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Ballantree MacDonald is one of those beautiful and successful people, you know, who are generally found at places in the most fashionable time of the year. If she's acting, it will be easy to find out where she is from one of the stage papers. She could be written to, and " "No, I want to surprise her!" Barrie persisted.

It will be some time before I get that letter." "I thank you for the compliment." "It was not one." "You're not to blame if I choose to take it as such." "I am not to blame in any way in this matter." "There I'm no judge. It's my own actions I must look after." And again he smiled. "I advise you to be careful, sir, between Barbara Ballantree and Barribel MacDonald. I wish you joy of them both."

And it was then that suddenly, for the first time, I felt capable of developing into an able-bodied villain in fact, committing any crime which could transfer from him to me the kind of look she had given Somerled. "I must of course go back to Carlisle and my work, as soon as I have paid my respects to Mrs. Ballantree MacDonald," remarked Mrs. James.

"No, it's a high-grade ore," returned Ballantree with some positiveness; "that is, it was when we got down into it. But I'm not here to talk about percentage that may come in later. I came to save Mr. Guthrie's time.

Ballantree MacDonald slightly; met her in America " "If you think an acquaintance with that woman will recommend you to me, sir, you are mightily mistaken," was the answer he got. "I mention it to make you understand why, when I met her daughter last night, I felt it my duty to do what I could, being of the same name and not quite a stranger to the family." "Oh, you felt it your duty!

Ballantree nodded contentedly, pulled a cigar from his upper breast pocket, bit off one end, slid a match along his trousers until it burst into flame, held it to the unbitten end until it was a-light, blew out the blaze, adjusted his derby and with another nod to Jack and the magic words "Twelve sharp" passed out into Broadway.

Somerled gently but firmly drew the girl into the hotel. Mrs. James and I followed. Evidently Somerled wanted to persuade Barrie that it would be better to keep out of the lady's way as she entered, and meet later, if indeed this were Mrs. Ballantree MacDonald; but the girl seemed hardly to hear his murmured arguments.

He gave you the full price because you trusted to his honesty and told him the truth, and he saw your inexperience." "No it was YOU he was thinking of, I tell you," protested Jack, with eager emphasis. "He would never have sent Ballantree for me had you not talked to him and it has been so with everything since I knew you. You have been father, friend, everybody to me.

Bal an elder sister of "Miss Ballantree," therefore they were hastening to offer her sheltering niches, more or less desirable.

"I thought you, and your affairs were generally the subject of our conversations," retorted the big man, still looking more at the young girl than at the woman. "Miss Ballantree is your affair " "She has only just become so," Barbara hurried to explain. "Her grandmother, who thoroughly disapproves of me and all actresses, has kept the child shut up in a moated grange all her life.