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"Yes," she said; "because--it is yours, Drake"

He looked down at her gratefully

"But you shan't lose Shorne Mills," he said resolutely "I mean to buy

some land there, and build a house, just on the brow of the hill--you

know, Nell; that o there every

summer, and we'll sail the _Annie Laurie_"

So they talked, with intervals of silence filled with his caresses,

until they reached the lodge And as they came up to it, they heard the

strains of a violin

Nell aith a start

"Oh, I had alotten!" she said remorsefully

"Listen!" Drake whispered

Nell, in the act of pushing the dust cloak fro the "Gloria in Excelsis"

"Oh, how happy I have been!" she uiltily

"And how happy you will be, Heaven grant it, dearest!" Drake ot down