Show A WONDERFUL WOMAN BY MAY AGNES FLEMING Of Katherine Mrs or said ald ld Ho lie tol told ln me he remembered her hc an on infant bore here In In this very house houf that she h. h was two years old when she sho left lef England with and mamma mamma- mumma I asked d him If Jf ho 1 r recalled her looks fifteen years ago hut but naturally he did not Mrs asor laughed al nl some In Inward In in- word ward joke Jolce Do Io you OU know Sir SI John he Is In Inlove inlove 10 love with wih tIme the heiress of and would marry her If IC she eho would let him himm lie le proposed rust Fast nt night night night- What hat the baronet cried eagerly he lie asked I Katherine to marry him And she what she what did she M say Cn Called 1 him a n rickety t dwarf dwarf- t truthful rim but unpleasant unpleasant and and said sold no as your our high spirited daughter knows how to say y I it 1 lies He's 8 not handsome handsome hand hand- some sonic and I s dearly loves lo es beauty She resembles her hei mother In many things things tn sIn In that among the rest rest She Sho refused Mr 11 Dan Dangerfield last lost night night night still I 1 think my dear baronet I 1 shall have lH l the pleasure of ot congratulating you upon ullon the accession of a son In on ln What do you ou mean Excuse nie me our OU hau haughty little Katherine ine might not nol thank batik mo nie for or meddling with wih her affaires du COCU And AntI I 1 wl wish h so 10 much to stand well wel with th time the dear child So affectionate a 1 laughter daughter can have no secrets ts from rota you you she she will wi tell you OU all about it I herself no doubt V before leore the lay day Iny ends And AnI Sir SI J John hn I can safely promise you OU this I mUch I shall h leave ave before lefore your you OUI r daughters daughter's augh h ter's rs r's wedding day tIny to return no more He lIe looked at nt her hot In painful anxious silence 1 He lie felt el that behind her words a C COY covert rt threat In lay Before her wedding day The rho child Is but hut 17 lZ anI and amid not likely to marry marry morI mar mor- I ry for four or 01 live fiVe years yet I dont don't know knott leow what whal you OU mean Harriet For pity sake speak plainly plainly let let U us understand un un- each other if we wo can I dont don't want to he ho hard upon you yomi Ol Heaven flea Hea Iea ven von knows I would pour out money mone like water to secure my m darlings darling's happiness hap hap- and and you you you-oh ou-h ou oh surely of all ni the creatures on omi 0 earth you should l be bethe bethe the last Insl lo to harm her hem Dont Don't betray betra me lout me-don't don't dont bo lotrn betray tray her dont don't don't dont ruin her hem life I know I 1 OL ought hl to tell tel honor truth with wih all al the instincts of my life ur urge e mo me to speak penk but I know lenow so 50 well wel what tho the result would be e and I dare Ilare not A Vt stil stifled letl sob oh shook tho time old soldiers soldier's voice I love hove her better belter beter tItan than ever evem father fathel loved lo a child before better I think than ever v r If Ir that were wele possible since this now new dan danger threatened threat threat- Quell ened Tf I you OU 1 keep p silence there the Is nothing to fear fetil In lea en Heavens Heaven's name minnie Harriet t mention menton any ony sum Rum you ou like Iw how however vel exorbitant and leave lea this house at once olce and Cor forever er She sat and listened without ono one touch of pity ity for or the love lo e Rh she could not fathom she sat antI and watched him without one softening glance of the hard eyes eyeS There a was an nn unpleasant tightness about the tho thin lips an on al almost al al- must most diabolical malo malloe ih iii II her furtive furt e gaze I l will w tol take e ten thousand pounds and I will wi len leave a week ck I preceding Miss wedding da lay The rIte sooner that day Is named the betel better heller That Is m my ultimatum A wee week I. I before her wedding day lay Why h do lo you ou harp on that I tell you she has no tin Idea of being married for or or years years years-a Car a child of seventeen sc Amr tel you n sh sho hc has hns ha V reh dren of seventeen n in year ot of grace notions hn c very tery T gm gl grown up Up UI lI had two proposals of marriage carriage l last st night bIght on one she refused une omie no she the accepted If I you yon have patience pa pa- tience your future son-in-law son will willo wi ho he o hero for Cor his a answer 1 HW before dinner dinners s As Katherine will wl be bc on his side your answer answel bo be bl Ye Yes o of course coure though he ic were well th the blackguard In InEn in fn En England lanc If I that tall tal slip of a girl told you to swear I black was white you ou would swear it f and half believe c bele you ou were not perjuring yourself yourself You are too old to learn wisdom now my ny poor Sir John but if you were n it i younger man 1 would tr try nn and convince con con- vince tince Ilce you of the folly In loving with such blind like dog dog devotion de any creature on this earth No o one alive nl e Is worthy s of it least it-least least I-least least of all ni a woman ornan You Ton would die to make mako her hot happy more mOIe the thc soul of honor homier by t training and In Instinct you are yet et rea ready to commit dishonor for li h her r sake And lie lie-if jf you stand between her and tImEs this thle good 1001 looking adventurer only seen for fot the first t time a few weeks ago sh she will wi set set you ou down for or a avery avery very er tyrant and monster and run runaway runaway awn away to Scotland with wih him the Instant in instant In- In stant slant he asks her hem he They're like cats cots stroke them the right wa way and they'll purr forever stroke them the wrong way war and their sharp claws are Into nto your flesh fesh though yours tho lie hand that hat has fed an and caressed them all their heir life KatherIne is no worse than hi rest resl and when she leaves you and runs away with him she I Is only true rue to her feline nature I will wi take tal ton ten en thousand poun pounds s cash down one week before the thc day lay fixed for fO Kathe's Kathes Kath Kath- Ics e's wedding and Ill Ill I'll leave e and you ou and her forever with forever forever wih with the secret t untold The sooner that wedding wedding wed wed- ding day lay is fixed the sooner oner you ou are ure rid rIll of me And Ill I'll Il never como comae back Ill I'll Il Ill I'll never nver ask usk you Ol for another stiver Now we understand each cach other and well we'll wel get along comfortably comfortably bly l I hope Dont Don't let us talk any anymore more noro on omi this subject it I isn't a a. a pleas pleas- ant one ant and amid Sir John do 10 do tr try and look ook a 0 little Itlo less a on the rack rad Dont Don't wear ivear your heart henrt on omi your our sleeve for or or the daws laws of society to peck at Yon YoU know that tiresome stor story of the Spartan Sparlan ho boy and amid nn the fox ox or wolf tolf which was wn It The animal gnawed al ut his vitals vials but ho lie kept Ct his hi cloak coak well wel over oyer it i and bore bor the thc u agony ony with witha wih a stalling smiling face Cace I nw hc horrible little Ittle brute la lays hold of or fill all al mankind sooner or later latem only some and alid uld make no sign and others go o through wh the world howling aloud over o el the thu pain I have havo hid my wolf for th the last nineteen years you years cars you ou would not think It I. I would you Dont Don't let everybody sec see you OU have ha a secret in your OUI face or 01 the they ma may dud It Il out for or thorn themselves If you OU do O. O Here c comes mes out our little truant at it lo last t and DIeu Dicu for forI tim timI I am absolutely famished Clearing the last three steps with Ith a Jump according to custom oil all I fluttering fluttering flut Hut In crisp white hUe muslin and lit l up UI with bright ribbons Katherine came Into the room her hal hupp f face fice ce sunshiny enough to lO Illuminate all ull al Sus Sos sex cx Late again papa throwing her heranus arms anus round him hini after her hem Impetuous fashion and giving him a sounding kiss but last night was an occasion In ones one's life one n ne ns 1 privileged to oversleep o ones one's lf this morning Oh papa with wih a n Itt little fluttering sl sigh h what a per perfectly cd delicious de tie- licious party It was ivas My I dear he father said sali in a i constrained con COli- strained sort of voice dont you ou see sec Mrs 1118 She had hail not until tr-at tr mom moment nt In lit he her she hie had I own happiness f ten len tho the very existence of or hut hor fathers father's guest Her face Cace clouded ever U e so o slightly now as ac she she- turned in Moot the time little womans woman's CU Jol greeting Dearest DarA l olm oh I 1 a ully must call how well iehl cal you Ol Wel I how bright t you nr are are- looking tal tiis 1115 morning Look at that r radiant face S' S Sir John and toll tell tOI mo me ml WOl would you think I this child had liati danced twenty four consecutive times last lust night J I counted m my pet with wih her tinkling laugh laush- laush laugh danced until broad day this morning And how delightful to 10 be sweet seventeen se and anc able to look 1001 like this after ner a long JonK nl nights night's ht steady waltz In ing She Sho would have ha kissed her but bu l cl crystal e eyes teS detected L the rouge on omi her lips and Katherine who never resisted an Impulse Impulso In her whole life shrank back palpably What Mrs Irs VO I exclaimed gay gayly gayl you 01 wont won't kiss 0 roe me you nut pi-nut little English girl Never Nver mind I foresee we wc shall be bo great friends friends- dont don't lont you OU think so so Sir John If orly for her hem mothers mother's Enke sake try My Jy mothers mother's sake sale KatherIne re tOe ye- You knew Jew m my mother Very 01 well Indeed m my dear I dear I waher wa was washer her most Intimate friend AntI And Anc you OU Ol are aro like her her hor every o ery way way lit In face fac faceIn In man man manner nor I In voice I should have hav hn been boon fond Conc o of you In any C case bu lu bin since you ou resemble your our mother so strongly I think how lion I 1 must love 10 1 you ou now CHAPTER T T. VI I in Iii II c. c Mrs Mis 1119 Yn might inight be never nover so en o vivacious but If was ns a r very silent no noto not nol notto to say sy gloomy meal meal Sir John sa sat st moodily eating mUng little lite and watching his daughter with strange new new interest res In his eyes oyos JI Ills perplexities se seemed med thickening around him It I was surely bad hind enough to have havo this visitor on imi his hands an Ib- Ib ib son law flung In lr r his lite hll face fac wl-nl wl willy-nilly willy also Who Vho could the ma mabo man b bo be Ho lie JI hail hod not I If you OU will H It I. I tho the remotest Idla Idea He lie Ie lied had hul beeso been bee so completely absorbed by his espionage plon- plon age over 1 0 the little it widow Il all 11 nigh that lint he had scarcely once his daughter Who lir ho can cami the tIme man be tie beHo e Ho tie thought ht over th the list of fr his unmarried un un- married masculine guests anti and lit lt upon Captain De Dt ere Vere of or the n as tho the man And Amid If It I be he lie the barone thought with an Inward groan gronn thorIs thor there Is nothing for fo it I but to 0 Jn make n i iclean n ci clean breast of It before eCore the lie wedding And how will wi It I be then thon Ho lie Je Is la a avery 1 very heavy swell Do De ere Vero 11 ani anti and I wll ivill wi one day oy write hl hits his name nano high In h he peerage He lie mC may be he In love lo with Katherine now now how how will wil It b I b u when lien hn he lie knows know tH the truth Heaven nta help me the WU was stis over ever Ve man so s h a as 38 asI 1 I am run 1 Catherine l was very ery el nt too ton tone even e her hem hat hearty girls girl's morning appetite seemed to have failed her hel She h u milled with what lay Iny on her hem plate a smile half on her lips and anti in her hoi eyes oyos Love had tal taken en away array appetite How handsome he had looked e th the m mellow low lam light lamp I t of the co conservatory conservator to 1 streaming across his dark ark southern beauty How nohl nobly h ho he had spoken cn And Amid h he hail had feared feard refusal this refusal this this darling darlng dar dar- ling hug of of V Il the tl gods gods' He lie le had thought himself e unworthy the heiress heires of or If Seal Scars wood wood wood-he he who was wurth worthy the heiress heir heir- ess Cs H. H ti of t a ci 1 ih Io rone ii e I d Jin m n glad I am an heiress hehe for Cor his sake I e. e she thought I only wish in m my thou thousands were wee millions Oh Gaston Gaston Gas- Gas ton to think that hat your poverty would be le an any to me I am ama glad you nu urn UI Il lidor or yes glad that I nt may give S1 0 you nIl all that lint I Imay may b be ha In every ir way Y an elof your OU Ife V Mrs n ol chattering on alt all al Imaginable su subjects asked her hera Hr a queston question It I had to lo be le repeated ere ore It reached achel her wr ear ut dulled by hoi her blissful trance mance Hh She lifted ht her dreamy eyes What hat cill did you sa say madame macome Mrs V aMI mth rather shrill shri laugh chimed forth What did 1111 I 1 say y macam madame and I have asked her hel three tm times No m my dear lear Ill I'll Il not mint repeat my question queston as asto asto asto to whether you'll drive me to w Castleford Castleford Castle Castle- ford I If it I clears up as I see it Is go goIng gobig gong go- go big Ing ng to io do being quite certain you ou wll ivill wi have ha e other find ind nt company Look at that thal abstracted face Sir Si John The Tho baronets baronet's answer was a sort ort of ol growl l. Io as he rose abruptly from the table I am nm going to my un sull study Kother Inc ne nut and I want to speak to you you will wl ou will you lIu come conic Speak to me mae papa Katherine KatherinE r repeated faintly her color coming and going ner nervously Co for I tho ho first OIt time timen In n her hem If life Yes Ho He 10 offered her his arm aria looking grimmer than she had ever er soon him In all al her experience Mrs Irs will wi tImid sonic some other means of oC amusing herself besides that drive to 0 o Castleford My 1 carriage and coachman are arc al at her service If Ir she really eally desires f it Ver Very well wel papa Miss Dangerfield responded with wih a n meekness ver very tery dlf- dlf erent front from her he u usual ual manner of frank rank Impertinence which sat t so well wel upon her Could he know she was thinking in some trepidation Can he know so soon Did Dill he se see us m last t night in iii the conservatory together and amid oh What will wi Ife Ic say ny Mrs watched the stalwart art soldierly O figure ure and the time slight girlish form on his arm from fromi sight with wih a ahard ahard hard hor cold col glitter In her black block e eyes es Your coachman is at m my ray service Sir HII John but your our laughter daughter I is not And her Royal Roal Highness the tw Princess of would not nol let mo me kiss her this his morning Like her mother again very much like her he mother In In- In deed And I have a good memory tom for all ni slights little and great great Sir Johns John's stud study was a cos cosy room on the same floor with Ith the breakfast parlor and commanding a view of the lie avenue a with wih its Is arching elms He lie placed a chair for or his daughter still sUI In iii grim sl silence ce and amid Katherine sank into It in iii a Ito flutter luter of slon sion Fear Flar was a n weakness that l per per- er- er hans had hud never nover nt er troubled the girl In her life Whatever the lie blood In her veins it I was at least thoroughly hl e. e And womanlike it was ivan more for |