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"And you think that I shall never try to enerous to believe the worst of a ht try and use it to make hi," Fred ended,

languidly "I shall never speak to you about anything again I'm very

sorry for all the trouble I've caused--that's all"

Mary had dropped her work out of her hand and looked up There is

often soirlish love, and Mary's hard

experience had wrought her nature to an i which we call girlishness At Fred's last

words she felt an instantaneous pang, soined sobs or cries of her naughty truant child, which

up, her eyes lance, her pity for hier and all

her other anxieties

"Oh, Fred, how ill you look! Sit down a o yet Letthat he has not

seen you for a whole week" Mary spoke hurriedly, saying the words

that ca

the as if to go

away to Mr Featherstone Of course Fred felt as if the clouds had

parted and a gleam had come: he moved and stood in her way