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A No She wouldin her stead, I shall do all in my power to see justice done If I can render you any aid in that direction youme all you know of your cousin's e she confided to you

A In doing this I shall break the letter of my oath, but, were I not to do it, I should break the spirit thereof, therefore listen: You have, I suppose, already learned from the state witha venomous serpent in his face, was one which doubtless led hih it n any reason for such a desire Not long after this incident obah, a man for whom she had always cherished an ill-concealed hatred I saw but little of her at this tireatly changed But one solution suggested itself to me, and that was that she had discovered her lover false to her and had, out of spite as it is called, hastily obah I confess that when this conclusion forced itself hoht such a course unworthy of her As I saw es in her character As I had known her from childhood, she had been most unifored To-day, perhaps, she would be like her old self,-- only weaker and er and ht in her eyes, and a sort of feverishher whole personality When I noticed this I studied to avoid her If the Lona I had knoere merely an ideal of which no actual prototype existed, I wished to be allowed to cherish that ideal rather than to have it cruelly shattered to make room for the real Lona I had not seen her for many weeks when one day, to my surprise, I received a note from her It was short, and so impressed me that I can remember every word of it

"My DEAR COUSIN: "I send this note to you by Kandia that you et it before it is too late for you to do what I wish I aed bird in my husband's house My every movement is watched, and they would not let you come to me were my husband at home, so, I beseech you, come at once lest he should return before I have had ti, Moro, and it is within your power to say whether my spirit shall rest in peace, or be torn forever and ever by the fangs of a horrible regret My secret is as lead upon my soul and to you only can I tell it Come--come at once!