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BEAN usiness 00119 in. wide. 30?. pair 'If at the she; 1.00. 1.00. 73x? . He closed almost dyin; he shook \\ cooling roo phere that v the rigid co g CHAPTER XXIX. . E M rs. Grundy Frowns 3‘ The crass inconsistency of women! ‘4‘ i Felix had pushed open the parlor door, and from his coign of vantage iibeheld Paul lying back supported by 3 cushions, with Agnes perched familiar- . 1y on the arm of his chair. “Oh, hea‘ in there 1 hideous Sig Hark! ’1‘ 1 someone hade longed silo: to" See if aiie v be. The key handle was WI ful hand, me three men {use C: \.A be. The key grated in the 100K, Llie‘ handle was wrung round by a power-z fui hand. LL": door flung; open. and! three man u raped in. Felix ~was fore-i most. He looked at the frightful; shape of death with the boy kneeiingi on its stiffening lap, uttered an excla-i mation of amazed horror, and haetened ; across the room to Paul. a “Are you hurt?” he asked briefly. He said something in response; he‘j did not know what. He was ill, weak,‘ wounded. utterly broken down and cowed. Seeing through a blurred mist the face of his deliverer he just raised his arms feebly and clung to Felix’s neck. rrv-v ~vxâ€"â€" _, - The severance was appalling. Guy's lust of hate. the reaping of the dislike, lthe unkindness, the neglect, heaped upon him; sown broadcast across his poor life, and culminating in one un- governable desire for vengeance, ap- parently was not. even yet sated, and he absolve}: refused to give up his l ghastly pray. - . _ 4‘ “Oh, Felix: dear Felix." he said, tearfully; “get me out of "this room." “I will; don’t give way yet, there's a. good fellow. The boy strangled her.” The beating of her jewe‘lled hands u “She was going to shoot meâ€"the boy has a liking for meâ€"he came from~somewhere andâ€"did that.” “Ralph!” the squire said, without turning. “give Mr. Farley your arm and walk back with him to the Manor, then take the cab and go for Dr. Hun- ter.’ VVQI “As to you. Denham,” he added, when the door closed. “you skulking fool; you abominable brute and kid- napper; separate those two!” I"! ----'~ HOUR he had 1‘ . " ' if. 'i"ziongh it Fame now the dim 3mm film voir'e had dwelt with him; he rezrmnbei'ed it as something kind. pleasant. and very good. Den- ham felt the grasp relax, and took ad- vantage of the loosened fingers. “It’s almost. right, sir,” the man ex~ claimed; "gie him another call an‘ yer have done the business.” “Guy, little man; I want you.” The boy slid from the set limbs and ran to him. Felix seized him and hur- ried from the room, followed lose at his heels by Denham, who evinced no morbid desire to linger behind. A“_- mvxwLu mv~â€"- “Lock the door fienham, and take charge of we child for a day or two. 1.. fl- unw- I will put the proper machinery in mo- tion for this matter as soon as it’s daylight, and I will stay downstairs until the-doctor comes. You need not hurry to frighten the servants. Josh- ua.” “1'“ let ’em find it out. sir; that Leonie is a jabbering, pratlng fool. She'll shake the house down; she’ll-â€" rhorp'R blood on your collar, sir, an’ “I’ll let. ’em find it out, sin; that Leonie is a jabbering, pratlng fool. She‘ll shake the house down; she’llâ€"â€" there‘s blood on your collar, sir, an’ on your shirt front.” “Blood!“ he exclaimed; “I’ve not been near blood, and there is none on the boy. How the deuce did it get there?” “I dunno; but it’s there, an‘â€"-" “Heavens!” Farley put his arm round his neck. Was it from him? Had she ShOt him? Was he hurt after all? c“ “5 “Catch hold of this boy, Denham,” he said. impatiently; “I won’t stay. Tell Dr. Hunter to hurry up and come straight on to the Manorâ€"I eXpect Mr. Farley is hurt. By the way, how did that boy get into the room ?” _- L1. _ ”Qva VVJ D' ,, 7 “I dunno. Leastways he were on the stairs in his shirt when I carried Mr. Farley in. ‘Spect he follered and hid. sir. He was sipping coffee, she holding the saucer and he the cup. A plate of the daintiest of ham sandwiches stood untouched on a stool, unnoticed, for. gotten, in the interesting absorption, so engrossed were they one with the other. Agnes’s head all but touched his, while she apparently laid down the law in a subdued voice and im- pressive __manner, which appeared to Bossess the power of elicitifig his en. tire attenflon. 3.11%. ‘ exposition had N O 11g The two years since it. Though it came from the voice had dwelt. with embered it as something [‘93) Si )I’GVE 01 ar ris back .e pro- coming should ck. the locked knew it turned “Guv, '1 Felix marvelled at the quantity and 3 Ewondered at the quality of that soft- iened unbroken flow. Awhile back she ,‘was distinctly averse to his entering _ the house, and now she had rushed to che opposite extreme. She was objec- ‘ tionably close to him, patting his hand, ,salving her conscience without doubt, lat any rate treating him much in the 1 same way, with the same freedom, she ' might adept towards himself. 1 It was curious: women were pheno- !rnena11y incomprehensible, and it was ésimply a waste of time and energy to itry to penefr te or fathczn their n20- . tives. They had none; they were fswayed by impulse, influenced by cir- icumstances. and 'generally allowed 3 their hearts to take precedence cf Ztheir heads. It was high time to dis- iturb the t‘f.f7~:_:qi_:;.'. if only Io'aSSUie 'hintself to ‘-~.";2at extent. Paul we 9. Hunt, to taki- him under his own Wing. ', and insist 1.31311 absolute (”Ki-”‘3; {liter :1 'night of such excitement at! hovrgr 1 Accordingly, he cleared his throa. ' shut the door. marched across the 2:1?" ' , lor, and 3‘53"”): Agnes unceremouigt;st) . i off her perci. mo me graurymg advantage or 1110- moting profound silence on the part of her auditor, causing him to listen to her with a melancholy apology for a smile and a pained contraction of the eyebrows. ‘L‘VAV u- .1 ‘-_V_V v rocn, Agnes, my dear,” he remarI-teé in a tone that had a -isagreeab1s amount of starch in it, and then, lay ing a hand on Paul’s shoulder, he add ed anxiously. “where's the mischie. dear boy?" Paul brought a hand swathed in] linen rag from beneath his coat, and{ looked at it. dubiously. i “Miss . gn-e-s has been good enough to bandage i: for: me.” “Is it a had wound?” , “It’s just a had scratch. ltâ€"â€"” “Is that siatement absolutely vera- cious?” Felix asked, looking over his shoulder at Agnes. "This young man’s criticism is apt to be extremely inade- quate where he himself is concerned.” It was true, as both she and Paul knew. The wound was a severe and exceedingly painful one. The shot had ploughed the thickest part of the thumb, lacerated. and torn an inch or flesh from the bone. The dressing had horrified and sickened Agnes. but by hook or by crook its serious ("tiara-riot must be hidden from Felix, orlierwiie ,Paul u'ouid never be permitted to ’leave by 21;: first, train. They ha been apportioned ample time in which to chalk 01.;1 their ground, and they meant to adhere to it, to walk in i.s narrow (37);}..“55. l‘tedging and bristling as it was ‘. .m a host oi liarruss n difficulties. 1 A._A"] “That is her eyes 1': rather man just verging q “\‘v’ell, it. s : comes, and the at ,it and do it meantimeâ€"-â€"" lllt'LGu' “A” "He will have 20 home quickly than." Paul iiiiei'i'... 1' IL, huoliiiig a: his watch; “I mean to .‘Rl-fi'll the first train up,” and he devoctiy prayed for that happy consummation to his plans. “Do you, i:.:leed?” Felix asked, with an indulwmi smile. “Well, then, disa-i buse your min of the idea at once,‘ because you won’t do anything so ab- surd. What have you had to eat?” “Oh, lotsâ€"esomethingâ€"it was 9.â€" why, a sandwich I am sure I had one of those sandwiches.” “I should imagine you feel as if you had come away from a. Lord Mayor’s banquet,” h‘elix remarked dryly. “on a meal off a sandwich the size of my thumbnail! Agnes, tell Rose to hustle Mrs. Pilgrim, and say we shall want a hot breakfast fit to sit down to in a éouple of hours’ in the house?” “There’s that steak, Felix, and the pheasant you shot.” “We will have them both, and some tomato sauce, and tell the old lady the quicker we get it the better pleased we shall be. And Paul,” he said, twist- ing around, ”in the meantime, you come upstairs with me and lie down." Agnes had started on her errand to Hm kitchen. but came to a dead stop PAéneé had started on the kitchen, but came 1 at the parlor door: _ u» vuv ru---- “_, “Felix," she said, and she tried to speak in a casual common-place Way; “the spare heed blankets are almost aired, but I think Mr. Farley will like a nap in a chair here by the fire just as well." , . “He can sleep there to-night; he will stay a day or two now he is hereâ€"- won’t you, Farley?” ‘- â€" :‘ n:~l\cfl V'qu JV ~vâ€"â€"â€"- Agnes looked at him; he had risen from his seat. and his face was blood- less. “Thank you,” he said, nervously; “you are both very kind, but I cannot accept your hospitality. I have made up my mind. I mean to go back by the 6.35 train.” _--n- " "7â€"..‘L EMU Vovv vâ€" _â€"__ “Nonsenseman! With Mrs. Wych-i erly’s decease the necessity for your return is removed.” “I have practically left the Hall; at least I am to stay in town until Sir Thomas decides to recall me.” “Well, in the interval let me enter- tain you. Sir Thomas can send his communications here as well and bet- ter than to the ‘Pendennis.’ Come, there’s no reason in the’ world why you shouldn’t stay a. couple of days. At any rate. I won’t hear of your go- ing away by the early: train. You . “v ”â€"wâ€"~_V back, for which you will :find moth- Lame back is usually caum rheumatism of the muscgleg of penetrate They had i by impuls woes. and hearts to leads. It v the 3:130 u: If to what m' absolute quiet at excitement and hc it e cleared h' tr {marched acre 55 the Agnes un eremoni hick is usually, caused by 1 none; [I se,influenc i 'generaHy take prece 3‘38 time. What have you y of chairs in the steak, Felix, and the d on Paul's: "us a scratch; perhap- siight wound." at left till Hunter ‘ne can have a 100k ‘4 m properly. In the orrect. Pa wont go on m mat snaKy conamon without a meal, not if I know it, young man." .â€"â€"â€" “i'eu must really please accept my refusal. 1â€"",fi n v- “nuâ€"-v “Not I; vi'e‘é‘ije well matched in Oh- stinacy,” Felix said, laughing. “But 1 generally get my way, and I mean to have it if I never do again.” W‘R’Gh‘atâ€" ‘15,“; ybu wish?" Pant asked as Felix hpoked his arm Within his. U - v---â€" __ _ “Why, llwant you to come upstairs with me for a wash and a quiet snooze. A nap will steady your nerves; you’re as limp as a piece of chewed string.” “Can’t I have it here?” he asked, looking anxiously round the room. “Let Mr. Farley do as he likes, Fe- lix,” Agnes interposed. “If he does not want the trouble oi going upstairs, why he can lie on the couch here.” - ’L :‘A- “A‘- “V V“â€" ?‘JDon’t inteffere, Agnes; it does not concern §ou,” he said testily. “Be- sides, Rose is coming to turn this room out.” “She need not,” Agnes persisted. “But there are the noises in the house, the smell of the cooking, __ ‘ D'__ A “Mu “Suppose Dr. Hunter sees me first,» andn then if he prescribes such pro- found undisturbed repose, whyâ€"” “Have you any objection to come upstai‘rsuto my 'roornhwit'h nie’?”~ “l?” he asked, with elaborate at tonishment; “dear me, no. What in there to Object to?” “Well, come along then and don’t let’s have any moxe tomfoolerfiy’ Paul stood irresolute, staring at the comical look of helplessness on Ag- nes’s face. He could have smiled had the situation been less serious and acute. Feiix's genuine concern, his affectionate interest, his simple faith in him, his unsuspiciousness, his utter unconsciousness that he was over the boundary fence treading on forbidden ground, was so ludicrous, so hyszeri- cally funny, that he was just about to laugh or to cry, he was not sure which, when, of all the acceptable diversions he would have welcomed, the door bell rang. 1!__j “There’s Jack jubilantly, and into his chair. Dr. Hunter entered with his busy, brisk professional air, but the chees- fulness, the heartine-ss had departed, and was repiaced by an unusual gram ity. He discussed the awful tragedy, made himself acquainted with all its gruesome details, and then turning to Paul sail, "Now, let’s see what's the matter with you.” Slowly, with infinite reluctance, Paul untwined the bandages and dis- closed his xx'ouzzd. Felix, peering over Jack Hunter’s shoulder, seemed more shocked at the sight than at. Mrs. Wycherly’s tragic end. “Oh, I say! A scratch! I cou'd shake you two for a couple of fools!" ”There’s no bullet here,” Hunter ”There’s no bullet here,” Hunter said, ignoring Felix; “it ploughed along here, look, and went out there. It will be found, no doubt, embedded in the wall or somewhere in the draw- ing-room at the Larches. You must be careful over that wound, Farley, this frosty weather. It’s painful enough now; but inflammation, ery- sipelas, in the wretched thing will make you sat upâ€"â€"â€"or, rather, I should say. lie down. It’s bled a good deal." “Yes," Feéix remarked; “look at my "Yes," Feéix remarked; “1001:: at my collar!” They all looked and were duly amazed. “How did it. get there?” Paul asked. “You daubnl it there when you putt your arms round my neck." 1 “You are so blunt, Felix, that you make me squirm,” he said, flushing and laughing nervously. “How many more yards are you going to wind on there, doctor? I am in rather a hurry to go.” “Go where?" he asked surprised. “Back to :own; I’m going by this 6.35 train.” “That is iI‘IDCSSible,” he said graxe 1y. “I must. xelo that; you are not in a fit state.” “Hello, Pa ul Farley, Esquire! What did I tell you. . “I don’t care what anybody tells me, I am going back by that train.” “I say you are not, Farley; and as a medical man I expect to be obeyed.” ‘- -nâ€"Vwâ€"vv Paul laid. his head back on the cush- seductive styk ions, and Agnes thought by the quiver heaven. a. 0131" of his lips he was going to cry. She have made iirti was frightened, nervous, and fearfuily Agnes. mmo excited. She gripped the doctor‘s buzz of content shoulder and when he turned she further end of made all sorts of wonderful signs and piece of paper uneditying grimaces, which he trans- She hlmtcd i: : lated and gathered she did not wish taming the I‘m the young man to stay. He thought sheet of mole? she was inconsiderate and inconsis- trio, pressing tent, and his expressive eyes told her side. She gay so and also that she would not gain pinch, and sin her point. paper into his 1“-.. W93; ‘ a _ 3‘1. "7 D 1:!” Agnes exclaimed, Paul dropped heavily F OR WOMEN ONLY. That is the nature of Dr. Pierce’s Favorite Prescriptionâ€"the one remedy to: women which contains no alcohol and no habit-forming drugs. Made from native medicinal forest roots. Dr. Pierce tells its every ingredient on the bottle-wrap- per. Prominent physicians and some of the best medical authorities endorse these ingredients as being the very best known remedies for ailments and weaknesses peculiar to women. m‘ 0 °_ _,_‘- AA ‘(u‘u n-‘nuc‘M- h l“ ........ _" '- A.-- ~r“_.\A. W "I hope this testimonial will be the means of some poor MRS. 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