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wasted? Are they for visitors?"
For one visitor. wanted the room
to be always ready for that one when
ver-she-should-co
Alma said nothing to this, but began
rapid inspection of the water-colors
on the wall with critical and apprecia-
tive comments, and then prepared to
go. Frank, interrupted her courteous
words of farewell.
81 should like you, if you would, to
come and see horse have bought"
said he, rather neryously.
The color rushed TO Almas face.
"A horse!" she echoed, in a low
voice.
Eyes. Will you conner"
She hesitated. He saw that she had
made good guess. and he hung with
undisguised anxiety on her answer. At
last she moved slowly down the pas
sage with him in the direction of the
stable Frank, much excited, dared
not trust himself TO speak When
they reached the door Of the loose box
where the horse was, he, absorbed in
doubt and hope, was beginning to lose
his head, and fumbled nervously with
the fastening Of the door. Alma, much
more possessed, smiled up at him
very sweetly, and said perhaps she
could manage il better. So he made
way for her, and she opened the door,
and peeped in with a face radiant with
delight, while Gray Friar, seeing his
old mistress, arched his neck for her
caress
81 think you guessed what horse IL
was, didn't you?" asked Frank. very
demurely, over Gray Friars back"
We'll. wondered whether" she
began.
would you like to have him again."
he asked, after pause.
ooh. no! am. sure he is quite
happy with you"
81 am glad you think that he can be
happy with me. or course, it's easy
to make a horse happy"
eyes, Of course It Isl"
"And II you will only come and see
him sometimes
"Oh, yes, | will"
Armathwaite was stroking the horse
on one side, and Alma on the other
But the fingers OF both began to twitch
and to tremble so nervously that Gray
Friar, feeling that this sort of thing
was a dozen times worse than flies,
suddenly backed and threw up his
head and the caressing hands met.
Alma blushed, and Frank felt fired with
sudden courage.
"lf ever you should change your
mind. and want to have him for your
own again"
"oh, no; | could never take him
away from you'll"
well, you might have him without
that--if you would Don't say no
don't say no! know oughtnt to
have spoken yet but III couldn't help
1t. Try to forget that | have spoken.
and give me another chance later-I
implore you" burst out Frank. seeing
that she turned away from him. and in
terrible state OF dread that he had of.
Tended her
II wasn't going to say no."
God bless you"
Oh. they were so quiet about it-as
quiet as mice-she with her tremulous
whisper, and he with his husky ejacu.
iation. Gray Friar scarcely knew that
anything had happened except that a
few minutes later they both stood on
the same side of him, and caressed him
in unison. For wasn't II old Gray
Friar who had brought him to her on
that winter night down by the lakes
edge, when, by some power she did
not herself understood. she had drawn
him to her side at the time she felt
most in need of a strong arm and a
strong heart?
Frank asked her. as he took her
home in the tempered heat of the early
evening, what Or. Peele had said
which had made her desire his pres
ence; for that it was her wish which
had brought him they were tacitly
convinced. Then she told him that
early in the autumn she had gone TO
DIR. Peele, told him of her husbands
new custom of reading her to sleep NJ
night, and complained of the strange
heaviness and drowsiness from which
she always suffered on the following
morning. This, as Armathwaite
guessed, was the period when eros.
mont first began his experiments upon
his wife DR.. Peele. so Alma said,
had at first appeared much interested
and puzzled by her story. but on her
rext vista month later-he had
changed altogether and instead of
listening with attention to her account
of the gradual weakening of her will,
he had tried &c make light of it: and
when she persisted that her ailment
was not an imaginary one. he had told
her that he was too old and too i'll to
study her case with the necessary
minuteness; and in answer to the
questions with which she piled him. he
had named Frank Armathwaite as one
among his old colleagues and pupils
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