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The Liberal, 18 Apr 1901, p. 6

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Rex and divulge the crim: she had planned? A‘h! who would bel'evo she. the proud. patted heiress had plotted so uruelly against the life of an inâ€" nocent young girl because she found favor in the eyes of the lover‘sh: had swmrn to win? Ah! who could believe she had planned to cqnfine thats‘weet Eyorung life within tha walls of a madâ€" dnomse until death should release her? I What if the plan had failed? The intention still remained the 5mm. She was thankful. after all. Lb: young girl was dead. "I cmxld more? endure the thought of Rex's intense (Ingm- if he once im- agined the truth; In \vculd never for- give duplicity," she c-rizd, wildly. , The prowl. beautiful girl. radiant with low, and happim-as‘ :1 short time since, with a great cry flung herself down among the {6:113, the sunlight gleaming on the jewels. the sumptu- ous morning dress, tin crushed roses, and the white. despairing face. ‘ SYNOPSIS OF PRECEDING CHAP- TERb'1â€"Rex Lyon secretly marries Daisy Brooks. They are separated _‘by force of circumstances on their wedding day. Daisy thinks that Box has cast her off. He is true but be- lieVes that she is dead. Aca’ording to his mother’s dying wish he engages himself to Pluma Hurlhurst, the daughter by the first marriage of the water of \Vhitestone Hall. Mr. Hurlhurst's second wife. whom he loved better than the first. died and fiber Child is supposed to have died with her. After seventeen years’ sil- ence. ibis flying housekeeper ‘ponECS: "You forget the fine notions of honor your handsome lover entertains; it Inlay no¢ have occurred to you that '110 might object at the eleventh Ihorurfl "He will not," she cried, fiercely, rhlelr bosom rising and falling, conâ€" lvulsively under its covering of filmy Lace and the diamond brooch which clasped it, "You do not kno‘w the indlomituble will 0'! a desperate woâ€" man," she gasped. "I will see him myself and confess all to hlirn, if you attempt to reveal tm contents of those letterrs'. He will marry me and take me abroad at olnce. If I have Rex's love, what matters), it what the whole, world knows or says?" i She spoke rapidly, vehemently, with flushed face and glowing eyes; and even in her terrible anger Stan- ,wick could not help but notice how gloriously beautiful she was in her tragic emotion. V‘ViLh a low bow and left her. She laughed with a laugh that made even Stanwbck's blsod run coidâ€" a horrible laugh. “I do not grieve that she is dead," she said. You ought to undm‘stand by this time I shall allow nothing to come between Rex and me." ily "Do not mistake me, Miss Pluma," he said, making no attempt at love- making; "I prefer to wrest you from Rex Lyon. I have contemplated with intense satisfaction the blow to his pride. It will be a glorious revenge. also giving me a charmipg bride, and last. but not least, the possession at ,aome future day of W’hitegtone Hull and the Hurlhurst Plantation. A pleasing picture. is it not, my dear?" "You may depend upon Ext, I shall never marry you, Lester StanWLck. If I do not matrry Rex I shall go unmar- niued to the grave. Ah, no!" she cried desperately; "Heaven wiil have more mercy, more pity than to take him flro‘m me." She IrecoIIed from him with a low cry, those “words again) still ringing in that: oars, “A perilous 10mg." "I have asked you to choos‘a be- tween us," 2 mid, calmly, “and you have chosen Rex regardless of all the promises. of the past. Th:- conse- quences rest upon your awn head." "So be it." she answered, haught- “Au revoivr, my dear Plumn," he said, turning again toward her on the threshold. "Not farewellâ€"I shallnot git“: up hope of winning the heiress of \Vhitestone Hall." For several moments“ she siond quite still among the darkâ€"green shlrmhs’, and no sound told of th: (had- ly strife and despair. Would he see uses that his child did n6: die. but was stolen. He sets out to find her. Plum was responsible for Daisy's reâ€" mom]. Lester Stanwick, her too], filamentous to expose her if she will mot marry him. - P1111115. Hurrlhuvrst never 'qudiled b9- :nea'th the cold, mocking glance bout upon (her. mood 6.113 was capable of anyth‘ng. She leaned against a tall palmtree, lookimg at him with a strange exâ€" pression on her face, as she made aus- weu', slowly: "What mercy or pity did you feel in) thrusting pom- little Daisy Brooks {tram path?" asked Stanwick, sar- castically. "Your love thns led you through dangerous pailn; I should call it curtainly :1 most perilous love.” There was no hope {of her; dngracc and ruin [stared her in the face; she .would (1er even Fate itself to the bittetr end with a heroism worthy of a better cause. In that hour and that mood 6.113 was capable of anyth‘ng. She leaned against a tall palmtree, Any one who $1“! thia Hurlhurst when she eaten-ed t1): drawingâ€"room among the: merryâ€"hearted guests; CHAPTER XXXII. Heiress and Wife. Slanwick turned would have said that she had never shed a tear 011' known a sigh. Could that be the same creature upon whose ptmetmtc figure and mining tears the «sunshine had so lately fallen? No one would bum told that the smiles and the gay wo‘rds were all forced. No cum could have guessed that beâ€" neath the brilliant manner there was a torrent of dark. angry passions and an agony 95A femr. "Why, you don’t think it is going to rain. do you?r \Vh'y, it will spoil the raise-bower she is to be married in and all the beautiful decorations. Oh, please don't predict anything sio aw- fully 'hcnrri-ble; you make me feel ner- v‘brus; besides, you know what every- body says about weddings on which the “min stalls." "Would you be afralJ to experi- ment on the idea?" asked the impul- sive young fellow, who always: acted on the spur of the moment. "If to- mloxrrow were a rainy day, and I should Say to you, ‘Bass, will you marâ€" ry me. to-day or never? what would your answer fine 1" Plum'a saw the dazzl‘mg light flame into the bashful young lover's eyes as be bent his” head Lam-em over the blushing girl who had shown him the right way to capture a haunting .hcart. It was pitiful to me how her eyes wanderred toward bbedoor, Hom- af- ter Ihao'ur passed, and still Rex had not returned. She gave appropriate answers to belt gueata gmumd around her, but their Wicca Seemed afar off. Her hlcairt and her thoughts were with Rex. \Vhy had he nut returned? W'hat was detaining him? Suppose anything should happenâ€"it would kill heir now-yet nothing could go wrong on the eve of her weddingâ€"day She would not believ‘e it. Stanwick would not dare go to Raex with such a story-«Abe would write itâ€"and all those things! took time. \Vi'th came and caution and constant watching she would prevent Rex from receivâ€" ing any communications \vlhate‘velr until after: the ceremony; then she could breathe freely, for the battle so bmvely fought would be won. "I should slay, just now, I do not like ‘ifs and ands.’ Supposing a case, and standing face to face with it, are two different things. I like people who my what they mean, and mean what they say.” The hum of girlish voicing around her almost made her brain reel. Grace Alden and Miss Rayuolr were singing a duet at the piano. The song they weim singing ,fell like a deathâ€"knell upon heir cars; it was "'He Comctb Not,’ She Said." Em Glenn, with Birrdie upan her lap, sat on an adj-wining Sofa flirting dcspemtely with the two or three dev‘oted beans; evc‘ry one was dEScus- s‘img the prospect of the coming mor- row. "If to-mou'roaw is as. bright as to- day, lema will have a glorious wedâ€" dingâ€"day." said Bessie Glenn, smiling up iintr-D tha face of a handsome young chl-orw who was fastening a rosede she, had just given him in the lapel off his coat with} one, hand, and with the o-th-err tightly clasping the white I‘ingdns t-hnt had held the rage. He did not nuti‘cre that Pluma stood in the culr'tmixmd recesses of an ad- joining window as he, answargd. care- lessly enough: "0f cc'uu‘se, I tap“ it will be afinc sunshziny day, but the; indications of the weather don’t look exactly that may. if I am any judge." BILIQUSNESS AND DYSPEPSIA "That is low," slgh-ad Pluma. “Ah, if Rex would only look at me like that I wouid think this eanrth a Have a Common Origin in Liver Complaint-"Dr. Chase’s Treatment for the Liver. Ear fathm had returned from Balti- mtxro some time since. She was too much engrossed with her (hougths of Rex to notice the great change in himâ€"the strange light in his eyes, or the wistful. expectant expression at his face, as he kissed her more kindly than he had enreu‘ done in his life be- We. Carlyle justly aitributed the ill- temper, which made him a monster in the eyes of the world, to a bad liver. He was biliouya and dyspeptic, suffer- ed with stomach pain-3 and headache, was depressed in spirits and bad gloomy foreboding: of the future. , L,,A,.__A How often the kind father becomes a monster and the loving mother (as cold through the influence of a tyorpid liver. \Vho can. tell how many quarrels are brought on and how many happy homes are broken up by this same influence? Nothing makes one feel more miser- able or more gloomy and discouraged than livxer complaint, and consequent biliousness and dyspepsia. The kid- neys, too, usually become inactive in sympathy with a sluggish lirer, and the bowels becomm irregular and con- stipatcd. To strike with one blow at these complicated ills. to make a prompt, effective and lasting cure you must use Dr. V Chase‘s K2dncy~Liver Pills. the most popular remedy known.’ in Canada and the United States to~day, Could those white, fleccy clouds dad-ken on the marrow that was to give her the only treasure she had eavmr coveted in her life? She was n01 smperstitious. Even if it did min, surely a few raindrops could not make or mar the happiness! of a litetianrs. She would not be- lieve it. "Courage until toâ€"morrow," she said, "and my triumph will be com- plete. I will have won Rex." The little olrmlalu clock on the mantel chimed the hour of five. "Heavens!" she cried Ln hers‘cli, "Rex has been gone ovur two hours. I feel my heart must be bull-sting." No one noticed Plu’mm's anxiety. One moment Gnu/shed and laughing, the queen of mirth and rev‘elry, then pale and silent, wilth shad-mwi eyes. furâ€" tlvcly glancing down the broad, peb- bled path that led to the entrance gate. "Oh, here you are!" she cried, flingâ€" ing ‘her arms about her in regular schoolâ€"girl abandon. and kissing the culd, proud mouth, that de-igned no answering caress. "Rex has been looking for you. everywhere, and at last commissioned me to- find you and say he wants to speak to you. : He Es out on the terrace.” ’ How she longed to ask if Rex'sl‘face was Smiling o'r stern. but she dared not. heaven." She looked up at the bright, dazzling clouds overhead; then she zremémbered the words she had heamdâ€"“IL looked like rain on the marrow." Rex walked quickly through the (room, stoppmg to chat with this one on- that one a mommt; still. h'LS‘ face was not turned for a single, instant toxmlrd the spot where she stood. "I said :he‘ was‘ out on the terrace; but don‘t call me Miss‘ Glenn, forr pity’s sakeâ€"it sounds so fireezingly cold. W'on’t you please call me Eve?" cried the impetuous girlâ€"“simply plain Eve? That has a more friend- ly sound, you know." \tht was the, love of Daisy Brooks, an unsophisticated child of nature, only the overseer'a niece, compared to her own mighty, absorbing passion? Was be looking for her? She could mo-L tell. Presently he walked toâ€" wwrd the comscrvatory, and a mom- ent late/1r Eve Glenn came tripping toward her. ‘ “\Vhdre did you say Rex was, Miss Glenn?" 7 Yet. despite 'her bravery, Pluma’s face and llkps turned white when she heard the confusion of her IOVer's ar- rival, Had rho seen Lester Stanwick? Had he come to denoumce her for her trea~ chewy. in his proud. clear voice, and declare the [marriage broken off? She dared not step forward to greet 'hélm, lest the piercing glance of his eyes would cause her to fall faintâ€" img at his feet. "A guilty conscience needs“ no ac- cuser." Most truly the words were exemplified in her case. Yet not one pang of remorse swept across her proud heart when she thought of the young gier whose life she had so skillfully blighted. Tho proud, haughty heiress could nut understand how Rex, polished, courteous and refined, could have stooped to such a rreckless folly. He would thank her in years to come, for sparing him from such a fate. These were the thoughts she sought to con- sole hemelf with. She was waiting in terribls sus- pense fo'r Rex to call upon ‘her name; ask who're she was. or speak some word in which sh» cluld rca'l hen sentence of happiness or despair in the tone of his voice. Another girl less proud than the haughty heiress: would have kissed EMe's plr'eltty, piquant, upturned roguhsh face. For piles Dr. Chase‘s Ointment is the only absolute ahd guaranteed cure. She could not even catch the exâ€" pression of this face; it was turned fmmm her. She watched h‘m so eagerly s'he hardly dared draw her breath“ and the only one that acts directly on boLh the liver and kidneys. There is more cheerful. unsolicited testimony in favor of Dr. Chase‘s Kid~ nvyâ€"Liver Pills than any other pill sold. You scarcely meet a person who has not used them personally or heard of their wonderful powers over disease. Dr. Chase‘s Kidney-Liver Pills promptly and positively cure torpid liver, liver complaint, biliuusness. dys- pepsia. constipation. kidney disease. backache, Brights’ disease, lumbago and rheumatism. One pilladose, 25 cents abox, at all dealers or by mail from Edmansen, ButcsSt Co, Toronto. She stood near the door when he entevred. but ‘he did not see her; a deathâ€"like pallor sWept over her fac’e, her dark eyes had a. wild, per- plexing look. Then you can use Dr. Chase‘s Kid~ neyâ€"Liver Pills with greater confid- ence than any patent medicine. know~ ing that they are the most successful prescription met with by Dr. Chase in his immense experience as practicing physician and author of the famous Receipt Book. Perhaps Pluima had newer suffered mourn suspense in all 'her life than was crowded into those few moments. 3 Mahogany furniture which has become ‘slightly clouded may have its polish r9 stored by the use of a dressing made by ‘mixing tour tablespoonfuls of turpentine {with four of sweet oil, adding one ton spoonful of lemon juice and ten drops at ammonia. Shake thoroughly belore up Dlyinl. The last hope see-med \vinlhem'mg in her pmud, passionate heart. She rose haughtily, and walked with the dignity of a queen through the long d'rawing-room toward the. terrace. Her heart almost stopped beating as she caught sight of Rex. leaning so gracefully against the trunk of an old gnarled oakâ€"tree. smoking a cigar. That certainly did not look as if he meant to greet her with ,1 kiss. '"Xtht did Rex have to say to heir?" she uskcd herself, in growing (bread. A memorial window has been placed in St. Paul’s Eplscopnl church, Peters- burg, VIL, in memory of the late Bishop Wingfield of northern California. whose first rectorsle was at Petersburg. The subject of the window is the conversion of Saul. Canon Anderson who died in Montreal zhe other day, was the oldest Anglican clergyman of Canada. He was the last of the “crown rectors” in the Dominion and had been rector of Sore]. a town near Montreal, since 1839. lie was appointed honorary canon of Christ Church cathe- dral, in Montreal, in 1865. "No one has ever loved me but poor old Uncle Jo'lm 1” She bent he: fair. young head and cried out to Heav'en: “\Vhy has no meircy been shown to me? I have nevo'r done one wrong. Ycrt I {I'm so surely tri-ed. 0b. motlh e-r, mother!" she cried, raising her blue eyes up to the starry sky, "i‘i’ you could have foreseen the dark, cruel shadost that would have told- ed thucfir pitiless‘ wings over the head of your child, would you not have, tak- en me with you down into the: depths of the seething \wntetx‘s?“ She rais- Cid up helr white hands plaadingly as though she nmuld fuiln picirce with her wrongs thz blue sk'ies‘ and reach the great White Throne. "I must be gnl‘mg mad,“ she said. "why did Rex seek me out?" She cried, in anguish. “\Vhy did Heaven let 11113 love him so madly, and my whole life b3 dairk- (med by living apzm't fr'aim him if I am to live? I had. no thought ofl sufâ€" feirirng and sorrow when Imet him that summer morning. Are the sum- meir days to pass and new-3r bring him? Ana the flowers to bloom, the sun to s’hiLnn, the years to come and go, yet never bring him once to me? I can not baa-r litâ€"I do not know how to live!" Wilfiam R. Moody. a. son of the evan- gelist, and the Rev. l“. B. Meyer of Lon- don will make a tour of this country to hold revival services. When a room has a low ceiling, put the curtain poles as high up as possible and let the curtains bang straight down to the floor. If the poles extend a toot on either side of the Window, the curtains will draw right back by day and need no looping. Flimsy silk that has gone into a multi- tude of age wrinkles may be smoothed out and restored to something like its original freshness by sponging it with gum arabic water. Sponge the right side of the silk and when it is almost dry iron the wrong side. “’0 must now ureturn to Daisy. whom we left standing in the heart of the forest, the moonlight streamâ€" ing on her upturned face. upon which thg agartled horseman gazed. "My troubles seem 010331153 more darkly amnmd me,” she sobbcd. “I wils‘h I had nev'eu‘ been born. then 1 could newn- xhnve spoiled ch's life. But I am leaving you, my love, my darling, so you can marry Pluma, the heirress’. You will forget me: and be MPPM” The First Methodist Episcopal church of Jamestown, N. Y., and the Matthew- son Street Methodist Episcopal church of Providence have been using elevators for several years. Balliugton Booth says the Volunteers of America have raised $80,000 in the your just past and have attracted 1,113,- 683 persons to 30,000 indoor meetings within nine months. He had not waited felt her td reâ€" ply. but, touching his horse hastily with his aiding-whip. he sped on- ward with the rspaed of the wind. In that one instant Daisy had we» cognized the dark, sinister, hand- some face of Lester Stanwick. "They have searched the pit and found I was not there. He is Search- ing for me; he has tracked mgdou‘n!" she cried vehemently, pressing her lf'ttle w‘hite hands to her burning head. Ihelr. Ah, i-f the ge izng above they, 01‘ th tit-€86 bud only told an bar life might Faster, faster flew the little feet thrgygh tha long dewâ€"damp grasses. HOUSEHOLD HINTS. CHAPTER XXXHI. To Be Continued I'HE DOMINiE. )lr. Hamilton \‘Vnters. at llldgevllle. Tells or Ills Relief from Nournlgln. RIO":an nun and Stomach Trouble Through lho Agency of Dr. ‘Yllllnms' l’lnk Pills. \For years Mr. Hamilton \Vaters, the wellâ€"known cattle buyer of Ridgeville, 011i., was an acute su£~ ferer from neuralgia, which was later complicated “ilh rheumatism and stomach trouble. But now. thanks; to Dr. William; Pink Pillsi he is en- joying the best of health. Speaking of his illness and subsequent cure, Mr. Waters sai-d;-â€"“For seven yours Isuffcred great agony from neuralgia, the pains were of a darting. excruci- ating nature, and for days ata time would be so great that1 I feared I would lose my reason. Tcr increase my misery, l was attacked with rheumatism. and this was closely fol- lowed by stomach trouble. My joints and limbs became swollen and [was almost helpless. l suffered from nausea and a decided loathing for food. I became Very thin, and was Constantly troubled with cold sweats. At different times I was treatedx by three physicians without receiving anything in the way of permanent benefit. I grew despomdent and be- gan to think that I would always be a sufferer. when one day my druggist advised me to try Dr. 'Williams’ Pink Pills. He said that within his knowledge there was not a. case where the pills had been used but what benefit had followed, and he added: "That is saying alot in their favor, for I have sold over five thou- sand boxes, and have not had acom- plaint from anyone." Following his advice, I procured a supply of the pills, and after a few weeks I could note an improvement in my condi- tion. By the time I had taken eight boxes of the pills the neuralgia and rheumatism had entirely disappeared, and my stomach was once more in a healthy condition. My appetite im- proved, zmd I gained in weight and strength. daily. It is now over two years sinceldiseontinued the use of the pills, and all that time I have enjoyed the best of health and haven’t felt an ache or pain, so that lthink that I am safe in saying that my cure is permanent. In fact, eight, boxes of Dr. \Villiams' Pink Pills ac- One of the choicest mrities of the Berna] collection was a book-shaped watch. This c 'rbousi time indicator was made by order of Bogirslaus XIV.. Duke of Pomerania in the time (If Gustavus Adolphus. 0n the face of the book. where the d'nl of the. watch is set. there is an engraved inscription of the duke, and his title and’ ammo-r- ial bearings, tcgether with the date, 1627. On the. back tb’: engravings. are also very finely and skilfully exc- cuted, among them being the poll'- trraits of two guitlemeu of the seven- teenth century. The dialâ€"plate is of silver. chased in relief, while the in- shch are beautifully chased with figâ€" ures of 'b‘vrd'i and foliage. The watch has two aparate movements and a large, sweetâ€"toned bell. At the back. over: this Absll, the metal is omamntnlly pierced in a circle, with a dragon and 0th}: devices. while the std-:3 are pierced and en- gnawed with a complicated design of beautiful scrollâ€"work. The “Listed Mary was the posses- so-r of a watch in (ha form of a skull. The d'ial :was introduced where the palate should haw: been. and the works occupied Hm: place of bra'ms in th: omnfum‘ III] the hollow of the skull, mOIX'QO‘W'T, wag a be”, which Two of the most elaborate and curi- arms watch-s which the World has ever seen (belonged to Queen Elizabeth and hu-r unfortunate contemporary, Mlxry, Quccn of Seats. Good Queen Bess had a watch made for her in the‘ farm ‘of a duck. with beautifully- chased feathers. the louver part of which opened. [he face was of silâ€" ver, with um olabarate gilt design, and the whale was kept in a case of brass; covered with black leather, complishcd what three doctors had failed to do, and I feel I am justified in warmly recommending them to others." A very high mediCul authority has said that “neuralgia. is a cry of the nerves for batter blood." Rheuma- tism is also recognized as a disease of the blood. and it is because Dru \Villiams' Pink I‘ills are above‘all things a blool-mekiug and blood-en- richjng medicine, that they so speed- ily cure these troubles. But you must get the genu'ne. with the full name Dr. Williams’ Pink Pills for Pale People printed on the wrapper around the box. If in doubt. send direct to the Dr. “'llliam;’ Mediine ('o., Frock- ville, Ont, and the pills will be sent postpaid at 50 cents a box or six boxes for $2.50. Some Marvellous Pieces of Mechanical Workmnndnp. Among the rt‘rensures' of a Swiss; museum, inserted in the top of an old- fas‘hio‘ned pencil-case, is the tiniest watcuh eve): constructed. It is only threeâ€"S'ix-teenths‘ or an inch in dia- meter, and its little dial not only in- dicates Tums, minutes, and seconds‘, but (113!» the days] Of the month. So pard’cctly formed is this:: LilipuLian watch that cit keeps excellent time. and is a marvelloua‘ piece of mechaniâ€" cal workmanship. hud ivoxrks of its own, and by means of which :1 hammer struck out the hours upon it. 7 thickly studdedflyvith ‘blg silye‘r knobs. AFTER SEVEN YEARS OF GREAT SUFFERING. WONDERS 1N WATCHMAKING. Permanently Cured

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