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ere. to Justify, although regretted Puiliu.
pas fearful act l'igIt or wrong, she was
the woman | 5yol: aud I sworc would
save her from the consequences Of her
crime, ovcn-lioaven help III the accu-
sation, when mai', must fall upon my
shoulders
Vet it was not the beginning of any
scheme to cvade Justice which induced mt
10 raise tn, dead body and beer 1t to t,a
sile Of thu road. where | placed it under tac
low bank on which the hedge grew. IT was
the reverence which one pays to death made
me do this. | could not leave the poor
wretch lying in tho very middle Of the hi IL
way for the first passershy to stumble
against. Tomorrow lie would, of course,
lc found Tomorrow the hue and cry
would be outl Tomorrow Philippa, sny
| pniliupa, would -. Oh, heavens. never
urvcr. ncverl
So | laid what was left of Sir Nnnrvyn
| 'crrnnd revoniallv by the side of the lonely
| road | even triel to close his CLASSY eyes,
/ aud | covered his face with his own hand.
icrchief Then, with heart holding fear
anu anguish enough Cor lifetime, | turned
and vent in search of the poor unhappy
girl
Where should SEQ. 5,r. Who knew what
hpr row. .v. .,."'l nrr 40 Il
10 knew whittier h,r horror may nav
driven herl Ii need, lut 30 find Philippe
hfnlcss on he road t. complete the hcavi st
tale of grief which can Ire eXacted from en-
man in oi.e short night, ctnched my teet,
AMI ruSh", IA.
had tie roa all the road to myself. ~
one was abroad in such weather Indeed.
few persons were seen at night III any
weot cr in this lonely part of the country
made straight tor m own house. The dis
NAL thought came to rc that unless Phil
ippa kept to the road she was lost to N"
forever. II she strayej to the right or to
the left, how on sucn night could | posi-
bly, flint here Nv one hope was tnat She
would 90 strai 1T to my cottlgn; 50 thiiher
! made the b".t of my way. If she hal not
arrived. must get what assistance | coul
and seek for her in the feel Is to the right AN i
left of the road. 1t was drcary comfort
to remember that all the ponds and spaces
of wat were frozen six inches thick.
hcstatod a moment when | reached her
late rcsiienc'. Should inquire if she had
returned thithel! No: when morning To-
Vealed tn chastity event Of the ight, my
having done SO would awake suspicion.
Let M first 90 home.
Home at last. In moment shall know
the worst. | opened tn slide of my Ian
tern, which was still alight and threw the
rays ON the path which led to my door, My
heart gave a great bound Of than;tu,ncss
There on the snow, II yet obt"rpted 10y
more recent fakes, were the prints Of d
small foot. Philippe, as | pravel but
scarcely dared to hope she might, hal come
straight to my house.
My man opened the door for me- 1t wa
well | had seen those footprints, as my
knowled 20 Of Phlippa's arrival enabled mC
to assume natural air.
my sister has comer asked
''Nes, sir: about quarter of an hour ago.
Owe missed each other on the ro-d VIVA
night | said throwing Off my snow-cov
cred coat "Where is she now" | asked.
an the sitting room, sir" Then. lowcrinl
his voice, William added: "She seemed jus
about in Il tantrum when she found YOU
weren't at home l expect we shall find he
a hard lady to please
William in spite of his stolidtv. occa
sionally ventured upon some liberty when al
dressing me.
His words greatly surprised M | force,
myself to make some laughing rejoElar
then turned tie handle of the door and cl
tered the room in which Philip, had take
refuge.
Oh, how my heart thrcbb, What wou
she say to M! What coull |, fresh fror
that dreadful scene, say to herr Would sh
excuse or prlliatc, would she simply comics
or boldly justify, her crime! Would sh
plead her wrongs in eXtenuation' Would all
assert that in moment of unEovernabl
rage she had done the deed! No matte
what she said; she was still Philippa, an
even at the cost of my own life and honor
would save her.
= Yet as | advanced into the room a shudde
u ,,.,b 70 al
;, the remembrance of that white face, tina
! still form lying ms Ind left it, with Y,
b.. pure white snow falling thickly around it.
! Philippa was sitting in front of tbs fir
. Her hat was removed. her dark hair di
i, heveled and cleaning wet with the sno
y which had melted in it. She must hay
), heard me enter and close the door, but 81
=, took no notice. As | approached her 81
turned her shoulder upon mo in n pattis
. way, and as one who by the action NEAR
- to signify diSplcasure. I came to her sic
u and stood over her, waiting for her to loo
y up and speak first. She must speak frs
u What can say. after all that has happeno
y Tonight
But she kept "A stony sileuco-kept h,
, eyes still turned from mine. At last callc
, her by her name, and, bending down, locke
y into her face.
llS tNllt'N~lpil wis one bl Sulttn dllEc
e and moreover anger which seemed todcept
as she heard my voice. She made a kind
= contemptuous gesture as if waving n
- aside.
:, "Philippa," said, as aternly as ! coul
=, ''speak to met
y laid my hand upon her arm. Size shoe
=, it Off fer ely, and then star ted to her feet
~ "Nou ask me to speak to YOU" she sal
''you WHO have treated me like this O
: it is shamcm! shameful! | come throue
~ storm and suow-comc to you, who were
y, welcome me ms brother! Whore are yo
~ Away, your wrctched servant tells me. WI
- are you away: truSte you! Oh, YOU a
-, pretty brother! If you had cared for n
- or respected me, you would have been he
=; - to greet me. No! you ara all in a league
:. all in n league to ruin me! Now ! am her
~ ., what will you do! Poison me, of cours
~ kill mo, and make away with me, even
y, 10 that other doctor killed and made aws
VI with my poor child! He did! | saw he Iii
| saw him do it, "A child of shame he sal