INTERNATIONAL PRESS ASSOCIATION) CHAPTER Xin -fCoKTiHtiiiiO Whereupon he rose, and went out In to the street. He strolled aimlessly around until the gray twilight wrapped the great city In a gloom more dense than that ot the smoky day-time fog, until a thousand blinking eyes opened bright and glittering along the straight Itne of the street's humble relief sen tries for the stars, that had hid them selves In sullen clouds of black. Then he Bought admittance at Collinwood House. Owing to the indisposition of Lady Annabel, ,’tfcie drawing-room was free from visitors, but Eleanor came down Immediately upon receiving hiR name?, She looked tired and dispirited, i but rfihlled oheerfully when she saw j him. ' y y ■>* ■; ! -‘{-should not be glad to see anyone buLyou, Walter, for I am somewhat fa tigued.' Mamma has been ill all day, angl have been extremely anxious. BuM shall look ror you to comlort me, as. you $1 ways used to in the old days. Sit down and talk, and let me luxuriate In Jistsntpg.” Be sighed. “I tesr I shall scarcely enliven you. I arf somewhat dull myself, but I will do my hesL” ao laey sirayea on into n conversa tion, commencing with present London experience, but soon wandering away to tberold life. They forgot present grief anr more." i hour! Have we talked so long? Gpme, Walter, let us obey her sum . They found Lady Annabel In an ensy chflr, dressed In a snowy Cashmere tlfitpper, which set off becomingly the gltltejrihg dark eyes, raven braids and feverish cheeks of the invalid. She was evidently somewhat disturbed. “I sent for you, Mr. Vernon," said sho nt.once, “ because the admiral has Just related a rumor that came to him on his way hither, and It has made me very nneasy. I trust you will contradict It. Report sgya there is to be a duel be tween my friend Oeoffry Dacre and yourself.” - Walter’s eyes fell—his face showed unmistakably the truth of her suspi cion. >,u ; ... “I am deeply grieved," said she, lean • ing wearily against the damask cush ion. “Atany time It is so revolting—but lor you—£ i | * 'Y*\' • : For Me'it Is as hateful as for any ' {- . one else,« Interrupted Walter, proudly, “but I am driven Into It. I assure you I have no thought of taking your friend’s life. I shall not even Are the ptatol but If he demands a chance to shoot at me, he is.-welcome to U. The consequence matters not to me, and few i will mourn for me." - , r% } Eleanor had listened . aghast with horror. She could restrain herself no f < longer, and regardless of her mother’s presence she sprank lorward and caught |j-;| his hand. .. w i "A duel! Walter, Walter, you will break my heart. Few to mourn for you? ,-.,r Do you not know.lt will kill me to see , you sacrificed in that horrible Way ? 4 Promise me quick, Walter—promise ||& me, that for my sake, this wicked deed >, shall not be done.” “Eleanor,” said Lady Annabel, au thoritatively, “come here, my child; you forget yourself; leave It with your mother to remonstrate with Mr. Ver ' . non. Now,” continued she, when El eanor had mutely obeyed, holding fast P to her daughter’s hand, “may 1 ask, Mr. v? Vernon, if my daughter can be any way V connected with this affair?” ~ Vj “Not at all, your ladyship. Mr. Ba ere’s anger arises from the fact that 1 refused to be introduced to his wife— la* or rather to take her hand after tntro ductlon.” , . » m She looked bewildered. Rl "A®! why should you be so unrea % oonable? I do not understand ” r*| did not expect you would, no one ' \ but myself knows the injury and deso lation that womar br ir^h. to -no *-*•, through my father’s life. I should need jfa * score of pistols to compel me to touch m her traitorous hand.” i "Vou speak bitterly. I have kpown “ my Cousin Annabel from her child % hood?'and never knew an unkind Word {feOtdeed tp come from her. Of course ” Cfcaow nothing oif your father’s history, is*, Are you sure there is not some strange mMUker , *' •. - -mhW* “You shall ■ ascertain for yourself,” answered Walter suddenly. “1 intend ed to leave my father's life for her to read. You may read It to-night, and then answer me If I am not. justified In refusing to clasp that woman’s hand. Nay, send me word before eight in the morning, and If after learning that sor rowful story you bid me apologize to Mrs. Dacre, I declare rolemnly I will do It. I shall only agitate you by remain ing longer. You know my wish respect ing the manuscript, which I will send to you Immediately, Lady Eleanor. Do not grieve for such a hapless soul as mine. Ood bless you! Good-night.” Walter returned to his own lodgings, dispatched a messenger with the manu script to Coll In wood House, and sat down to write what he believed his last message to Eleanor. He was interrupt ed by the viscount. "I have Just seen Dacre,” said he. “He wishes to change the hour of meet ing, and make It as early certainly as seven. The rumor has got out, and he fears a police Interruption. Have you any objection?” “None,” briefly responded Walter, keeping on with his writing. “Ah, Vernon!, 1 cannot bear to think what may happen to this hand of yours, so magical with the brush. For mer cy’s sake give me some little word of apology." "Apology — pshaw! That woman knows what she is about. There can be no apology; she thinks my death will make her safe. Leave me, my kind friend, if you have no better consolation than that.” The viscount took his hat and left the room without another word. Only once, through that feverish, restless night was Walter disturbed. A servant came to the door, saying, a strange man below wished to see him Immediately. Not suspecting it was a messenger from Lady Annabel, but imagining it had something to do with the police detention, he refused to see him. CHAPTER XIV. , HE threatening clouds of the past night gave out slow , drops of rain, pat* ' terlng dismally on the pavement, as Walter's haggard face looked forth from the chamber window. It was weir in consonance with his feelings. tie went aoout ms touet auues with A sort of stolid calmness, wound his watch with scarcely a throb of pain, when the thought that long before its ticking ceased his hand might be cold in death. Then, after a hasty cup of cof fee, he wrapped himself in. his cloak and went forth to the appointed rendez vous with his second. Somerset was waiting for him with a cabriolet. When they reached the field they found Dacre waiting there.' The r'nor looked black and dreary In the dripping rain, without the pleasant prrsnect clear weather tmve It. mla=i"g sorely the bright glimpse of the Thames, the huge city with St. Paul’s noble dome rising out of the smoky belt below, and the white-winged fleet wait ing around the wharves, like carrier doves ready for their mission. Silently the ground was measured, the glittering weapons examined and handed to their owners. Walter folded his arms over his with a scornful smile. Then was raised the fatal handkerchief and an awful stillness settled a mo ment on the air, but it was broken sud by a wild scream miaa'a voice. All turned ip alarm. A carriage came coachman lashing recklessly the plung ing horses. Scarcely a moment after Inc * tK-v ‘o^r wa« flnny ov*»n and a woman sprang frantically into their midst. What was the astonish ment of all to see, as she flung back her veil, the surpassingly beautiful, but ashy white and mournful face of Lady Annabel Collinwood. She sprang to Walter’s side. \ “Thank God, I am not too lace! Rash boy!” she added, with unutterable pa thos. "For what shadow would you peril the life that is dear to Eleanor? I have read your father’s woeful story, and yet I say you must apologize to Mr. Dacre and leave this dismal place.” ■ x.'Ioms .tiisiiig .hi hand of Annabel Marstoh—never!” ejaculated Walter, firmly. “Hush, hush, Paul Kirkland’s son— it Is I who am the Annabel Marston of his Btory." rd **. thunderbolt fallen at Walter’s feet? He stood transfixed in astonish ment, staring wildly Into her face. The pistol dropped from his nenreless grasp, but no word came from his paralysed tongue. “Yes,” said she, slowly, “it was I, and "ny poor cousin Is cleared from your sus picions, Mr. Dacre. The youth 1b not so insane as you believe. He had better o strust. The mistake arose In your wife’s name. We were both Annabel Marston, of Lincolnshire; but it was I alone who knew Paul Kirk land. Let me see you clasp hands hr'-'- T go.” Walter extended his hand mechani cally. Mr. Dacre shook it warmly. Then Lady Annabel motioned for Walter to assist her to the carriage. He did ao, folding hla arm carefully around her to ateady her faltering steps, and yet it wae the Annabel Marston he had taught himself to abhor and despise* She smiled mournfully at his assiduous care for her, and said, faintly: "Go home with me, Walter, ahd yoif shall know the secret of the mournful story. Perchance you may feel more sympathy with your father’s destroyer than you have believed possible." Walter took the seat beside her, and though not another word was spoken, never removed his eyes from the wan, deathly face that lay back wearily against the cushions. Was this the proud, stately, admired woman before whom nobility and genius bowed In homage? that Lady Annabel whose per fection and superiority shamed even the virtuous? the woman who had de liberately deceived a loving, trusting heart, sold herself for dross, dipped her fair hands in crime? No wonder Wal ter walked as in a dream when he fol lowed up the polished staircase to the luxurious, elegant room of Lady Ann abel. Eleanor’s pale face Just looked in a moment, and was vanishing, when her mother called her. “Come in, my love; I need you. Take away my hat and cloak, and bring my cordial, without calling Claudine.” The affectionate daughter complied, gently removing the bonnet and strok ing fondly the glossy ebony hair. Lady Annabel .rested a few moments after drinking the cordial, and then said, calmly: "Sit down here by my side, my chil dren, and I will relate the humiliating story, which my poor Eleanor has heard before, and scarcely yet recovered from the shock. I was brought up at my grandfather’s, for my mother died at my birth, and my father lived only two years after her. My earliest remem brances are of the childish terror with which I regarded my father's sister, the Hon. Pamelia Marston, and of the pas sionate love lavished upon the only be ing who cared for me, my Aunt Marcia Wellesford, my mother’s eldest sister. A little later came an intense hatred of my beautiful cousin Flora, the es pecial pet and pride of the Marstons. My father married against the wishes of his family, and from the moment he brought his bride to his father’s house, my mother was the object of his haugh ty sisters' dislike and persecution. I know this no better now than I realized it then; for the enmity bestowed upon the mother was hot buried in her cor fln, but survived to torment me. (TO as COMT1VUSD.I THE “HUNTING" COW. How a Nebraska Man Deceives the W11P Geese. I Hunting Cow” is the name given by ' John Sievers of Ames, Neb., to a unique device for sportsmen, says the New York World. The finest wild-goose hunting in the United States is found in the meadows of Nebraska. The fowl are very knowing, and distinguish the figure of a hunter a long distance, whereupon they fly away. Horses, cattle and sheep are not feared by the geese, and they graze in the very midst of the flocks of birds. Inventor Sievers i has taken advantage of this by con structing a machine outwardly re sembling a cow. The frame is made of very light willow, covered with canvas, painted reddish brown and white. An opening near the front legs permits the hunter to enter. His head fits in a hat-like frame which supports the head of the cow. A hole in the fore head permits him to see. When the hunter walks the hinds legs automat ically keep step with the forelegs and the tall switches realistically. The head can be moved by the hunter in any direction. When a field is reached in which a flock of geese are feeding the hunter inside the "cow” simulates the movements of grazing cattle until , within gunshot of the game. By draw- j ing a bolt the fore part of the cow falls ’ apart and enables the hunter bo use his gun at short range. The inventor j asserts that other game than geese may be successfully stalked by' the mechanical cow. The device will sell for $30. It is to be so made as to be easily taken apart and packed for transportation. The Nenatretter. ‘‘The Neustretter.” who stirred the Bois and Champs Elysee loungers with envy of her clothes and turnouts what time the Vanderbilt divorce was on the tapis, is again in evidence with equip ages of the newest and finest, and an other New York millionaire has set the tongues of tout Paris wagging. The funny part of the affair is that the millionaire accredited with the present episode is well past the half century and up tc the present time has lived with the regularity of an old-time New England deacon, without a sus picion of wild oats about him. In his youth and early manhood, when fredaines are to be expected, he live* in the odor of respectability, al though a man of great wealth, wide travel and yachting propensities and now—Icliabod! Well, humanity is a curious com pound and men make queer breaks. In this present case a number of cognate and connected sinners are chuckling and conversely several aristocratic families, whose names are synonymous with the straight and narrow path, are plunged into the depths of gloom.— New York Journal. Lmm Many Things. “Does a girl lose caste by riding a wheel?” asks Harper’s Weekly. Not necessarily. But she sometimes loses her complexion and not infrequently her balance. AN IRON CONSTITUTION. Bara la a Mia That Mora Than Will* tha BIIL A genius in Tonawanda, N. Y., has constructed an electrical man. It is made of steel, and furdlshed with a storage battery capable of holding elec , trlctjy enough to run it twenty-four hours at a time. Of course, it isn’t alive, and yet for all ordinary purposes it Can fill the office of a man. In some respects it will be an improvement on the ordinary taan.’- It won’t swear, steal, nor talk flnaifiCe at the store while one’s wife does washing and kills po tato bugs at home. In' fact, It doesn’t talk at all. This quality would have made it an excellent presidential possi bility in the ealler part of'the season. The Inventor of this modest and unas suming creature is a man of wealth, and will Immediately engage in'the. manufacture of electrical men on a large scale. We cannot have too many of them. In case of military conscrip tion a better substitute can hardly be conceived. Should we become em broiled in a war with any European monarchial effeteness, it would only be necessary to send an army of electrical men against it. Such troops would need no overcoats; neither would they be susceptible to sunstroke. No mat ter what confronted them, they would trudge right ahead. The Six Hundred that undertook to drive Russia out of the Crimea, and whose foolhardiness gave Tennyson such a nightmare of meter and rhyme, wouldn’t • stand a ghost of a show in a race for fame along with ia regimen of freshly charged, steel-ribbed electrical men. Here is your Weal soldier. The electri cal man can be put to many practical uses, such as plowing for the farmer and doing odd chores around the house. Several of the eastern cities have a surplus of women. They will be un able to find husbands without going west. Of course, no one will claim that as a husband an electrical man would be preferred to a man of flesh and to bacco. But when a woman finds her self slowly slipping down the decline of spinsterhood, she’s not apt to be squeamish about her partner having shch superficial accomplishments as a talent for music, a flowing penmanship, or the ability to use cuss words. Every family will undoubtedly soon have an electrical man to take care of the .bees, arrange the line fence with the adjoining neighbor, and to be in terviewed by book agents. Dress one in petticoats and a more desirable chap eron could hardly be imagined. Let us all extend the hand of fellowship to our iron brother.—Life, j WOMEN WHO MADDEN MEN. Do It Innocently, Heonnio They Do Wot Know How to Be Wtrei. Women may be charming, wholly de voted to their homes and their hus bands, and yet be so tactless, thought less and aggravating as to drive hus bands to the extreme of misery. ‘‘Any observant bachelor, could recall the number of instances of women who, from mere want of tact and intelli gence are almost driving their hus bands mad by getting on their nerves. They forget that .busy men require ab solute brain rest, change of scene, change of subject. They forget that however worrying the little affairs of a household may be, the anxieties of a great business upon which the whole family’s present and future depends are far greater. A friend of mine, who la now nearly a millionaire, told me in confidence that while he was sitting one night over his smoking-room flro wondering whether he could next day survive *. terrible crisis which was hanging oygr .his head and might lead to a disastrous bankruptcy, with debts to the extent of £200,000 or so, his wife came whining into the room to say that the butcher must be paid the next day—and the amount, of the butcher’s bill was under £50! ‘ “It is on such occasions that a man wants a helpful wife—one who'will tell him about or read aloud the last good novel, who will say, ‘Come, let us go to the theater to-night; you need change of scene,’ and above all, one who knows just when her husband requires noth ing more than to be left alone. It is women who get on their husband’s nerves, that drive them to take bach elor holidays when they ought to be getting more enjoyment from the wife’s companionship. Of course there are men who are always out of sorts, spoilt dyspeptic bears with sore heads, who require strong minds to manage them, but there are very many others who only want judicious, sympathetic treat ment to be the best husbands in the world. Avoid being silly, avoid,saying silly things'or trying to make conver sation, or commenting on some re mark your husband has made. Read and think In order to cultivate intelli gence and resourcefulness, with the ob ject in view of being his counselor and his friend, and above all, his ‘chum’— that word means much.”—London ■Woman. The Coat of a Drought. The effects of the drought undei which New South Wales languished in 1895 are now registered in dry statis tics, and the record is startling. The drought, as measured by the official tables, may be said to have cost the colony 2,000,000 bushels of wheat, 18, 000 horses, nearly 400,000 cattle of va rious kinds, more than 10,000,000 sheep and 5,000,000 lambs! If to these figures be added the natural Increase, which under ordinary conditions, the flock! and herds and wheat lands of the col ony would have known, the mischiefs of the drought take still more tragica’ dimensions. Want *» Karin ? There are still, millions of acres oi good land subject to homestead entry In Minnesota and Missouri, in the for mer state mainly timbered. •«HN at talk Tb* ■»» who ia nmt of a thing' to otoot likaly to ho mistaken. Knowl •igm to apt to- he diigeittd; ignorance alone is positively certain. Passionate aha'romantic lore amr reasons because it is too fervid and in tense to admit of any such calmness as to essential to reason. If it could rea son would it not cease to ho romantic or passionate? To be entirely charming to a man a woman must retain a large part of her mystery. As no man is a hero to his valet, no woman to a heroine to her husband.— Harper’s Barer. H# Did, From the Chicago Post The justice leaned over the desk and eyed the prisoner sharply, for he prid ed himself on being a judge of human nature. “I suppose you work,” he said sar castically. “Everyone,” replieg the prisoner tersely. " , “Except me,” corrected the judge, feeling that his position entitled him to last throw in the game of repartee. And he was so pleased with his own success as a humorist that he made the fine only $5 and costs. I bsliavs Pisos Core is the only medicine that will cure consumption.—Anna M. Ross, Williamsport, Pa., Nov. 13, D5. The October number of the North American Review may fitly be called a campaign number. It contains arti cles on campaign subjects by Speaker Reed, the secretary of the navy, An drew Carnegie, Bishop Merrill of the M. E. church, Louis YVindmuller, and Judge Walter Clark, of the supreme court of North Carolina. Judge Clark’s article is especially interesting as be ing an aulhorative outline of the changes which he and other advocates of free silver would make in the con stitution if Mr. Bryan is elected. Hogrmait’a Camphor lc« with Olyear I no. Ouroo Chappod U udi and Face, Tender or Sore Feet, Chilblain*, Pile*. *c. C. G. Clark Co., New Haven. Ct, Two admirable serial stories will be published in Harper's weekly in the course of the year 1897. One, a New England story by Mary E. Wilkins, will begin in January, and the other, a tale of a Greek uprising against the Turks, by E. F. Benson, the author of “Dodo,” will appear during the latter half of the year. Besides these more short stories will appear in the Weekly than it has been possible to publish during 1896. A sequel to “The House Boat on the Styx,” by John Kendrick Bangs, will also appear early in the year, illustrated by Peter Newell. 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