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FETTERED BY FATE
DY A.EXANDEH RODEUT80N
"JoUtf ratt," " Little Sveethfr'," "tattle, fn 3nlng Ctrl."
"CoUmilfr of -lOon." "irei-. to ir." "0w
Thorpt." ",1m' ecy." Ktc.Cte.
CUAPTKit X.-lContlnued.)
In nil her life Carol lUchmond had
never seen such an expression of wlM.
ungovernable Joy as swept oTer the fea
ture of Mrs. Kamlall when she uttcrcsl
those four word, so simple, and yet eon
talnlng a wonderful amount uf knowl
edge of the poor lady.
Klr-t of all she eouM trace Amairnicnt
and Incredulity upon the face of 'lie
widow, but this ijtilckly gave way to oth
er feeling as her mind began to compre
hend the true state of affair.
Then a cry broke from her lips, a cry
so full of delirious joy that It pierced
Carol's heart, and she realised then what
was the relationship between them.
".My child! my child! Oh. how could
they be so cruel as to tell me all had
died? I sec It uow! He would not let
me hare even one little grain of comfort
and hope, but must doom me to complete
despair. Nut the Comforter came--he
could not Keep Him nway and 1 found
peace. You hare looked on your mother
as dead, and few there are who Know
different, but she stands before you,
Carol, seeking your pity, your lore. Will
you come to me, or hare you learned to
hate the mother that bore you? Speak
to me. my child; my heart trembles In an
ticipation. Ilearen help me."
There was not the least hesitation.
With a low, cxultaut cry of "My moth
er," Carol sprang forward and clasped
her arms about the neck of the widow.
The strange feeling she had experienc
ed at sight of Mrs. Kandall were all ex
plained now, and could be accounted for
on very natural ground.
They embraced with all the ferror of
those who lored. though they bad been
parted so long that It was as It Carol
had never seen her mother.
Then they sat down to talk, first of
the strange chain of fate that bad led
to this meeting, and then of the past
Carol heard her mother's story as told i
In the simplest manner, and then she
fonnd no blame could be attached to her.
That her father had been blinded by
Jealousy there could not be the least
doubt In the world.
Of late Carol had begun to see ber
father in a new light that was not as
i agreeable as It might have been, for
merly she had loved him. and been Pet
ted by him as one would expect an only
child to be, but all had changed on that
day when he found her seated by the side
of Roger Darrel in the forest.
He had then shown what an ungovern
able temper he possessed, and this had
not improved since. Then had corns bis
strange conduct In relation to her mar
riage with Captain Grant, who ulo had
a hold upon him for some act done iu the
Vast.
Last of all she now heard of his con
temptible conduct In the past, and her
sympathy was wholly with her motber,
whom she exonerated from all blame.
These two bad each looked on the other
as dead for many years back, and to
think of tbelr meeting here and recognis
ing one another by means of the pleture
of him who should have been the con
necting link between them, but who. In
stead, was the source of misery and dis
card! The world would never again look so
dreary ' the lonely woman, and Carol
had found one whom she could confide
In, now that even ber father had turn)
against her.
The time passed quickly, and midnight
bad come almost bufore they were aware
of It. They were still talking about the
apast and present, tand even the future,
'when they were astonished by a knock at
the door.
Instantly all was alarm, for tbey could
conjecture nothing else than that pursuit
bad been made by the enraged bride
groom and some of the wedding guests,
and that they bad tinatly come to the
very place where the missing bride had
been hidden away.
The elder lady proved herself fully
equal to the emergency. She sprang up
nd hastily placed a large crock over the
candle. Then Carol felt herself hurried
Info a closet.
A minute later she heard the widow
boldly open the front door. Ilefore doing
so the lady bad armed herself with a
pistol, for ahe knew not what desperate
need there might be.
The moon had arisen since the time of
tbelr arrival at the mill, being In Its last
quarter, and It was easy to see the figure
of a young man standing outside.
"Well, sir, what Is It you wish?" de
manded the widow, with some severity,
and at the same time managing to show
the weapon with whieh she was armed,
without appearing to do so Intentionally.
The other seemed In no wise abashed,
and but for the fact that the moon 'vas
at bis back she might have semi the smile
upon bis faee. us though he readily rec
ognized the little device so extremely
feminine.
"I seek Carol Itlchmond, but do not
think I come from her father. I have no
love for him In the (irst place, for he bit
terly wronged uiy father, though my
mother paid him back in full, and made
him curse her name. I am not what 1
seem. Will you tell Carol that Nora
Warner Is here, and would speak with
her."
"Nora Warner? Surely I should know
that name; and are you her child? Will
strange things never cease? Never mind
who I am or what I know, but your
mother was once a bosom friend of mine.
How did you knoV Carol was here?''
"That matters not at present. I knew
It, and I must see her upon matters of
vital Importance concerning her happi
ness. Since lust I met her I have found
out many things that will alter the whole
qf her life, and probably bring peace and
happiness where wretched sorrow now
lives. Do not keep me from her, I en-
m
treat you, madam. That fiend ha art the
hound from the asylum on my truck
again, and at any minute they may spring
tpon me. Then It would be too late, and
she must suffer."
There wa wild entreaty In the tones
of the girl, and, although the reference
to the asylum had startled the lady for
n moment, she belteTcd the other to lie
sincere, and turning, took several step
toward the closet In which Carol had
been shut.
At this Juncture her ears were saluted
with savage oaths and n cry of alarm
from the disguised girl, followed by the
sharp report of a pistol.
Two brutal looking men had sprung
from the neighboring bushes upon her.
They were the keepers ut the mad
house.
OUAITKIl XI.
After hi duel wltn the wife he had se
foully wrouj,ed. Captain Grant had writ
ten In Doctor CSrlm. and In answer the
liiHilliniiKo doctor had gone, with a couple
of his men. to recapture the patient who
had so miraculously escaped, stil whine
High: fortune had undertaken to hide In
several ways, for the very girl with whom
sh exchanged clothes either committed
euloiiU or cle was accidentally Jroivucd.
Nora Warner had hastily drawn n pis
tol and Urrd, but her aim was rendered
uncertain owing to the excitement and
tin drreptlve moonlight, o that her bul
let only inillcted a Mesh wound up'tn one
of the men's arms Instead of ending hi
Uf. Mefore she could do ini-. they
were upon her, tike a coupde of mad pan-
liters.
Holli of them were brutal men, a
might be expected from the business they
cirrlrd op. They knew that th ptrson
against whom they were pitted wo hut
a weak voman, yet their orderi bad net
been of a merciful nature, and In the
bushes ueer by stood a gaunt figure lad
In a long cloak and slouched hat the
lufanioes mad-houte doctor hlnuelf-- who
wouiJ ilrcharge a man. from bis employ
should hi- show a sign of mercy when he
had received no orders In that line.
When, therefore, Nora Warner strug
gled In their fierce grasp, as though the
woul I break away, the men ued violent
measure. One of them clutched her del
icate tlno.it In a fiendish manner. Her
hat iintl come off, and the long ringlets,
which bad been suffered to remain on her
head during her long confinement In 'he
asylum, blew about In the night breese.
"Carol, where i Carol?" he huskily
cried; "I must ee her before ther take
me away see her and tell her."
"Shut tip!" cried one of the keepers.
A form clad In white came bounding
out of the mill door.
"I am here, Nora Warner. What would
you eaj to me?" she aaked, eagerly.
"I came to see you to tell you that It
was all -that be Itoger Dar good ImJ
out. Help me I am choking dvlngP
"In the name of heaven tako your hand
from hor throat, ynu wretch. Don't you
see jou-are killing her? Help! help!' and
In ber excitement Carol sprang at the
Keeper, seeking to release the one whom
he was choking Into Insensibility.
"Krep back!" he roared, thrusting ber
aside, "and thank your lucky stars It
ain't you we've come after."
By this time Nora Warner bad com
pletely lost her senses, and lay like a
iog In the arms of-the keeper.
Itoth Carol and her mother were too
much horrified to say a word more. Doc
tor Grim now advanced.
He was one of your smooth-tongued
villains a scoundrel of the first water-
and yet be was always pretending to be
so tender hearted that he often deceived
those who did not know him.
It was second nature with him, and,
while torturing the poor soul committed
to bis fiendish care, he was wont to a polo
glxe to them because the red-hot Iron was
so cold, the end of the lash woru off a
trifle, the .thumb screws aged, and all
!!) eold-blooded attempts at ferodom
wlt.
This was the wretch who stood before
the two women, and suavely hogged their
pardou for their having witnessed such a
spectacle.
"My men have generally to deal with
such desperate madmen that they dare
not give oue-balf a cbanee for fear of
their lives, Tbey know, alio, that this
woman I a desperate character. Per
haps they have gone a little too far, lint
letter that than that shu should have
been struck upon the bend, which U the
way we often hare to deal with them."
"Hut Nora Warner Is not mad. Ily
it hat right do you drag her nwsy from
here?" demanded Carol, recovering her
lolre when she foil ml she bud at least a
polished scoundrel to deal with.
"You are no Judge of that, Miss.
Learned men have so decided. These
Insane creatures could deceive anybody.
Thy have deceived me for fully three
weeks ut a time, but In the fourth, at
the full of the moon, they proved them
selves as mad as March hares, I would
stake something that this one now has
been gaining your sympathy by relating a
long rigmarole about a cruel hiiiband.
There, I can sec by your faco tlmt It Is
the truth. Slio tells every one that, when
In truth alio has the best of husbands,
who provides her a princely tioma und
all the comforts of life. Hut I must tear
myself away, ladles. There Is my card.
If ever you should wish a place nf re
tirement for some poor demented rela
tive who Is better there than In the
world, remember yours sincerely, Timo
thy Grim, M. D."
He turned to his men, and gave them
rome hurried orders, upon which they
picked up the senseless form of Nora
Warner and strode away.
The affable doctor lifted his bat to the
ladle, and Carol responded by tearing
his card In halve and hurling It from
her, which wn a plain way of showing
her dislike ut the doctor, who smiled In
his grim way,
She and Iter imtttirr went In agnlu, and
the dour was barred. The young girl
was lost agnln In n new whirl uf numxe-
meut mid nameless horror. Wus Nora
Warner really Insane, a the doctor hail
aid? Somehow ur other she could not
believe It, even though maiiy things seem
ed to point that way.
Hveu It linger Darrel were Ignorant nf
the cruel, heartless manner In which his
wife wa treated, would that leiseu hit
responsibility any?
He must surely have been aware of the
nature of the place In which she had
been put, aud even a ilmple mind ought
to be ahlo to read the character of the
villainous mad-house doctor.
Neither of them sremed to think of
ret, nml It wn near dawn when some
noise In the unoccupied part of the ruin
ed mill reached their ears.
A few niluutc later, while they tood
listening, In dread suspeuie, and halt
suspecting that the Insane aayluni doctor
had returnrd to bear them away to his
den of Infamy, so as to hide all evidence
of his Iniquity, the widow drew Carol
tu the window.
There they could plainly see a man
walking rapidly away from the mill.
What had he been doing there? Once he
turned and looked back, but they had
no light In the room, aud, beside, his
attention seemed directed toward the
main part of the old mill.
Carol recognised Captain Grant, and
her heart beat rapidly as she wondered
whether he sought her.
Whatever mysterious errand brought
the duelist captain to the mill at that
strange hour, he bad no Idea how close
he bad been to hi mlsslug bride.
CHAin'KH XII.
Lawrence Illchmnnd was thunder
struck when be saw Captain Grant walk
Into the room alone.
Had be been given any chance tn stake
bis belief to the others, he Mould have
aworu that the soldier duelist would come
back no more; that hi word of parting
and promlie to he with them again In
a few minutes after he bad convinced the
foreign detective If such the stranger
was of the inlitake he had made were
but empty braggadocio, and that In re
ality be va In the power of a man who
had hunted long for him. and would not
be apt to have th wool pulled over bis
ryes by his game.
I-'aney the old man's consternation and
amatement, therefore, when, after the
lapse of a short time, the adventurer
coolly stepped through the open window
leading out upon the veranda.
There was a look upon his face that
none of them could fathom, for It seemed
to be a mixture of triumph, cunning, and
dread.
"You sc I convinced the fool he hsd
made a big mistake, as I told you 1
would, and he has gone on to Itlchmond.
Some one misled him, but It Is all right
now," said the Captain.
Lawrence Itlchmond noticed several
things that excited bis curiosity. In the
first place the Captain was whiter than
he had ever seen him before, and seem
ed to be trembling somewhat. Then again
be had a handkerchief bound around his
left hand, and it seemed to have beeu
bleeding too much for blm to have
scratched It on a thorn In passing.
The Captain did not seem disposed to
renew his assault upon the old man. In
deed, what had passed since then seemed
to have quletrd his spirits In a wonderful
manner, and he was even ready to believe
the story of Lawrence Itlchmond In re
gard to his suspicion that Itoger Darrel
hail been the one who bad committed
this daring abduction.
The news seemed to affect the Captain,
for apparently he hated Itoger with an
Intensity such a Is given by the tiger
for Its prey or Its foe, but be did not re
main at the homo more than a couple
of hour.
"There Is no use nf our lingering hire,
crying over split milk. When we are
ready for the ceremony again we will
meet once more," and with this the val
laut Captain left the house.
(To t continued.
Kncli Hn Ills I'lityhous-.
A little boy with heart so light
Hullt for himself, with his blocks so
bright,
A raatle. and left It to stand all night;
Hut. ah! when he came to look next morn
All the Joy from his heart had flown.
His house was wrecked and I beard him
mourn:
"Homebody tored my playhouse down,
Somebody throwed my blocks around,
Just as I got the work all done
Somebody tored my playhouse down!"
Mother spoke to her baby low:
"Hush, little dear! Don't you cry sol
This is the rule of life, you know;
You'll Dud as you travid the world
around
Just when you grt your work all done
Somebody'!) tear your playhouse down.
"Sfuiiebody'll tear your playhouse down;
Somcbody'll throw your blocks Around;
Just when you get your work nil done
Somebody'll tear your playhouse down."
This Is the old world's way with us nil;
Often we'vo seen our ensiles fall.
Sweet dream castles, fair and tall,
Weiiry we toll ami plan alone;
Just an we think to claim our own
Somebody tears our playhouso down;
Somebody throws our blocks around;
Just as we get the work all done
Somebody tears our playhouso down,
X'uck.
Ilciimaiieil III i'f nrilj-nllty.
A negro criminal condemned to hunt;
In North Carolina sold his body for $10,
which ho Invested In glugor cukes. Tho
cakes ho IIiiIbIiciI tho night before the
execution was to occur. The. next day
tho Hcutenco was commuted to llfo Im
prisonment. Ono man then wished
that ho had saved bis $10 nnu nnothor
that be had mado bis cakes last longer.
IS '- Cfm I D i i i3
- Nst Sleep On the Left Hide.
Whra a patient complains of u bad
Unto la hi mouth every morning ou
waking up, says n physician, the first
lumtlon I ask him la na to the posl
Hon ho assume when irolng to lep.
An Imnietue number of people siren
on the left aide, and this la the most
common cans of the iiitpteitsant tnste
which Is generally attrlhutnt te dys
petrols. If n meat has been taken with
in two r three hour of going to tied,
to sleep on the left side I to give tho
stomach a task which t la dinicutt In
the, extreme t perform. The student
of anatomy know that all food en-
tent and leaves the stomach on the
right aide, nml hence sleeping on the
left aide souti after entlng Involve n
ort of pumping operation which I
anything but conductive to sound re
pot. The action of the henrt I aUo
Interfered with considerably, nml the
lusgs are unduly compressed.
Drink at Mral. In nn Intcrrsilng
nnd wjtnewhnt historical article Dr.
C. A. Kwnld. of llerlln, dlcur the
mooted question of drink at meals. He
consider nuup. brvnune uf Its small
percentage of nourishing material,
merely an fluid: he state Hint, aside
from what la directly tnken os drink,
much duld rrnrlu-M the stomach during
a meal, through the sauce ami from
th water percentage (both natural and
by rooking) of the meals, vtvetAlile.,
etc. Mc-rt person feel the uer-ilty
of adding more fluid to the men! by
drluklng either ordinary water, carbo
nated WAtem or alcoholic leverage.
The moro one enta, gcut-mlly, the more
oue drinks, and the greatest enters Are
greirt-nlly the Rrentest drlnkrrs. If
drink lw prohibited, the amount eaten
la Icm; Indted. ou the Above very great
ly des'rnd the secret -f Ihe "Schweln
Insure" for obesity.
It I a wtll-kuown faet that If the
appetite Is weak and the mind ami
nerves are somewhat relaxed, a drink
f water will excite the appetite and
stimulate both brnlu and nerve;- and
that Is due directly to the fluid and
sot to alcohol, for we And the rrsiilla
t tie the same In abstainer. The
more duld In the way of gastric Julcr,
the greater Is the quantity aecrrteil,
hence the greater tho t-x upui the gas
tric gland.
Under normal circumstance, how
ever, the stomach, without detriment,
accommodate Itself to a range of
largo quantities of fluid. Hwnld says
that much of the fluid passe Into the
Intestine, another portion Is absorb
A; hence there never Is In the normal
stomach a stagnation of large quanti
ties of liquid. -Orruian I'aper.
Niiperalltlon.
The peons of Mexico are supersti
tion and credulous to tho last de
gree. A writer In tho New York Trlb
tin reccnly had a ctirloiia proof of
this last characteristic. Iln writes:
The planter with whom I was stay
ing wanted to take mo out for n day's
hunting expedition. Hut ho was nfrnld
that the minute he loft tho plnntntlon
All his laborers would knock off work.
Now It hap pencil that ho lost one uf
his eye In sn accident, nnd the miss
ing optic had been replaced by u glass
eye. When all was rondy for tho
hunting trip lie went to the Hold where
Uio peons wero working. 'I shall bo
sway today, my children,' bo said to
them In fatherly tones, 'but I ' will
leave my eye on guard In my absence.
All the day It will watch you, And
At night when I return It will tell
mo If auy have failed In their duty.'
After tills little speech bo carefully
extracted tbo glues eye and left It ou
a stump, where It could Apparently
overlook tho field. To suy those nA
tlvcs wero n inn red Is stating it mildly.
They simply gasped, nnd ono and All
solemnly promised they would work
with tho utmoslifiiltlifiiliioH until sun
set. So my friend nnd I started on our
hunting trip, contldeut that tho peons
would work oven better tbnn If
vriis tliero to watch thorn."
i,n i
All Opinion,
"So you think," said tho good-natured
monarch, "that It Is absolutely
necessary to humbug the people with
ostentatious display nnd fnlso prom
IscnV "I do," answered tho cold-blooded ad
vlser, "If there Is anything that men
seem to resent It Is taxation without
misrepresentation." Washington Star,
Making Sura In Ailvunun.
Klrst Statesman Whut uro you writ
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Second Slntenmun Oh, thlsV T,hl.
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