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One Man's Evil Jp nv EFFIE ROWLAND CIIAITKM XXII. ( Cot 1 1 Itiiicf 1. ) Tin- ma Id wan buck itKitin nlmot dl rcelly. Slio told I.udy I tt1.v that Antmii: wa not in tlif drawing mom: her eye were full of pity for her niNtrrtH. "I Imvr rold them lo telephone for l In doctor, my Inily." lio nnld. "Can I you?" Lndy Metty liuil Kiinlf on her knee by (im beiNlilc, Mini uiis chnflujr one of the cold liimilx. Her manner win full of Kgi tat Ion ; rtlii.1 looked almost wildly nt tin1 inn Id. , "1 cannot iwikc lilni answer mo." alio mild. "Oli! Ihiimii, I am frightened." The maid's eyes tilled with tears. If vor she bad nurtured a harsh feeling for her pretty mistress, that feeling died now as she saw Lady Hetty's blonde head bowed In what yccmod to be a very agony of grief. It was not long before others joined them, the doctor and other servants, and then Lady Itelty was lifted from her knees and led gently away Into her own room. When hIic spoke it was in faint, weal: Accents, and the doctor was sympathet ically Impressed by what he took to be wIruh of physical as well as mental suf fering. .She repeated to him exactly what she Iiiul said to Antoniii, anil Dr. Ainlorson was silent for a moment or two. "I thlnl; I shall prescribe entire rest for you. Lndy Elizabeth," he mild. "Itesi nnd fresh air." he addled, and he stood and jjlanced about him. '"rhere is a strange iitmosphere in this room: it almost seems to me as if some chloroform ii.id been used." I-'or answer Lndy Metty held forward toward him a small bottle with "chloro .form" printed on the label. "I luive been nearly crazy with tooth ache," she said. "I suppose It is a nerv ous attack, hut the only thlnx that ave 1 mo caw was this. 1 don't think." she added, faintly, "I should have cared how much 1 had used to net rid of the pain. 1 feel lost, l)i-. Anderson," she said, half wildly; "I cannot realize that he he has gone, lie was so good, so tender, such a noble man. What can have caused his death V" "I am afraid I cannot answer that ques tion just yet, Lady Klizabeth," Dr. An demon said, gravely. "I shall have to go Into this matter." The heart of the wo n stood -till. "Do you mean that there will have to be a post mortem examination, an -an in quest V" "You will leave things to mv hands, Lady Kllzaboth." he said, kindly. "I pre-r-timo that Lord Marehiuont 'will come liere, and we will settle every detail to gether." The doctor closed the door, md Lady Ik-tty wis alone. Shu stood and lo.ikoil nbont her In an agonized way. With a choking cry the woman covered hei face Avlth her hands, that ashen face from which, for the moment, all prettincsH had (led. It was no longer Antoula she had to fear. She must think swiftly: she must work her brain subtly 1ino means that would proven. ; ()f Justice. f CIIAPTISM XXII I. Eagerly (ioorgo Stanton hailed a cab r.nd gave orders to be driven to that lit tl'. house on the borders of Mogont's I'm'k. Ho dismissed the cab at some little dis tance from the house, and walked toward It slowly. "Will you ask .Miss C'astella if she will epenk to meV" he said to the maid. "Miss Castella went away this after noon, sir. She left soon aftr lunch." "And she left no word no moits.igoV" "Oh, yes, sir, 1 bos your, pardon," the maid said, quickly: "I forjcol for the mo ment ; she left a note for you, mid a packet. She said she thought it very prob .dilo that you would call some time to day." The maid tripped up the path to the house. She was back again directly with the note and the packet, and ns she nave them to him Stanton felt as if the earth had opened at his feet. lie had no need lo tear aside the cov ering of that Hat packet, for he ku-'W wlir.t lay within. It was the pile of lmuk notes that he had carried to liar the night Its claimed his promise. He put it into the breast pocket of his coat mechanically and took her letter and went away. A little way from the house lie tore open the letter. "My chance," Sylvia wrote, "I have learned to-day something that throws light upon what was so mysterious. I under Ktand now the source from which you .obtained so much money, and 1 fear I understand also the reason why this money was paid. I asked you to swear to nic that you got this money honestly, and yen perjured yourself at least, that is what I believe. So 1 take back my prom ise, and I return you this money; but if jyou can come lo me, and you can tell me film t you have not had a hnnd in helping lorald Tenby to step Into his cousin's Shoes, if you can tell me that you have md no share in bringing about Hubert iVnby's disappearance, I will marry you, whether you arc rich or poor, not because I love you, but because 1 pave you my promise, nnd I like to keep my word." Stanton stood and rend those words, urn once, but n dozen times. Their menu i riff inn like living lire through hN veins 11' hail to lean nguitifll the wall, and draw his breath with dilllculty. He could not bring himself to realize, that this was the end, that he had lost Sylvia just when In- hud Rallied her. I'.y what means had the truth come to her' Ity what danger was he tiot sur rounded' lie would go out of Knglnnd. I his money that Sylvia had returned would keep him like n king in other coun tries. Lot him turn his back on all; let him snap his tinners at failure; let him show this woman that her repudiation of him left him untouched. He would nor evu return to d'erald Tenby's rooms; he would go us he was, go lie cared not where, so long as be put distance between himself and all for which he had worked. So be turned witli a mocking laugh on his lips, but an aching wound In his heart, and before night time came he was well away from London. Antonia met (Jerald Tenby on the door step of Lady Charlotte Singleton's house. I he girl would have passed in without even speaking to him, but he stopped her. l'orgive me,' be said; "1 heard your uncle was very ill. I came to offer mv sympathy." ".My uncle is dead," said Antonia. She d not look at him: he fancied he saw tin' old aversion in her face. "He was a good man. I am sorry." The girl tried to conquer her feelings, but words would not come ; indeed, in this moment the old loathing for this m m was uppermost. Xot even for the sake of what was to be gained could she con tinue the part she had set herself to play. She bent her head and passed into the house, and d'erald Tenby turned away and knew that she wished him lo be gone. i 4 Long after (Jerald Tenby had risen and p.issed away, Sylvia and I ten Coot) sat on talking. The woman hardly recognized herself in this hour. She felt as if she had been touched by some magician's wand. All the cultivated hardness and worldliness that had grown into her nature these mitnv years dropped from her and left her what she once had been. It was like n dream to sit listening to Men's slow, north-country voice. "I must go now," she said: "but I shall not say good-by to you. Men; you will come to mo. won't you 7" "To the tend of the world." Men said, simply; "and when I Iwne found the lad I'll be more free to serve you, Liz." "I pray that you may find the lad." she said. "I hope 1 may have been the means, perhaps, of putting you on the right path. I should like to feel that I had had some share in giving joy to thai beautiful girl who loves him. We met and spoke. Men, the other day; I oil bet- j ter after tbat." Then Sylvia hail swept away nnd had gone out to her carriage, heedless of the curious eyes that watched her, and Men had left the picture gallery, and had gone out into the streets also, feeling his heart a maxc of sorrow and joy, feeling als a thrill of excitement. Ho went slowly back to his hotel, where his sad face and bowed head spoke elo quently of trouble and suspense. Sylvia mingled in with his thought. It seemed so natural, and yet so strange, that Id, still lived, and that she had need of him. Stephens, the discharged valet, had ar ranged to come to him before evening; so Men remained in the hotel, waiting for t'.ils man. The hours crept by, and Ste phens did not come, but finally a note was brought. It was written in pencil, aud signed by Stephen!. "Stanton is leaving Loudon for tho con ti'ieni; I am going to follow him. Will communicate with you at the earliest op portunity. I think this is my best plan. There is work for you to do. 1 Inclose you herewith the address of a house to which I understand Stanton has been in the habit of going. I don't know wheth er there will be anything in tills, but ev erything is worth trying, especially when wo have to deal with such a scoundrel. I shall give you an account of the money you advanced to me when we meet again." The advent of this letter acted like magic on Men. lie threaded his way up to Tottenham Court ltoad slowly. The house to which he was going lay very far out, and more than one person advised him to reach it by train. Feeling the wisdom of keeping his strength as much as possible, Men resolved to take this advice, and it was while he was threading his way to the station that he suddenly saw a man's face looking out at him from u hansom upon which was piled Home luggage. The man was tier old Tenby. Though his eyes rested upon Men for an instant, there was nothing to tell tho rich man that this humble looking individual was one who was working for justice. Herald Tenby was going to Mill Cross Court. When the door had closed upon An toula that afternoon he had stood a mo ment hesitatingly. Tho girl's manner had chilled him, and her news had startled him. Ho determined all at once that he would leave London. Stanton had gone. Their secret was safe ; ho preferred not to risk a meeting with Lady Betty. j It was ri i nr iiminer uijtht when he ' Highlcd from the. train nt Mill Cros, and j h (rave n Uh of r!i'f. At leas." for a lew Jiourx, be mini to hlnmelf. lie would Ik free from questioning eye nnd from those Imagination of mmplclou that made Tito in lyondon i impossible. Miu A he walked down the platform lie found hlii brow contracted with r frown, hhiI he felt hi heart leap with a new ffnr, for a woman's figure was stand ing close by, nnd rt lie pusioI her he felt that the turned and looked fll him stend- "y. . Certainly Bylvfu Castella was the very last woman in the world whom ho would have exported to sen in such h place, and instantly all his suspicion and fears wore loosed again. What had brought her to Mill Cross' lie knew now that she was associated not only with Stanton, but with this man whose friendship to Hubert Tenby signi fied so much. Why should vm h a woinnn ns this turn her back upon her life in town nnd travel to Mill Cross, unless she was there for the purpose of following him. and of help, ing forward the work of retribution? CIIAITKM XXIV. It had been a sudden whim that had carried Sylvia Castella back to that lit tle tiorth-countrv village lived the happiest part of her life. I will go to Mill Cross again, and it will Ik1 almost as if Men U'fM'i tvlt ll inn all the lime," and it was this impulse that had put Iter into the had landed her at the Mttle wayside sta tion at Which d'crulil Teliliv hurl nli..lit,..l also. (Jerald would have fnllo VVI'll llill' .111, hardly knew whv. M.'l' I Im f fniii" win pressing in upon him from' all sides only It was Impossible for him to expose him self to too much comment. 1 1 Inul i, on to the Court, to that big old house that once nan seemed to him the only place in the world that was desirable, inn ulih.li to-night had no beauty in bis eyes. The butler looked at him uilli' vv.ll.nn. coaled surprise. Ileu-onilm-ml u-lmi ,.,.ni,i he the matter with Sir (Jerald. The voun-j man looked almost old gray-faced, nervous man was very much apart from the smart, elevmv u.viii'iiv :... aid that had been wont to pav visits to .uni i, wis winle Sir .Maurice was alive; but good servants have tin-it- li n-i. r i.,..t - -the man did not let his master realize tn.it lie noticed an. thing was amiss. He spoke to him alioin nint.'i-i- t li.it ii,i occurred since Sir Corah had been in liOiifion. and he handed him some letters, and with these letters tin, nni.t.-i.t ,.i' ,.. - ---- IU V I J Ml pors which .Stanton's faithful .dd friend, wan, uau journeoyd trom London to de liver. "This packet was left witli tlllt tk Iwt lit- liverod to you personally when you should arrive, sir." he said: "it mis limm.iif i.v an old woman." "My an old woman''" eeim-iiml J..i..ii,t hurriedly: then his almost dropped tho packet'; it had a hide ous signiiicance to him, not that anything win coiiiainod in i', but that its very pres ence coni'.t-ud III) all tllllf lln flikutf-.tfl In hide forever. The servant Closed the ilnnr unit In, ,-,u lefi alone, left to stare down nt tlmi wm-iii square packet, which had been tln excuse for getting Sarah out nf tlm m-ni ,,.i,:i " " iiit 11II1IU work was beinir done in Hi (i dill f iimfiltt. down house which was her euro, her joy ami nor sorrow. London was nrovlded satlou the morning following (Jerald Ten- oys departure to the North. Scarcely h ul tho nowti of Kdward Marchtnont'H death been mtitlo public than the world was informed of a new disaster that had befallen dm ot 0f tb,. widow. A most extraordinary thing occurred, something terrible and bizarre, something that shocked people oven while ir struck thorn ns being unusual and alarming. This was no less than a great fire that had consumed the greater portion of the house where Lady Motty had lived and fluttered away the many years of her butterfly existence ; a fire so largo in Ha proportions that, though help was forth coming In a very short time, the fury of the flames was so great that it was al most impossible for the firemen to ap proach. And life was lost also. Lady Mett? hoiwlf was rescued in a half-'faintln'g condition, and a greater portion of the hoimehold fortunately escaped; but c&o or two of the inmates, caged at the top of ilie house, perished in the Hanu's that hit'.' sprung to life, no one knew how, and with those two living creatures tho body of Md ward .Marehiuont had been consumed also The news reached Antonia by means of one of the maids in Lady Charlotte i house. She fell on her knees, as soon as sho was alone, nnd tried to pray, but the ho' ror that had coiuo over her as she remem bered Metty Marehiuont paralysed hor brain: not ewn a prayer could tome co herently; in fa.-t, die girl was verging on an illness. She had made enormous de mand upon her courago and her physical strength, and this prostration was' only the natural outcome of finch exertions. As she sat there a message came to her from I.ady Charlotte, asking if she would go to her nt once. Antonia found the delicate woman In a state of great agitation. Lady Charlotte was sitting, propped up by her cushions, gazing at a letter that she held in her bund. Antonia went across the room to her and sat down beside her. "Oh, Antonia !" she said, "what can I say to you' What wrong I have done! Child, your faith should have taught mo a lesson ; your love tried to lead mo to this, and I would not lw led." (To bo continued.) Soinrt hi iik Dotuu. Meolcer We had a house-warming Inst night. Miocker Why, have you moved? Meeker -No; hut when I reached home from tho lodge at nlldulght I found my wife's mother there. it lx$4''-S'$,'$,$MSx2 'jxt g A SHAKY FOUNDATION. Mrs. Cotnpton iooktMl tlrcil. Sho lind evidently boon Indulging In tonrs on hor way home. She yttve furtive dabs at Iter eyes with a dump handkerchief as she asked Mr. Coinptoti if he had boon at home long. "I've had such a disappointing, time. Henry," she said, hardly waltitiK to hear Iter httshniid's answer. "I al ways felt that I could rely on tin? North Trust Company, but my faith is shaken." s "Wlial in the world have they dnuo7" nsked Mr. Conipton. "I hadn't heard of anything wrong." "No," yaid his wife, tearfully, "prob ably you won't. I'm only a Hinall de positor and so I'm of little consequence. hut I think I shall remove all my money hh soon .-is you loll me jitsl how to do II, and then you can keep It for me in your safe, and when I want It I can have it any time. "The trouble has all conic from that twenty-dollar gold piece mother gave me on my birthday. 1 deposited it day before yesterday, because I hadn't thought of anything I wanted to buy. "This morning I decided on one of these handicraft necklaces, and so I went right to my young man at the window, who's always been so obliging, and told lilni I'd make out a chock for twenty dollars for him. and I'd like mother's gold piece hack and ho didn't, know where it was! "1 told him the dale of It and every thing, but it wasn't there. Henry! As I said to him, 'If your Trust Company is, so hard up for money for Invest ments that It hits to take my twenty dollar gold piece the very minute I put It In. it's not very reassuring!' Those were my words, aud 1 think he felt lliein. At any rate, he turned red and bit. his lip. Mut he couldn't produce mother's twenty-dollar gold piece. Henry, however he looked, so I didn't get tlieij necklace. "I shall go over to mother's to-morrow and tell her Just how It happened, and that the money has slipped away. "You needn't smile, Henry. 1 pre sume you have one of those explana tions of yours all ready to soothe me, but nothing would surprise me less now than to open the paper any morn ing and see that the North Trust. Com pany had embezzled." Youth's Com paitlon. Iti-eliiNsiflralion of Slnnci-.s. 1'rofesMir Moss pleads in the Atlantic for a new method of grading shiners. The system commonly employed does not .strike at the points whore wrong doing is most potent for harm. Tho hlgliwaymau or the hall thief, villains whose offenses do not touch the person or the pocket of one man in a hundred, are ranked at the bottom of the scale, while the dishonest financial magnate, who may contribute towards the im poverishment of multitude1:, maintains an almost perfect rating If he Is shrewd enough not to transgress tne more ob vious rules of personal morality. Wo come down severely upon the individ ual offender, hut fall to reach the boss vho holds up the building: of a filtration plant for a great city, with the remote, resuir that hundreds whom he may never have known or se-m pirlsh of typhoid fever. Sinners of a certain type keep a position near (lie lop of the scale, by our counting specific good dieds as a Ket-oll' agalnsl their offences. What wo most need to bear down upon Is tho crime that must be detected b knitting the brows, not that which fs to bo found out by such easy processes as I'meroly opening eyes or ears. New xoriv rosi. Stint. "Yes," said the snmrl young wommi, "they say young Mrs. Drum Is u quiet, hoinelovlng woman, hut 1 happen to know that she enjoys herself most when her husband goes away on a business trip." "Alt!" cried the gossip, eagerly, "I always did suspect that therewns some thing wrong there." "Well, you're mistaken, Site goes away with lilni, that's all." -Phlhido phla Press. Olll- A lllM.'.StOI'H. "What n lot of folks in America would be shy of ancestors If thoro'd been a tirst-class immigrant inspector on 1 My mouth Mock when that Mayflow er unshipped her load some years ago," remarked the lynical gentleman. "And If they could have seen photo graphs of some of the people that claim to be their descendants they'd wish there had been some reidrictlons," con cluded the wise guy. Toledo Mlade. LelliiiK' III til Down. "So you won't bo all the world to ;no'r" "No. Augustus, I can't." replied tho .summer .girl. "Mut I'll toll you what J will be." "What?" "I'll be the State of Mhode Island to you." Louisville Courier-Journal. It takes a widow who Is lishlng for No. i! to distinguish between a nibble nnd u bite. NERVOUSDEBIL!TY A Scranton W-rsn Tollo How Dr, Wllllami' r-...;c Pills Made Her Wolf and Ctrong. Nervous debilitj is tho common unmc for what th dootorn twrm neurasthenia It is oHHnroferiz&d by mental depression, tits of tho "blues," or melancholy. Iohs of nerpyandmritn. The putietit'sevos become duli. the piuh fades from tho chaeks, the if" .try becomes defective so that it is rliii.uilfc to recall dittos and names at will. Some of the.so symptoms only mny bo prewmt or nil of them. Tho remedy Hcr in toning up Mi0 nervous fivstein and there i.s no medicine better adapted for this pttrposo than Dr. Williuuis' Tink Pills. Mrs. Jr.no J. Dr.vies, of No. SM War ren street, Scranton, Pa., says: Somo yours ago 1 became greatly reduced in health and btrt:...:h hud my nervous Bystcm became so debilitated thnfclfe.lt wretched. I could not rest or sleep well afc night and woko up as weary nnd languid in tho morning as I was when I went to bed. My bend ached in tho morning aud often there was n pniu in my right hide which was worse when I nat down. My nerves were on edge nil the time, every littlo noiso bothered mo nun x wn.s generally miserable. Then 1 decided to try Dr. "Williams' Pink Pills for Palo People, as my husband had taken thorn with good results, and they did wouders for me. Now I linvo no moro pain in my side, no moro headnohes, J bleep well and i'eel strong nnd able to do my work." Dr. Vrilliams' Pink Pills cured Mrs. Davifs and they can , do just as much inr other weak, pulo, ailing men or women who nro slipping into n hopeless decline. They strike straight at the root of all common diseases caused by poor mid impoverished blood. D: . illiams' Piulr Pills are sold by nil (Iruc.cisits. or will bo sent postpaid, on rei-Mpt of price, fiO cents per box, six boxes for ?2.60, by tho Dr. Williams' Medicino Co., Schenectady, N.Y. .'i good corn remedy consists of pqtial paft? of sweet oil and iodino haken togethor. Apply at night until relieved O'otity perions should avoid eating fwcet food, but the practice of eating ti dozen walnuts a day is recom ni'Mided by physicians. N"o?c b'eeding has frequently been i.ilovir.lod by holding tho hands over the head r.nd putting ice to the nose i.nd back of the head. A child's bed should be placed out f a direct draught and where the :i rn.ng miii will not shine into its lyt- nnd awaken it before tho proper 1 i.ne When caring for tho sick tho nurse ehou'd. as far as she is able, decide all questions as to their comfort and fr?a':nent for them, and avoid any ur,: iiuents. Congressman Shartel of Missouri is stti I to bave tlie tinest library in t ie state. The smallest church in Kngland, if not in this world, i.s LnlJingtou church, near Kastbournu. it seats eight persons. If tho appetite is poor there is un doubtedly some cause for it, and if it is not known a reliable physician should be consulted and his instruc tions carried out. The busy mother should have her time of rest and quiet during tlm day as well as the little ones, and it might be well to plan to lake it when hoy are having theirs. Stating at the window of tliei adored ones is tho way Mexican lovers woo. Tf tho young woman is agreeable, sho will appear at tho window after several days and they thus become ucyuainted. LOOGE TEETH aim!. Sound Ity Kiitln Rr!ie-nt, Proper food nourishes every part of the body, because Nature selects the different materials from the food wo cat. to build bono, nerve, brain, mus do. teeth etc. All we need Is to eat the right kind of food slowly, chewing It well our digestive organs take It up into the blood and the blood carries it all through tho body, to every little nook and corner. If some one would ask you. "Is Crupe-Nuts good for loose teeth?", you'd probably say. "No, 1 don't sec how It could be." Hut a woman in Ontario writes: "r'or the past two years I have used Orape-N'nts Food with most excellent results, it seeihs to take the t.la.v of medicine In many ways, builds up the nerves and restores the health goner ally. "A Utile Grape-Nuts taken before retiring soothes my nerves and g ve! ?ound sleep." (Meoauso It relieves Ir" rllabillty of the .stomach nerves, being a predigested food.) "Mefore 1 used Crupe-Nuts mv tooth were loose in the gums. They wore so bad I was afraid they would some day till fall out. Since I have used Crape Nuts I have not been bothered any more with lno-e tooth. "Al! do-dro for pastry has disappear cd and I have gained In health, weight aud happiness since I began to Use Crape NuK" Name given by PoMum Co.. Mattle Creek. Mich. Got tho fiiiiuii little book. "Tho llond to eil Ik-." i-j piSs. "Tbere'-s n reason." W 9