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room was close. l should like TO be
left little bit in the sun and air, by
myself and to myself
Eve ran back to her Furnishing
of the god beads and bezants, and
Jasper heard Mr.. Jordan calling him,
so he went to his room. He found the
sick gentleman with clouded brow and
closed lips, and eyes that gave him FUR
tive glances but could not look at MIN
steadily.
Jasper Babb, said Mr.. Jordan, l do
not wish you to leave the house or Us
immediate precincts today. Jane ha5
not returned, Eve is unreliable and
Barbara overstrained.'
Yes, sir, will do as you WISH
On no account leave. Send MISS
Jordan to me when she is better.
When. about half-an-hour after, Bar
bara ente,ed the room, she went d.
rect to her father to kiss him, but he
repealed her.
What did you mean he asked, with
out looking at her, by those words OF
the Psalm!
oh, papa! l thought to soothe you
You are fond of the De Profundis-you
murmur it in your sleep
You used the words significantly.
What are the deeds have done amiss
for which you reproach me-?
We all need pardOn-sOme for one
thing, some for another. And, dear
est papa, we all need to say, 'Apud tie
proDitiatio est: speraVit ANNA mea in
Domino.
Precipitation repeated Mr.. Jordan,
and resumed his customary trick OF
brushing his forehead with his hand
a. though to sweep cObwebs from it
which fell over and clouded his eyes.
For what? Say out plainly of what
you accuse me. l am prepared for The
worst. | cannot endure these covert
stabs. You are always watching me
You are ever casting innuendOS. You
cut and pierce me worse than the
scythe. That gashed my body, but you
drive your sharp words into my 50 l.
My dear papa, you are mistaken.
I am not mistaken. Your looks and
words have meaning. Speak out
I accuse you Of nothing, darling pa
pa, but Of being perhaps a little un'
just to me-
She soon Jaw that her presence was
irritating him, her protestations un,
avaiIing TO disabuse his mind of the
prejudice that had taken hold Of it, and
so, with a sigh, she left him.
Jane Welsh did not return all day
This was strange. She had promised
Barbara to return the first thing in
the morning. She wa to sleep in Tav,
istock, where she had a sister mar,
ried
Barbara went about her work, but
with absracted mind, and without her
usual energy.
She was not quite satisfied She
tried to believe in Jasper's innocence,
and yet doubts would rise in her mind
in spite of her efforts to keep them
under
Whom had Eve met on the Raven
Rock? ia per had denied that he was
the person: who, then, could it have
been. The only other conceivable per
son was Mr.. COyshe, and Barbara at
once dismissed that idea. Eve would
never make mystery of meeting Doc
tor Squash, as she called him.
At last, a evening drew on, Jane
arrived Barbara met her at the door
and demonstrated with her.
Please, miss, l could not help my
self l found Joseph WOodman last
night and he said he must send for
The warders to identify the prisoner
Then, miss, he said I was to wait till
he had got the warders and some con,
stables, and when they was ready to
come on l might come too, but not be
fore. I slept at my sisters last night
Where are the men nOw?'
They are about the house-some
behind hedges, ONE in the wood. some
on the down
Barbara shuddered.
Please miss. they have guns. And
miss, I were to come on and tell the
ma ter that all was ready, and if he
would let them know where the man
was they'd trap him
There is no man hcoe but Mr.. Babb.'
James face fell.
'Lawk, miss. If Joseph thought us
had been making games of he, I be
lieve he'd never marry me-and after
going to Love Feast with him. too,
'Twould be serious that, surely
Joseph has taken a long time COM
ing
Joseph takes things leisurely. miss.
It's his nature. Us have been court
Ing time out O. mind; and. please,
mis-. if the man were here, then the
master was to give the signal by pull.
ing the alarm bell Then the police and
warders would close in on the house
and take him
Barbara was a pale now as whea
nearly tainting in the morning. This
was not the old Barbara with pale
cheeks, hearty eyes, and ripe lips. tall
and firm, and decided in all her move
ments. No, This wa not at all the old
Barbara
Wen, Miss Jordan, what is troubling
You" asked Jasper. The house Is
surrounded. Men are stationed about
j. No one can leave it without being
challenged
Yes said Barbara quickly. BY the
Abbotts Well there runs path down
between laureIs, then over a stiIe in.
TO the wood. It is still possibIe-wiII
you go?'
You do not trust me?'