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her; th‘éfi'fher'wâ€"‘as_fo face it: our uuu dare the man she hated to do his worst. If the man at her side had been dif- ferent, if his sense of honor and morbid fear of the suspicion of dishonor had been less acute, she would have told him all and trusted to her love to win him to cling to her through the pub- licity and scandal which would inevita- bly follow when Pierre was set at defi- ance. But she dared not. She knew that Sir Jeffrey, with all the influences that were round him, the strong love. of truth that dominated him, the capacity to sufi'er rather thar be touched with a taint of dishonor â€"â€"A..1,1 “m her mmv from him at once again. The alternative was to face the other man and dare him to do what he pleased. What would he do? Then was that scene on the Devil's rock, Lat there was no proof of what she had done. Besides, if there were, what did it matter? If she was to be dragged from the place to which she had chmhed, what did it matter how far She iell? 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When she went down to breakfast, she was Taite herselfâ€"alert, vigilant, resourcciui, high spirited and so sug- gestiw of strength of will and purpose that Sir Jaffruy noticed it and was pleasm’l. - ' ‘ " -PÂ¥__ -L LAHA at the 2112:1201: “S 91:11 to have done you good to get home, - Ola, ” he said “You’ re not the same “011nm Von were on the boat. Where are, your omens?” He smiled. “Where, indeed?” she replied, laugh- ing back. “I'm afraid I must have been upset by zhe voyage. Perhaps I thought I was: going to be shipwrecked. But I’ll be sari-:- hvre, eh?” There was more in her words than he understood. “You unght to be if anywhere,” he “Even if I manage to offend the very great pv-rsnnages who come here?” “You won’t do that. People aren’t easy tn take offense with Waleote.” “Where’s the motherâ€"Lady Walcote? I supp-vac I may call her mother?” “Stet: not coming down to breakfast. She’s not used to our wild west early rising. Besides, she was up late. She’ll be down to lunch.” “Lid you sit up late? I was horribly tired. I couldn’t stay? What was that 3; the m “Sec-m3 to have done you good to get home.” she was saying about some ridiculous musician or other and a five stringed violin?” y'm’w", , , “It is not meant for hardness, only ‘ timacy between them ripened quickly she ‘7‘.“ 53511153 “boat 80m? “ammo“ to tell you frankly what I feel, so that enough to surprise and please Lola her- !!!“F’lfffl or other and 3 five 5”“)ng ; you may know the fall truth as to my self, whowished that it should be as “011",? ' ~ _ , feelings.” l close as possible by the time that the “B“ ‘3: a crank, I fancy,” 531d S”. Lola. sighed, and, rising from her low i blew fell which she was daily expect- Jaffruy, langhing; “said he. wanted chair, walked to the window and Sooked ; ing. some m” or other abont a “01m and i eat, and there was a long silence in the It, came all too quickly. that you’d been his pupil or something . . . room. She had been home less than a week years ago. annan 1113 name is. Do you . x - 9., She was diSBPPOiDtéd at Lady Wal- ' and had ridden over one morning with remembf 111111. nnfn’s: attitude and began to regret that Sir Jafirav to a cowty meeting at a Lola laughed musically and showed her white, level teeth. “What, Pierre Turrian? Oh, do tell, as our friends across the water say. I wish I’d stopped up to near. Bemem-. ber him? Of course. He’s only a young man, fair, and would be handsome if he hadn’t a curious expression on his face which I couldn’t like. He’s awon- derful fiddlerâ€"wonderfulâ€"a genius with more than a touch of madness, but a. wonderful player.” She spoke as unconcernedly as if she Were discussing a servant. “Where did you know him?” “Switzerland, soon after I left the convent. He taught me'singing when there gas 2-0312. *alk_ab92§ 232128293 r it down to her being at home oerc '3 ‘fl; oifl: {ma HY thought pf putting her on the stage, but that she had refused to goâ€"a ver- sion of the fact that was not accurateâ€" and a mere reference to this subject mm. "enough mmngh to turn him from and a mere reference to this 800360!» was generally enough to turn him from any awkward discussion. “Were you under him long? Dld he know that you were thinking of that?” “No, of course not,” she answered when he paused, taking her cue from his hesitation. “The thing never went far enough for that. He knew no more than that I had a voice that was to be trained, and he trained it. He is a. good singer as well as player. You’ll hear him in all probability. By the way, I shall have to get to work and practice. Our wanderings haven’t given me much time for singing.” And with that she turned the subject. 9 ~â€" -LA BULuLu Io“\' u--..d_-_, She had produced the impression she wished upon Sir Jafiray’s mind and had further prepared the way for Pierre Turrian’s coming to the house should he insist upon doing that, as she thought very likely. But she had still to deal with Lady Walcote, and during the time she was going round the house and stables and the grounds and the conservatories with Sir Jafiray she was thinking out how best to meet his mother. I , 1A-... HUD“ vv my“- ____ , She commenced with an attack from her own ide, skillfully planned and executed. She found the old lady sitting alone in the morning room, and she went up and kissed her with a show of much warmth. Then, drawing alow chair, she sat down by her. “Good morning, mother. I may call you mother?” she asked, looking into the elder woman’s rather stern eyes. “Jaffray’s wife can be nothing but my daughter, Lola.” she answered. The girl paused and then said slowly and thoughtfully; 17â€"- J: u yuvâ€"D-- '_ .â€" “I could wish that there were less di- plomacy in that answer and more warmth in the tone. ” And she sighed. ‘ ‘I have. never had a mother, remember. ” “I know very little indeed of your childhood, Lola. You have never told nm :nwthing. rou know,” was Lady “I know very little indeed or your childhood, Lola. You have never told . me anything, you know,” was Lady Walcote’s answer. i “It is hard to give confiden'n where ‘ there is no sympathy,” said Lola. “As hard as to give sympathy where ? no confidence is offered, child.” ' The girl sighed and raised her hand and let it fall on her lap as if with a gesture of disappointment. ' ll - M-A_A_ O “I want; to find love in the manor house,” she said, after a pause, looking up into Lady Walcote’s face, “and you offer naeâ€"this,” drOpping her voice, but keeping her eyes fixed steadily on her companion’s face. . The old lady returned the look with one quite as steady. - ‘ ‘What do you mean, Lola?” “That I want to love you and you. to love me, and in place of that you meet UVC LDC, uuu Au r-wuv v- -_...- a _ me With diplomatic answers and neatly turned retorts. Is that all the welcome you have for me? Is that what our re- lations are always to be? Can Jaffray bring us no nearer than that?” It was a subtle plea and for a moment wont unanswered. Then, taking the girl’s hand with a more kindly a :tion than she had yet Then, more 1:: shown, shown, Lady Vialcote said: “I, too, wish to love Jaflray’s wife, . Lola, but love is not a thing to be driven and constrained, and if you do not find me so warm as you wish you shall at least find me quite frank. I have been glad to have your letters and to see in them the little overtures which I thought I could detect. I thank you for your thoughtfulness, child, in urging me. not to leave the manor, and I have staid, as you see, for the time, to see how we get on. It is an experiment, no more.” “ Why need we doubt the result?” “There are many reasons, but I will give you oneâ€"one that is from my side. , You know that I had cherished other plans for Jaffray’s marriage, that for years past it had been the strong desire of our family that Jatfray should mar- ‘ ry his cousin, that Beryl has always ; been like a daughter of my own and i that the project was infinitely dear to; me. We old people do not easily pluck ; out from the heart a desire of this kind, ; in the park. mother to her thoughts. ” HUI \Vllill. In? lljlt. “It is true, Jafl‘ray,” she Said. shall be so with me.” . Then Lola, knowing: that if the scene 5 lasted a moment too long its sentiment ' would be spoiled, jumped up quickly i and said lightly: “Now, we can be again the great peo- ple of Walcotc manor, who ought not to be troubled with hearts and feelings and passions. Sir Jaft‘ray,” she cried, assuming: a very grand air, “will you give me your arm? I will take the air 1 We will leave the lady “It!t . “Come on, Lola,” cried the baronet, and they went out of the room togeth- er, laughing. And the chief thoughts of the “lady mother” werethat her son’s wife was an exceedingly clever young woman, whose wits were as sharp as her face was beautiful. During the next few days she had . ample evidence of this, as Lola’s treat- which has struck such deep roots there ‘, ment of Lady Walcotc was tactful and as this in mine, and I have yet to see ' clever to a‘degree, and the old lady, de- how the old manor will seem to me spite her sharpness and shrewdness and with another in Beryl’s place.” g tendency to suspicion when she was “That is very hard for me to hear,” ‘ alone, could not resist the girl’s charm 1' said Lola after a. long pause. z when they were together. Thus the in- “It is not meant for hardness, only ' timacy between them ripened quickly AUTHOK She was disappointed at Lady Wal- cote’s attitude and began to regret that under the circumstances she had ever yielded to a gentler impulse to try to appease her by getting her to stay at the manor and so win her affection. It would be an infinite complication if she was to have this sharp, clever, suspicious old woman in the house while the trouble with Pierre was be- ing settled, but at present her only course was to try to win her round. If that failed and she grew to be in the way, a quarrel must be fastened on her which would drive her away. She was not long making her deci- sion, and she went back and sat down again, close to the old lady, though not in the same chair she had sat in before. ‘mus ER flOADLEYIS 5:02.27" me msrm ornomnoee 51mg: 'BY wnosr. HAND'oo o 9 “THE OLD mu. MYSTERY CCT ECT- °.0 to 9 q 17m to win, it would be by her 4 ' Wits afiifnixt By fi‘éffi'it’clfir‘y‘. ”“13 you reject my love, their}? ah; said, “how hre we to stand towaru one another“? You have scarcely thougnv what the effect of your'words must be i on me. You make me feel thatIam I something like an interloper in my hus- ‘ band’s home and to Jaflray’s mother. '1 Is that What you mean? Do you wish I me to be uncomfortable at the thought that I am not Beryl Leycester afid that a I did not steel my heart against your _ son as his 'mother had steeled hers 1 against me?’ ’ ‘ ' ' 77â€"J- â€"â€"A:â€".n‘- '°"â€"â€"-â€" c “I have not steeled my heart against you, Lola. God forbid that I should do anything so wicked” I have tried to open it to you.” “And you have failed. That is even harder to bear still. I will tell you why. I have never had a woman friend in all my life except my Aunt Villyers -â€"and the woman who is not loved by woman grows hard. Still, let it be as you will. I am no pleader for the im- possible. You tell me in signs that are plainer than words that you cannot love me, and remember that it is you who have laid the foundations of what may be a wall of division between us. Be- member, too, that I gave you my word I would never marry your son unless you yourself said yes. Never forget that, whatever may come. You say it is hard for the old to pluck from the i heart a cherished desire. But it is l harder for one like me to step out from the heaven which the love of such a man as Jaflray opened to me. Yet this I would have done had you bidden me, as I pledged you. ” Then, with aswift change of manner, as though carried away by one of her uncontrollable impulses, Lola threw herself on her knees at Lady Walcote’s feet, seized her band and pressed it be- tween her own and looked with tear touched eyes into her face as she said: "Cannot our love for him and his love for us make us one, mother? Think how it would sweeten his life!” i It was the shrewdest of all pleas, and, as once before it had prevailed. so now it wrought powerfully on the mother’s heart. She bent and kissed Lola. on the lips, her own quivering slighfily. “You are right, child," she mur- mured. “We should he held together in his love. Forgive me if I have pained you.” While they were in the act of the em- brace the door was opened quickly by Sir J aflray. He stood on the threshold right well pleased with what he saw. for his great desire was that his mother and Lola should be on the closest terms. Not wishing to disturb them, he was going away without a word when Lola called him. She was quick to see tlm desirabiliry of getting confirmed in his presence what Lady Wulcoto had said. “Come to the mother, Jaffray,” she said, “and hear what we have been (10- ing. We have just been concluding a great trvaty of love and peace. Give me your hand.” She laughed very softly and sweetly, i while her oyos shone brightly with the i light of happiness, and holding one of : the mother’s hands in has and taking 1 one of Sir Jaifray’s she placed all three in one clasp. “Now w.» 1er all unconventional peo- i p10, thinking of nothing but our three i selves, and we two, the mother and I, 1 have, made a great compact that the i love we both hear you and the love you : bear to both of us are to bind us together i always in a love for each other. Kiss i as both, Juflray, in witness of it all, I and than lot as all three promise to do { whatewr lies in our power to make{ that compact tho chief cornerstone of 1 our lives. Is not that right, mother?” Si: Jafi‘ray stooped and kissed them “It‘s the best news you could give mo. mother,” he said when he kissed Lady Wulcote. “You know that.” And the earnestness of his tone proved to her What he felt. “It is truu, Jufi‘my," she said. “It shall be so with me.” . Then Lola, knowing: that if the scene lasted a moment too long its sentiment would be, spoiled, jumped up quickly and said lightly: “Now, we can be again the great peo- ple of Walcote manor, who ought: not to be troubled with hearts and feelings and passions, Sir Juffray,” she cried, assuming: a very grand air, “will you give me your arm? I will take the air in the park. We will leave the lady mother to her thoughts.” It came all too quickly. She had been home less than a week and had ridden over one morning with Sir Jafiray to a county meeting at a town a few miles away when on her return she was told that a. gentleman was waiting to see her. She kneii' without glancing at the card who it was. She had nerved herself to be always ready for the meeting, however, and without staying to change her habit she went; at once to the library, where her visitor was waiting. There was not a sign of embarrass- ment on her face or in her manner as she passed the servant and entered the room, and no one could have detected even a quiver in her voice as she went; up to the man whom she bated with a deadly loathing and said as quietly as to a stranger: THE WATCHMAN-WARRDE: LINDSAY. ONT M "You What is Pierre Tuuian waited the servant had closed they stood thus lookin each others eyes. CHAPTER IX. PIERRE TURRIAN’S SCHEME. The two stood looking straight at one another for some time after the servant: 1 left them alone, had closed the door am and Pierre Turrian was the first to break the silence. He turned from her, and, looking all on glancing back round the room and th -L L-“ - ,mnp narted his lips and be VMV unfivâ€"v , He turned from her, and, 10054115.; or. round the room and then glancing back at her, a smile parted his lips and he raised his eyebrows and shrugged his BhOulders as he said in a tone of mock praise: “ You’ve done well for yourself, Lola, a very lovely cage for a very pretty birdâ€"very lovely indeed.” And he em- phasized his words by another compre- hensive glance round the room. “You’re a devilish clever woman. ” Tm.) neoumed an expression of indig- Lola assumed nant surprise. uuuu Busy--~ , “I don’t kno she said, drawin told by my servan w what you mean, 512'," g herself up. “I was ts that a M. Turrian “You’re a devilish clever u'omtm.” wished to see me, and I have understood from my friends that that person is a foreign musician who wishes to interest me in some musical scheme. When I heard you were here, I concluded that that was now your object, and I came at once to see if I could help you. But ) it seems I have been mistaken, and you ‘ have found your way into my house to ‘ offer me some kind of insult. I wish i you to understand. sir, that I am here , in my own home, surrounded by my ! own servants, who will know how to ‘ treat the man who insults their mis- l tress.” . L‘I.A \Anl.n.1 "0 him ““ifi‘l rennin“! (lOfi- “I know nothing about your wife. no more than about you. If that is all you have to rave about, you will please not 1 to come here again, or my servants will 1 refuse you admission by my express or- , ders. If, on the contrary, there is any l business I can help you with, I shall be E ready to do what lies in my power. ” Q “Do you mean that you dare to deny ! you are my wife?” ‘ “Absolutely. You are mad to think ! of it. I am Lady Walcote, the. wife of I ; Sir Jafi'ray Walcote, and though I have i a heard of you as a fiddler”â€"she spoke I l the word contemptuouslyâ€"J‘and may i have had a lesson or two from you in I singing or music, in any real sense I l have never seen you before in my life." ancc. He started as she spoke and looked first angry and thou amuged. A " VV‘C" - I "Devilish good, no doubt, but not good enough,” he said, with an oath ‘ and a laugh. “One might think that you and I had never met beforeâ€"0:1 the Devil’s rock. for instance. ” “ You are apparently under some strange delusion. I have never seen you before in 111? life,” she said firmly, “and so long as )ou hold to any delu. sion to the contrary I decline absolute- ly to speak to you.” -- -0- «~11-.. 'J “You are a magnificent liar,” be ex- claimed, “and I know What you mean. I don’t; consent. I want my wife, and I’ll claim her.” "‘Tho splendid duducity of her manner almost took away his breath. Ho was prepared for any other rccgption than this. “You are a devil!” he exclaimed in French. Then he added in English, "Do you mean that you were not married to me in Montroux four years ago and that you haven’t traveled half over the con- tinent with me as my wife?” Sho looked at him with resolute defi- "That is precisely ‘Whilt I mean,” re- turned Lola coldiy, firmly and deliberâ€" ately. “Precisely. It is quite ton years since I was in Montreux, and I traveled with my poor dear father alone tip to the time of his death in Neufchatel, two years ago. Obviously you have made some surprising mistake.” “You are mad!” he cried, “You can’t set me at defiance. I have proofs wample, undeniable, completeâ€"that you are 113}: wife.” “A _, ‘ ,‘fl‘. I ,,,,___A, “Proofs? Of What?" she answered more quickly. “Proofs that; you married some one else in my name, maybe. Bring the priest who ever made me your wife hand then talk of proofs. " “You devil, you know he’s dead, but I can‘bring a thousand people to swear to you. Beauty like yours, my girl, can‘t hide itself or be forgotten. But what better propf_is wanting than this gum: you stand here band‘ying words with me over a matter of this kind?” “You recall me to myself. I have been too indulgent to one who, I was led to believe, is mentally afflicted. I will listen no longer- If you repeat the slanderous tale that you have told, I will have. you pitched neck and crop out of the house and kicked down the drive. Do you understand me? Now, “has do you say?’ “Ydu are my .wife, and I have come .1, to claim you, was the reply, sullenly and doggedly spoken. ‘ ‘You make your own choice. In one minute after I ring that ball the servant will be here. and if you' have not re- tracted that slander before 'he come. I will order him to turn Ion Out of the undersaand. aigfit at one the servant fhem alone. fiA‘ , sn', 7, house. " “You are my wife,” he a tween his clinched teeth. Lola crosSed the mom in ‘ I. 'l' ‘‘‘‘‘ 121v WOIOS Au .L‘Lcubu. ” said Lola. as if he “Oh, of course, had mentioned the name of some wine. “Bring some claret, Dalling, and bis- cults. -nn- :Aâ€" Ll‘n (1":rlb While the man was gone for the wine ‘ neither of them spoke, and Lola re- mained standing by the fireplace, flush- ed with a sense of triumph at having ' won the first move in the game, andi thinking steadily what to do next. She knew her antagonist through and through. Sheer, dogged force was the only weapon that would beat him down and hold him in subjection. The slightâ€" eatlsign of weakness on her part, the ‘ faintest signal of fear, would make him ? strong at once. It was only by making l him believe she did not fear the conse- quenccs of his saying all he knew and claiming her that she could how to win. But she knew also that she must :11- ‘MV l‘im n vermin amount of license. vâ€"v-v' But: she knew also that she must al- low him a certain amount of license. Within the limits she laid down he must do'whatme liked, go where he liked and say what he liked, and above all he must be well paid. Thus she saw that the attitude which Thus she saw that she had adepmd a}: the moment and in thing like an inst being used with a she resolved thati ho He broke out in this vein annesr us soon as the men had left the room after returning with the wine. “I suppose you rather plume yourself on having beaten me, don’t- you? And you think that. because I pretended to retract just now you can play with me as you please. Let me tell you on: thing first. I’ll be quite open with you. My retraction is simply and solely for a time, because. my faith”â€"this with a shrug of the shoulders and an I attempted light laugh â€"- “because iti suits me better for the time. But, marl: F me, only for the time.’ ’ ‘ “It will be simpler and quite as effective with me,” answered Lola con: temptuously, “if you will string all your threats together into one. long sen- tence and get it ofl like a child says‘its lesson. The project of yours concerning the scheme in connection with the rio- lin, for which, as I understand, you ‘ want considerable money help. is a much more material .and practical sub- ject for an interview of this kind.” . Pierre Turrian rose abruptly from the low easy chair where he had been sit- ting and began to walk up and down the room, moving his head from side to side and shrugging his shoulders and gesticuluting. Thou, drawing a his pocket, he turm out to her. “Does Lady Waleore.” pausing on the words and laughing, “object to smoke? Perhaps she herself smokes. I have here some cigarettes of the kind my wife,” with another quick. signifiâ€" cant glance at her, “used to like. Will you try one?” He held it open to her with an impu- dent leer on his fair, handsome face. “I take no interest whatever in what your wife used to like or dislike.” re- turned Lo‘a, with an expression of ab- solute ind1fi‘crcnce. “If you Vs 1511 to smoke, you have permission,” wizb a wave of the hand. “My faith. but you are magnificent-â€" sublime! ’ he exclaimed in French. Then he lighted a cigarette, and, drawing in the smoke with the relish of an inveterate smoker. he went on walk- ing up and down the room. ‘iDrclaently he stopped again, and standing close to her he Eaid: “It is‘no wonder that I mistook you for my wife‘ This is just as I can con- ceive her acting in just such circum- stances. She is a magnificent actress, and I have seen her fool menâ€"aye. to the very top of their bentâ€"but there she dificrs from you, madam,” and he bowed low with an assumption of gal- lantry, “for she is the most extraor- dinary and unabashed liar that everâ€"â€" married two men in one name." He shot another glance of swift cun- ning at her and laughed. “I have already told you that I take not the slightest interest in anything that concerns your wife, though I am ready to discuss your scheme if that is what you want.” “But my scheme, evcn if it szzti'.~ fies me today, may not. be enough for me tomorrow. What then?” “I do not understand you and do not choose to try. " “I mean that the purchase price of my scheme and all theeomforc that the success of it may bring to me will cease to satisfy me one day, and that then I may carry out another purpose wofgohaefbronght me to England. " “I don’t askSwn what yovnr purpose is, and I take no interest in it, but i! it. be strong ,enongh to cause you _to give :IDU 511-5 “upâ€"V,“ do you ofler?” he said. terms with slanderers, ’ ’ steadily in the same de- i contemptuous tone in ' spoken before,ltbougb a ruse relief and joy shot ! as she saw that she was 4 in her desperate move. ‘ t the infamous slander; l l l dhétrlrmost on the spur of mg a cigarette case from tamed to her and held‘it s in this vein almcst as had left the room after :oward her compan- iue of her in every 1 1im closely. gradually from his 1 restlessly once or his lip and then his ' the ease and comfort Which meme may bring you and drive 3.5:: step out into .that hard, barren, Work ing world, Wthh _I should ima - ‘ be particularly dlstastefiul to yo“. it will be a matter of surpnse to me. But it will be a matter for you to d . midget course. If y'o_1_111_ke to bEggar mum, course. 11. yuu um; 10 098831”; for a whim, I should not thinofseh one will care, I least of all.” Ann? looked all the defiance which he: War}; conveyed. “That is not true. You do fare , Said angrily, waving the hand “‘1 carried the cigarette betWfln the gem. _ Lola shrugged her shoulders spouse and said‘notbing. “You play the gamna: all the winning cards,’7 I: again angrily, “as if {rm a word strip you cf all 1!; have you bundled into tin- impostor and made the 12. Ian: and 100:: in the mic yonder. I can do thisrumi know. I can brand ym iron of shame and ban} 3:: for a bigamist, and you enough, for all your brav: She was glad he had molar-n It gave her an opportuzxizv home a point; which 513:: } make. “I thought you had retracted that scandal,” she answered 0:51:11? and sternly. “I am quite prepared if Von are to put that to the utt-irmost {est Even if all you said were true,” and she looked him straight in the eves “I would not falter for the space of a’sec. and. Even if it were true all than von could do would never bring back' «3 your side such a woman as you describe your wife to be. You might drive her from any posit-ion she now chances to hold; you might even, as you say, put her in the dock. but how would that either benefit you or bring her nearer to you? If she is such awoumn :5. you an. she is much more likely to face the world without you or, getting freed from you, to marry again. No, 125,31 Tun'ian.” And she laughed easily and light-1y. “Take my advice as u disinter- ested party and stir-i: to the musical scheme which penises yea use and comfort without risk." She paused, and when 1:? made I immediate answer she added: “It is weary work to fight a Cangrg. one and determined womun. yca know, and from what you say that is what your wife seems to be. He took no notice of this. but walked up and down slowly, smoking rigor. onsly and inhaling and puffing out the light blue smoke of 11;; czgxctte with much vehemence. he said at length, “the same point by a \61'. gr.“ can conceive that I 1:41; you mention work on: revenge. If my wife, fir is in a position tr: 1x.- .« scheme, to help me it: understand.’ and he {11:} her as he turned his hand passing, “with mom-y, ‘ and comfort, and I can Here his voice sank and became slow and delib: rolled some of the words utterance of them gave hi her the knowlodgo tn ‘r 1 ms; her at any moment vizb a Si: ;1 I oonld let her live hf: (“C(‘ATU 1. children, maybe, to the man xv; has fooled, and then 1 Co: i. ‘ thread of the jewel hi.ted swcr she has hung up over hf: xvn stab the Whole of he: (33 v s 1:: I marrow of their honor and :sz I could play that part.‘ “But she could kill you fix: Lola, :11 word. . ‘7 He stopped and 1091: smiled coldly. AUGUST IOTH “Well what is it?” (- 7*. said, raising his r_\ his shoal (hrs and .. w . At that instant thv mo; \ and Sir Jafiray cam it: I and DOiSily, as “as h‘S “k .‘I ”Hello, Lola!” be c: much sooner than I might have waited for M. Tunian? I heard he M. anrian? I heard he “‘3" Lola introduced :‘ziz "~“~‘ each scanned the ct thongh the Frenehm in tiny furtively. “1W \ .L.u‘n"~ {A “I have been expm; ...- cote, Whom I had (he ' Slightly some your: :13.“ 1308‘: distinguished and ‘. “559311 my heincum': 1 (To ha 1 -, w life \ hat 30 omfort, and I coulé do more liS voice sank and his uttera W a slow and delibcrgte, mi be some of the words as if the mere nee of them gave him acute pleas- “I could watch her, Ending me: 6 knowledge tint I (mild uni any moment with a singie wori [i let her live he: choir-n life, befl' en, maybe, to the man whom she Joled. and then I could snip the l of the jewel hilted sword which Is hung up over her own life and be whole of he: dupf‘s in the vex? um nf their hnnnr and Stlf ates!!!- (b .9: adden inclined to arr Mar riag 1y 3 Yet; (‘11. : a that I 1222;: :1 work out a my wife, fcr sition ts map 1 help me \T:t'.1 ” and he 11:33.5 onld kill you first ed by the crucify BB-mt ) 37 she now chances 9) van, as you say, put but how wmld that It bring her nearerm 1 awoman asyonaay, e likely to face the 'on or, getting head 3' again. 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