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disappointment and spite through 1t all.
Your spirit Goes you credit, Miss AL
worth. By the way, hear that you once
lived at jasmine Ledge"
"H,rdly, though was born and my
mother ell there. said Gwendc!lne. i
was still but o baby when my fathers
misfortunes lost him the beautiful villa
together with evorythiug be possessed.
Il hope yon won't dsem me patronizing
Miss Al.orth," said Adele, with charm.
ing air of frankneEs, but wish you
would consider our grounds at your dis
posal during GUY absence, together Wild
all the fowerG you may choose 10 PLUCK.
II thank you with all my heart, ex.
claimed Gwen 10 line, with flush OF
pleasure. IF 1 may accept the privilege
for my father also, it will To an addition
oil boon. He fairly worships flowers.
The gardener shall be notified to hold
himself at your disposal. Joined in Bon
court, lifting his hat again, and then, az
Adele smiled and waved her white hand
through the DUSK the landau rolled
awav.
1T was an unoommonly dirty trick.
even for the bankers doing" said Bon.
court, presently, as though rather think
ING aloud than aaafesosne his sister.
line girls spirit ls In keeping with ner
beauty, which is certainly superb"
Adele did not express the secret sense
of relief she felt at knowing that Miss
Alworth Was no lor ger to reside under
the same roof with Noel, but merely said:
Certainly she is not to blame for hav-
Ing refused the kideous old lawyer, even
| under the most dazzling inducements.
That creatures personal appearance al
ways makes me think of what the mon
| Bter Marat must have been at the time
Charlotte Corday hdnted him out OF the
world with her dagger"
An uLmitigated- Caliban, to be surel
But you don't know all of this little girls
pluck. I was about to mention it to you
when you stopped the carrisge.'
Tell me now"
while you were changing your dress
this evening Lord Squanderall came
back for his dog-cart, after having escort
ed Miss Alworth home on foot. He was
greatly disturbed, and being uncommon
! ly fIesh-Httle Letter than q sieve, in
tact-he was not long in blurting out the
cause of his trouble to me tefore ha
drove off Can you guess itP"
MOT, surely, that ne also had proposed
to Miss Alworth, and been rejected?"
Just that, and nothing else, by Jore!"
@Cieu Is the child natural born fool?"
NO; but she must be trump Of the
rare sort. And the richest par, of it is
that she must have dcne it only short
time before giving the lawyer the mitten.
! Think of it! A real lord and o legal Midas
rejected one after the other, in perhaps
less than an hour, and by pennilesH
girl, with an :mbecile father on her
hands! Why, she presents positive
anomaly in this English society,""
Adele set her teeth hard, and did not
reply at once. She could now no longer
doubt that Gweudoline was secretly in
love with Noel, tie uncertainty of whose
homage to herself was constantly caus-
ing her 80 many torturing thoughts when
he was absent from her side; for in what
other way could the young girls rejec-
tion of such suit as Lord Squanderalls
be explained2
She did not abs solutely hate Miss AL
worth as yet, but she shuddered to think
of the jealous fury that would inevitably
possess her in case Of the conviction be-
ing forced upon her that her lover, her
Noel. and this noblv poised young girl
were really in love with each other.
so our young lordling, then, seemed
greatly cut up by his rejection2" said she,
at length.
*All gone to pieces! And he exhibited
more genuine emotion than would have
given him credit for. He said she had
rejected him simply because she didn't
| love him, but had also volunteered the
announcement that, even were 1t other
wise, she wouldn't marry him, because of
| his devotion to the bottle and cards. Ha!
vas ever heard the like of it in little
begcar of no moie than nineteen?"
They say that SIZE is unatfectedly re-
ligious," said Adele, with thoughtful
gravity "Well, suppose that put an
end t.. .squanderalls folly in thinking of
marrying below his rank.
But it didn't, though. He was hit
right in the center. I'll reform, Bon
court, said he, in driving off, I'll become
staid coantry-gentleman. I'll devote
myself to prize cattle and church repair.
ing. I'll do everything but cease hoping
that that perfect little paragon shall some
day be Lady Squanderall! Who knows
but that he my succeed? There may be
reserved forces in the young fellow, dor
mant until now, you know"
Then Lord S9uanderall drove off to
his estate aloae2" said Adele, after long
pause. -He did not accompany Noel aud
Sir Henry to the Beeches2"
"No; though he mentioned that he
would join tn m there on Thursday, when
they are NIL going up to London together.
$50; Noel did not tell me the exact day.
How odd that he should be going the
same day as we are!"
But on n very different errand, I'll be
bound!" said Boncourt, with n low laugh.
Adele moved uneas ly at his side, though
the air had now grown so dark that he
could not See the expression of her face.
The Fates forbid that that should te
ever conjectured by him!" she murmured.
you ore sure, Alphonse, there is not the
remotest possibility of his running across
US in Londou?"
Have not told you repeatedly that it
impatiently. He and Lis country friends
can have no affinity with the sort of fish
we are to net. Moreover, We shall be as
secure under our London aliases as We
have heretofore been"
And this is to be tie Inst, the very last,
cooper .tion of this sort that is to be de-
mnnded of me?"
I have repeated that to you oftener
than the other"
Don't be angry with me, Alphonse.
You can't think Low my auxie:y, In this
regard, even more than keeps pace with
my mad love fer Noel-with my growing,
haunting dread lest some uuforest en-
revelation should sunder US hopelessly."
Forgive me, my sister! and be con-
tent with my assurance that such q thing
shall never Ie," said Boncourt, softly
kissing her in the dark, for the one
chvalrous element il the nuns hard
nature was his fondness for his sister.