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Lally returned to <Canterbury in the cab that had brought her out to Sandy , â€" Mrs.\Blight‘s pert li 'm‘.hi- the suburbs, and enterâ€" ed upon task of procuring a neat, although necessarily scanty . wardâ€" She bought a châ€"ap box, she had sent to her lodgings.â€" lady‘s furnishing house yieclded her w change of under garments, anothâ€" er print dress, and a gown of black alpaca, and a supply of collars and cuffs; her entire purchases amounting to ‘three pounds ten shillings. She carried her effects to her attic lodg» ings, the rent of which she had paid in advi@nce, packed her box, and set out ‘gnm in the cab for Sandy Lands. It was noon when the vehicle stopâ€" ped again before the little villa. The eabman rang the garden bell as beâ€" fore, and when the Wousemaid | apâ€" peared he dumped down Lally‘s box upon the gravelled walk, received his pay, _ and _ departed. The smart housemaid was as contemptupus as before of Lally‘s humble g%m.a, but spoke to her familiarly, if the two were upon a social level, and conducted her toward the rear porch, saying: ‘‘Missus said you was to be shown up to your room, Miss, to make your twilet before seeing the children. If you plcase,"‘ added the girl, with inâ€" creasing familiarity, "you and I are to see a good deal of each . other, and so I want to know what to call you." Whatever the social rank of Lally‘s parents, Lally herself was a lady by instinct and education. The houseâ€" maid‘s easy patronage was offensive to her. She answered quictly: ‘"‘You may call me Miss Bird.‘" "Oh,"" said the housemaid, with & sniff and a toss of her head. ‘‘That‘s the talk, is it? Well, then, Miss Bird, follow me up to your room. This way, Miss Bird. Up these stairs, Miss Bird." Lally followed her guide up the staits to the third and topmost story, and to a rear room. ‘‘This is the room of the nussery governess," said the offended houseâ€" maid, hber nose in the air. ‘‘The room on your right is the _ schoolâ€" room, Miss Bird. That on the left is the nussery. You are to have your room to yourself, Miss Bird, which I hopes will suit you. There‘s no petâ€" ting of governesses in this here ‘stabâ€" lishment. You rises at seven, Miss Bird, and eats with the children. You begins lessons at nine o‘clock, Miss ~Bird, and keeps ‘cm up till luncheon, and then comes music, langwidges, and them sort. Dinner in the schoolâ€"room, Miss Bird, at five o‘clock. Your evenings you has > to yourself." ‘"‘I shall receive my list of duties from Mrs. Blight,‘" said Lally pleasâ€" antly, ‘"but I am obliged to you all the same." The housemaid‘s face softened unâ€" der Lally‘s gentleness and sweetâ€" "I wouldn‘t wonder if she was a born lady after all," the â€" girl thought. ‘"She won‘t stand putting down, and her face is that sorrowful I pity her." . But she did not give expression to these thoughts. What she did say was this: ‘‘My name‘s Lojzy, and if I can do anything for you just let me know. There‘s my bell, and I must go. When you get ready, come down séairs to Missus‘s boodoor." She â€" vanished just as the house boy, or Buttons, as he was called, appeared with Lally‘s box. He set this down near the door,. and also departed. Left alone, Lally examined her new home with a faint thrill of interest. The floor was bare, with the exâ€" ception of a strip of loose and threadbare carpet before the low brass bedstcad. There was a chintzâ€" covered couch, a chintzâ€"covered easy chair, a chest of drawers, and a greenâ€"shuttered blind at the single window. The room had a dreary asâ€" pect, but to Lally it was a haven of refuge. _ ""Ah, back again, and punctual?" she exclaimed, glancing at a toy clock in white enamel on the low mantelâ€"piece. ‘‘I had a great many mlflnp after you went away, Bird. Five pounds is a good: deal of momey to ore in your posiâ€" tion in life, and the world is so full of sWindlers. I have already written to the ladies to whome#ou referred me. I suppose I should have waited for their answer before engaging you, but I am such an impulsive creaturé, I always do just as I foel at the spur of the moment. My husband ealls me ‘a child of impulse,‘ and the Words describe me exactly. I‘m glad She locked her door and kn@t down and prayed, thanking God that He had been so good to her as to give her a safe shelter and a home. ‘Then rising, she dressed herself _ as quickly as possible, putting on her black alpaca â€" dress, a spotless linâ€" en collar and cuffs, a black sash, and & black ribbon in her hair. Thus atâ€" tired, she doscended the stairs, findâ€" ing the way to the boudoir, at the dvor of which she khecked. Nrs. Blight‘s languid voice bade ter entcr. m rhi eclining in an arimed chair, loo«. & as if she had not moved since ially‘s previous visit. She had m book in one hand, a paper cutter in the other. She recognized Lally With & sort of pleased surprise. to see you back. I don‘t know, I‘m sure, what I should have said to Mr. Blight if you had decamped, for he does not appreciate my ability to read faces. ‘The time I got taken in with my last cookâ€"â€"the one we found lying with her head in a brass ketâ€" tle, and the kitchen fire gone out, at the very . hour when I had a large ~cunarita Paid, "Fadge, don‘t it us rles said, + "t let us Â¥u any more mpc:t t ou see, 1 engaged the woman cau«o her face was all that | ‘6 hear a word about Neva‘s Three Lovers_ u may call me Miss Bird.‘" 1,"‘ said the housemaid, with & and a toss of her head. ‘‘That‘s talk, is it? Well, then, Miss follow me up to your room. way, Miss Bird. Â¥p these stairs, e BY MRS. HARRIET LEWIS Author of "Lady Kidare," *Bery!‘s Husband, Life‘s Shadows,"" Ete, Ete â€"â€" CHAPTER: XXV, d, ing finding her employer L6 +t + pebed@fLeb@f a wave garity, pursuéd ler Theme untl "she ‘*You are looking very well, Miss Bird,‘* she said, changing . the sub» ject, ‘‘but all in blackâ€"why, you ate quite a blackâ€"bird, I declare," and she laughcd at her ilv‘n wit. h“:s you in mh‘? ve you lost a fr‘ 94 had exhausted it *"Oh, indeed. That is sad; but I do hope you won‘t wear a long face and go moping about the house, frightening the children,"" said | Mrs. Blight, with a candor that was less charming than oppressive to . her newly engaged governess. *‘You must do as the poet so romantically says: ** ‘Wear a smile, , Though the cold heart runs darkly ‘‘Yes,. madam,‘"‘ replied Lally sorâ€" rowfully, ‘‘I have lately lost_the only friend I had in the whole world." new duties.‘ She proceeded to sketch Lally‘s duties much as the housemaid had done.â€" Then she gave a history of each one of the five children who were to be under Lally‘s supervision, Three of the children were boys, and their fend mother described them as paragous. Her girls also were extraâ€" ordinary in their mental and physiâ€" cal attractions, ‘‘having once . been taken at the Zoological gardens durâ€" ing a visit to London, by a strange gontleman, for the children of a nobleman!‘* ( "I will accompany you to the nurâ€" sery, Miss Bird," said the lady, arisâ€" ing. ‘"‘I desire to introduce you _ to my darlings. 1 have great faith in the instincts of children, and I want to see what my children think _ of you.‘* to ruin the while.‘ If he doesn‘t say that, it‘s some such thing, and a very pretty sentiment Accordingly Mrs. Blight conducted Lally again to the upper floor and to the nursery, which was at the moâ€" ment of their entrance in a state of wildest confusion and disorder. The nurse, a stout old woman, and the nursemaid, a redâ€"faced young girl, were in a state of despair, and frantically holding their hands . to their ears, while five robust, boisterâ€" ous, frouzyâ€"headed _ children _ rode about the room upon chairs, played The little flock, with Laliy at their head, was conducted ‘to the schoolâ€" room, a large, bare apartment, furâ€" nished with two benches, a teacher‘s chair and desk, and a blackâ€"board. Here Mrs. Blight left them, convinecâ€" ced that she had fulfilled her duties as parent and employer, and returnâ€" ed to her book. Lally procecded to examine into the acquirements of her pupils, findâ€" *ing them lamentably ignorant. Lesâ€" sons were given out, but there was mo disposition on the part of her pupils to study. They threw paper balls at each other, whispered and giggled, and altogether proved at the very outset a sore trial to their young teacher. Their shyness lasted for but a brief period, and then, hayâ€" ing no longer fear of the sadâ€"faced governess, they began to ramn about the room, to shout, and to engage im m general game of frolics. 8 ‘"tag," and otherwise _ disported themselves. The entrance of Mrs. Blight and Lally caused a cessation of the noise. The mother called her children to her but they retreated with their fingers in their mouths, looking askance at their new governess. . The thres "‘noble boys‘‘ presently set up a loud bellowing, and the two girls . who had becn ‘‘mistaken by a strange gontleman for the children of a nobleman,‘‘ hid behind their nurses. It required all the persuasions, coupled with threats, of Mrs. Blight, to induce her shy children to show themselves to Lally. It apprared that they had a horror of governesâ€" ses, regarding them as tyrants and ogresses created especially to destroy the happiness of children; but Lally‘s smiles, added to the fact that she looked but little more than a child, finally induced them to be sociable and to approach her. ‘‘In a day or two you won‘t be able to do anything with them, Miss,"" said the head nurse. ‘"‘They‘ll ride roughâ€"shod over you." ‘‘They are so spirited," murmured Mrs. Blight. "Study their characters closcly, Miss Bird, and be very tenâ€" der with them. I have one child more than the Queen, and my childâ€" ren are named for the royal family. These three boys are Leopold, Albert Victor and George. The girls _ are named Victoria and Alberta. My elder children are at school. Children, this is Miss Bird, your new govâ€" erne~s. Now co@ie with her into the schoolâ€"room. Lessons begin immeâ€" diately.*" Laily had a vein of decision in her character, and with the exercise of & gentle ‘ firmness induced her pupils to return to their seats. She exâ€" plained their lessons to them, with an unfailing patience, but the, hours of that September afternoon secmed almost endiess to her. The children were forward, disobedient, and idle. ‘They had been spoiled by their moth» er, ano _ were full of mischievous tricks, so that Lally‘s soul wearied within her. . Dinncr, a very plain and frugal ome, was served to the governess and the children in the sghoolâ€"room at five o‘clock. . After ainner, Lally‘s €The belonged to horself, and she put ? her hat and went out for a walk, aving a longing for the fresh air. This first day at Sandy Lands was m fair type of the dng that followâ€" ed. ‘The children, un Lally‘s firm but gentle rule, becaing more quict and studious, and câ€"m~»ived an affec» tion for their young . ~~~ss. Mre. Blight was delighted with «h is im« provement. She had receivéd m i«; ‘~© fi: ‘:4“:‘- former employer®, ":i;- young girl very P and was consequontly -'.'rn.-a Wwith . hersolf for securing #uch valuâ€" able services as Lally‘s at a snlary Yees thun half she had ever . béfore * Mr.) Dlight was a lawyen in good practice at Cantcrbury, and spent his days at‘his ‘ofice, returning â€" to Bandy Lands to ding, and Joaving home immediately after And now let us discuss your cute and for, several = vants to aâ€" carriage and tor Mrs. und the lawyer‘s wines, , frequent â€" elsborate dinners his friends, and other iems by n# means small to settle, u..wu-ummu-uynmud by and yet had not sufficient sirength of will to reduce his ex~ peuses and live within his income. . One cause, perhaps, of their inâ€" ‘Udiscrect selfâ€"indulgence was that they had ‘‘expectations 210. M000 4.: sn c tmsccsc td ‘There was an “W with the family, the w of _ a wealthy â€" London bunker who _ had lr.a _ Mr. Blight‘s â€"uncle. _ This old lady was supposed to have no relatives of her own to énrich . at her death, and" the Blights â€" had lively hopes of inheriting her fifty thousund pounds, which had descendâ€" ed to her absolutely at {c husâ€" band‘s death, and of which she was free to dispuse as she might choose. This lady lived in London, at the Wist Frd, was very eccentric, very frascible, and went little in society, being quite aged and infirm. She utecat, /s 1 tpaiks A CV ue | was in the habit of c¢‘Bing down to Sandy Lands annuafly in Septemâ€" ber, ostensibly to spend a month with her late husband‘s relatives; but she always returned home within a week, alleging that she could not bear the noise of the Blight children, and that a month under the same roof with theimm would deprive her . of life or reason. It was now about the time of this lady‘s annual visit, and one morning, when Lally had been about two weeks at . Sandy Lands, Mrs. Blight came up to the schoolâ€"room, an open letter in her hand, and dismissing the children to the nursery for a few minutes, said confidentially: mMmo on n‘ ""Miss Bird, I have just received a letter from the widow of my . husâ€" band‘s uncle, a remarkable old lady, with fifty ~thousand pounds at her own absolute disposal. My husband is naturally the old lady‘s heir, beâ€" ing her late husband‘s nephew, and we expect to inherit her property. Her name is Ms. Wroat." "An odd name!‘‘ murmured Lally. * ‘‘And she‘s as odd as her name,"‘ declared Mrs. Blight. ‘*"‘She comes here at this time every year, and alâ€" ways brings a parrot, a lapâ€"dog, & bandâ€"box in a green muslin case, a blue umbrella, and a snuffy old maid, who eyes us all as if we had . deâ€" signs ou her mistress‘s life. The abâ€" surd old creature is devoted to . her mistress, who is a mere bundle of whims and eccentricities. . The old lady calls for a cup of coffee at midâ€" night, and she hates our dear childâ€" ren, and she thrashed Leopold with her cane last year, because he put nettles in her bed and flour on her best cap, the: poor dear innocent child. And I never dared to interâ€" fere to save Leopold, though his scréams rang through the house, and I stood outside her door listening and peeping, for you know we must have her fifty thousand pounds, even if she takes the lives of all my darâ€" lings!"‘ and Mrs. Blight‘s tone was pathetic. ‘‘She‘s a nasty old beastâ€" there! Of course I say it in confiâ€" dence, Miss Bird. It would be all up with us, if Aunt Wroat wore to hear that I said that. She‘s very tenaâ€" cious of respect and all that bother, and insisted I should punish Albert Victor because he called her ‘an old curmudgeon.‘ ‘‘ ‘‘Toâ€"morrow, with her maid, lapâ€" dog, parrot, umbrella and bandbex. She writes that she will stay . a month, and that she must have no annoyance from the childrdn, and that she won‘t have them in her roomâ€"the old nuisance! If it wasâ€" m‘t for her money, I‘d telegraph her to go to Guinea, but as we are situâ€" ated I can‘t. I must put up with her ways.> And what I want of you, Miss Bird, is to see that the childrgn do not stir off this floor while shogs here. Let them dic for want of exerâ€" cise, the poor darlings, rather than we offend this horrid old woman. If we sacrifice ourselves, she can‘t leave her property te seme fussy old charâ€" ity, that‘s ome comfort." _.‘‘When do. you expect this lady?" asked Lally, ‘"I will do my best to keep â€" wne childrem out of Mrs. Wroat‘s sight," said Lally gravely. ‘‘You must succead in doing so, for the old lady says this will probably be her last visit to us, as she is growing more and more infirm, and she hints that it is time to make her will. Everything depends upon her reception on the occasion of this visâ€" it. Let her get miffed at us, and it‘s all up. I declare I wish I had a place where I could hive the children during her stay. She must not see or hear them, Miss Bird." _ â€" ‘"‘Is there anything more that I can do, Mrs. Blight?" _ ‘*Yes; she always has the governess play upon the piano and sing to her in the evening. She is fond of musâ€" ic, desperately so. We always hire & cottage piano and put it in . her sittingâ€"room while she stays, and the governess plays uf her there evenâ€" ings. She‘s very liberal with a govâ€" erness who can play well. She gave Miss Oddly last year a fiveâ€"pound mote. And always when she lea vos ts after a visit, she hands me {wonâ€" ty pounds and says she never wants to be indebted to anybody, and that‘s to defray her expenses while here. I wouldn‘t dare to _ refuse 1t." ‘"‘I shall be glad to amuse her in any way, Mrs. Blight," declared the young governess. ‘‘I shall not mind her cccentricities, and shall rememâ€" ber that she is ‘aged andâ€"infirin.‘‘‘ Much relieved at hayv guarded against a meeting between ‘her exâ€" pected and her childrgn, Mrs. Blight s:p.:nad to seek an/interview with her cook. ‘‘And she has fifty thousand pounds which we must have,"‘ said Mrs. Blight. ‘"Don‘t fail to romember that!‘* _ e "and . Cre * 2 ># aaies the inflianansabic ‘Mys fl o n t n € Whs mmnry is The full ai was necessary to success . of the ‘l’.‘:u‘ game they were lhzc that a â€" should â€" marry us Elask; but she had rejected him, complotety and finally, in dbedicnce to her instinets of duty to God and to herself, and her enemies began to believe that they would have serious trouble in forcing her into the marâ€" rbfi‘ But they did not falter in the G@etermination, and the three plotted and planned until their unit» ed â€" villainy had formed a scheme ed villainy had formed a scheme which promised thim success. In accordance with the sonclusion to which they finally arrived, Mrs. Artress went away from Hawkhurst that very afternoon in the family brougham, and two trunks belonging to her were conveyed to Canterbury in a spring wagon. It was given out that ?‘ was going» to London to visit & friend, with whom she would remain until after the return of Mr. und Mrs. Craven Black from Wynde Heights. She really went up to London, but to what point she then directed her wanderings no one knew, and very probably few cared. Rufus Black wandered disconsolate, ly all day in the park, and came in an hour before dipner, hungry and tired, and with a sullen and hopeless countenance. His father encountered him in the upper hall, and went into his room with him. > ‘‘That‘s a (ine face, Rufus," said Craven â€" Black sneeringly, "to win the heart of a girl like Miss Wynde. You look as if you were traveling straight to the dogs.‘" ‘"So I am, sir,‘" said Rufus, reckâ€" lessly. â€" â€" ‘‘You dare to answer me in that manner?‘‘ ‘‘To whom should I tell the truth, if not to you?" cried Rufus desperâ€" ately. ‘‘You have made me what I am. I married a pure and innocent young girl, who but for me was utâ€" terly friendless in the wide world. You tore me from her. You perâ€" suaded me that my marriage was ilâ€" legalâ€"* "‘And wasn‘t it?" "‘I suppose it was, but ‘t was not null and void. It could viave been set aside by due process of law, beâ€" cause I was a minor, and because I perjured myself in declaring that I was of* age; but I refuse to believe that it was null and void, po marâ€" riage at all. I never wronged my poor Lally as you pretended.‘"‘ ‘‘Why this spasm of virtue?" deâ€" manded Craven Black, with a cynical smile. ‘‘The girl‘s dead, isn‘t she?" ‘‘Yes, she‘s dead! God help me!" ‘‘What a tragic groan! This murnâ€" ing you were in despair because Miss Wynde rejected you. Toâ€"night you are mourning after your cornâ€"chandâ€" ler‘s daughter. I‘d like to underâ€" stand _ youâ€"I would indeed. Which are you wailing after, Miss Wynde or Lally Rookh?" ‘‘Which?" cried Rufug, with wild eyes. ‘‘For the girl youlnd I murâ€" dered! It is she whom I mourn! I think of her stark form and open eyes and uead bruised face, as she must® hove looked when they brought her up out of the river, and my heart is like to break _ within me. She haunts me day and night. In my bed I wake from my dreams to clasp her closer to me, but my arms close on the empty mir. I seem to feel the touch of her hands on my faceâ€"oh, Heaâ€" wen! I shall never feel them there again! I was a poor pitiful cowâ€" ard. Yet what could I do? Andâ€"yet you and I are Lally‘s murderers!‘* ‘‘You act as if you had a touch of the D. T." he said. ‘"Have you beep spending _ the day fy@ Canterbury potâ€"house?"‘ _ "‘No; I have been wandering in the park, trying to forget. You need not fear that I shall get drunk again." ‘‘Your reflections were rather singuâ€" lar for & rejected _ lover of Miss Wynde,‘" sneered Craven Black. ‘"I thought you loved the heiress?"‘ ‘‘So I do, but not as I loved Lalâ€" ty. If Miss Wynde does not take pity om me, I am lost. ‘The love of a good woman would save me from madness amd utter Cospair. In time I might grow to love herâ€"as I loved Lailly, and in any case I would worâ€" ship her from very gratitude." "I am blessed if I can understand you," said Craven Black, his lips curling. ‘"You love a dead woman and a living woman, and mourn one while you want to marry theâ€" other. It is very curious. It‘s a pity you are not a Mohommedan, so that you could have had both." "‘Stop!‘‘ cried Rufus, in a tone of command. ‘‘Don‘t speak such words in connection with the names of Lalâ€" ly and Miss Wynde. I want to marry Neva to save myself from going madâ€"‘* â€" ‘"After another woman? Exactly. No wonder Miss Wynde declined the honor, with thanks." ‘‘I shall leave here toâ€"morrow said Rufus. ‘‘You won‘t do any such thing. You will stay at Hawkhurst for the remainder of the week, and play the lover to Miss Wynde, and sigh like any _ donkey in her ears, and spout :oetry, and touch her heart. ‘Faint eart never won fair lady,‘ says the proverb. Girls often refuse a man the first time he offers, for fear of being held too cheap. Pursue the girl gently, but keep pursuing." ‘‘She says her father wrote hor a letter saying he gfiev me," said Ruâ€" fus doggedly. ‘"‘She asked me about him, and I told her I didn‘t know Sir Harold from a butcher." ‘‘You did?"‘ gasped Oraven Black. ‘‘The devill" ‘‘Yes, sir." ‘‘Well, you have put your foot . in It. I knew you were a fool, but I didn‘t suppose you had arrived at such a low state of idiocy as it apâ€" pears you have. Didn‘t I t\l you what _ to tell the girl it "she ever spoke of her father?" "I seleveo you did, but I couldn‘t stand there with her eyes on me and deliberately lie to her. I understood about the letter. You wrote it." "Hush! I‘ve a good mind to leave you to yourself, and let you fetch up in some union,‘" declared Craven Black angrily. ‘"Such a dolt as you are isn‘t fit to live. How do you exâ€" pect the girl to marry you when you yourself put obstacles in the way?" ‘‘See here," said Rufus. ‘‘What are you going to make out of .my marrtinge with Neva Wynda?" ‘"Ten . thousand . pounds a year, which you are io formally agree to n.yl-a‘ out ol'i: income.‘‘ tm m #m.& â€"mie. Craven Black shivered jnvoluntariâ€" in hor absence to induca her= ¢a accept you, and I an» suse sho w m’ !oumuhddnu-fl notify me. Nlhn’thlbfikgi: will do n:‘?al © Miss '!;:‘v coquctte, â€" not Wikely ‘qfi her mind. â€" Besides, sho is likely . marry Lord Towyn." ® "I think not," said> Craven Black significantly. ‘"She is a minor, and I don‘t.. believe. she would marry against the wishes of her ‘stepâ€"mothâ€" m is if your wile. is her ,‘‘ .semarked Rufus, still recklessly.. *‘The prot‘;bili(’ is that the relationship is wern out by this time, and theâ€"sense of duty that Miss â€" Wynde may have felt toward her _ father‘s widow will fall short when it comes to be directed toward Craven Black‘s wife." ‘‘We won‘t go into ‘details," said his father coolly. ‘"If you want te marry the girl, keep telling her so. There‘s nothing like persistence.‘" ‘‘Yes; but about that ten thousâ€" and _ pounds a year?‘‘ said Rufus thoughtfully . "I1 don‘t think it would be right toâ€"take any such sum out of her income, und besides, it might be impossible.‘‘ 7 ‘‘Leave that to me,. As to the right and wrong of it, a perjurer is not qualified to judge. Confine yourâ€" self to what you can understand. It is time to get ready for dinner, and I advise you to come down with a cheerful face.‘" Rufus _ resolved to act upon his father‘s advice, and when he went down to dinner with a pale, melanâ€" choly face, and haggard eyes, he wore an air of assumed checrfulness which touched Neva‘s heart. That _ evening he sang with her while she played upon the piano. He guoted poetry to her in the third rawingâ€"room, where they were alone, and afterward induced her to walk in the moonlight upon the terrace. The next day he was full of delicate attentions _ to Miss _ Wynde. She found a bouquet of wood violets at her plate at breakfast, with the dew still upon them, and knew who had procured them for her. He asked to be allowed to accompany her on her morning _ ride, and Neva assented. After the ride, _ they played chess, gathered _ bouquets in the conservaâ€" tory, and, later, walked in the park,. Neva wits gently courteous to him all the while, but there was a quiet reserve in her manner that forbade him to speak again of love or imarâ€" all the whil reserve in | him to spea riage to her â€" The day after Lord Towyn called at Hawkhurst, and Mr. and Mrs. Craven Black received him with all courtesy, and were so politely Atlentive to him that he could not exchange a word with Neva unhcard by them. The young earl went away, as may be supposed. troubled and annoved. word with Neva unheard by them. The young earl went away, as may be supposed, troubled and annoyed. On Friday be rode over again from hig marine villa, and was similerly entertained, and mgain could not see Neva alone. The Rich, Red Blood Made by Dr. Wilâ€" liams‘ Pink Pills Gives New Strength to Every Nerve, Fibre and Organ of the Body. # From the Budget, Shelburne, N.S. 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One day a friead urged that she should give Dr. Williâ€" ame‘ Pink Pills a trial, but the idea at first was not favorably entertained ; it scemed hopeless to expect that any medicine would help her after the docâ€" tor‘s treatment bad failed. â€" Howeser, this good friend still urged, and finally prevailed. _ By the time the third box was used there was an unmistakable improveioent in Miss Darfee‘s condiâ€" tion. Cheered by this, the pills were gontinued, and in the course of a few weeks the former invalid, whose atrength was taxed by the alightest exâ€" ertiqg, was almost restored to health. The use of the pills was still continued and a few weeks more found Miss Durâ€" fee again enjoying perfect health. 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These pilis are an anfailâ€" ing cure for all diseases due to a watéry condition of the blood, or shatâ€" m “r:rnu Botd by all dealers |l; e or sent W on receipt 0 addremsing: the Dr. Wikiiams Mediving C ® mine Oo.m'fll« Ont. Mary (To be continued ) will before and CGood, Tender * And Wholesome Cured Hams A smmty # & % Phone 242 We represent the Canada Cycle and Motor Co. for both chain and chainless from $40 to $80. BRANTFORD We also rspresent the Berlit Racycle Co. for . BERLIN and RACYCLES from $35 to $65. New and Second Hand wheels from $5.00 up. We also handle full line of sundries Repairing done promptly. Give us a call. American Soft Front Shirts, the Latest Patterns. J. RITZER, Waterioo EZÂ¥ Waich our Bargain Box in front of the store. > * ?pllod knowledge: "Spell ferment and give its definition," requested the teacher. "Fâ€"eâ€"râ€"mâ€"eâ€"nâ€"t, to work," reâ€" sponded a diminutive maiden. "Now place it in a sentence, so that I may be sure you understand its meaning," said the teacher. ‘"In the summer I would rather play outâ€"ofâ€"doors than ferment in the schoolhouse," retu the smaill scholar.â€"Wisconsin "Journal of Education." / We Are Scle Agents We also carry a good assortment Klipport Undertaking Co "My little man," said the visiting pastor, "I am afraid you‘ve been fightâ€" Ing. A black eye! Don‘t you want me to pray with you?" "Naw," said the good Iittle man; "run home and pray with your own kid. He‘s got two black eyes."â€"Philadeiphia ‘"Press." "He thinks he‘s popular, ch?" "Doe# he? Why, whenever his name appears in the paper, he fancles the public reads it this way: ‘John (cheers), Henâ€" ry (applause), Muggin (loud and com> tinuous . chearing).‘" â€"â€" Philadelphia *"Proms." Professor Dabneyâ€"Ah, well, love is blind. ~Mis# Penclopeâ€"Oh, no, Profe®= wor; love lsn‘t blind=â€"it Is croswâ€"eyed; Undertakers and â€" Embalmers. calls answered day and night. 1901 Models Merchant Tailor Meats is what the people want especially during the hot season of the year. As my business has greatly in creased I have been obl'!ed to build a new REFRIGERâ€" ATOR in order to store my meats and in so doing I am better prepared than ever to supply my customers whh the most delicious roasts and tepder s:caks. N. B.â€"Orders delivered to ang' part of the Twinâ€"City by a firstâ€"class delivery, â€"FOR THEâ€" KRUECER BROS., JOHN B. FISCHER, WATERLOO GENDRON Wheels AND and Celebrated King Brand Hat. bgs or Union Hats|£ Gent‘s Furnisher. Waterloo. orer ao post Nikigc 37 son‘s omm MV H WEBB, M. D. j communication. wmflnrskym Â¥ W * BA Mal _\ Physicians, Surgeons, 6 $ es B1 R.J. E. HETT, D" ‘PiSsmns, Burgeon, «i6 y Honor gadulo of To centinte of the Collego of : geons and Accoucheurs of attentipn paid to the treatment of i luinbago, scatica, obesity, ete. office on King Street . Opposite l)n. C. T. NOECKER, Â¥> T esentinte uf the Cotiege of e geons and Accoucheurs of eye and ear treated. Officeâ€"I g Adbert Street Waterl00, a of the late Dr. Walden‘s residencs, Phone 210. NODie ogctul ge Dentist, L.D.8., m-{’ ntal Surgeons, D.D.8. Toronto Allbranches of dentistry practised. Janzen‘s Block, Berlin, Mm Store. Entrance between F s ler and Stuebing‘s grocery. v W. R.Wilkinson, L. D. $., D.D. Dentist, Office in the Block, Waterlo0. Â¥Y C,. W. WELLS, D. %l“ Waterloo. Will visit Klm the second Thursday and Fi Thursday and Friday of each 1 p.m. to Friday 1 p. m. ODO; mnl?ufio osed "% l'flz ce on ev . from May lat to Novamel:"' 1st. W **"*b wWh IVERY AND EXCHANGE STAJ dnaow . oootte antiity, i nopiany con col mmd.‘i’n.u.. in rear of Commert [ * e ns Tmooâ€"Post Ofice: Sh Tevobe Onie t Painter. Such as Ofl P An enny bavera soruen bnte S00 50 m‘:‘%""@?"' Gnma'mpflm WOLFEJm. ~> / ; Painter and Paper Hanging, dertake contracts for painting and fm Ing in Town and Country, Firstâ€"cb guaranteed. Charges reasonable, . raatdente,/Corner of Queen and" Prin Watitloo "A it ihodta the Comin 1OWLBY & Sanderson‘s A. HiLLIARD ILLAR & SIMB, RS. D. 8. & G. H. BOWLBY IMON SNYDER | Issuer of floeâ€"Atb his Drug Store, R. W. L. HILLIARD,. [HARLES N. ‘KEL & :po Hange, g(érh.a.g m- G. HUGHES, MIL F. BRAUN Office: Canadian Block, Berlin. EHLM A NS\BARBER SHOP Hahn‘s Bakery . King 8t MISCELLANEOUS Office Open Daily, MEDICAL DENTIST. LIVERIES DENTAL o U woavice,.