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but it is all over Eve. l have been
very unhappy about the loss OF hel
money and that has fretted me
greatly
i foresaw it would be lost
Yes it islost, but Eve shall be 70
loser
Look here, Miss Jordan, beautiful
face is like a beautiful song, charming
in itself, but infinitely better with an
accompaniment
What do you mean, Mr.. Coyshe?'
"A sweet girl may have beauty and
.miabiIity, but though these may be
excellent legs for the matrimonial
stool, third must be added to pre-
vent an upset, and that-metallic'
Barbara made no reply. The auda-
city and impudence of the young sur
geon took the power to reply from her.
You have not given me that fiddle,
said Coyshe.
! am not sure you will carry it
carefully answered Barbara; never
the less she resigned it to him.
When you part from me let the boy
have it. I win not ride into MorWeu
numbered with it
A DOCTOR said Coyshe, if he is to
succeed in his profession, must be en-
dowed with instinct as well as science.
A cat does not know what aiIs it, but
it knows when it is out Of sorts; in
stinct teaches it to swallow a blade
of grass. Instinct with US discovers
the disorder, science points out the
remedy. I may say without bOasting
that l am trimming with instinct
you have had a specimen or twO-and
/ have passed splendid examinations,
so that testifes to my science. Beer
Ais on cannot retain me long, my
proper sphere is London. l under
stand the Duke has heard of me-
and said to someone whom l will not
name, that if l come TO town he will
introduce me. If once started on the
rails | must run to success. Now l
want a word with you inconfidence,
Miss Jordan. That boy is sufficiently
In the rear not to hear. You will be
num- I trust?
Barbara slightly nodded her assent. !
I confess to you that I have been
struck with your sister, Miss Eve
Who could fail to see her and not be-
come a worshipper? She is a radiant
star; l have never seen anyone so
beautiful, and she is as good as she is
beautiful
Indeed, indeed she is said Barbara,
earnestly.
'Montecuculli said, continued the
surgeon, that in war three things are
necessary: money; secondly, money;
thirdly, money. In love it is the
same. We may regret it, but it is I'M
deniabIe'
Barbara did not know what to say.
The assurance of the young man i'm
posed on her; she did not like him
particularly, but he was superior in
culture +. most of the young men she
knew, who had no ideas beyond hunt
ing and shooting.
After a little while of consideration,
make Eve happy%
7 am sure of it. I have all the in
stincts of the familyman in me. A
man may marry a score of times and
be father of fifty children, without in
stinct developing the special features
Of dOmesticity. They are born in a
man, not acquired. Pater-familias
nascitur, non fit
Have you spoken to my father?'
No, not yet; I am only feeling my
way. I don't mind telling you what
brought me into notice with the Duke.
He was i'll last autumn when down at
for the shooting, and his
physician was sent for. I met the doc
tor at the Bedford Inn at Tavistock;
some of us of the faculty had an even
ing together, and his Grace's condi- |,
ton was discussed, casually OF course.
said nothing. We were smoking
and drinking rum and water There
was something in his Grace's condi-
ion which puzzled his physician, and
he clearly did not understand how to
,reat the case. I knew. I have in ,
'tinCt. Some rum had been ,
spilled on the table; I dipped the end
If my pipe in it, and scribbled a pre-
on the mahogany. 1 saw
he eye of the doctor on it. have =,
.eason to believe he used my remedy.
{ answered. He is not ungrateful.
ay no more. A city set on a hill can L
lot be hid. Beer Aston is a bushel {
covering a light. Wait
Barbara said nothing. She rode on,
eep in thought. The surgeon joggej
It her side, his protruding water-blue L
yes peering in all directions.
You think your sister will not be h
he said.
7 am certain she will not. Now Il
hat my aunt has provided for me,
I've will have Morweu after my c
ather's death and I am sure she is c
Welcome to what comes to me from t
ny aunt TN then e
Halt exclaimed the surgeon. =
Barbara drew rein simultaneously a
With Mr. Covshe. a
Who are you there. watching. fol- I
owing US, skuIking behind bushes and v
.edges?' shouted Coyshe. 5
What is it?' asked Miss Jordan, O
urprised and alarmed. {
The surgeon did not answer. but r
aised to his shoulder a stick he car fl