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'But, curse o

farther and fare worse! Lord, I swear you may I'd be kind to you, and

it is not everybody would be that!' She had turned froht not see her face, and she did not

answer He waited ahis hat; his face was overcast,

hisbetween spite and pity At last, 'Well, 'tisn't ain, 'But there, I knooain, esture that meant assent, dissent, dismissal, as he

pleased to interpret it He took it to ,

'Well, well, have it your oay I'll go for this ti all

prudes, say I,' he withdrew reluctantly, and slowly closed the door

on her

As soon as he was gone the tempest, which Julia's pride had enabled her

to stern for a time, broke forth in a passion of tears and sobs, and,

throwing herself on the shabby -seat, she gave free vent to her

grief The happy future which the little bean had dangled before her

eyes, absurdly as he had fashioned and bedecked it, reminded her all too

sharply of that which she had promised herself with one, in whose

affections she had fancied herself secure, despite the attacks of the