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1G THE OMAHA DAILY SUNDAY, AP1UL 27, li02. Vet by the window, and, lifting up the sleeping babe, pressed It Jealously to her bofem. (Copyright, lm, by B. R. Crockett.) CHAPTER XX. CONTINUED. Aad as I stood trsmbllng and greatly afraid la tho little passage which leads to ay own chamber, the English surgeon Warner laid In my irmi a baby boy. "The hair of Caetle Oower!" he aald with atrange smile. "Take good care of htm, Miss Fair lie 1 It I mistake not, he will seed It!" Ood helping me, I mean tot and of his other, toot" I made answer. And I think I have kept my word. My Kate my sister! How I prayed out there In the darknesa, fronting the tempest oa the Uland brow, praying that the bitter ewp first brewed In Eden might pass from kar. Mow I trembled and shook more with agar than fear, whan I bad to giro her up tato tha hand of Warner and old dumb Janet. I had bean strong before, but sow I felt all tha weakness of girlhood. Bat when at laat tha day emerged out of darknesa and I saw Hamish take tha new., and Surgeon Warner together across the ferry, I could have danced for rery Joy. Xata herself waa given back to me. The faaelnaUd look seemed qulto gone out of her eyaa. A aw eater amlle, a mora gra cious manner womanhood in a word, had eomo to bar aa aha lay with her baba on bar arm, still and alow-breathing, reborn to ma out of a great weakness and tha val ley of tha ahadow of death. Haver was thera a better nurae than this good, old vote-bereft Jonat proved herself. I waa ao glad that I could have hugged her vary five minutes, but since aha waa al ways busy with mother or child tha exer etao seemed aa much as my Ufa was worth. To Joaat I could not apeak to Kate I must not. Books were vain things. 60 as a laat resort I betook myself to wait for M Hamlah's return upon tha pier, where I waa standing, wind-blown of akirt and hair, whaa tha old man came back. I was ready for him aa soon aa he stepped ashore, and, putting my arms about his aeek (for X felt I must hug somebody), I cried. "O, I am so glad!" "Hera, let ma be, hands aff dell's I' the laasl" waa Hamlah's uncomplimentary re Jjolader. "ken ye ao I am a marrlet man?" '1 know, Hamish," I said, meekly, "but Joaat won't mind. I'll go and ask her if 70a like. Tall ma, do you think Mr. Rupert will be glad of tha newer'. "Mr. Rupert. Mr. Rupert?" he repeated, going oomposedly on with tha chaining of bis boat, "what mlcht Mr. Rupert ha to do wf tha balra?" "Why, It la hla own son and heir." I cried Indignantly, "my sister Is his wife. To know that vary well!" "Bob!" said Hamish, unemotionally, "ow ara dooUeas!" "I wonder If he will coma tomorrow?" I want on, for it seemed aa if I must ask C somebody tha questions which ware troubling my own heart. "I wonder!" remarked Hamish, untying a knot with hla teeth. "Perhaps Mr. Olendonwyn will coma or van Mr. Mr.. John" I went on, "perhaps bow ha Is settled in bis parish, they will tall hla tha secret I" "Maybea!" aald Hamish, turning his quid var la hla mouth. "O, Hamish," I eriad, "you are so disap pointing. Ton will answer roe nothing. And you could help us ao much, Hamish, If you would only be kind and without doing harm to anyone." The silent Highlander meditated a while a thla. aad then with a staccato utterance ad a eurloua movement of the mouth, as if ha wars chewing tha words before uttering them, ba aald: "He-aah, ass far as he hens, Hamlab McColl la payed to look after tha aheap, to row tha bit boat! and to keep hla tongue frao meddling In what doeina aoaeera him." Aad so without beat or manifesting any sealing ha betook htmaelt through the little eapaa la tha direction of the long, low aeatataak which ha was alowly rearing on tha moor to ba fuel for the winter's fire of Inch Jonet Whereat I waa so much subdued that I aetually ran after him crying, "Let me coma with you. Hamish, and I promise not ta ask any questions." "Hoota, lassie," said Hamish, with par toot aplomb, "dlnna strain yourael'. Nan your kind wars ever able to accomplish that fraa tha time o' Eva. Sneer a' the jwaetloBS that coma Into your bald. Only gla It piaaao ya, dlnna aompel pulr Hamish to answer them, that's a'!" "Oh. how I wish I could compal you, Hamish!" I cried. "I doa't know any way to do It I" Ha appeared to revolve tha query araaatly for a good mlauta, and then rapUed, "Troth, an' I dlnna kea that, aitaer!" 8a tor hours each day Hamish and I betook auraelvaa to aad fro over tha whole faoa of tha Island. For. though within door I waa allowed to do many things for my aiaUr. thaaa muat not -bo 1mm dlataly oanecUd. aa it ware, with, the technique of tha situation. For Jonet brooked no interference within her own pravlnca. Kata mended quickly and la a week ahe caald ba moved to tha open window in my room, which aha preferred because she waa a hla to lawk aero the water, la the dlraeUoa at tha laadlag place waara Rupaxt would take boat. by S . Each day she sat there a little longer, gating wistfully out to sea, but with more of her old, winsome hopefulness showing in her face, for abe would cooroo to the child and talk to it' by the hour. Now It waa me loveliest baby ita own father's own son! How pleased Rupert would be etle could hardly wait to show baby to hlmt Nevertheless, Hamish had gone twice to the mainland and twice returned with empty excuses the lame leg still inflamed and painful, summoned to Drumfern by urgent business, friends arrived unex pectedly to visit him before Mr. Rupert Glendonwyn came to Inch Jonet to kisi wife and child. Kate was sitting up with the babe In her arms when Rupert came In, a sweeter picture of young motherly grace than my yea had aver seen before aye, or since. "WHAT!" SHE CRIED, "NOT FROM ME; , KEEP HIM." Bhe held up the baba to be dandled, her own face to ba kissed. How could any man resist that mute appeal, that adoring glanca. Ha waa come Kate's universe was full. "Ia ho not lovely? Kiss him, Rupert!" she cried, clapping her hands to sea him hold the child gingerly aa it he would break. "Coma and sit by me, Rupert," she said. "I am strong. See, I can hold him myself. You think he will tire me. Well, you shall hava him to hold for five minutes, no more. Then you muat give him back to me. He Is so precious, you know that tils mother cannot do without him no, not for a min ute. But she will lend him to you while she counts a hundred because you are his father, but to no one else in all the world!" Rupert had perforce to alt beside bia wife, and, knowing that I waa waUaUng him, he put a strong constraint upon him self, and began to talk with aome appear ance of goodwill of tha beauty of the babe, of his own unfortunate accident, of tha slowness of Warner's cure, and especially of the terrible straits to which, if relief did not come soon, they- would be put for iconey. All the time, however, I could see Mr. Rupert growing perceptibly uneasy. He wished to have an Interview with his wife alone, in order, aa I anticipated, that he might be able to get her consent to soma arrangement disadvantageoua to her, to which be knew I would never give in. His continual referencea to the family difftcul tlea pointed that way. As also the numer ous errands which he Invented In order to get me out of the room. He put tha mat ter mora boldly when next he spoke. "Mademoiselle," he said, "will you per mit ma to hava a few minutes' private con versation alone with my wife? I hava aomething to aay to her which concerns herself and our future." Kata raised her head from the babe, la eurprlse at hla tone. "No." I said firmly, settling myself to my sewing. "I will not leave the room. Enough mischief has been done already by Kata and you having secrets from me. I have given up enough and suffered enough to give ma a right to share in any plana you may form for my alster or her child. She is still weak and. I consider, in my charge, ao long, that is, as you cannot or will not give her bar proper position la the world aa your wife. So aay what you have to say in my presence, if you please, Mr. Rupert Glendonwyn!" ''This la past bearing!" ha cried, leaping to hla feet. "Have you forgotten that you are In thla house on sufferance? You came here without being asked you stay here against our will and yet you will cot per mit me to speak tor Ave mlnutea alone with my wife!" "Very likely. It U all true." I aald. very calmly, "the last accusation certainly Is. What you have to aay to Kate you must say also to me. unless you propose to call Ha mtsh up and carry ma down atairs between you!" At this be tried another tack. "Mademoiselle," be said, softly (and when he chose no one bad a softer voice or a mora winning Way with him than Mr. Ru pert), "when people love one another they do not alwaya wlh to ahow It before all tha world" "Oh. aa to that." aald I, "I will alt by the window and turn my back I will shut my eyea, but not my ears!" Whereupon Kata laughed aloud with per fect uncencern and Joyousness. "Why, I will kiss you. Rupert." ahe aald, "before Falrlte or aaybody. Who, Indead, has a better right?" And drawing bia faca aowa between hr two palm, aha klaa4 hiia. soiling and aoddlag over te ma with a hind ot triumph. t- , -7 , - ; R .Crocictf and defiance very pretty to see. So (thought I) I have seen children brought to visit a father's grave, sporting about the grave of burled love. When 1 looked again Mr. Rupert wns standing erect by the window, frowning and gnawing his moustache. The expression on bia face waa not pleaeant or amiable. I think If he only could have slain me with any chance of safety at that moment he vculd have done It. But I sat and eewed with great calmness at the small white gar ment I was making, looking up occasionally at him. Kate was again wrapt up In her boy. "Well let us have It! Out with it!" I said at last. For I waa pleased that the game was, sa I thought, in my hands. "I will," he cried, with a quick spirit of anger, "and on your head the conse quences!" HE 13 MINE. ALL I HAVE, AND I WILL He paced up and down the room with rapid, nervous footstens. I had n.v.r ! him so moved before. His bearing was that of a man who waa wishful to save himself at any expense of sorrow and pain to others. Suddenly ha stopped, hla hands caught behind him as If to nerve himself for what ne was about to say. "I have come to take away the child," he said, "my father and I agree that It is for the beBt." Kate sprang to her feet, swift and sud den as a lioness when her cubs are threat ened. "What," she cried, "not from me? He !s mine alt I have! And I will keep him." "Kate," said Mr. Rupert gently, taking her hand, "if your alster had allowed us to speak of the matter alone I could havo showed you proved to you better than I can now. that this Is a step of the utmost necessity to us all." "Rupert." said Kate, "you can do with me what you will, but leave ma the babe. T , . . I my comiort you are so often away so mtie with me. He is all I have. And he Is growing so like you I meant to call him after you. O, I thought you would be so pleased!" And ahe sobbed upon his shoulder softly and heart-brokenly. I could see the man nerve himself up to go through with that which he bad begun. I do not think he was devil-possessed that dav -onlv (lmrrrAtltv iln. V. - i.- i. ' iu ill uuu uoen I told to do, obeying the one strong mind ' wnose lorceiuiness had been able to master and control bia. If Kate had ever possessed a tithe of the Influence over Mr. Rupert which Oregory Glendonwyn had they might have been happy together today. "My father wishes to take him away," he aald, "and the sooner it Is done the better. It Is for your own good, too, Kate, for the longer It Is put off tha more you will suffer. Besides.' any day tha retreat of the Island may bo penetrated. Moreover, to hava you discovered here would be bad enough two girls Isolated on a lonely island belonging to Mr. Gregory Glendonwyn. but a child also would be fatal. Ha will be well pro vided for, I promise you. My father hss promised to see to that." Kate stood pale as ashes, her fingers clenched upon the back of the chair on which she had been seated. I went to her, and as gently aa I could compelled her to sit down again. Then I spoke to her husband. "And pray Mr. Rupert Glendonwyn, hav ing obeyed your father and taken the babe, what do you propose to do with us?" I thought tbat the abade of shame seemed m grow aaraer on his face. J "I think." he began, "that la. my father thinks that ia, it has been decided that lu the meantime you shall remain upon the 1 Island till an opportunity be found of con I veying you to an eatata which my father ' possesses in Cumberland, where It is possi ble you may find the babe established on I your arrival. For this, however, a larger boat is reaulred than w h. v. ,, of obtaining immediately, having consid eration to the necessary privacy." Aa he spoke Kate came quite near him and looked into hla face. Her hands were claaped before her. her lips and face like marble. "God knows I would give my Ufa for you. Rupert." ahe cried, "I have always been ready to do that. I am still. But I must keep tha babe. He may aoon be all I have. You are slinnin. .. v m. I can sea that. I can feel it. I do not I think it ia your fault, but that of your I father, who hates me. If ha hate ma be j would bate the child also I know he j would. And ao I cannot give him up even to you I caanat and I will not. You will have to kill ma first, Rupert!" I And ska stooped to th lltUa bit) ba- CHAPTER XXI. Anility of Marriage. That was one interview which aerved to shake the foundation of my darling's reason, thank God, only for a time. The other I shall relate more briefly. For It Is as useless as It Is painful to dwell on these attempts of wicked and weak men to sacrifice the Innocent over the graves of their own sins. That which Rupert the son had been unable to effect by persuasion, Gregory, the father, came some time after to carry out by sterner means. It was that day In lata November to which and the night that fol lowed It, so many referencea have been made In this history. When I saw Mr. Olendonwyn disembark with Mr. Surgeon Warner, I knew that the battle so long imminent must now be fought to a finish. And I do not think that I was very sorry. These Glendonwyn, with their pitl ful shifts and their pride in tha wrong p'sce, their willingness to sacrifice all for their great name the woman who loved them, the woman who had aided them, the babe that had been born to them, stirred every bit of combattvenesa in me. Of course I expect John, who, though he bore the name, was as different from the others aa God'a gospel is from the devil's lie. But our assailants did not appear to be In any haste to begin operations. Indeed I grew to wonder whether there waa to be any direct attack that day or no, and to dread their proffered gifts more than their openest enmity. It was already afternoon before Mr. Glendonwyn opened hla batteries. Kate waa sitting with the child in her arms, llent mostly, or lifting the babe In her strong arms that she might tell him for the hundredth time how surpassing lovely he was. Mr. Glendonwyn hsd seated himself at the table with a largo pocketbook full of papers, which be presently spread out be fore him and studied intently. Warner had brought a book from the library, which he was pretending to read. "Now for it," I thought, "how I wish John were here to help me!" Quite abruptly Mr. Olendonwyn turned to Kate, who started violently as ba ad dressed her. " "Madam," be said, "I am aware that upon a certain date of January of this present year my son, Rupert, foolishly and without my knowledge went through a form of mar rlage with you. Into the legality or ille gality of that ceremony I shall not enter. It Is sufficient that the fact cannot now be proved In any court of law" "But the witnesses tha minister?" I cried. Indignantly; "I myself was pres ent!" "The first Is dead," said Mr. Glendonwyn gravely, "the second (here ho turned toward the surgeon, who bowed silently) will not, I think, be able to give such evi dence as would tend to establish your sister's claim. There remains yourself, Miss Falrlle and, I believe, a certain cer tificate of the form of marriage gone through between my son and your alster, written in the hand of the barrack's chap Iain, who officiated or pretended to offi cial." "I will certainly not keep silent tor a day," I cried; "my sister was as truly married aa any woman as your own mother, Mr. Glendonwyn!" Mr. Glendonwyn made a little Imnatlent movement with his hand. "I think," he went on, "if you will do me the favor to glvo mo your attention, that I can show you some good reaaona why you should either deliver that certificate Into my hands or. burn it before my eyes; and. secondly, why your sister and your aelf should sign a paper which I have here, renouncing all claims on her own account or on that of her child to any properties which might accrue to them from such a marriage, supposing that Its legality were unquestioned." "I shall be glad to hear your reasons," I aald; "they must be grave indeed to Justify us In taking such a step." "They are of the gravest or I should not be here today in the attitude of a suppliant," said be. with a kind of mock humility. "Briefly, then, they are three. First, if our requests are not complied with and my son declared free to marry, Rupert will go to prison as a forger, I as an embezzler. Again, I have legal opinion that in the absence of witnesses In your favor, the quasi certificate, a purely In formal document. Is -quite valueless; and. thirdly, which may Influence you most. If our demsnds are not complied with Dr. Warner and I Intend to take with ua the child which has been the issue of my son's unfortunate mesalliance." , He had hardly the words out of his mouth when Kate waa on her feet, breath ing deeply and fiercely, her head thrown a little forward and her splendid hair fall ing in disorder about her neck. With a single motion ot her hands abe pushed back the chair and stood with clasped Angers and flashing eyes between the men and the babe. "You shall not you csnnot take my child!" ahe cried. "You only do thla to frighten me, I know. I will call for help. I will strike you dead with my hands. Falrlle Hamish Jonet help me! They are going to take him away to take my little child from me. Oh, no no no!" I had risen and gone across to her, but with one hand she put me essily aside. She waa wonderfully strong. She held out the other with a paper in It. "There." she cried, "take It! Read It! Burn it! I desire never to see it again! Or him either. Ha has sent you to take my boy away from me. See, I a 111 burn It my aelf before your eyes." And before anyone could stop her she had thrown the psper Into the fire and stamped It down with her heel. It flamed up mo mentarily in the bright bias of the pine branches, and aa it crumbled Into black ash I could see a new expression come Into Gregory Glendonwyn' eyes. When next he spoke It waa with quite a new tone of au thority. "So far, good," be aald; "and now, madam. I must bava your signatures to this document also. After that I will leav you la peace. It goes to hla heart to be jr Docs One It is a well-known tact among the medical profession that baldness in seventy-five per cent of the cases brought to their attention is caused by dandruff. . 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And he pushed across to me a paper which set forth "tbat In consideration of an annual payment of . 300, Kate or Catherine Glendenntng, daughter ot David Glendennlng of Boatcraft, In the parish of Gower, was to bind herself to renounce all claims and rights ensuing from any Irregu lar or apparent marriage between herself and Rupert Glendonwyn, younger of Castle Gower, and to declare that she was not legally married to the aforeaald Rupert." All in a moment the possibility ot meet ing stratagem with stratagem flashed upon me. I knew, of course, that the paper Kate had burned was not the orlgnal certificate which the minister bad written and which Warner and I had witnessed. I had the best possible reasons for my knowledge. In fact I bad carefully copied It out upon paper of a similar quality, Imitating the signature as beet I could. I had doue this as soon as Kate and I came back from our first carriage Jaunt together. I had then put the original with all my parchments and certificates in a sealed envelope in the little safe wherein my father kept his moneys, his papers, his plans and his draw ings. I marked tha outside "Falrile's cer tificatesSchool!" And I knew that It would rest there till the day ot doom safe and In tact. For this reason alone I bad permitted Kate to carry the copy about with her which otherwise would hava been a foolish and fatal thing to do. In days when Mr. Rupert's word was her law, and when, if he had asked it of her, she would have given him the very head off her shoulder to do him pleasure. So, with this knowledge, and believing also that a marriage la a marriage, and no paper renouncing It of any legal value though algned by either or both parties I whispered to Kate thst, for the sake of peace, it would be well that she should sign th document. "And If I do, no one will tak away my child?" she cried. For that was ever upper moat in her mind. After I had given her this advice Greg ory Glendonwyn aurveyed me all over with hla deep-pterclrgj gray eye, as If to make out bow much I knew. But I continued to sew tranquilly, and bore his chilly inspec tion to all appearance stolidly enough. Kata accordingly signed the paper with out troubling to read It. For since baby chanced to require apecial attention at the moment, what were papers to her whose very life was at the service of those whom she loved that Is, ot the Ruperts Glen donwyn, elder and younger. And I be lieve. In a leaser degree, also of me, her sister. As before. Surgeon Warner and I formally witnessed the transaction, which, I admit, caused ma no little aecret satis faction, remembering two similar signa tures adhibited to another document locked up In the little aafa along with drawing of farm carts snd plans ot greenhouses. Even if Kata could sign away her own rlghta what about those of this clamor ous young gentleman whom bis mother waa Just now enveloping with the help of numerous safety pins, till he looked like a cocoon through which a llttl rubicund-faced silk worm has Just be gun to eat Its way. "Now," aaid Gregory Glendonwyn, pushing a thick envelope over to Kata, "be good enough to sign a receipt for that. There la a form lncloaed. You will not, however, need the money till such time aa you are landed at some Cumberland port or wherever we decide that It will be best for you to settle." Kata looked helpleasly over at ma for Instructions. Bo I counted th notes, which wer upon the bank of England and amounted to 150, glanced at the form of receipt and ahowed my alster where to write her name. "Write 'Kate Glendennlng!" aald Greg, ory, who waa watching us closely. "Yes, writs your maiden name, dear!" I whispered. For I remembered John one telling ma tbat down to a very recent data it was ths custom In Scotland for married women to aign their maiden names, even to legal documents. 80 no harm could cam of tbat. Thla being done, Gregory Glendonwyn and Surgeon Warner gathered their papers Thing and Docs It Well. ALL DEALERS--APPLIED BY 11 .1 - and went out together without any leave-taking.- It was with a smile that I thought that, though at present we could not get out of the .island, it would be a very faraway port, Indeed, which would prevent me com municating with my father and John. Nor did I feel the least remorse for the part I had played. Our enemies were try ing to hoodwink and outwit us. I held it no aln, therefore, to overlook their cards as much as I could. CHAPTER XXII. The Tower Chamber. No sooner had the latrd ot Castle Gower and his satellite betaken themselves out, than Kate sprang to her feet with swift, tigerish energy. "Come, sister," she said. In a low hushed whisper, "quick let us get away. They have come to take baby from me. I saw it In their eyes all the time. Why elae did Rupert's father bring the doctor to help him? They want to steal my boy away! Perhaps to kill him at least to take him away where I shall never see him again." And she proceeded to roll up her work and make a bundle of several things which the baby might require, as if she would leave the house Immediately. I had, therefore, to get her away Into her own room, where I Impressed upon her bow Impossible It would be for us to lesve the island in broad daylight with three men all on the lookout, carrying a baby, and the available boats all locked in the boathouse. Kate listened without speaking. She seemed to be taking in what I said, but I perceived a strange lack-luster deadness in her eyes. "I must go to him," I heard her wbiaper more than once, "he will surely protect his own. It is his father who has set him on to this. He is good be la kind he loves me!" I did not hear all thia at one time, but in snatches as I went to and from, con triving work to keep me near my sister. "But all her excitement of the afternoon paled before what was to come, when about 4 o'clock in the afternoon Hamlnh entered by the great door in evident baste. He went into the back parte to see old Jonet and there unseen and, of course, unheard by ua, conversed in signs with bis dumb wife. It was not long before the two ot them came up to our room the little bed room with the window upon the sea, which I had chosen for myself when first we came. Then Hamish without any preliminary In formed us tbat "Ta gentlemen would not be crossln' fn the boat that nlcht. but would be stoppln' ower till the mornin'." Accordingly he desired Kate and myself to change Into the pair of communicating rooms which gave upon the court yard, while, as be said, "him and Jonet would mak' up ahak-doons for to gentlemen" In my little chamber. It seemed a thing natural enough, for it was late, the wind was rising and ther was every prospect of a storm. But who was to convince our frightened Kate of that? She leaped up at the word. "No no." he cried, "I will not leava this room. I will not go Into the other chambers. I will not be parted from my boy. Let them go Into the front rooms it they like. W will all three stay here together. See, tvere Is a lock upon the door. Falrlle. you and I will lock our selves In. I will sit up all night. They want to take my darling from me. But they shall not no, they shall not!" I had to quiet her aa beat I could, at th rame time explaining to Hamish tbat the gentlemen could have the other two rooms but that Kate and I would remain where we were. "Aa ye like, mem," said Hamlah. "There's nae objection tbat I ken o' why ya ahouldna sleep in the meat safe gin ye want to. Dell bite me, but there's nae end to weeman's vagaries!" Hamish went out, and tha moment he was gone Kate threw herself upon tha door, locked and barred it, and began to drag a heavy cheat of drawer Into place across It. I assured her that there waa no danger, and succeeded for tha time being in per suading ber ta restore th chest of drawers I ALL BARBERS. to Us place. But I could see that so fat as her suspicions were concerned the mis chief was done. However, for the time being I seemed to convince her, and to have made good my point. She even took little Rupert in her arms and went with me down to the sitting room, where a bright fire was lighted. We had the room to ourselves till supper time, when Mr. Glendonwyn came in, and with the greatest politeness proposed that wa should all sup together. As soon as she heard bis foot come to ward the door, I could see Kate clutch her child so tightly that the youthful Rupert promptly objected and sent far and wide a lusty proteststlon. But when Mr. Glen donwyn came In, Kate met him smiling. There waa Indeed (as I remember now) a strange fixity In her smile, and she said but little. Indeed, I do not remember much of what passed at table, save that there was a great deal of talk. I heard the worda come out and go. I noted the expression of Interest or In difference on the face of the laird ot Castle Gower. But somehow before the meal was over a curious warm tingling drowsiness stole over me I knew not whence or why. I had only time to warn Kata that I must go at once to our room. I dared not even wait for her to gather the various prop erties, infantile and Invalid, which she had brought with ber. I could only seize the taby, say "Good night" in some fashion and, stumble upstairs. But ere I closed the door I seemed to see an expression of In telligence pass from one to the other of our guests In the house ot Inch Jonet. As to this, however, I own myself uncertain. I remember locking the door. Then, after an Interval which seemed In terminable, there came a knocking, again and again repeated. Kata went trembling, and, after some parley, opened the door. It was Hamish who stood without, with a folded paper, which Kate took Into ber hands. Then ahe locked, aa it seemed to my dizzy brain, very many doors, and brought me the little sheet of white with a frown upon her brow. "Tell me what It means!" she said, as if she were tot able to understand. I was lying on the bed as I bad flung myself down, w ithout undressing. I took the paper out of her hand. I saw the writing, Mr. Oregory Glendonwyn' beautiful round band, but, curiously enough, though the Individual words and letters stood out like type, the meaning of the whole wavered to and fro before me, dim aa a shadow on the wall. Mine eyes ssw, Indeed, but between them and my brain there swept that blurring, hurrying mist. I knew no more. (To Be Continued.) 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