, 1897-09-02
wave Of her hand, "Cccher. an Rois,,

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sentcutiou>!y, having drunk i'll with ap-
proving gifh''s the changes ten years
bad wlmGlt III lie woman at his side.
Il met E'r in Hyde park the day she
got ~TEornGykc's letter. a delightful
family, lie wluts, net IL single outsider
but one. II jolly ard deuccdly pretty
American 2irl.''
Three hours later the madame was
on the channel - Happily the bass viol
drowned Clumberlain's laugh.
lyon see" he continued, lit was the
very situation SIC WAS sCiiCitcus to
avoid. Your inuitI,IcnCc to the lcloyea
heir won her heart NJ fist, then nearly
broke it."
"AhsuIG'' cried The girl. "Trc Eng.
lisE-L'| y"ur TaldCn-hHve such an
eX'raoraiinir way Of arranging mat
te1s. AT tis! 1t astouudCd, iatinidated.
then nmus"! me. The dear old lady
bored M tc death about the youth
stupid fellow 1T hest-his prospects of
succeeding to the iltir and the estates
of the !Crd-leur EnUws who! | listened
to her stony Of the town ! CuSc, the cCun-
tIy seat. and The number Of pounds ster-
ing she in;orG,d to settle on the wori-
an h. married, as | listen to all unsulic-
tied 'Crtdcnc's Do you know. Mr..
Chan t:TiMr,' She said, with sudden
earlIcS:ucss, 'sll my life ! have been
suri'i''d with TIE love affairs If an I'M
personal void, until j, has como 10
pass that | lever know whether ! al
the recipient ur the 81 icct Of II scn;;
mental woe
"Rcally:' said the vCrrg man. with
quickcning interest. winlc his brown
eyes lifted ircrcGulously.
Its embarrassing ut times. | assure
you. 1t has got me iito no end If truu-
Bile and spoiled many II delightful
friendship"
But You nrw-certninly you sus-
rccted-Thorndykc wOuld bring mat.
tiers 10 Il crisis that day ut the Cata-
combs: | WAS on hund-it was .:r.
mi ,d'-ie laughed maliciuusIy-"io
pass upon Your fitness to he the wife Of
the heir to hundred eurlS.' AID v ken
you failed 10 matrriaIj@'-wsll, J bad
to have NY inning. so l fell q ,wi,ting
him unmIGtully."
Miss Lyc,tte's brnws knitted, thu
cleared.
"Com" TO think Of it, l believe 1 did
promise to join Thorndykc that day at
the cataComhs. 1t threatened rain. l
was fearful of dampcning Il Virot.
Something July as important changed
my mind at the eleventh hour"
"Aud when you joined in our ~rajllery
that night at Thorndyke's expensc"-
''Oh. yes" laughed the girl, 1.-The
dinner! What II droll affair!'
"Thc madam. we all expected, would
witness the announcement of the ar
rangement.
81 can see her now" she continued,
ignoring the inte!polation-''u neck
lace of yellow topaz playing hide and
seek with the rolls Of fat in her tovinc
neck; the ccnQucrirg hero air of the
aiprct in her towering yellow couture
II benr that feather a grudge to this
day. said the young man. at persist
ell i'll cutting off my view of certain
noble Colour de rose
"Wlut Il money for detail!' cried
Miss Lycctt-, un,Crscicusly rCfCciinr
the tint. ''NicIhinks l snuff now the re-
treshing hr',2c u certain youth brought
into that s!uiiy dining room. 1t diGn'
require the l,ir'S v hispcred hints to i'll
fo1m me that he was born in the Bos-
pCrus. Of Gn English father and n
French moiF'r, that his hoyhcOd passed
ut Fton mG Oxford, and that it WAS
expected HAT he would carry off ali
the hCnOls ut L'EcoIe Gu Droi.. After
n y-i,,.,r 4 r,,a,lrlIf rated A,yln - r~p,
the Wifi e Gallicism was positively
intoxicntirp.'
But TE~Orndyke''-
"Of what c~cnssqucnce:'
"IIe never tClcavc us. lie went to
India and married the daughter Of an
officer ut Bengal. Madame wert when
she told me, IF It had only Keen Made.
linc.' she sighed. Truly fcrd of you
was the madame" said Chamberlain.
81 seemed to umuse her laughed
the girl. "she was given to p%uroxysn.
you know. recall one in which sl,
solemnly vowed she would remember
mt in her WILL
"And sha did," cried Chamberlain
"Jestirg aside, Miss Lycctte. This
time | am pendarme in earnest, and |
have been on your trail II fortnight"
He had risen. lie took from his pocket
u much Iescaltd document.
Read" he commanded.
Disciplined. as she had truly confessed,
to look upon ''men and things" inner
sonally, Miss Lycette peruscd without
an emotion the closely written sheet.
IL, Caroline Criquctt ThCrndyEc, il
full possess Oh of my mental faculties,
DO give and ioqutath to one, MuLeiim
Lycettc. II native Ct Terrc Hautc. Indi
ana, United States of America, in mem
DRY of tErre Of the heartiest laughs C,u
given me to cujoy i'll mortal life, 81, 0G0.
If said Madeline Lycette he not living
Mt the Iu:c CT the execution of this Will
ar the executors fail to discover her
whereabouts within three years after
my demise, said e., 900 shall revert to
my beloved friend and counselor, Raj
stou Chamberlain, Esq
Their eyes met.
Twill make a capital story" said
Miss Lycette. The curtain had fallen
III the last act.
He was 90 big. so strong, so whole
some. The crowded thoroughfare gave
way to his masterful stride. She saw It
all, she felt 1t I'LL. How refreshingi
How rcstful to be ledl 1t seemed that
they had always known each other. The
girlish delight with which she was
wont to lCuk forward to his coming aft