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The Planter's Daughter 25 FATE'S REVENGE 67 MRS. ALICE P. CAKISTON Author of MA Waif from the Set," "Her Brightest Hop," Wayward WJnnofrtd," etc. CHAPTER XVII. At tier wiV end for a reassuring reply, poor Claire flung her arms about the old msn's neck, and pillowed her head upon his breast, while he, made un rwponsive by the horror which had taken possession of him, rtood cold and rigid as a statue, offering her no support. j "You must know, dear father." she began, "that I loved my husband, and I told myself that he would never love me. The thought unseated my reason until I fancied that cruel fate was pur ening me, ever cryius lu my ears, 'you have agreed to die, and yet you still liver Goaded to desperation. 1 forgot you and mother, and I planned the fatal draught," "And this' man was so blind as to be unable to rtvid the direful secret In your soul!" he criod unappeased. "It was his Indifference that has driven you to de spair! He has no ueart! Had he him self poured out the poison, he could not seem more culpab in my eyes!" "Oh, father, father!" She waa trembling now with such dire apprehension that he was forced to cling to him for support. Her agitation teem ed to exasperate Fhilip Burgess the more, "Heaven be praised," he ejaculated, "that I am neither so old nor Infirm that I cannot hold a weapon! I will kill htm, kill the rogue or fool, whichever he may le, who has so misused the angel whom I intrusted to his keeping!" "Father," she said, fixing her magnetic eyes upon his face, "since I still hve, since I have agreed to live, believe me, it ia only because a fresh hope has found Its way to my heart, a hope imparted by him." "By hhn!" muttered Thilip Burgess, Incredulously. "What has be done that hould deserve pardon at our hands?" "During the terrible crisis of yesterday and last night he never deserted my bed side, even for a minute. He eent 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 he was there by my side, and 1 asked myself whether this meant remorse. In the early gray of the morn ing he left me, thinking that I slept, left me with the imprint of his burning lips upon my brow, and I asked myself whether this could be love?" She had spoken the truth, and her plaintive 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 d:rlinR," he mur mured; "heaven grant that it is so! Gome, let 11s go to him together and see." As he oast his arm about her waist, and laid her head gently upon his rhoal der as they enteerd the shadowy hall, out in the garish sunlight, unseen hands parted the hedge that fringed the lawn, and the face of Nemesis glared through hvid. haggard, vengeful the face of Syl phide Conramont! "Alive!" she panted in dismayed sur prise. "That creature lives! So all in vain has heaven removed the first obsta cle which separate? me from Lucian. I am free yet she lives!" It would have been an appalling study to have looked into her soul then, as she let the shubs snap back into place, gath ered die rich draperies of her sable at tire about her, and with a rapid step took her way up to the villa. As fate would have it, she crossed the sheltered Hook where Camille had taken refuge after his alarm caused by the vision of innocent Claire at the uncur tained window. At Sylphide'a approach Camille sprang about, and faced her, as though she, too, were another haunting specter. ' "CaniiUe!" she said, herself surprised. "Mrs. Hastings!" "Hush! You must not know me, must never have seen me " Her words were cut short by the joy ous cries of little Leon, who, in hot pur suit of a sportive terrier, came bounding in among the -trees. Instantly Sylphide's eyes shot fire. "Leave me with this child," she breathed, imperatively. "Go into the avenue and wait for me. I have much of importance to say to you. Go, go quick!" As the man only to6 readily obeyed the command, she knelt wi.'h outstretched arms, and acco;rted the boy, who had abandoned his pursuit, and drawn him self up in military array before the veiled intruder. "Leon any son!" she cried, beseech ingly, her voice softening to a yearning tenderness. "No," he answered, proudly; "I am not your son; I am mamma's son." "But I am your mamma, my darling." "Oh, no, you're not! My mamma is mamma Claire, my white mamma!" "That woman again," groaned Syl- phide. "They have robbed me even of my child. But I will repay them! He shall go with me. We shall see, Lucian, whether you will not follow me then!" She caught at the "boy, who struggled to free himself. . "Leon, 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 the barking of the little dog, attracted Claire herself in haste to the spot. As she suddenly appeared, Leon broke from Syl phide's grasp, and flew to meet her, cling' ing in childish terror to her robe. , "Leon!" exclaimed Claire, pausing in the shadow of the trees, "what is the matter?" while Sylphide regained her feet, as her pallid lips framed the words: "At last!" "Who are yon, madam?' demanded Claire. "Where were you going with my on?" "Your son!" hissed Sylphide, throwing back her veil, whose thick folds stifled her. "She cays she is my mamma," wailed ' Leon. Tell her she to not! Oh, say so, mamma!" Clair wavered tn instant, stricken with a sudden conviction. "His mother!" she faltered. "I know you now. Madam, you are Sylphide Coutamont." "Yea," came the defiant reply; "I am Sylphide Conramont, and hia mother. But he repulses my caresses; he does not even recognise me." "I understand your grief, madam, and I pity yon." "Indeed? I am worthy of pity, am I not? I am wretched indeed rlnoe heaven and ear.h have couspired to betray me. I have been robbed of my name aud for tune, and of the man 1 loved. I have been robbed even of the child for whose sake I descended iuto the valley of the shadow of death." What brings you here, madam?" mur- mured Claire, terrified by her vehemence; why do you seek to enter my home?" "Your home!" sneered Sylphide; "are you going to simmion your people to eject me? It is true that 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 m New York; three months only you had to live, your father and mother were famishing; father, mother, husband, child, and life itself, I gave you all! And you dare to tell me to my face that I am in your home! Verily, madam, you are ungrateful." Trembling with alarm, poor Claire re plied: "It Is true that without your Interfer ence I should now perhaps have been in my grave; but if you have saved my life, confess that you did not intend to; if you hare married me to Lucian Courtlandt, you chose me, as you have just admhted, because you considered me condemned to death. Now, what can I do to repay you? I am prepared for anything ut death." "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 delusire. You need remain no longer." Those final words appeared to contain the venom of a deadly serpent for Syl phide. "I shall not depart until I have seen Lucian," she raid, firmly. "Lucian!" gasped Claire in dismay; "you shall not see him; I do not choose that he shall see you. I am still very weak, madam, but I think I. can summon the strength of a lioness to my aid in defense of my happiness! Besides, yon know that he no longer loves you." "No longer loves me!" hissed the ene-1 my; "pray, bow do you know thai Hour, can you judge of the empire which I have exerted over him? Ah, I do not come unarmed; I bring with me the memory of , three years of passionste love!" ' "I tell you, you shall not see Lucian! I am his wife before the law!" "At all events you shall give me my child!" "No, no! Stand back!" "Stay! What are you doing here?" The few but imperative words cut short tne terrific struggle of a moment, and as the two women recoiled, httle Leon flew into his father's arms. "Embrace your child, if you will," Lucian Courtlandt raid to Sylphide ."but bear in mind that he is also my son, and he shall never leave me. ' Now, you need deliy your departure no longer." She returned his stern look with lances of fire. "Have you not heard the news?" she asked, wrlh swift Intensity; "slavery has been atolished; I am free!" But I am not free," he answered steadily; "you remember our compact while Claire lives we are to remain otran- 40ns. You hare violated your oath. Fare well forever!" She faced her doom as the great oak breasts the storm; she paused an instant irresolute, then lowered her veil and turn- ed away. Presently she stopped and looked back to find Claire nestling in her p.-..ir-'i..k.ti,i "V, (n.. pvct. We ahflll mppr nnn nirflln. I.nmn Courtlandt, once again on the day of reckoning!" (To be contlnned.t i Shamed by Boys. Inspired by the condition of a street which. It is said, the officials had nr-g- lected, says a writer In Youth's Com- panlon, certain small boys in a Maine city called on each resident of the street and offered to clean the side- walk and roadway in front of his house for one cent a week. Everybody accepted the offer enthuslastica'ly. Most of the boys paid In advance. The boys worked hard for two days, hoeing, sweeping and carrying refuse to the "dump," nearly half a mile away. Then all of a sudden the regu lar city teams appeared, and when the boys got home from school they found their occupation gone. It Is shrewdly suspected, however, that It was their activity that shamed the street corn- mlBsioner Into coming round, and. ev- ery citizen who patronized the ama- tour brigade feels that he got h!s cent's worth. Therefore the word goes out to try the scheme In other communities. With variations, it has indeed been tried elsewhere, and whether a street cleaning department Is lazy or only forgetful, Jt has gener ally worked well. mugful Voyage. Mrs. Noah waa very happy. "Just think," she mused, aa the emptied the suds out in the sea, "we have two of everything, .even flatirons, and no neighbors to borrow them." The place should not honor the man, but the man the place. Agesllaua. FEUDS ARE CUE TO POLITICS aty Anslo-Ptoua Uury Their EbmI la the 1'nltod States 1 aiu told that people who Lave been tUhtlng each other with all the ferocity of a Presi dential election are able to meet the very evening after the result la made known and chat and Joke with each ether aa It nothing had ever occurred, to aeparate them. Aa rule, Kugllsh men are also able to fight their pollU- fat tvtnta.ta mlth t ,nnM..p nm. Ilgnlty. and In the House of Commons, for instance, persoual hatred between members of opposite parties Is almost" unknown, although there is plenty of 1 Af tk Scotchmen ami Welshmen, .re not .a 11 iKiiiurii. as 1 1 ( 1 ill m rpriaiii riiriiL free In this respect from persoual feel ing as Englishmen. When Irishmen da differ they differ all over. There ara plenty of Irishmen In the House of Commons who have not exchanged a word with each other for years. In deed, during the days when the old split subsisted, it was quite a common sight to see Irishmen separate them selves even in the dining rooms accord ing to the group to which they belong ed. , In France it Is pretty much the same thing, for there political differences follow the same lines as religious aud social cleavages, and, therefore, ate tne more acute. I never expect a French politician to speak of a political opponent In any terms but those which would rightly be applied to a man who ought to be In penal servitude and had just escaped the gallows. But even in France there are mitigations. Old Grevy, when he was president of the Chamber of Deputies although he was a very stout republican used to play bi.ilards with Paul De Cassagnac, the swashbuckling Bonapartist. - In Germany the socialists are so bit ter In their hostility to all other sec tions of the Imperial parliament that any one of them who would venture to accept an Invitation from Count Bu low, the Chancellor, would lose all his Influence with his colleagues; In fact, he would be politically ruined. M. a. r. A SWITCHMAN'S DAUGHTER Becomes the Wife of a Son of Former benator muraton. The marriage of Miss Nellie Cotter to Clarence Thurston in St Louis re cently was Invested with romance. The groom Is the eldest son of John M. Thurston, the dlstinjrulshed law- yer, orator and statesman. who statesman, who was the intimate friend of Blaine, and who once rep resented Nebraska In the United States Senate. She mus. TULKriTo.x. , 19 tue aaugnter or a railroad switchman In Omaha. The romonce began in Omaha fifteen years ago, when Clarence Thurston and Nellie Cotter went to kindergar ten together. The children grew up together and their love for each other became fond er with the passing years. The fact that his father was general solicitor for the Union Pacific and her father was a Bwitchman in Its service was 1 nothing to him when they were chil dren. And then when the opportunity came he took her to be his wife. When John M. Thurston was elected i to the United States senate and went to Washington to live the son went j with him, and in the gay society of the capital he met many beautiful women from all parts of the world, but his heart remained true and faithful to the Omaha girl. Senses of the Reptile. An Austrian doctor has lately pub- llshed the results of his observation! upon the special senses of animals, especially upon the sense of rept les. j je concludes that these are capable of going dlrectly towardg watcri whlch appears to attract them, even at long uisiuuces. uigui Biia upuu meui ui- dependency of heat. Their sight Is generally good, and Is probab'y their most acute sense, yet their vision is limited. Crocodiles cannot distinguish a man at distances above ten times their length. Fish see for only short distances. The vision of serpents Is poor; the boa constrictor, for example, ! can see no further than one-third of its own length. Some snakes Fes no further than one-eighth of their own length. Frogs are better endowed and gee twenty times their length. Her Prayer. Gladys had lost two front teeth, says Llpplncott's. She had been told that God would give her some new ones. She was to take part In the Easter exercises at Sunday school. In spite of all wishing, however, the teeth refused to put In on appearance, and Easter was at band. One night Glady's mother heard her talking after she had put her to bed. She went back and saw her kneeling beside her bed in the moonlight "Oh, God," she was saying, "if you haven't got my new teeth done, won't you please drop my old again till after Easter?" ones down Curious Legal Custom. A curious custom is in vogue in many parts of India. If a dispute arises between two landowners two boles are dug close together, In each of which defendant's and plaintiff's lawyers have to place a leg. They have to remain thus until either one of them Is exhausted or complaint of being bitten by insects, when he is judged to be defeated and hia employer loses, hia case. I , gttftfff fftcttiutttts1 J MllTlniu OLD IPtiM." flttftftfffftMltftffttft 1 j In aa article entitled. "After Itlg Game la Wyoming." a writer In the Tall Mali Mag a line UUa of an eietth. meeting between hlmaelf and a larii grlsaly bear. The Interview was some but! what unexpected en both aides, It luted only a minute or two; but while It did last It occupied the uudl- 'TV . paruopama, cht?c4 Jdln ahead, aayt tb ?U?L whls- J,ck " ,V, bl Pfd over tha fallen trea. What fol- l"wd la the next few minutes takes longer to tell than it did to hauDen.1 u 1 ,Prtn down tn ta lariat kind th. v if Si tri ?S!iiL Z h.V? i of tta tree, behind hlch ha had been feeding on a dead elk. is i miii,i h. a, f,i... v.' ... . V , V. " rang down, all clawa, hair and teeth, prang and charged straight at us. The shot wat a clean mist over hit back aa he Jumped down; and here wat'grliily not thirty yards away, on a down hill run, and obviously Intent on get ting first blood. The tecond bullet went home, right in the center of the broad, furry breast, aa wa afterward ascertained He turned a complete somersault, and lighting on his feet again, came on, ap- parently uninjured. My rifle wat now empty, and there wat no time to reload. The next few seconds were a kind of nightmare. I turned and Jumped at the saddle, but my horse, teeing tha bear close behind me, twerved and bolted before 1 could mount Grlxxly, now only a few yardt ' away, waa rising to strike with a gl- gantle, chwy, tlnewy paw that could. with a tingle blow, break a buffalo's back or tear ont all hit ribs, With a cold thrill down my back I also twerved and bolted up the hill for all I waa ever worth In what Jack Sin 255 S2 ed rifle thrown on the ground, sat on his horse fifty yards away, and emp tied hit six-shooter at the bear with out apparent effect I glanced nervously over my shoul- der aa I ran, and then saw that the fight wat done. Grizzly, obviously mor tally wounded. having missed his blow, wat blundering on down hill, not knowing where he went Even an old king of the divide, weighing a thou- sand pounds or to In sinewy, muscular flesh' and bona, could not long with- stand the effects of a half-Inch ex- nandlnc bullet DroDelled bv five drams of black powder through a good rlilt barrel. A BOYS' COOKING CLASS. Thirty-two stalwart young some over six feet high, have formed themselves Into a cooking class, which wrobably the only institution of its Lwiu In the world. All of the boys belong to the Orange, N. J., high school, and the cooking class meets after school hours. In quiries have come from England con cerning it and similar classes are to be started there. The class has been in existence over a year, and the pu- pus are auiieuc young leiiows wno ! have no idea of taking the places of cooks, but who- want to shine at sum mer camps, where the gentler sex it not present i Good, plain, old-fashioned fare It prepared and the dishes are mode up in the most appetizing manner. Every kind of vegetable and fruit that grows in the garden, bread, biscuit, old-fash ioned buckwheats, stews, roasts and goupg are prepared by the boys. The fact that the good things cooked are eaten by the chefs, sitting com fortably at a table where the lady teacher does the honors, Is one of the reasons why the boys enjoy their nov el lessons, and a larger nnmber of boys than can possibly be Instructed are clamoring for admission. Licrary Names. "Yet," says the fond mamma, "I think we picked real pretty names for the two twins. Pat got them out of a book. I always did like a name with a literary tone to it." "And what do you call the little darlings?" "Fauna and Flora. It's from a book in the library downtown that teils about 'The Fauna and Flora of the WesterntHemisphere.' "Judge. A Discovery. They had been discussing the baby's ears, eyes and nose. "And I think he's got bis father's hair," tald the Joyful young mother. Oh, la that who's got it? I no ticed It was missing." said the girl who knew ber before she was mar ried. Exchange. Spectacles Not Dressy. Polite Chinese consider it a breach of etiquette to wear spectacles in com Earn LMB3TO CAMP CU .Fi. pany. lhromc Eating Ulcers vv,t 1. . f ia mnrh ttcnlarly when located upon tha lower extremist where the circulation, n A gangrenout eatinff ulcer upon tha leg U a fr chtful ticht. and at tha poison " r : - tissues beneath and tha tore continue! to tpread, one can aimosi too ino flesh meltin away and feel tha strength going out with tha tick. ening discharges. Great running aoret and deep offenthre ulcert often rfi,m from a simnla boil, twollen eland, bxuisa or pimple, and ara a threatening danger alwayt, because while all tuch toret are not can- rrout , a great many are, ana tint tuouia muso you u.iu.ivu. c, tlow-healing ulcert and toret, particularly If cancer runt in vour ftmiir. Face toret ara common and caute the greatest annoy biiivuivi w -as w- j - j nC0 beCtUM the M W WbssUnf.W. Ve.,K.y M03. Ittent and un.ifjhtly amss years are white at work, X fell over a track d d t t h f M7 ".Ireiy r.d both of m'r shi.s. My blood , ucl""" , ,,,uv bsae peitoasd ss a rssuli, and the d 00 tor told one t personal appearance. 1 would have running sores for liia, and thtt Middle ad and old peo- tf they slosedup the result would bo ftL Ua Jiaai Rea , J Vi aYrUtsdiioourarini report Xl.ftoir thsirtrsat- pio ana inoso wuow mwu B.B and resorted to the use of B. B. ItteffeoU It Contaminated and taint were prompt and a-ratlfytna. Il took only a short ed with the germt and ZJ&'&S&VSXiittZ wn of im1.ru or tome nre- Iaa?a Tiout ticknest, are Hie chief soribed ocourred. wttwdisl uffcrert from chronic toret Q BchmulUoh TQoT' rv919 and ulcert. While tha blood remaint in an unhealthy polluted condition, and the tore will continue to grow and spread in tpite of washct and taivet, tor tne tore it the outward ticn of tome constitutional disorder, a bad condition of tu Klond -nii .vttem. which local .. mnA . ..,!. voll nerd it iv a " j o quicken the, circulation and invigorate the constitution, and S. S. S. it iust tuch a remedy. It counteractt and removct from the blood , , j j ssJ ,sV neaiingproceis ocKms mu u.o u.vcr r tw J 1 J J rs U toon ent,rc,y Bn.e- S- S lJ n i.f cnaint no mineral or poisonout drugt of any description, but it guaranteed purely vegetable, a blood purifier and tonic combined and a aafe and permanent cure for chronic toret and ulcert. If you hava a tlow-heal- frig aore of any kind, external or interpal, wrie ut about it, and our physiciant will advita you without charge. Book on "The Blood and DiK""" Ttiesmrrspccmo co., atiahta. ca. Difficult Horseback Feat. There are no better horsemen In tha world than the cavalry officers of tha Italian army, yet even among them there are very few who could perform the feat recently achieved by one of them. To run tn ordinary foot race It easy enough, but to run at full spied for several hundred yards holding In ona hand a spoon on which restt an egg d t0 rpncn the goal without dropping SK It a feat which must ba prac- tlced carefully a long time nerore it cnD b Performed successfully, and at result there are not many who can be sure of accomplishing it whenever they try. Great therefore, waa thai I surprise when an Italian officer mount men, cd on horseback performed this ulffl- cult feat Moreover, he select d a course In which there were two or three high fences, and these he cleared at roll gallop without losing tha egg. A Sura Protrctloa. ' Barton, N. Dak., May 9. Many cases are being published of how diseases have been cured and Uvea saved by J ixars Kidney nils, but there is a familv in this nlara who iim thin mnm. ! ---- - , - dy as a protection against the coming on oi oiseases anu witu excellent re sults. Mr. W. A. Moffet says: "We have no very serious illness or complaint for we always use Dodd's Kidney Pills the very moment we feel the leant symptom of sickness and they toon put ui right. If we have a touch of lame back or think the kidneys are not right, we take a few Dodd's Kidney Pilla and the symptoms are soon all gone. "My brother had d a' etes and the doctor told him he could not live until spring. I got some Dodd'a Kidney Pills for him and although that was several years ago, he has lived through all the winters and springs since and is till living. Dudd's Kidney Pills are a wonderful medicine." Right la His Line, Mother I don't know what In the world to do with my son. He is a born rover. Neighbor Why not make a Methodist minister of him 7 c The Kind You llavo Always ture of Chas. II. Fletcher, and has been made under his Eersonal supervision for over SO Tears. Allow no one deceive you in this. Counterfeits, Imitations and Just-as-good" are but Experiments, and endanger the health of Children Experience against Experiment. What is CASTORIA Castoria is a harmless substitute for Castor Oil, Pare- ; goric, Drops and Soothing- Syrups. It is Pleasant. It contains neither Opium, Morphine nor other Nnrcotlo ' substance. Its age is its guarantee. It destroys Worms , and allays Feverishnens. 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