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Aunt Oetavla Is s great believer In the potential Influ ence of No. 7. Ames sees mysterious am watching the bouse. He hears of Hesektah, Cecilia's sister. Wiggins calls upcst Co#l». The chimney smokes mysteriously. The house is said to have a sheet Ce cilia tells Ames she is In deep trouble and asks him to urge Wigghu not to call upon her again. Wiggins regards Ames aa & ileal. Ami Oetavla dislikes Wiggins because his an cestors were Tories. Wiggins la interest ed in both Cecilia and HeasWal). Cecilia has .Alne suitors. Ames meeta Franceses tn an orchard and learns that she Is Hezekiah. They see nlns sUk hats cross a stile. Aunt Oetavla shows Ames Lb* pte. pan try. Cecilia fears Heseklih loves Wig gins. Her nine suitors call. Cect)la rejects Professor Hume aad makes a record In her sliver book. The butler tells Ames a British officer's ghost haunts the house Ames finds Cecilia and her father, Baal ford Holllster, fencing on the roof. Hd lister' is there unknown t* Aunt Ootavta. Holllster vanishes mysteriously throurik the hall wall* Heiekiah tells Ames she kk prohibited from visiting Hopefleld Manoe. Ames seeks plans of the house, but finds Aunt Oetavla has just secured them. Ce cilia's suitors are jealous of Ames. Ames assures Cecilia that Hezekiah is not In love with Wiggins. Ames makaa another »"«r* aalj >l*B guest ames learns that Hopefleld Manor se cretly incloses an old Revolutionary house. Apparently the ghost is Lord Arrowood. a rejected suitor. The chimney smokes again. Heseklah la the miaoblef maker. Amee%elpe Heaa klah to elude her Aunt Octavla. Hax*- ktah myeterlouely dieannears. Cesiita, in great MMIUB, iaa to And her silver notebook, wkieh kaa been taken from bar room. Amea auepeota Heieklah. Hezeklah icarea the niltora with a lack o* lantenv «Qea>u ailcMfcwiy of Wiggins and five* Anm tlm notebook. "An appointment with a lady," I r» piled. "If you an about to meat the owner of that Beacon street slipper I wM you good lack." • She was drawing on her gaunttate and turned away to bide • smtl». 1 thought Then she tapped me UgMly with her. riding crop. "Cecilia's silver notebook was rata* tng last night She told me of ber loss with tears. She baa it again this morn ing. Did you restore it?** "It was my good fortune to do so." "Then allow me to add my thanks to hers. You are an aaneuajly practical person, Arnold Ajoes. as well as tlw possessor of an imagination thai pleases me. You are becoming men and more essential to me. Cecilia ap proach, and I cannot say more a I this time." .... ~, . . j„ r - - When they bad ridden out. of UMU Porte cochere I set off across the field* to keep my tryst with Hegekiab. The •lr had been washed sweeti and. clean by the rah) of the night, and sky was never bluer. I was surpdsed at my own Increasing detachment from the world. My day* at Hopndild were the happiest of my life. I reached the fallen tree tkat Bmt klah bad appointed as oar trystlng place a little ahead of ttmoand todnlg. Ed in pleasant speculations while I waited. I waa looking toward the hills expecting her to oome skimming along the highway on bar tocycle, when a splash caused mo to torn to the lake. Doll of ma not to bawe- known that Hezeklah would mntrtrei a MW eit trance for a scene so charmingly set as this! She bad stolen upon me In a light aklff and laughed to see bow her silent approach startled me. She drop ped one oar not used tha-other ss a paddle, driving the boat with n sure hand through the reeds Into the bank. "tie mental, and the days amtansT Such was ITeseklah's greeting as she Jumped ashore. She wore a dark green skirt and coat and a narrow four-in hand cravat tied under a flannel collar that clasped her threat enngly. A boy's felt bat, with the brim pinned op in front, covered her band. "Too seem none the worse for yonr wetting. Heaeklab. Ton moat have been soaked." "So must yon. Chimneys, bat yon look as fit as I tool, and I never fott better. Did they catch yoa crawling 111 tut night?" 1 didn't sea a soul. Ton know I'm an old member of the family now. No body was ever ss nka to ma aa yonr Annt Oetovia." "How about Cecilia 1" "Having found bar sliver notebook and siren it back to, bar before break fast, I may aay that OK nototiooe urn tKftgcthir eoftfktf/* "Are yon in lor* wtth bar-yet r etnMf, toeotog s pebble tnto the lake. The "yet" was ao timed that It splashed wtth the peb ble. "No; not—yet," I rapftad. "It will come," said Httiekleb a Utile ruefully, casting n pebble farther open the crinkled watar. "Tou mean, Hecektah, that nsse al ways fall in love with your staler." She nodded "Writ, she's a good deal of a girt." "Beautiful and no end eoMivatod They «l!c»_ct*ir a boot her." "Ton mean Hartley Wiftfaa and his Mtow .bandits at the Piweott Anna." "Ten, and lota af otbem" "And sometime*. Ueiekfeh. * has seemed to yoa that ska got a» the ad . ... ■— ■■■■ ■ Whl ■Tla morning and the days ere longl** miration and that you didn't get your ■bare. Bo- when her suitors began a ■lege of. the castle, whose gates were locked against you, you plugged the chimney with a trunk' tray nnd plnjfed at being gbqst anff otherwise sought to terrify yonr sister's lovecs." "That's not nice. Chimneys. Yon mean that I'm jealous." "No. I don't mean that you are Jeal oue now. I throw It Into the remote and Irrevocable pa at. You were jeal »us. You don't oveso much now. und I hope you;will care leas!" "That Is being Impertinent If yon talk that way I shall call you Mr. Ames and go boms." "You cant do that, Haaeklnh." "1 should like to know why not. If yeu say I'm jealous of Cecilia now or tftat I ever was I shaH be very, very angry, for IPs not ,true." "No. You aas things vary differently now. Tou told-me only last night that Cecilia might have Hartley Wiggins Aaaumlng that she wanta him! And yon and he have been good friends, haven't yon? You had good times on the other side. And while Cecilia was in town asalstlng Providence In finding yonr aunt a cook you went walking with blm." "I did, I did!" mocked Uezekluh. "And why do 70a suppose 1 did?" "Because Wlggy's the best of fellows, • solid, substantial citizen who raises wheat to make bread out ot.'' "And angel food and ginger cookies," added Hezeklab, feeling absently In the pockets of her coat. "No. Chim neys, you're a nice boy and you don't yell like a wild man when a featber duster hits yon In the dark, but there are some things you don't know yet." "I am here to grow wise at the feet of Hezeklah. daughter of kings. Open th« book of wisdom and teach mc the alphabet, but don't be sad if I balk at the grammar." "I never knew all the alphabet my self," said Hezeklah dolefully. Then she laughed abruptly. "I was bounc ed from two convents and no end of Hudson river and Fifth avenue educa tion shops." "The brutality of that, flezeklah. wrings my heart. Yet you are the best teacher I ever bad. and I tbouuht I was educated when I met ynu. Rut I had only been to school, wbicb Is different Not jjntll the. first time our eyes met, not until that supreme mo ment"— . "Mr. Ames," Hezeklnb Interrupted to the bappie« possible Imitation of Hiss Octavla's manner, "if yon think that became i am a poor lone girl who knows nothing of the (treat, wide world, I am a fair mark for yonr ca jolery I assure yoo that yon were nev er more mistaken to your life." "Yon oughtn't to mimic yonr annt It lnp't respectful, an), besides, you hara something to toll me. What's all this rumpns about Cecilia's silver memorandam book? Suppose we dis ease that and get through with It." *Toq see," she began earnestly. "I'm aging to toll you something, and yet I'm not going to tell you. Ho fur as you and t hare gone you've been tol erably satisfactory. If I didn't think yon bad some wits to your bead I shouldn't have bothered with you at all. That's frank, tao't ItT" "It certainly la. But I'm terribly fussed for fear I may not be equal to thle new ordeal." ' "If you fall we shall never meet again; thafa all than la to that. Now listen real hard. Tou know something about It already, but not the rosin point. Aant Oetsvla got, father to con sent to let bar marry ns off-Csdlla and me. Cecilia, being older, came first. I waa to tpop out of the way. and father and I were qot to rome to Annt Octavta's new bouse up there or meddle In any way. While we were abroad I waa treated as a little girl and not an a grownup at all. But, yoa sea, I'm really nineteen, and some of CaclUa's suitors were nice to me wheo we were traveling. They were nice to om on Cedlla'a account, you know." "Of course. Tou're so bard to look at It must have been painful to them to be nice to yea—almost like taking poison! Oo on. Beaeklab!" "Ton needn't Interrupt mo like that. Wail, aa part of the understanding, and Cecilia agreed to lt-«be thought she had to tor papa'e sake—she was'to marry a particular man. Do yon im deretand me a particular roes? Annt Octovta gave her a little notebook - she bought it at a ahop In I'arla at lbs time Cecilia consented to the plaa and aba waa to keep a eort of diary en that she'd know when the right man tarned op. Mow we will drop the note book tor n minute, only I'll say I hat Cecilia waa to keep the hook all to herself and not show It to any one. not even to Annt Octovla. yon know, until the right man had naked Cecilia to marry him. Now who do yon sup pee*, Mr. Antee, that nun tor CHAPTER XX § WATCHED her bands as they deftly cnt and fashioned name dryrMda. The sir ~w wnrm GRAHAM, N. C., THURSDAY. MAY 29, 1913. r.s (1M- MIIII I'lltnbHl to TU» xvnitti - and, Hezekiah filing ox tile her cont Providence a little, five men hare a»- The litwji' caught thn ends of her tie ready got their quietus." and snapped them Irfplilntl her. She "Then why don't they clear out and was wholly absorbed In iter tank, and atop their nonsense?" no boy could have mnnaged n locket, "Oh. It's their pride, I suppose; and knife better. The first reed she made , every mini probably thinks that when a trllle longer than her hand. The Cecilia turn seen n little more of blm In succeeding ones she trimmed to gnid.i- purtlculur, in contrast with the others, ated lessening lengths, till aeren In nil he will win her favor. They're afraid had been cut. nnd then she notched of one another, those men. That's the them. reason they've been herding together "Seven," she murmured, lu.vlng tbein so close since the; first came, neatly In order on her knee. "I re- Mr. Wiggins was tuktng it for granted member the right- number by % poem thut he wus the whole thing—just like 1 rend the other duy In nn old timet- the mnu!—and those others forced him sine." ' to join In some arrangement by which. She readied down and plucked sev eral long lenves of tough grass with which Bhe began to bind the reeds to gether. re|K-atlng: "Bevenjsold reeds grew tall and allm Close by the rlver'a beaded brim. Byrnfx. the naiad, flitted peat; Pan. the goat hoofed, followed fast "lt will be easier," said Ilexeklith. "If yon hold the pipes while I tie them " I found this propinquity wholly agreeable It was pleasant to sit on a log beside Hezeklnb. It seemed no far cry to the atoried Mediterranean nnd Pan nnd dryads atid nnlads. as Ueze kluh bound her reed" to the mindr of couplets. There was no self conscious ness In her recitation. She seemed to be telling of something (hut she had neen herself an hour ago. "He spre&d hli arms to claap her there Just aa she vanished Into air . And to his bosom, warm and rough, Drew the gold reeds close enough. "1 don't reinemtier the rest," she broke off. "Hnt there! That's a pl|>e fit for any shepherd " She put If to her ll|>s nnd blew. I shnll uot pretend (tint the result was melodious. She whistled much fetter without the reeds, but the sight of }>er, sitting on tbs fallen tree beside the lake, beating time with her foot, her bend thrown back, her eyes half closed in a mockery of rapture at the shrill, wheezy uncertainties and Ineptitudes mhe evoked, thrilled me with new and wonderful longings. A heart, a spirit like hers would uever grow old. She was next of kin to all the eluslvo, fugi tive company of the elf world. And on such a pipe as she had strung together beside that pond to this day Sicilian shepherd boys whistle themselves into tune with Theocritus! • "Take it," she said. "1 can't tell you more than 1 have, and yet It Is all there. Chimneys. Read the riddle of the reeds If you can." 1 took the pipe and turned It over carefully In my hands, but 1 fear my thoughts were rather of the bands that bnd fashioned it, the lugers that bad danced nimbly upon the stops. "There are seven reeds—seven," she affirmed. She amused imwol? by skipping peb bles over the surface. of the water wblle I pondered, and 1 deliberated long, for one did uot like to blunder before ilezeklah. Then 1 lumped up end called to her. "One. two, three, four, Ave, six— ■even! Not until the seventh mr.n of fers himself shall Cecilia have a hus band. Is that the nuswer?" For a moment Qczek!ah watched the widening ripples made by the casting of her last pebble. Then she came back and resumed her seat "You have dono WAIU Chimney Man. and now I'll not make you guess any more, though I fonnd It #ll out for my self. . When Aunt Octavfn gave that memorandum book to Cecilia I knew It must have something to do with the seventh wan. You know I love all Aunt Octavla's nonsense because it's the kind of foollsbuess I like myself, and the Idea of a pretty little note book to write down proposals in was precisely the sort of thing that wonld bare occurred to my nunt. And It was in the bargain, too, that she herself should not In any wny Interfere or try to Influence the course of events. It should be the seventh suitor, wllly ntlly. And 1 suspect she's been a little ■cared too." "She has Indeed! She was almost ready to throw tho whole scheme orer lost night. Your naughtiness bud got on her nerve*." "Vou missed the target that time. Aunt Oetavla lore* my naughtiness, and I think she hna really lieon afraid Blr rampkln Wiggins would catch me. N0w...l didn't roam my aunt'a house just for fun. I waa doing my heat to beep Cecilia from Retting Into some scrape alwut that seventh anltor plan. I found out by cbaoee bow to get Into Bo|ieflell and about tbe bidden stair way oud tbe old rooms tucked away there. Papa really dlsoovered that. A carpenter In Katonah who worked on tbe bouse helped to build papa's bungalow, and lie told us how that 1 ruin came to be there. That dys pepsia cure man. who also immortal ized himself by inventing the rlbless umbrella, was very superstitious. lie I*l levcil that If he built sn entirely new bouse be would die. Bo he bad bis nrehtte't build around and retain those two rooms Hnd that stairway of • bouse that bsd been on tbe ground almost since the Revolution. Mr. Pep [ pert on. tbe architect, humored blm. bat hid tbe remains of the relic as far i out of sight as possible." "Trust )'e;> for that! And be did It neatly!" "Yes; bt't it dl In't sare tbe umbrella man. He «'led unylww—or maybe bla pie* lc!!!ed htiu. Papa,.was so eurioos about It that lir Ml ine.wltb Mm one ntght Just before Aunt Octavta tpoved here, and be aitd I found the rooms and the stair and the secret spring by wblcb. If you know Jnst where to poke tbe wall In the fourth floor hall you can disappear ss mysteriously ss you please." "Bat bow on earth did yon darken tbe bitlla ao easily? You nearly gara ma heart OWaae doing thatf "Ob. tba: waa a mere matter of a yoang lad? In haato! When I found bow easily 1 could paae you on tbe stair It became a faacfnatlng game, and It was no end of fun to see just bow long It would take you to oatcb *»e." . "I wish, lleaeklab. that 70a would •lay caucbt!" j * "Be very, vary careful, air! We're talking tiualnvnx now. There's anotlic ordeal for yoo before you duri become sentimental." A "Then I»wteU. I.H ua be .ifler it." "Thing* nte IB it wriouM predicament. I cau urtl you. I who frUJiieoed when I looked Into tb ;i itMeUxik. I didn't like to a.- •*— ' • " »o naalat reason they've been herding together so close since the; first came. Mr. Wlgglua was taking It for granted that he wus the whole thing—just like the mnu!—and those others forced him to join In some by which. they were to baug together. These calls in a bunch'came from that, as though any one of them wouldn't take ndvuntuge of the others If be saw a chance! Some of this I got from Wig gy himself, the rest I just guessed." "Bnt you may not know that they sent n delegation after me into town to warn me off the grass." "That was Mr. Dick. He never saw me "when Cecilia was around, and he was terribly snippy sometimes and supercilious, but I'm going to get eveu tvith him. I've about underlined blm •or number six," she concluded with the manner of a queen who, about to give her chief executioner his orders for the day, glances calmly over the list of victims. "That's a good idea. Dick is Insuf ferable. I hope you haven't counted wrong.". "As we were saying, about the' note book," she resumed, "the fifth man has already been respectfully declined. The dnte% of the proposals ore written in the notebook, so I learned from the' book that Mr. Ormsby, Mr. Arbuthnot nnd Mr. Corse bnd proposed on the steamer. Professor Hume, you know, tried his luck at Hopefleld, and Lord Arrowood must have stopped Cecilia ns ■be was riding to the station on my bicycle yesterday morning. His goose is fooked." "I with, Heuklah, that you would «tay oaughtl" lie atopjied to tell papa goodby and •poke very highly of you. Papa and yon are the only gentlemen be inet la America. Rut now we come to Mr. Wlciflna." t "Wc do; and why In tbe name of all that IH Iwnutlful and (rood liimu't he tried hU luck J" "Baonuoe. knowing OOCIIIITB admira tion for him," replied llexeklfih de murely, N 1 bave. kept blm HO diverted that he baira't been able to brluK lilm aelf to the scratch." "You didn't want him to blunder In aa the dnit. fourth or alzth mnn'r" llegeklab gravely nodded ber pretty head. "And While yon wero engaged Id thin slxterlj labor, Cecilia bna boen afraid that yon were aerlonsly Interested In him!" "That la like Cecilia. Hhe's One, and wouldn't esnse me trouble for any thing;" and there was DO doubt of llereklnh's sincerity. "But now tbst I see the light and un derstand all this, how can we make sure that Wlggy will be on tbe spot at (lie right moment 1 While we sit bere he may bo the sl*tb man! I oilgbl take care of Wlggy by asking Cecilia to marry me, being careful to bare blm appear Johnny on Hie spot when I bsd been duly declined." "Cm! I shouldn't take any chances If I were yon," sbe replied, fstgalng to look at an Imaginary bird In a tree top. "for If you hud counted wrong and were really the seventh tun sbe would hare lo accopt you!" "HwoUiib!" "Ob, I really didn't mean what you thought J meant. We don't need to discuss It any more. That's tbe ordeal I've qmtngnd f«r yon." sbe Answered, and iwt her Hps sternly, "But. my dear lU*ekish. by what means can this be effected} I don't dsre tell blm the combination lie's playing against or alt on him uotll bis hour strikes." "Certainly not; you mustn't toll him or anybody el>w You know (he plnn; but you're not supposed to. and no body must know I've meddled. Mean while Cecilia must eipoaa herself to prnposnla at nil time*. Aunt Octavls'a heart woo Id be broken If sbe thought Providence bad been tampered with, •be llkoe Wl fff wall enough, aaeept that bla ancestors were all Torlea, and be can't be a Hon of the Resolution." ttbe row and pointed to her coat "Drop It Into the boat for me. Chim ney*. We meet In ftltiny place*. don't weT Papa eape»-ta me for luncheon, and I mnat row l*ck and get my bi cycle. Yon? No, yen can't go along: you've gat a lot of thinking to do. and yao'd better be doing It." A few mlnntae later, aa I awnng along the highway toward the Praa rott Ariiin. I aaw Cecilia Holllater rid ing toward me at a lively gallop, ■be croaeed tbe bridge without check lag bar borae. and then, with a hurried dance over bar shoulder. aha pointed with bar crop to a byway. I hurried after ber and found ber waiting for me In a quiet lane. Sbe bad dfcnnoontea nj|d *c«pied greatly din tnrlied it>TT mliTvswed Iter. "I hadn't expected to meet yon. I thought yon rode off ivlthyour aunt to ward Mount- Klsrn." "We did. but on onr way home Aunt Oetavla stopped to call on a friend, nnd vs I didn't feel !n a nf>l-for visits this morntiii:. I rude on alone. I wan walk ing my hor«e In the road beyond Red ford. just after t left Aunt Octnvln, when who atvtfild ride up Iswide me Mr. Wli-plt'* lie hrd evidently been following u e." ffho ex|ti!i ted r-e fj erttress surprise, •nd wiih the lit formation thnt lleie tlah had Just Imparled fresh In my mind 1 (Into say she was uot disap pointed In the effect of Iter words. I wus tbliikUur rapidly and fearfully. If my friend hi d. s tufcltf her In the high way and offered himself In some fresh accession of mditr he might even now be a rejected und Itupeliys until, but 1 WHH unwilling that this bad happenetl. / / "Won't you fell ine/wbat hnpttencd In the road vvliVu Unrlley rode up be side you f "Oh, nothing ltup|>ened; really, noth ing! , Mottling could have happened for the excellent reason, that 1 ran nway from him.' II wasn't what' he did or ■aid, It was the feur of what he might say!" - "If It had lieen Mr. Dick who had jolifed-ymt In exa- fly the same way In the highway', you would not have minded In the leant. Mlua Holllster. lan't that the truth?" , ~ CHAPTER XXI. Trouble st the Prescott Arms. CKCII.IA'H hand, that bad rested on the iKimmcl of her saddle, drooled to her side, and s|io stood erect, her eyes wide with wonder. "What do you meant" she gasped. "I mt-un exactly what 1 have said. If it had IKH'II Hint strutting yonhg philosopher from tho west you would— well, you would hnve allowed blm to lay what wits In bis mind. Am I not fight?" "1 wonder, I wonder"— she faltered, Irawlng awny the better to observe me. "You wonder how much I know! To relieve your mind without parleying further. I will ssy to you that I know •▼•rythlnr" "Then Aunt Octavla inunt hare told you, nnl that seems Incredible. It was distinctly understood"— "Your aunt told me nothing. Not by wordn did any one tell me." "Not by Word* T" nho nuked, eyeing me wonderlngly and clearly feeling that I might be playing mint trick upon her. "Then can it lx- that Uece klab—but no! Uuzeklah dnnm't know." "Trust Ilexekliib for not telling ne wts," I answered evasively. "Give nie credit for some Imagination. The air of llopefleld la stimulating. nnd in the few daya I hare spent in your aunt's bouae 1 have learned much that I never dreamed of before." "I don't understand It You are wholly inexplicable." , "I am the simplest and least guileful of beings, I assure you. Yet I hare done aome things here not in the slight est way related to chimney doctoring and something else I expect to do fur which I believe you will thank uio through ull the yenrs of your life." ■ "Ah, If you really know, that is pos sible!" she sighed wearily. "I am very tired of It all. I was very foolish ever to have agreed to Aunt Oi-tavla's plan. You have seen those men. Auy one of them might, you know." And she shrugged Iter shoulders Impatiently. - "Any ono of them might be the sev enth man. There, you nee I do know. And I moan to help you." Hbe.was liunicnsely relieved. There was no question of that. Gratitude ■hone hi Iter uyes. and then as 1 mar veled at their beautiful dark depths fear suddenly possessed them. The change in her was startling. I caught a fleeting glimpse of Hartley \Vlgglnn riding slowly with bowed bead toward the Inn. It waa (hat gllmpae of him had tonetied Ceellla'a pity. If 1 bad doubled tbe sincerity of her regard for blm liefore 1 spurned tho thought now. I waa anxious to requlckc'n ho|ie to her. n "I bar* told you enough, Miss Uollls ter, to make It clenr that I am in a po sition to help you." _ "But there la slwayj"— she liegan. then ceased abruptly and. lifted ber bead "there la always Mr. Wiggins' attitude toward my alater. Not for anything In tbe world would I cauae ber the slightest unbapplness. You must see that, now that you know bar." I laugbed aloud. Cecilia's concern for Heteklah'a happiness wss so aisiurd that I could not restrain my mirth for ■ moment lilapleasure showed prompt ly In Cecilia's face. "I'atdon me. but maybe you don't quite understand Heteklah." I said. "Is It possible, then, tbst you do?" sbe Inquired coldly. "I Imagine yoar opportunities for seeing ber bare not hem numerous." "Well, H Isn't so msb a matter of seeing her, when you're reed of her all your life snd dreamed about her. Hhe's In every fairy story that ever was writ ten; aba dances through tbe mythol ogles of all races. ll»r*4s tbe kingdom of tbe pure In heart. Iter mind is like a beautiful bright Meadow by tbe sen and her tboagbts tbe dipping of swal low wings on |lglitiy swaying grasses." Cecilia's manner changed, snd she smiled. "Too seem to bsve an attack of aenetklag. it looks serious." I helped ber Into the saddle, and she talked down at me with amusement in her eyes. My praise of l(e*eklab had pleased ber, and I felt as when we Journeyed tog*tb«lnto town, ber kind ty. human qualities"'' She said: "You are not coming home for lunch son? Then I shall nee you at 4. I hope (be biding place of tbe ghoat will prove Jnteraatlug. Aunt Octavla ha* ballt her tfopee high, and I may add that aha has axpraased tbe gtaatest admiration of you to mi On bar ride thta morning aha declared that great things are In store (or you. I hope ao. too. Mr. Amm." Hh» ga*e me her liand and rode away. The Inn waa a mile distant, and I set »ff at a brisk pare, turning over In my mad various projects for controlling Hcastdria for Infanta and CMldren^gß Always Boiight M m "R t"h M arse yi/w* • pmaailM Signature v| PromotesDigpsttonCktaW- « f ][ « p n a > jn, OpiumJforphine norMiaaaL , £ 11.1j I Not Narcotic. 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It waa well oo toward 2 o'clock when I approached the Inn. Before long tbo suitors would depart for their after noon call at the manor, which waa nn established event of the day. ,lu«t ns 1 waa alaiut to enter the gate I waa ar retted by an liupcrloua voice calling, and John Stewart Ulck came running toward me. To iny surprise he greeted me cordially, even offering Jils band. "You thought you would come lifter ail. Well, I'm glad you did. I've decid ed that there should he pence between ua." In stature he wns the shortest of the suitors, but what he lacked In height whh compensated for by a tremcDdoui dignity. "You biivo severtil time* addressed me. Mr. Auto*, In n spirit of contumely Which I have hesitated to punbtli by the chastisement you deiierve, twit 1 sin will IUK to let bygones tie bygone*. I hitti Intended to offer myself to Mls» Holllvter this nfteniooii, with every hope of success, but I yield tit you. 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