The Birmingham age-herald., 1911-01-01

greater part of her life in Paris and regarded that city-the time was the lat ter part of the reign of Louis XV.-as the only place in the world fit to live in.
 One day King Corney aanounced to Ormond that his oister-in-law and his daughter were coming to the Black Is- lands for long stay. Dora was a sweet girl, but Ormond must not fall in love with her. She was promised to White Connal, son of Corney's old friend Con- nal of Glynn, an old-fashioned Irish gen. tleman of long pedigree and short purse. Connal of Glynn and the King of the Black Islands had made the bargain over a bowl of punch late at night and had shaken hands on 1t before Dora was born and soon after the master of Giynn had been presented with twins. If Corney had daughter she was to marry Con- nal's eldest son, and White Connal was the eldest by several minutes White Connal was making money. people said, az a cattle raiser somewhere up in the North of Ireland. but had not grown up such man as King Corney wished for a son-in-law. It was all a very foolish piece of business, that drunken promise Corney said. but his word was passed and that was an end of it.
 Dora came to the islands, Miss OFaley came and White Connal and his father came. Miss O'Faley took strong dislike to White Connal-almost everybody did a r1A fn fpt fn Aff match. What she wanted was a husband for Dora who would take her to live in Paris, where, with what her father would give her and what Miss O'Faley could give her-for Mademoiselle was a woman of property--a very pleasant and elegant establishment might be set up in which Mademoiselle O'Faley could settle herself for the rest of her life in the city of her desire. Dora and Ormond, of course, fell in love with each other at once in spite of the efforts of Harry to keep himself from doing so and in spite of Dora,s con- viction that she must keep her fathers compact
 White Connal went back to his farms, Dora having plead for delay in the
 
 thrown continually into each others so- ciety. The young woman was capricious, sometimes houting Harry and sometimes treating him with affection-a sisters af- lection, she said. The more he saw of Dora the more Ormond was convinced that married life with her would never be happy for him-and then there was White
 
 Castle corney. White Connal had been killed by fall from a horse. A MT. O'Tara brought the news and King Cor ney could scarcely conceal his satisfac- ton. At last. Harry said he, now I shall have you for a son-in-law" Harry was silent How could he disappoint the hopes of bis fond friend and protector Tow fail to ask in marriage the girl with whom. a few weeks before. he had fam cied himself desperately in love? King Corney looked at him: they were at table. "Oh. you are right, Harry, I had forgot ten. There is Black Connal. Yes, yes, Black Connal has the first say. No, Dora is not free"
 And am never to be free.' cried out DOid- VIII oiS DrloTo VIII hee 9tdCk Connai. Am I to be handed around at the pleasure of somebody else all my life? It is infamous! I will not marry Black Connai."
 Her father drew her to him. but she turned her face away from his and her eyes met those of Ormond. Dora's face at once became suffused with bushes. Harry had never in his life been 50 moved. His old feeling for Dora came rushing back. Black Con- nal was one of the officers of the Irish brigade-dark as his brother had been fair. their different complexions having given them their nicknames For while King corney saw ray of hope. He thought that Black Connal might be content to be. hig brothers heir with out incumbering himself with a wife taken from an obscure part of Ireland. But 1t turned out that White conraps profitable farms had been on leases dependent upon his own life.
 ConDsI Of GIynn had written off to Paris. ana in 1ue time arrived. in great s1ate with coach and four, footmen and various other attendants. Captain de ConnaI Of tbs service of the King of France. Such spiendor of attire. such olesancs of manners the Black Islands had nsvsr seen before and King Cor