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e of him, yet yon dis- She would, go and live in France or Italy secret of his indifference. I hoped against said. `• Y do not think first he has nary
k y :s y ill he may- hope--you aw how I ars heart to give ; it is all want0d-hA has had
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s I dad the fathiw naightabe y from $ little love and
hes I a p ��IIS. gt
. f u �A �y- cc woke to the sure a hundred loves."
- ., We hive JQSt TB +t�",atw' ql. Kut � I saw hfa. commit. po4itive heed it. He had shown but h haat he not only did " But, not ogee real one, Hildred. If you ,
in your anarse, and thea lay. all at her ; she Would not consider him. The only not love me, bat that he abaolately disliked *grin his heart, take my word for it, you
dam c• IL he thy. Earre ordsra," he regret s%e felt-and it was a deep one-eras me." will be hi9 &rat love 'We will take our
. taken into ,stock a - '' u e'er th$ eanetian aI your for Sir Raoul. Sir Raoul, the only human "Poor child !" ew-d the grave voice stand on something higher. To win love 1.
AMMsarctiestllg '.
`` • O special IlIIt3S 4f I s a n speak." aad that aught to be honored and being who cared fors her-what would he again. ple+,san% but you shall not devote your
-1 „ I say that great cruelties, actx of say when he knew that she was going? He •` I do not like speaking of it," she be- life to that. You shall devote yourself- to
' '%tt• he told her - -�t� are committed.' Would min. her so tunably ; but, even for an_ " You must see, Raoul, as well as the rouaaiag of a Boal, gaFura►ily noble, but
�-.. _. > . s�a.SQilable- _._ -gam ml
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sa*3 gJ cc I - _'$oygaur to °know-Ghat-it, ts;Lrus&"_e= eie8r E he wase to Pier, she eanld ! dayon must ntrderstand_ How could long buried in self-inch! ce and foil ;
: WCZ! We IIldp IIlf%Ld�detaia yon Longi- p- °� - F .king
not ata ler•wou-mis.htlr,'Pre wl'olocoil aayfltxe FIePp-desgiaengand dialikiugaaoett}...,y,,a ah�►Il s nd our Life in m the
_. • y �, yourself among the people and salt. her With a true, loyal love; but ahe would who lives for' Iiimself, who care#''for moth- Earl of �esraven worthy of the name he
fa�arWl>�Ig ; my room?"
H "�'l see awn wits' large families and telt him how wretched ehe was, how atterly ung but has own ple Azure, and leaves every bears. You have promised.'
- i epee wi..-q sn tete sprj ahtgliitga a Waelr to support them me ble, sad thea he would see that she dq@y neglected ? How can I love a maa" , I wish," she said. " that you would tell
p 14 t3IGCEfS '11'y Sir e"3`i into foreee;whase rents have been rAhmd one �t $o- ` w o married me only for sip mousy, me what to do firaL.� I coatld go on if I only
1 e � a Year-their totals, not the r wages; She sobbed out the words. It was a ra- deepisiag me the while--Who has not since knew how to begin.
t • , g)I HiIl� fs to his Qs'ice ; ars p are the Amasser. employer on your lief to say them relief to say even to her- marriage shown me the o dinary civility He smiled bravely.
Lzoshoa. IL toss tg ort q_the hewers of wood and drawers of self that she was miserable ; alis had been that a gentleman never fats to show to a •` Perhaps yon will think my Etat lesson
eg`r f annelS ed roam ; the cei-ILnie rte
pe -the paarest, thg mI•^.SL varetclaedeIaSs so proudly retTeent, so self-reeLraineti lady? IIs is selfish, indo.eat-oh, Raoul, a very bard one," he said
rvaalls were tseaathft: iy �� bf�m EngZaed_" Saddealy a hand was laid upper her shout- I do not like, saying -this, bar. if yon saw hi;i " I will do what you Lel! me, Raon1, let it
t i Ill fLywere of rich rose ~Z11 ,mat is not Blant re's fault- You would der, anti, L,oking up, she saw Sir. P wul cruel neglect, his cruet opp:esgion, i# you be what it may." It
V 11TH a,, a prahision. of flowers per revolutionize society," a" said, icsterested atandicg by her aids. In his pa4- fa-e, k -e:v how carelessly he leaves everything " Then I shall Suggestthi� You wish
�e resom A cc in Ate o€ him-!- b t a aea::ion of her worn with suffering, ty. .
pain and safer- she saw in. to John B{an re how heedless he is as to makes little advance-nothing veryma
sm : rel Cara - a, eke said, I a s w g p d
Zak fro A goer -a �.G� wo`ds- finita play, infinite love ; companion and the claims of jus i, you would be sorry for but some 6riflutg act of civility that
" fav6r to thy, I know it is not all Biaatyre'S fsalt:. tendecness shone in his eyes. He had never one !" make amends, and eriow your dewire to be
1 !! fLear tilt w'L1't iG - "ffe septi If one of the ctilf rea o' a household goes looked so v tae and eo noble as he did =just `: You have borne your fate bravely as what children call `friends."'
wrYrag, it, ural the hired servant w'ao i.e thea. He bent over her. get, but now you have tired of it ; your He did not know what an effort. it coat
` Ptzizi_ Heli t s. to blame, {hut the father aid mother- I' " Hildred, poor child, la it so bad as courage and pAtience have failed-yon have her to say "'Yea," but she did nay it, and
ahe W.w Ewa face a aw dark usurp »
know it i. not B{an&grz's Exult ;bat at rase this ' he asked_ told me so, and I can plainly see in your she:. meant it.
Which o€ - aervsa told g, a that -a » •� •'
• s was �e y' " �� L day, when the wastes {lona anal the I6 is so bad, elle said, that it could own mind you are seeking some means of Then this is what I suggest It wssa
11 �Vterrs ten mew on wide t,�a blow trceken hearts of these people ere for not be worse, Raoul-nothing could he escape- Is it not so?" ab
?at a spray of mignonette that you din- .
" F �, yon ' vengeance, we chaff know whose &a h it worse. I am tired of it I am going Yee,` she answered, I d=ust go plowed Ulric last (;rather some beautiful
Yes ftM eaumeaL I Taw I Shall din- Was." away-" �" away-" sprays of it, the finest you can obtain, and
He shrank from, the ciaar gaze era the «*LOW- "Goigg away," he repeated slowly. " That would be a commonplace ending take them to him- Say quite carelessly,
a� hiam w[LfiauL a character for ei sabe- ZT " `
p „ urg eloquent eyes- That is what I feared. Has ydur patience, after all, running away from year trouble. Yon admire mi„nonette, so I have brought
,� n « the did not wait to hes- wfeaL reply he your forbeara=nce, come 'to an turd at last, Hildred, I tansies how you may make your- you this.'"
If draafeged gore, she I sus Would make-it would have been better had Hildred ? " self aheroine-how you may rise from this, "And suppose,' said Hildred, "that he
wray far it. Dxt• Bray do art anew shat, to she done so-but swept nom the room. " Yes," she replied truthfully, " it has, your girlish, dissataRfied life to the grandest repays me in kion by throwing it away Y'
� Y= 3g%wat m$ peen It was a hamBiation for her when teary at last." heights of heroism. I see it, and, nares. I " Never mind-courage and ohdeneemust
to ere ara>IIndaasgiz6y. Woodruff came agate, to. tell her that she He was .silent, for a few minutes, and am greatly mistaken "in mg estimation of be your watchword& Ah; Htldred, after .
" li"Iaisdg -ft Q, IdzPdaedP," lteY had failed an her minin
, eF I PZ�v'e �aiEe CmlUs><� a�galtr:8 �� mg re-(shat evert at, her �ns as she looked up at, him, a great awe pour character, you will do it ; it is better all, our likes and d,elikes should have little
t r. I xts+ vci:mae iasei;o sand from go«a, and solicitations, the Earl had refaced the Little stolsover her. His eyes were wised to the to dig on the heights of heroism than in the to do with our duties ! You will not be
boon; she asked- She would have given clear skies, his lips moved- Surely in a depths of despair-" I alone in your straggles ; I shall watch oar
Y ccuaixat aaRawg - mr[cTx i ` she could have shown even this p tune elle had seen a baste sameth�� like " I thought," She said, " that men you, I afla4l help goo, and sympathaf $r
I` Com' She ��' sly' poor widow some proof of his desire to �, with a serene light on the brow. Her affected to despise the influence of women?'' sweet."
encs beffeve r�-1 bave not the team- wiser please her-but she could not anger, her impatience, her bitter eantempt " ti A true men. You xr_ar take it as a ' She c%ught his hand and kissed it, . He
to interi�E ; but this poor soman-if yah She � one of those people who, never and duke seemed to fall away from. her, safe rule for guidance that when a man eaw her face clear, and a bright, earnest
OEM her L
p Iti>us�rg > m sad defer a disagreeable duty. dile aeat that even from that one tools at his f we- She rails against women he? is no geatlemsn. light shine in her eyes-. .
eyes e�S eIIfluglt t,4 ; same dug for .the poor creature, who came rose suddenly into something nobler than a He may he a pareeau, a snob, an igno- '! " Do you know, RaF.al, she said, " that I
trembling for the fate of herself ani her wtee,ping, vengeful, unhappy woman. ramus ; be sure of one tf;ing-he is no feel happier even now Eetore I have began_
ad' imdg- chiHrem Caraven reeeive-t her very. " You are going awn Hildred-von can gentleurAn. The first inatinct of a gentle-. I did not like the thought of ranning away;
co Yoti dog n*r' mef tihaL: I kww' gots kia,Mv, but a at once itato the rr, atter, bear it no loner? Pooi child! This re- man is chivalry. The pian who has none there. acmeEhing very cowardly abodt
;t,.x.- hn pita sad aoraps .ion for the an€artan- I airs ver sorry to tell ort, she Said,minds me of an hour I a ant once wit,kk a should lay no claim to tkat title. Believe it �iow I shall never think of it again_ I .
I- ate- h+sve seen yma kiad and generous to ,, that I' ham Esq Lorrd.Caraven does soldier who warm determined to desert his me, Hildred, most. great and sol=e men owe shall endure to the very end. I am happier . ,
t�nz' and thia pone Waw'$ husband- nut feet inclined to Fargo the rent" post and fly." -he greater part of their wiadom to the in- even for the resolve- I have something to /'
erg sf[e ham' hEtsbaiad'. "It is not sag ford," cried the woman. " I am not a . soldier," she said, 'with
a fl lento of gond and noble women. It is the live for-
"It It Catuvesr,' ellen$ to nave gage bsreim. "I know it is not. It is Mr_ Blaaantyre's more pitidd smile- grandest influence in the .world "-and the
k. � -i5 iea<a .--;r ,-a Ghat, a fe- W Piir� May '� „ g Something to live for, so to begin
$ fes; he said )i stsAuld Md mast pay. We will taLk'it aver, he replied, ,sad eol:iier raised his noble head'. proudly. " I Something to fight for, something EA win
eF Beat I cauunt, my Indy ;. I have not. the he seated himself by the crit-son carnation need not quote history to you-you are I must he more patl�nr, than patience itself_
`yF pant veaaT a€ Puoil�g at tae mat- meas" at her side. " I will tell you all I think," he betiter versed in it than I ata- I need not _ _
d __..- -- ...___� Ip YOM know Ghn:t Yom a_� attacking, must. be humble ; al airy and self
i9oe bay a£ aacteL `` I have thought it aH over," said Lady said, "and we will talk it over; them you quote biogra h or etry nor oint to the mus leave me before(( the taskthat_._ _.__. , -----� Ic�eaaaLgettLtecottsge-rent shad,decidaL7 _ m who said y tri owed all his success you have set me_ I must rise from the
'� r� I is flus erase she free for you, but I can pay the rent_ I will She ,'Ww to harden her 'fieart hi 196 to his raaLPLer; _ nor to the ..man-.who ;.
' , LrgLLtg s mmran ,a►ce to •�LLte- hetoi , -arid'- nap to_..._... _, ,,
. cF give � to you every mouth, but it must, be agminst him, to sag to herself that, no mut- owned that he owed all his goodness to his my$elf, tt is for the good of a human
TheGsme TL'`e► K-ther tamat glodauspatat on ' the cglition that you tell e o one- ter what he thought, urged or said, it should wife- It is the same story. I feel inclined
eff the, B' 9r >✓onat itmtroam.. data 4Ir an�ff Lard C.sacvem micgfFt be displeased i€ .he make no difference--ahe wood go away. sometimes to think that the grandest of s6�'�
e�rsiE lis: o€ the dame ,a4a✓3, mot far . In another uticsnte the beautuul face
. lifrLzra'� heard it: He was sensitive and prduci, he waa tender God's gifts to this fair earth is the influence
'F got: 9» Slue said gently •` You It was faimLTiatarg at first. to he.: to gi=ve o€ h=eart, but hove could he understand her of good and noble women." had disappeared, and Sir Raoul was left in
tlYiaga of GluaL kind better chaLiu1'rueasare
c4arides unknown toher. husband and then ease ''Thal which tortured hes Wsa nothing tris ages brightened, his face flushed, .hA the pleasaance plane
1i m& � ad t � akiag I eEt for. theto � that they might: be kept, aec�t- The to him spoke Ia�te a knsght of old. She' looked at " A man rs ght lay down his life . for
goat vgi>mnr,, veshtD Povesl i t PLusfuxad=Paved �`�� of the poor Wolin= ici some He looked at Iter with the same sweet, him with wondefing awe- � such a woman aK that," he said, with rvltat
h� sad I.m compensated her, and inaefe her noble compassion that seemed res hEe afffioSt "Yon mag ,run a�vazg sad .leave year almost a sigh. a
fuer & ss atiseraaiYt more than hernias. (some, Hildred ;but GIsaL vain be a camman-
" lifiP.c£sed`, you must not ask me Gm later- , fyse,of she I?srlls azaaL intimate £izete€s- "Hi&Lrer€,"he said in a L;oW .veru e, " iviLt lane eud3ng. I?o that. wS�ich is nobler, CHAPTER YSL Y- ' ..
' inset IG saes sort do, Gds ; way iy7 ease f ane indeed �o knew al's his affair,-wan Yom trust me wholly? Will you , tee( me higher, better, resign yourse f, submit, to
. atwags I `qua°tY teriere � Arthur Ord and Hildred overheard. the true story of your marriage Y � your fate and make the blest of it As a � Lorcl Carsten stood in. the ba`lliard-room
r y aF-t pug Perm, clime Iray c cs one day laying a =` Do you not know it, Raoul 7 It seems handsome and n=oble won' n'use your infl¢- at, Ravenamere ; he heti been ..playing with
c� =:t a¢ Pet cLe Llie aessi. for her he avg with the young Lieutenant � me so shameful, I have no wish to ence with your husband to rouse him from one of his friends, uho, having received a
11 �� g S y t it. his slough of and into a her life." tele had one to answer W He stood
linen _ aaelrezL P311e&ialred at his cam ropes despond telegram, g
"° � Arthur," she Said, " I do not; cost " I' know Something of it," he repliede She was looking at _him in sheer wonder alone, leaning carekss'y against the open
'" If gam � shmu raise ;it to three, Sider than is quite gait ; LiersLer arLt )dd- cc hitt im t the whole truth- I Arnow that " I`Iow can I inflaence Lord Caraven'_" veranda, something more than his usual
as g tiTarznuaig S>? 1_, EU Stade has aur chance. you know more than you will tell it to me- I anis you as, a ph-F#- she axked. indifference darkening hie face ; he never
d gam aingL set . wi:Il<aaGe a: Etre does when you lay such a wager-you �n asks: I must know the whole truth "You cah do it by Pstieace and per- � lllred.interruptic n,during .game. - - .
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, « ; It ee euPd Pte >a fiistail pent. 1t muss abKG- law that .yom will win e-" before I can advise. Tell rae'. one thftzr� aeverauce Say to yourself that the task She would sot reveal her hesitation, bat
rte` S� &r&& yam toffay turned h�hea faCc mover fargust Llan sneer.paitbt wftir,Fs he Did goin Pave Baur bnabaac€ 3t, aid before of your life shat( be to make .him a goad Went straight to 6ihs, smiting so Chs:L he.
y, , *site¢ ! � � « greeted � • your may�ge? n main instead of running av�g from it,, little guessed how, her heart beat. He
lis sig c, p oda Caravec,' Its' ward. c` permit tale " Ido." She replied ; " Bot iia the leaast_" ' devote gou:sePE to it. There i8 rpiLch said raised his eee$ro�ve a6 she drew. nearer to
. it, and flaw alnix.;st aasrg r« - ec
_ - - "I � � rete �� H��n Eve' •tro affesmg Fein umdersta�nd Will port tall me again WPtg ,you; a of a Wdntari's misaiaft-let that be your. ; him- What was getng, to happen ! Before
S30'. tag t6 e=uiG the raoaL "IL rs CFic;money matters eilasnsL an nttaell as yaen tazauaatt, ,naturally nobler, naturally tender and surely there can be ns. higher, or holier he bad time to speak his face Was buried its
ieL fatros gnu Ite.we duel o£ nie, ssrl I;; tale fatCe>~=d true o€' heart, married Without love?'� mission than to rouse an indolent man Loa a soft, deeery masa of rnigtLonnette.
fit, ra have h tar Vic ; it. . and
BcM I ! CHAPTER EXV� � minced at him, her beautiful .ace sense of his_ duty, a aelthh tnan.f:om his " T€�ere," said a laugninj voim " YOU
B.T1irby rr 5t t1dt1 g tisat, I- wumld � aWi haat replying to. Sir Arthur EILtlyss fall of perplexity ;she lead getPtered a trim self-inriulgence." said this morning that this was your
11 >ntT a rtet£eser We mmit; make what we aani 1 �ts witfrant a ward Q£ cgamment, Lada � acn e�rnmtion, and was izaPdiisg it 4etvaeen " It would bg a noble task," wise said fayariGe, flown e. I have been looking for
her afender thoughtfully. ce 6,uld I accomplish it, the most fragrant sprays of this that I could
of Lfre eatwte, aad mw airalL never do fG if we ` CTaraven rnstantF-F quitted tha roozn, her ' " y, >. � .
' witm TSiantgra-'� i. heart 6uruiaq w#Tz hal, indigaatfom How f f Will teen you, Raoul. I asked mg Raoul _ find_
•: ` wedL Ger hush snei's fLzead3 mus )tactic that , father if lave were necemary for happiness, " With perseverance and a if control that �e could not believe the evidence of his '
,'die raaisecE her rseac"s wetln a r. rmiiis air ` `sad he Surd `iia,' I believed Prim ; hence would amount to heroism ,you .might, he senses ; it wars incredible that the laughmg
}; aandt he did not rave her ! The wuufd neves='
#� fi`, l qm' dTi iirr F dare Gas k try .lmr a as the tgfie$ uL for that any m atalta>." rapdieil. "You must be the sculptor who voice belonged to his eoPil, proud wife-the .
P'. "pig mg Tui „>= she said, ``stag ft sail i P� y bat
f+a knave Have vicelf mast kLioar " Yaar lather deceived yon." from a mass o€ qualities, good and bad is.- girl who had swept imperiously from the
t I€ .fns have le-ft your crtuaciea• a is., 32� IeaP y " He elicr deceive mom" she re pLred termised, mast try to priiduce a perfect rooms when he eaw her last He looked at
I s t $Asn rs'e liaarizs r ' LGy wb they'dared to try to insult her
•° wratLPr6 oat have macFt Go " th SPI her fa-tIse °' ' Hs Pdalred at the downcast face. character." cc her is amazement. She would not see the
"� 2e hard, r"u' I &Iced, . he said gently, I do not But, she said, half doubtfully, he surprise on his fere or maitre the least, differ, .
-f - II the T!; srL Poi ice ,.UUH r The pleasaunce nLus , Have Bess cart u
r� g re?emegLber that I have ever met ,with a more does not love nae. ence because of it.
r into a. SMAkT ac-- , atructed by some one who knew hour hmnan F ,. cc
+ aataire Is. far rest. k'evc of the RaveLrs- , thoraun�lo, woman than you_ You have all That does not matter. '• I prophecy that You have the very pick of the garden
?e• Her face: lltls`ted, her eyyes aTione brightly aged I a tyaasaLt'a tenderness o£ heart, quickness he will love you in the end-that when you here," she said ;' `a every spray has ire own
° 'r -Let lass ask yatr, mag Pard,? she eaid�, mere people liaerur a$ its eristeace-rise " •
A "Ea,, - ever remeQ,bered that sell � i viaitora did not Sumeo€ the•iervants were � a£ iIIstit�G, fertility of imagination, grace have roused lila Saul From its sleep 1G vszP1 special beauty- '
of aiiac€- our irl�S earl thoughts are all turn to you naturally as the Sunflower tarns He roused himself, and tried ' th recover
vaeaIt&: waa givem to you, ant for your awn:! i peke t f Go itE wherea{iontr� g
y byP �el Qi , FG was con:staucted for the sole and e=lu- S womanly and true. How could Boas be so to the sun_ Da you not foresee it,, Hil- froth the wandering stupor that had over-
dulgence, bm' £os• file (soar I � false to your- whole nature as to believe Bred ?" And an almost saintly enthusiaam come him-
. � and the needy m� five use of the T. wi+;s Caraven~ hamar r that even when our father told it to you?' shone on his fan " You really , rememliered Hildred, what -
" I ah IuLT , i B the err to&i stories o€ one of the daughters o£ the' �` y >: t " y ' '
the I�rik y I have never cement- house who had been barn with a deformity _ "I carom* te.LP_ As you Say, ury own I "it is possible, Raoul, 'but I serif ? he began, with a pleased (nolo.
r• ih the farce so terrible that Dile was unfit For . InIIate perceptions aught to have told ms " 1V'ap, be brave You must not eyes "Yes+,and I thiolz yoashowedgoexl teat"
berm aagthiag of tae kincL it wan €alae, but they did ant One reason think of the worts `bat-' You must be she replied. ° I Arnow no flower Welier
•` Them Pet me Gert guw it iii tzme: E ivauIrE � human -egos tau gazze an The. P.arl, ' flet •` _ matter, caa ( .
saaner be the poorest begga=r turned frena:: father never getztaiLtesd her to leave the ( I laved Stud and n that I kid thought
ooks rrogmance seldom, without enthusiastic
You moa give your- � L " And you r:�tlpthink that I have good • '
, Yom" door than: r wuaItE Ire gau,.with: your ( houap- asnrd this ggarden ItA been constructed i _ g » .
6EtTe, guar eststa$, gazer weattir, your deacE encireEg for her use. It was eactmed be- ; if ever it came into my 'thoughts- I had self up to it, as a mi-eianarg does to can- taste-" he ea;d_ .
' side, your, asci ff, yo r we tfta . Goal engire faur'higfs walla, and tlzoae Wall vaerz t tea girl-friends to converse with- • P ever I . version of the heathen, as a martyr does to �., `• Yes- Why should that surprise yon?"
cavereri with as luxuriant awGft a€ i No ' thought of Iave at all it was as of earns his death- tau mast work for it, live for ahe asked, with a Amile.
m°rnaug„ my rurtL" 6ri t far land that all the world Sought, it, die for iw Have you the courage and the His face flushed and his eyes drooped_
. Amf with an: air of the os. windows; no. tower Overlooking the garden_ ( - •
young,
' The atha were broad and Straight, the', but few ever reached_ . I asked my father constancy for this, Hildred? " " I fancie«l,'T he Aauf baFrte>xLly, `dLhatpou
>L'aunresa Sweat tram rile raoary Is. irduiug hint . P g ; if one could live happily without lava•- He The,li ht, was dee enim? on heir faces the conaidere�t me alto rPther
E whole lace wads a wildetness of f€awers. a pp p g P o . r e7,raeel andwtth-
e�h with: mg - t P Cold me `Yes'--even more happily that fire in her epee. The paeeion 'of hie �aocda out and to ldeemilrg quality."
.The gatilig Cbuateas bethought; herself of . lava wana, fever which burned and fretted- was beginning•to tell upon her. 11, Indeed I -to nor.," She repliedrtarnestly,
CtfAPT� KXVL� I . " . this retreat. ' She hand one key of the dark-
, ,) He said Chat the calmest, the moat peaceful " I have both the . courage and the wan- thinking of all that Sir Raoul had said in
green, door that .led to it ; Sir Raoul had { r
Lady G.14.,-M'was not astarallg prone to Haother. She would go thither, She Said to ' of lives were those in. which love haft no stancy, she replied. _� t his favor- " Tha ; is a great mistake off
.share-" "Think of the difference in the ending ours_
sir, hut. nava ehe trembled wick ran that herself, and look .her life in the face, and ' g y « »
. i # she altauliL he ser cruelly inaulre&, denier( the' thou decide what to CIO with it. It was I And you believed him, he said. Imagine the RtrL on his .death- There is one thing, , he confessed, in a
fiat favor iTae had even asked__ LIIied be- aIawtg davanutg across her that .Pie would,
- " Yes, I told him what poets and novel- bed, tortured b jr the ghosts of those whom low tone I have shown the worst side. of
i , `* ' e� ahe took av gereraua interest in: surely not be able to bear her triads much longer - ists said-how a great poet hall said it was he has neglected, by the ghosts of duties my character to you_" .
, tawliest cr�-aLr m am her huaband'a thaat ahe could not and 'worali not endure , better ' to have laved and! Lost th%a never left undone, ready to curse the young wife, : She felt frightened and inclined to run
r e~ staat.:- Tit vital. un:Zeardi o€. She dial not thele: ; that there was as, brighter life some:- to have loved at aLL' � He declared it was who, by $ging fl•om him and leaving him to ; away.
11 give: vertu to hw anger by any Lound outburst wlere which: She waa determiaeA to find all. nonsense, ` the poeCa trade,. the writers his own devices, had hastened his ruin,body ; , •` Vru will not Ione my flowers or throw
aff motion She th=ud not pace np and dawn out - that she could not sacrifice her whole art,' until-bolreve mz, Raoul-1, half and Pout-picture that. 'Then fancy, to. them away ? " Aho: acid- Aad thea she was
tine roam, denciling her handy ; taut she ti -e to a shadow of duty - tbat, in fact, She thought it a noble thing to live without yourserf the Earl on his deathbed, blessing startled, for his handadme indolent eyes
ataaeE�e>l.�at�eyIIt, her face pats as' dgatb, her �,! go forth free_ . Iovs. Then-let me be quite frank-the the dear'wife, the noble woman who saved were fookibginto hera with a newexpression, ,
� Qled with angry Cim at he ahould She went, to the plerasaunce- / I f she were notion of being a caunteae3 pleased me- Let .him from ruin, whn srolte his soul from its in, r Keir b: ere, dfep*he.
k%v-e Listened with that satir smile as interrupted; there, it aauld be only by her me be even more frank- I eaw Lord Car- long alee>p, who taught him how to live and " Ara I sd wanting in oxhivalry and
lovas fitter, perhaps gbiag at her is his huahand or Sir Raoul ; there was no fear of aaerr, and I lilted him_ ,He Pookegl handsome to, die: Could you hesitate four true moment lantey, Hildred?" he asked her. •` 14-411-.
<. loffat, ! • She aha-aak 5mm hers+e M other intrudem A sense of relief came to and faacinatlIIg=he seemed to. differ from between these two pictures?" lieve this is the first thing that you have •
" - - fFmven help me," she sai,� " but I am her when. ahe found„ herself Tietween the the German professors lir the city men with -No, not for one moment, Raoul. I do ever aiven me of yqur own free will, is it
afn& that I haste h'm 7" ;&,. four higTt wa=ils. 'rae blue sky Smiled down wham' I was familiars nF tidied him,, and I not hesitate-I will not hesitate. I will dot not?' �� '
ffer hands trerahle4l. Slightly. ' upon her, the languid air stirred fisintly, . made as great mistake-" my life's work. f " Nor, she replied, quietly, " it is not."
c` I am, in a P,Awion," eheemid Go herself- the AeeIIt of rases crime to her on the wind - " WLIL you tell me what the mistake was,. " That is well sai(L You must resolve to , " Ah, pardon me," he said, with a quick
" as waarfer vasa ewer Wife refused LG was Like a repriavaa Lo nutter that t}uiet Hildred ?�:overcome a«IP diflIcu{ties-you mast nay to change of face and voice-"pbu gave me
stir!: a: trifle .' ' ^ retreat and &WI &Lome r Yea I knew nothing a£ money mat- yoaraeIf Eram the beginning that nothing your fortune !"
While she Sttraid trying to stern the wi7� . It vt off a dreary tangle, a mise: aab{e tlieali- tors-L did not even know that I was a shall daunt Yon. You will think that I am cc " Nay, Lord C-raven," she §aid gently,
cuaant of sager and to cool the fine that paintment She loss tire+! and we�rg Look_ great heireas --aad I was foolish enough to preaching to you ; but, &ItPLOu I have you are quite wrong. I was not thinking
I to burn: 11Pr heart and brain:, a ser- ing bath, She thought she mast have been think that he. must have ®sen me name- been only a rough soldier, I have seen .I of money. l;.nid is "droas-I dempise itr -
saaut, her own, maid, entered- mad to sacrifice herself as she had done ; where and have liked me-that Ito must great deal of life, and I have come to the could almost hate i5 for the mischief that it
ca Hy lacry", she sail(„ -the karl is married for her money, golf for a Siete, Lher have adirired mer or he would ant have conclusion that if women, instead of study- makes. I was thinking of something very '
, nwking you. $ball l tell him that yeti 4r6 own will her own womanknodd had never wished to marry me.. ing medicine, quarellinq over votes and at- different from Tnoney-Something tP A
tfere'_" sAserted itself. Ido: handsome, indolent Isaax- e' "Poor child !" he said, with a grave, ,tending public meetings, would devote them- money could nor, buy." ,
" EE Iraiz please;' she replieef, " band dict nothing but' treat her with ^i�n�d`iffer- Pitying lace selve8 to cultivating the best qualities of He was lonking at her with keen cnri
$Iter neither moved nor stirred when the enae and contempt She caufd da hghTn CHAPTER �V1IL their husbands, the world would be better Gaily.
Kad cam ct in. Size neither turned h-r for him. He eras oto the way to ruin. �ovg " I could not. understand it," edhe con- than it is.." 1 " Something that money could not buy,"
- LtematifaE head nor raiand her mu& eyes. could she arrest him? Hin whole fife was a tinued ; " no one was ever so pu7.Ied. I " In it not unwomanly to seek for love be repftze,L " I declare th4t, you pnrsie
4 M 1taaPs:� aaat, the tall aIendes ffgarai ss. sunt! of esneeleam plV"ure €ram which• she could not help nott-q. tg his indifference and which is not Offered to yon, Raoul ?'' k me. I thought gold was omaiFotentt_"
diene gy so dfeffa rat. could never divert biro. Hee had an that his reserve, but I flrioaght than would alI " It might be in a girl, it is not i s wife. d " I do .not think so--I do not likes it:.
/ � - Hddrad,•" he Said sharply, " I wish to he wantecd-her money- New surely she die away. Every dug I was e�pectiag to . I think a wife should aspire to her Omnipotent ? Why, Lord Caravan, e11 the
>. husband, to nAke him love her with all wealth of the World could not huy Kapp€
.a � to+gttiz:. aauld gin Eree�--frr� to lead s. more congenial (sour that he Lta� find some reaeau far hr's d* "
I �- "' F sdward like to Mak you," 110 said,, life, where she would not live in the midat coida�•�somk ` reason that had passed his heart, I new or love,"
dfitiii�e ld- so' muck. '" is hear the' " Lord Caraven will never love we'd,"' she
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