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Q: '5 Wm‘ ‘ aunt ~ . -f:i. WRCHMONIEA . ’1 W / . "QKII'IA’Tâ€"eâ€"câ€"hâ€"ded LEI-.1, is if iiiâ€"63755 by l the word into some warmth. “You mean that is not all, so far as he is con- cerned. "‘And what of me? Have you thought of me once in all thisewhat my feelings will be? Or do you think, as he seems to think, that I am merely something to remain nnconsidered, un- esteemed, uncured for; something .for you to come and examine and test and approve or disapprove; some cold and iddlingless thing, to be placed under the microscope of your family pride? You may forget, tLpuO'h I. do not, that my father‘s family is us old and as honor- able as your own, and that we do not recogi ire your right to precedence in any one respect save only a title and a fortune. ” Despite her prejudice Lady Wulcctc could not help admiring the girl for her pride and courage. "I know your family tree better than you probably, and I have never ques- tioned the past- history of it,” she said. “ You mean you question onlymyself as the present member of it, and my fa- ther because he was driven abroad. But» Was there never a dark page in the his~v . m". itory of your own family.J Has every one of your son’s ancestors been as good and true a man as himself? I do not want to pain you with unpleasant stories of the; past. Enough "that I ask whether your; son is worse on account of the character_ and ill deeds and Wild extravagance of his gra idfather?” She had gathered this from the little. secret history which - 3'"T‘I‘-~ 1‘ had written for livinguid- once, and it Was easy to see how the shit told on Lady \Yalcote. , "You have your father’s daring, Loâ€" la “ she said. using the Christian name 11.? the llI‘SE time. "There is much of my poor dear fa- ther in me. I know,” said Lola, allow- ing her manner to soften as she. came to what she meant to be the turning {mint of the interview, "and, frankly, I would not have it otherwise. You and those in England know one side of his rharacttr. I another. I know he was ild; that he gambled, drank, cared nothing for religion and committed a. I I'Z'Llll". which drove him to exile. In all that he was what the world calls bad. But a truer man, a stuncher friend, a. binder father, he could not have been. In all his troubles, in all his riotous liv- L,"- h;:-sl: tit 12;.3'nt or unkind word for me. If :v: :m: right in thinking I am not as your girls here in England. ' at tunes the wild bohemian life to which he was driven, and I never had a mother t) stand between “ e and the rougher side. of it. But from the hour warn I l::: the convent school at Ami- ensâ€"froth choice, for often he wantc n. ‘ to lo him and ('Olll': ta) Englant‘, ; but he was the only thing that hat I l-z-vr-cl in and I had loved. and I could l , l l LL 1.4; lam: him in his old agoâ€"from the i115: to the last he watched nnzl guards-t and cured fcr me with a. lovt- that all in: lift: long must make lis name a sweat sound in my ears.” lie: voice trembled as she. spoke the and she paused and then re- -.:‘ 'v‘ "A; J. v ‘1»(1- AH, i-Z'J: “Di you blame me? Do you say the daughter was wrong to prefer to stay risk of her ‘ Well, if you do. I by the: father's side at the 111") ill l'lrtfgluntt': ( .lliTl":C 11:31! it. I would do it again only too w'c.~c:;u‘.lv if I could bring: him from his lonely Swiss grave. I am not of the a: natures that love and hate xpedienr-y points and judgment M... I love boozzuse I love, rashly, wildly, manly may be, but at least I do not forget who and what I am or who? ti‘é' honor of my .amily demands. ” "D') you love my son?” asked Lady Eli'flli‘fllffl suidcnly. At the question Lola was like one mammal by an overpowering rush of tem- pcstuous -*‘nution,-whicli swept: over her, currying lf‘ fore it; all the checks and bar; of restraint which she had imposed upon herself. Her eyes filled with light, she fiusi::,::l and then palod instantly. Her fingers vero interclasped with strenuous force, and her lips were rigid- ly pressed, while her nostrils dilated with the titt‘ul gusts in which her breath passed and repassed from her heaving bosom. Then she appeared to fight down her feelings and gradually to recover self possession. When she Spoke, it was calmly and harshly. It Was a magnificent piece of’ acting, and it lulled even the sharp suspicions of Lady Walcote. . “I will not listen to that question if you please, Lady Walcote. Young as I um, my experience has told me that love alone cannot give happiness in marriage. I will not marry your son without your consent, and on that I pledge you my word.” “My dear, I believe I have wronged you,” said the old lady, rising as she spoke and kisring the girl’s forehead. ' And without saying more she went home. ‘v‘a'heu Lola was alone in her own room and the door was locked that no one might even see her face. she Tet some of her natural feelings Show there. “It was a bold stroke,” sbe muttered, smiling. “But what then?” She vented a little oath in French. “What is a pledge mOre or less? If it wins her round, so much the better. If it doesn’t, i - = , in all his wildness. he had DCV'! 1' u l I l l I 1 l l I \ 5 Well, it’s the fortune of ! ges 'cleverness in giving the pledge not to i l l I it. is cwy to break it. But I’ll make her pay the priceâ€"when I’m Lady Walcote and she’s the dowager.” ’1" M she laughed. ‘. ghttobeonthestagoafter. 1. 21.9350 nan 23.0313- 1303521132. J . {.431 ($313.32? c," «fixes ‘BY WHOSE HAND'°°° ° 'THE 0.0 NU- MYSTERY :27. est-.9 «1- v v v "“3... ,- “3.. ;_ . :‘ ‘wvnh . a '5‘ , I , d.%' . ‘ 333‘- ‘9' . > "h, r; ' '. de-PTâ€"slié stdppéd. and her face, dark- enedâ€"“I wonder if he is alive after all. war. ” And she ossed up her hand with a defiant re. “He’s not likely to find me. i life." She answered with a. smile and a. glance laden with love, but yet sad. When he was alone, he became thoughtful and restless, and after wan- daring through the house and round the stables he had his horse out and set out for a. hard gallop across countryâ€"fan old habit. . He met his- mother again at dinner and was sorry to notice a kind of re- serve between them. Neither mentioned the name of either of the girls who formed the subject of the thoughts of both until the end of dinner, when, as Lady Walcote was leaving the table, she said. . . thinking you would like the thing set- tled at once and not feeling equal to a. journey to Torquay.” “I am glad. You are as thoughtful as usual,” he said. Then, as if seeking He’ll certainly never 100k for me as ,her opinion,‘he added, “I was thinking Lady Walcot-e, and if he finds meâ€"bah! what then? I am not afraid, and, as for the two men, they must settle it for themselves. But, dead or alive, he shall not alter my plans by a hair’s breadth. Heigho, if these good people did but know!” And she laughed again. _ . CHAPTER IV. AN EXPLANATION. It would be difficult to analyze pre- cisely Lady Walcotc’s feelings as, lean- ing back in her carriage and thinking closely, she was driven back to Walcote. While she had been with Lola. she had yielded to the impulse of faith which the girl had stirred, but as soon as Ire was alone and her old doubts re- curred she began to look searchingly at all that Lola had said. It was in its effects then that Lola’s marry without Lady Walcote’s consent The old lady looked piercingly at Lolqj. It was difficult to accept , the promise as anything but a proof of the, girl’s complete good faith. and as this it prevailed with Lady Walcote. She. had gone to the interview con~ Was proved. vinced of Lola’s deceit and with a strong belief that, if only she could strip off the. veil, a past more or less compromising would be seen, but tho , interview had changed much of this opinion, and again in this the girl’s sbrcwdness had been great. She had not attempted to make her- Self too white. She had painted her past as having its evil associations and con- sections with which she would neces- sarily be brought in contact. Her plea was that she had not been injured in the contact. Had she pleaded that there vzzs no sort of guile in her past Lady Walcotc would have rejected the plea without a word, but the implication : that there wzis much temptation to do wrong and the plea that she had been kept from it by the thought of the honor of her family had gone straight home to one in whom the pride of race was 0 I l ! 1., 1. . . ,. . . l "A D n ‘ S‘Jfl‘flhl, ~;‘-‘.l.£ll'jg 411i: SIIUZICLI impetuosâ€" ! lht a I“ 151011. I i l I l l i 3 Another effect of the interview was . to convince Lady Walcote that if Jaifray ' loved Lola his love was returned to the ; full as passionatt-ly, and this had ap- ] pcalcd naturally to the mother’s heart, softening lier judgment of Lola. She regretted the affair as much as ever. She did not believe that Jafi'ray would find half so much happiness with Lola as with Beryl, and she would have out off her right hand to have him mar- ry Beryl instead of Lola. but the sting of her opposition vas gone because the , reasons for it were changed. I 1 Sir Jaffray sawtbis almost as soon as . ; he met his mother at the carriage door " and gave her his arm into the house. “ ‘v’ell, mother?" he asked as eager- ly almost as a boy. “What .I say will not stop you, Jaf- fray, I know. You are set on this marâ€" riage, and I can see in it disaster as r plainly as I can see Lola’s beauty.” He - noticed the use of the Christian name and was pleased. “If you do what I wish, you will not marry her.” “And if I cannot think as you do?” he asked. “I shall not stand in the way any longer. ” “I am glad,”â€" he began, but she in- terrupted him at once. “Don’t. misunderstand me. I am as much opposed to it as ever, but since seeing Lola I have changed some of my thoughts. I dread the marriage and fear the consequences, but you shall not I find me otherwise than ready to try to l welcome your wife, even if my heart is full of foreboding.” ‘ “I am glad,” said Sir Jaffray quiet- ly,‘and he kissed her. ' It was not a very auspicious consent, but Sir Jaffray was satisfied. . He knew how strongly his mother had desired the marriage with Beryl and how hard she ‘ always fought against giving way in any much cherished project. He was l pleased also at the thought that Lola 1 had thus won her round from. what l-Ieemed an uncompromising and invin- 1 cible resistance. . “And Beryl, mother?” he added ‘aft- ‘ er a pause. ‘ _ “I will see her myself,” said Lady Walcote. “And now that you have con- quered in all”â€"she smiled sadlyâ€"“let me go.” . » He opened the door of the :room where they had stood.- and as‘ she passed .» (wt ‘20 said: I ".L know all that this means to you, - mother. I shall never forget it all my ‘ I 1 l I l l i l b \ over, because we ought to have a word ' angrily. of going back to Torquay.” The old lady paused. “It might be a trial to you both, but if you could have some sort of explana- tion it would smooth the future, and Beryl is very dear to me. ” On that be resolved to go, and, that Beryl might have warning of his com- ing and so avoid an interview if she pleased, he wrote a little note to Mrs. De Witt, saying that he proposed to re- turn to Torquay on the following day and that if they were not staying or had other plans she had better wire him in the morning. There was no tel- egram by noon the next day, however, and he started with questionable antici- pations of his talk with Beryl. One effect of his letter to Mrs. De Witt ho had not counted on. She thought that the letter to her came as a result of ‘ their friendship, and she met him alone at the station. “I’m glad you‘ve come back, Ma.- gog,” she said. “I thought you would. I had to use my wits, though, to get rid of Berylâ€"those innocents are always such stickersâ€"but I’ve done it. Your letter was quite a stroke of genius.” She laughed and flushed at him a look which she meant as a signal of her pleas- urc. “Do you mean that Beryl has gone away?” asked Sir Juifray. "How stupid you are all of a sudden! What do you suppose I meant? What else did you mean me to do but to send her away when you wrote about ‘chang- ing plans?’ You didn‘t wapt her here, I suppose, did you?” “I see,” he answered, with a good natured smile, “you wanted a cozy time.” He let none of his vcxation ap- pear. “I’ve had none of you during the whole time we’ve been here,” she re- plied, with 2111 aggrieved air. He made no such answer as she had wished, and this annoyed her, and they walked 1; little way in silence. When they reached the promenade, they sat down, and Sir Jatfray. who was in doubt whether Beryl’s having left might- not, after all, mean that she had wished to avoid an intervicwwith him, and that while Mrs. De Witt thought she had got rid of Beryl the latter had ‘ in reality been glad to go, tried to find this out. ‘ “When did Beryl go?" he asked. “Oh, Beryl, Beryl. Beryl! It’s noth- ing but Beryl with you,” was the testy ‘ rejoinder. “Early this afternoon, as soon as I could get. rid of her. ” . “Did she know I was coming?‘ “Oh, .the conceit of you men! Of course she did and said that after the disgusting way you flirtcd with Lola. she would have nothing more to do with you. ” ‘ She laughed again at this. “You laugh suvagcly, as if you wish- 3 ed that was true. Isec she didn't know. I All right.” “When I want'a good time, I'm not quite. dolt enough to ask all the world to come and take a hand. I hate three handed whist. You can ask her to play â€"-wbon she’s your wife. ” “Then she’ll never play at all.” “Then it is true, after all, is it, and Lola gets the odd trick?" criul Mrs. no Witt, looking up quickly. “I thought so two nights ago. Tell me all about it. But how about Beryl?” Sir Jafi‘ray smiled at her eagerness. “ You’ve called me an ‘odd trick.’ and I’m not sure that that‘s a compli- ment,” he said. “Bah! You men are all card tricks to us. Some we win, some we don’t, some we throw away, and some we can’t hope to get. A good many we win by blufling and finessing, and some are snapped up because we are fools enough to revoke. But it’s a. compliment to be called the odd trickâ€"that’s what we're all fighting to get.” “Are you fighting to get me?” “Haven’t I maneuvered now to get you alone here, and aren’t you in about the most objectionable and uncomfort- . able mood possible? You’re not a bit worth fighting about, and you’re not fit for anything but to be married.” “You‘re a bit put out,” be answered, adding, after a'pause: “I’m glad I came . or two to put matters straight. Of course it must make a change in things.” “You mean your engagement with Lola?” “Yes. ” “Under thé circumstances I wonder you came, ” she replied crossly. “I came to see Beryl.” "‘I think you’re very horrid,” she rapped out irritably. “That means that I’m not only in the way, but that I’ve acted the part of marplot in stopping or postponing a most interesting explana- tion between you two. I think I’d bet- ter go to my hotel.” And she got up from her seat and rustled her dress “I’m sorry you take it badly,” said Sir Jatfray. “But you must see that something of the kind bad to be done. i Things couldn’t go 011.”. “I don’t know what you mean by ‘ ‘things,’ ” she said crossly. “Marriage ' needn’t make a. man a boarâ€"before it l happens. There’s plenty of time after- ward for all that. Of course I can Quite understand your wanting to train for an Arcadian existence. and you can’t suddenly : seriously, I’m afraid. ’11: only a woman, and when we lose , ha e won them from us. those who v but then you and I of Lola’s unques manner there had bee thin else but dou- COUId never play any g afiection between them. ble dummy all our lives, a riotously lively game. shook hands and parted better friends than ever, perhaps, so concerned. nity of the conversation, and as be lean- ..f, V n" THE WATCHMAN-WARRDE: LINDSAY. ONT» VA After a long silence Mrs. De Witt said “.I must have seemed to take it very I But remember “That’s all right, and that’s not 7, far as he was He was glad to have had the opportu- d she h _ . _ Iglgésaghat bad sharpened this distrust. } gamed his reading, ink-nu time seen a' great 5 pauses of thought. deal of Lola. 35 She did not at one She had a Mrs. Villyerslbad made bring the two girls to- tiOnably attractive Quite irrespective of her Own disap- l help it, not a soul should think that she Was in reality anything but pleased at the marriage. and pule over a lost romance, and she held no ridiculous ideas exaggerating She was no fool to mcpe .- ....-â€"-â€"-â€"â€"-â€"~--'â€"- '9’ - ' - .â€" ~_ 537 Blfidgé'dmng every woman‘ you 7° CHAPTER V. ‘ thought she cared fo‘f 5E» ‘_ know;ll While 7°“ haven’t med m “mt um 15 Wflrm run- :zzvolfiegigatfiz $180 internally 21$de t v’, ‘ I: BIAN. ' ' ' e ’ L‘ ‘ Arfigoiry you’ve caken it 1like thil. Beryl had not mitten the letter 01 bugging me. 812:: £31552? Hg a: We’ve,been good 31:11:13; 1112251131333: . congratulation to hervcousm without a MOVED I (11 have broken it off 16nd Pd and Ive many .. considerable struggle. '_ _ 15m 1: mac as wantedit. Height): gage, for.” like and dld-not 5 the boy had lived, there’d have Only ad noticed in her many _ worry of this kind.” And thebeen 11b . that he had now read Be; hough at first Beryl had to 1 accurately, and she w. ” some extent come wit o ; tugs until her father we; (..- n no regard 01' real l oiled to the fact of the 5,: having come to an cutie. .i- C «u . 4 .4 ..V pointmentâ€"and how deep and stinging l what similar course begin too soon, But yon-neednw l ed back in the railway carriage on his return journey the incident suggested to him the changes in his life which his marriage with Lola would make. He had drifted into the friendship with Mrs. De Witt, and on his side the relations had never got as far as even the mildest flirtation. He had been glad to go to her house when in town and had been amused more than anything else to watch her develop a habit of monopolizing him. He had been quite" keen enough to read her and quick enough to avoid anything like a comâ€" promising complication. Never before had she made such an efiort at direct flirtation as in the case of this arrangement to get him to her- self for a. time at Torquay, and he smiled as be thought how she badgthus been paid out in has); coin and left alone: mm 5333:: ' He had meant to drop the more pro- nounced friendship as soon as his enâ€" gagement was certain, and he knew that there must be some kind of expla- nation. “Things couldn’t go on, ” as he had said, and he was glad that the matter was over so easily. As to Beryl, he was by no means so satisfied. It was true that, so far as the idea of a marriage was concerned, he \ v1 n-vvvn-ri v .‘w § .. .. \fi She met him alone at the station. had been forced into it largely by the actions of others, but at the same. time the thought of causing Beryl sorrow and trouble was one which distressed him grievously. They had been stauch, true friends from childhood, and in many ways she had been like a. sister . to him. She was, moreover, such a eleven; sympathetic and ready witted girl’that ' at one time the prOSpcct of a life com- panionship with her had been full of pleasure to him. Many of the incidents 'of their comradeship recurred to him, 3 and he was sensible of a. feeling of re- : gret that in the future the relations would have to be different. He hoped that Lola. and Beryl would be friends, and he tried to persuade himself that by his mother’s influence this might be the case, but the,hope was at best a- faint one; . When his thoughts slipped the mesh- es of these light entanglements, how- ever, and went to Lola, there was both- ing in them but the passionate confi- dence of the absorbed and devoted lover, and he wove a thousand fancies with . the brightest colored skeina which the glowmg desires of passion could select. He did not reach home until the ear- ly.bours of the morning, having to drive a long distance across country from .Branxton, the main line station at which the express stopped, and, of course, saw no one. When he went down late on the following morning, Lady Walcote came to him, and, saying that she had had a. letter from Beryl, who had returned home suddenly, hand- ed him one from her addressed to him. It was not long, but it had cost the girl much to write it: Mr Dun Murmurâ€"The mother’s news about you. has not surprised me in the least. I have been using my eyes and cars, and my chief feeling was a little regret that somehow you had: suddenly thought it not worth while I to consult me. You .ought to have known how, as a. woman, I should be longing to take a. part, and, as a friend, should be most anxious ‘ to help you in finding happiness. I wish it- you. with all my heart. Your affectionate cousin. Burr. Lmnsm “She 18. a good sort,” said Sir Jai- fray, handing, the letter to his mother who read-it-qnickiy. . . . . - . . » ' “Yes. Itvcouldbe" "txtoflnda more sensible'girl than Beryl,” _ “I’ll use he: today.""answend the to you, father,” she said, when him of Sir Jaifray’s engagement. “but. a ,l‘. " {always afraid we shouldn‘t be I 8- ~ - x the efi'ects of the disappointment to her. It would have been an infinite and in- describable pleasure to pass through life by the side of Sir Jaffray as his wife, but she did not. ing of the dream should gloom and spoil her life. intend that the break- She would rather that it had been any one else than Lola; but. even so, she was prepared to accept .what was in- evitable. she surprised him as much with her cheerfulness fathcr by the way she had told the news to him. Thus when Sir Jaffray came , as she had surprised her “I’m afraid it’ll be a disappointment telling able to do what you wished. I tried be- ‘ cause I saw that you and his mother wished'it, and I’d have gone through' with it, butImust confess it‘s a relief. ” 4 Her father, who as a county man ' took great interest in the public :15 airs , of the district and had only a dim pcr- ; ception of what went on in his own ‘ house, put on his pince-nez and looked at her shrewdly. He was very fond of Beryl in his way, and his chief com-lE plaint was that she was not a Loy, but he thought- hc knew her so well that of course he did not understand her at all p and had no conception of the capable; brain there was behind the calm, reg“- 1 lar and at times bcautiful face. l “Do you really mean that Jafi'ray‘s ' going away from his word? Why. it was all but settled.” The thing the appeal- 1' ed to him chiefly was that it looked like l “And do you 3 a breach of contract. mean you didn‘t want to marry .3. C .LAAII . . you what I wt 1-7 ‘had her father. I You never said that before, child.‘ ; “I'vdidu't want to stem to thwart! your plans, father,” Beryl answered. j returning his look calmly. 3 at the news. “Have you two made this up between l you?” he burst out, as if with a sudden 3 instiiJCt of shrewd conjecture. "I call it infamous!" His own misconceptic: that there was a plot. not to do that which he wisncd irritated him. “I'll give him a piece of my mind, ” he add- e d330, we have made up nothing. fa- ther. Simply the thing: has fallx'u through because. it was i: practicable. This sort of thing may be done when there's a lack of feeling on one side, but it‘s impossible when there‘s none on either side.” “It‘s infamous!” he repeated. now quite. angry. “I‘ll posttlie man all ovcr the county. I’ll hound him out of the place. I never heard‘of such a thing. We might be. shopkeepers, making and breaking engagements of the sort.” “But I’m glad, father. Don’t you un- derstand? I wouldn’t have it otherwise if I. could. It was a mistake from the first.” “Do you think I don’t- kncw what's best in these things?” he asked. ‘jUpon my word, times are getting on when a girl can coolly tell her father that his plans for her marriage are ‘a mistake from the first,’ and with two estates that run. side by side for miles, and no boy to have this one. Mistake, indeed! Mis-fiddlestickl” He rustled with a gesture of impatient anger the paper he held and appeared to resume reading it, but a. minute afterward he said, less irritably: “ Why didn’t you tell me you didn’t want to marry him? That’s just like you women, and yet you will stick your noses into public business. You never know what you want at a. time which lets the knowledge be of the least possible nae. I didn’t want to force you into the marriage, child. I’m not a brute or a Bluebeard. ” The last connection was not very clear, but it let Beryl turn the question. "‘Bluebeard married all the women himself, dad," she said. Laughing and placing her hands on his shoulders, she leaned. over him from behind, her face so close to his that she could rub her cheek against his and kiss him at every pause. “And you don’t want me for a Wife yourself. you know, do you? That would be horribly imprOpcr, and all the county would make a. hullabaloo, and you’d lose your chairmanship of this, that and the other and be sent to Gov- entry, and I’m not worth that, am I?” ,p; She was so rarely demonstrative in this way that he was uite r and when she had- k‘lssed Tighxgdd made bun agree. with her view of Sir Jam. ya‘ engagement. and had gone mains auto! that-commas aoouple 01: i _,l, in .1 'l . light Main on him. tad hemiled. -. ”Pa marine 1m chi .md. . } ‘ "’ ‘h , -n. ‘mm . -..____.._‘...-._.._. M.â€"m---.â€". .. n he re. PM by But he. never doubted for 31’s fee? N In”: as careful 5‘ ‘ I0 keg . D - tee}- . .. .. fluf“ and With Sir Janray, Earp} to a. j_ 5: it’s sometimes safer than when , _ . “ . ‘ the 1(3‘21?st are not on the table,” She 136- l and blttel‘ that WESSJZOEiZEEEhgegig l J fiQf ETEfCOI.** i: Ben: M torted, adding, after a forced laugh and “ knewâ€"Beryl was deat Logla did not love i ‘ flaring. if ,7 .1): You thin;- in a changed voice: .‘I think I’m glad, é nage. She felt tha h 1 ve as she was , an ~ “8.. o 1.51: ,, and $1.“: Magog, after-all. I do really. She’s 11* Jaffray even with such (bad bevjitched i withoa: my beam :32” . . :1. (:tl 2;; magnificent creature and as clever. as capable of feeling. b g t arid l’l‘l- l 133133-ch Fo'”,““‘,;1l7â€"'§iTI-'f ‘in [dung-{31, she’s beautiful. That’s praise from 3 him Withher lustrous ea; y sens $301.1" 5 And :1,” mug-n a mu '4: the My» woman. And if you’d only told me moured him Wlth her slurace. . a ‘ paren. ref-”mm" , “y what youwanted and meant I could charms, but'tbatowas 31 'b felt tbero- : Hepatic-ed mm .2-.. v“ Emu; have helped you. And really, under the l Had Beryl written ashs e be’en vef" . demonstrative. -. , circumstances, I’m sorry that I sent fore, her letter would favim anuiub l Itsough: z: v..':-.;-i 3:31;: TO; Beryl off today before you came, though different, but she had a .ar tco gt 1: to l he‘Salil. . ‘ if she knew of this she may have jumped friendship for her consul: o wan ‘ . ‘If N surprsmt an, ." :4 at the chanceIgave her of getting away. ‘ cause hlm anything but p easuie. t , l didn’t. Come scone: 1.1 gs ,. rather than stay and see you. You don’t 1 She would have done blelr u 1111315 ‘to ‘ that there must con,» :3. vi“, expect her to like it, of course.” , prevent the match. b2? 5.19503“ £331“ would happen on your .~;~; (r w; _ Sir Jafiray thought there was more say aword to wound Sir a ray s ct, - ; she laughed again :h "3% "in”; naturalness in her manner than he bad ‘ lug. . . a! “and I. always View": ;: ‘7‘; ever noticed before. This pleased him, i ’or was this feeling altogether free feel if 1 wore to be in}: Z-‘ 4: :2; 2 and when they reached the hotel they from a. touch of self. So far as she could had to tcll you, just 2-3 if 52‘; r: r I. 1y my brothcr. I often ' . : ‘ I Should do it or how 3-..12‘1; (w, j: 4: were iiret. I llfi‘i’cl‘ ti) :1" ~ 2' , â€"' of keeping such a ti..,-;:. . I’ve Watched you, you 1., . __ it growing and \V(,Il~'l~‘2'\"‘. â€" .. .' V er uttered a wcrd. i ~ ‘ 7 ‘L Torquayâ€"tlm night 1;.» _, us those most ridicul' 5.7 tersâ€"cnly, if you Witt came out ,. middle. And, aftr-r ah. ;: an opportunity for :31; deuce. It has to car;- inn L;: Ho lis.cred 1.2-er cf: s the unusual :n.;‘_:;’: ary calm reserve, uni: _ . . - . r'.‘ ., . , , ‘ T 1--) {lam .\ a. : c... ; v t. g v\ - .4“...._. “yam ..' (4‘4-1 FK‘, put her fc. t i now I had tolt yr 1' ' I hope you'll gr: (3;: x .. " A chill seem: :; heart a: the sound r" How is L..':j-' . ”She is cc::;i7;; , " "' some £1110, I ti;i;..;. '1 (luv vf-fvrr E::7‘. _ went to Mess": _ " _' " nynv r‘~.~: -' It", , I a...) ”AJIA .‘_. “..v Mic“) ,.« u returned W113 12?? But she 531.25: ’Y“ ‘ of Lclzi or cm i to believe the: had chosen 1.3:..15 “ad CllCStl‘. w:.<:. Ly :12: her, owl "'1 s ‘ 1. . x- on, Otili‘IVVISG i\'; t. - but he 1;;1;~’u;. z; pomted 1111f: ‘ :' . 7 .. '3“ -..:,,V, ’0 1A0 l.“ is Ln thoughts. tut iv in: (.;~:s-.;t:>:;=" the 1131““: ; " was an ii (1.; 1: ;. gcol wcrd. r1... ( 43' C n. ...,-....i....-~ --JL \AHI‘..»-u Beryl (ii-.1 ha“ 1‘ as to her real (3"... -. came to see i: t - . ' manor just .a: and loving: i::ti:.:. g ‘ tween the to my a word ( ' w always tried to :2 :5 ment for the .~:;;. ,~ ests. but that it .~ iuve an cud 3.1:: .; first question-:21 t': . ~ doubts plain L‘Ilwu‘i'. l . her position and in 112- .i-- -‘ “ \Vhat did more 11;..1; however, to male :1. .11..- ings difiicult to 11;“. " titudc toward LCLr. in 13.1» it \ precisely as she might SLY-"2‘ “i: i there never been any nus-:25. self should marry Si: 5-6313": ‘1“; bore herself toward 1. 151 9‘ ff”: ‘ latter, by her Hagan: sziii ‘3. et, had become a :z:-:;. ‘4‘ l ‘, fags. .. circle of the funny an: “if” .n ‘ to be treated as an i:::.:::::::-:Q, a? f» 7~ She was nciz- .r “.""‘:..~.;;,' that people could ii.i::.~; “mi-r fr. to hide any lnCrtlibutitfi fast I m:- cover nor SO GIFLJIL ,Ll“. Til“? lint} ’l‘ tility toward ilza .‘-I * «Mrs. planted her. 5120 nix ..7-«113‘1 . between them 1.: .2. k?” in she drills lit-11%;. I ‘- T~f- "“‘C_ we r est in all the pi'ep;=.:-.-........~ x riuge. ‘ “C“, b l” she can: In this way , “wag: Lola herself. quit-k are 1:32“ W the latter was. She “mi“,phudfe , . "mum v51?» . stand that any m ..x. . ._ ”aka; loved a. man could s; "I” O ,_ ’ from her am“ againSt the woman who Id haVe .r ”If she’d done 1: 1::l‘1:1f£'1dto ,;-""1:t soned her!” she (rt-13:22:} had more than once after 5’99 hid" watching Beryl closelfi'fn“shey more Puzzled than using-x“ , have cared for him. if, 1 96M artful-ugh that u m»; l . â€"- \‘CI 3"”