“ttl course you do notneed any informa
tion on that point, but I could not help
speaking. She seemed to me. even at my
introduction, quite the sweetest little lady
I had ever met, and she grows more lovely
on nearer acquaintance. 1 wish I could
find another just like her; you would soon
see me among the Bcneuicts —if she and have
me!”
"Say, old fellow, you and I have been too
close friends for me tominco matters with
you now. My married life is a dead
failure!”
Then with a rapid change to his former
light conversational tone:
“Now tell me what became of Cos irlie
Gray? Did he ever marry that girlie
was so tond of—the pretty girl with dark
eves? ’
Much surprised but w>th the innate
good breeding of a gentleman, Loren
replied. ‘No; she died. It nearly killed
him and he went to India soon after.
He is doing well and will shortly become
a colonel.
For some time the ebb and 11 >w of col
lege reminiscence win! on while L‘dy
Alice sal stunned by these several cruel
words.
