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l CHAPTER cuntâ€"Continued." She had decrded that it would not be prudent to take him out; she might meet people who would recognize her, Ind then she would be asked awkward questions about the boy. Besides, he was so fabally like herself she did not dare to do it. There was no mis- taking the likeness; it could not be overlooked. It. would never do for any one who knew her be see them to- gether. ' Another thought occurred to her one day. \Vhat of his future? Had any provision been made for it? Or, when the quarter was over, would Dr. Lester send him away? In all conscience and in all honor she was bound to pro- vide for him; she wished to do so. She would have shared her fortune with him; she would have given him all she hadâ€"all save Lancewood, She pondered over this long and anxiously. She had no wish or desire to be imprudent; perhaps her seeming Immunity from all danger made her reckless. She resolved upon seeing Dr. Lester himself. Amongst the number of people whom the master of I large school must see, he would hardly rem-ember Mrs. Smith. Dr. Lester had been rather curious to know who Henry Dorman‘s visitor was. ‘In fact the pupil himself had been a puzzle to the learned doctor. He he‘d been brought to him a year before bya Mr. Dorman, \\ ho had just arrived from America. Mr. Dorman V had made all suit-able inquiries about this school, and had told the doctor that he was in delicate health, and might in all probabilityt go abroad again. He had asked iezm's ion to | ay for five years in advance, saying that if he should be traveling it might be difficult to send the money. the doctor for the boy's private useand benefit. "If," he said, "anything should hap. ltduyed he”, ‘ pen be me, and the boy shows talent, l Through Storm and Sunshine He had . also left asinall sum of money with idomm‘ uth l A F__...____â€" l I I "I am ashamed to say, doctor," said Lord St. Just, laughing, "that I do not believe lhave a protege, in your sense of the word.“ "Evidently a poor relation," thought the doctor. , "I thought he was a protege," he said aloud, "Perhaps he is related to you, my lord? He will be a clever int n some day.“ “My dear doctor," returned Lord St. Just, “you will think mo \cry obtuse, but I have not the faintest idea of \\‘lL’li‘ you int-an." "I am speaking of young Dorman,“ said the doctor. “Doiruitin,” repeated thv pour; “uhy, he is dead. [attended his funeral some timegago.“ “All,” said the doctor, “lll‘lt would be the elder Dorman; this is the younger." "There. is no younger. l have hoard Lady St. {lust say that there were two brothers. One is a book-i worm who has an appointment as librarian on the Continent â€"I quite forget where; the other died, and I attended his funeral." "There is certainly a young Dorman at my School, my lorilâ€"â€"a ('lcvui‘ youngr striplingâ€"hanilmmic too. Lady St. Just comes frequently to St't‘ him.“ 111.» lordship looked up quickly. "What." he St. Just, calls at your school, You must be mistaken." “I think not," he replied. L'idy St. dust at the Royal Societyâ€"l and hers is a face not easily fui‘golsl solitary some \\ he re criedâ€"“my \‘~'lft‘. L-Idy you say? "I saw ten." I "l assure you,“ said Lord St. Just, leullii'sily, “that you ‘takein, doctor. Lady St. Just in Him. ‘meismith! She \\Uult.l lime told me :EllJOUI it." i "I hope to Heaven;y quite mis-‘ ll F9 thought the no harnr‘ Peih ips she wished all thi» kept scctet’ from her husband; if so, I have be.‘ have done Suddenly it occurred to him that‘ you can make bill! a 111“)? in 3'01” po-ssibly Lady St. Just, not wishing to own school first, doctor. He will fight he knmvn‘ bud amumed (he his own way after that." The doctor brad asked one or parent-age. a very beautiful lady, who had'beena friend of his mother‘s, often came to see the ho1 ', bringing him handsome presents, and showing a great liking for him, felt some little curiosity about her. Dr. Lester was a man of science. .,He was known and valu.=d wherever learn- ing was valued, consequently he had but little time to spare. once Lady St. Just asked to but was not able to do so. One morning she went to Hammer- smith. She had with her some books that. Oswald had asked for. Just as she was going away wit-h another gentleman, entered the college. He watched her for a mom- out, and then he said to,a man‘ser- vant, who was by the doorâ€"- “Which of the young gentlemen does that lady coin-e to see I” see him, More than . again, Dr. Lester, l.. alias of Mrs. Smith. It struck him, now that two he came to think of it, that all her questions about the boy, and Gerald V131“ 1nd been mum“. 0,1: 1, had evaded them, and so he knew ,secre, kind. nothing either of his friends or of his duneg The doctor was Hearing, therefore, that end, strange, What mischief had he at his wit'si I l "I may be mistaken, he rcpiied;“ “one ought never to be too positive as. to identity. I saw the lady only for al ‘moment, but I fancin that I recognized her as Lsidy‘St. Just." i I "I think not,” said Lord St, Just, at 1little coldly. “It is very unlikely that‘, my wife would visit your S('hl|0l, or any i one there without telling me." i i l 1' “It is most likely my mistake," al-. lowed the doctor; but his lordshipi saw that he was anxious to lessen thei Iimpression of his words, and that] tannoyed him still more. "It is 2:3 well to be careful," he said, . in making an assertion of that kind; .and the doctor saw that he was cooler lthzin usual in his manner toward him. 1He looked at him gravely. l i "My lord," he said, “I am mast prob- ably quite mistaken. I see few ladies,| uMust-er Barman] Sir,” was the m_ and am not a good judge of resem- ply- “Vi’hat a mistake some of you have made!’ he said. “I was told that it was a Mrs. Smith who cam-s to very day. Dorman must bea poor re- lation, I should imagine." Had Lady St. Just left the school three minutes later or earlier, she would have avoided this meeting, and perhaps its consequences. As it “:18, the doctor thought there was nothing Odd in what- was going on. always admired yowng Dorm-an -â€" he fancied there was something noble and refined about him. hada great- admiration for Adrian St. Justâ€"he considered him one of the wisest statesmen and cleverest men of the day. He met him Very often, and they had a mutual respect for each. other. On this day the scientific meeting that he had to ab- tend teak place in one of the large wait enl hills, and at its close Lord :t~ Just complimented the doctor on the able speech that he had made. They talked for a few minutes and then the doctor saidâ€" "I am happy to find that Ihave a‘ protege of yours, my whoa]: be. is a clever proves rapidly." At- first Lord St. Just thought that the doctor was speaking in jest, or making some political reference. , “I donut quite understand," he re- ‘plied, politely. lord, boy, in my and im- see 1 young Dormanâ€"that is Lady St. Just ‘ I am going to meet her husband this Dr ( Dr. Lester . 110..“ vi<il l :Dlilde by Dr. you I" "Certainly," replied with his usual frank courtesy. lwill honor. me by so doing." “As Ihzive most likely made an absurd m'slake, may I request yin not to mention what I ban: said to Lady St. Just?" 'l'li- good-natured peer smiled. “\Vhat (can it matteri" he It‘pllt‘il, “either one way or the other?" "Still it would oblige mo. my lord,” persisted the doctor. "Then I will. pi‘omisoâ€"I will not say a word to Lady St. Just. you satisfied, now, docâ€"tor?“ "You," he replied. "llcr would peih p‘ think that I was t tiring a lllwll)’ oilh her name." They patted soon :iltcru ird, both llllt‘fil‘iy. \\'l)eii he reached home, the firsl thing that the doctor did w is to summon young Dorman to his piivale room. Lie made all kinds of inquiries about the lady \\ ho had visited him. The boy assured him that it was Mrs, Smith. "Did you ever knmi‘a Lady St. Just?‘ asked the doctor. The boy laughed. "I do not think I have ever seen a ‘Iady‘-â€"th=1t is, a lord's wifeâ€"in all my life," he said. And the doctor was more puzzled thni ever. This more he thought of it, tb~ more sure he felt that the bean. tiful face he had seen was the face of L'itly St. Just. “1 only hope,” he said, "that [have made no misrhiof. One thing is quite husband knows nothing“ of the motive. that brings her here." lailyship cc: t winâ€"liar ('lI AP J'ER X LV. Lord St. JlLst \v [S equilly puzzlml thit for one moment he pii‘lwl his beautiful wife. of any- thing unlinrhintl, or of concealing ‘lllfy’llllllg' from himâ€"his faith in her \v-is unblunledâ€"yi-t he “'15 puzzlnvl. â€"-Il.‘ll subs- l ( Lord St. Just, ' "You i .smn‘. secret to her blanoes. May I ask a favor from land he new If. He saw, too, that she ...i WOMAN’S no listened if he doctor's name. He mentioned it purposely, and again hi saw aspasm of 1min. piss across her face. "There is a mystery," he said to hiniwlfâ€""a '11]y.~t(’l'y that has some pain in itâ€"_:1u'l my dirliiig is kt‘fit‘p‘ ing it ill to heirs-if." HA rvs lvel to find it out ind share it with li-nr. Perhaps, he thvught to liini.~' -li‘, Ger-ll Dormin inirusted ib.iut .lhis‘ young ‘ l‘i‘lIIIVJ, dull she thinks that in hm- A re II id she. been. to Hammerslnil h or not-3 ‘ lfSl1‘-lll‘l b-oit, why hid she not toll lii'u.’ \Vhy .lid she. int 5qu .ibvut “Young I).irinin"â€"whi (' vull he be? Nit the secretary‘s sun, [for he- hili never been married. \Vliy sh iii l his wife go to sue "Younr,r Dm- in in" MM not tell him about it! llv th-rtlglit he woull try her. He trux a gentlwinan that, having the (loc- toir not to mention whit h- had said, he. \voull keep it :it any cost; other- not hing hive been easier than to go to her and put a straizlitforward question to her. Is \Vll'lll‘l try her, and see if she exhibit- eld any c macioitsmws when he men‘ lion-aid the, doctor's n iine. During that. day, several gumsls being present, Lord St. Just sp »ke of the meeting he hid attended. “The blst speech," he siil. "was Lester, of Himmer- smithâ€"one of th- cloverest men we hive." Then he was startled, for his wife's beautiful face turned quite whit-e. She was looking at him with fear and womletr in her eyes: he. had never seen such an expression on her face be- fore. He that her lips Were pale», and trembled as she, spoke. Slowly, as from a painful dream, she seemed to rouse herself, turning to the gentleman by her side, began to talk; but it was an effort, \\’:l \ SH) given his wou‘l to w be. won] l dinner S'IXV Intense ileat and-Many Deaths eadful Sufi‘erings Among the Poor and the Weakâ€"Low Vitality Unable to Hold Out Against High Temperatureâ€"Safety in the Use of Dr. Chase’s Nerve Food (Pills), the Great Blood and Nerve Builder. many in middle life, whose health wast at a low ebb, met an untimely death in x the hot wave which recently swept: over this continent. I . Is this not. .an emphatic warning‘ l against allowing the system to become l l I l 1 run down in the summer time? You say: “I feel so weak and tired,” "I have lost all energy and ambition." "1 don't sleep well and cannot digest my food properly," “I am losing fleshand have headaches." 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"\Vho in this Dr. Lester Iheard you menâ€" li or?" she said. “A gentliinzin who keeps a school at Hamminrsmilh,” h‘ replied. "Do you know him ‘6" oh.» :iskW‘l; and, thwitgh she spoke so quietly, he dc- tecto'tl the keen a‘nxivty underlying thi‘ l.>.w tottcs. "Yvon every one in Lonlon knows Dr. Lester. lle lectures admirably. anrl hrs his written two or three v.iliiil>l> works. the is quite a pub- lb‘ r-hii‘nctihr. .‘ll'. l.Â¥.1kr:‘tl relieved. and he saw it. "Do you often see him?" she asked. after a short pause. "Not very often. turns and Soiroes. I do not remem- t belt to hive seen him elsewhere.” She took up her book anrl said no mimic. But be, watching her, saw tliiL sh~ til nrt readâ€"tth she new. er turnâ€"«l .i leif. He saw that >h9 deeply, so complitely en- grmso'l in her own thoughts thit she hl'i forgotten. all else. He believed she. wwull hive sat there for hours. XVhit coull it all meant He had m'wirwd the great change in his wife. \\' ls‘ St)‘ :htxr fits of absence of mind, her gl: . lllly a bstraction, the. broo ling th iiu‘ht that seemed to lie like a dark >.ll'ltlf)\V over her. Could it be ptms‘ibl“. ihit the. mysterious visits to Illllllllt'tl’sull h hid anything to do with 1111- ciiiiige "in her manner, the enlgriout-ing c lI‘d and thought that now chiracterized her? If so, what could they be for? He was startled. Then he reproache-d himself. \Vhat could there be writing in this proud, stateâ€" ly wife of his! waichcl her for quite half an. ll‘)Lll‘-.<'hr\ never moved nor spoke. Then he went to her and took the book from her h‘lnitlS. “Adrian,” sh}. cried, with a start, "I.â€"-I had forgotten you were here." "l‘h'it is a poor compliment, Vivien. You had forgotten that I was hereâ€" . may I ask of whom you were thinking â€"or of whitâ€"that you could for- get me ?" Her face flushel crimson under the searching gaze of his eyes. “Yqu spend a great deal of time in thinking now," he. said. "Pray tell me whit it is :ill abvut.” "\Vho can describe an unknown morl l I" she asked. “And thought is an unknown world." It was an evasive answer, and he felt it. He raised her face between his binds. ’ "Let me look into your eyes, darl- ing, and see if I can tell what you are. thinking about.” But her eyes fell before his, the white lids closed over them, the long dank l1$h£t5 lay on her cheeks. “Why. Vivien, you will not let me see!“ Then he changed his [one to one of grave, tender earnestness. "My diiling wife,” he said, gently, “is there any secret that you are keeping from me i" lIecrsull tell how the words pierced ‘h-.i by llJi‘ shudder thit passed over her. “A smret 1” she cried, wildly. "\Vhy shiull you say that? A secret, Ad- iiuiil \Vhar secret have It" “i cannot tell. Ls thire one? Are you keeping anything from me, darl- intr.’ Have you any secret that you will not share with me 1" She seemed to recover herself by a llllI'Vt‘lILLs‘ effort. She freed her- self from his 'irms. Sh»: raiscl her bind to the. diimoud circle: on her hair. “So-," she sail. “you hive spoilt my c iffureâ€"and it was v~ry pretty. How you have startlel ni-. .Ull‘ldn. Liking about secrets! See. too. haw lite. it is. And you hive that lull-.1 sprh to mike to-mozrnwf l Ill.~.:'. up.-n your goin,r to r NT.“ I. i <v. .lusr fn-lt hi~ h - i r: < --_‘: Ullllill him. 'l‘hero wu .I myJwry. ‘ itil his wife was kt"‘{\l?l'f it. ili'ii 511‘ iiil trial h)!‘ best, bu. sh n . 11 r: dweivel liiin, io Be Continued ‘Ve meet at lec‘, despaired of ever i l ‘and certain .eye, a healthy appetite, and a PLAINLY lNDlCATES I‘HE CONDITION ~0F1HER HEALTH. “Null” "Ii‘lppi‘lll'd “ hr" the "yes are null. lln-sklu sullovunul Ills “'rlnkles 30‘ gm lo .‘pprurâ€"Ilo‘V (Due. “'onmn Ile- :: iIIII-d lh-nllh and ('oiuelllicss. 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