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CHAPTER XXXII. -Continued. “I wish." she said. hurriedly. “that he could be got rid of without being hu-rltâ€"that he could be carried away into some far-off land. He is so young that he would forget all about his homeâ€"and it is really not his; it‘ never oughlt to be his. Better that Lancewaod were razed to the ground than fall into the hands of a child of a. strolling player. Gerald," she con- tinued. calling him for the first time by his Christian name, " it could not be very wrong. He has no right to Lancewood, the child of a strolling player, a tradeaman's grandchild. thl' lowest. poorest blood of France in his veinsâ€"he has no right to Lancewood. Heaven hears me and knows that I speak truly," she added. “ If his m0- tlher were a lady, it he had in him one spark of the true Neslie spirit.I should be pleased. proud, happy. but he has none. He will grow up what he is nowâ€"~false, cunning. cruel. ty- rannical. and it his mother trains him dissipwted. What will Lanoewood be in such hands? If he could but be got rid of,” she cried with wild passionâ€" "if he could bwt be taken away, brought up far away from here. with- out knowing his name or his parent- Igeâ€"ifi it could but be, I would give my life to see it done I" He looked at the beautiful flushed face lighted up with passion and pride. He drew nearer to her and whispered low. a sudden, sweet guil- ty joy shooting Lhrough his veins and setting his very heart on fire. " Suppose." he said, " that some one did thisâ€"some one who would always be kind to him. who would provide him with the best of education. the most careful training, the means of earning his livelihood in all honor and honesty,â€"what would you do for such a. man? What would you give him 2" " My whole life.” she replied, quick- ly. Such a man would be a benefac- tor to the whole race of Neslies. He would do what I cannot doâ€"preserve Lt: honor unsulliod." Gerald paused for a minute. "If," he said. "some one did this fior your sake,-â€"mind, for your sake aloneâ€"what would you give him? Any reward he might ask ?” " Yes," she replied, little dreaming what shape that reward would take. “I would give him anything he ask- ed.“ For the first the Gerald touched her hand; on one finger shone agold ring with a large beautiful pearl in the center. ‘ “ Give me this,” he said “ as a proof that you mean w_hat you say.“ "gin; {2601:1115 ring from hér finger and placed it 09 _one o‘f_hi.s. “I was just telling Miss Neslie that I wish very much to go to London to-morrow morning" he said. "and, it Ihave your ladyship‘s permission. to remain there for a. Week or ten “ya;|. " Neslie." he said, "look into my face and tell Insâ€"think over your anSWerâ€"do you really mean what you have just said B” “ I do, I do I” she cried. “It Ls the only way of saving Lancewood. I caundt see it all clear just yet; my brain is bewilderedâ€"all that l have seen and heard has driven me mad. I seem to have last my self-control, to have lost the power of thought, to have forgotten much that I ought to remember; only that is clear to me. If he could be taken away in that fashion. Lady Neslle would have to leave, and Laucewood would be saved." Lady NMlie had caught sight of him as he stood by the old sun-dial. He left Vivien then. and went over to her She passed her hand over her eyes as she spoke, and her expression of bewildered dismay struck bun. “ To London!" she repeated, in sur- prise. “ I thought you meantâ€"" "I am going to London," he said. " I shall leave here by the early train md in all probability 1 may be away [or a week or ten days. Allâ€"her ladyshlp sees me! I will tell her now." "How you love Lancewood!“ he laid. almost bitterly. It seemed to him so strange; thxs morbid love of I home. ‘ ‘It is the love of my life-Lime," she replied. ‘ “ You will remember ?" he said, pointing to the ring on his finger. “ I never forget," she replied, speak- ing like one just roused from a dream. “Miss Neslia, I am going to Lon- don to-morrow.“ suid Gerald in an al- tered voice,--he had seen "milndi" draw near again. “ Is there anthiug I can do for you I" “ To London!“ she repealed. in sur- “ Through Storm and Sunshine going to Lon- ‘werald in an al- ( I seen milndi " there anthing ‘ Certainly." she replied. “Lance- wood will miss you. Mr. Dorman. There will not be a letter written or an account attended to until your re- turn. I hope it Ls nothing unpleasant that takes you away from us ?" “Miladi” was beginning to under- stand his value. It was something in -, these days, when her time was so ful- Lady Neslie was in one of her most gracious moods. aside all love, I would not lose him for thle world; in 105mg him Ishould lose this grand old house and alarge part of my income. I hope nothing will ever happen to him.” This conversation took place be- tween “miladi” and the count five days afiter Gerald Dorman had left the Abbey to go to London. The [morning was warm and subtry, “mi- 'ladi,” with the [daintiest of lace shawls and the most coquettish of. hats, had gone out because it was cooler sitting under the shade of the cedar than being in-doors. The Comic) ‘ de Calloux had hastened to join herâ€" his intended journey to Paris had been deferred, and he had availed him self of Valerie’s presence under the cedar to renew his suit. While he Was talking, making love after the most approved fashion, the nurse, Mrs. Cdrby, had come with a pale, scared face, to tell “ miladi,” that she could not find Sir Oswald. Lady Neslie was indignant at the fact of her very pleasant tete-a-tete being disturbed, also annoyed at what she deemed a sensation about nothing. ly occupied in an unceasing round of dissipation, to have one on whose hon- esty, truth, and integrity she could implicitly rely. No matter how care- less she was, the accounts were al- ways right. \Vhen she was irrilntrd. Lady Neslie spoke of his leaving the Abbey, but “ miludi" had the sense to know the value of a good. faithful dependent. So she was very gracious to Gerald. She asked him to spend the evening in the drawing-room. For reasons of his own. he consented. while Vivien, as the darkening night fell arwnd her. lay with her face on the ground, cryingâ€" I CHAPTER XXX-III. “ It is all nonsense," said Lady Val- erie; "all servants are alikeâ€"they love a sensation. The child is right enough." “ He has not strayed,” she said im- patiently. " It is only the nurse’s idle- ness. Just because she did not find him where she had lefit him‘ she has ‘to come to the conclusion that he is lost. People do not steal childrenin these days." " If it be wrong. oh, may I be par- In doned! It is my only hope. " It is just possible," remarked her companion, the Comte de Callaoux “that he may have strayed somle- where in the park.” “You are not a very anxious mo- ther,” observed the count, with a smile. " You will not break your heart about your child." “ You are mi 12k 11" said "miladi.’ " That .011in represean Lancewuod, and I value him accordingly. Setting “Go and look for him," she said; and the woman} who stood greatly in fear at her mistress’s anger, hasten- ed away. Half an hour passedâ€"“ miladL " had forgotten the absurd little incident. She was listening to some of the sweetest and prettiest compliments she had ever heard -â€"really the count had a genius [for saying pleasant thingsâ€"when the nurse came again. her face looking white and even more scared. "My lady," she said, "I am very sorry. but indeed I am frightenedâ€"I cannot find 511‘ Oswald." ‘ 'We went through the Hyde wuods 3.51 far as the river Ring-e." “ Well ‘3" said Valerie. for the wo- man stopped and began to sob. “ Then,” she continued, “511‘ Oswald turned cross; be said that he would fish. and that I must go back to fetch his fishingatackle.” ‘ 'Miladi’s ” brilliant face grew pale. “ Surely.” she said. “you never were so fouligh, so mad. as to leave the child alone on the brink of the river?” "Where did you leave him? ed Valerie emphatically. "He did no lessons this morning; your Iadyship said that it was too warm, and that I was to take him OlLL “I know I" was the impatient in- terruption. "Where did you take him ‘2" “My lady. he kicked me. he scream- ed, he bit my handsâ€"he was so vioient that I did not dare to réfusa ‘him. He sat down on the fallen brandh ask- of one of the trees. and promised me not to stir. My lady, when I went back with the fishing-tackle. he was not there." With a long. low cry. Lady Neslie sprang from her seat. "Call all the servants in the house together.” she said. "and let them be- gin to search at once. Do not lose a moment!" she cried, wildly. eyes. "It would be wiser to have the river dragged." said the count. "‘Dragged!" she repeated. "Do you not know that the Ringe is a swift. deep stream, and that it flows into the sea? I rememberâ€"oh, heaven, how well I remember lâ€"Sir Arthur told me of a girlâ€"a fair-haired girl â€"who drowned herself in the river, and her body was found many miles away on the southern shore." “Do not agitate yourself; the boy may have strolled into the woodsâ€"- he may have chased butterflies, or followed a bird. It does not follow that he must have fallen into the river because he was left on the bank. That nurse of yours deserves to be reproved." “Fetch Miss Neslie," she said to one of the servants who had just ap- proachedâ€"“send to Hydawellâ€"let the keepers scour the woods. Oh, my boy, my boy. I have lost Lancewood if I have lost you 1" and then she rose up and hastened toward the house. The little motherly feeling that 511.9 possessed was all called into action. In a few minutes she stood in Vivian's room. panting, pale, and scared. "Vivien." she cried, “my boy islostl He has fallen into the river I am sure I There was genuine surprise in Vi- vien's face as she listened. Lady Neslie repeated the nurse's story. “I have told him so often, she said, “that the river was dangerousâ€"that he must not go near it. Oh, Vivien, what shall I do '0‘" "I am very sorry," she said, gently â€"“but we will not waste time in talking. Let us send people out at once." There was genuine distress in Miss Neslie's face, real pain. And, while the hot August sun beat down with merciless heat and power, a whole crowd of servants and laborers searchad the grounds, the gardens, the woodsâ€"but there was no trace of the little heir. “He is drowned, sure enough," said the count, when these articles were brought to the house. Here are reported three cases in which Dr. (hise's family remedies proved a blessing pf incalculable worth. There are thousands of oth- ers just as remarkable, for Dr. Chaise, through his recipe book and home! medicines, is the consulting physician in the m-ljnrity of homes in Canada through his recipe book and home; medicines, is the consulting physician in the majority of homes in Canada and the United States. NERVOUS DYSPEPSIA. Mr. Joseph Geroux, 22 Metcalf St.. Ottawa, Ont., writes :â€"“I was ner- vous, had headache and brain fag. I was restless at night and could not sleep. My appetite was poor. and I suffered from nervous dyspepsia. Lit- tle business cures worried and irri- tated me. After having used Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food for about two months. I can frankly say that I feel like a new man. KIDNEY DISEASE. Hr. James Simpson, Newcomh Mills. Northumberland County, Ont.. writes: "My appetite is good. Irest and sleep well. and this treatment has strengthened me wonderfully. Dr. Chase's Nerve Food Pills are certainly the best I ever used, and I say so be- cause I want to give full credit where it in due." Valerie looked at him with dazed rem Cures mught Ahmfi By the Use of the Famous Preaorlptlon of the Vener- able Dr. A. W. Chase, The unhappy mother fell Into a fit of violent hysterius. "It I have lost him, I have lost Luncewoodl" she cried; and Vivien, standing by. with pity shining in her clear eyes. saidâ€" u "I would give all that Lancewood holds to have him alive again.” And she meant what she said. For some few days they preserved a vain semblance of hope; the men continued their search. advertise- ments were inserted in all the news- papers. large rewards Were offered. It was all in vain; every one came to the same conclusion-that the young heir had been drowned in the river, and that his body had been carried by the swil't current out to sea. “Could he have been stolen 9" ask- ed "miludi." with a slight glimmer of hope. He wasn’t the brightest young man ' in the world, but he had held a city ’ job for about three months. She was told that it was unlikely. that the whole county had been scour- ed. and that it was Well known that neither gypsies nor tramps had been seen near Hyde woods or Hydewell. All hope was gone. Her ladyship went into deepest mourning; the nurs- ery was closed; the head-nurse, un- der whose charge the child had been at the time he was lost, was dismissed with all possible ignominyfa marble tablet was placed in Hydewell church; all the newspapers had a paragraph telling how suddenly and unhappin the little heir of Lancewood had come to his end, and that the estate re- verted to Sir Arthur's daughter. Miss Neslie. Gerald Dorman was still detained in London; he wrote from time to time, expressing his regret at what had happened, and asking her lady- ship‘s indulgence because of his de- lay. “Believe me," she said. with tears in her eyes, "I would far rather nev- er have had it than that the boy's death should have given it to me." Then the lawyer, Mr. Greston, appeared again on the scene. Once more Vivien Neslie was heiress of La ncewood. “We cannot choose," observed Mn Greston; "we must accept whatever Providence sends. I am sorry for the childâ€"sorry, after a fashion, for his mother; but I am pleased that Lance- wood is in good hands again. The whole estate and family too would have gone to ruin had the child lived. Now I suppose her ladyship, with her train of French visitorsg-iwill go ?" “I suppose so," said Vivien, thought- fully. “Yet I am so sorry for her that. if Ithought she would care to do so, I should be almost tempted to ask her to remain." Yes; we never object to anything he wants to do. Why don’t you join the army? in- quired a. sympathizng friend who wanted to be of service. 1 don’t want to join the army, he replied with honest frankness, but I woqu like to get into the navy. I think my experieer in the (water works office would, be more valuable to me there. â€"“This is to certify that I was sick in bed the most of the time for three years with kidney disease. I took several boxes of pillsâ€"different kinds â€"und 9. great many other kinds of patent medicines; besides that I was under treatment by four different doctors during the time and not able to work. I began to take Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills, and since that time have been working every day although a man nearly 70 years of age. Dr. Chase's Kidney-Liver Pills age. iDr. Chuse' have cured me." EGZEMA 0N BABY. Mrs. A. McKnight. Kirkwall. \Vell- ington County, Ont.. writes:â€""I fer-l it my duty to let you know what Dr. Chase’s Ointment has done in avery bad case of eczema on our baby. \Ve had tried any number of cures with- out uny permanent relief. but from the hour we commenced using Dr. Chase’s Ointment there was great re- lief and the improvement continued until there was complete cure. We think it the greatest of family ointo meats." Dr. A. \V. Chase's portrait and sig- nature are on every box of his genu- ine remedies. Sold everywhere, Ed- mansun. Bates & 00.. Toronto, How A SURE WAY. amiable your little boy seems AQUATIC PURSUITS. To be Continued. A REALLY SIGK MAN. SUFFERED TERRIBLE AGONY DUE TO KIDNEY AND LIVER TROUBLE. " From the Mail. Grenby, Que. Mr. Albert Fisher. accountant at Payne’s cigar factory. Granby. Que.. is known to almost every resident of the town. and is held in tko highest aeteen by all who know him. in con- versation with the editor of the Mail recently, something was said con- cerning Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills, when Mr. Fisher remarked that ho had refund these pills a very valuable medicine. It was suggested that he should make his experience known. and to this he readily conSented. handing to the Mail the following letter for publication :â€" Grunby, March 16th. 1900. In justice to Dr. \Villiums' I’ink Pills. I think it my duty. in view of what they have done for me, to add my testimonial to the many which I have seen in print. For some months Isuffered most severely from pains up and down my back. It was thought these were due to liver and kidney truuble, but whatever the He cause, they kept me in terrible agony. The pains were not confined to the back, but would shift to other parts of the body. As a. result, I could get little rest; my appetite was much impaired, and I was really in. sick man. I tried many different remedies, without effect, and which disgusted me with medicine._ A. friend suggested that I try Dr. Williams fink Pills. I was not easily persuaded, for I had given up the use of medicine, as nothing had helped me, but 21.5 he insisted, I fin,- ally concluded to give them a trial. I {purchased one box, and was as- tonished to find that before it was entirely used, I was quite a bit to- lieved, and after using six more, was fully restored to my former good health. I take great pleasure in recommending this valuable remedy, that others may profit by my ex. perience, and not sufler the torture: that I did. Yours sincerely, ALBERT FISHER. Dr. \Vilhams' Pink Pills cute by going to the root of the diseases. They renew and build up the blood, and strengthen the nerves, thus driv- ing disease from L_he syskem. If your dealer does not keep them, they will be sent yostp‘lid at 50 cents a box, or six boxes for [$2.50, by addressing the Dr. \VillIams’ Medicine Co, Brock- ville, Ont. A l'redlcllou That the Boers Wlll Make Good Loyal British Subjects. Mr. Poulteney Bigelow. the well known American writer, in an article upon Pretoria, says : In my mind's eye I have a. vision of Pretoria. ten years hence. It will be a city where all Afrikanders unite under the Union Jack to do for that country what canadians are doing at Ottawa, and Yankees at Washington. Even in the year of the Jameson raid, 1896, Boers and British mixed socially at the Pretoria club, and, while there was much divergence of opinion on many matters. there was unanimity enough on certain vital questions to give me considerable confidence in a bright future for the united white races. Boer. Briton. Yankee and Germanâ€"there were plenty of these even in that year who were heartily sick of Krugerism, much as they honored the old man for his past services. Men of affairs, men who had money to invest, men who desired to grow up with the countryâ€"all men with progressive minds Were displeas- ed with the pretext put forth by the Krugerites for keeping the country in a. backward state. The modern Boer,appreciates the necessity for liberal legislation quite as much as any Afrikander, and when England shall have demonstrated beyond question thwt she not only can con- quer all obstacles in South Africa, but means to rpm-min the paramount power in that region. it is my belief. the best portion of the Boers will throw in their lot cheerfully with the British flag as loyal as are the Frenvh of Montreal, or the Chinese of \Vei- Ha i-XVei. Miss Summitâ€"Mr. Tutter does noth- ing but talk about golf all the time. Miss Pallisadeâ€"‘Vhat a bore! Miss Summitâ€"Isn‘t he? I don't get a chance tt talk about 1‘s myself. dlclnos Apparently and No Emmi, Until us the Sollrltnllou of a I‘rlend Ile Used Dr. \Vllllnms' l'lnk I'll}: and “'III Cured. PRETORIA TEN YEARS HENCE. DISTRESSIXG