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BEAN thous ANYONE, ONE NEEDING New Pumps, Pump Re- pairs, Cement Curbing or Culvert Tile, see . . . . pres 8104 NO VACATION THE are now in. 113m. heip. “Introduce you! If you are going to lose your head, my man, you had bet- ter return to town by the next train. You won’t have to wait long, she will come to you; she is engaged to you; she has been waiting hours for you. I’ll wager she has met all the after- noon tmins. Just pull yourself to- gether, Hare: get this little interview over. and throw up the sponge after- wards if you like-” ’ “Handsome!” he repeated, without moving his eyes from the upturned face, “there‘s not a word, not a lan- guage to describe or express such a glorious, delirious type of beauty- and I am to take this marvellous crea- ture in my arms and receive her kiss- es unmoved? Good Heavens! My dear sir! What do you take me for? Do you think I could pretend to court a woman like that and remain proof against her powers, her influence, her dazzlement? Why, the very cattle in the fields must feel the magic of her beauty as she passes So this is the woman ‘Mr. Farley has resisted?” He drew a sharp. deep breath. “What a phenomenal youth! Has he blood in his veins. or is it curdled mlik! Look. sir! She has turned this way; she has recognized us; she is smilingâ€"oh, ye gods and graces, what a smile! Intro- duce me. szr. I--â€"" in squire; : moved a and flux strength. chm U M. said i<.*"IeI‘I}', “come back for good! 011. Paul, my dearest, I thought perhaps you wouldn’t. I thought I had been a fool to let you go. The day has seemed a yz‘ar. I’ve been mad with suspense. I’ve been tortured with mis- givings. with ghoulish fears, and all sorts of cruel imaginings. I’ll never pass anatner day like this! You shall never go away again, Paul, without me. You must come back with me to- night. I can’t hear you out of my “You want me to take care of you, Paul. My husband won’t be allowed an contract promiscuous china. If he must go to town the brougham will take him to the station, and when he returns the carriage will meet the train. He will travel first-c1385; he will have every luxury and comfort that love and money can supply." '11 believe mt; Bmsggalfliéiao “I will come later on in the even- ing, Rowena,” he said, “I have busi- ness With Sir Thomas which I must transact before dinner. I have the ring, and will bring it as I promised-" She looked at fin; knit her brows. “Are you not well ?” you_ a cold? You a; “Am I?” he returned smiling. “' in rather a scraped teelingi throat, I expect I have contmo little chill, the fog gives one sooner thanâ€"” “Mrs. Wycherly,” he returned in an undertone; "I told you she was hand- some." “Who is she?” he whispered, grasp ing Felix by the arm. “Put on your glasses and get out of here, Hare, or we shall be taken on to Wystern.” Hare complied. He stepped out awkwardly. continuing to gaze as if he were dazed or half daft. He stared at the rapt, intent face, so like and yet in some subtle secret way unlike Paul Farley’s ,and his eyes mechanically followed the other‘s gaze, and there, just where the moon- light fell over. the corrugated roofing in one broad stream along the asphalt. ntOOd Rowena Wycherly, her graceful shoulders wrapped in a velvet and sable pelisse, a feathery black chiffon toque resting on the waves of her corn colored hair, and her face with its ravishing beauty turned upwards to the silver stars. The moon, that had seemed to fol. low them and peep inquisitively into the carriage window all the way, es- tablished itself behind the zinc root‘- ing of the .shelter, smiling calmly down upon the smoky paraffin lamps, and casting long black shadows across the platform. There were only two pas- sengers for Weyberne, and they ap- peared in no hurry to alight. the rea- son being because the squire was hunting everywhere but the right place for Hare's portmanteau, which was behind his heels under the seat, and Here himself with his hat pushed back. his gfasses off, sat. staring through the open window as if he had become suddenly and permanently petrified. “Here you are!” Felix exclaimed, making a successful dive, “catch hold. Hare, andâ€"what the deuce is the mat- ter with you,- man ?” CHAPTER XIX. Austin Loses His Head The forty minutes occupied by the journey Felix employed in perusing the “Standard,” and gazing out of the window into the darkness, or contem- plating Hare as he sat beneath the lamp completely absorbed in his note- book. He felt the brake applied some distance from Weyberne, and the train slowed so gradually that they crept gently and almost noiselessly into the dull. badly-lighted little country sta- tion. en mg.” she said prettily, : with saucy defiance at the and as he raised his hat and may she ecaught Hare’s hands mg to them with nervous ave come back, my darling," 'oierly, “come back for an], my dearest, I thought wouldn’t. I thought I had 1e ets "loating towards them, :1 hand bare, the stones aming and scintillating r, and then there came flash from two pairs rile and mighty enough she 891d. “Have contracted 3. . “There test. Chamberlain’s Cough Remedv iudged by this standard has no superior. People everywhere speak 0! it in the highest terms of praise. For sale by all dealers. You judge a man not by what he promises to do, but by What he has done. That is the only true “His dogcart is at the ‘Popinjay,’ you can join him there when you have seen me to the carriage. She took his arm and he led her down the platform. As they passed Felix, Hare intimated that he would be at the hostel in less than two min- utes. She stepped into the luxurious brougham, he let down the window, closed the door after her, and thrust hisfihead through the aperture. “I must go,” he said reluctantly. “Mr. Fleming Is waiting for me. he is driving me to the Hall.” “Will you he}; tfié £13931; asked, smiling, and without waiting for an answer he tossed the simple little cir- c1§t__i_ntq her lap. “Won’t you come up this evening and put It on ?” she pouted. “No,” he said, “I shall not have time, but Whenever I do place a ring on your finger it shall be a decent one, Row- ena.” She bent forward ,and ont of the station lights fell full upon and illu minated her eloquent face. “You won’t deceive me, Paul?” she asked, with a meaning smile. “Deceive you,” he echoed, startled. “how, in what way, Rowena?” “I mean you will be at the church to-morrow morning and marry me?” “If I am alive,” he said solemnly, “I will be at Weyberne Church to- morrow morning ten minutes before eight, and make you my wife to the best of my ability. I am anxious to Q8121 you as, properly, as Legally. as “Yes,” he said, decisively, “I am Willing, provided you abide by any error, any crooked, unpleasant conse- quences.” “I will," she replied, laughing her gleeful laugh. She flung back her head in cons- cious triumph. and her hazel eyes and strong white teeth glittered in the moonlight. He cast a second glance along the platform. The squire was standing alone by the station exit, looking towards them. Hare was no longer master of him- self. A slave of adventure, and elated by the vague blissful fear of unknown issues and the host of powerful in- fluences encircling him, the temptation was keener than such a nature could withstand. Accordingly, with his love for the mysterious and the woman’s wonderful alluring beauty and mad on- rush of passion actively bearing upon him, he throw all common sense and moral scruples to the winds, and en- tered heart and soul into the spirit of Rowena \‘w')’(,“iel‘1)”8 scheme. “Are you wining?” she asked again, her hands trembling on his arm, her heart in her eyes. ‘Yes, certaifily‘ we could do 'tha't‘ agreed. "We should just solve the wonder- ful technical point, get it remedied, an_(_i_ go through the ceremony again.” "But." he began. "suppose somehow in the hurry of this marriage things were afterwards found not to be ex- actly square? Often when one has- tens through a serious matter which ought to have been undertaken in calm, temperate, deliberate thought. and performed openly and above board, a man is apt to find he has over-reached himself. Suppose we found, through some neglected pre- caution, an illegality which would ren- der our marriage null and voidâ€"no marriage at allâ€"what then?” “Listen, darling,” she interrupted, eagerly, toying with the edge of his coat collar, “1 have a wedding ring at home and a special license made, out all in due proper legal form. I have been living in the parish of Weyberne quite long enough, so everything must be valid and in order. If you are will- ing 1 can drive straight to the Vicar- age now and give notice for the cere- mony to take place to-morrow morning at eight. You are willing, Paul? Oh, my darling, say you are willing!” Austin Hare gazed at. the beautiful face. He was disconcerled. bewilde- ed by the rapidity of the arrangemcn:, by the overwhelming force of her des- perate nervous energy. “Of course you have, and know about details, there you have the vantage ofâ€"” “My dear little woman,” he expos- tulated, “what about preliminaries? There are several forms to be gone through before a couple can present themselves in a church or chapel or registrar’s office for marriage. If you wish to be married in church, the banns must be published for three suc- cessive Sundays, or a license must be obtained. In either case, one of the parties must have resided in the parish seven or fifteen days.” “I’ve been married before, Paul, ” remarked naively ’ w v â€"â€"- V '1“ Hare glanced down the platform and beheld ‘the squire carrying on a laugh- ).ng dialogue with the station-master. He pressed her little soft hands until he hurt her. and bent his dark face very low. “What would you say, Rowena, if I were to tell you that I am already more than half won?” “I should say, prove it to me.” “How?" he asked. “By marrying me soonâ€"to-mor- row!” “You think m); husbafidflgi‘ll 31:5. lucky man? Ah, Paul, if that were true you .would_ got be so hard to win.” - belfeve 3:91; Evin qufl ffiif Iuéky man.” THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. ” he she all ad- “I don’t know about that. but she don’t encourage anyone that I am aware of. Sims don’t come to the house, he don’t cross father, but I be- Hleve they still meet of a nights on . the quiet like, after dark, in the long meadow.” Hare hesitated, presently he took a few steps down the long, brick pas- sage, stared at three grained doors, and halted. To gain time he fumbled in his coat pocket, brought several alticles to lizht. ramming egg); again “In the sitting-room, Mr. Farley,” she returned with a glowing smile; “you knpw _the vyay, sir.”__ CHAPTER XX. An Accident “Mr. Fleming here?” he asked, meeting Mrs. Radler full tilt as she hustled out. “Here’s the ugly parrot,” Hare said, pleasantly looking up at the sign- board creaking in the wind. “Thank you for your company, my dear, and tell mother I won't trouble to see her as I’m not sweet on Jennie, nor Jennie on me. If the little puss ‘goes on’ or ‘runs on about me,’ you may depend she wants me to pay, instead of Sims, for the ginger beer and the cakes.” He gave the girl a steady compre- hensive look, lifted his hat as she be can to whiten, turned on his heel, and entered the “Pepinjay.” “Lor’, Mr. Farley!” she said in sur- prise, her pretty dimpled face broad- ening into a wide smile, “you could have stopped and had speech with me lwithout asking such a moonrakeri I'm glad I’ve seen you, though, be- cause mother was going to write to you to-morrow to ask you to come up to the farm and see her." “Well, father has grumbled a bit since young Sims called off,” she ao- knowledged, “he and Jennie were sweethearting all the summer, you see, and if they weren’t spooning in- doors under father’s nose he’d be sure to find them down in the long mea- dow, or sitting on the chopped mangel in the barn. It worried father, he be- ing a cold-blooded, particular sort. of man, and one day, about two months ago, he says to Bob in the cartshed, ‘I say. Sims. Boxing Day is an off-day and a capital one tor a wedding! Don’t you think ’tis time, young man, to speak ort and say whether you’re going to take the girl then or no?’ Bob went sr'arlet and then like white- wash, and looked fairly done. ‘I can’t marry Jennie,‘ he said, ‘you know I work for father, and what I can just manage to screw out of him don’t keep me, let alone a wife, and if father thought I was after marrying, he’d turn me off altogether.’ ‘If that’s how you are situated,’ father says, ‘you leave the girl alone, and don’t come nigh my place again.’ ” “I expect Miss Jennie was not dis- consolate long? If she is as pretty as you, my dear; I’ll be bound there were plenty more willing to take Bob’s place.” “You don’t want to tell me that.” he answered knowingly, “but you're a sensible girl and understand the value of a pretty face. With' all, those young fellows hanging round, you know bet: ter than to take the first who otters. and i don’t blame you. I wonder now how many sweethearts you and Miss Jennie can muster between you? I wouldn’t mind betting any amount that you two girls take the cream of the parish. I expect mother has all she can do to keep peace in the parlor of an evening, and as to father, I should say his life is fairly plagued out of him always having one or other of those young farmers around bor- rowing his implements, looking at his pigs, praising his mom, always round on some pretext or other." She laughed consciously, bridled a little, and pulled out a flaxen curl or two from under her hat. “No," she said with a bashful at- tempt; “I’m bespoke, leastways, I could keep company with him If I chose.” “What an extraordinary young per- son she must be! Now that I have spoken to you will you return home and ‘go on about me’, too?” She looked slyly up at him sideways, and turning at the moment, he caught the cunning look before she could lower her eyes. “I am afraid that is scarcely suffi- cient cause to draw an effect, an in- ference from. I don't think I know much of this young woman, do I?” he asked slowly, feeling his way and fur- uvely watching her. “Let me see, is it once or twice that l have spokenâ€"” “Oh, I don't know; it might be once and it might be every day in the week, to hear Jennie going on about you, 3119â€"" - “I don’t know, unless it’s because Jennie’s sweet on you." “Hum!” he said, amused, “walk with me to the ‘Popinjay’ and tell me about it. What makes mother think I am sweet on Miss Jennie?” “Well, I’m not exactly s’posed to know,” the said, laughing; “but she’ve gone and took a fancy into her head that you’re a bit sweet on our Jennie, and accordingly she’d like to know the rights of the matter.” “Going to write to me, was she? What does she want to see me for?" he asked, wondering why Farley did not throw a side light on to such a contingency as this. A scuffle of hoofs, the flutter and flash of a white jewelled hand, a glance of adoration from the loveliest woman he had ever seen, and Hare was left alone barcheaded outside the wayside country station wondering in which direction he should turn to find the “Pcpinjay.” There were three roads, one to the right and one to the left, and along the one directly oppo- site a woman’s figure was advancing towards him She slackened her pace as she drew nearer, and he saw she was young and comely, quite a rustic type of beauty, in all probability al- most a stranger and unknown to the folk at the Hall, and on the spur of the moment he determined to ask her the way to the inn. “Good night, au revolr,” he whis- pered, and then stepping back, he looked up at the coachman and said, “The Vicarage! ” bindmg. as botH th‘e ch1I and religioué rite can manage it, and no one can de- ter me save )our own sweet self.” She put her velvet fingers over his lips; he caught and kissed them al- most roughly. Chamberlain’s Cough Remed has won its great reputation an ex- tensive sale by its remarkable cares of coughs, colds and croup. It can be depended upon. Sold by all dealers. “Ah! been waiting her opportunity." “Yes; and if she does not marry me you may take your oath she will Farley. Why interfere? I am Willing and he is not.” “The vicar has already received the intimation, and Mrs. Wycherly has the license in due order; had it for days “How are you to be married at a mo- ment’s notice.” “In that case I should explain mat- ters to Mrs. Wycherly; I should give away the whole show and Mr. Farley can take his chance.” 5 “But you will go through the our. many under an assumed name." 5 “Yes, by explaining matters to Mr. Hay, and he will refuse to perform the ceremony." Fg‘I'don’t recognize your responsibil- ity, Mr. Fleming, and besides, can you prevpnt gt?” he_a§1ged, equably. . “Do you think she will take the in- form_atlon_ quietly ,1 dog't you think up; 5 “When she discovers that fact 1 than insist upon a rehearsal. and 11 she does not discover it for heme“ within a month I shall inform her." “I cannot allow it, Hare,” he said, gravely. “I am responsible to Graham for your well-being and safety; I am responsible all round. I will not al- low lt; you must give up the insane idea, Hare." “Are you mad?" Felix asked, ( ping limply into the nearest phair. “I am going to marry her to-morrow morning at eight o’clock sharp," he said, divesting himself of his cumber- some Invei'ncss. and waving his hat above his hvad he flung it up to the ceiling and caught it again deftly. “Are you mad?" Felix asked, drop- “Nothing out of the common, noth- ing but what's remarkably stale. He and Jennie have been courting all the summer; father asks intentions; young man says he can’t afford to marry; father forbids the house; daughter meets young man in the fields after dark, and in view of even- tualities, daughter pretends to have seen a great deal of a Mr. Paul Far- ley; raves about him, and rouses moth- er’s suspicions. that's all.” “Thank you." Felix said, emphatical~ 1y; “I’ll keep Sims junior in mind. What about. the \‘t’yeherly affair? Are you going on with it. or are you going to throw it up? \‘x'hat are you going to do?” “No,” he replied, carelessly. "I met and asked the way here of a decen‘- looking young woman who has a sis- ter named Jennie, a father a farmer. and a fool of a mother who was evi- dently bent on" making things hot for poor Mr. Farley. Who is she?" “Mary Ashwood; there are three girls. Jennie is the youngest and prettiest.” “And Robert. Sims, do you know ”What a time you have beefi." 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