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imagine: was that Ge confided something that something w hem mind. He considered her rather as a v‘ic- tim to it than one concerned in it, nmd he felt something like anger toâ€" ward the poor dead man. Wth right had he to trouble his wife‘s peace of mind with his affairs? He knew that Vivien had nice ideas of honor. If- Gerald Dormmx had in- tlr'ustexl anything to her, she would suffer anything rather than betray him‘ "it is non- right," said Lord St. Just to himself} “my wife ought not to go about in. that kind of fashion. I must persuade her to tell me what it is all about, but I fear she will not If she had thought it right to tell me, she; would have done so long ago. I must:1 find matters out for myselfâ€" then I can help her." Hence it was no idea of jealousy, no thought of wrong, no suspicion of the truth, that led Lord St. Just to seek for the discovery of the mystery; he did it out of purest kindness fog his wife. Knowing how careful she was to keep her word, he imagined her difficulty to be that she had given her promise and did not like to bureauk it. "I have no doubt," said Lord St. Just to himself, "that she will be greatly relieved if I can help herâ€" amd I will do it." How? That was the next question. It seemed to him th1t the method was easy enough. He had told her that ha knew Dr. Lesterâ€"what more easy than for him to make some 0.xâ€" cuse far cllling at Grove House? And, if hm hxppened to call at the same timra that his wife was there, it would simply be a coincidence. Then he shclul-d know what was troubang hem, and take all the trouble from her 'Dhere was not a more honorable man living than Lard St. Just. It was his entire and perfect faith in his wife that gave him this idea abwut hem. If he had hid the faintest no- tion that the. sec‘ret she held was her own personal, private affair, he would no more have attempted to discover it than he would have Apried into a letter or listened at a door. He did this fovr her sake, that he might take from her that which seemed like a burden and a trouble. C-H ATPER XLVI. \Vith Lord St. Jusf to re.solw,was to not. He hzfd brought himself to believe that it was right for him to find out the mystery which so eviâ€" dently oppressed his wife, and he would let nothing interfere with his project. He pictured to himself her joy and surprise when she. found that he knew all, and thllt he would take all further trouble from her. His plzin was very simple; he had but to fin-d out when his wife was going to Hummm‘smiih, uni Lhen drive down quiniy after her. and find her there. He arranged it all Ln his own mind. The opportunily drive down quinlly after 1131‘, and find 1131: there. He arranged it all m his own mind. Th9 opportunixy soon came. Lil'dy St. Just declined riding with: him one morning‘ and he sail tobimsglt th-lt she was going to the school. He had watched her in- bently that morning, and was more, sure than ever that something was weighing her down and destroying her hl’pptuefi. One of ‘the nurses came to say that Master Francis had a sore throat. There was nothing that Lord St. Just mjoyed so much as a visit to the nursery. He liked to go there with his wife and watch thé children at their play. "I have an hour to spare," he said, "will you. come to the little ones. Vi- vien‘l’.‘ As plmsed as himself to be with .be-m. she rose hastily. and they went gway together. CHAPTER. XLV; -â€"Cont inue/l 1‘ Through Storm and Simshinc almost wish at times," said Lord St. Just, "th-it we were not quite poor people, but that we held a less respumible position, so that we could spend more time with the chil- dren. I could almost give up King's; Rest for that.’.’ "But I would not give up Lance- Bi 611 for Lanoewootd !" Her husband noticed how she shrankâ€"the distressed, pained look that came ovar her face. He won- de-red much and silently. Frank’s throat was examined, but Lord St. Just said, laughineg that it was merely an. exouse for getting some mice lozenges. The bay soon forgot his fancied ailment in a romp. "\Vhen I am‘ a big man, papa." he "\Vhen I am‘ a big man, papa.” he, said, “peopla‘must not call me Frank, my name. is Francis." "Yes," returned his father, grave- ly; "and you must be. a good man and a great man, for you will be Francis Lord St. Just." "And what shall I be?" asked the "And what shall Ibee” younger one, in his lisping He saw the passion of which his wife seized the clasped him in. her arms. "You. my treasure, my love, my darling," she criedâ€"~"you shall be Arthur Neslie of Lancewoodâ€" of Lancewood!" she repeated, with a wail in. hfll‘ voice that seemed to come from an aching heart. "I love Lancewood,” lisde the boy. She rained passionate kisses on his face and hair, on his lips and eyes. “No matter what happems,” she said, "my boy shall have Lancewood.” Then she stopped in sudden confusion, for she: saw her husband's eyes fixed wonder-ineg on her. "\Vhat can happen ‘I" he asked, “I am only talking nonsense to the child,” she replied, turning away abruptly. “There is something wrong,” thought Lomd St. Just; and very slow- ly the( idea occurred to him‘ that this "something" was connected with Lancewood. The very word now seemed to move his wife with strange, sudden passion. He noticed that she kept the boy closely folded in her arms, as though she would shijeld him from all the world. "My darling Vivien," he said, “you spank as though it lay in the power of any one to take Lancewood from the boyâ€"but it does not." "Heaven be thanked!” she cried, with the same fire in her eyes and faca Slowly but surely he became con- vimced of it. There was something wrong concerning Lancewood, and his wife was keeping it from him. He could not even dream what it could be; but the more he watched his wife the more certain he became of his conclusion. Something wrong about Lancewood. \Vhat could it be? Did Mr. Dormun know it? Had it. anything to do with Vivie.n's visits to the school? He was bewildered by his own. thoughts. Every possible conting- ency occurred to him except the right] om, and of that he nevei‘ even faint! 1y dreamed. 'He had thought but lit- tle, of the child Oswaldâ€"he had heard but little of either his life or his death. He lost himself in conjecture, until the. secret preye-d upon him as much as it did upon his wife“ “I too will give up my ride this morning," he said. “There are sev- eral cull-J that I have to make. \K'e will go to-morrow instead." Lady St. Just made s'ofile reply and hastened away. He hate-d himself for the meanness of watching herâ€"but what else was he to do? How in any other way was he to discover her trouble? He saw her leave the house plainly attir- edâ€"so pliinly indeed that it seemed to him. her drefi was a disguise. "My pcor wife," said Adrian St. Just to himself-â€""ull this is so unlike He must solve the mystery. On this morning he. asked his wife if she was going out riding, with him. When she declined. he concluded that she was about to pay one of her mysterious visits. He went at once and ordered the‘ carriage, telling the coachman to drive to Hammersmilh. her Arrived at Dr. Lester's school at Hammersmith, Lord St. Just found CHAPTER XLVII. asked the voice. love with child and He asked if the doom and the servant told hi expected every minute that his conclusions; 3. the. door. and he wife. had driven d J ust “Th-e antaroum is engaged thq Iootman. “W'illl you w: way, my Lomd 9" Then Lou‘d St. Just was gm'ulty of his filrst deceit. ‘ ‘I know,” he said, hastilyâ€"" a lady is there with one of the students." “ Yes,” was the replyâ€"" Mrs.Sm.iIt.h and Master Dorman. Do.yoru wish to see them, my Loud ’6‘” "She goes by a false name," thought the peeu', quickly. " My wife, my proud Vivien, to assume a false name! What can it mean 7" He heard the sound of a voice, rich, clealr, and sweet, vibrating with emo- Li-on, full of pathos. He recognized it as Vivien’s. "It is all right,” he said (to the footmn‘n; “ you need not announce me â€"I will go in. I expeclted to meet this lady here.” Only too pleased to go back to his newspaper, the footman returned to his chair, while Lord St. Just opened the door and entered the room. His eyes fell f'irrst upon his wife’s face; and proud, benultiful, noble though it was, he read guilt thereâ€"guilt that looked at him Wit of the beautiful eyesâ€"guilt that coweured and shrank and shuddelred before him. Their eyes met. She rose from her seat, tall, stately, defiant; her .face blanched, her lips grew pale and sprang apart; a fierce lighlt, such as he had never seen befotre, came into her eye§. She-drew luck, as though she had some thought of escape, and then, with a. low cary, faced her husband. "Adrrian,” she said, “what you here T’ He had intended to speak lightly, but hem agitation alarined him, What did it mean, that defiant, yet shrink- ing attitudeâ€"the guilt on that noble face? She looked as though something Long dreaded had happened at last. That was what he saw first; then his eyes fell on a handsome. fair-haired atripling standing close by his wife‘s sideâ€"a boy, gzrenat Heaven, with his wife’s face, so exat‘xtly like her that they might have been mov‘he-r and son. with the same beautiful mouth and molded chin. He gave a cryâ€"a short, despairing cry; for the moment he was beside himself with fear and pain; then he grasped his wife’s wrist and held it, "In the name of Hoaven, Vivien. tell me who is that boy ?” He saw that she tried to speak, but the words died on her lips. ‘ ‘\Vho is that boy T’ be repeated, in a stemn, angry voice« while with U to the youth Still she made. no answer, and the boy stepped forward in eager defense of his kind friend. " Sir,” he said; “I can tell you my- self who 1am; my name is Henry Dorman.” “I do not believe it!” cried Lord St. Just. “I am Henry Dorman, a‘nd“ this lady comes to see me sometimes. She knew my mother. sir, and she is very kind to me. She is the only friend I have had in the world since my uncle died. Are you angry that she comes to see me ?” “ \\'ho is that boy ?” repeated Lord St. Just, looking sternly at his wife. The Pains of Eidney *- warns man or ilppl'oaculug, uauscn. Few diseases are so dreadfully fatal as disorders of the kidneys and few are accompanied by more severe pains and discomforts. Warn You Against the Most Dreadfullyfatal of Disca- ders. You can be Cured by Pronptly Using Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills. One of the most common symptoms of kidney disease is the smarting, scalding sensation when passing water, which is likely to come very frequently and at» inconveniem times. Then there is the dull, heavy, aching in Eié'éman of the b‘ limbs. When these pains are accompanied by deposits in the urine after it has stood for twenty-four hours you may be sure that you are a victim of kidney disease and should not lose a single day in securing the world’s greatest kidney cureâ€"Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pius. Take one pill ate. dose. and in a sur- prisingly short time you will be far on the road to recovery, for Dr. Chase‘s Kidney-Liver Pills act directly and promptly on the kidneys, and are cer- tain to prove of great benefit to any- I will wait fotr him Pain in nature‘s signal_whereby she aarns man of approaching danger. aw diseases are so dreadfully fatal as the other hand he pointed .aék aha down, the r was at home, m that he: was said Lord St ed,” said walk this fbrings what brings She had rec n faint color ful .face. " Ask him you] replied, proudly ; “ ed tq such a tone "I have told yon "I have told you, sir," repeated the boy, impatiently. " I do not know much about myself, but Ium Henry Donnan, nephew of Mr. Dormnn, who died not long since. and who brought me frOm America and placed me here.” " From America 2” repeated Lord St. Just, “ Did you come fxom Amer- 'Lca " Yes. w‘th my uncle; and this lady, who was my mother’s friend, comes to see me. Why should you be angry with her, sir?" Lord St. Just looked puzzled, he- wildered; he glanced from one to the otherâ€"the resemblance between the two faces was most marvelous. "\Vhat is the name of this ladyâ€" yaur mother's friend 2” he asked. And the hoy answered fearlesslyâ€" " Mrs. Smith." " Can you explain this, Vivien ?" said her husband. "I have no explanation to offer," she replied, proudly, "Question the boy, not me." Lord St. Just turned his pale, puz- zled face to the boy. " You are the nephew of Mr. Dor- man, who was once secretary to Sir Arthur Neslie. -’of Lancewood?” he said A curious change came over the stripling’s handsome face. To Be Continued. Professor Miguel Murazta has re- ported a curious anthropological dis- covery in the Valley of Rebns, at the end of the Eastern Pyrenees. He ayszâ€" "There exists in this district :1 some- “‘h’lt numerous group of people, who are called Nunas, dwarfs, by the oth- er inhabitants, and, as a matter of fact. are not mare than four feet in height. Their bodies are fairly well built, hands and feet small, shoulders and hips broad, making them appear more robust than they! really are. "Their features are so peculiar that there is no mistaking them among others. All have red hair; the face is as broad as long. with high cheek bones, strongly developed jaws and flat nose. The eyes are not hori- zontal, but somewhat oblique like those of Tartars and Chinese. A few straggling, weak hairs are found in place of beard. ‘ The skin is pale and flabby. Men and women are so much alike that the sex can only be told from the'clothing. “Though the mouth is large, the lips do nOL quite cover the large pro- jecting incisors. The Nunas, who are the butt of the other inhabitants, live entirely by themselves in Rebus. They intermarry among themselves, so that their peculiarities coniinue to be reproduced. “Entirely without education. and without any chance of improving their condition, they lead the life of pari- ahs. They know their own names. but rarely remember those of their parents, can hardly tell where they live and have no idea of numbers." one suffering [rom ll'legululuxca at these organs. ' Don’t imagine that you are experi- menting when you use Dr.Chase's Kid- ney-Liver Pills. They are almost as well known as his great Recipe Book, have made some of the most surpris- ing qures of kidney disease on record and have come to he considered the only absolute cure for kidney disease. 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"Who is this boy, and you here to him 'I" :overed herself by then; feturned to her beautiâ€" yourself J not, pm I am not accustomâ€" WI] 0 I El US\V81' Adria n," she I am; if PHOTOGR‘APHING PLANTS AND me fetch F’LO\VERS. be angry Now that every well regulated fami- 1y has its camera. and one is invited :er," said to inspect the collection of "snap- bo)’, and shots” with all the empressement that mg" once attended the production of the by the“; family album some suggestions as to ‘r beami' methods, etc., will undoubtedly prove beneficial to the “mate-um, and perhaps inn" She save him some failures. Robert Mc~ "cuswm‘ Gregor, in u little magazine devoted to floricultul'e, called "How to Grow “fled ‘he Flowers." offers some hints from Gregor. in u 1 to flouricultul‘e Flowers," offe which we quot “Many may have wondered how photographs are made showing a clear smooth background all about the'ob- ject and even below the jardiniere, with the apppearance of the jardini~ ere being suspended in midair, except that it casts ashadow on the back- ground, merely evnough‘to look well. “This is most easily accomplished. Set one of the background screens mentioned above in iront of you, re- move all the tacks from the bottom of the frame, and half ‘way or two- thirds the way up on each side, to re- lease the muslin that far. Then pull the bottom of the muslin toward you about eighteen inches, which will ‘curve the background gracefully. By placing a box underneath of proper hight for the loose em: of the muslin to rest on, a place is furnished on which to place the vase of flou'ers our jardilniere containing the plant. Set it back about nine inches from the edge. so that when focusing the cam- en‘a may be pointed a little downward, and just sufficient to avoid showing- the rough edge of the muslim nearest the operator. Moat umutelua‘s, says Mr. McGregor, place their subjects too close to the background. The subject should be at least a foot or fifteen inches away from the background. The back- gruvund should I): of good size. so that. when printed it will extend to the edges of the negative. edges of the negative. "Never attempt to photograph flow- ers in the sunlight. The high lights will be so white and the shadows so black that detail will be lost. Photo- graph flowers in the shade. and in a subdued light. A very good light, though inclined to be a little flat, is often had on a veranda. 'under a tree; or at the north side of a bones, in the shade. Indoors, Suleot a location where a large window admits light from the north if practicable. The professional generally prefers a north light. Avoid placing directly in front of a window; five feet away and a little to onxu side isbetter. The outn- eira should not be directed toward the light. now should the light be at the buck, but at right angles, or. as it were, one should work across the lighh: u . 4 NW AL __.:__|A_i. D“’l‘hc direct light from the window should also b: modified or subdued :ind diffused. This can be done by a very filmy substance Such as light netting NR'L curtains will often answer for thie.just as they hang in front of the window. "The fuel ant itom, . seems to ha ing distal} camera to lens. 116 foe camera by a scale acc Timing the exposur Mr. McGregor says learned from 9: fixed rule is do the best pr accuracy of I] lea ves also me me purl nf‘llm \vurk tn ['1' My . this is not difierent from lhu other subject. usuL the focusing . . 'l‘he av have'difiiculty name in [ecu o be 'used has :1 possible- and trus of the camera and a [so which n‘ding is necessary. If focusing is done In the number ;;er:1tor will haw IF and trust 10 the 1nulh9r import- average person lty in determin- ssil fill” XE mu m i‘ the