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108 BONNY JEAN. manly trick upon me? And—you—engaged to Harry Lester ?” ‘‘T was,” returned Lady; ‘‘ but—but—I am not now! I will be engaged to you, if you like!” For when Harry Lester had heard all, and learned the true state of affairs, his noble heart would not stand in the way of the happiness of the woman whom he loved, so he had released Lady, and had given her back her freedom. And Lady and John were betrothed at last. She had loved him all the time ; but she would not admit the truth yet. John, .in the fullness of his happiness, could not refrain from saying, as he gazed into the girl’s dark, loving eyes: ‘‘Didn't I tell you, Lady, that the next time the subject of marriage should be mentioned between us, it would be you, and not I, who would f ‘‘Oh! nonsense, John !” And she held up her red lips to be kissed. CHAPTER XXIV. FINIS. Philip sat down beside the open tomb, where the iron chest had been buried, to collect his scattered senses. For Philip was a practical, matter-of-fact sort of a young man—and all the time since old David Conway’s death, he had entertained some doubts of the wild tale to which he had listened. Not that he doubted Conway, who was the very soul of honor—and a man is not apt to invent a deliberate falsehood on his death-bed, with the grim messenger staring him in the face—but the whole tale had sounded so wild and improbable, that Philip almost believed it to have been the offspring of a wandering brain. But now he had proved the truth of a portion of the story, at least ; for here before his eyes, hidden away under the surface of the earth, was the palpable fact—the iron chest. He saw at a glance that 5} Eomichbooks.co