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V you’l1 ?1<now:'that‘you’.re‘ toaeome down‘.’5 ' I
. faeeaas she sprang :to."liim..'r+u':? ..
252 A..:,‘Pi:1i:doi‘1ab1iej.T1ieacli’e1‘y. ‘
-A j‘I’ll.:goito;night;”.asaid :Fil;z. ::‘V‘.You stay h‘e.r.e";.1n.d=xva1vtJ
till I telegrapha ‘‘I’ll put it carefullyiso.thatvnothings hape
pens. ,i.‘I."l1 .telegraph...tha1:5 l‘=wheati has“.-gone -"up..’Ai"‘ThyClf
The ‘two talked together for. 23a‘ . few ; moments iegxeitedly
and.eager1y, then; Fitz. went o"ff,= e;1lling'to' a- servant‘ to Svevcyl-V
dle,3;horse,atl0nce. -. ..n 7. e" -< M e :2:
; ‘He istaried ;that night izfor.-Coomhe .I.=.odge‘,“‘ andn’5f)p‘eaifed' ‘
there the following irnorriingfasjreslix.and-as =liglitiliea.1‘fed
as; usual, ibutiwith .the . Qdeterrriiiiationi to’ standfbyfjhjs friend
and save his sister at all costs. - - ;iv- “‘
- .'.E:thC1f..VV3.S‘:‘nOt‘u.p‘ when he rarrivedf and’ She ‘e1ifefed‘,tlie
brealcfast,-room nvitliout "any a .e’xpeetati011-i1of;2. sje'ein'g yhirfrii’
“Fitz!” she exclaimed;;the yvarinibloodjrushingtofher
El iHe'held heriin his,arms,<but would not ishoxy any enifo:-I
tiOn..1- . gr. ’-' ,1‘; l ., ,. (fl) ,'.= V:
. .;"lHel1o,$.Etl1 !7’ :.he ; said," .“iyl1y fyou’ye"'!g6ne’:pa:le" aigaiifli
where’s that summer rose?i iI’ve ?heard the riews’,-'-i-doii’t=
“tell me any more--I’ll co1igra,tulate=M.rg Sm‘ytlje‘wheny I
see him.‘ ; V’ 3"‘? '3 '1
=;:Her3face',went paleij, ?and‘ her’ eyes 1illed?With’te:ir's;
She, crossed; her l1an(ls,Z11POI1 hervbreast. -'17
as 32:‘?
“I have done right, Fitz, have I not ?” slie”sa‘id.’i '5‘-The’
earlhas told e.me;all--how poor We ‘are; andihow liieeesshry
ityis .that,y.o‘u .and‘- I Should -sacrifice 5 ourselves ‘ifoir ‘the
house. You will not sacrifice yoiirselffthougli, Fitz,will’
you?.,1 +=Th‘ere..need be :no ioccasioii. <'You1 wily give‘ your
hand where you tgiveuyour-l1eart.7 Dea‘r"Vici3lety;-'3 I
Honest”Fitz?turned his .face'aside ‘tio7<coneieal7 his 7ernp- V
tion,.;."L-' ;:,V ‘I, , L. .
“N0, Eth,” he said,:‘fthat'wiIl beall right.";’-." s
Then, to 7 savertv suspicion,‘ inheftrzittledy ‘iaiway ‘to’ ‘U16
countess,:z1s"she came :in, ’in'his :old ‘style; ajnd"‘aetually'..
spoke of Mr. Smythe ina friendly wa'y.‘ji‘ L‘ ”
we-It costfl1im:something to’be deceitfu
succec(led‘in blindingxth'emall. +9 .. J . V. 1. . b “
V Thenext day lfeiwas zpzirticular in ihislatteintions toothed
ladies, and allowed himself to be inveiglediiiitojzi‘game of
croquete-a game he detested. ; '1 ::
;In; the afteriioon lieiwentzixito tl
nodded t0'Ethe1’s maid.
l,'fbi1t liesdid%it;f‘- e
1e servants’ 11311’
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