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1C THE OMAHA DAILY BEE: SUNDAY, MARCH 1G, 1902. (Copyright. 1901. by B. R. Crockett.) CHAPTER VII CONTINUED. Rupert glanced quizzing!? at John, is It little uncertain of the mood In which the younger might return. But he nodded ap provingly at the clear, boyish jountenance which met him. "It will do that boy no harm to make him fas out a bit!" he aaid to himself, and proceeded to give hie ears to the Rectifier of church and atate and hia eyea to the ewlft, llghtsomely, alert movement! of Kate Glandennlng aa she aped from bakeboard to fireplace and back again to the flour barrel. She raized one arm above her head to staid the wooden rollingpln on 1U end, that he might cleanae It from Its adherent dough. And Rupert Glendonwyn thought that never in hia life had he beheld ao One a arm or a poae of such vivid and un conscious grace. David Qlcndenntng, among whose short comings Inordinate respect of the great was certainly not Included, took scant notice of John's entrance, though be had not set yea oo him since the autumn. He'nodded briefly, however, and went on with his oration. "As I was sayln', Rupert Glendonwyn, I baud little by birth and bluld though, mark you, a man is nana the waur o' either, for my aln are as good aa ony man's 1" At this point Rupert bowed, momentarily removing his eyea from the cakes toaatlng on the Ingle nook for the purpose. "Na," continued David Olendennlng, "a man Is a man only when be stands up bare buff In that which the guld God hath given him. Why do we not go about naked and unashamed, aa did our forefathers? It Is Just because we has laid aside oor mau hood or, maybe " "Th police 1" suggested Rupert under his breath. In a tone Intended solely for Kate and his brother. But the old man's ears were gleg. "What's that ye aay, air? The police? But, hark ye, the police are Julst palrt o" the cleadin' o' the body politic. They need to be atrlpplt aff, too." The burglars of all natlona would agree with you, sir," said Rupert, turning a cake. At that moment the door opened which led to the atalrcase and the shrill voice of lit tle Johnny Colatoun pierced the silence. "Did 'oo bwlng me any mo' bwandy-ball eated all te west didn't losted them!" And caatlng himself loose from Falrlle's hand the youth launched hlmaelf without ceremony upon John, who had quietly eated himself In a chair vacated by Harry. David removed hta eye to gaze upon Johnny Colstoun, to whom, aa his fatber'a on, his rough heart had curlosly softened from the very first time that Fairlle had brought him home with her. That evening at the Flowercot lives long In the memory of one at least of those who listened to the alternately bumoroua and ardonlo soliloquies of David Glendennlng the "rapt oration flowing free," and, above all, the quick-glancing beauty of Kate, who ever for a moment ceased her work, but as soon as the baking waa finished drew out her spinning wheel and laid on a sheet a huge pile of the long white woolen worms light aa gossamer, from which. In those lays, yara was to be spun. CHAPTER VIII. Tata Mew Rupert. That night John Glendonwyn aaw hia brother la a new light. The hectoring sot of the Inn at Drumtern market had wholly disappeared. The heir of Castle Gower, a little reckless In talk, languidly arrogant tn manner, carelessly haughty. Intolerant t the canaille, had also vanished. And, lo! In his place, a handaom youth, eager and ready with offer of service the meanest and slightest, content to sit by with only ad miration, quiet (but perfectly obvious to the person concerned) showing ia hia eyea, John, with a sudden sinking of the heart. acknowledged aa ha looked at Rupert that he never aaw any man so fitted to win a . girl's admiration. As John remembers the evening, there was but little said, save, of course, by the autocrat in the armchair, and Indeed the haranguea from that quarter were endless. He addressed moat of hia conversation to Rupert, though he had never aeen him alnee hi boyhood. But with traveled readl aees the elder of the brothers, accustomed to saeet all manner of men, took hia cue and responded with aa eager willingness te be Instructed, which at once won upon the old dialectician. John, bain seated at too great a dis tance from Fairlle to carry en any conver sation with her, occupied hlmaelf la watch lag the girl as ahe bent over her copy- rOioarnG' Electric QcrE: and Roach Paoto and ell out of tha aooae. Ooa infrcdk&x skis trp their bodies, kiYtog ao odor It Is a safe and tore exterminator also of Mice, Water Bugs, Crcton Bugs, Cockroaches and all other vermin. It has been in general use in houses, stores, hotels, factories, offices, public buildings, etc., for twenty-five years. Absolutely guaranteed. UAU I lUPi . iMMMsrcAtAi luuaitj um eataia, mm. canto a bos at DrugfttU and Grocers or sent direct by Express prepaid. STEARNS' ELECTRIC PASTE CO. Chicago. Ma. setting or arranged the children's seams for the next day. More than once, however, he had seen Rupert and hia handsomely arched black browa la the direction of Fairlle, and once he caught the girl Intently studying the strange young man with hia handsome head and foreign manners. It waa not long after this, however, that Johnny came aoftty up to John Olendonwyn and, putting a complete set of sticky knuckles upon hia knee, observed In a mys terious undertone: "Thay I'ae dot aomeflng to tell 'oo!" "Well," said John, "what Is UT Tell war!" Johnny peered over the knee on which his hand rested In the direction of John Glendonwyn's right pocket. "Dot any mo' bwandy-balls?" he Inquired tentatively, as If afraid of committing hlm aelf prematurely. In spite of Ha characteristic delicacy John perceived the Implied suggestion, and bestowed the entire pound upon him, hop ing that at least they might make him ex ceedingly sick, and so disable him for a while. He did not yet know Johnny. The Infant Shylock accepted the brandy- balls with a gratitude which could not be called more than mediocre. 'Oo didn't fink to bwlng no mlnth pies. did 'oo?" The question waa put without any particular hopefulneaa. Johnny did not expect so much sense from a grown-up. It was worth trying, though. Yea never could tell. "No, I didn't," said John, who waa grow ing tired. "It atrlkea me, young man, that you've had quite enough." The boy drew off and eyed his mentor sternly. Then he began tn a high, level tone one of hia dreadful proclamations: "'OO NEEDN'T TALK I SEED 'OO " "Johnny," whispered John, aghaat, "re member. You promised " "Didn't pwomlse ever ever help me die!" retorted Shy lock. "Only pwomlsed till pies dotted done an' pies IS all done?" "Well, Johnny, what did you come to tell me?" asked John, placably, hoping thus to divert the thoughta of the youag black mailer from his fell Intent. "S'an't tell 'oo," aald Johnny, sulkily. "Not If I give you another sixpence to get some more mince pies tomorrow?" sug gested John. ' 'Thllltn'!" said Johnny In a stage whis per. The business being settled en these terms, Johnny bent himself close to John's ear and whispered: "Teatzer'a want 'oo to help her wif her book. John rose and went over to where Fairlle was knitting her browa over her grammar and dictionary. She had a amall reading lamp before her on a table. As John approached Fairlle looked up with a pout of the llpa and a alight blush. "It Is this horrid Latin," ahe explalmed "I am trying to learn It by myself I do so want to help the boys. And, besides, I am dreadfully ignorant and and I don't want to be!" John, In his heart of hearts, thought the Ignorance quite as adorable as the desire for knowledge, and much more bewitching than the possession of It. But he could not fall to perceive his own advantage In Fair lie's admission. "If you would let me com over some times when you have a spare hour I think I could help you," be aald, modestly. "I do not care to trouble Mr. Colatoua," continued Fairlle. "I am occupied at the hours when he la teaching hta Latin classes, or I should ask him to let me be a scholar." John drew a chair and aat down by Fair He. An atmosphere of a sweet, warm, glowing girlhood Instantly enveloped him and he could acarcely unriddle the almple difficulties which lie in the narh f th. self-taught for the fluttering of his heart. He waa alike unconscious of the swift falling glances of Kate Glendennlng, the sly. quiet amusement with which his brother regarded him and the more dangerous in spection of the temporarily bribed Johnny. A breath waa on hia cheek. The timbre of an excellent low voice tn his ear. All Gaul waa never divided Into three parta to auch an accompaniment of meeting hands and fluttering hearts. He ralaed hia eyes, and, lo! the shell-pink deepened oo her oheek to rose red. Infinitives were never more perfect than those which John ex plained. Thta hour was to John the crown of the day nay, of all the barren year. The bitterness of his late home-coming, Veronica's acrid tonics of the morning, the solitary tramp with dismal thoughts along the lochalde, the disappointment of the walk home all were forgotten. It waa with a atart that ha became con scious of a sudden hush stealing over the kitchen. Without a word Fairlle pushed away her books. Old David stepped to the door and In a loud voice aent forth a mono syllable which cracked la the froaty air RATS EAT like a platel shot: "BOYS!" Then be went to the open cupboard, and, lifting down the family bible and laying It open on the table before him, aat In wait. Ing, erect and stately as a priest about to perform a aacred obligation. All David Glendennlng'a follies and peculiarities teemed to fall off him at the approach of the hour of prayer. Rupert bad risen to hia feet, with Intent to take hia leave, but David atopped him with a large gesture of the hand, not un. 'BUT YE MAY HAVE FORGED THE HAND Impressive In Its dignity of simplicity. "Stay" ho aald, "then that company wl' ,us In this my hooae, bide to worship wl' us likewise." John did not fall Into the same mistake, being stopped by the slightest touch of soft Haters on his arm as he was about to fol low his brother' example. One or twice John's eye fell on his brother during what followed. Rupert aat a little dazed. Ilk a man who, turning the handle of a door to enter a theater, finds himself unexpectedly In a crowded church. It was the time ot departure. The three lada bad filed up the stairs to bed Immedi ately after the close ot the "Taking ot the Book." David cam to the door to bid his visitors goodnight, and stood talking to John about Falrlle's work at the aoademy. In which. In spit of his contempt for literature, he was genuinely Interested. John wondered whither she had gone, but la an Instant tbe sound of horses' hoofs waa heard and Fairlle came forward a little hastily, taking her fatber'a arm and lead ing blm out upon tha road beyond the sparred palllngs of tbe little cottage. Looking back over his shoulder John saw bta brother and Kata Glendennlng coming forward as It had been from aoma outbuild ing where "Bravo" had been tethered. On pretext of altering the glrtha or ar ranging the stirrup Rupert atopped, and after saying aomethlng In a low voice, he took Kate'a hand and raised It, foreign fashion, to his lips. Th girl drew back with a proud look on hr face, and the next Instant David Glen dennlng had turned toward them and the little scene waa over. The two brothers left tbe little group of three standing by the gate their figures dark agalnat the thin sprinkle of frozen snow en the ground. Turning round, one n.ore John noticed that It waa Kate who had gone In flrat. Falrli atood by har father and watched them out ot eight. But John was far too young and almple to read the riddle of that . It waa Rupert who spoke first. "I suppose It will be 'rlde-and-tle,' " be taald, with a glance at Bravo, who strode alongalde, lifting hta feet Straight up with a dancing movement and toaslng his head continually. "We will g by th long ave nue and tl first at th end of Polton mill. You tak nxt turn of Bravo. You caa leave htm for me at the Bogle Thorn. Then I will atable him with Alee Steel at Park hill and you caa ride him home." "Rupert." aald John heavily, "first I must know that you do not Intend any mischief to those girls I wsnt to be sure of what I am doing before there can he any further coavera batw.n ua!" "Holty, toity!" cried the elder brother, laughing, "what have we here? Man Dt;u, scy good Master Ely Boots, did you expect to keep such a couple ot country beauties all to yourself? What a grand Turk It Is and a parsoa t boot! Well, they often go together!" "No, Rupert," aald Joha. "It is different with aae. I hav known them all my lit. I am a almpl fellow, and they both know ate, root aad branch. You com down oa them front far eouatriea and grand court. You appear to them like a fairy prince. S how all th servant at th castl bow sow a to you. You caa only do hana hero. Rupert. Tm knew that after what baa aappeacd aad th sacrifice our father has saao for row.. o clearly sauat saarry Mia Carslaw. It to rur enly ehanc. 1 aak ,z v ; fii; 1 C rf 1 you, I pray you, Rupert, to let these girls alone. You can only bring sorrow on a happy home. I saw you kiss Kate's hand tonight and I do believe" "What do you believe?" cried Rupert, still laughing, but with less assurance than before. "That no man ever did as much before!" be said, lamely enough. 'Tshaw, man!" aald his brother, "that was simply nothing. Why, It Is the com monest salutation between people of quality where I have come from. The girl la proud aa Lucifer and a raging and tearing beauty, with the air of a Brahmin twice born when ahe Is offended." "Kate Glendennlng la as well born as you or I, Rupert, aa you know very well," said John, "and aa to kissing her hand, It la not the custom here, whatever it may be In Italy or Spain. It Is plain love making that la what it Is, .If you ask me!" "Dear Innocent," said Rupert, "do you suppose I did not spot your game with that entrancing little blue-stocking. Hands that touch over learned dictionaries of coure are exempt. Love pats on arms go duty free. They do not count. It Is custom here. But we must not kiss Oh, no never. Shock Ing! We would not think of such a thing not even hands Ob, white and thrice blessed Innocence!" And Rupert merrily whistled a stave: Oln a body meet a body Coming through the rye; Gin a body kiss a body Need a body cry? With a strong resolution John took his brother's arm affectionately. "Rupert, give this up," he said earnestly, "you cannot marry either of them. Do not come here again. Think of your father and Miss Carslaw!" Suddenly Rupert shook oft his brother's hand. O WRITE." HE SAID, DOUBTFULLY. "What If I say to you, good Master Spoil sport, think of your father and Mlsa Ver rontca Caesar! I have every bit as much right. More than that, let me tell you once for all It Is monstrously dull at tbe best of times In this bole. You are only down for a fortnight, and I, who have to stay her all th year round, do not propose to submit the list of my acquaintances for your approval or disapproval!" 8o aaytng Rupert Glendonwyn, with no further words about arrangementa for Ride-and-Tle, mounted his horse Bravo and gal loped furiously home, leaving his younger brother to trudg th weary milea to Castle Gower through th winter midnight with thoughta of bitterest self-accusation and gloomy foreboding gnawing at hia heart. CHAPTER IX. Th Gray Wolf at Bay. Joha Glendonwyn waa apending the latter part of his laat session in Edinburgh in at tendance on some science classes which he had long desired to tnke, while awaiting the necessary preliminaries of hi presenta tion to the parish of Gower. He had al ready received his "license to preach" at tbe hand of th Presbytery of Kllgower, Rev. Dr. Augustus Caesar presiding there at like Jove over tbe councils ot tbe Im mortals. Soma tlm before Mr. Gilbert Albllns had resigned the pastoral charge ot tbe parish ot Gower on the ground of ill health and retired to Drumfern with a private docu ment locked In hia desk, by which Gregory Glendonwyn of Castle Gower and hia hairs and John Glendonwyn, proximate presentee of the parish of Gower bound themselves conjunctly and severally to pay to Rev. Gilbert Albllns the sum of 250 yearly at the Whitaunday and Michaelmas terms, until such time aa bs should b aettled In a benefice worth that aald sum per annum, when the aforesaid allowance ot 250 was to cease and determine. Bo,- as far a th outsld of th cup and platter waa concerned, all waa In train. The thoughta which had haunted John Glen donwyn as to bis tltness for the office of the ministry gradually yielded to new In terest, tbe chief of which waa, of course, his vowing love for little Falrle Glenden nlng. Yet, to hia credit or discredit, ac cording to th point of view, be had re frained from all overt lovemaking. though doubtless his heart was plain as a printed book to Fairlle and her alater. After hia departure John had heard from Fairlle once or twice during the last dreary months of ths college yesr. She waa work ing hard her examination near at band. She wanted the beat certificate ahe could obtain. There waa a passage In that dreadful 14th chapter ot Caesar would John be kind enough to explaia It to bsr, etc. From Rupert be had beard nothing at all. Nor had the brothers spoken during th remainder of John's stay In Gower. His father generally communicated with blm In almple numerala through bis banker In Drumfern. He had received no tidings of the parish, aave euch aa Veronica seat him In severely practical epistles beginning, "Dear Joha," and ending "your friend, V." a title which Veronica felt aba herself could assuredly claim, though by no meant ao certain that Joha deerv4 that an should us it. a All th spring John sat on benches with men who knew him not. He competed without enthusiasm for prises which b cared uot whether b lost or won. All his pleaaur was la wandering, a scone or two In his pocket, the ceol spring water bis drink, out oa the gray-green scalp of Tentland, among the red grouse and the early returning whaups and lap wings, or In lelvlng among the dingles which clustered about the southerly flanks of that bold ridge. A book In hia pocket Milton or Grey or perchance some younger poet not yet so famous. 8o his life passed away, not with out a certain peace of contentment and fortblooking. One afternoon John waa returning from a walk to Cmlgmtllar castle, where, aeated on a stone bench In the gnat hall, he had spent hours In watching the rooks busy about their stlck-carrylng and cares do mestic in the tall trees of the pleaaaunce. Tired and a little dusty, John was thank, fully pulling out his latch key to enter hia rooms when the outer door of the collage opened of Itself and his landlady's daughter appeared with her finger on her Up. "There's a man In there that wanta fer to see ye, Sinister John," she said, with the sitting room three stairs at a time. He universal commiseration of landlady's daughter tor young men In trouble (when their rent books are aettled to date). "He wadna gie his name, but he said twice ower that he wad wait till alo time ' ye should think fit to come In. He wanted to see the lther rooms I' the boose, but as I kenned naethlng aboot the man or hta business, and he bad a wild, tavert look, I juist aald that the lther rooms were a' occupied, an' that he couldna see them." John nodded and went up to his first floor knew of no man whom he had any reason to be afraid of facing. He opened the door sharply, and there, standing by the mantelpiece, with a foolish little picture of Fairlle In his hand, upoa which John had wasted much valuable time, waa old David Glendennlng. John advanced with hia band outatretched and a swift gladness of wslcom on hi face, which, however, was Instantly dashed when the old man, with one of thoae tremendous gestures to which only common folk caa attain In moments ot great mental distress, threw down the poor little picture and stamped on It. John atopped Involuntarily with hi hand outstretched, thinking that audden madness must havs overtaken Falrlle's father. "Where are my two daughters? Give them up to me, I charge you by God and Hia Christ!" cried David Olendennlng, ad vancing upon John with a threatening air. The young maa stood aghaat and speechles. "Your daughter," h repeated after Dim In the blankest astonishment. "Why, where are they? Surely no 111 ha com to to cither ot them?" The eld man ralaed. hta clenched hand high above bta head aa If to atrtk John to the ground, but Inatantly changing hia la. tentlon, dropped It again and apoke In an altered voice, and tn that bible English which the Scottish pessant uses so natur ally In times of strong excitement. "It you have hidden them away from me, I beseech you by heaven and your hopea ot aalvation to let m ae them. Ye have broken my heart among you, but naebody ken yet, and I will tak' them bame again wl' me." John Glendonwyn' face had been grow ing paler and paler during these words, and he atood thinking. The old man ad vanced and caught his band eagerly and fretfully. "John," he cried hoaraely, "I aye tbocht malr o' ye than ony o' your kind, and never that ye desired 111 to me and mine. Let th bairns come back to th old maa, their father. And before God, nan shsll be th wiser nan ahall cast word or look upon them. A' shall be forgiven and forgotten!" "Sir," uld poor John, hanging hi head, "a God eea me I know nothing of what you say. I wish I did. I hav beard noth ing either ot Fairlle or Kate, Till this moment I waa Ignorant they had left home. My thoughta and my prayers war with them there that la, with Fairlle and and with Kate, too. I would hav given my life to serve either of them." As he spoke the old man's face had been putting on Its grimmest Gray Wolf expres sion. "Ah, ye deny, do ye?" be cried. "Then by the God you have Invoked I will make you confess. Look on that writing and deny It It you dare." Hs dashed a acrap of crumpled paper Into John Glendonwyn's hand. Ther cam a curious prickling mist, dry and tense. Into the young man's eyeballs aa he tried to read, and for a moment be could net gather th sense. Concerning th band writing, however, be waa In no doubt. It was Rupert'a. It read aa follows: "Th carriage will be waiting at 4 o'clock. Walk out along the Drumfern road till you meet It. The coachman will have a blue ribband knot on hia whip and tbe same about his hat. Ho will stop wbea you bold up your left band. It will bo beat not to wait for F.'a return from school. After that tru.t me to care for all." "Well." cried David Glandennlng la a voice astonishingly loud and strident, "do you own your handiwork? It not, I will go to the judges ot ths land, aa I have already been lo your own father, and ae If they will right me." "And what aald my father?" aald John, bla coolness coming back to him quite sud denly. "Bay what could he say, but that he bad begottea a monster, a brakr-up of home aa evil beaat that bad brought blm naught but troubl and voxatioa all th daya of hia lite? Thea he told m wher I should Bad you aad sut m oa my way. Ha aaid that be would not move o much aa one t hi little fiagtra t shield yu la what yu had donl" OTHERS Should Watch the Physical Develop ment of Their Daughters. Earn est Words From Mrs. Pinkham to Mothers. . Every mother jxvrpss-s information of vital valua to her rounf daughter. That daughter is a preoious legacy, and the) responsibility for her future is largely in the hands of the mother. The mysterious change that develops the thoughtless girl into the thoughtful woman should find the mother on the watch day and night As she cares for the physical well-being of her daughter, so wiU the woman be, and her children also. t When the young girls thoughts become sluggish, when she expe riences headaches, dizziness, faintness, and exhibits an abnormal dispo sition to sleep, pains in the back and lower limbs, eyes dim, desire for solitude, and a dislike for the society of other girls, when she is a mystery to herself and friends, then the mother should go to her aid Eromptly. At such a time the greatest aid to nature is Lrdta E. Pink am's Vegetable Compound. It prepares the young system for the coming change, and is the surest reliance in this hour of trial oUowinL lettr8 from Mrs. Southard are practical proof of Mrs. rinkham's efficient advice to young women. iff Mothers Who Allow Their Daughters to Suffer rV Cruel When Relief Is Easily Obtained. Read This flother's Experience. DiAB Mas. Pixzham : I wish advice in rerard to my daurhter. She ia thirteen years old and never menstruated. We have had the doctor to her and ha aaid she did not have enough blood. 8he has been taking iron for throe months but is no better. In th morning she vomits, aonae days ahe cannot keep anything- on her stomach until twelve o'clock. If ahe trie to do anything ahe gets faint Has headache all the time, i as white as marble with great dark rings tinder her eyea. Please write and tell me what to do aa I am discouraged with the doctor." Mas. Ca.s. South akd, Phoenix Mills. N.Y. (Jan. 19, 1900.) "DaAB Mas. Pihkha.ii : Laat January I wrote you about my' daughter, and told you what our family doctor aaid about her. I aaw another doctor and he aaid she had quick consumption. After receiving your letter, I began giving her your remedies, and after taking four bottles of Lydia E. Pink ham's Vegetable Compound and four of Blood Purifier, ah ia now well and strong as ever. Menses have appeared and are regular. I can never praise your remedies enough for they aaved my daughter's life." Mas. Caras. bouTHa.RO, Phoenix Mills, N.Y. (Dec. 18, 1900.) m Any young girl or any mother is cordially invited to write to Mrs. Pinkham at Lynn, Mass., for advice in regard to her sick-' ness. No one has had greater experience or success in guiding mothers and their daughters to health. Thousands have trusted her and are glad. She charges nothing for advice. Write to-day. S5000I REWARD. W have deposited with the National City Bank of Lynn, SOOOS. which will b.pid loan, rerun who eaa Sod that tha attara w-tlm.l.M.tt.r are not gaaulae, er were eabllih.d bofor. obtaining th writer's special par- ' a.yia "My father aaid thatT" groaned John, sitting down. "Let me think. I do not see my way! I do not understand." "Let me see my daughters, I tell you! CIve me back my Fairlle, my Kate!" cried the angry father, "or, by the Ood whom I have served these sixty years, I will slay you with my hand and He will hold ma both calthless and guiltless!" John looked up quickly at David Glenden nlng'a appeal. "See," he aald, "I would hav atrlcken oft that right band bad it written auch word. But they are none of mine. Look at these, and these!" He trust a half-finished college essay, half a dozen notebooks and innumer able acattered paper which happened to be on tha table across to th old man. He opened a deck In which were all Falrlle's little, simple notes and tbe first three pages ot a letter which be had begun to her. "The ar tn my handwriting,' h eried. "Compare them with fhtrt which you hav hown ma. I leave the verdict to yourself." Tbe old man dropped Into a chair, searched long and earnestly In hi pocket for th spectacle which h had already on bis nose when John cam In. Then, when the- young man gently pointed them out, he thrust aald his hand pettishly and spread th papers on tha table. There was, In deed, no similarity. Th essaya and papers were written In a small, neat, collegiate crlpt. The crumpled paper which David Olendennlng had brought, on the other hand, waa unformed and clumsy ia hand writing. But in spit of thla the old man was but half convinced. "But y may have forged th hand o' write," b aid, doubtfully. 'Y' r a college-bred man and may be able for ale thing. I ha heard o' Hie like. But what matters the paper. I tell ye my son heard them apeak spakin' aboot you tbe nicbt afore, and yln o' them waa greetln', salr." "Which one?" said John, quickly. Ilia head was buried between his palms and b waa thinking deeply. "It was Kate that apak' your name malst. Will said, but It was wee Fairlle that grat!" replied the old man, after a pause. John Olendonwyn put a neatly folded bundle of papera Into tbe Joiner's chipped and roughened hand. His old Sunday hat lay on th table, and his ludicrous "blacka" ruckled and crinkled, worlda too big for hia ahrunk ahanka, hung about him Ilk a wind ing sheet and flapped aa he moved. "There," said John Olendonwyn, "is every acrap of paper that haa passed between Fairlle and myself. I had one note from Kat th week Fairlle waa laid up with a cold. It la ther with th other. 8b seat m a college book Fairlle had borrowed. And her are my answers, every one, from first to last H lifted a copying book out of a little press of Japanned Iron. "I loved her, sir, with all my heart, though I never told her more than you will find written here. And I would not hav apoken till I had th right. But in writing I gave her ot my best. And I hav copied every tin and syllabi her. They a re clear for you to read, and as for plotting mlachlef against my beloved or her alater I think you, who have watched me from a child, might have know me better." ;Nan ken th heart when the blood o' youth rln red," aaid tha old maa, sen tenttously. "but 'deed I thocht nana 111 o' ye, Johnny, lad. And yet and yet " "What la It speak out. Perhaps I caa clear all!" cried Joha. MUST GUIDE n 4 E. rlnkhtm Madlcine Co.. Lynn, Haw, "Little fear but I will speak," aald ,th old man. "David Olendennlng has not trav eled frae the Boatcraft o' tbe Oower wtUr to this place of nolaes and crylnga without reeolvln' to speak his mind. To be brief wl' ye, then, your aln father as good aa told ma that he had proof that you were th de ceiver o' my bairns." "My own father takes away my good name," groaned John. "Ood help me what shall I do?" "Do!" cried the old man. "Confess an' mak' reparation. Aa by the Lord y ahall!" Th memory ot his wrongs cam again upon him mor mightily than before. "Yea, by the great Lord that ride ia heaven by hia name JAH, an' y war th king' aln aon, ye shall answer and mak' amends. Vengeance Is mine, saltb th Lord. But, oh, grant It to me, I, David Olendea nlng, to prepare th way. I will do my part on tha earth aa He will do His oa ths throne o' Judgment high and lifted up In the day o' Hia wrath!" "I awear again before Ood and you, th father of tha one dearest to ms on earth." aald John, solemnly, "that other communi cation that I hav put before you I hav not held by speech or writing with either of your daughters." 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