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pncto Etnan has told me. And since
t,e failed, and Dick fails, there is only
me-"
''You!"
She nodded, her lip quivering.
only me. Not as substitute
pm not fit for that-but to find sub
ktitute. ! have promised my uncle to
marry the first one who is able to be
that"
Tho silence was absolute. Lestrange
peither moved nor spoke gazing down
\ her bent head with an expression
aending many shades.
1T is duty; there is no one ex.
ept me-" she added. "Only sometimes
Ztgrow-to dislike 1t too much. I am
Do selfish that sometimes hope sub
btitute will never come"
Her voice died away. It was done:
Phe, Emily French, had deliberately
ponfided to this stranger that which
IN hour before she would have be-
Pieved no one could force from her
Rips In articulate speech. And she
neither regretted nor was ashamed.
although there was time for full reali-
Eation before Lestrange answered.
! II did not believe" he said, that
puch things could be done. It is non.
sense! It is the kind of situation.
Miss French, where any man II justi.
l6od in interfering. I beg you will
3oave the affair In my hands and think
no more of such morbid self.sacri-
noe."
stupefied. Emily flung back her
bead. staring at him.
~ln your hands1"
"9ince there are none better, It ap-
pears. Why" his vivid face questioned
hor full and straightly. you didn't i'm.
hgine that any man living could hear
What you are doing, and pass ont"
my uncle knows"
-Your uncle-is not for me to criti-
NJ. But do not ask any other man
o 1t you 60 on"
i Her ideas resling. she struggled for
mprshsnsion.
"You. what could you DOT" she mar.
Md. "The substitute"
~There won't be any substitute" 70.
bNsd Lestrange with perfect coolness.
T shall train Dick Ffrench TO do his
WORK
You" -
Il can. and WILL"
He can not" -r..a
"Oh, yes. he can: he 10 Just idle and
spoiled" the firm lips set more firmly.
s'He shall take his place, I can handle
him." @
Emily sat quite helplessly, her eyes
black with excitement. Slowly recol'
hsction flowed back to her of a change
In Dick since his light contact with
4ostrange; his avoidance Of even oc'
casional highballs, his awakening In.
Eerest in the clean sport Of the races.
and his half-wistful admiration for the
virile driver-manager.
II almost believe you could" she
conceded. s-..-.
IT can," repeated Lestrange. "Only,"
70 openly smiled, ut will be hard on
pickle" s...
It was the touch needed, the anti
lote to sentiment. Emily laughed
tRlCQ Q1m, lau8ueu III sASA
Ind relief and lea9 Of youth.
"You will be gentle-poor Dickte!'
"IM be gentle. He is coming now
4 think" He took a step nearer ner.
f'You will leave this in my care, Who'll
tay1 You will not trouble about
|substitute?"
II will leave it with you. But you
are forgetting your own doctrine; you
are taking some one else's work TO
do."
Pardon, I am merely making
Wrench do his work. I have seen .
little more of him than you perhaps
know: I understand what I am under
taking. Moreover, I would forget
great many doctrines to set you free"
"Free?" she echoed; she had the
sensation of being suddenly confront
ed with an open door into the unex'
pected.
Free" he quietly reasserted. Free
TO live your own life and draw un'
! Dnpered breath, and to decide the
2feat question when 1t comes, WIFI
thought only Of yourself.
She drew back; a prescient dismay
fell sharply across her late reiier'
panic crossed with strange delight.
"He's off," called Dick, emerging
from the park. II made Anderson
take him down with the Limousine. Az
least. Rupert IL driving while Ander'
ION ats alongside and holds on; when
they came to the turn in the avenue.
vour previous mechanician took it full
speed and then apologized for going
20 slowly because, a. he said, no was
IN amateur and likely to upset. 10 10
really a good driver, Lestrange.
| .Pretty fair" returned -Lestranss