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Caryl Wilton. who knew Maida as a famous actress, meets her at some amateur theatricals in her new home and visits the. portrait g'al‘cry at IIartlrigh Ilall. lie is l‘n‘Sionafely fond of her and to be often in her presence asks leave to paint her portrait. Guy. a nephew of Sir Richard. to avoid seeing Wil- ton's admiration for his old nurse. He meets Mildred Thorpe. .â€" CHAPT‘ER XXI. A Week passed in acontinuous the girl he, thinks he loves, rides off and calls on l La week since he had seen either. ! :lut lady Gladys did not know iwhitlu-r his thoughts had gone, and isbc blamed Maitln for his (lcsertion of .her, as she was pleased to term it in ‘her own heart. That night she had ,cried Wilh jealousy and vcxation, had cried herself to sleep, and this ‘mornlng Was paying the penalty. 3 There Were visitors at the house .beforo whom she would not present .herself in her lacksluster cowlition: :and having taken that. grand solace of her sex, a cup of tea. she put on ,her hat and stole out into the grounds. They were extensive and pretty, with a. little wood attached, and a lbenfl of the river babbling through them. She wandered down to the ,strcam, brooding over the disapâ€" [pointmcnt of the preceding night, and fanning her jealousy of Maida in- stream of entertainmcutsâ€"dinnerâ€" to a positive hatred. parties, concerts, picnics. In the} "If she had never come." sho murâ€" mcnntime, the picture, though it‘mured through her white teeth, “if grew, grew but slowly. and was still , she had never come. I hate herâ€"yes. unfinished. It provided a sufficient I hate her! Why should she take excuse for the daily visit of Caryl him from me. as a matter of course? Wilton lo the Hall. Every (lily,;Slle never throws him a kind word half an hour or so after breakfast. he was in the gallery, working quietâ€" ly and steadily. Sometimes he would ask for Maida to sit to him. but not always. scarcer know whether it was with pleasure or pain that. she looked forâ€" ward to meet him. Sometimes she felt that: he exercised a certain and positive fascination over her. Never a. word. never a hint of the past dropped from his lips, but, sometimes, when she raised her eyes under the spell of his. she would see a passionate gleam of patient long- ing and desire of love shining in their depths; and then her heart beat, and a Warm mist seemed to fall on her and enwrap her. and the figure in its velvet coat. and-the handsome face. would fade and go like a vision in a. dream. Was it pleasure or pain? She could not say: but whereas she had formerly met him or thought of him only with,dread, she now was conâ€" scious of a sense of protection connection with him. For was he not: her slave? ready to do her bidâ€" ding. to serve and protect her to the death? And she could not be unhappy. 1 Sometimes, at night, a sense of her position. of the fearful life of dcccp-l tion she was leading, smote her and made her white and sick, with a strange mixture of dread and desper- ation. oftentimes it would come to her with such a. feeling of relief that she could at any time go to him and say: “Save me from myself. away from here! " And why did she not do it? Alas! it was not so easy as it seemed. Evâ€" cn had she loved him, which she was sure she did not. she could not but feel that. she was bound now to do nothing to hurt. the kind old man whom she had come so to love. And, then, she was more than ever safe. Nobody but Caryl Wilton could recognize her. Why should she ever think of the imposition she was practicing? She was in truth a Hartleigh. and she was Sir Richard’s (laughter. She was doing; no one an injury by personating her sister. and she was making her father supremely happy. ()n the whole, she had never been quite as happy as now. The pallor. which had increased during the few terrible hours of the first gmccting with Caryl, Icheeks. i Between Guy and herself the same reserve remained unbroken: though all the country linked their names to- gether, no word of love. or anything approaching it was exchanged be- tween them. Since that first night. Wtcn Guy offered her all that. surely would be his. the title and the esâ€" tate, and she had turned coldly from him. she had kept him at arm's length. For some reason. best known to himself. and yet unconfesscd even to himself, Guy was able to bear her cold: .ess with much more equanimity than formerly. though he was still sure that he devotedly loved her. And he still watched her as eagerly as lefore, but no longer with the same jealous fury of the one man Who seemed able to move her out. of herself. But there time brought no peace. little Lady Gladys. One morningâ€"there had been a din- nerâ€"party at her house the night b0- foreâ€"vshe arose. tired. and in any- thing but a pleasant humor. as she looked at her pale face. 'pinched with the effects of the previous night’s ex- citement and disappointment: for she who had been the belle until the comâ€" ing of Constance IIartleigh, had been thrown completely in the shade. i Guy had sat beside her and talked with her. but even as he talked. his Take me was another to whom This was frank. candid eyes had wandered to his cousin's lovely face. and his thoughts scencd anywhere but with the girl who had fondly dreamed of winning hlm altogether. But if his thoughts were not with her. neither .were they with his cousin. They fi'ere. in fact, in an humble little cot- ‘Ituge '4: Lougham, or perchnnce in the She ; inl had left herI or a smile, and yet he cannot take his eyes off her. even while he is talking to incâ€"to me. who love him." And poor little I.adv Gladys coverâ€" ed her pale face with her hands. to force back the bitter. passionate tears. It was as well that she did so. for as her hands fell into her lap again, she saw a. young man, in a light-gray loose suit. standing at the side of the stream, fishing. He was not of her class, and she drew herself up with instinctivcness. as she saw him watching her with an offensively cunning pair of eyes. He noticed the movement. and spoke quickly, and with respectful humil- itv: “I beg pardon. my lady. but I came here on purpose to see if I ‘couldn't have a word with you. That is. supposing I am not mistaken in thinking you would like to know [something in the past of Miss Hart- . leigh." She faced about sharply. “What do you mean?” “Just: what I Said. my lady. If iyou don't care anything about her history, then there is no use of our wasting any more words, and I will go away." “Why should I care?" demanded Lady Gladys. with a, little tremor of apprehension. "I don't know. if you don't; but I [suppose if you loved a certain young man. and that young man loved some other girlâ€"begging your parâ€" .donâ€"and that young woman had lsomething shadyâ€"like in her pastâ€" _whyâ€"â€" Well. l suppose I was lwrong, and so I will say goodsmornâ€" mg." ‘ i “What do you mean by saying such things to me?" He would not give up his advan- tage, however, and answered, easily: ; “I mean just. this: You don't love lMiss Hartleigh and I know it. I have been done out, of a little pile of money on account of her, and I want it. Now. 1 need somebody to help me, and you need somebody to help you. You help me to get my money and I'll help you to get the young man. What do you say?" : “How dare you?” i "Oh, well, if you don't care to talk reasonably. I'll go straight to the young 'lady herself. and I’ll bet she'll take me up before I can say it twice. Goodâ€"morning." “Stop! How am I to know you :are not an impostor?" f "An impostor wouldn’t talk as I do, and you know it. However, I don’t mind telling you enough to prove to you that I am able to help you. Miss Hartleigh came home all ’of a sudden. didn't she?" "Yes" l “And Mr. Guy didn’t he?" :1 went after her. i “Yes ! “Well. you don't suppose that Sir 'Richard knew all the time just where his daughter was, do you? I guess not. Why, he has been hunting for her goodness knows how many 'years. All I know is that I Was on the track of her for over five years. 'and others were on it before me. l'm an agent. and I was hired by the :lawyers of Sir Richard to find his 'wife and daughter. And I was paid so much a month and expenses for doing it. and when I founh them I lwus to have five hundred pounds lWell, I did find thcm~â€"at least. I :found the daughter. for the mother lhad just diedâ€"and I told the law- .ycrs in the innocence of my heart: land what did they do? They up and ltold Sir Richard, and he sent his nephewâ€"the young man we know ofâ€"- with all the points I had been Workâ€" ing to get. and behold! he finds the ly0ung woman and brings her home! Then, what do the smarty lawyers do? Why they say I did not lind ncr. and they gave me only half the live hundred pounds. Now, do vou bc~ lieve that. I know something?" Lady Gladys had listened to him with an eagerness which told the lstory of her selfâ€"respect fast going down before the temptation to use i‘the opportunity oll'ercd her. She re- alized all the shamefulness of enter- ing int” a partnership with this man: but by the time he had ceased to speak her mind was made up to nFCé‘I‘l. any proposal he might make. providing only there was no possi- bility of being found out by her friends. “Perhaps.” she said slowly. "there is nothing to know that will be of any use to me." “Ah!” he answered with a cunning smile, and What, was suspiciously hear a Wink,“now we are coming to luisiuf:"s. Of course. if there. Wasno- tlfiie‘ in it that Would be of service to you. then all this talk would be useless; but, my lady, there is a. lot that will be of service to you if you Will do as I say. Look here, nowâ€" do you suppose I would have come to you unless there was some reason why I nor-dell you? No. Well, do you suppose that I would have dared to come unless I could do as much for you as you for me? No, miss. and you believe it." “l‘erhaps I do. Chaplain to Sir money?" "Complain to him? Why, he put. the thing into the hands of his law- yers. and he would refer me to them. No, no. Besides. I have discovered a thing or two that will make my five hundred small in comparison to what I can get." “Then Sir Richard you?" “Nobody knows me but you~not a soul!” "But I don't understand yet. If you know so much. how am I going to be able to help you?, What is if. you want to find out?“ "Just say you are in for it"â€"Lady (lladys shrank into herself at the exâ€" pression which implied so muchâ€"- "and I will let you know at the pro- per time. I have not got the thing in shape yet. You'll know what I'm after all in good time. Is it a, go, miss?" She hesitated a moment between the good and the evil. and then look« ed at him with a flush on her pretty face which showed the defeat of the last remnant of selfâ€"respect. and said. in a husky voice: Why lichard don't you about the doesn’t know "How can I communicate with you?" “Leave that to me. Hush! Here comes some one. Order me off the place. It is our young lady with her two lovers.” And by that remark the man pgovâ€" ed to Lady Gladys that he had studâ€" ied others than herself in the carry- ing out of his scheme. Ilut she had no ti" 8 to dwell on that thought. though it gave her a momentary sense of uneasiness. for she saw the forms of several persons coming through the woods. She immediately raised her voice. and with a, coolness which showed her fitness for the part ' she had said: "I must please.“ “Of course, of course, miss. Very sorry, I‘m sure.” and the fellow. with a fine assumption of humility, undertaken to play. she ask you to go at once, took up his tackle and basket, and was making off as if he was very much abashcd. “Hello!” said a voice from the midst of the approaching party. “Farmer Jones' Yankee friend seems to have been caught in the very act." It. was Guy's voice. and at the sound of it Lady Gladys turned quickly around, as if in relief. And as she did so she saw that her rival was one of the party, and she ran to her with such a pretty air of glad welcome that the agent muttered unâ€" der his breath: “The little serpan Take a wo- man to cut a threat and smile in the doing of it." And then he touched his hat to Guy with an air of great simplicity. “I say, Mrâ€" Mr.â€"â€"” began Guy. “Miles Barton. at your service." "Mr. Barton.” went on Guy. “I think you will be wise if you will confine your poaching tendencies to the grounds of Sir Richard, Who is not as particular as some of the othâ€" er gentry hereabout.” “Yes. sir. Thank you, sir. Good- morning, sir. Sorry to have (lis- turbcfl the young lady. Won't do it again. - codâ€"morning, ladies. Goodâ€" morning. gentleman,” Maida. as well as Lady Gladys. acâ€" knowledged his salute. and he went off looking as harmless as a man very well could. Only Caryl Wilton noticed that the man gave a little start of surprise as he looked at Maid-a. and only Caryl Wilton noticed that under the man’s simplicity was hidden a, cun- nincr which might be dangerous if there were any danger to apprehend. lle glanced from Lady Gladys to the man and shrugged his shoulders ever so little. There was something more than an interrupted poaching trip in the matter. he felt quite sat- isl'ofl, but he gave no outward sign (if his. Suspicion, and was never more cordial with Lady Gladys. “l‘ou'l lu-t rs forget our errand. Constance." said (luy. suddenly. "'l‘l ore is a picnic in the Wind, Lady Gladys." “A picnic! Where to?" “To the Titan's Shield." And “Ilow delightful! when is it to be?" "The day after to-morrow. weather permitting." answered Maida. “Ah.” saiil Lady Gladys. "it f'rrariful clil it not. inzu must ir-l- it terribly. you gllilVC been in America." is a dear? Who IS 4. 2U. .\'o one could have infected fdisconfltarc in )laitla; but. lino? el up. Caryl Wilton stepped forâ€" i ‘J ll_V ;War'l. and said. coolly: "lion't imagine that America is a paradiw Lavlv (lib-ly's‘. it has a very tryirq: chronic." l as she ‘ "Oh. yes. said Lady Gladys; “you have been there too," Caryl smiled inwardly at the at- .tempted thrust at him, but he only :aiiswered i1uli1.erently. though he watched her narrowly: "If you had had time to talk with your poacher. he could have told you .a great deal about America, I don't doubt." Lady ('lluflys flushed, and wished she had not undertaken a. tilt with the selfâ€"possessed (‘aryl Wilton. To be Continued. _+_._..._ A GREAT FUTURE. Northwest in a Splendid Finanâ€" cial Condition. F. W. 'l‘hompson. general manager of the W. W. lpany. says the result of the . crop. which will average about 33) bushels to the acre for Manitoba and the Northwest, will leave that country in a splendid condition financially. and he added that, the eastern pro- vinces Will of course benefit accordâ€" ingly. IIe estimates that the farin- ers this year will realize a total of from $25,000,000 to $30,000,001) Icash as a result of their labors this lseason. Mr. Thompson looks for a large increase in the. population for the next ten years, and in greater pro- lportions than has occurred in past. Winnipeg. he adds. Was bound to prosper, and would become in lthe near future one of the most im- portant cities of the Dominion. He believed that the total Wheat Iyield would be 50,000,000 bushels, while all the other grains were most satisfactory. There will the general manager declares, steady increase in the business cattle raising, and the shipments promise this fall to largely exceed those of last year, Speaking furth- er,‘ Mr. Thompson says: “When we realize that only ten pcr"cent. of the fertile land .in the small provâ€" ince of Manitoba is under tion we can easily gauge the future. a. of Ville‘ of Manitoba is over 40,000,000 acres, so if we deduct oneâ€"half there are 20.000 acres left. and this is the finest land in ex stcncc on the globe to~day, and capable of producing as much wheat or in fact more the entire spring wheat Crop of the United States. Toâ€"day in Maintain there are 3.500.000 acres under cul- tivation, and all grains, so you will easily see that we are still in need of furthers in the West. There are some 5-}...000 farmers in Manitoba. and there is plenty of room for 100,000 more, and if these were there that. little province alone could raise sufficient wheat to supply the United Kingdom. making Great Bri- tain completely independent of the foreign powers as regards her con- sumption of breadstuffs." F...â€" GREAT SPEAKERS. Time of Life When Craters Are at l Their Best. Amongst orators there can be no doubt that it is between the ages of fortyâ€"five and fiftyâ€"five that their Special endowments have secured for them their highest triumphs. Ileâ€" mosthcnes. whose ambition was ear- ly kindled, did not deliver his great lest speechâ€"De Coronaâ€"which has ‘becn described as the most magnifiâ€" cent vindication in the annals of or- atory until he was fiftyâ€"two. Burke, whose training was desalâ€" tory. astonished the House of Com- mons by his speech on American af- fairs..when he was thirty-six. but only achieved his masterpiece, his impeachment of Warren Hastingsâ€"- an ell’ort of eloquence unparalleled in its energy and ClIcCt, and which must have exhausted his speech cen- tres. for it. left him at one point de- prived of the power of articulation for a littleâ€"When he was in his fif- tyâ€"eighth year. Curran, of whom Byron said. "He has spoken more poetry than I have ever written," made his most brilâ€" liant speeches in the State trials ,wluch he 1n appeared between his forâ€" tyâ€"fourth and fortyâ€"seventh years. And John Bright, whose fiery (le- clamation on behalf of the Antiâ€" Corn Law League began in his twen- ty-eighth year, may be said to have exhibited his control over language in its finest perfection in speeches delivered subsequent to his elefliou for Birmingham, when he was forty- ] sipi. ()n this subject Mr. Barnett Smith says : “I have heard all the greatest speeches of the greatest orators of my timcâ€"Parliamentary, pulpit. and platform speakersâ€"Butt, Lowe, Dis- I'ileli. lltllwcr Lytton. Derby, Punâ€" shon. (longh. and all had their most splendid period from fortyâ€"live to fif- tyâ€"five years of age. In the case of Gladstone, some of his greatest oraâ€" tions were delivered when he was between fiftyâ€"five and sixty." +__. I’IllCES FOR LONDON LAND. Fabulous prices are obtained for land in the City of London. That a. freehold on Cornhill should have sold for a little over £53 3s. per square foot is surprising, but not so much so as the sale of the St. Peterâ€"uponâ€" (‘ornhill land which. a few months ago. brought over £130 a fool. Land '“'lti'.lll a furlong radius of the Bank lof England is Worth about Ts. an 'iM'h. five hundred feet of land ‘in ,(‘ln upside was sold recc-ntly [or i.£;l.'3.000. or £20 a square foot i Slmpkec[Ier»â€"ll is about time you Ipaid that l.Iil!. l‘cptorâ€"lt is not a [question of time, but money. noting GIRLâ€"S. It Will Keep the Blood Rich, Red and Pure, Strengthen the Nerves and Prevent Decline a Mrs, lliram ltinkler, the wife of a. respected farmcu‘ in South l‘elhani township. Welland county, Ontario, én)‘> :â€""lt is uifh great pleasure that I give this tribute to the health restoring virtues of llr. Williums' I‘ink l‘ills. When my daughter Lena, (now thirteen years of age). began ()gilvie Milling Ct)lll-‘ the' be. ‘ cultiva-. The total area of land in the proâ€". than i the use of your medicine. at little over a year ago, she Was in a most. Wietched condition. In fact We were seriously alarmed lcst she might not. iccover. The first symptoms were a. feeling of languor and Wealuwss, gradually growing Worse. She be- 'came pale. lost flesh, had little or no appetite and was apparently going into a oetline. Finally the trouble became complicated with a persistent ‘sore throat, which gave her great I‘difllculty in swallowing. I gave her several advertised medicines. but. ;they did not benefit her. Then she was placed under the care of a doe- :tor. who said her blood was poor 'aan watery. and her whole system badly run down. The doctor’s treatâ€" ment did not help her any, and then acting on the advice of a neighbor, I began to give her Dr. Williams' Pink I’ills. The confidence with which this medicine was urged upon us was not misplaced. as I' soon noticed a disâ€" tinct improvement in my daughter's condition. The use of the pills for a ‘ft_‘“' weeks. longer seemed to complete- ly restore her. and from that time she has been a cheerful, light-hearted girl. the very picture of health. I will always recommend Dr Williams' I‘ink I’ills to other nuchrcrs, feeling sure they will prove quite as officeâ€" cious as they did in my daughter's case.” i Mothers with growing daughters will make no mistake if they insist; upon the occasional use of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills ; they will help 'them to develop properly will maki- their blood rich and pure. and Nuts ward off disease and decline. The genuine pills are sold only in boxes bearing the full name. "Dr. Williains’ Pink Pills for Pale Peo- ple" or the wrapper around each ‘box. None other is genuine. no mat- lter what scinc self-interested dealer If in doubt. send direct Williams' Medicine ('10., Out. and the pills will ‘may say. _to the In. Lllrockville. lbc mailed post paid at 50 cents a. Ibox, or six boxes for $2.50. l ___+___, DIDN'T MEAN IT THAT WAY. The attempt of the small boy to be polite ended rather disastrously, although not through any inten- tional omission on his part. He had been in the habit of supplying the evening paper to a politician, a man of“ correct business habits, who disâ€" covered one evening that he had not. the .penny for payment. That‘s all right'. said the boy ; you can give it to me toâ€"morrow night. But, my boy. interposed the genâ€" tleman. impr 'ively. I may not be alive toâ€"morrow night. Never mind. answered the boy, cheerfully . it'll be no great loss. A shadow fell across the states- man’s face. and he is 'still wonder- ing whether the boy. despite his look of innocence, was thinking soler 1y of the penny. DIDN'T IlEAClI TO H. The young English tenor had been asked to favor the company with a song. and responded with an interâ€" pretation of "Happy Be Thy Dreams." in which the singer's anti< pathy to the letter II was painfully manifest. I say. young man. said a blunt. old chap. after the singer had finâ€" ished, "you didn't sound a single H. and the song is full of 'em. I beg your pardon, sir. replied the young man. with freezing dignity, you are mistaken ; it doesn't go any ’igher than G. CURIOUS MEDICAL FA CT. It has been left to a Frecch physiâ€" cian to enunciatc as a curious inedi- cal fact that cancer rarely attacks persons who lead a dissolute life or those Who have given way to drink. The majority of the women attacked by the disease are active and ener- getic workers, and in a vast number of cases it has been shoWn without; question that not one single person who has succumbed to it has been of 'lissolulc habits. wife. ' About ‘I asked his came in. that time is it. suspiciously. as he one. Just then the clock struck three. Gracious! When did the clock commence to stutter ‘.’ he said, with a feeble attempt at justifica- tion and a joke. Mammaâ€"Johnny. I want you to be good 10-day. Johnnyâ€"I will be good if you give me a penny. Mamma. â€"â€"Johnny, 1 Want you to remember. that. you cannot be a child of mine unless you are good for nothing. Artist (grotesque loolcinglâ€"Can 1' set up my canvas in your field. mis- tcl‘ ‘? Rural lamllordâ€"Yes. but yea 'Won't make much. Circus set up, there only las' War-k 'n' didn't do any business . The total length of hair on A‘tn tancruge Woman's head is 5.3 miles.