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involuntary,; a ~mere bodilyact by auy purpose. â€" But Jimmy was a marked card to . I knew ‘his back as well as his P _ This is a figure of speech. 1 fllfi:“tothobukcthh-md. in his babit of seeming to give his elsewhere, to be looking way, so to speak, there lay the comâ€" plete explanation of. his manner of _mystery. It is the same with all â€" This was all the business that Jimmy had in hand, and hbe immediately withâ€" ' . He had performed his mystery, nd it was sufficient. sat down to write a letter to my s:thudmubnomuthanl nning by lunchtime. Mrs. Witherspoon‘s provender and a good Sigar afterward, seemed to make the easier, and I was able to ex» rn part of what was on myymin& 1 told him how I bad discovered Siby!‘s mm.fl“flntuwumwob- wious to me that it had been meant f llh& «know the truth. Sibyl had shown amazing tret in this affair, for nothing could hbave been better ‘¥han that I should meet hervin the faidst of this pretty mystery and learn Without embarrassment upon either ide that her heart was already won. ~®Bo far as I can judge," I wrote, ®ghe has chosen a good man,. Indeed, # me that you know him and have ' condemned him, for if you had C so elther Mr. Trask or Sibyl weuld not be here. It seems, however, 61 the poor little girl knows your wish and is trying to act accordingly. Ket she would gladly escape the necesâ€" " **You fiatter me," I replied, and though he did not fully understand, »: went through all the motions appro priate to complete comprebension. _ fThis sort of question requires ne ‘mnawer. Silence saves time. __"It seems to me," said Jimmy slowly, ,!Qm I beard a hand organ playing it in Bt. Jo." _ _"Jimmy," M’::'?’ said I, "where did you get that fated song. It was Jimmy Laâ€" moine who was gullty of this dire atrocâ€" . He wus stapding on the strip of between the window and the C , and his attitude and expres mion were studiously designed to give tricksters. _ When Trask came up, I talked with bim a few minutes and then walked bick to the house. In my room 1 sat fi'lhtltwlldwuflhktbthm‘ wut, and I was making some small progâ€" ress when Iâ€"became aware of a gentle humniing sousd whith resolvéd itself Into a scarcely andible, grossly inaceuâ€" rate yet recognizable performance â€" of o Â¥ heard footsteps." . _ > mfiowma. distance of 100 yards, but Miss Jones did not consider it necessary to cross examine me on the subject of my andiâ€" tory apparatus. "Tune?" be echoed. "Was I singâ€" , and with that end in view she has d hard not to be fascinating. â€" You MA bave seen us together, 1t 18 bare made you laugh, and ip one laughs the trouble is nearly Dne mistak e obls bas she madeâ€" wWas sung to me. ut I Think she ids I shall believe it was some one who sang. The plan was & little i on me, for I might have fallen ove with her twiceâ€"as ‘Miss Jones" | ## the girl in the orchardâ€"but 1 i n so obliging as to refrain, high I cannot think of that glorlous ib with m twinge of the heart ‘beauty, which is wonderful, inâ€" o â€" shall not be denled the Smiling Face tholy pleasure of bearing hor her she shall be Mrs. Trask. aps BibyI‘s original intention 3 in order to forget _ It may be bis amendment scheme which I am now‘enjoyâ€" , the sight of two beartâ€" mm-nunw robust health and good B You can always rlh‘fmlnlpiuo! wury‘u .;.o‘n keep w-fl . is coming," said L, noticâ€" for the ‘frst time . "I uto oue of those deep she seemed to find a that 1 got upon my raised her eyes to when Miss Jones "Excuse me," he interrupted; "you are writing a letter to your father deals. with his desire that you d his w iss Sibyl Wayne, shall unite desti * t‘s the fact‘ I replied, "but 1 not aware I had ever stated the matter so pl _‘ strong the bu *__ OHAPTER XIL xT ApvEXxTUR® Axp scoven‘t fl“' Little dinner, and be persuaded me to go out upon the road. general ”“:‘-.!n-:u'm conversation," think too much about our own affaira. We‘re gotting eentimental. Let‘s smoke 1 glanced out of the window and saw Jimmy Lamoine in the wagon that went to town. » "Hold on," I called to him. "I want you to tike a letter in for ane." . I wrote it in 20 saconds on the lings that Mr. Derringer had suggested. "~Â¥ou know who she is?" I exciaimed. "I have known Yor several days," he replied. "I am not yet ready to tell you. MWhen I am ready, it will be the last word you will beat from me in some time. Now don‘t ask me any questions. ‘There is a sttange compllâ€" cation bere, and it may as well be solved all at onceâ€"perhaps tomorrow, pethaps the next day, Leave it to the t Reteer. 4t gor mve Aigining 19 . ve anyt to :?utnr M‘:utl-h.-o out here and have a talk." ~*% will be perfectly honest with you," said I. "It happened that I met in New York a young lady"â€" "Why not?" "Because you are all up in the air, You haven‘t a foot on earth. Miss Jones is not Miss Wayne. The girl in the orchard is pot Miss Jones, nor is she any one else whom you have had the pleasure of meeting on these premâ€" "It was to " said hbe, "from what you\did gtate. New, to reâ€" sume, you have that the girl in the orchard is Miss Wayne when she‘s at home and Miss Jones wifen she chooses to appear among us hete. But, my friend, whoever she is/or wherever she is, do you care for her?" ) "Precisely," said be, "and now 1 am prepared to give you my advice. Don‘t write that letter," "The girl is Miss Jones," said I. "At least she so desires to be known. at present‘â€" N To ask your advice in a difficulty," eaid I.â€" "You are older than I am, and you have the chin of a man who never opens his mouth except to éat, drink or speak judiciously. I wish to do precisely the right thing in a delicate matter. I must show that I take a certain problem seriously, and yet not 400 seriously. I am stupid about t} all, and yet I don‘t want to let my‘own father know the fact, though be has had ample opportunity to find out the truth in regard to my intelligence." "I think you really are taking this thing seriously, whatever it may be," said Derringer, "and for that reason I am going to invite your comfidence. Moreover, from what you told me a while ago and from my subsequent reâ€" flections, I have come to the cenclugion that I am somewhat concerned in the matter. Does it relate to the girl in the orchard ?" make," 1 "I see," said Derringer. "It was hit him or run, with them. You mean those cave dwelling fellows that didn‘t dare even to go into their graves without some sort of a stone warclub in each "I admire them for it," <Iâ€"rejoined. "They wereâ€"not ashamed of their prinâ€" ciples. ‘They were willing to begin hereafter where they quit here, which is the only honest way." Derringer slowly nodded his head as he sat on the corner of a table. "What‘s the matter?" asked my vis itor, startled by, the noise. ‘"The impulse to hit something, and hit it hard, when one has reached & decision," said I, "is deep rooted in man and may indicate the nature of the most important decisions which our ‘The matter was serious, and I had no wish to treat it lightly. It might be that I had begun my letter to my father in the wrong strain. Yet I knew not bow to do befter, though surely there must be a way. There was & kuock. "Come in," I sdid, and Derringer entered. J turned toward him ‘and at the same time struck my hand down hard upon my mind would only grasp it ... . i muug'h this," said 1 aloud, and then I iaughed at myself, though the expression was really well chosen, for my state of mind was one from which no impulse/to action could ariseâ€"it was a mere confusion. . to fnd myselt whistling the mmmmmmw would sing it, wishing that I : mu.mmhuhm Miss Jones, her, as I had done get, so did L â€"But it has been my bas Mbhnhbnm'ls is helping her, whereas 1 do not evemw know the postoflice address of the perâ€" son whose image it is my business to efface from the tablets of my heart." Miss Lamoine, but the words wouldn‘t come. Iâ€"wished, of course, to tell the exact truth, and the desire raised this question,. What is the truth in this matâ€" ter? In the course of & long hard struggle with this problem I wurâ€" "And what was your decision?" he is w iss Siby1 W desti * iat‘s the fact" I repl not aware I had iatter so pl T was easy to kuess, for that might be no more than the effect of the moonlight. At the proper dis tance I baited and then sang the first bar of the Bwiss song. ‘There was no response. I tried "Heart‘s Delight" with the same result, and meanwhile the fire surely waned. I looked at my watch and was sur prised to find that it was nearly 10 «‘clock. ~The girl had given me up and returned to the apple tree lodge. Given me up? This was taking for granted that she prized these evenings as 1 did, and I had not the right to do it "Miss Jotes" could have no in sing= Ing with me. <It be fale to Trask» Yet a doubt it was the girl who sang, and Trask had sent liles to her. If she were not "Miss Jones," why, that again was hardly fair, and it the l not Siby! Mud‘hnm.ctz might be right as 1 Idosed the boat When I came into the range of the fire, I saw it dimmer than usual, yet gratitude that she owed my father. The thought made me laugh, espeâ€" clally because I was on my way to hear her sing, to play at love with a voice and pretend 1 did not know whose it was. (And that view of the matter brought me the recollection of my talk with Derfinger and his asserâ€" It was incredible that "Miss Jones" should not have seen the pitiful roâ€" mance so near her, so closely involved with ber own, but she was doubtles® busy with her own trouble, the dread ful peril that she might have to marry me in order to pay the lifelong debt of not figure in my mind as one who would be easy to approach upon such a matter, and my own years scarcely fitted me for the role that I should have to play in the scene, It might be possible for my father to suggest a better way. He would surely pity her, the more because it was Siby! who had won the love that poor little Aun‘s heart starved for. It cut my heart to know that the poor child suffered thus, and I felt ashamed to have intruded upon ber grief. She bore it so well when under observation that it.seemed doubly reâ€" grettable to have surprised her in the moment of her confession to the caressâ€" it would be mach betier to? ber n Je than for Trask. I wondered, walking down toward the lake, whetber it would be possiblé to speak to Mrs. Witherspoon upon the subject with sufficient delicacy. Somebow she did No matter how tich a man i« He impects . the probity . of everyhody I noticed as he walked away that be looked uneasily bebind him wpon the ground, to the right and to the left. No one else seemed to observe the peâ€" cullarity of his manner, and we did not discuss him after he. had gone, Instead® we encouraged Mr. Witherâ€" spoon to tell more smake stories, and be "obliged" with some that make my blood run cold to this day whenever J think of them. on the hill." , f T _ Beovel leaned against the fence, and I saw a sbudder run througb him. Then he shook himself . together, straightened up and started for the house. "I‘ve walked a long way," he said. "I‘m bungry as a wolf." .. : _ "No," said he, "I haven‘t been nesr the bill.* , "wdl.mru.wmdad it," ventured Mfr. Witherspoon. "How» ever, the sunakes never come out into the road. " Most curious thingâ€"can‘t be Auplicated in the state, I‘ll wager, The hill‘s full of â€"them, but you might as well look for snakes on an iceberg fSoating in the middle of the ocean as on this farm. I‘ve Hved bere more‘n halt . a century, boy and man, and He put his left hand upon the smal} du-ummm and seemed to spine by a alow pressure in that region, and theg hum.uuu-um any requiring hbim to do so, but as a general expression of dissatisâ€" faction "with his physical condition. Bcovel walted for this tharncteristic performance to be finished before Lé T ) be Coatiaues. in movea,* To wih Sualer aie Dt fancied that \bym a sudden gleam in . her sunken eyes. ‘"In three az; time you will be my son,‘" she sfid, and gave him her *-‘:-“ .“'.3&1";. réturned gard face. ‘‘*And thirsty,‘" <assented : Dudley, turning toards her with a pleasant smile. "lunpfi:upmm Fou Mx,hx a jug that iced watet Vetnon condemns so s 2A to place ‘ beside my bedside ‘in American lashion. _ 1 feel as if could drink up the seat" _ . =â€" much lfear . 1 shall not see her. 1 look . a fiflonbhohm after > so much travelling and alter two sleepâ€" less nights I am so sleepy that 1 can scarcely keep my eyes open and must go to bed at once.‘" ‘Poot boyâ€"you must indeed be tirâ€" ed!"" ~murmured Mrs. Harold, fxing her keen gaze upon his pale: hagâ€" "It will be quite aâ€" private affair interrupted Dud(ley "And Francesca and l'm" made up»our minds,â€" so you _must motâ€"oppose us. We both want a change of scene, and will take it togethgr. Toâ€"night,‘" he continued, rising as he spoke, "I very "You are admirable, chaÂ¥ming in every ‘way," purred the old woman in retorn; "but a marriage so soon after our beloved Victor‘s death is out : of fie"&uluon His: mother would be shocked and so should Iâ€"‘" ‘‘Within three days‘ time, by specâ€" ial license, â€" I hope to make your daughter Francesca my wilfe." This was what Dudiey had been so anxious to say to Mrs. *Harold before Franâ€" cesca‘s return. Betty Mannington regarded the hidâ€" eous face, as it appeared to her, that she and Dudley . Revelsworth were playing with repugnance and lear. That they two, Dugley and she should affect to believe in this woâ€" man‘s impersonation of Francesca‘s dead mother, and that she, on her: 2::‘. should imagine that they were ved, aad pile lie upon lie in her rhapsodies over her late husband, was most distressing to the straightâ€" forward young English girl, and it pained her deeply to note how well «â€"how far too . wellâ€"Dudiey played his _part in the ghastly comedy. ‘‘I cannot trust myselt to speak about Francesca," Dudley said to the old Italian woman. ‘I can only try to be worthy of her."" _ She parted from the young man aiâ€" *‘Your face frightens me! Youâ€"you have found out something â€"â€" someâ€" thing dreadful, I~ can see. Oh, Dudâ€" ley, rememberâ€"she is a woman, and shoâ€"loves you!" , "I will remember," he said, "and I will show all the mercy she has shown." % *‘*Nothing has happened yet, deat," bnsd,mhtmwnmn‘lu and the m â€" at Waterloo Staâ€" tion a leading her to the billiardâ€" room. ‘"‘But a good deal is going to happén. I bave had my dinnerâ€"1 want nothing of that sort. But now before Francesca returns, you must take me cupâ€"stairs to Mrs. Harold‘s room‘ and you must express no surâ€" prise at anything I may say to her. Do you understand, dear?"‘ “Y“.” "I have had no sleep for two nights, and I shall go to bed "very early. I wantiyou, when you go to :fl, to lock the door of your room usual, and not to open it, whatâ€" ever you may hear, unless I actually call you." "I will do as you wish: but Dudâ€" door was opened, but he experienced a feeling of reliefâ€"at the sound . of Bfl‘!lulnfitvom. ‘‘Dudley! already! We â€"did not expect you. Have you had any dinner? I am so glad 1 stayed _ at home and let : O‘Mears take Francesâ€" ¢a on the river instead of me!" s ‘‘She is out, then? Thank Heaven!" ‘‘She is out; and we cannot find Joe Welldon any where; andâ€"Dudley ! What has happened?" the revolver from his pocket and lay her dead at his feet? ; _ He hardly dare to look up as the He was seized with a sudden fear of himselt. If Francesca should meet him. now with these thoughts in his mind, if she should open the door to hint and greet him with a lflfloi; uhxlyw-ufith not tempted beyond control to draw out For had ‘Jested as to which of them should win @‘the beautiful : cousin Francesca." m coming back,‘" he muttered \o&d’. ‘"we met her on the thres holdâ€"the demon who murdered him!‘" AC 3 ie OTrARIE > 0 ccbe ut ts : Sibcaacsts P Revelsworth House cameâ€" in sight Less than six montbs before he and his brother Victor had journeyed thiâ€" ther for the . first time in & lightâ€" hearted mood, and, standing on the bridge at ‘the bend of the road, Vicâ€" vestca he, felt would be impo &Luw.‘“ ly‘ ate some food which was before him. At eight o‘clock before him. At eight o‘clock he call ¢d lor his uu“? ordering E"E tor ofd hoge on . the ies **"** A host of recollections crowded uwpon bim as the ivy bung wally of "Well?" will do as you wish, but Dudâ€" CHAPTER XXVIII it was all horriblet" 6. That the: votes ol the qualified Electors of the said Town of Waterâ€" loo shall be taken on this Byâ€"law by WMNW Municipal Act, 1903, on Tussday, the hohis Ai ces Ailithsâ€"oita t‘ 1A M tw Audbo! Aliitincchccand the hour of nine o‘tlock in the foreâ€" debt. 4. During the currency of the said debentures . there shall be raised anâ€" nually by special rate on all the rateable property in the said Town of Waterloo the sum of $1,227.83, for the purpose of paying the amount due h“dmnuyunlumnfi and interest in respect of the 8, This Byâ€"law shall take effect on the ffteenth day of October, A. D. 1004 ~ 8; That each of the said debentures shall be dated on the day this Byâ€" law shall take effect. 2. That the said a'.mg(mf)uu be payable at the office of "the Treasurer of the said Town of Waterloo on the Afteenth day of Octobet, ome in each Foare, . comaititing . with. the Yosr years, wi the year ::.N. and mu“ each be for 31.:!7.“, t:.:tq‘ amount payable in each the said thirty‘ years, for principal andâ€" interest at the rate aforesaid. aforesaid shall be issued, which said debertures shall beat interest at the rate â€"of four and oneâ€"half per. centum per annum, and which said debentures shall be signed by the Mayor of the said Town of ‘Waterloo, and by the Treasurer thereo!, and the Clerk shall attach thereto the Corporate seal of the sald Municipality. ‘ 1. That ror the purpose of raising the said sum of $20,000, thirty â€"deâ€" bentures\of the said Town ol Waterâ€" log ts tho amount of $20:000 ~ as as follows:â€" AND WHEREAS the amount of the existing debenture debt of the said corporation is $169,538.52, and no principal or interest is in arrear, THEREFORE, the Municipal Counâ€" cil of the Town of Waterloo enacts AND WHEREAS it will require ghe sum of $1,227.83 to be raised anâ€" nually by a special rate for paying the said debt and interest, AND WHEREAS the amount of the whole rateable property of the said Municipality, according to the last revised assessment roll of the said Municipality is the sum of $1,â€" 579,560, AND WHEREAS for the purpose aforesaid it will be necessary for the Corporatiof of the said Town to isâ€" sue its debentures for, and to create & debt to the amount of $20,000, as hereinafter mentioned, and such debt and the debentures to be issued thereâ€" for shall be made payable in thirty years At the farthest from the day on which this Byâ€"law takes effect. WHERE&? the Municipal Council of the Towhn ol Waterloo have enterâ€" ed into an agreement with The Waâ€" terloo Consumers (Gas Company to purchase the Gas Works, plant and property of said company for $11,000. QND WHEREAS it is deemed exâ€" % to raise the sum of $20,000 for the, purpose of purchasing, exâ€" tending ‘and improving the said Gas Works, plant and property, an estiâ€" mate of which ‘intended expenditure is hereunto annexed marked Schedule _ Medicines that aid nature are alâ€" ways most effectual. Chamberlain‘s Cough Remedy acts on this &.1... It allays the cough, relieves the lungs, aids expectoration, opens the secreâ€" tions, and‘ aids nature in restoring the system to a healthy condition. It uumoulorlumuouruluge part of the civilized world. Thousâ€" ands have testified to its superior exâ€" cellence. It counteracts any tendenâ€" cy of & cold to result in pneumonia, For sale by all dreggists. BYâ€"LAW NO.... TO AUTBHORIZE THE I88UE OF DEBENTURES FOR $20,00), TO ACQUIRE, EXâ€" TEND AND IMPROYE TBE GAS WORKS. 5 est of coffeeâ€"coffee that would â€"keep POadP ZD aork .cs weca CR ‘‘*h. that‘s just â€" you must not~do! Good night, :xn" CHAMBERLAIN‘S COUGH EDY AIDS NATURE, the Seven Sleepers wide awake!" P avi h wers Precr, To be Continued The Kidney Pill, makes healthy kidneys and prevents and cures Rheumatism. Try Biâ€"Ju and you will be convinced of its remarkable: salutary effects. DERMMNEAQEORINE . NCVOH ABNâ€" The illustrations and other mechanâ€" nical ‘features are excellent. Intendâ€" ing subscribers are invited to send to the Farming World, Toronto, for a free sample copy of this number. That ‘enterprising and upâ€"toâ€"date agricultural ‘ journal, The Farming World, ‘has issued a mz:\ valuable special number. It is full ~of good things for the farmer. In fact, every one interested in the development of Canada‘s vt agricultural resources will profit Wy ‘reading it carefully. A particulatly valuable feature is a serâ€" les ol articles by éxperts showing the condition and trend of agrticulture in the vérious â€" provinces of the Dominâ€" ion. *If the views expressed by / these gentlemen are correct, and we beâ€" lieve they are, the future prosperity of Canada is assured for many years to come. Mr. .X. Blue, Chiéf of the ablb pap o‘:o'v‘l'q the butes a valo paper J 7 fo. Graadh. Te tim lgese ts try °3 ves show mhn is by all odds the most hnnr' of Canada‘s inâ€" dustries and tha :. future of "this country :depends a . marked im mm u + m y W ohe t To purchase coal. coke and _‘ _ other «Cpplies for making To": re mfl. .nd;)l oys prove y ant and make extensions 8200 00 Purchase money to be paid to The Waterloo Consamâ€" ers (Gas Company for its ‘Gas Works Plant and Estimate of Inten@ed Expenditure for Gas Plant, Etc. we _ Take notice that the foregoing is a true copy of a proposed Byâ€"l#w which has been taken into consideration, and which will be finally conâ€" sidered and . passed _ by the Municipal Council of the Corporaâ€" tion of the Town of Waterloo in the event of the assent of the Electors being obtained thereto on Monday, the tenth day of October, A.D., 1904, at eight o‘clock p.m. being after one month !from the first publication thereot in the â€" Chronicleâ€"Telegraph newspaper, such first publication beâ€" ing om the 1st day of September, A‘ D., 1904, and that at the hour, day and places therein fixed for taking the votes of the electors, the polis will be held. 4 Finally passed after assent of the ratepayers at the Council Chambers in the Town of Waterloo this ......... MRY : :s s O ccsscerstioneretey 1906. persons interested in and: promoting or opposing the passage of this Byâ€" law respectively. 8: That the Mayor of the said Town shall attend at the said Counâ€" cil Chamber on the 3rd day of Ocâ€" tobet,\lfifl. at eight o‘glock p..m., to appoint persons to attend at the various polling places and the final summing up of the yotes by the said Clerk respectively on behalf of the is Re uen t nogst $ h | © s Wm. Hogg, Deputy & . For the South Ward (Polling subâ€" divisions Nos. 5 and 6 united), â€" at the office of the Canada Woolen Mills, King street, Mr.â€" Conrad Huchnerâ€" gard, Deputy Returning Officer, â€" For the West 'u'd‘(l’cufl sub divisions Nos. 7 and 8 united), at the old Council Chamber, in the Mar+ ket House, Mr. Charles ‘A. Hachnel, Deputy Returning Officer. t t s 7. That the Clerk of this ‘Council shal} ~sum: up the number of votes given fer and against this Byâ€"law at the Council Chamber, Waterloo, on the: 5th day of October, ©1904,â€" at the: oth day of October, 1904,â€" at the hour of eleven o‘clock in the foreâ€" A GREAT FARMER‘S PAPER A. WEIDENHAMMER, Cuairman ofLight Committee. SCHEDULE "A". A. B. McBRIDE, Clerk NOTICE. y 204 o6 50 pills, 30e $20,000 on $11 000 00 Tanglefoot ©CUAZCCIECC Vhatges reasomable. Apply & residence, ocruer of Queon and Irinoess 8ts. _ =_ . _ Painter and Paper Hangiog. Will a l.lhmhnhthcum“ hg in ‘Town‘and Country. Firstâ€"nlaes work EBE â€" P U‘SSES MISCELLANEOUS _ lm I» WIDEMAN C Paintar and n...:..‘ Wai W1l visis &n m'mn and fi'&"-:’r%‘mmn ot o 1 p.m. to Friday 1 p. m. painleas of t Me wmm ever W v#eD"s W. R.Wilkinson, L.D.$., 0.D.8 mâ€"â€"â€"-â€"“: DENTIST. * . qpnâ€"Obm helly, . Waterleo. Kar, Nose and son‘s office, Beriin. (s esmm ige DR.“I.?.A,RIL W\m:‘ hrodt Ex Cb ueny grat. 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