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TIIE OMAHA DAILY BEE: Sf 2s DA Y, AP"RTL 14, 1901.
$ Tristram ot Blent.
fl Being An Episode in a Story of An Ancient House.
W HY ANTHONY IIOIMJ.
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(Copyright, 1901, by A. U. Hawkins.)
jiioml of I'roccilliiK tlitipters.
(Adelatilc, wife of Sir Itamloli'h Kdge of
Hlcn'- Hall, eloped with Cai-UUi l 'tz"i".",
Sir Kandoltih died In Husslu, presumably in
tlmo for Udy Kdgo and tym.
marry nnd no make their son, Hurry, lffclti-
mate. They Jnrn Inter, hnvever, Unit no
dat of Hlr Hundolnh'M death has b.; n
Blven Incorrectly and Harry In not ino
rightful heir. They keep tho matter secret
nnd eventually Mm. KltzRora d succeeds to
tho barony of Triftrmn f Blent and re
sides with Harry nt Ulent Hall. Unknown
to Iidy Trlstrum a Madam Znbrlskn, nna
Mr. Jcnklnson Necld. are ntso In possession
of tho secret and Madam Zabrlskn. wltn
her uncle. Major Dupluy. come to reside at
Merrlon Lodge, near Ulent Hall. Ham
Warn from his mother that ho Ij not . tho
rightful heir to Ulent, but they determine
to hold the tltlo for him at any cost. To
further his cause Im deeldp t mjrrj
Jonny Ivem, heiress of l'alrholme, hut finds
two rlvolB In Hob llroadley and Major
Duplay. Tho latter learns of his unior
tunuto birth from Madam Zabrlskn. He In
forms him that he Intends to toll Jvers
nnd they quarrel, Harry winning In 11 brisk
tusslo. Necld becomes the guest of Ivors
nt Tnlrholme. Mnilam Zabrlskn meets
Neold nnd they form n compact to protect
Hnrry's IntorestH and maintain secrecy.
Xvidy TrlHtram dies after, extracting from
her hoii a promise that Cecily pii.niborotun,
rightful heiress of Ulent, shall be Invited to
tho funeral.)
Llttlo Inclined to sleep, lie went down
Into tho garden presently, lit Ills cigar
nnd strolled onto the bridge. Ho ha4
stood where he was only a few moments
when, to lila surprise, ho heard tho sound
of a horse's hoof3 on tho road from Blent
mouth. Thinking tho doctor, who ofteu
did his rounds In the saddle, might have
returned, ho crossed tho bridge, opened
tho. gato and stood on the high road. Tho
rider canio up In a few minutes nnd drew
riln at tho sight of his figure, but, as
Harry did not move, made as though he
would rldo on again with no moro than
tho customary country saluto of "good
night." '"Who Is It?" asked Harry, peering
through tho darkness.
"Me Hob llroadley," was tho answer.
"You'ro late."
"I'vo been nt tho club nt Hlontmouth
thn Crlckot club's nnnual dlnnor, you
know."
,,"Ah, I forgot."
Dob, coming to a standstill, was taking
tho opportunity of lighting his plpo. Thin
dono ho looked up nt tho houso and back
to Harry rather timidly,
,"Lady Tristram" ho began.
"My mother has been dead something
ofcovo an hour," said Harry.
After a moment Dob dismounted and
throw hla reins over tho gatepost.
"I'm sorry, Tristram," ho said, holdlns
out his hand. "Lady Tristram was al
ways very klud to me. Indeed, she wuh
that to everybody." Ho paused a mo
ment nnd then went on slowly. "It must
sqem strango to you. Why, I remember
when my father died I felt besides the,
sorrow, you know sort of lost at coming
Into my bit of land and Mlnghnm. Uut
you" Harry could see hla head turn as
he looked over tho demcsno of Blent and
struggled to give somo expression to the
thoughts which his companion's position
suggested. The circumstances of this moot
ing mado for sincerity nnd openness; they
wero always nob's characteristics. Harry,
too, was In such a mood that ho liked Bob
to stay and talk a little.
They fell Into talk with moro easo and
naturalness than they had recently
chlovcd together, getting back to the
friendliness of boyhood, although Bob still
poke as to ono greater than hlmsolf and
Infused a little deference Into his manner.
But thoy camo to nothing Intlmato till
nob had declared that ho must -be on his'
way nnd was about to mount ills horse.
"As soon as I begin to havo people here
I hope you'll como often," said Harry cor
dially. "Naturally we shall 'bo n little
moro lively than wo'vo been able to bo ot
late, and I shall hopo to sco all my friends."
Ho. did not Instantly understand tho
hesitation In Hob's manner as ho ausweredi
"You'ro very kind. I I shall llko to come."
'"Dlcnt must do Its duty," Harry pursued.
Bob turned back to him, leaving hla horse
again. "Yes, I'll come. I hopo I know how
to take a licking, Tristram." Ho held out
bis hand.
"A licking?" Both tho word and the
gesturo becmed to surprise Harry Tristram.
"Ob, you know what I menn. You're en
gaged to her, aren't you? Or oh good as,
in'yhow? I don't wnnt to nsk questions "
"Not even as good as, yet," answered
Harry, slowly.
"Of course, you know what I fool. Every
body knows that, though l'vo never talked
ibout It even to her."
"Why not to her? Isn't that rather usual
In such cases?" Harry was smiling now.
"It would only worry her. What cbanco
ihould I havo?"
"Well. I don't agreo with being too
humble."
"Oh. I don't know that I'm humble. Per
haps I think myself as good as man as you.
But " he laughed a little "I'm Broad
ley of Mlnghnm, not Tristram of Blent."
"I 'see. That's It? And your friend tho
major?"
"I shouldn't so mind having n turn-up
with tho major."
"But Tristram of Blent Is Is too much?"
"It's not your fault, you can't help It,"
imlled Dob. "You'ro born to It, and "
lie endod with a shrug.
"You'ro very fond of her?" Harry asked,
Irawnlng a little.
"I've been In lavo with hor all my life
vor since thoy camo tp Scavlow. l-'alrholme
Kiun't dreamed of then,'
He spoke of Falrholmo with a touch of
)lttrrr.css which ho hastened to correct by
iddlng: "Of courso, I'm glad of tholr good
uck."
"You mean If It woro Scnvlew stltl and
jot Knlrholmo?'
"No, I don't. I'vo no buslnoss to thluk
iqythlng ot the sort nnd I don't think It,
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tlftb Interposed quickly. "You asked mo a
question and I answered It. I'm not In a
position to know anything about you, and
I'm not going to say anything."
"A f.ood many reasons enter Into a mar
riage sometimes," remarked Harry.
"Yes, with people llko you, I know that."
His renewed reference to Harry's position
brought nnothor frown to Harry's face, but
it was tho frown of thoughtfulncss, not of
anger.
"I can't quarrel with tho way of tho
world, nnd I'm sure if It docs como oil
you'll bo good to her."
"You think I don't enro about her about
herself?"
"I don't know, I tell you. I don't want
to know. 1 suppose you llko her."
"Yea, I like her." Ho took tho word from
Bob, nnd mado no attempt to niter or to
amplify it.
Hob was mounting now; tho hour was
lato for him to bo abroad and work waited
him In the morning.
"Good night, Tristram," ho said, as ho
settled in bis saddle.
"Good night. And, Bob, If by any cbanco
It doesn't como off with mo you will have
that turn-up with thn major?"
"Well, I don't llko tho Idea of a foreign
chop coming down nud . But, mind you,
Duplny's a very aupcrlor fellow. Ho knows
the deuco of a lot."
"Thinks ho does, anyhow," told Harry,
smiling again. "Good night, old fellow,"
he called after Uob In a very friendly voice,
as horso nnd rider disappeared up tho road.
"I must go to bed, I suppose," ho mut
tered, as ho returned to tho brldgo and
stood leaning on the parapet. Ho yawned,
not in weariness, but In a reaction from
tho excitement of tho Inst tow days. Hi
emotional mood had passed for the tltna
at all events; It was succeeded by nu apathy
that was dull without being restful. And
In its general effect his Interview with Dob
was vaguely vexatious, In splto of Its cor
dial character; It left him with a notion
which ho rejected, but could not quite get
rid of tho notion that ho was taking, or (If
alj were known) would bo thought to be
tuklng, an unfair ndvantage. Dob had said
ho wan born to It, and that ho could not
help It. It did not trouble htm seriously,
Ho smoked another clgaretto on thu brldgo
and then went Into tho houHo and to bed
As he undrcsBcd It occurred to him (nnd
the ldcn gnvo him both pleasure and amuse
ment) that ho had mado a sort of alltanco
with Dob ugalnst Duplay, although It could
only como Into operation under circum
stances which wcro very unlikely to happen
Tho blinds drawn nt Blent next morning
told Mlna what had happened, nnd tho hour
of 11 found her nt a commlttco meeting of
Miss Swlnkorton's, which Bho certainly
would not have attended otherwise. As It
was, sho wanted to talk and to hear, and
tho gathering afforded a chanco. Mrs. Ivor
was there, and Mrs. Trumblcr, tho vlcar'a
wife, a meek woman, rather ousted from
her position by tho energy of Mlso Swlnkor-
ton. Mrs. Trumblcr felt, however, that on
mutters of morals she had a right to speak
Jure marltl.
"It is so sad," Bhe murmured. "And Mr,
Trumbler found bo could do so little l Ho
came homo quite distressed."
"I'm told shei wasn't tho least senslblo
of her position, observed Miss S., with
what looked rather llko satisfaction.
"Didn't sho know she wos dying?" asked
Mlna, who had established her footing by a
hypocritical show of interest in the cottage
gardens.
'Oh, jes, she knew sho was dying, my
dear," said Miss S. "What poor Lady Tris
tram might have known, but apparently
had not, wan left to nn obvious Inference.
'She was very kind," remarked Mrs
Iver. "Not exactly actively, you know
but If you happened to come across her.'
She roso as sho spoko and bado Miss S
farewell. That lady did not try to detain
her, and tho moment tho door had closed
ehlnd her remarked:
Of course, Mrs. Iver feels In n dell
cate position, and can't say anything about
Lady Tristram, but from what I hear sho
nover realized tho peculiarity of her posi
tion. Tho ongagement la to bo announced
directly after tho funeral."
Mlna almost stnrtod at this authoritative
announcement.
"And I suppose they'll bo married as
soon as they decently can. I'm glad for
Jaulo Ivor's sake not that I like him, the
little l'vo Been of him."
"Are you sure thcy'ro engaged?" asked
Mlna.
Mies S. looked at her with a srallo. "Cer
tainly, my dear."
"How?" usked Minn. Mrs. Trumbler
tared at her In a Hurprlsed rebuke.
When I make a mistake It will bo
time to ask questions," observed Miss S.
with dignity. "For tho present you may
tako what I say. I can wait to bo provod
right, Mmo. Znbrlska."
"I'vo no doubt you'ro right; only I
thought Jnnto would have told me," said
Mlua. Sho had no wish to quarrel with
Miss S.
"Jnno Iver's very secretive, my dear.
Sho nlwnys was. I used to talk to Mrs.
Iver about It when she wns a llttlo girl.
And In your case" MIsh S.'s smile
could only refer to tho circumstance that
Mlna was Major Duplay's niece; tho ma
jor's maneuvers had not escaped Miss S.'s
eyo. "Of couso tho funeral will bo very
quiet," Miss S. continued. "That avoids
so many dltllculttcs. Tho peoplo who
would como and the people who wouldn't,
nnd all thnt, you know."
"Thero aio so many qucstlous always
nbout funerals," tlghed Mrj. Trumbler.
"I hate funerals," said Minn. "I'm go
ing to bo cremated."
"That may bo very well abroad, my
denr," said Ml9s 8., tolerantly, "but you
couldn't here. Tho question Is, will Janle
Iver go, and If sho docs, wuoro will she
walk?"
"0, I should hardly think she'd go It
It's not announced you know," said Mrs
Trumblcr.
"It's sometimes done, and I'm told she
would walk Just behind tho family."
Mlna -left tho two ladles debating this
point of etiquette. On her way homo
sho stopped to lenvo cards at Blent, and
was not snrprUed when Harry Tristram
came out of his study, having seen her
through the window, nnd greeted her.
"Soud your trap home and walk up tho
hill with mo," ho suggested, nnd sho fell
In with his wish very readily. Thoy crnssod
tho foot-bridge together.
'I've Just been writing to ask my rola
Hons to tho funeral," ho said. "At my
mother's wish not mine. Only two if
them and I never saw them in my life,"
"I shouldn't thlJk you'd cultivate your
relations much."
"No. uut Cecily aatOBUorougn ought to
come, 1 suppose, Sho's my heir."
Mlna turned to him with u gesturo ot in
torest or surprise.
"Your heir?" bhe said. "You mean "
"I mean that If I died without havlns
any children she'd succeed me. Sho'd be
Lady Tristram th hor own right, as my
mother was." He faced nround nnd looked
nt Blent. "She's never been to tho placo or
seen It yet," he ndded.
"How Intensely Interested aho'll be!"
"I don't seo why she should," said Harry
rather e.-osly, "It's a great bore having
her be re at all, and If I'm barely civil to
her that's nil I shall manage. They won't "1 don't know. But If you do, I shall be you'll bo sent for. Tho duchess of this or
there to see looking so hard nt you, air. inuy mat loses ucr money hi carus or iuc
Tristram." She paused, nnd then added, earl drops n bit at Newmarket must let
"I should llko Cecily Gainsborough to como j the houso for the season sends off for mo
Into It, too." mustn't catch mo In nn old hat!"
"Confound Cecily Gainsborough! Uoodby," "Yes, I see."
said Harry. "Besides, you may say what you like, but
Ho left with her two main Impressions; I a gentleman ought to wear a good hat. It
the first was thnt ho hnd not the tenet tovc stamps him, Miss Gainsborough."
for the girl whom ho meant to marry; tho , "Yours positively Illuminates you. I
second thnt ho hardly cared to deny to her I could find the way by you on tho darkest
that he hated Cecily Gainsborough because , night."
sho was the owner of Dlcnt. ; "With Just n llttlo touch of oil!" he nd-
mlttcd cautiously, not sure how far she
CHAI'THH At, I wno serious In tho admiration hor eyed
A Ptiniitum hy the Pool. seemed to express. "What have you been
In a quiet little street running between doing with yourself?" he asked, breaking
tho Fulham and tho King's roads, in n row off nftcr his suinclent confession,
of small houses not yet Improved out of "I'vo been drawing up advertisements
oxlstence, thero was one houso smallest of! of my own accomplishments." She sat up
nil, with tho smallest front, tho smallest ', suddenly. "0, why didn't I nsk you to
back and tho smallest earden. The whole help me? You'd havo made mo sound,
thing was almost Impossibly small a pe- eligible and desirable and handsome and
cullarlty properly reflected in the rent, ) spacious nnd nil tho rest ot It. And I found
stay moro than n few days, I suppose
After n secoud ha went on. "Her mother
wouldn't know my mother, though nftcr
her death the fnther wanted to bo reconciled."
"Is that why you dislike them so?"
"How do you know I dislike them?" ho
asked, seeming surprlned.
"It's pretty evident, isn t It? And It
would be a good reason for .dl&llklng tho
mother, anyhow."
"Uut not the daughter?"
"No, nnd you seem to dislike tho daughter,
too which Isn't fair."
"0, I tako the family In the lump. And I
don't know thct what wo'vo been talking of
has anything to do with It."
He did not seem Inclined to tnlk mora
nbout tho Gulnsboroughs, though his frown
told her that something distasteful wns still
In his thoughts. What ho said wns enough
to rouso In her n great Interest nnd
curiosity nbout this girl, who was his heir.
.-I v rfys ,m mmM-w m yawfe
hit r in iatni isswwTMtthmnMMiii i-ifauidimm
lisiwiiin OT(avii
CUCILY OAINSUOUOUGH.
The girl whom ho choso to call his heir
was really the owner of Blent!
"Are you going to ask us to tho funeral?
sho said.
I'm not going to a8l: anybody. The
churchyard Is free, tlvy can come, If thoy
like."
"I shnll como Shall you dislike my com
ing."
"O, no." He was undlsgulscdly Indif
ferent und almost bored.
"And then I Bhall sco Cecily Gnlns-
borough."
"Havo n good look at her. You'll not
have another chance at Blent, nnyhow.
Sho'U never come hero again."
She looked at him In wonder, In u sort ot
fear.
"How hard you aro sometimes," she said.
'The poor girl's dono nothing to you."
Ho shook his head Impatiently nnd camo
to a stand on the rond.
"You'ro going back? Goodby, Lord Tris
tram."
"I'm not called thnt till after tho fu
neral," he told her, looking us suspicious
as ho had In tho earliest days of their acquaintance.
"And will you let mo go on living at
Merrlon or coming every summer, anyhow?"
"Do you think of coming ngaln?"
"I want to," Bhe answeied with somo
nervousness In her manner.
"And Major Duplay?" Ho smiled slightly.
"I don't know whether ho would want.
Should you object?"
"Oh, no," Bald Harry, again with the
weary Indifference that seemed to nave
fastened on him now.
"I've been gossiping," shn said, "with
Mrs. Trumblor nnd MIbs Swlnkorton."
"Good Lord!"
"Mls9 Swlnkerton snyB that your engage
ment to Jnnlo will be announced directly
after tho funerab"
"And Major Duplay says that directly it's
announced "
"You don't mean to toll mu anything
about it?"
"Itcally, I don't bco why I should. Well,
If you like, I wnnt to marry hor."
Mlna had really known thin for a long
while, yet sho did not like to hear It.
"I enn't holp thinking that somehow
you'll do something mora exciting than
that."
"She won't marry mo?" Ho was not
looking nt her, nnd apoko rather absoutly.
"I don't suppose Bho'll rcfuso you, hut
No, I'vo Just a fooling. I can't explain.''
"A feeling? What fooling?" Ho wns
Irritable, but his attention was caught
again,
"That's something mom's waiting for
you."
"Thnt it's my business to go ou affording
you amusement, perhaps?"
Mlna glanced at him; he was smiling; he
had benomo good tempered,
"O, I don't expect you to do 't for tb.it
reason, but If you do It"
Do what?" be asked, laughing outright.
which Mr. Galnsborougli paid to the firm of! nothing at nil to sny!"
Sloyu, Sloyd & Gurnuy for tho fag end of a I "What wore you advertising for?"
long lease. He did some professional work "Somebody who knew less French than 1
for thu Sloyds from tlmo to time, and mat did. nut I snnu navo to wait tin wo comu
member of tho firm who had let Merrlon bnok now." Sho yawned a little. I
lodgo to Mlna Zabrlskn waB on friendly don't In the least wnnt to earn my living,
torms with him. bo that perhaps tno rem you Know," bho nuaeu eanniaiy, uu
was a llttlo lower still than It would havo, thorn's no way I could honestly. I don't
been othrwlso; even trllllug reductions , really know any French at all."
counted as important things In the Gains-1. sioyd regarded her with mingled pleasure
borough budget. Being Hiub Binall, tho I nnd nnln. Hla ta3to was for moro rooust
houso was naturally full; thu thrco peoplo beauty and more striking raiment, and she
who lived there were themselves enough to no, Bho was not neat. Yet ho decided
acrount for that, nut It was ulso unnatu-! that sho would, as ho put It, pay tor dress-
rally full by reason of Mr. Galnborough's . inf!; 8h0 wanted Rome procese analogous to
habit of ucciulrltig old furnlturo of no value ( tho thorough repair which no loved to Bee
nnd now hrlc-a-brac whoso worth could bo nnnlled to old houses. Then nho would bb
expressed only by minus signs. Theso attractive not his sort, of courbo, but still
thtnes flooded lloors nud walls, and over- attractive.
flowed on to tho strip of grnvel behind. "j wonder If you'll meet Mine. Zabrlska
From tlmo to time many of thorn dlsap-1 the lady I let Merrlon lodge to and tno
nn.ired: thorn were periodical revolts on gentlemnu with her, her uncle."
Coclly's part, resulting In clearances; tho j cxpcot not. My coualn Invites us for
cans were booii mado good ny a iresn inimx tn (UIlorn, it's on Saturday. I suppose
of tho absolutely undesirable. wo shall stay the Sunday that's all and
In no other wny could Gainsborough I i don't suppose wo Bhall bco nuybody to
Mniim. .inim Gaiiisboroucli, nrchltect be , 8nenk to auyhow." Her air wuh very care
less; tho whole thing was rcprcsentcu as
rather n bore.
"You should make a longer visit. I'm
suro his lordship will be delighted to have
you, nnd It's n chnrmlug neighborhood, In
deed."
"I daresay. But desirable things don't
cnlled n nillsnncc unless uy unrry ini
tram's capricious pleasure. For ho was
very unobtrusive, small, llko Mb houso,
lean like his purse, shabby llko his furnl
turo, humbler than his bric-a-brnc. Ho
nsked very llttlo of thu world; It gave him
hnif mi im did not complain. Ho was
never proud nf anything, but ho was grntl-1 B(,nornlly como our way, Mr. Sloyd, or at
fled by his honoruiuo uebceiu ami ujr , any r,,to not mucli of mem."
nllllance with tho Trlstrams. Tho family j ..jt-H protty odd to think UNI all bo yours
Instinct was very strong in hlin, hf if anything happened to Lord Tristram."
And now they wcro going to Dlcnt. Sloyd, His tones showed n mlxturo of nmuBoment
cnlllnc on n matter of business and pleas
antly excusing his Intrusion by tho payment
of some fees, had heard about It from
Gainsborough. "Thls'll Just tako us to
Blent!" the llttlo gentleman had observed
with satisfaction ns he waved the slip of
paper. Sloyd know Blent nnd could tako
nn Interest; ho described It, raising hla
voico bo that It traveled beyond the room
and reached the hammock In tho gardon,
whero Cecily lay. She liked a hammock
and her father could not stand china fig
ures nnd vases on It. so that It secured her
where to lay her head. Gainsborough was
very fussy over tho nows; n deeper but
quieter excitement glowed In Cecily's cyoj
ns, listening to Sloyd, sho feigned to pay
no heed. Sho hail designs on tho check,
benuty unadorned mny mean bevernl thlnjs,
but moralists ennnot bo right In twisting
tho commendation of it Into nn ruloglum
on thrcndbnro frocks. She must havo a
funeral frock,
Sloyd camo to tho door which opened on
tho garden ami greeted her. Ho wna at
Emurt as usual, his tie n new creation. hU
bat mirroring the sun. Cecily waB shabby
from necessity nnd HOincwhnt tousled from
laying In the hammock. She looked up nt
him. Binlllng in Inry nniuscm-nt.
"Do you ever wear the same hat twlco?"
she asked.
"Must havo a good hat In my profession,
Miss Gainsborough. You never know where
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Howell's
ami awe. Sho was what be bow sho might
becomo my lady!
"It may be pretty odd," she Hald, Indo
lently, "but It doesn't do mo much goad,
does It?"
ThlH last remark summed up the attitude
which Cecily had always adopted about
Ulent, and sho choso to maintain It now
that sho was at last to seo Ulent. alio nau
nover been asked to Ulent. If she was
asked now It wjih as a duty; as a duty she
would ko. Harry did not monopolize the
Tristram blood, or tho Tristram pride
Vot In hor heart sho was on (Ire with an
excitement which Sloyd would havo won
derod at and which made hor father's fussy
nervousness Doom absurd. At last she was
to seo with her eyes tho thing's sho had nl
ways heard of. Addle Tristram, Indoed, sho
could no longer seo; that had always been
denied to her, nnd tho loss was Irroparable.
Hut oven tho dead I.ndy Tristram she would
soon bo able to realize far better than shn
had yot dono, sho would put her Into her
HiirroundlnKH. And Harry would bo thero
tun cousin who had never been cousinly, tho
yours man whom she did not know nnd who
was k fr.ctor of such importance in ner me
Sho hail dreamt! In abundance about tho ex
pedltlon, and It was In vain that reason
said. "It'll bo all over In three days. Then
back to tho little houso and tho need for
that advertisement'" Cocily woh sure that
at last Ah, at last! a change In life had
Anti-Kawf
Is a Household Remedy.
The children cry for It tho old folks rely on tt
nnd everybody takes It for a cold. It Is
"It" when It comes ton rellnblo cough cure. It
stops that tlcklliiK In the threat and cures the
cough for good. 25 cents a bottlo at any drug
store.
come. Lire nau been always so very much
tho same; changes generally need monoy,
and money had not been hers.
'It's begun!" Cecily said to herself, when,
three days afterward, they got out of their
third-class carrlago and got Into tho landuu
that waited for them. Tho groom, touching
his hat, asked If Mlns Gainsborough had
brought a mold. ("The maid," not "a
maid," was tho form of reference familiar
to Miss Gainsborough,) Ucr father was In
new black, sho was In new blnck, tho two
trunks had been well polished. And tho
seats of tho landau wore very soft.
"They don't use l'ne Kltzhubert crest, I
obsorvo," remarked Gainsborough. "Only
the Tristram fox. Did you notice It ou tho
harness 7"
"I was gazing with all tny eyes at the
coronet on tho panel," she answered, laugh-
lug.
A tall and angular lady came up and
spoko to tho groom, as ho whh about to
mount tho box.
"At 2, on Saturday, miss," thoy heard
him reply. Miss Swlnkorton nodded nnd
walked slowly past tho carrlago, giving tho
occupants a leisurely stare. Uf course,
Miss S. had known tho tlmo of tho funeral
qulto well; now her Intimates would bo
mado equally well acquainted with tho ap
pearance of the visitors.
Went was In full beauty that summer
evening, nnd the girl sat In entranced si
lence as thoy drovo by the river and camo
whoro tho old houso stood. Tho blinds were
down, tho escutcheon with the TrUtrnm
fox again obovo tho door In the central
tower. They woro ushered Into tho library;
QalnBborough's wyes ran over tho books
with a longing, envious glanco; his daughter
turned to tho window to look at tho Dlcnt
and up to Merrlon. A man servant brought
In tea nud told thorn that Mr. Tristram was
enguged In pressing business and begged to
bo excused; dinner would bo nt 8:1G. Dis
appointed nt her host's Invisibility, sho
gave her father ten with a languid air.
The little man was nervous nnd excited;
he walked the carpet carefully; but soon ho
pounced on n book, n county history, nnd
sat down with It. After a few minutes'
Idleness Cecily nroso, strollod into tho hull,
and thence out Into tho garden. Tho hush
of tho house had becomo oppressive to her.
Yes. everything wns very beautiful; she
folt that again, and drank it In. Indulging
her thirst so long unsatisfied. Sho had
scon larger placos. Such palaces as all
the folk of London aro allowed to seo. The
present scene wns new. And In the room
abovo lay Addlo Trtstrnm In hor coffin the
lovely strango woman of whom her raothor
had told her. Sho would not soe I.fi'ly
Tristram, but she seemed now to soo nil
her life and to be able to picture her, to
understand why sho did tho things they
talked of, and what manner of woman she
had been. She wandered to the little
bridge. Tho stream below was tho Hlont
Geographies might treat tho rivulet with
scanty uotlco and with poor respect, to hor
It waB Jordan the i-acred river. A big
roso tree climbed the wall of tho right
wing, Who had picked Its blossoms and
through how many years? Its (lowers
must often hnvo adcrncd Addle Tristram's
unsurpassed lovollncss. After tho yenro
of short cemmons there camo this bountiful
feast to her soul, fiho felt herself a Trlx
tram. A turn of chanco might have mads
all this her own. Her breath Boomed to
utop as sho thought of this. Tho Idoa now
was far different from what It hod sounded
when Sloyd navo It uttorancn In tho tiny
strip of garden behind tho tiny house, nnd
nhe had greotod It with scorn and a mock
ing smile, Sho did not want all this for
her own; but nho did wanthow she wuntod
to be allowed to ntay nnd look at It, to
ctay long enough to make It part of her
own and have tt to carry back with her
to her home between tho Klnu's road and
tho Kulham road In London.
She crossed the brldgo nud walked up tho
valley. Twenty minutes brought her to
tho pool; It opened on her with a new sur
prise. Tho sun had Just left tt and its
darkness wns touched by mystery.
Turning by chanco to look up tho road
townrd Mlnghnm 'sho saw n mail comlns
down tho hill. Ho wns snunterlng Idly
along, boating tho grass by tho roadside
with hla stick. Suddenly ho stopped short,
put his hands nbovo his eyes and gavo hor
a long look. Ho scorned to stnrt; then he
begnn to wnlk toward her with a rapid,
eager stride. Sho turned away nnd strolled
along by tho pool, on her wny back to
Dlcnt hall, nut he would not bo dented)
his trend camo nearer; he overtook her
nnd halted almost by her sldo, raisins
his hat and gazing with uncompromising
strnlghtness In her fnce. Sho know him
at once; ho must bo Harry Tristram. Was
lounging about the roads his pressing busi
ness. "I beg your pardon," ho sold, with a
curious nppenranco of agitation, "I nra
Harry Tristram, and you must bo?"
(To He Continued.)
Running sores, ulcers, bolls, pimples,
etc., quickly cured by Hanner Salvo, tho
most healing salvo In tho world, A sure
cure for piles.
Time to iCiit Hplnach.
Spinach ought to put In n froquent ap
pearance on tho tnblo. It contains moro
iron thnn almost imy nthnr vcgotablo or
fruit, and offors it In a mo.H agreeable
form, Hutcn frequently, rplnauh Is sure to
Improve a muddy complexion through Its
work of toning up the system. Hut spin
nch, llko every other sort of greens, needs
thorough and vigorous treatment In pre
paring It for cooking, There are few things
moro discouraging than a dish of spinach
Interlarded with grit. Tho vejctablo should
bo picked ovor cnrofully, then wnshed In
hot water before It Is put through tho sub
sequent bnths In cold wnter. When It U
very clean, nml you know It Is very clean,
shako It from tho last water nud put It over
to cook. Not ono drop of wnter need bo
uililccl besides that which has clung to ths
Iraves, for thn spinach will supply Its own
i moisture fnBt enough to ttoep from burn
' Ing. Tho Incredulous may put a table-
spoonful of water In tho bottom of tho kot
tlo Just to taeo their own minds, but nono
ts needed. Cover tho kettle and when dons
you will havo n most delicious dish of
spinach,
f Isrit it
Hyfoolish
V to pay $5.00
jr"" fora hat when
1 you can buy
I The
I Gordon
I for so
I much less