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BY OCTAVE FEUILLET.
' CHAPTER I.
THE HOME or WEALTH.

Renown CHANDOCE lived within a few hours’ ride of Paris. His home
‘WaS 8.11 that the most fastidious taste, backed by a, very heavy purse,
could devise, and if it was ever the lot of mortal man to be happy,
ROdsOIDb Chendoce should have been one of those men who could truly
say :_ “I know no sorrow. ” _ '

ms family consisted of his second Wife, Armande, a lovely woman
of some twenty-four or five years, Who loved him despite the slights
her more, mature husband put upon her in favor of his club, his hounds,
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The latter especially, if it chanced to belong

to some young, fascinating woman, ever: exercised the greatest influ~
once over Chandece, and he invariably forgot that his wife; who should
have claimed the» greatest portion of his time, was left alone to while
away the weary hours of her husband’s absence, in any way that pre-
sented itself.

Armando was a. devoted Wife; but, unfortunately for herself, her
whole life had become tinged with a morbid sentimentality produced
by a certain class of reading, which her lonely life had caused her to
peruSe for consolation and amusement.

Mathilde, Chandoce’s daughter by his first wife, was just budding
into womanhood, and looked upon her step mother more in the light
of a sister or dear friend, rather than a mother.

A merry, light-hearted girl she was, consulting only her oWn
pleasure in accordance with the teachings she had received; but pos-
sessing a heart as pure and loving as could be desired.

0f Rodolph Chandoce himself, we will attempt no description,
leaving the reader to form his or her own idea. v But
of the other two inmates of the Chandoce home, we mu!

 

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myriad-girder. use first, and tin her own
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milk  A womanconsiderably past
the pulsed life, and believing that ‘her‘ sen’s
is her humanoid that her son’s wife has
no timewhfehrshe,ashsn son’s mother, has
any reactants respect.  countess  one
«the    , .
“Maw;  one ’ WT. mow“
Wills lier unhappy;  '  .- ,
* Armandhfs mother, who. in her own right,
No title oflbaroness, awe; 8.156% {ltd member
 '_ , strangny asserts one 0‘ group.
Whonwe say that the hardness was Armande's
' another, we do not by any means imply that
Madame Chandoce was blessed with a mother’s
tender, watchful care. Quite the contrary;
"her burden-be it in fact or imaginary—was
very palpably increased by the presence of her
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 make any

, Having thus particularly introduced the in-
matesof the chateau to the reader, we will open
. enigma? at the risk of. being tedious, witha de-

notifier: of one who occupies a very promi-
nan

 in  romance.
biatriflingjcareless manner, but whose real
" height, fair unemplerion, and with
to make " more tutoresting, we will say
. “M; f
 amongst! lore; and er-

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ed snows whose noble hearts are often hidden

is screws become apparent in hours of

i t    was rather below the

a tees/almost jgirlish in its outline, and, incrder

thither ; “lyand in love with
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’  '  otcedhtthehappy name
or  arid whey like Hector, was a
"Rudolph Ghandoee.

W apps-Medium noticed who it ‘i,

w  was regarding; so earnestly, he
‘  sort of a
laminae ‘ ashamedfieetorzupon the
“Wt spleens ‘V tureeh? 
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1“ 0h, baron, is that you ri exclaimed Hec-
tor, noticing Gosline for the first time. “I

be? or What did you say ?"

. ‘  that she was a splendid creature.
How are you getting on in that quarter ?"

' “I don’t understand you," replied Hector,
thoroughl mystified as to his friend’s meaning.

.-“" In order that we may both be frank," said

 in a tone which Was intended to be
 patronizing and friendly, “ let me ask
you  your position is in this chateau '1’”

“‘ What my position is ? why it is exactly the
some“ yours. I, like you, have been invxted
to spend a few 6 aye in this chateau."

' .“ Where I have fallen in love with the wife
,, _ ddaughtor of, my hush”,~ interrupted the

      
 

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_ 3;,” liege urprised atfthi’s Wholesale love making.
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his):  l , A
'k‘h‘zhu‘d and a flower upon’one eta '."
flamed to the baron to be a very brilliant idea;
, for no sooner had he uttered it than a happy
* «smile illumined his countenance, and with a

 

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mfisatisfied air, he exclaimed :' "What sew-est
 thatwas ! v What a happy thought! I’ll
book that,” assess to his tabs of- writing
down anything he had said that heuthought
Erncularl good, theberon made a. note of

'5: little i ea, and then asked : “ you not

“ His wife is my, ebusin.”
u 
mother ?”

“Very. well indeed. I was in the habit of

ending my vacations here. Mademoiselle
C andoce and I were play-fellows.” '

“ Ah, yes, I see, ’.’ replied the baron, with
the cutting sarcasm of a man of the world that
can never be answered. “I can now under-
stand the familiar indifierence with which she
treats you. She seems to look on you as one
of the family; in fact, a sort of nobody in par-
ticular.” ' -»

“Perhaps so,” replied Hector, determined
not to let Gosline see how hard his random
shot had hit. /

“ Did you ever try it on with her?”

“Try what' on ?” asked Hector beginning
to lose his temper. ’

on the sly.” " , .
“I should assoon think of pocketing his
spoons,” replied Hector, indignantly. , -
. “Yes—yes; 1 see.
his wife,” said the harem, in a confident tone.
“Baron,”‘ 'r lied .Bfector, with dignity,
‘ ‘ your life has con passed on the race-course,

and in the gambling saloons of Hamburg and:
Baden;hnd youhare forthed your ideas from"

the society you. - there "are honest,
true people, in   i i and the young
Countess (3ch is one of them.” . '

His speech, well calculated to convince any,

one, so far from persuading the  of. the
truth of his companions remarks, caused him

to hold hisown opinion  more  ‘

and he answered in a jeeriug tone:

hog ,_ true roman? ‘

«eh. girl we meter the- ball, last track,

who were her hair so high and the back of her ,

dress so low: you must have seen hen”,

“ Yes, I saw a good deal of her,” replied
Hector, with a, shade of sarcasm in» his voice.

“ Eh ?”' asked Gosline, for the moment not
understanding, the point of Hector's remark
and then as it. dawned'u on him, he gave ut:
terance to his sickly laug , and with the store-
otyped remark of: ." p, y thought; I’ll book
is wrote the joke down  future reference.
“ She is a noted horsewoman,” continued
Gosline. “ The count, our host, says he
never saw a ‘rl so much at home in the saddle.”

“ Yes, she 13 just the kind ofa woman to capti-
vate Rodolph.’ ' ' -

“ She excels in all; she shoots, hunts and
rows like a man. She’s a perfect Diana l”

“ In all but the chastity,”'added Hector.

“ Ha py thought! I’ll repeat that when I
can fin a chance, and I’ll—--—”

“Don’t book it,” interrupted Hector, “ for
it less worthless as the woman who provoked i . ”

“ Be careful of what you say,vfor she is‘

coming here."

“ To this house ?” asked Placide, in perfect
amazement:  v .

“ Certainly. ' Why not ?” .She 1s .received
everywhere in that locomotive society that
stretches from Spa to‘Naplesr There is no re-
cord against her but; the contentspf her jewel.

,case," replied (iodine,  his inimitable, impu-

dent way“. ' , , - . '
', “ Here cemes the old counteSB,” said Hector,
not shattering his so union’s remark, as he
can ht a glimpse‘of ‘ ,' [dooe’s mother from
amidst the ' ' bery '
““ Let me get out
Gosline, in real alarm, as he looked about for
some avenue of escape. “ She caught me
this morning in the still-room, watching pretty

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little sophie count the used,  I.

you know his first wife, Mathilde’s-

. lads. say :-

You are in love with.

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to kiss'her, when m cried our ‘ Oh, Lord !—
the mantra? I  admire infihe door-

   
 

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thyme"  ‘ i   g: .
This " h t. wasnot emfr what, Goa.

 "yé'ffifidti, Wtwusif‘ , ede by
his turning hish‘esd sligh" jtlyj’a‘hd seefithe
subject of his Myersation standing ‘ost
directly behind him, 3 With a look at Placide
that wast-comical inthe lastgdegree, .Gosline
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1 CHAPTER II.

Fonrmurnnr for Gosline, the countess Was
conversing with Lafontaine, an old servant,
who had served Amanda’s parents for many
years, and she did not hear the very uncom-
plimentary remark which had been made. ’

Hector could not refuse a smile at the very
undigm‘fied retreat made by his companion, but
he instantly repressed it as he heard the old

“ y good man, I am sorryfer your; your
daughter‘s conduct is not becoming my son’s

“ Why, make love  the count’s. daughter than“, “acetan b5 “lemma?”

' “She is my only child,  replied the
' 01ml» '

man in a perfectly respo t subsisting
Yvoioe. “This is her'first  her first
fault—4f indeed it be one.   send
hermywithouta‘e _v *‘ _
I “,1 never break my,  ' ’ the count-
ess, in 'a‘ tone intended to bring ~tnmflrrsation
to a close. “I then'fiid‘thatma  go,

 go she must.”  ,

Without another word of reply, the old ser-
vant turned and walked sadly away.  only
child, and she mothei'less, file to be dfhmissed
from  without a character endgmithout

  
 

  
   
    

      
 

   

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‘hfifirphlot
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he turned eut‘werse' an helpless into the hard,

cold-,cmel worid. . ‘

“as, Hector!” exclaimeer Mess, as

she saw  “ have you seen  drughter-

in-law?” ' , . , , y
“‘1 Wakeis    by
the lake yonder,” re  ‘ ‘ ’ mm, point.

ing in the some direction as  ‘ byzAr.

mande.

tude, filling her mm  V ‘ trash,
instead of coming tonsil-nomad duties,”
replied the old My, with  hate and
scorn in her voice. “It is the  of her
mother, the baronees, ‘ tom creature!
011! here she comes. glue announces herself
by the screech of her shirts .I am sorry she
has no friend to tell herthat this love of fine'ry
is contem his in a person of her age." .

As she said, the Baroness de la Biron-
niexe was approaching, and the countenances of
the two Mes as they beheld each other was, to
say the least, very amusing. Both had. an in-
ordinate love of dress, and each tried to outvie
the other in display. Smilin sweetly in each
other’spresence, they utters maledictions that
were no less deep because they were not loud,
in the privacy of their chambers.

As the two ladies confronted each other with
bows and emil “ Hector with
a chair% which'hb sad  on
the nest-wees I I”? WW yuc-
use?) the erotica» cg :he‘ Other; "its? drew
their fussy littlebodies  their full height,
and ’ , ‘ edjbachfihfii‘  M6 the modered
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  ass, with a stately. bow, and emcee of
the hand toward the chair. _ ,_

“ You forget I am in my own house,
madame,” replied the countess, with great as:

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mechanism; “ you must allow me to
, y this time Hector had brought another
chair, so that the vexed guestion was settled,
and the two inches settle their flounces and
ruflies into the seats m-such aspiteful manner,‘
that Hector plainly foresaw a ladylike quarrel.

The countess opened the ball by saying :

“ I hape you passed a good night, madame ?”

“ The wind made an awful noise in the
Mary,” replied the baroness, determined to
find fault with something, and thus keep the
ball in motion. I

. “ Unfortunately, we cannot control the ele-
ments in the country,” was the sarcastic re-
joinder. » g -

“ Ah 1" exclaimed the baroness, asif plunged
into sudden ecstasy by her thoughts, " we can.
in Paris. Idislike the country,” and here the

4 aristocratic nose turned perceptibly. upwards ;
“ it is so dismal ; nothing but trees and grass,
and things. ‘ Not a shop, nota street anywhere,
and if oneis dying, no doctor.” ,

“ I live here all the year round; I am never
ill,” answered the countess, in a1 tone’ of calm
mefiority.'w - ' I, . v

ot a very shre wd general was the Old count-
em, creche-Emuld never have left. the enemy
such a chance for a shot. The hardness saw
her opportunity, and she tollowed it up with a
home thrust. , _ _

“ Thoroughbred and sensitive natureser
mine  endure what youre appears to
thrive upon." . ' ,

This volley of bitter-Weets was, becoming
almost too  forHecto’r, and in the hope

4 of averting the impending storm, he said to

  Wyou like. the-sea-
s . n ‘

"‘I like the society one finds there, but "I
hate the sea. \ at I go bu the beach, I al~
mostturn my back toit, it isso dreadful mo-
notorious. Always the same sands and the same
waves come in and go out without any cause.
No one knows why. ”

“ Are on ignorant-madame, that the moon
causes tide '1’” hastily » interrupted the
countess, ha py at being able to show a; little
of her so " f wisdom. - -

I “ I neitherknow, madame, nor care, ” replied
 ,oldlady; "but I know that it
‘mhes  nervous to watch it. I like the
country or the sea-side for a change—+5; month
or We in the season; but if the count means
to settle down here all the year round—oh,
well, ” and the sigh which followed the exclam.-
ation seemed to be drawn from the very bot-'
v' tom of the old lady's heart. “ I pity my poor
child; don’t you, Hector?” ~ .

“Very much, baroness,f' re 'ed Placide, '

determined to venture no op to opinion.

“My son, madame, is enable ol'the old
race,” exclaimed the countess, in as much of a
rage as she thought was allowable in one of
 society; “ his home is, in his
to ‘ ,oastle;histastesare those of his an-
cestore~deld sports and manly occupations.
811.6113 life isrnore becoming than such an
6M?” “renewed in term, breaking down
m'_paw8'fimeehom and three coach-
men penalme to racing from concert to dine
nor,» from dinner to opera, . and from opera to
ball. Don’t-you think so, Hector '1’"

True. to, his resolve to coincide with the ‘

views of both the ladies  for the
moment the answer he ’ made to the ques-
tion of the baroness, Hector answered;
, "fZYou are right, countess? , I / , 3 , -
‘t But you retested the posits, opinion
jargon”. exclaimed Madame lofiilomiere.
, g 3:“ I never contradict a lady,”. replied Hector,
if  alowbowthatwas intended tobe Mollie
story.   . 7  . .' fir 
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“ Of course you will agree with” mail"

_ A twinkle of satisfaction came into Hector’s

.eyesasheseidi'   . ‘ 
V ” I feel ' e the bottle of oil in a oruetstand

-between the vinegar and the pepper.”

' With exclamationsofanger. the two ladies

started from theirchairs' as if stung by a ser-

pent, and turned to leave the garden. ' “

_———.

CHAPTER III. ,

Tan entrance of Mathilde interrupted what
might have proved to. be a very unpleasant
scene, at least, forHector.

A very lively young lady was this same Ma-
thilde, and her presence was always provocative
of good humor to those around her.

“ Oh, cousin Hector 1" she exclaimed, as she
. almost ran towards the young man, while a
slight frown contracted her fair brow. and a
dainty little pout made her, mouth look even
more kissable than nature intended it should.
“ Where have youbeen ? How can you be so
provpking as to be out of the way when I want
you " _ ' j . ‘ ,

“Orin the way when you don’t," retorted
the young man, lapghingly, ashe gaZed with a
lover’s eyes upon the object Of his adoration.

“ Ah! " goo -day‘,' grandma !" and like the
humming bird as it, cognattishly"flits from
flower to thorn, the youngllady turned towards
the bottle of vinegar, as com had pictured-

er. ‘  ‘

The countess’ face 'was’lighted up by a placid
smile as she responded to this greeting With a
patronizing bow, and asgen‘tle a .“ Good-day,
my child,” as one could expect from the sharp-
cut, steme formed» month.“ ~ 7 ,

 i‘ Good-day, my other grandm'a'l” said Ma-
thilda, turning to the  and than. hardly

waiting fertile ’ ‘ ‘ ‘ve “Bless, yo darling!"
she {fitted again tc'Hector’sside, an? ‘ with an

arch littlesmile upon herrosy lips, she said,
coaxineg : ’ _ ‘
» “ Cousin, you are in a very, very obliging
mood ?” ‘
“ Very 1” said Hector, dryly. ‘ ‘ So much
so, in fact, that your grandmothers reproached
mewith i.” ' ’ " ' ’ ‘

vice ”

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tor, looking down pleasantly upon the upturn-
ed face, 7 . 

“ It is}? replied monogamous, and at
the same time in a half-pleading tone, such as
one uses when sure that their ‘ requestjwill be
oompliedwith. “I want yen just to ride over
to the town." ‘ I, ‘

“ Eleven miles,” added Hector. witha laugh;
“Go 0111”, ” " ‘ , '

“ To my more —— . ' /
her why she did not send home

_ “ Andask
your new riding-hat she promised yesterday,
and then bring it back With me.”  g ' '
_ “ Oh, you must be a conjurer l”. exclaimed
the young girl, delighted at thus having her
wishes anticipated. . I
“ I overheard you complaining last night to
Armando.” , . . j, _ I ‘
“Whatlongears ouhaVe go "’ ' 1
“ I fear so, ’ said ector, with a grimace, as
he tried to stretch out the guilty members. _
“I, thought you were engaged in playing
whist.” A
“No. I was engagedin listening to you,
therefore I lost the game.” '

,She gave himoneo her sweetest smiles, and
shot at him a'glnnoe With just encugh lows in
it tomake, as she knew” it would, the" {$1118
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“ Well, in thatcase you” can do fine a ser-L

so ; it is a commisionfl saidHec- '

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i looked at the title page  r

_ :“ You are an an at.” Mathilde declared, "as ’

"are:  

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“PoorHector!”wasthela ‘ ,and in-
tended'to be commiseratingex fl ‘ , “I’ll
run. and find you. song cold  you
got!‘  V 4 , ,  , . ,

“ If you  so obliging,” said the boron.
ess, who had been an amused hetener to the
conversation, toHector, “ you must take the
consequences.” ‘ " ~ - - e

“ I have such a deliciousriding habit made,”
said Mathilde, in a half explanatory vway, .“bn
it will be nothing without the hat, endpdpa
will be so proud ofme when I ride beside him
to-da in the hunting field,» and I‘ shall  so
  him.” _ . .  7- ‘

At this praise of her son, the countess looked
the gratitude 'she- felt, and was about to 
some reply, when Mathilde added, as aeudden
thought flitted {cross her» mind: V 7' ' _‘ .

“Ah, cousin! please bring with you some
blue feathers, pale blue, as I'm, rather 
of the white,” and their turning to the Old lady,
she said. "‘ Come, grandnmther, I want to
show you my habit”. " . ' '
. Hector watched her with lover’s eyes, as‘she
walked away with each  en the arm of one
of her grand-parents, and if he hoped that she
would address some remark to‘   she
went, he was not disappointed, for? turning,

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she cried: ‘ . 1

“ You won’t forget the blue feathers i’" A

“ No—no-l” answered, Hector, with just a
shade of. disappointment apparent. in  voice.
And it did not escape Mathilde’s ear; \ for she
added the sweetness to the bitten by . ' ,;

“You are the most adorable of menl I n’t
know how I could 'poesibly‘iim  you."

Plaoide walked «tag with anything

but enviable feelings, and had he  them
they would have been verfisnuéh 7 

“ She says she could  .livgmiihoat:me;l
she makes similar. remarks. every hour; tor-
tures me with; her  
and I have been mad- enough to  in» lore
with that chil .” A I
' ‘ He had not taken many asp: bathtubs aw:
Armando, who was seated in the 
with-a book in herhand. and  {to
something which-the old, scram; Aime.

was saying.» - ,, ._ 
’ Hector was jnstrintimete  I 1
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 or Sophie’s  by?” 
with sorrow, so‘washs  to:  "that
films   was  to be

one. ' ‘ ' ‘ ’ "
With every ’ ' of. 1 titanic“ 
face, Inicntaigleg‘iefth young  pres
ence with a much lighter heart  'whbnhe

hader it. y  x ,,
As the servant left her,  We
the read a i

thought she was once ‘ ' ‘ , '

few morelines in the book, and  “ it,j

laid her head in her hand m  eta: Milt: _

“ PoorClara 1, Poor, lonely, desertedwitel

How true this d ’ enigendiyetthe heck
am} . .‘ H.5- ‘

was written by  _ I
Then, taking‘up the hook once, she

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'souhEl”‘fArmande  indie ‘ the
book ,  commenced, , '_ 
son, , ‘Whmfierms to}:  
‘ 3‘ Irene knew: George  as well as
Ida, she Md deny the  The count
is to’blame. he treats   
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' As Hector approached, the count was .giving’
. camcordersto his huntsman. ,, , 
'j'f. Let. the dogs'be‘ready at the Willow Farm
. byeleve'n,” he was saying. “ We shall the
Beeches first, and then drive up the win to-
.“wardse—r—l’ and as he saw Placide’s good-na-
face, he accosted him with: “ Ah! Hec-
' tor-,7my boy, gOOd-morning.” ‘ ‘
' '5‘,30dolph,’f said Placide, earnestly, “Iwant
to say a word to you on a serious matter. ”
' “ Proceed; I am all attentionfi’" replied Chane
_ ._., does ; and then showing just how ‘much atten-
7  deans was giving to-his‘ guest, he said to the
 huntsman : “ Send Robert to me, I will give
* him directions;” and again turningto Hector
,,he centinued: . , .
Mi  shallride the chestnut.” This last command
" awastothelmntsman again, and a frown, that
hefcould not repress, came upon’ Plaoide’s
" usuallyplessant face.  - « -
_, ‘Butlasif all unconscious that he was doing
7 "r M  else timn attending to what his guest
' ,  say, Radclph continued: v =
 fj ‘ "“ Soitisa serious mater. ' What‘is it '8"
p  'ff'lfou  in a'serious mood,” replied
' ’He‘ctor', gravely. v 4 ' ’ * -
With ahearty laugh, Rodolph threw himself
, upon a sedt, as he exclaimed: ’ .
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1,:  ‘ lyIamattachedto you and
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-4 -, Z"I*I‘<kn‘ow ail that, Hector.”  ,
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“As” ‘ I was saying, ‘A‘rmandei‘ is  or
‘ Again did his dogs have more value in his
,eyes than his wife, for, as Robert was going
away, ‘Uhandoce stopped short in his conversasr
tion with Hector, to ask : ’ ’ ‘ ‘

“ 011, Robert, haw is that liver and tan dog,
the one with the whitetail, getting on ? Is? he
fit for the field’to-day '1’” -

Hector was in despair. Would this man al-
ways allow his dogs and his horses the first
place in his heart, while his wife must ever be
second F *  " ,

“No, count,” replied Robert, in answer to
Chandoce’s question.
lie by for a bit yet.”

“Let me see,” said the count, tapping his
forehead as if to recall himself to the subject of
conversation previous to his remark to Robert ;
“what were we talkin about '1’, These dogs and
horses have quite put it out of my head” '

“That’s "it, precisely; l” exclaimed Hector,
impatientlly. _ “Three years ago you married a
youngflan lovely girl. After a month or two

you'returnsd to your old haunts, your Old com- '

perilous, your club, your betting-book, cards,

dissipation, put your wife cut of your head—4}

you v had sworn to love and cherish her-«and
you forgot what you had promised. Then you

came down here, and now your‘horses and dogs H '
take her place in your life. ’

“And so ,I am to go back ' to Paris because
she Will be miserable in the country,” Said
the count, impatientl . “Don’t be deceived;
she will be miserah anywhere. Her come
plaint is not of me’, nor of anyone, nor of 'cir—
cumstances— —it5is her vecation‘tcbe wretched ;«
she was born so." “a ‘ ' . ' ~
“But, my dear friend—-—’” ‘  ~
“ I love her, " interrupted the count, quick-
ly. “I don’t re‘ nt my choice. She has“ all
her.’ -
"What is her fault, then ?"

with some surprise. ' ' ” "

""She isawou'ian, and every ‘7 has a
filing Marisa—same .-char&°t6¥izins  weak»
noes. ,Andv‘theconnt’s tone was very like
 he wouidhavc used inf-talkin‘W of' his,
horses, and his dogs, althou h,;~'had‘ We been
'sp'eakin ofthem there woul have been more
solicitu e visible. “Her pretensiqn “is to be
considered wretched. Tobe thorcughly mis~
erable is her» greatest happiness; it she can
arousesympathy and excite commiseretion,
jshe swims intense. and delight. ’,She has been,
"shots; and el‘ymys will'be; an“ object: of com~
, alesion.‘ {3  blessin '1 under Heaven are
diare'garded by‘ her:  8 e is youngfiilovely,
rich,,.in good health. , She basswood-temper-
ed fellow for a husband. ’I’m‘ not a  V
am I? No. AmI mean,.false, di U eeabie‘
in mind, manners, or personfg No.  ve I
ever denied here single wish? ~Not one; Then;
what does. she want? If she will be wretched,
.whatqcanl do? My home was just as cloudy,
’in’Pa’ris ‘asit is here. I bros ht the rain with
me, ‘soI‘must‘ sit down under t,  and bear
$11? ,0: course.” Then, that’s settled. I'm
0”, v"  {V ,/‘,‘,_““*., ‘ .
Andasif the matter was ended, the count
started towwds the” stables; but Hector had
'no idea or‘closin’g the conversation at this
point;  I ' 7 “ " e ’
~ ”“ S op'i" he exclaimed, jcatching Chandooe
by, the   “ You settle everything by (put-3‘
sing questions and ansWeringthem yourself:
Yes, you are one of those men who thinkithat
’by‘giivihg a woman a dozen rings, a box at the
ope [jot the season, a carriage and'pair. and,
 Credit with‘her dressmaker you 
all the: reasonable desires «and  Have
yomexé caged her a dozgn hours of ' “day,
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lamb, and spoiled you. Yourfirst wise played
 saw all your faults, {forgave them
With the sweetness of an angel endarorgot;
them- until showed on her deathbed” . r a.

‘ “9h, -Hecter-II” replied the : count, with
emotion, “she did not reproach me than.
You stood  me asshe' held my hands}?

“ Yes,” was Hector’s decided answer, “ and,
looking into your-face,vshe said. ‘ My poor
Rodolph what will become of you when lam.
gone ? The a gentle creature teresaw her suc-
cessor, and the danger your infidelities would
provoke.” _ ;.  , ‘ , . '

“ Danger !’-’ cried the count, almost in alarm.
“ What do you mean?” ‘ V »

“ Any other woman,” ’ and new director’s
voice attested to the truth of what he said-4‘ I
mean one who had __ loved, you less .devotcdly.

might go astray; but Armandewill pine and
wither under this estrangement.” , a. a. , W .
“ Nonsense l” and despiterthe: , ' a of

contempt which Chandoce used,  hmrer
 that he was for the moment W

“.In fact,” continued Hector, “ she is” in-
ing. You don’t see it, but the fact remains,
neverthelessiflg ~ , “ ~ 7;
3‘!  to emits sympathy~te .velioit, compile--
“Her health'rist‘fadfng' ‘ :; shades-dream ’ ”
continued Hector, determined topnt the master
inc-s plain a light as’possiblei'. ~ ' s

“ Pooh l nothing‘of. the find,” sneeredthe
count. “ Nobody notices a cums. . :
-“ I assure you she is greatgialtened,” said
Hector earnestly. *“EVerybo y' erotiocs'rthe
change—e.” _: J M:   .5‘  _ I .

He ceased speaking, because at this moment,
Armando herself appeared from theshubbery.

a  stingray. '. V .
‘ As Armando approached thetwe'gentlemen,
herhusbsndlookedat her earnestly, misusing
‘tuidiscover some Signs 6f: the *faflhgn'hulth
that Hector-had spokenth who'awesafiiove
are/ever somehow» e. nomads the ob—
ject ofthem Eadwraténnwnnd. no feyes are so

slow to discemasthoae 0f azhusbandgwhose '

heart has turned from/his wife to some other
object of love.  y ,2  .  

"‘ Are you notfq'uite well, to laser?" asked
Rodolph,’ as [he went careless”  his
wife, and: asked“ the guestiongin'stqse‘ [which
,ehowedplai‘nly that he hail, made the? inquiry
more for the sake of,comiinc..ng”ghis,compan—
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you s8;”*and than, as and ‘ ,"t “
  askedflfiq-gsrfi Ptygi/l‘1n;  r,
7 “'Are ybu"’quite“surel? haves-yea no weak,
mesa—no coniplaint'W’  "   ‘ 

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matter;” and touching his screw mamas-nu
ly, he added: “A crackkinmsbhisns’shm in
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have had‘her leave those‘w ‘s unsmd.
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it muggbe true. f am envied "by my , sex.
There, we, havegzsaid enough about it, so don’t
speak of it again": _ . v

“Whom have 'wo to breakfast this morning ?”
asked Kenton, to turn the conversation,
which he had seen, before he spoke, was dis-
tasteful. _

“Really,- I do not know,” Was, the careless
cleaver. “ I am but a cipher down here. The
cmm'fiodolph’s mother, is mistress, and IV

 
  
   

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ammo guestin the house. But I believe I »

did hear Who was coming. - There’s Niall)?
O’Haraand his sisters, and two or three horsey
men, Isunpose.” e :

I“ Do you knowfwhy I' asked 1*”

~“ No. ’ ~_ ; ‘

“Because I await in terms the arrival of
your: here,” said Hector. .

“ My hero ?" asked Armando, in surprise.

“The one introduced to you by all such
books as that,” replicdflector, pointing to the

book which Armando held in her hand. “ The ,

pensive, oddball-ed. pole andinepired scouri-
drel, whole- cnly saved from being a convict
because he is a gentleman—by poetical license."

“ Well, what do you tear-from him ?” asked

tly. .
“ I. fear that he will fill the void in your im.
agimtion.” - » .
-“ Do you, think I am waiting on the verge of
an abyss?”

_“ I do!” and Hector’s tone attested the sine
cerit§of what he said. 1

a“ W delightful!" replied Armando, much
in'the some two met a child mightspeek after
receiving anew toy. '
if my heart is so empty and so hungry, why
don’t I’dll it with'« you ?” > ,

,“ With-me l” and now it was Hector’s turn
to he  ,

“ Why not ?" , . 7

“ Look at me,” replied Hector, earnestly.

“ My exterior answers you. I can not address
to a stronger the simplestquestion, but a smile
breaks over his face before he can reply. I
excite derision ; I. know it. Every woman
smiles jupon me ;, but if I were to misunder-
stand  ' nature so far as to make love,
she, aw V. i never think. I you. in earnest.
Haturepleyed e,  joke, whenshe 
masters  . am full 01‘ sentiment and ro-
 my dreams are full of heroic devotion,
tenderness and passion. ‘I. have the soul of a.
 oith the face era comic singer. The
moment  “enter a retinal all the mothers make
o.confidmt 91' me; all e girls give me their
little  toexecute. or their bouquets

wholdwhllothcy dance witnsomebody else. up

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from the d' 'on 1:; the «sh-cams»? - m8

 , enema} ‘  the melinatinn to
laugh; but  Bald. M‘hr 
subsidedulittle: . .‘z   , ,

“You do your face an injustice, Hector, 1;
beta hat film 110$ helium Yfifi lave

; ,,.',:wi e'rr~'-_‘r..*f_,.
, “flush!” whigperedfiector. “Shem-hem
you!"   V < V I _V y :1
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fate,".oontinuedhr— '

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a, meg?" 0h,~you'horrorl”  g _ '  1 
' “ pm. on now,“ said Hector, starfiegquicldy
'uWay.‘ “I only wished to admire your new

“ You‘shall admire that, and me, and every-
thin , as long as you like when 'you'lget’ boo .”‘

“ ou shall have»the hat in time, do‘not
fear i" cried Hector, frém the distance. '
hi “Blue feather I” screamed Mathilde after

m. H ‘ y I . r _ ‘ {
“ Sky-blue l” Hector could be heard saying,
ashe disappeared.  7 - - v

V "What a. good fellowhe isl’f saidthe count-
ess, reflectively. v I _ - 5

“Splendid,” assenteCl’ Mathilde, carelessly.

I, “How do you like my habit ?"

*“ Charming,” replied ‘ Armando, 
more of the young man than of the dress Ma.
thilcle was desirous of calling her attention to.

“ A- tailor cuts a sleeve so. much better than

a dressmaker,” continued the young girl, exam- V

ining carefully» the  r i . ,

‘.‘ Whata devoted husband he wonld make,”
saidkArmande, not hearing Mathilde’s last re-
mar . v.

“ I wish he had squeezed my waist a little,
more, Leonid have borne it very well," contin. ;.
ued Mathilde, thinkingonly of the dress, and 1118 Phce
_ whether it fitted perfectly ornot. ,

“ What!” exclaimed Annande, starting up

, in surprise at Mathilde’s words ; and then re-

memberin that the young girl'had been speak.
ing of her rose and its maker rather than of
Hector Placide, she said with a smile : "For.

.get the tailor, my dear, and tell me do these

graces, these charms, produce no efiect on the
mung Cavaliers in the huntin’ dield ?” A

"‘T h, ’95,” replied‘Mathil e,- indilferently ;'
“ they say kind things, you know, but-it

“ Is there no One whom you are particularly
interestedin '1’” asked Armando, with an anxious
tone in her voice.

Mathilde reflected for o mement, and then,
hesitating a little as if her mind was not exactly
made up, said : "

, “ Well, I think the baron is the most amus—
ing. He rides well, and his clothes are so
nicel . out.” 'V A f '

“ on have. observed the fit of his boot and
the out of his coat, but have you regarded the
onto? his heart and the fit of his character ?’"
asked  countess, ., reproachfully. “, Oh,
Mathilde, a crowd of Women are always to be
found gunnedde '9. shop '{window b " the
attract on or 50 efoshiollable dresses. ' ose
who are tem to to buy one, find, after a few
days’ wear, 1: t itcomcs to places; it was made
for showand for sole. Such are most of
the menwe admire in the shop-"Windows of so.
ciety. ,They are not home-made," my dear;
there is no wear in them." ' ' "

,As she spoke, «Armando 0,1 ' _ ,,
her arms as if shovel}!!! Ellie (‘1' her  the
tgoublee and sorrows which "everyone must
 withoutré'gard to their minor, 
Positiomaw' w  a ‘ ' .

_‘ “‘ I  content to take theyle as it is," re-
plies Mathilde; in a manner which, showed that

she was perfect! ' satisfied With. herself and all motel

around her. 5‘4 7 myhusbandcomee’topieces;
‘I should set about putting him] together 
and improve the occasion to make him fit “met
But, my dear mother; You want a world asper.
feet as yourself. You livelhadream land, he-
causeyou crewman. .” r ,   ,, 4 . I
At thlsgiunocent remark  to
her teeth; anger!  we; whet her” husband
amlher 'hmbandh mother had’Tever  about
her. andnow'it was. to to hereby: the
é‘l‘guhrfi’offi“ “fifth  f  
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Sorrow’clmt Mat _ e-shonld hwvmpmeh
swords to’her and anger: that v
shouldopen '  of-i- hec<faults‘:%o 
"daughter ; fondue she Walked swiftly umygto
some place where she might be alone‘with» "he?
grief, she repeatedjtogih'erself:   «
turns me into contempt,- and she has  4
the lesson.” I 'j   ‘ j I '



CHAPTEEY‘I.’ ' I ,, ..

Ham- an hour after “the v'emts we
have  in our last chapter:
garden Was  by all save-Void"  
taine, the gardener,'-who  b11337th 
among the ’shrubbery. ~ v » i   57:; '1 1
While he was'nth‘ue engaged a 
young man of somegtwenty-‘ninewohiéthlrtyrft
years of eingpe‘ared—‘at‘thc guts,  ' , 1:

the gsrdener; approached him? with. the ram;
« “I hope I am not  onthfiepwml- .3
see. Einding the puk.geteopen.-icnd: 110, 9113 g

in- the lodge, :I.  into 

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servant, respectfully: ;   
“I knowthe countbyname. Hobos whom-
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“ Then I will rest here a:   ’5:

the stranger, seating himself at thetahle which;

hadvbeen occupied by Armando, while {Mold

servnn‘ twalked away lestth should, m, 171.19 
,“What adelightful and , ” ‘ 

these ancient trees spread over  

“A es, of wealth and mnemonic:  ‘
comiined to male this  I shouldlike

to see the nymphs that inhabit these stored ”

V68."  1’!"   
As he spoke, he looked around 
to seesome one _; butvinsteadyof‘ mfg:
beautiful person, his eye rested neon Amnde‘s 
book, "which lay filial-evens};
had left them. .7 ' ' z a r- " x

«seamen:
ashe'raised-the cam‘briothot  “ 
itmore closely. " Cl  Cm 9; ‘3.
forAmelie or, ' H ',Athnhe,”'nndhopmd;
the handkero 'ef to“ his“ limo.  or». 
stusy at oflcye " 1' 
conjured up: ' ~  -'  '   

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said, collie toil: at?»   r“! 
where or oug ts VG‘I‘MW,  ’ 1:
lately,”.‘and as he 0. " ed it,  em»:
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She, confessesher hearth than.  .  ._   . .

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clematienofaofiae ,sai ‘: . '
v‘ ‘f  , pane—the devil l" ,

59m you a guest here?” asked Leoparre.

‘l‘l ”_  answered Hector, hesitatmgly,
thinking, only, of the mischief he fear-
edgthejo ,s presence might cause, he added :
“I then 1'. you were in Syria."

“ I have just returned from the East.”

“ Cured, I hope, of your romance ?” said
Hector, half inquiringly;

“ No, I am still in search of theimpossible
woman-4m ideal . of my imagination—the
queenof I have made a tour of the
world without finding 'a woman’s heart worthy
of mine,” and the romantic fool ave vent to a
31%,  Bacteria ears soun \ed more like
thanan  born of disappointed love.

":um on," my; {dear to . ,” said
Hector,  ' thinkinghe saw an opportu-
nity of ' Thimself'of an unwelcome guest.
“You willflnd, nothing here, and it is'only a
waste of time, ‘I assure you. You have not
 and your ideal in; sweden, have you ?"

“ No,” replied the poet, monrnfully..

“‘Tnen‘thxt‘s the place l" exclaimed Placide,
triumphant! ; “you will be sure to find her
there; 'hut'i' you-do not, try Lapland; that
Whitakeyou eyes:- or two.” . '

Thisdid not exactly meet George’s views,

for he'fanswered enthusiastically, as he glanced

attire book upon the table:

“There are no women like our own. "He
here I am destined to find a sympathetic soul
--one who could share my poetic aspirations.”

:Eeotor’sexclamation of dismay at this ,rhap-
stray Was‘gonuine, and he immediately tried
‘ another  toget him' away from the chateau
Wm heehmddneosrmande

#11617 estate a Walk back
hem i‘if-Where,  you stopping ‘1’.”

“ ,am‘waiting for the afternoon train,” re-
pliodfiieeepaxrea: if “My, gluggage "is at the sta-

 I  a ' hear ; it," , enclaimed 
flattenawithoetih'yiugto disguise the elation

he felt at this announcement of earl I depar— -

tugs. 7“”0omejfwith me' and?” I’ll ow you
around  parties!: the estate.” .
. eat-flifliguse,” 
Gloom,   t3“; win '60 r “an ,
monuments” thefa 'y.” ’»

WHO, MEWuldnfha”  Hector, eagerly ;.

,“they are ‘stuck-u ’ people, I assure you;
You  smoked." . - -
‘ ~"‘W Buddhism lathe.
 We eriito’Hector! herewith 
'  _ was» two ’rofiantiepmple
oM’fih -‘* I, "ed‘tetsll a"  lie as;
'  yuan, :.possiblel ; Unfortu-
 ‘in case, lacide was no adopt in- the
  fellffnom  lips ony-
" ' hustri ,us-hemsweredvr   ~
“elicits - ' of a-:a woman~nxidw

 
   
   

, awed???” efledrthe anther, in ev—
j,  en . ,that,youmnetrcmemberthatv
g.  iii!   ‘ta' sedge" (said

,'  tomodify‘hi‘s remarkasmuch

 

. «one is an”;
m ,  sci e ,' 0
MW '  Mes, tenements/r .

   
 

  Thedearture
 nears: iy'did a
“flat the , “a I”

~' misses? “heath mi”: 

'tL.

 in" despair. "   jhe 

  some a:  

   

work as

they might,

W2“  “Wk 0f “raven: heldavery old lady, with nothing that was

legend to that i” ‘

,Countess Ghandoce.”

tunately, the train,”,hesitated George, now as

. . your kind invitation.” _
to the village,” I

L smile. .

i.   Delightful‘!”_ assented Hector; with one of
count 5 w" at”,

me aspen the matter-v

. Hector 

‘ pearafnc‘e changed.

 rem ‘  persisted Les; ,

 

when heaven seemed.

to interfere showing  a very efleotual
wayoutpf the tron  1“ 
a As Abraham “ lifted ’1) his eyes and saw
themm caught by the home in (the thicket, 5’
sodid Hector see a very present help in time
of trouble in the shape of the "old 'éountess,
who was bustling around in the hope of finding
some of the servants in fault. ‘

“ The old woman! Kind heaven, I thank
thee I” exclaimed Hector, ferventl , and then
turning to Leoparre, he said: > “ ell, old fel-
low, if
she is.’ v ,

At that moment the old countess stood be-
fore them, and the look of George de Lesparre’s
face was comical in the extreme, His fanc
had painted a.young and beautiful woman; hlS
friend’s words had caused him to; believe that
'she Was just in the prime ethic, and as he be—

lovable or beautiful about her, his spirits fell
'to their IOWest notch. Gould his thoughts have
been read just at that time, they would have
shown an exclamation something like this :

"v‘ Heavenwand earth! have I written a love

f' Madame,” said Hector, who had now re—
covered all his geod nature, and was happy at
the idea of the gigantic joke he had upon the
love-sick author, “ my friend, M. George de
Lespar‘re, desires'tn he presented to. you, the

“ I hepe your friend willjlgive us the pleasure
of his company to-day,” said the countess, in
her high and lofty manner.

“ A thousand thanks, countess—but, unfor-

anxious to get away as he had been to remain.
“. I regret so much that I am unable to remain
~anot or time I shall be very happy to accept

“ You areinot going to run away so Soon,
are you ?” asked Hector, with an amused

The romantic author paid 'no attention to
the remark ;' but with a look, almost of an-
guish on his face, he whispered to‘his smiling
friend: ,  I. _, ., ,

‘f Doyou, call that middle-aged? Why, she _
dates from William the Conqueror.”,. , ‘ ~

“ Is notthat themiddle ages ?’.’ asked Hector.“
Les arre bowed low,to the countess, and
Walked slowly, swag, thinking what a‘fool he
hadmadeofhimse.‘ " 

 Whats amorous maul” exchanged?

v» V r~ .

the’chun‘tem, ‘asGeorg‘e we ed away. ~ v

his infinitable's‘houlderhhrugs;
be soagreeable before?  _, M  ‘
‘2‘ He wentawa verysuddenly.” ” “ ' '
’ “‘ Yes,” said: j ctor, trying to keep a sober
. , f‘ he‘s ye retirihgr'
that’s’his nature—dull i to apainfu degree, I
wanted-measles”. i . " "

Int moment Armando drew near, and
, ’ advantage othercoming Went
tonne Mathi sin; order, waive her the has
he had gotten‘i’or’her. ‘ " ‘  ‘

Amanda. seated herselfch the tablelistleasly,
and took up the hook 'she‘hadk‘b'ee‘n reading}.
but the fragment she opened ‘ it her whole lap-l

~ “ I never how

Sheheaw‘the‘ lines which had [been written"
 Q ' '
CHAPTER VII. _

." l have another life lion; to meet. ,,
y * . Without which life any, so in incomplete; ,

gi‘éd'ewnem dwelligigioiiigs '? 7
' '4‘l‘omtgas‘ ? ’ straying, urn-mine. toimtaa must
.. on which alone manner! heart  1’7

an were the work which  de
 had written aadnrmm'had read.
 wordsindeed were any tor a young
 altercadwhos’e thmW-ror
hear such evidences simmerd every

‘tbimeot' ‘ ow 
(or her totreesurc  ‘

w

.you insist on knowing the lady, here ’

FWithout  ‘ng hi 

I.  55:11:,” totakev her; ,
clinrmflmrbe '
, shapelchra ay

 we; neglecting heifer his horses and

 them, her first  twee of
the, writer, she made story  "to ascer-
tam who had’been in the garden-~de her
very'short absence. A‘  I "‘ ~‘ ‘

Calling Lafontaine to her, she asked :1 '1 ' ' ,

ff Has there , been,any__ stranger here this
morning?”“' ' ‘ '

“ Yes,‘ madame,">replieds the servant; “ a
gentleman was here a moment“ ago."

“- What was he like ?”

“ Atoll, dark, handsome; young. man———~”

“That will do,” said his mistress, checking
his garruhty, while smell of mingled indigo,»
tion and wonder passed over her-face. '

vy nation, that anyone shouldhaye- dared tof'write ‘

such words to her, and wonder; as to whom
the person might be. e p .
The noisy arrival of) MajorCJ’Ham’and- his
sister interrupted her thoughts from 
gerous channel‘into which they (were swaying,
and she went to the chateau to welcome the
coming guests.‘ ' ' j ‘  v '
A few words about Suzanne and Major
O’Hara. They represented themselves. as
brother and sister; she," stall, almost; regal-
looking beauty, Lvery; foolishly afie’cted a very
young and diffidwtmner, which, castrated
very poorly with her commanding resence.
The major afiecteda homey: style.  ', shirt~
studs, sleeve-buttons and watch~chain, emhrep.
rose ted some of. the, trappings; of the horse,
and is whole appearance shed a sort of stable
air, as plainly perceptible,- -and witches little re-
gard for fitness as a horse sheds his coat. Yet
horses were not as much an object of adoration
to Major O’Hara as he would havehad it be-
lieved. A quiet'game ~ of cards with an op-
ponent .who ,hadplenty of, moneyand very lit-
tle brains, was really the heightof thisfrsnk,
confidmg majqr’s happiness. v ' , . / . ‘
Rodolph ‘Chandoce he‘dimet amuse O’Hara
at Paris, and, as usuolwithr-men,  fallen in
love with her because she flattered hint."- "An
invitation to spendra few weeks fit his chateau
wee Ghand'ocel‘s plan. for. seein‘géi his character
_ , 'ssuep'lcieos,‘ , ” isnaithus
the O’Haraebeeame  of itheTOhandoce
chgtlfau.‘ ’  Va; 2: .p ~  
~ ’t cou‘n ' Ulife suited that dime" I :
childish emigre aslittle as? it: did ..,m§tfi:;f
confidin major; and at: the‘expiiva’tien of in";
weeks, t _ey“not"0hly announced? ‘hethhetdally
tooktheir departure ; and; teeming :seeson
being nearly Over, ,Bodolph’ had  hisifi'iife,
delightery mother; enumeration-law: from
mesmehcosefhm company: *' dreamers:-
had left thank ‘ He 'hadlfound that histove'm
inning the ascendancy  him, was firm
mg status; had smarts ainr‘me- sp~

  

jonrnf infifitzoflanflfln  \' ight
forget, '91 atfllehfitfsucce‘ ‘  ”’   Italy
of mimetic the “Wife or ‘ ‘ "l3‘”if"’s;"%»‘l  ~

I or: some to a man like ' ‘ “stamina,

one thinng the naturhl resfilt detainees“.
sign-w Redctermined tsgeavrnn  mm as
r. difideént  knew mat-he iwouxdamm",
ea-iithen he could {git hill: old figmch .
an secret-xeng yo “1&3
once did “hethl'nlc‘ that  clause.“ “Wt
by  own husband, would be; ‘ teeny
team’s; 11? malice-in 
hamlets-this Wife must be conuntznlprenr

l»/)‘:7 ,l 
. Wildfire If; ‘

, W ,
very frequentl . and at loathe  h
Rodol h-togdige.  .    a My

 

i ' _ Att eexpiretiono!   iglfilfifilhor

was a daily visitor at the Chandoofi Hoses,» inf!
already, had  «to think
of him much oftener than she. ought. ' - ,

. Euzanno O'Hara  strong
“ thedmzaeshusdrecn’eocfimm 
matmmfidnm swarm  hun-
bee‘n, Rodolph’s warmth mm 
“1%; WWW: “ i if fan/l”! \ 4 '~ 4 -

 

of during the lonely hours she passed while her

 

iéhich Armando refused to go, and mm

W V 1, "fl"   {Waiter ,v,
hindrance WM?"WE ' may

 

 

LE1) ASTRA Y.

 

 

seated in her drawing-room with the novel of
“ Astray” in her hands, .‘while her thoughts
Were upon the lines which had been written in
it by some unknown hand, and the author of
the book, when her mother entered.

“ Poor Mathilde was dying to go to the ball,”
said the baroness, as she arranged the folds of
her train before the pier-glass. “ It is so
good of you to confide her to me. What does
that curmudgeon, your mother-in-law, say ?"

“ Oh, she growls, of course,” replied Ar-
mande, indifierently. -

“And your husband ?” the baroness’ lip
curled with positive scorn as she spoke of R0—
dolph.

‘3 He cares nothing one way or the other, so
long as he is not bothered.” This with a half
sigh which spoke of changed feelings on the
part of her who had been a wife only a few
years.

“Where is he ?” persisted the baroness.

 

For a moment the baroness looked at her
daughter in perfect amazement, and then with
a gesture of impatience, she said': '

“ What a dreadful bore you must be to a
man who thought to wed a commonplace wo-
man, and discovers he has married the Sphinx.”

What the answer would have been it is im-
possible to say, for at this moment the servant
announced Mr. Hector Placide.

“ The truant has come back !" exclaimed Ar-
mande, gleefully, as she arose to Welcome Hee-
tor, and held out both her hands to him as she
would have done to a brother~and he was as
dear to her as one. “How glad I am to see
you !"

Hector responded to her fervent greeting,
and then turned to the baroness, as she said:
“ You passed the last six months in Italy ?"

In Switzerland,” said Hector, betraying ever

 

 

the young girl had been a. visitor from some
other sphere.

But Mathilde very quickly showed that she
was of the earth “earthy,” for going up to
her stepmother, without having seen Hector,
she presented herself and her ball-room finery
for Armande’s approval.

“You do not see Hector,” said the young
countess, as she greeted Mathilde with a kiss.

Hector advanced as if expecting something
approaching a Warm reception ; but he was
mistaken, for, as Mathilde turned and saw the
light of expectation in Hector’s eyes, she said
in a tone which might have been used had she
parted with the young man only the night
previous :

“How do you do, cousin? How have you
been this age?”

“ Thank you,” replied Hector, who could not
repress the disappointment which he felt, “ in-

. \ \‘- $ ‘k\
\\.\X§.

“ \‘\.

“Madame,” said Hector, “ Mr. George De Lesparre desires to be presented to you, the Countess Chandoce."

“ M hisclub I resume ” and -
token“ indifiégenge. . the tone be

“Pleasant for you."

“ Very."

“sweet lPsutution, a club!” The baroness
was fast losing her temper. «L In the country,
the m9“ devote themselves to the hunting field.
In the city, the club swallows them up What
do they suppose We are doing all that time P”

H I am happy—3P 193513: I suppose I ought to
be ; it is my fault if I expected'more.”

“Why don’t you shake of this blue mood?
Emerge into the world of pleasure. Don’t
mope at home. Imitate your husband. Go
out; enjoy yourself.” ‘

“I can’t," replied 'Armande, wearily. “I’ve
tried, and I can’t, It all seems so hollow, so
c(“Etfllnptible. My life must be devoted to one

me. one object. I must pass it on my knees
before my idol, without a thought but of him.
The horizon of the future must be within his
arms. and my only light derived from his love. ”

 

so much astonishment that they should have
had so little interest in his whereabouts.

“ Six months—all the winter!" exclaimed V

the baroness, in much the same tone as if she
had not before noticed that the young man had
been absent from the city. Were you not
dreadfully weary of the place ?"

“ Yes, ” was Hector's dry reply. “ I was at
an establishment where they practised the
cold water cure.”

“ What was your complaint ?” and the ques-
tion was asked with that well-bred indifference
as to the answer which is so well aflected by
many persons that it becomes almost an insult.

“ Heart disease,” said Hector, promptly,
without apparently noticing the tone of the
questioner.

The entrance of Mathilde at the moment in-
terrupted the conversation.

Heater gazed on the vision of loveliness
which thus suddenly appeared before him, as if

 

definite people like myself are always about the
same.”

“I am so glad you have come back,” and
now Mathilde displayed just a trifle of feehng.
“When you are not near me it seems as if
something had gone wreng. "

Hector’s spirits arose at once, and he started
eagerly forward as he asked :

“ Then you did—"

But Mathilde’s manner changed as suddenly
as does the sun on an April morning, and Hec-
tor stopped, stammered, and finished the sen-
tence With: ‘

“ Miss me a little?”

“ Artfully—«you can’t think I” “laughed the
young gir . “ Well, how did you like Swe-
den ?” ‘

“ Sweden!" echoed Hector, astonished and
pained that she too should have had so little
interest in his whereabouts. “How did I like
-——but I was in Switzerland!”

“I thought you were in Sweden,” she re-

v

 

 

8._

 

 

‘ LED ASTRA Y. c'
plied, carelessly, then turning to her mother ' “Perfectly.” ’ ~ ' r r -'.l?he baron entered with nail   .
shé’said“ ' ' - ‘ ' ‘ Armando went to a table inanelcOrner ofthe glory of. slashes oaths latest 

“Well. goodnight, momma," and, as if to
gi {1 a little animation‘to poor Hector’s hopes,
81133 Said" to him : ‘ . -

“Good—night, Cousin Hector. ; Oh! don’t
forget taxi-marrow morning. I have a commis-
sion.” .

91‘  resume my old functions,” said
Hector, in despair, as Mathilde, accompanied
bydbhe ital-chess, left the room.

 

CHAPTER VIII.

2‘1 none you intend to spend the evening
here?” oaidArmande to Hector when they were
alone: ‘ ‘ "

f‘I must showjmyselt at the embassy for a

And Ar-

tew’nioments.”
' '“And their ‘youi‘will return ?”
mande’s tone was one of sincerity.
“ Yes,” replied Hector, without hesitation.
“ How is Rodolph ‘1’” '

m

“ Oh, Godlike and supreme!  Woks '

me," replied the young wife, in o tone‘which
betrayed, far more than wordsoonld Wardens,

how deeply her husband’s ,indifierence had

wounded her; and then, as if“ to change the
subject, she added:

“ How do you et en?" ‘
I “Ithought ' absence and change of scene
had thrown cold  enough on m feelin ;

butnow Iamhot sure,” replied color, 3-

  
 
  
  
    
 

   
  

ponsolateiy. “I’ve a cod mind to go whack lady, than we can do  we cannot  " ,
again and try another admire.” from a slight description, was the lady  in
“Nonsenael’? said Wade, kindly; “stay the center of Countess Ghandoce's 
With us", I  L  ‘  might df tux-ash ’ " “sun
“In  middle otzthe 3infection?”.asked 01"“ an, 133 639V”? 9" ~ [
a ' g m” r g  * aim! V 3 the most fastidious could desire, a- on h, per.
fiefifiiysxgj 8' r, Ema: 'y’ “mi than haps, her maid could have told of £13tu ‘
g;&ha’gg   en , applied paints and powders, artistic paddings
“Nam g  ~mandgv“ if mg to and forms. She certainly was, as a work of the
appear ,  we “was, Sudden painters art, perfect; and the girlish gaces
thou ht H When m';med, '. 4 which she affected blended very wellwi ,' her
u as,   f. r we have mfmd face - ‘hut'rin her hard, cold, steely-blue eyes
such a It a T and one of your con-hi be $8911, ’3 lurklng dellfl: an? "011.com. and
Manda,  j; i: l  , a determination to succeed  her. purpose
Hector 5  H  almana- ‘ He knew Without regard town“  or r
aswell “‘3’,      gm game repute. —  '.   ‘ 
of the Mandates; " " ‘ yet  asked: . “Are younot ’ teth'e‘fipanieh Embassy
« Whoa  >_ *‘  tonight 1*” she ed/of‘mnde.
. ‘ " “ No,” was  rather  answer, “I rarely
' go out now ; but you  find the bareness and
"  there.” - w E ', ,

e we m-‘ifi'herhg  

”  V' "  thin
mph.” maternally pleasant 

 s; so
and“

w 01:11 '/ to make. thin leasant
, d;f’,ragi§§ow the  knew
h spoke as he did;
“‘Is he sodangemus appersonage ?" she ask-V
easement , , '
“Very, for you.'? > . I
, 1“ Why for me more than another ?”  , M
zfiéml—w" than  ' ’ g as
 weerily.  
 rem use against' .   ,‘t
which Seemed to hover around those two: 1“ Ni
matter—to int out suchfia danger to, a we-
 iI-tb , Imherfcharm to temm’v"
«ts-Bo you lino-silt)»  ourfneighbew
hood in the noun 1 while we were there?“
“.mnde; » . .Mdias‘ or showing
witth  in the:

Wm’owerds.
‘ I “- o;didhe

  

’ l,‘~‘Ko:

 #153533, I
' ‘ “ give enigma

' ‘ _plished,she added:

t I", had a stran  m

roomandttook from it the novel f‘Astray,“
which she brought to Placide, with the ques-.
tion: . L ' 3 _ ’ ' _
“Is that it?” , . , , , ,
Hector at once recognized the writing; but
'at the same time he Was firmly resolved to lie
about it, and do it well; therefore.’ he answer-
,, ed firmly: ' '
“'No, it is not a bit like it.”
4 “I dreamed it was,” said Armando, dream-

lly. ,
“Has he made love to you ?" asked Hector
in alarm. . '
one." ' t ' r p
" But he will?” persisted the young man,
earnestly; ~ ‘ ‘

i , “If he does I will tell-you,” laughed Ar-
mande, as she turned at the entrance of old La-
fontaine, who announced :

“Miss Suzanne O’Hara."

Hector at one arose to go, and succeeded in
reaching the door without encountering this
 ooquette whom he cordially Wed.

“, I could not pass the door without call-

ing,” said Miss O’Hara, afiectionately, to Ar-
mando, as she imprinted what might have
been a Judas’ kiss upon her cheek. . '
The'conversation between Hector and Mount
8',

. Gosline relative to Miss O’Hara, has, 
given the reader a better idea of mg. '1 j f s 

 

to the operarfiflt’" 8'
7‘ two-l“ I “Waistband” ‘

Easement thecmversation med,
°j , final”  511a

I

  ‘f’ bouquet you havel'there,”
«remnant, noticing it for the first time.
“Let me ofler it to you,” said Miss O’Hara,
eagerly——almost too eagerly a careful observer
“ My dear Suzanne,” said Amends, smiling: '
> “you never call without bringing me the most
exquisite bouquet; "you. are as attentive as a
lover would be." ' ‘ I ' ~
I “’1 'leaVe it there to take mg place," insisted
Suzanne, as she placed the owers 'uponvthe
‘man'tei. And as if 'her’miseion was nowaecorn.
“New Iimust boom for
my brother is outside on the box of my broug.
hain“, and it’s snowing.” x ' ' 

emigrated
.,  v v 1 ,V
“ No one,” enmered em

‘f‘Who‘ 'iswith you in theficar-

meander skirts, so {put the major. oaths
bow floodmiglit, tarot ‘   could
remain with youallnthe evening, it would be 59
nine; huti can‘t.  
a kiss from the tips of. 

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'whcuhut stay; you know handwriting?”

“ Outside, poor fellow I” said Arinande; com; 
O'Hara. laughing-r; “ but there is only: {or :
_a;’l»and throwing . '

H 3_§;
forethe t‘
 I y ‘

mustache and  ringleta   inevita- :
ble lasSes were at his eyes, and in .g .
carrieda banquetwhich was the , perfection-of \
the‘flori’st’om. : r  ” "

It.was withtheair of k g __ .
bered that Armando greeted him, and witli‘gal ,

Li " _

one who is aiti‘iam

politelie said: ' ,_  . ‘, _ g p ,3
“HOW 8005 of you to  pity on my ecli;
tude.” ‘ . . T

"‘ Ah, countess 1” said the baron, overfoyed
at the greeting. which he hadvteoeivod, {‘1-
brought you these flowers-3' and at the same ,
time'that he presented them to her. 
the ones which were  the mantel: and ,he I
stopped abrupt! in his presentation speech a
say: “Now t ‘t is. too Edi! .Itodolphfiaej,
taken a most unfair advantage of me.”  I

“In what manner it” asked masses, 
era.ny surprised at his words.

“When I was ordering this bouquet, he on-
tered the florist’s and bought that " explained
Mount Gosline, as he pointed a .Suzanne’s
flowers. , , 5.

“This?” said  taking bouquet
from the mantel, “you. “ " ista‘kenfl

“I am positiveI  k "e baron,
after carefully (313th quefl'g/m ,

Armando turned to the Wars where
she had taken them from, anion-expression of ‘
anguish overs‘pread- face'as th am so.

“Rodolph  to Miss. ’I-Iara,

and'she comes  ' ,esent than: to me.
What can it many, ,' e murmured. And
then, with, a great  (terrestriinnfir emo~
tion, she'turned to."the baron, and said, in a.
tone which was intended when any one :
‘f You are owing quite  n. This
is the third visit you have  hittithis week.
Are you goinng mammary.  ' ,g?”

“No, madame.”   ‘

“Toyouro’luh, Isa j

‘ 3: N9, * v w

flag.

' v“ At‘honie x" r
surprise, “ we '

    
   

     
   
    
  
  
  
 
  
 
 

, What on  do
1“ Ireadfi V and I
in an affected'tone, as he  . ,
_ ‘“ You astonish me View Woes,
stunted at’hi's manner. ’1;  .  = {5,

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edit“ fidyin

‘,'»,Thi$ . the-her. H weigh  
’g‘étfotfig momehwg'athe ha '5
sndimmediately regatta; an excited;
to discuss the matter, leavrng his 
to follow the events of the‘turt, « .. V ,m  ~
“ I lost the Emperor’s cup by half gf‘ _: 
he said. “That old O’Hara ‘ an 
boy topull the mare.” Seeing an ‘ a I , “ lg 
in We “1159’s face just at acre;   , 3;:
he recollected himself instantly, and 
“lNot that the   ,
asoaceform woe.    ' i  I 
Y w . ,. , 

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“ what has causeithzs  ;,:.. .  «as. 1
y “ Very true," assentedfie-WO l, .  "
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“Yet tittie‘can‘ know thatgst‘ar’s feelings,”
continued Mount Gosline, as he half slipped;
half twiistéd "hmself from hiS‘chair, ’and“‘s"ank
on hislm’ees before Armando, all the timecon-
tin’uing hisziinpassioned‘appeal in a voice which
he considered touching in the last degree.
“ You alone canaspeak the music of the spheres.
Here annoy knees let me await your fist.” ‘

He certainly had not long to Wait, for at, that
moment he caught a glimpse of the old eount—
see, who was approaching him with surprise
and finger depicted on every line of her features.

« With a.‘ muttered exclamation of, “ The
dew.” he commenced industriously‘ to search
about the floor asif seeking something, and
after a moment of most embarrassing silence,
he said: _ a ~
, “ I can’t see it anywhere. I don’t think you
could havo dropped it.” .   » ,

“ Have'y'cu lost anythingir‘ Armande 2” asked
the countess, in asevere tone.

“ The baron thinks I have,” replied Armande,
in a tame which conveyed to the discomfitted
Mount ;Gosline’s car a stern reproof for his
worse than folly: ‘5 but (he is mistaken.
Pray do not trouble yourself; further, baron;
you will never succeed, I [assure you.” I .

“ Whatwas it ?" asked the countess, sharply.

“ A jewehimadame. cut of, my guardvring.”

With some efiort,"  every red jface,

Moustsz 099 W .hifi'f-eeiv Framing ’1
decidedly {assistant 7 ‘“ '

"‘. mom, i  yaquuite redrhingthe
face, Baron, rrsaid‘Armande. '
“Yes,”. hesitated embarrassed man;

“ quite, so. Stooping makes me giddy.”

,“- No, baron,” said Armando, in a low, 
tone which 'ceuldnot be  ; “.giddiness

makes you  You understand me?”
. “ I—I——think so,” and asthe baron backed
out of the. ,rccznlvery much‘likef acur which
had been‘w ’ d be said ’: fI‘ Ladies, '1‘ {ear I
have intrn' 7 a den;  "
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I ’ . Ingry  t‘oher’ son, and
“3°; ‘ 5 (acted wife; was thmkin' ' g ‘ of
the It I —-  er and tax: which her has.
and was es ,, , M nettle asthe man who‘uttered
1. -~  “ 53,. ‘

The Old Whilst, (silence by the
. question: {her  V,  ~I  r
“Whatis , MW£E§£§0  mm, dis.
covers in this'house? '1’!th 33’ m ‘
married femalehere." I II  I,
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rotates .8 answers ' , I, , I I 
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and shethersferepaid no attention Ito the ‘re-
Inert;  recounted herselfin saying, in hu-
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mg‘i‘r’om "the "chair in astonishment,   _
 ‘,‘_ Eergsome'menth‘s; , ~..I havershmvedhié
admiration for Mathil e,” continued the,,91(1
woman, complaceptly. I  '   ‘ "

_ “ ndeed l’,’ said Armande, ,whoifeltithat
some answer was necessary, and whohad risen
from her chair, and was pacing the room in or-
der that she might better, conceal her agitation.

I‘,‘ His constant presence in this house must
have some object; and, perhaps you are not
aware that he visited our ark six months ago.
It was the very morning the 'O’Haras paid us
their first visit.” - , ‘ '

“ George de Lesparre-was there l’,’ cried Ax-
mande, in great excitement, while her face
which was alternately, paling and flushing
would have told the story, had, the old Woman
not been so firmly convinced that her own ver-
sion of the afl’air was the correct one” v _ ‘ 
V j “ I found him with Hector in the park]? re-
plied the countess, looking curiously at her
daughteninwlew. , V .

“ No l” replied Armande, shortly. j

“ I can see all that is going on;”
the old women, with atone of pride at her own
discernment; ' ' ‘ '

“ Perhaps you mistake your wishes for those

of M. de;Lesparre,’.’; suggested Armande.

“I’m no fool, my dear,” and although the '_

words were sweet, the voice was not.

“Clever people are‘never fooled except by
themselves!” replie citrm’a‘nde, bitterl *," and
then nothing was said until old'Lai’ontame enI-

tend with emanate/'1 , . _ - .
“ Mr. George dc   to  if

the Countess Amanda  “receivehim?” .
“At this hour rt enclaimed Amende, in

surpritseand agitatiomfi _  ' ' 

(The count sent me to inquire,” said the

servant, apologetically‘ , ;
“Oblige me, Armando," said the countess,

in her hard, metallic voice which always sent a

shiver cf  over her daughter-insist ,“ I'
am sure be. .for Mathilde.”

9011193 to I{re  8!?

  

,   . ,, . .  de’szoihe was
stint and irresolsfea ;‘  that I shall
be'Plewd-to-seeeiwg,  V  v  ‘ r . y, 
; 4s Lafcntainelett; ’ theipldiconnt-
ess arose from Wimt;wd:.mnhefm
"Now, Armande, I will loge you; but-{it
  velaiscdvery
encouragement to dechre himself. hast 

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band’s ardent wish.   $91.5?)  I I
. Theold, Countess; , or   the
room; and Armando wasalomwighfie mag“

that shé'was to meet mamas-niece by the 7

desire'of her husband“ and his'm' tr, that
fixes to lists); patiently to  he had to . say
“This man ,IOvestSQ' shei’mn‘sefi‘. r “.1 can
no longer'douht it. It washe cinemathme
lines. ' To him my‘a‘ching hem 
sympathy '; sndit ism}? husband’s wishithat I
should * meet ‘him  If I and? 
timid; It to 91m  WW.”

I As George debepr entered the room, he
said :

this hour; but the count-promised tea-join ; me
here." We have an engagement thisevming at
the club}? a . . '~' 
, “.wmtamtionhu a club for sucks mind
83:on1125 i”? asked Armando, as she look“: 

u ery httle, I confess, a, was  answer,

findthenzio prevent, she .kncewvnot, 1: Ar-

mandeamdthe conversation is as I «set

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self to allow her, to passf‘hei? judgment 
his work before he; ventured   
and'as he’did so, saw» the cesium-cf his
novel lying on the table,- L it, was/this autism
in which he had the dines; and: acting
upon the impulse, he pressedé state his lips.
At that moment, Armandle  head,
and-by "the aid of the mirror, samba 
press the volume ardently  Stumbled
by this evidence of affection, although shelled
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fingers and fell to the floor. _ ‘ , A' ~
Turning, {De Eesp‘arre could not but.
stand, the meafiing'of‘it, and the; almost ‘- shim
telligible eXcuse did “ not mend say;
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men mthere  feet; on his knees. [He
add, inother words, what you have uttered. I
did not-choose to understand him, much less to
reply to  But  not pretend to mis-
understand you, because I believe you to be an
honorable manwho say what you sincerely feel,
 do what you, say. ‘ You are of good family,
witha ' h and noble career before you. Do
notsac 7 r .thatand desert your, destiny be-
cause you have dreamed a dream. Do not let
me r roach myself with: having involuntarily
,a ' " infliience on the life of a man whom I
 to respect,‘if he  permit me. Forget
 tooIiSh resolution'to abscond, andlet me
 anyth' , you have said which exceeded
what the frielnng'of my husband should utter,
and his wife should hear. Will you P” ‘
“ Madame—” interrupted George, in a
voice far diflerent- from that in which he had
been speaking, for Armande’s Words were not
dust what   expected to hear.
  theyoung‘wife‘wouldnot allow him to
 herquestion, as sheknew he was about
to o. ‘
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*iee’snd confidence" in yourself to appear, when
{so next canon morass. friend ; I it so, I shall
led to see you—if not—"

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6011 i” sneer‘edHen‘tor “
, “- He‘is going to Japan” , A Z
“‘ Pooh l He wfil wait until he has made up
 mind.” ,r i . .. ‘ r f r I - s

“ Made upmy mind ?” asked Armando, in
surprise. ' r
“ To go with him,” said Hector, plainly.

“ Good heavens l Hector, are you mad ?”
cried the countess, insurprise, and some an-
gar.

“No,” replied Hector, growing more calm,
and speaking with the conviction of a man who
knows of what he is talking, “ but you will be
shortly. I know you will, Armando. You
are not one of those women who can descend
to duplicity ; you will not watch for a conve-
nient moment to escape from your home, cov-
ering your face with a double veil, and return
calme to play an ignoble comedy. No ; you
will take but one step from the hi heat to the
lowest. There will be honesty in your fall,
and courage in-your shame.”

“ Hector, you insult me I” cried Armando,
indignantly. - , -

“ I don’t care, if I save you,” was the de—
termined reply. , '

Just then Ar’mande heard her husband’s step
in the ante-room, and she had time to utter a
word of warning before heentered.

“ Ah, Hector I” exolaimed Rodolph. “How
goes it, old fellow 1’ When did you return to
the world 1’” « ’

r“ This morningfi’, re lied Hector, as he shook
the count warmly by the hand.

“ I am glad to see you back,” and Rodolph’s
words Were sincere. Then looking around the
room as if in search of'some one, he asked:
“ Where’s De Lesparre ?”

“ I frightened him away,” ' said Hector, ' in

rather a constrained manner, which caused

Rodolph to gaze curiously at him fora moment
and then to turn the conversation by saying :

“ So you have, turned up once more. And
what have  been. doingwith yourself down
below“ there 'in- Switzerland-'1’-  the
dreadiaén‘inh’abitantspeh ? ' Come, confess you
have cafried‘ofl’ sbm‘e shepherdess of the Alps."

“‘fYo‘u arena bad 'asgevér, .‘Ro<ilolph,”-i said
Hector. “ “'YOu‘thinkithere is nothing sedans
in the world—pleasure is your only pursuit. ”.

,V .“3 And note/bade rofession «either, ' if you
onlysucceed at it,” ughedthe count.- -

“Do you never reflect that. a time must
vowel”. , t  I ~ . ' '
3*“:Nerer, and; that‘s'thereasen'thetimewnev-V,

'9“‘Her‘is-"£qtiite~in"f "giblefi’jHéetor said'to

" : Armando; “sigh

_ meanness must“ get on m’arriéagt
ssa‘Rddolphs’hslfeeriosslr»".anfi alternating?
1y: “ ‘Arxnande, you must look out a wife 'for
I o - ..” r I r I. , , . . , v

was repiied Hesth 113335157.’ with a7

vehemence' that was unusual for'hmn . .
« “Kareem!” leashedfiodelrh “What
a ,dissolute. young dog! methane the princi-
plesrou. brine backfromfiwueexlands??? » : »
,: Blaeide shook  head as he answeredzw ,
",They are those I learned in .Paris, where
marriage seems _ ta demoted“. the noblest
natures.” ‘ “ ' I. i
 ;Thelaughwith,which Rudolph greeted the
remarkwas both, long and loud, ; z. I,  3
- ,:  he. ssid, turning to  wxfet
“are you not horrified?” . , ,4
=';"“~You' go 'intois'ociety,” continued Hector,
without  noticing- . shimmering“ merrimenti
“ Have you no eyes to perceive wrists: taking

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. Mugar‘gn’?’ ‘wdnt‘hesoounty age/he, .léafied
   “I
have just ten minutes tgegivgzyon.‘  The air of
“Wtwlsudehm stimuli  system."

' ' Hector was determined to  outst
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“A vortex,” _' added Rodolph, as Placide
‘ v" I know the Word~v0rt°10f dissi-
pation." ' ' ’ ‘ i ,

“Where these, captivating virtues become
so many sources of temptation to the heartless.
She is said to belong tothe man whose name
she bears. ‘ You can easily recognize him.
amidst the crowd around her, {for he, is the
only one who does not admire, who pays her
no attention, who affords her no protection——
that’s the husband.” 4

“Then, there’s'the other man,” interrupted
the count. “ I see what you are coming to—
always present, always attentive, always de-
voted, adoring and adorable. Thatis the lov-
er. Society is composed of dozens of such
social arrangements. What then?” ' ,'

“Well.” said Hector, while his voice was
harsh, but earnest, “when {see this, when I
see the husband encouraging the attentions of
these lovers, goodehumoredly assisting in ‘his
own dishonor, leading the wife to the edge of
the precipice dorm which one half of his life
must fall with ghee—on catastrophe theris the
only person who does not foresee: (Well, I say,
if such blindness is the' natural grthb and
effect of wedlock, Heaven defend me? from
marriage." . : 1 ; A
v In his excitement, Hector began to pace the
room with a nervous step, which only excited
Rodolph’s merrim'ent the more. 

“You speak like a hook. Hector, the \‘bar
regrets you, the pulpit has lost an ornament.
There is a- vigor in your verbs, and a. warmth
in your adjectives that is quite croiting. Nev-
ertheless, society will go on‘emctl ~ as before."
Then, turning as if by accident, godolph took
up the bouquet of flowers, ' end said  :
9‘ What avcharxniag bouquet, .Whoimught
you theseiovelyflowers, Armandeidiig a» ,
’, '“Que‘sgf andéthere‘wa‘s a trphhledf‘lbokwin
Armdnde’s eyes as she spoke thew/bra: : _'

“Int me see,” mused Rodolph; “then:

been here this evening; Lapses—4;”  gas
if stru‘ckby 'a sudden thought,  , -
1y: “SuzanneO’Hm.” . ""“‘:*"', . \ . '” 
_ “Yes, it was Suzanne,” replied
quietly... v: “Shaves here ashes! useltgj,  ,-
. ‘E‘Youeshould: put. it in untangl’ziand
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he looked at his watch, Rodolph said : “ Why,
it’s ten o’clookl I must be. ofl’f'

Armando noticed‘the attempt at deception,
but her voice  very  mim.mly
a‘gkedi‘:  ,  , ,. »  1;  "1,",  g ,‘ H

 are yousoins‘to the emf?! V .~   *‘
, 91 think I shall "look‘fin 7 at  e, thgater ;"
and again , did he try arrest, a  which
Wasventirely foreigumm“; thoughts- . f‘, I
or it, 'I, hays not seen f'Crispinb;‘ ‘ “I’ll go
” “Yéu' we sing to the Opera?” mid-segues

‘ Armg. 6,318 she arose from her seatuwhifllegher

face is nched to the whiteness'of marble}: I
e 1? Hts-7’, and RQdOIph triedto sayit 
Thtnfiumins to Hector, he said? iftflome to
breakfast in the morning, Hector; If it _  not
see y?“ again. Armando, so fighfi-‘nigfitfé: Hém
tel- 17111 stopand chat with   If. ' 2  ,
He startedto. leave, the‘ , mom,   he
reachedthe door) fig  V   gomL
naturally; ,  I,  .     v '
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3“ they ,, _ soéfiéensezrsespsfisot intense
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meet her there tomth ("my

Then she sank, almost lifeless, into a chair.

“ Ah, that 1s Impossible 1” exclaimed Hector,
as he rushed toward her to odor his assistance.

“It was!” ‘ she shrieked. “I see it all.
And they make me, his wife, lay this con-
:gmptible part between them. lilies it come to

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.She could not weep, for her ride had re-
ceived too deep'a wound to a mit of tears.
Her very life-blood seemed to stagnate in her
vgms, whileher mouth became dry and parch-
e . ~ .
“ Hector, give me a glass of water 1” she
gasped. _ - _

“You are pale; shall I call assistance ?”
asked the young man, in great agitation.

, “ No~water-’-—water~—-that’s all l”

He gave her the cooling draught she craved,
and as she drained the glass, he asked:

~ “Are on better now ?” - -

“Yes, ’ she replied: wearily; - “my heart
does not choke me so muchas it did just now.
I am better—better. ” '

As if to prove the truth: of her assertion, she
arose to her feat, steadying and supporting
herselfby the table.» Then, “as she rang the
bell furiously, she asked: " o r - ' I

. “Did? 2‘  herein a ' e?” "
:“Yes,- ’ replied Hector hesitatingly,for he
essedwhat would 'foltewC? " It renewing;

it is only a common hac .” ,

“ much the better,” replied the countess,

' " ' . while the blue lips shut themselves
closely,- as if to; keep in any moan which the
 at her heart might try to make her‘utter.

“In response, to. the bell, the servant—Ar-
mando’s ’ "  {entered the romp}:d '

“‘1 "1  '.  armaments . Very
rapidslgas if feann’ , " 3 her strength ,wo d fail
  igihe hadtime to‘finish, ‘f bring me
 somehow p, 1', «select theplalnest.” a
- :Andasfie was aboutto, leave the room; "
Wde’stopp‘ed'her With: ’ 1‘ " ‘ , , ,'

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“wooed gracious, Armando! what are you
going to do ?? cried Hectorfin amendment. '

"‘"I sm'g‘oing' 'fo't’hé‘dpéx‘afi said, , I , ,.
 “into the gallery, than I shall'not {be
r‘ desalted“... an; sense seje withny own
I. Eli's? . Vt   as *Vdflav, “perhaps. "has seen for

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., 5i ewmuet; not gol’hlcommanded Hector.

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'dsser’me'toeosept  business." 1 s r -

“ Yourmust  sue teed-firmly. as
she tookvths-   the manteland threw
It 3,1901% the 1199?  that may one be
found in a woman 1 ~ V ; _, I “ »
TWO or three ewe sue-pa fed wildly across‘
the room» stream at}? a they. or the girl.»
who in reahty baa basaehsentbntsn blatant;
and then all? ventilate”; ta: suns mom. i '

“ Oh, Lord!” groaned Heston-asshe was left
alarms “What is to. 'be'done? she is right in'
hertxsuspioions; I know she will fisgovep-
‘BWhingterrible, and there willbaa’ devils):
:mwtandlaxs hermit/"5M , s. .. =  » 
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the rested upon: the bouquet whmhAmande,
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\ mantle from discovering her. husband‘s; treach-

 wronged her husband, and she resolved at. the

y p , how fruitless‘hls love-making would be.

; not‘weary the reader With uninteresting, de-

with the sight -'

. He had hardly finished writing, short as the
note was, when Lafontaino entered. '

Hastin folding the card and placing it in the
bouquet, where it could be seen readily, be
said hurriedly to the servant:

“ As you value the welfare and happiness of
your, mistress, jump into my cab, which you
will find waiting be ow at the door, take this
bouquet to the opera, ask for Miss, O’Hara’s
box, and deliver it into her own hands. Do
not utter a word to a mortal, nor lose a
moment !” ,

Silently the old man obeyed, and had not
Hector actually pushed him out of the room,
Armando would‘have Seen his retreating figure
as she re-entered.

“ I am ready,” she said, impatiently.

“ Lafontaine tells me my ‘cab has gone
away,” said Hector, without even blushing at
the lie he was telling. “ The man left word
that he would call at my hotel for his fare.”

“ No matter,” cried Armando, grasping him
by the arm; “let us walk‘l”

“ In your thin shoes?” exclaimed (Hector,
in order to delay their departure as longas pos-
sible, that Lafontaine might be more sure of
arriving there ahead of them. ' “ .You will
catch your death , of cold." I

" Oh! if I could have died of cold I’d have
been in my grave a year ago,” she said bitterly,
at-the eame time trying to urge Hector along;
and then, seeing that he Was not disposed to
go, she added quickly: . ’ '

“ If‘you object to accompany me, I shall go
alone.” ' ’ v .

Hector saw that it was useless for him to re-
sist, and he followed her much as the burned
child goes to the fire. _ -

“Out into the bitter cold of the winter night,
while the winds whistled about her and the
damp snow chilled her to the very bone, this
young wife went to test her husband’s fidelity.

Would Lafontaine reach the opera and do;
liver the banquet in‘ time to save thiswornan
from thewreok of  andpezthapsof honor?

Afewmoments would decide all. ' ' .

mama’s , ,d‘plan in regard“ sending the"
us preventing Ar.

ery,sacoeeded, and thus for ‘a “while was the
unablebetWeen man and wife arrested. ZAr-
menus retu'rnedthome believing that she had.

firstepportunity to show George-do Lesparre

'That opportunity occurred sooner than she
thought itwould, and in. order that we may

tails, we will pass over the few. weeks which
follpWod ’Armand'e's almost  visit , to the
opera phguge, and introduce them to a ball
which Was being, given by the Baronessde la‘
Rieonniere to her “ dear five hundred friends.”

The company had- been assembled several
hours, when the gentlemen.  more espe:
cially Suzanne’s reputed brother, Major O‘Hara, »
evinced a desire for a. game of cards-I ‘ . .
Aschmmiug, little , stateroom, immediately
adjoining the ball-room, was at the disposal, of;
those who wished to resflt?) enamel-«es by ‘ a
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Mount Gosline, after the gains had been in
p ‘ regs abouthteeginlilinutes. ‘

‘ 0,” rep ' 't e Irishman, confidently;
‘ ‘ honors run in my tamily. The O'Esruwsre
kings and ueens.” . . "  r

“ Were ere any knaves amongst them; ma.
1'01; flanked Igount Goslinlfi a sarcasm ' tine.

, you 0 1 on w' vs your  e,"
replied the good-marred major, determined not
to take ofiense at anything. '

“ But this time I think ’I beat you.”

“ Play,” and O’Hara's tone was that of a
man who is certain that he will 

Mount Gosline ‘played the king of hearts.

O'Hara trumps '

“You have no heart '1’” asked” Mount Gosline,
in astonishment. ,

“ Divil a one,” replied the Irishman, as he
played his card and called “ two odd tricks and
gam . That was double or quits. Will you try
anot, er 1’” '

“No,” replied Mount Gosline, dryly, as he
arose from his seat. “I only wanted to see
the odd trio .” Thong? as he received. the
mogey which had been staked and lost, O’Hara
sal :

“A thousand thanks I I’ll go.  you 
at the other little e—the game of love.
How doesthat come in ? The  
countess, I mean.” ' _ ‘ j .   ‘

“ My dear fellow,”‘said"Monn£.  ' _ ,. . ' ,
meet patronizing tone, “I neveriha‘d‘ytlte surefi-
est weakness in that quarter. “So ;Ifres_pect
Rodolph too much. I am’ an  ofthe
daughter.” '

 

ly, and as he gave his companion what we“ in-

tended to be a sly poke in the ribs, he  =

“ There’sa pot of money in that 

See hora’now.  I’ve some mfiu‘ r with the

count through a person to whom he can 

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f " gof wild fowlfcallyed Patrick Hen-
nessyvonee flourished.“ 'Do you know, such a
pawn? 1..     .
1""“‘Hennessy—:‘Hennessy ?” repeated O’Hara,
as if, the name so‘unded familiar tohim. “ To
bé‘éure’l’y'e met that name'sOme'where.”
.  ” s on a brandy bottle," suggested
Hector,  a laughin which all joined. ,
' “Weir,” continued flacide, “Imarked‘ down

 
   

fie beguiife as a banker’s clerk'in'Mullengar,
spocdla’ted" and , borrowed of the till; then he

missionéd oficer, deserted withsomeregimen-
; r _ talfnndgand , turned up next in Vienna, as
T courier to Prince Kotzikofl.” ' ‘ W '
 ,During, Hector’s recital, O‘Hara’s face was a
5: study? Try all hewould, he could not pre-
; ' vent‘the flush which would overspread his
face" at each incident in his life which was be,-
ing re eated so accurately. But at last he

swered’vfith“’aoareless laugh: V 1
533,112, ye divilsl Isee what ye’are at.
is" ‘ a bet. ‘You have got a. bet beWeen
r yonwtomystify me, . Go on now—I’m aquil to
the airo’ ye.” , fi ‘
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 wetness, but Hector has resolved to
drigo  out of thsmciety into which, by the
aidfgtgoaflffederate, Suzanne, he had gained
an  he continued with his stery:

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“‘ I‘sa'y, ” whispered Mount Gosline to Hector,
“ if I were you, I’d take no. notice Of anything
such a fellow. said." . I ‘ .
' “ He addressed you,” ansWered Hector; in
the same low tone. I
7 “ Of course. but I could not take it up, I don’t
belong to the family,” and Mount Gosline spoke
as though he had settled the matter, so for as
he was concerned. ‘

With aslight bow, to the Irishman, the two '

mensauntered into the conservatory, leaving
O’Hara to his triumph. - . '

~--GHAPTER XIII.

ALTHOUGH O’Hara had, for the moment, the
best of those who were trying to expose him,
he did not feel at all comfortable, and when Ar-
mando and Suzanne , entered from the ball-,
room, he found the opportunity to whisper 'to
the latter: ‘ ‘

“ We 'must be of! There’s a? couple 'of,
blackguards here throwing stones incur swm-I,
and disturbing the fishes”, ‘ ’ e - ,

“My dear Pat,” said Suzanne, decidedly,“
“you may go, butI shall remain. I'have a
world'of things to do. , I'am/ sitting for» my
likeness to Giraud, and shallbe exp0sed at ‘ the
academ next spring.” _

I “ I’ .be exposed in the papers next Week,”
answered the major,‘wi‘th a wry face. . ,

‘ ‘9 My dressmaker has j ust,taken my measure, ”'
insisted Suzanne. , ‘ I , , , ., '

‘ ‘ The police have taken mine,’ ‘added O’Hara. .

. This little by-play was disturbed by Manda,
who proposed to Miss O’Hara that they return,
I The .majorhardly caringhto enter with them,
fer fear thatHector’s accountmf  early, 
had been madefpuhlic, walked intothe .0011.
Senate I just, atthemonzent George De. Lose

parrefe cred theantegroom. , I' ,
gHector, sandingunder the-shrubberyr where
he could see all that tooktplaoe intheroom, r. a.
ticed that Armando made a signal to «De Les-
parre, and he resolved to, prevent, it possible,
any secret meeting between the two. '

De Le e seated himself at the table, and
as he‘di so, Armando ,turnedmith anairrof
vexation, and said, as she held herhand out . to.
De‘Lespgrrtsl‘. * d L m .,

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Then movingnearer the door, Hector 
herwhis‘pera" v \ ' ’ . "

“Meetme here in five minutes. .Contriva‘
that I shall see you alone?  Sup,
zannefs area, the We entered the .ballrroom
again. ' “ '. , ‘

Hector came in from the conservatory, and
seated himself a short distance from where De
Lespan'e was carelessly turning the cards.

It was nearly time for Armando to return.
Not a. word had been spoken by either of the
men, and Easter evinced no intention of leav-
ing the room. ‘ ‘

"Are you not going into the ball-room 1‘”
asked De Lesparre, after a few moments of pro-
found silence. ’ « ' 

“ No !” replied Hector, curtly.
t “ 1%]?! you prefer to remain in the conserva-
 7 - .

“ Yes—like a flower.”

George was in d fr. He must at Hem
tor out of the room, ut how to “do it e“ could
not tell. , ' ‘ * ‘

After server: awkward'eflenee be; are”,
looking into the‘balleroom, sci : ‘

and,

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asked De Lespan-e, now almost ,e erated. ;
. “ NO, you doth-l”. said. Hector, knowingjhat
George only wanted to .get. out long
enough to give him the slip, and‘ret’urn to the"

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De LeSpan-e was about ‘ to  one more;
attempt, when Mathilde entered the room, ,. ' '
.At first she didnot see Hector, but went aup:
to De Le'sparre saying :. "   '. . I
” "‘ Where is he ?——I beg pardon, M; De-.I£es-,
parre, but have you seen— ’.’» then noticing
Hector, she exclaimed: “Ah, Hector, my.
dear cousin, how glad I am you are back again i» 4

, I want you to do me a favor.” .

“I shall only be too happy,” replied Hector,
ood-naturedly; but his face belied his words.
lg-Ie feared that she would ask of him something
which wouldnecessitate his leaving the room, '

and that he was opposedto doing. '

“I was engaged for» this quadrille,” said
Mathilde, "and my partner has evidently for.
gotten me, and I’m sitting out.” 1

“Who is the monster-i”,  . I , .

“The baron. You‘seevthatxl oanittiose- the
dance, and I shall have to make you dog”  ‘

. “Mo! Tu dot”. ,xexolaimed Hector.- inosuiu
pnse.   ' f.‘

“Yes, 've me'yOur‘arm.” r A  . 

“But assure ;you,"I don’t know the fig»
guitar" objected Hector, earnestly. “I shall
onlyhe laughed at.” . , , . r '  

“Figu‘reor no figure,” said Mathilde, pet-
fishly.i“‘1can'tesit "on my chair [like a Wall
flower; Don’t.;.be illanatured and selfish, Hoe-r
tor.”  .   '

 was more than Placide  hear, .The
girl beloved accused  of beingillpnatured;
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remit; Therefore he oflemdtherhic‘ arm,.,, and ,
went towards "the ball-roomeeithoush. it” 
not‘with 'ayv’ery good‘grace that he did so; ’ ,

Heihad- .just reached the dco,’  who" ’ en-I
tahy’cursingthe and fate whic  __
to give De Loo arre" theopportunity was" so ‘ .
anxious for; w outta baron met  “the

door. , . ,  , V ,
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the next lustant’thefiight-hege‘d     the ‘
balleroom. . . -. ,. ,, ._, i  ‘ ' ‘
‘ George was nowin Hector

triumphant. . V r I
But their feelings were vety‘aqfiIOHy rammed
when the baron». new the room and said
to Hector: ‘ ‘ '
“You are so good-natured, Hector,  I
knowyou willdomeafavor." ,  ‘.  
“ With pleasure." replied Hector, tellin one,
of those society hes w ‘ch are so essen to;
the he iness of others. ‘ ‘ ‘ ~
u _ you dance this
don't mind askin you,
late, and can‘t fin a mm.
“‘ My dear madame, I don’t
ex Isitiulated Hector. '1!” had” -  -'
" ueh outhrmg, rep' '  7
tom 3 his aim before he could 
word, and as a foreteste of what 
through ” would be. she pulled  a
the doorway, aud’fairly forced-W' MO 0
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CHAPTER XIV.

AFTER Hector and the baroness left the room
De Lesparre had not Iongto wait for Armande’s
coming.

De Lesparre believed that the meeting was
appointed in order that he might once more
declare his love,,but such was not the case.
Armande, believing that she had wronged her
husband in regard to Suzanne, was anxious to
atone in some manner for the thoughts of
wrong she had had against him, and she be-
lieved that she should begin by showing to De
Lesparre how vain his love for her was.

And it was to that end that she spoke as soon
as she entered the room.

“M. De Lesparre,” and she spoke quickly,
as if half doubting her strength to conclude
what she was determined to say, “ was I wrong
to place you in my esteem as highly as I have
done? Was I wrong to believe you sincere,
honest and noble?”

“Thank heaven, there’s an end to that!”
said Armande, fervently, as Do Lesparre left
her, and went out slowly, more convinced than
ever that he should win in the end.

For several moments she stood in deep, and
perhaps bitter thought, which was interrupted
by the entrance of Hector, who, as soon as the
dance was concluded, had hurried back in order
that he might be in time to prevent any love-
making between his friend and the countess.

“You are alone,” he said, in surprise, as he
entered; “how pale you are.”

“ Yes,” replied Armande, in a voice that
trembled despite her efl’orts to appear uncon-
cerned, “ he has gone.”

“That’s well,” said Hector, with a sigh of
relief. “ Now I feel comfortable. I felt a
sense of———”

“Of oppression,’ interpolated Armando.

“ Just what I mean," replied Hector, hardly
knowing what he said. “You have done the

right thing, my poor Armando; listen to me.

 

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as the countess entered the room, stiff and
prim in her belief that she was constituted of a

much better and more refined clay than those

around her. “ I’ll begin with her.” *

“ If you can repair her,” said Hector, with
a grimace and shrug of the shoulders, “ the
rest will come very easy ;” and he left the room
that Armando might not be embarrassed by
the presence of a third party.

Filled with her newly—born resolution,
Armande went and, kneeling down by the side
of the countess, said, in a voice full of sympa-

path :

“ {4y dearest mother, how fatigued you
must be ?”

For a moment the old conntess looked at her

daughter-in-law in astonishment, and then in a '

hard, sharp voice, replied: * .

“Yes, I am. I hope this will be the last
mob of this kind I shall find myself mixed up
with.”

“How glad I shall be to get back to the ’

dear old house at home 1” said Armando, deter-

“ My bracelet has come unfastened; can you fix it tor me ‘2" said Armando. extending her arm to De Lesparre.

“What have I done," he asked, “to bring
these cold reproaches to your lips ? What has
happened? Have I brought trouble to your
home, 01' minors? to your breast? Heaven
knows I have not! You bade me approach you
as a friend—«I have done so.” ‘

“ Then I was Wrong," said Armando, sadly,
“and I cheated my own conscience and played
the fool with duties which are sacrednl tfifled‘
with your feelings until I wounded my own.”

I “What do you wish me to do ?"’ asked De
Lesparre, and his voice was broken as if with
anguish, so great were his powers of acting.

“‘ Leave this house—my mother’s house—at
once. Leave Paris to-morrow.” .

7‘.‘ Madame——” began George, ma reproach-
ful tone. '

' ,“For my sake,” interrupted Armande.

“I obey,” he replied, as he caught her out-
stretched hand and pressed it passiOnately to
Ms lips. r l

 

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not care for him. You were captivated with
an illusion of your own imagination—not a bit
like that fellow—he is not all your own fancy
painted him—he’s neither lovely nor divine.”

“ No,” replied Armande, “I know it. If I
encouraged his attention, it was more for spite
—-:~from wounded vanity; for I did, Hector ;
I encouraged a foolish infatuation.”

“A doll to nurse," replied Hector, sagely;
“a brainless doll, a thing of wax and sawdust,
just like these men.”

“But my folly has done me good,” contin-
ued Armando. “It has rendered me repentant
towards my husband, whom I have wronged.
A few kind words from him will support me“
and Mathilde, too, I have neglected her. I See
my wrongs, and will address myself to repan'
them; that will give me courage.”

. “ What an angel you are l" ' exclaimed Hector,
in tones of deepest admiration.

“ There’s my mother-in—law,” said Armando, l

 

mined not to be disheartened at the  rebuff.
“ Indeed I will try to make you happy there,
and devote myself—J'

“ We shall see,” interrupted the old woman,
in much the same tone which she would have
used had she accused Armando of telling» a
falsehood. “ Where is M . De ,Lesparre ?" ,

This was more than Armando could bear,
and rising from her humble position she said,
as she moved haughtily to the other side of the
room : ~

“ He was here a. few moments ago.”

“You were speaking with him 1’"

“ Yes. ”

“.He has relinquished all idea of marrying
Mathilda ?” said the old Lady, sharply.

“ I really do not know,” replied Armando in
no little confusion. “ I mean—J think—I sup.
pose—"

“ Ah, well?” interrupted the countess, in a

 

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tones!er indigmtien;
your own new for
“ fly. on 
with Want “;  “I. do not understand."
9?!de he giadto think you  not,” re-
tortc’d theoldlady  . , I y
We heart wounded .by theinsin.
new Ind she could not repress the cry of pain
which these cruel words wrung from her.
“:,4h,,mther——mother 1” she cried, “ if you
 unjust, how cruelyou are at this
moment. u would speak mere kindly to one
who  your sympathy."
‘1‘, _ -’ exclaimed the countess in the
utmost derision, “ I know this, that you have not
learnodirrnofvels the duty of a wife .nor the cir-
 o; awoman of rank, and you fail
g: mgnés name; heforle the world as I
we  J I H e .ittoyou. am not lind."
it"uéfistm 1039 e .
from out the anguish of her wounded heart.
“ .  my heart find shelter?"
j ginanawer to .her question, Mathilda en-
thorOOm in order to get a glass of water.
As soon as she had’qn’enched her thirst she
turned to 0, but“ the countess detained her.
‘ “ Math' do, do not leave mewgive me a few
moments!” she p " y
“I shall lose my place if I stop,” said the
youn girl, thoughtlessly. ) ‘
“' ell  that you love me!” insisted Ar~
mande, eager tor one cheering word.
do love they, don’t you ?"
“Of  I do,” said 0 Mathilde, eager:
return to"‘the scene of her
what noisense you are indu

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Mathilde’s :care as answerej‘ “W hum
your hearts-«you have one.” ‘

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breath, and said
. 7W? ‘ you more arm:
‘  2 uxdone‘with Mathilde?!’
 V _  in per-
‘  “she was
r _ ' , with redstripes.
I gaveittoxher.’ I caught sight of on in the

distance» Yoth  her.” '
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“perhapeyouhrve: 
mywishes”

°mma _m‘ a; ;

rkxndgword'l” cried Arinandm

triumphs. “But ‘
4 «n y 

’ - /With all the fury ofa woman scorned she,

_;‘,“‘I really mistoOlc you for
almmn _ '.

face that ‘

lanterva Midtth erepliedmayguilty, 

“.See! new is,‘  with game
At this-moment Susanne 0' are. entered. the
 {from the  while Rodolph’s

( back was turned.

, The count did not see her, but Armande saw,
andthe'sight seemed to pierce her very heart,
that Suzanne wore a white burnous with red
stripes. '

It was she, then, instead of Mathilde, with
whom Rodolph had been walking with his arm
around her waist. ,

Rodolph turned to his wife and said:

“Go on, Armando; our mother interrupt
ed a most loving avow . , What were you say-

ln H
’fiut Armando stood like some statue, with
her hand pointing-in the direction where “Su-
zanne stood. '
“ Look!” she almost hissed. , ,
Rudolph turned, and understood the situa-
tion at once. '

 

CHAPTER XV. , _

IT was the entrance of Suzanne O’Hara

which hadmrnnmande’s exolamation, and
seemed teapotrify?"msjdolph. '

v r I :4 ordinarily anything in

 p a: which would cause alarm

:fl‘  ‘5',"ut she wore Mathilde’s burnons

eifiaewmte'one with red stripes—and ’Armande

  
    
    

remembered the words her motherhad spoken
 to herih‘usband:  ‘   I

‘ , “You had your arm around her.”

Rodolph broke the silence whic I I
Susannesentranoe ; but hens-poke in ‘ ”
hesitatifi’g'manner that, had krmande ‘

saintly. v y l v
_ “, Armando,” he said, “ I-,-I assure you
“But his wife would not ,ailowéhim

walked past him and confrontedthe-we
who had robbed hervof a husband  '
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neceri’flvlgflfltisherefif .ggp  ‘
as  greener hushed a s ‘

  

   
    

  
 

    
  

‘    3
she faced her husband, “ for ties “air 18
so. Thisis but the last drop

L Hf”?
ways

Outragj‘f' ed by yoifr lindrf" eri
have seenye’n-traW'
all undes_£obt;;"10r

last fiVe years ‘P I
once; by your contempt, I
pie your faith, your honor,
five . ‘
turn ture in our house, a thing embroidered

now you bruise my woman‘s heart and 
my pride, I cannot suppress a cry or 
tionuyou fling mean excusewa he i“: . I J

I ‘” Armando Phercleimed Rodolph, butvhis
wife wouldnothsten; ,. r   5'. iv
“ Oh! you have applied- the torture, 
mid.  pageants!” ‘ c and you' have got: the

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mere-proof, it would have convinced [W Mfg;

more eloquently' f C than words ,
’ “Shh, was “ enough  g 1;  may? ,
eétglihly,  was gmngt‘o,‘ ,-

w? are; 

tn
what you please i; shall  excuse nor

-  it; its excuse and pallia‘fion‘is the past.

,, ’lverear: 'rou'hm  w.
_ or sympathies by  before the rworldlas
a victim“ as a snflering. wife. 9 You 
our friends to re ard; you, as 
heaven," and hereioddph’s voice grew honi-
cal, and 'the'sightgof his wife, summery shim
with the conscidusness of having been wrohged,
only served‘to make hith'm‘ore‘  and hita
ter, “whose devotion and delicacy my gross
and Niger soul was incapable c: appreciating.
That irresistible, seating for“ compassion '5 in-
duced you to seekitein your servants ; no tari-
bute was too poor. Armando, i ’ u‘ ceasedto
be a wife the moment you We your wrongs
into your neighbor’s house ; then'you lost the
right to reproach met’f ' , "1 ' ' w . ,
“ I have at least the light  to ’ return to?
your house, where my dignity as a; woman its _
insulted by ’the‘ infamy of  sin :11th a
the 7 _ contemptible jnStrumentg ”" "iiéplied f AW? - '
'mande, 'bit'terly." '1 “’I shall remain under '
the protection of my mother.”   1'  x  :‘
“ You talk nonsense,” said Rodolph, without
an accent either of anger or love in his voice ;
“ you will do nothing of the kind; you will not
raiSe any such scand provoke ;commisera-
11 not“ do as you
 usband ; and you
’nd hell not per-

     
 
   
   
    
   
  
 
   
   
 
  
 
 
  
    
  
 
   
     
 
 
  
    
 
  
  
      
  
  
    
 

 

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tact-flows:
my cup of misery,’  you explain awayithe- m
cars you have treated me! as a piece 01‘ a
twith your initials and your coronet ;-and when. P“

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we re   You‘domt
hogthr“ ' “on’the‘vérsefior‘whtsh we
  

ttln's‘moment, as’iifsent-by sortie evil
' ’ ‘ entered the room unobsemd,
” , t , _ i passed between
you both. heard his bittertaunts, and your

road rem so to vindicate. your outraged

onor." .

Then/th saw George reach forward
andfélaizp kmande's hand in his despite her
resistance“, and he heard his wife say: '

“u no. Leave-re, I implore
me  lido not know what I do.”

"Amanda, I love you, ”' was Do Lesparre’s
fervent avowal. and then Rodolph‘ could Wait

no er.  t r  ‘
B‘lle, fd notsto , to think that he had made
the same avowe’lp to many wwnen without a
thought' ‘ ‘ ‘
little stroll in the garden, and subsequent.
exposure by his mother-in-law, and. Suzanne
herself—Lilo thought of nothing save that some
one was whi  'words of, love into his un-
loved-wife’s“ howilfi'ng, ear, and he felt that his
honor-«Wasiohti‘aged, I v » '
Seizing Armando. roughly by the, arm, he.
said, as his  flan"  towards the deer:
“ Go intiiflthei  !’-’ ‘andth‘en .turnin
to De Lespme,"Wh0‘was standing with averte

head like thé?"guilty,* bose‘Wretchrthat he was, «

he said, while his voicewas almost choking
with‘rage: ’ ., . . ~

“A word With you, sir.”  ‘ =

Arnaande hardly comprehended what had.
occurred?  like‘one suddenly strick-

en'by massed: the sun-Lglddy, taint, and
almost blind. " ' ‘ '

“What? ‘Gow‘éwhei-eewhat’vdo you mean '3"
shemoane'd.   V ~ ‘g . u

,Rodolph went towards her impatiently, and
aloe 'ng her firmly by the arm, half-dragged,
hedged her to the ball-room door," and said,
as he opened the heavy doors:

j“Go"ihto that room—go at once. You can
returnin‘a few minutes if you like.” I ‘

Still Armando did not understand what he
meant-  for the time, completely

unsettled; and she leaned in utter weakness ‘

against the pan’elizr s.
Rodol 'htook’ hol
ed her, see; the room with no gentlexf’orce.
. errhbthlie man who had on very many
different occasions neglected and wronged his
wife; with a stern, * angry.look,ut0\verd
‘tm‘mwhohm dared to say to the Countess
Chandoee r1 love you."

V enema XVI. ,
-Fenser‘eral moments the two men looked
rull'into each other-ls; faces. the one with
 hatred at him who had dared
gmevdhisém unlogedziil‘e, and the other
.  V  , itter atr at the man who
memennwue.’ - 1» ~ 

 the 1 some by saying:
s.  “8 We“ ,
nag: um my wife’s
 W . more "a matter'aubther
preteen:qu  sample's roier
'trembledwnhtheinteneity announce. ‘

“Mm m1 please.“ dime" said Do Lose
W}. .emny.  _, _ 
:Hfiethere!" and Count Onondaga
 use .... - W” “d
*‘r ‘ny es ' ‘ i ,‘anslforthth
A small room, as if scammgslngmmeiu:
the  sensed his fuse. and caused
 tlnoh asrif itwould burstits can.
 he stepped. to thetable atw , 
no  was , and 3: 
was   said,“ no moraine

.tmmtssmumiszwmitmw ~  ‘ "

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the money. v “ Are you losing ?"

you to leave .

ofhis wifeyvhe‘did not remember his -

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maul-soda . resilientlde Noam. 
a    1 
Goslino, _ who came almOst immediater 

being summoned, and found the Count Chan»
dove Seated Opposite De Leavers» at the @516»
-‘ «Betrayed a thouSand hoses to [lend me 1’" ed

askedJRodolph of Heston. ;‘ _:  , y .

" With pleasure, ” said Hectareshe produced
. ‘p‘De Lesparre’s luck is wonderful,” said
Rodolphe, with an efl’ort toappear calm. Then
throwing some money, on the table, he said to

George: . , . ‘* ' >

“ ifteen hundred ‘francs on, this game I"
“As you please," replied De Leoparre, 
his face 'was as colorless as marble. _

, “Bodalph,” expostulated‘ Hector, as he saw
his friend make a false'play,‘ “_ youa‘re 
play like that ; no wonder you'lefie!” ,

Count Chandoce took :10th of his friend’s
advice, but continued to play recklet’ssly.' i
While they were 'so engaged, ,sevmlf of the
guests, headed by O’HaraL-eirho had, nqdoubt,
scented achance to lay a. wager—entered the
10de , ' y;  ,3 .r
, The opponents were just coxnniencing a new

game. ‘ ,  _~_ , w v
: “We will, make, it double or quite ;r three
thousand," said Rodolph.. . ‘. '

De Lesparre bowed. _, What the stakes were
did not afiect himr since the ultimate result was
to be bloodshed. .

Meanwhile Rodolph continued to talk, more
to keep his anger, within bounds than for any-
thing else. " " _

“ I tell you 'tis v luck,” he said, “ nothing
more! 2 It will turn in my favor next deal.”

The game was played, and De Lesparre won.

“Lost again!” exclaimed Rodolph. “That
is two thousand I owe you,” he said, thinking
that‘the time had come to begin the quarrel. 7

“ Three,” said De Lesparre, quietly.

f; I say it was two I” exclaimed the counten-
8‘1’1 3’ ‘

It

Rodolph was forced to admit that it was
three, or involve himself in a quarrel with his
victim.

“ Deal!” he said hoarsely, as he pushed the

cards over to his opponent.

Anxious to-turn an honest penny, the gal-

lant Major O’Hara reposed to back the dealer ,
Mount :Gosline accepted '

ten napoleons, an
the wager. - _ 4  . v
“ I’ll take’ten to one, he’ll  the king,”
continued the major. ‘v
“Seven to one is

“Done, for the love 0’ sportll’.
O'Hara, and De Lespa’rre turnedthewtrump
card. which proved to be a '-

Now was Rodol h’s time, an he  
diets advantage it. ” ', f . . e

“Ste l” he cried, angrilyfis'heeroseirom,

the. tabs. ." Your loch, sir, no. longer sur-
Prises me.”  <‘ e . a -- v  a y, p
with exclamation oi astonmhnrent burst from

“ . t, do _ ashes Linens.
Gasoline, as he ~arose from his chair and
confronted Chandoee. . , v ‘ ’ -

- “ Play the hand out, ” Suggested O’Hara, who
was anxious to win the rest of the * money )he
had stakedonthe game. _., '1 " *-  '.

“’Tie useless,"  ,Rodol’ ;; “the
cards are marked! this man isa bloc cg."
As he spoke these words, which as hard-
as one man can say to‘ another, and thus uh-

Ii branded the  whom he  , had
A , _.ored  he threw'the‘emis- into 
Lel‘lgllj   .. V ’ i v A ‘ v » ‘   .

   

   
  

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ree'! I’ll be On my oath it‘wasthree,” _ .
interposod O’Hara, who'loved to see fair play--
,when anyOne else was playing. ‘ -

. I V . _ I ‘thatthatnight's work  that: 
the odds" said'Mount a

‘ GM“; “1’31giveyoneishsehowemm , _. . "While she was thus engages  

'tered. He was cold, stern, and

< prideto-her rescue, saddle ; _ 
. standingin sucha 'mannerthat,  not

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happened,   it, for she  ’
encompasses ‘have you done i” use 

ingthe look. of_ determination upon be: him.

“ band’s face,” she'fihkffupon her knees, and

holding out her hands iniplorin‘gly, cried :.
“ Oh! for my sake+n0¢—" anathen,’ happily
for her, her strength. failed, 
fainted. . ' - ~   "
Just then Mathilde entered without
heard anything of the trouble,“ and pausing
her'dway' through the Wondering  also
one .:‘  1‘   ”
. “What is the matter, Armando l’" and use ',
shevsaw the countess lyingwhere she 

“ 0h; i” cried the young girlftunii‘l n‘
count. “What has happenedifif « '

She received'no answer; buther‘woni‘anly;
instincts tempting (her, she with n her“
knees by t 6 side of her methanand‘ , singling "
lifeless head tenderly, sidelined :i' V '_ ' I

“ She has fainted! 4 Someone“  some
water, quick.” , ' , I   ‘ 

“ Gentlemen," said Rodolph, fix) Hector and
Mount Gosline, while his faCe'e‘xpreimed infinite?
tenderness for his daughter, “‘ I he or e
not to let my daughter [hear one War “of 
hashappened." “ "    .

There was little. need of this caution, for the
Countess Chando‘ce’s ca ‘ e Was immediately
called, andMathilde assisted, in plmeihg’her
mother in it, holding he'rhead tenderly'dufing '
the drive, while Hector rode on firebox; ' L

This unfortunate occurrence put an end to~
thejestivities, and the guests quickly departed “Z
to‘their Several'honres;  among them 
tw‘o whose hearts Were  '
Roda h, the Gaunt Onondaga, endure  I
edaut or, George De  v  I i 

_‘;CRAPTER XVII; 5' ,
Wm Armando awoke to consciousness. 
her own room, her mental suflerihgs wonky;
rible. Well did she knowwhy tboqml
afiose and wdhgthwould 1;; the _, V ' r of it.

any tinies " er fever brain.  .  u-
pictures at a duel between those two  x.
each time did she. sees a ,, *

Finally, 'ustas the‘pale,  arm a '
other win w,she, exhaustsdiand   V 
en, knelt at her reading desk; mam _

  
   
 

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as against her.

 en- .
as he saw’hew she was engaged, messagwnue
scold sneer wreathed his finely out lips :3 .  f  

.E‘i‘I am‘ glad to find you  .,.-
madame. It indicates  :

  

"i-‘iwhispe' r: ' I x' ,

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a 

room, outwith his cold, 7 , __ ,

see her face, as she _ ,

firmnessassheooind  .-   _ -
“ atng we: we remorse §

‘ r Insen'si’ble as. new  

' scan 11 aud'thenhedaidcoldly totem ‘

a 1:; ’  yo“, 
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ously, hashe tmedatear-ataineam 

      

V  “finch you have dung"; S' _
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teams that myvoice lathe magnesia this '

world that should beraisedf against you.» View
“Golda not speak, anger -‘ the time for 
i3  Lifite'h, then, calmly" to me." Listen

with year heart, if‘you can.” He paused for g; 

momentysandthen, drawing up a chair, said:-
“Sit clown}? . '* V ‘ 

She ‘Obeyéd'fiike one fwho, having" no will of
their own, “instinctively obeys any command
which isfgiven them.) V H  j

After e painful pause—painful because of the
intensity o‘f’the feelings of both—Rodolph broke
the silence: .

“ For once in our lives,let us’speak gently
and: kin} to each other; it maybe, for the
minisersea as he looked at his watch, the

 “ In anthem: from this moment, I meet
M. De Iosparre.” ' ' 

 could not regress a cry of anguish
as she heard this, and s e would have started
trot? her  and throwntlfierself at his feet,~
.i ’ o  him to forgive , e unwilling rt
 in the affair, had not his cilia,
,haid'voie‘e restrained her.” ,

f I askyou to be calm," he said. “ Thatman
 taken the place of your many friends to
whom you confided your wrongs. This is the
natural. consequence of my faults and your
weakness, You began by indulging in what
you thought was the innocent excitement of
, sympathy, as the drunkard takes at first to
wine; but as he comes inevitably to the deadly
ardent spirit that brings delirium and death, so,
when you found the compassion of your female
acquaintance had lost its efiects, you sought the
intoxication of a guilty“love-——’
. ,“ No i-a-no l", exclaimed Armando, passion-

ately. ' ‘ V

“You gave him. a place, madame,” he con-
tinned1 lathe.me metallic voice,“ that no man
should occupy, but one. Which of as shall do
_ no, this morning will decide. Enough of this.
I came here to explain your position, not my
own. The worldwill continue to be ignorant
of the cause or this afiair, to sav’ethe, honor of
mynanso, my daughter's and yours. i’ou un-
dmtand‘me i” " ' ,

Armando turned her head ; she could not trust
.herselttospeak. ,- - q ,
r “ducal” survive,” continuedltodolpb, but
new hisvoiee had lost some of its hardness, '“ I
‘ tuft, untilvlldathilde is married, we should
continue to live under the same roof, but as
'  _  teem}: other. When she leaves my
 goahroad. You may ascribe my
 sonny motive you please 3 I shall neyer
life. again. . Do you accept this
current ?" ’ V . V
. ‘5  if you desire it should be so,” fal-
temdome. V , . I, p . ‘
 fflmgnow there is the gatherelternative~
If i 3%” . 
e‘Mma the heart of the woman wounded
  and as a man who receives
 the leader steel in his heart, so she started up
“with more a: a convulsive movement of the
 M her own volition. H 4' ,
 ismzmfi   “Rudolph,
 the: about . unconsciously obeyed.
Wm? “Myers see It [can so,” lie-continued.
' "It  «smiles-re behind me one dear
'  éughhur,” and here his voice fal-
 ter The suffering as hiswife whom he had
 that daughter might be left without
 him; Why/[rt- should have af-
 _ so  mush, aside from the love
 here or, itwould be hardtc _ ;'
certainly he could not wish that she mtg t
 " t m ' ‘01
‘ , _ ,  ,,e a, ,
  to direct the young girl’s
 Viviana is ,no -—;-in his own esti-

:L:. “,I!.I,_:bare.amll   from yon:

' , care” continued Roglph  ,“thé
 A»; W ~ 4, 9,..moreri
 *  terms;  ..

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, he read therein:

 ‘flflV  7 a: rightly the , few anemones
 man—air 1 understood .hisreply:

summed: 1’”,  ‘ _ _ v r -
I Rodolph’szrémark was a question,’and for re-
ply, ’Armande "stood" before him, and looked

very soul. I I _
For several moments Rodolph gazed steadily
at her, and then replied, as if relieved at what

. “ That is well. There is my will,” and he
handed her a paper he had taken, from his.
pocket. .“ I leave her to you; all I ask is that.
you will treat her with tenderness, and respect
«the love {on will find in her heartfor line. Do
you ,zthin , it is a reproach to you that something
should regret me; do not check the prayer nor
elude thaxtears. she mayofier to my memory.
You promise me ?"

“ Oh, Idol” cried Armando starting toward
him with outstretched arms. ' “ Can. you
doubt ?” _ r _

“ No I” replied Rodolph, coldly, as he pushed
aside the arms that would have entwined them-
selves about his neck.‘ - " I believe youwthat
is 3.111 ’ had to say—now I leave you,” and he
went towards the door, without one Word of-
for 'veness to the woman who was hungering
for it, although she had done nothing for which
she, might ask forgiveness.

For a moment Armando stood motionless

a low, wailingvcry, she moaned :
“Rodolphl” .. . ‘
The man turnedas he heard her cry, and said

unfeelingly: ' ,

“ What do you want ?”
“ Nothing—410 matter,” she said, vainly try~

‘ing to repress the sobs. _ .
Rodolph left the room, and as the door closed

behind him, Armando swayed back and forth

like a, broken reed for a moment,- and then
staggering a few paces towards the door, fell
an inert mass upon the velvet lilies and roses

:0f the mrpet. .

CHAPTER xvm.‘ , 

Tun Bois de Boulogne in the gray, uncertain
‘light‘of early down is anything but a pleasant

parties’visiting it are the most malleable; but
when it is chosen as the theater of _ a duel;
where two men are to stand op to to, each
other and there exercise their '-1 in trying to
’kill‘ the other; then dosesthe gloomy wood put
en a ghostly, somber aspect; and; one may well
fancy, thatjthe waving of the branches, and
the metering lights at the heraldsjof preach-
ing dawn, are‘the operators.“ those w 0 have
been  there to  world, while
they were trying to vindicate, their honed/or as

you  look‘that child isth face fitmum“

into his eyes as if. to allow to'search’her I

where her husband had left her, and then with -

place of meeting, even when the purpose of ‘

a

tortuould like ;to be, left” with‘lthdblfii.

1 “I will go,” left the two slime. 

send to anyone, in case———— ”

tally? «No 1"” said "Bodolphvharshl' . .

r. .  p
The mention of- hisdau ter’s name: adopted.
Rodolph visibly, and he uried his face in his"

abroken voice:  3 p     1: ..

“The only messageI could sendlhérgisgone
you cannot carry; 1% '
with-my-last breath.".; _, _ . ' ,.  _.
 “And Armando—have you nothing: to" give
toher?’!' r ,, -  y 

“Armando!” exclaimed f "
Hector’s hand which he hadtakenw, ,
ing of Mathilde. “ Npthing.’:_  )‘

“Iamnot-the dupe of 31199
Hector, earnestly.

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“I have guessed the t

throughout this foolish business, in which ybu'
areto blamermore than she." I 7 ‘ ‘ "
“ It may be so,” replied Rodd H with a
faint sigh.
right or Wrong, those laws declare" that What
is folly in 9. Juan incrilne ina wmnam’?‘ ' “‘

be guilty, then I am her sac/complical -I",hh“ve

See,” and Hector held out his memOrandum

this gage~one line, You hesitate, because
you _  it will betray' a weakness. It will
be strong—4? will begrandl’ ’ 4

hand as If tome the book, :fgt sh“
moment Mount Qosline ap _ 7.: '  'g
“Here they are," an   

the little clearing where Rodolph and ~,Hector

Of course it wasuseless new for Hector to
urge Rudolph, and he stepped aside sad and
disappointed, (11) L .  y '

“1 resre air ” sai . e aim- eta-Rodd 1i. ,
“ to have cdused anydelay," then  
tothe others: “Gentlemen, Iain atydu‘r‘ sch :
vice.” . ' " ’  ’   

“Is it not possible to arrange this afi‘air
without resort to these? " extremities?’ asked

 

 atonementh some misdeeds which
Society’s laws have declared could be wiped,
away, by slaying or being slain.

Bess than an hour train the time the events
 whichwe, have narrated in ourwlasf.
chaptér, Rudolph; theiicount Chandooe, iBiron
 were  “some
u_f;uen' = s e ’ fie
and'egiere‘ awariatgtdthe comingot George Dd!
Lesperre and his friends, _.

For some moments they waited impatientl ,:
and then Hector remarked more for the e.
of so ingtoomething whi ll might“  his
«min fromthe gloomy thoughts which filled
it thanjorany other reason: A " I. ’ “

“Wearebefore our time.” _ I  I
,‘fflan he; have. mistaken the spg‘ointed
place? asked _,  ’ . anxiouslyror; e was
[fear-£1113“ sofmtgething' migllllt‘ occur wfiuld.
rob  c _ _ raven e e remiss ’“ miss .
 “Impossible!”  1‘1

   
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avenue»;  '~ 5 ‘« -.-’ w »? fa. 
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  as fleetemwith stock at flaunt

.- such so attains t to corrupt-.4: “won’t to

Mount Gosl'ne, with a faint ho e,  chine

“peace-a3 he: might be male ,'  we ,
pute at a card-table, cannot, be.   5e -
matter. ‘TTJI:~‘am suits  90W;   Wilmer:

 . ‘ h '  f 71‘ -.(
“M. De Les my wallet}; ,‘u 
not withdraw- ..-N9$;3'-25¥§7,_, 91135,;  -
Thre' .attemotet All“ ...,9 ewes? 
upon with eat. disfavor by  he
saw Vent-toe ‘ some”.sz «' ’  ~
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word~corrup_ the {reefexercise of
rinoiples we are here to witness  w r  , I. ,. ,,
ouzbrought us to fightx‘and. 
busii‘i‘ess.” ‘ I e    3w; 5 ,,
9‘; e are losing lineagentl. ‘ amnesia
WIPE  '. ‘22  f :2 . . l” fir '2
“Exam: m ”, child  m.- 
our hands, and" within?  
can't .  gfmor,;»m‘
suggest that  noble retools.  
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neamine‘psSvam" :2: 
g u we are the provok side,” said the nation
 or anger," use m
yeasts aware that We are entitled smiths
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hands for several moments, then he replied  “'

111d ,3in {@er‘jttf‘you. ' ‘-

For months past I have been watchingovei‘ _‘
your wife. She has confided to me every'ét‘ep 

‘A‘But society has its ,[ws,  V

“ Stop 13’ commandedflwm.  new A 9
he show all the manliness of his noble! nature, f

‘ “ You insult me when you suspecther.’,  ens 

been the witness of her breve resistance, «goadi ,

ed by you to—well, I did not come here to ' "

talk in this way4—forgive me ; but if'I Mic i111 .. '

your place, I would send Arniande one were. 

book and pencil to Rudolph: “Write it";  
Rodolph hesitated, to  nauseating ’

O‘Hara, De lesparre and his second, entered l‘

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 piste “is,” said Bodolpl;

“And you I ‘
overcoat. “Be ' -

quickly, as he
so u _ '

‘ " He’s trembling With rage," whi red
O’Hara-to De WW8“ “He couldn’t it a
hapetaclt at, ton paces. How do you feel i”

, “ I feel “thatflthat man means to - kill me if he
can,” ‘ ' “wered De Losparre‘, in the same low
  I

f‘ Andihe will if you let him," said O’Hara.

“, Be steady and quick. He’s a fine big target ;
you can’t miss him.” ' ,

‘ While this conversation was going on, Mount
'Gosline and O’Hara were engaged in loading
the pistols, and as they finished, the major
said to Hector : ‘

“ Shall I arrange this chair or will you?”

‘ “Iconfess, sir,” re lied Hector, with a very
‘peroe tlbl‘e sneer in r is tone, “my profes-
, experience in such sorry business is so
limited that I might corrupt the noble princi-
ples We are here to witness, if I pretend to di-
rect what Irknow so little about. ’

“I’m delighted to afiord you instruction,
young genfleman, 9 . said the major in a gleeful
tone. “We set our men, if you please, at
twenty-four paces apart. At the sighs], they
willadvanceto; thesaflimits,” and e placed
two swords ‘on the ground, about five paces
apart,» “asthey approach they will fire when
they like. The, onethat fires first, sto s at the
spot when he delivers his shot; the ot‘ r man
,may’then walk up and pot him if he can.”

«no you understand ?” Hector asked of R
dolph. ‘, I , i p
 ‘ers,” was the ugly. I a T
 f'f'l‘hen here  e arses,” {said O’Hara,
oh 1 ' Rodolph the choice of Vistol's, and as
he too it, the other was  ed to De Las-

 ,parre, and the major cried outgm‘uch as if he '
. ovum ..

emanating at some festivo game :
“‘Now,‘ gentlemen, will you place your.
The last act had. come, and in a few mo-

.ments the “ grim dice of the iron game ” would
he invokedto‘decide between'the honor of the

A two men who were now about to face each

other in mortal‘eomhat.

  Q Rodol  ofl’ered his hand to Hector, but not
award (lid he speak, no one sign, to the poor '

anguished wife who was more smned against

O’Hara did the same for De Lesparre, and then

. "them;de thelhnits to wait, for the

. As O’Hara returned, after whispering a few
(words of advice in his principal’s ear, heasked
floater: , ~_ .. ;  .

‘ ~ “Will you giro the signal to let them loose ?”
, «ta-No i” said Heston: in alsoice full of horror,
and he covered his face with his hands, to shut

l

.  hum major was nottroubled withsuch weak
' and he called out ;

‘ ' “Are you ready, gentlemen 13 Gel” _,

. » twomes approached each. other,

carefully “watching each movement'and ready
. to discharge theirwca one whenever they could
Iv dcsowith‘thei most readily efl‘ect. ‘ r

' About half thedistance between the starting
'pOint and the" limit marked ,bythe swords, De

Legparre halted, find quick as thought aimed

hisfweapo’n‘atrltodolphand fired. «

'jhlmostwith the reporter the istol,Rodolph '

staggered back. his" fight"am ll by his side,
and his ,weapon dropped.  his newness
’8 35th O'Hara and Hectorsprens 9:: his assist-
mca,_bqt before they could roach hnnhe waved.

it 9  l) k,

a » v 3393‘} (bat-i I Show  bone of his, ‘ ht
 m t».  {he .wa-«swmt to‘be‘depfived.o£the; ; ctr

   
    

  

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great use of?

“shot which-hie ,mustoome, and hacked
fully  opponentls 1m without finishing.

of the agreement, Rodolph must have  and
with it must come death, for the count had ad-

‘ vanced close to his intended victim, and the

pistol waslwithin two feet of De I Lesparre’s
ea . , - .

Hard and cruel were the lines about Ro-
dolph’s mouth as he realized that his enemy
was completely in his power, and he was de.
terminedto make the most of the advantage
which chance had given him. But as he was
about to pull the trigger, and thus. end the life
of a fellow-creature, all that was good and no—
ble in his nature rebelled against the act, and
he hesitated, let fall‘ the weapon, and said
hoarser : a

“‘ I give you your life.” ' ' .

For a moment De Lesparre, could not under-
stand the position of affairs, and then the
thOught of how he Would stand in the eyes of
the world under Rodolph’s accusation of swin-
dler came over him, and he said, passionately:

“You have branded that life with infamy.
You would send me back to the world with a
dishonored name. Kill inc—you have the right
-—-or withdraw the charge you have made!”

, “You branded my heart," replied Rodolph,
bitterly, between his closed teeth ; ‘,‘ you have
desolate'd my home, and sent me out into the
world blighted." r ~

.“Your imputation will ruin an innocent
man,” exclaimed Dc Losparre.

“Your imputation has ruined an innocent
woman. I know my wife is not guilty, but
you have contaminated her image in my breast.
Go~but face to face with your dishonor as she
must de—nshare the bitter cup you filled for me.
Shame for shame—we are quits.”

And Rodolph turnedto his islands, leaving
 tofacethescornand contemptof
therworld; who, while they believed he 
cheated at cards, would banish him from their
midst; but had they ‘lmown the real cause of
the quarrel, would. only have lightly censured
him for his folly.

, CHAPTER XIX.
Rononrn’s wound was not dangerous, but it
prevented himvfrom using his right arm for

’of thattime he vas'confined-to the  «
“George DenLespar‘re had leftl’arls with a
stain upon his‘naima, and no one knm anything
of his whereabouts. -He was ruined in the soci-
ety which constituted his world, and henceforth
hiemu‘st he a wandering life. e ,

‘ The stateof, aflairs in theGhandoco house-
hold Was. exactly‘as Rodolph had marked. out
during his interview with. Amanda, previous
to the duel. They lived under the same roof,
but never spoke to each other save when before

not know that they were other than what they
seemed. “‘ '

“To Armande’s ,aflectionate nature this es,-
trangement, which she could not believe was
throng: any real fault of here, was most harass-
ing; but she strove nobly to conceal the real
state of her feelingsgand tried to divert her
mind by taking a'more lively interest in Me.-
thilde’s affairs. - I ,
She insisted on teaching her stepdaughter
to,paint, and after a few weeks took the entire
charge of her musical education.

Hector and the Baron, Mount Gosline still
continued constant visitors upon Rodolg and
his family, and had it ,not“ been for the
cloud thatfhung, all-like batman} the husband
and, wife it we  [have  a happy
messiah, ~  I
As soon as W933“ able   the

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library. Armande, pale and wan, was seated

   
 

 

He hadhad hieshot, and, according totheterms'

aomeimonths, andduring the greater portion ,

strangers, and then only that the world might ‘

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bathe table. sewing, understatement]: than
she, lift her large,   to her '
husband, who was seated in WiMqfi-fie
room reading a paper. .. 

‘ Mathilde, 5y, vivacious as ever, was engaged:
upon a sm landscape, and the baron “Was
leaning’over her in a love-sick position. Fail--
ing in his attempts with the rimother, he was
devoting himself to the daughter with, as he
thought, the very best possible success.

The countess, sour and forbidding as . ever,
was engaged upon some knitting, :whioh she
seemed always to have with, her, while the
baroness, affecting the employments bf youth,
was listlessly turning the pages of musicwhich
stood uponthe music-rec a, ’  ' " ‘y

The picture was one of apeaoeful b.0196;
Vbutin the small group, how many  there
whose hearts were heavy, and to whom this
picture of home and happiness onlysent a chill
to their heavily laden hearts. ' , ‘ l 

“I cannot see, baron,” said   -
lantly, as Mount Gosline leaned, over her th.
:1 greater show of afeetien'; “‘ you obscure my
'sht." . r ' ~   .
, _“ I’ll stand here,” said the harem-dutifully,
as he moved a short distruieearmy,r 
in what he thought a languishing  i

“ ow you distract me. Why don’t you ,
take a book and read ?”- and her tone wls oer.

‘ not allalover could wish for. f ‘

“ our presence would distract me.” reached.
Mount Gosline, mournfully. ‘ , . ,

“ You never read,” andnow these wasalmost
cancer in Mathilde’syoice.    ,.

“ Oh! yes,” insisted the baromthinkiagflmt.
now he had a chance to say a few words which
should move. his charmer; ‘f Ido~in.the.silent
hours of. ‘ in. when all men.» wheelie :Wld
iii-street. en-arisesdreams of {koala the
first sweet sleep of night.” .I‘

The baron paused to note the effect of these
words; He felt that he had said something
very fine, and was positive that it could not
fail of bringing some response from. 

Imagine his 'discomfiture~he was incapable
of feeling chagrin——when, without even ml;
at him, Mathilde took her toheringwh-u
moundsaidt . I ~  t

“ There, that is done.
erdear?”' ‘ ‘ -.
“ Charming—delicious”. ,8

   

on, thinkinggit incumbent ‘   ~ ‘ 
~mmethms~ ' v . . .  
‘4 It is very good indeed;’5snidee..

“ Show itto your father." , ,. h n .o .. ..

. $‘ Look, papa,”  she

was Ed [do that l"    .~  f} '
“ i you. ”     me a;
surprise, as he looked critically at the  ,

' “ Yea? repliedMathilde, withagsli‘ghthefi
itation, ‘,‘ tha& is, , mama'helped   you:
know.” ‘ v : t”.- l v ’ k .’ .2 , 

' . “ I did hot know she could pailitfl"
dolph, and ,enc'oura ed by  :‘voitgel,
commencedto soun her motherjs, 

“Nari.” said she, if site.  ..._
ago, when she corrected on of my",
Since; then she has airshow...  112'
beautifully, and 6,057,011 know. ‘

 
    
 
 
  
 

,   mrmssie
teacher has gone away." ‘He‘ would, not 51-01331 
- “ Whyveo '1’". . , ., . r r. , j  * r  3;.
4“ He said main’ma taught me better than he
could. Iliad noideatillla . how 
ed 3116 is—f—zand 89 patient , 1w th me—éso 
I can get an twice asfast' Withher'ggfi V‘;__.-f___» ' _ v
 “That will do,” said, Rudolph; ,alp‘zeet‘im-.. 
 ,- Hepould- not have ewn’fianxhter 
speak 501118th of the woman whom“  his , ;
 and rude. memes   as. 
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' cased her‘of being. :

"“Pspa, dear,” said Mathilde, r _ , shard-finic-
ment’s‘panse.» ,  I“ >    :

“‘_.What7s the matter new 1’" 
as he stroked his Mghta’seeagmfli  . '

   
 

 

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_ f :wlfiwé tie-an appetite-n, H
‘ i “A “Enemies, ” muttered Hector to Mount

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' made. ,,  _ tram her chair and going towards
_llf¢,l'lill§’.,r .  V, V r
.  “$98.”, to QedBodolph, with a business-like
air. “Mr. de  received: a proposalwat
1994 fishers shefdesires to, tell me so. You
have noticed the baron’s ’ ~

 

  

' higher father, 9.3170 the real state [of her feel.-

» ,  moments the Count thandooe
 indeed upon his own unenviable position, and
"at’la'et arousin hi

:55  the
‘;.ewered as with one accord:
 advantage of that geod-pnatured fel—

1. ‘Wiedgment of the obligation.
  5 “"1 sup so you have dined," said Hector.

“ruddy,” said the baroness, risin .

.that’I cannot see his game.”

' "’Itjsuaha py thought for the boron, and
  i “he ‘6. not book it. he did the next
best  which was toroifer his escort to the

 a waék in on; engulfe- HEY?
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“ "‘ oaths-l Iupriraterrllaughed‘ltodolphu I  any reeling, endlesska that should be " '_ ‘ _“ Well " and Mathilde looked up very can.

' -“ Very I; - ate v ” replied Mathilde, I togspeak of his wishesin connection,  fidentially, “ I’vea great secret to’tell u l”
heresy g to meet her father’s merry. daughter, his voice would soften despite allihe “Oh, a secret I” laughed the count; “and
glance. r : .  ' could do, and he believed that to allowit to do sup I’ve guessed this mighty met 3,}.
“ Very well; I think I know what it is sowouldbe tobetray awealmess on his part. res y? Let me tell itto you. onions some-

chant.” - - .
' Mathilde did not wait to hear more, but in
order tohide hereonfusion, went to the baron
and commenced to talk very rapidly and almost
confidentially to him, thereby making him one
of the happiest of men, and completely deceiv-

' ‘. girlie baron has preposed to her," thought
‘Rodql’ph, .“ and she is cling to ask my permisa
sidnto Marry him. cor Hector I I’d have

‘ven ~the rest‘bf my worthless life to have seen
f married to him.” »

, If, he asked :
 u“ Where’s actor Whohas seen him this

countess and baroness all an“-
>~ v“ Igave  a little, commission.”~

,  said Rodolph, laughing,

.» v Ashe spoke, and as if the conversation had
really been the means of bringing him, Hector
entered. almost loaded down with-bundles. 

After greeting the occu nts of the room,
 delivered the bun es. totheir respect.
ive owners, receiving from each a careless ac—

“ NO
the «smile- emu your-return,” and ringing
«bell, she gave the necessary orders~tothe ser-
vant. ' ’

“ let us take a turn in the park until it is

“ Hector,
Wm you give me your arm. A ittle exercise

actor,” said Armando, “ I delayed

Goslinegr “I’ve (had ten miles already.” and
thee  to the baroness, “he, said, while he
oil‘sred his arm, as cordiall asfthoughrhe had
(not during e day :-
Kount‘élosline could not understand how
anyone could diseemmode themselves for the
reeksof obli ‘ gathers, and he naturallythought
wages” willingness arose from some in-
terefled motive. ,
“That-fellow is trying to get on the weak
side of that oldwoman,” he thought. “He

not accept, but in this he was

readily, and the We followed Hector and the
Kathilde, who had again busied herself with
her ' in“: ' ' ‘ , p,

l u - ye, “g fog“; moment, audacome back
when I “am alone.” ' '

  
 

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the past

 obeyed, but not withoutcasting an I

“ We'can now regard her marriage, as decid-
ed,” he continued, coldly; “and the moment
is at hand to remember the agreement we made
some time ago.” .

“I have not forgotten it," said Armando.
“ You mean—4” and here her voice faltered;
she could not finish the sentence, and Rodolph
continued it by saying. almost fervently:

“Her marriage, and our separation. Have
you‘ §poken to your mother on the subject ?”

t o " - .

I “ It  be betterif she shOuld know nothing

' of what has happened. At least, I shall explain

nothing to my mother. -
asyo‘u think right." -
. “ Yes,” assented Amanda, she could not
trust her voice to speak. , . k
_ “Yoqu return to Paris one. visit to the
baroness," continued Rodolph, coldly.
“I would rumour—if you will permit me,”
and now Armando had to exercise all her will,
and then she did not Isucceed in choking back.

.You, of course, can do

ing, “ remain here, under our—I ' mean your
roof, withyour mother.” ‘ v _

‘f Here '1’" asked Rodolph, in surprise. “I
do 'not think you would be happy here. ”

“I do not think I shall be happy anywhere."

There was a long pause, and when Rodol h
spoke a in his voice had lost much of its co d-
ness an metallic harshness.

Ht Why do you wish to remain in this house ?”
he asked. I

“ That I may live in the presence of the
' ' Just at that moment those two divided hearts
were verynear each other, and yet neither of
them would stretch out the hand which would
Mi 9 the gulf between them. ,

“ do not understand you,” said Rodolph. _

Armando turned sorrowfully away, as she
replied: ,‘ ,. _ .

“ No! and .I—-—I cannot explain without-it is
too late new! But if
like to live here, whefe'ycm Were born, with the
old people amongst whom your boyhood was
passed, amidst—«-—-” She was now venturing

upon a topic she knew she could not speak of

without betraying more agitation than she
would have her husband see, and she stopped

to return, I will go away.’
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away, lest what Was Working in his heart should
be read there,,and strong who was in his own
honor and integrity, he could only answer :
“ Yes.” » v _
-“ Thank you,” said Armando, as she slowly
left the room. -‘ - ‘
As soon as she Was gone, Rudolph gave a
sigh of relief, or sorrow, and muttered, as he
sank back in his chair, exhausted with the

mental conflict :
glad she left

Will you permit me

“Too late-4t is too late! I am

me. How Weak I feel to-aday !”
CHAPTER XX. ‘

Fer some time Rodolph remainedina pro-
found reverie, which was broken by the en-.
trance of Mathilde. _ ' ‘

“ Papa, are you alone ?”
girl. entering timidlyv , ‘ ,

“ Alone ?” asked Rodolph, fergetting for the-
moment thatshe had 3: nested an audience,
and then, as-he'read by her “facethat’she had
somethin to ca to, him, (he added : .'

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body. and somebody wants to many, on.“

“ Oh, pa !" exolaimed Mathildegolaeping
her hen _ In an ecstasy of delight that she had
been saved the embarrassment of confeSsing
exactly what her father had guessed. ’

“And I 've my “consent,” continued Bo-
dolph. “ There, the boron hasmy permission
to ask your hand of me, and you may tell him
so.” '

“' How good you are l” exclaimed the young
girl, with a demure little grimace u ' her fair
face; “ but you have, only guessed alf 'my se-
cret,” she said, archly. - v

'“ Only half '1’” r r ' , f;

“That’s/all l” and now Mathilde blushed rio-
lently. “ The love part wasiright; bnt'yon
have guessed the wrong one.” . . a . ,. a...‘

“ Do you. mean to say that you'afe not in
love with the baton ?” and new, : Rudolph. was

“ N ot the least
confidently.

“ But withwhom ? there’s nobody, else i”
_“ Yes, there is it” persisted the-young girl,
as she hung her head as if to hide front ‘her
father the love “light that had come todwell in
her eyes; “ there’sé—wtheother one.” 9

“ What other?" asked_'herfeth,er, a little im—
patiently; and the as asudden'light‘ dawned
upon him he askeihalf doubtin‘gl'y, their 7 tri-
umphantly : “ You don’t mean Hector 2” » -

“ Yes, if you lease, papa.” This was said
very timidly, as i she had just at that moment.
begun to fear that her father would not "ap-
provc of her choice. " ‘_ '

“ What i" and with the exclamation Rodolph
took  daughter‘s hands in his, and looked
at her with a 'happy, quizzing expression in '
his e es: _ . ,

“ 0 you mean to log: main themes and
you want  merry actor

mew declared Wde

Now Mathilde entirely  tatliefs

look of joy. She quite. believed that seat a
man-la 9 would be distasteful tolling, and she

falters ' piteously: ” I 

“ Oh, dear-dear papal I ow my grand— ‘
momma. don’t like him, but I hoped you wOuld
not refuse I” ‘ V

- “- Refuse I” exclaimed the now happy count,

while the tears of surprise and joy almost
choked his utterance. M,“ I--I don’t deserve
this. . You love Hector-but, my dear  if
I could have put my heart into your m it
could not have prompted you to a betterchoice.
But since when did you discover that you
loved him ?” .

Now was Mathilde happy, and her
head on her father’s breast, answered his

uestion in a low voice, tremalous with joy and

thanksgiving: .

“Since I perceived his goodnes, genflenees
and truth.’ ’ .

“ But you saw these a year ago 2” '

v“ No; not until momma ed my

“ Armande————” began Rodolph, but Ma
thilde interrupted him, by saying: I '

" While you were so ill, we passed our time
together—here alone—and somehow I grew to
know her so much better. I beganto see the
world with her eyes; she raisod me above it,
and I saw what was and 8006, and

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I then when I saw what was beautiful and good

—'~wh ~—I«-—I~—I saw that I loved—«5" _ ~

“ our cousin Hector!” added Rodo'l'p‘h, as
the young girl, in the timidity of her first love,
eculd notso boldly speak the name of theman
loved, but who had not' eyen asked

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“ he said it would  you,” continued
Mathilde.   I 7

"And, it does phase me! I’ll speak to him
at once. ” '

“Oh, don’t, Papa; dear!” exclaimed the
young girl, frightened at the thought that her
secret was about to be made known.

“ Don’t What ?” laughed the count, enjoying
her confusion.

“3)on’t speak to Hector-«or, at least, not

‘ W 331m ?”

“He might refuyse me.”

:‘I don’t think he will,” and Rodolph’s eyes
twmkled with the satisfaction he felt; “ but
we shall have to overcome another obstacle——
the opposition of your two grandmothers. ”

“ Oh, I can manage that,” said Mathilde,
confidently.

“ What! manage those two old ladies!” and
now Rodol h was indeed surprised, for with
all his s ' he had, never been able to efiect
such a happy idea. ~

“Yes,” said Mathilde, archly, “I shall tell
grandmother Ghandoce that the baroness won’t
1 car of the marriage. And I’ll tell the grand-
mamma baroness that the countess s it.
~So-—'-you understand?” and the merry girl nod-

ded her head triumphantly.

“ Between the two negatives you will get an
afirmative, you little rogue!" . _

i At this stage of the conversation Hector en-
tered the room, and with glowing face, and
r with upraised finger. to warn her father not to
:epeak to Hector  the confused Mathilde
tried to leave the room  _ I v

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Fonrumrsnr for Mathilde, an opportunity
was given her to make her exit in a perfectl
natural manner, for as Hector entered, he said:

“ The baroness sent me for her shawl. " =
“ I know where it is,” said Mathilde, eager-
ly. ‘,“ I willtake it toher. I think papa wants
you. ’
“ Me ?” asked
surprise. _
“ Yen—that is I think so?" said Mmlde,
hurriedly, asshe ran away without the desired
shawl lest Hector should read the confusion
and shame that she felt was

plainly do icted

on her lace. ; p

. “ What’s the matter with Mathilde today ?”
asked Rector, of Bod'olph. ‘ ‘ She looks quite-
I don’t know how.”

“ No wonder," replied Rodolph, determined
tr: tease. Hectorm; lfittleli, “ Ineed notigonceal
' cm on my ' e am“ yarrangement ros-
313mg??? truth is, Mathilde is going i?) be

'The blow struck heavily. Not for a moment
did Hector think that she loved him, and al-
though he believed his own love hopeless, he
could not conceal his great sorrow at knowing
that she was to be the wife of another.

.“ To bemoan-led” he stammered, as he" reeled
like one dazed by a sun-stroke.
‘f  lathe. matter i” asked Rodolph, en-
joying his confusion and vein endeavors to ap-
ear , “Thereisnothin ve risin
y n . 8 I I! “up 8
,/ in that? .- ~.
 ‘ ‘Noe-noth—nothing whatever," Hector man-
’ aged to say. “ Of. course, shes—she deserves
to be—that’ is—I sincerely hope  will be
he py.” ‘
t was only by a
-.> gran could keep lfiac
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 ""1 need not ask if you
 a“? 85 ha. hogan the ve ‘
i ‘, 1 ' a {t r ‘ i3 ' Ty
.  choked back a sob, and taking Re-
i dolph’s hand, said in a tolerany firm veloe:
“ I congratulate you! Ido. really—With all

eat odort that  young
fthe tears that were rebel.

' armors ,0! “Igor

      

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“ My dear Hector,” saidthe client, twang

thathehadcarriedhissgorttarsnough.

man she has chosen is yourself I”

Hector sank into a chair, entirely unnerved
by the welcome but unexpected news.

“ Me ?” he asked, trying to understand it all.
“ Mathilde has chos-—-——-”

Then think he was the victim of some cruel
joke, he added, in a piteous tone:

‘ ‘ I say, Rodolph, don’t, there’s a good fellow !
I like a joke. but this is rather acruel one. I
havo loved her in secret since she was a child.”

“ Oh! you call that a secret, do you?” and
Rodolph laughed heartily. “ Why, it was as
plain as the nose on your face. ”

This remark was made innocently enough by
Rodolph, but it instantly reminded Hector of
what he considered his personal defects, and he
asked, disconsolately: ‘

“ That’s it. Do' you suppose she could ever
get over such a face ?”

“ You had better ask her—~there she is," said
Rodolph, as the young lady passed the door.
“ Come here, Mathilde, and as she entered,th;e
crimson bus on her face Could only have been
rivaled by that which was cOVering Renter’s
honest countenance.

“ I’ve told~Hector that you loved him,” Said
the count, “ and he won’t believe me!” as he
spoke, Rodolph took her by theOarm gently,
and lead her, up to Hector, who said eagerly :

“ She does not deny it! She would not joke
on such a subject ! Mathilde—J beg pardon,
mam’ sells, 1' don’t know what I’m saying. I
think I’m. ing to cry.”

‘w “ Bectorl" said Mathilde, timidly‘

- “7  «wane-murder Woulditberidienlous

if I wml‘to go down on iny knees to 
you ? Because——-don't you see-— you don’t know,
you can't know, what—~what I reel.” .  a

Y - “ Ithink I do,” said Mathilde, scarcth that

Hector could not, for the life of him, help em-
bracing her. I

“ I am so happy I” exclaimed the young girl,
as with Hector’s arm around her waist she
looked up into his face.

“It depends upon yourself to remain so,”
said Armando, w 0 had entered unobserved,
and taking Mathilde’s hands aflectionately, she
continued: , . r

“ You are supreme happy now. But do not
think your life is going to be eternalsunshine.
or that you are his sole care. .Recollect that
men sustain the dauble burthen of ow common
lives. They have thoughts, hopes and pleaSures
apart from us. Don’t be jealous if he finds them
in society you cannot share. When he comes
home, do not receive him with a bitter or dark
look. A soft word, a greeting smile, are gold-
en threads that, woven tenderly about a man’s
heart, wra ‘it around and around until it lies
enmeshed m willin and eternal slavery. Bless
you,'my sweet Me. i del (lo, take your hap-
piness into the air, and give it wing.” ,

As Armando concluded, Hector, anxious to
be alone with the woman he so dearly loved,
took her hand and‘wat about to lead her to the
garden, when  who while Armando
had been speakiirfi’é‘ihad seated himself in the
farthest part of thapom, arose, and said:

" Sta ,‘ Hector! One word. All Armando
has sai is true ; but don’t let all the sacrifice
be on Mathilde’s side. Don’t put her virtues
too often to the W f. If you have, quarrels.
no mattér if she e m, fault, be the first to seek
reconciliation. Remember she is, the weaker
‘ All ‘ ls are romantic; don"t ridicule
those fen allusions. Romance is  car—
ri‘edto exaggeration. [That aflluenee of her

        
 

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amenity».an Hector to mode, and

r  a _‘ him, the  to’her ,
father, and throwing her arms about his knock,
whlsie' red as she quoted her father’s Words
whic he had just used:

“ If you have quarrels, be the first to, seek
reconciliation-no matter if she be in fault.
Remember she is the weaker sen”,

Rodolph hesitated. He could, like all men.
give the advice ; but to practice it was an em
tirer different thing. f

But Mathilde, with her arm in his, drew him
on, and leading him to her mother, left him.

For a mement he remained undecided, and
then, as if conquering himselfby a severe men-
tal efiort, he approached Armando and said:

“ Armande, we have been astray. I have
deserved to lose you, for I despised, our‘love ;
said if {or a moment your heart in: stray-

“Never, Rodolph, never l” exclaimed Ar-

mande. joyously, as she threw herself   5. g _
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“Ibelieve you,” and Count  im-
pressed a kiss of min led love and respect
upon hisyoung wife’s f r forehead. '
Dear reader, when could we find a more fit-
ting time to take leave of Our characters ind of

‘ you; and as the end of the quarrel baween

man and wife, may you also say of my istory,
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