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_ Bilster Dore gently caressed the ty hand she be‘ld; there had mg up in her heart suddenly a great o:nt;by ani a‘fection for t.:uh. utifui girl, who called wife to the basphemous bulâ€" g whose coarse tongue ind cruel had drivem her for a time from ed this man to md; the look th P‘s lovely _ eycs straight to th> nu tle heart, and this to deepen during t} passed since the a/ mou. day, when ber way to . to plead for her to her to deepâ€"n during the bours that hndl passed since the afternâ€"om of _ the mom day, when Katharine _ had ber way to the nursing home to plead for her to return. â€" . It was very strong now, that exâ€" pression of intense, silent anguish,and there were traces, too, on the fair face of such suffering as is mtely rare. _ Sister Dora, . in her life of m‘nistration, bad seen as much sorrow as it was poss ble to sea but she had nover before bebeld such & look as lived on Katharne Smythe‘s exquiste face. with a faint smile, though her eyes were wet; "L know I am supposed to be a decent nurse, but you mike m Katharine gave no in but she closed her fing other‘s hand, while sh steadily on the sick m« softly, after a n mol â€"I could n might hours are Ing! Go. _ 1 will If che gets restles maid this narcotic bably till morn ng bister Dora rose reluctantly. She looked anxiously it the girl, so slenâ€" der and graceful in ber simple white flannel dressingâ€" gown. w.h _ ber derk bair lowss on her shoulders. "My dear," she said, pvoluntarily, "you will forg:ve me, but have you no ome to share this truub.c with gou? You are too young to bui: such an anxicty all alone. Ths is the sunshine time of your life; you ought mot to be cast into such shadows alâ€" sisterâ€"â€"â€" 1" "Nog I am alone!â€" © Katharine uttered the unutterable sadness. . ‘| true â€"so very true. I1 ons persoÂ¥n in the wh whomn she could turp in and that was Gordou‘s Lucy Smyths. But hbe dared for Gord~n never ceas he absolut mother to formed of don‘t you cut erinef _ Why d chanee of g.!:in itâ€"s it beeaus> me that you c went?" he sail â€"amd here he the girl‘s wrost ingly toward t fear me still ? whon I am lsi it because you come what . m false, I will c aye, even if i1 She knew h aof his threat: know that K of his threat: she know if she were toe caxr agrvanlage ol this illness to alip off her b nds and escane )i :m, that s> soon is the old vigor _ wits returnad to Gordon‘s frams, he would relentlessly â€" sook out Ormands, het beloved, and w.rk bim the injury ho had sworn to do. There‘s nerve nourisument in Blue Ribbon Tea. . There‘s rest for tired brains and wornâ€"out bodies. There‘s food for impoverished blood. ‘The most delicate and fragile leaves of the tea plant are in this teaâ€"that‘s why it is so fragrant and aromatic. Blue Ribbon Tea invigorates the facultiesâ€"makes the mind clear, gives new zest to living. of his a got a w Have you ct ns $he would bave done in his fow sanc moments, d to impress on her that ly refusod to allow his come to him or to be inâ€" ke me vain," she said i kn But here 6 «he would I it s, ut the doctor would last proâ€" den reluctantly. She my so well that, if you play me out my revoenge, me my life i" ant every lotter ; b m. . Bister in interp reter ne loathed and hom she . was came into the ent a _ pang ‘s wirm, genâ€" x had seemed my dear." nswering smile, gers round the fxed her gaze Ribbon tuat woe Was being dcogralod and 46â€" based before all the world. Tiuly Gordon Smyth«‘s enmity was to be shuaned and tesred! "The gir‘ could not fail to understand that he refused to hive Mis mothar with him, Felsoxt UU IRIY® MMR MRA MRRN CC because,by so doing.he would undo :fl the malicious injyury be bad _ caused Katharine to suffer at one blow. The presence of his mother,ind her great affection for the gir!, would naturâ€" ally reinstate Kainarine In the op n ion of the l.odiady and others with whom sabe was brougBt in contact,and that was not what be intended or deâ€" sired. Eister Dora stood for one moment longer, and then, with a f nil caress to the girl‘s band, she moved a way. "I shall sleep with ove eye open, so do not hesitate to cail mo, dear," she said, softly; and than she passed into the mext room, and Katharine was aloneâ€" alone with ner busband, with Ormande‘s vaice, icveâ€" laden even in its deep distress, rioging in her eirs, his entreaties and Yeproaches ealing into ber very beart of hearis. Not one word of the crcel!, insulting tirade thit Barbara Moéryn bad poured out on her bad remuned even to annoy her, but not ong single syllable of the words Ormanude _ hid nilered _ was forgoitem or ever would bo. "Will the day ever come whan th‘s cloud of shame will be lifted _ f.om ‘ "No, a hansom deposited me at | gour door," said Barbara, . with her \ affected laugh, as ste wirmly _ cmâ€" ‘bra‘wl Lady Blanche and then gave a peck at Marian Adafr‘s dolicate clheek. . "Aunt Mildred was obliged "Well, this is reaily delightfull" So declared Lady Llanche Bellaia, rising from her chair in . tha _ cor; fortable room at her botel to greet a smart young lady who bad followâ€" ed up her card. _ "My dear Barbara," kissing her affectfonately, "have you dropped from the clouds?" near; the end of the end of shame couble sirrifice t ler bher life. affected laugh, as ste wirmly _ cmâ€" braced Lady Blanche and then gave a peck at Marian Adafr‘s dolicate cheek. _ "Aunt Mildred was obliged to come up to town to see her lawâ€" yer and her dentiist, and, of course, I was compelled to come, too." "And I am very glad that you were," nodded Lady Bianche, with a smile of keenest pleasure . om â€" her handsome face. ‘"*Where areé you stayingt Oh! why don‘t you come here, Barbarayâ€" it wou!:1 be so n‘ioe!" "So it would. f wonder if Aunt Mildred _ wouid _ mind. We have gent our things to the Metropole,but we can easy aller that. It is so aweet to be near yon again, deat Lady Blanche, that 1 think [ _ shall urge her_to come here!" [ "Why not send a telezram?â€" and then you cin take off your hat, and have some tea. Marian and I ware nd m sery, ol A t bad nearly cost " _ declared m,. and Barâ€" rt " 000000 omm ns to ing An antiseptic liniment especially valus ble for Cuts, Bruises, Sprains and Kheyms thoon. Prbtse-h;s'l:ugtd-l 5o ceuts. _ Liver Tablets. For Disorders of the Stomach, Lives 1nd Bowels. Price 25 cents. Every one ol these proparations is guaranteood and i! not fully sat islactory to the purchaser the money will be refunded. bara smiled *her metailic smile in Drummond yet, Barbara, Lady Blanmche asked, after Barbara frowned. ®Aunt Ellen is away, aRn C eeneie s ced ts s then witth a sbort iaugh, "the fact of eleeen rave "!hr";o-, ;y";hsr; [ am sorry to bear n'u. I hope it is only a small r q‘!‘r‘r‘ 90 10. 10 00000 Cb s ateesw Blanche, and ar friends just now." 400. Mn c to P icmontin in t c 2l the matter is, that Aunt Ellen and 1 ha ve come . to _ joggerbeads, Lady y boâ€"Adan d "Ohb, that fs a question of indifferâ€" enoe to we. auste . i consider Annt Kiles to pe very wrong, 100 is i im re some bonor; I told Ber so." + "We all know that Lady Drummond is rather eccentric, Barbara." "We must draw a tine somewhere," was the answer, given a little shortâ€" ly. _ Barbara paused, and then, lookâ€" -f ap, salki suddenty, "I will tell you all about M.‘:n.r Gady Blanche;" and forthwith she iamnched out into the whele story of Katharine, imparting a very high coror to the affair, _ and grvvz‘ quite eloquent. ""he pod vely stated to my face, Lady Blanche, that she was going away with this man ~mythe, whatever hapâ€" pened, althougn sne knew him _ to hawe a wife alive! is there, _ could there be any justification for such a womaal And yet Aunt Ellon refuses to believe a word 1 tell her; she his got some Quarotic, absund notion Into her bead, that because this creature‘s father saved ber son‘s life, she must hear mo‘hing against her, no matter how strong the proof may be that she \ is all I have sa‘d." t Chamberlain‘s Stemach and Barbara‘s cheeks Bad flushed. and ber veice bed grown unconscious!y vickeus; her mad batred and jealousy for Katharine were such that she could not iet nerseif mention the girl‘s mame . without expressing It; mdeed, so strong was her rancor now that I:ad.y Blancbe looked up at ber in much astonishment. "It seems a very sad story, . Barâ€" bara," ahe saxt. _ "One . can bardly imagime a woman to be so lost‘to all sense of decency and selfâ€" respect . as this Miss Brereton appears to be,and after gll she may not be entirely to blame. _ Bursly if she is wrong, Mr. Smythe is still more so. Have you beard the full rights of the stor’y, do "You have not been to see ~ Barbara bit ber lip savagely,; bere was Lady Blanclie taking Katharine‘s part, and pleading her cause. . aviibl Aborbulll Adicbiiis â€"Alubntieibetbe "Ob, the girl is thoroughly bad, there can be mo doubt on that rcore!" she answered, aimost sharply. "<he is an adventuress, and has imrposed on Aunt Ellem. 1 don‘t balieve she is Robert Brereton‘s _ daughter, . alâ€" though to bear ner taik of her society acquaintameas, one would imagine her to be a princess at least." _ This was said meet spitetuily, tor Barbara had not fergiven or torgo ten the ep sode of Katharime ciaimiug T endchip wi h the Duc d‘Avignon. "She was quite au fait with all sorts of sensational dodges," Miss Mosiyn continued, deâ€" tumlnln&.wit.h much inward _ satisâ€" faction t ahe would soon destroy all interest that Lady Blanche might have been inciined to feel for Kathâ€" arine. _ "Wirr, ate was the very inâ€" teresting lmwamid whom Lord Otway resoued en the ra{l iy at Noriiminâ€" ster. . You may remember her, dear %madn; eom> iady took pity om and nursed ber; isn‘t it strange how these women succeed?" _ Lady Blamohe turned to her niece. "Mariem, my dear, it is time you took your tonic; go and ask Graves for dt." _ o oa Ormande‘s aumt was a broad mindâ€" ed wersam, but ahe was full of innaie delicaoy; amd this story, more na {icâ€" ularly the manner in which Miss Mo«â€" tyn was tellMng it, grated on her fins susceptitilfties more thin she could well describe. Besides, _ Barbara‘s last words had given Ner a clue‘to a problem fthat ste had been trying to solve for the last ten dava > â€" As they wereâ€"aione, she leaned for ward to Barbara. The angry flush that rose to Miss Mostyn‘s face was in itself an answar, had Lady Blanche seen it; but Barâ€" bara had more yenom to vent on one who had never wronged her by word, aot or thought. 8 "Wasâ€" was>this Miss Brereton an inmate of your nouse while Ormande was theref" sbe asiked. aot or thought. 1 â€" "Yes, she was thers, and !t is my opinion, Lady Blanche, that she came t‘wm oa purpose to meet him again; that abe worked her way, througb Aunt Elien, knowing ghat Lord Otway would be a guest _ of mine. _ At any rate she made the most of her opportunities, although, fortumately for nimseif, Lord Otway Aid nat seem even to know she was present." _ 2 _ And Barbara cast down her ayes with a conscious blush as she utfered this lie glibly. _ 0 _ Lady Blanche leatened in _ silence and some pafo; her woman‘s _ beart jumped at emce to the truth; hars was the answer to the question that had troabled ber, hére the solution to the mysterious cbings that _ had come wpon her Myorite boy. termined to Bring things to a ollmazx. Rising suddeniy, shne went across to Lady Blanmobe‘s oneir and knelt beâ€" side the elder woman with what paseâ€" ed muster fer a very protty assumpâ€" tien of girlish modesty. . i us ~Barbara miread her allence; sbe was afraid she Bad, perhaps, gone a trifle too far, and ail at once she deâ€" _ "Iâ€"â€" I ceuld have forgiven ber all hut that," sire whispered, ainking ber vo. «: "but Ormande ia soâ€"80 ‘drolrdto me thatâ€"â€" Dear Lady Blamobe, you mnderstand me, don‘t you! You won‘t think me unmaideniy or immodest in telling you thisâ€"â€" the deareat searet of my heartf" _ hsn ols cEX She Rashare Chronicieâ€"Telegraph, Thursday, December 17, 19o3â€"Page 5 ‘s Pain Baim. &-.;;rn'v‘l' supposet" ked, after a while. are not very . good Lady -fi’-ldfi.l- ® "Abl you .....n'n.tâ€".w glak" '.3@...‘.' n s so dear to me," “-hf on her face; "and, to tell :tho rath, Barpara, of late I have, very anx ous about bymd. ‘h. seems so changed, ho D¢YeF TunS and out to chat witk me as he uced to do; whenever ; ‘send for bim to come, he makes some _ excuse, 48 though be wished to av0id me . altoâ€" gather. _ It i voth strange . and ala rming." # Barbara, wimse Bead Was bent, bit ber lip again epddeniy. This coofirmâ€" ation of Katharime‘s u&""“fl in Ormande‘s heart was smply gall and wormwood to har. . 4 he left Northmsister. 1¢} bara, was he luke (his when Can you give me any CS "L_. Iâ€" think f can, de _ onangra "This ohu:ge mas come on him since he left Nortbmsister. Tell me, Barâ€" bara, was he like (hnis when with you?f Can you give me any reason for i#" "I~~ Iâ€" think EP can, dear . Lady Blanche | I am afra«t it wasâ€" it is alb my fault L was 80 unkind . to artful break in her v playsng a difficuit T it was likely tw be a one. The qusck sta had given, and the w brow and eyes Dad < served at once, . d¢ that Miss Mostyn‘s ¢ drooped. _ "I have been reproict ever since; andâ€" and 10 real truth, dear Lady could not rest until | ! London and toid :m to I am for my slupe$ls uess, _ He WiTl forgive \ sure to forgive me, is lis Lady Blanche bent aird Lady Blanche vent amd girls lips. "Forgive you!" she C "Of course he will, only ; chance. Poor Uimande! looked the picture of in« cruel little thing, to mik ha ppy! 1 mever siw d wretched in ail my Lif«! a burst of true freiing . child, you bhave tak n i mind. [ mever thouzi:! feared and imagined !\° mstead there comes . (‘» mews that the very U ng have longed so maclkâ€" a tween you and O:rmando ists, and will exist 0: for years and years. I course he will; and ts he shall come bere 1 ing, and youâ€"â€"" "Don‘t tell n:m 1 when you send." The taking the eagerness i: Lady Blancohe p flushed cheek. "Trust me," she neddo gently. "I am no tool, see, my child, ana will b own in the future. . Th Barbara, my dear; No daughter, you ave miud pser than [ bave fell many a day, andâ€"â€"" "You are two silly ol ldren don‘t deserve to be Inruore« there"â€" with another k osâ€"â€" / mise to be «eaf ind biind un allow me to see, hear, questio cong ratulate." ud Barbara Mostyn drew sign of aoute relief. _ =o far, before night srould . be en would have played the last c the game and that was to la: into that des.rable posiion < mande‘s wife and tutuce Cou Thanecourt. Here Barbara introi% effori, hs con: locking a way U he rose resolut "Dear Ormande â€"I( other engigemen:, 1 w run up and dine wiih want to see you partl disappoint me this tu boy; I see nothing of 3 "Your affectiona H a w tal mur ing lines "Poor _ Aunt PIl n he," murmured to himse}{. "I am ish. I forgot that she an were all alone. I must go weary Piough I am. The wean myself from solitude ter I" (Nevertheless, it wos with sigh that Ormands dressed near and drove off to the ho Lady RBlanche was siaying. cheered a little by (the wai What wou‘ld be cheered a little b; ing be received, or ol self as Maria arms round his n joy not to be mist Dinner was served Lady Blanche spok: for which, presum i1 moned her nophew seemed in very z004 ie e k used by millions of mothers for their chi‘dren while teothing. _ If disturbed at -‘flat and bro m-tol{:‘rr-tasdolenlld #u ing and orving wi nln;’ ing Teoth, send at once and a bottle of "Mrs. Winslow‘s Soothing 'Mgfldvr ang. . It will rolieve the e a rer im Bepend npon &m.m-vh-o ns about it li ros hhrrhow mm w reduoss .‘.‘n..""....‘-"fl.a (ras bome ane eusrey reducss nd tone and energy E'-""E'.m...-m 'l::nu s and is the presoription of one of the oldest If T Mrs. Wixsrow‘s SooThING SvkUr has bean en, for the firs re of a moie aw ram â€" Aunt Bl ed, brushing hi the envelope. dy Blanche wr to FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS giY uld Be the resultt OB \PTER, XXVI »n iT puused only for & rHoularly time, . m ed _a most ate aunt, nche Bellairs." n he," Ormande â€""I am too selfâ€" M us Count mly a 1 Mailon toâ€"nutht. [f wy he bet Don‘t dear fow ‘\â€"‘3 Warmingâ€"Nstmngâ€"aumumung. Q &0 4080008080006 Muskoka Free Hospital for Consumptives because of his or her poverty FRoOW THMT 1: KkON it contains in :‘= smallest ) possible bulk allthe strengthening {i? _ and stimulating properties of the finest beef and is so palatable, refreshing and invigorating that thousands are getting THE BOVRIL HABITâ€"because they like it â€"because it is the ideal cold weather beverage. Warmingâ€"Nourishingâ€"Stimulating. â€"Edward D. Heddon, Solina. Ont., on leaving the â€"Minnie Linklater, Hamilton, National gm»~ Not a single patient has Since the Free Hospital was opened (18 months ago) 224 patieuts have been received. The help the institution bas been to these peopleâ€"all from the wageâ€"earning and poorer ranks of life . â€"cannot be estimated in human language. There is no endowment, excepting the provision made by three life insurance companies for six beds for the current year. Only by the conâ€" tinved contributions of the Canadian public can the work be maintained. numbe has b requird itionts are accepted from every part of the Doâ€" minion, and there have been in residence during the past year patients from Prince Edward Island on the east to the Northwest Territories wrntes: "I cannot speak too hi hly of the institutic have received so much benefit. i can but tender my the kindness shown." nie Linklater, Hamilton, write«: ©I have spent over at the Free Hospital for Consumptives. . I beliave I have helped, and shall never bhesitate to use my influence to good cause." ontributions may be sent to Sin W. R. Manznres, K#., Viceâ€"Presiden t wal SEnitarinm Association, or Mn. W. J, Gaen, Chairman of Abe tive Committee, Toronté, Can.‘ > £¥é Fu c n anada‘s Gneatest Charity.” he drew him i comfortable ds Urgentiy Needed Seikirk, Cavibou Crossing, Yukon: "The trifling Too; herewich enclused, is intended to express our .e tiToreis in cther parts rather than imply a special 9086046080604 "Mere‘s Health" Z Lc There is health and strength in every draught of â€" _ it H e. O 14 O 1A FION vear now Managing Director Confederation Life ible BOVRIL she h no for w1 bhe arew up Anotiner Chair. &n0 sank into it with a rustie of het silk skirts. then. glancing at bim now pale you arey" sae ea claimed. _ _ Ormands passed his hand over bis bro w. 0 "The heat of this summer bas tried me very much," he answered, evasiveâ€" by. He felt a sense o(r annoyance and disgust creep over bim. In a vague sort of way he seemed to reâ€" cognize that be bad been tricked inâ€" to meeting this girl, for whom he had notbh-lz but tempt. â€" "Ab, yes; and y Barbara said, with in ber volce. _ "Y to take care of yo see that you do t not stamd bfs share of work," Oc mande answered coldly. _ Not one word was mentioned . about Kathâ€" arime, for which Ormande was grateâ€" ful. To bhave to listen to harsh, vulgar abuse of her, even though he belfeved her to be living in sin.would have beemt more then he could hear; and he knew that Mis Mustrn would have _ no. woman!s t nderness in touching on the subject. . He liitle guessed how cruel and wromg Barbira had acted toward the girl whose on!s fault had been her unconscious rivâ€" alry with the hefress of Rrexley Hall "I am afraid Maria he sald, qulâ€"tly, "or not have n=glected 3 beirs to be doing now ever been refused admittance 1 ent TO BE CONTINUED than Mil1t taining the ommodation $25,000 is r thing if he canâ€" ire of work," Oc cold1ly. _ Not one med â€" about Kathâ€" cmande was grateâ€" listen to harsh, er, even though he living in sin, would d1 a work so bard," a tender inflection »u need.some one i, Lord Otway,and t fall 11."* tion fr ny best m ike and _ con: H aunt ine months ran greatly irther that Hospital, m which I thanks for NO W M b %mu Xan ley n 3 400 4._ C css C Tmoaioras morenr. Soraries PubHQ, Lon en communica tion. g‘.fl (\:VIBB. lCo’IJl C is residence on Er:g. wW‘â€"Q. fi l)ll. C. T. NOKCKER, Licentiate of the Gollege of Phpsigiana, Bue cen e geons and Accoucheurs of Onwm 0 eye and car treated. Officeâ€"New residence Albert Street Waterloo, a snort distance north of the late Dr. Walden‘s residence. Telephone NInccu hn pfl. VlV; L HllJ‘:lJAH.A)i 7 to Ust onor graduate of Toron: versity. centiate of the College of Physicians, Sutâ€" geons and Accoucheurs of Ontario. m ist in disea«es of the nose and throat. attention given to the use of the X â€" Ray and Electric Currents in the diagnosis and treaiment o suitable Office on Kin Mills. Phone 31 ng discases of the Nose, Ear and Threat, Canâ€" cer, Goitre and many forms of Tumors, dm of women, all forms of rectal diseases, cele tubâ€"reulosis _ of lunis (Vfimfl «tages) glands, bones and joints, all forms nervous complaints, neuraest henia neurm‘ insomnia, paralysis (some forms). r eczema, superfluous hair, me‘es, facial blemishâ€" es. etlc‘ For further information address or consult ge Dentist, L.D.8., Royai Uollege ot ntal Surgeons, D.D.8. Toronto Ufl'-‘% Allbranches of dentistry practised. 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