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ton that she carried it away to her own
room and locked the door. Then she tore
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ton that she carried it away to her own
room and locked the door, Then she tore
open the envelope and read the letter.
MY own dear one" it began. II have
been wretched since your letter came, and
hoped you might out of your great good
ness, which | know we'll | have never de-
served, write to me again fuller explain
alton. ] like your noble frankness in hav-
lag confessed that you love some one else;
and perhaps | ought to have released you
at your request, only could not, Jane-I
could not! And whatever you may fancy
now, cannot but think that you will turn
to me at last loving me, nearly if not
quite SO dearly as love you. They say
women always forgive crimes committed
for their sake, then surely you will look
leniently on my fault of selfishness. You
see, admit it; know that am selfish,
and yet cannot muster up the courage to
try to live without you. If lost you,
should lose hope and drift l know not,
care not where. You hold my future in
your hands. / am ordered to Hattiabad
and shall start by this evenings train.
AT first thought of applying for another
to go in my stead; but then again l
thought that short absence would do
me no harm-might, in fact, help me to
win the only thing in the world that
care to have. I won't ask you to MARY
me soon, after what you have said You
shall take your own time; but write only
a line to tell me that my case is not so
hopeless as sometimes think it is. Good
by, my own dear love, and that we may
meet soon is the prayer of your devoted
lover, JACOB LYNN"
A very weak letter. worthy Of the
writer, thought Mrs. Knox; but it might
have been all-powerful had it fallen into
any other hands but her own. She shud-
dered as he pictured what would have
happened had she been less watchful.
The downward course must be a very
easy one, for she felt not twinge of COM
junction as she destroyed this letter; nor
did she give one backward thought to
the teachings Of the village school in
Somersetshire, nor the high, if somewhat
narrow minded, principles she had i'm
bibed from the village curate-
And SO for the while all went well. Mrs.
Dene wrote Immediately upon receipt of
the news-a letter full of delightful con-
gratulations, and indeed everybody ex-
pressed pleasure at hearing of the Col
onePs engagement. Mesalliance though
it undoubtedly was, the Quartermaster' q
daughter was so sweet and fair that most
people forgot that fact and thought only
of the romance of it.
The wedding was to take place on the
fourteenth. 1t was to be very quiet; only
the father and mother. and Valentine
Graeme, who, after all, was to act as
best man. Jane had only stipulated that
she should be married in white.
sit would not seem like a marriage il
wore my travelling Dress she had said,
pouting; and Stephen Prinsep, to whom
her slightest word was law, agreed with
her directly.
"You will only want bit of orange
blossom in your bonnet to be as like a
bride as any one could WISH" observed
her mother.
But here the Colonel made difficulty.
"Jenny, you promised me you would
wear white roses," he interposed, re-
proachfully.
"And so I WILL" said Jane, smiling
back.
Go be continued.)