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» 11 oat in a , No. 136 as lound i aervant 1 been in at Storâ€" former amd Wiâ€" ed YÂ¥ + lex t led 8i 1 dead o" the last e Great en king eha dyâ€" r them on anâ€" T i 0 & eiy o« dan s , D&AVYVIDK here "i® ving. . In this a lithoâ€" ompany . persia s AN. alik n Hicko » Albert re olic AD rat iDCo s® val {r th W of «PV wi 8 \ A The face was dark, bit not -m-' clently so to make â€" it unâ€"English. auwi. young though it was, there were | omm« or two s‘lver threads in the‘ closely cut hair on <the temples. A moustache, cut in military fashion, | cancealed the upper lip. but left the lower free to convey the impression ol a strong will indicated by the rest of the face. The eves were dark | also, anmd Elaine had found them peneâ€" trating, but they were capable of | expressing â€" a brooding melancholy } at that moment, â€"and Elaine, with | fenilnine instinct, knew that they could be gentle. i Ho was dressed in a by no means | new fuit of rough tweed. (,‘apm!n: Sherwin probably took him for a | gamekeeper. I His silence lasted only for a moâ€" | mont then he looked up and seemed | to dispel the eloud which had fallen | "1 hope you will not.â€" avoid the mrk becauso I happen to be here," ho anid, as if no pause had occurred. "It is not likely that I. shall re main many days, and while I am bere 1 will promiss not to disturb your solitude. _ 1 will give orders that, excepting quite early in the morning, no one, I mean nosue of the woodmea or gardeneors, shall come here. It shall be territory sacrioil to you, Miss Delaine." Elaine looked up earnestly. "Oh, no, please do not!" she gaid. "Iâ€"I1 could not accept that." "It isn‘t much, after all," he said, with the rare smile. "The park is largo enough to spare a few yards like these. I shall think vyon have upem nim. "I hope yc mrk becaus ho anid. as i raid. "Iâ€"I could not accept that." "It isn‘t much, after all," he said, wilth the rare smile. "The park is largo enough to spare a few yards l‘ke these. I shall think you have quite forgiven me, if you will proâ€" mise to come here with your book as you have been accustomed to do. As I say, you may rest assured no one shall disturh you. If you like I will have a gato put up at the end of the hedge, and give you the key." Hiy said it quite simply, as if it were nothing which Elaine could . accept without seruple or hesitation; but «io blushed scarlet as she shook her hoad. "Of course I could not do thatâ€" have you do that." she said. "But I am very grateful, andâ€"and I will come sometimesâ€"" She meant "when you have gone," and he understood He inclined his head slightly. "May I ask what you are readâ€" Ing ?*" he said. Elaine held out the book, and he took it and opened it. C e " Poems "! he said, * Rosetti; I know,; I mean I have heard of him. I don‘t read much, I haven‘t time â€"or patience," he added, almost to himself. "Is it good? Do you like It ?" he was running his eye over a mageâ€"one of the swoeetest in the rolumeâ€"as he spoke, then he looked at hber, t L m“!â€"'â€"éci'pppoue they are good," said Elaine. "They are very musical, and â€"" She stopped. " and you understand â€" them," he «aid, soarcely in the form of a quesâ€" tion. "Yes, you are young, and the world seems as good and beautiful a«= yourself." He seemed to have heen unconscious of the signilicance of M# words, but they affected Elaine naturally enough, and for. â€"a secâ€" omi her eyos fell and noer color came "Ab, yes, that‘s right enough," he sakdl. "I bope it will always . seem so. lil get the book," suddenly. It was on the tip of her tongue to say. "Keep this, I wili lend it you," but she stopped in time, reâ€" sth 3 h taope ce Vm _ _ that 1. shnll re , and while I am aise not to disturb [ will give orders «el than E had all ©00 5eCa 207 27 F20 0 w12 alza A 50c. certificate free with each package. 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She sat, with her hands locked toâ€" gether, her eyes downcast, recalling the scene, the faces ol the town men, their voices, the one so calm and serencs in its consciousness of power and mastery, the other sturill, passionate, {feminine ; then she put Captain Sherwin from her thoughts, and dwelt only upon the other man. DRE SSE D DOLL She who had never expected | to. see him, had met the marquis, of whom she had heard so much. . Had not only met him, but under cireumâ€" stances in which he had played the part of a friend aud protecior. The color rose to her face as she rememâ€" bered how he stood, his strong arms gripping the writhing figure of Shorâ€" win. his eyes turned to her with their grim smile. She had heard that he was bad and wicked, altoâ€" gether unfit to speak to her. She felt sure her father would be disâ€" tressed when he knew that she had met the marquis, and how; and yet â€"yet though she tried to regret the meeting, though she repeated . to herself all that she had mreard said and hinted about him, she could not feel that contempt and virtuous abâ€" horrence â€" which she supposed â€" she ought to have felt. There had be*n a something in the handsome face, in the expression of the dark searchâ€" ing eyes, which had appealed 1to her womanly sympathy. and not in vain. If it was true that he was wicked she felt that it was equally true that he was unhappy. Not once nor twice onuly she had seen the cloud descend upou his face, the shadow upon his eyes, a cloud which had FREE! GIRLS$, would youlike to have this beauntiful dressed doll? If so, send us your name and address on a post card and wo will sond you one doz. large, beautifully (010:‘93 packages of Mweet Pea Sceds postpaid. 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She tried to perâ€" Buade hersel{ that gratitude . had something to do with it, but the look A melancholy loneliness which had dwelt in the datk eyes of the man who had employed his great etrength In her service had sunk into her heart and created an impressionâ€"a little nest for iteell, so to speak, in which it lay warm and glowing. a She rose at last, reminded of the lateness of the hour by the ringing of the Castle dinner bell, and« had gcarcely changed her dress when the major‘s voice was heard calling her. She took her place opposite him in the small diningâ€"room, . and watche«!l him dreamily as he cut the cold mutton. She would have to tell him about Captain Sherwin‘s proposal, but she shrazrk from it, and put it from her as long as possible. P The major ate his frugal meal, chatting over it, not noticing that she ate searcely anything, _ and then took his accustomed seat outâ€" skie on the veranda overlooking the valley, and lit one of his favorite Indian cheroocts. 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See that tne full name, "Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills for Pale People," is print« ed on the wrapper around every box. soid by all medicine dealers or sent post paid at 50c a box or six boxres for $2.50 by writing direct to the Dr.â€" Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockâ€" ville, Ont. up. Rathor unlike him to break an appointmant. Has he been here ? Perkhaps he‘ll come over this evenâ€" ing." "Captain Shorwin has been here, papa," she said, in a tone that would have aroused his attention if be had not been so absorbedâ€"as he generally wasâ€"in his own thoughts. "The deuce he has! Why didn‘t you tell me? What did he say ?", "I was not in," she said, "butâ€" but ho followed me down to the river, andâ€"â€"" she paused a moâ€" ment, ber face like a flame, then she nestled closer to bhim and laid her face softly against hbis armâ€" "and he asked ime to be his wife." The major started and Nushed. "By Jove!" he breathed almostâ€" not _ quiteâ€"dropping his â€" cheroot. "Asked you to â€" beâ€"proposed! My dear Elaine !" then he _ stopâ€" ped, sufitten by a sudden misgiving. Her tone had scarcely been that of a girl made happy by her chosen lover‘s avowal. "Bpâ€"oerâ€"well, what did you say ?" "I gaid ‘No,‘ " she replied almost inâ€" audibly. ; The major‘s youthful face serewed up into a frown of disappointmeont and surprise, "Erâ€"you said *No.‘ Good Lord! My dear girl, Iâ€"forgive meâ€"but I think you were ratherâ€"eh ‘!â€"precipitate. What‘s the matter with Char.ie Sherâ€" win ? He‘s a deuced goodâ€"looking young fellow, and will be very well off ; it‘sâ€"yos, it‘s an exceolieant offer, take it any way, it is indeed. I‘m sorry you refused him, Elaine. I am indeed ! What made you do it 2" Elaine. her faco pale enough now, tifted her hehd from fhis arm, and, both her arms clasped round her "Yesâ€"uh, yes; but look here, my dear, you‘re very young, you know. Too young to understand that kind of thing." _ it an “‘v\"-l-\.z'xvt',kind of thing, papa ?" she agsked in a low voice. _ "Why, love and all that nonsense," ho said, bastily, k "No, I don‘t understand it," she assented, in a still lower voice. And as she spoke thore flashed across her mind why, she did not knowâ€" the words the marquis had spoken, "You daem the world as good and beautiful as yourself," and as they smote her, so to speak, a burning blush rose to her face. The major was not looking at her, but staring in a troubled way at the ground. "Love and all that sort of thing is all very woll underâ€"under some cireumstances, it you can afford it ; butâ€"look here, my dlear, I‘m afraid we can‘t afford it. Captain Sherâ€" WEA KR LUNGS. M ht aieocdel or c hm t et esc Auaitan ol dn stt ut uies e Sca css To A "Refused â€" Charlie â€" Sherwin !" he said, rather to hbhimsel{ than to her, "and it would have made things all straight." He sighed heavily, and the â€" hand â€" that held the cheroot trembled. *‘Pon my word," he went on, "I‘m vory much upset. I am inâ€" deed. Sometimes I‘m _ afraid you don‘t quite _ understand our posiâ€" tion, Elaine." Sho «id not speak, but the bean« Sho «id not speak, but the bean« tiful lips were tightly compressed, ard â€" herâ€" brows â€" drawn straight racross the dark eyes. "I‘mâ€"I‘m as poor as Job, and the debtsâ€"â€"" He paused for a moment. "If thoy were to turn nasty and press . us all at once, we shoald beâ€"â€"* â€" He â€" stopped â€" significantly. â€"â€""And thon if anything happens to me, and I‘m not a young man, Elaine®â€"it was a tremendous adâ€" mission for the major to make, and showed how deeply he was moved â€""thore‘s _ only my _ pension, you know. You‘d be left to the world, an<d that"s hard and unfeeling at the rest. You «dlidn‘t think of that, perhaps ? Mow should you ? You‘re youngâ€"by gad, a more child ! You ought to have spoken to me lirst ! Perhaps he‘llâ€"ehâ€"he‘ll come again? fFo be Continued.) Was First Made in Flanders and Inâ€" vaded England in Elizabeih‘s Fime "A package of â€" starch?" asked the intelligent and learned grocer, and as he wrapped the package up be talked. "Starch originated," he said, "in Flanders. ( It was introduced into England with the big ruff in the time of Queen Elizabeth. it was like our starch of toâ€"day, except that it was made in colorsâ€"red, yellow, green, blue. The effect of this was to tint delicately the white linen to which the starch might be apâ€" plied. _ M i " Before Queen .Elizabeth‘s time rufles and ruff{s were made of fine Holland, which required no stilfenâ€" ing. Then the ruffs of cambric came and these imust of necessity . be starched." The grocer, consulting his memorâ€" anrdum book, resumed : + "It is recorded that * when the queen bad ruffs made of lawn and cambric for her own princely wearâ€" ing there was none in England could tell how. to starch them, but tho queen made special means for some women who could starch and Mrs. Gullham, wife of the royal coachman, was the first starchers "In 1564 a Flanders woman, Frau Van Der Plasse, came to London and established there a school for the teaching of â€" starching. The school succeeded. The Flanders frau got rich. She charged £5 a lesson and an extra 20 shillings for a reâ€" cipe for the making of starch out of wheat flour, bran and roots. "Yellow was the most fashionable color in starch among the nobility. The fast, raciog set went in for green. The puritans used _ blue starch, though at first they had beenâ€" against the stuff altogether, dubbing it ‘A certaine kinde of liâ€" quide matter _ which they called starch, â€" whercin the devill hath wille!l them to wash and dive their ruffes, â€" which, when they be dry, will then stand stiffe and inflexible about their necks* If you would escap» a mischief exâ€" pose the mischief maker.â€"Ben Syra. Oppression will make a wige man maxi.â€"Cicero. Clean your finger before you point at my spots.â€"Franklin. An unrcomplaining burgher is a beast of burdenâ€"You Twiller. He who knows not that he is vieâ€" timiz@d, and knows that h> knows not, needs a guardianâ€"Adapted. The man who puts up with imposiâ€" tion invites it..â€"Confuciue 86. â€"Who suffers injustice uncomplainâ€" inzgly is a saint or a fool. â€"Bwift. "Starch is made from â€" wheat, corn and potatoes and â€" starving mora who have subsisted on it, finding it nourishing, though not tastv."â€"Philadelphia Record. 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