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Norman clonrel cilTi0uslv at the sivun-
tur. and closed tho book.
"17iun Vsrs5o.n he murmured. "that is a
curious name"
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CHAPTER VII.
Two years passed RAPIDLY and Cunnar
became proficient in English He took "A
LESSON of one hour every evening from his
lnndlndv's dnla.htrr. tho chartnin. NInthiI-
da, who, whom the student with the beer
base had taken French leave (neQlectiny
TO settle his board blu, p!tied tho SOLITARY
Young man from the backwoods. and
taught him variety of things besides In
glish grammar She wa, curious mix
turo. this fascinating Mathilda, and Gun
mar, though not lacking in common sense.
found himself unable to Judge her Two
attributes. however, he learned to distin-
p,1ish in her. He took her TO be adorably
simple and kind hearted aud full of good
imnulses. But he could not dem that she
was an outrageous dirt. He ina, ;ined too,
that she put up with him sometimes be
cnuse she pitied his loneliness, and at other
times for want Of anybody more desirable.
When you can't get tobacco ~ smoke. they
SAY in Norway, moss is a fair substitute
Anything of the masculine gender was fair
game for Mathilda, and her time hung
heavily ON her hands whom no masculine
creatures were about. Her mother az r1ned
that Girtatiou- disposition was so deeply
inCrained IN her nature that it was uselCs.
70 blame her for 1t. She had, the same au-
thoricy asserted, winke1 at the doctor
when She wtls born
One would have supposed that Guunar,
armed with this knowledge, would have
been proof against her Ill" ndishneuts
rI,f1 SO
that kind OF assaults There vas to him
delicious thrill of danger in the situut.on
which to her was entirely absent. She had
seen moro Of the world than he and some
times, III order to tease him, gave him
Srancimothcr!y advice. Sno wormed his
innocent secrets out Of him, and OBJ
tanned finally II confession OF all his mis-
deeds. He felt so desperately wicked in
having won the love OF Iu.erd. and then
spurned It, tha; it was a great relief TO
him tn be able 10 call himself hard names
III the presence Of "a sympathetic listener
He did not fail 10 perceive that Mothilda,
while cOndemuinS his fHithlessncss. looked
upon hi'a with "a liyelicr interest after this
confidence, and he could not help feeling
daikly heroic in the midst Of all his
wickcdne4z
What a lovely character, he argued. this
gentle maiden must have to forgive all his
past, and treat him with such kindness
and sweet consideration. Why, knowing
how disint5gested she was, should he hold
n4,ck from her HE other and far more inn
po!rnnt secret? He had repeatedly limited
at It IN her presence, and tLou4h her curl
oSty lad been vaguely piGuod she had
failed 10 rise TO the occasion Sho treated
his mys' evious illusions IA if she ONLY half
a.; ., 4 I'D, L. Il
servaciona with an absent niuied viyar:tv
which t'ted him sorcly He felt at last that
his self re poet compelled him to reveal the
plot Of which be wa both victim aud
author. He was irritAted beyond al, en-
DURANGO, ana anticipated with morbid
satisfaction the sensation he would ma lie
when he should explode his bomb But
here he was again destined to diagppoint-
ncut. The shrewd Mathilda betrared no
great Advertisements He saw by he glance
she gave hin, from under her LONG lashcs
that She thought he was ronancing. but
was too considerable TO tell him 20. He had
then no choice bat to produce his proof
and when Mathil,n finally had no choice
bat to believe him lie could no LONGER
charge her with indiiTcrence
She betrayed III alacrity and an indixna
ton on lis behalf which were extremely
i!attGring. lie felt with grctitied vanity
how immensely ho had risen in her esteem
Cusophi,Hcatcl though he was he observed
that sho dressed with more car, for tLcfl
lessons and exertcd all her arts toplease ii
a way which formerly would never hav,
occurred to her. 1t was an iutoxicatior
Of bliss to sit at her side on her sofa. Will,
her As!r sraZcd his check and her han,
sometimes BY some vagrant impulse stole
into his. and her dark blue eyes suddenly
flashed upon him a Glance fun of tender
meaning. She could put on look Of sucl
appealing innocence that Gunnnr had t,
exert all his self restraint to keep himsel
within bounds, A wild desire seized hin
more than once to clasp her in his arm,
and cover her face with kisses. but at sucf
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sweet face of Ingcrid win toorr,I evrs q n,
Ens nriverinr Win inf3nrira distrcss on(
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