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He went and had a few h to drop in before five No one else came until after that hour had struck He was studiously reserved and considerate There was nothing in hise that society brews It was left for her to ," she said abruptly "I cannot endure the suspense, the uncertainty--"

Banserave condescension

"Then you have not confessed to Mr Cable?" he asked, with perfect unconcern "Do you knoas rather hoping that you would have savedso"

"It means so round you have gained socially" He stirred his tea steadily

"It isn't that--I don't care for that It's for Jane and David I can only offer to buy your silence; nothing more," she said with hurried words "I own shares in the railroad; they're worth twenty thousand dollars Will you take the quite close to her, "I aine I have only tried to tell you that I love you"

"Oh," she exclaiust His face was quite close to hers; she could feel his warm breath on her cheek and she dreay quickly His hand hovered close to hers as it lay in her lap

There was an eye-witness to this single picture in the brief scene Jane had started downstairs Fro-roo Banseirl paused in surprise; a feeling as of dread--she could not explain--crept over her A chill struck into her heart

It was as if she had awakened fro

Involuntarily she shrank back, quite beyond the actual vision but not free froht and tense and silent at the top of the stairs, her hand clasping the rail She could hear her heart throbs plainly There was noeyes With a quavering s there arose to support her apprehensions the horrid stories of Mrs Blanckton and her affair with Rellick With her own eyes she had seen Rellick talking to Mrs Blanckton just as Banse to her mother in the dim doom below The Blanckton scandal, as everyone kneas one of the irls, had been shocked by the boldness of the intrigue; she had loathed Rellick for his unprincipled love-; she had despised and denounced Mrs Blanckton Here noas her ownjust as Mrs Blanckton had listened; here was Jareat fear, a dark uncertainty, welled up in her heart