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ed the somewhat romantic sense Of the LADY,

0eThldH naId SnOuIu answer 10 name SO
nearly resembling your own. The parrots
lesson was Fritz but as the r troubled him
he learned it with variation
Powys smiled, but ventured upon the nat
ural gaIantry of calling the circumstance
anything but misfortune. Respectful as
his manner was, however, he had driven the
nun back again upon the reserve, and it was
with very brief and reluctant narration that
she explained the mystery of her own seclu-
sion in London. She had been permitted
$50 ran her story) by the Abbess of the cons
vent Of. in Germany, in which she was
destined 10 pass her life, to spend the closing
year of her novitiate with her mother in En-
gland.
And how much yet remains ?-pardon
me ! interrupted Powys, coloring and check
ing himself at the eagerness Of his own voice.
"A month. am to take the veil in Au-
gust.-The peculiar construction of this
house, with the addition made for the confine-
nent of the insane Lord, favored my
mothers pledge of complete scclusion for me
during this indulgence; and till this fated
evening, it has seemed to me as far from the
world as the cell of my convent. My moth
St dHu s'StCtSs uhu uIC utdiu WIZ az
companed me, alone enter here
A discreet question or two elected the
further information that the door usually
closed after the vespcr hour, and opening
only from the outside had been left open by
her sister, that she might hear some of the
new music of the band, and that Mr.. Powys'
liberation depended solely on the hour at
which the said German maid should appear
with the novitate's breakfast. With the
dissipation of ball in the house, this prom
ised, unluckily, to be later than usual.
Apparently quite reconcied to his share
Of the vigil, Powys took volume Of Ger
man poetry from the table, on the blank leaf
of which, he observed the name of Melcent,
and, with his continental education, soon
found topics upon which conversation flow
ed very freely. His companion was as we'll
read in German poetry and legend as him
self, and with an exchange of enthusiasm on
this and similar topics, the reserve of sister
Melicent, and the remaining hours of the
night, wore away with equal rapidly.
Morning dawned, and the nun betook her
self 10 her mathis. In alteration (perlaps
mure distracted than her own, Powys watcl,-
ed her graceful figure kneelng in the orato-
ny, and listening to the low murmur of her
voice. Her devotion had not power to calm
the troubled flush upon her cheek, and will
beauty more radient than sainted, the fai,
Mclicent arose and let in the gold beam OF
the rising sun. And, for the first time in the
history Of that uminary. las far as we are in.
formcd,) its chas,e dawn looked upon de.
claration of love.
1t was an exquisite hand with which the
sorely tempted novice crossed herself, calling
on the saints to preserve her in this unex-
pected strait but the simplicity of conven.
tual education, not having supplied the art o
gradually yielding 10 lover, and the saint.
not appearing at the summons, as she hac
been taught TO believe they would do, bodil,
his lily.whle hand lay imprisoned in Fiji;
Powys', with no mortal means of cxtrlcation
Doubtless. with time to rally, the beleaeuer
ed nun would remember how she might hav'
resisted, but it was not so ordained. Unex
pectedly, as old Bertha arrived at ten O'Clock
with mullins and coffee, the lovers had still
found time to arrange surprise for the Yves
End Of London.
.Gon in Himmel' exclaimed ihe faithful
German, as she opened the door of the sane
: tuary and dropped the coffee tray in her as
constituent. The gliding nun, however, qni
ely slipped between Bertha and the door
E and cut off the chance of too precpi,at
retreat, and when the muffin and ct cetera
|, we're re-gathered, it was explained to tn
slow comprehension Of the lay sister that he
mistress would not be nun i Gold spec
tacles were not wanting to aid Berha's i'm
perfect vision, and she ended by seeing tn
, expediency of letting Mr.. Powys out Of tn
). garden gate, and Of following him, with til
novice, out Of the same gate, just lively
y hours after.
Among those who were surprised wit
), the return of Mr.. and Mrs. Powys fror
: Gretna Green, was Lady Sylvia Treno
but not among the surprised were Mrs. LIE
' fevre and her daughters.-Powys had onl
one surprise during the honcymoon-that
y discovering that old Bertha had no husban
4 whose name was Fritz, and that the parr'
: was the exclusive property of Mrs. Leievre
. Not of a very inquisiiive nature, he new.
inquired how il came 10 be taught The fir
- syllable Of his arlstocratic prenomen. VIII,
J, matter was i,l He had got beautiful an
=, highly educated wife by the means, thong
:, Il very possibly indeed, but for the singuIi
. combination Of circumstances on the nig
Of her mammals ball, she might never ha,
r. been the controller Of "A millonaire's mlllio
:, IA better sphere for pretty woman than
= cell in the nunnery, 10 be sure.
:, With so much to manage in a single sci
!" son, Mrs. Lefevre had, Of course, no leisu
for forming intimacies, and it was even sa
"a that except on the occasion of her brilla
n, balls, nothing but visiting card ever four
Of admission into her door. 1t was enough E
IN the gay world to know that the entree vi
rs desirable enough when she chose 10 acco
l. it, and that she had been introduced 10 Il
he leaders of fashion by very high sponsors.
s. When Mrs. Lefevre disappeared, therefor
at the close of the season, and her where
I'd bout was not even surmised by the Cou
oil Journal, no though, was given to the matte
n and there was no bereaved intimate friend
IN take to heart the mysti6ca,ion. OF VIII
,ir family the Lefevres were, and what ths
On dowres were, il was presumed by the inqu
us tive that the six husbands had taken pains
MS ascertain-yet no whisper on either Of the