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th r} id ls which St; wa nderi 11 ed and 1‘ and cont hugs the attracted bv symnz I-icd con-d her own. With on bar: In t‘!‘ they drm lowered hold. A on the b 1th «arm prevent 1 men and th tcuuon. The fresh. morning air. while It roused her to a sense of her position, re- \'n‘ed and encouraged her. After all. Qhe “as young and strong andAshe looked up at the house of bondage which she was loavinz~she was free! 011. blessed free- dom! How often she had read of it and heard it extolled; but. she had never known untjl this moment how great, how sweet :1 thmg it was. She waited at. the menu little- station pmil q._workme11's train came up. and. tool! tent LImC swolle memo She Shc HQ knL I‘oilowed by this devout prayer, Ida, .vent up to her room. As she paced up ind down she tried to tell hensvlf that the .vhelo thing was we ridiculous. was too uch like u farce to make her wretched: “2 she felt unutberahly miserable. and 4h“ know that she could no longer endure .lzilmrnum Villa and the petty tyranny In-Ll vindictivencee of (11098 relaLiona I’qvcrtv. hardshin. she could luve borne :uhcmli/ and without complaining; bub )hcre are some things more lllt’JlQl‘l/lblf‘ :o n‘ high-spirited girl. such as ldu, man JUVCHY or physical hardshipfiliero are same things which hurt more than actual 31mm. She felt, stifling. choking; she mo." that. happen what might. she could 10'. lemain under her cousin‘s roof. eat ,11( bread of his charity. for another day. sh uyhuddored as she pictured hel‘se.f uenmg them at the bi'oakfa:t, table. far- n! Mrs. Heron's spiteful face. Isabel's ‘olleu eyes. and her Cousin John's sancti. mi ) the Minories, and hid] Stuffozd had 1'1 rauderings: and me i and looked on d1- nd confusion which ups the presence of Ltracted her; for sh V sympathy with 111 cd condition. which at own. With one hand TEN 1;: m the other. she )e)! drove the cattle 'ered hug-e (-usks 1091); 1) nd her leep: n 'ould 11 a‘ ninré ole Tr coner e soon about 1’) would have to no. to thrust a few things into a bag and I out her purse and counted the con- l A 'they amounted to six pounds and: 2N shillings; but. small though thel was. «he thought that it would mam-v ‘ her until she could find. some way of um: u livelihood. though at the mo- tehu had not the least idea of whati couid find to do. Without undressing! threw heme” on the bed and tried to. u: but her heart ached too acutely- ller brain was 100 active to permit, ofI m. "m, .w a...» w “um... o. J: and. try as she would. er mindl Id travel back to (base brief days of )inIEfi. at Heroudale. and she was. 1th by the remembrance of Stafford the love which she had lost: and at a that. past was almmt efiaced by the! in of Stafford seated beside Maude] onel' at the concert. soon as she heard the servants mov»l about, the house she rose. pu-le andl 1v. and putting on her outdoor things] 5 downstairs with her bag in her hand. servants were busy in the kitchen. she untasteuod the hall door and left house without attracting any at-. .on. The fresh. morning air. while Ill ed her to a sense of her position, re-l i and encouraged her. After all. “he: young and strong andA-she looked up[ A big. fat man. wit 19 back of his head a orner of his mouth~v' m, him shouting and and tho animalsâ€"~1ur CHAPTER XXXVrtContinued) un sermon. would have thrust :1 f91 fill her nu” ufi' rower on g You remem one of the is shoutin and then “2' pan or IVE {ll nil and uddéd 1 k i l om 1 then Elam‘éd M van 9rder. It “'3 experzenced Ida, 'm of [to all it wus. stream! he turned off In Door hul of the be: ' and dis: ‘ome from n deck ordered nd rope: a nd of Coincidence which all our affairs. ltd her nd to the very quay 1 reached in his aimless mechanically she paus- drearmily at. the bustle .ch reigned there. Perâ€" of the sheep and cattle she felt, drawn to them their hustled and hur- lch so nearly resembled DlI Or, the Belle of the Season. up and the hi1: m direction, her. he said. w rokin hulls beasl t; the sailors were in the haste and disorder. chains 3 and pulleys were I whistle shrieked to the multimdiw on a, rail, and a tchod the men as the gangways or bales into the. ith a, slouch hat and a nine in «which did not d bawling at the H‘Ched here and Skfi. and in the and bawling. he 111:1 che sts were ppeared another . do yo . for?“ blushing den All tha Bl] the ca]: 1) along} one of 1 Aue moon and the atch 1nd ent the era he smd. breath‘orsly Mr. Jofi‘ler caught h about ‘to jump for the "Steady. steadv, sir! isoothingly. "We can break your neck t-ryxn The womanâ€"o the middle of a lost: the cart \vm moved. the shaft der and down 6 rogd! The drive and Ivan: fro which seems from the very round. “:0 u: way through. carried to flu patch of bloc Don ‘ull thin Zeb Ihe that m feel sick and sorry home and friends." Stafford hit his lip and trie himself together; but his eyes: fixed on the pale face. the air] clad figure. and his voice was he said; "That's it." said Mr. Jofi‘ler. with a. sympathetic wink. “Lor' love You. I've had them kind 0' fancies myself. especial- ly after a hot, night on shorel If youd only take a null at thin. you‘d be all right. directly It don't do to come aboard too when 'snccially when you're leavin' old England for the first time. Do you see "em now?" Ida had moved away, and Stafford drew a long breath and forced a smile. 3N0.” he said. hltekily. and almost to h‘mseli. "Yes; it, must, have been fancy. She could not have been the'e. It. is 1m- nossible. all for a fancy. too, Hearten up. man. hea the rust 10 feel sick home and friends." “Hold otioully blocs ,w catches ' ‘sfco As if he had heard 1 imnosaible that her v0: throne-h the {-1110le of lowing and bloating: of 0:] his head and looke Their eyes met and “'1 moment. whirh seemed uhe blood flew to his f next, moment, paler swung round to the fa and clutched him arm. "Wait! Stop the v93 ashore!" he said. hoars Mr. Joffler atared at “Hold on. air!" he 53 \vell "aw; get over ' He 14 but, St affox ally “Hold on! Took c 1: you. I know how the “‘8 w a nl urnst a flask afford out n. 1119 go nehon at you ri [10 CHAPTER XXXVI had heard her that, her voice 0 shouts of , imz round the corner. She ,0 let it pass; and. as she (11d ' cart. came swiftly upon her. dazed. so bewildered by the lad seen. and the noise of the Lhe stood. hesitating, uncer- 1 to go on or to retreat to the 19 had left. xuâ€"m‘ marr~who hesitates In of a busy London street is 't was upon her before she had shaft struck her on the shoul- wn she went into the muddy driver jerked the horse aside. ‘mn his seat. the usual crowd. to spring instantaneously ‘ st'mes. collected and surged usual policeman “forced his 1. and Ida was picked up and he pu‘ement. ’l‘heze was a mod on the side of her head~ mall head which had rested on ast- so often. and she r l from y Hero. t n 3 br an 11c meliing dncid an nurse sh‘ uuisbavncc I looked in and were ( seemed an 4 0 his face. paler tha 15!: into 16 of the sailors m: of the cattleâ€"he 11' d d( Bro 1mm 3 she found the sister young nurse bending id and smiling faces. we should under any stance be invariany hose mysteries worthy )blem contained in the It in the thought )uw‘we're aka a sin lc he admonished nt stopâ€"and yon‘c' ng to j'umv it! Anc‘ I'd stake my life sly 1:11 gu en un! ‘ while. painfuny and. attended by in England and nurses, who, not- )f stress and toil, y for pity and ht. >d Ida han man H!) of this. makes." S'tafi‘ord's from him. join you ] arm as he was 1, then laughed not unsymparbh qugeylike! Lo_r I her di“ enhanced Stat‘ford drew smile. nd almost to e been fancy. e‘e. It-ie im- feelin‘ is! It middfe of the of the land moving, we're of ~this. You'll 111(171‘8 )of .still 111) nondon hoe and you‘d u) it! And my life! You're not, at leavin' shaky 1 to pull were still sh, black- n t, to go hitc said the '9. boy. and ad- it ,Ifiofd ater hand men side him the he )n The Ida. blushed again and fell. troublnd. Why ishonld she annoy and worry the He- ron-s? She shuddered slightly as she pic- tured her cousin John standing beside the bed where the sweet, and pleasant-faced sister now stood. and preaching at her. They would Want to take her back to La- burnum Villa: and Ida rcgarded the pro- spect, of return to that cheerful abode of the Christian virLues as a prisoner might regard the prospect of returning to his gaol. The sister regarded her keenly without appearing to do so. “Perhaps you would rather remain quiet. ,ly for a fewrdayis, M‘es Heron?" she sug- ’ you not?" . Anecdotes of Khartumâ€"K. o larly called by been going the eign and the A since the 011th Europe. Some Interesting Anecdotes of the (Ire: Soldier. a dairy." It was her first visit to L don: she had “andered from her dull ter's. lest her way, and. in her confusr tumbled down the cellar of a beensh She told Ida. the hictory of some of ‘ other cases, and Ida found herself list ing with an interest which astonished >Nurse Brown. seeing the two talki nodded anprovingly. “That's right," she said, with :1 am “You keep each other company. It pas the time away." Ver" soon. Ida. found herself taking interest in everything that went on. the noiseless movements of the nurses. the arrival of a new case. in the visit the doctors and the chaplain, and 1 friends of the other patients. Let the 1: simists say what they may. there is :1 of good in human nature; and it con out- quite startlingly in the ward of hospital. Ida was amazed at the care a attention. the patience and the devot' which were laviehed on herself and l The hours passed in a kind of peaceful monotony. broken by the frequent visns of Nunse Brown and the house surgeon. With his grave face and preoccupied au‘: andfor some time Ida lay in a kind of semi-Lower. feeling that everything that Was_ going on around her were the unreal actions in a dream; but as she grew stronger she began to take an interest In the_life of the great ward and her fellow- patients: and on the second day after her return to consciousner began a conver- sation with her next-door neighbor. a pleasant-looking woman who had eyed hel‘ wistfuily several times. but who had been too Shy to address "the young lady." She was a countrv-woman-from Dorsetshireâ€" up to London on a visit “m my daughter. ml“ "h‘ich‘is married {0 a man as keeps attent which fellow- money been e prince ‘ n is about. as difficult to get a. definite answer from a nurse as from a. doctor. "Oh some days yet," replied the sister. cheerfully. “You must not go until you are quite strong; in fact. we should not let you Now you lie quite still and try and sleep again if you can: and you can think over whether you would like to communicate With your friends or not. If You ask my advice. I should say. like Mr. Punch. ‘Don'tl' " “I won‘t." said Ida, with her rare smile. The sister nodded and left her, and Ida closed her eyes again: but not to sleep. She recalled her flight from Laburnum Villa, her wandering through the streets. the crowded and noisy quay, and the strange hallucination, the viaioxi of Staf- ford standing on the stern of the vessel. Of course, it was only a. vision, an hallu- cination; but how real it had seemed! SO real that it “as almost difficult to believe that it was not he himself. She smiled sadly at, the idea of Stafford, the son of the great Sir Stephen Orme, sailing in a ca_t,_tle~ship! Perhaps you would rather remain quiet. 1y for a few days, M‘es Heron?" she sug- gested, sweetly. Ida‘s eyesâ€"they lucked preternatumlly large. violet orbs in her white faceâ€"beam- ed gratefully. "“O'h. yes. 37es! if 1 may. Shall I be 111 long?â€"how 600" will it be before I can any more," she murmured. ponitently. and the soft. placid voice ceased. Ida. looked round the war-d, her heart. beating as fast as her condition would al- low. As Nurse Brown had said. she felt, terribly strange and nervous in the long, whitewashed ward which. however. was rendered cheerful enough by the dozens of pictures from illustrated papers. which had been {ta-stoned to the walls. and by the vases and great bowls of flowers which seemed to occupy every suitable spoL. She closed her eyes and tried to think; but she fell nelr'ep instead and dream: that, she had fallen ofl Rupert and was lying on the moss beside the river, quite comfortable and most ahsurdly content. When she \vcke the sister was standing beside her. 2nd nodded with cheerful ap- proval "That's better. Miss Heron." she said. “It is quite pleasant, to watch you asleep and not to hear you rambling? Ida's face flusl‘ed. "Have I been rambling?" she asked. "What. have I said? You know my name,“ The nurse smiled. “Your things are marked.“ she explain~ ed. “But there was no address, nothing which could heln us to communicate with your friends, or we would have done no. You will tell us where to send now. will ‘Id; some cred redible. One ( s that of the here _areâ€" almos you'd s( in the v ent clae are verv that you are time. we haw great many over. some hurt wond can ] ent class to .voursell are verv poor and so 1y rouzh when {hm wonderful how pant scan-c1" ever hear a now and againâ€"wind they that sometimes they brmg your eyes, and it's quite ha them when they get well charged. But I really mus! any more," she murmur and the soft. placid voice ‘ Ida. looked round the 'wa dar Of mming which is married to a man as keepé ry." It was her first visit to Lon she had “andered from her (laugh lcst her way, and. in her confusion ed down the cellar of a heel‘Ashop old Ida. the hinory of some of th( _cases. and Ida found herself listen 1th an Interest which astonished he? .:_6 Brown. seeing the two talking IUSEN-I‘IYED K. 0!“ K. Wa r were lavished on herself and sufferers; a devotion which ' can buy. and which could not xceeded if they had one and all 5685 of the blood royal. (To be continued.) COUN he Ol‘lgln ' the d: amselvce 111 what re in th 0111166 ,es 01 Lord hltchener 01 â€"K. of K., as he is popu- ed by the Englishâ€"have g the rounds of the for- ‘the American newspapers outbreak of the war in Some are new, and more a credible, and more in- ELI bul get used , though yourself >r and so: most as 1 8 pins in la] versi that l ady. Oh‘ (I a lady ; t} ive: 9 WC uey the most p0 1rpinsâ€"of V as many ver the Bin mcs ‘e Qf them and W. tor nes they or they 3'“! Jther it isn't the first in the ward‘ A me down here ‘11) BI‘G it real off her( other rd K 1e dev f and which idenL wded :e m- rpulalr which hall' e, and people difier- them usual- hax >tio pea. .1 lot the and the at fl-ll pally. On the way they passed a. shabby iceâ€"cream cart, the sides of which were decorated with cheap llithogi'aphs of Queen Victoria, the {Prince of “’ales, and Kitchener. K. of K. leaned suddenly forward in passing, flecked his own (lusty portrait with the tip of his riding whip, and declared: I “That, and that only is fame.” \' 1‘6 is of the greatest importance to take yourself well in hand during the first moments of the fight. It is a great help to think of the thou- sands of soldiers who are watching your first steps, and of your super- iors who are studying the “new man.” The soldiers form their judgment of a. new commander at once, and it is likely to be a very critical judgment. Modern rifle fire produces a strong impression; the air seems t1 f WmmWayfiMw BuySugar? K. of K. despises self-advertising, and has never sought, popularity. When he can, he escapes lionizing; and he appears to care nothing for the applause and approval of the public, except so far as it helps him to carry on his work. But his obâ€" servant eye discriminates as keenly as in other things between the real and the artificial in popular re- nown. Mrs. Erskine describes how, after an elaborate function in his honor, at which a pompous master of ceremonies had delivered a ver- bose eulogy before a, distinguished company (boring him most; fright- fully), she and .her husband return- ing home on horseback in his com- pany. On the way they passed a shabby iceâ€"cream cart, the sides of which were decorated with cheap “Then report to-morrow morning to the line of communications,” 01'- dered Lord Kitchener, crisply. “I do not require men with poor eye- sight at, hean quarters: i’ If the story is not true, it; is at least; invented in harmony wit-h the known characteristics of K. of K., who despises fripperies amd affeota- tions. 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