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Ce ap se Mis. Bartram Enters So do you find an appetite, meantime, Mrs. ‘Bartram, because” eating alone I don’t admire.” : se 5. c Mr. Bartram has not dined, and is par e ty. Migs a The am “We have had ours—Norah and ‘I. None always insists * upon dinner, whether one feels like dining or not.” a “And Norah is very right. Nothing is ‘more condneive to oa low spirits, and melancholy generally, than short commons. i Is my room ready? lll run up and change my dress; and sg n wit Yon wl : . ia “Your room is always ready,”. Estella said. Shak. with — a sudden impulse, she clasped both her hands around his arm, | and looked up in her demi-god’s face, with shining, wonder- — ful eyes. “Oh, Alwyn, I am so“glad—so clon ohaeg you Ae > ‘ 4, ‘ as’ i . % have come!” \ | “My dear little Essie, was it SO lonely here? ” | te “Oh, so lonely—so long! And I may go with you, ms. wyn—really, really go? and you will never leave me again?” — “Never again, you foolish, fond little wife—never again! If I had known you would have missed me so much, I would have taken you with me when I went. I thought you. -would © have been quite: contented with Norah, and yale: piano, and — whey % a . + i a re fr € your books.” _ a She looked at him wistfully, then turned away. He could : not understand her, and she had no words to say what was — in her Tull heart. ‘Ha thought her a child, and it was a 3 woman’s heart that throbbed for him under that black bodice. — 5 “T will be down in half an hour. Tell Norah I am par-— ticularly sharp set, and not to allow the kitchen 1 to grow verdant under her airy tread.” 4 He kissed her and left the room. “And hah he left ad Estella stood, with a face more luminous than a sunlit sum- mer sky. Her idol was back—hers epee to her, | and caressing her, almost as if he loved her. “Oh, my darling!” she whispered, thrilling all over yen ecstasy; “I am the happiest creature on earth to-night!” Cae “Does that young man want anything to eat, Miss Essie?” demanded a erufl voice. “Because if he does, it’s time I had my orders.” : It was Norah, standing in the dina ‘and. gazing with | cynical contempt at the girl’s radiant countenance. Ses ciate S Mrs. Bartram came down to earth with a sudd en. jerk. if “Ts it you, Norah? Oh, yes! I was just going t rom anal ieularly- hungry after something nice. He his journey ; So, Norah, dear, get hi mA will be down in half an hour.” pir ata “Ah,” said Norah, with a sort of groan, “y daresay Hes will Men ean forget everything on eart h—their wives: among th | rest—-but catch one of ’em ever for etting his ordi als! JI must put up with broiled beotstak ‘and. cold a ple- ; 4, : ‘hehe arene: