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L i . The mansion for ages belonged to the Barons of the ce was always blooming. She herself looked
a y e  S  Swinton, once pro netors of vast estates in the like t e moving spirit of the flowers.

’ north and west of cotland. But their ancient pos— She had thrown a laid over her head, but under

03- sessions melted away, and only this bleak lace and it her soft brown nglets, ruddy with a dash of

   g a castle on the seaside remain to the last aron of golden tint, were blown about her face. That face

- ' the name. He made this his home, with his only was fresh and charming as the spring. The cheeks

A v r daughter. had the hue of the wild rose; the features were cast

Romance of Love and Honor. Even his right to hold this patrimony undivided was in delicate, aristocratic mold—but a spirit leaped

—— . disputed by a distant cousin, who had claims on from the que eyes and asserted itself in the firm,

A“ BY  LATE MRS. E. F. ELLET, rt of the lands, founded on an ancient mortgage. rosy lips, which betokencd energy equal to that of

. THOR or nova IN A HAZE " “A ROMANCE or A his cousin took ossession of the castle—more than the hardiest lassie who ever mingled in country toil

Poon rouse GmL,‘ ETC., arc. ;' half-ruined—by e sea, several miles westward and or sports.

‘ there lived with his household, including retainers A1 cia Maur, indeed, was used to 0 en air and

CHAPTER I. . who served his fortunes. He maintained his ocnu- exercise, and to equestrian exploits. an shrunk not

BE" THE BAnON's DAUGHTER. ancy more by might than right, paid no rent to his from the chase and from wild rides that might have

of E EENhSQ- Orme’s Head and the little hamlet 'nsman. the inheritor of the title, and was regarded fatigueda peasant maiden. Just now she was bent

mango“ In Scotland, stands an irregular stone through the whole country as a sort of outlaw. ll“ on one discouraged by her father, and had come out
shem “£1113”? times larger than the houses of the ing by practices which the law punished when to look at the aspect of the weather.

hoof mers scattered hinly about the neighbor~ proven. “It is sure to be clear all-day, Margaret,“ slu-

Thé Wang ' . Early on a lovely morning in the beginning of said, to her com anion, ayoungwoman older than

is seque t6 ate half—covered With ivy;the situation June, two figures came out of the stone mansion herself, and wit] the hard outline of features

some n 3 reg‘rill'lhe rear overhangs a rocky declivity. already mentioned, for a walk on the terrace. The peculiar to women of the middle class 11] that pan

cm 9981‘ dows are closed and overgrown with crisp, cool air was delightful. and laden with the of Scotland; “and what is to prevent my Vis1t to

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gray 8‘13? i111“, Wlth a distant View of the purple» litt e garden on one side of the house. it was the. “Your ather objected that he cannot go With
. m ts of the western Highlands. ; baron’s daughter who took charge of this patch, and you; and you know 1 could not ride so far."

 

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rename can go. He often attendants alone;
' “That isin rides about the moor, or e
Alicia. Sir George Yanghau’s house k over
Wenty miles distant.” . . '
. ““A matter of two hours’ ride! . Oh,.I must go! I
long for a breath from the sea I” ,» , -
“ Sn posgyou should meet that wild "young Her-
‘llr .

eig'ickl He would do me no him!

0 n r. ,

“ You might well be, Alicia. Did he not intercept
once?” - ‘

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Oh, yes!” returned the merry ’ 1, her face

dimpling with smiles. ‘ “He behavegxf'udel then.
He swore he was in love with me, and won] have
«earned me off to his old battered castle. I verily be-
luga, if he had not been com elled to release me."

 agentler cavalier. I ave heard about it."
, In den shot a  glance at her friend.

“‘Do you know him "she asked, while a lovely

"Lord Cressy? You know I have seen him several
mafia: and I know that he is the son and heir of a
w thy English marquis, who Owns a shooting-box
-—as they ca it—amon yonder mountains.”

_ “ Yes; he chanced to riding by, and be rescued
me from Master Herrick.” '

“ And brought you safelyhome; and has visited
‘v Stone Crag how many times since?" demanded
Margaret, archly.

“ infringing; was ihfiéiamg given +10 Hie baron‘s
seat so ed or a. w an savage cturesque
rock’ uplifting itself just behind the bud ¥.

7“ Nay, not very often ” replied the girl, emurely
blushing yet more deeply. ‘It was but seemly that
my father should thank. him for the semces ren-
dered to his daughter.” ‘ s r
' “And it was but natural that the yogng earl, hav-
should fall in love with the fair maiden he

" Now, Margaret,” said Alicia. somewhat haughti-
1y, “you presume too far. indeed!”

. ‘Pardon me, sweet Alicia!” cried the Highland
‘ l, catchin her hand impetuously. “You cannot

ang  your foster-sister for but repeating
what the de wives say.”

“Isit so?’ asked the baron’s daughter. “ They
have no ground for such ossip.”

“Not when the English 0rd stays so long in his
Highland retreat? at when he rides with the
Baron of Swinton, furnishing hounds and horses for
we chose? Not when he comes late to sup With him
alters. day’s hunt and drinks to the health of the

onniest lassie in all Scotland?"

Hetooknonote or theno‘wers
up the basket; but he observed that somethi
common must have occurred to give that ii
themaiden’s-chee and that

“What is‘it, my. tighter?” he asked. ,

Margaret stepfied back, fer- she ht not take her

as an equ in the presence 0 the father of

or oung foster-sister. .

“ so these lovely flowers, my dear father! Here
is my name on the top. and how prettin it is set in
the clustering rose-buds and ink blooms! It beats
néy garden, quite; espec y these fragrant ex.
0 103.” v I a .

The baron looked at the flowers. Very indifferent
was he to such trifles.

to

“ ey are from Lord Cre ?” he asked. r “Wh
came he not to bring them? have given him muc
time of late."

“ He is called suddenly to England. His father, the
Marquis of Estonbury, is very ill,” answered the
you girl. - r

“A l sent he that message? By whom?"

With an imstant‘s hesitation Alicia drew forth the
note, and handed it to her father.

He opened and read it

“ Hum h! the Marqfi 's of Estonb is ill!" he
mutte “ If he dies Reginald willi exit the title
and estates. Has the young man set forth 7" »

“ I cannot tell

this went back
had work, belike.

“A strange messenger to a lady l"

“ Perhaps the earl had sent away his servants, and
was in haste," suggested Alicia.

“I will ride over and see about it."

“ Oh dear father, pr?!" do! It would be but cour-
teous,‘ added the girl, opping her eyes meekly.

“And I will ride roundnas I return, by the Laird
of Penrhyn‘s, and talk With him about that bit of
land. Do not expect me home before dusk, Alicia.”

“Then, dear gape, I may go and spend the day
with Lady Vang an?"

“ Child! itis a long ride for you to take without

m“(E‘Donald will attend me. He is sufficient escort;
and you know I have been kept asplfisoner by the

storms so 10 l" pleaded the l. e claspedboth
hands on the n’s arm an looked beseechmgly
in his face.

Helgazed fondly upon her.

“I am afraid of some danger for you on such a
lane] road—J’ he began.
,could there be?"

“ O , father! what danger
“But Herrick romised never to offend me so

 

"“Ohfiafle, Margaret! Scores of gentlemen have
donet t!" x
‘ “But not one of them has gained the lassie’s ear, 3
and led her to walks by the Roman well, and sent
her flowers day after day—such flowers! raised in g
hot-housem gorgeous in bloom, when snow lies on

the moor! Ah m ledd Alicia! well saith the
roverb: ’: There is gye cogs water where the stirkle
A owns!’,- '

“Peace, lees, you talk idly! You know well that !
the father of Lord Dressy would never consont that
he should come asa wooer to the dau liter of an ,
im EvenshedT baron who can give no ower to his
e ! ’ a

’“ I know naught so well as that beauty and bravery
are aye fitly mated?

‘ "I bade you hush, rl!
' Reginald, Lord Cressy, nothing to me.

ing up the hill toward the gate was a young
of the order'called barnmen—rthe hedgers an
hers of the country. ‘- He
one and, sh hiseyes with the other from the
ligh ashe looke up

. I
.f' .ebrings somewhat for you,,leddy," observed

mt.
- Th on fellow indeed turned when he saw the
two 3 y 118and came forward, doffl his cap with
w at he carried
W1 {13333131 the c ‘ a green bough that had
v3.7.3.
Alicia started when she saw the offering~a basket
giggle freshest and choities‘thflowefis. far lgol‘ghbegou-
m that wnea.ens. nep
her own alga “film ed §n tiny starlike blos-

I will hear no more.
See, what ,

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a
di

anew ward scraps, and p1 esenting
overing of

50m , 6! to nce.
, "1gb:- myo ' dy,‘ said the lad, again bowing.
"Free his " ‘ ” he added, with another scrape.

Margaret» ‘ r ed and Alicia blushed cr mson as

she   ’ Bidding her companion aye

WM she turned away, and walked a

rustic seat in a littlearbor at the end of the terrace.

Asshebe‘nt her head to inhale the fragrance of
the flowers, a» tiny, three-cornered note nest'

‘ sure thean  V ca hthere 6. She lan
 fore shugtookit lyip. g

twssthe'flrsthote she had ever received from
Lord  He Wrote in haste to say that he had
t{fistbeen summoned to England by news of his fa-
er‘s illness. , He was forced to
adieu his heart waved from.the n le baron and
lovely lady towhoso kindness he owed so‘muoh of
the 831' {entgtlm raw Weekameihe hoped
in a ort tme r e . - ‘ g’ ,
There was something in the half-formed language
of the note, of 111 :13 that he to the young
girl’s heart; for her eyes were of tears, and her
roast heaved as she read it. Again she lanced
armmd and hid the mlssive in her bosom, as a-

J

* ret roached. "1
" the lad enigma lordship had set out 
on his journey?” k *

edAIicla. ‘
“Nay, he said not ,” re lied Ma ret. “He

" went back like an arrow , om e ‘bow.rgl‘3ut here is

Alicia."

. our father, ,
y in‘ some oonfufionv as a noble-looking

Alicia rose
.man. past middle age. came toward her.

n ' . I ‘ 4,

carried something in J

0 without the se

, we 3
, “Fire 'M’ withasteu

“ You were molested once.
again; and he ' keep his word. He is our kins-
man you know."

“ Mes, I know that. I have tried to tutor him.
I have yearnin toward the lad. He is next heir to
the barony, f ling myself for his father will never
take my place. I should like to see more of Herrick,
if he would break loose from those lawless clansmen

“ You know,

father, he has had no training in
gentle manners.” '

“ I know it well, and I would fain bring him to my
own house, and let him see compan that better
suits his birth and blood than the rec
he has now for associates. _ I think there is good in
the boy, if he had help to bring it out.”

“ I am sure there is, father, much good. He would
never have been so rude , but —” A‘

“ But he was a lover,‘ put in the baron, laughing-
“and love with savages is barbarous as the rest 0
their usages.” _

“ He fiomised never to molest me again,” mur-
mured cia. A

“ He had best not! I should punish such unseem-
tv conduct! Let him come as a man and submit his
suit to me! Thou h I think I Would rather see my
child the wife of an nglish nobleman.” ~ .

“ That is not likely, father " interrupted the girl,
averting her face. ‘ No such will come to woo a

' 1e country girl.”

“ e days have been,” muttered her father
“when the daughter of a Baron of Swinton might
have had earls—ay, dukes at her feet!"

“ Time and fortunes air: ed "

foil his."

“ The ancient blood ore and the nature true
as ever!" cried the Scot. By ht. Hierome! if any
man could look upon my girl, and not vow her

worth the proudest ooronet in Britain, with her
love and her unstained lineage: he must be a

fool! ’

“Dear papa, I have a better. respect thanthe
richest coronet! to stay with on my life!" .
Ia}?  were as my to there were—for your
‘ e c .
h “glwould not have my own dear papa other than

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'léwo wfléigss arms were claspfiids Iaround his neck.
an arm was reused on roused 1.
“Imustgonow, £1ygirl,"he said, releasing him-
“ I too!" sheentreated. -

At a nod gahea- fatber’, Alicia called joyonsly to
Margmtbig) Donalm d get madyh her horse, and pre-

r ' mm , er.
10asilo walkedka tothehouse with her father,
who ve orders forms own horse to be saddled.
....  em as fishermen

‘7 re ero , e
0&3: ; hswhgitingpfor poems! to mi
9  gorse wasused manage
mfr’a‘ble skill.
. UHAFI‘ER n.
. marsh msroarm ’
hall fire upon you!"
rise oath.

HAULtO

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on, a . The lad who brou ht
He~was a bamman,§nd _

withing '

though; y‘ she-held  «intentions dialogue passedbetweenareve-

un- .nue cutter manned with risk-leoldngi‘chapa in the .i
a schooner at- I
bysteep ‘

the cutter shot direct— .
I Iv athwart the Schooners bows. - . _ A
- Therewasas‘fiurt of fire as she ran, severi a ,

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. shaded by dark lashes, and everhung by eyebrows *
as thick and bushy as a man’s. Her long black looks
had escaped tram fastenin and streamed
wildly over her shoulders, shaken k every minute
or lEtwo as she plied the oars.

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~ tar: new
or
Wcmwmm aboard th

passed
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royal uniform, and the ea in of
p torun'outofthe ttlebayfiinkcd
an p pitous rocks. ‘
As the defiant answer came,

esohooner; and another that t
, e m scatte a shower of splinters.
But the vessel s
permit the revenue men to board her and attack
smugglers. ' , x i'.
There was more disorderly firing
sides, with loud shouts and execrations; and the
fivernment men seemed to have the worst of it.

e schooner had already ended her

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on both i

cargo and ;
when she was able tofree heréelf from her assailants, . 

“ she stood out boldly to sea.
A small

boat, ulledb astout airofhands.
rushed out fromp the shglter of thg) rocks as the

schooner pa sed the entrance of the little harbor. 
1% .

A single mu ed figure sat in the boat, plying the
cars with dexterity. As the small craft came along-
side the schooner, it was hailed, and a shrill voice in.
stantly replied. I

A man rose upon the bulwarks just as a ‘ rting
shot from the cutter pealed' over the water. e was
hit; he reeled and swig on one side as if unable to
direct or stay himse

side. . . c

He asped a loose rope as he fell, and slid down
into t e water. . ,

The little boat was close beside him in an instant.
Two strong arms rasped him by the shoulders, and
drew him on boar , dippin so much water as this
was done that the little or t was near
'ed. But the occu
her mantle was ung off held the form she
rescued with one arm, while she quickly bailed out
the boat. Then placm her burden upon the only
seats she applied herse dexterouslysfii stanchin
the load from a slight wound in the oulder, an
bathing his temples with cold water.

Consciousness returned in a few moments. When
the .woman had com leted her task by binding a

' strip of her plaid shew over. the wound, the man sat

upz Puite himself ain.

‘ believe I she be all right shortly " he said.
“ Thanks to you, Hilda. I was oin at

on to hide me somewhere, that co d die in peace."

hose words were intermingled with curses 0n the
revenue men. . ,

“ You shall live Sir Kenneth, to punish you-
enemies," answered the woman, eagerly

The boat had been drifting; but at
she clutched theoars a ainf and ulled v' rously
_ 1 rom t e mout or the
in ct.

“ I smpose you haven’t the brandy flask with
you?” he asked.

His companion shook her head.

“ But we’ll soon be at the cave," she added.

“ I feel strangely weak, for such a scratch. Is the

bullet in yet?”
h. I heard it fall in the wafer."

“It assedthroug
“Thlen all I want ‘is the stimulant. Make all
Ber arms were

haste you can, Hilda."
The woman needed no urging.
stout and sine ; she was well used to the labor.
Inthe waning ht she could now be seen; a’ tall,
muscular figure, with a face that belo ed to forty-
five years 0 ,
sure e or seem older than she was. Her
eatures were strongly lined, and the complexion,
gang; healthy, was tanned to the 1.988 of w atever‘
u

it might once have ed. One feature

could not be changed; the eyes, large, full and black, .

co . anion was an elderly man, with once in
ofthe mugs” of years and a hard life about himgto
show that his was no lot of luxury. not ng
the title the woman had given ll] speaking to him;
in courtesy that it was bestowed on
enneth Maur, though aflectin to call
the head of an ancient house, 113‘?
He been an outlaw from his youth,
g in predatgil'y excursions, Inot never be! ‘
tunder thep ishment the w denoun
st such (f) r m b had
ny o smugglers, engaged’ " ringin car.
tea, tobacd) d spirits from the 

 and manned the
charge of the stores

coas .
Their confederates had
schooner, while Kenneth .
in the cave mentioned, and

to market. 1%“ only

I . . .‘ ' e Ooner;

and Hilda kno that he Wished to land, had no
out to fetch “the boat, before the leufllegvgith

' the revenue-cutter. ‘

Passing darkmmofrock, that “fled; in -
1y into theawater. the W ran into 3 little 
under the prom of a bowlder into a
When the had be; out her
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“ than best bring

you somethi from the ca "
she said. “Youare too weak too

b methinks.

swer. V ,
She parted the screen of_ bushes, and went up«
ward by summing path. herian came close be~

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f hind her, but was com‘elled now and then testop

and regain his breat cursin m h‘ m
I the foe whose shot g are ye ems 1y
 he lingered. weakened him’evéry “me

About midwa u on th N ‘ ' ' I
‘ entrance to mega}; 9 fat,” at the Chm “ as the
-- This was the resort of the smugglers, and it was
are the stores brought over were deposited, till
they could be removed by the landsmen in the em~
p10 of ‘glhe eggpgily.” '

enne sea 'mself on a stene at the mouth

1 and leaned arainst a tree, while Hilda went m5
soon returging with a brandy-flask and some iced.
The, amwgrun ed V ' it, while she

fore lo figdrobgdaged mscl‘ivotmd. h ed, d
verymu sren en an
figural}? to toledd the way up to fig; summit of
Hilda  him to re se in the cave for a few
1.10ny at least; but he stegly silenced her.
will know what these government hounds are
at! ‘06, Ken, he said, growling execrations.
“ B ey know naught of the cave?"
y 809d luck, no! and ten to one if they do not
emsfgfilfimg the castle for s i1."

, {or their pe831n search, then; ey will have their labor

figllllitfifired a fierce oath. ’

. You wench, th shall be at liberty '30 k6
their noses ind) the fox’s r—an’ they lease? pglo;
“Valium; call the men, and make ready or them.”

* new en they had nearly reached the summit, Ken-
m met two of his retainers, whom be dispatched
suénmon the others, bidding them join him at the

The sun had set when emerged from the low
W00ds cresvl‘i'inugdthe top of e clifl. Kenneth turned

' ‘tollook sea,
. immifih} to a speck, the schooner could be seen
tar oi! aggms the red and gold of the west. It was:

3 31871“? t t made the gazer chuck! for it si unled
thxplesent defeat of his foes. e‘ g

“gruff ,a-nd nearer ob ect ere long caught the

g 311: chief. The gure of a revenue-officer

, "e n 0113 t0 the left, with his telescope to his

3%, watching the vessel.

. of vil'lal‘lveth thought of the cave, in the direct range

hum. He at another low chuckle, and

im Hamlind him, noticing that Hilda had left

bum-ms '5 glided swutly toward the clifl through the

A few moments after Hilda was u n a knoll back
3:“ the hind. where she could see theptgrrets of Castle

ur. .
She turned. and was in full view also of the eak ~
I $3118: where still stood the government 0 cer. '
him with uneth coming out of the bushes behind
.. He is 9* stealthy. flier-like tread.
gave hm”, 2111123301?” inrevengedui'or the shot they
gels“ file will min uslwlagony. Hewxll ruin lum-
WJ as an antelo she sped tow (rd th t
The man who helffh a ' e 8pc '
allege 013;“; the red 3kagelescopehad his figure de-
V o warnin sprung to Hflda‘s ll 5; but she
giggling utter it. i e on the ill-3w of such
Stren 108. with the odds o a sturd frame in full
‘ .8“ I figainst ,a man woundedX—even though
g1I ,y—it must result in Kenneth’s death or cap-

» lie was but astepbehind his victim. His face
was flushed and angry. The‘telesoope was still ab-
} sot-hing the oflioer‘s attention.
Hilda gilded through them pica. She was afraid
to call out, or even let the is other a proach be
heard She ran with breathless speed, hoping she
might be in time to catch the rash man's arm, and
336:3 him from the consequences of his meditated

Stewastoolatei

" Evena's she s rung into full view with no
» :36 , Kenneth Kan ‘seized the man’s’arm, we?“
r ,  and _capture him before he co

, use. The man s
mmflggggomhilfitched at his foe, utmissed
“firm-memo as disarm; “‘8'

s .
and Hilda ca.an .mwm'ghgt £36 “"19 m“

' use is not dead!” she c
tffi‘mted between the roe

stood larin fol-w mtg-g5 E’bu

mpg: 8, bra-rm,“  white taco, with
. go, wenc e man .broke to i

in loose his arm. "Y rth’ "men-

ot’gnhedzou with fine 1;“ 0n had no business here.
was on er 688. _ ringoverthe vs a

$.13 He has led ins

1, I may save him

“Where 0 cu Hilda!" Questioned

she rushedgpagt him. " the men ’8
Tosave themaniilcan! Tonavo‘

induction!" was her exclamation. u 3

films up, and plungbdinto the thicket.

I

’ run CAPTURE. 7

h Anon had her pleasant day with Lady “urban-
, tfilglghrgsgentlgatng; were not at bong.) $315M had
pee. ummg M o n 's, escort.
Thisshedldnot heed, ha ' De 90‘ mundane 1"
fr own horseme and could: knowledge, or
t e road homeward. ey started 10 before Bun-
. set; but thick clouds on the mountain {0’9 them

f warned them of the approach of a storm; “Id th
 young lady decided on turning

caring to encounter the

hen Lady Vaughan beso

(round
hush;

. h lier lair esttore-
again for the big . But the l laughedgalil‘. the idea
V m}. 9m, and resisted all entreaties. Her father
 an? ,t be home by ten, and wouldhe uneasy at her

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a?! bright, \soatterlng .the clouds. “The road was
11 e a ribe . She made her adieux, leaped intd her
saddle and was 011’, even while the remousuanoes of
her friend were ringing in her ears. '

The rain had passed over, but the wind was high,
and bowed the tofis of the trees as they rode through
the copse on a bi side. Donald rode a little in ad-
vance. His oun mistress heard him call out
“ Steady!" as e w eeled round a sudden turn in the
road; and then fancied she heard other homehoots
that seemed approaching. ,The moonlight did not
penetrate the t 'ck screen of folia e. -

Alicia checked her horse, and ca to her servant

again.

Suddenly the animal she rode gave a quick snort,
reared, and then plunged forward. The girl lpre-
served her presence of mind; but she felt the b dle
violentlgijerked from her hand. Her noble horse
shi , s vered all over, and then sunk to his knees.
His rider was flu from the saddle.

Alicia felt herse in the firm grasp of a pair 0:
arms, but could see nothing save a mass of some-
thl dark.‘ She uttered a loud shriek‘ she called
her orse by name, and shouted to Donald.

“Diana scream again!” wled a harsh voice,

“orI mating e! Your cannahelpgl”
“You have ed him, wretch!" cried t girl;
mindfu even that moment of terror, of the noble
brute. ‘ You have killed my brave horse!"
“Nae, he's no slam- he’ll do weel enough an ye
hauld {our ton e. i’ve dune nae wrung. Sho
I ha’e et ye f when the beast realed?"

“If eyou mean well, help me to get Donald here,
and h p my horse to rise."

“No—the lad has fled hame; I saw him galloping
round the hill.”

“ onald! Help! Donald!" the lshouted.
Elicia dunew1 that! The boy clean gene, I
to e '

“ do not believe he would leave me in this man~
her. You may have murdered him!”

“An‘ I did naething, but just hit the beast a blow
origa gs he fled ptgst lwil’.hhe_l,reshlilce alyscared owl i"
«:1 t gir’scap r,a ing oazse .

Alicia wrung her handffil dos ir.

Agroan at 2. little distance hind her and the
noise of boots beating the ground, showed that her
wounded horse was strlvm to

Breaking from the man a hold, she rushed to the
spot where the animal wounded by a knife—thrust
in the breast, and weakened by use of blood, was
t to raise himself upon his fee .

, Merlin! mybrave Merlin!" we girl exclaim-
ed, throwing her arms round his neck; “you are
struck; youarehurt! Why didyou thiswickedness?
Merlin had not harmed you!"

“I was rain to (fillet him, ma’am. He would
fiavie trampled you, I had not saved you free his

00 s.’ '

The man evidently wished her to suppose that he
hadIrescéiaelgeher illl'om dangielr. a fin
“ t’is ” s e cmed,‘ ' on ove we
‘1‘? 11ng d

her fears. “ You are an evil ber! 'l‘a all-a—ta
m ewels—eve thing; but help my poor horse!“
‘ e'll do w enough! Ye maun come with me, _

ledd ."

Alicia knew not what to do. She was not yet half-
wa home; she could not go on foot. . Her servant
hagdisa peered. She turned to her ca

“ I w give you more than you can d of booty
about me, if, you take me to Sir George
Vaughan’s." _

The man shook his head.

0

“ Or to my father’s. the Baron of Swinton. He
will reward Gyeobu. But no~that is too far. I could
walk to Sir rge Vau han’s.” '

“ The leddy canna w . and the road is roug ”
returned the saw e. “ But I will take on to a
gentle chief’s, not or tree this, and he w mak’ yo
welcome as the dawn.” , ,

“ Where?" demanded the bewildered maiden.

“ E‘en to the noble Sir Kenneth’s castle."

“ Sir Kenneth i“ -

“ He is called so,” said the man. “A noble ntlo-
man is he, and a kinsman or your sin, leddy.. you
be the Baron of Swinton’s daughter. " .

“ How far is it to the castle? ’

“ Just three miles and a bittock.”

Alicia reflected.

“ Is Master Herrick at home?" she asked.

“ Ay, surely is he.”

Her resolution was taken. She would claim the
succcr of her kinsman. bade theman take her
thither, and then return without delay to care for
her wounded‘steed, Morll This

11. hefiemised glibly.
Then he caught his own horse, w ch had been.

browsing the men leaves-contende duringthe
' scenge, and lifted the young girl to the

saddle. , .
th“I canuride alone," she said, haughtlly. “Lead

6 w . . '

But?” captor lea with lity to the haunches
of the animal, hol n the g rl fast,er gave the,
horse ablow‘in the e thatcaused hunto spring
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. CHAPTER-IV. .
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Hmmmade her waytothe spot, two-third! down
where the revenue-adios:- had fallen.
ab, Emblem his dress
hs,a.nd uplhls
sheoould" barely
, to the bamboo
,upw  :8 blind. .
 even. ‘ 
much more so in’darkness, burden wi the
bodyot awounded or dying man: She could not
, easoftbedof_leaves,and
him with her shawlmnd

Standing on

carryhimu butane
laid, him dorwn. coy:
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bathing his head and race with water that trickled
from a. crevice at hand, ~

Presently a faint moan came from the sulfur-r,
and he moved his-arm slightly. , ‘

With another effort he raised himself on his elbow,
opening his eyes. ,

“Where am I?“ he asked. . '

Hilda explained that he had fallen from the top of
the cliff, and was sorely bruised; but would be net-
:ér if he would only remain quiet and not attempt

0 rise. , ‘ , V

“ Who are you? It is a woman‘s voice. How
came you here to help me?“ '

“ I saw you fall, and down the path. , You
mi ht have been killed t the branches of a 
bro e your fall on the ledge yonder.”

“Iknow; I remember now. A man came up be-
hind and grappled me, and pushed me out", _

“You must not talk so!’ said the woman, shud-
“ Your foot pped while ypuwere looking
through the telescope.’

“ ,ot so; some one clutched me to throw me
down. I saw the man—~"

“ You saw him?" shrieked
terror starting out on her face. “ or mercy‘s sake, ,
man, speak! Who could do such a deed?“ ,

“Nay, I know not his name; but I should know

again if I saw him." ‘ 1';
“ You would know him again?”

“Lwouldsurely know him. 11 you saw me full,
woman, you must haveseenhimtool“ ' _

“ No—no-no!" ye'hemeutly exclaimed she. "1
charge no man wx' such a crime. It would hn‘e
been murder."  ’ 1‘

Hilda’s motive in 311000 the officer was to .+
her master. It would be be eved he meant to kill
the man: Kenneth would besent to prison; in 03.80 ‘
of thelguljured man’s death, it might bring him to the
sonic » '

. “ Don't trouble yourself wi' such thoughts, mall I"
she went on, earnestly. “ Us on there, while I go

for-some onetchehcarrydye ' . . _
quor, ame, an you  l v

“ And a cup of
feel very faint." , r

Hilda muttered toherseli’ as she ran up theasce ll.
But for the necessitg of shielding her. chief, _ he
would fain have left t e in bud man to his fate.

“ If he can be got to the awthorns—the hollow in
the rock wi’ a stane like a blue whin‘stane, he'll. be
bid free them that seek him." , . '

She shuddered ain.

“They say there 5 a blind-stain there, though the
water rins o’er it, and has done the same for years
bygane. Eugh! but it’s cauld, and the north wind
whistlesamang the brackens."

The barking ‘ot a dog was heard. Hilda stopped"
and whistled. ; '

The next moment a huge animal bounded toward
bier, leaped up, and greeted her with demonstrations
o o .

3A thousand welcomes. Snath l" she exclaimed;
“for I ,know thy master is near, and I want him
so .’

“ ho wants me!" repeated a voice, at?!
the form of a tall man wasdimly snorted. 00min;
dildlfhilmafisn it 2 Speak !"

. a you
“ Who else should it be—and who are you?
widan’sfiiitfi'lh h ‘ k n

am a once ee .

“Hilda! And what do youpfigm?" ‘ . I

“Know on not, Matlin seer as you are? ' What
else broug t. you, just at the moment succor is most
needed?"

“ Succcr? Are you in p‘eril, Dame Hilda?”

“ Not me' Surely you now?” =

“ I know nothing; I am .blind tonight. _ Or my“
sense is stunnee. ‘" .

As he came near, the woman grasped his arm.

“ Come with me, on the instau .“, I

She led the way downby the winding path Shining;
the rocks.

" Where are you oing?" demanded the man.

“ That I should ve to 1:911 ascerhke you, list!
Knew ye nwtght of the chief in deadly vi 3'"

“ The chic

a cold sweat of

It is 1!.

l

—-Kenuethi ‘Why, I spo a with him
going toward the castle," , y
“ y to e be paisled foriwhatlwas abouth.

say! Is it or me to betray him?” muttered the wo-

man. “Nae—nae! It’s not the chief, but one of the

men that so ht He fell frae the cllfl, and

nloeeds help! could not cau'yhim up to the us!-
w.

. Thus answering Matlin‘s questionings, she led the-
wayto the spot Where the hurt stranger lay. He
gave a faint moan as he heard them, but answered. ,

cannot in words. He had been 1. to er..."

a nMsteehandtheeflorthadutter exhausted

m. ~

Matlin lifted him as easily as it he had been an in-
fant and prepan'ed to reascemd the rocks. The do;
an ed and growled; but the bidding of his master
silenced. him; and the woman urge: the necessin of
allowm none to know what had ppened, lest sus-
picion ould be drawnu n themse ves. , , ,

They reached the de ' but there was, no shelter
for the wounded man, and Matlin said he must be
taken to his but by the larchcs. This wo id take
time. With repeated in unctions to silen ' Hilda
took her leave, to return the castle.

The castle, meanwhile, was the
meg, $1181.06. with fierce defiance
a powerfully-built matador-kin r
with shaggy beard and b by gray hair, set at;

he table after the evening meal l {.11
been  with a. huge flagon of nine l more _
$833318: this Shaman and retainers and ac-

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unify Med. k I , many  drluliu 5 \uhfla _

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Contradictory rumors had come in,‘ concerning
the movements or intentions of the vemment
men. Some said they had de arted quzetly; some
that the cutter was ly in t e cove ready on the
marrow to reconnoiter t e coast. 0t ers said that
they,had sent for a reinforcement of soldiers, and
“gore going to search the castle for the smugglers’
sores.

At every suggestion Kenneth would la h hoarse-
ly, and say the varlets had better present t emselves
at his gates; he would 've them a welcome from
his ns, etc. He lif the flagon to his lips and
too a m hty draught after every speech; and
'while the tter was applauded, the first was imi-
tated b his followers.

The oor was pushed open and a young man came
413; He was about twenty-two years of e, though

broad and stout frame might have m e him ap-
pear much older, but for his youthful face and
. reshcomplexion. He had bushy yellow hair and
blue 6 es; and 3. Ion tawny mustache partly con-
ceal his mouth. 6 w d have been called

handsome even in refined society He was attired

in a full on: of dark green cloth with leather

breaches and heavy boots, and wore a slouched hat,
which he lifted, or rather swept from his head
£23: came in, ' a heavy carbine in his left

“80, you are here at last, Herrick, my son," was

from the chief. “Make room, there!

A seat for you at my right hand; your place, boyl
More wine! ' i ‘ 2

But Herrick declined both the wine and the place
at table. He stood his carbine in acorner looked
around gloom .u n the rest, and then sunk into a
leathern chair y he h ' chimney,-in which lgareen
fragrant bushes occupi the, place of logs t t in

, winger made the great barOnial hall warm for the
re ers.

,, In answer to his father‘s history of what had oc-
curred, and demaiids for his aid in main their
independence, the young man said, with a slight

pro ncial accxant:

“l have heard of all this. , ill ye have my cauu~

sci, or do ye contemn it father?” '

‘ " Beak freely, boy; bid ye.” 

“ en counsel is-athat you throw open the
castle to the search.”

“ What! admit the government men under this
roof in peace on such an errand?"

“Why not! You have no war with the govern-
ment, and they will find noth here."

“ But they shall not come re—to put shame
u n us as sneaks and cow 1"

enneth’s words evoked a muttered assent from

‘ his followers around the table. '

“It is not cowardl to avoid needless blood-shed-

' ding or even strife,’ said the young man.
“And where learned 0 submission!“ wled
Kenneth, scowling at sen. “Ye we make

loyal slaves of us all. Belike this comes of your
visits to our comely cousin, the Baron of Swinton!"
"/I am not favored there!" muttered Herrick.
" And I care not." ,
“ Show yourselfa man, then!” shouted the chief:
“ loyal to our clan and our sin house: Who
counsels su lesion is a tr tor!"
Young Herrick started to his feet.
“ Who calls me traitor i", he fiercely demanded.
, “ None here " answered one of his cousins,
brusquely. “ The chief but said hewho would take
aslave’s treatment at the hands of our foes is so;
and he is right. The spies shall not enter the castle.
We will fight to prevent i ."
“ And will not ht at any blddin l” cried H r-
rick, advancing to t e table, and g aring at t e
others, who drew back as if in scorn as he approach-

The burst of laughter and mutterings of “ craven,” :
He seized a '

violen irritated the young man.
stone p tcher, and was about to hurl it at one of the
men, when his arm was clutched by Gregory, the
firstsfigaker.

At t same instant one of the trusted retainers of
Kenneth entered hastily,and whispered in the ear
of his chief.

“ It is well, Bertram.” Kenneth replied. “ Go and
call} Hilda; she will receive our visitor.” ,

‘ he man bowed-low, and withdrew.

“ Sit down, rash boy ” said the chief to his son.
“Let me hear naem of this unseemly violence.
, Since you have refused to aid us with the strength
, of your arm, will ye marry to better the fortunes of

your house? ‘

‘I‘léh know not what you mean," grumbled the

yo‘ .

‘ Iam not dark of speechlnI so will e lead a
fair bride to the altar at my biddingyi" y
., “That depends on whether she pleaseth me or
pleasseth me riong the utgdutiful response.
~' “upose on, wed our ' 6'
Mitiggs AgeiiilMaurl’ty H y rm 0 “8m'
eep us swop over errick’s is an h
turned it away for aninstant. ‘ 00’ d e
r “ He seems Women!’ cried Gregory, derisiveiy,

The others laughed.
the mirth in bitter mockery. Then

Herrick ech
‘ he turned to his father.
“ i'ou have more pluck than paper)” he said.
“'il‘heit’fair cousin would laugh to scorn/your suit or
m ne ,
I“ u so I was sure of her consent?"

1: H 1 th Imtvgiatlhnfiifil 'vligifilk ye tigmudmbamn"
er a er— n assoc wo (“late
to a icon like Herrick mam-l” ' ' n

“ Areyou not next heir to the title, failing son of

his?”
that? It- is an empty title; or carries

,.

"What of
little laud wi' it.”
I _ v fen-tie land. but muwle state! a baron of Swin-

‘ton ma hold his sin wi' Engla‘ nd's modest rs!
And big daughter is fairest‘among tn}; fair!" 1"”

“ a‘ hen that!” cried Gregory‘ed“ Here’s to her
health " A dozen cups were ii to drain the
wme.

“ Be silentl” exclaimed Herrick, impatiently. “ I
ask again, what in us all this?”

“ It means, boy, t at I can bestow your cousin, if
ye are minded to wedlher' ay, this very ni ht!"

“Nay—’tis ill jesting, w on the speech of a fair
maifiep.”

H s

X If she. wills, I am willing enough," said the young
man. “ But-—"
“ Let the minister be called—” began the chief.

He was interrulpted. .
The great be] of the castle—the bell that was
never heard unless danger threatened, or a chief of

the house was dead-6mg out its slow and solemn

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CHAPTER v.
rm: sm’s wansmo.

Am. the men started to their feet.

“What does this mean i” exclaimed Kenneth.

The front door was thrown open and a figure
aspect familiar to all assed over the threshold.
was that of a tall wart-looking man wra ped in

beard an abun-

a dark mantle, with flowing white
dant white locks rolling down over his neck. His

eyebrows were jet-black, and under them were deep-

of
It

set, dusky eyes, now fixed, as if azing on vacancy.
There was a re expression in t e face, and its pal-
lor was more natural. One hand clutched the

mgrncfle; the right was extended, and lifted up.
w _

“It is Matlin, the seer!" ran in a hoarse whisper
from man to man sum the revelers.

“It is the seer, and he vision is upon him !" ex-
claimed Gregory. , . . ,

Our readers need hardly be informed that the old
Scottish superstition of secondvsight yet lingered
amo the in the mountains. The seer, fined
from is birth with the faculty of seeing even be-
fore the came to pass, those that con-
cerned own people, was listened to with
reverence. His prophecies often determined the
counsels of the chefs, and he Was regarded by the
common people as a mysterious to whom the
secrets 0 nature were open, and w ose, eyes, en-

htened super-naturally, could discern what was
dden from all other s ht.

It will be remembe that Hilda, when she met
the seer among the rocks, deemed that he had been
supernaturally informed of the occurrence, and that
he had come pugmsely to give aid to the injured
revenue-officer. ence her surprise at learning that
he knew nothinig.

The goat bel still boomed out its sullen alarm.

‘fIds n!” said the seer, taking a step forward.
“ It lathe death- al of morethan one aniong you
who have dram the cu of feasting.” ..

“Matlin!” exclaimed enneth, in a tone of grave
digileasure. -

ut Matlin paid no heed.

“Iha’e seen your wild doings,” again
seer, “ and now the doomis revealed—t e
that is coming! The foe is at hand!
will be attacked this night!”

“Silence!” shouted the chief. “How dare you
come among us with your bodings of evil? Sit you
hareé and speak like a true man, or begone this in-
s n l‘ r

The Seer turned to face him.

*“ Kenneth Maori" he said in a. slow and measured
speech. “ Is there not bloo upon your hands?”

The chief burst into coarse lau hter.

said the
vengeance
Your castle

 

_ “ An ye list to spin nursery t es," he cried, “let
. it. be m the women s hearing! Away with him to the
kitchen, or the housekeeper s still-room.”

words had provoked. ,

“ The man you fought with on the cliff ” be con-
,tinued, “hes in ril of death; and his blood that
stains our tests eps will lure on the bounds in ur-
suit. 9 _wise, and turn them away before t eir
fa are in yourthroat!"

T ere was a confused murmur amon the guests.
and Herrick strode up to the seer, bu did not at—
tempt to mterrupt him.

“ ake the warning given," his solemn speech went
'on. “Leave the castle to the soldiers who are
marching on it, and will soon be here. My but by
the larches is a shelter large enough, and to-morrow
you may return hither in peace.” _

“ Who dares counsel flight to Kenneth Maur?" de»
mended the chief, threateningl . “ By the bones of
my father, if he were other t an the seer, I would
hew him in pieces here in our hall!" And he clutch-
ed his heavy sword, half-drawing it. “Before he
'provokes me be and , awa with him! He
! may. prate of false visions beside the kitchen-
 logs. Begone with him! Gregory, do ’ye not obey
v' me ”

} .Gregorylaid hold of the seer but speedily released
him. The do , Snath, had followed; is master and
3 had lain crouc ed at his feet while
At the touch of violence laid upon him he sprun
, u fiercely, and rushed upon Gregory, who fel ha
i w th anexecration. ‘ ’

 

Herrick ste between them. ‘
1 “ edog not harm m,” be said; as he laid
! hlshand caressineg on the animal’s head. Snath

welcomed the caress by wagging his tail, and went
back to, crouch athis master s feet.

, linen there was a noise outside as of many voices
f a footsteps. The door was again flung open, and
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No one stirred. Matlin heeded not the anger his I

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1' Kenneth’s arm.

, ook.
* With loud execrations, Kenneth vowed he would

tidings: The alarm had been given that the rein-4
forcement of soldiery had" received orders to»
march on the castle, demand its , surrender foritheir“

and arre all who opposed them!
The sound of the great bell had summoned all
who would defend the chief from their dwellings in

the neighborhood; but they could not outnumber the . '

soldiers. The troop was on the march. and the storm
that was us: would make them more fierce to ob-
tain shelter. as it to be peace or a struggle?"
.The seer, Matlin, had sunk upon aseat, burying
ms facein his hands. The vison had passed. it
had left him,as usual, with tremb' frame and :.
calla sedstrength. Herrick noticed his condition.
He .ed ace? with wine and ut it to his lips.
Mathndrain it, and thanked m with agrateful

give the assailants the reception they deserved He
ordered Matlin taken away}.

“Put him in one of t e east store-rooms," he
cried; “ and since he came to bring news of disaster,
and counsel submission let him the danger
he predicted. Out with him, Gregory and leave'
him a risoner. In the largest room! Therein not

awin ow {3; ‘his escape, but he can hear all that "

passes wit .
G ory'took the old man’s arm; and led him to‘

one o the side doors, followed by the dog.

H‘gi‘ia , this violence shall. not be!" cried young
0 c ;

b m sword, his couns was
You s not harm a hair of his head!”

“ Who wants to harm him~foolish boy?” shouted
his father. “ He shall but abide his own mphecy.
If the castle falls, we fall with it! An ye , med»
dinee with gray orders, I’ll gl‘e ye work to do. Gregoxy.
0 me "

e strode tothe side door, out of which Gregory
led hisrfirisoner, and whispered to him as he
out. on he resumed his direct-lens to his
era.

“ Place the cannon on the ramparts an
the men at the windows to fling down the
they raise any. Have the guns and crowbars out of‘
the mo 1’ v
ass to o y. But the utmost con-
fusion prevailed. The bell
was raging without and the dash



till the search could be made next day,

“Matlin is a faithful friend. » He came '
when the vision was on him to warn you, father. _
wise and good! _y

ed' _
olloww
ladders if
astened awa in different directions in. ,
was silent, but the storm _
of sea-waves ’
:lgtaiilnst the rocks be ow was like the roar of distant ,
ery. .
Once more Herrick, ignorant of his father’s reason 
arrest—and

 

for dreading
all their lives rather than be ca tux-ed, when death.
hangman might be his com—interfered

prevent this mad resistance to the crvil authorities.

“ I said yo should have other work than meddlin’
with us, craven boy i” cried his father, tauntingly.
“ And soyou shall! Look therei”

He pointed to the o n side door.

There stood Alicia ur, with white, scared face,
100 at them.

Besi e her stood Hilda, the housekeeper, and on

the other side Gregory, who had led the maiden into: 
the hall.

She were her riding-habit of dark-green velvet,
trimmed with gold lace, and a
drooping heron’s feather. Wh
covered her hands. Just as Bertram had received
her from her captor’s hands, her dress disordered.
and her rin lets pulled over her cheeks and neck,
she stood t ere, a radiant vision of beauty—all

that he was willing to risk I

to;

 

een hat with its 
thorn gloves .

terrified and bewildered as she was-beholding the ,_

strange scene. (

It was a minute before Herrick could k: .and
while he stood trifled with surprise, H da glided
tothe chief an asped his arm. ’ I .

“Where is Mat n?‘ she whispered, eagerly.

“ Away, woman! I want not your help!”

u Hfhhadnfihaigg of the e(‘il’flceri the man who fell.
free so .se asp canvulsive ressin

“file man will die fgrplack 0%
aid!

" Is he not dead already ?"_demanded the chief.
“He was saved by a_m1racle; but he is sorel
hurt. Send Matlin him; he hathaleech’s ski .

, Oh, Sir Kenneth! if th man dies—woe to you! woe

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s all i”
“ This way!" said Kenneth, crossin the hall with
her. His belief in the death of the o cer, and that
he was in danger of arrest, had made him so reckless
in resolvmg to defend the castle. The news brought
by Hilda put a new face on the matter. ’

The brief dialogue and movement occu led but a.
figment. ere they went out followed y several

ers.

Herrick approached the 'young girl, and ordered
Gregory to
hug, but he obeyed. ‘ k

e scared look had not left Alicia’s face. The
yqufiman gently led her to a chair. 4

now nothin of this,” he uttered. “When
you are recoveregfiady, yonw tell me how you,
came here." .
The frightened rl‘looked wildly around her; then
Difficusl at He ck, c egg 1* hands.
“Oh, Herrick/l” she so . “You are our kins-

man! You will save me! You will save mel"

CHAPTER VI.
m men or mannrr. I
W and the housekee r with two of his fol-
lowers, prooeeded at once to €126,100!!! to which Mate
linhad been taken as a prisoner.
.It was a large a cut, used for lumber and
household stores. and bare‘of furniture. The win»

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locked by the chief’s orders. y

The ponderous key was produced. and the door ‘
., was thrown open. . Kenneth snatched the torch from

one of his’menanngfient in. d f m
e , to an to ev rtion
of the room mam-o ht into view. m m

It was entire] em !
‘fHe was not broElgyht here,” said the chief, an-

. 8111 ~ , .
‘ “lie was brought here; I can swear to i “said

one of the men; ‘ to this vglay room.
' I “W put in," add Hilda, “ and the door
fagt locked outside.” t
Bu Woman, you see for yourself he‘s not here,”
madly growled the chief. . .
(in And he could not have gotten forth,” added the
3118, embarrassed what to think.
rob the other rooms,” thlfindel'gd Kenneth, in
to h crate. e disappearance of t e prisoner he came
t Not a trace of the seer could be found in any of
9' rooms The wonder was great, and several

, ‘aV‘QWed their belief that Mat was a wizard.
4., EIOW else could he go forth?” suggested Hilda,

W‘ ne’er a window to put his head through!”
t. e coniuswn in the castle and around it left no
$1118 for conjecture or questioning. The soldiers
I ere outsrde; and they had demanded admittance in
‘5 king’s name.
KGregmy, who was spokesman in the absence of
b anneal. responded by requiring to know what had
rought them at that our to invade the dwelling of
19' man Who had given no cause for a show of vio-
“99 8vealnst him.
of 6 leading officer of the troops rode within speech
, .Gl‘egory Who stood upon one of the balconies. He
.534“ he and his men had been summoned and sent
the uselstance of the revenue men, who had re-
Orted $116 capture of their commander. He had
b 911 missing smce before dusk, and was supposed to
sggeld a risoner in the castle. He must be in-
, o my re eased, or the attack would be made to
-- {ice an entrance and deliver the captive.

d enlleth came forward at this uncture, and loudly
agghred that no prisoner was he d within the castle;
that no enemy should be admitted to search.
solders was a_ stunning clamor of voices at this; the
c filers shouting that they did not believe him, and
0? £18 their comrades to the rescue; the adherents
wildenneth gwiggl orders, and mum to and fro in

disorder. e chief s orders to it and barri-
We 6 the entrances were obe ed, and preparations
.80 ’9 hurriedly made to, resis the attack. vain
mg? 01 the men urged that the soldiers be per-
a lid to make the search and then retire; it was
.tgswered that they claimed the right also to quarter
gglfielves all lugI t, and make a search for smug-
%h 1 Stores on t e morrovtvé‘ferha to arrest the
w 0 9 household as suspec cl is. There
as no limit to the freedgm claimed y a body of
SBBSSIOD' an amen s own ouse
“fitmesholla. ’ m
m :he midst of the wild disorder Hilda made her
ed admin. and laid hold of his arm. He turn-
and h: R’: the woman‘s face was white as death,
comm r PS trembled; she had some evil news to
mmm- She gasped, almost breathless, in her
(I ‘
ym‘lggu‘ifififingt he will be dead are dawn; save

“gapesk mggwoman, or else stand aside!" was

0‘ J u

“fig? lad. Malcolm—he cum from Mat. the
What of him! Has the devil carried him on:

Wrespeak, on «
seesaw tr   he.
- e ea- . ’ ' suns

known. if ’tis not a’ready! Master, master save

'vyom‘selfl Leave the castle! the storm is ‘bating; I

" ,  boat round, and fetch ye wi‘ the dawn;

cmwmqufmtheoavel ‘Thereisavessel nighthe

90ml forth her savages withérenged 
. once e r
em _ - stubborn will, however, made

hide, this ht!” he cried,

. ,till awn, and then
Hilda wrun her hamllsmm“:k "
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“Hemlck! I will find him! He ma
, y persuade e
fniliééilgnnetb! Woe is me. he heads not wordsin
.. rning, she sped from the place in sear

help, but stag ered ainst the wall ' eh or
next sound t gt metager ears- , in how,” at the
own hands Kenneth lighted the fuses of
cast] V d e 7.03! 831001: the

si e. an though no harm resulted amen the:
8361‘s. the formidable sound created a p ' . . Show-

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Return we to the terrified Alicia She heard the

filli‘fietifofi’li‘l‘t ““d the ‘1‘“ °°“‘“S‘°“’ wilder
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as if the old castle Were  sea It seemed

its: new and
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boy and eril of his fal’hgfi-nggd to A
i’ififitul‘ge shift“? “$3118 he‘hhf’w if“ m
.. us in s epr‘.’ ad not
ttecther to his chattel ’

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‘cask to comes] your flight.

ed .
ed and loss of life. The silence. j
ensued "33 speedily followed by greater aotivitytglr‘x‘g i

‘ bout her cam».
bhe had sunk on her his an geld her clas ed.
, hands toward Herrick in 9.3mm suppllcation. pHe
agitated b _. conflicting emo—’

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 LADY : HELEN’S Vow.

mzi‘gou will save me, Herrick!” entree“ ted the
en. ‘
“ What can I do?” stammered the yduth.

“ Take me, home! Oh. take me to my father!
I was mad to leave home! I was headstrong. Oh,
Herrick, take me back, and I will bless your name
“will; b t! h . i th

in aru y,teyo manwentto a
door. Be it fastened on. be outside. He beat
violently upon it, and shouted the names of several
retainers. r ‘~

A voice answered him without:

“ The castle is attacked by soldiers. Every man
is wanted on the ram arts!”

f‘ Undo the door! blob of on dared bolt me in!
Call Hilda. Send Hilda hither ” he shouted. __

“ Oh, Herrick take me away! I shall die if I stay
here!” shrieke , the poor girl, more and more
alarmed ever instant.

Herrick too her hand and led her to the extreme
and of the hall. There stood a massive cask full of
liquor; from which at meals the men were accus-
tomed to draw ull flagons. With a giant’s strength
the young man urled this cask, larger and heavier
than a hogshead, on one side. It had stood directly
over a_trap-door. Herrick stooped and pulling an
iron ring lifted this, disclosing a narrow flight of
stone steps. A rush of cold damp air came from the
o enlng.‘ '

“ Behold the secret ass e." be said. “It leads
by awinding way to a cor t at opens outside the
walls. You can go that way: take this torch to
guide your steps. You will find the outer door un-
barred; it is always kept so. When you are outside
nothing will hinderyour flight.”

He put the torchento Alicia’s hand; he led her to
the stegs down which she was to go. Alicia looked
up at 'm. He was struggling Violently with emo-
tion; his right hand was clenched; his teeth were
set as in terrible, determination.

“And you-«what will you do?" asked the irl.

“ 1? Oh, I will shut the tra door, and rep ace the
hen I will batter down
you door, and go out to help my kinsmen, and die in
defense of the castle.”

Alicia’s feet were already on the grimy steps of
the passage. She shivered violently.

“ Hcannot go alone!” she said. ‘ Come you with

e
“1‘ng can I leave the castle when foes are besieg-
§ Your father pint me in your care, and locked the
door 11 11 us. e does not want you. He would
send, i he did. I dare not go alone! Come, Herrick
—m cousin—come !” '
“ at can harm you, alone? The storm is over
the country is ‘uiet. All the fighting-men are here!”
“I should no know the way to my home. and it is
far!" moaned the l, sobbing in terror.
f‘At the nearest arm-house you will find shelter,
rest, and a guide and horse when you list to pursue
the , jOurney. Here is money; all the boors are
easily bribed.” ‘

He ottereda purse, which the rl refused to take.
“If on will not with me,‘ she murmured, “I
shell is in this un e und passage! It frightens
me but to look at it! shall never come forth alive!
Apt?! youlwill perish, too, Herrick! You must come
Shestoodontheto 'oststepandclaspedhisarm
at}! her white hanng beseechingly in his
.e

“ Do you carefor me Alicia!” he asked earnest .
“S I do." she answered. “ You are my 0
frlen V srrick!”
“ t. will on do for me, Alicia, if for your sake
I desert my fa her in his hour of need "
r “ Take me to m father, and hewill sendyou help.
He wi! serve on n all thin ."
“ What you do for me?"
“ I will bless you. Oh, Herrick! I will call you my
deliverer!" ‘
“ Will on love me, Alicia!”
"I do ve you. cousin.” v ‘
“But not as I love you! You have long known-
. u must have known—how madly I womhip you!
would give the world, my life-my honor even—to
call you mine! Do not start; to [father sent to cap-
ture yen for the u so at l m g you my wife-
a , this night! t would have no constraint; you
all be free to choose. I might 00:13:51 you to wed
me, butI love on too well for that,~ , , l” 4 _
“011,.Herri ! you h ve a noble soul!” _ ,
“Hear me now,’ c ed the . oung, man, 
. “I am ready to go wit 7 on, to forsake all;
to brand myself as a traitor;
father‘s house! But you must promise to be my
wife! Will you promise that, Alicia?"
“ Herrick, you have too grand a soul to profit by
my sore stra t! Be generous—I implore you!”
‘ Then you love me not!
proud rl!"
“ I 0 not scorn—I honor you. I am lost unless
You save met. I appeal to your mercy.”
‘.‘ Shall I save you for another suitor?"
Ills eyes glared; his lips were drawn; his face was
white as death.”
‘ You must answer me before I stir, irl.” he
gasped, releasingo his arm from her fee le bold.
gu ’want' me save you—that you may wed 311‘

0 . no, no, no! Herrick!” ' '

u. l 1you swear to marry me?”

“ ()1;ii cannot!” to “'16?
I y swear ’ «noonse "

“Mercy, ' my,H W’

You scorn my t.

" BY _my ancestors, you shall sweet, or I loave you

to perish! HarkI to thosewlld shows! Our men

What will becomeof you!" .
"Save me! Save me!"

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take you to your ‘

will be in here presentlyif

 

, , swear to ~marrynomau unlesslgive

«wme
youleave?‘
“Iwill! Iwill!” ,

f‘LSwearlthenl by this sword! No, byyourhopes
o eaven ”
“I swear!” repeated the aifxightedgirl, falling on

, her knees.

“I have your oath!” cried Herrick, exuldnfiy.
“ You shall wed me, or no man! Now come!"
He threw one arm around herwaist. The cries
without were reddubled; but runheedlng them, he
lifted her down the ste , closed. the trap-door after
them and bolted it 011 e lower side.

Carrying the torch inone hand,- and the ‘

almost-fainting maiden firmly with the 0 er, he

ained the passage, and sped on sw1ftly, till the
goor beyond was reached. This he flung open with
some exertion of strength, and they stood in the
open air outside.

A terrible scene burst on Herrick’s sight, amid the
clamor and shoutin . Flames were from
the upper windows 0 the castle. ‘

' CHAPTER VII.
FATHER OBEYIIWG SON.

Wrm an exclamation of bitter self-reproach, Her
rick struck his forehead. He had abandoned his
father and his kinsmen to such a fate!

“ I must go i” he cried, hoarsely. “ I must go—to
die With them!” V

“ Herrick l” the girl shrieked, in terror. _

“ Look yonder!” he exclaimed. “ The castle is on
fire! My father has rushed on destructionxtbut I
must perish with him!”

 

“ You shall not go, to perish!" replied Alicia. .

“ Your kinsmen will escape. Take me to my father.
and he will come with men to their hel !”

“ I must leave you at once, Alicia. have been a
traitor for love 0 you!”’

" The soldiers Will capture or kill you !”

“i will not care, girl. You will be safe!”

“ How can I be, without our help? I dare not
take a step forward. in this rkness! Herrick, you
will not be so cruel as to leave me?"

Voices were heard at that moment, and approach-
ing steps. There was the gleam of a torch.
su ressed a scream, and clung to her cousin.

I on there was a swift rustling among bushes
near, and a dog sprung on the young man with a
whine of recognition. e

“ Down, Snath! ' Where is your master?"

“ I am here, lad !" answered the deep voice of

Maths, the sear, and, torch in hand, he came close
to them: » .

We may as well inform the reader how the seer
made his escape from the strong room where he had
been imprisoned by the chief’s orders.

The Windows were too 11 . w for  but the
wide chimney was open' an Mat was used to climb-
ing: and the dogtoo with his aid. Once on the rep
and outside the chimney their descent was effected
by means of the tall It needed out a leap
to clutch their branches. Matlin was safe and in
freedom while ,the master was searching forhim.

Herrick knew nothing of this. Bathe was over-
jgyed to behold the seer. I-Ie bade him take charge
0 his thflehewentbacktothecastie.

“ Nafi'h ., ye may see for yoursel' the danger is
past. e is nearly all out." -

He pointed to the ewe, now utterly dark, from
clouds of rolling smoke. ‘

“ Au‘ hear ye no. the music of the soldiers on the V ~

return i"
“ ut my father—" .
“Ifheiswise,heviill leavethe castle. Isenthim
Framing“ If he linger till daylight, ‘twill be wear

or . - ,

“ How is that?" , r

" The omeer he wounded is like todie."

“ He wounded an ofllcerf" »

“ Ay, ofthe revenue men. Sir Kenneth sought to
capture Maud he toll free the cliff. “If he dies,
there will be murder to beanswered for. =

Herrick stood a moment in a stupor of horror.

“ I must go to him at once!" he cried.

“ Na—-ye ,will hardly find him. Hilda has waned

. to _ I

m , ,

,“But will not- he is foolhardy. Here, take
on megrhandlwi'llspeedtohim. Youshallhear
rom me anon”.

uch so my but by the mad. Ye’ll find us

“:03, Alicia]; you are safe with Mat. I will re-

Ho placedherbeside the seer, and in a moment

waslostlto ' htamo thetrees.
.00 .fi. as

.L’ said the old man. “Snath andl
you safely!”
Ahcia was weeping softly._, . I
“ Oh. my father!" she sobbed. “ How he will sut—
fer this night.". =
She clung to Max’s arm and went with him, the
dog bounding on before them. .

Even as the two fugitives bolted the trap-door be-
hind them, the other door was thrown open, and
Hilda'rushed in. She was in search of Herrick, to
help her in persuading his father to instant flight.

A sin le glance suiiiced to show her the way of
escape t egrllad taken. I

Withas ekofdiscovery she recto hex-master
and drew him into the hall. But no entreaties con!

avail to induce him to take to the secret pa .

He denounced Herrick as a traitor; he uphr

for cowardly flight when the ice was smithem;
he swore that he would die at the head at ‘ home-
hold before he would surrender or escape.

Hilda ran to, and fro in her despair. Then the
flames burst oat above; and in a new alarm, all the
men. were called to extinguish them and prevent the
entrance of the besiesersin the confusion. i

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'unbolted the tra , and

A {gs cannot stay here to ab do the search that

‘ are of the men were waiting to

.' with
, e sus c
beneatgait. 

' night was vs

I of the but; but

The lire was subdued. The besiegers were order-
ed to draw back, and a number retired toward the
village.” The main forceetill common the gates,
so that none could issue without being intercepted.

It was determined to wait till dawn before .prose-
outing their search. Gregory, second in command
(of Kenneth‘s men, had a parley with the leader, and

 

pledged his word that no opposition should be made ,

at daylight to 3 peaceablé search.

Thus some egree of quiet was restored before
Herrick found h way back. Finding he could not
grater? the gogoto‘r wltgout danger of arrest lby

eso ers,e euner unpassage an,

t ingtroo the great hfil, to
e rushed through the dif-

flnd it dark and ant.

' ferent rooms in search of his father.

The first he met was Grego , who demanded an
explanation of his absence. 0 him the youth re.
fused to ve it. But when Kenneth reproached
him,hetodhimoftheyoun girlhe had placed in
his .charge, and his imperat ve du _ to secure her
safety before returning, as he now d, to share the
fate of his kindred. ,

“And where is the girl?" demanded Kenneth.

_ You haveylet her slip through your fingers, after all mm

P

mxShe is safe: cared for by the seer.”

“ Matlinl Hath the devil brought him back? How
,‘got he forth from thexcastle ?"

“ Nay, I know not. I met him near the copse,
and I bade him take care of the'girl."

“ You are a fool! She will escape ye! Ye should
have wedded her the ni ht."

“Nay, we are troth-p ighted!”

“Say ye so? Then gi‘e us your hand, b’oy. Such
a bride will bring ye dower to gild the barony, when

. hef father dies.‘

, “l~know nothing of that; nor deal care. I love
the girl! and mean to ma her. But, my father,

will
made the morn.” e

f‘ Nae, that he canna; I ha'e told him so," put in
Hilda, eagerly. She had just joined the group.

“ And why not i" asked the chief.

" Because," whispered Herrick, leaning to his ear,
“ because it will then be known that the officer they
deem a captive is not here, but lies dead at the but
of Matlin the seer.” ' _ .

v " Lies dead!” Kenneth‘s pale lips echoed.

“Surely; and you must be far from this coast; for
it will be known that he met his death at your
hand,” urged the son.

‘ Hilda'and Gregory joined their entreaties.

“The vessel is off the coast; you can be on board
before the dawn. It is your only means of escape.
If they arrest you—” leaded Herrick.

“And you, boy? an you?” the chief questioned-—
glancing from his son to Gregory.

“ I will ’bide in the castle," answered the latter.

' “ You will go-—with your betrothed—to the Baron
of‘SXinton?" askefid Kenilileth of hilsesion. I

‘ e, or anyw ere,’ e answe moodi . _

a ‘f Y; maun 'gae there!" cried Hilda. “WP the
fair damsel to speak for ye—“ '

“ I want no one to speak for me!” was the young

" man’s rejoinder.

“Weel—weel—l’ll be content, so ye are wi‘ the
maiden, and I’ll wish ye jogo’ your wedding when I
come back!" laughed'the c of. '

He-then prepared for fli ht. Hilda had already

to the necessaries 0 food and clothing, and
them. Gre-
gory promised to fulfill every command to the let-
ter; m-keefithe men at the castle, and to communi-
cate with t e chief from time to time'at the sea-
coast town in France where he was to fix his
residence. Herrick took leave of his father, who
would not hear of his going with him, anddpromised
to return to his fair cousin the instant he e ed.

No one but Hilda and the two servants, enneth

: said, should go with him to the beach. for fear of
' exciting the suspicions of prowling so

The went b the secret passage, and Herrick
regory’sy has};a replaced the cask. No one

would the existence of unopening

 

AFTER VIII.
' ‘ rna nnw sonar.

HERRICK found a way out of the castle by a door
in the rear, and eluded the vigilance of the party of
soldiers on the watch. The moon was set, and the
dark. He went round to reconnoiter
‘ibe force, be ore leaving the vicinity of the castle.

At the road leading to the dell he met Hilda return-
ing; and from her he learned that ha father had
already embarked. He questioned her closelyre-
Magnum occurrence 0n the cliff, and cautioned
her as st speaking of the matter; a caution uito
nnnecessa . It was through Hatlin's revels one
in “ the vi on “ that anything had become known to
K‘l‘xhneflthsemends' tmnedhis tepstothe oody

as young man s w
ravine Where stood the seer's dwelling.

There was firefight glimme from the windows

h d k _ wahlsesilentéo otte salon the dog gm:
lobe ear, eenas was no ea proac o
a Herrick lifted the latch soft)!de on-
to .

The outer room or kitchen, was untenanted. He
passed on to an‘ nterior room, the door of which
stood open.

Alicia sat beside acouch, on which Is. the form
of a man. She was bending over the whi and
wiping the ,ilorehead with a cloth. Hearing foot-
 . she t’hastugsgurnod, sprung UP. and gave a

- o . r »

c :"1‘33 thevgmmg man “
’ you arealone here? here is Mailini'

She glanced at the man on the bed, and led the
may into the other room before she answered.

how is it that,

,- li.‘ v

I

I "Media is gone to Sir George Vaughan's. I en-
treated him. I must not stay'here you know. .Sir
‘G‘eo ' e or Lad Van hen will send forms.” 3
. “ hy send ere or aid?" ~
“It is too far to Stone Crag." '
“Did I not promise you to return, and take you
, thither?" ’
, “But I knew not when. Herrick, and the time
5 seems long' oh, very long."

“Who is on room?

“ A man sic -—wounded——nlgh unto death."

“ His name, girl i" l ,
\ “Ido not know it. Matlin said he had brOUght
1 him hither for nursing and medicines. He is too ill
to know any one; and I have been doing what I could
to soothe his ” ,

Herrick went back into the room and bent over
the sleeper, examining his clothes.

,“ It is the same, I verily behave," he muttered.
“The man who was b by—the fall from the
cliff—as Hilda said.”

“ Yes, it is the same,” replied the girl, who had
followed her cousin. .

Herrick uttered an exclamation of intense thank-

ess.
“ He is not dead."

“No, sure! no .”

* “They sai he was lying dead. The knaves! Will
he live? Will he recover ‘

“ How can I tell? I have sat by him an hour, and
still he slumbers.”

,» The young man felt the pulse, and laced his hand
on the chest. Tlo boats were feeb 8, but regular,
and often labored. Beads of sweat stood on the
marble forehead, and Alicia again wiped them 01!.

“ He has had an opiate?" said Herrick.

“ The seer gave him a drau ht to ease his pain.
When he wakes, I am to give h m a teaspoonful of
this " and she took a vial from the table.

' “ e must have another leech. I will go for one.
He must not die.”

There was a sound of voices without, the barking
of a dog, and the tramping of. horses. ,

Alicia started up in wild a. ht. \

“ 0h, Herrick, if those sho d be enemies! Mat
has had no time to Sir George’s house: Hide

Shield me i“ "
She clung to her cousin in mortal fear.
“ Itnis Snath‘s bark!" he answered. “Matlin is

The seer’s cheer voice was indeed heard min led
with others, as t e outsiders came nearer. no
voice more impatient than the others struck on the
maiden‘s ear.

‘ " My father!" she shrieked rushing forward into
the arms of the foremost of t e new-comers.

“ My child! My own Alicia!" cried the Baron of
Swinton, clasplng his recovered daughter to his
breast with tears of jmee

Matlin, and two or men who had come with
the baron, entered \at the same moment.

“ How came you hither so soon, dear pa?“
asked Alicia trembling with emotion, and asping
geafatger‘s hand in both her own. “ How did you

n me “

" Donald came home in wretched case, and
frightened well-nigh to. death, my child,vwith news
of your capture, and the slaying of your horse, by
an smiled soldier at the head of a force.“

“0 father! there was but one; he wounded my
brave erlln, and carried me off."

“ Donald was a cowardly slave, to let you be cap-
tured. and seek his own safety. He lies in the dun-
geon for it! It took not many minutes, as you may
guess, to mount and scour the count in search of
you. We thought, from the craven’s 1k of armed
men, that a arty of lawless soldiers had taken my
d liter. e rode on to Vaughan’s, and he has a
party in search also. " We have scoured the 008.23
and were maki for the castle, to see if aught h
been heard b nneth's people, when. we fell in

LADY is: vow:

\

ye, glrlttrust to me for that. James and V
, may ride home With news of your safety ;. __
I for Margaret iswell~nigh, fra tic; and Alleck may 
«fetch a surgeon for our hos ’s sick friend. >Away

} not leave
‘Warn

with ye, lads. Herrick and I will keep watch by the
fire here."
While rs»

he examined his weaponsi’ the men dis
ed to do his bidding; and Ma lin rought out 5 us,
which he threw over a wooden settle and signed to
his elder guest to use it as a bed. But Swinton chose »
.to watch. Herrick walked restiessly to and ffro; '
sometimes going out into the night air and recon-
noitoring t e no hborhood- sometimes stooping
over the bed on w job the oilzlcer lay and listeni
to hear his breathing. Many times he questiongg
Mat to know what he thought of his chance for life,
but received no satisfactory answer.

It was dawn before the messengers returned; and
the sun was flooding the east with crimson and gold,
when the surgeon arrived. He made a close exami-'
nation of the injured man, who by this time had
awakened, and was able to speak. ‘

“ He has a narrow escape," was his answer to
young Herrick, who questioned him eager! .' “ I
canna sa yet if he will Win through it. is ribs.
were bro en in the accidental fall, and his strength
is sair spent."

“ It was nae accident " moaned the suflerer, with
all the energy he co d command. “ The man
meant to slay me.”

“ What man, d‘ye say?"

“ The auld mankwith the white hair, and flowin
board. He was 11 c you lad "—pointing to Herric '
—“but he was aulder." /

“Sir Kenneth?" muttered the surgg‘orn.

“ Kenneth Maur!" echoed - the on. “ Ye’re
dreamin , man. He is no assassin!“

Herri gave his noble cousin a grateful look. .
di'é‘liiahurt man continued to moan: “ Hedid it! he

The surgeon interfered with an order for him to
be quiet. e bandaged the man’s side, then admin-
istered a sedative, With some light nourishment.

Matlm and one of the attendants had pre ared.
breakfast. It was laid in the kitchen; stea of
savory venison with rashers of bacon, bread and ,
codes. The men partook heartily of the good cheer.
The seer was lamenting that he had no ‘womanto
wait on the bonnie leddy, when the'door of the small
bedroom opened, and Alicia came formitgue but
much refreshed by her slumber and a 13' al bath
in the basin of water previded. She embraced her
father, wished a ood-mo to Herrick and Main

, and caressed nath, the og, who had learned
alreadlt y to fawn 8: her“ Th h

was me o movmg. e orses were read .
The baron gave Herrick a pressingdnvitation to ri-
turn with t em to Stone Cra and remain there.

“ It should be your home, ad," he said; “ for you! .
are of my own blood, and must wear the title some
day. I have longed to do a kinsman’s part by you:
why not let it be now?"

“ Come with us, Herrick " the maiden added.

He looked earnestly in er face, and a flush rose!
to his brow. '

. The seer gave his counsel for the youth to accep
“which. .5 ~ ii... ‘ '

“ nae our new " i be,
“when the chief is one?" p " Ba d

“ But I must go t are first," the young man said.
"They may want me at.” ,

“ Go, then. bvo’y, an come to us the night," added
the baron. “ e will expect you ere sunset."

'It was thus settled. As the youth took his leave,
his lingering gaze fell on the maiden’s face. Her
look .of grate ul regard encou ed him. He was
walking swiftly toward the cast e when the irl,
mounted on one of the men‘s homes, was ri ing- ,
homeward by her father’s side. ’

his having received a liberal fee for his‘hospi»
tality usied himself with the sick man, and soon

 

with this we man, who brmfiht such news as ,
gave new lifeio in old heart! would have died 1
within me if I had ost ye, my daughter." , .5

The rl‘s white arms went round her father’s
neck, w she briefly narrated her adventure, and
reception at the castle. She made no mention of
auFlrt but kindness. The castle was besi by
so diers, and she had been wofully terrified; ut her
cousin Herrick had saved her; had brought her
forth in safety}; and given her‘in c e to t e seer,
who brought erto his but, and had no for hog) ,
at his entreaty. The baron acknowl god the kin - '
ness of both Matlin and Herrick, bygrasping the
hand of each, and thank them. I

“And you have no for your wayward
dwell liter-fifthss mum‘su “whosg obstinatyeiself‘ ,

rou rou'e'u nyou, earpapav

"I sh not trust her fit-gm my sight in future!"
the father exclaimed.

Then he gave orders to his attendantstoseeto I:
their horses. “ i
“ My brave Merlin!" cried Alicia. No one has
seen to him! Helwas wounded by the radian who ,
seized me." ~ d ‘
She described the road aswell as she con! 1‘0-
member and begged that the men might be sent to .
core for her favo to. ‘

t as we Passed
Ether. “ erlin has

 

“No horse was in

und," ans cred her recov-
grrgd his legs :nd gone home at the best of hisspeed.

him now. .

W‘eaugtotggtogence to—night!" cried Matlin.. “ send :

On your followers. magghligtbbngt I?” my ‘8 tired ’

 

enou h. Here is e , e threw Open a,

doorgt the end of the kitchen. " Let her rest, mule

we wait for 'the dawn by the tire. Na «.1 mm your

help, Sir Baron“ for one neeng it “in the
! wounded officer yonder.

m. pleased with the suggestion, and ~

Th baron
{tweets daughtertak‘e the needed rem”. «1 Wm I

. "i at: '  » , /_

‘ of blood but we
for his 1035 . t ms mm

, b
had the hut to'himself.

It was like returnin after a victory to the youth-
ful maiden to be w corned so . rgaret
had come up from her mother‘s cottage to receive
her and wept tears of joy at her safety, and of sym-

hy at the story of her adventures. ,
“ m“ Eli‘n’imi ii? T’s"
or - e ost-
tler. The first Visi . tress paid wasyto her pet
steed, and his e es brightened at sight of her, and
at the touch of or caressing hand, .

The baron save orders for the best horse to besad~
died and sent to the castle for his kinsman’s use in
comi ; for one of the best rooms to be pre—

red 0" his Willa-hey. An attendant wascHi‘iickly
“Domed, on another steed to seek Horne , and
attend him to his new home. '

Merlin was found

“ For he must not leave us ‘ sin,” he said to his '
daughter. “ That battered :15 den b the sea-
coast, half-mined as it is, is uninhabita for civi—
lized creatures. And after what has happened,
Kenneth will have to stay beyond seas." * .

"Do you really, believe he was guilty of violence

that poor om ’ r2" asked the 811'

“ Who know: As like as not. Kenneth was a e

too read with his fist and his sword. The a.
scuffle, itvis likely. Th sa- ‘the chief,’ as t

, 1
him, had abullet-woun in shoulder; ’tisnot flit
hlmto let hisenemy escape. If the man dieshe

for his murder, an be ventures.

Alicia ve a shudder of horror.
“The filebestofl’here. Ihave triedtoglve him
better trai , ears ago' now he must do my bid

hing y
. This smugglers life is not for kinsman of
mine. I wantaLYOflf-Isfellow of my own‘ r blood to
hem place of my steward; and you would like a -
brother, eh,‘ Alicia?”
“ But Herrick has wild
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in sweet dang tor.”
cia the m: pelm mg
,thatwas etchghe _u8 howgm a
The bar-en‘s orders wereexec'uted while his daugh-
ter retired to her own apartments for change of
dress and the refreshment of else to make up what
she had lostd ethe night. lgargaret Was with

e

her whenr'she 'awo Th ouseke’e rand servants
had put inordertwo other suits ofperooms for ex-

pectedguests.
“Oomeandsee

' them," said aret. “Theyare
curious! silk and th
groom: Th ey comm to through the

_ enearest the rear is for your
sin, ernck maur. Ah, dear friend and sister,
who knows what Views your father has for that for

. tunate young man!”

Alicia looked at her in uiringl '

"Heistobetheh' '
“stileth it not 808:,- 3m is the adopted son and
argaret. It has been in father’s wish
gincfiis was a child. He wanted to tgke Herrick un-
“6131‘ care when but a ho , running wild through
life i(anointing; robbing scab ‘ nests, and risking his
6  ventures. But his father would never

part m
of“ He has fiéeyning, and knows naught of the arts

" Not much. My father would have sent him 
the best university in England,”

::  IEteisnow.
. u e. skilledin rtsof the field' and a

a passion for thoseflyoou know." ' p pa
mieéfiflear, your father will enjoy the youngster's

" Therefore he is welcome."

“Andintime, thebaronma look upon him, the
last of his line, as a fitting mags for his daughter.”
“NW. aret, you go too far. Scarce two days

03 You were predicting a different fortune for
me. wWammg to her mirror to let down

a
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is the proverb about the wooer on the spot
faflngketter than-the one who is not—meaning not
Mnhand-f" asked area,
,, “Sound me your proverbs, I implore you.”
"gt 0 down, while I dress your rebellious
“$3er in my f ” 1 You know there is naught
on

919-“ talk usof no young man who is to..

be our Margaret!" cried th '
u e rl, oifended.
whfleenrfllcgumed my life yesterdayglrescued me
had no chance of succor' left his kinsmen to
blown meta safety! I will receive him as an own
Cheri You shall not set me against him with
. ' 6. Alicia.”
~ Know you. Sirlfior what guest the other suit of

r from London." v
As shamaldggdstmdfidi let fall her handkerchief.
hersunnybrowncurfia “Pufmwuc nto

M. tsmiledas she-noted this.but forbore to

W« 1 d3.
you have ne'ver seen Sir Victor Wilder.“
she said, demurel , while she brushed her friend's
and wound ringlets round her or.
u A letrérpeabedéthfisréame and shrook lier cad. th
I , cam evenin om im and e
baron gave orders for the frognt apartments to be

“Ishea 'un .baronet?"askedAlicia.
“Ioennottell- tIthink not. Therewasno
, tail:
of  Perhapslhe comes to hunt hearts, fair

u y lheklupherii r: rovi .
M our fills aye running matings anldgsltyiitors,
W. Pray talk of something else."
is there of such interest to a couple of

locales, to rwhom the sight of a young gentleman is a

he, Alicia, your indifference is affected!

You-a beautiful young maid the only child of

f ’ a
do fgtgier, the only ho 0 an ancient house.
yVith d 339 in your v and muckle siller to

“ Rave do foolish wench ”
i“ That mnzhould scorn the very
menti
mi“)!!! is life upon it, the two gallantgnw‘hto “:13;
your lordly chambers, will be dra

toac!.eso'elfilyygllzrfavorhetero the moonhss wan
have

“They will have morewi be sure.
more sense thantobewon‘hythe new!“
in
eontutl But I an: about this Si: 
m,“ has never mentioned
“Out of sight out ofmmd Lon
com so far north mu‘stlhifvzfi 1&1 ‘33

t be but to woo
ever been in London, sweethetggtlgyeu ham,

. lgy father half-promised to take me the”

“ You should be resented at court
uyour beats: would create! wggug.
woman and , secretary,
W$e love-billets that will sure to come

00 n

"Wilt-ii Alicia started spam! ran tothe
“ Who some?" she asked eager -
“gueottheknignm Hark!“ 1y
noise and trampling of horses came up like

i ‘ “P0815 from the court below. Voices of servants

mmr and thither; the voice of the baron
m the Ola-using of the sates the 339111118
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Bureau the town-bones of the Marquis of Eston—

bury, in Piccadilly, along array of mourning car-

es was drawn up. , . I

e exterior of the noble mansion, half-shrouded
with ivy, bore the usual tokens of mourning for the

t in the realm; and within, solemn funereal state
prevailed. The spacious apartments were hung
with black, and the servants wore badges of crape.
It was the day gippointed for the removal of the
remains of the s inguished peer'to the family
vault at Estonbury Court. ,

The body had lain in state several days, and was
still in its casket in the room where it awaited the
last removal. Near it, looking upon the attendants
busy here and there, but absorbed in painful thought,
stood a young man of fine figure and strikingly
handsome Saxon features. Several of the servants
addressed him as “my lord'" and he wore the
deepest mourning. He was the only son of the de-
ceased eer, and was now invested with his title and
gassesmons. Universal deference was shown him;

ut he seemed unconscious of everything but his
own grief and unable totear himself away from the
vicin ty of the inanimate‘body of his father.

A young gentleman at last came in, took him by
the arm and led him into the hall. But even the
whispered consolations of his most intimate friend
had no effect in soothing the bitter sorrow of the
bereaved son.

We will not linger over the solemn preparations
for the conveyance of the body to the ancestral seat
of the mar uis, where lay the ancestors of a long
line of nob es. These last reparations had been
delayed by the temporary ess of the max-oblon-
ess

As soon as she was able, she e res'sed her desire
tg set forth for the performance the last duties to
t e do arted. The entire houSehold was to accom-
pany er; for it was her lad ship’s intentionto re-
main st “ Estonbury Court ” urin the summer.

When the carriage waited, in w 'ch Lady Eston-
bury was to take the journey, the youn marquis
(vivent up to her apartments to offer her is escort

own.

It was a magnificent boudoir hung with costly
paintings and draperies of damas satin. The oaken
paneling was time-stained, but the window curtains
and upholstery were modern in luxurious splendor.
It was the lady‘s fancy to surround herself with all
that could please the e e. Carpet, cushioned sofas
and seats covered with amask satin wrought in rare
patterns of embroidery, were to match with the
swee ing folds of the window dra 'es. Tables of
the‘ nest {marble held vases of resh flowers and
articles of vertu. This boudoir opened into a dress-
ing-room furnished as superbly; and the bedcham-
ber was beyond it. .

Lady Eastonbu- sat at an Indian writing-dc
havin just finish writin a letter. She was
and sender in form, mi die-aged, and bore the
traces of great beauty; though her strongly-marked
and haug ty features could not now be pronounced
attractive. There was a steel hardness in her e es,

and a coldness about her firm y-chiseled mouth hat ‘

gave the impression of intellectual force rather
ee _

ling.

She was dressed for the journey, in widow’s
mourning, and held a smelling-bottle in one hand,
which she frequently applied to her nostrils. .

0n the other side 0 the room satayounggir
looking at a miniature which she had just fastens
to a gold chain depende from her belt. She was
slight in form, and mig t be thought plaininfea-
ture, but had expressive gray eyes, soft with tender
feeling, and the color came into her pale cheeks
whenever she was moved. Her brown hair was

arted and gathered behind in a knot, and fastened
a “glden comb of the style worn by wealthy
Egg maidens. She too wore the deepest mourns

he looked up as the door opened, and rose from
her seat as the young marquis entered, putting the
miniature in her bosom.

The youn man did not speak to her, though his

lance met era for an instant. He crossed the room
his mother. ‘ '

Lad Estonbury looked up, and frowned.
nald took her hand, and stooped to kiss her
chegfl, but she repelled him with somethm‘ 3 like
ave on.

It was no new thing for the yo man to be cold-
1 treated, and even repulsed, by t e haughty lady.

e could not-remember that she had ever hes wed
a warm caress upon him, except on one occasion.
That was when he had lunged into the river, and at
the risk of his own life had saved a little girl from
drowning. That little girl was theone who now stood
motgl’dm'th ref did t surprise th

n e ore no 9 you
marqullfashe attributed it to the wasting grief
the bereaved wife. He soothed her with Words 0!
tender aflection, and protestations of his devotion to
her as both his duty and his heart prompted.

The mother interru ted his fond words with man-
ifest impatience. e declin escort down-
stairs, and bade him “take Heism” while her maid
wrapped her India shawl around her, and put on
her mourning bonnet with its long crepe veil. .

' Obedifii" “1?. ii’dlfh’ “fiddmdwihfl‘;
on w ' or con ,
y ' n8  blushed crlmso

serve, an ave her hisarm. She u Reginald could answer, the steward, Chis-

as she took it to go out. L holm, came with some to solicit his attention.

Lady Estonbury having descended, stepped into Balaton could not but cc his insolence of manner

her carriage but waved back her son, when he was tohis lord. This was habitual to him; but '

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his mother. Her ladyshi bade him take another
carriage, and with a si‘len how he obeyed her. I

“ She might have overcome her unnatural dislike
of me for once, on an occasion like this,” he
thought. “ Little kindness has she ever shown me 1‘

Again he gave wa‘ to his feelings, and wept the
bitter tears‘ that man 00d weeps for the loss of the

.arent who had ever made him the idol of his aflec-
r ions. ~ .

Frank Ralst‘on, his most favored friend. was with
him, having accepted his urgent invitation to stay
some days at Estonbury Court. k was the son
of a Scottish laird, and had spent much time with

ald during his visit to the Highlands. ‘ He
flow put forth his best efiorts to soothe and console
1m

After their arrival at the Court the funeral cere-
monies took place. As before, Frank endeavored to
console his friend. .

The usual commonplaces of the tint of a .
nobleman to imitate his father’s vi es, to onor
his memory by great deeds rather than waste his
health and ener 'es in grieving for him, etc., were
exhausted. Su denfihe marquis said:

“ I am sensible, nk, that my indulgence of
grief appears selfish; but—J"

“Oh no, Re ’naldl I did not say thatl”

" ul I feel t
have lost you would not blame me.

“ How can on think I blame you?"

“ I ought sa , if you knew how little I have
left. You will say have a mother. Do not mothers
love their children, Frank?"

“ Certainly. There is no lave like a mother's!"

“Mine has never leved me. That is why I feel so ‘

bitterly the loss of a father who adored me."

Lad Estonbury is not diderent from other wo- -'
men. byhe does love you; but she is not demonstra- _

tive in her feelings.”

“ She has no affection for me. She never had.
She has always repelled me, when I sought for some
tokens of love.” n

“ Many aristocratic demos are too proud to show 2 -
Reginal Calmness, even to stoicism v

their feelings,
is the fashion, on know." ,

“It is not t at. She loves the young girl whom
she has taken for a companion. I have seen her

proud eyes fill with tears when she looked at her; 7

and she makes her her constant companion."

“ Who is that young girl?”

“ The daughter of my father‘s under steward."

“Ihave noticed that her ladyshi seems fond of
her," said Frank. “ Ladies often ta 8 such fancies
to a hired companion.”

“ She has been In mother‘sfavorite since she was
a. child. You see at she is made quite a member
of the family.” {

“ She has a very . adylike appearance and man

r.

“ Yes. She is we enough; but I think it sweat-
ness of my mother 0 take the child'of a servant for
a pet. She has adopted her for her daughter, I un.

derstand. . V
“Isit ble?” = . '
“So isholm her father told me, with his dia‘ .
bolical grin. At least, he eclared his lady meant‘

to do so formally. The wretch knew he could gall
me by telling me of it.” ' “ “

“It is singular, certainl . But you must not al-
low 'our mind to be (1 turbed, Reginald I have
heard of such things before."

“ If the girl were a lady bylbirth it would not he
so strange."

" You are not jealous, sure 1" r

“ No, not jealous- but I wis m lady mother had
better taste. I could bring her a right young crea-
ture she might be proud to call daughter.” I

“Ah, you wrote me, old follow, 0 your beauty of
the Scottish mountains. How 1 I
cried Ralston, glad to change the subject of his
friend’s discontent.

“I had to come aw “iv without unearthing"?!
I!

a
sweredthe oun 10 with a sigh. He went -:
“ When do y¥m re re, Frank? Excuse an inhospit-
able question."

“ I am ‘ due ’ in a week.”

“ Then you must accept my company."

“With allmy heart."

“Ishall go mad if I stay here! And I mnstsee
again the girl who has charmed mel With that an-‘

el by my side, Frank}. could meet the sorrows of-

e with true courage!
“ Never despondl What have on to do with sor-
{own-r young, rich and noble? ave you ‘ told m
076

“Notet. ButIgoonthatemnerishme’

good luc , Frank I" . »
“ I do, heartily. It will be a day of rejoicing when
you bring home a. fair wife to Estonbury Court!”

“ Nay, she has not accepted me. Yourgood wishes
may be remature.“ . .

" You vs noth to fear, I’ll warrantmel You
have much to offer, glnald.” r
. “ I would not seek the love of a young girl who
could tthink‘of wealth and rank as an inducement to
scce me.’

“ was not t ‘ of them. Your eel
qualities—your noble aracter~are what t win
an maiden‘s heart.” .

heywere in the library at the Court,the day
one: the funeral, when the foregoing conversation

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“, Lanai] discharge him to-mo’rrbw,“ he said, quiet-

.“ And I fear he meditates some trick to vex you
more than ever!" was Frank’s respOnse.

, CHAPTER X.
A nowaona’s paorncnn.

mm did as he had resolved._ He gave orders
0 e steward to attend him in his morning-room
next day, and there informed him that he should
dispense with his services, atthe end of the month.

‘ I need not give my reasons,” he added.
“ You need not, my lord,” answered the man, with
the sardonic grin that had so often dis leased his
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have expected this whenever you should come into ‘

power. M wife goes with me, I suppose?"
“ She wi do so, natural! .”
“ “ But yOur lordship "—w1th a low bow that strong-

. ' 1y savored, of mockery, and his accustomed leer—

will ,not take it u on yourself to dismiss your lady
mother’s confident attendant?” _ y
“I shall dismiss whom I please, Without consult-

in you:'be assured of that,” answered the youn

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no leman chafed more than he cared to acknow - 

edge by the man’s coo! audacity. .
tention to make changes in the ousehold; but Will
not tolerate any want of res ect.” '

“ So long as your lordship as a 1'! ht to command
it, you ought to exact your due ” t e man said, his
dark, wrinkled face distorted Wit an evil sneer.

There was an ominous emphasis in his words,
which moved the marquis to demand what he meant:
but on reflection he on] aned his hand, in token
that the steward should save him.

' v Chisholm was a middle-aged manhtall, bony, and

thin in form, with a face on whichm e evil
of greed, envy and malice had left their ine aceable
stain His com lexion was swarthy, and his black
hair, slightly grizzled, hung over his forehead in

, bushy masses, while his board, of growth as thick,

almost concealed his chin. His e es were dee ~set,
piercin , and intensely black, wit 1 a furtive g nce

r that be rayed a mind never'alto ether at ease. The

deep wrinkles in his foreh and checks gave
him the ap earance of bein older than he was in
reality ye he could certain y be pronounced forty.
five a cast. ‘ _

There had always been something
demeanor toward thefyoung heir o
strained; however, by ear in some degree, so ong
as the old marquis lived. Since his death no syi'nala-
'th or kindness had caused the suppression of e
rebellious or hostile feeling that seemed to exist to-
ward his young master. V

He had received all orders either with lmpertinent

strange in his
the house re-

_ indifference or with a sneering affectafion of hu-

31103111; to its possible cause,

' the current month.

Vi
' breath; but 1:3g qua ed before the firm command in "idem “mom”-

' ,LadyeEstonb
tori maid ta on from
1 It,  a relief to take two hours’ gallop with

, . ‘ The young peel-spent th

, " In the ,
- ofthe Highlands, Reginald’s heart e

' of

. should be at allileaznercy of the wicked

 fata'which no energy on

mill » one to his lord, even while he ave no
mg ' or to ridding imself

of a servant so obnoxious. ow that he had spoken

' his mind for once, Reginald wished to think no more

of the sub .
“I halve but a word to say,” added the man, as he
timed toward the door.
“ It is your lordshi ‘s will that I go at the end 'of

end of this week.
,nald answ‘vered:
“* I “enever you please. Now you will leave the

room. .
. Chisholm glared at him and an angry are. leaped
from es. '

s
"The gym r," he muttered under his

the eyes of his master, and hurried from the room.
den mang‘it Trim; "med 1?: iii?” ed his

t ll 0 V 9 man W e n - en.
erous heart toysee in an of his dependents. It gwas

hiawifltobeklnd an indulgent to all his house-

. ’ held. « Be could  provide himself with another
ed Chis .

Wad; inde olmwas but a subordinate to
the aural- steward of the estate, whose business it
oufihe to fill his lace. But how would it~be with

,, V319. might resent bavmg her fa-

er at her husband’s de-

n. Theyreturned in time for lunch.
Reginald could see that his mother had been in-
grained of the Eagewarg’s  met 
looks no r an hang an ever. u

she did not allude in words to whit had ‘

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tors, and in a quie ramble with his friend.
talked, of Sectland and the intended journey thither.

discourse concerning
nded. The

lane were formed. After the young over’s visit to

tone. Crag, they would have an equestrian tour
through the wildest of the mountain passes, lin on
log beside the locbs so famed
The summer would class with a trip in Estonbury’s
yacht among the islands of! the northern coast. In
the autumn if fortune crowned his love~suit with
. flog-i d would take his friend to Stone
Crag, an his lovely bride for a lengthen-
od'tdur on cut. A winter in Italy, and the
ha piness he anticipated with some tremulou fear

allure, would restore his spirits and cour _

enter en the duties:Id social and political, w

excl k iin . . . .
Ala-team the po aspirations of the noble heart
to crush and

nal
8W8,
Con

mar them} theresolutions of the brave, the
upright, and the true. should be thwarted by cruel
uid have power to change!
The evening of the day previous to that fixed for
the departure of the oung men ed.
. They were to 30 t to London, for the transac-

Jta'on of necessary business with Lord Estonbui-y‘s

2

in the evi- ‘

in ballad minstre sy. .‘ to win the crowning

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tis my will thatI do it at the .

LADY HELEN’S Vow." ‘    ' :i ” . .

r ’ ‘ ' , .  ‘ - I 'ledunderacanntered. The on
solicitors, and a farewell visit of young lston  for Mm. 0,1,31,96,35 the wife “3;!”

yard
11'

with some ofhis college friends. That won detain
them but two or“ three days from the projected ex-
cursion, anticipated with the eagerness of ardent
youth, and the anxiety of hopeful love. 3

Chisholm had taken his departure. Reginald had
offered to give him a reference as to his ability and
fidelity to business, which would be useful in pro-
curin another situation. But the man declined it
with s usual sneer. He could easily find employ-
ment; he was not, in fact, dependent on his Wits or
his labor; he had those who had an interest in look.
ing after him, as his lordship might learn some time;
it was not all of the noble family he had seryed so
long who were ungrateful. etc. , _

hog-maid assul’eu mm lie Was reJOiced to hear that
his prospects were so good. He would be glad to
remember his past services and do aught in his
power for him s, ould he need it hereafter. .

“ Oh, as to that,” the man replied, “it is not likely
I shall ever be beholden to your lordship. It may be
the other way. And, while I think of it, here is the
card of my address in London. If our lordship

I should ever be in trouble that I can relieve, you may

a ply to me!” And he shota glance of malicious

n . ' ' ’
u It ,3 not m m- 5 Significance into his master s eyes.

‘ Thanks,” replied the peer. “ One knows not what
may happen in the future; and good-will is always a
valuable aid.”

“ Very true your lordship."

Reginald felt as though a load were lifted from his
heart when the man 1e t his resence. v

That last evening Lady stonbury 5 cut in the
drawing-room, and was more gracious it an usual to
the nest—the young laird’s son. Her companion,
Hole , was there too, and by her ladyship's desire,

ussions 5 sung and played several times. Once the marchion~

essl requested her son to sing a duet with the
gir. '

Helen walked to the piano and selected the music
herself. She placed it on t e desk and waited for
the first notes: but Reginald hesitated. His pride
was stirred. Was he ever thus to have this girl
thrust on his notice? . -

Ladg Estonbury gave him a look of stern displeas-
ure he was pale, and her li quivered. The
young man glanced from her to elen; a misgiving

stirred within him that the girl was in the conspira- ,
‘ tress. It is a-disresp

cy. But the imploring expression of her soft eyes
d sarmed him. He took his place beside her' com-
menced and went through the duct; an even
complimented the girl at.its close upon her ad-
mire la culture in music and her superb voice.
Frank was enthusiastic in his applause.

Reginald was surprised by the cha in his mo-
ther at this trifling incident. She smi ed; her whole
face was transflgured; she heldout her white hand
With a warm expression of approbation, and called
him “my son." The onng man lifted the hand to
his lips, and kissed it ervently.

The conversation became eneral, and was pleas-
antly kept up till bedtime w on the tray of candles
was brou h in by the footman. The two young
mephwierg leave 1%); 00113131 eaaigy thre next morning,
on e r ourney. ey e ieu or to week
as they said  ht. any 8'

d Eston urys ook hands with both, making
no di _erence between them in her manner, and only
suffering her son to touch her check with his lips,
without giving him an answering caress.

Her attention seemed fixed on Helen, whom she
called quick! to her side. The girl arose from her
seat by a tab e at a little distance, and came
ady was holding her son’s

. hand. She caught that of the young girl, and placed
 young man felt more disturbed than he quite , it in “8- ’

l with an eager

ffTake leave of her, Reginald " she said, and he
noticed that her voice trembled with suppressed
“gmb'ge’gd th fair 1

e w over e‘ ’s hand res tin]!
and murmured sir ’ pee '
then maved away.

He saw the crimson that suffused her whole face,
and th droo ing of ,her lashes on her cheek, indi-
cating er fu embarrassment.

He saw, too that his lady mother watched hhn

flash in her e es, and with’niore emo-
tion than he had ever seen or manifest. ;

He bowed a aln to her, and walked quickly out
of the room.1 0 and Frank ascended the stairs
to ether, and stopped a moment ,by the door of
Resiston's chain . eir w conference,

a. lasted but a few minutes, and then Reginald passed

afternoon inpwrit ' let- ; on to his own room.
ey :1 glsfimvfit °f hi5 mother’s conduct? He could. not
' a om
the wondrous scenerg ; iyand intimate

' protegee ,' but to what end?

He threw himelf into a chair. What was the

1 She evident!
relations

wished to establish friend-
tween him and her young

_ Then he thought of her lonely widowhood, and
the necessa seclusion she woul have to undergo
once; during the time when he ho ed
happiness of his life.
society and love of thatyqung girl was a solace to
her. On ht he not to rejOice that she had found an
object 0 level, He thought of the timid, tender
looks of the shy maiden, and in his heart acquitted
her of the least presulilngtion. Low born she might
be; but she was a y in heart and manner; a

to . sweet, affectionate creaturltiaf to whom he felt grate-


ful for the devotion of her 6 to the dowager whom

he knew to be unhappy amid the lenders of wealth

and rank. He forgave both for t we coldness shown

him b his mother and mentally prayed that she
ht blessed in er own way.

'he '

 

some commonplaces of farewe , .

!

ere was a ta at his door, so liglrit he did not at 3

flrstyheed it, till ' t was repeated.
an invitation to come in.

The door opened softly, and a woman about forty
years of age, dressed. in a black silk, plaian made,
and with llizzh corsazc. with her hair smoot l

e answered by

M

.V fold-

1; man knew her
, isobarged stew-
and his mother’s favorite maid.“ " "  ‘ ,

e started u at sight of her. He had not in ired
whetheror n she had accompanied her hue nd;
and his im ression now was, that she had come to
tiggercede or his restoration to his place on the es-

e. ,
The woman seemed to divine his thoughts. She

spolIre quickly: 1 rd

“ see you are surprised m 0 at m aei

here still. I did not go with ’myy husband; bit I :15

to follow him soon.” I ..
“ Indeed!" .

“I had to attend to selling off our furniture and
shuttingu the house we have been living in; the
house at t 6 end of the park, your lordship knows;
and my lady—”

“No matter, good Mrs. Chisholm; let everything
beas you please," said her young master, leaning
with one hand on the table, and still standing. He was
anxious to be relieved of her unaccountable pres—
ence. .

She looked at him wistfully, as if she wanted to
say something, at dared not. Suddenly she came
up to the table, nt her.- clasped hands upon it, and
looked eagerly and imploringly in the young pe‘er’s

ace.

“ Oh, pardon me, my lord!" she walled; “pardon
me, whatever happens!” 3

” Why, what can hap n?”

“ Forgive me, as you, ope to be forgiven! It was
not my fault! Oh, believe that, and forgive!"

The tears were’ now streaming down her white
face; she sunk on her knees, stretching forth her
clasped hands, like a criminal condemned, suing for
me o _ '
‘2’ oman, I do not understand you," answered
Regina“ rathe sternly. “If you have been guilty
of a fault, you should appeal to your mistress, not to

'71

“ No—no. It is you—it is your lordship I look to
for mercy," she gasped through a passmn of tears.

“Rise from that unbecoming posture. If you
come 0 as me 0 receive 5 o m a am canuo
at} k t 'Chih! g'I t

o l .’

“ No, no, my lord, not that!” .

“ For any other request you must go to
ect to, her to come to .
“ Millady sent me to your lordshilp." said: the wo-
man, a voice scarcely audible for or Bobs.

“Sent you? For what urp

your mis~
 9 Y

ose l"

He saw that the dame s ivered from head to foot. ‘

She hesitated, stmgeéling to calm herself. ,

“ For what, I ask you? Have you offended your
lady, and want me to intercede for you?" ”

“ My lady wishes to see your lordship," was the
stammering reply.

“ To see me, tonight?”

«

“Immediately, my lord. She is in the drawing-

“ very well- 1 will go to her."

He waved is hand. The woman her features

still convulsed, her face ,white with evident appre- .
At the door she '

hension, obe ed his commands.
turned quick y, and sobbed, faintly, as in despair:
“ Whatever happens, it was not my fault."

CHAPTER XI.
up? rsrosnunv’s Genius-n.

LADY Esronntmr was still in the drawing-room,
She was s with one arm upon theri , -
sculptured marbe mantlefiiece, her headu ifted;
her eyes fixed on vacancy; er complexion b ched’
to a sickly pallor. Her ve lips were colorless.
Her sweeping black dress, on the thin tissue that
shaded her neck and arms, were in accordance with
her woe-worn aspect. The tissue had fallen from
the arm that rested on the marble, and showed it to
be white and exquisite rounded. , ,

She did not movew on R mild entered, bht‘he
went u to her instant! , and it her hand.

‘illliot er, what is it ' Dear mother, you arenoc
we ‘! '

She drew her hand away.

“ I am quite well, Reginald," she said. “ I wished
to apps): withiypu signs."

“dour ma d t9 me so. Has anything nap.
“ Things are always happening. Every day than;

es. ’7 ‘

are chan
iiimifii‘a‘hd angst oiling?" dist ' It is
ca .
new thing for £16 to be We hedges“ me' i . 31°

" Mother dearest mother!" cried the young man. ‘

impetueu “ I entreat on to ve me our confi-

dence. Telline all your y of.  ' y

be, more devoted to you him your own son.‘

agelftgzellfy’ou my wishes will you respect—win you
in

“ o farasmy power extends, you maybe sure,

that I will."
“ If I were only sure of it——"'

“ Believe in my adoction in my dutiful obedience! I

0h, mother, I have lon ed for your level I have
tried to deserve it. Telfm'e what I’ can do for your
hapginess!" , . - . ,v

“ ‘it down, there," said the lad , pointing to a seat
on one side of a table inlaid w th marquet ,and
loaded with books and rare and elegant rifles,
wi'gile she sunk into a cushioned chair on the nearer
s e

She was silent for a few moments, till her son»
again besoufht her to tell him how he couldrsinove

a1 cause 0 unhappiness that Oppressed her. ,
he did not remove the, hand .t at conbeal— .
ed her face, her elbow resting on t e ta “!e, as she

responded:
“ You can make me ha py, Reginald.” ,
“Tell me how; only tel me i" beso lithe, in tones

that showed his earnestness. “ hat sacrifice ,

I

0 one is. or; should .

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new... New more We”
/ sac ‘, ” saidthe lad re-
supmguher ;l‘1‘gfi:lmd tomaket ’ m.
r With  smooth professions, my lord, I fear
 I could name as a test at
mother ' l
.3? “mm “° W” m”
. 6 me, ,9
> . outfit: «emergith “39'
‘ , y n ‘8 manner suddenly changed.
, I twig? you ever thmaht of marrying?"
5'. Too young nobleman whohaa

r

. eosion of vast estates, and an t
tltievihe is most natural. It is your nearest
it; “mp muwierawm mm

_ o '
em “rewro-
, . was 1369 "a e
811ng intense excitement. Reginald. icouldg not

un‘ Iretand her but be resolved to be frank-

yql‘ltgrgggdu Not all. violent
,  ” “6331121?ng “3" ' W“ Y‘
' ’xvhfiPPmefl‘and glory of mgégyfigf’? ~15 the crowning

One wh l ‘ ’
cried the mgflfgres you, and who is worthy of love, ’

: IYmean' that.“

. . . Ware beloved Reginald bye ure'and noble
5}}:1‘ one Worthy oil a coronet, orpa cmwneone
n 086 whole heart is your own, and‘ whowlll be to

igqls‘xgfisédgughters." » ‘ ‘
‘- i 'e. u m Reginald tlmtJiis moth"
or know Email!“ of is; love. Of whom else could

eithus
" 11 make me ha beyond the power of
words to “m. Hi dear $311M, if you approve my
sh I have not yet spokento her;
“Sh hm! emnst know-my feelin s-«J’
« mm zed ows uotth—s‘he sus ects not in !” in
der droo’ my Eaton .ury, lmpe uousl '. “ o ten-
ghe’wo “Ping flower hue meters}: delicacy;
for he 3" die, with shame if she knew I was pleading,
um 11‘ ' She has never disclosed to me the passion *
v She dong took possession of her, whole being!
Ce “m _ not thatl have read her soul in its
’ Rep “You may ioee no tune in speaking to her
, her me s! or you may commission me! Shall I tell
A magma

igl? be your brideied
 chm ‘ g ! “3h
. . (mainling it as
é’w‘ifi: “at team out be
 ' one 0 "ac .. an.
enmrrrmmem °= tourname-
In Englam‘ “id in this house. ‘ Have 3%“ not

with a. hand of iron.

' udder-stood mete ‘ ' ' r'
» 385%?” $322812?” WWW“? .
- ma n Illa.” ’ --~8he«shnll*bear
that name no 1-: It - be
“it” show nor yoga.” is!“ gay for me
'“Mr .mithoposeibler‘l
. “Possible, what?" w
Mngg r immh'veyoureon eofar
. _ .13, W_..  miter-own
y: , mtaadbioofil the ten: my
file!" T. I » author your waiting-ma l"
I diam ,7 ymuyJebemousiboyi". ,
‘Whmmm 0“ . ,81’0  _  “Hal me-
J‘ourm V o'er  Muhamm-
“But‘thloe-thlsmm I '  ould onl‘ y: ‘ V
Buglé‘fieehutad datloni” ‘ 'w I  r be“
attired“ ! W" ' ~
in mi! {giontggé whet fitness would therebe

bring, house hold mam??? “dang m (hth

“Isa I have t k '
Mandi,“ a on her for m ow!!! I have
.  torture...“ ' we» marine ;

"heme-amt V '   ~
*‘Itwflllhooma ,rozregret, certainly," heeaid,
,somewhat idly “that you are opposed to my
choice.'Iwills , withyou er,me
withiyou,hereafter.’,’ ._ ,, . ; . ,
“ ou shall not go!” cried his mother, passionate-
' you will sub-

- punighment as you never thong

,“ without a We promise that
git ‘ my wishes.” - v , ,
5‘ that is too much to as]: Lady Estonburyl
I: owe my mother all t and erence: but you
muethe aware that you cannot, with propriety, in-
terferemamatterotthiskind!’ :

“ I can and _I
“I will have itasI choose, or

you shall reap such
I t could descend on

on ' r ,

“ She must have lost her reason!" was the inward
comment of the young man’s'thoughts. He was
silent a few moments. . ~ ~ .
 you promieeto do as I wish?" demanded.

y. » . v

“I will make no promises,” returned her son.
" We will talkie: this when I return.” ,,

“ Will you then be disposed to obey me?” ’

“To marry aayou bid me? No, madam, I cannot

such a hope. I may be disap-

pointed in my own hopes. 1 may lose them-Me I
«wet; hotnevor will I stoop to an alliance unfltting
my'birth and station, and with one whom 1 can!
never level" , ' r

“ Ungrateful ho ,lt low: who are unworth l“
ghsped the ', a to co nearly chokedb er

 

emotions. Sud eel changing her tone, she g
aside the chair she Id, and sunk to her knees.

 

, “See, Reginald,“ she said, “your mother kneels
to you! I am. the most wmtclied of women! the t
prey‘ot demons that tour my soul to atoms! 1‘ sup-

plicatxa you for mercy! You alone caliivsnve me, van ,
give me peace! Pity moi pity me! I implore you i“ !

He rushed to raise her from the floor; besup-

rted her to a neat, and endeavored to soothe her.

,terrlhle conviction took possession of him that
she wag laboring under delirium:

“You are ill, dear mother: you are feviuish. Lot
1218 summon assistance! Indeed, you must have
i 179 ,

He was about to ring the bell; but she rushed
after him, and qaught his arm,

“Whatdo you mean? Do you think I have lost
in senses?” ' r , ~

.‘Irthlnk-d am WWFO’Q need medical ai l"

“Pshaw' foolish boy! Do not driw- me to say 7‘
what I sh wish unsold. I am as elem in my mind
its-you are; as fully in poseession of my reneonmof '

. ' l r t  9I “r ‘ 
upon the Young mam .ail my mental faculties! I zepeu c m racked

beyond the power of language to deecrihel, You
can banish my ef—ond you alone!"
‘v‘ I cannot un ersttmd youl" ( ~
‘rNo—youhannot; but you would understand if I
should tear theva from my. bleeding, broken heart,
333th you thedreadtul anguish you doom me

“ There is a
mother!" , , ,
“Bolton—a mystery; but: no lack of mason!
Some day it may be explained. All I have to say
now is, will you save your mother from miner-yon-
speakahlei’ ' r “r i ' ' '  ~
“ I would give my life to save
new“; '

ntrange mystery in your words, my 5

“Always an ‘if’! Nothing but submission will I
content ml?“ » "v « ‘v  g’
“Nothing but sealing the misery of my‘own Bro by ‘
amarriage that would he deemed-dng ,and!
withonemnflsivetemel’l‘ ‘ - e 3
“ And you‘refuse to wed her, even thou I have 5
mixed youon knees, or for theboon life?” 3 f
, “I cannot are myself by false vowel, Do you :
know, m er, what would happen, if you could :
force meto compliancoi". v r» r - !
el‘xWhat’?" ' ~<  

M‘l‘oouid never endure the sight or com shl
of  abrtde! lie-mot for an hour! {victim “he13
come h. fugitive none England! Iwould live and die
in some tar distant foreign lentil"! - ~ ’ '

“ You migh “ Swasrtheofi y, “ if you so lightly

y

were  .tghm’ w my 8,: her mesa.  it???“ ‘h" -- , “'5’? “i ‘9 ‘°‘,- “8”
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' none but how-.110“; 391,33“ ‘0 W1”! her, and the lady muttered,wiipiessingghhewlipelh'ml '.
soul, and‘the'happmeg_og.aym§7h°b  and .‘fmolrgh’l' What strange infatuation ‘hi 5 you
» union with her,” . 3   ~, ,4 ‘3  on  to that girl I know not! Ionly knew thatyonr come '
,,.La,dy.mbmy m; “   ' ' , * minds:ng not to forceme to part torever'with
’(h81r_' arms was  w  6!; her honor, honesty,- manhood»: You yourself would 
toilgncgagd Quiz, . a ,_ ,   33’ blazed, Sgge’me such abjectpmmlen demyhetter;
nwo‘is 158. on?“' ~'» ' - \“ '- "'  a “w
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>l>mudéet blood ’11: the geaInWHer tamgunjg
.- 330%» than our own. Her father Wears. a {we
ff] “HW- hi the Norman (Son ueror'e reign: “do
- r 0116!: hilt uowimpot'efishe and shom‘ of hm r

 e‘Iit'94litllo cnmyet command respect”

{main-ode» ct ,ourhg‘eemge. Bonnet tearyour son
I“, We? degrade name—the name i~ took um
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“ ow can you

_ ish‘ime terminal *  take?
fo‘lsevows,~ahdma

myself a wrench unworthy to

, crawlat theieet of honest men i" v

“You laughto Scorn my thrones! Yea esteem
yourself a great nobleman, invested ,wi ' thedip nity
ofyourktot er‘e title and wealth, and int nothing
oldieep min me! You-spam me'rwhen I shade:
In 7 I knee to you! temp Erato for what I?
could command-i Have scare, ruyl' I roost 

on (wall your ormssionel I can tear the? chrome '

man your he ' !- can ‘rednee you lower thauthe girl ._
mi, Beeline-how you tempt,  you iorce
  the lrer‘lnuvter s ~
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smile we'  '  a
“M hermyou' k {a fiddler? 311M! it’were'

true that  oij'niyregusal would be

I, Pr. ’, , ‘

will!" she answered, imperiously; 4

‘ would move heaven and earth to ocmmpheh it.

? alienation ‘whlth amounted o pasltit’e ‘uvemion in

i had taken an unaccountable fancy

1 yacht m:  orders to mmfithe'

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~ «nonhuman title, gt would’be firth-in it! 3 I
would not stain my soul with falsehood!” A » ‘
7 He ,  next words would be a fulfill-
mentof ‘thremifinthermodhadohangem H '
“ Begonel" she exclaimed, in the hoarse tone of
 1“ I will saynomore newt" : v
, ‘ in you not reliant-emy mother? Will you net
give me your blessmg?" ‘ .
He apgroached her, knelt on one knee, and tried
to take or hand. But she Snatched it away with. a
muttered execution, and again bade him leave her.
.“Begone, ere I lose all self-command! My venv '
nee shall follow you l” . . , '
“Nay mother, you will relent, on refleoiion, and
acknow edge that I am right! You will jumify me,

when the coils of that serpent fascination are 1003» ‘

enedi. May that time come s edily!" . .
' of another on a he retired from
room, marveling at the sire ‘e'influenoe that
seemed to have taken possession 0 her. Could the

mere stubbornness of woman’s will, 'crossed in some '

cherished plan, have worked her up to such a 

 

CHAPTER- xn.

' A man 11W. ‘ y ,,
Loan Eerozcnrav and Frank Balsam were settled at
«hotel at the West‘End of London. Some days had
been 8 nt in the business wit:th soliqu that had
brougggthe young marquis to town. ‘

He did not delay another visit on which he mm m ' "

solved: tothe physician who had‘alWays rimmed
the family when m towu, and who know every, mem-
ber of it almost as well“ his own children.

To this faithful friend and skillful ad
young man ccml‘ided his misgivings and fears for, his“
mother‘s reason. He related what
and gave his own finpreelions.

No: the Marching->5 of FMc l.l)‘.‘l'_"
shown the slightest symptom of animation ofxmlnd. ,

Her family; aerat- it/could be. traced, had no wok 

taint; had no taint of any disease;' She came of pure

‘- andvléorous‘ stock: Her healthhad alwaye'heeu ro-‘

bust: she had S(.'al"(‘9l}" known ,wuat sickness wag,

" er the ' -
haul, (K‘Llll‘l'tdr \ R '

11nd never ‘

t

Dr. Harcourt decidedly was of 'opinfon that her mind <

was perfectly round, and "that her strange den-x? L r
. 19 had ale. ,.

duct must be due to some other Cause. .
ways shown an imperious and determinal temper;
am when her heart was: set nun 0B»l‘bjel31.8h6

t

He had known several instances inf“ liloh mothers
seemed devoid of ai’fecuou Lor their offspring»; an
And he had

one or two whom he cool name.

known ladies who surrendered their whole hearts to . v 

omisguided'affectionfor .some-‘alieri‘io their own
blood. It mutt be so in this case. Lacy Eslmxhnry
to the‘yeizh girl
born under her protection; she had found the ‘mt “
of her 3 rd (lessening, and had, unwittingly at
first, nourished in the girl an attachment for her“
son. She felt herself responsible for the growth of
this  the girl was it dependent on her «we:
and she wasn‘solfved to member to the marquis. .
She fancied she would thus somva he '  or v

‘ bull), while she gratified the love that. he wound its

That kind of“ {W'

m-lf round her heaflstring’s. ‘ ,7 A w
Lady Estonbmgy‘uilron

lion was not ’ uncommon.

1 mil made her firm as amok in‘resoiving to carry out
1 hbr wishes. . ‘L '

Lord Estonhury was constrained to "
donation: bathe-was not 
.Hnrcourt toot-enlists, thinthewouid
Estonhur Court, and observe her-lady .
while kin with her he a friend; He‘de
communicate t ' ‘
flggnam Wimm her 3
or edge or one 150‘
day before the time fixed for  {a 'r _
loud with Mitten. ' 'flhlfldlufls we: 

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goon asvtllelr tour in the mountains wmwd at a;

certain point on the con t; the prospect, Mme fair ~ " 
ymlng lrlln’si he“; L A. _y

for a pleasant trip, and the
bounded,” hie fancy raved to the spot whim. was
his’ first destination. He handwritten twioetothe'
Baron or Swinton: once,  after j fl

burial; a" meme; after their arrival in Ionian,
to say he hoped econ again to cl
M-m‘akwamit‘h in the tone of the let
be  tacofl’fé‘y'fiométhing (if-the

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heart. His 611ime homage, tom-wasln‘outhod ’

in the message son to the Walls fair daughter. ‘V lb. ‘

gleaned, neweui rum have
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Hem seaside chenille“ 't -‘ .<
windows and ,bed were chrtalned  '-
wh ta muslin. Myers and glo‘sfiy-lea'ved ewrgi'ooztfi ‘ ‘
gt 111nm on either side of an oval ‘
ing-gllISS, on the marble top ,
more hung with four Flames“ in block walnut f ‘
lefiving much of the space here. ' ,
ll, ,of a neat pattern, with (limiters

orabmeau. r * were;

re;
of flown-m ,

rent from the massive
toanerldays. V _ I 'd “i  .;
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and wes‘the handsomeet the hotelan . .
run;  than” Piilfl‘ibimhi‘étmw
‘a g at 'e‘ ooroiie ‘,or. in
Frank! Wh§do ' W W: '

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tiered. She madeathrniel courtesy and‘dretv aside ' “Do not interrupt me. MM late d has from « quit the.l'00mr,_. ‘ulshom laceda card on. the table
, hex- van; ' \ ’ - , , ~' . ’ , | home whenmy My 3hour 0.326, 331,? save hm}, go ', With his address. and. whisgered‘ to his wife, as holed
v “ Chisholm!“ he exclaimed, inutter astonish— l a '1!" v ~ I w, ’her to the door: V , , . , I . .
A ment, ,"Tell me at once, has anything" happened to olm’s wife here took the word it “Let it work, and say no more! He win come
m mother?” ' “They thought my lady would‘have died-even, down anon." - - i _ ‘ v
, ‘Lady Estonbury is quite well," we. the reply; the nurse and the doctor—when she knew it. I was ' l The two passed out Without a word. Only the we-
the words being jerked out, as ,it were, each wi h a just recovering from {own confinement the night m turned 3,“ imPIOI‘il-lg glance mekwafll.‘ But "
‘ . ‘spasmhdic efiort. ,r she sent for me. to on ouse; and my husband took saw it not. H -.8.x‘!ns_ were thrown Oaths. “
. “ I am. lad, indeed, to hear it. Why, then, did me in his arms. to the carriage, and carried me up tab 6; hisface W88 burie in his 11811118.. ‘ ‘
,. her iadys psend youtome?" A v the grand stairs to in lady’s apartments The. --—-—~ . ‘
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.- tell me to on though she knew I would come, and everything she bids you—and save her 9 if possi- .1 ' ~ . _ was SCOTLAND.
I .223 up 'rovedo it,” t e woman answered. @1th . ble!‘ The doctor said he had little hope or her." ; Am, , twilight hadcome on ankRalston turned
, , 4 iv n her embarrassment. »  “ And my father was absent 1‘" 'I  from his long walk. and found, Reginald in the same

‘2 Then youthave left servioent the court?”
, ‘ I beve,my lord. It Was my duty to come with to London." ,
 _ my husband)? , “ Well—go on," ; face, with e on summed as t bloodshot, and seemed
' n. . , , EAnd what can I do for you, Mrs. Chisholm!" “ My lad was in' a high fever, and I saw in a mo. . scarcely ‘50 his friend's repeated entreaties to.
He had not oflered hero seat, tho it she looked ment her anger. Contradiction would have killed know What was the» matter. Then be wiped the
as if one would be welcome; nor had 6 taken one her. she drew my head down close to herlips and great mg from his forehead. and ,Pvefised it with
= ' hilnseli. He felt annoyed at her coming to him. in, whispered that not a soul but the nurse and the doc- , 0th huh . before he was able to give any 0198-1“ 80‘
\ ,_ this unceremonious way. tor knew the sex of her child. She im lored me as count of what had happened. i
 . ' . 3!} have an engagement this afternoon a d am on for life itself, to grant her prayer: to lo the infants Reginald ha? 1-10 idea 0!. concealment. If the tear-
 ,, , the eve of adjourney. Pleaseto be brief, t erefore,‘ be exch l" tultale to which he had listened were tI‘ITe, there ‘ . -
in saying w at on wish‘me’ to do for you.” ' Reginal , white as death, dropped into a chair was but one course fore. .‘ But the shock had
' r ‘ The woman uflodxromone foot to the other, and, covered his tacelwith one hand. The woman thrown him 01?  , lithe time. ‘
" , , glanced about her, and seemed at a loss how to be- went on: - I , He gave Frank a full recital ofthe six) told him
* .-, gin. Then she retreated toward the door, which was “ I could not refuse to save her life. I meant to 011181101111 his Wife. He  disiapers
still open, and beckoned tosome one outside. confess alltom lord when she died. The boylnry . they had brought 89 “Hence his ban . He
' r A man advanced tram the head of the stairwa , own child, was relight from our house just at wanted the help of his clear judgment. not to deter;
came to the door, and boldly entering, stood beside midnight, by my“.th nd, who told the servants that ‘ mine his course if the “nth had been disclosed. but
theitremhiing woman. r ‘ I was to sta night with my lady, and must to ascertain if it were the truth. , a
. ,  ‘.‘ strung: mom this i” said Reginald. su'clcle him. on know we lived in the cottage at The letter of Lady Estonbury contained her own
' .“fiow is it, . 1m, you venture into my the end of the park, and mine of the servants, nor narration. WhiCh fully 9115mm“! that of her maid '
2" ’ F any of the neighbors, had been to see me since the and the Steward- She confessed the “and Practifled
. ;“ To sugport the courage o! my wile,” the man re- birth of my boy. He was brought into m \lady's : by the imposition 01’ ,8 My not hers on her husban
J  plied, wit ,a touch of his former defiant insolence. chamber he was dressed in her child’s clotg and = 8-5 hi8 heir. 1“ his own “lighter ‘30 b8 bro ht
V y i ‘81“: can never get through with what she under- laid beside ‘her. I took the little new-borng‘iersl into ‘1 as the Child 0" T- and MW “51mm- ghe ’3 d“
took." ‘ ' my bosom.” . ‘ her solemn oath to confirm this statement, and
i _ 3‘ She comes with news. then?" fDid the doctor—was it Dr. Harcourt—couan exam he? conduct b dwell“! on the cruel “8886 '-
V ‘ A'y news of importance to all of us ' _ name this fraud?” demanded the young man. received fromhel‘ has (1. an his threats 0‘ some ; 3
' " But she said her lady was w ” “ Dr. Harcourt did not come forthree days atter- “3 . Oilth and disgrace hanging over her if ‘
, “It is not that. We are here to disclose to yank ward. You see, the birth had been ten days mm", she could not gratify his wish for an heir to his title
, air, the secret which our lady mother—as you it was expected. Another doctor had been called in and estates.

"He was not expects dioraweek. H, gone afltfidfififi dos to He was alarmed serious] ,
/ e m . when the ;yonngp$an lifte a white and 

, herb-shrunk from to as you.” . haste from a village in the neighborhood—ten miles He had once said that if her child should not be a
 x . at You deal in enigmss which I do not care to ." ‘ , boy, he would know where to find an heir, of his
' . study. Ifrtheroho any secret concerning your late “Did he support then-loin?" own blood, too; and _ ‘Estonbury had been ter- ‘4
"1 mistress and myselt, legreier to hear it from her.” “ He never knew of it. As soon as m lady recov-- rifled by apprehehfilohs 0 8 lirevious e. She -
a  ughenmylm hm had known there was some mystergin his re, she

to tell ,you' but she could ‘ered, she made In lord take her away or chanie of ,

,. not. Proud 1 though she 18, t ere are some air. They wenta road that summer, and more han 884d: find dreaded “3 revelation ardlynny wo-..

:  . that humble her, and ought ,to crush her to a year and a half passed before they came home. man In her 0390. She thought, would have scrupkd
,  a < “may dust.” , , I , The village doctor w told that her little girl had, to act as she did- a ~ .

‘ i ’ > “This is no guage to main my resence, and I die , and the boy 1: been born later.” , She added. that she naturally shrunk iii-om a pin:-

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“Obnmli lord!" crifi also womadwrihliglingéier to any one becigmigtwgghwvélkl an hlike tocdie; thlgihiquflggd ‘1‘f he? ‘i'lfhufhteg. Shguld Wed in _ a

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had 'tter hear it rom him than from others who wasnhoy.’¥ 6 er born ‘ communicate with Maurice Howdrd adistant cousin ;

denot one for you!" _ “ He assented to this falsehood?" , of the late marquis. He had seen elen and great ~ 9

H “And the secret will soon‘be public property!" “I paid him a heavy sum, myself, to keep the 1 lyadmiredher. She would makeher thewifeofthe- '
i y' s *mr‘i‘dmhheays ’ ibIeI' ' ' 32$”, 1 dig) berm “'Bqtigfd fiwedth 3 tfihflélam of. Reginald I
g " s ’ r ore an i , scorn cars more
, “f emfifi‘misfortungg?” the man went on abroad?n my wen ' than om‘dm the clie‘tihls tter. “In
’r‘ tosay “ maybe averted ii £511 will only listen to “And the register of the birth?" - any cane.‘ he said. “ 0138M not to be thankful,

' ‘ r and fulfill arest wishes. . It, you “ That was made at the time of, and of the Frank. that “Ch a woman he“! gave the birth?"

he , , her ,
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 , , so tended all ma et be well. The date or the registered birth was or the time . .
~ ml" exis’laimed {go young nobleman, in a when, as you say, the \children were exchanged!" . f‘But am I much betterhofl," his triendmurmured. ,
t rage. “(Do not dare intrude yourselves on me here, “, , .” ' ' With 8' 81W»n ,, , . in be the son “Chisholm ‘
to one to ,my name andxlineager Lady “ And there is no registration of any subsequent 39.91119 Wife? ' - ,
39“, 001,14 not 13mm“ your“. gm," ' . birth," . > I do not believe it! I cannot believe itl”cried
“ s m ‘ i" ' to awailed Mrs. “ None; for there was no other. Lady Estonbury the Scot. springing up and 980108 the room-

W‘ ‘It her he as}? ' dearest never at h ." “1 hawseedem‘lym thi sthethavealwa
- ,mmep’ ,_  , ism / Magma”  resumed: seemed mysteries to guns?! Tags man, 
_ _“,,-Preposterousl Thisis oureohemo, from begin- “Youareawaret at cannottskeallthisastaot, seemed to have secret DOWN". of some so ‘ over
ningtoendl I see throng it; and Igonly wonder upon your word only?" My Estonhm'y. I ha? noted it annoys occa-
, how ou‘ever obtained an ascendenc so atover “I am  tor disbeliet," answered the ex. sions. She bore eve 1mm him, and that
ourfady’s minisstoleodherto 9 such for- steward. a tool: a r fromthehreast-pocket houmhedhiflnatlve 11180161106 till it becsnie unbear-
 hiaetoryourdmshm.” . ‘ ' 033‘th , i totheyoimgman. ‘Hem able. Then, her infatuation he , .1
' , :, “,You.refusetomsrryher,theni"asked0hisholm. isaletter mherhid hip") . . . ' refined ‘
v ,. . -' see, your ineolence passes bearing! Leavo the I Reginald took the ter. He sawthat it was d s“?%“”’ 1‘ “1"me was, ' ‘
  roomlustantlaoriwillrlngtor the servantstoput lontga one, and retolded it. new not than a, g ‘ do  mean toudo, my boy! lashed ,
V», mains." . ‘ L . r _ .‘ m of too theproofs. Chishohngnve Warn anemones. Itseemstomem-
‘ -. “ , l1, listeatohimamoment-uonly one mornentl” him three ether letters, on pa yellow “mm , Ports would bemogoodi'orthesepliauttegls of _
,plondedthewoms‘n. with atreamin ‘ . - . he mai to ' obson mist "3,! - - ‘
“Hose done witheli these sup tions," storm- giving accounts of the health of thalittle girl once If t  she maths! lknow not
 "ed her . , Then, addresmng‘ Reginald, who , or twice named as “Your lumps dear e  1103*r the law we «1 Wigwam. , I
. - has talked to the hell and hsdhishandon the rope, I These were laid with the other. Agoparenfly. fear of p ismnent leads handy.
 headdedtw - , . A v . . | “You maylearema l’saidReginald. “I willlook ship pf!)th alternative: mamagew‘ith her
 , ,“  V _ ‘thotruth, the for theflrsttime I at these papers, and then the must ate my solici- alight“. 3&5 undisturbed Men of the title
' Jiny’our to. Estonburgwighes you to marry} tors. vs your addressme tociveyour 694mm z . .1 ,
[node  Helen notourchildybuther' testim whentheysendioryou.” “would 808m 130: ekewhyshoulliloghe bewilla
'  . 'I (laugh , ' - A lanes was exchangede the «Ward 1 to Wed he? danger to once! birth-Lathe _ g
; , ' "Are on mad, isliowr‘ cried the young man, and invite. v . ch 01mm in 1' employ?" said  ‘
‘ 'hontem . _ , I “I have another :11 to give you,”themanl “3113mm he “um not mp 78,88- ' ‘ i
“Tenant, In,» solemn uugh,» you will findtrom as has; hemymlistogury‘s ‘wish that: “18110 awash fiwgttlgfgmm the WWW :
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'ffie‘lenmym t ‘s childimysisterl" - I‘di . It you, sir,wiiisubmlttoherwill,itmay home
‘ . “Not‘your sister! ,You are not the son of the hose. ' ' \ you weighed the matter? . .1
 2. » hionesemorofberlstehnsband!” l startedtohisteet. Theflushotindizna- nald looked him in the facahis noblemulv 1.
,  . ~ rexclfiimtionofsoornmlineredmity. ‘ tion swe tine niiood'overhistace. . , “33h inmel'es- , ’
/  5-;th a dark. yto mi from him “W 1" hoax ed, “it Iwili joinin the con- W had the p posal, do youmean! Relates, ,
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had’nur- iraoy lma beallovwedtokeefthestolentitloaud .fioyou I would vo one thought, or
. tuned. ‘ ' , 3mm!  mayheiore I one my self-control , “ant. tosuch‘aproposgioni" I ~ .
. ‘, ‘,‘Itis.trae—-‘tootruel" subbed the 1701118114an alto§etherl" ' . ‘ 1 “It wouldbsatemggationtomoetmen." r y.
.‘r. here ‘ hands upward. "We haveko “new  oumay, beenm,"rotonedthe am .“butyoui H'Iam-notthe ttul heir to the marmosets '2
" oret: ttill uteh , ' I ,1 h & ,, it«timid to go oughinlfilwgrullmglear tiiemtglehawiégiiherhom? “
 knew .i ~er . WWW”  or‘ erlad shadows that _you re- u so ow e rea‘ 'fiamn'g
_“ '1 an he‘ll—{ms a ht)th inherit hit, “the! 6 {raved tusedto dopherhiddggmndmzhus drove hertothe , 0! Estonbary,couldlbe bribed to defraud um of
‘ I  vdlaboyiherhflN Shlphewould, waisadonofthesec ‘ sheth keptsolong,sho= 2’ ‘w , r r r
, rnoiongerit theohiids sweetening would 'immediatelysend for. Harries Howard. ’,- Frank graspedhls friend’s hand, and W it

him not mote other! 36"Wmemed her Heisthe hair, on hominid»; issue or the 1m warmly betweenboth his own." , .
and ; she'knew ewould die 0! the disao t« mar uis-‘and will mower daughter to him. “You shall with me macomwm
out; itm ache mismmhwd She resolvedthatfieieu the .consultmyt .‘Allthismaybon ;a.
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adieu no, _ ,  ,, p . ,naldta, mhoey‘dgotthomgg’hstwords? , “pit may :andlmuet haveiothariadvice. I?
- "g , . ..   ;‘,‘.2ormy_lordwouldhav,o {0th .msoni"eliedthewe:fiingwo- mustseero solicitorsatonne. Theguwill examine
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“ Perhaps therewill be no need of that. {would
avoid unn publicity. I would 8 are the
ilty woman; ay, and her! tools. Icaimot ear the
t Blight—«but, Frank—they may hem parents!” .
ever! A nature so noble, so high and pure as
yours, never was inherited from such e 1e!" “

I confess; mymind revolts against he dea. The
loss of title and estates would be a. less calamity, in
v my estimation." ‘ '

- . See your solicitors, my boy, in the morning, and

leavethe affair in th
me to Scotland." eir hands. You must go with

~ “HOWCMI ?”grosned Reginald again cover-
11181318 face. ‘ .
an? death!" A11, there is the ttcrncss of worse
“ un erstand cu‘.
yo‘yrlove “u an gdecidseiz({”nothing to the lady of
h r3 15’ 0“? can I see her, and wear for a moment
hgaogghla-Efiyh no:h be rightfully my mini Arid
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thawsfiymufit her fecetgamc air and not , astcn o
‘ 6 rec. cares’f f rt
035%” make lylo dismal???“ the loss- 0 to 
. on talk like a school— . Do you
imagine t t the Baron of Swintonggguld tolerate
1119 suit, or even the presence or one in my strait?
A111 WESBO roudl Iwas my love was of
v gncient and 1m , tori matched my own I-
espifled popr elen, t inkin her born. of such base
10 asmme may prove to l”
“The 113’ with which these words wore uttered
. .“.°h Relations heart. He renewod hisin‘iportu.
miles. and obtaincdat last a romise from
[would go with him to northern home.

CHAPTER XIV.
m comm men-r.

' . Tn ancient mansion or Stone Ora was enlivened
' with “ma! ea city, The hospitalitgy of its lord was

claimed b Sir ictor Wilder who was sus ectedin
3:33.? hborhood of having matrim a1 inten-

The baron was not orant of his admiration for

giggling“! Alicia; t ough as yet not s' word had

,fatherp}? n to hun on the subject. The gentleman’s

young ad 1:33:31 old friend, and on that score the
Yet, mans“, View ways welcome.

swimon‘s taste.r fives not a companion at all to

which was the eldere caged noghin for hunting,
, man n sbhorred the
bounds, and was not fond 0% riding: Rather effoml-

hate washe and careml to a degree of his perfumed

and weliadrcued person. Tall and fine formed
 wists teatures and a complexiony white as"
1 won. to tawny curling hair and beard, he was
t bestow much time ev ' day, with his valet‘s'
“muss; sot”. tum w fit: it WWW
ing meal of the boron and hf; figghteg? mom.
ut noon he would enter the drawing—room 01'

silks and gyehsanig

WOI'S

. poring over nmpapers that, had conic by :33

Orhewonldwalk’ontheterrace use '
there shiverin the cris breeze, . praise‘ 3" “M?
ughii’ui coolness c! the igeatner.  sausage: g:-

Whichhe cave 

. care.
is hid alwa secured
,v “for Wilder the especial favor (lithe fair sex? Sh.
. courtly1 glint was the
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w . _ that samc’nig t.
,f . “a tmrehuodtosnpwith the
- _ , the suit I '
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. to
nor; for the boron had determined; m
man with the ' “we” a“ you“!
lwfiummwmmmmm,mu possibl
‘ a 3"“ descended
"rag figmmm ricer die hm. The
5"“ r . 7 “Who stab! Iad~
filed his home and rodiéawsy «mg no mag,
.lr Thsb Wat. said 1M pm to wait
' Thebaronorderedhll ownhom
inghisintentiontoridcovcrand '
,the result of the contest bemoan
m "32% "'“m if} 13' in m hm
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among the , Matlin was one, oil's 
fcvonhlc lilo: 120th cage“?! ewuuded “mun;
He was ‘ ; but  his 

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washmctuwihianu immune ell led.to'{ in
recognition of the SID-called chief Kenneth Mm, as
the  Twoorthreeomcisl _, nah-om" 

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v -h&dlqsued'awarranttorhisa’ rehcnsion. ' '1"
. r ammo 'wss‘fuhoi‘so misc-meet;
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had- broken out, and the stormy riot or that ni ht of
confusion, had left a portion or the walls a ‘ k-
ened and shattered ruin; wi t ‘ , ,it was
hardly 'a fit habitation even for the rough men to
whom it had been a home. I

The soldiers in possession had s at hours in
drunken carousals, and had stripped he best rooms
of many modern articles of furniture, leavin the

massive’and grimy cabinets and tables the tat red "

tapestry, and the pewter flagons and
Worth plunder.

When the baron arrived, be consulted with
Vaughan, and orders were ‘ven to (1 so these
vagrants, and to secure he doors crud windows
against ingress; asthe few of the household who
were left refused to remain there, unprovided for
and on aid. They were not long in scattering in dif- I
ferent irections.

No trace of the sum glers‘ goods was found; but
the cave was discove and ransacked; without any
result, as the goods had been carried ofl.’ There was
no danger, hOWever, of ‘a renewal of the illegal im-
ports for a long time to come.

The baron came upen,Herrick, wandering, like
a lost spirit, about
hill of co '

dishes, as. not

his former home, and mourn-
. as one who had been bereaved

o , . ~ .
His tather‘hed left a letter for him with one of his

retainers. He his son accept the protection of
, baron, and live henceforth w th
him. Heir of the dignities of that ancient house e
had a just claim to the future provision be n ed.
Swinton hsd made otters, which he would now ful:
fill. Kenneth forbade his son to follow him abroad,
or attempt to discover his retreat. He should stay
away for the resent; and in one of the death of
the revenue a cor he could never return. Herrick
would hear from him at intervals through Mat the
seer, and he was earnestly counseled to leave his
former associates and ways, and fit himself, under
his kinsman’s guidance, for such society as befitted
his future rank, etc.

Herrick showed this letter to the baron, who add-
ed his own advice to follow its counsel, and gave the
youth the warmest assurances of his afiection and a
son‘s welcome to his house and heart. ,

“ You are my nearest of kin, and must come into
all I have when I am gone " he added. “ I have had
an interest in on, boy, from ' your birth; on well
know that. I s ll regard you as'a son, cia will
be asister to you, and took to you to be herguard.
inn and protector when she loses me!" .

_A deep flush swept Over the young man’s face, at
the allusion to the maiden he loved with an untamed

ion. But he did not turn from her father’s
ind) rollers, grasping his hand in token or his
grati u e in accepting 1: cm.

That night and the ollo
ed at the castle, where he ‘
Mattin. The wounded revenue ofl‘lccr was dead.

The constables were still in search of Kenneth,
wh‘cfig fate Was sealed in theevent’ of his ca ture.

counseled, my ” said the faith ,
“andleave’this neigth cod. The baron‘s house
isyourhome: GoteEngland,‘i£ he sends youton
university, and set foot no . e

m . awe,

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rumour 088 Gemini! W
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signed several?! toggneighhorswero 
w messes; \ ~ * ‘ , ‘
 sceuthe deceased walkingtoward
in his hand' another-had

Herrick was quarter-

pale‘snd excite . Rolled ‘ the man
without-am and“ wokened hispece ashewent
on. i:Othei-s tcs mod to Mathn‘s strange in , in
the vision', but hearsay evidence availed no ‘ g.
Theseer himself was sworn. He Was unconscious
orhiswords when the second ht came to over-
power his senses; and 3 he remembered‘the
vision, it could hardly have been taken lay the magic--
tratc. deposed to having Hilda call
for assistance its, to have
found her with the

tocarry - , . ' him
dwemnpwfiiggsst sltiflnwfituedtohelp hhgntand
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, it was overfhe stands out of
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he lingered to transact so business ,withhu
George Vaughnn. - ' A ’

CHAPTER IV.

A vomvo ssvsou‘s ANGER. 
‘ Tumour had ere t over the heavens when H r-
rick dismounted at one Crag,‘and led“ his steed to
the stables. He was accusmmeu to attend himself
to the animal’s wants; and he shook out the bundle
of hay, fed him with handfuls of cats. and _ ve him
drink at the trough, which the groom hm, lied with
fresh water. Then he went in at the gates, lid en‘- ,
coring at the trout door, which stood hospital) y Open
passedythrough the banana ascended the grand

He enzsercd the room on the first floor to the, right;
supgiosing it to be his own; though in reality it was
the of the English baronet. ’ '

The a rtments, as we have said, were furnished
alike. errick crossed the rlor toward the inte-
rior room the door of which was ,
buried in thought and did not noticct at some one
33,; speakingmthin. He was in hisroad ‘

stewed
in gear, and in haste to change it tor-more seein-
ly tit/arc1 before seekin his talrcousin.  "
& ligh was burnin u the dressi
ed. A silver-lam 0 anti uc f on stood on the
table, and near a ck os carved chest of drawers‘
_ ted by a swingglass, reclined in an eary

chairs- rempped a luxurious sil

-roorn he enter-

see himself in was having his hair per-
tun'fiiandbmshedcare yhisvslct. ‘ V

“ e curls on this sidewalittle more on the tem‘
pie,” he drawied, idly. indicating a diaereut
course for the brush. .‘vfia who is this!"

He tuned to encounter the petrified gaze of Hon
rick, who had never seen him before. He had ad»
van some mes, and stood pertcctlystili. ,‘i‘he
valet brush in mfwedhimashetufned '

“ do, One of the servants! What a 
follows are!” again drawled the harem: , looking‘et
Herrick. “ No ceremony in coming in upon div-2
Has your master returned, my good fellow. and suit
you with a message?" i '

gerrick made no reply. . ' -
It must be the groom for he smells horridly of
continu the daintyu gentlEmnu

e mirror,

the stables!"
“ Hand me my .srnellinghbottle. Do
man, my horse and I do not room together!
one lame of a sudden! Faun!" And he
t e salts with vigor to his nostrils. .. .
“ Who are you?" demanded the young man, "and
what are you doing in my room 1” ' ' ‘ ‘
rs ,’ r I
“They are mine and Twill, have nothing or this;
stun shout!" the so

trumpet-y v vim was h»
strode to the table, «aqua j to sweep on, it to;

entire para a 0 _ v .
bnzshesaud Ifineriinplctmeulnoi toilet. like
valet e

. 6
applied

room was his ' mastcr‘ flotor_,, , er‘s‘,’ aid
'{hesibaron should be informedficrjthis'unswmly in-
ru on. ' I w -- v ~-

Herrickhsd a ridin -whi in his win as did
lifted it to chastise 5m r51wumsoieng’cwimna-
not his own. He remembered ha

the'rightinsteadottheleft. other”?

W8. . , . , - x r
I! have made a mistake," he muttered. \“My
roomsareopposite." ,  - 
“ No offense-no offense stall!“ said , ;. .W‘.‘
who had risen at the new-comer?siimt . ._
gown. “Col 3 batter  in: tissue:
0 ,rsabound  S 
Herrlckgluedathlmlulncress‘higdy ' "
‘£Y“dpi‘3.ii£§oirwmmm “éeflfiium
no co .. .a ,. - ‘ a
, half- " piecc'fiom hisvest , he thrcgit
0%? table, on the corner near w, the gm. 3;" tr.
Harm‘s   Brc. 36'
we "Ll-1:16;; timed “fiigcggemfimlm
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am . no . I _ , .

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gown. e e t baronct. seated so that he song; ‘

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inter! rcd,amd rude hcdehim , fig;  

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L  I’ ‘mu‘ndeg- to the fair Alicia. There; my.

entlerri‘an in such 0 otbes, and with such an odo

. an 1)! « r . .

Hg toilet was by this time made. He passed a
creamy si handkerchief across his forehead,
adjusted'the cluster diamond ring on his mafia
,gianced once mere in the mirror snd.went out. e
corridor was
that. in the great hall be ow. T e baronet
descended he stairs with his usual composed grace,
and went into the drowning-room, where
Aliciuwaspracticing e ichord. . . ‘

While the valet picked up the half-guinea and

laced e dressinng in order forhismaster’s
Starch! ,Herric the opposite room, was El
»_ to i one tern r, chafed to intimw
; indignity of be! tree as a servantin

man s house, by a top 01 an Englishman he a!"
ready detested.

, ’ He now recollected that a on baronet from the
South we‘d. thegest of whitcgand also the sur-
mise that he d come to pay courttothe you
lady of the mansi , This was ho’point that gall
orely. Whe scenes of anguish he had passed
with suddenly rugured ties; a. rather
b minions of the . w, and self-exiled: a
orne madg desolate! And while he groaned under
this bitte experience, here was a daint , [roseate
alien w o had’to have avalet to curlan rfume
's h r, ya ng court to the girl he loved ay, the
girl who sworn to love none but himself 1,
 By all. the Druids of the grovesdt should not be!
‘ r He would spoil this miscreant‘s game! He would
 » speak at once with Alicia'i' .
9 With impetuous haste, he threw oif his soiled gar-
ments, {tier-formed the necessary abulutions, and
donned he suit he called his best. But he never
, ' once looked in the m r; for it was not his habit to
, indu in {such contemplation. His thoughts ran
upon is'dainty, fresh-checked rival, who had dared '
i talk of his.“ sirloin o: the stabiesiff and he won-
- dered it it were is a maid could be planted
with web toppery. He c ed, his hand; he could
then and there have tom; the exquidte to atoms. He
strode to thehaad of the stairw ‘ _ ‘
drawing-room

any.
Sounds of music came u from t I
two, singinfin
no
ht

      
   
  
 
      
  

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and entl the m voices o?
,duetgrashe detest-oixgand tell, and the ismin
j trills Were Iostina clear manly tone. Then a'
'  “W 3‘": Whtlmiil‘hmsm
d ' . toneso t e ron r
 , ‘ lSoutllgei'u'accent, could he heard, too“; t on the
 a was mutual V . .
~   lifemckcouln‘bear nomore. Hedasheddownthe
stairsatahreakneck pace; rushed tothe front door,
and ’out into the  The n' t was clear.
‘ sort and bill ,and, themoen, e a silver boat
rodethe clear aline. As the young man hurled
himlaudownthostone steps upon the terrace
trmpotahorse a , lied 3%
v iug‘tothagrotmd,  rein
.  ioutto'irligzzh, or hing; h
'  ‘. stilts?"  ran as esaw
enemas” ”' 1’ ' '  lathe
light. smell a H g

L , on.
new amazed! ,What

his you '
, uncerta’lfi
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P " ’ huge" hem asid
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 he was trembling, , with
. ’ l‘fiutméoihti on, ahtothe nes-
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a “‘ cannot go in,” muttered Herrick, “to
ured with you fop .9: an Englishman, 
because I am hi one of his sort.” .  ' r

-‘ “  i‘ ,o dares despisetheef’fl, , V

r was pee, and hisminiojn or a yalet. chanced

but commenter hisroom v mistalieaw t, ’cub

\ rear m- ufing his master‘sdlgiir, and” seen ,, in;

. . to e .w r waterran e— 0 guest baro‘

-‘ ',-‘ ' ‘ ‘ih'ggenbodrtoa mint; saldismelt
of the stables

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due ’   oi! inymsmen, era est. ,

ismsxige’to oun_custonu.,;00mon lines he , ,.

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flue gopyénd.youriadydaugh r. I heard themlaugh-

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" air will do. ’
Have cub: usth the velvet of my coat if”. >
" It ready, Sir Victor.” , , I 1
“Help me on with it. ‘Very awkward, this; but
. the young lady w excuse a mistake. Ha! ha! ha!
it was laughs lo, thou h. .How was I toreco

gnize a ,
r?
deserted, and only lighted-b the lamp ‘

ving ‘

.of the

the
1’ . dsho ed' due
the I. % an w seen

'hictantl that

lithe. use

, , .  — ,  - on
I“ opium“: not!  wantsmone of my sort,“ ‘

l h

grillsdiscompoeure. and, won ,
"gentle wiles failed to restore him

- put a bottle to his lines, and then‘ in
:. Vivi do

derothisi, Hewouldne s; '1?” J I I
it? 

hinting v“ ‘ ‘9

lof'v'Wti to .
i-‘fiafinfln

ltvould have: put on her: and tapped lightly at the

Alia: no: at I 0%W} M2,;ij her ow. Margaret came, and she modes sign to
Come'you slander her by such a thought; and r ‘ ‘
i v ‘  Instew minutes Margaret came and n the ,
ggnuf.‘ £19m: mg}°°f Y9“  W W window, giva Alicia swarm cloak, whichpseheeghrew
He drew the you ' man me” 1"“ 511°“ den

on to the stone sic . .
“Nay, Ithink the y wants none of my cogpany
while you sweet-ems swam" ,

“ Art salons? That unworthy of a Maur. Sir
Victor ilder is nothing to her;'”but she is bound to

show him courtesy as my ‘
the talk in the village."

“ they  ....

“.ie,cousin . 0 ss toboors .
that aye s yer into the. ways of their 23%?
I will case you better!” I

They were in the house by this'time. \

. CHAPTER XVI.

. ’, ran cousin’s woonto. r
Tm: ht and el ance of the drawin -.roo

refreshlgent to the %garon after his long 

as animtant to the wild, uncultivated youth at his

side. I »
Alicia. and ,SirsVictor were still is r' but the
si ; the ger ra’gptg'ombrace

gm c‘ceaseadngn the inhg'tantnd
or father gave in, CO. greeting to
ed her fingers; then turn-
n ecowl on his brow. '

Herrick. ‘He‘ berel tou
“mythic Sltlook his 1: by h
n , n r n the and and
 introduCed him to Victor Wilder as
_ is cousin, the heir of his name and the estate, and
his favored friend. _ ,
Herrick did not even bend his head in acknowledg-
ment' but the faultless] -attired gentleman he so
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quired by
his han frankly and e ressed his pleasure in
making the acq tunes 0 a relation of their noble
host; one, too, of whose courage and gallant hear—
ing he‘had heard so much. There was a charm in
his perfect good-breeding, and the apparent sin-
cerity of his compliments, which deprived Herrick
p er to repel, his: advances. He felt and
succu to the 3 ll; but in the depth of his heart
2: was conscious o a new fountain“ of jealous bit-

mess. - . '

The young baronet added that he felt himself coir :
strained to ofler an humble gfiiology, for the stu id
blunder he had been betray into, some little t me

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axons. In the dim twiligh seeing a'stranger enter
his room in riding gear, h absurdly mistaken
him [Or one of the baron's attendants, and had been I
 of the rudeness of addressin him as such.'

(1 Master Herrick Maur pardon. im? He could

not pardon himself! _ . . .
Herrick was taken by su  “Ignaz! lignilityof
m on peai
nits dlga ’ p

l
the address, the self-reproac
to his generous forgiveumeg ,

was newto the ways of yhred people, and did I
not understand how so much sell-chasm might
yet consist with -

“£08811”. : . » .
com rewrfisesm
We...   ob ’

two.
lei-rick answered frankly thathewee V , to some
tbs or _ 0. V . His
humor-m when,‘

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Theeveni patently agrees!) 'wd ,
was forced at?) acknowigge to Mien, thoughvre‘
fluent conversation and graceful ’
the

. , Monies! with him
' ‘ in coming? but Alicia

than .all' g?

, n

nhewent  _' .xwithy’tha to
mud they pl ed {sung in comers;  lea
tor, Mich an cultivated voice, and a mpesior
“33m 1:21:31!“le cod abet at... N,
I c ‘ z n ‘ . 'm . r3 g ‘
gag no heed tomddisceuise oi  host. , He weigh-
the pair furtively. He had naughtelse todo; for
he knew none of the parlor games , in. i’ n;
adnogiitiormuaic, and ouldnot-oinin the con,.
versation. The consciouan at, his own define!»
mes stung him to the  . arose and. the
‘ uneasily. stoppi nowand then a the win-
to look out upon ,  lawn.
Y. ntly ., teamm—Shealways ,
Is an equally; yisltors a: hormone: ‘
sister, and was entirely capable of joini in the
general convemtiomv though not acco ed
angisnecialway. . 3 _ ,. . . 
helwas introduced to the mng stranger—fie,
ii‘t‘l'ai‘i’ld«”“%l§€oli.z§*lm£s 'peroel
0 3%,... ._ ‘,V.
‘ mp ’ t to hinnggfiffimon her

 90W, umor.
stood, by a window, whi‘gh waned item the

room
down,

They
u

g$ge ost‘negegé hesaid',  - “his so is f
a He dismisses  the halcen , and  the
‘ '  egirhshivered

‘11.:   my‘coat n33: gully“ Ii
weenie, '1 =    “new ,g
the declined the heavy  he I.

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no

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 came to the cluster 0
a .
The ‘ l threw herself upon it.

ed Herrick, “ for I cannot go but .

gay, after such sad things have happe
are too art to forget them in our enjoyment. Believe
me, I fee truly i yo ”

cried'the young
hearing on] for

cannot hear
him .9" '

tor. He came unexpectedly;
had short notice of his coming.”

familiarity with the best society, .0 cred ,

been often entertained at his
land."

A suitor for your
Th

- low you wi _
upon his words, as if dehgh
‘ come to woo you, Alicia: an I .7
is dagger in him for you! A maidens love soon
med him won
H” ‘ Wing
H

her mgto the house.

'turedaslam!
,, “you are rude
8°" [I l I ,
1tolfeieleeseho "talked  her;
mmmAm‘demsM” * gem,
he smiled  hi  "1%..

11 ohm: lead. lag: fair-cousin. -, tosup- i“¥°§’oueag§0§“é mm

'ineirom going!
ln‘fhis manner!"

lineman contributed vastly to , v-M the castle-r"
e i

l ' _ 
, shoul beWedthat

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your hel
uuy‘irfllng,

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“wad no other man.’
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 “ But, to wed none 0 her, witho
hold you to that.

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“Now cousin, I am at your service,” shesaid,

p "Come down, then ” said the oung man and h

. , g 
led her to the stops it the and y
scsending to the to

of the balcony, do,
and they walked on F '
acacias. There was
sheltered by the drooping blossoms

pleasant in the open. air,” she remarked..

rrace.
he took his arm confinineg
' c seat,
H is

"with the smell of the flowers and the n 00  '
 We willsto afewminutes.” Y 1 BW

,ay with mess ong as you can, Alicia,“ retm‘n-
“ not i" V ' V

“ I sufler too much.” , , ,

“, Ah. truly, my poor cousinl You cannot feel
nod, and we

u. .

“ You do not feel; you do net carefor me, Aliciai”

man, bitterly. " on have eyes and

you sleek coxcomb!”

“ Cousin errick!” .

“ I must speak as I feel! audI em miserable! ‘1!
ti Why was I brought here to meet

“ You are unreasonable. He is my father's visi.
I at least, my father
, “‘Is this the first time?” ‘ , J. _

“ That he has been here? Yes; but ‘papw,.has
father’s, in Eng-

“ Comes lie not as a suitor?"

“ A suitor—for what i” ‘

“You need not retéagd not to know what
11

I incur).
e girl burst out laughing; - ’

, .“What estrange notion! He has no such ides, l
assure

, as his bride!” exclaimed
burst of onions anger. ,
i ' “Her ck! you a‘rediscsurteous! _,1 will not hear“

' such language!.” replied the maiden, rising from her
see

on ‘ ,« ,
yen he has; and he expects to win on
I the young man, wit I.

t. , . :
“Isit not lain eno hi I have seen his e es fol-
tlli’admirin‘égiooks' I have seen yobuharg
ted. ,I tell you, hehzs .
d I tell you,‘too the‘r

such arts as he can I{:rsctice .
ave displeasure, t- e girl turned loretrace-
' ht her arm. .
“You shallcwgnot leave me,

Ali collated and tor- .
Have ' tdiel ‘

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dislike of me. and a fondness: for the girl which
seemed unaccountable. ~In hero disappointment,.-at
the failure of her attempt to make {match _

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. wéllmct for you. Come to him at once.”

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ofmyloge, but Icennot hide it from you! *1 loved
you—I love you still. .Itwas the 
ofmylifetocellywmmel Elemeka eteall
the calamities that ve overtaken m that i must
lose that, hope; that must resign your arena!” 1

Alicia‘s face was cnmson now. She covered it.
withomboth hands before she murmured the next

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Reginald, Iknew you loved me!" . ‘. - .
Helookedet her; ebelittedthosetrmhtmooent
eyeetchis, andeontlhuedr  7‘ V . e V
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vemeyoursinreturn?" ' . _ ,
edrewherhandfmmhlsoleep; but it was to
deshavm the falling tears. " i
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cogenttleh art? Yes~your We is learned, and
W! , in whole heart!“  - » ’
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aem of freedom. I will educate myself in thelarts Alicia he thought of“ e, that had beamed on ortuneisnoteasgyborne youreympathylennine:
MvW'M‘. Ivrlll cast eav ‘ and be- hleIife. new quenched foreverinthegloomthathad flwaeelfor me? o .
commas: and new .3 you ;1 win in 911mm, _ , . , . ~ ‘I do indeedl”-sa.id Allele. with deep emotion.
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,Yfil‘fi’ leveinremrn tor the level ay at your’feetl" _ term showed dejectlozx. She-was sex-rowing; could! hamShOWBMfiPOR 0n», v , v , r r t
» Hermit. you ask what 1 cannot do. You-are , itbee ' act hlmthat had caused-herpain? “Iho Iwasnotunw dikmtlwfllmt
Wmmanmdeartomymherand tome; you'ere thhamh hemmed away,end p to, be I 0d- Ihfle' ; _ W tom
' “:1- - , ; »  retrace his steps, Some ‘ ht movement, perhaps the wealth  townie}! I-lmmnorolnm I
’if V  be your brother. You shall be my thebneuk'mgofatWig. , er. She runghp,, haveafewfi'iendstpstandby 
W‘F’Almm- 1 r .l H andestheyoungmnntumedonoemore. y-were istmé‘land Steadfast. ‘ y w - “‘0. 41“
h ‘ 13711133: no man's wife whom Icennot love as a . lace to face. i ' 16W “WWW hmmwmghurycourt:
‘figani" v ’ ‘ - '  r ‘ “Lord Cressvl” the girl, excl ’ oellinghimby; and I; the proofs are com to of the impugn”
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Enrica?! cgnfion—Eig‘st she should Wm to wed heart. ‘ .
‘ wfig‘i’tng‘fimi  toest‘lzignecgd. In the afternoon of the next day Alicia was -
u, minis m“ you gay, is now an inmate of your wing for her walk. as usual She had not as ed
iather’sho .9”, \ ~ Vrgaret to aocompan her, but that young lady,
l  , be h as my taming heir,“ h m £3 from her home the village, met her as s e
not Worse t _ e . I 2
= ' Wiggins ,0: abrute "an a “’7’” e mm "° Margaret linked her arm with Alicia’s and begged
"  » ' “Has he a right to exact the gunmen: of such a :31 not to walk toward the ravine or the Roman
"1"." ; _ m r“ I . . . . v <
- I . emulate leastiu be world! If he had manly “Thatisiustwherelwas gain .lassie.”s_aid the
l 'lgte'wOuldvnevegohave asked  h has V 3:313:31 gagiden ' “‘“You knoww that spot is so
 mg? in“; “£17533 3;? béund." e to. She made a confidante of her foster-sister, disclos

log to her all that had passed between herself and
v nald, under an injunction of so .

‘ But scarce an hour since,” said aret, “I
met Master Herrick in,’the\dell. He was in a rage of
passion. Some lad in the village had told him he
saw on yesterday beside the well with agentleman,
and escribedhisEnglish dress. The saw him
kiss your hand many times. and reported the same
toMaster fierrlck.’ ’ . ‘ ~ _’

Alicia stood at! r cannon, f tion. "

“And my 11 listened to thefi)‘ j rr'she ex-

“ Set yourself free at once: Tell him you re udiate
such Wedgie! Does hee on to marfimim?"

“ I d h v I would not; c not love ."

" Yet he asserts a claim 11 u you 2" ,
_ " I . “Yes he insistsu n the lflllment‘of my promise;
' . 7.». and, oh, Re inald, e isso fierce and violent, Idare

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, ‘ your freedom. What a churl—to know on cannot

" I _- eve him, yetso toimgose on your 3 nose! It!
‘woreln‘a positiontoas t v dearhandotthebpmn,
0 I would soon set him t.” r
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has. no to wait for you. He set upon 1me when

- - met , railing atmetor what hech m concur
3%me ’33,,“ m his  mm” Hg “some agement of our to ; for he will have it ythat the
f: ,4» ' gsmrm to high}; absurd claim,” ‘ favored , t Was ir‘ Victor Wilder.” '
 . “Thea ywm fie}; him am me. No pledge 30 ex. “Now am not In father's daughter,” cried the
. \W'm be also, 3* gixl'llis‘i‘ii I a not put an end, at once and
v A. m. ‘ ers ngetee“ ‘r ’t ’aw f ’the rover. - mper nence ' .
much, receme hfie' "and &%%mng “ Best let it pass, dear. The young man’svpassion
at he would see her father that evening. _ ‘ abate” , ’ V -
as gaining all,“ she miplored. "I cannot bear to “ And suffer him to hold me in a leash like a dog,
 were“ mm mmfl I ' tobe obedient onlyto his biddlnz! No; I will not .

endure such unseemly behavior!“
"Stay. dear Alicia—" ' ' / r *
“Enigma not!  will the neighbors-think?
That I ve a master! That he should dare question
.avlllag‘ehdxconcerning my movements!” ’ '
“ He may do on harm, if yo encouutcrhlm while
his, ei‘sigoet Eng!" geadedghm.  _
> ‘ now w ~manage ' " ‘Micia'
broke from hertrlend‘s   I  i’ r
“tum” n-v‘ttat m. I
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the  you? I

 _ . lit-was agreed. no lo too, would conceal
, ,  , gig. gee placeda ric antique rin on the girl’s,
w ‘andbengedh‘ertowearltlor ssake.fi ‘
' ‘ ‘ v~ ‘ I dare not ask your tram-plight, my, beloved, till
' I . I as? worthy of your father‘s approval." ,.

.‘i have given it,” she answered, “and shall never
Wfimtfiiywlm" .1  ;
' ‘,,'~cuamn  ,
a j a ROUGH WOOER. ‘ ‘.

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to vtslt‘tbe Baron of Swinton. , ‘ ‘
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33!: I will ard on from his savage violence, if, he
res to y."  ‘ ‘ i 7 4'
:' ‘italioiawallted’ra i any, and Margaret follow-
I  begging) her in sight. ~
“ammonites ‘ 'l'heycould _ e shade or t e tall forest treesioll sweet over
unlcatton with the solicitors of the young man, :5 themsean WW well.  _ 1 V ‘ 1was
a :7)‘ x i *' " on, : ‘  onlysouud‘heardsavo-tho-rl of a tiny
,w "baton eal he, com dot, tricklingdmtherockaz  I, , ‘
g , _- gowns, ‘ young ‘ . _ 3 tr - _ there smooths irritated-W chafing
’ ,gwoa'open to him: it was a study worth the attention» m to uhdi temper » J'ealoug.
I _ ,Zawy‘gentleman. '3» a ‘ '  - p , He stopped w, nyhe saw the tough-Looming -
I , _ m  taheady provided zigstnggu‘; of :fihfih . 1.“  hand
r oBalson,orcommencin {a ‘ . ' _ ~maa  i
one"  wmcmg? at odcamd place himsellz r - like“. the ransom tux-st
w ’ t apol- s n; ' - ' ‘ ~
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K im’wt‘tsemngfiumufwww u“!  ms; limo! trysti" he said, bitter-mp“?! m well
 Whit? Was-s . , sweeten-thereon. He: whomyoumloo '
   , . . vsdaihegr ion . ,, between, the, ,, Icametotneet
. you .  "  a “ - homered-Alicia, do y» t
' , a leans resinous wealth , “Ye speak falsely‘l" he cried with the Scottish
w r ' But now it was, accentmtowhich his speech gilded under excl
 ‘  e ta his daughter’s" ‘ most. ' “Ye would ha‘ none 0‘ me here, but another;
wiles With and wow» we, mo whom and his me e ha’ to reckon With!” ' '
birthwas r , I a “He we; mimic ; his child, “Itisllko echurl you are,"'oriedtheangrygirl.
.  own mama. It  mm“, ‘itogiye methane; but} than oallyou tomnunt
be severe; at he cmdd sanction no engagement no," for worse insults. " * I r ,,
 , ce.  'r ' ~ , She threw her shawl ever a mossybowlder, and
', : " " mtaword to . How could he tookherseat with the air or a young quest about
' ' . presentany claim? Hesuhmi tot malty“; tors judgement. _ I r
' . that he'sh’ould net‘seelttobind' the I; and reluc- errickcam'o a tow paces nearer. His taco was
* yummy promised toreirain from wrl to her. The. aflame with pass: , and his eyes (glared 8&va-
' n lather asked no more; for’he trus to and gavehimnotimetospeak. ‘ . ‘
'.  \ absence to any dangerous im maion.‘ » “ ow dared sir, hold talk with a village bOOl'
 He gave ' young friend acol- invitation to about me, and latex: to his spying? Is it thus Y0?
‘ i, remain for the) night; to stay until he' could hear hold the name of your kinsvvomau, and o maiden 0
iron: his“ lawyers in noon. But naldcould high, birth?” . , of V m
1“ '- 'pot'staymentosup andpmme 0'6 - 1" And howdared this fair ldnswomn (mm 8,
i ' ' His meeting with Alicia. in the drawing-room in and thish h-bom maiden, meet in secret e cow-
the presence of others was painful  embarrass- ' fopo an English. baronot. and sufler his un.
 his andhewas ‘MWWE V9 WIV- More than seemly vances. after the assurances given to
r  1, 01,36, however, 9 eyesot theyoung girl ,gve him me?“ wast-he savagorewrt. H
' assurance that sho'vmuldremember. and I atesd- “I will meet whom I please? , , v
,  1a to the vows they had exchanged- x figomem, Not

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andnever will'be—oneveri” ’ = r
“ You more tome on would not wed another
man! Yet you are to n and denying with my ri-

vol when I am absent. an meet him in secret!”

“Idsten to me,"'eald the girl, th the. ty of I
authole again seating herself, and wa her ».'
hand orhimtostepback; “The oath ou {ted
trommo when I Was in deadly pe and scarce
knewvrhltisaid, hasno bindin force, and I shall
never acknowl e any; nors I it be kept. And,

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I meand‘stonnat me. lama free maiden and you _

have no ht over me.” , r
Kerrlck ' to feel that he had indeed gone too
far. He struck his breast with his clenched hand.
“You will not keep that solemn oath?” he ex-

“) . . -

“You had no ht to prescribe it. It wasa due-
and cmel , to take advantage of a r
- l‘s dos rate t. No; that romise ha no
area; an I am not bound to keep t.”
pledfid to many another man, then?”
muttered Home his eyogifileaming like coals» of

fire. “ Beware. am. Id
beme he shall have youl'i v
“Your insane furs: busier! you lntoan error. It.
was not Sir Victor With whom r'spoke here yester-

da ___”
~ JIt was!” rudely intempied syoung Maur. ' ’

“I havesald it was not and I all not regent my
denial. You have no right to find fault wi me in
any case. Now, let me hear no more of this; and,
moreover, I bid you cease your persecution of me.
It you do not, I shall entreat my father to take me
aw from home.”

“ 0 London, mfivhap?" 5

“Very likely. e has often promised that.”

' Alicia rose and moved to leave the dell. But the
miserable victim of his own passion prevented her.

f‘ Stay, Alicia! hear me i but one word! I» have cit;
tended you; But you see how wre I am. It .
been I love you so madly r" as
l sgagw not amount \ Y"

" ou , ‘ on in
She turned back,th . . x  °
“ I pardon you free 1y, elrick. We maybetrlends,
you will cease toporsecute me.”
‘And it will be with us asbefore? Youare miner” ‘
 I am not, and never wings!" _ .
east, you arep' ' aver no rival?’

"I will not ,ut am; I am free.” - »’

'« Herrick loo ed as if he would have 1 broken out,
into a tempest or execrations; but the girl’s

a forced him to some measure of selfoontrol; ' Yet he 1

her ban .

[A amo
v ' ' ' m ed M
came hurriedly
quicw out of the dell, leaving Herrick to 
V, ’ VT . .
"It'wos latest night, and \ m K at “one
Crag had‘retiredt'o  It was custoniin sum-r
radiance of any inmate I who might return 0the
houseafter thousualhourotgo \‘tobéd. "
manly fl ore approached this door, opened it and
entered vin t wide open. He ' "
' then ascended the stairs. and turn-
odinto Herrick‘sa rtment. - ‘ ' ' “ « r
‘ A ht was burnfigién the outer mg on one of
seen; 19 distorted,me and reco --
nit‘ionwne ‘stasger‘ed'i‘n his eulogy ' ‘ verge
bloodshot; h
of his will.» Now he stood
o madness. , _
. Hehadiostallhopeonuicia‘sravor. Her resolute
the ven him at the castle
. 'Whatthenw‘as e to do?
' or "his smooth. daingy rival? Never! She
mm  thoba net' brld
strode to the“! 8 e’ '
afloodoimer mil?“
oi! broken anite outsi e, and
covered at . or be--
am the lawn sprinkled with shade trees H andbor-
stood in thegcomer othtiga room. , 
or iron nerves he poised it by the barrel in his hand.
and the gleam of his w teeth throwil therbusl
dark beard gave him alter-octane expression, as or]:
from his lair

strove to detain her‘by so ,
scar! ‘
‘ Me
ward them. The two girls walked
in lavnarnn came.
mortar leave a side door unmatched forth n~'
r Atthedead hour when all was at ' e stille'st, it
stood for an in- ,
stant in h .
the es. By this t  man‘s face couldbe
is motions seemed notundorfiaoontrol,
still. gaming on vacanc
with theset eta “awaken now he struc
attire  th. e , nowfimutt‘ered .
rapid! , .  ' than c assion,
ofjealzmsy had { i = a young, man to thg verge
ow dauow him retain no
fll her alle ance, us to himzbut she.
oldin wi ' ‘ tore
the when ndow and away
‘wit moss and luxurla
, or
Herrick e em'
“One blow, and the refgéis crushed,” ho‘muttered;
tiger stealln to crush an enem .\

Carrying e carbine,
and creased the corridor. ,
The door of SirVictor’s a _

lite side was all , tly all-1'-
and entered. at
was twang?

meat on the oppo-i
pushed it open.

but the door‘ beyond
. eeping chamber. To.

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tights, wl out"

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had the . . He noted
oak and brow, but-with an in--
is he stood at some distance
rstirred restless} , and flung
the words: “'Pon my life,
That name ran like

. htning ‘ h the brain of
the rateman. S ttl he myths carbine in
. “strong hands, and eveled it at the slumber-
mfl’m fin erwas on thetrigger; thetateof
Sirs‘ydfcior Wilder ung upon a hair.
d a consciousness of the dastardly mean-
\ "ck e deed he contem flashed on Her-
..i "3‘1 118 Mlfigown the ponderous weapon.
. Will not kill sleeping ” he cried. ‘
Si: §aised his voice to a shout. “ Awake! Awake l"
m ictor awoke at once, and started up.
w as he was, he was brave enough; and
as not lacking in presence of mind. At a si ie
1106 he 1.oomprehended everything, and saw 3

own

To J upon his enemyand disarm him orto
gout for help. would be to set in full force his in-

mate of violence; to provoke a hand-to-hand en-
counwr. in Which he must tau. Hisstrength was as
noun“! in comparison with Herrick’s, and the lat-
ter was armed. But the power of reason over mad-
nmetgflained to him.

’ dam F: calm, as he stood facing the intruder, he

:: Who are you? What would you have?"

I am come to kill you!" anew the assailant.

he I he carbine. ' r
r's eyes were fixed u n the young man's,
‘l for an instan .
’ said the baronet. “ you will tell me
n done to provoke you to murder me?
- 9" have 1 mos ed you?" -
"You know wag how!" -
you! do not know. I shall esteem ita
Will You are laboring un-

No ndatakei ' ‘
W11 ed“Manhain you not stolen from me my

met??? “"51! not! Is it your cousin to' whom you

"You w it, is. You have come betweenme
we“. on yon'shall die this night." '
. on will thank me. Iain sure, for saving 'you
“013mg:ng m M “than innocent man.
thong tertering. with ourin-
fientions, it is Elam two sincebl consuth with
, how. use 0.6 rooms 0“
‘acommisdionia  .. lette’rai my 1mg“
.thimto i ueneelnyourfavo‘rhasai-
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under but he ushed past the hekey and made for
the . ‘l‘be man ttu-ew himself
_ now 00an that the intruder was
2 himseltorintentonsomem . bier. He
Uégréassistanoe to turn him out. ' '

t th h himself, in his dressing-gown.
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 made straight fort apartment or git Victor

{Vilderh and the host 1011de while, with the young
arone H ' ' .

” I saw him here!" moaned the seer. as he stopped

by the bed so later oec 7 ed. “1 saw him with

uplifted- ‘carbine. I was eveled at the sleeping

manrin yonder bed. Have Icome too late to save

‘He turned to the baron in an agony of apprehen-

nr

“ Of whom do you speak?" demanded the boron.

" on, say is it too late? Hath he done the, deed!
Ithe hath done it—I am mourned!" And the seer

‘ struck his forehead thrive with his: open palm.

" What is he talking of?" asked Swinton.

The baronet answered:

" He is a seer, on say? He must then have fore-
seen, or known y some occult means, a scene that
toolgfillace in this chamber, not many minutes ago."

“ at mean on, for mercy’s sake?" '
from sleep by a voice calli ,
our kmsman, Master Herric-

re, with a carbine leveled at

“I was sta
‘AWakel‘ and I saw
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x1m blel"
“Too late! too late!”groaned the seer, wringing

his hands wildly.

“No! all is well!" cried SirViotor, shaking Matiln‘s

ggdmtggto arouse him from the trance. ‘ltis not
a ’ . ‘ , -

“Where'is be! Where is theunhap ho r" ques-
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hands. “mm. almostnega
questioning his guest. . «

“Herrick in your chamber, with intent to km you!
You must have been dreaming i" -

“ He came to murder me; he confessed it. His
jealous had wrought him to madness."

 he gave an account of what had hap-
pene

“ arknessi- Darkness!" walled Mat, in his an-
k and’bewuderment. “I see him not for the
ness ' i - ‘~
The baron ordered the servants to retire.
He took Six-Victor’sarm to go in search of Her-

As they crossed the corridor, the seer, who follow-
ed diam, uttered a low cry:
. “who rocks! He lies bruised and bleeding’ 0::

They
lampwas sti .b tlittniiigkgut the dressing-room and
0 cm . ‘ A '
rushed atgnceto the window. ~
was wide openaa‘l‘he moonlight. blending‘with

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tell u n e broken rocks on whicht the caseinent
co ere was a ‘ "
a with simibbezy

narrow . p of pathway,
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and moss-covered, made a rough, and perilous do):
scent otthirty feet. ‘ ’
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called cutl ln‘but there was no uneven,”
' Thevisitm 1 ed from main-and he stood
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. weather-moment he had
~ sunk upon the floor, overcome with weakness.
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- ' But Hatiin was insensible. ‘
, Then the baron’s voice rung out,,calling the ser-
vants of his household. As the came he bade
them take torches andmake sea instan . His
young kinsman—he explained hurried] to em—
ad made a misstemand fallen upon t e bowlders
below. If not killed by the‘iall; he may have crawl.
V ed away somewhere to obtain help.

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 Tuabarmand BirVictorwereg‘ "' asthe
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via'ak‘what was the matter. ' ' '
ate ed all n ht; she, too, was,

‘ £8, ered the actetrom the alarmed servants.
.The alarm, they said, hadbeen
the'secr caring; ‘in the vision” to seek an save
young Master emiclr whom hehadseen in d
iii of some sort.  goin to Herrick’s
nhey found he that!!!“ ’  63813.19 ms foo
, was en posed e som ow tins.
and tmegdown the rocks beneath his bedroo
ows. ' s I ‘ '
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steps towardvtbem; but hearing the r

. voice, went ' .

But his master-now called: and with ajoyousbark,
he obeyed the summons. ' A cry from the gentlemen
in search told that they were now on the trace. '

“Letusgotothemi‘said Alicia. ‘  / g
ha'l‘hey egin-tied forward, and soon saw what had‘

Xplgfiman form lay in the hollow between two
iggle bowlders; one arm bent grader him, and per»
a) motionless. Alter precip tatinghimself from K
e

ny into which the window opened. the.
oung man had evidently crawled acme distance .
fore he swooned. "

As ,th lifted him in . Alicia grewpaln. leaned
heavilygherrriend's grm. and seemed about to
faint. Margaret threw both arms around her and
dnw her awa toward the house. She saw! was
no slcgitie for e that; ofhthesig. “ and V th

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chamber. Rey will bring  presen ." E
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gave signs of life by faint moans. *
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carelnmofln him. Bide her-ea bit; Iwfigoon, v'

and dispatch onald for the con."

He walked rapidly toward the wee.

Matlin was chafing the young man‘s forehead and '
hands. tears mum from his own

it Oh. my  It}
gngoth his own, “why hast thou

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dream. as“: 1......"me = m...

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room; some called it Alicia’s boudoir. for itwgs
sacred to feminine " '  ' " stood her
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corners. 'l‘ggafreshdragram'air‘   .
came in at the openv'l'indows‘, likes; diffusing.
blessings brought from heaven. - “ =  '
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for by tthe ladies;

the
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surgeon V ,
already in the grasp of the fever consequentupon 1 '
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his late unnatural excitement, and the shock

to hissystem occasioned hil‘his tall ‘
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to whom his
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page, how e saved me at the castle, that ht,
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‘ . MW” at the crisis of his feverwhenhis
~ faithful blend came to renew hisattentive nursing.
_” Youth‘end What‘s—rugged, tutioncnr-
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'h'eu' {miledvtaw of Margaret

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Whenthe twasebletoliste :W‘ _ , told
him «themde solder thedanger‘s
he had passed. Also, that the baron and his
daughter, , y crease that his lite
was safe, , set out for London‘wi
Englishbero leavi himtothecare

 oung
net. 0! tbs; phy-
sician and his faithful n. ,

was: me anion. , ,
Inwas a holiday in the. little hamlet near Eston-
b The Joy-bells,  at intervals; the
g t emselves in their
1111617. and . chhlldl’fin,  In W111“? and
can'ying'garlands of fresh flowers, were forming. i
procession to march to the church when the appoin ‘
ed hour was near. . r -
They were to straw w1
youthful bride. The little church was decorated
with flowers, in honor of the foetal occasion.
It was the wedding-day of Lady Helen Vane
Thorpe, the nowaoknowledged da tor of the late
marquis and the widowed Lad stonbury. She
was to marry Mam-ice Howard, t e Marquis of E3-
tonbur , who had succeeded to the title and estates
upgfic a discovery of Begin“ ald’s birth being made
pu .

Re inaldhad relinquished the honors he had won
so no 1y as soon as he was fully satisfied of the truth
of the statements of the woman he had believed to
be his mother“, Afters dispassionate examination
by his solicitors and the high counsel they had sum-
monedto aid their researches, no doubt remained
thagthe exchange 0! infants had really taken place
at t e tinie 5 died...-

Corroboratlve proof was furnished by details ap-
paren trifling, andths evidence of one or two r-
sons w ch supplied missing links, till no furt er
questions could be W- -
Once admitted the exchange and the im sition

on the, . s' of a sup titious he , there

was no need at , urther . No attempt was

made to {allow the noble Lord And Lady Es-

tonbury—in theirtrevels . . sojourn on

the contingent subsequently; the. arm
schild.

Eston
The , ,1wasnotsufleredto .beforethecourts.
,aldonél’ysgnajtedtobe sure, had no claimto
t 8 title, don it quietly. He

assoonasme w

himself wrote to
c. unstressed
gm summonses.” “2‘23
Her toilet was as rich as could be 00338me wit , ,a

flmtm  she resentedthe ,
a, ndghw hini‘nggfinmy Court;

on rights. ,
was not cm, and ,
hard wo for meets to , bet the
astounding news came. tolift him to 811%.: of
cart prosperity. Now he was ready "to take the
goods be gods provide," and to enjoyit to the. ut.

rehensive of
e advent of an

a
vein

whatsho fathemselvesat
them.) There were several points
and th whichmthe separaig‘tixfitoerests m ltit
so dict, e man worm so 0
_n ‘ vi ry. , finbuaahad noxears
who e was not ev istur by tlh least
suspicion that her favorite scheme—~the _ of
her child with the heir—mig ' be
A e glance she , the , ,
Meow! who shehadwdcal..'l'ho owand
_ g forehead, the tall but not firm 11118, the
eyes that often were fixed on the ground while
king,and ,ounmetthelooksfastenedon the
gees, were of . Thenew lord wasa
noel -pro nod man, of oodly breadth and
laugh: of hand both grace ul and self- soss-.
ed; but his countenance gave the impre on of a
filial-actor;n weigh, reflecting, andlogvemed  A:
p ‘ " my nrd for

, . of

of ob

want of generoussym thy a sord
nsidentions. £3 a  in
eflshed sinus. were decidedly
spite,“ the veneerlng of po
manners.

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as vain (or her to co, as for the

, attempt resistan,

ca. tive'bird tobeatitswings against the iron bars

“Th3 zed sh no the str or was like ice and
e an e _ ' ,v

her eyes d before him. lie looked in her face

tor a moment, and one might have read in his that

he tho ht her-plain and unattractive.

Lady nbury still assumed the role of mistress
of the establishment, and treated the marcfiuis asia
Welcome He was invited to remain
other stranger,and shown tohis Apartment, whither
his servants had alread ’conveye( his baggage and
the various belonin s rought with him, _

As he threw’himse f into a e .easyochair and
submitted to e operations of valet in repar-
toilet ordin‘ner his thoughts ran on t 9 cool
WWW dietitim‘w‘iitie “d2

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as w th her da v‘~ *

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lime—91 can/see? very well;‘ he mused. witha‘

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ike any.

i

 ould like to mack-mg??—
: denture era ou-n Reglnel we
nothi ‘ to do with her?7 g _ “a

that ,
scienceto

101* me!
0» m
, ' m—but I
brid ,t windoeredit tomytaste-mn Rodi
; beauty—bright black eyese—gait like a. Juno—4119
hand or an empress—um—the majesty ot a Cleopa-
tra—the spirited! 8. Joan— Ah,” ‘ i‘
e ,Andhe smacked hisljips-for he knew a realiza-
tion of all this schedule of tenable charmswne, too,
1 whom hehad failedto mains sensible or his own
claims to homage or admiration. ‘ '
We will not dwell upon his new drea , t and
golden as they were. Days passed, and ,1: no
rther ate toward assumln the mastership of his
xdomain. . mehow or other or ladyshi was still
the controllin power. But he meant to ve a set-
tlement 5110 y. Final , after conference with his
steward and his valet, be resolved on spending a few
weeks in London at the season's close and visiting ,
the Continentbeforedisturbing Lady hswnbuxy in"
her occupancy of the Court. ,
He ave, orders, tor the necessaryr packing, sum-
mon his confidential man of busmess and placed
him in charge, and graciouslg announced to the lady
be honored as his. guest, t 0 she still treated
him as hers, his intention to absent, dperhaps
many months, and his  that she woul regard
Estonbury Court as her own residence» as long as it
should please her to do so. v ,
That evening the lady summoned the marquis ito
an interview in her private parlor, in v her suit of
apartmentasacred to herself. r‘ - _ . '
e conference lasted several hours. When Lord
Estonbury went to his own chamber his valet noticed
that he looked haggard and worn, as linen ears had
passed in one hour over his head, leavx he traces ‘
of time and  His sallow compl on were a.’
sickly or; lips trembled; his eyes glanced
turtive about him; his whole aspect was strangely
. were!“ from “Ing  and easy man, nor ,
e dismissed the attendant with a curt reproof
for waitifisforhhn; he had up business to take note
how late masterchoseto remainup- norhowhe
looked. The man heard his lord bolt his dressing
room door, and went away muttering, as he yawned

“were in the wind, now? Never did men ,.
thing before, as 1001: me out! Him and the dew.
"We had'rni' tween; maidto '?

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gun will, as over, triumphed m: magnum,
weakness. , , ,.
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loving.th ,the gill? Shemubled notherseit to
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swimmer, widgets; on
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's t‘orc- .
3 head with her lips, and bade her be seated. ‘ ’
8y his. child? Themarquis wishes
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“It cannot be that he wishes ltl‘,‘ she cried. “Ho

lineal-town me no attention; he does not care for ,.

you jud e ol‘that? What does a
‘sheug? $31188 proposed for ya?

of his ,e." » , -

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he were not romantic sex to fall in
th his“ {War  othew towing:er
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“I am not such a one!" murmured meager ‘ -, _'

“I harem you, Helen, what his lord psaidv; I
shall you to be obedient to 111% will, and W
pareto receive him as your unmanned usband.” g
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“I am not ungrateful for all your kindness
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cannot, oh, wed a man who is averse to me, ,
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Helenlittedu ‘ - ' . lace;

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“ It wasth who taught me to love Reginald,"

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title and fortune, rat Wmmvged on! You, whg
have the blood of  Estonhm‘ys  your veins—-
V while hegdegut on you, gnu Have, you no touch 01

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AV you may well hide our face! To love a

,‘fig‘f‘ “510 has spurned you! lvm you growl, still, at

. 9.0“? Show thnt you have the spiri of your race!

- the. Marchiouess of Estonbury! Lethim see
you “re , t'mshed by his contempt!"

Alas! ere was no ride in the maiden’s nature to
“We? each an . She loved, and loved hope-
1. - have laid down life for the ob-
Ject. 0! her love: she had no spirit to rise in resent-

. “massath him for having despised her! .

Th conference was prolonged more than an hour.
Lad Elil’iionbu was accustomed to. rule.w1th ab-
3911‘ 8 . or will was despotic; her daughter’s
Ind , never fore been arra ed in opposition, The
Stronger nature came on via rious.

He en left the dra ' -room drooping like a

menhll’. and subdued giqu submission. _
7 she begged permission to spend the day In her
Own room. This was , ted till evening.
. “be? dinnerjhe young lady a peered in the draw—
“from to receive her accep suitor. They could
110 be tmsted alone; and the murchiouess s t the

evening in their com , and bade her hter
may and 3138. Beforepgggtime it was arran gthdt
“I; marquis should take a short trip to ndon,
4:??? the trauma of his bride was preparing; re-
- 3"? st linearly day for the wedding.
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I a: census vo . .
man’s? W9 set in her crewman before the
' “lawledeer with thepara—
PW»! weddin finely. e snowy silk, with
' ta “be-3,10 iayu nadivan;the ex~
veil of oath and,0 ~ wer V
“mum 'I'lietahlewesoov withesseneesl
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hag} ever spline... in'that tone. in , “a” we

. on,’ Whlm' PB . With A new '
irony. As lshe Wozt

' 'abmrm in tho ht. She was vexed at we
miller 7“. analgepoke sever . '
m , What is this?
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themed  Helen, as her. mono

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. _ something. I hate bees-only”
° in"mt 9%? 3°: ah" talkl Surely are not

‘. ow " you , V you
going to turn Eggnow?” ' ‘ '

“ o fear-mt that. I have sutunitted to myfete. I
will trytodom vduty. ‘ I will be agentle and obedi-
ent wile. even I cannot love him. " '

“ An excellent resolution. - ‘Youwill be happy, too;
Idoubtit not.” 1 r r ' ; ' -

.“ I do not know—I do not care. But I want tome
you one thing. mother. I was in the alcove of the
mm where ' on and Mrs. Chisholm were talking

evening. . - ' o ,

The lady started, and grew pale. ‘

“You were in the alcove?"_she asked. “You hid
yourself there to listen to our cenvcrsation?"

“No, madam. I did not; it was an accident my be-
ing there. When I heard you I was coming out; but
you uttered a. name that arrested my attention and

lin red. Yeah)! confess it, I was determined tohear

so

wh had y concernin him!” The lady
(:10 her teeth and set her ,- repressing her
emotion. = ' '

“ A singular curiosity,” she said, with sarcastic
emphasis, “ in a bride on the eve of marriage.”

‘ I was anxious-to know,“ continued the girl, “ it
Eu had fulfilled the stipulation you made. You
ow what it was?" _

“ Oh, yes! tooffer your young hero an annuity!
It was r . dared, according to the agree-
ment between us.” ' '

u ‘ by him 1” .

And accepted

“You are a silly girl; i orant of the ways of men,

egg  education. 1 t course the young man do-

n . _

“ He declined it?"

“There wasnoreesonwh heshould receive the
bounty of one to whom he as ever beenetorgnent
and a shame I” said the lady,bitte . “ With his ideas
of independence, he could have but one answer to
such a reposition.” .. ,

“ An he suffers all the evils of poverty?”

“He-found friends who set him up m the study of
a profession. He will do well enough. Helen, you
make me blush for yam At such a me as this, to
occupy your mind with the concerns of another-than
your usbendwnetoo who slighted and scorned

on»! Shame n you! '

“ Have tience. mother; I have more to so . I

disoov  from your conversationw

Idld not V
“Indeed! And what, pra ?" '~
. ~“ Tint youare still some terrible wrong.
or trend, toward Reginald." ’ '.
"Eula! Kowdureyou?"  ‘ -
“Iheend enough to convinceme. There is some-
wmvbehindyour medic]: that he was not‘your
son. You have done something more to him.” ,
" girl, w mean on?"
With clenched hand the lady strode up to the
’ n erey

one” notthe
nanometer-y are of vital consequence
renown a...“ emerges.
They moved convulsively. but uttered no 
' «15m her plead with :7
“thesecret‘ [heard hex-say
that them-mark was cocoons urn;

' mark’ washer-sow as

s, Iunderstood. , V
wnburnolutched the girl’s am with a
n.
ti" she hissed in hereon “You 
You would stin me to death 1"
good. Not ~ . I would _
, ' ofscrime thatwlllcmsh you,
you it youdonotrepent. I, r odsdemnly,
m ,erif you here make him
restitution. If you do not swear tint I wifi!"
The lady  her forehead with her open .
, “Ami lumen!“ she exclaimed, "orls my
mchild hut risenegfinstmetodrsgmedewn

“ gather! mother!" cried Helen. “ Listen to me!
Whatever stands in the myof doing right, have
- .to do it: Iwillstand by you!" Md she
flung or arms round the lady’s neck. . v
, Boo?! the lady tone her clasped handsepartandflung
e

h r . -
“ Aw , unnatural 1” she cried. “Basechild
that w destre your motherl Perjuxed _
that would sin your husband for the 
a stranger!" . ' . - ,
Helen answered ‘not; but her bosom“: heaving and

. u « , he i  her diver-in features told of the excitement under
I mam!“ you not ar use. New“ w him-ed . .

whio she . .
, “ Oenty’ou deny—shameless girl! that you love the
e “x ’

mun .
“I 0 not deny it," he lied the sad bride. \“ It was
the first confession m e to Lord Tatum, when

on forced mete receive himes , hed~ 1
{lion ht he would have lettme, when told him; but
he he Would not me up.“ ‘ ' v ‘

' * “You are not we ' his love, ungra girl?

“Ilrnew itwsll. Inn: notworth thelove otany
deal (3me hithzlfiimudgom. { ellhim Ingres;
u onene ' dimmer / '
mwem,%¥sa and to toll in Yes-
In er! Irwsarto do, ,7! lell find it out'ggtl I
Warn, ounow, that youmsyssve yourself loss
‘34 e  that you may save motile
mama: Ihavebrought/exposureion

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coststheruin of elimyhousel This Ihove

edzem when)
‘ to ghtthewrong
sufl'elsitodekmrlghs,
gather. Nowiall ‘
ow. resou n'
“Thgisnoneed!”

event!

oucailmyiord,

“ Is he aware of the ‘ secret? "

“ Whatever there is--or

has been-is
hilli,"38 much as to me. What a fool

such an outhreak move me!”

The lady wiped her damgiforehead with  cost-
iaoebord‘ered handkerc of." V "' ‘r  V 
your senses! hope! ' '

Helen looked in her face unblenching

our secret
the co

more. But I will know mere. -

“Now, you are. coining5d

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," she-said mourn-
lracy, till I know
same! that."

There was step at the door and a mingling of;

sweet and shrill voices came to the ear. '
“ Is the ' read 1’"

rule

Lady Estonbury flung the door open. and I . 
the maids. They came hurriedly in. The bride ‘
stood rigid and paleas a ghost, her eyes fixed on her.

and do it quickly." said he! led}

mother.
“ Do your work,
ship, authoritatively
I was speedil
She was array

vail was fastened in her hair.

placed, and the bouquet was
She said not one word.

0n

done. Helen made no  '
in the bridal dress, and the {bridal
The flowers were. duly .
Placed inhher'hnnd. I r
y once or impion‘ ng
e sought her mother’s. i The mute appeal was on
~ sm .

Won had formed; the bridal

and down the
The bride
them in the hall,

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was hushed
into the ivy-covered

 

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in return; nor had
to

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He started U}?
m for his attendant.

church.
received his bride at the altar
Lady Estonbury

a
ytookt

and

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the a arbor or a

quiofiy, andmtlouohing, the;

9 man dimmed at the door in 8 wt,
'5 steed yonder," is master

on.
her garments, I truw, it is to Woman.
hither.“ ‘

aret was already near the

came nasthemanlett thereon. To

7 drepected la”
who  excl

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thereon: man answered.»

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re: Wmlf," she said;-

.mm‘idnfifiéigflémh

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places in

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. t “n hithg. Perils never—segues least. Said
 you not we teir , ywasaw, pedbelleinthe
. «world. I, ~
‘ figudid‘not say so; but—"I
 “ ts‘hemusthe; andnomsrvel; herbenutiis
“rarer than a crown. You see,I,eenspeek or or
calmlynow, Margaret." ,. . ,
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 ore so... Luna, -‘
v   this strsngyér. Bring both big 
fluently returned.

7 ' ‘  t left the room, and, L}
‘ in. the-seer in his usual tish clansmen‘s
and a lady in traveling coat and a hatsuch as

r Was worn in the lowlands. A veil of ' ay gauze
. fluttetfid from it. but wasnot thick enoug to con-

teatures of thewenrer.
" u , whisteet, exclaiming:
. . ‘Thewoman ’veashort cry sprung for-
‘ w mnerabout’ eyoung Inan,c
- her breast, and then sun): on the floor at his

h "‘33:; What news bring your Myfatheri Is

e ’ , ‘

~ ‘f‘lihe heavens {oxal-  He‘rrielai" cried the

,twomam‘flsingesereweruan e

*- seat ontbecouch to which he wavgd her. “ Sir en-

’ hath fares weili He isonxious but for his son—of
Aw one  the seer wrote to him."

'  *Mdtlln explained that he had-given the father
‘ ' unaccount aswes nocesseryvywithout alarm-

 ‘s i . ; y .

'. », [Ing came over to see to the household stud,
/ f and various ' sold themoney con-
. v’eyed to Sir Kenneth.” added duds. »
‘ ‘ “If; fgfiefléfiifit s irits. so e for  th

. v ~ e

face ofdhés son. 1531's hath But a lonely lite.”
' ' mg; the rest, joins/d a company on the

,r‘uiirego flnlendi" ‘ - -
.  ' “W raretinglecohetofWeles’e. month since.”
, .“: .04.?“

their heads intothe lionfs mouth,” said
 .- .t ‘wtheyfl, e  the em ‘ling concern.
 ongfiienc milling vengeE’é’mfi
_ i): at} you? buthlie'wantshls dis of,”
:‘Herrlok beckoned Me , t,..to him, and whis-
' toher .v ‘noddg .

i  in with  _ . left the room, 1::-
. ,  - 91.6,. ’ i e
  m_iggvalid’s hands;

   
   

,ebony‘hox, which

v , and 01,, ‘, hem. ’ 5" idly-Herrick,
2 sendth tog.” salon, Hilda,
into his hands},

' I “1" Which sho; .  neck.
I .  mu“ “0t Wilfred” lib“ have," put in Mat-

    
 
 
  
  
 
  
   
     
   
  
  
  
    

 
  

  

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'  invelid 37‘  ed-

f .’ f‘fao ‘do‘wn- and retro
healthinastoup oi, wine,
over w , twenretodo. ’,
sret, the twowvisitors
new a .. n we“...
had mfi’m horses to
econvaiesgént ' ,, the room; but
no a o... s when.“
, r, . _. . .
muggy 
' ' Allele"!  you

’s‘gossgl’lween: ' “
ever. _, yinnien‘seyos.” ,
cousin ternary soon?"
0.
fl ,‘

1' n a v ) . _ '

_ , t' dead  all!” "

~ “ o; ‘ at dt,h§r?",dem§hdedlheglrl

 )“Isltnottmer‘, :  _, , _

“I’lt‘is false. She would he a maiden tell her

 ergo, she would look ntSir Victor Wilder use
‘ an ‘ 9 ‘ V. x ‘ _ _ .

7 “Indeed! But he loves her; and ewoman learns.

reinvesfifirsevexiugslfitor.”  , a « " I

. i“ e never learn tolove him!” - ‘

.  ,r‘ _,..must have aligned the lesson with

 r; eggsheurto awemh”: .

' ‘. was v. r ' _. .

‘1’“ " lutmthen: Alicia. is a betrothed mai-

r,

you think, mam. The reverse mo  . y
“ And your—Lyon: Huston: are in London,” ndded 

her, V
‘ only that
‘ obtain

 8116 took the box, and the key, suspended ho a

. Come,conre; there is b t

twine

e him, and her to

“ She IS not
have it."  . -
.“ She loves—«then 1’”
Again silence! .
“ ten-you are-afraid of me. I was a fool
once; but I am so no longer. I was cured in heart
by the bruises that so 30me wounded my body. I
am no wbini , pining lover. Alicia is m cousin-
she can never more to nae.- I can bear hear of
becoming the bride of any .worthy man, save
top of a baronet."
“,He is your friend: Did he not bestir himself to
a commission for you?" ,

“ Useless too man crippled of his strength. And
the leech says it may be a year more be ore I can.
hunt, or rides. day‘s journey," walled Herrick. " I
s carve out my own fortune, when I- can wield
a sword. Now, tell me, girl, who is Alicia to

“ 0 man. Thebaron will never consent.”

“ But she loves some one. Hal" as a sudden re-
collection struck him, “ who was the stranger I saw
with her the day before I played the fooli and son ht
the life of the bonnet coxcomb, an was lot
enou h to “throw myself from 5313;: begilccclmtykl:d '
1 " es en rwas— oung in Cress
-—at least heSSvas calgd so, before it was mad);
known that he was not the son of the noble Ma uis
of Estonbury," answered Margaret, with he ta»

tion.
“fl-Ia! theyyou . man who gave up the title and
estates as soon as e found he was not the heir?” ,
“ Th same!”

6 ,

“ yGeorgei he is a noble fellow! Where is he
now?’ ,

“I do not know. He went to studying law, I
hteard from the leird’s people—the Laird of Ral~
s on. '

" I would consent that my cousin should marry
such a man." ‘ '
" Her father will never consent."
“Netti I entrant him?“

“ Alas, no!“ ,‘

“ And it is he whom
to i "if: bowed he?

I eave 6 room’

' “I'have mmmat

Alicia loves!" .
head. She would have arisen,
but Herrick stayed her.

1 tn ’ tosay,girl. Youseelamoured
.0 my 0 ’

. The girfiifted Per. eyes and met those of Herrick
fastened on her ace. She blushed and looked down.
again without answer.
. f‘ghall I prove it to your. Shall I show you. that
Alicia is no longer loved by me? I love another.
Margaret!" - ,
_ Her face grew suddenly pale; but she moved not.
nor looked “in , I
“XVouldst ow whom? Yourself, dear Marga-

,shfizrtookherhand; but she drew fli' away with:

~“ Nnfikturn
(logen ke Alir
0.;

not’froxn mekéirl. You are worth 3

‘ lick, dornot mock me!” the girl
do. M. iszvetsiob.1 d  
, on , arng am so one. now
. our wo Mile sicknessaheld me a prisoner, I
faithfully  and tended by one gen-
tle tender girl,towhorn I have yielded my heart.
gains?! me? I love you, less, and I will
make you mywv e, and mistress of all here when it

comes. to me. ' ‘ ‘ w

“ Master Herrick!" the gr! said. resolutely and
now returning his gaze wit earnest, anxious look.
" you must net‘spesk in, this way)” i

i “I ami'but a dependent. Myparentsrwere servants
otthoharont Iamnotflttohe the wife of his kins—

to any soil 1, will ‘ ht an man who dares
itl 1' will have nogg but ion, girl; and the
hang! .Whatli it to m? ’ v v

ogfiwinton have aye wedded ladies of ‘

,n,.,,\
[u 

V on ,shsllqneen
Mei-gate . i! I ever liveutookg mo of Stvg‘nton.
, i ' can in me
{gang and that is, to hear you say you
“ ey,Master.Herrick—é” ‘ I
dHeoeptured her hand again, and drew her to his
8. . . .
“Look atme, Margaret; in mine eyes—girl; so.
mil: tend? “Jilin” “i” “:3? $5.: in 1 th
esw -v coor, e u-r ,o e
e glide, maids contegslon betorethe med? could
u sou . ' . ' V
' “Answer me, Margaret.“ .
«, “Dolnot‘try me teeter, I pray you. I am but a

, r . _ .
' MAM what am I but a dependent? But I will be

strength I shall leave

rel So soon as Ihave
3119 s country. Must I go

5 place-J shall lea e\
alone, Margaret?” _ ,
“ ut why do you go i" . '
“ t is my pleasure. I Will not live in silken fetters,
waiting for my fortune to come to me. I will carve
out my own way: I winjoin we army: but the sort
bamnet shell buy no oommissidn for moi Ha, Mar-
guiitéiyogdere pale-es death! Now do I know that I
am ov i ’ '- ‘
He'tookher inhis a‘rms,and the girldid not re-
 his embrace. But she disengaged herself pres- I
on '. ‘ . ' . . ‘
,, “lfknovr not whetto only "she enamored, when he .
ressocl the question. “ fear I have been a. traitor .
 m Wang-lie bade. meta, stséy grad nurse I
you nsman e dream no 0 an as. '
.'  ‘ yierwordswithldssesendrfiptu-

us ‘ I i .. , 
' ‘llyrj'lletothe heron!” cried Ma ‘ not

\

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V ts
 Jo‘s: Ween her anxiety to 88%.-
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equation.

  
     
 

‘rrlelc repeated 4

 w tro bled W hortottho
re ‘ “to?  knew mywhaz
I

  

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‘ . “Not 1.  hse'nauehtto do .wit inr'loive.”

 Her :l'ether‘ would not

We. the best a mm, 1

gr sent? 1 fear not."
V 'cere no i. I shall 
; éou', the accidem of birth that made me heir to the
g , tie and land, which my {athei- will never claim, put
me in bonds to the boron or any of his race?
While my fat or liveshl owe obedience only to him;
and he will welcome t e girl I love as his daughter.”
“ Yet he; ed to man-y you to Alicia ”
“ He has tten over such
Aliciais n for me. Mar
Saint Andrew I will have argareti”

ain he 0 her i fierce em ‘

gist, me a)% pleald a brace

hep iness dare indu o it.
‘ 01: till y

messiah. n
l “"1318ng 5°

“ I on remiss be mine." .
If I may—w‘thout angering the noble baron. ~r”

“ Tush! you wril anger me, talking thus 1” '

“ 0r ievirsflmy dear sister Alicia—3‘

“ To her 1 She will not withstand me! She
will be too glad to have me out of her way!" laugh-
ed the happylover. , .

It was so arranged. Me. was towrite to the
baron’s daughter, and ab e by. her counsel. Her
love for young Reginaldhdispossessed of all save his
honor, was a pledge to errick that she would fa—
vor his cause. And so it proved. .

Along and loving letter came from the fair girl:
or rather two letters; for she wrote to both. She
was rejoiced that Herrick had given his heart to
one soworthy. ret’s good fortune delighted
her. She would ertake to plead for them with
her father and win his consent.. letter was ac—
com anied by a pretty bracelet, her gift to d Mar»
gore , sent by Frank Balston.

Meanwhile Hilda had accomplished her mission,
and returned to her master’s lace of refuge on the
Continent hearing the contri utions'ot Matlln,
rick and liargaret.
Herrick’s strength returned so far as to enable him
to travel. The wedding was to take place before the ,
left Scotland. __ ' '

CHAPTER XXIV.
. m ammo AT m arm
P had commenced its session in London;
the as yet some of the fashio bles had not left
their omen in the country to en are the discomforts
ofaMarch inthe metro ' who no lack,
however, of iayety in big circles. ' - :

Aliciannd er father had their

sively patronized by the no I
The rl had fairly entered society. having been
pigeon edat courthby be. nobleNkiraswamm, and
c ron eve, ere yLedy o a," 
e world of ($3110!) had its charms her; and
ate

 

the image of Reginald

! er tuthatot her consent wouldopen, before

The Marquis and Marchioness of Estonhu with
. the dowag'er marchioness,‘ were in their,‘ 1?" cent
| towh-housein «The dowag‘er di not as
 dowherseu'to be seen at . y .or routs; but
she: accompanied her ,deaghter' " drives, almost

muwndMeone the homecirele‘ in the'
!8he eon

m. . , '
“ma 0

icietyyend H penguin

{seemedtoenjoyscenes of e , ,_ (

whonors her .had won with more '

[ganglia her mother or her husband had 

fitonbmémd never loved her, and   'L
so

 so. Sohlong ascshe fig 21ng V
pm 8 o ass ea peareda 'e

table and in pub with gym and m _ 

todo‘ him credit he w‘as content.“ c 

out with her, e was octagon: to her at v

and that sureiywssu ‘mu, as-she'eould'  r

mfizany manifestation ’oi.‘ the  he coldd

$331 133% 311mg???  Remand

' _ . w . en

was she in every?hing¥hat hostelt the yoga; easy
01f, moduli1 l wgsa emd'gigrgulfiher wishee~
w, enever e em. ' -
downger; No Occasional din ‘ed mmugh the

mean erence had over yet

i Thomothedsindawhad hertull ‘ "

twil’idihi‘ii r W. Win?" $53”:
1 or e ’ '

her nature hidden evyen :15anth me depth or

land she

7, maternal e es.
Georgiana, Lady Estonburymwld not ten toy .
tenement W.“ rd “ we” “5’3”, -

e _

IhO'I-‘ngflghe powerless toeshukr “c.6101, " Twig mu,
ey ere together at the 0 re. 00

ntiernen friends had joined th’dnen- in their hoxr 

ere assiduous in their court to the doweger. Ilelen

was mm: and eel m encouraged the a .
of their fashionable do alntanoes. She mfigfiont?
her eyes fixed on the s , absorbed in‘ the singing

' and acting or the 1; no, whose
in??? it‘ll? “ml: ' litud N
e n o o , rresouroemso e. th-

ing could give h ‘0
great artistes red. I

She did not moo the diaerent visitors ring
and departing, after brief conversations ’ "
mother. t' at some interval in the ‘musi
heard, the wager _ rtiv‘el rallying one :1 the
entlemen on his adm ration or a new star in flush:
enable circles. ‘ ’

“ She does, indeed, look lovely tonight! I heard
was presented. .Sheis "

of her beauty at the time she
all the rage ill a certain set.“ .

 

  
  

norm hlrnl Think 

foolishness, as I have. 
is-and I swear by;

or» ’
Matiln was to remain 0 till "

suitors were at her feet. The baron felt sure ,
, in the splendid

grea. voice .. ,
' tmnoed the audience who ver it was heard. , en fl ‘
music. It was her solace

i!
7%

ed,toojealousoihernew g'

vote family hotel in Berkelgfiiggummog 3x513: '

" #33

Her submission to his slightest wish was the sang _
milling » '

the pleasure She took atth
, opera; and their box was'always occupied who: ' i

, her n
she ’

 

   

 

   

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room does not

 

degllwtgfi hsgaaittentioh gins irfiesis
ls lady ’ e w mp3' 1‘
and peaking to a. gentleman near her.

4‘

. - s
g »' n the box 0 site? I have not the pleasure of him a sum of money for his and his wife‘s snppo
l knowing the ladygfiuti know her name. Sh i the he was coldly refused. When his wife» my max;El
. dfi? liter of Lord Swinto baro
“ have never met her .
Indeed! She has been out but a short tithe; yet she was his moth
81: a marked sensation in soclety. I

. “A pro es of Lad
the liowag‘g, “.could go

“But this is owing to herself. Sheiaso

e . created
hear her toasted

and unspoiled b flat ' she has no wish He had not the ‘ wbe bush-mark ’ ou know."
miration, thong it i own her the more, perhaps, f‘ Helen," cried be, “301%,, white w’fi; I “if
for her indlflerence ” V you ever dare allude to that again, you wall 0 end

“ Is she an heiress!”
“The barony is a poor one;

ugh to maintain his

course was stopped by several acquaintances. b9, dis V,
Somo' little delay  n
‘un

' a
, in "the
Swinton

. .For one.th the eyes of ,
met those 01‘  ‘
the  some attract: _

min. ordina acquaintanceship.

I .-- Wings genius- and be

. L e . wax-meow ,
- ', ’ .thhmhuenwomotmetwowu.%

' cathodesz of the

V As the ‘esescendedthe
immodest

.‘1 sently

helm mm ’

there. [1! enwon
 was no longer one of

“on; '

next mo ,

f ,. ion alto ;¢,

prom'eed hermincle r  r
“Ygu ought to be .m

‘ added. “ tocare for another
to whom your love halo
‘ “iiitothlieghlisi'o'_I nt me
em ca -
688’ flglnald 011::
f He went by that name.

I love

'_.

“h,

t N ‘ * Nos- hAVe I forgotten himrmammd.’ But! know - ' ‘ an man
that the Temple, 9. str elderly of 0m

once did wooidbeasin; and I

' have

 

“She shomd notbe a

' “Her nature is too fresh. 1? themdnder“ K' ‘ L nwe‘mmw ‘

, dmwimr- “Ml Chisholm‘heardithat no  he...
on her own Scottish “$13,113; 8119 is most at home Scottisn friends; and naturally be wist to share ln
.. . , - = ‘ s ’ .‘ . 
1.3339“ are poetical. my lord.” said the lady. laugh . rl’éfiw asked Helenbgggkly
' ‘Wieghthsgleh a theme, who could wonder?“ ‘ ei-

m. 39
“locket her" now recei
‘ 2mm! 1?: l:ym‘shipl'ars,
,v is eye. - da

v =n0tlced the direction inwhich he looked. “ elen have on ever communicated to Reginald

‘ j “a “may raised hers for amom'ent. She saw in a your doufitg on ti

b0: nearly Opposite a very 1368111qu young girl. “I, lmtheri I have never seen nor spoken to

i ‘ “11°53 93!" dress and whole denieanor were so dit- " --

E v \ forent from the general run of you
i
1

$1231; from his gal-ems," was the prompt answer.
lifted .T e (1

ladies she had ‘ Nor written—nor sent message to himi“
leaning bad! “ Beware how you do so, {girl 1: But somehow. he
013181101111

remarked “ He is right!” cried Lady newan. cleaning her

Northampton‘s,"
tail of creatng a sensor

{031125. “ You know wh I do not _think he is their son.

» l... H bottom?” m“ We ‘
' ormer possessions. er a or as are 5' to her be ."
81w W 11W the ex- “ Silencgi or I shall tell you no more."

and sweetness, flowers .

 e chem . every one,” “ What was that?"
‘ ~ be We y enioy

‘ d “ 19 She 8 8‘15“ 01 16W NOrthamPWn?" 381‘” the might please Lord tonbury to bestow on him.“

owager.
“ No; but she goes everywhere with her. She is
her father; and he has no house in town.“

“How I should liketo call upon her!” thought the : that?"

young marchioness. , y " use Begin

' Then the star of the venine again appeared. and and 11: lord’ of an independence. He would not,

she was absorbed in the music. after ti ," -

‘ “they came out. at the conclusion of the opera. “ Chisholm, the woman I mean, spoke or your hus-

their willingness to assist him a

moccungdyneartheldatxr'  uite , V

'fluddfi Young Y, “W. - ,‘ . ‘
ouns sir! she had ‘ *9 Then she , he were.an they shouldn-
View. 3‘ her face. cei‘v'ev myt 1:33;: bgmty, as they needediti”

l t e ) t . _ V A ,

' ed by attendant gentlemen; "‘Thathe had no clainl to anything. nor would he
, _0.,u8 of thQaG- accept anything. If they ved d‘from -.
 , film wulwlne on the arm it must be independent of all claims onihispart, and
or  Vigngfiggdfigtgepggher gig?! guest . not {funded with? supposed relationship to 
 ",  ’, “ t.‘ »“
watchawho demonized by Lord ° “S “g

,., , . ,  uralmmterL—nevereemelnto new 'esexain. 
01 9 Wd‘ “05 “Pressed But she will ask my lord to; the  mas-4

- Alicia was ” .
but never did girl
she exoited.

cia’s rosy E s
, htly, slid , y

.t erlwuld , .“Haveyouanyrg‘geflontothatr’
W1,“ ' “Ido not know»‘ showered,  I!

her daughtér («were and ‘ mambo , ou wiflnot oppose' his-liberafl 32119:”
nblsry‘s carnage” was'pro- “ngy inot; {donut what he  the

‘  1108, Fffiwasseafiflousin V aldtorefnse 

 , Mm - sistanoe. Keisalreadym
0th” 3  and“then he is known to be ntimate with the rich
intolthe manned renamed merchant—the India man—"r r . ~ . - ,
ltoouidmean. ,v - w it: v d, . .
r the WWW “an?” "His name is W understand, 
£ . magm- ‘ I , o, i 1' haveneverseenhim. Heisrichanddoesnot
V I“, h t not forgotten her resolution, northe .
" vow she. had-taken on the eve of her mer-
goushshe never swatches 1'. “Ihavoheard no. me mono wlllemnmld-
,oname of nald.
q ved tolose notime lnl
.. hadbrought; for
something todowith him.

once the questi

A» m m 2%: :3“ hot ismutth mafia thisutnre.
. ‘ on w  no a. ' , no ‘
winzrfihefitaxed in; Ngr woudhe have cutoff the Ghisho  he

Banalem"hermotlter .do, that heisnottheir son.” v » r .
,men than imbue:le She left the room without another look atthe dow-
‘thef‘yo marchion: ‘
are mistaken neupposing
and Helen had learned the
-, ' v _ * “Indeed, I reeled it.‘,‘ said  mother. on
>  ’ 3116 by the assurance  you have forgot-

“ new we...
Sc 00 m r
i' gala and you give consent.

“Inn ladtohe’ar ou
",Butllgam stilli y

nI'werefreeatthismo» h 1;, hi- mandoccasio receivedavisit
I e e s nggd W i

in his fortfine5~in"hia supplying him with matches, inviting him zoom

"   

.co cemmonplaoasormere  ‘ond.the," I
Rummnwasread fidece.

hi V
oilns are no:

_" len, yet;s gorget that the
' ’s , . ' . ' ‘ .
“ I know enough to convince me that they are not

owager grew very pale-land grasped her
hter's arm. '

is subject?"
id since weparted attheCouxt.
“ Neither."

has the same notion. When claimed 1mm

that was—went to him to ve help on the score of
' relationship, be  £3: He refused to believe
e . ’
“ On what und?“ _ .
. “ His own eelingswms inward conviction.”

ands. V
“ Silly girl! you defend such unnatural conduct?"

e not to 'venessi" .
(fisholm I heard mention it as belonglng

_“ I will be silent. So he disowned the Chisholms?"
“ Entirely; they could only get one promise from

. “That the m ht take and whatever it

t ‘nNay, mother, I know Reginald never so worded

“Why. my Lady Incredulous, how do you know

Beca ‘ ‘ ald promptly deehned your odor,
at. m » 9 any claim

” nd he spurned it,

asbe . ,
“Thatislike ."

mylord

dau later.» . . , .
“ 15 sent Chisholm away, bidding here—tho unnat-

guided young man ~
Helen made no .

,“ At least, it Shaman-obtains money

,, manor his wife.”
money by ha labors;
Who? asked, We? ‘ .
 a good character." . ,
Wald in intimate with him!" I .
tude of sins. in the eyes of a n y young man."

what new Helen had risen to leave the room, but turned hack " p
, was 0011- at this; her'face «flame with a r. I - ’ ’

r“ you mean, mother, that ‘ A limbo-the
nd‘ot shad Hawkins said,

not been firmly convinced they had in: on him
a lie and a (land. You know, mother, as wells: I

agar, who sunk into her chair faint and trembling;

her lips arficuioti the war ' : , -

' “ V ! Impossible! Shanowsnoth~

,glgldri’f shodid, would she drag min upon her own
ea 3 r ______.__ r >

5 CHAPTER XXV.
In the room nonemth by Reginald at
hours of every day. was a so whic
‘ 50m es, weather, lodging there

‘Re old had often methim on the'stai and
, had severaltimesiendered trifling semces, so as

 

The dowager flasheda glance of,  enher I riageon

) metm teammate. ‘
u.’

' The salvaging, _ stthsthotet and.  3
don visits them. '1‘ Mm  thexyoung' 

838.. 3”", 7.‘; . ,‘ ,,
“l?! nesda it—I wguld not; but. , see, thanks“ 
tothahaird ty.Iam notion?“ ‘ * *‘ t, 
! but haveex ent prospects. Bo not metom-=
eetreaidwhenloanstandampl  .  ' ~-
Fran, thank the with ~ . ,_
“Iona. 1;; been our healthhyufltmg'
’07 N a  . I ‘
“ 1 sum mystyieinthem 
ytouoh “them on:~the..tahio. . ,‘Weu *

L ,

.5.

_ Id' 1
on he had I , _   
Begi .whohad been interested in In: lntelli-l

gentcountenanceandthemanner‘soeas‘ermd im» ,

ulsive that it betrayed his foreign birth, ht

his strangeebg; She made a; odor: to surgeons he ‘

reserve. n- seeing  ,wn-stairs 

beforehim,hehadpointed him out to his trieml,‘ 

EggfiBaistoal Oz): asubsequmtvisityoungfiahton _ . 

r e . care easy: , »
“Iheard something that surprised me concerning ,

you]; neighgor. Theoldmanisvery rich.”

“Yo would not thln' ksotromhispmmm “a . ,. 
his ha a home here." , " " * ~
“Hisatti though not costly, is always neat." -
returned -gnald. “And he has the air Maman‘
midsized with cares. Your poor man is free from '
them, you know." , . ‘
' “He made his fortune in India, I understand." Y
“He is not an Englishman?” ‘ _, v
“No; a German bybirth; a thriftypemon, like "
ma of his nation." a
«'fis strangothst he remains in motion." v ' 5 , ,
“Hemayheloo foranheirto his money. I ‘ i '1
heard something of t t sort." . l a ‘ j
“ Looking for an heir?"  - ,
as "aggregate; m e. 
an op 2. ug r. or marry '
“ the with such a face and figure. .But
I heard nothing eflmte. You had best clfltixmie
him." added Frank,  ins. ’ " \, ~
“Thankyou; the ' essathefitagehuntinghas I e ».
noattractions for me. What ousay, howeverfiex- 

plaifis the reasons of his depo nt
“ ow so.’ -

“We have interchanged, hbori Owens; but _
when on the point of  ,
hasaiwa sdrawn back." 7 , _ V

“Why Howaccount tor-than" " >  V ,. ‘ »-

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I wanted to air my 0 inions. Don’t be ‘ ,; V 
Frank. Whenlneed r ageinfl'willappiy 
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'yonra shitsnce desirable one
fermefgnelyul‘amandwell “able as on areto
' charm  and to veoounsel
~ Age the ungmnnbow There waseome-
thin elimination tohim in e defereneeo'fthis
.inte » t stra r, and he: murmured an ac.
iknowi gment o the pleasure it promised him.
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man continued; “and t? sto
great interested me. ours

ter. ny honorable man
acquaintance."

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of your reverses
no common charac-
m‘lght feel proud of your

to my errand. I ‘come, not to ask
_ > you and being numbered
among your friends, bu to warnyou, on no account,
to receive one as an acquaintance.”

d looked- his‘astonishment.

“ on have shown me kindness. Beware how you
go on how u allow metov resume upon it. Imay
not‘nhways able to resist he ardent desire I feel
to seek your friendship.” ’

“ You speak in ridd es, sir.”

“'I will explain; that is my object in coming. You
(grey , generous, and ready of access. It would
 a man who knows the world, like my-
self, to’ co you into an intimac which would be

. a Solace and a deli lit to in self. e should almost
‘ inevitably lide in some hing like it, bein near
I did not caution you, against it.’
' ~ “And w y shbuld you do so? ’. ' ,.
. , Because—becauseAI am unworthyto be an asso-
ciateorafriend of yours." ,
~ “I cannot believe that, Mr.——"
“ Wallrade is my name.”
_ " Mr. Wallrad'e, I have wkhed to know you for
some time." ' ' ' '
‘ngu will wish it no longer, when you know what

" "I must now
the. honor of knowing

fihave heard anyon; andhnve heard nothing to '

‘ ourdisadvantage.’
y-“Few know any thing of mantecedents. I re-
veal themwyou-fornsnf lamaman~who
hotbeentrtedmr ”
lfigfinmagmuum n:

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can owthefact. Itisnemthetese V."

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were not of crime. There is no
yowsh endgame association: of adorable men,
on account of t ear in on."

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; azure. The old man save Mali 8“

fiat.”
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pity on me.

- darned ray

/ l terceasion that m friend W .0;me
‘ o'm‘wm “ y mum’s: raised.
wasalady of rank; I Wilma,
was far above me; -

' the on; and her glide
he

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IN avow in inimst heart that for her
mimam my toalii’e ot’ucemuabor."

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- "she gave me her miniature before Bait. England;

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“I seewfit ’yoo unthinking of; you are mistak-
en. Thenewas no love in the case. The lady—she
was verytyotuhizgd‘fimoet f. child—m me as the
angels y ' med; worshi erase -
tron saga Years afterward I heard'of her mg:-
6 to a noble lord; and I ventured, to, send from
in a rich shawl, manufactured for a princess—of

. her‘acoeptance '

“I serv my emplggexswell; Iwas madea rt-
bhght was unknown; was
allw o knew me. I fanned the
one flyoung Englishman of noble
family, who was an o cor in the army; but com-
pel] to leave it on account of: failing health. I
nursedhim through a severe 111ness;and be per-
suaded me to accompany him to England, when he
was ordered home."
“ Who was he i” ,
“ His name was Egbert Vane. We made the voy-

tance 0

age together; at least part of it; for the shigwas.

wrecked, and most of'those on board perished

“ How dreadful! You both escapedl”

“ It was upon a hidden reef that we had been
driven. I was swept into the see when the ship went
to eces; butImanagedto afew looses are,
an ,tied them together wit some cordage got
from the wreck. ad just shoved the raft clear
from the reef. ‘when a drowning man was swe t
within reach of in hands; and I clutched him by t a
hair. I dragged im upon the raft; he was insensi-
ble. but I brought him to with a. few drops of bran-
dy, and a little chafing.

“Then finds him secure himself to the raft. Not
till morning dawned, did I know whom I had saved.
It was E bert Vane. ’

“ Prov ential, indeed."

“ I will attempt no description of our experience,
driven by wind and wave far from the sight of men
and without revisions, on a. frail raft. We looked
only for den ; but we were destined to live. 0n
the fourth day a vessel picked us up, in a state of ex-
haustion nigh to death.
h‘i‘nAgaln providentiall" exclaimed Reginald, deep
w“ I“ W“ $55.42 m” him?" “Wm” “ Witt" to

0 were was

velfar. I wasagain' is nurse, andwhen he was
11, we went into the mountains for the
benefit of health."

" Who wetdddaretocall ouheartless?"

"We were like brothers; ut my companion soon
found one whom he love with adeeper and
warmer love. Shewuvery but of hum-

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lemon '

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linen methat she was a
cured discovered what I
nndweharlo ”

“such mime he‘did no? a ” that he
optic maiden. 11de
Thus woparted; parted

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he ' t 
w re we s no men

other’a frie ; 'W that
affair ran'its comes. I could not-help inquiring

after er.

“ What had become of her?"
"Bothsheand hertweredeod.. he
first. Hisconstitn munderminedin

of the
wreck, ve way  ' astekentot
spotwhgraehehndbeen‘bu .

“A terminatiootohis romance! Was he not
httohisiriendsinthiseo i”,
“trange,ita tomethathewosnot
or had c’oxne over and}:

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land, that bothheandlmwlth all those in the shfi)
on board of which we sailed from India—had. been
reported drewn Three or four of the sailors

news”.

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heard me aft

V few remem er so many years. may
berg was forgetful. I had my am ortune, e
in the bank that old the deposits 0 my mercantile
house. Onl one amusementl suffered to become a
that has procured me the reprobation
of the museum. I have played now and then.”
“ Played—at cards " '
“ You are shocked! Well-I deserve blame. I
used to gayin Germany; and the excitement was a
solace me. . I never risk
engrath winlkgiven’to the poor. ‘.
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“With a magnum; hardly with me. What can
I. do. withogtan object of interest in life?” .

 

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ed escort of 3 yo
through the mom.

its that, as you say, may render scrupulous

bostem,
.Esto .who
Idonbury’

and flowing sleeves. She wore
naments. ‘being in mourning.

claimants for their attention.

" "Me’one‘toryomseir. Yeumaynnd abundani; ’
“'i‘oo‘iate! toclatel Onlyoneho’ remains."
“Whatis that?" ’ p’e ‘ '
“'lhe‘beauteous‘y ladzwho once gaveme .~

hope when most in gym w 0 gave me energy to

commences. new life; nted to do com for '
her. Sheisdeed.x But ehas leftachild; adfugh-
tor; lovely as herself, and as full, no doubt c ten-
der com Her father, I hear has lost a go

rtof efortunehisancesmrs , yed; w at

e has is stfictly'entalled on the m e heir. e has
:90 son. His daughter, therefore, ivill be unprovided
or.” ‘ , ‘ '

, “Hal there is an dbject for your energies, for

your gratitude.” ‘ .

“Is it so easy to goto this young and lovely crew
ture, lay my fortune at her cot. and have‘it ac-
cepted? She would reject it with wonder that‘s
stranger—who has no repute among men—should L
dare ap roach her. 'Her father has theprideof , '
high ran ; He might reject my acquaintance.” "

‘ Shall I give you my advice? Shake off .any hab-
persons
shy of you. Bein seemin what you are in nature'
then seek the friendship 0 this noble, im overlsh (
man of rank. He will not hesitate to we on me you
to his home and his heart.“ v - ‘

“Think you so, young man? And you, are you
willing to be my f aie'ld now that you know all?”

“ I acce‘pt your man p with thanks. I shall
proud of t.’ . “ l -

The German drew one hand across his eyes.
Rednald had grasped the other in the warm im.
pu ofhisemotion. » ,

“As Heaven blesses me with reason,.l'wili take

your counsel, oung friend. You have saved me

from myself. at are you sure youwill be firm,
when you hear me reproached as a man who has
frequented gambling-houses; whOSe character
no one can vouch for?“ ‘ '

“I have no fear. , Evil rumor may follow on,
even after you have won the right to a sppfiess
name. But on will conquer at last.“ '

  

 

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importance to say, and to cautiongma
young friend mm  anion agguahtance with

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a m had met him

“ is name is Wounds,” he continued, _“ and I an
sm'eheisa bier; forlhave hearditcfb’hn: Be-
with ’him.' The

' ever.

wareofbeng seen , sequoia, tones

would run: four
I elt resentment rise at‘ this rebuke;
reply, only with cold, thanks for a
. hastily‘oway.
_after him. he was look ng well this
ev , a 3111: of pale rose-color; with full over-
skirt 0 delicate point lace, looped with white rose.
(is. There were natgral renegade in her half/all):
an arms. e was ver .
and hereyes'bnd that dark d h they shows-2'1 £1?“
she was under the influence 0 emotion.
e dowager Lady Estonbu was attired in a roll
purple corded silk with black .00 mmces, box-tho,
net and diamond or. .

.'th introductions. and
The on marchloneas 'eagertoesca the watch.
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stantly attracted Reginald’s attention. Al cia. Maur
was thecentrsl figure, and the object of general ad-
She was dressed entirely in whitc,-a filmy, cloud-
like lace, that floated in a ufrs from the outline
of her slender undgrace form. She were no
brace] ‘33. nor any ornament save an old-fashioned
rooch containing her mother’s hair. Her
9"”! Willing. 1 ' t-brown locks looming like old
“131° 58%. 1’61 Rom the mstraln ribbon get or-
M the. back of her head, to her neck, and
me red in delicate rings around her temples. Her
(.5393 ed, and a faint rose-flush was in her
cheeks.
idently

T mags d her on or side Was eve
Se gratifying torhgigiprddo. ‘ ’ er,
f MVel‘a-l gentlemen, amaomem the oung Duke
l 8h 0mm? whose devotion the fair glrlhadbeen
- 8. talk of gossips or weeks gashwerein lively
gonrersation with the belle of he evening. The
uke held her bouquet, and [waited to lead her to the
dame- Eis eyes were fixed on her lovely face with
an earnest tion no one could mistake, for
young love makes its first Ian understood.
Alida? thus lightly toying wi h the scepter of
Beauty 8 empire over hearts, was unconscious that
tVQIDeI‘SOns were ' astly regarding her with
Maren feelings from the devoted gallants in her
immediate circle. I ~ -  v 1
Raid. ' stood leanin a nst a. pillar,pae as
den » his‘eyes devouflngglhegagwe 4
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 The intense era ' is soul was satisfied—he
- . saw 11813111 an h‘eliggbesuty, once again. But how?

 
      

#8 1'81? removed from him as if she were enshrined
'3 somo fair planet of the sky! She looked, in his
9308, like an angel just. touch‘ the earth for the

" 33018.8 01 an instant. And he mig t as well expect to
' capture the winged inhabitant of the'em yrenn, as
toclaim her attention. Yet he could no take his
eYes fromher face; though over his own crept an
doe anguismdarkenlng into des ir.
ea g on the arm of Lord Clair, cok-
v M from Reginald’s face to the heemin one of
$19193, and a conviction flashed upon or mind
full“. the. two were knowrr to each other, and
10:: here was the maiden who had won Reginald‘s
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Tare two figures descended the marble steps attire
end of the balcony. These led into a. spacious court,
refreshed by a. fountain, with clear basin, in which
aquatic plants were growing, set out With
orange, lemon and ornamental trees. _

_ Helen saw the, flutter of a white. dress at the fur-

ther end, at the entrance of the longl conservatory,
and évgiethfirt giving herself time for ought, hasten-
a r e .

The warm air of the hot-house, loaded with fra-
grance, made her 7 t for breath; but she‘did not
Pause till she saw t e persons she was pursuing, stop
11 a. nook sheltered by an oriental tree mtlrdrooping
Mughs in full leaf.

Helen was concealed behind the tallvases that\
held flowering shrubs not yet in bloom. , r

She did not once think oi! the strangeness of her
chase, and of her listening to the conversation of
those who thought themselves alone. Herr early
training under the Chisholms' care, bed never taught
her that such conduct was unbecoming a. lady; and
hertglesire to know everything had its root in a good
mo ve.

“ Reginaldl" she heard Alicia. say, “ why have you
bro ht inshore in hurried manner? We can
spec together in the rim ' -rooms-—” , 

“I cannot speak to you t ere!” exclaimed the
you man, in a, tone that betra ed the bitter agony
that e was muferlng. “Oh, ‘ i [should not
dare to speak to you at all."

“But it would have grieved me it you had not,
dear ' aid! 1 was sodelighted to see on!”

“I wi ask only five minutes] It will 0 me good,
Alicia to hear from your lips, what I have read in
your looks to-night, that you have cast 01! all rev
membrance' of me!” _

“That I have cast off remembrance of you—~Rogi-
nald! And it will do you good to know it!” ‘

“ It will crush presumptuous hope forever. I
thoughtI could resign you calml , butI knowby
what I have suffered tonight that t e task is one in
which you must aid me. éhide my Egresumptron,

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- meet elsewhere my Reginald ”

ha nose!” . . _

I pg young man was kneeling beside hor,_his arms. _
clasped round her waist, as he poured out the over— ' ‘
flowmg joy that had taken the . elace of d . ’ .

Helen, em arm d, was thi
she could esca. tothe drawing-rooms. ' . _ _
Suddenly Alicia. lifted her head from he: lover's" ,
shoulder. , ' v " t L . =
“We must now my beloved. But you shrill I»
come and vis true, will you not?” '  _ I ‘
“Will our father—” , ' ‘
“I wil answer for him. He will not condemn
his childtomisery. Hheshquldbe unkindwawill
Another fond embrace, and Alicia. disengaged
herself quickly. ' x

“Leave me now. They Will send to look form's. '
For my sake—go! Ihear footsteps!” r y ,
Reginald was gone. ‘ ,V
The footsteps passed on. The girl sunk back, over-
come with the agitation she had undergone.
Helen tho ht she had fainted, and sprung to  , '
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assistance. or head lay back on the settee;
eyes were closed, and she was p’ale as marble.

The young marchioness drew her close to  y  \ ’7
supported her in her arms, and used her head on ‘
her iown shoulder, chafing one o er'cold  /

tween her own. ,
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sciousness. She started at perch who held
so tenderly. Shedrew herself up, w iii a murmured
apology for causing so much trouble. ’ ‘ . , :'
“Se. nothing "replied Helen. “Are you  7 l'
restored? or shalllgctyouacupofwatentrom, t  ,'
fountain?” v ‘  - ' .
“Thank you; I am ' better.
here?" ‘ , - . . ,
“l have been close. to you for some,  j I ms
behind those vases.” ' , ’ ’ " " ‘
f Thcgirl started, andvthe crimson rushed to her __

ace. , V _ ., ,
“Yes. Ihcard on and Regina! . I rm "that .

you love each 0!: er; and J know‘t the.  .,

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" You know him i" cried Alicia, starting uv;’"vf j"

“I am his—sister.” ' ‘ ’   "  ' Vi,
“ His sister? 1 never heard that he had tighter,” -
"Not his sister in blood; but '—’— but —— we: were,

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' pleasing to an artistic eye. “The with}
o eand brushed the twigs ’ inst t
1 but he spacious room, warm
fire, was of e soft, luxurious tem rature. The
, ,marchioness wheel a lax- e cushioned- leathern
'chalrtothe ilre,an went in
get a book.
hde th‘l fhdlib
an werera er arge or an n
a cute rs of a lady. They were so tightly set to«
‘ Mother 1: Helen found difficulty in moving them.
,But the title in letters of gold on the back inspired
w curl ‘ to examine their contents.
‘ ’T off she loosened fone volume, and took it out.
, hen she wentto replace it she was obliged to
move the next volume. As s e
' «anew fell behind it, and res sted‘attempts to
all th book She drew it out to see what

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“ ,_ discolored by e and covered with dust. Helen
 ’ wiped away he net, and looked for the fastening.
; Openingigshe s in surprise- then took it to
 ) till?t window to examinemore care
 iota beautiful ymmgwoma' n.
l , were exquisite den ,nnd the complexion fresh
“%h%h 3'11: in ‘t d t sum t r
r n a no mm as on on ; or
I famiEarto her. But for the dif-
ferenceinsex, she would have been certain it, was
Reginald Hohnesl .
and noble outline, the broad, placid
» , ' the rounded chin, were the yery same.
, eyes—those wonderful ey rk gray, with

  tige gamete 1gellilée his figg aBlast

‘ gr era v . was n ’s

 face; andgg'ond a doubt, pain for some relative
of his. Who could it be?

. In the left hand corner was faintly traced a name.
Helen could not make out that of the painter; but
“Dusseldorf.” was perfect plain. On the 'back of
the tare, which was ins ht frame of lished
_ V was aninscrlptioninw ting—vs old- ashion-
' _ : ‘Al‘merla (0/3th, ' wi the date-

' file-l '
 f '  Theportralthad evidentlybeen
 , _. magmas”, sad twenty-four years ago!
it lain ‘ ear-s10 tten. wheretheyoun
7  found lg. yIt lookrgdolike none of the 
‘  v ’ rel portraits in the stately gallery. of the ‘town
. ‘ ‘ mansion, orinth picture-room at Estonbury Court.
, v ’ Itnaembledo ’ one person Helenhadeverseen;
' 2 audit was so like him as to preclude the ideaof a
" merechance resemblance; ' r
' . Berflrst impulse was to show it to her mother
.  a; momsg; but ashaé new idea occusrlll-edhltg
’ ' . roan conceal rdisco e . e
, the’i A are in the folds of her m3}; she heard
w car 1 wheels without, and the voices of servants
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  "  ladyship” complained otthe cold as she came
‘1‘ E the herald: rpm herself and heard the“ an-
“, . given  she was in the library. Presengllv
' , “  was thro n, and her mother enter .‘

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\ them, thof mfilfiwmg
“tartan minutes or so of can

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, lighten to be rev

, V‘flalhma," she said, after a fit of musing, “is
" ‘K W‘ Egbert’ lnourfanllhyl“ , .

.1 do you mean, clul ” cried her ladyship,

  one of’the name of Egbert? or was

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 p “ ~Ie~havcseen thename."
, . ij' demanded the
 , M,nnd confronting her
 ;  him you seenthatnamet”sherepeat-
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by a. large sea-coal.
one of the alcoves to ‘

volumes were richly bound in an old-fashioned t
the dell- {

ulied ‘it forward, .

,I‘  s It was a case about six inches square of morocco. ,

lly.
disclosed a fine painting; a miniature: the face ’
The hair and the dress 3
hula-foreign and anti dated look; but the features :, c

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guy-red fife ’ . “No. indeed. madam; tram not so .flndnet- rum

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draw-1n  Thenheru thebe L‘ o ".

exltg'a fightsiorthefhhrary. 'ng 1” and were? v
, wast-om n or him to o writingorem

amine a book in the evening.“ He  the dl-swing- *

maxing among dust , molderin panels; I do not
even know what/is t ere! ' I belleve it belonged tic-4

my father; did it not?” . V
‘YeS' and it should have been cleared out long room. after another whispered direction from! that
since. but something must have put that name in dowagel‘ ‘ a l .
a your howl" r * In a few minutes Helen let her harp lean hack,
“\ It is of no can uence, since it did not belong to and then arose from her seat. ’
any of the 23,111qu only wanted to know if there She was uneasy, but dared not suffer her distun
was such person, and—whom he married—if he balm" '50 be “51b18~ " ’
had a. wife.” - She asked whither m lord had gone.

After several ‘
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Her mother replied t at she had heard him so
he had something to do in the library. It Surely
could not be matter of en rise that he should leave
her alone. He rarely spen an evenin with them.

The dowsger grew very pale as she looked scruti-
nizlgly at her daughter. , At length she said:

“v on seem always tryin to grub up something,
turn your attention to

matters "of gactlcal life. Have you answored those Theexcuse for ‘leaVing the room W 0h 3°19“ “’33
invitations dinner at Lady Roscoe‘s i" 1°" ‘ “8 forrcame 9" last V“? be” maid at the d°°rv
mm ask ng some direction, which she hastened out. to

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“They must be written before dark. Come with 81
me and write them in my dressmg-room." »

Helen mechanically follovmd her mother up the
grand staircase. -

Ercusin herse‘f for a moment, she hurried on to
be- and consigned the picture she had
found to her rivate ebon desk. For greater secur-
ity, she put » t between efalee bottom of the es-

rltolr and the woodwork. Then she looked the
desk, and tying the key to a ribbon, put it in her bo— I

ve. , . .
, hen she flew down the stairs. She o ned th
library door softly, and lided in.’ De ' °,

Lord Estonbury was a the cabinet, which he had ‘
giust opened, ,as there had been some ditflcultyin.
nding the keg. He was takln out pack c after

ackage of 01 papers. apparen letters, an laying

hfim (1m tetgble nomad his it _

e 00 . up, an saw w e,as shestoodb

the fire, lookln into the glowing bed 'of coals. y

50m. “ You here, elen!” he said, surprised. ,

“ There is something behind all this,“ she murmur. ” f‘ I WWW 9° “k .{o‘lv malice." She, returned.
ed to herself ng her mother's strange disturb- lf 3’0“ W111 110‘? 8‘0 W‘ 1‘ me to Lady Roscoe’s dill-
nnce. “ I will find it all out. ‘ I will see the contents “er! I have written an mgm" {0" 011-" l v
of  cabinet." “  need not! have one; for shall not 

in London."
“Shall you leave town before Wednesd l" ‘ »

“ Imay—to—morrow; certame the nextafia ."
“I am so sorry!" she murmured. in,a  of
chagrin. “ It is long since we were at dinner to-
My absence does not seem to stand much in me

She went then into her mother’s room, and wrote
notes for her till it was time to dress for dinner.

His lordship came in rather late and joined them
,at dinner. It was not his invaria le custom to be u
present at that sociable He1 was unusually
communicative this evening.

“ I met that young fellow in in the Park with

gather. ”

“

Wallrade," he observed as e pared a- hot-house wavy 0‘ Your enjoyment. usually," his 10mm 013'
peach at the dessert. “ he pays no heed to my ad. Served. With *1 sneer. , _
vice." . I “ More than on Maurice. I do not like to

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“The you? follow," Helen knew, was no other
than Reginal . Her eyes were cost down, but she
listened with the more earnest attention. , _
’ “And I have been thinkin ,” the ma uis pro-
ceeded, “that I do not like studying w. He
hastegéegid? viavialnentt‘,5 I am and waMsterTg:
an on s perpe u y :- up.
etc of the birth-chamber were better let dro .”

be no lected, w on it is my first season in London."
laceévduzfgglf n e mannmd  3f. mmlggi‘ttgguo: I21?
my 1:33 miffhave your  a flirt!" she asked in I
mfggvgfié’éifigg‘e’iflu would never carry‘gmatters I ‘ l
to the poIint of danger. You are not pretty enough."

u n, I t n “And he Ihave too much rinci 1e. or .
asked ,hgfigw‘f :31" mm into 39m Other 8? at least. _ v53: shall never comglain pthat Iphiélvee
“ I might. I ave influence with the minister. He bras-32;; gggfigfiggi’fgigatgfi ggylardo"

might be provided for in the diplomatic line. "

‘ It you were to offer a large annuity, on condi-
tion he accepted some office—J ‘

“There’s the difficult l hewill take nothing! I
have offered to settle, a andsome income on him; I
did it at first. I can only manage the matter
through the minister, or some nobleman who
01:12:: be’got to, use interest for. him. Confound his

e ‘ '
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gas dlo‘wager, spitefully, “is mere than

an . ’ r , u , 1 .

Helen flashed a glance at her mether, but did not You can 896 101' yourself- I am sparing the rats
dare trust herself to utter the thought in her mind— , and worm sgm trouble. These things would not
that the pride of maul worth and independence was “acres” 3’0“- . ' _ , A
far above the ride of M}, or “flung I do not know. Will you let me help you sort >

“He will no come here," finished his lordshl “13m? ' - , 'n . y .
“thoughI have lowered e to invite him. No; Ishall find that easy enous - ~ " l l , 
declined the luvitatlonto not last week." . He took up an mm! of the must documents. ;

“I wish he would leave the country,” said the came to the fire. and laid them u n the coals The V.
lady, fretfully. “I shall decline society, if he is to fire leaped up and seized them. he marquis ush~

“0h, mammal" exclaimed Helen. “we have never '  scrap was consum . '  a
met him in company. except that one night at Lady . W113 mm 0‘ the helm 0“ 0m” b . when"
Won't ban" , , , 1 lug brain Eon have ruthlessly consignedto vlon!"

Her mother gave .her a severe look, but made no , 9"" 93ml Wu“ 5 mt “"8 - ‘
answer; ntmhe party rose from table, ? The W m :0!- dup‘my 25”» he? ’
and adjourn to the wing-room. ‘ i ' answered:

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ted oil ‘ ' » '

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gsftorthetargfies‘free‘wdgapr clentotthelav; such ~
n k w the ’ researchegh‘il; you thinkll have i" m ,
wandered ‘over'the “only glamour ear alnlng ma have
, bringln them perfect tune, her ear nourished“ P “on” y
caug t much 0 the low-toned conversation near ,

’ “ In that or any other!” ,

" Some ay I mayread you a lesson on the neces-
sity of oontrollin your impulses, keeping down your ,
curiosity, or bri log your to e."

“ You have nothing to fear, am sure. You never
figmslt’me with any secrets; so how could {I betray

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“ 151 had any, I should guard them carefully from
ride," said . 3703,1- . ‘
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men acumen ' s so arse o
thee? There were. only old letters, and such rub-
bish of no use to any one." .

“ I will see toit," replied the marquis.
“And witllai‘out dglayl I shouhlstnot want those
mover uled yanycurlous ranger.‘ ,

“fie son-inélaw answered, musing: '
“I have to go into Dev to-morrow; at

"Pray do not leave the business tome!" cried his  ,
mother-i . . “I cannot hear to touch mold ' suppose now"shes ' w m
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~. how completely he had baffled her. ‘ “ Are you sure? . The duke is handsome, full of i 1' You tell me Whom n resembles?  a” , I

No sooner did she hear his steps ascend ' the manly grace: of afrankend noble nature, highl. marchionesse r . _ .
303.1% a the young marcbloness was 12% the cultlfiatednéievglgretildto youthselicézhlfiare not to plgit looks like-4 friend—"was the hesitatingre- I
» . you ow or en esire ma - .’ ‘ .. v . ‘ " :' '
meedmfity key was yet in the lock;'lt was not even “Tm; girl gunk on her knees, bursting into a storm as “11 535%,? mm, ‘0 MOW if the “Elm? mm M I 
tum -' ’ so 3 an ears. ‘ ‘ - A ‘ , ..
V Shaopened the doors, but the space within was “Oh,.pnpa! have some mercy upon me! Do not “3618 men}! is—agentleman; thigmy lure been " \ 
Wm Only a thick atmosphere of dust—the dust condemn your child to certain misery l" tally-’11 for}! 81515012 0“ Niall“? 01' “5- ,’, , .~ 9 v ‘ '
of more than a score of ears, that irritated her dell- -“ Alicia: I had no idea of this! If you have such Qr—hls mpther- LOOK at the date. ; 1 r
‘ 4 . cagnwmls and caused or to draw back more than unsaversliggl pt; flags duke, I will mi; 1x153! ygn.” i m miggigfi‘gggsm Still She Pondered— $119 color rose r I I
 - y ' ec ~‘a.ruisan t 'mn e r I - . ,  
, She gmed‘open one drawer after another, and in- midst of her we .- He lifted her up and placed “T7095 it 110?, mn‘b‘e 3011‘“ 0“ With who“ it! - '  "
399°“? the pigeon-holes. thrusti in her hand to! her on aseat besule imself. , V have seenyoul asked Helen. _ .  *
eel if there was noth' behind iglgem. ‘ “ I own that I feel disappointed—bitterly disap- “ 9 8m Siblush deepened as She answered; '
, In One of them she f p a s prick, and snetch- pointed. My heart was set upon this. But I can- MI? 393105” 39117093? .Yes‘v it is Y“? 1150 him.
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figg‘l‘lgfifigrchiet tintind 11 and , filo mun the “ N 0, dollar higher; 1P can nevermaocept the duke. I: m‘fgefigtgm-r, . ‘ ' ‘
rece c e. was ce or one. can never are im. re. ve 'm In answer. ‘ ‘ w 2
Her fingers eagle in contact with what seemed the can neverbe changed.” y g y “I foundriyt behind some books in our library ' . ‘r ‘0

broad head or a nail not driven fast into the wood- The baron groomed inwardly. He thought or the ~ ,where it had lain neglected a long time: perhaps a
work- She pressed u it“ with all her force. sad probablll y that his daughter’s heart might be score of years. I have not do to ask, any exola‘
somethi flew out an struck her face with such yen to a man he wished she had-never seen. But nation. 01‘ even to Show it to mil-1mm. 01' *0 mghufi' A
violence t t she recolled in spite of her resolution. e knew that it was dangerous to recall his image band- YO“ mule only 0'18 W30 09-3 help me “N1 d
» It was a smell secret drawer, and contained some by e ressi his fears. I ' on): the were?” there is “33' - . ‘ , ‘ 'L
 folded papers These had evidently escaped the ob- Aégn Alic pleaded with tears that her answer “£7 bow is that POSSible? ‘ " . . a! V

servatlonot the marquis. ~ mig t be conve ed to the duke without loss of time. Sure-4118 sure? Since g0“ 33" 
" Helen thered them 0 and crammed She was miseraile till she knew herself tree from the “Renew-4113‘: it ‘5 the Pi - 01m MY”?  a
$3111 int?)a her pocket, wiltgig‘guli‘lgr’glanw around his pursuit. lated to W 1 have “1038”; 1'5 Wt 50”" 
* room ‘ .

. - Dies. lrrted as he felt at this failure 0: his hopes, “Willem” I ,
No one had seen her, and she breathed  the bard): had something consolatory in the back-- “ His mother? I thoughk" ‘ _ .
.  She finished her survey of the emptly cabine , then ground. , ' “ You know the story—do you not!) V It is ml:
» c! the doors, leaving the key in t e lock. _ After “ I want to pro re on for another visitor. ly‘lmown—how my husband came into the. r f"; ,- ,,
. a ew minuth nt in trying to calm her agitated Alicia," be said. “ e wl 1 behere this morning." . I know that it cement—from Lad! Wm s
Nerves, she left be room, an went up to her own “It is settled, then, about the Duke of Montroyi" Own Statement-th 308133“ was “all the 1m .0;
awaits, she asked, eagerly, V the late marquis—4M1: he was-not the . html'heh’. , _ ,
b0fillersintsdnoictiziie there. sihltao passed bgilrogigh 1the “‘1 8,11 pos‘e 3(1); I shall new}: forcel yoiur inclinla- Eewggagggfiughw :sgwomg 0PM!!!» But  . ’
coir. s ng~room n e -camer o ’eraerreturn aea cou u n is _—88 7
Where a light was burning on the marble table. Bhé but}: ed’ vy  to tie inheritance. He was 1500 home. WW
locked and bolted both doors before she sat down, “ Then who is it you wish me to receive? Not an- Lord Estonbm'y 3 Claim-
eud with a beating heart drew out the treasures she other suitor?“ She spoke deprecatiuglyaas if I anxiom to shield
1"“ secured “ r .“ No: an elderly ntleman' anatlve of Germany. her lover from blame; an my Estonbkgahseten-
« They were two letters written in a delicate ladv'n He has lately been fitroduoed to me by Sir Victor ed to assure her that no one knew Begin 5 in "
hand, Ind in ale ink, on paper yellow with age. Wilder, who speaks very highly 0,! him. He is anx- my WW” than hem“.- m had him will, ’t ,
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German. ‘V r ' .“I anticipa your setup] my dear-Hun you she went on. You maythink strain that! 
. r There was a folded piece of tissue pa r, c’ontaln- may make an ex tion in th case. The, gentle- ShOllld 003}? to 10111 but. it? I know You? in! ‘ _
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. woma’ end one run soer ears ore-wen ewasvery o . on. 11W inst-11033 Bail 
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i Emild her of the lmgioverlshment of the once 1y  at her refusal of theduoal emonet. 1: . bbml”.cmd.   ‘ '
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« fikfiglsgltaggppmvialgn garnisohugmt d She was grossed“? apalghvitxiilgt silk, withth chitinm figmeer lgvgtllgs  l   
, ., or our mearect corsogeenlongs v w a eneambricmcr- , V W - bani; 
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' " ‘ R“. 688 orfiyounsladylnyourposltion, my head. The color called upb recent emotion yet Monet know- 18m satisfiedthathe h gentile 
mama 1661381168 761'! much on extemal circum- lingered on/ her cheek. She was looking very so}; of the dowager—my mother.“ r ' A  _.
- mum" High rank and wealth are powemu ad-‘ lovely. ’ * ,, \“Ahl ; ‘ I .. 
. “33$ ' , Therewesete atthe door,and the sex-nut en- She has always disliked him. emmd 1 '
 [5 notecsenticls. papa.” ' ter-edwitha onasilver solver. “0511"” he” 0“ Child‘ you known“ -' . . v
 Wtoonebred as have been. You Aliciatookitupandreed: I , “IShOthhinknotfl . . “ "
emu , whatyou would orhow on would “The Marchioncss otEsto ," ,Theu, she wanted him to manufthemr‘
.r then-egg?!me deprivedof your p share or BHexath? htsilew chk to the evening of Lady mess said, with atiltgeshinz m f In“; he
' AN 198865.’ , - ' run one ~ . ' - ,‘ m“
“to $0-” 1 ' ‘ Themansaldher ladyth had not yet W therealma ulsoameout." _ V ‘ ‘. ' 
1W eventofmydeatlgfichfld— 1: he no tromhercan'lage. Wouldfilnsmmr usher - “Indeed! knewuothlngofthat’: _  ' _-
urh YouwouIdbeh-ien 333m destitute. amp? 1 , He told mamma'thatheloyedanothor  '1
* c I shall notlivetoseethatevent,"u-led Groom-geshewouidseeher, Shameleth would be true to her. "He would never main-y 
, uhm hisneckwithbothlmns. ’ ‘ _4 show her up. Thensheputasidoberdrswingms- another. ‘ , i I ‘j_ r” 
dam to 001mm hamlet?“ Wmi “d, m. m “MY Aliciablushed deeply. and s 3
“£0  mm’l‘hlentkmggmethln 'more wg tgmgemglwmrw nbm" baggy—fing whom'he loved. 1 (107 a ‘
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‘-  and she threw
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' foundthis ' . 'nlookgsonke'hnslmmreit
was taken orhismother." ,
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'  married. And can you look in this beautiful taco,
‘ « glues Maurg‘andgieiieveafgramonge’nt, that the origi-
  as 0 an one woman' , .
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. Then, look at the inscri tion on the back. ‘ Al-
. maria, to Egbert.’ My fat er’s name was not Eg-
. 1 ‘ It is’strange, thwow the infanit‘came into the
‘ V . ’s . ou ’ -

_ ““ remember caringlthat after the chi] ren had
“ f " been changed—as you have heard—that . rd and
3 -. Lady.rEstonbury went abroad and stayed nearly
‘1 ~  Iwas left with tile Chishoms, to be
bran htu ast eirchild." ” _ ' .

' . “!lges+~1¥egingid told me of that. .
, “ Suppose that while Lord and Lady Estonbury
‘ Wale living road something had happenedto the
 n ury took with her! Or suppose
,,  r the had grown .' If she found a child more
, ’ ,, attractive, might she not have changed the children

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, cpare ”
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“Mimmf'sged—ecelvedlfithese ears.”

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’  or could he be?“ Marshal-it
. some ~ei’tlleirpills-elite;dot’heyltot?
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‘   please! .‘We I have

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   it mime Estonbu "s library?”

‘ 29"Wilidden thérgggérhaps 13a sabre or years.
salamander here!“ , . _

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: f 7930*” shehadtakenoutofthesecret
.r _ 'drfiWerangggfo niggethem, " ' ‘ l the m“

. " 
 ' -' l a ‘ Almeria‘Stcnhaus afiemgbcrt Vane.
" Thefifitiggwfiho h faded. date is 18—.”
r ,«rmsanndermll’: she eiclalmed. ?
“And here are two letters, both a ed ‘ Almeria’
—~as well as I can make out the See—it is

the delicate wrltin of a lady-rem of culture too.’
(But! collect read ghe letters; they arein a foieigll

plan .” r
k  ,“it in German!" cried Alicia, after looking at the
«' manusdlipt. ~ *
“Can curesditi’" . .. _
5 » “sea-i cannot- though I have seen the mitten
.,‘.-.characters, aswe as the prin text.” - ~
« .‘ . . At t ‘ t ,n'iflmfii'lt there was step at the door. ,Hclen
a“ 'V' . e ' handkerchief overthe picture and pars,
rf‘wdomeai them, and moved her seat to prev t any
' ' Weighto t em. I. -
I , went *the‘door endopened it. A
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* . r Jermaine“,

i.   sentenced Alicia.  rat.
. «2'de ,’ is a man; hewlll beabletotrsnsiate .

r . a CHAPTER m. ”
A I _ WW PROGRESS. .

“Am wh is Mr. Wallradei" asked Helen. v

“ A frien of pa’s. A friend of my mothers,
too. She be] him in some way, when he was
very young, and he is field for the benefit.”

“ Can we depend on 7 You know it would not
do to put the secret into a stranger‘s islands,n "
mi? 20 t .331 “it” dusted..st fidngm‘hli‘i’ “in?

r a e no .
Then we canj e who further is to be done!"
'The r was wn open and Mr. Wallrade was
announced. ‘ w '

Alicia rose and advanced, saying: v

“I am Miss Maur," and ggve him her hand.,

Then she presented him Indy Mnbury.

The visitor looked earnestly at his fair young
hostess. features worked with profound emo-
tion, and once he passed his hand
At last he said: ,

“You arerour mother's own child, Miss Maur,
and I think should have recognized you as such,
even if I had not known your name.” ‘

“ Do you remember her so well i"

“ Could I ever forget her? It was her fair hand
that was extended'to lift me out of the depths of
misery and disgrace."

“ Disgrace?“ "

“ I was condemned for a crime I had not commit
ted—«in intent, at least; foran indiscreet and impa-
tient act was a ainst me—and would have ruined me
but for her. er influence procured in release:
and not oni that, but my establishment a. situar

across his eyes.

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tion of trus and emolument in another land, where .

my fault was never known.”
‘ You were in India many years,

“ A lifetime for many persons;
generation on my return to England.”

Some eneml conversation followed. Wallrade
descri his life in India. For the first time, he
felt too much ashamed of his reckless association
with gamesters, and made a firm resolution to‘avoid
them in’ future. ’ ‘ .

‘5 If I may be admitted to such society as this,” he
thought, “ I will have no sollon my} garments.”

At engtll Alicia. timidly asked ii" e
the favor to translate something written ih‘the Ger;

man language. , . _
Lady stonbury explained that 6 had found the

a said.”
palp find another

mu letters in the drawer of an old ca. inet, unoccupied

since her father’s death. She'piaced them in his
hands

He took them with a pleasant smile, and remarked
carelessly how time-stained was the paper; and if
the were love-letters, what a lesson they afforded
:10 ndies of the sad destiny of all records of the

ca .

He read the first and longest aloud. It was, in-
deed, ». picture of a lovin’ woman’s heart. She
complained of her lover’s a use, and onately
re roaohedhim thh having wn col toher.

would do them .

a language was simple, ut earnest and forcl» =

hail" ei‘iiihti‘“ “‘°"°“i’i.§§i ‘°“‘ ‘° W
a an ‘ e was unc ’.
. “Egbert!” repeats
the fistula of the h n ad , . 1.”
‘ ow strange ow ve strange
Then he glanced at the gnature.
“ Almeria!" He dropped *the paper in ut-

tersurprlse. «

“Could it be Almeria Stenhausi” he exclaimed.
“No—no—im hie!" , , p
-“ The‘same The samel" answered both the young
3, rising, by a cemmon
“It‘ll: Stenhausl That is

Helen the unfolded the allow “ wage-cert:
ii . oath egbited Mhpoimimy to thganame. '
walnuts glanced at n , th looked upward with a

Bx ., .
J‘Thank Kenyon! Thank Heaven!" he exclaimed.
Ilia listens” were too much awed to ‘
Lady Esggggry broke the silence rst;' for her

heart was g fast. ,
“ Did you know her?“ she asked.
“ The portrait! let him see the

he name on the

portraitl"“c'ried
drew it out, opened

wail treman hands Helen
it, and held it be re Weill-ode"

'He gave one look at the pictured face, staggered
back a pace ortwo, and covered his face his
hands, while his frame shock with agitation.

“He is Weeping!” will red Alicia
“ He knew‘heri" retggneed Helen.

she was indeed on the verge of discovery,

Walirade recoveredfhimselt in afew moments.

Wiping his e es, he murmured an apology for his
strays emo ion.

. “ ay. sir," said Alicia
apologize, “for thus agitating you

mem . I

“ Roth sinfuli"“leIzIrcil.tl‘ilmecil e gentle1113.3é veg:
Willi“ ‘8 6 es. 0 car ' 0U. *

(gummy You hav’e lifted a «flirt, cloud, which I

at each other, neither

it

me o .
never hoped to see remOved.”

The lygoung ladies looked

v t to . .
. 6%all‘r' 6 fight: his hand ggtr the portrait. .He

conte’ lated it lo and earn .
f! 11:)? likei’! hengurmured—Ji at very, likeliieéil;

sawher last! And she was, mar
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. "I neverknew this!" he exclaimed. ‘ " ’ ~‘
- Then he remembegd that the ladies did not un-y
dgnrstandtio him, and t t they had arighttoa full ‘ex-
p a n. ' , ‘ , .

The language of the letter was incoherent and de-
spairi . The writer, complaining still of neglect
will“ iimhhdfd‘i’iifdxm" 1i hisbaexpemu‘iz
v on, 1 mm 6 was our y c
the birth of her child; and that she felt a certainty
of not survivmg its birth. She bade her husband an
afiectionate farewell: She implored him to care for
the infant, and not leave it to be a burden on the la-
bors of her poor mother.

The last words were a yet that God would bless
him; would reward him or the love he had shown
algelfillfogas nfiit h h enoughmtgo 0liellilzlis 11.181; and
w 0 vs m or weary or 8 ever .
I"trill:"Mitten-led “3e” 83' pod hand, that r 

p e pos p was a cram ; 0 an ‘

person. Almeriawasv . it said- ifher a
husband wished to see her livid"; highad ' _'
mentto loss. The child was a boy, and, likely to » ~
live. Whatever happened, Egbert would remember I
that he was his own. Almeria would not hve to be-
a shame to him who had stooped to wed a poor girl;
but the boy had noble blood in his veins, and was
not to be cast off; under the hpIeInaJty of retribution

upon him who should wrong . ,

Aghain the reader was agitated by deep emotion,
and e sat long, with his gee fixed upon the paper——
perusin it again and ag . ' '~

Then e recollected himself, and gave it back to
the marchioness with thanks.

'He rose, and paced the room slowly
uttering articulate sounds, as if talking $0me]!—
in his native tongue. _ ‘ .

Helen and Alicia. sat claspmg each other’s hands;
{heir eyes following him, while they preserved si-
ence.

Nearly fifteen minutes thus passed. Then wall-
rade resumed seat. ‘ _ ~.

“I‘trust on will pardon me,”‘he said, addressing
Alicia. “ he page of life you have opened, h the
Sight of theserelics, was a painful one; and t is is
the drstgleam of light» thrown on its gloom. Will
you permitme to askafewquestions?‘ I- will an-
swer ou in turn." ' _ ,-
Bot ladies exoressed their readiness to reply, in,
the confidence that what information they could
give would be sacred with him.

He assured them it would be so.

“ Where were these found?" I
“1H: llured to the picture and letters that lay on

e a 9.

Helen gave a. brief account of the manner in
which she had discovered them. 7

“ And how came they in the possession of the late I
Lord Estonbuly?" ‘ - -
’ She could not tell. , , ’

“ Was he related in any watt) the girl who was

r, .had he

sometimes

called Almeria Stsnhausi a relative of
the name of herb Vane . , 1. ha.
Helen did no know. She had tried to learn from
:1? another, or her husband; but neither would sat
s y er. , , i ,. . A ,, I
‘ Thereissomestrange sterylntheal‘i’air." .
Lad Estonburywas edit. It  lg?—
mh e,hadbeenst1ivlngtopenetrate;but~it ,-
er. , v ,
Whatwastheageofthe lateliarquisof Eston- . .1

ti
b 7" .

s e vehis ,atthethneofhisdeath.

u shame «€53: his death?”

That was given. 

Wallrade 5 00]: his head. _

“He was young,"he murmured. “Iteouid
negate been ' , ‘ . .

erapause: \ ' r . '

“You so; he hadno mlali ottbst name; at
least yotuhnigyverheard,’ 'of any.  hat is the family
ham 0 r ,p » l . ,

“ ‘ isVane‘l'h “’ Helen. '

The Gowns”? ,hsd 5mm. ,Q‘eilethw amifro m
the room. ‘

“gave yous can: ,ofthe British Peerage!“ he,
 is'One in the hotel, I am surei'*l'eplie<i .
a. . , - ‘

e m the bell  directed the servant whoan~‘
swsehred trig summons to bring the book. .
1:81:18”; ““hl’rpeii‘éi’né" irke‘iw‘é‘aeh‘“ “iii ‘3‘"

n ur ' en e o . tune

the male, higflngeron thgline. ’  f. l 2 I
“ Here it is,” he said. .

Thetwo your: women cahieli'tol look. eager es- ~

6 in eire es. . .
I eldest nephew hi the late Marquis oi .
EStOnbul'y ‘e—I am sure it is the same." a

“That was not papa’s name!” remarked Helen.

“ No—but it was his elder brother’s." _ .

“He had no brother—“when he succeeded to the
title on his uncle’s death. At least I_ have heard
mamma say so, manyjtimes. He was the only

nephew.” ,
Look for ourselves. ‘E bert Vane'l‘ho ,eld- - .
gtthne hew Bathe lagging ngs‘tonbury; borrlhe'd‘uiy
~. TAT — , 4
“ He was drowned l” exclaimed Alicia.
. geng the1 Esmeralda-eon his return
-— .1) er, . , ' ‘. .
Walk-ade’s tone indicated suppressed emotionyso‘ '
dee that the young'flstensél’fijm at him inns-u .
. , . , li’heuiedmx- .
“Fora caption. Ohio oymore perfect
' dro the latter. part of the family. r »
.,me.hs was ole noble family: bathe
v e mohair presumptivetom 
bugle}; “knew thenr'both  lasted its: ' .
l‘e , ' I ' ,, -’ ‘ V , ¥ m’
,“Knew’ him: we'were «like brothersgin India. ‘~

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 had wetogether! I loved
blood! But he

‘ Man  ah
« , hinrgsifWehafibeen of the same I

never told,me he was so 11‘ h , 2-
mm“ m inrankat home!

‘ i“lfi‘aywaslostatseai Set b 18— Th h
_ ' 11 em or . on e
could not have been, i ' .
‘1? was ewistgnhtgfisx gert Vane who was mar
' e n‘ 08 at sea!” cried Wallrade. “ The
Esmeralda was 10 t. '
wagers both mvgd‘ ” We both were on board of her,

exclamation of astonishment from the fair

era.
" I was enabled to save E

gbert, as he was 0
Stiggnda 1&Secvlg‘ed him to the .raft. We were gflgg
«lesser? 8 were then plcked up bya German

33%;? ladies gazed at him with breathles interest.
13hmite went to Germany. We lived there more
conga“), ears. Egbert was in feeble health; his
nev tutlon had suirered a shock from which he
Al er recovered. It was there he saw and loved
I dmel‘ia Stenhaus. I was afraid of the intimacy; for
k OHM-ed the steadiness of his rinciples. Inever
/ 99W tillnow that he had married her. .

Why did he not let his friends know he was liv-
ing? asked Helen. .

That I cannot tell. He was alwa s reserved
about his family. When I reproached m for his
love for a girl beneath him in birth and station, he
answered angnly. We parted thus in miss. prehen-
walk?e When returned to Dusseldorf be h ceased

“ How strange that his family should be suffered
to mourn for him, when he had escaped the ship-
wreckl” said Alicia.

“ I cannot account for his conduct, excefit that he
gearedhis mamiage would displease his igh rela-
r ons.

“ It must have been so.”

“ He loved Miss Stenhaus, though it is evident that
he strove at last to bring himself to the point of
parting with her.”

“ The first letter shows that."

“Then his own failing health left him little en-
efl. Still, I cannot understand why he failed to
18 is nearest relatives know of his existence." "

“If he had lived,” Helen remarked, in a low
musing tone, “he would have been the Marquis of

nbury long before £ap2.”

“ At wtlilfit Ttime did e to Lord Estonbury come

6 e 1!

They referred a ai to the Peer e.
'a‘itéf the newasgof the loss of the

“ That soo
, instead? reached England," said Wallrade.

“ And the ‘ younger brother succeeded, the elder
bell: supposed drowned!" added Alicia. -
“ e he lived," said Helen, “ my father had no
fight to the title or estates."
8 ‘If bert knew his brother had succeeded," ob-

ed allrade, ‘fIcan hardl wonder at his not
to claim his rights. health was rapidly
(3:011 . He had married-em anim ulse of
no.

to ve—-a young girl whom he wo&d,not intro-
duce to his aristocratic family.”

“ Was she of such low birth?" Alicia asked.

“ Her family was res table, thougw. ~The
mother kept lodgers at rswerth. e lodged in
Egoednleigkhbhtglrood. Almeria was beautiful and re-

00 .’ v

“ You may know that from her picture,” said

lilting to it.

Miss Maur, V ~

“ She much native grace, but little education.
Her brother was an artist; he traveled much
and  home. the proceeds he
sale of his rpictures. These hel
sag-ts: Egbe fell in love with a girl, he often
But fife would not accept assistance in money.
Almeria was proud, though so ver r. That
isw I grieved somuch at thepro leresultof
her with Egbert. Ifeared lest he might
d ads himself. . Iremonstrated
hisreturnto En land. He re-
“tvfis’” Mmh‘em W h " ‘ s
,H‘ _e was s ‘ --st' ac t e
room—Lady‘Estonb had returned theppiggre to
100 gidutnervfoldedpla rt: in her .lckeg.
one an rbed, su -
deal herfaceiigh ‘

“ shall lea

ted up, as she turned to Alicia.

ve these in your "she sat
charge. d.

.. .giv herthebagand pocket
. ‘6 so,”

“ I dare not trust myself."
9‘ I do not understand an."

been done him. My mother and myllus
know i . They knew it before mnvamarriage."

“And what will you do, dear dy Estonbury?"

“ You must never call me so again. I am not the

' marchioness. I am' snugly Mrs. Howard, the we

ho wears e title unlawfully. what

the man w ,
' Will I do? What did Reginald, when he thought he

was in possession of the rights of another?”

“ You must not act hastily. The links are want-
l to‘ rave this. Mr. Wallrade !-" .

“ e s {pad in his walk and came near her.
i Wile. has become of the child~the son of Eg.

"'I was' of that " he answered.

Alicia: :ycoatinued: “

u

g. the record. She now '

resents of game and. fruit to the mathem-
Y

' , “It must .
_. be my dutyto find him. No doubt hewas bro t
. go lays  Stenhaus, after the death of

 Eaton and T both?
noticed a assemblance he ween.  9f the
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‘  l.on *rllfiLEN’s’ VOW.

i. Ody—who. married Egbert Vane—and a young gen-
tleman—‘1 \ i

“ Mr. Reginald Helm ” Helen added.
Wallrade repeated 1215:. name, evidently s
so honorab a ear 0 and is now devot' himself
to law! Essie synoblzgfellow l” ’ mg

“Do you know him?"

.“ I have that honor. I really esteem it such. But
his birth! I understood that he was the son of the
house-steward of the uis.” ‘

, “ He is not;.I have learned that much," Helen
said. She went on to state all she had ga
from the conversation she had overheard.

Wallrade was inclined to adopt her views.

“ But several links are wanting," he said. “These
musfibe supplied, if possible.”

‘ ow

“The matter must be investigated. Do you think
the dowager marchioness we (1 give me any infor-
mation?”

“ I think—I am sure—she would not ” was Helen’s
reply; and she looked deeply ashame .

‘ Then I must go to Germany.”
1 “k You will?” asked Alicia, giving him a grateful

oo . .

“ It is not best to say anything to young Holmes,
at present." '

‘ No; not to any one.”

. “ Be it so. To-morrow I will set out. Will you
trust me with those proofs?”

“ Certainly, it it is necessary.” _

“ On second thou hts it may not be; and you had
better kee them, 158 ul'. If we can sup ly the
missinin , it is here in England, that our giend’s
rights must be established. 1 will write and report
pmfiress.” - , ‘

A cia expressed her thanks.

It was agreed between the three, that nothing
should be said of the matter, in the meantime.

Heavy steps were heard outside, and presently
Baron Swinton entered. He greeted the German
visitor with marked cordiality.

The young marchioness rose to take leave.

She pressed Alicia’s hand glancing at the picture
and ocket-book on the table, and the girl promised
to ta e special care of them. Then with an adieu to
both gentlemen, Helen passed out.

The servant in attendance waited on her to the
door, and her own footman hel her into the car-
riage, that bore the arms of t e noble Marquis of
Estonbury. She sighed as she took her seat, and the
door was closed.

.“ It will end in our downfall,” she murmured to
herself. " And I shall have brou ht it all on my
mother my husband, and myself. I it so. I must
(lg as" have sworn ’to do. Justice before every-
t ing.

 

CHAPTER XXXI.
‘ A urn SAVED.

AN ancientdooklng stone house, of spacious di-
sdain no.“ as are "a has;
re 0 no vs no ,

gtood‘notfar from the Rhine, infiiserswerth. ,
lthadlong been kept - as a public-house, but was
now let in suits of apartmentstopermanent lod-

gers. -

In one of these, on the first floor, looking on the
river, Kenneth Maur 19. ill unto death.

His rooms were co ortably furnished. The floors
were , but secured to perfect cleanliness, and
there ware strips of carpet and mat in front. of
the bed and sofas. The bed and win ow-curtams
were of muslin, delicately embroidered; the tables
were'of carven oak, and covered with the ornamen-
tal glass and china so much in vogue in Germany.
Paintings of Flemish and Gannon artists-00 ice of
celebra ed masters-hung on the walls; and or:
“has profusi‘ on showed the prevalence or

to

It was Margaret He burn now the happy wife of
Herrick Maur, who  lied flowers every day.
She gathered them on t 9 banks of the Rhine. She
and errlok were living in the same stone house, in
an apartment on the floor above.

, Herrick had ‘ ined his health, or nearly so, and
looked back oath? mad passion for Alicia as a fool‘
is: I  He cgluld not im t ne iii): he could ever

veo an o erwoman n rgare.~

Kenneth we); not pleased. with the match. His
heart had been set on Hemck’s marl with his
cousin. W on his own life—on which a rested
——was over 5 son was to return, as the recognized
heir of the arony; and he wished the new line that
ghouls: rlnlg £30m him to be of pure blood—the no-

wt e an . v \

But when he learned that Alicia had refused the
proud destiny offered her, and Herrick had suflered
m conse uence and had been nursedback to life by
the Sec ish irl, he almost forgave her plebeian
birth, and in e mama fie necessity by consenting
to receive or as an r.

The lovers had been minded before they left Scot-
land. The wife was devotedly attached to her hus-
band; and her presence in the foreign home made it

and pleasant to both father and son.

She at once took 11 on herself the charge of house-
kee ing and with ilda’s assistance the table and
mode of living were rendered so hke home that Ken-
neth had Igslfiad k :0 “£211” cgflrggsggndence

Margare e - u a
with her foster-sistgr iniondon; and man were the
presents of household stuff, and occasions. y money
rhfoh had sent. She was In to hear

or cousin’s ha in

round to ap fisfi ma gm welcome his

usman ‘ e Stone , . . . v ’

mun hind 'hadmadetwo . insect
fidfigflh‘s tings.   . . basins-stou-
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when...

Thewerelocatednearthestonehousewhere .
Kenngth lddged,alittlé ' prism. theriver, in a g;
“portion of the manufactory, which was inaEWyears 
converted into the “Training School for Protestant ‘ ‘ ’
.Deamnesses," where Florence Nightingale acqnimd'
her earliest lessons in nursmg, ~ ,
The little hamlet had been that a? a scene of un-
usual excitement. A large party 0 wedding-guests
had enioyed a festival in a public garden bordering
the Rhine. The guests came in ts from various
ints up and down the river, and there had been
ancing and drinking, and a concert of musical per- ,
formances by the band stationed in the summer-‘
house elevated on a platform under the trees. Many
of the revelers departed as twflight came on; but
some lingered; though the sounds of festivity had
died away.

Hilda relpared the eve re t, and . rt
histo“§i)r ennet ;” but be ad ‘ttle ap tite. » a 
liked the light wine of the country, and s pped the » 4‘ V_ :
cu sweetened for him. . , i «

' strength was sadly shaken; and it had been
many days since he had been able to sit up, or walk
round “the garden,” as they called the vacant
ground in the rear. _ r ,

On this evening he seemed d sed for versa— r f? 
tion, and desired Herrick and rgaret to sit, with ,, ' “V
him. He had many directions to give concerning \ - » .
matters at home in Scotland. The mined castle he
seemed to look on as his own,.and he received the
rents from several huts on its domain. These. be-
lo ed to the Swinton estate, as well as the castle it- 4
so ; but the baron never interfered with his > r:
cousin’s appropriation of them. a ,

Only once had Kenneth shown remorse for the, , 3;.
deed:which had made him an exile for life. It was ' ‘
in cautioning his son to have nothing to do with the . ' i
smugglers that infested the English coast. e had - g???
been compelled to join them, he said, to e out V . 1
his scanty revenues. t Herrick would be more ; a.
fortunate. . The hero ought to grovide for him. ‘ -  "
He would live .at Stone Crag With 1: wife, while the
baron and his daughter resided in England. .He
would be made a, magistrate, and must be strictdn .
enforcing the laws and aiding the overnment men. I . ‘
It had been unluc for him the hard necessity . ‘
dr0ve his father into collision with the authorities. v
leading to the unhappy accident of the revenue-of-
ficer's death, etc. - ’ ,

The eve ' wore on in talk like this; and Hilda
had repare the night-draught and had fastened
the cars, when the rush of act outside upon the
stone stairs proclaimed a late visitor. ‘ ,3. 

Margaret and Hilda had already risen to retire. 

They opened the door, and Mat‘s dog dashed in, ‘
giving short, im atient barks, as it desirous of. I
i t  ontohismaster. Eerrlokdescend
There stood the seer, just outside the door,  ~ ‘ ‘ ,, “*

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headbare in the moonlight his right an: es:-
in the direction of the 
the scene at revelry.
in “the vision.” . ’ r

   
 

 

“Ha, .' \ >

threw both m: .
Magnum totho fiwrl'lsbouted.  ‘ 'f‘ “a: ‘  :._:
ieroing voice. “He has  fl . t 
godysinksl Itrisesl ltisgoncegainl   
derer steals away i" '

  

Ashe uttered‘the last words,the Beer " '
bac tram ‘ . and would have fallen,
He . ck at; him. His headfell back.

la .msens , ,7 I , \ :
thins “second sight " paroxyisms often tel-mm ‘ *
way. ‘ .
“,Helpme,Margare "saidherhudgndflwemnst
take in '

She took hold of the unconscious man, and teacher ‘ , ,
theywa him up the stairs. , ~ 

“ ow,somebrandyl"astheylaidhimonaienth— . '
ern couch in the anteroom. ‘ , _- .i' "

In a few minutes Matlin was able to sit up.  ‘
rick questioned him as to what he had seen; but he
remembered nothing. He never did remember his
im ressions whileinthevision. Mtfileyknewhim
w enoughtoregzonhiswords. " "

 

He only recoil hav seen amen ' ' _
stood apart from the reveil’eli‘s will]: at theigu  :

in the garden. The seer had bee 
had conceived a suspicion of this man ;' and when
told that he had accused him of a murder, he start-
edup,anddeclared hewould go in search of“

“Rmust have floated down,”he3said, in awe. ‘ ' ' r :
“Thereisnotimeto callassistance. South ‘ 
willfind hlml" “'

 

The dog, alive for service required mu ‘ I ,
after hismaster, who ' alread started. ’ as . 
“Stay; Iwill with oui"cal¥edout Herrick. . , '

_“ Nay, my bus and! on are notstrong—and the, .
illghtgmd is chilly,” remonstrated  

arm. . ‘

flfi Stand off, wenchl Know you not theremay be a
life at stake? Let me gel”, . ,

He broke away, calling to her to go back, and not 

suffer the old man to know alight. . _ y _ . . .- , .;
malgogld have followed hun' , but he bade her go . I ., ‘

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 lance. They followed, but Snath was out of 'si ht.

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‘ i would fetch her plaid and some walk under the

‘PO _ 1 ,
,  Herrickandthedoghastenedtothe river-
., sidaj current was not so rapid near the shore;
and a body flung into the water half a mile further
v uprrgiight not have floated down in over an hour.
ey had no ‘of recovering the man alive, of
every of a corpse would stimu-
l‘ate the authorities, and lead to justice on the mur-

em.
Once Herrick, spied something , in the stream,
. which he thought m' ht be a human form. He took
a small boat tied to t e pier of a rude dock, and un-
ed out for it, But it was only a log with the k

worn off. . .
“Better trust to Snath,” said the seer. “He will
femetit out by his smell before our eyes can dis-
cover aught.’
They went up the river, examining every
, ainnarle spot, and the boats lying die in the stream
. or.
Suddenly the d bounded ahead.
Hatsaw him, an motioned his companion to si-
‘ They had gone about half-way to the en a
quarter of a mile from the landin opposite the
stone mansion. A grove of low trees ere grew in a
spot of marsh .ground, to the border of the Rhine
and a thick selfly s ace was the resort of wild few
in the season of he. flight.
heard the quick, sharp bark of the dog, and

‘ heard his plunge into the  water.

In a few moments they caug a glimpse of him,
,  at some dark object half submerged.
.. ’ t gave a low whistle of encouragement, and
quickened his pace. Herrick strode after him.
_ The dog had not relinquished his hold of the object
he had seized. Both the men unhesitatingly entered
the water choked with rushes Mat soundmg it as he
went with his stafl He called to the dog again, and
was answered with a low whine.
, Alon piece of timber lay in the marsh. Herrick
A raised '8 and let' it fall toward the spot; it served
as a support as they plunged through the sedgy
nearer ’

grass, to the they sought.
_. Snath b this time ad the object afloat, and held
fittest.  treeth, :3: 1:13 tried to swim toward them,
‘ or as ce. ‘

“It is a man’s _ i” cried Herrick. '

“Push the timber er!” cried Mat. “Steady,
Snathi Here, my fine fellow! Here!”
‘ ss was

i The water was “81 to his chest, and pro
' mu through e tall shes. But t ey were
both at arm's length presen y.
In another moment Herrick had laid hold of a dark

n the two ' ted the body, each-in an arm,
they steadied themselves by the timber. '
They reached the shore, panting from the weight

7 «mm. He ulled at it with a will.
. while

‘  die burden, dripping as it was. They laid it on

' .Tho drowned man was closely wrapped in the
‘ mantis. , As this was opened, the face came into

Vie”. .vIt was that of a middle-aged man, pale and
' but it had not been sunken with the rest of the

' o
130%, as was evident from the comparative dryness
. of a chick

t enveloped it. ,
“Let us make a litter, ' said Herrick, tearing down
raggfwthfiboughs and tying them together with
t strong one was presently constructed,
laid the body upon it, bearing it home-

3%

is.“
, consulted where to take their burden when
we in front of the stone mansion.

- tran to meet them.
“You must not bring him here,“ she said, decided-

‘  “Therewill be a crowd and an inquest, and
‘M

' eth could not beari .”
V says Well,” said Herrick. “Shall we take

'x‘No, to my lodging; to the manufactory,” replied

They carried 13 up in their arms

him on Ma'tlin‘s con re-
lay tires?

. , a  " t hel to
t ' v no, the wet oak, and unfastened his
v -. - “ mimis alive! ’ she sudde cried.
. " claimed

 ; lel"ex Berri
' “m  beats; and warmth is coming. Feel

m manna mom.

the following momin . an inn on thread to-
Holland, was a scenegof a rather unusual bus-

; pairpf English travelers had arrived over ht
were for their departure in 6.13ng
directions by carriage and on horseback.
i -Therewas a commotion in the courtyard, as the
recs wore few, and the demand much greater
Am elder

ntleman who had ust finished his
set, gage seated in 1 d

the coffee-room. He d1

I r breakf
 contend with the other travelers. He could

wait acou eof hours he said- and if no horses
were men 33mg service,’he oould'walk to his destina.
tion. a Sohetook upa newspaper. and Whim-

-,  He was alone in the room, when the waiter ushered
in a new arrival, laced aseat at around table in
the corner, and too the stranger’s order for break-

, , elderly stranger glanced at the new-comer
ewes-“his pa . He was evidently a Prussian; his
dram show t“ and it was travels-mined, although
as he removed his cap, his hair was

seen lobe duordexeaand his face wasvery pale.
»_ laws nervously round him only instant, and
st : violently when he caught the zlance of the

' I p , I .
other occupant of the room, shuffling uneasily‘ln his

i

“HI might ud : from a ran “mentall
observed the e der  man, “ f) ould 8086;, you strany;
; ger had been rpet sting some crime, orhad money
* orgggv‘yelry’ a ut him, of {which he feared being
r0 .’ '
The waiter set out breakfast which the man ate in
hasteat , while he gave orders lemme a horse saddled

o co .

“ ale have no horses,” replied the attendant.

“No horses!” the guest exclaimed “But I must
have one; afresh one, too, to carry me to the next
“nah i“ hiss-t. o 1.

no ossi e, . ur orsesareen ed.
Here is another gentleman who is waiting bgc‘guse
he cannot obtain a horse.” :

Thereupon the elderly traveler n looked up;
and apparently saw something to otter his atten-
tion; or he continued furtively to watch the man at
his breakfast, while he did not permit him to perceive
the scrutiny.

“ But I must have a horse!" the man cried, im-
patiently. “ Go and procure me one in the hamlet
somewhere.”

The servant shook his head.

“I will give any sum; I am in haste”,

“It is not possrble, sir. The horses are all taken.
In two or three hours some of our own may be re-
turned. Then you can be accommodated.”

The man muttemd a fierce oath. He swallowed
his breakfast in haste, and thrust two or three rolls
ing‘ohhis oclket. '{lhen he rose to go.

so cry on emanrosetoo andstooddirectl
in his way to tie door. ’ y
‘: Will you til-y the journey on foot?" he asked.
‘ I sup so must,” growled the new-comer. “for

' some no es further at least. What is the next post-

station called 1’"

He turned to the waiter as he asked the question.

The English traveler made answer, s in
the German Ian ago:

“That deggn s sir, on the direction in' which you
are going. hither are you bound?"

The stranger glanced at him angrily.

“I do not know how that concerns you," he re-

plied.
‘ Not rticularl : unless you are going my way.
1 am boggd for thethine."
The sudden pallor of the man’s face was startling.
He averted his eyes quickly.

“I say—I am for the Rhine. And you—"

“I am not going that way," he muttered, in a
sullen rowl.

“Per ape—to Holland?”

Again a look of terror, and avoidance of the pene-

trating eyes.
“ Let me pass if you please,” the man said.
,“ One momen have a favor to ask."

‘5 A favor?”

“ Yes. It is that you will allow me to examine the
’brooch you wear in your shirt-front."

This time the alarm of the stranger was so manifest
that even the attendant noticed it. Heinstinctively
covered. his bosom with his spread han recoilin a
stepashe didso. Hisknees trembl ; his w to

I lips were quivering. In a moment, however, he re-

covered his self-possession.
“You—you are impertinent, sir!” he exclaimed,

angrl . - I

‘ Nlo’t at all. I recognize the crest on that brooch;
the crest wrought in hair. I have never seen another
like it. I wish to ascertain if it is the same."

Without reply, the Prussian endeavored to et past
him to the door. But the sinewy arm of the s ranger
prevented him.

-“ Sir, I asked as a favor what I intend to claim as
a ht. Let me see that brooch.”

“ , for whom or what do on take me?”

“ I should not like to say. our manner is strange,
and 1caches suspicion. I wish to examine orna-
men .’

“ I wish to pass out, sir."

“ That you shall not do till I am satisfied."

“ Do you think I stole the trpmpery thi 2"

"It looks more like it that you are afrai to let it

n .
“ Afraid i" with a contemlptuous laugh.
“I recognize the crest, tell you. I saw it in a
brooch more than: a score of cars ago; I suspect
that it is the same; it belon to a dear frien .

“A score of years ago! nd you expect to identi-
fy it now?"

“ I can readily do so, if it is the same."

" How?"

“Ithasasecret spring; what that discloses will
convince me."

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Again the man’s face blanched; and again be tried '

stronger than his owu. .

“ Now, you shall not leave t 8 room till I am
obeyed. Give me the brooch! will you wait till
I call assistance, and have you taken before the
ma istrate?"

T eman’s fears would have taught him the wis-
dom of yielding. He was in the act of loosening the
ornament, intending no doubt to escape, lea i
in the hands of his Captor, when there was a an en
interruption. ,

There had been a tramp ‘ of horses feet, voices
in conversation outside, an every indication of a
new arrival. Now a number of gter en the

ore door.
bafikedman  this, and tug-pingin toward the
cor o 9 room 0 ng
the kitchen domain. Hufihe elderly man, as before,

criminal who show-

edso much fearof his féllow men. ,
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to pass, and found himself in the gripe of a force 2

to the regionsof‘

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open, and several entered. Close behind them were
two. men inmlhtary . ‘

Thley marched straight to the Prussian; and one
laid s hand upon his sholilder.

«“I arrest you,” he said.

“ You are mistlgken,” cried'the prisoner, struggling '

to release himse .

“Is not your name Johann Berg?"

“No—no—it is not!" roared the man.
mistaken. Let me 1"

But that officer he d him fast.

It was soon explained that a m
had been attempted or commit , the night before
at Kaiserswerth. It had been in a garden where an
entertainment had been held in honor of a wedding.
The party of revelers had remained till after sunset.

One amon them had been articularly noticed;
his looks an bearln were cu . dress was
that of a Prussxan. 6 had een’seen in the “golden.
after the departure of the other sets, With one
man belonging to the hamlet, but a ut to set forth
on a long journey- for he had a valuable packet of
jewels to take to v enna. ‘

By some means it had been discovered that this
man had been watched and attacked by the Prus~
sian, had been strangled, robbed of his jewels, and
thrown into the river. The body, floating down to
a marshy spot, had been discovered by two Scotchv
men, or rat _er by the dog_belonging to one of them.
They fished it out of the aver, and carried it home.

The alarm was given; the m trates had at once
dis etched oflicers to track t e murderer. They

spent the mght in the search. There could be.
no doubt he would make for Hamburg or Amster-
dam, where he could sell the jewels. ,

The officers had no difl‘lcultv in recognizing the
ILrussiag; they had both seen him at the festival in
t e gar en. ,

There could be no doubt of his guilt. The man
stood like a statue, frozen with horror. His eyes
glared like those of a sleep-walker his features were
rigid' his face white as death. All hope of escape
had forsaken him. .1

He made no resistance when the searched his per-
son. The gacket of ewels was ound in a secret
pocket of is vest. t was taken out, while the offi—
cers proceeded to handcqu the prisoner. »

“And the dead body—whose was it?" demanded
the elderly traveler from England, his face working
with unaccountable emotion.

“ The man is not dead ” said one of the new-
comers. “He had floa down the river, and was
found by a dog, and drawn out by two Scotchmen.”

“ Not dead 1’ ,

The words had a powerful effect on the Prussian.

“ You are

one murder

His features relaxed from their rigidity; his eyes '

gleamed with sudden jo .
“ He is hurt rett bad, but likely to live," said an-
other—one of e 0 core.

“The do say," observed his companion, “ that
the old tchman is a wizard, and sees vialons. He
saw this man throttle Albrecht Stenhaus, and pitch
him into the river justas he did iii—though he was
inside his own lodgings."

“I did not kill him, ‘ grumbled the prisoner, “ by
your own account." _

“ But you robbed him; and meant to killhim. You
won‘t have the benefit of your failure."
recht Stenhaus, you said was the victim’s
,said the English traveler. ‘ w
‘ “ Then I must beg the favor gentlemen, of being
allowed to examine that brooc worn by the pris-
oner.

“ The brooch i"

“ Yes—that in his shirt front. I knew strecht
Stenhaus as a young man."

The prisoner made no resistance while the jewel

was detached; it was then handed to the stran . I

He looked at the crest embroidered in hair; sm
an’lqhmlfeedressed ring at the has I
on 8 8

It flew agen, disclos’ing a locket. contained
the ted miniature _of a ydung and
handsome man. His fair comglenon was bronzed;
but the blue eyes and curling rown hair betrayed
the Saxon. In enamel around the picture ran the
words, “ bert to annex-1a.”

The trav er gazed at it long and earnestly. while
his breast heaved conmlsively. Once he dashed his
hand across his eyes.

“ 1 was not mistaken,” he said, “N; jewel,
which I knew at the flrsthIance by the crest in hair
bole to the sister of brecht Stenhaus.
tains a picture of my friend—the man who came
from India with me, and was called Egbert Vane."

There was a murmur of curious sym
figiwm ou allow me to restore this

us
rude. I have come \from England on business
that concerns the Stenhaus famiIY- ’

“ We will take it to Stenhaus." replied the oillcer,
hold out his hand for the brooch. v
W 6 gave it up, taking down the officer‘s name
and address. The party soon after set outon their
return to Kaiserswe

Wallrade succeeded in hirin a horse from one of

' the force accompanying the 0 core. and rode with
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present. He gave the story with straightforward ‘

afilm. been W with the conveying of a
st of jewelryto icons by two gentlemen in
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had been desired by the Prussian, to wait and be his
traveliréfiecompamon to thestation for thenight,
where meant to procure fast horses. I

. came on, they were alone. The

to leave the garden when the Prus-
,~ nly rushed upon him flung him on
the ground and throttled him till he ost conscious-
ness. is he first recovered after he was taken out
ofdmimiia ‘

0 ur and Maths testified to having
med 1301' the body, found it among the rushes,
and drawn it ashore. They had thought life ex-
tinct: but the shaking of its conveyance to the
village no doubt had revived the nearly drowned

The“! W88 afrofound sensation when Herrick rec
13:31 the con not of Mat in “ the vision," and his
g M 3 Deal fer help in behalf of the murderer‘s vic—

m‘ . ,Ven the oner was affected; and the su-
perstitious look at each other wonder-ingly. Who
could dream of safe in committing crime, when it
was thus miraculous y revealed? ,

he Ian was sent to prison to standhis trial
30331131 robbery and assault. w
e pee leweredis rslng MKTW
the hand of brecht 8 ans. '
Do you know in comrade?" he asked.

A moment of. hes tation, and then Albrecht full
recognized him. He flung his arms round the nee
of his old friend, according to the Continental habit
—-and ed many questions about the past.

" You must come to m mother,” he said.

Before they went, the brooch was restored to its
owner and by him placed in Wailrade’s keepin —as
he said it would prove a link in the chain of evi ence
in a-l a1 casein which he was interested.

Sten us took his friend first to his preservers.
Wallrade thanked Matlin and Herrick the more car-
nestly, that he knew their association. with the
baipn's daughter, and their consequent interest in
his business. He tho ht it best to state at once
his acquaintance with rd Swinton and the fair

' Alma.
- Herrick seemed de ' hted tomeet one who had so
recently parted from is kinsfolk, and inSisted on
both the gentlemen oing home to dine With him.
But liarganet met hem at the outer door With the
intelligence that Sir Kenneth was not so well; was
restless and feverish, and could receive no guests.
Hilda was in close attendance upon him.
Herrick presented the new-comer to his wife.

' “You know. belike,” he said, “ how crazed Iwas _

for m cousin Alicia a time since?"
" nothing of that," was the answer.
“ Hteigricl?!” cried ts
cousin ys am secre ”
" I’m not whiting of it," bluntly said the young

man.

" She is a lovely young lady,” said the stranger.

“ y; but Iha' gotten her better say what you
willl‘ ejaculated errick passing‘ is arm round
" Margaret’s waist. The wife flushed with pleasure},
and catching his hand, kissedit quickly and let;
drop. Her gratent look bespoke her pride and at-
fec n

.. tio .

Wallrade smiled; he was titled to see the mu.
tmn(Mann(fllflm wags: pfln hm hgkmgw
Alicia would be eased, r some further con.
versation, be accthpamed Stenhaus tohis mother’s
house. .

The aged dame was busy at work; for, though
her circumstances had igiprovel since d3, 3
when walk-eds had kno
had no . She
welcomed him cordially.

The shocking story of the attempt on her son’s
life was discussed, and shuddercd over by the dame.

“He is all I have left." she murmured, “and he
ought to be more careful. To risk his life in that
garden at a wedding feast, and that when he had
valuables about himl The boy was alwa rash!"

“The boy ” re lied that no one knew 0 his carry-
ing jewels: and he had been at a loss to conjecture
how the Prussian knew it, till he remembered having
seen him‘in Dusseldorf the day he received the com-
mission from the two merchants:

The old woman shook her head.

“ He will never learn caution," she walled. ,

“ Others areincautious tool" remarked Wallrade.
“ “is b” «.n W... such“ its 2"“ fit“ by

n 0 ~ ron was
the sight of this) that made 3: stop him; and if It
.had 110". he "Wm have been out of he inn, and on
his weélt‘igfore the “rival of the officers sent to ar-

rest
"Thanks to an a 1i via , will
B“ war the gum! 'mmmgi’lfro ‘ once who
« Now. madame. 100* at the i " said Wall-
lode, “ and  megc r who it is?"
sometime “admisyedmeminia.
"Why I have

cried the dams. ‘
one in

senses! That was
daughter’s husband" Poor “in 1 8110 but
little 01 of him!"

“ e was my friend. 3°“ know. We came to:
 .1 .
Kc" Ay' I know. I have often wished Almeria. had

Oscar asshe call d V
Sh ,Ys ded hter.’ She h e m
in love with her pretgsgmggmtment, thataccirggisliim
3 when he rotnzzcigfgg‘”c WW mu

“ wands??? had! nfimrriedlnlight
haggagnggklhhfivs." saidosw' with a Sign :“But

not lost my

n me if I
The dame had cov 116’ 1336, with her apron,
“ Your dough , 3' left a 031 _ if 1
She threw on her a: " 41. Wiping her eyes.

aret, “think you our.

n her-pher active habits“
her visitor, and

ask a few questions. They are got L w

6' Ay, indeed; as lovely my as mother need wish

tAo gee What a comfort he would have been‘to her!
0 1,, V .
“ And he lived? What became of him i"

“ Ach, mein Herr! it went to milligram to, rt
with him! But what could I do! ' own f or
claimed him I” . ‘

‘f His father—~Egbert Vane i"

“ Ay, I took him myself to his father," put in Al-
brecht. “ It was a storm night, and they thought

Mr. Vane would not live till morning. I should have
taken the boy a sin on his death.”

“ He owned meria for his lawful wife to us all.
Else I would not have given him the child. But the
law ve it to the father."

“ know it, dear Madame Stenhaus. But what
becarpe of the boy? Egbert was in his mortal ill-
11

Albrecht answered:

“ He lived but a few weeks. But he had a grand
relation; an English milord, who came all the way
over here to see him."

“ His name i"

“ I do not know his name. I think he did not give
out the name; He came in haste and on purpose
to see Herr Vane. I am told he did everything for
him that money could do."

“ And the ho was given up to him?" ,

“ Yes; be h lost his own; and he promised Eg-
bert to take care of him and to give him a. for-

une.’ r

“ Have you ever heard of him since i"

“ N ever: he went back to England; at least, he
did not stay here after Herr Vane’s death."

“Had you no wish to trace him. and learn what
had become of your sister‘s child?” .

“ It would have cost money. and I had it not to

“ I heard that the English mllor went to Italy," re-
marked the dams.

“ How should I have lmown where to look for him!
After al he had the best right. The father gave
him the 0y."

“‘Still it would have been satisfactory toknow that
the boy was dealt by according to promise.“

“ We were very poor then, ‘ said Madame Sten-
haus. “ We could not have won the child an edu-
cation. If he lived, he won] be better off with his
English relations.“

‘ Was the ‘milor ‘ a brother of Egbert's?"

“ I never heard what relation. He lived very quiet-
, and saw no one but the rich man."

‘ Had he a wife?"
“I heard so,” replied Albrecht, “but I never saw
her. I heard the woman who took the he say:
‘Thischildwillbeacomforttomyladyinp of
her own.‘ ”

“ She called her"my lady,’ then?"

“ She did; and so did the people at the inn where
she stayed. But she .never went out; she was in
poor health.”

“ You saw the gentleman; did he bear any resem-
blance to Egbert?" ' r

“ None; not the least.“

" But he was kindto him?"

“ He was tender of him and agent all his time in
doing what he could for him. e would allow no
other nurse to have the charge of him.”

“ Did he wear mourning at the funeral?" ‘

“ Bless you!" cried the (lame; “ the funeral was as
private and quiet as if the man had died of the
pin 1 There were no mourneysl’

“ ere was Herr Vane buried ?"

“ In the little cemete over the hill."

“ I remember now. de Almeria.”

" It was his wish. He always said he had never
loved another woman."

" Now Albrecht and Madame Stenha let me tell
you the 7business that brought me here. at noble
gentleman whom you call milor ‘-—as the Continent
ans call every man of wealth and stamnng—was, I
am fully convinced, no other than the Marquis of

Estonb .”
ted the name—scarce pro-

ly

Both auditors repea
nounceable by foreign tongues.

ff He was traveling on the Continent with his wife
at that time. I have every reason to believe that be
2:43" lost, by deaththeboywhopassedas his

“ Who passed as his son? Was he not?"

“I will lain all that hereafter. bert Vane
was his bro er. real name was bert Vane
. He was the elder brother, therefore

Thorpe
the rightful M of Estonbury.’
'l‘hrej digs up her hands; and her son looked
s

“ rt was in wretched health. He failed so
rapid at the last that if he knew of the death of his
uncle, the marq , an Own accession to the title
and sets. he did not care to claim them.“
Madame teuhaus shook her head.
“ such things have little worth when death in

“Almeria was a marchioness, than!” said Al-

brecht. »

‘lYes' for her sband was the m uls before
her death. You cg prove the 

“It was rformed by“: Protestant clergyman,“
returned brecht. “ 0 others besides myself
were witnesses.”

“Canthesebefoundl” '

“ The witnesses can; the clergyman went to Vi~

‘I § M

u‘l'gili‘ilndhim, if necessary?

“(Here you a certificate! It is usual for the dial-
priest to o

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wasgo , _  ,
' She covered her face/with her apron again—4m-
mournful recollections thro ed u 11 her. I
“I have a certificate, wh ch bert must have»
given to his brother. It was found among his
‘ rs," said Wallrade._
, ‘ A certificate of the marriage?”
' it is plain enough for what pu
vtzz’n.b The boy,uif he ‘is living, is 
n my." ,
The dame her hands. _
“My grandson?” she exclaimed.
‘31va so; but he has been defrauded of his .-
t. 7‘ ,
‘Patience, mother " remonstrated Albrecht, 
deavoring to check __ er ecstasies; “we know not,
even if the bay is hvmgi” ~
“But I know " said Wallrade~“ at least I, am mor—
ally oertain—that he is- and a nobler young man
doesgot exist. You will have cause to be proud of”

“ He lives? Where?" exclaimed Stenhans. '

“ In England; knowing naught as [yet of his ri ts-
Butlamonthetracktofind out t e truth. will.
explain" though I cannot {at tell on all.

Lord Estonbury broug t up '
child and Egbert’s—-as his own son and eir; iih‘ough
he himself usurped the title and estates belonging
of right to him as the elder brother‘s direct mic-
.‘ e

marquis died, and the boy came into the in-
heritance." ‘
“ He came into- on?"
“Then my lady—the marchioness-endeavored to

litres
of

compel the youxaifi man to contract a marriage with '

a girl she had
maid. The you
birth; or to wed t egirl at all; for he loved another.
In her rage at the disappointment, Lady Estoan
disclosed the secret—that he was not her son. She
declared him the son of ’her maid and her house—

opted: the alleged child of her

steward: The infants had been exchanged-she’ L '

said—soon after their birth, and
own daughter.”

“ Then he is not Almeria's son.”

_ Wallrade made a gesture im loring patience.

“ The young man—Reginal -——still refused to mar-
ry Lady Helen thou rh the loss of title and for
tune was the term 've. As soon as he was [con—
vinced that he was not the son of the late margins,
he surrendered all: title. fortune, everything, to‘the
heir-atlaw. That gentleman came, took possesinon',
and married the daughter of the house."

Both listeners showed their disappointment.

“Lady Helen, on the eve of her marriage, over.
heard a conversation between the maid and her
mother, that convinced her Reginald was demed
in some way. She made a vow to discover these-
oral: and do him ht, if it lafy
the” loss of fortune or horse] .

“ It was generous of her!" exclaimed Albrecht.

thegirlwashar

“ She has kept that vo . Satisfied that
was not the son of the holms, she has 0 ained
proof convincinghenough. to anamoral sense, of his
real platen e ough it. may insuihcient to es
tablis his ghts in a court of law, when are. ,
keenly disputed. She found the ma

Itlotoid you. 31?, with the portrait of Aim
“ had it ted " interru ted Ste ‘ “in
18— " I pain , p M

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" Yes that is the date; I recognized the picture at
once. here were two letters from her also.” v
Madame Stenhaus wept at every allusion to her
daughter’s acts; and her tears'flowed ‘
“infirm Hugh???“ mind L
‘ ere no on m »_
the child of your da erliter? And we caneflhllsh
the identity of Egbert ans with'theeeldest nephew
of the former  whgsebtgle descended ts —
bert s younger :0 er. a ng supposed , .
He was re rted ‘Lost at ,
new that he had been saved. But here
have ized. I am here to obtain
the evidence of that i entity. Only one link re-
mains tobe dmcovered; that is: the roof thatl'ter
ginald is the boy he intrusted to t cares! his)
unc and his son " ’ ' -

“I could tell if_l saw him!" said the dame. . .
" And I—if lie is like his mother,” said Albrecht.
“ He is her-living im e.“ v - . -
“Then he is our own 1" .
“l have no doubt of it; but it must be proved be»
and cavil. Titles and estates are not , awed
English courts without evidence that cannotbe-

marchioness to

mam: AND WARE? m mime ,

A CARRIAGE drew up at the gate of the.
mansion in London.

Aliciaer wasseated inthecarriag'e Whither
cha rone. She gave herva to be presented by.
the ootman' tobe taken to Lodz Estonbury. The
knocker and hell were answered 5'

:2. They may find ayay to. compel

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live of the house. The card 4 en in. W
won came back that Lady Estonh was not at
ham: to visitors, on account of the of her 3
mo er. . _ .
Miss Maui- left no. message; for she thought it sin~

that she received none. The card had, in  
ntakentothe marquis in the librarywhd ,  ,

seut the answer.
The illness of the dowagerhad overtaken her

denly. ‘ It was annttack of

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' ward. This had’run a course of of several days, and
,had not yetabated.‘ If not subdued speed y, the
filledi iattendant had expressed uneasiness as to

e resu

, ’ Lord Estonbury had a horror of sick-chambers,
‘ and had not visited his mother-in-law since her seiz-
r  . He did not like his wife to be much with the
, ' atient; he fancied diseases infectious in some
agree but he did not interfere with Helen’s doi
-’ x'what s e pleased. Only, she must not approac
/ him when she came from the invalid’s room.

'1 He had only that day, from the latest re rt of
the physician, taken in the idea that there ht be
‘danger. This gave a new turn to his ideas.

He would not have eved at the death of his

mother-in-lawl, nor at hat of his wife. The first

-* , . would have been arelief to him. But if the fever

'  I increased, feyer might induce delirium; and what
= I ‘ revelations mi ht be the remit? ‘ .

' He chang conduct, affecting a deep anxiety

, for the erer. He enjoined it on Helen to permit

( {fine servant or strangerto nurse her; or even to ap-

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proach’herif delirium supervened. He could con-
trol his which any event. And if there were dan-
ger of a death-bed confes ion, he had resolved to

, ,- , risk his own health by keep nfifiuard in person.
 w . . r It was nefise to relieve e ennand, refusing to
l em 10 an o tried skill, hehad summoned rs
,. , . sho m to wait on her mistress.
[of I The dowager, for mont s past, had not allowed

‘ her former maid to approach her presence, though
 vshe‘had eomnplied, from-t me to time, with the e~
‘ l mands of rs. Chisho m’s husband for money.
i  .‘They were a habitual drain upon the liberality of the
marquisithough not to any great extent; for the

knew n ' the whole secret; and the aversion of the r
mistress toward them, would, he thought, revent
her placing herself further in their ower. ven in

 ,_ the event of an awkward discovery, e knew how to
31' gr sience them.
' A He gave Orders that both ladies should be denied
, Ito'all visitors. Thus Helen was . de rived of the
opportunity of seeing her friend, and earning what
i ‘ Would have been most interestin ,to her.
Alicia'dvove home, doing a Iitt e shopping 01;} the
, wig; 151 Regent street, and arriving at her otel
‘.a t us

’l‘h‘edrak. -room of her suit was alread lighted
, "uptand the act surprised her; for her ather, in
.' her absence, usually occupied his own' " den," fitted
a = 11 use‘ study. But she was still more astonished, as
, .. Misc entered, to find herself in the arms of a
lady in deep mou . The lady wore a deep era e
.vail aver her traveling bonnet; but Alicia knew t e

. . voice of Margaret at once. ‘
' The baron resented Herrick who received awarm
was attired in black. Her father

 

’ welcome. e, too
,explained that his kinsman, Kenneth Maur, was no
. more; - v
‘ His death had been very peaceful, Miriam-st said;

u  and he hadsufl’ered little. Matlin an ilda were
» :tliereto assist her in the care of the patient; and
‘ ‘ " 2th remained for the present.
.~ , errlck was a little awkward at first; for the re-
‘ membranes of his wild behavior at Stone Crag, while
I. sinner the sway of his savage on for his cousin,
; was morti tohim. But orhis wife’s entreati
be (told not have stop in London. He h
yi ed to her anxious d to embrace her foster-

. rt '
‘ .  werematters of busing too,tobea
‘  Ashen-to the rony»and all _,e
. estates V , it was proper that some settled
made, and cum place of red-
ed to Herrick. He shrunk from the
his home at the ruined castle by the
asit was with early painful recol-

Elections.

H ‘  he do see-Lord Swinton declared posi-
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, ' ‘ todo the hon rsof the mansion. as

~;  prietor. * ‘

g ‘ » “But is your own residence,” remonstrated
' 3

 I are nigylikely soon toreturn to Scot-

. fan a Are we,m
" “And if was uld, dear papa,we can be the
, -._guests,ofmircousins.”
” tome dime. Mr... its“ 2? a
_ ,reeo recv asone
'  family. She aué’h Alicia’s hand, and kissed

< "I was afraid my lord mi ht not! be pleased,”—
  she ,w V -,~tears filling or eyes—“with a lassie

0‘ mean  for his lord y klnsman,”

‘ The intense worshi of or son was portra, edin
her eyes. as she g need toward her handsome
“ 7 your: husband.

,‘ .fi “ ow could you fear?" answered Alicia, in the
‘ ' same low tone. " You are the best of wives for
‘ ,. ’And you know how dearly I love you, Marga.
ret. ‘
' “ He chose, me, though I was unworthy.” .

“Moist worthy!" cried Alicia, pressi her hand.
. “I will not let you disparage yourself. ' cannot tell
‘fguubowre iced I was when you wrote me 
-' -.,yo were thed.” 

- , baron m d to convey to the youn couple
“his rova of their marriage; and is con-
victiontha , 9 would behappy, and that a jolly
, line of deacon tswoul con mm the succession.
. f .38 added some good advi e to Herrick; and invited
, A him tomcat him nextdayat hissolloitor’sto arrange
S such  as'mlifht come between them. -

.  A leis made argaret remove her bonnet and‘

-_ , outer wraps, and she now rung the bell to order the

, or his meal. a i m

' - dandy! onewas resen [grad n the nin-

, axiom, at which the li’ealth o t e vhuors was dran

" , infect! old wine rivaling, the baron said, that in his
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i By the time they adjourned to the drawing-room,
Margaret had given some account of events during
r the ast few weeks of their stay in Kaiseiswerth.
She described the occurrence of the attempted
‘ murder, discovered through the mysterious “ second
sight ” of the Scottish seer, and Herrick’s bravery
, in olng to render assistance. »
‘ was a joy to her to speak of his good deeds; for
never did a wife more idolize her husband. Happi-
ness had made Herrick modest; 'for he disclaimed
her praise, and declared the credit wasowing to the

do .

l Elicia and the baron both started when they heard
I the name of Wallrade; and the baron wondered
I what business had taken that eccentric individual to
€ Germany. Belike, to look 11 titles to lands upon the
‘- Rhiue; in which he wished im luck; and be men—
tally added, for his sweet daughter’s sake. He was
now certain that Wallrade meant to leave his ample
fortune to Alicia. .

The Herr Wallrade, Margaret said, had fallen in
with some old friends the man whose life Herrick
.hadspreserved—Herr Stenhaus~and his mother.

“ tenhaus, did you say?” repeated Alicia, with
quivering lips. She had never dared tell her father
of the business on which Wallrade had gone abroad.

“Yes; Albrecht Stenhaus. His mother was like
one distrau ht when she first learned the peril he
had escape . She could have worshiped the ground
on which my Herrick stood. How well I remember
her white face when she came in and threw herself
on her knees by the couch on which lay the poor man
-—her son. ”

M“ Had she any--other—children?” asked Miss
aur.

“None: he was her only one; and he sugported
her by his labor and commercial trips. e was
starting on one when the robber entrapped

him.”

“Herr Wallrade is coming back to England,” re-
marked Herrick, carelessly.

“ Coming back?” Alicia repeated. He had written
to her that he was on the trace; and it was to carry
that news that she had called upon Lady Estonbury.
Was becoming back because he had succeeded, or
had be given up the cute rise?

Her heart heat so that s e was afraid its throbbin
would call attention to the emotion she could no
quite conceal. It was evident that Wallrade had not
confided his undertaking to her cousins.

The visitors did not remain late. They were go-
ing on to Scotland as soon as ossible, and had no
desire to linger in the metropo 's where they were
utter strangers.

The baron, in shaking his kinsman’s hand at part-
ing, reminded him that he must not be late in hrs at-
tendance at his solictors’ the next da .

When they had de arted, Lord winton threw
himself into an see -c air before the fire and com-
menced makin ca culations with a penci on a piece
of paper. He (1 not notice the abstraction of his
dang ter.

How she longed to throw herself on her father's
breast, confess all her haopes and fears, and entreat
himto send for Begin (1!
whole life, she felt hung'upon the, ti
would bring from . many.

CHAPTER XXXV.
IRS. cmsnom momma.

Ir was about eleven at nifht when oung Lady
Estoan arose from the uxurlous ounge—fub,
nished With cushions like a bed—in the large ante-
chamber adjoining the rich chamber of the dowa-

er. v
3 For hours she had slept the deepe sleep of ex-
ha n. The room was di ligh d bya small
silver lamp that stood 0;: a mar le table at one end.
The flowing silken draperies of the windows were
soft stirred b the breeze one of them beinglopen-
ed a me to mit the fresh air.

Helen was very white, but arose refreshed by her
slumbers. At first she did not remember where she
was; and she her hand over her forehead
with a piteous expression of bewilderment Then
she recovered her full consciousness, and wondered
how long she had slept.

There was a uaint old Dutch clock on the mantle-
Piece; and, loo at it, she started to see how late

was.

She assed noiselessl through the dressing-room
adjoinan and open the door of the sick-room.
A curta of heavy silk, usuall 100 up, hung
over the entrance. f her and to

s Waiirade

As Helen

voices.

As perfect uiet had been enjoined b the physi-
cian, her firs im ulse was to silence t 6 speaker;
but. as she ca ht he first words she stood perfect-
1 still. Then s esoftly raised the curtain on one
e do, so as to see within her mother’s chamber.

The state] bed, with its white curtains drawn
back to adm t a free current of air. stood with the
head a ainst the opposite wall. The dowager lay

roppe up by the lace-fringed and" snowy pillows.

ne of herarmswas thrown over the blue silken
coverlet and moved in the restlessness of febrile Ox-
citemen. The other suprOrted her head. Her
cheeks wore a dangerous , ush. , d

Chisholm, the maid, was kneeli beside tn? be :
her gripe pal'ilslfionceafic‘li, hard gob irzgaziolent‘ did

’ .m a m s e m _-
not thinkybut thatyyouywould have 17 for me
will. trouble me Chisholm!” returned he? mis-
'tress, wearlly. “ M' headaches 90 W “memes
I think my reason will desert me!" x.

“ And soxit may, my lady; and tgehwovc‘fil;

ken thatma veirest tom ' Wt ,
gown value 1&5; for yoursalz 338- and give

me ace! 7 ' . ,
.“Reha‘ve already‘told you"

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The happiness of her'

throw this aside she was stopped by the sound of ‘ d

not be so. , . _
:2 Who dares uestion my word?”
I mean no 0 ense! You know that! I have held
my tongue all these years! I have kept silence, to

Oh, but it’s sore punishment on me for havin been
too submisswe and too loving to my mistress! '

“ Woman, how dare you reproach me?" cried
Lady Estonbury, growing more excited, and push-
ing agamst the woman 3 head as it leaned on the

“ My lady, I have grown desperate. But I will be
your slave, if you wi l but tell me the trut .” v

“PYou had it at first; but you refused to believe
me ’

“Oh, my lady, not an angel from heaven could
have made me believe the boy my own son. Tell
me, where is the one you took from me i”

“ You will force me to call for assistance. You
takefiudvantage of my helplessness!” groaned the
inva ( . .

“ I have been struggling and striving not to speak;
but Ican hold speech no lon er. Only one word,
my lady, to say where I may nd him!‘

“ Do you accuse me of having killed, or sent into
concealment, your son Y” demanded the lady, fierce-

y.

“ Alack! Iknow not what!" exclaimed the we-
man, wringing her hands. “ I only know that you
took away my blooming, beautiful boy, and I have
never seen him since! And now I pray you, on ,. my
knees to give him back to me!"

“ Why s iould you think I parted with him i" asked
her mistress uerulously.

“ BecauseI now the one you brought home was

not mine! He has grown more stran e to me as he
flew up! He dlSOWIlS me, and my cart disowns
m."

“Why do you urge the matter now, when you have
kept silence so long i”

“M husband would not let me speak. He said:
‘ The oy will take care of us as his arents.’ But he
refused to acknowledge us. Then was seized with
9. Ion to embrace my own. A mother cannot
forget her child. my lady. Did I not keep yours for
you, and cherish her, andrestore her fair and bloom-
;ug stg your arms? My lady, you are wicked to wrong

" I have not wron you.”

:: $611111 (hot robb of m chills?" b

y 0 on su pose wou ve imu ?”

“ I cannotv tell. gelike 1you sawglthe signslzif better
blood in the one you ut n my son‘s place!”

The lady half-raise herself in-bed.
.  she  

oo opacemyse w o y nyour ower

“ bh, my lady!" went on the desgerate woman
“ death may be ve near! Your reason in
be s ared. A few ours maymake it too late to do
me ustice. As you would
out a mortal sin on your sou I

The invalid rung up and threw oi! e coverlet
from her shou der. _ /

“Death near?" she faltered, repeating the words
of her attendant. “ Who says so Am! not wing
better every day? Death! Does any-one t k I am

goin to die?”
from the bed, and

in or excitement she slipped
stood u her feet. Her w ite dressl gown fell
9 smapin

ou—”

tothe oor; her arms were outstretch
the air; her face,was blanched with the horror 0
fear that had come upon her; her white li . quiver-
ed convulsxvely. Her form swayed to and r0.

Helen flew to her assistance, and catfght her in
her arms, as she would have fallen. She lifted her
. in her arms and placed her on the bed; then seized

the bell-rope, an rung a violent . ‘~ ._ I

Chisholm had risen and stood petrified’under the
young lady’s indignant looks.

“ Begone!” cried Helen. “You see she has faint-
ed' would you kill her outright?”

There was a rush of feet outside. and several of
the servants presented themselves in answer to the
summons.

“Call his lordship. and send for the doctor,"
crieg the marchioness. preserving her presence of
mm .

She stood with her arm around her mother, as if
to shield her. Therattendants hurried along the
corridor to the ailments 01' the marquis. But he
had beenaroused by the bell, and was coming, al»
ready, in his dressing-gown. He dispersed the at-
‘ frightedfihzgrg, and Strode on to the door of the

owasel‘rs . -
Sheuwa'saséticlimnsgblehznd Helen, pale as: corpse
, gsfififlh cold wage“?! rule and bathing er fore—
Chisbo‘m still stood in the middle of the room
like a statue of despair. ’
8 meaning of this?" demanded his
Went up to t e

“What is th
lordship, as be h .

Helen explained that; she'had lain down to sleep
for a few hours, leavin the maid With her mother.
When she came back, fihe two were in the midst of

 

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She had rushed in, in time to save her from fallin'v
Lgetlllite floor, in the swoon that followed her excite:

“Can ou sta With our mother afew moments?"
asked hi3; lords’heip yo}; shall I send one of the
housemaids to h P 7011? . I

“Oh, yes! do send some one!" she answered.
tremblin from head to foot. “I have never seen
her like t beforg! If she should never comeout
of the faintillg'fl“ »

“she will come out. See her pulse is strenger~
she will revive 8001!. Stay w th her ten minutes, till

 

‘ I return. NOW. Woman, come you with me,” he said '

to Chisholm- , .
By the time they had reached the library the poor

i woman had recovered her selt~possession. and braced ‘ I

 

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obey you, when my heart hasbeen well-nigh brokeni’

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herself up for a determined assertion of her
nairights. . ’
' Tne enforced
her husband's constraint.\and the influence of
now
solve. If her

other

gave additional strength to her re-
, ady should die with the secret un-

spoken! ~ ’

‘ She entered at once into a voluntary confession

are wished not to distress her lady; but if she were
die. or lose her reason what clew could she obtain
‘the discovery of her child?

And You have done our best to hasten that
gut you Iporetend to i” said the marquis,
h ml ' You suppose your mistress will not
t1?“ er dad’s—her hou . perhaps—shortened by

2 31100“ You have made her sufler?"
Heaven forbid!" exclaimed the woman, clasping
8}: (is. and lookin upward
f e knowledge of er imminent dan r has been
381%tu kept from her. She always a terror of
if: féw homfsyou said may terminate her life with-
Chishoim sunk on her lmees, and, amid sobs and
$331.18, besought ardon.
swam “D. an listen to me," ordered the mar-
“ You had come to me, all this might have
“I! saved. I know all you wish to-know."
“ You? your lordship? ’ gasped the woman.
0i} were right in what you said, as far as re-
gards .he rentage of—the young man to whom
an allud . He is not the son Iyou gave your lady,
n‘exchange for her infant daug tor. ‘
uI knew it! I knew it!"
Your lady and the late Lord Estonbury
“ much more than a year, you remember.
“ I do, your lordship."
Antzour "son—then a very young infant—died at
.. 16:23., J
“ ed after a few hours‘ illness. It was crou , I
t113311: she told me." . D
“And she never told mel" sobe the mother.

She had her reasons. The infant boy taken in

Place of the lost one was adopted by Lord Es-
‘Ofibury, somewhere in Ge “

m The late marquis

rmany.
Reginald. He never could have

were
a I

loved so much a stranger to his blood!"
“ said was so?" ’
“§§‘in°fiiii°m ltordepylhd had i posed “
no . our y m an heir
upon him: he forced one .
“ ntohammeboy!" on her 8 e had good
Then he was—her husband’s son—but not her
The marquis nodded

late lord never loved in lady. But 't was
gmel of. him to force her to owny a base-born lchild,
Jana}; he had the blood of an Estonbury in his

:2“ You satisfied f"
o my lOI'dImforgive me; but—"

It

ould you ve proof that your son died? I can
fig: rig {gig-",1 will do so; and then the matter must

He went to an Indian cabinet, whi

ch be unlocked.
he, got; drawer that opened by a concealed spring,
. “mg itout a olded per Yellow with age. Un-

, t , he held it be ore t e woman.
Magi” the certificate of the burial of “ 'nald—
ggwgf tlée M2:ng of Estonbury;" and was
.Chisho ’ readitslow th tagg' -
andlcllgiggdyggtgger hands abcrossefi'esr io£i3.§i?°“’
“ Heaven forgivesag‘gl" now," said his lordsnip'

sunk on her m 9 "311811, and her head
t o ms .
‘ The late Lord Estonbumiy ggfngh'ad an in.

super-able aversion to me and was d
pageggyifiywsgscceednecegggrto’tgis tiltle. ngflggdlogg
. . y _su stitute .
in“ his place, andehignlofrdfihigmuaturalgvmpcfiafigg
- , e sinist i
begesego E311 was]? any right to iflerltanignterposed
keenly, I a sneer, watching the woman's face

u '
0“ can understand, now.

to of the your lady’s reluctance

he , matter. It was sore humiliation for
0: me: my lord!" cried the dame. “ If

u Oh,
I hagvo y kn wn it i"
mefitngw‘dnow, that is sufficient. You
wi make me asoleoriginceiro‘mpigel:l your lady, if you
her again on the subject?‘ never to speak to
“ ass oui-blesa our lordship!" ’
Andi in her de um she should say anything

re rt it tome, and 39,
Wyou promise this?“ y naught ‘0 any one else.

 my lord!"
ear 0 your ossi
gutters, I shall know hgw ping come

u

m' '
I to punish you, ’l’ngh 8 39(1de
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th ytlgrd, I haveuborne this grief so many years

“That is security for your

mga silence. wen, I win

You must answer for ' i
.. u haldm,.my.§€rd,i, Wurhusband.’

. n 0 near my Estonburyto.
“813:”! will sit with or. You may go so your

Thewoman made a rofound obeisance and ’
3:.  serif;
eness an 3 con u in
a pledge that both she and her husband might 13°;
pend That set her mind

at I on his bounty, as before.
Many a dispute had she had with the emfewa
hitherto restrained her from inquiries 00ng
He had always insisted that she

Who had
venting her child
that Reginald was their own.

owns. mistaken. “3‘1

silence she had kept so long under’

 

When she re lied that conviction, and avowed her
belief that or childhad been put away and was
living somewhere, his authorit was overbearing,
and sufficient to compel her 0 'ence.

lilo? she could be silent with an unmurmurlng
sp 1' . .

After she had left the library, his lordship con-
tinued his walk to and fro, arrangin his plans in the
event of the death of his mother-in aw.

CHAPTER XXXVI.
HELEN rausrnn.
Usnnn Helen's gentle ministrations, consciousness
slowly returned to the dowager. Her e es opened,
the color came back to her cheek; her reath came
pantingiy and irregularly, as of one in the grufiof
ever, and her eyes were glassy and wil . er
daughter soothed her, laflgehu cold hand on the
burning forehead, and mo ning the parched lips
With the refreshing draught prepared.

Presently the patient partially lifted her head. to
see if any one else was in the room. Helen stoo

and kissed her, while she bade her not tax

stre h.
l “ Insgigo one here but you?" asked the invalid, faint-

y.
“ No one clear mamma. But the doctor will come;
th'le‘g sent for him when you fainted."
e pale hand was stretched out, and grasped the
da hter’s arm, drawing her closer.
“ elen, tell me the truthl Am I going to die?“
“ 0h, dearest mamma, how can on think of such
a tiliimgl We hope and expect you will soon be
we H

“ nut Chisholm said so."
“ She was frantic. My lord has sent her awa .”

81‘

“1 want to know the truth, Helen. Do no de-
ceive me.”
“You have been made worse b the  But

the doctor will vs a composing raught.
d “ You’do notginswer me. Am I thought to be in
an er? ‘

“ have never heard any one so. so, indeed. mam-
ma. Pray be calm; do not talk; am sure it is not
good for you 1"

Her tears were flowing fast' she threw her am
over the patient, clasping her favored hand, and laid
her face close to hers on the pillow. But she could
not etc her from speaking.

“ He en," she faltered, in a low, earnest tone, “ I
can trust no one but you. If I am to die there is
something to be done. I cannot leave this world
with that secret weighing on me. It would sink me
to‘pardition.”

h, mamma, mammal 9.1: and ease your

‘mind at oncei Do not brood over such tho his."

“ Tell me, could I hope for salvation if I s ered a
wro and fraud to 0 on?”

“ eaven forbid t any one should dare set
limits to themercy of our heavenly Father; but, oh,
momma, do not let wrong and fraud soil your soul,
in life or deathl"

“ The tellin of the secret would plunge you into
poverty, my 0 1d.”

1 “ Maifit'her, mother, think not of me! The Right be
ore .’ .

“You are a saint in heart, Helen! Ido believe
you would lay down your rank and title without a
murmur.”

“If I possessed them by hand, they would be
worse than worthlessl"

“A ,the burning crown! You have read of it:
but have felt it! It searches my brain; it will
drain m life!”

“Piuc it 01!! oh, pluck it on!”

Helen sunk on her knees by the bed, on the very
spot where Chisholm had knelt, and clas .ed her
arms round her mother‘s neck in mute suppV tion.

There was silence for a few minutes. hen her
ladyship motioned for the cooling drink which
He en held to her 1i s. .

“Helen ” she sai , “ will you promise me, if I put
myself w oily in your power, to say nothing—to re-
veal nothing while I live ?” _

“Oh, momma, should we make conditions in
doing van act of justice? I trust you will live many
years.

"In that case, I will take ’my own way of disclos-
ing the secret. You must promise what I ask,
Helen. I feel that this fever may Overpower my
reason; I feel that I may die without being; able to
speak. Don‘t weep child, but promise me! I will
not trust you unless you (lol Will you? Say
quickiyl My head will burst if I have to bear any
more ’

“Mother I promise.”

“You w never betray me till I give you leave, or
till—I am no more?”
i “I will not! You may trust mel"

The sufferer lucked at a ribbon round
It had a he at had to one end.

“Take 1. ,” she said, “and open the walnut
cabinet in my dressiiéga‘oom. The center drawer;
the ke unlocks it. tay—I forget—my mind wan-
ders—t ere is a drawer within, or—a false bottom:

her neck.

press the spring at the back. You will find the
pa rs there.” _
d mg'ézgxtermétteirtifi gnegshigwed that the fever was
0 wor w er ra .
Helen hastened to do her bidding. She locked the
dressing-room door before she o nod the cabinet.
The drawer came out; it was fill with jewels of no

great value; the Estonbury diamonds being kept

under his lordship's charge-

 

But her ladyeship had fallen into a doze. and did,
not reply. He 11 again fastened the key to the rib
hon round her neck, put- the papers in her own
bosom, and resumed her watch. '

In ten minutes there was a bustle in the hailbe‘
low and steps were heard ascending the stairs.

The marquis entered, preceding the physician,
who had been summoned. He went to the bed. and
examined the unconscious patient.

His face suddenly darkened.

“ There been mischief done here." he said,
" since in last visit." , ‘

His 10 ship explained that the indiscretion of - , ‘
the waiting-maid had caused her lady a great shock. =

“ And thrown her into a condition I do not like!” a .
the physician added. “ Feel her head.  lord, I‘ - 7*
must ask you to send in the morning for is James. '_
Harcourt. ’ ,

This was the name of an eminent London physi--

The doctor went on to order ice applied to the. V
atient’s head, and other remedies to subdue the 
ever. His anxietigould not be concealed. ' jw 

He admitted to rd Estonbury in the  .
’°°'§:ifm"2”“.$£°°“ rights”. is “his “a:  

uie . e eave, ng . .
Earn early? in th% morning, before tggotime up. , .
pointed for the consultation.

Helen still sat motionless by the bed. It was
already well on toward morning; - ._
“ confirm" said her husband, compassionaqu . ,.
“ You better retire." A  a

“No, my lord;lwlllstay here. 1am noth- m;
“sued.” I

“ Your mother will not come out of that stupor
till the fever abates. You can stay till then,.»if you},
wincallmeassoonasshe wakes.’ ,

" Very well, my lord."

She was once more left alone with them.

cummmvn. y 7 J ,
ran erl'l natural. '
Due passed’on, and the condition of the d

mamhion did not improve. Theoo n ,
availed litt e. The triumph of 
diseasehasits limits, and these , ‘ 
But littleflhope reinained other“  th. .
The intervals of reason became fewer and she . er; "
and while "the xysm.‘ of fever icon ' ' 
tient mutte in low deliriumi or at -' ’ I
terri s. Whenthe'v‘iol’encefi move.- v ‘
abated, e a usually in’a stupor. ' ‘

_ 7, faithful ioia" ms :tcr- f’

than Dame Chisholm-to his lordship. She knew her ’ ,

dependence on  hoped for reinstate— , .
ouse

rid-slave more

meat in one of his 9 at some future time. ,
Every word that fell from the moonscious m 3:;
was re ‘ ' to the marquis. 

She often dro strange ressio whichher  
hadsomediflcuft‘yeidh ekplalnfngipto  x I ,
sion of his informant. . ' . -'

Sometimes the sufferer fancied [herself in Ger-
many; talked of his lordship‘s'brother, and ’of little

.i' "

    
  

Reginald-as his son and heir. .

‘ Itwas their an, at first," remarkedhml Ens
tonbiiry, “to the  as a nephew. But on:
see, ourseif, a could no he. Theelderraon, -~

' am The rished at see. more than-“ayear- . ~‘ a .,
before Re umbom.” ' p . .__t

“ I have card so, my lord." ‘ " ,

More andmore, every day of this; tillhis londship, . ‘
With anneties continually on the strain—most earn-r i
estly wished that the scene would close. Swans -‘
derings were rare card in presence; but e—
length seldom left her mother's side mawiuiessc‘. '

0 cm. v . .

Late one afternoon Chisholm came into the lie
1) ,‘where his lordship was reclining in a leather!»
cushioned chair. Sh and approach—

, 6 closed the door,
ed with her usual stealthy'tread. , .
“Well i" inquired the marquis; who saw that she

had somethiisifil to communicate. , r , 
‘,‘ Her p has been quiet this afternoo '” the,  . f.
wom‘ansai ‘ The feverisuotsohigh, andghea. 

eared_ sensible. Iheardherw rto oung 1,33 _; 
kntonb’ury whatlam sure your lordship ought if» I 

ow. '7'

“What?” asked the marqu enacting “half; 
ference he was far from feeliifigi?’ m. r ‘* —9

“I heard my lady say: ‘ elen, remembm- your , " U'f'i
promise,; and she answered, ‘ do. remember it. ' 
mamma. And .my lady said then: “Not a we
while I live. If it pleases God to restore me, I wig
{1.333% “ Ti” 3”" m. ' '

or e on so

heart. But she sasld‘yes’uiingali her momerwhis- ' ‘V'
pared in her ear." " ,

2: What do you make out from this?“ .

There is some understanding between them. ' .-
hWallaS trig gagegan‘gog make out. ,Biixi‘t myyoung lady _, _  .5
‘hgx‘sédeatfigd o something case of herymo- V H

‘ e wo ' ' '
piggy." I promise anything to  the I, j,

I" my 0rd, you do not know 0 Lad Es- 
tonbury. She would never promise vyha‘tns‘he di not .
mean to fulfill. And I sawitinher face, ‘y lord, ‘ ‘ 
that she had something Weighty on her  . v T

It was your fancy, . 01121,” edit!  Whip, 

“No. at all' craving your lordshi ‘s pardon ‘ ’
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the twgwoodensgiottoi‘riis. The oung marchioness ’i Did you get an idea of the matter betweefi than, I K 3 
secured the whichwere ck and hegziédmen ; Was there ayord dropped that could lead you to! ,L k  a
she closed til}: war and the cabinet, uni the conclusion! . i , ,1 . , g
(105‘)? and hurried back to her mother. nflgpand  lid 358:1: once the Motrin“: F

give me save.

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nemmamma, .‘ a trygto soothe

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. :she would excite herself too much. But it may have
_ ‘ i , been to prevc‘n my hearinz‘anythmg.” 3

“ ‘ , The marquis rose. and paced the room uneasxly.

‘ igushoim went on to report her reasons for thinking i
"1 7 ‘ ’ elm

should be watched.

7“ You are a

marked his lords p, giving her a sovereign; “ and I

shall remember your devotion to my Interests. But

you lax yourself without cause. There can be

nothan tween your lady and my wife. If Helen

knew anything, or had promised to do anything, she
would come ,to me for aid. "

’v The woman meekly crossed her hands, and bowed

submissively '

“ You are right to report everything to me," his
lordship continued, “ as I alone can judge what
is of importance. This is nothing; You may go
now; andeillvisityoui-ladyin t e course of an

r." V , I
W courtesied and left the room.

Chisholm
, A change then came over his lordship. The most

2‘" '

t « profound disturbance was evident in his movements 1

.;and his countenance. .
_ “Helen arrayed against me!" he muttered under,
his breath... “ t is just like her to undertake setting
a ' vmatters right under the plea of justice. I should
,3;  ' not wonder if the dotin fool had made her promise
\e x to do it to save her so from perdition! ‘ Not a word
whil I live.’ Ay, my lady; and when the breath is

ontof your. body, I will take care of m wife!"

‘ ere hiswalk forsome minu .

"‘Pshawi". he exclaimed. " What could be done,
A r evenifthe‘xmother did cram the (in inter with a

, 4 V' . to be‘repeated after hel‘ death? at would
 ‘ soc testimony avail? The word of a crazed wo-
" man in the last stage of typhoid fever! The courts

would la h at it!

. , , He Wen into the dining-room, helped himself to a
v ‘ glass of wine, and rung to order supper.

‘ ‘  ' ' “Tell Lady Estonbury, my Wife, that I would like

' ""élolhave her company at supper," he said, to the

‘ ' "x The man went up, and returned with the answer

What, his lady begged his lordship to excuse her.

no» mother was not so well, and she herself could

’ “ Jove she avoids moi" muttered his lordship.

 

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5. ~  i 

v “ what could it amount to? The word of a dement-
ed patient muttered in delirium?"

Quietly I elen was movin toward the door.

‘ Stay. ‘ Do not be in an , a hurry, unless you are
afraid of me." x .. ‘

The young wife retraced her steps.

“ If your mother should say anything; should
make any fancied disclosure—as fever patients are
always the prey of imagination—will you promise.
Helen, to communicate it to me i"

“I cannot promise, my lord."

“ Why not i?"

“ Because if my mother wanted something done,
I should do it even if forbidden by you.”
argon wo ' d be disobedient to‘ my commands,

en ’ - ‘

“ In that case, if I judged the
‘ mother to be important, I would.”
* “ And you would‘ set up your own ju ent
_ against mine!" growled the husband,‘ stop ing- in

front of her, and fixing his glaring eyes u on er.

“ I would tr to do what is right," she altered.

I‘Ig muttere albittter oath. rd d to d h
, u s we ouwereo ere. os ould
involvgprgiiiintfi me?" y

“ If it were right, and my bounden duty,
pray that I shou d not falter in doing it, o
co uencesi"

Ano her terrific curse, that made the poor wife
shudder.

“ It is well I am warned!" ejaculated the marquis,
between a sneer and an execration. “ My wife would
sacrifice me to her whim of roclaiming any lies a
raving lunatic migh utter, she knew she would
ruin me by doing ti Very well, my lady! I will
take care of you !' ' i

“ My lord—"

“ You may go now to your mother; but when she
breathes her last, and from that moment, you shall
have speech with no human being but myself i"

" Do you think she will die 7"

“ Think! she cannot live more than a day or twol
Then—you are my Wprisoner! You shall have no
chance to 0 about th your pretended disclosures!
I will teac you, madam, the dutya wife owes her
husband 1" ' .

The low, hoarse tone, the fierce glare of the eyes,

command of my

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of tho dainty meal in silence and

. finhe rosemand went ugrggsei  at i
 » ' t 0 rs - .
r r “£3123: haterself cam the door).8 She smiled feeny
7 when she saw. her hugginnd, and went back to her
seat or s . , .
’Mrdllilgt‘oxiflfutgy inquired how she was, how long i
sincethe doctors last visit,and if he was coming
again that evening. Then he asked where Chisholm

i was,
 . “:Itlsnot h Helen," hesaid, “ that oushould
.9 - L wear out youflrghg'alth and strength. Chis olm is an

-» . ‘ excellen' t nurse. Shell is faithful}, too. dCall her in,
'w aflletherstawit yourmo er,an comeyou
,2 . 5 out on the terrgce for a walk. You are suffering

' ‘ m this confinement.“

Helen‘begged to be permitted to remain- but his
lordship was mtptory He called Mrs. Chisholm,
who wasin e sit -room belon gto the suit.
 Then he gave Helen his arm an led her down-

‘_'_I ' lace to this.
partook

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. cool night airon the lawn refreshed her. They
there about half an hour.

We Eskimos a as;  W
 or e or ag s o wme

‘7 . gyingwgw do her good. She sipped it in obo’

once .

‘ \ When she roseto up—sta he bade her sitstill.
The lam 'were ll gachd burnin’ bli‘ightly He rose

e e .
he s e said obsin his wife
Closely. “Bun want a few minutes’ conversation

’ 9| -

 i$mew
. . "’ th you. youlooksofrlghtcnedi”
.  ~, ; 49m notfrightened.’ 7

 ', “ on. have avoided meoflate, Helen; and now,

r ,I toyouhyou turn pale,as iflhada
Rush)?“ an.

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thro
tried to assure him shewas calmand not at
all terrified; but she trembled violently, and could
hardly articulate a word. » » -
S $333333? on  ion, to make you
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nan-ink in me?" my ' i

 ,. fro
 " " no! but—mymotherlssoilll She needsme
. mtg: amt?! Lotme'go tohori” she sobbed. almost
moo ren . '
fl; ' " "Yourmgtherisingoodhands- bettert
of excl

Heie’nfif you encourage her to

7 “ I—oncourage her?"

. ' “ Helen ,you are always truthful. Can on deny
that your mother, since she has been in, has made
disclosures to you. touching family secrets?”

' - The marquis thought, by plunging at once into the

heart of the matter, to take his wife by surprise,

girl her no time for prevarication.
- ‘ ’ thankful was Helen that she

I rgel-foot truth!

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yours.

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you, my mother
no disclopurea me! She has revealed no
,, “Are you sin-oi Has she tpld you

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“She astoldmenothin ,m
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him couldnotliel Helen's lock

the twitching of the convulsed lips, the ghastl pallor
of the sgace, convinced Helen that he spoke in errible
earns .

She could have sunk into the earth in her=terror.
He meant what he said. He penetrated the secret
she had so nearly discovered; and his reven 0 would
Rettoefirime should he detect her agency in ringing

9&5. she bgioveg toga}? the

mem r,’ e wit ow concentrated
tones of force, “I married you to esca e a greater
evxll I aid a hen price for what enioy; and
youph never do rive me of it. You sha 1 walk a
straight path, am. Let me see you deviate from
it, and you have yet to know what revenge and
punishment mean!’ ,

The white teeth gleamed through the bushy hair
on his lips. Helen could not suexapress a faint cry as
Ellie sgfiung to the door, unlock it, and escaped into

6 h .

She heard him laugh long and loudly; a laugh as
full of menace as his words.

Long Helen sat beside her mother‘s bed, while

she strove to calm the tumult of her thoughts, and
- ' gher shaken nerves into subjection. She was
by nature timid and shrinking; though the spirit
within her rose to meet any emergency. What was
she now to do?
‘ She had no doubt of her husband’s pu e' to
prevent hermaking any disclosure when t e time
should come. As soon as her dut , and her mother’s
dyi‘ilif; command should urge or to action, she
wo (1 find herself fettered as with a. chain of iron.
Would that some power would direct her!

She stooped over the (patient, who la ,in undies
turbed sleep. She turne her face sligth so that
her lips were close to her dau hter's ear. Then she
murmured distinctly the wo :

“ Remember, my child; remember.”

Helen started and looked up. Chisholm sat,
nearl aslee , on the other side of the room. She
coul not ave heard the words. The
like the voice of a s hit—telling her what e must
do. Yes; and how do it, flashed that instant in
her mind.

She would trust Alicia. She would find her that
very night. She would bind her by the same rom-
ise she ad given. Then, in the event of her mo her’s
dental:i her own agency would be eifectually

She aroused Chisholm, and bade her sit by the
invalid, while she retired to her own room for an
hour or two. She requested not to be disturbed as
shggnii‘ght obtain some rest. Chisholm promised to
re

Helen went to her room, and summoned her own
maid. To her she said that she wished to go out for
a while, and she wasxtto guard the door, and admit
no one on an rote .

The girl reaydfiy undertook to do so. Helen then
threw a dark serge cloak over her black silk dress,
on a hood which completely covered her face,
securedthe important a ers safely about her

rson. They were in a packet, and the seal
ad never been broken.

went‘out by a private door and staircase lead-

ing from her boudoir. The staircase led to a lower

one descendin into the arden. Thence a narrow

in skirtingt flowers , took her to a gate,

usually locked on the inside. The key was in the

Helen passed out intoa back stme narrower than
mansion fro  ‘

the one on which the

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» thanidulness that hohad no sus-
picion of the poms. These she had never opened.
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‘rears or scruples. She ran to the corner of the next
street, and some distance along’that, before she
dared to look fera cab. Then she saw an empty *
one. nailed it and bade the man drive her to T——-
Hotel, in Ber eley uare. ‘

She alighted, and ' missed the cab. Drawin
hood closely over her face, she\ ran
stairs and stopped in the upper hall. ‘

The_halls and corridors were a blaze of light. A
3 man in livery came toward her; and she timldly
' asked for Miss Maur. -

“ Certainly, miss, this way," said the servant—ewho
zook 51?? t(tier sgme lady’s congldentia! maid. Hg

urne 11 am epassage. wen on some races, an r
knocked at the door before he threw it opén.

The r_oo_m——the_ drawing of Lord Swmton’s suit,
was brilliantly lighted, and several voices were
heard. Helen shrunk back, afraid of meeting strum
gers. The man who accompanied her, said, as he
opened the door: .

“A woman with a message for Miss Maur."

Alicia came to the door, and the servant retired.

Helen was hesitatin what to say, when'the girl
lclaught sight of her ace between the sides‘of the

her
up a dig tot

3

00d

“Lady Estonbury!" she exclaimed in uttter sur~
{Wise and grasplng her arm, she tried to drew her
nto the room. "

But Helen resisted. She merely wished to speak
with Alicia one moment; she could not meet stran—
gers! She retreated from the door into the hall.

Another ear had caught the name. The next mo‘
ment Reginald Holmes came uickly out, grasped
both the visitor’s hands, and w comed her warmly
as “his dear sister Helen."

“ Come in here!" said Alicia, opening another
door leading into an unoccupied apartment.

“ "our mother?" inquired Reginald. “ Is she bet-
ter?

“ Ah, no!" cried Helen, aking very quickly.
“ I must go back to her. Butsliedared not trust any
messen r with these.”

And 3 e ut the packet into Reginald's bands.

“ I know can trust you,” she said. /

“ I gave lalei-omise to my mother that I would say
nothing w _e she lived. If her life is spared, she
will do on r ht, Reginald. If she is taken away, it
is my uty. ut I might—be prevented. I have
thought it best to bring them while I am—at lib‘

ert . ‘ .
E’bth her auditors understood her. Alicia pressed
her in her arms. ’ V
“Reginald, you will spare my mother?" she fal-

“This is sacred with me,” he said, touching the
seal “ till I have leave from you to open it.“
“ 0 not wait to hear from me!" .
“ While your mother lives l" -
“ That is all I ask. Oh, thanks. Reginald, you
have taken a weight from my mind. - ow I must
0., \

Alicia entreated her to stay; but she
“ I must return. I may be missed.”
"I will go with you," cried Reginald.
“ No further than to place me in a cab. It would '

be known that I came to you.”

' Alicia clung to her friend with thanks and bless-

ings; but she dared not detain her. ,

he returned to the drawing-room, where‘Wan.
fife apéi two lawyers, solicitorsB of ithe baron and

d 'na , were in coversa ion. ut t was several

ays before they knew of the important addition to
their evidence.
The cab deposited Helen at the garden gate and

\ she unlocked it with the key. She hurried up the

private stairway, and gained the upper hall before

she took off the cloak. Her maid opened the door
of the sitting-room.
“ His lordship has been asking for you," shesaid.

“ I told him you were asleep."
Helen gave'her the cloak and into the'bed-
chamber. There was a knock at the door. She

opened it and the marquis stood facing her.

I CHAPTER XXXVIII.
A uoxsrnous wnono.

Loan Esrosauar stood still for a, moment at the
entranbe; then, as his wife stepped back, he followed
her into the room. - ~

“Yourmaid said on were aslee ,” he remarked,
with a sneer. “ on do not 100?: like one just
awakened from slumber."

Helen was silent. '

“You have been out," he added. Have you not i”

Stilan answer. '

_ “ It is strange that your maid should have been
instructed to report a falsehood to me."

“She was not instructed to report anything." re-
plied Helen.

“ Then she ventured on it of her own accord. And %
you cannot persuade me to behave that she had not . ;
some object." ‘

Helen was about to answer that she did not care
toga-sumo him to anything, but she checked the re-
to , and merely observed. quietly: j:

“ Ada had no idea of being disrespectful. my lord.
I mere] charged her not to admit an one. ” ‘ é

“Whfie you were absent. And w ere have you J
been, if I may ask?" ‘

After some hesitation, the young lady re lied:

‘ “Pray excuse me from gl an accoun of my-
self. I did not know I was 3. pr nor on parole.“ _,

“Younare a rebel to the authority of your lawful

r.
“Will an rmit me now to to mother?"
“Who; yortell mewhere you ve ego !"

“I cannot imagine why your lordship should be

curiousonthesu loot." ; r . .
“Because ouhavebeenabsent the best part of

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tightened color your excited manner, the dam n‘ess
’ in your hair, the strange disorder in your looks, Ighow
that somethinla unusual has occurred. It is your
gtgrgége' fra with me, as well as toflobey me, at
Helen’s eyes flashed; but she repressed the rejoin-

de‘r: that rose to her lips.
' Will You tell me where you have been, or whom
30,13 have seen i"
.. I ‘30 noy'think you would believe me, whatever I

might say ,
mfiétfi not i but I might gather a clew to hunt

1

ugh the mazes of deceit and

“Your lordship makes accusatio '
. ns, expecting to
not, .from me admissions of their truth. That is
“ Tall; to a suspected criminal."
9 me one thing; what is the promise you made
y?“ mother, of which she continually reminds
303. In her feverish talk 1"
,, as Your lordshi heard her?"
I have not—it as been reported to me."
n started. Then Chisholm was a spy, placed

e
to m n all that y
f“ £921 will see that I know many things, madam.
0 $1210; EEO}! deenlrurlrlie ignorant".
. a411301' ' d m lord,to place 9. sp on
your mfg, When watching by the death-bed ofy her

motlbcr‘!
“. shall protect myself at all hazards."
:2But what do on a rehend?"
“ That I shall got say)?’
“ How. can I do harm. prSing 1 had the “81‘ ?"
me"You may stir up my enemies, and give me trou-

o
'11 you are conscious of no wrong, my lord, no
one can mjure you." ‘
. Again she attempted to leave the room.
a she did so, the ole grasped her arm.
011,may now oonsi or yourself a risoner in
we“. ' he hissed in her ear. “ Your ying maid
be disc to-morrow. You are under ob-
gel"Hidden. Ev look, every word shall be watched
lea reform d beware how ylpu attempt to
W t 0 house. If you wish to we. in the garden
. accompany ou,"
As he said these words with a fierce scowl, Helen
Wed meekly and passed him,
“‘3 room. at t e_ other end of the corridor.
thElle found Chisholm in the eas chairas before;
m tlent lying in _an apparen stupor. Helen
film when the med dines or nourishment had been
mstered, and then took her place close beside

bed. pressing her 1i roller mother‘s fevered
haggéeflgailglay on the ‘ en ooverlet.

. who lagged up dag; thehwoman in the easy-
! arou '
“gal gaming hexuse rom er dozmg, and sat up
u are tired, Mrs.‘ Chisho ".she said nt
mfg!“ flay leave the room swirling, I shall stagyehelge,

4“ our ladysbip cannot watch all night again?"
Jim strong to-mght. I do not feel the ‘want of

The Woman rose wearil ' I

“ 11mins]: his lordsh'y" "
asshe Iwent slow! out ofnthse 301-3358, She muttered
t ,0 he: lords ' ’s orders!" Those of her mis-
he‘mr Pf elady p the household, were nothingw
ed 3y tgéhli-Igeggrsrts 3mg! was nerved to actionfiguid-
QKengg‘gmaHtiongr principle; andshe not

. . 0 “ elen!" ve fain utte like an

a 1:125:38 arrested heztteng‘gn. red,

., Helen—I her ear close to the suflerer’s lips.

u e right.”em—-going. You will do iti—the right

dgfidgfigggggglwm, and lifted her clasp-
ue. fig}? nfiflgggd: but no sound was audi-
, ghame :omughstsvrgavlvatching them, fancied they
1 sax a'ggrg‘r‘gl-thggkviggfiho sake of the right!
33““ W the is. its n2: "new is

. the b - da
 we“ 0?! “3 n'0!!! the soul about to take its
e. ooz- opengd '
“ ms 10mm}, bag. . and Chisholm came back.
said, as she resumed “gm With my lady." 8110
No answer. ’

Not
an hour, Then Hagg’nda‘ela spoken for more than

the fresh . re '0 the tient some of
toggle chili Trim“ meat flholm brought
e cou no 9 1
“may closed; though den-TM?) and e were
Drfzsrlal‘e will}? daughtegg, “"8 Vi afaint
r Elsie u came ,
A oe was suxEcient. m mt “9 “"16 bed.

rhe ad one, a servant mag .
001'. t0 mo?) the physician. 5'” mm “1°

came in about an hour looked at '
woman felt h . ’ the dy‘
he...» magmas?“ then round
I!  t e “
She wlfi) not see another sunrise" he an

H
mggfpuwill never speak again?” demanded by.

new  ' {
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But at the sound of a ate in the hall, she sudden:
1y started up, hurried to (er escrito and took a
card from the drawer. -

This she thrust into Ada’s hand.

“Ada,” she whispered, “if anythingl should hap-
ggn to me, take.thrs card to the lad w ose name it

ars. ‘ §ee= Miss Maur, Hote ———, Berkeley
uare.
sq“I will, my lady,” re lied the maid, putting the
card in her ocket, “ h, my lady, Ihave wanted

to say' somet 'ng. My lord says I‘must leave you.”
He en lifted her white face, full of anguish and

espair.

“ And at this time!” she murmured.

“ Hush, m lad l" And at the instant the door
opened to it t e mar uis.

“ What do you here?’ he said, savagely, e ng
the trembling girl. “ I forbade you to wait on y
Estonbury."

“Pray, let her stay !” entreated Helen.

“ Bogone i“ he commanded, fiercely. “ You Would
hatch a plot between you, under my very eyes!“

A bitter curse on the treachery of woman fol-

owed.

“ My lord," pleaded Helen, “Ada is my mai
and used to my we. sl I implore you not to son
her from me now!’ '

“ BegOne!" he reiterated. “ Leave the house this
instant! Chisholm shall send your things. Am I
to be obeyed?" _

The menacing tone left no alternative.

The maid came and knelt down before the mis-
tress she loved, took her hand and kissed it. In one
look Helen saw that she would do all her bidding.
Then Ada retired from the room.

“Now, madam," growled the tyran “you shall
have an attendant groper for you, an faithful to
my interests. Chis olm shall take the 1’s place."

I do not want Chisholm,” walled He en.

“ But I choose to place you in her charge."

“ Let me stay alone."

'.‘ To steal out again, and meet some one in a con-
spiracy against your lawful lord. "
“ How can you speak so to me, at such a time?“ .

“ Oh, you would not let times, nor rules ,of ctr-
quette, stand in your 23%! But I have cli ped your
wings, my lady; they flutter against ere-
 i

“ Lord Estonbury l"

“ Yes, madam I do not care how soon you know
it. I hate on; i have always hated you! ’ .

“ Why d on marry me "

“ Because was forced into it! Your lady mother,
who lies dead now, had my title and fortune in her
gower, and threatened to de rive me of them if I

id not wed her daughter. long as she lived she
could use this power; now I am free—free for hate

and revenge l”

“I have never wronged you, my lord. I did not
want you to marry me. ’ ,

“But you are the cause of much trouble to me;
and for that I shall punish you! You shall no longer
enjoyl the state and wealth I be ht so dearly, and
of w ich you would deprive me. if you could! I will
be freed from your hateful presence-forever!”

“ You will not live with me, you mean?"

“I will make my bed in the snake’s den, before I
will share a home with you! But I will not leave
you free, to hatch conspiracies. You shall have a
safeyflace."

“ ou cannot imprison me, my lord l"

“ I cannot? We will see."

“ You could not keep me a prisoner in your
house i"

“ I do not mean to."

“ Whither would you send me!”

“ I do not mind tellin you. Do you remember
once, driving over ——- oath, the high walls of a
secure retreat with spikes on the top, and the grim
old stone building above them? You asked what it
was H

“The ——- Heath Insane Hospital 1" exclaimed
Helen, with a cry of horror.

“ Exactly; that is to be your home for life. "

“But I am not insane! I have never been mad!"
shrieked the terrified young creature, starting to es.
eagle from the room.

6 tyrant intercepted her.

“A wife is insane who makes mises to a, de-
mented mother, to work harm to or husband! who
steaIsOh. oulzgt 1night t3 meetsswegxellow-conspiratori

in our com "

“Myylo lnyiy lord! You will not do this cruel
wron i I have never been mad- you know it!"

“ on may be driven so, shortl , by
sounds you have around you " sneered the
brute, a fierce ant gleam of triumph showing
his teeth through h dark mustache.

“ My lord! ifyou are nomst at least be human!
I will go into obscurity; I obey you by keeping
out of your sight, and living in 1poverty; but do not
condemn me to a fate so hon-lb e!"

She sunkonher knees; her deathly face 11 turned
in frenzied supglication. But her tyrant had no

mere - he la a laugh of fiendish malice.
“N’otawo :(ilr'cansay , eye me from my
D reads“; he h rt thigthgrrefinrrind w'even way
t 0 re
330m your vi at youry mother’s sick-Edd. Chia-
bolm will take

charge of you—and her husband will
help her—till after the funeral. I su pose we
must 'carry the deceased to Estoan urt; on
shallgo,guarded,inaseparatecarriage.and wigs,
medical attendant! Eve Woven am
help—remember—will to you!
am y after the funeral; you will be removed to the
Hospital." ~ _ .

“ nditisyourdeliberatepurposetodc this
wickedn 7” gasped the helpless prisoner.
“It is! on cannotesca e our-fate.
His hand was on the he 0 the door.

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ushesunktothefloorina swoon. '
. CHAPTER XXXIX.
turn RIGHT emu. an! '

Tm; news of the death of the Dowager Marchiono
ass of Estonbury spread over London.

There was a meeting of Reginald Holmes, Lord
Swinton, Wallrade. and his solicitors, to examine
the evidence contained in the papers placed in his
hands by young Lady Estonbury.

The packet was sealed with the late marquis‘s
own seal, and had evidently never been 0 nod
since it was closed by his own hand. He had, t was
manifest, wished to provide, under any circum-
stances of op ition, for the establishmentth

htful inheri nce of his brother’s son. '

en the late marquis went on the Continent
with his wife,he bad news _of his elder brother‘s
escage from shipwreck, and his residence in Kaiser:-
wert .

 

The news had come private] to him, in a letter ‘

signed by Egbert, who was in ailing health, He
wished to see his brother before his death. Egbert
had heard of his yo r brother‘s accession to the »
title, and did not inten to disturb him in the on y- ,
ment of the inheritance. His friends in Ragga
mi ht continue to suppose him lost at sea.

e ,boy the noble ' carried with them from
England sickened an died suddenl at Antwerp.
Lord Estonbury had never doubted t at this infant
was his own son, and his wife did not undeccivo
him. His 'ef at the loss was the greater because
he looked orward to the accession of the detected

heir-at-law, Maurice Howard, whom he knew to be ‘ ” Y

liii-Killian unworthy of a place in the peerage of Eng.

d.
His first visit to, his brother was before the  ‘
gf hale aid. Four months later, Egbert wrote
or m.

emnly in the care of his brother.
“ Bring him up as your own," he said.
deal bggou as you deal by th' ." V
Lor stonbury received the trust promising fidel-
ity. After his elder brother‘s death he went to Italy
with his wife. -
It was at the solicitation of LadyEstonbury the.’
the boy assed as their own son. She urged that
they mig t continue in the enjoyment of the magni-
ficent income and the ancient title. Both "would
fall to ‘nald in due course of time. , . .
His lo hip consented to the fraud. ~
But he lavished a tenderness on the boy which-few
but fathers could feel. He took possession of. the
marriage—certificate and such papers as m ht be
necessary to prove the legitimac of nald‘s
birth, and drew up a full statemen of his” ather‘s
escape from shipwreck, his marrl with a ,
country girl, and residence on the R ne; her oath
followed b his, etc. A certificate of the birth and
baptism o .
recognition of Almeria Sicnhaus as his lawful Wife
and the mother of his heir, with the declaration of

two witnesses of the marriage, and other necessary r ‘ L

rs. r

pa41%: lordshi added his own declaration that he held
the title an estates in trust for his infant nephew,
and it was his purpose to surrender th to him
when he came of age, etc.

These papers had been intended to secure the in‘
“Jimmie gall}, hadbee lied to
pu . s n n compo ro-
mise that they should-{e carefu preserved. gut
she had uaded her husband in time to time
after Reginald came of age, to put off theimportant
declaration and surrender. .

His lordship‘s sudden death by apoplexy released
her from his control. ‘

She had long wished to make her daughter‘the
marchioness; and we have seen how she tried to so
complish her schemes. .

But she had religiously preserved the papers.
placing them in a secret compartment of her cabl-
net. nly the fear of death and the awful udg’.
ment that must follow had led her to confide e se-
cret to her dau hter, enjoining it upon r to do jus-
tice when she s ould have assed from rth.

The papers completed e links of evidence, have
ing no doubt, or room for uestion, that Re nald
Vane The was the rightful uis of Baton ury.

It was ecrded to commence proceedings im-
mediately after the funeral of the late dowafi.
wh‘omnfipfgalfifm‘me msfififo “its. Lon-
don solicitors. 1’ us
with“; h9“”ih°‘hti” Woommmd“

rning or n urt, a
hearse the bod of the deceasedmy dowagel'. '
mgr“  .5 s new. em “remiss...

came e o —-
anélhasked for Miss Maur. ' ’y /
e was a once received b Alicia, who was as-
Mlyhe? skies‘f‘ury  his 1 sodmp ni dis.
er, n ersu con me.
at Lady Estonb ‘3 last visit to {goat the hotel.

“ Do you think e had discovered where‘your lady _

went?" she asked. - .

“I cannot te “ wastbeanswe‘r. "Ithlnkheonly
suspected. Iwasontbewatch,andl letno onein.
That old cat, Chisholm came peering round' but I
sent her about her busin : and then my lord came,

withtbathea scow and askedf mistress.‘
which I tolde or my

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e was then near deat and anxious for. 
the future of his infant boy. Hispiaced blinsz I

“liayGod_, ‘

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*wentlnto In lad , and bade me , one, as I was
never to wal on or nl- And» I missed at the
door, miss, and h . tell her shevwas a prisom
er, and thetwo Clusholms should be her jailersyand
she should never-be set rec; never at all."

I , ~' Did he threaten that?” , 1 ,

“Ayl, miss, and Worse! He said he was oing to

shut er in the - Heath mad-house, a ter the

, funeral! , Her mother’s funeral—poor dear!”

“ Did you hear him say that?"

" Indeed I did, miss; and when he went out of the
room calling for Chisholm, I ped in, and saw my
poor, dear lady lying all in a cap on the floor, like a
snow-drift!” ‘

Alicia ran to the bell and rung it in great excite-
ment. She ordered her father and Reginald sent
for; Wallrade tOO' and she began, utting on her
traveling dress, while she athered the Informa-
tion the wecpi Ada coul give her.

It was so tone ing to think that the poor creature
had sent her 06113 friend to crave succor of her, in

\_ her terrible dr of the vengeance of a villain.

' v When the entlemen came, a few words sufficed.

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Add, get out ffistonbury Court. A
' But it was after noon of the following day before

theyearriveli at the village near it.

T deceased dowager had lain in state during
that and the precedin day. and the funeral was to
take place on the next.

' What-nears of the young marchioness?

The story had been whispered about that her lady-
shi‘ 's masonhad ven wa underthe strain of her

'mogher‘s death. he 11 worn herself out with
watching. »His lordship was in great distress about
her: Bhshad not been able to leave her room; nor
had she been seen by any of the servants.

Ada, her late m d took advantage of the con-
!  fusion to mingle with the other house‘maids: but she

could ' nothing except that the two Chisholms

bade, . of their ounglady' that shehadcaten
nothing. rank‘nothl‘ng, and had not been “ herself "
since her bereavemen .

' e husband‘s purp was manifest.
' But her rescuers could do nothing till the funeral
, procession had left the ousc. , -
5 That was late on the allowing morning.
It was a very handsome funeral; as in 11th as
e deceased could have 6 in her etime. The
. > ’plumcd hearse; the train of mourners' the costumed
, outrldcrs; the. religious solemnities of the occasion;
allwsrcinkeeplng. Inoneofthe lo trainofcar-
open sudlc ently for the ore to see, Lord
Eston_ ury was seated, in deep mourning, and with a
Nunmm is “(and sad. None of the car-
rlages con 0.
As the procession left the gates, younfil Reginald
Vane Thorax», with his companions W rade and
. con noted by Ada, went u the marble steps
grand portico and colonn e.
Wallradc demanded to see Lady Estonb .
th'l‘he man answered that she was too i
em. ‘
L ' But (1 thrust him aside, and strode on
1 through 1; e halls so familiarto him; so soon again
to own him as their master,
‘ Ada led the way up-stairs, and a group of wonder-
‘ lug, half-terrified servants followed.
‘ \ These were her rooms, ” she said, touching a

door.)

‘- ' Thei werelocked; but at the command of Regi-

. nald t e house-keeper advanccd.kcys in hand.

‘.‘ Where is your mistress?” Alicia asked. ‘

' The woman answered defiantly that her mistress
would see no visitors. And she added that, it was

. ve , strange—this intrusion, at the time when there
11 ‘ been a death in the famixlg. ,

. Wallraciig took the dams, b , tling in her stiff black

, as e. A
“g y oo'd Woman," he said, “we may as well be

V-short 1:11 on. This entleman”-—polnting to Regi-
nald-“is t e r! htfu Marquis of Estonbury; and
he is inhis own ouse.”

, The woman held up her spread hands, but was
staggered when she saw the ook of authority on
Reginald’s handsome features.

' '1 ‘ And We meanto see your lady,” added Wallrade.
“There is foul play at work, and we mean to save

1 The cowering housekee r unlocked the door of

. A the sult'of. rooms belong g to young Lady Eston-
bury;e They were emfityl

; “ rha I you won lke to see his lords ’s and

i . my lady t e dowager’s?" she demanded, dry y, with

__ com ressedli s. ‘

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“ {cu plegse," was the calm repl. . -
, ' .All t ese were unlocked in turn. All were unoccu-

led. .
p fitNow, where is ylour lady?” r
..“How:can I to 1' If she was mad, and her
‘ screams disturbed the house it was right in his
lgrdsgip to order her conveyed to a safe place, was
‘no ,‘ .,
The ' ntlemen looked atth other. Was it 5-
“ sible tfit the victim had already been consignegoto
her living sepulcher? ,_ ‘ . ‘ I
. ' 'Just then Ada who had one up another night of
' " ' stain, ran in and whispers that she had caught a
  glimpse,“ Mr. Chisholm _
* tame '6 avert it.
' as n asce . _
= ' ' W e wasiforemostyand clutched Chisholm
’ ‘ as he endeavored to steal behind the balustrade, on
, his way to a room, which, they were all convinced
' F v figtalfléd a prisoner. Means were distinctly heard

, it. . _, . _ _

' ‘ Chisholm struggled with his captor, and tin he
‘ .10qu not escape, called to his w to to bolt the oor
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and ’was confron
r [-19 thrust her
Alicia. , I _

It was a large and loft
skylight, and destitute 0 furniture, except two or
three mattresses and some pillows heaped in one
corner. .

There on the floor. her face buried in the pillows,
lay the hapless Lady Estonburfy.

At the sound of voices and ootsteps, she gave a
wild shriek, and strove to conceal herself behind the

ions, for she supposed they had come to remove
her to the mad-house.

Alicia flew to her, and kneeling down, flung her
arms around her, crying and sobbing. Reginald
lifted her from the ground and supported her, while
he exclaimed:

“ Helen, dear sister!
safe now. '

She looked from one to another, bewildered, while
Dame Chisholm wrung her hands, sobbing:

“Oh, my lady! my poor dear ladyl“

“ You are come to save mel’ gasped Helen.
“ You will not let them take me to that dreadful

n 1

D

And, while both her friends assured her of safety,
she swooned in their arms.

“ Take her with you in the carriage—to the innl"
cried Wallrads.‘ “ I will deal with 1: seal"

While nald, assisted by Alicia and Ada, bore
the inscnsib form down-stairs. the gentleman was
informing the Chisholms of the change of proprie-
torship o the Estonbury estates.

It was the argument of all others to compel their
obedience: The dame, convinced that Reginald was
the true master of the mansion. volubly excused
herself for her part of the business, and busied her-
lslelf in packing up her lady’s trunks, to be sent after

or.

And she and her husband interfered to revent
any op sition from the rest of the househo d to the
remov of their lady. '

Helen was taken to the best chamber the inn af-
forded, and a medical man was sent for. She re-
covered her senses only to be seized , with convul-
sions and the surgeon pronounced her threatened
with brain fever.

Quiet and judicious treatment, he hoped might
avert it; and that she was sure to have with such
friends around her!

Wallrade continued to walk the terrace in front of
the Estonbu mansion till the return of the car-

after t e funeral obsequies.
e at once addressed the martinis. and requested
him to step aside and hear what c had to so .

In a few words he made him acggainted w th the
state of aflairs on all sides. His 10 hifieaflectcd in—
finite contem t for the pretensions of glnald, but
was furious a his wife’s  He swore he would
pursue her with the officers 0 the law. '

“ top. One word, if you please,” said Wallrade.
“ I see on do not remember me as well as I do you.
I had he pleasure once of knowing you under an-
other name.” ‘

The mar uis started and grew 0.

“Gilbert rock, you cannot be forgotten a cer-
tain paper—a forgery—about whi h some noise was
made twenty-five cars since. I That spot is in ex—
istence, thou h t e firm forbore o rosecute a
young man 0 such excellent family. t is in my
possession. Shall I produce it?"

The eflfcct of the t rest was instantaneous on the
detected villain. It was but one of the many crimes
he had committed; yet it sufficed to bring him to
terms So far as regarded his intended victim. ,.

. Wallrade joined is friends at the inn, armed with
the assurance that they were in no danger of being
molested.

Helen was able, to travel in two days, and went by
easy s so to London; Her home was with Alicia
Maur, w o declared she never would part with" her.
Was she not Reginald’s own cousin, and the bone.
factress of bot ? '

The suit for the recovery of Reginald‘s rights was
bro ht, and the marquis, as he called himself, in-
strdlcfied his solicitors and counsel to oppose it to the
utmost. But, as soon as they knew the evidence ar-
rayed ainst them they saw the folly of opposi~
tion, as threw up t a case. ‘ ,

Begin was again Marquis of Estonburey.

Maurice Howard left England without at empting

,1  ‘ V ‘ . x . ‘ ' ‘ .
1 ' But she ,came’ Out curious to know who had come,
by nald. A " , "
reel 0 and went in, followed by,

Do not be alarmed! you are

'to see his wronged wife. She heard, not a year

1afterward. .of his death ‘on a steamer crossing the
editerranean. ' y '
' Lady Helen Howard—for she kept her_ married
nameemade herhome with her beloved friends, the
Marquis and Marchioness of Estonburiy.

How happy were Re held and Alicia 11 their union
our readers may im e; since they, like the noble
being to whom they owed their happiness, had ever

esteemed ' V
. "‘ The Right above all.”
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134 DID HE LovE HER? By Bartley T. Campbell.

135 SINNED AGAI ; or, Almost in His Power. By
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136 WAs SEE Hiso urn? By M Reed Crows“;

137 THE VILLAGE on THE CLIFF. _y Miss Thackera .. .

138 Po’on . VALERIA; g or, The Broken Troth. y‘
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140 WITHOUT MERCY. By Bartley T. Campbell.

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152 A MAN‘s SACRIFICE. Bail-lama Irving.

153 DID SHE SIN? By Mrs. 11er Crowell.

1154 HE LOVES ME Nor. B Lillian Lovejoy.’

155 WINNINo.WAvs. By argaret Biount. '

156 WHAT SEE Cos'r HIE.‘ By Arabella uthworth.

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