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But not for hilory of an existence spent with her She had chosen otherwise--for one fiercely rebellious moment he told himself he had been a fool, and worse, to enter on that infaain with Bruce Cheniston--and henceforth he hts of her, ion where our lost hopes lie--never, so far as we can see, to coht, there shall be in another world a great and marvellous country where lost causes shall be retrieved, forlorn hopes justified, and the thousand and one pitiful mistakes we make in our earthly blindness rectified at last

The door opened suddenly, and Sir Richard's voice sot the car, Anstice, and if you are ready----"

Anstice hastily replaced the photographs, face doards on the table, and turned to Sir Richard with a trace of confusion in his manner

"The car there? Oh, yes, I'm ready You would like me to drive?"

"If you will--then Fletcher can stop at home You'll come back to dinner with me, of course"

With some haste Anstice excused himself; and after a courteous repetition of the invitation Sir Richard did not press the matter

Mrs Carstairs was at home, and alone; and in a -roo wood-fire

She looked up in some surprise as the door opened to ad Sir Richard she rose with a welcoood of you to take pity on reeted the old hterly affection; and then turned to Anstice with a rather forced expression of cordiality

"You, too, Dr Anstice! How sorry Cherry will be to have missed you!"

"Is she in bed, then?"

"Yes, I'irl and was put to bed ihed a little, and Anstice asked, s, what had been the extent of Cherry's latest htly "It was really to soothe Tochatti's wounded feelings that I had to banish the poor child It see with Tochatti, Cherry noticed a house in the village with all its blinds down; and on inquiring the reason Tochatti infor, so I gather, into full details as to the manner in which Catholics decorate the death-chamber"