The Montgomery advertiser., 1907-10-06

little disturbed by the unconvention- ality of the proceeding.
 Frank as usual neglected his wife and devoted himself assiduously to Mrs Lorraine So one day Shella did get boat, and, taking Ingram with her. sailed far out into the channel tides She had known Ingram so long and had been SO used to confids in him that she could tell him all, and she did so Ingram expostulated with Frank. who practically ordered him out of the house in reply and lectured Shella on the enormity of her offense, commanding her never to speak to In- gram again.
 Ingram smoked and thought. He was sure that Mrs. Lorraine was turing Frank away from his wife. He had refused to be presented to the lady. but now--after they had returned to Lon- don--he called on her with the idea of placing before her the gravity of her action But before the calm, frank eyes of the American widow, that gar- cious presence and that honest man. ner, Ingram's resentment melted away He hadnot talked five minutes with Mrs. Lorraine before he felt that she was a good as well as a beautiful wo- man, and found himself entering into an alliance with her and her mother to heal the breach that was widening be- tween Shells. and her husband.
 Ingram sat and smoked and thought long that night, but 1t was of the fas- cinating American widow he thought, and not of Sheila and her affairs.
 From that day there was a slight hut clearly perceptible change fin Mrs. Lorraine's treatment of Lavender. He was made to understand that an invi- tation for MT. and Mrs. Lavender meant emphatically his wife as well as him
 1axr Ira II oH..o insisted that Frank bring his wife to dinner and remarked: There will be an old friend of yours present-Mr. Ingram" Frank wondered if that med dlesome fellow had been talking. At the dinner Frank, who secretly stood In awe of Ingram and liked him, rath
 CT tried to make up their quarrel
 while Sheila treated her old friend most distantly. Ingram, all devotion to both Frank and Sheila accepted the situation.
 one day Sheila received letter from Borva. Mairi, her cousin and her serving maid in the old tims. was coming to London to see her. She was filled with a fiutter of joyful anticipa- ton. Now she would see one of her own people again; now would she hear once more the Highland accent. She would prepare a surprise for Frank-a great surprise! It would bring him hack to her by awakening all his mem- oies of Borva and of the days when he had wooed her there Mairt had writ
 fen that she was going to bring her some beats. She would fix up the It, tIe study to look like the room in
 which they used to sit after dinner at Borye and throw the peats on the fire so that there should be the same smen of smoke.
 The Highland girl arrived under the escort of a Stornoway man of Macken- zIe's acouaintance, who was travelling to London on business; and after the tumult of their greetings had. subsided she told Mari of her plan. They got together all the curios they could find. some Sheila had brought with her when she came to her bridal home, some she had picked up here and there In shops. There were shells and stuffed fishes and the hundred andsone things which had given It's character to the little room i'm Borva. Then they threw the beats on the fire and sat down and laughed. How this would carry Frank back to Borva! How glad and sur prised he would be! For Sheila had not told him of the expedited arrival. He had promised to be home 10 ,Iunsheon at o'clock. At o'clock the l street door opened and Frank came in