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R “ Friends 2 No l” “My efi‘orts would ha, f" her. rdl lease on, the tennis-ground,” she “ya. If e do“. “Not fees, at least?” I imagine, after what we haveyjllist hezrd, stifled sort of way, and goes thkly 011- . , Lee: I ' She is silent. and besidesâ€"” ward. d B ksm ere a e " 121111cher 0 n, L 0 v E IS AL W A vs T H n s A M E. “Betrayal willcost you dearer than me.” “Besides what?” . 0“ ”“9“" L“ y "”u 0... ’on‘ ' ‘“ 13‘0“ ‘ l l 0 says Staines. “Simply that I believe I have forgotten claims he. in a 10" tone. Id .9" “,0" r “to” - m“ “I think not,” slowly. “ Coward !” she how, that’s all. I had' almost forgotten What haveI done that you shou avald . night. ‘ , “ Lady Branksmere, Of course. Why Says scornfully. that I once used to sing until today.” me 2” . u , . q (“luff ‘1;qu LEAPTER VHL ,what were you alludlng to?” “ A woman’s good name is a brittle thing. Muriel, who is standing near, looks quickly “ I do not award you. lelly- h ' ‘ superior Court a You x” The wgrd fans from Mme. von “ Ah? so ! Hadn’t a notion of such an A touch smashes it.” at him. “I fear you do. I fear {my presence or. . tack of inflamn Thirsk as though without her knowledge. affair as that. But really one never knows “ Yet, I am not afraid. You will never “ Let to-day then be the commencement_ is a, matter of dissatisfaction Io you. But Thirteen the Her eyes are fixed coldly upon Muriel. What those immaculate-looking “’0'?“ are s eh e to smash mine ; whereas you will of a new epoch in your life’s history,” per- I have arranged about that, he gee“! OP. ' vxded for in hi. “ Yes, it is I,” returns Muriel, calmly ; going to be up to next. In love WIth hxm recall, perhaps, that little afi'air With sists Mrs. Amyot, gayly. “Return to your gloomily. “A telegram to-morrow wrl rid . .. . the greatChrls “ I was anxious to see this part of the house, before marriage, you say. And now she Grevecceur andâ€"” old delights. Give place to song. ” you of me. I shall leave as suddenly 88 I g . ‘; Ju1y_ - but Mrs. Stout has told me that it is to you has him here 1’" Staines grows livid. “ To go back upon our lives is denied us,” came.” 0 _ ' It is again I I must come for the keys of it.” “ BY Branksmere’s desire, not her ‘3. It “ Hah !" laughs she, lightly. “ That says Captain Staines, gently. “ And to “I beg you will not do this thmg- I 3"; . _ circles that the Mrs. Scout, has dropped a courtesy and was Branksmere himself who spoolally touches you, it seems. That heart. I am most of us the past is a sealed book to sure you there isno reason whyyou should, ‘ Departments F is out of sight, upon the appearance of ma- invited him.” . . not going to set the social bloodhounds on which we dare not revert. I am sorry I says Lady Branksmere haughtdy. . Mr. Fred \\ hit dame. "Ah ! now, that was kind !” exclaims your trackâ€"yet.” can not please you in this matter, but,” “There is a reason,” breaks out Statue! ._. Mounted Policl “ It is true that my rooms lie beyond Mrs. Amyot. . . “ Sign a truce with me then,” exclaims he turns his gaze suddenly upon Lady in a. low tone, full of suppressed passion. The St. And! ere,” answers madame now. She has quite “ What’s the Joke?" asks Halkett, drop- he._ eagerly. Branksmere, “ music has died within me.” “If you are dead to the past, I am not. I- appointed a c, recovered herself, and proceeds very delib- plug into the chair nearest to her ; “ Any- “ To be kept sacred just so long as I see “ Through dearth of encouragement, know now I should never have come hereâ€" . wards forming erate‘iy to lock the door behind her. thing I may hear Without detriment to my you conducting yourself properly,” returns perhaps,” says Lady Branksmere, coldly, now that it is too late. ” tion with the The action issignificant, and Lady Branks- morals ‘3” . _ she. “ N ow go. The very eight of you is “ If you were to tryâ€"to make an efi‘ortâ€" “And why not here 2” she demanded . Rifles. mere draws her next breath somewhat “ One knows so little about them,” heal- hateful to me.” to recover your lost power, perhaps you with flashing eyes. r A young wom quickly. tates Mrs. Amyot. . . he seems to breathe more freely when he might succeed.” “ Because you are here,” he says, SlOWIY- " found dead th “Your rooms. Yes,” she says, with a “They are unobtrusive, certainly. I as left her, and turns With a. glad smile to “My lost power!” repeats he in a. pe- “Need I have said that? Did you not . ' un d er suspicio coolness. H Iwould not interfere with them, don’t show them off like M138 Mumm. You . argery, who draws near with Curzon Bel- culiar tone. He looks down, and then know my answer? I was mad when I ‘80- ities are retice as long as you remain here; but Mrs. Stout must take them for granted.” ew at her aide. continues softly, “ Well, I will try, if that cepted yourâ€"Lord Branksmere’sâ€"iuvxta- tells me there are at least seven apartments “ I shouldn’t like to take them at all,” Just now she is looking a little worried, is your desire.” in this wing.” lisps Mrs. Vyner. but Mrs. Daryl is not allowed time to in- “ Six,” corrects madame, amiably.” “ I shall tell Colonel Vyner abo ' “ What I wish to see,’ tion, but I could not refuse it. But now _ “Not mineâ€"Mrs. Amvot’s,” says Lady that . ut your quire into the matter. ’ continues Muriel, incivility to me,” says Halkett, “' so far as kno I have comeâ€"now that I have seenâ€" ) coroner s ‘Equ Lady Branksmere, Brandksmere, haughtily. when all the old sweet memories force them- ; There h“ . . If you per- sweeping up to them, lays her hand on “Oh, yes, mine certainly,” laughs Mrs. selves back upon me, I feel I dare not re- t small pofx hosd' stolrdly, “ are the rooms out of these six sist in this persecution of an unprotected “’xlnclmina’s'arm. Amyot. main.” ‘ . victim ° t e ‘ that you do not occupy. Your boudoir, young man. By the by, is he here ‘3” “ I wantto introduce you to Lady Anne "’ The group at the piano lelde and make “ You will please yourself about that, 01' g B” Adams.- your bedroom, are your own ; but the I “ He is always on evxdence. One can Half~way across the gallery Muriel looks room or him. Hrs voice is not powerful, course,” answered Muriel, coldlv. ' Mr. “Hill: others?” not escape him,” says Colonel aner’s round. but clear and elastic, and for exquisite “ To so will not please me,” declares he, .1 Hamilton, and “ The others,” echoes madame, with an I Wife. So you know Captain Staines 9” timbre could hardly be equaled. hurriedly. warehouse, Wes expressive little shrug. “Ah! You do “ Well, I still want to hear about what “ Slightly, yes. I met him abroad, in Lady Anne is profoundly touched, and “ Then stay,” indifi'erently. deprived 0‘ bl not know, perhaps, that I do a little dille- was amusing you so intensely a. moment Brussels where the old' people went once stands gazing at “the singer with tears in “Are you a stone ?”he cries, vehemently. - years ago he los tante painting. Just quite a very little. since,” persists Halkett, “if I may, with- and took me with them. ” her eyes. “ Have you altogether forgotten 3" sufl‘ermg from But it is a joy to me, and I hate that the ' out blushing.” Then Lady Anne is reached, and the in- Muriel is standing well within the shel- “Altogether !” she says stoutly. and the others} servants should meddle with my afl‘airs, “ That, certainly,” castings coquettish troduetion is gone through. ter of a velvet portiere, but her face is in “ I Won’t believe it,” protests ho. While ”mm“ andâ€"” glance at him. “ Mrs Vyner and I were Meantime, Margery has sunk in a rather the light. The shadow of a terrible grief “What i in this little space of time to have 7 he suddenly “But- six rooms for painting,” interrupts merely discussing the amiabilityofthe res- eJeeted fashion upon the deep window seat is desolating her beautiful face. Some all, all blotted out ! Nay, I defy you to " ’ Courtland Fre Lady Branksmere, ruthlessly. ent age 3” Here sheleans a little ““313 and 1' gazing out upon the wooded hill cruel thoughtâ€"a. crushing remembranceâ€" say it from your heart. Now and again - 1y shot his wife “ Not altogether, you will understand.” her friend. “My little story was not yours,” steepedun dying sullShine, and on the ake hitherto subdued, seems now to have sprung some thought from out the pure sweet past in a hallway on hen, with graceful politeness, “ You de- She murmurs, confidentially. “Sentiment far down below that is sparkling as if incan- into fresh life, and to have reached a colos- must rise within your breast. Yet lave Tuesday. He ti . sire the wing. perhaps? It has been. up to had nothing to do With it- I“ was some‘ descm- sal height. That music has undone ber could never have been to you what it was * . police. ' The firsl thiS, apportioned to your husband’s grand. thing else. Gambling debts, a row of some “ You didn’t mean it really, did you 2” quite to me. You wronged me Muriel, as onlya in the shoulder, mother, she being, unfortunately, attached 30“: in some 0111b abroad. To tell you the d-Sks Bellow, presently. Somebody drags a chair With a little woman can wrongs. man. You betray- , and the third in] to it for many reasonsâ€"and tome it is con. I truth, I am always rather vague about my “ That I am not gomg to the country taspmg norse along the polished floor, and ed me.” and wife had bee venient, as being near ‘0 her, 3° that at any l little stories ““1933 the subjects Of them ball, next Thursday fortnight? Certainly, I Lady Branksmere starts as though violent- “I?” and the woman moment, night or day, I may £98011 her happen ‘30 beâ€"” . ‘ . meant it. Why should you doubt me 9” ly awakened. “You. Was I the first who broke faith? . ' , request toreturn 1 Without disturbing the household ; but, if “ Your intimate friends," mterposes u But your reason ‘3" u Thank you. It is a. charming song,” Have I married? And now, standing here you wish it”â€"blandlyâ€"“ we can, of course, Halkett. “ Reasons rather. for they are ‘ plentiful she says, indifi‘erently, turning her gaze full together move, weâ€"" “ Ah lmake it acquaintances. It sounds as blackberries’ But why should I give on “I do not wish to disturb Lady Branksâ€" better.” returns Mrs. Amyc t. them 9” mere in any way,” protests Muriel, haught- “ Talking of them,” ' wounds are of a “did you ever see a face to face once more, you tell me have no longer aplace even in your Captain Staines. “ I always think you I than most thoughts, that it is nothin are better worth listening to fly. ‘I_merely expresseda desire to see Mr. David McL “ Give one at least,” pleads he. a waggon at Ham g to you whether when the horse ‘ people. Now, for your waltz,” smiling at I go or stay ‘3” away. Mr. Mfl . “ Take the principal one, then. I haven’t Mrs. Amyot. . “ Nothing,” returns she, slowly. “I waggon and rut . , Madame von Thirsk? HOW shechooses her a gown lit to be seen in.” She seats herself at the vacant piano, and shall nevertheless be very pleased If 0‘1 surgery. Blood W “Ah :” she says With an agreeable little gowns ! _ Its a talentâ€"posrtlve talent 3 “ Oh 1 stuff and nonsense,” says Mr lets the first bars of the brilliant waltz float Will stay With us for a little while,” she his leg. and beforl smile, and slips the key she holds Into her Thirty, It a day. and doesn’t Iook twenty- Bellew. through the room. says languidly. ’ pocket. two. I hope when I’m run thirty 1'11 100k “ 1 (111's say !” indignantly. “ That is â€"-â€"-â€" , “It appears, then, that I cannot?” she half as well." just the brilliant remark one mitrht ex ect 88y8, wx;h a pale smile, “ \Vhen Will that be I” ESkS “ If, indeed, I mi Mrs. Amy ot ght still consider this mischievously. “I accept your invitation,” declares small portion » MW e to Lady Branksmere, and she will be pleas- ed to receive her tl message sounds like a. command and Mur- the unfortunate m - death resulted in 1 CHAPTER XI Staines, suddenlyâ€"almost defiantly, and .. : nor of the accident: . . “‘3 there 13 V912? little non- ' turning away, strides impatiently down ‘ sense about it, let me tell you, and no stuff “ The Dowager Lady Branksmere’s lov of your house ” (with a pecul- “ Never 1” calmly. “ I have made up at allâ€"net a yard of far bow) “as belonging to me and my my mind to go from twenty-eight to fifty patient, Lady Branksmere, ' itâ€"or probably I’d go. But to appear shabbily gowned is a thing I will not do. If I did,” ' ' ' glance at her slave, “ a side corridor‘to find himself all but in Mr. J' H- Turnl the arms of Mme. von Thirsk ! ture in the British (TO BE CONTINUED.) I should be i m a week. But pay atten tion to madame. grateful,” returns madame, meekly. “ You say the servants are forbidden to enter your rooms,” she as She is worth it. ” who is at present i Redistribution biI _ “w“ session as, had it _ very first to find fault Wiyfiumzauld be the belesllltows asxde her brush, and prepares to How the Ocean 35,me Salt. . census returnS, w‘n ys,lookingstralght is foreign l‘lie latter counts a. great “ I would ‘3” “'1 wish I could go With you-â€"she 1s m- Prof. Edward Hill read a. paper before corrict, itnuould h at madame. “NO one, then, has access deal.” , . “ YOS. you. Picture me to yourself in teresting, as fossils usually are~but the the Victoria Institute recently on “ How “Imam”. there save yourself?” ’ “ I think it is all those dear little soft that heirloom of mineâ€"the ol whitesilk~” fact is she abhors me. I am too large, too the waters 0f the ocean became salt ” FPO?“ M.” Frank M-CLe‘ “And Mrs Brooks. She it, is” (pointedly) I high frills she wears round her throat,” “ You look lovely in itâ€"” healthy, too fleshy for her.” laughs Lady an inquiry into the character and afi‘initles “$30,133 stave mm.” “Who summons me at night to the bedside says Mrs Amyot reflectuely. “ Nothing “ A mongst all the others tricked out in I Anne, “ I look out of place in that ghast- 0f the organic forms °f PM" geological a!“ win} a cemble 'de‘ ofâ€"my patientâ€"when my presence there betrays one like the throat. But 1 don’t their host- bibs and tuckers straight from 1y old room of hers. ” the conclusion was justified that the waters “ lnle endeavorlng is necessary, Which” (with slow force) “is ! admire her as much as you do There is a. White and Worth. Confess you would be “I can t see that you are more robust °f the ocean must have n 9315 from tery staveâ€"cutting mad very frequently.” Isly, catty look about her that annoys me. as lamerl. of me.” than Madame von Thirsk. Ye; she mler. early geolOgical times. but it by no means “a“ m between ‘ 6‘ Mrs. Brooks only?” If I were Lady Brankgmere-" u Ashamed 1" - ates her,” says Muriel. ‘followed that they were as fully saline as “I have said, n returns madame decisive~ “ Well ?” “ Yes, thoroughly,” with decision. “ You “ She adores her ” corrects Lady Anne ” ly. l “I should give her her walking-papers needn’t imagine that you are a bit better ' , . “ So?” says Lady Branksmere. “Itiflmlght off.” seems a. pitv madame, you will permit no gs of yours, which, am sure, are well worth a visit.” She turns away with and he was dragge arm and shoulder w and his face was. lived for an hour 211 “You should rememb has been to Branksmere than the rest of you, and all men hate u dowdy woman.” er how good she all these yearsâ€"or at least to his grandmother,” murmurs â€" an insolent air, and Mrs. Vyner, demurely. “And thenâ€"he now how the friend- / salinity of the ocean waters from very early en years periods of geological time. First, by sup- The \Ianaging (l was kill~ posing that the primeval waters were sat- real General hospiu CH PTEP ed.” She always alludes to her dead hus- urated ““11 391d gases Wblch were held in the petition of a ma A t L X. banias u 00,. Arthur.” “You know Arthur suspension in the vapor surroundin the 8°33 down the gallery with her usual slow hasaskedCaptain Staiues to hishouse. There ., . a. (l‘ fpv it H w th g and stately step is such athinw as gratitude n Mrs. Amyot, when the Idea. 0f dancmg W s for a or e. e as o O x . a -‘ She stops short when she has turned a “ 0h ! Branksmere’s all right,” says through thv afternoon ‘3 corner, and is out of sight of h e eldest, and incandescent globe requesting the Coml ; or, secondly, that the propoun'led to her it was only by a. luckiess er foe, and Halkett, suddenly. “And Lady Branks- ls delighted WM) It; so is Mrs. clinches her hands with to issue to two woxn‘ chance that salinity resulted from a process resembling .. College Peirmisiion.‘ Vyner in Branksmere came in for the title. You know that. by Wthh salt lakes 0f the present day basing tile" Oblechll ,, her languid fashion. So indeedis everybhdy all about that duel in She is talking confi- had been formed. He thought that they there ”mtg no 139‘” . uncontrollable ‘ "1358â€" except Aunt Selina. 1 dentially to Muriel. must concur With Dr. Sterry Iqut, that cation of women I? ”33’33'1 .. a. - .- f . '. hitters: swarm. an... hem... .. “Isms, 1...... beenkmed Wu... :zzt.ssse::"::.°'°lh" it?“ We“; -* t2°°il§$°afiéiid°t - fade!) Sellfey a e P13351101! 1193 "13m er fog}; (”:8 berg) ‘ B t0 3t 2 St . ., their acquaintance, has been greatly taken 1 thf‘f' ‘5 all. , , b f 1w” erg” 1e primeva en pp 1 . . grows smgu ar y ca m. at her. a we , . 13°- “ 3P am :5 ames - by her, new approaches her with a winnin Branksmere, George, your husband 0939'”, as 7 at he} greater P§°POFtl°D 0f 13m ‘ lips as she moves onward seem to have taken I He’wouldn t Slut me, at allnevenls. smile. g was with him at the time. He, George, the salts were chlorides, and chlorine was h t 'k of the d a hard, stern, determined line l ‘ I wonder Wh'J W011“ '3 asks Halkett, H You dance, of course Miss Mumm n he hinted to me that it was a quarrel about = but very slightly represented in river ‘ 3“}? s In 3 has enl . . . . . . . capelessly. _ bl ” _ says, u may I haveâ€"‘3” ’ ’ money ;bvt he was so distressed thatI knew waters °f “1° present day. tot’urhlhglzlg work 1111 From the south gallery comes the sound ly. hon do admire. y, retorts she, saucr- .. Dance .3 N0 !" interrupts Miss Mumm. 1the1 wretched affair heiarisfin out of some 5 Flrpm the examples of closed lakes they re of many voices and much laughter, and .. Noâ€"no more tea thank you Mr. Bel- “I should think not, indeed. I wouldn’t be ailxdt of poor Arézhzr d. e was rather can I ftcrmxne the process of sahmfication the welcome clatter of cups and saucers: lew v says Mrs. Afnyot looking up at guilty 0f such lightness.” ‘She 13 sixtyif :1. W1 ’ you see, an a an ungovernable W“ he utmo the breath of innumerable roses mingled Cur-Eon. u But you can gfve ° day, and on an average “’91 with the fragrant odor of the steaming ‘5 - floats on the air. The trustees of Sh qhs about seven- temper. From win-+- I could dr een stone. st certaint Throu hout report that an: thous ag out of greater or shorter periods lilieselahesg had Stratford-on-AVODW we: a Branksmfre, who was most reticent about en receiving the waters of rivers, bring- MY- Gladstone ”in . _, . n n D H No, no u so. 5 Mr. Halkett u Y01 it, I should say poor Arther lost himself ing down mechanically sus endedsedlments poet laureate: ma 9" The walls are sparsely studded thh InthThwm'do’tv/I talgmglto madame. actionS, I fe’el suri, are not open tb censulr: 0"“ some a air in " brilliant saloon, and and chemically dissolvedpsalts, silicates, Lord Iem‘ym’ to 1l Priceless plates of hideous colors and de- h at lsSh rs « an; B'll1 an-ci'omer al- of that sort. “Whatever you are ”~with 1‘33””ly insulted theman by whom he be- an carbonates. The sediments were precip- ‘\ art critic. signs and on a large black rugs. little mallet er. ‘ l: 1TH“; 1 y I ary lately, Profound and respectful convictionâ€"“I an lieved he had been coeated ” She pauses itated over the bottoms 0f the lakes, and .. The first shipment- sleepy puss is snoring blissfully. Taken as :r ehmarrllect er. d ”fl ”Ob 33,,“ thh' sure you are not light. " “ He was shot dead.” she says, in a low the water being carried ofi into the atmos- the season arrived 11 a whole, it is a charming picture, and Lady 11?; mg 9(‘39 50‘“; t: 2; you - n 'th n It is a. comfort to know that you sir, at whisper, tapping her ..ngers nervously upon 9 lere 1n the form of vapor as far as it en- morning. The com Branksmere standing on the Persian mat ~ '1 esl‘s'o” ac ‘ l aligmdyl’ w: a least, have measured me justly,” returns the table. . t? red, left behind the dissolved ingredients. ‘he British Board Of before the fire in a tea gown of ancient ”all: e}; d . 0’ . turrdnng to “($5 rimrose, Aunt Selina, gravely. “In my time, that “ How terribleâ€"fr" you.” '1 ese necessarily augmented in quantity, ing the animals 8? brocade, complhtes it. E 0 1’: 139“ 1101.116 them, ’t l atv’ls Mrs. abominable romp called dancing was looked “ Yes, terrible. .Bnt do you know, now and ultimately the waters of the lakes be- inspection. She is talking to old Lady Primroseâ€"a. “1%,, tie exfjs’mzifll mid of he, upon as little less than sin. We were CO... I can think of” qunecalmlr It all 1182- “We saturated with salts and carbonates. Mr. Michael Davis placid person with corkscrew ringlets and father endkhe was a re. aid bone mer- tent mph more innocent amusements, such pened so long ago, you see. ‘Seven years 18 which were then deposited. The ocean ber of youngest Co: a desirable souâ€"an d is smiling kindly. She h t g, 8 as, for instance, ,‘Puss m the corner,’ ‘Blind a tremendous space nowadays. Yes, it all was a closed lake of enormous magnitude, declared a bankrupt, is looking pale and slender and extremel c finN- t t l” t M V man’s.bufl‘,’ ‘Kiss in the ring,’ ‘Hunt the happened the year madame came to the and. they were thus brought to the con- ' the costs connected ‘1 beautiful. 3 “Th o 19. al ,ld corgefi sl rel.)f yner. slipper,’ and a variety of other simple castlen Poor Arthur was killed about the Cluslon that the saltness of the sea might test in North Meath Everybody is talking more or less, and door 1:: dig)’ 8° en a. S mng e ore his sports.” beginning of the year, and she came here have originated in very much the same way Chiltern Hundreds. the soft hubbub caused by the voices rows “"he didn’t get a'pennvfrom her father ” n There 13 a great deal in what you say,” u out Six months afterward. I (remember as mad that of the Dead Sea,Lake Oroomiah, William Townsend rowsy. Somebody at the upper end of the . H lk “‘Th ’ he agrees solemnly, “ a great deal. We 1t Parked)“ She was ,3 friend 0t some peo- or the Great Salt Lake Of Utah, and man gallery ,3 playino the 1mm, vet delicatel mterwpfi a_ ett. ere was an Old might all take it to heart with much benefit ple Branksmere knew In Tuscan .” o ers which possessed in common the _ l t' h' . .7 3’ general something or other, an uncle of to ourselves- There are ssibi iti h t “She seems to have iven up Tuscan characteris amos m a w lsperas It were. _ hers, who enriched her. You’ll like her. ‘K' - th - . bef p0 es a on At this moment a servant throws w1de She’s real grit, as they say in her early 153 m e ““83 0 the tapestry hangings at the end of the gal- home. " lery and announces: have had intention * Gladstone, was again glandâ€"in Branks- the great envelope of va or whi attractions of dancing pale. And as for mere. rather.” P ‘Hunt the slipper !’ why should “Captain Staines.” “ Strangers are often interesting. I shall ch surround magistrate and was . ed t e incandescent globe began to con- cal emcer wast‘nztofp we not hunt .. Yes. I shouldn’t minfl. that, if I were dense upon its cooling surface, the result- upon the que8 10 k If h ,, it now ‘2 Mrs. Am yet, will you join me 111 you bhe is very good to the old lady, and mg waters, thong containing, as Dr. Late on Saturday n ma e myse pretty to er, say: Mrs. the chase? Miss Mumm, I feel sure Will useful when t e dowr.ger has one. of her Sterry Hunt supposed, acid 8;”);332-1 S‘fiy “16::in She alfp?:rs to know kindly give us the rules.“ troublesorne days. Going to her now 9” - . u use, -a v . ,. - . . ., . . . . CHAPTER IX. ”fit” s.°m° People a: :fi sevents. it ap- ‘ You WI“ find "9 dell! remarks MISS ‘ I Wleh y0u could come With Imvoluntaril Mumm, severely. “Let that be understood. “ I shouldn’t be welcome. ” Dull, but,” with withering f owe “decent!” “ Would I do '2” asks Mrs. Amyot ami- Without further ado she takes herself ably. off, and a universal peal of laughter follows “I am afraid you would b was exploded in the q Courts, Dublin. Tn. buildings were not in was hurt. It is not « Process carried on despatcn, that the p y a favorite ; Colonel Vyn- but coldly. and ore devoted to eyes and turns them upon his wife. “I hope Jenkins was in time to meet your train ? He started rather late,” says l Lady Lady Branksmere, lently to welcome y Lord Branksmere lifts his ( pears he ’5 hardl Anne as he draws near advancing so very judo. Statues, turning sudden] g l throwing the bomb “f 0 e worse than 81 urian erlod, brought the waters to a life. as 8‘ 3118‘“ “he "1 d n on the last echo of her footsteps Lady Anne,” says Muriel, smiling. “ You condition suited to sustain the life of forms D deserted. 'h’ l ' . y roun , nds “Annie, will you sing us something are too bright,.too airy. It 15 only ghostly 0f inhabitants representative of those which - . the new-comer, that as" "If“ if?“ t° fa”? w’l'h. Mrs. Daryl. whilst they are arranging the things~ ut. bony people hke me the 03-11 endure I Inhabited the ocean at th his hand touches hers she is still 'on the! This ls‘a surprise, 13 it not? smiles she ting the footstools to one side on asks ,shall give your kind regretst border of the Persian rug. Her uncon cern [calmly ‘ But I should. have given you Muriel. is so complete, so utterly without efi‘ortgcredit for being proof against all casualties (apparently) ‘that B mere, however, if you like.” - “ What a tiresome number of ranksmere draws a‘of such a. nature. Have you never yet haLady Anne Branksmere, who 18 never Lady breath of passionate relief. He had 31- taken thatto heart?” gers are an the Branksmeres there are,” remarks Mrs. keys, moves briskly to the piano. Vyner, “115'- “She sings?” asks Mrs. Vyner, vaguely. “ “ T°° .many,” acquiesces Lady Anne. “0h, charmingly. Not magnificently or There 13 the d0 rsrrsn e These long ages might I: s Present day. Large number: of - 't' . the archzean and azoic . from the Ru is periods, but the ‘ The exhibitors in M x. .__ ' World‘s Fad; formula! . . wager, there is me, there Hatchin Fish U . -' over-charge .or pow . loudly, you know ; but with feeling and all ‘5 .M‘mel' I felt 8° horrified at the idea 0! The Chinese: ndel‘ Hens - threaten to mthdn” . . ‘ . “‘I beg your pardon,” exclaims he, fol- that so“ of thing," says Primrose. “Tell being placed as No.2amongst the dowagers the' s f fiahve a method of hatching Miss Frances .lel - It is scarcely a whisper, either, rather a ,lowmg her further into the window recess. you a fellow who sings well, too. Staines. that I went back to my Old name, and be- f pawn ° .8 ’ and thus Pmtect'ng It advocate. has entirely word or two spoken involuntarily. Mme. -‘ “I know nothing. remember that. ' You Like a bird, he sings. Very hard to make came, if not Lady Anne Hare, at least Lady spam lose accidents thh generally de- of her years of hard von . Thirsk is standing beside him. A8 are married, than? and to Daryl? By Jove! im war lo. I expect he thinks it wise to Anne. A safe return, Muriel,” 38 the pres- ' roty afi ahrge portion Of It' , ordered to Switzerlano Manuel’s cold. measured tones meet her ear, Youâ€"you are Lady Branksmere’s sister-in- make himself rather scarce in that way. out Lady Branksmere moves toward the mar In s firm“; collect "1th care from the , ‘ mer. she‘ draws. a breath of admiration. . law 2” T . Adds to his popularityâ€"see 2" door. , 1n ogs 1:; negligcehof Water all “1°33 8°19" , .‘ The paid admissions ‘ Magnlfi’centl she says. _ “Yes. it by should the fact cause you He would want to add something to it ; “,Then I won ‘7 d0 1'” asks Mrs. Amyot, fig and after fire 3““ the spawn of on Saturday did not “ What?’ he asks, sharply, turn mg emotion? ask: she coutemptuously. by all accounts, it is thin l” whispers Mrs. pathetically- . ushtit ' the. filfy :Eefound a suflicient " The Board of Lady abruptly to her. ” . “ It doesn t, returns he. Amyot. ' “ Yes, you Wlll for me, admirably,” says flesh hails e y h' 3:1 I” the shelI of 3 - themselves on record . . 1‘ That old brocade, .with a.li_ttle snper- “Is that so? Then why have you grown “Eh ? Can’t say, I’m sure,” says Lord Halkett, who ”‘3 1““ stepped in through em tied s+ gg, Wthlc hthey 8'" PFGVIO‘IBII - ' "f - of the fair on Sen crllons glance at Muriel’s toilet, and an so red ?’ demanded Mrs. Daryl. “Look Primrose, rather puzzled to whom Staiues ‘the wm 0w. “So take heart and a tennis 3. slittin ,hgop up e ole and put “7 under ‘ mg be t five hand " ambiguous 3111118. here, my friend! if you have come down 18 more or less a stran er “Thought he racket at the some time. We are having At thge x '- t' f .' 1A ukee were cl- ~ -. u 1 say l . says. MP: Amyot, .“ that l3. here With the intention of making it un- was rather a fancy article, run after a good 311011 3 game Ollt here. Come 039-90me do 8 th eblm'?‘ “in 0 3 certain number of . Milwau of Revive. Oaptain Staines, 1811 t it} Some little story pleasant for anybody. I’d advise you to d'é'al and that, eh ?" ' all of youâ€"and let’s make an afternoon of Sthe ey rea t e shell 1n Wilt” Wamd 3 obseStIIWOver live about him wasntthgre?’ ” chuck u that mtent’lonasspeedilyaspos- “Captain Staiues, will you sing to us it” ' yThe 81:21:13: f ‘ gab "led- “I never heard 1t:mounted to that, 811239. , here too 3’ . now 2” says Mrs. Amyot, suddenly, who Muriel crossing the hall slowly-being in and are3ke tg' ry am; presently hatched, ’ ' ‘ri‘llngresident of . dmwls Mrs. V ner. He was very decid- . I, don t ago why you attack me like had been ayiugto make im sing ever since no safe to gain the chamber Where the old are lar e E m lure nah water t-m “my ed), epns WI her before he: manage, the, 331‘} Stamegsuikfly. Then suddenly Prhnrose told her he was chary of dame resin solitary stateâ€"comes sudden] g noug I to be thrown ‘ butâ€"” he lifts 5'8 head ind leeks at her; “ can’t giving his voice to the world. face to face w: y P es With whom!" . we be friends 7” cake he. “I think 11 ‘ d