LA fj | EVELYN' sei S FATE; : ' OR, FACE TO FACE WITH AN OLD LOVE. --/ CHAPTER XXV.--(Cont'd) Evelyn was quite furious at this _ unexpected liberty, but she dared not show her resentment by draw- ing her white hand angrily from his clasp, "After all, it may be only his way of expressing his solemn allegiance jo the pledge he has given me," she thought, impatiently. George Hartley watched Evelyn's slim, stylish figure out of sight, the words. echoing and re-echoing through his brain: "You can name your own price."' "My price shall be--her own fair self,"? he told himself, enthusiasti- cally. "TI have fallen madly, des- - perately in love with that girl at first sight; she must be mine!" His thoughts were interrupted by a soft, hurried footfall, and turn- ing. abruptly around, he found a lady, young and beautiful, stand- ing before him. Her hair was quite as golden as Evelyn Kent's, but her eyes were large, dark and lumin- ous. George Hartley bowed low befor her. ; "T should like to see Mr. St. Leon," she said, with a pitiful tre- mor in her voice--"please let mo _ see him at_once." She produced from her silver -- eard-case a tiny slip of pasteboard and handed it to him, The name he read upon it was Lyndall Courtney. He started back awkwardly and econfusedly as he handed it back to her. "Excuse me, ma'am," he said, bluntly; 'I have orders not to ad- mitvyeu. to his presence should you call. Mr. St. Leon does not wish to see you, and begs you will not --not--come again,' he stammer- ed. Lyndall turned deadly pale. "Tell Mr. St. Leon that I shall not come again," she retorted, 'fand that I shall never while I live forget or forgive this outrageous insult;"? and with those words Lyndall turned like a whirlwind and swept away; anger for the mo- ment taking the place of the ter- rible anguish that had filled her heart for St. Leon. CHAPTER -XXVI. Lyndall walked back to the villa, her heart torn with conflicting emo- tions; and as she hurried along under the autumn-tinted trees, in- dignation gave place to the keenest sorrow in her breast. "Tt was my fault that this has happened," she cried, with a stif- ling sob. "He cannot forgive me for being the cause of it--and no - wonder. If I had hurried back to _ the trysting-place, where I am sure he awaited me, all would have been well; we would have been by this time far out on the blue sea. + "Oh, Jack, Jack! how strange it was that sleep weighted down my eyelids and steeped my senses until I quite forgot you!" Lyndall concluded that she would write to St. Leon immediately on her return to the villa, and beg him to see her, for she was broken- hearted over what had occurred. She wanted to kneel at his feet and tell him so. 'Where would it all end?' she asked herself over and over again, Lyndall wrote her letter--every line of which was sprinkled with tears--and, sealing it carefully, hastily rung the bell for one of the servants, To her relief, a few moments lat- er, Dick, a colored boy about the villa, answered the summons. '"TDick,'? said Lyndall, 'I have a letter here which I wish you to deliver in person, You know where Mr. St. Leon is, don't you?--you have heard?" she faltered. "Oh, yes, missy," declared the boy, "I knows. It's drefful 'bout their 'restin' Marse St. Leon! Why, he am as innocent as a new-born chile.' "Thank you for saying that, Dick," said Lyndall gratefully; "T too believe in his innocence; I would stake my life upon it, This letter is for him, Dick." Lyndall placed it in his hand, and with it a bright silver coin, ad- ding: 'See that he gets it as soon as possible."' Declaring that he would 'run every step of the way,' the boy clutched the letter tightly and hur- ried on his mission. In the grounds he encountered Evelyn Kent. "Diek,"? she said, hurriedly, "you are the very. person I wanted to see. Will you do a great favor for me ?"' "T can't jes' now, ma'am," he replied, anxious to get away from her. Miss Kent was no favorite with Dick. "Why ?? demanded Evelyn, with an angry frown. "Bekaise Tm sent on a wery 'portant errand jes' now for Miss Lyndall." "Mrs. Courtney, you said Evelyn haughtily. 'You ken call her what ye likes,' he answered, doggedly. "Ts it to post the letter you have in your hand?' asked Evelyn eag- erly. The lad hesitated an instant, then he answered: "No, missy, I ain't gwine no- where near the postofiice; I'm gwine to take this letter in pusson to the party it's written to." Evelyn gave a quick start. What if it were written to St. Leon? She must know, she would know that. "T have a letter which I wanted you to take for me, Dick," she said; "that is, if it wouldn't be too much out of your way; I would pay you well for it; I want to send a note to Mr. St. Leon." He looked at her with a broad grin, revealing all his ivories. "Well, if that's it, Miss Kent, Pll go fer ye; 'twon't be none out 0' my way. I'll be a-killing' two birds with one stone."' ' In an instant a plan of action had ? mean," ? occurred to Evelyn. Se They do not contain phenacetin, 25c. a box at your Druggist's. Sickheadaches--neuralgic headaches--splitting, blinding headaches--all vanish when you take Na-Dru-Co Headache Wafers morphine, opium or any other dangerous drug. NATIONAL DRUG & CHEMICAL CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED. acetanilid, 123 < Each and Every 5--Pound Package of Extra Granulated Sugar contains 5 _ pounds full weight _of Canada'sfinest sugar, at its best. - REFINING CO,, _ Limited, Montreal. S eae ae 11 | she said. J #' you inside of five minutes; remem- jber I am going to pay you well for ite? F}it a sheet of blank paper and a "Come and sit on the porch," 'Twill have it ready for With his mind full of the last words that closed her promise, the lad obeyed with alacrity. Evelyn hurried to her room, and to her writing-desk, selecting from square white envelope precisely like the one the boy held in his hand. Folding the blank page, she hast- ily thrust it into the envelope, sealed it, and addressed it in a hand so disguised that it could neyer be detected as hers--address- ed it to Jack St. Leon. A moment later she had hurried to the veranda, where she found the boy pacing restlessly up and down, and placed the letter in his hand, not forgetting the silver half dollar she had promised. As Dick hurried down to the gate, carefully grasping the two envelopes, he heard hurried foot- steps behind him, and in an instant, panting and breathless, Evelyn Kent reached his side. "Diek, Dick!' she called, sharp- ly; "wait a moment.'"'? The lad halted. "Dick,"? she exclaimed, quickly, "T have changed my mind about sending the letter; give it back to me, but you shall keep the money all the same." "Which one is yours, Miss Kent?' he said, turning over both envelopes which he held in his hand; "dunno as I ken tell 'em apart." "This one is mine," said Evelyn, artfully, quickly picking out the one Lyndall had written, which she hastily thrust into the pocket of her dress, her steel-blue eyes fairly glowing with suppressed excite- ment at the complete success of her daring plan. "There is one thing | want you to promise. me faithfully, Dick." she said, "and that is that you will never--never. mention one word of this to any one about my writing to Mr. St. Leon and then changing my mind about sending it." "No, missy, I sha'n't say nuffin' *bout it, sartin'--course not."' With a very sweet smile and a nod, Evelyn turned and hurried back to the house. "All is fair in love and war," she muttered, as she gained her room, fastened the door securely, and then proceeded straightway to learn the eontents of Lyndall's letter to St. Leon. Slowly she read the tear-stained missive through, and each word of love and devotion her beautiful ri- val had written to St. Leon was like a sword point in her heart. Again and again she crushed the letter in her slender-jeweled fin- gers, only to smooth it out again and proceed with the reading of it The letter words: " "Only send me one line to come to you, Jack, for my heart is break- ing with love of you and great sor- row for the terrible cloud of woe that has settled so darkly around you. Send only one word, Jack, and I will come to you and try to comfort you, o> " eoncluded with the "Yours faithfully, LYNDALL.,"' '"T think she will wait many a long day for that one word; how lucky it was that I thought of in- cepting that boy and securing that letter by such a clever strategy. "T would rather see Jack St. Leon dead, though I love him with all my heart and soul, than to see him saved for Lyndall, my rival, to enjoy his love. Ah, how cruel it is to love so intensely, and all in vain." At that same moment Jack St. Leon was pacing wearily to and fro --the length of his narrow room-- thinking of Lyndall. How false she had been to him from beginning to end, and he had staked his very life upon her love. On account of his social position, and the absence of other quarters in peaceful, fashionable Lenox, Mr. St. Leon was permitted to re- tain his own room at the village ho- tel under guard of the authorities, who had stationed two of their men with him, and one to patrol the eorridor outside. Even the warmest friends of Jack St. Leon conceded there was little hope to save him as they reviewed the case. His bitter quarrel with Philip Severne and their compact to shoot at each other on sight, and last, but most damaging of all, the ad- mission of oné of the servants of the villa that Mr. St. Leon was in the Graham grounds the very hour in which his enemy, Philip Severne, was found lying in the tall grass fa- tally wounded. Even Jack St. Leon, when he re- viewed the matter calmly, turned a trifle paler. Many a man had been hung on purely circumstantial evidence be- fore for crimes they had never committed ; would he, the last of the proud, brave race of St. Leons, die on the seaffold, convicted of the murder of Philip Severne ? The thorght was horrible. He told himself he would die by his own hand first. (es CHAPTER XXVIII. The affair in which Jack St. Leon was the central figure wore a gloomy aspect indeed to his friends ; even his enemies pitied him. Al- though everything was against him Lyndall maintained a firm belief in his innocence. The strain upon her nerves was so great that Lyndall, who had borne so much and so bravely, gave way under it at last; and in the days in which St. Leon passed so wearily, waiting for his trial, she spent in tossing to and fro in the ravages of brain fever, oblivious to all that was transpiring around her. i And Bennett often said to herself "MY STOMACH IS FINE Since Taking Na-Dru-Go Dyspepsia Tablets" Mrs. J. Merkhuger, Waterloo, Ont., enthusiastically recommends Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets. Her experience with them, as she outlines it, explains why. "T was greatly troubled with my stomach", she writes. "I had taken so much medicine that I might say to take any more would only be making it 'worse. My stomach just felt raw. I read of Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets, and a lady friend told me they were very easy to take, so I thought I would give them atrial and really they worked wonders, Anyone having anything wrong with his stomach should give Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets a trial, they will do the rest. My stomach is . fine now and I can eat any food."' One of the many good features of Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets is that they are so pleasant and easy to-take. The relief they give from heartburn, flatulence, biliousness and dyspepsia is prompt and permanent. Try one after each meal--they'll make you feel like a new person. 5oc. a box at your druggist's com- pounded by the National Drug and Chemical Co. of Canada, Limited, Montreal. 143 less babblings, that unconsciousness was the greatest boon Heaven could have bestowed upon the poor girl. Fyelyn Kent's grief as days rolled on was pitiful to behold, but even in the moments of her most poig- nant grief she would murmur over and over again to herself: "T--I would rather see him dead than married to her." Not a day elapsed but what pathe- tic and tender little. messages reached St. Leon from Evelyn; she sent him fruits, flowers, and deli- cacies regularly, and called often to cheer him. No wonder St. Leon's heart, which was neither marble nor ice, was touched at length by such devotion. Often he said to himself, as he paced the floor: "Tn the hour of my adversity the woman I loved deserted me, and poor Evelyn, whose love I scorned and slighted--Evelyn has clung to me and »omforted me." No woider his heart warmed to- ward Evelyn unconsciously; and her intense joy knew no bounds when she perceived it. But for Lyndall his love would have been hers long ago, she cheated herself into believing. One day matters reached a cli- max; in looking back to that scene in after years it almo&t seemed to St. Leon that some strange power, some other being had uttered the words that fell from his lips. Evelyn had called upon him and brought with her a quantity of his favorite flowers--passion-roses; and gratefully and quite unconscious- ly St. Leon held the little hands that presented the flowers, as he took them from her. Kind little hands,'"' he said; "how good your owner has been to me!"? and impulsively he bent his dark head and kissed the little hands, white as lily-leaves, that trembled in his grasp. (To be continued.) % RECORDER WEIR. Recorder Weir is to Montreal | what Colonel Denison is to Toron- to--the dispenser of justice in the Police Court. He is known far and near for his "neatness and des- patch"--particularly "despatch"-- in dealing with prisoners. His re- putation as a judge made him much sought after by debating societies in Montreal. A committees called him up over the 'phone to ask if he would be kind enough to render the award in a debate. On the day of the debate the Re- corder was unusually busy. He had sent various prisoners down for terms befitting the crimes. That Justice W. A. Weir. evening he was on hand promptly at 8 o'clock. He heard the debate, analyzed the merits and demerits of the speakers, pointing out the vari- ous shortcomings and achievements of the sides, giving a point here and there for this or that argument, and rendered his decision accordingly. At the conclusion of his remarks the applause was loud and long-contin- ued, The Recorder was forced to rise to his feet again. S "This is, I believe," he said, "the first time I ever received an en- core. My decisions, you know, are not usually received with such fa- yor.' Then the recorder resumed his seat amid loud laughter : -- Seger os HIS LAST QUESTION. He asked so many questions that day that he finally wore out his mother's patience. "Robert," she cried, 'if you ask me another ques- tion I shall put you to bed without your supper." Robert promptly asked another, and was packed off to bed. Later his mother repented. After all, asking questions was the only way he could acquire know- ledge ; so she tiptoed upstairs, knelt beside his bed, and told him she was sorry. "Now, dear," she said, "Gf you want to ask one more ques- tion before you go to sleep ask it now, and I will try to answer." Robert thought for a moment, then said, "Mother, how far can a cat =. HOUSEHOLD SELECTED RECIPES. Potage Dubarry.--Cook a cauli- flower in salted water twenty min- utes. Then drain and mash through a sieve and put it to boil, adding a pint of water or soup-stock, three- quarters of a cupful of cream, and the yolks of two eggs. Let it boil twenty minutes, and just before serving add a large lump of butter and some salt and pepper. Serve very hot, putting a thick square of toasted bread in each plate. Halibut with Onion.--Lay thin slices of salt pork in the bottom of a baking-pan. On these spread thin slices of onion. Make a paste of a little butter and flour, and spread it over the slices of halibut, laying the fish on the onion in the pan. On top place a few strips of salt pork, and sprinkle well with bread-crumbs mixed with melted butter. A bit of bay-leaf may be added. Bake until a rich brown and serve. ' Veal with Celery.--Place a piece of choice veal in a deep pan with hot butter, and brown it on each side. In the meantime prepare a head of celery, cut into small piec- es, and cook it with butter for sev- eral minutes over a lively fire; then add it to the veal. After that add a glass of warm water in which a teaspoonful of flour has been stir- red. Cover the pan and allow the veal to cook very slowly for two hours. Mock Cherry Pie.--Boil together one cupful of chopped cranberries, one cupful of seeded raisins, one cupful of sugar, and one cupful of water. Boil ten minutes, then thicken with one tablespoonful of flour made smooth in a little cold water. When cool add one tea- spoonful of vanilla extract and a little salt. This will make the fil- ling for two small pies. Use upper and under crusts. Bake in a_ hot oven until the crust is brown. Three of a Kind.--This receipt takes three lemons, three oranges, thre bananas, three cupfuls of sugar, three cupfuls of boiling water and one tablespoonful of gel- atin. Soak the gelatin in cold water. Add the boiling water and sugar, the juice of the lemons and oranges with a little of the grated rind, and the bananas, which have been put through a potato-masher. Freeze, and when stiff, turn for five er ten minutes until white and ereamy. Hopping John.--Pour one quart of cold water over one pint of red peas, and boil until the peas are about half-cooked. Add one pound of bacon; continue boiling until the peas are soft; add one pint of rice that has previously been washed thoroughly, and boil the mixture for half an hour longer, adding a little hot water if needed. Remove from the fire and set on one side of the stove to steam. Season with salt and pepper, and, if desired, a sprig of mint. In serving, put the bacon on top. Fondant au Moka.--Beat four ounces of butter to a cream. Add little by little six ounces of powder- ed sugar, stirring all the while; then the yolks of two eggs beaten, and one and one-half cupfuls of strong, hot coffee, poured in drop by drop. When the cream is finish- ed, take a well-buttered molding- dish, cover the bottom with lady's fingers or sliced sponge cake, and fill with alternate layers of cream and cake, finishing at the top with eream. Set in the ice-box, and just before serving turn it out and cover the top of the cake with some of the coffee cream. Beef Pastry.--One and a half pounds of flank beef, one large quart of potatoes cut in small cubes, two tablespoonfuls of chop- ped onions, one pint of water, salt and pepper to taste, two table- spoonfuls of flour. Cut the beef in small pieces, mix thoroughly with Seago ah (QA es "THE BLUE PACKAGE fr BE CAREFULTO | SEE THAT LABELON | _ PACKAGE {S BLUE. FF, (0 OTHER COLOR EVERUSEDON | i; ROYALYEAST _ REMEMBER THE COLOR BLUE ZMODEN R, G Z Z a] ZY G ZY V Z + INS all other ingredients, put in an earthen dish, cover so as to prevent the escape of steam, and set in a very moderate oven for an hour. At the end of that time mix a small pint of flour with two level tea- spoonfuls of baking powder, salt, and a tablespoonful of shortening together as for biscuit, add three- fourths of a cupful of milk or water, and stir quickly. Roll out to the size of the dish in the oven, re- move the cover, place dough on top of the meat, cook for 15 minutes then cover again and cook another 15 minutes. If all this work is done with care a savory dish is guaran- teed. es HOW TO MAKE APPLE SALAD. Apple Salad.--Cut four or five nice, firm, tart apples into dice and grate a medium sized onion fine. Cut into dice one large or two small stalks of tender celery and chop somewhat coarsely a handful of English walnut meats. Mix and toss these together with a silver fork; sprinkle with salt and pepper to taste, and pour over all a nice salad dressing blended with a few spoonfuls of cream (half as much as you have dressing) and sweeten- ed'to your liking. Set in ice until you are ready to serve. Boiled Salad Dressing.--One cup of vinegar, half a cup of sugar, half a. cup of cold water, yolks of two csgs, butter the size of a wainut. half a teaspoonful of salt, a level teaspoonful of made mustard, a pinch of eayenne pepper, and two tablespoonfuls of cornstarch wet up with a little milk. Heat vinegar and water to boiling. Beat the eggs light and mix with the other in- gredients, pouring the hot vinegar and water slowly over them. Stir until they are all cooked and blen- ded well. Add cornstarch if the dressing be not of the consistency of thick "double cream."? When it is done, pour into a fruit jar and set in a cool place. When you wish to use a little of it, beat in a little more cream. This dressing keeps long and well and is handy to have in the house when one would make a salad in a hurry. ------ VEGETABLE VALUES. Spinach, containing, as it does, a large amount of iron, can scarce- ly be ignored as a valuable spring vegetable dish. Rhubarb is rich in oxalic acid, which does much to tone the sys- tem. Onions contain much nutrition, but are most valued for their pung- ent oi], which is rich in sulphur, Asparagus, cabbage. cauliflower and celery are chiefly valued for their mineral salts and for the bulk, variety and relish they give to the diet. 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