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i A Dead Past fi ty MXS. LOVCTT CAMtKO CHAPTER XIX. fContlnoed.1 "lee, Klttont How can 700 be a str vent ti four buiband'a own houat?" Tiare b tho agent, RalkM." "Mr. Relkea baa only attn 'mo onco, la evening droaa. lit la away now. I ball look very dlffereut; bo will not recognise no. I muit at7 ont day somt wbort to ohanio my clothes. Ton will find no om quiet hotel and tall mo what to dor Out, Kit ton, yoo bowlldtr mo. Ton ay yon wlah to go away ao that Dro mond may not Bud you, or know wbert you art, and yet you want to go to bla own bouse." "It to tho laat plact on tarth wbert bo will om look fr mo. If bt ran help It, Ilrlan will ntver act foot In Kepplngton Hall again. Io not aik mt why. I know It, and I ahall bt aaft there cjulto afo, for who can aay word agslust mo If I am under bla roof? Ob, yes, I havt thought of all that, and bow un kind people art, and what Ill-natured thlnca they would aay; but, you aea, thero I am asfo, and 1 ahall bo dead to them all and to him," aba addod below btr breath. lirlau did not coma homo that after noon until nearly dinner tlmo. A long dar of almoat complete (eolation, devot d to earnest reflection, bad bad good effect uoon blm. Ho rao upstairs lightly, and opened tba drawing room door. Kitten waa not there. Then fat recollected that It waa late, and that alit waa, no doubt. In bor own room, droning for dinner, lit went to her bedroom, but the door waa wide onen and tht room empty. lit alammed to hia door and went to hla dressing table. Tpon bla pincushion lay an euvelope addressed to himself In bla wlfo'a handwriting. With atrange, tokening apprehension, he tort It open and read: "Mr dear husband, wt hart madt ttrrible mUtake, and we can never bt happy together. I am going away ao that you may ba frea, and may be often with her who baa your heart. Do not look for mo, for you will never find me; woo will bo far happier without me, but I ahall alwaya lore you and think of you. I could not fill your life or your heart, dearest lore, and to do lesa than that la too bard for mo to bear, and ao 1 am laavlnc vou. Good by. No moro, no reproach, -no agony of mtnnlsint. no anguish of despair. Hla wife bad left bim, and aomo ont muit baft told ber about Koaamond bane. CHAPTER XX. Of all the persona who Buffered be came Kitten choae to run away from her buaband'a house, none endured at first a mora acuta aenit of agony conected with that event than did Margaret Grantley. Tha next day all tho world knew of It Tho acandal-mongera and tho goaslp-lov era. and all tha crowd of tittle-tattler, malo and female, buated about like beca out of hire orer thla 0110 little delight ful morael of acandal' which had coma to diaturb, with pleasing excitement, tht even current of hitherto uneventful aeaaon. It waa tht talk of the cluba, and tha popular topic of tho park. "It eeema that Brian Deamond neg looted ber." aald ono. "Well, aho must bo thoroughly bad lot." asserted another; "and euen rooi too, to go and bolt!" Thla one, of course, waa woman. And first and foremost among them II, aa niattor of courae, waa Mra. Tal twt, and many wert the knowing wlnke and node and ahakea of her head, half uttered sentences, and half-completed revelations, by which aha gate everybody to underatand that aha knew of a great many mora borriblt and dreadful details than did any one else, and that there . wert thlnga things connected with tho whole buainessl Ah, well, if they wort but known woll, aha could only aay that tht hair on tht heada of tht wholt pop ulation of London would almply stand on nd with ltt "And la It really true, then, that that poor youg fool, Sir Itoy Grantley, baa gone off with her?" asked aome ont. "Not doubt of It," anawered Ger trnda, almost vlcloualy, for aha waa an gry with Roy for admiring Kitten. "Why, I met hia alattr at supper last night, and you should bare aeen tho poor woman'a fact; why, aha nearly fainted when aha heard tha news." , Three days tnua passed away, and still conjecture and goaalp ran rite, and acan dal refused to bo allcnctd concerning Mra. Deamond and her dolnga. And then ont fine morning, Just when Mar- a-aret waa nearly driven demented by all tha rumors and binta which her dear frlenda la tvory direction took cart to convey to her, up drovt Roy himself In hansom, to her door In Connaught Bquaro, with bla amnll portmanteau abovt him, and with aa unconcerned' an air aa though he had been away for a counle of days' bunting or shooting. "For hoaven'a eake, Roy, what la tht meaning of all thla?" aha cried breath lessly to him, aa ho entered her draw Ing room. ' ' Roy looked aurprlsod, almost more by her manner than by ner worus. uis sia ter wa very pale, -he Tolca ahook with motion, and her hands, aa he took them In hla. trembled nervously. "Mr dear Margaret, I do not under stand vou. Ia anythlug tht matter?", "Anything tht matter? How can you ik auch a thing?; Do you takt mo for a child, Roy?' Do' youauppose I do not know, havt not heard tTwytaing tvtry thing r "I havt no Idea to what yoa art allud ing," bt anawtrtd btr la calm surprise, looking slightly puaaled and bewildered. "Where la Mra. Deamond T aba asked blm almost In t whisper, ao terriblt waa bar aniltty. what baa that got to do with your ht anawtrtd btr Impatiently, almoat roughly. Ah!" aht cried, "then It la trot what everybody la aaylng? It waa you who took her away from ber husband a bouse you know wbtrt aht la, aba anawertd recklessly. Onct before Margaret bad aeen tbat wild blast of anger In btr young broth er'a fart onct before, when aht bad aald thlnga agatnat Kitten. Ia one mo ment Hoy waa transformed, bla tyea flashed, bla brow contracted. atorm of passion broko out all over tbo smooth. young fact. Ht reminded btr of bla father. "How dart you," ht aald hoarsely, "how dart you apeak auch thing of her, aht who la aa purt aa an angel, aa holy aa ealnt What can you bt like to venturt to amlrch tht whiteness of ber name, by your vile slandereT" Margaret fell back a step. Almost It seemed to her aa If Roy would have struck ber, tht ragt lu bla fact waa ao terrible. Thla boy ber boy, who had been aa a child to her, waa a boy no lunger, but a man, and a man with wbom It waa not aafe to meddle. He frightened her. Wbltt with anger, and Incapable of replying, aavt In blind torrtnt of strong and disjointed words, Itoy broke away and betook himself to Felicia. He sprang upatalra three steps at a time, and burnt Into bla roualn'a drawing room. Mra. Talbot waa sitting with her. As ht tntcred Felicia ottered a cry of sur prise and delight, and ran eagerly for ward to meet hi in. "Oh, Itoy! Roy! bow delighted I afn; by havt you been away? Hut, of course, now you will bo able to explain wbera you hart been, l'w glad I am that you havt coma back; now all these horrid, wicked scandals will bt stopped Did 1 not tell you, Gertrude, that It was not truer "Well, that rematna to bt aeen, my dear Felicia," answered Gertrude airily "Sir Roy haa not cleared himself yet you see, to aay tho least, It la unfurtu natt that bt and Mra. Desmond should havt been both 'missing' on tha aame day. It remains to bt explained, of courae." "Why on earth should Roy'a absence bt conntcted with Mra. Desmond, cried Felicia Impatiently; "or who Indeed ran aay that ht haa been away at all?" "Why, my dear" docking them off on her flngera, "three dlnnera to which ht waa engaged, and at which ha never turn ed up nor tven sent any excuse," remark ed Gertrude, with a careless ahrug o ber ahoulder. Thla waa true, and Roy for tht first tlmt recollected these broken engage ments, with a aort of horror at hia own carelessness. He looked from ono to the other of tha ladlra in absolute diamay ha besan to perceive in what light hi conduct appeared to the world. "It la not true?" pleaded hla cousin with wistful entreaty lu her dark eyes "No, of course It is not true," be an awered quickly. "How could it bt true Hut everybody aeems to havt gone mad, For benven'a sake tell mt bow tbia haa got about, aud what I am to do to atop it?" He waa no longer angry, ouly dis mayed and distressed beyond measure. "You havt only to aay you dou t know whert Mrs. Desmond Is," said Gertrude. "Hut I cannot aay that. I do know whert aht la," ht answered gravely. And then Mrs. Talbot laughed. CHAPTER XXI, In all hia life Roy never hated Mrs. Talbot ao cordially and ao Intensely aa ht did when aht uttered tbat abort laugh. It waa a laugh that meant ao much. Contemptuoua disbelief in mankind, tri umphant confirmation of tht auspiclona of tho world, tha ruin of Kltttn'a fair name, all seemed to bs comprised In that short, sneering outburst, of ill-timed hi larity. Felicia, on tht contrary, seemed op pressed with despair at her cousin's most unexpected answer. She tank down into a chair with a look of helpless distress, and tears gathered thickly in her eyes. "Oh, Roy," aht cried, "don't, don't aay that, it cannot be true don't aay it." "Why should I not aay it?" ha an swered, a little defiantly, because of that other woman who aat by with a aneer upon her lips, "It ia quitt trut. I do know whert Mra. Desmond la now. Why should I deny It? She waa In great trouble. Bht sent for mt becaust I am her oldest friend, and I helped her to leave town and to go to a plact whert she wished to afay for a little time." "And whert la that, pray?" "That la her aecret and mine," ht an swered frowulng. And then Mrs. Talbot laughed again. She got up and ahook out her skirts', and prepared to take ber leave of Fe licia. "It won't wash, Sir Roy, it won't wash!" she said, with odious laugh still upon her lips. "Will it, Felicia, dear?" "I don't see why you ahould doubt my cousin's word." said Felicia, rather dog gedly; "there is nothing extravagant In what ho haa told us. tit it Airs, ues mond's oldest friend.' If she waa In trou bit -it wa-qaltt natural that ah ahould and to him." - And tan Gertrude laughed again aad took her leave of tha eouatoa. Thera waa ont thing which Roy an- derstood, and of which Gertrude tad tht world kntw nothing, tod tfcit wae tha peculiarity of Klttta'i charaettr, which bid ltd btr to do a thlaf which, to tht tytt of others, wn foolish tod repre hensible; bat which wae la ootlro accord- net with tho natural Implicit of bor owa mind. Even Felicia, who u affec tionate and aympatbetlc, could not anttf Into thla. "Roy," aha aald to blm. wbto tht door bad closed upon Gertrude, "tbla la too dreadful! How la thla bualoeaa to bt bettered? How art these two people tt bt brought together again V "I bavt no power to Interfere," bt aald aadly. "Kitten ia no child. I caa Only dO aa aba telle Dt tO do." Now to Ftllcia, It seemed that Kitten waa aot only a child, but aleo aa ex- wtdlngly foolish out; but knowing Roy'a InfatnaUon, aht for.bort to txprtaa bar Opinion. I Do you think of tht husband, poor Mr. Desmond? It is dreadful for him." But Roy could not bt brouxbt to pity I Drlan. Tba man who bad dared to win tht deep lovt of Kltttn'a aoul, and to give ber bark nothing but tht tmoty husks of bis lift, waa to blm aa object not of compassion, but of abhorrence. I "What la ht doing ia bt looklni for y is a ( herr waa all bt aaid gloomily, after a P- mi, n eeema siunnea. 1 near, you I ,.. u'rJL Vi- , ..... U!. I cousin, la with blm I Felicia apoke of Edaar IUIkes with little telltale confusion of m.nner. which Koy wit far too much absorbed in bla own troubles to observe. Haikear' ht aaid sharply. "Surely that la bla agent, who livea at Kepping- ton? Is ht in town, then?" It had been Roy'a secret bone that tbia gentleman might recocnixe Kitten. b'uJband mfn" m,oring h" tu h"Ute eipense to the government for the "Yea, ht went to Lowndes 8iuart at onct, and baa been tbert ever since," answered Felicia, who thought her her0 niouni oeing oevoiea o iue eu a very orln.t amona men f,,r tht. act of couragement of irrigation ia many charity. "Mr. Desmond haa Itent him." "Ht ia going back to Kei.pington. 1 suppose V Inquired Roy eagerly. .No I don t think ho Is. Mr. Raikee ran In this morning, knowing I should a anxious,' added lelicla, coloring a little, "to tell ma that Brian Desmond has asked him to go abroad with him at once. "lw ii .v.. k. T. - - m vitvu iivji piumbiw In, to n.ava . ..r..K f, t.u .ir.t n.i ho is content to give her up without an effort? To leave her without even know- Ing what baa become of ber, or whether she baa got enough to live upon? Good heavens, tht man cannot be auch a brute aa that!" "Mr. Raikea certainly told me' he was going abroad at onct. I kuow nothing more. Felicia V ht cried, "it cannot be. Do you think tbat he her husband be- lieves In thia wicked slander against her, record a peecQ in lavor oi me rnuip which Mrs. Talbot and venomous women pine tariff bill, one against it, and a 20 OI ner description havt set afloatr Vrt fin I krrJk ami ifiiat It m. kaa nsv I heard of it." aht anawered eaiterlv. -i i wa mui m Mijiai auu v uni iiv nam '. do not think he baa yet Uut at any mo- ment it might get to hla earn. Oh, Roy, If only it could bt atoppedr And that waa what Roy. too. aaid. over and over again to himself, aa he went slowly back to hia elster'a house. 'T I. ....I I . - .......I ! I tt vi; vuum vw iu(cu. But how can tht voict of acandal be stopped? It la often hard to make peo- ple believe lu an absolute truth, but to believe in a lie, that aeema to come easily In everrhnit! and nnrm fnlrlv alartMl nn Its way, a lit la as bard to atop aa is that magic fiddler of German fairy lore, wno una oeru uanciuK um way u?er iul, l. rwl. t..Ji. V- world ever since the Middle Age.. ,rom the ,flland8' Their te"itory. b law , He waa very depressed and unhappy, a she flung himself wearily Into a deepl armchair in Miss Grautley'a drawing room. Margaret was adding up her weekly bills. Well, Roy? eu, it is as you saiu, ne answer- ed gloomily. "ou were right and I was wrong It is not, suppose, for the r"l tn:i ilZZll bee" '"There la, of course, one thing you could do, Koy, which would effectually atop thia uncomfortable acandal at once and forever." "I wish to goodness you would say what It Is, then," he answered. "God knowa, I would do anything. "If you wert to glvt out at once that you wert engaged to be married to aome rom AuBtro-IIungary contained in re girl, everybody would perceive Instantly t. b Mgrcu. Brann w aBked for tht impossibility of there being any truth (rom th BecretarT of commerCe and In tha rennrta nhli'h havn eoilDleil TOlir . . ' name with Mrs. Desmond's ... .i.v i n "Engaged to be married!" he cried, contemptuously; "how can that be done, pray? What utter nonsense! To be en gaged. I must ask some woman to i marry mt. How can I go out and do that at a momenfa notice? If that la your plan, Margaret " "There la alwaya Felicia," said Miss Grantley, quietly, without venturing to ngbt an(j entertainment of tbe house look at him. for three hours today by Clark, ot Mis Roy did not answer, and Margaret con- ,our and co,,., tbe feature o alM .. .1 aa rtatiaa "sValMa W All 111 . ... v....., -t. ""' - marry you 1U"" J ' . thrn 7h &rfi! aiT.ffl London and parental cares that he will bestow her gladly upon tht first comer, and you above all others. jeucia ner- Be II la ronu or you l7nS!rlmi:. and with an exclamation or angry impa- tienct went out of the room, alamming tht door after him. To continued. j Mnahr. rearl I hear that Jeanette and nar- ry were about the softest couple that were ever married in this town. Ruby I snouia say soi wny, iney were ao soft that their friends boiled the rice before they threw it at them. IN TUE NATIONAL HALLS OF CONGRESS Monday, Jan. 8. Washington, Jan. 8. Tha senate to- today gavt attention to tht Panama canal, tha altuatlon in Santo Domingo nd lh merchant, marina ihlppiing bill. Tba canal biil qoettion came op In connection with a message from tht president', in which, among othtr thlnira. ha invited tho closest acrntlnv nto ,u tht bad been dona by tha gov mm.nt In ihm T.thmna a! Panama. nr w.jk K. nt.. k. , u i v.!.v. k.. -.i.i-i 1 .v. ,w Vu' "I1rlff' lId J0 Trk jn "aaM wul uwi, uu urgou tviifcrraeiuu- " 1Dla,r7' m Mia wai pretiaei WM Dot mh to blame aacongreae for hla assumption of control on tba iath- mua, and that the chief mistake) had been made when congreag releaaed ita hold noon canal affairs. II agreed with Gorman in urging tha rights of conaresa in connection with tha canal. garni aiaif1 ttia K t Ia MriffMM Kal1 Am I tas-s aps vs auss w wavv vvui vow aw ewaw L,ted the mBi the president, the I l.t. .l-.ll- V.. 4 ..f A k. li vi. wbola matter back to congrest. -.. . . . . mn V,.. 4u'ku,i w up uv uKvum marina ahipping bill and Gallinger Pka In support of that measure I si . a w-k a i quoting me niierances 01 rresiaenis McKinley and Rooeevelt on the im- portance of building op the merchant marine, he urged congress to heed these Isdmnnitinns hv nusinv a. law that m-nnU 1:.va tba aitnattnn. entire ten years of the proposed sub sidies would be 140,000,000, and tbat a. ! ) iL. tiroes larger. 1 The senate then, at 4:13 r. M., went into executive session, and at 4:20 ad- Mourned. I Washington, Jan. 8. With over an hnn AtA h. niatnvt f fVilnm. bltf there w ,eft bnt , bai.bour to Ii i .t.. i ...i . : a i a a-a ? i i oin aiscussion. in is waa uuuieu cy duiu . of Massachusetts, who spoke "troD8,T ,or t,ria ."Vion tD uemocrauc stanapoint HILL ON PHILIPPINES. Occupita Attention of Houat Three Houra Telling What He Knowa. Washington, Jan. 6. In a session of five honra todav. tha honse olaced on . ... ... m!nnt talk fnr tariff reviainn totA , aar mg w me cepuoucan aemano. w was- sachusetta. Hill, of Connecticut, oc cuplea boarg j,d WM liBtened to l.fu ... :-. j.-:it I ',,lu luo bvic .., m u-. the knowledge he gained from two .:;. to the Philirninea. the las: aa a I . , tV. Dul... T. f ru" m iwviB..-., last summer. He paid particular at- tention to the tobacco feature of the d much 0, ' line misapprenension aa to tne enor mous products that might be expected "aid, was small, ana ine leruie lanaB still further limited. Mondell, of Wyoming, who has led the fight against the bill in the in ter est of the beet sugar industry of this country, spoke vigorously against the mM.Ilr- .d .M nst the nol cv of he n- , th. riiin:nft hr c-rantirnr - fc t f th;United 8Ute,. He said the passage of this bill would be the death kneli of the beet sugar industry in the United States. ine abolition ot me larin on nines I was pleaded 'or by Lawrence of Mssa I chusette, who presented the position taken by the Republicans of that state Information reeardintr immizration IIUU1. FAVORS PHILIPPINE BILL. Ck of Miourl, Occupies House . , ' r rivvr "r "wur- Washington, Jan. 5-"Champ Clark Democracy" waa expounded to the de- the debate on the Philippine tariff bill Clark's speech took a wide range and WW his political belief,.sgabove, Will Defeat Statehood Washington, Jan. 8. The Republi n, .. r i tend .they have formed a combination , .... . , , .... , that will defeat the statehood bil and carrT tbe Philippine tariff bill with it. They say they have . 70 .Republican votes which will be. supported by a united minority, to defeat a rule pro- hibiting any amendment : to the state- hood bill. They will amend this bill, they say, by admitting Oklahoma and Indian Territory as one state and leav I ing Ariaona and New Mexico out for the present. in answer to a qoettion aa to what kind of a Democrat he really was. Ha talked of tha Philippines and favored the pending bill; he diecuseed the gen eral tariff question and in particular the German tariff situation. He re viewed William J. Bryan's record on silver and paid hia reepecta in charac teristic oratory to Republican leaders. Ue.aacribed fotore greatness to what he termed the "stand pat" disciple and declared that one of these, Becre tarj Shaw, whose record aa secretary of the Treasury Included, he aaid, classi fying frogs legs aa poultry and poniea aa "household articles" for the collec tion of revenue waa a logical Republi can presidential possibility, onless tha mantle should fall on "the gray and grixsled speaker, Uncle Joe Cannon." Fordney, of Michigan, opposed the measure. He expressed bis disgust that the bill waa made to reprsent a movement under the name of "reciproc ity." He reviewed exhaustively the agar beet industry and argued earn estly for ita protection against compe tition with tie Philippines. Fordney cioncluded at 6 o'clock, when the house adjourned until tomorrow. CONGRESS RESUMES. House Takea Up Conaideration of Philippine Tariff Bill. Washington, Jan. 4. The cause of the Filipino waa advanced on the floor ot the house by the Republican leader, Payne, for nearly four houra today. He represented the viewa of the major ity of the ways and meana commitU on the Philippine tariff reducing the duties on sugar and tobacco to 25 per cent of the Diogley tariff rates and ad mitting other products of the Islands to the United States tree of dnty. Be fore and following Mr. Payne'a speech brief discussions indicated tbat there ia to be a protracted debate on the meas ure, and that the Republican opponents representing the cane and beet sugar interests of thia country will speak and vote against the till. In the Senate. Washington, Jan. 4. After waiting for almost a year, B. M. La Follette appeared in the senate when it recon vened today, after the holiday recess, to claim bis aeat as senator from Wiscon sin, and the oath of office was admin istered to him by Vice President Fair banks. The ceremony waa witnessed by a crowded gallery, which manifest ed much interest in the proceedings. After La Follette had signed the oath which he had taken, be was again joined by Spooner and escorted to the seat assigned him among those Repub licans who have eeata on the Demo cratic aide of the chamber. Assignments of La Follette and Gearin to committees waa made as fol lows: La Follette Potomac river front. chairman ; census, civil service, claims, immigration, Indian affairs andpen sions. Gearin Claims, pensions, forts and fortifications, industiiial expositions, national banks and District of Colum bia. Simmons resigned from the last named committee to make room for the Oregon senator. The senate discussed at some length . a proposition to reprint a magaxine ar ticle by Newlands, entitled "A Demo crat in the Philippines," and also a resolution for the regulation ot senate patronage. Both were adopted. A resolution calling for information con cerning the status of affairs in Santo Domingo was presented by Tillman, who made an unsuccessful effort to se cure immediate consideration of it. Gadinger had expected to open the debate upon the merchant marine shipping bill today, but, when the bill was laid before the senate, he asked to be excused from talking until next Monday, when the bill will be formally taken up as the unfinished business. After a brief executive session, the senate adjourned until Monday. Give Pensions to Steptoe's Men. Washington, Jan. 8. Senator An keny today introduced a bill extending the provisions of the late Indian war veterans' pension act to include all thoBe who served as volunteers during the Indian hostilities in Washington and Idaho in 1858 with the military commands of Colonel Edward I. Step toe and Colonel George Wright, include ing the volunteer company of friendly Nes Perces Indians, who acted aa guides and scouts under Colonel Wright. New Lightship and Tender. Washington, Jan. 8. In the absence of representation in the house from Oregon, Representative Hepburn, of Iowa, introduce a bill authorising the lighthouse board to immediately expend 1120,000 for the construction ' and equipment of a new light veBeel to take the place of light vessel No. 50, off the mouth of the Columbia river, which is now undergoing repairs; also a bill authorizing the construction of a tiew lighthouse tender, costing $150, 000 to replace the Manzanita, which ia deemed unworthy of repairs.