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He walked toward the window and drew aside tha heavy curtains. The storm was beating against the win- dowâ€"pane as he leaned his feverish face against the cool glass. gazing out into the impenetrable darkne$ with- out. A’c the Half-same moment that the scene just described was being en- actodinthe study Rex Lyon was pac- ing lie and fro in 'his room, waiting for the summons of Plum: tonjoin the bridal-party in the corridor and ad- journ .to the parlors balow. where the guests and the minister awaited them. Try as he would to feel r to ‘his marriage he could 111 How could he promise at t to love. lhonor. and cherish whom he was abaut to wed: He might honor and cherish love ‘her he could not. '13 m A mocking smile played about woman's lips: as she replied, it slow, even, dis'timct v‘oice: “I can notâ€"seemâ€"toâ€"graspâ€"mhat you mean, or who you are to Jerrify me so." “Iâ€"Iâ€"do not lanow what you mean." gasped Plume, ‘her great courage and fortitude sinking before this woman's fearlessness and defi- amt authority. “No.” you don't know what I mean; "and little you thank me for carrying the treacherous secret since almost the hour of your birth. It is time for you to know the truth at last. You are not the heiress of “"hitestone Hallâ€"you are not Basil Hurhhurst's child!" Pluma's face grew deathly \v strange mist seemed gatheriu fore Lher. “Twenty dollars. indeed!" she sneered ,mockingly. "Twenty thous- and will not answer my purpose. From this time [forth I intend to live as he- fits a lady. I want that necklace you are wearing, as security that you will produce the required sum [on me before toâ€"morrow night." The course propmal amdzed Pluma. "I thought \Vhitestone Hall especi- ally guarded against. thieves," she said. "You seem. to ha a desperate woman; but I, Pluma Hurlhurst, do not fear you \Ve will pass! over the remarks you have jus;t uttered as simply beyond discussion." "What is (that to mc?"crie'd|P1uma scornfully. “Allow me {to pass from 61?room, and I will send my maid back to you with a twenty-dolla/r note. My moments are precious; do not detain me." "I want money," Lane said, her thin iips quivering in an evil smile. "and it is but right that you should sup- ply km: with it. Look at the dia- monds, represznting a fortunmgleamâ€" ing on your throat. while I am luck- ‘Lng the necessaries of life." "Very well, than. I find I am compelled to tell you something I never intended you should knowâ€"â€" something that. unless I am greatly mistakenin my estimate mi you. will change your high and mighty notions altogether." ’1‘th wounsun was bending so near her. her breath almost scorched her Sum-ck. CHAPTER XXX VIII.â€"C-ontinucd. "Do you dare to threaten mo in my awn house." cried Pluma, fairly beside herself with passion]. "I begin to be- lieve you are not aware to( whom you are speaking. You shall not force me to listen. I shall raise the wim- dmv and cry out to t’hneu guests below." SYNOPSIS 0F PRECEDING CHAP- TERSâ€"Rex Lyon secretly marries Daisy Brooks. They are separated by force of circumstances on their wedding day. Daisy thinks that Rex has cast her off. He is true but be- lieves that she is dead. According to his mother's dying wish he engages himself to Plum Hurlhurst, the daughter by the first marriage of the master of \Vhitestone Hall. Mr. Hurlhurst's second wife, whom he loved better than the first. died and her child is supposed to have died with her. After seventeen years' sil- ence. his dying housekeeper confes- 863 that his child did not die, but was stolen. He sets out to find her. Plum was responsible for Daisy's re- moval. Lester Stanwiek, her too], threatens to expoge her if she will not marry him. She defies him. Daisy after many viscissitudes dc- termines to visit her Uncle John,but falls ill and is cared for by Detective Tudor whose aid is sought by Mr. Hurlhurst in search for his missing daughter. Daisy sets out to stop the marriage of her husband and Plume by telling Mr. Hurlhurst that she is Rex's wife. Tudor reports that she is Mr. Hurlhurst's long-lost daughter. Pluma is discovered in conference with a strange woman. 'I am your mother. Pluma CHAPTER XXXIX erwould to feel reconc 52 he could not do promise at the a] and cherish tha v Heiress and Wife. ;rew deathly white; :1 eemcd gathering ‘be- 1nd cherish he 110% '43 mutt Lt the in a wife led it. tar "\Vhen you left her she was! strick- en with a fever that was said.- Lo have cost [her her life. She dislappeared from sight, and it was said she had thrown herself into thé pit. "I give you this last and final state- ment in all trut‘h. I was haunted day and night by her sad.piti£u1 face; it almost drove me mad with remors‘e. "At that moment an: saw the af- fair in its true light. H‘eavenl knows she was as pure as a spotless. lily; but appearances were Badly against the child. simply because she had not con- tradicted the rrepcxrt that I had cir~ culatedâ€"that she was my wife. Her lips were dumb at the mere suspicion you hurled against her. and she could not plead. with you.for very horror and amazament. “They were too truly exemplified in the case of Pluma Hurlhurs‘t when she found you preferred little golden- h-aire-d Daisy Brooks: to her own! p/cer- lcss self. ‘\V.h-a.t shall I do, Lester,’ she cried. ‘to strike his heart? \Vhat s’hall I do to humble his mightys pride as [he has humbled mine?’ Heaven knows, old boy, I am. ashamed to ad- mit the shameful truth. I rather on- joyed the {situation of affairs. ‘My love iv. turned to hlte!’ she cried, Vehemently. 'I must strike him through his love for that little pink- arn-d-white babyrfaced creature he Ls so maldly infatuated with. Remove her from his plinth. Lester,’ she cried, 'avnd I slhall make it worth your while. You asked me once if Iwould marry you. I answer now; remove that girl from his path, by fair means or foul, and I give you my hand as the reward, L the heiress of \Vhite< stone Hall." "She knew the temptation was daz- zling. For long hours we talked the matter over. She was to furnish money to .send the girl to school. from mvhich II was shortly to abduct her. She little cared what happen- ed the little fair-haired creature. Be-u fore I had time to carry out the de- sign fute drifted her into my hands: I (rescued her. at the risk: of my own life, from u. watery grave. I gave out she was my wife. that the affair might reach your ears, and you would believe the child willfully eloped with me. I swear to you no impure thought ever crossed that child's brain. I gave her a very satisfac- tory explanation as to why I had started so fills: a. report. In her innocenceâ€"it seemed possibleâ€"she did not contradict my words. “Th-an you caine upon the spams, charging her with the report. and. de- manding to know the truth. "You remember the night you saw little Daisy home, burning with inâ€" dignation] at the cut dir‘ectâ€" which Plums. {had subjected the pretty lit- tle fairy to? I simply recall that fact. as upon that event hangs the terrible sequel which I free my coau- science by unfolding. You had scarcely left the Hall ere Pluma call- esd me to her side. “‘Do [not leave me, Lester,’ She said; 'I want to see you; remain, until after all the guests have left." "I did so. You have read the: lines; "'Heaven has no rage like love to hatred turned, Nor Ihell a. fury like a woman scornâ€" ed ?" "The-re is not much safety in the fierce. passionate love of a desperate, jealous woman. You will pardon me for believing at one time your heart was elsewhere. You will wann- der why I refer to that; it will sur- prise you to learn‘. that one subj3ct forms the basis of this Letter; 1 re- fer to little DJi-sy Brooks. tainly evident Bh‘a lui'es you. with a love which (3 certainly a perilous one. "If you Love Fluma Hurlhurst bet- ter than your sense of honor this let- ter is of no avail. I can notx see you drifting on to ruin. without longing? to ,save you. You have been cleverly caught in the net the scheming heiress has net for you. It is cer- Rex read the letter through with a. burning flush on his face, which grew white as with the pallor of death as, he read; a. dark mist: was be- fore lhis cywsl. the sound of surging waters in his ears. "Ol-d College Chum,”â€"i.t began â€" “For the sake of thoss happy hours of our whool-daya, you will please favor me by read'mg what Ihave written to the 0nd. All at cmce he remembered the let- ter a stranger had handed him. out- urp from. the manhel. where he. had not thought much about the matter until now. Mechanically he picked it up from tfh-e mantel. wlmn he had tossed it upon: entering the room, glancing carelessly at the superscrip- tiom. His countenance changed when he saw it; his lips ir-embled,and a. 'hard. bitter light chqpt into his brown eyes. He remembered the chimgraphy but too well. "From Stamwick!" he cried, lean- ing heavily against the mantel. From the breast-pocket of his coat he took the cluster of daisies he had game through the storm on his wed- ding-night to gather. He was wait- ing until the monument should ar- rive before he could gather courage to 'bell Plum‘a the sorrowful s-tory of his loveâ€"dream. His heart seem‘Pd to cling with a strange restlessness to Daisy, the fair little-child-bride, whom. he had l-ovcvd no paséionatelyâ€"his first and only love. sweet little Daisy! all the promises he might make. The power of loving was directed from Heaven aboveâ€"it was not for mor- tals to accept or reject at will. 1go, and lea rned "You do not believe me, Isee," pursued the woman. calmly. "There is nothing but the stern facts that will satisfy you. You shall have them. They are soon told: Years ago, when 1 was young and fair as you are now, I lived at the home of a quiet, well-toâ€"do spinster, Taiza Burt. She had a nephew, an honest, wellâ€"toâ€"do young fellow, who wor- shiped me, much to the chagrin of his aunt; and out of pique one day I married him. I did not love the honest-heprted fellow, and I lived with him but zL few brief months. I hated himâ€"yes, hated him, for I had Seen anotherâ€"young. gay and hand- someâ€"whom I might have won had it not been for the chains which bound me. He was a handsome. dcbonair college fellow. as rich as he was handsome. This was Basil Hurl- hurst, the planter's only son and heir. Our meeting was romantic. I had driven over to the village in which the college was situated. on an er- rand for ’l‘uiza. Basil met me driv- ing through th> plrk. He wasyoung‘ Pluma tried to spank. but no sound issued from her white lips. The very tone of the woman's voice Garliid poli- tive conviction with it. A dim realization was stealing over her that this woman's face, and the peculiar (one of her voice, wore strangely. mix- ed up with her childhood dreams; and, try ms. s‘h-z would to scoff; at, the idea._ it seemed to be gaining strength[ with every moment. "So ever} ’0ne beiieved. mt. my very {presence ‘here is proof posxtlve such was not the case." "Every instinct in my heart tells me you are a vile impostor. womanJ I wonder that you dare intimate such a thing. You are certainly an e3- caped lunatic. My mother was lost at sea long years ago.“ : “I am your mother. Pluma," re- peated the woman, slowly. "Look into my lface. and you will see every lin'eame-nt of your own mirrored there. But cfor me you would never have enjoyed the luxuries of VVhite- stone Hall. and this is the way you repay me! Is Itlhere no natural in- stinct in your heart that tells you you are standing in your mother's presence?" Hastin catching up the letter. Rex walked. with a firm, quick trend, to- ward the ntudy. in which the strang- est tragedy Which was ever enacted was about to transpire. “Ah. it is better so," cried Rex to himself, vehemently, as the man sil- ently and wonderineg closed the door. "I will go to him at. once, and tell him. I shall never marry his daughter. Heaven help me! I will tell him all.‘ He heard a low rap at the door. The servant never forgot the young man's haggard. hopeless face as he delivered Basil Hurlhurst's message. His eyes rested on the certificate which bore Pl'wma's. name, also his Wm. He tore it into a. thousand shneds. “It is all over between us now," he cried. "Even if Daisy were dead. I could never take tfhe viper to¢ my bos- om that has dealt me such a death- bl-onv. If living. I shall search the world over till I find her; if dead. I shall ocmsecrate my life to the mem- ory of my darling. m pure.. little, in- juredptnly love. Now he um‘derato-od why he had; felt such a terrible aversion to Plum: all along. She had separated him from his beautiful. golden-haired child- brid-e. and wept ‘bitt-erly. It was all clear as noomlay to him. now why Daisy had not kept the tryst under the mag- nolia-tree. and the cottage was empty. She must certainly have at- tempt-ed .to make her escape from the school in which they placed her to come back’ to hli arms. "0h. dupe that I have been!" he moaned. "0‘11. my (sweet little inno- cent darling!” he cried. "I dare not hope Heaven has spared you to me!" He could not doubt the truth( of the statement Stamvick offered, and the absolute proofs of its sincerity. He could not curse ‘h-er for her horrible deceit, because his mother had loved her so, and it was done through her blinding, passionate love for him; and be 'buried his face in his hands, The letter contained much more, explaining each incident in detail, but Rex. ‘had caught at one hope, as a drowning man catches at a straw. “Merciful Heaven!" he cried. his heart Mating loud 'and fast. “\Vus{ it {not a cruel jest to frighten him on his. weddingâ€"eve? Daisy alive! Oh, just Heaven. if it could only\be true!" He dmw his breath, with a long, quivering high, at the bare pussi- bility. "Little Daisy was as pune in thought. wand and deed as an angel. Gad pity me!" he cried. “Have pa- tience with me for my harshness to- ward my little love. ,I did not give my little love even the chance of ex- plaining rtlhle Bituatiorn," he grouaned. Then his thoughts went back to Pluma. "The shaft does not contain the re- mains of Daigy Brooks, and I solemn- ly affirm. albhough I have no cleWg to substantiate the belief. that Daisy Brooks is not dead. but living, and Pluma Hurlhurist's soul is not dyed with the blood which she would not have hesitated to shed to remove an innocent rival [from her path. I do not 'hold myself guiltless. still the planner cat a. crime is far more guilty than the tool who does the work in hope of remand. “The heiress of Whitestoaw Hall has played (me false. take to your heart your fair. blushing bride. but rem-ember hers is a perilous love." the startling factâ€"it revealed no tr_a§>_e_ of per: eyer having been. there. , and there comml My extreme you 5 the world must" \V 0 his 1’] {0" c-ld his sir There you are. friends! tell you so? exulted the They’re not his children. IN THE FAMILY, ANYHO\V. Outside the gates of a big gaol a released prisoner was met by his wife and four children, all of whom bore traces of dire poverty. He kissed them and cried over them, and a sympathetic bystander, noticing how the affecting scene had worked on the people's feelings. made acollection for the prisoner's family. It's all :1 dodge, sniffed a sceptical c-ld gentleman. Probably they aren't Recently the Viceroy of India went to visit a, native prince, and was! sur- prised to see in the gorgeous pro- c-csian which met him two rhinOcercs~ es ridden by pomilions. 'Dhese huge creatures caused a good deal of in- terest. but in England there have been seen some equally curious sub- stitutes for horses. A rather eccen: tric old gentleman used to drive a. team of fordhounds in Kent, a few years ago. and the dogs would cover long distances at a tremendous pace. But even he was. outdone! by a wealthy German who had a. carriage dm-wn by two bears. He drove in this curious turnâ€"out in his private grounds; but on one occasion he ven- tured into the public streets. and was promptly fined for frightening horses and obstructing traffic. \Vhat is King Edward VIL's real family name? It is a very simple one, and to our ears it; does not sound at all Royal. It is \Vettin. Prince Albert, his father, was Prince of the ruling House of Saxe-Coburg. one of the most ancient and illustrious of the sovereign families of Europe. Originally Counts of \Votlin. the heads of this family, became, by in- heritance and by marriage, Mar- graves of Muisscn. Lanvdgraves of {[‘huringia, and Electors of Saxony, Therefore the same principle which declares \Villiam of Germany to be a Hohcnzollern, and Francis Joseph of Austria to be a Hapsburg, would make the late Queen Victoria a Guelph by birth, and her husband, the Prince Consort. a \Vettin; and if a. Royal wife takes 'her husband's name, and a Royal son his father’s, then our King's family name is \Vet- “.My rage knew no bounds. I com- manded you to bring me the key of the game. You obeyed. That night a liltle golden-haired child was born at \V‘hitestone Hall. and I knew it would live to divide‘ the hon- ors and wealth of \Vhitesttme Hall with youâ€"my child. "One terrible stormy nightâ€"as bad a. night as this anteâ€"I made my way to the Hall. It was brilliantly light- ed up. just as it is toâ€"nig’ht. "I saw the gate was Locked; and through the flashes of lightning 1 saw a little girl sobbing wildly. flung fan-t- downward in the grass, headless of the storm. “I knew you, and called you to me. I questiomed you as to wfhy the house was lighted. and learned the truLh. Basil Hurlhurst had re- married; he had been abroad with his wife, and toâ€"night he was bringing home his young wife. “He took us! abroad. refusing to speak or look upon my face. even though be escorted us. In a fit of desperation I threw myself into the Sea. buthas rescued by another ves- sel. A strong inclination seized me to again visit W‘hiteston‘e Hall and see what disposition he had made of you. Years had passed; you were a childtof five summers. Hut "I found Basil had learned to de- Spis‘e cve<n more fiercer than he had ever loved me. ml him "tioon miter this event a daring thought came to me. I could present you. ere long, with myself, at \Vhitc- stone Hall. Basil Hurlhurst would never know the deception practiced upon him; and you, the child of humâ€" blne parentage. slheuld enjoy and in- herit his vast wealth. My bold plan was successful. \Vc had a stormy im- tcrview. and it never occurred to him there could be the lezLat tlcccpti‘o‘nâ€" that I was not his lawful wife,- or you his child. A few months after you \and I swear to you. by Lhu can bring you. beyond all 511 doubt, you were my lawful child. not Bstil's. "Soon miter this event “My love [or Basil was short lived; I was too reckless to care much for any one. My conscience bade me fly from him. I gathered up what money and jewels I could. and fled. A few months after you were born; know of it. I listened to his pleading and married himâ€"that is. we went through the ceremony. He had per- fect faith in its sincerity. '1 alone knew the guilty truth. Yet enorm- ous as was my crime, I 'hud- but a dim realization of it. “For one brief week I was dazzled with the wealth and jewels he‘lavish- 0d upon me; but my conscience would not let me rest when I thought of my honest-hearted husband, from whom I had fled and whom I had so cruelly deceived. ' “My love [or Basil was short lived; I was too rocklcss to care much for CURIOUS DRAUGHT ANIMALS bairns at all. happen to know that they are not rsgid a quiet little woman be- THE KING’S REAL NAME}. ied withdrawal To Be Continued. o? exulted the old in ‘ his children. all her her by by the dou‘ ight on :ident. c Didn’t I Woman as dazzled he‘lavish- nce would ght of my m whom I proofs I ndoxq of a husband‘s 'A modified system of agriculture has been intu‘oduced into the penal establishments of New South \Vales, with the best results. At the Goul- burn, Bathurst, and Parramatta gaols the prisoners have been successfulin the cultivation of vegetables, and at the Grafton Gaol grain has been grown. The prisoners hail the sys- tom with joy, as they find the open- air work more congenial than the confinement in the \varksb‘éps. The effect rm the discipline Li's been Yes. VBy George. Ehis' is Did you find it, or was it so. you know thatupirckr-cd it up? No. Ididn't fifid wondering if that w ment I 51w. in the You don't say so? By-the-way, was it a single diamond? Yes. Set in rather old-fashioned style Yes. yes. The stone was what 13 known as a blue diamond. wasn't it? That's itâ€"that's the very can. And she loan: it sommvhere on the roadway between the parks? I had Dome bad luck the other day â€"or. ratIh-er, my wife had. said one of them. How was that? the other asked. She lost a diamond pin that Ipaid $100 for. THE VERY SAM'E‘. Two men. evidently acquaintances. were sitting bogether on one of the seats in the park. In thousands and thousands of cases it lhas: been proved that Dr. VVilliams' P'L'nik Pills‘ are the greatest bllorcd bwllld‘eT and nerve restorer med- ical science has yet discovered. The pills act spaedibr and directly upon the blood and the nerves and thus reach the root of the trouble, effect- ing- thozrough and permanent cures. ()thelr medicines merely act upon. the symptoms. and, when the patient menses using them they soon relapse into a condition) as bad as before. '.["h~e-I‘e is no trouble due to poor blood or weak nerves which these pills will not cure. Those who are sick or ail;- iong are urged to give this medicines. fair trial, and are cautioned against lhe numerous imi'tations which some dealers offer. The genuine pills al- ways beam the full name “Dr. “Vil- Iiams' Pink Pills fior Pale People" on the wrapper arcimn-d every box. Dr. Wiullinms‘ Pin-k Pillsfand in a. short while found them. helgfmtmg,r me Then another doctor told [me he could c-ure me. I stopped talking”- t’he pills. and liIkJe the dog ill} the fablef while grasping at the shadow. I lost the substance. I was soon in as wretch- e-d condition as ever. The pills were the only thiing' that had ever helped IBIS and I determined. to begin fihem again. I continued to take them for nearly nine months, the trouble grad- ually but surely leaving me, until I am. now in almost perfect health and fully released from What I at one time thought would prove, a life 02 constant misery. I cannot praise Dr. \Vélliams' Pink Pills too .highly. nor can I too strongly urge those who are ailing to test their wonderful health restoti-nig virtues." for half an hour. I have sometimes h-adas many as Dix oftbese spasms in a week. and no one who has not similarly suffered can imagine the tit-ed, wornout, depressed feeling which follow-ed. Doctors Seemed ut- terly unable to do anything for me. and those years of misery can never be forgotten. That I began taming ed to :1 mere physical wreck. My trorulilebegan in one of (he ailments that so frequently afflict my sex. ] was-irritable and discouraged all 'lhe time, and life did not seem worth living. For several years I was under treatment by doctors. I even went to Boston and entered a hospital where I remained flor some time. \Vhile there the treatment temporar- ily benefited me, but soon my; condi- tion was worse than ever. Finally my nervous trouble took the form of spasms which caused more suffering than words can tell. \Vhen thus atâ€" tacked I felt as though I was literal- ly being torn apart. I would fre- quently become unconscious and bamu times would remaininllnt condition The A NERVOUS WEED WAS THE CONDITION OF MISS GILLIS FOR EIGHT YEARS. One at the mmt common. at the me time acne of the most: to be ‘ended. ailvmems which afflicts the : Best Doctors’ and Hospital Treatmem Failcd to Help Her. and She Hnd Almost Lost Hop: 0! Ever Belng \Vell Againâ€" Her Earnest Advice to Olhcr Sufferers. PRISON GARDENS. they find th congenial th the \vorrksb‘a-x it. I Ems just as your advertise- morning paper. 2 very cme. ucv'where on the parks? this is lucky! :13 it somebody; 3 Goul- a gaols ssfulin and at been 1e sys-