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upon the bunch was 4 big tear Of re-
pentance because she had thought 50
cruelty Of her patient. Only the patient
never knew. When one goes about
city great deal and meets with many
| experiences, most of them of q truly
dreadful kind, one naturally draws
conclusions which would seem to many
ladies most wicked. In the same way
the doctor, when you tell him certain
things, at once suspects the very worst.
Katharine never knew.
She was sitting up in bed, already in
fair way of recovery.
care you strong enough to talk to-
day." asked Miss Willoughby.
"Oh, yes; I can talk to-day. But I
have only just begun to understand all
that you have done for me. I can not
thank you yet"
| "Do not talk of that at all"
"You must have thought me most un-
| grateful when I was working at the
| sewing machine. But all that time
seems like dream. l only half remem-
ber it. You were in mourning first,
and then you put it off, and you told
me something"
II was-I was in the very deepest
grief as well as the depeest mourning,
for my lover was said to be dead. And
now I am in the greatest joy and
thankfulness because my lover has
been miraculously restored to me-.
| Ought not to be happy"
II am so glad! My lover too is dead.
But he can never be restored to me-"
Your lover, dear? Oh, you had a
lover, too, and he was killed. like miDe?
Oh" She took her hand and pressed
it. II know his name, because the Sis
ter read his letters in order to find out
who you were. His name was Tom"
"Yes, it was Tom. And Tom is
dead"
"Will you tell me something more
about yourself:" she asked. "Not more
than you want to tell. l am not Curl
GUS, indeed, but if / can help YOU
Oh! let me help you, because I met you
on the very day that the telegram came
which brought my lover back to life.
In the evening, when l went home
after left you-they brought it to me.
Oh! my dear-my sister brought it cry
ing-my father kissed me-and my
mother kissed me-and they were all
crying. and I knew not why-on the
very same day when I found you. Can
I ever think of that day without think
ing of you, too? God has given you to
me so that I may deal with you as He
has dealt with me. And can never
let you 60 away-never, never"
"Ohw said Katherine. deeply moved,
what can l say?"
81 shall never forget that day. Oh,
how I rushed to tear off the black
things and to- My dear, you are a
part of that day. Now tell me more.
You said your name was Katharine
Regina. That is my name, too. There
is always q Katharine Regina in the
family. And 1 never heard of any
other family which had those two
names. And your fathers name was
Willoughby Capel. 1t is so very odd,
that I have been thinking about it all
night. Tell me more. dear. You said
you had no relations"
"No; l know of none. My father
would not speak Of his relations.
have sometimes thought that they
quarrelled with him. He was once,
know, in the army with the rank Of
captain, and he had an annuity or al
lowance, but I do not know who paid
it, or anything else at all about him."
What q strange story"
"The annuity was not very large
one, and I had to give lessons. I was
governess to a lady-oh, not very
| grand person-whose husband was a
clerk in the city. I went there every
morning at 8, and came home at 5. She
was a good woman and kind to me.
I was more companion and nursery
governess than anything else"
"Well, de,.r:'
"My father died suddenly at the be-
ginning Of this year. But I was en-
| SdSGll ny lllS tliuC, anu oo Auo l. Ohu
1 was happy and full Of confidence. l
went to live at Harley House, place
where governesses can live cheaply."
II know the place. Sister, what did
you say about her face? You was quite
right Go on, dear; know Harley
House"
"Then a very curious thing happened.
Toms uncle died and left him all his
money, and for a week We were rich.
But a solicitor-Tom's cousin-discov-
cred that all the money belonged to
somebody else. So we were poor again,
and Tom went cut to Egypt"
ITO Egypt?"'
"Yes; he was war correspondent"
ooh! Katharine-Katharine"-Miss
Willoughby caught her hand-"teu me
tell me-what was his name"
| CTo be Continued.)