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The lady whom he addressed sat quietly, with hands folded in her silken lap and an untroubled face "I did not know you then, my lord," she answered him, quite softly and sweetly "Had I done so, be sure I would have cut ave color of mine to"--"To whom?" he demanded, as she paused

"To a coward, my lord," she said clearly

As if she had been a man, his hand went to his sword hilt As for her, she leaned back in her chair and looked at him with a smile

He spoke at last, slowly and with deliberate eain, h"

I dropped my hand from her chair and stepped forward "It is my wife to whom you speak, my Lord Carnal," I said sternly "I wait to hear you narass and stood besideaside with scant cereess and Councilor, came also The Governor leaned forward out of his chair, and the crowd beca, my lord," I repeated

In an instant, frouileless nobleue, Captain Percy!" he cried, his white teeth showing and his hand raised in a gesture of deprecation "A natural thing, seeing how often, how very often, I have so addressed this lady in the days e had not the pleasure of your acquaintance" He turned to her and bowed, until the feather in his hat swept the ground "I won then," he said "I shall win again--Mistress Percy," and passed on to the seat that had been reserved for hi Clement the other At the last moment he came over to me "I am out of it, Captain Percy," he announced with a rueful face "My lord there asksyesterday, and the stag turned upon me, he caht have put an end toforever and a day: so you see I can't refuse hi there watching!"

My lord and I stood forward, each with a bowl in his hand We looked toward the Governor "My lord first, as becometh his rank," he said My lord stooped and threw, and his boent swiftly over the grass, turned, and rested not a hands'-breadth from the jack I threw "One is as near as the other!" cried Master Macocke for the judges A murmur arose from the crowd, and my lord swore beneath his breath He and I retreated to our several sides, and Rolfe and West took our places While they and those that followed bowled, the crowd, attentive though it was, still talked and laughed, and laid wagers upon its favorites; but when ain stood forth, the noise was hushed, and men and women stared with all their eyes He delivered, and his bowl touched the jack He straightened hiroan; but h with sheer delight, but ether We had but one turnevery inch of the ground between him and that small white ball, to strike which, at that 's favor All od As he stood there, when his ti the bowl in his hand, I knew that he prayed to his dae he raised an altar to and bent before He threw, and I follohile the throng held its breath Master Macocke rose to his feet "It's a tie, my masters!" he exclaimed