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The „Fac4
erhind • the Mask.
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A ROMANCE.
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A dozen or more cpurtiers immedi-
ately steptied'forward, and, 'kneeling
Ine and milk, At rich were-bahn
tu-
/
before the queen, atmoonced their
ne
bitiously high.. A few silver -toned.
romestions 'were put by that royal
lady, arid eat iefuetorily auswered,
and then the archbishop, ;Armed with
a huge tone; 'administered a severe
aid searching oath, whirls the resn-,
. dictates took with tt greet dee' of
song hold, and were then permitted
to kiss the •hend of the queen — 4
privilege worthy any • amount of
savearing -- and retire. .
"Let any one w ho has tiny rePorte
to snake wake them immediately,"
again conuniaided her majesty,
A number of gentlemen of high rank
presented themselves at this summons
and. began"rela Ling, as a certain sect
of -Christians (lo in church, their ex-
perience! Many of these consisted, to,
the deep disopproval of Sir Nor
maim, of aceottnts of daring' high woy
robberies, one of them parpetrated 00
the -king himself, which distinguished
personage the duplicate of Leoline
PtYlcd, "oer brother Charles," and
Of the stuni thereby obtained.. 'the
tteasurer : ot state was then ordered
to show Wessell', and give ass account
'of the said niouoys; which lie pronne-
lY did; -and 'after hint came a, muuter
of 1 e.itionees, praying, for one thimet
and • . another, , some Of • v•hieh
the queen. promised • to •grent,
nod. smile she •dicin't; ' 'these
little anairs of state being .over, Mr.'
anda termed to the little gentienuta
.. beside her, with the obseeration: '
•"X believe, your niglausS, it 'IS on.
this night- the .1ilarl of Woucester is
to be tried.' on the clierge of bigh .
treason,- is it not?" • - . : •
,.'..1.11S. highness growlecL a, respectful
"Then let : "him be brought before
!es,",eaidithe :queen. •"Go, guards, end
„leteh.hint:" •.. • - • '
. Two:of the soldiers bowed low and
• backed from the royal presence UMW
dead ad ()minima silence. At this in-
teresting stage- of the proceedings, as
. Sir Norman; was . leueing forward,
lireatidees and -exelted, a footstep
sounded on the flagged erica beside
hen,: and someone.' suddenlygrasped
his Shoulder with no, gentle hand.
. •••••••1
CFEATT.glt �X.
' In one *instant Sir Nerman was on
,
• his. feet, and his' liand....on, his sword.
In the tarry darkness eeither the feime
:or the figuiT ofthe; in treder • •coted be
• made out, :but he merely saw a dark-
er shadow behind -him standing in
the sea • of darkness, ,..•VerhapS . he
might lieVe thought it a ghost, lant
that, the Italia" Avhirei graisped -his
shoidder was: utimistakttbly of • flesh,
andblood, and „muscle, and the.
. breathing of its 0 NV ner • was,dititinet
li, audible by Isis .i.iile, • - '.
. "yho are you?"-d.inanded $k, S'iot-,.
nutn, drawing . • otif . his sWerd -. arid
wrenching himself 'free., front his un-
. .. .
seen central:idea.
"Ah! .it is: you,. is it? . X thought -
Said a not unknown Voice. . "1
natio heart calling you Until I` aut.
hoarse, and at last started (titer you '
ih despair. What are •yote doiiin
lire?'' • '.
"You, Ormiston!" e*claintiii '. Sir
..-tcormatt, in the last .degree 'estoilish7
ed. ",116WWhen-tvelutt are you do -
mg here?',. .' . ,. , .. • .
'What aro:you doing here? that's'
-iixere tem 'the purpose. Mown flat 'on '
• Your' face with your. . head ' stuck
.thritugh that. bole. What is below. ..
there,:.cinyway?" - '-. " .: ' • . • •.
er mied," . • .said Sir Nerniaii,
hastily; ..who, for sonie reasen quite
1*,upaccountable to himself,' did 1101, •
.t.wialt Ormiston to see. "1 here's ;loth.-
Mg...there in Particular but a lew
range of :vaults. ' Po you. fateful tell-
ing. Inc what, brought 3011 here'?" •
. "Certainly;•. the. very fleetest horge I
could lied, in' the 'city."
• • " `Pshaw i yoe .don't.say so?". exclaim-
ed• Sir Norman, incredulously. "But
•I pres•unie you hod seine object in.
taking :such: a gallop.? :Vey X Ask.
what? Yotir anxious, scilicithcle. , on
my account, very likely?" '• • •
i "Net precisely. But, I say, Kings-
! ley, what light is . that :shining
through there? '1 .mean to see.".
"No you won't," said.Sie NOrintin;
rapidly .and noiselessly replacing the
flag. "It's nothing; I tell you, but
' 0 number of will -o' -wisps having a
ball: Finally, and for the 'last time,
Mr. Ormiston, will :you have the
goodness 'to tell :rile what has sent
•you here?" . . • ' ., , -•
• ,"Come out to the air, then, .1 have
no fancy for talking in this place; it
smells like a tomb." . ' • ; '
"There is nothing 'wrong, 1 hope?"
Inquired Sir Norman,' following his
friend, and threaalieg his way ginger-se-
ly through the piles of rubbish in time
prolound darkness.
"Nothing wrong, . but •everything
extreinelY , right.. Confound this
place! It 'Would be easier valking
on live eelj then through these wind-
ing and luinbered passages: Thank
the fates, we are through thein at
Itsatf for there is the daylight, or -
rather the eightlight, and we have
eseaped without any bones broken." •
They had :remelted' the mouldering
and Crunabling doorWay, shown by a
square of lighter .darkssese, and ex-
changed, the damp, chill atmosphere
Of the vaults for time stagnant, sultry
open air. Sir Norman, with a no-
tion in his head that his dwarfish
highness might have placed sentinels
around his royal reeldence, enclatvcr-
ed to pierce the gloolit iti search of
theta. Though he cosh!' disco or
none he Still thought di .cretion the
better Tart of valor, and sup, ed o .t,
into the rol, d, • .
• "Now, then, where are you g ing?"
hultlired Ormist on, followi»g him.
. "I don't wish to telk here: there is
no telling 'who may be listening.
Coa•e a1 -41g."
Ormiston glanced lack at the
gloomy ruin Limning up 11!;e• a. Week
specter in the blixelineSS.
"Well they must have a strong
.,:ancy for atvesdrapping. I milt so'.',
Who would go to that hatinted 1 eap
to 'listen, . What. have you scc 1 th r ,,
and where have you left your ho scor"
"I told you before," Said Sit No.-
. . man, rath r im, atiently, "t nit I h ve
, seen nothing—at least, nothing ,y,,t1
is
would tare abOut; and my horse
- ver well; We tome no time' to
ikStit; so got thora got tot (to rou can,
•
ins the GehTen prouthrr
(ainond;noutit him and ride as if the d-
e
mon were attir you i ecA 1,0 I on,
. "Ileck to London?. Is the men
crazy? I shall do no ,such thing, let
Ine toll you, to -night," •
"Oh, just as you please," said
Ormiston, with a great deal of in-
difTerenee, eonsidering 'the Urgent
nature of his former request. "You
can do as You likeyou know,, and
so can Ie,--tithich translated means, I
will go and tell her you have .deciin-.
ed to conae."
—roll her? Tell whom? What are
you .talking about? Karig it 010111"•
exclaimed Sir Nokraan, getting some-
what eximited and profane, "What .are
you driving at? 'Can't you speak out
and tell ine at once?" •
"I have told you," said OrMiston,
testily: "and X will tell you again,
she sent• me la search of you, arid:if
you don't choose' to come., that'S
yoeriown affair, not mine,"
This was a little too much for Sir
NornMn's- overwrought feelings, and
.in the last degree of exasperation he
laid violent .hands on the collar of
Ormiston's doublet and shook him
AS if' he,,,. would ...have shooken the •
nanni oat with 4 jerk, .
"X tell • you what It is, Orniiston,
yOU had better not 'aggravate num!
caw -stood a gad deal, but X mu not
exactly Moses!: or Job, and you laid
better 111111(1 what you are at, If
You doe't come to thepoint; at Once
and tell me who .`she' is,I'll throttle
you. where yOu stand; .and so I -give
yott Warning," , . •-
11alf• indignant and t'vlielly. laugh.
Ormiston stepped back • mit of
tlip way of his .exeited friend.
• "I cryyou mercy!, :In one word,
then, :I, have been diepatched by a
ladyin search of,, you,• and. that .lealy
" •
It has always. been one of the
in-
scrutablo mysteries iiivatiira1 • philoa-
irony that X Perer could farthoin,:. why
men: d(Y'rtot faint, . Certain it is that
I never yet heard of a 'Man swooning
frOut excess of ;sin -prise or joy, and
p-erhaPs that may, account• for. Sir
Norman not doing ad 00 the Pres-
ent. Occasion, But, he canto to an
abrupt •standst in -.their rapid car.
001'; and it it had not. been quite.,a0
excess ively •-dark.. his 1ric111.0 0010
1) fti.0 beheld a court tette ce. wonderful
lo lookon, in ite mixture of. otter
sI on isionent 1lild. sublime' consterna-
tion. • ... . . • ,
"1 ?Of )1 in (11 Ate fele tly, gasped. "%rust
't 01) 0 motnent, Ormiston., and say
that you?"'
" o , sa 0 rolls t. on; • hurrying. itm•
.concernedly•00 1 Sil 111 dit 'stich
thing, for there. :is no time to loose;
andif- there' . were 1..11:tt,Ve no (alley
for • standing' .:this dismal road,
Conte:. on„,:, man. .itn(I I'll ',tell yOe ;ati
We . " : • -
: Thos a:hint:14, 1111(1. .9(9.111.1g there was
po help for it, :Sir (0 11111(1, a des -
..ed . a 11 d liew reo, ',tate:r' 'complied;
and' Orminieion promptly' and briskly
reniedd let° Inisiness.• •
" You •see, lily (limas' fellow, to begin
at _the beginning, after you left, as •I
steed at ease' at,' La illesque.'s doof:
fiweititig that lady's return, and wail.
•• m...sei t ly "rainy:vied by. 'seeing ' 1115?
110 with an* 01(F:wom00 ealled
111111 (1 1.100 'yon'reCollect the, WO-
nian'.'w. O. rushed set-earning...Mit Of the
house of .1.•14'dead...brider • •
Yes, yes!".••••,:: • ,
Was' priidence. She
and LaMasquo‘1,194e t11111 ii)g so earn-
estly they did 'not perceive tins,,. and
1—well, the, fact Is,' Eingsley, I
stayed: 'and :listened. .• •Nert. a 'Very.
handsome: . thing, ..p.erhuvs. hot
.eouidn'A,: resist'. it, • They ore -sittik,
ing .61 soma' ono theyenlied.
and I, in(1. ittoment,,..knew that it,
was Your • flame,and that neither,, of
them knew . any snore di her; where-
abouts ahan..We • ; •, • • 1
"And • yet, .La •Mitsqlie toldin to
come • here • in search..of , her.", inter-
rupted Sir Norman. -•
.That:was oddwasn't
it? . -This readeoce, itappears, was,
I.aoling's nurse,' and La Mesque„ toe,
.seented tO Antra a certain authority
Over heis and betweett them, I leant -
she Was to haVe been married this
'very - night, and diad --or, at least;
prudenee thought so -.•-art hour or two
befere the Dine." "•
• • ,'
wrheli she, w.as not, married?" cried •
Sir 'Norman, in. an eestasy. t cif
light., . . , . •
"Not bit of it; • end What Is
mere; didn't Want ,to ,be; and. judge ,
ing .frem-the renierks Of Pruderim;
should say, of Hie two; rather pre-
ferred the plagne." •
"Then why was she going .to . do
. Yoh don't Mean to say She Was
forced?"•
"Ali, bet X do, thought 'Prudence
owded it with the moat cirarnsing
candor In the World." • •,.
"Did yens hear the name of the per-
son she Was to hone Married?" ask-
ed Sir Norman, with kindling-eyea. .
"I «thiil< . no t; • they called ' 0110 the
cottnt,if iny memory serves.. 111(1 ,00(1
Prudence intimated that . he knew
nothingof the inelitecholy fate of
Mistrese teolirie, Most likely it, was.
time person in the cloak and alouched
11hat1tiz.1,r
.1,te saw talking to the wards-
,
Sir 'Norman !raid nothitig, hot be
thought a good deal, and the inirdemi
of his thoughts was an .arrieet and
heartfelt wish that 'the Count
trange was oncesnore undee the
sworde of the three rolkerS,, and
waiting' for him to ride to the res-
eue—that Wag all,
"Lit Masque urged Prudence to go
back," continued Ormiston; "but
Prudence respectfully deelined, and
went Ater 'way. bemoaning the ' fate
of her darling, • When elle Was gone,
I stepped up to Madame Alesque, end
that lady's first words of greeting
W000 an earnest hope that I had been
edified and improved by What I had
overheard."
"She saW you, therm?" 'sat cl Sir Nor -
1110
"0,
e Me? X believe Yon! She has
more eyes than Argus over had, and
each one is as sharp ste cambric
needle. of Course 1 anoleglzed and
so (01, and she forgave ine handsome-.
lsr, and then we, felt to discoursing
need 1 tell you on What subject?"
"LOVO, of course," saiti Sir Mir-
1""aiee, Mingled with entreaties to.
take Off . her mask that would have
moved a heart of stone, It, moved),
what won better—the heart of La
lilanetni: anti, li:inseiley, title bus con-
twi(ted 14) (10 It, 111141 fille sa;ve that if,
afire memoing her fare, 1 still.lovelwr,
elm 0. iti iem ION Wife."
"10- it pretaiblea, :My dear Omits-
rolitsristuliste you with all my
heart. 1";
'"illisnis you! • After that she left
me, mid 1 walked away in stieb.
frimay of 4 lelight that I couldn't, have
told whether 1 •was treading this
earth or the shining shores of the
seventh heaven, when suddenly there
flew past me a figure all in white—
the figure of a bride, Iiiingsley, pur-
sued by an excited mob, We were
botli near the river, and the first
thing I knew, she was plump. into
it, witli the crowd behind, yelling to
Is)titotgptiel.iej, that she was ill of the
"Great Treasons! 411(1 was she
di on- nett?
"No, though it was not her fault.
The Earl of itochester and his page—
Y011 remember that page, 1 fancy--
• were out le.their barge, and the earl
/deiced her up., Then I got a boat,
set out after her, claimed her --for I
recognized her, of course—brought
her ashore. and doposited her sate
and sound in her own house. What
do you think of that?"
"oriniston," said Sir Norman,
aitchltig Imiol by the shoulder, with a
. very excited face, "is it true?"
"True 9 1 1 Ki e,1 i„
ev-
ery wired it! And time most extra-
ordintiry itart of the business is, that
her (lip in, cold water has effectually
cured her of the plague. not a trace
of it remains."
'
Sir Norman droppedhishand and
walked on, staring att'aight before
hint, Perfectly speechless. DI fact,
no . huwan langua ge . in :the.' tileld
could have done justice to his feel-
ings rit that precise period:Jar 'three
different times that .night, in • three
different shapes had he seen this sanie
lieoline, and at the• same Moment he'
Wes *etching her 'decked out :la roy-.
al state in the ruin; ..• Ormiston had
probably been assisting .her from her
• cold bath in :the. river .Thitrues.
Astoriishment and consternatiori are
words altogether- feeble' .to • ex-
press his state of ,ind; hut ohe idea
"remained door and.bright amid all
• • his meettil chaos, and that .was; that
. the •Leoline he had fallen in love with
dead, was •waiting for him, 'alive and
well, in London.
"Well," Said. Ormiston, ."yciti, don't
What- 'do, you thnik of all'
•
•.
"'Thilik! 'I can't think—I've got
past •.that long -ago'!" replied his
friend hopelessly. "Bid; you really
say Leoline 'vas alive and Well?" •
"And waiting for you—yes, I did;
and.I repeat it;. and the sooner.' you.
get -back to town, the sobfier you
will .see her; so den't:loiter," •
.."OrnitstOn, ;What do you. mean? Is
1 11,J10581)10 I can see her to -night?". '.
'Yes, it is; the dear :creative'. is
• n'aitira for you even.novV, You see;
after we.got to the •house;; and '5110
Inid consented • to become; a little:. ra-
t ideal; inuthalexplanations ensued,
.by :which it appeared :she had :tan
11913,1 from Sir Norman Kingsley in a
i,late of freney,•had inhumed into the;
•in• a similarly excited' state ' of ,
'and weremost anxious:to • go.
%•.(iiiw11 on, her. prettyknees and thank
'the aforesaid Sir. Nein:tan for. saving
lierlife,' What could, any one ai .gal -
lent as 'myself do minder the., circum
stances,: but to offer to 'set .forth in
•quest • of ' that gentleman,: and. she
Promptly ' Consented to. sit .,up• and
• t , 1119 COnling 0,114, dismissed me
• 'With. • her .blessing. • • 'And, Kingsley,
.I've a. private notion she is as deep-
ly:affected by you as you are by'.
her; for; when 1 mentionedyour Mune
• ehe blushed; yea verily • to the roots
of her heir.; and When she spoke Cif
you, couldn't_ so mach as look me in.
..the face—which is, yoU raust owa, a
very bad 'syniptoin," • .• ,
.•."14onsense," said' Sir Norman, ener-
eatleally: And had it been daylight
his friend Woold iseve seep that he
blushed •airrinet: as,••extensiVely' as tho
lady.' ''She' doesn't itneW Sale," .
.disean't.: she; though? That
•shows all you know. 'about it She
• has seen yoas , go past the, window
many. andmany a. tithe; and to Seo
you," said Ormiston, making.a.grim-
• ace undercover •of 'the darkness,
to hrt, el • •She told ma so herself!"
Whatf 'That • she laved Mel" said
S•ie NorMan, his notion ef 'propriety
to. the •last• degree Shoeked stick a
, • .
• ,.
;:tbut N;a. t
sit.itshr, tPaldshe er'; she
eknbentu
only booked
th
•• Iry sight, .and by heart,' toe, as 1in-
; ferred from her countenance 'When she
. saie it, There, 00W, den't Make ine
talk any more for I have Cold-. You
overYthing I know, and ara' 01100
" One thing. onlY—did the tolt..7(;111
hoarse with' my exertions." ', •
•.who she Was?"
"No,. except that her. name t-iss
Loolieg, and nothing else—Which
struck me, Osbeing . s1igh4.1y im
. •
proba I ;le. Doubtless, slte; will toll •
;von everything; andone piece of. ad -
•:vim 1.,maY venture. to glee you is,
• ;ems may. propose . as soon as' yon:
311:e without ;fear of rejection'. 1-tere.
'we are at „the (lolden Crown, so go
in and get yOur. horse and let us be
'off."
MI thia tithe Ormiston had beteu.
latiling his own horse ,,by the
• aett as Sir Norman silently eolistmile.d
with this sue•gestion, In five ininutert
in. re theywere in their se:dikes,. and
PalloPftur at breakneck s'peed 'toward
itim city, TO tell the truth, one. was
not more inelined for silence than' the
• other, and : the profoundest- and
thouellifulicst miliince. Was maintained
111 they reached it: One Was think-
• ing 9f teoline, one .of Lo Masque,,and
both Wee° fierily in love and :just at
that particular moment -very happy.
Of eourse the happiness of .people
Viet state never Mete longer • than
half an hour rit a stretch, , and then
they are plunged hitek into -misery,
and distraction; but while it does
last it is very intense and delightful
indeed.
. Our two friends having drained the
bitters had get to the bottom of the
cup, and neither knew that tia sooner
were the sweets swallowed than it
WEIS replenished With a doubly bitter
dose. Neither of thorn had dismount-
ed until they had reached the Immo
• Of Leoline, and there Sir Norman ;se-
cured his horse, and looked up at it
• With beating heart,- Not that It seas
The door Vs unfastened, and
ur-
niistozu sprang up the Stair ii With the
air of a. man—quite at bottle, follow-
ed mere decorously by Sir Norman.
The door of the lady's room stood
ajar, as he had left it, and in answer
to his "tapping oa the eharnber
door," a sweet feminine voice called.
"Come in."
Orraiston promptly obeyed, and the
next instant they were in the room,
40(1 in the presenee of the dead bride.
Certainly eho did not look dead, but
very much alive, just then, 40 elm sat
In an easy chair drawn up before the
dressing table, on whieh stood the
Solitary lamp that ha.d illumined the
chamber. In ono hand she held a
small mirror, or, ae it wee then
called, a "sprunkling glass," in
which she Was contemplating her
own beauty, with as much satisfae-
a$ any other girl might Justly
do. She had changed her drenched
dress during Ormiston's absence, and
notv at arrayed in a swelling ampli-
tude of rose-colored satim, her dark
hair clasped and bound by a eirele
of mulk white pearls, and' her pale,
beautiful •faee looking ten degrees
more beautiful than ever, in contrast
with the bright rose silk, • shining
dark hair and rieh white jeWels. She
rears up as they entered, and come
forward with the same light in her
eyes that One of them had seen be-,
4 fere, and stood with drooping eye-:
• lashes lovely as a Vision, in the eerie
ter of the roOte.
I"You see, I have lost no time in
Obeying your ladyship's 'commands'
began Ormiston; bowing low. "Mis-
tress Leoline, allow me to present Sir•
.NOrrnan Kingsley."
Sir Norinars Kingsley bent almost
profoundly before the lady as the
lord, itithis,lianeellor had done. before
Queen Mil%nda; and the lady coUrtes-..
Jed in return, .until her • pink • satin
Skirt ballooned all over the floor. It •
was quite an affecting tableau. And
so• Ormiston felt, its he stood eyeing
it with preter-natural gravity.
I owe my life to Sir Norman
Murmured the faint, •
sweet voice of the lady, "and could.:
not rest .until I thanked him;
have no words • to say how deeply
, thankful and grateful I ant." •
. "Fairest Leoline1 One word from
• Mich lips •wouici be enough to repay
ane, had I done .a thousandfold
more," responded Norman, laying his
hand on his heart with 'another deep
.genuflectirin.;, •• ,•
"Very' pretty indeed!'" feitairked
• Ortniston to himself, with a little,
Approving -nod; but I to. afraid they
' won't be 'able. to ;keep it up, and go'
' .on talking on stilts like that till' they
• :have finished. Perhaps -they' . may
get on•rill the better if 1 take myself
• off, there being ailVaYa, One too many
in a case like , this," Then. aloed :
"Maclaine, X regret that I are obliged .
to depart, having a most particular
appointment; • • but, doubtless, ,my
friend will be able to express hatiself
Without my assistance, I have the
honor to wish, you. beth •good -night'
With 'which neat and appropriate
• speerilit Orrniston bOwed himself out,
and. tves gone before LeOline could
detaln,lzimn, even 'if sire wished . to.
do , so. : Probably, • however ; She..
thought the .are of one gentiOnian,
: sufficient responsibility at once; ,and
;.she did not look. very seriously •dia.
; tressed,.by his departure; and, • the
• Moment he .disappeared„ Sir. Neiman
• brightened Up wonderfully.,
is very discomposing to make
, hive in'the.preeerice of a third patty;
and Sir. Normao had no .inten'tion Of
wasting his time on, anything, • and
. went at.it iinmediately„ •.Taking her
,hand, with a grace that would • have.
• beaten. Sir Charles kapdison or Lord
Chesterfield •rtll to nothing, he ledher •
to a couch, took a seat. as near to her '
an wire at all ..polite dr proper, ton-,
sidering the brief •nature of their ac-
quaintance. . The ; curtains , Were
drawn the!.larnp•-shed a; faint light; '
tha: house was stili, and there Woe'
no .intrusive papa to :pounce down
(mon them; the lady was looking
I deem, and seemed: in no way haughe
ty or discouraging..; arid Sir Nor-,
• nirtit'S spirits went Up With a, jump.
to boiling point. • Yet:the lady,. with
all her pretty bashfulness, was the
firat t� speak. .' • ,
"I'm 'afraid, 'Sir •Niirrnan, you must:
think this 'tt, singular Mine to come.'
here; tut, in these dreadful . times, .
we cannot •tell if we May Jive front
one Monient•.to.' another; and I.should
not like to'. die, : Or haye you die,.
;without, my, telling, and your hear-
• ing, all ray gratitude. For :1 de:
• assure you,. Sir Norman." said the
• lady; lifting : her dark eyes with the
• prettiest .and. most. bewitching earn-
estness., "that I ara grateful, though
1 cannot find words to express it".
• "Maxia,ine. I would not listen sto
you if you would; for I have • done
, nothing to deserve :thanks.wish
,could telt 'you what fat • .when
•
Ormiston told me you were glive
and safe.i.' • .• ' •
,are. 'very .kind, but ' pray: do':
not call me. madame.' Say: teolitie.":
'• "A thousand thanks, dear Leolipet"•
exclaimed Sir Norman, raising' Awe
hand to his lips, and quitebeside'
hiniseli with. ecstasy. „
• "Ah, I did net tell You to ,say
• that!" She cried, *nth a gay 'Tang's
and yield blush. , tweet said Yeti
wero to tall me dear." • , '
• "It arose from my heart to. mV
• lips," said .Sir Norman, with.thrUt-
thg earnestness and fervid glance ;
for yonare dear to inedearer than
al the 'World beside!"
• The :fleair grew a deeperglow on
the ladyi.a face; bat, singular to re:
late, she did not look the least sur-
,• prised ,oe disoleased; and the hand
he ' had feloniously purloined lity
passive and contented in his: . .
"Sir Norman Kingsley •is pleased
to :jest," said the lady, 'in a stih-
dued tone, and 'with her Oyes liked
pertinaciously on hen shining dress;
• 'for he has never spoken to ine be-
• fore in his life!" ,
"That 'has nothing to do with it,
Leoline, 1 love you ae devotedly as
• if I had known yoU front your birth-
• day; and, strange to say, 1 feel as
if we had been friends ,for year's in-
stead Of Minutes, X cannot realize
at ell that you are a. stranger to
me!" •
Leolitia laughed. • •• ,
"Nor X; though, for that mattery
you. are not a, stranger to me, ir
Norman I"
"Am1 not? now is that?"
"X have Seen sofa go past so often,
you know; and Prudenee told me
• who you were; and so I tseed—I used
" hesitating and glowing to a
degree before which her dress paled.
"Well, dearest," said Sir Norman,
• getting from the positive to the sup,
erlative with a jump, and diminish,.
Ing the distanee between themr,"you
used to—What?" •
"To watch •for you!" said Leo -
line; in a sly whisper, "And se
have get to knew you very well!"
"My ottra darling! And, 0 Leol.
linel may 1 hope—dare 1}repo
that you do not altogether hate
nTe)o'llue looked rer.eet1V!,3; though
very unusual for his heart to begii,
seeing that It never did anything
else; but on that occasion its motion
was so . much accelerated that any
doctor ,feeling his pulse might easily
have set him down as a bad.case Of
heart disease. A small bright ray of
light eteeamed like a beacon of hope
from an upper window, and the lov-
er looked at it like a beclouded mar-•
fuer at the sight, of the north star.
• "Are you coming in, Orrnistors?"
. Inquired, for the first time in his life
almost beahilul. "Tt seems to ine it
Nvotilci only be right, you know,''
"I don't mind &frig in and intro-
ducing you," said Ormiston; but
after you have been delivered over
,tots may fight your own battle!!! and
taii9 case of yoursoY. como
I
Decent )er 24th t 1903
her black PY413 Wero parklina under
their sweepii
"Why, no," she said, demurely, "X
don't know as 1 do. Ws very sin-
ful; apd improper to hate one's \let -
low -creatures, you know, 14111 Nor -
Man, am* therefore I don't indulge
In it."
you are given to piety, I see -
In that Cage, perhispri you are ammo
ef a precept commanding US to bovo
our neighbors. Now, l'in you)) neve •
est. neighbor at present; 00, to keep
up a consistent Christian spirit, just
be good enough to say that yon love
tne!"
Again Leoline laughed; and this
time the bright, dancing .eiais beam-
ed in their sparkling darkness fiat
upon him.
".E ant afraid your theory is not
very sound, my Weed., and I leipm n
dislike to extremes. There is a mid -
die course between hating and lov-
ing. Suppose I take that?"
• "I will have no middle courses-.
either hating er loving it must be`
Leolinet Leolinel" (bonding oser
bort and imprisoning. both hands
this time) (10 Say 370(1 love mei"
• "I am ,a. captive in ;emir hands,
and Must, 1 suppose. • Yes, Sir Nor,.
man, I do love you!"
Every 'man hearing that for the
• first time from a pair of laved lips is.
privileged to go. mad for a Ws q Pt`n4
son, and to go through certala
°everts numb . more delectable to the
enjoyers than to society at large,
For -fully ten minutes after 1 -co -
line's last speech, there was‘ pro-
found silence. But actions- seine -
times speak louder than words; and
Leoline was perfectly convinced that
her declaration had not fallen on in-
sensible ears. At the end of that
period the space. between them' on the
e01.1(10 'had so greatly diminished that
the ghost ,of a zephyr tvould be
crushed to death trying to get be-
tween them; nail Sir Norman's face
• was fairly radiant. • Leoline berself
• looked rather beaming;, and: she slid-
denly, and • without • pronocation,
burst ir,nto a merry little peal of
te• •
"W:ell. for two people who ,were
• perfect strangers to each other. 'half
an hone ego, X think we haVe got on
renetekably • well. Whet will Mr.
Ortniston'. and Prudence • say when
they hear of this?" '•.• •
nThey will say What Is the truth --
that 1 ant the luckiest Man in. Eng-
land. Leoline! .1 never 'thought it
‚vpidme to loveanyone as. .do
YOu." . • • •
"1 ani very ;glad to hear it; hilt I
'knew it was in.me long. before XeVer
• dreanied of knowing you: Are you not
ansions to know soniething about
the .future. Lady. Kingsley's past bis -
tory?" " •
• "It will. alltome in, good tithe; it
Is not well to have a, surfeit of • joy
• in one night." • •• • •••.•
do not know that this. will acid
to .your joy; hutit had better he told
011(1 :00 done -with it; at onee and ter-
• et er. • , thefirst plaee, 1 presunie,
1..1(111 aft orphan, • for ' have never
• never had any other name but Loo-
lin
•
father, Or mother, Mid '1.
.• (110y °firrisillt-artls'eotold 01e
1;1nl is that of
Prudence; she 'was .my nurse and. cov...
erness, both in one; and we, live...I in
•a, cottage by the sea — 1 don't 1.how
where, . but a. long .way froth this.
When I was about' 10 years old tve
left it and carte to London, and iiyed
10 a house bn (41"eapside .for five or six
years; andthen: we-timved',hbre.."And...
• all • this thae. Sir' ortnan-.---you.:wiil
thinkit strange. — never made any -
•.•friends. or. aegnaintanceS, and kneW
no one htut P.rudence and ap old,,Ital-
ian'professor who railioto our iodg-.
logs in, Cheapside 'every iv.eek to give.
me lessons. WnS net. because • • I •
disliked society, .you must .knotv;, but
Prudence, with •all her kindness. • and
goodness—and I believe, she truly
lovei oie — has 'been nothing more Or
less all my life than...my jailer."
'She. paused 'to Clasp a bit of silver
• brocade, .faaterted 14ra pearl buckle,.
close around her little. 'waist; and Sir'
Norman fixed. his' eyea Upon . her
beautiful face.wit.h. a powerful p,lence.
• "Knew no . onee-that •is stralig,e,
iaalningee'" Not even the Count 1./E -
s •.
"Alil. you know hini?" she cried
eagerly, 1iftin her eyes . with. -
bright • book ; -•"do'-'do • tell •1110 "who
he hi?" • ' ' , • • •
"Upon my honor, • ply • deer," seid
Sir• Normen; considerably taken
aro tIle'
•
aTileIrtlae(1)..t'o'itaiststs.ivlekte'st hihilte (3,1%(1)(mIsl t
.don't greatly .mist:ake, somebody *told
me you. were .gehig to marry.
• "Oh, so 1 aves," said Leoline,, With
the utmost simplicity, "But 1 'don't
• know:line for. all that; and more
than that, Sir NorMan, ;I' do not be-
lieVe his name De- Coen( L'Eritrange
any more than mine iv." • •
• "Precisely. rny• Opinion; but why, in
bth:t nwetnlyie.w01e.r--4-e
you golng to 01011137
• hint, •Leolisse?". • • ' • . • .
•Leoline half pouted, and shrugged
her pretty pink patia.shottlders..
• "Because I couldn't 'help it—that's
why. Uo' coaxed, and coaxed; and 1
said no, and no, and no,. aintil 1 got.
tired of it., Prudence too, was - 41,0
bad as lie was, until .between them X
giltio!bbt.It distracted arid at last con-
sented. to marry .hint. to . get rid of
b
•
, "My poor, persecuted little .darlin!
'Oh," cried Sir' Norman, with a burst'
of %enthusiasm, "how*X should admire
tii; have Count I.:Estrange here for
about. ten Minutes just now. I Would
Spoil his net wcioipgfor him, or I
am mistaken.'"
'"INTo., noir said tears°, looking ra-
ther alarmed; "you Must not fight,
you know. 1 shouldn't at all • like
either of you to get killed. Besides,
he ,has not married me; and •so
there's 00 harm done,"
Sir Norman seemed rather struck
,by that view of the case, and after a
few minutes'. reflection on it, earne to
the Conelusion that. she knew best
anct settled down peaceably again..
"Why do you suppose his..naine is
not Count L'E-strniige?" he asked.
."For many reasons. Pint — he is
disguised; Wears false whisicers,mus-
tache, and wig, and even the voice
'he uses appears assumed.' 'nen Pru-
dence seemed in the greatest awe of
him, -and she. is not' one to be easily
awed, 1 never knew her to be in
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