In the Tideway

ped and be-aproned upper housemaid w

bin picking hup cattle in that horful Minch till hevenin'; but 'e took it on 'imself to tell the capting as master would willi

d have been one of those to succumb,

asn't very well last night,--and tell J

inder was unnecessary; "and if you please, milady, Capting Weeks 'e 'ave come too. W

and no one thought-- The recurrence of the phrase she had used the night before made her pause and hide her face in the pillow in sudden horror at herself and him. No! without going so far as that, one could still be rational. Edward was devoted to her, and if a wife by her influence made a better man of her husband, wherein lay the degradation? Last night--great heavens! what had come over her last night? She had been taken by surprise, placed in conditions which no one could possibly

adyship was to open any telegram which might come, as it would relate to the yacht. Mr. Wilson had gone to shoot rock-pigeon with the head keeper. The professor was exploring, and begged her ladyship not to wait lunch for him. So said the butler gravely as he filled her glass. Through the window she could see the Atlantic guiltless of a white feather, and her own courage rose with the outlook. As she strolled about the heathery knolls after lunch, a boy on a pony appeared with the expecte

James, the under footman, the hugest delight until his enjoyment was crushed out of him by his superior officer. For the butler knew his duty: afternoon tea was afternoon tea wherever her lady

orwick,--who will tell you everything you can possibly want to know about th

nd when, after launching the others into conversation, she turned to him with the undefinable change in manner

miling, "because I only know your Chr

a blush which took him by surprise; f

he echoed

shy name and the fellows on the Britannia called

propriate name, Mr. Halma

hree-quarters. It's too big for a sailor.

isten! the professor is overc

assertion of interest being all the speech allowed him as Miss Willina waxed el

grew brimf

a taking because it was left out on a harp,--that's a Viking's tomb, Lady Maud. She has some rigmarole about 'tribute to the dead,' their sending back thi

ud; don't attract their attention by looking surp

st I ev

yes with a shot

d! did yo

ed belief, and he is going to lecture on it to the British As

ll tell him

These things are one of

it's my fault more or less? I oughtn't to go carv

be so eager to accept responsibility. By the way, does yours exten

find one out! It must be the one Aunt Will flung into the Minch. Everythi

Halmar. I

ady Maud--I

uine--a real savage fate. No--that isn't true, so don't distress yourself. I took a fancy

"Let me make you a b

to it; and now, don't you think you sho

o much so, that the chief sufferer, stimulated into unusual playfulness by Miss Willina's wi

ething between a chuckle and a cough, the butler himself gave way into the remark that "I 'adn't made a Guy Forks--kck-kh-kh--since 'e was a b

a to the housekeeper's room, hummed, "Remember, remember, the fifth of November," until

o has completed a good work; "but I really am immensely relieved in my mind. I had a presentiment about that devil of Rick's; besid

dear madam; the F

be done," she continued, shaking her head at Rick, "is to make restitution for that naughty boy's mischief. So, if you will wal

fessor with greed in his eyes

it should be in a museum; so you can put 'Given by Miss Macdonald through Professor E

smile. "Do you accept the responsibility of my fate, Mr.

hone with pleasure as he to

-you are too--too beautiful." The absolute simplicity of th

Miss Macdonald; he is

dy, nodding her head, "and compliments are ple

as she went back to the house, told herself once more that to-day was very different from yesterday. This background of persiflage, with just a serious touch here and ther

he dressing bell brought her to her mistress' ro

ey say he had gone

n also wid Capitaine Veek and--Mon Di

come back, and some things must be faced before life could run smoothly once more. Eustace must be made to un

, Hoo

rry to have to trouble your ladyship, but I think Dr. Haddon would

eat throb. "Your ma

"It is a little difficult, my lady, and Mr. Gordon, when he spoke to me, was for

s Dr.

it, my lady, and Dr. Haddon is most successful. He was most successful with master. Four years I have been with him since we ca

. It arose from my not understanding the porter's accent, my lady; but it will not occur again. I mean, my

with Mr. Wilson--" so far she managed

fluence. I undertake the entire responsib

of this man, this servant, who seemed to have reached out his common ha

moral sense. Therefore, if your ladyship could kindly treat the mistake of yesterday with silence, it would be better--for the system. Dr

derstand. Y

d not married Edward Wilson, but Wilson-cum-Haddon, -cum-Hooper. And Eustace knew it! Her husband, the possible father of her children! She had known all along that he was a weak man, but that the very possibility of his living decently lay in the will of another was hopeless, horrible degradation. She had often in society talked lightly of the part hypnoti

lady charmante," suggested Jose

hands. Eustace should not see her

"Put on my diamonds, Josephine--that dress

she went up to him with easy grace. "Did you have a good day, Edward

ll her bravado. The eyes she s

ncluded, at her feet during the evening, she rose to say good-night and let her hand linger

hat the gathering is next week, decided to stay and show off her new dresses. She got about

s resentment by its assumption

his wife's decision, does he, p

he be sorry for anything,

giving a little mock curtsey

bit his lip, bu