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You should really not have come to-night.” She ksew why he had come. She knew that it was because Mauricia Meredith had told him ’that if he were going to be too busy to take her she would release him and go with Mr. Kendall, which was tantamount to compulsion. - C O ‘0. i118 He answered uncxvxuy cuwgu. yu- WW" â€"â€" Stanley now contrasted her indifâ€"l ference with Miss Collier’s gentle, so- licitous tones. Of a sudden he won- dared if Miss Meredith were selfish, which was what Miss Collier meant him to wonder. A still, sm00th voice often flows over unexpected depths. ' But, of course continued she, gaz-l ing off into the blue-black sky and seeming to meditate aloud, “you had to bring Mauricia.” Stanley was up in arms. ”I beg your pardon. It was my wish to do so. Miss Meredith offered to ex- ‘ru-Jv â€". " Did she? But, of course, she did! She is always consrderate, Ifear Imy- self should not have been so gener- ous. 1 am not of a generous nature. But, then.”â€"-the thought seemed just to occur to herâ€"“ I suppose Mr. Ken- dall stood ready to bring her. I think he is in love with her. Don‘t you 2” his eyes, with a vague sort of specu-1 lation. They might have been discuss- ing an interesting but impersonal question. “ It would not surprise me.” Ele was too obviously cool. "1 hope so, because she deserves to be happy, and I think she cares more than a little for him.” ” What makes you think that 3” Stanley asked with exceeding care- lessness. I " A great many liittle things which a. man would never take into account, but which agirl knows from her own experience ”â€"-the impersonal eyes grew‘ very personal for one short instant, then dropped in confusionâ€"“ or from her own observation. Have you seen it? I think you will if you watch. It is either that or a desperate flirtation. flirting. I have never thought that she deliberately went about breaking Will Henderson’s heart or Lieutenant Cook‘s. Any man would naturally fall in love with her. I should if I were d asked It has been eatimated that with few- curable weather the transport Sar- dinian conveying the Canadian troops to the scene of the war in South At- rica will reach Cape Town in thirty dais at the most. The distance from Quebec to Cape Town is 7,015 nautical miles, and the Sardinian would 0311! need to make an average of $0 1111.183 a day in order to reach its destination Within the time mentioned. While [iss Collier. reasons best known to himself y was in no gracious mood. nswered uncivilly enough: “But 1 we dance or sit it out.” and they went out into looked up into the lien- as he stood before her did not want to dance,” is mine,” and guess- sure was, he added: the steps or stay friend. stuff.» She checked a. sigh, and resumed her gaze at the stars. Then, as if follow- ing out a train of thought, she recom- menoed: . " That in itself is pmot that' she is not a gift. She has never flirted with you. Of course, though it; Iggy-i); th; she has been engrossed with Mr. Ken- dall.” - ' She turned and faced the latter and caught his hands in hers and leaned toward him. The soft voice had nevâ€" er been more sympathetic, more low. "But, perhaps,” it murmured, “I have only just thought of it when you were so silent, Perhaps I am hurting you. Am you a. more friend, or do you love her. too ?” Woman cannot play at chess, they say, because she cannot plan her moves or determine those of her opponent far enou'gh in advance. It is. not the case when men are her pawns. She works on the supposition that fate will not plaiy into her hands, but if it chooses so to do it is all the better, and fate notoriously favors the_ fair: I [Site Egan by the Samiinian Alternative route Via Sum. Banal. Miss Meredith’s approach could not have been better timed. Stanley was worked to the requisite pitch of annoy- ance with her and himself. He was also irritated against Miss Collier. for caus- ing his suspicions, even though they might be just. 80 he answered as she had planned. j‘v‘I‘a-m indt so fnfitunafe as to have any right to love her.” His voice rais- ed itself in exasperation at having to admit. it. Miss Meredith and I are mere friends ” 5' Miss Comer drew away her hands. The mefnnant looked up, and then he knew that Miss Meredith was stand- ing on the steps above, ROUTE “31:11.; s'o‘fié 90356 picked up an imag- inary conversation in the middle and Event on with it, but Stanley lost his ead. “Ii; said that he had something to attend to at the barracks, and would Miss Collier excuse him? 7 _ “ Mere friends!" Mauricia said to hersQIf over and over. We are mere friends!” "Mere. friends!” she used as the watchward to pass the gates of flir- tation. and for the rest of the eveninz she made Kendall happy, and herself â€"â€"we1! she was intoxicated with the wine of retaliation, and was radiant "I will go home with Mr. Kendall if you want to pack your bag; or to get a little. sleep,” she told Stan- -7 étanley determined not to desert his 'post. He would do his duty to the end. “ I have the dance before the last with Mr. Kendall, and I can’t miss it ”Stanley assured her that it was irp- material to him if she chose. to remam until daylight; that he was entirely at her servigg. con. ‘0‘ ,A‘L _.-_.--!_ hfilv'filéé'fiémdith did not remain until daylight. At two o’clock she window looking out into the night. There was not a sound in all the worhd. The stars twinkled and glit- of her and remainnsix'nply '11;- Your heart must be of stem 99 no official announcement â€"- JA-n'rnna - wonder that you can see so OF THE SARDINIAN. DURHAM CHRONICLE, November 30, 1899 was made, it tered above the silent town. She could see quite plainly the barracks across the parade-ground, and there was n0t a light in any window. Still from the silence rang in her ears, as they had rung in the music’s strains, the bitteri words, “Mere friends,” and still be-* tore her eyes rose the picture of those two as she had seen them when she had gone out upon the steps, She bow- ed her head on her bare arms to shut it out, and for a long, long while she ,did not move. W hen she looked up again the bar- racks were gone. Over all the land was the darkness which comes before dawn, and in her heart was a hope- lessness as blank. How dark, how inky the night had grown! It must be very late. She was cold, but she was not “ For breakfast 2” "Yes, It is half-past four. We will be ready in ten minutes. He went out and the girl looked again into the darkness, which grew thicker before the dawn. “ Mere friends 1" \Vell, she would meet him as a mere friend. She would, perhaps. have it to do often enough in the dull future. It might be best to begin at once. 1 vuvv- The tinkling of a silver bell came to her. sounding weirdly through the night, and out of that night emerged another figure. It ran up the steps and the front door opened and closed. She drew her cape about her shoulders and groped her way out of her room, through the corridor, down the stairs. A candle was burning in the hall. She went on into the dining-room. Vie} {not-lie} “:88 hinting the coffee. Her father and his first lieutenant were already seated. The lieutenant rose . cheerfully. He was too much filled with the excitement of the occasion now to remember his injuries. " You reproach our garments with the splen- dor of your attire. but our mission is to march on active service, and not to be beautiful. \Ve can only hope you will excuse us.” " Certainly, and I will even be so gracious as to wish that the contrast may prove a seasoning to your ba- con.” ‘1 U11 . Them was a roaring fire in the grate, and she. threw back the cape from her shoulders. Her neck and arms shone white, and the lights glittered on her hair. From the crown of her head. with its faded flower, to the torn ruffle of her skirt she was in' sad dis- array. But Stanley thought her very beautiful. and memory came suddenly back to time. They talked gayly, for all that they were quite unhappy. Then Moriarty reported_that the sergeant-major was â€"â€"-‘J ‘:1-:. ‘A ”no af thevudrjmr hind wnnld like'to see the captain. The cantain went out and his wife followed hlm. "Mauricia v.'111 take care of you,” she said to Stanley. She had many things, to attend to. -e21-_-- *‘nn‘v cqvfl‘ila nn+ thingâ€"g to attend to. And then a silence that would not be broken came upon the two. Stanley racked his brains for a sentence. Mau- dinner at Pretoria ? remains to be seen. One thing is cer- itain. if General Butler gets there the Good morning again,” lge 8816. .o“ i debarkation. This route would, of course, have been several thousand miles longer, and as it; possesses no advantages over the du‘ect route to for this disadvantage, it compensate was decided to send the trOOps the 0th- ricia sought vainly for words. Stan- ley looked across the table, at the pretty, disordered head, Miss Meredith studied the light effects on his but- tons. Then she affected to yawn. And still no words would come. Speech and consecutive thought were not._ And still the lieutenant watched the sweet, tired face until the shadowed eyes turned and looked out of the window. A shutter was open and Miss Meredith saw ‘hat the darkness was passing, that the light and the dawn were near. Suddenly“. ‘he lieutenant. pushed back his chair and rose and went toward her. Miss Meredith sprang to her feet and backed against the wall. But Stanley had no mind to let her rest against anything so hard and unfeel-‘i ing. Nor did he mean that she should keep her eyes upon the floor. He turn- ed her face up to his and by the light that was quickly coming he saw all that he had been so long hoping to see. Yet Mauricia could not resist re- ;minding him, as she tried faintly to ‘ free herself, ‘But we are mere friends,’ you know." n L U The light broke in, too. upon Stan- ley’s mind. “So that is it, is it 3” was all the explanation of the luckleas words that he ever cave or that was ever asked. “ Well, supposing you make us more than that,” he suggested. A girl who is watching her father and two troops ride off at reveille to take part in a campaign ought not to look radiant. Neither should a giirl1 with ordinary good sense stand bare- necked and bare-armed in the cold air of sunrise before the astonished view of several scores of troopers. Mrs. Meredith checked her own in- clination to weep, and bethou‘rght her- self of her daughter. She laid her hand on one of the cold arms. “Mauricia, how can you be so im- prrudert,” she looked at the beaming :face, “ how can you be so happy 3” LGUG, uvvv Vuu J vâ€" N v , ‘ ‘ v Mauricia”s answer was not wiser than might: hav_e been expected. .___1 2L was so dark,” she explained. A Conflict In Which stquimanx Imicd ' Two White Men. Spequlation on the fate of Andree and his balloon receives fresh scope from the particulars of a letter pub- lished in the London Times. The writer is Mr. A. D. Alston, who has been in ‘charge for the last five years of Fort Churchill, the most northern post of the Hudson’s Bay Company. In theilet- ter, which is addressed to his uncle, Rear-Admiral Campion, and is dat- ed August 1, 1889, Mr. Alton says: “You will, however, no doubt, be greatly surprised to learn the loss of‘ the Andree expedition up North. In the early part pi this spring: an Esqui- maux named Old Donald’s Son, and some more Esquimaux were trading in the shop. After they had finish- ed they all went out but Old. Donald’s Son, who wanted to know if the bal- loon had started, as two white men ., had been killed up North last sum- : mer, and it was supposed they had - come from the balloon. TWO OF \VHITES SHOT WITH ARâ€" ROVVS. “I did not pay much heed to the story, but, as a matter of duty, re- ported it to Dr. Milne, at Fort York. Later on, however, two more Esqui- maux, Stockby, and his brother, came: in, and they brought news which leaves very little doubt that the ex- pedition has come to grief up North. “Stockby’s brother, while hunting deer. A party of Esquimaux who were approaching at , ' ' see the deer, and thought that the 'white men were shooting at them. ‘hey thereupon drew their bows and arrows and shot two of the whites, killing them on the spot. The other two men ran away, pursued by the Esquimaux, and it is not known whe- ther they escaped or not. "BIG ROUND THING UP NORTH.” “ Stockby’s brother, saw fellows lying dead Wi through them. One was a man, short, broad and 5:01 was a young man. The t “ Stockby’s brother saw the two poor fellows lying dead with arrows through them. One was a middle-aged man, short, broad and stout ; the other was a young man. The elder had on ' ' with striped: stockings; the ’younger had on acloth‘ suit, and they both had on cheesecut- ter or badge caps. The Esquimaux wanted Stockby’s brother to go back with them, as there was a big round thing up North full of tobacco, clothes, ammunition, etc., but he did not go. 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