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Made in g perrgancnt cglors -- Red, Brown, Green-- and natuml Slate. Look into it before you decide on that new roof. so Sole Canadian Min. ANYONE cm; may New Pumps, Pum; WE HAVE THEM ROOFING 9‘] Hues by 0: 11 You mm H van deshe. BIG )U BELI‘I‘ N0 \'.\( max THE 11H. l1 \V mbiLious young ; insu'ucted 1n :n' Home Study - f‘iniszh at Coll- . Willis mass of papers in one irreglfla them around wi Felix placed 1 bracket in the “What abou do they know sitting down c bering Cecilia attributes. ‘ prove of this “They hav “Then if we are marmed and, on me sea within the next fortnight, I need not feeel I have bullied you into it.” “What about Agnes and Dr. Hunter. do they know?” Paul asked suddenly, sitting down on the couch, and remem- bering Cecilia Hay and her womaniy attributes. “The doctor won’t ap- prove of this alliance.” “They haven’t an inkling at pre- qpmn” he laughed, twisting round to sen. ram While he I the table. a self. Paul ate it With-out a ueniur While he meekly watched Felix tidy the table. and without a single protest allowed him to collect the scattered mass of papers. dump them together in one irregular, mixed pile, and tie them around with a piece of string. Felix placed the empty plate on the bracket in the hall and returned to make himself responsible for the in- valid’s general comfort. He turned Paul’s feet upon the couch, arranged the, cushions with exactitude under his head and shoulders, busied himself immensely, and finally came around to the front, leaned over, and looked at “ p--- “I should very much like to take you in my arms and kiss you, but I am afraid of upsetting your disorganizeed equilibrium; there is such a quantity of extraneous love pent up here,” touching his chest. “and you seem so frail I am nervous about touching you; I am more than half afraid of crush- ing the breath from that slim, lissom body. What shall I do with you, you dainty, delicate morsel of humanity?” Now, I’m : COurting m Jove! 1th Hitherto rain had been kissed byl women, principally by a woman to: whom he objected, to whom he enter- ' tained an inStinctive aversion, and he {was naturally considerably taken aback by Felix’s masterful embrace, by the enthusiasium, the verve, the passion of his kisses. The pressure of the strong arms hurt his bones, and the heavy moustache pressed tightly over his mouth stopped his breath.‘ He was making an altogether new and 1 |startling acquaintance with Felixr Felix had suddenly burst upon him in a new light; Felix was no longer a dear friend, a good comrade, but a strong, overpowering, passionate lover. The experience was bewilder- ing, rather alarming; he felt confused, suffocated. hysterical. He loved Felix, _ he could not resist him, he could not : hold his life through his lips! The hysterical idea, the foolish imagery of a nervous system out of gear fright- ) ened him, and Felix was all at once ' brought to his senses by a feeble flood of unlooked-for tears. 3 a “WQADVJ ’ wv _ “Oh, I shall be all right,” Paul said with quivering lips, “now the trouble is removed. You know, Felix, I have had a good deal of worry one way and another, and you yourself have been a frniff’n] gmn‘cé of anxiety to me.” had a good deal of worry one way a: another, and you yourself have be a fruitful source of anxiety to me.” "‘I can return the compliment tho: friend Paul,” he said, kneeling besi the couch; “you’ve played fast a loose with my feelings, you’ve haclr my heart about just anyhow, and m I expect to be compensatedâ€"one ki my soul, to live on through the nig will you kiss rueâ€"Pauline, Paul Paulâ€"I’ll stick to Paul, I'm used that,-â€"will you? do you call that n vous flutter a kiss? Dash it all, a from a fellow. too, who has served appre “There! I knew I should frighten you,” he said, remorsefully. “Forgive me, and I promise never to let myself go again. I’ve always bullied you‘ haven‘t 1, old fellow? Don’t let me in future; sit on me; pull me up sharp; justâ€"” “It’s not you. Felix; it’s my thumb,” he said tearfully; “I am nervous, run down. worn out, with the pain in my thumb. You must not take me Serious- ly, because the reaction. the relief. the removing of what I anticipated to be an abiding sorrow has unnerved me. I shall be better to-morrow. I shall be able to work. I’ve done practically nothing to-day, and work is a splen- did tonic, it always braces my nerves. I shall begin to-morrow before break- ltastâ€"" “You will do nothing of the sort; you will have your breakfast in bed, and when you come downstairs you will devote your time and attention entirely to me. I forbid you to open a bookâ€"unless it be absolutely light readingâ€"add up a figure, or use your brain in any way for the next twelve months. Afterwardsâ€"if there isn’t a cradle to rockâ€"you shall have 9. ca- reer, Paul, a beautiful, flaming, ram- paging career! Ii‘ I have a cigar,” he added, rising and going to the chim- ney-plece, “will you want a cigarette 2" “No," Paul said, laughing, with his hand over his eyes; “I am going to abstain for three months.” “Good! " you kiss meâ€"Paulinc â€"I’ll stick to Paul, 1’1 â€"will you? do you ca] flutter a kiss? Dash a fellow, too, who has nticeship at that sort IOViCC he said. mmma Land or nor consis bro 0; I’ve never Low or wife, b n surpass than ml, I’m used to on call that ner- Dash it all, and ‘ W 1g round to approval is santed; the of whether me her mar- .\'11at Master ment there, aling beside (1 fast and u’ve hacked w, and now iâ€"one kiss. h the night. ne, Paulus, red you it all, and 5 served an t of thing. re u Luc IcareSSmle ”over the thin, dark race; ‘ }“but I’ll allow you one, my friend, if you have an inordinate desire that it.” , inter. W33“, lenly..! “But you would rather I did nor? mem- EYou don’t wish me to smoke, Felix?” naniy jhe asked, kissing the brown hand. , 11‘ Felix lighted the cigar, dragged a basket chair to the couch, and, drOp- ping into it, slipped Paul’s cigarette case into his hand. “Of course, I would rather you did not smoke again to-day, because you've been overdoing it, my friend, andâ€"but I don’t prohibit it; I don’t wish to deprive you of any solace, any nerve-soother while you are ill; but I feel satisfied that Whatever my dear Wife does it will be decorous, consis- tent, and in conformity with good taste, with the customs and usages of society.” “I think I shall like you ten thou- sand times better, because the change of apparel will ensure my happiness. .1 couldn’t get a parson to marry me to a long, clean-shaven chap like you. By the way, love, there’s a summons for you to attend the inquest the day after tomorrow. I couldn’t manage to get you off that. You may appear Paul drop; coat pocket perfect hapI at once. at and cravir shan have of the 0V hand.” “I want. yc morrow mor: pause. “DOI‘ be here till 6 gent St to 01100 You ha‘ You have 5 what she \I of a heliot coatâ€"â€"I don you the be‘ a large pict “I will u coming,” I won’t like Felix.” as you are, Paul, and we will get a ready-made costume for you to return in. Agnes and you must stay at thc Friar’s heelâ€"~â€"you can’t come back herewuntil I can make arrangements for our marriage. I say ‘must,”’ he said, bending over her. “You see, I take it for granted that you are going to do all this, give up your cherished schemes and aims for my sake, for love of me. I think you love me; nay, I am sure. I am not a coxconvb. That afternoon in my bedroom {was a eye-opener, my friend. You lost c n- trol of yourself, Paulus, and I had a trol of yourself, Paulus, and 1 had a peep beneath the surface of that cold indifference, that quiet boredom; 1â€"- well. never mind, I wondered what I was going to do with a fellow who loved me to that unnatural extent. What on earth induced it? Fancy an individual of your mental diameter and circumference choosing to live a lifetime with a. man like me. I hope you won’t regret it, sweetheart.” U “You are more likely to regret it than I, Felix. I am going to confess to Judith; I must make what repara- tion I can. Things must be made right with Anthony, and ultimately, Felix, it may leak out. The world, your world, may get to know of this little history, and, Felix, I would en‘ due the most grievous misery, I would suffer anything rather than bring discredit uponâ€"” “I Felix laid his hand tenderly over the quivering lips. “I know you would,” he said hum- bly. “We have been excellent com- rades; we have lived shoulder to shoulder, and I am bound to have learned something of your forceful character. I know, if you thought your ‘ dear love harmful, how you would leave me to face the blank outlook, how, with those eyes like a stricken stag’s, you would plod on through the unrewarded struggle. I know you bet- ter than you know yourself, Paul. I have seen you with the mask on and with the mask off; I have seen you in happy circumstances and in trying ones. I know what charms me is real; it does not spring from the imagina- tion. A sense of duty where I am conâ€" cerned, a mistaken sense. and ycu twould welcome a life of purgatory. I believe you would forego your chance of happiness in the next world to pro- mote my welfare in this. Do you think, after petitioning heaven year in and year out to deal with me kindly, to send me a heart that could com- mune with my own, after imploring heaven to see that ‘this dear wifeâ€"if she cameâ€"loved me well, I should be such an arrant fool as not to perceive that heaven had answered me, sent me over and above what I had asked?” He rose, pushed back the creaking chair, and threw the end of his cigar into the fire. “If you are satisfied that my heart. my life, is bound up in yours,” he said more lightly. holding out his hand; “if I have given you some faint idea In" i'eelincs about you, we will go and have some dinner, friend Paulus.” laai grossed the hand, and was away 1211:“; bv it, but hesitated a t Lame back is usually caused by rheumatism of the muscles of the back, for which you will find moth- ing better than Chamberlain’s Lin- iment. For sale by all dealers. VVil H d the case into his waist- and heaved a sigh of :ess and peace. 11 to re ing 00}: I ”“0 v lewhere so well THE DURHAM CHRONICLE. 1'6 I. 1‘ y 20 out v dto But I adilly lix said eaning pro< any fretfull to the deni ng, “but in petticc take {1C 111) into the th 11 in "1 "was thinking this morning about Guy,” he said anxiously. “Felix, what is to become of Guy?” I “Hare will take him. He told me! he felt that the boy belonged to him, ! and he would endeavor to make some. ‘ thing of him. And he will do it,â€"â€"â€"he is just the m an to have charge of an intellect like that. We - won’t lose sight of him, love; we will have him at the Manor before long, when we come back homeâ€"poor little chap!” The two men strolled into the hall where Johnson was apparently idling. Felix looked excited, his eyes shone, his handsome face was flushed with the happiness he could not conceal; whereas Paul was grave, and quiet. “We have both been in the wars, Johnson,” the squire remarked; “I can’t assist. Mr. Farley with his coat, nor he with mine. I have a shoulder in pickle and he a hand; we’re a pre- cious maimed pair.” “Have you seen Mr. Farley’s wound, sir “No; best not to disturb it unneces- sarily. Mr. Farley is dining with me to-night, and after dinner we shall hunt up the most skilful su geon in town, and hate it prOperly diessed. ” “Mr. Farley looks better already,” Johnson said, standing behind the squire strugg. ling with his coat. “I have seeen an old friend, John- son,” Paul returned pleasantly, “and that has chipped me up.” ' He was contemplating Felix’s beam- ing face as he spoke, and, catching the quizzing expression in the sparkling grey eyes, instantly lowered his heavy white lids over a very demure smile. “It’s snowing, sir; will you have an “It’s snowing, sir; will you have umbrella?” “No thanks; it’s only a step to place, just. across the street.” Felix loo behind him then slippi: went out i W coming train which had been 51 some three minutes previously Strange rumors had been a: the village, ioliowing coseiy u] squire’s quiet wedding in tov had these dark sayings in 31‘ dwindled during his protracted moon. crept 0 ing 1? growth being urgent cabh to a certain setting fort} sity of Mr. : diate return had married “the young man up at the I Hall,” or the Sphinx. or a baboon from the Zoo. \‘eveitheless, in twelve hours‘ time, dc ting from the receipt of the cable, they had left San Fran-, cisco and were en route for the old,1 Manor House at Weyberne. 1 They were due in two minutes, so Pointer said. who was looking proudly round upon the ever~increasing throng. It was a rcdvletter day in the annals of his officialdom, because never be- fore in his knowledge had a couple of hundred people collected at one time in the vicinity of Weyberne Station. Moreover, he had been standing for the past five minutes between Sir Tho- mas and Lady Hargrax eâ€"â€"-an honor in itselfâ€"and had heard from the lips of that good dame how Mrs. Fleming, Whose maiden name was Jervois, had been at school in Belgium with Miss Agnes for 11101e than a year and a half. This \1 as news indeed, and more in keeping 11 1th common sense and common possibilities than the silly stuff disseminated from the Radler’s bar, which they made no attempt to check, but rather encouraged, as it brought grist to the Popinjay’ 3 mill. did A knot of chosen friends stood apart from the motley gathering of eager well-wishers. Agnes and Jack Hunter kept Well to the front, as also did the Hargrave boys, whose main idea was to be con5picuously in evidence. But Judith hid behind Agnes, shrinking from Anthony’s possessive touch lest it should be seen he had his hand upon her shoulder, and a report of their en- gagement circulated before it was quite an hour old. $99 She had come to the station with the rest of the family; it would have been impolite, besides excessively absurd, to stay away. Yet it was something in the nature of an ordeal this public reception of the whilom “Paul Farley,” who was so soon to take up her duties as mistress of the Manor. The nervous dread of the meeting had painted a bright red spot, no bigger than a shil- ling, beneath the hollows of her violet eyes, the trepidation so long drawn out was moistening her forehead, leav- ing her hands and feet stone cold. “Here they are!" someone shouted. She saw Pointer approach a first- -class carriage from where a lady was leaning, her dark interesting face and glorious eyes, made darker by con- trast with the squire’s fairness. Mrs. Fleming was eagerly scanning the up- turned faces, a wistful smile greeting- the bitter-sweet memories the sight of Weyberne brought to her mind. Her roving eyes soon singled out the ob- ject of their search. She turned to the squire and whispered quickly. He nodded with a happy sympathetic smile, and stretched out his arm to assist Pointer, who was making a havoc of opening the door. The fore- most group pressed forward, but Paul- ine Fleming, with one object in view, eluded what she realized would be a substantial as well as a very joyous Welcome. ' ‘ â€" u- T-‘A;+h WULUULuc. She walked straight to where Judith Hargrave was endeavoring to escape observation, took her in her arms. and kissed her tenderly for the first time since they met. A little buzz of satis- faction at. their punctual arrival was intended to cover an awkward Dauze. in which Lady Hargrave, appreciating the motive prompting the happy wife, surreptitiously brushed aside a trick- ling tear. __ - ‘ __A_L:.\~ Fflfln +h° “Us LCGL. From this dreaded meeting rose the structure of a friendship, lasting to grey hairs and corner enough for either world. No words of explana- tion were needed to lay its foundation stone. It seemed rather to rise from the fragrance of two souls who had x looiwd c1 iticallv a1 Pau1,went‘ _ 1 him and turned up his collar; 1 lipping an arm through his, they . ' out into the white starlit night; 1d “'ere en loute iouse at \Veyberne were due in two said. who was 1001 [3011 the ever-increa a. red'letter day in >fficialdom, becaus 0 Whether folks said he :he young man up at the phinx. or a baboon from evertheless, in twelve lating from the receipt hey had left San Fran- re en route for the old EpHogue re w t e wisd Mrs. F . their 1181 "'1 ean ienly arrested by an was a1. mbled on it' the in- _ signalled loat in spring ICiSCO, 1189.88 imme' arm DOI‘ an h D. aUUI I i DURHAM 2’. Somooonoonoouooogoouwmw iMatthews Latimer For Flour Feed Seed Fresh Groceries New Fruit and Nuts Choice Confectionery Pure Spices and Vinegars No. I Family and Pure Manitoba Fiours Fine Salt. Farmers Produce Wanted e1 It would surprise you to know of the great good that is being done by Chamberlain’s Tablets. 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