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would not receive him. II was then
that Give thought Ethel worldly, al
though much of her attitude was due
to the keen and unrelenting Lady
Kew. The colonel and James Bonnie
during all this time put their two fond
heads together, and Mrs. Mackenzie
flattered both Of them and Give as
well.
Meanwhile the Lady Clara was not
happy with her Barnes. All the life
and spirit had been crushed out Of the
girl, consigned to cruel usage, lone
illness and to bitter recollections of the
past. Jack Belsize, now Lord High
gate, could stand the strain no longer
and took Lady Clara away from her
bullying but cowardly husband. The
elopement OF Clara opened Ethel's eyes
to the misery Of loveless marriages,
and the mamma Of her new love, the
Marquis Of Farlntosh, already dis
tressed over the unpleasant notoriety
Of the proposed Newcome alliance, re-
ceived a letter from Ethel which set
her son free.
Ethel then turned to the lonely,
motherless children of her brother
barnes, and found comfort In devotng
herself to them. Give married his
Rosey, and his father determined to
become q member of parliament IN
place of Sir Barnes. One night the
colonel returning from his electioneer-
Ing, met Give, candle In hand. AS each
saw the others face, 1t was so very
sad and worn and pale. that Colonel
Newcome with quite the tenderness of
old days, cried "God bless me. my boy,
how III you lookl Come and warm
yourself. Clivy"
II have seen ghost, father" Cite
said, "the ghost Of my youth, father,
the ghost of my happiness, and the
best days Of my life. saw Ethel to-
dayf"
NAY, my boy, you mustn't talk to
me 30. You have the dearest little
wife at home. dear little wife and
child"
"You had wife; but that doesn't
prevent other-other thoughts. Do you
know you never spoke twice in your
life about my motheri You didn't care
for her."
I'll did my duty by her." inter-
posed the colonel.
II know, but your heart was with
the other. So Is mine. It's fatal, 1t
runs in the family, father."
The shares of the Bundelcund Bank
Ing company, In which the colonel had
made his fortune, now declined stead
lily, and at last the crash came, wiping
out all the colonel's money and with
| 1t oil Rosey's fortune. The impover-
Iished Newcomes settled down first at
Boulogne, and then In London, the
colonel weary, feeble. white haired,
Mrs. Mackenzie perfect termagant,
Rosey pale and alling, and little Tom
my, the baby, comfort and care to
the hard-worked Give.
The colonel, no longer able 20 live
under the same roof with Mrs. Mac
kenzie, found home with the Grey
Friars and here l saw him.
When the colonel's mIsfortunes were
at their worst Ethel, In reading an old
book, found a letter from the coloners
stepfather between the covers. 1t was
a memorandum Of proposed bequest
to Give. Ethel at once determined to
carry out this intended bequest, and
20 she and FASTENED to Gives home;
but not even good news could soften
Mrs. Mackenzie's evil temper. That
was a sad and wretched night. In
which Mrs. Mackenzie stormed until
the poor delicate Rosey fell into the
fever to which she owed her death.
We soon repaired to the Grey Friars
where we found that the colonel was
In his last Illness. He talked loudly,
he gave the word Of command, spoke
Hindustanee as II to his men. Then
he spoke words In French rapidly,
SELLING hand that was near hin Ind
crying. ''toujours. toujoursI" Ethel
and Give and the nurse were In the
room with him. The old man talked
on rapidly for awhile; then again he
would sigh and be still; once more !
heard him say. hurriedly. take care
of him when Tn in India" and then
with a heart-rending voice he called
for the love OF his youth 'Leonor1
Leonorel" The patients voice sank
Into faint murmurs; only moan now
and then announced that he was not
asleep.
At the usual evening hour the chapel
bell began to toll. and Thomas New.
comes hands outside the bed feebiy
beat time. And Just as the last bell
struck a peculiar sweet smile shone
over his face. and he lifted up his
head a little. and quickly said. "Ad-
sum-" and fell back. It was the word
we used at school. when names were
called; and 10. he whose heart was as
that OF little child, had answered to
his name, and stood 10 the presence Of
the Master.
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