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CHAPTER XXI.-(Continued)

CHAPTER XXI.-(Continued
| Lord Arleigh reused himself and looked
around. He found himself the center OF
observation. The room in which ne was
lying was large and we'll furnished, anu
from the odor of tobacco it was PLAINLY
used as smoking room. Over MN iean-
ed tall, handsome man, whose halr was
slightly tinged with gray.
81 think" he said. you are my nelgn-
Dor, Lord Arleigh? have often seen you
on the moors."
II do not remember you Lord Arlelen
returned; nor do l know where l am.
Then let me introduce myself as the
Earl Of Mountdean," said the gentleman.
you are at Rosorton, a shooting lodge
belonging to me, and | beg that you Will
make yourself at home"
Every attention was paid to him. de
was placed in warm bed, some warm,
nourishing soup was brought to him, and
he was left to rest.
"The Earl Of Mountdean." Then this
was the tall figure he had seen strldlng
! over the hlls-this was the neighbor he
had Stunned and avoided, preferring soil
tude. How kind he was. and how his
voice affected him! 1t was like long-for-
gotten melody. He asked himself wheth-
er he had seen the earl anywhere. lie
| could not remember. He could not re-
call to his mind that they had ever met,
yet he had most certainly heard his voice.
He fell asleep thinking Of this, and
dreamed of Madalne all night long. In
the morning the earl came himself to his
room to make inquiries; and then Lord
Arlegh liked him better than ever. de
would not allow his guest to rise.
When few days had passed it was
Lord Arleigh who felt unwilling to leave
| his companion. He had never felt more
at home than he did with Lord Mount
dean. He had met no one SO simple, SO
manly, so intelligent, and at the same
| time such a good fellow. There were hit
tie pecuiarities in the earl, too, that
struck him forcibly; they seemed to re
call some faint, vague memory, some
thing that he could never grasp, that was
always Guiding him, yet that was per
fectly clear; and he was completely puz-
zled,
Have / ever met you before?" he ask
ed the earl one day.
Il do not think so. | have no remem-
brance of ever having seen you"
~
me- the younger man continued. One
or two of your gestures are as well known
to me as though l had lived with you for
years
.Remembrances of that kind sometimes
strike me-" said the earl-"a mannerism,
a something that one cannot explain. l
should say that you have seen some one
like me, perhaps
1t was probable enough, but Lord Ar
leigh was not quite satisfied. The earl
and his guest parted in the most friendly
manner.
Il shall never be quite so much in love
with solitude again." said Lord Arleigh,
as they were parting; you have taught
me that there is something better
Il have learned the same lesson from
YOU" responded the earl, with a sigh.
'You talk about solitude. | had not been
at Rosorton ten days before a party Of
| four, all friends of mine. proposed to visit
me. | could not refuse. They left the
| day after you came"
| NO, did not ask them to prolOng their
! STAY, fearing that after all those hours
| on the moors you might have a serious
| illness: but now, Lord Arleigh, you will
promise me that we shall be friends"
Yes" he replied, Eve will be friends. p"
So il was agreed that they should be
! strangers no longer-that they should
visit and exchange neighborly courtesies
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