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â€"_ ted, and . om the â€" ;g:;~m;ll. w * ‘tacked " .. and she </ changed /. Rave fo f . "The e or three years Theo remained in the oy: of the Vales, and during t a try as she would to recon oun; (e, her efforts always cnded in But two events happened during the d e Theo ~was companmion to Vale: the first was their Geâ€" Pture from Florida as soon as the utiful invalid‘s condition had permit: ic i the takmg up their refidence f ', MHeights in Biooklyn; the other WX ewent ~was a â€"seriousâ€"fevor which atâ€" ®" (trcked Theo, nearly costing her her life, \ and she arose from that sickâ€"couch so â€"chan; that her best friend: would i. Rave found difficulty in recognizing her. _ Whree years had made a change in her *3 ture, tooâ€" The childish schoolâ€"girl of We » who had. been betrothed to â€"Ha Strathmote at the major‘s deathâ€" hss There were moments when her very O soul yearned for him with a pitifal Fearnin that would not be appeased \ when she cried out to Heaven that the struggle was more than she could bear, â€" #hat, instead of learning.to forget him, Mer great passionate love for him had grown a thousand fold. i\ He was married, the hero of her girlâ€" _/ Ish dreams, or so she quite believed, yet S sK beyond her power to forget himâ€" _ â€"Gould she ever meet him calmiy, this o fairR3We4, handiome man whom she 'ii: rorshipped so madly, yet whose love :’.«‘ mever been hers? mieet him. with his ~. young wife leaning on his arm, without \ the bitterest pangs of jealousy? _ Phe eyes were as brown as of yore, butâ€"the soft, dark hair that had clusâ€" sd @round her shapely head in glossy fallen a prey to the havoc of yet in its place bright golden about her broad brow, f difference in the color of her t made a marvellous change in bed was not so tall by half a head as the graceful young lady who answered mow to the name of Miss Lester. _ ‘Theo had grown dazzlingly beautiful; i‘zcaut'- dream could have been fairâ€" €r. Her great ambition, too, had been W. although she lived at the home the Vales. Theo was known as a ‘%np, anion" no longer; she was known ms Miss Lester, the music composer. _ Her own songs which she herself had get to music had brought her fame. They were always sweet love songs with simple pathctic melody that alâ€" ways touched the heart. Young ladies sang her songs in their parlors.. They were sang onâ€"the operâ€" ‘atic stage; even the little newmboys wkistled them on the streets! Wew were more popular in society Miss Lester, and more than one §Ct-red why one so young, so gifted, o beautiful, sent away one lover after another always with the same answer, "I would love you if I could; I have no heart to give youâ€"" It was quite true; she had no heart to give them; her heart had been givem long since to handsome Harry Strathâ€" more, the man who had hated the bond of betrothal which bound him to her, snd whom she bad set free to maurry her rival. s For three years Harry Strathmore‘s mame had not passed her lips, for she med him the husband long since of f t Kensington. But there were times in the lonely silâ€" enee of her own room when she held out her white hands longingly toward the Biue ocean, crying out yearningly: "Oh, my love! my dear love! how different life might have been for me had you but AnwaA maPt ~*Heaven keep me from hating Vioiet!" she 'Oflxy out in the solitude of her Foomm. : * _has robbed_me of all that % holds dear; she has won the love that would : have made this dreary g’fl a puradise to me. ~Heaven keep ‘me from hating her." & it will be a happy evening for y said Florence« :-um for a few short moâ€" _ment would rest in Arthor Vale‘s itms; the face that for four long, weary _yea had been turned so haughtily _from . he with bitter, | angry . scor® M n it '“ii pond “:{'&“2 â€" own toâ€"nig mn «pon a d guesta not know upon what ‘footing they stood:= And Florence Vale :mnn a lifeâ€"time of pain to Bave moments of hap her face was Aushâ€" keen anticipation, and her vioâ€" m&vfiohfifl.mfld m :Cm T oie .. *‘ 300 Ti he heip Toring het?‘ Â¥eith her toilet There was to be a grand lawn fete, ending in a grand ball, to be held at the Vale mansion on the Heights, and Theo was to be the principal attraction, as Florence Vale laughingly deciared. ,&_m of the two great cities were to wg, yet this did not influence ; to take more than the usual pains ;% a number of notables are to be present, among them some one whom !»Mrs. Vale continued; "but } the name from you unâ€" til the last -ln”te..to make the surprise â€".Pheo smiled, but did not question her as to the name. will ‘be happy toâ€"night, Florâ€" she said "Your husband can «( out against your sweet entreatâ€" éarnest prayers much lomger." « vfi.l-"M It was a great gnined, ng bis consent to give ball; but his opening the ball by f the first set with her was & of etiqubtte, not inclination, she rll.huh(hh-.lo- his voice, yet so far apart him; and the pity of it was, that h'u:':nehaui.ud.- t ere were tears in Theo‘s hm eyes as she listened to the Ennummv.u.u love. a miserable life she led, livâ€" OHAPTER XXYL â€" an she looked at her an mhm.‘-‘ ‘Whe looked like a BY LAURA JHAN LIBBEY. , _ BWhe Jooked like a hersalt looked !ike in her drees of soft, point of her future, that after toâ€"night the calm of her life would be broken, whe would not hare entered the ballâ€" room so thoughtlessly. mmm-au.ww ane word, one glance, or a smile. Young girls envied her, and the young gentleâ€" men adored her. ‘They raved over her glorious beauty, and Theo enjoyed their worship. * ouks "Now, my dear," cried Florence, com:â€" ing up to her, "here are some old friends who can hardly wait for the opportunâ€" ity of finding you disengaged for a moâ€" ment," and, turning hastily ~around, ‘Theo was almost overjoyed to find herâ€" In another part of the ballâ€"room two gentiemen stood watching the lovely flushed face as Theo turned to greet the Winfields with trombling, outstretchâ€" ed hands. The gentlemen were Colonel West and Harry Strathmore» "Yonuk"!mthntfi!l,kw!‘ym girl is," cried the colomel, "and I do not know in what words I should answer you. Her name is Miss Lester; she is the rage of the metropolisâ€"the most heautiful girl the sun ever shone upon! When a man looks into her eyes he forâ€" genaerythln.clu-_" _ _ ho Pneat e ruedt anve "You are very eloquent, colonel. . I imagine you have beem looking inte them," laughed . Harry Strathmore, goodâ€"naturedly. The colonel sighed. "Yes, I looked into them once," he reâ€" eredâ€"much like the eagle: that looked too long at the sun. I looked into them and I was lost. That was over three "years ago. From that night to this I have searched for her, never findâ€" ing her until toâ€"night." "It was certainly a case of love at first sight" said Harry Strathmore, laughing at his friend‘s enthusiasm. "If the tender passion would make me look as hopelessly wretched as you look, 1 hope it will never come to me, my den> colonel." " "He luu at scars who mever felt a wound,‘" quoted Colonel Westâ€" And it occurred with amusement to Harry Strathmore that, although his friend had spoken so rapturously of the lovely young girl standing beneath the palms yonder, he did not offer to present him to her. plied, "and I felt dazed, dazzled, bewildâ€" Her profile was turned but partially toward him; he could only guess what her face was likeâ€"pretty and cogquetâ€" tish, no doubt, like the faces of thouâ€" sends of pretty girlis Harry Strathmore was too eynical, too much a man of the world, to give her another thought. Yet, in circling the grand bailâ€"room s few minutes later in the walts with Florence Vale, he suddenly found himâ€" self face to face with her. At first he was incredulous, thinking some beautiful picture had stepped from its frame. Then he looked againâ€"and he never forgot that picture while he lived. There was a beantiful overhanging plant, green, with rich red flowers drooping from it, that formed a natural arch, and she was standing undernenth it. He did not see the man to whom she was speaking; he did not think of him. Every sense, every thought, was engrossed in herâ€" behcld such a lovely girl. He began to understand what the colonel bad meant when he said, "When men look at e# their hearts go from themâ€"they ate lest"" Harry Strathmore quite forget he wias staring at her, he was ®> @0% plctely charmed and bewildered by the levely vision. 220 "Of whose face did she remind him so strangely?" he asked himself. There was something almost familiar in the slender figure, every line and curve of which was full of grace. Mrs. Winfield‘s voice aroused him. She had taken his arm. "Come with me, Hart ®# â€"= nephew," she said; "I want & you to Miss Lester." _ , â€" "Come, Harty, my dear nephew," 1@ peated Mrs Winfield, tapping the yoUR8 man on the arm with her fan, "come, and allow me to present you to MJ friend, Miss Lester. She has heard me speak of you often." f She took his arm and drew hbim to ward the spot where Theo stood be neath the waving paimâ€"branches. A strange and indescribable feeling swept through Herry Strathmore‘s heart as he Crank in with eager gaze the full beauty of that perfect face. Where m,,,....,,..gm.m.m sensitive mov _ and such browm vek vety eyes? | _2 . lox 122 dh _ B dudans A tave eP taer t + 7 w "Is she not a beautiful girl?" she ask: ed, as they advanced. a "Yes," repli¢d Harry Strathmore, "the most beautiful girl that I have ever be mEVT® Mrs: Winfield laughed softly, gleeful ly, telling herself that her "handsome nephew bad fallen in lore with Theo at first sight." C "ucs Li i h. Ascbd At that instant Theo turned het glance in their direction, and saw him approaching her burricdly, Mrs Win field leaning upon his arm. â€"% Strathmore, Like a dream she heard Mrs. Winfeld go through the formula of the introduc tion. She heard Harry Strathmore s47, her volce, and had not recognised het! that the would mover betray her iden Yet he owned to himsclf he had never CHAPTER XXVIL face with Senator Winfield her check, the clasp of his strong arus sround her, the beating of his heart, he was anpther‘s, and that he was lost to ber for evermore? _ _ _ _ _ _ _ *E should preter any . OAhe ozy;mmmflm' Harry Strathmore feit piqued. Any other lndy in that grand glitter hmnflhnmwfi w4 to hevre waltzcd with him, he well notice how she shrank from the touch of his hand and the clasp of his armâ€" "Why had this besutiful girl taken such an aversion to him at first sight?" he asked himself, in the deepest wonâ€" ":I.ofl(lotndflind. That one waltsâ€"quadrille undid the work of years, Theo thought she had schooled her heart against him, but love was not to be disciplined thus easiâ€" ly. Poor Theo realized that the Theo of twenty loved Harry Strathmore a thowsand times more deeply than the Theo of seventeen had doneâ€" That was a childish beautiful love, this was the full, passionate strength of a woman‘s love, the love that blesses or curses huâ€" msn hearts. f _ "May I name down for the wext -gl‘n‘r'umm grace; as ‘Thee conld MnMnm for refusing him, she bowed aâ€"cold consent. To her horror, she found it was, after escape frowm him From that hour Harry Strathmore felliowed Theo about like a shadow. He took great care to place himself in every set with her. If she strolled out on the balcony, on Jooking up she was sure to find him near her; if she seat ed herself at the piano in the grand drawingâ€"room, she would find him at her side, ready to turn the music for "Why is Violet, the wife for whom he deserted me, not with him?"‘ Theo askâ€" ed herseif; then she remembered that it was not unusual for husbands to be seen at grand gatherings unaccompanâ€" ber ied by their wives No doubt Violet had not chosen to come. "Why will he torture me with his soft, winning, meâ€" lodious voice and his presence?" thought ‘Theo, bitterly. Theo had.gone to the musicâ€"room to rest for a moment, expecting to find it quite deserted. A merry group (f young ladics followed her there, laughingly deâ€" claring that Theo should not leave the musicoom without first favoring them with a songâ€" "I like something sentimentalâ€"n nice song," said one young girl, glancing up coyly into her lovely face. _ _ "What shall it be?" asked Theo, seat ing herself at the grand piano and runâ€" ning her white slim fingers over the frory keys. "‘Only a Pansy Blossom‘ is a charming ballad," interposed one of the young gentlemen; "won‘t you favor us with that, Miss Lester?" Before Theo could reply, one of the young girls had chimed in: "Here is something ever so much sweeter; do sing this for us first, Miss Lester," and she placed the music on the rack before Theo. ‘Theo‘s heart gave a great throb as she read the title; she grew faint and dizâ€" Yet she must not falteeâ€"she must schoo! her aching heart to meet every emergeney. _ â€" .-vâ€"-n; it wis no wonder,for every word plerced her heart like brands of scorch ing fire. â€" â€" â€" ‘The white fingers did not falter over the keys, the sweet, clear voice did not tremble over those words that seemed almost to have been written for her. " "Thou hast learned to love another, Thou hast broken every vow; We have parted from each other, And my heart is lonely now. Oh, was itâ€"well to sever ‘This beart from thine forever? Can T forget thee?â€"never, _ Bhaill, farowell, farewell, forever.‘" beem standimg by her side, leaned uver to term the music for her, and in so deâ€" ing his hand brushed against the white one gliding over the ivrory keys. In an instant the music ceased« Theo raised her eyes, meeting Harry: Struthmore‘s ==-‘bm tull nper her face, Her voice hes, the great chandelier above her head seemed to. suddenly darken, shutting. out from her gaze the faces around her, the words of the song died hn the last word fell from Theo‘s white Bgoa, Marry Bizathmore, who had on her lips, and sbe fell backwarnd into Harry Strathmore‘s arms in a dand It was but the work of an Instant to gother the slender figure in his strong arms and bear her from the heated musicâ€"room out into the fragrant cool: ness of the night wind in the garden. The young girls scattered in all direcâ€" tions in search, of their hostess, Florâ€" ence Vale, while the young men hastily went in search of a doctor. â€" ‘Thus it happened that for one brief moment Harry Strathmore found hbimâ€" self alone in ..the statlit fragrant gar den clasping the unconscious form in vily against bis shoulder, the lovely white faceâ€"whiter than the petals of 1 Miy, with the long curling iashes over the rounded checks, lay against his Harry Strathmore was not a marble statue, he was only human, with a warm, passlonate, impulsive heart beatâ€" ing in bis breast.= .. _ hok Can you wonder that he clasped the slender form close to his throbbing heart, murmuring: "My beautiful darling! how sweet and lovely you are!" The next instant he had bent hbis handsome head sand kissed the lovely Theo struggled from the clasp of Harâ€" ve Strathmore‘s arms with a cry of dis "Kou frainted in the musicâ€"room, Miss W" explained Harry Swuthmore, 1 brought you out in the cool air while the rest went im search of the â€"-';'afi watm for me, 1 rememâ€" is stzong The ifllm.dhn head rested her At that instant Theo opened her "Thank youâ€"yes, I am better; the , Jooking around her in bewilder and a doctor. You are better a him when thry were out ..; she was obliged .4 the dance with him; yet thmmore could not help but CHAPTER XXYVIL. down the roseâ€"borderâ€" buitâ€"room, and the festivities .of _ the evening went on as beforeâ€" .. P "p control myself better than *‘â€"kw "The sound of his voiceâ€"the touch of his handâ€"one glance from his eycs must not agitrte me so.". It seemed to the girl that the whole world must read her secret. Mrs. ‘Winfield was too wise to menâ€" tion her nephew‘s name to ‘Theo, lest she should remember bow enrnestly she had striven to make a match between them three years before, and Theo was too proud to ask Mrs. Winfield about Violet ‘Theo had been too confused to notice that Mrs. Winfield had introducâ€" ed Harry Strathmore as her nephew. She believed him a friendâ€"nmothing ‘Theo was -fillan&o‘d*t\.t young Dr« Melv of Rosecliffe, â€" was the one referred to when Mrs, Winâ€" field mentioned "her nephew." A week later the Vales took up their sumumer quarters at the Oriental hoâ€" tel, Manhattan: Besch Theo accomâ€" ponied them, when to her dismay she found that Harry Btrathmore was soâ€" mthm for the summer, too! Still, was not with him. Again Harry Strathmore sought and improved every opportunity of cultiâ€" vating beautiful Miss Lester‘s aequaintâ€" ance; there was a certain dash of roâ€" mance about it, owing to the fact that the girl seemed to detest and avoid him Harry Strathmore was by no means vainâ€"yet he was not blind to ris own accomplishments and the favor in which he was held by the charming belles who graced the beach. weo=â€" It was quite useless for bewitching young girls to single him out as the handsomest and best catch of the seaâ€" son. | He was proof against all their pretty arts of coquetryâ€"their coy blushâ€" es and blandishments. It was soon whispered about that he had no eyes or ears for any one save Miss Lester. ‘l‘l: was not to be wonâ€"that was eviâ€" ut. "WWhy does he follow me about so per sistently? Does he suspect who I am, and is he waiting for an opportunity to say,‘why are you masquerading here un der the name of Miss Lester? You are greatly changed, but despite those changes I have discovered that you are Theora ‘Chester.‘" No thought that she had fascinatedâ€" charmed himâ€"ever occurred to poor "fow he must abhor the very memâ€" ory of that hapless Theo who came so near separating him from the girl he loved," she told herselfâ€" It often occurred to her to warn those pretty girls that the idol they were so eager to worship was married; that he rad no‘ right to give to the world the mpression that he was singleâ€"free to woo and win them. Florence Vale watched handsome Harry Strathmore‘s strange wooing of Theo with amusement. Once she tried w expostulate with her, but the gitl jurned such a pale, pained face toward her that she cried out in wonder and "Do not mention! Harry Strathmore‘s namg to me, Florence," she said, in a quick, stifed voice. "I hate him!" and before Florence Vale could recover from the astonishment of witnessing this veâ€" hement outburst of passion from the usually quiet Theo, the girl had quitâ€" ted the room: ing Harry Strathmore. Why should she That afternoon when Harry Strathâ€" more joined a group of young girls on the seaâ€"shore, among whom was Theo, he noticed with a thrill of pleasure that she did not turn and walk abruptly away as usual, and he fattered himself that she was beginning to look more kindly upem his patient devotion. fe The greup of chattering young girls made way for him. He fung himself édown on the white beach at Theo‘s feet, but the gracefut, golden head, after a alight inclination, was turned proudly away from the face gazing up into her “lnt'rhumoudhpuumu-. If â€" you Mr. Btrathmore," sald a bewitching little blonde, laying m little mite of a white hand in a halfâ€"careless, halfâ€"caressing way on his arm. "I am trying to induce these timid girls to take a dip in the sea with me. I have Miss Lester half persuaded nlready If she goes the rest will follow; now, add your entreaties to mine and tell them the sea will be delightful this terribly warm afternoon." ‘ "I think Miss Lester is quite right in hesitating to trust the water today» ‘There is danger in its wooing. Do you see how high the breakers dash on the whore? I have been tokd it betokens ® awift, treacherous underâ€"current." "Ohb, how cruel of you, Mr. Strathâ€" more, to say that," pouted the. little blonde belte, who was quite an expert swimmer among the breakers, and longâ€" ed to show her dexterity in battling with the huge waves; "of course your opinâ€" fon will decide Miss Lester, and my eloâ€" quent arguing of an hour‘s dngnon has all been in yain." 3 Erfi'fiifiou looked up in swift alarm. â€" â€" â€""I think not," returned . ‘Theo, very quietly; "I have made up my mind to go into the surf with you." _ _ _‘The little blonde belle looked delight ed; Harry Strathmore looked annoyed. ‘Theo crested her beauntiful golden head, looking down at him with cold, proud eyes; she would have gone now, even if death itself stared her in the face. "You will promise that you will not go, Miss Lester?" he pleaded engerly. "Why do you take so much interest in this matter?" asked Theo, sharply, "Why do you wish to court danger, Miss Lester?" he asked im a low voice. "You can see for yourselt how heavy the sea is I beg of you do not be tempted into the surt." The words: "Because I love you so madly," sprang to his Hps, but he foreed them backâ€"this was neither the time nor place to uttor them. s L He smiled, and a tender look come im to his fine blue eyes. "Would I not stretch out h.t!': save a rash child from rushing + long into danger? or turn waldeâ€"from ts course a bird that was > seemingly bent upon futtering straight into a trap? You are like the child or the bird, you must be saved from the fruits of your own folly." aPEE E:: With a haughty toss of her g##den guris and a sneer on her crimson Hps, "Thes ploked up her book mnd â€"Ince sun» shade and . waiked â€" haughtily, aw$7. Marry Strathmore could not tell whe ther she meant to heed his warning of & strange, reckless resolve sof she would cease avoidâ€" Intor as he passed the _ How madly the whiteâ€"capped waves dushed over the four yowo who clung to the ropes with slcuder "They have founa the water mact too rouxh for them, just as I told them.‘ he muttreed, strolling _ mechanically Theo saw him coming toward tham and a ‘reckless, deflant light famed in to her brown, flashing eyes % *I will show him bow Vttie I think of his warning," she thought, striking boldly out fully a rod ahead of her comâ€" panions» It was a fatal move: all in an instant down the beach It was a fatal move; all in an instant whe realized it; the great waves carred her far out of the reach of the protectâ€" ingropes, and in a single instant mbre the treacherous underâ€"current dragged her down. Hoarse cries echoed from hundreds of throats as the horrified spectators reailz ed what had happened; before a life bort could be put out the girl would be swept out to sea. f But in that moment of horror a young man had torm off his coat and sprang in to the waves to her rescue, It was Harâ€" ry Strathmore! In an instant the greatest excitement prevailed. ‘Was the young man mad to risk his life so recklessly among the wild, dashing breakers? they asked themselyes, breathlessly. ‘They strained their eyes and heid their: breath. It certainly looked as if two lives would be lost instead of one. Prayers went up from women‘s hearts; men muttered, "God strengthen â€" bis arm"; and through the moments that followed they watched with bated breath, the intense silence broken only by the loud, hoarse murmur of the breakers. Harry Strathmore was young and strong, and an expert swimmer, but the odds were fearfully against him. He struck out bravely for the shining mark that was drifting out so swiftly to sea. "Courage! courage!" he shouted to her. "I will save you or die with you A moment later he boldly for the shore, of the insensible girl. _ Theo heard him, and the words infus ed her with new life» â€" _ Five minutes later, midst lusty cheers of women, Harry Strathmore laid Theo down upon the white sand of the beach From that hour handsome Harry Strathmore, of Maryland, was the hero and idol of all the belles at Manhattan Beach, and the grand parlors of the Oriental were crowded with ladies to catch one glimpse of the noble young mwan who had done such an heroic among It was evening; the chandeliers were lighted, throwing a soft, mellow light over the marble halls and vast parlors, and out upon the stretch of beach beâ€" yond, lying so white in the clear, bright starlight. _ â€"It was a week before Theo was suffâ€" clently recovered to venture down to the parlor to thank him for saving her life. TI::;;aw him out on the verandah, pacing to and fro, smoking & cigar. _ Silently she crossed the verandah and stood before him like a vision, in her elinging dress of soft, fleecy white. "I am come to thank you for what you have dome for me, Mr. Strathmore," she said, with an unconscious fintter in her voice, and extending both her hands. "I thank you se much, words will not express my great indebtedmeas! Why «id you do it? It might have eost you your own lifeâ€"oh, why did you do so much for me, Mr. Strathmore?" He took both her trembling hands. > "We will walk down on the beach toâ€" gether and I will tell you why," he answered. How smooth the treacherous, smiling sea looked under the brilliant starlight! How clear the silvery moon looked, coyâ€" ly hiding her sweet face behind the soft, white clouds, like a blushing bride be hind her velll What glamor was there that was thrown over land and sen, as they walked silently along in the soft, tender light, listening to the musical murmur of the sighing waves! Suddenly Harry Strathmore â€" stood still, looking down into the lovely face, his hand involuntarily closing and holdâ€" ing prisoner the little trembling one that lay on his arm, 3 "You ask me why I risked my life to save yours? I will answer you now; It was because I love you with all the strength of my heartâ€"all the strength of my soull Without you, life would be & blankâ€"with you, it would be a paradise! I love you with the mightiest love man ever felt for womanmâ€"a love that would brave all the dangers of earth and sea to win you." Her beautiful face was turned toward the water; her eyes were filled with a soft, dreamy light. He took courage from them, and drew nearer to her. "My darling," hbe murmured, softly stealing one arm quietly around her, "I lay my Mfe and love at your feet. You hcld my heart in your hands. Tell me my love has not been in yain." Is it to bo wondered at that im the sweet delirium of that moment Theo forgot the terrible gulf yawning between themâ€"forgot the past, forgot the face of Violet, remembering only her gréat passionate love for the man who was clasping her #o tenderly to his heartâ€" the love that was the other half of her soulâ€"the sweet love that was a part of every heartâ€"throb? "Ki. If she might but clasp ber arms around him just once!lâ€"lay her head upâ€" on his breast one fleeting moment, then die, before the moment of parting came! It was not much, only one moment. There would be no harm in listening to those sweet, rapturous wordsâ€"to feel W« breath upon her cheek, his arms Tinsping her for one poor little minute, when she loved him so wellâ€"loved him better than life itself! _ _ "You do love me," whispered Harry Strathmore. "I cam réead it in you: #weet face Look up at m&, my shy. beautiful darling, and tell me so in Her face was so near his, the proud, m”mmmfie:m«yub‘ loohdua-l:om ; there was no reproof in Was it to be wonder ed at that this handsome wooer grew bolder and mmml-â€"eh. aped her in his arms as t nothing should ever part thom, kissing the sweet lips, the lovely brown eyes, and ‘nv'.m hair, and Hittle, white, trembling ;n:fl“&.-mm maddened She would not say, "Harry, I love you," as he pleaded with her to do, but whe bad not rebuked him when he claspâ€" «d her in his arme. ‘The beantiful hoad drooped until it rested on his shoulder, us they wtood on the white beach toâ€" CHAPTER XXIX to the low, . musion! turned and struck holding the form SUBSCRIBED CAPITAL «+ = = * .s* $250,000.00 DEPOSIT WITH DOMINION GOYV‘T . . 117,140.41 All Policies Guaranteed by the LONDON & LANCASTER FIRE INS. CO. with Assets of $15,000,000. the fOlure, reMemDering onty thé preâ€" sentâ€"this sweet dream of loveâ€"such a beautiful, beautiful dream!} He clasped her in his arms, murmur ing how well he loved herâ€"that sweet love story of which young hearts never tire, and which grows sweeter each time it is repeated. What would be say if he knew she was Theo? she wondered. It was strange that in that moment of supreme bappiness she~should forget that such a person as Violet ho ever come between themâ€"forget her vyory ~xistence. In that moment of happ‘ness Harry‘s mind had flown back to ue dark rapids that murmured over the gray rocks that skirted the terrace of Strathmore Hall, and to the white face of that other one who loved himâ€"loved him so well that she had gone down to her death to seyâ€" er the fetters of that betrothal that bound her to him It was strange that in the presence of this beautiful girl whom he had learned to love so passionately his mind always went back regretfully to poor little Theo â€"sweet, pretty ‘Theo. Not that there was canything in common between them. Theo was only a simple, loving schoolâ€"girl, with a dark gypsy face crowned in masses of brown locks, This beautiful, peerless woman was taller by half a hend; she had much the same brown eyeg but her hair, unlike Theo‘s, was goldenâ€"glorious golden as the sunâ€" light. ; It occurred to him that he ought to tell bor the story of sweet, simple Theo, to whose memory he had been so truc. Surely she would not be jealous of that other love; she was too noble for thit« "My â€" darling," ho imumured, "you have admitted that you love me; would it grleve you to know that I am not entirely heart whole?" â€" With a wailing, piteous cry she tore herself from his armsâ€" © Being l%lmc-t%%m by asy Canadian Ard o# + h.' leeding Com old :m;; g{:‘"zu s Mfi-“m reo0 lflni:'s" nu:g‘;our name and address and we gn-ollnn’loo: e-n?:r Wnld send us the money and we will send all of the above 12 prizes free. Hore they are: 1 bracelot, l elegant UHROR NOC PEWT EoTE Ldalc uoys ailver chased lock, 2 olegant m;i;«li rhl and silver; 4 handsome brooches set with opals, i in Fharet id afies, torfros and and emeralds. We run all and take baok %flu'od‘y nawmmpt-h:fldm Robt. Melvin, . _ Ceo. Wegenast, W. H. Riddell, _ Excelsior Trading Co., Box 233. Berlin, 0 WATERLOO, Qot one of my splendid few sets of Harnass now. 1t will improve tha apporrance of your (2 HONEST HARNESS AT The Mercantile Fire AMQUNT OF NEW EUSINE*@ ps d for (takes) in 1900 â€" â€" . $4,071,718.00, A Company HARNESS SHOP | LEAPER BROS ONTARIO " Praise the sea but keep on land." But keep on wearâ€" ing the shoe you know to be " as good as it looks.â€"$3.50, $5.00. Admire window shoes â€" that‘s what they were made for. Alfred Wright, Secretary. T. H. Hail, Inspector. *T he Slater Shoe" t.f Incorporated 1875. HEAD OFFICE â€" â€" â€" _ â€" WATERLOO, ONTARIO, PREMIUMS FREE (To be continued.) J. S. Roos, Send no Money. Strebel‘s Sole Local Agent. INSURANCE COMPANY. HONRST PRICRS |2 ONY Eeonomical Mutual Fire Ins.Co. JouN A. Roos â€" â€" â€" â€" â€"â€" Im BOARD OF DIRECTORS. We have increased our Paidâ€"up Capâ€" ital from $64,000 to $100,000. We have placed all aur old business on at 4 per cent. Reserve Standardâ€" MghertK:nGommentnqw WATERLOO MUTUAL Total Assets 3ist December ‘99 The 20th Century finds this Comâ€" psnx in a splendid position. Security, solidity, progress and equity are our watchwords. See any of our agents or wirte Head Office for’p.rtlmhn. We have increased our Subscribed Capital from ‘%’I,GI} to ogngm _ All forms of regular sound life and endowment assurance are issued. CoMPANY. HEAD OFFICE, _ WATERLOO,0NT. We have increased our Surplus over all Liabilities from $21,210 to $35,85% We havé increased our Assets from $416,807 to $539,208. § Wells Drilled 4 Wind Mills Supplied _ All kinds of repairing done at reasonable prices Dominion Life Assurance Sanderson‘s Bakery. FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY INCORPORATED IN 1863. Geo. Randall, Keq., Waterl00, 8. Snyder, Keq., al William Snider, Keq., . " Geo. Disbel, Keq., w J. L. Wideman, Keq., St. Jncobs. Allan Bowman, Keq., Preston. P. E. Shants, Preston, Thomas Gowdy, Kaq., Gueiph. James Livingstone, Keq., M. P., 1 BUCKBERROUGH & OO‘YÂ¥, Agents OFFICERS : George Randall, President, Wwm. Snider, ;Viceâ€"President. Frank Haight, Manager. John Killer, Inspector. Messrs. Bowlby & Clement, Solicitors, Ber orF BERLIN. Organized 1871. Mutual and Cash Systems. E.Seagram M.P............. .. Wateri00, BOARD OF DIRECTORS. lin. Progress in 1900. King 8t Waterlioo. any Canadian Life Comâ€" HAWKESVILLE .+. THE...