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Show ras THE INTER-MOUNTAIN REPUBLICAN, COPYRIGH? iy SUNDAY BY JAMES MORNING, JANUARY she man, the staira °D, "T fecl z slim, a little, a serious," replied the anslittle hand ins : aristocratic to ~ tell vou." : : laughed and nave resignation, she felt she was of that. And she be- crime of kind of 4 twenty-four YOU face had to understand that it hours which must have let us is hope seen there "I think went f I know 1 very affect my that I love you. I was was something awkward, ae f 3 ( set with jewels. It displayed the portrait of a lady in the dress of Charles II's period. La ae - at it in astonishment. It was portrait of her ancestress, the same which hung ; a Ue i beautiful } : * 2 ‘ \ yk et) ee vicious than yowor I! one lapse of his was a lifetime. man who He strikes me blunders into - is always and f arms! T can bethe single as being the w rong-doing a long way off when she agreed eagerly, It e ily, = and for 3 once the » young one secem- ys barrister heav- found to She would return z F for it a ® e "Ten « o'clock," said Mr. with . named Harold Masters. year after I was born he : forged ra man's ay serie unoney, and was got : for sentenced aused. iy to About a years was silent. All the ‘4 shou/dn 4nd- irpose of covering my real identity. Tt fond been torThe a Now my birth. out lipped has ul. has slippe discovered ago I ant)? a man whose = is "1 all C ke : rol a he y j were there Then , | } gdh oogtot face Vindart's face was "indart several scve e 5 -new : a he : was She » was herself e it of = ; mere «ne the daughter aA e ke charthe she than. } than vee : nt The + old ‘9 aca near it his ™m -him met uponea ell ‘ to furious white S23 . em sgt S : : a. rarely S vith the ER same » } f sell] ; ThsIt he young 1 has na IS : 4 us a whole 1 furnishing and & Weve us a3 raised around nroble surely teke ho would : gaha igre servants, e W who ley were work .4heir : in lipgs : Ubelt pains over ore us army OF ah infimiely Pe ea i Pp to Crean ‘ 1 ho the g, noos ingle uree carry out s¢ . 008N out seine of the "couree catty oderp horrible ort the eyer 7 aunt horrible 1 the arch enem¥ 7moto ar; ed 5by that meant ecognition. 7 1 I is or may rovides of recogu out builder, pre peculative moat -itchep teve wnaley 4 a t vonsuines : to of e An OD ive invari d thi i ener + display ‘ oven tou an Have coen jlished » bra jf > hg . , bnet the‘ = man Supe ve aa the tem- and gave it to him swear- ° * . his. o oe ae your o ee Frayne, son's love. ers in ec eiind reher Shee you have left amazement. aulends " or him?" ife. I could not drag him . his life e must go back together,'' she whispered. waa I who drove you away from him. S "Tt is better that I should never go back," he s desire o his hungry over each other on hands s closed Their clo p Pe his oni BOll- the compact. the of © old fou or three supercription latter, Lady ae a on the the name was a . The t turned pale. , The name started and : "Very : a ice Kittle : ; her | Ab imprisoned both you 3 have was . the 2 reason. 2 Why. sy have her in eo!mischiefwith ¢ used ° come?" oo pple ] : ith -tol I a spice was checks "Qh'-there k were OF suA(ranean°;thoug h her ; 1 wOite know! nis! is! You c : a nuisance the man tee Sav ‘Because I love ee! or-‘‘what a 5 1 say mind, ‘Never ae . said * she Serer insistent £0 was you. because he "And : ae those e very words. Fees ea ae He ~ol!" "Muriel! hhahands. ‘Whata . Masters!' ld eat web qolee tes reas son: another hin! ast aoe ; eee sc I should think it o-a selfish reason? "Was Nee ata & aj al viancing Ff were There visiting cards . was I oe that promise old ; "There an time, some a : . ogether ago: their ohey - ne siatuine come to pass; anc . looked iatminis aa manuscript an The the told, ' were laid cmaside, and eager. ge unconscious : : aN : : : a a :had chat istrict ‘ p There were no bones broken, he a ; : were nN iere ys be ae , would to the system shock pockets four his : of a9 eee Ae a Ww Cc IN ; pi air good i loth the cathe t whicht ge ve oe : oR ay keae tren) on that deOM furnishing b tut 5 . yoszessing an Wor DUrne is not -abs bedroom 1e first year of married" aniicbe plenty bone e a 1 time fae u ee me hey life only in deep fend: tricze toi planeof st1 saa z te : completed a @ 6 Nave also tne in ut th to L > Sa their : baths; of ourselves Lg Ce interest im Tb ¢ covering of colerce, : | Ear inered wall jo Ariitarposlozed s oSis ae 7 in paper, they ONS "REC: of rush er a with ~ which ith might: a good an ivory-white moul room | a oeve make of varnish appliec OF i . ak be t distemper, apy h 1 coat ¢ inpervious to the steam. distemper be Wherever r'¢ ner employed 1t 12 purpose, s ew aeenete te ie alinolk wee rs tor have ‘ at the and agis 2 be always should fresh kept , ss e. : zeded for bathing Ids neec In many households the > for the apartment common0 the ‘ and in this case more care imily, needed to keep the place neat and . rie a hanging be etc. should and brushes, ap 8P° " 809 good in é > lo es,a loofahs, indulge im etc. linen the soiled keepingpeople of Some ant habit raplon s not andoe clothes ye u whe basket in oe ; is often is quite mankind this and ita ? tofor for soap, receptacles cupboard proper as of theis al nici ~ tidy. for cup y etc. S, not serves bathroom 0 the 14 is room oe ablutions square of a to step out and wh nD whe eee and dried i for toweling removed being cad 1 -equlated th ' tl 1e2 Use the bathprovided itin } 4 com the are @ necially where there especially while need nightly tubs, stove oil for relegated to permissible, to . accommodatea» with a register space sufficient a \ ~ bathroom ee great boon, children who of fa aAain wliate neenee - shaving special ‘ pier neverand be glass shouldstand this bathroom; ; 7 a cork bather addition for the « to Lu means no is by seen ever 2 & will of admit a Ua one ya supplemented this being mirror, hanging and ends +0 > on e's oddsd fairlycae broad : shelf to deposit Let there be ample towel rail accomet rian limited this could be ‘a tne b thereon je Sat el jm) where space 18 modatiou; : Dat ant stained the for 2 LeWS Zi ENDS AND Ly . 4 J id I alwaysaxa be brbrass and ‘ le Alla the . ODDS 5 FOR \ SHELF bp oP the must i work Imetaland 4 of ‘his. . basin lavatory polished Canty Chi eet furniture. the actual to as Xow to a dailyly scour ae the amount wpon depend ccorac, t e te ; should be submitted ay sath: Is i must.st largely ou remove For the former salt will generally ee of space at oncs disposal, but the timiest t i 4 is to form arrangement fin, fi lincrusta, oror dedlincrusta, atting, 3 jinoleum matting, rail, above ; coos abov arrang Tn. : Never 4 Or 4 shade, somethispretty generally being lat ter art AGALNOL x to C consider, j a condition tile pattern. in imitation GAINST STEAM. eee lat A qnore elaborate = ado: ase =e and employ, to best the being hairs cice aa loose cover of white turkey chair thi is ood plan toBe make chair used by the bather, must likewise come The windows upon. : . in for 1; tableis = ©" ieere curtains u I certain amount of = care, short muslin 1orta'". and + artistic, being most agement blin ds 2 und casement is a oor : W yeing in afthe past rr folks ¢ od. the rt} matte 1 ‘ ae in 4 4 furnishing et Yrus take es thet acide amount fixed bathroom a certa of our as ret : ee ety and set 4 ide a seriously, éA beautification. ind.; or ulita : adornmen : okv for Luck} ea 1 ti] treatment. wall {o the but bathroom, the for ideal are few, ‘y especially : j 1las!' DM anc 1 but are expensive, sung. housekeepers, would feel justified in s a I suggest hen, re eg fae sa tacn .For others, sn outlay. 10 you 1 . the floorare covering not all boards You will need in mat washable bath to the should shou' then ur why ftwentieth- less display education, entury upon aae rather oee = entire suriace with cork carpet the . you select as your color keyshade touch. 1s not+f 60the absorbent, itcolder th te +m rie Romans anh The ancient not i vhy and 'm oney enormous ammount oF¢ §o] kill ane ntation "ornamentation pride who we. note. . all think eee "st an.ar > COV aoe have floor we the polished, ea, veil in D whatever the done > z ' if andNext ] 1 n the picture whitebathroom, sia c ivory-wi , bathroom in: the wR Pend ee should a final coat of g with ‘der, enamel ed xed, Da ae)athe fi floor. " have they ' that thé yyby yt be All the Ba paint L work : finished - jyory-white, roanner. is installed, bath ten cover of out chair old aia place al eed eonsider be ~t by which, design stenciled ? area might rail 5 as OUT doing and span, suitable aes to 1t Eha' , ® Fs ry ea @ lavatory has necessary fair s thia De ese Spe I unusual; h connecessitate prepared are Nl Mae : u how ant eeel hG, davaaaeknows se t on home the that toof value . : have wihicn an ] a ae ay purchaser pia epg on spent 5 exaentia Lichen t will A if \ ' sirablea af ae the sirable \ to spare tare VEE apartment bu akon plan pl pick le ep nine leum peop and ; if with room, is that Bu and spick sees landlord probably and ae s possibly scullery;twenty-hve f andanother kitchener the ack : et) ‘ly a vis zs and lini out! re epend upon a a rca‘ee Oe,pu Saat "have would . and. th Aout a : | I ornamentation ig all, ST ORT AA aint ed tur~ } WwW and lerabl < The + it furnish to 0€s Pea itis and) neat looks: eS PRL Gy ae pat upper x2 lieve ¢ to relieve which. surface the the f plain gone wise wise yet and comtorts, chief of re our au : C show our appreciation by k« €piDE ne us urtm that Bohan ird ays i and easily, so. os Have: 0' IB atlaroomms eS Ayoutt Chat innovations tment in advisable which pans. and unsight pots: ee ; +1 = most keen a HaCla art oof and rack : or OCk poreelain ae stone ? ipb the. , to ] loch oa cupbor ea: was this "that 98eye-a8 woman's into leat ek: ee Oeaying, she -an to me," seems "Tt the sir 0 yo! 1; ¢ > of : ti a knowledge of our obligation | a lifies things tfor" me ; It : is aa redemption plifie id be lie still for som He must siderable. on nD ce] bs woud meantime, quiet. in, In if the be : kept who heif was. possible, . F ascertain, to well at theth overhauling i g v at present was + Muriel Papen. and ane fu er. Lad} these complement the ly ; = ght surel) we of today we }ou te bathroom, boon and blessing,7 the 4L en Vrs prepariug:. on, whe t a ae ve Pi f eh at oeon PDEs be ored canwitl easily Deine) re © they part got . TES, PR ‘ the where but netS eo ; which tack, wooden overhead BS pret hag ER a cy i ae TES \ Lou re ene ‘copper floor: ned imoleurCIN and Cho ' u € an was ure bu aid, but said, D a yet So towards findae ay unles windows sink. Cee loths AE ' . eee Retest wooden ye = o substantial coure , & a Teac OFwe f t COUNBEy ca 2 5 staine and; motmou s tained { and THUS ¢ aT the with PLAN 5 ae ook tiles, . Hot ver really pn re maracd objechior Inder) RAELLY U is d :to velly: all where th Y re a Ba Che Cate tan ore Pere lis) stained boards, or covered as the ee ined: idy the b being cl is er Rare.= BrCDes ir SAU content ¢ © proviece he stove May 2nd" a Ipreference ted'to OO disterny disternper Fain } 1 : displayed. r around Al} wightl aa. in here ade 1he plate of sa 1. 1 Botth 4 ith canaia ) 7 aes an ‘ ph San a" t+ af. aginthe house, nd ils white with always ver both tiers firmly: selec it; of - i kitchen 2 1d the nice ae ) of th " ln ‘ you home ovum frieze-shelf ore ‘ : floor:and: may 1¢ though the grating ‘by fashion, wooden he 1 oksat = shes es tur draiming.board, iron enameled I u "are with - a the treat ullevy thi : mustistape be.) ° Us Lava s eae - bape D npiemen eas he OOfire,s MCLandO tossuch 1a) Ray to Rone ac ieros . Lignantsreantl. . like features 2 ore DUNGNE { none. pretty. tiy ora Is the same. to place and. : : wv domestic a4 ne bE1; Iritchens you + " * ompi16h 4 3 ive? piclurcequc 1] . the try of Think und farms in ¢ houses ni you in not seen ip coun ver 4 © DO. 1 it perbaps places, ay Go € have to , this and. provided provided for..coal, other heme ller we scheme xcelle he ae "uly paintwork own for , the ufficient sulle? vai bis seen I 1 have ar half Pais one hideou } it Eee ie od rae Sea Tana It more. 2407 . the lanes: and » inNOT r, the the Man ae aoe ' negotiating While 5 ae anc nowhere, aied Sire examination Jere. His ne scene. it 1 and Bio from rror possible ipie aaa " : the all harre are with pretty, casement curtains. | to. Leaded { windows. with tlthe paper : be adopted not should but picturesque, YU ic, NCLUrEe kitchen is particularly' well lighted. the 1 hatter aa the sides "ane aperture, nge range, combination Oe Oe a8 e' g saner het ¥ . bricked a with, vindow. monize yu gas the in ly as 5 ete. I ap FANBS s0.much a. stove,bricked at tle neatly : arrangem Che sitchen. Po = her « OL f the in her flats a ' Be fixed -e 3p EOU: . ¥F a broad window-sill Have it beside tat leck } the f tNon Pe ere rake PURER growing harto ins. ‘ cane tte. . l sie ee a ee areyindeed ON you lot, are : . variably better range eeand do all| Pa ef nop with. a recess { the the RE: tae eer, 5 vi earn irked proper wiht the ane a ith J ousekeepel ted: a oe . 4 that 1 rule, the Lange cont Temes : shou for th paa claim aa berm j ee RNC before iing been secu nm a been the have some sn gas 7 er and TEI nu t IE ie TO Sc SOLE SEES discovers A y ; OR Dbeating water and on presume e no aan There being the Manor10 and put or ie ae x the Manor, 4m the was taken straight to he In a short time a doctor was on figbed there. was VCry ashamed. course, she a little } lating LUNA ne } 5 tow A erlain th in get away y g of an Austrian t she listens to the compliments st Gig att ‘| super be the not,aF> or ‘ may may, who Prince, OS i iKitchem alll cool king » »e taken : there is surely no reason wh it. from away I no t 1 ) re ikK awe) aa ould 1, eee! , individually hia chee lias all. change jane ie bas pe anyth } YE e sot he we should - t9., our 2 along " to happened. i corner, an old from narently 7 thecornscar. make andthe it smallsould 2, was aatinever tion, Pees too Jatet towards came 1b Wwe < reconciliation, t advance yet do S so se ald never advan a st ecerlair Q » would MRL LINE PR ORR ane <hut of fallsSueto 4 ‘ ctove we It n toy be pitied ta IBut as f iance vith with entire ly dispense tha Of Chatterer."". Ee 1 The inde lieved the Result: (7) fortune r } wit } th foreover, 10 beet not been cee a page deopen at barrister's7 aeface, as . ae your y xe aj t, since, doubt there is reason ior It, SDC," no average Kitchen and scu be 1 to ysed cae en "0 | suppose¢ aseethe upposed ftfurniturere ] particularly 1ot of a p cies and a z other the upon bestowed as prpride BSE ¢ of cunt nt au a Z Age SPADA accident accide awkward tan fortun ith his good: rushes of the: 4 distinguished; nobleman ‘daughter leky : au off to Paris: with 11] haste, j where, . so rumor etm has ra | r t il oe conde bride. proudly: she ; sh household, r her aieare "rher:new«kitchen erplas premises that. &t Sits J her displays great, little hand and a pee girl's face : his own. as almost as much ng between you two, not understandi ee "He will nev said. she doing," was I what In a lithappened. has what after me to come must you a3 s0om as you are able, tle while, There is no other way. take me back to him. ie tt It was a happy Tlia old eyes shone. unt "take mw ce must back. . cuarest that take her ee Ss evening one Returning itable evitable Bet ADO?) Prayne to. e aN it LU. J a 1 ) = POS very STee ae ae e, Te idl and rays . also:she felt more than a ithe ngry; a woman should chat Te] eA ie ail Beara : nae eo cheshe had bea) fal en air far rhat her andown sheeet had She felt that be. nd iety 00: oe sad conviction vonia * i = had t h} 01 short ' uncomfortatl an. Besides, Gordon for = f o TS r ththat ber aftection ' i zs a : her over crept Windart wus a-greater reahty than she had be yo. I _, om £2 ee < LL crawling doors. at cottagenoiselessly ect, object, halting o Paris, n | } P i together irce trom altogether Ot ; Our ‘prisons. Majesty's ab ignoring the existence ignoring' felof" old parent. , pro; and ronald eal the : lady y of it bt is. RO acquaint , orkhouse eems | to : » have ms 7 6 50 to frame, ili a ¢ o tto lf ' herselé e unina€n reflections, sne forced 2 ! and in ¢ onseinterest in her tenantry, a familiar car became touring big the a : Mu : gloomy ary wonted quence 2 first The) herself ; with ished 11 wat ‘h < was dissatisfied She weeted her-on y her return : to England thing ‘ery. hing tthat greeted ne il On thethe sitting-rooi into. sitting-roc 1 of "Lhe7 Chatterer," a week-. See z ;' gret. ret." 4 natter since! matt ee Pefor r sicere fs 4 < } 5 s3 a iees St ol fa miniature . wake We bear big reveal that the 5 spoiltoDig saySails romance. atty ac) romz pre P a th the the, barrister our than rues wit or further : ‘ no comment c iset re whit rn nm , ‘paragtan/ yyy the wrote, : = reatet,... ‘We. 5 parug rlain red 4 returned an-anxiou with pe Tt lay journal... a The j OUPsossip. 7 ; llustrat d. 1llustrave ly Poa piheel voted _ owes TAZ SLE LYCTLPHOAS Alf 2 VANDA COXMDOY a7 VY WAS PAP oe , . 2 MOCAL ae a LE nee Al < aoe SLMS peters / les! monto in to B Bordesic} stayed a however, Lady mate Muriel home-not desley Lhen re irned i FW he F Mee ae hee Demet barrister was J head. } LL one anton: a Weare y&: Fg OS LELFf i red 4 gold sathe R ve ie : 4 the later after ; copy ble lav a A Cop? table-iay Tal HEN.< tO ‘ I "Ju knowledge of one the missive, and his face whiten-- tools i om oA i barris ter or of lett a } ag a letter eta? | c $908 Fea undesirabdl an such ide ‘ (,ordon, oat) ae a is "AOR FRED int s c put ope God .- eeeds, OMG,presumably together 1oy ACT eo ‘ feeling < instinctive and her . ur ber, ang ffrou rown safety worthy object of i The taint Oe ' _- * * e = servant. ; ihe (o wa tc 1ber told had ) »eose rose od ray ything, wrong, Sadier n, Mr... Masters went nly-lea . |he 1 ee vouog left this and morning, * PNT Befier 8 y¢ for ' comewig werkt ‘sir.' you. for ee @ left a I note tend hasnt5 pcre "nt he Ue ae taik, a and Vou ee shook. ind smiued evenings . bewildered he a8 2iween , ve t Pome come:, x LO fellow t rheChestory eee: might - / iavie a WKEIV ‘ hampers BO Ss a A eM MEN Her lusband, whoever ne fortune, have mustVindar He character. ind and mae ce and and mine have 1 Gordon es i and, himself m stinction UC in in, Te Bee , listin nan of the future saw snatinct y. i wonderful th ta ENher attituce Na won vith nderstood 1: - e ie ny, are fae hg" trembled z fu prejuall her in aes: yaar 0 . lopted nephew : nepi adopted J be. ae : he s ithe shoever might eee eae a Scores AP yer na TACK i the fle was 1 country ' gen ects People you think , ou hy oldeM man's | proud' - Wis prou vectiv' . vealthy peer, a wealthy OM) one. : 5 not Ob: ought that,-T a feeling "JT.£0, i "DE yugH 1 f }have t oo B good seen ns "Tt 7 he 7 ny ‘It he said( Gordo iere, night, my boy Good ist. d I nd } ; know never fire the Wis seatnight, » "GO0d, ri ver "aiecabet 6 . 1 by sere, a must ig ‘ He e) 1 ‘br ld "Tt1 the truth," " he murmured 7 ans = ¢ oe mantic els no not . I 2living pal pale <a DUS 1 { 7a } sigan <te se minutes" utes in, = alone. : Wai : : come: the ae ‘We will speak of that when MT sive yo hile oe +) BA a 7] te in the world Pi spcebinen Gordon,gir. s there said is ne one aw word. - ‘ pow understood etter ved better loved He Muriel's had become. of7 a the woman ter a Ion - is, pa! ic-as, very very \j cirl's B = itt Mae is »> vo "He : 3 fee gravel added a ; evening," € orkhou tl W ell iy ¥ ae tare do ross say bare to / LY . . in hand hps the chair with the help of his son's os ; wy ht want to get married," -he sai You migh mate 5 7 to marry not care girl might "A doubtfully. oh ene erat cna he had wish Shere . aera top Ah [ey iad ner. "AN = of course. happened many years 1 that ie . Bee a notion Se 1¢ I eee had always that there ewwas or d with Fis truth hours one Be uke have yee. always lived. he had which in district the ti Tener him eag on a conscious, and his thin features relaxed im sponse to her glorious smil e. "You are Mr. Masters," she said, laying / cae "Let them talk," seid poneas SEY ae a ber, at I can tae my: bwi" Ganily here, iather,.mees mee ery appy,..4 ; pile Nao t not welcome man, "and her only brother. took charge of me. He gave out that I was the son of a brother of his who had dieddied abroad... abroad.. My. uncle mmoved. mght.. his who My uncle nig of J turned - a creditable : : etis not past : the on went sir." aco blue eyes were wife's 2 , Re a . He paused. comedy bad goneLady out Mure of her a face. mother," "The shock killed my "Ask on, fi aaa ecm igs faint pena in . When at last the old man opened his eyes, they widened upon the vision of beauty sitting at his bedside. In a few moments he was fully said abruptly. into difficulties, a large sum " seven ‘el a mounted her. 2 ‘Before I can do that, however," he went on, glance at his son's grave face. Dinner had been "T have a queer tale to tell, I have been . served in the barristers pleasant bachelor Hat. ‘ and the two men had been sitting chatting for brought up to believe that my name is Gordon some time over the fire. Whatever Gordon Vindart. It is not I am Gordon Masters. was suffering from the blow received that afterBriefly, the facts are these: Vindart was my noon, his father saw nothing of it. mother's name. The man she married was an ‘Gordon, I want to ask you something," he art-dealer, art, ing at the same time a solemn oath that he and his would one day requite the service rendered by Harold Masters. That was the story the manuscript revealed, and when she had finished it, Lady Muriel looked again at the miniature. On the back there was an inscription. ‘‘May God forget Frayne when Frayne forgets friend." The color mounted swiftly to her cheeks, and she clasped the little painting to her bosom. In a yague way that she could hardly have explained, this story made her way plain befora e Masters, his painted : 2 old of pe y an overwhelming pity for his injured driend. Afterwards Sir John became a great man, but he never forgot his friend. When peace was restored he had bis wife'a portrait "Thank you. Good afternoon." said Gordon Vindart, with a timbre in his voice that made the smug manservant jump. "So that is my answer," he muttered. "That jg the precise market value of a woman's love!" bar- work the long itin into such gallery hands? at Frayne Manor. How came Her agitated mental question was fully an swered by a perusal of the accompanying manuBeri The story of the miniature, briefly told, this: was as this: * : In the days of the great Civil War there were ighbors. One of them was Sir John Frayne, her ancestor, and the other Harold Masters. Sir John Frayne had a very beautiful wife, the lady of the miniature, When the war broke out Sir John went to London on business, and begged his friend to take charge of hie house during his absence. One day a troop of horsemen appeared. They were ill-disciplined, riotous fellows, commanded by a man of ill-reute. hese were lawless times, and Harold Masters persuaded his friend's wife to secrete herself in a secret chamber. The troopers dranic freely of the cellar's store, and then demanded that the Lady Muriel should appear and play hostess. Masters, foreseeing the worst, flatly refused to tell them where she was concealed, whereupon a quarrel arose. Masters knocked down three troopers before he could be overpowered, and then, as he still persisted in hi fus they tortured him. When Sir John Frayne returned he found a man crippled for life; and, though his gratitude I ae dear, simple-minded old fellow- twenty-one, barous, in his manner : ON eee: Ss ‘difficult to bend his mind to work. But at Jength his watch indicated an hour at which he might venture to call at Bordesley Square. "Is Lady Muriel at home?" he inquired. "No, sir; her ladyship has gone abroad. She and her maid left for Pans this morning." "And-there is no message?" "The only message, sir, was that if Mr. Vindart should call, I was to say she had gone abroad for some time, and didn't know when whol almost open The twenty-four hours passed slowly and for going with 4 at "I think she loves me,' he whispered to his own heart, ‘and her love will stand this teat." nearly is difficult everywhere ; mouth. She was ask you today to give yourself to me-to be = e i come my wife She held her bresth. Gordon Vindart, the rising barrister, was a man of tact, as a rule. Now tone. ed to her that she could arrange her ideas with ease beiore twenty-four hours passe: So Gordon Vindart went away with a curious smile about the corners of his clean shaven 9 he began, : ay: nos exclaimed Oh. my goodness-what a ton¢ the girl. "I am sorry," he said still gravely; "but I can't help it, Muriel. I think-I am sure you must received aiternoon?" Tomorrow face ilie It Be AIG Left alone, Lady Muriel eat down and turned over the bundle of papers, In so doing she came upon a equare leather case containing a piece of old parchment, covered with faint old-fashion ed writing, and a miniature. The latter was @ Thake up your mind too quickly, Muriel, because chara : t} ig no going back.5 May odI call atomorrow a girl to say, "Yes?" Wis formalémanner was enough to frighten the courage out of any girl. "Something has happened = within the : last for i digals ee ee weakness of will. But, of course, wi Fi beside the point. I am going to leave fe think the matter over. You mustn't : made up her mind to accept him. But why did ne set about it in this ridiculous fashion? Why never been pot a bit more leve that this mischievously. with it. "Shall I begin now?" he asked "Please do," she murmured; "and It isn't anything very terrible." Of course, he was about to propose. men cheerful As if is, he sa The tea arriving at this juncture, ehe proceeded to dispense it, talking gaily the while, and rather husriedly, as if to ward off the "some. eS ten ae 7 ~~ thingé serious" as long - as possible, But ot Inet her stock of small talk was exhausted. Tea was disposed of, and, with a righ sure almost Beasyat tone-"What can | say to you?& slightly I am soaltered very sorry-" "That I have found my father?" inquired Vindart, raising his eyebrows.. "If he had been a wealthy man, even though he had been the big a : : ed tee, in England, I suppose everybody vould b Lae have congratulated e { ; aay be me, and he would moyen quite in an in ‘Garten ta ue ing, shete pasaid, rath Ww easy composure of the modern girl. "Dear me, how serious.you loot!" something aoe She flushed descended "Well, please don't say anything serious fore we have tea. If you do, I shall collapse." ae ‘i ‘ out yiey . with the extent of your ambitions, Muriel. ‘I-some ™¢S J have wondered how you would regard ate oe os eG on alk Tike that!" she said sharply the have "Ohl" slowly the moment' was that it made marriage © Gordon Vindart an impossibility. "We toustn't jump to conclusions," he and entered the room' where Gor. don Vindart, a handsome man of eight-and-twenty, awaited' her. ae ou "a : taking "I do oe E ADY MURIEL was acknowledged to be a very beautiful girl, even She smiled as by her enemies. of Soest 24, 1909 ELVERSON. ro his; Dl, ib'{ wee always ea y discoloration chile if sauy whvle and lv basin,inside the in ed ~ toe nel dipped in is doubtful or of the marble or composition the bath displays dark marks ou good, aa flay the enamel iscat fairly fis Saint if the paint paraffin is efficacious caciou paraf ; the bath very dirty. fancy of4 with lavatory necessary couple = ® Equal above the the they water closets; eaaieais and | oP care be 2 screwed mustwhile hooksbath, brasswallclothes' yee 7 nto the door re ue eateeest. pee cok chair - E oe 2 small dressing table and t be introduced, may may corne might 'be TO one mig the . room roduced, vne cod corner suppliedof with a two Or ehile towe ~ se,; dW off . ; curtaine : gowbs, ek C. Geert of washable he dressing with hooks for olstered einer The e curtain should, -ot Oe Do not have Seek material. sennits furniture the the 1D b bathroom, , rush oF Cane» ke kept t te in a be always plie tae etc., So ucrupulously eal scru ears it while is often basins should and be clean,tee ir wiee to ame . , sup ee Bre ba: the he: walls etnasplash Soe ting walls around mat on the " , sP tecting discolc par = the to & save discolo rec : retti ‘ getting saper from should also be in force save , ae angements = of such apartfore thethe walls,s, floor and windows ments, as for the bathroom. "s |