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Continued.

Southwood Then he remembered
that, when leaving there, several
things in the cottage were packed up,
and left at the railway-station to be
forwarded to Brentwood-M Martin
Rays wrlting-desk his favorlte books,
one or two things that the girls priced,
Hetties music, and what few
mementoes remained Of the dear dead
mother, II occurred to Sir Arthur
that any knowledge Of the arrival Of
these things would be hurtful to
pocket-book, and on it wrote a note to
Leah, telling her that the packages
We're from Southwood and that they
had better be put away In some re-
mote corner of the house until Hettle
had quite recovered, and the sight OF
them would not hurt her. He gave
directions that the wagon should not
go near the hall
mo one can tell" he said, what
harm the sound might do to Hettie;"
and Basil was struck by his kindly
consideration.
Leah read the note and FASTENED to
give the necessary orders. The pack
ages were slowed away In one of the
unused rooms of the western wing.
One OF them, n square packet, at
tracted LEANS attention. She un.
fastend the canvas in which 1t was
folded, and found that It was her
fathers wrltingcase. Heaven only
knew what burning, bitter words had
been written on 1t! How well she re.
membered the easel How often she
had seen her father seated Mt It. with
BROWNING brows and flashing eyes! It
lay open before him on the day that
she had left him--the day he had
cursed her She thought Of Hetties
words, that the curse must have
fallen on her by mistake, and she re.
fleCted that 1t was indeed true that
everything had gone wrong with her
hapless sister. If Leah could but have
known what the desk contained she
would not have looked at 1t with such
careless eyes.
She forgot all about the packages.
Kettle, though weak as little child,
hulhl1 uII' Va Att Ut near, WIS DIlI
OF danger and the doctors agreed that
sho had takon the critical turn which
leads to health. The terrible strain
OF anxiety was ended, the great
monlnl stress over, Every one in the
house breathcd more freely. During
her Illness IIettte had endeared her
self to all. Her sweetness ana
patience the severity of her suffer.
ings her thought for othors, her
loving gratitude were things to be re-
mombcred; and, when II seemed GER
tain that she would not lilo of this
terrible fever, the rejoicing was grcnt
once more the cheerful sound of
merry voices was heard, Hottie, half
amused, half alarmed at her own
fechencss, slowly traced the path that
loads from sickness to health, II
would be some weeks yet the doctor
said, before she could be taken down.
stairs or allowed to see nuy one even
the general 1t was five weeks since
the evening when she had cried out
to Sir Basil that she could not bear
the pain, and the oyorWruught brain
had suddenly given way; II would be
some weeks more before SHE saw him
again When she WAS strong, when
her brain was clear, ana she could
think without hundred funcics woap-
ing themselves In her thoughts, she
would mako up her mind with regard
to her future
Once or twice, when she had so far
recovered as to be able to take notice
OF what was passing around her
Sir Basil had sent her. by Leah,
few flowers, She took them without
a word and laid them down anEuidly
She did not show the least desire to
take cnre of them, and made no re-
mOnstrauCo when they were removed
CHAPTER XIX.
what shall | do to rouse hcr@"
said Leah to herself, one morning
after her usual conversation with tho
doctor she Is swoet-tcmpCred, loy-
ing and grateful: but she seems to
have lost all desire to live"
Suddenly Leah hothought herself Of
the packages from Southwood. Surely
among them she would aud some
thing that hN memory or association.
would stawle her mind into activity.
Leah wont to the unused room In
the western wing where the packages
lay, and the writing case was the first
thing that caught her attention. It
was probable there would be among
Nor fathers papers something which
would remind Hottie of her old homo
and arouse her into moro active
state of mind She opened the case
aud found II filled With documents,
Martin Ray hnd evidently arranged Il
before his death There, all yellow
with uge the thin edges MI worn with
folding, were her mothers love lotters
written many years before, They
were tied With blue ribbon, and with
flowers that had soon died He hal
lover her fair Young mother we'll e
have preserved those with such lovinl
gnrp Gbp would NIT ,,,.,n than. fhn\