COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C. A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE.
·BY A. RIDER HAGGARD, AUTHOR OF "Kiya Solomon's MINEL,”.
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Nowe First Published.] CHAPTER XIX. IN PAWN.
At last she spoke, apparently with a great ffort.
"It is tiling in here," she said, “bot në gol ent," and she rose, took up a ahol that lay he side bar on a chair, and stepped through the French window into the gardon. It was a lovely
with just a touch of frost in it.
Idu throw the shawl over her shoulders and, followed by Hmold, walked on through the gar den, till she came to the edge of the ment, where there was a seat. Here she sat down and fred
THE DAILY FREM, SATURA 181 PALMER 22xD 1898.
U be wrong Harold, watching her, could had to woman who has given her winie lie to TO TEN BLOOD IS THE LIFE with the result that she discovered both tobain tried not so belteve It is not a great reward BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS. help wondering at the nerve of the woman who, man, but parlege it be on much sa che can expect, after yomg through soch a come ma that which for I do not wait to be an just be you. . I am the bad just occurred, could deliberately add up long -most to blarney boonuse we need never takra falso rown of badly written figures stop.exsopt of our own tron will,
And this money which her father was expend. “Well, well,” he said, impatiently," " what of Ing te sheerfully was part of the price for which I P she had bound herself.
" Only thin. Edward. I hare still a little pride With a sigh he row and said good-night, and left, and if you are tired of me, why-ge.” went home with feelings almost tos mixed to He tried hard to prevent it, but do what he admit of accurate, description. He had taken a would, a look of relief straggled into his face. great, stop in his life, and to a certain artent She saw it, and it made her wild with jealons that step had succeeded. He had not altogether | anger; | built his hopes upon sand, for from what Ida bad **You need not look so happy. Edwerd jait is said, and still more from what she had tacitly soarcely decent; and, besides, you have not heard. admitted it was necessarür olsar to him that all that I have to say, I know what all this she did more or less regsed kiru as x man would crissa fron. You are in love with Ids de la
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her oyer upon the hoary battlements of the gate on this neat woman's lors, of what a to right have you to say that I am in love with rented free from anything injurious to the most needle-work way, now clad in a solemn robe of moonlight.
Harold looked at her und feit that if he had have put this pure water of lawful happiness Mias de la Mallef And if I am in love with dente constitution of either sex, the Proprietors anything to say the time had come for him to to bie lips in the desert land of his lonely her, how can you prevent me from marrying her; alla afferere to give it a trial to sout iba valno, Aar it, and that abo had brought him hers info, in order to see the oup that held it what if I aboons 9"
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ON TESTIMONIALS. ordor that she might be able to listen undía tered at a blow? To him the story of the “Try, and you will see," she auswered, with s Clarke's Blood Mixtora is sad in Botten. 93. turbad. Sa he began again, and told her that money paolo consideration of which, it Hitle langb. "And now, as the enrtain bash, and is case, containing six times the quantity, he loved her dearly. "I am some seventeen were, Ida had put borself in pawa, as the dropped, and it is all over between us, why the dient effects permanent gure in the great majority of long binzding cases. BY ALL years older than you," be went on, and Igyptians used to pat the mummies of their best thing that we can do is to put out the lights: SEK13 and PATENT MEDICINE VENDORS suppose that the most active part of my life lios fathers in pawn-was almost incredible. Tos and go to bed," and she laughed again and curte throughout the world Prepriser, Tan LINCOLN in the past; and I don't know it, putting other person of his simple and honourable nature, it sied with much sunned playfulness. Good AND RUBLLED CATSTORE DRUG UCRPANY, Linolo, things aside, you would care to marry so old a seat a preposterous and unheard of thing that night. Mr. Cossey: good night, and good-bye."
England, Tende Mack- BLOOD, MIXTUER.” man, expecially as I am not rich. Indeed, ny man calling himself a gentleman should And He bald out his hand. * Come, “Bele," he I feel it presumptuous on my part, seeing it possible to sink so low on to take such advant said, "don't let in part like this
Puzabatos of Clarke's Blood Mixture should yo She shook her head, and once more put her that they got the genuine article. Worthless Imita what you are and what Ism, to ask you to do ago of a woman's dire neocenity and honourable 30. And yet, Ida, I believe if you could care desire to save her father from misery and, her arms behind her. "No," she answered, "I will are matinespalmed by unprinsipial candore for men that, with God's blessing, we should mos trazi min, and to extract from her s. pro-not take your hand. Of my own fees will I will
B. 41 PILLS be very happy together. I have led a lonely miss of marriage in consideration of value re- never touch it again: for to me it is like the hand BOX OF CLARKE'S life, and bare bad ittis to do with women once, ceived. Putting de bis overwhelming per- of the dead. Good-bye, onda more; good-bye to it warranted to cure all discharges from the Urinary many years ago, I was engaged, and the mattersonal interest in the matter, it made Lis blood you Edward, and to all the happiness that I ever Organe, in alther act (sorgired or constitutional), ended painfally, and that is all. But ever since boil to think that such a thing could be. And had. I built up all my life upon my love for GATC and Pains in the Back Guaranteed tres from
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If the money were forthcoming, Casey could not habang the bell for the serrant to show him out for any length tīna. man again," and he prend and irokud anxiously at her face, which was not and drawn as though cue from? He himself was worth perhaps ten till she heard the front door close behind him, with poin.
thousand pounds, or with the commatation vaing and then she gave way to her grist, and fling- "I cannot say yes, Colonel Queritol," as of his pension, possibly twelve, and he had not ing herself upon the sofa covered bora arewared at length, in a tone that puzzled him, thought the position over till he was tired of ing for the part, and weeping, too, for the long
the means of raising a farthing mora. Ho her hands and gobbed and moaned bitterly, we it was so tender and so noftied to the words :
I auprinse, he stammered. I suppose that thinking, and then with a heavy heart and yet desolate years that were to come. Poar woman you do not care for me? Of carrae, I have no with a strange glow of happiness shiving through do not let us judge her too hardly, for whatever right to expect that you would,”
his grist, like sunlight through a gray sky, at was the measure of her win it had assuredly found last he went to sleep and drated that Ida had her out, asour ninenlways do find us out in therasi. gone from him, and that he was ones more after She had loved this man with a passion which has 30 parallel in the hearts of well órdered and well brought up woman. She had never really lived till this fatal passion took possession of her, and now that its object bed deserted her, her heart. felt as though it had died within ker. In that women do in their whole lives, but the paroryz short half hour she suffered more than many passed, and she rose, pale and trembling, with set teeth and blazing eyes.
**As I. bare mid that I cannot say 'yes' Colonel Quaritch, do you not think that I had better leave that question answered "sterely alone in the world.
lled in the same saît notes which enemed to Bas if he had cause for trouble, how much more was it so with Ida! Poor woman! under draw the freart out of bim.
*I do not underelaxd," he went on. Why go her somewhat old and stately exterior she had Why she broken with a bitter little lauch, deep and at times a passionate uztura. For shall I tell you why? Bonus I am in po.tached to Harold Quaritch, and now she knew some weeks she had been growing strangely at Look," she went on, pointing to the stately towers and the broad lands beyond. "You see it she loved him, so that shore was auons thing this place. I am security for it, I myself in my that she desired more in this wide world than to own person. Had it not been for me it would become his wife And gatshe was boond, bound by have been sold over our heade after having desa sense of honour and a sense too of money rossiy." cended in our family for all thees sonturios, put to stay at the book and call of a meu she de upon the market and and for what it would fatch, tosted, and if stany time it pleased him to throw sad my old father would have been turned out down the handkerchief, to be there to pick it up to dia, for it would be killed him. So you see and hold it to her breast. It was bad enough to I did what unfortunate women bave often been have had this hanging over her head when she driven to do, I sold myself body and soul; and I was herself more or less in a passive condition, got a good price too-thirty thousand pounds!" and therefore to a curtain extent sokless as to her and gedregly she burst into a flood of tears and future; but now that her heart was slight with began to sob as though her heart would break
the holy dame of a good woman's love, how that For a moment Harold Quaritch looked on te. her whole nature rebelled and cried ent aloud wildered, not in the feast understanding what gainst the sacrilegs involved, it was both re Ida meant, and then he followed the iripoiss volting and terrible.
"He had better be careful," who said to herself; he may go, but if he tries to marry Ida I will keep my word-yer, for her sake as well as his
When Edward Casey came to 00ssidor the position, shiol he did seriously, on the follow- ing morning, he did not find it very satisfactory. To begin with, he was not altogether a heart- less man, and such a scenes that which he had passed through on the previous evening was in itself quite enough to upset his nerves. At mas time, at any rate, he had been much attached to Mrs. Quest; he had never barns her any violent affection, that had all been on her side. but still he had an fond of her, and if he could have dane zo, would probably have married her. Fron now he was attached to her, and would have been
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Chlidren under ten years......... the morement, indeed she seersely seemed to and guerrant woman, and could gauge Mr. Cos-glad to remain ber friend if she would have In a work on this subject, by J. A. B. Horton, Esq., Second Class (Chinese) notion it, though to tell the truth, for a moment. soy'a confition of mind towards her with more or allowed it. But then came the time when her M.D.1.5., the author writes: There is a very Sedan Chairs, each or twn, which to the. Cokel semed the hapas acuracy. Also she did not think it in the heroice commenced to weary him, and be on bis most important medinize in the treatment of sil Mala- ngremble effervoaring Seline purvulive, which is a piest of his fo, her head rested on bis sboulter least kely that having spent thirty thousand side began to fell in love with Ids de la Melle, rions Diseassa of Troploal Climates, and which should Almost instantly, however, $30 raised it, treed pounds to advance his object, he would be con- and as he drew back so she came forward, till at be possemed by avery family residing in the Tropics, herself from his embrace, and ceased weeping.
tent to let his advantage drop. Buch a course lougth he was worn out, and things onlminated i As I have told you so much, she said, "I would be repellant to his trading instincts. She as has been described. He was sorry for her 500. It is a powerful and zafal adjsnot for procuring the
*LAMPIOUGH'S PYRETIO BALINE, suppose that I had better tell you everything. I knew in her heart the hour was not far off knowing how deeply she was attached to him, brisk action of the more peworfel pargatives. With know that whatever the temptation." anil chelate would claim his own, and that arlees though it is probable that he did not in the least man who are aematomed to great stress upon the words, under any conceivable some accident occurred to prevent it, was practi realies the extent to which the suffered, for HARD DRINKING & KESFING UP LATE oironmstances in deel van If you beloved that only pertain that she would be called upxis to saither we nor women who have intentionally at night in the Trapion, the Pyratio will be found an the Family. Fare will be fired va appletion to you were serving me ia sa deing-I can rely full her pledge, and whilst loving another man or otherwise beer the cause of intezes mortal sgressble VAD Cry, which sould be used every the Secretary.
Rou you never to reveal to anybody, and above to become the wife of Edward Cossey,
auguish to one of the opposite sex ever do quite vices and give more life and vivacity to the system.
morning to relieve the intestines ind uthar abdominal realise this. They, not unnaturally, messure during the day." the trouble by the depth of their ovu, and ses an old Indian Stad.Sergion writes Taken the Quarterly Tickets, therefore very apt to come to erroneous con- Brst thing in the morning aftor a mallory night dus to Of course, you can rely upon me,” ho said. It was on the day following the one upon elusions. Of course, we are now speaking of beat, mosquiross, prickly heat. &c, it will almost Very well. I am sure that I shall never whish Harold proposed to Ids, that Edwardasee where all the real passion is on one side, stidnas, and insitation of the skin, so obaracteristic immediately remove those foolings of sui, fatigue, have to reprosek you with the words. I will tell Cosser returned to Roisingiam. His father had and indifference or comparative indifference on of bel night in the Trepies, supplanting thous by you. I have virtually promised to marry Br. so far recovered from his attack as to be at last the other; for where it is mutual, the grief will delightful feeling of hearth and vigour. Edward Coasty, should as at any time be in a prevailed upon to allow his departora, being in stares of equal death be matusl ́also.
* IT. IS PREVENTIVE OF DYSENTERY, position to nisim -fulfilment of the promise, on chiefly moved thereto by the supposition that At any rate, Edward Cossey was quito sensitive | noi cuzativa of Cholera sud of mivat disentes insidant bondition of his taking up the mortgages on Coasty and Son's branch-establishments were ugh to feel the parting with Mrs. Quest at lande. Smallpox, Massler, Thirst, Headache, thor Subscribers or otherwise, will be charged
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scutely, and perhaps he felt the manner of it even Stomach, Liver, and Kidsey Derangements, Vomiting 20 cents each “Well," he said, in his high, piercing voice, more than the fact of the separation. Then este and Sax Sloknots, Constipation, Indigestion, Heart “business is business, and must be attended to other consideration. He was, it is true, free barn, Fereriali Colds, Eruptive or Skis Complaints, Ao perhaps you had batter go.. They talk about from his entanglement, which was in itself an Blood Poisons, 46,
"NO OTHER MEDICINE REQUIRED the footing character of things, but there is one enormous relief, but the freedom was of a condi- for 15 year
tional nature. Belle had threatened trouble in
all to my father, what I now tell you," and abe paused rod looked up at him with ates in which the tears still sen
Harold Quaritel took a stap back and looked at her in horrified astenishment.
"What?" he asked.
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"Yes, yes," she answered, hastily, putting up her hand as though to shield hormalt from a blow. thing that never changes, and that is money the most decisivo tozes should he attempt to carry avery morning, and daring the whole of that time Mr. Young writes: "For 15 years I have taken it "I know what you mean, but do not think tooMoney is immortal; men may come and man- hardly of me if you can help it. It was not for way go, but maney goes on for ever. Hes! hea! out his sorot purpose, which she had not been hava NEVER TAKES ANY OTHER MEDICINE BOŽ RAD A myself. I would rather work for my Eving with money is the honey pot, ad men are the cult reason, at least to him it seemed occult, the
niow to divino, of marrying lila. From some on- DOCTOR." my hands han take a price, for there is no other and some get their fill and some elick their wings, Idea of this alliance was pronliarly distasteful to word icr it. It was for my father, and my but the honey is always there, so never mind the her, though no doubt the true explanation was family too. I could not bear to think of the old fies. Ne, never mind me either; you go and that ska baltered, and Bot inaocarately, that it pla going to the hammer, and I did it all in. look after the oney, Edward Money-honey. minate without consideration; but, and she sat honey-money, they rhyme, don't they? And in order to bring it about that he was bent her face," even as things are, I believe I should look here, by the way if you get a chance and on deserting her. The question with him was, do it again, because I think that no one women the world is fall of sbances to men who hate would abs or would she not attempt to put her has a right to destroy her family in order to plenty of money-mind you don't forret to pay threat into sxecution. It certainly seemed to please herself. If oat of the two must go, let it out that ball-pay Colonel-what's his name? him dificult to imagine what steps she could be the womaM, Bat don't think hardly of no Quartoh He played our family a dirty trick, take to that end, seeing that any such stops SELF-SHINING.
for it." she added almost pleadingly, "that is it and there's your poor Aunt Julia in a lunatic would necessarily involve her own exposure, you can help it."
saylam to this moment and a constant sourse of "I am not thinking of you,” he answered expense to me.” grimly; "by Heaven T honour you for what you And so Edward bade his estimable parent fare.
Applied with sponge attached to the cork. have dene, for however much I may disagree with well and departed. Nor in irth did he require thing of the sort. It is one thing for a woman Gives an instantaneous, brilliant, and elastic
I am thinking of the any admonition from Mr. Covey senior to make make such threats in the sonta agony of her the act it is a noble one. rasu who could drive such a bargain with on him anxious to do Colonel Quaritel so ill turn jealousy, and culte another for her to carry them polish, which lasts a week in wet or woman. You say that you have promised to marry if the opportunity should serve. Mira Quest, in him should be ever be in a position to claim it. her nutaorous affectionate letters, had more than out in cold blood. Looking at the matter from once, possibly for rossos of her own, given him improbable that when the pooaaien catne ahe
man's point of view, it seemed to him extremely weather, mnd esa be washed off and the polish a full and vivid resume of the local gossip about He spoke clearly and with a voite of sathority, the Colonel and Ida, who wars, ake said, second-would attempt such a move. He forgot how remains. Toes not injure leather nor soil the but bis bearing did not seem to jer upon Lda. ing to common report engaged-to-be untrried, much more violently, when ouds it baa lakën
"I meant she answered hombly, "that I Now, absence had not by any mesing angled Ed-possession of her being, the storm of passion alething. For all kinds of Boots, Shoes, and bellavo- of course I do not know if I am rightward's devotion to Mins de la Molle, which was a tweeps through such a usu's heart than
What do you mean by that? As you have told
me so much you may as well tell me tho reat.”
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consequences the former sometimes becomes. For
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glad with a lady; in short, with Mrs. Quast, and trary, the longer he was away from her the more there are worsen for when all things melt in I believe that Mr. Cosper is in some way entarkingare one enough in its own way! On the contronga a man's, and how utterly reckless to all Leather gooda..
that the question of whether or no he comes for his passion grow, and with it a vigorons under that white beat of anguished jealously-honour, ward again depends upon her."
growth of jealousy. He had, it is true, Ida's "Upon my word," said the Colonel, “apan my implied promise that she would marry him, if he duty, douscience, and the restraints of religion, word the thing gets worse and worse. I never chose to ack her, but on this he put no great read of these Bolle Quest was one. heard anything like it, and for money too. The flisze. Hence his harry to return to Hoising recognised a risk, ho saw in it no sufficient rosson Ariny and Navy, gives a LASING and BRIL
But of this he was not aware, and though he thing is beyond me."
"At any rate," abe answered, "there it is. And Leaving London by an afternoon train, he to make him stay his band. For day by day the now, Cotunel Quaritab, one word before I go In resahod Boisingham about half-past six, and in Bong desire to make Ida his wife had grown|ULANT It is difficult for me to spank without saying to pursuance of an arrangement already made, went upon him, til at last it possesed him body and mach or too little, but I do want you to moder. to ding with the Quests. When he reached the soul. For a long while the intent had been CLIMATE. stand how honoured and how grateful I foo, for ones he found Belle alone in the drawing-room amouldering in his breast, and the tale that he what you have told me to-night-I am so little ice her husband, having come in late, was still now heard, to the effcet that Colonel Quarite hnd NUBIAN MANUFACTURING Co., LTD., worthy ofail you have given me, and, to-be honest, dressing, bat somewhat to his relief he had no bien lieforehand with him, had blown it to a flame, I cannot feel as pained about it as I ought to feel opportunity of private conversation with bar, for a way atar present in bis thoughts, even at night It is feminibu vanity, you know, nothing elsa. Ia servant was in the ram, attending to the Are he could not be rid of bar, for when he slept her am sure that you will not press me to say mere." which would not burn. The dinner passed off vision, dark eyed and beautiful, come stealing "No," be answered, "no, I think that I under-quietly enough, though there was a ominous down his dreams. She was big heaven, and if by stand the position. But Iãs, there is me thing look about the lady's face which he, being fami- any ladder known to man ho might climb thero- that I must ask you will forgive me it. I am liar with these signs of the feminine weather, to thither he would climb. And m he set his wrong in doing so, but all this is very and for me. did not altogether like. After dignar, however teeth sad vowed that, Mrs. Quest or no Mrs. If in the end cirvamstances should alter, as Mr. Quost exceed himself, saying that he had Quest, bo would set his fortune upon the hasard pray Bearen that they misy, or if Mr. Cossey's promised to attend a local concert in aid of the of the die, ayo sad win it, even if he loaded the previous entanglements should prove too much funds for the restoration of the damaged pinion. for him, will you marry me. Ida.
Dacle of the parish church, and he was left alone While he was 157 thinking thus, standing at with the lady.
his window and gazing out on to the market- Then it was that all ber pent-ay passion breke phase of the quiet little town, he suddenly saw ont She overwhelmed him with her affection, Ida hersolf driving up in her pony carriage. It she told him that her life had been a blank while was a wet and windy day, and the rain was one be lent on FIRST MORTGAGE,
She thought for a moment, and then rising from the seat, gara bim her hand and said simply, "Yes, I will marry you."
He made no sewer, but Biting her hand tonoked it gently with his lips.
"Meubile," ako went on, I have your promise, and I am sure that you will not betray it, come what may,"
No," he said. "I will not hatriy it,” And they went in.
he was sway, she reprosohed him with the sear her cheek, and the wind tossed a little look of city and coldness of his lettere, and generally her brown hair. The cob was pulling, and hea went on in a way with which he was hat too well pond face was set, sa the noncentrated har en Loonstoned, and, if the truth must be told, orgies upon holding him. Never to Edward of which he was heartily tired. His zod was Ceesay had she looked moto beuatiful. Fis an irritablo one, and to-night the whole thing heart boat fast at the sight of her, and whatever wearing hire beyond bearing.
doubts might have lingered in his mind, vazished. Tee, he wonki claim her promise and marry her. Presently the pony carriage pulled up at his
"Coine, Betis," he said at last, "for goodness
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In the drawing room they found the Squire paszling over a sheat of paper, on which were Borawed some of George's accounts in fignees, sake, be a Littis eure rational, You are getting door, and the boy whe was sitting behind got which at first sight bore about as much resen-too old for this sort of tomfoolery, you know." biance to Egypti hieroglyphics as they did to She sprang up and faced in, her eye flashing down and rang the bell. He stepped back from those in use to-day,
and her breast bearing with jalonsanger. What the window, wondering what it could be "Hello!" be said, "there you are. Where do you mean?" she said. "Ara yon tired of me " Will you please give that note to Mr. Cos. on earth have Jou been?"
I did not say that, he answered, "but as 90y," said Ida, se the door opened, "and nak him "We have boot looking at the Castle in the you have started the subject I must tell you that to send an answer?" and she was gone. moonlight," answered Ida, coclly. It is I think all this has gone far samgh. Unless it The note was from the Squire, scaled with his beautiful."
is stopped I believe wo shall both be ruined. I am big seal (the Aquire always sealed his letters in Um-th," said the Squire, drily, "I have sure that your husband is becoming auspicious, the old-fashioned way), and contained an invita- no doubt that it is beautiful, but isn't the grace as I bassto, you againnudagnis, band tion to himself to shoot on the mercom Savite sud Australasis, containing the Colonies of all rather damp? Well, look here," and ha-hold nosagetato my father's sace be will disinherit me," wasts me to do a little partridge driving it Nations, and the Independent Empires and ay the sheet of hieroglyphics, parhaps you Belle stood quits still till he had finished. ended, "and to brush through one or two of the States, Vol. 29.
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