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♦â- â™¦â- â™¦â™¦ â-  ♦♦»♦>♦♦♦♦♦â- â™¦Â».â- â™¦ ^^♦♦♦â- â™¦^♦-ft ♦ M ♦ M ♦♦♦♦♦^ i ^ f OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST (â-ºâ™¦â™¦-( .>^4-»-f^ ♦♦â- Â»â™¦â- Â» CHAPTER VIII. ^â- -^-â- â™¦.•â- f * ♦ "♦ •'♦â€"â- f'*' ♦â-  - ♦«â- â™¦- There was no dinner at Ripsfcone Hall on the night of the fete ; that is to eay, thore was no fixed cere- moniouH meal, but the large, hos- pitahlo tables were spread, and in- vited all to partake of what they liked best. Dorothy, highly delighted at the success of the match, had suddenly conceived the idea of having an im- promptu dance. "Wo have a good band, heaps of dancing people, 1 know; we have all got on light dresses; the ball- room is in excellent condition. I think it would be a good idea." "Oh, splendid!" "Awfully jolly!" chorused the Misses Chester ; and their opinion was shared by every one else. "Then we must set about arrang- ing it at once," Dorothy declared. "Papa, dear; where is papa '(" "I think Sir Hun)i)hrcy is out in the grounds with Mrs. Darnley,' Nancy replied ; she was just passing with some elderly ladies, escorting them to the dining-room ; her cheeks were glowing vividly, her eyes »l in- ing like stars; she felt so nervous, BO irrepressibly hapjiv. it was with difficulty she could restrain her feet from dancing. She rushed head- long to do somethingâ€" occupy her- self in some way ; or she felt that people would Vjc remarking there was something strange about her, and asking her the cause. Dorothy /rowned when she heard that her father was with Derrick's mother. "Have you been iritrtxluced to Aunt Anne, \ancy (' she asked, turning back far an instant. "Yes, just this very minute. She eeeins kind, Dorothy." "Hum!" observed Dorothy to herself; "I have not that keen ap- preciation of Aunt Anne's kindncFis that I might have." An<l scenting warfare, she drew up her slender form and marched into the gardens. Her aunt was speaking just as she came up to them. "Remeniber, Huinplirey, you arc a man who has lived all your life in the country, and you cannot Ix; expected to understand these things BO well as we women do. I tell you plainly that 1 foresee great trouble and possibly danger from " "From what. Aunt Anne?" in- quired Dorothy, sweetly, as Mrs. Darnley came to an abrupt ending. "What danger is near us?" Mrs. Darnley bit her lip; die hoped Jier brother-in-law would have KiifTicicnt tact to make some Bfirt of excuse, but .Sir Huniiihrey blurte',1 out the truth, as Dorothy knew he would. "Your iiutit, my darling, lias been telling nie that she coiif^idcrs we are doing a very foolish thing in having Nancy here," he said, jiut- ting his arm round the slender form. ".â- \n<I you, rif course, have been telling ,\unt .\nne that nothing on earth will inciuce us t«i let her go," observed Dorothy, very quietly and determinedly. "Your father and I will discuss this another time, dear," Mrs. Darnley said, smoothly, speaking in I a calm, grown-up nir, which had the result of infuriating the lovely little autocratic niistrnss of Ilip- etone Hall beyond all description. "I think not, .Aunt ,\nne," she answered, very shortlv. "for there is absolutely nothing to discuss. We j have ofrere<i Nancy a home, and a home she shall have as long as she chooses t<j own it. Papa and I are cpiite at one on that point, aren't v?V, <lear old thing 1" Sir Humphrey who had been fretting and fuming under a rigid cross-examination from his sister- in law, gave a hearty resj^onse : "That we are, uiy darling. Why, I Wouldn't give up my Nancy now for any one or anything, except to a husband, who unfortunately is bound to come along un- <.-f these days." "Oh, of course," sneered Mrs. Darnley, "«JventuresscB make 'iro- vcrbioll? gocKl marriages!" Dorothy's cheeks flushed. "1 shall not stay U) hear Nancy ^llsulte<l !" she said, hotly. Hut Mrs. Darnley herself moved way. "You are a splendid child, and a very ignorant one into the bargain, Dorothy. Some day you will see the wistlom of my remarks, and ap- preciate them. I alvNa.vs speak out, you know; it is an unpleasant ha- bit, but I can't liel|) my nature ; and when I see your father making a fool of himself, why, I tell him so without any ado. Iliiniplirey, I hope you will consi<ler what 1 have said to you, ami n/i\<i\ii my advice." AnH with that Derrick's nioflier jr'"! away majesiieally. "<>L. pujia, how augry she n^Akes me!" cried Dorothy, as she follow- ed with her father. After giving orders to the ser- vants to light up the ball-room, Dorothy was running to her own apartment for a moment, when she caught sight of Nancy still busily engaged in amusing some of the older and duller among the guests. With her anger still raging against her aunt's injustice and liardness, she went straight up to the girl, and, putting her arms round her, kissed her affectionate- ly- "Don't tire yourself too much, darling," she said, and she glanced defiantly at Mrs. Darnley, who was sitting close by. "Now, perhaps. Aunt Anne will understand quite thoroughly that i am mistress of Ripstone Hall," she remarked to herself. "I felt that I should have trouble with her. Aunt I'riscilla was bad enough, but I can general- ly manage herâ€" Derry's mother is a different kind of woman." l'"or the next hour all was bustle and confusion ; every one offered 'assistance to prepare the ball-room, and the Hon. Maude Chester, mindful of her future and her mo- ther's instructions, dragged Mr. Crawshaw into the thick of every- thing; while poor Lord Merefield struggled in vain to escajie from the Hon. Ella, in order that he might snatch at least one word from his cousin and his heart's queen. Derrick Darnley had wandered about in the cool and darkness af- ter he ha<l seen Nancy run indoors. He felt that ho must be alone to scan the golden record of the past few hours ; to learn once again the heavenly lesson that doubt and anti- cipation were ended, and that Nancy was his. Dancing had already commenced when he returned from his saunter. The soft, voluptuous strains of the music mingled with the fast beat- ings of his heart: from out on the lawn he could see into the bril- liantly lighted room, and his eyes at once went to the one face that made his world. Nancy was talking to Lord Mere- field, evidently soothing him in her gentle way ; dozens of couples were gliding round. Darnley saw <inc man after another apjiroach Miss Hamilton, but she refused them all, and his blo(d seemed to leap in triumph as he saw her eyes wander round in search of him. He threw away his cigar and hur- ried forward ; but just as he was alxiut to cliiiil) the terrace, he was attracted by the sight of two iico- plc staring hard ac Miss Hamilton in a fixetl and curious manner. One was a man <jn whom the well- cut clothes seemed to sit uncomfor- tably, who was lounging, in an un- gainly attitude, against a wall, a fixed, almost malignant look on | his dark face, and an air <if deep abstraction, which argued unfortu- nate indifference to Miss Maude Chester aii<l her blandishments. The other watcher was his own mother. There was something in the ex- jiression of Mrs. Darnley's cold, light-gray eyes that annoyed and pained her son; but whatever vex- ati<iii he might have felt at the knowledge that his mother had con- ceived a <lislike to Nancy, was Bwallowe<l up in tlu; more important burst of jealous anger h(^ experi- enced in that sit-.ady ga/e which Mr. Crawshaw levelled on his dar- ling. "Darn cad!" muttered Darnley, furiously. "How dare he stand staring at her in that beastly way ? 1 wish Nancy would let me speak openly to-night, then I could make him answer to me. In any case, he shan't be yM-rmitted to insult her with his <KlioU8 vulgarity." Totally unconscious of the proxi- mity of her lover, and the interi^t she afforde<l to both Thomas Craw- shaw and Mrs. Darnley, Nancy chatted away as easily aiul as na- turally as she could to Lor<l Mere- field. Conversation was, in fact, almost an impossibility to her; but, un»(!lfish, as usual, she V)uried her own feelings, her desire to be alone in her own room with her wonder- ful secret, and exerted herself to cheer the doleful young man, who was growing more hopeless every hour. "Here you are, Deny," Domthy Leicester cried, with an unmistak- able lone of delight in lier voice. "Where have you bei^n, truant? Never mind, 1 won't scold. But for p(!nance you must dance this waltz with me." "If that lie a penance, I welcome it gladly," responde<I Derrick, as he put his arm rouiul her waist and whirliHl her away. His eyes sought Nancy as he passed her. an<l leit her <Ia/,e<I ai\<l <.'r«'aniy with their sweet message. He know she would understand why he had not gone direct to her ; and, indeed, Nancy never gave tiiat a thought. When the waltz was end- ed he hurried up to her, but as he passod his mother he stopped. "Are you not too hot here, dear?" he asked, courteously and affectionately. "No; I am amused." Mrs. Darnley's voice told him at once that for the word "amused" she should have substituted "an- noyed." He gave her a sharp glance. "It has been a successful day, has it not?" he observed. "Dorothy makes a delightful little hostess, mother." "According to the manners of the new school, I suppose she does," his mother answered, shortly. "To my opinion. Dorothy requires at least two years more in the school- room. She is pert and uninterest- ing." "Uninterestingâ€" with that face ! Oh, mother!" And the young man passed on, laughing lightly. "They have come to blows al- ready. What a'oout, I wonder? My darling?" His brows conitraeted "I fear so. Well, aft^x to-morrow, Dorothy will have my help to fight Nancy's battles." He carefully smoothed all annoy- ance from hi» face as he reached the girl. Let the future bring what it might, they would have no jarring influences on their halcyon dream. All should be beautiful to them to- night. And as he stood looking down at her face, he lost all thought save of her beauty and herself. " 'Ah, sweet, who hast hold of my heart ! For thy love's sake I live; but tell me, ere either depart, W'hat a lover may give For a woman so fair as thou art?' " He whispered the words very low ; but Nancy heard them. This love- so iie«', so wonderful â€" almost frightened her. W'hat had she done, she vaguely asked herself, that she should be so thrice blessed ? And even in the midst of the ecstasy she faltered and shivered. "It is too goodâ€" too good to last!" she murmured. But she kept this presentiment to herself. Not through her should the faintest cloud fall over Derrick's happinessâ€" her brave, true, chival- rous Derrick ! "At last;" he murmured, as Lord Merefield, seeing Dorothy alone, rushed across the room, "I can speak to you, Nancy!" "Have you so much to say to me?" she asked, shyly. "Only the same old theme, dar- ling. I love you. I shall tell it you till you grow weary, Nancy." "That will never be," she said, with a smile ; and then she drew a shade closer. "Has that man spokfn to you?'' Darnley asked, eagerly, glaring af- ter the millionaire. Nancy hesitated. She longed to tell him all ; that she knew Craw- shaw only too well ; that it was he whom Derrick Darnley had stretch- ed low in the mud that by-gone night. But she had no chance. This was no place or opfwrtunity for such a confidence. Yet it seemed as though she were deceiving him. Ah, well ! to-morrow he would know all, and she would breathe more freely, sharing her old trouble with her lover. "Dorothy presented him to me," she answered, loathing for the pre- varication. "And you like him ?" (To be continued.) * eWY VIEW OF ABYSSINIA coNyri'ioNs th.\t prevail AT Tin: COURT. SENTENCE SERMONS. A goiKl man only punishes when he dare not pardon. Love for the truth often means liking f<ir my own notions. Most of our thorns get at us in I our attempts to sleep on roses. | It takes more than pious wish- 1 bone to uiake moral backbone. A gocKl many who are saying i "cheer up" ought to cash up. i The iiKire you think of money the ' more y«iu miss true riches. | It is not what you say to men but; what you are to men that counts. I Life is all wasted when every to- day is a funeral over yesterday. It is always much easier to re- write a creed than to keep ah alley cloan It's no use lauding r<>coiding an- geli) if you're afraid of a business auditor. The griM^es of character grow not through special efforts but in or- dinary duties. It is better for the preacher to know to-day's children than all the church fathers. When the church acts like a cir- cus the side shows always swallow the main tent. He who has many strings in his hands is sure to get his feet inixe<l up with some of them. If we wore not so anxious to seem what we are not we might become what we should bo. ^ â€" .,,. Glasses which aie used for milk or any milky substance shouhl al- ways be washed in cold water in preference to hot, as the latter is apt to leave a cloudy ajipea ranee, and nec<'S8itat<'s a great deal more labor in the wasliing. The same rule applies to perfectly new glass es which have not been used. Mcnelik Alive and the Empress an Intriguer, Says a Mioing Han. F. Marquordt, who for three years was employed as a general mining director by the Emperor Menelik of Abyssinia, has just returned to j;nglaud. His description of the state of affairs in Abyssinia is gloomy. In an interview he told an amazing story of the conditions that prevail at the court and the intri- gue for power con<lucted by the Empress. "The Emperor," he said, "is cer- tainly alive, despite the many rum- ors of his death, but for all prac- tical purpo.ses he is dead. For many years past he has been the victim of an insidious disease, which has played havoc with his mental facul- ties. "Mcnelik at his be.st was prob- ably never anything more than a somewhat astute aboriginal, and unfettered by ill health and domes- tic millstones about his neck he might have carried through the task of reclaiming the country from savagery. NOW IT IS TOO LATE. When the Emperor dies the major- ity of the tribes in the kingdom will instinctively rise up in revolt against the Abyssinian section, numbering about one-tenth of the population, and a new government will be established. "At any moment Menelik II. may succumb to his mala^fy. He has been at death's door many times in recent years, and on each occa-' sion one has gleaned something of the remarkable precautions taken by the Empress to remain one of the' dominating powers in the land. I "The Emperor, a tall, hard faced but decrepit figure, played his cards very well until the Empress crossed his path. She is one of the wiliest women I have ever met. ' Add to her cunning the whole gam- 1 ut of unscrupulous devices and you! will get somewhere near an approx-j irnat* estimate of the lady's charac- ter. For diabolical subtlety the Em- peror cannot compare with her. "Ho still wields sufficient influ- ence, mainly armed, to carry his point when occasion arises, but for the rest he is cajoled into doing thoj bidding of the Empress, whose do-' mination is very hard to explain, i She is neither young nor pretty.' Before she cast the bewitching spell of her dusky personality over the Emperor she had been MARRIED SOME NINE TIMES,' even according to her own reckon-! ing. From the moment of this sing-' ular combination Menelik's power waned. j "The Empress gathered around' her a court clique, making her pos- ition secure, and thenceforth the Emperor has had to pay due regard to the foibles of his royal consort in the matter of royal preroga-| tives." I Mr. Marquordt has a very low ! opinion of the morality of the Ab-I 'yssinian. | I "The capacity for thieving is the I Abyssinian hallmark,'' he says. "The people thi*-ve fi-<iin the cradle to the grave aiul vary a career of dishonesty with almost every known' vice. I "The King apparently enjoys the privilege of being able to dishonor his own obligations, and the yueeni invariably tries to go one better. I As general mining director to the Emperor, I tleveloped <piie of his gohl fields and showed that it would produce as much as nine ounces oi pure goltl to the ton, thereby rank-i ing as one of the richest gold cen-' tres in the world. Love of gold is' one of his Majesty's weaknesses. I have seen in his treasure house no fewer than thirty bags of gold, each bag sufticiently capacious to hold a couple of hundre<lweight of coal. "The gold was probably worth millions, but instead of regarding it as national wealth Menelik, back- ed by his wife, perceived a source of danger in mining success. Every form of security was thereupon de- stroyed, all compacts denied and there was AN END OF THE MAITER. The Abyssinian court enjoys the possession of immensely rich gold fields, but no one will invest a pen- ny for their development. I have a deed bearing the Emperor's per- 8<inal seal, but the document is not worth anything beytmtl what a cu- rio dealer would put upon it." Mr. Marquordt is equally severe upon the legal system of .Abyssinia, which he ileclares is as vile as any that can btv fouiul. Ho says: "The person accused of theft is branded on the forehead ; to bo deemed a purveyor of court gossip ends in the culprit's tongue being cut out, and every one suspecte<l of having overheard unpleasant truths is deprivp<l <if his ears, or HEAD ^'^ ACHE Stop it In 30 minutes, without any harm to any part of your system, by taking •♦NA-DRU-CO" MONtRCAL. 27 Headache Wafers ^^^J^.^,^*" National ORua ano Chemical Co. of Canada Limited. FOR PINK EYE DISTEMPLR CATARRBAL FEVER ANO AIX NOSE AND THROAT DISEASED Cures the «lck and B<-ts us a preTtalallTe fof ethers. Liquid given <m tbcloDKue. 8a/e /or brooU mares anil »n other*. Best kidne.T remedy; 50 ceuts a bottle; M.OO the rto/en. 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WHlTt;, PreBidenL various accusations, however ill founded, the punishment may mean either poisoning, decapitation, hanging or stoning to death. "The cutting out of the eyes or the amputation of hands and feet are also among" the barbaric modes <.>f meting out justice. When I re- solved to quit the country a plot was formed by the court to have me assassinated, and only the great firmness of !^ir John Harrington, the British t'onsul, prevented it being carried out." EXISTENCE. Hebrews 11 : C. Though all external things may glide Beyond the range of nio.'tal sight, One great Existence must abide .•\nd shine in everlastiug light: Our gifts and lives and days arc His: And we rejoice to know "He is." AVhen to our fellowmen we turn And view each face and form and limb. This precious truwii we soon may learn : â€" Their lives arfr all sustained bv Him: Though frail and weak and scatter- ed far. This fact remains, they surely The soul awakened from its dream With fear surve.»8 the press and strife: Placed in the vorte.x of the stream It K'arns the deepest things of life- Beyond the changing dross and sham The living soul can say "I am." .•\nd in that Ocean grand and deep Which throbs with all-existing love ; The soul its onward course can keep, .â- \n.-! seize the prize all else above: And grateful praise each soul may give T<i that great One in whom "we live." T. 'WATSON. Uniondalc, Ont., 1910. Here's a Home Dye That ANYONE Can Use. HOME DYEING has always beea more or less of a difficult under* takingâ€" Not so whan you uaa DYOLA i ON£«K •ALL KINDS 3 S«nd lur Sampla C^rd and Slory DooLI.I t* The JOHNSON. RICHARDSON CO.. Llinlt.<l, Montr«.l, Ctn, JUST THINK OF IT I With DV^O'LA yoo can color either Waal. Cotton, Si!k or Mixed Goods Perfectly with the SAME Dye. No ciiaace of using the WWONC Dye tor the Goods > ou have to color. Shikhh Cum aalckly alopa coa^ka. 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Pills are to be avoided as much as pos- lible. FAX R-FAX are put up in Tabloid lorm and sold at only asc a box, "ut j^c [1 an envelope and send to I'TOR REM. I'.DY CO., lib V'orkville Ave , Toronto, I nd we will send vou a box of UTOR, also » free box of FAXR-FAX and UTOR UONDF.R BOOK. Write to-day. Agent. â- \ anted. 23 ccau Many a silk hat covers a mercer- ized brain. TIk> â-  world never forgets those who forget thcnwclves. JKST COST GIRL ULR LIFK. Young Woman Had Dressed Ip a» ii Urigund. From Paftinico, in Sicily, comes news of a very sad aftair in which ail innocent jest has cist one young woman her life ano loft her sister seriously wounded. T.ie two wo- men, Anna and .\ntoiiina Polizzi, the latter being only Hi years of age, took it into their heads to play a joke upon the tenants of a house not far from their own. They dressed thems<'lves up as brigands, and directed their steps towards the neighboring dwelling. They had disguised themselves so well that they completely duped a man nam- ed Suvarino who was walking about with a gun in his lian<l looking for game. He asked th^ supposed bri- gands the reas^on of their visit, but without deigning lo re;i|\ the young women contiuueit their walk. After again calling upon tliciii to stop, Savarino placed his gun to his shoulder and tired twice. The fic- titious brigands fell to the ground. One of them, .Autoniiui Polizzi, was shot through the heart, while An- na was seriously injured. It was from her cries of terror that Sav- arino recognized her \oice as that of a woman, ami rea-iztnl the ter- rible nature of his mistake. He has now tied from the neighborhood. »> LIGHTING THE I'ARM HOUSES. With the increasing education of farmers' children, and the increas- ing intellectual ami social life in farm-homes, the use of artificial light in farm hous<"s is increasing, and the money economy, but more the sanitary economy of artificial lighting is of increasing importance. Nor may the aesthetic element, the effect on life of attractive lighting, oe left uncoii?klered. All kerosene lights without man- tle are very unlike daylight, hard on the ces, and henc>e' likely to priKluce pain and nervous irrita- tion and injury to health. Paste to Keep.â€" Make half a pint of good flour and water paste. Boil it well and be careful that there are no lumps in it. When cviol add t^^n drops of oil of cloves, and put in » wide-mouthed bottle for use. Don't stitch skirt seams all in one direction ; the bias side should be held under the straight edge, which means that the seams of half the skirt should be stitched from top to bottom and the other half from bottom to top. 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