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«x ( j“ ve her several times, but E since Sir‘Harold‘s death," was Â¥he reply. "M she traveling with 1?"" and the.young ear! glanced * she sent her companion . for he. Phat is Artress, «n the other B Of the boat. I have never seen Lady Wynde." %a â€" «"Lord Towyn looked his astDaishâ€" ve you not been home s ‘father‘s marriage, nor since Miss Wynde?"" he asked. ‘‘No.â€" Fapa came once to see ime t my school after his marriage, but c d not bring his wife. I have picture of her which papa sent mes @ miust have adored her. His letâ€" ; 4e 5 : were full of loving praises . of her, . and in the last letter he wrote he Kold me that he desired me to ipve and obey her as if she were my ‘@wn mother. His wishes are sacred ‘to me now, and I,shall try to love Ber.. Is she very handsome?" \ **She is considered handsome,‘"" reâ€" 1 Lord Towyn. ‘"‘She is dark alâ€" | *to swarthiness, and has & 4 "s black eycs. Sir Harold alâ€" "most worshiped her.‘" « *"Then she must be good?‘‘ \â€"Lord Towyn hesitated. He knew Hittle of the handsome Lady Wynde, "but he had an instinctive distrust of _ _ ‘9K am on my waty to Canterbury 16 «» eongult with Sirâ€" John Freise and * â€" Mr. Atkins concerning some husinase â€" ‘relative to the Hawkhurst property, and I shall provably do myself the ior to call with them upon Miss Wynde in a day or two." .. "Lady Wynde will be happy to was ® ou and to consult with you," said Artross, with i!Mâ€"concealed anâ€" . ‘‘Miss Wynde is too young, I should judge, to understand . anyâ€" thing about business. ~Posides, her o har "Revaliptien ns AOunt C d.qmc f \.) ‘"I whall always be to _. come is with you. ':3-. 4 4 fiu In ber clear, . ‘I desire t6 fit mysolt for . :T"‘Bhe must be good,‘‘ he answered, fiou‘g‘ht!ully, "‘Had she not been good Bir Harold would not have loved her."‘ o ~ "‘Ah, yes, I have thought that a hundred times,‘" said Neva. ‘"I shall try to win her love. She is to stay at Hawkhurst as my special guardâ€" jan during my minority, and there can be no indifference between us. It must be peace or war. I intend it ghall be peace. You see, Lord Towyn, that I shall be almost completely deâ€" pendent upon her for society and frienmdsbip. I am coming back a stranger to my childhood‘s bome. Years of absence have estranged me from the friends I knew, and I have no one outside of Hawkhurst to look to, save Mr. Atkins and Sir _ John Freise."* "Ard me,‘" said Lord Towyn earnâ€" jestly. "‘I am associated with them, iÂ¥ know. But you will not be so utterly friendiess as you think. The old county families will hasten . to call upon you, and you can â€" sclect your own friends among them. ‘The l‘?’ of â€" Hawkhurst will beweted and" welcomed, and made much of. Â¥our trouble will soon be that you will have no time to yourself. I deâ€" sire to add myself to your list of visitors. I am staying this summer at a place of mine on the Kentish woast. But here is the Dover . pier ‘ttraight ahcad, Miss Wynde. We have made the voyage in good time, despite the roughness of the Chanâ€" nel." _ There was no time for further conâ€" Versation. The suggestive bowls were being hidden under benches by . the late suffcrers, and bundles, boxes and bags vere being sought after with reviving energies. _ Artress . arose, fgflnd her traveling bag and umbrelâ€" J@s,â€" and ~thon soughtâ€"for her charge. As her gazo cencountered Neva‘s piâ€" quant face upturned to the admiring glances of a handso‘ne young _ genâ€" tleman, she looked shocked and horâ€" rifed, and her sharp, ashenâ€"hued feaâ€" "Turos bccame vinegary in their . exâ€" pression. She approached the young ladyâ€" with unscemly haste, and exâ€" claimed: ‘‘Miss Wynde, I aim surprisedâ€"" *‘Pardon me," said Neva, quictly Alt&po‘lng, although her face flushâ€" ed haughtily, "but I desire to introâ€" duce to you, Mrs. Artress, my old friend, Lord Towyn.‘ ‘The young earl bowed, and Mrs, Artress did the same, divided beâ€" tween her desire to be polite to a mobleman and berâ€"auger that . Neva should have ronewed his acquaintâ€" ance while under her charge. Artross was deep in the confidence of Lady Wynde and Craven Black, and her inâ€" terests were identical with . theirs. She had a keen scent for danger, and in the attifude of Lord Towyn toward Neva she recognized an . adâ€" miration that might easily . deepen ‘into love. . *‘Come, my dear," said Mrs. Artâ€" ress anxiously, ‘‘The boat is at the zhr. and we must hasten ashore. ive me your dressing bagâ€"‘*‘ She paused. scecing that Lord Towyn bad already possessed himâ€" gelf of it. The young earl offered his mrm to Neva, and she placed _ her hand lightly upon it, and was conâ€" ducted along the boat to the place of landing. Mrs. Artress followed, biting her lips with chagrin. landing and examination _ of wage were duly accomplished, And Lord Toewyn â€" conducted his charges to a frstâ€"closs coach of the waiting train, seatcd them,â€"and took his place beside Neva. ~ "Are you going to Hawkhurst also, my lord?"" inquired . Mrs. Artress sourly, as he feed thanguard handâ€" momely, in order that no other iraâ€" welers might be ushered â€"into their compartmenit. voice, ‘A Gesire to NT mygoll. for my _positionâ€"as owner and dispenser of ~a large Income, I regard the money Aid not answer, but her"face _very grave and tender, and her 4 eyes glowed with a softer There was & briet silence ween them, and fnally Neva . ‘"No, madam, not toâ€"day," _ am swered the young earl pleasantly with an abrupt change of the you know Lady Wynde, Lord pva‘s Three Lover of "Lady Kildare," Beryi‘s Iad. ‘The Old lw-suu-." Ete , # e + lsnt Af t * * s xt o ol ol inh ue B/ MRS. HARRIET LEWIS LQ peik ripekeked obté nc# hi¢ and I want to leare to maunage my afairs properly ‘and with prusicuce and discretion. I think,"" she «dred lighty, "that I shall take Miss Burâ€" dettâ€"Coutts as my exemplar in this matter. She is a business woman, 1 understand, and I should like to be like her." ul â€"btrs. Artress was silenced, but she thought within herself: hy O "Our young lady has «pinions of her own, and has the courage to ¢xâ€" press them. I am afraid that she is not the bread and butter . schoolâ€" girl we expected: I am afraid that we shall have trouble with her.‘ wq‘ Canterbury was acâ€" com| ; too quickly _ for Lord Towyn and Neva. They tilked of their childbood, but no allusion was made to their childish betrothal, although both, doubtless thought of it. ‘The young earl explained that he had been over to Brussels for a week, and had no thought of meetâ€" ing her on his way home, and his face as well as his tones told : how glad he was of that meeting. The Hawkhurst carriage with its liveried. servants was in waiting at the Canterbury station when they alighted. Lord Towyn assisted the ladies into the vebicle, bade them adieu, and as they drove away folâ€" lowed them with a lingering gaze , ‘‘How beautiful Neve is!" he murâ€" mured to himself. ‘‘And so pure and sweet and tender, yet spirited! I wonder if she remembers our childâ€" ish betrothal? I don‘t like that Artâ€" ress, and I do mot quite like Lady Wynde. I hardly think Neva will be happy with her, their natures being so dissimilar. I must go out . to Hawkhurst toâ€"morrow, and . judge whether they are likely to get on toâ€" gether. If Neva does not like . her stepâ€"mother, she has but one avenue of escape _ from her dominion before she becomes of age, and that avenue is marriage. If she would only marry me. I love her already. Love her! I could adore her A passionate flush arose to his fa i; check, and a tender glowing light to his warm eyes, and he descended the steps and strode out of the station, his beart thrilling with the strange and new sensation which he . now know was love. And as he walked along the street, he vowed within himself that he woyuld woo and, if he could, would win young Neva Ab, he little knew the gulfs that would arise between him and herâ€" the dangers, the perils, the sorrows. they two must taste. And even as he strode along, ucknovdedxln‘ to his own soul that he was Neva‘s lover, Neva was spceding across the pleasâ€" ant country toward the home whore her enemy awaited her with scheres perfected, and an evil. heart hicden under a smiling face. j Wynde to be his wile Upon the morning of the dry on which Neva Wynde and Lord ‘Towyn so strangely emftountered each other upon the dingy packetâ€"boatâ€"an enâ€" counter â€" tha was destined to be fatofulâ€"a scene transpired in one ef the London suburbs to which e would â€" call the attention ef the reader. In an upper room, in one of the dingiest houses of one _of the dingiâ€" est crescents at Now Brompton, & young man, a mere youth, was enâ€" gaged in painting a picture. The room was bare and comfortless, with threadbare carpet, _ decrepit _ and wornâ€"out â€" furniture, and springless sofaâ€"bedâ€"one of the poorest roomés, in fact, a â€" lodgingâ€"house of the fourth rate can furnish. There were two â€" windows without eurtains, and provided only With teorm _ and faded blue paper shades, rolled up and confined with cotton cord. A few ashes were in the grate, showâ€" ing that although the season was sgummer, a fire had lately . burned there. The picture which the y@#§ es painting stood upon an ease!l before one of the windows, and was but little better than a daub. It ‘had been sketched by a bold and vigorâ€" ous hand, but was faulty in conâ€" ception _ and illâ€"colored. ‘The lmt upon it was bad, and the hand 3 wiclded . the brush was trembling and impatient, Weakened by fasting and emotions, _ _ _ 7 ‘The painter looked a mere boy, alâ€" though he was full tWenty years of age. His complexion was forid, his eyes hazel in hue, and he wore his brown hair long, artist fashion, and forshead. He was handsome, with an honest look in his eyes, and a pleasant mouth, but his chin was short, â€" and weak in its expression, and _ Bis countenance betrayed a character full of good and noble imâ€" pulses, yet with unlntu indeciâ€" sion, and irresolut! that might yet prove fatal toâ€" him. He was dressed in a shabby velreâ€" teen jadket, daubed with paint. and out at the eibows. His garments, like his lom. betrayed poverty of the mosk tigated . description. This young man wae Rufus Black, the onim of Craven Black who was dy Wynds‘s lover. And it was â€" Rufus Black whom his father and Lady Wynds had planned should marry _ Neva Wynde, and thus play tnto their hamds, chabling them to postess themselves of a portion of Neva‘s poble fortune. . â€" taf _ As Mr, Black had said, he had quarreled with his son some weeks bef h hism, of, ..M Ct trieads, o staft for hi + had drifted to his preâ€" #ont . lodgings,‘ ind was trying to keap © soul and L together by painting wretched pictur«:. hich Be sold to a general dealer for wreteh« *Tha picture don‘t sult me," he snid, pushing back his chair, that he might get a better view of the paintâ€" ing. "‘It‘s only a.daub, but it‘s as wandâ€"â€" as ‘the way. I‘ve been ‘thres & d 1t ‘s. bring ns ‘Kreeem _ asbiliings 4 gok Tot CHAPTER VIIL. its her dow»n with me? to _ g0 _« A despairing look gathered on his face; the tears flled his eyes; a sob escaped him. He looked haggard, worn and"despairing. He was in no soudition for work, yet he resumed his task with . blinded eyes, _ and painted on at random with feverish did Inot â€" traxel the . downâ€" ward road alone? Why must I drag _ He had grown somewhat calmer, with the calmness of an utter despair when the door apened. and a _ girl game in bearing a large basket heayâ€" ily loaded. She was a slender young Tu0s d "ate mt pass face mod mp, nar» row chest l.uu':b. tendency to consumption. Her complexion was of w clear olive tint; her hair was of a blueâ€"black color, and was worn in braids; her eyes were dark and lovâ€" ing, with an appealing expression in them; and, despite the circumstances of her lot, she maintained m . hopeâ€" tul, gunshiny spirit and a sunshiny countenance, * 4 She was the young â€" music teacher for whose sake Rufus Black had quarrelled with his father. She was the last member of a large family who had. all died of consumption. She had lost her situation as a ladies‘ school about the time that Rufus had ‘rnteo himself from his fathâ€" er; after the young man . had abandoned his parent, he had hasâ€". tened to her and begged her to marry . him. He was full of hope, ambitious, . determined to achieve fame and forâ€" tune by hid painter‘s brush, and she was weak and worn, sorrowful, and nearly ill, and quite penniless,. . Beâ€" lievingâ€"in his ule*:nd ability to support them both, s5 had accepted the refuge he offered her, and one week after Craven Black had turned his son adrift, the young pair were married, and moved into their presâ€" ent dingy quarters. They had joined their poverty toâ€" gether, and soon discovered that the achievements of fame and . wealth was uphill work. Ruflus . was fesh from his university, unused to work for his bread, and he had overrated his talent for painting, as he _ presâ€" ently discovered. He found it hard work +o sell his poor efforts, and he could not paint enough at first to bring him in twenty shillings . a week. It was now three months since his marriage, and one by one . his books, his better articles of clothâ€" ing, his watch, and other trinkets, had been sold or pledged to pay the rent. Upon this morning they had had no breakfast. ‘"How big your eyes are, Rufus!" laupl.ed the young wife, throwing off her battered little hat. ‘"You look as if I had brought you some priceâ€" less treasure; but you well may, for I have the nicest little breakfast we have had for a week.‘"‘ ‘‘Where did you get it?"‘ inquired the young artist, his thin checks flushing with an eagerness he would have concealed. ‘‘Have you prevailed on the grocer to give us credit?" ‘"‘No, I could not do that," and the young wife shook her head.‘"I‘m afraid his heart is as hard as the nether millâ€"stone we read about. He thinks I‘m a humbugâ€"a cheat! But our landlady, Mrs.. McKellar, _ you know, has faith in your picture, and I borrowed two shillings of her. See what a sumptuous repast we . shall have,‘‘and she proceeded to display the contents of her basket, unpackâ€" ing them swiftly. ‘"‘Here‘s twoâ€"pence worth of cofl@e, a pennyworth . of milk, a threepenmy loaf, and a suâ€" perb rasher of ham of the kind deâ€" scribed by the Irishman as ‘a struke ef fat and a strake of lane.‘ And here‘s & bundle of wood to boil the coffee; and I‘ve gone to the extravaâ€" gance of a sixpenny pot of jam, your appetite is so delicate. . And now for breakfast."‘ She piled her wood skillfully in the grate, put on her coffceâ€"pot and fryâ€" ing pan, and lighted her fire. Then while her breakfast _ was cooking, she laid her table with her scanty ware, and bustled about like an incarnate sunbeam, and no eme Would have suspected thit she The ”-u.wfk turned her rasher of ham in pan, and put her small allewanes of ceffes in the pot, beâ€" fore she answered gravely: %eo was weak and hungry, sicl that ghe Was sick at heart and full of dread for the future. â€" R "‘Se breakfast is provided _ for," murmured Rufus Black, in a tome im whish it would have been hard to tell which predominated, reliet _ or bitterness. ‘"I began to fear . we should ‘fast toâ€"day, as we did yesâ€" "‘Rufus, I think I might get _ anâ€" other situation to teach music. I have references, you know. I don‘t lika being so utterly dependant upon you. Â¥ou have not been used _ to work. I‘m afraid we did very wrong in getting married!" ‘‘What else could we do?" deâ€" manded Rufus Black. "I could not see you working yourself to death, Lally, when a little care would save you. You ha: to go out of doors in all weathers, and you were going into a galloping consumption. I exâ€" pected to be able to support you, but I‘m only a useless fellow, after all. I thought I had talent, but it has turned out like the fairy money â€"â€"1t has turned to dead leaves at the moment of using it. I have a univerâ€" sity education, and would be thankâ€" ful for a situation as usher in & dame‘s school. I am willing to dig ditches, only I‘m not strong enough. Oh, Lally, little wife, What is to besome of us?" _ Lally Diackâ€"she had been chriaâ€" tened Lalla by her romantic mothâ€" er, after the heroine of Moors‘s poem, but herâ€"name had lost its romantic sound through years of everyâ€"day useâ€"approached her young husband, and softly laid her check against his. She stroked his hand gontly as she said: "It is I who am useless, Rufus. You ought to havs marricd a rich wife instead of a poor little musicâ€" teacher. I‘m afraid you‘ll reproach me in your heart some day for marâ€" rying youâ€"â€"there, there, dear boy! I did not mean it. I know you will never our marriage, let what will l:wr-dtl" She ~carsssed him tenderly, and then hurried to the firs intent upon her breakfast. The coffes was steamâ€" little housswife made a row of toast, and then that his _ chair uho table, and Laily ‘‘Could he not assist us a 'fi i# he wished?* ventured Lally. have no relative to apply to. â€"I had a greatâ€"aunt who married .a _rich man, and I think she lives in Lon« don, but I don‘t know her name, and she probably never heard of me, me, Laily. I am t_‘o‘{l‘lx the â€" truth, it is my father. God,.I took ux my=~ poor mother. My {ather does not know we are married, and I dare not tell him, If I fear ':t body in this world, I fear my so I can‘t write or go to her. Let us humble ourselves to your father, dearâ€"*‘ ho *To what purpose?" interposed Ruâ€" fus, halt fiercely. ‘‘My father is . a mercenary, . villainousâ€"Don‘t mp ‘‘But he must know some time >of our â€"marriage,"" urged the young wife. ‘*You make me afraid, dear, that we did wrm in marrying. We are too young, I‘had to . work for my living. Your father . could never forgive me, and accept me as his daughter. My family is of no acâ€" count, and yours is good. . People think of all these things, and you will be looked down upon for your unfortunate, illâ€"starred marriage. Oh Rufus, if we could undo what . we have done, it might be well with ‘The young husband endeavored to console his wife, and he had brought back her bright hopefulness, . when the postman‘s knock was heard on the street door. A sudden . hope thrilled them both. They listened breathlessly, and not in vain. Presâ€" ently the housemaid‘s heavy tread was heard on the stairs, and she en» tered the room, bringing a letter. _ _ ‘‘I could bear it for myself," he | thought bitterly. ‘"But it is hard to j see Lally suffer, and I know she does | eufer, although she seems so lightâ€" hearted and brave. My poer little wile! Ab, what place have . I in the world of gay idlers and strong workâ€" ers? I am neither the one nor the other. What is to be the end of it all?" When she had departed Rufus openâ€" ed the letter, and the young couple perused it together, It was dated Wyndham village, and had _ been written by Craven Black, and con= tained simply an announcement that the father desired to be reconciled to his son; that he saw a way in which he could make Rufus a rich man; and he begged his son, if. he also : desired a reconciliation . and wealth, and was willing to submit himself to his father‘s will, to come to him at once by the earliest"train. Between the leaves of the letter was & tenâ€"pound note. . _ ‘"You will go, of course?‘ cried the young wife, excitedly. "I wish I knew what he mcant," muttered Rufus irresolutely. ‘"‘Ile is your father, dear, and you will go," urged Lally. ‘"For _ my sake, you will go. And Rufus, I beg you to yield to his wishes. They will not be unreasonable, I am sure. Say you will go!" ~ Rufus hesitated. He knew _ that when with his father, he was a cowâ€" ard without a will of his own. What if he should be driven into some act he should hereafter repent? Yet at last he consented to go to his father, and an hour later he diâ€" vided his money with his wife, givâ€" ing her the larger share, and took his departure. At that last moment & horrible misgiving came over him, and he ran back and kissed the litâ€" tle sunshiny face he loved, and then he went out again and made his way to the station, with . a deathâ€"like pall upon his soul. Rufus Black‘s heart grow hcayler .“:k and his sense of dread . doepâ€" ened, as he steamed down to Canterâ€" bury in the express train. He had a seat by a window in a secondâ€"class compartment in which were . four other passengers, but he was . as much alone as if he had had _ the compartment to himself. His travelâ€" ling companions chatted and laughed and jested among themselves, while he looked from his window upon hepâ€"gardens, grcen fields, and clusâ€" tering hamlets, with sad, unsecing eyes, and thought of his poverty, his friendlessmess, and the slow starvaâ€" tien that lay before him and his young wife. § He looked enviously at the workers in a brickâ€"yard the train was passâ€" ing at that moment. There were men there coarse and ignorant, but brawâ€" ny of limb and broad of chest; and there were children too, boys and girls of tender years, working stecadâ€" ily for scanty pay; but they were all workers, and they looked . stolidly contented with their lot. ®*With all my university educa~ tion,‘" thought the boy artist bitterâ€" ly, ‘‘I am less capable of selfâ€"support than those ignorant brickâ€"makers. Why did my father bring me up with expensive tastes and like the heir of fine estates, only to cast me off to starve at the first moment I dis pleased him? What is the empty name 6f gentleman worth, If one cannot keep it and be a worker? If he had put me to soine trade, I should not have been half so miscrable toâ€"day. I am only twenty years old, and my life is a failure at the outset.‘" The train swept on through . new scenes, and the course_o! the young man‘s musings was changed, . but their bitterness remained in . full strength . ‘"I. wonder ~what my father can want ‘ of me,‘" he sAid to himself presgntly. ‘"How can he put me in the way ‘0f a fortune? He promised that I should study law, but he has forgotten the promise. With a proâ€" fession to depend upom, I know I could win a competence. Perhaps it is to speak of this he has sent for me this morning. He surely cannot mean for me,‘‘ and the young man‘s brow darkencd, ‘‘to become a gamâ€" bler, as he has been? I shall refuse, #f ha propoces it. For my innocent Lally‘s sake, I will keep myself pure of his vices." 1 sab to Wyndham village. The drive of sweveral miles was occupied with mlluo- as to what his father ted of him, and with thoughts Of his young wife in her dingy lodgâ€" ings at KNew Brompton, and. he did mot even notice the houses, farms and villas they passed, nor any foaâ€" ture of mny.h: slmc to a ns drivee d1 â€" ap t% _ ‘This resolution was strong within him when he alighted from the train at Canterbury and took a hansom is your frather ; some three of CHAPTER IX sa id the fuir of the . _ & los "on Noth muice of the highwar, uht:l-‘lha nmmuum.w:' fi?mutnmu-. sunâ€" immense jowels, the great lawhs, the gardens, the park, the eool woods, mll these made up one ,gthuh-tphtur-mdy- of Black had ever rested upon. "How glorious!‘‘ he said. involâ€" untarily. ‘"And it all belongs to & lady t" 7 _ **Nes, sir, a mere dflw the cabman. ‘‘Bhe is at in {nu". It‘s a great place, is Hawkâ€" . MHe dropped the trap and urged on his horse, but Rufus continued â€" to look upon the house and estate with. !::t. envious eyes. Why should â€"all belong to one¢, and that one & mere girl, while he wanted for bread? His soul was convulsed with bitterâ€" ness and repining, and the shadow of his trouble rested upon his face, _A few minutes of brisk .driving brought them to Wyndham village, which consisted merely of one long straggling street, lined with houses and gardens. In the very centre . of the street, upon four corners formed by the intersection of a country road, was, gathered the business portion of the hamlet. Upon the corner was the village smithy, from whose open door came the ringing sound of hamâ€" mer upon anvil. A group of country» men were gathcred about the door of the smithy, and a few carts stood before it on the paved street. Upon & sccond corner was a general shop and postofliceo in one. Upon a third corner was a rival establishment, of the same â€" description, ~but without the advantage and prestige of the postoffice, and on the fourth corner stood the Wysdham Inn, with . its swinging sign, ample courtâ€"yard and hospitable look. It was an old stone building, with w wide portico in front, on which were tables and chairs. Rufus Black was driven into the court, and sprang out of the cab at the same moment that the portly, rubicund landlord came out to receive him. ‘The young man inquired for his faâ€" ther, and was informed that he was in his rooms at the inn. Rufus paid and dismissed the cabman, and folâ€" lowed the landlord into the inn. He was conducted up a flight of uncarpcted stairs, and the landlord pointed out to him the door of & front chamber as the one at which he was to knock. Rufus quietly liftâ€" ed the latch and ushered himself into the room, _ closing the door behind him. The room _ was a pleasant little country parlor, with three casement windows, a _ faded carpet on the floor, caneâ€"scated furniture, and & jug of flowers on â€"the . mantclâ€"shelf. The sunlight streamed in, but its heat was tempered by the delicious breeze. The Honorable Craven Black was not in the room, but there were vestiges of his occupancy on every side. Upon a small table stood his massive dressing case with mirror and brushes mounted in exquisitely carved ivory, and with boxes and bottleâ€"stoppers of finely chased and solid gold. All the appointments of the large case were luxurious in the extremo, and Rufus thought bitterly that the sum which that Sybaritic affair had cost would ‘be & fortune to him in his own present destituâ€" tion. A bcautiful inlaid writing case, a tolfkéco jar of the finest Sevres porâ€" celain, a Turkish pipe mounted h old and amber, & liqu case, and snrious other cofl.‘lyq :i-, .'lf'. scattcred lavishly about. The Honâ€" orable Craven Black had never deâ€" nied himself a luxury in his life, and these things he carried with â€" him wherever he woent, as necessary . to his comfort and happiness. Rufus Black‘s lips curled as he looked on these luxuries and mentalâ€" ly calculated their cost. He was in tho midst of his calculation _ when the door of the adjoining bedroom was opened from withim, and his faâ€" ther‘ came out, habited in slippers and dressingâ€"gown, and with an Inâ€" dian embroidered cap of scarlet and gold poised lightly on his fair head. HMis light eyes opened a little widâ€" er than usual as he beheld his son, and his usual cynical smile showed itself disagreceably around his white tecth. This incidept of the late Rev. Dr. Mackay, of Formosa, is told by a correspondent of The London Advorâ€" tiser: ‘"I had the pleasure of being acquainted with Dr. Mackay . some years ago. HMe preached for us . in St. â€" Mary‘s â€" Presbyteriam | Church about 30 years ago. He also spoke of his intention of going .out as a missionary to the heathen in Forâ€" mosa, where he soon after went. He was always a man of great earnestâ€" ness and his heart was always in his work. On one occasion, when buildâ€" ing & church he sent home to Zorra township â€" for $5,000, ind without apology demanded that it be ront at once. The amount was made up and sent by return mail. Mas. Wiyenow mmm:as ‘has been :Nl. ol ..lfalfi:l tmm Th pain of â€"-4..5.9{"': ~â€"*‘So you‘ve come at last, have you?‘ he exclaimed. "I expected you yesterday." _ Paper wood is as hard as wood itâ€" self, is susceptible of brilliant tgeatâ€" ment, is vastly lighter, perfectly adâ€" justable â€" and . absolutely â€" fireproof. The . erection of skyscrapers nocessiâ€" tated a very . Scrious study of . fire proofing treatment of wood, and the result is that paper is coming . very largely into use in al casos whore woodwork has to be used. Tt is p«râ€" ticulatly adaptable for ceoilings and is becoming popular for that . put« thg, soon niter breakia awered RufMhs, "and 1 once in the express tri changed my lodgings f you knew, and the lc on from my . old to dress." FOR OVER FIFTY YEARS (To be continued ) Paper Wood of skyscrapers noecessiâ€" #crious study of fireâ€" ment of wood, and the paper is coming . very use in al casos . wherd s to be used. Tt is parâ€" table for coilings and popular for that . pur« vflgings from the one i the letter was sent old to my new adâ€" ir letter this morn Ur. Mackay me t 18. at ave ABSOLUTE SECURITY, Carter‘s Little Liver Pills. 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