Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1886-10-01

Here comes the colonel, p" said Sir Allan.
trace came AHylN into the Slck-roum
bringing hrr Indian warrior, whose fine.
benevolent Cpuutcnance bramcd with
kindly feeling.
MY dear Allan, this is change for the
better, Lady Darnel, congratulate you"
he said as he sunk into the chair which
Grace wheeled forward to the hearth. -
was very sorry to leave Darnel whis, you
were in such critical state but | had
some particular business in town
you can speak before father and
mother; they know everything about
Monsieur de Camillac.'
Il am very glad of that, Grace. First
and foremost, then, there are your letters
said the colonel, handing her a sealed
packet. "Iou can count them by and by,
and see if they are all right. And there is
letter from the young man, whose name
Is no more Camilac than it is Stukely."
Grace knows his real name now" said
Glare.
"The deuce she does" cried the colonel.
ITS more than do for believe the fell
low has half n dozen aliases. However,
Grace knew the man rs Camillac and as
Camillac he writes to her, renouncing all
claim upon her acknowledging that he
confidence, and that he obtained her prom
Use under false pretenses. The letter was
written oh board the Orizaba bound for
New Zealand where | have dispatched our
young friend under the care of doctor
who is going to settle in the colony and
who will l~k after Mr.. Camillac and set
him on his leg, when he gets there. If
there is any capacity for reform in the man
he will have a fair chance of redemption"
God grant that he may take advantage
of it," exclaimed Clare "Oh, Colonel
Stukcly, how can lever be grateful enough
to you for this good work.
~ ouE said the colonel, looking puzzled.
"Ah, you do not understand vet. You
have not been told all The service done
for Grace is IA tenfold boon to me The
man you have tried to rescue is my son,
Valentine Stuart Mackenzie. If you have
indeed saved him
"lt he had been my own son ! could not
have done anything better for him.
And you have taken all this trouble
you have spent great deal of money!
began Lady Darnel, but the colonel inter
rupted her.
"Dont talk about the money The whole
business has cost very little more than Il
hundred SO far And that reminds me
that have some money of yours in my
pocket-book. Allan just half of the notes
which Lady Darncl's son took in his mad
fit. The other half fell into the clutches
of Iallcr and his brood, who robbed him
while he was under the influence Of de
lirium tremcns. Don't be unhappy. Lady
Darncl the fit was over before we put him
on board the OrZahH, and my friend the
doctor will iuul; after him throughout the
voyage. The OriZabH is a sailing VeSsl
The passage will last long enough for a
perfect cure, if my friend Fcron is is firm
as | believe he Will be. put the case in
his hands as an interesting experiment.
Here is a young man organically sound
good looking, well made we'll born, well
bred, given over to the demon drink
give him into your custody, out of reach
of temptation, for the steward and captain
will work with You for his welfare You
can have him all to yourself for the next
two months. If there is any virtue in
your science you ought to be able to cure
him And Feron declared that he would
cure him
Glare gave the colonel her hand
You have brought me comfort and
hope" she said fervently. You are a
noble-heartcd man, Colonel Stukely,
You can give me no higher praise than
that
Grace had opened the packet and looked
over her letters. Yes they were all there.
the poor little school girl notes written in
the most britannia French. with much re-
course to grammar and dictionary: the
letters written later from Darnel, in a
freer style, and little more Gaelic. but
nj, IN in
BILE lenses She glanced through the col
lection. bluahing as she looked, and then
knelt down on the hearthrug and threw
them behind the burning logs What a
merry blaze they made. while the flames
went roaring up the wide old chimney. she
turned To her godfather, half in tears and
half in mirthfulness.
"Yolk have done something more for me
than teach me my catechism and the ten
commandments in the vulgar tongue she
said. You have rescued me from great
difficulty
"Pcrhaps if | had been in the way to
teach you the ten commandments, laying
particular stress upon the fifth, you might
never have got into that difficulty, my
poor Oracle
"No: if | had honored my father as |
ought to have done, should never have
engaged myself to n French art student
without his knowledge" said Oracle, and
then, with touch of pretty Righteousness
she added: But then he ought never to
| have sent me to school. That was the
| beginning of the evil"
THAT was Aunt Dora's doing said Sir
| Allan "The school was her advice
- hate people who are always giving adj
vice" exclaimed Grace "A thing that
costs nothing, and which nobody wants
How happy they were, sitting round the
coy hearth in the spacious old room which
| Wren had planned for just such family
uses, -Four people sitting round the lire
in the average modern ed-chamber would
he a crowd; but here there was room
enough for twenty. They sat round the
fire talking for the next hour, and almost
/ forgot that Sir Allan was still an invalid,
till the family doctor came in and re
proved them severely all round, including
| the patient.
81 said YOU were To sit up for an hour OF
so, and you have been up at least touI
hours he eXpostulated.
H'Tbn ntbar thrna hnurS u-nDt I1n1nr h,