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o m# 9. CHAPTER IH ‘/‘¢he orening or THE PLOT. ‘ilford Loydâ€"Mostyn had been abâ€" . Ademt from the residence of his couâ€" * «d for three days, when he suddenâ€" \‘q pat in an appearance. * The mark that had been left by \~? AMMws~Beaufort‘s whip had disappearâ€" | J ; ts He called for her immediately | «..\ wpon his return, before he had seen \. "any of the other members of the _‘hnny, and with not a superabundâ€" W"*:â€"ance of graciousness she descended L ~ s the sittingâ€"room where the {amâ€" ‘dy were wout to gatner. F", "I have come to most humbly beg | your pardon," he exclaimed, as she ~ entered the scoom, without giving her in opportunity to speak. "I realize thiat I have acted the part of an unâ€" *‘ mitigated cur, and I cannot make . *~. you understand how bitterly I conâ€" démn myself. If you will but forgive [¢>mie, 1 promise you upon my honor | . that 1 will never offend againâ€" that | | the subject that was the cause of ‘" biir trouble shall never be mentioned between us." ~, â€"She extended her hand with the it/ grmce of a queen, and he hated her .. trore than ever for the majesty of _ fer manner. \__â€" "I am but delighted to forgive you, i ord," she said gently. "As my ther‘s cousin and my own, there mo one whom I like better; but ndér other circumstances 1 have ‘&Ot the control of my own inclinaâ€" . tions. You comprehend that, do you F’I‘he Lady of ':fil: raised her hand to his lips w courtly courtesy. .*I eannot thank you for your genâ€" â€" srosity." Before he could add to his remark e door opened and St. Jofln Beauâ€" \‘tort entered. _ "Is it you, my boy?" he cried, with | Gager welcome. . "One of the serâ€" â€" Â¥ants told me that you were bere, ‘‘and I hastened to see you. The house "has been lost without you. What }m you away &o unceremoniously? * Kimg Cole was sent home, and we ‘expected you later. When did you : Come, you cannot imagine how anxâ€" Aous your cousin and I were. But koow ‘that you have returned, it is all right, only you should nat give "bs such a fright &gain." _ ~FortheQuick Service i6 4 wu foree at his nseded results. "im me get him on Long Distance, and I‘\l soon settle this,‘‘ says the shrewd business man, as an emergency His ity, with the persuasive tones that hel him build up his business in the old days, is still The wreatest force at his command. It seldom fails to bring tong Distance permits him to retain that personal tact and hfluex;’:em\lvith en‘ in distant ;tuu on which his un:n‘l was built. o;u on: of‘::r travellers mllsxt: w mmt or, me on wgon the interview is over, and I m}l‘;fim ‘The of Long Distance as a businessâ€"getter is ons i i i T7 be appreciated. ‘"Use the Bell to W Woict ‘.;x‘.?,: Bvery Boll Telophone is .‘ a Lang Distance Station that brings repeat orders Beaufort Park BY WENONA GILMAN "You did not get my telegram from Néw York, then?" "You @re exceedingly kind. I nad hoped to remain longér, but upon my return to New York I found an old friend who was most hospitable to me while I was abroad. He brings he is not much of a society man, soâ€" "Yes, but not until the next day. What took you away so suddeniy?" "Important busine8s, 6it." letters, of course, by the score, but that he dreads to present them, on account of all that he knows he must undergo. In fact, I found him incogâ€" mito, in order that he might get a tew days‘ rest. Naturally I feel that I ought to assist at his entertainâ€" ment; therefore, I think it my duty to return to New York at once!"‘ shall ‘‘That is really too bad‘ Who the young man?" "He is Erle Devereux, a nephew of the Rarl of Hereford. It is anotner case of the unfortunate younger #3M, you see!" 4 "Devereux‘!" erclaimed Mr. Beauâ€" fort thoughtfully. "Why, that is one of the best names in England. L=t me see; the title was created someâ€" where in the aixteenth century. The fumily is older even than our ownâ€" much older. If your friekd likes quiet, why don‘t you ask nim here for a little time? It would be a plea sant change for u& and ba might like it, also." "He would be but too delighted, I am sure, but I am afraid it would be occaslioning you too much incomâ€" venience." "Not at all. It would be really an act of tharity. Would it not, Virâ€" ginia?‘ i He turned for his daughter‘s sAntâ€" tion and she amiled with that rare beauty that had made Loydâ€"Mostyn ner slave, untll he became her @Béâ€" my." "I should be greatly pleased to meet any friend of yours, Liiford," she answered sweetly. "It is lonely here with only ourselyves; but if you think he would not object to. that it would be a Jelightful change for us. I am sure it will give papa the very greatest pleasure to speak of , now that we have you we Eces ‘yy is a«s as he apoke, and ghe returted . it Sccompanteq by aâ€"allibe ftusk. :. »Your cousin shail write at amde. | What time do you think you Wil} to | It was less than an hour béfore dinner the following evening that he arrived with his friend. The broughâ€" am had beéen sent to mest them, and St. John Beautort gave them & hearty welcothe. HMe grasped the hand of the man who had been introduced to him as Erie Deversaux with a cordiality that caused a flush of embarrass ment to rise to that young man‘s face. "Lilford tells me that you and he are old friends," Mr. Beaufort exâ€" claimed kindly. "We are always pleased to welcome friends of his not to speak of our pleasure to reâ€" celve you for your own sake, Mr. Devereaux." Then later in the evening, before the Duchess had made her appearâ€" ance, he said: "There is #o reason why we shou‘td aot be here toâ€"mortow ftor Gianer, think, if that will not be too soon tor yout A "Certainly notâ€"certainly not. We shall be only too pleased. I am unâ€" der the impresalon thait 1 knew o%e branch ot that tamily quite wellâ€" the Pembertons. But there it ho ‘betâ€" ter family than the Herefords‘ When Lilford Loydâ€"Mostyn left the house of his cousin, the friendship ot his cousin‘s daughter had been fArmly reâ€"established, perhaps upon a frmer foundation, so far as she been before. "Since Lilford spoke of you. Mr. Devereauxz, I have been thinking and I remember now to have met your unclé, the Earl of Hereford and two of his brothers last year when I was in Pngland, the guest of my brother. His shooting park joins tha\ of my brother, Sir Hal Beaufort. You know him, 1 suppose?" "It was George and Harold whom I met." "My father is the Honorable Guilford Devereux," reéturned the young man with a cloud of shame mantling his brow. He turned an appealing glance tpon Loydâ€"Mostyn, who cams to his relief, turning his uncle‘s attention to something else. Beside Loydâ€"Mosâ€" tyn, a nmioment after, Devereux exâ€" claimed : "I can never endure this! It !& the most hideéous experience I have ever had in my life. 1 cannot lie." ‘"‘The worst is over now. You are foolish. What difference can it make to any one? I ®now, and as his wite‘s firat cousin, and consequentâ€" ly a protector of the family homor, surely that is enough." Devereux had already made an imâ€" pression upon the Beauforts senior before the Duchess made her apâ€" pearance. Bir John Beautort proâ€" nounced him in his own mind the kandsomest anmd bestâ€"bred man he tad ever met, but, there was nothing said to the Duchess who saw him tor the first time glancing ovet a number of engrafings that were thrown with caréless but artisti« negligence over an Onyx table in the centre of the whita and gold dGrawing room. Lilford Loydâ€"Mostyn‘s evés Alled with trlumph as he saw her expresâ€" slon. It was brimming with an adâ€" miration that he had nevar seen har show for any living creature. " I am afraid you will find us very dull © companions, Mr. Devereus," the Duchess was arying in her swout quist: way. "Beaufort Park is the home aimost of hermits. There are a0 few papple in the neighborhos¢ who are really worth knotwing that one must Ond assooiation in the bos: ‘bom of one‘s family or not at all! Our aingle recreation is riding, barting, ut course, an occasional tenants‘ ball." y "I did not kmnow that they wert ever indulged in in America." "My father bas never overcome the Emgiishisme of his father," she returned, with a ammile. "I am Sure I shall be quite happy, l returned Devereux, with a glanue, that, while containing the gmm-.l respect, was Alled to the brim with admiration, "I love borses ami beautiful «tenery. You hav* those in abundance; but without sithér I Aim atraid 1 sbould never wis\ to leave your charming homea!" Bhe did not repiy, but turned het glowing tace to Lilftord Loytâ€"Mor tya. And when the avening came to an and at last that young man look: ad at bimeelt in the mirror In bts own réom and laughed aloud. "The end ts as good as accomplich 2d," ‘he muttered nodding at the reftection. "Bhe ignored and: humilâ€" tated you; }6t wb abb how ahe will teat the m-u'q kn who was ‘By sight only," answered Dever :wuâ€"maum _ The porvés and the hiovd am o P fm marpies :%cuu "’uu ::.auhh--m‘ ob, 1t is imposgible to havre # sihady banged for a fendish murdet. Let us see what she will say when s4> krows that the man whom sh¢ ha* takén to her heart was accus*l of the same crime, and belioved toâ€"day by half of the world to be guilty. Ha! ha! it will be a most perfect re: venge." _ > Trn enorhactivas atas \"*~ "FRUITâ€"A TIVES‘stimuiates the ty tieee. Miurattierhipromes the blsod. * improves appetite and digestion and insures food being properly digested, thus enabling the blood to sarry wholesome sourishment to build up the body particularly the nerves. Men and women who take "Fru‘ atives" for some form of nerto: messâ€"because they cannot oat . gleep or work or enjoy lifeâ€"say th. this fruit medicine is simply marvelic: dn its action. ° _ 500 a box, 6 for $2.00, trial size, 250. CHAPTER IV. "WHAT A SWEBT REVENGE" The two weeks for which Erle Devereux had been asked to Beas» fort Park had almost expired, but Bt. John Beaufort was insisting up ou an extension. It was before‘giving his answer to the second invitation that the young man bougbt Lilford Loydâ€"Mostyrn out, upon the lawn, where he was smoking a cigar. At dealers or seg$ postpaid by Fruitaâ€"tives umu.mpf' % "You!" exclaimed his friend, look: mg up from where he had thrown w‘mseif on the long grass at full length. "I thought you were riding wtih the Duchése." "It was too warm, and we return:â€" ed." a f â€" "Then share my berth and hava a smoke. It is delightfuily cool." Devereus took the cigar that was offered and mechanically . three himself beside Loydâ€"Mostyn upon the grass. His brow was contracted by a frown that was unusual to it, and after a moment of silence Loyd Mostyn exclaimed: Indigestion Dieappears When the Blood Supply is Enrithed. Tho nrgont need of ali who sutâ€" fer from indigestion and who find tho stomach unable to pertorm its usual function, is a tonit to emrich the blodd. Pain and distress atter eating i8 the way the stomach shows that it is too weak to pertorm tha work of digsating tha 1004 takeu, In this condition some people fool. ishly resort to purgatives, but these only further aggravate the trouble, "What‘s the matter , old fallow You look as black as a thunder ¢loud." "I have had an invitation from Mr. Beaufort to extend my visit." enaswered Devereuz, puffing at his tigar viciously. New Strength For: Weak Stomach gaers that follows the use of Dr. Williame Pink Pills The appetite revives, food can be taken without @iscomfort and the _ burden and paina of indigestion are diapeliod. Mr. William Johason, a prothinent busâ€" incss man of Lequllle, N. 8., bears testimony to the value of sheae pilit in cases ot this kind, He says: "I was attacked with indigastion a@ companiad by severe crarape in the stomach. 1 was preacribed for by the family dector, but got very lit tho benafit. Then I tried some ot the advertisad remedive but with no betâ€" ter result. Iadesd my condition was growing forse. Then 1 read ot the case of a man who praibed Dr. Wilitams Pink Pills whose condition was similar to my o#n and 1 Asoidâ€" sd to try this medicine. The résalt, I~think, was amaiing as the use of rix bottlss restored me to my form ar good healith 1 can therefore waPthly cotmmend tha use ot this medicine for stomach troublet." You can wet these PiNle trom ady medicine denlor or by nll. u.: cents a bor or â€"ait; u-muw-u-mm Vol New arength is given weak atomâ€" Achs by Dr. Williams Piak Pills e cuse those pilis anrich and purify the blood supply. This is the natural process of giving stremgth and tone to the stomaech, and it accounts for the speedy reliet in stomach disgor The first sssensial in â€" hirrbegy rqres whue tency by Jon "And is that a6 torrible a disa« \ i. *4ohu98 â€"tktc® unlc:**li“;.w' \ f "4 mou#cl*wu.-- tas now thet I must have babk Mind noy to have seen how it would sesult.â€". I can . unsdeietant many ar struck me batore. You love the Dushessâ€"snd> ghe loves you!" Â¥he words were uttered musiaglv, but almost before they bed left his iips, Deverens had raise? himseit "It is the plainggt thing ander the sun. ! know her so well that T can read every thought in Wbr becutitul head as platniy as though it were printed. You may . be quite sur* that it is true." Devereuz sighed. The excitement faded from his eyos, and a pallor that was deadly came to his cheoks. "A horror like that never even o~ curred to me," he exclaimed hoarse ly. "My God! it I can measure her suffering by mine it must be hideous Why was I ever foolish enough to remain when I saw how it would bw with me? But I thought only 0« my cwn danger, never dreaming that there would be any to her. God help me! this is the ‘worst of aiil." He turned and burled his fues upon his folded arms as he spoke, apd Loydâ€"Mostya watched him with a cruel smile curving his lips. "I don‘t see why you take it lke this, old man," he exclaimed at las: the geatleness of his tone equal to that of a woman." If I loved a girl and she loved me, I should receive it as the greatest good the gode tould provide." Deversux was upon‘his feet in a moment. He leaned against a trec breathlesily "You are mad!" he cried huskily. "What am 1 that 1 should Aspire to her? Am impostorâ€"& man who darea not live under the cover of his own nameâ€"a person who lies under the ban of an unproven complicity in murderâ€"a manm who ezists up on charity of the truest friend that Merven ever sent. Babi! dorw‘t let us speak of such a happiness to & wretch who must ever semain in the confinas of perdition.". There was a bitterness in hie tons that was horrible. LLoydâ€"Mos tyn turned and looked up at hiim through the cloud of smuke between them. "What is the use of going into all those melodraryatice abont someâ€" thing that you can‘t help, @riet" he exclaimed curlously. "You are a fool YÂ¥Au are not under a falss name, heâ€" cause Devereux is as inuch your name as Childes. Your ralationship i Meretord might as well be on your father‘s slde as your mother‘s. Ar tor the complicity in the murdec. you are as innocent as a lamb and beâ€" causé a man chose to accuse me 5f polsoning another, is that any r0s on why I should paes all my life in a aituation that would a thousand times be Worse than the penitentiary oven _ You Are an idiot! It fate shows a disposition to racall the blight that it has put upon yoar lifa why should you reboi?~" "Well, I‘ll put it plaialy, then. If you lova the Ducness and she loves you, why don‘t you marty her?" | Devereux gased at the apeaker aghast; then the light faded trom his countenande again in a way that was piteous. "For God‘s n‘,. don‘t moek me!" h6 erclaimed. ‘This is the greatest curse that bas fallen on my miser able life, and it i6 a wound that \,.ll pot bear cartiess handling." _"Listen to me, Brie. You were al wayh Quixotis, even as a boy a* schdol, and it is a foolish seritiment in these days. 1 know you, have knowh you hait my lite, and the*e is no fellow under the run to whom 1 would give the Duchesa so willin: ly as 1 would give her to you. 1 know that shoe will be happy with "How do you know?" he demandâ€" "I kaow all the objections thai your honer would urge, but they are "Iâ€"I don‘t think 1 understand down upon his frieand ‘The handiome syes wore #Â¥ed on some Wflu with an 0x brekiion #o yearhing that Loydâ€"Morâ€" tyn‘s ghto tollowed. _ Ne aw Virginia Beautist in the sentre dit her yous gardes, a laigs gun hat shading her faos <clipping the daad lebvas Brom her fioware. : * Loydâ€"Mostyn arose and placed Ris hand upon Devereux‘s shoulder. Me cuntrolled his etqcitement by an 4 tort and apoke oaimiy, though he was far trom tecitng it. "Now is your opportugity, oir. 1.M0," he exclaimed slowly. "All I have safd to you is true. Bhe is the same as my sister and there is no would so willingly give her. Would you have me think that you would refube my sister‘s hand " It is so easy to obey where one urges in the same direction thi. inclination leads. The ‘sight of the woman he loved was going through Devereux‘s brain like the effects of wine. He was drunk with the ‘« sirs to hold her in his artts, to feel he lips upon his, to hear"her siy that she loved him. His head redled and the grimeon of intotication Turned in his cheeks. s After all why should he be deniei every happingss in life becavte of a misfortune < that was not ‘his feult? _ That was the though that emould: tred through the density that was upon his heart and brain. NMoy@Mostyn gave him a little push "Go!" he said breathlsssly. "Gc and God bless you." And Devereux wont. With an excitement that was painâ€" ful LoydMostyn watched until Rrie bad joined her. He distinctly saw the flush with which she réceited him, the almost tender embarra«sâ€" ment of her manner; then he turnâ€" ed away with a triumphant exclamâ€" Alton. "What an easy victory!" he mutâ€" tered. "God! What a sweet revenge it will be. Ma, ha! I â€" can scarcety conirol my patience until the knot has been tied, and then, Duchessâ€" na, ha‘â€"then my time w‘ll come. Humiliation for humiliation, | only we shall see whose will be hardest to bear." CHAPTER v. Their Love Revealed. Erie Devereut was flushed and broathless when he reached the side of the fair girl among the flowers, a condition that met with its own response. If he felt a traitor to her and ts homor, he forgot it as he stood beâ€" slde her, gazing into her tlear, aweat tyes, that, for all their pride and welght of love, did not fall bene«th his tenderness. "Have you grown tired of Lilford & soom?" she asked, with a shy amile. ‘I am fra‘d our homs can offer you little after the whirl ot London." "I am not tired of Liiftord," hs answered, "and 1 should be the most ungrateful of men if I eould evâ€" er be.â€" I do not like whirl and I am aure that the most unhappy day E of my lite will be when my visit to your lovely home must come to An end. Did you ever think what A i am‘s suffering must have been when he was cast out of Eden? That is what mine will be when I must, leave Beaufort Park." She never forgot the picture he wade as he btood there before h.r in his costume of soft, white flan nel, the collar of his silk ehi‘t failâ€" Ing away from his throat, that was as fair and beautifully rounded a* a woman‘s. The curly, brown bair gidamed like gold under the rays of the @brilliant sun, the eyes . were tlled with a light that was a glory. She looked Aaway, blinded by the passion that she had not the power THE FARMER‘S to cpntrol and mechanicully plucked a lovely bud from jts stem. | "But you are ani goibg yet, are you?" she stammered. ‘You will ac cept my father‘a invitation to proâ€" long your visit, will you not?" "I dare not," he returned. "Wul you not come out of the sum? It will give you a headache." . Bhe did not reply, but, placing the rose in his buttonhots, she 151 lowed him under the ahade of a magnificent chestnut tree. She sit down upon the long grass, removâ€" ing her hat, and he throw himsclf beside her, leaning his handsome head upon his hand, while his elbow rested upon the groumd as he reclinâ€" "It seems that the end has follow»] ec the beginning with enrlocl sudâ€" . denmess," he continued as ‘he pz-' ed tato her eyes. "I am afruid co tell you how happy 1 ha‘ve been but it is much better to end it how than later. I am under the impressioa} that Lilford rather misrepresentad| me when I came here"â€"his eyes lowered for a moment to concéal his thame. "He told you, I thimk, that I was here for pleasure, to see the country. ‘Po a certain,extent, that is the truth but not all the truth. Like that of many who have preâ€" ceded them, my family has had the misfortune to lose the money that came to them as an â€" inheritafte and I fiad myself, without preparaâ€" tron for it, a breadâ€"winner. I .nlt| leave you because the life of deMcâ€" ious idieness that 1 am leading is genied me. There is a certain price. that a man must pay for gvot)‘ heaven ar4 I cannot afford this one! | I appreciate your kindness and :w‘ of your parents but that is ofly une of the reason that make it imâ€" possible for me to accep‘. You did. not know that you were entertain Ing an impostor, did you*" ‘ He smiled, but it was a_ wan effort and mirthless. She thought she understood the cuuse, and with a quick flush that auffused her chéeks rsndered her adorable. Me wae forced to put a tremendous iéstraint upon himéelft to prevent himselt from taking her n hia arms. Mis heart was beating to sufâ€" focation. In that moment he forget that he was not what he represertâ€" ed himeelf; he fel: that he was the poor nobleman, as An acior of genâ€" lus confounds bimselt witk the rol: that he dssays. "Do you think." she asked slowly | haltingly, pull.ng at the silk muu' that @ari@aded her bat, "that we, my parenth and !, Appreclate you for what you ‘have?" Jt In tha last tllnu‘ that we ever combifét. You knowl there was a time m" nad the sathe misfortune Mlvas. It was betora I _ was . born, batora my father was born either; but it sotfetimes seems to me that 1 have uever forgotten it, and I am quite aure father never bas, though it so far antedates his birth. I am sorry that my father did not know, because 1 teel certain that ho could give you advice that would materially bonbl fit you. Will you promise me to tell him? And now there is all the more reason why you should remain our gusst ‘until you have decided upor your future. I am a}most glad that you are not to leave us for England even if we are not to ste you. But you will remain for the prosent?" He shook his head sadly. â€" ‘‘No," he repliéd with a curious inflection; "I hope that you will not inaist, becauses the temptation would hecome too atrong for me. I should yield, and thenâ€"â€"â€"There nevet was a iman yet whose poverty prevented. prosumption." Mer oyes were lowered, a swaat. tromulous ermile played about her mouth. She was evidently trylug i say someathing, Lat it was‘a very difficuit thing .to select the words. #ha bmn moment, then shot bim & glance. It reemed to set his heart 08 Are. "Dosk povetty tthhatorm an honut We halt arose, dravwing bimealf ols sor to her. He made ao attempt to wlaguise ‘his axcitement He put out waTiARLOD eWR l BR (N â€"I"w""â€""'m‘ k v. » | perhaps unconsciously, en00U) |me to break a silence that 607 | my one chance for happiness, |not wih to ‘say that which will ‘;;nn; that »wilt â€" make {between us in future an his hand and clasped‘ here, .. "Do you reatise that Mg oring a madness?" he git unintelligible. "Do you‘ #8a mmdvmflmz zaying that which may Ds tend you? I Rave‘tried until entirely ethausted my #tron keep back ‘words which will | ity." felt some answering pressure 10 . soft, dainty fingers. She was MJ and with his heart upon his lHips spoke again DR. J. S. HETT, 8 eases of the Ear. King St. East, K DR J. J. WALTERS, 6: QUiEN. St. S., has resumed pnnau.fi stricted to ottice and general conâ€" sultations, office hours 2 to 4 pim. 7 to 8 p.m. sad by appointmeAt. Phone 414. _ db SCELLEN and WEIR, J. A.â€" len, B.A., LLB.; J. J. A. Master in Chancery, Bar IAMES C. 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