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"I found Lord Monckton's ive it to hirew" Absently he raised the lass!" he exclaimed

"So it is," replied Kitty, with a crooked smile "And I dare say so

are most of the monocles we see A silly affectation, don't you think

so?"

He was instantly up in arms The monocle was a British institution,

and he would as soon have denied the divine right of kings as question

an Englishinally designed for a ht Besides, we don't notice them over there"

"I have often wondered what the wearers do when their noses itch"

"Doubtless they scratch thehter bubbled It subsided instantly Her hand reached

out, then dropped She had almost said: "Thoent as the impulse was, she crushed it back

For deep in her heart she wanted to believe in Thoer such as Englishmen propose, accept

and see to the end There was not the slightest doubt in her mind that

Thomas and Lord Monckton were the two ht in London One had taken the necklace and the other

had wagered he would carry it sixit

to its owner The Nana Sahib's ruby she attributed to a real thief,