The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-07-02

written him begging him to come once more to Bologna in the hope that his presence would restore Clementina to her season. Also they intimate that if he would marry the daughter of the house he might do so upon his own terms. And now, madam" said Sir Charles, in concluding his story, what shall I say? I cannot tell. But you, I see, can understand and pity me Also you can pity the gentle Glenn entina. Honor forbids me, yet honor bids me. I cannot be unjust, ungen- erous, selfish. Allow me to thank you for the favor of your ear and pardon me for lhe trouble I have given to a heart so capable of tender sym pathy."
 Having made this closing speech, Sir Charles just touched the hand of liar | riet and then precipitately left the room, as if unwilling that she should see his profound emotion. Harriet now believed that Sir Charles really loved her. But she saw that he was torn by his love of her and by what he
 
 after sufficiently recovering herself, gave Sir Charles the advice to go at once to Bologna-his duty, she told him, lay there. For time it was feared that Harriet would go mad. as Glenn Eentina had done.
 But she was made of sterner stuff and pulled herself together, helped out inn mensley in the task by the reflection that | by keeping her reason she would show herself superior to Clementina. The Lady Olivia. who had caused Sir Charles flight from Rome, had followed him to Eng land with ideas of vengeance. But brought Hnder the spell of Miss Byron and Sir Charles, she repented and re- formed. concluded that she would not assassinate the baronet, and was invited to dinner A
 And now Sir Charles Grandson depart ed for Italy. Upon his arrival at Bologna a grand family council was summoned and it was agreed that Sir Charles should marry Clementina upon his own terms should Ter reason be restored. Clemen- tina, very natuEally, promptly recovered her reason. When Miss Byron in Eng land heard this she fell into such a state that sle was almost fitted to take Glenn entinas place in tie madhouse. But Har- riet Byran was a young woman of force and nerve. Again she pulled herself to- gether and refused to go crazy.
 |, As. for Clementina, when she found that she could really marry Sir Charles if she wanted, she seemed to think better of it.. | NTo fo:x her theme the conscientious girl wrote a letter of about IS pages to the baronet, telling him that they had better call their marriage off. Sir Charles at this great display of magnanimity on the part of Clementina was so impressed that he urged the girl not to make this great sac rifice, but to marry him forthwith. For l give me, chevalier," replied Clementina, but it can never be-" Sir Charles over come with emotion, clasped the noble and sacrificing girl in his arms. Forgive you, noble woman!'' cried he, 'I have nothing to forgive. can only admire your greatness of mind" "Ah, chevalier,' re- piled the lady, Hove my mind, as your mind has always been, always will be, the principal object of my love- Long they sat together that evening in a sum- mer house in the magnificent gardens of the Porretta palace.
 Clementina knew how the Lady Olivia had pursued Sir Charles and bade him not to think of marrying her. Some Eng fish girl, she said, would he better suited to him. Sir Charles replied that he felt 1t his duty to make one more offer or | himself to Clementina. Duty he placed before everything. Clementina replied that she did the same and felt 1t her duty 10 reject his great and splendid offer. She would strive to bear her fate as best she might-but her resolve was firm.
 Sir Charles Grandson now considered 1 that he had done his full duty by Clem- | ent;na He was now free to return to his native country and to seek the hand of Miss Byron It was a day of bliss and ra nture when Harriet saw Sir Charles re- I +,rn and found out that he was free. while he had been discharging his duty Tn Italy Harriet had been, as usual, much pestered by suitors. Some of her old ad- mirers had returned to the contest and, l joined with those new victims to her charms wt,ch fell every day before her. they had made life we'll nigh intolerable.
 Among others of her old admirers there had come to town Greville, who had been 50 enamored to her when sii e was girl in Northamptcnshire. Time