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LI VE LOCALS
H1MCI1.Y WIUTTKN.
ONE DOLLAR.
HUKBCKIlUi NOW.
Business Director!.
tWKIil UUtnr.,
... a.ttl-13
EAST WKl88l'0trr. VHNN'A.
H, h,..H oilers (Irst-olass accommodations M
,!,! ! , .-,. boarder and trent guest
p.utto in-U-.-H. only One Dollar per nay.
Joiik ltEinito, I'riiprifw.i-
y
Oscar Christman,
wuitujronr, i'A.-
Liiict'H nm
,1 ISxcJutmje ktuMi.
M-ill mill icw ' mnvul-lr
dive uio a trlul.
Tho - Weissport - Bakery,
r- vi. Lunv. raormifron.
,,,,vr-r, Fresh BM5,."'y'',,,,Mt
' . ,lltllM.VIrV UUV.
l 1 Hill"" ilii'i .. . ,tMillnnm
! the storo I nave schools and fos
VWUPIMUU !"" "
H. J. HONaSN,
,j,:U.S0TOClIAIt..lW 8CHWWT7.FU,
Near Uio Canal Ilrldgft, In
fiArfT WEISSPORT, Porma.
Is prepared to do all kinds ot
Blacksmithing and
i inn Qhnnincr
nut ac-vjiiu"'&i
Ml Trices. TIRK SETTING A
SVl!C(Alrv. Also, Agent for the
P P. Mast Road Oart,
the (meanest andJlcst on Uio market
fel2-yt
iupntn fit MffiJ
i Tenby Christman
ATTIIK
Foit Allen House, Wojsspnrt
Hells llio I'opular ami Celebrated
H Arlington O and O York
3J?aL3 AND I0UBL3 CABEUSE3
Ai prices that arc eonol'lerAbly lea than compe
tition. I have nil styles .-ltd (nialltl"
which I wish you would not tail to Inspect
bcfuie making purchase.
APPLES
AND
POTATOES
Received in Car Load Lots al
most every week nt
.
O. J. Saeger s
East Weissport, Pa.
Store-kccpcra, Hucksters and all
nrlmvs can save money by male
ing. purchases of him. Other
Call or write
for prices.
Dead Men Tel! No Tales
WE'RE ALIVE,
Qur Story's Short.
We lmvo'nt got tho 11100 K3 C STOCK of
Dry Goods, Groceries, Provis-
ions,
Notions, iioots
and
liocg.Toljiicco, Cigars,
&c , &c, &c,
i,. llin ililnli Valley, but we have an Klegnnt
AMortmcnt Jiisttho same, and tho prices uio
marked way down below tho great majority of
market way now., u. ; h---"'
OMrcoinpetltors and Ui it s vv . t suits 5 0 1 ;M
paino (JUAMTY H the 11KST aim tno I i.iu.-
nroMwnvs.llIST ItlOHT. Our stock Is etittro-
ly New, Prosit, Clean, Complete and Haiulsome,
w.i tiikn Llcasure in inking the people of
Weissport and tlio suriohndlng community to
call aud Inspect our assortment of general store
-nods, Jtespecuveiy,
A. W. MA11SH,
rost-Olllce. Woissport. Pa
Over Canal Erite E. Jeissprt.
XJNDBRTAKX3S
AND DBAI.HIt IN
PARLOR SUITES,
BRP ROOM SUITES,
e Prlees Hie very lowest. quality of
nio',H tlie host. SatlslaeUon guaranae.1 In
fvrv p-iriii'iiUHr.
Of skits, Cofllna anfl Shrouds,
W lia.- a full )Hw whlelt we will Din.Uli a
tae low l poswu.o imw.
Flour, Poea, &c, "
i,i 'Ho elialeert (iitJillty a,t veiy reasonable prtees.
1 nil iimi -Bii'.iHwi,
JOSEPH V. REX,
KAStr WKI88l'0HT.
Aprtliy
iVL. CAMPBELli,
Jeweler and WatcWer,
Rank Street, Lehighton, inna.
Miyr
VWl
- now ntwiR
. i
W aiGU, wv,
Silvorwaro, aewciy,
. - "T" f
Ltl'rteM that defy com
mU and lnpect my
tliiwUir.
n.imtiAttttctn.
nmm
iOCK uutum I'M.
REPAIRING
PnuBfttty done at lowest charge, and all work
RU w Met the Place.
SIGN OP THE BIG WATPH,
Josopli F- RBXj
We
$1 .00 Yar in Advance. INDEPENDENT-.. Live and Let Live." $i .gB when not paid in Advance.
VOL. XVliiL No 13 Lshighton, Carbou County, Penna. March 15, 1890. Single Copies 5 Centg
I ana icet 'ins Kisses onr n r, . . .. , , .. , ;
Sick Headabhe CURE'S IWMl
I S a complaint from which many suffer
1 and lew are entirely free. Its cattso
Is Indigestion and a sluggish liver, tlio
euro lor which Is readily found In the
uso of Ayor's Pills.
" I havo found that lor sick headache,
caused by a disordered condition of tho
stomach, Aycr's X'llls ore tho most re
liable remedy." Samuel 0. Bradburu,
"Worthtngton, Mass.
"Alter tho use of Ayor's rills lor
many years, In my practlco and family,
I am Justified in saying that they aro an
excellent cathartic anil llvor medicine
Bustnlnincall the claims made for them.
-W. A. WoatfaM, M. V., V; 1 Austin
& N. W. Hallway Co., Burnet, Texas.
"Ayor's Pills aro tho tost modlcino
known to mo for regulating the bowels,
and for all dlseosos caused by a dis
ordered stomach nnd liver. I suffered,
lor over thrco years from headaclio, in
digestion, and constipation. I had no
appetite and was weak and nervous
most of tho time. By using three boxes
of Ayor's Pills, and at the same timo
dieting myself, I was completely cured.
Philip Lotlcwood.Topoka, Kansas.
" I was troubled for years with indi
gestion, constipation, and headache. A
few boxes of Aycr's Pills, used in small
dally doses, rostored mo to health.
Thoy are prompt and effective." W. ll.
Strout, Meadvillo, Pa.
Ayer's Pills,
v V riUtPAIUtD BT
Dr. J. C. Ayer & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Bold by all Druggists and Dealers In Medicine.
FOR TOKP.D LIVER.
A torpid liver deranges ttio wtiolo syo
lam, uno prouuccn
Sick I'lGadcohs,
Dyspepsia, Costivenos3, Rheu
matism, Sallow Skin and Piles.
Thcro la no better remedy fortheso
common !lattON thr.ii Tutt's X.lror
t'llln, oh a Irlal mill prove. &'riec,S3c.
Sold BverywXioro.
,OUR NEW
IFHEE,
Worth 91UU.UO. -hii1
jwttch In tti world. I'erOct
timekeeper, wiimnt-d Mivy,
soui) gold nuntin caiei.
with works nnd titttt oi
inftl fRlue. USE PERSON la
h loculitr cn -ecure on
free, toptthr lth our lrjr
lilies. Then inmrl!, (ll well
I vRiuftbi imooijiniiieiiuii
u th watch. an free. All tho work you
I, poed do l to ihovr what we lead you to tho- who cill-yout
incpai ana netfrnnnrianatno-a pdoui you inamiwirireiuui
in valuable trad- futo, which bold for yean hen once started,
and hot na are renaM. Wa p 1 er""i freipht, etc. Afler
mmrrora ft&tfO to 0O VT werk and upward! Addren,
rnu innw bii. it Tnu wnuin use cu m nvi lur ui. ruu nan
i. rou can
tlnonV Co.,lloxbl, lortl(iml, Mnlno.
?3Corso Doctor,
(Honorary Onirtuiite ot Ontario Vet. Colloge.)
Offlco:,Carti3n Hqusg BaiiKSL. LeniiMoB
UASTUATION, DENTISTRY,
Diseases of Horse and Cattle,
BUCRKBSRUT.1.Y TltnATKl).
Hptrim ami furtleiiliir Attention pulil to
lameness :-: spaviks,
Splints, Kingbone, Hoofbound,
And all diseases prevalent among l)omet'cate(l
UllUillS,
(lis IIoro and Catllo Powilrrs soul b him
elf and stores generally.
0 msnUallon l'roe Clmi-gos Moderate,
Ca lsbvtelemaiili anil tolenlione promptly at-
ntt-ii.liHl to operations Skillfully l'eiformcd
New UversFeed Store
AT PACKER TON.
MJOl'OU) MHVKU8 ropo-.funvlnfoiinlhe
people ofTaokerton and vicinity that ho Inn just
011CU(1, iX uyEllY 8TAI1I.E oallEAVEH !
' ,-,,,, YIU, (ioo.l 8
enmi uithur for l'imeraf, WeilUliiK or for Ha
UVEHY STAIllili OllHEAVlStl t
Safe
lau
iut liiriinHH nt verv liwost llates. ill coni.ce.
toll tliermvltli lie has also In stoek tho very best
brands ot VI.OUK mnl I'UKI), A'hicli ho will
ser at liwost races.
Attention, Builders!
-rim iniinvni(mMt w stl .1 n nrkliiu tlie HOTiON
xtdnic oiIAkkV. ami Is uieniirett to supply, at
shortest notice mid at Lowest .Prices, iwrwins
who desire nitlt (10iU SiONU for llOIhDlNd
PUI.l ()nli. 1 aim llluiwe. llie diuuuo iiiiu
learn Pilces before pmoliasliiK elsewhere.
LEOPOLD MBYI3RS,
feA),2;ly Vackerton. I'a
D. J. KISTLER
ltesectf.aiy announces to the nubile that lie us
oienect h NKW J.IVKBY 8TABUK, MHIUW lie le
WwliPnusor UuHlnoiw Trips on the shortest no-
Ihb hii.I must liberal terms. Orders left at the
Oaruou lluiise" will rewlt' prompt attention.
8TAB-K8 OS NOHTII 8THEJ5T,
nexlUielIc.Ul,Lelilj;Woii. IsnKtA-
KM ATCEIl'SI
Hone ai GutQe Ho.
Joalum Shoemaker, Proprietor
OllKItUYVIM.K, V. O., Northampton co.
l)lltECTIONH-KoraliorsiltameiUul,lw-
iKwniiful a day. Kr Cow. 1 teMIieojifii!
twice a waek; when sulk, twice a day. Til.
tlirou tllMMB n WMA1C WilBU Wit. a Uiliiu
same for Hon. Fur 1'uHitry mix wku ieeu.
HT'Ti.'k iwwdor Is preparea aBeruereeie
of tfio late ! II. O- Wnou,all1Uw'lbj
artiuln. Owiiers t above named animals sUouM
write ouco.
Stovas
Tinware,
Heaters and
Hangoo,
in u.
Tr
1 . A 1 I I tJ I . B W It A II. I .-
uauiu ' "
r ..i.. tut. -n.a strr
Roofing and Spoitting a special
ty. Stove repairs uuiuimibu
on al'nrt notn e.
Reasonable! !
rs. v rirrulntton is growing
J XLl lKcauJ we furnish
ii rli. l.uoftt lofftl news in inr
t
t
best style. Aample us
Ooncluded from onr inst.
IV.
Tho maeeatro of Guy to May restored
her greatly, ami she seotned by night
timotohavoquitoiriicoverouiierstrengui.
At the usual time for retiring sho wns
cliatting piyly to (.'Ure. who had been
strnnge'r reserved and silent.
At length sho interrupted nor.
"Mav." sho said "you pain rho by
thoso huppy, trusting words of yours. I
liavp kept silent up till now, because you
wcro so weak nnd ill; but it is only just
that I should speak. Oivo mo your
promise first that you will bo brave, nnd
that you will beliovo that I only tell you
what I do for your good."
Blay turned vory tiale, but she alippoti
a trusting hand into that of her enemy.
Tell me all," Blie snid; "it will be bet-
tor for mo to know."
"You must hope still for tho host,
dear," said the wily traitress, "because
nothing short of utter compulsion will
force words front me. But Guy L'Bs
trange is guilty; I saw him myself in
the woods; I saw him strike the woman
to the ground in his rnge.
Oh, Clare, Clarel It is not, it cannot
bo true!" cried Hay, as sho flung herself
on the breast of her supposed friend.
'I will never behovo thut Guy could be
a betrayer and a murderer."
"No, no, Mar, said Clare, pressing
May's head to her breast in protended
fondness, that sho might not seo the
vengeful glitter of her oyos, tlio serpent
liko triumph on her face; "I do not say
that. I saw and spoko with Guy nftcr it
was all over, and I can relievo your heart
of a great deal,"
"Tell me tell mo then. I beg," said
May. "Do not fear for me. Anything
is bettor than suspense. It is that which
prostrates mo and seems to rcnu my heart
with hopeless dosjiair."
"Listen, then, May," said Clare. "Do
not interrupt mo and I will explain all.
But above all remember that not a word
of what I say must bo repeated to any
ono, not oven to my mother.
"I promise that, whispered poor May,
still nestling her aoliing head on the
warm bosom of her betrayer, "all shall
bo sacred between you una me.
"Well, then, continued Clare, "I saw
Guy L'Estrango strike this woman down,
as I havo said, and sho saw mo aud knows
that I was a witness to ail. Sho will tell
this when she recovers her senses, and
thoy will force mo to be a. witnosa against
him. But he has qutto cleared himself
in my oyos. That woman Is not hia wife
nor anything to him. Sho never was;
of that ho has convinced me. It waa all
a hatched up story to extort monoy, but
so well was it-concocted that, in his. (ter
ror nnd dismay to llnd that his marriage
with you would be put off and all his
prospects ot happiness perhaps blighted
forever, that ho lost command over
himself and struck her, never intending
to deal so violent blow,
Hut it was ooivaiiuy to strito a
woman nt all," sobbed May.
"Yes; it would havo been utterly cow
ardly and wicked had ho lhoant it," Baid
Claro, "but ho did not do it in premedi
tation, and ho was bitterly repentant
after, IIo wanted to remain, and do his
host to rcstoro her to consciousness, but I
persuaded him to fly whilo no Grangers
wcro about; and having seen that tho
woman was quickly recovering her
senses, and hearing footsteps approach
ing, I confess I fled, too. It was then I
met Guy again and hoard from his lips
tho proof of Ills innocenco pf what the
woman charged aim with."
"What is to bo douo, thenr sho moatied.
. .
"I wish ho had not struck that woman.
It seems to lower him in my eyes. Oh,
Claro, if that part of your story could bo
blotted out I should bo o, happy girl."
"lou do not lovo him, then," said
Claro, gently putting hor from her und
rising; "if you did you would find ex
cuses for him In his utter despair at be
ing compelled to loavo you an ho feared
ho would. Good night. May. He sent
you a hopeful, loving message. I don't
think it would conduco to Ills well doing
if ho hoard your doubts and complain
ings to-night."
"Cut stay, Clare," cried May, clinging
to hor; "what is to be tho end of It all?
If ho did tills thing, if that woman forces
you to speak, lio will bo convloted.'
"Tliero 1b no doubt of that," said Clare;
"and ho will bo heavily punished. Wo
must mako up our minds to bear that
unloss otto of two most unlikely things
uappono,"
"What are they?"
"Either that tho woman dies beforo
she recovers consciousness or that ho oa
oanee. Tho latter is tho more improba
ble in these matter of fact days or well
built places of detention and wide awake
police. And yet such things do occur,
and there is at any rate a baro poselblli
ty that he might escape. It he does he
will, of course, have to fly the country,
,
'Tliat would be a confession of guilt,"
Bam juay,
"Well, what else oould he do?" said
Clare; "if ho remained ho would simply
be placed lmolc in prison, under far more
unfavorable circumstances. No. If he
once escapes lie mutt leave England, and
It in rnrv linllkulv von would him
,n for yean unle"' lu,toed' y fled
now, and you, my dear, look as if a long
sleep would do you good. You must try
nnd keep up your strength, for who
knows wliHt fresh trials tlie morrow may
bring?"
She bent to impress a treacherous kiss
on the girl's forehead, and then hastened
to her own room.
Here she at onoe began to undress
sitting the while before the mirror and
admiring the Juno like beauty she re
vealed.
"IIow can he nreftir her Inainid beauty?"
lie niutterttl to herself, as she surveyed
again her own ample ouarms "a weak
faced, helpless child! Uahl luUe my
elf when 1 find myself pitying; -her.
must aud will go through with my plan
I liave beguu It. What a pitiful coward
I should be to abandon It iiowl"
For hours the sat there perfecting
eUeine a achemedlabolloal la 1W treao)
rv and erueltv
- 'i uwt what of thaw
1 "rf "
It meant May's shame and ruin; but
then, to Clure Raymond it meant- the
lovo of Guy L'Estrange.
Was uot that worth fighting furf
And while tliio arcu neuu was con
cot-urn- pUna fir the destruction of her
belph-iw, inniHMBt foe, May, lying in her
U'noly led, was revolving inner mind
tl worda wliiuli Claro Itaymoud had
"Unlosd she were to tly with him they
might uot meet for years.
As if she could doubt?
As if, were .be to bear hi dear voice
not yield to any proposal ho maddl
Euoapol
wnai ueiigni4rthare seemed n0w ln
that ono wordl
It might menijto othors a coufbseibn
ot guilt nnu sirnme.
But to herit meant tlie safoty Of hot
lover nnd their flight to happiness to
gether. And so at length, tired put by the ox.
oitement and her sorrow, sho slept in
sVeet peaeefulnass, dreaming of Uappy
days with Guy, and never oflM rtelug
dimly, in all her visions, tho swtml"whicb
was about to fall.
V.
The days passed wearily.
The condition of tho woman upjit the
infirmary had not changed, and nothing
further had transpired.
It was a dead level of monotony wait
ing, waiting and May Fielding's-jjpiriti
fell accordingly.
The weather, too, had changed to a dull,
driezlin:; rain, wearisome and depress
ing, and though, as May Fielding safi in
her own room on this eighth night attet
the outrage, tho downpour had coad,
there was pitch blackness without, and
the wind howled dismally among the
dripping boughs and over tho sodijqn
lawns.
A fitting accompaniment sho thought
to her own weariness and sorrow.
Tliero seemed nothing to look forward
to but the cold routino of n public trial,
which, if Claro's words wero true, could
havo but ono ending tho conviction of
LGuy L'Entrango and n long, terrible
term or imprisonment.
Only ono thing in all was sure hot
certain, unswerving lovo for Guy.
Sho was seated at tho fire, which, In
spito of tho time of year, sho had Jiad
lit, for sho was chilled and pulseless,
when a slight noise nt tho window at
tracted hor attention.
With a nervous, startled feeling at her
heart sho turned her head and waited.
Again tho sound camo tap, tap, tap.
"Who is there?" sho cried in n tremu
lous voico, as sho drew aside tho cur
tains. As she did bo, she needed no answer;
ono glanco gave her that; and bho start
ed back with a cry of mingled joy and
fear.
For there, without, palo and ghastly,
but certainly living, was Guy L'Es
trangc. In nn instant sho had opened tho win
dow, and stepping out on tho balcony1,
was clasped to hor lover's breast.
Again and again ho kissed her passion
ately, and then in a low, murmuring
voico ho said;
"May, my darling, I daro not stay
hero. Somo ono will bo euro to observe
u.i. I have escaped, and shall bo pur
sued. Havo you courage to come out
and meet rao at tho boathouso by the
lake?"
"Yes, Guy," sho said, and in n daged
way sho moved as if to go at once.
"No, no," Bald her lover, "you' must
put some thick wraps round you tp coni
ceal tills light dross, und-put ounhaC
I may keep you Bome'tfme,, ; h
Sho went in at once, and in a fow mo
monta returned. " .J
Sho had elefsed the French! wlitdow be-'
hind her as sho entered, and when she
opened It again ho was gone, -
Sho was all in dark things now, and
tripping down tho iron stops leading,
from tho balcony, sho was soon Bpeodlng
over tho wet lawn, confident that no ono
oould seo her in tho darkness.
But two oyes had seen hor, and watched
her going in cruel triumph thoso of
Claro Itaymortd,
May found her lover at tho boathouse,
his hat pulled over his oyos, tho collar of
his big ulster buttoned round his throat
so that vory llttlo of his faco could bo
seen.
"May," ho said, taking her hand In
his and looking down into her faco (she
could not see his eyes in tho gloom, but
sho guessed how lovingly thoy beamed
upon her), "I am como to-night to put
your love to a great tost. Nay, hear mo
out, for at any moment wo may seo the
lanterns of tlio polico lulling hither aud
thither iu Bcarch of me. Claro has told
you oil my cowardly folly and my pun
tshmcnt, She has told you, too, that I
am innocent of all oavo that blow that
that woman was never my wife or aught
to mo."
Yes, sho has told me," whispered
May, nestling to him.
"Thanks for your sweet trust, May,"
ho Bald; "but all tho trust and lovo ln
tho world will not avail mo if I remain
in England. If I stay hero I am doom
ed. I cannot deny tho blow; it was wit
nessed and will bo sworn to, and. May,
bear it bravely, my love tho woman is
dead. Tho clmrgo against mo now is
ono of murder."
As his strong arm bold her, ho felt
how sho shuddered, and he bent and
kissed her.
"I am loaving this place to-night," he
said. "To-morrow 1 must bo on Uio sea.
Never more can I set foot In England,
We must part, dear one, this night for
ever, unless"
"What?" cried May, turning her star
tled face to his.
"Unless, my own, my darling," ho
cried, holding her passionately to him J
-unless you win ny wiui me. wo emui
not want for money; I will secure oil
that. If your love is as great as mine.
my sweet, tliero will be no craving to re
turn hither providing we are together.
May made no reply, but nestled to him
moro oloeely, sobbing wildly on Ids
breast
"Do not let me tako you from your
home, dear," ho continued, "to share
my dishonored name, it one thought, ono
doubt, binds you tolsnelanu: but remem
ber, May, if we part now it la forevor."
"I will go, Guy, she whispered. "How
can you doubt me? You are my life
my alll"
He rained kUses on her lipe bo passion
ately tliat May wondered, while he
thanked her iu broken words for her
love and trust.
At tlds moment a light was seen in the
trees afar off, and a whistle sounded.
"Ah," Jie cried, "thoy are after mo al
ready. Uvon now, May, I almost think
myself a coward to ask you to sharo .my
troubles and dangers. Perhaps, after
ail"
"Hush, Guy! she said; "let us go.
Bvery moment increases your danger.
Across tlie grounds they hurried, and
were soon in tlie highway,'
Here a oloaed carriage was waiting.
and helping May in, Guy gave the word
to tlie driver, and they were soon speed
lug away at a rattling pace from L'Ee-
trange Turk.
May lay silent in her lover's arms.
She felt no deairo to talk; and eveu
she had, the rattling of the carriage as
it sped along so swiftly would have pre
vented tier from doing so intelligibly.
Left thus to her thoughts, she could
caU usxiMtr aasov.
ll
a
Knew not what, and again and again
sho was on tho point of withdrawing
herself from hor lover's arms and say
ing words which would havo stopped
..mi itigui iorever.
Uravo or not, Bho fought with this
feeling and conquered it; so much so,
that when tho veliicle drew up with a
jerk at tho first railway station that Guy
uuivi. Biop qi eno awoto irom a sleep sho
had been enjoying In hor lover's arms.
In tho train Guy disguised ldmself
even moro, putting a thick muffler round
his nock, nnd subsiding into a corner
with his arm round May's waist and her
head resting on his shoulder.
London was reached In tho small
hours of tho morning, nnd Guy at once
chartering a cab, ordered tho driver to
tako them at full speed to an obscuro
street In a south London suburb.
It was extraordinary to May to see
how clear sighted ho was through it all,
as if everything had been arranged bo
foreliand. ."Whore aro wo going, Guy?" sho asked,
as they rattled onwards through tho
somewhat grimy streets.
"To Mrs. Preston's," ho said, "an old
servant of my aunt's. I will leave you
there, for I must hide away In far moro
dismal Bpots than that, whilo this huo
and try is after mo. Sho is a good old
soul, honest and trustworthy, but you
must not confldo in her too much. Hero
you must bo Miss Maud Rivers, and I
must pass as Tom Hartley. I thought of
thoso names on tho road, and telegraphed
to tho worthy old soul, so sho will be
quite ready to welcomo us."
Again that unaccountable, uncom
fortable feeling passed through May's
whole being, a dread that sho had done
wrong, a feeling, in fact, which she did
not liko to confess to herself.
Mrs. Preston was all that Guy had
said, kind, respectable and hearty in her
welcomo.
Sho at once drow May into a room
with a bright firo, very acceptable on
that muggy morning; but Guy would
not como In.
"I must not bo Been about in tho day
light, my darling," ho said. "I must
get away whilo tho day is dull and
heavy. Expect mo to-night directly it
Is dark. I will arrange about tho spo
clal license, and we can bo married in
three days,"
Aftor which it seemed strango that
directly "ho quitted tho street ho hailed
a liansom nnd ordered tho driver to take
him to tho Clarendon club, which he
entered quite openly, nnd passed into
tho coffee room as usual.
What could this mean? Was Guy de
ceiving his trusting llttlo tlanceo after
all?
Timo passed very wearily for May
Fielding in tho dismal littlo houso at
Brixton, with nothing to amuse her but
tho dull babblo of tho well meaning
landlady, the perusal of somo out of date
books, and tho contemplation of tho mo
notonous row of houses opposite, varied
only by the different color of a blind or
tho disposition of a'flower.
Guy sho saw littlo f.
Ho camo for a few fcinutes only on tho
first evening;, saying that even this short
visit, which began and ended in tho
passage, was at tho peril of Ids life, and
regretting in bitter terms the necessity
whith would forco them to bo married
in tho dismal little parlor of the Brixton
lodging house.
Hawayer, it was heaven where sho
was, and so on, and off ho was again.
A dull pain was at May's heart 03 ho
left her, and sho hurried up to her littlo
room.
Was her awakening coming? And
ought sho not bo thankful, If- it wore so,
that it did not como too late?
Sho wept bitter tears; she blamed her
self for her inconstancy; Bho murmured
the namo of "Guy, darling Guy," and
begged him, as If present, to forglvo her;
aud yot sho craved to be at homo at the
Iodgo with Claro and Mrs. Raymond,
and found herself wondering whether,
after all, sho could ever havo loved him
at all. for tho feeling, all mastering oa it
had been, seemed fast dying out.
"Never mind," Bho 6old, as her poor
aching head reatod on n wet pillow that
night; "I must go through with it all
now for Quy s sake. No doubt my feel
Ings nro only those of a foolish, fright
ened girl. Never shall Guv be able to
say that I fled from and betrayed him in
his hour of Clanger."
tor two days she saw nothing of her
lover; on tho third he brought the special
license and tho ring to show her.
Sho trombled aud blushed a little when
she saw the plain gold circlet and tho
formidable official document; but when
ho had kissed her pouting lips, and whis
pered words or laving and blissful an
ticipation, sho felt moro restful, and lay
In his arms liko n tired child in tho dull
glow of tho parlor flro.
For it was noticeable that when he
came tho lamps wcro never lit; tho two
wero always, left to the lovcruko light of
the flamee.
"Ono could never telL" Quy said,
'fwhon or where spies might bo about.
They might bo peering through windows
and listening at koyholes, and so forth,
when everything- seemed Btlil and ee-
ure."
, . It was on tho next night that May,
having seen nothing of Guy, retired to
her room early to read beforo retiring to
rest.
. This, to-night, woa moro than ever a
necessary proceeding, for her mind was
in a Btato of wild unrest.
To-morrow was to bo her wedding day,
Two days after site would quit England
with her husband forever,
Why was It that dream voices kept
saying to her: "Do not go; do not bo
readily leave homo and friends?"
Her mind was too excited for tears;
her heart was beating high; she could
not read, and flinging down her book
impatiently she rose, and looked out
upon the garden, upon which the rays
or the moon wero now shining brightly,
Tlio strips of ground at the back of tho
houses, wero bounded by a soroowlutt
high back fence, which se para tod them
from a piece of waste land on which
were sundry evidences that an enterpris
ing builder had Intended making a rusli
into work, and then abandoned It.
Far over there, beyond this waste, rose
a ciiurcn spire.
On either side were some trees, and
here and there n pool shining in the sil
ver light of the night goddess.
And therel What was that?
Her heart gave a great leapusehe rec
ognized a tall figure in an ulster dashing
across tlie waste ground at a headlong
peed. Was tliat Guy and were Ida pur
suers after him? A sickening feeling of
dread Invaded her heart, and though her
bosom heaved madly wltli the wild beat
ings ot her heart, she stood and watebed.
The tall figure had evidently for tlie
time given bis pursuers tho slip, and waa
evttl new climbing the high funo.
tll0JC
If
no came over Hotnowiiat ciumstiy,
partly through his long coat aud partly
through norvousnew, and ho foil. Ho
was up in a moment, however, and hur
rying Into tho houso.
When May doscended unsummonod to
tho parlor, which for tho first timo was
lit up, sho found Guy in his Bhirt sleeves
nnd Mrs. Preston busy with cold water
and sponge.
Guy had cut his arm badly, and the
blood was pouring from an ugly wound.
"Let mo help you, Guy," said May,
amazed at sho know not what ns sho
gazed Into his hard set face. "Run aud
get somo bandages, Mrs. Preston, whilo
I tatho his arm."
"Ah, thankee, child!" said tho worthy
woman. "I couldn't do it all by myself,
and I didn't liko to call you. I know
girls don't fanoy tho sight of blood."
May felt, sho know not why, that a
crisis in hor llfo had como, and sho braced
herself to meet It.
She rolled Guy's right shirt sleeve up
higher, that ho might help her. It was
tho left arm that was hurt, aud badly,
too, tho flesh being lacerated deeply.
In one instant sho had learned tho fact
that this man who stood beforo her in tho
Bcmblanco of her Guy, her own darling
Guy, tho man for whom she had deserted
homo and friends, had no mark on his
right arm I
Her heart beatns if it would burst; but
in this supremo moment she kent calm.
Sho know that tho slightest display of
emotion would ruin all.
She, na calmly as sho oould. rolled nn
tho other Bloevo higher, and saw what
made her brain joyous and hor wholo
being become infused with a delicious
thrill of relief.
Tho woman who had been so cruollv
used in tho woods had muttered some
thing about marks on Guy's arm. All
they had heard was tho word "dagger."
un tho left arm of this man was n
cross aud two daggers, and just above
them tho jagged scar of a sword tlirust.
At this moment Mrs. Preston re-entered
tho room.
"I am glad you havo como," said May.
"I miscalculated my strencth. Blood
always turns mo faint."
And sho staggered from tho room.
When Mrs. Preston went un nresentlv
to hor with smelling salts and a glass of
wine, sho found her extended on the
floor In n dead faint.
"Where is where is Mr. Hartlov?"
wero her first words when sho regained
consciousness, and Bho gazed as-if in fear
round tlio room.
"Oh, h;'s KOne." said Mrs. Preston
cheerily; "ho left his best love, and Bald
the clergyman would bo hero very early;
and that ho would got you over to Franco
quick, Instead of stopping here,"
May quickly took her resolution.
"Thank you, Mrs. Preston," bho said,
"for your kindness in bringing mo the
wine; but tliat is only a stimulant for
tho moment, and I must liavo something
to mako mo feel strong and look bright
on my wedding day." (She shuddered
Involuntarily as she uttered tho worda.)
"I will go out to tho 'doctor's, whoso light
I oeo at the end of the street, and get
him to" prescribe for mo."
The kindly look died out of Mr. Pres
ton's face, and a stern frown took its
placo,
"Not to-night, miss," she said, edging
towards tlio door. "I was told most
particular not to let you go out nt night;
and Mr. Hartley"
"Nover mind Mr. Hartley," said May,
with a mirthless attempt at a laugh, as
she put on her hat and throw her travel
ing cloak over her arm. "Timo enough
to obey him when I liavo said tho ortho
dox words 'lovo, honor and obey.' Kind
ly let mo pass, madam,"
Tlie latter worda wero added in a
hard, commanding tono qutto unusual
to May, 03 sho advanced quickly.
Mrs. Pre3ton was de3perato; sho had
long seen that all was not quite right
between tlio "lovers," and Bho would
lose a, big reward if sho allowed tho girl
to escape.
Sho stood, therefore, at tho door to
prevent her egress.
But Bho had entirely miscalculated tho
strength of will existing In that youthful
mind and the power lying dormant in
tliat lituo young form. With one
spring, May Fielding had darted for
ward, and seizing tho woman by the
arm, had swung her backward into the
center of tho room.
Then, without a pause, alio' fled down
tho Btalrs, out into tho street, and away
toward tho busy highway at tho end.
Sho had money with her, nbuudance
for her purposo, and hailing n cab she
drove to tho police station.
After an hour's interview with n very
delighted and astonished inspector, the
bravo glrldrovooftngaln, thistlmo to the
railway station, ot Euston.
It was apparently a very pleased and
self possessed young lady who took a
llrst class ticket by tho express to Uecp
ford, who gavo tho porter half a crown
to obtain her a carriage to herself, and
who made herself cozy in a corner for
her long journey.
But pa the train began to tear madly
along, shrieking through the fields and
villages, May Fioldlng lay in a tumbled
heap on the floor of the carriage, oblivi
ous to all.
Mrs. Raymond and Clare sat in the
drawing room at the iodgo.
Tlio former was indulging in ono of
hor favorlto naps; Claro had been pro-
tending tQ read, but as soon as the regu
lar breathing of her mother told herthat
sho was ln the land of dreams, she throw
aside her book to think.
The flight of May hod cauaed tho ut
most consternation; none the lees so
when It was found that, in virtue of her
father's foolish will, sho liad transferred
all her mpney iq tlio Alliance bank to
Mr. 'i nomas Hartley,
Clare, of course, kept silent, refusing
to judgo her in any way; only expressing
n hope that Guy L'Estrange would be
satisfied now of tho worthlessnoss of tlie
girl with whom ho had been so infatu
nted.
That morning uews had como that tlie
Injured woman at the tnurmary had re
covered her senses and was able to be
carried ta the court; but as to the result
nothing was yet known.
And bo in tlie shadow of the big room
Claro sat at the window looking across
tho lawn and hoping hoping that she
might see tlie tall form of Quy Liio
transe striding aoros if.
Hark I sounds ot wheels epproaebiog
then a loud rat-tat-tat at the door. Hur
ried step cross the great hall, and ln an
otlier moment the door opeus and Quy
L'Estrange rushes in, followed by Paul
Armstrong.
A RU-Ps figure springs to meet ldm
and is clasped to ills Minting lu-art, while
passionate kisbea rain upou her tips.
Surely that umbmuI wan hr.sven
Clare lay m sad
II 19
WUh oru tpring May Fielding had ilai ted
jorwara.
Sho knew tliat that fond pmliram
thoso eager kisses, were not for hor: but
nono tho loss was it rapturo to He in his
arms, Up to Hp, for the first nnd. it
might be, tho last timet
A servant in another moment entered
with lights, and Clare struggled away,
smiling and covered with blushes.
"You did not givo mo timo. Qur." she
said, "to explain tho mistake." Then
sho added gravely: "Havo rou not
heard?"
Guy L'Estrango felt a ciddv sonoitlon
of dread stealing over him. and ho
grasped the table for support.
"Xieara whatr ho cried. "Speak! tell
mo where is May?"
Who is not hero. Sho has fled." said
Claro in her gentlest and most studied
accents, "Sit down. Guv. nnd listen."
Ho did, his brain wliirlimr and Mb
heart turning 6ick with dread.
But ho listened to tho end without in
terrupting.
Then tho wholo thing wa3 clear to him.
"Sho has been cajoled away deceived
by a likeness," ho said. "I know now;
I feel now that tho whole secret of this
Infamous affair lies in a nutshell. I had
a twin brother (which was tho cause of
tho strange marks on our arms), and I
was led to beliovo by my father and all
my family that ho died at tho ago of 10.
liavo discovered since, through my dear
friend, Paul Armstrong here, that ho did
not; but was expelled from school (while
was at homo in bad health under n
tutor) and sent abroad.
Ho married in Australia tho beauti
ful but unfortunate creaturo, who died
today, under the namo of Roy Talbot,
his real name being Ernest L'Estrango.
Beforo her death sho exonerated me
from all blame. In her lucid moments
sho recognized tho difference in our
faces, In tlio color of our oyea, in the
marks upon our arms. When she found
ho had lied, leaving her, liko tho infa
mous Bcoundrel ho was, she found a let
ter which told her of his destination, and
sho followed bim. She mistook mo for
him, nnd, when I rushed from her, sho
encountered him as if by a miracle. It
was ho who struck her down, und who
was teen by another woman, who, from
tho description given by my brother's
wife, I beliovo now to bo you, Claro.
Tell me,"lio added sternly, "what did
you tell 'her? How has sho been de
ceived?" "I told her what I saw," said Clare,
'and sho fled,"
Sho thought it best to keep back the
truth oven yet. Fate might btill play
into her hands. Beforo tho news of Guy
L'Estrangc's release reached Loudon she
might bo tho wifo of Ernest L'Estrango.
bho was Bilent, thoreforo, ai to her
meetings with Ernest ln tho woods and
the infamous conspiracy between them
for tho ruin of May's happiness forover.
Well, then," said Guy, rising, and
pressing- tho hand of tho startled Mrs.
Raymond, who had not yet been nblo to
utter n word or to thoroughly compre
hend the meaning of tho scene, "wo must
not loiter hero, Armstrong. Yo must
go to London after my darling."
Ularo s patience gavo way at tha.
"Whatl" she cried; "you, Guy L'Es
trango, tho last of a noblo houso, will
stoop to follow tlio footstep! of a runa
way giri who lied from you at tho first
breath of calumny? Shame upon youl
Rouso your manhood and your pride!
Let her go! She is not worthy of a sec
ond thought!"
Ho read her secret in her parched lips,
her shifting color, her heaving bosom,
her wistful oyos.
This woman loved him with nn absorb
ing passion as yot unknown to ldm, but
which, now ho had realized its existence
explained all that had occurred.
I shall follow the dictates of my
heart. Clare," ho said, "and that bids
mo save my darling if I can."
j mis moment tnero was again a
knocking nt the door, and a servant en
to rod presently.
"A groom has ridden round from the
park, Mr. L'Estrange," sho said. "Miss
Fielding is there. Sho was brought thoro
in n carriage, very ill."
Uuy waited for no more, not even to
ask tho lawyer to follow him; but, rush
ing out, lie leaped on the groom's horse,
and was all like lightning.
Paul Armstrong, beforo ho went.
turned to Clare Raymond, saying in
low voice:
"Young lady, you played a desperate
gamo, which might havo resulted In very
serious oonsequences. I suspocted you
all along.
Then, bidding adieu to Mrs. Raymond.
bo hurried out, just In timo to catch the
groom gossiping with tho servant, and to
walk quietly with him to tho park.
May Fielding was delirious when her
lover reached home; and it was many a
long day and night before she recovered
sufficiently to look back upon tho post
and oomprehend the present.
It was to Guy's aunt that Bho poured
forth all her troubles her interview with
Clare; tho coming of her supposed lover
to the lodge; his entreaties; her flight
and her revulsion of feeling; how she
only saw her pretended lover by night;
bow she strove to love and respect him,
ana now tier Heart ait the time was
yearning for home and for something
which slie seemed to liavo lost.
In his secret heart Gny hod felt sorely
aggrieved tliat May should, even for
moment, mistake another man for him;
but the illness, even unto death, through
which slie had passed; her wistful, child,
Like eyes; bar pretty peuiteooe awl self
aluwement eouquered him, and lie took.
her to his heart as truly aud as lovingly
aa ever.
Ern-.t L'KMr.uijjc uved a grnal deal
of the iuet ituLlu exposure br oulthu aa
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