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a ring Of pathos in, in it so. Sigh
that a dull ear, would not have
caught II, had a certain accent ! %:
command as it,asked' the last ques
tien- as it seemedto plead for tha,
poor soul gone,'" '"with all its errorfE
4thick upon it," to- the Judgment
-|seat ofaGod. But it pleaded .ae
1 deaf ears as far as Hugh Churchill
| was concerned. He. had listened
coldly; he spoke, if possible, more
coldly still; a
"Once more I repeat that you
waste your time when you speak
on this subject, Mr.. Tyrrell. !
grant the truth and sincerity of all
you say, but my decision is unal-
terably fixed. An Angel sent from
your father, or from any of his
name and blood. I must beg you
to accept this as final .%1n,.E9
He rose as he spoke, thus. signi-
fying that tile interview was at an
endi; but; to his surprise, Roland
ITyrrelldid notrise also: He 5qui-
city kept his seat, stilli:ileaning
| Slightly =. forward, with his eyes
turned toward that region Of, dim
shadow where Margaret sat, like a
faint, suggestive outline Of a wo-
man, ~ Hid }3R'H~ta'i T. itt
~ off'iYou forget that your decision is
not the only one,; Mr.. Churchill;'
he said, at length. 'Your sister is
Of legal age. is she not? | have
yet to hear whether she rejects, my
fathers reparation as unquivocally
as you have done.1'J i.t3:b H. 9if :
- II spoke for my sister as well as
for myself Hugh answered haugh-
tily., "Margaret is here, however.
If she desires, she can speak fol-
herselfn5i'&,,t;Gz 20 t@N focnt \ i
81 don't desiresit, Hugh, = said
sMargaret's voice, trembling. softly
out Of the shadows, II 4, would
rather YOU III spoke for me- ...i,
'''"I have spoken. said Hugh la
conically.!aflao2 2r'}r2 'a' o'-a''' 2
,,tsBut pardon me;if Task, is. this
right" said Tyrrell,i for tthel first
time directly addressing Margaret.
FFYou' should think aud. act for
yourself follow bTindly your
brothers example, I can scarcely
think that you-a womanAare- as
utterly without compassion fob the
.ss,qHsripgs and d!sltsenI.elpgtp alttsneptept Of ao4ost
unhappy man as ne seems, to be. z
sister sistssr H11eedy 10 u schooling sci in
her duty, sir" said High ehraged
at,this boldness. Margaret, speak
for yourself, aud satisfy MrnTyr-
re rell that, on olqp1, a pointiolfn nhe4or,Ewe
ChurchillS always think Alike i,rpi
z'1he' Young autocerat uttered this
imyefiously5 Bat1 for; a 9mnFomebtIt no
answer lwasireturned. The' fiji ick-
ering phyof f,the drelightsrose'and
fell manyt, times before. Margaret
spoke from her nook Of, shadows
spike gravelyn'yet very gently,
1t"I.tliink Hugh is duite right; Mr..
Tgrrell,'in decllningIto accept the
beluest of which you.speak. Apart
from his inf uence, !; am sureiJ that.
It would never have occurred to
ME for a moment to accept ady ,ob-
hgatioiAlabove all, such an obliga-
tion-from the hand that shed my
fathers, 7 blood. ~ Butt -her. voice
seemed to gathcr.strength here-"I
think Hugh is very wrong in his
GREAT bitterness of feeling, and I,
having h heardand'b believed all that
YOU, said ofihis remorse, would be-
glad if your father stood here this
to learn how fully and
freely one Churchill, at least, for
gives the crime he committed and
the wrong he wrought '@z
There was minutes silence af-
ter these words we're uttered. In
deed, it would be hard to say which
Of. her two listeners Margaret had
taken most by surprise. Tyrrell,
,Hrecovcred his power Of
speech 9and action first While
Hugh still glared in .amazement at
his sister, he rose and went over to-
her; side. She certainly had not
meant to2give' him her hand, But he
took it'inhis own, nevertheless. "'
,"God bless you!'' he said, in a
voice that quivered with emotion.
"You have, spoken as a brave,
generous woman should speak, and
IL shall never cease to be CRATE
ful to- you I'- -1''' ''' ~. go
More than this he could not say,
even if he had desired to do so, for
Hugh Hugh inferred, scorntully1
and coldly: .... .....:G. :...
'"My sister is a.woman, as you
remark, Mr.. Tyrrell, after the fash,
ion of her sex, she has introduced
a purely irrelevant question into a.
matter Of business, since we have
both agreed:in declining your tath77
er's legacy, however, Ibelieve b. y, the there
is nothing more to say
g.. This. time Roland Tyrrell took
the hint 50 curtly given. n He re-
leased Margaret's hand, and with a
parting bow to her, passed out Of
the room. But at the door of the
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