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and tell Sir Godfrey I will be with him
Immediately. Come. Peggie."

her scene with Lady Drumloch had not
dishevelled her luxurious curls, and to
disguise the shabbiness of her gown
with a lace kerchief and a knot OF
"A plague on all milliners and tail
she pouted; Ito think that /
have to receive my betrothed
after three weeks separation, looking
more like my lady's scullery maid than
her granddaughter"
Sir Geoffrey will never know what
You wear if you sit away from the
lamp. where he can just see your eyes
by the freight" counseled Margaret.
mo man cares to look at your gown.
who can see your ACE"
.Flatterer!" cried Prue: but h
kissed her cousin on both cheeks.
certainly gave NO sign Of doubling her
veracity.
Sir Godfrey was impatiently waiting
in the dim drawing room, where James
had reluctantly lighted a pair of cam
Benvenuto Cellini himself may have
chiseled. The two ladies swept the
most ceremonious of curtseys. but at
the sight Of Prue's radiant loneliness
her visitor dropped on II knee. and
taking It her little hands in his.
kissed first n and then the other
with unaffected ardor.
How have lived all these cen
turies?" he cried-"they can not have
been merely weeks-without my god-
dess. my STAR" and SO on. after
the highhown fashion OF the days OF
Pope n Dryden. To which Prue was
we'll accustomed. and did not find nny
too fantastic for her highly cultivated
vanity.
Rise, Sir Godfrey" she said very
graciously, and when he obeyed. Of
Tered him her glowing cheek. upon
which, one may be sure. he made haste
to imprint more thar II or w inn
who at first kept discreetly in the
background, came forward and pre-
sented her hand. contenting herself
with a salute OF a more perfunctory
nature.
when did you return to town. Sir
Geoffrey?" Prue inquired.
Can you ask" he said r%eproach-
fully. You may be sure l have only
waited to shake Off the dust Of travel
before Fastening to throw myself at
your feet"
And how did you leave Bleakmoor"'
host and his friends inc we left
them?'
"Bleakmoor. deprived of h sum
shine" said Sir Godfrey, including the
two girls in a low bow, has by now
been given over to the bats and Owls.
Brooke hath betaken himself to Mall
vern, and his friends are scattered to
their own homes. The hunting is bet
ter since the thaw, but l have lost all
taste for the field when Prue no longer
leads the hunt"
I'VE scarcely expected that you
would follow US SO soon." remarked
Peggie.
manded. Had I been warned OF your
sudden journey l might. perhaps, have
offended by Offering, my escort
You would a had a chance OF
playing the knight-errant." said Prue.
''and coming to the rescue of two for
and forced to resort to all kinds Of
feminine wiles to protect their Jewels"
The baronet ripped out an oath.
The fellows attacked you n I was
not there to make mincemeat OF
them!" he exclaimed. by Jove, these
rascals become more n more auda-
cious every day. A band of them at
tackled Will Battersea and myself on
the North road. where we had the good
fortune to capture tho ~ringleader and
hand him over to the officers OF JUS
tice.'
Bravo cried Margaret. clapping
her hands. Tell us all about it, Sir
Geoffrey.'
"Oh! twas the usual thing" he be-
gan We were on a lonely road. not
far from Willesden-WiM and l riding
in front, with our fellows close behind
when several masked horsemen up
peared from behind a clump of bushes.
n covering us with their firearms.
demanded our none or our lives"
("Stand and deliver" murmured
Peggie, with a covert glance at her
cousin.)-"We proceeded to rgu the
matter" Sir Godfrey continued. and
either by accident or to intimidate US.
one of the rascals let ny and hit my
mar Brown in the shoulder. Instantly
there was a melee. In the midst Of
which approaching shouts were heard
and the highwaymen. at the word Of
command, dashed off. pursued by Will
Battersea and myself. A parting shot.
fired at random, brought down the
horse Of n of the highwaymen, who
over him. There we found him with a
broker collar bone. mi handed him
owe to the mounted constabulary. who
had arrived so o~pportunely."
Il shudder to think what might have
Spare your tremors. my dearest
replied Sir Godfrey. rather nettled by
her one You surely do not think
that Will and I were in any peril from
half a dozen highwaymen? To say
nothing OF our men, who were both
sluruy Iustics ana nau served IN the
West-Riding Yeomanry. I vow I was
disappointed at the interruption. and
would rather have taken Robin Free
mantle with my pistol at his ear than
pulled him out Of a ditch with the help
Of a constable"
Robin Freemantle!" the two ladies
exclaimed simultaneously. Then the
blood rushed so tumultuously to Prue's
face that she was thankful for the
dim light hat hid her confusion.
What! was it he that assailed you
on Bleakmoor? The fellow is ubiqui-
tous!" cried Sir Godfrey. II will not
forget To add thin IN hia okha. a.i..ac