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chose to follow, and her anxiety became

chose to follow, and her anxiety became
intense. i
AS she turned into the buster roads,
she was forced to slacken pace, and the
hiudrance set her Tuning. She saw bill
cycles coming toward her, and through.
the clatter of carts and feet she seemed
to hear the ''swish' of others following
her, but she dared not turn her head to.
see if the n she dreaded was among
them.
After awhile, however, she left the
clatter of traffic behind her, and the re-
lief of the quiet was very great. In
time, though, she grew accustomed to
it, and as she sped on her ears or her
imagination became conscious Of the
"swish" of a bicycle still following.
The pace at which she was going be-
gan to distress her. Her muscles seemed
to be contracting, her breath came pain
fully. She remembered that after the
level stretch came a sharp downward
slope, and after that a hill, up which it
would be impossible for her to bride. She
was growing desperate. She dared not
face John, for she could not rely upon
her strength. She was angry, mortified.
resentful, but she loved John Castle,
and therein lay her v~ulnerability.
The ''swish" behind her sounded
nearer. She could not stop. In the hur-
ry Of her thoughts she determined to
keep up the race to the last possible
moment. There was little hope now Of
escape, but it was the only course-and
anything might happen.
Then the slope began. 1t was steep
and rugged. The road, too, narrowed
gradually, and the slush was deeper.
Kate seemed literally to fly over the
ground, for she gave no thought to her
brake. The cyclist behind seemed to be
using the same method. He was close
upon her now. coming swiftly as an
eagle.
AS they neared the bottom Kate be-
came conscious that a big black object
was looming down the opposite hill,
but she did not heed it, Anything may
happen" was the only thought she was
conscious of as she swerved close to the
hedge to allow the big thing to pass.
Next moment there came a slip, a crash
behind her, a shout and a groan. She
lost her nerve and swerved over into the
hedge-and the race was overl
The shock half stunned her for some
seconds. Then she scrambled up and
looked back. A wagner was kneeling
beside a man, who was lying very still
the man was John Castle.
John Castle lay m%otionless at the bot
tom of the wagon on that slow journey
back, and Kate held his hand in an
agony of love and fear and remorse, not
daring to cry out, yet finding it almost
unbearable to keep silence.
Her heart was soft and humble
enough when che reached the home and
saw the mothers misery, and she told
her tale as gently as she could. Only
when she turned to Leila did her bitter
ness rise again.
"Last night your brother asked me to
be his wife" she said. "That, point
ing to his still body, ''is the result of
my refusal. Ii you wish to learn the
result of my acceptance, you shall come
and ask me for it"
And Leila did.
Acceptances of love are not in the
recognized list Of cures and antidotes,
but one acted most successfully in the
case Of John Castle-so successfully in
deed that once or twice Kate was tempt
ed to think his conclusion a fraud.
However, if it were, so the end seemed
really to justify the means. -Lloyd's
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