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"I hlander "Haaits for h

To-ain"

Hand in hand the talked slowly toward that haunt of peace, Truelove's

quiet hoh?" said the

Quakeress "Last third day he met my father and me on the Fair View road,

and checked his horse and spoke to us He is changed"

"Changed indeed!" quoth the Highlander "A fire burns hiht"--He paused

"Last night?" said Truelove

"He had a large company at Marot's ordinary," went on the other "There

were the Governor and his fellow Councilors, with others of condition or

fashion He was the very fine gentle,

full of wit But I had been with him before they came I knew the fires

beneath"

The talked in silence for a few ain: "He

drank to her At the last, when this lady had been toasted, and that, he

rose and drank to 'Audrey,' and threw his wineglass over his shoulder He

hath done what he could The world knows that he loves her honorably,

seeks her vainly in ether last evening that, as his guests, the highest officers,

the finest gentleo with him to the theatre to