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It!!! the me nor-Au the following many "an: an '1. main.) u the Wu”! union: t,PMtr Au! und,-' dull in III you O III (I'M an. evening It In! on. [WVnhm-mendolnum. Dr. 'rNtee Melville, at [lo-evil, Ibo In concluded " almost the Hat ma. no! to john no h my "In abroad. We all! be, Ibh to pal but I In hours - you haplubh root. " In an (I. numb: lulu to New York, where Gaiit/d fun In tune to eateh In on» ward-bound Trerru' on the follow“ morning “You! in great hum, "HARRY STRATHMORIL" "Mr nephew will be here thin even- Ins." lid Mn. Winfield, folding the letter Mid putling it into her pocket. What I pity it in that Han in not " lame to receive them. You mun come to my name. Min Letter. 3nd unis! In in estterttsittius thear" But Tin-o ‘91“.de no bud to be exramed, on the .plel " a lick-headache. Mrs. Winfield ‘wu " loan]: obligvd to relinquish her ipet scheme of bringing her hand-one young nephew and pretty Min Later straethar. Why could a Ttice that had just such a ring a. Harry gtrathmorc's (‘auso he! Fllch hill” pain? She had tum herself that she would tear all thoughta of his fair. handsome tace from her heart; that this was far easier said than Mise, ocven thoutrh she know he was Vick-fl Dover. Love goes where God “sloth. It w“ beynml the girl's power to - loving him. Thero wus scan-sly $1 mn- ment waking or sleeping. that the fair. frank. Saxon, debonnire face, in in hunt: DEW. was .LJOL mam ML A- I - __ 2-1- Kt, In. m “up. u. .. WW She was glad tttnt the crimson velvet hangings that armmgntod the library trom the drawing-room were closely drawn-she could search tor ther bmk Rho wanted without tear ot being 'tty- . trrrnpted. Fire-ten minutes passwd in Irtspectin4 'the volumes that stared down " lxor 1mm their guy bindimts. At In“ um luv-cured one of Victor Hmrou works, and. MM! in hand, was atmttt to retrace 'her steps. “hen a voice from the M!- gjoining room tell upon hot Par, holding her spell-bound by in; strangely familiar tone. - . -. . " TitTfsGr (Could Ihe not "end of yearning for him' the 'r'mr'oret" cry of twr the Trutsr'ottate cry ot hr: roul. In sheer despair, and for something to take up her ‘hnughts. Ttwo urcsc me- chanhnily and wcnt dowu to the library in quest Ola book. She was glad thnt the crimson velvet . .. m.-__ "A song? Certainly, Aunt Linda," sho heard the voice my: what shall It ho?" _ w; .“Anythina you like; tawn- me with your own tre1etetion, my dear nrphew." replied Mrs. Winfield. A mnmvnt Inter the grnnd piano was 1onrlwd by n muster hand and n soft ‘melody tioated through the mom, a burl- 1tone voice. clear, powerful, and flexible, accompanying it. --- . At -'M, A. Ci"tiie" long tell with n upon her heart. 1t scum maximum sorrow and lo uu\.........._...... ... Then Mom! sun on the other ide ot the velvet hangings. her very son] wrt bod in n trance of delight. Every word of the can: tell with n stratus. mm upon her heart. 1t H‘Pnlod instinct with hunnlnnnle sorrow and love, And the twart of Edward “my; I Then I tossed it into the stream--" The grnnd voice that fitted the wt- cious room mrilledvnnd trembled, than grew suddenly still tor I moment. add- ina. tsesitttthttr1r. . . 7 -. _:__ A... a, “Pardon mp; I can not sin; the rest. Aunt Linda; the words base escaped' my memory." "What I pity!" cried Mm. WiMeid; "you ling it no their I hare never heard it rendered butt"; you put Ion] into It One could um“: {may you were Edward Guy lining on the bunk. ot the dream where perished poor EI- Im Adair." The nuance], familiar vow. unawar- ed, but Theo could not catch tho wordr A (rent longing mm our the girl to wee the flee of this “ranger. whoa «mice reminded her with such keen wall: of the lover whom she had lov- rd no welt-od lost. It 119 but drew the Rim hanging out no siitrtrtly ”at! her greet longing would be [nth , . Young girla ulullly not upon the in- pnl-e of the moment. It mu no um Theo. Yet, during the Inn-m Inc vs: ttrmitatitsq, {Jury Strut-more had Hm from tho piano Ind walked to the other and of the rooqgt--to the bar window who" MI mm m: seated, and “in smtoerq.ehoeTtserN "mum and Dr, Melville, who had been alluding “do the “minimal", bent do." out it, to reed tho tMe of an an; MI Mend bi lull. an. no mutt "I pieked up a mr From the qret'rt And wrote 'Herc ttes the and! At that moment Tin yum! the erttrr m hump ever no stfettttr, and - od on. vim u .tr-ir Man. Man. OI. [hm ad in W in. - m Mddr. J "Dr. “dine. a Will." A. In. " "Ind“ 310an m t in. why t. ”I. of In MI - an! I. on but. a. M “m" 7 A _ _ " I ";_3mk he! - the can at o- It.y'ly 'er1ttrt1't 'ttlee mmn XX t a mosn'urown stone :reon bunk when! I by. wont dirtotly to her Winfield repaired to to receive her “an. later a coach dashed .dy of Ellen Adair of Edward Gray tin-duh. mm ttpr.. hate him In sin; the rest, base escaped That w no I “an": min-kn for a. mum ao. '.gh.nr--did not km a in M l beneath hi- Iut'l rod. l " Ill a and“) W. In mid [ha-run. that wound In to can. Isn't". It van a and to her, no. I. know that In cola-abut! I "It l abroad. In! would - h. h Waking- l (on tor none an. to some. " In. Wfuheld mentioned - a all. it would be u Mira uster---Bot n Theo 0h.- ter-ehe In thankful to: an. I Theo wllkd WWI, out of the B. bnri. little than!“ that on the other side or the velvet cumin. stood the lover her ml craved. who would hue chm her joyfully to In. hart hid be bot known ot her prance-the lov- er who. like Edward any, wu pining N. lit. uuy tor the girl whom he be- licved MM beneath an mun. vuveo. " “IV“- But life in full of ind Inch pitiful minakn um part love" Ind change the current od In... Theo walked slowly but to her room; but Vietor Hugo had lost an chm foe bet; she could only think or the noun:- ful word: of the was an. Ind but heard, wind: we" no awed. no simple and Bad. In the drawing-room a that parties" lnr moment, while Dr. Melville n1: examining 1 book of mgr-vinyl, Mrs. Wintield was in earnest conversation with Hurry Strnthmom extolling the amine- ot her beautiful young compan- ion, whom in could not induc. to come down to meet her guests. “I should have been so pleased had you seen Min Loner. Bury." the went on; “she lo BO urea and win- wme she would have been sure to have captivated your bachelor heart." Hurry Strathmore shook hll head. "The wouun doe. not um whom I would marry," he laid. "Bat you might have changed your mind, had you but out: Mia Inn-r." [he persisted. knitting her Mr white brow. “She is young, very young-- only ”menu-en; but her he. in unit- lngly beaatitul--it h like I pleura by Grcnze." "You are my enfhududc over this young girl. my deer aunt," remarked Harry Btrathu, _ ‘rrlhhly. "I may " well be trunk with you; if one we" a Hebe. I could (like no more than I common interest in ber. Let nu discus- nommhin‘ else": and he shrugged hll dimming impntierrtir. Mrs. wirttield't, are: sparkled. What it those two obstinate young people, who persisted in not knowing or nth; tor ouch other, Ibould meet some day Ind tall In love an?! tstll--it would be wally quite romantic. "Tery wen, Hurry, we witt talk no more nhout it," she Ixm‘d. An hour hm. u Theo at by her window. the carriage containing “In. Wintivldh, gu a drum hurriedly away. or cum-.- it: hlll)’ fancy, but rtget waving pint-I sing thor Icttres fit- fully against the mac-mom new“ to murmur: "Lost, lost, lost to you toreverl" Ah, if she hnd but known who it van that drove on in Jun close can-Eu. with young Dr. Moraine! Long "tcr the gilded phrek on the ninmel had played the chime. OK the midnight hour, Theo am at. by tho moonlit window, her dimpld ebb not in: on her white hands, be! 107* brown eyeu drowned in an“. . “Why mould I wane one thought (u Harry 8trathmorer' she murmured, In a voice ot bitter pain. "Br thin than he is Violet} husband and (u away over the m." The handsome Saxon Nee to“ up be- fore her-the smiling, laugh”. debom lire tare ot the man to whom the hid than the love ot her heart nnwught- She looked willfully out Into the In- der null“: that lay with I white, not! light over the waving hm Ind sleep- lnx Bower.. T ' "How lam: am I to live on. Judah. wonry lite?" she cried out "1 nm no young, m I am no forlorn and lowly! Why has No been so cruel to no?" Fnte wax. hnwovor. marking a new chum" In the drl'a destiny- On the marrow a startling Ind unlocked-tor went w“ to happen. Ttie norm brought Harold J'irtfuld, and 1 startling change. He had ttten appointed to a foreign midon. and must nil tor Bump. on the tollowin; moi. This w“ In Imollime. any. trut- ed Theo the next morning " mo break- fast-whit. . ' "Harold And I In" been talking u to what disposition we shoal! make of you. my dear," Mrs. Widen won on. hurriedly. “I an um uh you with my and u no house in I. be - we conclndod that It would be u excel- lent Idol to pend you to Yuar Cm... that you In" canola" ml- Rheum!» I hue om- hond you I” you would oh." "r. at It... was -- $150.0!“ CHAPTER XX! m ‘.,-..,th- "fltt " arettt .h‘uA..." , "ltGT7CriiFfjytet "e LeNlr'N';.'rl4.rii"EyLit) “at.” i-u..- sTl'",vTiiFifLiiturreur “dutch“. indqrtto “you!!!“ - - Ae Tat%iaelietetyue - CrAr.iUi""iiiTIG)rtteo"" 'ikriririiuTiedttr.e. "krG"""i"GCiiG..oee.St'd aLul21'Cariifyleteee. 1'".i'Ti%"dGsadtor.t!eeftfee t"l2."tU'UiriFirriheeef.t.1t - - pd“; but an au‘lm- "* --nrdt, by no mum A PM" ii2iiii."iiarireiet,tttt', CiTiruTdutiairorwrue "will r. 2ura'lri'L"ilr":, Lu man - In "I we" Mwmil ur- Ia. vu only I girl of avenue-n lt an.“ gnu. lune In Kee to um: I" " and a nuke bu on my tn the - do - around how bitter the cam would be, or that this de. eidon Im the In! nap in n cruel "a Mi. - - - _ L_“ A. 5-- - In Ber, “so had I pet when of her on. In the girl's bun there w" n passionate love tor Inn-k. To be a compour of murie In the m grand dream of in mm In. - l 7 “Manna (m M", '75; Aourr Ihe Culver should " in nude. tbe prol 'aB-r- ..___,_ Che Ion" she received from In Culver Ibould so to perfecting mu in nude. In promised herself. Thus tt burned m: on Inn-bin] morning a week later, a hack etomtret r . 2, ‘LA -..L.n-L- m mu... - ,.,, Thus tt burned m: on Inn-bin] morning a week later, a hack etomtret " the Olive gum in the suburb- of Hun-town. and I an", - mum-d. The mum upon the dainty and the “tried mvnut took up to the ladle. in the morning-room read: " w“ too Inte to correct the mistake that Ibo had Illmwd to [um by. "Atter all, it do” not matter," the often told Mmlt- “but" or Chester, what d-t- fenne- oould It make which nun: l Inn known by?" Mn. Culver an in the morning-room holding I wirited debate with her two acumen. Iris Ind Isabel, when Theo] curd wu huh-d her. ' What I: known II I little family quar- rel vu- " its height In that particu'mr toomerA--the young lulu-I were having such I agririted debtrte that their upher w“ compelled to interfere. _ . - _ - A, ‘L- "I have nothing fit to went to lhr ball, mnmmn, and you know it'." eried Isabel Culver. "I would rather may at home than wear . [won silk area. What will Irh's complexion doesn't suit In :le. and you know I Hunt to look particularly well " this ball. for it Colonel West allow. me to leare the ban without propoalng to me, when he lnows we nut tor Khrrida this week. I mu u well give up all hopes of him and his 'rsuliour-thatU all there ‘I Ibout it." Iris Culver llughed aloud n pruvok- hm. meeting laugh that provoked her ("or " nothing ell. in the world could have done. ' "The colonel prom-e to you. indeed.'" robe cried. "There up too many young- er and prewar girls that he knows who are wllllng to be Mrs. Millionaire Wot for him to propose to n rmtiden ut five 'tnd-twent,--; lure of that." "Do you hour her, mother?" mourn- ed Isabel. "She'l always taunting m0 with In! use: but there's 0110 mm mm rm 1. knowlng te I am twentr-five, I don't hula to look it, ond l have in- herited all the beauty that w“ Allot- ted to this main. No wonder [do In knoll-X" -iriA.-rarktedeT lemntly that her curl paper: looot'ued- and the would-be curl.- danced over her mgr, forehead in I nkhh-looklul. tumbled mun. ' r 7‘7 __.2 " Amid"! - Irv --'"" In uni-81 but“ with m. “can pnnloi' In. Winfield bad not "Ya! man be and." we Mid; "tt ls can. u My mm Wubingmn to Ha: "no". You mun run: until luncheon. tru," db. It”. tuning to her younr .____t- “‘MAI- m hell. dear, lnd am You mun nut until InnCm-un. In" do and. turning to her younr at ”that, "touch the bell, dear, lnd order ”or DIN to Ihow Min Lester to tho room that Ian been prepared for Mr." Ir]. Oulvn raised her pnle blue eye. with I lurid light inning in them. "MU. mm can touch the ttell her- ult.” - -red, Indie-tin. the idl- ropo '10 I w". of her white_ und, and ”mm. to herself: “Tho kin of "an. no to wait upon her when do u knack: tun for the Iole puma» of uqu- upon " Toad: the bell, In u knack: tun for the Iole puma! “dun upon " Toad: the bell and!” Mt. mlvn attmtded to it horuelf‘ _ “a-.. “A But. an and. noon W. dereted 2No to her - "lo yu'f. the - on: and. ttttmort" om the ett and mum tn the "m shim "re. I wonder h I took m3 1%?" Inked In: than the cation " the m tunn- .. w. """ - -'-- “Boeing. you Are no good-locum." ro- plizd m glrl, with l luau. "I haven't he. no. nix manual. yet during that um. gum bu ha no Ion than “a.” companion. no good-looking on. - stared the am week out. the you; “(In and. It no 'nseomtortabfe for 01-. N young Indie. at this houoo I. Tun-Mn"- what "my fail m" - TFo. "in tip! veg-3,331 w- .._ .'" -7 pd_-bllo0“"m I We N (In you I pm In I“ an." It. In! on. mnMenti-L "ttNth" m an: .. tor it or not a tt will put you on your trusrd-- GKiiuTiatit6teyt11e.t ’- . an. no. I." one: mm mm LESTER , and M My. the “a quite in! - " um In Which! y uncured the Fsitimt to: N (In Yo! I let, " rd Theo. namely know- m ought to feel Inn-y or [H'- may: arm, mm m- a g. In that ther Bunion," the u and windows ”Idol!- -Ielt, Ind “a con- "t I'll“ Ill “I. I - ",.aa.a.osiriestte1ee1q.!.F.' k"iu-iasGTiiety1'htPf,r "teq""' “and, than“ 'irrTiFFtieett.tt.Paefa'. uuokOsm-e'"'fPfRfPP"r, L""s'Ti',hrGTairii"ut. who“? Tu"ir'iTaitte-AtVre11t. MM “mums-hurting: ,TiaTiFdtirea-1tttttt1t i,Graiuaosaie-ere't “Mm uh; nu!“- "iiG-iastrr,eye.t'rtPf1t mmmwnhd-nhm cumin-“I'M” tiiia"iuA.oeedy.trtt!rt,1dye, Id“: 1t1ty "a, in" Haul! “new; air-mm“;- "iiiiuGritu-tr9ttttfe' "iiiii7-evessu.erettr; FiirairiTi_re1tt.tt1fPti - ut MM not t in," uh] uattey LGU. would no 'Skofaom I u Strum-on to no Inimit- -- "What It Bury Strum to your "seerod Isabel. “Dal-ft "and: who know. bias know that he wu head Ind an In low with tbat Violet Kal- sinnou. Ind mu ther wen " good u ensued long More NI Kuhn may" ”Th/en why don't he marry her, if he Qhonxht no much of her In you would have me belie"? cried his. "He ir his own mun ; h v. only him]! to plane. I (all you. label." in went on. excitedly, "if them ever I“ an rug-men! between them, lt Wu brok- en " when he started for Europe, otherwise he would IV. taken her with In: u M. bride." . 1"w"i"at"7niiirrou think 001' asked lube]. A A A .. The mver to Inbel’. question - left 1115'. "pl; for, glancing up, nbe law Theo, the new companion. sanding. pale and white and trembling, on the thruhold. looking at he! with highwa- ed (you. “Nome; it must but been I mistake," the ttsought. "My enr- deceived me. The murmurlng bunches of the chest- nut we". the long of the birds And. the musical ripple of the brooklet new r murmur forever the name of my los! love." Iris Culver gave a. guilty start. "How Ion; here you been standing there. Mira Lester?" the Inked. "You would have knrV-rivert " " inti- mldon of your preunce." and her pale flee glowed with haughty displeasure. Theo had caught just. two word. of that eouversatiou--"mrrrr Btrtrthmore." The name fell - Theo'l can like an electric shock. “in she awake or wa. Ihe dreaming? "I In: glad to know that you were not an eavesdropper, MI" Lester," And the turned away without a glance " tho whip: face of the girl she had wound- ed to cruelly and umwccssully. "Bhatl you take Miss Lester to the ball to-nlght?" asked Iris, when Theo had quilted the pink-tusd-sold boudolr where the slate“ Int. "Ot couue it would I)! In waul risk, but we shall need her oo bully to marriage thc draping on our dresses nner we at there; and it In qulte the fashion Ttow-- borrowed from English custom, I sun --to who one'l companlon with on: l to places of this kind, to look the: one] Grit" (1361- wnl 0997qu did not that the room wu occupied until I crossed the threshold." replied Tluo, toilet,” "t m I mm In. to at. her." returned label; “Ind I on any m " being compelled to do no. " Colonel West, who it n benuty-wmhip- per, were to not her. there's no knowing what might happen." ‘Theo‘n heart gave u. "out throt, ct delight when she was informed that rho wan to accompany the Misses Gul- ver to the grand ball, Theo had never been to . bell in all her life: she had reel I. may whatever. - that few mom- of her sojourn " Strain more Hail. Ind that had been of the quietest kind, owing to the major": long lllnm Therefore, a ball, the first she Md over Inn. was an event in 1he girl's lite. True, she wag not permY ted b It" the trail-room, but sho wrt" "tGi.VTidrusurro-rartista1r- WI] I. m, p!“ into tho supper- “a. A room had been set up": for the use of the molds who had Come to as list their mistresses with their toilets. These young persona preferred scrip h. with each other to observing the mints. Io Theo stood nlonn in um mat aslemhlm, looking mummy down upon the gay throng from her nook my the in“) on the guinea". _. - Ftrr the ttMt time m her The sometthg Ill. rebellion against her tate man in her heart. Hithorto the bud novel dreamed that nnrh passionate longing; slept in her will. The girl felt " though Ihe Mood outside the gMet of Dirndl-e. Nhe hmird the delicious dance- rmuic an the band played the witehinr "iipiiiUit'Dreem Fakes." dainty feet keeping timefo it. Theo longed and manned tuttil it was time for the banquet, and then rhe took up her station behind the great statue of Venus With the mug of crimson Bowers. Ah, what n picture it trutde.t-heautr m tacos. ftrsehimt o'ewt0, the 31mm of "an. and silks. (All mm and laugh- in, {sir-faced women. How the light tell on them! how the warm, perfumed air stirred gently up they pnswdl To be one of those, to than in the "in. the frumnco. the jewels. the silvery llughtn, to nee the handsome {new of the men brlg'htm " her mile, to know their hundn trvmbted " her touch-att, that w“ lite. . There was never . girl more (Hammer Into than herself. Tho Prrl who stood outside of the hand gnu-u ot punk. Wu rarely not more desolate. In I“ that crowd of girlittts tttern there was mne so mir " her own. Theo had we" label Quiver, gory-mm In her mince, mu ilk and mum: jew- els. pan by. loaning upon the arm of I tall, hundlomr. mititarrfookine young man. and the knew chit he must be Colonel West. Theo w“ who ,tnrtrhlstiesud, 7.! own In could so. that it was lube-l who win in love with 2,tr'h,'J"k lune-d " the gull-m eobmet " II love with her, _ _ In I" that pro was mne so mi mu Isabel 0n mince, mu so they ”not! on: the beatttifrtl wnmrn Ind bra" mm. the lieht of thr jam-II. the Int-en of the utln dre-. nnd the Mgr-ht odor of the min they Nrore-- passed on to ma "Winona. Icahn. Theo alone-1km: with her [anion-no hurt on In. Was It right, In: it jun “in do mould be In our 'ot no In Hot "an. nan-Mn. plenum-nah. mun m “and: her lat-art w“ Kill - a no erho at that an” me. "V d. m In an Aut an be. " an _ . . .. _ In M ttttt Vanuatu“?! Windy" In...“ .o-IIOMJMM Guarani-oh” CHAPTER xxlt. not like Colon-I Want a an lit. bullion» Elm . her," "ttsratq& lrh Imam the In". India. on ' um. trim velvet: an “a- 1mm» it“; .. 'st'y"itii'a"i - at. a I: - wu you. with and“; m. and alt would " I bad 'ssatir-rpe'tr1tttttrtrr.r. dudhv-Il. “Mung.“ all: -totetditttt.detP. "itiTiiUiG ___ - Incl urn-5'.- aha-Ibi- _ --- - ”ubuubuwdn‘ ‘W "to! IaaigbtMrob- - lab a m Id! In a no Mu'.'vr, Runaway. t"e'tt.'e,'g1,tt"ar t-torarermrttugV 'gr%atsi,t-ned"mnturMto. “dachvdyfmhymhqlh wk! h. cheek. will " m bloc. Ink, woudmu an ”and mummy-ea with-annotat- beownsr.vinghalr. ' ‘nn In. the with: lou than do and uh luv the moonlight Mu den and It!" on tho - out, aide, “It qw"ut ghadoq" on no ”and on I mmynlnhtm his. muebe.neteeorttsetree-diik. glam hull tutu to hee to come out m then. the ”can untied. weird shadow" bad . . nu. tune don for her. Her heart was beating; (the thriit of nude had piled like the [In " fever through her vellu- Wu miwhethn I not “In [All who: no - or not! -- if in: F? quit." the am. "that will wolmyhululdbrln‘ In to my new" There 'u no on. to see her or notice what she did; and, unobserved. due p11.- ed out " the side door that led into the prowl. and nat down on I rustic bench by the minimum silver lake bor- dered by vuring terns. Again uh. heard 'the and let) mule Boating through the night nit. Theo left aiotte-_ unibly nloue; it seemed wonderful to her that, within no dun n distance, girl: of her own age were enjoying themselves, were laughing hlwily, tollowyd by admiring glance: and whispered, tender Words. Suddenly voices sounded on lid; 21m. and turning [until] around Theo law two figures approaching the npot where Ihe sat. Ind at I glance lhe law that they were babel Culver and Colonel Wot They stopped beneath the drawing branches of n 1etmurtree--so near tbe l we! where Theo sat she wuld not help ' but bear the word: that tell from their lips. "Yes," he amrworcd. When did . mm ever rosin the temptation of I lovely fun.- on n murm- light night? “is hand closed over her white, "we11ed one, and the next mu- ment he wan laying. husxily: "It is just such nights as these, lined wittr romance and poetry, that awakcu I bachelor's heart to n mu null/.uliun of how lonely kite in for him, after gll. and a longing for a hnme and a new! wire of his own." Isabel Culver's white hand ttvmbled in his clam. and the leaned g hum more heavily, yet coyly, again“ Ml Inn. Merr heart bout with I Lhruanl some of min-mph. she know what wan mining: the next ward! that would leave the lips of the handgun. mill-m- nire colonol would be, "Will you be my Hg] She was dying to end the suspense; hm she mast not say "Yea" too quick' ly, lost ho might think hor too Milly mun. She had always heard that men He more anxious to win those whom they un- trot sun tl can get, Ti'hnt n triumph was in We in: her'. Already she mum imagine horsvlt cry- Ine out Karly. the ting; moment she Already she could imagi lug nut Knyly. the ti {mind hersw" 111mm wi sister: "Congratul m the goldx-n prize. On 1 the girlsot my acquaiuta with envy and jrnlunsy that Colonel Wcst has p "h bachelor'. Mo mus deed." she murmurvd. wondered it they are out from the 9“th infi life and home ties." "They me very mim from my own oxpericncr hastily. "and they often Another moment of grout suspense for Ismhel, and dvop silrnrv; them clasp' Ing her hand more olusoly and drawing nun-er to her, he asked. in a nice nem- quus with emotion: "Would you care, Isabel,. to share-- Afr. Isabel?" She was dying m she must not r. 105! ho "tight hastily. "and they of (its and I loving wih "Would you care, Isabel,. to share-- Will you be ms--" Suddenly he stopped short. the sen- tence upon his lips but mm spoken. II" hnd seen the lawns of the mum-(Tees. scarcely ton fem {rum him, mun-r, nml rmm a rustic lwnch mat had been con- ccnmn their shadow a Tornc girl v.41}: HM no in courusion and Ms. For I mnmt-nt her {arr full town-d C'Notwl Thst mrtrnliltht that was as wh as: noondar-the mast wan tifnl {nor that his we: to on-tt face an Involy "I pninu-r saw in their (In-um! startled eyes. that son: a throh to hit heart,nttrl th he had Intended to utter 1 var died on his Iips---he It: 1&9.an strickvn dumb. crsatt had Inn y. he had Intended to utter to Isabel U“ var died on his Iips---he Itood hNurv- hr 1&9.an strickvn dumb. A hir tar that had fittshod nrrnts his with like met-rot had chnngrd the mrrent of tw Null - ' Mu. Win-Law . 5007mm: Sunn- huu tron and by millions of mothem for their children while looming. If dlmurbod at M ht Ind broken Mam: mt tr, a nick chlld 1))i'iFiti'il, min: wt It te, of null-l Teen- pond n om An C a “a ot "Mrs _ Wlnnlow‘n 1ott','l"M'g,1',t Children Tatum . 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