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10 THE oaiuMIA DAILY UKK: Sl'M)AV, HAY 12, 1 1)01 . r' Tristram Being1 An lipisode in a Story of An Ancient House. 1JY ANTHONY HOIMi. ar. sr. tr. f . c. r opjrlght, 1001, by A. II, Hawkins.) t nopal ill ITrcrilinyt Clmiitrn. Adelaide, wife nf Sir Hnndolph Kdgc of Blent Hall, eloped with Captain Fltzhubert. Sir llandolph died In Ilussla, presumably In tlmo for Lady Kdgo and Fltzhubert to marry and no make their son, Harry, leglti mate. They learn later, however, that trie dutn r,f 8li Iliindolph'H death lift been Klven Incorrectly ami Hurry Is not tne rightful licit They keep tho matter secret fi nl e inm.illy Mr. Fltzhubert succeeds to tho barony of Tilstrnm nf Went and re Hides with Harry ut lllent Hall, Cnknown to I-ndy Tristram a Madam Habrlskn, and Mr Jcnkltmon Neeld, are also In possession of the secret and Madam .abrlska wltli her uncle. Major Diiplay, come to reside at Merrlon hk near Went Hall. Harry learns from ills mother that he li not tho rlhtful heir to lllent, and they determine to hold tho title for him at any cost. To further Ills cause he decide to mam Junto Iver. heiress . f Fnirhiilme, but lluils two rivals In Hob Ilroudley and Major Uiipluy Tin- latter learns or Harry iinlor tunnto birth from Madam Zabrlska. Ho In forms him that h Intend to tli Iyer and they quarrel. Harry winning In a brisk tussle Neeld lie-.. me the guest or IVer nt ralrholme. Madam .abriskii meets Neeld and they rorm a compact to iirotect HarryH Inter-Hi and Maintain secrecy. I dirty Tristram dies after extracting from her son u promise that Cecily Oa nborougn, rightful helrfs of lllent, shall be Invited to thf funeral Cecily and her lather conn to Hlent and Harry falls to receive them, loiter he come. suddenly upon Cecily I" the garden and realizes that she Is a '1 rls timi. the Image of his m ither. The en gagement of Harry and Janle Iver Is nn nouneed. mid Duphiy nnnouiiceH his deter lnlnatlon to expose the faint) position of his futurt son-in-law to Iver. Harry unenn Bi lously fall In love with Cecily and with nut toiling her this acknowledges thut. lie I not the leitnl heir, but she Is l.mly Tristram of lllent. Then he steiN away from Hlent by night, stopping to ad- o Jloh Itrndley to woo and win Juiile Iv. r, who loves htm. She flung It ncrosa to Ivrr and rested her chin on hrr hand, while her eyes followed his expression as he read. "1 havii thrown tip the spouse nt.u Hod. J'lcano make friends with Lady Tt ".ram of Ulent.-H. T." For a while nobody spoke. Then Neeld, loaning forward to the lablu again, lieRati to explain and excuse his silence, to speak of the hard caso he was In, of the acci dental and confidential character of Ills knowledge. Neither Mtnu nor her uncle even appeared to heed him. Ivrr appeared to listen patiently and courteously, but hit! mind, too, was distracted, and ho did not couHti fidgeting with Harry Tristram's' let ter anil referring ever and again to Its brief, Milllclcnl message. "1 iiaresay 1 was wrong. The position wan very dlfllcnlt," iilendcd Neeld. "Veil, yis," said Iver, In an absent minded tone. "DIIIIcull. no doubt, Neeld, both for you and Mlna. And now he hau he has given up the same himself. Or Wus hit hand forced?" "No." Hashed out Mlna. restored In a moment to animation, her lighting Instincts it'vuku again. lleM never have been forced. He mual have done It ot hlu own accord.'' "Hut why?" nt;aln he turned to tho letter. "And why doei lo wrltn to you?" "Ilccauso he knew I knew about II. lie didn't know that Mr. Neeld did." 'And thlh this Lady Tristram nt lllent?" lvcr's voice was hesitating and conscious ai by pronounced the name that was to have become his daughter's. Again the plnk-rlbhoned Deus made entry i.n lh" rcme, to Rive the speaker a more t'rlklng answer. "A woman to see your .rna'nm. .Miss 1'Jnlnsbnrough." The three men sprung lo their feet; wltli a sudden wrench Mlna turned her chair round toward the door. A tall, slim girl in block came In with a quick, yet hesitat ing step. "Forgive me, Mme. Zabrlska. Hut I had to come. Harry said you were his friend. Do you know anything about him? Do you know whrrc he Is?" She looked at tho men und blushed as she returned their bow with a hurried recognition. "No, I haven't seen him. I know noth InR," said Mlna. "The, letter. Mlna." Duplay reminded her, nnd Mlna held It out lo Cecily. Cecily caiim forward, took and read II. Shu looked aRaln at the group, evidently puzzled. "He doesn't say whero he'B gone," she said. "You are?" Iver began. 'I'm Cecil Oalnsborough. nut I think ho mentis mo when ho says Lady Tristram of Hlent." "Yes, ho must moan you, Miss Onlns borough." "Yes, because last night he told me--" Her eyes traveled quickly over their faces, and she reread tho letter. "Do you know nnythlng about It?" sho demanded, Im periously, "Toll me, do you know what ho moans by this letter, and whether what ho says Is truo?" "Wo know what ho means," answered Iver gravely, "and wo know that It's true." "Have yon known It long?" sho asked. "Ivor glanced at Duplay anil Neeld. It was Noeld who answered gently: "Some of us have been sum of It for somo time. Hut " Ho looked at Mlna before ho went on. "Hut we didn't Intend to speak." Cecily stood there, seeming to consider, and for a momctU meeting Mlna's Intense gaze, which had never left her face, "Had bo known for long?" was her next question. It met with no immediate answer. Du play rose abruptly nd walked to the man telpiece; ho leaned his arm on it nnd turned hnlf away from tho group nt tho table. "Had he, known for long?" Cecily re peated. "Kver so long," nnsworcd Mlna Zabrlska In a low voire, but very confidently. "Ah, ho was waiting till Lady Tristram died?" Iver nodded! ho thought whnt the sug gested a very Rood explanation to accept. Genuine Beer Quality, Is brewed and nged tinder conditions that Insure absolute purity. The most skilled masters of tho brewer's art, with every up-to-date facility at their command, hnve kept theso brews uni formly perfect for over a half-century. BLATZ MALT-VIVINE (Non-Intoxicant) SPRING TONIC. Druggists or Direct. VAL BLATZ BREWING CO , MILWAUKEE OMAHA HltAMCII, 1-1 1U Doutrlas St. Tel. 1081. Mil of Blent. wo 5r. tb It was plausible and sensible; It equipped Harry Tristram with a decent excuse for his past silence and n sound reason for the moment of his disclosure. He looked at Neeld and found ready acquiescence In the old gentleman's approving nod. nut Mlna , broke out Impatiently: j "No, no, that had nothing to do with It. : Ho never meant to speak. Hlent was nil 1 tha world to hlni. Ho never meant to speak." A quick remembrance Unshed across her. "Were you with him In tho , long gallery last night?" sho cried. ' "With him there for hours?" "Yes, we were there." i "Yes, 1 saw you from the terrace here. Did he tell you there?" I "He told mo there." There was embar- I rassmcnt is well as wonder In her manner now. i "Well, then, you must know why he told you. We don't know." Mlna was very I peevish. "Whot were you doing In the gal lery?" "1 was looking at all the things there and and admiring them. He came up pres ently, und I don't remember that ho said "WHAT WUIIK YOU ALL DOINO HKRK WHKN 1 CAMir " ASKED CECILY "Villi Y THEM WHAT I KNEW AI30UT HAUKY TRISTItAM, HUT t WOULDN'T TELL." very much. Ho watched me. then ho asked me If I loved the thing. And well, then ho told inc. Ho told mi and went straight out of the room. I waited a long while, but he didn't eomo back, and 1 haven't spoken to him since." She looked at each of them In turn, as though someono might be able to help her w;lt,h tho puzzle. "Somehow you made him do II you," said Mlna Kabrlska Slowly Cecily's eyes settled on Minn's face; thus alio stood silent for a full min ute. "Yes, I think so. I think I must have somehow." Her voice rose nn she asitod with a sudden access of agitation: "Hut whnt aro we tn do now?" Mlna had no thought for that; It was the thing Itself that engrossed her, not the con bequences. "There will, o' course, bo a good many formalities," said Iver. "Subject to th:se I linuglnn that the er question settles Itself." His phrasj seemed to give Cecily no en lightenment. "Settles Itself?." she repeated. "Subject to formal proof, 1 mean, and. In tho absence of opposition from (bo hesi tated a second) from Mr. Tristram which can't be anticipated now you will bo put Into possession of tho estates and the title." Ho pointed to Harry's letter which was still In her hands. "You sou what ho him self calls you there, Miss Oalnsborough." She nir.do no auswer. With another glnncn at Neeld, Iver pushed back bis chair and roso, Neeld followed his example. Thoy felt that thu interview hnd better end. Duplay did not move, nnd Cecily stood whero sho was. Sho Becmed to ask what waB to be done with her; her desolation was sad, but It had something of tho comic In It. Sho was so obviously lost. "You might walk down to Hlent with Miss Oalnsborough, Minn," Iver suggested. "No," cried tho Imp in n passion, leap ing up from her chair, "I don't want to have anything to do with her." Cecily started and her checks flushed red, as though she had been struck. Iver looked vexed and ashamed. "It's all her fault that Harry Tristram's that Hnrry Tristram's" The Imp's volco was choked; sho could get no further. Old Mr. Neeld enmo forward. Ho took Harry's letter from Cecily and gnvo it to Mlna. "My dear, my dear," ho said gently, as ho putted her hand. "Head that again." Mlna read, and then scrutinized Cecily keenly. "Well, I'll walk down with you," she said, grudgingly. She came nenrer to Cecily. "I wonder what you did," she ex claimed, scanning hor face. "I must And out what you did." Ivor came forward. "I must Introduce myself to you, Miss Oalnsborough. I Ilvo nt Illentmouth, nnd my namo Is Ivor." "Iver!" She looked nt him curiously. At onco ho felt that sho hnd knowledge of the relation between his daughter and Harry Tristram. "Yes; nnd since we shall probably bo neighbors" Ho held out his hand, Sho put hers In It, still with a bewildered ulr. Noeld contented himself with a bow as he passed hor, and Duplay eBcaped from the room with a rapidity and stillness sug gestive of n deslro not to bo observed. Whon the men wcro gone Cecily sank Into a chulr and covered her faco with her hands for a minute. She looked up to find Mlna regarding her, still with mingled Inqulal- tlvcness and hostility. "What wcro you all doing here when I camo?" asked Cecily. "They wero trying to make me tell what I know about Hnrry Tristram. Hut I wouldn't tell." "Wouldn't you?" Cecily's eyes Bparklcd In sudden approval nnd sho broke Into a smile, "I llko you for that," sho cried. "I wouldn't havo told either." "nut now!" The Imp pouted discon solately. "Well, It's not your fault, I suppose, and" She walked up to Co clly and gave her n brief but friendly kiss. "And you needn't bo so upset as nil that about It, We'll Just talk over what we'd better do," There was not much prospect of tbclr tallc affecting either the laws of England or tho determination of Harry Tristram to any appreciable extent, but the proposal seemed tn comfort Cecily and tho Imp rung tho bell for tea. Coming back from sho gave Cecily n critical t ii.M'i i:it .vi. The .NtMV l,lfi. "You haven't mentioned It to the young man himself?" asked I.ady Evens wood, "Certainly not, I've only seen him once, nnd then he didn't talk of his own affairs. Ho takes tho thing very well. He's lost his position and he's tho hero of the news papers, and ho bears both afflictions quite coolly. A lad of good balance, I think." "Is ho agreeable?" "Hum, I'm not sure of that. No ex cess of modesty, I fancy." "I suppose you mean he's not shy? All jottng men are conceited. I think I should nke you to bring him to see me." l'nr forty yearH such an Intimation from iiy Kvcnswood had enjoyed the rank of n command: Lord Southend received It with proper obedience. "The solution I spoke of has occurred to some of us," he went on. "lie's poor new. but with that he could make a mar- rlage. Tho caso Is very exceptional--" "?o Is what you propose, Oenrge." "O. thcro aro precedents. It wns done In tho Henrdsdnlo case." "There win a doubt there." Lady Kvcnswood knew all about tho Uearsdalo case; though It wns ancient history to Southend, sho had danced with both parties to It. "The houao was against the marriage unanimously." Hut ho did not deny the doubt. "Well, what are you going to do?" she asked. "It would ho necessary to approach Dis ney." Southend spoko with some appear nnco of timidity. Mr. Dlmey was ptlrae minister. "And tho truth Is, none nf us seemed lo llko tho Job. So John Kullsorac iiuggested you." "What bravo men you are!" Her face wrinkled humorously. "Well, ho might bile us; nnd he couldn't blto you not eo hard, unyhnw." "And you want mo to ask for a higher rank! That wasn't done In the Uearsdalo ease, nor In any other that I ever heard of." "Wo shouldn't press that. A barony would do. Hut if Disney thought that under tho very exceptional circumstances a viscounty " "I don't see why you wnnt II." she per sisted. Tho .slight rmbarrassmont In South end'n manner stirred the old lady's curiosity. "It's rather odd to reward n man for his mother's. There, I don't say a word about Addle. I took her to her first ball, poor girl." "Disney used to know her as a girl." "If you're relying on Hohert Disney's ro mantic memories " Hut sho stopped, add ing, after a pause, "Well, ono never knows. Hut again, why a viscounty ?" Driven Into a corner, but evidently rather ashamed of himself, Southend ex plained: "Tho viscounty would ho raoro convenient If a match came about between him nnd the girl." "What, tho now Lady Tristram? Well, Oeorgc, ronianco has taken possession of you today!" "Not nt all," ho protested Indignantly "It's the obvlounly ornslhle way out," "Then they can do It without a vis county?" "O, no, not without something. There's tho past, you see." "And a sponge Is wanted? And the bigger the spongo tho better. And I'm to got my nose bitten off by asking Robert Disney for it? And If by a mlraclo ho said yes, for all I know somebody else might say no!" "I'll think about It nfter I've seen tho young man," Lady Evenswood promised. "Havo you any reason to suppose ho likes his cousin?" "None nt all except, of course, the way he's cleared out for her." "Yielding gracofully to necessity, I sup pose?" "Heally, I doubt the necessity; and, any how, tho gracefulness needs somo explana tions In n caso llko this. Still, I always fancied ho was going to marry another girl, n daughter of n friend of mine Iver you know who I mean?" "Ob, yes. Bring Harry Tristram to see me," said she, "Ooodby, Oiorgo. You're looking very well." "And you're looking very young." "Oh. I tlnlshcd gotting old before yon were 40." A thought struck Southend. "You might BUggest tho viscount an contingent on the marriage." "1 shan't suggest nnythlng till l'vo scon tho boy and I won't promise to then." Later In the afternoon Southend dropped in at tho Imperlum, whoro to his surprise nnd pleasure ho found Iver In the smoking room. Asked how ho came to bo In town, Iver explained: "I really ran nway from the cackling down at Hlentmouth. All our old ladles are talking fifteen to tho dozen about Hnrrv TrlBtram and Lady Tristram, and me. and my family, and well " "Well there's a good deal of cakllng up hero, too. Hut tell me about the new girl." Lord Southend did not appear to this tnsk, glance. consider his own question "cackling or a tending to produce tho same. "I'vo only seen her onco, She's In abso Into seclusion and lets nobody In except Mlna Zabrlskn a funny little foreign woman. You don't know her." "I know about her. 1 uaw it In the paper. Sho hnd something to do with It?" "Yes," Iver passod .iway from that ildo of tho subject Immediately. "And sho's struck up a friendship with Cecily Gains boroughLady Tristram I ought to say. I hnd a few words with the father. The poor old chap doesn't know whether he's on his head or his heels, but as they'ro of about equal value, I should Imagine, for thinking purpoecs, It doesn't much matter. Ah, here's Neeld. He tame up with me." f The advent of Neeld produced more dls cusslon. Yet Southend said nothing of the matter which ho had brought to Lady Uv enswood's attention. Discretion was neces sary there. Hesides ho wished to know how the land lay as to Janlo Iver. On that sub Ject his friend preserved silence. "And tho whole thing wns actually In old Joe's dairy!" exclaimed Southend. Neeld, always annoyed nt tho "Joe." ad mitted that the main fncts had been re corded In Mr. Cholderton's Journal and that ho himself had known them when nobody else In Hnglund did, save, of course, the conspirators themselves. "I've seen Hnrry Tristram." "Ah, how Is he?" asked Neeld. "Never saw a young man more composed In all my life. And ho couldn't bo better satisfied with himself If he'd turned out to be a duke." "Wo know Harry's nlrs." Iver said, smil ing Indulgently. "Hut there's stuff In him." A note of regret canto Into his voice, "lis treated me very badly I know Neeld won't admit It, hut he did. Still. I like him and I'd help him If I could." "Well, he atoned for anything wrong by owning up In the end," remarked Southend. "That wasn't for my sake or for well, It had nothing to do with us. As far as wo nre concerned he'd been at lllent today. It was Cecily Oalnsborough who did It." "Yes. I wonder" Iver rose decisively. "Look here, South end, If you're going to do exnetly what all my friends nnd neighbors arc doing. I Hhall go and write letters." With a nod he walked Into the next room, leaving Neeld WERE TKVlNd TO MAKE ME TELL nlope with his inquisitive friend. Southend lost no time. s "What's happened nhout Janle Iver? There was somo talk " "It's all over," whispered Neeld, with needless caution, "lie's released her and sho accepted the release." "What, on the groun I that" "Heally, I don't know any more. Hut It's finally over; you may depend upon that." Southnnd lit a elgnr, with a satisfied air. On the whole he wns glad to hear the news. "Staying much longer In town?" ho asked. "No, I'm going down to Ivor's ngain in August." "You want lo see tho end of It? Come. I know that'B It!" He laughed ns he walked nway. Meanwhile Harry TrlBtrnm, unconscious of tho efforts which were being made to arrange his future and paying as little at tention as he could to the buzz of gossip about his past, had settled down In quiet rooms and was looking nt the world from u new point of view. Tho fccason was not over yet, nnd he liked to go out about S In the evening and watch the great city start ing forth to enjoy Itself; then he could feel Its Ufa In all the rush nnd tho gayety of It. Somehow now ho seemed more part of It nnd moro at home In It than whon he used to run up for a few days from his country home. Then nient had been the center of his life and In town ho was hut n stranger nnd a sojourner. Hlent was gono, and Lon don Is homo to homeless men. Ah ho looked back he seemed to himself to havo lived hitherto on the banks of tho river ot life, as well as of tho river Hlent. There had been no need of swimming. Hut he was In tho current now; ho must swim or sink. No such notions hud been fostered by days spent on tho hanks of the Hlent. "What Hhall I do? What Bhall I do?" Tho question hummed In his brain as he walked about. Thcro worn such Infinite varieties of things to do, such n multitude of people doing them. To somo men this rellectlon brings despair or bewilderment. To Harry (as, Indeed, Lord Southend would have ex pected from his observation of him) It wns a titillating evidence of great opportunities, stirring his mind to n busy consideration of chnnges. He had 15,000 In forms ns good ns cnBh. He was living moro or less as he had onco meant to llvo In this one particu lar ho was living with n respectable. If not n big check by him, ready for any emergency which might arise an emer gency not now ot a danger to be warded off, but of an opportunity to bo seized. Theso new thoughts suited well with tho visit which ho paid to Lady Kvcnswood and gained fresh strength from It. I lo was an nounced as Mr. Tristram. He had Juat taken steps to obtain n royal license to bear tho name. Although the room was in deep shadow nnd very still, nnd the old white-haired lady tho Imago of peace, for Harry thore, too, tho current ran strong. Though not great, sho had known the great; if sho had not done the things, she hnd Been them dono; her talk revealed a mnttor-of-cnurso knowledge of eocrcts, n natural Intimacy with tho Inaccessible. It was like Harry to show no signs of being Impressed, hut very shrewd cycB wera upon hlni, and his Impassivity met with amused approval, since It dropped short of luiutentlnn. She broke, it down at last by speaking of Addle Tristram. "The most fascinating creature In tho world," sho said. "I knew her ns a little girl. I knew her up to thu time of your birth almost. After that alio hardly left Hlent, did she? At least she never came to London. You traveled, I know." "Were you over nt lllent?" he asked. "No, Mr. Tristram." Ho frowned for a moment; It wns odd not to bo nhlo to ask people thcro. Just, too, as ho was awaking to tho number of peoplo there wore In tho world worth ask ing. "There never was anybody In the world llko her. and thcro never will be," Lady Kvcnswood went on. "I used to think that, but I was wrong." Tho smile thut Mlna Zabrlska knew came on his face. "You wero wrong? Who's like her, then?" "Her successor. My cousin, Cecily's very llko her." Lady Kvcnswood was moro struck by the way ho spoke than by the meaning of what 1 lH rS 2 snd consider tho mm s mtfRAu,3Uro9ttr Eafo with which within tho last treated over ono of this country owo tho restoration of their health to her advico antl Lydut E. 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His reason for wishing you to buy tho medicine is because ho can make moro money on it. lie does not euro a fig about your gottiug well, only to mako his sale. Kemember that i 1 i ill! he said. She wanted to say. "flriivo'" and to pat him on the back, he had molded so entirely any hesitation or affection In nnm ing his i-ousin Addle Trlstiain's successor, who had superseded him. "Sho taller and moe.t and Mth and looks at you in the Knme way. I wan nm.urd lo see t." He said not a word of this to any- body slnro he left Hlent. I.ady Kvcnswood, studying- him very furiously, began to mnlt.i conjectures about the histoiy of the nfl'alr, also about what lay behind her visitor'" composed face; there waa a hint, of things suppressed In his voice. Hut he hnd thr bridle on himself again In a moment. "Veiy curlouu these likenesses nre." he ended with a shrug. She decided that he was remarkable, for n boy of his age, bred in the country, as- tonlshlng. She had heaid her father de scribe, IMtt nt i and Ilyron at is. Without making absurd comparisons there wns, all the same, something of that precocity of manhood here, something also of the arro gance that tho great men had exhibited. She wns very glad that she had sent for him. "I don't want to bo impertinent," sho said. She had not meant to make even this much npolngy. "Hut perhaps nn old woman may tell you that she Is very sorry for for this turn In your fortune, Mr. Tris tram." "You're very kind. It was nil my own doing, you Know. Nobody emild havo touched me." "Hut that would havo meant " sho ex claimed, startled Into candor. "Oh. yes, 1 know. Still hut slnco things havo turned out differently I needn't trouble you with that." Sho saw the truth, seeming to learn It from tho set of his Jaw. She enjoyed it man who was not afraid to defy things, and sho had been heard to lament that everybody had a conscience nowaday nay, Insisted on bringing it even Into politics. Immediately she conceived the Idea nf inviting hint to dinner to meet Mr. Disney, hut of course that must wait for a little while. "Kvorythlng must seem rather strange to you," sho suggested. "Yes, very," ho answered, thoughtfully. "I'm beginning to think Hint some day I shall look hack on my boyhood with down right Incredulity. I shan't seem to havo bocn that hoy In tho least." "What aro you going to do In the mean tlmo to procure Hint feeling?" Sho wns get ting to the point sho wished to arrive at, but very cnutluusly. "I don't know yet. It's hard to chno-e " "You certainly won't wnnt for friends." "Yes, that's pleasant, of coure." "O, and serviceable, too," sho corrected him with n nod of wise experience. "Jobs aro frnwnol nl now, but many great men havo started by means of them. Hohert Disney himself camo In for a pocket borough." "Well, I really don't know," ho re pented thoughtfully, but with no sign of nnxlotv or fretting. "There's lots of tlmo, Lady Kvcnswood!" "Not for me," sho said, with nil her grnclousnoss. Hp smiled again, this tlmo cordially, us ho ro3o to tuko leave. Hut sho detained him. "You're on friendly tonus with your couhIii, I suppose?" "Certainly, If vo meet. Of course, 1 haven't seon bet slnco I left Hlent. Sho's there, you know." "Have you written to her"" "No. I think It's best not to ask her to think of mo Juat now." Sho looked at him fcr n moment, ircemlng to Kinslder. "Perhaps." nho lasl- "lmt lon'1 overdo that. Don't bo cruel." "Cruel?" There was strong surprUo In his voice nnd on his face. "Yns. cruel. Havo you evr iroubled to think what sho may be feeling?" "I don't know that I over have," Ilarrv admitted; slowly. "At first sight It looks as If I wore tho person who might be eup- posed to be feollng." "At first sight, yes. Is that always lo bo enough for you. Mr. Tristram? If so, I piinn'i rei-ret so much that I hnvon't lots of time " "Yes, I sec, I'erhaps, l daresay J can that in addressing Mrs, Pinkham you aro confiding to a woman- a woman wiwso expo rienoo in troatinq woman's disoascs is groaior than that son, mala or fcmalo. Yoti enn talk f reply to it woman vhon it if) rovoltinp to rolnto your private troubles to a man ; besides, u man does not understand, simply beeauso he is a ninu. Every one will agree that there aro tho strongest of nil reations why, if wo are ill, wo should appal to t Tie person who knows tho most about tho kind of illness with which wo aro nfllioted ono who has had tho greatest, experioneo in treating jurat such cases and meeting just tho symptoms that aro manifest in our particular case. Wliat confidence does ono gain by consulting ono who lias occasionally met n caso just liko ours, but has had no groat experience ? None whatever. All treatment under such a person must of necessity bo experimental. As a matter of fact, in, tho treatment of fcmalo ills Airs. Pinkham has had moro experieneo than any ono person in tho world. For a noriod of over twentv-fivo vears women havo been constantlv in correspondence and consultation with her: and it ia to say thcro is not a caso or complication of fein.'do derangements sho is not familiar, and it is a positive fact, easily verilied. that few months sho, with hor corps of trained women assistants, havo hundred thousand cases, and that moro than a million women Pmkhssm Veg&ti&Mo Compound has alssoiuioly cured moro cases of female Ills than any other ono medicine in tho worida find out something about it. After all, l'vo given somo evldenco of consideration for her." "That makes It worse, If you give none now. Ooodby." "It's less than a fortnight idnco I first met her. Sho won't miss me much, Lady Kvcnswood." I "Time's everything, isn't It? Oh, you're not stupid! Think It over, Mr. Tristram. Now, goodhy. And don't conclude I shan't think about you bcrnut-p It's only an hour since we met. Wo women nre curlou. When you've nothing better to do It'll pay you to study us." As Hnrry walked down from her house In Orcen street his thoughts were dlvldtd between tho new life and that old one , which Bho hud raised again before his eyes by her reference to Cecily The bnlanc; was turned In favor of Hlent by the sight of a man who was associated In his mind with It Sloyd. the houso agent, who had let Mcrtinn lodge to Mlna Zahrlska. Sloyd was as smart as usual, but he was walking nlong In a dejected way and his lint was un (ushlonably far back on his head He started when he saw Harry approach him. "Why It's--" ho began, and stopped, In evident hesitation. "Mr. Tristram," said Hnrry. "Olad to meet you. Mr. Sloyd, though ynu won't have any moro rent to hand over to me " Slyod began to murmur some rn'lur How cry condolonces. Harry tut him short In a peremptory, but good-natured fashion. "How's business with you, he asked. "Might be worse, Mr. Tristram. I don't complain. We're n young firm and wo don't command tho opportunities that others do.' lie laughed as he added, "You couldn't recommend mo to a gentleman with 10,OUO to spare, could you, Mr. Tristram?" "I know Juat the num. What's it for?" "No, no. Principals only," said Sloyd with a shako of his heud. "How does ono become a principal then? I'll walk your way u bit." Harry lit n cigar: bloyd liccamo moro erect una amended tho position of his hat; ho hoped cigar: Sloyd became moro erect and that a good many people would recognize Harry. Yet social prldo did not Interfere with business wariness. "Aro you In earnest, Mr. Tristram? It'u n safe thing." "(), no, It lBn'1. or you wouldn't he hunt ing for 10,0u0 on tho pavemont of, HcrKolo square." "I'll trust you," Sloyd declared. Harry nodded thanks. Inwardly amused at the ob vious effort which attended tho eoivesalon. "If you don't come in, you'll not give It away?" Again Harry nodded. "It's a big chance, but wo haven't got the money to tnlto It and unless wo can Inko It we shall havo to sell our lights. It's an option on land. I cccurtd It, but It's out in a week. Hefortt then wo must tnblo 20,000. And 10,000 clonus tia r.Ut." "Whatil hnppcn If you don't?" "I must Bell tho option rather limn for feit It, ynu know, l'vo an oltor for It, but a starvation one." "Who from?" After a moment's scrutiny Sloyd whis pered a nanit) of immense slgnlDcnnco In imii a connection. "Iver." I should llko to hear some more about this. It's worth something, I expect, 'f Iver wants It. Shall I go with you to you.' olllco?" I lo balled a passing cab. "I've got tho money," ho said, "and I want to uso It. You show mo that this li a good thing, and In It goes. An hour passed In tho office of Slcyd, Stoyd & Ournsey. Hnrry Tristram camo tut whistling. He looked try pleased, his step was nlert; ho hnd found something to do, hu had mado a beginning good or bad. Ho had found nn ndded, porhnps a boyish, pleasuro In tho fact that the af fair was for tho present to bo a dead eceret. Ho was against Ivor, too, In n certain senso, and thnt was another splco; not from nny Ill-will, but uccauso u wou u please him especially to show Ivor that ho eould hold his own. It occurred to h'm j that In cno of n success ho would enjoy going and telling old Lady Kvenswoid about It. He felt, as ho said to himself, very Jolly, careless ana jony, moro bo man Ue remembered feeling for many months your private His of any living per" II MILKS MIOUTHST TO ST. l.OCIS. TheSt. Louis Cannon Ball Leaves Union Station dally 6:15 p. m. Arrives In St. Louis 7.00 a. m. US MM, liS NIIOUTHST TO UUI.NCY. TheQuincy Express Leases t'n.oti Station dally at 7:00 a. m. Trains icavo dally for St. Louis, Kaniaa City, Quln.y and all points Kast or South. Tickets to nil points In Europe via ill lines. Call at O. & Ct. L. city olllco. 141$ I'arppm Street, Paxton Hotel Blk., or write Harry E. Moores, O 1'. & T. A.. Omaha. Neb. $sr ois Deaf?? All rae". of DEAFNESS or II AnD-HEARINQ re. now mutlt.r.lil our new Inwit Ijii . ""L' h,,",T?r,a rlMf nrolncurotiln. Hieui SWl rHK liluliUTILT. Iiwcrllw lour caw. Kmmlnatlon ml idvic fr. ou cin, cute Tourwlf At home lit nominal cort. !'. einiini Neb, Nov 15, 1830. Dear Sir I ran now send you tho pleas nnt new- uf m. eninpleto cure. I huvu pur pnHi l) w.iltei so long In order to fully con y'. , ,mn,.,it. wiih almost deaf, mut thanks i" your excellent trentmnnt I vince inVN'll 'Nil, li in I, "i 1,1, ii. j iiiim,i was cuieil In 1j wi eks, and 1 can recom mend vour n-medles highly tu Buffering humanity. I clinll tako pleasiuo In recommending yi.il whenever nnd wherover un iippurtii ulty ptijentu UtJi.il, und remain thankfully yoiirH, HUltKN') liltAIJKn. Itosomont. Neb. I Tl;lt VTMIVVI. At ltAl, ( I.IMt, rilXl I. li SmIIi Ave., Dept. illt), CIiIcukk. NO CURE., NO PAY. If on Uar mall. "lt orn, loot pmM'i or r,ik'nlMK ilrnlni, ourVVuum Orirnn liovfl.ifcr rnturo yon without ilruei or ..I,. .Iilrilv . 71UIJ0 1N IIM-l lint ono failure tint onurcinrneil not: n P fmii'l wrlif for tnr pirth uHru nt ralml In plnlll l-llM'IO tOCAL sPI'UANCE C3.. 136 Thorn Blk.. Indlanapella. li . back. He went to tho theater Ihut nlghtt lo tho pit i here ho would not be knnwnj, and enjoyed himuif immensely. And Lady Kvcnswood had made up her mind thai the would find n way of seeing Mr. Disney soon nnd throw out n captious feolcr. Kverythlng would havo to be dono very carefully, especially If tho marrlngo with the csuslii wero to bo mado n featuro of tho cuse. Hut her rtoolvc, although not, altered, was tempered by a curious feeling to which Iur tnlk with Harry hnd ghe.i rise. Thcro w.ih now not only tho very grave queetlon whether Hohert Disney to say nothing of somebody ulso would en tertain tha Id.'ti. There was nnothnr a much less obvious ono whether Hnrry himself would welcome It for him. How ever whon Southend next called nn her, she possessed hor rcndlncss to attack or at leust lo reconnolter the task from wnlch he and John l-'uicombe and tho rest had i shrunk. Only " Bho said, "If I wcro you, I should find out tolerably early nB soon ns wo know that thero Is any chance at all whnt Mr. Tristram himself thinks about it." "Them's only ono thing ho could think,", exclaimed Southend. "O. very well," smiled Iady Kvcnswood, A long life had taught hor that only , xucib convince, aim mat iney oiten mil, j (To Ho Continued.) mm J G 0 Ln H W X i