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"Oh, I see," Mostyn said, anxiously, "and she thought that I called you out"

"I could not explain it any other way," Dolly answered "I don't want her to know, you see, about father and the , and I was afraid father would hear it, so I simply had to admit that I ith you I even confessed-- confessed"--Dolly's color rose--"that I care a great deal for you, for, you see, she actually sa--"

"I understand" Mostyn tried to shtly "You mean that she saw me kiss you?"

Dolly's flushed silence was her answer "Ann is so young and roreat impression on her," Dolly added, lamely, as she moved toward the door, her eyes downcast "You see how I am placed, and I hope you won't blame me There was no other way out of it I think I can keep her frohed, deeply, "it is only one of our troubles-- yours and uilty start--"what do you mean?"

She swept his face with a flash of her eyes, seenedly: "I am quite sure that your Atlanta set, especially your relatives, would not approve of me--that is, if I were throith thean, aardly; but she fixed him with a firmness that checked him

"Your sister, Mrs Moore, would scarcely wipe her feet on me You see, I ly

"She was at the house-party Mr Saunders gave last summer, and he introduced us on the road one day," Dolly explained, with an indignant toss of the head "Oh, I could never--never like her She treatedShe is your sister, but Lord deliverit--she is part of my premonition You may settle your business troubles satisfactorily, but if--if you should tell her about me, she will move heaven and earth to convince you that I aan; but with a sad little shake of the head she hurried away

Left alone, Mostyn's heart sank into the lowest ebb of despair Back and forth he strode, trying to shake off his despondency, but it lay on hi forth? To him his sister's objections would be the very least The real disaster lay in the rasped He took out the letter Saunders had brought and read it again