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Madeline was far too submissive by habit to think of disobeying any injunction of Louis's; therefore, as soon as he had left the room, she went to bed, and dutifully tried to go to sleep. But here her well-tried fac- ulty of passive obedience broke down ; that note that Louis had forced her to write puzzled and frightened her; her husband's explanation that he had made her do it for a. trick seemed lame and unsatisfactory, as she thought over the incident with the ter- rible cleurness with which night shows us all things evil. Yet the very suggestion that he could have had a serious purpsse in dicta- ting to her that urgent appeal to Mr. Staun- ton caused her to start up cold and shudder. ing, and to rush to the door, and, crouching beside it, listen intently for Louis’s footstep in wild longing for his presence to dispel a great fear. . . A11 LL“-..~L ‘1”. 5w But he did not come. All through the night she waited and watched, and the act- ive business of the day was in full swing be- fore she fell asleep. her last confused thought; Ava any n”. «-.__r., __v , a presentiment of coming evil. Broad day- light brought a. sharp knock at the door, and the sight of Louis’s handwriting on the note, which the waiter handed her on the tray with her morning coifee, was so sug- -- - - . i i. n ,L:A_.. ‘LAL -L,‘ IIan "u... ..y. ... eslive after the night"; reflections, that she said to herself before she touched it : “He has deserted me.” Then she tore the envel- ope, and red the letter twice through very qufiefily- . .. ‘r u 1- , 71 LL- _»L- m... “My darling Ma’leline,” the note ran, “1 know you will be delighted to hear that I have most opportunely and unexpectedly found some employment which, though it is not of a kind to make our fortunes rapidly, will at least relieve me from the terrible trialI have suffered lately, of seeing my sweet queen deprived of the dainty luxuries which beauty has the right to demand. The nature of my employment I will ex- plain to you on my return from Havre, where I shall be for the next three weeks; I need not tell you that it is nothing unworthy of a gentleman, yet my pride of birth made me hesitate to avow to you that for your sake I had condescended to do a clerk's Work for a. clerk's wage. I enclose you some moneyâ€"all I have ; I will send you more when I have earned it. Strange Words for a De Breteuil to use ‘. Do not mention my degredationâ€"alas, my pride still calls out lâ€"tu any one. Bear 111:; I shall clasp my darling in my arms again be- fore long. Adieu, my divine oneâ€"no, au revoir.â€"â€"Your adoring and devoted gray eyes, dark eyebrows and lashes, and a nose just not straight enough to be severe. “ I am very handsome,” was her conclu- sion while her face puckered up at last as if she 'would like to cry. I wonder why I can’t keep a. man fond of me, when I am so fond of him as I amâ€"no, as I was of Louis! I wish I had a. tu‘ ne i-up nose; women with turnedrup noses are talkative and amusing, while I am like nothing but a great silent, stupid doll.” : She did herself injustice; she was not stupid. Her feelings were dull this morn- ing, after the keen excitement at the night, and reflection on the subject of man‘s pertidy had already carried her as far as she could go so she looked at the two ten-franc notes, mentally added up the hotel bill she would have to play at the end of the week, and considered her position. She was a middle-class girl, an orphan, born to economy, trained to self-dependence; her recent prosperity had not Insted'long enoug _n_¢:_AA.- A: vvvuv r-vwrv-I'J x..- 7, to destroy certain valuable instincts of i thrift and self-help, and a. way out of her1 embprrassed finanpial position soon evolved itself out of her more sentimental reflections. She .unlocked two large trunks which oc- cupied a. considerable space in the room, and took out two or three of the handsome dresses which formed their chief contents. For a. very tew moments she stood lost in the brilliant dreamlike life of love and idle- ness which the cosutmes which she had worn durin that period recalled to her ; then she rang 6 bell and asked if Mdlle Rosalie couldspsre her a few minutes. ‘ ... Mdlle Rosalie was the head chambermaid, a shrewd shrewish-looking elderly person, a. quick surfacemeader of characterâ€"especial- ly bad character, and yet with a. certain world-wise strength in her idea at times which was not unattractive, and which justified Madeline’s choice of her for a. con- fidant. Her appearance‘on ‘her entrance was not encouraging. She had mentally labelled “M. and Madame Louis” on their first arrival respectively “ kmwe” and ” fool," and there was a certain expression of cheerful and triumphant malignity on her face as she looked round the room, and said brightly sieur ‘3".- ” My husband has been called away sud- denly from Paris on business, Rosalie,” said Madeline, with some dignity. “ And as he has gone away for my sake, to make money for me,” she continued, repeating Louis’s lie with lips which she could scarcely keep steady, “ I want on my side to spend as lit- tle as I can during his absence; and as I have no friends in France, and I know you Ege ggomam of exfieirrigfiét's who can help'me if you will, I sentfor you to ask if you would mind telling me how to set about it.” 7 H W V V O u u “ And so monsleur has gone away I" cried Rosalie, raising her eyebrows in exaggerated A GREAT SECRET, CH AFTER II. “Madame v9. bien '2â€"et mon SHALL. IT BE DONE. id LOUIS.” OR, surprise. “ And leis madame uemuu uuu w economise by herself. which is (lull work at the best of times.” ’ But just then madame‘s dignity began to_show unmistakable signs of giving way, and the dry old Frenchwomau softened :1 little. "Ah, madame, these his band. who cm'b be content with one Wife, however young and pretty she may be, they are people it is hast to have nothing to do with. I never did,” she added unnecessar- ily. “And how can I be of service to 1m.- dame? I will most willingly if I can," she added, with some kindliuess. uuuuu, .. .-.. -V.._V 7, “ Thank you. Can you tell me where I ought to go to try to sell some dresses? I lnve some very handsome ones that; I have only worn a. few times, and that I shall not want ugain,”she added, as Rosalie looked at her cuyiouslyz As she finished speaking, Madeline raised the linen cover she had flung over the dresses she had taken out of one of her trunks, and displayed to the keenly-appreci- ative eyes of the old Frenchwoman a. tempt- ing pile of silk and satin, heavy brocade and delicate lace, at which they both gazed for some moments not Without reverence. “ Ah, yes, that is the dress madame wore yesterday,” said Rosalie, venturing to lay a. difiident brown claw on one of them when her black eyes had taken note of every fold. " In is very beautiful." ‘ . N, Madeline opened the trunk again, and drew out. another and more showy costume, with muLh red and gold, which had had a succes d‘ originalite at Auteuil. Rosalie’s intelligent lace lighted up suddenly at sight of it. “Ah ‘2" escapqfi sharply from her lips. h . . u u xv“. L__- ---_‘ A luiflagline looked up. “ You have seen a. toilette like this before ‘2" she added, trying to sggak carglessly. I ,,,, ,Â¥1_ L--_,J A: A..- “ No, madame ; I have only heard of one toilette like that,” answered Rosalie, whose sharp eyes had noted every golden tassel, every embroidered flower, on the cri’nson velvet undershirt. “ Indeed I and What toilette was that?” ‘ ” It was one Worn at the races three 3 months ago by the mistress of the million- aire, M. de Breteuil.” Madeline had been prepared for a recog- nition, and had stood trifling with the drap- ery of a skirt, ready to parry a question or to listen to an exclamation. But there was one word in the chambermaid’s speech that struck her dumb ; she had sometimes won-' dered What was the position assigned to her by her husband’s friends, but never before had she heard her degradation taken for granted. She remained silent for a few min- ‘ utes, and Rosalie, Whose respect for her had evidently risen much higher since the dis- covery that Madame Louis was the woman whose beauty and magnificent toilet:es had I been the talk of Paris, began to fear that she had been indiscreet.‘ .. .. u “ Madame may rely on my discretion,” said she, with an elaborate air of mystery : “ and if, indeed, madame wishes to dispose of these beautiful dresses, I can do so easily by saying that they came into my hands through your maid. Iâ€"I had heard,” she continued, “ that when M. de Breteuilstart- ed for India madame Went with him ; there- fore I did not expect ever to have the honorâ€"” uvuv. She paused. Madeline’s face had sud- denly changed. She had intended to correct the mistake into which Rosalie had fallen, by assuring her that she really was De Breteuil‘s wife; but these last words told her that Louis had not been recognizA ed and after a moment’s struggle she resolv- ed to keep faithful to his wish to remain unknown. “ Did you ever see M. de Breteuil ‘2" she asked. “No, madame. I recognized your mar- velous dress, because 1 had seen it at the modiste‘s. I have a cousin who is employed by Madame Euphrasie. But is Madame sure she will not need these dresses again? ‘I know very well that ladies of Madame’s position do not wear their costumes more ‘ than a few times ; but still, it seems a pity l to part with a dress like thisâ€"” A LL-_ _~-:.. 1’ nub-1 uv nu: "n... u “.v._ “7, "I shall not want them again,” said Madeline, shuddering. “I Wish to sell them to realize all the money I can, to take some cheap and quiet rooms, and to live by teaching. If you‘ cannot help meâ€"” “On the contrary,” broke in Rosalie vi- vaciously, “ I can help madame in all these things. I know Paris well. I can recomâ€" mend madame to some charming apartments in the house of a friend of mine, and to a. school where an English governess is re- quired, if madame really means to conde- scendâ€"” ‘ “To earn an honest living,” finished Msdeline yery quietly. - I ,,,11A_LAJ -L Rosalie heafvea a. deep sigh, and looked at the young Englishwoman with puzzled pity. “ Ah, what 2. mm 1” she murmured enthu- siastically, after a. moment’s pause. “ What stories one hears about him, his magnificence his deviltry ! And all the While I know one little thing about him which would make people {peak of him so differently.” 1 nl_,l_1:_,. quickly- 1 " Ah ! madame must excuse me. A secret about a. person in the great world is valu- able property sometimes ; and when M. de Breteuil returns from his travels, and settles in Paris again, I may perhaps make use of it. Most of these great entlemen have a. leaf turned down-in their istory, they say, which they would willingly tear out alto- gether. However, that is not our affair at present. I will serve you to the best of my power, madame, and charge you but a rea. souable commlssion." She was surprised to find-how easily she ‘had got over the wrench of parting from Louis ; a few weeks ago, the mere thought of a temporary separation, such ‘ as he had told her those mysteriously alter- xed fortunes of his might render necessary, had seemed to her only less horrible than a I living tomb. She could not understand her- ' self. \Vas she cold, after all, she wondered, l as her first husband had said, that she could ‘ take so (2. l nly the dersertion of the man she !had loved so much! Her calmness, if she had but known it, was the clue to the puz- zle. The excitement of her passionate de- Madeline had no choice but to trust her ; and finding that the woman did, as far as she could tell, keep her secret and deal fairly by her, she took two humble rooms in the course of the next few days over the cigar~shop of an ex-vivandiere, who was the friend Rosalie had recommended. and set about obtaining employment as a teacher of English. 1.r‘!‘ -. 1 Andr'wwha‘t is thatégisked" Madeline “ And left madame behind him to , and lpoyeq at votion to her husband, the torments of re- pressed jealonsy she had suffered as his am- bition for popularity seemed to take him further and further away from her, the cul- minating madness of her devotion when re~ verse of fortune gave him again to her and her only, and carking disappointment at the discovery that her love could not make him happy, had worn the womgn out until noth- ing but the embers of emotion seemed left in her. The necessity of work gave her p issionste heart rest : and she devoted her- self to the details of the sale of her dresses, of her installation in her two shsbby rooms, and to the search for pupils with a. sort of pleasure which amazed her. The remem- brance of Mr. Staunton’s kindness, the let- ter Louis had made her write, the strange fear she had had aboutit, scarcely occu- pied her any longer except as a vague dream-like incident thtt ind passed and had no connection with that life which at present seemed so very narrow to her. 1 LA __A..IJ She would wor-iéi;evrry haFd, and she would do a.“ thg ggod s‘hg gguld ; f0}- she. had a [burgeogiegiiifigfi that the luiurious life she led for the first ten months uf her second marriage needed some sort ofiexpiatiog. But she calm did not last long. On the fourth evening after Louis’a departure, she WM passing by the hotel where she had stayed with him, when she saw him stand- ing in the port; wrhe'e. She stopped short, the blood rushing to her head, and making it throb, and dimming her sight. She was on the other side of the road, and he did not look up; but she knew that he saw her,for Louis saw everything and everybody and it was one of his aminble characteristics to let his friends‘ p18: him :0 save himself the trouble of a. salutation. Madeline‘s love Had .flashed into full life at the first night of him; but even as impulse urged her to rush across the road to him, reason, waking too, told her that to do so would be to put herself at the mercy of a cold and selfish tyrant, who did not want her, and who would make her pay a. heavy price for his toleration of theinfirmity of heratfection. After a struggle with herself so short and so sharp that it was only like one agonizing pang, she stepped forward to continue her walk ; then Louis looked at her with an expression which was in reality simply one of astonishment, but to her dazzled, blinded, remorseful eyes it seemed eloquent with reproach and wounded feeling. In the same moment it struck her that he looked ill, and pale, anxious; and as she reached his side she Whispered humbly, slipping her hand into his, and looking into his eyes with the simple devotion of u. dog. who does not concern himself with the faults of his manner : “ Forgive me." Louis nodded at her magnanimously, though he had not the slightest idea. for what she asked his forgiveness. She put her arm through his, and led him in the direction of her new abode. “ I have had to take two cheaper rooms, Louis. I am afraid you won't like them, for they are rather small and not very well furnished,” she said with some anxiety. “ 0, well, you know I am not particular,” said he heroically. And she assented to this with inward doubt. “ \Vhere have you been, Louis 2” she asked, looking up at him affectionately. “ You have been disappointed in the work you went away for.” J A. . . . . . n V r , , ,d 4_J Jgéhe felt h'iévafihfltremble for a second, and he said sharply, “ \Vhat do you mean? \Vhatimakes yon_s_a_y that '3" 11 “ YVhy, you said in your letter you would be in Havre three weeks, and you are back already." “ Too soon, I suppose?” “ 0, yes, of course.” I‘he joy that thrilled the woman’s low voice as she uttered these words with a. lazy leu h full of intense unspeakable happiness ma. 6 it plain that she wanted no explana- tions, that the fact of his return was enough for her. Still he explained, with great_ca.re, deliberation and clenrness. “ I learnt on arriving at Havre,” he said, “ that the correspondent Whose place I had gone to take was able to return much soon. er than he had expected, so that, finding my occupation gone, I came back at once, eager to-see my darling ; but found, to my surprise, that you had left the hotel.” Madeline said nothing ; she was in a pas- aion of self~reproach at her suepicions of him; she could only press his arm silently, and, as they had now reached the house where she lodged, she hurried him affectionately up- stairs to her little sitting-room on the top floor, lit the lamp, for evening was closing in, and took up a. basket with which she n.1- waye did her marketing. u , ,,,L , ,I,,:_ L. "â€"J- w-....V_ “ Now,” said she, as she put a. chair to the table for him, “ I will leave you to en- joy your paper, While I i0 and . get some- thing nice for supper in onor of your re- turn.” She kissed his forehead tenderly, and left 1 him. But away from the enchantment of ; his actual presence, doubts crowded again thickly in her mind. She began to per- ceive that it was not love which had brought him back to her ; that even in his reception of her enthusiastic welcome his toleration of her was even colder than it had been before ; perhaps it was poverty, perhaps it was cus- tom, but it was not afiection wh‘f ch had re- stored him to her ; and she knew Louis too well to suppose that it was duty. ~ he thought qiv Mr. Stauuton flashed againa ss her mind, but thenâ€"Thank Heaven ! Louis had come back poor, so her fear that he would work upon the Englishman’s kindness was proved groundless. And again the old hope that her devotign might Win the whole of Louis’s heart woke up in her, and she re- joiced in the power her early training had given her of wo k’ng for him now that re- verse of fortune had dulled for atime his energy and his spirits. Inspired by the proud feeling of being able to do a, little toward repaying her husband for the happi- ness he had been the first to make her taste, she indulged in an extravagant outlay for supper, and returning home, went up-stairs ‘ with a soft tread, thinking she would sur- prise Louis hy her speedy return. So she stole on tiptoe into her bedroom, took off her bonnet, and crept up to the looking- glass to arrange her hair by the very little daylight there was left. - In the midst of the flutter of bright excitement into which hei- little trick had throwu her, she Was startled by hearing a. sound like a deep groan from the next room. For a few moments she stood , still, comb in hand, listening; but she heard nothing further more alarming that the noise of a chair being pushed back a. lin . tle way. But the fright, slight though it - was, had damped her spirits, and it was 2 with“. slower hand that she ‘took oil her ‘vuu, A‘uu u..." With a. slower {Jihad that; she Itook ofl her walking-dress and felt under the dressing- table for her slippers. She could not at first find them, and as she stretched her arm out further in the search she touched something close against the well. Drawing it out, she saw in the faint light that it looked like a man‘s shirt. rolled up and fas- tened with a pin. Her first impression was that it had been forgotten under the dressingtable by a former occupant of the room ; but just at the moment that she in- stlnctively took the pin out. the door open- ed so suddenly thflt she uttered a. little cry of surgrise as Louis burst into the room all I n 1 - t 1 “ Who‘s there ‘3" he called, in a. loud, harsh voice. ' “ It‘s all right, Louis ; it‘s only Iâ€"Mad- eline,” she said, astonished by the sharpness of his tone, and by a. wildI scared look on his face as his eyes seemed to flash round the darkeningroom. His glance then fell upon her as she sat on the floor in deep shadow. “ Gzt up, then; get up, \tht are you hiding away there for; ho asked sharply. T A..)_ ll ~L_ ____.-_-.l I“: IOEEEEtavfiiaing, Louis,” she anéw'ered gently, and was moving to get up when he caughtisight of the object in her hand , ,L u,,,,, on _.:.J L- m... u .. .01,“ , “OWhat have you 'got there ‘2" said he, and, gtoqgipg, he‘syatched it from_ her. , 1,, H What is it? What is it?“ éhe asked, in a broken, guttural whisper, after a minute's silence, during which, with a. curse, De Bre- teuil had rolled it; up again and tried to thrust it into one of his pockets. auu, uwuy-ub, uv â€"â€"~â€"-v»-v_- .V "v". "‘77 As he did so, with grasp not quite steady the shirt unrolled itself; and with hor- ror which seemed to stop her breath, Madeline law that on the cuffs, the front of the collar, and farhup one of the sleeves, were greatdazrk stems. .. "v. .. .n u u 1 a “ It: is nothingâ€"notliiug. At least, if you must knowâ€"But no, it would only frighten you." “ Tell me, tell me I” “ Well, don’t be frightened. As I was walking by myself the day before vestélrday in a lonely place, near a wood, I was at- tackedâ€"" " Attacked I By a. man 2” “ No, no ; by a wol‘.” “ At Havre?” “No. The fact is I hove deceivedyou. My reverse of fortune, my inability to provide for you, had driven me half mad, and I re« solved to commit suicide. I drove to St. Lazaro, took the first train that started, found myself in the morning at Nevers; I took another train to Autun, which I know well, where there are woods, where I thought Iwonld shoot myself quietly. I was attacked, as I tell you, by a. wolf, and in defending myself my instinctive clinging £0 life wok; ag'ain. I_ca.me back to PErisv, not intending to inflict my wretched pre- sencgppon you.” 7 “ Thén tl'lose marksâ€"those stainsâ€"areâ€" blood?" she intgrruptfzd feariu1]y. “Yes, yes; but July my wrightâ€"nothing serious. Don’t be alarmed.” But she was not reassured; some horrible thought: had taken possession of her. She got up, and without a. word more walked with undecided, staggering steps, and with the fumbling slowness of a. halfvwitted per- son through the door which led intc the sit- tingvroom. De Breteuil half called to her; and as she paid no heed he began humming an air with hard forced liveliness and did not immediately follow her. \Vhen he did so, she was sitting “ith her back to him at the table, poring over the newspaper as he had done. . “ Well,” said he cheerfully, “any news?” But as he laid his hand on her shoulder she felt the touch of it grow suddenly heavy : for he saw what it was she was reading, and knew What significance she gave to it. It was a paragraph which ran as follows : ,1, , “The nagle of the English gentleman who so suddenly and mysteriously disappeared from the Hotel Collet, Lyons, on Tuesday after leaving word that he should return in time for dinner, has been ascertained to be Staunton or Stanton. He is said to have had property of value with him, and it is conjectured he may have met with foul play. He was last seen at five minutes past two on Tuesday afternoon at the railway station of Neuvilleâ€"” Neuville! Madeline read no further; it was the name Louis had scrawled on the top of the note he had made her write to Mr. Staunton. In a moment she understood the horrible share he had forced her to take in a scheme of appalling cowardice, treachery, and ingratitnde. There was complete si- lence in the room for a. few leaden moments ; then she raised her head and met De Bre- teuil’s shifting, sidelong look, and he read the terrible indictment in her eyes. uu, u... n..- _._.__, ,7, For all the mafi’s audacit'y, the opi- nion of others floated or sank him; now that; this‘woman knew his ghast- 1y secret, and showed her abhorrence in her face, his features wore the hunted, degraded look of the coward and the cut. throat. He could not meet her wild eyes, and after standing for a. few moments rest- lessly before her, he suddenly turned, snatched up his hat, and slunk out of the room toward the staircase. He had gone some steps down when a hoarse whisper from above stopped him. “ Louis, where are you going ‘3” “I don’t know. And what is that to you, as long as you get rid of me?" J .u 4.1 -..- dun u- nvub .. 1-- a V _ . V 7 His voice was low, hard, reckless, the voice of a man in the lowest stage of abject hopelessness. ’ A pause, and then he went down another stair. “Louis I” “Why? Why?” “The woman who can turn a. man off just when the Whole world is against him does not deserve that he should remember her.” Her apparent reluctance to part with him, even now, was causing his self-esteem to revive, and his voice was not without grandiloquenl: sonority. 1:1 ",1. L..__ . “Louis, I did not turn'you offâ€"I don’t turn you off. Come back. I am your wife; I will comfort you, save You. It was only thatfthabâ€"I Was so Egfifiy;m have yéu, back ; and then the change was so sudden and so dieadfulg Come g” For an instant he tried to assume a. digni- fied attitude of hesitation, but the offer was too evidently one not to be refused. He turned, slunk up the stairs; and shuffled back into the sitting-room. There at last a. spark of gratitude was struck out of the cavern nature, and he fell, sobbing and mourning incoherent thanks, on to the neck of the woman who had stood every test, caressing her and calling her his com- fort, his salvatiqn _ A Bht the sound of his voice was changed I‘ in her ears, and the touch of his hand; thrilled her not now with tenderness, but J with horror. For her love was dead. 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A tenor who late in life became a. sailor declared that: behad not changed occupa- tion, for he was still engaged upon the high C‘s. .. .n-u A GENEROUS COMPANY.â€"A beautiful pre- sent will be given by the Breadmakers Yeast Company, of Toronto, to nearly every one, as long as they lastâ€"first come first served. The most accomplished woman has still something worthy to be added to her list if she has never yet made a. good sweet white loaf of bread. To encourage the art of Heme Bread-making this Company have secured ten thousand presents, which will be sent to all who comply with their terms. They want all who are old enough either to follow directions or work under instruc- tions, to learn how to make bread. They will take your word for it when you have succeeded to your own satisfaction in using their Hop Yeast, and write them to say so, enclosing a wrapper of a five cent package of THE BREADMAKERS’ YEAST, when they will send in return a lovely gift. This ot- fer is open to any young lady, girl, single or married woman, matron or housekeeper, who has never before made a loaf of bread. Any person having domestic charge of a household who is not now baking for the family, and who will commence by using their yeast. and who will send to them the wrapper of a package, and write to that ef- fect, will receive a still better class of gift than that above offered. Better yet: any one at present making their own bread, us- ing their own or other yeast, but who will buy a. five cent package of the Breadmakers’ Yeast from any grocer or storekeeper, and, _ after using, will write and say that their Yeast is Superior, they will believe heralso, and will astonish that lady by return mail With a lovely gift. You must get the yeast from your own grocer. Don’t send money ’ to the Company direct. A Prominent Merchant in Trouble- The gamhbler-‘s favorite hymn is “ There’s a. land that is Faro than Day.” Free! Free 1! Free! !! A Book of Instruction and Price List on Dyeing and Cleaning, to be had gratis by ralling at any of our oflices, or by post by sending your address to R. Parker & Co., Dyers andCleaners, 759 to 763 Yonge St., Toronto. Branch Offices: 4 John St. N., Hamilton : 10’) Colborne St.. Brantford. YOUNG MEN suflerlng tram the silent: of en y evll habits, the result 0! ignorance and lolly, who fix a themselves weak. nervous and exhausted ; also Mm- nLn-Aam) and OLD MIN who are broken down from tha eflects of abuse or over-woivk, and in advanced lug feel the cansequences of youthlulexcesa. send for and sun M. V. Lubon’s Treacise on Diseases of Men. The book will be sent sealed to any address on recel h of two 30. stamps. Address '51. V. LUBOH, 67 We . can St. E. Toronto om (To BE CONTXNUED.)