The citizen-Republican. (Scotland, Bon Homme County, S.D.) 1???-19??, 1904-09-01
seofrrey thanked him saying he would

Geoffrey thanked him saying he woul6
take charge Of the box himself.
When he reached the platform he
came face to face with Dunstan Bur
bage, who had travelled from town tc
town With him in the same train, &
fact of which the barrister was ignor-
ant; though Dunstan had seen him al
Charlng Cross station, feeling toWarG
him a nervous shyness that almost
amounted to timidity.
SO we have Travelled together" SAID
Geotrey, Il thought you had been
staying at the hall for Christmas
Lady Bysshe asked me, but | had
already promised my Hadley friends tc
spend Christmas with them"
"A curious kind of a man, Signo1
Neneto,' the barrister remarked.
Yes, very clever
Il suppose he is?" Godfrey affirmed.
Though q stranger might not sup
pose it," added Dunstan.
u you mean a chemist?'
ii has a knowledge of all kinds
OF subjects, some of them out Of the
beaten track"
Indeed
They We're interrupted by the footlnan,
who came to say that he had got the
luggage, and DGnstan followed the bar
rister to the brougham, in which they
were driven to the hall in another
moment.
Both We're too much occupied by their
thoughts to resume conversation. Lady
Bysshe had long before broken the
news to Dunstan OF Edith's engage
ment; and though he forsaw that it
would be impossible, even If she loved
nm, Tor her to marry him SO long as
a rlnlI h11rr ~,,l- . -. u
could not help feeling q bitter sense
of loss, and a keen envy of the man
whom she had favored.
AS they Grove up the winding avenue,
Godfrey unclaimed the box from his
waist, so that presently when he en-
tered the great hall amid the clan1or
of barking dogs and welcoming voices,
he was enabled to lay it down before
hurrying TO where Edith stood with
shining eyes and happy smiles, waiting
10 greet and receive his greeting.
In the momentary hustle Of their en-
Dunstan recovered his calm
ness, and the aWkwardness occasioned
by his remembrance that when last
ne had been there it was as a prisoner
charged with murder. Lady Bysshe
and Edith expressed their pleasure at
seeing him, though to his sensitive
mind their manner was tinged with
pity for him, while the count and Max
bowl. ,aJ~..3 - =.
tiheNlHe welcomed ann with nearly
'ii Tilo anS
III. loweilhs SKY, the th!h' per-
statelLt ram tne heaVy atmosphere ana
eleiitiLeo laiuscape were all smut out;
~ .as sisat hall, VIVA me
neat OF BURNING logs, bright with the
light of candles and lamps, and dec
GRATED with holly and misletoe had q
joyous and festive appearance.
When tea was being drunk, buttered
eoast eaten ana talk continued, Geof-
tley never iost sisht OF the niue black
ooA ne hao set Gown IN the alcoNe or
a WlhdoW. seeing the direction to
@hlch ms eyes continually turned, Lady
bysshe asked MIN what 1t contained.
IN, uhat IS q secret he replied,
smiling at her.
from me-:
FROM Edlth,' said he, Eancins
toward where she sat talking 20 Dun
whose face had frightened, as If
the past six months with their momen~
tous events were blotted from his life,
and he was again a sutton for her
love.
Tx all women. I am fond Of Sc
crels, Lady Bysshe said coaXlngly.
Wen, the box contains something
my mother has sen her future daugh-
ter-in-law, together with my own
birthday Offering" Godfrey explained.
AoW hiHu u Soui OeaI uiollef anu
yourself
lhe something my mother has sent
10 an helrloom-th famous necklace Of
oriental ruoles given by Mary Queen
or scots to n Of her ladies-in-waiting,
who was an ancestress of NINE" Geof-
Trey told neri
renaeInper your uncle telling me
OIL IL put nave never seen 1t. l sup
pose II IS very beautiful. long for g.
slghI OF ~:
Inc setling IS OF French workman
snip n the stones are said to be
wonderfully pure. MY w present of a
n sapphire bracelet will
SELL as nothihg beside 1t"
70 Edlth 1T VIII be priceless-com-
ing from YOU. But 1 am impatient to
see tnem, Geoffrey.'
Il intend to give her a surprise by
offerlng them to her tomorrow morn
ing ne" Year DAY and her birthday,
Q Know
,But am to wait for sight Of them
until then; II SO ! shan sleep g. wink
tonlght; Q don't make allowances for
a wonans love OF beautiful Jewels"
Lazy Bysshe said jestingly.
BUT now am l to show them to you
without Edlth seeing them also" he
e
his aunt thought a moment before
answering.
You couldn't let me see them now,
OF course, and we shall have barely
tine TO dress before dinner: but when
Eolth ana l nave retired from the night
and you will let me have a peep at
men:
win nA12Snra mead nnt aSlY won