A STORY FROM LIFE.

Hokitika Guardian, 5 July 1923, Page 4

A STORY FROM LIFE.

. NEW riCTIOX. in •■Tim Seven Age, of \V.»muu ! '. Mr Com;.tun Ma- kenxie take.- *'s hts .-.object the sp-n of a single uulini.-iteil life v.liiilt uveiLq - im genet alii-ns. n 11 ( [ i:i u inch tlii* v. -iii ii -ijj; linto brings many revenges. X.-l I tig Iclore tin- birth of .Maty ‘bower in ISbD the ti adit inn ol her nmesiral house Inis lie, a i U'l. 'y bi'o!,en. 11 ilherto KluWcr had sm .ill h lev. er to ilie title ariiU-sti.lc in 11 in tin onus vei|nctii e. But dultn, the heir. a. here H the Crimea, has been killed in the hunting field, and Edward, lii.s votings r brother, wlm has married the good-look m g (laughter of a tenant farmer, has been disowned by his family for hi- in.- • .llialti e. Edward, his wife, tim.l his tiny naught.■: -■■t elf to tiy their In I; in Australia. But their u-'-el i- sunk in a e.. 11 i-i• 11 ill the Channel, ami me of the lew saved is Ala iy, the babe. For the lir-t i her can **r -lie is i aided by two fellin'.-survivors. lovable e<x clitrn ... Ic! t **ey ever 1 , o bed New s:„tlll| Males would have found a congenial spirit in the migrant Mr Mieawher, In li, r lentil year, her' gi an*) l';i tin*" nat ing no a 111 1 llile (bed il"a e l ‘ b 1 . Alttrv is taken from Iter kindly guardian I , !, "' p.t endue. I a-ar i* le- j repel :-i lor li -' lal i' n tu whi*. li I’i *■".'iilctmi* lie - Cilia I L*r. I.dy Helen Flower, wlm i- li i!i' Ereucli lterself, lm. Alary educated ill Eiame. Fite (leas not hold witli -enl imeiit. Marriages da i oi 'iiiitav the lie-t in ih.e ! aig run ; to obey the impulso cl' the heart leads only to disaster—is the expel ietmi* of Mary's parents prove-, and Maty meekly accept . I bis duet i ice. Tl lie. she hr.:-: her (Loams ami her glimpses of romance, the latter in t: " -hare of a (■':eiieli laal w'miii s'ie had met duiiiig her school days, and who. a- she realises many years after, would have been true atlinily. But y.uiiig Menard is of hitmhie m igiu : lie ha- no appa ion l prospects of advancement. In every regie t a most unsuitable pal l '

the submissive Mary hows to her grandmother's ruling, and ere long bestows her acquiescent hand and her unnwakened heart upon Jimmie Alison, fifteen years her senior, eligible, susceptible, and self-indulgent. Jimmie is not a had husband as husbands go; fortunately for her own peace of mind Mary is spared the knowledge of certain passages in his life until after his death. Children

come. .She is quite happy, and lias .-ettled down to the placid tenor of her uneventful way when the wheel turns full circle. History repeats itseli. Richard, her deare-t son, is killed in the Peer war. Geoffrey the second, elopes with a pretty barmaid. Mary makes the s'inte mistake with her own -in as her grandmother did 10 years e with Maty's father. I.atly Helen at .templed to dissuade Edward from marrying "beneath him” hy i ida iile. Edward's daughter, failing to win Geoffrey over hy argument and pleadings. refuses even to meet the girl of his choice, and the breach thus caused is never healed during the lives ot the thres* cituecrned. And so the years slip hv and Alary Ah-on finds herself glowing ell ami very huely. Her husband is gone, her sons are gone: her daughter Ims entered the Roman Catholic Church. Leetime a Sister oi Allow and is lot to be'. There is hut enr* i lOiii: in ing kin i small trramiil:: uoh ter child of the errant Geoifiey. and who knows where this Mary may Is: Yet mice again, the past renews it-elf. Fifty' year- after Alary Flower had como to her grandmother, another little Mary cones to Mary Aii-on, her g." hdmuthr". to he reunited with her line ami la | roviile the old lady with !o V late; - t hi life. The St .:>• is rather nut of Air ( nmptou Mackenzie's la-]!;.I o.'hi. Jt lu's little or none of the r,,Ui ; [no of "Boor Relations'’ and ‘■;B ii Relatives." It is entirely fret I'*' I ;; ie. -.jibe!V of the coulisse. v Im h surrounds nio-t of Ids oilier works B*s: the t home is .skilfully .l**v.*lo; ed. and the --a ini changes ilii'big the jerk I cm ei i I. the last (>0 yen: s. are i r ,■!;'"( tile bn* kgl otiinl. A t;B CAN RE \E ! H V !•>'• ON “I'ERKMILK" AND WATER* ALONE V! ...i mix I uitii water, “CERE MI! K'' make- a nulrilions ealf fend i i e oi lhe principal ingredients is di ie; • id-. !’i ii i: lais ai.il nonri- king pro i. i !-. • ( El{ EM II K" is a pure fum j, entirely ah-orlmd by Dm .It ■ •• t */.*.» organs of Viit* calves. Air 1 !’i -.ici s. ii of AVaioialii Wi'it.-s:.— I lu'.V, ,: 1 ‘Ci’.UK.MH.K' for two seasons am i ide;' i:■ a mo t ct onotnia! call Lmti !: L mu- b i, tide <| by t! -.* : a Ives, whirl Is-.. ■ ilme e'-.i cadi ugly well on it. : I.', cal.c- a"il bare not had nm .... i- i hi; s •asiui." All stores vin .'a e 1... ii' your dealer cannot sup i.iv, v ril .* to EL'ining and Co. i.:d. Box H' l , Cliristcliurch.