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Her Great Love;
Or, A Struggle For a Heart
CHAPTER XXIIL-(Continued),
"Yes, yes," said Decima. "I must go
outside. I want air."
And all I have said is no use?" said
Mrs. Sherborne, with a tone of cold re
eignation. "Well, I have done my duty
-I have tried to save you. If you are
resolved-"
Decima threw out her hands with a
piteous gesture. infinitely girlish, infin
itely deepairful.
I can not help it!" she murmured. "I
have given my word. Good-bye."
She got out of the room and 'through
the gorgeous hall' and into the open air
for which she seemed dying. Mrs. •She
borne's words rang in her ears; the truth
of them rang like a- knell in her heart.
But -whatw
could she do? If it ere all
true, she must go through it for the sake
of those she loved.
She went home, and as she went about
those duties which make up the routine
of a woman's life, and 'which must be
got through though that woman's heart
were breaking, she tried to forget the aw-
ful words of warning which Mrs. Sher-
borne had spoken,
But they were not to be forgotten. They
haunted her day and night, and gradual-
ly there came upon her the feeling that
unless be spoke to some one, unburden.
ed herself of the dread weight which was
crushing her heart, she must go mad.
She had. not written to Lady Pauline.
Why should she not go and see her?
There, at least, was one who Ioved
her, who could help her. It was' not the h
first time Decima ad thought of her
aunt during this crisis; but she knew
that Lady Pauline was not rich, certainly
not rich enough to lend or give the money
that was necessary to save her father and
Bobby. And pride, a not unnatural pride,
had prevented her confiding their joint
trouble to Lady Pauline, who would have
suffered all the more because of her in-
oauacity to render assistance.
But now Decima resolved that she would
go to the woman who loved her so ten-
derly.
Father, I am going up to unt Paul-
ine," she said, one morning. "I want to
fell her about -about my marriage." Her
lips quivered, "I can come back to -mor-
row or the day after."
Mr. Deane looked up from the piece of
iron he was filing. and regarded her withan absent and preoccupied stare.
"Very well -very well, any dear," he said.
"Give my kind regards to Lady Pauline.
Most charming woman, but lacking in in.
telligence. I never could make her un-
derstand. Would you mind standing out
of the light Decima?"
Decima sighed and kissed him, and went
out, av
On her way to the' station, she sa,
through the window of the closed fly, Mr.
Mershon going toward The Woodbine.
She had not told him that she was going,
for she knew that he would have insisted
upon accompanying her. And why not?
It was his right. She shrunk back into
the corner, and cloeed her eyes.
She reached London about four o'clock,
and took a cab to Lady Pauline's. When
she rang the bell, her heart beating fast
at, the thought of seeing her aunt again,
the door was opened, not by a spruce
servant. but a shabby -looking charwoman.
Decima walked in as she put the question
mechanically:
My aunt -Lady Pauline -is she at
home?"
"Oh, Lor', no, miss!" said the woman,
"Lady Pauline ain't here. She's at Wal -
field. She went, yesterday.
Deoima'a heart sunk, and she stared at
the woman aghast.
"I did not know," she said. "I have just
come from the country, and expected to
find my aunt here.'
Ave you now, miss?" said the char-
woman. "Ow disappointin' i You must
be Miss Decima, as the maids ie always
talking about?"
"Yes," said Decima, droopingly. "When
do you expect Lady Pauline bank?" •
‘
"Well, I don't rightly know, miss," was
the reply.
It's too -'late to go.to Walfield to-
night," said Decima, more to herself than
to the woman.
"Yes, it is, miss. And of course you
can sleep here; I eau get your room ready
for you in no time."
Decim.a's heart rose a little.
"Thank you," she said; I will stay
here to -night, and go on to Walfield to-
morrow. I ought to have telegraphed,"
"Which it would have been safer, miset"
said the charwoman, taking up Deoimats
r; bag. I'm afraid I haven't got anythink
in the 'cuss fit for you to eat," she added,
as Decima followed her. "But I can make
you a cup of tea." -
Decima stopped short. She had sud-
denly remembered Bobby.
"Wait!" she said. "My brother le in
London. He is living at Prince's Man-
sions. I will go straight to him; he will
bring me back here to -night. Where is
Prince's lila_ cions?"
The woman said she did not know, but
that any cabman would find it; and event-
ually Decima found herself in a hansom
rattling toward the rooms Lord Gaunt
had lent Bobby.
A page opened the door to her and gaz-
ed at her after the manner of hie kind
when she inquired for Mr. Deane.
"I don't know whether he's in, miss,"
he said; "but I will step up and see."
"I will come, too," eaid Decima, "I am
his sister."
The page opened the outer door of
Gaunt's fiat, and Decima followed him
through the hall into the drawing or
sitting.room,
A fire was burning in the grate; there
was an odor of cigarettes. The page look-
ed round.
"Mr. Deane ain't here, miss, bt, I ex-
pect he'll be here directly,"
"Very well," said Decima; "I will wait."
She eat down in a chair beside the lire
and looked round the room. It was beauti-
fully warm, and its luxury and air of
taste and refinement struck upon her
gratefully. She noticed tl,e exquisite pier
tures, the rare bronzes„she fur rage of
leopard and bear skins. Then she re-
membered that the room was Lord
Gaunt's, that he had lived there, and a
strange feeling stole over her..
Presently there came a, soft knock at
the door, and a maid, a neatly dressed
London maid in }Mack alpaca, with white
cap and long strings, entered with some
tea things.
"Wouldn't you like to take you things
off, miss?” she said, respectfully. "And
I have brought you some tea."
Decima assented gratefully, and the
maid let her into Bobby's bedroom; that
is to say, Lord Gaunt's. beoima looked
round with a curious feeling as the
maid helped her to remove her outdoor
things and went for some hot water.
There was an odor of cigarettes in this
room also; a dress-euit of Bobby's lay
folded on a chair; a peculiar perfume
arose from it. It struck Decima un-
pleasantly. A copy of a sporting paper
was on a chair beside the bed, as if
Bobby had thrown it down just before
going to sleep. There were etchings on
the wall, delicate, delightful bits of art,
which reminded her of Lord Gaunt, as
Bobby's clothes and the cigarette fumes
and the sporting paper had reminded her
of Bobby.
She washed her hands and face and
brushed the soft, wavy hair, and went
back to the sitting -room. The maid had
placed the teaeervlce on a gypsy table
in front of the fire, and Decima poured
herself out a cup, looking round the room
musingly and with intense interest.
It seemed to her eloquent of Lord
Gaunt. Her mind dwelt upon him. He
had lived in this room; had eat in this
very chair, perhaps; had drunk out of
this cup. Where was he now? elm won-
dered. She sighed and leaned back. If
only he had been bore, she could have
told him of her trouble; he could have
helped her, advised her. Not for the first
time, her heart ached -with a yearning
for his presence.
She rose and went round the room,
looking at the various articles upon the
tables and cabinets. There was a strange
mixture. A carving in ivory, a bronze
medallion, an illuminated missal lay
cheek and jowl beside a well -used Persian
pipe. Upon the walls hung swords and
spears; not the ornaments you buy in
Wardour Street, but weapons which had
been used and still bore the stains of
blood. She touched one with her finger,
and shuddered.
Yes; the room was eloquent of him. She
got round to the mantel -shelf at last. It
was too crowded with brfc-a brae; but one
thing among them attracted and chained
her attention,
It was the portrait, a cabinet photo-
graph, of a Woman's face and bust. It
was a beautiful face; more than beauti-
ful, fascinating. A dark face, of perfect
oval, with dark eyes which smiled witch-
ingly, fascinatingly, as did the small full
lips, She wore a low-necked dress -very
low -and the white neck and bust shone
snow -like against the dark hair and eyes.
Decima looked at it, and as she looked,
a strange repulsion took possession of her.
The face was beautiful, fascinating; but
to Decima the beauty was repellent, the
witchery unholy. The face jarred upon
her, and yet she could not take her eyes
from it. It was inclosed in a costly silver
frame.
She took it in her hand, and studied the
face, her brows drawn straight.
Who was it? Some friend of Bobby's -
or Lord Gamut's?
While the photographwas in her hand,
she heard the hall door open, and she
raised her head, listening expectantly.
Steps came along the hall, a hand turn-
ed the handle of the door.
"Bobby," she almost exclaimed aloud;
and she put the photograph hurriedly,
face downward, upon the mantel -shelf,
and 'vent to meet him, with a smile on
her face.
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The doer opened, and a tall figure in
a fur coat entered. it was too tall for
Bobby, but for a moment elle did hot
recognise him; then, as he turned from
closing the door, and presented his face "
fes hs?. Ides sltw' that it vas. ,mrd dtrrtut,:
She shrunk baek,-her outetretaluere am
falling to her -side. • , -
He leaked, at her, atop,p ed •shout+ the
exelaim'ing, "Good ;gracifene, 'D.eei n J"
came -toward her. •
{CHAPTER :1.v, "i
"'Decima'!"• •
He stood stook still and gased •a`";t liar as
if she were a ghest, a vision called up by
his longing desire to "see her, Re'was
thin, and his face looked wont and stag'
yard and white against' the dark, thick=
fur of the coat, and there *as .a exprea•,
sion alsogt of dread in leis mice as• •tl}er.
dwelt ori" her face: .
He had been in Scotland, far u'p • in
Sutherl'andehire,; quIte 'alpnH 'ws;nderipyi'',
in the wilds, going through the pretence;
of fishing. shooting, fighting against the'
mad love erbioh oonsumied'him as men fight
vainly against the dunes which eprtn
up afresh against the beating hands, Au,
et last he had acknowledged himself beat-
en, had resolved to leave England forever.
He would go without a woxd'.of farewell
-as he had often gone: before -and leave
no trace behind him
He had' booked b1 oaseage, the 'Vessel
sailed on the morrow, and ehe had come
to hie rdores to:; get his: gun said, other
weapons necessary for the killing ',of big.
game which he , herbed and 'wind ',would
divert 'hie naiad and'"help 'him te' kill the
memory of his 'girl love. ;;: -
He should 'never see her: agar Land now
here she stood before him, within reach
of his hand -unless the were, Indeed only
a wraith of herself, a vision,' a 'ghost.
His breath -it had seemed,' to cease--
came again quickly; but, be could, not
speak, though -hie- lips' formed her bathe
again, The blood' had rushed to 3)eeilea'a
fees, something . ,warm seemed •'to run
through her veins,' a swift, sudden joy
leaped in : her heart.. •
"Lord Gaunt! is it really you?" she• paid
at last, and her voice rang like eft Miele
in his ears. It was the sound head been
thirsting for all • these 'weary, weary
weeks. ILyg often, in fancy, had he heard
it in the great solitudes amongst = the
mountains!
"Yes, it ie I." he responded, as -if to
assure himself that he was awake and
not dreaming'. "What -why are you
here?" -
He did not offer to shake hands, did not
move toward her, but stili stood gazing
at her. And she; far her part, stood sti
also, her hand resting on the backof':'the
chair.
"I -I came to see Bobby," she said.
He looked round,
He is not here?"
"No," she said "he le out Re is com-
ing bank presently, they say. -Where have
you come from? Does he expect' you?"
"No," he said. "I have come from Scot-
land -from Sutherlandshire."
Mechanically, slowly, like a man in a
dream, he took off the.huge fur coat, and
dropped it on the couch and came toward
the fire.
Decima looked at him and saw more'
plainly, as the fire light played on his
face, how worn and haggard he looked.
"Have -have you been ill?" she asked,
timidly.
Ill? No," he replied. He raised, his
head and glanced at her. He scarcely
dared to look long at her, lest the desire
to take her in his arms should get the
better of him. "And -and you? You look
-you are thinner, paler. Have you been
ill?"
No," she said, simply. "I am quite
well. What have you been doing all --all
this time?"
• Fishing, shooting," he said. "'All this
time' -does it seem so long?"
"Yee; very Iong1" she replied with the
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"WIll you lase some more tea?" et*
soled.. "And well n not eat something
-some . bread. and batter?"
"'Daily manes tars,, yaea$e;" he amid.
She filled his cap •again, and he -Mole i't,
loeg apt her us he did las. Was fit famey
lon hie ess a next, or had the lovely faoe grown
P eyes leas cad?
She firm's, hack and glanced 'up at 'Om
diode
"Bobrely lies not •dams yet," elm said re-
Aeda if 'wonder _bow long--" Then,
as f3 aft hard suddenly occurred to her:
Orb teed gaunt„ had f not heater go?
I- Q meet he in your
She sand it quite frankly, and her eyes
Ire hit :face innoontay, its one man's
week lie p hisBanda' lmnsttend the tttasuc d
her.
"No, no„" ho acids ""de net rca sexy.
Bobby w� be here direetly, no doubt.
How long have you been in London?" -he
went on,, as if by talking he could keep
" his afternoon," the said- "nave
only nit come up. I came up suddenly,
unexpectedly. Her voice faltered and her
face grow grave. She remembered -it
came upon her like a flash -the reason
for the journey, and the remembrance
clouded over her nnconecious ,soy in his
presence. "I found that Aunt Pauline
was not in London -she is at her country
ghost of a high, as she looked at the'fire. ( house -and I came on here to spend the
How long is it? I -I scarcely remember, evening with Bobby. I am going to Aunt
Why why did you go so suddenly, 'Lord. Pauline's to sleep."
Gaunt?'" •"I see," he said. "Why did you come
He caught his breath to keep bask the up so suddenly?"" - - -
words: she erre silent a moment, Why could
Because I loved you. becalrte• I elf she not tail /stein;? ,end yet she could sot.
have gene "Mien if I stayed. Thew; he ;eine
.'wa'uted, see herr,'" s -be chid in a
aloud, with a low„strained laugh; • t low redoe- -
”"I wanted a change." ' earthing •the matter?" lie arks
Decima nodded. ed, noting her sadden'.gravity, the -cloud
•And you have enjoyed it?"on her face,
"Very much," he said, with bitter' irony. "Yes," she: eaid; "at least, something
There was silence for a moment: The hes been the matter, We -father has been
antique clock, with its figure of relentless in great trouble."
Time mowing down the minutes with its "Trouble!" he repeated, intently. "What
scthe, ticked mockingly, trouble?"
"And -and what is the news Prem Leaf- She sighed.
more? Is your father well?" "Re has lost a great deal of money, and,
Yes." she said, at, first we thought,we feared that- But
"And -and Bright and the rest?" it, does not mattenow." Her voice was
He put the commonplace question in a. very still and subdued. "It is all over
dull, mechanical fashion. now, all 'puff straight"
"Yes," she said again. Then she glade- "Why did you not tell me?" he began,
ed at him. "It has gone on as if -as if almost fiercely. Then he stopped as she
you had been there. The schools are near- looked At him with faint surprise.
ly finished. They look very pretty, and- ' x would have told you." she said aim.
and- But you will see them, will you ply, not reproachfully, "but I diel not
not?" know 'where you ware -no one knew."
"I don't know," he said, absently. He "'No; that is true. Forgive me!" he said,
was listening to her voice rather than to almost inaudibly. She had been in trouble,
her words, drinking it in; he was trying and in need of him, and had not been
to realize that ehe was here, close by him, able to come to him! What a brute he
alone -alone with him. " My -my move- bad been!
meats are rather uncertain." - "And you would have come to me?" he
"Have you only just come from Scot- said, rather huskily,
land?" she asked, glancing at the fur "Yee," she said, simply, but a little tim-
coat, at his tired face. idly. "There was no one else, and -and
"Yee," he said; "this moment." you are always so kind. Yon would have
"You meet be tired! Will you let me told me what to do, advised me, would
give you some tea?" She laughed softly, you not?"
timidly, "That sounds strange-asking"Yes," he said, still more huskily, "I
you in your own house! Shall I -may would; God knows how gladly!'"
ring for some more water?" "Thank yon,"" she said, anthe sweet -
No, no," he said, quickly. He did not aces of her voice hurt him. "But it does
want the maid -any one to come in, did not matter nowt it is all over."
not want. any other voice than hers in:"I am glad," he said, "and yet sorry,
the rooms. "That will do." that --that I hadn't a hand in getting rid
"It is quite hot still," he said, of the trouble. Are y,•u sure ,hat it is
She poured out a cup for him, and car- past -done weih"
tied it to him, He had not moved or of- "Yes, quite," she said in the same still
fered to go to the table. 'volae. She put her' hand up before her
He took it from her with a slight 'in- face as if the fire were burning it. He
olination of the head, and hie hand, in rose and took a Japanese screen from
transferring the clap,just touched hers. the mantel•shelf-his hand touched the
He stood holding thcup as if he had portrait lying face downward -and gave
forgotten it. it to her; and with a murmured thanks,
"Won't you sit down?" she said. "I she took it and screened her face. Relent -
have got your chair. Will. you not come less Time again broke the silence with
into it? You see, I am forgetting that his swee !ng scythe.
this is your room and your chair.'
He shook his head and drew a chair
forward, quite close to the fire, and sign-
ed to her to take the big one,
She sat dawn, her hands resting in her
lap, her eyes fixed on the blaze as it rose
and fell fitfully, one moment lighting up
their faces, the next casting them into
shadow.
Gradually the wan look was leaving: his
face, a light began to dawn in his eyes.
Her presence, her nearness, was having
its effete upon him. He could hear her
even breathing, could feel, though he did'
not look at her, the eyes he loved eo pas.
sionately glancing at him now and again.
She was here here by hie side, his dear,
sweet girl -love. He forgot all else.
The silence did not seem irksome or em-.
barraseints; it was as if his thoughts
spoke, and no lip language were neces-
sary. But at last he said:
"And so all is going on well at Leaf-
anore I "'
"Yes," she said, with a slight start. Up.
on her, too, a kind of trance -a lull in -the
storm -had fallen. "Yes; Mr. Bright :has
been working very hard--"
"'Which means that you have also," he
said in a low voice.
-"And a very great deal has been done,
You will be surprised at the change; at -
he improvement. Mr. Bright says' that •
t will be the model village, the example
or the rest, of .England. He is very ,ppretid
f it. And the people -ah, you shiGtild
eat what they say! It would make yon
cry happy, Lord Ga -ant." ,
"Would it?" he eaid, slowly, "And you
-are you happy, content?" es
She winced slightly, as one wine* when
hand touches, though gently, is weined'
orgotten for the moment, • ,
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one all -a�Y
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about him like a great wave of fire, and
swept over him, scorching frim as it pees.
ed. "You are going to marry him?"
She looked up at him -with a faint won-
der in her sad eyes.
Yee," she said, almost inaudibly, for
his face, hie voice frightened her.
.-He turned from her and walked to the
end of the room. Then he came bask and
stood over her, a tall figure almoet threat-
ening in its aspect.
"Do -do you love him P"
She was silent, and his face grow dark-
er, fiercer.
"Answer me. You can answer me. Yee,
or no?
(To be continued.)
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Oh, hush I" she broke in, looking np at
him as if she dreaded the next words.
"You -you must not say -I must not lie-
tento--to anything against hem.!"
Gaunt stopped and stared at her with a
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"I am going to be his wife," she said
in a lett voice.
Gaunt did not move for a moment, but
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Then his face broke up. as if. were, and
he toss and stood before her.
"Going-ta-be-hie wife!'" he. repeated,
hoarsely. His own voice sounded like a
muffled bell -the room spun round with
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his lambs in good condition when
the markets are not overloaded
with the products from the large '
feed bots. In close proximity to
the large cities there is a profitable
field for the winter lamb business.
This is a branch of the sheep busi-
ness that can never suffer because
of competition with the large feed
lots. The consumers of this class
of fancy mutton are the richpeo-
ple who have money to pay for azt
article that pleases their palates
and who will never accept the feed-
lot lamb as a substitute for the ten-
der, juicy and palatable lamb that
possesses superior qualities.
Another branch of mutton grow-
ing that perhaps is better adapted
tn' the average farmer is that of
maturing spring lambs for the mar-
ket. Such lambs are ready for mar-
ket shortly after the winter lambs
are sold. As a general rule, such
lambs bring more money than those
that are held back and finished
along toward autumn.
During late years there has been
an increasing demand for the late
summer -and early fall lambs to
supply the market for a few weeks
in August and September.
This class of mutton has been
supplied largely from the farm
flocks owing to the fact that many
flock owners plan to dispose of
their lamb crop at weaning time. In
many respects this is an advantage-
ous time to sell.
The flocks require less attention,
for the lambs are dropped during
the warm weather, and if the ewes
and lambs have good pasture they
go through •-the summer in good,
thrifty condition without supple -
!Natal feeds,
. , `Provided a, man has excellent,
pasture and lacks the equipment
necessary to handle his ewes .and
lambs during the cold weather, this
class of lambs will prove far more
profitable than those dropped ear-
lier in the season,
The lambs are dropped when the 4
weather is favorable and the losses
at this time are slight. The ewes
and lambs are fed principally on
pasture grass, the cheapest and
best feed on the farm.
Each branch of feeding and mar-
keting the lamb crop possesses cer-
tain advantages. The question of
profits depends largely upon the
quality of the mutton, the location;
of the farm and the ability of the
owner.
The production of winter lambs is
a business that demands the skill'
of a master shepherd. The man
who keeps sheep as a supplement'
to other branches of farming will
find early summer and fall lambs!
better adapted to his system of'
farming than those that come ear -4
tier and require more painstaking
care,
The man who is nearby to a good
market, who has good barns and
plenty of time to look to every de-
tail that will add to the comfort of
his sheep will find good profits its
producing winter lambs.
If a man has plenty of roughage
and grain, it is often best to hold
his lambs over and condition them.
for a late winter market. Goody
thrifty lambs will more than pay
for the feed required to put them
in. the best possible condition.
If he holds his lambs for a later
market ho should have plenty of
forage and pasture to feed during
the late summer and early fall.
Pasture grass and forage crops are
cheapest and beet feeds for the
lambs during this period of- their
growth and development.
Rape is an ideal forage crop for
sheep pasture and can be grown at.
any time during the growing sea-
son and brought to a condition of
pasture in less than eight weeks
after it is sown.
By sowing it in Successive sowings
he can have an abundance of palat-
able -and nutritious forage from
June until November.
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licate of the
senses en
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touch," Teacher---"Prove'it," Pu-
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can't hear it, you can't see it, yott,
can't smell it, but it's there,"