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watched her preparing with deli
fingers all that Martin needed. he
thought OF the heavy burden laid upon
those young shoulders, and ne won
dered again al the heartlessness OF the
sister VINO could have lelt 1t all Tor
her to bea. His heart went out to
her, az he believed in simple pity. II
was such hard life.
Il wish, ne said, approaching her
THAT | could do something Tor you"
you have done great ,--s.l foI
me- she replied with quicH, bright
smile.
Have /? What is It, Miss Hettie?'
You have given me comfort by
speaking 80 kindly
III | knew how TO give you com
fort, said 81, Basil quickly, II would
ask for nothing better. cannot tell
how sorry am to see you SO sorely
tried Let me lit that heavy tray for
you Those little white hands OF
yours were never made TO. hard work
like this"
Il Think she said, smiling through
her tears that you would be amused
To see how much what You call my
little white hands can do between
sewing and writing It seems to me
they travel many miles eacn day
Sir Basil stood by quite helpless.
He saw how anxious and distressed
hattle was, ana he thought with Dlt.
lcrness on tne sister VINO mad lelt he. .
Something Oh what hneu MS neat,
was SHOWN III ms manner, anu IN some
vague way Lney unutrsLuOu eacn
otne., WilhouI NOrds, sOneLnInB wac
acknowledged by Dotn-~nis ~ mpa,ny,
her 9raLlIuae Tor IL, MS klhuiy anec-
ton, ana her pleasure IN IT.
81 Basll ala not stay long; but
when no Dade Kettle larewen some
thing was IN each race whlCh mad
never been there before, some new
feeling stirred each hea t. Ihey said
goodnight hurredly, with ayerLed
races; but In Hettle heart there was
thlll OF something ike new life,
and In Sir Basil's Il strange, tumultu.
Gus happiness that he hardly under.
stood,
Leah wondo ed more than ever at
the preoccupied manner of her lover
Was he thinking of her? Was 1t the
future that troubled him? Was he
dreaming of politics? The last thing
In this world that she would have sus.
peeted was that he was thinking of
her lOng.lOst sister Hettio
CHAPTER xxxiH.
The time came when Sir Basil Ca l.
ton stood lace to face with the knowl,
edge OF his own secret, when he said
to himself that, II marriages were
made in heaven, Hettie was the one
woman intended for him, that she was
the only woman In this world he could
ever love She stood out quite distinct
and clear to him, He knew that at
last he had me the love that was his
DOOM that he-Sir Basil Carlton, en-.
gagged to mary the great heiress, Leah
llatton--loved with his whole heart
llettie Ray, the daughter of man
whose name seemed to be hated and
aespised among the class of which he
himself was Il prominent member
That Hettie was poor and unknown,
father, he cared not II he hao been
free, he would have pleaded his suit
he would have taken her in his arms
and neve, let her go until she had
promised to be his wife As 1t was
knowing that he loved her, he must
look upon her face only once again
and then 1t must be to say farewell
He marvelled within himself at the
strange fate that had befallen him
The woman who loved him better than
her own HE was n goddess, and she
would bring to her husband. both
money and lands; yet his heart did
not incline to her. lie was gt atetul tC
her, fond of her, but he did not love
her with tho love that comes but once
In life,
She had loved him; and, because hoi
happiness was dear To him. because
her uncle had told him that her lirC
was wrapped up In his, because he
was hoart.whole and fancy-free, he hat
asked her to marry him, And, nov
that he was bound In faith and honor
to her, he had met the one woman
who seemed to have been made fol
him. He was perplcxed, agitated, II,
loved one woman with his whole heart
and had promised to marry another
Which way did honor lie? Was I
best to keep his promise, to go ava,
and never look on Hetttes fair face
again, to give up the one love tina
might have blessed his life, and MARI.
the woman he did not love, but t
whom he was In honor hound2 Which
was best? Was It honorable To marry
without love, or was II most honorahl,
to break all other ties and marry thu
one t,uly belovedP
He had not sought his fate, he hat
been almost asked to marry Leah; 81
much had been said to him that, with
out being absolutely cruel he coul,
not have done otherwise and now h
found that he had made himscl
miserable for life,