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I sat up In my chair and looked spiration were standing upon his window and fell upon her Taco. It method fur treating piles. had throWn their lot with tho shooting n never beforo or sines hex a I that A am not a disciple of any of tha at her Inquiringly. party and accounted for my prisim. at nu longer membloU her oiflU-ra- . t.io home of your relations, I such agony upon a human face. Tha 'Indeed! so feminine a gathering. , apottlfi of modern paydiolofy. fialurcs w'ie sl, and eold, and hard the pavement who thronged presume? I am glad people In 1 am eves were plain the a tell with plain alory passion. blazing bha was a full minute before she an- glanced curiously at him. and then at going to I Receive, a Shock. voinc, and "Hoy! Ills hour lias aliesdy words, and leave any ponsible ax plana' swered me. I luring that time I could me. To escape their observation 1 InI hink not thut nut hand mad your sink. a wc heart creased and I as , hrar and my beat. my In little, Dresentlv crushed waa a tramping In the you alone have thusted lor Justice pc there tlon of It to thoao who ara Intereited fallen cinder undr my boot into uowdur. threaded our wav amongst llum 1 heard hall, and the sound of men's vokex. Th the great unknown science. tins man lit (ho pvountalns of him whisper In my ear; "No, It is only a friend." door waa thrown open, and tha Earl ot against ayo I bought Twtnly-foj- r I saw the deed done, and I heard jesre man? Maulaveu and tha remainder of hla guests Indiii first practice and furnished my first mv skiers deth-c- r ring over lend and "Yea" enured. It chanced house. Jt was rot a choice neighborhood, though I had oCdii lo mv car. The clod of iny be She was too absorbed to notice or reknown Lady Mary forthut, several I nor was the practice Itself either vears, f lie rinsed the tell and I saw, I bowed had never met her husband, and l was of sent the impertinence of tha question. or select, but In the ardor I sought iny lead, and I was tilcnl. There waa a ahy, soft look In her down-drawlooking forward to do so with aome counsel youth, I scarcely considered Atthose of those who knew, snd I for Lord Wauleven waa a famous ayes, and a happy aiulle parting her 2i years backs worth considering. man both In tha house of lords and in I lie iny peace. Iho reward tame siowly, but I'ps. Her thoughts were fsr awsy, and id one scarcely expects to start Ilia it has ionic. Nirvana, the sweetest gosl As for me. the light In a serv I was forgot ten. literary world. Ho I rose and scanned his of n the professions at any rat life. Is lfore my eves. Tha blessed seemed to fats with some Interest as he advanced a railed me sis.ergs wayand 1 was perfectly satisfied. winter's dav.haveThedied out of (he bright toward ma with outstretched hand and Initial) of the east have hidden cheerful, biasing fire The shining brass plate outside my door, had dwindled and unter., Powers snd forces, courteous smile. down Into a handful of m which was inscribed known to jou, bend themselves to lev white ashes. I felt chilled and heartsick. had Twenty not years dulled memmy see the end. It will and Slav this night C. H. FAGGETT. I could not understand what had hapIs mr bidding. I am Astita and 1 compened, but I know that I had a longm ompeneated fullv to me at any rata mand. Farewell!" for the shabbiness of my abode. I had to get away Into my room and lock the Hho seemed to vanish from my eyes Iffy pound's a year of my own. I was door upon my misery- - Y et 1 must be Or might It without bodily movement. certain. quite mmarrled, and had quite aa much not have been that the thick clouds which "He la a xery dear friend, I euppoae?" as was good for me, notwitli-l- a moon had filled across had th floated Mr, Jacob Lyon, Homer, Mich, "Very, very dear. ruling that the outlook demanded no tha gallery with sudden darkness "Why has be not come to sea you beI wish thst you could hear him tell ot irdlnary share. closed the door of my room, and told Mr patients were six In number, ex- fore?" nls many experiences with ointments, that I had spoken with a1 mad wo- ealvee, "lie hat been ewey. lie ha a knowm cluding mv own family, bemuse from the dilators, etc., before he fried mv walled. man. But I Old her bidding line of my setting up for nivself there nothing. I have been content to wait for method. Her Is a letter just received curAt 9 o'clock In the evening tha was-no- t one of them, from my youngest his return. He will coma to me now." from him; In arena tha rose on last drama tain this Tha dreamy look maddened later, aged six, to mv father, who did of my life. Tha great library of Maul-e-e- n Mr. E. H Page. Marshall. Mich. iot Immediately detelop aome extiaordl-njr- r me. It was strange that aha did not Dear Hlr: I want you I know what Abbey waa thronged with sutli and ut'erly unheard-o- f aliment, and police the sharpness of my tone. vour treatment has done for nix I had company as Its walls had never before suffered la that why jou aia wearing that persist In ling treated for the same with with pile for many years and and th air was full Of the used dress?" i4 T due gravitv. suppositories and all kinds of treatnod ling of guwits and suppressed whis- ments, Yes. It wae hie fsvcrrlte. He used to To return to my patients proper. Five but never got relief until I tried perings. of them w ci e totally unlntercstlug to think I looked baiter In It tliau vour. Am now completely cured. AI had chotn a seat, or rather a tand- me aare aa 'caaee" the sixth was foo I am M years old. and tho oldest lthough diback to the with wall, Ing my place, hill Kha with wae me modest even to now. I active blaiksniith In Michigan, I feel pay poor actually hluahlng rectly opposite Lord Mauleven. On eyes years youngrr am thing like reasonable pum tualltv. yet looked away quicklj, with something Uke since tho piles have left had met only onco, but It wss sufficient. me. I will a groan almost escaping me. would hae she was the one whom surely recommend It tx all me. that had knew he that recognized r remem-brI "Ho least have I the heen you for know who surfer this way. You can reudlly. nqula'iert keeping It he knew 1, too, had recognized him and would not let anyone else sea you tlie first time she cent for me, and my letter ny way j'ou wish, and t that he rcallAd the danger that lav be- ubo in it, even." how pitifully s te staled her case. hope fore him. buhia heavy curtains at the derful It will lead others to try this wonHer expression changed swiftly. 1 had "I don t know what is the matter with remedy. other end of the apartment had been me. doctor. touched a painful chord, ilow I haled i'crhuns you can teU. Tours truly. thrown back, and Astrva stepped slowly have no pain, at lnit, no acute pain, to myself for it. J. LYON. 1 can see her now as she stood forwaid. seem lo ache It was not that," she said In a low sneak of. only sometimes There are thounands of afflicted people there, palo and still, with her giest I had not got It. I wae very poor, all o'er, and I am growing thin thinner lone. luminous eyes wandering far over the suffering with pile who have never yet eveiv djv. 1 get plenty to cat quite and I had to to part with it for a time. heads of the expectant audience, and her tried the one ecnaible way of treating plenty" she repented, keeping her eyea Hut I used te lay by a little every week, Ups moving siowly as if repealing soma them. and yesterday I waa able to bring . anxiously fixed upon my face. iHm't be cut. Don't waste money on pi as or or lesson to herself. "I am afraul the food vou take is way. Oh, how thankful I waa! All thW A deep awesome husn fell upon the foollrii salves, ointments, dilators, etc., scared! nourishing enough." I said. "Do others have gone, but It would have but send today for a Free Trial of tn men and dressed ciowd of fashionably broken my heart to have parted with this you mind ichlng me how old you are?" Infernal 'method for the healing of Plies. womenLordalonc Mauleven twentv-two.'appeaiod No. " am one. Ha liked It ao much.' No matler whether your- case-l- a of unmoved and careless. Ho had given up 1 w end - n o; Jt seemed hayely. credible.. A great- rose vp itt fny his place to a lata arrival, and waa lean- long standing or recent development "t was young at mv proiession. and heart and swept away every meaner feel It Is whether occasional or permantut ing against a pillar with hts face half In wrb stMl easy I looked at the mg before it. I bant forward with my the shadow. 1 only could read beneath you should scud for this free trial treateves fixed upon the fire, and all that high cheek lames and sunken, ment. was smlfe which that faint supercilious eves, bright now with anxiety, at (ould so wed Imagine seemed to rise up No matter where you live no matter hovering around his flno mouth. the long, wasted fingers, and the simple before mo In a sort of what your age or occupation if you are and Astrea her eyes elowly drooped blaik dress, hanging loosely around her me for "Doctor, forgive Interrupting The first words wrhlclv fell from troubled with piles,' my method will rexpoke. - ahe said i irunkeu future, and I slghed. File Jour 1 nervously her riveted the attention of her listeners, lieve you promptly. seemed to read my look, and her eves but fancied that I heard a cab stop Till liberal offer of free treatment is boms hidden electricity seemed to lurk In me street, and you know I am expectfilled with tears In tha tuubie of her tone. Evervone, even too Important fur Jou to neglect a single "I suppose I do look rather bad." she ing a visitor. Would you Write now. Bend no money. Simply those who had come prepared to treat day. I rose said ncrvomlv Cant you do anything mall the coupon but da this bow quickly, and turned toward the the affair aa a joke, or some light form TODAY". " door. in very poor, but lor me doctor? of entertainment, were galvanised into I beg your "I can t do much," I Interrupted, "hut I'm sure. Miss Desrapt and breathless attention. t can tell you what la the matter. You mond." I said. pardon, My next case Is a xery Homcoiie has said that I am going to hate some tioubla which you are allowInteresting one. and In thinking out some lecture upon theosophy," she commenced, FREE PILE REMEDY ing to prev unon your mind, and vou of the symptoms. I lost myself for a moThat is not so. Tonight I dreamily. are starving am afraid that sounds a ment. Once more, a happy Christmas!" E. R, PAGE, am breaking the first principle laid down little blunt, hut It Is th truth. Hhe looked perfectly beautiful as she 105J-tha high Page Bldg., Marehell. Mich. by those who have become Hho looked frightened, almost bonilaughed and nodded to me with the Please send frte trial of priests of our order. 1 am going to sliow fied. new color In her cheeks, and her strange jour a to you all miracle. I am going to speak Ci method to: Inno, ro doctor. whole manner and bearing full of a new"Starving! with one who has been for a long while deed I aril not that. I spend every penny born animation. She might have posed dead. You Bhall hear, her voice; you l.iiit I can upon food. I must save a litlor a statue of hope" not that strong shall hear of her life; she shall speak to tle for never mind what for but I must calm hope which Is but a misnomer for you of the manner of her death. And Bate a little." faith, but hope tempered by uncertainty, Uni I do for a purpose of my own. and Tin sorrv I cannot help you further, nerxous and feai,ul through the very with no desire to make v.n... converts of any J have told you then," I said, rising. greatness of the issue, yet with all a vou. of what is the matter with you. No mediwoman's sweet trust in the man she "fFr away In my eastern home, cine could do xou an v good. Of course, loxes, leaning toward the belief that this ! don't know what the Having you menamongst the mountains, 1 have heard her meeting, to which she was looking fortaint, evveet whlapertugs in my ear at tion is foi, but 'on must remember that ward with so much yearning tenderness, the break of day. In the gloom of twiyou are paying for It with your life, It would and as sue would wish. light I have seen her dim, reproachful Ho I saw her, la mv duty aa a doctor, you know, to nd saw her for tha last ejex; and In the white mists 1of the midspeak plainly, fou ask me what Is the time. Wnen next I looked Into her face have seen night hour, upon the hills. mailer with you. and I tell you star- s u was a dead woman. I met no one her sweep slowly by, sad and mournful. vation." on the stairs after leaving Miss DesI me. to I have Yet not her have called She turned away and looked wearily mond: and Instead of apcndlng the dav waited for this; and now the time has out of lie w indow us I had planned, I went straight back come. Marian! coine, beloved Marian! Thank vou, doctor," she said, as 1 to my apartments k sister It la Astrea who calls thee', turned to go. Olay 1 ask you one more At I o clock I had some lunch or haP. reniedlM f the Hhe had her hands with a alow, raised Yeuow WueUrd. in tho often some me. was rather before for question?" placed xorm of ' moment a I had no appetite and scarcely touched Ccrtalnlv sweeping grace, and stood for or poultice, bag been wed plaster for Then, breaking a perfectly motionless. Is it that which i Tnaklnp me fo anvtnjng. The afternoon was spent quite fenomtioni for gorenees, silence as deep as the ellcnAe of death, I ? feel like) alone in my atudv noin and an Aeolian sweet and low as the music of inflammations, congestI look in the gass.'' Jt Mu.-'have been about twentv mina.) oid woman ions and swellings hc.rp stlTed by the faintest of summer It has ha effect upon vour appear-a- utes to fne before wa d,wturhrd bx n with With trembling fingers I bieczrs. the nound of a womans answermost excellent results, but e. of comae. i Knswered xioipiu ringing of the surgery bell, and Will they rymo back attain I mean almost immediately afterward my houseing voice floated upon the air. it NRstered. "I am whh thee. Astrea; apeak. mv looks? sho asked wistful), with a keeper knocked at the dop:. raided the candle high over my Heat eaaqi pain, Astrea raised her hands and answered' littJo tremble in her oice, and Iut eyes nd Bejty.s I would talk with thee for one, brief 7 used A Sudden Call. xery earnestly fied upon tne. head and peered forward. moment only, of the past of the sad made of to he better looking once, and I shouldn't "A gentleman wishes to see jou dav s of jour life upon earth. Look back hhe him mv friends, I mean to see me pure yellow mus. annuumc-dshe our me have not home. You with sir," upon hke this sum he when they come, tard, "Hhow him in." - directed. will trv and eat a little more. Will that forgotten?" with other pain reHo bad evldentlx- followed close "bThe wonderful music of that gnawering she Tielo, do vou thinTt eagerly. ehind lieving i n g r her, for before sho could tUD) That would make all tm difference, can save her. doitor, your fee sun shining down through the white ory a Jot, and In Lord Maulpvcn I saw voice again filled the roonj, is just I see our ! asHuted her: "I forggf nothing. Astrea. 'Ctniiinemu at once: have around he had walked into the room. I hall be a thousand guineas " once at man the the mists city. whom vaporous shrewdest upon awakening the a hot, out country home, and our dear parents. a no od meal this. e t urns, and joull feel turned up the lamp and rose fiotn my Only ou can do that," I answered I watched It gradually appear until Its detectives In England had sought for In fair I chair. found and have peace rest, my sister; ail the better for it quicker, cleany first struggling rajs smote the dome of vain. had mingled with the of his appearance sharplj'. livery minute detaileven earth, too, la a fair place! k er, and utore , My patient, ,tl&a Desmond, she caled Ht. Paul's and th noises increased In trie hair, and a deep furrow was but"I'YUr to me now. after so a till for man's Marian, nnd time effective cannot below. he 1'coelf, took mv adxire. and In a few comes hack as jou, first streets Then for the Mister. engraven across his forehead. Yet there Stranger Disappears. made it black and foul. Do clearly as though It ware there was a marked change in her. many years, pent-u- p treachery was came to the utterance came me. the When and flno of is throat your dignity sore, when tou carriage There was no reply. I looked around His was not, a face to be remember the night when, full of nave J VH f arcriv In one long, and perfection of features. prepared, however, for the but yesterday. It was the you and nd found that he wan no longer by my agony of my heart escaped pleurisy, bronchitis or m I suppose Jt would not love, you whispered out your joy transformation which I witnessed on my easily forgotten a cry of wrath, of bitter, re- face of a scholar and an artist. As deep cry e vou chest eold bav I a see can get speed v could one. him handsome side called we Across been road the of shed to tears me. and hapstrictly ittbt p OtCoiOliHl Xlfclt. lentless agony against the man who had ph siognonilst. 1, should certainly have secret but It wae, at any rate, both striking and Do you remember the and lasting relief with this most effecanlshlng in the mist. Without hesita- done this w ith together? piness It the face of a Iran of high printhat And ranked thing. I folcared nothing powerful; and his carnage, e'en in lue tion. I pushed onwaid. tive preparation because boat eases trustful, tho lirst chapter of my life. Beauty Revived. ciples and noble birth. Yet I knew bet- day when, blithe toand London? Do you re- pain, hrery druggist hag it 30 and great haste, was dignified and easy. I for hint. 1 was anxious to uach niy pater. I alone knew that Geoffrey, Earl of lowed your lover It was Christmas morning, and I was listened to hear hts errand with the feeltient. hour of bitter member the awakening, 60 cents. , Mauleven, was the man whom a Poroner's w hen the CHAPTER II. A few hmlrs before .fust starting westward to spend a day ing that I was In the presence of no I should have light died out of your life, the jury had found guilty of the murder of wearv waiting, p I eu "It Is really quite Impossible for any Matiun with my people. On the the man, and with a curiosity which scoffed at tiie verv idea of attaching any the ordinary h Desmond ears twenty countered a messenger from her. Hhe I eeldoin felt In the presence of any of Importance to what are. known ds pre- one to be bored at Mauleven Abbej'. Lady ago. bowed gray heads of our father and was quite well, but she wished to se me. mv patients. Yet from the moment when Mary always has something fresh going." sentiments. he recognized me. end I believe that mother, hastened In their passage to the "Wasn't it a delightful thought? One heIfdid. if I could sparo tlio time to go around. he inquired I cams in sight of that grim, smoke-staine- d "You are Dr. Faggett? Ins nerve was magnificent He grave? I went at once. tenement, and hurried up the feels so much more interest In the per- affected net to notice the "Too well too w ell, eobbed out the , quickly of formance, too. seeing It down here In my hand, and welcomed mewithdrawal My first impression on entering the "Yes." broken, micarpeted stairs, I was conanswering voice. "Astrea, forbear. Questo Mauleven I'm sure of some one's own drawing-rooroom was that I was in thf presence of a Y have hist left a lady whom you have scious of a dim foreshadowing me no mote tion and graceful Abbey m a few stranEer. and as that vanished, 1 found been attending Miss Desmond she Is ill. sort of evil. For a wonder there was no wauled to go to the Adelaide Hall awful A strange llglu burned In Astrea' dark sentences. Then ho to on parsed speak me. let wouldn't but wasn't lie llenrv no sound ly, mxsclf mantling at the metamorphosis, the brawl. lower rooms, Wl'l jou come to her?" ng in to someone else, and the meeting was eves. Her harids were raised li'gh above of angry, drunken voices trom any of the quite sue that It was proper. Huch non the lagged black gown, the wan checks, which I had been holding beher head, and her form semed dilated and The over. n and dull cje. were things of the past. tween pipe doors. Only now and then, on Muse. Now, I feel quit repaid for niv to the giound. slipped my fingers quivering with passion. I stood back in the suadow of the is of It I found mjself greejed bv a tall, graceI really charming heard disappointment. the "Marian, tlie man whose selfishness heavy breath and I drew a quick breath between my the landings, room like a man stunned, striving to ful woman, clad In a simple, but elegant, teeth. This, then, was Miss Desmond's lugs of sleeping men and women, lying you, Lady Mary, and I am looking wrecked your life and broke our parent realize this thing. It had come eo sudto this evening tremendous!. I lives. He la great, and honored, gown of soft pink snd black. A most bethis waa the man whom she had about like rats upon the floor. I reachod hearts visitor; so and MaulJ.ord denly unexpectedly. "Ho am I." had her so toe of and the last cheeks, And tandle pallid ho had been expecting and respected. djed flight eagerly. ilair. Fay but tne word and I coming glow even. scholar, author and diplomatist, iU And I." I U4l7 Mud tar BbtaauUim iuffertf and her eves were sparkling wits pleas- left her 111; he had left her at tha very in my hand snook so tuat t '.e drops fell will world The him. crush for which he was the murderer of Marian Desmond. It "And I," I added grimly, from my posiHhe looked at ma moment when she must have most needurable excitement. Was she 8iupl Herb Recipe Abcolutelj free (bat spluttering upon the giound was Inconceivable, and vet it was true. lives shall look upon hit buried past; mv witn slightly parted, tremulous lips, as ed his support, on an errand which any alone. I wondered? Das there no one to tion somewhat in the background. shall the raise of veil, my finger shall Complete Cured terrible attack of I told myself fiercely. He should have no hand Lady Mauleven turned round toward mercy watch by her side and wait for mv comthough anxious jto see whether1 1 noted other messenfwr could have accomplished from me. As he had sinned, so point at Ills shame, niy voice, my testitnuaeular tad Inflammatory rkeumatiaaa of fog; the change. At iny look of surprise her I stooped down and turned up tho lamp ing? If.Js.he had recovered Loin her faint, me with a little laugh. shall denounce him. Think of the mony, he should tho pay penalty. Neither rank after ererytbmf eiM I tried bad failed "Dr. Faggett, I recognize the voice of nor fame should features relaxed Into a half deprecating, with a ficr-- e angry swelling at my heart, how drearv the time must seem. save him fr6m any ven- hour when jou found yourself deserted, vtaadtag You have no I pressed on, and came to a standstill an unbeliever, do I not? hslf pleased smile. and with vour life ruined, struggling me. I bare fire It t many aufferera but when I bent forward to look Into his ba was which indeed a geance, only In simple s Mademoiselle faith Astrea sea a powers "You difference, doctor?" she face ho stepped quickly back Into the outside her room. Still Mpnee deep, against starvation In a garret, whilst he beltered tbelr cases bopelesa, yet they fouad act of Justice. asked. in relief from ease and off (heir wandered shadows with an Impatient exclamation. unendurable silence and still that vague am I not right?" by a anfferiag I would leave the abbey this verv hour taking those sun luxury willing I answered, berba. "Perfectly. Lady Mary, It also relieves Seta t tea promptly, aa "f do, Indeed, Miss Desmond," I an- His purpose was manifest. Ho Wlehed to sense of some evil close at hand. Fear and lay my Information before the au- exile. You know well that he never pie well aa Neuralgia, a ad la a woaderful btnod Let me offer you my conceal his features from mo as far as fully, I pushed open the door and kiood bowing. "I have no s mpathy for, or be- thorities to find swered, warmly. when after that you sought night And Yard. Scotland st with this You are moot welcome to tbit Herb lief in. psychology as Interpreted by Is It out of comsincere congratulations! upon the threshold. possible. Intention I rose, and, ostensibly to dress you left him in horror and shame. Think purifier. Astrea and her disciples." Kecipo If yott will send for tt at oar, t bepliment to the season, may I ask?" "I ask vou again whether you will Hy first seise Iwas one of rciic. In Mademoiselle left the room and mounted of that day when, at last, he was forced lieve for dinner, will roaaider It a Uedeead after you you How do the reayou and explain for phenomena he another said ab the dim twilight could just catch the come to her. Dr. Faggett?" to visit jou. Remember his greeting, his have partly Tartly Cite teat. the broad oak starcaoc. It There la nothin anpul she which then?" asked produces, son 1 am expecting a visitor." In of a a her and outline I left familiar at dear the remember, faint, figure loaning just demand; ruptiy. My apartment was the last of a long dismay injurious eeetatsed im tt, aid you eaa a for of the little group of ladles. Her lone waa hesitating; almost shy. case may be urgent. Kindly postpone baek In a ehalr drawn up to the fireplace. other row in the main gallers I had reached Marlarr, remember Ms refusel: I will not youraelf exactly what you ar taking. I nj I ehruggd my shoulder Indifferently. Yet in a certain wav It seemed as though vour curiosity as to my personal appear- Put the fire was a handful of white how jou died, by tils hand Or gladly send (hts recipe absolutely free te any ask It. on was and the jou of point entering, to make a confidant of me. ance until ou have seen your patient. Ladj' Mary," someone In- when I heard the hut Heaven knows that lie was sufferer who will scad same and address, ashes; and the figure never turned to trailing of a womans j'ours: murderer. I pulled a chair up to tho fire and I raised the lamp high over my head, greet me. The chill of the room struck terrupted. "If It is not a rude question, draperies close behind Heaven's curses lighten plainly written. me. and almost j'our vou did to however come ' Astrea In persuade Ho waited. face. full Into xoico and W, 0. RtTTOV, 2650 Magnolia At bora h.m the Marian. trembled as Give me leave to and looked my heart, my I heard that she would never even immediately felt a touch upon my arm, upon him, Los Angetea, (. a Ilf oral a her? I called out to her; "Doctor" me Mro. I without I thirst denounce examination and flinching, my speak. Iyt name beard and my pro' Yes. Miss Desmond. distinctly to In lecture except Theonophlsts. nounced. Mlks Desmond, wake up! It is I Dr. (Adrertlseaeat.l private for vengeance, mv Bister. Say that one hurried Into niy coat and hat with a sigh In abhorred and a the of t Is anything don think too relief.' was gown shape not His and not with my unmixed word thin, "lou open my Faggett!" lips." T n- -. turned and for th moment around, No answer. oo you? The room la quite warm. a villain's face. It was strong and no voire The figure in the chair performs There Was no movement, I sdy Mary looked a little perplexed. fancied mvself the victim of some tran- hoard. 1 leaned over and felt her arms, but and In a certain way Impenetrable;proud, sat waiting, but was still find silent. With trembling "That la ao. I believe," aha answered. sient hallucination! It emed, indeed, aa stricken Everyone bv ilia wistful look with which aha was it was a man's face, and the faca Of no finger I raised the candle high over my the dumb of Astrea's passion tho truth, I was as much though th two figures who had dwelt so praver, snd dimly fearing some terrible head, end peered forward to where It "To tell you watching me checked the remonstrance ordinary man. as anyone. Mr. Fitzgerald took long In that dim shadowland of memory, denouement. w hlrh had been upon my lips. The fell upon "I will -- ome at one," I answered.rf "I pale, glowr emote the dirkncss. Oh, surprised moonlight 1 as was coin- had gilded afresh Into mv life on this white, upturned faces, and showed Perhaps not. You must be careful to am ready now- " We went tnto the street the horror of that moment th unspeak- me to her thhouse twice, and last time, I asked her, never dark winter's afternoon: for the woman their more thin one slrong man quivering with I had expected to find my able horror of It. T felt my knees loiter, ing sway keep out of draughts, though." together. to who had sppken my name and who stood excitement. The T will. I will. Indeed. And doctor?" companion silent and reserved, but he a mist floating before my eyes, and a Imagining that Sho would accept, had entertainment Christmas here with us." hy my side, was surely looking up at me grown wonderfully realistic. .Where would tVeil?" commenced talking at once. deadly sickness creep like a numbing spend w Ith Marian's eves, and had "And sho with accepted?" spoken U end Hho hesitated, and the color came and "I learn from Miss Desmond thst you paralysis over all my Senses. Te', there "At once. I should be xery pleased to Marian s voice. Yet when I looked again she sal. In that straight-backe- d went ciuickly in her delicate cheeks have been very good to her. Dr. Faggett, e! air. Suddenly, the Intense stillness wa saw that this was not eo. Hhe was broken allow me There was no doubt about it; sho waa a he said slowly. Hhe ha been In sore still and cold, with a little spot of hlood come.' she said, If youevewill by the chiming of the great abbey -- to much and than smaller Alarlan Christmas one to evening slighter speak I fear, and has needed friends. on the bosom of her dress, and a dagger clock. It was midnight, Homeoue who perfectly bevutlful woman. straits, Of course, I said that 1 had heen, and her complexion was altoour " amt pot aware of anv particular driven straight Into her gticMa.' stood "Do yon think that It is a pretty gown? peer one of th windows threw It heart. should b charmed." gether different. She had the appearance open, and with the rush of frosty It Is a little old. I know," sire went on goodness on mv part. I answered stiffly. air a woman In who had lived a of has eotr rome?" ' "And fsr she I actually came the sudden glad peaUnss of bells If the liver is right the whole eyetem It hav done what. Miss Desmond has a hurrlbdly. "but it la nicelv made, and dead. Hhe must have died in I Fbe land an was Her "Hue skin southern Farhour almost Sue arrived sgo to wss me from church. Christfrom the It or the colors used to suit me I was differof expect any other jiilase Littl Livwr Filin right right. Carter and her dark, glowing eyes, eingle moment, for there was no ing tea In her room, and will not appear cive-hueAnd mingling with the sound, ent then, though," she .added with a niv patients. will gently awaken your of even ths slightest spasm In her white, until evening. Then she la going to lec- shining up at me from amidst the hair mas morn. clear gnd ""v You have don more; but I fear that still came sweet above It, rising sigh. jet faca. all around her small oval once more the marie of that Nav, eomethfng of the old ture. or give a pei fornuuice of tome sort which wave! sluggish, dopgedI waa, scarcely more than a bow. and a you are prejudiced against ine. Dr. Fagspirit was softness Hh still odd had force.lan around her the face, lingering ill lihrar. penetrating most nnprofeeslonal lump had risen In gett. I do not know bow much Marian up liver and reh won t come down to dinner, was a ruriou figure to encounter at anv voice: mouth, and the "Astrea. beloved sister. In the old dav has told you of her his- tightly compressed mv throat. To me there was something Mira lieve constipa- ki with her wonderful ees and quaint w piajed eyes, vacant though they were, hen'" lime, u our about tree. that toe 'Forgive tory. and dress, other togrih. pathetic had none of the glased hardness f tion, gtomach . of She bizarre beauty: and the suddenness "No, sh begged to be excused. we forelve them thst tree-paas "She has told me nothing." little attempts' at decoration about the pass. In those momenta of ngolb likes to bo quiet always for an hour or her appreaen. and that stranga resemi trouble. inao I ar wc, over the x alagaln-- t ue "I do not wonder at It.. Hue is natural- death. my room. I knew too well the meaning of first duty. I foreot every- two before appearing In rtibll'--. 1 won- blance to the dead coming at a time leys and hills. 1 seem to hear those words ttv. that exquisite color, and tha unreal ly reserved. You "knew, at atvv rate, that forgot 1 mv wowas had loved whole that will except shaken men with this thing. der when be the back. being wheq It's In me lb music of the loas of eppe- sue war expecting a visitor today? lealing up lo bc,u(v of her face. man: and sinking on mv knees, I caught a horrid dav for shooting " memories of th past, seemed to endow Christina tell died bj mv ow-- hand, "Yes " f. faith though 1 was fo admit It to her hends in mine, and buried mv fa.-tite,ickhead- The conversation drifted away, and, a her personality with a suggestion of tne amt the sin was mv own. For the rest. I was thst visitor. Tou may have In they were too ethereal for health. It her isp. Thera I remained. heed'es of wsa nai'irai amoegst a little group of supernatural. If I showed srvthing of 1 A three, forgo eforelv e " ache ar.d dizzT.es. Purely vegetable. waa hke the strange star-lik- e rharg of s irmtsed that?" Ihee, beauty of for no in the she women hour after hour o( took time, tnv lace, th' di Inking afternoon lea at an Lo flight notice of It. A urrp sob escaped from Lord T Imagined ro; and also from your erVou need them. corns tropical plant which hlmerims Into Hie I. Is "Dr. wlnlrFa It nlrht. Marian long became Desmond Fargett. country houe, Ineompre Hist moment of InI er lip: butnoInone. perfection and fades In a single dav. Mv rand to metothat vour visit was a disapI arose at last and stood bv ti.e little 1 were xou me sister. Small Till SmaH Dose Small Prtre waa on herr.ible Jou Jt odd snd to tnet friend, tense ave her." had mvarlf. heart was sad. and though I answered pointment lisn.l-.- , window with tighLy clasped old bachelor, 40 old, with little wer good to her. How Is u that I find noticed 11 Y Astrea turned slowlv around so," he answered. In a low ton. acutely rons-loDR CARTERS ISON TILLS, Nature cheerfully. I kept tn-- faca turned awav. all vou of a a beneath had that onld her si taste for find here, hapmurderer guest gaiety, amt myeif dirapprared The liable were turned great nerv end tick'd tome for "You look charming. Mias Desmond. "I fear so." pened, th ethical honor of 't mingling Christmas at Mauleven Abbej; roof?" op. and lb Shell of sdence was broken. Let ma wish vou a very happy Christ'Then, at any rate, it Is my duty to wlm my own sense of personal Ws. Tf siendlng Hit Ldv Mary bad atta ked ma at a saw h'e far for the fust firs ten T "I curtain i ad fallen. The play wae Anemia, Rhenmaflcm, Ncrvoesises, mas, and Uiewrrd Of good fortune In ths tell xou. sir. thst events tnsv make you llti'e rhsm"er wss seven stories b:gh; week moment ar.d the Inducement minute ag. " 1 answered slowly. "I over. her murderer." I said pitilessly. tow veaK Sleeplessneae and Fein Me and awav eastward I could see a taint off, red four meet with th Qtioj-am fn 1 onxe. abhi th at leaving to La go doctor. 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