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debted to you," said Mrs. Grey's visitor.


no excuse for lingering any longer, but he
could not 20 till he had determined some
thing which tore him with bittercst agony.
"You viii tell mel hope, !" faltered he,
chow this key came into your possession"
and he indicated the bright line of gold
hanging amid the steel
ooh, that onel' replied the young man
carelcssly. THAT isn't mine, as matter
of fact, though l hardly suppose I shall
ever have an opportunity of restoring it to
its owner"
"Where-where did you find IT," cried
Nigel, now in uncomfortable agitation-so
keen that It communicated itself in part to
his hearers
"I picked it up on board ship last year
when went over to America for an au
tumn trip" answered the other. at be
longed to young lady-onc of the passen
ers-and-and'-
You and she arc enGagedy" interrupted
Nigel, In voice scarcely audible from the
emotion Of the speaker.
ono; we are strangers" the young man
fastened to say. II have never been able
to restore tho key (Which l recognized as
hers from having often observed it hang
ing from her watch chnin) because press
ing business, coupled with the severe i'll
ness Of near relative who had journeyed
ont without me, prevented my tracing this
lady Immediately. Afterward it was too
late, she and her mother had left the hotel
to which l found they had gene on land
ing, and SO l placed the key on my own
ring Suppose I now transfer it to your
keepingF"
Nigel had sat down again. The rcvul-
sion Of feeling had been too strong for him
after believing that his lost love was
eternally divided from him-that she must
be bctrothed to the handsome young man
who possessed her key Once, three years
ago, he and she had been on the eve Of
making their vows together at the altar,
when all Mt once, through his own foolish
jealousy, this bright vision of happiness
had vanished Evclyn-hs Eyie-had been
terrified by his too exacting demands that
she should sec no one, think Of no one.
when in his presence, and quarrel all of
his making had ensuei. CHANGING back
he could perceive his error. his folly, his
harshness-now when it was indeed too
late. Such undue proportions had his
jealousy taken that he had imagined Eve
lyn cared not for him, but his wealth, and
he had made one unguarded exclamation
TO this effect One only, but it was enough
far the high-souled, loving girl who had
promised to be his bride.
Next day she sent back all his gifts, with
three brief lines:
This time yesterday nothing but death could
have forced me from you; now nothing but death
can rcunite us. FvrLyS NoRr
Nigel had flown up to town before this
brief farewell arrived, intending to drown
his misery in rushing hther and thither;
saying to himself poor foolish fellow that
| Evelyn would repent her ohstinacy about
that fellow Hartford (the acquaintance who
had aroused his jealousy, and undertake
not to speak to him again when they met
| Why, If she loved him, was she not ready
to promise anything'
He rcckoned without his host. On again
reaching home-ten days after he quilted
! it-Evelyn was no longer in the neighbor
hood she had gone to visit an uncle, :"
was the reply to his inquiries at the house
Cone And he had found that short and
dreadful farewell awaiting!
Distracted now at the idea that per-
chance he might not so easily persuade
Evelyn to pardon him (hc had no answer
70 the one brief letter he had written to
herr be eagerly inquired her present where
abouts, and learned, with increasing agony,
that Evelyn's mother had seized on a most
unexpected offer, had let her house fur
niahed 10 friend, and that Evelyn had ac-
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