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will return his call. There is nothing to
alarm you in this, is there !
'Oh, no. replied Louisa, 'only | did not
! know
But what | was going to march fcrcely
up to him, and ask him If his intentions are
honorable, SUPPOSE said Arthur. NO fear
| OF that. But some men would have annoyed
you terribly under similar circumstances.
Louisa thought she had been annoyed
enough, though she did not say so.
And 50 Bertha was at the bottom Of it ALL
continued Arthur.
'Shc says it is fate said Louisa; 'but
think she must have put the pictures in the
wrong papers, when Lady Daventry called,
for she was rather hurricd, and saw her
thrusting all the portraits in the drawer
together. So that if it be fate, she has
brought it on me
The next day Arthur called on the captain
and was charmed with him, and thecaptain
| became constant visitor at the Ellisons.
The marriage between Arthur and Bertha
had been fixed to take place in month
Arthur took house Mt Hampstead and was
husiY engaged in preparing it for the re
ception Of his bride, and his mother super
intended all his arrangements
The wedding took place, and Arthur and
Bertha set out for Germany. Ernest Man
helm had made Arthur promise to bring his
vile to see them.
The day after Bertha and Arthur depart
ed, Captain Sclby was at the Ellison ). \
box was brought in to Louisa while he was
there, and on opening it she saw the miuia-
lures from which Bertha had,selecto Captain
Selhy's. and which she hal directed to be
semitic, Louisa to axe careof for her. The cap
tain saw what the box contained, and going
up to it took Mr.. Hunters portrait from the
rest and said; You would not mind wearing
th'S portrait, as the original is no more, Miss
Ellison, would you y and he showed her the
face which had been supposed to be his
Louisa could not help smiling at the con-
trast and made him observe the paper on
which his name was still written.
You might wear this, continued the cap
tain, 'when you wish to teaze your young
friends. They will wonder why you have
discontinued wearing it.
That they must then,' said Louisa.
will never, ncrcr wear another
Il wish | could interpret those words,
said Capt. Selby. in low tones, to mean
that you will only wear mine but | fear
that before you wear it | must take my de-
parture from this world. Tell me, Louisa,
would you wear it again if were dead .
just then Mrs. Ellison entered with
and communicated the melancholy news Of
her aunt Lucinda deceasn two days before.
The real cause of her DEATH which Jane did
not tell was through this-she had been
for some time engaged in watching the pro-
ceedings of two persons who lived next door
to her They had just arrived and she de-
termined to know what they were. The
gentleman was called Mr.. Herbert, the
lady Miss Courtney and Miss Lucinda could
not tell whether 1T was was Mr.. Herbert
alone, or Mr.. Herbert Courtney. She set
Ill ;"o 'n"y''',e'y III ".''nn ny Ini', anu anu
o"!",ucu suo,, un ".ournto h"oH u ".i
Va. VIZ W. ~" l,,'.so
"c "",t ,o. ~ " oor ~ ',' oan H. Iiar-
Ia,t arJ NJ Corrt,otH, u,olL;no, IN tLo
~ - ~ .i, tn5 :"
~ ','s pi'o
= - I'LL, ", o,...i;n ", ta taat
.I .I,;, - ~, ',."9 G'' a',' -
''.'i - '''1n iit,i 't HoI'l' ".'' va. I
fcatIon Of Kn0vins HaI konSt o,., a''u t"u
hers were. though She lost her HE by the
manner in which she obtained her know,e lse
E,r her cold settled into violent infamma-
tion. which carried her Off at the end of a
week
s. lane Prior further told Miss Ellison that
Sic and Iucv were COMING to town immeli
ntclv after the funeral. and Louisa felt an
rovcd at ,hcir having dntarminnd tn leave
Fv.ter ., soon She did NOT know how to
norrv their imnertinent questions She
conl1 not saw she was engaged To the ori,-
inol or the n1rtroi. and vet She had LET them
sn,'nosa hat snch WAS the casa She fnnnd
Lericlf in n dilemma from which she could
no, eosiIv extrirate herself
But she was luckily saved any unpleas-
ontness an the snh,cct Two davs after their
last interview the cantoin called AGAIN. and
nc Mrs Ellison was absent he seated him.
neor I,uisa and said after thew had each
oxchongnd n fcr words or M ;ntcrast. .It i.
now some time since we first knew each 9th.
or Niss Ellison and | onlv hone that The
oconaintonce has henn nrod,;ic,iva of ne mucf
Loir;ross IN you as i, has ~ mo Rrt NJ
,hdft / car horilv G,ttor mysolC stilI hon.
that Won nrc not sorry that we met-are Won
-, /, ond bo tnoI bor bonJ
Tom;so was rather an' barrossoa and an
s,raroI, Il o,n NOT sorrr. nm yrry h ,nnv
g., -,.. sa;1 H. ,,,,o;n .,n nIi.I ~
~, "',, LOW Nv, ro,,r ro,i,, y, ,"h;o,, IononI
; nho,fhor rou eyar 500 mo o,nin Lpnis'
IonLod aghast Il can M longcr triAs viii
,,aoo 90 ~ Mind, oon,inraJho ,whicb v,I
hs hms r"oor'Iin r.".o " lost ;f van 40 ,ot ocoon
H. ,;ctnrs ram ma }taL;n, II fr,m III
= r''J nLo,, and lab mror !, a.. thot Of ron
E,tnro unu,I' hu"hanI
rh;s ,r,s a ,Io;, uo,,or Of cact dec,ar,
y .;a, onom,b. 1t;,i on;sa hos;tatod
u I'll uIaro b,on n,;staten IN tb;nt;n, tbo
Io,, .ai;.ht r",.ara co. n'a 49,
c ssSred su Cantain Solhv .If have, added bo
",e;,t "''d 49, -, ani, ror,o;ns e.
. ml't 70 y id rnu forawoII Mnst 90 Ton;ss1
"n;a ~; u Ia ~ 49,, FL ~
II ~ roryi;oJ I n,;so - lou, tono
uo 'o, @ ,opu pioood us ,ar,ro;t on hor roo,,
! o,a al donh, al nncor,o;n,n p was ~ an on,
;, = nat,saan r then,
n They remained for sometime so absorbe,
- in each other (asis the case with lovers il
p peneraN that Louisa quite started on be
n coming aware of the vicinity of the Misse
Prior whose voices she heard ON the stairs
h Before she could tell Captain Salby tina
n they were the inquisitive young ladies 70