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4- H " M!"M - M! I - M - l ' l IM - l»| i <«- PflweF of PeFSiiasioD i; &T Lady Caraven'j Labor oi Love. ; thought that I wished Lafly Hamll- 'know what my idea of beroiam real- ton dead?" i He looked slightly confus«d. I "You remembt'r that you told me you were jeaJous of her," lie replie<l. I "Jealous," she repeated, drearily. I "Did I ever love you then? I have I J j forgotten â€" my brain is dazed, dull. jl seem to remember nothing clearly r »H«4Hh.W-r"^-:- -s-W-H-W-H* -i-T-l-i- HOW THE SVLTAN LOOKS ly isf.'" She looked at him with gra.iter in- Pen terest than she had yet displayed. "Tell me, Ra^iul." _ "This is the zrajidest heroism," he „_ â- , ,. said - "the heroism that makes ^P"!^^ ^^ gluupee he laU-ly had of the saints and martvrs - beaxlng the i**!!]:^" "» .^on^'tuntinople: .ni.lv and ' * Btuod cn the pala Picture of the Sick Man of Europe. Mr. Ray Stannard Uakcr thus de- : burden of our lives patiently and palace terrace e-xcept that you judged me guilty oi Iclieerfully, never failing in strength "?'°ff above the little roiidway down mui-dei-. Did I love you?" land endurance. I thought that you """'" °° !• nday the Suli-in The wan fiice and aim eyes touched j would heroically and cheerfully bear J-JJ^*^^J|''"^_^o say hi& pruye«!s. I ."saw him inexpress-ibly. Itji,. crosses and trials of your life. " """ ' ' "' ^ "When you thought I had tried to j So you did for a time; now you have commit murder, you turned me from jiaid down your cross, saying that your doors; in tlie darkness of night, ijt is too heavy for you to bear. Ah! alone and unfriended, you bade mc inildred! believe me. good was never begone. Which kind of murder is j-.gt ^on by cowardice. Talce it up worse â€" that which destroys a ; again, this burden you have laid body, or tliat which slays heart, I down. In the day of adversity fail at' the door aroused â„¢''"^' *"''^'°- •^"'^ ''°P«' I say that jnotâ€" bo a heroine until the end'." ^ , , ,. in this sense you have slain me. His words cheered and encouraged ' ^°^^ ot soWiers kuoe-dei.p. It was "Hildred, be merciful to me!" he jher as tliey always did. * strange, gorgeous, incontrruous cried. "What would you have me do?" ^P.*;"'*^'-'''^- "I will show you the same mercy l^he askod. ' Preceded by women in closed .car- thai you have shown me. Go from -.j would have you lay aside your my presence and do not let me see coldness, your pride, your reserve,' you again." jjg told her. "Do not become a re- With shining eyes, and pale. pas- ! vengeful woman. Your husband has. CHAPTER XXn. I cell. She wept until from sheer ex- Lady Caraven had refused to see haustion she slept, any one; she had refused to quit her | A knocking apartment. The horror of the | her. charge made against her overpowered j "Hildred." called Arley Ransomo, her. Her husband believed her i "I wi.<)h to !=ee you." guilty of intent to murder. At first I "Hiidred, I have something very that was the only idea her mind ! particular to say to youâ€" open the could grasp â€" a horrible, distorted door." idea. She could not think clearly, i There was not a sound, and Lord Her husband, whom, she had saved . Civraven began to feel slightly from ruin, whom she had roused 1 alarmed. from indolence and self-indulgence. \ "Hiidred." sard her father, "I whose better nature she -had called have ii message from your hus- Into life, whom she loved with a. band." passionate love, had judged her guil- \ Still there was no sound, and, un- ty of murder it; she could not p^t her thoughts jout. , . ,. into words; they assumed no tangi- "Hildred, for Heaven's sake srcak ''^'^'S^ation! 1 wiu win ner yet i g^id. "that my heart is sore tie form. Then slowly enough she to me! Let me in - I want to see ?^^y« ^^:'": f^""*^ '^^°''^^ wiuning her trouble, returned to a clear memoi-y of what you! had happened '" the extraordinary precautions tajcen to protect him â€" the gathering of ail his live thousand troops, the stoppage of traffic by walls of armed men in e%ery roadway leading up to the palace, then the surrounding of the few hundred yards of roajdway which the Sultan must travorw; from the palace gate to the mo.s<iue by face, she swept from the jt is earl overcome true, vou. but it was a mista.ko, and he i».u, i<i»- , 1- J • narrow She could not realize able to control himself, the eai'l cried j *;'^°V^''Vt "*â- ' '"^'^^ ^^ ^ . â-  k"' 'onrive him." deed. How suuerb she lookei in her sionate room, leaving the with astoni.s4ui!ent. deplores it bitterly. Be generous "She is the most high-minded wo-^i^^e revenge to small souls and man I have ever met in my life," he narrow minds; rise above it, "I have been blind, .„. ..^ "You do not know, Raoul, I will win her yet. I riage-s, several of his sons, tuid some eighty great generals and oOlcera of the army marching on foot, cajne ^^ ^ „..„„„„, *^''^ Sultan himself. He was driven outraged and InsuTted slowly in an open carri:Lge. faciiig The souivd of his voice seemed to Some one had shot Lady Hamil-jhavo an electric eiTect upon her. The ton; who it was, or how it had hap- next moment she turned the key in poned, she could not tell. Thon she the lock and opened wide the door, remembered having heard the shot , With a cry of fear luid surprise, he fired, of which at the time she had! started back when he saw her. He thought so little. She remembered had seen her lately so beautiful, so how something had whizzed through radiantâ€" now her long black hair the trees. By degrees all the ervents ; hung in disorder over her shoulders; of that dreadful night returned to ! her face was pale and stained with her clearly and forcibly â€" tl.c start- â-  tears, her eyes were dim. her lip-? white. Ke hardly knew her. "Hildre^.!" he cried. She looked at him with dim, sad eyes. "You!" she said. "Is it you, who thought me guilty of miudor?" • Lord Caraven turned to Arley Ran- sorne. "Leave me alone with her." he "I have much to say." Ransome went awav. T!-.e before, but 1 swear to give my life - ..j tnow," he replied, "it is to the task now." \g bear, but vou must forgive him. It seemed probable that it would you must again take up the duties be a very long one. for Lady Cara- ^f y^ur life, resume vour occupa- vx-n positively reiu.scd to see her hus- tions. devote vourseif to the wel- band again. In vain Arley Ran- fjjj^ ^f y^^ husband, forgive gen- some pleaded for him; she was in- exorable. forward, with his Miniyler at War sitting opiK>site. And this is Abdui Hamid II., the absx)lute ruler of 35,- ^jj'd 000,000 reople. the defender of tha faith monarch of the Hukymeti-€»en- she '^*' ^*"^ glorious government, voJ-i- witii o"sly known elsewhere as the Sick jMan of Europf and the great an- haJ"d sa>sin. Every ^Itndor of general and iroojwr is forgotten; every- 'etc- is fixed on the little, old, roirwi- slmulderLxl man in the carriage. "A sJiout â€" a well-trair.ed and evidently lon^-practiced sV.out. curi- led cry, the sound that tame from the borders of the lake, the tramp of many feet â€" and she wondered that all these things had had no signifi- cance for hor when her husband had cried, "You guilty, ci-uel woman!" and siie had owned herself guilty. Then she saw how the mistake had ari.scn. They had been playing at cross purposes. Ke meant that she isaid was guilty of murder; she had meant I Mr. The earl was compelled to return to Ravon.smere. and he did so al- most despairingly. Lady Hamilton Was fast improving; she would be able to go to her owti home soon, the doctor said, and all anxiety about her was quite at an end. The trutli of the story had come to light; all the papers had it; evei-y one tj,^ s^JJ ^„ shadow pa.ssed from knew that Lady Hamilton had been ,f^^.g gjj^ gi,^ answered him. shot by mistake, and ti.ut it was ..j ^[j j ^ju jo all you advise, the young Countess of Caraven Raoul. I will forgive my husband, whom John UlantjTe had intended! you say that he loves me now. 1 to kill. shall put his love to the test. If it The eaii confided the result of his , fj,j|s .^gu ^nd goodâ€" 1 will do my erously and entirely all that has o"sly lacking in fire or spont.anefty- happened, live for the good work goes up from the troops. The old you have begun. Once before I asi- '^^^^ raises his hand in salute. H« ed vou if vou were strong enou?;h wears a re.i fez; his face is tdckly to take up" the burden of your life white, like parchment; the nose is and carry it bravely. I ask you that of an old eagle, long, hooked, the same question now." high-bridcod â€" the Armenian nose. She was quite silent for a. few his s»ibjects all whi.-jper in contempt, minutes, and then, as the mist rulLs His e.ves, what one sees of them, for from the hill-tops before the light of her he turns his head neilhtr to right left, are dee[>-svt ttnd black. "Tho.?e who know him best say that l:e has a peculiar way of mov- that she was guilty of jealousy and carl entered the room and closed the °^^^'"'^ to Sir Raoul, who was not duty without the sunshine of love holding muctt surprised. â- You have tried her beyond her 'strength." he said; "1 should advise "you, without loss of time, to re- turn to London again." i Loril Caraven did so, but his jour- i "You are a brave girl. Hildred â€" ney was fruitless. Hiidred reiused lyoy are a good woman." he said. to cheer inc; if it stands the test, I will try to crown his life with my love." He looked her. and died. "Sir Raoul would not have liovcd it," ."^he said to herself; would have defended me." All hojie was at an end. She felt be- •ho have said myself." (To Be Contimied). WAKE UP, BABY A New Game for Mothers. of following him. 'door. He went to his wife She was in despair. Of what avail out both his hands. would it be now to defend herself, to j "Will you forgive mc?" he said, tell him that she was not guilty, to ' "There can he no pardon, my lord. ' try to clear herself? Her husband for the wrong you have done mo," ; would never believe her; he would she replied. 1 always suspect her because of her And then the earl knew, if over he i , . . , - own words. 'won his wife's pardon, it would - te ! "^o ^° '"'""â-  ^° *" entreaties irom l;er dmiiingly. "I wish there were more "Was there ever a fate like mine?" a work of patience and of time. ifather she answced simply; ^m^g y^,, j ^jn tell Ulric that you cried the unhappy girl. "What have j ••! camiot believe," he said, "that ! "1 have not one word to add to are willing to see him now." I done that such a lot in life should J you will be unkind or un.iust to me, what I have said;" and with that | "If you please," she responded; be mine?" iHildred â€" I have sulTcrcd more tha-i 'answer the earl was obliged to be i"but. Raoul, do not repeat what I Her courage, her br.avery, her hope you have." iconient. and faith seemed all to give way. |" "That is not possible," she "re- j In sheer despair he sent for Sir Ra- Sho was in despair. Her husband joined; "no one has accused you of loul. who, though almost -unfit to tra- believed her guilty of a great crime, a terrible crime." " jvel. hastened to him; he besought and sihe had no means of proving her j "But 1 have suspected an innocent 'him to use his intluence with the innocence. The only hope tliat re- person," he said, "and it i.s hartler j beautiful young wife who had no mained to her was tliat the real to inflict than to bear pain." I pity for him. Then he grew wildly criminal would confess, and so free l Ho gazed anxiously at her. She ! jealous at the idea that she would her from the accusation; but that j looked ixUe and wan, with the stains i listen to Sir Raoul when she reii.s- was most unlikely. In her own of bitter weeping on her face. He [cd absolutclv to listen to him. mind sdie believed that some lover of saw, too, that she shivered like one I "Why should, you have more in- Lady Hamilton's, wild with jeal- seizcsd with mortal cold. I flucnce over her than 1 have?" he ousy, had fired at her; if so, it was j "Hildroil," he cried, "do forgive asked, half angrily, most unlikely that he would accuse me â€" you do not know how grieved "Because," said Sir Raoul, "I uu- himself. |I am to see you like this. 1 want j dcrstaiul the higher, better, nobler No. there was no hope. She had jto tell you kow the misunderstand- i part o f her nature, as you. I fear, Etri\'en so bravely to bear a cnicl i ing happened. Will you listen?" Ivvili never understand it. I will try fate; she had done her best; she had! "Yes," she replied, mechanically, vvhat I can do." made a bravo tight where nianv peo- |and she sat silent and motionless I "Tell her then, Raoul," went on pie would have run away â€" and now -while he told her the story. She ' the earl, his tone and manner chang- it was all ended. So far was her; looked at him when it was ended ing suddenly, "that I was blind to husband from loving her that ho be- < with dull, dim eyes. iher beauty, her goodness, her truth. Moved her guilty of a crime*â€" tJiought I "1 am very sorry," she s.iid. "that but that 1 see all now. Tell her her capable of a crime. The girl's iBlantyre made the mistake. I al- that 1 did not love her when I lirst heart failed hei utterly; she would imost' wirh that he had shot me knew her. but that I love her now; fain have turned her face to the wall ; through the heart. What have I to tell her. it she will but forgive me. live for?" I will im\ke tlie devotion of my "I could not siiare you. IliUlrcd â€" whole life atone for my past ne- you have been the good luigel of my i gleet. ing his e\-es withotit moving his head, as if he wore always s«eeking to look behind him. to pry out sec- rets, to surpri.se hidden motives. His beard is deep blue-black, as are liis e.vebrows; naturally they would In gray, but he dyes them, for the Sul- tan must never look old. To hi! long and lovingly at generals he leaves all the pomp arjc : display of gold lace and tinsiel: for himself he is clad whoil.v in black, like a eunucii. without ornamonta- tion of any kind. •Tlie Raven' hi has been called, and the raven h« looks. "The Sultan is not really a very old man â€" only sixty years old â€" I want to test his love and yet if there is one imrressiot above another that he giv^s. it is that of age and great weariness. "Foor old Sultan!" --«^ NEW DISEASE. First Symptom Is Disinclinatioi for Exertion. Baby's awakening ought to be (ooked forward to as a pleasure, not dreaded as a scourge. He should awaken bright, merry, and full of lun, refre.'ihed by sleep, ready for a good time. How many mothers dread his cords go. only once befor awakening howls, knowing that he ' in Sfaryland. The dis,>as A patient at Johns Hopkins Ho-s pital, Baltimore, Md., is said by tht physicians there to be sroffering from a disease which has, as far as ro' appearoJ is knowi will keep everyone miserable until he as ankylostoma, or "lazy diseivse," goes to sleep again or gets his food. : JWid acquires its name from the fact These dying (its are the terror of | that the most striking vi>ible sy-mp every inexperienced mother. Mrs. ; torn is an increasing disir.ciination t^abriel Barnes. Six Mile Lake. Ont.. ' *or physical e.xeriion of any kind and is a mother who has learned how j t'=e most extreme lassitude. Th« this trouble can be best met. and 1 authorities at the h.ospital refuse tc writes us as follows : "Mv baby i '''^""^pc ^'le name of the patient un- sutlercd much from indigestion, and i <ler treatment, but statc-.l that a bro- was cross and restless. I gave him i *^''ef of the jalient recently died frou: several medicines, but thev did not , similar disease. Guided by tlK life!" he cried. 'You sent me from your house. Sir Raoul promised. Lady Cara- that she could never interest herself i Lord Caraven, and [ironouuccd mc in life again. Then a vague but nono the less terrible tear came over her. She could not tell what might happen. SupiHi.'-e that Lady Hamil- ton should die! Some one must be punished. Her husband had said that he would keep her secret, but suppose that he found it impossible to do soâ€" that, from circumstantial evidence, others suspected and accus- ed herâ€" what would she do? There could be no defence. She h.td been found behind the trees, and she had said slio was guilty. Could it le within the bounds of possibility that Bhe. Hildred, Countess of Caraven guilty on what seems to rac very light evidence. I may claim to be at least as credulous aS yourself, yet help him. I then got a box of RabVs ' f"<^ts furnished by a post mortem ex- Own Tablets and thev hclued him i ""liuatiou in the former case. Su- von did not refuse to see him He 'almost at onee. and have done him ! Pe'"neudent Kurd of the hosjutal ;^"s th'ock^d Lndltlrtled at"Jhe ter- | so much good that I would not now ^tat^^ that ^ -J^^f .;•;.; -^-- rible chance a few days had wrought ! ho without them. 1 can recommend [ The onlv other ca.^e is utortod it in her. lie looked at the pale face, i Baby's Own Tablets to all mothers : SilA.W.OHASE'SQe; t GATARfiNCU»E... iL%3G* ; U wnl direct to the dkeascd pans br tie Improved Blower. Heals th« ulcers, ftlcars tho air PH»sasej, stops droppiasrs In tha laroat and pcrtna:!;imly cine* tilarrii ar.d Hay Ftver. Blower ft**;, •*" '!'''<'"â-  Of l>r- A. V.'. Chass 4l»illcIo« Co.. TotoDto aa:d EuEiloi 1 declare, that had any one accused would ever be brought before a pub- i you of nuuxlcr I sshould not have be- lie tribunal and tried for a crime ov iliovetl it. You judgtnl mc gu Ity at | " which she was pertoctly innocent? j once â€" guilty of trying to murderâ€" I, i life Hildred? mC.HE.ST RAILROAD. The American built Oroya rail- road in the Reruviau Andes attains heroism in my tj.Q greatest elo>-jition ivached by . . 11, 'I'l.^' railroad in the world. At one Her vivid imt\giiiat ion ran riot about I who never in my life trsimpletl even "Nay. pnr<lon nie; there was the ,y^,i„t it j.hi.<<^cs through a tunnel 13.- it. She pictured herself in a dark [upon a worm. Why should you have 'granilest heroisnt possible. Ilo you'ed.-. feet above s«.>a level. This is How you have sulTercd, Hildretl?" he said. Ves; I Ciune to the end of my pa- ience at la-st. 1 can bear it no onger. Raoul; it was a life of tor- ure after all, and X will never re- turn to it. I could not be brave anv longer." •'•Poor child!" said the grave, pitying voice. "Some woi-ds are nmning in my mind. Hildred. about those, w.io. having put their hand to the plow, turn back again. May 1 ask, are you one of those. Are you tired of heroism? "Thci-e was no sihe said. as the best medicine I have ever used for children." These Tablets are guaranteed to contain no opiate or harmful drug and can be given with absolute safety to the young- the Johns Hopkins Hoa;)ital ouUo tin. December. IPOl, and was Uiat of an English sailor, who v.-as sen! to Bay^ew Asylum from a vessel which h;ul recently arrived in port from a ^'o^ithern vo.vage. lie wai est. weakest infant. Sold b.v druggists or sent by mail, post paid at 25 cents a box. by writing direct to the Dr. Williams' Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont., or Schcnectadv, N.Y. I' Paralysis an d Lo comotor Ataxia Th9 Dreadful Rosultof Nsgfestod Nsrvous Olasesss-Dr. Chasa's Nervo Focci Pravente and Suros Paralysis by Restoring the Wasted and Oapleled Nerve Gsl.'s. To understand paralysis and its ;auscs it is well to remember that every movement of the body of its mcmliors is duo to the contraction of muscle, which can only take place under the influence of nerve force. sound, ami motion, addictoii to con- parent. Tliese are indications of a tinunl movement or tapping of the ; degeneration of the nerve celt^, and fingers, twitching of the muscles, sud-'when nerve force becomes exhausted don starlings and jerkings of the j paralysis is bound to follow, limbs during sleep : if you have ner- j Dr. Cha.si-'s Nerve Food acts on vous headaches or dyspepsia. are i the system in an entirely different hut little ovvr i'io feet less tlian the elevation of Mont Blanc. The Oroya raitro.td also enjoys the distinction of beingmn nvbgugtlfett arfertyhjli of having cost more per mile than ithe gival majority of railroads. It lis ms miles long, ami cost $13,000.- I IH)0. The maii.v tunnels, bridges and {Zit;zag9 presented difficult eneiuecr- iii^ problems. *.. I supposed to lie sulTering from jinao I mia. and continued to sink until h« , died on the eighteenth duy after hii • admission. A post-mortem examin ; ation b.v tlie (Uliysicians at tJie -J ohm Hopkins Hospital, made at the re tjuest of the Bayview aulhoiiiics. re vet\led the fact lh.it many ihousantli of infinitesimal parasites were active ly ut work boring into the mucoui membrane of the intestines nr.d caus iiK; a less of blood, with, rcsf-jltan' liu^sitiide r.n-:i imrtia and I'.niUy pro ducini; deutJi. These parasite^;. ac cor<iii'g to the statement of Rr Hur<l. are especially abundant in cer tain sectiora of the Carolinas aw Georgia, and the diser.se is i^revalen- among what are known as the "cto; eaters" of that region. GERM-PROOF ROUSES. A germ-proof house is the lato-st atWitioh to the hygienic torr»>rs of life. When it arrives and wc are ^ ... „ , . . , unable to sleep or rest feel down- j way to ordinary medicines. It is i „„ thoroughly scivntilic and uncom- ; following the an.ujuncorae^it of As this all-important nerve force hearted and discouraged, and unfit neither a stimulant to whip tired , fQ,.table oi'r " i j' Is created in the nerve centres of the tt> fight the battles of life : if your nerves to rencweil activity, nor a storied.' wiUiout stairs brain and spinal cord, and conducted ] nerves are weak and exhausted, and , narcotic, nor opiate, to deaden the igrawl soil destitute of cellars 'wiui along wirclike nerve fibres to the various parts of the body, any de- rangement of the brain, spinal cord, or nerve Sbre.^ mity result in para- lysis or loss of the power of move- ment. Paralysis, then, is the natural re- sult of all neglected nervous <iis- eason. J( you find youraalf nervous and ir- tlVafeto, ovtr-seaaitiv* ts light. your blood thin and watery. you nerves. On the contrary it Is a food concrete ami blocks of earthenware have every reason ti? fear purnlysi.s cure. which forms new. red I'ei^ ^ "pjerced for ventilation," placed un- at Wa.st some part of the """* --•-- ^_ ..i-. i-i â€" • -_j •-.. STREETS PAVER WITH GOLD. The town of Altman. in the Crip pie C^vk district of Colorado, hai had its streets paved with the dtwn| of the Pharmacist mine. Recontlj some of the pavement was assuyeJ nr»J yielded gold to the am>.>UMt o twentv dollars a ton.' Imuiodiateb thi homes will be single , assay peopla began cartiiift oft â- â- â€¢-'-- built on surface of the struts until the lice were obliged to inU'rveno stop them. of at Wa.st some part of the body, and consequent sulTering and hclp- IcssncEs. Paralysis can always be prevented and partial paralysis actually cured by the timely use of Dr. Cfaoae'a puscles in the blood, and creates new tjpp tj,^ n^^r. (^nj the ordinary nerve cells. Every day it is bring- 'bricks "will be supersvvlcd liv gl.izod ing bark health. strength. and {j^nd tightlv-ftttin«f hvgietiic WicJt.-j." vitality to scores and hundreds wh» :'ri,c roof will t« tiled, luit slated have become discouraged through j ^,1,, oie wIikIows will reach frtim top the failure of doctors and other t^, bottom of the walls Curtains Nerve Kood. The lime to b^i» ; treatments to cure them .'>0 centl 'and draperies of all kinds will b* treatment is when any 9I the abova- j a box. at all dealers, or CtoianMA, labolisJipd: pictures will be permitted ft><>ntlourd ayiB^tcira hacoiae ap- Bates & Co., Toroato. thi po 3n( COURTSiHir IS TURKEY. In TurKestan every wedding cn ga^cimcnt begins wiUi tiio p«io>iaent o a saibi^tantial con.iideration to thi girl's parents. If the girl jilts hei lover the eDg«c«ment gift has to bi returned. uiil«m Uve yurcnts ha'vie a<i- , ,,,... ,. .. oliier dav<hter t» gite an a aubsli- .jonly when lat »nto t*e ceuveot wall^ l\ut«. "