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Up to the very moment of parting she had been quiet and sorrowful and more or less Indifferent In manner, which was the nearest approach to sulklness which she could compass; but as I wag leaving Morland House, she darted Into the hall after me. and. clinging to me, besought me In a passion of tears to tuke her back with me and not leave her among straiigers. 'I hate school. I hate learning. I hate all these strange \vnm.-u!" she had sob- bed. "1 don't want to be a lady, or any- I thin:,- but just your servant: and 1 am sure vou can't care for thai Lady Madge as you would for me!" Mrs. Morland. galling Into the hall In Lillth's rear, had taken her from me. and endeavored to assist me In paclfy- InK her. while she listened very sym- pathetically to my explanation that, Blnce her father's death. I had been Lll- llh's only friend. But when, on my return to town. I wrote t Mrs. Morland. begging her to let me know whether her new charge was li>:, -oniing reconciled to her changed surroundings, that lady hastened to as- sure me that l.illth was making friends with every one. and was already both contented and popular. "And you must pardon me for saying, dear Mr. Hervey." Mrs. MorlaTid con- tinued, "but the child's Infatuation for you which, under the circumstances of your exceptional generosity and klnd- nans. Is not only natural, but creditable will no doubt die a natural death. If. for the space of six months or so. she does not see you and does not too often hear from you. I have had very young girls of the same Impressionable tem- perament under my care before, and I have Invariably found that regular hours of fttudv. plenty of open-air exer- cise, a well-occupied mind, and the con- stant, cheerful companionship of mem- bers of their own sex. have In a few months' time sufficed to dissipate any silly fancies of being in love, which may have been previously formed In their untutored brains," This was a pretty strong hint to keep out of the way of Morland House, but It was one which I did not need, having already determined, for my own sake, us well us I. llith's. to give Clifton a wide berth for at least a year. Mean- time, as two hundred a year made a hole In a thousand. It behooved me to work hard, the more so as I was resolved up- on accumulating a marriage portion, so that my pretty Llllth, on leaving school, should not find herself penniless upon the world. To speak the plain truth. I had consid- ered Mrs. Morland's request for a hun- dred and seventy-five pounds a year ra- ther unnecessarily high at first: but that lady Was jis plaflsible as she was plump, and she had so minutely explain- ed to me the Items of expenditure, from the services of the French, the German, the Latin, the drawing, the music, the fencing, and the dancing and deportment masters, to such Hems as tennis-shoes and rackets, swimming costumes, dumb- bells, and Indian clubs, as well as "such toilets as beltttvd a gentlewoman," that I was constrained to admit the profit must be small, especially us there were no holidays to mitigate the expenditure. and to supplement the amount with the sum of twenty-five pounds a year of pri- vate pocket money for my little protege. Not for very much longer could 1 deny myself the pleasure of seeing her. 1 told myself this as I smoked In the moonlight that night at fowes. In Just seven months .Madge and I were to be married. The church, the bridesmaids, the material for the bride's gown, all these things were already chosen. Madge's sympathy wilh anil interest In my work were wonderful: but only on that one point did we seem to touch. 1 was vexed, without caring sufficiently to be jealous, when she flirted to excess, as she Invariably did under my eyes. Her bitter speeches hurt me. her powder and perfumes, her plnclied-ln waist, elaborate toilets, ami cynical talk, all jarred upon me. It wus clear to me that she cared for me very little, if at all. Her transient gleams of tenderness to- ward me Brew less and less frequent, her flirtations with other men more marked every day. And yet paragraphs were constantly appearing In the papers anent our forthcoming marriage In the spring; and, should nothing intervene lo prevent It, on the second of March, In the following year. Madga I.orimer and I. should become man and wife. Before that date. I had resolved that she should know all about Ulith. as was only right, and her i-lever brain might solve the enigma of Llllth's future. But up to now the child's name hatl never once passed my lips In speakins to my fiance: even If she were Induced to be- lieve the real facts of the case she would sneer, and I could not tolerate her sneers at the expense of Lilith Sax- on. Suddenly, as 1 lay on a deck-chair, pondering over these things, 1 heard the yacht hailed from the shore. "Lady Margaret, alloy!" The call was answered, and a little latter the soft, splash of ours ;ind the sound 6* voiced clus* Under the boat- side told of an arrival at the yacht. A moment later I heard Madge's voice and my uncle's, and started up from my chair to greet them. Lord Carchester was at this time about tlfty-flve years of age. and looked | older. A slight, dignified, qulet-mannor- ed man, of rather leas than medium ancestry Isn't worth the paper It's writ- ten on." It cannot be denied that L'ncle Car- Chester. whose princely generosity and art-loving disposition hud led him to more than live up to his moderate for- tune. had married Ma.ise's mbther. Lord Handling's widow, chiefly on ac- count of her wealth A lady with an In- come of something under two thousand u week is a temptation t'> a widower In the forties, with a position to keep up on a. few thousand a year But ( f hu had married for money, he had most cer- tainly been made to regret It. and. but for the love he bore his stepdaughter. It is probable that the same roof would very seldom have sheltered at one and the same time my uncle and the "Dla- ] mond Queen." On this particular night. Madge and he had returned from dlnlne with friends at Cowes. and had renounced the ball they hud intended going to, on account of my uncle's health. Early that evening he had complained of fatigue, and Madge, who was all that an affectionate daughter could be In her care uf him. Insisted on coming back to the yacht at ten o'clock. "You must be jjood and lie down." she said to him now. taking his arm and drawing; him toward tho saloon door. "And you ought to be taking your heart- tonic all this time. It you neglect my Instructions, sir. In this disobedient way. shall 1 tell you what I shall do'.'" "What then?" She frowned and shook her finger. threateningly. Then she said, in an awe- inspiring whisper: "I shall telegraph for mama." We botli burst out laughing, but my uncle petitioned for a cigar on deck be- fore he turned in, and Madge hastened to fill a deck-chair with cushions, and t? bring him, a little table, with his cigar-box anu ash-tray upon it. "And now I'll mix you a delicious iced wliisky-aiid-Hoda, with a slice of lemon, just as you like it." she said, and rustled off. In search of the materials, In her trained silk evening grown. Lord Corehester locked after her af- fectionately. 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Lady Carchestev never forgot und never omitted to remind hr second husband that she had been the widow of an earl nnd a millionaire when she stooped to marry him, and that she was. more- over, possessed of twenty-five thousand a year from her father. Jackson's cand- les and Lnrlmer's be?r were things of rert'iit consumption. certainly. while th.> lli-rvey's went b;n-k to I'laiitasenet time*, and had fought and been en- nobled In tho Wars <>f th- Hosos. But for old descent. I.ady Carchester. as she tersely expressed It. cared Hot a "brass farthing." "What a pack of nonsense It Is." she would sny. "to talk of a family being ancient, as though, lllte cheese ;m.l wine. U Is the better for keeping! \Ve all date back to Adam and Kve, 1 sui'ivw: and If we liked to pay the men sit the Heralds' offlcr to flntl out lies for us. we could all have family Hws mill- in liolttht. ' Ulve me a bl balance at the banker's, diamonds like mine, a good sounding title, solid a<1vnntags nobody ..yn help seeing, i-'ut- Hi' 9 siu'T about shoulders showed through the fllmy white wrap sue had thrown loouely about hor; in her ears. ualr. aud on her breast, diamond fireflies gleamed ami sparkled. She was a little tired by a ] day of Intense heat aud an uninteri upt- , ed series of festivities and lunations, j and her dark eyes looked softer and . less keen than usual Lord Carchester s head drooped back j among his cushions as we began to talk. Clearly, he was falling aalvp. "I wonder whether It Is good for pa- | pa to go to sleep in the moonlight so i late aa thls?'-~Madge said, stopping In her conversation to contemplate him | anxiously. "Ills lungs are nut very strong, i think I'll just put, this round him." As she spoke, she drew the wrap from her shoulders and laid it lightly over Can-heater. "Let me get you something else; you'll catch cold." I said, starting up. "No. no! I've b-en stlning all day And 1 never catch cold. You Know how tremendously touch 1 am. If 1 feel chilly. I'll go Into the saloon." "It'a all your vanity," I said, laugh- ing. "You know you have a beautiful neck and arms, and you want m<- to notice them, having no fresher admirer to practise on. Well. I'll do what is expected of me. You are beautifullv dressed, Madge, and you look altogether most fascinating like a sketch from a lady's newspaper, or one of Jan Beer'i belle Parisiennes. There, will that con- tent you?" "Yes; I will translate it. I look hand- some, but not In the least your style." She sa>ok t the very thought that was In my mind, and she knew It. "I should think you must get heartily sick of compliments," 1 said, Ignoring her remark. "No woman ever gets sick of being told she is beautiful. Even if she knows it Isn't true, she likes it. You think I am very vain. Adrian: but, in real, sober earnest, there's only one man in the world whose admiration 1 should care for, and and I am not in his style" She spoke bitterly, ami there waa _ sound of tears in her voice. Before I could respond. *!, went on again. "Adrian." she said, "when you have fully achieved the brilliant success for which you have worked so well. and which I long for as much as you do. 1 wonder whether you will become a little less devoted to your art. and a little more devoted to me?" I drew my chair closer to hers, and took her soft, strong hands in mine. "Why. Madg.*," I butd. "you are not in the least yourself to-night. You are unite soft and sentimental. I hope dear, I shall be devoted to you and t" my work together. I certainly could never have accomplished even what 1 have without your help and encourage- ment. This yacht, with the chance It gave me of making those Mediterranean studies, has been invaluable to me. and your belief in me has been still more." "Then I have really been of some use?" "Of some use? My dearest Madge, you have been invaluable to me." She leaned toward me so that her shoulder touched mine, and looked up in my eyes in a wistful, eager way quite new to her. "I am so glad to hear you say that." she murmured: "for during the past years, on the few occasions when I have seen you between your sea trips. I ha,\e fancied " vyhat?" "ITuncled that something more than your absorption In your art Im-l .-oin- between us. and made you more coldly kind than ever." "How could you think such a thing.'" T asked, the more warmly a* my con- science secretly confirmed her accusa- i tton. "You must indeed suppose me un- feeling and ungrateful But at that unlucky word she started up. all softness gone from her face and i manner, and. with a little hard laugh. < moved away from me. "Ungrateful," sh repeated "< >h. no.! the Idea never occurred to me. I had not i expected gratitude. It is no! a .|Ullty | usually offered to me. I havn admlra- i lion, affection, even love or what Is | all-'l love offered m every day by more impressionable and less trt-lovlng | persons than yourself. Adrian. No j doubt It Is for my money. What else j should they sec in me? So you would | say. at least, as I am not your style But uratltude Is an offering I don't ex- ! pact even from so well regulated a per- I son as you'." And with that she swept scornfully ; away, ftinl, a good deal to mv surprise : my uncle Carchrater opened his .-vs. sat up in his chair, stretched hiniM-l and rose, taklim Madge s wrap cart-fully I on his arm. "i must say, Adrian." he observed. n i he passed me. "that you're a hud hn'id . at making love. Also, you ilon't in the least understand your Cousin Madge." CH.YI'TKK XM1. A month later 1 took the train for Bristol, resolved upon paying a surprise visit to the Morland Mouse cstabllh- ' inent for "finishing" young ladies of neglt-i'ted education. In six months I should be marrie.l to Madge, and I knew her well enc/ugh to be. tiuite sure she would brook no rival, and that, however fanciful nnd platonlc my attachment to Llllth might be. It 1 must be banished to the limbo of a bachelor's dead loves, never to be re- suscitated. After our wedding it had i been settled that w<- should go for three : months' cruise in northern fiords, so that our return to London \\ould pr, .<,.}.. I by only a few weeks the termination of Lillth's two vi-a:s at Morland House After that dale the girl's future would be my wife's care and not mine, as t knew well: for. although 1 had so far never given Madge the slightest cause j for Jealousy. I was pretty certain that I she could be transferred into a veritable ' Cynlsca If confronted with a rival. My wife! 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'Well, tha/t.'s about all I hear at home." ''From your wife i" "N~>'. frmn my wife's father. \Ve are living \viti liim. you know." you mean." I said o^stly. "ilut \M U must. reiftUiiV'1'.r. J'vu piily tf,- t!-,T. t*r*.'J. cst side of hei'. anum ts a splendid girl, but she can make herself very dis- agreeable If she likes." "I suppose you are too young, or too much absorbed In your work, really to understand or appreciate her." he said, ' sighing:. "This evening, for install. . she was the life and soul of tho dinner- party: only I knew what a bitter disap- pointment your absence was to her." "My absence? She hardly uvkvd me to come." "Simply because s!ir> cannot bear mak- ing you do ;<:i>'iiliiK distasteful to >.ui. Adrian, how Is It that, with all your IntelUgencl, you :-o entirely t'all Ib un- derstand Madge? If 1 didn't knew to the contrary, on my soul, I should think nothing could blind you |i> her fascin- ations but some Unfortunate attachment for another woman." 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