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sworn that he will take me from you and make me his own at all costs"

"The deuce he has!" ejaculated Tony, surprised, indignant, and

flustered "I say, Myra dear, I--er--I wish--er--I wish you'd told me

this before--I mean before he and I beca love to you No idea, I assure you If I'd known, I

certainly wouldn't have invited him to Auchinleven or accepted his

presents Now I don't knohat the deuce to do I'htfully aard!"

"Frightfully aard!" Myra mimicked "Oh, Tony, don't be such a

duffer! Unless you want to lose ot to tell Don Carlos de

Ruiz--and tell him very, very plainly--that his atteot to stop You've got to warn

hi," said Tony, in flustered haste

"Confound the fellow! I should not have believed it of hio and see him at once, Myra,

and warn hiain

I'll--er--I'll show him! Yes, by Jove!"