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o possess one" She clasped her hands laugh

He depressed a vehement ejaculation aud
half rising, said hurriedly, Miss Bierstadt,
Jes sic, ould give all The flowers OF the sea
II you would"
20. but sea-lllies are not nowcrsp she
nalyelv exclaimed. "They are animals
crinods "a species OF Coclenters The an
clients found them, fossil and called them
stoEe'lilics--poor men they did not know as
much about science as We"
Jessie Blerstsdtr' spring'ng TO his feet,
"vou are stone-lily yourself-fully petrifed !
What do ! care about criuods or any other
odsF ] must know now II you really have"
"Oh.-h" ejsculsted Jessie, interruptIng
him and pcerIng snxious'y over the cliff.
"Mr. Sainton, l do believe there Is a rare
specie OF Compost &c down there" pointing
with her psrasol to starry blue flower hang
ing In a crevce just below. Cant you get
1t for met Oh do, pleasew She besmed
upon him particularly warm glance as she
finished.
He was vlclously digging the ground with
his cane while she spoke. lie looked at er
a second, then suddenly said, "Yes, II !
break my neck" Ard lie added under his
breath, as he threw Gown his cane. ~ told
Max | had dono everything else, and here
goes"
He turned and plunged recklessly down tn e
steep side, holding by a few shrubs here and
there. He reached the flower, when his foot
slipped Just as lie clui ched the blossom; the
sudden force tore out the email shrub TO
which he clung, and he went rolling down to
the rocks below.
Jessie was dazed for a moment. Then she
drew one long breath, and snatching up the
cane, with which to study her steps, she began
the descent carefully measuring every steF,
knowing we'll that to miss her footing might
be fatal to both. At last she stood on the
rocks below, and there, few feet away, lay
Arthur Sainton, mo;ionless. and red stream
tricklng over the stones. In a moment she
was at his side, to find his arm had been Sc
verely cut on n sharp rock aud was bleeding
profusely. Quickly and deftly she made a
tourn iquet of handkerchief and the cane and
applied 1t above the wound As she saw the
blood ceasing TO flow she bore water IN her
straw hat and bathed his face aud head AZ
ter unavailing attempts TO bring h m back to
consc Iousness, she did rer 'rkable thing for
hesrtless woman to do-threw her arms
about him and rsined kisses OH his white face,
crying"
"Arthur Arthur forgive me! Open your
eyes, and live for my sake, or my heart will
break ~
Perhaps II was mention OF her heart, or II
might have been The kisses, which brought
back his senses At any rates he opened his
eyes. smiled, wrapped his uninjured arm
around her, and family said, "My darling,
have found your heart at lastl' Then he
groaned, as the movement sent a sicken ng
pain through his shoulder.
An hour or so later the party was surprise cd
10 see them walk into its midst lie pale and
weak from the loss Of blood and pain, and
leaning upon her. Ii was not un I'll all found
themselves comfortably ensconced on board
tue yacht, homeward bound, the wound at.
tended to by convenient surgeon OF the par
ty, the sprained shoulder swathed In lint
ment- saturated hsndkerchIefs, and his head
found TO have sustained no severcr In jury
than that OF the scalp, that special inquiry
was made concerning the accident
GLOW on earth DID YOU contriye to tumble
over those cliffsi" qulried Max, the moment
they were alone.
Perhaps you remember advising me to
try. Well, did the next thing to it,-sprained,
my shoulder, with the rest. But found he.
hearth he ended with a jubilant smile.
Ali Didn't prophesy that your icily fsll
one had a heart, after all. But how about
the science and"
Bother your scencew Arthur snappishly
interrupted. "Where would have been II 1t
had not been for the sciences I'd have bled
TO death. Most women would have screamed
or tainted, or something equally foolish, With
out trying, or even knowing, what 10 do.n
on" Max meekIy said, / meant no Of
fence, but fellow has to talk so to keep on
the ee'ard side OF your theories
'Theoresr' Arthur glared savagry at his
tormentor 81 haven't any, and wouldn't
have any but scientific woman for wife p'
Now tell us how il happened, Jessie"
Mrs. Proctor was asking, in behalf Of the
group Of ladies' a short distance away.
There Is not much to tell was her non.
chaant reply. "Mr Santon lost his footing,
trying to get this flower for my herbarium."
As she SPOKE she critically exam ned the
will ell, blue rayed blossom, VIII ch had been
mlraculously preserved adding, "But it is
not what thought it to be-"
"Humph Aud you let him almost break
his neck for that Insignificant thing"
Tie indignant matron gave her whitening
glance and turned to the gentlemen in time to
catch Arthur Sainton's closing sentence.
"Poss lel" she exclaimed, as the truth
burst upon her 'Jessiew Fiated as Sue
was, she could not forbear. ''Jessie, behold
a man who declares every woman who dab
bles in science an ogress,-'cold and ~
Mrs. Proctor, protcst' cried Arthur 81
fores ore those ideas long ago."
'HushP' she returned suthorit atively, with
uplifted finger. He even wretchedly par
APPRAISED Goethe to clutch his stony state.
mentn
yes demurely responded Jes sic, ''The
scientific phrases women are accustomed to
repest"-
"You heard i'll" was the simultaneous in.
terruption from both Mrs. n octor aud Arthur
Sainton.
"a silken portlere not boing non-condu c.
tor Of sound, ] could not do otherwise than
ear; and as was even then 'dsbbling' In
the Objectionable subject, I coucluded''-
40 give me a lesson, see, and you have
in a most coldly scientific fashion. So my
theory was pure fgment of mY own brain at
the very Grst!" lie braccd himself up by
his n lbnw