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*'""• •"â- ^••â- â€¢â€¢wiBr*! i*9h>. •KumrwMs^*- â-  JKJI^JBSWJ-?^ „ i . l !lvi ' . ' J M ' MJW ' Jl ... â-  ? ..iTTT-jGa wil i» i ' M 1 ! r M .. r . r»i .. i .. i . i .. H . H .. H .. | . I The Fewer of PersaasioD Or Lady Caraven'5 Labor of Love. H~I'» I "I" M » M ~}"I" I " I " I 'I'-I "I-l' I - H -^i 4-H"H M " I " I " I " I " I " t " ! " I " l " I " I "I" I - I " I ' SYNOPSISâ€" Lord Caravcn. to •ave jiis fortune, marries the daugh- ter o1 the man to whom ho owes money. He does not care for his wife and treats her with contempt. He leaves his estate in charge of a â- tcward, Blantyre, who squeezes money out of the tenants. Lady Cnraven pleads for an unfortunate widow and is told not to meddle. CHAPTEK IX. Lady Caraven was not naturally prone to anger, but now she trem- bled with rage that .she should be so cruelly insulted, denied the first fa- vor .she hnd ever askedâ€" denied be- cau.so .she tooli a generous interest in surely llic lowliest creaturo on her husband's estate. It was unheard of. She did not give vent to her anger by any loud burst of emotion. She did not pace up and down the room, clinching her hands; but she stood silent, her face pale as death, her eyes filled with angry fire. That, he should dare to be unkind to her! That he should have listened with that satirical smile on his face, per- haps laughing at her in his heart! She shrank from herself. "Heaven help me," she said, "but I am afraid I h,9.to him!" Her hands trembled slightly. "I am in a passion," she said to herself, "and no wonder. Was ever wife refused such a trifle?" While she stood trying to stem the wild current of anger and to cool the lire that seemed to burn her heart and brain, a servant, her own maid, entered. "My lady," she said, "the earl ia .seeking you. Shall I tell him that you are here?" "If you please," she replied. She neither moved nor stirred when the earl came in. She neither turn- ed ' her beautiful head nor raised her proud eyes. He looked at the tall, slender figure, so unbending, so de- fiant. "Hildred," he said, sharply, "I wi.sh to .speak to you." "She did not even raise her white eyelids or give the faintest sign that she had hoard him. "I wish to speak to you," ho re- peated, more sharply. "I can hoar," said Lady Caraven. "Speak on." "flut I do not choose to speak, marinm, unless you give me your at- tention" ' Never did empress of old turn a haughtier face to her foe than she turned now to himâ€" proud, defiant, unbending. "I would not submit to him now," she thought, "if 1 must die for it." She might have stood as a statue of pride. "Listen to me," said the earl. "I have been thinking over what you s>aid, and I do not like it. Do you hear? 1 do not like it." She answered never a word. "Do not irritate mo," he said. "I am not always umster of myself. I â€" I have a good temper generally, but when I am angry I forget myself. Do not irritate me." "I have no wish to irritate you," she replied, with quiet dignity. "Say what you have to say that I may go (|uickly." "I have to say this. Lady Cara- ven. that you must not speak to me again as you have to-day â€" never; I caniiot permit it. The wealth of Jlavunsmcro is yours, not mine; but the right to manage my tenants is mine, and I will allow no one to dictate to mc." "The right to manage them is most certainly yours, but I contend that thoy are cruelly mismanaged, and that the wrongs done to the poor on your estate will recoil on your own head, as will the waste, the extravagance, and the folly." "I am willing that they should. Still I will take anything but ad- vice, and that least of all from you. Lady Caraven, although you may think that you have the best right to give it. 1 have no wish to re- peal angry words, but you must un- derstand once and for all that I brook no dictation " She bowed to him. "Is that all you wished to say, my lord?" He looked at the beautiful white proud face, so still, so full of re- pressed feeling. "1 should like to ask you," he said, "why you dislike Mr. Blantyre so much? You have seen little of him, yet you distrust him." "I do," she replied, quietly. "I did the first time I saw him. He commits positive cruelties in your name, and then lays all at your door. 'It is the earl's orders,' he says; and under the sanction of your nameâ€" a name that ought to be hon- ored and revered â€" I say that great cruelties, acts of great injustice are committed." "How am I to know that this ia true?" he asked. "Go yourself among the people and ask. You will see men with large families and eighteen shillings a week to support them with, whose rents have been raised one pound a yearâ€" their rents, not their wages; those are the laborers employed on your estate â€" the hewers of wood and drawers of water â€" the poorest, the most wretched class of men in Eng- land." "That is not Blantyre's fault. You would revolutionize society," he said, interested in spite of him- self by the pa.ssion of her words. "I know it is not Blantyre's fault. If one of the children of a household goes wrong, it is not the hired ser- vant who is to blame, but the fath- er and mother. I know it is not Blantyre's fault; but at the great day, when the wasted lives and the broken hearts of these people cry out for vengeance, we shall know whose fault it was." He shrank from the clear gaze of the glowing, eloquent eyes. "While we are speaking about it," she' continued in the same tone of repressed fashion, "I will tell you what I think. Heaven placed you in a high position and intrusted you with vast wealth; the lives, the intere.s-ts, and the well-being of in- numerable dependents Ire in your hands. What have you'd««e?" He shranlt as though the hand raised in warning had struck him. "What have you done," continued the voice, so pitilessly sweet. "You have but one object, and that has been to make the most you could out of them to swell your own in- come, no matter at what co.st to them. Neither their bodies nor their souls have had any care from you. Is lliat right?" "That is all nonsense," he replied, more startled than he would have cared to own. "You are looking at the matter from a preacher's point of view." "No; I look at it as any sensible person would look at it. A great land-owner is a great power. He holds a great trust in his hands â€" life and death arc almost in his gift. You have been extravagant, without a thought save of self-in- dulgence, knowing naught but your own pleasure. Shall I tell you what you ought to be?" He was silenced by her passion and eloquence â€" he had no anger, no im- patience left. "You can tell me what you like," he replied. "I will tell you. Even as a great king is the father of his people, ao should a great landlord bo. You ought to make the interests of the people your own. When the two clash, you should give way. Their cares and sorrows should in some measure be .yours. You should have wise compassion, prudent for bear- ance, unlimited self-control. You should know how to reward the good, to punish the bad. Every child born on your estate has an immortal soul â€" you should provide churches, schools, and libraries. You should know "Whore to give in char- ity, where to withhold .your hand. You should know that the health and in somo measure the morals of the people .vou govern are in your hands, nourishing or otherwise, ac- cording to the houses you give them to live in. I do not say altogether, but In great measure you are re- sponsible to Heaven for your de- pendents, your laborers, your sei'- vants, the poor at your gates." He stood perfectly still, listening intently. "Have you finished, Hildred?" ho asked. "Yc8," she replied. "All that I say is in vain; therefore I will say no more." She did not wait to hear what re- ply he would makeâ€" it would have been bettor had she done soâ€" but swept from the room. It was a humiliation for her when Mary Woodruff came again, to tell her that she had failed in the mis- sion â€" that, even at her solicitation, the earl had refused the little boon she asked. She would have given much if she could have shown even to this poor widow some proof of his desire to please her â€" but she could not. She was one of those people who never defer a disagreeable duty. She sent that same day for the poor creature, who came trembling for the fate of herself and her child- ren. Lady Caraven received her very kindly, but entered at once in- to the matter. "I am sorry to tell you." she said, "that I have failed. Lord Caraven does not seem inclined to forego the rent." "It is not my lord," cried the wo- man. "I know it is not. It is Mi. Blantjrre's fault; he said I should and must pay. But I cannot, my lady; 1 have not the means."- "I have thought it all over," said Lady Caraven. "I cannot get the cottage rent free for you, but 1 can pay the rent. I will give it to you every month, but it must be on the condition that you tell no one. Lord Caraven might be displeased if he heard it." It was humiliating at first to give charities unknown to her husband, and then to beg that they might be kept secret. The gratitude of the poor woman in sonv» measure com- pensated her, and made her feel less miserable. But, though Lord Caraven had laughed and sneered and spoken an- grily, he had not forgotten his wife's words. Not for the world would he have owned it, or that they had made the least impression on him â€" on the contrary, he was, if possible, more brusque and abrupt, quoted Blantyre more frequently, and talk- ed more than ever of what he would do with poor tenantsâ€" .yet her words haunted him. They seemed to bo written in letters of fire, let him turn his eyes whither he would. As to Hilired, her humiliation had been great. She was fast losing heart and patience; her hope had died a lingering death â€" there was no gloom of comfort left her', turn which way she might. Sir Raoui was ill, and seldom able to leave his room. Owing to the number of guests in the hou.se, she could not spend so much time with him as formerly. She was dispirited and depressed. Abpve all, she disliked some of the visitors whom Lord Caraven had invited. There was one who was young, efieminato, weak in character, not much strong- er in mind â€" a Lieutenant Hilstone, who had jiist succeeded to a large fortune, and who seemed at a loss how to get rid of it most quickly. Lady Cnraven had a shrewd sus- picion that some of the visitors did not .scruple as to how much the,v won from him. More than once she had overheard heavy wagers made with him which she knew he must lose. She was scornfully im- patient. Was not this conduct of lier husband disgraceful â€" to allow gambling and betting under his roof â€" to allow a weak young sold- ier like the lieutenant to be what she considered robbed? One of the earl's most intimate friends â€" one, indeed, who knew all his affairs- was Sir Arthur Oldys; you lay such a wager â€" you know that you will win it." She never forgot the sneer with which he turned to her. "Lady Caraven," he said, permit me to offer my congratulations. You understand money iwitters almost as well as your talented father." (To Be Continued). DEIMINfi mm WOMEjS THE VICE IS INCKEASING CHEAT BBITAIK. IS Piles TO pr«7» to yon that Dn Chasss OtntrntntUacertalD and ktnolnte ont« (or eacj and every tona of Itahiair, blaedlngandpratrudlOfpUea. th« nuuit^faotorers have KttaranUMd It 8m tea- timoalali in the d«llr prsu and aek jour neigh- oon what thej think of It, Yon can use it and nt-Toar tnoDer back if not cureit. eOo a box. at Ml daalen or Eduanson.Bates & Co., Toronto. Dr. Chase's Ointment WASTIM AWAT. tHE SAD CONDITION OIC MANY YOUNG GIHLS. Mothers Should Be Very Careful When Their Daughters Com- plaiu of Headache, Fickle Appetite, Dizziness or Heart Palpitation. Many mothers neglect the health of their growing daugitters. Not wilfully, of CQurso, bu\ jocause they think the occasional headaches from which they siuBer, fickleacss of ap- petite, and pale cheeks, are the na- tural result of tlie merging from girlhood into womanhood. 'Ihis is a serious mistake. There is no forioO in a girl's life wh«n she needs more attention, and unless the iittle trou- bles are succeaefuUy treated, more serious ones â€" perhaps decline and consumption â€" axe sure to follow. What every young girl needs at this period is a tonic medicine that will give her a rich, red blood, strong nerves, and bring her safely through a critical period in her life. Fo:- this purpose thci'e is no other medi- cine ia the world can equal Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Thousands ol girls throughout Canada ' owe their present heath and happiness to this medicine, and thousands of others who are s-ufferiBg would soon be strong if they would give Dr. Wil- lianiis' Fink Fills a fair trial Among the many young ladies who have proved the great worth of this medicine ia Miss Jennie Bcamcr, oi Boyle, Ont. Miss Beamer sajs : â€" "Some years ago I became very ill, and my friends feared I was going into decline. I was pale ; sutTered from terrible headaches; my appe- tite was poor, and I grew very thin. I became so weak that I cou.)d hard- ly walk. I remained in this con- dition for several months, during which time I tried several medicines but none helped mc in the least. Then my mother got me some of Dr. Williams' Pink Fills, and almost from the outset they helped me. As I continue! the use of the pills, the severe headaches left me; my ap- petite returned artd I gained in weight. In fact I wa<« soon enjoying perfect health, and have since coiv tinuod to do so. I attribute this eatirely to the use of Dr. Williams' Pink Filla, and will be glad if some other weak and ailing girl will pro- fit by my experience." Pale and sallow cheeks, diziineas, headaches, palpitation of the heart, and the feeling of woarinese that afHicts so many young girls -will soon disappear if Dr. Williams' Pink Pills are used. These pills also cure rheumatism, dyspepsia, kidney ai^ meats, St. Vitus' dance, and other troubles that come from poor blood and weak nerves. Kold by all deal- ers in medicine or sent post paid, at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by addressing the Dr. Wil- liams' MeKlicine Co., Brockvile, Ont. and Hildred overheard him, quite by chance, one day laying a heavy Wager with the young lieutenant. She looked at him calml.v. "Sir Arthur," she said, "I do not consider that it is quite fair; Lieutenant Hilstone has no chance. You know more than ho docs when Pains in the Small of the Bacl^. Bad Digestion and Racking Headachesâ€" Cure has Brought About by Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills. "Pains in the small of the hacflt" Is the way hosts of peof le describe their sulToring."?, not knowing that the pains are in reality in the kid- neys Pains in the back, weak back, lame back, backach* â€" these are the first indications of kidney trouble".' They ore the warning which Bftt-urc gives you. H you hoed at once you can bo cured. Neglect will soon put you at the merc.v of the most pAinful and fatal of dla- •aecs. » WRHjim as well a« men. hft-vv kidney and majr well feel anxious wlien the kidney pains make them- selves felt in tlie small of the back. Because Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills give you prompt reliol from backache it is well worth your while tA) take Iheui. But they do more than this. They regulat« and in- vigorate the action of the kidnays, and ineure a return to health ol these iatftortant organs. Mrs. J Ixtrter, 123 Crtwa strret, Ckarlottetown. P.B.I , an4 whose hu.<<b»ijd is a contractor, states : â€" "I hud snilTenrd a great deal with oains in the small of my back, my ifigesUon r.as bad, and I was Ire- quently troubled with spells ol rack- ing headache. 1 buxe been entirely "ured of those distressing symp-toms by the use of Dr. Cho-sc's Kidney- Lber Pill.s, aad tlnd that my gen- eral health is greatly improved since I have been using thla preparation. "I "-an also te»llfy to the merit ol Dr. Cha-w's Syrup of Lins«ed and Turpentine, as I tfM cured of a w- \'ere attack of bronchitis by the use of this remed.y." Dr. Chass's Kidne.v-Lh-cr rills, 99 rci»t>» a box, at all dealers, or 1^ manson. Bates A Co., To»Mit«, Shirt waists that close invisibly in what is known as Princess style are tunong the latest novelties shown and are as attractive as they are new. This stylish example i."* arrang- ed to give the stole efiect that is so fashionable nnd includes the bishop stock. As shown it is of waist cloth in Delft blue with cut steel buttons, but the de^gn suits all the soa.'Jon's materials equally well. The fitted lining, which may be omitted consists of fronts and "backs only and is closed at the center frtint. The waist is arranged in box plaits that meet at the shoulders nnd are stitched with corticelli silk to form points, as well as in central plaits that meet and conceal the closing. The sleeves are in biahop style with the season's full pufte and cun.s that are shaped to match the stock. At the nock is the stock cut In bishop sityle, and at the waist a belt is worn to which the postilion is attached. The quantity of material required for the medium size Is 4} yanls 21 inches wide. 4| yards 27 inches wide. 44 yards 32 inches wide, or 2{ yards 44 inches wide. f There are nearly 650,000 women drcssmalorrs in the United Kingdom Trial by jury in Britain dates from the reign of Ethelred I., 866â€" 871 A.D. Drunkenness in Men and Womei Compared in Period From' 1877 to 1899. As Great Britain prospers, drunk- enneis increases. A year of higli wages and good trade is ajpo a yToj of deep drinking. The year 18'J9â€" tha latest for which we have com- plete statistics ior Great Britainâ€" Was a year of great prosperity. II Was a year of unprecedented drunk- enness. Yet to some extent this was foreshadowed by the preceding yojrs. For during the five years from 1892 to 189(5 there annually occurred 175,628 prosecutions for drunkenness. During the next twn years they rose to 203,357 per ar.- num. -Jhen in 18U9 they sprang up to 214,298. Now, the late Sir Andrew Clark stigmatized alcohol as "the enemy of the race." Applied to menâ€" po- tential fathersâ€" -he regarded the in- crease of drink as alarming ; but applied to women â€" potential moth- ersâ€" he deplored it as a national disiaster. That the vice of drunkenness is on the increase among women is ad- mitted on all hands. Since 1877 the deaths of women from intem- perance have increased from 31 to 40 per cent. Since the same .year the ratio to population of such deaths has increased fi'om 25 to 51. During the period in which the deaths of men from the aauio cause increased 43 per cent., those of wo- men have increased no less than 104 per cent. THE GRAVER CRIMES. As a serious criminal, woman is not comparable to man. (H thoV-, for example, who are convicted a< the ass'izes and quarter sessionsâ€" that is» of the gravor crimesâ€" wo men only form about 11 [.er cent., and that percentage is decreasing On the other hand, as a compara- tively petty offender, woman must be taken seriously. The returns o the last few years show a steadilj increasing number of female ollend ers-, and the great majority of thesi olTences consist of drunkenness or o: acts committed when drunk. In th« last ton years their number has in- creased 19 per cent. It is obvious, of course, that statisitics are not available to provs the increase of drink among womer of a superior class, for they driai within doorsi, and are carefully look- eel after by rolati\x;s and attendants whose chief aim is to keep the fact unknown. In addition to thisi, many Women drink secretly, unknown to their relatives, until they have reached a sta^e when shame is lost and the veil is flung aside. Even in the case of th» very wors<t dipso- maniacs, thoy are either guarded at home by a professional nurse or in- Ciiroerated in retreats unc?er con- ditions of the most rigorous priv- acy. Unless some untoward circum- stance occurs, at no point in theii ca.reer do they come within the cog- nisance of the police, and conse- quently they are entirely unropre- sented in the criminal statisitics. 1e order, then, to ascertain the pre- valence of drinking among women of this class", rarourse must be had to the medical and nursing pro- fessions. And here there is also emphatic evidence of increase in drinking among women. 1 BABY'S FIKST TOOTH. A Family Event That Does Not Always Bring Unmixed Joy. Baby's first tooth does not come unannounced. InCamed gums and impaired digestion produce a fever- ish and iretful cor/lition about which tho mother often feels concern. The baby boy of Mrs. LJeorge McGregor, of Hamilton, Ont., vraa troubled with diarrhoea while teething and was cross and restle?«. He did not sleep well and matters became se- rious. Tho mother writes as fol lows' : "My si&tier had used Baby's Own Tablets for her baby and ad- vised me to try them. I got a bo> and after giving the Tablets to th« baby a few times he began to im- prove and ' was soon well. He U now a big, healthy bab.v and when- 3vcr ho gets fretful or does not feci well I give him a Tableti^nd he is soon all right again." Va Baby's Own Tablets reprace with groat advant,,age castor oil and othei lUVMseous, grir'ng drugs. The.i sweeten the stomach, quiet thi nerves and promote healthful sleep They are guaranteed to contain n« opiate ond to be absolutely harm- less. 11 your druKglst docs not keep them you can obtain a fu.M-sIre los by nail, post paid, b.y sending 25 cents to the Dr. William.s' Medicine Co.. Brociville. Ont., or Scheuco tady, N.Y. 1 CHANGEABLE HAIR. In a Berlin insane asyium ia a pa- tient, it is said, whose hair changva color with her tenipei-anicnt. Whcs she is cool and quiet her hair is i light yellow, but when slie is rcist- les« and excited it bocoE«es auburn. WHERE M. P.'S TRAVEIL FIIKB, The cost to the Australian Con* nvonwcnith for railway passes isaue^ to members ol the Federal Parlia. mcnt is £6.660â€" £60 per head. ThU amount is p«id over to the Stat< railway departments, Victoria ra ceivtng 40 per cent, and New S«uU Wales 30 per oeatj