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NUMBER 18.
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tl
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n.nt and ci y
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er Terpld Llr.
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Tarrant's t-fTrrvrarant
S-lt:r Aprieiit.
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It I palateable to the
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uiHn to cure, and It cure
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In, nature. Io tot take
TK.leot punratlve your
selves or allow your chil
Sick-Headache,'
dren to take them, always
use thl elegant phar
maceutical preparation,
which ha Seen lor more
than forty year a pul;i
tavurlr.. fiold jf druggist
rrerytracra
AMD
DYSPEPSIA.
WANTED
SALESMEN
to sell Nursery
Stock. All
mm rrnteit t ir-.t-cu. lermanent.
pleasant, pmntahl poUlora lor the right men.
ot salaries and expene paid weckl. liber
al In luot; jirnt to bri-lnners. No previous ex
lcriene necessary. lint tree. Write lr
terms, rlvlnic e. t'llAKl.ES H. t'HASE,
arteryiuaa, KiM-hester M. Y. Mtntioa this
pai'er.
Ani . it.-m.
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i. i m iaa. a se m
RJ Mo I MIV1M
AND
CATARRH
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SOLD BY ALL DRUCCISTS.
Ilavln: strnerle.1 VO vear between III. and
death witr ASIHMA or t'liTHISIt;. treate.1 by
eminent physician, and rereivina; no benefit. I
mi rntnpelled durinar the lasts year of my Ill
ness to sit n mv ehmr day and nlaht (upinf for
breath. My suftnrtnics were beyond description.
In deepmr I eierlmrnted on myself compound
In' nt and herls and Inhalln the medicine
thu i.btninxd. ! lortunnirlv diaenvervd thl
WliMilKH'L. TKK 'tK ASTH.HA AND
l' FAKKII. nrrnied t r.-lieve the mot stub
born rsof ASTHMA IN KIVK MIMTtS,
hat the putlrnt c:tu He lori to r'l nod lep
comforlaMy. IMease rrad the lollowlna condens
ed trets" Irom unsolicited testimonial, all ef re
cnt .late .
lilivrr V.K. Holme. San Jose, tral.. write : I
find tl-e Keme.iy all and even more than repre
sented. 1 receive Instantaneous relief."
V.. M. t'nrson, A. SI. Warrrn.. Kan., writes;
Wks t-e- ted '"y em Ini-nt phyaiclans ol this coun
try ami il. riu.iuy : tried the ollniate of dilTerent
Slate notliun atl.irded relief like your preparat
ion." I.. H. Phelps. P. M. Ona-Ki. lhlo. writes - -Saf-f-red
with Arthma o yetrs. Yeur medicine In 3
mlnu'rs does mure tor me than the must eminent
phrsiclan. did tor me In thre. years."
H. tT. iMimptoc. Joliet 111., writes: "Send Ca
tarrh Kernel y at once. Cannot tretalona; without
It. I Itnd It the most valuable medicine I have
ever tried."
We have many other hearty testimonials of euro
r relief, and In order that ail "afTerer from Asth
ma, t'atarrh. Hay i'ever. and k'ndred disease
mav have an opportunity of testing the value ol
the'Kemedv we will send to any address TKIAL.
PACKAC.K FKEK tlKC 1IAKUK. II yourdrcr
sr 1. 1 lalts to keep It do not permit him to sell yoei
some worthless Imitation by his represent!: It to
be junt as gcod. but send directly to u. Write
vour name and address plainly.
Address. . I. Zl.MMEKMAN A. CO.. Propt..
Whulesa'.e DruKifl'ts. Wooter, Wavne Co.. O.
t ail sir Box by mall $1.00.
lune'Jl. l9T.-ly.
B. J. LYIMCH,
UNDERTAKER,
And MkDufacturer & Dealer io
HOME AND CITY WADE
FURNITURE!
faelch m mm ..ns,
LOUNGES, BEDSTEADS,
TABLES CHAIRS,
Mattresses, &c.,
m ELEVENTH AVENUE,
ALTOONA, PENN'A
I-i"Citizens of Canibrlk County nd mil
others wUhitiK to purchase liont FURNI
TURE. Ac. at bourst prices are rrpcif oily
Invited lo sivo us call before, buvlnit tle
wlipre. an are confident ttat we can
tneel every want and plea? every taste.
Prl-res tbe ery lowest. 4 lO-'SO-tt-l
PATENTS
Obtained and alt PATENT HI'SINESS at
tended to for MODKttATK FEES.
iar rflirt is .ppiMie ih U.S. Patent
C fflre and we can obtain patent In le Um.
tcan tln remote from WASHINGTON.
nd MODEL (111 DRAWING. VV. ad
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niak- NO CllAUUE UNLESS PATENT 13
SF.CUUED.
We refere. here, to th. Poetmaater, the
Supt. of Money Ord-r Div . and to tte offl
eera of the U. S. I"aent Offire. For elrco-
Ur advice, terms and reference to actual
suent" In jour own Mate write to
Co A.e 8XOW fc rjo.
Opp. F.teal sjftlco Vt ashlacl.a. 1. C.
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!(via. 94 and 9 Wnl TMitiraura KUw .
Nu. IU mk A.e&iM, 'w York.
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A GILDED SIN.
ST BBBTHA M. CLAY.
How she thanked Heaven in her heart
that the had done as she had that the
had sacrificed herself! If aha bad kept
her inheritance, then Catherine coulj
not have been married. Lord Wrnleigb
wondered at the lijj'.t that earn into the
girl's beautiful face. How little Veronica
Oreamed at that moment of all that
would come to pass before Christmas
time!
There had not been the least difEcn:ty
in the settlement of sir Jasper's affaire;
the will that he had made when Cather
ine Drandon was an infant was still in
the hands of the family talicitor evrrr-
thins was prrlcct.y straishtlornarv..
IjkIv P.ran.loii vx plaint I that shu under
stood Mis. di Cyiitlui's atlairv and altould
continue to act ad her guardian. Mie had
loyally kept Iut word, and had scttlt'd
one thousand a year upon Wronica.
"-he sliuwiil her sratitmlij to her in a
hundred ot!it-r ways; she was most kind
to her; hut tht one subject was never
iiit'iitioaed lR txtt-cn them aaiiu
ir Jasper's fair-haired daughter had
lieromc liaroness of Hnrstwool ; fche was
railed I-idy Kathvrine at home, and tho
bright days passed with naught save
pleasant liour-t.
t!n'. leautiful August evening, when
the red plow of the western Finiset tilled
the sky, Veronica stood under the thaJe
zl the tall lime-trees. watch:nj the even
'r.i liht. A happiness had come to her,
0 rv-at, so sudden, so entrancing, that
lie was dazed by it, liewildered. For J-ir
Marc t'tiryll had asketl her to become his
aife. he did not know until then all
V.t slept in her heart the love, the
"s"ion, the tenderness and the waking
!..t ! rtartlol lier. Hie was lot in wonder
t herelf. The crown and the glory of
her womanhoo I had come to her. -vhe
rejoiced in tho new and perfect happi
ness ; she opened her whole heart t li
lt was such chivalrous wooing, nnd he.
!ocd her so dearly. No one could ever
!:ave beeu s lear!y loved before. Hiej
lool there thinking: of it, with a smile
of erfect t ontent on her face, and she
diil mj Mr Marc came to her.
"I have been watching yon, Veronica,
he Rr.ii L "until I have prown jealous of
the s-ky and the foliage, and t-verythins
else that your beautiful eyes have rested
on. What have yon been thinking of ?"
of nothing in the wido world but
you," fche replied.
"Of nte, sweetheart! ho exc'aimel
pyiuity ; and then he to!d ht-r what he
had come to ask when would she be Lis
wife.
Von are too kind ever to be ernel.
!.tr'in" he sai.L looking at the beautiful
l!ns..cl face. "I told yon Ion:; ajro bow
!oneiy my home is. I waut Ihe auel in
the louse I want you there. You
cannot tell how dreary it all seems to
tee. Veronica, when will you come to
me ?
-Not yet," she replied shyly "it can
not Iks yet."
-Why not?" he asked.
"You have only just found out that
yoi love me."
"Nay, Veronica," he said smiling, "I
found that out long since. I was coming
.-t July to tell you so, but pour ir
Jasper had ;uit died.
Hie turned her face away lest he should
tee the tmiver of pain on it.
Sir .Marc," fche aid pently, "you have
r.ever asked me any questions about my
: , or my home in Venice, or my
fortune."
"Iidy T.randon has explained," he re
plied. "Your father was a pjeat friend
of Sir Jasper's, she tells me."
Veronica made no reply. She could
rot te!l him the truth, but she would
t;c.iR no fall word to him never one.
lie continued:
"I care nothing about your fortune.
srty-.eait. I am a rich man so rich
:'::at I am troubled at liinea to know how
ts Fpend my money. I lay it all at your
eet. You are mistress of everything
tt.a: belongs to me. When will you come
to me, my Veronica? You have nothing
:o w ait for. Do not be unkind and send
mo away !"
She made no answer. In her heart she
wished to be with him, but the very
consciousness of it prevented her from
speaking.
"This is July," he said; "shall wc say
Scptenilier. Veronica'."
s "ne agreed, and sir Marc was so de
termined :o keep her to her word that
he went at once in search of little Cran
don and told her. He brought her back
w::!i l.im to where Veronica sti.l stood
-n.lrr the limes.
"I leave my interests in your hands.
Iidy Drandon," he said. "I ehail return,
wi'.li your permission, to marry Veronica
cn the twentieth of September. You will
premise that she shall be ready ?" Lady
Drandon promised.
"I do not think that I can live away
?--n her altogether nnti! then. 1-ady
I'.rnn Jon. Will you invite me to come
tlo'vn in Aagust ?
-r w henever you will, Sir Marc,"
si' I-ady I'randon. .
He pressed the hand of his lore.
I have bound you, sweetheart," he
sail "you can never free yourselj
aa-n."
And, looking at his handsome fare,
h:s eyes lit w ith love, she naid to her
aXt that separation from him would bo
death.
CHAPTER IX.
August had come with its ripe, rich
beauty, the fruit hung in the orchards,
gardens were a tlr.ze of color, t lie
:'er anJ the com were ready for th
.: -crs. Sir Marc had cozie down asa.n
O the Chace.
Those w ho had seen Veronica when
the first reached England would hardly
r ave r-orc.zed her had ti.ey seen Ler
The beautiful face f.ad changed
n completely : the pa pr.cnionate love-
unru ha J deepened into som";-ig
n.ore love y still ; there was monto?r, j
more brightness ; the dark Irvc-'it eyes
had in them the radiance of full and
Ier!cct content, l-ove ba I beautified
her, even as it had beauUaJ her life.
On this August morning she was in
!r.er pretty boudoir alone alone, for Sir
Marc had pone in search of something to
please her. He lived only to make her
happy. She stood in the midst oi a
r.nnJred beantiful things. I.ady Drandon
hail Seterni:ned to present her w:tl; Iter
tronnttau, and a large chest had arrived
that morning from Paris. Veronica
looked at her magnificent gift. It did
not strike her as it would have done at
another time. She could think only of
her happiness and her love. She was
smiling to herself, wondering whether a
jrirl was ever so blessed. 6 happy, w hen
someone rapped gently at ht-r door. She
looked up in surprise when her maid,
Clara Morton, entered the room.
"I want to speak to you. Miss di Cyn
ha, if yon can syare time," she sai-L
Veronica :t.ade some courteous answer,
and felt even more surprised when the
Cirl closed the door and lainl the
lock. The large long window that led to
the terrace was open neither of thein
thought of it.
Why .lo you do that, Morton?"
asked Veronica.
"Dccmse I have that to 6ay to you
which must be said without interrup
tion." Veronica looked up with haughty dis
pleasure. "You liehare very strangely," she
said; "I do not like it." She looked
tixedly at the girl, whosa frsse- was not
pleasant to see there was a l:vid iiht
in her eyes, and air of cringing, yet ol
defiance, in her w r.ole manner.
"You nrast listen to me. -Mis di Cyn
tha," she said. "I hold a secret of yours,
a-d 1 must be paid lor it."
"You can have no secret of mine,
returned Veronica.
-Uut I l-ive," said the girl. "listen
to me. I am engaged to marry John
Paulding, who once lived her- as head
groom. We have been engaged to be
married for eight years, and fortune has
never once smiled on us. lie saved
three hundred pounds and put it :nto
a bank. The bank broke. anJ he w.oa
left penniless. I saed e:iiy iouii Is.
and ;nvesteJ it in a L-i.. : m society,
which became bankrupt. Fortune has
never once sur.IeJ on us until now. Now
John Pau.ding has an oiler from a fsru.er
in Acrtra.ia. It he can go oat there,
and take five hundred pound with him,
we shall n.ate our fortune."
"I tlo not see what this has to do with
me," interposed Veronica.
"I do. Mi.-s di Cyntha. I hold a secret
of yours, anj I want cc hnndied pounds
as the prue of my t rat. Jt
m' . . i" T
mu are m. kin.: nonsense, .-tiononj
I can only .n.ag.ue that you have iont
your KMrt."
"You will find, on the contrary. Miss
di Cyntr.a. that I was or er more sens
ible in my life, lt me tell you what I
have to say."
Veronica looked at her. In the ex
citement of it, interview ahe had risen
and confronted her.
"Come to the point at once, please,"
said Veronica. "What have vou to
aay ?"
The girl looked uneasily at her mis
tress ; co. or came and went in tier
face; her eyes drooped. Kaising Ler
head, she said suddenly :
"It is for John s sake I would do any
thing lor John."
Veronica gave a sigh of resignation.
What this etran;e scene meant she could
not tell, but it would end at some time
o doubt. Morton heard the sigh.
"You are impatient, miss," said she.
"I am coming to the matter. .
1 do not like to speak of it to you, you
have been a kind mistress to me. I'.ut it
is for John's ease I would do anything
for him."
"Will you be kind enongh just to come
to the point?" said Veronica.
"I will," answered Clara Morton.
Yet Veronica saw that she had to sum
mon all her courage, to make a most
desperate cflort. She looked up at her.
"You remember Kir Jasper's death.
Miss di Cyntha? You remember the day
after it? Though it was a warm June
day, you would have a tiro in your
room."
Veronica started ; her face grew white,
a low cry came from her lis.
"Go on," 6he said to the girl, who had
pause 1 abruptly when she saw the
change in her mistress's face.
"That very day, miss, I thought thera
was something wrong," she said. "Why
should yon want a fire when tho June
sun was shining so warmly? I said to
myself that you had something to burn."
Another low cry came from Veronica.
Morton continued:
"I you will be very angry with me.
Misadi Cyntha Iwaithet! you; I knelt
down and looked through the key-tio e.
The key was in the lock, so that I omld
not see much, but I saw distinctly a roll
of parchment in your hanJs, and I saw
you put it on the lire, I saw it begin to
burn, and I was wild to krow w ul it
was. All at once I laid nr idea tz.xt you
were Ceetrcvn; something that te.on.J
to Sir Jasper, and was determined to
know."
SI.e paused, while the beautiful face
gazinfe into hers w deadly white.
"I invented an excuse to get you from
the room. Miss di Cyntha," she con
tinued. "I told you that I.ady Drandon
had not answered a knock at Iter door
it was si iu pi y an excuse to get you from
the room. Then I took from the fire the
charred remains of the parchment. I
ii quite distinctly the words 'l-ast will
and testament of Sir Jasper Dranden,'
Mi-s di Cyntha. It was but a charred
!ra;-:ent I took it away with me; and
now. Miss di Cyntha I accuse you of
having burned Sir Jasper's will. You
cannot deny it I have the proofs."
Veronica good like one turned to stone.
She had lost all power of speecli. The
girl continued:
"I can form no idea why you dit it
that does not concern me p-r:ia;s it
was for your own interest. They said m
the servants' hall that Sir Jasper had left
you money ; perhaps the will you de
stroyed took it from you."
There was a flash as of fire from tho
dark eyes.
"I do not wish to do you any harm,
miss. I have not mentioned what I saw
to anyone, and I never will ; but you
must give me live hundred pounds for
keeping your secret. Give me that, and
I will promise. I will swear that no allu
sion to what I have seen shall ever pass
my l:is. Give me that and I will bring
the charred fragment to you. I do not
wish to harm you, but Providence has
given me this chance and I must make
the most of it. From that one moment
I said to niyse.f that I wou.J keep your
secret until I could use it. Give me live
hundred pounds, and I will be as faith
lul as death to you."
Then tiie power of speech came to
Veronica.
"Even if I would condescend to bribe
you," she sai.L "I could not; 1 have not
rive hundred pounds of my ow n iu the
world."
"You have a rich lover," returned the
girl, with a significant smile. .-ir Marc
would give you anything in the world
his heart's blood if you needed it."
"Ilush!" said Veronica, sternly. "I
will not allow you to say such words."
"You may do what you like, miss I
shall keep to my word. If you give me
five hundred pounds. I w ill never reveal
your secret : if not, I will betray it."
"Wtat if I refuse!" said Veronica.
"Tell me the worst." In her heart she
knew tne wort mast come; it was sis
lrr.osib:e for her to find five hundred
pounds as it would have been to find live
thousand.
"Ihe worst is, that if I fail to get tho
money from you. I must try to rind out
w lo is the next most :c':h1 in the
maner. There is one tiling that you
cannot deny, Mis-i di Cyntha you
Surnd the will." She paused with a
sudden cry.
Un perceived by either. Sir Marc had
entered t! rough the open window, and
stoodwr.ha f.orior-stncken face, listen
ing to the last few terrible words.
Wi:h an air of terrible 1-ewiiderment
he looked from one to the y.z.rz ; Voron-ii-aas
is as death, the servant-girl
insolent in the full tr.3x; h of her ac
cusation, in the knowledge o! her victory.
Veronica looked round w hen the saw the
en.lden dan n of fear :n the girl's eyes,
she uttered no cry "when she saw her
Over. h-.:t A cold terrible shudder st-ied
her. lie ca-i.e to her and took her hand.
"W Sat is the matter, Veronica? Wr.at
does tliis insoler.t woman say? Why do
you allow her to insult you ?"
"Truth is no insult, Sir Marc," put in
Norton.
"Say the word, and I will send for a
policeman, and will give her into custody.
I heard a little of what has passed, aaJ I
ee 6he is try. eg to extort money from
you why not order her from the
house ?"
"Ah, why not?" cried Morton, in
solently. "As you say, Sir Marc, why
not ? '
"I take the duty upon myself," ho
said; "1 order you not only to qa.t the
room, but to quit the house. Ijdy
DranJoti will approve of wht I have
done w hen she hears of your conduct."
"I shall not cave the room. Sir Marc,"
she replied ?i'.tly, "until I have Misd:
Cyntha's answer. She kac- what I
want; let her say if she will give it to
me."
"You know that I cannot," sue ans
wered. Sir Marc looked at her in bewilder
ment. "Surely you arc not willing to com
promise with this woman, Veronica?
ri.-.e must be punished any attempt to
es'.crt money is a crime tzal the law
punishes very severely. Do not speak
to her leave her to me."
Then he p.v.ned in bewildered wonder;
there was something he did not under
stand a shrinking fear in Veronica's
face and an insolent triumph in the
maid's. Where was the indignation, the
just anger, that she should feel ? What
could it mean ? With a restless, uneasy
gae he locked from one to the other.
Ihe dark eyes of the woman he loved
had never met bis own.
"I heard what passed," he said. "I
was bt .L-s Z you these Gloire dc Dijou
roses, Veron ra, and I heard this insolent
woman say that you had burned a will
tnst you could not deny it, I know the
meaning of that. She brings this false
acc3i. on against you, inean.r.s to ct tort
money from you. and you very properly
refuse to give it to her. She ought to bo
sent to prison."
"Stop, Sir Marc," said tho v.iman,
angrily "you apeak too fast- Ask my
mistress whether my charge against her
is false or cot."
"I will not insult Miss di Cyntha by
any such question." he replied.
"Then you are unjust." she sai.L "You
accuse me of bringing a false charge ; ask
Miss di Cyntha whether that charge is
trie or fa.se she will not deny it if you
ask her."
Still there came no words from the
white lips that were closed so strangely.
"1 refuse to do any such thing," he re
turned. "Again, Sir Marc, I say that you are
unjust. I accuse Miss di Cyntha of ha v.
tng in her own room, unknown to every
one, and, as she thought, unseen by
everyone, wilfully burned Sir Jaser
Brandon's last will and testament. More
than that, I can prove that she did so.
. sir Marc, look trout Ler to me
which of ns looks guilty ?
He looked at Veronica as though half
expecting an indignant denial! None
came.
I ".Miis di Cyntha," she continued, "tell
Sir Marc, who acrnsn me of bringing a
false charge, whether you destroyed that
will or not."
Still there was no answer.
"I swear to Heaven that I srtw her do
it, and that I have the proofs" t ried the
maid. "I should not speak so pi.tinly
before you. Sir Marc but that hush
money will do from you as well as from
her."
Then Veronica spoke, she went up to
him, and without looking at him, she
said :
"Will yon send that womnn nway.
Marc? I shall die if she remains here.
I will sjeaU to you w hen she is gone."
It struck him w ith a pasi: more bitter
than death that she had never once de
nied the charge.
"Go," he said to Morton; 'leave Miss
di Cyntha"? presence, and never dara to
seek it again, lave this house at once.
If in one hour from now you are within
tho walls, nothing will save you from
prison."
"And nothing will save "Miss di Cyntha
from penal servitude," she rejoined.
The woman's persistence in her .stoiy
astounded him, w hile Veronica s silence
bewildered him. It could not be true
of course it was false; but it was evident
from her silence that there was a mys
tery. "Hush!" The white lips had opened
nguin, and a voice that was un.ike any
he had ever heard came to him in the
sunlit silence. "Do not drive Ji.r to ex
tremes. St n l her away."
Then Sir .Marc, jwinting to the door,
said i
"Go! Leave the house: but wait for
me at the railway station at Hutstwoud.
1 w.I see you there."
T!.e wotnau left the room, and he took
Veronica iu his nrins.
"Sweetheart." he said, "what is this
mystery? Why did you not deny that
woman's ouTngeo is cta-rt-s? Mv Ver
onica burn a will ! You cannot think
how it has distressed me." lie kiss.- I
the white cold face, whith looked a
though n ither warmth ncr color could
ever brightL-n it again; his heart was full
of keen, int Venrle pain. '-There is
suae my it .-ry, Veronica," he went on;
'T can see triat. Tell me what it is."
'I cannot," she said.
And tiie two simple words were raorc
te: rirjle to l.im than any otl.ers.
"At lei st. my darling," he pleaded, tell
me thkt it is not true. I cannot endure
that you should remain silent ua .Vrs-ich
acl--a; it is unwomanly a!mot !eny
it. I ask no fc.':i:;a of the mystery;
my sweet hcait shall be as free and unfet
tered as the wind that blows. Dm I do
ask this deny those horrible words."
Then she looked at him with the
pallor of death on her face. She tried
to speak lightly, but her lips t::r.!..-J.
She tried to suiiic, but the smile tliel
away.
"W'hat if I could not deny it, Marc?"
His face flamed hotly.
Great Iicaven, Veronica," he cried,
"do not jest over g'jch a subject as this
do not it about a crime ! I could not
have thought you capable of such light
words."
"I am nit je?:r.c." she answered,
faintly ; "I nver thought of da r.e so."
She w his face grow stern and his
eyes tase a cold, hard expression.
"Veronica." lie said, "answer mo one
question it if your own faultth.it I have
to ask it is the 5T.a s charge true?
She says that she ho!ls prools is it true ?
Te.! me did yi a burn a will or did you
not? Answer me."
She knew that it would be useless to
resist her fate even if she could lie
Morton would pro luce the charred frag
ments as evidence. She Veronica
would not attempt to screen herself,
lie must think what he would.
"Did you destroy a will, Veronica?"
he repeated. "Answer uie I shall go
mad w ith suspense."
She raised her white face to his, and
spoke slowly :
"It isq-iite true," she said; "I did burn
Sir.laspcr Brandon's last will and testa
ment ; yet. listen I would deny it if I
dared, but if that woman holds those
fatal prTi'a it is useless."
lie drew back lrom her as though sho
bad stabbed hi in.
"You tlo not mean it, I am sure," ho
said "you cannot mean it it would be
too horribie. You are saying it to try
my love only for tiiat to try my faith,
my darling ; you could not have done
it."
"Was it so great a crime ?" she asked
simply.
"A crime ?" he repeated. "The per
son who could even ask such aq-t'st:oii
must Ikj dead to all sense of honor and
6ha:ne. A crime ? I should placj it
next to m,urder."
"I did not know it," she said softly;
"I never thonght of that."
He looked at her in horror.
"Then you did it you really and truly
did it, Veronica ?" he said.
"Yes, I did it, Marc," she replied
sadlr.
"W'-hat w as the reason ? Why did you
doit? What was your motive? Tell
me that I may understand."
"I cannot do that," she replied sadly.
"I can tell you no more than this, that
I of my own accord burned that will."
"Great Heaven." he cried, "it is in
credible! Did any one else know?"
"I cannot tell you," she replied.
W s an v one -se present ?"
"No," she answered.
"Was the will you destroyed one
against your own interests? Did it take
money from you, or what ?"
She raised her dark eyes in solemn
wonder at tiie question.
"You must think what you will of my
motives," she replied "I cannot explain
them to you."
"It is incredible!" he cried. "I could
believe you and myself both mad lefore
I could believe this. It is soma foul
trick, some horrible tarcc !"
"No," she replied, ";t is the simple
terrible truth. I destroy el the will, but
i did no: know it was such a crime us
you say."
"And if you had known?" he cried.
-I should have destroyed it just the
same."
' You swear it is true?" ho said.
"1 sweisr it," she replied.
They stolid .ooking at each otV.er,
while the sunbeams fell beten them
and the birds sung on the roses outside
th? win low.
Veionlca was the Orst to break the ter
rible silence.
"Marc," she said, "vou w ill not betray
mo."
"No," lie replied slowly. ,:I will not
beimr you, lest t!ie iron hand of tr.e law
should graj vou. Great Ilcavon, Low
coui. 1 you have .lone 3f) a deed '.'"
Siie looked at him with a shudder.
"Couid 1 realty be nut into prison for
it ?" she said.
"Yes, if those whom you have d''-fra-i
!-! fhos? to pros?tii!e yon ," and
then he wondered for a soft, suect linl.t
ra:ne over the white stillness of hor
(ace.
"I soe," she said slow'.v "I under--.-tand."
"Veronica." he cried "how callous you
are ! You seem to have no shame for
the deed ttiat you have done."
She was psking herself what she should
do how she should make him under
stand ; and then, with a great, sharp,
bitter pang, the thought came to her
thai she could never-make him under
stand that she could never break her
oath, the o ith tiken with her hands ou
her tleao father's heart. lie was looking
at her with wistful eyes."
"You, Veronica," he slid, "whom I
thought of all women the most perfect,
will vim tell me w hy yo:i did this ? Will
yon give i:u some explanation of the.
uiyslery any kvy by which I may solve
it?- "Will you say oiii word that will
lessen my misery '.'"
"1 caiMi-t," she replied. "I am bound
in chain i of ir.m I cannot. 1 t";l you
this one b;.ro fact I burr.vd the will.
You must trust me a'l iu .11 or not at
all."
"Trust you? Great Heaven, f rust a
woman w ho could burn the will of a
dead man! Stay tell me onu thing.
Did he wi.-h you to destroy it? Did he
ask you to do so ?"'
"No." she rci.lied. "he did not."
"Then do not a--k me to tr u-t you,
Veronica. No man's honor would be
safe iu s ich h.itids. If tin re is a my.
lery. and you nil. explain u to nn-, uoj !
that will do; ii not, we must part."
She held out her arins to him with a
low try.
"Part?" she repeated "p.m vou
an 117
"Yes," lie answered, co'd'y, "if it broke
my heart a hundred times over. You
do not suppose that I, a man of honor,
could marry a woman who h.i I deliber
ately destroyed the will of a dead man?
I would not marry such a one eveu if
the loss of her kil.ed me."
"I never thought of that," she said
clasping her hands.
"I should imagine not," replied Sir
Mare, "I tould never look at you with
out remembering what you had done
I should be wretched,' miserable. We
must p:rt."
"Part!" she repeated faintly, "oh.
Marc, I thought you loved me sj I"
"Loved you I I love you even now
despite w hat you have do:ie ; but marry
you I cannot. Veronica. Your ow n cou
duet lias parted us."
"You must not leave me. Marc," she
said, holding out her arms to him. "You
are more than mv life; voa must uot
go-"
"I could never trufct you," he said
holding back her iiruis lest liny should
clasp his neck unawares. "There is no
help for it, Veronica, L'nlcss you can
explain away this myst.iy, we must
part.
Think it over, and give me the answer
yourself."
She stood quite silent before hi in, he r
white face droor'-ris from the -.c.:i '.e.
her ban Is clasped in mortal pain. Was
there any chance, any .oop-holu of es
cape? Cou.d anything absolve her from
her s--.eu.ti vow? No. there could be no
release. It wks for 'Catherine's sake, for
her father's memory the same urgent
. reasons that had influenced her before
existed now. Were the to be in.luce.l
to break her vow, Kat.'ier tie would suf
fer tenlo.d. She wcu.d keep it.
"Must we part, Veronica?" he said
"we, w ho have loved each other with so
great a love, must we part '.'"
"Unless you can trust me, and let mo
keep silence." she replied.
"I cannot trust you; I c;:n onlv sav
good-hy. Good by. Veionica. You have
tirokeu the heart of the man who ha?
loved you ns few ever loved, l'arewi II 1'
lie did not touch her hand, or k ?s her
face, or stop to utter one more word.
Perhrps if he had done so h; strength
would have failed him. He It-it b-r
Standing there in the sunshine, with the
bi'termss oi death hanging over !..
He went ::t once in se.iui. of l.ai!v
P.randi n. He found her in the preitc
morning-room, alone. She cried cut
w hen she sa -v hia pale. Set !aee.
"What is the matter. Sir Marc? What
is wrong? "
i want io sptaK to you, ijpiy l.r.tn
don," he said. -Veronica and I have
had some unpleasant wor.is. We have
bad a quarrel that can never be healed,
and we have patted forever."
I.ady Drandon held up her hands in
dismay.
"Can it be possible. Sir Marc, that you
have parted with Veronica? Why. it
will break her heart 1 It must not le.
l et me go to her let me talk to her. It
she has oflended you, she will, I sin sine,
be very sorry ; let me go to her. I
know how she loves you, my poor Ver
onica!" "It is quite impossible," he said, hur
riedly. "This qm.rrel can never c
healed; even if Vt-ioidta wished it, 1
could not." ""
"Yen are angry. Sir Marc," assorted
Ii.ly I'.randon ; "and when yonr aner
subsides you will be sorry lor this."
"I shall regret stall my life," he said;
"no one knows that better than I do.
There will never dawn another happy
day for me. l.ady Drandon, I am i iost,
ruin--: limn."
"You w ill think better of it," she toM
him. "How could you r r. rrel wit!;
Veronica? I know no one like her; s ho
is so good, so tender of heart, so true, so
loyal 1"
"No more!" be cried, shuddering. 'X
can hear no more!"
"You must hear me," Lady Drandorr
persisted. "I cannot have Veronica
sacrificed to a mere (it of temper."
"It is worse limn that," he declared.
"Have you thought what th- world
will say, Hr Marc? Her wedding !r.-ss i-s
ordered her tcnwtsftiu is prep: red.
Kvcrything is being put in a s'ute of
readiness for the wedding. What ami
to say ?"
"There is nothing to say," ho replied
gloomily, "except that Veronica has dis
missed me. I will take all thi blame,
ah the shame, all the disgrace. Put.
I.ady Drandon, there is one thing that I
should like to ask you. Do not talk to
her about o-ir J.sna-feir.ent. not ask
her any questions- That w hich we havo
quir.reiled about lies between us a dead
secret. Promise me that you will not
ask her any questions ; it w ill only dis
tress l.c-r an 1 do no i;ood."
"Put. Sir Mare, w ill you not trust me,
and tell me something at least?"
"No," h.i replied. "You have been
very kind to me Lady Drandon let me
say g-io 1 by to you. and thank you
heartily lor all your goodness to mc."
"You will -3fe y stay and see Kather
ir.e?" cued Lady braaJon.
"No. Tell her that I had not tho
rnnr"-' to ctoi- in.l co IkT. 'Ut that X
hnrfvi e,ri cnriM ha land to VcronTra.1
Then Lady Diandon broke down,
and wept ra;;cr:(e tears.
"Vou w.I b: eak Veronica's heart,"
she cried "you should not leave her."
"Heaven bless you for a kind-hearted
gr-nfro'is w'oir.ar. 1" he stid, lending
down to kics her hand. "I wish all
women were like you. I shall go at
oi'.co. You will see that all belonging to
me ;s s?ut a'tef me, Lady I'.r.ir.doii ?"'
D".t she only sobbed that he should
l.ot leave Vtror.ica.
"Go to her." he said; 'and. lady
Piandon. wi.:le you comfort her, do not
to her of iie." The next moment
he was .-one.
she was almost bewildered to know
Low to r.ct.
"1 would give muc h to know w hat the
quarrel h 's been about." she sai 1 to her
se.l ; "out I supj-ost I shall never learn."
And then she went to Veronica's room.
The unhappy girl had fallen where
her lover had left her, and lay like one
dead on the 2oor. Lady Drandon raised
her; she tried to bring back conscious
ness to her ; and then she thought to
tier-set. "If she really loves him so well,
and they have parted forever, it would
be more merciful to let her die."
To Oe Continued.
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of hi- consistency, said in a group w hero
Mr. Greeley was standing;
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deal of brandy and water together."
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w itli many . lhat 1 at l-ast, ii.-wr bend
him use expletives lh.il could it ! re
p. ate I in a reiine.l circle. He had iu
ju t.tiahl.- net a-ious, though, for o..jmga
t. .1 y i -pit li'-L- as any one I ever i.i.ew;
an I, il h-! had h ! .-'met ine s spoken
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that w i- - ei t of it, was i.ol the wof.-t in
tie- W'orl i ; but it was very ne.irlv tin
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uniform alpdaoel. Almost a I the u .; Is,
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