comforted for the moment but unable to speak and entered hope s little cottage it was but a stone s throw from where they stood this broke up the party and my house is yours said colonel to i did not believe appearances against a with these words he took two steps toward his niece and held out his arm she moved toward him came forward radiant to congratulate her she drew up with a look of furious i scorn that made him and she by a perilous secret proudly away with her uncle he bestowed one parting glance of contempt upon the and marched his niece proudly off more determined than ever that she should be his daughter but for once he was wise enough not to press that topic he let her indignation work alone moreover though he was a little wrong headed and not a little pig headed he was a noble minded man and nothing noble passed him unobserved or that daughter � said he to ay when roses spring from and are bom of brave girl � brave girl i oh uncle said i am so glad you appreciate her i appreciate her i said the colonel what should i be worth if i did not why these are the women that win in the persons of their sons that girl could never breed a coward nor a cheat then his voice suddenly poor young thing said he with manly emotion i saw her come out of that ro pale as death to do another woman justice she s no fool though that called her one she knew what she was doing yet for all her woman s heart she faced disgrace as as if it was � death it was a great action a noble action a just action and a manly action but done like a very woman where the two sexes meet like that in one brave deed it s grand i declare it an old soldier s heart and makes him thank god there are a few creatures in the world that do humanity honor as the colonel was a man that stuck to a topic when he got upon it this was the main of his talk all the way to hall he even remarked to his niece that so far as his observations of the sex extended great love of justice was not the leading feature of the female mind other virtues he ventured to think were more prominent so everybody says was s admission everybody is right for once said the colonel they entered the house together and miss went up to her room there she put on a new bonnet and a lovely shawl recently imported from paris who could this be for she sauntered upon the lawn till she found herself somehow near the outward boundary where there was a gate leading into the park as she walked to and fro by this gate she observed out of the tail of her eye of course the figure of a devoted lover creeping toward her whether this took her by surprise or whether the lovely creature was playing the part of a beautiful striped spider waiting for her fly the reader must judge for himself came to the gate she walked past him twice coming and going with her eyes fixed upon she passed him a third time he murmured in a pleading voice she neither saw nor heard so attractive had the distant horizon become opened the gate and came inside and stood before her the next time she passed she started with what do you want here said she to speak to you how dare you speak to me after your vile suspicions well but how dare you call me well miss won t you even hear me not a word it s through you poor dear mary and i have both been insulted by that wretch of a father of hers which father i said wretch to whom does that term apply except to mr and with sudden vigor to you then you think i am as bad as old said firing up by a secret no i don t ah said glad to find there was a limit but explained i think you are a great deal worse you pretend to love me and yet without the slightest reason you doubt me what did i doubt i thought you had parted with my to another person and so you had i never doubted your honor oh yes you did i saw your face i am not r � r � responsible for my face yes you are you had no business to look broken hearted and miserable and and abominable it was your business face and all to distrust appearances and not me ap � � were so strong that not to look m � miserable would have been to seem indifferent there is no love where there is no jealousy oh said he has let that out at last after denying it a hundred times now i say there is no true love without respect and confidence and this doesn t exist where there is jealousy and all about a anything but tr � � � it came down from my ancestors you never had any your behavior shows that i tell you it is an it was given to my mother by � oh we know all about that said this did an egyptian to my mother give but you are not going to play with me i shouldn t have a very gentle no you wouldn t candidly no man shall ever bully and insult me and then wake me out of my first sleep to me because my maid has lost one of his handkerchiefs at the wash he burst out laughing at this and tried to her into good humor say no more about it said he and 