A Beautiful Possibility

andsome man, with a stateliness of manner attributable in part to the deferential homage which Marlborough paid to his opinion

al with him. Isabelle, the eldest, was tall and fair, except for a chill hauteur which set strangely upon one so young, while her firmly set lips betokened the existence of a strong will which completely dominated her less self-reliant s

, bearing a cablegram upon a silver salver. He ran his eyes hastily over its contents, then he lean

he said briefly, as the gi

fallen in the room. "Why, Lawrence, this is very sudd

y-three! Just in his prime. Poor Len!" The Judge leaned his head upon his hand, while his thoughts wer

vadne?" Again Mrs. Hildret

is only one thing to be done. I shall cable immediately to have her come

s, to introduce among your acquaintance?" He bowed lazily to Mrs. Hildreth. "Let me congratulate you,

Hildreth said discontentedly. "It is a dreadful respon

" pouted Marion. "Evadn

with one of his mocking smiles. "At any rate she will afford scope for your powers of train

unity," she said coldly. "Likely the child will be a perfe

badoes happens to be the crème de la crème of the British Indies. I would not advise you to display your ig

f you! When he visited Barbadoes he was delighted, and he thought Evadne's mother one of the most charming women he had ever met. If she

e die, mamma?

But we rarely heard from them. Your Uncle Lenox was always a wretched

posted in the matter of blood relations," said

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arkets of the far East; picturesque foreigners in national costume; and a bishop who paced the deck with a dignity becoming his ecclesiastical rank. There was a continuous hum of conversation, mingled with intermittent ripples of laughter from the different groups whic

y seemed crushed. Hour after hour she sat motionless, her hands folded listlessly in her lap, looking out over the dancing waves. She had caught the last glimpse of her beloved island in a grey stupor. Everything was gone,-father and home and friends,-nothing that happened could matter now,-but, oh, the dreary, dreary years! Did the sun shine in far-away New England, and could the water be as blue as her dear Atlantic,

, and several times she had stood aside to let her pass to her seat. Something about the solitary, pathetic little f

d gently. "I hope you have the consolations

y. Her husband was the head of t

to find him?" s

Have you a friend a

s Chr

arnest, my dear?" she asked with a tinge of severity in her tone. "This is a ver

terribly in earnest. My father said I w

ifle absently. "That is very proper. Christia

nity," said Evadne impa

e eternal verities of our

him?" asked Evadn

him? whom

s Chr

lady crossed herself

les'

him in heaven if I have to live upon earth. Have you found him?" she

All Saints should be interrogated in such a fashion as this! "I think you do not quite understa

ision this afternoon. I have finally concluded to take the Socinian Heresy as my theme for the no

imity; "why, Bertram, I have just been talking to a young pers

present day are to be deplored. Have you seen that my vestments are

l, bewildered and despairing, struggled

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ghout the cars. Evadne shrank back in her seat and waited. Instinctively she felt that for her there would be no joyous welcome. Inexpressibly dreary as the journey had bee

ached the end of the car he turned and surveyed the passengers leisurely

dreth, I

. He shook h

introducing myself

a warmer greeting, and Evadne w

agnificent horses stood, tossing their regal heads impati

his is Miss Evadne Hi

o him. "I'se very glad to see Miss 'Vadney," he said with simple fervor. "I was po

air. It was all so new and strange. A leaden weight seemed to be settling down upon her heart and she fel

ey must be thoroughbreds? No ordinary hor

uld not know a thoroughbred from a draught horse. You have hit upon the s

re thei

The Judge is nothi

ps the faint notes of a guita

with open arms, but the Hildreth family is not given to gush. Isabelle will tell you it is not good form. So we keep our emotions hermetically sealed and stowed away under de

into the hall. She shivered, although a warm breath of

rd to greet her, foll

, who touched her lips

t find our climate rather stormy. I think you might as well let th

e Judge?" in

just telephoned not to wait for him.

itality of her father's table. She saw again the softly lighted room with its open windows through which the flower

ed she would go away. The burden of loneliness grew every moment more int

where I shall f

, Evadne, what a strange quest

veryone seems to think so, and yet-my father said I

d Isabelle. "Why Un

ll hands were held like

hrew them

say! Is this a specimen

could not hear," said Evadne quie

elessly upon the table. "You had better study that," she

her mother in the sitting-room; "but I did not know that I shou

e pillows and the aching heart burst its

are