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55 55555555555554b G . â€"â€"269, certainty, Mliss IMgram,"" anâ€" swered the portly landlady; and she bustled out of the room, and was as good as her word. And precisely at _ four o‘clock a hansom drove . up to Mrs. Fryer‘s house, and from it descended what Mrs. Fryer afterward qesignated to her friend, Mrs. Pond, "a fine, well« built young man.‘‘ This was George Gifford, and Mrs. Fryer hersclf openâ€" ed the door for him, and ushered Jriws unstairs to Laura‘s room. LAurd ‘rose "Ims(ity‘ to réceive him, with a flush on her checks and a fastâ€" beating heart. ‘They were both, in fact, agitated, but it was Laura who spoke first. 5 . â€"*I do not know how to thank you,"* she faltered. . ~_ ‘‘There is nothing to thank m for," answered George Gifford, with grave kindliness, still holding her hand; ‘"andâ€"I thank you very much for treating me as a friend." "A _ friend indeed," _ rurmured Laura, almost below her breath, and a mist came over her eyes of unshed tears, which she turned away . her head to hide. â€" "I hope you are comfortable here?" maid George Gifford glancing around the shabby room. by. way of changâ€" ing the conversation. ‘‘Ob, fairly well," answered Laura, with a faint attempt at a smile; ‘"but Ihave been too much occupied, t0ooâ€" miserable, in fact, to care about my surroundings."‘ . ® ‘‘Yes, but what can poor people do?" [ 34L *Come, you must nmot talk thus; and have you been well all this hot weather?" And Gifford‘s kindly gray eves rested . inquiringly on Laura‘s altered face. ‘:}'{;i vvorv she answored. _ "Anâ€" xiety and worry are not good â€" for one, you know.‘‘ â€""‘‘It is too â€" noisy a place for & writer, I should say.‘‘ 4 ‘"‘Anything but that. But you must have no more anxicties. BReâ€" member in future I am your lawyer, your banker, and your friend." __ "Please do not say that. But you must let â€" me take you, about a bit while 1 am in town. Would you like to go down the river for a day?" Eoo re c raeng~â€" "ame L "How good you are!"â€"said Laura, with genuine emotion, *‘Yes, very much. < To Jook again on the green grass would be a great treat, after the noiss and dust of the atreets." "Suppose we go toâ€"morrow, then; and we can dine at the Star . and Garter at Richmond, and have a day‘s holiday.‘‘ "It is very kind of you, butâ€"" "Ko, Miss Ingram, I won‘t listem to any ‘buts,‘"* smiled George Gifâ€" ford, checrily. He Jooked well, and brown and bappy, and presently, afâ€" ter‘they had bad some tea, he proâ€" posed they should go out. "U want to Jook at the shops," he said; ~and 41â€"supposecT ought to take my cousin, Annva Lindsay, some arâ€" ticle: of female fincry: or other, _ jor ane‘s relations always expect: someâ€" thing when one‘s been on a visit to town, so will you help‘me to choose something?"‘ 4 what the young lady is like.‘" "Ob, â€"owell, OIsearecdy know," laughed Gilford, gn.,«l-|v-m|n-t'\'(lly. "She‘s mot plain, 1 think, exactly. She‘s tail.‘" ‘‘What _ a _ description‘" . smiled Layra. ‘"One never looks at one‘s relati0n8, _ anq held it toward Lavra. you know," _ answored Gifford, still "Oh, Mr. Gifford, you are far too laughing. The idea seemed to atU4®¢* good to me. 1 never can repay all him, for Some reason or other: amt your goodness." then he told her a@bout his father, ‘¥es. you can." answered George and her old acquaintance at. Suflold, _ (Gifford, with some significance. *But and exorted himself, apparently, 19| youy are tired now, so 1 will go make hor forget her traotbles. away; but "toâ€"morraw morning may They drove to Regont Sttoet, &nd j eq} at twelve, and we‘ll have a George Gifford made various pnrrhn‘n- long day on the rivor?" x E) 1 peud ns s taes LE & 7 x aian 5.X *akir. They drove to Regont Stweet, and George Gifford made various purchas« es. Then when they wore at «BM big shop he looked at Laura haliâ€"shy 1y, halfâ€"pleasantly . "I want to buy you something, he said. ‘‘What may 1 buy you?" ~aA 2 al l’s Vl:olz‘l'A'nl. Makes the hair grow lo: e d b Hadler‘ akes air ng and heavy, and keeps i1 Strops falling hair and cures dandruff, Anr it color to gray hair. Sold for Aiftry years. "»>7 @With pleasure, if you will tell me But Laura‘shrank back. "‘No,"**she said, and she shook her BSESSSSSELS L5LLLL L b%G&G 55 % HIS WILL g AND HERS.S Makes the hair grow long and heavy, and keeps it soft and glossy. Stops falling hs‘r and cures dandruff, Amr it always restores Red Rose Tea is composed of what are known in the trade as "highâ€"grown" Ceylon and Indian teas. . These teas are grown at high altitudes on the mountain slopes, where the tea bushes grow more slowly and are more carefully cultivated than in the valleys, where the climate is warm and humid. Highâ€"grown tea is not only a finer quality, but conâ€" tains much more tea juice or extract than valleyâ€"grown This can be easily proved by comparing a drawâ€" ing of Red Rose with any other tea. By doing so you will find that a pound of Red Rose Tea will spend as far ‘The saving is most apparent in the Blue Label and betteragradesâ€"buy a pound and make the test. Red Rose Te a 14 to 1%4 ~lbs. of other teas. . H. ESTABROOKS, St. John, N. B. BRANCHES : TORZONTO, WINNIPEG. REaAsonm No 20 wHY YOU SHOULD USE BY DORA RUSSELL. But Laura. declined, and so they drove back to Edgware Road; and when they arrived at Mrs. Fryer‘s, Gifford after handing Laura out drew from the cab all the. various purâ€" chases he had made, including . the black Jace â€" mantilla, and followed Laura into the house, to the intense guriosity of Mrs. Fryer, who had "I don‘t believe he‘s her lawyer," | she afterward told Mrs. Pond; ‘lawâ€" yers ain‘t so fond of parting with «their money; and if you had seen the iBigzm of parcels he brought inâ€" $ pqnuds' and pn}!h‘lg' wol'th." ‘‘What . nonsense! "*Wouldn‘t you like one of those black,lace mantilia things, or whatever you call them?‘ went on George Gifford, pointing out with his stick at some . handsome Spanish â€"blackâ€"laco ~â€"mantillas â€"hangâ€" ing in â€"theâ€"window. "I should rather not take anyâ€" thing.: _ Really, I am too deeply inâ€" dulv!(-d to you nlreqdy;" The obscquious shopman who was serving them speedily ‘spread some gimilar ones â€" before George Gifford and Laura, and in spite of Laura‘s whispered remonstrances Gifford purâ€" chased theâ€" handsomest and most exâ€" pensive one he could find. ‘‘But why? An old friend like 1 am, there can surely be no reason why I‘should not." 3 _ Then, after they returned to thair cab, Laura said: 1 l . _*‘It would be quite unsuitable for her,‘" laughed Gifford, goodâ€"naturedâ€" ly; ‘‘a thing like that requires . a ‘graceful woman. â€"Now, poor Anna Wnll I shall be yery submissive," he answored, smiling. ‘‘To buy such an expensive thing as that! It is quite unsuitable for me, you know; you must take it to your cousin at Suffold." *T vi-énlâ€"l'y â€"must scold you, Mr. Gifford." Mb se "Well, you‘ll â€" go to one of the theatres toâ€"night, won‘t you? so T‘ll go and buy stall tickets." "No, really, 4 will not. Will you take me homo now, Mr. Gifford?" "Yes, if you like; but "‘do go. to ane of the theatres." â€""*~ and . again he davughed. . ‘"‘But where shall we go next?" "I shall go into no more shops with you,"" said Laura, positively. In the meanwhile, in the drawingâ€" roomm, Laura had found courage to approach the subject which had been en her mind ever since George Gifâ€" ford‘s arrival. v + : ‘‘About that check for fifty pounds Mr. Gifford," she said; "I can not take so much, but if you will lend me twentyâ€"five pounds of it, by the time that is spent I surely will have made some money, and as soon‘ as ever I can I «ill return it to you." George _Gifford turned round and toor rtr nand*tor ne nua neen plasâ€" ing some of the parcols he had carâ€" ried in on the couch when Laura ad« dressed hiny. "You scolded me a little while ago," he said, ‘"‘and now I am going to scold you. What nonsense to talk ahout a little sum like that! Why, you are welcome to six times, and six times over the amotunt. Have you eashed the chock yet?" ‘‘Ko, indeed I have not."‘ "T‘ll get it cashed for you in the me>zning then: amt you‘ve not forâ€" gotten I‘ve lodged a hundred pounds in your name at the Union Bank? f have brought you your checkâ€"book, vau see.‘" And as he spoke he proâ€" duced a checkâ€"book from his pocket and held it toward Lavra. "Oh, Mr. Gifford, you are far too good to me. 1 never can repay all your goodness." uk "Â¥Yos," answored Laura. And then they shook hands and he wont away, and after he was gone Laura wont to the window and stood looking ate gently . down on the strect below . She was thinking of George Gifford. How kind, how generous he was, how thought(ul for others,. what a true Â¥YEGETADLE SICILIA] and laithiui iwmleng. "I wish I had married him long ago, before all this pain and trouble came to me," she reflected. *‘I wish I had mever seen Ralph Woodland‘s Oh, why could she not forget him‘: She believed at this mement that George Gifford still liked her, but she knew also that the mystcrious passion we call love would never thrill through her breast for him. She respected him, she had a strong regord for him, but that subtle inâ€" stinct which draws two souls so near was utterly absent from the heart. She felt restless and disturbed. The checkâ€"book that he had brought her was lying on the table before her, and her eyes vaguely fell on it. ‘Then she opened the parcel containing the black mantilla he had given her, and tried it on, and the rich lace fell in graceful _ folds over _ her shapely shoulders:. m "It hides my shabby dress," she thought, not illâ€"pleased. It suited her artistic taste, and she determinâ€" ed to wear it the next day, _ And sSh& Aid"Gtar 1t. â€" 106 uvorge Gifford‘s great delight, when he arâ€" rived at Mrs. Fryer‘s on the followâ€" ing morning he found Laura already dressed in a white gown and his handsome gifts. She wore also & large wideâ€"brimmed black hat, and the whole effect was gracoful and picturesque. ho io 2 L â€"‘I am very pleasedâ€"and now are you ready?" _ ____ F _ "I could not resist it; my female Â¥anity was too strong for me.‘". _ ‘‘Fine feathers!"‘ . answered Laura, smiling, lifting an end of her lace scarl. 4 _ "It certainly becomes . youâ€"and thank you very much for wearing dt."* AF Then they started, and presently found themselves on the sunlit river, gliding onward between its willowy banks. It was a glorious day; the sky deep blue, flecked here and there with feathery clouds, and the breeze fresh and strong. It brought a bloom to Laura‘s pale checks and a brightâ€" ness to her eyes, and for the time, at least, her life did not scem dreary and weary. % ~â€""How â€"well you â€" look!""~ he said, with his gray eyes fixed on her adâ€" miringly, _ most seriously, after George Gifford Jait. _ She thought of her position and ‘hi8;‘ & fife" of*toil and‘ struggie on one hand, of case and â€" comfort on the other. And she liked . him, liked this kindly, honest gentleman, {with his somewhat countrified . and aldâ€"fashioned ideas; butâ€"ah, how ofâ€" ten in the lives of fair women that momentous ‘"but" otcurs! ‘‘HMe can ‘g;\-c me much, but I do not love ‘hvm.” said hor heart. ‘"He can give ‘ me daily bread, and I may starve," ‘"‘HMow beautiful the sunshine is!‘‘ she said, pulling off her glove and dipping one of her little hands into the sparkling water. â€" _ ‘It makes a g}mt difference,"" anâ€" swered George Gifford, who was usâ€" ing his oars stceadily. f Laura turned round and laughed. His commonplace reply amused . her somehow, and tickled her, sense of humor. George Gifford was not, in fact, a man â€" of poetic dreams . or fancies. He was sensible, straightforâ€" ward, and honestâ€"hearted, and Laura knew him to be all this, but his mind was no more akin to ‘hers than the flower to the sturdy oak. _ But of this he was quite unconscious, and this denseness made him | pluck up his courage; as they . were | walking together after leaving the boat on their way to the hotel he once more asked her to be his wife. * _ No when he came the noxt day, nervous and anxiousâ€"for he _ really loved berâ€"Laura received him with | a blush and a smile. . He took her ‘‘Perhaps I should not speak now, when you are my guest,"" he said; ‘‘butâ€"will you give me & little hope, Laura?" * "I thought of it, as you know, a long while ago, and I have thought of it ever since," answered Gifford ‘"Andâ€"I can‘t bear to think of you struggling on alone in the world. I will try all I can to make you hapâ€" py, Laura." â€"_"I am sure you would do that; you are so good,"" answered Laura, with downcast eyes. s § "I don‘t know about goodness, but I know I would do my best for you, and a man can do no more.‘"‘ *‘No, indeed!" ‘‘Don‘t answer now unless you like,‘" continued Gifford, ‘"but think it over, and it will make me very happy if your enswer is favorable." _ "‘It is so suddenâ€"Iâ€"I never thought â€"of this,"" faltered Laura. _ ‘"Very well," hallâ€"whispered Laura;. and not another word was said on the subject during the rest of the day, until just as they were parting at Mrs. Fryer‘s door, on their reâ€" turn. "Let me know toâ€"morrow,‘" said Gifford in a low tone, as he warmly pressed Laura‘s hand in his; and the next moment he was gone. on the other hand spake reason and commonâ€"sense. And after a struggleâ€" a long struggleâ€"reason and commonâ€" sense prevailed. The romance of her lite was done and ended, Laura Inâ€" gram told horsclf, but the reality reâ€" rained. _ She would have no troubles alout â€" money as George Gifford‘s wife, and she would make him a good wife. He should never regret his genâ€" crosity and kindness to her; he should pever know that the vory essence that makes marriage sacred was ab~ sent fromher heart. hand. he looked into hor face, _ and fomothing there gave him hope. "Will you give me your answor now?" he asked. a little tremplously. Yos,"" answored Laura, in a low tonc, with hor eves cast down. "Laura. will you be my ‘wife?" "Yos," again anaswered Laura:; and when he heard the welcome monosylâ€" Iahle he caught her in his arms and kissed her aweet lips. ‘‘My dear, dear girl!t _ You have taiude me so happy," he exclaimed; and he stood there holding both her hands, his heart full of infinite conâ€" tert. 3 "I am sure my father will be pleased,"" he said, presently. _ *‘You will make the old house quite bright. Lanvra." 1ds + "I am anre you seill." $ "And . you â€" won‘t mind | sett‘ing down in a country town, . will vyou doar?‘ inquired George Gifford, with just a touch of anxicty in his tone.. _ "I will do my best," she answored, woftly. _ "Ohb, no; T1 have not â€" found _ much Kappiness â€" here," answored . Laurs: and she suppressed a sigh as she "And I will do my +ou happy." "Well, you know «e can run up to Landon whenever you â€" like," _ said UGeorge â€" Gifford, checrily. _ ‘‘You‘ll want to come up about your books spoke CHAPTER XI. Laura Ingramâ€"didâ€""think it over,"* bost to make | .*‘Why very soon, George?" ‘‘Well, to fhil you the truth, I don‘t like leaving you alone in Lonâ€" don any longer. 1 suppose I am jeaâ€" lous,"" he added, with a laugh; ‘"but there it is! You are too handsome to be alone, Laura, and want your husâ€" band to take care of you.‘" Laura sighed softly. ‘‘And why should we wait?" conâ€" tinued George Gifford, in his pracâ€" tical way. ‘‘There is nothing to wait for: We have both made up our minds, and I want to take my dear wife with me when I go home this time.*" ‘‘Not this time." ‘‘Yes, this time. I don‘t want to ' leave you any more, Laura. I will write and tell my father toâ€"day that: | we have settled it all, and we can be | married quite well in a day or two."‘ ‘‘Oh, that is too soon."‘ ‘‘No, indeed it‘s not. Come, Laura, â€"| if you will give way to me _ about | this, I‘ll give way to you often and often."" y Laura was silent. % ] "I want you to promise," said â€"George Gifford, taking her hand. | â€"But Laura still hesitated. ; ‘‘*Don‘t you think it would be betâ€" ter to wait a few weecks?"‘ she said. and stories, won‘t you? ut perba wou won‘t write now?" _ * We shall see,""â€"emiled Laura. ‘‘Well, just as you please, at all events, you need not do it for the sake _ of _ pocketâ€"money,"" . repiied Cvorge Gifford, also smiling. . "It bas not brought me in much pocketâ€"money .** ‘‘Never mind; you shall have pockâ€" etâ€"money _ without it. And now, Laura, dear, let us sit down and talk it all over. To begin with, J hope you won‘t think me selfish whem I ask for our marriage to be very ‘‘No, indeed I don‘t! This is Thursâ€" day; suppose we are married toâ€"day week, for I‘m afraid I can‘t take a very long holiday, as my father is getting too old to look after the "But you can come back." ‘‘No, dear; I don‘t want to lose sight of you. _ I would be fit for nothing down there worrying about you./Come, Laura, let us fix toâ€"day week.‘" And after a little more urging, and a little more delay, they did fix it. In a week Laura ~was to be George Gifford‘s wife, and . George Gifford finally left her to purchase the engagementâ€"ring, fcecling entirely happy. . }â€"__ . ~t_â€" ns No umt She sat down and sighed after the dbor closed behind him, and put her slender hand over her face. ‘ And a faceâ€"strong, dark, and intellectual, not George Gifford‘s faceâ€"rose belore her mental vision. â€" And what did Laura feel . when he was gone?A o oo antad . "I hope I shall never gee him more; I pray I shall never see him more." she thought; and then again she sighâ€" ed. But presently she roused herself. "How â€"weakâ€"Iâ€"am,""â€"sheâ€"said,â€"hallâ€" mloud, "even to think of him, when he has quite forgotten me, and I have promiscd to be the wife ofâ€"anoâ€" ther manâ€"of a good man, a _ kind man, who will give me a sheltered home, and whom I truly like. _ And he seeims so happy too, almost like a boy, and I must try to make him always so." sds e Aoaioak In the meanwhile George Gifford was â€" hurrying to .a jeweler‘s . shop, whereâ€" he purchased a very handâ€" someâ€" diamond engagementâ€"ring, a plain gold weddingâ€"ring. and a pearl keoper. They had settled to go out in the afternoon, and he wished to take his rings with him when he reâ€" turned to Edgware Road. ‘Then he went back to his hotel and wrote the following letter to his father at Sufâ€" fold: wortiy‘ of youraffectioh. As I shall | be abscnt about a fortnight or three weoeks longer, I have written . some: directions to Johnson at the office, but have requested him . to consult you before acting in any matter. I. propageâ€"toâ€"settleâ€"theâ€"seven thousandâ€" pounds my dear mother Jeft me on Lauro. but this matter can wait ovâ€" ; er until my return. . And I remain, | dear fathor, } ‘"‘My Dear Fathcer,â€"I am going to give you a little surprise, but I hope it will be a pleasant one. I am goâ€" ing to be married in a week to Miss Laura Ingram. and when L return home I hope to bring my wife with me. I have wished for this for a long time, and before Laura left Suffold at the time of the old major‘s death, 1 proposed to her, but we did not become engaged at that time. Howâ€" ever, we have settled it all now, and I hope you will be fond of your new Aauehbtar â€"=3 I ase stt shc wilt This lotter sped on its way, and was dolivered next morning at a tall, handsome red house standing in the Market Place of Suffold, which conâ€" tained some of the best houses in the town, Red House was, however, the most jimposingâ€"looking of them â€" all. . Jt stood back from the street, and had a small railedâ€"in garden in front and a large oldâ€"fashioned garden at the back, whore grew and flourished apâ€" ricot, apple, and peer trees, flowoers, and swootâ€"smelling herbs of every deâ€" gcription. 'T'i'v;nid man, Mr. Goorge Gifford, senior, was fond of his garden, and spent a copaidc:[-b_lc sum of. _ money on it yearly. Te had walked in it with his fair young wife by his side; she had planted yon roseâ€"tree clamâ€" bering on the wall; their boy had played in it. In fact a hundred tenâ€" der recollection® were connected in Mr._Gifford‘s â€"mind with â€"this â€"wellâ€" kopt piccse of ground, and now, with his bowed white head, he walked duily in it still. He was a fincâ€"lookâ€" ing cldorly man, and was hoeld in high repute among . his _ fellowâ€"townsmen. For one thing, he was known to he rich; for another, his character . for honor and just dealing . had . never teen impugned. And now let us look at the old lawver on the morning that George Gifford‘s letter arrived at Suffold, in which he announced his intended marâ€" ringe to Laura Ingram. He was sitâ€" ting with his back to the window at the breakfastâ€"table, with double goldâ€" rimmed glasses on | his wellâ€"shaped nose, reading the morning . papers. His clear skin made him look youngâ€" er than he was, though both his hair and whiskers wore white. He was, in fact, over seventy, but carried . his years well, and looked in good . if not robust health. Opposite to him at the breakfastâ€" table sat his nicco, Miss Anna Lindâ€" say. She also had a clear skin and a wellâ€"shaped nose, and reddishâ€"tintâ€" ed abundant hair, in which there were, however, many lines of gray. Piot she was a goodâ€"looking worman, and her form was full and comely. Hor eyes wore vorvy peculiar; they were of a romarkahbly light . reddish trown tint. and hos cyolashes . ware ‘‘Your affectionate son, "GEORGE GIFFORD." scant. She was, it was said, middle» m‘. but she did not admit this. whe called hersclf the same . age 48 her cousin Gcorge, and had ever since ber arrival at Red House determined to remain there as its future misâ€" She was talking pleasantly to her uncle, when a neat maid brought in the letters on a silver saiver. ‘There were two, one for Mr. Gifflord and one for Miss Lindsay, and as she placed them on the table Miss Lindâ€" Ganses‘s d cenide®itie~ *"Â¥his is from George,‘" she said to her uncle, rising and putting. it in his hand. "I suppose it will be to Meku know when he is . coming Mr. Gifford opened the letter, and settied his glasses more evenly on his nose, and then commenced to read his son‘s letter, and Miss Lindâ€" say was so interested to hear the news about her cousin that she left ber own letter unopened. *‘Why, bless me!" cried old Mr. Gifford the next minute, in a tone of utter astonishment; ‘"whoever would huve believed this!‘" June 8, 190o5â€"Page 7 *‘What is the matter?"‘ asked Anna Lindsay, rising; and a sudden flush rose to her face as she spoke. *‘Why, George is going to be marâ€" ried, actually married, in a week to Miss Ingram; you know, the old major‘s daughter, _ Well, I am surâ€" _ No word came from Anna Lindsay‘s lips. Her face blanched suddenly; she grasped the back of her chair as if for support, and her breath came in strange, heaving, painful gasps. ‘‘I never knew there was anything between them,"" continued the old lawyer, ‘‘yet he says he offered to her whem her father died, which is more than a year ago now. Well, sho‘s a handsome girlâ€"but you didn‘t | *‘Poor Anna, I‘m afraid she‘s put eut about ‘this engagement," he thought, uncasily, _ ‘‘Well, .it‘sâ€"too sudden. Gcorge should have consultâ€" ed me a bit, I thinkâ€"and yet young men will be young men." And he sighed, remembering hi; own youth, and his ardent wooing of the woman he had loved. fold before you came here."‘ . Still Miss Lindsay did not speak. In fact, she could~ not; her tongue scemed paralyzed; her lips refused to utter, and her uncle, surprised by her silence, looked up from his son‘s letâ€" ter and glanced at his nicco‘s white "It is nothing," muttered Anna Lindsay, boarsely. And thin, withâ€" out another word, sho walked feebly to the door. She had had a great and terrible shock, and for the first time a dim consciousness of the truth dawned on her uncle‘s mind. He had never dreamed that she had ever thought of George in any other light than as a cousin before. For one thing she was older than George, and for another Geerge had always spokâ€" en of her somewhat carclessly. But after she had almost staggered from the room the old man sat fecling very uncomfortable. He was fond of his niece, and he began to be afraid lhal: George had not treated her well. At all events, George‘s letter preâ€" vented two people cating their breakâ€" fasts. Mr. Gifford felt no appetite, and Miss Lindsay did not return to the room. She had retired to her own, feeling that one blow had made her future life utterly desolate: She had in truth cared for her Cousin George with an overwhelming love.. She had mever remembered her years nor her gray hairs, She had been, of course, constantly thrown with him for many months, and being a goodâ€"looking, personable woâ€" man, she had never doubted that in time he would return her attachâ€" ment. Once or twire she had made her feelings rather evidint, . and Georgeo had> drawn back warily. ‘Therefore she had determined to wait. She was an excelient houseâ€" keeper, and knew that men liked wellâ€" cooked and wellâ€"ordered meals, and And now to hear that Gcorge was engaged, that he was actually to be married in a week, that he would bring his wife in all likelihood to the very house where she had rcigned so long. as mistress filled her heart with alternate paroxysms of rage, doâ€" spair, and misery. so she devoted hercnergiecs to these points, and everything was served to perfection at Red House after her arrival there. The Chatham News says that while in 1841 the population of that place was only some 600. it contained three distilleries, one brewery and 13 licensed taverns, also six unlicensed taverns. Three magistrates were enâ€" gaged in the liquor traffic. The conâ€" firmed drunkards numbered 36. She locked the door of her roomn and flung hersclf passionately on the floor, writhieg there like a creature who had received a mortal wound. ‘‘Why was I born? why was I born?"" she moancd in her anguisk. BEECHAM‘S PILLS L 19â€" idbjnpnadhresmpnibeg uatile: "In Rak If aant * Nonae can have a Wellâ€"Balanced Constitution without taking All people subject to Bilious attacks, or who wfle:"jlrom Stomachic disâ€" orders, should never be without a box H their purifying effect upon the s derm‘y:d vivify the &mfin system, causing every organ body hulthh‘:lg to continue its alâ€" porecsiy" baimerd condiuon," 2nd making life a pleasure. of BEECHAM‘S PILLS. Their gigantic success and genuine worth argl 1movu all over lbe‘:vfld, and the proof of their excellence hes in the fact that the’y are generally adopted as the Family, Medicine after BEECHAM‘S PILLS BEECHAWM‘S PILLS maintain their reput.tion s prope n 1090 Homin and TO BE CONTINUED. CHAPTER XIL ; she had left Sufâ€" deadly havoe of any contagious disâ€" ease in Ontario during the month of April. â€"The monthly report of the Provincial Board of health, issued this week, shows that 193 deaths reâ€" sulted from 206 cases. This is slightâ€" ly more favorable, however, than in April, 1904, when 219 deaths resultâ€" ed from 219 cases. The number of smallpox cases in April was 62, as compared with 33 last year. The increase is due largeâ€" ly to the fact that the Department recently ascertained that a number of people in Western Ontario had failed to report cases in their homes> While diphtberia cases were 209, or 40 more than last year, the deaths were slightly less, which would indiâ€" cate that the disease has been less virulent, the cases of mortality being only 12.4 per cent., as compared with certify that â€" Chamberlain‘s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoca Remedy cured my husband of a severe attack of Cuâ€" ban diarrhoea, which he brought home Ilrom Cuba. We had several doctors, | but they did him no good. One bottle of this remedy cured him, as our neighbors will testify. I thank God for so valuable a medicine." For sale by .all druggists. 16.5 per cent. for the same month last year. There was an epidemic of measles, the number of cases reached 494, as compared with 98 in April, 1904. The returns show that scarlet fever has reached a very low point, only seven deaths being reported. The deaths from typhoid are much less, only oneâ€"half the number being reâ€" The total deaths from all causes are 2,146, representing a population of 1,887,102, making a death rate of 13.1 in 1,000, while for the corresâ€" ponding period last year, 2,290 deaths were reported from a greater populaâ€" tion, but the death rate was the same, 13.7 per cent. The following comparative table gives the number of cases and deaths from contagious disease for the proâ€" vince:â€" f Cases. Smallpox ~ 62 Scarlet Fever 153 Diphtheria 209 Measles 494 Whoop. Cough 45 Typhoid 37 Tuberculosis â€" 206 obs, of ~Houston,â€"Texasâ€":â€""Iâ€"I U. S. soldiers who seeved in Cuba during the Spanish war know what this disease is, and that ordinary remedies have little more effect than water. Cuban diarrhoca is almost as severe and dangerous as a mild atâ€" tack of cholera. There is one remedy however that can always be depended upon, as will be seen by the followâ€" ing certificate from Mrs. Minnic Jacâ€" TUBERCULOSIS IN ONTARIO F. WALTER‘S GREAT RECORD By the Galt Reporter it is announâ€" ced that Mr. Ferdinand Walter, one of the leading Conservatives of Watâ€" erloo,. is retiring, after forty years of continuous service in the County Council. This is a great record. That there is another man in the province who has given forty years consecuâ€" tively to the municipal service is to be doubted. Mr. Walter is to be honâ€" ored in a special way for his excclâ€" lent _ work, and really the man who gives himself to municipal affairs | is doing a most valuable service to his ncighbors. The municipal government comes closer to the people than any other brauch of government, and he who manages it well is entitled to be honored. LABOR EDUCATIONAL A8SOCIAâ€" TION. The annual meeting of the Labor Educational Association of Ontatio was held in the Labor Hall at Gait on Victoria Day and was attemded by over fifty delegates, representatives being present from â€" Berlin, Galt, Hamilton, Guelph, Brantford, Stratâ€"‘ ford, London, Sarnia, Point Edwanl.i Preston, Elmira, Woodstock and oth er .places. LA se tA JUST WHAT EVERYONE SHOULD Mr. J. T. Barber, of Irwinville, Ga., always keeps a bottle of Chamâ€" berlain‘s Colic, Cholera and D_lnyhogn Remedy at hand ready for instant use. Attacks of colic, cholera morbus and diarrhoea come on so suddenly that there is no time to hunt a doctor or go to the store for medicine. Mtr. Barâ€" ber says : "I have tried Chamberlain‘s Colic, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy which is one of the best medicines 1 ever saw. 1 keep a bottle of it in my room, as 1 have had several attacks of colic and it has proved to ‘be the best medicine 1 ever used. Sold by all druggists. President ‘A. J. Voege, of Berlin, presided. The other delegates 1rOM | â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"_â€"_â€"_â€"_â€"_â€"_â€"â€"zca m this town were Messrs, C, F. Brandt, R. McCrac, R. (Gofton, Geo. Staley, /"'W Hy. Schuetz, F. Ackerknecot, C. C. 27 â€" liahn, Chas Massel and Hy. Brenifi. | : The annual address of President | STRATFORD, ONT. Voege, the reports of: the Executive,‘ You on get & general education in an San i 1 n C and Editor Marks, of the _ Industrial sghoo but dome" to ons Contrat for Prootioal annual mecting Banner, were read and relerred to the ental reputatio for thoroughnes«. Opportun different committees, which reported l.t:t'l-u:l"'n:‘ l.hu -bommnnt mz' at the afternoon session. All of the ctassesat any Te '}fuh-'?-'-'-m reports were adppl_c_d‘ 3 | ELLIOTT & McLACHLAN, Presidentâ€"Jos. Heintzman, Stratâ€" ford. Ist VieeePres.â€"A. E. Starr, Woodâ€" stock. 2nd Viceâ€"Pres â€"J. Ctarke, London. 3rd Viceâ€"Pres.â€"W. Burt, Hamilton.. Secy .â€"Treas.â€"lGico. Lambert, . Sarâ€" It -wa.s"declr;led to charge a capita tax of $1 for every local sending delâ€" egates to the cogven!.ion. â€"The election of officers resulted as follows :â€" s ols _A resolution fivbrlng the _ public ownership of all franchises was passâ€" Total 1,206 London‘® was chosen CUBAN DIARRHOEA. 268 10 193 26 21 for the next 33 161 169 98 26 219 hereby 219 291 Dtimrame ts nacaum â€" y:tx- F phociien. B aC. L L B. :.ta.vi;t: M:% @: Um'! in theâ€" LKMENT & CLKEMENT, Oe on BeAN Weaarice Pubite, Con u‘s ovu'Whyhm%‘ln store, corper King and Foundry +11 1lip. I.oyula-u_icmt.:fll‘nl Kstat K. P, CLEMEKNT, K C. F. W. CLEMEST Cor. s lugln ‘n‘ & ksb sie., Mca!unlt FLINTOFT. K Cunvepancer , &c. Money to loan. Office M. CRAM, &: mdnnlm son‘s office, Beriin. M. READE B. A. Barristor, tor, Notary â€" Conve gm.-!s./:-.’n?fi- Bt North, berl Dn' vfi:« ¢ra:mn of Toronto University lacentiate of »be Colinge of i‘nysiciaos, ba . ghd&udmmu‘-‘d thropt w attentiun given to the use of the X â€" Bay und Electwic C rronts n the disgnosis and treatment o suit ble JA n c Peotie LD.8., Royai Lotle.o wental D-fl'l‘".a ‘Loronte uuv-z Ju’?fl% over !-'fi‘-& Htore, Entrance between Febreabach Dentis‘ Office in Oddfellow‘s Block Waterlo \, cascs. i < Uffice Waterino on IH Strest. Opposite ler and Stuobing‘s groce:y. DENTIST. Ofice Open Daiiy, Office: Over Bank of Hamilton, Berlin. the secord Thursday and Fr Thursday and Friday of each 1 p.m. to Friday 1 p. m. OD offe will be closed every Friday afternce S E(élhflla Léoxl’ks' ‘:t I|) S..' Graduate of Royal Coll ge of D‘ga‘ Surgoona of Toronto has opened a dental cficeabsve Mr. J. Uffelâ€" ::nn'- store. iDentist y practiced in all its aches. _ 4 der ake contracts for painting and paverihang ing in Town and Country: Firstâ€"slass {wor residence, otroer of Cuetn avd Princcss t WATERLOO: . OonTt HONEST HARNESS AT _â€"â€"â€"â€"â€" HONEAT PRICOKE Cnmrmwmu Painter and Paper Hanging. Will un Get one of my splendid new sots of Hartes now. It willimprove the appearance of you _ _ _ Alex. Milias K. 0. Harvey 3. .0. 1. Ritrinians V Somaidoe, seinge 0 WV . P HILEP Mestunaie® pfciptin® and the proper mo . For terms apply to “!3 »G. HUGHES. ‘OHN L. WIDEMAN Director of the Waterioo Musloal Soociety‘s B ind. JOHN STREBEL WELLS, L. D. Strebel‘s HARNESS SHOP Repairing at moderats rates, HILLIARD ~ MISCELLANEOUS or. U get ob tesiratLicenses MEDICAL W. WELLS, D. D . 8., E. M. DEVITT.