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& or Three farms, but the soil ,r.-ufi-nbuouhu- ® apder/ t 2 9000 s s OV â€" *Where is this place? Near Edinâ€" burgh?t"* € ol e . dn C â€" *Far morth of Edinburgh, Mis® r;, It‘s pear Invernessâ€"away of the world at this season, you soo. I was up there last year with & shooting party, Mrs. Wroat kindly seo. xm..th.u.”h: your . Wilh a shoo party , . Wroat m%luu nwc‘m ‘s capital shooting over the estate, and we had a good time, the bouse being furnished, and a ‘Wmutn‘m.wcu‘.oum Estate." "I should like to go up there, * said Lally. | ‘‘Perhaps I will a litte laterâ€"but not yet. I don‘t mind the lateness of the season, Mr. Harâ€" ris, and I am not afraid of cold and vMMn’.fllmh&uMw and fres. fact, I think I would like to hide myself in some far off hidden nook until T shall have learnâ€" ed to bear my trials with fortitude,. Life is so very bitter to me, Mr. Harris.‘" "Life bitter â€" at seventeen!‘ said the lgwyer, with an indulgent smile. *You have money, youth, beauty, and you . have hosts of friends. I have little more to say this morning except that, should you need me, 1 entreat that you will call upon me at any time. I will come to you at a moment‘s . notice. Is there auy» thing I can now do for you?" hok o Broii en t ‘There was nothing, but Lally exâ€" pressed her gratitude for the offer. Mrs. Peters had a few questions to t 8 :lk".. ;l;aâ€";h;;‘th_u; had been duly answered, Mr. Harris paid into Ld: ly‘s hands the sum of ‘six ortgh pounds, being one quarter‘s Tnc e He then departed. â€" ‘The young girl spént the remain«. der of the day in her own room, not even coming forth to her meals. ‘The next day she came down to the dinâ€" ingâ€"room, but immediatcly after din« ner ~etired ~to her apartment. She read no books nor newspapers, but sat before her fire hour after _ hou silently brooding, andsPeters w& an unspeakable _ anxiety boh? the round gypsy face grow thin and palâ€" lid, dark circles form under the black eyes, and the light figure grow light» er and mofe slender, until she feared that the yoiung mistress, would so6n follow the old one. on se *A good _ wind would just blow Miss Lally away,‘" she said. ‘‘She‘s pining, and the first we know she‘ll be dead. What can I do?" â€"In her distress, Peters had an inâ€" terview with the housekceper, and exâ€" pressed her fears and anxietics. "‘Who‘d have thought she‘d have loved the Missus so much?" said the housekeeper. "It isn‘t â€" that alone," declared Peters, ‘‘although she loved Mrs. Wroat as a daughter â€" might have loved her, but she‘s had other troubles that I‘m not at liberty to speak of, but which are pressing on her, â€" along with her greatâ€"aunt‘s death, until, I think, the double burden will crush her into the grave. She don‘t eat more than a bird. I‘ll go and see Mr. Harris about her, or else the doctor." "‘What does a man know in a case like this?‘‘ exclaimed the housekeepâ€" er. ‘‘The young lady is pining herâ€" self â€" to death, Mrs. Poters, and that‘s the long and the short of it. ‘This great house is dull and loneâ€" ly to her, and the gloom of the funâ€" eral isn‘t out of it yet. The young mistress wants changeâ€"that‘s what she wants. Take her to some waterâ€" ingâ€"place, or to the Continent, or nomewhere clse, and give her new inâ€" terests and a change of scene, and sbo‘!l come back as partâ€"and chipper as any bird."" The idea struck Mrs. Peters favorâ€" ably. She hastened upstairs to the amber room, and softly entered. Lally sat in a great chair before the hearth, her little shrunken | figâ€" ure quite lost among the cushions, her small wan face startlingly pale, and her great black eyes fixed upon the fire. She looked up at her atâ€" tendant, who approached her with a awelling heart, but with outward calmncss. B "If you please, Miss Lally," said Poters, broaching her wishes withâ€" out delay, ‘‘I‘ve been thiuking that the house is so gloomy without the cear old mistress, and that you keep so tlose to your room that you will be ill directly unless some change is made. And I am. sure I‘d like a change too for a week . or month. And so I make bold to ask you to go for a month to Brighton." _ ‘Not there," she murmured. . ‘‘I cannot bear the crowds, the gayety, the eafeles$ faces afid cflj!o._eye!"' _ The girl shook her head, with m look of pain. _ _ _ ""Thon let us go up to the Heather Hills, your Scottish place," urged Poters. ""I have been there once, an@ we could take Toppen with us, Miss Lally. . The steward who liy-, on the estate can provide us with seryants. Let us telegraph him toâ€" day, and let us start toâ€"morro®w.""> ‘The sour face of the faithful brightencd, and she express@d _ thanks warmly for the coficessiOn, . | "T‘ll telegraph at _ oné#, * , Lally,"* she said. ‘"‘But then the steward is not likely to receive. the telegram unless he happons to be at Inverness, which is not likely. I will send ‘Toppen by the first train to prepare forâ€"oug coming, if you ~are willing,. Mis# Rally." _ _._ . R as willing, ng.lro.‘ w to. nt ta .rv:m’ fi-o: to despatch him on his journey worthward. When he had gone she returned to Lally. â€" â€"«*Rappen is on his way to the staâ€" ('la..lh." she announced, ‘‘He have everything in order for us ght our arrival. It is cold at ther Hills, Miss Laily, with the wind blowing of the sea, and you will ‘need flanncls and thick boots, and~ elflhy t ofim tor me then, Peters," amid , with listless voice and shunbak. ; C it is * _0 B o 5 dresses, and you moust try Tevae a\ Himazs. aad 2#3 Thas listless voice and _ Lailly slowly arose and moved toâ€" brivicth ol on ced t $e benay es ie oc in PC â€" one"" simanert ‘or s oaind bar arnd Eomna m anal: P irst train to | bis forehead. s U you ~are )u. I"* he murmured. ‘"Lally‘ i ly‘s voice!" | Mrs®. j cters took the hand of he In istréss, attempting to lea ewight the â€" shop, which but fo L2 D LCO3 2. LZGLOCL shwmmcca we & Hills, and thiss you Can € best for io‘m 5 ” a sn 4 pirs must an‘ our new address, but Abag I do such as Berilin wools .and. patterns; m materials, new tork moe mboc k reanth me us go out and mm-" Lally looked out of the window. ‘The sun was , and the air was clear. She been out of the house for days, she assented to Mrs.. Peters‘ proposition. ‘‘The maid ordered the . carriage, and proceeded : array her youhg mistress for her ive. â€" w 'h.” t came around, Lally fi&”w ready. to the veâ€" hicle, and drove away on their shopâ€" ping excursion. A fur dealer‘s was first & tioner‘s soopdie s gite at Ap tof indtag wor materials. _ Lally‘s purchases . were deposited in the <carâ€" riage. And lastly the young girl stopped at a picture d,thf'l in Reâ€" fcnt stree ng in the | eve. Jt was simply. @.quaint Dutch inâ€" mlor, with a broad hearth, a boflâ€" P over flames, m groat tiled emnuy-ph‘::. a DPutch houseâ€" wile with ample figure and ‘round, goodâ€"natured face, ah& three or four children pausing at the threshold of . the open door to put off their shoes before stepping upon the insmaculate flbor; & simple picture, . executed withâ€" fidelity | and~ spirit; but its charm, in Lally‘s eyes, lay in the fact that"in the early days . of her\ marriage, during the brief period she .had â€"passed â€"with Rufus ~Black in New Brompton, in their dingy lodgâ€" ings, he bha inted a«cabinet . picâ€" tg"o'}n M interfor, nearly like this in design, but as different in exâ€" ecution as may be imagined. His ihflab@_filtldflb..fih had hllh glad. to get filtéen shillings for t. "The price of this picture tkich had now caught Lally‘s eye was ten I guineas. L t 1e q d Calalll .â€"'I-:l;veâ€"y-ouu lady had the picture withdrawn from the window and exâ€" amined it closely. S es as â€" "I will take it," she said. "I will select a suitable frame, and . you may send it home toâ€"day. . Herc is The picture dealer brought an armâ€" ful of frames for her selection, and while she examined the designs and gilding, a man ‘walked into the shop with a sauntering gait, and paused mear her, in contemplation of an old cracked painting to which was attached a card declaring it to be a. genuine Murillq... . _ _ <. § M w OOR NCV "This is no more & Murillo than I‘m one!‘‘ ammounced the newâ€"comer roudly, half turning his face toward the shopman. ‘"A Murillo? It‘s & modern daub,â€"gotten up to sell.‘" At the sound of the stranger‘s voice Lally started, dropping . the frame she. heldsin her hand. She turned: around quickly, looking at him with dilating eyes and whitening face, and gasping breath. _ Pn i nen o Pm on tes. ‘The strange comnoisseur, who had so boldly given his opinion ef the pretended Murillo, was Rufus Black! He had tired of the loneliness . of Hawkburst, and had run up to town for & day‘s recreation and . amuseâ€" ment. The picture shop in Regent street, into which Lally had strayod that morning, had long been one of his favorite haunts, and the picture Lally had just bought had really given him the idea‘ of the picture he had painted so long before _ imâ€" the dingy room at New Bromptor. His face was half averted, _ but Lally knew him, and a deathly faintâ€" mss scized upon her. He was well dressed and possesscd an air of eleâ€" gnncc that well bocame him. His air was worn long under an _ arâ€" tist‘s bromdâ€"brimmed fat, and his features from a side view were sharp and thin. His mouth and _ chin seemed to have gained firmness and ‘character during _ the past . fow months, but in the latter feature was still prominent the dimple Lally _ had loved, and which, pretty in a woman, is mearly always a sign of 1 weakness and irresolution . in a | .. Mrs.. Peters heard .the same, and }M the Identity: of . the ~ Rufus turned slowly toward the girlish figure in black his gaze seekâ€"~ ing the shopman. “A. low, strange cry broke from Lally‘a lips. Rufus heard it and looked at her. Her heayy ung: yeil was _ thrown back over her bonnet, and her small face framed in the heavy black folds was o whkte, so T so piteous, that l-z:oufl a visionâ€"an optiâ€" cal fonâ€"& freak of his imaginaâ€" tion. He recoiled in a species _ of terror. _ ‘‘Rufus! Oh, Rufus!‘"" cried the deserted young wife in a Wild, involâ€" uhtary appeal. ooo young -_Vm%nâ€"v. She came and stood t§ i'fmy‘-' Wde, Warning of Rufus by herwharsh face and amgry=eyes. . CE 2 Foaln waa .. i mmedih arae. 4ih oi rroy L thing but the anguished, horrified face of her husband, hearing nothing but his quick breathing. _ __ _ Rufus slowly passed his hand over his forehead. Ne rmeniss gaze with one o. ~~rror and amazeâ€" u and the old wo.son‘s efforts wore n ”'w doar!" . whispered Poeters , **Coms with me. Come, â€" my darling! He abandoned you. . Pluck up a spirit, Miss Lally, 220 Rave Ann‘alonel" _ _ _ _ _â€" black «g:3 staring at im i h 1 _ cabinet paint» ’N‘:m caught her reet‘* ?.0 sob Lally fitted past gmu out to the tdt.l’ Rutus dashed after + wild«yed and wildâ€"vicaged; but Mrs, Pelérs grasped him vigorously . by the arm, detaining hima. *None: of that!‘‘ sho _ einculated harsbly.. L won‘t have my youug lady tampered with. You shan‘t folâ€" low her, _ You‘ve ‘broken her heart *She‘s mineâ€"my wile!"" cried Ruâ€"« ww,whuw â€" and rapture.s _ *"I tell you she‘s mine. I thought she _ was dead. ;q.,.,..g.mpnu» wileâ€"** *"You‘re too late, sir," said Mrs. Poters M. *You should have made ap your mind to that cffect at the time you abandoned her.‘" "But 1 was compelled toabandon =| God alone knows the remorse anguish I have known since L upposed her dead. I love her better t..-.nt.hweru. How is it that ube Mves? Why does she wear mourn» ing?t Woman let me go to her}" And he tricd to break from the detaining | EY d' 1. ® $ 41 es oo uis T hotusad PR EME cerodien o :X 4 > know that you are going \ to b# W to a great heiress, Â¥ you will be happy with er: but she will never love you as PCs S NCO Gcto Et mere grimly. ‘"If you have a spark of manliness, you will let the young w She hates you now. I you she does. She‘s only a governess, and you‘ll lose her her place if you hang around 'h-r. 1 tell uce dth B actubeca‘o. Sor you again she hates you." Rufus uttered a low moan, and sat down mbruptly upon a shop bench. Mrg. Peters glided out and entered the carriage, giving the oorder to reâ€". turs home. "I told him a lie, Godoot:fn me!‘* she muttered, as she 1 at Lally, who lay back upon the cushâ€" ions, faint and white. "I told him that you were a governess, Miss Lally. Let him once get . wind . of your good fortune, and he‘ll abanâ€" don his heiress and come back _ to you. Let us start for the north toâ€" night, dear Miss Lally, and you will not see him if he comes to Mount sirect, We can take the night . exâ€" ‘pe s, and sliep comfortably with our lap robes, and toâ€"mofrow night we will sleep at Edinburgh." spenk She like death "We, sir,‘‘ said the eE Te enen t ‘"Theâ€"the lady who passed . Out, Nenson, was my wile. I had beard she was dead. Can you give me her address?"‘ "The shopman . was all sympathy and kindncss. He knew Rufus Black had come of a good family, and he sumpected, from . the scene he â€" had just witnessed, that he had experiâ€" enced trouble through his marriage. He picked up the mourning _ card Talls had laid down and read the ‘The shopman . Was and kindness. He knc had come of & good /: sumpected, from . the just witnessed, that enced trouble through He picked up the n Lally had laid down address aloud. ©ERTTTCTR ETTICCC * ‘Miss Wroat, Mount Stroet, Grosâ€" venor Square,‘ ‘‘ repeated _ Rufus. ‘"%y wife is governess in that famâ€" ily. Thanks, Bonson. I will go to Mount street." EBBE CCC He went out with staggering steps, hailed a hansom cab, gave the orâ€" der, ‘and was driven to the Wroat mansion in Mount strcet. Theâ€" boy caRéd Buttons waitod upon the door in ‘Toppen‘s absence. He was . & shrewdâ€"â€" lad,â€" and had received ~ priâ€" vate instructions from Poters, who had â€" just come in with her young ED CRCCZ Mcanwhile Rufus sat for. some ninutes in a sort of stupor, but . at a t raiscd his baggard cyeS® and aid to the shopkeepor: ‘"Theâ€"the lady who passed mna, had just come in WiLN NC mistreas . "I want to see Miss Bird, Rufus abruptly, making a m to enter the hall. ‘The boy blocked his path. "No such lady here, sir," plied DOY . â€"Rufus offered him a bright coin,. andâ€"said desperatoly: "I want to see the governessâ€"*‘ ‘*No governess here, sir,"‘ said Buttons, pocketing . the coin. _ Ne children to texch, sir. There‘s no lady in the house but the mistress, Miss Wioat, and she don‘t see no one, sir.‘‘ Rufus steood amazed and bewildorâ€" Rofus ~*"No such â€"lady,‘ boy. _ â€" asked. "‘T wich to ing: young lady whom I su MerCâ€"â€" "Miss Wroat can‘t be disturbed, sir, on no account," said Buttons. ‘‘She‘s not well, and don‘t receive toâ€"day.‘ NS â€" da l a» L214 biidhetm d# "I will eall toâ€" morrow then,‘"‘ said Rofus,â€" with increasing desperation. "I must see hor." He doscondcd the stops, and _ the door closcd behind hiim. ‘‘Benson must have picked up the amrong card,‘> tirought Rulus. ‘"Or Lally might have given a wrong card. Why should she give her emâ€" ployer‘s eard, unle=s indecd she was buying a picture . for hor employer? I‘ll go back and see Benson.‘‘ He went back, but the picture dealer affirmed that Lally had given him the card with Miss Wroat‘s name upom it, and . Rufus said . to himsolf: PP PT Eo VOVETT . 4 11 i0064 4 h Aliicciensenane n We w.ll do as you say, Peters,‘"‘ 4 â€" Lally â€" wearily. ‘"Only don‘t ak to mhe now." he buricd her face in the cushâ€" s, and wa‘s sil nt with a stillness _ ‘‘I have it. Miss Wroa'k‘ia looking, servantâ€"like woman some parvenue gTowWn sudg« J I ' L dE I won‘t marry oune. I want my RETETCCCC "‘I have it. Miss Wroa'k‘ia the sourâ€" looking, servantâ€"like woman in black, some parvenue gTowWn sudgenly rich, and Lally is her e:g;nbm This Miss Wroat knows Lal * story and L un C ar 2l _2 B 11048b c00â€"Adti ienss 4 despises me. I‘ll go back to Mount street this evening, and see Miss Wroat. When I ufl her the whole truth she will pity me, and allow me to see Lally, I am surc. I won‘t care for poverty or toil if I can have back my poor little wife. 1 will fiy with her to some foreign country beâ€" 1C1 . "Mrs. Black perhaps?" suggested back my poor little wife. I will fiy with her to some foreign country beâ€" fore my father comes back. But what did Lally mean by my ‘marriage with an heiress?‘ My father must have toid her of Neva. Why, Td raâ€" twer kave my poor little Laily than EHAst WROC COP TOC0 0 © a thousand haughty Nevas, with _a you FOR OVER FIPTY YEARS to see Miss Bird," said tly, making a movement t see Miss Wroat?"‘ he i:h to inquire after & whom I supposed to be back, but the picture ed that Lally had given card with Miss . Wroat‘s it, and Rufus said to woman â€" still persisted _ the sir,‘" he reâ€" Nittp, haâ€"l old ols AP Nee‘ PSR mt 2 °T oreete C backe." Karly in the evening Rufus returnâ€" ed to Mount street, ahd Buitogs a/a‘n enswcred his double knoek. ct‘â€" <ily rone away, sir,‘" said the lo lh;‘f in suddon CeSf AUFP. _ _. oR a tons tla.‘ to was about close: mfl‘#’ Hufus placed his knee against it, and eried out: â€"#% "Boy, I must ste Miss Wroat, . or h~r young companion. If g' gon» away, 4 follow. ® business is imperative. Tell . me where you have gone, and I will you this."* | He held up as he spoke a glittering half sovercign. 1 Buttons hesitauted. Clearly he bad had his instructions to betray to no one the course his young misiress had taken, and just as clearly . his virtue wavered ‘before the ‘mur: bribe â€" offéred to him. He reaso! within himself that no one need over know that he had told, and here was an opportunity to make ten shil« lings without work. He yielded ‘to the temptation. _ "Mrs. Peters? That is what the young companion calls herselft? Go â€" ‘‘Miss Wroat and Mrs. Peters," he began, with his eyes fixed on the coinâ€" "‘theyâ€"" > ie myov h _ ‘‘Miss Wroat and Mrs. Peters," reâ€" peated the boy, ‘‘they have gone to Heather Hills to stay for a monthâ€" give me my money."‘ ‘‘In ome moment. s soon as â€"y0u tell me where is Heather Hills.‘" "‘Scotland,"" said the lad. ‘"Inverâ€" ness . I don‘t know nothing more, only I know the boxes and trunks were labelled Inverness, for I looked at ‘em. ‘The money!‘ â€" Rufus paid it, and hurried away, proceeding _ to the Great Northern Railway station. When he reached it, the night express had gone! Neva Wynde was not one to waste her strength in useless repining, nor to give way to weakness and tears at a time when she needed all her keenness of wit and vigor of body, in the contest begun by her enemies. *t% i. She quietly laid aside her fur jacket and hat and went to her winâ€" dow, essaying to look out. The baying of the dogs in the yard below reached her ears, and she went back to her fire, smiling bitterly. â€"‘I see no way of escape,"‘ she murmured. ‘‘The night is cold, and I might die on the mountains in my wanderings, should I go out, I am in lonely Scottish wilds, but I am in the Mands of Providence, and I will fgar no evil. Surely Arthur will fine me out, Craven Black may be keenâ€"witted, . but A\-thur is keener. He will find me.‘" She stirred the logs on the hearth to m brighter blaze, and sat before the fire, until long after she heard the French woman go to her bed in the anteâ€"room. At last she arose and barricaded the door with her trunks, and undressed, said her prayâ€" ers, and wont to bed, but not to sleep. Â¥c.vily gone away, #iF, . .egogni ing the visitor. At the usual hour of the morning she arose and dressed herse!!, imakâ€" ing her own toilet. When she had completed it, the door opened and the French woman entered her preâ€" ‘‘What, dressed, Mademoiâ€" selle?"‘ said Celeste. ‘"I am come _ to dress _ you, but . of course I had to dress Madame and Mrs. Artress firrt. Mademoiselle &s mo ‘ouger the first person to: be considered _ and waited upon, you see. MademoiseDs was first < at Hawkhurst; she is last at the Wilâ€" derness." "Leave the room, Celeste," said Neva haughtily. ‘"After your base treachery ‘ to me l¢st night, I must decline your attendance." ‘‘Madame the stepâ€"mamma is to be ebeyved, not the refractory Mademoiâ€" melie,‘‘ said the French woman inâ€" solently,. ‘‘If Mademoiselle is not satisfied, the remody lies in Mademâ€" oiselle‘s own hands. ‘The breakfast waits, and foreseeing that Mademâ€" ciselle ~would be ready for it, Monâ€" sicur and Madam are ~‘ready in the diningâ€"room. I will show you the lowed to leave her room, and . deâ€" scended at once to the diningâ€"room, closely attended by Celeste, who gave her not the slightest chance of escape. The Blacks and Mrs. Artâ€" ress were in the diningâ€"room, and adâ€" dressed Neva courtcously; she reâ€" sponded coldly, and took her seat at the table. Not a word was spoken on either side during the progress of the meal, after which Celeste appenrâ€" ed to conduct Neva back to ler room, and the captive wus again locke@ in. During _ Neva‘s brief absonce her room had been put in order, and her fire had been freshly made. She sat down with a book, but she could not reud. She took out her drawing materials, but she coulr? not work. Her thoughts were with her young lover, and she indulged in speculaâ€" tions as to what he was doing at that _ moment, and when he would find her. . At noon, Celeste came in bearing a tray on which was a plate of bread and a jug of water. She went out without speaking. At night, Celeste appeared again with similar refreshments, and made up the fire afresh, and went out without speaking. The prison fare and _ prison treatment on the silent system was intonded to subdue the haughty young captive, whom her enemies ~expected to see a suppliant for mercy in the course of a few hours . They _ did not know Neva Wynde. Hor proud lip curled, and her soul rebolled against the meanâ€" mess and wickedness of her oppresâ€" #ors, but she ate her dry bread comâ€" , and drank the clear water ) If it had been wine. ‘That night, aftor barricading the door, she went to bed and to sleep. ‘The next morning, when she was dressed and standing by her window, looking out into the gloom of the firs and mountain pines that grew near _ to the house, and shut out nearly all light and brightness from her room, _ her door was unlocked, and Mre. Craven Black swept into the apartment. Neva did not turn from her Winâ€" dow after the first glance at her visiâ€" tor, but continued to look out into mgoom as if unconscious of her "a presence. "Still rebellious, ch?"" said Ocâ€" tavia, pausing near the door, and regarding Neva with smiling insolâ€" «hoe, _ ""Are you not ready to become the obediont stepâ€"daughter, Neva, and to comply with my com« "I aball gever be ready..to comply CHAPTER XXXVII ho t 6. 4 they‘ve gone. Now y ‘gone?" gone?" inquired ‘ m t " ‘ isonment:* How de you like your hat they to contumacious priâ€" somers, and it is found effective w your resolution, u':S' ‘ -nommym!“ not answer. _ pc*g ? % [. o Nind, : Heve, w w rightful authority. Your father en joined you_ to yjeld me a daughter‘s 'obedhlco. You are not yet preâ€" pared to do whis?" _ . .. ~_ _. ieericy e DE CCaC! ""As much now as £ ever shall be,"" said Neva, ber cyes fashing. "Are you really so foolish, ‘Hn Black, that you believe you will force me into perjuring myself?‘ Do you real« ly think me a child, whom you can gocrce or ffightcn into obedience to marmalade made.of Seville % It‘s a bitter cold morning, just mo January. I can feel the cold â€" wind coming in thiough your windows. ‘Think of going down to the breakâ€" fast that is prepared for us below. There is a cover laid for you, Come down with me, _ Neva, and after ihrn.klut we will go down to the | sloop and start on our return honn“. ib not _ the picture pleasant? WID you come?‘"‘ "I suppose there is a condition atâ€" ka‘.d to partaking of this bu.k: an unjust will? You are mistaken in me. You will ind me at the end of .ynuulrmi-u,yuluulwobq ll‘ilthbu-othhl.uyouhd me now,"" * *‘My dear Neva,‘‘ she said caressâ€" ingly, ‘"I have just been down to the diningâ€"room, and have discovered that we are to have broiled birds on toast, hot rolls and coffee, for breakâ€" fast, with the most delicious Scotch fast,‘‘ said Neva. ‘‘You have relented?"‘ â€" "Ah, I hoped you had relented," said Octavia Black, smiling. _ ‘"Are you sure I have not tempted you? You have only to speak one little word, Â¥es, and you shall share our breakfast, and we will start for home toâ€"day "You must have & high opinion of me,"‘ said Neva bitterly. ""I will not sell my _ birthright, madam, for a mess of pottage. I prefer bread and water to the end of my days, rather than to become a party in your vile schomes, or to marry a man I do mot love.‘" "Then I will send your breakfast up to you," said Mrs. Black. "I had hoped that you would go down with us. But toâ€"morrow morning may not find you so obstinate.‘* She retired, _ and Celeste brought up a tray with bread and water. Still Neva did not yield. Her imâ€" prisonment _ was telling _ on her strength, _ but her courage did not lessen. Her redâ€"brown eyes glowed with courage â€" and resolution from out of a pale face, and her lips wore a smile of patience and cheerfulness which angered her enemies. Upon the fourth morning Neva arose with a determination to make & bold attempt at escape. She could not render her condition worse in any event, and perhaps she might gain her freedom. While she was dressing she formed a plan, upon the success of which she felt that her fate depended. Mrs. Black started as she beheld Neva in outâ€"door costume, and haltâ€" ed ncar the door, looking suspiciousâ€" ty at her captive. ‘‘What! Dressed to go out?" ske exclaimed. ‘‘Yes, madam,‘‘ answered Neva wearily,*yet with every nerve in her slender frame quivering. ‘"I am tired of this forced inaction. I long for exercise, for the fresh mir, and the songs of birds." ‘*You know on what terms you can have these blessings,‘" said Octavia Black, still suspiciously. ‘‘Yes, madam, I know." Mrs. Black‘s face brightened. In the girl‘s dejected tone and drooping altitude she believed that she read her own victory. She came toward Neva, her hard black eyes shining, her cheeks burning redly, her lips parted in an exultant smile. ‘‘My dear child,‘"" she cried, stretchâ€" ing out her hands, ‘"I was sure the close confinement and prison dict would bring you to a sense of your duty. I have no reproaches to ofâ€" fer; I am too happy in the victory I have won. You have now only to take a solemn oath to marry Rufus Black on our return to Hawkhurst, and never to betray this affair at the Wilderncss, and we will set out . in the yacht this very morning on our return to Hawkhurst. You shallâ€"‘" Neva did not wait for the senwco to be finished. With a furtive glance she had scen that the door was ajar, and that no ome Was yet in the anteâ€"chambor; and so, suddenly, with a dart . like that of a lapwing, she flew past Mrs. Black, sprang into the outer room, and locked the door upon the utterly amazed and stupefied enemy. ‘Then she sped across the floor of the anteâ€"room and peeped inta the the hall The ‘upper and lower halls and the stairâ€"way were alike deserted. By some strange fatality, or providence, not one of the household was within sight. Neva fled down the stairâ€"way with the speed and lightness of an anteâ€" lope. The front door was ajar. She pulled it open and darted out upon the lawn, and sped away amid the gloom of the trees. And as she thus fied, the loud shricks of Mrs. DBlack rang through the houss, rousing Mr. Black in the diningâ€"room, Mrs. Arâ€" tress and Coleste, and even the woâ€" mon in the kitchen. It seemed less than a minute to Nova, when she heard shouts and cries at the house, the barking . of dogs, and the sound of pursuit. Neva dared not vonture down to the loch, nor dared she risk an apâ€" peal to the sailors on board the yacht. â€" Her safety lay in avoiding every one in the vicinity of the Wild« erness, and she turned up the wild mountain side, with the idea of the mountain and descend~ Cood, Tender And Wholesome Cured Hams A Specialty . . . Phone 243 We represent the Canad Cycle and Mowr Co. for BRANTFORD T t 2t t t id 'iuhllfl'-_‘fff1 toth chain and chainles« from $40 ‘w% to $80. Thant nireet W atoridn n We also rapresent the Berlin Racycle Co. for from $35 to $65 New and Second Hand wheek from £5.00 up. We also handle full line of sundriecs Repairing lone promptly. Give us a call. Ing to the valiey upon the opposife side. â€" The lowâ€"growing mountain shrubâ€" bery screened her from view, but it also impeded her flight. She bounded on and on, pantling and breathless, but a horrible pain in her side comâ€" pelled her to slacken her speed, and finaily she proceeded onward at . a walk. ‘Herâ€" heart scemed bursling with the thronging lifeâ€"blood, â€" her head and body were one gr:‘ut throbâ€" ‘bing pulse, and her feet grew heavy boulder under a protecting clil to rest. The gray morning scarcely penetrated to the gloomy spot in which she had balted. The trees were all around her, and the winds made â€" wild moaning among _ their branches. She could see nothing of the Wilderness, nor of any house. She was lost in the pathle@Ayild, in the chill gray morning, with a drizâ€" zling mist, as she now for the first time noticed, falling all around her like a heavy mourning vail. "At any rate, I am free," she thought, Jifting her pale wild face to the frowning sky in Rapture. ‘"Free! O God, I thank thee?" 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