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Nohile all Anglemere talked of its lord and master, it had no

suspicion that he was near at hand

Two days before Nell and Dick had arrived at the lodge, the _Seagull_

sailed, with all the grace and ease of its naleford on board

Drake leaned against the rail and looked with grave face and preoccupied

air at his native land Two years had passed since he had last seen it,

and they had scored their log upon his face It was handsome still, but

the teray, and there were certain lines on the

forehead and about the raven by other hands than

Time's

It was the face of one who lived in the past, and could find no pleasure

in the present; and the expression in his eyes was that of thehis heart desired

As he leaned against the side, with his hands in his pockets, his yacht

cap tilted over his eyes, he pondered on the vanity of huleleford estates and wealth Almost every man who

heard his name envied him--some doubtless hated hiiven it all if by so doing he