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r -T" t r : i if ■ CPU [Hi A. NX ( ‘ Ui n c m . I; STANLEY j WEYHAN. , „ mi "rights | iV < aPsclllTiblishingCo All naa-rved. | hYXOl'SIS. England. Francis _ jfiry is fineen of pwih Kijv is living with Ids uncle, Sir SSSl and his cousin Fetronilia, bir -4 daughter. Gardiner, bish fffnehestor, being pays Catholic a visit is to dis JttaVww't. ami a. heart £ who is at a F ?1 ,, t CilAPl EK If.— Gardi Francis who his father is. that iia trait ir and informer, and offers Ct,. lake the youni man’s fortune Francis if lie Kfirne I B service as a spy Ltvio to replv and runs away, carve out his own fortune. i' ; 7 Hm, overtaken bv Clarence, an te'lie n ,f tiardioer, agains., whom he in E?„re« mob by telling them ine man trace's rang leader, and escapes on horse and with his dispatches V Francis coes to an inn at St. A I ;„,d i,’lit showing the dispatches is ^arrives to be a queen’s courier. Cla If and he escapes with t he Ita a waiting maid. V. and VI.- He i ornion and renders aid to two He and the women escape in i tat are attacked, and Francis is stun fUnla Vil-Tiiey are re cu-d and put Site vessel bound for Holland, women proves to be tile Duch kof Suffolk, who has married a man SK .m«i Bertie The other is a kinswo Anne Brandon. Bertie is S: ■ Mrltm itulnor 1 > otestants tliev (1^ f on, E,gland VIII- Francis them his name is Carey. ler.scenil the river Rhine in a bo.t fire,rh the ho ise tf a ir.end na ued * ‘ °" 1 CHAPTER IX. HeVift a young man, and a Dutchman, tat Dot a Dutchman of the stout, burly (fpc which I Imd most commonly seen in lecountry. Ho had, it is true, the usual iirhair and blue eyes, and ho was rather short than tall, but his figure was thin Bid meager, and lie l -.d a pointed nose Bid chin and « scanty fair board. 1 took Bin ti> be nearsighted. At a second tote I saw that l,« was angry. He was dking fust to Uymphna—of course in IbicIi— anil my first impulse, in face of iitidtcil gestures aiiclqiieorappearance, Bialiiuch. But 1 hud a notion what fidget ' a word in, whether I should P: , B.vnipliiia n , answered, , ,, h ush- , ig sight y am! turning to me with n ttiiilul gInnco. I believe she had clean ^.Mc, my presence. “This is Master ■ •jilrcc. sliocuntnimil, agooU still friend in Hpnnish, of ours, and hat !“"* 7 father’s I” ,mu guests,” - "k faster Carey, one of "ohewed, ho formally for he had not wvered bis Fpanlh temper, nml 1—1 dare myZd say I my ancestors in m nimtcticensiolt. Wc disliked one "tor at sight, I think. I dubbed him a ra littlo fellow, a trader, a peddler, »l. towever ho classed me, it was not "“'Illy, tow him tru which it was no particular desire led me to say with ".ini solicitude, “I fear you arc an «N«tsomething, Master Van Tree.” -InOniltoknowMio causer” lasted, "ith lie secret!” lie retorted. “Mistress tadton, shot,Id have been more careful tvlv. r—...... B=,of_ ™ II" coarse—in tho boat,” he an was oblige to say that, hut a? me across her as ho spoke, turned and were walking back to the poplars casting long shad ««»«oar path. Ae> wore rude,” I observed careless “•! tpig vary high. “But there is no .ci.,ar harm done that I can see, Mas r, Troe ‘ laps not, as far as you can see,” he .; " m great excitement. “But per ?' ,ls > you arc not very farsighted. I. jtoy not geo it now, yet harm will i said, and I was going to n P this soemingly candid ndmis , [u •; something very boorish when 1 V -1 “tmphna struck in nervously. katinij 1 ,' 101 ' S anx ' olIS '” she explained, it!!c to do 'ae, that I should have as with our Spanish governors as . ' ■ Master Carey. It c.lway s vexes C , a »a , lear that that I have fallen i in their ?*(• is why my friend feels an It was not, of course, your fault, B ■ did not know of this. It was continued hurriedly, “who should sre ventured to the elm tree without 8 .hat the coast was clear .” she was timidly trying, he? r -!inng and going, a to catch my oyq. ri -ic ine as tile greater stranger and HD's-peace between her ill matched “fcr.s. who indeed stalked along ■; ;.ne togir another much as a wolf hound c ^ . a choico might regard each other •stun lioqe. But the young g sudden appearance had put talk net in love with her, vet I to her, and I grudged her to - J 60 mean a fellow. And ~ 1 that 1 was—in tuber 1 >d drop answer 5Tt- ; of some sneer about tho Kn •ad ‘'.®. in these fl'f Spaniards which seemed parts. Jt a,raid M them, then?" I Mid, with a smile 5 r:- mu not,” I answered answered, ure m, lip Up Ah.” =?'-iso. fio w 'th much meaning, “perhaps 'hti know them very well'” b “ not.” l replied ••-still , ,. 1V •' * A, -i^'ff'y ^‘ oll| d have that. thought," I felt the lie retorted Vitiate felt words as -1 d'. n blow. ynjt. m ean?” J blurte d gut- +4 a; j A t \ I % #• CONYERS, GA„ SATURDAY, MAY 18, 1895. halting 1 km.* him, 'with my CieeS brim sou. In va.n were all Djunphna’s appeal ...g g anres, all her signs of distress "1 will have you explain, Master \ at. 'tree what you mean by that!” I repeated “I mean wljat I said,” he answered, confronting me^tiihhornly and shaking off Dynmbn.Vs hand. His blue eyes twinkled with rage; his thin hoard bristled; lie was the color of a turkey cock’s comb. At homo wo should have thought him a com ical little, figure, but ho did not seem so absurd hero. For one thin<*, ho looked spiteful enough for anything, and for an other, though I topped him hy a head and shoulders, I could not flatter myself that ho was afraid of me. On tho contrary, I felt that in tho presence of Ins mistress, small and shortsighted as ho was, he would have faced a lion without wink ing. ! His courage was not to be put to tho proof. I was still glaring at him, seeking some retort which should provoke him beyond endurance, when a hand was laid | on ...j my my shoulder, shouliler, and nml I I tinned turned to to find find that that Master Master Bertie Bertia and and the the duchess duchess had had joined joined us. ‘‘So hero aro tho truants,” tho former, said pleasantly, spenking in English and i showing no consciousness whatever of tho j crisis crisis in in the tho middle middle of of which which ho ho had had come come up, though ho must have discerned in our ■ defiant attitudes and in Dympima’s trou bled face that something was wrong. ; ‘‘You know who this is, Master Francis,” ho continued heartily, “or havo you not j been introduced to Master Van Tree, the betrothed of our host’s daughter?” ! “Mistress Uymphna has done mo that j honor,” I said stiffly, recovering inyself in appearance, while at heart soro aud angry with everybody. “But I fear the Dutch gentleman has not thanked her for tho in troduction since ho learned that my grandmother was .Spanish “Your grandmother, do you mean?’ cried the duchess much astonished. “Yes, madam. “Well, to be sure,” she exclaimed lift ^Zfho’S ~’ 1/fnll oi ^ s P og know ^ M , uce next< Theotber day it was n warrant! Today it is a grand mother and a temper'.” I could not bo angry with her, and per haps I was not sorry now that my quarrel with tho young Dutchman had stopped where it had. f affected ns well as I could to join in the laugh at my expense and took advantage of tho arrival of our i host, who at this moment came up the | Ld his kindlv f tec to Hip awav unnoticed make nine, ids to ,„y humor by switch j n g 0 pf the heads of the withes by the 1 ' ; rivel , But naturally the scene left a degree of m fooling behind D, and for the first time rxinassrrry; who sot down to supper were under some constraint. I felt that tho young Dutch man had had the best of the bout in tho garden, and I talked loudly and foolishly In the hoyisl, attempt* assert myself and , to set myself right at least in my own e - tlmatioii. Master \ an Tree meanwhile sat silent, eying me from time to time in no friendly fashion. Dymphnu seemed nervous and frightened, ami the duchess and her husband exchanged trouhied g Anne! a.ices. Only our host and .Mistress who was in particularly good spir its, were unaffected by the prevailing chili. Mistress Anne indeed in her ignorance made matters worse. She had begun to pick up some Dutch and was loud of air jug her knowledge and practicing fresh sentences at mealtimes. By some ill luck she contrived this ovening-partionlarly Ian, a her sentences soas tccanscas much embarrassment as possible to all of us. “Where did you walk with Uymphna this morning?” was the question put to me. on, with prattle whlrt kilned to amuse °« r iiost exceeding ‘ 1 ^ of correcting her in s a . the rest of us out of conn ei a , the ? ot tears knowhow to poor Dy to uiphna look ^, ^ lover glower at mo as Ig d eat n*. tonvlisation .whew made It was 1n Vi,,n and In snnsmook the intervals rus ^' s 1 odd La 1 ■ "n^frowned • at the delinquent. Mistress -i , ju . noconcc, saw nothing. Him went on unti Van Tree could stand it. no longer, and with a half smothered threat, which wits perfectly intelligible to me, rose roughly from the table and went to the door as it to look out at the night. “What is the matter?” Mistress Anne said wonderingly in English. Her eyes seemed at length to he opened to the fact that something was amiss with us. Before I conld answer the duchess, w no had risen, eamo behind her. you little fool!” she whispered fiercely, “if fool you ore. you deserve to bo whipped. “Why, what have I dene? mumiurea the girl, really frightened now and appeal Ing to mc. diicbcss, “Done!” whlsp«ml the aim 4 think she i’inehed her. for my ncighhoi winced. ‘More harm than you guess, jou minx! And for you. Master Francis, a word with you. Como with me to my room, please.” half minded to be an I went with her. gry and half inclin' d to loci ashamed H myself. Hie did not give me time, how ever, to consider which attitude I should take up. C“r the moment the do .r of lie* room was dosed lu-hiud us she turned upon me, the color high in her cheeks “Now. young man," sho said in a tone of rln-tiug ciitompi. ■’.<> you really think tlmt that girl is in lov. will, .void “ What girl?” I asked sheepishly. Tne uni xpected question and her tone put me out of countenants-. replied ' What girl? What girl!” she ta Mtl} ._ ,,i»y with mc, Ixty! You know whom 1 mean — Dymphna Lindstrom!” Mistress Anne! 'Oh 1 thought vou meant ’ I said smnewhat impertinently. fa-1, Her face fell in an extraordinary ion. as if the suggestion were not pleasant to her. but she an-wered on the instant: “Weil, t he vanity of. the, lad. Hu tot thinx ail the girls are in luVo with you? Because you have hcen sitting with a pr.-t t; face on .-act. side of you do you think you have only to throw tho hamlkevohiei tins way or tnatl If you do, open your ayes, and you will find it is not so. My kinswoman can take earn of herself, so wo will leave her out Of the discussion please ami for tills pink and white Dutch girl,’ in}’ lady continued viciously, i ‘ let mo tell you that she thinksinoro . i of \ .. an r Trees „ little ..... Unger than of . your whole I,. body - 1 shruggori my shoulders, nut still I was mortified. A young man mav not he in love with a girl, yet it displeases iiim to that she is indifferQlit to him. ho duchess noticed the movement. 'Bon t do that slu. cried in impatient scorn. W mi do not sec much in .Master Vail lrco perhaps. ■ I thmight not I here fore you think a girl must bo of the same »»«“ “ yourself. Well, with n hem, little nod, -you will learn sotno day that it is not so; that women are not quite what men think them, and particularly Master I- ramus, that six feet of manhood and and a a pretty pretty face face ou on top top of of it it do do not not- ah ai ways ways have have their their way way. But, But, there there, I I did did not not bring firing you you hero hero to to tell toll yon you that. that I 1 want want to to know know whether whether you j on are arc aware aware w what hat you you are are doing.” doing. I I muttered muttered something something to to the the effect effect that, that 1 I did < iid not not know know I I was was doing doing any any harm. harm “You Vou do do not not call call it it harm, harm, then.” toon, tho dm-hess retorted, w ith energy to on ganger the safety of every one ot trer ( an not >ou see that if you insult and offend this young man—which yon are doing out of pure wanton mischief, for you arc not m love with tbo girl—lie may ruin us. Buin usr I repeated incredulously. _ ' fs ; ruln us - ^ llc crl ^- 1Ieru w0 are, living more or loss in hit ing through he kindness of Master Li dstrom-living in peace and quietness. But do you sup P* » >nHcs arc m, bo.n« ■ - tcruJ an^Us tu that Mastit Uarcneo ™ - m the 1 was srartRit rtle, hv uv tms iuoa, anil u sir saw I was ™; tin u^ t J % U 1 s»«^k! IXps with the effect she had produced. “And this young man, who is the son of one of the princioal men of Arnlieim is also dis posed to look kim.l} on us, as I iancy it i» his nature to look. But if you make mis bclwwii Ilymp.ina and him I havo not, ‘ K a “ihen do not, , , she , replied ,. sharply. , , 'Look to It fur the future. Anil, mure, ilo n<)l ^ cC | ,lln ^ voabi j o. . c.» ousj Isas easily uwnkened as t is hardly put hauled hack to England In u trice, it worse did not befall us here. Kovv, you will be careful ?’ ‘I will,” 1 said, consoionce stricken aud a little cowru. ' | ls t h ®^ r ’.' ed ’ 1:U8 ’ v *h«Bi \ -1 ’ ^‘^yirmndli >y many . 1UI1 td that t ^ od ro-oiions, oo„, m. ,m * 1 1 1 I wulU (1<lwn ^ ^ ,/ ib r tin >» "■ ’ rl r m « r ; ' 'h ( glr s lmd * lls n P**®!. ; " | " dfive ’ and “ I saw at tl s -mt-hi th b, h »Pt 1(1 . • stove ^Biru, or; wasi ti.onguuuuy. a«« auu J ««»* me j^iuin 1 _ man was walking up and down the room with an almost comical c. p ess o of an "” ,, ..)'■ .,| "*''. f r p ‘ srer Bertie net ’ . k - ‘ ” v ‘j tieii«tiai j as k ,, (1 ' "annuli... g • , Hn 1 the a “ S [., ho Englishman ||' cnrtlv. ,f . Vtrilek ..... .. foo b i a( | 0 > the Dutch nn in tuagii g at Ins heard. Im,?, c.vcV,' cn.l w-W iiborc. J *'° r J r o the lad I sav to S uo off V Z lis ilt '„ t n ^ hti Amt a 0 km.ws whitlicr he 1 ms gone or ........ T |„. thought of what 1 might have brought U j Jon us «ii by my petulance ;ni(l vnnity mad j iub fool sick. I crept up to bed nerv ous and fearful of the morrow, l.stcqjng fj rvt , vy , vithout al „, praying in wardly that my alarm might not he just, fled. When the morrow came, 1 went down Stairs as anxious to sec Van Tree in the flesh as I had heel, yesterday disappointed by ids appearance. But lie Van '1 roe was there, to lie seen. Nothing had been hearu ()f bim By,„ I( j,na moved restlessly about, hi , r ,. i)t . rk . pa i Ci b ,. r eyes downcast, and il j ( la d over flattered myself that 1 was any thinft to lb o girl 1 was undeceived now. T1)0 duchess shot angry glances at me from time to time. Master Bertie kept i 0o Uing anxiously at the doer. Every one to fear and to expect something, |jur none n f tbc ,„ feared and expected itas I did. „ jre ml|st havo Bone home. He must hav(| gol , 0 to Arnlieim,” said our liost. , - f0 hide his vexation. “He will be ’ bnck , n n d aj- or two. Young men will be young men ... jj ut j found that fhe duchess did not s j jare *j JC belief that Van Tr^c liaa gone j lomo | Q r in the course of the morning 8 b e took occasion, when we were alone, to b(| me tn | n cnreful not to conw into colljsi ,, n wJtb bi)11 . -How can I, now h* lias gone?' 1 said Mcck i v . feeling I was tn disgrace. j iaa „„ c e „nn far. " replied the duchess meaningly. - Depend upon it, he , lot ao f ar ou t of sight unless there is ^ hanll done than I think or he is different from English lovers. But j( VOI1 come across him I pray you to keep ci car of him, Master Francis.” £ nf , d ded assent, But of what Weight are resolutions, w ith fate in the other gcalof irwassoine ^ nftcr tuu . toward 3 o’clock indeed, when Mistress Anne came to me, looking fi rricd B „d vexed. “Have you seen J she asked abruptly. - Xo," I answered. “Why?” ‘-Because she is not in tho house,’ the ^ . , ^arXm d anil ^ tJC rjViiig Ll.imc’l quicklv, "nor in the saw her tho wa . crogsln „ the Island toward lbrid j thin k she has gone that way t - “ l, m keut-'-l S*Jl ri-ii ££ meet bearing some one else MasS rrilIH . is . She is her gold chain, aml one of the lnn ids says that she saw (woof tb o Spanish garrison on the road ncilI . tho end of the footbridge this morn , That.is the way hv land to Arnhelin, you j. mm . • • ' .. That is , wd » , Wlid . -What is to lx donor’^ .• must . ami look for her, Anno *’i on rro ' sutreesUHi. . . >ho should , .. not . aione. no ^ Master Bertie,” I sn ..auu , . ^^beini ... Ve'mKJt°and'Mastor^lVrVie , . . . fa) l 8 fishing in a boat simiowhcre. It will tlnm t „ (!ml why cannot 'she von g<>} lf s | 10 , ma crossed the footbridge, w]|1 , |o6 |)B f;ir away.” js h „ seemed so anxious ns she spoke for tbo J)lltub lr ,,„ sa fety lhnt sb „ infected n g wj(h „ nd , , otIIlvsolf , )OT . After all, there might be danger, d j did , seB wb „ t else was to bo donc lndued Mistress Anno did not leave mQ l|Uti , shfi ,,. ld s ,„, n ,-iear of orcIilird ba!f across tb „ meadows to the fcwrt , brWgP . ..Mind you bring beJ . bBcki >> s ] 1 U |S,rifld after me. -Do i et bcr c(m , u alone!” And those were her last words. A(tcr wc bad Beparato d I did not think f or a moment that it was a pity I had not uske(J j )or tu . coa ,„ wit ), But the tbovlgbt 0( . C urrcd too la to, and I strode on tow;ird j H . ad of the bridge, resolving {hHt as B „ ml ils i blKl sighted Uymplnia t W(mld keep away from her anil lf witll etching over her from a d.s tIulcCi As t i by tho little cluster of cottages oil tho landward side of the island I glanced sharply about me, for I thought ' , t t UIlJ , keJ v rh;lfc Master Van Tree Iuight , )(J lurUlllg ln the neigl.berhooil. ^ j nothing either of hirer 1dm. All w. pH the air full of spring sun sbino an(1 warmth and hope and the bln* , of f m it trees, and with an indefin “ bl “ ‘ contro | aIul rostr aiiit, l ernssoil the long fouthridgo and set font almost for the first sill «' () " r Hrriva, ~ to Lindstroiii'fi desiro wo had kopfc very close tJ m . the tb „ river bt hank. „ fulr | 0 „ a or causeway alon (|)e , VBtorei0o lod t0 Arnheim. At tbe point where I stoixi this road on its from lbu t .|ty took a turn at right an g] eBl running strniglit away from the river to avoid a wide track of swamp and mere whlcb lay on my a quaking marsh lnany miles round, overgrown with ^ugjjcg and sedgos, which formed the liuad o£ t)ui bn y in which our isJund lay. . I attsaraft* *ic j , ^ (>w i v »ion« their hacks to wur( The road before me was hare of passengers. Whore, then, was Dympli ^ she luid crossed tlio bridge? In the last rosort l scanned the green expanse of rushes anil willows which stretched, with and 8 l , 1 ,,,n !"f h, 8 ,a tho ligl,t } >KCXC ' .' 1U * 1 J!, v l»ckml 1 out t one,« two raised «‘*kc which penetrated t here am there and served at onccas pathwajs to islets in ‘ ho " ,eT0 1,8 mii * H ' vork * “* 8lnHt furtbw ''>’<'re.ach,r.ent« of t ic river. Pros entiy on one of these, a which tne course was fmrly defined by a hue of willows, I made out the flutter of a woman s hood and j remembered that the day before I bnd heard Dymphna express a wish to go t<) thn lt , ;irHh f( , r SOI|10 hwb which grew ‘ B’isht!" I said, seating myself with much satisfaction on the last post of "l.he bridge. ‘ She is safe enough there! And 1 "' in K ” «»» nearer. It Is only on the read she is likely to he in danger from Spanish gallants!” My eyes, released from duty, wandered Wl >* ,,m t,M ’ HinUsoapo for awhile, hut *UI^W»W hw. wrf I .vcii .,1 l„r ter U, feappear. Hie did not, hut some one else 0W- '* »V, ««> ">'> ««»« P«J J <•"<« crossing an interval tKitwcn the willows, S’SSS&s a h'w'. rv' ] ^'ITc ’sunlight iKcl' .-aught a uarl a f t H , »,iau s <iross, a filiiniuu borne t ui ni j wjjirh ‘nashed back a point of in ^ Z, I i „ h r Thu scl.V something it^ieial! I guessed sciree at co mi ,1 d anot , 1 „ rthougll ttoappriscmetl,atDympt,. ua’s follower was not Van Tree at oil, hut . Spanish ^ 8 oliU«rt t j|M t jt took ni i „„ t0 _ Jllillute oi tro „ lbU ng haste and anxi ety _ t „ discover tho path from the cause way nn tQ t h„ dike. Wlion ence I had stuI 11 |,|oe| on to the latter, I found X had ]ost ’ of | ;ot j, fi^uri-w. hut I ran along aB tbv top „f my speed, ’ calculating tliat tb( , two wbo couJd , lot Iar ap art, the n|aIJ , )e j ng tb( . neisrer to „ )0i W1)re about a „ ^ Uiirter 0 ( „ „,jlo or rather more from tlic x had gone one-li.-tlf of this distance p .. r ], aps w lien a shrill scream in front caus( , d mc to n . d ,, u lilc my efforts. 1 ex pected to find the ruflian in the aetof roll binR ,. bn gir j and clutched my cudgel—for, a]as , j i, n d left mv sword at home!—more tig | n-7 )t | v relief’ in mv grasp, so that it wus an im , ne to me when, on turning an e „gl„ j a the dike, i saw her running to ward Ji, r lace, still white with fear, however, and her hair streaming loosely behind her, told how narrow had betn her escape, if escape, it could be vuiled. F<»r about ten feet behind her, the hood he had pi uc ked off still in his grasp, came Master Spaniard, hotfoot and panting, hut gain lug on her now with every stride. He was a tall fellow, gayly dressed, swarthy, mustachioed and fierce eyed, His corsciet ami sword belt shone and jin ** „j cd a s he ran and swore, hut ho had dropped Ida feathered bonnet In the slight struggle which had evidently taken place when she got by him, and it lay a black spot In the middle of the grassy avenue hind him. The sun—it.was about three hours after noon—was at iny hack and shining directly into his .-yea, anil I mark e d this ns I raised my cudgel and jumped as! d„ to let tho girl pass, for she in her blind fear would have run agalnH me. It was almost the same with him. d id not see roe until I was within a few „f him, and even then I think lie mypkenw mcn-iy He fancied as that I should p* an lln w. !oomc spemator. ptcagfldgs UDi tf ^ D « 010 8 Si msmm & m A & m i sm m i Hn ttl % y. % % Ctistoria is Dr. Samuel IMtcber’s pri-.serlptiim Tor Infanfs and Children. IT eoiitalns neitiier Oi>inni, Moiqiliinc nor other Xareotie suhstanee. It is a harmless substitute for Paregoric, Drops, Soothin'' Syrups, and Castor Oil. It is Pleasant. Its guarantee * s thirty years’ use by Millions of Mothers. Castoria destroys 'Worms and allays feverishness. Castoria prevents vomiting- Sour Curd, cures Diarrhoea and Wind Colie. Castoria relieves teething- troubles, cures constipation and tlatidency. Castoria assimilates the, food, regulates the stomach and bowels, giving healthy and natural sleep. Cas¬ toria is the Children’s Panacea—the Mother’s Friend. Castoria. '’Castoria is an excellent medicine for chil¬ dren. 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The Centaur Company, 77 Murray Street, Mew York City. rnrre-, ffri7> Tor oetrinffTn Kis wa > hl * Htvor< , " ,r n,ndn '*" v ,ut( ‘ ,n ! lt to ‘ir-'w 1 1 —we^ai.rn together violently, and I had ', lv !' 111 ' s 1 <l ‘ l ■ c swi y 'T ll,r , /‘‘‘ , nnother >' **" " r f 1 t°scaned CO hiin—astenUmncnt at my SSa bar(Uh „„ d n„ ,,-icd his eves .daring into ^ brought down my staff, with all the y, of all arni ncrve(1 Bt tb „ moment ' aml , leHpalr , upon his hare head. Ho went ,, own „ ke „ stone, and the blond Imhhled from hid lips. 1 stood over h , watcl> „m him. He strotebsd 1 dm.self m|t n||f , tilrnod wlth „ ,.„ n vu)-ivcmove ,,,, Hls lml)lls Hawed the H is leg nioved once, twice, a third time faintly. Then he lay still. There was a lark singing just over my head, and its clear uncos seemed (luring tho long, long minute while 1 stood bend b a f. t n F- WAl / ■P •*- r- — ▼ <&> “1'cs, / fieri killed him," I n•mirerrd. ing over him in an awful fascinadon to l>r the only MiiiniD In nntiin*. T looked yn long at him in that dreadful stillness and absorption I dan d not at Iasi I- wile up lost I should see I l.m w not u ha,, ......... a touch fell on my arm I did not star,. ‘ You have killed him!” the girl whls pored, shuddering. “Yes. I have killed him.” I answered mechanically. I could not Dike my eyes off him. It, was not ns if I had dime this thing after a conflict, nr in a melt n w ith others fighting round me..or on the battlefield. should Iiavo felt no horror then such as 1 fclt now, standing over him in the sun shine, with the lark’s song in my ears. It happened so quickly, and the waste »>»”>* us was so still, and l had m Ver killed a man before nor scon n man die. “Oh, conic away!” Dymphna wailed suddenly. “Come away!” 1 turned then, and the sight of the girl’s wan face and strained eyes recalled mo in some degree to myself. 1 saw slu- was 111, h;, ' nl >' 1 h '' r,n >' »«« carried, partly supported, her hack to tho road. The way seemed long, and I looked behind nu- often, hut wc reached the cause wa >’ at relief. an ^ ^ vt there in then, the estopping open 1 felt to w»ino « yen n ; ,sfc a ) < t ' %var ‘ irlanco at the iuar>h, I . shuddered a anew, espying a bright white «!>»;* gleaming amid the gre .11 of tbo ' f ' si ' H the dead man s corsciet. But if it had Ix cn bis eye I could hare shrunk from it in griatcr dread. It will he imagined that we were not long in on»siiig the i.dnml. Naturally I wasfuiotwhathadlRippencdandnever f^vc a t u.oght to 1 an 1 ne s jealousy or the jncid.-oe- of his short visit. 1 had in dpu< l forgot! i n his.existence 11 reached the porch. There, vutc.liig rapld iy, with Dvrophna clinging to mv a m I was go oblivious of other matters tbit £hen from the «* hint y™»K on one ZiZof slue ortm 7 "c X'r floor anil and at the same moment toe duchess rooc from the lx-rd, on the other I dl.l lV|i *■“ r ; ,,,d “ J ^ * 0 , J. 1 rs 11 d lt i'Vtt'n. ionhn'. ' s hftml fah fremii.y arm, i in-dark , , scowl , , ^ ' h 7 j | p ' h „Zl «Sh l | nt ui p m.i « to- " ** »• t ** " u ■ But it NO. 20 Castoria. *' Casforin is so well adapted tochildren that I recommend it as superior to any prescription known to me.” Tf A. Archer, M. !>., iu So. Ovlord St., hrooklyn, N. V. “Our physicians iti the children's depart m« ut have spoken liighly of their expert* ence* in their outside practice with Castoria, . m< j although we only have among our „re,Ji ca l supplies what is known as regular products, yet we ure free to confess that the , ncr j ts t .f Castoria lias won us to look with favor upon it.” United Hospital and Dispensary, Allen Pres. Iiostoa, Mass. C. Smith, was too Into. TTofoToT 5mlM tutor * wont a fierce gesture nml fiercer cry and disappeared round a corner of the house Was ever suoh folly. cried tho duch ess, stamping her foot and standing before wintf 1 ®^_ In80,, ‘ rsuch foe s! 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