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s . Blue Ribbon |;:>:: __"I don‘t see anything of the sort," . fimnylhd. goodâ€" hamorâ€" I will mtk:rm my _ If you want to go, only you must sEnsiaris = 1 ve hin <a rateful dame ndt:rrhlut-&cfl“' muw-'-w S a > . m x . ‘a zs t o prce. iban rens hi romem« fiy" ns 6 exouse @ toâ€"night, Mr. m-" abe sa‘d nervousiy; "you ses, I cannot . Miss Mostya.to play wh o 4 _ The rest were not dancing, for.truth to tell, mun was a very indifarâ€" ug o. Tow bare Pode the niked io w a Lord Otway. _ +_ ©_. «*~>0 ... 3 w was she to know that Ormande only wooed into standing _there , because Miss Mcstyn was sp of Katharineâ€" speaking in# â€"gentle, â€" affectionate â€"way; that made its path straightâ€"into Orâ€" mande‘s joveâ€" laden heart. No, Kathâ€" wrine ~did not know that, she could not g:urm beneath the surface, and surface was conclusive enâ€" ough for ber. , : hfiu saw the girl coming, bat M m O © "They. were money, weren‘t they?" Captain Derwent observed. "Ahl lois of us would like to be in Kamschatk i too, sometimes, . Let me see, you sa ‘d something about Adair lo-lnfi everyâ€" gn‘ in that Japanese swinile, d‘dâ€" fF ~yout I was deu ed near putting the amall spare cash I possess into ‘t, too! Glad I am I was warned in time! Another fellow I know was h.’c“’ the same position. 1 can 4 you we shook hands with ca h 4 other the o‘ver day whon we found out what an escape we had had. You kaow the man { msan, Mss Mostsn, dark, fandsoms, clover fellow, Gorâ€" &%fllfl You rememâ€"â€"" 2 & ptain Der vent got no furâ€" _ Ahas in him reminissatios just. then. ~‘Ror Kathartnos, who was trombling in * mi'lm gave an inartiâ€"ulate ory, â€"and Nalf staggered against ‘tlu plano, in belonet t fn: mon." sn thought, _ be betomge to fer now," she ihought, _ Barbara saw the girl coming, baut whe preteaded not to do so. As Kathâ€" arine came up to her chair she gave a little jump of surprise. _ _ _ "Oh, my dear, how you startled me; do ~gu want anythingt" C ly to relieve youâ€" and do my duty," KatHarine answered, bravely forcing a smile to her pale lips. es Abdiea D 2:2 amy very happy as I am. Go and to Mr. Montrose. I am sure you must have heaps ‘to say to ons umthr‘.‘ since you are such _ old is Knthrh. hesitated; there was no mistaking the hint convaged in (hosa words to leave Miss Mostyn and Lord Otway undisturbed, and yet someâ€" how the girl was uncomfortable. _ _ â€" ""She is vexed with me," she thought to herself, and she waited a moment undecidedly. . Lk §3 _ ""Piease tell me more about . your cousin, Lord Otway," Barbara sa‘d, totally l.gnorlpg_Kinhn;ine; "I am so interested. I feel as much relieved to find he is alive as though ha were my cousin, too," and Barbara gave «& %mue langh, tharine‘s face was turned from her. â€" The girl was standing.at the farther end of the piano. She could hear every word, and try though she might, she could not move a lmb to get away. Ormande was gazing _ at her eageriy, all ignorant of the ugly expression that came on Barbara‘s face, and Captain Darwent had saunâ€" tered up to the piano also. |. _ â€" |_ _ f “Ye..;%flu more, old fellow," he said ta y, as he caught | Barâ€" bara‘s words. _ He wondered whether Katharine would pormit bim to adâ€" dress her without tha coremony of an introduction, which latter formal ty Captain Derwent despaired of . obâ€" taining from anybody present. _ "I think I fave told you all," O:â€" mande replied. _ "Craven has gone oif to Austraiia or Kamschatka, or some such outlandish place ho is a foo i h boy. _ After all, he is not the first, mor the last, who will get into diffiâ€" oulties, and if he.had only come to me with his trouble I might have been able to pull him !.hrongh." 4t ~Barbara â€".murmurod soms . soft words, conveying her belief in . th‘s theory, and Ormande went on, . his eyes still glued to that slender, blickâ€" robed figure, to the soft, delicat:, ereamâ€" white thro=* that bore . the small head so proudly. _ M "He would have spared us . much anxiety and suffering. His _ disapâ€" pearance nearly killed his little sisâ€" ter, poor child; but I expect he rushâ€" ed away on the spur of the moment to escape from his d‘fficuléles, 'Ed": oth men turned toward her quick» and Carbara rose from her chair _ Blue Ribbon Tea is the daintiest and crispiest leaves of the “M T ve CuoAdls 3 m t o 34 ie “‘A rCara. /0 /Aph It is pure teaâ€"free of tanninâ€"appetizing and nutritious {‘ry E“Rd Label Brand for your breakfast. NMOV EL _ > « snddenly, Was the girl going "It is so warm. u:,‘fl-"flr':-' me to retine!"* a _ And as Barbtars assentod with s ourt nod, Katharine turned and movâ€" ed away frogs the piamo. . â€" _ _ ___~ _ "Tha w you, [ do not need help, I am better alone," she murmured . to both Lord Otway and Captain Deorâ€" went, and b-d'!:&‘hor head, she wont i2 4 dreah "Inat Rarripin lodeti® A= able ‘.:'&- that had come to Ler earlier in the day came to her now, a seasation that a net was closing slowâ€" ly but surély round her, and -i_, was es is t2ts io ceusl neuds of the lly into the cruel hands of the tlil'” ':n‘ t .u l‘- «/ was at ance usâ€" pilitiee, Sirve utien yan m“" ma at> his dh&: m&%g and have his Adâ€" vice on her various institutions and “-'\flilfiu I only had\ t on or _ my vicar |" ~she â€"ai t to bring a soft, t-do:... mmfik into her most worldly face, L ol i. 1e Lord Otway was very unsettled and miserable all through this long sumâ€" mer day, he had come down here OB m to speak to Katharine, to e his love and learn his fate. It burt him beyond description to reâ€" member that she â€"his proud, dainty, qd;-ui::uum love â€" she was living . dependent ‘on Barbara‘s will and subservient to her word. It was chiefly this thought that had broaght him down so soon. . 7 "It is early days, I know it," . he had murmured to bimself as he reâ€" solved to .lgn. aside all doubt _ and speak ope: of his love; "she does not know me yet â€"she does not even think of me; while I, I cannot Jet one momentâ€"of the day go without her sweet ‘image ~rising to haunt and tempt me. Anmd she bas gone out inâ€" to the world alone to brave its storms! She! â€"my queen, my lovely queen! How proud and beautiful she will look in the old rooms at Thane! Even my father will bow down and do her homage. Aunt Blanche, too" â€"for ome instant a shade fell on Orâ€" mande‘s face, but opl{ for an instant â€"â€""Aunt Blanche sill fall a desporâ€" ate victim to her ; she adores pretty girls, and Katharine is more than pretty â€"sle is absolutely the loveâ€" liest girl in all the wide, wide world! Who could resist ber ?" â€" : That Katharine was not happy, Lord Otway had discovered from the very first. He could never recall her exquisite face without that sad exâ€" pression round the mouth, that hunâ€" gr3, kmgingu look in the wonderful gray eyes; but the charm she had woven upon him hbad taken such swift and potent hold on him that, lost in ite sweetriess, Ormande had not, strange as it may seem, pondered much as to the cause of this unhapâ€" piness. _ He had even forgotten the episode that had occurred at the railâ€" way station that bygone day, (just before he was able to offer her his friendsh‘p and assistance, and not until now did he rec®il with a start the fast that the Mr. Gordon Smythe whom he hat met casually in London Auring his closs inquiries for Craven Adeir was one and the same with that dark, evilâ€" faced man whom he had watched crossing the line at Northâ€" minster Station, and ‘whose pictured face had jarred on him so keenly in that quist, peacefal cottage bome in 4,008VORC, * 1t was that maffled ory, that Katharine had uttered. last n‘ght at the mention of Gordon ° Smyths‘s name, that broucht it all back _ so cluhr.li to Ormands, and he felt disâ€" tur troubléd, and thorouzh!y misâ€" erable during this bright August das that bngvns on a restless night, the day for which he had longed so eagâ€" orl{. If Katharine would,only come â€"â€"if he could oniy have one moment with her alone, the young man said to himself restlessly. He felt that he could not restrain h:mself much longer, but must pour forth â€" this secret love burden, must learn his fate and so ease his heart. _ 1y avoided going near Katharins, for she felt that if she did go she would not be able to refrain from saying such mh-?nt things as . would make the girl kerp to her original plan and leave the Hall; and Barbara had not the remotest intention _ of permitting that. Katharine must remain in her grasp. . Sha was to be ed =â€"yes, punished and ‘disâ€" ted before she quitted Barbara‘s As far as Ormande was conâ€" to her intense chagrin, Miss _ MBarbara, too, â€" on her side, was thinking deep!y. Eh had purposeâ€" OBAPPER XVL Every one of these umodul‘u::u tefactory to the purchaser the meney will be relunded. Mostyn was obligs1 to confess there was no doubt as to the fact that he m’m;&‘&.“nm“’ 1e, â€"Barbara sould arrive at no conclusion as‘/yet. ‘The girl was so cautious. ”hghu 'fh- Mostyn nunl.- l; w % Katharina‘s uneasiness and mfl- ness. : | â€" + 19e "She no more felt the room hot last night than I feel a~frost in the «ir now," she mused to berself as she even) ns mofidentiais" oo * the rly a young man whom _lhgw vowed" she all right m?l“ 3 -tl: .mald. som was What was itf" Barbara wrinkled her brow. _ "Let us tr; and remember. What ~were we u&h. about just then ? o:flluh Derwent was with us mt he say ! I must rememâ€" Barbara recalled the conversation uurdnll:ulho“m.siubok step ‘by step; and contrasting _ ber brow with vexation, as she could arâ€" rive at no satisfaotory solution â€" of the mystery, â€" "We were discussing about that stupid Craven Adair; dear me, how sick and tired I am of hearing hbis name, and Dl‘(:l- Derwent said someâ€" thfi‘cbout that Japanese swindle." Barbara crushed a ph*~t.inod daisy beneath her bronze heels; ‘was not listening to a wor ‘Orm!d.'ull{-' ing about his parish and sharities London; she had no sympathy with anything of the sort, except when it same to posing before the world as a generous, beneficent, charitable young rweature who did so much for her fellow creatures, and was altogether so moble and good â€"her thoughts were far more interésting than Orâ€" mand«‘s descrintions. "The -fihdlo." ne mused on, "andâ€" then he said someâ€" thing about escaping that, and he mentioned something, too, about Gorâ€" don Smyths, whoâ€"â€"" Barbar& -tm ped in her mnltng "Smy the," repeated, refleotively; "Smythe â€"ah!" ment, put that v‘“fll‘u?'m i :?n-ho.undthdollgh thltflll-‘ her at that moment. "She flinchâ€". sd and gave that exclamastion when Smythe was mentioned; that is the o:n.tm:nwmmk to me the other day. of her a Mr. Smythe, when I questioned her about her former life? Of course that is It; she is afraid of Gordon Smythe; ahe must be, else why should she shrink when his name is mentioned? Afraid of Gordon Smythe." Barbars _ said this over and over again to herself, deriving great pleasure from _ the sentence. "Poer- he knowsâ€"someâ€" thing about her; perhaps she _ has done somsthing wrong â€"if I can Oll{ find out. Well, much as I hate her,° I= in uorien â€" Serttn® porers. _ T + ever a man was utterly m and cruel, he is that man. 1 can‘t be wrong, at any rate, it is a clue worth Ormande tried to conjure ap a great _ amount of interest as he spoke of his London werk, but someâ€" PuE PP Tsd how the real ring was absent toâ€"day; hew-lmueu‘lndhul‘nofl?h no interest for anyThing except Kathâ€" ArinO, "It she will only listen to me, if she wÂ¥i give herself to me Heaven km-honh-.ll-otrr-tmcl!t. I will treasure her as I treasure life wtwi’lln:t'h.w:‘hu& look from and change that _ sorrowful oxpgnn_h_ her tron trck wot This eadupaer ‘mhaterer even 4 w it is, that has shadowed her young me of it. Oh, Katharine! m f dariâ€" fll my darling! I dare not my self hope; it seems‘too good, too wonâ€" life unless she herself wishes to té derful to be true i" Whe walk under the trees nd‘:t have continued much lougr; but that Barbara suddenly sspied Captain Derâ€" went â€" in istance and ~observed that she :: speak to _ the young afficer. Lord Otway parted !l-:l.- his hostess with & :f‘ln'd reâ€" and intended to wa away amd seek Katharine in every corner udnoothomldfl:d;ht"nhm against him; he fall into Mr. Montâ€" rose‘s hands, and was forced to listen to a long panegyiic on politic® All 1t Toue Ue. moutrses cheuged" ihe "That is a lovely girl, that daughâ€" tar of poor mw he said lhn'w: "ahe should * be in a position this sort." matay 3. * Lord Otway would have liked to have m elder man‘s band and nearly wrung it off. be. bngeppadany; mud ormandn "loss ing he could dectare 'r:udl.l'y that Mthfikunl- would need the" words tin nt . igtmbled" on bin $ oi o+ mlatkss Hinacdk * wwith Aoes Tt orey know sttb is temas. t""--n-o prot One wes from Lady Drummond, a short note, full of kind interest as to howr ‘h..mxin -ol’tc-tun.‘q. and epistle, sa int how the bouse L now 'i:gol Kethorine‘s lovely face to orighten nd how Dorca®â€"was never tired 5& when Miss Brereton would 1i ‘ ‘ t n m'iw::: "the sthee Aay. Poer lady, never oo'o.l:’l hm.ll:fi:d o?‘r "".-E: ty uesd though she did not Weston wrote, wdy, she never pressed, mc- say so, still I she is worried, her son.. She o s ouled, Shther ay o. ebout|For Sale By Conrad Bros., Rer son.. Bhe is not looking . aad so C\ have wm%f?o ;'..“.‘ and stay ‘with mo for a few days, then we can chat over Our dear child and if we cannot have ‘:u with us, that will ‘be th; l‘axtd t / thing." & FiM i.“ll A8 m he l-g and mg'ta and an entreaty that the girl wou! turn to her .if she needed anjthing. _ Ketharine lifted the letter, writ« Inhowriting, to her Tips: and & sigh i x or al & broke from her hoart st the same Bhe &uld not help it, nor the of reproach that came as she about pour Lucy Smythe. "I have sacrificed myself to . save her‘ from grief and now it seems my smorifice was in vain. Poor Lucy, poor Cousin Luyg ) Heaven grant you may never learn what a biack heart lives in your idols breast|! _ Wel!, I must not begin to think. I promised .’fi‘ this morning that I iwould not do Thank Heaven, I have some work to do; it is the greatest blessâ€" inz that could come to me now." ©ae toOK up hner pef and wrote &+ way briskly, until the dinner . gong m&ummmm her how it was, in the drewing: room toâ€"night," she re room toâ€" said to herself, burriedly, as lll'. 1086 to her feet rather unsteadily %rut one hand to her _ throbbing eas. "I do not think I could go; I am so With a deep sigh of relief, Kathâ€" arine siak into a chair by the open window and let the cool, sweet evenâ€" ing air fan her wan face. Sh> heard mine o‘*clock strike after a while, and then she knew thatBarbara would send no message for her that evenâ€" â€"mAye, that she was; tired and ill, too â€"mnearly worn outl> . _ _ _0 _ â€"{The dinner rested: untouched â€" on the tfl‘n. she did mthioel cqunlut: ewallow ons mouth desp.te fact m:'xu Parsons had sent her up a delicate and nfost dainty meal WThe fresh, soft air was more â€" to her than food; and slowly rising, weary and cramped *ron longâ€"sitt‘ng, Kathâ€" arine determined to steal dovrn into the gardens and refresh herself for 'fi?kxtmu to the back of the building, she could nc# possibly meet any of the guests. Very slowly she haw / Sime@unbls . caclr soiane .o on 44 made herâ€" Ulilbwn ths stairs, and from thence into the sweet smelling "God is ruod." she murmured, ber ofirm reviving, as she moved .h.;f' "If we haye sorrows an:! troubles, He gives us nature as a ccm{orter rto pour baim on our wounds." . But the comfort did not last long. Kathrrins soom wen‘t ba k ‘mnio the old dreary burden of th ught. She was dlz‘a:venvh iimed, almost m!:t*d b; news Omande bad flodo. back from thm. How had rdor Wfitutrowmym am such a false scent? Katharine‘s sad heart grew colder as sho remem= bered the dead boy lying unmourned, unknown at the bottom of that cruel pit, and recalled h‘s honesty, the ring of slscerity in his frank young voice, the flash of roused honor in his bive ayes, that were so like another p«ir of blus onas she knew so well _ > It hurt her to hear the poor fellow disparaged and called ungenerous and wrong, when she could testify so clearly to his straightforwardness and his honor, â€" It seemed to her a double murder, this slander o(qhim. when ha sould not lc:‘d himself. "Oh, thet I m‘d give my life for his |" said _m.!lr , to herself, 8:): sjonat it had been me don that day } Death surely musrc #o hbiilat as life is to mm & bundred times in the dark . night hours Katharine bhad sat ap in bed with a start, waking from a dream wherein she saw strange hands liftâ€" Oraven Adair from his tomb and on her to come forward and tell all she knew. At such momonts as these the girl did not know "how to soothe or Qflt herself. True, as yet nothing come, not a s*gn or a word wis given that the crime, had it ‘Soote daF, tin mine might â€" be m opaened, the body found, "1 "h“-*â€" epened, the body found, gnd (hem«~â€"« With a nwflc‘t flnuflm buried hoer froe in her reobling hands, though even that dread r-“ did not seem to be fraught with greatâ€" er horrors than she was called upon to bear now, gmarding such a seoret, and "betng Tinked fortyne to moh man as Gordon Smythe. _ __ _ All the affectionate words Mr.Montâ€" Th Moaaman iibugitthe, erate . 9t Katharine 9:'u umhm :r:d hot sven think 'fl! this ghastly »;-.:w n%u bar Would ‘be Pall of exan iek would be s1dnces and rapromch to cantamplate.his.â€" dazchier â€"â€" bis st‘s beem, miss, Fm :a for y0u," said Patty, afâ€" tX BX wa tine took the letters and read FOR OVER SIXTY YEARS gistloful and thankâ€" o oaif loge weitar. a5 io lassâ€"of of: it..~ She turs lon ."-thm was but m«umfiu'nmq f:t/teâ€"a cOe derate er companion in . such a "Oh, If F could but go to sleap, to m?x years, and .then wake _ to it one long, hidcous dreatm!" she "th-‘ out now, .l.n‘ she mord‘ nn::r dark, yu&l trees, losing her wesriness â€"in emotion and agitaâ€" tion that crowded tumn each sther‘s beels in her trowbled breast. She came to a stamdstill at last b the side of a sturdy old tmu‘ leaning up against it with hor um Katharine b?t her head on tham sried softly to herself. â€" It was not a mmu paroxysm of weepng; the stole slowly down her checks â€"â€" tears of bittorness, of durh', of hop‘hflm. tears in which the misâ€" ‘ery of her brokenâ€" hearted love found vent with the rest. The summer moon was ,Nl: in _ the heavens, casting qullnc: tio light “z;u (h '::d;h::u ge+Â¥44 crept throug * move ing leaves; and lingored on t{q fifi'l bowed head, as if wishing ‘to biess «ad comfort her. ~~ i Away in the dstance Katharine could hear singing voices and laughâ€" ter. They had no part in her life. What had she to do with singing and Isughter?â€"â€" those belonged to such um people as Barbara Mostyn â€"â€" Barbara, the woman Ormande loved. Katherine . pressed her â€" wet _ face still closer on her arms &s her heart contracted with a thrill of exquisite pain. _ Yes, laughtér and songs went with happiness. . She must stand by and bear them, must see the blessed suashine pour down its golden warmth on others‘ heads, while she, alone, forgottemâ€"â€"â€" Katharine gave a â€" great start; something rustied among the bushes slose by; then there was a short bark af delight as one of the dogs came runâ€" ning up to ber; then the faint fraâ€" grant scent of a cigar stole to her sostrils, and then some one came from out of the m‘n into the moonâ€" light â€" and ber name eagerly, burriedly. ~ "Kathâ€"â€" Miss Brerston, what happy chance led me to come this wayt" _ % The moon‘s rays lit up her face with its great luminous :{u and\its‘ tear stains, _ Those gri marks . were teo much for Ormande. He uttered a =.tbnd exciamation; isvoluatarily ' hold tightened on her slender hands, and he drew her a shade closâ€" er to him. * A passion of words trembled on his his lips, but Katharine, hor heart leaping wildly, her pulsas thiilling, ber seases growing dazed and dreamy as â€"they mad growa iast niglit, spoke Ormande . was holding ‘both ~her hands in his. Katharine was conâ€" scious of a sense of delight at . his firm, stromg touch, . Cc Â¥. _ "Iâ€"â€"I Bad.no idea it was so late, I mt Ttua in; please let me go, Lord Otwary. I must go, reaily I must." T DoiE 00. e on t es Een _Onmande omiy held her firmer in that tender, passionate hold, that R-o!- ailmost #s clearly as words what ved in his mind. 5p3 "No, Ro!" he muttered, eagerly, huskily, the j>y of the moment almost unnerving fhum,"do not leave me!lKathâ€" srine, I mus. speak to am. L can | it no ionger. This uncertainty is rabile, _ Katharine, my darling! darling®* "Katharine, my dar.ing!" The 3::« ran like lquid _fire in the girl‘s veins, sfie was riveted . by them, magnetized b.{ them into a conâ€" dition of compiete silence, whickh she was powerless to break. Onmande ~met the dazed, questionâ€" ing glance of her lovely om; they made his beart throb with their marâ€" velous, mysterious beauty. z "Have 1 frightened you, my dear» est heart?" be said gently, with unâ€" utterable tenderness. ,‘"Ah, â€" forgive me; you were dot to know, how could you, how I have longed, pngsd to see you ail this weary day, and when I came upon you ndx«ly. Iâ€"Iâ€"â€" you won‘t laugh at me, darling, will yout -m lost my head entirely," he l softly, but his ln“hé-'m‘:" pregnant with happiness. atharine o.lyh‘rdltdhpfy;flnm com= solous of mu‘but the grasp of his the musical tenderness of She still stood cu,l:a with her great gray .y'l‘ i enie nnpmerguiy raat on so k now, Ormandé want ...;miv I « want to hear you say you haye hrmn me; I want more than that, Ka In\h‘ I must try and be rt must not expect too much; be mt-k ;‘u”-t r Nx I tove &- .?x." he & wn‘;- m’ knew why, a sense of ir through H" as he met still, quist gase, you so you are My . sunâ€" -v-‘ Te reâ€" , now i lived L. mt you, a no,â€" and my . love i you, Aathartne, llli& tove las on no i np t nr: ,I:un no keap it to am mmiyfidl about I‘L" He used for a moment, still she stood as oun wing at him. How now utiful . ber ‘Tace was in tMB mooniight; she did â€"not is so designed that it ke volume of at ismm rimnner s aventedar ies comes in‘ ufldtm&hotmmdyuhnifhmgb“ with an zwlmfiwthmhmflfit kitchen boiler. your dealer doesn‘t handle the Imperial Oxford, write to us for particulars. s Montreal Imperial Oxford Range The Gurney Foundry Co., Limited CHAPTEA XVIL Toronto, Canada in the uelloath water reservoir ies | and varly. in cartly. h:‘ "l‘ufly ove P I at= hy, arm® lu‘ Hs seemed ; "{ | radiant . bo unâ€" | troubleâ€"= lad ro. | od _ the or; met broks from has | to grasp th so cruel to me, you will let me hopeâ€" !bulunm”gwulzl.l fvm'dflmwmaulycinu .m:whrrt‘mwu‘: tion and smotion.. "Do you not see it 1s orusl to keep me in such doubt} I hmml bnm‘ so uo The dream wes broken, the sense of vague, deiirious ecstasy with a shudder, she awokeâ€" toâ€" "find ber hands in 6 and Omn.cx'- low volce 6 iz cars. flamed 3 momnt/q l(:l.{b expressible fi,.. but for a moâ€" ment; the next she saw die away, ‘and ‘black despair creep into its place. "You love me?" she seid; . "you \lovonof' & n ol 2o BShe spoke almost mechanically, her brain was stunned, it did not work very quickly; her 3- met his again and at the world passion, ofâ€" un~ fathomable tenderness in their . biue depths, she shivered. . e C "You . love met" she whispered, faintly. "Itâ€"it is not.true~â€" no, nO, it cannot be trus." _‘ + The.full borror burst on her all at once; here was happiness, great, wondrous â€"golden held to her lips, and she must drink. Was it not enough to miake ‘any woman :1:]:!' 'lhd shrisk before such tempâ€" m linskus, mawiy tiring To sitasicher y try o § TT paa se . wrong; w you say t You.five me i" and d# laughed wildâ€" ly. . She was har conscious â€" of. what she did, o:fi one thing ohr«” her in the face, she must send hm eway; she must push him from hur.{ lest she should sink hor:-th this awâ€" ful blow, and bring sAame and sorâ€" row on him as well as en herself. Low blind she bad beem â€"how blind! . it n- no.t. Barbara "itnnh hic loved, ‘ «â€"she, poor tharine Breâ€" ‘ :v:x was that she was thinking â€" ‘Kntlutiu Brereton|! Alas, _ poor wretchl for ons moment she had forâ€" gotten that she had no longer _ a right to that nams â€" she, another man‘s wife! She looked about . her in a blind, wild way, as if mklnf for _ some uu.?u. some path tha would take her from this last awful trouble and lead hber to peace. thS Pauacu, tme noas ame was . pioâ€" pnr to tear ot:t“w-;un. *and m out its lifeâ€" blood carefully and "I" camnot tell you how ved I am, Loid Otway, at Jâ€"at wfl: has just â€" occurred, â€" believe me." She molstencd her pale lips. . "Believe me, itâ€"if I guessed it for one instant, I should have taken great care. to prevent you from being exposed to the pl.nl-'-nrg'dld io â€"to give you toâ€"night. Iâ€"â€"â€" e ,1 Ormands broke in suddeniy. 3‘ not bandy‘ fine words!" â€" he out, with a fiercsness that was foreigm to his nature. "Iâ€" cannot bear it, . Tell me, Katharine, bonâ€" sstly, ltldfitbrwudly. is â€"â€"is there ‘Yh grow, If posntt 1 bade pale i4 a ® it in â€" the fiu"&h‘t"fidm then w up her head quictly, with an that was almost maddening, ’Ilno : wone i" she said, coldly and ouw "None He echoed the : word ynloma 7. “7 "0 4 «y * E arms fall sides heavily. Hs seemed -l-_:ln'h!- a w'-'l‘. radlant bog to an old, wors and trouble= ladam man,. Katharine checkâ€" ea _ the ory â€"of agony that almost :* fl’l.mh!r lips. 0:. to : be h: grasp reamu appinesa one brief moment; hfitrflc’: out bar handa be drawn into that close Nngn. embrace. . She _felt a% «ha 'Jl‘h dia held in his arme, and to his great, noble :.'.':'x..gg. Ts Inim. Wns t in har "tatt for" berentt en ie sn Heah is i. fet E. 4 &7 tines ts esns Offlce : opppaitt Court w * MAE communicstion, )I.O.T. diuto U * um.wm T eleph« t tn alsos .cs ut the uose sva threet Spaaia attention given to the use of the X . 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