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A O'Donnell looked after him, angry in his turn-then, glancing at his {watch and seeing that time was 'tly- ’ 'Wil tell, at last!" he thought sav- agely. 'tll humble the Earl of Ruy's-‘ land; and for her---let her resent it if she will. I have been her puppet long enough. While she cared tor no one more, T hoped against hope, but now that she has fallen in love with this Irish free-laiee. let her go. My tslav- ery ends from to-day." He turned away from him in a pas- I Csio‘n orw'rath agaihst her, against the; tim, haughty, amazed chasseur, i against' himself and his infatuation,‘ and dashed into the belt of gloomy; woodland that shut in the gloomyl house. s, I "Yonder is Hannah-it you want to .see the miserable wt-etch hids'qn for five years at Bracken Hollow, fuu nad" better go. I shall tell him, not you." , His angry jealousy flashed out in every look, in every. word. He hated this man-this dark, dashing, Irish soldier-with his ' magnificent stature, his handsome, dusky face. Katherine loved him! Was it part of her wvetch,- ed destiny always to love 'men utterly iiidifferent to, her, While he-all his life it seemed to him he had lain his heart at her feet, and it had beenHess to her' than the ground she trod. "Who can comprehend a, woman- least of all such a woman as Katherine Dangerfield? But for once she shall he disobeyed. For six years I have obeyed her in good and evil; now I refuse to obey longer. The truth shall be told-yes, by EIeaven.'---let their pride suffer as it may. They shall know that the girl upon whom they trampled is ot their blood.' He, with all his dignity and mightiness, shall find she is his daughter!" "Who?" O'Dohnell asked, with a piercing glance. But Henry Otis moodily drew back. Redmond O'Donnell looked up from the leter with a face of pale wonder. 'Weary,' My ,brother: You will be mirprised--pained, angered, it may be '--whett I tell you I am going, and coming back no more. I give it all up-all the plotting, the weary, wick.. ed, endless scheming that brought re. venge perhaps, but never happiness. And the confession is burned! They shall never Know-neither my father, nor she who has taken my place un- wittingly, shall ever be rendered mis., erable by the truth. I can remember now that she at least was ever gentle and sweet to me. If I told them to- morrow, I could not, would not, take her place; my father would never care for me-would look upon me as a shame and disgrace. Let it go with all the rest. Captain O'Donnell has proven himself my friend; for his sake I renounce my cherished vengeance. Let the miserable woman we have lured here go. Care for poor Gaston as you have always cared. Do not follow me; when happier days come I will go to you. Do not fear- for me; I I will not return to the stage; I shall live honestly and uprightly for the time that is to come, God helping me. Sir Robert Dangertield'is money is in Hannah's keeping; restore it to him; I would die sooner than use it. Tell Captain O'Donnell that while I thank him--thank him with all my heart and eso1ai----1 still cannot go with him. For, my own sake I cannot. He has been my salvation; to my dying day his memory and yours will be the dearest in my heart. Dear Henry, my best friend, my dearest brother, farewell; I have been a trouble, at dist"ress'to you, from the tirstp this last flight Will trouble and distress you most of all; but it is tor the best-the rest never were. Farewell! Katherine. ”What does she mean?" he asked. "Dare not come with me for her own Sake! What folly is this?" I Henry Otis returned [ his glance gloomily enough. He undefstood, if O’Donnel did not. O'I7onnell obeyed. It bore the date that day, and was significantly brief. And Henry Otis, looking into the dark, gravely haughty face, knew that he spoke the truth. He handed him the letter. "It is from her," he said, "to me. Read it," . f me. What you mean about /'enonne- lug her birthright and all that, you may know-l don't. I urged her to give up the life of falsehood and de- ception she has been leading lately for one mone worthy, of her, and I under- stood her to say she would. The in- fluence I possess over her is only the influence any true' friend might pos-' sess. Further than that, if you want me to know what you are talking about, you will be kind enough to explain." " "My good fellow," O'Donnell cried impatiently, "if you intend to talk Greek, talk it, but don't expect me to understand. And I never was clever at guessing riddles. It Miss Herncastle has run away, I am sin- cerely sorry to hear it--it is news to "You don't understand?" Otis re- peated, still with suppressed anger. "Have you not been the one to coun- Bel her to renounce the aim of her Jite, to resign her birthright because, forsooth, the woman who has usurped it is your friend? Have you not been the one to urge this tlight-to compel this renunciation ? a. little less aggressive, and to make your meaning a little more clear." "Rose," he said, step in here and wait until I rejoin you." She obeyed with a startled look. "Now, then, Mr. Otis, let us understand one another; I don't comprehend one word you are saying, but I do comprehend that you have taken a most disagreeable tone. Be kind enough to change it to one Redmond O'Donnell stood and look- ed at him, his straight black brows contracting, his voice sinking to a tone ominously low and calm. "Gone-ned-run away. That would not surprise me; but this does." He struck angrily an open letter he held. "Captain O'Donnell, what have you been saying to her-what influence do you possess over her that she should resign the triumph of her life, in the hour of its fulfilment, tor you? By What right do you presume to come here, and meddle with what in no way concerns you?" (Continued Prom Last Week) THE LAST LINK a!” There was the very} audible report of a very audible embrace, and then Mr.,' Lafierty in great haste made his "Oh, tare an' ages'. Shure there he is himself.' Give us a kiss, Shusan. me darlin' av the wurlldhan' long life to ye tilLI, come back." . ' "lspity.r I say; you ‘sgoundrel, do you want to be late ?" called the voice of his master. -"C0me along here --.- there's not a minute to lose." an' troth if he's half as unaisy, an' half as throublesome on her hands as he is on mine, it's hersilt'll be sick an' sore av her bargain. An' it's on me two knees I'd go to ye this minute, me darlin', av it wasn't owin' to the dampness of the grass, an' the rheu- matism that does be throublin' me in the. small ay me back, an' ax ye therltorriinst she,' air -ye’11 be Mis- ,thress Lgffenty. I.And faith! it's not to more than half a dozen ioung wom- en livin' I'd say the like." "Why dou't I lave him, is it? Up- on me conscience, thin, it's long and many's the day ago I'd av left him wid his sodgerin' an' his thrampin', if I cud have found iver a dacent Irish boy to thrust him wid. But there it was, ye see-av a bullet from a, rifle, or a poke from a pike cut his sodger- ing short, I was always to the fore to close the corpse‘s eyes, an' wake him comfortably, and see that he, had a headstone over him, as a dacent O'- Donnell should. But, Shure-this is a secret, mind-her ladyship, good luck to her! has him now, or, will shortly; Mr. Lafferty and rosy-cheeked bar- maid were ensconced behind a tree, Lanty seated on the pump, Susan dis- solved in tears-a Jove-seene,undoubt- edly. Susan's reply was inaudible, but her lover might be heard by any one who chose to listen. ' “see now---that I may niver sin- Goil pardin me tor swearinu--but I'll come back to ye-an' maybe marry ye-it I don't see anybody I like bet- ter. Arrah! where's the good av' crying and screechih' in this way? Shure-me own heart's broke intirely --so it is. An' thin ye can write to me when I'm away; an' isn't that same a comfort? Faith! it's a. beautiful hand ye write-auuil to iver a school, master iu Ballynahaggart, An' ye'll dait yer letthers in this way: 'Misther Lanty Lafferty, in care o' the Masth- er. In Furrin parts.' Arrah! hould yer noise, an' don't be tetchin' the parish down on us. Far or near, amn't I ready to stick to ye, Shusan, through thick an' thin? Arrah, is it doubtin' me ye are? See now, it's the truth I'm tellin'; that T may go to my grave feet foremost it " isn't." She went, without a. word. She drew her veil over her face, and cried silently behind it. They reached the Silver Rose; Lanty and the luggage were here. The luggage was ready-tor the railway, but Lanty was nowhere to be seen. The sound of voices in the courtyard, however, guided his master -Mr. Lafferty's melifluous Northern accent was not to be mistaken. She was on the grass outside the gate when she recovered, her brother bathing her forehead and holding her in his arms. She looked up into his eyes, burst into a sudden passion of crying, and hid her face on his breast. He was very tent and gentle with her-he let he in peace. Present- ly he stooped a 'issed her. "If you are ready we will go new, Rose," he said. "You must not see him again. It can do no good-his case is 110peless--he knows no one, and when he is disturbed he gives trouble, the old woman says. Come, Rose, be brave---it is hard on you, but life is hard on all of us. Since we must bear our troubles, let us at least bear them bravely." "I might have known it would be too much tor' her," he said. "I shpuld never have let her come." He started in his sleep-i/dark, large sunken eyes ppened aha looked at her. As she met them, the last trace of life left her face---shersank backward-ir brother caught her as she fell. There was nothing revolting or ter- rible in the sight. As he lay asleep all the old beauty was there-the calm and the peace. One arm supported his head--he was neither worn nor thin-- he had changed very little. The clas- sic profile was turned toward them-- the long, black lashes swept his cheeks, the lips were parted in some- thing like a smile, the glossy black, curling hair was swept off the fore- head. He looked beautiful as he lay there asleep. And over Rose’s heart the old love surged-the great wrong he had done her was forgotten-she only remembered she had been his wife, and that he had loved her once. Her face worked-she sank on her knees. _ "Gaston.' Gastonl" she whispered growing ghastly. l She softly opened th'e door and led the way in. They followed, Rose cling- ing to her brother's arm-white, trembling from head to foot. She was led to a, bed; upon it a figure lay, asleep, motionless. A hot mist was before her eyes; for a moment she could not look;then it cleared away. She strove to comand herself, and for the first time in seven years Rose Marie Dantree looked upon her hus- band's face. "Make no noise," she said, in whisper; "he's asleep." Hannah in silence led the way up a dark, spiral staircase to an upper room, She cautiously inserted a Key and unlocked the door. saw it and asked no question-he felt no inclination to subject himself to further rebuffs. Let them all go-he did not understand them---he washed his hands from henceforth ot the whole affair. Old Hanna was in waiting-she, too, looked gloomy and forbidding. Her nul'sling had fled-in some way this young man had to do with it, and Hannah resented it accordingly, He "I was not quarreling," he answered shortly. "Rose, we have no time to spare. See this man if you will and let us go. _1 want to catch the tive, o'clock train." “Who is that man, Redmond ?" she asked timidly-"were you quarrelintr? How angry he looked!” ing, he rejoined his sister waiting anxiously in the porch. Lord Ruysland lifted his hat bland- ly. For the last two or three minutes he had been watching' a tall young man approaching' him-a perfect stranger-with the evident intention of speaking. As he paused before him, his debonajr lordship too? the initiative, lifted his beaver, and ad- dressed him. to ---t111arrel with her lord and master- defy Sir Peter, and involve herself and all her ‘relations in trouble? Why can't Queenie bloom and smile as the affianced bride of one of the richest young baronets in the United King- dom should, instead of fading away to a shadow? Why need O’Donnell ever have crossed her path again? I know she is'in love with that fellow. Tsn't tthVOrld big enough for; him without coming; to Castleford? And, finally, why couldn’t Miss Herncastle have selected some other peabeable country family to play her devilish pranks on as well as this? Life's a game ot contraries, I repeat--- dt re- minds one of the child's play: ‘When I say Hold Fast, You Let Got.' Ah,. good evening, sir;do you wish to speak, He was taking a. gentle evening con- stitutional around the big fish-pond, feeling very much bored, and wait- ing for the dinner-bell. Men and women around him might sin and separate, love and part, but all that was over and done with long ago with the Right Honorable ‘the Earl of Ruysland. Life flowed on, a tranquil river-its only ripple duns and diges- tion; passion and he had long ago shaken' hands and parted. The house was insufferably dull; O'Dopnell, his sister, Sir Arthur, and Sir Peter gone; Lady Dangerfie)d in alternate tits of tears, hysteries,' scolding and sulks; and his daughter moving about the rooms in her light, shining summer dress, mere like some pale spirit of a, dead Lady Cecil than her living self: "Life has a natural tendency to the contraries," his lordship moral- ized plaintively: "human nature in- clines to the zigzag. Now, why, in Heaven's name, must Ginevra, gifted with the average of woman's cunning, "It isn't like O'Donnell to be sway- ed by any sentimental impulse," his lordship mused; "he generally has some sound reason for what he does and says. I wonder what he meant by that profession of sympathy and compassion, and the rest of it. She is a fine womaat--an uncommonly fine woman; but the big chasseur is- n't the, sort to be influenced by that. I’ll wait until I get his letter, at least; and upon my life T'hope I'll get it soon, for I feel as curious as a wom- "Redmond O'Donnell: My wife and son are dead. For God's sake come tp me at'once and fetch 'Rose. " "Louis De Lansac.” Lord Ruysland, without knowing why, obeyed O'Donnell, and postpon- ed that forcible visit to Bracken H01- Iow. _ an ominous yellow envelope in his hand. O'Iporrne11 tore iroper1-it was a cable message-dated New Orleans and in a dozen words changed the whole tenor of his life. _ The dawn was gray in the August sky as Captain' O'Donnell posted this letter. Two hours later, as he sat at their early breakfast with his sister, the cab that was to carry them to London Bridge station waiting at the door, one of the small boys telegraph offices enfploy approached him with of her own, placed another child in her stead, took her from England, and in France gave her to Sir John Dan- gerfield. Her as'sertion of her claims. she said, could bring nothing but m.is- ery---pain and shame to her father--- suffering and disgrace to her who stood in her place. So in the hour of its fruition she deliberately destroyed her last hope, and has gone forth into the world for her bread, leaving an- other to usurp her name and station. Sacrifice less great has been made, and called itself martyrdom. If you ever meet her again, my lord-be her friend as I would have been, had she allowed me:" to think over her words, I believe that confession proved her parentage. As I understand her, this Harriet Harman was her nurse. and for some reason a much greater renunciation-T be- lieve she has destroyed, or caused me to destroy, the paper that would have proved her birthright. It was super- scribed 'Confession of Harriet Har- man,' and now that I have had time "Her sins have been forced upon her," he wrote; "her virtues are her' own, In the hour of her triumph she resigns all-confesses all, and sends back the money won tk; Sir Peter Dan- gerfield. She has ttone-let her go in peace. She has suffered enough to expiate even greater wrong-doing than hers. I believe she has made It was late when the lights of the great metropolis flashed before them. They drove at once to a quiet family hotel, and, late as it was, Captain O'- Donnell sat to write and post the promised letter to Lord Ruysland. He told him at length of the story of his suspicions, of the night visit to Bracken Hollow, when his lordship had seen him accompany Miss Hern- castle home, of the scar on the tem- ple, ot the opening of the grave-of the “confirmation strbng as Holy Writ"---) accumulated evidence which had proven her Katherine Dagt- gerfield. T . “I may as well tell him all, and entreat him to let her alone. Even Sir Peter, when he learns who she is, and receives his money back, will hardly care to further persecute TEa- therine Dangerfield. And she dare not go with me for her own sake! Hum --m-T don't understand that." There was barely time to attend to the luggage, pay the bill, and drive to the station. They caught the train, and no more, There had been no opportunity of writing his lordship the explanation he had promised. It must be postponed until their arri- val in London. "comin', sir-comin', yer honor. Ni- ver fear, but I'll be in time. 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