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a 1ile prove 1T for him, without h,atrov;n -
I uei iather! Must the horrible choice no
80 usl upon her of parent or Iover2 An
.iqul'v must inevitably bring so much
~ .t tIsht mat was hidden now.
ZOE your sake, would keen il secrat
SUM- whispered Barry Larron in her
ear. Aoii' LII Aei
You would? OH,
Asain hef speech was stayed as she
met MS glance. 1t was impossible To
ronnect either sympathy or pity with the
Aaru' steadfast gaze that rested on he,.
ought to have said my wife's sake.
~ make my meaning clear. The fate Of
more IMAM one depends on Your reply.
Tome TO me even now, with hatred in
your heart as l have read it in YOUR ewes
to-day, and | will be grateful for the half
loai which is better than no bread Nv
WlIe' promise you, shall have no cause
for sorrow!"
But Jane only shivered and turned
away. ohe could not even consider the
auVlsaDlllty OF what he had urged, so
great was the repulsion engendered by
MS words and manner. 10 vow to love
ana honor man toward whom she felt
ike that would be a positive wrong which
nothing could make right
H.,
your worst. l have no fear but that Col
onel Prinsep can fight his own battle,
even against such determined malice"
she replied bravely, and turned to leave
the room.
You defy me?" he asked, intercepting
her, and looking down meaningly into her
face.
She returned his gaze without finching.
hHfpVpr fp1r Sh al no
trayed to him.
Il do. Allow me to pass, Major Lar
rom
moment he hesitated. He felt that
this would be the last interview with her;
that he had played, and lost-not only
his stake, but even the poor friendliness
that had been his before. And he loved
her so! The temptation assailed him to
at least taste all the wild sweetness that
farewell might be. He had never kissed
her-scarcely even clasped her hand with
more than ordinary ferver, and she was
going from him now forever! Perhaps it
was her pure, pale face, which with all
its winning prettlness was proud too, that
restrained him; Or, perhaps, he loved her
better than he himself knew; at any rate,
he drew back politely-almost reverently
to let her pass, and she did not even
guess what madness had been in his
thoughts.
She sped back to her own room, and
found Mrs. Dene waiting for her there,
seated on the edge of the bed reading
the newspaper.
''Well, dear?' she said, looking up,
smiling. "1s the bad quarter Of an hour
overw
"Thank heaven-yes. Oh, Nora, he is
a very wicked man"
perhaps you have not quite under
stood him, Jenny"
"Only too well, am afraid"
But the elder woman, who, without
knowing it, felt u tender pity still for her
former lover, whom yet she neither loved
nor regretted, shook her head.
'He was never so black as painted
not even so black as l fancy he believes
himself to be. If you could have cared
for him sufficiently to marry him, l be-
lieve he would have proved the best of
husbands
"Oh, Nora, NEVER never could! Please
say no more about it. Is that to-day $
paper? Is there any news?"
"Not much. EXcept-yes this may in
terest you-they are moving for a fresh
inquiry into the murder of Trooper Lynn.
I thought it would come to that. We'll,
ANYTHING is better than all those hints
and innuendos that they have been writing
lately. Now the whole truth will come
out the murderer will be discovered, and
why, what is it, Jenny!
For Jane had fallen forward upon the
bed in paroXysm of grief.
For the first time since the fresh in
o,1iry was mooted Mrs. Dene allowed
herself to believe that there might be
something in the rumors which had gone
about. She could not but suspect that
there was a little truth in the statement
that the Quartermaster's daughter knew
something of the circumstances of the
mans death; if not, why should she have
been so agitated on hearing there was to
| be new inquiry?
CHAPTER NNXIN.
The announcement in the Indian Argus
| which had so startled Jane had also
proved very disconcerting to the Deputy
| commissioner himself He had thought
| that he was working so quietly, and yet
already it had leaked out that he was
working, which to great extent must
restrict or might even render futile his
efforts. Yet who could have so made
nublic the intentions which he had pur-
nosely kept secret, only speaking of them
| to his thanedar and Jane Knox? That
the latter would not have spoken of 1T
he felt convinced She was too deeply
concerned in the matter to talk of 1t at
random or lightly.
One other person, beside him to whom
that paragraph must have heid sucn ter
r;hla import. was seriously disturbed by
| #. and that was Stephen Prlnsep. lie
knew that Jane possessed some knowl-
edge on the subject, and that it was this
knowledge which had altered her So and
DESTROYED his hopes Of winning her, for
awhile at least.
Curiously enough he resolved to call on
Mrs. Dene, and get her to pefsuade 'ahe
| to see him.
Rut after all this proved an unneces-
SOW, nracaution, for when he followed his
card. it was Jane herself who. came in !; 4
moment nom afterward., her face flushed with
the haste she had made to join him. ;,