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of your lady acquaintances mistress of your old home 

 if you refuse the honour." 



These were powerful arguments, hut still she hesi- 

 tated, and sometimes, while pondering the matter, a 

 feeling of pity — a sensation of regret — at the memory 

 of her harshness towards the sailor laddie obtruded 

 itself. 



"A fellow feeling makes us wondrous kind," and 

 now that Miss Ingath was herself experiencing some 

 of the pains and penalties of love, she could feel for 

 her young lover of lang syne, and wish she had not 

 been so hard, and so hasty 1 



Mr. Nemo, meanwhile, suffered none of the agonies 

 of hope deferred. Not he ! He had theories of his 

 own regarding love — very odd theories some people 

 would call them. One of those theories was that a 

 man of good physique, ready wit, courteous manners, 

 and pleasant speech cannot fail to wake love in a 

 woman's heart if he makes it plain to her that he 

 loves her. Holding such an opinion, Mr. Nemo was 

 not at all uneasy regarding his courtship. 



So, to make a long story short, the wooing was 

 successfully brought to a happy conclusion, and Miss 

 Ingath went to the Manse on the understanding that 

 within a month she must return for good and all to 

 Orgert. 



And now what think you ought to happen ? Ought 

 Ole Harrison to come back like a ghost from the past 

 to reproach her for scorning him and smiling upon the 

 wealthy Mr. Nemo ? Ought the sailor lad to return 



