THE NEW AGE. PORTLAND. OREGON.
CIJAI'TEK Xll.-IContlnuecl.)
At the Mime moment, Numlnl hcIzoiI IiIh
first opportunity of HpcnklnR. II ml
ilri'sswl himself Kfiitly to IiIh nIhIct-Iii-Ihw.
She refused to liettr him. The liiillenntlon
which Mrs. I'resty liiul roused In her tnncle
no nllowiiiici-H, nnd wns blind to nil sense
of rlKlit.
"Won't trouble yourself to account for
your silence," she sitld, most unjustly.
"You were listening to my mother with
out ii word of remonstrimee when I cnmo
Into the room. You nre concerned In this
vile slander, ton."
.She dropped Into n chnlr. If there wns
nny one thntmht In her mind nt thnt mo
ment, It wits the thought of her linilmnil.
Hhe wns eiijjer to see him; she IoiikimI to
miy to him: "My love, I don't believe n
word of It!" He wns not In the Kitrden
when she linil returned for the pnriisol;
nnd .Sydney wns not in the Burden. W on
derhiK wlmt hud become of her fntlier
iiml her governess, Kitty liiul nslu-d the
nurse miild to look for them. Mrs. Lin
ley sent for the nurse innid. Shu felt the
strongest reliiclnuce, when tho kI" np
penred, to npproneh the very Iniiuirieu
which she wns Interested In ninkliiR.
"Ilnveyou found Mr. LlnleyV" she snid
with mi effort.
"Yes, nnriim."
"Where did yon find him?"
"In the shrubbery."
"Did your muster sny anything?
"I slipped uwny, inu'iim, before ho snw
inc."
"Why?" , ,
"Miss Westerlleld wns In the shrub
bery with my muster. I might have been
mlstnkcn " The girl pitused nnd look
ed roll fused.
Mrs. Llnley tried to tell her to ro on.
The words weru In her mind; but the ca
pacity for giving expression to them fulled
her. She Impudently made a nlgn. 'lliu
nlgn was understood. The servant with
drew. Mrs. Llnley snatched up n newspnper,
nnd llxed lien-yen on It in the hope of fix
ing her mind on It. Obstinately, desper
ately, she read without knowing what she
was rending. Tlie lines of print were be
Klnnliik' to mingle ami grow dim when she
was startled by the sudden opening of the
door. She looked round.
Her husband entered the room.
GIIATKU XIII.
I.lnley advanced n few steps nnd stop
ped. Ills wife, hurrying cngerly to meet
til til . checked herself. It might have been
distrust, or It might have been unreason
lug fear she hesitated on the point of tip
lironchltiK him.
"I hnve mmietliliig to sny, Catherine,
which I nm nfrnld will distress you."
Ills voice faltered, his eyes rested on
lier then looked awny ngiiln. He snld no
more.
A lit of trembling seized her. Lhfley
stepped forward, in the fear that she
might fall. She Instantly controlled her
self nnd signed to him to keep back.
"Won't touch mel" she said. "You come
from MIsh Westerlleld!"
That reproach roused him.
"I own that I come from Miss Wester
field," he answered. "She addresses n
request to you, through me."
"I refuse to grant it."
"Hear It llrat."
"Nol"
"Hear It In your own Interest. Will
you penult her to leave the house, never
to return again? While she is still inno
cent "
His wife eyed him with a look of unut
terable contempt. He submitted to It, but
not In silence,
"A man doesn't lie, Catherine, who
makes such u confession as I am milking
now. Miss Westerlleld offers the one
atonement In her power, while she Is still
Innocent of having wronged you except
In thought."
"Is that all?" Mrs. Mnley asked.
"It rests with you," he replied, "to nny
If there Is nny other sacrlllce of herself
which will be more acceptable to you."
"Let me understand llrst what the sac
rlllce means. Does she make any condi
tions ?"
"She has positively forbidden me to
innke conditions."
"And goes out Into the world, helpless
and friendless?"
"Yes."
Nven under the terrible trial that wrung
her, the nobility of the woman's nature
poke In the next words,
"(Jlvo me time to think of what you
have said," she pleaded. "I have led a
happy life; I am not used to suffer as I
nm suffering now." In the minute that
followed, her dimming color revealed a
M niggle with herself.
"Miss Westerlleld Is Innocent of having
wronged me, except In thought," Mrs.
l.luley resumed. "She might have deceiv
ed me she had not deceived me. I owe
it to her to remember that. She shall go,
but not helpless, and not friendless. Oh,
my husband, has she taken your love from
me?"
".ludge for yourself, Catherine, If there
is no proof of my love for you In what
I have resisted, and no remembrance of
all that I owe to jou In what I have con-fesM-d."
She ventured a little nearer to hi in.
'(mi 1 helleeyou?"
"Put me to the test."
She Instantly took him nt his word.
"When Miss Westerlleld has left us,
promise not to see her again,"
"I promise,"
"And not even to write to her,"
"I promise,"
She went back to the writing table. "My
heart is easier," she said, simply. "1 can
be merciful to her now,"
After writing a few Hues, she rose, nnd
handed the paper to him. He looked up
from It In surprise. "Addressed to Mrs.
MaelMwIu!" he snld.
"Addressed," bhe answered, "to the only
person I know who feels a true Interest
in her, Have you not heard of It?"
"I remember," he said and read the
lines thnt followed;
"I tceoiuniend Miss Westertield ns a
teacher of young children, having had
n tuple proof of her capacity, Industry anil
good temper, while she has been gou-rness
to uy child. She loaves her sltuntlou lu
my service, under circumstances which
testify to her sense of duty and her sense
of gratitude."
The last, worst trial remained to be un
dergone; she faced It resolutely. "Tell
Miss Westerlleld thnt I wish to see her."
On the point of leaving the room, Her
bert was called back. "If yon happen to
meet with my mother," his wife udded,
"will you nsk her to come to mo?"
Mrs. I'resty knew her daughter's na
ture; Mrs. I'resty had been wnltlng near
at hand, In expectation of the message
which she now received.
Tenderly nnd respectfully, Mrs. Llnley
nddressed herself to her mother. "When
we lust meti I thought you spoke rashly
and cruelly. I know now that there wns
truth some truth, let me sny In what
offended me nt the time. If you felt
strongly, It wns for my snke. I wish to
beg your pardon; I wns hnsty, I wns
wrong."
The words hnd bnrcly fallen from her
lips, before Herbert returned. He was
followed by Sydney Westerlleld.
The governess stopped In the middle of
the room, Her head sank on her breast;
her quick, convulsive breathing wns nudl
ble In the silence. Mrs. I.lnley ndvnnced
to the place In which Sydney stood. There
was something divine In her beauty ns she
looked compnsslonntely nt the shrinking
girl, and held out her hand.
Sydney fell on her knees. In silence,
Mrs. Llnloy rnlsed her took (ho writing
which testified to her character from the
table and presented it. Llnley looked nt
his wife, looked nt the governess. He
waited nnd still neither the one nor the
other uttered n word. It was more than
he could endure. He addressed himself
to Sydney llrst.
"Try to thnuk Mrs. Llnley," ho snld.
She nnswered faintly: "I enn't HpcakI"
He appealed to Ills wife next. "Say a
Inst kind word to her," lie pleaded.
She mnde nu effort n vain effort to obey
him, A gesture of despair nnswered for
her ns Sydney hud nnswered: "I can't
sM'uk."
True, nobly true, to the Chrlstlnn vir
tue Unit repents, to the Chrlstlnn virtue
that forgives, those three persons stood
together on the brink of separation, nnd
forced their frnll humanity to suffer nnd
submit.
In mercy to the women Llnley summon
ed the courage to part them. He turned
to his wife llrst:
"I may sny, Catherine, that she has
your good wishes for happier days to
come?"
Mrs. Llnley pressed his hnnd. At thnt
lust moment the child run Into tho room,
In scnrchjif her mother. There wns n low
murmur of horror nt the sight of her. Thnt
Innocent heart, they had nil hoped, might
have been spared the misery of the part
ing scene!
She saw thnt Sydney hnd her lint nnd
cloak on. "You're dressed to go out," she
snld. Sydney turned away to hide her
face. It was too lnte; Kitty hnd seen the
tenrs. "Oh, my darling, you're not going
away!" She looked nt her father and
mother. "Is she going nwny?" They
were nfrnld to nnswer her. With nil her
little strength, she clasped her beloved
friend nnd pluy-fellow round the wnlst.
"My own dear, you're not going to leave
me!" The dumb misery In Sydney's fnce
struck Llnley with horror. He placed
Kitty In her mother's arms. The child's
piteous cry, "Oh, don't let her go! don't
let her go!" followed the governess ns sho
suffered her martyrdom, and went out.
LJuley's heart nched; he watched her un
til she wns lost to view. "Gone!" he
murmured to himself "gone forever!"
Mrs. I'resty heard him, and answered
him:
"She'll come back ngalnl"
CIIAPTKK XIV.
As the year ndvnnced the servants at
Mount Morven remarked thnt the weeks
seemed to follow each other more slowly
than usunl. If the question hnd been
asked in past days: Who is the brightest
and happiest member of the family? ev
erybody would hnve said, Kitty. If tho
question had been linked at the present
time, differences of opinion might have
suggested different answers, but the whole
household would have refrained without
hesitation from mentioning the child's
name. Since Sydney Westerlleld's depar
ture Kitty had never held up her head.
Then typhoid fever set In. The doctor
spoke privately to Mr. Llnley. The child's
debilitated condition thnt lowered state
of tho vital power which he had observed
when Kitty's ease was first submitted to
him placed a terrible obstucle In the way
of successful reslstunco to the advances
of the disease.
"Say uothlng to Mrs. Llnley just yet.
There Is no absolute danger so far, unless
delirium sets lu."
On the next evening but one the futnl
symptom showed Itself. There wns uoth
lug violent in (lie delirium. Unconscious
of past events lu the family life, the poor
child supposed thnt her governess wns liv
ing lu the house us usual. She piteously
wondered why Sydney remained down
stairs lu the school room, "Oh, don't
keep her nwny from me! 1 want Syd! I
want Syd!" That was her one cry. When
exhaustion silenced her, they hoped that
the sad delusion was at nu end. No! As
the slow tire of the fever tlamed again,
the same words were on the child's lips,
the same fond hope was in her sinking
heart.
The doctor led Mrs. I.lnley out of (he
room, "Is tills the governess?" he asked.
"Yes!"
"Is she within easy reach?"
"She Is employed lu the family of a
friend of ours, living nine miles away from
us."
"Send for her instantly!"
Mrs, Llnley looked at him with n wild
ly mingled expression of hope and fear.
She was not thinking of herself she was
not even thinking, for that one moment,
of the child. What would her husband
say, If she, who had extorted his promise
never to see the governess again, brought
Sydney Westerlleld back to the house?
Two hours later, pale, worn, haggard
with anxiety, Sydney Westerlleld entered
the room and looked once more oil the
fuevs which she had resigned herself
never to see again. She appeared to b.
hardly conscious of the kind reception
which did Its best to set her at her case.
"Am I In time?" were the first words
that escaped her on entering the room.
Itcnssurcd by the answer, 'she turned
back to the door, eager to hurry upstairs
to Kitty's bedside.
Mrs. Llnlcy's gentle hand detained her.
The doctor hnd left certain Instructions
warning the mother to guard against any
accident that might remind Kitty of the
dny on which Sydney hnd left her. At
the time of thnt bitter parting, the child
had seen her governess In the same wulk
lng dress which she wore now. Mrs.
Llnley removed the hat and cloak, nnd
Inld them on a chnlr.
"There Is one other precaution which
we must observe," she snld; "I must ask
you to wait In my room until I find thnt
you mny show yourself safely. Now come
with me."
Mrs. I'resty followed them nnd begged
earnestly for lenve to wnlt the result of
the momentous experiment at the door of
Kitty's bedroom. Itnndnl opened the door
for them ns the three went out together.
lie was iu a stntc of mnddenlng anxiety
nbout his poor lltte niece. Then he shut
shut himself Into the drawing room, but
hnd baiely succeeded In composing him
self when a servnnt nppenrcd with some
thing to say to him.
"I don't know whether I have done
right, sir," Malcolm began. "There's a
stranger down stnirs, nmoug the tourists
who nre looking nt the rooms and the pic
tures. He snld he knew you. And he
nsked If you were not related to the gen
tleman who allowed travelers to sec his
Interesting old house."
"Well?"
"Well, sir, I snld yes. And then he
wanted to know If you hnppencd to be
here nt the present time."
Itnndnl cut the innn's story short. "And
you said yes again, and he gave you his
card. Let me look nt It."
Malcolm produced the card, and In
stantly received Institutions to show the
gentleman up. Tho nntnc recalled a gen
tleman he hnd met while In London nt a
dinner nt the Loudon Club Captain Hen
nydeck. Ilnndnl's first words of welcome reliev
ed the.cnptnln of certain modest doubts
of his reception, which nppenrcd to trouble
him when lie entered the room. "I nm
glnd to find you remember me as kindly
ns I remember you." Those were his
first words when he nnd Rnndal shook
hands.
That put the cnptnln nt his ense, nnd
the two men were soon chatting pleasant
ly together. In the course of his remarks
Cnptnln Bennydeck snld: "
"I hnve been In search of a poor girl
who has lost both her parents; sho has,
I fear, been left helpless nt the mercy of
the world. Her father was an old friend
of mine once nu olllccr in the navy, like
myself. My Inst letters suggest a hope
of tracing her. There is reason to believe
thnt she Is, or has been, employed ns a
pupil teacher at a school In the suburbs
of London; nnd I am going bnck to try
if I can follow the clew myself. Good
iiy, my friend let us hope to meet again.
When you nre In London, you will always
hear of me at the club."
Heartily reciprocating his good wishes,
Randal attended Captain Bennydeck to
tho door. On tho way bnck to t he vd raw
ing room he found his mind dwelling, rath
er to his surprise, on the captain's con
templated search fur the lost girl.
Wus the good mnti likely to find her?
It seemed useless enough to Inquire anil
yet Itnndnl nsked himself the question.
Her father had been described ns an olll
ccr In the navy. Well, nnd wlint did that
matter? Inclined to laugh at his own idle
curiosity, he was suddenly struck by a
new Idea. What had his brother told hi in
of Miss Westerlleld? Sho wns the daugh
ter of nn olllccr In the navy; she had been
pupil teacher nt a school. Was It rtally
posslble that Sydney Westerlleld coulif
lie the person whom Captain Ileunydeck
wus attempting to trace? Itandal threw
up the window which overlooked tho drive
In front of the house. Too Intel The
carriage which had brought tho captain to
Mount Morven wns no longer In sight.
The other course that he could take
was to mention Captain Ileuuydcck'a
name to Sydney, and be guided by the re
sult. The drawing room hnd not been empty
more thnn a few minutes when the door
on the right was suddenly opened, Her
bert Llnley entered, with hurried, uncer
tain steps.
He hnd ridden from the farm at head
long speed, terrified by the unexplained
delay In the arrival of a messenger from
home. Unable any longer to suffer (ho
torment of unrelieved suspense, he1 had
returned to make Inquiry at the house.
As he Interpreted the otherwise Inexplica
ble neglect of his Instructions, the last
chance of saving the child's life hud fail
ed, and his wife hnd been ufrald to tell
him tho drendful truth.
How long he stood there, alone nnd Ir
resolute, he never remembered when he
thought of It In after days. All ho knew
wus that there came a time when a sound
In the drawing room attracted his atten
tion. It was nothing more Importuut
than the opening of n door.
Some person had entered the room. IIo
parted the curtains over the library en
trnnVe and looked through. The pcrsou
was a womnn. She stood with her back
turned toward the library, lifting a cloak
off a chnlr. As she shook the cloak out
before putting It on, she changed her po
sition. He snw the fnee, never to be for
gotten by him to the lust day of his life.
He saw Sydney Westerlleld.
(To be contluued.)
Glntt, Anyhi.w.
"I 1ok your pardon, I thought tlila
wns Mr. Chueksley."
"I nm Mr. Chueksley."
"Then I nm ghul to find thnt when.
I thought I was mistaken I wns mis
taken lu thinking I wus mistaken."
"Hey?"
"I nay when I thought I was mis
tnkou I was mistaken In thinking I wus
mistaken nnd being mistaken lu think
ing I was mistaken when I wasn't mis
taken, I was ghul (o find I wns nils
tnkou whoa I thought I wns mistaken,
becauso I vnsn'( inlstnkou-or, rather,
I was mistaken when I thought I was
mistaken, and so I couldn't have been
mistaken well, at any rate, I'm glad.
Looks as If we, wore- going to linvo
snow, doesn't It?" Chicago Tribune.
Tho theorist Is all right until It Is
(lino (o tuako a practical demonstra
tion. Always look nt your Joys with n ml
croscopo, nud at your soruiws with tu
wrouc end of an opera glass.
TRUMPET CALLS.
Ram's Horai Boanda a Waralag Not
to the Unredeemed.
OSES need no
rouge.
Polish Is not
purity.
It Is sometimes
hard work to
have faith.
Tho loss by
grinding Is the
gain of the axe.
Ills sacrifice la
the seed of our
salvation.
There are no passports to heaven. ,
lie who slanders another smuts him
self. God's providence Is proof of Ills pres
ence. The pigment of llfo is made In tho
heart.
A little assistance Is worth a lot of
advice.
To abide In God's love Is to live In
heaven.
Tho best praise of the sermon Is Its
practice.
Gratitude doubles the gift nnd halves
tho debt.
Trials may bo God's (cstlmony to our
strength.
He (hat aims at a reputed wolf may
kill a lamb.
Boiling anger scalds nobody's fingers
but our own.
Tho best graces of life come from the
grace of God!
A man docs not possess wlint ho has
but what he Is.
Life's commonplaces fit us for Its un
common places.
Love Is the only lever long enough to
reach the heart.
The saddest thing In tho world Is sin
without sorrow.
You cannot keep the Sabbath till you
love and prize It.
Ho who persecutes tho Christian
pains the Christ.
There are no fruitless deeds; all bear
cither good or 111.
The spoils of avarice build (he tomb
of all the virtues.
It may take all time to determine tho
value of one seed.
Earthy church-going may end In heav
enly church-being.
Much of the 'sting of life comes from
our smart sayings.
The grave closes the gate of grief and
opens thnt of glory.
It Is not tho truth so much as' the
Teacher who saves.
Goodness mny win gold but gold will
never win goodness.
You cannot build a house without
spoiling n brickyard.
Most of us would rather watch others
than work ourselves.
His glory surpasses tho sun becauso
IIo stooped to sinners.
God's songsters sing In tho baro trees
as well as iu the green.
An Interrogation point makes a fine
hook for the devil's line.
A slippery character will not Insure
you against friction In life.
All agree thnt It Is more blessed to
give thau It Is to receive advice."
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ratntcas Operation 1'erformed with an
Urillnurjr Lucifer Mutcb.
An nirod. well-dressed mnn. with
white side whiskers nud a general ap
pearance of substantial prosperity and
eminent respectability, stepped Into tho
retail store on Fifth avenuo of a book
publisher the other day nnd nsked ono
of tho young clerks lu a confidential
undertone:
"Hnve you n mntch?"
"Cerlnlnly, sir," replied (ho young
man, producing a handful of luclfera
from IiIh ves( pocket, "but you will per
mit mo to say thnt It Is against tho
rules to smoke In this shop."
"Oh, that's all right," replied (he old
gondemnn amiably, "I never smoke."
With that ho began to fumblo In his
pockets. Not finding what ho wanted
he nsked (ho clerk for (ho loan of a
knife. Then ho lit tho match, blow It
out Immediately and began to sharpen
tho burned end Into a point.
"Ah, I see you ueed a toothpick," re
marked tho clerk, as bo watched the
whltdlng process.
Tho old gentleman made no reply, but
when bo bud put a nlco point to the
match ho again spoke.'
"Perhaps," bo said, "you have a quiet
place where I could sit down for n few
moments without being observed?"
Tho clerk, wom'.erlny what tho old
gentlemau might ask for next, politely
led tho way to a corner of tho storo
tl((ed with easy chairs for (ho benefit
of such patrons of tho firm ns might
want to glanco over a book before buy
lug It. Tho old gentleman sat down
and without a moment's hcsltutlou roll
ed up tho left log of bis trousers to a
point above tho knee. Then, using the
back of the kulfo as a linmmer, with n
few well-directed blows ho drovo tho
match Into bis kueo. Then, readjust
lug his trousers, ho handed tho knife
back to tho astonished young man and
snld:
"t am very much obliged to you. l ou
see I have a wooden leg. and ouo of
(ho' plus holding It together fell out.
Tho match will do very nicely until 1
.,., r home. If you have anything
tho mntter with your leg. just step Into
my ottlee nnd I suati ue giau to nssisi
you.
fi'i,n na ho handed the clerk a card
bearing tho tinmo of a promluent finan
cier lu Nowaru, lie siuueu, ihiwvu po
litely and walked Qirt. New York
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PORTLAND, ORE.
"THE PERFECTION
OF WALL PLASTER"
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