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We have left of our winter Stock:â€" Up to the end of March we have decided to make our goods move, it selling at Cost will have the effect. AT COST! S. P. SA UNDERS CUTTBRS, SLEIGHS, ROBES and COATS. Cull Hor BIN! - In" .A DUI} H A M JACOB KRESS. [lure-9.: allowed on Savings Bank du- poaits of 31 and upwards. Promp' “nation and every facility aflorded astomors living at a distance. Standaid Bank of Canada UHDERTAKING PRICES CUT A general Banking business trans- uted. Drafts issued .nd collections I‘d-s on all points. Deposits re~ ”had and interest allowed at cur. rent rates. ' Furniture . . . “and" in all principal points in 011 Mo, Quebec, Manitoba United States and England. Capital Authorized. . 13,000,000 Paid Up ........... .. 1.000.000 Raserve Fund...... .. 850.000 JOHN CLARK A FEW PEA JACKETS, ‘ The bitter words flowed from her lips. HEA VY \VEIGHT. i that the ties of affection which bound A FEW READY , MADE l these two travelers together on life’s SUITS. road were neither strong nor enduring. , Yet they were traveling together; their A LARGE ASSORTMBNT . 0F TROUSERS. way was the same, their destination . --but that belongs to the future. The A LOT OF UNDI‘UDWVEAR.l mar uia h a bee n d 1 his mind some JUST ARRIVED. q 1‘ n m m " after a consultation with I distin- FLANNELLET‘I‘ES A N D gushed barrister, and. moreover, was . PRIN'IS. . pleased at the prospect of leaving this ! island of {on for the sunny shores of; - 1 France. The tima were exciting; the theater“! some other lines m 1 country on the "m of pro elec- , '. , torainlorm. But ianrance the m NDERS, Mowers, Rakes, Wilkinson Plows. Land Rollers, Diamond Smoothing Barrows. Mmml Grinders. and Dowsell’s Chums. \Vashers and VVringers, U. 3. Cream Separators. and Cameron . Dunn Hay Forks. DURHAM AGENCY. 3in OFFICE, TORONTO. - .\I A\AGER Machine ()il, Harness Oil, Axle Grease and H00! Ointment, go to Ha .Nv and see the Ferguson 00? SLEIGH, Vlanufactured That is sure to plane on always be purchased hers Also a First Class Hoar“ nlwuys in connection. Em- balming a speciaity. A FEW OVERCOATS. Some of the goods oflered hue just been opened. be- ing a month on the rod. '1' HE SAVINGS BANK ement Agency! d. KELLY, Agent. IX :1 Sound, before buying AL‘VAYS ON HAND FOR SALE. non’s old Stand) The nessmaker. ONTARIO DURHAM, ONT. social lyatem had sprung into existence and - lamentable tact! â€" duty toward one’l country had assumed an empire In- Mr to melont devotion toward king. Dlsdainfully the lady in the coach re- [ardod her husband. and it was evident Next day the critics referred to the Scene with glowing words, while in the coii'ce houses they discussed the propo- sition. Should an actress feel the emo- tion she portrays? With a cynical smile. the marquis read the different accounts of the performance when he and his companion found themselves in the old stagecoach en route for Brighton. He felt no regret for his ac- tionâ€"had not the Prince of Wales taught the gentlemen of his kingdom that it was fashionable to desert ac- tresses? Had he not left the “divine Perdita” to languish after snubbing her right royally in Hyde park? “The trollop can curse! Let us go.” Together they left the box, the marquis regretting the temerity which had led him to bring his companion to. the theater. He, too. was secretly uno nerved, and when they entered the car- riage they seated themselves as far apart as possible. the marquis detesting the lady and she for her part disliking him just as cordially. She fainted and fell, and the cmtain 10m ended quickly. The wox mn by the nuuquis‘ side, who had trembled at first, nmv forced a laugh as she said: With rare discretion and spirit had the latter played, a queenly figure in that rihald. tron withering. She had reached the scene where the actress turns upon her tormentors. those noble ladies of rank and position. and launch- es the curse of a soul lashed beyond endurance. Sweeping forward to con- front her' adversaries, about to face them, her troubled glance chanced to fall into one of the side boxes where were seated a certain foreign marquis, somewhat notorious. and a lady of in- solent, patrician bearing. The antici- pated action was arrested. for at sight of the nobleman and his companion Adrienne swayed slightly, as though moved by a new overpowering emotion. Only for a moment she hesitated; then, fixing her blazing eyes upon the two and lifting her arm threateningiy. the bitter words flowed from her lips with an earnestness that thrilled the audi- ence. A pallor overspread the face of the marquis, while the lady drew back behind the draperies almost as if in fear. At the conclusion of that effort the walls echoed with plaudits. The actress stood as in a trance. Her face was pale. her figure seemed changed to stone. and the light went out of her (‘3‘ PS tile, taking its character from the loose, weak king, was unusually complaisani through the presence of the first gen- tleman of Europe. 'As the last of the George: declared himself in good hu- mor, so every toady grinned and every courtly flunky swore in the billings- gate of that profanely eloquent period at the actress was a “monstrous tine woman." The player had every stimulus to ap- pear at her best on this particular even- ing, for the audience. frivolous, vola- The bill for the eve+ing under consid- eration was “Adrienne Lecouvreur,” and in no part had the actress been more natural and effective. Her tri- umph was secure. PROLOG 17E. LD Drury Lane rang with ap- plause for the performance of Mme. Carew. Of British- French parentage. she was a recognized peer among the favorite ac- tresses on the English stage and u wo- man whose attractions of face and manner were of a high order. Copynighé. 1902. by nu: BOWEN-MERRILL COMPANY By FREDERIC S. ISHAM, Author of “Under the Rose" 'W 'I%S'MPZ'€” I°°3¢£°MH~I°M~§~E Seated at a respectful distance from this cheerful canfiagration was a young man of perhaps five and twenty. w hose . travel stained attire indicated he had 'but recently been on the road. Upon a i chair near by were a riding whip and i hat. the latter spotted with mud and testifying to the rough character of the road over which he had come. He . held a short pipe'to his lips and blew clouds of smoke toward the fire. while . upon a table. within arm’s length. rest- ed a glass of some hot mixture. But in spite of his comfortable surroundings ;’ the ex ression of his face was not that of a rson in harmony with the John- sonian conclusion. “A chair in an inn is a throne of felicity. " His counte- nance. well bronzed as a weather tried trooner’s. was harsh, gloomy. almost 1 m: not as ”handsome tees. but l Shortly afterward mine host reap- ipeared with a tuukard of generous di- i mensions. 'l‘he teaiuster raised it. slow- ! ly drained it to the bottom. dropped a zoom into the landlord’s hand. cracked 3 his whip in a lively manner and moved lon. The steam from his horses utin- igled with the mist. and he was soon iswallowed up. although the cheerful isnap of his whip could yet be I 'ard. Then that became inaudible, am the bonifaee. who had stood for a brief space in the doorway. empty tankard in hand, re-entered the house, satisfied that no more transient patronage would be forthcoming at present. Going through an outer room. called by courtesy a parlor. the landlord pass- ed into an apartment which served as dining room, sitting room and bar. Here the glow of a wood fire from the well swept hearth and the aspect of the varied assortment of bottles. glasses and tankards gave more proof of the fitness of the appellation on the creak- ing sign of the roadhouse than ap- peared from a superficial survey of its exterior and far from neat stable yard or from that chilly. forbidding room so ‘common, especially in American resi- dences in those days. the parlor. The ceiling of this dining room was black- eued somewhat, and the huge beams overhead gave an idea of the substan- tial character of the construction of the place. That fuel was plentiful ap- peared in evidence in the open fireplace, where were burning two greet logs, while piled up against the well were many other good sized sections of hick- T was a drizzly day in the Shade!)â€" go valley. A mist had settled down'upon the old inn; lost to view was the landscape, with its varied foliage. Only the immediate foreground was visible to a teamster who came down the road. the trees with dripping branches and the inn from the eaves of which water fell to the ground with depressing monotony, the well with its pail for watering the horses and the log trough in Whose limpid waters :1 number of speckled trout were swimming. The driver drew up his horses before the Travel- ers’ Friend. as the place was named. and called out lmperatively: "Hello. there!" .\'0 one appearing. he leaned over and impatiently rapped on the door with the heavy oak butt end of.his whip. Still there was no response. Again he knocked. this time louder than before. and was preparing for an even more vigorous assault upon the unhospitahle entrance when the door swung hack and the landlord. a tall. gaunt indi vitlual. confronted the driver. “\Vell. I heard ye." he said testily. “Are ye coming,r in or shall I bring it out?" “Bring it out,” was the gruff re- sponse of the disgruntled teamster. Not long thereafter the player left for America, Where she procured an en- gagement in New York city, and, so far as London was concerned, she might have found rest and retiredness in the waters of Lethe. As the coach sped over the road the lady by his side smiled disagreeably from time to time, and my lord. when he became aware of it, winced beneath her glance. Had she fathomed his secret? Else why that eminently su- perior air, that manner which said as plainly as spoken words: “Now I have learned what to do if he should play the tyrant. Now I see a way to liber- ty, equality, fraternity!” And beneath the baneful gleam of that look of en- lightenment my lord cursed under his breath roundly. The only imperturba- ble person of the party was Francois, the marquis’ valet, whose impassive countenance was that of a stoic, apa- thetic to the foibles of his betters; a philosopher of the wardrobe, to whom a wig awry or a loosened buckle seem- ed of more moment than a derange- ment of the marriage tie or the dis- order of conjugal affection. To ste'm this tide and attach himself closely to King Charles X. was the marquis’ ambitious purpose. For this he had espoused a party in marrying a relative of the royal princess. thus enhancing the ties that bound him to the throne and throwing to the winds his Perdita, Whose charms had once held him in tolly’s chains. Did he re- gret the step? Has ravening aspira- tion any compunction. any contrite vis- itings of nature? CHAPTER I. The tavern’s stable boy immediately began to remove the trunks into the main hallway. This overgrown. husky lad evidently did not share his employ- er’s disapproval of the cats. for be sued, in open eyed won er at the sis- Then followed a dark. melancholy in- dividual. the utility man, whose waist- coat of figured worsted was much frayed and whose toothpick collar was the worse for the journey. He preced- ed a more natty person in a bottle green. “shad belly" coat. who strove to carry himself as though he were fash- ionably dressed instead of wearing clothes which no longer could conceal their shabblness. The driver. called in theatrical parlance “the old man.” was a portly personage in a blue coat with velvet collar and gilt buttons. a few of which Were missing. while the mines of his shirt were in cad plight. for in- stead of protruding elegantly a good three or even four inches, their glory had gone and they lay ignominionsly flattened upon the bosom of the wearer. A white choker rivaled in hue the toothpick collar of the melancholy in- dividual. A rustle of skirts and there emerged from the interior of the coach, first. a little. dried up old lady whose feet were inclosed in prunelln boots, with Indian embroidered moccasins for outside pro- tection; second, a young woman who hastily made her way into the hostelry. displaying a trim pair of ankles; third. a lady resembling the second and who the landlord afterward learned was her sister; fourth. a graceful girl above me- dium height. wearing one of those pro- voking quilted silk hoods of the day, with cherry colored lining. known as “kiss me if you dare" hoods. The wagon, which contained several persons, was driven into the stable yard. where it was unloaded of “drops" and “wings,” representing a street, a forest. a prison and so on. while the stagecoach. with a rattle and a jerk and a flourish of the driver’s whip, stopped at the front door. Springing to the ground. the driver opened the door of the vehicle and at the same time two other men, with their heads muffled against the wind and rain. leisurely descended from the top. The landlord now stood at the entrance of the inn, a sour expression on his face. Certainly it the travelers had expected in him the traditional glowing coun- tenance with the apostolic injunction to “use hospitality without grudging” writ upon it they were doomed to dis- appointment. “Some troopers, I guess.” commented the landlord in a tone whichindicated the coming of these guests was not en- tirely welcome to him. “Yes,” he add ed discontentedly. “they’re stage folk sure enough.” Thereupon he proceeded to present the subject in all its details to the sol- dierâ€"how the tenants were protesting against the enforcement of What they now deemed unjust claims and were demanding the abolition of permanent leaseholds; how they openly resisted the collection of rents and had inau- gurated an aggressive antirent war against tyrannical iandlordism. His lengthy and rambling dissertation was finally broken in upon by a rumbling on the road, as of carriage Wheels drawing near, and the sound of voices. The noise sent the honiface to the Win- dow, and. looking out. he discovered a lumbering coach, drawn by two heavy horses. which came dashing up with a great semblance of animation for a vehicle of its Weight, followed by a wagon, loaded with diversified and gaudy paraphernalia. “We have our own troubles with lords, too, right here in New York state,” he said confidentially. “We have our land barons, descendants of the patroons and holders of thousands of acres. and we have our bolters, too, who are making a big stand against feudalism.” "This tribute being silently accepted, the landlord grew voluble as his guest continued reserved. 'â€"‘J “Well, you look like a soldier," he remarked. “You are like one of those soldiers who came over from France to help us in the Revolution.” The innkeeper surveyed hls gumt’s figure with undisguised admiration. “I didn’t know,” he added, with an outburst of bonbsty. “but what you might be some nobleman in disguise.” “1 nobleman!" said the other. with 111 concealed contempt. “My name is Saint-Prosper, plain Ernest Saint-Pros- per. I was a soldier. Now I’m an ad- venturer. There you have it all in a nutshell.” Then he recovered himself and his dignity by drawing forth a huge wine colored silk handkerchief set with White polkndots and ostentzxtiously and vigorously using it. This ear splitting operation having once more set him up in his own esteem, he resumed his at- tentions to the stranger. The stranger deliberately emptied his pipe and thrust it into his pocket. while the landlord impatiently awaited the, response to his pointed query. When it came, however. it was not calculated to allay the curiosity of his questioner. “I hear things are kind of onsettled in France. I see in 3 Syracuse paper that Louis Philippe is no longer king; that he and his queen have fled to Eng- land. Perhaps now." inwardly con~ gratulating himself on his shrewdness. O 5” 9 “you left Paris for political reasons . let in such a severe cast the observer tnvoluntarlly wondered what experi- ence had lndited that scroll. Tall, large of limb, muscular, as was appar- ent even in a restful pose, he looked an athlete of the most approved type, ac- tive and powerful. Mine host, having found his guest taciturn, had himself become genial. and now remarked as he entered: “Is it your practice." said the young man coldly in slow but excellent Eng- lish, “to bark continuously at the heels of your guests?” “Oh. no offense mmmt! No offense! Hope none ’11 be taken." stummered the landlord. The old gentleman before the blaze began ' to outrlval the kettle in steam- ing. From his coat talk: 3' thin veil To this the other deemed no response necessary, and a silence fell between them. broken only by the simmering water in the iron kettle. the Sputtering of the sap in the burning logs and the creaking without of the long balancing pole that suspenged the moss covered bucket. The wind sighed in the chim. ney and the wooing flames Sprang to meet it, while the heart of the fire glowed in a mass of coal: between the andirons. - “Yes; full of ups and downs. as the driver of the property wagon said when we entered this billy district." replied the manager, with the contentment of a man who ha: found a snug haven after a hard ride in a comparatively unbroken country. “Aflluence we may know. but poverty is apt to be our com- panion." “A life of variety.” observed the young man politely. it indiflerently. The other did not answer immcdi ately. but regarded the speaker with the look of one not readily disposal to make acquaintances. Ills conclusions were apparently satisfactory, however. for he presently vouchsafed the re. mark: “You are the manager, I presume?" “I enjoy that honor." returned the loquacious stranger. “But my dlltivs are manifold. As driver of the char- iot I endure the constant apprehension of wrecking my company by the way side. As assistant carpenter, when we cannot find a stage it is my task to erect one. As billposter and license procurer. treasurer and stage manager my time is not so taken up. sir. as to preclude my going on and. assuming a character.” “A disagreeable time of year. sir." he observed to the soldier. who had ro- turned to his seat before the table. “Twice on the road we nearly broke down. and once the 'agon dumped our properties in the ditch. Meanwhilv. to make matters woxjso. the ladies hoapml roproachen upon those gray hairs. This. air, to the man who was considered one of the best Whips in old Devonshiro county.” The members of the company mount- ed the broad stairway. save he of the disordered ruffles. who wiped his heavy boots on a door mat and made his way to the fire. where he stood in English fashion. with his coat tails under his arms. rubbing his hands and drying himself before the flames. “You are coming up directly? Your stock wants changing. while your ruf- fles"-â€"-lnughingâ€"“u1'0 disgraceful!” She helped herself to a liberal por- tion and passed the box to the portly old gentleman. Here the landlord in a surly tone told the stable boy to re- move the gentleman’s things and show the ladies to their rooms. Before go- ing the girl in the provoking hood. now unfastened and freeing sundry rebel- lious brown curls where the moisture yet sparkled like dew. turned to the old man. “I’rvsvntly. my returned. “Thank you; thank you," joined in the wiry old lady. bnhhing up and down like 1'1 miniature liguro moved by the unseen hand of the showman. “Allow me, sir!” and she gravely tendervd him a huge snuftbox of tortoise shell. which he declined, whereupon she continued: “You do not use it? New fashions, new habits! Though whether for the better is not for me to say.” “Your complaiszmce does crodit to your good nature, sir." exclaimed the old man. “But we cannot take advan- tage of it.” “It is too good of you.” remarked the elder sister. with a glance replete with more gratitude than the occasion de mamded. “Really. though. we could not think of it.” ‘ “Here you’ll find a fire, but as for the best room, this gentleman.” indi- cating the reticent guest. “already oc- cupies it.” The young man at the fire. thus forced prominently into notice. arose slowly. “You are mistaken. landlord,” he said curtly, hardly glancing at the players. . “I no longer occupy it since these ladies have come.” Mine host, bewildered by this shower of requests, stared from one to the other 'in helpless confusion, but finally collected his Wits sufficiently to usher the company into the taproom with: Tle emotion of to stable boy as he gazl-d at her and l .0 forbidding mood of the landlord “'14! broken in upon by the tiny old lufiy, who in a large voice remarked: ' “Yes, ma’am." tow Ely replied that per- son. ' “I am pleased to meet you, sir," ex- claimed the meiam-‘hoiy individual as he extended a hand so cold and ciammy that shivers ran hp and down the back of the host when he took it gingerly. “We are having fine tragedy weather. tors. and then, with increasing me. his (lance strayed to the young girl. To his juvenile imagination an actress ap- peared in the glamour of a veritable oddess. But she had obviously that ender consideration for others which belongs to humanity. for she turned to the old man with an affectionate smile, removing from his shoulders the wet Petersham overcoat and, placing it on a chair, regarded him with a look of filial anxiety. Yet their appearance he lied the assumption of such relation- ship. He was hearty. florid and sturdy. of English type. while she seemed a daughter of the south. :1 figure more fitting for groves uf‘ orange and cypress than for this rugg-«i northern wilder- ness. . “A haven at last! Are you the land. lord ':” “Refreshments will be in order!" ex- claimed sbe of the trim ankles. “And show me the best room in the house.” remarked her sister. sir!” “A fire at' once, landlord!” command- ed the would be beau. d ur; presently m he i And it was soon demonstrated that the manager’s disu rnment was not in :.error There was not only abundance, but quality, and the l:smdlord' sdangh- ter waited on the guests. thereby sub- jecting herself to the very open ad- vances of the Celtic Adonis. The large table was laden “ith heavy crockery, Iold fashioned and quaint. An enor- mous rotary caster occupied the center : of the table. w le the forks and spoons 'wereâ€"an unus a1 circumstanceâ€"of sllv ver. “Suppose. now. by some necmmancy our young and tender friend here on the platter should be changed to a clev- erly fashioned block of wood. painted in imitation of a roasted porker. with a wooden apple in his mouth?" “Your suggestion is startling. W0 will obviate the possibility of any such transformation." And he cut the “ambrosian (at and lean" with a firm hand. eytng tho Buckling steadfastly the while as if to preclude any exhibition of [lindoo mystix-E‘uu.’ wimp (hp buxom lass. tho daughter of tho lmniface. with round arms lmrod. bow sundry other dish” from pitu-v to place until the platfl wore lu'mwd with an assortment of vhmds. I! To which Kate, having often partak- en of the conventional banquet of the theater. waved her hand in a serio- comic manner toward the piece de ro- llstance and observed: The manager. poising the carving knife. replied: “There 1: nothing of the stage reâ€" put about this.” commented the man- ‘89?- “'l“ a‘ Those other aromas which the man- ager lmd mentally classified took form and substance and were arranged in tempting variety around the appetiz- lng and well browned suckling. There were boiled and baked hams spooklod with cloves, plates of doughnuts and pound cake, beet root and nppto sauce. Before each of the guests stood a foam- lng mug of home brewed ale that ur- rled with it a palpable taste of tho hops. “But worthy of the bearer of the dish!” remarked Adonis so pointedly that the landlord's daughter. over- whelmed with confusion, nearly drop- ped the platter. miniature porker and all. Whereupon Kate cast an angry glance at the ofl‘endor. whom “she could not abide.” yet regarded in a certaiti proprietary way. and Adonil henceforth became less open in his ad- vances. “80 young and tender for such a fate!” exclaimed iiawkos, the melan- choly individual. with knife and fork held in midair. When the company had seated them- selves around the hoard the waitress brought in a sucking pig. done to a turn. well stufied and with an apple in its mouth. The manager heaved a sigh. “The lovely little admiringly. “Monster!” cried ubl” An name from the kitchen which penetrated the room seemed especially grateful to the manager. who smiled with satisfaction as he conjured up vi- sions of the fortlmnning repast. By his Falstaflian girth he appeared a man not averse to good living nor one to deny himself plentiful “buttons of American home brvwvd ale. “Next to actual dining.” observed this past master in the art. “are the antici- pations of the table. An excellent din- ner is in progress. if my diagnosis of these penetrating fragrances be cor- rect." “A snug company. sir." he said null- ly, glowing upon the impassive tse- bstoro him, “like a tight ship. can weather a little bad weather. Per- haps you noticed our troupe? The old lsdy is Mrs. Adams. She is nearly sev- enty. but can dance a hornpipe or a ml with the best of them. The two sisters sre Kate and Susan Duran. both coquettes of the first water. Our Juve- nile man is a young Irishman who thinks much of his dress and little of of mist ucended. his face beaming through the vapor with benign (elicity. Then he turned and toasted the other side, and the kettle reigned supreme until he thawed once more and the cloud: ascended, surrounding him like Jupiter on the celestial mount. At that the kettle bummed more angrily, Ind the old gentlmnzm’s face beamed With satisfaction. He paused abruptly. “Landlord, a pot of ale. My throat is hoarse from the mist. Fancy being for hours on a road not knowing where you are!” With awkward fingers he released the dress. the cultivation of mind and manners. Then," added the old man tenderly, “there is my Constance." H Ill} monster!" said Kate w are you are-r to flu him: 5“ . and l .v «lifit: he m “Say cher- '(O: 2'“ :otting ymmg I hun- fl 9" Think w your money. our more as business. 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