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RS Time Heals Most Wounds A Tale of Love and Disappointment CHAl'TEH XXV. With a-11 the pomp and circum stanco attendant ufion his position, the body of the Earl of Wolver- holms was laid in the family vault. The tragic circumstances attendant upon his death had int«nsifi(>d the griff that Cyril felt at his father's d«Ath. Joel was present at the funeral, and with quiet sympathy ha<l en- <l&avored to comfort Cyril in his grief, but for a whilo he was be- liumbcd and resented th& presence of any one. His 8«rrow wa» great, but he was suffering physically from the effects of the long mental strain that he had endured. He ♦ndeavored to occupy his mind by the arrangement of the Earl's af- fairs, but he was incapable of the njeutal concentration that this ne- cessitated. His manner was list- less, and he appeared to have lost all interest in life. Ho was living in Ix)ndon at his chambers at ths Albany ; for Wol- verholme Castle had become dis- tasteful to him. One afternoon, a week or two after his arrival, ho received a call from Joel and Re- itckah. "I do not understand Lord Wol- verholmc," Joel had remarked that morning to his da\ighter. "He eeema to take an interest in no- thing, but broods all day. It is not natural, and h^ wants rous- ing." "But what can we do ? I wonder if ho has seen Kthel Fetherston. I thiu'i I had better call on her." "Ves. (Jo this morning." llebekah found Ethel at home, and the mourning which she wore teemid to accentuate her fair eauty. But her eyes were trou- bled, and she eagerly greeted her visitor. "Have you heard from Cyril?" Kcbckah asked at once. "No. He has not written once," Ethel replied wistfully. "Perhaps he will not forgive me, and I dare not go to him." "Father tells roe that he is ill. Eomejhing must be done at once. You see, father and I are going a.broad for a long time, and I can- ii(jt leave England with a contented mind unless I tee you two happy.' "It is nay punishment, and I de- serve it. I may have lost his love, and 1 am so miserable, llebekah, I have no pride. Shall I go to him T' "You must remember the terrible | trouble he has gone through. He j loves you, you may be sure. Cyril is not one who would ever change. Bhall I go and see him?" "Yes, and give him a message for me. Tell him that his sorrow is my sorrow, and that I long to comfort him," Kthcl said eagerly. ''I will go this afternoon," Re- bekah replied tenderly. "You iffnuf not be. miserable." Joel consented to accompany Re- bekah on her call upon Cyril, but it was with much trepidation that eho looked forward to the inter- view. At the sight of his changed face she gave a cry of sympathy. "You poor dear boy," she cried tenderly, "and you have been all alone." Joel was looking round fio room, which was littered with travelling trunks, and there was every sign that Lord Wolverholme was engaged in packing up his ef- fects. "Are you moving from here?" he ask(d anxiously. "I am going abroad at oiico. I am in nef'd <jf a change," ho said curtly, but hi.s eyes did not meet Ilebckah'fi, who gave a cry of con- atein'ititn. "lint Ethel? Are you going to â- ec her'l" she demanded eagerly. "I don't know. Not yet," he ad- ded quickly. "I must have time; 1 am weary and' sick at heart. Can't you understand?" ho wound up helplcHsly. "No. 1 cannot," she cried firm- ly. "Cyril, I must speak with you. l"ttlher, will you run away (or a while !" Joel took up his hat and obedi- ently left them together. "What i.s the matter, Cyril I" she asked with simple directness. "I don't know," ho replied list- lessly. "Only that all my feeling seem.* dea<l . ' ' "Don't you still love Ethel Feth- erston I Don't yoM still wish to marry her?" Kbe deniande<l (irmly. "Yes, but I uuist have time," he repeated earnestly. "I feel that I want h('r, but yet I cannot give her the love that I did." She ro'jo impulsively and took him by the arm. "I could shake you," she cried fiercely. "JJut a short time ago, you were utterly miserable that you could not marry Kthel. Life wes desolate to you. Now all <lif ficulties have been removed and she is longing to take you t<! her arms. Why do you ho*»tatc ? Are you fickle minded. I am ashamed of you, Cyril." Ho did not make any reply to her vehement outburst, '"'t sighwl | deeply. And Kebekali was assailed by a temptation that moved her very teing. Should she try and xvin this man she loved so devoted- ly ? Should she snatch at the chance that seemed in her very very grasp ? Might she not be able t< move him, she who had sacrific- ed herself for his happiness? And what was the resuU . The wretched man that she saw before her very eyes. Might it not be possible that after all it was she he loved, and not Ethel Fetherston. A mad joy surged to her heart, and her bosom rose and fell rapid- ly with her emotion. The thought j of the delirium of happiness thatj his love would bring her seized her I in its grip. She made a movement | And Cyril ? He stood still, and the shaded lights only disclosed the figure of a woman. But a cry of mingled pain and joy told him who was present. In a few strides he crossed the room and the lovers were face to face. Ethel looked wistfully at him, and passionate words struggled to her lips, but she was unable to utter them. Cyril gazed at the woman he loved, and the sight of her seemed to drive away the evil spirits that had possessed him. With a glad ciy he held forth his arms, and clasped her passionately to him. There was no need for words, for all the wretche<l past seemed to have been blotted out by the touch of love's healing hand. But Ethel was not content. STANDARD OIL COMPANY ALL ABOUT THE GBEAT AMERICAN OCTUPUS. specially built for the itai». Thers is an enormous fleet of them, sail- ing all the roven seas. You may see them any day at Pur fleet, at Birkenhead, and mnay other Brit- ish ports. The oil for foreign trade is mostly refined abroad. The writer has served on two ^'hnpvAa «.t rti„k>_..< J .1 oil-tank steamers, and can give the Charges of Dishonest and Unacru- Stondard a gooi character as an pulous BuHioeos Methods Have Not Been Proved. Some time ago, the writer inter viewed Mr. S. C. T. Dodd, the soli citor of the Standard Oil Company. employer. With the rank and file of its men, also, it adonta the policy of paying liberally, and expecting the best service. In 1887 the Standard made an agreement with 14,000 pr'^dueers in Mr. Dodd's chief point wa7tha't It^VL'tV^ '^ir^'"''^;, AS WE GO. It good or bad, this much we know. Life's what we make it as we go. In time of stress be brave and true, And put your heart in all you do. Forgetting not that manners kind Will leave a golden glow behind, And those who speak a word ol cheer, By that may brush away a tear. So live in trust, sustained by hope, Well pleased to toil while others mope. the company 8ucce'eds^'becrus;"7t | ^ VoSn.^^nt*''' "P^*'*"",! â-  pays for brains. "That is our bestLred Z 1T " "^^ur^Uy^ '?" a-s-ief " hn .o,-.ri "I* ; _r """' jured the laborers employed in,,,,-,. . xv j J.^. tiu ,j --:UhU fh«n ^J f '»?'•« ,yalu- drilling wells. The Standard gave ' ^^1*^°"'' *^* "^^"^^ *^« "^'^^ She could not| able than ^ our capital,, pipe-lines, I ^ niillion barrel* of c^de ofl -^ know happiness until she had re-|''«''ts of (.teasers, and vast tank lieved her heart. "I must tell pleaded, as he "I shall ever blame myse having trusted you. When I think < f the suffering that I caused you, I wonder that you can still love Contented with what life affords, hoards ; i worth twenty-nine cents a barrel- I r -1 " V. wa^rhe«^in 7u '"'?Pf7 ^'''.al- for their relief, and made the pro- you Cyril.'' she ^^^ajsb en. n the ri:^^^^^^ j^^ ^^' P tried to silence her. ''^ P*')'* the top price for them, says ' nrr.r«l t/^ h^ „««^i ^^i;»„ t\.^ lame myself for not London Answers. I ^'^11:.*'' „1 «^?f. P^^'^y;. T^! 'Th« mr.ct oo4.«»i„u:» I workmen are devoted to the onrcrrprnw*^'^'"?'^'!'' Standard's interests now. In betweL Za""^l '" ^* "'rao^t any position, a job with the between 1870, when tho Standard is a job for life. ( f our concern yefeirs me. Uut I, to^o, have suffered; I Standard Oil Company' of Ohio pr7-| vvHFRF TWFRF'H a wttt these last few weeks, and I have,<i."ced four per cent, of the refined vvHfciti;, lUtKi;, B A WILL, learnt my lesson. Kebekah baa!'''' output, and 1877, when it pro- ^° recent years the Standard has taught me my meanness. Oh, Cyril ! 1*'",'=^ ninety-five per cent. [devoted its attention mainly to ex- we owe her a debt of gratitude that "^« looked far ahead; we took | ^"''^^"K i'' foreign markets. Mr. we can never repay. Each passing i *. ^^tesmanlike view of the possi-j^- ^- Flagler, one of the heads hour as we live our lives together, j ^'^^*^^^» of a new trade. The men "f the company, visited Jamaica in who built up the Standard â€" J. D. ' ^^ yacht. Mark Twain was one of forward, her eyes filled with love. Ho looked up suddenly, anu there irshalTVia'nkOcd" for" 'her mercy. , . - ..„. was revealed to him in a flash thoj ..gj.t, she will always be our^o''k«fe"«r, William Rockefeller ' "'^ guests, and the genial humor intensity of her passion. He re- 1 friend, dear. She lovea us both.i^- M. Flagler, John Archbold, and '*'• rejoiced because he had found niembered her devotion to his ia-:ii ^as she who brought me back''''*^ rest^thought in continents. '*. P'ace at last where the people ther, the plucky fight which she ^^ ^y senses. This morning I felti^^®y esUblished their network ofj*^**' "o* "'"rn the Standard oil. By little cares not greatly vexed. Nor yet by eelfish schemes per- plexed ; And when at last your race is run. Look back upon your duty done. had made for his happiness ; her abnegation of self, and her whole- hearted desire to give him the wo- man he loved. She read his thoughts, and she was struck by a sense of the un- worthiness of her wild longing. "Cyril, she said timidly. "Won't you try to make me happy? Be j desperate when she came to me, and now " He stopped expressively. "She is our good angel, dear. Shall we go to her?" Ethel said happily. But they were not to see Rebekah I that evening, nor for many, many moiitha to come, for Mrs. Gol<' refineries in geographical situa-i | 'Don't you crow too loudly," tions from which they could easily ^a'*' ^r. Flagler. "I'll see they yourself again. Do you want mo j^g^g told them that she had retired ' to think that what I have done has been in vain ? Don't go away, I implore you." She eagerly watched the effect of her words, and gave an exclama- tion of disappointment when she saw that he was unmoved. "You ow^ me something,' she said at last, for she was determin- ed te rouse him from his lethargy. You expressed your gratitude for and cheaply supply the large mar- kets. Whenever a new oil region was opened, they were ready to develop it." "THEY WILL BE ON TOP! " The late William H. Vanderbilt, head of the great millionaire fam- tc her room with a bad headacli Nayâ€" heartache was her troubl (To be continued.) ♦ EAT SNAKES AND LIZARDS. burn it soon. He organized a great missionary crusade in Standard oil by scores of emissaries all over the island. Fancy lamps, that delighted the negroes' barbarian taste, were given away, and oil supplied free at first. In a few months the mar- ket had been captured. REMOVE SNOW BY ELECTRI- CITY. A Berlin scientist advocates the use of electricity for clearing away fotd, and are and beg for your love? Are you acting the generous part? Think ^.^yg ^.„.,„ of what she must be suffering. She ^^g rearddicacies. They are al- wronged you I admit that; but ^.^y^ ^^p^ j„ captivity without food do you wish her to think that she .^^ a day, then bathed and decapi- remains unforgiven? tated, and made legless. Heads Her fierce words had their cf-' â-  â-  feet. "I will try to explain," he said nervously, "but it is very diflicult. 1 want to see Ethel, but I don't! ily, had his own fights with the "Octopus" over freight rates when he controlled the New York Cen- tral. He was asked by a Grovern- ment Commission to name the sec- ret of the Standard's success. "You can't keep such men Queer Edibles Met with In Sonic down," he replied. "I don't be-'*"ow. His apparatus consists of a Jap Provinces. lieve it can be done by any legis- ! Pla*-^orm, on to which the snow bT^^.^ , . , lative enactment. They will be on ' ^'*'*'P* off the roadway is shovelled, Japanese provinces which are ^^ ^n ^j,^ ^j^^„ J vi u do on ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^.^^ ^^^ ^ ^^^.^^ ^^ > di.stant from ^he sea that fresh j^^ j^j,^ j^ Rockefeller formed pockets formed of this metal kept hot by electrical radiators. The snow falls from the platform into the pockets, and is discharged as water from the hoppers. The plat- form is mounted on wheels for transport to various parts of the town. what you thought I had done for g^,, p^„„,,t be obtained readily, and the fit.ndarW Ail^' " •^"'".T.'n*^ you. Do you want Ethel f ether- ^.^^^ meat is not abundant, snakes Sth 1 ±i'^ ,^^'1 Company, in 870, ston to come here on her knees ^^.d lizards are eonsideretl gnod v ,,„ t.T^u "^ 5 million dollars. gnou j^Ty^ jjj authorized capital is $110- prepared in many ^^^q^^ ^ut the market value of its Grasshoppers rank among ,t„,k i^ ^^ji„,^^^ ^^ well over 3700,000,000. Mr. Rockefeller's rivals have fought him by the very methods J , ,. u .i" a ^^a*- bave been charged acainst und legs must be torn off, never u;,„ ii„,;„„ *u °, , , * , . n,! 1 â-  â-  ' film. Uuring the great War of cut. Ihcy are served in various .^^ pipe-lines/' the PennsylvL^a ways, but dry with a salad dress- Railway, which the Standard h^ ing is the most popular. An insect • - â- u<».m ii«m of the bee family which lives in ine| carried - . , earth is also much sought. These I should hurt her by^^,.^ ^^^^.^^ ^j^j, g,,^^^ ,,^ ^^^^^^ insect, boycotted in the matter of freight, in ttie, „„__;_,i „;i t.,, ;.„ i.;i__°J know that I could be myself. I am^arth i7also"much"'souKht"' 'fhese ! """"u 1*^ "." ^u"" ''^. ^'o^P^titors at not mvsolf. I should hurt her by ; ^?.„„„'l„T°....??u „.'""? ''.â- - u^i'l*!:! e'ght cents a barrel under the actu thinking of my father's confession, and I should be miserable." "That is nonsense. I understand Kthel now. Y'our father's disgrace would never have influenced her; she would have clung to you all the more closely. It was whot she thought to bo your treachery that forced her to act as she did. Tho thinking that you were disloyal. Will you dine with us to-night?" she wound up abruptly. "I must! candy and stew. Most spiders have poison fangs, but few are dangerous to human beings. Mattresses made with paper shav- ings are in use in Germany fur soldiers' beds. Night-work for all females, and convince you that you are wrong. You can't refuse nic that." "Yes. I will come." "Good-byo then. I see father in the courtyard. We shall expect you at seven o'clock sharp." And with a smile she loft him alone with his thoughts. She did not return to Ethel Feth- erston, but sent her a letter. "Come round at six-thirty to night and stay to dinner. I want to tell you all about Cyril. Don't be miserable, all will be right," she wound up. But in her heart Rebekah was not fiO sure. She could only hope. She was guilty of rudeness when Ethel arrived, for she did not make her appearance till within a, few minutes of seven. She was not anxious to be cross-examined by her. "I am sorry to be so late," she said apologetically. "Did you see Cyril?" Ethel asked eagerly. "Yes, but not a wor<I about him until after <linner. I forbid it ab- solutely," she said playfully. Hut it was evident that llebekah was nervi.UH, for she cnnhtntly looked at the door. At la.st it opciie<l and a servant stood silently there, in accordance with the in- strui^tiniis she had give him. "Excuse me a inoineiit, dear," she said to Ethel, and quickly fol- lowed the servanc. "Where is Lord Wolverholme?' fihi! asked quietly. "In tho library, miss." "So you've come," she began quietly, "and I'm very glad to see you. Father will be down in a minute. Won't you come into tho drawing-room ?" She letl the way slowly, and when she lia<l opened the door she motioned him to pr(ee<l her. Tlien she ([uietly cloHed the door on him, and stood just for a moment, her eyes shining with tears. To Itebekali it was tho crowning moment of her self-sacriflce, for she ha<l conquered every bitter thought, nnd hatl oniergcd purified friini tilfto stnigjilo. for males under fifteen years of age, is forbidden by law in Italy "The physician attend- ing me prescribed, on my rallying from an attack of rheumatism, your Scoffs Emulsion, which I have been taking every winter since. I find It most valu- able in strengthening; and building up one after a severe illness. I have not had rheumatism since the time mentioned above and I owe It to your most valu- able Emulsion. It is my life now, and makes me strong and healthy."â€" R. PICARD, Grand Ligne, Quebec. For two hundred years be- fore Scorr's Emuusion came Cod Liver Oil was used for rheumatism. Scott's Emulsion is modernized Cod Liver Oil; the purest and best oil partly predige.sted, made palatable and suitable for the most delicate child or htvalid. It enriches the blood, tones up the entire system, and drives out rheumatism. AI.I, DRCr.GISTS L«t ua wnil you ft oopjr of Mr. PtcftrA'i Iviter AQtl uthor Utfiratur« on ths ftub. ]«o(. A I'oat Cnrcl, mentlotilnfl tbit papftr, la suBotABt. SCOTT * BOWNE 128 WalllDiloB St., W. Toronto organization, and dictated terms of peace, which gave it a practical monopoly of the production and dis- tribution of oil in the United States. It allowed tho Pennsyl- vania, its beaten enemy, to carry two million barrels a year. In re- turn, the Pennsylvonia gave the Standard a rebate of 10 per cent, on all its freight. It is true it of- fered the same concession to all shippers of oil. but hetlged round by conditions which only the Stand- ard could fulfil. IIEBATES ILLEGAL. "This was the practice of other railways until the Interstate Com- merce Act made rebates illegal. Since then the Standard has bea- ten its rivals through its owner- ship of terminal facilities at the seaboard, and by owning or leas- ing practically all the oil-tank cars on the railways,' the great storage- tanks at the oilfields, and the vast network of pipe-lines which now supersede the railways in carrying tho crude oil from the oil-well to the seaboard, or from well to re- finery. Tho enterprise of the Standard in handling a new oil region was well displayed in tho case of the "McDonald rush" in 1891. In July of that year tho district produced the trille of 3,000 barrels a day, and there were no facilities for handling any more. In Itbe middle of August, 15,000 barrels daily were being d«}alt with, the St-andard stepping in with a complete organ- ization. By Sopteuiber 1st 26,000 barrels were being handled daily ; by October 1st, 40,000; in Novem- ber, more than 80,000. Contrary to popular belief, the Standard does not own most of the oil-wells. Its business is buying, refining, transporting, and retail- ing. It takes the oil from th» pro- ducer's wellâ€"for which it has often advanced money to enable tiie pro- ducer to sink it. The quantity received from each prcKlucer is carefully recorded, and at any time he chooses, he may draw payment for his oil in stor- age at the market price of the day, either in money, or in "pipe-line certificates," which are negotiable in the open market. A JOB FOR LIFE. After leaving the refinery, the oil is distributed by pipe-linea. tank-cars on the railways, ana tank-wagons. For foreign trade, the crude oil i.^ borne to the seaboard by pipe^ lines hundreds of miles in length, and poured into tank-stcamsrs Fifteen years is the average life of the modern battleship. WIRELESS TELEGRAPHY. The practical application of radio-telegraphy continues to be extended, especially on coasts fre- quented by ships, where its use is' often of the utmost importance. 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