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_ »*NÂ¥es, be shali know it, though ‘twill ° break his prondBeart.© You‘ll beg in valn for an honest name then. Sir i: t Will.be proudâ€"all wili be proud _ Of Fou~s Percy, with ajowborn lover." e t f Pere: fi“’mrm white Mlke death, then burniog rage and hame made tor face Hke fire. . Her eyes opened‘ wide, her hostrils dilated. the tremuled and could uof spegk. § ~‘? fBere was any Iingering . hesitaâ€" C “ i did not expect to fulfil} it, Whe, dancing master had finished "® . bond perusal wf (the story about #Brench Perer." Now be slipped. the Bper in the breast pocket of hls cont i and, attrdeted | by . Sir Jobn‘s loud Speech, stood up to listen. . Ho:rose just i time to Muy Percy, losing an nt her steely calm, blurt angrily; > Beecause, loving no other, to gratify '*_‘ t {at :..hura decu; â€"and save ie from: disappointment I would even J $ou. uks > > | did not love you."t. â€" > > *! > *my Tath g% tos ‘â€"to heed h * 28Â¥es, D /‘ break‘ his _ valu for Lt MA â€" Alixs "I presume, %\ that now you do : A soime oné," he snid at last bitterly. \\_ ©Do you?" the girl aneered and raised mer chin very high, â€"but her cheeks | were daming. Eho discarded lover saw. signals, ind instantly bis flerce afousy ewept him into rage. "u "Yes, and 1 came here to bave a h Bbttfoment with you about that rery (and I will have it," he cried. ‘Percy stiffened. do you mean ?* ‘Rituded,â€" Sir John swept oil. @l have had it last night but for We;" > s * £% the words Dubarre started sudâ€" P then _ stopped &w and the back of the bench to hold I f beh mh F2 + a hn Wiknerding," the girl cried, g Tather shall"â€" â€"But the wan had )t too far past the point of reason beed her warhlug: 4 "Has Bir John a! in‘ thought and rord a ,«uw:§;uy Perey with affilanced wife? Let Sir John.question | Bimself closely on this point." _ At #” speech .Wilmerding went fastle. . . 3.3 4 C en e 1 42 © +0 . The man. f and caught lor arm. â€" "IL won‘t be put off this way!" he exciaimed. "You have agreed J:'u arry we,.. _ I haye your and your pubjiclyannoun g‘imdybm» mm ‘my part of the contract, and I demand to be treated as your betrothâ€" m-fl t Percy patience was all . Whe ‘Dlood was alf ‘goneâ€"trodt under Dubarre‘s ufln.uud :n held to the th. to keep himself from starting forward. Kow the girl came close to P Bipperes, 24 Tow ahd harce the towe. > wt don‘t E- he eried. "I know, pr L. gaw yob in his room last nightâ€" B4O4Â¥04040404 040 be+4 e 404 UÂ¥0b604+04e+te4 0+ e + a46 0404 | gâ€"m heard of biscuitsâ€"and ‘of biscuitsâ€"and eaten biscuitsâ€" but you don‘t kiow . biscuitsâ€"until %g, w'. Perfection cn":: Sodi, ~ ‘They are everything the ideal biscuits should be. M Boout: Rieg mes mre for, juvidig.. :: /.0 +2 25 08 C1 {sâ€"Preactically in Canada thim if you Mk.. In 1 & 3 15. pigs. 4 C m \ * g j qd id <â€" Copyrig GComedy & > C t it 4 § . 9 HARP m & By: THOMPSON BUCHANAN :+ mor wly [mind \drew in : a long for an instaut Sir John was .‘ standing beside the tres, H §3# "Quick! ~Quick!â€" Gire me a sword, T say!" c #word to his scabbard, he changed his tone. ~*I forgot I was Adealing with a servant. Here!" ~He drew some mlivrer from iils pocket and. threw it toward Pubarre. . ‘"Take this, my man,â€" and forget your spleen." Wilmerding dropped his hand from the hilt with a sneering laugh,. â€" "Do you thtnk I’duht;p.mm you lowborn. Frencl mountebank?‘ ~ . The Frenchman sprang toward him. "Would you have me strangle you like « Pog thatâ€"is choked ?" ‘The ~Englishman whipped out hbis weapon.â€" "Aâ€"step nearer andâ€"T ki the: room of that lowbore French gasp of agony. let h then quickly slipped out of his coat; dropping the garment upon the beach and lsying his hat upon it wu rolled up the right aldeve of his shirt above the sibow and stood upright again beside the tree, waitingâ€"tensely walting. . M : "Quick! . Liart â€"Traducer « difm”m fight quickly, that I .may. kill beâ€" l;fc th;’ sun stops toâ€"shing for shame of you es % Sir John sprang back, red, angry and Iaid his hand on his sword. . With ac resached for his own, only to find himâ€" self unarmed. < Then he cried again‘~ ‘For the first time Dubarre took apâ€" parent notice of her, *Thank you, mademolselle," he said. \â€" ‘Then as the three stood there Captain ‘Thorncliffe‘and Mistress Courtleigh apâ€" mmlng along tho)n#fran the und they were but. the yanâ€" T e te mesiptominins 4-3 in. thine u‘i?: m- h:ichm, c r Jc‘r 4s he drew himself up, "I fght my equals. only;" ‘The words, rusbing from Dubarre‘s Ups, came tumbling,. slmost telescop ing one another. . 1088 tler at your buriat,. monsleur," .he reâ€" torted. > a3% "A. : sword, : forsooth!" ~sueered Bir Jolin, . "TI give you aâ€"rope, and the horse boys shall lay it on your back." +â€" For shameo! â€" For I burst imâ€" passioned from !hym Hips. ~"It you ate a mau, Sir Johnâ€"an Englishâ€" manâ€"give liim a sword and fight." â€" knowing bhow I shall dance ‘the merâ€" "What‘ss this? . What‘s this?" cried Thorneliffe. "Not a duel?" Dubatre :m d to him. "Will you, captain, : 16‘ sword?" T »eo. ie adimnn > _‘ menoomigets â€"* * P 1 touch :the ntu"t‘-l W'T'w' f!llllll'_. sword only," he Jaughed. a Unbecding, the Frenchman continued to beg. â€" "You, monsieus, are & soldiet â€"a real soldier; 1, too, have fought in the ranks. By the camaraderic of bat tle I plead with you,. On imy knees I will beg you lond me your eword for Just one «1ittle }nstant /that 1. may avengo a black insult."â€" ~~ yikifee‘s May Percy msqpt Courticigh badg drawn together and stood silent, fear fal m the rear, hoiding each othâ€" er # The men seemed to have Targotten their prescuce entifely. ~8ir Jobhn was beat on further huroillating his lowborn antigonist Thorncliffe guessed the quarre} and the cause, but Joyalty to his friend left hinm no choite. Tw i ""Ils nseiess,. Dubarre," he sald. "Yon cabmot Aght him." 6 ‘The dancing ncfind baok with stinging Invective enemy. ‘‘What icc}deat uf birth permits you to rofus® you. ‘ Are yoc afraid to diet â€"Come, thrpw away your sword and fight with ant It. Pilâ€"promtas not to KM! you." . _(Btung at last. to anges, . Wik aprang at him, then puul.m stood namoved, ©< + me, doward? ‘The Iins of ancestors you bide bebipd would be the fArst to scorn "Pogsibly monslcur is afraid of the diegrace of being beaten by. a dancing wiistor.> 1f uo ‘TH fight you secrbtly;" ° "You‘ll fight ‘the : stocks ‘In â€"public,* troated Hit John.! "Coward!": mottered. May Perey, wes q468 .o4 "Too base To rétrach d ‘:fl ardly to ?fl“flu Die:â€"an Tolstt diiguet 26 be torind io. ment @8 "Your Freuch pot‘s crary, 1 Rintad that be cdould not dance divinely."*"" ~ -x.:.«mu-p_-mmnm» ©.0M4v60,". o. .~ f this?" « ad Hir Hanry Fangp. Bu Taliaameaites hin. "For shamo! ~For shamet" burst imâ€" Copyright HARPER inte T Ts 45 A *Monsieur â€" fights his peers"‘‘ ‘The tobe rang ‘clamorous joy, With a panâ€" therâ€"like spring the ~Frenchman was beside Captain 'meuae. An instant, and hbe bad wre: out the captain‘s sword. and was back before Sit: John ‘The rest looked on, amazed. : The â€"mar had mored almostâ€"tooâ€"quick for wits to xnow,â€"Aet alone handsâ€" to â€"stop "him Now he saluted his enemy.. 1t was the aword salute of a French officer. * An instant amizement beld the circle <hamb, but in: that brigf space Sir Jobn‘s sword was out. Now be rushed wildly, streng in the might of his double cause for udte....Deftly the Frenchman par rled and sprang back. f ; ‘Hold, nousiourâ€"boid?" he cried. Wimerding . snarling, "Hare you got enough so soon?* _ + Dubdrre laughed in hbis face. "I wish to Kill bonorably, not mur der,: monsieur," he .lll.‘“ "If *‘:‘?‘t will but remove his ‘and scal be ~will not be : encumbered"â€"with his old dancing master grace he bowedâ€" "then we â€"can resume, and I promise monsicur not to be the one to Cry Hold!: Agatm.® â€" 53000002 Sir Jobn‘looked his sstonishinent. _ â€"~ .~WFou are a gentleman," be blurted at last and turned to remove his coat. fmiling, <the otber awaited him. ~A gréat ~change . bad come over~ this Freachman. â€" ‘The clash of ‘stee! bad quite â€"~transformed. him. It was not the humbje dancing master, with bhis profound grace, nor yot the eager, im petuous fire eater Dubarre, but a new Yeas "ifrench »«rey," who stood en4y and â€"graceful,: polsed for the % Still â€"#miling, . he watohed Sir i‘s preparation, â€" and: he (didâ€"not ;look at "Give him ty the grooing" <Lei «_ éool. his blood < 1i ‘theâ€" duck ~poud!" "Match your man ‘gainst him single Sticks. "Twould bo great spart!* â€" : â€"â€" "An . English gentieman â€"must â€"Aght when his peer dem@nds jt!" cried the duncing master. : . ~ Fear In Jaughing delight be continued: **Monsieur has askedâ€"the band of. * Percy ~ in â€" marringe. ~Theâ€"Porcysâ€" are anybody‘s peers. ~Only last nigtt myâ€" self .and these .gentlemen here® heard monsicur wish that be might bar# *Freuch ~Percy‘ at _ hbis eword point: Monsieur shall haye thatâ€"wish." â€" He paused ¢â€" btlef instant and drew him self up proudiy. ."I am Percy Latapie, vlebml"do Bt. Crolx, 1 am : ‘French Perey.‘"â€"Again he ‘stopped : and ~saâ€" luted. "Now will monsieur.fight ?" On â€" Sir Henry Percy‘s quick ‘comâ€" mund the other girls had hurried for the house, but Mistress: Pérey therely Shook her head;. and after ong look Bilent and white:â€"she stood, watching the smiling Aman: who had s6â€" proadiy, «o findiy, spoken his own death war rant for hcm*z.hfiv '&W best for him to die o% Siz Jobnâ€" merdhig‘s ®word, for if he Hred and Eit Jolin fell maught but a spy‘s death a waltéd him. There had nevers been a‘ thought stopping mm,m-hu-& bulldo# haite and courace would not _‘The balked one was in despait, "H 1 were & gentlcman!" he muttered. .. Wilmerding heard. ; ‘Then‘l‘d kill you like one. _1 fight hy peers," . ; 4* A look: of suprome reselye sprang is Dubarre‘s oves, * + yP In making * o ,‘"Ahe es 12. ang, opp ie eebasiee aneieen t o Nee o neieen t n ue hn and pranceure comblued > 0 â€"_ | pieeedfh tanteninen No S are â€" " Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives * contain b"{‘:fli@ 5 l °C T o epocns o fef j * s : < f io. s 58 M i,i sn yeo vnolcnf"pnmww irgativesâ€"on ;fiufl_ Jun_enmdbomm. _ 4 M k O ruih hves â€" contain . all . the qurarive_yirnies ‘of fruit . in .sâ€"wonderfully Soncentrated ; Qfl C e 'h"%"g, ky s Because none cf the usual remedies have given you : > reason why you mg ral e marmven, ~aaaag aaal on resh fruit acts directly on th : great elimi c â€"Bowelsé, Kidn and Skin~ Butâ€"fruit containg ufy‘nmum":*mmn;# d isiples and in order to receive any marked beséfibtguom, fruit, one would be. c« led to cat more than could be assimilated by the system.~ _ _ â€"*~â€"_ _ _ «With the Kidneys healthyâ€"the regulatly everr dayâ€"ithe Liter activeâ€"ar 3 foot, 9 se Song S taibphate temane nloine 1e ifpram of easiecciiare tan io w:fi. m::om--.&'i...nm ¢ / ~. FRUIT=A«TIVES" differ ‘ _ from any other remedy in the world. "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives" ‘net directly on the Dowels, Kidneys and Skinâ€"â€"strengthehing themâ€"and They cure, absolutely, Stomach, Liver, Kidney, * Bowel and Skin‘ Troubles. goc. a h‘*fiW@tfl;& Sent to any address on receipt of frice if your druggist does not handle them: FRUITâ€"Aâ€"TIVES LIMITED, OTTAWA. â€" 403 Aund now Sir John was ready. Strong, bulky, his face blood m hate, he ld;u)‘cd, ;gpmm Slender aud alert, his smiling antagonist awaitâ€" ed_ him, the impersonationâ€"of nervour foree.. They saluted. _ ‘"Beain.‘ said Gontain.Thoracifie. With "a roor thmerding~ came ty ward.~ The Fronchman gave. ~Back and still.farther back he was pressed; but, like a swallow, darting in and out, this.way and that, ‘he kept the heary Englishman at bay ...His lwm-rud rather to anticipate than meet. Wilmerâ€" ding‘s thrusts.> He ha% no. time to thritst bintsclf, _ And. still, 6ir <Jobn pressed â€" in. _‘ Dubarre ‘was parrying. whereâ€"and all the while laughing with the eagerâ€"4bandon of a boy. ‘The bench beside the tree_was Sir John‘s objective point, lbwg;:xq fully, he forced Dubarte to: It. Heimmed in against that bench his legs could not save him.> Sirâ€"John must win. ‘The Frenchman seemed to fall Into the trap. : Now he was scant three feet from the bench., Anzious, breathâ€" less, the crowd bent forward,. waiting for Euglish wictory. Alone anâ€"alien was about to die. 5 haye permitted that . Oniy the watchâ€" ing: men hoped and ‘prayed that their countryman might wis..~ . < Haif a dosen Englishmen prayed that each thrust might end it. : Only a girl, white, <fascinated, was watching one :::MMM ow 'mu:: over over to herselt: ‘M'm bim! ‘ God help himt" & mumw:onmh;; Dubsrre sprang lightly over :fn;hmnthmmm were fighting across a batrier, + "Afomiiear is so Impetuous," protestâ€" «d the laughing Fagnebman. mmmm-mm # the : â€"berich, : And : now . the Tond Igtines e Poimad aod tatmes crowd again.> He and ‘turned so saaâ€"to face them, and then, for the Arst time, over Wilmerding‘s shoulder he Erigk 2s thoogh to so cne, but ons The warning ‘cry burst from May Percy‘s without â€" her knowing. n iimerting. reard it "ake." bamar cn!h.mmw‘:m!drfib leaped beckward upon the bench. : > ‘"The Jumping jack tricks help, monâ€" sleur," be laughed. ~Wilmerding was too terribly in earâ€" nest to talk. _ With.tigerish ssvagery he still pressed in.â€" â€"His sword, hate aimed, was as a white streak of mirâ€" ror fiashed sunlight playing too fast for eye to follow: about bisvictim, His angoer had grown to murder lust now. And all the while, polsed !ightly on his unstable foothold, the Frenchman jok: ed and played with death. â€" A dozen times ho. seemedtouched.â€" Half <a gcore more, his fate on a hostile #word point was soarce an jnch awiy, but after each thrust he never falled ‘hm.‘xw&-.l-w&n laugh at his opponent. 3 Tmbarr® saw May Porey‘s tnso thrust the barder, â€"Dyberte heard it Thanks, mademoiselle," hbe cried Gaston! ~ The bench!" "ika® «nd then bemoznedhis own fate. ‘ «* .N UHAPTER XL NOR three bours Wellington‘s spy and his assistant bhad remained _ shut up in a room of the White Faleon Ann. * Jacques Hourney stiil ’-m'.nr“? across from wall to wall, Jean, the weaker of the two, utterly dejected, had. thrown bimâ€" veltâ€"down on theâ€"fcor<fi one corner. Wrom there be now "cursed Bitterly at "For the love of heaven, ~Jean;, â€"b@ qulot, and let. us make â€"some plan for ;{"Get out 9 ~Jean.. * n.God‘s vofld-’el-! wea E‘a j this sole ‘Le‘s tricked us ‘into?â€" 1f you bad notâ€"left your pass in that. cost the Frenchman‘sâ€" foo! wore off,â€"we hadâ€"not ccen stopped:"â€".: .. + Fourney® stopped in is hurried walk a, clamberâ€" for ° important~ guests fure, Ts sige #00 â€"the big open ‘Are. pIKCE showed the qdflity. ts *\We> brought the : signet : ring, clear woot of ‘French Perey‘s‘ presente,â€" A mod . exchange, â€" 1 : think . it,"â€" protested foutnifity 5 :3800 50 30 2Lo that pass;>â€"taken ‘the alarm and ‘gone while : woâ€" are â€" waliting~ for ‘ the â€"idi6t dmr,?mt-,«mxuimum us," Jean argued. â€" f ko "Jean, 1 have it!" he exciaimed and darted to. the Sreplace, # The â€". White Falcon <ingâ€" was. but a scant.Ave miles foom the castle..When they siipped from Dubarre‘® reom that night, the spies had made qi:;t tor the inn._It was after 10 o‘clock when they got there and doors wére closed tight. _ With dificulty they arouged the place, snd ht'h: sleony _ landlord Pm aghast at strange wayfarers waited borfes at ‘that time of night. They were dirty and torn and seratch ed from walking through the muddy felds, 111 Jooking cnstomers ‘rny one would bave ‘Called them.~ ‘Then mine host: caught W 1" conâ€" ccalnd, and that him. . . "Highwarines" wh6 Havé lost thetr movunts," he theught. ° No, they»could not. have horkes. ©He kept none for hire there, be said. ~Fourney pleaded, Insisted, &ll A4n<vain. It wak the: kling‘s busingss they were on, he urged. + The loya! innkeeper purséd up his lips and asked for proofs. <Fourney could â€"show : nothing.‘ : His . only / creâ€" dentials were in the coat léftâ€" t the castle. Mite host becamée in turn obstisate, sulky, suspicious. â€" At lest, angry, the chlet spy drew aâ€" pistol, promising great rewards, ~but thraatening dire vengeance if the horwes were not forthâ€" coming.‘ Them mine host seemed to yield and straightway invited them inâ€" to the house to drink.a bottle of wine, while theigrumbling bostler stumbled mr out to prepare borses for the benurpecting ten yelers juté en op. the whs Arayelers Anto .an upâ€" staire room while he want for the wins, He was gone so\ ‘that Fourney -fi:w him, ‘to And the osk 199 ahits: t : 48. the mording "to shite Ap bing the Miashwarmens The ”.n-"n;q. ' the inn Japd ere hh! *It be hooved â€" the blood ° to ~hurry. Â¥ouraay stopped suddenty in his bur. j ¢ ‘The.more reason we must . work:out way. Out by: morning.â€" T‘ll Ax.At." Aund Fourney began again‘to walk, ‘Can .you.mske {t?" asked Jean. »â€" &b Watettou, NT D April," be said, ‘"But what‘s bebind it we don‘t‘ know. ‘Nobody : . knows. u’narm ‘bue ol the problems ofmeâ€" teorology that we are now irying to ril ull?:s tu: said e 3 f y Was d, .. to th distribution :of â€" barometric pressure, Duting these b°‘;:m_ months fie‘:'m sure has unusually in the northern _ latitudes and unusually low in the southern jlatitudes. Don‘t ask who caused â€":the high pressure in the nortu, for I don‘t know,. We are stndying the distribution. of presâ€" '0“ «$ in a \ i“ '.. 4 i c the . M'mmuâ€"u‘w % w. f y t.*p“"“ ?&‘ .' u% h i ’* h' :“L" ‘"To / tell the truth, yo':': l-l,‘; 'x?lllhtwuâ€"cmn b i!m,‘"w P i’?‘"fim the report that the ft was caused hx,th,hh,bd‘ ted ‘out of its course!‘‘" ~one of dt:Onflbe experts â€" was. asked toâ€" Â¥, i To tm . w hik conditions, o nsB h sure: _ qver 'flnntiu'm';fl when we find out about‘ it you~ will be advised. » % la"spell in April and May, . which threa tem b,thu uninterrupt are fully â€" advised un-& ate provocektion to â€" put the: resorts put of business and damage on the..crops of the land. I1 was and ~ is dues â€"to an. abnonmai distribution : ‘of barometric ~pressure and nothing else. , yex, SW A. good many â€"people thinkâ€"that so‘ lar ‘conditions â€"may be responsible for the recent bad . weather. <‘We. have records : of conditions tor . the past 80 or 60 . _ They were takâ€" en <alter very elaborawe and : paing taking .comparisons made â€"with . ter restrial ~weatner conditions.. The reâ€" sults Lave been negative | largely. They teach us ~nothing thn'illuh:jtâ€" <s the present day ~climati¢ . puzzle: Among other. things i8 is recogmzed that the moou bas a slight effect upâ€" OB barometrical . pressure. it 38 loo slight, however, to effect â€" any changâ€" €s in the weather." tw : **You know what has happeged," he , Said.. "As . to whay. ts in store tor u." I make mo prodictions. . We might > have said in the middle of May that‘ ‘the cold spelt would continue â€" anothâ€" | er ‘week, but we didn‘t, and we are nigt ‘prepared to make any ‘guesses as | to how long present conditions ; will gontinue," _ e en o9 1 The attentions of the weather man Was directed to the fact that it wa: wold and ‘wet last woek, that itwas cold . toâ€"day and inat.it might be told â€"Aext week ‘of continuc unseasâ€" oflable‘ "throughout the yeat. h Cures Spavins Th ; ofuh es > 4 CAUSES OF WEATHER afizn Ont. V FRor ¢ ; W. 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