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my brother taught you, I supposer"

my brother taught you. supposeT
"Yes."
"And pray. who gave you leave to come
here TO readT
Nobody"
Frank, at any rate. suppose you
know you are doing wrong when you
come hefeT
NO." she answered dosgcdly; II don't
hurt the books; am not In anybody's
way"
''Do you suppose her ladyship would
books, instead Of learning to be usefulY'
II don't care what her ladyship thinks.
I don't care whether I please her or dis
please her. She has been very unkind to
me-"
"Oh, you must not say that" said Lash
mar, waxing stern. "YOu have every
reason to be grateful to her ladyshlp; but
for her sou would have been In the work.
house, perhaps"
III she was kind I would be grateful"
looking at him boldly with those
wondrous eyes. "Shc took away all my
books-the books Lord 1.ashmar gave
mc!'
The dark eyes filed with tears, which
were hurriedly dashed away, % II the
child were ashamed Of them.
poor little thinsv' murmured Clarice.
and with q pretty, pitiful air she pattcd
the pale, wet check with her soft white
hand.
But Cinderella shrank from the touch
ns II she had been stuns.
"Don'tr' she cried angrily.
This last insolencc provoked Lashmar's
wrath.
"You are a very rude little GIRL" he
exclaimed, "and you must never come
into this room again. You have no right
here or In any part Of the house except
the servants quarters. You will have to
be servant by.and.by, and you must
learn TO live contentcd among servants.
How did you get Into this room1 The
doors are locked
II came a. you camc--throush the
glass door,"
"You have been here often. I supposcY"
"Ycs, very often"
"You must never come again. DO you
understand"
II understand that you are cruel
man." shc answered dehantly, scowlina
ut him. her heart beating tempcStuously
with fury. II am glad you IRE only my
dear lord I.ashmnr's half.brother. II
you had been really his brother I should
have been very sorry to hate you, but
you are not his brother, and don't care
how much I hnte YOU"
She had been huggins the Quarto oil
this time. She laid Il slowly on o table
and ~ slowly walked out Of the room,
scowlins to the very last.
II am afraid she II not nice child"
said Clarice, shaking her head.
"She In little demon, q veritabh INN
] Of darkness. I think my brother must
have liked her on account Of her outland.
ishncss."
CHAPTER VIII.
Stella went no more to the library, She
had stolen round ut times by the garden
when the family was mt luncheon and
tho coast clear, and, finding the glass
door open, had gone In and read there
for hours, safe In the solitude Of locked
doors; and never had she been surprisc,l
until that afternoon when tho new Lord
I.aahmar caught her In the net.
She saw no more Of Lord I.ashmar.
though he stayed ut the castle till after
Christmas and entertained a good many
visitors. The coming and going Of guests
occupied the servants much more severe.
" than tho old dull routine Of the late
lords time, and gave Stella more leisure
and seclusion. Soon after Christmas
there came great improvement In her
life, for Lady Lashmsr and her son went
up to Grosvenor Square for the season,
taking with them the greater number OF
the servants. Three hOusemaids and a
supcrannuated housekeeper, who usually
lived In one Of those lodges, was left Ia
sole charge OF the castle. and one OF
those housemaids was Stella's faithful
friend. Betsy.
Under this new regime the child wal
free to roam about the house a. she
pleased, but she never re-entered the II.
brary. She would have read her own
books again and again to safety rather
than she would have degraded herself by
entering that forbidden room after Lash,
mars insulting veto.
Coming through the little village stree,
one day she saw q familiar figure stand,
Ing at the gate OF q cottage, gasjna
dreamlly at the old church tower nestlius
In hollow just beyond that sharp curve
and sudden drop In the narrow road
where the village Inn stood out couspicu,
ously, a. II on the lookout for accidents
to horses and wheels.
A bent old figure, with bare head and
long gray hair and dim, pale eyes, aged
by pOring over dry-as-dust books. Yes
II was the mild companion OF her happy
childhood standing there, a leaf out OF
that lovely past, which cOntrasted 90
strongly v It'll her present desOlatiOn.
The girl ran to him and touched him on
the sleeve.
"Mr. Werner, dear Mr.. Werner, l am sc
glad" she gasped, breathlessly.
Slowly, and as II with an effort. the
dim old eyes withdrew themselves from
the church tower and gaxed wonderingly
upon the pale young face looking eagerl,
upward.
why Stella! Are you still at the cas-
tlef They told me you had been sent Il
school. Why did you not come to see mt
befOre?"
II was not allowed to 20 out till hel
ladyship went away, and did not know
you were here. They said you had gon,
to London"
'Thcy were right, my child" answered
the old man, with profound sigh; 81
did 60 to London. was In London near
" four months. A terrible place. child
fearful place-when one has lost tn,
habit Of cities, 40 ! have. The din Of tn,
crowded streets deafened me, the strang'
faces made me feel distraught. 1t 10 {
dreary wilderness. Stella. for man with
OUT friends; and had no friends In Lon