Show H F For or A. A Another It not h er s s- s S Sin Cl In in B By BERTHA M. M CLAY t Pi-oin Pi Ye C Molln r fINI hut hUl you yon Ol ml inu r f think t a s jou 11 nhi will wi t I of bt triO hie I I 4 nut Hut you ou will wi noi of li ro ni nl until you u ten tell n m me it jt I Is time lime to tn toRO tol I j l RO go o sI she 11 replied an and the t ne m moment l she room h. h had hual softly I mIll gently the c f I lal J 7 L 44 Carew Car had oo i-oo another u. u 1 her ls friend en- en cral Cla he ha 11 tells JIs her her 11 J P Imi no n ad hr hu has prevented preVented pre pre- rC- rC vented him hIn from flom rom reaching nt ni o i e the h 1 e hall ad hord hoped hut but hit that if a convenient ol for fOl them to 10 receive Y ho he w should ld ho 1 he hp delighted to pay a a. ar n r rf visit iSiL to tn In Iii II Jul July l Lady 11 Cp rew looked agitated n a as she he 01 always was wasn n did didon on In the receipt of 0 a a. letter Iter from J him Sho Site told her Imir son son who said t Inu laughingly ly ft Iho is not mint a n cottage b by Imy nn any I i moans means hut hUl we ve 0 shall have to build bull u a I new nev I wing mother if lf the number 0 of w visitors Captain Randolph I t Is We Ve shall certainly be he quite I t full ful but the d lear dear nr old oM general shall be 10 i I 4 mall made most welcome r Still BUl L' L Lady Carow Carev Caro did dit not look quite Pj t there was an anxious careworn core care worn expression lon on her face that Allan r n never lr liked JId to tn see sec there ther I. I cc I am very ery vel desirous sho M saul t that I M I y Y pressed the die general bo be 1 very fa favorably ImI Im Im- Im- Im Lord Carew lau laughed hed Ho cannot emnot f I fall fail fal to be he mother ho bo said I Allan the she he continued anxiously Je pray pm do 10 It not lau laugh h at nt what I am goIng going go go- o. o ing to f ay my a Will you will will ou promise InS aVi Vi you ou I you me flu melo to lo he le especially kind lind to Adelaide 1 I t IJ before tho the general Am Ani m I not always alwn's what wha you yot ol call enU I kind lInd mother mothel ho bo asked impatiently Yes in one wa way sho she replied I adly but anyone who ho has been t happily married cannot fail tal to 10 see that your our kindness s is that of oC an elder older I brother r. r not a husband Tho Those e who have hac known real happiness can cnn understand under under- stand Und at the terms on which y you u I and Adelaide live l e. I J fear or oh oh I f fear at a- a go much that the tho general with hi bis shrewd keen wa ways will wi see It at nt once Lord Carew looked ci naughtily at his bis hisk mother k r- r Suppose he hoes does mother what c chen I am not ot afraid of r. r him or o of o f hl his JuIs judgment A Alow low moan came from fm the Jn lady's ladys y s lips she looked so o white whit so anxious so o ml miserable that Lord LoM Carew bent hent ii over 1 0 her hN wonderingly What m mystery J Is there mother about this good old general that you ou I U should fear his coming so s I None she cried but I r want him I ti 1 to lo think ono so well veIl wel of us um 1 I want him hini I to be he so o sure suro Adelaide is happy I r do O m my best said Lord LOld Carew J adly I was brought U up to believe helee L myself m my fathers father's heir knowing he 1 e I y had no other oher that cruel will 1 came ear earI I V. V v upon me inc J like e a shock I J do not think j I T should have hae obe obeyed It had hall more mOle time lime j been given to m inc me I T married a against ain t jl j m my wl wi a a lady av v whom wilom though 1 t t fill ful ul and good gool 1 I did dial it not IQ love I have r ha I 1 done 1 my very r best mother I en can 1 do O I. I t. t no 10 moro more i 1 nu to to please me Allan you will m J A do as 1 say say Ir I T cannot cannot-be r. r to toJ J please in- in oJ r I tho deepest and andI I truest regard for Cor Lady Adelaide I do full rul justice to her noble nolle qualities I Ia a pay her hel respect myself and I r insist that everyone elso elo pay her the same What hat more mOle would you rou have ha c me 10 do mother I would have you ou love 10 her he in very eT truth and deed said Lad Lady Carew Carev A man may sooner control the tue r ind winds and the waves wa es mother than the love of his heart healt ho lie l replied lcd sadly HJ Yet Vet et to lo his astonishment nt as he ho spoke there thore came to him a wonder as to t whether he here were re not l beginning in some 1 degree e to lo love 10 0 this fair fall and gentle c lad lady whom he ie c called caled his wife His Ills heart felt so o light ht over o her lie le kissed his mothers mother's face with wih tenderness unusual unusual un un- un- un 7 usual even evon with wih him Z 1 Do not f f r r. r mother I w will do 10 my myS mJ f S leSt best 1 I will wi bear hear your our wishes always In mind and anal tho the general shall leave heave v. v lV u us thinking that we nr are nrc the happiest st st. family In all the world al lil With which promise Lady Carew was forced to lo h hi he content and the preparations pro pre for fot Co returning to 1 I was he begun un with wih the t vigor 0 Lady Lal- Adelaide dil not look forward foward to lo it with wih great dread l. clr She halt had been perfectly sincere In what she had said ai ald s to h her luei h husband band That hat was her hor test n and It i had a answered cred well wel If I the tie str F Duchess of oC Ormond a was vas going oin there thereat at his lerue request request- t. t with wih the idea idon that the they could coull see nee fee more of or each other oher then thon it i was quite fule certain Lord Carew would not be he sorry orr to lo havo o ha her I a away E. E But his own n wor words proved to her mind quite satisfactorily that h he wa wn tY PerfectlY lerf th innocent She was vas delighted i lo see c chow how hateful th the 11 Idea a of ot her leaving was as l lo to him him how much he cared earet to keep her with him She raised raided h her r fair fail fai fcc face to the summer ummer r 4 lie le will vill wil love oe mo me in itt tm time she said satti hl f t anti and he ho will 1 love lon me inc mf soon unless she sie sie 1 I 4 steps leps in and lakes him from me mC That Thal was ns her hOl one omie fear car now not nol so 0 much of Lord Carew o as of this fill ful iii rival who whose c smiles hold heM such uch va s sway over oer the tho hearts harl o of ot men wI If IC he hc hail had not met mt her a again aln ht the 1 task t I thought gentle lady my 1 ti would have ayo been easy easy it It Is hard now no 1 hut but I J have the ol old war cry to tn cheer chee me God and my ny right t. t J I It I was aas 8 at nt the tw close of a n beautiful July o evening that tho the Duke an and Duchess of or Ormond Ormon with wih their suites reached Th The whole holo place 1 had arrived Nl ari at till full ful summer thou Uon the stately lately trees wore their thel hell gr greenest ene t foliage e the ton song of n a tU- I 1 n 11 birds came cam front from the shady I boughs tho spray of oC the fountains glistened In the Limo nit air sunlight i. i the 3 thousand odorous flowers fowers wore sere all nn one i ma mas of lif gorgeous or Cou bloom The Tho Inn mansion lon 1 Itself J had never looked r hU bettor better r the wP western bright bright- ht- ht i ned cued the tho stately Jr gray walls wals and th the J I windows were like sh sheets ets of flame fame I J Jen ven en the tile duke lul e uttered an exclamation I of admiration as thc they drove 1110 up to the thet te t- t principal i There Thoro Is II something quite Iuie palatial about land ho he hI said Mild this huts Is ls a grander Approach than ours at the tIme castle lint Hut th the duchess never even ln e heard henr him The dark arl eyes yes were vero lingering wl wistfully on the tho stately trees and the I Jr gray walls wails All 1 this ml might have been I Imin min mine SilO sho was as saying In to herself Ir I but bu for fO that unjust will wi ill and I should have havo o ha valued It H a a. thousand times more hl highly h I than the Duchy of Ormond rh fa mi had hail been boen some Fome ca days 8 then at Several of or lie other oIlier I visitors had arrived uThell nn and e everything wax was prepared for the duke lulo and duchess She Tote noted everything nothIng nothing noth noth- ing escaped her hel nn and sho ho was vas struck by the wealth and m magnificence IJ displayed dis played at tt IC If this had hat but been m my home hom she sho said Oh how much mich more 1 I loveI love hove II it I than thun tia that stately dull ul castle castle- with wih UH its ancient A ho dinner was served to the guests on one that pleated pleased the duke and ant promised d t I I I r well 1 for I the thu success q of the visit l it When hen h n nt j it if a na was over o and amid ald hi his grace ra wn en engrossed t- t grossed at nl carte with Lady arow sno i. i I turned to hr her host I How low I 1 admire your our beautiful I I house houe she h said It t Is all oi beauty sun un- j Shin Shin- fragrance a and nd flowers nO n. I like to tn see seo some ome of your our C 0 Cit spols spots 1 will you ou show thorn them to mo me 1 I With great reat pleasure ll Ue Ite replied d h he said alc turning to lo hI liEs i wife wife- who wh us standing 1 by ly hb side sile I will wil you YOl oma out Into the grounds j She She- She looked up ur Into hi his face fac with wih a n I j of most mol f perfect trust 1 anti Int 0 love Jove j I No o. o you ou Shio RhO Ih be clue II your our ro orl favorite retreat retreat retreat-I I will vill wi not go ou Out till evening v For Ini 11 which tru trust l In him him hl his heart hear to her heT while o h for Lor or that smile mie the tiit til duchess could coull have havo struck hor dead I Tho They went out and Lord Carew Care I showed h her the lg beautiful beaul- beaul I wih ful rul tul Lady's Ladys It I. I A Walk I She was J I I dill did not think she sho said lint In Inal nil all al England there thero was os a a spot so o fair picturesque or so nut Hut sis as 1 the they sat at in iii the tho cool cool green green- golden light It ft was not of or the beautiful beauli- beauli ful fu duchess he hue ht thou thought but hut of oC his wife who rho on their day edding da had stood wIre there thier pleading to td him CIL XIN Lord Lortt Carow was alone in th the Lad Ladys Lady's Walk nJ From the upper windows o ol ot the mansion glimmering lights toM told tol that the Inmates inmate were vere gone gono to lo sleep He lie Ie ha had bad said salti night good good to 10 his ls guests hut no sleep weighed on his e eyelids eyelids- clis no do desire for repose c came lne over 1 0 himI him I 1 am nm going to have han hanC a C cigar ciga In the grounds h he said Mid to the butler huler See Fee that the side Ide loom door doO I is left lef open The Tho walls wals of or the house seemed to suffocate him him him-he he must be out ut under tho the free fro breath of heaven on hea there to think Tho The Lad Lady's Ladys s Walk nl was as In total darkness never nevet el a gleam of moonlight or Ia ray of or stars lm came caine there there an and tho the den dense p darkness was urns to him film A gleam of moonlight fell fIl across the entrance hut under the shade of or that dense demise foliage ge c all ul was dark carl as ns darkest nl night hf could coull be bo Ho lie groped his wa way to the seat eat b by th the 1 great Int white statue and there eat sat down downto to think An Au idea had lund occurred to him a him a new lon en had hal warmed hi his heart henrt and caused U e him him to feel half bewildered be he- with wih surprise Now o in the profound darkness an and silence he asked himself the thC Cues Cues- ques tion ton Was n he lie hI really realy getting in love hove with wih hi his own wi wife r At Al HI t he ho nah had recoiled from from the the Ilen idea as utterly improbable almost t Impo Ini- Ini po Surely he lie despised her She had hai parted him from the tarl-e tarl eyed dark Spaniard who loved Jo cd him hint so dearly learly she h ha lund Imd Deemed to 10 stand between him an anth and th the memory of the tho father he lie le lo c loved l she he had ond married him when It seemed to tn him that very every delicate feminine generous instinct would have forbidden QI such uch tuch a marriage YaM Was it I pos possible possible- that he was h beginning to love her If I not Qt what hat did thu this tuis stir th faint sweet at nt his heart mean menu Why was li ho he awa always thinking oh oC lieu her Vh Why was the tie sweet face Cac ever er e before his eyes the tho musical voice olce forever ore r In his ears cats Wh Why did ld h ho he find himself watching ever every grace grace- f Cu ul Ui movement U mo listening noble word that fell fel from tho those thins lips Why ly did he dread so 0 unutterably I abl ably to give le hor pain wh when 1 a n few w months since sluice It I seemed to lo him that a n woman who urho married man a man against t his hll wilt wi cd deserved pain Can It I hm be he possible h he n a. a ed hl- hl self elf again that after all al I love e 10 her her Then a silent contrast b between th the two wo wom women began ban In his mind Hi TIEs Jil p wife pure re graceful serene calm gentle gintle with wih something angelic in h her herair r rI fai air aim face with wih tender eyes and nd earnest I white robed white Inno- Inno lp lips ps enl cent with wih a certain liko hiko lw sim- sim ImI I he lie had hall never neveu seen Cen In fn any oller woman womanly with brilliant gifts if nn and nd charms charm He lIe bowed hl his hi heath head as ns hl his whole soul koul did id homage to lo the graceful fres presence that t rose before him The Tho Duch Duchess g of Ormond peerless Ormond-peerless peerless in her car lark dark voluptuous beauty her iler passionate pas pas- fas- fas lonate eyes eys h her r exquisite lo face ace her mouth like a fragrant pome pomegranate blossom om cha charming run lug sed seductive c lye ha haughty ugh ty is its a queen winsome omo s a-s tn one of ot the sirens of Q old od a L picture that might might mal make a mans man's heart beat and his hi pule thrill brill but would never ne er take tako Ol one degree nearer heaven n a radiant presence presence pres pres- ence but ut of or the tho earth earh earthly noth earthly noth- noth In ing ng spiritual oi or angelical lie Hc pondered lon long on tho those e two picure pic- pic fic- fic tures tun ure Ji This HIs belter Iwler nature the nolder soul the truer purer heart Inclined him ilm to th the nr first t but lut she married him him n against his willI willI wi will I r declare to tn IH heaven a he said sid that If IC It were not for that I should houll conI consider consider con con- I sider l lI m my wife the mo most t peerless woman woman wo wo- man nina on earth That objection could o no never be bo e- e f- f awu away all nU her he t beauty her her hN brilliant her tenderness ten ten- goodness gifts IC herness derne s. s her 11 truth could never ne 1 make him for forgot forget et that it 1 was as th theone thone one thing I that lint prevented him from fm giving hin wa way to a deep deef and hue true love hove that that would have havo filled his iuis li WIH whom soul fOUt If It 1 he could coul hut but un understand It It I If It could hut but be hc explained c away if it there should be beany beany 1 al any excuse for COI or it i hut but h he knew tl cre n was none There 1111 1 are nie spots spols on the sun ln th there lucre rC arC aie arc small mal stains Mains on the 11 JI lilys lily's f purest lent leaf so o in this n il flower W anti and ane pearl pear of there wn was one flaw law Sac haul had married him him without caring w whether he loved lo her or 01 not lot for fol his wealth and 11 his tile title It J mu must mut t be he su so u there the was wa no nn other explanation of what she he had hai done llone and ancl h he lie wl wished hel a as ashe aslie I he lie wit sat l there the memO |