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"Why?"

"Because I was detere to me a secret of her own"

"What secret?"

"One that concerns my whole future"

"Cannot you tellinto his face, which in the ed, for it was unusually pale and haggard

"I--well--at the presentHence I cannot explain the truth," he replied "Will you trust me if I promise to tell you the whole facts as soon as I have learnt them? One day I hope I shall know all, yet----"

"Yes--yet--what?"

He drew a deep breath

"The poor unfortunate lady has lost her reason as the result of the attempt upon her life Therefore, after all, I may never be in a position to know the truth which died upon her lips"

For nearly two hours the pair reether Often she was locked in her lover's ar save her unbounded joy at his return, and of the fierce, passionate caresses he bestowed upon her Truly, that was a night of supreht as they held each other's hands, and their lips e Sherrard, but she said little She hesitated to tell hi, but merely said: "Oh! He was up here for two or three days, but had to go back to London on business And I was very glad"

"Of course, dearest, your irl "But she will continue to press She's constantly singing his praises until I'h sighed, and replied: "All ood qualities in the estimation of the world The poor and hard-up are the despised But, after all, Dorise," he added, in a changed voice, "you have not forgotten what you told h!" declared the girl, deeply in earnest, her hand stealing into his "I love only you!--you!"

Then again he took her in his arms, and imprinted a fierce, passionate kiss upon her ready lips

"I suppose we hed "I am compelled to keep away from you because no doubt a watch has been set upon you, and upon your correspondence Up to the present, I have been able, by the good grace of unknown friends, to slip through thethis will continue, I know not"

"Oh! do be careful, Hugh, won't you?" urged the girl, as they sat side by side The only sound was the rippling of the burn deep down in the glen, and the distant barking of a shepherd's dog