I f ] CHAFTKR VII fCoxriwi vi. I Mho left an Icy klaa on hla llpa and vanlahed. Ralph awoke with a atari. It wan all ao real It wa* very difficult to make It appear a simple dream. Huf It took hold of thla sensitive man. It aeemed to him, Iri hla excited stale, like a message from heaven, lie rose, dress ed hlmaelf, and went down to the hotiae of Ur. lludaon. Ferhupa hla mother had expected him, for ahe met him at the door and led him In to Apnea, All Ralph's pride and anger broke down at, alght of that poor stricken face. He could have curved hlmaelf that he had ever been angry with her for a moment. He went, to the bedalde and lifted her bead to hla boaom, and put hla face down to here. "My darling! my alater!" he cried, "Agnea, look up at me! I love you atlll!" Hbe seemed dimly to comprehend, for abc smiled and put her weak arms around hla neck, and lying there on hla boaom ahe fell asleep. From that time she rallied, and by arid-by the old doctor void ahe would live. Httt aim came back lo life weak and feeble as a babe; It waa weeks be fore her memory returned to her fully, and the spring opened with many a bud ami blossom before they thought It safe to remove her to the Rock,. And then, as the warm weather ad vanced, and Agnes grew stronger, she was changed from her old self. She cared no more for the old charms of so ciety, she sought no companionship, but would wander for hour* down on the I tench where she had played with Lynde Graham In childhood, with no companion save the great dog Quito, which had been Marina's. She liked, too, to take long rides on horseback In fact, she seemed to give out all the love she had to give on Jove, for the faithful horse had not died, hut •till lived and throve under the care ful tenderness of his mistress; and Ag nes cotfld never forget that Jove had lengthened out his life the life of the man she loved. CHAPTER VIII. HK return of Agnes to the Rock gave Imogen* Ireton an excuse for visiting there. During the summer she came over quite frequent ly, always making some errand the plea. She was us beau tiful and fascinat ing u« ever, and It was not long be fore she tried her power on Ralph Trenholnie. It was Impossible to be In her society without feeling Iter magnet ic Influence, and then the sympathy •he gave him was so very delicate, so entirely milled to Ills needs. He won dered he had not before discovered what a refinement of feeling she pos scs'-ted She made him understand with out telling him that she pitied him; made him feel that his sufferings were more than the whole world. Mrs Trenholtne looked on In secrei , exultation. Agnes with a half defined feeling of dread for which she could notj account, Iinngene professed to he terribly superstitious and could not be prevall . — ... _„i„hi (>,„ on any Oceanian. But one day n etorm net In while ahe waa there and It raged ao fearfully thut It waa unaafa to at tempt reaching home, and ahe waa obliged to remain. She waa atrangely noi'voua and reatluaa all the evening. Rhe forgot to ■mile when Italph apoke to her, and played cheer, ao badly that he put away the hoard In dlaguat. Imo gene begged to he allowed to aleep w ith Aguea. It waa aueh a fearful night, ahe •aid, and the idd houae waa ao lonely. To ranch the chamber of \gnea they had to pain the door of the room where Marina had boon murdered. Imogene grew aahen pale aa they approached It, and clutched the arm uf her com panion with aometning ilka terror. Ag nea atopped and looked at her with wonder. "What ta It. Imogene? Are you III!" The nitration acted on Imogene like a •bock of electricity Hhe laughed ouUb "III? Nat I. Only a Utile uervuua. Thta •Id bonne la enough to give one the ter rot*, with Ita gloomy corridor* aud It* Innumerable dark clneelnT "I did not know oul you might he thinking «f the murder whh h waa done In that loom,*' anld Agnew. "hut I never tear pom Marina The dead never come ha, k " Hun I they! I te|| you, Aguea Tren holme, they da!" There waa aoiaethlng •baoleiely fearful In the voice in which •he apohr hut the n»tt moment ahe *414 in her owe t 'ear tunoa. " hi leuat ao»t* paoph think Mg" t roar k«d elapaod aince the murdet of Marino wh»n Mr*. Tvenhulme von lured to .»p< »k to her aon uf what lav no near her hem) Nalph had bean vary tender to her that day more like hi* •Id eelf than ha had hoea aince Ibe tragedy, Hhe pul her hand on hi* and "poke a little timidly. “Ralph, you once Intended to marry to p)ea»e yourself; I wish you would really marry to please me!" He arnllod a little sadly and touched ; her hair rure*«lugly. "Ho you have not quite given up the old project, mother mine! Wall, I will think of It, I love no one, I ahull not | caally love again," "And Imogen* love* you, my »on; I think It no more than honorable that j you Mliould give her the benefit of your an mo. With anch a woman for a wife, love will aurely come. Trual me for It," Me klNacd the llpu that were ao near hla own. "Mother, I will try to gratify you I will oak Ml** Ireton to be my wife." j Mra, Trenholme'a face fluahed rap turoualy. Her lifelong wl*b would be j gratified. Her only *on, the pride of her ( heart, would be the hoeband of the moat beautiful and nobly-born woman In : that part of the atate. That night, Ralph sal hy the aide of Mia* Ireton. Ho wa* pale and calm nothing of the nervoua expectancy that characterize* the doubtful lover. H* took her hand In hi* and upoke very quietly, "Ml** Ireton, you know my sad his tory, Vou know of the blight that fell upon my life u little more than a year ago, and knowing what you do, will you bo my wife?” Hhe looked Into his cool eyes, and saw that he did not love her. And she had given him mo much! All the hom age of her Impassioned soul! Hhe flush ed crimson and set her white teeth hard. It was cruel to bo won In that cold way; but anything to be near him. Hhe would have been happy as his dog, If she could have been no more to this man she loved so fervently. Hhe put her hot hand Into his. "I will be your wife,” she said, as coolly as he had spoken, lie touched the jeweled fingers with Ills lips arid placed upon one of them a diamond the betrothal ring. All that night Imogene Ireton tossed restlessly on her bead. Her ambition, at lust, was to be satisfied she was to be Ralph Trenholnie's wife; blit Ills love, for which she would have given her soul, was not to be hers. “He sha.’l love me!” she cried, pas sionately “1 will win him! Hood heav ens! why Is he so much unlike other men that my beauty has no attraction for him? Can H be that f am hideous In his eyes?" They were married In the first week of January. There was no parade not even a bridesmaid, save Agnes Tren hotme. The old house at the Rock shook opposed all display, Hhe would have no wedding party, no bridal tour, A terrible storm swept over Portlea the night after Ralph look home a wife. Its like had not been known on the coast since that fearful storm when the foreign ship had been wrecked outside the harbor, arid the waves had cast Marina up at the feet of Ralph Tren holme. The old house at the Rock shook with the force of the tempest, the.very foundations trembled, the roar of the waves on the rocks below was perfectly deafening. Imogene paced her chamber all the night through; she could not sleep, she said a storm like this al ways made her restless. CHAPTKR IX. HRKB weeks after her wedding. Imo gene Trenbolme was mlsHlng. Hhe hail dined with the family, and was In her usual health anil spirits. At tea the hell hail fulled ! to bring her down, j and the girl that \ went to tier room Buiil Hite wan not there. The family felt little unettHlueaH until night fell, und then tin ahe did not return they became xerloualy alarmed. Search begun, and wiim continued through the next day, and fur into the night: hut no clue to the iiilHHlng woman could he found. Halph came home toward* daybreak to mug It 1 inwt-1f upon the couth for an hour'* Bleep, and when he awake hi* wife alept hy hi* aide, lie atarled up and looked at her, a mom doubling hi* own aeuaea How very beautiful abe waa. her mouth with the Juat parted ] acarlel llpa, allowing the pearl* within, oua wxt|ulalte arm uutter her head, and the long eyelaahea curving upward from the glowing cheek Halph touched her hand and ahe awoke. "Imogen*!" he aatd aternly, "will you explain till* prubleiu to me! Here hava 1 been w ar. Mug for you tbean four and-twvnty hour* aud more, and uow I and you calmly aaleep, without a alnglg word la me to relieve uiy anxiety. Where have you been! 1 "I have beeu away. I waa tailed away on burl hear " tin hualitvaa* Very well Whai waa the waiura wt that bualneaa!" "II waa a private matter which con cerna no one hut inyaelf " ahe replied a IHlte haughtily I'll tele bitalneae' lutngeue a wife •hoiild hate no etcreia from her yt« lie u I' | do mi * tab to pry Into your at fair*, bul H will ha batter to rontda thta thing to me at onca.H I have nolfeing that I ran contdo* Tbit ta van xlngotar Itoagtne I warn you (hat tbe like of this mutt not occur again. If It doe*, I ahall be severe ly displeased. Mark you that! My wife must not subject hereelf to vulgar re mark." "We will pass the subject If you pleaae," she ssld, In such a manner that he did not resume It. A* tbe time passed Ralph Trenholme grew cold and reticent. All his old gen iality seemed to have died out of him He wae never cross, but he waa not af fectionate. He did not kiss bis mother and Agnes as he waa wont, and though he treated his wife with the most punc tilious respect, she was to him no dear er than any other woman, Btrange storlee were afloat among the servants and at last they reached the ears of the master. At first they excited only his Indignation. He regarded them merely as silly Inventions of the elder ly butler, who was of Celtic origin, and most ridiculously superstitious. They said that at nights the doors of the chamber where Marina had died were heard to open and shut; that ghosily feet paced hack and forth across the floor, and that sometimes late at night pale, spectral light* gleamed from the dusky windows, far out through the gloom. Mr*. Trenholme was greatly dis tressed hy these tales, and Ralph posi tively forbade the discussion of tbe sub ject at any time In the house. He would not encourage such foolish supersti tion, he said, Indignantly, lint soon be was forced to acknowledge that there was something at work beside Imagin ation, He was detained until late one night In his study, which waa In tbe east wing of tbe house, and only a little distance from the chamber of blood. Through the dead silence came dle tlnctly to his ear the sound of a door being opened, a door which creaked upon Ite hinges, Ilk# one long disused. He remembered, with a half-suppress ed shudder, that the door of that « bam ber creaked. He sprang up, sel/.cd the lamp and hurried to the place. The door, which had always been kept locked since tbe tragedy, was ajar. He entered the chamber and stood appalled by wbat he saw. In the center of the room, stand ing Just where the dark spot on tbe carpet showed that there the crime had been done, waa a tall, white figure, Its head enveloped In something misty and white. Its right arm extended toward i nd empty 'iitur wiierw mum hwi For ft moment Ralph stood still with amazement, but only for ft moment. H* was a man of nerve, and be reached forward to seize upon Ihe apparition— to determine whether It belonged to tbe world of shadows or of flesh and blood. Hut at the first step a rush of ulr, cold as that from an Inclosed tomb, swept over him. extinguishing bit light. The place was dark as Krebus. Ho heard a faint, shivering sigh at bis very elbow, then the soft closing of a dis tant door, and all was still. He groped his way out of the dreadful place, got another light, and went up to his wife's chamber. Hhe was sleeping soundly, and he did not disturb her. but sat down to think over tbe strange thing he had witnessed. Hut the more he thought the more clouded his mind be came. He could And no reasonable solu tion of the mystery, and by-and-by he fell asleep. When he awoke Imogen* was gone. He knew at once that she had left the house, for a note directed In her hand to himself lay on the table. He tore It open and read: "Mr. Trenholme—Again I am culled away. Business may keep me absent a couple of days. You need make no search.” (TO IIS CONTIMUSD.J PRACTICAL ANARCHISM. Michael II rami Iteatroya Property to N|ili« tin* Kiel. Practical anarchism could he seen at work In the houHe of Mrs. Mary M. Hryson of New York recently. Mrs. Hryson engaged a man named Michael Hraun to varnish the furniture, and she agreed to puy him $4 a day. Ac cording to the story which Mrs. Hry son told the magistrate of the York vlllo police court llrauu destroyed properly In her house to the value of over $1,000 and he had no othor appar ent motive but bis hatred of the rich and his principles of anarchism. He Is charged with mutilating u valuable oil painting entitled "The Holy Fami ly.” It Is alleged that he cut off the urm of the Virgin, represented In the painting, and slushed the figure of tbe child Christ In a way that suggested his desire lo show his hutred of things re ligious. He Is a small man, with low forehead. Mrs. Hryson told the magis trate that she and her sister lived alone in Mir IHIMW, Him m i «:»r ainiumi m the pwoora of the itittn. who coutluued hie work of polUhlng Hhe aald that mIh ii they addressed a remark to blia he would reply lu vile language, and they would he obliged to eeek Ihe ee idiielon of their rooms He bad ruat pleto run of the Uouae When epoken lo on Aug < he anawered with an oath. A few momenta later they »aw him leave the huuae and. going upstairs, dlatovered the mutilation of the pie lure. He haa been arreeted liar* v« Nit "I gueoe y«u didn't eell no panta la that man that Just went out. did yau» That a the harden! feller to ault I meet ever are, Him an' me board* at Ilia | an me plate He aoulda't eat hie .tga iht# iii.nula 'eauaa they waa both fried on one aide, he wanted one fried on ■me aide an' one on Ihe ether Why wouldn't he lahe Ihe pantaf "llirlpM all run the earn* way Maid he eenied 'em lo run down one tog and up lh» other * Utile alligator* or* admired aa draw Ingrwom polo la aunt* of the trails** able hooaea of Parts , Ltrr THK V. K nTIf NK.IOIC E CM» far mem alng With our new hardy graanea. cloveia and fodder planla the pooreat, moat worn out, tougbeat. worst piece of land ran he made aa fertile ur the valley of the Nile. Only take* a year or ao to do au! At the name time you will be get ting big < ropn.' Teonlute, (llant Hpurry, Hacallne, Lgthyrua, what a variety of namen' Catalogue tella you! ir »»u will rut Ihia nut unit • A I It to the John A. Halier Heed Co., Im Croaae, Wla.. with 10c. pontage, you will get free their mammoth catalogue and ten giaau and grain fodder sample* (worth 910.00 to get a atari). w.n. Calling • ling by Telephone An Intelligent hunting dog who hail atrayed away waa found In -New Hart ford, Conn,, recently, and the Under notified the dog'* owner in WmMcd. The New Hartford iiiun called up tin owner by telephone to arrange for re turning the dog, and while tulUing aulerd the owuer the dog'* name "Hold him up to the telephone," wa* tin- re nlv 'lln- nurt of t bn i n*t ru iru-n t Mil* put again*! the dog'a ear, uml the owner called, "liaah," 'I'lla dog rec ognized the voice, and act up u harking which allowed Ilia joy lloatoli Herald We A re r»la»»e>l liy Air anil Wan-r When lliny contain the germaof malaria To annihilate tlieae nod avoid and compier chill" and fever, Idlllooa renilllent ordl.mli axlie, uae peratalenI ly and lexulnrly Ho-.li I ler'a tornaeli Hitler". which alao reniedle dy"p< p"ia. Hear trouble eoio-tlpaiioii. lo«« of atrenglli, nervon a, » rhmimleepan i IroproVi d hy thin Ihorouith no dl< Inal a eat. mid the Inflrmltlnv of axe udtlgiiicil hy It ' A wlm xln»*fol three tinea a day. IVlien llaihlox the llaliy The beat kind of apt on to uae when bathing the baby la made of two thick- | ncaaca of flannel, with a piece of rub- ; her cloth laid between. The rubber preventa all poaalblllty of the dreaaget ling wet, andean eaally be removed when tip- apron la lattndried Walter Baker A Co.. I.lmltcd, Pm cheater, Ma*«., the well-known mmitifac turera of Brei.kfaat I‘oeoii and other Cocoa and Chocolate preparation#, have an extraordinary collection of uunjala and dlplomna awarded at the great Interna t Iona I and other exhibit Iona In Kurope and America. The liouae lina had un interrupted proxpePily for nearly a cen tury and a ipiarter and la now not only the nldeat lull I he htrgeal eatabliahuieut of the kind on thla eoiitliimif, The high degree of perfect loll which the company haa attained in Ita manufactured prod uela la the reaiilt of long experience com bined with an intelligent liae of the new foreea which are eonatnntly being intro duced to inercaae the |aiwer and Improve the i|iinllty of production, and cheapen the coat to thu, i onaumer, 'l l.- /oil 0III, „,..l urn) flavor of flic raw material are pre served itniiiiuaireil In all of Walter Baker h (Vtmpsny's preparations: >o tlml their product* Ilia) trill) hr amd to form the standard for purity ami exeelleuee. Ill view of the many iinituliona of the name, label* ami wrapper* on their good* eoiiNiimer* Mliould ask for ami he sure that they get the genuine article* made at Dorchester, Mu**. The PSMlng of the Outlaw. The wonderful strides of develop ment In Oklahoma and Indian Territor ies during the past three years, and the rapid advancement of civilization aud Christianity In those territories during that time, leave the outlaw no longer a ri sting place on this continent. Beautiful cities, rich valleys and the rolling prairies of that country now teeming with an Industrious and enter prising class of people lake the place where such hands were roaming at will only a few short years ago. The peo ple of that territory have as little to feur from any further outrages from such a source as those In the east, and such Is the result of favorable legislation, backed up by the courage, push and en terprise of the American people. IIdw In liny a ferriage. The great need of the times is a con dition whereby the producer and con sumer may deal with each other with out the intervention of the middleman The common carrier should lie the only middle man. The IClkhurtt 'arriupe and Harness Co., of Klkhart, Ind . deals di rectly with tiie consumer. Their poods are shipped anywhere for examination before sale. Every car. iage, every set of harness, every article sold, war ranted. One hundred styles of carri ages, ninety styles of harness and forty one stylca of riding saddles Send for their 113 page catalogue. This con cern does au extensive business throughout the United States. What the fool does in the end, the wise man does in the beginning. Two I ott'.es of I’Iko'h Cure for < oumiiii|> tion cured me of a bad lung troub'e. Mrs J. Nichols, Princeton, lud , Mar. ‘id, lsti.‘> Young man, don t Is* afraid to soil tour bands st honest toil PITS.—All ntsstoci-vl free by JJr. K line's Orest Her** Restorer. Nu KlUnfirr iim> Dial u»y'« use, asraaleuaiuras. Treat Imisii.I SStrisI lolilafi.-.v, )||UK>. bal.J to Or. KlluaJUl enlist, run*., i s. That is l ut an empty purse that is full of other men s umuey. Bp.o«M'hiti«. 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