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> A % Log + 5 2 An > ) a * ’ a a a r a> = Ga a. A HEART’S BITTERNESS. CHAPTER XIX, ‘““HE LOVES ME NOT.” The next few days were to Violet a glimpse of fairy-land. Around her rose the grandeur and glory of the Swiss Moun- tains. The air that “breathed on her was fresh from the glaciers and snowy summits, and the earth was carpeted with the flowers of the Alpine lands. _ Wandering in these scenes, under the guardianship of . Lord Keith, Violet found the fascination of glimpses of life in all ways for elon to her own. Keith with wider knowledge of the world, and the people in it, while he resolved to cheer the forsaken bride, was too discreet to endanger her by his attentions. He found an English family in Berne, which he knew slightly, and secured the company of a pair of laughing, lovely twin sis- ters, who joined in the rambles and visits made with Violet. Thus Violet’s fears were laid asleep; each day passed in ~ frank, cheerful intercourse, and she fancied she had reached that ideal friendship which was to strengthen her.for the ~ loss of married love. Keith was wise enough not to occupy all Violet’s time; he would not make the woman he loved, and desired to serve, conspicuous. Part of every day she™ - rambled around as before, accompanied by Kate, and fol- lowed at a little distance, by a small creature, conspicuous for buttons, and known as a page. One morning, she was wandering in this way, on the charming bank of the Aar, when she came suddenly upon a lady sketching. ‘The artist lifted her face. - ‘< Are you also forbidden to speak to me?” rs ‘Certainly not. How are you, Miss Hope?” said Vio- tet. “‘ Lonely, and I see you are alone, too. I have noticed you by yourself these several days. It is what I expected; Ree I feel for you, as we are both strangers in a strange an 33 __ There was an intense sorrow in Helen Hope’s handsome face. She threw into the gray eyes a moving pathos. Vio- tet seated herself on a convenient bowlder. , , a (E(0) Gomicbooks