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EY CHARLES GARVICE
Author of "The Verdkt of the. klcart," "A Heritage
of .Iiatc;." "Nell -of Shorne Mills," ."Paid
For," "A Mosierrt Juliet," Etc,
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Waiting for -eh, here she eolnerfl- 1 ea tee nee a mem, girl was 3,ving
Ire looked round rind . SAW P0117 t N'vith a, wok in Ian eana, she was
berrying down the iniese,ge. ' his sister, Lady Vivienne, and an in -
"Oh' MIS8 33a•instardi" he gald2 and valid, A fell from a horse, when she
he raised hi e hat. Then Ise Added. et- was a Child, had injured her spine,
ter a payee; "This lady miglit welt and coneigned her for the greeter
in the green-rootta Miss Bainford."
"Oh, thouic you, my low, ,, said part of her time to a midi. alhe
Polly, .erateft1113a could walk only a few weds with as -
"Thine yop." taina. also said, nbut alstance, and that assistence she pre -
I shall not clime lignite" forted from bee brother. Between
j
sea wbo that was?" , the two existed en extenordinary at-
* Ile raised M
his hat once ore tine ketion email gated front their child -
left them. • hotel and deopental (eery clay. Vivi-
"Well?" field Venn as they got Me enne regateha. het, le.other as the
to the cab. "Aren't you going to battilsonwst and the -best man in the
worla, rind Staconihe was mire in his
"1 wasn't, bet 1 will," Said Nina. own mind that Vivienne was the
With a smile. "Whoever he is, he was retest atid noisiest of her Re,
'very kind. A stupid. nein spoke to may
.rne and-' had these tegether In a, London.
"Lord Sutconibe knocked him flat, in a hotel on the Riviera, at a
cottage up the river, since the death
-notes)! Te's just, wbat he- wmild •doe" of their parents, and, strange to saY,
"It's just What be didn't do, Pm
ta say
.glacl '," Sutcombe had no secrete from her,
Said Nina. starlings from which fate tbe reader will ga-
"That vgou1d. have been too severe a thee that hedeserved Polly's de -
punishment for a piece. of unconscious ecription, of him; for the man who
impertinence.". 0 eon 14y his life open before his sister
Polly stare4 at her, "Ler', I must possess •a pretty clear record.
should have thought you'd have been "Home cerise Sutcombe. rM
,glad if 'he'd clone it!' What a strange glad!" she said, smiling at him
„girl you are! But I see! Of course through eyes tirat were a reflection
, you wouldn't like the fuss. Yes; that of his own. r't thought you were
was Lord Sutemeae. Ile's the son •cit gding to a dinner at the Savage?"
,an earl or a duke, or something." • "1. was, but 1 changed my mind,"
"And What MAY a son of a, duke he said, standing before the fire and
be doing behind the seines at the looking at it absently, Her soft eyes
33.tomus?" asked Nita,„ but without rested on his face with -gentle ecru -
:any great interest. • tiny for a moment "or two, then she
"Oh, they say he's backing Mr. said, in a low voice:
Harcourt -got a share in the the- "What is it, Suteombe?" .
etre, And he's fond of the stege; He started slightly and smiled at
the'r.a's a goad mane' swells like her rattier shamefacedly, It did, not
him; they're never happy unless occur to him to evade the quesition,
they're behind. But he's not a stage-
struck idiot like some of them. Ile's to conceal the cause of his preoccupa-
tion.
a gentleman., and all eight, and "Something that happened to me
to -night' he said; and he told her
of the little adventure.
"Such a beautiful girl, Vivi cone,
Mg along',1 tried to describe her to
you; but I can't. For the We of me
1 4oulcin.'t tell you the coler fef her
eyes; grey, I think, or 'violet. And
her voice -somehow it reminded aim
of yours; you don't mind?" ,
"Not in the leaet, afoe I can gath-
er that it was a•niee one. .And a
lady, Sutcombe?"
"Emplicetically' sol" he returned,
promptly. " `I knows 4 lady when I
sees her.' '' •
"Did she look -poor? T 'mein, was
she shabbily Messed?" asked Lady
Vivienne going to the -feminine -
point. •
"No; certainly not. She was very
plainly dressed, but in perfect taste,
and like a lady. 1 tabor the point,
don't 1? But what 1 mean is that
she was as quietly dressed as any
other lady, cmcl that there was noth-
ing suggestive of the theatre about
her."
"She may be poor and yet dress with
refinement and taste," said Lady
Vivienne, shrewdly. "And her broth-
er is the author of ' the first piece,
and is 'going to write the new. play.
And a cripple -poor fellowl'a
She •did not sigh With self-pity. ;nit
Sutcombe drew a little nearer • awl
laid a hand gently On her head.
"I should like to sea hitter -and her,
of course," the said, acknowledging
the caress of his hand by. a touch of
hone%
-shook his head. "So should L
But I &mat see how It could be man-
aged. ViV, you, know that I-eavid
you, too --hate intruding on other
people. I mean- that because this
eitdy is cormected with the theatre
there is no reaeon why one ShOuld,
force one' s:4 self on her -them. And,
to tell you the truth, I don't think
It would be easy, any easier, indeed,
than it would be for them to intrude
• doesn't spend his time flirting with
-every girl about the place, Didn't
"Tho Betrothed' go well to -night,
.dear? Did you hear the hand I got
•ein that last speech 91 miles? And the
'House Fulle 9boar4s were up, quite
(early. Oh, how glad 1 shall be when
• whe'new play's finished! If you'd tell
one wbat the lean was like, I'd get
Mr. Harcourt to discharge him."
"Then 1 certeinly shaen't tell you,"
said Nista. "Don't think any more of
et. It won't happen again." '
Lord Sutcombe walked away from
the theatre briskly, but suddenly he
tstoppecl, and, with a gesture of int-
matience, strode back.
"Who was the young lady who,
was waiting for Miss Branford?" he
asked of the doorkeeper. •
"That was , Miss- Wood, sister of
, the author of the first piece, my
lord," he replied. "-Pee heard that
one of the supers has been atinklying
her, I'd only turned my back for a
moment. I'll find ode who it was,
xny lord -e"
"No matter," said his lordship.
"For the future tette 'Miss Wood to
the little roma adjoining the green-
room." s, •
"Yes, any lord," said the man.
"Ian sorb., it should have happene
ed -aa
Lord Sutcombe :laded Ilan went
.f out again. His rooms were at Evers
1 sleigh Court on the Embankment
,and all the way he thought of Min
Wood with a persistence which an-
:noyed him,
nA. beautiful, girl -and a lady. She
.ought not to be hanging about a
nitage-door, Miss Wood -then the
nbrother must be a gentleman. But
*hat's not in any way remaraable;
*hat first piece is tull of refinement,
Aland the teaches of a cultured brain,
hould like to see him. 1 wonder
ewhether Harcourt, knows More abdut'
ethera--hirres-than he pretends."
Re was still thinking of Nina as Ise
sweet up the stairs to his fiat, and
,entered a handsome and delightfully
eurniehets On a settee
tuition comPuirf
•1131* of the mist troublesome
'Ma1es! of the got &tinnier
ars. The Old rim& the Young,
• Strong end the Weak are
all Offsets& Alike. °
1
DR. towLkies
Extract of
Ild Strawberry
iipon us. By George, • not so easy,
for she was, in a way, more digni-
fied and -and aloof than you Mee
Vial "
"You are very interested in -them,
Sutcombe," she said very softly.
He colored and hit his lip, but he
did not turn away from her.
'I'm so interested in -let's be can-
did, Vivl--her, that I can't get her
out of my mind,I'd give a great
deal to see her again."
Leidy Vivienne was silent for a
moment She knew her brother as
few Menet% imoev their brothers, mid
was aware that Sutcombe Was dot a
eusceptible man; indeed, that he was
rather Uniznpressienable. There had
been a fleeting, "fancy" or two in his
life, but it had been a fancy only,
and had been as transient as it had
It tie shod effective remedy been superfieial: he had never dist-
'ea-known for the sure of played at interest in any neencin as
the iritekeet he was cohfeesing to
1Anattilkt DkitSENTERY. OM; night. litact he really falleh in love
• RAMPS, CHOLERA MORBUS, CHOL.. at last; had he at last met the "one
RA INFANT1111. AND ALL gumlike woman in the world?" she asked her-
, 01/PZAIIITS. self, and if so, bow Would it be with
This sterling remedy hu been on the hitn? A Kiri he had wee at the theta-
: arket for aver 65 years and has yet ere! With a sister's loving anxiety
ailed to do what we claim for R. She had alwetya Veen "afraid" 'of
fauteombh'e coenectioe with the
13e sure attd ask for Dr. Vowlerts and stage; plenty of good women are to
,nisist on being giveri What you ask forbe found tbere, but there, also, are
Mrs. C. E. Mills, Teuton, Men., writes:. sirens who have wrecked many a fair
"Just a line to let you know that have barque and devoured' the erew bedY
and bones. She Inane on her teen
little girl live years old, and during the tied gaeed at the tire musingly,
, hot weather of last summer she was very "You Neill see her , again, Sun,
bad With the Selmer Complaitt, n faet comber' she said at litst, alMost
thought we were going to lose her. We prophet icalb,r.
• tried everything we could think of but . ;Mall try," he 0414. "t mime,
Witheet succeee, One day one 'of out Don't laugh at me; but you won't,
ineighbore aeked what was the trouble Viv-"
With the little girl, end we told hitn. 110 "No," she Said in a, still voice, Ana
advised us to try Dr, Fowler's getreet of with a smile that teas ptithetie. "/
Wild Strawherter, whieh eve did. I Mu snore likely to -.cry, Forgive Me,
deart It is only jealousy, the lent -
honestly believe it was the only tbing
misy of elgirl had
that saved rest little girl's life, I don't le poor who NMyou to herself for no wetly years."
thiak there b anything better for Sum- "And who will have me to herself
net CernpIalut than Dr. rimier's Exttact for very malty more," he said in a
of Wild Strawberry." Price 35c. Menu- 'low voice. "What nonsense we tact
teetered only by The •T. Milburn Co., I talking, Viv! I shall forget her bee
Limited, Toronto, Out. tore the Morningae
, . • • •
, ' •
"1 bar ear/ Whe responded fer-
vently; 'for -for, Suteembe, dc -
girl at the. theatre.-"
ea' he Kid, quickly, "She has
nothing. to
.do with the businewt-
ileorge, you're right. Vivi She is
connected with it,. is -ie -,•out of our
set! Oh, I know ell you're thlaking!
nrea-of Neese you're
say no more about her,'
' And, of COUrae, OP minutes after,
wards he -Caine to the door front -the
ealoining room svhere he had been
emoking and returne4 to the sub,
jeet.
"See, here, Vit. We not at all un-
likely, as you say, that they are
badly ofl. I Might help her brother
In the matter of this play, might Oen
that 111 gets fair tonne •from Mar-
court, -
"And so earn the eister's grati-
tude," she seal. with a Mile, "Coma
in here and sit delve, and let us
talk about her, It's better than
your breedlna by yourself in there,
dear!"
clgArrgat xvxg.
SueConnes said no- more about Ni-
na, but, illte the fnmous pinata., ho
thaeght a great deal; end. he found
it Imperatively necessary to go delete
to the theatre very often; one knoWs
that business must be attended to.
Bet though- he hovered about the
stage entrenee and doorways at the
beginning and close ;of the Play, he
did not again see the girl whose face
and vole° baunted hint; and it is
probable -though not very likely, tor
Nizta's face wee not one to be easily
torn from one's aaeriory-that ho
might have forgotten her, lf the long-
arm of coincidence bad not been
stretched out in grim irony to draw
closer the links of the Chain.
lt chanced a week later that Nina
was standing on the. edge oi the Orb,
in the middle of Bone Street, wait-
ing to cross, She Was not in any
hamar, for she was thinking of the
last ea of the play; and she was
looking absently before -her, when
she felt something brush past her
skirt, and saw 4 child attempt to
run between the carriages. It was a
London urchin of the usutil typen
and there is ao doubt that he wcsuld•
Wive tbrended his Way safely
amongst the horses if, are old lady
who was standing 'beside Nina had
not uttered an eetclaraation of ter-
ror and -apprehension. The child
heard it, turned to look, having not
the faiotest suspicion that be was
the 'cause, and in another raomeot
he would have been under a. victoria.
if Nina had not sprung forward and
hauled him out of the way,
The coachman had pulled up his
horse almost on its haunches and,
very red in the face, was, trying not
ao swear; and Nina heard a, very soft
and sweet, and at that moment a'
very anxious, voice exelailn;
"Oh -the -child! Have you run •v-
el'
iBert.his time Nina had got the
urchin on the pavement, and she
looked up and saw that the enquiry
had come froma very 'natty, deli-
eate-looking lady in the victoria.
The usual crowd and policeman al -
'most /shut Nina and the rescued one
Irma Vivienne's view, but ,at last
she caught Nina's eye -and beckoned
to her anxiously. Nina Went to the
etirriage, still half coaseiously grab -
bang the boy.
"Oh, is he hurt? How brave of
you! How very bra.Vel': aid Vivi-
enne, fervently. "Is he hurt?" •
"No, I don't think so," -said Nina.
"If he would only leave eff crying-"
ettill you -would you wend -
bringing him in here?" asked Vivi-
enne, timidly, "I -I ant art. invalid
and cannot get out, or wouldn't
trouble you."
Before Nina could reply the boy
'seized so geed a chance of escaping
we interview with his natural foe,
the policeman, and. of his own ac-
cord, slipped into the victoria.
"There is nothing the matter with
'him," said Nina, and With a slight
bow she Wale turning away, mason
Vivienne said eagerly, almost bre
lYtv:on't you come in, ;coo? Po,
rio, ',leaser I-1 ani not at all sure
you are not hurt. I Jive quite near
here -if vou would come."
Nina hesitated a moment, then got,
in; the policeman took Lady Vita-
enne'S address from the coachman,
and the victoria drove off,
'the boy was still rubbing his eyes
with his dirty, fists, but he was eye-
ing the two ladies with monkey -like
cunning, and„ shrewdly concluding
that he had landed fa cloyer, kept
up au assumption of much grief and
tribulation.
"Poor little felicelsi" said Vivienne,
leaning forward -and stroking his
arm rather gingerly. "If be would
only tell us whether he is • hurt or
not!" Then she turned her attention
to Nina. "How quick you were! It,
Was like -like a. cat springing for a
kittee-but that sounds rude!" as
Nina's eyes twinkled,. "And "how
strong, aS Well as brave, you must
be to be able to lift so big a boyf
And the acme did not touch you?"
"Nat itt the least,'' said Nese,
"And now, if you Will kindly stop
the carriage 1 Will get out -and take
this young gentleincie with me."
But at this Vivienne looked very
hurt and frien•ed. -
"Oh, please don't! Inectee corm
horne With me. 1 nee let leyersleigh
Court, 'Why, We are hearty there!
Yourdress is Muddied -you can't
walk home like that! My tnaid will
clean it -besides, we don't really
know that the ehild is all right, Oh,
please comet"
It was hard to resist the pleading
mace and wistful eyes, 96 Nina. yield-
ed, 'though she Was alieiou0 toaeoid
making new atquaintanees.
tootinati helped Lady Vivienne to
alight, and the two ladies end tha
boy Werit up the lilt to the fiat,
where they were iminediately sure
rounded by( the Curious and rather
amazed servante.
"Mint Oh, ppor, cleat' little boy!
Wheeet" exclaimed Vivienne's innerly
kneeling better° the Urchin, who re-
sponded to law atincioue eelquiriee •
With a low hOWI indicating exeruci-
citing pain. There Was a el:torus of
"Oh's" from the maids; nett, in the
conftseiora Lord Sutcombe's step
Was heard to liana into the other
room. Vivienne knee/ the step, and
twtoinn herself by the chairs arid the
1
,
wail, 'limped out.
Jana Sutcombel" she entrained.
"We've had la ,Reeklent-well, eearce-
ly an. accident. The victoria', nearly,
ren, over a, boy --and We've got him
inethe next room,' Wait 0, •ritoMersti
I'm sure Wa Sh011hi have killed hint
iff.aardynenudngs,agii,real bbaidin.latucurspraillgiovleoireo
ereeture, Sisteembol"
"The boy?" •
"NO, no! Don't ise slily!' The girl,
The moat charming, lovable girl
I've ever seen, And so brave! Tito
halerwas clearly touching her, in-
deed, ft110Ught she must be knocked
down. And so eidia, and -end tea
retie, amidst all the fuss."
"Yoe seeps to have discovered a
paragon." be said. With a,srnflo
"Where Is she, gone?"
in the next roam, I had the
greatest clifricylty in keeping her.
The hoy's there -We're seeing if he's
hurt!"
"A Street arab, I suppose? Don't
alarm , yourself; you ain't hurt 'ern.
And the young ladY-have Yen Pat
her in the game case? Let us go and
look at this rare specimen."
He drew her arni within his and
led her into the reset main; that le,
tie far AS the (100r7 there he stop -
pod Acta and stared -his face very
rod -at Nina, who was standing with
!Manly elcesped hands looking; witli
very little alarm,. at the ebild, •
Vivienne looked up at him With
surprise.
"Why -what is the matter, Set -
combo?" she enquired in a low voice;
then •she stopped sbort pria looked
from. Nina, to him, . for Nina had
turned and was regarding him with.
a blush, and a Surprise Almost at
'marked as his own.
Stitcorabe recovered itis presence
of mind almost immediately, ' and
-coming forward said quietly, but
with 4 smile of pleasure in his frank
eye's
"Itow do you do, tries Wood!' What
a strange coineelencet I mean-"
"Then you know- This is your
etiss Woodi" The exclamation broke
from Vivienne involuntarily.
Sutcombe colored at the "your."
"1 have told iriv sister of our meet-
itia the other night, Miss Wood," he
stlid. "I hope you are not hurt. No?
And the bay? Let me see." •
After a moment's examinatien and
a question or two, which thd boy
answered promptly enough -hp , wee
dealing with a man now-Stitcornbe
looked up with a mile. "I think a
good meal and-" he slipped some-
thing into the grimy hand. which
closed over it 'instantly -"will be all
the surgery needed. Take him awaY,'
Cook."
The boy, grinning like a chim-
panzee, 'ns led away, and Sutcombe,
quite casually, though his heart
was beating fast, besought Nina to .
sit down, for Vivienne was Still half
dazed by the surprise.
"Yes; yes, oh, yes!" she said, eage
erly. 'the tea is coining, and yea
rnust want a cup so 'hinny! And your
dress -we have thought (-d nothing
hut the boa! How indifferent you
must thine us! Sutcombe, if you had
seen Miss Wood-"
et can imagine the scene," said
Sutcombe in a, Tow voice. "1 know
how ealtn and pelf -possessed Miss
Wood can be in moments of difficulty.
I'll be back in a moment, Vivienne."
He went into tbe not room and
stood quite still looltng at nothing
for a few moinehts. Ile wanted to
realize that she was here, in the next
rootn, to obtain full control over
himself, to be able to move and
speak as if his heart were beating
with its nornall pulse. When he re-
turned the tea was on, and the two'
girls were chetting pleasantly. It
was evident that the discovery that
her girl hero was "the Miss •Wood of
the theatre" had not changed Vivi-
enne's admiration of, and liking' for
Nina.
"We've got over the coincidence,
Sutcombea she said,as she gave
him his tea, "and we are talking
about the new play -Miss Wood's
brother's, you knoW."
He nodded,
oelay 1, too, hear about it?" ha
said. "You know 1 ani -well, inter-
ested." •
At this Nina became rather shy-
fortalking, to him about the play
was a veryIlifferent thing to taleing
to the gentle girl whose pale face a -ed
blue eyee weee all aglow with sym-
pathy and •laterest and the eager de-
sire to admiit and approve; •but love
maketh a man eunnieg, and after
awhito Sutcombe led her on to the
subject. ,
"Your brother must be very clev-
er," he said. "It is a wonderfully
godd plet, I should, say. There's on-
ly one thilig-"
"Oh, what is that?" Nina enquir-
ed, earnestly, "Pray tell me -it is so
felt of faults -be would like to
know-*"
"Well, it's the card -playing scene.
It's very 'strong,' as they call it;
but it's just a little wrong in one
detail. Baccarat isn't playea as the
characters play it-"
Nina smiled 4114 blushed.
"Oh, thank ,yoa so much!'" she said.
"Hoar ean one help making mistakee
When- one is writing about things one
knows nothing abOuti Of course, I've
never played leatearat."
The Aflame the breathlets silexice
With WhiCh Vivienne regarded her
told her what she had done. Her face
flamed, then went pale, and her
brows came together.
"What does it, matter?" said Stit-
eombe in a, low voice that quivered
With sympathy. "Besides, I guessed
your secret while you were describe*
the play, But why should you be
ashamed of it; whsr should you wish
to hide yourself behind e man's.
name? Oh, I see! Ifut that prejudice'
is Meal! Strange as it may seem, the
world is begins -ling to have a sus-
/ellen that \venire are as ever es,
more clever than, tie men."
' "And -you -wrote 'The Betrothed,'
and this piny!" exclaimed Vivienne.
"011, you dear, clever girl! But how
dal eou guess it, Sutconfber
Statminhe smiled only.
Nina made the best of the matter.
"I think T. Should like to keep my
mg:17:v, ,so Inc &IS the public is eon. -
corned, Lord Seutcombe," ehe said,
las inclined his head. "Vour tvislies
shall les respected, of course," he
said. "Perhape-perhape 1 can be of
tionse uSe'3 1 mean there may be mune
other Uttle detail wbich, as a men
of tiut world, one Who plays Other
game* than nateleret, 1 might help
yo'Ll'Ottlry'esei" put in Vivienne, eager-
ly. "Do Make .140- p1 tin3,, Maas
Weed!"
"What 1 Wettld suggest. it I May,
is that Miss Weed .ehould bring the
play and read it to us," said Sut-
sembe, in, the most bueinesselike tone.
.4eNcinoccul,dtahestItiurilluse.uspecting Nina, gave
him a grateful look Iron her leVely
ate's.
"Oh, will you?" alto said. "How
good you are to mel Xtis jest whae
/ Want! But -'the trouble!"
"Oh, don't mind that!" said the Un-
sena& Huteombe, "I've alWayli got
thee to spare, How would it be if
yo'll'Yeelilleenetlo".74V°I;vTlist. eta in again,
"And I'll call for Miss Wood end
drive her here. She lives with that
you re'suede ale laugh, Stiteombe?-Mies
bpraiignhrt
,orag,,1:1-- mernber how she
Seto:nub° glanced at Nina„ won-
dering how else would take this Mfg-
gestion; but Nitta, having no talse
Pride, end, consegetently, not being
ashamed at lier mei Polly's humble
diggings, accepted at once.
"That's all right," mild Sutcombe;
the phrase -it was Vane Mannering's
-made Nina's aeart leap. "Then I'll
be °IT. I've to be at the theatre on
• business," -
With love's cunning, he left the two
girls together and Went out into the
streets to ask himself whethar her
was awake or dreaming.
When he returned Vivienne received
hint almost shamefacedly,
"alt, Sutcombet And I meant to
hell* you, to help you to ferget• her!
nut I know now thee it would have
been' impossible! 1Aon't wender at
"Infatuation," ' he paid, !quietly;
don't- hesitate."
"She' is too beautiful and lovable
Id' weeds," she said. "If I were a
man, 1 mild not help falling in love
with bere Bute-"
"1)uti me no buts."
"Bet there is something about her,
There is -an ,aloolness; I don't know
how to &scribe lea Setcorabe, that
girl has a history."
"Most or ys have," he said with a
n
"1 know e But hers is not a cone -
mon or garden one, She hers passed
through . some great trouble. Ian
sure of it. We women are quick •at
reading other wousen-"
"Too quick," he said, half impat-
iently. "What trouble, beyond that
which falls to the common lot, can
.slaheyohnav,e, had? She 'nay have lost
herfather, mother,' some near re -
"No, it is not that," she said,
thoughtfully. "That would not
cause the air Of reeerve and-"
ale put the idea from him with the
-lover's impatience. "You're making
mountains' of molehills, Viv," he
said. "Yom, were always romantic.
What 'secret isorrow' should she
have?" - •
When Nina got honie she gave Pol-
ly an accoubt of the adventure and
the coineidence. and Polly nodded in
open-eyed acquiescence and approval.
"The very thing, dear!" she said.
"Lora Wbat luck you have! Lord
Sutcombe can do what he likes at
the Monies. 011, we're in luck! And -
isn't he handsome?"
"Is be? ,I didn't notice," said
Nina,. absently. -She was at that
mozisent thinking f her last act, and
when your playwright is thinking of
that. all the rest of the world
doesn't count.
Vivienne called for her as arrang-
ed, and they drove to Eversleigh
Court. Sutcombe did riot come in till
tea was nearly over, and -he had
' schooled himself -greeted Nina in
quite a caseal way. She read the
Play, as far as it had gone; read it
at fleet in a,faltering, apologetic
nutnner, but, presently, warming to
her work and, forgetting herself, read
it with spirit and expression, Sut-
combe, witlt hie eyes -upon her pro-
le, lietteied intently, and now and
14.;.:t10 suggested some alteration in
the ate:ills, 'Nina listened with the
eimer humility of the author, and
jetted them down in her note -book.
Then Suteonabe disappeared and left
the two girls to talk over the dress-
es, a subject which kept them so
fully employed . that Nina was per -
minded to stay- to dinner.
Nina was one of those women Who
peS.SoSS the power of influencing the
members of her own sex as well as
men, abd Vivienne, already predis-
posed, fell a victini to this titicon-
sciotte influence. a word, Lady
Vivienne was not happy unless Nina
spent some portion of the twenty -
Cour hoursat-the flat. And if eaut-
combe was riot there all the time, he
spent many hours in init's society.
They were the hours of his life,
At last the play Was finished and
headed to air. Harcourt. 'My Lady
Pride" had nearly run its course. 4nid
he was engin. to try the new comede,
and, if it went well in Londow he
intended running two, or even 'more,
conipnir' 111 the provinces. De was
so satisfied with the pine that he
mounted it with more than the tieuttl
sumptuousness,
Bet before the eventful eight had
arrived, Lady Vivienne had shown
eigns of the emir and tear of tbe
London air, The doctor on whose
skill she and 1-4utcombe depended had
said that she should winter abroad.
"You used to have 4 ;yacht," he
told. "Take her for a cruise, o. loug
cruise. Allywhere out of the lenglieh
east winds, I fear them more than
anything case for 105."
Stitcombe nodded; thee frowned.
"Olve me to the sixth of uexis
month," his said.
It was the slate of the produetion
of the new play, about %Welt he
was aneloim, probably more anxious
than Nina herA,If, When he told
itderele that they would lot‘e to go
ein•oati, she at onee seid:
"Let us eel suede Miss Wood to go
with es."
:a inn towhee! the Stiegi•stion as if
it mem a joie.
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failure," s:a. id, "null I shall base
to aork for my living in some other
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The eventful night arrived, and
Nina, itt her old place in the corner
of the upper circle, went through the
usual agony; but there was really no
cause for apprehension, for the end
of the first act caught the audieece,
and they were tightly held during the
remainder of the play. It was an un-
qualified success, the kind of success
about 'which' there can be no possi-
bility ot doubt. The house was
charged with enthusiasm, .ana it was
for some time in vain that Mr. Hare
court, coming forward, with his
heed upon his heart and -a smile
from ear to ear, to inform the house '
that Herbert Wood was not present,
could make himself heard. The house
seemed very disappointed, but it was
the only disappointment of the even -
Mg It is nice to be able to record'
the fect that. "the promising young
actress," Miss Polly Bainford, scored
very heavily in a part peculiarly well
suited to her by no means Ihnited
capacity. Sutcombe, flusbod with
excitement, went round to the upper
circle in seareh of Nina, who, her
identity little suspected by the au-
dience, was leaning hack with her
hands tightly clasped in her lap,
and a look of relief and thanksgiving
On her rather pale face.
"I congratulate *you!" he whisper-
ed. "lest me take you round to our
box. If you would help Vivienne
dowe, T Will go round and bring Miss
Rain -ford. Ves," lie added with 'a
smile, in response to Nina's look Of
sul.prise, "Vivienne admires Miss
Baham'cj very much, and is anxious
to 'know her. it is quite a WM:VS-
Si011 on her part, isn't it? But pre-
judice always melts away in the sun-
shine of common sense."
it WAS a very delightful little Rally
at the flat, and Suteoinbe proposed
itlit'S health, and insisted upon
them filling their gles.sea as if they
were at a city publie dinner, and all
nine could say in response was,
".tiatuk you very math!" lila her
eYcs, not undimmed with tears, were
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Sutcombe lit his cigar after sup-
per, and, 011 Ma wey to the , cigar
cabinet, took up some letters which
were a Mg on Lia, table. Ile opened
them quite mechanically and absent-
mindedly; for ets was all aelow with
love and admiration for Nina, and
he was asking himself whether he
dared venture to tell her that elm
held the happinese of his lice in her
hands. Ile tad been 110 calved to
comesal his love, les heti set eo stern
a, wetch on lips and eyes, that ha
enew Nina had no suspicion that he
had lost his heart to her. Should he
tell her -to-night? Ile asked himself
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the question with en anxious dretase
for he knew that she would not give
herself to any inan unless she really
loved' hint, and the fact that he Wank
oZ higher rank than herself would
not influence her.
His thoughts were running in thia
and similar directions, when some-
thing in the letter he was mechani-
cally readieg caught his attention.
The blood rose to his face, the left
it very pale, and he stood, with his
back turnecl to, Oa others, staring at
the letter as if he could not grasp ita
Ernie. Then he Put it In his pocket,
went back to hissplaee at the table
and tried to appear an if nothing
were the matter,
'
But. Vivientuae eyes were quick ta
entice his affectation of ease and
.gaiety, and when he had come back
front seeing the girls boine, she said
• to hint (mite quietly:
"What is it, Suteombe?"
"We are nearly ruined," .hts said as
mayfly as she herself had spokee:
"Partridge, the trustee, has broken
and bolted. lie has made away with
everything, or nearly everythiege you
and I poseess."
"What will you -Oct, Settennhe?"
she asked, artist a pause.
''00(1 kriOWS!'' said, with a
note of despair in his voices; (mellow
could he now speak to Thelma?
They sat up for hours; but all the
talking in tht‘ Woad C011 1)1 7101 103 -
sell the disaster. :They lied mit been
rich, inthe preeent acteptution of
the word, but their joint invoine had
boon just sutlicient for them, and
they knew 11011' 1111101 t11(' 111 t le less'
meant.. Forte/let:etc, eons. of Vivien*
nes money WAS 11iVeStet1 hi her own
Ranee and had. therefore escaped um
clutches of Mr, rartriuge.
"There is that land in Australia,
Setcombe," she 51110. -Why not go
out/ there and see if we couli1 do
anything? We were going some-
where, you know."
"That is not a bad idea," he said.
"At any rate it ttiIl be action. Any-
thing would be better than sitting
still,"
Nina had promised to go rotted
next morning; end she saw at (ewe
that something 1.1.115 the met 4111',
though. both bl'Ot ht`r tald 345101' 1111t a,
brave face on it.
"Let us tell her, Sestrowlits," said
Vivienne.
Tee did so in a (OW words, mid as
cheerfully as possible, but his eyes
were Mil ef a wistful jlI.udiiig, tili 1111-
Sp0kt,11 prayer, 'Width WA, absorbed
111 OE. gravy did 110t. notece.
She seemed to be thineieg demely,
but not feeling eete Is eely„ end
ivienne watched her with faint staa
prise.
Suddenly Niiia Weevil up. live
brows werts drawn 80211eht. hoe (Wes
14.,41. grit VP and t:,41ti11il11:1',. 1.710 t Len,.
111114 a, tollell 01mos toned ttace• in her
cheelat.
eou e to gne up yota.
cruise?" she lie ed.
"noll-no," etiet Setteinee ; -as et
luippees, Viscienee le,s, et I t.t• i.t
ie Australia, and vie ties:tele
ing this Arhil there to sea-aen. if
an37 money vont 1 he maim out
the laud, ue.an."
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then up at his eti mese )1..1 1t mire -
est ness.
'Yeti linked leis to ;..1).111, :,(ne
Other (11,37, 34,k4'1".•
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the rigid brave. sae 1.- •• •••ee; •• 411,41
lailing twolery 77 i4!,-.• ft); roi
01011g 1101' si°,•;. et 1.14: lea aims sten
Mt looting ot tte 4•.• zrA
sky. On lea 11.11, ee see ••.0 11- I 4.r
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