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( Continued. ) "He is considered very handsome , " Joyce called mischievously after Reg gie's retreating figure ; but whether he heard her was doubtful , and her own frank , plain'face looked very grave , as she picked up her wools. "Madame is a clever woman , " she ar gued to herself. "Henri is under her thumb that is , he always seems to be afraid of her ; and Mollie is inex perienced and impetuous. It is little more than a fortnight since she re turned. Can Reggie mind already Reggie , who does not care for girls ? " But personal experience , in connec tion with the naval lieutenant to whom she was engaged , called loudly that a fortnight might make or mar a life , and she could not disguise from herself that Reggie had shown more interest in beautiful Mollie L'Estrange than he had ever exhibited for any woman save his motncr and herself before. A fresh matter-of-fact three- , - - girl , of - and-twenty , Joyce , though fond of Mollie , was inclined to look upon her as a child , and did not give her credit for half the sense and observation she possessed. For Mollie had learned a great deal in that past fortninght , though Reg gie had not always been her teacher. She knew that the good country people round , who had been her parents' friends , while wishful to be pleasant to herself , looked askance at Madame Dubois , whose great object in life waste to get into the charmed circle of their acquaintance. With this end she would drag the reluctant girl to any social gathering where she might meet them , and endeavor to force herself upon them until poor Mollie was bit terly ashamed of her ; while her smothered exultation wSen Mrs. An- struther did violence to her feelings by a stiff call showed Mollie more than words would have done how the resi dents of Chalfont House were regard ed in Reverton. Kate was a great trial to her sister ; she was delicate , nervous and excit able to a degree ; and , as her aunt never checked her , she was almost un bearable. All Mollie's efforts at friend ship she regarded with suspicion , as made to the heiress of Chalfont , and she flew into a rage If her sister tried to reason with her , or attempted to take the part of the unfortunate daily governess who for a couple of hours each morning endeavored to teach her. Mollie was very forbearing with her , trying never to forget that she was the baby whom she had seen in her mother's arms. But she was firm also , declining to be driven about , or stand any rudeness ; and Kate , finding her tempers disregarded , her imperi ous airs laughed at , began to treat her sister with sullen respect. Mollie was thinking of Kate after Reggie had left her at the gate , and she walked briskly up the graveled path , swinging her empty basket. She had promised some flowers for the church on Sunday , and wanted them also for wreaths for her parents' graves. Should she take them boldly from Chalfont , and incur her sister's wrath , or should she order them else where ? It seemed a shame that her mother's wreath should not be from the place she loved so well ; and yet she could not bear that anything for her should be wrangled over. There used to be a great clump of narcissi growing almost wild in a shady corner beside some laurels at the far side of the house. If Mr. Bar- lowo's vandal hand had spared them , she might surely have some from there ; and , intent on finding out , she never paused until she suddenly found herself nearly opposite the window of that fatal study where her stepfather had met his death by an unknown hand nearly twelve months previously. Since her return she had carefully avoided this spot ; it had a nameless terror , yet fascination for her. Mrs Barlowe's name was rarely mentioned in the house ; no servant would go past the study door alone after dark. It was not only madame's hard and mean rule that caused rarely a week to pass without some of them leaving they frightened each other ; tales of things seen and heard were rife among them , and it must be owned that Mollie was not proof against the general whisper ing , the unspoken fear , that seemed to hang over the place , especially after dark. She was half inclined to turn back now , even though the sun was shining and a whole colony of rooks cawing noisily in the tall trees further on. Round this very path the assassin must have stolen that bitter March night after he had done the deed , leaving the window wide open ; and . Why , the "window was open now ! Voices fell upon her ears. No one ever en tered that room but Madame Dubois , though it was unlocked. Who could it be ? Taking an impetuous step forward , her eyes fell on. madame herselfstand- ing erect with one hand on the table , her face haggard and white , her thin lipa drawn away from her strong v/hite teeth , her dark eyes gleaming under their heavy brows with a strange wild gleam ; while her volce.harsh and high , came clearly towards Mollie. "Are there no other apartments in the house but that you must come here here here ? " she screamed. "Why do you torture me like this ? Have I not enough to bear for you ? Ah , me ! How many mothers would have done as much ? " "Calm yourself , " mother , " cried a thin , reedy voice. "I had merely a fancy to view the chamber where my so tender-hearted relative shuffled off this mortal coil last Easter Sunday. Where is the harm ? " "No , no , my beloved ! " she answered , in a gasping voice , evidently struggling hard to recover her self-command ; "but coming in suddenly and seeing a manse near the time " And she clasped her hands as a visible tremor shook her from head to foot. "Every one was out ; I wanted amus ing , " ho eaid. "How dusty the place is. Why not use tbe room ? " "Impossible ! " panted she. "How can you expect it , Henri you , who saw 1 have it cleaned sometimes , but no one will do it alone , nor will they come near it until after Sunday. " "My uncle seems as much loved In death asin life. " And there was a fine sneer In the young man's voice. "Now , why did you send for me in such a hurry , mother ? I was having a good time in Paris music , pretty girls ! and then you insist that I must return to this dull hole. 'Tis absolutely cruel ! " "You have no thought for your own Interests. You are incorrigible ! ) ' she cried angrily. "I told you the reason plainly enough ; and you spend so much money , the sooner you fall in with my intentions the better for you ; then your future is assured. " "So you have dragged me away from a thousand engagements and pleasures just for this ! " Mollie heard him ex plain grumblingly. "What is she ? " "Oh , Henri , my adored ! " cried Ma dame Dubois , her voice vibrating with intense feeling , her eyes fixed with deep , passionate love on the other un seen occupant of the room ; "I feel that at this time I must have you with me that I must see you to feel that my sacrifices have not been in vain that through them you are prosperous. Is it nothing to you to be with youi mother ? " What reply the son made Mollie did not hear , for , recovering from her as tonishment , she stole quietly away , thankful that madame's keen glance had not fallen upon her. That Mon sieur Henri Dubois had arrived before he was expected that he had come , not because he loved his home and wished to make her acquaintance , as madame had repeatedly declared , but because she had sent him an impera tive summons was clear ; but why had she done so ? Nor could Mollie , having seen the mother's hard face , softened and beautiful with feeling , doubt that this invisible son , with the thin , sneering voice , was the passion of her life , the being for whom she would go through fire and water. CHAPTER IV. It was with conflicting feelings that Mollie brushed out her sunny hair be fore luncheon , staring absently the while Into the glass with a perplexed frown. They were strange people , these Du bois , and she uneasily felt that she could not fathom them. Henri's cynical tone she considered unfeeling , for Leonard Barlowe had been his uncle after all ; while madame never showed the least respect for her dead brother , though any allusion to him would visibly upset her self-con trol. And Mollie shrewdly guessed that the extravagant affection she heaped on Kate v/as but on the surface. Evidently madame had sent for her son , and there was a "she" in the case did they mean Kate ? Already Mollie had not a very high idea of their probity , and wondered how much power they had over the child's fortune. But she did not think of herself at the moment , except to be glad that she was no relation of theirs. And then her thoughts drifted off to Reggie , and there was a smile on her face as she flung open the door , nearly running over Kate , who was advancing consequentially quentially down the corridor , a huge box of distinctly Parisian bonbons in her arms. "I shall not give you one because you would not take me to get moss , " she said , with solemn spitefulness , as she displayed them. "You should have gone with pleas ure had you asked nicely , " returned Mollie , unrufiled. "But I will not take you anywhere when you are unpleas ant. " And before the irate mistress of the house could find anything bitter enough for her poor little tongue to utter , the elder girl had passed her , and , descending the stairs , entered the dining room , where Madame Dubois and her son were standing by the fire. There they stood , these aliens and strangers , giving themselves all the airs of proprietorship in the house that ought to have been quite as much her's as Kate's. Standing , too , right ! under the painting of her father In full uniform that hung over the manial- plece. It would have been removed long ago but that it had coat some hundreds of pounds , and , Mr. Barlowe secretly thought , added distinction to the room. A hot wave of indignation and wounded pride swept over Molllo What business had these people at Chalfont using everything as their own , while she herself was but a guest ; and it was a very frigid and haughty bow that she gave In the direction of Monsieur Henri Dubois when his moth er Introduced'him. "What am I to call you ? " exclaimed madame playfully. "Is it to be cous ins ? " "Certainly not , madame , " she broke in quickly , with a polite smile. "I am a L'Estrange , and the only relation I have in my father's house is my half- sister Kate. " And her tone clearly implied that no other would be al lowed. The elder woman's face darkened visibly ; but before she could speak Henri said , with a graceful , sweeping bow : "Mademoiselle is cruel ; but I trust in time to win and deserve her friend ship. " With some murmured words of as sent Mollie sank into her seat , and dur ing luncheon took as complete a sur vey of the young man as the fact that he was covertly trying to do the same thing of her would allow. Small.slight , dapper , with sharp , well-cut features , a sallow complexion , and quick , black eyes , he was Indeed a contrast to the young officer who already held a large place in her heart. A thorough Frenchman was Henri Dubois , both in thought and appear ance , though his English was very good ; and as he sat at the foot of the table caressing his small , black mus tache and endeavoring to make himself agreeable , Mollie privately came to the conclusion that she disliked and dis trusted him only a little less than she did his mother , and that might only be because she did not know him so well. Indeed his high voice and cynical air contrasted badly with Reggie An- struther's hearty tones and easy , well- bred manner , though it was plain that his mother thought him perfect , and rarely took her eyes from his face. "Where have you been this morning , Mollie ? " she demanded at length , when there came a break in the conversa tion. "She has been for a country walk with Mr. Anstruther. I saw her , " broke in Kate's little voice , maliciously "And she would not take me. " Did a swift glance of meaning pass between mother and son ? Mollie could not be quite sure , for this unprovoked attack was disconcerting enough to make her blush furiously. It was very annoying , and madame's eyes were turned upon her crimson visage with unmerciful scrutiny. "Kate knows why I would not take her , " she said , breaking the pause with a somewhat haughty ring in her young voice. "But this Mr. Anstruther " began madame coldly. "I met him when I was going to gather moss , and he accompanied me" rather defiantly. Madame's lips went into the thin line that gave such a very unpleasant expression to her face , and Mollie con tinued her luncheon with but a hazy notion of what was on her plate , and a vague , uncomfortable presentiment that picking moss in the bright sun shine with Reggie for a companion would not be allowed to occur again. Two or three times already , when her opinion had not agreed with madame'p , she had been obliged to yield , and as the scene of the fragrant earthly moss , the flickering light through the bud ding branches in the shady lane , and Reggie's laughing brown face rose be fore her , so also did a feeling of her own helplessness in Madame Dubois' strong , shapely hands. ( To be Continued. ) Taxpayers Squeezed l > y Austria. The taxpayers of Galicia have many grievances against the Austrian gov ernment ; says Michael Henry Dzie- wicki in the Cnieaso Record. The chief complaint is that the assessors of taxes will not admit the declaration of income drawn up by the taxpayer as what he really gets , but substitute a sum which they say he ought to get. This is flagrantly unfair and contrary to law , and makes the taxpayer liable to rates for what does not exist. When challenged as to this arbitrary pro ceeding ; the assessors answered that they had merely raised the taxes , and maintained that in order to raise an action against them the complainant would require to prove a false state ment. This deprives the taxpayer of any legal remedy , except going before the commission of complaints ; but. as the commission is supposed to deal with 12,000 appeals within a few weeks it can be readily seen that It cannot possibly go into the details of any case. Secoiul-Story Flea. The "second-story flea" has been discovered at St. Joseph. 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