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you any longer. | uStu 10 ueCelNe nNSell
at first. | hated everything | heard Of
him, and thought / disliked him, too.
| told myself he was bold and presuming,
but, mamma If he were not what he Is we
should not call him so because-because
he would not give up without II struggle,
the woman he loved We should not con
denim him because he tried to be near
her, because he had beautiful eyes and
they followed her always Those are not
crimes, mamma"
mo. dear no." tenderly
But | tired to think them so at first,
Nell went on. 81 have always treated him
coldly and disdaintully. ! would never
hear him. never will hear him: but |
do not hate him And if he were not Jack
Hamilton all he has said to me would be
just and true
"And he'has said" said her mother.
said have been cruel to him. He has
said ought to tell him why | hate him.
He has said he suffers And it is true
He does love me ! have been cruel. He
is suffering now. He did not lie to me
about that. saw it in his face -
"And you have said put in She
again
IL have said that we have no words to
say to each other. have said that he is
less than nothing to me. | have said that
it is not only hatred | feel for him, but
contempt. And, despise me, mamma-be
selt-it is not true!
"But it was best, Nell, dear-it was
best" sad her mother, caressing her.
And you were brave and IN the right
when you did it, 1t is true that you hate
his wickedness 1t is-it is what he
might have been that You care for
on said Nell, hidden upon her shout
der, "do you-do you think it isl
YES, dear
"And you are nOt-not ashamed of me,
mamma -
Mrs. Huntington kissed her hair in
rather a hesitating way, rs if to give her
self Il moments time.
Nell" she said, 81 could not be with
out being ashamed of myself, too IL
must confess also, my dear rather weak
ly, 81 am older than YOU ana it has been
against my principles, but-but | have
liked him, too.
There was start and Nell lifted her
face. No light was needed to tell her
mother that it was flooded with warm
color.
Oh, mamma !" she cried, darling !"
and she clasped her in her arms and
kissed her again and again, her soft tears
falling.
Think kindly of him if you can" She
said. "You may-Thinll kindly of him
if you can, because may not
The day after North Brabant was sur
prised by rumor that the Huntingdon
cottage was closed, and that the mother
and daughter had gone away. This I'll
NOR Mrs. Maria Huntington received in Il
spirit of severe disbelief
at is impossible" she said. 'They
never mentioned it to me ~ And making
Il visit of inquiry and finding only ser
wants at the house, she returnd to Owlet's
Nest dumb with proper Indignation at not
having been consulted.
WAS unite sudden ma am y Sni1 the
woman she saw. Miss Huntington has
been quite unwell Mrs. Huntingdon
was anxious and thought she needed
change That was the reason"
They did not return to North Brabant.
Their friends heard of them occasionally
sort, sometimes at another. They did
not seem to remain more than a few days
anywhere.
Are you fleeing from some pursuer,
Nell ?" Hester Beverly wrote once.
Marion and | have decided that you are
in hiding as Jack Hamilton was when he
was in London. 1t seems that Prof.
Chatterton recognized him, when he was
here, as young man who had done some
thing so dishonorable when he was in
London that he barely escaped the penalty
of the law through his Cousins efforts
and But forgot, you don't like to hear
of it."
1t was very late in the season. The last
scarlet, yellow and brown leaves had flut-
tered to the ground and disappeared, when
the Huntingdon town house was opened,
ana az nrst there was some doubt as TO
whether 1t would not soon Declosed again,
as Mrs Huntington had spoken Of
hall-formed plan of going abroad. Miss
Huntington was not exactly strong, and
the voyage ana change might be bench
cial to her. But this plan was abandoned
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