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not tell me. but you will permit me

to guess?''
"Oh, of course"
"He told you that he chose the hus-
bands for my three sisters?'
Yes. Was it not so?''
yes, it was. He did choose them.
They married the men that he picked
out for them, and 1 cannot in justice
say that the result was in any case
unhappy, but I think the principle is
wrong"
''You think you should choose for
yourself"
81 think should choose for myself.
Did father tell you that was going
to marry Mr.. Winthrop"
HE said that he believed that you
were not Indifferent to Mr.. Winthrops
attentions; that he had given you 10
understand that Mr.. Winthrop was his
choice, and that he had no reason to
think that you would disregard his
wishes in the matter"
II am not going to marry Mr.. Win
throp;"
II beg pardon!"
81 am not going to marry Mr.. Win
throp. / have never disobeyed my
father in my life, but am not going
to marry Mr.. Winthrop"
William Richards had made up his
mind more than year before that he
loved Dorothy Lawrence. A man well
practiced in the concealment of emo
ton, he was perfectly convinced that
she had not suspected his passion.
He was aware that the world, in
Guiding Judge and Mrs. Lawrence,
would not consider him suitable
match for Dorothy, but he had deter
mined to make an attempt to win her,
nevertheless, for he believed In his
own heart that he could make her just
as happy as If he had the wealth and
the social position requisite to his
eligibility in the eyes of the world.
/. When the judge had spoken of Mr..
Winthrop he had been greatly dis
turbed; now for moment his heart
was lightened by Dorothy's deter
mined avowal, but in a moment it
sank again, for the thought came to
him that the reason she so positively
refused to marry Mr.. Winthrop was
that she loved someone else. The
thought made him cold, but his face
was gravely tmpassive.
"Would not Mr.. Winthrop make
suitable husband?'
at is not that I do not love him.
"You believe in love, them
She looked at him seriously, re-
proachfully.
81 do not believe only; I know. But
Mr.. Robards, you-you believe, too:
You are not the kind of a man to treat
such things lightly. Tell me, am | not
right? Do you not also believe In
love?"
II believe" he answered solemnly,
and then more softly, II, too, know"
She bit her lip, seeming to check
some il-advised speech; then, point
ING TO a rustic seat under some willows
that bordered the path, said:
LET us sit down"
They were silent for long time.
Dorothy" he began, II must tell
YOU SOm6J0IHS. L an oiAoAO -
sound a little strange after all tn's'
hut / must tell you all the same. |
think it is best that you should know
and after l have told you | shall go
away and shall not trouble you again.
..Trouble me- she murmured-
Eyes. / am afraid that what | nave
TO say must trouble you more OF less.
It is very simple thing. though, after
all and very few words will express
it. Dorothy, love you"
She seemed genuinely distressed,
The man had spoken very quietly. his
voice and his face were under perfect
control.
"Now, / shall go" he added.
"Rut why y she stammered.
"You have told me-that is, you nave
implied-that your affections are nxeu
already on someone SO firmly that you
will risk disobeying your father
Eyes, they are. q,
"Tn that case should I not go away
"No, you should not
"But, whyi''