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her father. Yet, when once they were
really on their way from London her
fathers manner seemed to gain so much
in cheerfulness that she could hardly be
sorry they had left. She had not MOTTO
ed that he had been more anxious and
nervous that morning than usual; but
she could not fail to remark how much
brighter his look was now they were out
in the clear air.
''Yolande," said he, 81 had a talk
with John Shortlands last night. I half
threatened to throw up my place in FIR
lament, and then the arrangement would
be that you and l, Yolande, should start
away together and roam all over the
world, amusing ourselves-going just
where we liked-you and | all by our
selves"
'You would become tired of being
amused. You could not always travel,"
she said. She put her hand on his hand
"Ah, I see what it u.s." she said, with a
little laugh. "You are concealing. That
is your kindness, papa. You think l am
too much alone; it is not enough that
you sacrifice to-day, tomorrow, next day,
to me; but you wish to make a sacrifice
altogether; and you pretend you are tired
Of politics. But you cannot make me
blind to it. l see-oh, quite clearly l
can see through your pretense"
A new suggestion entered his mind. He
glanced at the girl opposite him-tim-
idly and anxiously.
"Yolande," said he, "I-I wonder now
i suppose at your age-well, have you
ever thought Of getting married."
She looked up at him with her clear,
frank eyes, and when she was startled
like that her mouth had a slight pathetic
droop, that made her face sensitive and
charming.
"Why, hundreds and hundreds and
hundreds Of timesr' she exclaimed, still
with her soft clear eyes wondering "Of
course, when say have thought hun
dreds of times it is about not getting
married that I mean. No. That is my
resolution. Oh, many a time have said
that to myself. I shall not marry
never--no one"
ooh, but, Yolande, that is absurd. OF
course you will marry. OF course you
must marry
when you put me away, papa. Yes"
she continued quite simply. 'That was
what madam used to say. She used to
say, If your papa marries again, that
is what you must expect. 1t will be bet
ter for you to leave the house. But
your papa is rich; you will have a good
portion; then you will find some one to
marry you, and give you also an estab-
lishment' Very well,' l said, but that
is going too far, madam; and until my
papa tells me to go away | shall not go
away, and there is not any necessity that
shall marry any one.
81 wish madam had minded her own
AFFAIRS Mr.. Winterbourne said, angrily
81 am not likely to marry again. I shall
not marry again. But as for you-well,
don't you see, cllild-I-I can't live for
ever; and you have got no very near
relatives; and besides, living with rela-
tives isn't always the pleasantest of
things; and / should like to see your flu
ture quite settled"
He found it was no use trying to talk
to her seriously about this matter. She
laughed it aside She did not believe
there was any fear about her future.
She was all content with the world as
it existed.
The Grahams were the very first peo-
pie they saw when they reached Oat-
lands. Col. Graham-a tall, stout, griz-
zled, good-natured looking man-was ~
was standing close by, calling to her
baby, which plump small person was
vainly trying to walk to her. under the
guidance of an ayah, whose dusky skin
and silver ornaments and flowing gar
ments of Indian red looked picturesque
enough on an English lawn. Mrs. Ora
ham was a pretty woman, of middle
height, and professed herself overjoyed
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chance of his daughter and himself join
ing her and her husband on their sug-
gested trip; but the lazy, good-humored
looking soldier glanced up from his paper
and said:
''Look here, Polly, it's too absurd.
What would people say? It's all very
we'll for you and me; we are old Indians
and don't mind but if Mr.. Winterbourne
is coming with us-and you, Miss Win
ter bourne-we must do something more
reasonable and Christian-like than sail
out to Suez or Alden and back, all for
nothing"
But nothing could suit us better" Yo-
lande's father said-indeed, he did not
mind where or why he went, so long as
he got away from England, and Yolande
with him.
ooh, but we must do something" Col
Graham said. "Look here. When we
were at Peshawur a young fellow came
up there-you remember young Ismat,
Polly ?-well, l was of some little as
sistance to him, and he said any time we
wanted to see something of the Nile
could have his fathers dahabeah-or
rather one of them, for his father is Gov
ernor of Merhadj, and a bit Of swell,
fancy. There you are, now. That would
be something to do. People wouldn't
think we were idiots. We could have
our sail all the same to Suez, and see
the old faces at Glib. and Malta; then we
could have a skim up the Nile a bit-and,
by the way, we shall have 1t all to our
selves just now"
THE very thing" exclaimed Mr.. Win
terbourne, eagerly, for his imagination
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