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UuLCLJ, uuu svvuvu ~Vu-vv-â€"â€" ________ as if he had something of importance to communicate. “I daresay you are surprised, Flem- ing, to see me here to-night. butâ€"- helloâ€"What’s the matter? Have I come at an awkward time, or is there anythingâ€"” “If you don’ t want me, just tell me to go,” he said looking at Felix. “I don’ t much relish poking my nose into peoples prixate domestic squabbles, discussions. 01 differences. Look here, I’ll come around in the morningâ€"’ “Can you get on to wur feet Wit 11 iii" help, :a.ley?” he asked. “I want you off the ground, my lad; you’ve lain here long e1; ugh.’ CHAPTER XIV. Jack Hunter Doctor Hunter entered briskly, the smooth, healthy florldness of his face heightened by the sharp outer air. He turned with professional precision to see if he had snacked the door se- curely, and looked somewhat excited, “Don’t go, doctor; I want you," Ag- nes exclaimed, springing to his side and clasping her hands around his arm. “Doctor Hunter, will you do me a favor? Will you go into the Shrub- bery and see if Mr. Farley is there?” “Of course. I will,” he said. cheer- fully, laying a warm soothing hand over the trembling ones on his arm, “I’m looking for him myself; he’s the very identical party I want. Why should he be in your shrubbery, though?” he added, somewhat amused. “I’ve no wish to make the cause public; I’m not at all proud of the motive which prompted the castiga- tion, but perhaps Agnes is not quite so squeamish. I’ll leave the explana- tion to her," he said, walking to the door and hoiding it open. “You have no objection, have you, Felix, to my going to see if Farley is there? I’m hunting for him on my own account.” “Not in the least,” he said, with a fine show of indifference. “I shall be in the keeying-room, Hunter; I’ll see you before you go,” and then he slam- med the door behind him. “You woqu like me to go at once?” Doctor Hunter asked, watching her disturbed {age as he led her to the low am Lag-311661 a tiny candle in a niékcl- pa- 6! 116.1616 :. and 100k a good look at iaui's s ghastly face. . “Upon my word, it’s too bad!” he muttered. crawing the tips of his fin- 46m aiong ;.he white wales that suiped his meek and neck. “I shall 6: all \Iaste: Felix to account for this.” Paul stir ed and opened his eyes, and the do: tar gave him another dose of brandy. Paul’s eyes stared about him in a dazed unnatural way, as it the place were strange. to him, then suddenly catching sight of the man beside him, he threw up his arms in anticipation of warding or: more blows, and struck the doctor full in the chest. “I horse-whipped him about twenty minutes back,” Felix interposed, laugh- ing and drawing himself to his full height, “and left him there, so Agnes concluded he is going to spend the night cold _and stark under the stars." “In the name of fortune, what has he done? Murdered your best friends, or massacred everyone in the neigh- borhood?” “Steady, my man!” he said, with smiling geniality, “you are mistaking me for our friend Felix, eh? You know me, don’t you, Farley?" “I thrashed him, my dear sir, and, what’s more. if he crosses my path again I’ll brpak every bone in his body; I’ll thrash him within an inch 01. his life." . “Good Heavens, Felix! You don’t} mean to nay you horsewhipped that' --‘. «‘.\' delicate. highly- -strung sensitive boy? By Jove! I wouldn’t like to be in your grip. with your whip hand over} DO( “Yes,” he ansivvefed, gaimg at him. “You are Doctor Hunter. I beg your pardon.” “Never mind about begging my pardon; just scramble to your feet, there’s a good fellow. Come,” he add- ed, winding his arm around him. “Now, then, up you get," and in half a second he had him standing and leaning against the trunk of a horse- chestnut tree. "How d Q 8.1 'Oll a as he 19 the fire. I‘QSD OE H If tapping his < flask here in c (1 going up to e pulled up it, ran down 0 the garden, .bery that way. 1e direction of ' the spirit to take he struck a. math 1121619 in a niékel- ook a good look at onded brandy 11mins: gratefully with you? up the flown the .rden, and .1 way. on of the Ll 1' an an- d poured 1105. and an at It the] looke of th 16 oat 358 9n doors and lie down for a bit?” Paul shook his head and his lips quivered ominously. He swallowed something apparently very big, some- thing that seemed to pass through the gullet with the greatest difficulty, and said in a voice that had the sound of tears in it, “I shall never go there again; there is nothing between us now but the frayed-out ends of a broken friendship and a sense of in- justice, insult and injury.” “Pshaw!” the doctor said, snapping his fingers. “I don't know what the dispute is about, but I do know that if Felix has been mistaken, and acted under a false impression, he won’t be at all backward in acknowledging him- self in the wrong." “$333"? You wouldn’f like $6 go In- doors and lie down for a bit?” “A man must believe what i with his own eyes; he can’t suaded out of that.” Paul rejoi jectedly. “Well, don't try to cram to-morrow’s troubles in along with to-day’s. Go home, drink a pint of warm milk. You don’t need any more alcoholâ€"â€" take a hot b11111 go to bed, and stav there till I've seen you in the mom- ing. Come.” he said. takiI g his 111111. “my trap is driving up and down the turnpike. Dink can drive vou home and come hark for me. He 050911 (1 him to the dog-(tart, helped l1i111i11. gave a few directions. and lGLllll‘lG‘d to the hal‘lor by the way he 111111 egIessed a .‘1101‘1 while before. “Well. 1111.33 Agnes,” he said. cheer- ““7811, Mix; Agnes,” ily, bringing a chair 1 and sitting down in c in an unconscious h sional way.' ”do you n on your hands half an Mr. Farley home in my “Nothing to speak of,” he said. guardedly, "he was a bit faint, but he‘s gone home pretty right, and I don't ex- pect to find him much the worse to- marrow.” She smiled and the from her eyelashes. wiped tears “I am not an inquisitive man,” he , ”So he. is, darling. Nothing much escapes the professional eye. and i know he is mad. simply mad on Farley said, “so if you prefer to keep this ;He wouldn’t have cut up rough like matter to yourself, you hold on to it I ‘ deeply rooted and his heart very much tight, little woman. At the same time. it you fancy an old horse like me can help you to draw a load of any sort of trouble, don’t you scruple to saddle me.” "I don’t know, but I think I’ll tell you," she said, without a trace of embarrassment, “because Felix show- ed me your letter, you know; it's only right you should understand the kind of a girl I am. The reason why Felix thrashed Mr. Farley was. he saw him not been this if the affection had engaged. You see, Agnes, if Felix looks upon this affair in the light you say he does, it must have been a blow to him to discover that the two people he loves best in the world were con- spiring together to deceive him. I know our Felix; I know his heart and conscience are as tender as a wo- man’s, but just now he feels like a man who has been wounded in the house of his friends.” "I don’t know, but I think I’ll tell you," she said, without a trace of embarrassment, “because Felix show- ed me your letter, you know; it’s only right you should understand the kind of a girl I am. The reason why Felix thrashed Mr. Farley was, he saw him kiss me in the old summer-house in the shrubbery." “He was ther color fading a hurt?” “Yes, he did that,” she acknow- ledged, looking-down, a little confused. “but I hadn’t. helped him much because Felix arrived before he had com- menced his tragic story.” “Why, bri-ztzause he is in a fearful muddle,” she: said eagerly. “A certain lady in the neighborhood says he has proposed to he er, and he says he has not, and doesn t want to be bothere ed with any ot the women in the place His chief aim and object in life now is to get free of her, so he thought he would tell the tale to me before he mentioned it to Felix, because he said, sometimes a woman’s wit is keener and sharper than a man’s.” “Well, and you were so kind and SYmpathetic that he took you in his arms and‘1 Kissed you, is that it?” “Poor fellow, poor Farley,” said the doctor, wiping his eyes; “and dear olcl Felix didn't see the humorous side 01 the situation?” “â€"d v -â€" “So there is absolutely nothing be- tween you young people, except the kissingâ€"how do you account for that?” he asked, looking steadily into her large truthful eyes. ,,_‘I To her asmn‘ilshed delight he leaned back in his chair and gave vent to a spontaneous burst of laughter. _ "NO; don’t you see, Mr. Farley ha told Felix ever so many times he did not mean to. marry, and has talkeu‘ against marriage and all that, so Felix thought we were deceiving him; that Mr. Farley was making secret love to me, and all the time he did not mean anything.” - I. I ,7 L_ “I think ceeding on, you kisses them, if y sentiment : should Fe] tween you: “I can’t account for it,” Agnes said, meeting the look without flinching. without the quiver of an eyelid. “1 Wish I could; at any rate I’ll try. It was like this: Mr. Farley came‘ up here after a good dinner, all warm. comfortable. and happy, and I met him after a long; 9011 19111192; \.MY. .feet ‘flle xvas rage. I r: threatened as n I had ancestors 9": do you thin “Indeed!" he said. looking into the fire very seriously. ”and Felix thought such condigw punishment might help to cure him» 01' further pr‘srsumption?” “He was 3013' m:s::ry, in a fearful rage. I don't know what he has threatened Ls. mm I know he fee-13 as if I had (”"Gxavu‘ him and all 0131' of )us habitual 1) you mind havin t’ hen ttle. THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. 13' do him and all 033i ms back. Wha. havioz'. JDI'. Hun )UI' what he sees 5.16 said, her Is he much f) 1'0 X p m ed de were numb gd my fingers frozen, and he took my hands in his warm ones and tried to get some circulation into them. Felix was close by in the sta- bles. and we were both excited by the feeling that he might come upon us at any moment; excited by a. sense of. danger, by a secret lonely meeting at night with the moon shining and the fresh wind blowing through the crack- ling leaves about us; and suddenly turning silly and bold, I said he grew better looking every day; and being impulsive. easily moved, and flattered, he caught me in his arms and kissed meâ€"andâ€"; Dr. Hunter, I wouldn’t mind taking my oath that he never meant an atom of harm, or that there was a single wrong thought in his head, any more than if it had been Felix himself. Can you understandâ€"â€" do you believe me?” “I think you have been most expli- cit; you have put the matter quite clearly and aptly, Miss Agnes, and I have no hesitation whatever in believ- ing and accepting your explanation." “Felix wouidn’tv,”vshe said, the tears coming into her eyes. “I daresay not, but there’s a whole world of difference between us. Fe- lix is your brother, and 1, Agnes, your â€"lover!” 9’ “I expect you thought I was gone, he said, addressing the back of Felix’a head, “but I’ve been waiting for my trap to come back; I sent Farley home in it." There was no answer. Doctor Hun- ter thought the book must be a very interesting and engrossing one, as Felix was not particularly fond of reading any printed matter, save the daily organs of news; consequently theidea ‘oqcurrqdfitg 21.113.11.18; .Fglix Farley ? “Not a bit," he said, taking the little nervous hand fluttering on his knee into a warm. safe, substantial clasp; "he’s lett your heart for me to try and win, and the rest. my dear, don’t count." “You are vely kind,” she said, ner- vously, trying to laugh. “Am I?” he asked pleasantly. “I wonder whether you’ll be kind to me, and, in spite of my being an old fogey, try to like me?” 7l‘he Squire was seated in a roomy leather chair, his feet on the steel rim of the stove, his pipe in his mouth, reading. “That’s my answer,” she whispered, glad smiles and truant tears chasing each other in her eyes. “I love you, you understand. Jack; I love you.” He saw the love in its budding beauty; he felt the magic of its smile; his heart shouted with joyous victory, and he breathed an inward thanks- giving for his happy, hallowed lot, as he went softly out from the dim old parlor and sought Felix in the keep- ingâ€"rooql. “I do like you" she saiu Wth un- mistakable eainestness. “Enough 10 many me?” he whisper- ed, bending Iowaids her, his heart beating lilx lie a girl’s “Yes, quite,” she said, sliding to her knees beside 111111. “I would like to marry you. I am almost sure that I love you)’ She locked up into his love-lit eyes, and saw there the devotion of his heart in all its depth and grandeur. The effect was as a lightning touch; she saw heaven in a glance. The sweet idolatry enslaved her, and rais- ing her arms swiftly she clasped them alound his 7 30k. draw his head down to hers, and kissed him. ‘ “Have you any choice about the courting;.uwould you rather not he kissed?” ' " He Opened close to him his neck. “I am old enough to be your father,” he said, rubbing his chin on her soft cheek. “All the bener." she said, laughing. “I want somebody old enough to take proper care of me; Felix said I could- n’t take care of myself.” “Felix hasn‘t been very polite latef’ "Yes, he has, until this evening. I never saw him so enraged before, and the extraordinary part is, he professed and seemed to be so attached to Mr. Farley.” “Yes, and the worst of it Is he’ll persist in thinking so,” she said wearily. _ She blushed scarlet and looked abashed that he felt almost mall to apologize. But instead he butto his coat and fidgetted round the :1 until she had in some degree recove from her bashful surprise. ' “Agnes.” he. said, putting his a OI 1y; “but pc and bendhm on the lips. “I'll see him before I go, and put mat- ters as plain and as straight as I can. By the way. Agnes. what do you think he will say to this May and Decemb‘r engagement “I won’t Marry you if I hear you say again you are old. or make disrespect- ful allusions to your age,” she said, with a charming pout. “It’s too ab- surd; you Eook young or than Felix. You looked Mesh and iosy, and quite boyish when you came in IO-Ilig‘ht, and Felix looked old and cross and hor- rid.” Of course is book 31 "Then you don’t mind about Mr. “No, he won’t.” he said. cheerfully So that? ‘3” he as M y 9” mp 110,’ his arms, and she crept and laid her face against is Jack,” he said grave- mps you didn’t know,” suddenly he kissed her )ow you flattered Far- ., looking askant at her. may take a leaf out of reward you for the. deli- {Cl aid 9H I] x and col 9 is 01113 of berlain’s Liniment excellent. It al- lays the pain, removes the sore- mass9 and soon restores the parts to a {healthy condition. 25 and 50 cent bottlesy for sale by all deal ers. “Not 1, Felix, it’s too paltry,” he said earnestly. “The burdens of life are neither few nor light. There are real ills enough without trying to brew some for ourselves out of passing trivialities. I come in contact with too much sorrow and trouble to care to make much of the petty plagues of life. My work in the midst of sick- ness, penury, and toil, has taught me a certain kind of philosophy. Our journey through life has to be made, whether it be fair weather or foul, and a wise traveller will take courage from his many comforts, and carry his sunshine with him.” “Of course,” » elix said, knocking the ashes from his pipe and refilling it, “your engagement to Agnes alters. the “Apparently you don’t see any harm in the escapade?” “Every detail; I am thoroughly con- versant with the facts, both great and small.” asked, his Imswiis swelling. “1 had my sister's imeresxs to protect.” “And 1 my future wife's interests.” “Since when have ydu become en- gaged to Agnes?” “Since I found Farley. You don’t object, Felix?" “Has Agnes given you the history of this unpleasant fracas?” that, my left that woman 2 i Matthews Latifiifle; 1 am 1) would i and all do it f1 wince. "Look hEre. Felix." he said. going around flupwhah'andlayhugu notyery gentle hand on his shoulder, “juSt pay attention to me for a minute. I want to talk to you about Farley. Hard les- sons and reach discipline are all very well in theory. but you had no right, no business. to thrash that boy as you have. There was no rhyme. or reason hair ‘ “Indeed!" he said. closing the hook. “who says so?” "I do. I say so. \Vhat his back and shoulders are like I don’t profess to know, but the parts exposed. one side oflfls neck.one cheek,and hand.are seamed with livid wales almost as big as my little finger; they stand up like whipcord. From one ear. the lobe of the right ear. you have drawn blood, and the neckhand of his shirt seemed jagged and torn to shreds. Its the most cruel. the most cowardly, piece of work I’ve met with in the whole course of my professional experience.” Felix took the pipe from his mouth, pitched the hook on the table, and rose. “I don’t intend to be bullied and in- sulted in my own house, Hunter,” he said, towering on the hearthrug, “so you Will desist 02' :10." to brin opinion “I don’t Fleming.” answer 11‘ shall spca relation h fiiight possi‘z:;_?y have caught up the book at random on hearing his ap- proach to amid discussing 3 disagree- able topic. Fou‘ aatrain you will find Cham- How dc UDC ‘6 Contmued om page 7. ‘ 1 Canada from Canadian maéerials, by the applicafion r Canadian brain and labor, 10315 111.9 ““““ 3 have first call witn me. And 2': .3 1721;: good busz'ness on my {.1er 2251:. it should.) 113:, in Tl 1H ded his ,ry TIâ€"HNG thaf 2" boy veszs to protect.” ture wife‘s interests.’ have ydu become en le he lad as he 'ing his ap-l : 8 disagree- said. going g a not very r1, “jusz pay He. 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