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RETRIBUTION.
JJY "THE DUTCHESS."
CHAPTER XIX.
Time, In so far ns it brings tlicm to tho
next ovenltin, 1ms not tokl. Tho secret
still lies within Us ancient breast It lias
not yet disburdened Itself, nor declared
aught that might heal tho anxiety that
rages in tho flighty, but kindly, heart of
Millicent Grey.
Twenty times during tho day she had
approached Nadlno with n determination
to lire- olT all sorts of point blank batter
ies meant to take the girl by storm and
twenty times she had been driven back,
routed with great slaughter by tho inno
cence of Nadtno's lovely eyes. No) she
could not n9lc a question that would
make her friend unhappy, uneasy, dis
trustful of tho man whom, If she did not
love, sue nau ai least elected to marry.
Bo tho day wore on, and eventide camo
and died, and now night Is on them, and
once again Nadlno is standing before her
glass mirror that reaches from celling
to floor regarding with anxious gaze
the lovely form that gazes back at her.
Once more she would bo beantlfiill
Onco more Bhe would be pleasant in his
ej'es. Ulsl In comparison with whom all
tho world is poor.
To-night her gown is blue. A palo elec
tric blue, that throws Into purer promin
ence the startling fairness of her neck and
arms. She Is lingering now, touching
her dress here, and moving n flower
there, debating nil tho while what orna
ment shall have tho honor of lying on
her pretty bosom.
Soino vague sense of evil had warned
her against tho cross. No, sho would not
wear that. It had distressed dear Lady
Valworth, had whitened her face and
mado her kind Hps stern; some old mem
ory, sad and angry, had been brought to
mind by it. Not only that lirst time when
she had given way to an exclamation,
but again that second tlmo when he
Maurice Mr. Durnn had led her up to
where sho stood, Lady Valworth had
seemed pained, sad, cold, unable to give
her tho kindly smile that, up to the
wearing of that luckless cross, had ever
greeted her. No; certainly sho will not
wear it but
There is the sapphire pendant. That
lovely, sparkling thing that Paul, too,
had given her, and that as yet has never
graced her neck. True, ho had warned
her not to wear either it or tho cross in
common 1 lie had got them through his
business in some strange wny he had
failed to explain. They wore valuable)
too vnluablo to be worn publicly as yet,
until ho hud made his fortune and hers.
Too valuable to be worn at Mrs,, Brand's,
for example. He had, indeed, mado
her give her promise not "to wear them at
Mrs. Brand's, and she had faithfully kept
that promise.
But therol He had not surely calcu
lated on the fact that she would over be
here in such a house as this. If he had
known, ho would have been the first to
tell her to mako herself look as charm
ing as was possible to her. Ho would
have had her no whit behind the rest.
The very fact that she does not love him
has made her the more particular in the
matter of obeying him, and now a little
pang shoots across her heart as she won
ders whether sho had been deaf to his
desires, when she hung that diamond
cross last night around her neck. Cer
tainly It had brought her no delight
no luck. It had hurt Lady Valworth, her
kind friend. It had hurt Duran, too, in
some odd way. She could not tell how
exactly, but ho had asked her one or two
questions about it, and had refrained
from praiso of it, even when she laid it in
his palm for inspection.
No; not tho cross. The sapphire pend
ant, rather. Sho lifts it from Its case,
and raises her arms abovo her head and
clasps it round her neck. As she sees it
glittering upon her lovely skin, she
smiles softly to herself, and bends for
ward full of girlish delight at tlie beauty
of it, and tells herself that Lady Val
worth will bo pleased to seo her thus
bedecked out to do honor to the homo
coming of her son, Capt. Boyle tills
dearly loved son, who, to Nadine, is as yet
unknown, but of whom she ha3 heard so
much.
With a last lingering glance at the
mirror, that gives her back her charms so
truly, she leaves the room. As yet it is
early for the arrival of guebts, and as she
enters tho huge ball room she finds it al
most deserted. Tho llddlcrs are tuning
their instruments in u monotonous lugu
brious way, and one or two people are
laughing at tho lower end of the room.
Tho lights as yet are dim, and Nadine can
seucely 'see them. She walks quickly
in their direction, her heart beating
gladly with it sense of youth and joy, that
no misery lu tho future has power to kill.
Ah sho draws nearer the laughter she can
seo that her two or three have developed
Into a group. Duran is here, and Gerohl
Massareene; Mrs. Brand and Millicent.
As Nadlno comes up to them some of
the servants turn up tho lights to the
fullest, and quite a glow of brightness is
flung upon tho room. Duran steps for
ward to greet Nadine. IIo says nothing
to her, but only holds ont his hand as if
in welcome In reality, the' soft sweet
beauty of her has entered into him and
stricken him dumb. The lamps are shin
ing upon her starry eyes, her red parted
lips, her face so like a flower. Th
dainty, shy glance, that half bespeaks
tho praise and hulf decries it; the lovely
klssablo mouth, that would fain say,
"Am I not good to look at, dear, my
lovef" yet dreads to say it; the bent, yet
proud llttlo head, tho tender, longing
bmllc, all appeal to him. His hand closes
upon hers. She is his at this moment,
whatever other fbrlorn times the years
may hold for him and her, and with tho
eager hand clasp he leads her forward to
where tho lamps shine clearest to where
nil may seo how fair his love can be.
Ho turns to make some gay remark to
Millicent, still holding Nodine's hand,
but a glance at Miss Grey's face checks
him. Sho ha3 grown positively livid.
$hewas full of laughter Just a minute
ago, but now mirth bus dfed from her and
her lips are all set and stern, her color
ghastly,
"Tnke her away any where Into the
next room," Bhe says In a ton of sup
pressed but passionate command to Du
ran. There is no need for him to ask to
Whom sho alludes her eyes are riveted
upon Nadine's neck, where the sapphire
pendant Is resting calmly, Rurap, who
la a man quick to understand, scenting
danger in tho air for her he loves draws
Nadine aside and presently takes her out
of the room. A little too late, however.
Mrs. Brand too hud seen and recognized
tho sapphires I
The guebts have all arrived, the ball Is
at its height. Vet still tho hero of It is
absent. There is, however, o midnight
train that will in all probability bring
him.
"It must. He has never failed me yet,"
says Lady Valworth, with a rathor wan
smile, who fs feeling hurt and disap
pointed. Millicent, who has been going about with
a nervous distressed air til the night has
been regarded as u model fiancee by all
her world. Plainly, sho is fretting for
her recreant lover, She has moro feeling
than they had given Iter credit for, Sho
js not the heaiticss, soulless creature they
had imagtncdl Vpt her thoughts havo
novcr wandered to Grnnit they havo
teen centered on tho pretty, happy crea
ture, who, with the stolen tapphlres
lying un her boom, has been blissfully
unconscious pf the gathering fctorm that
is so soon to break upon her,
puran hat) made it a first pare to learn
the cause ot Miss Grey's desire to get rid
of Nadlno its soon ns her glance fell upon
her In the ball room, 'What he had been
told slnco ly Millicent had led him at onco
to 11 knowledge of the truth, lie was al
ready awuro of tho suspicion about the
diamond cross worn by Nadine the night
before. It Is now Impossible to him to
disbelieve but that this lover of Nadlno'u
this Paul Annerley hud something to
do with the robberies both ot the dia
monds from Vulworth, and the famous
sapphires from Park lane. It this be
truel If this bo proredl Ho Is angry
with himself for tho wild thrill nf Joy
that rushes through every pulse, ns this
thought suggests Itself nnd tnkes root
within his breast. If It provo truol
Why then Nadlno will bo freol This
man, Annerley, will bo compelled to fly
from tho faco of tho law, and sho will be
left behind for him Durnn and for
love I
But then the shamo to herl The
awakening to the sorrow of her lover's
Infamy. Sooner or Inter it must bo told
to her, but should tho task bo left to rudo
tongues who had no love for herf A
thousand times no. Bo tho man falsely
suspected, or bo he in reality tho ono
who has stolen the Jewels, it Is impossi
ble thnt Nadlno should be left to learn of
tho suspicion resting upon him from
strangers. He will toll her.
He has led her Into a small conserva
tory leading off tho tea room, which,
being rather public, has been deserted
by thoso desirous of uttering or hearing
tender passages. Tho upper end of it,
overlooking In davtlmo a garden be
neath, is qutto removed from tho gazo of
thoso in tho room outside, and Durnn, ns
Nadlno sinks upon n low' couch, seats
himself beside her.
A dim lamp, shaded to n subdued pink,
sheds a warm but indistinct light
nround. Tho perfumo of the dying roses
fills the air. From far away tho muslo
comes to them rising, fnlllng, swelling,
fnlntlng, until nil tho night seems full
of It.
Nadlno, stooping toward him, lays her
hand on his.
"You are troubled?" sho says, softly.
"I can seo it In your eyes. Something is
mnking you sorry."
Her eyes, deep and brilliant ns stars,
nro looking mournfully Into his. Ho
possesses himself of tho hand she hns
held out to him, bellcvlnghlm in trouble,
nnd holds It fast.
"It is true. There is perplexity in my
heart, and n suspicion of coming sorrow,
but it Is for you." he answers, gently.
"For mol' A little startled look creeps
Into her lovely face.
"Tell me tell mo oxnetly, says Durnn,
leaning forward so that he can seo her
face moro clearly; "tell mo, for your own
sake, how you became tho possessor of
that .sapphire heart that lies upon your
neck.
"What a strange question," cries she,
paling. "It was given me it was a pres
ent from Paul Annerley.
"And tho diamond cross you wore last
night he gave you that also?
"Yes; ho gnvo mo both. She has grown
very white, and her largo eyes nro filled
with a painful uncertainty. "Why do
you question me about them?" Bho says.
"Is it strange thnt I should havo such
pretty things? I did not want them I
do not enre for them. But why is it
strange?"
"The strangeness does not Ho in your
having them," returns Durnn, still hold
ing her hand fast, though she had tried
to take it from him. "It lies in tho fact
that this Paul Annerley gave them to
yon."
"Where did he get them?"
"Ahl explain yourself I" Implores she,
rising to her feet nnd drawing back from
him. "Your face, your voice, betray
you I Thero Is fcor.iethlng terrible yet to
be said. Say Itl"
"There is this," says Duran, rising nlso.
"The diamond cross yon wore last night
wps stolen from Lady Valworth; the sap
phires you wear to-night are part of the
tepphlre set that was taken from Miss
Grey in Park lane!"
CHAPTER XX.
A silence, intense, horror stricken, fol
lows on his words. Miss Roche hns fallen
back from him, nnd is now leaning
against the wnll, with her hands clasped
upon her bosom, and her eyes, lnrge and
affrighted, fixed on his.
"Stolen!" she says, the words coming
with difficulty through her white Hps.
"Do they think I stolo them?" She
shrinks backward against tho wnll as
though the would fain sink through it,
and so disappear forever.
"Oh, nol Good heavens! No!" re
plies he, shocked. "But this man An
nerley. It is essential thnt he should be
found and compelled to say where he got
them. You say you don't know Ills nd'
dress, but surely it mny be discovered."
"Have they been thinking that?" says
Nadine, heedless of his Inst words,
"And you, have you, too" She
breaks off as though the power to go on
is lost to her. Her blanched face terri
fles him.
"My darling! Don't look at me Hko
that. Nadlno! Who is accusing you?
Who suspects you? He reasonable."
"Lady Valworth suspects me. I seo It
all now, though I did not understand be
fore why she was so cold to mo all to-day.
She thinks most cruelly, most unjustly
of me. Ohl wlint snail 1 do? '
"Nothing now. To-morrow you must
give us any help you can toward finding
Mr. Annerley, No doubt," with a quick
contraction of tho brows," he will be
able to explain to us lu a satisfactory
manner how these Jewels came into his
possession."
"What n terrible situation," says Na
dine, faintly. She covers her eyes with
her hands, jyf I had only obeyed him.
If I had followed his injunctions not to
wear these fatal ornaments."
"He advised you not to wear them?"
Duran's voice is sharp and keen.
"Yes. But only because he believed
them too handsome for me, Just now,
when we were both poor. Afterward,
he said, when ho had mado his fortune,
they would suit me well."
"Did It not strike! you that it was
strange for a man calling himself poor to
be able ta purchase suchostly things?"
"I did not think, I seldom thought of
him." Her tone is low and self reproach
ful. "How strong is fate," she says
presently. "To drive mo here to com
pel me to wear what I had never worn
before. But I am not regretful," cries
she, suddenly, with a touch of vehe
mence, "He will be able to explain, of
course. And now Lady Valworth and
Millicent will get back their own."
She tears off the sapphire ornament
and throws It Into Duran's palm with a
ihudder,
"I must pee Lady Valwprth, I must
ipoak with her," exclaims Nftdlnc,
tngerly. Her cheeks nro burning, her
hands tremulous,
"Wait until to-morrow,"
"I shall not wait another moment, I
cannot live with this weight upon my
heart." She presses her hands convul
sively against her breast, "Take me to
her," sho implores, faintly,
Seeing the exclter'nt that Is betraying
Itself (q glance nnd gesture, Durnn draws
her hand through his arm and leads her
from the conservatory. The tea room Is
now deserted, and they pass Into tho hall
without encountering anybody. Mid
night chimes from some distant tower,
the solemn sound breaking even through
the light sparkling dance music that
comes from the ball room on their left
and that swells and rings through the
house.
"The Inst train Is in, I am afraid Lady
Valworth will be taken up with her bon.
He hns surely arrived, or is on ho point
of urrivlng," says Duran to his compan
ion in ft low tone, '(Nevertheless, wp
Will try (f It bo possible to seo her alone
for even a few minutes,"
A servant gives them the Information
that her ladyship has just passed Into
the library in momentary expectation of
Capt. Uoylo's nrrlrul, There they find
her with Millicent; whom M10 has cn
treated to stay with her, anil Sir Thomas,
Ai Nadine and Duran enter Sir Thomas
Is expostulating n llttlu pn his wife's
desertion of her guests,
"It will be but for a little while, a few
moments," returns she eagerly, "Ha
must, ho will come by this train; and
Clarissa" (Mrs, Brand) "has taken my
place, I shall pot bo missed for halt 1111
hour, aud ho is sure to como straight
hero,"
She looks up rather Impatiently as Na
dine comes Into tho room. Tho girl Is
white as death aud trembling with agita
tion. Going up to Lady Valworth, sho
lays the sapphire pendant upon the table
near her,
"Lady Vulworth," she bays gently, her
volco low and earnest, "it Is only just
now that I have heard from Mr, Duran
alMUt this," soiutlrui to tho bapphlrcB.
"Ana your diamond cross it is upstairs
you shall havo It in n few moments.
But what I want to say Is Is" Sho
falters. It Is evident In her excitement
she has forgotten whnt It was sho had ar
ranged to say, "I knew nothing of It,"
sho breaks nut at Inst pitifully, her largo
eyes llxcd with mournful entreaty upon
Ldtciy vaiwortn.
That kind worann Is touched to tho
quick. Indeed, sho lmd never suspected
Unulno or being anything but n victim In
the matter, although her perplexity dur
ing the dny hnd led her Into n coldness of
manner that the girl had misconstrued.
"My dear child, whnt n miserable idea
for you to get into your head, I" she
cries, kindly. "Come, now, I will hnvo
only happy faces round mo to-night,
when my son Is expected. It is his birth
night, as you know; wo must glvo him
only smiles. As for our lost Jewels, to
morrow yon will give mo any Information
you can, and probably you will be the
ono to restore them to me."
She pressed Nndlno's hand kindly.
"You should not hnvo told her to
night!" exclaims uHlllcont, looking re
proachfully nt Duran.
"Oh, it is better so much better,"
says Nadlno. "It would havo been hor
rible to wear thnt stolen urnnment a mo
ment longer."
At this moment the door Is thrown
wldo open, nnd a tall mnn enters tho
room. Lady Valworth, with a little cry,
rushes forwnrd to greet him. Sho has
forgotten everything, except thnt this is
hor son, and thnt ho hns returned to her.
But a movement on Nndlno's pnrt
checks her. The girl, too, after an In
stant's stunned surprise, hns taken a few
steps forwnrd nnd thrown out her nrms
in the direction of tho new comer.
"Why! There ho isl Thero he Is him
self!" she cries in a clear voice, touched
by excitement. ' 'Now ho is come, he will
explain nil I"
"Hoi What should he have to ex
plain?" demands Lady Valworth, stop
ping short nnd fixing n stern glance upon
her.
"Ho will tell yon how he got the dia
monds, the sapphires, that ho gavo mol"
returns Nadine eagerly, her eyes brilliant,
her Hps apart.
Some color hns risen to her face.
"What farce is this you would play,
girl?" exclaims Lady Valworth, In a low
but tcrrlblo tone.
"That" pointing to whero tho tall
figuro stands in tho doorway "is my bon
Granit Boylel"
"Madame! that Is Paul Annerley!"
CHAPTER XXI.
Grnnlt Boyle, his faco absolutely livid,
comes straight into tho center of the
room. The glaring chandelier betrays the
deadly pallor of his face, tho cold gleam
In his eyes. He has hnd sufficient time,
during the troubled words that passed
betwen his mother and Nadine, to under
stand that the gnmo has been played out
and lost. He might still deny, give oath on
oath, put all to the touc'i, nnd defy actual
discovery; but to what end? Who would
bcllevo him innocent among those with
whom ho cares to associate, even should
the law absolve him? In tho fH tire the
fate of tho outcast, the leper, should be his.
She would be the chief witness for the
prosecutions she, with herboft voice, her
pure eyes! What chnnce would he have
against her, even though jtulgo nnd jury
acquit him? His world would believe In
her. And it is this same voice thnt has
betrayed him the dearest volte tin earth
to him!
He goes slowly up to the girl who has
ruined him and lays his hand upon her
shoulder. For tho moment It teems ho
has forgotten that there is any ono in tho
world but her.
"You! you here?" ho says.
Thero is immeasurable surpriso but no
anger in his tone; his glance dwell" upon
her Hngeringly, tenderly ns c cr. Hu is
lost in one of the old dreams. It is his
last.
"Tell them," entreats Nadlno eagerly.
"They have been imagining dreadful
things. I told them you were returning
to England soon, but I did not know it
would be to-night. Paul, let them know
at once at once how those stones camo
Into your possession."
In her extreme anxiety, sho lays her
hand upon his urm. Buranmakes a move
ment towurd her, but Massareene, by
n gesture, stops him,
"You still believe in me, then?" says
Boyle, in a curious tone. "Y'ou havo had
faith all through? Y'ou havo never under
stood?" "I do not understand now," cries tho
girl nervously. "Oh what Is this?" She
shrinks ftom him and presses her hand
against her heart. "Why do you not
speak?" she cries again nffrlghtedly.
"One word will reassure me. Yet you
are silent. How pale you aro What hor
rible thing am I to learn? Lady Valworth
has called you her sou. Oh surely that
is"
"Madness on tho part of Lady Val
worth," interruts he, with u short lnugh.
"Todlsown me would have been her wiser
plan."
"What is this yon say?" cries Nadine,
in n low voice, faint, horrified. "Y'ou do
not deny that you are Grant Boyle?"
"No."
"You are not, then, Paul Annerley?"
"That's true."
Nadine staggers back from him, and
presses her hands to her forehead as it in
pain.
"And whnt of this, sir?" demands Sir
Thomas, coming forward.
He has lost all his pompousucss, his
magisterial air has deserted him, Ho looks
old, distressed, shocked, Every now and
then he glances back to where his wife is
sitting, with her nrms thrown upon the
tablo near her and her heud lying hum
bled upon them. Ho has taken up tho
sapphire pendant, and holds It out to
Granit Boylo upon a shaking palm.
"You did you give this to Miss
Roche?"
"Miss Rocho hns said so."
Tho tono is contemptuous; the glance
that accompanies it rather moro so
"And Lady Val worth's diamond cross
that this young lady wore last night?"
Sir Thomas' voice is even moro tremu
lous now. Ho would gladly have spared
"my lady" (us ho always fondly calls her)
this; but it is better tho truth should bo
at once known, if possible.
"I gavo that also to Miss Roche."
Thero Is a pause, startling because of
the intensity of tho sllcnco that masks it.
It is broken at last by Granit. He bursts
Into laughter light, reckless, defiant,
"Tho game is up," he says. "Mils
liocho has forged tho first Unk ot the
chain of evldeuco against mo; the rest
Bhould be easily mado. I shall savo you
all trouble by giving you the exact facts
gratis. I took the diamonds. I took also
the sapphires. Ha! my pretty cousin!"
turning his hnmUomc head to where Mil
licent is standing, nnd laughing gayly.
"As often as you acted with mo in private
theatricals, you little guessed how well I
could sustain a putt, even a difficult one,
If I threw my whole will Into it. I must
apologize to you for that handkerchief,
by tho way, I could hnvo wisheil it were
a finer one; but an actor must be perfect
even in the minor details, aud a burglar
ehould not bo acquainted with cambric,"
Hero Massarecno mukes a dash forward,
but Is restrained by Puran,
"Let us hear him out," entreats tho lat
ter wisely,
"Don't waste your superfluous energy
on me, Mnssareene," says Boyle, lightly.
"I'm not good enough,"
"Keep it Aud after all I am hardly a
rival. My charming cousin cared for mo
ns I cared for her, J had no Intention
whatsoever of depriving you of her,"
"You aro n damned scoundrel" says
Massareene, lllngltig off Durnn, and ad
vancing to Boyle, his faco whlto with rage,
"Beyond doubt" replies the other, with
shrug.
"Stand back, GeraM. Why should you
bandy words with bucIi as him?" says Miss
Grey, In n cold, huughty tone. A step
places her between the two men.
"So, blri" bho says, addressing Granit,
"while holding openly to your engagement
with mo, and declaring It loudly to the
world, you were carrying on an Intrigue
under a fulso name of which this girl
was to bo tho victim!"
"Fnrfrum itl" replies her cousin coolly,
"You were to be the victiml I had no
1 Intention whatsoever olrnprrylng you, 1
1887.
had t have overy internum ot marrying
Miss Itochel"
Nadlno starts violently.
Quick to sea nnd Judge, he notices her
emotion, nnd turns to hor.
"I hnvo your promise," he goes on In a
low tone full of menning; then again lots
his glance fall upon Sir Thomas.
"Well, how Is it to be?" he asked rock
lcssly. "On which count am I to be first
arralgued? The diamonds? Ismymother
to be tho first to cast a stone? It is only
Just! Scnloros prlores."
Lady Valworth lifts her head from her
arms and looks at him. Thoso who see
her face nover afterward forget how It
was then. The agony, the despair, the
deadly cold ot it, all burn themselves Into
tho memory I
"Oh, Grnnitl Granltl Granitl"
Tho mournful cry rises and rings
through tho room. It is a cry from a
broken heart !
Sllenco follows on it.
Tho gray head has again fallen forward
upon tho outstretched nrms.
If the son Is moved by this evidence ot
the cruelty of his mother's grief, he gives
no sign of It. With n face marblo Indeed,
and quite colorless, nnd therefore impas
sive, ho waits to receive an answer to his
question from Sir Thomas.
'!: itepfathcr, now utterly unnerved,
motions to h'm to leave tho room.
"Prosecution Is Impossible," ho says
hurriedly. "All that is left you is to quit
this house and this country with as little
delay as possible This is tho only kind
ness you can show her."
Ho points to the motionless figure of his
wife.
"A kindness thnt will cost mo llttlo,"
replies tho young mnn with a callous
smile. "Already my plans nro arranged
to leave England for a foreign soil,
nover, I hope, to return to It. On the
twenty-fourth Nadine and I sail for
Canada."
Nadine recoils from him.
"You must be mad," bIio says. "Why
do you now link your nnmo with mine?"
"It is premature certainly. But on the
twenty-third It will bo linked with mine
foreverl"
"Oh, nol"
"This llttlo affair has affrighted you?"
says Boyle, with a dark glance. "In a
distant land, under different circum
stances, you will readily forget it."
"Forget this night?"
"And nil, and overy ono bolonging to
It."
"You hope too much."
"This hope is my lifel It shall not be
too much! Y'ou shrink now; your
woman's heart falls you; but in the time
to come there will bo no room for regret.
Joy shall illl your days. Come, take cour
age." "Not for such cause as this."
"A truce to folly!" cries he, with a flash
of passion. "I tell you you are mine, and
shall follow me where I go. Have you
forgotten your oath, your promise?"
"That promiso was given to Paul An
nerley," returns sho firmly.
"That promise was given to me I To
me do yon hear? whether my name be
Granit Boyle, or Paul Annerley, or the
devil! Cornel" Going nearer to her, he
grasps her hand, "I cannot speak to you
with all these gaping fools around; come
to some other room."
Ho drags her toward the door, not
brutally, but with determination. Duran,
going quickly up, by a sudden sharp
wrench delivers her from him. He would
perhaps have done more, but that Nadine's
agonized glance of entreaty restrains him.
This glance fortunately Boyle fails to see.
"Who nro you to dare to Interfere?" he
cries savagely, glancing at Duran.
"Keep back! This matter is between
xne anil Miss Roche."
Ills gaze returns to Nadine, and again
it rests upon her, his crime, his ruin, his
coming exile!
"Nadine!" he says, nnd his voice has
grown wonderfully soft.
"Think, my beloved! Would you cast
me oft now? now, when the world has coat
me off? See! I would not plead to you,
I would not throw myself so altogether
on your mercy oven though that meroy
means tho saving of my soul but that I
know no other man is dearer to you than
I. Y'our own Hps have told me this.
Your voice, as yon gave mo the blessed
assurance, still rings in my ears!"
Duran, who hns been standing near her,
with his eyes upon the ground, lifts them
slowly now and fixes them upon Nadine.
He has grown very pale.
Nadlno is standing with whlto Hps and
raised head, htr glancs riveted upon
Boyle, as though fascinated.
"That I have not galnod your entire
heart I know," continues Granit, In tho
samo low but impassioned tone. "But I
am satisfied with the knowledge that no
other has gained It. Cornel what is thero
to wait for In this land? Y'our heart, If
not quite mine, is still your own. If you
follow me It is to gain n slave who will
call your lightest wish a dear command.
Come!"
Again he takes her hand. Softly this
time with gentlest caro; and tho girl, as
though in a dream, suffers herself to bo
led toward tho door. A step or two she
goes, thou stops confusedly, aud raising
one little pink palm presses it convulsive
ly to her brow.
"You hesitate, my love! But why.
why?" whispers he, still with his glowing
eyes on ners, his grasp growing warmer,
"Nay, consider! Would you send mo out
into tho cold, the dark, forlorn, lost, with
out tho ono sweet thing I crave, whoso
presence will rostore to me light and hope
and joy? Ohl have pity, love! And re
member, too, you are mine! Mine only!
It I have sinned it was to gain means to
moke a home for you elsewhere. For you
I have resigned fortune, home in my own
country, honor alll Now, when every
man's liana is against me, you, at least,
wnu not nraw nacKf"
A shiver runs through Nadine; this
lying speech, falso in all but the wild
love thnt speaks through it, stirs her
'-am, and holds her against her will,
All power of volition seems gone from
her. She Buffers her hand to bo patslvely
In his; like sobs her breath rushes from
her breast, As though oonquered by a
superior power, she lets herself be led
slowly but surely toward the door, bo-
yond which lies captivity. She feels
numbed, senseless. She would tain cry
aloud; but some strange inward force
strikes her dumb. Already tho threshold
is reached.
Sho pauses mechanically. The anguish
In the eyes always fixed so Immovably on
Boyle's warns him it is best to humor hor
for the moment. That she is on the verge
01 (aiming is apparent to him.
"For all this I will repay you with the
service 01 a llletlrae," he whispers eager
ly. "My beloved, collect your strength.
Trust to me wholly. And think think
always of tne blessedness of the work be
fore you! I will repent for your sake. I
will load from henceforth a godly Ufo
for your sweet sako, Oh, Nadlnel my
very soul is yours to make or marl Y'our
promiso to me! You shall think ot that
tool It gavo you to me; it mado you
minoi Mine lor nil eternity! Uomo! To
center wo must be forever "
Again he endeavors to draw her across
tlie threshold.
"Never!"
The word rings out loud and clear and
desperate. And then even cloarer, and
mien wiui a passionate entreaty s
"Maurice!" she cries, in a tone that
thrills tho hearts ot all present,
TO Ult OUNTINOKD IN OCU NSXT,
Hlgulllcunce of Tattuolutr,
In n rcent issue of tho The Vienna
Anthropological Society Dr. M. Halber-
lundt discusses the origin, extent und sig
nificance ot tattooing, He does not be
lieve that It was at llrst meant merely as
ornament. Ho attributes it to a religious
signiiicance, 1110 ngtires described on the
skin having some reference to thototomlo
or nncestral god of the clun, nnd serving
as 11 protection'to tho wearer. In latter
days, when this meaning had faded, the
figure became n mere stylo ot personal
decoration. Dr, llalbcrlandt draws 11 dU
Unction between tattooing, in which the
figures are delineated by Inserting a fine
pointed Instrument repeatedly into the
sum, ana wnat no cans, irom an Aus
tralian word, tho manka. in which urn
cess the lines are scratched or cu4 and the
coloring matter rubbed in. This distinc
tion he maintains as Important as an
eiunoiogicai criterion. Boston. Budget.
THE COLUMBIAN, VOL. XXI. NO 0
COLUMBIA DEMOCRAT, VOL. L, NO 00
' Worse Than Small Pox.
(IllKAT DANflKtl WHICH MENACES AN
UNSUM'ICIOUS I'UIII.IC.
ri ?,-. !.
ino mon p,o.n .lospnu. .or
sumpi.ve., 111 . nunuo 1, ru.yr, u.nv
over litiy people out ot every nunatea
consumptive?, arc victims of conslioat-
ed or inactive kidneys. , I
Consumption is ono ol our national
senses, nod the nbovo report goes to
t... 1... 1 ' !.ri.. ...
liru u wiiul liai Ulivu uccu n..iu 111 uui I
1.1 1-.. !i.. .,..
ll.nl I,. . nn n.n r fiHHf I llfl I
t st. -c r
consumption, but of ninety out of overy
l,n,lr,i nt,..r nnm...ni. .I... Thnv
i. 1 u: .,:.:., m.i,
uu I1UVU lurtci. luia tiunibivii, iuiv. 1
.1...:. r...- ii... ;..oa.!n.
tion, nnd their proof that thuv have
1 . 1 . .. . I
diecovcted a specitio lor tno terrinio
i... i :.i ji,.... .t,;nt. I
illlU BlUilltllV MUllUV UlStOOlD, ,Jlui, I
ive become so prevalent among u?,
wiso and convincing.
nr. . .,i .,...!..,i r..,
them a fresh supi.lv of their wonder-
fill advertising. Tliev havo challenged
the medical pTofession and science to
I . . ....
invesllcate. They have investigated,
and those who aie frank havo ft(lmit,
d the truth of their statements. They
claim that ninety per cent of diseases
:..:..ii.,f.. !...,;,. n, !,..
Uu.uuu..H. ..... '""'w".
tb.it. tbpsH inactive kidnevs a ow me
blood to become filled with urio acid
. s . , . . 1
disoii : that this urio acid poison in
tho blood carries disease
through every
organ,
'p.,. - : r,,.i, ,-: n!,i ,i..io.,o,i
in tho system within twenty-four hours
to kill halt a dozen men.
rni.i, i ,:..,:(! , i.
m.irPH ot.lv ordinarv wisdom to see tho
. - . . . . i
(V....f nnnt un nnvfi milut. hfivn nnnn I
- J .
the svetem.
If tins poison is not removed, it
rums everv organ, it tne Doneis,
stomach or liver becorai ' inactive, wo
know it at ouce, but other organs help
them out. If the kidneys become con
stipated and dormant, tho warning
comes later ou, and otten when it is
too late, because tho effects are remote
from the kidnoys and those organs are
not suspected to be out of order.
Organs that aro weak ana diseased ""v"
aro unable to resist the attacks of this Clay, that nothing was really to bo ex
poison, and the disease often takes the peeled from the Whig party, and lney
form of and is treated as a local alHict- cave their votes to Mr. Uirney hnd de
lon, when in reality the real cauBe of feated Clay. If temperance men real
tho trouble was inactive kidneys. ly believe that the Crosby bill, should
Too many medical men of tho pres- i bo passed by the New York Repub
ent day hold what was a fact twenty lioan legislature, would not be enforced,
years ago, that kidney diseaso is in- and therefore regard it as a mere brutum
curable, according to tho medicines fulmen, they aro in tho position of tho
authorized by their code. Hence, they Liberty party of 181-1. Hut thete is
inrnnro thn nrifrinn nniinn ftf HlSPflHrt if..
self, and give their attention to useless
w v..v . . f. . - - I
treating of local efiecU.
i'liry do?o the patient with quinine,
morphine, or witn salts and other phy
"ics, hoping that thus nature may cure
tho disease, while the kidneys continue
to waste away with lnllamation, ulcer
ation and decay, and the victim event
ually perishes
lh. ..n. ,n..iitv nf l.lnn.l that
nasses through tho heart, passes through
i.n bi.lnpvo Tfihn trwlnnvs nrn ,lia.
eased, tho blood soaks up this disease
nn, tolroo it al tlirni.nh llin valom
Hnnp... it, is. that tl.o claim s mado that
Wflriipr's snfn .mrp. tl.H nnlv known
" " ' . . j
r,n. fin fnr Hilnnv d spflHPH nnrps ),!
per eeut. of human ailment", because
it, and it alone, is able to maintain the
natural activity of the kidneys, and to
neutralize and remove the uiic acid, or
kidney poison, as fast as it is formed.
It this acid is not removed, there is
nactivity of tho kidnoys, and thero will
be produced in the system paralysis,
Apoplexy, dyspepsia, consumption
heart disease, head-aches, rheumatism,
pneumonia, impotency, and an me
nameless diseases ot delicate women
If the poisonous matter is separated
from tho blood, as fast as it is formed,
these diseases, in a majority of cases,
would not exist.
It only requires a particle of small
pox virus to produce that vile disease,
and tho poisonous matter 'mm the kid
tioys, parsing all through tne system
and becoming lodged at dilterent weak
mints, is equally destructive, although
more disguised.
If it were possible for us to see into
tho kidneys, and how quickly the blond
passing through them goes to tlie heart
and lungs and other parts of the system,
earryiug this doadly virus with it, all
would believo without hesitation what
has bo often been stated in advertise
ments in thoso columns, that tho kid
neys aro tho most important organs in
tho body.
They may regard this article as an
advertisement and reluso to believo it,
but that is a matter over which we
have no eontiol. Careful investigation
nnd science itself are proving beyond a
doubt that this organ is, in fact, more
important than any other in the sys
tern as a health regulator, and as such
Bun
should be closely watched, fo. the least
....... '
sign ot disordered action,
o '
Choosing to Be a Slave-
vaohant to be tut
l'DllMC AUCTION.
UI"
at
Tho curious spectacle of a man be-
ing sold into a species of slavery is to
be witnessed at Augusta, Ky,, on
March 5. What renders tho matter
moro remarkable U that tho tolling ia
to bo done at his own request and a
still moro interest. ng feature is that tho
man is white. Ho lakes advantage or
an old law, now almost a dead letter
in tho statute book, by which a man if
ho so elects may bo sold for a term of
sprvico rather thau go to tho work
house to serve out a term of vagranoy.
Henry K. Uodson is tho man. lie
had been arrested under tho Vagrancy
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aU. (II it l.ll.U IXWU Ut.lll-l. A-U-.IV., .IOH
Augusta, and committed to tho county
iail. His final trial took placo before
Judge J. L. Bradford and a jury.
Much interoit was taken in the case, as
it was tho first that has occurred in
that neighborhood for a great many
yeais. Tho ovidenco was overwhelm-
ing and Dodson was declared a vag-
rant nn I sentenced to a term ol fov
enty-fivo days in tho workhoiHo or tho
same leugth of timo in servioo. I5y
his own choice ho will bo put up at
auction on March 5, anil will be knock-
ed down to tho highest bidder for that
length of timo,
Tho man in tho habit of having his
own way Boon bcoomes indifferent to
tho wnys of othet peoplo, and inakcu
him seem impolite.
Tho largest hat in Chicago U worn
by lion, Philip A. I lay no. Tho Bizo
required is 81 when tho owner's hair is
1 trimmed..
High License and "Free Htim."
Tho resolution of Prohlbittonista tliftt
If thoy cannot scouro a complclo re
striction of making and soiling ardent
spirits, they will join tho liquor inter
est in a policy of "rco rum' by defeat
ing a high licenso policy, u undoubted
ly sincere, but it is greatly to bo icgrct
ted. If the manufacture and salo of
strong drink aro held to bo sins, it in
not bui prising that thoso who think m
onposo a polioy of license. But. with
such conviction?, howovor natural their
opposition may be, it socma to us a
D-rent mistake, because it is better to
diminish sin, if you cannot suppress it,
than to increaso it in ttio nope 01 loio
intr Its Riinnresslon. If a man would
nrnmnlii lumluritnCI. ho CU11 BUrelV (lo
something toward his end by rcduoing
tne ntimoer 01 iiquur aaiuuno num .......
thousand to six or even to thrco thous-
niul. To insist Hint II Miev oanuui. "u
- ;r V. . ... m-uUi.,ly thm
---v --- . . ,n ..1.-- tho Tr
""j ; .,
Hj - onsibility of all the homes and U .
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y .
t? Vreycul an tne ruin w.u s,' '
abolis 1 tho sin aitocettior, no win ma',
. . ..... .1.
lv co-oDcrato Willi tnein. uut tu
I I I'l I ,J IvlUC SIS vus ' " -
Hatufv overv reawuab.e man
tho number of people who believe it to
o a sin, and to bo treated ns ho pre-
iprs. is too sruau 10 turure iu. ut-i-
, .....
mcnt: anil consequently, wiiuo uo ro-
? .to persuade o hers that
ta n at.. t .A l.n fntolltf f. I.nlt H 1. P! . llH
. -;.j i
shou d ioiu in restricting its evil con-
. .
hu"" - r- r ...-
conviction win pun. m. a.. v ....... b
this courso ho serves Ins own ultimate
object of complete suppression of tho
trallio by convincing the opinion with-
""t wh.iili it cannot bo restricted m
...... An.wnn .t.lolr. hn n V f 1 1 U IliniQplt nf
"J "b'i .
the exiting opinicm to resttict it in
o degree, uowever mm.y a
"V"" ma' uo.'lcvu ""
of ardent stunts to be a sin not to be
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,..,,. ,.F lUn nnmmlinltt? With
IZlUaL 111(153 UI tilU WUlUUJUit.Kj
equal sincerity regard such making and
Ba a question solely of expediency, to
Tt. thU.Nltn'itlnn
'js"1"1"-" , -------
ho cannot suppose that a restriction
which can be securid without preju-
wt"v.
lis uot better than tho unrestricted
manufacture and sale,
'nk :.. i., ;
that of tho
lo D.luanu.i la
Liberty party in 18-U. The question
then was the annexation ot lexas, anu
the Liberty party held that cxperienco
proved that neither paity was
really antWlavery, as tho Alabama
letter of Mr. Clay immediately showed.
But it was that letter, not the general
conviction even ot antlslavery mm,
which defeated Mr. Clay. The letter
convinced a certain number of anti-
"'avery w nigs in inow xoik, wno un-
hu icaauu ia uuuun tut! niu ihk" st
cense party is not just as sincere
. ...
and
and
resouuo as me pruui.nuuu ia.kJ,
it is therefore extremely unwise, upon
the theory that that party is neither
honest nor determined, to unite with-
the liquor partv. Wendell Phillips
demanded immediate and unconditional
emancipation, but ho hailed the elco
tion of Abraham Lincoln, who was
not. in me rnuups sense, an ai.oiiiion-
ist, as a signal victory lor me good
cause. It must bo clear to every hon-
est advocate ot prohibition mat it puo-
IIO Kl'Illlllieia wm nut on i mc cu-
lorcement ot uigu license, it wouia
certainly not support prohibition.
I ,, ,. i . ..."...!.:.: .....
IJlgll license IS I1U1. llillliuaiuu, UIIU
tho strong and persistent protest
against it of the liquor interest is tho
proof that it would bo a great victory
for the tcmperauco cause. Harper's
Weekly.
Sober Facta About Pensions.
In 1818 Congress pawed a depend
ent pension bill for tho veterans of tho
revolutionary war. Tlie estimate of
those who advocated tho measure was
that thero were about 375 rcilly de-
pencnt soldiers who would reoeivo
pensions under the law; but thero were
28,55.. revolutionary veterans who sud
denly discovered that they were wholly
dependent, and that number of appli
cations were i'tled within two years, of
which 10,270 wero successful,
The annual cost nf iho revolutionary
dependent pension bill of 1818 was
estimated by tho tjnngress that passed
it at about' $40,800; but it speedily
oso to S2,7GC,110 per annum. Hu
man nature seems to have been about
the same among our revolutionary
fathers as it is now.
When tho Arrears Pension bill wa9
passed by Coegirss a few years ago, it
was positively deolarod by its support
ers th-it $25,000,000 was a liberal esti
mate of tho gross cost of tho meaBuro
to tho Treasury. Senator Shtrman,
then at tho head of tho Treasury, gavo
an official estimate of $100,000,000 as
its probable cost, and he was denounc
ed in the Washington lobbies as seek
ing to defeat the bill. Thero have been
paid already under the pension arrears
law $218,000,000, and it will require
I ... &enn Ann. nnn ..,.? :..
"I-
I tlnna p.pflQP.
-,TTr , , , ..it. .
I Whpn t.nn latelv vptnpn Ilpnpnifpnt.
Pension bill was discussed in the
House, it was assorted by its cham-
pions that it would not increase our
pensions over $5,000,000 a year, and
that its total cost would not exoeed
$80,000,000. When the veto of tho
President led to a careful investigation
of the scope of tho bill in tho records
of tho Pension Ollioe, tt was coticln-
sivoly demonstrated that tho immedi-
ato cost of thn bill would bn not less
than $40,000,000 annually, and that its
gross cost to the nation would be not
less than $800,000,000,
Ton years aijo, which was more than
ten j ears after the civil war, tho total
cost ot all pensions was $29,800,000.
This year tho total appropriations for
pensions amount to over S82,00l),000,
being moro than tho entiro cost of ad-
1 !..:..: ... . ...1 ....
..I.UIBIUI l.iy IMU JJU UI lllll UUV WIIU.l I.IU
ar began, and being Iho interest of
uearly $3,000,000,000 of national debt.
Of tho $218,000,000 already paid
under tho law giving arrears of pen-
sions to soldiers, it is now estimated
by tho friends of our generous pension
system that not less iliac $30,000,000
havo boen literally Btolen from tho
- government by penury and Iraud s ana
of the noarly $1,000,000,000 paid in
pensions since the war, more than $50,-
000,000 havo been wasted on perjured
skulkers and army camp-followers.
These "figures present sob.r facts
which soldiers and citizens well under-
stand. Time.
Tho only timo that a man feel
ashamed of a kind nol ion is when he is
chasing another man's hat that Is blow
ing along in the wind at thirty miles
an hour, with an iuteiestfd crowd of
observers on either side of tho way
ottering him facetious advice.