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No. She was at Lady Cranes ball,
believe; | met her father there, but |
did not stay long. | have never seen
her. What is she like?"
Like no one whom you have ever
seen, or whom l can name" replied
the major. "She is very clever" con-
tinued tae speaker, witty, quick at
repartee, and brilliant in sarcasm.
But she is not to be judged by ordi-
nary rules"
why not?" asked Sir Oscar.
Because she Is not like ordinary
people. She is proud and cold, with a
certain graceful haughtlness about her
"a proud, serene Indifference which
! cannot describe. You must see her
in order to understand me. l do not
believe she cares for compliments;
nor do believe there is man living
who could bring bright flush to her
beautiful face"
Has she been unhappy in any love
AFFAIR."" asked Sir Oscar.
II think not" answered the MAJOR,
laughing. with all her stately beauty
and queenly grace, her proud indlf-
ference and imperial reserve, she is
only girl-not more than eighteen
/ am sure. Lookl those are the st.
Norman liveries. Now you will see
her.
AS he spoke carriage passed slow
ly along. Sir Oscar, looking up, saw
= girl who seemed to him more lovely
than any artists dream-a beautiful
face, dainty in bloom, perfect Ia Feat
ure, lovely with an inexpressible
charm, yet with touch of sadness
which frightened its beauty. The
curved. faultless lips were sad. lie
bright, proud eyes, not melancholy,
not pensiye, but sad. He saw rich
masses of golden-brown hair. He
looked at her llngerlngly and as the
carriage passed, her eyes met his. At
that very moment she was thinking of
the memorable words that he had
spoken to his brother; the sunshine
and the flowers had brought to her
mind ST. lna's, with its sad memories.
She had just repeated his words to
herself when she saw him.
Their eyes met, ana they looked at
each other-the two who were to love
and suffer as few did-and then the
carriage passed on, Sir Oscar gazing
after II, and then rouslng himself with
deep sigh, as one who awakes from
dream.
''she is very lovely" he said, slow
~ but not happy; her face is perfect,
but 1t Is not happy face Young
as she is, there is a story in it-one
not pleasant to remember"
The same thought struck me-" ac-
knowledged the major. IL have been in
love many times in my life. but real
ly never did admire any one so much
as do Miss St. Norman"
'You had no chance, | suppose, ma
jor?" interrogated Lord Cation
Not the least in the world" he con-
fessed, good-temperedly. II do not
think she saw me more than once, and
then her beautiful eyes dismissed me-"
why did she refuse the Duke of
Southmead?" asked Sir Oscar
"She did not love him." answered
Lord Cation; "she is girl who would
consider the world well lost for love
that Is, il her face tells the truth"
The group separated soon afterward,
but Sir Oscar thought long and deeply |
OF the fair-faeed girl who had refused
a duke because she did not love him. |
There must be plenty of my ia
yorite virtue there" he said to him
self; she must have plenty of cour-
age"
u II was not long before the news had |
spread. Fashionable London had been
startled once. and that was when 1t
was first known that the duke was in |
love with Miss st. Norman; now 1t |
was startled again on hearing that
sac had refused him-"had positively |
refused him. with his ducal coronet, i
his handsome face. and his rent-roll of
over two hundred thousand per an
NUM-"
Ladies held up their hands in won
der. What was sac waiting for
what did she expect? They were re-
lleved, yet angry Having refused
him, she had driven him from London:
for that they were annoyed.
But he was still free: and now there
was Chance for some other fair face.
Ethel had been famous ( her
beauty, but now she had a new claim
20 honor. She was the beautiful Miss
st. Norman who had refused the Duke
Of Southmead." she was more cele-
brated for that than she would have
been If she had married him.
Some pronounced her ambitious:
they said she must be waiting for A
foreign prince, and that her pride
would have a fall. Others smilingly
asserted that she was romantic. and
had ideas of love which could never
be realized.
Who guessed the truth, that the
young. beautiful. and beloved daugh-
ter Of an ancient line. the helress OF
great wealth. was the wife OF COM
mon felon2 Who guessed the terrible
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