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said ruefully. "She will turn the place
upside down, and we shall not be able
to call our souls cur own. Fool that
was to offer it her. "
"We can always run away" said
Mamie, whose blond, curly head show
ed out delightfully."- against the oak
wainscoting of the quaint room, "and it
won't be for long. She is due at South
Audlcy street in October
well, the only comfort is she won't
have Trelawny running in and out. "
He paused, then said: "I've been rough
on that poor chap, darling Suppose
he is dead after ALP"
mot a bit of it," said Mamie heart
lessly. "He has probably gone off to the
other branch of his family in Cornwall,
and there hope he'll STOP" she added,
nodding with all the irreconciledrc
of a woman who has been offered per-
sonal insult from one she does not love.
1nvoluntarily she put up her hand to
her shoulder as if Gle still felt the ca
ress Blake had burned upon it, and con-
corning the Cause Of which she had
been forced to lie to her husband, and
for both Of these things she never would
forgive Tro}awny-ncyer.
Poor devil" said Will, not know
ing her thoughts, but he loved you
before l did. littlo one, and always
thought he had claim upon you. 1t
was your fathers obstinacy that gave
him his chance, and after all one cant
blame him for trying to win you he
added, happiness and Tre!awny's nd
mirable absence having greatly softened
his feelings toward that gentleman.
Mamie tossed her head and Will
rushed round tho table to remove tho
first flown no had ever seen en- tho fore
lead of his beloved.
NASTY people," she said, rubbing
her cheek against Wills like one young
donkey browsing affectionately against
another why can't they stop away?
Though you'd set awfully sick of me if
something Or other didn't happen! You
must really take your gun and 60 out
today; your head gamekeepcr comes up
every day for orders and is sent empty
away.
eff you'll come to- said Will reluc-
tantly-"to luncheon, mean, and walk
as far as the woods with me and fetch
me home early
They both burst out laughing, and
Mamie went back to her seat
And I'll 60 over to the COTTAGE
She said, land take the housekeeper to
see what is wanted. It's to be hoped
there arc plenty Of card tables anyway
Compton came in with hot dish,
and Will sent word to the keeper that
he would shoot that day, then fell into
low spirits and declared Mamie was
little beast to drive him away and re-
minded her that firearms sometimes
went off unexpectedly, at which Mamie
laughed, for she had not been brought
up In the country and among sportsmen
for nothing.
"Just think" she said, "last year
this timc l was at school, and my dear
boy was popping away at the birds in
very bad temper, whereas today
They few into each others arms,
scared by the thought, and by slow de-
grees made elaborate preparations for
saying farewell to each other for half
morning, and then having spent all
hour or SO in seeing one another off,
Will at last, keepers, beaters and dogs
at his heels, tore himself away, while
Mamie, furtively wiping away tear,
walked across the littlo park to inspect
the little pied terre that Lady Lirriper
condescended to honor.