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I handed her the open letter to read

She blushed delightfully; she cast one tenderly grateful look at me, which I remembered but too well for many and many an after-day The next ed again Sootten consideration seemed to have occurred to her She turned pale; the soft lines of pleasure in her face hardened, little by little; she regardedthe letter down beforea postscript, sir?"

I suppressed all appearance of surprise as well as I could, and took up the pen again

"Would you please say," she went on, "that I aed for more"--her voice sunk lower and lower, so that I could barely hear the next words--"for more than three ht to say it was not in the nature of aso asked to supplement a letter of recommendation by such a postscript as this

"Have you some other employment in prospect?" I asked

"None," she answered, with her head down, and her eyes avoidingof jealousy--found its way into my mind

"Have you some absent friend," I went on, "who is likely to prove a better friend than I aive hiray eyes rested on ot a friend in the world," she said "For God's sake, ask ave her the letter once more--with the postscript added, in her oords

We stood together by the table; we looked at each other in a momentary silence

"How can I thank you?" she murmured, softly "Oh, sir, I will indeed be worthy of the confidence that you have shown in me!" Her eyes moistened; her variable color came and went; her dress heaved softly over the lovely outline of her bosom I don't believe the man lives who could have resisted her at that ht her in my arms; I whispered, "I love you!" I kissed her passionately For aon rant lips softly returned the kiss In an instant more it was over She tore herself aith a shudder that shook her froiven to her indignantly at my feet