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222 THE GOAL REACHED. ‘*Star, let me justify myself!” That was all; and Star, in her hiding-place, read it many times with curling lips and scornful eyes. ‘‘ There can be no justification,” she said; ‘‘one man bear- ing two names and deceiving two girls, can never be justified.” But her heart ached none the less, for, with shame she owned it, she loved him still. ‘The days seemed endless, her duties arduous and monotonous; she grew thin, her step lost its elasticity, and she was as miserable as even Josephine, in her most malicious mood, could have wished. November came, and with it the day of Archibald Sherbrooke's sailing for England. : No one ever returned to his native land with a sadder heart and deeper regret than the young Lord of Carrolton, and he would not have gone even then, but that some urgent business connected with his uncle's estate, and his duties as his heir, imperatively demanded it. He would have much preferred:to remain and search for the fair girl whom he loved so devotedly. But he resolved to return to America at the earliest possible date and resume his efforts.to find her. | CHAPTER XXII. THE GOAL REACHED. The winter passed, the summer came again, and on a sunny day in June the great chapel of the Normal College of New York city was packed with human beings to its utmost capacity. Upon the broad platform were seated the professors, the tutors, and guests, while the body of the vast hall was filled EomIicbooks. Go