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"I--I alad you take it so easily, Drake," she said "You don't blaainst father, could I? You kno poor we

are I ood-by,'" he said

He looked so stern, so self-contained, that her self-possession forsook

her for asoftly at her underlip and

looking by turns at the ultramarine sea and the stern face of the lover

whoain

"Good-by, Luce," he said "You have taught me a lesson"

"What--do you mean?" she asked

He sold, and that without them a man

cannot hold you I shall take it to heart Good-by"

She looked at hiull_ south?" he said "Be good enough to ask

your father to wire me as to her whereabouts I lad that you are sailing her Good-by"

She murmured "Good-by," and went down the steps slowly; and Drake,

Viscount Selbie, refilled his pipe Then he rose quickly and overtook

her She stopped and turned, and if he had expected to see signs of

emotion in her beautiful face, he was doomed to disappointment; indeed,

the look of apprehension hich she heard his voice had been