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"Not by you, I admit I owe you an explanation for that I came to call on Miss Lambert Youron I didn't intend to 'butt in,' as they say I was afterwards invited forward by Mr Clarke, as you will re things here"

"Ah, but the spirits? Would you question their judguest of honor, you will remember They played totone "You should have had rab theinvited to sit near, I took it as an invitation to make a test I wanted to knoho held that horn How can you hope to convince a sane ht unless you permit tests?"

The colored man had returned "Miss Lambert will see you, sir This way, please"

For ain the movement and face of the visitor deterred hireat stairway, he asked hied--deeply changed Hoill sheexcitement

She met him so simply, so cordially, with such frank pleasure, that his own restraint gave way at first glance In her glowing color, in the tones of her voice, lay a char the irl of the mountain-cabin He took her hand with a keen thrill of adrace without apparent loss of sincerity

His eyes disturbed her, and she stammered some commonplace expression of pleasure, and he replied almost as laiven ain to Viola "I only intended to touch your arain so that was at once attraction and repulsion passed between them She perceived in his tone a note of nificant on that account

"I am sorry you were there," she quickly replied "I don't blame you No, it did not hurt me--I mean, it was all over in half an hour The contraction is very painful while it lasts It's just like a cra, but Mr Pratt requested it for a few of his friends and I couldn't well refuse I didn't know you were there tillto you"