oc
*
"There's the sea." she exclaimed Joy
above hitn. Those deep-sot eyes and sunk
C trra w a sta ntta l
R v ld ra f«,
en cheeks had been familiar to her for fully. The moon had broken from behind
S ir A. Conan Doyle, at the Author*'
years. How was it that they now, for the clouds, and glittered on the vast sil flu b Christmas dinner III Loudon, re
the first time, struck her as being terri very expanse.
lated that In America some colored
ble? Was it that new expression which
"Yes, that's the sea.” the driver snid,
|M»ople were keeping the festival of
had apiteared u | mui them, that hard, inex “ and them lights down yonder is ut Lea
Chrlstinus and they were told to hang
orable set alsmt the mouth, which gave t ’ laxton, where the fisher folk live; and
a more sinister character to his whole over there," iminting with his whip to a up their stockings at night. Oue poor
fai-e? As she gazed at him an ineffable long dark shadow on the waters, "is the fellow had no stockings, nnd so he
hung up Ills trousers. In the morning
loathing and dread rose in her soul, and “ Ollywolte.”
he wns ssktsl what he hail got. 11« re
she could have shrieked out of pure ter
“ The what?"
ror. She put her hand up to her throat
"Th e Isle o f Wight, he means," said plied : “ I guess I got * man, for uiy
If you are suffering from
with a gasp to keep down the sudden in Girdlestone.
pauts are gone.”
impure
blood, thin blood, de
clination to cry out. As she did so her
The driver looked at him reproachfully.
guardian glanced over the top of the note “ O f course," saTd he, " i f you Lunnon
bility, nervousness, exhaus
W om an H a llw a y W o r k e r «.
book with his piercing light grey eyes.
folks knows more about it than we who
In the South o f France one may see,
tion, you should begin at once
“ Don’t get hysterical!” he cried. "You arc born and bred in the plnce. It's no * t the little wayside stations, women
with Ayer’s Sarsaparilla, the
have given us trouble enough without matter o' use our tryln’ to teach you.” at lending to the signals o f the h alf doz-
that.”
With this sarcastic comment he withdrew en d a lly train s; w hile tin* companies j
Sarsaparilla you have known
"Oh. why an* you so harsh?" she cried, into himself, and refused to utter an
rogulurly economize at the level « t o s s | all your life.
Your doctor
throwing out her arms towards him in other word until the end o f their Jour
lugs by em ploying fem ale labor. Th e ■
eloquent entreaty, while the tears coursed ney.
knows
it,too.
Askhimaboutit.
down her cheeks. “ What have I done
It wns not long before this wns attain husband can In» seen at work at his j
T o n rou«t look w e ll a fte r th* condition o f
that is so dreadful?
I could not love ed. Passing down a deeply rutted Ian« vines u[N»n the hillside, w hile the w ife
you r liver end I miwm I«. lltil© «« th ere 1« «Jelly
Action
o f tli a bow el*. poluMtoui prod u ct• mro
your son, and I do love another. 1 am so they came to a high stone wall which ex waves the green flag ami keeps the d ill
AbAortttd. CAUtlttK hemUrl«©. b lllo tu r i«»«. nau
« p a , dvapepala, ami thu* preventing! *.!»• Her
grieved to have offended you. You used tended for a couple of hundred yards. It dren quiet.— Detroit News-Tribune.
■Miierflle fro m dolitir It« b e «» vtm k
A v e r '*
to be kind and like a father to me.”
had a crumbling, decaying appearance, as
T ill« a m liv e r p ill*
A r t »re iitlj. e ll vegetab le.
T h a doae U only o n « pill at biMltlme.
"A nd a nice return you have made me. far as could be judged in the uncertain When Mrs. Csrrie she became «he didn't
quit« forget ;
I have to blame myself to some exteut for light. This wall was broken by a single
M odo b v J. 0 . A y e r Ctt , l . r w a ll,
having allowed you to go on that most iron gate, flanked by two high pillars, She took her low, sweet voice along, sud
A ia o m au u fkotu rora o f
hs«
it
even
yet.
pernicious trip to Scotland, where you each of which was surmounted by aomf
HAIR VHtOR.
Hut
ifTiubby's
just
a
little
slow
'o
answer
were thrown into the company o f this weather-beaten heraldic device.
Pussiug
Atine cute.
to her call
CHI BUY Bit TOR Al.
young adventurer by his scheming old through they turned up a winding avenue,
father.”
with lines o f trees on either side, which Mbs can jar him with a voice that era- ka
the [taper on the wall.
“ You may say what you lilte o f me,” shot their branches so thickly nltove them
—
Chicago
Tribune.
she said bitterly. "1 suppose that is one that they might have ts-en driving through
K nllrrl,
* u p e r i l tsoaa.
o f your privileges us my guardian. You some somls-r tunnel. This ateuue termin
"A word to the wise Is sufficient.”
T o o P la ta .
have no right, however, to speak evil of ated in an open s|>ace, in the midst of
“ Norab,” said her mistress, “ I don't remarked the muti with the quotation
my friends.”
which towered a great irregular white
“ You are becoming imjiertinent," he washed building, which was the old P r i mind it if the policeman on the brat liuhlt.
“ W rong again," rejoined the ismtrnry
answered, and resumed his calculations ory
All below it was swnthed in dark dro|ts into the kitchen once in s while of
“ A word to the wise la unnec
in his note book. Kate cowered back into ness, but the upper windows caught the an evening, but I object to your enter person
disreputable essary."
her corner again, while the train thun glint of the moon, and emitted a pallid taining inch shabby nnd
dered and screeched and rattled through and sickly glimmer. The whole effect was looking fellows as the one wbo was there
the darkness. I¡coking through the steamy so weird and gloomy that Kate felt her last night.”
"H e's all r-right. m'm,” said Norah.
window nothing was to be seen save the heart sink withip her.
The wagonette
twinkle here and there of the lights o f [Hilled up in front of the door, and G ir " H e ’e me plain clo'es p'leecem'n."
the scattered country cottages. Occasion dlestone assisted her to nlight.
For Infanti and Children.
I.l* h tn la *
la
«o a th
A fric a
ally a red signal lamp would glare down
There had been no lights or any symp
In South Africa, where thunder
upon her like the bloodshot eye o f some toms of welcome, but as they pulled down
storms
are terrlflc, lightning
often
demon who presided over this kingdom o f the trunks the door o[iened and a little
Dears the
iron and steam. Ear behind a lurid trail old woman appeared with a candle in her strikes the beds o f Irons tone, nnd blue
Bigu atu re o f
o f smoke marjted the way that they had hand, which she carefully shaded from the flames, sometimes firing buildings, are
come. T o Kate's mind it was all as weird wind while she [leered out into the dark alleged to play about such Ironstone
and gloomy and cheerless even as the ness.
outcropplugs tw o or three hours after
P a r is A lis a .
thoughts within her.
“ Is that Mr. Girdlestone?” she cried.
a storm.
" S obs « men.” muttered Gnels Alien
And they were gloomy enough. Where
“ O f course It is," the merchant said im
Sparks aftsr the tiresome s p e a k e r h a d
T e rrib le W a a a a .
was she going? How long was she going patiently. “ Did I not telegraph and tell
“ SJy w ife ," grow led Kadley, "la tha sat down, "remind me of an aid wntey
for? What was she to do when there? you that I waa coming?"
mill that's running with amply hoppers.
On all these points she was absolutely
“ Yes, yes," she answered, hobbling for moat forgetfu l woman "
ignorant.
What was the object o f this ward with the light. "And this is the
“ Yea?" m ildly Inquired the polite vis Their wh*«ls keep on gring, bat they
don't turn out any grist."
sudden flight from Iondon ? Her guardian young lady? Gome in. my dear; come in. itor.
could have separated her from the Dinu We have not got things very smart yet,
“ Ye*, ahe can Dever remember In the
• losla*
fbs
larldeal.
dities in many less elaborate ways than but they will soon come right.”
morning where 1 left my pipe the night
The famous hall player was looking
this. Could it be that he intended some
She led the way through a lofty hall before.” — Philadelphia Pros«.
through the sporting columns of ths
ststem o f pressure and terrorism by which into a large sitting room, which, no doubt,
newspapers.
she should be forced to accept Ezra as a had been the monkish refectory in bygone
A « l o w P ro c e s s .
" I see they’ ve quit mentioning me," hs
suitor?
She clenched her little white days. It looked very bleak and cold now,
"W lg a went out this morning to d ea n said. " I may as well sign."
teeth as she thought o f It. and registered although a small fire sputtered and spar off the snow."
1'pon doing which he secured one wore
a vow that nothing in this world would kled in the corner of the great iron grate.
■Tea”
mention >n the newspaper#.
ever bring her to give in upon that point. There was a pan upon the fire, and the
“ Every two minutes he'd run In th*
There was only one bright spot in her deal table in the center of the room was
house
to warm up."
outlook. When she reached her destina laid out roughly as for a meal. The can
"D id he clean o ff the snow?"
tion she would at once write to Mrs. dle, which the old woman had carried in,
“ He Anally cleaned o fffflie little that
Dimsdale. tell her where she was. and was the only light, though the flickering
ask her frankly for an explanation of fire cast strange fantastic shadows in the he hadn’ t carried Into the house on
O P E N A L L TH K Y LAU
their sudden silence. How much wiser if further corners and among the great oak his feet.” ___________________ _
C latsop B iacn
S easide , O riooi
she had done so before. Only a foolish en rafters which forme». the ceiling.
la tb s I ona A go .
»«T u r
IH r e e l l , o s I h » heseh o e r r lo o k ls x
“ Come up to the fire, my dear," said tbs
pride had withheld her from it.
Cardinal Wolsey had fallen.
■ n »
th e e e r s a . H o l s a i l bath s sa d
The train had already stopped at one old woman. "Take off your cloak and
“ I was trying to dodge an automobile."
large junction. Looking out through the warm yourself.” She held her own shriv be explained, “ and a roller skater ran ■ C l i f f H o u s e l l o s p le e fo r fls b ls g .
I n r Hss parlors. I Iretrle lig hts, f i r e
window she saw by the lamps that it eled arms towards the blaze, as though «■to me.”
I MT pi*/.* u | atraía heat. Vies walka
was Guildford. A fter another intermin her short exjiosure to the night air had
I f Í D C n n i i » sed d r i r r s . Hr* toada s «pre-
The historian«, however, with singular
able interval of clattering and tossing and chi I let! her. Glancing at her, Kate saw obtuseness, have persisted in placing the ■ U K C U U n I . J „ . H a les. Rt.AO SB4 £LOO
I p e r d a r.
W
S p e r is i ra le s by tb s w eek .
plunging through the darkness, thej' came that her face was shnrp-fentured anil cun blame on Henry VI I I . Chicago Tribune
l a a l H ! « . J . M O O IttC , 1 -ru p rte to e i
to a second station o f importance, I ’eters- ning. with a loose lower lip which exposed
fiold. “ We are nearing our destination.” a line of yellow teeth, and a chin which
Girdlestone remarked, shutting up his bristled with a tuft of long grey hairs.
From without there caine the crunching
book.
This proved to be a small wayside sta of gravel as the wagonette turned and rat
tion, illuminated by a single lamp, which tled down the avenue. Kate listened to
gave no information as to the name. They- the sound of the wheels until they died
were the only passengers who alighted, away in the distance. They seemed so me
and the train rolled on for Portsmouth, llow to Is- the last link which hound her
W E T AND DAMP CAUSE
leaving them with their trunks upon the to the human race. Her heart failed h*-r
C O L D IN T H E J O I N T S
dark and narrow platform. It was a dark completely, nnd she burst into tears.
night with a bitter wind which carried
“ What's the matter then?” the old
with it a suspicion o f dampness, which woman asked, looking up at her. "W h at
might have been rain, or might have been a?e ye crying about?"
the drift o f the neighlmring ocean. Kate
"Oh. I ntn so miserable and so lonely,'
was numb with the cold, and even her she cried. "W h at have I done that I
gaunt companion stamped his feet and should l>e so unhappy? Why should I I»»
T A K E S O U T T H E PAI N A T
shivered as he looked als>ut him.
taken to this horrible, horrible place?”
ONCE.REMOVESTHE STIFF
" I telegraphed for a trap,” said he to
"W h a t’s the matter with the place?"
NESS.
P R E V E N TS ITS
the guard. " I s there not one waiting?”
ask**d her withered companion, “ I don't
“ Yes. sir, if you be Mister Girdlestone. see nought amiss with it.
J RETURN. TOO.
F I NE FOR
Here's Mr.
Here. C a rter, here's your gentleman.”
Girdlestone a-eomin'. lie don't grumblu
B R U I S E S . S P R A I N S AND
At this summons a rough-looking ostler at the place. I warrant."
SORENESS.
emerged into the circle o f light thrown
Price 35c and 50c.
The merchant was not in the liest of
by the single lamp, and touching his hat, tempers, for he had bad an altercation
announced in a surly voice that he was with the driver altout the fare, and was
the individual in question. The guard cold into the bargain. “ At it again.” he
and lie then proceeded to drag the trunks said roughly, as he entered. " I t is I who
to the vehicle. It was a small wagonette, ought to weep. I think, who have been
with a high seat for the driver in front.
put to all this trouble and inconvenience
“ Where to. sir?”.asked the driver, when by your disoliedience and weakness of
the travelers had taken their seats.
mind.”
" T o Hampton Priory.
Do you know
Kate did not answer, but sat upon a
where that is?”
coarse deal chair beside the fire, and
“ Better’n two mile from here, and close
buried her face In her hands. All manner
to the railway line,” said the man. “ There
of vague fears and fancies filled her mind.
hain’t been no one livin’ there for two
What was Tom doing now? How quickly
year at the least.”
• H O C * AT ALL
h* would fly to her rescue did he but
PRICES, FOR EVERY
“ We are expeWed and all will be ready
know- how strangely she was situated. Hhe
MEMBER OF THE FAMILY,
for us,” said Girdlestone. “ Go as fast
MEN. BOVS, WOMEN, M IS S E * AND CHILDREN.
determined that her very first action next
as you can. for we are cold.” The driver
W. L Doug!mm mmkmm mud mmllm maea ^ . a
morning should be to write to Mrs. Dims
m an'a $ 2 .BO, 0 8 .0 0 and 0 8 .0 0 mhomm * * *
cracked bis whip, and the horse started
than any o*hmr m anufaaturor In the
dale. and to tell her. not only where she
at a brisk trot down the dark country
w orld. honauaa I hoy h old tholr
was. but all that had occurred. The re
ohm pm. /H hottor, womr longor. and
road.
flection that she coulll do this cheered her
mro o f mromtor ralua than mny oih o r « r «
Looking round her Kate saw that they heart, and she managed to eat a little of
•homo fn tho w orld to -d a y -
were passing through a large country vil the supix-r which the old woman had now
W. L. Douglas $4 and $5 Dili Edge Shoos Cannot Bo Equalled At Any Price
I 'A lIT H F ilf.
W . I«. Do. /la* name »n d price fa «tarnpent on bottom. T n k p W o M seb «tK ioto.
lage. consisting of a broad main street, placed upon the table. It was a rough
Bold by the bent «lion dernier* everywhere. Mho«« mailed from factory to any pKrt o f th© world. Illkfc-
with a few insignificant offshoots branch stew of some sort, but the long journey
tratod Cate loir fie© to any addrean.
W . 1«.
Itr o r k to n , M « « .
ing away on either side. A church stood had given an edge to their appetites, nnd
on one side, and on the other the village the merchant, though usually epicurean in
inn. The door was open and the light his tastes, ate a hearty meal.
shining through the red curtains of the
(T o be continued.)
bar parlor looked warm and cosy. The
murmur of cheerful voices sounded from
I,«n g Reach.
within.
Kate ns she looked across felt
Gunner Many o f our singers go over
doubly cheerless and lonely by the con
trast. Girdlestone looked, too, but with to Enrols» to reach tin» high C's.
G u yer— W ell, w hat do the Euro[s»no
different emotions.
The road was lined on either side by singers come o ver here for?
high hedges, which threw a dense shadow
Gunner Oh, they m ine o ver here to
over everything. The feeble Inraps o f the reach the X 's and V '».
wagonette bored two little yellow tunnels
u sto THE WORLD OVER TO CURE A DOLO IR ORE DAY.
of light on either side. The man let the
W i l l i » « to IC Io p e.
reins lie loose upon the horse's back, and
Said She— I f w e appear together so Always remember the full name.
Look
the animal picked out the roadway for
itself. As they swung round from the much people w ill talk about us.
tor this signature on every box.
25 c.
Said H e— W ell, suppoM w * disap
narrow lane on to a broader road Kate
near Loaeth*
broks out into a little cry of pleasure.
We Trust
Doctors
The Firm of
Girdlestone i
3
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A. C O N A N DO YLE
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C H A I*T K R X I I I . — (Continued.)
" I am sorry to In* late, mother,” the lad
ar.id, kissing the old lady. ” 1 hare Ifi-t-n
down at the docks all day, and have been
busy and worried.”
Mrs. Dinwdale was sitting in her chair
In-side the tire knitting when her son came
in A t the sound of his voice she glanced
anxiously up at his fact*, with all her
motherly instincts on the alert.
“ What is it. my boy?" she said. “ You
don't look yourself. Something 1ms gone
wrong with you. Surely you're uot keeje
ing anything secret from jo u r old moth
er."
“ Ihm't 1«* so foolish as that, my hoy."
said the doctor earnestly. “ I f you have
anything on your mind, out with it.
There's nothing so far wrong but that it
••an be set right. I'll be bound."
Thus pressed, their son told them all
that had happened, the rumor which he
had heard front Von Baumser at the Cock
and Cowslip, and the subsequent visit to
Eceleston square. “ I can hardly realize
It all yet,” he said in conclusion. "M v
head seems to be in a whirl, and 1 can't
reason about it."
The old couple listened very attentively
to his narrative, and were silent some lit
tle time after he had finished. His mother
first broke the silence. “ I was always
sure," she said, ‘That we were wrong to
stop our correspondence at the request of
Mr. Girdlestone.”
" I t ’s easy enough to say that now,”
said Tom ruefully. " A t the time it seem
ed as if we had no alternative.”
“ There’s no use crying over spilt milk.”
remarked the old physician, who had been
very grave during his son’s narrative.
"W e must set to work and get things
right again. There is oue thing very cer
tain, ¡Tom, and that is that Kate Harstou
is a girl who never did or could do a
dishonorable thing. I f she said that she
would wait for you, my boy, you may feel
perfectly s a fe ; and if you doubt her for
one moment you ought to be deuced well
ashamed o f yourself.”
“ Well said, governor!" cried Tom. with
berming face. “ Now that is exactly my
own feeling, but there is so much to be
explained. Why have they left London,
and where have they gone to?”
“ No doubt that old scoundrel Girdle
stone thought that your patience would
soon come to an end. so he got the start
o f you by carrying the girl off into the
country.”
“ And if he has done this, what can I
do?”
“ Nothing.
It is entirely within his
right to do it.”
“ And have her stowed away in some
little cottage in the country, with that
brute Ezra Girdlestone hanging round her
all the time. It is the thought o f that
that drives me wild.”
“ You trust in her, my boy," said the
old doctor. " W e ’ll try our best in the
meantime to find out where she has gone
to. I f she is unhappy or needs a friend
you may be sure that she will write to
your mother.”
“ Yes, there is always that hope," ex
claimed Tom, in a more cheerful voice.
“ To-morrow I may learn something at the
office."
“ Don't make the mistake o f quarreling
with the Girdlestone*. A fter all they are
within their rights in doing what they
a [pear to have done.”
"Th ey may be within their legal rights.”
Tom cried indignantly, "but the old man
made a deliberate compact with me, which
he has broken.”
“ Never mind. Don't give them an ad
vantage by losing your temper.” The doc
tor chatted away over the matter for
some time, and his words, together with
those of his mother, cheered the j'oung
fellow's heart.
Nevertheless, after they
had retired to their rooms. Dr. Dimsdale
continued to be very thoughtful and very
grave. " I don’t like it,” he said, more
than once. " I don’t like the idea of the
poor girl being left entirely in the bunds
>f that pair o f beauties.”
C H A P T E R X IV .
John Girdlestone and his ward were at
Waterloo station. He gave orders to the
guard that the luggage should lx» stamped,
but took care thnl she should not hear
the name o f their destination. Hurrying
her rapidly down the platform amid the
confused heap* o f luggage and currents
o f eager passengers, he pushed her into a
first-class carriage, and sprang after her
just as the bell rang and the wheels be
gan to revolve.
They were alone. Kate crouched up
into the corner among the cushions and
wrapped her rug round her, for it was
bitterly cold. The mendiant pulled a note
book from his issket, and proceeded by
the light of the lamp above him to add
up columns o f figures. He sat very up
right in his seat, and appeared to be as
absorbed in Ilia work as though he were
among his papers in Fenchurch street. He
neither glanced at his companion nor
nude any inquiry as to her comfort.
As she sat opposite to him she could
not keep her eyes from his hard, angular
far-e, every rugged feature o f which was
exaggerated by the flickering yellow light
yens
C A S TO R IA
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MOORE
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“ Bromo Quinina"
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