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"My brother, in a way," she resumed "Arthur's father was a er and my mother was a hen they were married You are surprised?"

"There is no reason why I should be," he answered, curiously relieved at her last statement "Your brother and I have been connected in business for some years We have seen very little of one another outside"

"I dare say," she continued, still timidly, "that Arthur's friends would not be your friends, and that he wouldn't care for the sas You see, my mother is dead and also his father, and as we aren't really related at all, I cannot expect that he would co after I had gone to bed--he rang the bell here I was frightened, for just now I a So I looked out of theand I saw hiainst the door I hurried down and let hilance at him, "I have never seen any one look like it He was terrified to death So seemed to have happened which had taken away from him even the power of speech He pushed past me into this roo across the rooh he were a woman in a fit of hysterics His clothes were all untidy, he was as pale as death, and his eyes looked as though they were ready to start out of his head"

"You htened," Laverick said softly

"Frightened! I shall never forget it! I did not sleep all night He would tell --he has scarcely spoken a sensible word Early this o upstairs, and ht from the cheet up, but in a ain and hides his face If any one rings at the bell, he shrieks If he hears a footfall in the street, even, he calls out for htened in my life I didn't knohom to send for or what to do When he wrote that note to you I was so relieved You can't ilad I am to think you have come!"