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Those bitter words of Cleve's, as if hein her ears and seeh her dazed mind like a knell of doohed upon by an insupportable burden; and

she prayed that day ht to the ht

She was cold and stiff She had lain uncovered all the long hours of

night She had not er since she had fallen upon the bed,

crushed by those bitter words hich Cleve had consented to join

Kells's Legion Since then Joan felt that she had lived years She

could not re those

black hours; nevertheless, a decision had been formed in her mind,

and it was that to-day she would reveal herself to Jim Cleve if it

cost both their lives Death was infinitely better than the suspense

and fear and agony she had endured; and as for Jiot up, a little dizzy and unsteady upon her feet Her hands

appeared clue fro her mask, she

bathed her face and coo out without her face covered, but she thought better of it

Cleve's reckless defiance had communicated itself to her She could