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he took me in his arms IN the summer
house the day before Will came home l
wish l had staid-had staid. She
turned and passed swiftly out into the
night.
ut is true cried Will, who had
stood like one frozen, with every faculty
save hearing suspended, since Hagar had
snatched the glass from his hand, she
visited her when she was at school? He
made open love to her up to the hour Of
my return?"
"Yes. II is true," said Hagar reluc-
family, who had Get the glass down on a
table near, its contents already discolor-
ed by the action of the poison. But she
felt it her duty to keep faith with you. -
miss Gregorias, said Lady Lirri-
per, with shrill distinctness, lyon can
pack your box and go back to Shorter. l
keep no mischief makers in my house. l
believe Trelawnys right about you. -
But she addressed air, for Will had
rushed away and Hagar had followed
him.
Him." said Lady Lirriper grimly, "a
ulCt llltl6 eCuuudl al lOuhus ANo man III
his senses, even if he overlooked the 9TH
er fiasco, would condone an attempt to
poison him and an open declaration
that his wife loves another man. Loved
him before she was married even! vi
cious little cat And in the man S revul-
sion of feeling he will fall into Hagar's
arms. Where is the woman? 1t isn't
commonly decent. " She pulled violent
" at the bell and sent for Josephine.
you've got to come out with me and
look for two Bedlamites, she said
fiercely. But though on inquiring at the
castle it was found that Lady Anne hao
retired to rest, while Sir William was
not yet in, the two women explored the
park and grounds as far as they dared
They came across no sign of the maj
and woman for whom they searched.
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CHAPTER xxx.

Scott's famous description of MelroEe
might almost apply to Laud Abbey OF
fair moonlight nights, but it was not
moonlight when Blake Trelawny ap-
preached it between IL and l O'Clock,
and inserting his latchkey in the door
stopped suddenly, his nerves shaken by
a sudden sound close at hand.
He had received grave news, fright
ful news, ON alighting at the station a
mile away. He was full of it, of the pity
and shame of it, as he stood there, for
thus it ran: Sir William Cassilis and
Miss Gregorias had eloped together.
Lady Anna Cassilis was at the castle,
broken hearted. Such was the imperfect
information supplied to him, and with
which his brain was busy, but he could
do nothing tonight; he would go over
the first thing next morning with such
cold comfort as he might carry.
Again that sound, something like a
strangled moan or cry. Hastily he struck
q light and saw covering against the
gray ivied wall, as if calling upon it to
fall and hide her, Mamie.
For moment the mans wild heart
thrilled. She had come to him willing
". She was his at last. Then, holding
the light close to her wan face, he said
gently:
"What brings you here, my poor lit
tie child? What are they all about to
take SO little care of your"
81 want you," she said. her eyes
CLASSY and fixed in the dead white ex-
haustion Of her face, "only you. Take
me in your arms. I've come to stay"
The light went. out. In the darkness
they could hear each other S hearts beat
ing, and the silence at last became an
guish, and the woman cried out under
the torture of it.
"I'm so cold" she said piteously,
- Id and hungry. Let me come III.
have gone together, those two, and
"a no one but you-no one but you. =
Ill there was dead silence. Against
he Intel of his own door Blake was
leaning, the sweat dropping from his
brow, and cropping into the darkness her
hands found his arm and chung to 1t.
"How can I go back?" she said. 1T
was you / loved--not Willard did
not know it. So tried TO kill him, and
he will never forgive me. He is Hagar Z
now--nOt mine.
Darkness swooped down upon the
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ABSOLUTELY PURE

mans soul. He opened the door AID
putting his arm about her drew her in.
~.
Cassilis awoke, flung aside the arms
that prisoned him and stood erect. His
long, deep sleep of exhaustion was over.
1t was a natural sleep, brought about
partly by fatigue, partly by the slight
concussion of the brain he had received
when he fell, and Hagar was mistaken
in thinking him the mere instrument OF
her WILL as Mamie had been-Nannie
who had also taken a long while TO
come entirely under her influence,
nearly year IN all.
"Where am I?'' he said in bewilder-
ment and with a long drawn shiver.
his outstretched arms striking against
tree Mamie !" He paused and listened,
and the woman who heard felt her heart
shrivel within her, for she knew that
the game was lost.
"Nannie is not here" she said; "she
is at Laud Abbey with Blake Trelawny. "
She could feel the start he gave at
sound of her voice, and dragging her
cramped limbs up with difficulty she
added:
"You seem to have forgotten. Your
wife tried to poison you last night.
struck the glass from your hand, and
you rushed away. / followed you. f"
"Last night" His voice sounded
miles away in it's remoteness. "An hour
ago, you mean. 1t was night when you
followed me. 1t is night now. We are
lost in the wood, but can find our way
out
"It is too late" she said "a day has
passed. Mamie has left you. She came
here to tell me hours ago of what she
meant 20 do. "
"Herel Woman, yen ravei She came
here to my face to tell you that?'
"You slept. Her mind has been made
up long while. Why did she take to
drink but in desperation because she
found out too late that it was Trelawny
she loved, not youi"
at is lie. She never drank toe
much. She was i'll. p"
"Why did she try to poison youi
Why, why? So clumsily, too, before us
all, only she was in such hurry she
could not wait"
at is a lie. There was no poison in
the glass. There is only your word fol
it-you who pretended to be her friend. >
LADY Lirriper has the glass and 1T
contents Have it analysed. Z"
81 will. I'm going to Land Abbey
} She is safe with Trelawny."
: "Oh, safe, safe !" shrieked out Hagar
"He is not man. He is q dummy,
: cupboard in which to lock up you
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Is with him now. However, a man and
woman in evening dress, without hats,
are easily traced. Ii only Trelawny were
here, she added impatiently, 81 should
know what to be about, though of course
your father is the proper person to get
after them"
"You are a cruel woman" said Nan
ME, crushed and broken beneath the
sledge hammer blows that SO rapidly
succeeded each other. "Oh, Will, Will,
you would never have let any one serve
me sol"
For a moment the selfish old woman
was shamed; it was so like beating a
heartbroken, miserable child.
'There, th"re," she said not unkind-
ly. you've made mess of your life,
and crying over it won't mend it. 1t is
he who has put himself in the wrong
box, going Off with that woman, and as
to the poison episode shall declare it's
lie, and as you don't remember any
thing about it it's only their word
against ours. And Trelawny will marry
you, I've no doubt. So it might have
been much worse. "
Mamie had been standing rigid in the
middle Of the quaint, pretty room. with
its latticed windows opening outward
against scarlet creeper, but now she
turned and CROPPED blindly for the door.
where are you going, child?" cried
Lady Lirriper sharply. Don't drown
yourself or do anything rash. It's nc
such bad luck to be Trelawny's wife,
promise you. OF course there will be G
difficulty. Desertion will have to be
proved as well. " But the door had clos
ed on Mamie. who IN her awful trouble
had not one heart in the world upor
which to lean awhile and gather strength
| to bear it.
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CHAPTER. XVI.

Will Cassi lis did not return home that
night, neither did Hagar, and dawn
found Lady Lirriper fallen into hag-
gard slumber, with Josephine keeping
watch, while Mamie lay sound asleep,
oblivious of all the horror of the preced-
ing night and the greater one that the
day was to bring forth.
Lady Lirriper would have sent for
Trelawny, but she knew he was away
and would not return till late evening,
and in her terrible anxiety she had
no one else to whom to turn, for she re-
rarded Straubenzee as no better than a
fool. It was his fault that she had been
let in for the Gregorias and forced to
undergo recently q course OF disagree
able sensations that would clap ten years
ON to her age and make her almost the
contemporary of her Methuselah hus-
band, Lirriper. 1t was all the fault OF
the country Of course. Such things could
not happen in town, or would not mat.
ter if they did. +.
Mamie came running in soon after .
with a fresh morning face inquiring
for Will, who she found on her awaken
ing had not come home all night, and
for once Josephine was not equal to the
occasion, but took her up stairs to Lady
Lirriper, who looked as painted person
does exposed to strong glare OF electric
light.
"You must be mad, +" she said savage
lywhen they were alone together. lyon
try to poison your husband. You tell
him you adore Blake Trelawny and then
Won wonder he disappears, and with the
woman who is in love with him u
Mamie turned white as ashes. Needle
darts of flame seemed to shoot through
her veins and blind her as she cried out
~ tried to poison himf 1t is you who
are mad. was tired and left him here
last night. / remember. Yes. l gave
him whisky and soda first
"After you had put in enough poison
IN kill half a dozen men," said Lady
Lirriper dryly. who was a good amateur
chemist herself. "How did you get hold
of that strychnine? Surely you needn I
murder a man because he happens to adj
miro another woman more than you j.
"strychnine repeated Mamie in
appalled tones, her young face white and
drawn with horror. 81 never saw, never
touched any in my life. As If l would
harm him, and how could l say loved
Blake Trelawnyi 1t is Will whom
love-"
"You'll find it difficult to convince
him. said Lady Lirriper dryly as IN ut
ter WEAKNESS and bitterness OF spirit sn'
leaned her head against the high backee
chintz covered chair. "de will be more
likely to believe that Hagar does. WHIT
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before her. 10 must have been planned
thing, and some servant must be In 1t,
or how conld they have got off in even
ing dress without exciting comment? /
have sent TO both the nearest railway
stations my own man, brother, who
may be trusted, and nothing is known
there. They must have driven to dis
lance. and it's hopeless TO try to over
take them now. Z"
"And NanDie?" said her father, with
white lips
"May return. II is only right TO tell
you that in my presence last night she
tried to administer poison to her hus-
band"
Lord Straubenzee reeled back, his face
suddenly grown that of an old, old man.
"Nannie!" he gasped. "My child,
Nannie Oh, it's impossiblep'
cts true," said Lady Lirriper. "a
devilish influence is upon her that is
not far to seek. Do you know what the
antecedents Of the woman Hagar were!
Was her father one of the Saltpetriere
group, the result of whose experiments
burst some years ago upon an astounded
world? But L forgot. You never read
anything that is not hundred years
old. A newspaper at Straubenzee is
heard of, but never seen.
"Hagar's father was a strange man,
| engaged in strange pursuits, said her
brother, "but / saw nothing TO identity
her with them. You believe that by
some evil arts she has worked On VIII
Cassilis and also Gil Nannie?"
"Yes, l do. 1t sounds mad, incredi-
| BILE, and Trelawny, who is like you and
never reads the papers, though, unlike
you, is no student and probably entirely
ignorant of his new force, which is like
" to convulse the world, almost stum-
bled ON the truth the other day, and his
absence at the present moment, or l an
much mistaken, means that he is trac
ing Hagar Gregorias' antecedents.
Her brother had thrown himself int
a chair, his brain whirling, his reason re
fusing to accept this monstrous solution
to a shocking series Of events, and ye
Lady Lirriper was the last woman IL
the world to accuse of imagination o.
of anything but an astute recognition o
facts. The poor man glanced round a
the furniture, the walls, as if clingip!
to real things while sinking into al
abyss where all reckoning failed hin
and out of which Lady Lirriper pulle'
him sharply.
Come" she said briskly, There
work to do We can't afford to go t
sleep over it. If only Trelawny wsr
here. But first we must scour the neigh
borhood for Nannie-quietly, be ii t.,
derstood. Fortunately the servants tai
tie can fly no farther than StraubenEe
and Laud Abbey. She seemed to be resi-
ing, but slipped out unobserved. If sc
has taken TO the woods, pursuit is hope
less. 1t would want regiment to e1
plore them properly. Still we must try
if it's only beating air. y
And they tried.
, For the rest Of that day, while Lao
Lirriper ragged restlessly from Cast
Cassilis to the cottage and back agasI
the search went on in vain till the az
tumn night fell swiftly, that night !
which "no man cen work, and in q,
the houses affected by the previor
DAYS events mistress and maid, maste
and man alike made pretense OF seel
ing rest, and Laud Abbey also slept, II
master having not yet returned.
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he c,apped the door to In wius face.

he cldpped the door to In Wttrs face.
Jewels, an old woman. He will shut
his eyes and turn his back ON what he
covets most ON earth. That is Blake
Trelawny's character as all men know"
He muttered curse upon her be-
tween his teeth, and then there was
silence, and each moment spreading to
a century told her she was alone.
Though she had found her way hither,
she could not in the darkness find her
way out, but he was in better plight,
and, having matches with him, struck
one from time to time, and being then
not much more than two miles from
Laud Abbey arrived there before day
break. As he pulled at the bell for adj
mission light glimmered in the long
room that in the monks time bad been
their refectory, and almost Immediately
Trelawny himself came, bearing a light
and looking out unmoved on the strange
figure, clad in evening dress, that stood
before him.
"Let me in," said Will hoarsely.
"Nannie is here.
blocking Wills path, his hawks eyes
flashing upon him, full, liquid, pie-c-
ing, with those dangerous lights in
them like reflections from that sun at
which his prototype could gaze without
quailing.
lyon We had your chance" he said
grimly. "Now it's mine. gave You
fair warning, and now it's too late.
You will divorce her, of course, aud l
shall marry and take her abroad, where
| mean to devote my life TO making her
happy, duty in which you have sig
nally failed. Henceforth i hold pmley
with no one. Here she is. Here she re-
mains" And he clapped the door to in
Wills face, his own that of a demon,
for his passions had got the bit between
their teeth, and no man should dare tC
hold reckoning with him that night.
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CHAPTER WV

f,.-
o M most Of us there comes IN ,;.e
rm' s,' Mnen' after riding in fiercest
nss, ' ,e nerve and muscle braced
to sm s~e inevitable, we pass suddenly
Punt Of n... waters, and, taking no
np. su sss' wreckage, of future reck.
llaby Of ras our senses to swim in a
ping potb iiee.resshment, asking and de-
Plgit 0u' 10 be left alone to
iet pe,io u Mamie and will snatch. n
"a for aSs 81 happiness to themselves
ce warn y saw only each others
biting hon. oace more with love. and
st cruel sIu lr BY hour to Keep memory
p. ''i murderer of human s' lows
I Ss1 me, syinced no wish to 500 u.u,r
apsnce I b. osy I in which the old school ta
nsnbersSSu been so strong on her were
lrtled Win VII as Isl dream. Only once she
hgs that lbunny when you remembcr
nsnbssr ' ,t have not happened and ca nj
y she Were y, would steal over her.
'tsned. '' asleep. but dreamed she
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There is no time to lose 1t is now
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there have been thirty-three speeches
made by silver Republicans, and they
say they are going to carry that coun-
ty, (Applause), and wherever I have
been men have told me they were Re
publicans from the time they first vot-
ed for Lincoln, and some even for Ere
mont and this was the first time they
ever bolted the Republican ticket. Great
applause) But they consider it as i'm
portant now to have their country TO
govern itself as ever before, (Applause),
and they are just as earnest in trying
to release the people from financial bond
age as they had ever been in advo-
eating the principles of the Republican
party" applause and cheers)
There were crowds gathered at Gret-
ma and Ashland who gathered at the
windows TO catch a glimpse OF the dis
tinguished citizen Of their state.
ARRIVAL IN LINCOLN.
Lincoln, Neb., Sept. The second
Homecoming Of Mr.. Bryan, after his
nomination was marked with enthusi-
asm, and a large crowd of his fellow
citizens f1ocked about the depot 20
shake his hand and cheer for him. There
were about 5000 people in attendance az
the train and two bands of music head
ed as many Democratic and free silver
clubs. Prominent citizens were there
and as the nominee showed himself
from the car they took him in tow to
his carriage. Cheer after cheer went
up, and the bands came in with their
share Of noise. The two silver clubs
and the citizens in carriages, headed
by the bands formed a procession which
escorted Mr.. Bryan from the Burling-
ton depot to his home There another
crowd had gathered and it was some
time before the candidate could get in
side Of the house on account of the delay
occasioned by the shaking of hands
with those present.
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ncreoIrary 0enIus,

How rarely Is literary eenius-or, IN
deed, very high order of literary tai
ent-reproduced in the second gsnera
ton! 1t Is rare, indeed, Tor memorial
of father and son - find rhemselve,
face to face in Westminster Abbey, ~
since last wee.s do TIE memorials VI
Thomas and Matthew Arnold And IL
this place Thomas Arnold owes hh
place rather to the character and per-
eonal inhuence and the gratitude Of the
lRugbein race he reared than to any
thing in him that could be called lit
erary genius. Thinking over the great
names OF English literature. the only
cases that occur 20 one arc the Cole,
ridges, the Disraelis and tho Lyetons
and some would odd tho Mnls: and
with the possible exception Of Samuel
Taylor and Hartley Coteridge there
cannot IN these cases be much talk OF
genius transmitted. In France there
are the cases Of the two Cebilions and
of Dumas pers and Dumas fas: and. II
Edmund de Goncourt's critical insight
Is to be depended on, We shall have to
odd a Daniet psre and Dsudct AlA Fe-
lix Mendelssohn's father used 10 COM
plain that he never IN tho worlfs ~
gard had an independent existence.
The first hak OF his life he Vse merely
The son OF Moses Mendesssohn, the phil.
osopher. and the second half merely
the father of Felix Mendeissohn, tbs
compensate James Gazette.
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LETTER-CARRIERs' CLAIMS
Commissioner OF the Court of Claims
the Coast Investigating,


the Coast Investigating.
San Francisco. Sept S.---Judge Henry
l.. Dorenz, special commissioner Of the
United States court Of claims. is in the
city for the purpose of adjusting the
long standing claims of letter carriers
for over time between 1888 and 1893.
The CLAIMS Of letter carriers against
the government, which Judge Lorenz
IS engaged In adjusting, arose out OF the
decision Of the supreme court Of the
United States in the case Of Post vs..
the United States, rendered In 1891, in
which it was held that letter carriers
were engaged to do a specific class Of
work. for which they were to receive a
state salary. Under the act of congress
OF 1888 their time was limited to eight
hours per day, six days a week. After
the eight hour law was passed it be-
came customary for postmasters TO de-
tail carriers to do extra work in other
departments. This the court held to
be contrary to law, unless the men were
psaid extra. for the extra labor.
Upon this decision 1etter-carriers all
over the country put In claims against
the government. the aggregate amount
ting to several millions of dollars.
From here. Judge Lorez Will go
through the state, visiting all towns
and cities which have carrier service,
proceeding afterwards to Utah, Colorado
Kansas and Nebraska