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h W Ihe Planter's Daughter 25 FATE'S REVENGE By MRS. AUCQ P. CARRISTON Author or "A Waif from the Sea," "Her Brightest Hope," "Wayward Wlnnefred," etc. "fKiflKMlWIVfMKK I HOSPITAL PETS ns. J I OIIAITHU XVII. At her wise' end for a reassuring reply, loor Clalro Huns her anni about the ohl man's neck, and pillowed her head upon his brwut, while he, made -un-rosponsive by the horror which had taken possession of him, ntood cold and rigid aa a statue, offering her no aupport. "You must know, dear father," she began, "that I loved my husband, and I told myself that he would never lore me. The tnougni unsoaieu my reason until I fancied that cruel fate wn pur suing me. ever crying In my cars, 'you hare asrerd to die, and yet you Mill llvel' Goaded to desperation, 1 forgot you -and mother, and I planned the fatal draught." "Ami this man wa ao blind a to be nnablc to nvid the direful secret In your Mull" he cried tinappoased. "It waa M indifference that haa driven you to do spair! He has no heart! Had ho him self poured out the poison, ho could not aeem more culpable In my eyoat" "Oh, father, father!- She was trembling now with inch dire apprehension tnat ho was forced to cling to him for support. I lor agitation teem ed to exasperate Thllip Ilurgcss the more. "Heaven be praHcd." he ejaculated, "that I am neither so old nor InQrm that I cannot hold a weapon! I -will kill hhn, kill the rogue or fool, whlcheYcr he may be, who has so misused the angel whom I Intrusted to his kecplngl" "Father," she said, fixing her magnetic eyes upon his face, "since I still lire, since I hare agreed to lire, belloTe me, it Is only because a fresh hope has found lis way to my heart, a hope imparted by him." "Uy hrm!" muttered Thlllp nurgew. Incredulously. "What haa lie done that hould deserve pardon at our hands?" "During the terrible crWs of yesterday and list night he ncrer deserted my bed aide, 'cren for a minute. He sent every one away, and watched by me alone. When I lapsed Into slumber, I felt my hand moistened by his burning tears. When I awoke ho was there by my aide, and I asked myself whether this meant remorse. In the early gray of tho morn ing he left me, thinking that I slept, left me with the Imprint of bit burning lips upon my brow, and I asked rayrlf whether this could be love?" She bad spoken the truth, and her plalntire words carried conviction with them. The old man was touched, and the ready tears welled from their fonts, and plashed upon her bowed head. "It may be so, my darling," he mur mured; "heaven grant that It U so! Come, let us go to him together and see." As be cast his arm about ber waist, and laid her bead gently upon his rjioul der as they enteerd tho shadowy hall, out In the garish sunlight, unseen hands parted the hedge that fringed the lawn. and the face of Nemesis glared tnrougn HrM, haggard, vengefu.' the face of Syl phlde Couramont! "Allret" she panted In dismayed sur prise. "That creature tires! So all In rain has heaven removed the first obsta cle which separates, me from Lucian. I am fret yet she lives!" It would bare been an appalling study to hare looked Into her soul than, as she let the shubs snap back Into place, gath ered Che rich draperies of her sable at tire about her, and r-ith a rapid step took tier way up to the villa. As fate would have It, she crossed the bettered nook where Camilla bad taken refuge after hi alarm caused by the Tlslon of Innocent Claire at tba uncur tained window. At Sylpldde'e approach Camllle sprang about, and faced her, a though she, too, were another haunting Iecter. "Camllle!" she said, herself surprised. "Mrs. Hastings!" "Hush! You must not know me, muct never have seen me " Her words were cut stcrt by the Joy ous crlw of little Loon, who, in hot pur tiult of n sportive tVrrier, came bounding in among foe trees. Instantly Hylphlde's eyes shot fire. "Loave me w'th this child," she breathed, Imperatively. "Go Into tho avenue and wait for me. I hare much of Importance to say to you. Go, go quick!" Aa the man only too readily obeyed the command, she knelt w!3i outstretched arms, and acco:ited the boy, who had abandoned bis pursuit, and drawn him self up in military array before the veiled Intruder. "Leon my son!" she cried, beseech ingly, her voice softening to a yearning tenderness. "No," he answered, proudly; "I 'am Lot your son; I am mamma's son." "JJut I am your mamma, my darling." "Ob, no, you're not! My mamma Is mamma Claire, my white mamma!" "That woman again," groaned Syl plilde. "They hare robbed me even of my child. Dut I will repay them! He shall go with me. We shall see, Lucian, whotficr you will not follow me then!" 8 bo caught at the boy, who struggled to free himself. "Loon, come to me, come!" she plead ed. "No, no!" he screamed, In terror. "Let me go! Let me go! I do not know you!" His frantic cries, mingled with ths barking of the little dog, attracted Claire ' herself In haste to the spot. As she suddenly appeared, Loon broke from Syl- pbide's grasp, and flew to meet her, cling- uootat'0 Of nrniy, navy ami other somlpublla pets, much that la entertaining has been written. Hospital pots aro not bo well known, but It I easy to imaglno tho pleasure they glvo to a ward full of little patients, and no one could doubt tho statement of u nurse, In tba HoRpltuI, that they brighten ninny a weary hour of convalescence and mi erlally help toward a cure. The tlrst pet of which the nurso tells, la Jumbo, n wise old tortoise, which lived, moved nnd had Ills happy being In n children's ward In a New York Ing In childish terror to her robe. hospital. His curious wanderings "Loon!" exclaimed Claire, pausing In about tho ward, his clumsy gult, his the shadow of tho trees, "what U tho nlr of nnthjulty nnd wisdom caused matter?" while Sylphlde regained her many a child to forget nnln; and to "Uat!" " ,mvo JllmlK on th0 bed wn" U, hlBl" "Who are you. madam?" demanded t rcwnrl the atan: uurso wuhl prom- Claire. "Where were you going -with my M ,0 ,Ut,c Pntlent for good behavior son?" . ilurliitt the surgeon's visit. "Your son!" hissed Sylphlde, throwing "Nurso Jndy"wtis n fox-terrier which back her veil, whoso thick folds stlflod for fifteen years, was a close and lor- hcf-, , . Ingly compassionate friend to every She Mrs she Is my mamma." walled Ue Inmnto of n children's wanl In n iTtSawr 0h . London IiomiUM. None know bettor Claire wavered an Instant, stricken ',,han ,Nur" nA "t inlou that lives with a sudden conviction. . In a hpltnl "t not bark, for thero "His mother!" sUj fahcred. "I know wero UNI "Ick ones whoso sleep must you now. Msdam, you are Sylphldo ho disturbed. Harking was tho only Couramont." I canine privilege denied her. nnd alio BcasniJUH imtmnmsmmammmmmrmtmimr'- This falllnn of your hair! Stop It, or you will soon bo bald. Glvo your hnlr some Aycr's Hair Vigor. The fall ing will stop, tho hnlr will flair Vigor crow, and tho scalp will bo clean and healthy. Why bo satisfied with poor hair when you can make it rich? "Mr Mir ntulr ll f sms nil. I ttun trU.) Ay ft tuir VHor .Mil oulf onlllU.li''l Hi Ulltnir Hw htlr f !" In ll Uitrs nn4 IhiI a lllll aurlf." Mas. U U, Smith, Hsrstot. N.T. flMabotll. All ilriiirtfLL. for J.O.ATSSCO, Thick Hair Imi IImI Ouusti Mf iup. i'nU (Joo.1, U rl yjil Iiiiiims. H"Mbyilfnisiu r 2!-pftin(fci :(v)ftGON0iooppi)nJfM. ffilXW ' HEALTH RESTORER. USE! YV SB I YOU OAK EARN 525.00 PER OAY (lilting WaUr. Oil r CmI llh AUS1IN WIILL UUII.I.K H.U In sit alisi sail ljfl. Wrlit lur '! nsuri SHU 1111 01 UHII III U Wtit. Beall a Co. Ill Com tint Ul IIIiki, I'OKTLANtl, OHII. DIQloult llnrsetisok l-Vnt. Thero nro no better horsemen In tho world than tho cavalry olllrcrs of tho Italian nrmy, yet even amoiiK them "Yes," came the defiant reply: "I am'wna nlwnvs Fbeerful umlnr thin unleiil thero are very few who could perform Sylphlde Couramont, and his mother. Hut 0f Mcncf, and more than most of her ,uo teai recently achieved by ouo of he repulses my caresses; ho does not oven recognlio me." "I understand your grief, madam, and I pity you." "Indeed? I am worthy of pity, am I not? I am wretched Indeed rlnoi heaven and oarth havo conspired to betray me. I have been robbed of my namo and for tune, and of the man I loved. I have been robbed even of the child for whose sake I descended Into the valley of tho shadow ot death." "What brings1 you here, madam?" mur mured Claire, terrified by her vehemence; "why do you seek to enter my home?" "Your homo!" sneered Bylphlder "aro you going to summon your neoplo to ejec( me? It is true thst I hare ventured to Intrude upon your home, but what single thing have you which does not come from me? You lay dying upon a miserable pallet In New York; three months only you bad to live, your father snd mother wero famishing; father, mother, husband, child, and life Itself, I gave you all! And you dare to tell trie to my face that I am kind, alio learned to express her Joy by wuKk'Ing her stumpy tall. "Cypsy," another terrier, has taken Nurso Judy's place, and Is already so wlso n probationer Hint somo of tho nurses say they "could nlmost trust her to tako a tempernturol" (Jypsy plays ball with tho convalescents, nnd always has n Knntn Clans pocket of her own nt Christmas. Tho only lib erty sbo will not tolerate from tho children Is the attempt to "comman deer" any of her own special property from tho top drawer, where It Ih kept. A monkey named Clovannt was onco a ward pet In a llttlo hospltnl In them To run an ordinary foot rnro Is easy enough, but to run nt full sp'i-d for several hundred yards holding In ona hand n spoon on which rests an egg and to reach the goal without dropping tho egg Is a feat which must bo prac ticed carefully a long tlmo beforo It can bo performed successfully, and as a result thero nro not many who can bo sure of accomplishing It whenever they try. (Irrat, therefore, was tho surprise when an Italian officer mount ed on horseback performed this iilltl cult feat. Moreover, he selectid a course In which thero wero two or Hi.ma tili.1i tttttfn ntul Iln-IA tin rlnri,l Inborn. Italy. Originally l,o had bo- fu w'lout ,,, , e. longed to on Italian, whose dying wish was that his monkey might stay with htm to the last. The good Sisters who acted ns nurses did not quite know A Sure Prottctlon. Barton, N. Dak,,; May D. Many cases ungrateful, Trembling with alarm, poor Claire re plied: "It b true that without your Interfer ence I nliould now perhaps have been in my grave; but if you have saved my Ufo, coufnm that you did not Intend to; If you have married me to Lucian Courtlandt. you chose me, as you have Just admtaed, txwause you considered mo condemned to death. Now, what can I do to repay you? I am prepared for anything but doath." "I demand nothing, wish nothing, ex pect nothing from you." "Then why are you here? Oh, I dread to understand! You came expecting to find me dead. Well, your hope has prov ed delusive. You need remain no longer." Those final words appeared to contain die venom of a deadly serpent for Syl phlde. "I ahull nnt tforwirt ttntll T Iiuva ati ' Ludan," she raid, firmly. "Lucian!" gasped Claire In dUmay; "you shall not see him; I do not choose that he shall see you. I am still very wesk, madam, but I think I can summon the strength of a lioness to my aid In defence of my happiness! Besides, you know that he no longer lorej you." "No longer loves me!" hissed the ene my; "pray, how do you know that? How can you Judge of the empire which I havo exerted over him? Ah, I do not come unarmed; I bring with me the memory of three years of passionate love!" "I tell you, you shall not see Lucian! I am Jils wife before the law!" what to do with tho awkward legacy ro being published of how diseases bequeathed them by tho friendless havo It-en cured and lives saved by In your home! erily. madam, you arej.lck mnn but (j0vnniil's big eyes said Itodd'a Kidney Pills, but thero Is BUY 1 PROM YOUR DI2AL,nR aa plainly as possible. "Don't send mo family In this place who mm this rcme out to face a friendless world! Isn't It cjiough for n monkey to lose his lov ing master without losing the homo he has found hero?" His mute simian cloqucnco prevail dy ns a protection against tho coming on of diseases and with excellent re sults. Mr. W. A. Moffet says: "Wo have no very rerloua Illness or complaint for pVtFS cd. Giovanni was adopted, nnd be- ",wy "M I)o,I(' Kidney Pills the camo known as tho "Count." Tho 81s- " "'t wo feel tho least ymplom tera grow very fond of him. He o sickness and they swn put us r glit. If wo havo a touch of lame back or think tho kidneys aro not right, im sneau tawcj WATUKOOr1 !MH oiuD aomini j Huk n thd r ytftcw fee fl 14 of wt . On uk mwwrt look for tUJfirftntflAiM l4 MM TOrTlK M IM KtUrs. A I J Trrmn. i efWaU'iJ w. amused tho children, nnd at length be came as much a fixture as one of tho pillars of the hospital gate. Two chameleons lived and died In a children's ward In a Loudon hospital. They did not live long, chameleons In captivity never do, but they wero a great source .or. interest ami wonucr , M,vcrH, j.rarH ,, ,,, ,,,, iroUK,,. whllo they lived, and their changing ,u wlcril ,, ,,, .,,. ,,,,, w- , sii i iiviinr. i;Hlrs K dnur rills are No J loom. Oldwrd Do you sud your wlfs qusr-rel? Newwrd No, we llv In a flat and color under the children's was a constant mystery nnd delight A wlso llttlo boy patient once Inform ed tho ward that It was "only conjur ing, like that chap did at our school treat" Hut It waa never quite clear to the others whether the conjuring was done by the chameleons or was n trick of tho nurso who owned them. tako a few Dodd's Kidney Pills and the il,,r. Is no room for sreumtnL Maul symptoms aro soon all gone. toln I'rte 1'rrta. "My brother had dia'-ctes and the' doctor told him ho could not live until Mottatrt will Boil Uri. Wlrxloift's foolatag spring. I got somo Dodd's Kidney rivrupiriUitrtiii.ly lout fur UulrcMldisa Pills for him ami although that was during thsunhlngfitoJ-. Itljtht In Ills Line. Mother I don't know what la ths world to do with ray sou. Its Is a born rover. Neighbor Why not mak a Mslhodlst mlnlsitr of him? a wonderful medicine." BUPER8TITIONB OF THE STAGE. Opals Tempt Knle, but ISmeralds At ways Lucky. "Alwut the pet suierstltlons of Indi viduals In tho profession thero Is al most no end," says Clam Morris. "Ouo At all events you shall give ma my man has a horror of barrels, especially empty ones, and If ho sees a wagon load of them In tho street he Is confi dent of coming misfortune. Hut ho child I' "No, no! fitand back!" "StnyJ What are you doing here? Not Making n Good Ntart. In tho New en In ml Medical Journal appears this story: On walking to tho tcnffold In solemn procession n criminal onco called to tho governor of tho prison: "Just oblige me, guv-nor, by telling mo tlioMny o' tho week." "Mon day," answered the surprised governor. "Monday," exclaimed tho prisoner In disgusted tones. "Well, this 'era's a fine way of beginning n week, ain't It?" And ho marched on with dissatis faction Imprinted on ovcry lino of his 'a co. kKcHeyUOUOR-HWtrHINE-TOBACCM nirure HA pcrmahiktiycumbI utmutttmitiunmntr p'owtlanp.owc Tfio Csnr Tyrant Mrs. LaLrslde Ths atrocities of Itos sis ii tyrsmiy sre perfectly swfuL Friend Whst have you learned? Mr. Lakeside I saw In a papr this morning that In Ituuls no one Is permit ted to marry more than five tlmts. Tho few but Imperative words cut ,.. i.i..i ... i, andVe5 -'i? col.S PO-slon of a caul which ho always Iym flew Into his fsthcr's arms. mrrlcs with him, believing that It , "Hmbrace your child, if you will," uhlelds him from violent death. Tho Lucian Courtlandt raid to Bylpblde ,"but late John McCullough always went to , bear in mind tbat be is alo my son, and tho theater by tho samo road ho took ' he shall never leave me. Now, you need tho first time. If ho got as far n tho deliy your departure no longer." door of tho theater nnd, suddenly ro- 8ho returned his stern look with lances InernbcrC(, Ulnt ho huil beu tempted ,,.,' t , . , .... out of tho ociicstomed way, ho would LSSliSiSS? !M! ,,,Ter7 ",' -f and always follow the ac "Hut I am not free," he answered customed route. I romember when steadily; "yon remember our compact Snnih Hcrnhardt was hero for tho first while Claire lives we ore to remain Kran- tlmo alio manifested a positive dread sent. You have violated your oath, Tare- nnd horror of tho color yellow, and, well forever!" Indeed, that Is shurcd, to somo extent , She faced Iter doom as the great oak ttt cnst, by a good many people. A I breasts the -tormj she paused an Instant vcry I)ro,nnent nctrosi of our day haH ' irresolute, then lowered her veil mid turn- nn i,,ii,. fnltb Hint illsn.irr u nr td away. Presently she stopped and nn, na""' " ' disaster Is cer-, looked back to find Claire netllng in her tuln ,f over U, curtain. nvliitf started husband's arms. on 1U nsccnt, Ih nllow'ed to return to "Farewell," she breathed, "but not for- tho floor Instead of going tp, and will over. We shall meet once again, Lucian Insist whether all Ih ready to rln; up . uourtiamir. once again on tne day or or not tliat onco moved It olinll rise, reckonlngl" , oven if tho cmnty Htaiso hns to wnlr. llCmeralds aro regarded as vcry lucky Jowols, but very few professionals will 1 tempt fato by wearing that moat beau as sbo tlful and most unlucky of stones, tho ! we opal. I'm not nt nil aupcrstltlous my self, yet I'd regard that man nil cno-l my of tnlno who would offer to glvo mo an opal." -Woman's Homo Companion. I Wo llko all sorts of boya, but boys aro abused so much that wo aro partic ularly fond of good ones. If you know txjot a good boy. lot us hear about him; we would llko to praise blin. 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ItrellovcH Tcotlilntr Troubles, curH CoiiHtlpatlon and Flatulency. It uHHliiiilntcH tho rood, rcfruliitoH tlio SA"1".'1.1. ,.1"'1 .1wIm, Blvliw liralthy mid natural uloop. 'Tho Clilldrcn'H lanacca-Tlio SIothor'H Frlonil. , The Kind You Have Always Bought Boars tho Slgnaturo of Ilsrdlr I'alr Hxchsnarr, "Yes, ho went up to Dora's to pre sent his suit" "Wihat did he got?" "A mitten from Dora and from ber father." (&zxfcUl In Use For Over 30 Years. VMS StWT.US Msr. TV MUKSAT IIMII, NIWVSKM SITV. I t