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“ I can my Ira nkly that (his treat- ment [mp no equal in the medical world. \Vhile using Dr. Chmae's Nerve Food I could feel my system being built up until now I am strong and healthy. I cannot recommend it too highiw, for weak, nervous goople." built up until now I am strong and Insist on having the gt healthy. I cannot recommend it too you can be absolutoly our highiw, for weak, nervous people." 'benefit. 'Dr. Clhtuae‘s Narvx Mrs. E. H. Young, of 214 Greenwood 1 cents a box, at all dealers, .mnm, Jackson. Mich" in arooogniz-Ison, Bates, E; 00.. Toronto. Mr. A. T. P. Lakame, railway agent at Clarencefille. Qum. writes:â€"" For twellve years Ihhve been run dowfi with nervous debility. Iauffered much and consulted doctors, and used medâ€" Icines in vain. Some months ago I heard of Dr. Chase's Nerve Eood, used two boxes, and my health improved so mpidiry that I ordered twelve more. Nor are there any preparations that can duplicate the marvellous cures brought about by this great physician of recipe book fume. Here is aaample of the lattem daily received from gratefuJ cured ones:â€" "Than I will be a coward. I will bell her all. And then, presumptuous w you are, you wili not dare to re- main here." "I shall remain here," said "mila- di." " Yau betraying me is a matter "Nay," said he. "I ant-real: you to remain. My lady, you have driven me to bay. You promised to marry me, and you have refused. I have you .in my power. I tell you that unless you :onsent, I will betray you to Miss Natalie." 'nheu are imitate-re on! Dr. A. W. Ghana, but none who dare to repro- duce his portrait and signature, which are found on every box of his gen- uine remedies. ‘ “I wish," said Miss Neslie, " that you would permit me to pass; with this unseemly dispute I have nothing whatever tu do." “ You would not forfeit them," he said. “ Miladi," waved her white hand. "I should. It I mzarrried you to- morrow, you would spend my whole totrtune, and when it was spent you Would be the first to in use me. I decline the honor of being rendered penniless, by Monsieur d-e Nouchet." " A betrayer Ihoe observed. A smolal Formula of a Great Physician ls Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food The Great Blood Builder. “There are marvels in nabure,"she said, " but that such a. marvel as your giving up gambling could ever take place, I refuse to believe. Years ago." she continued earnestly, " I should not have lhought so much of this, but I have learned the value of money. I know the value. of a good home, a. substantial fortune, and I shall not forfeit thase things for you." "I am indifferent. I will not be hard. I will give you a very hand- some present and you shall return to Frauoa; but I shall not accompany you, monsdeur." “Will you at least tell me why 3" he asked, with a ouxrious whiteness coming over his face. "Yes, I have not the least objec- tion," replied Lady Neslie. " You were young when I first knew you. You hlad no decided faults. Now you are a confirmed gambler. You could no more keep from tne gaming-table than you could live without air. That is why I decline to marry you, Henri de Nouchet." A Medicine of High Repute. "Then I met you again in Paris, when I had been some little time a widow, and I renewed my promise to marry you. That was rash, I knew it. I determined that I mould see what you were like before I married you. I have tested you, and youLhave fail- ed. I thbught the wisest thing that I could do would be to: invite you over to Lancewood. But this is such a cur- ious country. I decided it was betâ€" ter that you should come in some business capacity. I have watched you closely since you hiarve been here, and now I decline the allianceâ€"I will not marry you." "If I give my word," he began; but " miladi," interrupted him. ‘ 'You forget,” he hissed, " that you mm in my power." "I repeat that I was a foolish young girl. I was in love with you â€"I promised to marry you. All that I admit. But Sir Arthur came in my way. Whnt girl of sense would have hesitated between a handsome penni- less lieutenant, and a rich, English baronet? Loveâ€"bah! It pales before money. You owned yourself that I was doing a. most sensible thing when I married him." The Frenchman‘s face grew paler as he listened to the light, mocking voice. H Through Storm and Sunshine is ad‘ways a coward,” "My social and othar duties in con- nection with scvera.) fraternal socie- ties mad drawn so much upon my strength that I found mysebf all run down in health. I was very nervous, had. no appetita. could get no real rest from sleep and was- troubled very much with pains in the head and back. I tried many sorts of tonics, but could get no permanent help un- til I used Dr. Chase‘s Nerve Food. I took two boxes as directed and found a perfect cure for my trouble. Their action was very mild and effective, and I believe ‘bem to be the best medicine for nervous troubles that I know of." ed Iaader among the Lady Maccabees, Foresters and other fraternal. socieâ€" ties, and; is eve-1‘1 known Lhu-oug‘hout the State for her executive ability and soda: qualities. Mrs. Young has ne- oenti'y recovered from nervous disor- ders, which she describes in the fol~ lowing words:â€" "'Dhnt is the most sensible speech you have ever made, Vivien; but real- ” You refuse; then I will keep my word“ I pray you to list-en, Miss Nes- lie, while/ I tell you Lady Neslie's story." "I wcmfld rather not hear it. It comes too late," said Vivien, earnest- Iy. " Lady Valerie, is one of us~ now; if there are any secrets in her past life, let them lie buried." "I refuse most absolutely to marry you,” she replied. He bowed, and Vivien thought she had never seen anything so terrible as his handsome, haggard. livid faoe. Never a word was spoken. "Miladi" stirred the air with her fan. Vivien‘s heart beat loud and fast; it seemed to 1mm that she stood there holding the‘ honor of her house in her hand. How slowly the minutes passed 1 What had she to hear when they were over? "Now," said M. de Nouchet, "the time is past; give me your answer, Lady Neslie." « The scene was intensely dramatic. Outside a bright moon was shining, the dew. 13.9' on the sleeping flowers, the tall trees stood lilne huge senti- nels; inside the soft pearly light of the lamp filled the room, with a warm glow, and. shone upon the three faces. Never was there a more strik- ing groupâ€""miladi," lovely, laugh;- ing, mocking, heir gaydresss and jaw-- els seeming to attract all the light, her mouth curled in scorn, her eyes flashing defiance, yet gay and reek- bess; Vivien, with her picturesque vel- vet dress sweeping the ground, her g‘randlyvâ€"beautiful face filled with no- ble disdain, tall, imperial, queenly; the Frenchman agitated, pale with white lips and burning eyes. (Bull: he did not stir, and the others stood in silence, unbroken save by the faint ticking of the watch. "I give you just five minutw in which to reconsider your words. Lady Neslie if you promise to marry me, you shall never regret it; if you refuse, [will tell Miss Neslie your story." “It is all of no use,” said; Lady Neslie, " Words are vain; threats, per- swasions, are vain. L will not mar- ry you. You want to marry me be- cause you want my fortune to gamble with; you shall not have it. I would rather gamble it all away myself than give it to you." "I will tell all I know of you," he said, "unless you consent. Thinkyou again, Valerieâ€"you shall have a gay, sunny, bright ‘lfe in Paris. You know I love you, and will make you harp- py-" He drew hi3 wa Lch from his pocket and laid it on the table between them. I "I have more patience with you," his hissed between his white lips, " than I thought I could have with any woman living." “Pray give me a chair," said. "miâ€" l'adi," laughing. “I am timedâ€"I can- not stand for five minutes longer." oLf little moment now. My fortune is secure." “Miladi” shrugged her shoulders. " We will leave love ouL of} the ques- tion," she said, " this is a matter of funds for gambling, and the betrayal of a friend." His face grow frightful in its livid rage. hhving the genuine and amlutoly sure of great Clhmse'a Narve Food, 50 at all dealers, or Edman- "They are true," he declared. “She male neither more nor less than a strolling player. I kept her secret-â€" she paid me to do so. I read the noâ€" tice of your father's death in the English papers, Miss Neslie, and then I wrote to her, meminding her of her promise. It was for that reason she came to Paris, and no other. You know what followed. She promised to marry me as soon as etiquette would permit, and in the meantime she in- vited me to the Abbey. Mim Nesliel she is thereâ€"ask her whether every word [have said is not true." "And you took it?" said Vivien. "Yes; I took it. It was the price of " miladi's secret. I professed to be- lieve her a D‘Eslte. I said no word about her being a strolling player." Miss Neslie held up her hands with an exclamation of horror. " There is no need to ask," said “miâ€" Ladi," with careless. airy grace. "I do not deny It. Every word is true. What then?" “But you, monsieurâ€"what did you do 2" aslked Vivien. It annoyed her that her father should have been so easily dupedâ€"her poor, dead father! "\‘thvt did I do, Miss Neslie? I Had to submit. What could I do? When she told me of her resolve to marry a rich buronet, I knew that all I could say would be vain. I will not grieve you by repeating what she promiued.. As 'to one thing she kept her word. After she was married she sent me continually handsome sums of money. She has been ungruvd‘gi'ng- ly generous to me." " And you took it .3" said Vivien. "Yes; I look it. It was the price " sth 1" she said. “Your words are terrible." The proud indignation of the noble face, the measureless contempt in the dark eyes, would have silenced anothâ€" "Yes, I will tell you. When she found from the mistress of the-\house that a rich English baronet was stay- ing there, she at once made up her mind. She caused herself to be in- troduced to hlim as Mademoiselle D’â€" Esbe, a daughter of one of the young- e-r branches of the D’Estes. She told him a. sad little story about limited means, and the painful position of an orphan girl. Sir Arthur, your fa- ther, permit me to say, Miss Neslie, was not very shrewd. She was very quick, very cunning; she was very fair and very charming. She had the face of an angel, the! voice of asiren; he was indolent and liked to be amus- edâ€"ehe amused him. He did not take the trouble to inquire into her anteâ€" cedents. He took all she said for granted, fell in love with and mar- ried hier." Vivien interrupted him. She did not look at the fair, false woman who had blighted her life, but the dark, earnest eyes were fixed on de Nou~ chet. “If you do not mind," elm said, " will you fill me, how shelduped my father? I always knew that she had deceived him; I never knew how. “ Valerie was always pretty; her sis. beu' Marie, who passes here as her maid, always plain. I need not weary, you, Miss Neslie, by telling- you of the quiet home, where this cold. cruel wo- finan lived, or of her vanity, greater even than her beauty. I was the son of a notary living near, and as a child I madly loved her fair, laughing face. The quiet home did not long content her; against the prayersths wishes of her parents she left it,and when she was only fourteen she was known as the most daring rider in the most fashionable cirque in Paris. She traweled half over France with that circus. and then returned to Par- is and promisedâ€"ah, madman that I was to believe her lâ€"lo marry me. Her parents were dead than, and she had 8; little money. She took1 he: (only sisâ€" beu‘, Marie, as her maid, and traveled abroad. She afterward return-ed to a Parisian boardingâ€"house, and there met your fatherâ€"Sir Arthur." The haughty disdain of the beau- tiful face was her only answer. Monâ€" sieu-r continuedâ€"- " After you have threatened mel Coward, betrayer, I would not marry you to 813% my life!" He turned to Vivien. " Miss stliey".he said, “ listen to me‘ This woman who monks me so crueily now was my first love. She was not ValeriqD‘Es-to, as she told your fath- eir, but Valerie Roilleux. the daugh- telr of a grocer in Paris.” “Miss Neslie will not be surprised. to hear that. She never belfieved that I was a D’Esteâ€"did you, Vivien 8" 1y Ido not mindâ€"it can make no difâ€" ference to me. Before Stir Arthur‘s dleuath, Ipersuaded, coaxed, conciliat- ed; but now I am quite indifferentâ€" nothing can touch my fortune. As for my position, we shall see what harm monsieur can do me." “Miladi” interrupted him with little laugh. She looked at him with burning WES» I " Valerie," he cried once more. "will you retract Q" Mr. John T. Benson. stationary en- gineer at the Ridley College. St. Catharines. is known by most of the residents of the city. For years Mr.‘ Benson suffered acute agony from sciatica, and notwithstanding numâ€" erous forms of treatment. found little or no relief. until he began the use of Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills. These pillsl speedily restored his health. as they} have done that of thousands oil others who have given them a fairj trial. To the reporter who inter-‘ viewed him, Mr. Benson said :â€""Ii certainly owe a debt of gratitude to‘ Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, for they have released me from a form of tor- ture that had afflicted me almost continuously for twenty years. The‘ ,pain began in my back. then ‘shifted to my hip, and thence down, my leg. It became so severe that it lseemed as though the very marrow‘ in my bones was being scalded. and 'at times I could scarcely repress cry- ling aloud from the agony Iendured. I tried all sorts of liniments and lo- ‘ tions. but got no relief. I doctored with several physicians, even going to Buffalo for treatment by aspecial- ‘ ‘ ist there, but in no case did I ever reâ€" ‘ iceive more than temporary relief. It 1 maybe easily imagined that the pain . [endured told upon me in other waysl land I became almost a physical? wreck. At times my right leg would: swell to nearly twice its normal; size. Then the pain and swelling would shift to my left leg, and that agony was something awful. I suppose that during the period Iwas afflicted l I have hundreds of times laid on my ‘back on the floor with my foot and [leg elevated on a chair in order to; .obtain slight ease from the pain I .endured. The muscles and sinews in my legs looked as though they hadl tWisted and tied in knots. The trou-‘ ble ’went on in this way untik finally nothing but opiates would deaden. the pain. A few yeans ago [read of: acure in asiimilar case through the: use or Dr. Williams-1‘ Pink Pills and decided to try theun. For some time after [began their use, Ioould not seat hart they were helping me, butI‘ decided that Iwould give th-amafair trial. By \ha tiime Ihad used uhalfi dozen boxes. there was adecidedium- provement in my case. and I con- tinued the use of the pills until [had taken twelve boxes. when [felt .my cure was complete. Several years haVe since passed and [have had no return of the trouble, so that I feel safe in saying that the cure has been permanent. I is dead and my fortune secure, Iam indifferent. You may have lhestory printed, Vivien," she added, "if you like; it will be a finishing much to the honor of the Nesliesczi strolling play- er, a grover's (laughter, miszress of Lancewoodl It seems to me that in telling it you will bring more shame to yourself than to me." Then, turn- ing, from Miss Neslie. she looked at Henri de Nouchet. " As for you,"she said, “traitor, coward, trader on a woman‘s secrets, 301 Never while I [170 will I look upon your face again I may also add that my wile has used the pills for indigesuo-n, head- aches and dizziness, and has found great benefit from them. \Vords can- not express the great benefit Dr. Willlams‘ Pink Pills have been to me, and I hope similar sufferers will pro- fit by my experience." Dr. VVilliams' Pink Pills cure by go~ in‘glo the root of of the disease. They renew and build up the blood, and strengthen the nerves, thus drlvmg dlsease from the system. If your dealer does not keep hnm. they will be sent postpald at 51) cents a box, or six boxes for $2.50, by addressing the Dr. Williams Medicine Co., Brockâ€" ville, Ont. RESULTING FROM SCIATICA IN AN AGGRAVATED FORM. "any Night! the Sum-rev Could Not Me In Bed, and Ills Leg Was Frrqurntly Swollen to Twice It: Nalurul Blzc. YEARS 8F AGUNY. From the Journal, St. Catharines. "What then?" she repeated. "I was Slr Arthur's lawful wifeâ€"legally married to him." ' "You deceived him," said Vivien. "So much the worse for him. He should have been more on the alert," she observed. "I admit it. all. I do not mind in the lea-st about the exâ€" rJnNure. I only cared to keep my af- fairs secret during Sir Arthur's life. Of course an exposure then would have been very awkward for me. He might have tried for a divorce, though I cannot see on what grounds. He would certainly have altered his will and left me pennilem. Now that he e-râ€"they produced no affect on Lady Neslie. said Vivien. for him. He on‘ the alert." [ Then she goes into the next apart- ‘ment, which is merely an enclosure for keeping the dogs away from‘ the jStOl‘eS, and after fifteen minutes of pounding and chopping, returns with j the breakfast. The next course is walrus meat. This is also (out up by the presiding lady, and is served with no stinting hand. AL this {portion of the meal. the one who can swallow Lhn largest piece without chewing has the advantage, and the only way to get even with him is to keep- one piece in your mouth and two in your hand. After this joint has been thorough- ly discussed, there comes a, large piece of walrus hide, which has a small por- tion of blubber attached to it, and the hair still on the outside. It is about an inch thick and very tough. so that it is impossible to affect it. by Chewing, [t is therefore cut into very small pieces by the hostess, and finishes the meal. Really it is the most palatable dish of all. The first course 15 some frozen weeds, mixed with seal oil and eaten with small portions of fresh blubber, which the lady of the [muse cuts with a. large chopping-knife. A large, flat wooden tray is placed on the floor, and the landlady takes her position at one end, in the atti- tude elegantly described as squatting, The family and their guests gather around the board on either side, lying flat on Ytheiw sh nzu-h with their head- toward the breakfast and their feet out. ’ No matter how early you may awak- en in the morning, you will always find the mistress of the house already up: that is, her position has changed from reclining to sitting. But as soon as she observes that you are awake, she hands you asmall piece of meat to steady your nerves until breakfast. time. ARCTIC DELICACIES This is the way an Eskimo lady sits at the head of her table and dispenses hospitality, and these are the delicate items in her bill of fare. They were tested at ‘first hand by W. H. Gilder when, in crossing Siberia. at the. north, he had to accept native customs with what grace he might. " Monsieur de Nouclie‘t,” said Miss Noelle. “I think you are a man ut~ berly without principle. You have; t-raded on a woman‘s secrels, you have been deceitful, mean and dishonor- able. I would not comlescend to ask! a. favor from you, but I will purchase one. \Vrite down for me all the money you owe. 1 will give you the amount on condition that you tellto no other person whaL you have told to me, and that you never mention Lady Neslie's name again. This I do." she added, “ not in the least from any motive of compassion for you. but to save the honor of the Near lies." "She has ruined. my life. I have spent it as I should never have spent it but for her," he said. And so ghast- Ly. so terrible was the despair on his face that Vivien almost pitied him. V "What money do you want ’I" ask- ed Vivien, curtly. "Enough1 to {aloe up my bills; I have some due now." He seemed to shrink from the clear, bright glance of her dark eyes. With a smile parting the crimson lips, showing the paarly teeth and the pretty dimples in the white chin, with the light gleaming in her jewels, with an easy, careless grace all her own. " miladi " swept from the room, while the Frenchman looked afLer her with L curse. never will [address another word to you. Go from my presence, and take with you my contempt. You have don! your worst. Do what you will, you! power over me is ended; the strolling p-luyer,‘ the grocer's daughter, has the honor of wishing Monsieur de Nouchet a lasting adieu.” LlEBIG 3 HT CLRE " WI" cure Epilersy, Fli's, St._Vl7tuerance and F31 inf; Slck- is superior to that of the finest Japan tea grown. THE INFUSION OF a 5’ Will cure Epile 5y, “:3, SLVltus Dance and Fat inf' Slck- ness. A TRIAL BOTTLE sentrfiaz of ALL CHARGE to any sufierer sendln us their name anu address an m montionlng this paper. CEYLON GREEN TEA To Be Continued