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The Minister's Wife By MRS. HENRY WOOD CIIAFTEIt XXIII. Richard Maude-Dyncvor, Doctor of Di vinity, Canon and Subdonn of Oldchurch, was seated In his study at his sister's house, Eaton place, when two young men were shown into it. The sight of the first, Charles Baumgarten, was sufficient to make him spring to his feet, his very hoe buckles sparkling with wrath. "Again I" he stuttered. "Do you dare appear in my presence to beard me with your insolence? Hut for the memory of your father, I would order my servants to put you forth." "Why, you are more pepery than you used to be, doctor," cried a voice from behind Charles that of Cyras, who had about as much reverence for a high church dignitary as for n native savage of his adopted land. The canon stretched his 8tern, dark face round, to see whose bold voice might bo thus addressing him. Charles spoke. under such very doubtful circumstances. "The circumstances will bear the strict est investigation," laughed Cyras. "The lady I escorted to tho theater Is charm ing, and one of my very good friends. I'll bring her to see you, If you like." ".Mary," whispered Charles, while Aunt Ann was striving to frame a fitting nn- swer to this last most astounding propo sition, "they did not make you doubt me ' "Never, Charles. "Were It my case." sDoko Regina. bold- ly, "I should get married at once and live upon cold mutton and barley water until Charley's briefs came In moro quick ly, lou may get parted for good If you don t by some plausible tale or other. Une never knows what may happen." A soft flush lighted uo Mary's cheek: cold mutton and barley water bore no doubtful prospect for her. But Charles sighed deeply. He could carry out Re- breakfast, lie had squared up his ac counts and would sail tho following day, leaving a promise that when ho came again his wife should be with him. Tho subdean condescended to perform tho marriage ceremony for both parties? and Miss Dynevor honored tho company in a new flaxen wig and a bird of para dise; a very magnificent specimen which CyraB had specially procured for her from some Island In tho southern seas with an unpronounceable name. (THE END.) SPANISH WEDDING DANCE. 'When 1 assured you I was not at the glna's suggestion, and add something to Haymarket Theater the other night, sir, you might have trusted my word, after knowing me all these years. It was my brother who was there; and Miss Dyne Tor was deceived by the resemblance." The subdean gazed at both of them "What, is it you?" he exclaimed. "Come back to trouble England !" "I am here to honor it and Its natives with a visit: you among the rest," cried the undaunted Cyras, as he shook the 6ubdean's reluctant hand. "Glad to see you in robust health and voice, sir. The reverend gentleman coughed. Cyras, years ago, had gone in and out of his house as one of his own boys, and been on the same familiar terms with him. He turned to Charles: "Then am I to understand that you were not at the theater, Charles Baum gartcn? She insisted that you were there most positively, you know, and she did not allow me to doubt her assertion." "To be there under the circumstances described would be very unlikely for me," returned Charles. "I think you might have known, sir, that I was not capable of it, "I'm sorry I offended Aunt Ann," said Cyras. "I hear she looks upon my nod ding to her as a personal Insult. What if I had a lady upon my arm when I nod ded? Aunt Ann never liked pretty wom en, I remember, and that one is pretty beyond common, a star, doctor, of the first water." For once in his life the subdean's fancy was tickled. He enjoyed a side fling at his sister. And Cyras was, in his opin ion, so very lost a sheep that had he ap peared at the play with an army of ladies Instead of one, it would have given the subdean no manner of concern. "You had better go to the drawing room and make it right with them," he said, when the young men had explained about Irs. Carrington and one or two other matters. "Tell Ann all this, and re-es tablish ourself in her favor." I .It chanced that Miss Dynevor was this morning in an exasperated mood, brought on by her ineffectual endeavors to induce Mary to say she would give up Charles Baumgarten, "It seems to me that the world must ibe coming to an end," she said, haran- jming all three girU in general, but Mary 3n particular, "and the .sooner the better, if this is the order of things. In my .younger days we modest maidens never so much as looked at an unmarried man ; -as to talking openly of one, as I have -seen you girls doing over and over again, we should have been shut in our rooms ;for a month after it. While you, Mary IDynevor, scruple not to uphold Charles IBaumgarten's conduct the other night!" "What I say is this, Aunt Ann that Charles could not behave in the manner you have related,' 'responded Mary, a sound of tears in her voice. ""How dare you insult me by doubting my word?" "I don't doubt your word, aunt; I doubt your eyesight. You mistook some one else for Charles." Miss Dynevor shrieked. "You insolent girl mistook him, did I? When he turn ed his face impudently toward mine and grinned and nodded to me? He winked, too ; I vow and protest he winked." "ne assured me in the presence of papa that it was not himself; that it was a mistake ; for he was not out of bis cham bers at all that night." "And you believed him!" scoffed Miss Dynevor. "With my whole heart," warmly re turned Mary, a glowing color dyeing her tface. "I would rather die than disbelieve Charles Buumgarten." "That's a pretty modest avowal," gasp ed Miss Dynevor. Aunt Ann's wrath was arrested mid way, for Charrle3 and his brother at that moment entered. She knew Cyras at once, and pushed up her wig a little in astonishment. Cyras advanced to the young ladies to greet them in what he called New Zealand custom, which they Ifound meant neither more nor les3 than Sdsslng. When the noise and laughter had sub sided, Cyras turned to Miss Dynevor. "'May 1 venture to touch your fingers with he tips df mine, Aunt Ann?" No response. Miss Dynevor had not .recovered from her potrefaction. "It's only right to ask, before presum ing," went on 'Cyras ; "because, you know at tho play the other night you looked as ithough you wanted to annihilate me." However annihilating Miss Dynevor might have looked the other night, she .looked very foolish now. Cyras standing before her with his gay glances, Grace sand Iteglna enjoying her discomfiture, and .Mary drawing nearer to Charles as If it -wero her own sheltering place, a happy amlle on her eye and lip. Miss Dynevor's temper was exceeding ly acid Just then. "The subdean forbade you the honse," she said sharply to Charles. "Do you set him at defiance?" "Tho subdean J" interrupted Cyras. "My dear lady, we havo been making our selves comfortable with the subdean In lila study for this half hour. Ho sent us 4o you here that wo might do the same with you." There was no daunting Cyras. Miss It even, upon his present briefs ; he knew that; but, then how was ho to help Uyrasv Mimic nnd Attendant Tho Drc of Women nml Men. Tho wedding dance wnB being held In n long, narrow building nenr n foun tain, niul we entered on n smooth enrth floor ; seats were rnnged about the sides of the whitewashed room, and the low rafters were draped nml festooned with fnncy wall paper with gold scrolls In It. The music was furnished by ft piano orgnn at one end of the long room, turned In rotation by n number of boys In their clean, blue blouses nnd brown corduroy breeches, who felt their Importance, nnd nt tho other end of the room a tablo wns spread with enkes nnd bread nnd n wine concoction very sweet nnd plensant, but seductive, Tho women, some bringing their babies, were n plensant set, but not beautiful, although n few, with their DOOMED. By WILLARD MacKENZIE i CHAPTER XXIV. CHATTER I. The lookout from Penrhyddyn wan grandly picturesque. Tho ancient Benito wall of tho uncouth, straggling building rose upon tho summit of a steep ant thlfltlv wooded hill, around tho huso o wnich slumbered a pleasant valley, on rlrnlr.il liv mmintnlflOtlfl heights of undu latlng moorland, glided with mawes of yellow gorse, and purpled with heather bloom. Nature, In her wildest beauty, reigned mnipemo over tlio scone. .nu works, unvo In the walls of tho old castle which, from a distance, appeared rather tho rocky summit of tho hill, tnan stones fashioned by human hnndi, were not there might have had no place In tho world. In a small chamber, situated at tho top of tho tower, which flanked the build' In noon the west, sat a falr-halred, ihonphtfiil looklnc bov. with dark vlole colored eves, in whoso dreamy depths fhpn lurked n world of passion. 1 10 1.- . . .1 i-i I i - c uun must, ui mem. irrus hiiu n.t.t,t i ni i. i i . ... ... . iuwuih, uuu HilVtMlfU UUWIl Willi Illuming to Great Whltton ; Charles had whls large dark eyes, came very nenr to It They did not wenr tho gny costumes i,,. , , , ,. In one of the pleasant rooms at Avon of mv hnnclnntlon. hnt their dresses . - ... i n i 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 v iii i ( uniit'. iiouse mere stood a group of fair people, ghowed great care nnd conscientious Ti,L hnv Arthur Penrhrddyn. tho gay handkerchief was 'only child of Sir Launco I'cnrhyddyn, often folded around the neck nnd the owner of tho castle. J he room in . . . I ' l.l-l. I.- --ft ....... m .Italian.! nun 'Pico pered to his mother all about Cyras' pros- ncross l ntl lttr carruiKs , 'V ' " 0tVn rL r of nnth ue form pects of the partnership and of Anna Jan- d big breastpins were the vogue even old Jtcn that sen, and of how he meant to help him. among tho young women. ' J (f 1 . .11.1 - 1 T- ... f , .1 m 1 - . 1 , 1.1 1 ' ..... ...V. ..a.w.w . it uiu uui piease iaay urace. uyras nau xue men wore oroau-uninmeu uiiick . . .., ,,i ,,-i,,,r.. stepped outside. felt lints nnd clean blue blouses. I O-ilUL VIMl't Willi "f ' n duroy trousers, either light tan or portrait of a woman. Dust and damp brown, nnd the long red or blnck sash had played sad havoc with what had belt cnlled a "fnjo," wound many times once been a fine work of art ; the colors nbout thi waist, the folds servlnir as of the dress could scarcely be distill "Don't tell me, Charles. I know Cyras If you help him to-day, he'll need help again to-morrow "That is rather unjust, mother mine, t i i. i i , rus UUS neeueu no neip irom us up to , .... ,.A !, n, n, mtl.W- nml dirt that this very day. He did not ask for it i ciKreui. luuuvw jiuucu - T . i . i . I nnd i-ll In Iiimio l.nlfn tlinf ni-aprium eUCTUSieU UlCHl. uow. i imns you nave aiways misjuugen "--. u.v . v..w u,nlnr him a little. You never loved him as you loved me and Gertrude, "How could I?" somewhat sharply re joined Lady Grace. "Another loved him more than all if I did not his father." "Well, I. feel that we ought to help him to this chance, mother," said Charles. "I will do my part to it, and perhaps Uncle Henry will do the rest." Gertrude Baumgarten came forward, a tenderness in her blue eyes. She spoke in a low, sweet tone, "I have been listening, as Charles says, mamma. 1 am sure be considers it right that this help should be given to Cyras." "And what is your opinion, Gertrude?" demanded Lady Grace. "My opinion is that it would bo a sin not to help Cyras. If Charles is willing to do so, why oppose it, mamma? I only wish," she earnestly added, "that it was in my power to do it." re you doing penance, Gertrude?" suddenly exclaimed a rich, mellow voice from the door of the room ; and Gertrude rose laughingly to face Sir Everard Wil-mot. I am not convinced," exclaimed Lady Grace. "You are both of you misled by your affection for Cyras. I wonder what you would say, Sir Edward?" And she put the case before him in a few words. Sir Everard listened, and laughed a lit tle. "That must have been Cyras I saw flying over the grass just now," he re marked. "Undoubtedly Cyras must be helped. Four thousand pounds! Why, it's nothing; a mere bagatelle." "To you it" may be, Sir Everard," re torted Lady Grace, compressing her lips ; "but not to others." "Then suppose I take it upon myself," ho laughed, in a tone which might be meant for jest or earnest. "Charley can keep his two thousand pounds in his own pocket." "Charley is in debt himself, I'm afraid," severely remarked Lady Grace. No, I am not, mother, he answered quickly. "It was all a mistake, and has been set right. "I said it must be so," cried Gertrude. Lord Avon and Cyras entered together; Cyras full of merriment. He had been enlightening the earl upon the whole past mystery, winding up his account with a humorous description of his interview with Miss Dynevor in Eaton place. Lady Grace spoke a few words freely, which served to check the young man's laughter. "What?" he exclaimed. "Charles is to hand over his savings to me and defer his marriage with Mary? No, that be shall not. Why, you can't think I would let him do it ! I used to put upon Char ley as a boy, but I will never do so as a man. I loved him then and I love him still." "Not even to help you to the partner ship, and to Miss Anna Jansen?" laughed Sir Everard. "Not even for that. Not If it would help me to every good In the world. How on earth could it have entered any one's head?" "Do you remember me, Cyras?" Cyras did not answer in words; only smiled as he looked at Sir Everard. Their hands met in a warm clasp. "Will you accept the money from me, Cyras?" "From you !" "You helped mo once, though not with money. Buffer me to Help you now. Don't fret yourselves into fiddleatrlngs, young people," spoke up Lord Avon, "I will see to Cyras." "Not in this instance, Avon," said Sir Everard, decision in his tone. "Don't you understand that I owe him a debt?" I will take It as a loan from you," said Cyras, in a low tone of feeling." "All right," laughed the baronet. "Then It's all bcttled." And I hope you will make it tho turn ing point In your life, Cyras," said Lady Grace, "and become as steady as Charles Is." Cyras laid down a spray of lilac he had brought In, and spoke with emotion. I promise you that It shall be so by the memory of my dead father." Very shortly after this a double wed ding took place In London ; for Gertrude Baumgarten and Mary Dynevor were mar ried together. Everything went off with great success, and Lord Avon gave Ger """' .... .. .1 1.1 I ..!! ,,. ... ... . i against me wan, ine suuugui uinn-u tun xue unnces were "rounu. inter- nn .,,.,,, iilnmlnln.? the face. spersed with a square dance, where Uhlcli, unlike the rest of the picture, was tour people comprised n set n sort or as vivid as though it had been painted fandango, with lota of stnmplng nnd, but a few years. Instead of nearly two attempts nt lithe, serpentine motions, centuries back. with the hands raised above the head. Strangely It seemed to have fascinated There wns a very old man who danced tll( vloIet eSn ot ,lmt falr-halred boy as with irre.it mistn nml nmiisnd tho crowd ' he sat there contemplating It with a rapt . . , look of awed wonderment. I his contcm ,1UT 1 . 1 r . e"u " T'plntive reverie wns broken In upon by uu ciappuiK ot nanus. acrioner Ule opcnnf of the roon, door anj the uiifeuiiui.. aiHiparnnco of a second Demon. "Why, Master Arthur. I've been look lng everywhere for you !" The speaker was an plderly man, evl dently a superior servant. Tho boy, hot moving his position, beckoned him to come close. "Whose picture is that, Daniel' he nuked "Mercy on us, where hav you ferreted PERIL IN PAINLESS FACES. n Victim nf Di-catl Mnlmlr Slur Hurt Without ICnoirlnK It. "The red-hot wire," said the elec trician, "burnt the man's cheek till It sizzled nnd smoked. Yet he never moved out of the way. He continued to out that ill-omened plctur'?" cried the old laugh nnd Joke nnd pull on bis clay man, a look of almost consternation dls pipe nnd a smell of burning rose Into the air. "I pulled him to one side. " 'Would you stand there,' I said, 'and be burnt to death?' "'Was I burning?' ho snld, with a turbing his Iron face. "I found it In that closet," answered the boy, pointing to a half-opened door, "I want to know whoie It Is; and why do you call it ill-omened.1' "I never did know such a boy for ferreting about," answered Daniel, half scared look. And he put his hand to angrily. "Why, 1'vo never seen that the side of his face the wrong side. Was It possible that he couldn't feel that horrible hurt? "Gentlemen, that man had no feeling In his face whatever. He told me that he had been operated on for tic dolour eux, and the operation, while It had cured the tic, had left his face dead to all sensation. "I had often read of tic doloureux In English novels, but I thought It was a trifling dlsense. This chap said It was a facial neuralgia so painful thnt In the past 90 per cent of Its victims either went crazy or killed themselves, but now there Is an operation that gives relief. "Every victim of tic undergoes the operation. Hence there are a lot of people walking the earth with no feel ing In their faces. Tlio condition Is a dangerous one, because you are likely to get hurt without knowing It." New York Press. Uncle Hunk' Idea. "Uncle Hank," ventured the city boarder, "what do you think of a yonng man going to college?" Why, It's a big skin game," replied the. old farmer. 'Think so?" 'I know It In the spring he Is look ing for the sheepskin, in the fall he is looking for the pigskin nnd the rest of the time lie Is trying to skin the old man out of extra allowances for cigar ettes and celebrations." Glml to I.one It. The suburbanite awakened with a start Peering down In the deep shad ows of the porch he discovered the de termined face of nn Intruder. "Who are you?" ho demanded. "I am a burglar," was the bold re tort "A burglar, eh? Well, here Is n five spot Go out and steal that lawn mow er from under tho tree before my wlfo wakes up." Choice of ISrllw. "But," protested the first politician, "tho man you want to head tho ticket Is practically unknown." "Well, that's something in his fa vor," rejoined tho pecond politician, "Tho man you favor is entirely too well known." Thin Hummer' Sire. Mrs. Stubb John, that must havo been a very eccentric burglar that call ed on us last night Why, ho didn't take anything away but the Icebox. Mr. Stubb Well, Marie, our Icebox was so small ho thought It was tho Jewel case. Very llttlo food satisfies the Dcdouln Arabs. Six or seven dates soaked In triwle flwnv. flvrna mmnlnn1 In F!nolnn,l Dynevor demanded whether ho knew the for It. Ho was In high form, and insist- melted butter serve a man a whole day, meaning of the word Impudence, and why ed upon kissing not only tho brides in with a very small quantity of couraa be had presumed to address her that night ciiurcn, but the bridesmaids afterward at nour or a lltuo ban of boiled rlco. pictur' since I was a boy; I thought It had been done away with long ago." "It is the first timo I have ever been In this room," replied the boy. "I never could turn the key before, nor persuade any one to do it for m, "There's a wicked pixlo lives up here, who eats up curious people," said the old innn, gravely. "Oh, I don't believe In fairies!" an wcred Arthur, quietly. "I know all that sort of thing Is not true. Never mind the fairies; I want to know who that beautiful Indy was, and I am deter mined to know." Daniel looked perplexed. As far as his own feelings were concerned, he had not the slightest objection to tell what he knew. But Daniel had the fear of hi master before his eyes. A strange man was Sir Launco I'enr hyddyn a studious, stoical, severe man; but just, and even generous, when duty dictated. A good master, a good landlord, and a humane man. Tho tidings of a vcaael In distress, of a shipwrecked crew and such incidents were of continual recurrence upon that dangerous coast would sum mon him from his bed even upon tho stormiest winter's night. Ho h.td had a lifeboat built, and many scores of lives had he saved from the hungry sea. Ills great desire was to Inoculate young Arthur with all his own ideas and pre judices. The boy had been left mother less In his second year; but, although thus brought more entirely under pa ternal control, education could not do stroy a naturally poetic temperament. And to listen to the wild stories of fairies and wizards, that abounded among the fishermen, was his especial delight. Daniel knew very well that the legend of the picture was well known to several besides himself, who would willingly tell it, and thus deprive him of the pleasure, "A fine row you'll get mo Into if It's known as I've told you what your father would call a foolish story," ho grumbled. "Daniel," said the boy, earnestly, "I give you my word of honor that I will never breathe a word of what you tell me to any one, without your permission." Instead of repeating tho prolix narra tive of the old servant, we shall place tho story before tho reader In a moro terse and simplo form. Among the gentlemen who, after tho battle of Worcester, followed tlio fortunes of Charles Stuart to Franco, wos Sir Ar thur Penrhyddyn, whoso estates had Just beforo been seized upon by tho common wealth. Ho was a perfect type of the Cavalier. Soon after his arrival In Paris ho be came deeply enamored of tho beautiful Mademoiselle do Soissons, one of tho la dles In waiting at court. Of a noble but impoverished family, this post had been bestowed upon her at the death of her father. , Hurried out of all prudence by the violence of his love, ho proposed a prlrato marriage, to which, after great solicita tion, she yielded. Tho event whs kept a profound secret from all. After a time sho retired from tho court, and resided In a small houso near Versailles, whither her husband used to repair as frequently as be was ablo to enjoy her socUt. Years paused awny, nnd but few know their secret. Two children woro born to them, and still there appeared to bo no diminution In tholr lovo. At length camo tho Itostoratlon. Sir Arthur accompanied his sovereign to Eng land, leaving his wife, however, nt their old homo until such tltnoi as Penrhyddyn Castle could bo rendered fit for her ro ccptlon. Hut that ho might still lm able to have before him tho Image of his be loved wife, ho took away with hltn n portrait of her that had boon painted a few months after tholr union, Several months pawned away, nnd al though ho wrote to her long and frequent letters, full of lovo and Anticipation, she jot remained In France. After ft tlmo ho camo over to visit hor loving, tender ns ever, but still ho mnde good exeunos to delay her departure for England, Ho returned home, but sho wan again left behind only for n few weeks longer, ho said. Hut tho weeks passed Into months, nnd yet sho was not sent for, and, worso still, his letters grow brief, cold nnd Infrequent. Leaving her children behind In tho care of her servants, without ono lino of warn ing to her husband, she set out for Eng laud. Alone nnd unprotected, sho accom plished the whole of the then formidable Journey from Versailles to Cornwall, It wns night when, worn out with fa tigue, she presented herself nt tho gate of Penrhyddyn Castle. Some grand festiv ity was evidently going on, for lights shono from every window, sounds of mu sic and of man, voices camo from with in ; the door of tho grand entrance stood wide open, and iooplo nnd servants were hurrying hither and thither. that for n time sho could get no reply to her In quiries for Sir Arthur Penrhyddyn. "You can't see him to-night, nindnin," dual- -i . - mgio iieronfter. il "7 It Wl eomnl" ,lU' ""t J WM thoso lnt nnd expired. ftord' ti Nought of the to tho now-mnda Lrlav!.W7,tl of noble nnd wUIT M Arthur lmd marrU Van fortunes, Illt ' ?nd out of tlw .om V A h!M uui irom that ,n il camo a gloomy, ,, , during tl,0 whni. ,,lm,n' was telling thi. "I the tlonleu. w,h hi. VS.". nnrrator, but m.n .i. ' IT1 "ot tlmt, and not th. ,,,clu .."And this, , ,;;VA that wns n,ed ? ' the hoy, at Inst. m lcH Tho very tame." Ann do you think iv. 1 "Prav. don't ..l . down upon. 7 . hX , r, " 7 their mnrrl K ,aJn( f vlve her mnM " ho M but i nev ,;;. r. x i liv since . 1 1 1 1 i !i ,?.Ti. . ? nccted 1 tht nyoinl n r, of nnybody th' "VVI..t i . . mi urcnino 01 thn rhlli. 1 niked t)i.. lui.. ,fl9 "lUrtnl "Well. It wn. ..l.t ..... Kmnco hearing (he rtorr. ,'t.J n em on account of their raothl Hy, nnd that one of Vm 3 Brent man.' ""H Thoughtfully the fey fol) J linn .lr.it... ...i ' ' """WJ ....... .. ,v. , ln j lory ho hmUioflnl. (To bo continued.) MYTHS OF THeTndTaI Some of Th mii Are l.'nur .. Til CMP 1,1 Or... 1 Hie Indians are thn mJt .1 tlniM people on earth." m,i ,1 few dnyH nm W,0 taught for rfJ Crock Indian school, to a Kan.il .-star writer. 'They have mythj i-Kuim uy win Kcore. Some of th icy l .Al-fi. 1 SAW m l V - v -1 THK IXtJK.ND OIT THE I'lCTlIIE. wild one of tho servants, respectfully; for. splto of her trnvel-stnlneil garment nnd faded looks, there was that In her man nor which compelled resiK'ct. "And why?" she nsked haughtily. It was on her tonguo to declare herself to the man, but some feeling checked the words. "HecaiiM It Is his wedding day. You must have come from a long way off not to have heard of my inantT weddln with the great helrtvt of Tregnrthen." She did not gasp, nor faint, nor cry out ; It seemed to conic upon hr llko tuo confirmation of a long, undefined dread. For a moment she did not answer, and tho man hurried away; but the novt in Mant sho tore a bracelet off hr arm one wlilcn tier nusiinnii una given ner upon her wedding day nnd stopping nn other hurrying servitor, lmpcrIouly bade him to take It to his mniter nnd tell 111 in that the owuor waited for htm In the hall. Her messenger quickly returned, with on amnxeil look upon His race, no con ducted her up tho long winding stnlrcnse of the western turret, into tho very room whero another Arthur Penrhyddyn wns now listening to her story. Thither soon afterwards camo her bus band. There was a stormy scene. He boldly nvowed his right to marry, on the grounds that hi man-Inge with Elconore dc Soissons, having been celebrated In n foreign country by a Catholic priest, could not be held as a legal contract In England. ' Tho wronged woman could hato nn pns- Hlonutely ns she could lov, nnd this cruel blow stung her to mndncss; falling upon her knees, sho sent up to heaven, out of the agony of her breaking heart, an awful curse upon him and his race forever; then springing to her feet, ran wildly down tho stairs, and so out of tho castle. Hut the strangest part of tho story Is yet to bo told. About a week after these events, a ship conveying paxxntigerx to n port In Hrlttnny was wrecked upon tho coast opposite the castle. As soon as tho tidings were brought to him, tho mnstor of Penrhyddyn, with n body of his do mestics, went down to tho shore, n was his custom at such time, to afford what succor lay In his power to tho poor un fortunates who could ho saved. While he stood upon tho rocks giving directions to tho men, tho body of ft wom an was borne upon a wnve, and cast at his feet The torch ho hold In his hand glowed redly upon tho pallid, upturned race, and snowed mm tlio rcaturca oi Eleonoro de Soissons, Hy his orders they carried her to a fisherman's hut closo by. Hot blankets and friction called back the fleeting breath. She opened her oyes nnd behold her husband bending over her, Sho rec ognized him, and an ovll firo lighted up for a moment the dulled eyes, Ho re quested to bo left alono with her, and then ho fell down upon his knees beside tho bed and prayed to her for forgive ness of the wrong ho had Inflicted. "I hnvo no right to pardon 1" alio cried, in her hollow, dying accents, "Mlno Is hut a portion of tho wrong. What right have I to pardon the destruction of my two children? Mark mo, Artlrfir Pour- hyddyn 1" nnd sho roo up upon hor nrm, and her blnck sunken eyes blazed like coale of fire out of her pallid checks, "my curse will cling to you and youra for ever, until It crumbles your race Into the n iieuuwiui ami picture si legends of the old Greeks nnd It; "I boarded for five years wl Creek Indian who, hnd been Mlacal Carlisle. Ho knew the Indian la and used to tell them to me u children as we sat u round the fin of an evening. You know, the i have n legend that they nreonei lost ton tribes of Israel. This I wns the noli vS a inedMno man wns once great and jwwerful tribe. All his knowledge of Indian cnino from his father, tho medicine! "He repented the tales to me i father had told them to hltn, that the linpresslveneM of the I soj-corer, with Ills long, trallln? rd eagle quills, the conjuring waul an iintnstlf and the weird surroundin. tho Indian teepee on a lonely rlaln absent The element miwt 1 right mood for tlio medicine man IS close the secrets of his race. "Tho storm spirit mid the tbd god must bo abroad when the Renei tlio Creeks was repented, iwmm man would send out Ills umuiouj the likeliest nnd the braved ofthe would bo gathered In bis tel imfriMlPIltf'il L'lllcll. "This medicine man M thatj Creeks were ono of the lost ten tl of Israel. Tho legend ran uw j wcro once associated wit" " trll.iu mill that they lmd wandw hoeomo separated. They wandereJ tr in tlm north until they There tliey built Ml embarked. They steered their rour. the wuud of a im-lic no j inornhiK he went t ,tf ,BJ .... ..i.. ,n..iniiu. rod und toia h Up Ilia n " Thpri which direction to puwue. TOM lowed this rod fvn a ff-y .. n ...i.ieh they M"' tom " . . .U they travi sen was crowd, mm toward tho Houth nnin. . ,1 "The Creeks hnvo a cov W J 1 trlbo which Is kept wim . - j . ..... ..... .inM I ever Friu""l ono uui -"" - pMulnel seo this Kiinranteo iu -..... rvir Mifh nnd origin. i bollevo nun -- f t'lnst ten triue Ul wo (IffflV I These tribes wnuu,.- - . .i it'll rn Palestino nn - ,hat tl heard of. So.no be He J J . , ii. n west taW.. A ..Ml.tflJirflfl 111 IM" " - .. hd . i .Innff It 10 l"v cine ami nortmvuru to a g straits, which W ffrd kaand then wan iB8J were dlHperseu tho nice that follow Otinner-Wnsn't It odd Flasher? II' II n f r . Ouycr J wj four n....nr Why. 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