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THE .SIGNAL GOD} RIC 1 ONTARIO.
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BY MRS. MARY J. HOLMES
Author of " Tempest and Sunshine," "Lena
Rivers," "The English Orphans."
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Semi zing -nolo d rubbing.
• "Black Knight " always
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j
4 • wink -and uts-\on a
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_. _. Rtmltalf, eat 10A
after staring at me a moment, she re-
plied. quite indifferently. M. Lee'a
face does seem familiar, and if mis-
take not. I met her once or twice in
Boston"- and this was all fhe said,
if I except a glance, half beneath her
icier. drooping ryrteshe e. This glance
4 I did not then understand. but i now
know it to have been prompted by a
dread, Zest i should tell of her en-
gngement with Herbert Langley. and
thus betray her to Mr. Delafield, to
whorl, it seems,. she had positively
denied the whole, solemnly assuring
him that there had never been be-
tween them anything more serious
then a mere friendly acquaintance.
When, therefore, she saw me, her
tears were awakened, and knowing
that I had her secret in my posses-
sion, she looked upon. me with sud-
h nes
picion and dislike, while I, wholly
unconscious of her feelings, had not
the least intention of ever Speaking
but he of the past, unless circumstances
should render it necessary. But 01 this
he An- she was not aware, and that night, in
faults. 1 the privacy of her room, she com-
muned with herself as to the beat
account
means of counteracting anything
MAWwhich 1 might say coneernng her
eat to conduct in Boston, deciding at last
hat, it that the surest way of accomplishing
stn
nm her object was to brand me se a per-
son whose word could not be trusted!
at the And m'e'ans deemed an easy task,
inasmuch as no one there hadever
d of me before. Strange.
too, it ma • seem, there was mingl-
ed with her distrust of me a slight
4
"�'ea OHn Lave 1 �..•,i ber ',tili'ng'
! returned. elrt'nuun'
ug, eyehnnsf' Inc. er my Flatly N'1µ, one with
and this is one reaeon why I wish
se.I drawing down. the corner.. of mr gin leave before her return."
mouth •ae if 1 telt that in some way i supposed he would be offended at
Ire had injured me. hearing me speak thus ••f her,
"You are blue tonight, and have
ems not; he merely smiled ns
lawn- so. 107 several days. What is petered. "Ada has many tau
she matter!" he asked. at the Tamp know, hut 1 do not believe your
tine thrnwing his armaround my tion will be less pleasant on a
., stat with his olden -familiarity. "t her,.,itreeeace. 11 it ie, just
Quickly remembering Inmeeif, hos- _ the" cave to me. I am cempet
.•ver, he withdrew it, saying as he manage t I believe; besides t
•:e1 so, "I beg your pardon, Mies Lee.
I so in the habit of taking such is uncert mhaw long she will r
liberties: that 1 forget myself"' and At (edar�(.rove.'
he moved oft n little distame. 1 He commenced plucking
could have cried with vexation, for green vine -leaves which grew above
co
plough it might have been Improper, my head. wile I turned my lace seen or hear
I was perfectly uitlulg t.. sit there away to hid my emotions. for, cf as y
11h his arm around me' It might course,h
• wen `Ada left Cedar Grove.
hate ditrpetie.t-aif-idew..set-Me ''Leo . it _would be misfits bride, 1 thouttht, shade of jealousy lest Mr. Delafie
.,eminary" of which 1 was to be cerin- Ansi w,u: surpri' d- when he-motif--ieliouldin atiy-tvaylietree'me. Trues l'
lied, "The cousin\\ with whom she is was a poor obscure girl. earning my
sepal! But he gave me no such op -
traveling portunity, and !oldie! his arms as traveling in Europe has won from her daily bread. and on no point could 1
a half promise th>lt she will spend compete with her save one, and that
Christie's Biscuits
are the Best
if to keep them in thei place. he con-
tinued, Rut 1.11 me, 'rise Lee, what and it winterso she will 1
the matter Ton do not seem
ainrlf.„ 50 you see. she can't
It „wasr(c- p
i .abet -_y ht,_ap eery A.lib leave us unless she pdisagreeable."
ly I Infolds.' to burr my plan of There ie not, I believe the least
ing home wi bin re week. it Mr: coquetry in my nature, and 1 replied
were willing, which 1 was frankly that I would stay. \would be. as she had never You have made me ver)happy..
ettsatisfied-with. my dT (1UH Mi.A i... " said he rising up end lav -
t tnv words had pro- a father might caress hta child, for
had finished
in New Orleans. was age, I being, as she well knew,
ve in October; eight or nine} years her junior. To be
boy you Ions; old nnd un,kiarried was with her al -
mise me not to most a crime, and as year after year
ve perfectly' •passed on, leaving ber'still Ada Mont-
-•-to.e, ire, horror of
:ncreased, while at the game tiate she
seined to Inok upon those- touch
younger th Lerself as almost her
enemies, eapeciaily it they came be-
tween her and Mr. Delalie`�•d, Who, as
the world goes, was at the age of
thirty-one more likely to ehoose a
girl of eighteen thali one nI twenty-
seven. This. their' was r my fault. I
was 'young and had also id' 'th'S'"'jibs=
session a secret which she. did riot
ixh to have divulged, for well sbe
ew that one as upright and honor-
a e as ,Mr. Dela field would despise a
wo tau who could stoop to a falsehood
as s to had dunes -
it shall not -be "' said she, as
she silt alone in her room with her
lace resting upon her hands; "it shall
not be.- i will thwart her, and ah•
shall neuter triumph over me, -as•
her pale-fiseed sieter, but fur whom 1
might now have borne the title o
Mrs. instead of trembling lest sem
ooe should ask hew (1(1 am!" And
the proud ..be
towards my
heart was burl
unfortunate true
for tae to and now you must p
The under dog isn't entitled to sym-
pathy if he starts the fight.
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n•tu
1. ulsi
are sl
been qui
meat.. 11
lug I turn
,see what eff
•tuned. for 'I not the most re-
mote idea that 1 would care, Great
'hen was my sur' rise when I- saw
the blank express' 11 of his face,
hien looked darker tart ever. Stand -
Ing up. he calked two or three times
arbor, mei
id gently.
ere, Miss
'De fag his hand upon my ead, just is
towards him, not to
rapidly nerves the lett
thell 'resuming lain Feat.
"Have you beet? unhappy
Lee
I could hardly repress inv
I ishl Hint how murk i liked the
Lied, and bow I should hate to 1
,t
"Why then do you do sot" lig as
eel; and l answered. "I can dolmen.
reed at home; nobody likes Ire here."
11' carte nearer to maty side, as he
tis, ..Nobody likes you! oh Rur•e is
ea
t*fete is one -Tat frost who more this yeico•aces of haw much i loved hire;
14rindnd lie . When le• was wedded to an-
other...
n-
me R411- rind
fila he lied ever other.. t e world would- beto Inc
rusled use, nd it - thrilled me
naught 1 A dreary loon,
1.i
v. ah an indefinable emotion; but so ,,,iii n,b. rr. my _former affection for
:mph -ease' Was I with the idea of his lir. ('lay't..n, and then 1 grew calm.
:Igoe: mete with Ada, that I never that. 1 said, grid in
tie:tined of interpreting his words an
I now think he ti int 1 should; and
.-re he could say 1 •ore, I interrupted
Isco with, "le little Jessie loves
•ne. I know. aid when 1 think of L r,
i uould fain atay "
Mill nearer to r • • he came, as he
Oil, ".And think you Jessie is the
oi ly nn.• who loves you?'
If ever Mrs. Lansing's belief that
1 was comp(, nientis was Teri -
it was then; for with the utmost
:pidity I answered, "Why, no; Nat-
l.-rt.
al-
L •rt. likes roe, but both he and Jessie
ill forest me when i am gone, and
learn G, love another." -
1 think he was quite disgusted;
ter with n slirht gesture of impati-
nee• be .•hanged his manner. and in a
very bu:.iicsalik • -way began to rea-
son the rase 011)1 Inc, urging a great
malty rcasens 0hy 1 should not leave;
the most potent one with me, being
the fart that he wonted me to stay- -
•'iic would mi -s are very much." lie
.^id, "for he liked my society -it was
a pleasure to talk with me,' for he
.sore 1 meant what 1 said; i was
,• itor,.l- truthful- so different from
ars as
oath
vn
he wad thirty-one and 1 was eightee
That night 1 pondered long upo
what he had said,. recalling every
word and look, and at last, when a
ray of light faintly glimmered upon
ray befogged intellect. I hid my face
in the pillnw, list the moonlight.
which shone around me, should read
thereon the secret thought which I
searcely dared to harbor for a mo-
ment. Could it he possible that he
loved me, and but that for my un-
nccuuntably stupid blunder in thrust-
ing first Jessie and then Hulbert in
his face, he would have told me 80!
Itut no --it was inipessible. He was
,robally engated to Ada. She was
autiful and rich- 1 was homely and
r. It could net hr. And then, my
r, did I first awake to the con-
Clert •,i the young ladies (of course
rr lass A'Inr, and then, too, it
.'crit it. if Its' had known me al-
sys. nr nt leest. hnd met me before,
r n,!: coffee ie ns faniilis-."
I c,,uld not ten him of ear meeting
Boston. hut. 1 save no harm in re-
sole -hire ',tett cif- the -night, when. ter
fro liners 1 wn= his traveling -corn -
1,1 MOIL nnd 1-0 to his last remark, i
;,niwered, "We have met before, in
!Se nor:= between knee and Albany."
In some surprise he Inked earnest -
it mT+m'nt. and then Bard,
"Is it possible, Why have you never
„ntinned it tefnrer"
"Recnu.,e, sir," 1 replied, "1 did
noir sapIu4eC you would remember
H" appeared thoughtlurfor a time,
am,l 'Bien again. Tnnktng etosely at me,
el. "i del not. 1 believe, get a
:'nnp.e
of your features then, and
Il It s.:rms na if i had seen theta
h.•;nr.• er snmlhinc like them. At all
rots, i sometimes dream of a child
i •h face, which must resemble you se
s nn -were a few ;rewire ago."
(tic. 1 half determined to remind
c1 the little l;irl who fainted at
the theatre; but ere 1 did so, lie cen-
t ;n 4 "ll lien -1 nest yotr..in._the ._cara.
mer a•e -n .,
1'e,trosc. Did you ever see her? but
et course .not," he added. ere i hnd
time to reply. i cannot tell why 1
riftrk- from aettrt.•nledging my plight
s,sssoc 01111 Ada, hat Mid, and
tu..tnent. 1 1-8.141 nothing; then,
:I:inkuie it would hp wrong to give
him n iole impression, I said, "I can
! ,ally say that 1 not acquainted with
Miss Mout ruse; but I have met. her
everal times nt my uncle's in Ros•
ten, where 1 ;.pent the winter. four
y,111,1 ago."
Again he bent forward as if esscan
illy lace, while he replied, "indeed!
Were yes in Boston thens 1t is
entire Asn never :poke of -you. or
} cot of heir before Was there a mis-
tllrfer'itervFing hettrm_yuutL___
"01, no." 1 nnswered quickly, "rhe
ens .t fnshionahle young lady, and 1
a :mac school -girl; so, of course, we
t ...rite- bot -ttttte vrtsenntr .ohne " -
"WLat was your uncle's name"
)1e inquired; nnd 1 answered "Lee,"
netieing the while. how the shadow
which had tet!Ied upon his face at
the mention of Boston, peeped grad-
i•nny nwny.
For mom"nl • be was silent, and
!!hen rather abruptly; he asked. "Did
you like her?"
1 •„meniherrd the time when Dr.
Clayton hnd asked inc a similar qne.-
ton concealing Dell Thompann, And
sew, ns then, 1 answered evasively,
thnt "1 ” hardly knew her-- she was
vory bmnnttlul and neeomplished."
iTere he interrupted me by saying.
"1 did not ask if you thought her
beautiful. 1 asked if jou liked her."
1 felt a little annoyed, for 1 thought
he had no right then, to rttrectlrrn me,
and forgetting that site was to he his
wife, I replied, "No sir, I dM not like
bar. IISltMT 'do i think she liked
1 had outer.
all probability should outlive this,
Inv seeonri heart' rouble. So. falling
Lack upon the ' e seminary" as
something which w to comfort me
in toy lune pilgrim's . I fell asleep
and dreamed that Mr. Infield's chil-
dren, amounting iu all o a dozen,
were every ode placed `\poo my
spk•rial charge!
CHAPTER XXIi. \ •
SL,• was now daily expected, 'She
yes« -1 in which she had sailed hat
Inc landed at New York, and numer-
ea: prep:steno:. in honor Of her nr
,ivn1 acre in progress at Cedar Grove,
e here ..lie waw evul ntly regarded a.:
• y!er.on 'rip enn,erluence. The b•e,t
(+sumer in the house was: appropriiii-
-d for her use; Mr. Delatield himself
1al:ing vouch intei.•st in. the Arrange-
ment of it-, furniture, nn•l LringII:s
ever inch morning fresh bouquets et
flowers, ober!'. in costly 'eases, adorn-
- tlhe ni•nrtment. Every one ser•n1-
e.1 nnxinas nn•l ex1..'cttint, save Jessie
nil.l I 1111.•rt, the 1n: -mer of. Nano; did
nut wish her to c5m", a. sbe took „p-
i. mach of "1'nele liiek'a" time, wl.iie
• Init•-r openly avowed his d:.lii,e,
.;ingL,' t'. 'test .he'd stay in F.ur•
nleta:.
l- ber ,',t'elf, 4, 'itch there was ne
portholer r"a.rwi why 1 =hoed(' de : n,
dr. ad •.1 114 neiv,'l. and when at
Te ueel .arae. To The i;clinfgTfh nt
Gist she was in the parlor, nnd the
✓ hihlren most eons.. 'down to sea het,
I :tele oat into the garden, in ord• r
that ,f inieht j,nf off the interview.
with her ns hens it. possible. 1 knee-
1
newi twit meet her at the supper -tent",
nnd sn after a time 1 went up to •my
teem to dress. donning n plain white
me. -lin, v hn•h 1 hnd often keen told
e felt a pang' of env;
widowed tinder 'winkle
in the grave of her
d:
Nut that she (A\disI had ever cared
particularly for Herbert Langley, but
Women of the world sometimes bestow
their band where the heart cannot be
given, and thus .night she' have done
had not circumstances prevented. for
she had then no hope of ever winning
her guardian..
Herr. ere we proceed farther, it may
be well to relate briefly her past his-
tory, going back to the time when on
his death -bed her father had not only
given her to the charge of -Mr. Bela -
field, but had also made a requeet
that, it it were consiatent With his
feelings, Richard would one day
make her his wife. As we have said
elsewhere, Mr. Delafield was a great
admirer of beauty. and when he look-
ed upon the exceedingly lovely face
t the youthful Ada, and thought of
r as a lonely nrphan his heart was
lied and he found no difficulty in
'sing to protect her. and also to
er his wife, if, upon a more
acquaintance, he found her
Id wish her to be. That he
her thus was proved by
nearly ten years had
er father's death, and
entrees still, while he,
to
pro
make
intima
all he
did not fi
the fart th
elapsed since
she was Ada 1
as he grew ol'lef, seemed less likely
to find any one who fully name up to
his standard rip 'xeellence, beauty, in
reality. now being of minor impert-
anee, nntwitt .landing his sister. as-
sertion that he would never marry one
who had net a pretty far*.
Upon this p,•int. however. Ada had
some ('aunts; for if beauty were what
he fie. rel, she till possessed it to
an - tie, ,, , ,..,n --:teeters suet tt .lid treed
seem to wive him in the ieast,Rurnor,
indeed. said they were on the eve cf
marriage. but. she: knew better, for
never yet had he really told her in
earnest that he loved her. It is true
that years b''fnrc, when she first came
a• weeping orphan to Cedar 'Grove, he
had devolcd-J•imself to her entirely,
feeling. perliap4, n little proud of his
tees -me me better than might else' ward, to whom he temetimes talked of
easel t• on. rt rn-rr my -trittetwns flu~ tow, 61. --ti JAW --en-rue.-nf Z11e time
when elle would he his bit as they
•rendered together beneath t whis-
pering pines, which grew arounfibio
some, and once, when she wag itt
Boston, he had actualiy made up hie
mind hi offer himself immediately and
take her tn. Sunny flank as its mis-
trees. To this resolution he was urged
by her eosin, a strong-minded wom-
an. who, in visiting at Cedar Grove,
had labored to impress upon him the
sense of the duty he owed not only to
r_ -but. to _ Ad&. herselL,. .
was represented as loving him devot-
edly, and who was said to have made
a vow never to marry unless it were
her guardian. Very artfully, ton, did
Mee. Johnson insinuate that her ill-
ness, of which they had heard, had
its origin in "hope deferred which
maketh the heart nick."
The knowledge that a beautiful girl
lines you -nay, is dying for you, is
sufficient, I suppers, to tounh the
feelings of men lean suaeeptible to
female charms than Richard Delafield,
and meting upon the impulse of the
moment.; he started off without, how-
ever, leaving any word as to his des-
tination. Arrived in Boston, he went
ns they evidently were not aware of to the Revere House. where as we
my nppn,nch, fur they were talking know, he casually heard of Ada's en-
nt ate and aA-L-.uached__Lhe dnoL. l gagement with Herbert Langley. To
heard Jessie, who was giving Ada a any he wan nht dtsappointerl woiiT1
description of her teacher. cosy "Why hardly howl;
ins his melt•pride nam
he'.. the propereet person in tits tnttehed in knowing that Ada had
wn►tt, -tor she wmtt- sysn tet-- synch ♦iven •iter affections to another. and
Disk kiss her." that other not a very worthy object,
"Somewhat different from Miss 1f the word of his gossiping informer
Rawson," said A.I., joining in the nam to be trnmted. To
much die leas
hs1 '.l. lilile .1••.-•I,• earns 1;1 and 111
• i.ted 'won tummy among my curl
a fees rirnple burls which, she said.
len' (s1 "mighty Mos.- adding, as she
tr!•;'••i hack n pier nr two to wit
es. s the effect. '1 think you nee n
1,. np, t renter than Ada; but Cnel••
'rest r4 ares 'sin.-, i naked hien, and
-gest rtf enrttre Arta walt the hand
m• -i.' ilal nig hey he's her bean
nr1 T t• :, i he in. for he kisited her
hist fere "4
eiletste ki o.: ever -b^dl don't 1
at s e rep ser ,- -
"'.li•r'ay With ci:rryborty but you. 1
neves-1-'.t: trim Liss you, and when
I -r, ked him why, he ,said you
cies ;n't let him -won't yowb"
"it wnuhln't be prnper," 1 sail,
amttirrr drr:vn wren the little (Airy.
oho. poisrrl on rine font, was whirling
in °irides. nnd then looking up into
my (nee with her soft dreamy eyes.
It that moment the supper bell
rang, arid h'utnduig away, etre left ale
alone. For full five minute,' i waited
toting to summon sufficient courage
to en down, and at last chiding my-
self
yself lar my weakness, I started for the
iining•rnrim. My footsteps were light,
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spoke to her of leve or marriage. ex-
cept aomrtimee to ask her teasingly
"if they were not both of them al-
most uf.T enough'. to get,_married."
Stat rhe' it d not despair: Tor or his
own accord he Itart eeeorrtp anieel her
nnd her nnrvin to Europe, whither he
had always intended to go. and though
lir hail lett them some 'months before
Mrs. Johneet Irae wilhng to leave
Paris. where .eda'e 'beauty attracted
nulrh Attention fn ., the , polite
Frenchnien. she would not believe be
was at all weary of Ler, but -rather, as
he had said. that his business requlr-
e41 his immediate .return to America.
fatterlo. Mrs. Lansing had in a
measure c•pnused her cause, and
knowing. ,1.s she did, of the recent re•
pairs at Sunny, BAnk, said by Richard
to be for the benefit of his bride, she
began again to entertain sanguine
hopes of eventually becoming Mrs.
Delafield, provided the governess did
not. -by her footfall tattling, mar bur
prospects.
Such, then, was the state of affairs
when 1 was the burden of Ada's
thought'. M she eat alone in her room
on the first night atter her return
home. For • time she mused with her
face in her hands, then lilting up her
head and throwing back the silken
tresses, which tell over ber brow, sbe
gazed long and earnestly at herself
in the opposite mirror.
"Yes, 1 am fading," she said at
last, "and each year my chance for 1
winning him grows less, and if this
Lee girl should tell, it would take
from me every shadow of hope -bat it
shall not be. i can prevent ber foolish
tattling imm doing fine harm, and I
will."
Then the better nature of Ada Mont-
rose whispered to her of the great
wrong she was meditating spinet a
poor, defenceless girl, who as yet had
n ever injured her, and for a moment
she wavered.
Price No Object.
"Have you any alann clucks: " in- j
giiired the cnstenicr of a Forest (fiat•+ 1
jeweller rerentty; . -"Yse;--ma`am "7
waist the mew -hi-hind , 440 +44uwierr-1
"About what price do yon wish to pay
for one ?" The price is no object if i
can get the kind I ani after. %%l st I
want is ooe that will rouse the girl
"Il I only, knew- she would never
tell," said she; "but sbe will, acol-
dentally if not iatsationally. Low -bead •
people like her am always bold, and
as she becomes better acquainted with
me, she may possibly say something
to me about Herbert in the presence
of Mr. Delafield, who will treegtliut
her, perhaps. and thus learn the
whole. So I'll be prepared. She's no-
thing but a ppo�oor governess, and my
word will bier•. 'erred to hen, pro-
vided 1 first gr. ,. -r the character of
a deceiver."
On awaking next morn•ing her reso-
lution
esplution was partially shaken. and
might, perhiips), have been gives tip
entirely, if, on looking from her win-
dow, she had not seen a sight which
awoke within her the demon jealousy,
by whose aid sbe could do almost any-
gevereearbad'ertrew eaelyr
ea was her usual custom, and gone
forth into the garden, where she canted
unexpectedly upon Mr. Delafield, who,
atter expressing his pleasure at meat-
ing her, very quietly drew her arm
within his own, and then walked
with her several times through the
garden, casting often admiring glaaeett
towards the drooping figure at his
side, who, trembling lest the Argus
eyes of Mrs. Lansing were upon ber,
would fain have been left oboe. All i
this Ada saw. and u she thought how
different was hie manner towards
Rose from what it had ever been to-
wards
owards ber, a sudden light flashed up-
on her. She had not Lived twenty-
seven years for nothing, and like
Dickens's woman with the "mortified
bewail," eh* knew the signs, and •
with a sinking heart, she exclaimed,
"is it possible that he loves herr'
The thought Was maddening, and
now strengtbeOed tenfold in her par -
pose of working the young girl evil,
she went forth into the garden k,
meet them, nodding Boldly to Rasa,
without wilting the whole family.
1 don't know of any such alarm
clerk as thet, w+ant," said the roan.
"We keep. just. the_ordinary
the kind that will wake the who
faintly without disturbing the girl.'
Repeat it :- -' Shiloh's Cute will al-
ways cure my roughs and colds."
her la laugh; at the kens time lifting ed even to see her, he had lett the and bestowing ber sweetest smile ace
hpr I,'rgp, languid eyes, she saw me °try immediately, declkrinr that he on her and an, who wound hie arm
and started slightly, I fended, u she would never again think oT m'srHage
with any one. around er to nut and playhtlly eines
rec.,gnized me. As the reader will remember, Ada her lotebead--o liunet
She had °hanged since 1 saw her heard of him through one of her ac- der° to have 1'' -n
heriy withbe Rosewo,ld who'
In::t, and her lace now won a Weary. g thinking that d scorn she was net
jn.lerl Inert, while Itis dark sieole De- quaintan/e, and from something her wanted made an alert to withdraw
moth Iter eyelids told of lase beers cousin had written, she half
ed
And heated roms.the nature of his visit. Accordingly on hem; strhanondg, But hegr.ptnedDslabsld
it 'dons Ivry
"Mise Lee --Miss Montrose," said her return to Georgia she several to hle side, at Itis sante time givteegg a
We, Lansing, and the proud Ada limes in hie perwsrnes lstory, gl re- look whie a bads het stay, nothvltb-
bnwert haughtily to the humble gov- (erred 1e the gossiping story, whish, standing that Ada two or three time
erpens, who with heightened color took aha said, same nt uhn AoAtoniaru gut hinted to het the propelety of going.
her seeuatomed seat at the table. up concerning her and a millionaire,
"You have mein each other before, pnmitiv.l denying it, and wiahjn pee- "Rrh= deo't�odt_rlt_>Yiss Lss_aMet.
1 looking Pie won�d 1st
alone But d� this
had braided �7
I believe, aaid Mr. Delafield. a our *Oen Mender" said Mr. Dela-
polite
enrinugly at both o/ ne while Mat. VIM to no pe Mr. DelaS.ld's im- when had taken a dew teras
Lansing. in much gntprils. exetaim. a sr andthough his is Itllae0e
ed "been **eh other! Vl•hcre
manner towards her wu al kind
r wale
i wafted feg,Ms to tISA elleetkombo. sad brotbert% be nevi; (itt 05 c BTINVIm)
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