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CHAPTER IV-Continued.


 taken up with each other to see me. She was walking slowly, with the little petulant cock of her dainty head which knew so well, casting her eyes away from him, and shooting out a word from time to time. He paced along beside her, looking down at her and bending his head in the eagerness of his talk. Then, as he said some thing, she placed her hand with a ca ress upon his arm, and he, carried off his feet, plucked her up and kissed her again and again. At the sight could neither cry out nor move, but stood with a heart of lead and the face of a dead man staring down at them. I saw her hand passed over his shoulder, and that his kisses were as welcome to her as ever mine had been.
 Then he set her down again, and I found that this had been their part ing, for indeed in another hundred paces they would have come in view of the upper windows of the house. She walked slowly away, with a wave back once or twice, and he stood look ing after her. I waited until she was some way off, and then down came, but so taken up was he that I was within a hands touch of him before he whisked round upon me- He tried to smile as his eyes met mine.
 'T saw you," I gasped, and my throat had turned so. dry that spoke like a man with a quinsy
 Did you so?" said he, and he gave a little whistle. "Well, on my life, Pm T in1Z {rey of coming up to West Inch this very day and having it out with you. May be its better as it is."
 You've been a fine friend" said I.
 "Well, now, be reasonable, Jock,'' said he, sticking his hands into his pockets and rocking to and fro as he stood. 'Let me show you how it stands. Look me in the eye and you'll gee that I don't lie. It's this way. I had met Edie-Miss Calder, that is before came that morning, and there were things which made me look upon her as free, and, thinking that, I let my mind dwell on her. Then you said she wasn't free but was promised to you, and that was the worst knock I've had for a time. It clean put me off, and made fool of myself for some days, and it's mercy I'm not ln Berwick jail. Then by chance l met her again-on my soul, Jock, 1t was chance for me-and when spoke of you she laughed at the thought. It was cousin and cousin, she said, but Rs for her not being free, or you being more to her than friend, it was fools talk. So you see, Jock, I was not so much to blame after all, the more so as she promised that she would let you see by her conduct that you were mis- tHken in thinking that you had any claim upon her. You must have mo- tzced that she has hardly had a word flr you for these last two weeks
 laughed bitterly. Tt was only last right." said l, "that she told me that was the only man in all this earth that she could ever bring herself to love"
 Jim Horscroft put out a shaking hand and laid it on my shoulder, while he pushed his face forward to look into my eyes.
 "Jock Calder" said he, "T never knew you tell lie. You are not try ing to score trick against trick, are you? Honest, now, between man and man"
 ''It's Gods truth" said I.
 He stood looking at me, and his face had set like that of man who is hav- ing hard fight with himself. It was a long two minutes before he spoke.
 "See here. Jock" said he. "this woman is fooling us both. Dsyou hear. man?-she's foo1ing both- She loves you at West Inch, and she fn'.ns me on the brae-side, and in her @evil's heart she cares a whin blosSnn for neither of us. Let's join hands, man. and send the hell-fre hussy to the right-about.'
 But this was too much. I could not curse her In my own heart, and still Jess could I stand Iy and hear another man do it, not though it was my old est friend.
 Don't you call names!" l cried
 "Ach you sicken me with your soft talk I'll call her what she should be cal1ed.''
 "Wfll you, though?'' said I, lugging off my, coat. Hook you here, Jim