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Jfl~ DAN V118J~[~8 ('IAP'EiR III. One seizet the horse. I did not m uc14h liko the arranlgeI ent of Janle's new houlse when 1c'aue to s;ta1y in it. The way the two bedroon:s, hler,3 and1( min1e, were shut off froml the resrt of the houso by a door, barred and locked at nig;ht for fear o' burglars, was, I Ihought, unpleasanlt, especially as onco ill my iroomt"ior the in1ight there was no posAiility of getting out of it, the key of the duur of tle passage not beilg even all)Wed to remain in t1ho lock, but retir: ing with Jane, the canary cago and other valuables into her own apartient. I r 1e)nlntrated, but I soon found that Jano had not remained 1unmarried for nothing. She Was decided on the point. The outer door would be locked as usual, and the key would be deposited under the pilClslion ill her roon ata usual, and it was so. 'hli next noring, 115 Jane and I went out for a stroll beforo luncheon, we had11 to pass th house to which I had driven by mistake tho day before. To our as tonislunellt there vas a crowd before thn door, and a policeman with his back to it was guarding the entrance. Tho blinds wero all drawn down. The imago of the pale, lonely woman sitting by her little lire, vloml I had disturbed the day before, camne suddenly back to me with ia strango (11111111. "What is it?" I hurriedly asked a baker's hoy who was staniiing at an area railing rubbing his chin r::inst the loaf he wa3 waiting to deliver. Tho boy grinned. "It's murder!" he said, with relish. "Burgilars in tho Iight. I've sutpplied bet reg'lar these two months. One quar-, tern best white, one-half quartern brown every morning, French rolls occasional; but it's all up now." And Io went off' " whistling a tune which all bakers' boys wlistled about 'a time, called "My Grandfather's Tim(:, .cc," or something siuilar. A second policeman came up the street at this moment, and from him I lerned all the littl thorn) was to know. Tho' poor lady had not been murdored, it scemed, but .ieing subject to heart coln plaint had died in the night of an acuto attack, evidently brought on by fright. The maid, the only other person in the house, leeping as maids of all vork only can, hayl hoard nothing, and awoko in thie morning to find her mistress dead in her' bed, with the winidow anmd door op.on. $tthngely enough, tljo policeman ?tdded, although nothing in the houso had beeh touched, the lock of an unued b)edr'oomf hiad beCen forced and the room evidently sear1ched. Poor Jane w~as quite overcome. She seemed convinced that it was only b)y a special intervention of Providence that she had changed her house, anid that her successor had been sacrificed instead of "It might have been me!" she said over and over again that afternoon. Wishing to give a turn to her thoughts I began to talkc about Sir John's legacy, in which she had evinced the greatest interest the night before, and greatly Ii o her delight showed her the jewels. I had not looked at them since Sir John had given them to me, and I was mnyself as * tonishmed at their magnificence as I sprea d them out on the taloi under the gas lamp. Jane exhausted herself in adhuirat ion, * but as I was putting them away again, saying it was time for moc to he dresi-ing; amid going to meect Car, wh , was t o join me at tho Criterion, she beed p to onIi no account to take them with ine, af)1rm inig that it would be much safer to leave them ait 1home1. I was firm, but she was firmer, and in the end I allowved her11 to leek them upl ini thme tea cadidy, where her smamill stock of ready money mrposed. I met Carr as5 w had arraniged amnd we had ai very lelasant evening. Poor Carrx, w~ho had seeni the p)apers, hadl hard'(ly expected that I should turn upl, knowing the catastropho of the pl'ev ions night hl1 taken pla1co at the house I was going to, and wasiI much relieved to hear that imy sistgr had moived and had thus been1 spiared all the horror of the event. 'Tle diuamer was good, the p)lay better. I should lThx ' come home feeling~ that I had einjoyed miyself thoroughly if it had not been for a little adlventure wit:h our cab driver that very nearly prloved seri ens. We got a hansonm directly we camne out of the theatre, but instead of taking 'us to the dii.ection we gave him, after we had dIriven for somio distance I began to make out that the cabman was going wrong, and Carr shouted to hinm to stop-; but thereupon ho lashed up his horse and awaty lie we.nt like the winds, up one street and down another, till I had lost all idea where ivo were. Carr, who was young and active, did( all he coulIl, but the cabman, who I am afraid imist hauvo been initoxicatedl, took not the slightest inot ice, and coined driving nmadly, hecavon knows where. At last, after getting in,to a very dingy neighborhood, wo turned upi a crookedl dark street, unilit by any lamp, a street so narrow that I thought every moment the cab, wvould 1b0 overturned. Iifani other maomeint I saw two men rush out of a doorway. One seized the horse, which w~as much blowvn by this tine, and brought it violently to a standstill, while the ether flow at tihe cab, and catching Carrn by the collar- proceeded to tirag hin out by main force. I supposo Cait d hmi bont but beIn .... 6 A.i rican he certaiiily mtde a very'pooi fight of it; and whiltt I wa:s layinl" intu the mant who il:tdl got hohl of him I Iwii:; r,uAdolnly c'auclht by thel IlgK myrt'lf from the 1 tlh(r 1+i111 or' thoen ba . 1 turned on m1y as1o.ailant, saw a Ihevy Stick leveled att ie, : thit at it, missed it, beheld i .f'1ie t of lil: '\vI'tric: I,irl woi e tmombii )ed1nothll 1n:1 more. T fir" t Ibing I11hard on bseg;inniltng to co11ne' to mtti'll' wV:a:s a serie:l of sul a1ed lt PVidently heart fthat Ihd, ad I 1, -:unlo s,''siblc: of an1 airy feeling, unl o1 e:51>: tin t t ext rem e, proceet tin; from, :mo oi,l eonditioni of c'oaL and watoailt,1 1it ti udm n it''dl to ito tiliu of year. A\. low l rs of 'inullet whi:a;cr ilg a1s 1g iot trun 1111e. As I trolned involutalrily" it .,topipcd. ";d c'olig' nn ! a Carr saw a d ty. "Go04) and fetch siomie ltdivat ." And 1 felt fit1 tu11rned right tilo uipprmolot, and ily h: nuls we to rtilwl1'bd, hilo Carr, in a voic, of thilt iratiet axiety, atied ne heow 1 'elt. was 1s<>n alo to sit up1 :11;d to betComol awarlo that I luid at splitting iealache, r r.i1 stritn at a tallow cit l,ll;0 sIL''!i inl a bottle. fnving got so All, I got a lit tle f:ithr, and ol looking. round f'ood m1ys1'lf ree'linling; on at sac in at corn'1'e of i dlireiltablo loik in. ro<m, l 1in;y with dirt and faithful to the mlenunry of' had1 toba.uco. Then 1i sudtely}" rembeudJl'red wto1ou had ocurred. Car"r saw% that I did so, and inst:ntly plouredl fort ht nl ac'colunt of how wI had been r,"teuedtl 'fin1111 at co ditionl of gi itt peril by the mnn to w11hni the hous11t 11 we wverii iln beloged, to vhorti Sardt:cly kn<--w how to express hlisgriati tu<de, and who wasi: now golno for somlo br:idtly for ue. l e told IIImtt a great deal abl)out it, butt l wat:l lo dizzy that o forgot mnost of wvhat. he1 said, and it was; not un iil ourd<hliverer retnurned with thu brandy ;hat ee:aie horoughl aytwaru tif what wa":s going forwatrd. 1 c'ub1tl not help t hinking ats tlanked t.he honest f'ellow who hlad cono to our ito.istan ce, ho1w ,'asily onle m1:ty bo dc ceivel by apparanes, for a to1101 for hi<hing looldi f'acii under its fur cap I never w. That of hi: son, who pres atly roturned with i four wheelir which Carr had snt for, wa not ntmlo prepo; se:ringi. In fact they w,er'O two ats vil lyinous looking m1 en i as I had ever seen. A\ft,'r reonlipensing; both witht all our spare c'ash1 we got ourselves hloi.,ted still,y into fi, enh, 1n11 Carr good naturedly insisted ont seeingt me11 home1, though ha. own.d to feA n;li, ats he put it, "rather knoced up by hi:; knocking down." \\'e wero both faru too exhausteld to speak muilch, unltil Carri gaive at start an1d at gasp and saido1, "Il3y Joovor' "Whak" I impi odired. "They are one!" h0 0 sail ttreulouse y -"my sapphires. They ar gone! Stolen! I lout theon il at lg aroiml my neck, as you told med r. h ymut havo hbe taklen fr m d1io whon I w;is knocked down. I aty," he a,ded qunickly, " how abotlt your:.? Hav -ou1 got tiu all Loluntarily I raissedl my handl to oy turoatt. A horrid qualm passed over mie. "Thank heanven!" I ropliedl with at si h of relie', "thef.y aro. -afu at homno with Jane. Whna.t at lercy! I mi-,nh. 1 ha vio lost them." "Mlight!" iaid Carr. "You would have lost them to ai dead certainty; and mino fr ,o1n!" And he Sauimped ian he lenched his fits andt lookedl poi1tively furious. P'oor Ca:rr! I felt for himn. llo took the lo::s of his stonles r.o to heuart, atnd I am1 su1ro it was only natural. I parted from him at 1 own door, and was glad, on gomng il, to rind Janm had stayed up the hleroi of a thrilling ad venture, while her-clover h1umas1 apjplied sticking plaster all libitumn. Weo were both so fnil of tho evenmts of the ordnlinlg and the letter wvhich I ivas to wtito to Trhe Times a1bout it the next day that it never enitered the heads of: either of us, on retiring to bed. to remove Sir John's jowels froim the tea caLddy into wvhich they had.been tempo rarily popped in tho afteri w 'on. (CIIAPTER IV. ". h blc hc f h mu. I rall thnk dvetreslik misfr of it(i)IJ(c wonderfulot rete, owning to .Jano's extraordinary presence of miind. Sho hatd been unlablo to sleep after myl thrilling account of thio cab1 accident, anti had consoled hierself by reading Baxter's "S~ainit's Rest" bly hler night light, for the canary became restless and liable to siutdden hbtrsts of song if acandle wero lighted. Wilo so engagedi sho boe camne aware of a subdued grating sound, wvl~li had continued for some timie be fore shoe began to speculatte upjoni it. Whilo she was speculating it ceased, aid after a sh'ort interval she distinctly hecard a stelhthy step upon)1 the stair, and tihe handle of tho p)asago door' before moneltioned wvas gently, very gently, turned. Jane has seome of that quickcness of perception wvhich has been of such use to myself thirough lif. In a moent 5110 hiad grasped the situation. St)mo 01n0 was ini the house. In another mo moent she was .haniging out of her bIed room winidow, sp)ringing~ the policeman's rattle wvhich &hio 1had( hadl by her for years with a view to an emergency of this kind, and at the same timio-for she waa'a capable wvoman--blowing ai pie tng strain 01n a caLbmni' whistle. To' make a long story short, her extra ordinary presence of minud was1 the sav ing of us. With her own eyes she saw two darIk fhgues fly up our area steps and disappear round the corner, and wvheli a policeman appeared on the scene half att hour later lie confirmed the fact tat the fhougn had been 1roken It 1G. howintus how an entr.n1co hal been elh'eted thron':lh the kitchen windlow. Thero wa; ,f cou1ro n( 1,1' l((' l for iS that light, and tilt reminil.lder ot' it was p)ass>ed b)y Jlane inl exalninting th0 h)ouI o from top) to o)t toi every half hour or so, owilIg to :a rOoted conviction on her pa:rt. that a buiglar might still bu lurkin g; on 1ho premises, cou'ealed inl the cellare t', or tlhx jmn CUp)board, or b(Ahind the, drawin'- room curtains. By that mtorning' post L hoard, as I exIl ated I shoul( do, from ir (.eorgo Danvers, but ti c6ontents of tho letter surprised me. llo wroto Iiost cordially, thankin; mo for my kindness ill under taking saclh n'avy responsibility (1 am sutro I never fell; it to bc) so) for anm ontiro stran)ger, and enlded by seln'linl; mlto a pressing illvitationl to co1no dowl to Stolo Moretont that very day, that io and his sonl, whoso futuro wife Was also stiy ing with them, might have the pl asuro of making the acqutailltaleo of one to wlom ithey were So inunch indebted. Io added that his elde:st sonl Charles was a1lo going (own from London by i% certain train that day, and that hto had told hin to 1)0 on the lookout for m0 al. tho sta tion ill en-so I was ihle to comno at siehl short notice. I 11a1o up my mind to go, sent Sir (:eo it telegrall to that eftect and proceede(t to fish ul) tho jowels out of the tea caddy. Jane, who had never ('eensed for ono instant to conlnelt oil th.o event of tho night, positively shrieked when sho saw 1110 shaking the bag fre, froi ten leaves. "Good gracious! tho 1urglars!" she ex claimed. "Why, they might have taken thei if they had only known." Of cour'So they had not known, as ' had been particularly secret about them;; but I wished all the same thit I had not left themi there all night, 115 Jano would insist, an(1 coitilnuo illsistinlg, that they 11(1 been exposed to great; datng'r. I ar't;ued the matter with her at first, but womnell, I find, are impervious, as a rule, to lasculino argument and it is a mis take to reasonl with theml. It is, inl fact, putting ttosexes for the momOnt on 111 equality to which the weaker one is un accustomed and consequently un811ited. A few hours later I was rolling swiftly toward Stoke Moreton in a com)ifortallo tuoking carriage, cly occ.,ied by m11y self and Mr. Charles Daiiv.r, a hana SOm11o young fellow with a p'll face, a111(1 that peculiar tired m-ner which (though, is I soon found, ntatural to himl) is so oftenll ieted by the young men of the day. "And so Ralph has comic inl for a legacy in diamionds," lie said, lintlessly, whon we had exchanged tho usual civili ties and had become to a certain degreo rcqiaintod. "Dear mei how theso good, iteady young nei prosper in tho world. Wheii last I heard from lin ho had pro vailed upon the on perfect wo (,imin in the universe to consent to, marry him, and his ilmlt (by the way, you will meet her there, too-Lady Mary Cunning ham) had murmured somnething vagno but gratifying about te.i:amnentary in tentions. A week later Providence fills his brimming cup with a legacy of jewels, estimated at?"- Chlrl'e io)ene'l his light, sleepy 03e wide alld looked iuquiringly at mo. "'Wh:t are they esti mated at?" ho asked, as I did not an swor. I really had no idea, but I slru;gged my ihoulders and looked v ise. "'1 iiated at a fabulous 1u;m," ho said, closing his eyes again. ''Ah! had they been min with what joyful alacrity should I have ascortained their exact money value. And mire they ought to havo beell if the sacred( la1w of priiio genitureC (thlat splecial p)rovidenc IOw'hichl watches over tihe initerests of eldest Boins) not thle plealsure of mIy atcqiuintance, but I feari 110 muust hiavo hiearid some re tioni-respoeting my13 car'eer, whichl in1 duced 1h111 to pass mue over in tis man11 ner1. WVhalt al'o:'! My father and my Aunt MarIy are0 llways delicatoly' poinit mlg out tile differ'enco beCtweenC 1Italphl anld miyself. I wish I were a good young man11, like Raliph. It seemsl1 to pay best in the long run; hut I may as8 well in form1 you, Col. Midldletoni, of theO paiinIfl f;act that Iami the black sheep of thu ''O1, comle, comie!" I remllarked un1 easily. "I shoul 11ot havle allluded to the sub ject if youl werel' not likely to biecomoe fuli'ly'aware oIf it on y'our arivilal, so I will b) beLfor'ehland wvith 1my3 relationls. I w~as brought up~ iln thle way I should1( go," lie conItinlued wlithl tIle ultmost uniconl 'cIrn, as: if colhuent.ing. on1 somlethling that did not all'ect hliml ill the least1, "'hut I did nt wll'1k ill it, paritly' owing to tile unconigenijal comnpanionlship thalit it ill v'olv'ed, e'specially thaIt of my1\ aunlt Mary3, whio took upj so muchdi r'oom her1solf in3 the narrow path1 thlat shoe (eectually kept me1 out o,f it, Froml my~ ear'liest fou1th, also, I toolk extremlo inlterest inl the parablo (If tile pr1odhigai, and1( a1s soon1 as it b)ecamol po.aib)lo I exempIIlified it my13self. I maly even say3 thatl I aceted thle part1 inl aI mann11er flulit did credit to a beginner; but the winId nyl was ruined 113 the lanltalo iiliity of other1s, wh'lo sha11ltbe name less, to thrlowV ihemslelves in110toile splirit of thel lpiere. At v'arious inltervalls," Iho conltiniued, aIlwa'ys as if speainlg of some1 one else, "'I have retuirnedI hlome, but I regret to say thlat (11on eh occaisionl mfy reeption was nout ill any13 waJy whait I conall have'L wishedI. The1 1lavor1 of a fatffed catlf is absolut~ely unklnowin to mie; and11 so far, from Imeetinlg 1me 11 h l' way, I haivo, ml extremol cases, whlen imlptlled homeward by urg'ent pelcunlliary conseid erationls, found my13self obliged to w~alk upl fr'omi the sltationl." "Dear- me! I hopo it is not far?"' I said. "A moreie maltter' of three mliles or so up hlill," ho reCsumled; "nIothlin1g to a hiealthmy Christian, thou:gh try'ing to thto tremhlblinlg h~gs of tihe umgodly aifter a long courso of husks.15 Thlere, nlow I tlhnk you aro' quito all fait as to our family history. I always pity a stranger w~ho colmes to a house ignior'ant of little do miestic dotails of this kind; hto is aplt to make mlistakes. Oh, praly don't menOltionl lt"--as I murm1lfured s01m1 w~ords1 of thlanks - "no trouble, I assure you; troubjo is a thing I donl't take, By tile way, aro you swaro we aro going straight into a nest of private theCatricals aut Stock Morotonl? To-night is tile last rehearsal; perhaps I hand better look over my part. I took it OnIco years ago, but I don't remomnber a word of it." And after mnuchl rummlhaging in a mag.. nificont silver mounted traveling bag the Pr'odigail p)ulled out a paiper book and oalossly turnied over the loaves, .I (1i( not inteorrupt his studies, save by 9.f.wpn!B3ig goininnt5 on t119 Weather, the state of the countrv and imy own lelt'., which 1 -it sorV to say is 11t. what it wa habt :t- 1 unly rec"tivedl 1in1lntsVfhib)i"ilinswer, "w IIa:tl liu mure cotversatitoll worth mencititnilr, till we reached Stoke Moretoln. CtIIAP1'I,I V. Il l l s & rel. 01 "Dono ICtru111(c i. ui ofrc" p1C" Stoke. rM.or'eton is a fine old E'lizabethan house stiuding on rising grounld. As wo c,.ovo up thile straight, widetpproach he tween two rows of anicient, 1':tlltastical ly clippel holliu, I vas illipressed by the stately dignlity of tho place, which was not lossened us wodrew": up 1)lbef'oro a great arched doorway, and were ushered into a long hall supported by iassive pillars of i"arved whito stone. A roaring log fire in the ilntii'uso lir(epiace threw a ruddy *,!eV over the long trray of arlor and gle:ain. weapons which lined ihe Wialls, h1nd made the pale winter twilight out 1'de look bleak indeed. Charles, emnerg ang, slim and graceful, out of an eX quisito ulster, siaunitered 1up to the fire and asked whero Sir George Danvers was. As h1e stood inside the wide fire place, leaning against one of the pillars which supported tlt towering white stonlo chimney piece covred witl her add( i designls and coat s of arims, lie looked a worthier representativo of an ancient raco than I fear h3 really was. "S tl.y havo pil the stage at that mnd, in front of the pillars," he renarkcd, nodding at a wooden crection1. 'Quito right. I could not 1;a1vn placed it better lny elf. What, B'row,vn? ,ir (leorge is In the drawing rlo1. it he? and te:t, t.i [ p'rcciVe, i; guin:; i at this i,ni nnt. i'ome, Col. Middlct.n." Al . we ful towed the butler to the drawing r. I amll noi- a pur:;u)nt who easaily lecoeus ronfutsed, but I ln;i; own I did ;et oil fisetd vith 11hc lar.e party iota the mllid:;t of v.itii we V:e nw uol 0 red. 50soon mai:dh out Sir C e:orge Danvercls, a olelicnto but irascil- lo(ki1g ol-1 it 1l tman, who receivel 1i1m with liguitii1l cordiality, but returned Charles g'rct big with a certatil formlnalit m l cold ne:;:1 which I was paind to s"', f.iaily tt.(t:0n b)eing; il my10 trp)iolnll ith. cliei blessin; of a truly hi,pv home. Charles I nlready knew, ;1l with the -on"coid son, I,:tlphi, a ruddy, smiliig yun11g nuan, with any :unl t of white teeth, I had no dificulty; but after that I be came ho>pelessly involved. I w:.; introduced to an c'1derly lady whom I addressed fur the r(at of the eveiniug as Lady anv"ers, (mitii Cl;mrles ensually 1wieitioned that his imtother \v:s dead, mIl that until the d(:1ceased wife's .ister bill was passed h did not antici pate that his Aunt Mar'y would takhe lupon heri1self thle potsi tionI of ilsepother' to huei orphaniied nieph'ews. ThIe se"verto elderly ha ly, then, wvho beam led so swetetly3' upoin R alph and r'egar~dedl Charles mmult, Lakdy Mary' Cunningha:u. She had knowin Sit' John slightly in her room for me on her sofa, aiil$1.d(X pressed a very prioper deOgree of. regret at Inis sudden death, ('onsidering t hat lie had not beeni a plersounal friendl in any3 wav. ''We all have 01ur faults, CJol. Middle tonu," said Lady M1ary', witht a ge'ntln tighi, which (dislodged a littlo colony of crumilbs from the front of hieir dres,s. '"Sir John, liko the res.'t oif us, wa~s not ex emplit, thtough I have no) doubt the soft oining infiluencc oIf ago wVouldl liv dono1 mluch, sinco I knew himt, to smootah ne(er) bities of chairactr which wer('ie unifortu ntcly stirontgly' mariiked li his early life." She had evidenttly ntot knownt Sir' John in his later' yearils. As she conIltinueid to talk in t his .Krain I enldeavored to maiike (lit wh''lichi of thei young ladies pr'esenht ws t hie one to whlomi lbdlph w,as enigaged. I was ulecided as3 to wh,Inch it was of the two to whomi I Ildi lrady beent iintn>du tced. i ls atl wayvs seem1 to me 451 v'ery nmehil al ike, es lpecialy pret.t y girls, and these weuro buoth oif thi(mi pretty. I do not mean that thley' resembahledl each othter in the least, for' 11e was darik aind onei( wet fair-; but which wats Miss Auirelia Grnt, Raulph)'st fiinniee, and which was Miss lEv elyni Derrick, aL cousin of the( faiyik, I could ntot Inmko out, uniil later' in'tho (sVeninlg, wh''ien I dliiinltly~ saw~ lalpht kiss the fair' onie in iho picture gallery, and I mist. ait ly Cameit to the~ conellusjin that she was the oine to whtom ho was engaiged. I askled Chasrles if' I were no(t r'ight,. as wVo stood inl fronlt cof the hall fiire b efor1o tile lest of t ho paty3 hadi ai:iCmb lled for' dianner, atnd lie told me thait I hadl indeed hit thle niail oni the hecad int this instanuco, though for' his own'i 1part hie never' laid inuich strecss hlimi'ifS on such anl occur roncie, haingi' founld it prtove mis'enidinig; mi thte extr'emie to draw any11' 501 cocision fr'om it. IIe' fuirther' infCormelCd ma. that Miss Derrick was the younig ladly with dark1 hiair' who had pouriied (out Isn, and wh'lomi hie had fa vored' w,,ith somiO of huis (coinversantionu after'warld. whlo 111ha eer seenu his futur'e sister'-in lawv before. Aurielia Grantlt wasi a charm ing little cr'eatur'e, with ai (curly htead and1( a diitple andii ai inkt and white coml plexion, anhd aL lsspicioni of ani Irish ac cent when she b)ec'amio excited. Charles said hto adiredUc lier 'omiple'x loll most becauso it was so thor'oughly' wecll (dono and the coloinig was so truno to niatim'e, I did niot quito cat ch his meanliing, bumt it certtakinly waIs a beautiful comiplexioni; and theon she was so br'ight and lively, amid shiowed Bitch prectty' little tootht when aho smtiled! She was quito delightful. I did not wvonder' at Ralph's bieinmg so muich in love with bier, and (Chr'les agreed with me. ."hroi nothting like a good comt luby note betow oy lIt affecttit on a'cxut:( w-ma w ithou ," a 1 wimplede, sin deed! Railph h:s- chosen we. Now I do nlot ;!r;' with ('hml le.; there, as I have always osid.'rel tiat a wvo m at .1oul(1 hayve a eelaint amnount of m-: ...Iust eniou.,1i, in fae,t ,c o1mule her to apprvci;tit' a ::up("rior" une. I said as unmceh to C'harle::, butI he only laughed, mal said it was a snlject oii which opini ion had atlwayvs varied. "11 h>w did he liee t. h'er?" I ilmi(uired. "( ii the Rti:;i, last suIIIer," said ('harles. "I an thtikinig 1 going thero nyslf ne::t year. Ltvly orphan sat by Lady Ma:r\ at tal1+d'hout(. it'adl tracts pre.entcd by L.ly M'Jary. Mado ac (i aintaone. Lovt"y op hIan11's traveling comn lal(n or gt)verneI(s:i discovered to be0 liveu sistUIr of d1("tmutt r1av'elin1 comtpanl ion or govern:<e:; of ! lly Altry. Result, wamrinnldiitshiiip. htalpli, like a dutiful nephew, appeast (nit the scene. Fort night of Ino wcatietr. Interesting ex peditions. lIan1:111( tiattachmtent, co mented by diamond a:ti pearl ring from liuit c Roskell's. Ihere is I hm whole story for you." Evelyn lerrick join el us as the 1uished spealkilt. Sh c: wit, a tall, graceful girl, gentle an (old digiii il in mtner, with a pale, relinled far.-. She was pretty in a way, but not to c'oli l re to Aurelia. Evelyn haid att txibt 1l((ok about her, too. No., I do lntot tplprovo of a girl looking grave; she ouglt to he: bright anld happy, w\ith a ..milloe for every one. It is all very w\ell Itor us mnc', who havo tho work of the world to do, to look grave at tiimes, but with wteeli it is dif ferent; and a woman always looks lei best when sho smiles-at least I think so. Then Aurelia cam1 c) down, perfectly dazzligig ill white satin; then Sir George, thou Ralphl giving an ari to Lady Mary, who ullered from rheuiatismn in her foot. Then ealmo the gong, and thero was a rustle down of more p^ople, young anud old, fricind:l of tho family who had comno to at t or to see their sons and daughters act. As I never could get even their nauns right 1 s1hal1l nIt attenpt to give any account; of them, especiaily a's they a'e not of intporttatce in any way. After dilnner, on entering th drawing ro), I ftun1d'that great excittemnt pre vailtl iOreng tie laic:s resp-cling Sir Johnt' jewve]l:. Aib>ut his id fato and cc)stly legacy tlt"y all seemled fully in formlel. Il had tuy:;lf alnost forgotten the reast(n of' my v'isit in my interest. in ily new1' Suirroundings, not having evet s yet given up the jewels to Sir ('or;go I)anvers li'or Ratlp'!; but at the urgent re" (uest; of all the ladies at once Italph begged me to bin(t!( theiti do-wil to be seon and adm1ired thlien and thero beftire the rehearsal began. "''hcy will all y ours, you know," Ralph 'said to AIirelia. "You shall w;ear tltett onl youir \ weldintg day." "Yon are al\w:y, talking aioult be-ing married," said Aurelia, with ia little pouit. "I 'ish you would try and think of somethiig else t. say. I was quite looking forward to It myself until I camno here, and now I i.nt quite, quite tired of it beforelanld." ('1 T : ('o 'It NT N E1). I A it1 ic Gutht Line. Ot tice. ai, of Triennial Con tve Kn aight , Louisville', V.,., August 27 3, 190t)1. Forn aibove oe 00asson, the follow ing round trip rah: s to Louisville, KCy., will apply l 'tmn lo Iint sota oi f l'oter.sburg and1( Not fo'. --- for individuals - otne 1irst cia-- fare for rouind tirip, l'or bras- band'i ii in uiformi ten or mtorei on (*ne tic'ket, fromit Coluiahl)t, $1f>..'o pe ctapita. Rates fr'om other poit L will be qumd i on apliication. Ti ckel.. to bi rohli A ugust 21 th, 25t,h, 2ht It, 2ith antd 2sth, i r'on-cladi signtat ure formi, liited to contti nuous passage, w%itht (inal limit September 3rd, 1901l. liy depos itinig ticket with joint agent att L4ouisvill bit stwecn August 2Htht and Septembelsr 2nd,l incl usive, ad ont pay menttt of ft-e of 1]ifty cents at, Li m' of dleposit, ain e xtenision of thc finial Iimit to) Septc;ebe 18th, 1901, will be U corded, l"irom I tiChm tond and Pecter'sburig: For indi1 vidualuts---Onie lirst-class fare for r'oun~d tri p. No less rate to be miade for brass bands. Tickets t.o be~ sold August. 22nd to 25th, inclusive, wit h final limt. Septem bcr 3rd, 1!5)l. A n ex t rens[on, by deposit, to Septemnber' .7th, 1901 inclusive, will be aicco(rdedl un der samto conidition s as fr'om~ oither t''rrtiory. Wee~'k I'.nd I ~tte---lEffective Junie 8th and1'011 .cotning t.o and including Au gust 24Ut, the following week' end rates will apply ft o:n Newberry and Pr'os perity', S. C.: Tio WVaterlioo, S3. C , Cross Uill, S. C., Sp)itar'.nburg, E2 ('. and GJreenvillo, 8. ('. TJickel sol ;OI aturidays r1id Sundt(ays, gootd retlturing, leaving deCstinaItion not lter thanu Al\onday followinig (late of sa le-:1. To Giogtn Spirings, S. C.-iTickets des9 LI nat,ion not. later than Monday follow ing dato of sale--$2.f30. fron-elad signturcov formt tickets 1lim til Li toiontinuttouS passago to be used, I I. N. E merson ,G. P. A. 'T. 11. Emnerson, TI. M1. I'Te f'irst~ two mibiiils tho man1t' would take tho baby nip in theo gar ret and hide it if hto thought his wife 0o' tho tnrso wouldn.'t catch him at it. DurIng Iast Mlay an infant child of our nelglhbor was sulTferinrg from cholera infantum. TVhe doctors had gliven til 'l1101)pe of recoveCry. I took aL botli of Chaiimberlains's ColIc, Cholera and IIarrhoea Renmdy to the house, telling thecm I feltmr(t it would do gfod iftiused aiccoring to1 dirtiftons. In two days time the clild hadi fully recovered. TheI chIld is now vigorotus and heatilthy. I htave r'eommncded this remedy fro (quently and hatve never known it to fall. -- ttS. CUlt'r!. IIA KJR, Book walt 'r. Ohio. Soatl by W. . ntar.. The liability to dise:ase is greattly leseIted witl iI the 1)loo(1 is itt good c:on (lition1, anti lhe circtlatioii livaltliv and Vigorous. For thenital reftise inmatter is promnl>tly carried out of the systent ; otherwise it woultd rapidly accinfttlate -feriettatiolt wotild take' place, the bloodl beIcomte porllitted and the e'-nati tution so weakened that a sitin1)le Inala<ly intiih iesult seriously. AI licalthty, active eilenlittiott In(cans good (ligestiott an<l Stinng, hcalthy Ilteves. As a 1)l00 pur fier and tonie S. S. S. has no e<itial. IL is tlie safet :a1nl best reinc<ly for old people and chiliite because it contains no minerals, but is inade cxclttsi vel v (:f roots andl herbs. No other reiinedy so tloroulghly and elTectually clea:e;s the blood of inn p])uritie;:. AtLtlle satne tiie it buill 1up the weak a1<l e(1d b)ilitate<, 1,ndc re(o \ates the citti re sys tcli.' It cures perlnanuently all mtanner of blood and skin troub)les. Mr. E. E. Kelly, of Urbanai, 0.. writot: "I hail 1eZeoita on miy i111Ni and faco for ilvo yoara. it would bronk out in lit.tlo whito putitultis, crust.s wo(it1 form and drop off, leaving the Nkin rod anl inlflam ed. ''ho doctorsti did m1o no good. use,d ill tho mc<lientot (oalt ancl :an voNtw it hout b.onolit. 9S. I3. S. (,:l 11111, an<1 Iy ((kill is t4 oloar anid tlniooth tlas any onc's.. Mry. henry Siegfried, of Cipo May, N. J., tly. that twent y-ono bottlit of B. S. 8. ourod her of Cancer of tho brcit.. 1)oc torN tiand frienid thought her CLIO hope los. Richard T. Gardner, Floronce, S. C., nmuffered for yo:r:a with Iioils. Two bot LIea of 8. S. :1. put hi blood in poo.l con dition and th(o .Ila disappoarcd. S:nti for our free book, an<l write or11 physicians a b o u t your case. lecd;cal a(vice. free. THF. 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