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a gesture OF Indignation, then draw
ing back little, she said, quickly, g.
must request you to leave me, Cap
tain Leicester; | prefer to be alone.
The young man glared at her for {
few seconds, then with a smotherec
exclamation strobe forward, caugh
her suddenly in his arms and kissed
her several times.
Enid uttered a cry, and as he re
leased her and went hurriedly away
she sunk down on the ground anC
burst into tears just as some one else
who had been walking up the avenue
hearing her cry, jumped on to the
sidewalk and saw her thus plunged
in her distress.
Miss Leslie. Good heavens
What has happened? Are you hurt?
Gervais bent down and lifted the
girl to her feet.
Enid was weeping bitterly.
How dare he! How dare he!'
she said, thinking only of the insult
and not realizing anything else.
Some one has insulted you; who
it it?" the earl said, gravely, standing
beside her and conscious that a
strange mixture Of tenderness and
anger was struggling in his heart.
Enid grew little calmer and dried
her eyes with trembling hands.
"It is nothing, Lord Derriman," she
murmured family.
CeryaiS waited a mement
Il am afraid I cau't accept that
statement. 1 think I am like Darius
of old, who refused to take a false
hood, even from the lips of weeping
woman"
She answered him quickly.
"You are right spoke falsely; it
was something that made me cry,
Lord Derriman. But-but let it pass,
please. I was foolish and unnerved
at first; now"
"Now you have handed the affair
to my keeping, and leave me to settle
it," he ended very quietly. Now,
what has happened?"
Enid hesitated a moment before
she spoke, then putting out her hand,
she said with a tiny tremor in her
voice:
L can not thank you enough, Lord
Derriman, for your kindness. Be,
lieve me, II am grateful, but cam
not tell you the cause of my tears,
II have very good reasons. l am
only sorry that you should have been
here just now"
Il will not press the matter furl
ther, since it gives you pain, Miss Les,
lie. I will only tell you that you need
fear no more insults from the gentleI
man who was with you just now"
Enid started and colored deeply.
Then you-you saw"
He smiled, drew her hand through
his arm, and led her slowly up the
avenue
Il have this very moment caught
sight of Captain Leicester leaving the
path and going up to the house. and
so I conjecture 1 have found the man
seek. We will say nothing of this.
Miss Leslie; let it be little secret;
but If there is spark of manliness
or honor in that cub will rouse it."
Enid stood still and looked up at
him hurriedly, her face looking deli
cate and lovely in her agitation.
Please, Lord Derriman, do not
say"
Your name shall not be men3
Toned" he said, divining her thoughts
easily; "rest assured" And then they
walked in silence up to the front en-
trance and there separated.
AS they sat down to dinner, howl
ever, Dulcie Lowe, who was tired and
cross. made a discovery.
"Captain Leicester is late again.
We ought to institute a fine, Lord
|erriman."
Gervais looked down at her from
he head of the table.
II don't think it will be needed
Mss Lowe, as Leicester has left US"
Left us!" exclaimed Lady Lowe
md Dulcie in the same breath.
Eyes. Got a wire from Sir George
his afternoon, so ne had to go quick
y. He had no time to say good-by
o any one"
- y =
Dorothy had sent her husband
way.
Her heart was throbbing wildly;
'ut the pain was not neuralgia or any
other bodily ailment; the tnrobb1ng
came from the mind-an excited.
overheated, madly wrathful mind.
LaxOn's letter had been intended to
alarm her so terribly that she would
be forced into granting him all he
asked, from the shock and surprise as
we'll as fear.
Laxon had fixed the woods for their
and she bad to make her
plans carefully. 1t was a great risk.
How was she to get there and back
being discovered?
She left the study by the long
French window. The night was dark,
md she was soon on the lawn in front
of the house; from thither she got
across to the paths she
had to take.
Any woman might we'll have been
nervous and timid of that dark, weird
walk; but Dorothy had no fear. She
glanced neither to the right nor the
left, but walked on quickly-so
quickly that her heart beat to suffo-
cation and sharp pain came in her
side
she passed the tennis court, on and
Oh, till she came to the rose garden
now dead and withered wilderness
and turned her face down to the
woods.
A little way from the gates she
stopped.
"Hist.' she breathed, rather than
spoke.
A footstep answered her, and the
,oice she loathed came to her ears.
All right, Dolly; I'm here. All!
thought you'd bring an answer to my