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on the Continent, and then come back to i
again." said Rose. .....,..,

mo, my love, shall be compelled to sell
it. 1t is, you know, most valuable estate
and will bring me q great deal of money
With part of this I shall be able to pay Of
all owe, which I could not otherwise do
You would not like any reproach to rest upon
my name, would your III did not honorably
discharge my debts, people would think badly
of me, and I should deserve their blame. ]
am quite sure that you would not, either Of
you, wish me to act in such way as to make
me feel ashamed of myself in failing to do my
duty" ?....... ...~...........' ..,.,t ~.
"How did you get into debt. papa?" asked
Evelyn, who with folded hands and knitted
brows, was now listening very inteptly to bis
words. sG..... s' 49,. - y-'"ar. ....
"You would not clearly understand, if ]
should explain it to you, my dear. One thing
I may tell you, and that is, have done moth.
ing wrong-nothing culpable, mean. !
have been very foolish, very unwise, in put
ting trust in Company which has proved
unworthy to betrusted. And it has deceived
and cheated all who believed in it, and
brought them into trouble" ----.-.l. -.-,
"Hou r h.te TINT Company, whatever it
is! I should like to kill all the people be-
longing to it, cried, Evelyn, clenching her
little hands, while her glittering eyes and
crimsoned cheeks gave emphasis to her words
Rose sat pale and silent. her eyes brimming
with tears which she would not allow to fall.
Her fathers announcement had descended
upon her like thunderbolt, and her heart
vas too full for words. lr.. ....
"Don't speak so vindictively, Evelyn. !
have been greatly wronged, but you know
the Bible bids US forgive bur enemies" - said
the poor baronet, who had been struggling
honestly, but Cit must be eonfessed) rather
upsuccessfully thus far, to bring his own mind
to that state of Christian charity which he
knew was enjoined upon him. !.
"Where shall we 60, when we leave here p
was Evelyn's next inquiry. -
"That is just the point which am most
anxious to have settled" answered her father.
"You two would not like, I suppose, to q. to
boarding. .school-for time, l mean, until
I could get matters arranged r
"A boarding school! 1t would be hateful" !"
cried the vehement Evelyn, while Rose, clasp
ing and kissing her fathers hand, whispered
entrsatingly, "Let US stay with. you, papa,
dear papa Please don't send US away"
"Well, darlings, it shall be as you like"
responded the indulgent father. "But let me
tell you, I have very nearly made up my
mind to leave England, and 60 to some dis
tant country, where I may work and grow
rich again. am afraid you would not be
pleased to do that. Would you not prefer to
stay in England, if could find a pleasant
home for you to live iu until came for you p
"No," said both the girls simultaneously !;
and again Roses soft little fingers pressed
the hand she held, with an eloquence of per-
suasion quite as forcible as speech while Eve
lyn, halfstrangling her father with her en-
braces, kissed again and again his care'lined
brow.
"Ill go with you. papa! don't care if
it's to Africa, or New Zealand, or Robinson
Crusoe's island. I shan't be left behind, 80
YOU needn't want me to be. i'll ean'tstay at
Lyndhurst, don't care where am, so long
as I'm with you"
The baronet gently returned her caress, and
then freed one hand to rub the moisture from
his eyes, Here was something to live for, at
all events. While he had his childrens affec'
ton to cheer his heart, the world could never
be all dreary and dark. ... ..,.
"There-now don't let US talk any more
about it," cried Evelyn, as variable in her
moods as the lights and shadows of an April
day and slipping down from her fathers
knee, she seized her sister by the hand.
"Come. Rosie, let's play forfeits and stop look
ing so glum and grave. Or shall we have p
dance insteadf" ia
"Dsnce! can't play or dance no'0-how
can you feel like it'" was Roses reproachful
reioinder. ,"Do, Evie, let us be quiet for a
little; I just want to think" ....t ~. l..
"Think-no, you must not think-nobody
must think about horrid, disagreeable things
any more this evening. Look, papa, this was
the new figure Sophie Gordon learned last
week at dancing.school. She taught it to me
yesterday, only I ought to have wreath in
my hand. "Aud Evelyn suddenly dashed off
into q wild, fantastic dance. looking, as she
swept and whirled about, with her curls fly
ing about her shoulders, her cheeks crimson,
and her slim little arms waving above her
head, like some enchanting sprite in a reyel
of fairyland. Her father was astonished, and
her sister shocked at this unptimely unpti display Of
gayety and the emotions of both, apparently
we're Reproduced in the mind of Roger Mar.
tin, who just then was shown by servant in
to the study, and who stood for a moment
near the door, gazing at Evelyn as if .lpe he
thought she must suddenly have gone crazy.
"Ah here is Roger. Now, my dears, l
shall be obliged to look over some business
papers, and think you had both better 60 to
bed" said Sir John. Rose silently kissed him
goodnight. shook hands with Roger, and re-
tired. Evelyn whirled once again around the
room, flung her arms impetuously about her
father in another sitting embrace, then seiz
ing Roger by both hands exclaimed, "Ride
me once, Roger, just once through the hall
and up stairs, please dol Papa got home sc
late missed my gallop on Fillbert, so l must
make you my horse instead" "
Evelyn, you are quite too old now to be
such romp," exclaimed the baronet reprov'
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