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She looked up at him with be- pildered eyes. : “How cu: I deny it when you â€" on saw it, Gerald?" she muttered. a low. distressed voice. "But Iâ€"oh, Gem-dd, believe me. love!.â€"- I waW-. .‘ "Do you mean to say that you am not permit this stranger to kiss mlips o! my promised bride? Din-é m deny it, when I saw it. my- A hard, bitter laugh, that froze theblood in the girl's veins, broke ‘rom his lips and arrested the sen- tence on hers. “I! an angel from Heaven had cried dut trumpet-tongucd that you were false to me, Margaret, I should not have believed it,” he tried. fierceiy; “but what my eyes Inve witnessed I must believe," he added, advancing a step into Qhe toom. "No. don't come near me: ‘don't touch me, Margaret! Sit flown; we will talk this matter over “calmly as we can." "Gerald,” she sobbed, éoming to him and standing before him. With‘ hands clutched tightly together, "do not talk to me so: youâ€" you are breaking my heart! You must. not thinkâ€"you must not believeâ€"oJ’ ' ‘ At that moment, so fatal to the happiness 0! two lives. the door opened softly, and the next instant the one wordâ€""Margaret!" rang like ; trumpet through the room. and tearing herself free from the en- circling arms that clasped her so closely. Margaret turned swiftly, and beheld Gerald Romaine, with a. face Lwhite and stern as death, stand- lag on the threshold. “Mutant.“ ‘ he- said‘ "let mo bid you close to my heart for one little minute, as I used to do in Itha old sweet day;s lay 3our son. cheek against. mine. and let. me kiss your sweet true lips " Margaret bent. over him; herheart mas too full for utterance, and gent- ly his arms closed about her, and his lips reverently touched hers. "Margâ€"aret," he moaned. "why are you so cold to me? Would all the love I could lavish upon you atone tor that great wrong? You do not wer. darling, and your silence ls me the past is past." A Suddenly he held out his arm: to me, if we could but live the bright- est part of our lives over main. how we would improve the golden hours. mv Hyyarot. "Margaretâ€"preciOus,” he whisper ed, fearfully, “is it indeed you.come back from the grave to me?” Margaret was startled at the men- tion of her name, but she accounted {or it by thinking he had heard Hrs. Denham call her by name, and now it ran in his thoughts. Per- chance her name might be Margaret. too. this woman of whom he was nut-muting. He had fallen into a. deep sleep when she had taken her place beams him, and now suddenly his eyes open- ed again. but. there Was no light. of reason in them as they wandered about the room. At length they rested upon her, and a smile that was liken. glory broke over his face. . . 1. ,4 WONWOMMOM head. and reverentially kissed thg stranger's hand, which lay on the coverlet. An hour or more Margaret kept her weary vigil by the strang- er’s bedside, and she could not ac- 'count. for the keen comlort it gave -vâ€" vâ€"‘ £3.13 sit theré’EEd watch him,holdâ€" lng his hand clasped in both of Mohwowomcmonno I’BEAUTIFUL GUQUETTE. By Laura Jean Libbey. ASK FOR THE OCTAGON BAR Mg” Soap Wake: Me Clot/3c: ”Gift and won ’t Ixjnre M: Hand: LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED, TORONTO 85 Household utensils can be made tolook suddy solution of Sunlight Soap. They will make the barge bright end 'nvlting. ‘ A L-‘t LL. 1. Sunlight Soap Bans less than halt me 1800: Itquncu ... "m mon soapâ€"and makes everything spotlesly clean. Sunlight Soap is made of pun: oils and fats, contains no ingndicnt Sunlight Son is ma tothehandsox othing. .I‘AOE TWO “We have now two patients in the house instead of one." said Mrs. Denham, thoughtfully. “The stranger is better," she went on ; "he is rational enough now. Had you not :better see him, Mt. Ro- maine. and learn from him his tri_e_nas’ addxjessi if he has any?" But she was so long in regaining consciousness that Mrs. Denhnm was frightened, and sent for Gerald in post-haste. which, much to her sur- prise, ne was slow in answeringâ€"he was usually so prompt where liar- gnret was concerned. When he at lenszth arrived at the house. and heard from Mrs. Den- ham how apparently ill Margaret was. be blamed himself greatly, be- lieving that it. was his abrppmels in leaving her that. had caused this. Thomas, one of the stalwart ser- vants, was quickly summoned, and Margaret was carried at. once to her own room. A few moments later. Mrs. Denham, entering the sick room. found Margaret lying in a dead swoon upon the floor. “Good-bye, Gerald,” she said gravely, steadily. He' picked up his hat and walked slowly to the door, expecting every moment that she would call him back; but she did not. and the door opened slowly. and closed again after his retreating form. I for-see that you will not die in the hour that we part, as you declared a. moment since that vou should do; you will nurse the hand- some stranger back to health. mar- ry him. 'and be happy ever Mter.’ as the storyâ€"books say. Well, as I cannot prevent it, I must endure it DD wâ€"She"t;â€"m;u(rad afiay from him, and he rose abruptly. We will not speak further of the depths of my lme for vou. ’shc anâ€" swered slowly. "I haxe given vou too much proof of it aheadv." "Ton muve orougnt uus maths: to a climax purposely, Mar- garet." cried Gerald, his face white and set._,_ , __ iv‘r'bood-fiye,‘ Margaret," he said. "I leave you now and forevcg: hm “I do," she answered firmly. “Then if you could lose me as easily as thisâ€"see me pass out of your life without making one enort to keep me. then your love is in- deed much shallower than. I could have believed." hard “Do you' mean that you want this engagement of ours broâ€" ken?” he asked, catching his breath ”filfn'inh' nn'n'as sne'rreco acr- self from his grasp, and stood look- ing at. him with a. look that haunt- ed him for many a. long, dark year anal-wards. “I shall never be the wife 0! a man who has not unbounded confidence in me. You asked me once in the past to release you from your vows, and I did so. I now ask the same request of you, and you must. grant it.” __ 7. She did not turn and cling _to him with tears and sobs; she lay in his arms like amarble statue. her face turned toward his shoulder. "Have I hurt you by my. words. Margaret?" he cried. in alarm. "You have killed me. Gerald, that is all." she said. struggling with the subs to kccpttllem. back. She swayed to and fro as a. leaf sways in the wind, and it he had not, put his arm out. quickly and caught her, she would have fallen to the floor. U ‘ . _ Gerald saw a great shiver pass over Margaret. The cruel words had struck her as lightning strikés a. fair flower. _ was ever heard. "In the fairest of jewels why must thcre be flaws?” he asked, harshlyâ€" “in the most perfect fruit, the black speck that marks decay at the root? and in the women, whom men be- lieve angels, deception at their heart's core? Is no woman true ? Great God! the thought is horrible! Tell me the truth. Margaret." he went on. hoarselyâ€"“has your heart gone out to this man? It is better to know before than alter marriage. I want the plain truthâ€"it is due nae-I must have it!" “My heart is warm with gratitude towud him. to I owe my life to him. Gerald ’ she moaned: "you know that is only right; but I love you, Gerald. with a diflerent love. If we were to part 1â€"1 should pray God in Heaven to let the moment in which you turned from me be my last! Trust me and believe me. dear! Oh. you mustâ€"you must!" “Margaret." returned Gerald Ro- maine, gravely. "my faith in you has been terribly shaken. God help me! I cannot trust you!" He laughcé t_he bittcrcst laugh that. CHAPTER L. fierald com- injunons l and the can b will step. ' Try it to-nig t. It ‘It doesn’t £ benefit you. we'll give your money back. Shiloh’s Consumption .Cure $2.11.?“ \ A young girl had risen from her chair and was hurrying toward the door. One glance at that faceâ€" that was like no mlu-r face. and Margaret. Sprung to her feet. calling loudly: "Auro'iu! Aurelia!" But. the girl only hurried the mat.- er to reach the (1003'. Margaret drank only the tea. pushihg back the food untasted after he had brought it. Suddenly she "was startled by the sound of a sharp, stifled cry. procwding from a small table directly opposite her. In paid Finding hersci! opposite a. cite. and feeling greatly in need 0! re- freshments. Margaret entered it and sunk into the nearest chair. When Margaret left Mrs. ham’s house her head was in a. whirl that. she paid little whither her tootsteps turned. "Margaretâ€"has gone." she said. slowly; "she left a. note for me saying she was going where no one whom she had ever known should look upon her face again." A few moments'later Mrs. Denhnm entered the room looking very pale. and walked up to him. laying a trembling hand on his arm. "Mr. Romaine. can you bear a great shock?” she said. gently. "Yes," he answered, hoarscly : "but. don't. keep me in suspense." Hastily quitting the sick-room he went to the library. and sent one of the servants to Margaret's room. begging her to come down to sce him. as he had something particular to Say to her. But Margaretâ€"he could tell herâ€" but then all the story 01 Aurelia'a perfidy, which he had kept socure- fully guarded from her. would come out. Ho.- sunk back exhausted on the pillow, too weak to finish the sen- tence. and Gerald dared not tell him in his weak state. the great news he had in store {or him. "God bless you and yours." re- turned Paul Lancaster, with great. emotion. “I intended to Search for you. and make it all up to you, Iâ€"-â€"” “'I am Gerald Romaineâ€"the tarm~ er's son," was the quiet answer. “Yes. yes." said Paul Lancaster. huskily. “My wife died under their reofâ€" andâ€"- my littlechild Mar- garet. Who are you, young man. that you ask me these personal questions?" "Did you ever hear your daughter Aurelia speak 0! the Romaines? They were the people who brought her up from infancy. They Were farm- ers down in Virginia." There was something back i)! it he could not fathom. All these thoughts passed throuch I 'aid's mind with lightningblike ra- pldily. but. he drew up a. chair and. sinking into it, asked, without betraying his intense excitement: How Aurelia had found her father, Gerald could form no Ideaâ€"but he was astounded beyond all words to hear that she had told him that. Margaretâ€"her sisterâ€"Was dead. I saw in the pix-k fooked so much like the dent young wife I had lost in Youth. that it seemed to me. for the first time in my life. my feel- lngs carried me away beyond my control. and 1â€"1 'kissed her. I did not mean any harm. Heaven knows. " "Iâ€"I had a little daughter mmcd Margaretâ€"but she died in her in- !uncy' when Iâ€"Iâ€"was not. with the children. so her sister Aurelia told me. Theâ€"the young lady whom A thunderbolt from a. clear sky â€"a. volcano bursting beneath his feetâ€"could not. have Ihockod and startled Gerald Romaine more. "Am I madâ€"oHreuming !" he cried, excitedly. “Did I understand van to name Aurelia. Lancaster?" “Yes," 'replied‘the count, whom we may as well call by his correct nameâ€"Paul Lancaster â€" now. "you hwd night. She -â€" isâ€" my â€"- daughter. Send for her." "Then Margaret is your daughter, too." cried Gerald. iovfuuv. "(2mm 66d: wmn'a. weight 13 now mtco from my mind." Paul Lancaster looked at him bewilderment. ‘- "The name.” replied the strnncer in a. low voice. “is Miss Aurelia Lancaster." ' "But the name?" said Gerald. “You have forgotten to give me the most important part 01 the ad- dress." Gerald took his memorandum (tom his breast-pocket. and Waited courteously. "You would like your daughter tent. for?" returned Gerald. "I! you will be so kind," return- ed the other. "The address is No. â€"-â€"- Lexinm- ton Avenue, city." he murmured. weakly. "Yes." replied the stranger. "I have a daughter-but. for her I should have been all alone in the world now, with no one to care whether I lived or died." like to 'send tor?" asked Gerald. favorably impressed with the man, although he had sworn to him- self that he should hate him until the day he died. ,_ “Will you tell me what is the matter with me, Where I am. and why I am here?" the stranger nak- ed in e. bewildered tone of voice, raising his eyes to the young man bending over him. "Have you any triends you would He found the man rational .u Mrs. Denhaxn had said, but. so - re- markably weak that he could not speak above a whispexm Pded. “inking to himself that. the stranger should be removed ‘ from beneath that root as soon as he was able to be taken awn?- Coughing is an outward sign of inward disease. Cure the disease with that CHAPTER LI. moment Margaret heed to 7 aught. 7 else .WWB: "It 'is a Wonder you and your 1:- ther. both “being so‘rich. did ppt_at- Then followed an accurate ac- count from Aurelia 0! how she had met. her father. and where; and she also rehearsed to Gerald the story of the money the old doctor had willed. and, as before. she substituted her own name instead 0! Mugsret’s. It actuslly staggered Gerald to hear how innocently she could tell that gluing (elsehood. “Margaret Lancaster has not so much of a. claim on me as you im- agine. Geraldâ€"Margaret. is but. my halt-sister. the daughter of a ‘pmtty peasant girl whom 1115213” wed- ded andâ€"anHeseI-ted s’ooi: after the child was born. I heard the whole story from papa’s lips." Pcrhaks she reah the thought in his face. for she went. on eagerly: The very heartlessncss of the re- mark struck Gerald. How could Au- relia. whom Margaret. loved so well, speak so snecringly. so barsth of her? he thought. to himself in won- der; and she Margaret's own sister. â€"w- n‘n' VV. 1 The beauty pushed her dark curls back from her face and looked at him. with a low. passionate cry. ’ “The betrothed husband 0! Mar- garet -â€" weak, docile Margaret. as you once used to call her! I can- not. I will not believe that you have been so foolish as to renew those old ties with her. dear-wt; but. even were it so. they can be as easily broken now as then! What does a weak. insipid creature like Margaret know of love! Nothing. I tell you! Oh. Gerald. do not let her come be- tween you and me and our love!" "You loved me once, Gerald. bet- ter than life. and such a love can- not die out of your heart so soon. as you would have xne believe. You betrothed yourself to Margaret through pique; but now that. she has gone away (rem you voluntarily. do not seek to find her â€" let her g0' where she will. You and I will not grieve it we never see her face again. We shall have love and each oth- I! er. I know all. The past is past be- tween us: other ties have been torm- ed. I am now. as I was once be- fore. in that past which it pains me to recallâ€"the betrothed husband 0! Margaret? A __ _ _ _ ' V‘V‘It 1's madam. Aurelia." said Gerald. distrmcdly; "you will‘ not give no time to explain. I sent {or you. not on my own account. but on your father's. as I told you in my note. which explained to you that ”You tell 11:6 to rise, Gerald. my love." she said, in her musical voice â€"“you tell me that. no woman ought. to kneel. I shall kneel to you. for my prayer is to you. and you must hm me. durest.” . Gerald was sitting in one o! the rustic chairs near the fountain. his face hidden in one hand; Aurelia. hall kneeung at his feet. had grasped the other hand. and he!d it tightly. Mdrgamt. glided into the house and down the corridor, where sho-heard the sound of voices. They were from the'direction ol the conservatory. and thither Margaret. bent. her steps. The door was ujar. and noiselessly she entered. The sight that greeted her eyes. as she parted the pink blossoms and looked at them. remained before her until the day she died. “'3- Hastily alighung from the cab. Margaret paid the driver and dis- missed him. and. all unmlndlul o! the note she had written and left. he- hind her {or Mrs. Dcnham. hurried up the broad marble ‘steps after Au- "1c is stopping at the corner house miss." said the man, “and don't you see. a young lady has a'ighted and gone up thexétone steps." Margaret. looked. 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A com 'NO CONTINUED STORIES. ’Aureua stood beddo him. looking down at. the duthowhiu face. but. no wave of under tooling stirred her hard hurt. "It is-Margmt!" cried Aurelie. excitedly, and in n voieo um. sound- ed like nothing hum-n. the taped. out. hmmly: "no you think she heard nil?" "I have every meson to believe no." said Gal-aid. ruining the innni- umce figure in his strong nuns and luring he: down on the rustic bench nent the fountain. from which he inved her fame with cold Inter with his handkerchief to revive her. and too thankful in finding her to think of much else. Tfioth Gerald .an Aux-elm. baring the crash of the braking vines and falling body. sprung forum-d: “But why.” thought. W. ”did my (“her not make some 0!- !ort to and me. too. om though Aurel“. who teams to think no mm a! me. did not?" 01 me. did not?" And the thought had hardly shap- ed incl! m but mind era Gould uk- With fleet footsteps she turned. and would have fled from the conserve- tory to her father's side had not the hand 0! a. strange fate held her back. At the first step the darkness of death seemed to unfold her; she threw out her hands with 3 little cry. and tell. (ace downward. among the rm in a deep swoon. EPPS’S 0000A But Margaret's thought. were in too much of a. whirl to pay much heed to this. for his daughm. Aux-elm. Minx when they would and her. and Ger- ud had sent {or her 1t. ong- or! o! Aurelio. the “I!” question. and. looking through the oleundnr branches. she saw Aurelia turn as you: as death. How wilttle Margaret imagined what the answering of that question would mean {or the treacherous git}! 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