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Stout to tho bird Or should oho he silent? leo had i (sola.—'rue earn oantnlna aoout lar ne
after nil," toll her that leo 011011111 anamil^that lie ren a[1'I Ie within night of ,t trivins tolxn in
Grey Co, flood mentor, houaol, chorales, ate. Fractic11] Watchmaker tinllJegelrt.
Tho Toronto, Leroy is limoo ratlr,o1 runs
aorosstlo roar u! Cho lot. Low price to tho
duan paying the push. Edo). terms if on than.
TWO is o splondl t opportunity for a pour man
or a Wan w1t11 a family, Tno owner would
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THEEAR'S ^'" -' "Yes," ropliv'l Agatha, "I wont to ! ,vulllei load a hotter lifo—that ho would
]All alVl —..•._.;. a sho gallery, and was there for :•vino ; 1' kind to Iloatr'ice and would make
Limo.° hor happy. If that were 111(01y to bo
BY BERTHA M. CLAY, liko
said Boatrico, with a liglight! the ease, then )dor int,'rforonco would
e 01111x111130 OD her fact,, "thou you oart.601y do more harul than good.
.author of "Thrown en tat' tifoosi.a Haw my vsl'1?" There was just ono minae possibility:
,...S immured Lire," ole. Sho was silent for a few minlito, alio alight warn thein, and th0y :night
___a_.,,,—_,— ss before she conhcl answer her, rofnoo to behove her—Wright suspect
Thou she said, quietly, and blame her. It was not that :she
He went in. It seemed like a dream ; "Yes, I saw him." cared so much for hersolf, hat if this
everything was just tho same—the "Tell 1110 what you think of him," sho happened, what avail would it all bo 1
dancers, tho n1ns10, til0 flowers. Thoro cried. "I longe(] fel' you to s00 flim ; Loss than notlliug ; and, again, Beettrice
was the same laughing, jesting, and now you will understand better when I wooled bo made uei arable in rain—all
ilictingbut nowhere did ho sae any , quo bilk to you. What did you think of gitito in vain. Never was any one so
lookiug at him with a conscious taco. him 1" puzzled. Sho wanto,l to do what was
How bright and fair, and careless the "lIo was, without exception, tlhehand• the right thing, without oaring for hor
faces of the women 1 Soueo looked at Boniest man in the room," said Agatha, owu sharp of praise or blame.
him with bright, some with careless slowly, "tile handsomest; and I Mired Sho hoard nothing but what was good
smiles, some with admiration, ail some his costume bast—ib was most pie- of Lord Kolso ; every ono praised him.
with a feeling that was even Wanner; turesque." Lacey Ponrith declared that if he were
but nowhere did he see the face of the "I aloes you would think so. I HAD her owu sou she could not lovo lfin
-onion likely to have spoken to him of so glad," cried Beatrice. "You thought hotter ; Lord Peuritle was never happier
the (treat Day of Judgment. Was this him handsome; did you not tattoo how than when with hiul ; the children could
a dream, and was that half-hour under noble ho is ? His face and his fearloss not love hint onongh, and Boatrico was
the cold light of tete moon, with the eves aro noble, do you not think so ? I almost too happy to live.
gre t I•oughs of fuchsia hau'ohig round cauuot tell you how pleased I am that "I rtrtl liko the serpent in the Garden
hid,,, aid that low voice in his Oar—wa6 you laic sena him. of Edon," sho said to hersolf; and crop
1), St 11 dream 1 Both could not be real; "I was very happy last night, :Hiss Beatrice wondered at tho change which
it ,v n like going from this world to au• Brooke," she contluued. "1 do not had come over the beautiful, loving.
, tier. Ali, wed. there was the pale, think I shall ever bo quite so happy Mated woman who had always been so
hes1,r1i 1 "rinow•drop," to whom he was again—not quite; and Lord Kelso was kind to her.
err a' nn•,i for the "Lnuoers," ovidee-tly very kiud to mo. It was a sploudid \\thou she wont, with hor heart full of
1,,.. •:g out for hire—a welcome ills. hall, I have never seen a better; every lova and happiness, to talk to leer -about
1. art'." I. Now he should, perhaps, lois - thing wout off Ho well. Do you know, the Dari, Miss Brooke looked tired, tan-
'rmso' hitter words. Hiss Brooke, that. Lord Kelso fouud a gelid, and unhappy; sho had no more
''a.teusd to her, She looked up beautifol lanclkercblef with snob fiuo cheerful smiles or bright words, no more
1,1 his and dna/1k back half. lace around it?" warm sympathy. 'Uncertainty as to the
frighten°1. A"atha turnocl away suddenly lest right and wrong of what She had to do
"+ -•-•::;1, Lord Kelso?" she asked. B„atrice should goo the sudden pallor of was not the only Canso of her suffering;
as though you hail seen a leer face. She had forgotten the hand- she loved him still, this handsome earl
glio.t," kerchief, she had been so intent upon who had done his best to ruin her. She
„T ! '.•ve I dorso WOO one," ho ro making hor escape before ho saw her. could not take back from him, because
he was unworthy of it, the love sho had
given him. She was a teudor•hoarted,
loviug woman, who had suffered a groat
. _._— wrong, but this wrong dill not make her
plied. And when the dance ended he Then she remembered there was no
asked the pale, protty Snowdrop to go mark upon It by whish he could possibly
with him n search of ice and chain- trace her.
pagne; then he carefully introduced
the whito lace handkerchief. "Is this CIIAPTER LXIII. hate the evil -door when she had recov-
yours," ho asked. "I found it."Dred from ]ler first shook of knowing
"No," she replied, "it is not mine," LIKE A DAGGER IN IIEn HEART. that he was there nnd00 the salve roof
She took it from his hand and etamined Tho ono thing which had boon a with hor.
it with some little care and attentiou. mystory to her—how Sir Vave had It was a fever—a torture of jealousy
"What beautiful lace," she said. bucolne Lord Kelso—was explained by —that seized her, when Beatrice came,
"Is it—is it costly, do you think?" he Lady Penrith. Her ladyship had gone with flying feet aud flushed, happy face,
asked, eagerly. in:0 the schoolroom. Sho wanted a to toll her that she was going out (Trio.
"It is the most beautiful that could be lea'f•holiday for the children, and always lug, riding, or walking with the earl.
used for the purpose," she said. showed Agatha this mark of respect— She coup not always control herself,
"It must belong to a lady then," he she went and asked for it herself. As and give the sweet, warns sympathy
said, and she thought to herself what a the little ones wore at play, She 00. that the girl sought. Her heart would
singular thing to say, It satisfied him mained talking'to Miss Brooke, for whom aalo ; hor fano grow pale ; her oys darkon
on one point—it was no vulgar, half- sho had a very sincere liking. Lord with shadows of pain. She loved I.,or,l
bred woman who had had the quick Kelso's name was mentioned, and Lady Kelso, and ho bad boon more than the
tact and wit to fling the pretty band. Penrith spoke of him more at 1000111 whole world toher, and sho could nob
kerchief round his head—it was a lady. than sho had ever clone before. She endure rho thought that tho soma love
To more than one of his partners did liked him vory much ; she thought he and geutlo words he had given to hor
the earl show the piece of lace, but no had wonderful talents, and he was so now' beloln,;ed to soother.
one owned it; he took it at last to fond of Beatrice, that was the chief Those were times whoa, after oho had
Beatrice. thing ; her beautiful, beloved child soon Lord holm) rido away from the
"I havo had the good fortune to find would be so unutterably happy. Then park ;mtos—oho so happy, fair, aid
this," he said. "have you any idea to she went on to tell Agatha how Ire had smiling; ho so stately, hind, end hand -
whom it belongs?" not been Earl of Kelso long, and that Boum—alio would go iutohor room, shot
"No. It is very fine lace," she ro• brit for him that ancienttitlowould have the door, and thug hersolf with her Paco
plied.; "but people are always loaiug been extinct. on the flour, there to sob out her woe
things in ballrooms. I have hoard "110 was Sir Van° Carlyyon when I and gtluf with hitter sighs and bittor
mamma say the floor of a ballroom is first knew him," said Lady Ponrith, tours.
like a battle -field whon rho fight is over. "and Boatrice was in the schoolroom ; "Shame to mo," she cried, "that I love
You will never find au owner for that." but the Earl of Kelso died, and then, him yet I I love him yet 101, my one
And ho found that her words were after long research, it was found that love—my doer love I Would to Heaven
perfectly true, leo never did. Sir Fano was really his nearest of kin that I might forgot you, or might die 1"
When he awoke the next morning he and lawful heir. The old earl had a It Was wquderful to her how sho forgot
was m000 puzzled than over ; he had largo family of his owu once—sans and her injuries—forgot tho groat wrong
read all the names on Lacey Ponrith's daughters—but they aro all dead now; done to her, and thought only of him.
visiting list, but ho diel not recognize not Ono remained to mourn him," Beatrice came to her one day, know -
any of them as friends of his ; ho had Sho paused, but Agatha mado no ro- ing that Agatha was very clovor with
seen no one among tho guests whom he mark ; sho was quite unablo to spealt. her pencil, to ask her to draw a dosign.
ought to know; he was puzzled, The Lady Penrith continued : "I want 11 to embrace Lord Kelso's
solemn words were with him still, ring- "I think ho was much haplpior as Sir motto and crust ; not the crest ho uses
ing in his ear, beating in his brain, over Vane. Since he has boruo tho title of now, with the Kelso arms, but tboso ho
and over again until they dazed him ; Lord Kelso ho has been morn melon- bore when ho was Sir Vauo Carlyon. I
he could not quite recover himself. choly. I have heard many people say like them best," -
During the float day ho spoke to Lady the sumo thing. Indeed," added hor "I will do my best to please you,
Penrith. He asked about all tbo ladies ladyship, smiling, "rho first thing that Bakke."
in the neighborhood, the uowly married drew Beatrice's attention to him was And the young girl leaned on Agatha's
and single ones ; ho asked especially tho quiet sadness of his face ; ho looks shoulder, as the white slender fiugors
about those stopping in the houso, but bottor now." deftly used the pencil.
he could hear nothing. Ho little dreamed Still no answer. Agatha's sweet face "What is the crest ?" asked Agatha ;
who it was, or who lived undor tho roof was bout over her work. Lady Pon• and her voice sounded cold and chill.
with him. rith continued : "A crown, with an olive branch," re -
Ho diel not even know that there was "Sir Vane has a fine place at Gars- plied Beatrice.
a governess at Ponrith Castle. Lady wood. I was thero once, some years It was with difficulty Agatha kept
Penrith, when the house was full of ago—not to visit him, but a party of back her tears. How well she rombored
visitors, did not see much of the two us went to look at the place, and very it I How many hundrod times had she
children ; she had a notion they wore magnificent it is. I novae thought then seen it and kissed it 1
bettor in the achool•room. Lord Kelso that my little daughter would grow up "What is the motto?" she asked,
had met them once or twice) whoa they to be its mistress." gently
wore out with the nurse, had played "IIow long has ho been Lord Kelso ?" "'\ incit Veritas,' " ropliod Beatrice,
with them, and bought them handsome asked Agatha. smiling ovor the words as though sbo
Presents; but ho had nova oven heard "Not quite two years," was the loved them, "and they suit him, Miss
of a governess, and with his whole boort auswor ; "but those two yoars have Brooke. Ho soems to mo always tho
he believed Agatha to be dead, Sho changed him considerably." very ombodfmout of truth ; it shines in
novae entered his mind. For a fow days Agatha stood by his eyes and in his lace—do you nob think
Lord Kelso was not the only one in passively, as it worn, to see if any so ?"
the castle who spout a sleepless night— notice would bo taken of her warniug ; Tho question was liko a daggor in her
it seemed to Agatha as though sho but everything wont on just the sumo, hoart. Sho evaded it, making swap au -
should never sloop again ; her heart with this exception, that Lord Kelso saver that contented Beatrice without
beat, her eyes burned, her w11010 soul showed mom curiosity about tbo neigh- betraying herself.
was sick with pain. bons than ho had ovor done. It was
It was liko an evil droam—how, uncoil- easy for Agatha to avoid seeing him, CHAPTER LfiIV.
sciously, during these bright Selltomber tho houso was so full of visitors, and
days, oho had boon living unil=r the gayeties of some kind Or Other w000 AS HIT, LOOI{71D THEN, SHE NEVER LOORRD
dreamed that the earl of whom same roof with Bila, How little she had always on foot, AGAIN.
1leatrieo ' Tho preparations for the marriage So September ea1n0 and went, and as
tttlkod so enthusiastically was tho man wont on, but Agatha was wrotohacl. She yet oho had comp to no decision. Lord
whom sho believed to have been her could not Roo hor way cloar at all; sho Kelso was going away then—going to
husband, and had loyal with her whole could not tell whether she ought to pro- town on business counoctecl with the
heart. your it or to lot it go on ; whotilor sho marriage, and Boatriae confided to
And Beatrice—what was to 11000010 of should interfere or remain passivo. She Agatha hor sorrow at losing hila.
her '1 IIow would it end? What a was so puzzled, se unhappy, so tumor. "I have loaned to love him so wolf,"
terrible tragedy it VMS 1 She woudorod tain of hor duty, that silo grow pato and sho said. "At first, whon I thought how
if it were fate or Providence that had thin. She could nob see what was best
broughHoon we were to bo mltrried, 2 was nobt ler thorn. Of all the world it to be done. sorry, you know ; but it soomod to mo
soonidd HO strahlge that sho %Imo1(1 have 1t was not surely right for Vane to soon—that I had hardly had timo to on -
gone to tho house where he came woo- 'marry her—that could not bo. to hadjoy my girlhood, and it was almost over.
ffig. Sho half believed that; it wag rho sworn, over and ovor again, that . he lj>,ut now I would not change it for the
will of Heaven she should interfere. would have no other wife, love no other world—I would not havo 1t ono day
Sho tooscd restlessly to aid fro, there woman, except Agatha. Was it right lator. 1 am miserable oven that ho is
was 110 sloop for her on 1110 white pillow, that leo should brook all those oaths ? going to loavo D10 for so short a time."
Sho droacled to Soo Boatrico again—the Was ho not bound to leer by every do And she Bawling, knowing all, could
hapless, innocent girl, for whom so most sacred, boforo God and lean ? not utter ono word.
mach suffering was in store; she drandocl Soot, if sho told what sho know, if sho Lord Kolso wont, leaving bohind him
ilea o1uostions, dreaded coon hearing her provontod this marriage, tbo chandos nothing but praise and good words,
Hay how happy sho was, or speaking of wore that ho would marry 00me ono else tvhilo Agatha lived through what soonlod
tho earl in any way, Knowing what who would, porbaps, laugh at hor warn. to hor a torture of susponso ; silo could
oho know, sho felt it would have boon far ink, and Ilion Boatrico would bo 01a10 came to no decision—tho 'Way was dark
bettor for 130atrioo to have died than miserable in Vail). before bor. •
havo met with Vile foto. But on the What would be host? Should sho .Lord Kelso was to x010013 at tho end
evening� following tho ball Boatrico spealc to Lord and Lady Ponrit117—toll of 00tobor for a few wools, and thon
found half an hour's leisure in which 10 them something of what sho know, and thoy web° not to moot again until the
soo hoe. S)10 was alightly tired, but too Ioavo it to thorn wliothor they gave woclding-day; it was sottlod for the
happy to fool much fattguo, thou daughter to into or nc%? Slag twontyclocond of I)000mbor.
"Miss Brooke," sho otied, "I am long•
.l' O tI SALE.
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