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THE RING
OF THE
MATTERHORN.
Copyright. IWMJ, by .loll
Miss Rodnoy rose to her feet indig- j tentions, because we kiiow so jittle
nantly. She had lost her temper at last | about his means or family. But he was
“Don’t mention the name of that presented to me at a casino dance, and
miserable creature to me ever again,” ha certainly is a perfectly lovely waltz-
ehe cried with indignation. “I will er. He seemed to take quite an interest
swear to you, if yuu would like it, that in me. He wanted to know if I had any
I will never wed the—oh, I cannot sisters and then asked if you were
even speak his odious, name! I eaw him younger or older than I. Then he asked
in London, and he insulted me after- | me if I knew a Miss Florence. He said
ward by calling on me. Then he in- | laughingly that his principal object in
suited me further by writing a letter, j coming to America was to discover this
evidently meaning to disgust me more 1 Miss Florence. When I wanted to know
than ever with himself. He'said he was j why he had such a romantic interest in
willing to marry me if I wanted him. I a girl of whom he knew so little ap-
For snore than twenty-five years Dr. J. New
ton Hathaway has inado a specialty'of Female
Diseases. During that tiine ho has had among
liis patients over ten thous
and women, suffering from all
those many different com
plaints peculiar to the sex, and
lias completely and perma
nently cured more than 80 per
cent, of the cases he has
treated. .
By his exclusive method,
which he has perfected during
the twenty-five years of his
rncst exten^f. e practice, he is enabled to cure all
of these different diseases, including painful,
profuse or suppressed menstruation, prolapsus,
all ovarian trouble, tumors and ulceration—In
fact, everv form of those diseases which’make a
Lurden of life to tho great majority of women.
no has so perfected this system of his that he
can treat theso cases by mail, without any per
son;:! examination (to which every sensitive
woman naturally objects) and without any oper
ation, with its consequent pain and necessary
danger.
E:s system of treatment is taken in the pri
vacy cf the home; the cure is painless and It is
PPSli
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And yon suggest the possibility of sncli
a vilo tiling to me as thatl Have you
no decency V You may repudiate your
own paper and become a tbief, nncle,’’
she said violently, “but how is it pos
sible for yon to fall so far as to men
tion tho name of any woman relative
of yoors in the same breath with that
cur V’ ‘
Uncle Josiah was having a great deal
of enjoyment over this fiery niece of-
his. His taste in enjoying such things
was unquestionably bad, unworthy an
uncle of hia years and with a really
charming niece, when she was treated
with any kind of fitness. Bnt he did
enjoy seeing her in a hot. indignant
mood.
“So you didn't take to Carrington,
not even when he said ho was willing
to marry you V Ho may have wanted to
pnt himself on record as being willing,
because if he were to refuse you would
get the money. What did yon do to
him?” ho asked quickly.
“Told him ‘No’ in a way that could
leave no doubt in his mind,.” replied
Miss Rodney “Don’t talk about it any
rfiore. The whole sickening business
ha's made me hate the very name of
Carrington. Bnt you need not despise
him so mneh. After all, he was within
his right, and yon are refusing to do
what justice and your own honor de
mand There is no use of talking about
it any more.” she concluded, rising to
go.
“Well, give me time to make the ar
rangement, ” said Uncle Josiah. with a
cajoling air. “Yon don’t expect me to
go right down to the bank and get it
now I Besides, yon ought to bring on
Strandham. Scanlon—what was his
name?—to prove your statement. You
could advertise for him in the London
Times. Say he will hear of something
greatly to yonr advantage if he comes
forward and says that he found you
without a chaperon on the Matterhorn.”
His niece disdained fnrther remarks.
She rose and left the room. The next
flay Uncle Josiah, who had not doubted
tier word in the least, made arrange
ments for transferring several blocks of
gilt edged stock to her. In his odd way
he said nothing of this. He rather hated
to see his plucky niece, whom he secret
ly - admired very mnch, become abso-
.Intely independent of him, even though
she owed such freedom to himself.
Miss Rodney kept her peace and
treated her uncle with an nnvarying
reserve after this It tried him more
than she realized. But she felt how
mean and nnjnst his conduct was, and
conld not or wonld not make any at
tempt to cajole him into doing his dnty
and redeeming his promise to her. One
thing: she noticed, and Mrs. Rodney
also reinarked.it - Uncie Josiah did not
complain and comment as mnch on ex
penditures where his niece Florence was
concerned He seemed to take these
more tranquilly than those which con
cernedTUrs. Rodney or Rose. Florence
felt that this slnwed some sense of
what he pwed her on the old man’s
part She concluded to say nothing nn-
til'the year- was’np Then the objection
which her nncle had . urged copld not
exist; for her aunt’s money would go
irretrievably to her dissolute stepson.
parently, he said that last year he met
her on the top of the Matterhorn. He
is so quiet and nnentlinsiastic yon
wonld never think of his climbing sneh
an awful mountain. Well, he did, and
on top of the Matterhorn he met this
Miss Florence. He said he was never
more surprised in his life, for it was a
jolly good pnll for a mountain prac
ticed man. Well. I gather that he was’
—Miss Rodney skipped a few lines here
and went on farther down. “When
they got back to the hotel in the little
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CHAPTER IV.
NEWS OF GtJY STADLEY.
The summer had come. Mrs, Rodney
after the usual “time" with her brother
had got money to take herself and Rose
to Narragansett Pier. Florence re
mained with tier uncle. He insisted on
one of his two nieces being with him.
and' they divided this domestic enjoy
ment between them. The old man very
mnch - preferred having Florence with
him, and, as if with the desire tc retain
her, showed the pleasantest side of him
self. When he felt the need of “some
outlet for his soul, strained with snch
continued sweetness, ha would com
ment in his canstie, sneering, jocular
way on Mrs. Rodney or Rose.
One day, about a mouth before the
year appointed'by the Countess of Car
rington in her eccentric will was np.
Miss Rodney burst .into an exclamation
of snrprise and her face lit up with -
pleasure. She had just been reading a
letter from Rose.
“What is the matter?” inquired Un-
clb'-Josiah “Has Rose got somo.fool to
ask her to marry him?” .
“No,” said Miss bodney. “Listen to
this." ' Sho read from the letter:
“There has been snch a lovely. Eng
lishman here for a week. No one seems
to know mnch about him. but 1 have
heard’ that he goes with the swellest
people in Newport and brought a lot
of letters with him. Mamma has felt a 1
Jtttle shy about my deceiving his ut-
"Thcrc!” mid Miss Rodney■ "Do you
heart There is Quy Stadlcy."
town where they started from, he bade
her good night, expecting to see her the
next morning. He didn’t, and instead
got a telegram saying that his brother
was dangeronsly ill and could net re
cover. He had to tear oil. but left a
note for Miss. Florence with one of the
men at the hotel, giving his London
address, and why he had to go so sud
denly, and begging her to let him know
when she came' to London, as he wonld
then have the ring for her”—
“Why, was he engaged to the giri
already?” asked Uncle Josiah. inter
rupting his niece.
“Wait and yon’ll see,” said Miss
Rodney. Her cheeks were flushed, and
she seemed pleasantly excited over her
sister’s letter. Sho went on reading
from it again:
“This is another romantic thing in
this story—when they were on top of
the Matterhorn, this Florence girl ask
ed him to chip off a piece of rock from
the very tiptop and said she would
like to have it set in a ring and keep it
as a souvenir. He knocked off two
pieces and begged her to let him have
them both pnt into rings, and then she
eould have one and he the other. ‘She
was such a plucky girl, you know,'
said he, ‘that I wonld be proud to have
such an association with her. She was
so jolly, and no nonsense about her.
Of coarse there couldn't be in a girl
who conld climb tho Matterhorn.'
“But it seems the girl took no notice
of his letter, which he thought a little
odd. because she had appeared so nice
and friendly and wanted the ring so
much. But l suppose the air of the
Matterhorn made her friendly.' It is
lonesome enough'np. there to make the
unexpected sight of another climber a
grntefnl thing.
“He seemed.quite interested in yon
—that is. be wanted to know if yon
Iooked*like me and what sort of a girl
you were. Of course nothing very un-
usnal. only it was different from an
Englishman Bnt he is a charming
man I wish you conld See him ne
told me that I looked like the girl on
the Matterhorn, and when I thought
lessly asked if she was pretty he said
quite warmly, ‘Oh. more than.’ etc.”
Here Miss Rodney hummed again nutil
she strnck something else and went on
distinctly
“I hope he will be here when you
come down, bnt I’m afraid he won't
He said he bad to he in New York for
some time and would have to leave here
soon I forget to s;ry his namo is Guy
Stadiey.”
“There!' said Miss Rodney trium
phantly to- her nncle. "Do you hear?
There is Guy Stadiey !’
“He must have a habit of going np
the Matterhorn." retorted Uncle Josiah
skeptically "Y4 say he met.yon np
there, and here another girl lie ran
across on the same old peaks 1 Wonder
if,he uses it as a place of rendezvous ’
"Oh. 1 am Miss Florence!” replied
Miss Rodney 'laughing "I started to
tell him my name and got as far as ‘I
am Miss Florence,' when the guide in
terrupted me I meant to correct this
later on and forgot it Tlie'n he went
away so soddenly there wus no ebaneo
I wondered why he left no word, and it
never occnfreri to Hie till that moment
that he had. but to Miss Florence.-
Mow 1 can get his testimony I will
write to Rose at once to send his ad
dress. and then yon can write to him.
You see/ there can be no collusion in
this way Will yon do it. uncle?"
The old man’s eves took on their cun
ning twinkle.
“It looks like a put up job. ” he said.
“He has come over here and makes up
to Rose and instantly begins to ask
about a Miss Florence and tells the lit
tle fool this yarn about the Matterhorn
so innocently, apropos of nothing. Can
the rock in the Matterhorn be known as
snch? And. even if it could, he may
have been there There is nothing im
possible in taut 1 believe those fool
Englishmen think they are enjoying
themselves when they risk their lives
climbing. ”
“What a villain yon seem to think i
am,” replied Miss Rodney, letting her
hands fall with a gesture of despair. “I
shall have to leave yon to yonr own
sense of honor. But I hope I will see
this young man. I want that ring. No
matter what yon do, it will be the glory
of my life that 1 did climb that awful
mountain. I have had nightmares over
it since, I can assure you."
“I think yon want to see the yenng
man for his own sake, or rather for
yonr own sake,” said Mr. Gardner,
with a chuckle. "He is the kind of man
yon wonld fall in love with. That sort
of mountain gymnastics is more than
fox banting, or tennis playing, or any
other play work. So yon wonld like to
go to Narragansett Pier to meet him.
would yon?”
“I should like to get the ring, bnt I
wonld rather go to Newport than to
Narragansett Pier."
“Well, you can go if you won’t stay
more than a fortnight," eaid Uncle
Josiah benignautly. He felt his niece
deserved some reward for her good na
ture and also for her temper. He had
enjoyed the few ebullitions of temper
which he had socceeded in evoking. So
he packed Miss Rodney off to Newport,
making her promise that she would
write to him twice a week.
The day after she got there there was
a polo game to be played. A man who
knew Miss Rodney took her to it on tho
box seat of his coach.
“I understand that one of the teams
has taken on a young Englishman for
the games this afternoon. He has been
here only a short time. Nobody knows
bow he will play.”
When the teams came ont on their
fiery little ponies, Miss Rodney gave a
movement cf delight and clapped htr
hands. Sho recognized Gny Stadiey at
once.
“I know that Englishman, ” she said.
“He is a charming fellow. I don’t
know how he plays polo. hut. I’ll wager
you his side wins.”
“A dozen gloves to a box of cigars,”
laughed her friend.
“Done. ”
Miss Rodney won her bet Stadiey
carried the game for bis side. His play
was as bold as it was full of judgment,
and he stuck to his pony like a bar.
Nobody seemed to know anything more
about him than that he had arrived
only a few days ago and had letters of
introduction to the best people. -
“It is edd,” said the gentleman;
“but, although I haven’t met him yet,
I have seen two or three girls, and they
have each remarked on the earnestness
with which he inquired if they knew a
Miss Florence. They suspect a romance.
Altogether it is amusing, bnt there is
no doubt about him. I know several of
the fellows over there who gave him
letters, and they are first class men.”
. “Where is he slaying?” asked Miss
Rodney.
“At the Ocean House.”
As soon as Miss Rodney got back she
sent a note to Guy Stadiey, asking him
to kindly meet her in the casino
grounds at 2 the next day. “And please
bring my ring,” she added. She signed
the note “R. Florence.”
The next day she put on her best;
gown and repaired to the trysting place :
pretty sharply on time. She wanted to
see how prompt Sir. Stadiey wonld be.
She had hardly made her way to a seat
in a retired spot when she saw him al
most running toward her.
“Miss Florence.” he exclaimed, with
great heartiness, “this is an immense;
pleasure. I have been cursing myself
for having lost track of you. Quite a
contrast this to the Matterhorn 1”~ He
cast a glance around on the fresh Eng
lish aspect of .the greensward and the
casina building. “Why did you not
answer my note—the one I left at the
hotel at Zermatt? I was called away
suddenly by a telegram, and I K?ft a
note- with my London address and
begged yon to let me know when you
passed through."
“I never got the note,” said Miss
Rodney smilingly.
“How beastly stupid of those peoplel
I directed it plainly enough.”
“We}l, I can account for the mis
take. It is all my fault. I am a little
late in correcting it. I had started to
give you my foil name in return for
yours, when the gnide interrupted me.
You supposed it was Miss Florence. I
meant to correct it later, Bnt I forgot
it And when I ‘came to’ I could not
find you I was the stnpid one, not to
think that yon might have left some
message for Miss Florence. Bnt I am
very glad to be able to correct it now
I am glad to see yon again Have you
brought my ring?”
“Yes. ” He palled a little box ont of
his pocket and opened it. The tiny
fragment of the mighty Matterhorn had
been imbedded in a plain hand of gold.
“Mine is exactly like it." he said
heartily, bolding np his hand with a
like ring on the little finger “Yonrs
may have to be altered a little Let me
put it on for you ”
Miss Rodney pulled,off her glove and
extended her right hand. Ho tried it
on each finger, but it fitted none
“That is a pity.’ he said regret
fully "Let me try the other hand. One
band is often smaller than the other.'
Miss Rodney extended the left hand
with smiling good nature. The ring
exactly fitted her third finger
“Therel” he said with his boyish en
thusiasm "It exactly fits.'
“Yes Bnt 1 can't wear it on that
finger.' she remarked, with a light
laugh She felt wonderfully at home
with the yonug fellow, he was so frank
and straightforward, with a nice sense
of dignity withal
"Why; Gli tluiengagement finger!’
“Never mind 1 will keep it und ar
range about it somehow, I am extretue-
ly obliged to yon It makes such an odd,
pretty ring, and the association makes
it unique I don't suppose there are
another man. and woman in the. world
who have iuet upon the Matterhorn I
don't tnihR-anything would tempt iiio.
to try it again." She shuddered a lit
tle.
“Oh, don’t say that. I have thought
several times during these months,
when I could not find you. that I wonld
gladly scale it again if I knew you, were
on the top. ”
Miss Rodney colored with a delight
ful sensation of pleasure.
“That is so flattering that it can
hardly be quite true,” she said gayly.
“ ’Pon my hoDor, it 13, though." he
replied with great earnestness. “I
never heard of so plucky a woman.
There is only one other that I can think
of in comparison with yon at ail. Do
you kuow a Miss Rodney?”
“There are two Miss Rodneys.” she
answered smilingly.
“This is the elder. Her name. I b
lieve, is”— He stopped short, and a
look of the strangest wonder seemed to
fix his face. Miss Rodney laughed ont-
right at bis confusion.
“Yon have not told me yonr name
yet,” he stammered—“the real name,
yon know. ”
“Florence—Rodney,” she said sim
ply, fixing him with her smiling eyes.
“Good heavens I” he ejaculated.
“Tell me.” he inquired eagerly, his
eyes large with earnest wonder, “did
yon, while yon were in London, meet
—the Earl of Carrington?”
It was Miss Rodney’s turn to be
amazed.
“Yes,” she said quickly. “But in
justice to myself I hasten to add that I
met him only to concede as definitely
as possible and once for all a matter of
which I cannot think even now without
a blush of shame. I hope I may never
see or hear of him again.”
“I am glad to tell yoo that yon will
never see him again,” the young Eng
lishman replied, with an indescribable
air, rather of severity than solemnity.
“He is dead.— •
“DeadI” cried Miss Rodney. “When
did he die?” She was staitied.
“A month ago, ” he answered simply.
“How strange it all is!"
“This is all strange, ” said Miss Rod
ney. “What did tho poor wretch die
of?”
“He had used himself np completely
Ho had had a sort of stroke of an apo
plectic character some weeks before he
met you. He had another that settled
him a month ago. ”
“Yon do not suppose that I could
have helped to precipitate it, do you?’
cried Miss Rodney, au expression al
most of awe coming into her face.
“No; he precipitated it himself,” the
young fellow replied, with a mournful
contempt. "He had only himself to
thank for it. Do not let this trouble
you for a moment.”
“But how did yon know of this?”
asked Miss Rodney “I hope my name
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“And please briny my rlny," she added.
did not come oat in-connection with it
Any association of my name with that
of Carrington will always be withont
any fault of mine. ”
“Oh. don’t say that, please!” he re
plied, with quick protest. “I mean that
yon are too fair to link a man’s vileness
with a name that others may have
borne honorably and which others again
may redeem. I know that is what
yon’d mean. Bnt let us drop the sub
ject. I did not like the man myself."
“Bnt how did yon kuow this? I hope
you were not a friend of his!”
“No; I was not a friend of his, and
he had no liking for me Bnt it was
my odd fortune to.be present once when
Carrington, in an excess of drunken
rage at the recollection of yonr treat
ment of him. spoke of it and mentioned
yonr name. Now that this matter is
explained, let us forget the man I ad
mire you more than ever.”
“Pray, understand that I am asham
ed of that page in my history But if
yon could have seen the insnlting let
ter that he wrote me! And 1 had been
insnlted grossly enough once before on
this man’s acconnt. 1 wonld tell yon
this only that it seems a little strange
to be so confidential with a—almost a
stranger. ’ ’
“I shall be glad to hear anything
that concerns yon, my dear Miss Rod-
ley- I have something to tell you my
self which is confidential, bnt with
yonr permission I will defer that. "
“Let ns defer it all." she answered.
“It is too painful, and meeting yon is
pleasant. I do not want to have it
marred by snch an association. How
long are you going to he in Newport?
Is this yonr first visit to America?"
“The first. I will tell yon frankly,
Miss Rodney, that one great thing that
drew me here was the hope that I
might find the plncky girl 1 met npon
the Matterhorn Now that I have
found her, I confess with equal frank
ness that 1 think my stay in- Newport
wiil bo as long ;is”— He stopped and
smiled ingennonsly
“When do yon expect to leave here?’
“In a fortnight. I expect to join my
mother at Narragansett Pier. "
“Oh, I met yonr sister there. It is a
deligbtfnl place. I shall probably re
visit it' later. ”.
He said this with snch a palpable
sense that the time would be coincident
with that in which Miss Rodney wonld
be there that she smiled, and he lapsed
into a short laugh himself.
Gny Stadiey deveted himself to Miss
Rodney with the most earnest and con
stant attention. By the end of ten aays
he had offered her his heart and all that
be had. Miss Rodney accepted, it with
a beantifnl directness. She knew that
he was the man she wanted for a hus
band. His fine, strong, simple, clean
manliness shone ont as evidently, as
unmistakably as an electric light illn-
mines a globe.with its splender.
It was with a sigh of content that he
placed npon her finger the ring of the
Matterhorn.. She passed her hand over
it lovingly when it was in position, and
then, raising it to her lips, kissed'it.
“Now, " said Gny, looking into her
beaming face, with strong love in his
own honest eyes. "1 have got to tell
yon something First, yon love me for
myself, do yon not? This man.” and
he strnck his chest with Iris powerful
right hand. "Guy Stadiey ?”
She bent her head and said “Yes'
softly, hut with intense conviction
"I know you well entugh. my dear
girl, to feel that you will understand
and not be disturbed by what i have to
tell yon Jlnt first 1 want yon to igree
to something which I have greatly at
heart. Will you do it? I will agree to
anything yon can ask of me. "
_ “Yes," she_said. still scftly, but with
'-. '
a perfect, guiil. trust in nun winch macio
her glory in submitting -blindly to his
wish >
“ I' want that wo shall ho married in
a week." he said.
“But, Guy K it is so soon!”
"You promised I”
'‘And I will' if yon wish it: Why
sbtnld I care ? Only it must be as pri
vate a wedding as possible. ”
“It shall be as private as yon like,”
he said "So long as it is within a
week, I care for nothing else. You
promise that?”
“I promise. ’
He bent forward and kissed her lips
with the tendered love and -then re
garded her with, a proud light in his
eyes.
“Wbat a woman ypnarel Now, dear
girl, prepare yourself for a little sem
blance of a shock. When you marry me,
yon will marry—the Earl of Carring
ton 1”
At the hated name she started np, a
look of terror on her face. But he took
her hands in his and said, with emo-
“T"ou impatientboyr’ she said cajolinyly.
tion : “Dearest, do not love me less that
I am his cousin and have succeeded to
a title which he degraded. Yon will
help me. my dearest girl, to make it
clean and noble, as it has been before,
and I take more pride in it from know
ing that I can confer it npon you. ”
He folded her closely in iris manly
embrace. Y'onng as he was, there was
1 contained self confidence, virile force
and mastery about him; The girl in his
arms had tears in her eyes. She scarce
knew why. But she looked np bravely
to meet Iris honest, tender eyes and
smiled softy—a smile that prondly" tolil
him how dear he was to her
“Yon impatient hoy l‘* she sr.ideajol
inglv "Why do yon make such a point
about this early marriage? Are yon
afraid your courage will fail yon if
there is a little delay?”
“Mydear girl.” he said, smiling, bnt
witii a certain gravity withal, “if yon
did not marry me before the year was
np yonr eccentric aunt’s fortune would
come to me I prefer that it should he
yonrs.” he added simply
Uncle Josiah showed lie tiad a heart
and was really pleased with his nephetv-
in-law by the handsome way in which
he bestowed stock certificates and one
or two choice bits of realty on iris niece
the day of the wedding In deference
to Mrs. Rodney’s wishes and to please
Rose, who was maid of honor, instead
of tiie qniet wedding the earl and his
bride would have preferred, they con
sented to make it one of tiie most bril
liant functions of the season.
Tiie Countess of Carrington insisted
on being made snch by the ring of the
Matterhorn It has not left her finger
since.
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