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,t^ f ,. t ,t, f JH-H' â-  H"M. " l ' M"! " H"H ' I " l " M ' M ' I " l " i "t I The Power of PersuasioD Or Lady Caraven'5 Labor of Love. tr-I' M 'Mi' M M I 1 1 1- t 1 l l'l' « â-  l - MI I I I I M I ' ll ' l I 111 1 H-l - Conlusioo of Caste cuAPTEii xxvm. The sumiuor wius bcgiiininf; to pass into aukuuui when Doroas ended her vi:<it to Mrs. Hancourt, and went back again to her father's house. She had given licr promise b.v that time to become Frank's wife in two more months. ••You must let mo go with you." he .said to her, wlien she was pre- paring for licr journe.v; but she shook her liead. "I'apa would not want .vou, you know," she told him a little sadly. "He does not lovo you â€" and he will you, I am afraid." So CHAPTER II. [scrupulous aad ambitiousâ€" yet she had certainly saved him from the September had almosi passed when jji^tUest ,.uin that coyld fall on mor- Iho earl mentioned home. Ho asked L^^j ^j^,, ^ ^^^^ ^Im feel a little never love Ins wife if she could tear herself fromLj^j,^g kindly toward her. but ho did she went homo alone, the tlissijiationH of Pans. Ho won- ^q^ j^yg herâ€" nothing was further When she reached Shopton. it was dcrod Hint she looked .so bright "t f^^j^ ^Js thouKhis; sMU he romem- Letty. and not her father, who came Buiiig away. He did not know what j ^ered that but for her ho would nev- to meet her at the station, she Was thinking. Hero, in thisj,,^ ^avo seen Havensmore anain. "yasâ€" your papa Is well â€"he's bnll.unl. hunny Paris. I.n had not That gave him tho idoa that she, shown liny love for lior: ho had, in. ^qq ^^^ entitled to some consider- fact. hardly seen herâ€" he had treat- n^jon n^ had told her father cd hi-r a.s a perfect stranger. But it fmnkly enough that he should never might bo Uillerent in his own homo yto her, and he knew Miat he never -It might bo dilToroiit at Uavcn.s- ; y^ould. Dut tho money sho had more, whore he would be alono with | brought him saved him from ruin her: ho might leuru to cure for her i jje ought to study her comfort and ^""'^ \ be grateful to her. Aftor dinner was â- You look pleased at tfte fdea of ' over, instead of. lingering over his going," he said, brieOy. claret, he joined her into the draw- pretty well, my dear â€" but he didn't seem to care to come out this afternoon," Letty said. "Ho doesn't go out much now. You see, he misses you â€" that's how it is. I get him to take a turn with me about the garden on most days: but ing-room. Porhapsi the hour that followed was tho happiest Hildred had known "1 am pleased," she replied. "Are you not?" "N^o. I like Ravensmero: but it is _ very dull. It is suitable for what sinco'Tior ' marriaVe. ' At the Hotel people call lovers of naturo-the ; Ueuiice, although he had boon care- scenery around It is among tho finest jful to show her every kindness, he in England: but I am always dull [had not thought of her or studied ''^- I her. At Ravensmero it was quite â- Wo must hope it will be different dilTerent. The servants, he knew, now," she saiU. timidly. would watch him closely, and would Ho thojght she meant because of I m^ke their own comments on hia be- the increase in his pro.sperity. Slio | havior: and, if they saw that he meant because she would be there and would try to iunu.so him. "I do not know," ho said. "I fancy it will bo prott.v much the same." She turned away, wounded by his coldness. It was a chill even at the end of October when the Earl and Countess of Ca raven reached Raven?raere. Mo preparations had been mado to re- ceive and welcome them. There was no gathering of tenantry. The slighted his wifo, thev would imi- tate his example quickly enough That he would not allow. She was only a money-lender's dauRhter â€" a woman he could never like â€" but she what he likes best is to sit indoors with his books. You mustn't mind if he doesn't aay very much to you at first, my darling. He's got to be very quiet those last weeks." Dorcas found her father sitting at his desk when, hurryii.g across the hall, she opened the study door. At tho sound of her step he turned his head quickly, but he did not rise; ho merely held out his hand. "Child, so you have come back?" he said. He looked at her gravely and al- most coldly as, after she had kissed him, she stood at his side. The sud- den tears had come to her eyes; the sight of the lonely figure had given a sharp pang to her. When he said to her, after a few moments, "And you have been very had saved him from ruin; she should 'happy, have you not, my dear?" for at least be respected She chose her rooms in the â- west- ern wingâ€" rooms that opened on to a broad beautiful terrace â€" from the windows of which one saw pleasant glimt>sos of garden and distant land- scape. The housekeeper, Mrs. Hamp- eail s tenants simply detested the ton, showed her over the whole sound of his name. They had been 'suite. Lady Caraven preferred so heavily burdened, so taxed and these tormented by tho earl's confidential agent, Mr. Blantyre, that they had no welcome left for his master. Thoy considered him an uniust landlord, and they did not scruDlo to say so. There was no glad shouts of wel- "Your ladyship has decided then on this suite?" said the housekeeper. Lady Caraven did not even hear her; she was looking sadly rountl the rooms. How many years would this be her • home? How many long soon tiro of this gilded splendor? Sho would be always alone â€" her rooms no no glad voices cheer them. Alono i „,.^.^ „>,.....„.,.....„..,. ..^. [ pp(.^ f,gr to sit in >m8 always silent and desolate; ; ^im again_lo look loving face would brighten thorn, ; ^^„ ^^ ,„ „,„, young eyes . â- 'You have decided, mv lady, upon thf-se rooms?" shs repeated. conio for liiin; even tho curly-headed weary hours of suspense and pain children had heard so often of the [ would she pass here? Would sho earl's folly and neglect that thoy had no cheer for him when his carriage drove thiougli tho streets of Court Raven. It was but a sorry wolcome homo. Tho oarl felt humiliated, disgraced. He roincmborod to havo heard his father fcpcak of tho re.ioicing.H. when he had brought his young wife home â€" how- that fair bride, hl.s mother, had listened with tears in her eyes to tlio cheers and crios of wolcomoâ€" how sho had cliujpod her husband's hand, saying: "We will deal with them as we wish Heaven to deal with us." Now he had brought his will! home and not a cheer was rais- ed lor him; there was not a cry of Wolcomo, not a suiilo. Htrango voices greeted liiui. strango faces surrounded him. His wifo looked sad and wistful. A brilliant fire wa.s burning in all the rooms, while a chill, uruy fog hung like a pall without, but tho briglit firos and the bright light could not g'vo warmth to their reception. Tlii'y dined together almost in sil- ciico Lord Caraven did not tell his wife what a comfort lie felt it to see the family plate once more in use. Hildrod won slightly overwhelmed by a moment or two she could not speak. All that first evening he said very little to her. He sat with her and Lebty, and seemed to listen while she talked to her mother, but he said hardly anything to her himself, and never uttered Frank's name. In the twilight she asked him if he Would not come out into the garden with her. but he shook his head. "Not to-night, my dear â€" not to- night," he said. "Is ho angry with me still?" Dor- cas asked her mother, sadly, when she went to bed, and she cried a lit- tle before she fell asleep. As the days went on. Mr. Trelaw- ncy come by degrees to seem to ex- pect her to sit in the study with for her if sho comingâ€" to fall once more into tho old habit o( taking all her life! No wonder that sho ,,^., ,^„^ ,,„r j.^ ^Is work. Ho was turned with a. sigh from the (lower- ..^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^^ y^^^ ^^o. but it wreathed window. l.^^„ always in a grave way; they Tho- housekeeper looked curiously.; ^^.^.^^ j^^^^j together; ho never for a at the young face with Iho sad sweet I , ^^^^^ ^^tcd her any questions about Frank, nor mado any dli-ec'l reference to her marriage. Some- timosâ€" with a certain gladness, and "YiS," said" the young countess; y^j^ „ot, without a momentary iia- "I pre;cr \heni to any crt.hers. And tural pangâ€" sho noticed that ho I will remain hero now ' while my ; ^oui^ t^^r^ from her to her mother, boxes arc unpacked. I will not go ' j^^,i ,^1^ jj,,. little services from let- down again." ; tv that she had always done for Mrs. Hampton thought hor decision j j,'i,n of old. He was very gentle to strange, indeed; it wnjt tho young | |,jj, ^jfo, and would sit sometimes wife's first evening in her husband'.s holding her hand in his. homo, yet sho preferred remaining | jjq had answered a letter that alone in her rooms while he ^*-'' Porcas had written to him from the alone down stairs. Dower llou.so after Frank's arrival "Shall I take that message to the ^here, asking for his consent to her earl?" she asked. Lady Caraven looked up ii surprise. "Oh, no!" sho rcT>liod. Caravon will not expect me." And the housckooper, who was Loril the magiiiliceaco of everything shrewd woman in her way. thought around. llow littlo she dreamed | that it seemed a strango ki.ul of (hnlhor fortune preserved the grand i marriage whcro husband and wifo old place from utter ruin - that but preferred solitudo to each others so- for hor the massive plate, tho beau- tiful |)icture«. oven the old wall.'. thciiiHcIvos, would havo passed from tin- t aravens, and tho funiily name would have been written in the du.sti Perhaps some such though occurr- ed to liim as lie look.-d at the sweet face lieforo him; perhaps that thought miidi; liiiii fool a littlo more kindly toward Illldrcd. After all she hud saved him from ruin He might think what ho would of hei- â€" sho was a mone.y-lond- or's daughter â€" she had been given to him with hor money in oxchiinge for his title anil position- her father was cuiiiiliig. shri-wd, anil iiioi-coiiary, un- cloty. (To Be Continued). To T)Ti>Ta u> 70TS tli»b Dn Chu«'fl Ointment U a certain and abnoluts cur* tor eaoh and nverr (aim of ItchtoR, biswilngand protrudlnKiiUei, tha monnf«ctnren< have KUamnteed It, See t««- ^ timonlals In thedallr protaanrt Mk Tournrlth- ! when vou are gone. bort-wtiat thoy think of it, TToii can nnoit »n4 | , ,,. „ho tried t «!»voarmoner bttclcltnotcured. 60c«l)ox. at I"" ^ ,, .."in illdc»ler8orEDMiNSOM,UiTM*Co.,ToroDto,:kiiow you will mnrriago in the autumn, so that sho knew he was not ignorant of the time when she was to go away; but for several weeks after her return home ho never spoke to her about hor lonvinr thorn. Tho period >if hor stay was almost half past before one night, as they sat alone, he said to her. abruptlyâ€" •'We shall havo been together, my dear, for one-alul-twent^^F years." "Yos, for twenty-one .venrs," ho repealed after a minute. "That is a long time. Dorcas â€" and we have been very happy with ono another. No father and daughter in this world, 1 think, were over happier, Yovi must roinembor mo a littlo still Yes, .yes," â€" for sho tried to interrupt hiin â€" "I 1 know .vou will, my Dr. Chase's Ointment dear. Only you are going to begin your real life now â€" and 1 am euding mine." She took his hand, and hid her Paris has the biggest niunlcipnl ! faro upon it. and tho fears came as debt of aii.v city. It amounts to she tried to say something about $400.01)0.1)1)11. 'the pain of this time passing away; Strain and Anxiety Too Much for Her. Health Broke Down, Was Pale and Exhausted - Restoratlrn Came With Use of Dr. Chase's Nerve Food. tho but the broken sentence reached no ending. "You know I would not keep you if 1 could," he said, after a littlo while. "I may have scem«;d very selfish, but I would not do that. You shall go to your new home with your father's whole heart's bless- ing. Love your husband, my dear; make him happy; tell him I give you to him! â€" my own treasure! â€" to be u light in his house, as you liave been in mine." He took her in bis arms after that, and broke into one deep sob a« he clasped her to him. A few minutes afterwards, as they were sitting hand in hand, he spoko to her a little about Frank, and for the first time asked her some questions about her future homo. The girl's heart was full, and for a while she could hardly answer him; but she was young, that coining life of hers seemed to her in prospect very bright, and she talked of it to her father presently, with a happy smile upon her lips. It was on a morning in October that Dorcas was married, very quietly, without either bridesmaids or marriage breakfast. That was her own wish, and the Harcourt's did not oppose it. Mrs. Harcourt came to the wedding, and drove back when it was over to wood- back when it was over to Wood- lands; at the church door they all parted. In almost complete silence Mr. Trelawney and Letty walked home across the fields; with something al- most like a groan he re-entered the houise, and, not speaking to Letty, passed on into his stud.v: but he left the door behind him open, and when he went into the room she followed him â€" timidly at first, till he turned round and held his hand out to her. They sat down side by side. Pre- ently he laid his head upon her breast, and, for the first time dur- ing all the years that they had been man and wife, he called to her for help. "We must bear this together â€"and I am very weak. 'You are the strongest; Letty, you must hold me up." he said. THE END. ALMOST IN DESPAIR. rHE COITDITIOK OF MES. JOHN SHOTT, OF ORANGEVILLE. Suffered From a Burning Sensa- tion in the Stomach. â€" Food Became Distasteful and She Grew Worse and Despondent. From the Sun, Orangeville, Ont. The Sun is enabled this week through the courtesy of Mrs. John Shott, a lady well known and much esteemed by many of the residents of Orangeville, to give the particulars of another of those cures that have made Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a household remedy throughout tho civilized world. Mrs. Shott, in con- versation with our K-porter, said ;â€" â- 'About tlirco years ago, while liv- ing in Ingersoll, 1 was a groat suf- ferer from dyspepsia. The trouble first liegan with severe headaches, dizziness and sometimes vomiting. Next 1 sulTered continually from a burning sensation in my stomach ; food distressed me, I did not sleep well at night, lost flesh and became very weak. I was continually doc- toring but it did me no good. In fact I was gradually grdwing worse and despaired of ever being well again. One day a friend who called to see me strongly advi.sed me to try Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Sho spoko so highly of Iheui that I de- cided to take her advice, and I soon discoNOred that thoy were not like the other medicines I had been tak- ing, and that I had at last found something to help me. 1 continued using the pills for |>crhaps a loupl'J of months, when I found myself fully restored to health. 1 have alwa.vs since enjo.vod my mcnJs with relish and have had no return of the trou- ble. With my experience I feel cei^ tain that if other suflerers will give Dr. Williams' Pink Pills a fair trial they will (ind a certain cure." nourish tho blood and strengthen tho nerves. 11 is thus that thoy cure such troubles as dyspepsia, kidney iiilmonts. rlunimatisin, partial par- alysis, heart troubles. .St. Vitus' danCA- and the ailments that make' the lives of so many women a i-ourco of misery. These pills never fail to drive away pain, bring a glow of health to tho whole body and make despondent men and wo- ii»eii bright, active and strong. Do not lake any pills without tho full nuentl.v chosen as pels are very like- Dr. Williams' Pink Pills enrich and natnu 'Dr. Williams- Pink Pills for Pale People" on tho wrapin-r around the box. Sold by all medicine deal- ers or sent post paid at 50 cents a box or six boxes, for $2.50 by ad- dressing the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co , Hrockville, Oni. FOOB FASMIKG IK RtTSSIA. Coinplete Ezhaustioiv-of the Soil Is Threatened. Itussia is essentially an agricut- tural' country. Ninety per cent of the inhabitants till tho soil for a liv- ing, but fanning among the peas- ants is not very profitable and aeema to bo growing worse instead of bet- ter. Three years ago the attention of the Czar wa.* called to the very back- Ward condition of agriculture. H« appointed a commission to investi- gate the question. A part of itl work was delegated to the well- known agricultural expert. Prof. Lenz, who has just presented to thi commission a report of a pessimisti* character. Prof. Lenz says the irrational sy» torn of farming practised by the ma> jority of small Russian forinera maj easily load to complete exhaustion ot the soil. This exhaustion, he says cannot be made up to the soil evei by tho use of the best of fertilizer! for a long series of years. Vast as Russia's agricultural in terests are. the peasantry are amon( the poorest farmers in the world One reason is because, except ii Poland and some other districts, th< land they till is not owned by them They live in villages, and the lam belongs to these communities, o mirs, each tax-paying individual hav ing the use of a part of the lam held in common, and being respon sible for the taxes on the patch o GROUND HE CULTIVATES. The result is that" the mcujik, o peasant, knowing that at the end o a short period his allotment of thi land will be subject to a redistribu tion, docs not care to improve thi soil by careful cultivation. He hev no ambition to expend upon it tin* and Bionoy with an eye to the future Should ho do this he would expect t< lose all he e.xpended upon improvs ments. Hence he barely skims ove the surface with his rude plow, no only to save labor, but also that thi manure he plows in may benefit onl; his crop and not the future harve* which some other may reap. He hai no attachment to the soil, no inter est cxcnt the present. The sys tem is thoroughly bad. The result is that English I'ai-mor raise from three to four times a much grain to the acre as Russia! farmers. If land were tilled in Rua sia as it is in England, that countn would to-day be the greatest whea raiser in the world. As it is, witi only eight or nine bushels of whea to tho acre, the Russian crop varia from 37,-), 000,000 bushels to 450. 000,000 bushels a year. It will probably take a long tim to make very noticeable improvemen in Russian agriculture, but some o the ablest men in the country ar now studying this problem. Agricul tural schools and experiment sta tions- arc beginning to be ivuvlntain ed in widely separated parts of th farming area, so that better idea as to practical agriculture may b dilTused among the whole people. Th tariff on most kinds of agricultura machinery has been removed to en courage the introduction of improi ed farming implements. Thus. a: educational work is going on whic! will some day, doubtless, havo 1 profound influenco for the betteriuen of agricultural conditions in Russia Tho Cftso described in this letter Is •imiliir to thou'iands In which Dr. ChaM''.s Nervo I'ood in successfully used. It is OIK- iiioro example of tho Dia«'\elouK iipliiiildiiig olTecl of this great food cure. Mrs. <Je<). Campbell. Upper Harbor, St. .lohn County. Nil . writes :â€" "I/n»t s-iinimcr my >rvirtein was com- pletely run down. «iid I was pale, WAik, and exhaust»v'5. I had taken cnro of a sii'k frioi.d for four months pr.d lo!«< of fclicp, as well an tho »traln ai ' '"'fy, wan too iiiiirh •tor nie \ l*" •• '>iild lie down or ' iMt (Ujwii the nerve* in my legs K»uM twUck. and 1 <»lb •'4-Rn«a seu- sationa in the Joints'. "Whon in this condition, 1 heard of Dr. ('hnso'a Nervo Food ond bo- gaii to use It. It .s>'ompd to help nio from tho very llrst, and gradually restored me to honlth and strength. To-ilay I feel an well as I over did, and give the credit to thi.-i great prowripllon of Dr. Chnso." Mrs. .fohn Hllcs, 2.<1(l Wellington street, ilttawa, Ont . whoso hrtKband la employed with DaNldson &: Thack- ray, lumber dealers, stntrn : â€" "I was very weak, had no strength or energy aiKl HiilToiod nearly all fh« limn with hcudiu^iu, in fact I hful handacliM for threa whula d«ys Juat I Ix-fore beginning to tire Dr. Chase's I Nervo Food. I was ali<o troubled « great deal with shooting pains I arrosH tho ."nnall of the back. Under I thl.i treatment my health has been â-  wondorfiill.v improvod. The head- nohes are a thing of tho pa.vt, tho polnH in my babk are cured, and I feel strong and healthy. As an evl- dencti of restored ^ttrength I may sa.y that T ara now able to do nil m.v houFPWork without becoming ox- hauj«t«d" Dr. ('base's Nerve Food, 50 cent« n box, n hoxRn for $'j !iO. at all (lenlern or iCdmansoD, Mates ^ Co,, I TuruBlo, In Russia every creed is tolerated. Those who are by birth Catholics, .lows. Methodists or Mohiunuiedans aro at liberty to worship in their own way ; but if an orthodox Rus- sian changes his religion ho in liable ti> Imprisonment and exile t«» Sl- iHjria. Anybody who convert.^ an orthixlox Uus.Mittn to another sect Is (toprlvotl of his .â- â€¢ocial and personal rights and sent to the nilnen for I life. A I casanl woman. ("â- kinikotT, was i-cccntly sentonctnl to perpetual luinlKhmoiit to Sllwria tor having convert txl a Vtusi.'iinn i>casant to "Stundisni," a protcutant sectarian bdliel. SPIES IN THE ARMY. A System Blamed for Much In justiceâ€" Some Hard Cases. Now that the war is over, says th London K.xpress. the hard cases several ollicoi-s and men who hav sutlered under the drastic rule a martial law aro coming forward fo I'arliamentary and legal hearing. Tho chief case is that of Major Ca milleri. of tho Indian Staff Corps who was removed from his appoint inont on the Hoadiiuarters Staff ii South Africa on the evidence of a f« ntale spy in tho employ of the In lelligence Department. Major CaniiUeri's allogetl olTono was th»\t ot giving away the date tho departure of a convoy from Kni gorsdorp for Rustenburg while ii conversation with a woman whom li did not know was spying upon him Major Camilleri denies the charge and points out that the preparation and departures of convoys were al jways solf-evidcnt. and that the con striiclion put upon his convorsa tion was wrong to the last degree and rauiiot possibly stand tho fes of full lep;al ini|uiry. The case is now in the hands o a well-known barrister; and a peo of the realm, who is also a general has carefully gone over tho details Tho latter declares his belief tha Major Cnmillori is innocent. T'he tiirttter now rests with Lon Kitchener. who confirme<l tho re moval of the olflcor, and if iiothini should result the system ot ospioiiagi upon otllcors will Im> laid before I''ar lianiout in such detail as will cos slderably suri»riso the public, ai« shake belief in at least sbine of th convictions secured in South Africa Tho cases of several men. includiiif SoTgoant-Major K«lmonstone. of th Imperial Yeomanry, are in the hand of lawyers, so that a plentidd rro; of appeals i:i in store tor t'le author! ties Vropriotorâ€" "Tliat dummy has fiv len down again A\"hy don't you pic' it up ?" Shoi>-assistnnt â€" "I though it would pick it.'«'lf up." IVoprietor "Whero- did you get that idea i Shoi>-Ass<stant â€" "Thoy mxy tai (Igtiros won't lie." mmm