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Hhc tfc's Secret, OR A BITTER RECKONING By CMARLOTTB M. BRACMU hf4..MW.f.f.f.f.MM. CHAPTER V. Continued.) rultD had not much tout, and he did not really care much (or mmtc as music: but ah liked tha pleasant, sooth lnc effect it had upon her. So ahe want to the opera two or three ttmes a week and iu the intervals whispered scandal, at Us, drank coffee, or dozed jracefully behiud the curtain of her box. This venlnf Mrs. Setoa and ahe wer scarce ly aettled la their seats before Lord Sum uer begged admission. The good natured old gentleman look ed rather worried, aa he took the chair behind Pauline and exchanged civilities with both ladies. "I hate had a visit from Rennolr this afternoon, Pauline," hi lordship began. "The poor buy is terribly upset by your refusal." 'He will get over It." "Hut, my dear firl, hare you no heart at all? To my knowledge thia Is the aereuth most satisfactory offer you hare refuse! I dare any you haTe had yuite aa many of which I hare heard nothing I begin to think you are heartless," "Perhaps you are right," she aaid, in differently. "But you must allow there are two sides to the question. Ou the one hand, you ask why I do not marry. 1 answer your question by asking, on the other, "Why should I marry?' I do not lore these men who propose to me. I am my own mistress; I hare everything I wish for and I am happy as I am." "There is the estate, you know, to think of. The succession lies between you and your Cousin Ethel, the sweet faced child I pointed out to you the other day. If you die unmarried, the estate will revert to her children at your death. Of course, there is uothing agaiust that Hut I am seasitiv about the trust im posed on me by my old friend, Sir Paul. As I read it, his will lays the whole re eponsibil.ty of this question of succes sion on my shoulders. In other words, he leaves me the power to pick and choose a fitting head for the House of Mailing. Now, in the event of your not marrying, the next heir will be the off spring of this Ethel and her artist hus band, Mr. Dornton." Pauline ha.l kept herself well under control, but she could not avoid an ex clamation as Lord Summers put this point before her. "That Mr. Dornton, to whom you have been kind, is engaged to your cousin, you know. Well, he is a very nice young man clever, well locking, nice manners and all that; but 1 don't think Sir Paul would have chonen him as the perperua tor oi the Mailing family." "Why not?" The question was put quickly almost, it seemed, in spite of herselt. "Well, It seems to me that the question answers itself. Who is he? What is he? Whence comes he? Who are his people? What were his father and grandfather? Of course he will make an excellent bus band for poor little Ethel, for he is bound to come to the front." "Do you know, whenever you talk of that child, I fancy you regard me as an interloper? I am sure your sympathies are with her." v "Not at all not at all! You are too sensitive. I am glad to know that Geoffrey's child is not likely to suffer hardship. This Dornton seems a manly, honorable young fellow, and will take good rare of that pretty little creature. I ghoul I not like to think that my old friend's diughter was fated to spend her life in copying from the old masters of the Kensington Museum, aa -she told me she does now." It was well for his lordship's opinion of his ward's disposition that she was sitting with her face turned toward the stage during his kindly little speech. He was a shrewd old man, and, had he seen the hatred and malice in her eyes when he spoke of Ethel, his previous judgment of her character might have been con siderably shaken. The next day Miss Mailing drove to the Kensington Museum, taking, Babette with her. It was a students day, and the visitors made the round of the gal leries in quietness, Pauline stopping in apparent interest by the side of every lady student At last she found what she sought She passed on until she reached a quiet corner, and then beck oned Babette to her side. "You see that very young girl in the gray dress with her holland apron? That is the person whose address I want Keep her in sight until she leaves; follow her home, get her address, and then go to some of the shops close by and find out her name." "Mademoiselle does not even know her, name?" "I know her real name, but not the one she is going by just now. Whatever you do, don't miss her." Mitts Mailing returned to her carriage, feeling that she had accomplished good afternoon's work. CHAPTER VI. "I'll not give way! If I stay away one day, I shall want to do It again, and then my copy will not be finished." Ethel uttered this aloud, though she was alone, evidently with the idea that merely hearing the words would, per haps, strengthen her waning resolution. Poor child! Her head ached, and her eves looked Quite pathetic with the heavy circles round them; bat aha refused to pity herself, and resolutely plunged her head law a urjs oaiin oi water, ruoDea her hair half dry, and started for th museum. Though her head atiU ached a good deal, the copy made fair progress, and there was no sign of neglect or hurry In the work, her t-robbing temples notwithstanding. She alwaya wore a hat with a rather la rue brim, when copying, to save, her eyes from the light from above, aud at the same time shut out most of the room and its occupants from her view, m that her attention was not so liable to wander from her work. She was engaged on a difficult patch of shadow and she sighed aa she resided u..-rence between her shadow aud that of the old master. At that moment her father echoed the sigh; aud followed it up by: "Too solid altogether too solid, my cnim: "I know it aa well as yon do, dad," she sail, plaintively; "but how am I to alter it?" "Suppose we leave the shadow for to day, and go out into the sunshine for an hour or two?" "Now, dad. don't tempt me to desert the post of duty. If you knew what a struggle I bad with myself before I start ed this morning, how I longed to stay at home aud 'coddle" instead of facing my work like a woman." "I-eave (he painting for a few mo ments, dear; I want to Introduce you to Captain Pelling. My daughter!'' Ethel plucked off her utiliecomlng head gear as she turned to face the unknown visitor. She was greatly surprised at the introduction, her father haviug kept her in strjct seclusion since she left school a year before. "I taught Coptain Pelling the rudi ments of sketching before he went on an expedition to Central Africa three or four years ago, and he is so delighted with his own efforts that he wanted to carry me right away to Wimbledon at once, to see and praise them." "That is scarcely a truthful statement. Miss Mallet t," put In Captain Pelling with a smile. "I don't want praise, but judgment. The expedition I went out with is going to publish the result of our investigations, and they want some of my sketches to illustrate the work. When I saw Mr. Mallett in Picadilly I thought 'Here is the man who will tell me hon estly if I dare to allow them to be pub lished;' and I pouuced upon him. And now I have obtained two judges In the place of one. My trap is waiting out side, and I trust you will let me take you both down to my little box. My house keeper will find us something to eat, and in the cool of the evening we can go quietly through my little pictures and arrange them together." Ethel looked puzxled. Mr. Mallett could hardly conceal the surprise he felt at the adroit manner in which his late pupil bad managed to include "the child," Lthel glanced at her rather worn but prettily made dove-colored gown and her bibbed holland apron. "I am not in presentable order," aht began. "But you will see no one but the hous keeper and the present company. Show. yourself superior to such considerations, Miss Mallett. It will be a positive favor me, for they are hurrying the prep- rations forward, and I should not like to be the cause of delaying the publication of the book. "Very well; I will come. But papa will tell you I am of no use in a case of this sort." Ethel leaned back In the well-cush ioned phaeton and listened lazily to the conversation between the two men, ner father sharing the back seat with the groom. Captain Pelling's horses traveled well and, the breeze blowing right in her face Ethel gradually lost the depressing pain in her head and began to feel interested in the places they were passing. Whn at last the horses stopped at tiny cottage, consisting to all appear ances entirely of bay windows am: creeper covered porch, and looking tinier still by comparison with the gigantic elm trees that surrounded it, she bad a slight tinge of pink in her cheeks, and the dark rings had nearly disappeared from round her eyes. A pleasant middle-aged woman came to the hall door, and Captain Pelling handed Ethel over to her at once. (iive Miss Mallett a cup of especially good tea, Mrs. Crichton, and make her lie down until a quarter of an hour be fore dinner. Above all, don't let her talk; she has had a bad headache" Ethel looked at him in mute surprise "and it will return if she exerts herself before she dines." Mr. Mallett looked amused; but the captain, supremely unconscious of having said or done anything unusual, led the way through the long, low hall and out at a glass door at the end. "This way, miss;" and Mrs. Crichton opened the door, through which she was followed by Ethel. the names. Each of these window was tastefully and luxuriously furnished. There rrs two very An pslutlug ou the walls, and the whole room was lit tered most picturesquely with valuable, curiosities brought bom by Captain Pelting. Ethel looked round her with sens f supreme delight. Mrs, Crichton mis took the look, and apologised for the general untidiness of the room. You see, miss. Captain Pellng took the hous only thre week ago. He don't allow Martha or u to touch his wonderful curionitics, so I tu obliged to put up with this dreadful state of thing. You will find this couch more comfortable for a rest than either of uos small one. If you will allow m, will throw thl light woolen hwl over your feet. I-et w raise jour pillow the east bit. Ther after carefully ar ranging it, "that I more comfortable. I will briug th tea iu a few minute. How good th tea was, and how enjoy- abl th great quletne and peac seem ed to Ethel after the distracting roar and rattle of th London street! Captain Palling ram through th win dow by-and by and waa surprised to see Ethel tying there. He had expected Mrs. Crichton would take her to her own s ile um. II stood irrenolut for a moment ust ins id the window, and then crossed th room to look mor closely at his retty young guest. She's a pretty a a picture, and a good a gold, if 1 know anything about physiognomy. She has a trouble of some ort, poor little child! 1 should tike to kin those tear aawy. I wonder what she's worrying about. Perhaps Mallett s hard up; he seem a careless toft of a fellow. I'll see if I can't help theui a bit In that direction, anyway." This was a genuine red-letter day for Ethel. She was so intensely Interfile, I u the Captain' description of hi trav ail that for th time sit was drawn out of herself aud her own affairs. Mr. Mallett, too, was heartily pleased. And Pelling was equally satisfied with his to ORE THAT DO NOT HEAL Whenever sore or nicer docs not heal, no matter on what fart of tho body it tuny be, it U because of a poisoned condition of the Hood. This, poison mnybe the remains of aortic constitutional trouble; the effect of on j; spell of sickness, which has left this vital stream polluted and weak, or because the natural refuse matter of the body, which should pass off through the channels of nature, has been left in the system and absorbed into the circulation. It docs not matter how the poison became intrenched in the blood, the fact that the sore is there and does not heal is evidence of a deep, underlying cause. There is nothing that causes mote discomfort, worry and suxicty than a festering, dischurging old sore that resists treat went. The very sight of it is abhorrent and suggests jHillution and disease ; besides the time and attention required to keep it clean and free from other infection. As it lingers, slowly eating deeper into the surrounding flesh, the sufferer grows morbidly anxious, fearing it may be cancerous. Some of those atlucteil with An old sore or ulcer know how useless it is to ex pect a cure from salves, powders, lo tions and other external treatment. Through the use of these they have Seen the place begin to heal and scab over, and were congratulating them selves that they would soon be rid of the detestable thing, when a fresh supply of poison from the blood would cause the inflammation and old discharge to return and the sore would be ns bad or worse than before. Sores that do not heal are not due to out side causes ; if they were, external treatment would cure them. They aro itept open because the blood is steejxd in poison, which finds an outlet through these places. While young jieoplc, and even children, sometimes suffer with non healing sores, "those most usually afflicted arc persons past middle life. Often, with them, a wart or mole on the face inflames and he gins to ulcerate from a little rough handling ; or a deep, offensive nicer de velops from a slight cut or bruise. Their vital energies and powers of re sistance have grown less, and circulation Weaker, and perhaps mniic taint in the blood, which was held In check by their stronger constitution of early life, shows Use if. It is well to Ik? sus picious of any sore that docs not heat readily,- because the same germ that produces Cancer js back of every old sore and only needs to be left in the circulation to produce this fatal disease. There is only one way to cure these old sores and ulcers, and that is to get every X hv had a erlppWd foot all my llta, which compelled in to us 4 kirao. hr oni unaccountable tnstna thl brao caused a bad Ulocr on niy !, about six rear 0. I bad food medical atun Ion, but th Ulrar ot worse. lila duccd to try a). B. a., and am clad to It cured n entirely, and I am ooutno& that It ved my lea- for in. I have, therefore, ret faith Iu B. B. B. and (ladlv recommend It to all tieedlna a reliable blood medtcla. Urlstol, Vft.Tun. W. J. OATH. 0 1 I 0WOlw'0 PURELY VEGETABLE. guests. When the evening was over, he J particle of the poison out of the blood, l'or this pttrose nothing equal a. . b. It goes down to tlic very bottom of the trouble, cleanses the blootl and makes a permanent cure. S. S. S. enriches and freshens the circulation so that it carries new, strong blood to the diseased parts and allows the place to heal naturally. When this is done the discharge ceases, the sore scabs over and fills in with healthy flesh, and the skin regains its natural color. Book on Sores and ulcers and any medical advice desired will be furnished without charge. yjr SWIFT SPECIFIC CO., ATLANTA, CA was surprised to find how well he bad talked, aud he felt convinced that suc cessful conversation a often depend on the quality of th listener a of the talker. Ther was not much progress made In the ostensible ptirpos of the visit, seeing that th "little sketche" which turned out to be rather g km! specimen of their class led the way to so much descrip tion that they looked only at aom half dozen befor they cam to one that cre ated a diversion which lasted until they started for home. The Captain hnd been holding forth on the pluck and lidelity of a native ser vant at whose portrait they were look- lug, when Kthel said: "I wonder you did not persuade him to com to Knglnud with you. Your rela tives would have worshiped him In their gratitude for having saved your life so often." I here not one relative In th world. Miss Mallett," answered th Captain gravely. Ethels glance was full of sympathy. "1 beg your pardon," she put in hast ily; "I am sorry I made th remark." Don't be sorry. I tn very glad. I of ten long to talk a little about myself. You can't believe what an awful feeling it Is to know that ther Is not one per son In th world who 1 sufficiently In terested In you to car for your private concerns." "Decidedly unpleasant," murmured Mr. Mallett. "You'll hardly believe, Mallett. that this la th moat domesticated evening I've spent for th last six year. Jolly hard, when you consider that I am nat orally fond of horn and all that kind of thing! I was just getting weary of th loneliness of this place, but your being here to-night has changed the whole as pect of affairs. It looks so homelike to see you sitting there as if you belonged to the place, Miss Mallett. To-morrow night I shall fancy I see yon still there and be reconciled for a time at least." "You should marry best recipe in the world for loneliness!" Mr. Mallett ob served, laughingly. "Tried it, aud tound It a failure." "Eh!" Mr. Mallett sat upright and stared Into his host's face. "I beg your pardon, Pelling, If I have said anything unpleasant "Not at all in fact, If I shouldn't bor you so horribly as to prevent your ver taking compassion on me again, I should like to tell you about my marriage. Some times I think It must all have been dream, it seems so unreal." lie sat for a moment gazing absently into the garden, which was beginning to look dim and shadowy in th summer twilight, as if he were calling up the pust from its gloomy depths. Kthel felt a shiver of superstitious awe pass over her, and the movement seemed to bring back the captain from the momentary reverie into which he had fallen. (To be continued.! Many tropical trees when th bark Is lacerated give out a milsy julc that 1 an active, acrid poison. t K C Baking Powder. 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