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ae a Se ine Toe omg uy erred with y te em Marval ft Uke mmm Marne vetuame te ht bie Mare The lovers rewire Wo wall, Uhereture, ee shall tome of age le tee Meme (ne ot the yary of Bose om etured Ws them tw the Holy King by egryees party Ww the maser and Marie comsuiia with one of Bee comes ws to ertte ber caring ber tee CHAPTER XVII. (Osa umved.) HAT te @ good idea,” said the vrouw; “but how In the | name of God are we to get Allan out of a guarded house nto a mealie-pit?” “Tanto, I have a rirht to go to my busband's house, and there I will go. Afterwards, too, I shall have the » wight to leave his house before he ts taken away, Well, he might leave Pin my place, as me, and you and Hans might he'n him. Then in tho morning the Boers would come to search the house and find no one except me.” ‘bat is all very pretty,” answered the vrouw; “but do you think, my niece, that those accursed vultures will go away until they have picket Allan's bones? Not they, for too much hangs on ft. They will know that he cannot be far off, and slink about the place until they have found him in his mealle-hole or until he comes out. It 16 blood they are after, thanks to your cousia Hernan, the liar, and blood they will have for their own safety’s sake. Never will they go away from here until they eee Allan lying dead upon the ground. Now, according to Hans, Marie thought again very deeply. Then she answered: “There is a great risk, tante, bul we must take It. Send your husband to chat witb those guards, and give him @ bottle of spirits. I will talk with Hane here and eee what can be arranged.” So Marle went aside with Hans, as he told me afterward, and asked him if he knew of any medicine that mado people sleep for a long while without waking. He answered, Yes; all the colored people had plenty of such medicine, Without doubt he could get some from the Kaffirs who dwelt upon the place, or if not he could dig the roots of a plant that he had seen growing near by which would serve the purpose. So she sent him to pro- oure this stuff. Afterward she spoke to the Vrouw Prinsloo, saying: “My plan is that Allan should es- cape from our house disguised as my- self. But as I know well that he will not run away while |.e has his senses, seeing that to do so tn his mind would be to confess his guilt, I pro- pose to take his senses from him by means of a drugged drink, Then I propose that you and Hans should carry him into the shadow of this house, and when no one Is looking, to the old grain-pit that les but a few yards away, covering the mouth of it with dead grass. There he will yemain till the Boers grow tired of searching for bim and ride away. Or if tt should chance that they find him, he will be no worse off than he was before." “A good plan enough, Marle, though mot one that Allan would have any- thing to do with if he kept his wits,” answered the vrouw, “seeing that ho was always a man for facing things out, although so young In years, Stull, we will try to save him tn epite of himself from the claws of that etink- cat Pereira, whom may God curse, and his tool, your father, As you say, at the worst no harm will be done even if they find him, as probably they will, seeing that they will not leave this place without blood,” Such then was trick which Marie arranged with the Vrouw Prinsioo, Or rather 1 should say, scemed to arrange, since she told her nothing of her real mind, she who knew that the vrouw was right and that for their own sakes, as well as because thoy believed it to be jus tice, the Boers would never leave that place until they saw blood run- ning on the grass. This, oh! this was Marie's true and dreadful plan—to give her life “for mine! She was sure that once he had elain his victim, Hernan Pereira would not stop to make ex- amination of the corpse, He would vide away, hounded by his guilty con- ecience, and meanwhile I could es- ae em nak > Oe mind > - 5S “MARI in Allan Quatermain Story Of South African Adventure IDER HA Fee Song-* The Evening World Daily Magazine. Saturday? March 27. 1915 thou « thing she wh maa error and had ¢ . f @ay from eiey eine my delive . *s y Marie pomed to drug me if t 2 undrugged. Then the hide me ae beet whe € to the erainpit of elsewhere, or, if f had my senvee abou! me hide self, Afterward she Marie, would Jace the Moers and tel them to find f they wa: ed me, The vrouw answered that he bad fow thought of @ better plan It wos that « uid arrange w bend end son and the Me ye whom loved that rei pr if need be they kill or a abie li ira befor ould shoot me Marie replied that thin wood if ft could be done, and the vrouw went Out to find her husband and the other men Presently, however, » turned with @ long face the commandant b guard, 1 them ell und It seemed that tt had oecurred to dim, or more probably to Pereira that the Pringloos d the Meyers, who looked on me asa b t attempt some rescue, or selves formidable tn Therefore, ana matter of pree they had been put un thetr arma take had been, W. commandant had eaid, however, was that he took these somewhat high-handed meas ures In order to be sure that they, the ther, mit Nake them other ways. er arre 1 from them as imine wut the Prins!oos and the Meyers, should be to ready on the following morning ride with him and the prisoner to main camp, where the great council might wish to tnterrogate them One concession, however, — the vrouw had won from the comiman- dant, who, knowing what waa about to happen to me, had not, I suppow the heart to refuse, It was that my wife and she might visit me and give me food on the stipulation that they both left the house where | waa con- fined by 10 o'clock that night. So it came to this, that If anything was to be done these two women and a Hottentot must do tt, since they could hope for no heip in their plans. Hero IT should add that the vrouw told Marie in Hans's presence that she had thought of attacking the commandant as to this matter of my proposed shooting by Pereira, On reflection, however, she refrained for two reasona; first, because sho fe 1 lest she might only make matters worse and rob me of iny sole helpers, and, secondly, for fear lest she should bring about the death of Hans, to whom the story would certainly bo traced. As he was the solitary witness to the plot, it seemed to her that he would scarcely be allowed to escape to repeat it far and wide, Especially was this so, a8 the unexplained death of a Hottentot, suspected of treachery ke his master, was not @ matter that would have been thought worth notice in those rough and bloody times, She may have been right, or she may have been wrong, but in weighing her dgcision it must al- ways be borne in mind that she was, and until the end remained, in utter ignorance of Marie's heroic design to go to her death In placo of me. So the two women and the Hotten- tot proceeded to mature the plans which [ have outlined, One other alternative, however, Hans did sux- gest. It was that they should try to drug the guards with some of the medicated drink that was meant for me, and that then Marie, I and he should slip away and get down to the river, there to hide tn the weeds. ‘Thence, perhaps, we might escape to Port Natal where lived Englishmen who would protect us Of course this idea was hopeless from the first. The moonlight was almost as bright as day, and the veld quite open for a long way round, so that we should certainly have been seen and recaptured, which of course would have meant instant death, Further, as it happened, the guards had been warned against touching Uquor of any sort since it was thought probable that an attempt would be made to Intoxicate them, Still tho women determined to try this scheme if they could find a chance, At least it was a second string to thelr bo’ Meanwhile they made thelr pre rations, Hans went away for a little and returned with a supply of his sleep- producing drug, though whether he got this from the Kaffirs or gathered it himself, I do not remem- ber, if 1 ever heard, At any rate it was boiled up in the water with which they made the coffee that I was to drink, though not in that which Marie proposed to drink with me, the strong taste and black hue of the coffee effectually hiding any flavor or color that there might be in the herb, Also the vrouw cooked some food which she gave to Hana to carry, First, however, he went to investi- gate the old mealie-pit, which was within a few paces of the back door of the Prinsloos's house, He report- 0d that it would do well to bide a man é’Men Who Fail—XX. «=> yy Robert Minor . Ver neve . 1 nett & or that th oot ve why “4 OW . ¥ ehowid they © burie «8 womane cether oe | eeomed lo wear? And whet wae that noise thet hea the the trump of doom so the trumping of do on oe bie barrelled gun 1 began to try to elimb of ' . fine feet deep an . the light Sowing ' & showed, I fownd thie . Just ae Tt woe etving Up cu. & yellow face appeared t neck whieh looked to me t 4 face of Hane, and ae arm ! downwards t ue aweke, bee ° ' wan the votes f Hane and | will pull you out ' and caught the arm ‘ the owner of * rately, and the 1 conded in wrip bottle iike hole poof the arm, tn Hane, for tt wae Hane ron before the Boers teh you What Roors? 1 asked ) theme Ont nd weantran wt n shout my lean” They ttooked about me, and, al. i v. bewan to recomnt my eur tings y this wae the Pr that ute \ the mint ab hing doing on yonder which excited ng curtontty, T could ace ving in unusual man | my awaker | teures m [ner and @ red to know what they Jwore doing, TF began to walk toward | them, and Hana, for hia part, began 6 in an oppamite di rection, uttering all sorts of eibbeniah an to the necessity of my running Hut TF would not be dragaed; jto try to den let the bills rum over to next month; a fellow must have his fun.’’|s* ee AMBRE Race ee Hindeod, fF atruck at him, until at teat, (i with an exclamation of despair, he In ft, espectatly as tall gras# and tn the second room on which towarm a right to Kill me for trying to has been brought to me that £ OM jet go of me and vaniahed, bushes grew about tty mouth, the food, Mans told his story much esc In disguise, That te a mad not to be taken to th camp to gy tT went on alone. [came to my Then the three of them start a8 it has already been set ou! plan, and 1 have @ better, Vrouw have my case inquired by the yin what LT thought resembled and riving at the door of my how I Ustened to it with growing fa+ Prinsloo, go straight to the com. counell, but am to be shot down in i. cid there saw a figure lying on ite which was about a hundred yards credulity, The thing seemed to met ant und tel him all this story. cold blood when T come out of thls a... on the ground some ten or ft- away, were the se = sible, Bither ceived or Wing, for well L know ¢ of imagination of course, challenged by Hans was de use tomorrow Ia that the latter probably » Hottentot powers Or, if he will not ls it out at that impo. morning. nto you scream | top of your voice so Ut every one may hear, and then “Allemachte, teen yards to the right of the door- way and noted abatractedly that it clothes, The tries, the ren," sald Marte, “the com- nglishman!” answered wag dressed in my mandant has ‘given us leave to bring Or perhaps he was come back and tell us the result. Of one of them. “Do you take us for Yrouw Prinaloo, in her absurd night food to my husband, whom you drunk; indeed, he smelt of Hquor, of one thing Iam sure, that If you do murderers? Our orders are to 1644 parmonte, wax waddling toward the guard within, Pray do not prevent Which I was aw. could carry @ this, even if there was any thought you to the commandant, wherever he fyare and a little way off stood Hor- ut quantity wi of my being shot us from enter ut outward signa to-morrow morn- may appoint, so have no fear that wa man Pereira, apparently tn the act of ansWwaréd one ot themmigontiy: OF ntaxicaHon ing, it will be abandoned, You can shall shoot you like a Kaffir, Either jaioading a double-barreled gun. Be- cnomith, for he was touched with pity. "L eannot believe it," T sald when refuse to say who toll you the tale." you or they who told vou much @atory yond, mtaring at him, stood the lan- yon i ANG Haver Gull cndera HO Has tt 1, “Even eirais “Yes, please do that," muttered are mad." Ho i pulling at to admit you, the Vrouw Prinsioo and *Uch @ fiend, as is possible, would Hans, “else 1 know one who will be “go 1 thousht, friends. Tanawered. his long 4 with one hand and the native servant, though why three Henrl Marais, your father—who, at shot.” “But where is the commandant and yolding a riffle In the other, Behind of you should be needed to carry food &MY rate, has always been a good and — “Good, 1 will go,” sald the Vrouw, where are the others? he Vrouw were two saddled horses in the to one man, I don't know, 1 should God-fearing tman—consent to work and she went, the guards letting her pringloo here has been to see them, a ree of a raw Kaffir, who looked have thought that at such atime be Aik . orline) eet his d brntars naoe) atiee a fow words which W® and reporta that thoy ure all gone. Stands z crarian to Hay ate husband, though he docs dislike him?" could not hear. pee Bs would shares nee reed: Fo! Re B10Ne) ity taiher In -not what’ Ke Waa, Eal¢anHoum Inter oho tatucned aod cannes is vary lkely," sald the Boer, rhe Vrouw Brinslog reached the Allan,” said Marie, "Sometimes £ called to ux to open the door. here t8 a rumor that ome of YoUF yody that iay upon the ground dress- “The Vrouw Prinsloo wishes to ase tin ny nrain has + Nanni techie Zulu brothers have come across th® ea in what resembled my clothes, and my husband certain questions about Sp 0 Speake ike A man “Well,” whee oatd. “E have tatioa, TUR axnin to hunt us, which If pending down her atout shape with hia property here and what te tobe ogy in haw Bene thik aeeaes hall a a isla a aa you want to know the truth, 1s WHY an effort, turned it over, Bhe glared pee v Se Are « hoon,” L replied, “Hut let us suppose side the door the commandant ri 1 WO ViRlted thin pinoe: “Well: tho Come tnt Ita face and’ Chel “ReeAA W at the main camp for the secon gery r ‘ : “t nandant has nh his men for a ride i Pee ceere Meer Te Meni GE Wier uA | rue, what Is It that ail the Roors have ridden off, 1 know jp ANlant Os De re ae shriek | Pes eae ren tee sorrow, have no head for such things. ee es a ie eee taking our people WIth iricne moontight, Pity he could not ghrteKed wee what your be- Also the Hottentot must have orders Pine : hay ue a ag ae unes iit wered, “but 1 (ke You. tov, since you would have jaye nephew has donet You had a as to whore he In to get a ROrRe tO eT eae nanan the perl wicpeee diay Neupigits tay ated known ko well where to find them, if qaughter who wan all your Ife to ride with him, 6o pray let us pass, $ ‘ they are there at Now please talk \), " Marais, Well, come, look eta le leaving tne here instead of enough Lok eh Chole nara * OF yy more nonscnae to um which I zo Hane arale, Wal 1 2mm le “Very good; tt ts no affair of ours, °°, ea vens Anowe Wee ¥ thought. ninkes ua sick to hear, and don't gaighed his work with her!” Why, Marie Tsoid, “fhen you Stay now, TI will do something,” and think that you can slip away b Stay, IT sup- hi Henrt Marais advanced slowly like Vrouw Quatermain—— might-e If shot » olaG might get yourself sh my place, opening the door 1 called to the 1 ’ 1 ler that we are only two, for you know our fy pose you have no arms under that aivayy supposing that they mean to guards, honest felows in thelr way, joa, dagen daa with dome ang we 200 Whe Gost Bel Ga ratand, He long cloak of your aver? *HOBE tHe, Also F should cortainly ba whom L had kvown tn past timos eve weacee ta aac cen od over the body on the ground, “Search mo, if sou will, mynheer” cunt and killed, as they would have “Listen, friends," 1 said, “A tale O' ae and locked down upon It through the she answered, opening the cioa “Phere,” Lsatd when E had shut the ynorning mists ataranaty att quick glance, he . ee a door, “how you have heard for your- ‘Then suddeniy he went mad, His nodded and bade them enter, saying . i selves, Aa T thought, there is nothing road hat fell from hia head and hip “Mind, you are to come out by ten betty Vincent's Advice to Lovers H thin fine story, 90 T hope you are jong hair acemed to stand up. Also ofelock, You tnust not pass the night | aannnnnnmmnnnnnnnnAnnnnnAOAOOAAARRPRAADACRARDPRAPAPPRARIDARS | COV INCE" his beard Krew big and bristled like in that house, or we shall have | Long Engagements. Jehaperon would be considered esential| Neither the vrouw nor Marie made the feathers of a bird fn tromty little Englishman oversleeping him- HE tong 4 ra r Diet 5D eureee uy wolf lany answe Hans also held bis weather, He turned on Hernan rs % mn enga nent o be proc ie 6 BO abe out one, ” " welf In the mornir | Pcden ce uateves coasieln Lee taid iris Bo About without one. tongue, Yet, on L remembered afters Vercira, “You devil!" he shouted, Then they entered and found me Ty this T iean the engage: |Pirents’ advice and the oxainple uf] wards, 1 saw a strange glance pass and his volce sounded ike the roar seated at a table preparing notes for : F ang, | LOE friends, between the two women, who were of a wild beast; "you devil, you ment lasting from six to ten years, the oe and sometimes extending over Afteen | "E. my defense and setting down not at all convinced, and, although L could not get Marte for yourself, da of the facts of my relations| 8." writes young man has hi , paid’ ine considerable attention for| Hever dreamed of such a thing, had you have murdered her, Well, 1 will with Pereira, Dingaan, and the late [OF twenty years, In these case’ MAT !threy months, aud [ have Krowa to| now determined to carry out their pay you back!” t Ketter. rago is usually put off for Anancial liko him, ite has told me that hel own desperate plan, But ofthis tre: Without more ado he lifted his gun y state that my condition |reseane: Hither the sirl OF te Gian Solos f0n Me bu hat he is {9 ne Poet peat the vrouw and Hans only knew and fired straight at Hernan Pereira, at the time was not one of fear, but|i# unwilling to bewin thelr lice Mition Mt the present time to gation nae, st was locked In who sank elowly to the ground and rather of burning indignation, In- [together on a sinall income, Some- jie sister and her children, Would | Marie's loving he luy there groaning. deed, 1 had not the slightest doubt | times both have this feelin they | you advise me to wait for him?” “Perhaps you are right, Allan, sata Just then I grew aware that horse+ but that when my case was re-tried |!0%0 Years of splendid companionship. | aay anh enough for him), yrouw in tne tone of one who men, Were advancing Upon us,a great before the great council, I should be| Occasionally a marriage is deferred ae ROR's ives way to an unreasonable child. number of horsemen, though whence 1 for unselfish reasons, but selfish ones able to establish my complete in- | . 1+] hope ao, and, oucan they came at that time I did not nocence of the abominable charges |*%@ More often responsible for tts Jealow toe: Ttas sa ok tale tae Mow. lhe he tnean F fooceniane ean that had been bro ‘against me. {PostPonement, ‘That simply means). eno Lum qure loves mo, Hut | torrow morning until you wre quite in my half drunk he had Therefore it came about whea Marie | ing a long chance with happiness. (1 have a very Jealous disposition and in now ne su 0 sed himsol? upon I ‘i dn y ay suggested that I should try to escape) ag, - when Is r talking to other young |. r we shall not make matters my niind te unt k-bro One ae {flaunt ear | oe W. He writes: "I have become) men I bec angry. Still, F always) Per for we at bee » darkshrawed Ab erates ng Wien 7 MOt ©] much interested in a young woman| talk to other girls and think nothing| better hy golng hungry. Hans, bring commandant who had tried and con A y a ae i 4 ne ey ee } whom I moet daily on my way to and Peat yn »wocan | overcome this t jem time to death, He Paleo un away! 8 . hy, that} », aloun: t t nd, staring e two figures t would be to confess myself guilty,| comme OMem And I should ike t imply make up your mind. that 1 . 1y upon (, sad in @ toud : Four nines Winn, | become acquainted with wr, T know! you will do no, You seo your fault, |2%4 wo eu ; ad ino for only the guilty run away. | Wht ane proper way tv through an intro: | which t# half the battle of the " i volce: want Is to have all this business | 4). ; ; to nerve 5 Vat ix y © thene me aor : #1NC88 | duction, but how can 1 procure this 8." writes: "A ye nar o! ; “ > threshed out and that devil Pereira | since 1 know none of her friends and |, "A. 8" writes: "A young inun 4VO) strange! thing | and why they ave shot? Expla exposed.’ lehe none of mine’ me Py ee \ ne eee re oolly, | Peme ny atom “Men!” wailed Honr! Marats, “thay But, Allan,” ald Marte, “how If yearbape you ean find out where the TT the reson for hie KIEL Was bee | 8 o ful) @Fo not 2 Que is & woman you should never live to have it) Zouny lady works and can then a use he has a ring of mine, Shall 1 ‘4 A tle hild; and the other is a de threshed oUt? HOw 1f YoU BhOUId | ened in ee eee eine {ask for It and give him back Biel ing jue again and again upon the Who, being a devil, will not die, 8 be shot first?” Then she rose, and/to introduce you, Et is much better |O8N tip not die, Give me anothe having looked to sce that the shutter. | to persevere until you discover a It w m good plan, You shoul] aeegmed all a AEP THRE DMA eed ae niin mie , mutual friend than’ ty become hot &i Iry to any man excep board was teat in the Little window: erated’ Latarmaliy Met flante of accopt such prosents| cr pioa rea he whole mmandant looked about him place and the curtain that she had al [from men Irhen [ woke up by degrees to find Wildly, 1 his eye fell upon the made of sacking drawn over it, ree] “M. B." writes 1 i Jinyself in an earthen pit shaped like Vrouw Pringl turned and whispered: dane here | sider jt proper for f D. #." writes: "While call Mla bottle and having the vains of “What has chanced, vrouw?" he has heard a horrible tale, Allan, Tell [tetany tie theatre pe Foun Iman (PAR me DOAK: FOF A, sides to it. It made me think asked it to the baas, Hans. a young man @ little older than he call on mo at present. Shall £ retur bh who was let down by his “Only thie," she replied in @ voice So while Vrouw Prinsloo, In order | self, whom, she knc be a perfect hook?! My friends say It would be) brethren into a well tn the desert. of unnatural calm. “Your murderers to deceive any prying eyes if such | Sentioman nawit to him Now, who on earth could have let whom you set on in the namo of law It all depends on the social the custome circle of welf with lighting @ Use on the bearth tlends. Amons eoms necnle & nate of thanks would be nothing of the sort the book with @ friendly Send tle me down into a well, especially as { and justice have made a mistake, ad oo brethsen? VYerbaps I was not You tolé them to murder Alias Quat- by chance could see us, busied her- | o¢ girl's imum bin ’ ‘ eee “. Wee ~~ wit ofp aered ormain torr “— * Now the commandant strudh Bip heed wpe bie foreheed end greased. ane i ‘ew we ot et, foe forwert ehekiog my Bele aod @iyter we “4 (he com fe eomesl mane clothing Quelermain” anewered the + drumeet and tried 1 vutebers exclaimed the com aying Dieeding away, but before I die t must All that story f told amminat the Englishman is false He never plotted Dingeen inet the It wee I who plotted with Alpoush I hated him be cause he found me out, I did got wish Retief and our people to be killed, But 1 did wiah Allan Quatermain to be Killed, bea he had won hi rv J loved, though, aw It happens there were slain, and he alone ee ped. Then Leame here and learned that Marte was bla wife--yen, bie wife A-ond 1 grew mad with hate jealousy, Bo I bore false witness againet him, and, you foo you be- lieved me and ordered me to shoot him who te Innocent before God and , ) Then (hings went wrong, T van tricked me again—for the laat She dromsed herself as the man, and in the dawnlight [| wae decetved. I killed her, her whom I love alone, now her fat who loved her also, han killed me." Hy Uhia time I understood all, for my drugwed brain had a od at last, I ran to the brute upon the ground; grotesque In my woman's warments all awry, I leaped on bim and etamped out the last of hia life, Then, standing over his dead body, 1 shook my fate and cried: “Men, see what you have done, May God pay you back all you owe her and m They dismounted, they came round me, they protested, they even wept. And I, I raved at them upon the one aide, while the mad Henri Marais raved upon the other; and the Vrouw Prinsloo, waving her big arms, called down the curse of God and the blood of the innocent upon their heads and those of their children for ever. Then I remember no more. When I came to myself two weeks afterwards, for I had been very ii! and in delirium, I was lying in the house of the Vrouw Prinsioo alone. The Hoers had all gone, east and west and north and south, and the dead were long buried. They had taken Henri Marais with them, eo 1 was told, dragging tim away ip a bullock cart, to which he was tied, for he was raving mad, Afterwards he became quieter, and, indeed, lived for years, walking about and asking all whom he met tf they could lead him to Marie. But enough of him—peor man, poor man! ‘The tale which got about was that Pereira had murdered Marie out of Jealousy, and been yt by her father. Mut there were so many tragic bis- tories in those days of war and mas- secre that this particular one was soon quite forgotten, especially as those concerned tn it for one reaann and another did not talk overmuch of its detaila, Nor did I talk of it, since no vengeance could mend my broken heart, hey brought me heen found on Marte with her blood Here tt te: “My Husband “Thrice have you saved my Mfe, And now It fs my turn to save yours, or there Is mo other path, It may be that they will kill you afterward, but if so T shall be glad to have died firet in order that I may be ready to rect you in the land beyond, “I drugged you, Allan, then & cut off my hair and dressed myself to your clothes, The Vrouw Prinsloo, Hans and I set my garments upon 1. They led you out as though you wore fainting, and the guards, seeing me, whom they thought was you, standing {n the doorway, let them pans without question What may happen I do not know, for L writ \fier you are gone, I hop thot you will escape and lead some tall and bappy life, though | far that its best moments letter that had breast, stained Will abvaye be shadowed by memories f ome. Por [ know you love me, Allan, and will a ye ‘6 me, ast shail always love you. r Neht ts burning out—tke nie we ferewell, farewell! mo to an end at sad we shall meet n, adieu. Would that ve done move for you, since one who in loved with Dody, heart and soul is but a Mttle thing. Still, | have been your wife, Allan, and your wife f shall remain when the world is old, Heaven does not grow old, Allan, and there I shall greet you. The light ts dead, but another light heart “Your MARIE.” This was her letter, | do mS think there fs anything more to 4\aaid, This ts the histery of my Ne Jiove, —_ am > "8