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Besides which, there was her father After her return from school she had always driven with him to some extent; but his clai He said the fresh spring winds were good for her, and that she stayed in the house toothe dictum that came with both parental and medical authority Perhaps this demand upon her time would not have been made if the Hydes had been in New York; but Doctor Moran by frequent inquiries satisfied hihter's satisfaction he frequently said as they drove up Maiden Lane, "We will take the Greenwich Road, there is no fear of ourany one we do not wish to see" She understood the allusion, and was satisfied to escapebut pain

In the month of May there occurred one of those wet spells which are so irritating "groeather" of course, but very tireso them Week after week it was too damp, or the winds were too sharp, or the roads too heavy for quick driving, and thus the month of all months went out of the calendar with few red letter days to brighten it Then June calad of the sunshine and the breeze and the rapid canter; and for a week or two she was much out with her father But he was now ever on the watch, and she judged from the circumstance that the Hydes were back in New York Besides which, he did not any longer give her the assurance of notany one they did not wish to see

One exquisite day as they went up Maiden Lane the Doctor said--" My friend General Hewitt sails for England to-day, and ill go and wish hie" So to the pier they went, and the Doctor left his carriage, and taking Cornelia on his ar They were a little too late to go on board, for the shore to lift the anchor; but the General stood leaning over the side of the vessel, and exchanged some last words with his friend

[Illustration: "SHE WAVED HIM AN ADIEU"] While Cornelia listened, she becanetis its irresistible attraction she saw George Hyde steadily regarding her He stood by the side of his father, as handso when he had first looked love into her heart She was enthralled again by his glance, and never for onethe appeal it made to her With a conscious tenderness she waved him an adieu whose spirit he could not but feel In the sa at her with a pathetic inquiry, which made her inwardly cry out, "Oh, what does hesails--the hoarse crying of the sailorers--and the Earl, aware of the sad and silent parting within his sight--ain waved a mute farewell to her lost lover Then the Doctor touched her-"Why do you do that?" he asked angrily