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feet that he was suffering from q severe
attack Of lumbago. but would. if possible,
return in the evening.

feet that he was suffering from q severe
attack Of lumbago. but would. if possible,
return in the evening.
By III O'Clock he was at Lords. The
mere sight Of the ground was so welcome
to him that he was determined to spend
IS much time there as he possibly could.
He knew, of course, that he would be GER
tain to meet any number of his old
friends, ana that the whole proceeding
was extremely risky, but he consoled
himself with the thought that as Mr..
Straightway rarely il ever went into So
ciety Of any sort. he was not at all likely
to hear anything about it. So he en-
sconced himself in the pavilion and
awaited the beginning of the play with
~pleasurable impotence. The Heathcotes
were all enthusiastic cricketers, and he
counted on their appearance by II o'clock
at the latest.
The match commenced in due course,
but upon its varying fortunes it is not
necessary to dwell. The Heathcotes also
arrived, and Tom ut ice took up o
position on tho drag by the side of Miss
Alice, the warmth of whose greeting at
once speedily banished oil fears and
qualms of conscience from his breast.
Nothing, in fact, could have been moro
perfect than Mr.. Baxter's happiness up
to the luncheon interval. His stentorian
well hit" or well bowled" could be
heard n hundred yards away. He
clapped his hands, stamped, and waved
his hat like the veriest %schoolboy, and
meanwhile he was unremitting in his at
tention to the girl of his heart. Two
o'clock struck.
The bell rang for lunch, and the occu-
pants of Mr.. Heathcote's drag prepared
for tho substantial meal which forms 80
prominent q feature of the two great
matches ct Lords. Tom by no means
despised creature comforts. Mr.. Straight
ways curates were expected, ut all events
when with him on duty, to follow their
wears example in asceticism, 30 a good
lunch was very acceptable to him. He
had supplied Alice's wants, aud wa in
the act Of lifting to his mouth a piece of
salmon, when suddenly he turned pale.
his jaw fell. his eyes dilated. and the
piece of salmon, accompanied by the
fork, fell UNDECIDED to the ground.
It was too true. Beside the very next
drag. talking to q gentleman ON the box
tire, whose figure was horribly familiar to
the guilty curate. He could not be mis-
taken; it was Septimus Straightway,
though what could have brought the rev.
erend gentleman to Lords was beyond
Toms Imagination. The vicar had his
back turned, and evidently did not sus.
pect his curate's proximity. Instant
flight was the only hope.
Good gracious. Toni" cried Miss
Alice. what on earth is the matterp You
look as white as q sheet"
Il don't feel very we'll. dear. Excuse
me II minute stammered Mr.. Baxter.
And he rose hurriedly, upsetting his
plate. and jumped to the ground. just
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clergyman shaking hands with his friend
on the box-seat; he was turning toward
Mi. Heathcote's drag; in another second
detection would follow. Tom glanced
hurriedly round, the door of the drag
was open and no one was looking. He
accordingly plunged in head foremost,
shut the door. and to make assurance