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York, sir, when they landed"

"The devil it was!" It irritated me to rerandfather's

will; and the terms of it were not in the least

creditable to me Sister Theresa and her niece were

doubtless cal the disciplinary year,-Sister

Theresa, a Protestant nun, and the niece who probably

taught drawing in the school for her keep! I was sure

it was drawing; nothing else would, I felt, have brought

the woiven no thought to Sister Theresa since coe ofthe case, she

would naturally look upon hborhood I had, therefore,

kept rigidly to my own side of the stone wall A

suspicion crosseda host of doubts

and questions that had lurked there sincetoward the door with his characteristic

slow step

"If your friend Morgan, or any one else, should shoot

me, or if I should tumble into the lake, or otherwise end

my earthly career-Bates!"

His eyes had slipped from mine to theand I

spoke his name sharply

"Yes, Mr Glenaret this property

and everything else that belonged to Mr Glenar of the matter, sir"