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Biting her lip with chagrin, Juno went back to the drawing-room, while Morris returned to his hotel, acco with hi on his mind which he wished to say; but it remained unspoken, and there was no allusion to Silverton until as Wilford was leaving, he said: "Remember otten them"

And this was all there was to carry back to the anxious Katy, who on the afternoon of Morris' return fro to pour his tea and h the real reason was shining all over her telltale face, which grew so bright and eager when Morris said: "I dined at Mr Caradually faded as Morris described his call and then repeated Wilford's e

"And that was all," Katy whispered sorrowfully as she beat the dahtly together to keep back her disappointain there was a tear on her long eyelashes, and it dropped upon her cheek, followed by another and another, but he did not seehts in Broadway until Katy was herself again, able to take part in the conversation

"Please don't tell Helen that you saw Wilford," she said to Morris as he walked home with her after tea, and that was the only allusion she iving any token of the wounded love still so strong within her heart, and waiting only for soor

This was in the winter, and Katy had been very sick since then--so sick that even to her the thought had sometimes come: "What if I should die?" but she was too weak, too nearly unconscious, to go further and reflect upon the terrible reality death would bring if it found her unprepared She had only strength and sense enough to wonder if Wilford would care when he heard that she was dead; and once, as she grew better, she al at her own obsequies, seeing only one mourner, and that one Wilford Cameron Even he was not there in tirave and called her "darling Katy" So vividly had Katy pictured all this scene, that Morris, when he called, found her flushed and hot, with traces of tears on her face