HAZEL BLOSSOMS.
raining hernelf te a place among
the rich and great.
Fortune favored her. Her good
BY MATTIE DYER BBITT».
grandmother died, and then Kath-
From The People'* Heme Journal.
jerine found she had another rela
tive, a rich and childleee aunt.whe,
CHAPTER I.
The heavy foliage which had . pleased with the girl’» rare beauty,
offered
rounded and «oftened the angle» ofl • °
ff«rre^ to adont
adopt her.
1
Katherine
gladly accepted. No
the bleak bill» into hues aod eurvea ' | • _ __ _________________________________
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of te.oly ... withered end wrehed ■ ***"• *r
wa’
h"
aunt'« part, no energy on her own,
by the strong breath of the grim old
to complete her education.
Frost King, and fluttered to the
After »be graduated, they trav
ground, crackling under the feet of
eled two years in Europe. And
a chance traveler, or the light
soon after they returned hum« Aunt
spring of the rabbit, abroad in
i Laura died, and Katherine was her
•carch of food.
, , .
Bare, blank and cold ran the lit-l*°Te ,eire**l
In her awn home Katherine was
tie river which had gurgled and
dearly loved, but in society she bad ,
rippled iu the warm sun all sum
¡the name of a sad flirt, and I fear
mer,the tiny forests of golden-rod
i she somewhat deserved it.
and iron-weed, and even the late
Now, I don’t intend to excuse
asteis which bad fringed its banks, j
withered and shrunken to a tangled her; but, if her own heart bad not I
first been wounded, she would nev
mat of Daked. brown stems. Every i
er have been careless about wound-
lovely tint of the sweet summer
. ing others.
time was dead and gone, except:
No man, she thought, could ever
where the brave, bright blossoms i
wound her again. She was rich
of the wild witch-hazel held upl
and idependent, and she would
their golden stars againet the dark
background of bare trunk», illumi keep her freedom forever.
Well, ‘‘man proposes,” you know
nating the somber woodland with
but the “disposing” is sometimes
their glad brightness.
Up and down the woodland walks left to Fate.
the heavy fold» of her beech-brown • Squire Norman Willis was KatL-
d’re.rblendini’with’thê'hüë Jf the erine’a neare8t and favorite neigh-
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withered leaves, her brilliant shawl I ^°r- There was a younger Norman
trailing like a flaming autumn ban- Willis, the squire’s nephew, whom
ner. walked Katberide Chester, up-1 Katherine met first not long after
on her own broad lands.
she laid off mourning for her aunt
It was at a little informal party
She was a fair sight to look upon,
that
Katherine chanced to hear a
this ta'l Katherine, with her velvet
hood thrown back to show the clear 9 bit ot conversation between Mr.
i Norman Willis and Mr. Dobbs, who
oval face and dusky folds of luxur
iant hair waving away from her was a discarded suiter of her own.
She had stepped under the shel
temples, and “sweet, low brow"—
ter of a curtain for a breath of fresh
with her finely cut mouth of .vivid
air, and when the two gentlemen
scarlet, and the long, black lashes
paused directly before the window,
shading those wonderful eyes,which
she could not escape or avoid hear-
could shine soft and dewy as wood
i ing what they said.
violets, or blaze and flash like globes
TO BE CONTINUED.
of fire.
Not always had Katherine Ches
ter l>een the mistress of the great
mansion over on the hill, beyond
the woodland, or the swner of all
these wide acres.
Seven years ago she was a simple
country girl, with no dower but her
royal lieautv.^and only a home in'
the cottage of her good old grand-* J* the Foundation of the Wonderful Curea
by Hood's Sarsaparilla.
mother.
And when Clement Mayfield, out | aaoarilla are C vbka .
for a summer's rustication, met • That ta Why Hood'a Sarsaparilla euree
Katherine—1 may as well tell the the severest cat re of Scrofula, Salt Rheum
and other blood diseases.
truth at once—when he became her That la Why it overcome* That Tired
lover, be knew that what was the Feei ng, strengthen* the nerves, givea
“life-o’-life” to her was bvt a brief, energy in place of exhauation.
That la Why the ealee of Hood’s Sar-
summer romance to him.
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ilia have
increased year after year.
lie was poor, and a wealthy bride
lt n°r "«uirea «<* ‘u produ.üo.
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( M*a largest Laboratory in the world.
was waiting for his proud old name
at home He did love Katherine,
but money he must have, and,
therefore they must part.
But.
knowing her as he did. he dare not
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g<> until he told her the truth.
la the only True Blood Purifier promi
Katherine made no »cene. She nently tn the publie eye today. Be aura
to g-’ root’» and only Hood’a.
•imply rc»e, white as death, and
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confronted him.
“Go!’’ she said, sternly. “Never
let me »ee your false face again
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But if you live ten rears longer you
•hall re|«en( thia hour, inasmuch
as you shall then be lieneath me.”
And did he? Nut in ten, but in
•ix years, when Clem Mayfield met
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Kathetioe^ again, proud, beautiful, CAW
TurFswtirKS
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culture^, >nd far wealthier than
ria s IU «tee reSMrt M.nm Cnw
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the fretful, faded beauty
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hi» daily lif« a tnitery, Katherine*» .
Vj?iTTa
prophecy wo bitterlv fulfilled
He
n»t only repented, but curard the
hour wban he wa» born.
From the day hw left her, all
KMheriue'» ambtUOQ. turned upon
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NotwithrtAnding the poor are always with i of the class that the-e was no longer anv
Us. Tha'iksgiviug is none the less a day of hope to be held out as it was a malady which
in this instance at least was incurable. It
rejoicing.
Many charities have been dis was therefore with a feeling of utter despair
pensed and through numerous instrument that Mrs. Collier first began to administer
alities the necessities and sufferings of many the Pink Pills.
She says a perceptible change esme over
a worthy person have been relieved. A be« nt I
the liltlr one before even the second box had
members of households reunite at the old been emptied and bow after having used six
homesteal and gathered around the festal boxes her health is entirely restored. In the
board recount the incidents that have taken early part of her illness her intellect wss
very much clouded.
She had become ex
place and the various blessings that have tremely dull of comprehension hardly real
izing
the
meaning
of
words
when addressed.
been vouchsafed them.since they assembled at
the last annual meeting by the same fireside. Seen to-day in the cheerful home of the Col
lier’s on Armour Avenue, she is the person
It is a time for memory and for joy. A mong ification of health. Her nervousness has en
the countless families of Chicago there is tirely -disappeared, her intellect is bright
perh-tps, not one to-day that feels a deeper keen and active, her strength has returned
sense of gratitude to the Giver of all good and the roses in her cheeks attest to the com
plete recovery of her bodily health.
and perfect gifts than Mr. and Mrs. Alfred
She is now ready to resume her music les
Collier, of -OCH Armour Avenue.
sons and os soon as the schools open after
Mr. Collier, who is the electrician at the the holidays she .will again take up the
studies which she so suddenly left off on that
Chicago and Ilock Island Railroad shops in eventful June day.
The sister-in-law of
this city came here from Hamilton, Canada, Mrs. Collier ( Mrs. Lewis, who wa« present
a little more than nine years ago aecora- at the interview emphatically confirmed all
panied by his wife and little daughter, their that Mrs Collier has said regarding the past
only child Etta, then age-1 fonr. Little Etta and present condition of little Etta, adding
was a bright and beautiful girl, but not a that a famous physician in Hamilton in
variably recommends Dr. Williams’ Pink
very robust oue.
For the last few years she had been some Pills in’ such cases as this and many others.
Mrs. Collier herself has for a number of
what ailing, but her condition was not su«fo
as to create any uneasiness in the minds rf years been a constant sufferer from a female
her parents, who almost idolized her. In complaint which so far has baffl'd the «kin
the school .»he was regarded as one of the of the doctors, and during a period of less
brightest scholars of her class and was the than six months her husband has expanded
envy of her class-mates.
Although but a over two hundred dollars in fees for medi
little over twelve years of age, her intellect cines. She has now begun the use of Pr.
was phenomenal. Sbe was posw-ssed. how Williams’ Pink Pills and while it is as yet
ever. of a very n?rvous temper;'meut which too early to announce a cure in her ease .«he
is frequently the case with children of her feels so much improved as to express the be
advanced inu-lligence. Early in the month lief that her physical troubles will shortly
of June last, owing to a sudden fright, she be of the past. These are some of the rea
wa« thrown into violent spasm*, to recover sons why the Collier family ret uni thank*
only to he afflicted with St. VtUts’ danee in " on this our national day of praise and
the worst form.
The consternation of her festivity.
j The above is a correct statement of fact»
parents may well he imagined.
Of course the best physicians were num- ’ concerning mv little daughter and myw lf-
M rs . A. COU IKR
mwned at once but their efforts to restore her
Subscribed and sworn to before me thia
to li«.* normal condition were devoid of re
sults. She continued to grow worse, her 2nd day of December, 1S95.
D as G1KKXK,
appetite whollv fad«I and commencing with
JTotar«
her right irm her whole right side and lower
Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale
limb became limp. numb, and uselew and
Tlyusaa^
what little nourishment she was able to take are sold by all druggists.
I™
had to be administered by other*. To add of boxes have been disposed of.
to the *eriou«ne«s of the cane ‘be was unable was one of the few remedies which was not
cut in price during the recent drueri*ts war.
to obtain any sleep whatev .
It wa* while in this dep.orable condition This fact shows that the price is within tn*
hovering between life and death with all reach of all. Their cures are positive an»
the pr,>-peet« of a preniiuur»- grate before permanent. They are an unfailing specifi*
her. that one day on returning Itonte from tor such disease* a« locomotor ataxia, partial
his duties Mr. Collier found awaiting him a paralysis. St. Vitu«’ dance, sciati--*. neural- .
new «paper. which an ohi acqtriinrance in gm rheumatism, nervous headache. palpi’
Hamilton, hi* former place of residence, had tat ion of the heart, pale and sallow complex
ion«. nervous prostration and ‘that ttrru
•ent to him by mail.
In the local columns be read of the c*«e feeling,” which is a result of the latter. I>
*
of a certain person he had known years be also is a permanent cure for all disease»
fore having been permanently cored of the suiting from vitiated humors of the ’■‘QfiB
complain: of which hi* own daughter was such as scrofula, erysipelas and like di-ea*^
now suffering, by the use of Dr. U'illi.ims’ disease* peculiar to women, such as suf pre*-
Pink Pills fiw rale Profile. He hod often «ions, irregularities and all forms •■ •**?*
heard and rea«l before m trvellou* aoswiuts new«. The pills build up the general health,
of the efflracy of this remedy Imt as no ' thicken the blood and send it reurswc
aamre with which he was i- -onally familiar through the vein* with renewed lifr- At*“
»pnesrrei, be not only <iouMed but positively one verv peculiar thing about thi« r
it*be!i--ved th • -tatement«. But here before that then «r* no unpleasant after < tlrrta
• ii* eyes was sppnreot evideoee from one he Tbnoaads of former »tWrrer» are no« re
cm-w. He 11 ,e re fore | om no time io mak- joicing !«■ know that they are cured < ni*<l-
.ng aasnrane* doobl v snre and as son«
he rer mav take them with perfect mf-ty. -
Those pill« are mannfhrtwrcd by l»r- WU-
earrv-d that the story was absohitelv tme,
i - Io« no time in proeuring the Pina Pill* liants' Medicine Company. Schenectady. • •
ue his suffering daughter. Thi« was on the Y. and are «old only in boxes bran"? the
l.Jth of S- Kemhee. Prior tn this date and firm’s trade-mark and wrapper, st W cent*
alter '--'Kuhiog d.<etne« <rf different n bool* a Imx. or «ix bovea for 18 **. ami are neve*
of m-iiciae, he had taken her to the Home- •aid in fodk. The pnldic «bonld beware et
spathic Ihspeomry where her case was dr»- fraudulent imitation«. »• m«nv unwrnpw-
rissed by all the member« of the foculty lon« medicine companies have been ■•■’■n
■bo unaaimotmly declared ia th« presence far tnlenor imitations.