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heads together IN wonder over the lifting OF
Col. SCHUYLER and the unprecedehtel magnan.

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his timei asserting his Independence. and the
firm resolution which IN. he has
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Of her this afternoon at her easement Judge
that tho turn OF affairs has had yory en-
as she saw Sn with
manner she tore Of q branch Of the howsring
sSqs 10 ss an Carried @ s1n
FOR her RS sparkle and her laughter hurt me. and
would rather have seen her less Joyous aud
ar li.,ls more sensible OF the ruin she had
For she has wrought ruin. as any one can zee
who looks at the Colonel long, enough to note
that il his look which makes me trembls and
has been up to bis house "a. day. and when 10
came back there was not u blind from one end
OF the street to the other but autyered whom ne
who they cannot but feel has meri.sd all the
sympathy II not the homage Of their sex.
wo,kmsn at the new house have been offered
extra sS wages Il they put the house Into habit
For ali lis secret sstisisc,ion urrin is very
restless. lie has tried TO induce Juliet 70 marry
him at once. and go with him to the little cot
tage he has raised tor hor comfort But she
puts him of with excuses. which. however. arc
70 mingled with sweet coGuetries and caresses.
he is away from the Fascination Of her pres.
and these wh do
putting his brilliant bird in q cage, suitable to
her plumage that he remembers his manhood
sorry for him In O WY. but not so deeply as
might be 4 he were more humble and more
ssR W ss e MAKE hmse II dsSsos to
Colonel something has happened which
R 70 and sha from
very force OF circumstances finally suceumb.
l say man, but do not mean woman Al.
no woman. for II it was, then Is Juliet -,
Let me- Keep TO iaSts; have not set'consroi
To. day tho sun SGT red. A., We had been hay
Ing aa o. Ta
among them. and as | stood looking intently
horizon to zenith. Orrin stepped up behind me
do you want to take ride to-nisht2"
than ever. answered Yes" and accordinely
about 5 that night he rode UP to my door and
w. thought he would turn in the. direction Of
the stone house. for one night when had 81.
progress, had detected him croaehina in one
OF the thickSst shadows cast BY the surround
h ns mes
instant | was in tho saddle. he wheeled him
self about and led the wav eastward. whipping
and squirting his horse a. IL 1t were devils
ride he contemplated. and not that easy: rest
full canter under the rising moon demanded BY
AYE " You .nG not ss comna was shouted back
to mo as the distance increased between US.
but note what a wild sort Of beauty there was
Saru f . .searum ride. "ysrs Different thought
Hour " the GS0a aad 0GK s1Fss q hs
could see him thus she would any longer
wound him By her hssisations: after ,l having
Did he guess my thoughts. or was his mi1d
harsh. but thrilling tones:
II had her where she ought ought to BE-: here
strucsion be e8 f would take her back again
to the town and the temptations which besst her
while she eau hear the sound OF hammer upon
And you would he right" I was about to
say In some bitterness | own, when the full
me and observed instead.
You would take her yonder where you hope
Ssn Sa R. Is Ss sh'F lives
,ery ias aa ICY lis fs0q t shot ahead
as h snoR Ss Go
NOR. shan al the heo word hair this Is true
she ought to he happy with me In hoyel.
while have dSy esgs for a nsr
finished. You shall 500 it tonight"
with In these rIdes seemed forced 70 take
was merciIess. for once launched Into talk he
sympathy and jealous ohasrln. Suddenly he
Tho forest We had been threading had for
tho last few minutes been growing thinner
caused me to look up / saw, or thought saw.
faint glow shining through the BRANCHES be-
s rhh c Sy a% IL;
long ago sunk into darkness.
Orrin who. as he had ceased speaking. had
sd II pig yan.s 5ofss
as fast as M, evidently weary animal would
and and sams out into the open fields beyond. Xs
saw and % TIE 0 fiames. WHICH had now sos
S0u s.y up IKE *. Doss
position and ~ glare q ne stream %;
was burning and Orrn's hopes which wero
being DESTROYED before our eyes. The cry he
gave as he fully realized this shall never for
get, nor tht gesture with which Sh hS drove ne
long valley into the ever-incI easing glare that
lighted first his flowing hair and the wet nanks
Of the animal he bsstrods. end finally seemed p
some ,ayenging damon rushing through his
was far behind him. but made what time
I could. feeling to tho core Us l passed. the
wsirdness OF the solitude before me. with just
this element Of horror flaming up IL ITS midst
interrupted that crackl1g Z, sound Of burning
i could reach his side. could hear distinctly
the echo WHICH followed it. orrin may have
his horse. and when reached him saw him
sitting there before the smOuldsrinR ashes Of
his home. silent, and inert, without o word to
say or an ear to hear tho instructive words Of
sympathy could not now keep back.
Who had done III Who had started tho blaze
which had In one hnlf-hour undone the work
and hope Of monthsp That was the question
which first reused me and caused mo to search
tho silence and darkness OF the plight for some
the mark OF human iooI, And found 1t
There. In tho wet margin OF the stream. came
upOn a tOkan which may mean mo- hing and