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mum-1 Ln 1L~uunn u.) Lilias did not hear her mother come near her, and she started with a iteous gesture of fear when a. large ard hand was laid on her arm “Lilias, my lass, ye are to gang your ways ban to your faither,” she com “and oh! mmdâ€"be kind and “Lilias, my lass, ye are to gapg your ways ban to your faither,” she said, “and oh! mindâ€"be kind and canny wi’ him. Be not angry nor rcâ€" bellious, for that is never any way with your faither. Gie up theflyouix‘lg "nun Juux 4unuu-. v-v â€": v man gin he bids youâ€"at least for the present. Your heart winna break, though you may think it. will. And dn_ma forget that, whatever Your faxther may say, he speaks for your gogdzu~ - . u , _AALL.... vuu. Lilias Armour looked at her mother with so steady a gaze that the eyes of that good bustling housewife 1'91] before them. The daughter laughed a little laugh, hard to listen to from one so young, and it was so full of bitter knowledge of the past and care- lessness for the future. 7 _ "77é?€°hi§{ GELâ€"217111“ ‘i'f' I do, that will end it, will it?" she. Asgid. II'L “Aye, surely," said her mother, “it is the way wi’ 11’ the young. I hae been that gait mysel’. I thoeht that there was nae lad like ane that I hae mind on. For sax months I wad hae gi’en a’ my shapin’ claes for him. But my aim mither advised me, and I took her udvica. And ye will do the like, my hinnie, like a good lass. There are better lads than him to be gotten -=1_\'e, and no that far to seekâ€"re: are better lads than him to be gotten â€"â€"aye, and no that far to seekâ€"re- sponsible, Godâ€"feax'in’ men, too, wi’ farms weei plenished and siuer in the bank. There was ane that spak’ to me Sabbath eight days nae farther game. Ye could get him for a lookâ€"â€" aye, and be a decent married wife within a month gin ye willed it.._"’ "Aw-u- u nun..."- b... ..Â¥__V Lilias Armour lisigned “Iezirily to her mother, but did not answer her exhortafions and appeals. v . ‘ - . v . v “ . . v . . . â€" . . _ _rr‘,,,, “I will go in and see my father,” she said. And straightway she went in to where Matthew Armour was sitting, his head thrown back with a grave leonine action, his hand still on the open Bible. and his eyes upon the door through which Lilias was to enter. "She stood before the Elder and 1001(- ed him in the face. wailing for him to spé‘é‘s- o! ,L I-_L -yw... “My daughter,” he said at last, speaking very slowly but. not unkindly, “What is the relation in which you stand to the young man of whom we have spoken once before, to him who is named Christopher Kennedy?”n “He is ver}? iduétrzytb me.” said Lilias Amour. simply. Cannot be adequately described but they can be appreciated in the teacup. 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Has he also told you that you are dear t9 him?” 1,, Her father nodded with a shade of irony and contempt mingling with the exceeding gravity of his countenance. “Such words are a commonplace of evil and designing men,” he said; “They boast in the public places that they are able to make any woman love them. My daughter, that which I shall have to Say will be bitter in the mouth as gall. I pray my God that the aftertaste may be sweet. And indeed, be that as it may, it is my in- tent and hounden duty to save you from a debased and drunken profii- gate, one who has already dragged Your good name through the mire, and who would drag it deeper if he were permitted!” “Father!” cried the girl, indignant- ‘ly, “even you have not the right to 'speak thus of the man I love!” “My daughter,” said the Elder, a little more gently, “the truth may be spoken by any and shame none. Still more by _a father.” bravely. l 1! e,.,ln :vu klluv JV». a-.. .v.. “Ever since he came hither he has loved none but me!” said Lxlias, l “1, Matthew Armour, dare not! Dol you know your father so little? Listen! ‘ ‘Last night I heard my daughter’s‘ ‘name spoken by rude lips, shouted aloud in a place of public entertain- ‘lment. The door of the room was "locked. I lstirst it open when they Irefused m’ intrance, and stood before =your lover in the midst of his riotous ‘and drunken companions. I taxed him 1to answer me. I accused him to his face of treachery and depravity, and {he could not answer save with oaths Ermd cursings. So'I delivered him to iSatan, that he might learn not to ,ihlgsphemez” ‘ ‘ - 1 L ,1, “1&0: dfiaféflniot say it to his face!” said the girl, with a flash of angry defiance unexpegtpfl evennbx hserself. “A'fll‘eanll-illé Elder smileH a calm, cold, inscrutable smile. , i “Nay, more; I was made aware last night that Christopher Kennedy had lost his position at the grammar ‘school at Cairn Edward for drunken»- ‘ness, and even at that very moment with his companions he was celebrat- ing his way-going. This morning, with one of his cronies, he is fled no man knows whither, and only his (creditors will trouble to inquire. He lgoes forth disgraced in the sight of iull and in debt to half the country side." "Yo, no, fathzr‘! Stirer thern must .be some mistake,” the girl filtered, {the wands driver from her. “Chris- ltopher Kennedy cannot have gone {without seeing Ire, without bidding The girl stood pressing her hands upon her breast, as if to keep her heart in place, the while her fa‘her went remoselpssy on. mc ‘Guodâ€"bye’!” . “A bad man in time, of trouble thinks only of himself,” 53.6 her father. “Bub-afler all, Why should he not have gone to his wife?" Lilies Armour tcok a swift siep for- ward as if to silence her father’s ac- cusing voice. He stayed her with his hand exiended, palm Outward, with an {anion full of difinity and tenderness. ; “Be patient, my daughter. ‘~u::h ' dealing may be hard, but it is for your isou‘x’s health that you mate not with “Who is the man who brought this news?” she asked, to outward View quietly enough. “His name is Walter Mac Walter. He comes from Sandhaven and knew {Christopher Kennedy well. His bro~ ther is farmer of Loch Spellanderie; 'he is a man of credit and a man who has recently bought property in this neighbor-110951.? __ _- .l .. .n dealing may be hard, but it is for your soul’s health that you mate not with an evildoer. Listen! There came a man hither this morning with all the tale of his past. The man whom you call Christopher Kennedy was marâ€" ried half a dozen years ago, before he went to college. to a fisher lass in his own parish of Sandhaven. She lives there to this day. " u-La unv.» hv u..- .. . The girl bent her n‘éils inward upon her palms and shook with the effort to command herself. “Then Walter Mac Walter 1ies!”[ cried Lilias Armour, lifting her head very high. The Elder took from between the leaves of the Bible a slip of blue paper. ISSU E No. 47â€"'24. y” There was minute printing upon it. intgfipgrsedA 371th larger mitipg. ‘ _ “Walter Mac Walter brought this ‘ with him in token that he lied not," add her father. “It is a copy of cerâ€" tificate extracted from the registrar’s book of the parish of Sandhaven, bearing that. on the twentgiifth day. of August, in the year 1 , Chris- topher Kennedy, son of Allan Ken- nedy, farmer of Mayfield in the para ‘ish of Sandhaven, was married to lMary Bisset, daughter of Alexander Bisset, of Ship Row, fisherman in the same parish.” The girl came forward and put out her hand for the paper. Her father1 gave it to her, and she tried to read’ it. But the words reeled before her eyes, and her fingers trembled so violently that the pa er fluttered thiS‘ way and that like a eak in the wind. “I cannot read it," she said, “but it is not true. Why should a man bring such a thing with him from hundreds of miles away unless he hated Christopher Kennedy? And why did he go to you instead of tlotthe man he slandered?" “He came to ask your hand in mar- riage, my daughter,” said the Elder wit}! dignity; The Eirlvlaughedâ€"a hard grating litt1_e 1a_ugh,rnot good to hear. “I thought as much,” she said. “This man has pestered me at the kirk and on the way home these months back, not taking any honest answer. And now he has come from the north with this tale, when I thought that I was rid of him. Father, do not believe such a man. It is a lie. I know it to be a lie!" “And how do you know, Lilias Armour?” said her father, speaking wig} gre_a§ quiet. They girl Became suddenly excited,‘ and her hand fumbXed for something' in her bosom. ‘ f hu Haven’t a Fhommfph gm’s hm Bppofiunity You've wanted a phonograph for a long time but probably you haven't decided which one to select. 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