o 4 * * • •• t •• % • • A** •x r • • • • •» . % • • ♦ 9 * ■--------------------- r- «------------- .------------------ r—-------- himself join us for a day or two In each tured »man tri h 14 .ç rf.e lape with a weak.” tg vun-iu h< » fc.i‘À au4 iaitiorn, Í “Ezi* here!" Kate cried in horror, tier but not yet quite ilwwitut» of hope, »he ♦ 4 chief cotiMlation through all her trou­ turned t« (lu- ri, Igt uiu-ng the trur-g and 4 ble« had., been that there seemed to be pushed ter way through bu®h>-< aud-biatu- I some chance of getting rid of her terrible bles to the boundar* <>t the • Priory ¿ruuud. Jt • •• • ’ lufty waU. .t least ai'itor. « e 4 4 ■‘‘Aud why not?” the old man asked an­ ufnt feet in Iwight, _ . wiih ( _ copiny that GARFIELD & VON PEGERT 4 grily. "Are you so bitter against the lai bnstied With jagg>«l (¡MN of g I ata. Kate as to grudge him the society of hi» own waited along the ly«4«o it. her fair skin 4 4 father?” all u>rn and bleeding with sera tube, from 4 Kate was saved from further reproaches the briars, ititil she satisfied heraelf that 4 4 by the entrance of rhe old woman to clean there was no bn-u( in it. There »al 4 ths table. The last item of intelligent OU, imali WMdMk dotf OU the side which however, had given her a terrible ahock, wfA skirted by the railway line, but it The only and at the same time bad filled her with was loek'-d and impussabk ■ Y astonishment. What could the fast-living, opening through which a tinman being" •1 Id pass was ilia; which* was .guarded comfort seeking man alMiut town want iu A CONAN DOYLB iu the manner she had seen. The mck<4i- this dreary abode? SU>- knew Ezra well, Turned Shafting, Cap and Set and «as sure that he was not a man to iug conviction took possession of her mind Screws, Machine Bulta, Pip. alter his way« of life or suffer discomfort the’ without wittgs it was^un utter impos­ A 444 44444444444T44T44 Mid Fittings, Brass Work of any kind without some very definite ob­ sibility either to get away or to give the ject. It seemed to her that this was a least information to any one in the world 6EUIAL IEPAJWIM6 new mesh in the u«t which wus being as to where she was or what might be­ drawn round her. fall her. CHAPTER XV. » When she came back to the house, tired When her guardian had left the room When supper was over the crone, who Kate usked Mrs. Jorrock* for a «beet of and disheveled after her journey of ex­ aos addressed by Girdlestone as Jorrocks. pni>er. The crone shook her head and ploration, Girdlestone was standing by led the way upstairs and «bowed Kate the door to receive her with a sardonic wagged her pendulous lip in derision. to her room. If the furniture of the din- “Mister Girdlestone thought as you smile upon his thin lips. “How do you I Ing room had been Spartan in its simplic­ would be after that.” «he said. "There lik« the grounds, then?” he asked, with ity. this was even more so. for there was ain’t no paper here, nor pens, neither, nor the nearest approach to hilarity which she (KN 8CHUYLXB, Proprietor nothing in it save a smalt iron bedstead, had ever beard from him. “And the or­ ink. neither." much rusted from want of use, and a high "What, none! Ilenr Mrs. Jorrocks. do namental fencing? and the lodge keeper? wooden box on which stood the simplest have pity on me, aud get me a sheet, how­ How did you like them all?” Kate tried toilet requisites. In spite of the poverty ever old and soiled. See, here is some for a moment to make some brave retort, of the apartment Kate had never been silver ! You are very welcome to it if but it was a useless attempt. Her lips more glad to enter her luxurious chamber you will give me the materials for writing trembled, her eyes filled, and with a cry at home. The little carpet less room was of grief and despair which might have a haven of rest where she would be left, one letter.” Mrs. Jorrocks looked longingly with moved a wild beast, she tied to her room, for one night at least. to her own lie* b)earedzeyes at the few shillings which i^nd, throw ing herself lipon her bed, burst thoughts. As she lay iu tied, however, she into such scalding tears as few women could hear far away the subdued murmur I hr girl held out to her. but she shook her head. "I dursn't do it,” she said. “It’s are ever called upon to shed. f *h«4 was irritated by it are you laughing. Mrs. Jorrocks?" one at the office knew anything of the the night before she had hoped that this “I was a-laiighing at her,” the woman movements of Ihp senior partner. To all prison to which she had been conveyed tremulous fingers, inquiries Ezra replied that he had been might make amends for its loneliness by wheezed, pointing with some degree of natural beauty. The scene “She was askin’ me for paper, and sayin’ ordered by the doctors to seek complete which now met her eyes soon dispelled a» she would go and write a letter at the repose in the country. Fermerty ANCHOR BAR His father became seriously anxious any expectations of the sort. The avenue Bedsworth postoffice.” "You must understand once for all." about the young fellow's health, He ate ALVIN MUNCK. Proprietor with its trees lay on rhe other side of the Girdlestone roared, turning savagely upon nothing, and his sleep was much broken. house. From her window nothing was visible but a dreary expanse of bogland the girl, “that you are cut off entirely Poth the old people tried to inculcate pa­ from the outer world. I shall give you no tience ami moderation. to Now Located in Fine New Quarters and mudbanks, stretching down to the sea. loophole which you may utilize to con­ “That fellow, Ezra Girdlestone, knows At high tide this enormous waste of East of the Postoffice dreariness and filth was covered by the tinue your intimacy with undesirable peo­ where they are,' ” Torn would cry, striding water, but at present it lay before her in ple. I have given orders that you should wildly up and down the room with un­ all its naked hideousnesss, the very type not be provided with either ¡taper or ink." ktmpt hair and clenched bands. “I will Poor Kate's last hope seemed to be fad­ have his secret, if I have to tear it out of dullness and of desolation. Here anil there a few scattered reeds, or an un­ ing away. Her heart sank within her, of him." “Steady, lad. steady !” the doctor re- healthy greenish scum upon the mud. gave but she kept a brave face, for she did not a touch of color to the scene, but for the wish him to see how his words had strick­ plied to one of these outbursts. "There most part the great plain was all of the en her. She had a desperate plan in her is nothing to be gained by violence. They B&ari ad Pad TaMn same somber mud tint, with its monot­ head, which would be more likely to be ar<- on the right side of the law at pres­ ony broken only by the white flecks where siux-essful could she but put hitn off his ent and you will be on the wrong if you do anything rash. The girl could have th» swarms of gulls and kittiewakes had guard. She spent the morning in her own little written if she were uncomfortable.” settled in the hope of picking up what “Ah, so she could. She must have for COURTEOUS TREATMENT ever had been left by the receding tide. room, About one o’clock she heard the Away across the broad surface a line of clutter of hoofs and the sound of wheels gotten us. How could she, after all that sparkling foam- marked the fringe of the on the drive. Going down she found that has passed?” “Let us hope for the best, let us hope ocean, which stretched away to tlie hori­ it was a cart which had come from Beds- Call and See Munck « worth with furniture. There were car­ for the best,” the doctor would say sooth­ zon. A mile or two to the eastward of her pits, a chest of drawers, tables, and sev- ingly. Yet it must be confessed that he Kate saw some sign of bouses, and a blue eral other articles, which the driver pro­ was considerably staggered by the turn smoke which flickered up into the air. ceeded to carry upstairs, helped by John which things had taken. He had seen so Girdlestone. The old woman «Sis in the much of the world in his professional ca­ This she guessed to be the fishing village of Lea Flaxton, which the driver had ui>per room. It seemed to Kate that she pacity that he had become a very reliable mentioned the night before. She felt might never again have such an opportu­ judge of character. All his instincts told as she gazed at the little hamlet, and the nity of carrying out the resolve which she him that Kate Hart son was a true-heart­ masts of the boats in front of it, that she had formed. She put on jier bonnet and ed and well-principled girl. It was not in was not alone in the world, and that even began to «troll listlessly about in front her nature to leave London and never to of the door, picking a few straggling scud a single line to her friends to tell id this strange and desolate place there were honest hearts to whom as a last re­ leaves from the neglected lawn. Gradually them where or why she had gone. There she sauntered away in this manner to the must, he was sure, be some good reason source she could appeal. She was still standing at the window head of the avenue, and then taking one fot her silence, and this reason resolved IS THE swift, timid glance around, she slipped in itself into one of two things—either she when there came a knocking at the door, among the trees, and made the best of bor was ill nnf both father and aon. . He know adamant as she entered the room, and lie IN THE GREAT * looked at her with eyes which were puck­ llimsdale, and explain to him her exact and had often deplored the clause in John situation. If the kind-hearted and ener Ilarston's will by which the ward’s money ered and angry. getic physician once knew of it. he would reverted to the guardian. Forty thousand ■ “You are late." he said coldly, “You take care that no harm befell her. She pounds was n bait which might tempt must remember that you are not in Eerie- could return then, nnd face with a light even a wealthy man into crooked paths. ston square. Y'ou are here to bo disci- heart the worst which her guardian could (To be continued.) Qlined, and/lisciplined you shall lie." do to'her. Here was the avenue en­ z • “I am si KWry," she answered. "I think trance now. the high lichen-eaten stone Pel I sli I n a lilneewarr. I must have been tired by our journey.1 pillars, with the battered device upon the You have heard of many valuable The vast room looked even more com­ top. The iron gate between was open. ways to clean glassware and give to fortless and bleak than on the preceding With a glad cry she quickened her pace, eveniag. On the table was a plate of ham the pieces a desirable brilliancy, yet and in another moment would have been and eggs. John Girdlestone served out a here is a method which is a “secret” in the high road, when------ 1 portion, and pushed it in her direction. "Now then, where arc you a-comin' and certain, to give the best results She sat down on one of the rough wooden to?” cried a gruff voice from among the Wash the glass pieces and drain until chairs and ate listlessly, wondering how bushes which flanked the gate. dry. then coat each piece with a mix «11 this was going to end. The girl stoppeS all in a tremble, In ture of half water and ammonia. When After breakfast Girdlestone ordered the the shadow of the trees there was a camp dry brush the pieces with a soft bris­ old woman out of the room, and, standing stool, and on the camp stool sat a sav- in front of the fire with his long legs ’ago looking man. dressed in a dark cor- tle brush. Be sure and use only the «¡.art aud his hands behind his back, he duroy suit, with a blackened clay pipe bristle brush or the polish will not ap­ told her in harsh concise language what stuck in the corner of his mouth, His pear. This is excellent for glassware his intentions were. weather-beaten mahogany face was plen­ of any kind ayd makes old pieces look “I had long determined," he said, "that tifully covered with smallpox marks, and like new.' If yon ran counter to my wishes, and per­ one of his eyes was sightless and white Tongue Tied Talkers. sisted in your infatuated affection for that from the effects of the same disease. He IIow-many educated people there are scapegrace, I should remove you to some rose now. anil interposed himself between who have no more than a peasant's eecluded spot where you might reconsider her and the gate. your conduct and form better resolutions They do not use the “My good man,” she «aid in a trembling vocabulary. (o’ the «future. This country house an­ voice, for bis appearance was far from words that a peasant uses, but they swered th« purpose admirably, and as an reassuring, “I wish to go past and to get do not improve upon them, They still old servant of mine, Mrs. Jorrocks, chanc­ to Bedsworth. Here is a «hilling, and I go on saying. "How amusing! ” “IUiw o o ed to reside in the neighborhood, I had beg that you will not detain tne.” lovely!” "How’nice!" to the end of the warned her that at any time I might come Her companion stretched ou a very AND Nobody can be interesting > down and ahotild expect to find things ditty hand, took the coin, spun it up chapter, who Is always working a limited vo ready. Your rash and heartless conduct in the air, caught it, bit it, and finally lias, however, precipitated matters, and plunged it into the depths of his trouser pabulary.—British Weekly. we have arrived before her preparations pockets. “No road this way, missy,” he Innocent Tommy. were complete. Our future arrangements said. ”I.'ve given my word to the guv’- "Here is some complexion powder, will therefore be les» primitive than they nor, and 1 can’t go hack from it.” are at present.. Here you shall remain, "You havs no right to detain me,” Kate auntie,'' said little Tommy Toddles. “1 young lady, until you »how sign« of re­ ctied angrily. “I have good bought this little box for mamma and pentance, and of a willingness to undo London who will mak» you the great big box for you." the harm you have done." this.” “But why <11<1 Win think I needed "If you mean until I consent to marry She was ilnly n dozen yards from th** such a large box?” asked the visiting a your son, then I shall live and die bere,” lane which led to freedom, so she m®de aunt In surprise. ths girl said bravely. a quick little feminine rush in the hope AT THI "Oh. because 1 heard papa say jot. "That rests with yourself. As I Mid of avoiding this drradful sentinel which were two-faced.” before, you are under discipline here, and bnrre<] her passage. He caught her round yon may not find existenceesuch a bed of the waist, however, and hurled her back Logic. •oees as it was in Eccleston square.” with such violence that she staggered “ Did you Jake your girl’s mother to “Can I have my maid?” Kate asked. "I aiross the path and would hare fallen had the game with you? . .•an hardly stay here with no one but«the «%c not struck violently against tree. "No; we left her at home. Whet 1» »Id woman in the house.” • * Kate turned and retraced her steps "Rebecca is coming down. I bad a tele­ slowly «nd sadly up the av«4)ue. As she home without a mother?”—Tale fleo ord. gram from £zra to that effect, and be Wilf glanced l