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! she could never love YOU half as well as
| do; or il she did. it would be love
that would bring you only shame and
wrelchedness. IL you knew what suffer.
ing it was to me. to see you every day
growing more and more"
'Confound your preaching. Julia,
wish to gracious you'd go home. You
are no more fl for watering place than
baby. II you could have your way, !
suppose you would lie me to your apron
strings, and have me following you about
like lap dog. should have though
that the bride and groom from the coun-
try. who were here to dinner the ther
day. would have been dose enough for
one season. Pishl"
Julia's lips quivered. her cheeks were
aglow. Looking her husbs nd steadily in
the eyes, she said.
Are you in earnest in desiring me to
60 home9
We'll. yes. | would be. il il was not
for The looks of the thing he answered,
half laughing. but suppose we both
shall have to GO before long. |: is the
first OF the month think that you ex-
pc your brother over. He will teach
you some lessons in the usuages of soci-
ety. or am mistaken. A five years
residence in Paris will enable him to
AXE sides with me, no doubt. and l sin
cerely hope that he will make you less Of
a NOPE. never saw so dull a woman
in company
Julia could bear his faul, finding now.
for he had taken her hand in his own,
and really looked quite like himself once
more.
i do not care how dull olheI. think
me. Horace: but -
We'll. do. interrupted her husband.
ID man likes 10 see his wife receive
some attention; and you would nave
plenty. il you did not repel it whenever
il is offered. Besides, one does not like
to be made laughing stock; and your
devotion TO me has frequently been the
cause Of remark. Ii has annoyed me not
little, let me tell you
Juia's face grew crimson. She an
swercd with much restraint Of manner,
II shall not annoy you again
We'll. don't ge. angry abont it; but,
profit by what have said. and when in
Rome. do as the Romans do.
DO understand by that. that you
wish to see me firt as other married. la
dies. here. are in the habit of doingq'-
and she looked into her husbands face.
'Exactly so. would not care a sous
how desperately you flirted, so that
could only rid you Of the foolish jealousy
tha, you have in your composition
Juia's face darkened for moment,
then she said.
And no matter how much attention
receive. nor how much pleasure | mani
fes, in the society OF o:her gentlemen.
you are sure that you would never be The
least jealous?
Never the least
Then. Horace Clifford. you DO not
know what love is. You never have
loved me-
Fudge. Come. don't be so silly if
you want me to keep on loving you
Jus. Wy to behave little more like 9TH
er folks for the remaining two weeks that
we shall be here; and TO begin with !
advise you to come down to dinner. |
never saw you looking better than you do
at this moment
Kissing his hand TO her he left the
room.
Julia looked in the glass. Her excite
mrnt had indeed bestowed upon her
new charm-the charm Of expression.-
She had aroused herself from The lethar-
gy in which she had SO long INDUCED,
aud with new resolves busy at her heart.
she had prepared herself to carry out her
husbands wishes. The ligh; OF steady
purpose glea med from her eyes: and her
woman's pride. Stung to the quick by her
husbsnd's words. gave to her carriage
dignity which would have been supposed
impossible to one of her usually. listless.
languid manner. Hitherto she had been
careless almost negligent in her ward
robe. Now. she arrayed herself in one
of her mos. elegant dresses--a costly
grenadine sent by her brother from Paris.
The delicate blue OF the material harmo-
nizrd well with her fresh. peach blossom
complexion; and the string pearls that
encircled her arms and neck were not
more lustrous than those her smile dis
closed.
Julia was beautiful. She knew it,
she felt as after completing her toilet she
surveyed herself in her glass. Conscious
of her power, she went down to the par
lors. and the first person upon whom her
eyes fell were Miss Merlin and Horace.
in an animated tete-a-tete. Once she
wodld have fingered near them; but now
she resolutely passed on. nodding care
lessly. She joined group in far cor
ner Of the spacious room. entirely uncon.
scious that her husbands eyes were fol
lowing her. ss were the eyes Of many an
other. More than one noticed and spoke
that day of the sudden metamorphosis
which Mrs. Clifford had suddenly under
gone.
Miss Merlin was quick to note the ad-
niration evinced in the husbands eyes;
and trembling. lest. after all her tolls,
her most difficult victim of the season
should escape her. she strove with a
fresh array Of blanishments 10 eclipse the
rival which had SO suddenly appeared in
the field.
CHAPTER III.
There was "A ball At one of the most