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"She will never let hie his affairs to perfection And Dora is forever rid of that wretched influence The ain come between her and happiness There will be the circumference of the world as a barrier"

"There will be Jane Sadler as a barrier She will be sufficient The Woman Betill annihilate The Man Between Dora is now safe What will she do with herself?"

"She will co, beautiful, rich, and her father has tremendous financial influence Social affairs are ruled by finance I should not wonder to see her in St Jude's, a devotee and eood works"

"And if Basil Stanhope should return?"

"Poor Basil--he is dead"

"How do you know that?"

"What DO you mean, Tyrrel?"

"Are you sure Basil is dead? What proof have you?"

"You ! Of course he is dead! His friend ca"

"Is that all?"

"There were notices in the papers"

"Is that all?"

"Mr Denning s"

"Doubtless he believed it; he wished to do so"

"Tyrrel, tell me what you mean"

"I alondered about his death rather than believed in it Basil had a consu sense of honor and affection for the Church and its sacred offices He would have died willingly rather than drag them into the mire of a divorce court When the fear became certainty he disappeared--really died to all his previous life"

"But I cannot conceive of Basil lying for any purpose"

"He disappeared His faht most likely to make that disappearance a finality"

"Have you heard anything, seen anything?"

"One night just before I left the West a traveler askedin British Aion of the Klondike, and was full of incidental conversation As he toldive the story any attention at the tione away it caht that the preacher was Basil Stanhope"