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Blll‘ 1y dry tho M hr: the CD] coming at her call as 11‘ he. were u â€"â€"took out a serviceable. pair of twee and, with professional nealness tracted an extremely ugly \horn. ford stood and watched her; the ( and the fox-terrier upright on haunches watching her also; the ( gave her an approving hark as. w pat. she liberated the lamb, which bleatinz on its way to join its distr: mother. the foxâ€"terrier leapt mum with yaps of excited admiration; there was admiration in Stafford's also. The whole thing had been with a calm, almost savage grace self-possession. and she seemed t( uuu, nun launJ _b .Vw tracted an extremal} ugly \horn. Stai- ford stood and watched her; the. collie and the fox-terrier upright on \helr haunches watching her also; the collie gave her an appl‘onllg hark as. whh :1 put. she “berated the lamb, which went bleatlng’ on its way to join its distracted mother. the foxâ€"terrier leapt round her with yaps of excited admiration; and (here was admiration in Stafford's eyes also. The whole thing had been done with a calm, almost savage grace and self-possesslon. and she seemed to be absolutely unconscious of his presence, and only remembered it when the lamb and lts mother had joined the pack. "Thank you again," she said. "It was very kind of you. I am afraid you “78.8 \‘ are “‘ "I" "K As Stafford had gone completely un- der the wutcr, this was a. fact he could not deny. but he said with a laugh: “Though L am a Londoner in a sense. I don”: nnnu a wettingâ€"1n a good cause; and I shall be dry, or as good as dry. be~ fore I get m the hm. You must have eyes like u hawk to have seen, from the top of me mu, that \hat lamb was lame," he added. rather wl‘h the desire to keep her than m express his admira- “Though I am a Londoner in a sense. I don”: mlnu a wettingâ€"In a good cause; and I shall be dry, or as good as dry. be~ fore I get to me Inn. You must have eyes like u hawk to have seen, from the top of me mu, that \hat lamb was lame." he added. rather wllh (he desire to keep her than lo express his admira- tlnp for her sight. "I have good eyes," she saId. indiffer- enlly. “One has to have. But I saw that the lamb was lame from lhe way it kcnt beside Its mother and the fuss she made over it: and I knew, too, by Donald's bark, that something was wrong. I am snrry you are we“. will 3‘0uâ€"â€"-â€"" She glanced towards the opening in Hm hills. pausem and for the first time seemed slightly mnbnrrassed' Stafford fancied that volor came to the c lovely young face. the sentence, the in another “Thank you.’ have liked to have 1c towards her horse. smfl'ord advanced saddle; but. with a 1 head and a “Don't I: He felt for his and Ht it, and in ( upon the little wz had taken lwr {we up and qulokly sh 302s Were bavking Into her place and Stafford looked done before; then ridden \oo fur through the HF sheer folly (o wilh a shrug ‘ put the little \the strmlm, an of considerattt the nearest \\':I The girl l'oxlo moorland beside x0 :1 narrow zm kept road which she wa. struggled to d in his arms: laugh made ht. ish. because 1 he A Efiaéish Young Man; You‘ll ma haffr. ably her that ught ,nki) end I he I do: um n'd hclr mu“ 1 gaunt! .met {1' use it was 1 self-reliant. ‘11 quick to ( the incident, ([1 a. certain 'am, ed that a faint touch of la to the clear pallor of the ung face. She did not finish nee, the invitation. but with Thank you." and "1 should not 1 to have lost the lamb," went ner horse. I advanced to put her in file Jt. with a little xhake of the a "Don't trouble." she sprang “ace and rode off. I looked after her. as he had we; then he said. “Well, by and in daius little wallet 1 sz’urtord. ed up at him )W ll \weezers. He picked 1L y shouted to her; but the king mm furious delight. Ing- her whip, and she had for her m hear him oise. It would have been have run after her: so. of his shoulders, Stafford Nulict in his pocket. waded 1d, after a moment 01‘ two on, made for the inn DY 332 to wit. across the hill. n, »..‘ ~... 3. produced a. little leaâ€" \ \he saddXe-râ€"the horse all us it he, were a dog ice-Able pair of t\veezex's 7nd OUTSE Or, the Belle of the Season. 11101 the l m‘ ften no i lamb and 3 DOLK (Continued) took the 111 had ma 1 with the ac smile seem stmr usually so Some gi 1 more matter. thorn 1 old him lb. whit ; good as dry, De-' You must have we seen, from the} that lamb was ~ with the desire Jl‘eSS his admira- ahe said, indiffer- vo. But I saw ie from the way m- and the fuss i knew. too, by‘ something was1 in are wet. \V‘ill ed towards the used‘ and for the tly embarrassed; . faint touch of 11‘ pallor of the 19. did not finish tation, but with md "i should not the lamb," Went put her in the tie shake of the Able." she sprang : off. 1‘ her. as he had said-“Well. by h. filled his pipe. ; so his eyes fell from which she 5. He picked it [1 to her; but the h furious delight. vhip, and she had LHU ILLLuA \.-3||u\. Itlwas built of grey stone which age had colored with a tender and an appro- ciative hand: a. rich growth of i\_v and clematis clung lovingly over a grant! portion of it so that the muliioned win- dows were framed by the dark leaves and the purple flower. The house was long and rambling and had once been flourishing and important, but it was now eloquent of decay and pathetic with the signs of “better times" that had vanished long ago. A flight of Worn stops led to a broad glass door. and opening the latter, the girl passed unâ€" der a carved wooden gallery into a broad hall. It was dimly lit by an oriel window of stained glass, over which the ivy and clematis had been alloWed to fall; there. was that faint odor which emanates from old wood and leather and damask”. the furniture was antique and of the neutral tint which comes from age“, the weapons and the ornaments of brass, the gilding of the great pictures. Were all dim and lack-lustre for want of the cleaning and polishing which re- quire many servants. In the huge fire- place some big logs were burning, and Donald and Bess threw themselves down before it with a sigh of satisfaction. The girl looked round her, just as she had looked round the stableâ€"yard; then. toss~ ing her soft hat and whip on the old oak table, she wont to one of the large heavy doors. and linen-king, said in her clear voice: “Father, are you there?" m with ‘e strip of level - until she came rlicularly Well- Jgh the opening ch she had me- vr “vice a smile me she laughed she ‘ d ’luid n ml. rm frightful 1 its foot u minuxe ‘minCL )mess nly faint lamb these than fishing; having fa ml the brass the were ang. of tr quire had place by Dona befox Mpg. girl hing UK n _V frc old arch ous couz are}: a n from Rel qum‘iers 01‘ me like it 6 new \U\ u. . . . . . . » son, I found someone flshin dale: you must get a notice-1 put it up where the road rut river: the tuurists' time is ( and though they don't nfien side of the Lake. some of and we can't afford to have poached. And. Jason. look t offâ€"hind shoe: 1 think it‘s ‘ " She stopped short wit and though xhey uonr nus“ YUM-x: side of the Lake. some. of ‘hem may, and We Can't afford to have the river poached. And. Jason. look to Rupert‘s offâ€"hind shoe: 1 think it's loose; and " She stopped short with a short laugh. “But that's enough for one time, isn't 1t '2 Oh. Jason. If I were only a man. how much better it would be!" “Yes. miss." assented Jason, simply. \vifih anmher touch of his forehead. She sighed and laughed again. and gathering up her habitâ€"she hadn't to raise it much-vâ€"she wth through an open door-way into a wild, but preny garden, and so to the back of one of the most picturesque houses in this land of the picturpsqyo. . -h... -LAnA “4‘:an any “Yes, miss, with anmher She sighed gathering up raise 1: mm- opcn door-“'8 Harden. and s “Father, are you there?" ln side the room an old man sat at a table. It was littered with books, some of them open as if he had been consult- ing them; but before him lay an open deed. and nt‘his elbow were several others lying on an open deed-box. He was thin and as faded-looking and as worn with age as the house and the room. lined with dusty volumes and yel- low. surface-cracked mane and pictures. He wore a long dressing-gown which was huddled round him as if he were cold. though a fire of logs almost as cold. though large as \he in the open his hea mixture into his flash motl‘ and also glance round Ithe 1 door, and opened )t As the zirl ente noticed the resembl the old man, and l were father and d: m Q Ii} lde , and I will (0 Ole cow has 30‘ fence wants me ‘; you must get (10 it u once. rs to market, I \hem in the thrs I found someo éd had bee ance round At the huddled round him 35 if he were though a fire of logs almost as v as \he one in ihe hall was burning 9 open fire-place. the sound of the knock he raised mead, am expression which was a ure of fear and senile cunning came his lined and pallid face‘ his dull peered from under their lids with a of sudden alertness. and with one on of his long hands he hurriele :d the deed before him, crammed 'ith the others. into the box, locked ith a hurried and {ramming hand placed it in a, cupboard, which he locked; than he drew one of ‘he 2 books into the place where the had been. and with a cautious ce round the room. shuffled to the ? shufflz eat bus I} E 1um nne] went dd whivh RIOI‘I‘O‘V TH AFTER an died 13* a and mur ment: 1‘ l the CU swim); :ht the daughter; one of the \V h nding d( William He has suppose is< 5 yew {l stat III 1 from murmu t ; bu t reh mom and t1 tlu Lhc hi one would between he 1t 's loose: and with a short ugh for one If I were only it would be!" the 0h hing ce-br runs an that they J for Godfrey e hundsomest ugh she had coming on. I come this hr help ARE“ m1 in YVUI‘II r. and sed um into a an oriel ‘ which nlloWed .- \vhlch her and rue and s from mm of lictures, 1r want tich re- .ge fire- ng, and as down ‘mn. The she had en. toss~ old oak e heavy “may..er mo. A ,. o. . ,, too thin or too thick, the sky too might or too dull, the wind too high or too low. Excuses are the badge of all the angling tribe.“ Stafford tank his basket from his shoulder and made a pretence of slinb- mg it at Howard‘s head; then tossed it to the landlord, who stood by, smiling obsequiously. “Cook some of 'em as soon as you can," he said; then he folloWed the. neat and also smiling chamberâ€"maid up to his room. where. for all his pretended in- dolence and cynicism. Howard had caus- ed his friend's things to he laid out in readiness for him. Stafford dressed slowly, smoking a cigarette during the operation, and still thinking of the strange “farmer's daughter;" then he went down and joined Howard in the room he had ordered. (To be continued) (B the ylcomc Iddle I th didn‘ she 1‘ h( (In and : to an and the ma l gifl tibh ‘OUC oth¢ should meet her again, a sciuus of a strong, almusfl desire to do so which, 11 himself. was strange: fm that moment remember é at his first meenm: WH hanliercd to see again. top of the hill at las‘ am down; there was noming ing sheep-path here and mmmmin was by no me descend us the classic that when he got to th ihiiéwfi'rhs’flnr fie got to tin came in sight of the link of the valley he was both gr)" long w] pkainkh‘ down that follies are Sport! ATM “there new hi1 y t? Howard Ir ‘ch unli ite : reproach on 3 just about ' my. my dear isslhle that y at hill? Go lib \ m1 kerh hot All LI 1“ 1g wim her, he had gain. He got. to the as‘ and began to droy mhing but a wander- e and there, and {In no means as easy (c lu‘ He Sir in nb u 1‘ youl there )drnitted to 5; did not at girl whom. her. he had \Hl ning dx‘ lmc 1] It in ssed (he the (Huguiats. 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