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TwTTT TTf TTTtf f f TttTTTTT (0 III ! HHtMHIl tlltKM CHAPTER XX!. (Oontlnoed.1 "S 7011 hT beea a rich woman, rtulin, he Mid, turning to her klnd 1. Ht did not know yet bow far thtt estrangement had been Intentional oa her part, and ha would glT her th benefit af th doubt "I. too, bar fatlaa ca prosperous timet. Now, what ara yoa olnf t do? Shall I aea yoa koma Or hall I call on you to-morrow, when you will be quieter and calmer? Or will you coma and look at my little place now?" Then, for the first time, Taulina raised her dead; and again Jack eaw tha ex pression of tha carted tigers' heads aa he answered her husband. "I will not accompany you anywhere; I would sooner klil myself for I hate yor Tha shocked clergyman would hare poken; but Telling stopped him cour teously but firmly. "Ton must pardon me; but this la my fTalr, as you must acknowledge, and mine only." Then turning to the raging woman, he went on: "In those clrcum tancea further discussion would be use less;" and only Jack, who waa watch ing him closely, guessed what wonderful elf-control ha was exerting to keep hlm elf frim exposing and upbraiding the woman to whom he spoke. "I will g!re yon tha address of my solicitor, and all future communication must be made through him." He wrote tha addaess on leaf of his pocketbook, tore It out, and placed it on tha tabl beside her. "And now. Mrs. Telling, may I see you to your cab?" She rose and drew herself up defiantly, and then swept from the Testry; and Tellinf followed her in polite attend ance. He returned In a few seconds. "And now, Mr. Dornton," he aald, "if 70a will faror ma with your company, I shall be glad to glre and receire explana tions." After wishing the clergyman "Good morning."' the two men Jumped Into the cab which brought Telling from tha sta tion, and droro to a hotel. They talked on Indifferent aubjeet until they were In possession of a prirate room, and tha waiter had finally retired, after reced ing orders for luncheon In half an hour. Then Telling turned to Jack and be ar nt "It seems to me that yoa and I are fated to cross each other's paths, Mr. Dornton. I hare heard yoa spoken of pretty often lately by a Mr. Mallett, a particular friend of mine." "Indeed?" aald Jack, oneomfortably, not relishing this sadden and Intentional Introduction of the Ms Herts' name; for, lnce his conversation with Lord Sum mers, Jack felt lesa proud than arer of hla own ehara in the rupture with KtheL He thought, too, that Mr. Tell ing would not hare heard much to hla credit from that source. MI see what you ara thinking," Peli Ing obserred; "but yoa are wrong. Mr. Mallett has spoken of yoa to me only as a promising man In your profession. Tha other matter that la in your mind I took the liberty of finding out for my self. Now, I hare a proposition to make to you." CHATTER XXII. Tel'.laf paused and looked attentively at the young man.. lie knew there was not much generosity In giving Ethel up, as ha could not marry her himself dur ing tha lifetime of hla wife, and, hav ing plenty of true manliness, he did not mean to make-any ahow of tha misera ble pain that was gnawing at his heart; but he felt he should like to know what sort of man this waa whose path he Intended to smooth for him as far as lay In his power; and, while he thought of this, the memory of Ethel's face, pained and sorrowful aa ha saw it when aha made to him her confession of lore for this Dornton came suddenly before him, and he knew that the greatest kindness ho could do her would be to restore her lover. Presently he said, abruptly: "Yoa hare nearly broken Ethel's heart" Jack flushed furiously, and half rose from hla chair. Telling motioned to him to keep calm. "I asked yoa to be patient with me," be reminded Jack.' "My motive should excuse ma to yoa. The pith of the' whole matter is this was the engagement be tween yon and Ethel' broken off In con sequence of your infatuation for my wife, or had yoa ceased to care for her before you met Pauline? As man to dan, I ask you for a truthful answer." "I can't for the life of me understand by what right," began Jack,' hotly. ' "For heaven's sake, don't waste time In splitting straws when so much Is at stake!" Felling said, Impetuously. "You can't understand my right to interfere? I will explain. I love Ethel Mallett as I never loved, never shall love, never be lieved It possible to lore; and until this morning I had the hope of making her my wife soma day, when she had bad time to forget yon. I think my love for ber gives me the right to do what I can to secure her happiness; and I believe her happiness rests with you. I can't have ber myself,-or I do not think I could be unselfish enough to give her up. I might but I don't think It Now to re turn to onr point was-your infatuation for my wife the only causa of tha es trangement between you two?" Jack was greatly impressed, as he on derstood now why Pelllng spoke with so much effort, and ha felt touched by his TTTTTTTtTTTTTTTTI The "Wire's Scct, I OR A BITTER RECKONING t By CHARLOTTE M. BRABMB tWmWWWWtl devotion. Added to this wss the fill ing of ahame that had oppressed him ever since hia talk with Lord Summers. "Come you ueedn't mind confessing your weakness to me," Palling went on, encouragingly. "Bless you, iun, I know how Pauline can twist any man round her finger If she likes to try I I sup pose she was smitten with you, and spread her neta to auare you, and you, not seeing the snare, found yourself enamored of her without knowing how It happened. And 1 dare aiy, If the truth were known, when the first mad burst was over, and you thought out thlnga quietly, you would have given a good deal never to have seen her at all, and wished you had behaved differently to Misa Maliett. Jack jumped up, his face beamtug, and wrung Telling's hand. "I could not say It myself, but that la really Just how It has been with me. I am not good at xprestlng my feeling; but I know you are behsving rery well to me much better than I deserve and I thank you. And oowr what do you wish me to do?" "Go right awsy for a few months. Write to me now and again, and I will take care that Miss Mallett hears what ever Is likely to be of use to yoa. Give her time to forget the Indignity yoa hsve put on her and her lore. I shall be on hand In the character of a benevolent patriarch, and the moment I see signs favorable to our plot I will bring about a meeting. The rest will lie with your self." "now can I thank you?" "Yoa owe me.no thanks. Relieve yonr mind on that point. What I am doing I do out of my sincere wish for Miss Mallett's happlneas. If yoa really think yoa owe me anything pay It In kindness to your wife after you are married. Here la luncheon. We. will talk by and by of your immediate plana." When they haf finished luncheon, and Jack had left, Telling laid down on the hard horsehair sofa, with his hands under bis head, gating steadfastly at the cell ing; and It waa not until the evenliig, when the waiter came to light the gas, that ha was roused from his deep rev erie. He then pulled himself together, called for his bill, and having settled It, went out Into the wretched night. When Pauline left her husbsnd at the church door she knew that her schem ing had been futile, and that she could never again show ber fsce at Mailing ford; but It was not that wbjch caused her tha agony of mind aha was suffer ing. She bad lost Jack. Tha one pure, un selfish cup of Joy she had longed to taste had been snatched from her lips at the moment of ratting. She was stunned with despair. She paced up and down the platform at Charing Cross station, watching for Habette and concocting plans for ob taining what ready money she could be fore the grand denouement came. She knew her Jewels must be worth at least five thousand pounds, and, though some of them were heirlooms, and others bad been bought with money obtained by her dishonesty, she would not scruple to ap ply them to her personal use. Then she would draw at once two thousand from her bankers. She would go and do this personally lest they might scruple to pay so large a sum on a check. And so she laid her miserable plans, refusing to listen for one moment to the prompting of her better nature, which would even now suggest her return to the husband whose only sin had been his poverty. CHAPTER XXIII. ' Notwithstanding all Pelllng's efforts. the story soon got Into the newspapers, and, it being the dull season, was seized upon with avidity by the gossip purvey ors. .It was "dished' and "redished" day after day, with numberless distor tions, exaggerations and additions. One society Journal had it that the beautiful Misa M of M Park, in Exbrldge- shlre, had attempted to poison ber hus band,; to whom she had been secretly married only a month or two, In order to become the wife of a celebrated R. A., with'whora she had fallen deeply in love; while another declared that the husband presented himself at the altar with pis tols, and, dragging his would-be succes sor outside the sacred edifice, insisted upon a duel there and then, and wound ed him dangerously in the shoulder, and that the unfortunate. man now lay in a most critical condition, while the hus band had carried off his reluctant bride, a veritable prisoner, on board his yacht, for a twelvemonth's cruise in the Pa cific. At last Pelllng, annoyed beyond meas ure; at these absurd stories, decided to lay bare the truth. With the assistance of his lawyer, he drew up a concise state ment of the real facts,- giving his own and Pauline's name in foil, but suppress ing Jack's. He carefully conveyed the Idea that Pauline believed him to be dead, and gave the circumstance to her change of name as sufficient to account for his not having discovered her exist ence since his return from Africa. This he sent to two of-the dally newspapers, and, thus divested of all mystery, the story' lost Its charm, and no longer af forded any Interest Telling sent one of these newspapers, with bis own letter specially distinguish ed, to Ethel by post and tha next morn ing he called In Buckingham street to Disk matters clearer. .Ethel's frank candor ones mors over cam h difficulties of the situation; aha stood at the top of the stairs with her hands outstretched and her face bright with friendly luterext "I have been longing to see you," aha began,' warmly, as they entered the room; "we have both so much that la wonder ful to tell each other!" She looked at him ateadfastty as he atood In the light from tht window, and what she saw In his face quickened her pulse with a sudden pity, but she would not give way to the Impulse that urged her to conW him. She weut ou, a lit tle hurriedly at first: "I can see that your plessant news Is In some way mixed up with paluful thoughts; so, as mine la altogether pleas ant 1 shall apeak first To beglu papa came home last night, and he has brought the most wonderful news; It Is like a fairy tale! I don't suppo you kuow yet that your wife Is my coalnT" Captalu Telling stsrted at the words "I knew you would be greatly pleaned. My fath er Is not really Mr. Malletthis true name is Sir Geoffrey Mailing, and be Is jour wife's uncle. In some extraordinary way, which papa will explain, the hol of the Msllingford property come to him In the event of Pauline's tuarrrtnt under twenty-five without her guardian's consut; ao, you see, we are going to be ery great people. ( bel:eve my mother as not ao well bom as papa, and the ite baronet wss t.i anrv &l.n ieard of the marriage that he disinherit- papa, who at omst t-hmri.l hia nd workej hard to keep his wife. I pe you are not angry with us because e are going to take awsy your wife's ealth. Of courts that nni n..n. tuse! I know you are not angry; I've card you ay oft-o how glad you would ave beeu to slur what you have with r." Ethel paused. Telling did nnt speak, nd she felt a littU imUn vi.. .. 1 " - i'n, unit unintentionally stumhM upon the sub ject; but she knew it punl.l voided between them, ao she screwed P ner conrajre.and wut on: "Terlisns I should tint ,. i - - - J ii. . Mil, jolng to s.iy;4)tit no real harm can come from straightforward. We have been such god friend. In th .. .1... need not stay to pl.k and chooae our worm to each other, need we? I want to congratulate too on it. - ui v... e; ui mere la something In your es inai . necks me. Will you teli me hi auuui II f "I can't tell you all about It." he aadl. I ouly know that my wife refuel to nnjwung 10 no with me, and that e ii now in raris. ' "If I were you I should t too." " - "I suppose I ought In fact, I know ought and I have trle.l my mind to go; but I cannot." i' or an Instant he dropped his hea l upon his hand, ami .. ..11.1 ui JIUJ set I'.tnels heart beating oddly. He pulled himself together with an Impa tient exclamation. What a bore rnn mitat ... - its in n uir, ne said, ouicklr. "I .1 II. rfpAn It. ...I. I. i. . - . ' '"j- " eT'r you can help me In any wsy, I willjime ao jrou at onc, A IIV IIUW. in IMS ..lit ttim K And so yoa art to posset the wealth wmrn i suiins nas forfeited? I am rery glad very, very glad on all accounts but, one." "And that is?" "It will make Dornton's tssk harder." The blood rushed nvr Kth.r. f. i I'l' w iii a quick Bush, and It left ly. "I don't know what rmi mn" .1.. 0 - l said. I mean that Dornton YI )iLS1tt tat ttea my nnhftDPT wif into A iilnv .. Km 11.1 that ha was not master of his own ac tions, and that be would give a very great deal to be assured forgiveness. He lias loved you all through ins maa rouy. He told me so himself on the very day of the wedding, before he could have known anything of the change In your worldly affairs; so, whi.n jou minx or him In the future, you must not beliere he was governed by merce nary considerations." "Thank you for vour kind flf Mm," she responded, rising as her fath er entered the room. "I will .remember to do as you say;" and she turned gtyly to tne uoor. "And now let me Intro duce you to Sir Geoffri. Mniiii, r Mnllingford Pork." e e e e A few weeks later Ethel and her father were settled at Malllngford. All the necessary lexal formalize ha,i ,.,. gone through, and the. county families naa cauea upon Sir tjeoffrey and hla daughter. Lord Summers hn! it wont. ed that the baronet should have a public reception; but Wir Geoffrey hod sternly and emphatically opposed any such dem onstration. So father and daughter had come down and been met at tha railway station by the family carriage, and had gone quietly to their respective rooms, after shaking hands with a few of the old servants whom Sir Geoffrey remembered In his brother's time, and had eaten their first (1 ilinor n M :illlnirf,ril nm It tlx.. had but Just returned from a short visits lio km continued.) ' He Waited No -Longer. "You mny refuse me now," anid.tho persistent auitor, "but I can wnlt. 'All thlnga come to him who waits.' " "Yes," replied the denr girl, "nnd I guess the first thinj will ba father! I hear blm on the.stalra." Philadelphia Ledger. t , Progress. ''now are you coming on with your new system of weather prediction?" "Well,", answered the prophet cheer ily; "I can alwayt get the kind -of weather all right, but I haven't quite succeeded In hitting the dates exact ly." Washington Star. Mi you dont Don't wait 23 ounces for 25. cents JAQUES MFG. CO. Chicago The eniMie " SALE OF GOODS. Stats Law Provldet Protection for ths Creditor. Portland The Portland Association of Credit Men, one of ths state's oldest and strongest commercial bodies, baa taken up the matter o( purchasing goods witiiotil tne buyer knowing whether or not there la any Indebtedness against the same. A law on tha statute books ol Oregon, coveting this question, fol lows: SALE OF GOODS IN BULK. It shall be tits duty ol any person who shall purchase any stock of goods in bulk, for cash or credit, to demand and receive from the vendor, at least five days before the consummation of such purchase, and at least five days before paying or delivering to the ven dor, any part of the purchase price, a written statement under oath, contain ' Ing the names and addreesea of all of the rreiitori of 'aid vendor, with the amount of indebtedness due and owing, or to become due or owing to each ol such creditors, and if there be no inch credltort, a written statement under! oath to that effect; and It shall be the I duty of such vendor to furnish such statement at least five days before inch j ale. After receiving said written state ment, the vendee shall at Wast five I days before the consummation of inch I purchase, and at least five days before . paying any part of the purchase price, in good faith notify personally or by wire or by registered letter, each of the creditori of the vendor named In aald statement, of the proposed purchase by him of each stock of goods; and when ever any person shall purchase any stock of goods in bulk, without having first demanded and received from hia vendor, the statement herein provided for, and without having alio notified all of the creditor of the vendor named in tnch statement, such purchase, tale or transfer shall, at to any and all creditor! of the vendor, be conclusively presumed fraudulent and void. Any RHEUMA CAN NOT BE RUBBED'AfAY When the Joint are sore and swollen, nnd the raustrles throMiinc with the pain of Rheumatism, relief must be afTffM'l nnra with llni'mont. by temporarily relieving tie pain and reducing the inflammation , but haa no effect on the disease itsdf, because Rheumatism ,mbt;e tha'n fckiA ffcep; it ; b in the blood and cannot be rubbed away. Rheumatism is brought on by indigestion, wealc kidney", poor bowel action, atomach-troubles and a gen eral sluggish condition ol the system. The refuse and" waste matters, wbiih : should U carried off through the nat ." . '.' : tiral avenues of bodily waste are ten io aour ana jorra uric acm ana other irritating poisons which are ab sorbed by the blood, making it thin, weak and acrid. Then instead of nourishing the different nerves, mus cles, joints- and tissues it fills thcra With poison to produce, the aches, pains and other disagreeable symp toms of the disease. Rheumatism is usually worse rn Winter for the reason that cold find dampness are exciting causes. The npryes become excited and sting with pain, the mus-. cles are sore and drawn, the joints swollen and stiu and the sufferer lives in intense agdny; and if the disease is not checked it often leaves Its victims helpless crippjes for life.. Rheumatism cannot, be rubbed away but it can be driven from the blood by S. S. S. Being a perfect blood purifier this great remedy soon pro- duces a complete change in the en- 803 S. Orenbrir St. Mt.Vrnon,0. tire circulation ; the thin, acrid blood is made pure and rich, and as it goes through the body nourishes and soothes the irritated nerves, cases the throb PHRPI VVFHFTARI F latc3 the different members of the body runt LI ItUt I MDL.Lt t0 their full dutVB0 there is no cause fof another attack. Do riot-waste time trying to rub Rheumatism away, but get it out of the blood with S. S. S. so that the cold and dampness of Winter, will not keep you in continual oain and atronv. Soecial book on Rhenma. tiam and any medical advice will be given free. 17r SWIFT CPCCtfJG CO; ATUUiTAt CA Is tht wonderful railing powder of tha Wave Circle. . Thousands ol women art bringing greater health and better food into their homes by using KC Baking fowder. Cotti Just one-thud what ytv always pay. II you hast never used it know what you've missed. I All gtoccta, Auoh ef Pretests " vendor of a stock of goods in bolk, who hall knowingly and wilfully make or deliver, or cause to be made or deliver ed, any false statement, or shall fall to include the names of all of hit creditors in any such statement, shall be deemed guilty of perjury. Any aale or transfer of a stock of gooJt, wares or merchan dise out of the usual or ordinary course of the business or trade of the vendor, or a henever thereby substantially tha entire business or trade theretofore eon ducted bv the vendor shall be told or conveyed or attempted to be told or conveyed, shall n deennd a tale er transfer In bulk, in contemplation of thlt act; provided, that nothing con tained In this act shall apply to salet by executors, administrators, receivers, or any public ollUer acting under Judi cial process. Tht Russian srmstvos, or country ad ministrative bodlea, supply agricultural Implements to peasants on credit rlow'a This? We offer One Hundred Poller Reward tot any cm of aisrth that cannui be eurxl by li.U i i tlsrrn t'ur. F. J. t IIK.nkY A CO , rror,Tt.l1;C We, the utnlr.tiDfl, hare known f. J, Ch.utr lor the lst t yrart, ami t-liee him ir(totlr hnnuralile In all tiu.ineea trtfM (n. and financially abl. to carry oat spy eb ligtlluiia tntile by thrlr Run. w air A tauax, Wbotmiala lirug i UU.TuUdo, O. WauiiNn, Kimmm 4 Mik, n bolettaie Vni gifts, 'loirilo, I). II ail'e ( aiarr h Cur la taken Internally,' ecu Ing dlrartly upon I ha blil and mutxiua anr laiea ol th arttain. I'rlr lie. per betUe tuld by all I'runfUit. lesiimnnlala Int. ii . n fun. am . i--1 t . IWUII .111- WW LI fW. . Th sis of the limi's share depends opou th tlse of th lion, V t , , , For forty year's Dsrs Core for on tumptlnn has' cured coughs and told, ii druggist. Price 3o rente, r Rank t? ('Blrago. Dearborn A ml' did you. shake tht dust from your feet when yoa Ufl New York? Wabash Well, 1 don't know that I shook It from my fet txartly, tut I know I got rid of. aU the dust 1 has1, all right , 1 , TISM had at once, and it id natural to rub the Tl.Ia 4.juui a '. a i' if&&'iiSfo Eheumatltm and was completely help lea for about four -month, nd apsatt over $160.00 with doctor, bat irot worts -very day. and finally quit them and be am B. H. 8. I took a few bottles and was enrad sound and well.v My health la now splendM, sod I weia-h- .175 pounds. There is a lady living- near ms who la now taklnar B. 8. B. for aouto Rheumatism. For two month the could nptturnhrseirinbd. but alncs begin ulna your medicine about tbrea weeks ago baa Improved rapidly, and la now able to sit up. I can reoommend B. B. 8, to all suffering from Rhnumutlnm. Ulah, N. O. B. 0. LASS ITER. I ae severely troubled with Ithenma tlsm. I had It In my knees, lags and ankles, and any on who has over had Kheomatitm knows how excraolatlns ths pain is and how It Interfere with on at work. 1 wu truly In bad shape, baying- bean bothered with. It for ten, years, off and on. A local phyaiolan ad yUedmetou 8. 8. 8. I did so. After taJring- two bottle X noticed th ore nea and pain were irrsatly raduoed. X continued the medicine and was thor oughly cured; aU pain, aoranesa and in. flainmttlon gone. I recommend 8. 8. 8. to aU fibeumatlo ufferr. J. 1.. A ON EOT. bing muscles, and dissolves and carries out of the system the irritating particles in the joints which are keeping tip the pain and inflammation. 8. 8. S. cures Rheumatism permanently, and in addi tion tones uo the digestion and stimu-
