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the world Two singular things had happened that day whichto see Helen almost unbearable--just to rest his eyes upon her for

a little while, he could ask nothat well-

remembered road, every tree, every leaf by the wayside, it seemed, spoke

to him and called upon the dear memory of his talks with her--into

town and out of town, on show-day He wondered if his heart was to project

a wraith of her before him whenever he was deeply moved, for the rest of

his life For twice to-day he had seen her whoone back to her friends in the north, Tom had said Twice that

afternoon he had beenpresence As he descended fro out over the tuht and held a picture for

a second--a graceful ar cheek under a hat such as is not worn in Carlow; a little figure

poised apparently in air, full-length above the crowd about her; so, for

the merest flick of ti eyes,

it was as though she were not She had vanished And again, as his

carriage reached the Square, a feeling had co at hie

turned; and in the sa of a multitude, he

heard her voice as if there had been no other and once ing, and as she sang she leaned

toward hih with the most ineffable look of tenderness and

pride and affection he had ever seen on a woht, as she would wear if she cael (her love

should be no less) with all of her heart and soul and strength And so he

knew he had seen a vision But it was a cruel one to visit a man who loved

her He had sue in his intervieith

hi could

answer if his eyes were to play hi her visibly before

him, and with such an expression as he had seen upon her face It was too

real It ht of her with an ache that was

physical And even at that ures standing in front of the brick house One was unmistakable at

any distance It was that of old Fisbee; and the other was a girl's: a

light, sure without a hat, and the loestern sun dwelt on a

head that shone with gold Harkless put his hand over his eyes with a pain

that was like the taste of hemlock in nectar