Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, September 1, 1885, Page 7

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CHAPTRER XVIIT—<CONTINURD, Bhe spoko in solemn carnest, such earnest ness that tho man's light Jaugh scemed dis cordant, “My dear girl,” he said, “I have no wish to tempt your feet from the paths of domestic virtne—no wish to harm you. J have finer fish {o fry. But yon may remem. ber that when certain circumstances ren. dered it imperative—curso it1 I can speak plainly to you—when I learned that the war- rant was ot n I knew that tho game was up, I placeda little packet in your fonc lhnurhlo keep until better times, ~ Whero fs b7 The woman_flushed, and for a moment dié not answer, Her prayer for mercy had boer genuine; her wish to see him no more ar honest utterance; but years ago sho had given this man all a woman has to give— given it without conslderation, without price. And now, o far as ho was concerned. tho only momory of the past which linked them togother was but of a certain thing lefi in her charge. Ho saw the flush, he saw tho lesitation, and, of course, attributed both to tho wrong motive. His brow grow black, “By G—dI' ho cried; 4t it is not fortheoming— Bhe burst into tears, *Wait,” sho said, quitting the room abruptly, and leaving het visitor in dire suspense. In a fow minute: sho returned and handed him a small sealec packet. *“There it fs—just as you gave it to me that night,” sho ‘said. “Many a timo wher T've been hard pressed, and did not know where to turn to for a shilling, I tried te persuado myself that you meant mo to uso it in caso of need. But I knew you too well, Maurice—I knew you too well|" Hervey paid no heed to her last words, the scorn conveyed by which should have brought tho blood to tho check of any mar of decent feelings toro tho parcel open. It contained a gold watch and chain, twe o placed the watch in his ried to draw tho rings on his fin Neither would pass over his enlargec knuckles, 50 with a curso ho shoveled them. along with tho gold, into bis pocket, The atehed him sod “Thank you, my dear,” ho said airily, “Iknew I could trust you. By tho by, per. ou're hard up. 0 rome—I can_gat more.” Ho held out somo gold to her, t & farthing, Your gold would burr “\Vlll you giveme akiss for the sako of Fancy! it is moro than four years sinco my lips havo touched a womar She mado an emphatic gesturo of dissent. 41t would bo well for some women,” sho said, “if your lips had never touched theirs.” Ho laughed an unpleasant luugh, “Well good-byo then, if wo aro not to rake up old fires, Remember moto your respectablo hus: band. Keep yoursclf unspotted from the world, and train up your children in the way they should go. Farow He swung out of tho house whistling & merry tune in voguo when his incarceration began, “Now,” hosaid, *‘that I have monoy enough to last along time, I can make my own terms, Grim want won't push mo intc a corner. Now, you jade, Ill mako you bend your proud knees " He grated hisstrong teeth and stamped his foot—tho Iatter so violently and viciously that a timid old gentleman who was closo by himstarted off at an accelerated pace in the )n of a distant policeman. vey hung about London fora few days, He made considerablo additions to his ward- robe, was an excellent customer of tho hotel ized several theatres, and generally 1f. Ho wasnot altogether idle, 1e being taken up in making a series of inquiries which it took some trouble toget answered, At last ho learned what he wanted to know. *‘Sonear!” he muttered. I feared I should havo tolook out of Eng- land.” Forthwith ho peid his hotel bill, and, carrying with him the respect of tho pro- prietor, left the house, Evening found him in comfortable quarters in the smolky old city known as Blacktown, CHAPTER XIX, “IT HAS COME." At Blacktown Maurico Hervey did not fayor o hotel with his custom, Perhaps ho mistrusted tho capabilitics possessed by the Blacktown hotels for furnishing him with {uxuries such as, after o protracted and en- forced an abstention, ho felt to be rightly his due, Perhaps hesighed for tho quictuds and repose with which ono usually associates a private house, After a short scarch he found a bedroom and a sitting-room, well furnished and commanding extensivo views. They wero in ono of arow of substantial houses which by some freak of fortuno had fallen from tho high estate of fashionablo residences to tho lower lovel of respectablo lodging houses, Tho landlady's quotation, which, after tho manner of such quotations, had at- ‘ached to it a string of extras like tho tail to 1 kite, having been accepted, Mr, Hervey re- quested that somo dinner might bo prepared for him, This of courso meant chops—an »xtemporized lodging house dinner invariably means chops. Having particularly requested that his chops should be broiled, not fried, Mr, Hervey, whilst the cooking was going on, went out, found a wino merchant’s and srdered half-a-dozen of whisky sent in. The tight of the bottles, the number of which -ugured well for a_long stay, gladdened the andlady’s heart, By the aid of the whisky, akettle of hot water, sugar, and cigars the new lodger spent a comfortable, if not an intellectual or improving evening. In the morning he sallied forth, ~ Like every visitor to the old city who has time to spare he seemed bent upon seeing the natural beau- ties of the suburbs of Blacktown. His land- lady, who thought him a nice, pleasant, free- spoken gentleman, gave him an oral list of the stock sights in the vicinity; but as soon s he was out of doors Mr, Hervey inquired the way to Orkbury, and learned that an easy walk of about two miles would take him to that highly favored spot. The weather, although fine, was cald, so he decided to walk to his destination, He soon left the rows of houses and shops bebind him, struck along a broad white road which cut its way through & level greensward, and in about three- quarters of an hour found himself in front of the Red Lion Inn, Oakbury. Heentered the inn—men of bis stamp, when In the country, make entering inns a point of honor, He called for hot brandy and water, and was supplied with a jorum of that deep brown liquor, dear to rustic palates on account of its presumed strength., Hervey sipped it, lit & cigar and entered into a cheer- tdl conversation with the Red Lion and Hervey enters into conversation with the Red Lion. U(mas;. who m‘mmflng their calling in what, after the fashion of country inns, was » combination of barand parlor. The Red Lion, an affable, condescending animal, ahd, like all noble animals, willing to relinquish Joil for more congenial pursuits, seeing that his visitor was ready to talk, sat down ina round-backed chair near the fire and left the Lioness to attend to the bottle and jug de- partment, which, as the hour was just past 1200n, was in full swing of activity. Hervey asked a variety of questions about the neighborhood. He might really have been a gentleman of fortune anxious to buy a place and o properly particular as to what society might be found about. He ob- tained much valuable and interesting infor- mation about the “families of position” as they appeared to_the eyes of the Red Lion. He loarned who lived in the big white house At the edge of the common, who in the house At the top of the hill, who in the house at the bottom, He was gradually leading up to the questions he wanted to nsk, when the sound of carriage wheels was heard, and the Lion dfter glancing over the wire 'window- biind loid down his pipe and went to the foor. Hervey also glanced out of window and saw two tall gentlemen, who occupied the box-seats of a large wagonette. They wero talking gravely and sadly to the Lion, who, whilst ho listened with due respect, looked somewhat crestfallen and ill at ease, “What's the matter now, Joet” asked the Lioness, rather anxiously, as her spouse re- turned. “Say the last cask o beer ran out two days before its time, so couldn’t have been tull, They look after trifles, they do.” *‘Oh, nonsense!” said the Lhmeu, tossing ber head. *“Somoe ono must have got at it, Their servants are no better than others.” “Who are they?" asked Hervey. “The Mr. Talberts of Hazlewood House,” rephied the Jandlady, with that smile on her facs which seemed fo come involuntarily on the faces of many people when they men- tioned or hieard the name of our gentle Hor- ace and Herbert. to the window and tte, which, however, was by now out of sight. “Rick men, I supposef” he said, reseating i f. ‘e rich enough; but oh, that partic- aid the Lioness, with auother toss of ber head. The accusation of short measure rankled in her breast. “Close-fisted " asked Hery “Well, yes, they're close,” said the Lion. “That is, they liko to get a shilling’s worth for a shilling,” “Weall like that. Let me have it now, Two brandies—one for you and one for me.” The Lion laughed and filled the glasses. Hervey adroitly plied him with questions about the Talberts, and soon learnt almost as much as we know. Ho laughed with tho landlord at their amiable peculiaritis, It was well our friends did not hear the Red Lion, or Hazelwood House might Lave gone elsewhere for its beer. “They are funny gents,” said the Lion, “You'd never believe; but a day or two ago I was walking along the road. It was drizzling with rain, Tho Mr. Talberts they passed me, driving, All of a sudden they pull up at the hedge round their paddock. Mr, Herbert he jumps down; ho takes the whip and with the handle begins poking furiously in the hedge. I ran up thinking something was the matter. Law nol not it, Ho was a poking at a bit of whito paper which had blown in there. Poke and poke he did till he got it out—and Mr. Horace the while holding the horses and sitfing and looking on as if it meant life or death getting out that paper. Rum thing to bo so particu- lar, ain't it? Hervey professed himself much amused and continued his questions. Ho heard all about Miss Clauson, the niece who had been staying at Oakbury for so long. He even Jearned the name of every member of the Hazlewood House establishment, from that of the oldest retainer, Whittaker, to that of the latest arrival, Mrs. Miller the nurse. heard, of course, the whole histor; ditions, of the mysterfously-sent boy. wheén he was told this, in spite of his self- control, a look of utter amazement spread aver his face. He rdse, and bade the Red Lion good day. Tho story he had heard must have engrossed his mind to an unpre- cedented oxtent, for he actually forgot to finish his brandy and water, a flattering tribute to the landlord’s power of interesting a listener. After leaving the inn Hervey took thefirst turning cut of the main road. It was a little by-way leading to nowhere in particu- Here, as 1o onlookers were about, ho gave vent to delight by sundry actions come mon to most men as soon as they find them- selves alone after having received the best possitfle news. He smacked his thigh; ho rubbed his hands together; he seemed to hug himself in his joy. He laughed aloud, but therq was a cruel ring in his laugh, and there was a cruel look on his laughing mouth. His eyes brightened with the blended lights of malice and anticipated triumph, “What luck!” he ejaculated, ‘‘What luck| Iseeitall from the very boginning. Con- found it! it was a clever stroke, By G—1 T've got her now! I've got her now!" He calmed himself, returnod to $he main road and inquired the way to Hazlewood House. He stood for some time in front of the entrance gates, but finding that only the chimneys of the house could be seen from this point he walked round until he could get a better idea of the building. “It all means money! Pots of monoy!” he said, with glee, After this be returned to tho gates, and it scemed as if he meant to favor our frionds with a call. However, if 8o, he changed his mind. “No," ho said, turning away. ‘‘There’s a new element in the caso which must be con- sidered. Noneed tobe inahurry, Tl go back home and think it all out over a pipe.” 8o he faced about, and, in a thoughtful way, sauntered down the lane, or road, Wwhose mission in this world is to give access to Ha- 2lewood House and two or three other equally desirablo residences, 1t was a glorious winter's day. The sun was shining brightly; so brightly that on the bare twigs of the hedges the hoar frost of the night had resolved itself into crystal drops which shone like jewels, and then, as if alarmed at their Protean nature, trembled and fell, Although a silvery haze hung round the horizon there was no fog, The air was sharp and crisp, but not damp, 'The wind if cold was quiet. It was a day of a thousand— aday, in fact, on which, if ghe knows her business, a woman who has charge of a child takes it out for a good long walk, Mrs, Miller knew her business, so it was quite in order thatas Maurice Hervey was walking down the lane thenurse and the boy, on their way home to early dinner, should be walking up. Hervey, whilst deop in his meditations, heard & voice, and looking up saw the dark clad woman and the golden- haired child within a few paces of him, He stopped short and looked at them, Hervey to-day presented an appearance so different from that of the caged creature seen by Mrs, Miller at Portland that she would probably have passed him without recogni- tion, He was now fashionably dressed and, bad it suited his purpose, might have brushed elbows with the woman and yet left her ignorant of his release, This not being his purpose ho stopped short and waited. Natur- ally sho raised her eyes and at once knew the truth, Had Sarah Miller followed the impulse which seized her when sho saw that face, full of mocking triumph, she would have- uttered a cry of anguish, Only the fear of alarming the child prevented her from so doing. As it was shegavo a quick gasp, and for a moment gazed at the man asif she saw a ghost. Then she stooped and said to the boy: “Run on,my pretty, run as fast as you can.” The boy cbeyed, Hervey mads 10 effort to stop him, but he turned and fol- lowed him withs his eyes, Then once more he faced Mrs, Miller, Bhe had by now recovered from the first shock, and looked at him not so much with fear a5 with hatred and defiance, Sho took 8 fow steps, passed him, and placed herself as if to bar the way to Hazlewood House. “What are you doing heref” sho asked fergely, 'luuvluz the room. SDAY, SEPTEMBER 1, 1885. e My dear Sarah,” said the man in mock- ing tones, ‘‘what a strange question to ask! Considering your anxiety to appoint the carliest day possible for our meeting, is it any wonder that I come at once to find your “‘Now you've found me, what do you want “My poor Barah, can’t you guess. When you paid me thas riendly visit last summer 1 told you what I pined for, 1 have come to you in order to find some one else,” “'She is hundreds of miles trom here. never see hor Even as she_tol thn lie her heart sank. The gleam in Hervey's eyes showed her sho bad lied in vain, Ho laughed like one enj Ing the situation. “Never see hor again!” be ochoed. “I aminconsolable. But chance meetings do sometimes occur. Vou don't tmean to give o sell me any information, T suppose?” “I'd cut my tongue out first.” “Oh, true and faithful servant! Then it's no good asking. But about yourself. Sa rah—have you got a good place in the neigh- borhood " ““That’s none of your business,” said Mrs, Miller, sharply. Hervey laughed again, 1 should like to hear you had a nice comfortable place, Bomething casy and suited to your declining years. You have not worn well, my door Sarah, You look at least twenty years older than when I first knew you.” She took no notice of the taunt. Again the man laughed his mocking laugh, “What kind of a vlace is yours, Sarahi As you know, Iam much interested in you. You aro a nurse, I supposel” . Ho nodded in the direction of the boy who stood somo little distance off wondering in his childish way what his guardian was about with this gen- tleman, “Yes, T am o naves,” caid Mrs, Millor sul- You'll “anl that is one of your chargest The youngest perhaps? A fige little fellow. Do you know I have often dreamed of owning such a boy as that, At heart I believe I havo the germs of respectability and domestic goodness, What do you think, Sarah?" “Your heart is as black as a coal,” burst out the woman excitedly, “Would to God you had died in prison. For years it has been my daily prayer.” Vet it availed nothing—the prayer of the righteous! Something gone wrong above, Sarab, Never mind, I give you good wishes in return for evil ones. I know something of this neighborhood and the people, and if I could choose a place for you it would be one with two middle-aged gentlemen named Tal- bert, who live at Hazlewood House with a beautiful unmarried niece named Beatrico Clauson. That would be such a comfortable place for you, Sarah " Until now he bad been playing with her as a eat plays with a mouse, Thero was nothing to show her the extent of his knowl- edge. For all she knew he might simply have come down here to find her. So she Dhad guarded every word, every look, fearing lest she might give bim information. Now he bared his claws and showed her that escape was impossible. Sho groaned but struggled no more. “You will take money “Oh, yes, Sarah, T'll tak “And go'away and trouble no mor me where to find you to-morrow. I wil and arrange everything.” “0h, no, you won't. I never deal with agents, Your intervention is not nceded, Sarah.” She stamped her foot angrily. “Tell me what you want,” she exclaimed, ter leave me and go and do your worst, You may have men todeal with now, no women.” Ho\turaw,off 1\ second {every 'trace of mockery. He seized her wrist and held ber. His eyes shone fiercely into hers. “Listen, you hag, you cat!” he said. *“All your partin this business is to takea message. Gostraight to her. Tell her I am here, free, and with a pocketful of money. Tell her to come to me to-morrow at my rooms. Tell her I will wait until twelve o'clock. If she is not there when the clock strikes Iswear I will come and see her in her own home. Do you under- stand? Answer me.” “Yes, I understand.” “Here's the address.” He scribbled it on abit of paper. *“Now you can go back and A sweet little come resume your noglected duties. boy that, Sarab.” = “Go straight to her. Till her I am here, Trea Without another word sho left him. Sho took the boy by the hand and went through the gates of Hazewood House. Hervey watched her disappear, chuckled maliciously and strode off in the direction of Blacktown. In a mechanical way Mrs. Miller gave the boy his dinner, She ate nothing herself, but her lips moved as if framing words, and her heart offered up its fervent but incoherent 8, Knowing that it was : custom to visit the nursery soon after lunch and assure hersel? that her boy had dined well, Mrs, Miller did not go in soarch of her, She listened for the expected step, and when she heard it opencd the door and motioned her mistress to enter the adjoining room, the night nursery. She fol- lowed, and the look on her face told Beatrice what had happened, “It has comef” she whispered, and turning very pale, Mrs, Miller threw herself on her kneos, and, taking Beatrice's hand, sobbed alond. “Oh, my poor dear! My poor dear!” she wailed. It has come. Yes, it has come, Tho Lord has not thought it to answer my prayers, Oh, my dear mistress, may He stretch forth His arm and lighten the sorrow which is before you!” She kissed Beatrice's hand. upon her almost like a dog. H seemed scarcely to hear her word: to notice her actions, “It was Bound to come,” she said, dreamily, “I have been waiting for it for wecks. The sword was over my head, I knew it must fall. Whore is hef” she added, ““Ho was hero, close at hand,” said Sarah, Then, noticing Beatrice's shudder: “‘He has gone away for awhile; but I saw him, He gavo mo a message, Ob, my dear, my dear! You must expect no mercy. “I expect none, 1 will ask for none, me the message.” Mrs, Miller gave it word for word and then handed her the paper with the address. “I must go,” said Heatrice. ‘“There is no bolp for it. The shame which I dared not faco—the crash I shrank like a coward from preparing for, has come, Well, if all must be known it will rid my lifo of the deceit which for years has made it a burden,” She turned away, entered the nursery and kissed the boy. Suddenly she gave the nurse a frightened look, *You saw hiw,” she said | | “did he see the boy " Mrs, Miller nodded sadly. “Did he know—did ho guess?’ “‘He said nothing. But, ob, my poor dear] | there was something in bis manner that made me tremble—something that told me he essed all “Then Heaven belp mel” said lumu,! She fawned misticss carcely Give Bhe ‘went to her bedroom, in which she stayed for hours, Hours during which she lived again in thought the wholo of her life during the past five years. Years which had turned her from a’lighthearted, impulsive girl into a grave and saddened woman, woman who, partly by her own folly, partly by the crime and cruelty of another, found herself to-day in as sore a plight as ever woman knerw. CHAPTER X WHAT SHE LOOKED BACK UPON, As the story of Beatrico's past is made up of things sho knew, things she guessed and things of which she knew nothing, it will b better to learn it in its veracious cntirety than to glean it from the saddened musings that winter's afternoon, After the battle royal between Lady Clau- gon and her stepdaughter, and when Sir Maingay weakly and for the sake of peace left his daughter at home, whilst he fled to the Continent with that mewly acquired treasure, his beautiful wife, Beatrico settled down to the dullest of dull lives, or what certainly promised to be so unless the girl could brighten it by drawing on her own re- sources for amusement, On one point, how- ever, she bad nothing to complain of. A childless widow witha large income could not have enjoyed more freedom of action. Mrs, Erskine, the aunt in whose care she was placed, was old, wrapped up in her own varied ailments, and so selfish as to keep herself cloar of suspecting people, be- cause suspicion brought trouble and worry, Beatrice was free to spend her hours as ‘it best suited her; to como and go as she chose, and generally to do what pleased herself. By this arrangement Mrs. Erskine saved her- self much trouble and responsibility—things which are extremely injurious to an old gen- tlewoman in feeble health, But Beatrice, who was in magnificent health, s all young girlsof eighteen should be, soon found that to render life at M Erskine's worth living she must find occupa- tion for her lonely hours. Perhaps there were times when the ideal pleasuro and joy with which an untraveled mind invests a foreign tour made her repent of her hastiness in disdaining to occupy a secondary place in her father's heart. But if it was so, her pride forbade any proposals of surrender. Nevertheless, something had to be done to make lifo tolerable. She cared littlo or nothing for general society, and even had she done so the fact of her possessing few friends anywhere, and none in London, would have rendered her going out into the world a mat- ter of difficulty. So that Miss Clauson, who was a young Jady of no mean abilities, and who had some- how imbibed the modern notion that, if rightly directed, a woman's brain-power is equal to a man’s in acquiring knowledge, de- cided that the most satisfactory method by which time could be killed was by continu- ing her studies from the point at which she laid them down when she left the fashionable finishing school. Being also rather troubled by the fecling that she ought to do something for suffering humanity, she organized a little charitable scheme. She had plenty of pocket money, Bir Maingay, who, since old Talbert's death, had received a considerable sum per annum, paid out of the trust, for his daughter’s maint tenance and education, behaved most gener- pusly in this respect, There is no salve to she conscience so efficacious as a money sac- rifice! Beatrice, then, did what good she coult on ¥5v own account. As a piteous talo alweys opened her purse, revilers of indiscriminate almsgiving may think little of Ler cfforts, Perhaps they bore no fruit save in one note- worthy instance. Charity brought her in contact with a woman, who, from a variety of circum- stances, had been reduced from the state of a superior domestic servant to abject poverty, and who was lying almost at death’s door. Beatrice heard her history, relieved her wants, had her doctored and cured, and by these acts made the woman her slave forlife. She riveted the links forever, when, fancying ghe could do with a maid, she, in spite of a grumble from her great-nunt, took this woman, named Sarah Miller, into her ser- vice. This happened in the early days of her sojourn at Mrs. Erskine's, The course of study progressed. For the most part Beatrice tanght herself. After a vhile it struck her she should like again to take up her drawing. Here, as her ambition roso higher than i to exccutd the usual schoolgirl masterpieces, she needed a master. A caller, an acquaintance of Mrs, Erskine’s, gave her a name and nddress, which had been given to her by some one else. Beatrico wrote and asked tho artist’s terms, He replied. She wrote agaln, ac- cepting the terms and begging him to call on a certain day. So Maurice Hervey came into her life, ‘When first she saw him the girl was sur- prised to find she had summoned to her aid a young man of about twenty-five, But_ the age of a drawing master appeared to Miss Clauson as o matter of secondary import ance, 5o long as ho knew his business what mattered if he was twenty-five or fifty-five. Mrs, Erskine troubled nothing about the affair. Sho knew that a master gave her niece lessons twice or thrico a week. The old lady never even acquired his name, To her he was the drawing master, no more and noless. There are many such old ladies as this! In ordor that what happened may be read aright, two facls must bo distinctly borna in mind. The first, that Beatrico Clauson was not then the stately and apparently emotion- less young lady, whoso calm and self-con- tained demeanor was such a subject of con- gratulation to her uncles, and such a puzzle to Frank Carruthers, She was but a girl of eighteen, proud, if you will, but romantic, impulsive, and notwithstanding the shatter- ing of the paternal idol, trustful of man and womankind. She was lonely; craved for sympathy; end in spite of her position in the world, ker life, so far as sho could see it, looked void and colorl A long stretch without a visible goal. Lastly, she belioved, s most young people of cighteen believe, that her judgment as to what was best for herself was infallible, The second fact to be borne in mind is that Maurice Hervey at twenty-five was not, in appearance, the scowling, crafty-looking felon seen by Mrs, Miller in Portland prison; not even the malicious, mocking ruffian who confronted her on his release, The masl worn by the man when Beatrice first know him fitied to perfection, and, until the wearer chose, showed no glimpse of the vil- lainous, sordid nature it hid. He was de- cidedly good-looking, he was well dressed, avd if he carried a touch of the Bohemian about him it was not more than was pleasant and compatiblo with the profession he fol- lowed. His bands, a matter upon which young girls set undue store, were white and vell formed. He was attentive and respoct- ful in the discharge of his duties—doubly so after the first few lessons! For by that time he had found out much about his pupil—not all he wanted to know, but a good deal. He had learned that she was a baronet's daughter, and an heivess, He could not ascertain how much money she would come into or from whom it came, But, so far as it went, ho boelicved his information to bo trustworthy, and acted ac- cordingly. He began by awakening the girl's sym- pathy for his unworthy self. He told her, or, it might be said, conveyed to her pro- digious lies about his own hard lot; he dilated on the drudgery of lesson-giving to a man who believed be had genius. So cleverly did ke talk that Beatrice was persuaded that she was under an obligation to him for the very act of teaching. His lies were master pieces, because he did mot, like many self- | styled neglected geniuses, believe in his own | talents, The man knew that such skill as ho possessed could make him, at the outside, a fifth-rate artist, or, it might possibly be, a first-ratd drawing master, But all the same he made Beatrice believe he was one day destined to storm the Royal academy, and when once she believed thisall dnrmm in station between them vanished, ur age, &s every one knows, is the triumph of art. Poor artists apd struggling nwfl . men do not now fawn upon lords—lords [ waem to amnner And MaRe mucn or chem, such is the common belief. So, now tl Miss Clauson was convinced that Maurd Hervey was a genfus, no cold spectre 3 social distinction rose between the man a his desire. The drawing lessons grew longer and more and more conversational, Hervey was am educated man, or at least knew Low to t such education as was his to the bost account The first sign of what was about to happes was Beatrice's beginning to wondor how 8 ghould be able to offer this man money fa his services, Then follow lulhl'r ~\||||\m‘g which are invariably distinetly pronoun when the sufferer is a self- \vlllml girl cighteen. [T0 BE CONTINURD ] Take all in all. ~Take all the Kidneys and Liver Medlolnes, —Take all the Blood purifiers. —Take all the Rhoamatlo romedlor, ~—Take all the Dyspepsia and mdlua tlon cures, —Take all ths Agae,Fever, and billlons apecifios, —Take all the Braln and Nerve foroe revives, —Take all the Great health restorers. 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