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cd. He saw Captain Ayrton looking
at his daughter in a way he did not
approye; with an expression of tender
nersuagion and speaking love in his
eyes that had no business there. Dld
the man presume to think of this beau
tlful SybiI-Sybil, who would be Sir
Ruperts wife?
Then suddenly II flashed across him
that three weeks ago he had sneercd
at his guest for being male iiirt, a
professed lady-killer. His pleasant
social qualities had made the squire
forget all he had heard to his preJu-
dice; he had forgotten 1t, believing 1t
could not be true. But now, with that
look upon his face, what could the
man be doing? Would he dare to illrt
with his peerless Sybil Sir Rupert
Dacres wife that was to be? No the
stout old squire could not believe it;
the thing was incredible. The man
was puppy and fool but none the
less did the squire swear to himself
that LyBter Ayrton should never sit at
his table, and make eyes" as he
phrasod It. at his daughter again.
He saw another thing which quite
decided him. He babe his guest n
cold good,morning, carefully refrain
Ing from any invitations for the flu
ture, then went away over TO the writ
ing.tablo, and sat down to write n
letter.
Then Captain Lyster took the little
poncl-case from his pocket, and re-
stored it to Sybl. He thought himself
very Cleycr--hu believed himself un-
secn~-and he kissed the little jewelod
toy before she took II. But the squire
saw him. He made no remark. Cap
tain Ayrton quilted the room; he
finished the letter as though nothing
had disturbed him; she stood just
where LyBtcr Ayrton had left hcr--a
sweet, dreamy smile on her face, ana
that in her look which made Squire
Jocelyn start as though be had re-
Ceivcd IA mortal wound.
Good heavcnsl" he cried what
have dono?"
She heard him and turned to meet
him, the smile lingering on her lips,
and the loYc-light in her eyes.
But the squire brushed hastily past
hcr, bewIdcrod by what he had seen
IN his daughters face.
He shut himself up in his own room
to think, then said to himself that he
must have been mistaken, Sybil was
going to be Rupeu's wife, and would
never look with thought of love after
any othor man. Then he remembered
all he had heard against the man
Had he been shopping or blind to lot
his child be brought into continual
contact with such a man. He, who
had guarded her so carefully, who
kept her from the society Of young
girls, fearing they were frivolous; who
had dreaded to sec her leave for an
hour the shelter Of her own homo!
He, by some strange oversight, had
allowed her to form the acquaintance
Of young man, seductive aud hand.
some, yet spoken badly Of, oven by
his own sex.
Then n terrible fear came to him
that chilled his heart, and struck him
like Bword--a terrible foNr-for he
, ,,,,,, '''' VI" p'o'''p,
,r moSo m"o',' 'no souS VIII o'S''"F
,"'S n'7, o'',lu'
nc ''loo 10 'o'boI inc WORDS put
lh"y hauht"u hlill' 10 hoileNo that ne
was nervous, growing old and fancl-
iuI' growing weak ana wandering put
"h'h ne had Sa'd al that' the rear
,.ttI
was th're sun
hut Time Drought comfort Thoro
'ou'" not u" iho'h Marin doh", after
an lie had bo'n too irIEhtoned, a
httlo Eooa management he SAID to
himseI ana 1t would all pass. lie
might sooner nave Irl"d to stop the
rollihE OF the seas or the shining of
lhN sun hut' IN ms honest slmpuci-
w. lh' squire set to work TO manage
so mat no lor'h'r mischief 'ould
De uoA"' or one thing he wa7 quite
V'l'a'h-h"t word must be said to
Syoll 1h' good squire shook his
h'ao saEo'N' ihlnNlnH h'msolt Il great
philosopher ana clover dlplomatlSl