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A crimson flush dyed Virgie's face. "May I ask, Mrs. Farnum, how long you have been in America?" she said. "We sailed from Liverpool the sixth of May." Virgie's heart sank a trifle. "And had you seen your friend, Lady Linton, within a few months previous to that time?" "Lady Linton came to London only three weeks before, to make me a farewell visit. She was with me ten days."

But he knew it could not be; and overcome, for the moment, with the thought of the separation which must soon come, he turned abruptly away and went feebly back to the cottage. Mr. Abbot Desires an Immediate Marriage. Whether it was owing to the excitement of the previous evening, or to a feeling of relief from care and anxiety upon Virgie's account which made Mr.

"Oh, yes, often," and the bright tears sprang quickly into Virgie's blue eyes, as she thought of the nights she had wept herself to sleep from sheer homesickness and a feeling of utter desolation. "But," she continued more brightly, and winking rapidly to keep the tell-tale drops from falling. "I can bear loneliness, or almost anything else, for my father's sake."

I' must find him, too, and plan something for our lunch." "I seen 'im early dis mawnin'," piped Blue Beard, "makin' for de woods. I reckon he be back pres'n'y." "Very well," answered Virgie's mother, a shadow creeping into her face as she went on toward the house. Could Uncle Billy possibly be leaving! The most trusted negro of all! No never! She would almost as soon doubt the cause itself!

"Oh, Fatima, Fatima. It's growing bigger." "Dar now," interposed Uncle Billy. "She's seem' som'pin." "Sister Anne! Sister Anne. And what do; you see?" "Dust! Dust! I see a horseman in a cloud of dust. Look! Look! He's coming this way." By this time Virgie's acting had taken on so close a resemblance to the real thing that both Mrs. Gary and Uncle Billy rose to their feet in wonder.

Would you force yourself upon a man who had subjected you to the indignity of repudiating you as a wife and put another in your place?" Virgie's head reeled beneath the force of these cruel questions, and she swayed dizzily, as if about to fall, for a moment. Then again with a mighty effort she recovered herself.

"Yes; my health is too poor to admit of my working it any longer, and I should be glad to dispose of it to the right person," Mr. Abbot replied. "I think I know of some one who would like it, if it is still a promising one," the young man said, but a conscious color flushed his cheek slightly as he felt Virgie's eyes turned upon him.

She was filled with triumph over the success of all her plans thus far, and yet she could not forget Virgie's threat that a day of retribution would surely overtake their proud family. But she determined not to worry, for the child might not live long enough for her to carry her threat into execution. Virgie, herself, might die, and a hundred other things might happen to prevent.

"Then, since you have no tangible proof in your own hands that you are Sir William Heath's lawful wife, I advise you to communicate with those witnesses without delay, since their testimony alone will serve to establish your rights and those of your child," Mrs. Farnum said, with a solemnity that struck a fearful chill to Virgie's heart. "My child!"

"Madam," he said, "it is not my custom to speak extravagantly upon any subject; but I am bound to admit that this is the finest thing of its kind that it has ever been my privilege to examine." A beautiful color sprang into Virgie's cheeks at this high praise. She had known that her work was well done, but she had not expected to be told of it quite so frankly or emphatically.

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