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"And you believe Miss Treâ€" mainc likes you?” “1 think so. I hope so. And at Illl events I am utterly positive I like her, andâ€"that’s all,” finishes Sir John, rather abruptly. the ash of his cigar having grown beyond all bearing. He shakes it off gently, and leaning back in his chair, awaits 3 his cousin’s answer. “I thought you were equally posiâ€" tive about Miss Lisle, the year be; fore lashâ€"Mrs. Charteris, I mean.” "Was I?" Laughing slightly._ “I hardly remember. My memory was never my strong point." “If I were in love with a woman I don’t think I should get over it so easily," says Arthur. meditativer. "But was I in love with Fancy Charteris? I almost forget. No, I‘ think not,â€"not really." “You were terribly epris, at. all events." “Not even that. I confess I rath- El' affected her society, because she was the most affording person I knew: but no more. For instance, I don’t recollect the time I ever enâ€" vied that elderly gentleman she called 'Robert.’ " "Charteris, you mean. For my own part, I always liked what I knew of him,â€"wbich was very lit tle.” “So did I, for that matter. He was what one would call sterling, I dare say: butâ€"" I “Yes?” "There was a good deal of him. wasn’t there?” says Sir John plain- .‘tively. “He was all over the place. ;I never met so aggressively thriving ‘a person, except, perhaps. in the Imatter of hair: and he was bald! {Even there, you see, he excelled, be- cause he was the boldest man I ever ,saw,â€"not a single hair on his head, *I give you my word! And then I can’t forget the buttons! Of course a fellow must make a fortune if he hasn't one; but; surely there is someâ€" thing wrong about buttons. I don't 'think I ever quite got over it.” ‘ “I rather admire selfâ€"made men,” says Arthur, with an attempt at se- verity. “There is a truer nobility in talent than in mere birthâ€"which, ifter all, is but an accident." i “I entirely agree with you. That s quite the sort of thing a man aught to say who is wellâ€"born him- self. So liberal, you know, and that. But frankly, now, was there true no- bility in Charteris’s nose? And though his fortune was, surely there was no necessity why his clothes ihould lookâ€"selfâ€"made. And why on earth couldn’t he try Mrs. Allen, or somebody, and cover his head? I never could imagine what Fancy saw in him.” “His money, [ suppose,” says Ar- lhur, contenrptuously, Sir John regards him reflectively. l-le seldom troubles himself to think but just now ,it does occur to him ibat his cousin’s tone is unpleasant. "What did Mrs. Charteris do to you?” he asks. presently. ~ ' Blunden smiles. “You think me severe," he savs; "but the fact is, I never saw Mrs.- I think I shallj LADY BLUNDEN. "? ++r++++++++++++++++i++un+++++++++++++++++++i- j(.‘hartcris, and only knew her husâ€" bund very slightly before his marâ€" riage. So I am not speaking through personal pique: but. from all I have ever heard of her. I should not imagine her a very estimable ‘character. li’ast, wasn't she? I'Ih'?” “Not a bit of it,” says Sir John. l“People alw-ays say that. of a wuâ€" lman if she happens to be pretty and ‘good-huniored and run after by men. One has to squint nowadays and wear red hair, and sit in a corner, if one wants to escape caluniny. l 'alwnys thought her charming. You knew the Lisles; how did you escqu meeting Fancy?" "lleiug abroad so much. I sup- ipose. I really think I haven‘t been through a regular London season for seven years.” “And now you are going away again. You don't let. us see too much of you, old boy, do you?" "I am a restless beggar,” says Arâ€" thur, flinging away the end of his cigar and stretching his arms above his head. “I can't content myself Ifor long anti/where. But I sha’n’t give you the chalice of forgetting me this time. Let me see: this is August, and I dare say I shall be iback here again about the beginning of May. By the‘bye, if it does come -of‘l'. shall I be in'time for your wedâ€" ding?" “I hardly think so. ‘Yes‘ l shall marry straight away. We have known each other quite long enough for that. you know.” "Three months, is it not?” “An eternity, as we judge now." "Look here, Jack,” says Arthur Blunden, somewhat; earnestly. “Be- fore proposing to Miss Tremaine I would see Mrs. Charteris again if I iwere you. You used to talk a good deal of her in the old (lays, I rememâ€" ber: and you were considerably cut up when she, married Charteris: and â€"I always thought there was some- thing in it. I cannot altogether diâ€" vest myself of that idea even now; and I certainly think it will be awkâ€" ward if. when you meet her later on, you still find you feel sentimentally disposed towards her. She is a widow now, you told me. Take my advice and try it all over again with her first before saying anything serâ€" ious to Kitty Tremaine.” “I had no idea you were such a careful man.” returns Sir John, with an amused latqh. "And what an 0bâ€" jectionable ‘ag‘uin!’ I don’t believe If Kitty says I f '30 prove_ to you {that Dr. - Chico's Ointment is a cor in ;- and absolubo cure for l: and every form of ttc k. 2‘4 bleedingand protruding m ‘3 tie manufacturershave guaranteed it. 60‘ toa- .{monials in the daily press and ask your neigh- :ors what th y think of it. You can use it‘and let vour mo ey back if not cured. 60¢ a box, at ill dealers or EDMANSON,BATES 6c Co.,Toronto, ‘ 9? I (:1: or. Ghaée’s Oiritmen-t .5' i1 ever tried anything with Fancy Charteris, and I- know she never car- ed in the very least for me.” "In that case I wish you luck with Miss Tremaine," says Arthur slowly. "She is beyond doubt charming, and is almost the prettiest girl I ever saw,â€"~except, perhaps, her sister Gretchen.” "You are enthusiastic,” says Sir John. “What a. pity it is they can- not hear youl'\ They would never forget it to you. Yes, Gretchen is very pretty,â€"~a sort of being one would compare to a flower, or a dove, or an angel, or some such poetic simile. Why don’t you go in for her. Arthur“? She would just suit you." "Too good for me," says Mr. Blunden, carelessly. “I’m not of Iniuch account. you know; ' and, be.- sides, I'm not one of your marrying fellows.” With this he rises, and, going over to the window, stands there gazing out idly upon the |darkeniing; landscape,â€"upou the soft 'green lawns, and swaying beeches, ,and little flickering sunbeains that lseem loath to die. "Who is that coming grass?" he asks, presently; across the and Sir l . , , . . ., ’John, thus accosted, gets up, also. and joins him at the window. j Standing thus side by side with ,‘their barks to the room and only ‘part of their faces to be seen. one écannot. fail to be struck with the |wonderful similarity between the two .men. There is in each the same tall. ‘Stl'uight figure, the chestnut hair. warm and rich in tint, the same :lieautiiiilly turned check and chin, ,(leslilllle of beard, and, from where :they stand, just a suspicion of the ilong, drooping moustache. : "It is Brandy 'l‘reinuine, is it not?" ,Sir John says. after short scrutiny. .“Lct us come out to meet him," “ller brother!" returns Arthur, with a little shrug. "Oh. by all means. Let. us pay him every atten- ltion in our power." l Sir John laughs and as they both turn to move towards the door there comes an opportunity to mark the. great difference between them. About Arthur’s mouth there is a su'perciliousness, and in his blue eyes an expression keen and penetrating, quite foreign to Sir John‘s whose mouth is always more prone to 1m1f-ther than to contempt, and whose eyes rarely ever trouble themâ€" selves to look beyond the surface. ‘To be Continued. eeeeeeeeeeeeeee “3999th (b w it :i MARINA. EE 0 ,f8’ 33333$3333€i8§333333333 CHAPTER XXII. "Are we. not here to have them performed?" returned Strato. while a slight shade of fear passed across his face. “For that purpose we came. “And surely you will not deny me what good Ludim had promised?" “Look ye, Strato; when you sought the hand of that fair girl you thought her of gentle blood. Now that she proves to be the daughter a n of a poor armorer, will you still seek it?” The young monarch made no an- iswer in words. For a moment a strange light beamed in his eyes, and then he arose and stepped down from his throne. He took the jeweled crown from his head. and placing it upon the. brow of Marina, he knelt at her feet. "She is yours," cried Gio. as he stepped forward and raised the king to his feet. "IIcre, take back your crown, and now let the rites pro’ ceed.” "But first,” said Strato, in an earnest tone, “tell me. more of this. There is a deep mystery here which ‘you have not opened to us." “And you shall know it ‘long." “But now," urged the monarch. "Tell me who and what you are?” "Yes, father," uttered Marina, a persuasive tone. "Not now. Let this marriage proâ€" ceed. For that we are here assem- bledâ€"afterwards you shall know all." “Come,” whispered Esther, "you can trust me once more.” Marina gazed into the face of her sweet sister and smiled, and on the next moment she was led to the all ere in Doing homage to their king and queen, a hundred faithful servants knelt around the royal throne. Gio alone stood erect. He knelt not. nor did he bow. Only a smile illumined his features as he saw the diadeni sparkling upon his daughter’s brow, and a proud look dwelt upon his face as he heard the heart-sent shouts that rent the air. Once more all was still and quiet. “Now,” said Gio, “you shallknow it all. I am not a native of Tyre, nor yet of Phoenicia, but of a coun- try which owes no allegiance to any other. There were two brothers of usâ€"we were twins, and so nearly did ‘we resemble each other that even our parents were at times mistaken. I had a wife whom I loved as the apple of my eyeâ€"one in whom was centered the whole of my heart’s af- ‘fection, but in an evil moment I beâ€" came maddened by the thought that she was false to me. What should have put such a fancy into my head I know notâ€"hut it came, and it made me mad. My wife proâ€" tested her innocencehâ€"slie swore she had not wronged meâ€"but I believed her not. At length she bore me a child, and thenâ€"oh, horrors. the frenzy came! I looked upon the litâ€" tle innocent, and I swore that it '.The Good actor’s Second Letter Confirms His Cure of Two Years Ago, and Proves that it. was _Permanont â€"Warm Words of Praise for Dr. Chase’s Kidney-Liver Pills. Many readers of this paper, and especially railroaders, will remember the i In a letter received last week the conductor states that he is real is permanent, not having had a touch of Berryman, of St. Stephen, N, l3.~ and that his cure, after ten years of sufi'cring with kidney disease, his old trouble for two years. Mr. Berryman's case was such a severe one, and his cure so remarkable. He never tires of recommending Dr. Chase's Kidneyâ€"Liver Pills, but, on the ceiitiaiy, about it. opportunity to tell fellowâ€"sufferers In his letter of April 14, 1900 “I have been railroading for 23 backache. have to lie down to get relief. my didn't seem to git any rest. 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My heart was kindly moved for once, for I resolved that my wife should not know of her inâ€" fant's fate, so I stole away by night and carried it to the river bank. The moon shone down brightly upon the face of the child as it snuggled to my bosom, and once it smiled upon me. “The smile of innocence! At once the nobler thought came to me. that however my wife might have been, that gentle being was not guilty! Then I resolved that I would not kill it, but that I would give it a chalice for life. I went back to the city and had a strong box made, and so arranged that the infant might live within it for some time; and thus I took the child to the seaâ€" more and cast her upon the waters. I then wished never to see her again, but yet I secretly prayed that seine kind hand might save her and rear her up. ‘ “I returned to my home sad and morose. My wife asked for her child, and then I told her what I had done. She did not; rave, she did not up- braid me, nor yet, did she blame me for what I had done; but she sank, body and soul, into the dark gulf of deep despair! Gradually I became aware of my wife‘s innocence, and I knew that it was my own child I had consigned to the sea! Another child was born to meâ€"the gentle Esther, but even that could not make me happy; but I grew more morose and more miserable; and at length, to cap the climax of my folly, quarrel- led with my brother, Gio Balbec. .Our dissentions ran so high that be resolved to banish himself from the country: and, as I have since learned from his own lips, he came to Tyre. lie sought first the high priest of Hercules, with whom he made a com- pact; such a one as I cannot explain but yet the purpose of it I know. Gio Balbec was to let himself to Stratoâ€"your father, sireâ€"and when the priest died he was to follow to the office. Both my brother and myâ€" self possessed strong ventriloquial powers. and whether that peculiar deception of voice served him in the temple you must judge for yourselves: I know I once deceived the king by my own powers. and he thought the oracle had spoken. "‘Balbec became the priest of Herâ€" cules long before he threw off his laborer's dress. and still he worked at the forge for his master and at stated seasons he would repair to the temple and assume the priestly disguise. With me time sped on. but it brought me no joy. The dart of sorrow was firmly fixed in my heart. and the last smile that I saw by the soft moonlight upon my infant's face haunted me by (lay and by night, At length I heard from my brother and yhe sent me the startling intelligence that from the lips of a dying man he had learned the fact that, years be- fore, a box, such as I set adrift, was picked up by a citizen of Tyre, At. once I arranged my affairs and came to this city, determined not to re- turn till I had found my child. For the first time in long years a. smile came to the face of my wife. and be- neath the influence of that bright. beam my whole soul was changed to a sea of swelling hope. “I came to Tyre. My brother still resembled me so nearly that none could tell us one from the other, and seizing upon that circumstance I made my way for immediate settle- ment in this city. Balbec had just. left your father's service, and assum- ing his humble armorer's dress I took his place at the forge. while he» devoted all his time. at the temple. Knowing the quick wit of Esther. I brought her with me, and during the last year I have worked at the bum" ble calling I have assumed. and at the same time diligently prosecuted my search. I soon saw that Tyre was badly governed, that foul sores were festering upon her SOCial constiâ€" tution. and that wickedness was stalking abroad on all hands. You may wonder that 1, who had been guilty of the crime for which I suf- fered should have looked upon the sins of others, but you must remem< her that the fault of mine _wus the result of a madness, and that all manners of suffering had been mine in expiation. "At length. so vividly came the picture of Tyrian suffering to my mind, I resolvedthat if I found my lost child she should be queen of Tyre. Then, oh happy moment! I discovered her in the supposed daughter of Kison Ludim. I knew that I was not mistaken, for the same bright smile that had for so long lain upon my heart played over her features and she looked the very counterpart of the mother who hero her. I sought the priest, my bro- ther, and told him all, and then he made the oracle speak the determin- ation I had made, and the myster- ious decree was conveyed to Mapcn. That very day the king asked Ludim for Marina’s hand, and he was reâ€" fused. I should have then claimed my child, but I gained an inkling of a. plot among the people, and I wait- ed for the deiiouement, and though that procrastination came nigh proving fatal to my hopes, yet all has turned out happily, with the sin- gle exception that I have lost my brother: but the great God called him away; and I am content. At times I have worn the priestly robe and the white beard, while Gio Bal- bec has played the armorer. and hence you will see how easy has been the deception we have practised. The rest you know. The rising of the people has accomplished that which I intended, and the circum- stance has made my daughter queen of Tyre. It was I who gave to Strato the directions concerning the looking for the rising sun, for I felt assured that when the people found that he had instructed Alzac in this particular, they would give to Strato the preference, even though he was a noble. Marina, come once more to thy father’s embrace.” “And my mother?" murmured the fair girl. as she sprang to her fa:- ther's bosom. To be Continued. ___.+_ ANOTHER HAPPY MOTHER. Tells How Her Baby of Eight Months Profited by Wise Treat- ment. Teething time is the critical age in a child’s life. Any slight disorder in the stomach or bowels at that time greatly increases the peevishness of the little one and may have serious and even fatal results. 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