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"WeM mamma, kind hfru aix- ni-ire
ti.at. ccronfU1. aren't hf'?"
'More what than toronetw? I liivnv
the guctation, of couiw; but I can't
ny that I ever understood It. A ior-
onet if one sort of a thin? and a
kind heart is another. And I don t s.-e
why. if It comes to that, the pofwwr
ef a coronet shonldn't be the pu-i--svr
of a kind heart af well."
, And Mrs. Krne Pat back in her deck
fhair wilh an air of having fnii.-hed
the discussion, shr was on her way
back home to KnKland lth her dauifh
,ter whom she had taken out to India
t! a visit to Colonel Krne, whrw mili
tary duties kept him out there, away
from his wife and his pretty daughter.
Mrs. Erne, like many other wives of
military men, had imbitcd from ber
husband a tone and habit of authority,
which she used upon the pretty Hildred
unsparingly, and more than ever at
this particular Juncture, when the
beautiful blue-eyed girl a showing
the strongest inclination to commit an
act which her mother termed "throw
ing herself away."'
Mrs. Erne was ambitious, and the
exceeding beauty of her young daugh
ter had filled her with hop-, which
peemed perfectly reasonable, that Hil
dred wouW make a brilliant marriage.
Indeed, It waa what everyoooy expect
ed of a girl who had been the un
doubted beauty of her one London sea
son. But now this wrons-headed young
yesson, who looked so gentle and In
nocent that it was difficult to believe
her capable of anything so definite as
an original Impulse, had threatened
her own prospects an her mother's am
bitions by bestowing a great deal too
wiueh of ber thoughts and of her smiles
wpon a certain Captain Tarring, whom
be met In London and again In India,
aad who had been one of her most
devoted admirer during her stay in
th bill.
It had come as a great shock upon
Mr. hVne to find Captain Tarring
the passengers on board the
which was to bring herself and
Mr taagbUr back to England: but on
that toother ol the passenger
wa a ertaia Prince Lagonegro, a man
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"Do you rman that you 'fel' th;it
Captain Tarrini? i full of heart, while
Prince Lagonrgro has none?" asked
j h-r mother, t-harply.
"No. no. mamma; of course not. But
I like Captain Tarring better than I
do the pjiiH-e."
"Now. of hat pontile value ran the
imaginary HkiiiK of a KiH like you be?
It i a t.i re matter of prejudice. Jsn't
the prime handsomer than Captain
Tarring? VYktier? More dlftlngulh.-d
looking? t'.(.ide, the important fact
that he is better off?"
"VeK, 1 Huppoce he in handxomep; but
I don't like his face co well. And an
for hii being hetfr olT. one couldn't
marry a man Jn cold bbyod for that,
rtow could "ne?"
"Of course not, of course not. It's no
cjuei'tlon of marrying anybody yet. J
only wish you to put a little brain
Into your . rniri ration of jour ke
'juaintant e. Vou've lieeu talking to
thin CaptiUu Tarring lately to the ix
clunion of everybody ele; and quite
apart fropi an consideration of money
I hope I'm not a mercenary woman
quite apart from that, I ay. I .think
you're making a mistake in rating him
an highly aa you do. And you know
Major ntanway tiiitinn am ! do."
Klldred face fell. This wan a sore
point with her, that Major Rtanway,
an old friend of theirs, and a person
whom everybody liked and everybody
trusted, had. indeed, "gone over to the
enemy," as Captain Tarring expressed
It, and joined in tinging the praises
of the prince.
Indeed, at this very moment that the
two ladles were discussing that mat
ter, young Captain Tarring was taking
Major Htanway to task In the smoking
room about his attitude In the affair.
"Do you think It's quite fair, Blan
way," said the young man, who wu a
pleasant-faced Englishman of a type
happily common, "to take up the stand
you do In regard to Miss Erne and
this wretched foreigner?" 1
"Wretched foreigner.eh? If you mean
Prince Lagonegro, It aeems an odd
term to use of a man who la as much
an Englishman as you are by breeding
and education, though he Is Italian by
descent"
"Well, don't put me oft and evade
the question. It seem very hard that
you, who know how fond I am of Hll
dred Erne, and who used to profess
and sytnpathU? with mm hout It,
should now to about cracking up t
th ski as the very man whom you
know to be my rl with her."
"I art know what rov. mean by
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of a man with a title and a fortune
than she does of me!" '
"Now, look here, my young friend,
you're perfeotiy unreaMonaine "
"I dare say" , ,
"Listen to me. Pidn't I V'U '"u1 l
the oiilset, when you first ..mentioned
your attachment, that you had no
i chance?-"
"I.tit " '
"1'idn'l I tell you that Sirs. Krne
wouldn't let her handsome ."daughter
thick about a man like you, with only
a few hundreds a yeac and that you
I raiM the cold shoulder directly
a man a little better off turned up?"
"Vis, 1 k'now you "did. "And I ad-mitte-i
that my chance was a poor one.
l:ul still 1t was a cri.'ince, and with
U.n'red ts bark me tip, I was not with
out linpee. - Of course, l.don't ay yog
bnven't a perfect risht to advise Mrs.
Krne, to snub , rcajand , to encourage
Hi ? tpi ii.ee. But say It isn't the
sort of tbiriR people would have ex
pected you to do, and it's hurt as
much a it's surprised me." r
Tin1 ycuiig man was too much agitat
ed t-, speak in a very even tone, and
It waa cli ar that even thu tough old
n;ajir was moved by his motion. He
got jp from his chair,, walked up and
down the smoking- room a few time,
nad then stonjwdshort. holdine on by
thrfchatr rt , toe foung man, though
hin ea Ugs were sleu'. .er.ajgji.
'f SUf frfiee ldoes sevu; old to you,
my boy, but I tell you It's all for your
own Krd. as well as little Miss Krne'.
t f course, you don't believe m no
body ever believes anything that's
done fu" hl good. But you'll find it
out some day, I hope, and In the mean
tlTiii if you can't forgive me for going
my own way, why I can't help It.
Captain Tarring said nothing. There
uas w) much f-llng In the major's
voice, gruff as it was, that he felt boani
to rspct the opinion expressel by
him. Kul at the same time he fe't
very sore about it, and this sensutlvn
was considerably increased by some
thiihj which happened later In the day.
Two of the passenger were getting
ur a party for whist that evening, and
it fell to Captain Tarring to have to
sk Prince Lagonegro to take a ha'id.
Not only, however, dl4 the prnlce re
fuse, 'raying somewhat' curtly that he
mad? it a rujle never to play cards n
boaJ ship, but he repeated the Inci
dent to Mrs. Erne, and Mr. Krne'
repeated it to th major, who exp-esa-ed
his opinion, very warmly, that ll.e
prince waa right ,( t
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"Did he really?" asked Hlldred. "He
talks as If he'd never touched a curd
at all. And mamma ald It'wd" quite
delightful to meet a man with so much
aense." " '
"NomKfiiHe!" cried a Captain Tarrlr.c,
sharply, "Aak the. major whether his
friend used not to gamble, and for
haevy stakes, too."
"Oh, he wouldn't admit It." said 1 1 il
dred. I can't understand why It Is,
but he always talks about the prince
to mamma as If he were the pink tf
Perfection
and frowned.
"Yes; for Koine reason Me takes his
part through thick and thin."
"rt rhaps,"' suggested Hldred, "he
knows the prince used to play hlfih,
and admireH him for giving It up."
This seemed a vary possible explana
tion, and faptain Tarring had to ad
U)it that t It might be the truth. If
the prince, had been a gambler and
had "sworn off" to please ' his friend
the major, it would account for the
extraordinary Interest the latter ap
peared to show in the young nobleman.
"Then, f course," said the captuin,
wlth,jt shrug of the shoulflers, "he be
comes at on e a hero In your oyes. We
ajl know how dearly a woman loves a
rfririA3 r.Jie, or spendthrift ,or.ss'-,
Ihlng of that sort.
"H's very unfair of you to say that,
iOerard." said Hlldred warmly, "and 1
don't deserve It. Have I ever made any
pretence of Jiklng anybody as well as I
tin you."
"Then why don't you tell your moth
er boldly, point blank, that It's of no
use trying to prevent your marrying
me? Why don't you take a bold
stand, Hlldred? You're a coward at
heart I believe!"
The girl shook her head slowly, with
a troubled look in ber eyes.
"I don't think I am," she said, "but
I know so well Just what would happen
If I took what you call a bold stand.
In the first place, of course, mamma
would have to pretend to agree, and
we should be engaged, shouldn't we?"
"Well, that would be something, In
stead of my having to stond about and
meet you under the companion In this
hole and corner fashion."
"Well, but listen. Then mamma
would never' leave off running you
down, not openly, you know, but by
implication, In a hundred little pin
pricking ways. Oh, you don't know
what mamma can do In that way?"
"And do you mean to say you would
let yourself be persuaded Into think
ing !he lea of me for her pin pricks?"
"No; hut It wouldn't be very pleas
antnow would It? Well, then, there's
tiiother , thing she'd t do. 8h would
never leave you alone. Bo you think
ymf 'couM always be amiable and
aourtrouj, as well a wla and 41a-
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"Well, she would. I feel sure, ani
that wouldn't be all. IU-member, I
have to- go with her Just where she
pleases to take me. and you may be
very sure that, if I were engaged to
jou, she'd please to take nie where
we i.uuid never see each other, or "
"Hut we wouldn't have a long en
gagemetit. A Jiy should you? After all
I am not a pauper, you know, and
there's nothing to wait for,"
Ulidied sighed.
''1 don't believe you really care about
me at all," K:hl h", hurt and offended
by her sileiv e.
1 lie lr-uin vauif tt, lief bliiV? c'trn.
"I knew you'ds ay that," she mur
mured. "Hut it Isn't true. I do love
you, as I've told you a hundred times.
And until the major took sides against
you I was always hoping"
"Ah!" he burst out, with an explo
sion of rage, "I kn-w it was he who
had done this. I knew your mother
would never have been so Insolent to
me as she has been the last day or
two"
"Oh, don't! don't talk about It. I
know It's true and It break's my heart
to hear her."
,"Tht-n you do really mean to Ut
.hem arrange your life for you. and
marry ou ,t this fellow you don't
care two straws about? Or, stay, per
haps you are a!! the time only flirting
with me, Just to lead the other man
on? Perhaps "
"Perhaps you're a Jealous goose, Ge
rard. I not only do not like the prince,
but I positively dislike him. If I were
shut uo In a prison until I married him
I should remain In piison all my life,
I don't think T can say anything
stronger than that."
"Do you mean that?"
"Indeed indeed I do."
"Hut why? He's good looking
much better looking than I am."
"I know he is, he's much better man
nered than you are, I really think. And
I'm sure he's cleverer, and can talk
more languages, and all that."
"Yes, and he's given up gambling to
please you, I suppose, which Is quKe
touching, of course," burst out Gerard,
angrily.
"Has he? I didn't know II. I was
going to aay that what he Is and what
he doe makes n difference. Although
I don't know why, I dislike him, al
most a much, Gerard, as I like you."
There wkt some comfort In this
BMurance, and with that and a sur
reptitious kiss Captain. Tarring had
to be content.
But, if anything, thing grew worse
as the days went on, and the prince
devoted himself so assiduously to Mrs.
Erne and her daughter that the rumor
grew that Hlldred was engaged to that
handsome young nobleman. And Cap
tain Tarring, eating hi heart out In
rag and disgust, withdrew to the
background, wondering whether Hll
dred waa true at heart after all,
Befor ;th end of the voyage Captain
TarnntT had witMrawn himself ao
completely from th Erne that there
m . ! but that moot La-
rn
gonegro had ousted him from the af
fections of the beauty. It wa by
chance rather thin by design that
Captain Tarring found himself In th
vicinity of Mrs. Erne and her daugh
ter, the major and Prince Lagonegro,
when the ship at last cast anchor,
Hlldred tried In vain to ret near
enough to Cerard and far enough from
her mother to exchange a few word
of remonstrance or of farewell. IVInc
Ijigonegro. tender of manner and flow
ery of speech, stood steadily In th
way, with his faithful friend and com
panion, Major Htantvay. close behind
him. The major slipped his arm with
in tnat ot the young nobieman. how
ever, and asked him whether he wa
not glad to be home again.
"Indeed, I am." crl-d the prince, les
fervently, however, than might have
been expecleil. His attention was fixed
upno two keen-eyed men advancing
toward him, Invited by a wave of the
major's hand.
The keen-eyed men .atne straight
the group, and the, prince, more un
easy than ever, made another attempt
to get free from the major's hand.
"Are you looking for Major Hlan
wny?" asked that officer, as the men
came up to him.
"Yes sir." said the first man, til
eyes traveling at one from th major
to his companion. "This Is the gentle
man you wished us to meet, I think?"
At the same moment he laid a heavy
hand upon the shoulder of the pal
prince,
"What do you mean? Who are you?
How uir yuti iny imnuif on ttirr" wt
ea the nobleman. Inc iKnantlv.
The man nodded at the niaior, with
out taking any notice of his compary
ion s oiscomnture.
"Might, sir," said he. "We've bee
looking for this gentleman for some
time. Come now" and he turned per
sunslveiy li, the prim "Uie luim'i ii
and you'd better come away with u
f)Uletly."
The prince came rapidly to the sam
conclusion. With a hasty bow to th
Indies, assuring them that he would
meet them at their hotel, he let him
self be led to the tender, while Mr.
Krne, whiter than he was, turned ter
ror stricken to the major and aaked
what was the matter
"Only that the 'prince' Is a well
known gambling sharper, and that he'
now safe In custody," replied that gen
tleman serenely.
"And you never told me. You you
let hlm-let us" Mrs. Erne could not
speak for rage.
"1 didn't know myself who he waa."
said the major, cpiietly. " had suspi
cions only, until the detective met m
at my request."
Captain Tarring was near enough t
hear this, and he at once came toward
the group.
p i.ii-f. niiximng i can ao. aire,
Krne," said he to the pal lady, "In th
way of looking after your luggage e
anyllhng, I shall be most happy7
"Oh. you're very good. Indeed, I
shall he very grateful."
"More grateful than she would hav
been ten minute ago," whispered th
old major, as she turned awayf'Ther.
you silly fellow, aee what Tve don for
you I Now she's encouraged that seam,
so openly, there's nothing left for her
to do but to fall bark on you. and be
grateful. Now take back your harZ
word, you dog, and remember yea owa
your pretty wife to me." .
He was right. That evening at th
hofel Gerard Tarring waa formally a,
repted by Mrs. Km u ber fmraawT
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