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offered--why, my darling, / can hardly
find words in which to tell you OF MS
offer 1t rs so noble! In the iirst
place he will lend again on terms you
shall hear, the ten thousand pouhda,
so that CroCmbe, my beloved home,
shall not pass from us; next he VIII
place TO my account the five thousand
rounds that owe to Wyndham Carre,
70 that | can repay him at once, ano
my name not be branded, lastly, OF
that miserable two hundred thousand
/ have borrowed, he will, from his own
moneys, pay one, and the other Is to-
be repaid by instaIlmcnts from the
cstate-sO that | shall be free, can
hardly say the words, Ianthe.-l shall
re free. shall stiII keep up the state
betting Maurice, earl Of Carrie
shall die with my name unstaincn,
and the world viii never know The
ordeal through which ! have passed.
She Kissed the trembling hands that
held hers in feeble grasp,
"Hc IL the noblcst, the kndest, Tho
most generous man In all the world"
she said; out, papa darling how does
all this depend on me? / do not
understand"
at depends on you. and you alone,
lanthc," he replied "Why do you
imagine Herman CuIross is ready TO
do all this for us?"
because 1t Is privilege to help
YOU. papa"
mo" said the earl 1T is because
he loves you"
Loves me-" she repeated haughtily.
yes, loves You as / do not think
any man ever loved "A woman before
loves you, and wants to make you ms
wife"
Ellis wife," she exclaimed. with I'M
pcrial dIsdan, Papa, do you know
what tyou arc saying? l--Iunthe
Carre-that mans wife,"
and why not my darling? why
not?"
"You to ask me such question =
am n peers daughter. have some
of the best blood in England In my
veins He IL n plobeian, parvenu
|, Iantho Carro, marry him. would
die n hundred deaths first" She rose
In her superb disdain. with flashing
eyes and hoaylng breast
He rose too and stood before nel =,
the picture of despair
"You refuse, Ianthe--yOu, my only
child, who protested your willingness
to die for mo? You rctuBe?"
What else can | do?" she demand.
cd passionntely. would have given
my life for you; but cannot marry
nina commoncr--a manufacturers
sOn--a man whose hand oven | have
never touched, He il generous in
deed with true plebolan generosity
to offer to buy me! What Is the our
chase money, papa ono hundred
and fifteen thousand pounds, At
least | am highly rated, Oh that
should have lived to see this day"
lie sat down again undor the pas.
sionate torrent of her words; and the
white, haggard despair that came
over his face, even in the midst of
her angry pride, frightened her.
Very we'll" he said mcckly, 1t
cannot be, lantho. | will not force
So"' VIM" my ouS 'n''o am not
worm SaN'hF' i"''e N no ''s"' "hly
t"' VA, N"'SS' F'""'"F "''P'' "R"
"''lo''
'uh"oI Se'l nlySolI' papa re-.
"'no" la",no' u nc IN so E'he'"uS
and so kind, let him help without any
''''''"vo '" '"'-'h"' "o"Iu DC
Eene'oSlW'
nu'' lah'ho' ne loNos you was IN"
'"b'' ''Jol'uor lie 'eI's me tha' ne
mas loNou you Tor many years, lie
'""E"' II R''hlPSe OF you Wh"n II"
V"n" "''o ooS' tie SAYS 'haI ne mas
loV'u No" over S'h'e-'hat ne Eas
never even cared to look INTO another
woman race lhorc Is c"nstancy Tor
you on Ioh'h', does It not touch
your h'aft-thls long silent loN" OF
years
no" 'oulu ne love me- It" was
ohlN poS' she Sa'd' "cornlulIN,
Nhat Is hoy IoN'F tie was an
impertinont boy or he would not