gretchen. where shall 1 find. the , A...._...... â€"~.â€"-â€" “Ya." They took the next turn, and the weather beaten sign Zum Schwartzen Adler, hanging in frpnt 01' 9. grams “More’s the pity. It Is a grave bluno der on the part of the grand duke.” “Yes. But she has been found. Yet ' the duke is as bitter as of old. What is this new found princess like?" “She is beautiful and kind.” The geese were behaving. and only occasionally was she obliged to use her stick. .. “51‘.â€" .. “Wasn't it all about the grand duke’s daughter?” “Ludwig. I um a mountaineer from Jugendheit.” “We are not friendly with your coun- France has the most Interesting ms. tory. that Germany has all the philos- ophers and America 8.11 the money." adding a smile. “I should like to see “Do you live alone?” “No. I live with my foster mother. whoisveryold. Icallhergrand~ mother. She took me in when I was a foundllng. And what might your name be ?" “W” “A priest. Once [lived in the mountains at an inn. He used to come in evenings when the snow was not too deep. He taught me to read and write I know that Italy has all the works of art, that “I All ONLY A GOOSE '. “That is mlne”â€"wlth the first sign of dltfidence. “Melodies are always running through my head. Sometimes they make me forget things I ought to remember." "Your own music? An lmpraarlo will be discover- lng you some fine day. and your fortune will be made.” The light irony did not escape her. “I am only a goose gir " He felt disarm- ed. “What is your name?” “Gretchen." A goose girl who read Heine? ' “And the music?" he inquired pres- ently. “What was that song you were sing- in: before the horses came up?" he asked her. "That? It was from the poet Heine" â€"-simp|y. Be stared at her. "“11“: “Heine? Can you read?” 1;.1‘ Where bad be seen that young vint- ner before? Meanwhile the goose girl. now join- ed by the old man. marshaled her geese and proceeded. As Carmichael saluted and turned to leave the courtyard he threw a swift. searching g ance at one or the palace windows. Did the curtain stir? He could not say. He continued on. cross- ing the Platz. toward the Grand botel. He was a bachelor. so he might easily have had his quarters at the consulate. but as usual with American consulates â€"even to the present time-it was slt- uated in an undesirable part of. the town. over a blerbaUe frequented by farmers and the middle class. The group looked admiringly at the object of this marked attention. Here was one Who and seen two years or i constant and terrible warfare. who i had ridden horses under fire and who ‘ bore on his body many honorable I l scars, for the great civil strife 1n Amer- ica had come to its close but two years before and Europe was still captive to her amazement at the military prowess of the erstwhile inconsiderable Amerlo I can. as well as yourself may be trusted anywhere with any kind of a horse." "1011 are welcome to a mount at all times. Mr. Carmichael.” replied the duke pleasantly. “A man who rides Bobbsâ€"Mcrrfll Company H your name?” a little while at Bonnâ€"and. like all: “Gretchen.” Irish men. he was baned with the wan“ ' “What else?” a derinz foot. for the man who is home- “NOthing else." 3 less by choice has a subtle poison in WiSthHY- “1 ;his blood. He was at Bonn when the never knew any écivii war came. He went back to father or moth- gAmerica and threw himself into the 911” : fight with all the ardor that had made “SO? But who ' his forbears famous in the service or taught you t0 the worthless Smarts. It wasn’t a read?” question with him of the mere love of “A priest. Once .fighting. or tossing the penny. He inset an inn. He iknew with which side'he wished to enings when the ‘fight. He joined the cavalry or the leep. He taught ‘north and hammered and fought his t9. I know that way to a captaincy. He was wounded urks of art, that fflve times and imprisoned twice. At the end of the conflict he returned to : mmasumz ms. Washington. ‘ 0mm 3% Little Liver Pills. ABSILUTE SEEM. Without any influence whatever save his pleasing address and his wide edu- cation he blameyed the state depart- ment out of a consulate. They sent him to Ehrenstein at a salary not worth mentioning. with the diplomatic halo of dignity as a tail to the kite. Two years in any one place was not in reckoning as regarded Carmichael. yet here he was. caring neither for promotion nor exchange. So. then. all logical deductions simmered down to oneâ€"chemhez la femme. W‘wnm ,Jtslm'mu 79"! vâ€"ifiJ Arthur Carmichael was lrlsh. He was born in America, educated there and elsewhereâ€"a little while in Purim, You “all and new mung-um He offered his hand. which she ac- cepted trustfully. He was a strange l old man. but she llked him. When she withdrew her hand something cold and hard remained in her palm. Won- ders of all the world. it was a piece or gold! Her eyes went up quickly. but the giver smiled reassuringly and put a finger against his lips. “But. herr,” she remonstmted. “Keep it. 1 give it to you. Do not ; question Providence. and 1 am her | handmniden just now. Go along with l you." He sighed and teetered his legs. Carmichael sighed for the Princess Hildegarde, understanding. It was; sigh or curse, and the latter mode of expression wastes more vitality. CARERS m1: j 'lVER I ELLlsJ. ‘ The nights were chilly. Carmichael in order to finish his cigar on the little balcony fronting his window found it necessary to put on his light overcoat. though be perfectly knew that he was in no manner forced to smoke on the balcony. But the truth was he wanted a clear vision of the palace and the lighted windows thereof and of one in particular. He had no more sense than Tom Fool. the abetter or follies. She was as far removed from him as the most alien of the planets. but the magnet shall ever draw the needle, and a woman shall ever draw a man. He knew that it was impossible, that it grew more impossible day by day, and he railed at himself bitterly and satiricallyi. He entered the tavern and applied for a room. haggling over the price. "Two weeks tmmping about the country in this unholy garb, following false trails half the time, living on crusts and cold meats! Ah, you have led me a merry dance, nephew, but I shall not forget!” Tho dreamer is invariably tripping day!” He eyed again the battered sign. It was then that be discerned another leaning from the ledge of the first story of the ,bouse adjoining the tavern. It was we tmnished shield of the United States. She was regarded with kindly eyes till the dark jaws of the Krumerweg swallowed up both her and her geese. “Poor little goose girl!" he thought. “If she but. knew she could make a bonfire of a thousand hearts. A fine So Gretchen in a mild state of stupe- faction turned away. Clat-clat! sang the little wooden shoes. A plaintive gonk rose as she prodded a luggard from the dank gutter. A piece of gold! Clat~clnt1 Clat-clat! Surely this had been a day of marvels. thought. clock in sight to give him warning or the time, and he dared not now look at his watch. He had a glimpse of the ancient clock wonder himself. however, huddled over a table upon which sput- tered a cundie. The eyes or the two men met, but 00%.? for a moment. The mountaineer started to Cross the street to the tavern. “Thanks. Herr Ludwig. And will you be long in the city?" “That depends; perhaps." adding a grim smile in answer to a grim “Good night. Gretchen. Good luck to you and your geese tomorrow." CURE SICK HEADACHE. Must Bear signature of See Fae-Stalk Wrapper Below. Genuine FOR HEADACHE. FBI! DIIIIIESS. TUB BlUDllSIESS; ‘Ffll TOR!!!) “YER. FOB CONSTIPATIOI FOB SALLIIW SKIN. PM THE COMPLEX")! £{NDSAY POST. Miss May Smith, of town, returned home on “Saturday evening after a short visit in Toronto. Comfortable and commodious rooms have 'been secured for the Young Lib- eral Club over Adamsj Bros.’ store. A good attendance of the members of the Club is requested on Tuesday ev- ening, as the meeting night may have to be changed and discussion is in- vited. Be prepared to speak on the resolutions. The moms are large, com iortable and well lighted. The seating capacity is about 200. Mr. J. E. Jackson, of Coboconk, was in town Saturday afternoon. ”BERN. CLUB SECURE QUARTERS {1‘9 ” he said malns with the woman. Gretchen smiled. This young man would be dit- terent. she knew. “They were only frightened.” “We don't have goose girls in Amer- 'l‘he colonel pulled his mustache in chagrin. “Light operas are rare at present.” he replied. accepting his defeat amia- bly enough. And then a pretty woman rose from a chair near by. She nodded brightly at the colonel, who bowed, excused himself to Carmichael and made oi! after her. . Carmichael looked round for Gretch- en. She was still at the side of the policeman. She came back. “Did you get your geese together without mishap?” he asked of her. _ The instinct or the child always re- “Why couldn’t I have fallen in love with some one like this?” he cogitated. Colonel yon Wallenstein of. the gen- eral stair approached her from the other side. Wallenstein was a capital soldier and a jolly fellow round a board, but beyond that Carmichael had no real liking for him. There were too many scented notes stuck in his pockets. 9 The colonel dropped his cigarette. leaned over Gretchen’s shoulder and spoke a few words. At first she gave no heed. The colonel persisted. With- out a word in reply she resolutely sought the nearest policeman. Wallen- stein, remaining where he was. laugh- ed. Meantime the policeman frowned. His excellency could not possibly have intended any wrong. The law or re- dress in Ehrensteln had no niche for the goose girl. “Good evening. colonel.” said Car- michael pleasantly. “Why can’t your bandmaster give us light opera once in awhile?” Within a dozen feet or nun. her arms folded across her breast. her eyes halt shut in the luxury of the senses, stood the goose girl. He smiled as he recalled the encounter of that afternoon. It was his habit to ride to the maneuvers every day. and several times he had noticed her and her beauty. He was standing in front of the ho- tel when he noticed a closed carriage hard by the fountain in the Platz. “Ba, a fare!" A woman in black, thoroughly veiled and cloaked. came round iron) the op- posite side or the fountain. She spoke to the driver. The lady stepped into the carriage, the driver woke up his ancient Bucephalus and went clickety- clack down the Konigstrasse toward the town. To Carmichael it was less than an incident. He twirled his cane and walked toward the public gardens. The band struck up again, and he drifted with the crowd toward the Dariiiom It was all very foolish and romantic and impossible. and no one recognized this more readily than he. No Ameri- can ever married a princess of a reign- ing house, and no American ever will. This law is as immovable as the law of gravitation. Still, man is master of his dreams. and he may do as he pleases in the confines of this small circle. “How the deuce will it end?” mus. lng halt aloud. “I‘ll forget myself some day and trip so hard that they’ll be asking Washington for my recall. I'll go over to the gardens and listen to the band.” over his illusions. and Carmicnaet was rather boyish in his dreams. What absurd romances he was always weav- ing round her! What exploits on her behan! But never anything happened. and never was the grand duke called upon to onfer his benediction. Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets will help your disordered stomach to digest any reasonable meals, and will soon restore it to such perfect con- dition that you’ll never feel that you have a stomach. Take one after each meal. 50¢. a Box at your Druggist’s. Made by the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited. 150 Are you one of those to whom every meal is another source of suffering? (To be continued.) Owing to the fierce storm that rag- ed here on last Thursday, the 22nd, inst, the Farmers’ Institute, which was billed for that day in the town hall, was cancelled, as the speakers could not reach here, and the farmers of the locality could not get into town. The roads were completely blocked, and the trains were delayed in snow drifts. As last Saturday, the 17th was the first day of the Chinese year, Mr. Ho Lum, our Celestial here, celebrated the day in right royal Oriental style, by inviting in a few of his friends, and treating them to chicken bullion. To give the event tone and publicity, a large number of fire crackers were exploded. Lum is a Republican, and it is more than probable that this will be the last chance he will have to celebrate the 17th of February, as the Chinese new year, as the Replfir licans have adopted the English cal- endar. Reporter: Mr. and Mrs. R. Clarke, ' and their youngest daughter, Miss Jessie, left on Monday intending to Stay over night with his brother, Dr Clarke, in Lindsay aod then go on to Toronto, where their eldest daughter Miss Laura is attending the School ‘ of Pedagogy, spending the day toâ€" gether, and then taking the evening train for their new home in Weyburn Sask. Many of our citizens went up ‘to the train to see them off and to wish them a kindly good bye. Some one has said that the word “Farewell is often lightly spoken and soon for- gotten," and so it often is. But whis- pered almost, in the parting hand- shake to Mr. and Mrs. Clarke it car- ried with it memories of long comâ€" ‘ panionship in life's activities that: cannot soon be effaced. They leave! our midst freighted with affections heart load, and we are sure realizing ithat half their hearts are left behind, ’Asa citizen and business man, Mr. 1 Clarke has in his almost thirty years; residence amongst us been recognized ‘ ias an efficient and upright man, who jgave justlweight and full measure in,5 all his dealings As chief executive of- ficer of Millbrook, he held the reeve’s’ chair for three years, after serving a 1 term in the council, and to this inn-3 portant station, he brought the same unceasing energy that characterized I all his dealing. He “hewed to the line let the chips fall where they might,” g and although at times thought by I some arbitrary the turn of the wheel‘ of time usually justified his position and convinced all of his sincere con-E victions. He was the fifth reeve of, Millbrook in the following succession: l Major Howden, Squire Howden, Alex. i Ferguson, W. 8. Pickup, R.W. Clarke‘ and in the roll call will show as sue-i cessful administratiou as any of hisi predecessors. Mr. Clark in his brief residence in the west has already} made good, and we have every con-: fidence in his being a large factor ing the development and progress of his I adopted city. ‘CAYGEON CELESTIAL HELD CELEBRATION TRIBUTE PAID T0 * _... »- ~ ~~ MILLBROOK mEZEN IF You WANT AN W. R. WIDDESS, Canada Life Assurance Co in the Company’s history of 65 years. A new record for surplus earnings was established four; years ago and in each year since then all previous records have been surpassed. ‘ “It pays to have a policy in The Canada Life.” THE SURPLUS earned, $1, - A RECORD YEAR f o r 293,597,, was the greatest the Canada Life. growth in size and strength ’ Dr. de Van’s Female Pills ' A reliable Wrench regulator: never fails. The” plug ere exceedingly werful in regnhting the generative portion of e female system. Refuse . all cheep imitations. Dr. do Van’s are sold at 853 box. orthree for 810. Mailed to anyaddras. {mmmms‘Wuegm fDORSET ClTlZE? S f STRUCK lT RICH man, Mr. John A. Remey, received his first instalment of the needful, be~ ing a good round sum. The many friends of Messrs. nuts and Remey, who were the discoverers of the £3- mous Gowganda mining camp, are pleased at the very successful out- come of their venture.â€"Minden Echo- For «In gt Eidnbncbam'o econ. Stories of fabulous wealth in min- ing claims have reached every ham- let from SOme of her citizens, who have wandered in the rich mining districts of New Ontario. The realiâ€" zation has been the all important point. Three Dorset citizens are now enjoying the reality. Early1 in 1906, John A. Remey, Joseph W. Remey. and Chas. H. Burk explored the wil- dernesses of the Montreal river and staked the first claims on Gowganda Lake, which was later known as the Burk-Remey mine. The claims were sold last week to Bufialo capitalists for $40,000. Last Monday our towns- A grand costume carnival, which is the second and last of the season, is announced for March the Ist, in the rink here. The band is to be in at- tendance. We are sorry to have to state that Mrs. Wm. Kennedy is dangerously m with pneumonia, at her home here. Drs. Wood of Lindsay, and Boys of Bobcaygeon, despair of her recovery. Since beginning to write word has come that she has passed away. Much sympathy is felt for Mr. Kennedy in his sad bereavement. The mail carriers from the outlying offices in this district were storm stayed here and did not get home till Friday, the 23rd inst. or something unusually dainty for evening wear, ask to see EXQUISITE HOUSE GOWN PAGE ELEVEN