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are-Arabella crewe. "

/ are-Arapella Crewe.
He had expected that name, waited
for 1t, and yet when it came the mere
sound of it was torture.
Then" he said sternly, you know
from lips shameless enough to tell it, a
story as shameless, of basest wrong to
a man. And she has dared to send to
me?"
Aureiia laughed, little ,sneering
chuckle Of vulgar triumph, and came q
step nearer.
What You really don't know me
yet, Wilfred Erleston?"
Was the moonlight suddenly darken-
ed and the earth falling away from be-
meath his feet? Was the blood in his
veins turning into ice and then burn
ing fire? That hideous little laugh. He
had heard that once before with words
never to be forgotten. He knew in
that moment who the woman was
then it was she who had almost cow
cred back before the man she had SO
wronged.
Eyes, l know you now" he said,
through his teeth, with a passion of
scorn all the more scathing for its in
tense suppression, IF hitherto have
failed to recognize or suspect your
identity under the startling outward
change which has left not a trace. not
a vestige of your former self. | know
you this night for the same-if posi-
BILE, worse than the same-shameless
impostor as of yore, living lie then
and now, daring to come amongst wo-
men of repute under my own brothers
very roof. And not content with that
Insult, dare to confront me face to face
to demand gold for your silence! In
Heavens name, woman, have you no
shame left?"
Little enough indeed, for In all the
stern indictment that which stung her
most to fury was his allusion to her
completely changed appearance.
Shame or not" she retorted. yiru-
lently, I've got claim on your money
that you can't get rid of, and If you
don't come down real handsome with
it, you may bet your bottom dollar I'll
have the law on you"
Erlston looked at her. Heaven
knows what it cost him to bear him
self SO proudly unmoved.
You canAtry what you please he
said, with cool, contemptuous indif-
ference that took the woman's brute
nature aback. Morally you have abb
solutely no claim on me; legally the
same base deception leaves you equally
without claim. The law-if | had
cared for such & backing gives me
the right to at once separate. and
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CHAPTER XVIII.


&4 IA !. a &4<<<~. - ~
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GO Is 8 ual y = 'ifeu ~ uie
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, ~ 81 'es' pcison ne nau
e ''ss's e e sspec'Vu ~ ene ~ii'ei
!. $500 $3.50 anu se'-see nau ~
sas .aso u'a'''s' sasuels naun'eu nil,
ayon Mrs. 1,ex*ar,,, ~ so;a undor
NH hrea Il, av},,t,,
..vss ~ ~ .,,a,s 90 No., a,dn,+
o,,ita axnac+ = - M rr,astor s,re,
aid ~ viii, 8 srear
~ deemed ~ o,su,or h,,+ stood
,eans,,g easilv J .a,,,st 80 +roo with
fo,aaa ar,,<, 90 hanah+, ,re;nob;ng
sa2a ~ Al faea uro',t,;rg tbo ottac,r
aeternairaa i, forca her hand whose
.va,. ~ ms "a ~ s,,on liz Tho
uncomfortable consciousness of this
made her redden angrily.
Look here, she said, 81 know your
ugly secret, and If
Pardon me. Mrs. Dexter, it is your
assertion that there is any ugly Sc
cret to know, said Erleston, SO coolly
that the woman fell back step per-
fectly staggered, staring at him.
Then she rallied in the consciousness
of the horrible blow she had in re-
serve.
~ Won had. not one wbv are vol,
here Il answer 10 INV letter..
II vas j thrust t!,.at might have dis
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ma'am. that he shan - ~ sou sosn
after breakfast
Very wen. Gifford. I shall be able to
keep him quieter here. No visitors. mind
Gifrord. Tell Mr.. Mowbray that his
brother is rather tired to-day. and wish
| him to see no one"
Very well. ma'am.'
That II wish was autocratic. No one
would dare to dispute Mrs Savile's or
ders.
ing very pale and like a man who has
gone through terrible suffering. But
still. he looked better than last night. and
with close hand-clasp, drawing him st
/ once to his sofa
You did sleep. you do feel stronger
than last night. wilfred?' she said. anx-
iously. And he smiled family as he sank
back amongst the cushions
Yes. my sweet muse: you must not
worry about me- don't think much
j harm has been done by that standing. I
have not that pain about the spine. as
| If it's cords were being dragged which
/ have had when I stood for even a short
time. only slight aching and tiredness"
! Clare drew a long breath of intense re-
lief.
"Then." she said, with glow In her
| eyes. 'if that and no worse Is sustained
after so severe a test It means that you
have. physically. got much further "a
towards recovery than DIR. Faber auite
reekoned or ventured to hope for I, who
am with you hourly. have half-thought
| IL was so and yet feared to hope too
much"
20 Clarei But stin. then, you do think
so. that I am gaining strength moro
ouickly?" Erleston said. his cheek nush-
ing.
II am sure of It IL no actual pain. SUI.
| fering such as you had weeks ago.
supervenes." she answered; "and that is
some ray OF light, isn't 1t. in tho dark
ness of the other trouble9''
"Ah. Clare, you are indeed one of the
.ministering angels Yoa are always the
comforter
Am I? Well, but that is one OF wo-
! mans most glorious missions. isn't it,
one of the sweetest rights of true friend-
ship. of such camaraderie as ours7 But
still wiifred, the experiment mustn't be
repeated; and shall keep you to-day
quiet here. lying down, and forbid you ia
be restless"
He looked at her as she sat by him IN
her low fauteuil with the days paper on
a gipsy-tahle near. and arrested the hand
she stretched toward it.
mot that" he said abruptly. You
promised TO hear everything to-day, and
now is the time. 1 cannot rest till you
! know all. knowing SO much as you do
ITO go through all this past again will
try you So" pleaded Clare.
| but still more so the longer I leave
the wound to be re-opened." said Erles-
ton. with movement of almost feverlsh
unrest. Forgive me, Clare"
Tell me, ,Aon, what you WILL" she In
terposed. gently. "If only could tighten
your burden. But save for deepest sym
pathy / am so helpless."
"Ahl Glare, but your sympathy is so
much. and my miserable folly deserves
(! none, Well, let that pass. Look first at
/ this, and perhaps you may wonder a little
less at the wild passion which so blinded
me-"
| He drew from his breast-pocket a fat
red morocco case. opened It. and put II
into Mrs. Savile's hand
Go be continued.)
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merely give you the means to live re-
specially, which / more than did, fol
sent you and your worthless father tc
Australia. 2
Eth and thought you were free and
rid of me for ever and a day." broke
in Arabella Crewe, with the broad, vul-
gar sneer which serves those Of the
lower classes for irony. 'sAnd SO, per-
haps, you would have been If hadn't
by good luck, CHANGED to get here, at
lockwood, and found you here, OF all
men, rich and proud as ever 1t suited
me to get out of England eight years
ago because you were poor then, ]
found, and I'd got all could from you
and / meant to better myself where
neither you nor that Edward Gale could
let on. Ha! ha! but he'll never know
me now more than you did. Neither
did l mean to stop with my''-she bit
her lip-"my father, SO l and my
money gave him the slip in a month
and got to the States. But the cursed
yellow fever spoilt my plans, and"
Il have heard enough of all this, -
interposed Erlston, fiercely. 60!
leave me! Your attempt to extort
blackmail is worse than failure, for,
come what may, will never submit to
it. More than that. you'll leave my
brothers house before sunset to-mor-
row or by heaven above will have you
removed in custody for this blackmail
attempt!'
You dare not" She said, hoarsely,
her lips livid with rage and fear at
this sudden turning of the tables or
her, you couldn't prove anything; and
the scandal, the disgrace to your
name. Bah! you dare not have every
thing known. 1t is an empty threat. ="
is 1t? Disregard 1T, then, and you
will find that l only threaten when l
mean to strike. You will leave Rock
wood tomorrow, and so long as you
keep silence and out of any society in
which l or mine mix, so long will I,
too, be silent and hold my hand. You
understand me, think? Mrs. Dex-
ter is safe from my interference with
In those limits, but"-now the mans
stern, pitiless gaze met and bore down
her furtive "Arabella Crew will
find herself-in a prison"
Tall talk" retorted the woman,
with a futile attempt at easy defiance,
and you'll hear from me again right
away"
She flung savagely round with that
and hurried away, never looking back,
GREATNESS with baffied fury, forced to
feel that the man she had no terribly
wronged was the victor, after ALL
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You shall rest and sleep" Clare
said. bending over aim with what pas
sionate yearning she best knew. q
! will give you something to secure that,
and Tomorrow. when you are better,
you shall tell me or not, as you please,
and what you please Rest quietly
here little longer, before / summon
Clifford. am half afraid now that /
am wrong in not sending him for DR..
| F'aber."
No. no, Clare: Don't send. I am
only tired-shattered shall be more
myself tomorrow if I take your
draught and get some sleep. dear
And Glare yielded. Quiet Just now
to body and mind was surely the first
thing to secure.
Presently she gave him the draught
as ordered by Faber. ii needed occas-
ianally. and rang for Clifford.
Half-an-heur after she heard the
courier pass out of his masters room,
Clare Savile stole to the door, softly
opened it, and looked in towards the
| bed.
Thank Heaven. he is sleeping quietly"
/ she said. inwardly. My darling! oh,
if my death. or the life of agony must
have, could but set you free. would
count it glory and not pain"
| What will not a woman such as this
fnn for he Oh. d..
breaking heart, that when she was alone
in her own room. had TO give way at
last, after the long ordeal of restraint to
sleep at last that miserable night from
sheer exhaustion.
She awoke the next morning from fitful
enough sleep, with that vague, miserable
sense of a dull. indefnable weight of
trouble. past and present. which most
of us know too well by experience. Had
that all been a hideous nightmare last
night, or yet more hideous reality that
haIf-dazed her when she tried to realize
it7 Wilfred Erlestons wife. THAT hor-
rible, vulgar American" he had called
her, with a SILVER or 1isgust--who looked
ten years his elder--whose lack of gentle
birth and refinement was so self-evident;
was 1t possible that that woman could
ever have been SO utterly different as to
captivate Wilfred's senses so completely
as to make him forget blood. class-every
thing for her sake? Yet so ii must have
been-one of those women whose mere
physical beauty-in youth-of form of
coloring enables them to seem everything
they are not who are soulless, heart
less, evil, but look like angels of light
to glamoured eyes. How Clare's very soul
burnt with passion of resentment
against the woman who had so basely
deceived and wronged Wilfred Erleston.
But there was him TO be thought of now
beyond everything, tended, watched over.
What If the mental tempest and physical
ordeal of last night had seriously thrown
him back in strength? What II he were
i'll to-day?
Clare hastily finished dressing and hur-
ried TO the salon, where, as usual, Gift
ford would shoDtly come to fetch his mas
ter's breakfast.
''How is Mr.. Erleston this morning,
Gifford?" she said, anxiously, as she pre-
pared the cup of tea. HE had such a
frightfully bad headache last night that
he was quite ILL.,.
80 he said. ma'am. He looked very
bad, too: but he says he has slept, and
feels better, only restless. He says,
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CHAPTER XIX.
Fettered.

But there are some victories that are
almost as terrible as defeat and even as
the foe fed the reaction came. The
cruelty restrained mental and physical
forces meant to take their revenge
and the man was dizzily conscious of
1t. He was spent, shattered, but the in
domnitble race-horse ulood would not
quite yield yet. He must get back to
the house somehow before he was
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mistook for love. and wrecked life for.
II maddens me, he said, with pas
sion Of self-scorn. The folly the
worse than folly Of It all: You. who
see her now. cannot wonder and scorn
me more than do myself! Fooled by
such innocent-looking beauty dishon-
oured!"
He covered his face in burning
shame, but Clare's soft hands, tender,
soothing, drew his into her clasp and
held them.
Hush. Wilfred. not that for a mo-
ment. How could /, how could any
one scorn you? You were scarcely
more than boy, imprisoned. inexpe-
rienced, and made a terrible mistake,
as too many of us do in early youth,
young fellows and young girls alike
but there has been nothing in you to
merit either your own or others scorn.
The burden is heavy enough, without
adding another"
All, Clare, you are generous
mo, only just" Clare interrupted,
steadily. and you must try to be just
to yourself. Are you quite sure even
now that this woman-who is so
changed. you SAYS not an impostor
personating the one you married."
But Erleston shook his head with a
desolate smile.
"Ah, no; would have believed no
proofs of her identity with Arabella
Crewe save my own recognition. Too
surely, and at once, l knew again the
evil haunting little laugh, with which
she asked if knew her. 1t was like
no other; l had heard it before, when
| sent her away. Then, too, I could
find other traces of identity, through
all the ravages that had so changed
her-and yet had vaguely haunted me
from the first. No, Glare, / wish to
Heaven there was a doubt, but there is
none.''
And none either of the legality of
the secret marriage?" said Clare.
None, was the hopeless answer,
"the bare legal letters are only too
surely without flaw, though-thank
Heaven, at least, for that knew the
truth three hours after the ceremony,
and" he paused, drawing each breath
heavily, as if in physical as well as
mental pain. Glare, l must tell you
all-at once"
My poor Wilfred,' she said with
tears in her voice which she could not
quite control, mot tonight, you can
not bear any more strain now, and /
dare not allow it. You have gone
Through such terrible overstrain al
ready that you must have rest"
'Rest-for me! / canot rest or
Sleep" he broke in, half-starting up
feverishly, but instantly sinking back,
every nerve and limb tired outfit
even no worse harm were done by the
forbidden walking and above length
ened standing-and he was feeling the
pfostration consequence on 1t now.
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The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-26

CHICAGO, Nov. A.-Wheat held steady
on the cables today, December closing
3$Q12e over yesterday. December corn
closed &c and November 1ac higher. Oats
closed unchanged, and provisions UNI
changed to TIC higher.
Wheat was quiet and firm. Liverpool
closed unchanged in the face of the sc
decline here yesterday, and TO this fact
the steadiness in the local market today
was chiefly attributable. Moderate re-
celpts and wet weather We're contributary
factors of minor Importance. Trade was
distinctly moderate in volume, and large
~ local, although some small buying or
ders were executed fof-AerthWeSt inter-
ests There was very little December on
the market, a fact which was taken as
possibly indicative of a. cash demand
New York, however, TepQrted 1,.-.y four
teen loads taken for Bexport The best
buying was by local shorts December
within a few minutes touched 7O5sc. From
this point the markets slowly reacted to
INC, and closed firm, 3sQ32c over yester-
day, at 7118c. Seaboard clearances in
wheat and flour were equal to 395, GOO blu.
Primary receipts aggregated EGG, 900.
Minneapolis and Duluth reported AT cars,
against $50 last week Local receipts
were LAB cars, none of which graded con-
tract.
Corn was quiet and firm market, but
the cornered November deal failed to pei
form any antics calculated to create ex-
cltement Phillips took in a few lots on
small decline early. Generally, he
seemed inclined to rest and observe what
the market would do without him. Small
country offerings and weather West were
factors in stiffening deferred futures. De-
cember sold between $3.50 and 1885, and
closed Nc higher, .at $3.50. November
opened at 4412c, sold to 4534c, recovered
to 4512c, and closed lee up, at 45c. Re-
ceipts were 416 ears, 3forty-eight of con-
tract grade.
Trade in oats was dull. Changing DE
cember for May continued. The spread"
contracted to 21sc premium for May. De-
cember sold between 2134@217Bc and 21H
Q22c, and closed at 21Bc. Receipts were
142 cars. -
Provisions were firm and. active The
market opened easy, but rallied sharply
on the light hog receipts, and an advance
in prices at The yards. Packers were ac-
tive buyers of pork. The market towards
the eud of the session yielded some to
protlt-taking sales, but closed firm.
January pork sold between $11.921s and
$3.50, and closed 71ac higher, at 12.G715 ;
January lard between $6S71h@6.9O and
$6.9112, and closed unchanged at $3.50;
January rios, between $6.92h and Sc 40
closing unchanged, at 6.S5.
Estimated receipts Monday: Wheat, 81
cars; corn, 425 cars; oats. 14O cars; hogs,
Il, 600 head
The leading futures ranged as follows:
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-26
PRODUCE AND FRUIT

Butter-Steady and in active demand
Receipts light. meries-Extras, BIC;
brsts, 22c Dairies-IIand separate tor, nc;
extras, 1920. Ladles-Extras, 15016c
packing stock, PIC
Cheese-Market steady and active;
twins, fancy full cream, i21ac; full cream,
Dung America, new, 1f1sI12c; brick, No
l. 10Q11c; brick, No. 2s7915e; Swiss cheese
eld' 12RQ14c; Limburger, sas to grade. 81
Eggs-Market steady; receipts fair;
fresh stock, cases included. loss off, 19c
BeanSS- -Jar firms. Fancy navy, per
pu' q 6 zSg2. IS; medium hand-picked, per
9, Pe@eas-Yellow peas, qsL25; fancy green.
Potatoes-steady; fair demand. New
potatoes, per bu, 25lt30c.
Yegetables-Beets, per dozen, 40c; let
tuce' per dozen, soc; parsley, per dozen,
10y! 10y tomatoes, California, basket, 75c;
spinach, per bu, Soc; turn1ps, per bu, Csc;
Deans, wax, per bu, $1.5e; string beans,
per Du, sLoO; cucumbers,n per dozen, T5c;
carrots, per bu, See; new turnips, per
oo Ge1i QUO; horseradish. per 1b, 10c.
Sdppage-Steady. Per crate, 75c.
Ohlons-Steady. Homegrown onions,
Apples-.Market well cleaned up and
COCO STOCK commands firm prices at ad-
% 6aan 5S quotations. Apples, fancy, $2.75
Lemons-Receipts liberal; demand
gooa; Fancy Messlnas box. 1864; Cal
lorna, per box, So. 75@4.
SSIIahseS-Jamaicas, box, s..
Nuts-Hlckory, per bu, S1@1.S; black
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-26

nal considers it probable that gold will
come from New York to pay for securi-
ties. Small sums of foreign gold have
been received at the reichsbank, ana
the money market at the beginning of
the monthly settlement shows great ease.
The Cologne Gazette claims to have
authentic information that many of the
recent American offers of iron in Ger
many were merely speculative, intend
ed to depress the shares market. The
shipments of the coke syndicate for Oc-
tober reached 100000 TONS IA per cent
above the shipments for October, 1899
For October, the income of the Prussian
railways was 126, 100000 marks, an in
crease Of 100000 marks upon the income
for October for last year
According to the Frankfurter Zeitung
the syndicate of Franco-American bank
ers, who were in negotiation with Swift
erland regarding the loan for railway
naturalization, broke off the negotia-
lions because the Swiss government de-
slres to issue the loan in Swiss money,
and the bankers demand a foreign loan
amounting to something between $50, O0O,-
900 and 300,000000 francs.
The Vossiche Zeitung approves Secra-
tary Cages order suspending the con-
version of United States bonds, on the
ground that the expansion of national
bank notes through the conversion of
bonds to lower interest was producing
plethora of money, inducing unhealthy
speculation
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-11-26
AMERICANS ON THE RISE.
'star-spnngIed Securities Are Boom
ing In London.

LONDON, Nov. 25.-Business on the
stock exchange lat week was
conducted on scale larger
than for months past The ad-
vance in American and home railway Sc
curities stimulated dealings in other de-
partments- The tendency now, however.
is to realize, and movements are irree11-
lar, although the market on the whole
IS steady. What is termed the 'star-
spangled boom" is steadily rising. The
American market still leads the exchange
and the public has begun to take a, more
active part with larger speculative in
Vestment purchases and occasional real
izations.
Chicago. Milwaukee e St. Paul. Chesa-
pealIe & Ohio, Denver q Rio Grande and
Atchison, Topeka & Santa Fe stocks were
in special demand throughout the week
and, in spite of some changes, the up-
dertOne Of the market was good. Yester-
days prices, however, although the clos
Ing figures were above the worst, showed
a general decline. Chicago, Milwaukee
= & St. Paul fell off 21s points; Baltimore &
Ohio -; B. & o. preferred /; Norfolk &.
Western I; Southern preferred I; Wabash
preferred l; Northern Pacific q; Chesa-
peake & Ohio y; Southern Pacific u:
Union Pacific 3s; New York, Ontario &
f1mbuyersimekd,1 et;vdo
Mining shares were quiet and duI.
Rands fell Il point.
Money was in quiet demand during tho
week, partly owing to BORROWINGS bv
the Bank Of England and partly to the
expectation of the issue of excheouers
announced. which hardened the market
The rates We're as follows: Until Mon