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After All.

AFTER ALL .

BY HENRY CALVERT . APFIiEBY , Eon . Librarian of the Hzdl Literary Club , and Author of " A Queer Courtship , ' " The Fatal Picture , " etc ., CHAPTER XIII .

Shut round with narrowing nunnery walls . —GUINEVERE . 66 "jyTY dear sister , do not give way like this . Come , cheer up ! You know ixL this will never do you any good . Remember , Mr . Redtaper is only sli g htly hurt . " " Don't mention his name to meVictorif you love me . I cannot bear it

, , now . Poor fellow ! He has suffered much for me , and I have been very cruel to him ; but I can never be anything to him ; my heart is not mine , " ancl she again burst into sobs . " Well , well , but listen to reason . This is weak ; we all have our crosses to bear . Be brave and true , ancl Arthur Humberton may be yours yet . " " Do you think I would have him now , when he has again made love to

that pale-faced , yellow-haired , Miss Phane , with no more passion about her than a butterfly ? No , let him follow his weak fancy ; let him adore her ; worship her ; smother her with kisses until he sickens of the delicate flower , while my heart , which might have satisfied him , breaks — breaks — breaks ! Humberton I" she hissed ; " afool who cannot appreciate a true woman ' s lovebut falls in love with a doll—a woman with only half a soul ;

, audit mi ght have been—ah ! " ancl once more she wept bitterly . Victor felt that he only made matters worse in attempting to soothe her , so he wisely desisted ancl left her alone . He was sorry that his impetuous sister should have carried affairs so far with Humberton , whose heart had evidently been elsewhere , and that she should have given way to such violence .

Her parents had little power over her , and could little affect her paroxysms of grief -. perhaps she was best alone , where she could think in leisure over the past few months and their miserable climax . She had always been very wayward , ancl would take no counsel , and she generally had her own will in spite of wholesome opposition . Not that she was not affectionate and grateful in her way , but it was in an impetuous , imperious manner , full of self-consciousness ancl a kind of condescension . With Arthur Humberton , however , there

had been little of this kind of feeling . She had thrown herself ( figuratively . speaking ) heart and soul at his feet , unreservedly ; and as she had felt his resistance gradually overcome , ancl the power of her attraction became felt , her heart had gone out still more to him , ancl she made wilder efforts than ever to secure him all for herself that she might feed on his whole love . Thus had she untiringly enticed him for months , and she had begun to feel her passion returned ; she saw that soon his passion would burst its bonds and declare its full force in her power . A little longer and Humberton would have fallen at

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CHINESE FREEMASONRY. Article 1
Untitled Article 5
Untitled Article 6
Untitled Article 7
Untitled Article 8
MASON'S MARKS FROM CARLISLE ABBEY. Article 9
APPENDIX. Article 10
BASSENTHWAITE LAKE. Article 12
JUNIUS. Article 14
MANY YEARS AGO: THE ANCHORITE'S LAMENT. Article 16
AN OLD MASON'S TOMB. Article 17
THE HISTORY OF SELBY, ITS ABBEY, AND ITS MASONIC ASSOCIATIONS. Article 21
HISTORY OF THE AIREDALE LODGE, No. 387. Article 28
AMONG THE HILLS. Article 33
SEA-SIDE SIGHTS. Article 34
MASONIC SYMBOLISM. Article 35
ON THE RHINE. Article 39
FLOWERS. Article 40
AFTER ALL. Article 41
NATURE IN REPOSE. Article 45
LITERARY GOSSIP. Article 46
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After All.

AFTER ALL .

BY HENRY CALVERT . APFIiEBY , Eon . Librarian of the Hzdl Literary Club , and Author of " A Queer Courtship , ' " The Fatal Picture , " etc ., CHAPTER XIII .

Shut round with narrowing nunnery walls . —GUINEVERE . 66 "jyTY dear sister , do not give way like this . Come , cheer up ! You know ixL this will never do you any good . Remember , Mr . Redtaper is only sli g htly hurt . " " Don't mention his name to meVictorif you love me . I cannot bear it

, , now . Poor fellow ! He has suffered much for me , and I have been very cruel to him ; but I can never be anything to him ; my heart is not mine , " ancl she again burst into sobs . " Well , well , but listen to reason . This is weak ; we all have our crosses to bear . Be brave and true , ancl Arthur Humberton may be yours yet . " " Do you think I would have him now , when he has again made love to

that pale-faced , yellow-haired , Miss Phane , with no more passion about her than a butterfly ? No , let him follow his weak fancy ; let him adore her ; worship her ; smother her with kisses until he sickens of the delicate flower , while my heart , which might have satisfied him , breaks — breaks — breaks ! Humberton I" she hissed ; " afool who cannot appreciate a true woman ' s lovebut falls in love with a doll—a woman with only half a soul ;

, audit mi ght have been—ah ! " ancl once more she wept bitterly . Victor felt that he only made matters worse in attempting to soothe her , so he wisely desisted ancl left her alone . He was sorry that his impetuous sister should have carried affairs so far with Humberton , whose heart had evidently been elsewhere , and that she should have given way to such violence .

Her parents had little power over her , and could little affect her paroxysms of grief -. perhaps she was best alone , where she could think in leisure over the past few months and their miserable climax . She had always been very wayward , ancl would take no counsel , and she generally had her own will in spite of wholesome opposition . Not that she was not affectionate and grateful in her way , but it was in an impetuous , imperious manner , full of self-consciousness ancl a kind of condescension . With Arthur Humberton , however , there

had been little of this kind of feeling . She had thrown herself ( figuratively . speaking ) heart and soul at his feet , unreservedly ; and as she had felt his resistance gradually overcome , ancl the power of her attraction became felt , her heart had gone out still more to him , ancl she made wilder efforts than ever to secure him all for herself that she might feed on his whole love . Thus had she untiringly enticed him for months , and she had begun to feel her passion returned ; she saw that soon his passion would burst its bonds and declare its full force in her power . A little longer and Humberton would have fallen at

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