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C'HAPTKK II Continued.
"My llfo, nn you know, wns wrerkcd
when I wns a llttlo more than a child,
end I and my boy wcro loft high and
dry, nwny from tho world and all ltn
sy.ninnthlca and Iovph; and all I car
llod with mo Into this desert of deso
lation wns my povorty and a fooling of
resentment nRnlnst a world that
kicked mo out for no fnult of Iny own.
I wns wowing contented with my lot
and willing to nhldo by It, when sud
denly a fellow-bolng ctosBcd my path,
willing nnd nnxlotis to sympnthlzo
with mo. Ho does sympathise, nnd
nioro than that, ho awakens feelings
and longings I thought dead, lint
which Instead of being dead, hnd but
been llko a smoldering nro gathering
llfo nnd vigor; and bo In tho spaco of
one short month I find that I am down
among the world again, tied by a bond
thnt I ennnot break to a man who Is
nil unconscious of tho fnct that wher
ever ho goes a woman's heart and soul
go with him,
"Now, what am I to do? Am I to bo
born ngaln, as It woro, but to dlo
ngaln? Am I to suffer calmly nnd si
lently when I know that tho second
Ftngo of this woman must bo worse
than tho first or, rather, tho third
worse than tho socond? Toll mo that,
Dr. Hlgbyl" sho sprang to Her root,
and boforo I could roply, continued:
"Thnt extraordinary rnco of pcoplo
known as tho rollglous world say thnt
mntehes nro mndo In heaven, and I
suppose they would sny that tho evl
donro of such a heavon-.mado match
would bo In tho yoarnlng of ono heart
nfter nnothor; but suppose thnt tho
yenrnlng Is nil on tho ono sldo, and
thnt on the sldo of the woman, whoso
fonguo norloty and nodal lnwa hnvo
tied: what, then. Is sho to do; In sho
to yearn nn until death rellnven hor7"
"I fenr so," was tho only roply I
rould mnko, and nftor a momont I
hildod. "Thoro seems no othnr cour.io
open for her, nnd nftor all, Miss Mllno.
men have tho samo thing to fenr nnd
eometlmos suffer."
8ho ntoppod boforo mo nnd snlil
very" disdainfully, "Men! Mon!"
" T.ovn of man's llfo'H n thing npart.
TIs wonnn's whole oxlstonco.'
"Hut tho cruel Injustlco of It to tho
womnn Is not tho only mlsornblo part
of tho business; thoro's tho mnn to bo
tlmuRht of. Is ho to bo nllowed to
throw nwny unknowingly tho treasuro
of iiueh lovo without n protest? Ho
nan sown seeds of klndneRs on good
soil, and shnll tho fruit bo ungnthorod
nimplv bnenuso tho. man does not know
It Is thoro?"
MIrb Mllno, as sho finished this
question, stopped her angry, oxcltod
walk Just In front of me, and I looked
up nt hor nnd snw her lnrgo oyen
bloodshot and angry, her fnco carrying
nn oxpreRslon of fixed dotormlnatlon
nnd capacity for nnylhlng, good or
hnd, nn tho caso might bo. I would
hnvo plttled her If I could but I could
not. That sho was suffering sovoroly
thoro could bo no doubt, but thoro wns
nn ondro nbsonco of thnt sorrowful ap
preciation of sorrow that onlls forth
Pity.
I longed for tho Interview to close.
Suddenly the thoiiKht Unshed ncro-m
my mind: "Does she expect mo to do
nnythlnir nnd If so. whnt? Anr I to
go nnd plead with this mnn. who has
ro-nwnkoned her lovo; nnd than, who
Is ho7"
"I understand, Mla Milne, that this
man of whom you hnvo been spenklng
In unconscious of tho fact thnt you lovo
him?"
flho hnd wnlkcil to (he tnblo now
and sat down nnd burled hor bend In
her nrms folded boforo her., Without
rooking up, sho replied: "All uncoil
clous," "I don't qulto understand whnt you
export of me. I ennnot go nnd plead
with this man. Do you boo anything I
enn do for you?"
"No. you enn do nothing. I suppose;
nono but tho Almighty enn, nnd Ho
wont."
"Hut do you think you nro Justified
In tnkln It no much to heart) Othor
women hnvo "
"Other women! I nm not an othor
women nro, Dr," Rlgby. Tho nmount
of n womnn's devotion In tho moasuro
of her Borrow: they ennnot lovo 'ns I
do, nor sncrlflco themselves nR I
would, nnd thoroforo tlioy can not feel
ah I Jo," ,
' She roo from her chnlr to go, nnd I
wns heartily glnd. As nhe drew on hor
shabby nloves, 1 said, by wnv of break
ing a silence thnt wn exceedingly tin
comforlnble: "Such n power of mnk
lug or marring lives ought not to bo
given to mon: tho'O nro few of us eip
nble of using It might, nono of us, per
Imps, If I "
"Yes," she broke In with Intense In
terest, "whnt would you do If you woro
In his position?"
"flod forbid that I should oyer bol
If I did And myself thoro, I think I
should conclude thnt It wns bettor that
n wrvmnn Buffered for n time, for Ror
row of thnt order never lasts, than
that two lives should be rulnod by
such n union,"
'JAnd Bueh speech would bo quite
characteristic, not of you In pivrtleu
lar, perhaps, but of nil your noblo
ox," sho replied, In a hard metallic
voice, nnd looking straight nt mo ns
alio walked to the mantle pleco. "And
as for whnt you sny nbout such sor
row being only temporary, you nro
qulto mistaken, nnd you may Bomo duy
liuvo Homo proof of It. I don't say that
this sorrow lasts forever, any moro
thnu a man thnt loses his foothold on
tho mountainside 1b forever falling, but
tho offoct of that sorrow lasts forovor,
iih tho man's broken neck does. You
openk of a woman's fall as though It
wero alow nnd continuous. Instead of
midden and cortnln, You'll aeo," sho
suld, ns she walked doterrulnedly to
tho door nnd speaking with her back
to mo, "I'll not bo the shuttlecock of
tlrcumstnnces twice without doing uiy
best to upset whnt you call the dlvlno
order of things." When sho reached
tho door sho turned round nnd said
tain with torrlblo satire, "Tho dl
vlno order of things! Hal Hal" and
was gone.
CHAPTER III.
"How well you're looking, sir, and
qulto fnt, too!" said my good old
housekcopcr, as sho put down the
Inst parcel In tho hall, sU weeks sub
bcquont to tho ovents Ja3t recorded
I had Just returned from my holiday
nnd stood by tho sldo of my "locum
tenons," who nppenred qulto as happy
to relinquish hor charge as Ann wuT
to sco mo back.
Two hours after I closed the door on
poor hark, who left tho houso, ns he
said, without n regret, nnd then I wont
Into tho dining room ngaln and rang
for Ann.
"Well, Ann, nnd whnt news have
you7 How did you llko Mr. Lark?"
"Pretty well, sir; ho was very funny
ubout his food."
"Did tho patients llko him?"
"Somo of thorn, sir. Ho wnBn't qulto
llko a doctor; ho wns too big nnd too
merry; ho used to lnugh so loud nnd
sit on tho sldo of tho bed Instead of
In a chnlr. Ono woman told mo ho
whistled ns ho went upstairs."
"What very wicked things to do!
Has any ono left?"
"Yes; that woman with tho broken
leg sont for another doctor, because
Di. Lark called twlco without looking
nt her tonguo or feeling hor pulso
cither tlmo."
"Old fool I IJut hnvo you Been much
of Miss Mllno?"
"I havo only scon hor twlco. She
enmo n fortnight ngo, tho night your
letter enmo, In which you told mo
nbout tho young lndy. I rond thnt Inst
sentence to her, nnd sho got up nnd
wont nwny nt once, qulto nltered llko
lust as though you had no right to fnll
In lovo! Thon Bho enmo In a week
nftorward nnd Lor, sir, you novor saw
pitch n chnngol"
"Whnt sort of chnngo?"
"Her dross wns qulto different not
n bit llko her nil bright ribbons, nnd
flowers In her hnt: sho laughtod nil
tho tlmo nnd talked so loud ns nover
wns. Sho said sho had a young mnn
outside, and was going to n music hnll.
Slin said sho had wasted nil her llfo
nnd hnd no fun, but now sho wns go
ing to bo qulto dlfforont, and onjoy
herself. Sho was exceedingly rudo to
mo. sir "
"How do you menn rudo?"
"Well, sho said I was an old fool to
hnng nround hero and mnko my llfo
mlsornblo: nnd sho said n great many
othor things which I prefer not to re
peat, sir," nnd Ann drow horsolf up
with dignity. "Whon sho loft I rnn to
tho kitchen window nnd wntchod her
going up tho 8troot with hor young
mnn, nnd It wns dreadful! Sho
laughed nnd tnlked thnt wild every
body wan a-starlng "
"It Is jndcod very strnngo Ann, nftor
what wo know of hor almost Incredi
ble ;"
"Yes, sir," broke In Ann; "nnd nftor
tho wny bIio nursed you " Tho bell
rnng nnd Ann loft mo to my contom
plntlons of this new nnd strnngo d
pnrturo of my whilom nurso, friend
nnd constant mystery.
In n week I hnd settled down to
work ngaln. nnd hnd not seen Mls
Mllno, nor hnd I thought much of her.
Mon nro provnrblnlly selfish." nnd Just
nt this tlmo I had nbundnnt renson for
cultlvntlng thnt unchristian tendency,
t hnd left my heart In tho country; It
wns stolen there, or rnther. found Its
nltnr, nnd stnyed to worship: I came
bad? but half myself, nnd that tho
lescor half.
Ono oveulng I hnd walked paRt Mlsn
Mllno's shop to seo n patient, nnd on
my wny homo I wont In to rco hor.
Thero wan no ono In tho shop when
I entered, nnd I had tlmo to glance
around; In a momont I saw that the
wholo nppearanco of tho plnco hnd
changed. Untidiness reigned every
where, papers wore lying all over the
counter, tho shelves, whoro of old the
stock of tobacco nnd clgnrs hnd been
nrangod so nontly nnd tidily were
now, but for dust nnd rubbish, empty.
Proflontly tho door oponod very slight
ly nnd through tho crnck, but without
looking, Bomo ono shouted:
"Who's thoro? Whnt do you want?"
'Twna the volco of Miss Mllno, but
terribly changed. It had been n soft
otco; now It was harsh nnd unmusi
cal. "It's I, Doctor Rlgby. but don't let
mo disturb you."
"Oh. you. Is ft? Will you coma In? I
nm qulto nlone."
And I went In, nnd the room 1 foiwl
hnd shared the fate of the shop. It
hnd alwnyn been bniely furnished, but
never untidy; now to tho poverty wan
ndded dirt and disorder; Rolled cupi
nnd plates covorcd tho tnblo: In tho
fonder thero stood unwnshed sauce
pans, a frying pan, and other cooking
utensils. Tho room hnd ovldontly been
neither swept nor dustod for ninny
days.
Miss Mllno herself was a striking
contrast to hor former self. Thero wns
about her person nn air of wrath, but
It was vulgar wrath; hor dress was of
fashionable cut. but tho colors woro
loud, and thore was tho Biiperabund-I
nnco or ruinous innt Aim nan noncon.
Sho woro much jewelry of questionable
value. Prom tho fact that her hat
was on nnd ono glovo, I gathered that
sho wns going out.
"I nm afraid that I havo come In at
nn Inconvonlent tlmo," I said, nftor
slinking hands with her,
"Oh, no, thank you; I nm always
glad to see you. May I offer you some
thing? Thore Is wlno or brandy In tho
cupboard."
Mechanically I declined. My mind
was too absorbed to think of what I
wns doing or saying.
"I seo you arts a bit astonished."
"Indeed I am."
"nut I told you I had Been shuttle
cock long enough, and was going to
join the battledore brigade."
"I know you did; but I did not tako
It seriously. I had marked out a dif
ferent career for you."
"Everybody baa the destiny they do
serve," "Then you will rliht yourwU?"
"It I am wto8c.m
I "MIbs Mllno, i o rou seriously nblnii
I thero Is any doubt of that? Aro you
hnppy tell mo that?"
"Which me do you mean tho now
ono I am cultlvnlng, or tho remnants
of tho old not qulto dead?"
I "I menn tho old one, tho Miss Mllno
I know."
"Oh, I don't troliblo much nbout
'her; sho was a decided failure a mis
tako nil round."
"I did not find hor so; I respected
nnd looked up to hor."
"Thnt mny bo. but you hnd not her
llfo to put up with. No. Doctor Wgby,
I am altered." In a Tiioro serious, less
bantering tone, she continued: "I do
not went to discuss the mnttor. I am
rrotklng my bod, nnd I shall havo to
lie In It nnd no ono else."
'But If that bed phould prove ns un
comfnrM In ns I think It will, don't
you thlnl: vour friends will shnro the
sorrow of It?"
"They'll' get just tho roflectlon, per
hnpi, but no more, nnd thnt they'll
soon get ovor. You will certalnlv,
now you havo somothlng olso to think
about."
I guessed to whnt sho referred, and
roxrettcd tho allusion, knowing how
dangerous tho topic of ono woman's
engagement It to nnothor.
"Nothing enn happen to mo that will
so absorb my thoughts ns to render
your prospects other than a matter of
grrnt nnxicty."
"Indcd! Wltnt n good hnnd you aro
at mnklng sot speeches! When did you
return from tho country?"
"About n week slnco: but my time
has been fully occupied."
"TIs too bad to dwell upon thnt;
thero was a tlmo when you would not."
"I wns younger thon, much younger.
But, seriously, I did not menn any
thing. Would IE Uo very rudo to nsk
you whoro you nro going?"
"Not nt nil: I n.m going to tho the
ater with a friend."
It wns obvious that no good could be
dono by remaining, so I took my hat
nnd turned to go.
Then I altered by mind nnd wont
back to hor nnd held out my hnnd. As
1 shook hers. I nnld "Oood-by; I do
hopo you will stop this boforo It Is too
late. You can't think how nnxlous I
nm about you."
"You need not bo, Doctor Wgby; I
nm not ono to bo very rnsh In my
movoments, nnd things dono dollbor
ntcly nro not easily undono. Good
night." Ab I turned the hnndlo of tho door T
hoard from tho pnvemont outnldo tho
sound of hurrying feet, and nn I opened
It some ono said: "At lnstl at hint!
I began to think you wero novor "
Ho did not finish tho sentence but
upon seeing mo turned nnd walked
nwny, ovldcntly a good deal disgusted.
Ho wns young and well dressod. not
oxnctly of tho "olognnt'vncuum" ordor,
nlthough thero wns moro thnn a trace
of that strnln In Mm.
"Oh! you nro tho victim nro you?
And I daro sny you think you aro load
ing her, Instond of being led yourself
by tho noso, young man," I thought to.
myself ns I wandered sadly homnwnrd.
"Ah! well. I only hopo sho will' bo
llttlo morclful to you."
(To b continued.)
KJ Thing That May 8
i Intarost You. 8
EteggOSEEISEEEBSBEEECEESEEEfa
Madamo Janatischcck, the nctross, is
very ill at Saratoga, tho result of a sec
ond Btroke of paralipls, which has affoc
tud her wholo loft aide.
Kx-Congrecsnian Stophonson of Mich
igan hna dropped out of politics and
employs nil his tlmo on his farm of
1,000 acres, which is ono of the flnoat
in tho stato.
Mrs. Carter II. Harrison, wife of the
mayor of Chicago lias writton n book of
fairy tales
M. ItnfTaelll, an lmprosionIst tirtlat
of Paris, rays ho has discovered a sys
tem of painting with solid sticks of oil
color, giving nil tho effects of pastel
drawings and alho solidarity of texturo.
Ho claims that it will revolutionise the
m hole system of painting and greatly
tdrnplify tho art.
Stops aro being takon in Dumfries to
commumorato tlio centenary of Thomas
Aird, tho Scottish writer of prose and
veri-o. Aird was a follow student and
lifelong friend of .Curlylo, nnd during
his lifo hu was Intimately associated
with many other notable men of lottora.
Among other nrrungements in connec
tion with tho centenary a bust of (ho
poet by John Ilutchinfon, It. 8. A.,
will ho placed in no vestibule, ot the
Dumfries!, lihinry.
Nov. Frank H. om, a chaplain in
tho United States navy, Iwars a strong
r tfiimblanco to Admiral Downy. He
and liU wife wero in N llkoflbsrre, Pa.,
ftcoutly and the rumor got ubroadUhat
tho admiral was inJnvvn. Mr. and Mrs.
o.o took a trolley ride In the 'after
noon anil weio loiuowtHi uy such a
crowd that It vns necessary for some
one to nunotinco that hot wns not the
mlmirrtl, and that tho demonstration
was annoying. Thon tiio visitors were
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A tall, f-reon sort of a woll-dressed In
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the other day, whero they were talking
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"Whero aro the Socialists? Show
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claimed:
"I am Socialist, sir!"
"You are?"
"Yes, sir; I am."
"Well, sir, ju-t step around the cor
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low who said I couldn't find A Social
1st Ain't he a liar, I should like to
know?"
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He Yes, And bow aiucb more tet
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