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UW and are els, ese ant less this rent h 0! uch ture alter and 11311. vulyuus-jun Jun uuvu n........... , My dear, my darling. he sald.- his strong hmdeclasping hers so quickly that involuntarily her arm struggled llke`a bird's wing to wrest `itself away, it is well for me to tell the only wom- an I ever loved that I love her still and do not mean to let her go again. Arthur! , Margaret. I love you more than ever.'_ , ` It is impossible! I love you! I You cannot, cannot be in earnest, she stammered. Why. you have.nev- er told me." - ; vu cw-.. "`Never---until now," he laughed. "I learned something when I lost you the rst time--my darling! 53,111.!` 5 ~..2.` `Inn Uuunnnln I\lIIIl'I"l1 ` c-u-vv \--.-v ---.v u._..-. This, said Mrs. -Eugogriin, partially ` recovering herself. is folly, Arthur, and it is most unfair. = .._.x 4, _ `AL 7_A_A n7_ vv-ow up up: -,v.{` `'< ---- ~- Uufair. he said. to want you for my wife? No; you mean unfair to take you 011? your guard. I will not guibble with your words. he said, smiling. May the hour and the scene suggest to you all that they will; may they bring you back to-it was twenty that you were-when it all happened! Mar- `garet. `when you were twenty-six I . went away from the city `of all my` ' hopes. but before I turned my back on 1 It I did as many a refugee had done 1 `before me-l `sealed up my treasures and hid them. and my store is where I _ left it. That is why I want you to E marry me. All that I had looked for- ward to telling you-when you were twenty-all that I had to say to you, the secrethoard that I` had been piling up for our married life. is intact. and now I want you to share it with me. He paused a moment and then went , on: My dear. I have simply had. to i wait; that is all. But, pleaseheaven. 1 `we will begin again. ` Poor Mrs. Hugonin s breath came - and \~.-mt. an unwilling messenger of passim--or. it might be. of sentiment. PerI:.;`.<< I was in the wrong. she said. "ilut why did not you think more -4 ___ ,_ i-Jan!) ;:';'m:;.;;;;f+:` i" "' -I am thinking of myself now, said Kinnaird. T . Suddenly, as Mrs. Hugonin hung dis- tracted and in doubt. the cliff before them rang faint and sibylline with an echo. It was the town clock of the vil- lage striking over beyond the trees. They could not hear it. but, sent from ledge to ledge in the still ight air. it struck silvery and remote on the gran- ite facade. As it sounded they both started. `he at its eln suggestions. shed at its material reminder. I_!_.-_:I AQQL ` Good gracious! she exclaimed. It is 11 o'clock! g It is." said Kinnaird. . And we must positively go back to the hotel at once. We are a scandal. Arthur-and you know it, for '1 saw you start too. She began to smile. Do you see nothing in the augury?" she asked. V . V "The augury?" 'V`We are two old fools. she said.` Think of my boy in his bed. Arthur. .Think -of my thirty years-he quiet, it you please. I choose to be thirty for formality s sake. It is only the night and the moonlight When 11 o'clock. strlkes. we recollect that we ought to be respectably at home. . ltyis only an echo. Ah. my dear old friend. we have had our past. and it is over, Yours `has been unhappy, and I am. oh, so 1 very sorry! But" you are contented i now and. what is more. you are kind and strong-it is better as its is. -Take me back to the hotel-.and we shall be- ware of echoes In future. A "77iJ$u}n"c you saia youhad `grown: old. said Kinnalrd. It is onlx youth that refuses the echo. - ' vsv u-_ nu u. -- -r __'.,__-._ -_J I_.I.._ ULIIIB Ivluuuu lvll\r vwnavu a And he took her In his ax-mswand k1s- eAd_l1e1-. ` Soon after Lord Kelvin had assisted l in laying the Atlantic cable. when he was yet known as Sir William Thomp- son. his mind was greatly. troubled in devising some method for perfecting the ordinary telegraphic `apparatus used on overhead wires, as the old method./f or the one then in -vogue. was ` not suited [for the. varying `currents i `passing slang the cables. ' 1-n|._ |`_`~_n._.. An 44.-. _I.;..4..;n- -...........I. 5...! .,....-....., .......,, .... ......-... The laying of the electric curreqt had the Heat of making them run together In one bottom current. with surface ripples. 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I said I would not `accept a penny of Sir John Halbrooke s fortune as a free gift. In the next. I would not accept the whole of it bur-A dened_ with a single restricting clause,` and, in conclusion. I not only refused to marry the Widow. but absolutely de- clined holding any c`om1nunication whatever with her- ,, 3, ,1,` cu v -I ,-I ',TCu.~vv%v_v`r-- - - It was ve-years ago. Thegaair 119- I gan then, but before` 1- say any m'.I let me recall to your mind the fact V that I was always regarded in the film`. ,` lly as my grandfather's heir. The title 1 andentailed estate would go. of COUrse_- * to his `eldest son. my uncle, but th0 greater part of his vast wealth would`. come to me. In fact, he had so de- clared. I had lost both parents when bnt a child. and I had grown to man- hood under his immediate care. for he had long been a widower. ~ My father had been his favorite-son. What more natural thanthat I should be the Dre ferred one? There was this under- standing, however, `between my_graI1d- father and myself: I must never man ? without his approval. Marry! I had ' no thought of it. My rollicking bach-. elor life pleased me too well "to ex- change it for any other. A._.I LL-` ......; -0 ..-oh-.4-nnnn Inc-4-Ar` nn. 1 u ungcn. ucs. V`; Brave words! I could not forget her, ind j1_1t_ then, to add to my perplexity. Ixiy regiment was ordered 01? to India. v A few days before embarking 1- re- ceived a letter from my grandfather, Sir John Halbrooke. urging me to run down to The Towers in order that I. might meet the lady who was destined to be my future wife. My answer was short and to the point: ,,c__ L. ___..__ VI-lungs; 1|. xv; uu_y ru\..u...o And that sort of existence lasted un- til I was twenty-seven. and then it was brought to an abrupt close by-- what do you suppose? Well. a girl's face, nothing more--a girl s face seen for a brief `moment only at a wixidow as I was changing carriages at Bolton station.` You smile. I don t wonder, but I declare to you that from thence- forth I knew nopeace of mind. 'l`l1at face was ever before me. looking out from under a dainty gypsy hat, pale. pure. perfect in outline, with a luxuri- ant massof -soft brown hair full of shiny ripples,_dark eyes, it little red mouth and shining white teeth. 5I:,_______ 1:;1_I- 1L2` II I ..nA GA l.l.lUuI.u auu uuuuua u u-u. -.u.\..... Some dreamy 1i_ttle chit. I said to `myself again and again. with a pret- ty face and a head full of romance. I wish I had never seen her. At, all- events, it is highly probablethat we have met for the rstv and last time; so` I ll forget her. 'n__, , .......a..o I ......1.a ts`; 4-`nnnm+ hm`- at-ova`. u-.- v- -7`- Dear G>randfather-1 have no desire to marry. Besides, I start for India in two weeks.,so I have `no time for courtship. But I shall run down to The Towers to see` you. Your affectionate. etc. ddress. The o1<-iV V;gVe'r1tlemat1 s _ answer was equally concise and explicit: T , .-a,,_,;___ vn'_'. . . . . A..- 0;.` Helga Watt. %\,\avvu-9 vV-- --.- _ My Dear Grandson-1! you come to The Tow- ers with the intention of putting yourself eu- tirely in my hands. I shall be overjoyed to see you. If you attempt to enter my house with any other intention. I'll have you kicked out. and if you go to India. I hope to heaven that you'll bo shot. ` Your affectionate, etc. o :1 3--- `Q ILIUM I Uua uuI:\.|.avuuu., V-syn What could be done in the face of `such "an epistle as this? Evidently nothing. so I cheerfully made my . preparations for departure. and before We sailed-__-I am giad to remember this` -before we sailed I wrote again to Sir John, but this time it was fl. letterfull of gratitude and atfection and earnest regrets that I could not do as} be de- sired. V _ _ r` . . o , o ,_1 -__ .__..._.-..... Lin` an To this I received no answefr, but 3 month after my arrival in. India I read` the announcement of the '_baronet s death. and {the same paper bontained V his marriage notice. A lette from his solicitors explained the -mystery. _ __ ,Jl!-L`_ .._- I... .1 ' kn-x nnuvt\ICt.`CO DUIILILULD \-\tllIIlll\.\.I u can`, Iovv My grandfather . had been` severely injured while overlooking sc_me31'eno- vations which were being mz.1,de at The Towers. and. feeling. that death was fast approaching. he had almost at the last moment married the only child and heiress of Hubert Monckton`. Esq. (ll- _. Ill-lhl I.J\-Il\.DJ>J \.a an Iislhruw _-.- Moreo\'er.` W-l:0te thew!-a`\ \'r_y:ei", -i;y; your g1':mdfather s will you inherit` something above 50.000. Drovided you consent to marry theludy with Whom he went through the ceremony of mar- riage on his deathbed. Otherwise you receive not a penny of his fortune. -r-r ,1 1 _.--._ _......_ .....-..l") \l.-......---.qu- ;\.\.vAv\4 uavv we '.as....-., V- ---... _., -.._.- Had the man gone mad? -M:1rr'y' my` grandmother? For. word it as they might, the ugly fact was still there---` the woman was my grandmother. ,, _.-Lu- 2...1'1.._....A.x.... v! _....L. L. Vvnluuvv -- ~0- And {say to my grandmother. I add- ed. that the world is wide enough and there are men "enough in it for her to seek whomshe may devour elsewhere and not among those whom the low -of the land now declares to be her own. kith and kin. Let her cast her eye`! among the strangers '_-at her gates and not upon her grandson! Q K,.iI-A. -_J_ LL- _.nLJ-An. navy Iatlv-Ina ca- --.---..v..-. Ttiat ended the matter. and I ~was- troubled with no more letters about it; luovn nan-us nfinnlnnn I vonfnnnnrl I-A` InI\llJllI\4\J "(nu -.-v -ngvuv -wu----up uvvuu Ivv Two years afterward -l returned to. Englahd on leave. and then fate. In the person of General Ashlund. led me down to Surrey for a tortnighfs shoot-' , Ill , ceivd hunk- ' haunted me for `years. "Kn. my dear fellow. It is only `the'old ` story over again. I went down to Sm`-T rey and met there--whom do you sup.` pose? Well. the girl whose t`ace--seen . once and for a moment only--1'm`_d`. ____ _ .I!_A.___L _.I_J_!_,, . , ' `J -n.` ' inn`-` fun... A.._- _ ,, She was a distant relative of my` host. Yes. and `I loved her desperately not for her beauty alone. but for the`. `pure goodness. klndllness and lI.l'lS8'..._tv, Ihness of her\.heart`.~Wl1iche were sta_ntly L and; unthlnkingly reveallnz .~,t`.hVemselVe `in _a _tl1ousa1_1`d-artless l 3 Aow my (iRANllMOTIlER 9.4m; IlU1)!:9`_l_|;D Lynx`, .II.a, W3:!:l.` llllfet. v ' When I ceased; my`compn`1nion looked up` at me wonderlngly. and. -upon Ii)-y V honor. `tears ` were glist_enii1g.1n `her lvprettyeyes. * o T _ > _ ` . _What! s;_1e'saId. ~Are' you sure`! ' Do you .love me-me?" :01), Colonel 1 Halbrooke, how could you? Indeed; it * cannot-cannet be!"-A . ' - ' ` ; r "a'y""gr}1cEn3{u"r:'"1:E;fE7Efuaaen ` shocks after that, won tvyou? I tried , to speak, but my voice failed me. I` reached out my hands and touched her. I` Yes, she was there. real enough. and )1 wasnot dreamlng. o - .. '1`elli1_n'e.all! I gasped. - _ And standing there by the broth ` stone coping she told me all-,-how her parents had died when-she was little more than an infant. and Sir John, her guardian; had watched over her with jealous care; always keeping her at school, however. until, he brought her home to The'1`owrers. a young lady. ' (IL- I_....-._ g.` Helen anta fl wer. .s_:iuf11t1:h.'-;:`ambng- the trim ower beds `th11_tL`\verc-{`_eut in the soft green` turf` of h_ terrace, I told her the` secret` of _my_ hearti-its hope, `ltq tear, its sweet! unrest. " `X7I\nn I tuuniuul human ............I_._ I4 7- - 9 vs---uvv. yup-nnvv Becaus .you`{-l;'he:%;rtl jay `given ' where. I suppose? But, Helen,` I can-` not let you go _trom me! 1 love you! Oh. my darling. how shall 1- live all the long weary years of my lite without you?" ` ' n1-1'--_|. I!) -1..- -..n.-.1 _'n.____ u~ an-_, 3- 'e'a' _ ilds sys- the `neat ase. lity, `vu- Hush! she cried sharply. Sir.qdo you know-do you know who -I_ am?" uv...1_-.i __-I n-u__ _._--;__.'; u9;;u_ __1_.I an-- -__-v `cw guy. ----V -u vvn.-v -_u- _Indea. yes! The swe exit little `girl in the wide world! -u v---- -I-'1;I.;, I am_ not. Colonel Hal- brooke. I am your grandmothexf! ` " 1r_ _..-_.a._.-;_I_-_.I n1_1u-- -3 ___._ uvcuu uv u` u pop. Ian Jvnnn-an smug -she hacaeuvi of me. She knew au about her guardian s intentions and my persistent` refusal to see her. And when Sir John lay dying andappealed` to her to marry him, in order to secure certain` property which would other- wise pass to the next of, kin she con,-' sented. pg Ann u I 9-vu.II____.,I_- ll nI\.a.|L\.,uo Not for myself. Colonel Halbrooke. she continued, for I inherited a. for- tune, but for you. The property has been sold,- according to . Instructions. and the money coming from the sale is yours. Sir John wished you to take it. He often said that yo_urval1owance'was paltry compared with` what should have been yours and would have been. too. bad your- father not left so many ' debts behind him. 1 n _,-___I.; -... -snug. You are privileged to speak as 5'01! please hbout my father. I murmured. Were be living, you would be his lnothert" us. `i ,_A _O;_III ---l-.I L-.. uAvbuv;n Don't be ridiculous, siri. cried her iadyship sharply. And it you are try- ing to mortify me you may as well" un- derstand that you cannot su_cc_eed. I meant to do right. and! regret nothing that I have done. I did not know any- thing of your gra`ndfather s foolish wishes about u until his will was read." - n ., , 1 LI,4L .LI_ _ .._-.._- I- L CIIVID ' ' Do I understand that the money -is really mine, Helen?" Yes; all yours. .``Well, I want it." You shall have it. `Never fear. But are you so frightfully in debt?" asked my companion in a low. awed whisper. her big eyes full of `gentlest sorrow. u-r-__ :|-I_j.n rn1......I_ 1---...-.... ..-l I)q.J- mlvl. -In. debt? Thank heaven, nozwiaut Illa VJ nu nun. vn an-unv-.7- u... .1 can receive nothing from you unless you give yourself to me also. 1'I'1`7---\J ---.- ......-...... .....;.. ......v.-.;I-ALI. Jvuo adv av`.--as-- v\r _._` .._..-- Would you marry your grandmoth- Ver? she asked between a sob and a. laugh. , ` ur _____1.1I A ...i ..._. .._.-..L ..'......J u an: n srl) an urud. an. in, an ``I wou1d!_ And my great-g'rand- Vmother, too. if she cVame_to me like this. ' Then a smile like the full sunshine" wreathed my -dar1.ing s perfect lips. and -'--and-we1l. to me that prim` old ter- race became thensimply Eden. :1 gar- den of all delights. ~ % C III__ _.__. _...- x-ya. V. v... ._.._-,,...-.... She is, my wife now. _I like my. fam- ily far too `Well to think of marrying out.-of it. A Cardinal Newman. A friendot` Cardinal, Newman` says -in The Cornhill that that eminent man spent every day from` 9 to 2 or 3 o clock In his study. He always kept on his table the edition of Gibbon. with the notes of Guizot and Milman, Dolllng- er s `Heidenthum und Judenthum; al- most always the copy of `Athanasius" which had belonged to Bossuet and which contr -ned in the margin notes In the handw. ..mg of the great bishop-- the `last or the fathers.` as Newman delighted to call; him.` Newman had` V also always -near at hand` some Greek . poetor philosopher. an-1-114.... a... n... An . Ann nhn-nt llnnnlr PVUD VI llulavuvyuunu Talking to me one day about Greek thinkers. he said -and I believe he has - mentioned it to others--that he owed little or nothing intellectually to any Latin wrjter.- with one exception. .The exception. was not St. Augustine, but Cicero. ` He always maintained that he owed his marvelous style to the persistent studyof Cicero. This will strike. no doubt. many peopleas most strange. St. -Augustine, one would think. would have appealed to New- man, and'his `Latin was more pictur- esque than that of Cicero. . V at A _'..l_ nu6I~.:unII-Inn can fhf Nnunmnn cnquc Luau lpuuw v. \lI\o\-. V. `.`A_gain, authorities say that Newman wrote better English than Cicero Lot- in." Nevertheles be constantly insist- ed on his obligations to the great man statesman. , "V ._ T , Binek Days. . In the calendar ot the nations there are~q1'1!teva -number of -black days. Black Monday" was April 14. 1360,; a day so dark and cold that many of the army of. Edward 111;. king of England. _ which lay before the city of Paris.` were trozen to death.` An Immense bush re joccurred on VBla'ck Thurs- xv day? Australia; Feb, 6. 1851. Two events `are, commemorated by `.`Black` 1mday" in Vngland--Dec. 6. 1755.~.when'; {the ,news;;reach ed England` that`-`the 2 dander =?hird .`arrW`.d at` naD`erby.de.nnadan '~ 6.'.W,hen_ the`.tailn_re o:;`()yg;-.5- this and nt '._e-. ment, H-size - ` `Got of the wiixdofv of the old. wooden bridge. whose hooded tunnel `threw a dark "bar across `the ` moonlit. mountain- ~~--- --J .. urn -inn giant` "QfK Dill.` ucrve. ugi: I-I-l>\I_\rganuu. u.-__-_-f stream, a man_`and.,a womfanstood looking into thelpine clad amphithea- ter of the. clis. which` lay in-stillness - beneathlthe spell of a September night. The black hollow of the bridge. with its _ one moonbeam .. sharp across` the '_oor, contrasted with the awful splen- 1 dor_ of the granite gorge. buttressed and pinuacled in_every rising tier, un- - der`the ood of ghostly light . and if the,only object of the couple in coming here was to see the view they were amply repaid. From their conversa- ` tion- since they left the hotel. which , u._:_:...1 A.I........ 1.2.1.1)-.n `ha 5 "U" UII-ICC Ll-ICJ Iwsu I...-V uavsvc ---v o "now lay behind them hidden "by E fringe of the forest. it would have been dlicult to say that this wasnot their only object. The small talk of ac- quaintanceship. friendship and even love is within certain limits and among people habituated to each other s con- ventions practically indistinguishable. Frequently it is diicult to decide why the degrees should he of so much con- sequence to the parties. `IA. _.a... I-.......-.lnAnn A! {-1111 -uyinrl gn Btqutuuc W LIJI7 `lIIJ`L.I.l\-$l It was knowledge of the wbrld and the good temper of `experience that kept. Mrs. Hugonin and`Arthur Kin- " nairdron perfectly unruied terms with each other. The conviction that be had long ago forgiven her. gratifying as it once had been. was now of such long standing that it had become confused with her `earlier and less justifiable conviction that he ultimately would forgive her. Thus secure in vindica- tion, the lust for which the dying Eve bequeathed to all her sex, Mrs. EIu-_ ection upon her widowbood `accept; I 4 egonin could without thepslightest re- 1 i he. desire? once more the companionship of a man ~ who tolerated life as comfortably as 3 Arthur Kinuaird. The immlnence of the climacteric which she knew to be i threateninghim was not to be read from his gure. His step was alert. his cheeks were bronzed. his tastes were `rational, and what more could on . A I l;.I I_Q.. ___j,`_ She pushed back her dark hair under `I its somewhatyouthful cap. and. lean- 1 lng her elbows on the ledge. gazed i wlthput speaking at the haunted dele. f Klnnairdgave a little laugh hehlnd her. "Margaret. he said. upon my word, it seems as it we were boy and girl again. ,,_,_Al_._I-..I_.0 I a-In.` nu`,-rut` Ealllllo Why. partlcuiarly? 5 she asked. without turning her head. u .u_9_ .._-_........... II Inc. nnniin WILIIUUD I.[Jl'llIu5 UCI ucuuu Oh. all this summex-. V'A he replied. She did not ask him tovbe more ex~ 3 pllclt. It is certainly an ideal place, 9 she said with a halt sigh. Yet It is foolish tosay that the beauties of na- ture restore one s youth. One may feel young again. but one is not really any the less dlspasslonate. - ... ,# __. __ ......... -0 4...;-II ani Win- ELIE [C33 ulapanulvuu I.- . 1 am not so sure of that, said Kin- naird. I should like to argue the point with yo_u-i1' it could be argued." 1117... ._A__ .\-4-. nll niglyn Eif` M"Q \Vll,l.l J\ ,I.I--ll Ila \.IJIlI\.I Us IAla\a\u\~- You men are allvalike. said Mrs. % Hugonin with an inconsistent shrug of her shoulder. You give up to logic what was meant for conversation. -3 Lhh u9\I1afntohl1 now-v- wuul. _Wua tucauu nun vvuv . Kinnaird stroked his? musftache` thoughtfully for a moment. And so you think me dlspassionate?" be ob served. - -og `I..- Y1` --'..._a.ls on-noviirlcl -0119111 `bom- mhino ` 1 won- serveu. _ _ _ You? said Mrs. Hugonin, turning with` a delightful laugh. Why. Ar- thur, there isn't a sentiment or a con- viction to -whose support society could order you to gcontributei urn ____ ......... 41.nov, kn nah` `n'YIV_ UFUEF JUU LU \;Uu_I.|Iuuu.\.o If you mean that. he said slowly. 1t;ls quite as 1 fea1`~ed." As you feared? _You -still believe me capable of as ~mu(-h mistaken self control as ,1 once 3 was. , And." he added calmly. "1 don't` VV UIIUCI I - I Though there was no bitterness ap- ` parent in his tone Mrs. Hugonin was ` startled. Really..this is unlike you. ` Arthur. she said gravely, but yet with V1.11 nnfnln nf Wgndg?` I'L|.lU1'g But: Dalu guuvyagg us... av, . a. sense of amusement. You petulant vgjtb your past? You provoked with your recollections? Indeed. I have} mistaken you." ' V - ` 4 _ |-_-..|__A I..-L .'..n-\&`Ic- ('1,\'-nn 99 ha ` u.uu:uu-.u you [He laughed. but gently. Come. he said, you have no right to be ironical. Though I once let you go. it was her; cause I, thought you wished to be re- 1 leased. ' 9 ,,-_1 A..AI.-_.."'Va-153:` Iluoa ` Ieuaeu. - "Upon my word. Arthur. said Mrs. Hugonin. -1 did not know you were ' serious or I should not have taken this as aejoke. J "I am entirely serious." "Really?" said Mrs. Hugonin. and. she spoke with some irritation. I thonghtall had been forgotten and for- givenyears ago." Then she drew her-a self up proudly, "Can it.be that after all this time you haveiconceived the . echildish whim of forcing-me to a.-L-rto an apology? 8 _ No--hardly that." ' _1. am readyzto make it." she. went. -on. _Bnt if i do"- - - ` _,u ;_ 14.- ._n.._I-_ I.-. I-JIIE II I `IV Klnnatrd moved to the window be-' aide her and laid a hand on herarm. You are much mistaken." he said. in the. undisturbed voice -which sopra- voked her. You must indeed think. that I am taking leave of my years. I never had much vanity. I think. but what I had, when It wasiyounger. i nev- uer made apet of. Look over there at _the `rocks. and `what do you see?" ` `urn _ LL...` -.3..l ...--._Il-`.I.L Du!` A Q- "The rocks make me recollect he, _wgnt-` on; unhevding. that one day,` iwhhn you were about, sevenfeen you. -rand` Lclltnlwd Lone mounjaun goizether. 9 And` when` we re-zu-.ug>'l _thLe ravjne you _ 1,ns_i$tv`d_.; on goim: -rst.M_apdT I let yqp. `. ROWJ. `dial tl-2" . l!-:!=*!.iI8<* 1: i:s*?ted.that --V|f:y.`'t':n1A:4r c :-II` ` cggiltl->1-z1`~ti:_=-yo1`1.*Pifif '~ W 4 `-7r;5}a"'&?5o3Is "Eat. Ar- dvrflll `mndiv. mers, I I... A .. %"i7k1x?3%"?3I3:.M?3*:ff!?56n*= mm ~: E7I ',haJf,Vl1}iig1!1 g} can't think ` It does us any"good to talk it over now." . LI_-A. !I __!1 'I'_'.l._._-I...I -xuuuuuiqt pnvyv -uu nu, cu -v -_-... -_ {A1t`e: th;i't ,;"AVsaid Kinnalvr'd',.- 1 `lug liis":`.snb'j'ect, Y _actedTcon__ Sistently on the" ame 'misjaken theory. And L when it c_ame`to the question of giving you. up I thoughfalways. or you rst. '1`hat`was`why'I gave you up-which you `naturally considered a weakness." '1. .11.! _-A. nnnn -up. `Inn I:I u1aonn3n I-I1nO `r '3? 3i'&'{:3?2s'ZB31} 1'au{;;I;I;'x'zI;'t"it:i:r ` a dormant weakness of her own was reviving under the continued stress of ` this absurd conversation, in wezikness for sentiment. But it was checked by -her vexation` with her friend for break- ing their tacit understanding. and by the feeling of half contemptuous pity that stole over her as bespoke. --____I_J. -1.` ':ADVfANOE. T V 91:55:. uuvav \II\;-I n.-ya Inn: On`; _l.,.,--v- Were she a man, she thought, she wo1_1_'d never confess at forty to ithe in- competence of twenty-ve. '1`hat'Kin- paird did so. but absolved her again. Also. she reected. shehad had :1 head- = ache yesterday, and therefore it was ,very -lucky this conversation had not *been started yesterday or she would have been much more; provoked than she was now. ` ` -I shall not stop you, she said in a half mischievous tone. Go _on--I won t be `angry. You will perhaps admit that if there Is anything rankling it is as well for you to abuse me and have it over. even after all these-years. whose obituaries you have Written. llII__ ,1--- ...__ .`l....II...... 9! LA Qnl I-via TAL. 9En~41