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especially as we looked Tor you yes
terday in vain"
"Ah, mon t-nil-my var goot friend!
I am obliged to hasten my steps! Mon
son, my Victor, is i'll. He reeds the pres
ence of his mother, aud must hasten to
him. Eut you, dear Mr.. Digby, YOU
look well, and these dear children"
wave of her fan toward Grace and her
cousin, "thcy bloom like the fair flow
ers they arc!"
81 fear you have had, q. very, fatiguing
journey, madame
'Nla fol, it WAS a trying one! the last
| shall make in this green isle OF
yours"
"Pray do not say so! Let me pre-
sent my friend, Col. Capel, to you, Il gen
tlcman of Somcractshire whose ac-
quaintancc we had the pleasure of maxi
ing in Bath last winter
81 am very pleased to know you, SIR"
and she made him an enormous cour-
tcsy.
"lf you please, miss, the dinner is
served" said the crauky-looking butler,
with disconnected sniff.
Come, madame. II is long time
since have had This pleasure" said TIA,
host, Offering his arm.
"Will YOU take Nclly?" said Miss
DiGby, with laughing look at Cap"l.
"Why not both ?" remarked Nelly.
"Ccrtainly," he returned, Offering an
arm TO each.
Madame" of course, sat on Mr. Dig
by's right, and Grace placed Capcl on
the same side opposite Miss O'GrDdN.
The dinner was good and abundant,
and conversation flowed freely. Mr..
Digby taking the chief purt, being well
supported by the eX-govcrucss. She
spoke English with decided Irish
accent, but frequently lapsed into
French, with which her host was fa-
miliar.
Capel found his young hostess most
gracious and charming. She asked
lowing day us she was afraid her fa-
Their had some magiste1ial business to
transact in the town. 2"We call Bal
linagar town. Col. Capel. do not
fancy it looks like one to you"
"Oh, ncgad, it thinks itself fine
town." cried Digby. Il haven't been
down there this week past, SO | must
go tomorrow. Q.
pray do not trouble yourself about
me" Capcl was beginning, when De-
lany, the butler, who had just lifted
the cover from pair of roast duck
lings, put in his contribution to the
talk with the odd familiarity which
formerly existed IN Ireland with near
ly abject respect for "The Nlasther"
and the family"
~ then I'm glad naythcr yourself
nor the young ladies were down in the
town to-day, anyways
How so, Delany?"
Sure, thought the sight would lave
me eyes this evcnin', when went down
Just say word to Finigan's mother.
she dying, an making a beautiful end
rest her sowl!-what should | see but
the polls sticking up play card. offer
irg five hundred pounds for that illi-
CANT boys head. young Valentine Cos.
tcilo's--the cruel numbering devilsl
we hundred pounds 10 less! and
| with L glance at his masters n,litar,
guest what is he but a boy that's not
come to his right sense yet? Sure, in
Il year or so, he'll know berter."
'ln the meantime he may do lot o.
mischief said Capel, gravcly.
THAT'S true!" cried Digby. "if only
young fellows and enthusiasts woult
stop and think of the awful RESPONSE
bility they incur, and the misery they
cause, they would see it's better to beal
the ills we have"
"And ! seed that informin' American
Jcffries along with the polls, an hi
pocket stuck out with the bills, an ;
paste pot in his hands. He'll be hav
irg a bullet in the side Of his head
some night put in the iootlnan.
How'd your tongue, Watty," saiC
Delaney in Il loud bitter aside. "a lon.
legged laundering gossoon of you
sort has no call to prate with the gen
try!"
Capel listened in amused astonsh
ment 10 this unheard of miBgling o
menials in the talk of their masters
while he noticed that Gracc's cheeks
grew pale.
This barbarous country is not ii
for so tender II soul" he thought.
Five hundred pounds for Val Cos
tello's head. | never thought it woul'
be worth so much." cried Nelly, will
Il slightly hysterical laugh.
''Probably he never knew its value
before said Nine. de Suresne.
did you know this rebel?" aske,
Cnpcl, in much surprise.
AS children we played together, bu
he went to France, and we have no
seen hi for many years." reptile,
Grace, hastily. y pause followe,
which was broken by the old FrencI
lady who observed: "Ah, yes, well re
member him, he was what YOU call on
imp of mischief"
As soon as the cloth was removed tn
ladies left the room, in spite of Nj
DiGby's gallant remonstrance.
The door seemed scarcely to hav
closed upon them, and ,sr Digby was il
the act of drawing his chair nearer t.
his guest, whvl Capel lifted his HAND
eXclaiming: "What's that?"
81 did not hear anything" said til
other.
"Some one called / fancied it wa
Miss Digbys voice"
Her father rose at once, and went on
of the room followed by Capel. In til
hall they found "A group of servants
with Grace and her cousin, gatheie
around Nine. de Suresne, whom tn