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The other laughed again; then dismissed the question with a wave of his

hand, and pulled out a great gold watch with cornelian seals "Carter

swears that Dr Contesse hath a specific that is as sovereign for the gout

as is St Andrew's cross for a rattlesnake bite I've had twinges lately,

and the doctor lives hard by Evelyn, will you rest here while I go

petition Æsculapius? Haward, when I have the recipe I will return, and

iainst the time when you need it No, no, child, stay

where you are! I will be back anon"

Having waved aside his daughter's faint protest, the Colonel departed,--a

gallant figure of a ay As he went down the path he paused to gather a sprig of

lilac "Westover--Fair View," he said to hih his ills were soouty pace across the buttercup-sprinkled green toward the house of Dr

Contesse

Haward and Evelyn, left alone, kept silence for a time in the quiet roorance of flowers He stood

by the , and she sat in a great chair, with her hands folded in her

lap, and her eyes upon them When silence had become more loud than

speech, she turned in her seat and addressed herself to hiood deeds," she said slowly "That gentleman

that was here is your servant, is he not, and an exile, and unhappy? And

you sent hi"