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CHAPTEH III I Vbh I were a •horthand writer. would Lave takes down the i for word aa it happeoed. John. In spite of hie lack of polish, his hist; voice, hie rs reKea attire and his fondness for the society of English Tom, la a gentleman to the marrow of his sturdy boom. This fact frequently produces complications and embarrassments from which he would otherwise he free. The careless expression of his fscs un derwent an instant transformation. The blood rushed to hia cheeks and forehead, lie straightened hia broad shoulders and drew himself up as rigid as a soldier on He did not attempt to speak, (turnUsgaiefrom her. I don't 1 would have been the end of ’ been alone. Aa it was, 1 had a moment, “John, this is , Miss Forrests!. ” ’ a long breath and held out his . Into which she put hers. "1 that—you are our cousin," said (.which I laughed, Mias Forrest*] _htly, but with a very bright look in ker ayes, and John sat down on n chair, with a baud on aach hue* ‘ Tour Cousin ha* Just arrived from England," said mother and went on to tell the efpry. John maintained the same exgjksion and attitude through out and seemed unable to turn hie face away tram the newcomer, whose eyes rested #metlmee on the speaker, some- me and occasionally on John, aha prAerving meanwhile an appear anoecf quiet composure and nowand then supplementing mother's narrative with a remark of her own. When this was over, John said: “I hope you will enjoy yourself here. Mother understands company better than I do, but I'll do my best—and Frank too. I wish my other brother were here. I'm sure you'd get along with him.” “You have ar-'l'ier brother?" asked Mias ForrestaL “Haury—myaaeond son," putin moth er. “Yes, 1 think you would find him entertaining. I miss him sadly. Ha has been traveling abroad nearly fonr years. We hear from Mm only once in two or three months. He has been in India too. He might easily have seen you and your father there If he had known." While my mother was saying this 1 noticed that for the first time Mias For rester* color slowly deepened. 1 cannot imagine why. Perhaps the blush be longed to an earlier period of the evening, and she had merely postponed It till now. That is sometimes the way with persons whose thoughts and emotions come from far below the surface. “Henry MainwaringP she said, as if to herself. Then to mother. “Do you expect him back soon?" Mother shook her head mournfully. 1 said, “Perhaps in seven days, perhaps in asvsn yean—there’s no tolling.’' "If I only knew where he was. Id write him to come on at once." said John in aa emphatic tone. At this point the servant came la to announce supper—a meal which is ordi narily little more than a ceremony with us, but which tonight was more substan tial on account of our cousin, who had probably had no dinner. “If you would like to make any changes in your dress, my dear,’' said mother aa wa arose, “you can take all the time you want" “Perhaps I had better brush my hair,' she answered. And so th* two ladies went out, leaving John and me together. He thrust his hands In his pockets, turned on Ms heel and walked to the window, where he stood looking out. though he could see nothing. “Do you think she's prettyP I inquired at leagth. “I don’t know. Ire seen nobody like her,” be replied after a pause. Then he came away from the window and sat down and patted the collie until the ladies reappeared. So far aa I remember nothing of importance occarred during that evening. I am of John’s way of thinking. I hrfve seen nobody like her. But 1 hare no doubt about her good looks. She las beautiful girl She has baanty of ea- movement aa well aa of , feature and color. But It la an un usual type. She is as dark as a Spaniard, with abundance of black hair, not shiny, hut soft and lustorlesa, like black smoke condensed. Her akin is a pula trpaspar- ant brown, looking like antique ivory at night and almost golden when the sun falls on it Her eyebrows and eyelashes are black, but her eye* are bin*—a warm blue, like spring violets, Th* blood •hows through bar cheeks more than with Spanish women. Bar nos* is a rather small, delicately motdsd aqullins. Mother has a hand- aura* nose, but it seem* coarse in com parison with tMa. It gives an exquisitely aristocratic effect to her face, and ydl it is not suck ■ nose as members of the English aristocracy are apt to have. It teems to indicate refinement of soul and aoM* spirit, rather than mere high breed ing and blue Mood. Her conntenono* baa the charm of originality—aa if aha War* the first of her kind, rather than tb* lost of somebody else'*. 1 never saw my uncle Edward, but he most have b*m an oxtreocdinmy .BagUahmah if Ms ' resembles him. She must take r mother, if any on*, and yet. to mother. Unde Edward’s i was aa invalid and rather plain, fo doubt there is a great deal efexag- ‘ lea and humbug in the theory of ity. I have already intimated, John unquestionably many Sinfire if would hare Mm. But neither he I nor mother eaa toll for certain ririU hare Mm. Alltkoctr- render ft probable, but you no more look into tM* girl’s heart i yon can look into a poUatod Yet there mast be 1 of reading bar, and I in time. 8k* ia probably ro> I came into mother’s boudoir Mother waa not i was standing in front . tit, which hangs on th. wall, rapt to contemplation of it Hen ry is a very good looking follow. The portrait scarcely does Mm justice, and I said aa much when ah* became aware Mother was not there, but Sfngrs tra* standing in/rent e/ Henry’s portrait. “There are tome people,” replied Sin- fire, “who** portraits I prefer to them- seivea." “It would need a very good portrait to make that true of Henry," said L “Oh, 1 mean a portrait can do no hennr she rejoined. “Has any on* ever done yon any harm?” I could not helo asMnir. But aha only looked at me tranquilly and mid: “I was not thinking of myself. A good portrait might correct a mistake one had made about the original of it The artist would see without prejudice, and so his interpretation would be deep er and truer." I replied that there might be two sides to thflt question. Prejudice might see more keenly If not more broadly than impartiality, and leve, which is the height of prejudice. Is not blind, us the vulgar proverb asserts. It “lends a pre- cions seeing to the eye.” “I always supposed," she answered, •that the weak point of love wee it has no judgment It sees faults, but It in terprets them ae a kind of virtues, and It counts as fully developed qualities that exist .only in the germ and do not affect the character." Now, though all Shis waa put hypo thetically, it bore Internal evidence of mature codsiderstion. My cousin had discussed the matter with herself before discussing it with me. But whether she spoke from experience or from imagina tion who can toll? It hardly seems like ly that so handsome a young woman should have hitherto eecaped all person al knowledge of the great passioni but, on the other hand, she may be younger than she looks, and then her life In India (I believe she was born there) may have isolated her from available soci ety. The fact is we knew nothing more than the bare outline of the girl's pre vious Ufa it ia not that she ever hesi tates to answer queetioa*. but she never volunteers information, and as there is no 6B* but mother to interrogate her. and «• mother is a poor hand at cross examination, that amounts to nearly the same thing. The only question John win ever put to her ia, "Will you marry moT while, so for as I am concerned, I cannot approach her save by indirec- tiqu. And it ia by ao means easy to sur prise her tato saying anything she does not Intend to say. For th* last week John has been hav ing Ms gray hors* Sibyl trained to the sidesaddle so that our cousin might go ridliu? Sibyl is a superb animal, with moat agreeable action, but there is some thing tameless in her still. Yesterday morning before breakfast Tom had just girthed the sidesaddle on her and had gone inside to fill Ms pipe before monnt- Ing, leaving her attached by her halter to the stable entrance. At that moment! happened to be standing at my bedroom window, which la above my study and laboratory in the right wing. I saw Stnfire appear and croea the court yard. She had on a scarlet riding habit trimmed with black. It waa the first time she bad worn it since she has been here, and It had a very striking effect. She seemed to have made np her mind that Sibyl was trained enough for her to rid* Tom came out of tb* stable and stood in Mtoniahment at the young lady’s ap- pearanc* He la her devoted slave (like * vary body else) because, aa he explains it, she ia fresh from Ms native land. After a short parlay, which of course 1 could not hoar, ha gave her a baud, and she sprang into tbs saddl* There was no bridle on the bore* Tom was in the habit of riding her with the halter only Ska had stood pretty quietly thus far, but just as Tom had loosened the end of th* halter from the ring in th* doorpost sod was in the act of handing it to Bin- fire th* oollis came racing up and emit ted ao axploaiao of barks right under tiibyl’e noe* She threw up her head, jerking the halter from Tom's hand, danced about for a moment and aet off at a full run in the direction of the drlv* This brought them directly nnder- aeath my window. Sinfire was of course powerless to guide the horse, but she kept bar sent well, and to judge from the expression of her face as she flashed past she seemed exhilarated rather than Mgbtoaed. Nevertheless she was In hnminent danger. If Sibyl kept on her present course for MO yards, it would bring bar to the cliff, and that was near ly certain death. Tom was in pursuit, but ha would never overtake her. It looked Mk* good by forever to our Eng- Th* situation wftsri l go* mere was somewhat different from what I had ex pected. Tom bad hold of Sibyl's halter and was soothing and scolding her by turns and at the same time exonerating Mmaelf to Sinfire, who hail dismounted and was w'ated on the grass with John's bead supportod on her knee. At first I thought he was dead. It was a terrible thought But when she saw me she said immediately, “Ha has only fainted. But just then 1 saw John running oa a line which would intersect their oourse at a Mint about 80 yards from the cliff's brink Where ho came from I know not, but ha waa running as I never be fore saw a man run He had a good ■tart, but I oould hardly think it poe- Mbb that ha would be in time. At the moment when I thought the horse had passed Mm. however, I saw Mm give a spring. Ha waa dragged off hia feet in an instent, and I knew ho had caught 1 waited to re* no more, but aa fast as I could and (Ml Off A Solid Oak Suit of TeiPieces for Biggest Vulm\in the Countvy»\ 1 sent Tom on Sibyl after restoratives and held John against my shoulder. Sin fire had already loosened Ms collar. He was unconscious,'and bis face had a strange look that I did not tike. I oould not find tha* he had been struck any where, and according to Sintra he had assured her that he waa not touched. “But just aa he wa* saying it,’ to* add ed, “he dropped down aa if he wen shot and has been this way ever sine*” I put my finger on his puls* That told the whole Story. I wonder I had never suspected It before, especially as heart disease la my specialty in pathology. At any rate, there (a no doubt that John baa it, and be must have had It for sosa* time. He is such s robust man that one would never respect it He may live for many year* It might even be possible to cure Mm. but when he does die the chance* are that he will die of a stroke of the heart Naturally 1 said nothing of my discov ery to Sinfire. It is a serious matter and may mean a great deal. 1 remember that when John waa a boy be once climbed to the roof of the barn and tried to stand on his bead on the ridge pole. Some fool or other bad dared Mm to do it He lost hia balance, rolled down the roof and fell not on the ground, luckily, but on a heap of straw that was about te be used as bedding for the hone* He escaped with a few insignificant bruises, but the doctor who attended him said he had strained Ms heart. Probably It has been weak ever since, and the active ex ercise he has been in the habit of takjpg can have done it no good. However, what is done cant be mended. All we can hope for la to guard against mischief in the future. I wish .John were leas headstrong aud more phlegmatic. He began to come.to before long, and then I made Min sip a doxen teaspoon fuls of brandy, which I administered one after the other. The sipping, more than the brandy, stimulated hie circulation, and he was able to get up and walk. He hod no idea what had been the matter with him; thought Sibyl must have kicked him. But it waa of Sinfire that his head was full, and I suppose he must have suffered a strong agony of emotion during that minnte and a half that she was in deadly peril and he was trying to save her. If there had been any doubt about Ms feeling for her before, there can be non* now. And, as for her, if she is a woman and not a witch (as I sometime* fancy), she cannot resist a handsome young millionaire whose first love she is and who has saved her life, for beyond peradventure she would have been in kingdom come but for John. Much obliged, old fellow; don’t need any help," said the heir of Cedarcliffe to his yonnger brother, and I took the hint like the dutiful youngster I am, and re turned with my brandy flask to my study, wMle John and Sinfire sauntered slowly across the lawn together. I ex pected it would have been all settled by the time they reached the house, but at breakfast, half an hour later, John's face proclaimed more loudly than even his sturdy tongue could have done that the engagement was still hi the future. Men tally as well as physically he was much depressed. Sinfire. who was still in her Mephistophelian riding habit, was being tenderly scolded by mother for having exposed herself to such danger, and she seemed to be in high spirits and laughed and talked with a freedom and brilliance that she had never exMMtod before. As I looked and 'istened I could forgive poor John for his infatuation. I oould almost have fallen in love with the supCrb young creature myself. And yet. strange to say, I never distrusted her so much as 1 did then. She is hiding some secret, and it concerns ua But what a range and scope she has. There was an oriental quality In her face at that moment which struck me for the first time. 1 could Imagine that the young Cleopatra might have looked os Sinfire did then. But Cleopatra never looked like a cold, subdued English girl, yet that Is one of Sinfire's phase* 1 wonder whether she is ambitious; I won der whether she hates anybody, aud, if te, whom and why? It is time to give Saprani a bowl of milk. Saprani Is another superb crea ture, more trustworthy than my cousin Sinfire, not less oriental and not perhaps more deadly. And Saprani ia very fond of the youngest and most insignificant of the Mainwaring family. Reason and gratitude unite therefore in prompting me to bestow upon her my budding af fections. and since I am sure not to be Interfered with by rivals the course of our true love has every prospect of run ning smooth. 1 will serenade her on the toumril tonight. [TO M COMTIXVBt.] O ■ - Wy — A Cur* for Twenty Cents. Any remedy sold at one dollar a bottle which claims to cure Rheumatism, is simply an im position, for when all expenses are deducted it leaves not more than twenty cents to represent the medicine. 1 r. Drummond’s Lightning Ren.ely, which is performing such wonderful cures that it is being prescribed by the medical faculty every where, is compounded at great expense from rare drugs and cannot be sold for less than Five Dollars a bottle. But it always cures. Sent prepaid to any ad dress on receipt of price. Drum mond Medicine Co., 48-50 Maid en Lane, New York. Agents wanted. Brace—I wish my creditors could have that sign before them on the 1st of every month. 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