The Stayton mail., May 31, 1907, Image 2

C H A PTE R X X III.
An Audrey gave that ory aud turned,
Bheila Fraser and the man with her
looked keenly after her.
"Quick,” Sheila
muttered, hoarsely.
“ She has seen, she believes it a l l ! Make
tiaste, go after her. You must stop her
In case he has come and she should meet
h im ! Quick! (live me that domino! I
ran hide It under m in e!"
Beverley Rochfort— for It was he—
hurriedly threw off the ttray cloak, and
without a word strode after Audrey.
It was against Beverley ltochfort’s
form tha* »he stumble»! in her blindness
and weakness, and in his arms she reste»!
a * she lay insensible. Beverley paused
only for a moment, then glancing to right
and left he picked up his burden and
went quickly through the trees to the rus­
t ic house near where Audrey had seen
what she supposed to be her husband
clasping Sheila Fraser in
his
arms,
lieaching this, Beverley
remove»!
the
mask from the lovely face that was white
and cold, as though death itself was print­
ed on it, platvd the girl's senseless form
in one of the long, cushioned garden
chairs, and then stood with folded arms
surveying her.
“ A fter to-night your pride will be
humbled," he said to himself, "and that
hus!>an«l of yours will find out what it
is to have made an enemy o f me.”
Then, stooping, he ki**ed Audrey's un­
conscious lips passionately, fiercely, many
tim es; but so deep and swift had been
the blow struck to her young heart that
not even at this degradation did nature
awake to protect and repel.
" I t must be time now,” he muttered,
and he laughed softly to himself as he
dosed the door o f the garden house and
turned the key in the lock.
“ I have you safe now, my la d y !” he
■aid. as he put the key in a pocket of
bis domino and hurried away.
He had not gone far into the crowd
o f dancers and promenaders before he be­
came aware of a form close beyond him
which, if he had not known so well to
the contrary, he could have sworn was
Audrey herself.
There was the black
and silver domino, the white satin skirts
peeping below, and the dainty black lace
mask ; the hood arranged exactly as Au­
drey's had been.
“ It is excellent, upon my word. Sheila
la clever when she likes to be,” he said
to himself with mqch deliberation.
He wa,s standing close
beside Lady
l> n lea «a ter; he knew her by her hard
mouth and chin, even if Sheila had not
carefully taught him all the colors o f the
dominoes who were necessary to the little
drama they were enacting to-night. With
Gladys, there were Mrs. Fairfax and sev­
eral women whom he knew were all jeal­
ous and envious of Audrey— enemies, ev­
ery one. He moved up to Mrs. Fairfax.
“ Can you tell me who that black and
silver domino is?” he asked, sinking his
voice.
“ Oh. that is Lady John Glendurwood.
Bhe «w in s to be enjoying herself, does
•he not?”
"She does indeed," Beverley answered.
Behind his mask he frowned.
This
supposititious Audrey was acting a little
too much, in his opinion, flirting and
laughing in the most outrageous manner.
"8h»‘ ila must give her a hint, she
mustn’ t stay too long.
Glendurwood
might arrive at any moment.”
Fortunately for him, Sheila cam? up
to him then, and she readily saw the
wisdom o f his words.
Going up to the woman disguised as
Audrey, who was none other than Mur­
ray, the discharged lady's maid, she made
mvme sort of excuse and walked away
with her and her parner just as Jack
Glendurwood, in his gray domino and
mask, came up to where his sister was
»landing.
“ Halloo, G ladys!” he said, laughingly.
“ Guessed you easily enough, you see.
Where's Audrey?”
"Y o u r wife is just leaving the ball room
with Miss Fraser.”
Jack glanced down to the other end.
end just caught a glimpse o f a black and
■liver domino leaning rather heavily on
the arm of some man.
"W h o is the
man, I wonder?” he
thought to himself, and he was just rush­
ing off after them when Lady Dales-
vrater stopped him.
"Jack, give me your arm ; this room is
■o hot, and— I want to speak to you.”
Lady Daleswater was
unconsciously
aiding Sheila's
drama,
though, apart
from her own desire to n]>eak out strong­
ly on Audrey’s extraordinary behavior.
Miss Fraser had asked her to keep her
brother engaged as long as she could
when he arrived. With a grimace Jack
agreed.
" I t is rather hot; and I am not In the
beat of tempers,” he said, frankly. “ I
have driven all the way to Beignton and
hack to see Benson, and then found that
there was a mistake— he had gone to Lon­
don. His secretary swore that no tele­
gram had been sent to me; but, o f course,
be had to change his tune when I pulled
It out of my pocket and showed the mes-
<tagv to him. Then he wanted to say It
w ss some hoax ; but who on earth would
w ant to hoax me?”
"Strange things happen sometimes,”
La d y IMleswater said, curtly,
"Yes, and from all accounts they hap­
pen sometimes at masked balls,” laughed
Jack. “ Even the short time I have boen
here I have heard nothing but gossip
•bout the way some woman has been be­
having, quite scandalising the old ladies
by her outrageous flirting.
Hava you
•ten her, Gladys? Do you know her?”
I.a»ly Daleswater removed her mask
with a jerk, and then atarv»! straight iuto
her brother's eyes.
"Yes. I have seen her. and I do know
her,” aho said, very aiowly. " T o ray un­
utterable shame I say it, Ja»'k, f»>r that
woman was none other than your w ife.”
"W h a t?" Jaca recoiled as though he
had b«H-n struck, then ivaring his head
proudly, "H ow dare you aay any such
thing, Gladys?
How dare you throw
shame and dis»Tedit on a pure, sweet girl
who has never done you a moment's harm,
who has nothing but g»H>»l. gentle thoughts
for y»>u and your»? How dare you?"
"Because it ia the truth!
Yea, the
truth," repeated the countess,
curtly,
"lla d you been here but a few momenta
ago you would have »«*en her with your
own eyes! You would not have given me
the He in this way ! I say again. Jack,
that it is your wife who has Itsgraoed
herself and us this night, who has made
herself the gossip and the scandal of the
placv for months to come."
“ Gladys. I will not listen to yon.”
Jack had torn off his mask ; his face had
grown as white as Ashes.
"From to­
night, though you are my sister, I will
never speak to you again for traducing
my w ife’s name. I thought you har«l and
cruel, but I thought also that, with all
your faults, you had an honorable na­
ture. I shall find Audrey, and take her
home. This is no place for her.”
Jack wus turning abruptly, when a
soft exclamation beside him and a hand
on his arm stopped him.
"Lord John, and without your mask?
Oh ! I cannot allow this, it is against all
rules.”
It was Sheila who spoke.
"H a ve you seen my wife. Sheila?”
Jack asked, hurriedly. He replaced his
mask as he spoke.
“ I left her a few moments ago. She
was with Mr. Rochfort. Shall we go and
find her?"
Sheila put her hand on his arm, and
Jack moved away with her without an­
other word to his sister.
“ Where did you say you had seen Au­
drey?" Jack asked, harshly.
Sheila’s eyes, shining hard and clear
through her mask, were going quickly
round. Where was Alice Fairfax? She
should be at hand now to give the cue
for the last act in the comedy that for
two hearts this night would be bitter
tragedy.
Before she had time to grow angry a
(tale-pink domino fluttered up to them;
the owner gave a girlish giggle.
“ Sheila, is it you? Yes. I see ft is.
Such fun ! I have Just seen the loveliest
bit o f spooning you ever saw. That verj
proper Lady John Glendurwood and—
who do you think?— why. Beverley Roch­
fort ! Oh. I assure you they were going
on like anything. They have gone to the
old summer house, and----- ”
Sheila checked her accomplice with so
well-acted an air of anger as to astonish
Miss Fairfax.
"A lice, how dare you ! What are you
saying, my dear child? You must not;
it is very w ro n g!”
Miss Fairfax pretended to lose her tem­
per. Really she had been an Invaluable
ally, and took as much delight In shar­
ing in this wicked plot as though she
were joining in the purest and best work
on earth.
“ I am only telling you the truth ! I f
you don’t believe me, go and see for your­
self! I, for one, am not surprised, after
the way she hag gone on to-night,” and
wkh that Miss Fairfax flounced her pink
domino out o f sight.
Jack Glendurwood had made no sign ;
not even the smallest exclamation crossed
his lips. He stood erect and atill, like
a statue of stone, as they were Alone
again.
Then suddenly he
turned
to
Sheila.
When they were close to the small rustic
building she stopped.
“ Go tin alums" she said, and without
another word Jack Mtrodc down the path.
W ith a gasp of fear, Sheila f»>llowe»l
him.
Whut would ha do, what would
hi» do? Fold us ice, yet burning with
fi ver so terrible that it aluiout choked
him. Jack |> uhh < s | down the path.
Ills
brain was on firs.
Audrey wss there Audrey, his pure
love, his darling, his w ife ! On all sides
llU k U r s ls v r ,
she had been «iia<niaae»l. uone had spoken
Among tlie r*»vu t
Inventions fo r
kindly. What was this awful thiug that
household use Is a dlah drainer, which
had oome upon them?
As he reacht'd the door o f the summer should prove very useful.
As shown
house he was trembling In every linth.
In
the
Illustra­
His lips opened to call her name, then
tion. It Is a d ev h e
cloned with a flerve curs«. Another man
for h o l d i n g
was speaking it passionately, wildly.
p l a t e s , sa u »v r«
"Audrey, my love, my love, my darl­
and other d ia ls «
ing !"
In a position to
W ith his strong right hand Jack atru»*k
allow
them
to
back ths door and stood there, in the
dim light— a tail, avenging angel.
•train thoroughly.
Audrey, with one harnl presse»l against
Th e drain er com­
the wall, was standing before him. At
prises
a
w ire
her feet knelt Beverley Hochfort, clasp­
rack In which the
ing the other hand, and kissing It as he
dishes are aup-
poured out his vows o f love.
As Jack
ported and a pan
appeared before them, Audrey gave one
D1HU CHAIN!.A.
to ..„fc.,, th „ (|r,p.
great cry.
"Jack ! Jack I Thank heaven you have D iagon ally across the fram e are «pan
com e!’ ’
w ire*, a considerable number o f dishes
Beverley Rochfort rose to hts feet Itelng thus accommodated In a com-
with a low laugh. He was no coward, pu ratlvelv small space.
As the span
like Sheila. He rather hoped there would
w ire « touch the dishes only In one
be some excitement now.
Jack was silent scarcely a moment; ■l»ot. there Is nothing to prevent thor­
the drainage being
he never even glanced at the m an; he ough cleansing.
I>erfect.
T h e dishes may Ite washed
looked straight at his wife.
"T h e carriage la waiting for you. Lady or pa rtia lly wash«*«! before Iwlng In­
John.” he said in a voice which Audrey serted In the rack, or, ns som e prefer,
had never heard from his lips before; “ It they can he placed In the rack exactly
ts time for you to return to your home." as they come from the table and tlieti
Audrey looked at her husband out of
cleansed by pouring holllng w ater o ver
her great, blue eyes, all distraught aa
tb ern .
they were, Foy the moment she had fo r­
gotten his treachery at joy in hla coming.
P ick led T rou t.
Now, aa with one heavy blow. It all re­
(.'lean tbe tlsh and (toll In «alte»! w a ­
turned to her. The end had surely com#
ter. then drain, w I| h > dry nnd set nslde
when ha could apeak to her like this,
and how terrible was the way in which until very »»Id . Make n pickle o f tw o
he stared at her. She had not strength quarts o f vinegar, a dosen blades o f
mace, the same number o f w hite pep-
to more a limb or utter a sound.
“ I request that you accompany me to jiera and clove«, tw o tensjioonftil» o f
the carriage at once," Jack «aid, this mustard, th r w tableapoonfula o f w hite
time quite fiercely.
sugar and a pint o f the w a ter In which
Audrey drew her domino about her. the flah was hnlled. Boll nil thla liquid
Vaguely she felt that, bad as the horlson J
ouce, then ski in It. Cut the flsh Into
of her life had looked a short hour ago.
It was doubly worse now. She did not plo»-ea o f nnlfonn slse. I a *1 the liquid
comprehend Jack's manner, but It hurt get c o ld ; put hack on the stove and
her to the quick. That he should apeak when It bolls drop tbe flsh and take
to her like this, and before that odious, from the Are.
Pack In Jars tilled to
horrible m an!
She put out both her o verflow in g w ith the sp!<»*<! vinegar,
hands. Fear of Beverley drove away her seal tigh tly aud put In a cool place.
jealous pangs.
“ Yes, y e s; take me horns. I am ready
H ard
Soap.
to go. I entreat you to take me !”
Put together four gallons o f holllng
Jack stood on one side for her to pasa,
w ater, six pounds o f washing soda nnd
and as he faced Beverley Hochfort alone
three iiounds o f unslnkc»! lime.
Set
for an Instant, he said, very quietly:
aside
until
clear,
then
drain
off
nnd
put
"E ith er yoer life or mine answers for
o ver the Are w ith six ixiunds o f pure
this night's work. You understand?"
“ Perfectly,” smiled Beverley, but he fat. Boll fo r about tw o hours, or until
frowned the next moment.
It begins to harden, thinning, when nec­
A duel ! This was not what he had essary, w ith the w ater that you have
anticipated.
Andrew did not catch the | drained off, adding It when there Is
hurried words, and. as she walked sway I
danger o f the m p boiling over. T r y a
beside her husband, she was too deeply I
sauc'er and when thick
miserable to think o f anything but that little In a
a cloud had fallen on her life ;
that | enough throw In a handful o f salt and
Jack’s love had gone from her. and she rem ove from the Are. Pour Into a w et
tub, and «ten d as!de to harden, th**n
was the most wretched girl on earth.
(T o be continued.>
cut Into bars.
••The
S tra n g lin g
F ig ."
V isito r» to Mexico and other tropical
countries often have their attention
called to "th e strangling fig "— a tree
that commences Its grow th ns an ep i­
phyte (th a t Is. one form o f plant life
that grow s perched on an oth er) fa r up
on the trunk or among the branches
o f another tree, usually on a palmetto
or some o f the kinds o f palms. Th e
roots o f the strangling
tree
extend
dow nw ard around the host tree to the
ground, gradually Joining together, mak­
ing a tube-llke mans o f roots some­
times as much as six feet o r m ore In
diameter.
When the attacked tree Is a palm,
death to It Is caused not so much by
the binding around the trunk ns by
shading out Its branche* by tbe attack­
ing tree.
“ Where is this summer house
she
W hen the attacked tree Is an exogon
speaks of? Is it the old one I know?"
(th
a t la one w ith wood and b a rk ) the
Sheila bit her lip. She had never heard
anything so terrible as the sound of his attacking roots bind so tigh tly as to
voice, the passionate constraint, the hol­ canna a stoppage o f the flow o f sap.
lowness o f acute misery.
As the sap o f a tree Is really Its food
"M y dear Jack.” she said, laughing (changed by the leaves so that It can
nervously, “ you surely do not mean to say be used) and the flow o f the food Is
you take any notice o f
that
foolish thus stopped, the attacked tree Is real­
girl’s------”
ly "sta rv e d ” to death. Ho death to the
"W ill you answer me?” Jack replied, attacked tree Is caused
eith er
by
fiercely.
sm othering or by starvation or hy both.
For one moment Sheila’s heart failed
Th e jiecullar manner in which the
her. She began to see her work In Its
flattened roots extend down nnd around
full vileness and sin. What If she had
gone too far? What if he should mur­ the tree, give them the appearance o f
der Audrey when he saw her? There some thick, slow -flow ing mnterlnl run­
was a sound In his voice that spoke of ning down the tree.— St. Nicholas.
rage ungovernable and mad pride.
T h e r e A r e Others.
"D o not take any notice o f such gos
“
Mrs.
Snooper
Is the most gossipy
sip. Jack.” she said hurriedly.
A ll the answer he gave was to begin woman I know. She can’t keep a se­
to walk out Into the grounds, and Sheila, cret.”
nerving herself for the last, threw herself
" I s that so?”
before him.
“ Y e s ; she told me a lot o f th in »» In
"N o , Jack,” she said In low, choke»! confidence yesterday that she promlse»l
tones, “ you shall not g o !”
d ifferen t people she w ouldn’t te ll.”
“ What do you mean?’’ H is face, from
"S h e didn’t, really?”
which he had torn away the mask, was
“ Yes, she did. W ant to hear them?”
almost savage in its anger and horrible
fear. "D o you know what you are say­ — C leveland Plain Dealer.
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Is known
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DOCTOR
A SURE CANCER CURE
Banana
S alad .
H a ve the bananas very cold.
Cut
them Into small piece* and m ix w ith
a dressing made o f tw o teaspoonfuls
o f salad oil, oue teaspoonful o f vin e­
gar, one teaspoonful o f lemon Juice
and a qu arter o f a teaspoonful each o f
salt and w h ite pepper. F ill tbe banana
skins and set o ver
lettuce
leaves.
Sprinkle a few halves o f English wnl-
nuts and a little rhoppe»l parsley o ver
the top o f the salad and serve Immedi­
ately.
Cream
of
Corn
MAKE
YOUR HOME TIES
HAPPIER
THE REMEDY:
Soap.
Sim m er one can o f corn In three cup­
fu ls o f w a ter fo r an hour. Then press
through a sieve. Thicken throe cup­
fuls o f scalded milk with one table-
spoonful each o f butter and flour, add
It to tbe corn pulp aud season to taste,
w ith salt and pepper. Ix*t It get very
hot, stir In h alf a cupful o f cream, re­
m ove from the Are and add a beaten
eg g Just before serving. I f the cream
Is whljiped It Is more delicate.
C h o c o la te
A lm o n d
D e lla h t.
D issolve one package o f raspberry
gelatin In a full pint o f holllng water.
Strain when It begins to harden nnd
press In one-ha If pound o f chocolate
almonds.
When Ann serve In college
Ice glasses, w ith a spoonful o f whipped
cream o ver each glHsa and an almond
on the center o f each.
and. turning at length sbe obeyed him.
Isn’t quite a prolific thinker.
H la .
T h a beat kin d o f • taatim onlal —
pin t o f boiling water, add lutlf n ten-
sjH>onfuI o f salt, and cook In a double
boiler, stirrin g occasionally. When the Just Received from Pekin «, China -Sale, Sure
and Reliable.
tapioca Is transparent add tlie Juice o f
IF YOU ARE AFLICTED . D O N 'T D ELAY.
D ELAYS ARE DANGEROUS.
tw o lemons and the whites o f tw o eggs,
If you cannot call, write lor aym; ton blank end circu­
beaten until stiff.
Spread o ver sliced
lar. Inclose 4 cents In stampa.
bananas and serve w ith cream and su­
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gar. or w ith a oold-bol!e<l custard pre­
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the Juice o f the fru it Instead o f water.
"W h a t brushy eyelashes Mr. Swnjpi
S p a n la h Cream .
h a s !”
One-half box o f gelatin, one qnart o f
“ Utn.
That*« the reason he g iv e «
milk, the yolka o f three eggs, one small
•uCh sweeping glances.” — D etroit Free
cup o f mi gar. Soak the gelatin In the
m ilk fo r an hour, then put It on the
V L t n H « F a lla D o w n .
Are and atlr w ell as It heats. Add to
M lffk lm — Pennington
seems to bs m ilk and heat to the boiling point, stir­
q u it» a prolific w riter.
ring all the time. Strain w ith a mold
B lffk ln * - Y e s ; but unfortunately he and flavor w ith vanilla.
fo r
Then It’s lime to act! No time
to study, to read, to experi­
ment! You want to aave your
hair, and aave it quickly, too!
So make up your mind thla
very minute that if your hair
ever cornea out you wiil use
Ayer’« Hair Vigor. It tnakea
the acalp healthy. The hair
stays in. It cannot do any­
thing else. It’a nature’s way.
Has made • Ilf* atudy of root» »rvd herbs. »ml In that
etudy dlw-nvered am 1» fir m » 10 the world hi» won­
derful ramediaa.
N o M ercury. 1‘n lia n i or t>ru«s t i e d Mo C u r.»
W ithou t Operation, or W ithou t the Aid
o l a k n ife.
He guarantees lo Cure C»larrh, Aathme, Lung,
T a p io c a an d lla n a n a 4 p »n «e .
Throe!. Rheumatlam. N.rvouaneaa, Nervoua Debil­
S prinkle h a lf a cup o f taplo<*a and ity. Siomwh. Llv*r. Kidney Trouble»: also Loot
tw o-thirds o f a cup o f sugar Into one Manhood. Female W.unceeend All Private Dlseasea
ing? Why must I not go and seek my
wlfs? Am I not the proper person to do
so? Answer me this, Sheila Fraaer, why
do you stop me? Do you fear what I
shall see and hear?"
"Yss.” she said, sw iftly, “ I fea r—for
you. Jack.”
"Then be assured, Sheila, I ■hall not
be harmed. I/ead me to this summer
house, that I may know the w o rst”
Shelia triad to look imploringly at him,
but he simply repeated the command,
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