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after that he left England. and the
next heard Of him was u paragraph
i'm the papers telling of the slaughter
of handful OF English by the Khan
du khor.
Ills name was in the list Of dead.
1t seemed. too. that he might have
escaped, for his horse was better than
the rest and unwounded; but he
stayed behind to pick up wounded
comrade, and he was the first to be
speared by the savages. II he had
lived he would have had the Victoria
Cross, but he died-and then l un-
derstood.
"What?'
THAT he meant to he killed. lie
would not take his own life, but he
threw himself in the way Of death
and that is ALL"
Lady Sciva had pulled at the lace
of her fan until 1t was torn in several
places. but she seemed not to be
aware Of this ruin.
When Melrose had finished-and it
was strange to note how all the levity
had vanished from his voice and
manner-she turned to him abruptly.
why did you tell. inc this horrible
thing?" she demanded with fierce in
tensity. do you mean to fix the
guilt Of his death OH"
ION no one. Believe me. The
guilt. II there Is any, lies with the
dead-may he rest In peace now!
For I hold that no one human being
has right to hang his life on the
favor Of another, and blame the other
when the support gives way-by
time. or natural change. Or"
"lTow little you know she in
terrupted passionately. a. The sup
port did not give way
''1ndeed!' replied Melrose, with
slow deliberations "Thc aged man
did not tell me all, 1t would seem"
He told you all he knew, perhaps,
but the girl told me"
"A curious proof of tclepathic
power" murmured Melrose, FOR the
girl. OF course, was In Japan"
1.-THE man was very singular man, "
continued Lady Sciva, passionate,
capricious, excitable, In some respects
almost like woman, in Others almost
a perfect man-so the girl said. She
was young, you understand, and
knew little about men. She fell in
love with him Mt first sight, and from
that moment she was entirely swayed
by his infiuence-lived only In the
thought Of him. have said that he
was capricious.
lone evening he would dance half
the night with her and the next
morning would pass her In the street
with an expressionless face ani a
distant movement Of the hat.
lie would be with her several
times in the day for awhile, and then
would not be seen for a fortnight,
perhaps. He would ask her II she
would be at hom ut such an hour,
and when he cane would talk to hel
mother. or sister. or friend-any one
rather than her. Oh, the tortures
she went through! for she was In
lore with him, you must remember.
III she had not been so much In
love, she might have managed hin
better, but she was like the foam or
the wave which Is tossed and buf
feted between the seq and the storm
until Mt last 1t In dashed on thu
rocks. Then the old man-what die
you call him."
THE Daimio - which means
Lord"
1.-THE Daimio!" echoed Lady Sciva
with uuiyerinp Inns, THE Daimit
was kind to her-always kind; ant
when Jack-I mean the man-wa.
unkind, she went to the Daimio, be
cause she could trust him, and sh,
thought that no one could say. ,
word, as he was so old"
What / cannot understand, re
piled Gordon Mclrose, with u judicia
air, lis, why, II she loved him, didn'
she accept him-thc man | meanY
why! because he never asked
her."
Never asked her? But he sale
she had refused him."
; He never said q word to whicl
she could give either refusal or con
sent. He had told her again an,
again, in voice and manner. and abov
all with his eyes, that he loved her
but never said SO, and he never said
word that could be construed into ,
proposal OF marriage. Could she &C
cept him before he had asked her
That would have been rash, wouldn'
IT," and the beautiful lips curved II
u wan smile.
But what happened at that las
, interview, them" cried Melrose
whose face betokened bewilderment
There was no regular interview
lie came to her suddenly ut a ball
She had not seen anything OF him 70
. days before and she was indignan
with him. lie asked her for thu
, dance. She told him, trying to speaI
!. coolly, that she was engaged. II
said, Are you engaged to the Dal
) mio?' Now it happened that it wa
the Daimio's dance, and so she sal
b. Yes
He was then very strange, mad
some very rude remarks. and finall
, ordered her to throw Daimio over
, She was very angry with him by thi
. time, especially at the way in whic
3 he spoke OF her dear old friend, an
I she told him decidedly, No. II
g flung away without word, and sh
n never saw him again. That was all.
q II begin to see," said Melrost
; "He must have heard or imagine