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Lunch canified end The Glenavelin party looked on with amusement as the ravenous appetites were satisfied Mr Stocks, in a huge good hu the , and called up reminiscences of friends who had equalled or exceeded it Leas uncomfortable, for he felt that in common civility Mr Stocks should have been asked to shoot He could not excuse himself with the plea of an unintentional oentleun, and he had not found it in his heart to spoil the sport of five keen and competent hands

He dared not look at Alice, for his aunt's words had set his pulses beating hotly For the last week he had wrestled with hi his heart that this lady was beyond his ken for ever and a day, for he belonged by nature to the clan of despondent lovers Before, she had had all the icy reserve, he all the fervours The hint of some spark of fire behind the snows of her demeanour filled him with a delirious joy Every movement of her body pleased him, every hich she spoke, the blitheness of her air and the ready kindness The pale, pretty Afflint girls, with their wit and their confidence, seemed old and wooddess henceforth--sireat, black cauldron of clear water, with berries above and berries below, and high crags red with heather There yourowans in the wane of August These last were the snare for Alice, as ever an adventurer For the ain, and all sordid elderly cares were tossed to the wind She teased Doctor Gracey to that worthy's delight, and she bade George and Arthur fetch and carry in a way that made them her slaves for life Then she unbent to Mr Stocks and made hireat cluster of fruit The unfortunate politician was not built for this kind of exercise, and slipped and clung despairingly to every root and cleft Lewis followed aied to have her to hi Stocks and came up with the errant lady

"For heaven's sake be careful, Miss Wishart," he cried in alarly black swirl down there"