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tor as soon as you get to town. Ar
ounce Of prevention. you know"
Well" she said, with a searching
look into his eyes, have you written
to herr"
Yes. Posted 1t at seven O'Clock
this morning."
Il trust you did not 90 SO far ae
lowell. to volunteer a word In my
behalf. You were not to do that. you
know"
He looked uncomfortable. I'm
afraid I did take your name In vain,
he equivocated. you are IA won
/, derful woman. Sara," he went on
moved to the remark by curious In.
iuence that he could not have ex.
planned any more than he could have
accounted for the sudden gush OF
emotion that took possession Of him
She ignored the tribute. You will
persuade her to come to New York
with your"
For your sake, Sara, II she won't
come for mine"
She knows the cage is open," was
her way OF dlsmissing the subject.
i am glad you came over. have a
letter from Leslie. 1t came this morn.
Ing. You may be interested In what
he has to say Of Hetty-and of your.
self" She smiled family. "He ID
determined that you shall not be with.
out friend while be Is alive"
Les isn't such a rotter, Sara. He's
spoiled, but he is hardly to be blamed
for that"
Il will read his letter to you," che
said, and there was no little signifi.
canoe In the way she put It. She held
the letter In her hand, but he had
failed to notice 1t before. Now he saw
that 1t was q crumpled ball of paper.
He was obliged to wait for a minute
or two while she restored It to a read.
able condition. "He was In London
when this was written" she explained,
turning &c he window for light. She
sraiced swiftly over the first page
until she found the place where she
meant to begin. az suppose Hetty
Castleton has written that we met
In Lucerne two weeks ago." she read.
"'Curlous coincidence In connection
with 1t, too. ! was with her father,
Col. Braid Castleton, when We came
upon her most Unexpectedly. l ran
across him in Paris Just before the
aviation meet. and got to know him
rather well. He's fine chap, don't
you think? | confess was somewhat
surprised to learn that he didn't know
she'd left America. He explained 1t
quite naturally. however. He'd been
Ill In the north Of Ireland and must
have missed her letters Hetty was
on the point of leaving for Italy. We
didn't see much Of her. But. by Jove,
Sara, am more completely gone on
her than ever. She Is adorable. Now
that I've met her father, who had the
beastly misfortune to miss old Murgat-
royds funeral, can readily see where
In the saying blood will tell" applies
to her. He is prince. He came over
to London with me the day after we
left Hetty In Lucerne. and | had him
in to meet mother and Vivian at Clar.
idge's. They like him immensely. He
set us straight on good many points
concerning the Glynn and Castleton
families. or course, knew they were
among the best over here, but didn't
know how fine they were until we pre-
vailed on him to talk a little about
himself. You will be glad to hear
that he is coming over with US on the
Mauretania. She sails the twenty
seventh. Well be on the water by the
time you get this letter. 1t had been
our intention TO sail last week, but
the colonel had to go to Ireland for