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e e mt ha t o ve t he +C d direct!y occurre a bou t eager in terpos suddenly exclaimed. as a slouching fi{:-‘ â€"rever?" Ned said, in a voice that black hair and a very sharp nose.| Was husky from grateful emotion. ure in the back part of the room mrose | "1I believe it would have broken my and moved stealthily toward the| mother‘s heart if I had had to go door, evidently with the intention ur; to prison, and I‘m gure I never could getting out of the place as «oon as | have held my head up after it." possible, for Bill Bunting, fznoing the| "Of course, it would have broken tables likely to be turned against| hber heart, and mine, too," Gertrude him by the new and unexpected witâ€" | naively responded. ness, suddenly hecame convinced that Ned flushed at ber words, and a It would be well to make himsel{l | glad light leaped into hie eyes. scarce without delay. " Would it?" he earnestly asked. "Stop him"‘ cried the judge, in a " Yes, indeed," she frankly returpâ€" voice of thunder. ed, "and I believe I am not sorry Bill Bunting turned pale, If such | that mean fellow is going to get n change could be possible with all | his pay for playing such a wretchâ€" mhe dirt and tan on hie face, and,.| ed trick upon youâ€"though I think rendered desperate by the étartling | it is dreadful for any one to have edict, made a bold dash for the door. | to go to prison. What made him do But an officer standing near reachâ€" | itâ€"who is he, anyway ?" ed forth his powerful arm, seizted " Why, that was Bill Buntingâ€" him by the collar, and swung him | the chap who stole your dog three "right about face," thus effectuâ€"| years ago," Ned explained. * "Stop him!‘ cried the judge, in a voice of thunder. Bill Bunting turned pale, If such n change could be possible with all the dirt and tan on hise face, and, rendered desperate by the etartling edict, made a boid dash for the door. But an officer standing near reachâ€" ed forth his powerful arm, seized him by the collar, and swung him "right about face," thus effectuâ€" ally cutting short his flight. ~ * Bring him inside the dock," his t®onor ordered ; and when this was done, he turned again to Gertrude, and continued, in a more kindly tone: " You are sure this is the boy whom vou saw rob the lady of ber purse yesterday ?" the man asked, smiling slightly. "It looked like a purse, sir; and & minute after he went up to Ned and began talking with him. Pretty soen he threw out his arm and 1 * Yes, sir; I know he is the boy," the maiden emphatically replied. " Yery well. You saw the boy take the lady‘s purse from her pocket. Describe the purse." â€""Which pocket ?" interposed the judge, with a shrewd twinkle in his #yGUk =5 /3 y # 6 _ Gertrude thought a moment, . then she said : "I think it was the left one, sir ; fOr when he fell against him he put his arm around and dropped the purse in the one on the side farthest from him. Ned turned away from him then, and "Please, please wait! 1 bope 1 am not too late!" the silvery though anxious tones cortinued, while the asâ€" ronished judge and other occupants of the room, together with the no less surprised prisoner in the box. turned to see who had burst upon the scene in this very unceremonious fashion. SBhe was a young girl, perbaps foutrâ€" teen years old, slender and rather tall for her years, but not awkwardly so, while her face was exquisitely fair and delicate in its outlines. *"*I dou‘t thisk 1 can, sir, very well, for I was so far away," Gerâ€" trude answered, flushing. C "You are sure it was a purse ?" thought he was going to strike Ned, but he only tumbled up against him, and then I saw him drop the purse in his pocket "â€"â€" o se H y respr CHAPTER xY t] three t Ne ra g C ‘ unc ind very ! of expres He t4 16 All this tallied so exactly with the evidence which had already been given in Ned‘s favor, that almost _ everyâ€" one was impressed with the truthfu}â€" nees of it. the next minute I saw the boy point at him and tell the officer something." "When did you last see young Heaâ€" therton to speak with him?" quesâ€" tioned the jut‘e. Geâ€"trude flushed to tha brows at this question, for it recalled very vividly the regretful, almost pathetic fare well that she and Ned had taken of each other some five weeks previous, when she was on the eve of leaving for the White Mountains with her " Why! was it? What a wicked creature he is! Then of course be tried to make you out a thief, just to be revenged on you for getâ€" ting Budge back for me," Gertrude excitediy exclaimed. " Yes, J am sure he never wou‘d have given up such a ic": purse for any other reasonâ€"he might have kept it himse‘f as well as not," Ned answered. Then he added, as he searched his fair companion‘s face somewhat anxiousliy, " but I can‘t be‘p thinking about your fallâ€"I hope your bead doesn‘t trouble you now." "Noâ€"not much ; once inca while I have a little twinge, but it will be all right in a day or two," the young girl carelessly replied. Mr. Lawson now joined them. " Wed! well! well!" he ejaculated, in a satiefied tone, "wa‘re safe‘y out of the woodsâ€"eh ? thanks to Miss Gertrude. And now, as it is almost twe‘ve, suppose we all celebrate the occasgicn by going down to the Adams House and getting an A No. 1 dinnmer." "Thank you, Mi. Lawson," _ Gerâ€" trude said, smllingz. "I should fike to more than I can te‘:l you, but I am afraid that Grace and Mrs. Emâ€" erson will be anxlous about me, for no one knows where I am, and I am sure I ought to go directy back to them, if you will please put me on a Commonwealth avenue car." "I1 shall never forget this of you â€"rever!" Ned said, in a volice that was husky from grateful emotion. "I1 believe it would have broken my mother‘s heart if I had had to go to prison, and I‘m gure I never could have held my head up after it." "Of course, it would have broken ber hbheart, and mine, too," Gertrude ~Not since tie Gay serool closed," he responded, with downcast eyes. A satisfied gleam shot into the rdge‘s eyes. Evidently there was no ollusion between the two parties. " Why did you not go immediately own to the officer who arrested rour friend, tell him what you had een, and point out the real thief & him?" he asked. "I1 did start to do so," the young irl replied. "1 was nearly down he last flight of stairs when my eel caught on one and I fell, strikâ€" ng my head against the railing. I vas so stunned 1 did not come really o myself untll I was in the carâ€" lage going home with my ‘riend. 1y bead was very bad all night and diul not sleep much until near norning, and so I did not wake unâ€" il very late. Then I hurried down 0 Atlantic avenue to see the poâ€" iceman who had arrested Ned. He vas not there, but another man told ie that he had gone to court as with a biush. iweon now drew the attorâ€" e to settle with him, . thus the two young people toâ€" *, DUt anoiner mi had gone to co idâ€"and that is : getting here." do, young lady vn and be seated _ Officer," turning had arrested Bill ht, " you will take prisoner until his sechool closed, re, he Gerti T @_ mamn a the d iding, «1 ith Gra m abot r musi eved o merson 1de brave M ten OI in y id 1 d sister," & L Then he gave a sudden start, scratched his head reflectively, while a peculiar expression illuminated his features and a great wave of color shot up to his brow. " Great Scott !" he ejaculated under his breath, as if an altogether new Idea had struck him. " Noâ€"I guessâ€"1 don‘t either." Mr. Lawson now rejoined him. and asked if he would come and have some dinner. "If you please, s#ir, I think T‘d rather take the next boat and go homeâ€"unless you‘d like me to attend to that errand I came for yesterday," Ned replied, feeling as if he wanted to see his mother. It seemed an age since he left her the day before. "All right, go onâ€"you‘ll have just time to catch the noon boat, and I‘ll attend to that matter myself. There‘s "All right; 1 suppose we‘ll have to let you go, though we would be glad of your company at dinner," Mr. Lawson returned, as he stepped forward to stop a car for her. | "Then you‘ll be back for school ?" he said, inquiringly. "Oh, yes, indeed. Don‘t you imagâ€" ine, Ned, that I‘m going to let you get ahead of me in school," _ she roguishly retorted. "I will be back to race with you next year, and I will give you all the mental exerâ€" ciseâ€"as Professor George exmges itâ€"that _ you will _ want. h ! there comes my car. But say, _ Ned," she eagerly interâ€" posed ; "if 1 write to you‘ from abroad, will you answer my letters ?" " Just try me and see," Ned exâ€" claimed, his face all aglow over the proposition. " All right. ‘Then you look for one by the first return steamer after we !and. Now I must go. Goodâ€"bye," and with a smile and nod of farewell the lovely girl tripped daintily out into the street, where Mr. Lawson helped her upon the car, shoved a nickel into the hand of the conductor for her fare, and waved his cane in adieu as fare, and waved his cane in adieu as she disappeared within. Ned followeg uer with wistful eyes, and muttered lJongingly : _"Iâ€"1 just wish that girl was my Kour more years s‘ipped by without any material change in the lives of our friends on Mount Vernon street. The only event of noteworthy importâ€" ance was Ned‘s graduation from the High school, where he stood first in his class, his average being ninetyâ€" nine and a quarter per cent., while Gertrude Langmaid stood next to him at ninetyâ€"eight and â€" threeâ€"quarters per cent. 7 a5 _ Thus, according to the custom "0‘ the school, it lay with these two to open and close the exercises of comâ€" mencement day. " Please let Miss Langmaid take the "VYery well," she said, with an independent / little toss of her bright head,; "if Mr. Heatherton deâ€" sires, I wilf agree to the oxchange, "Are yeoa going to Nantucket this summer ?" Ned inquired, when they were left alone again. "No; haven‘t 1 told you we are going to Europe the 18th of this month." the 12.10 boat. He stowed himself away in a snug corner of the deck, near one of the great paddleâ€"wheels, and gave himself up to his thoughts, which appeared to be of a very grave nature, for he thief "I knew you would say so, and I wouldn‘t have done it for anything," Ned said, resolutely. * I should always have despis>d mysel{ for it ; and if that is a specimen of the tricks that lawyers use to gain their cases I never want to be a lawyer." CHAPTER XVI Gertrude knew well enough that he only said this because he did not wish to take precedence over her ; but, of course, as he said he “¥reterred" the salutatory, asking it of her as a favor, she did not like to refuse him. "for we are coming back thé’l;;t ol September. But I‘m glad, though," she _ corfeluded, flushing. Mrs. Heatherton was considerably wrought up over the matter, but thankful that Ned had come out of it so honorably, wnile she gave high praise to Gertrude for the noble part she had borne in the affair. "I am afraid I should have had to go to prison if it bhad not been for her," Ned gravely remarked, "unless," he added, "I had done as the lawyer advised and pleaded guilty of a first offence. Do you think it would have been right for me to do that, mother?" * No, my son," Mrs. Heatherton deâ€" cidedly replied. " I think it would have been very wrong ; it would have been a deliberate falsehood, and nothing but evil could have resr!tei. You would valedictory, sir, and the salutatory," Ned "Glad of what?" asked Ned, not comprehending her meaning. "Glad that you are sorry to have me go," she confessed, with a blush and a shy smile, at which Ned‘s heart gave a sudden bound of re In he "I think that the honors should fall where they belong," she emphatlca% asserted. "Heatherton stands first in the class, and no one should usurp his place." 4 & "Sentiment, â€" farewells, and _ last words are more characteristic of the gentler sex," Ned observed, with &A merry twinkle in his dark eyes that caused a ripple of laughter to run around the class, "‘and, if it is all the same to you, Miss Langmaid, I think I would prefer the salutatory." â€"â€" _ "Going to Europe!" exclaimed Ned, with as much astonishment and disâ€" may as if she had said she was goâ€" Ing out of the worid. " Why, yes ; but don‘t look so woeâ€" be‘gone,“ Gertrude cried, laughing, the salutatory," Ned remarked, when Professor â€" George announced their standing in connection with the arâ€" rangement for the closing e:_(ercis_es. "Being a young lady, I should prefer to have it given to her," he chivalâ€" rously added, as he darted a smiling glance at Gertrude. f That young lady, who, by the way, had grown wondrously fair during the last four years, flushed rvosily at his words. ¢ "Well, you two must settle the matâ€" ter between yourselves," the professor good naturedly remarked; "it is imâ€" material to me." C renearsin Incldents hours. Mrs. He wrought thankful carcely moved until the gangâ€"plank was thrown out upon the pier at Nanâ€" tasket. Then he sprang ashore and darted iway toward one of the lovely cotâ€" tages on the bluff, where he was soon rehearsing to his mother the exciting ncldents of the last twentyâ€"four 1€ dvised : {fence. | een righ ** No, m ided!y re it « 1Ve T he gave a sudden start, 1 his head reflectively, while ir expression illuminated his and a great wave of color to his brow. ed your consclence with a ilso branded yoursel{l as a lits, which appeared grave nature, for he until the gangâ€"plank upon the pier at Nanâ€" ‘ he ejaculated under an altogether new him. " Noâ€"I guessâ€"1 141 deliver I *"Were you, really ?" Ned lw!th an anlmated look. "Yes, truly; â€" your address fine and full of thdught." "Much obliged," said Ned, v low bow, "I do not know of one I would rather hear say only, I{ you; please, I would havy It better if you had not been so formal about it." Testimony of a trained nurse who was cured of Acute Catarrh. For three months the sufferer used snufifs,powâ€" ders and other equally worthless remedies. CATARRNOZONE CURED AFTER ALL ELSE HAD FAILED. Miss E. Eames, trained nurse, realding at No. 47 Ayimer street, Monireal, writes: "About three montbs ago 1 caught cold in my bead, which deveioped into acute nasal catarrb, From that time up till a few days ago 1 had been constantly using snuffs, powders and other worthless remeâ€" dies, but none of them beneMted. Hour)ns of Catarrhozone 1 decided to try it. an am pleased to say that I found reâ€" lief upon the frst appiication, _ and a few days of its use completely cured me. My experience with all kinds of modicine has been extensive, but I must say that I never saw a rewedy more speody In its action than Catarthozromne. 1 taink I know what 1 am talking about when I say it is the best remedy in the market for eatarrh." "Humâ€"well you may, sir; there isn‘t a smarter boy in the city of Boston," Mr. Lawson proudly _ asâ€" serted, while Mrs. Heatherton thank d Mr. Langmaid with tears in _ her eyes for his praise of Ned, and said something equally kind _ regarding Gertrude. "Thank _ you, Mr. Heatherton," Gertrude _ responded. flughing with pleasure, "since I was occupying â€" a position that did not really belong to me, I naturally felt a Aesire to do credit to it ; .while, i1 you will alâ€" low me to say it, I was prouwd of your display of talent toâ€"day." There is great ability in knowirg how to conceal ona‘s ability.â€"Rochsâ€" foucauld. S "You just did the business up in grand style," Ned whispoered in a confidential aside to Gertrude, when, with her hands full of flowers, she came down from the stage after deâ€" livering her farewells to _ school, faculty and class. "That was what I call a dignified and firstâ€"class valeâ€" dictory ; tnere wasn‘t the least bit c")tfl)wh or maudlin sentiment about "Of courseâ€"why shouldn‘t ‘we be? Why, if I were going to make a list of my friends I should write your name lirst of all," the young girl earnestly exclaimed. Fashion is now kinder to elderly women than formerly, for the caâ€" pricious dame permits them to wear a wide assortment of colors, instead of confining them to sober black. Soit grays and purples are quite apâ€" propriate for women who are sixtyâ€" five and older. [The gown may be very eifective in ‘design, quite in keeping with the fashion of the day. and yet have an individuality about it that is very charming. Too many flounces â€" and _ ruffies are out of place, and the plainer the skirt is made, the better. There should be T*mmings of lace and even a little applique of cutâ€"work on a skirt are quite permissible; but all trimmings should be laid on flat. The skirts may have the gored front and side breadths, but must be made with a little fulnessâ€"not gathers, but fulâ€" nessâ€"at the top of the front breadth, Persistent people begin their sue. cees where others end in failure.â€"Edâ€" ward Eggleston. . re If you have catarch you cannot afford to be indifferent to its progress, ‘Treatiment cannot be commenced too early. Your unâ€" satisfactory experience with other reme dies should not influence you against Caâ€" tarrhozone. CATARRH, ASTHMA, BRONXCHITIS, to allow for the rather larger figâ€" ure apt to beâ€" acquired with the years. <A long skirt in the house is altogether the prettiest, but for the street the skirt may be of walking length.â€"Harper‘s Bazar. Mr. and Mrs their â€" carriage street, to take Mr. Lawson to "You have a smart boy there, Mrs. Heatherton," Mr. Langmaid remarked to that lady, as he shook hands with her at the close of the exercises. "I congratulate you upon being the mother of such a son." with a sigh. "Noâ€"please don‘t ; but somehow I thought perhaps 1 ought toâ€"~to"â€" Gertrude stammered, blushed and fiâ€" nally gave up trying to tell what skhe thought she ought to do. *"You used to call me Ned, until lateâ€" ly ; we‘ve always been good frineds in the past, andâ€"â€"and I fnope we shall be inâ€"in the future," the young man faltered, as he searched the beautiful face beside him with wistful eyes. _ soit folds of the material itself, whether it be of cloth, silk, or of peau de sole, or flat bhands of passeâ€" menterie, with or without beads. It is a specific for these diseases, and as such reccives the recognition of the mediâ€" cal profession, the patronage of the drug trade and the free epdorsement of every bealth journal. f 5 Complete outfit, consisting of beantifully rollshed bard rubber Inbaler and sufficles? nhalant for six weeks‘ use, price 81; extra bottles of inhalant 50c,. At druggists, or by imail. Twentyâ€"tve cent trial size for 10c in stamps from N. C, Poigon & Co., Kingston, Out, one I would rather hear say that ; only, U you please, I would have liked It better if you had not been quite so formal about it." "Formal!" repeated the young girl, looking surprised. "Yes. How long is it since I became Mr. Heatherton? Must I begin to call you Miss Langmaid ?" Ned inquired, with a sigh. Fashions for the Middleâ€"Aged CATARRH. Is a guaranteed cure for Ned â€" asked, with wAas aly William Athe Conqucror‘s Escape From a Band of Assassin«. Among several incidents of "The Boyhood of ‘The Conqueror,‘ " related by Adele E. Orpen in the March Bt. Nicholas, is this account of a midnight flight : P 1 & a% P Loo lt ks For 15 Yearsâ€"In Agony with the terrible itching and bho‘lg.q Two boxes of Dr. Chase‘s Ointment make a permanent cure. / When asked for a remedy for dysâ€" , advised to try Dr. Chase‘s Ointment. pepsia or kidney disease the druggist | The first application gave reile{, and pauses before several ggd preparaâ€" after the third day the bleeding t.io:;, tx(n)ot knowing wh to recomâ€" ‘at'-o&‘)od. l'l‘wo ?gxutound me comâ€" me you. . pletely. would not begrudge fi Not so whan asked for a pile cure. dollare for a box. I have rm-.z He knows that Dr. Chase‘s Ointment . ed it to all who suffer as I dig." t 1 ter Not so whan asked for a pile cure. He knows that Dr. Chase‘s Ointment ig the only remedy which actually cures every form of piles. It has had many imitations, but its wonderful record of cures has never been dupliâ€" â€" Mr. gnme- A. Bowles, pclr;ter and paperâ€"ha , & member of the Counâ€" cll at Eu’)‘g:;'. Ont., states : "For over fifteen yearp I was a victim of bleedâ€" ing, trud piles, and was so bad ltdul tbl:flmtmmduglw up work. 1 auffered untold agony from the terrible itching and they would protrude cnusing the greatost Laughing cheerfulness throws sun light on all the paths of life.â€"Rich ~"JIn epite of all rersedies I used 1 ; vould get no rellef. At last 1 was| "Fly! fly!" shouted the buffoon, " William, thou art lost! Fly, eweet friend! Thy murderers are coming! I saw them. Fly, or thou wilt be taken !" Stephanic houses, and she is deprived of a. the benefits to which she was entitled under the generous settlement which was made in 1881, when she married the Crown Prince Rudoiph, and the Emperor William and the Prince of Wales were witnesses to the marâ€" riage contract, and attended the wedding at Vienna. The Countess Lonyay‘s income in future will | be £12,000 a year, of which £10,000 is a voluntary allowance from _ her fatherâ€"inâ€"law, the Emperor Francis Joseph, while £2,000 a year was irâ€" revocably settled on her in 1881 by her father, the King of&he Belgians. Count Lonyay‘s income from . the family estate of Rodrog Glaszi, in Upper Hungary, is £3,000 a year, which is burdened by a jointure to his mother and allowances to _ his brother and «ister. The Emperor is going to give his daughterâ€"inâ€"daw a house at Budaâ€"Pest, and he will proâ€" vide her with a villa at Baden, near Vienna. her huge Treasury rlage. al houses, a A RIDE IN A NIGHTâ€"SHIRT. Protruding, WHAT SHFE GAVE UP Sacrid wy .o eneme C n through too d had had tox> apes, to neglect He believed that Emperor Francis a year was it her in 1881 by reat Fortun« Countess wild be £10,000 om â€" her Francis Bleeding Piles Dr. Chaeo‘s Ointment has ne yet been known to fail to tcure ,Ix whether itching, bleeding or truding. It has certain "‘{,’.‘2“12 which imitators have never A to discover, and stands alone to as the only positive and guarap cure l;to piles. 1% also cures eczema, galt rheum an# all @ort# Of itching skin disease, bet we emphasise it as a cure for becauge it is the only actual care that tor$uring and dreadfuilly preâ€" &H‘Mgwmh-m.u‘ lere, or ma rom l-“ Bates & Co. Toronto. GIRLS AT 30 GENTS EAGH. In New York, where slang is licenged, it is often said of a girl that she "looks like thirty cents," but in far off India, according to returned misâ€" siolnariec. that is a girl‘s actual value. t Rev. Rockwell Clancy, now visiting America, makes this etatement in the course of an interview depicting the horrors of the terrible Indian famine. Girls, be says. are being sold for 30 cents apiece to Mohammedans to save them from starvation. F TO SAVE THEM FROM STARVING. Hindoos Selling Their Children to Mohammedans _ Mr. Clancy says that boys do not sell well, and the traffic is aqlmost excluâ€" sively in girls. He says: | _ _ cudidcas D sc l enb sca it sls Busdd "I saw girls in one town just before I came away being wold for 30 cents amece. They were bought up by Moâ€" hammedans. _ But they won‘t buy the boys, so when the parente can no longer @upport their children, they abandon them, and henceforth they must get on as best they can. "These castâ€"ofIs corgregate about the door of the grain merchants‘ shops, and the only way the proprieâ€" tors can get rid of them is to throw out handfuls of grain, scattering it wide. _ The children pick and pick all day, and at night perhaps are rewardâ€" ed by having collected a single handâ€" ed ful Said a wellâ€"meaning sexton, wher showing the belfry of an interosting village church to a party of visitore, "the bell is only rung in case of a visl% from the Lord Bishop of the diocese, & fire, a Q()od. or any other such calâ€" amitios.‘ ton cloth. The hut be can make for himsel{. There are fish in the river ind game in the forest. There is penty game in th eforest. There is plenty of unoccupied land upon which be cam raise a few cereals to trade for the things be . canno prisjuce himsel{, There is no winter to provide against, and, though the rainy days come oftep in summer, they onrly mean more rest. Mexican Pe 17 t H dent I YÂ¥ WHEXN THEY TKE NS &A are the Most Indepenâ€" orers on Earth. ay the bleeding s cured me comâ€" R ot begrudge five [ have recommend4. ; ffef am I diga." ; ment has ne . fail to cure ’x t ertain Inglnb ve never & ands alone to & e and guarapn to pay sucl &A « wealthy sister adyâ€"made corsete model and cut igure, and, after ell as her luxuriâ€" > belt. are very expenâ€" rders two pair®e and thinks it a on the hp to on in walking. ite whaleâ€"bone almost whoily rchase a the best om pross bonds of che his L4