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Constantia was the same (lurk, majestic, suymrhly beautiful woman I had seen her by night at Hickory Hall. I do not know that my artist taste was (‘VGI‘ so highly gratified by comparing these two yuung girlx, C(instamia and Regina, both so perfectly beautiful, yet su opposite in their forms, features, and comâ€" plrxion; yes, and styleâ€"though both were of the queenly order. C‘onstantia’s was a, natural dignity J$.ogina'$ a convegtlonul statcli‘qess. Upon tho. whulmw \i’e were all pleased with can-b nthm', and it was on the stroke 0f twvlve befnrc we parth for the night. Once or twice I had observed an unwanted thoughtfulness upon the usually clear, open ctmnte‘nance of my sistor; but that was so natural under the (‘ircunls‘uanceg that, it made no impression on my mind. When ‘I had retired to my mom, however, and hufm-c .1 had time to I felt instinctively :2 high respect fur, and a strung attraction to ('Unâ€" ratant Walh'avon, as to a soul more exalted than my own. Constant Wallraven was nearly the fae~simile of Wolfgang â€" the same tall, slight, elegant figure, the same haughty set of the head, the same lightâ€"gray blazing eyCS, the same wilderness of slightly curlâ€" ing, silky black hair, jet black eye- brows, and long, black lashes. But he looked stronger, older, and more settled than Wolfgang. He looked as if at some time not far distant in the past», he had been fist such a chaotic assemblage of discordant elements as Wolfgang 11(W was; and as if some mighty pcwer had forcibly subdued the chaos, bringing out. of it a world of harmony, beauty and strength. Withal, there was an expression of frankness, good humor, and health of mind and body on his handsome face, which testified that the transâ€" forming power, whatever it had been, had not crushed but discipâ€" lined him. Only by the perfect reâ€" pose, perfect harmony of these all- t-ipathetie elements of character he- trayed in his features and complex ion, could one judge of the pre-exâ€" istence of a disciplining experience. One- saw in him now a man who, though still quite young, had gained: lhe great \‘lOtOl‘y of his life; whose‘ manner of existence and work was? henceforth defined, laid out, and‘ well understood. to ’3 I wondered to hear Regina. speak 8 i. It was the first glimpse, with em: exception, that I had ever had of the. heart within her cold bosom. Yes, I wondered, until I rememberâ€" ed that under the snow of earliest spring the grain still germinates un- seen in the warm and genial soil. In the bustle of their arrival, I had little opportunity of making ob- sexvations. FirstJI sziwithai Regina was more than satisfied with the new brother and sister. tl:r weakness, for the want- of some gentle woan friend whom I could love, whom I could trust. Now, in the failure of a sister of my own, my husband’s sister will become in- expressibly dear to me; at least, I feel as if it would be so. I think it will be her own fault if it be not That- cvening, accortklyingwtggp- pointment, Mr. and Miss Wallraven arrived. After supper, however, when we were allâ€"the three Wallravcns, Re- gina. and myselfâ€"assembled in our pallor, I had every facility for studying my prospective relatives. “Yes! Ah, Ferdinand! I shall have a sister, I do not care for Con- stant much. I do not care for the brother I shall gain, for I have al» ready one dear brother; but I care very much for the father and the sister I shall have. I have been lorely, Ferdinand. I have borne within my bomm a cold heart, beâ€" cause I have had no mother or sisâ€" ter to keep it warm. For some rea- son or other, I never formed a feâ€" male friendship in my life. I never could bring myself to make ad- vances to other young ladies, and something within we repelled others from making advances to me. I iave. with all my independence, needed that sisterly relation. Gen- erally, I have been cold and strong enough; yet sometimes I have felt myself suddenly droop, with an ntâ€" CHAPTER IX.â€"â€"(C0nt’d) The Lady Brandolin; OR, THE LOST PATRIMONY. She did not reply; but remained in my lap with 1161‘ arms thrown up over my shoulders, and her face 9391' my bosom. I spoke again. “You have apparently less to al- lov your happiness than almost» any other bride. Y‘nu have less tr, reâ€" grct and more to hope for. 3.731: leave no dear, familiar hone” no hunorcd father, nu beloved mo- ther. no dear sister-wwheref’nre shnuld you grieve?" “I leave you, my dearest bio- tlmri I leave you the solo rem- nant of our famin circle! I leave “Regina, my dearest sister. to- mrrrow I will scarcely have a right to do this,” and I gathered her to my bosomhand pressed my lips to 1101's. "Toâ€"morruw, certainly, I shall have no right to question your happiness, or the state of your af- fections; do not, therefore, be proud or cold towards me, liko‘ your worse self; and do not» be sarcastic, bitter, or satirical towards me, for that. is not like yourself at all. That )1: u have caught from Wulfgang‘; lint, tell me, what has so deeply, sci-lineg moved you this evening? It; is not- an imaginar}Y grief, nor a real one, if slight, that (mnld trouâ€" blo you so much~4vhnt~ is it then?” “Humph! Wolfgang’s queerities are certainly contagious; that 1 know of my own experience,” said I; and I dropped suddenly into a short reverie upon the contagion of reacmblance between persons of no consanguinity who love each other and are constantly associated. Feeling‘ too deeply interested in my .813th ,emotions to indulge, oven for five mmutes, in this temptâ€" ing subject, I turned, stole my arm around her walst, and said, gently. {01, than most young maidens simi- larly situatedâ€"newrtheless, I sup- pose. these ‘nutural tears’ must fall I" said I, gently caressing her. She replied mockingly, “Ah! it is quite proper for a- biide to weep, then? Like the ring and the white kid gloves, it- is an indispensable ingredient in the wedding-dish!#1t is understood um! expected of us, in s}1m‘t~â€" and people would be shocked and disap- pointed if it were‘omitted.” “Certainly! Half the trashy songs I learned to sing at school woreâ€"not after my own taste, the maltialâ€"â€"but such mawkish (lit-tics as the ‘Bride‘s Adieu,’ etc.” “I do know it, my dear sister; and sentimentality is the last, fault- I should suspect you of. I know that you are strong. cool, and spir- itedâ€"therefore I have been the more surprised and distressed at ycur tears this night. I know that it is naturalâ€"nay, generally inevitâ€" ableâ€"that a girl. should drop some â€"â€"n0t; very bitterâ€"tears on bidding good-bye to her maiden life and libâ€" erty; but I scarcely expected to see you do so, inasmuch as you have lms to regret, and more to hope But she sobbed on, and I sat; down by her side, took her hand and pressed it, while I waited siâ€" lently for her to tell me the subâ€" ject of her grief. When her fit of weeping had expended itself, she lifted up her head, dried her eyes, and, after remaining silent and still for a, little while, she said, “You think me now sentimental, marudlin, sickening. I feel that you (IL. I am not that. I never was so You ought to know it.” “Regina, my dear sister, what is this Tell me 2” But she sobbed 0n. “Regina, you alarm and distress me} What- is this ’2” To my astonishment, she burst. inâ€" to tears, and dropped her head upâ€" on my dressing-tabla. begin to take off my dress, I heard a tap at my room door, and, thinkâ€" ing that; it; was of course Wolfgang, I bade him come in. The door 0 )en-- ed, and my sister entered, and SLan softly down in her usual seat, near my dressingâ€"table. I looked at, her inquirineg, anxiously. The state- ly gayety which had distinguished her all the afternoon and evening had quite gone and the thoughtful- ness that had once or twice, cloud- like. flitted past the sunshiny snow of her countenance, was now settled into a, profound gloom. “My dear Regina, you look so grave! but then this is a serious time to youl” “Reginaâ€"~5ister,” said I tender Mix in a half pint bottle, three ounces of essence of pepsin. and three ounces of syrup of rhubarb Then add one ounce compound scncc cardiol. Shake and let stand two hours. Then add one ounce 01 tincture czadomene compound (n01 cardamom). Shake well and take a, teaspoonfnl before and after meals. Drink plenty of water be- tween meals and when retiring. Weigh before beginning. Everybody about the same, but certain elements and organs of blood and nerves are deficient and until this is corrected, thin people will stay thin. The nutrition stays in the body after separation by the digestive functions instead of pass- ing through unused, when this ral- uable treatment of blended modi- 1‘ines is used. Practically no one can remain thin who uses it, for it supplies the long need. A treatment- which anyone can prepare cheaply at; home, has boon found to increase the weight, im- prove'the health, round out scraw- ny figures. improve the bust, brighten the eyes and put- new color into the Cheeks and lips of anyone who is too thin and bloodless. It puts flesh on those who have been always t-hin whether from disease or natural tendency:on those who by heavy eating and diet have in vain tried to increase; on thSe who feel well but can’t get fat; and on those who have tried every known method in vain. It is a powerful a-Ed to digestion, nutrition and as» Similation. It assists; the blood and ngrves to distribute all over the b‘bdy the flesh elements contained in food, and gives the thin person the same absorbing qualities pus» scssed by the naturally fleshy. Proseription Aocomplishes Wondm “Oh, for days, or rather for nights pastâ€"in the daytime I have been amused, and forgetful, but at night, as soon I get to sleep, I start from my first sleep in a terâ€" rible panic! just as a. condemned criminal might be awakened out of deep, sweet; sleep. with the sudden recollection that he was shortly to be hanged. Toâ€"morrow is my wed- dingâ€"day; yet it terrifies me as though it, was the day of my execuâ€" tion I I do not believe Madame Roâ€" land and the heroines of the Reign of Terror dreaded, the guillotine hal? as much as I dread the altar l” Gloomily as my sister spoke, or, perhaps, because she did speak so gloomin of what appeared to me to be only considerable exaggeration of a very natural feeling, for the life of me I could not help laughing in which, to my surprise, I was joined by Regina, who raised her head from its restingâ€"place, and, ariging from my lap, sat down be- side me. Disousses Causes of Thinnoss and (Rives New Method of Increasing “eight and Rounding Out the Form. WHY YOU XRE THIN; HOW TO GET FLESHY. “As you will not do! But it is no: I for whom or by whom you sor- row now! Tell me, then, what vt is. dearest sister, while it is not yet tor: late! To-morrow yes! in scv en hours from thisâ€"for it is now one o’clockâ€"I shall have no right to ask you I” “I will téll you, then. My heart is dreadfully oppressed! Oh, "0w I do wish that I had a mother, an aunt, a. married sister, a' matroaly friendâ€"any wise gent-lewoman, up on whose bosom I could lay my head as I lay it now on yours, and ask her in a whisper if upon the eve of her bridal day she was visited with such terrible forebodings as I am now such anxietiesâ€"such fuâ€" nereal presentiments I” “How long has this been so with you. Regina?" If “The one thing I looks-:1 for- ward to in life was a, reunion with my only brother, Ferdinand-â€"â€"ami yin know it was the main topic of all my letters; yet now you Judge me able to part with you for a long, indefinite timeâ€"perhaps foreve'zrwâ€" without pain.” “But I should regret it! I shad regret it, if I cannot persuade you to go with us, as I hope to do! as I must do I” “Yet leaving me, dearest Dogma, slutuld not cost you a sigh! nay, it will not! Dearly as we have ever loved each other, we have not 3390') together much; therefore you w'll stillY remember and love me, with- ont, throwing away a sigh upon my absence.” “Yes! so you have judged my heart}! You have studied me so Fell!” she a'eplied, almost bitter- “At least, so I would have it. dearest sister. I am not so selfish as to wish yuu to regret, my abâ€" sence!” you who stood to me for father, mother. sister, home!” “But I will! I luve him! If I had the power I would tear out from my bosom that which occas- ionally recoils from him, though it were one ventricle uf my heart! It is halfâ€"past one o’clock; my marri- “1 must. The hand of fate is on me! I have no power to stop my- SCH!” “Then I can stop stronger than fate! .7; be married . I “Yes, and dread him more! 01.3 llisten, Ferdinand! Listen, my ‘dear brother! I will open my heart; to you this first and last time! for ome! for toâ€"morrow, as you say. you will have no right to inquire into the secrets of my bosom. I will have no right to communicate them tomorrow; this would be an in- fringement of my marriage vow; to-morrow my oath of allegiance Wiillld make these confidences treachery. Listen then. I do love Wolfgang quite as much as I am capable of loving any oneâ€"almost as much as he loves me. E have loved him almost from the firm ev- ening of our meeting; but, since our engagement, latelyâ€"now li~tenl for. contradictory as what I an new about to tell you may appear, it is nevertheless trueâ€"though inâ€" explicable to me, as it may seem to you, Lately, as I said, while I am strongly attached to Wolfgang, I am as stroneg repulsed! It is an if some principle in my being were powerfully drawn toward him, while another principle was as pow- erfully repelled; or, as if some 513' ment in Wolfgang’s nature pos- sesses for me irresistible fascina- tion, while some other element af- fects me with disgust-which fills me 'Vvith remorse~which I endeavor to conquerâ€"which I only succeed in #J} concealing. “Thus, you see, my bosom is made the battlefield of warring emotions, and over all broods this dark presentiment, like the lower- ing black clouds of some approach- iv‘g‘ and destructive storm I” 5 2'Do not marry him!’ said I, earnestly. “You have succeeded in that»! I never suspected it!”' “But this will pass away in a. i‘e-v days, Regina. You love Wolf- gungf’ “Yes, presentim-entâ€"Jthis dark, uncertain, slippery, cold feeling (‘f the precipice edge!” she replied, gravely~her flush of mirth quit-e gone. is a delicious and fragrant blend of the finest Ceylon Tea. 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