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f Mrs. Marsh, who had begun to be of ‘on uncertain age, reddened and rose. ‘ glad to escape {fom the spitefulness of -er companion, She had found her revelations rather dull, and, though th‘ might make some capital out of Miss Dm‘yl’s infatuation for Mr. War- render, and Lord do: Bruyne‘s conseâ€" quent._scorn for her. she (-ouldt not; on the whole, render- the story highly: in- terestiug. She quitte‘d Lady Pen- ryth as soon as she conveniently could, md mingled with the other guests. She only half believed the :atories which Lady Penrylh haer hinmd at in con- \ nectior} with Mr. Warrender, and she vaguely wondered if she had not been made a. fool of by that wicked} oldl wo- man. She came to the conclusion to wait for fiurther light before spread- ihg-‘a‘ny whispers derogatory to Mr. "As to the granddaughter â€" Nina Daryl, as he calls her now -â€" if you want to know anything about her an- tecedents, I believe I can tell you,“ Lady Penryth said in a low‘ confiden- yoioe to Mrs. Marsh, 5 rather fast widow who was among the number of the guests gathered at Mr. Daryl’a house. "Drawâ€"your chair closer. There ii no use in everybody hearing the I Le; but you, Mrs. Marsh, 1 know are discretion itself, and perfectly safe to cntgtiat anything to.” "Oh, I shall never breathe a. word at what you may choose to tell me." murmured the widow. eagerly, rather lurprised to find her reputation for fiecretion so unimpeachable in Lady Penryth’s eyes. "We could not help knowing of course that there was more than we were told in the .sudden ap‘v nuance of a granddaughter when no dy even knew that Mr. Daryl’a son was married. I suppose that that is ul_l‘_r_ight. gear Lady l-E’enryth I” "My nephew‘s marriage, you mean! Yesâ€"that is all right. You need have no soruplss in associating wth the girl an'that account. Every one is; aware how particular you are, and it would never do to bring a person into your company who was not at least. highly regpectqtlle‘” . -. .. . . 1 ‘Mx‘s. Marsh, affecting not to notice the sarcasm in the last speech; leaned forward eagerly, and Lady Penryth went onâ€" "You, with your unexceptionable cir- nle of friends, may not know that there I”: a certain person called Warrender. living at‘ a place called Merridale, «mike 01969 to Ear-{3- “VJ'Bht'VIVâ€"lgnbfi VMr. Warrender," mur- mured Mrs. Marsh. puzzled. "That "Let me advise you, then, to drop his Icquaintanoel” cried Lady Penryth, raising her voice. "I should not like to repeat to you, ignorant as every one knows you to be oti the wickedness of the world. the stories that are Ifloat about the life which that young man lives. 7 \ ‘ "Well, my brotherficcidentally heard than there was some love-affair be- tween this Warrender and his grandâ€" daughter, and be determined of coursa to put an end to it at once. He had no fancy for his heiress to follow in her'molher’s footsteps, which Warren- der’s life would have driven her to If she had married him. Mr. Daryl‘ had not intended to acknowledge the girl" at once, but, when he‘ heard» what ; was likely to take place, he had no_ choice. A; "Warrender will not marry her. Everybody knows that she is dying about him, but he has sufficient com- mon sense to be aware that his preten- sions to Miss Daryl are. over after what we have heard. And now she cannot get. Lord (16 Bruyne either! I never pretend to virLue, and I do: not mind telling you plainly, Mrs. Marsh, that, I think the girl gm what‘ she de- served; but you, I am sure, are so sweet, and kind that you will pity hen-or will say that you: do. Every one knows Mrs. Marsh’s womginly char- ity." mâ€"‘Tfiax-Never. here the worst part of the story comes in. This will shock a ~person of {our rpfined feeling} know. . n I,,, __.L_‘L l was at the pains to tell her in. what estimation Warrender was held. but; it had no effect on her. She is: dying ‘ at love for him. I hear. my brother‘ does not know to what extent infatuaâ€" tion may carry her. Only yesterday' She met her lover, and could not' hide her agitation from everybody's eyea.1 She had to run and shut. herselt‘ upin her room the moment she came in to try to recover her composure." 1 “Shocking!” cried Mrs. Marsh, who. was rather disappointed not to find the story quite as interesting as she‘ had expected. "I told my brother that it \was only what might be expected from a person of her bringing up." Lady Penryth Went on. “These bourgeois never know how to conoeal their feelings. And the worst of it is that Lord do Bruyne was with her. You may have remarkedâ€"you are so Very unselfish about. the attentions that other women receive -â€" that he seemed inclined to be taken with her. but of course he will never think of marrying her now. She may give up {111‘ thoughtpf that: “I cannot say that I pity Miss Daryl,” Mrs. Marsh replied, not finding these :opstant sneers agreeable, "if she can- not control her feelings sufficiently to 201103111 her attachment for a man such I); you describe Mr. \Varrender. ()f sourse nobody could expect Lord (1e Bruyne to lake anylmore notice of her. Where is Miss Daryl juit now, Lady Penryth?1t strikes me that I have not seen her for some time.” ‘I do not. keep awatoll on[ her movaâ€" ments. Shall we go back to the draw- ing room? This conservatory is rath- er cool for me. being an old woman, A person like you, in the first; bloom of youth, does not notice it." "'Bu‘i. if ssh-e is in lovE with Mr.’ War- render she wilI not care about“ Lord do Brgype,“ Mrs. M‘zgxfsh objected. I Double Disobedie " '5“ nce. CHAPTER VII.» 1 Lady Penryth’s voice had awakened lher, and she had kept quiet, in order ithat her retreat might not be discov- gered. There, as shelistened, every icruel Word had reached her â€"â€" every itiless syllable in which her secret ad been held up to ridicule. In the ,‘tumult of her anger and suffering she ;was unable to think connectedly, or to |nemember anything except that she »must do something to show all" the, iworld that this hateful, shameful ac- cusation wasfalse, that she had done with Christopher Warrender, and had lby her own deed broken with him" for itwer. Daryl‘s granddaughter, her own foot- ing in society being a rather precari- ous one, which any false step might degtroy. The two ladies had held their conver- sation in the conservatory which open- ed off the drawing room. Their voices and the rustle of! their garments had scarcely died away when Kilmeny, pale with passion and wounded feeling, rose mp from a. couch where she had been sitting concealed from View, but near enough to have heard the whole con- versation. Latterly she had become a poor sleeper, and the whole night after her meeting with Chris she had lain wide awake thinking -â€" thinking, until she felt as if her brain? must reel. She had hidden herself this evening, when dinner was over, in the cool quietude among the flowers, and as she sat there, her throbbing brow resting on the arm of the chair, elee‘m had stolen over her for a few merciful moments. Anythingâ€"anything to escape from this house and near neighborhood to him! Anything to drive childhood’s and girlhood’s memories from her mind, tortured beyond her strength! She could never go back to her old home, where everything would be a fresh wound; she could not remain where she was, with the continued chance of meeting Christopher. Kiimeny laid her head down again on the arm of the chair, her mind filled .with a wild longing to escape by some means or other, and to show to all the world that she was not trying to force her have on a man who was unworthy of it. Mingled with the pain of her heart was a burning anger against Lady Penryth. A wish to show her that she was not to be trampled on or des- pised possessed her. -"I have been looking for you Miss Daryl.” Lord (1e Bruyne‘s voice said, close beside her. It was a very gentle voice, with something strong about it which ar4 rested Kilmeny. He sat down near her, and she lifted her eyes slowly and looked at him. She had been wishing for a way of escapet and for a means of triumphing over Lady Penryth, She knew now that both were possible. "What has that woman been say- ing 9" Lord (18 Bruyne asked, with a contained force of anger in his voice. “I saw her and \that Mrs. Marsh come away together from this place, and I missed you, so I knew that she was at some mischief. Tell me what she has been saying.” "01:, it is no matter!” cried Kilme‘ny. as... L...) _I, -- --. u”...an - She had already forgotten Lady Pen- ryth’s words in the certainty that something was before her,. more mom- entous and fateful than any deed of her life. Her eyes were fixed on Lord de Bruyne’s, and the magnetic power in his held hers as by a kind. of fas- cination. “What did she say? Some- thing that I want to forgetâ€"some- thing that was a lie. She did not know that I was here.” Lord de Bruyne laughed scornfully. "She knew that you were here well enough!" he said, and stretched out his hand to take Ki-lmeny’s. "Lady Penryth,” he added, "hates you. 'A girl like you never could tell or have any notion of what a woman like her would say or do to stab or ruin you. There is no lie which she would not invent, no cruelty which she would hesitate at. The only thing for you is to let me manage her and every- thing else. I want you for my wife, Agree to marry me, and in a few days I will take you away from all this. Lady Penryth is afraid of me; she knows me thoroughly, and, however she may dare to injure Nina Daryl, she will know better than to say a word against Lady de Bruyne. Before a fortnight is over you will be where l He knew better than to speak of love. She wanted escape only, and he offered her that. As Kilmeuy saw the glitter in his blue eyes and mark- ed the firm set othis square jew, she recognized that, if he chose to put him; self between her and the world, it would not dare to injure her. He could take her away at once from this hor- rible web of lies and misrepresenta- tion which tangled her feel now so that she could not extricate herself. Life with Lord de Bruyne would be as tolerable as life anywhere else, and he had promised to take her away at once. Thal was all that seemed clear to her. can protect you. 7 Say that you win do it." “\Vell’?’ he said, and his hold on her hand tightened. "You will consent? I may tell your grandfather and every- bndy else this evening that you will marr) me and leave Lhem all in a fortnight’s time? Just say the word â€"â€"let is all that I want." "weu?" he repeated, smiling at her. "It is not such a great: thing after all“ You have known me too short 3 Lime. to be in Java with me, and I do 110:, ask anything of that kind from you. \Ve shall be jusL‘ the same as idng‘ as we are hereé All that you have to do is to leave your hand in mine‘ and say, ’1 promise to marry you as soon as everything can be got reaay,’ After that make you mind He had risen, and he stood close to her, Latl and strong and resolute. In hi§ beam was exultation, but: he was wise enough not to show- it. Kilmeny was looking at him with (iespvoraLe eyes. nerving herself for the great de- cision. easyi and leave all to me. Who do you say n Then Kilmeny spoke the fatal words. “I. will marry you,” she said. “Bravo!” cried Lord de Bruyne, laughing. "Now. Miss Daryl, are you the least bit different from what you were before you spoke those dreadful syllables? All the change is that you may feel safe and leave me to man- age. What do you 'want; to do now? “fill you return to the drawing room, or would you rather not? You are to do‘iust that you like.” I "bh. ii I cofilri BEE‘Vge/t away 1” K11- meny cried. "If I need not see all those people just now, or ever see Lady Pen- 1'th again I" “Come,” he said, smiling. “I know a way out without the necessity of re- turning to the drawing room. ' You need not meet anybody that you don’t want to. And it will be no use ex- pecting to see Lady Penryth in tho morning, for you won’t; see her. Now, do you know you‘r wayi Good n_ight_." rm, , u They had reached the foot of the great staircase which Kilmany had first ascended in Chris Warrender’a company. She had then laughingly declared that she liked its mystery, but she. had Little known‘ What dark- ness and misery that mystery involved. Chris. was lost, and she had promised tommarry the man beside her. She fled up the stairs without wait~ ing to reply to his "Good night," and he went away smiling to himself like one weLl pleased. It was not a. smile that Kilmeny would have liked} it she could have seen it, but then she was gone. He went straight to Mr. Daryl when he returned to the draw- 1ng room. 7‘1 want to see you alone,” he said ‘in a low vowe. ’Mr. Daryl glanced at him and rose. As he did so Lady Penryth grew pale even under her rouge. .v She was re- markably good at a species of calcula- tion known as “putting two and two together," and she understood what had happened as well as if she had been present at the interview between Lord de Bruyne and Kilmeny in the cogservetory. The news of her engagement was published far and wide, and was soon known i-n her old home and to Chris- tolp'her SWar-r'ender.‘ But Kilmeny’s life was now in skilful and unscrupu- lous hands, and if any remonstrance or appeal from those who loved her was sent it never reached her. ‘ She had promised her grandfather not to write to any one for a month, and she kept her word. Lawyers came and went, drawing up marriage settle- ments and making everything secure. Mr. Daryl, satisfied that he had with- drawn his granddaughter completely from her old associates and friends, whon he hated with thehatred of a mean nature conscious that it is un- der obligations which can never be disâ€" charged, destroyed his old will and Inadc a new one constituting ’Kilmeny hls sole heiress. Dressmakers and the paraphernalia of a fashionable wedding were perpetually in evidence, and Kilmeny was in a whirl from morning till night. She was never allowed a moment in which to think. Everybody heard next morning that Lady Penryth had returned home, re- called by urgent business, and she ap- peared on the scene no more. But th- momontary wonder which that cir- cumstance excited was swallowed up in the surprise, which was floated by another announcementâ€"that of he engagemcnt 0!! Mia: Daryl to Lord do Bruyne. Lord de Bruyne was the only one who ever saw that he was fatigued, and insisted on her leaving the wed- ding finery behind and going out with him. They drove together every day, but that was the only sign of their BB2 gagement besides the ring which she wore. ' He offered no careses and, asked for none. He talked. no lover’s talk to her. Their intercourse was pleasant and friendly on his side, ab- sent and silent on here. She often sat turning her engagement ring round4anu round, not hearing a word of his conversation; but he made no remark about her inattention. It seemed to her indeed as if her whole life had been crowded into that fortnight, and yet it flew: by with incredible rapidity. She came at last to the day before the wedding. Lord de Br‘lyne called in the afternoon to take her for a drive, but for the first time she declinedr "\Vhere are you going to be quiet ?" he asked. There is nou much chance of that anywhere but outâ€"of-doors, I imagine. Why not come with me? I promise not to say a word ‘the whole time.” (But Kilmeny shook her head. "I know a place." she said, "where nobody will find me, and I can be quiet enpugh there." “Not to-day, please." she said, "I wgpl‘ to beiquiet {for a while.” _He looked -at hérrcfirioixisâ€"lâ€"y, but he dld not press his request. "All right‘,” he said, rising to go. “If you like that better. it is all that I want. If I come over again later in the day, can I see you?” She kicked up at' him, the entreaty in her eyes‘ at her. "Well. I will not come. You shall have a quiet time. and shall not see aqybody. “Good-bye)” .V.._,~-._ \nvvu "Iv. For the first time he kissed her hand before he left, and when he was gone, Kilmeny rushed away to her own room and in feverish haste put on her hat and wrapped a cloak around her. The touclf of his lips on; her hand had re- minded. her that, on the morrow she would belong to him, and would have taken the irrevocable step of mar- riage. She hurried out of the house and away to the place she had spoken ofâ€"u melancholy little dell at some distance from the house. She believed that nobody knew anything about its existence but herself, and that she would be secure from intrusion there She sat: down on a mossy stump out of sight, and prepared for the first lime to contemplate her situation. Before. she couldxcollect her facul- ties the sound of steps approaching warned her that her solitude was to be broken. She drew back, noise- lessiy in order more effectually tocon- ceal herself, and the next moment was and he saw He smiled amazed to behold Lady Penvryth' mov-‘ ing slowly through the brushwood, evidently bent on gaining the house unperceived. She paused from time to time and listened, and Kilmeny, With a breathless choking- expecta- tion of something impending, listened too. As the two women, the one kid- den and watching, and the other bo- lieving herself alone, waited during one of these moments of tension, quick and resolute footsteps came breaking through the undergrowth, and the next moment Lord de Bruyne stood be- side Lady Penryth. ' Red Predonmmtcs Largely In the Slam] an!» of um Chlef Nam-us. Though the policy of military au~ thorities in using less glaring colors in uniform has been very marked of late years, red remains the most pop- uIax‘ color for national standards. v Of 25 countries, 19 have flags with red in them, the list including Great Britain, United States, France, Ger- many, Austria, Italy, Spain, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden. Switzerland, Turâ€" key, Mexico, Chili, Portugal, Vene- zuela and Cuba. ' I ' The countries which have blue as an element of their flags are Great Britain, United States, Russia, France. Holland, Ecuador, Portugal, Chile, Venezuela, Portugal and Cuba. Three countries have black as one of the elements of their flagsâ€" Ger- many, Belgium and China, but Ger- many is the only one of, the three that has black and white together. Nine countries have flags in which the color is partly yellow. These coun- tries are Austrxa, Spain, Belgium, Egypt, Sweden, China, Persia, Brazil and Venezuela. = There {a no white in the national standard of England, but the British nalal gag h_as_ a w_hite_ background: There are six countries which have green as a color: Ireland, Brazil. the flag of which is green chiefly; Mexi- co, Egypt. Italy and Persia. Countries with flags partly white are the United States, France, Germany, Russia, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, Turkey, Persia, Japan, Mexico, Holland Deg-lurk, Portugal, Cuba, and Chili, The flag of Ecuador is nearer white than any other country, being made up of two parallel white columns, be- tween which is a column of blue, upon which are white stars. Lady Syn-"ms ls lmmensely Popular In Social Q'l'lclos. Lady Symons was as a girl a Miss Hawkins; of Birmingham. Her parents lived at Edgbaston, not far from the residence of Mr. Joseph Chamberlain. Miss Hawkins was very quiet‘ in dis- position, but was, nevertheless, one, of the most popular girls in that suburb. Ge'neral, then Captain, Symons was visiting some friends in Birmingham, connected with the volunteersâ€"in which corps, by the way, he took great interestâ€"when he met his future wife. The impression he gave the Birming- ham folk he met eves rather that he was not a man to distinguish himself, is he struck than; as being specially quiet and retiring, and much surprise was felt when the engagement was announced that two persons so simi- lar in disposition should have been mutually attracted. On the whole, the feeling was that Miss Hawkins had married a many who washound to be undistinguished. Consequently his re- markable career and the heroism he has ever evinced have taken the doubt- ers a good deal aback. B-ut’ it is not the first-instance 011 great qualities not being early recognized. The mar- riago has turned out a great suc- cess, and Lady Symons is immensely popular in society, though both she and her husband always preferred a private life, and had the ’greatest dis- like to anything savoring of notori- en'ty. Every woman is now saying: "How proud she must be of him I" . Ile llun keen Appointed Io Command the Fifth Infantry Dlvlslon In S. Africa. General Sir Charles Warren, who has been appointed chief of the Fifth Infantry divusion ordered to Cape Town, is nearly Sixty years of age and has seen considerabfe service in South Africa. When seventeen years of age he entered the Royal Engineers. Slnce that time he has occupied the positions of assistant instructor and chief in- structor at the School of Military Engi- neering and the School of Gunnery for several years. Later, he acted as Royal Commissioner . for laying down the. boundary line between Grinqualand and the Orange Free State. As a major he commanded the Diamond Fields Horse lnl he Kaffir war, Griguaâ€" land rebellion, Bechuanaland war, and northern border expedition of [1877â€"79, receiving the medal and claasp, mention in despalches and promotion to Brevet Lieut.â€"COL He Served throughout the Egyptian wan of 1882, receiving the medal, Khedive's star, thirdâ€"class medjidie, and the decorae lion of K. C. M. G. He commanded the second Bechuanaiand expedition of 1884-85, receiving the decoration of G. O. M. G. «From 1886 to 1885 he was Chief Commissioner of the Metropoliâ€" tan Police, commanded the troops of the Straits Settlement, 1889 to 1894, and the troops of the Thames district: from 1895 to 1898. GEN. SIR CHAS. WARREN. GLENCOE HERO’S WIFE. COLOR IN FLAGS. To 'be Continued. 'flall on my back or side. My fate. lhands and feet would swell and iturn cold. 11) this condition ,I i could not move hands or feet and had 3 to be moved like a child. My appetite gall but left me and I» ot very little isleep. I was under file care 0! I doctor, but got nothing more than locoiatsiomal temporary relief. Finally I got so low that my friends wrote for } my father to come and see me for the llast time. This was in January, 1895. iT-hak night the doctor told my frien a ‘he could do nothing for me, and e doubted if 1 would live through the night. That night Itook a severe fit 'of vomiting, and raised three pieces of ; matter, tough and leathery in appear- ;anee, and each about three inches 'long. The vomiting almost choked ‘ me, and it required two people to hold me in bed, but I felt easier after it. I was in this deplorable eondition when fI was urged by-a neighbor to try Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. It was a hope- less case but I decided to try \them. When. I told the doctor I was tab- ing the pills he said they‘ would do me .no good; that I would never be ,able ‘to work again. But he wast mistaken ‘for the effect was marvellous. By iMarch I\was able to go outtotl doors ‘and could walk quite a distance. fill mentioned using Dr. Williams’ Pink EPills until I had taken seventeen !boxes, and they have made a nevn man of me. My health is better than: it has been for twenty years; and not-4 withstanding the doctor’s prediction, I am able to stand any amount ofi hard work. I attribute my new man. hood and regained health to Dr: SW31- liams’ Pink Pills and gratefully re... [commend them to others in poor | health. ITS AFTER EFFECTS FREQUENTLY SHATTER STRONG NERVES. Mr. 3. Mennngull Bull'ered for Years and. Ills Doctor Told lllm Recovery WM Inlponslbleâ€"Agnln Strong and “elem”. Farmer and "jack of all trades.” In what Mr. Salter McDougall styled himself when interviewed by the News recently. Mr. McDougall resides it Alton, about ten miles from Truro, N“. S.,and according to his own statement has beam undo a new man by} the ass of Dr. William's' Pink Pills. When interviewed by the News man, 151‘. McDougall said:>-"I am only too' glad to give you any information you log want. Anything I can say will not' too good a recommendation for Dr. Williams' Pink Pills. Up to the year 1888,“ continued Mr. McDou all, “I had (always enjoyed good ealth. At that time I had a severe attack of diphtheria, the after streets of which Left me in a deplorable condi- tion. I was troubled with a constant pain in my left side, just belomtho heart, and at times, dizziness would cnawsé me to throw hp my handsjand fall on mu: halal: nr Haida. Mv an. An‘ Ann-mm; lmtltlenl In the Last lull Campztlgn. IA military correspondent recalls an incident of the Last Zulu campaign, in which General Symons, then a captain in the 2nd Battalion of the Twenty- fourth, took part. Four companies of the 24th and 88th combined were ad- vancing to an attack in skirmishing or- der. Symom was followed without his knowing it by two lavorite dogs 01 his, highly bred pointers. Presently, when the firing began, these two dog‘, who had hitherto been sneaking care- fully behindâ€"knowing full well they were not allowed on parades or at churchâ€"got wildly excited by the fir- ing, and bounded off between the ene- my’s position and the advancing line of skirmishers. At first they showed by their actions the excellent trainin they had received, and worked for all they were worth. But at‘last neither seeing nor scenting any game, notwith- standing the perpetual rattle of; the firing. they evidently lost all patience and emphasized their disgust at the proceedings by falling upon one an- other and fighting fiercely, until their master’s voice recalled them to their better sense. This homely incident started the whole line in roars of laughter, and made everyone forget that we were engaged in' what might have been a serious undemakli‘ng, though, as a matter of fact, it turn-v ed out a blank day after all. AGE AND MARRIAGE. A woman’s prospect: of marriage is distinctly affected by age. The stat- istics of all countries Show that the majority of women marry between the ages of, 20 and 30; Before reach- ing 20 a woman has, of course, a chance of matrimony, but the objecâ€" tions raised by‘ parents or friends of marriage at a Lender age frequently outweigh the desire of the young: wo- man to acquire a husband, and. lead her to defer the wedding day. Out of 1,000 married women, 140 marry before (the age of 20, 680 be- Uweou 20 and. 30. 111 between 30 and 40, the woman in her thirties having not so good: a uhanoe as the girl in her teens; between the ages of 40 and 50 the falling off is enormous, only 4] in 1.000 contracting] an alliance in that decade, while past 50 the chancé still further diminish, for the woma; who has celebrawd the semiâ€"cents nial of herhirth has only ninete’ chances in a thousfind. - All the statistics that have been gathered bear on? the statement that a woman’s best! chance to marry is at the age of. 25, that over sixâ€"tenths of the marriages take place between 20 and 30, and consequently that a wo- man's chance increases up to 25, and steadily decreases after that age un- Lil it reaches ’the vamshmg point somewhere about 60. Dreaded Diphtheria. GEN. SYMONS’ DOGS.