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I reeslled every thing thet hed heppened since I leit the door of my house. The eotreneed welh. the drunken guide, the song I heard. sud, etterwerd. those horrible. eloquent sounds end touches. Everything wee elssr end connected up to the moment the opiete was forced upon me; otter thet my mind wee s blank. Prisoille'e tale showed me thet during thet hlenk I must hove been trensported severe! miles end deposited in the thoroughfere where I wes found by the policemen. I saw through the orsfty seheme. I hed been dropped. insensihle. hr ewey iron ‘the scene at th_e_orime st But never 5 word ha and! He in dead, my love is dead! Ahmol uh me! [did yhm drum. and! am all done-â€" “lie lind old and any. sad the udolnroll- as n- But my heart's “my. may. uny. In the old I m grieved to be compelled to some: from her words. thet. in spite of the indig- ntion aha diepleyed towud the police- men. her estimaee of my condition wee the some as theirs. She wen pcrticnluly grateful to the doctor. whom. I fen, she looked upon use 0. clever and compleiuenh pmeiuouer. who had exmoued e. gende- mntroma scrape by e well-timed but nntrlnhful expluqmiou. _ I did uoi comb“ her suspicions. Plifl- an. was eonoely the one m whom I wished to confide the adventures of the high}. By tn the simplest wey waeto say nothing. Io leave her to (how her own, and. perhaps. not henna-rel opnelu‘s‘ione. :8th i bed been present How wild end improbable my ale would seem! Wguld l_ny one believe it? _ “ Buc I nevlr know 3 body atop mansi- Ha no long aha: it. Dan's so do i§ Iguin. Mute: Gllberi." who concluded. Priscilla. flew in the rescue. She found me lying eeneeleee. and destined. upon my recovery. to be broughe before ehe magis- trete. A doctor was soon procured. who teetifled so my innocence so far he alcohol wee concerned. The energeiic Priecilln. the! placing me eetely in a cub. gave the officers e bit of her mind on to the diecom- lnxts under which she Ind found me Inher- . She then departed triumphnnily with her unconscious chlrge. end hid him uithe bed he had so nehly quitged. She went ‘0 do my bidding. It wm not tint I was hungry. I wanted to be done to: u few minutes. to thinkâ€"or “link as well u gygohing 139d qould uygw. "Tim I 'remembered my horror n wh» I lelt “ramming over my hum as I lay Binge! down upon the lsuen mm. I called Every amp of circumetentid evidence which would confirm my tele wee vanish- ing cwny. There would be nothing to sup. port it except the caution o! e blind men. who left hie houee in the deed of night. secretly. end who won found, seven! hours etterwud. mile: away. in such I cute thct he guernd of the public mor- elcyege compelled to tote change of him. “ I‘won's‘ do n uguin." I said. " Now gefi me some break”. To. and toastâ€"any- “ins-II Prieoillo. “Look." I said. holding my right bond Gourd bar, “ is it cleanâ€"woe it oleon. when you found me?" " Olson -lo. no. Moose: Gilbert 1" “ Whot woe on is 7" I naked, excitedly. “All covered Imh mnd. ion on it you’d been dobbling in ehe goiter. The first thing I did when I got you home woe to wuh yonr‘poor honde end tone. I hoped it would bung yon roundâ€"it genenlly does, you l_xnow.” o W ,o),; ,|,, , "Pawn. lunghod. “ You hnvan't got m'erurigm hand sleeve loft. They were out or tom of! .bovo the elbow. Your Yo. I could no. semsin silens wish the knowledge of such s ctims weighing on my mud. The no“ any I hsd ensirely recov- ered lsom the efieots o! the opiste. end she: coneidention sent for my solicisor. He was s confldeniisl lriend, sad I resolved to be guided by his sdvnce. In s very short line 1 (mad ii wss hopeless to think of curying conviction to his mind. He listened grnvely. giving vent to " Well. well l" " Bless my soul I" “ Shocking I" nnd other set expressions of surprise. hm I knew he wss only humming me. snd inked upon lhe whole thing ss 3 delusion. I hsve no donbs shut Prisoills hsd been hiking to him sud islling him sll she knew. His incrednlity snnoyed me. so I told him. teetily. I should sny no more chum the mm. ‘ ' '5 Ba! my out alcoveâ€"my shirt sleeve. '1)» fight land aide. See it myming in on m m asked." “ You don't believe me 7" “ I believe you no eeying whee you think hm; hot it you uh me. my opinion in am you walked in your Ileep end dreelned nil thin.” Too otoee to argue with him. I look hie ndviee. no let n he wee concerned, end eeid no more ehone it. Aiierwerd I tried another friend wiih n eimiiu- reenii. It “on who bed known me from childhood would noi believe me, how could I expeoi nonzero to do no? Bveryihing I he) to ‘rhunylovar. upon to um! um! hold me tut. mine own I 'alleu' this rising I“ und thou wind: And waves that mom)! zzwgfi; I wouldn’t it I were you." ho ,nun pulling Iuong. pulling o'er the by B. gent hln jovlol long and hln merry two -‘And now he's It the plot. My bonny love and am! 'u coming u the Ion-waned “one with do outmet ed so me. by love. your check is cold sud your hands a slut ond thin! ou- yon not the bell; at old. the bonny ll of Lynn ? 0h. hove you nought to soy Upon our wedding any? 7.. hear on an the wedding bells moan mo Boy of ynn ? F no lou- o! In... ..I growing any ad tho ado ll wfimguou tho boy a) the bonny town ll“ other (01h no no". is “they nova but I: lunko {or mo. mo bonny annulus any ad I ha: their many :Endnn look tom the boy to tho bonny Lynn; Id me to w.“ hero on tho 0.11 brown plot. and watch him coming when the “do filling in. PAULINE. But my cure was a long and tedious afleir. Both eyes were operated upon. First one. and, when the success of that operation was assured. the other. It was months before I was allowed to emerge altogether from darkness. Light was doled out to me sparingly and cautiously. What did that matter so long that I knew there was light again for me ? I was tlent. very patient and grateful. I fol- owed Mr. Jay's instructions to the letter, knowing I should reap the reward of so doing. My case had been treated by the simplest and safest method of operationâ€"the one which is always chosen when the nature of the disease and the age of the patient per- mitsâ€"solution or absorption it is termed. When it was all over. and all danger of inflammation at an end; when I found that by the aid of strong convex glasses I could see well enough for all ordinary pur- poses. Mr. Jay congratulated both himself and me. It promised he said. to be the most thoroughly successful cure he had ever taken part in. It must have been some- thing above the common, as I am informed that every book on the eye which has since been published cites my case as an example olghat may be_done._ The joy. from what seemed never-ending night, we woke and see the sun, we stars-the cloude oped by the wind across the tuir blue sky! To eee green bunches swaying with the breeze, and rhrowing trembling ehndowe on my pelhl To mod: the flower; a. bad but yesterdayâ€"today e bloom! To watch me brood. brnght eea grow splendid wnh the crimson of the met! To gas on piomree. people. moun- toine. streamsâ€"to know shape. color. torm end tins! To see, not hear clone. the moving lipq md lengh of thoee who grasped my_hmd end spoke hind words! To me. in those first days of new-born lighfihe [loo 0! every womnn. mum and child seemed welcome as the (we of some dog: triend, 1093 [opt md {quad ogtin! Also: thm descriptor: of my tummy is memo pure huhoa to soy that the only thing which den-Med (tom it won my being obliged to war thooo smug convex glance. I was young and they were hor- nbly_ fiigfignring. Not until my dying dey shell I forget than time when my cure was deemed a hot; when the bandages were removed, and I was wld I might now use. sparingly. minnenrhined eyes. "Thst," rrpiisd Mr. sz, " is a point upon which I wish to speak toyou. You will never be able to do without glam... Remember I hsve destroyed. absorbed. dis- solved the sinuses in your eyes celled crys- tslline lenses. Their place is now supplied by the fluid humor. This hes s high retreating power. Very often it you don't give in to Nsture she will give in to you. It you on tube the trouble to coerce her, she will grsduslly meet you. it sny one should do this it is you. You ere young; you have no profession. end your breed does not depend upon your sight. Glssees you must slwsys weer. but i! you insist thst Nsturs shall not without such strong side us these. the chsneee ere she will It lest consent to do so. It is s tedious process. few hsve been sble or have hsd pntience to persevere; but my experience is that in mgny instsnoes it may be done." «Bum i news: be: able to do wi‘hons thong?" gang. gutpgr tgotnlly. I thought. et one time. o! edvertieing end eating him to oommunicete with me. but I could not word e request which ehould he intelligible to him. without. per- chenoe. exciting the suspicious at those who were concerned in the crime. Even now. if they hed discovered my true neme end ehode. there might be some one on the wetoh tor eny movement I might meke. I hed been epered once. but no mercy would he ehown me e eeoond time. Why should I rial my life by melting dieeloeures which would not he helievedâ€"ecoueetione egeinet men who were unknown to me? Whet oould 1 do? By now the eeeeeeine must heve hidden ell treee or the crime. end mede good their retreet. Why ehould I teoe the ridicule which must etteoh to euch e tale ee mine. the truth of which I could not prove? No; let the horrors of thet night be an e dreem. Let them tede end he f_o_rgotten. "Soon I have eomeihing else to think of; something that may well drive such die- mal memories from my mind. Hopehae heoome oertainiy. I am almost d irioue with delig ht. Boienoe hae triump hedl My defeated fee has left me. lax: wld hie remrn in almoet beyond possibility. '1‘h_e world is light again i _yI an ego! I determined it should be done. 1 fol. loved his edvioe. AI great pemnel inoono venlenoe I wore glances wlnon only rm“- tod me :0 any I could see as ell. at my rewud eeme. Slowly. very slowly. I found my light growing stronger. ml in shone lwo yeen’ “mo, I could, by the nid of gleeeee. the oovexisy of which wee eo slight an to be eoeroely noticeable, nee ee well a most of my fellow onemree. Then I beg-n once more to enjoy life. I cennot eey thet. during thoee two yem epent in pertecting my cure, I thought no more shout thet terrible night; but I made no further nttemgt to unruvel the myetery. or perennde my 0 e that I lied not unnamed those evente. I buried the history of my edventnre in my hurt. end never egeln spoke at it. In ceee of need. I wrote down ell the perticnlnre. end then tried to henieh ell memory of whet I hed hand. I needed ieirly well except for one thing. I could not for my long period keep my thoughte from the remembrenee of thet women'e mooningâ€"tint pitiehle treneition ol the voice from sweet melody to hopeleee deepeir. It wee thet cry which troubled my dreeme. if over I dreuned of thet night â€"tweetheterywhiehrenginmyeereee I evoke. trembling. but thenktnl to and thet thin time. It leeet. I wee only drum- med wee eo vague end unsupported. I could not even a; upon the spot where the crime we: committed. I hed eloerteined thnt no house in Welpole etreet could he opened by 3 hey u'miler to mine. There tu- no other street at thnt neme my where near. My friend with the uniteedy feet must hove misunderstood me end can- duoted me to mother row 0! homes. . _ 1e effingâ€" gâ€"lhe heentifnl uprlng of Northern only. friend Kenyon end I ere lounging 3’an n the mung!) ler oily o! Turin. u heppy and idle n pelr of eon- redee no mo, mywhere he met pm We hove been here 3 week. In enough in do ell the elghl resin; demon hy duty. CHAPTER III. tn must mom- or Am. ‘We hove soon Ben Giovenni end the churches. We hove toiled. or heute o! burden hove toiled with no. up L- Some. where we hove sued et the memoleum oi Bevoy’e rriueely line. We hove seen enough of the oumbroue old Pelume Medume. which frowns et our hotel eoroen the Pimi Outeiio. We hove morvelled et the plain. uninteresting looking Peiuao Redo. end our mirth hue been moved by .the groteeque brick-work decoration o! the Pelaao Cerigneno. We hove criticised the tether poor pioture-gellery. In but we hove done Turin thoroughly. nod. with the oontom t bred by familiarity. ore oeu- iug to feel ike pitilul little atome u we stand in the enormous equeroa ond crane our nooks looking it Moroohetti's immonae bronue statues. We wonder down the broad Vie di Po. lingering now end then to peer into the enticing shops which lurk in its ehedy oroedee; we peso through the spacious Piezzi Vittorio Emanuele; we cross the bridge whose five granite orchee span the cleseio Po; we turn oppoeite the doomed church and econ ere welktng up the wide shaded path which leads to the Oepuchin Monutery; the broad terreoe in trout of which ie our hvorite honnt. Here we can lounge end seethe riveret our feet. the greet town stretching from its further bunk. the open plniu beyond the town. end tor. for ewey in the background. theglorioue snow- cepped Alps. with Monte Rose end Grend- Peredis towering above their brothers. No wonder we enjoy the view iron: this terrace mo_re then churches. palaces or pictures. eeer. -8he en wirhoue moving until her compenion hed finiehed her preyere. 80 fer .- one could judge from her nppeurance ehe wee in church for no perfieulnr object, neither devotiounl nor entice]. Probably ehe mey hove come to beer the old women at her ride compeny. Thin old women, who had the oppeurence of e. superior kind of eervnnt. ecemed. lrom the pmionete eppeele ehc wne nddreeeing to heuveu. to he in went 0! meny rhinge. I could see her thin lipe working inceeeenlly. end elthough her worde were ineutlrhle n wee evrdenl her petitione were hurt-epoken and sincere. Our tulle ere ever. We no now eimply loefing nhout 8nd enjoying onreeIVee; revelling in the delinioue weetber. and trying to mete up our languid bu. con- tented mind: me so when we ehellleeve she town and where our non renting plnoe shell be. We'gm our fill. then retreoe our steps end eenmer bunk ea lazily an we name. After lingering a few moments eh our hotel some hazy deetinetion prompts us to erase the great equate. pset the frowningold castle. leede no up the V1. di Semineno, and we find ourselves for the twentieth time in front of Ben Giovenni. I stop with my heed in the eir edmiring whet erehiteetu. rel beentiee its merble trout om beast, end as I m trying to discover them em eur- prieed to heel Kenyon ennonnoehia inten- tion 9! entering the buildjng. 7"Botnwo five vowed 5 vow." I said. “thot the interior of churches. picture gollerieo, and other tourist trapu shall now no no more." “ What mute: the best man break their Knowing thot Kenyon was not the men to shendon e choice Heveno without 3 weighty reeeon. I did a he suggested end (allowed him into the dim. cool shades 0! Son Giovcnni. No service wee going on. The usual little per-ties o! eighteeers were walking shout and looking much impressed no beeuties they cauld not comprehend were being pointed out to them. Dotted about here end there were silent worshippers. Kenyon glenced round eagerly inquest oi “ the fairest of ell sights." end after u while discovered her. A girl who might heve belonged to elmoes my country. The eyebrowe end east-down nuance aid that her eyee were clerk. bur the are pole complexion, the delieue etreighi eeinree. the thiek brown heir might. under eirenxnennoee. hove been eleimed by my neuon. although lied I met her elone I ehonld hove eeid ehe wee English. She wee well he: plainly dressed. end her men- ner iold me she we no stronger in the ehnreh. She did not look from side to aide. end np_end down._e_her the qty of enigm- vows ?" “Lots of ehiog, I suppose." “ But one thing in particular. Whilst you are storing up e‘t pinnacles end but- tresses. and trying ‘0 look as it you knew erohlteomre as well as Ruskin. she hire» of all sights. a beautiful women posses righe under your nose." “ I understandâ€"I absolve you." " Thenk you. She went int.) lhs church. I feel devotional end will go too." “ Bus our oigers l" “ Chuck them to the beggars. Beware of rntsarly habits, Gllhelt; they grow on one.” “3007:7110 this my." he and; “let mail down and prennd to be devout Cnholios. We cm and: he; ”profile berg. " I pieced myself next to him, and saw a few neg-u from an en old Italian women kneeling end paying fervently. while! in e ohm as he: mde at e girl at about twenty- But the girl by her eide neither joined her in her pnyete nor looked et her. Ever motionleee an e etetueâ€"her eyee ever out downâ€"epperentl wupped in deep thought. end. I noted. and thought. ehe set. ehowing u- the while no more other leee then shot petleet tome. Kenyon hed oertninly not over-p eed her. Here was 3 lane which bed I peonlier nttnetlveneee (or me. the utter repoee of it not being the leeet of thet_ohum. I wee growing very unions to use her (all teoe. but u I oould not do eo without poeitive rudeness. wee compelled to welt until she might ohenoe to turn her heed. Precenfily the old lull“ women seemed to think ehe hed done her rehgioue duty. Boeing ehe we- prepering to croee hereon I roee cud countered own ehe church toward the door. Inefew minutee the girl end her companion peeeod me. end I wen ehle to Ice her to honor cdnn e, an eho NM whilst the old womcn pped her dngere In ehe hol enter. She wee undonbicdly hound! ; hue there wee eomeehlng change In her heeuty. I mede thin diecovery when. for o moment. her eyes met mine: Dork end _glorione_ ee tho-o on- won than 'u u dreamy. fu- nny look in them-g look um named to pm over on. md no win. was behind the objgot Quad .9. 'I_'hil logk p" _mo_ 3 ou'riou'im‘gunlou. but. u I. win only for t second M my oyu mu hero. I could 09am]! Icy who‘ll}! “alumna-Ion wu s plouuh of“ “plea-an. on}. The girl and he: “had.“ lingered s low moments st the door. I0 thet Kenyou‘ end I penedout helore them. By oom- mon ooneent we pureed outside. The notion mey hove been s rude one. but we were both noxious to see the depusure o! the girl whose sppesrenoe had eogreetly interested us. As we come through the door of the church I noticed e men stand- ing nesr the stepsâ€"e middle eged men of gentlemsnly sppeerenoe. He won rsther round shouldered and wore speotsolee. Hod I felt my interest In determining his station in life I should hove sdjudged him tonne ot the learned pretensions. There could he no minute no to his notionsluy; he won Italisn to the heel: hone. He was evidently waiting for some one ; end when the girl. followed by the old women. name out of Ben Giovsnni he stepped torwsrd sud soeosud them. _ VWTIEVwbrlh‘ufâ€"giaé 3 little sharp cry of augpriae._ She took his h|_nd und _kin_sed in ‘ BUKPI'IIB. Dull mu I"! uwu .uu ulnuvu an. ‘ The girl stood e puently epsthetio It 3 was evident thet t e gentlemun'e business luy with the old servant. He spoke a few words tcher; then drewiu her wide the two walked away to some istonce. under the shadow of the church. end to all appearance were talking euneetly and volubly. but ever and non outrage look in the direction otthe girl._ As her oompenion let. her she wslked on a few paces. then paused ond turned on though waiting for the old womm. Now is was the we were able Go see her perleot figure and erect oerrioge to full odvuitoge. Being some lmle way 06. we could look 3% her without oommming on not of rudeness or indieoreiion. "Do English gentlemen sure 1.: their owqponpuyqomog 9nd npgnjne than}: in “She is beautiful," 1 aid. more to myaglt “an up K9nyon._ . .--I,,' “ Yes. she iaâ€"buu not so bountiful II I thought. Therein somelhmg wanting. yet I! is impossible to pay win! it in. In it uni- mation or upreaqinn ?" â€":‘Vi;ahvavéé‘ Homing wanting." I hid. so oilthuuiutioally thn Kenyon laughed a and. A _ It would he aheurd to lay I had fallen in love with a woman I had eeenonly for afew minutesâ€"to whom I had never spokenâ€" whoee name and abode were unknown to me; but I muet oonteee that no fat aa looks went. I was more intereeted in thle girl than in any one I had ever seen. Beau- tiful as she was I could eeamely say why I felt the attraction or lamination. I had met many. many beautiful women. Yet for the elender chance of eeeing this one again I lingered on in Turin until Kenyonâ€" my good-tempered lriend'e patience wae quite exhaustedâ€"until he declared. that unleee I quitted it at once. he would go away alone. At laet I gave in. Ten day- had paeaedb; without the chance eneounter own oonnuywomon sud appniae mom In public lumen him this; or is is uouatom adopts for fih_e benefit o_t INi-na ‘2" This impudent question wee naked by some one close to my side. We turned simultaneously, and saw a tell men of about thirty standing just behind us. His features were regular. but their effect we not n plensent one. You felt at e glsnoe thst n sneering mouth wee cnrteined hi the heavy monsteche, end thet those der eyes and eyebrows were apt to frown with sullen anger. At present the men’s expres- sion was that of heughty arroganceâ€"e peculiarly gelling expression, especially so I find when adopted by a foreigner townrd en Englishmen. That he was 3 foreigner it was easy to see. in spite of his perfectly accented English. ‘ moni. won mind on bond . ”out belonging Oo mount friend. We Ind “hon “ If we h'nvo‘done wron'g will use Signor convey our apologise: to the lady ? His wife. or 911311 I 33y hi-u daughter 2" _ , WThé {rain was 'growing painlea; Kenyon apok_e_so plmnuy and natal-Qua. “ I have spam mnny yam in England.” he laid. shortly. " Mony yam I I should aonroely hue “nought no. no the Signor hi! not picked up thnt English peonliuiiy which is for more impornn‘ than moon: or idiom." But I new her no more. How mcny timee I went to that church I due not eey. Neither the hi: girl not her nttendent crocoedmy peth cgcin whilst inanin. We met our impertinent friend ccvernl timee in the etreete, end were honored by dark eoowl which paced unnoticed ; but of thct sweet girl with the pole hoe end ctrenge dark eye. we caught no glimpee. I wee evening for. We folded up on: tente end stoned for heel eoenee. From Turin we wenI eonthvnrdâ€"Io Genoe. Florence. Rome. Noplee. end outer minor please; then we won. mm .0 Sicily. end u Polegmo. morph; 90 mage- --_LA A hot reply was upon my lips. but Ken- yon, who was a young man of Infinite resource and well able to any and do the right thing in the right piece. was before me. He raised his but end made a sweep- ing how. so exquisitely graduated that it wee impouaibe to soy where apology endex} tad mockery began. “Signor," be mad. “an Eng liahmtu travels throng In your fair land unwound puma all that is bountiful in nntnre nnd urt.__ It onr praise agendq wegpologiza. 1' As she mu'n wn ydimg, the In: qnoafion was sarontio. 7 “ Ah. than. a triond. Let me oongntu lute the Signor, And also oongn tulah him on_l;ia proficiency in up: 1mm???“ “ And pray win. any thus be?" he asked. “To mind one's own business," unit! Kenyon, shortly nud sharply. turning his back to the has agenker. u it the dwoua' - aion was u n on . 7 , The tall men’s hoe flushed with regs. I kept my‘eye upon him. feeling he would make eu mull upon m friend, but he thought better of it. m: a curse he earned on his heel and the mute: ended. The man noowled. hudl} Knowing whegner my friend was in jest or in earnest. "ks-iii riponsod and looked Into the man's hoe no innooomly tad inquiringly “I“ he fell into qho trap. Kenyon did not propoee to follow the ate of the flree eon le. end I, even bed I win ed to do e0. wee emed tonnage“ such owning; Still. I on druid that 3 resolution en so vieieing Ben Gioveuni agein to-mor- row wee tormiog in my mind. “She is heiihor." he upped out. Kenyon bowed. While thie eonvereetion wee in progreu, the old Inlim women hed left her learned- loohng friend, end heving rejoined ihe young girl. the two went upon their my. Our Ill-conditioned Itelien. elhr his die- oomfltnre, welked ecroae to the men who hed been hiking to the old eervent,end inking hie erm went with him in mother direction. i'AI‘Ahey were noon on) o! eight.“ â€"â€"â€"-â€"-- .. __.._ '0 Murray and many a time ainoa luring Turin 1 mm thought of me girl I hm! seen ul Bun Giovanniâ€"thought 0! her no man thn I luuxhul at. :11,er for my folly. Until how 1 h-sd never carried in my mind to: no lorg . period the tenacious-Hoe o! . Womtu'a moo. There um“. for lu8,hh‘. been ovum- mug strong. by bowitohi. x in he! |ulyie oi Dunu‘y. I (nomad every Immuâ€" I could. had 1 been on all“. how puns-d :1»! permit tron: memory. Lluuh u my [folly no I would. 1 ooufd not oouoesl hum imyaelt ihn short as me time mu: during which I had been her. who impression mud. upon me wu growing unouger ouch do, instead of weaker. I blamed mysel! (or flowing Turin bdote I hmdgnet her mainâ€" ‘uvon it for thin purpose u hut been um sary to linger tor muuiha. My feeling WI. link by quiniug |hd pluce I hnd ion a. ounnoo which comes to a mm but once in a litetime. ourjouruoy wily; “min; u long at. wind on w «on town we Vishnu. no M by the than the yacht. bu! flan-Nod he: «also and home us back to Euglu .d. “I. uupgmor mg unrly oven. Gillie Leigh. the Beotoh man who tumbled over ! precipice In Ohe Booty Immune ehe other 9") ya. hi.“ .2 go. fimfia’n mud-i touch 0! my love. This evening I an benefit are «me roof. An I sit ban. in my nrm-ohnh- tad too all kinds of bonn- tilnl vision- wronthod in the smoke curling from my sign. I on: «)5me bellow “no flu in mum: n tow foot of moâ€"thn I Ihnll m but tomorrowâ€"4h. non lnyâ€"lorm And over! You. I am hopolonly in loveâ€"I figmbod‘hlnklng I Ihnll drum of hot; t, prohubly owing to the mango qw- ten. my dream nu hr Ion plot-Ont. All night long I dream of the bflnd mu: who wnlhd in” a uppe- houu and hand Kenyon and I parted in London. He was gums to Scotland utter grouse. I bu! not you quite bowled my nutumu plums. no yewlvud no mm at any rate to: in tow days, In towu. Wee ic chenoe or was is (use 7 Thu first morning utter my arrivnl in London. bulli- ueee led me so Regent street. I was walk- ing elowly down the brood Ihoroughtm. but my though»: was tar uwuy. 1 III trying to argue uway an inane longing; which was in my miuaâ€"s Ionguug cc recuru‘ rt once to Turin. 1 war: thicklng ct ch. dim church and the fur young (we I new three months 330. Then. as in my mind's eye I new that girl uuu ner old “and“: In church. I looked up and here in the heart of London they stood hetore mel " Thenk you." I neld. “I due eey I ehell be very eomtottehle. You mey expect me ebont 7 o'clock." I hed re-engeged my old room- in Wel- pole street before the meeting with my nnhnowu hed ehenged my plene. I went heck thete. end elter patina up ell I vented. informed the people of the home thet I vee going to at by et e friend'e for e few weeks. The roome were to be kept [or me ell the eeme. At 7 o'eloeh I wee et Melde vele end duly lnetelled._ â€"Ii was “no 11333 of (Its hudw ht thinâ€"who could doubt M This morn g Iwu dmool 9n my_‘gny to. Turpin Yes, it was late! Now I had lound her in ehie unexpected manner I would “he one not to lose flight of her agem. I attempted to disguise my feelings no longer. The emotion which had unfilled maul stood onoe more face to hoe with her told me the trulh. I was in loveâ€"deeply in love. Twice. only “vice. I Ill-d eeen her. but ehet was enough to convince me thn If my lot Wu ever linked with mom- er'e. il must be will: thin women's whose name. home or oounu), I k_new not. Had these rooms been dungeons instead of airy eheerlnl apartmentsâ€"bed they been empty and bare instead 0: oomtortnbly tarnishedâ€"had the rent been titty pounds I week instead of the modernte enm naked. I should hove engeged them. I we: my only to don! with. The lendledy wu tum. moned and the bugein Itrnek et once. I! that good person had known the etete o! my mind she might hove reeped 5 golden huveet from her ground floor opertmente. A. it wee, the only thing ehe wee in wee in the metser ot retereneee. I nemed eevernl. then I pnd e. month'e rent in edvnnee Ind received her permieeion, e.- I had jnet returned to England end wanted 3 home et onoe. to enter into poueeeion tint very_evening. .. - .- n , e,, -,'|,-A _ 7515; sirâ€"only: Indy Ind her servant. They no on the first floorâ€"very quiet People-’2 .. ~__. Amused an I wu. no thought of Doing misfiaken entered my hand. Unless It wu A dream or an Illuuuu. were came an on. I had been thinking of so often ; walking toward me. with the old wouun n hot side. Tuey might have just bk’ppcd onto! 8w Gionnui. “firth-Eye." I add ouolouly. u I la“ the house so an my luggogo. " I forgot to at It you hove other lodgersâ€"no children, I hope 7" There was only one tning l omld now do. I must follow the two women. 80. (or the next hour or more, wherever they went. et 3 respectful distance, I followed. I waited whilet they entered one or two shape and when their wdk wee reeumeu dmuroetly dogged their steps. I kept eo fer in the rear that my pursuit wue bound to be unnoticed and could cause no nnnoyenoe. They econ turned out of Regent etreet end walked on until they came to one of those many rowu of houses In Meide vole. I touted the house they entered, end no I penned by it, a few minutes utterwurd. new in the front window the girl errunging I. flew flowers in n vane. It Wu eudent I hnd. eeoertnined her nbode. "71 ioEmed . bold resolve. I rSIraoad' my step 3nd walked up to the house. The door _was opened by u fiidx-lqopjgg'hugnqt. It was total I was in love md could only not a my pumion impelled me. I must find om all about tuhiu unknown. 1 mun make her uoqnainswoe had no chitin the ugh: 0! Inch»; into shone strange but besnutnl eyes. I man has: hu- spenk. I laughed uguu n the absurdity at being in love with a woman whose vonoe I bod never hand. whose nuiva lungnhgo won a. manor of unoexmnt . Bm man. love in full of nhanrdltieu. hon once he gets tho “Ennis {on any 'rooma't) lair"! naked ; having jumped at the oonolnnion am the unknown was only lodging ft the 110“”: , __fl_uâ€"au;eirvurlt réphod'iu'the uflirmnivo, and upon my expruneiug my wish to see the vacant rooms I was mom: 3 dining-room and bod-room on the_ 3:0qu floor. _ _ whip hand he drjyea najn su-gnge is”. Leigh. the .Bgotoh tourist who 1_ AL- n_-|__ (To be continua.)