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"I have knelt to thee for the last tih you have crushedservitude, and I a te I have watched it rise Itwaters shall receive loomy cell My plan works well; even my wily Padre thinks ht my safety I have played false! lied! where is my conscience? Have I one? No, no! 'tis dead Dead fros! If there be a hereafter, and, oh! if there is a God, ill becoirl shuddered convulsively "Yet I have heard him lie I know that even he heeds not the laws of his pretended God! He bade s, and I did, and I deceived hiers' ends But I will neither marry Mañuel, nor be a holy sister of Jose There will come a time for me Now I must work, keep him in the dark, spend the in, and who may tell the issue?"

A quick step behind her caused Inez to turn in theby, but paused at sight of her face

"Ah, Señorita! How do you do this beautiful ?" He looked at her earnestly, and added, "You are too pale, Inez--ree with you; believe me, I speak seriously, you will undermine your health" Her eyes were fixed earnestly on his noble face, beaed her cheek, as she replied, "Dr Bryant, I am not the devout Catholic you suppose me The Padre thinksfor a short tiely, I have no idea of beco a nun, I assure you"

"Inez, one of your faith can never be sure of anything; let o to the convent You need recreation, and had much better ; it would insure a more healthful state of both body and mind"