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The Recovery PART II. Lescaut rapidly reviewed the situa-: tion, and that not altogether from Pauline’s point of view. He had ob- tained, by the merest chance, a foot- ing in Madame Cortou’s house, and he meant to retain it. IWas, indeed, Madame Corton rather .than her daughter whom he saw sitting so near him, and he had an agreeable fancy that it was Madame Corton's hand which he had held. “In order to make a pretext for seeing you again." he said, “we must make a little plot, you and I. I must learn from you. You say that you have no illness. Very well. we must invent one." Pauline’s eyes shone. “Beautiful!” she said. Lcscaut pro- ceeded to feel her pulse and take her temperature. “That will suffice,” he said. now I will return to Madame Corton.“ Madame Corton, hearing his step on the stairs, met him at the door of, the room below, and the doctor found himself once more in that subtle and tliri-llllinig atmosphere which had so the world of peace.” “Well, doctor, what _is your ver- dict?” We" “Your daughtem’épsaid Lescaut, in his most suave, professional manner, “is in a condition slightly febrile, and has a pulse lacking a little in regu- larity.” v “Oh, Dr. Lescaurt!" "I assure you. madame, that there is no occasion for alarm. A slight disturbance of the nerves, no more.” Lescaut had avoided Madame Corton’s eyes as he said this. When he looked at her again she was smiling; it was a smile that he could not quite under- stand. “It will be necessary for you to see' her again?" she asked. “Assured'ly. Such cases careful treatment.” “Even though in themselves they are of no importance ?” I “They may seem of great import- require ance to the patient. The reossurancei of the sufferer is half the battle.” . “Yes, I understand that. Then you will be good enough, Dr. Leslcaut. to come to the Rue des Cailloux as often] asyou think necessary.” Lescaut rose. “Madame, dismiss all apprehension from your mind,” he said. “I think I can promise your daughter a complete 1'ec0ve'ry, but it may take time." Lescaut hurried back to the Rue Lamartine and found Nivette await- ing him with some impatience. “You must, lave found Madame Corton vastly interesting,” the lawyer said, “or was it the daughter? Why,: Anatola, your ac- is shining. Is \everything still flat?” “Nothing is flat to a sound and sane man." said the doctor. “Then you have recovered your own sanity?” - “One side‘of it, but there isalways the risk that insanity may break out in a fresh place." That may happen to me. Have you heard anything of Henri 'Marmet lately?” . ~ “Now, that is very strange" said Nivctte. “I heard from Henri only ’ this morning. He will be in my house to-m-orrow night. Lescaut jumped up and paced the room rapidly. “Admit-able!" cried the doctor. “To- morrow night, you say. Had Henr any ' ‘ ' “Only that he is prodigiously in love, which, to be sure, is nothing new." ' I “With whom is he in love?" de- manded Lescaut, stopping abruptly beside Nivette, and 1a his shoulder. - “My dear Anatole, how do I know?”, “Did he describe the girl? Were there no details?” ' “A rhapsody is"iiot a description; According to Henri she is the only; women in France orth'a"'moment’s‘ consideration.” ' 5; . 3 “He is wrongvthere,” said the doc-I tor. l ,“As for details. he met her half ai dozen times in Rouen. went mad and has been trying to find her ever since. Leslcaut sat down suddenly and laugh-1 ed. Nivette began to feel a little un-i easy. - l “Co-me, come, my friend, pull your-‘ . self together,” lie-said. “Ring for wine. You leave this house as glum. as an owl and return to it as excitedI l ying a hand on? as a girl going to her first dance. What has happened?” - ' _ -i Lescaut presented. case to Ni-‘I vette with great animation, and the‘ lawyer took it up with an enthusiasml which his richest client could not have aroused. He himself, in View of Les- cnult’s preoccupation, rang for another bottle of wine and the old friends dis-, cussed romance andJits particular ap- plication to this case as though ro- mance existed only in the Rue La- martine. ' Lescaut found it extremely difficult! to refrain from telling Pauline at once that Henri Marmet was in Dour- laix. But his devotion to Madame Carton demanded that his visits should be continued, and it was also‘ necessary to convince himself that gem-i Mamet’s love for Pauline was: something more than a youthful iii-i fatuation, for it. must be admitted that‘ Marmet, to the doctor's knowledge, had been infatuated b ore.l ,So for a‘ week the lovers were 'ept in ignor» ance of their nearness to each oth and Lescaut cultivated his opportun», ities with an assiduity which did ere-1 (lit to both his intelligence and to his heart. Then, unexpectedly to them, but in accordance with a simple plan devised by the doctor and Nivette, the By C. KENNETT BURROW. ‘___________â€"____â€"â€"â€"_â€"â€"~â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€""-â€"â€"â€""_J ilovers met one day “And“ news?” ' ' , of Dr. Leeaiit in the Grande lPlace. to Lescaut by Pauline. he said: “My chill , it is now, perhaps, that your real troubles begin. So far I have been your friend in secret; have convinced myself that Henri Marmot loves y u devoledly. Now Henri must approach Madame Cortou in due form." “Then you Dourlaix?" “Yes. He arrived the day after my first visit to you. He is staying with my Friend, M. Nivette. In fact, it was )1. Nivette and myself who arranged that you should both be in the Gz‘nndc Place at the same hour." “How wonderful you are, Dr. Les- ; cauti” “Both as doctor and as friend I did .what appeared to mo-to be my duty. knew that he was in ‘I had, you understand, to effect a cure." “I am better, much better." “Nevertheless, for the present, I ,wish you to maintain the fiction that standing that flashed into Pauline's eyes disconcei'ted Les-cant. 3 “Ah. the little mother!" she cried; “I new that you would fall down and worship her." i “I admit the worship,” said the doc- ' tor, smiling, “but I have not yet fallen down. That may come, however. In the meantime, and during your con- . ‘tinued indispositiion, I will contrive to lintroduce Henri’s name, remind Ma- Reuen and beg for permission to in- ‘troduce him to her house as the son ‘of my lost friend. After that the ,lovers must manage their own af- fairs." , “The loversâ€"oh, yes, the lovers," said Pauline. And Lescaut was con- ISClOUS that m: blushed. l When Lescaut, a few days later, led 'up to the introduction of Marniet‘s 'name with, as he imagined, infinite idiscretion. he was disconvcerted by Madeira Corton’s enigmatic smile, “Why,” she asked, “do you only [speul' of bun new when you might [haw spiken a weel.~â€"~two weeksâ€"» ago?” The doctor made an effort to icover his sudden confusion by picking :up from tshe‘floor a ball of colored isilk that had fallen from Madame |Corton's lap. But he could find no ianswe-r to that direct question. i “I myself," Madame Corton continâ€" ued, “happened to sec M. Marniet in the Grande Place only a few days ago. But he did not see me." Lescaut had the impression that his cart contracted and then evpanlcd lalmost to bursting. iIad he, Anatole Lescaut, the renowned pliys Dourlaix, been found out in a quite unprofessional plot? “At the same time," Madame Cor- proceezled, “I saw your patient ~e. She also Cllll not see me. In the circumstances, I judged that it was best to remain unseen. And someâ€" how I associated you with that meetâ€" ,ing. That was strange, was it not?" ‘ chcaur, who had vainly been en- deavcrlng to prepare defences, gave up the attempt. , “Madame, you have ,mercy.” he said. “I confess to being ‘an accomplice. But whatever you may think of me, I cannot, I do.not lregret my action. I saw young love. pure and honest love, in distress, and I came to its aid.” “That is easily ill ,ton Earliy in. me at your understood. But of all'this?”. . “Your daughter was ashamed to confess to you that she had given her not asked for it ,and might spurn the gift.” - “So she preferred to pine in secret. Yet she gave her confidence to you.” “Because she had heard Henri Mar- mot speak of me with affection.” “He spoke of you with enthusiasm,” said Madame Corton. “Then, when you telephoned meâ€"" “I believed that you were the Dr. Lescaut of whom he had spoken.” “I am bewildered, madame." The doctor was, in fact, more than be- wilderedy “Mayl say that I, too. am bewildâ€" ered?” “In what respect, madame?’ “Why did you find it necessary to see Pauline almost daily when you knew that all that was troubling her was this love affair?" Lest-ant had once more to attempt a defence. “As I t-.:ld you, madame, on the oc- casion of my first visit, she was in a condition slightly febrile, with a pulse a little " “Do you imagine that I didn't see through that, Dr. Lescaut'.’ Why, both you and I are in precisely that to tor, confess!” Lescaut knew that he was cornered and that there was only one way out. were sixteen sings wei Dare he attempt that way? When he ventured to look at Madame Corton ,she was smiling, but in a difi'erenti say The expressron was no longer enigmatic. "I practiced this deceit," he said, “not only to help your daughter, but also that I might see you. I saw you first at a moment when in become meaningless. a me isence.” re flat exâ€" ‘Heaven knows I understand that. loneliness!" “I‘left this house with revived env thusiasni, I was exalted, lifted up. From that moment I became your, n worshipper. On my knees “No, noâ€"not on your knees." Mar, When this news was communicated: . . - ‘m" visits are nece‘sar .” The under- to me!" suddenly reawavkened his interest in, y ‘ °“ y ician of y life had‘ 'risinvg, they faced each other. you remember," Madame Corton con- tinued, “a feilow~student of yours in Paris named Fleming?” ago.“ said the doctor. “The most generous heart, the most brilliant 1brain! Alas, he died in my arms." ‘ “He was my brother, my only broâ€" ther," said Madame Carton. ’ “Your voiceâ€"it is like him. I begin ‘to understand." “My father saw you in Paris. remember Dr. Fleming?" “I forget nothing. I am one of lthose who are unable to forget. Dr. lFlemiiig‘s daughter. Paul's sister!" i “You will now. perhaps, see why I ‘scnt for Dr. Lescaut." “Not, madame, to bring ltim to your feet, :1an then bid him go his lonely ‘iway? Romance, pa ='ion, are not only ifor the young. I declare to you, as in ltho rod presence of your brother, once my friend. that I love you.” Les- caut caught Madame Corton‘s hands, and carried them to his lips. It was at this moment that Pauline came into the room. Madame Corton and Lescaut held their ground. “Dr. Lescaut, Dr. Lescaut,” cried the girl, “why aren't you on your knees?" “Because, my child. I was not per- mitted to kneel ” said the doctor. “Nor will I allow Henri to kneel At this point Madame Corâ€" ton showed some signs of breaking down. “If Henri Marmot," she said, tremu- lously, “will come to meâ€"Dr. Lescaurt speaks highly of himâ€"willeome to me," she paused and looked appeal- ineg at the doctor. and the pressure of her hands upon his increased. “Little one,” Lescaut said to Paul- ine, “this is the best of all worlds. You Slflf Bring Henri here in half an hour. No .dame Corton that she met him at doubt he is waiting for you in the Grande Place. In the meantimeâ€"” Pauline vanished. (The End.) 3â€". ____ . On a Tablet in Westminster Abbey. Not all the stately marbles That grace the Minister’s wall Bear names of England’s glory, Not kings and sages, all. Hard by the Poet’s Corner Four words I found, and smiled The deathless message musing, “Jane Listerâ€"Deere childe” Fair head, above her sampler, Two hundred years ago, So sweet~dear, gentle daughterâ€"- To the hearts that loved her so! So patient in her suffering, So quiet in her sleep, ,Now'this, her fragrant memory, The storied marbles keep. She. lies with the Immortals, With Milton and the rest, Love’s human cry still sounding Above her quiet breast. "Right worthy to lie near them,” I softly spoke, and smiled, “Perhaps they knew and loved you, Jane Lister Deere cliilde.” â€"-Bartlett Brooks. Wisps of Wisdom. Kindness does not consist in gifts, but in gentleness and generosity of spirit. Men. may give their money which comes from the purse, and with- ?why was I, Pauline’s mother’ left out hold their kindness which comes from the heart. Enthusiasm breakfasts on obstacles, .lunches on objections, and dines on ‘heart so unreservedly to one who had competition. Develop pluck. trust to luck. Sometimes it is better to stay Where you are than to jump at conclusions. Happiness doesn’t just happen. has to be earned. let the other fellow It The line of least resistance doesn’t, always lead farthest. Nobody can do as much for you as you can do for yourself. There’s no ill-luck in turning back if you are on the wrong road. We learn wisdom from failure much more than from success. Officn we dis- cover what will do by iindiir. rut what will not do; and probably be who never made a mistake never made a discovery. o -â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"â€"-â€"o.o 4 . e» .__.. Scotland Has Excellent Deer- , Stalking Season. j stalking seasons on record in Scotland ilius now concluded. It is estimated i that 6.000 stage have been shot in the ithe last two months. I Among (129 iiio:iui'clis of the glen . ghiiig over 280 l pounds each. l . __A____._. i l Looked on Life. 1 locked on life with warped eyes And life. with dull antipathy. ,I.il;o one who goes in sullen guise. Frowued back at me. I looked on life with level eyes And life, with large serenity. Like one who goes in gladscme guise. ' .i livck as me. “Clinton Seeiliird, ~ .3 l i . . ’ Minsrd's Linimeiit for Colds. etc. ldame Corto-n rose, and Lescaut, ailsoll Al 0 “As though I had seen him an hourI ; A few \vhyt has been one of the best deer. ; his missing sheep dead in his~ pasture. Ilie lost 12:) time in seeking his‘ueigii- ‘Illl‘IIOLl the sheep and the ileec and ,condition at, tins moment! Come, doc_ i area north in the Grampians during ‘ ekllmmi"1 “10 “11019 dfidll. I bit." ,' asked anxiously. fought to be all right. 7 Fallen Metropolis. ' Ten years ago there were nearly itwo million people living in Petro- lgrud. Not more than seven other leities in the world exceeded it in size. ‘To-day (here are perhaps six hundred thousand left; the deaths far outlinin- ‘bcr the births and everyone who can get out of the dying city does get out. '\\'eek by week the population dwind- les. Along 'the Neva there is mile af- ter mile of deserted docks. Grass grows between the paving stones; only now and then do you see a lonely [schooner delivering a cargo of fire- }wood from Finland. or a relief steam- ,shlp discharging supplies for the fam- l‘iuc-strickon people of the city. ‘ The streets are empty and fallen in- to disrepair. Most of the shops are 'dcsortcrl; those that pretend to be 'open have little to sell. Four houses ‘out of five are abandoned. Many of the doors swing idly on their hinges; the glass in the windows is broken; the metal that covers many of the roofs has rusted or corroded. It is a picture of desolation and discourage- ment, of rust and ruin. The city is well on its way toward the destruction that has wasted many another rich and famous capital. The decay of Petrograd is the in- evitable result of the overthrow of the Romanoff dynasty. The city was created by the Czars and apart from its position as the seat of their govern- ment has little reason for existence. Peter the Great built it to be his "win- dow looking out on Europe,” and his successors made it a great capital. It is far from the centre of Russia in a bleak and inhospitable region. Though it has some advantages as a seaport during the warmer part of the year, it is far inferior even in that respect to Riga and Libau, which were included in old Russia. Both the revolution and the Bols‘hevist uprising began in Pet- rograd, but after the Czar was gone 'there was no possible reason for keep- ing the seat of government there. Power passed at once to Moscow and with it the last chance of prosperity for Petrograd. An artificial'metro- polls from the first, it has suffered the unhappy fate of the royal house that built it and maintained it. o -_._.__.. Cunning Rather Thain Speed. An Englishman who had once seen an American fox running before a bound wrote that the American fox is much slower than its English cousin. As a matter of fact. the Englishman‘s assertion, which by the way appeared in an encyclopcedia, is really a tribute to the superior cunning of the Ameri-' can fax. Reynard, says Mr. Charles D. Stewart in the Atlantic Monthly, could have run a goo-d deal faster had he thought it wise to do it. A fox surprised by a hound in a small patch of woods will run across the open at astonishing speed. Then‘ he not only will slow up but may even sit down on some convenienteleva- tion and look back. He keeps his wits about him; he wants to see what is go- ,ing on. When the bound has struck his stride the fox will soon gauge it and lead him a chase. Anyone who sees the chase and knows that the hound is slow becomes an admirer of the witty Reynard and will be likely to ,say that the fox- is running slowly just to tease the dog. Indeed, many eu- tertainiiig writersliave said so; but a veteran hunter would not so inter- pret the action of the fox. He well. knows that when a fox gets half a jniile or so ahead of him and skulks l l it is not doing it to tease him. The fox is not so human as that. The: iplain fact is that the fox will not re- treat bet‘ore a dog any faster than the dog drives him. That is because it is : naturally cunning. ~â€" "â€"4,â€"â€" All Right for Seven Cents. The neighbors said that Jake New- ton was strictly honest but snug." , , One morning as he was having his; isheep sheared he found that one of ltheni was missing. “It must have ljumped the fence and gone into Les- ;lie‘s lot,” he said to himself, and im- liuediately walked over to Leslie lb‘rench's pasture. picked out a steep [that resembled his own and, after a ‘tussle, {.11. it home and had it sheared. | days laier Jake discovered! lioi'. \‘i'itii profuse apultgies he i'(‘- "Oh, that's all right, Jake." Leslie replied. "Don‘t let it trouble you it “You're sure it’s all right?" Jakel Anyone is likely : “Sure, sure. Jake. , to make a mistake." Jake drew himself up “\Vell, it; i had to pay seven cents to have that sheep shear-i ed." â€".:» The biggest heart cannot hold both, goodwill and pride. | “Please vi the door ” in fcurteeni different i. _ ages. app. s on a no-‘ tice in the Enemy Debts Clearing Of- ‘ice, London. ILizzy’s grandmother. along at a set distance out of sight, “pretty, "" Making Prairie Homesteads Comfortable. one of the lines of work in which the people of Western Canada show the keenest interest is that of plant- ing sheltervbelts across prairie farms and around the homestead buildings and garden. The Dominion Forest Nursery Station at Indian Head has been distributing trees, free, for plant- ing on prairie farms since 1901. In the early years only a few hundred thousand trees per annum were dis- tributed. but for the last four or five years it has averaged well up to five millions per year and is likely to ex- ceed that in the near future. As it takes a year to grow the seedlings or cuttings, it is necessary that applica- tion be made a year in advance. but this is not a loss of time because it en- ables the farmer to prepare properly the ground to receive the trees; and thorough cultivation is the secret of successful tree growing on the prairie. Mr. Norman M. Ross, Superintendent of the Indian Head Forest Nursery Station, reports an even greater in- terest in the subject this season than in previous years. 9â€"“- A F armer’s Paradise. About 3,000 acres of land of quite fantastic richness are waiting to be Ended to the wealth of England. Some neighboring acres, whose enclosure was completed by German prisoners, produced such extraordinary crops this year that the farmer intends to grow nine consecutive crops of wheat with- out using manure in order to reduce the excessive fertility. These‘ new acres are close to the mouth of the River Nene (Lincoln. shire). They are thought to be even richer than those lately enclosed, hav- ing a great depth of the finest silt, which has now raised them so far out of the sea that they are only just awash at high tide. More such acres reacha stage ready for reclamation every year along the west end of the Wash, but so many have seldom so obviously asked to be taken in and cultivated. 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