e a lovely imid and struggling under caresses, and turned sowards home again.

    `And after all,  on, in an impatient tone, trying to defeat ive engagement: - if Lucys affections o some one else, I s no rigo assert a claim on  absolutely pledged to Pher of us bound.

    `You dont believe t - it is not your real feeling, said Maggie, earnestly. `You feel, as I do, t tie lies in tations y. thfulness.

    Step:  pursue t argument; te conviction  in oo strongly time of struggle. But it soon presented itself in a new form.

    `t be fulfilled, uous insistance. `It is unnatural: end to give ourselves to any one else. t too - t for t see t - you do see t.

    sign of compliance; le grasp s,  h solemn sadness,

    `O it is difficult - life is very difficult. It seems rigo me sometimes t  feeling; - but tinually come across ties t all our former life ies t  on us - and  te easy and simple, as it mig one being first toies for us before love comes - love  to eac I see - I feel it is not so no renounce in life - some of us must resign love. Many t and dark to me - but I see one te clearly - t I must not, cannot seek my o surely pity and faitural too. And till, and punis obey ted by t urge me; help me - help me, because I love you.

    Maggie  as s on; ep vibrated to  in t -  be ot pleading beauty gained new power over him.

    `Dearest, ole round  - one kiss - one - t - before .

    One kiss - and til Maggie said tremulously, `Let me go - let us make e back.