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THE NEED

MUNICIPAL FREEDOM

OF

IN

HONGKONG.

BY

"SCRUTATOR."

ALL RIGHTS Reserved:] LADY MARGOT'S LEAP.

MAGGIE SWAN (Author of "Life's Mindfold Game," £c.).

CHAPTER I.

In her earlier years Miss Rachel Blyth had kept a lame's school in St. Cave, but when well past ifty, her health broke down, and her temper-never a sweet cao at its best-suffered sadly in consequence, Gradually, month by month, her papils dropped away, and in the and she was forced to resign her profession.

CHAPTER II

Clever and scheming is the would-be Robert Jardine was, it remained always a wonder to Et Cove how he succeeded in onltivating soquaint- ance with Lilian Blyth, while her shrewish old aunt remained entirely ignorant of the fact. Lilian horself was amazed at the frequency with which they managed to see each other. but accepted everything without questioning. In Robert Jardine's society she entered upon a dream life wherein, to her long starved senses, the very gates of paradise seemed to open. One morning, several weeks after their first meeting with each other, Robert Janline having arrang-

Lilian's escape from the Gable House, they wandered far along the top of the diffs to nu old ruined tower facing the sea.

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Old Dr. Blyth had bought the Gable House

You have not yet heard, have you, the old on retiring from the army, and it was there after his death that his daughter set up school, story told about this tower?" asked Lilian as they alcader livelihood made their approach, and Robert Jarline reply. It as a means of skeing out She was in her sixtieth year, when her nice ing in the negative, she at once went on. came to the Gable House to stay with her--the is the proporty of the Kilvers, yonder is the old only child of a brother whose existenca had castle far up on the hill-and the story is about never before been heard of in St. Cove, but the a daughter of the Earl'a, who was called Lady general belief was that his career had not been Margot. A French gentleman fell in love with what it should, else Miss Rachel would have her and wanted to marry her, but for some pri-

Pate reason the Earl hated him with a fierce THE been less guurded in making mention of him.

At this time Lilian Blyth was only a girl of hatred, and forbade his daughter having sught sixtern, and many pitied her on heating of her to do with him. Leddy Marget," as she is al- arrival in St. Care for to youth, with all its ar-ways spoken of now, among St. Cove folks, was of a different mind, however, and when the dent desires for freedom and pleasure, com-

Frenchman sought har, onaanted to rau away panionship with Miss Hachel meant nothing short of a living death. She was a Elendar, with him. She was to be waiting for him at raid. graceful creature, with soft dark hair, which night in the tower here, and he was to landslittle carled in pretty, natural ringlets on her white boat in that bag below, and raw her out to his brow, and about her shell-like ears: colour she yacht. True to her promisn she went to the had aone, but when she came at first there was tower, but their scheme had been discovered, a brilliant lustre in her deep blue eyes which and though a beat did land, it was not her seemed to lighten up her whole face. It was not lover's ba her father's, and driven frantic by long, however, before the depressing atmosphere his passionate outburst of wrath, she jumped over the cliffs, and was seen no more. That is of the Gable House began to leave ita mark ou

why the point here is called Lady Margot's hor.

What marvel was it when Miss Rachel kept Lip to this day, and St. Cove folks 'aver taat hur ghost walks round the tower at her continually under her own vigilant yo to it that she was never a moment idle? For Dail bood. While ho told the story they had and if not occupied sweeping and cleaning, saw raidnight firare robed in a long grey cloak hours at a time she would be forced to sit and reached the tower, and now stood leaning sew worsted work, in all the impossible colours against its walls, their faces turned award.

(To be continued.) which existed in the days of our grandmothers. Sometimes a little variety was offered in the way of making rough flanzel or calico garments for missions-the latter being the manner in which Miss Rachel exercised the spirit of Christian charity,

Lilian was not allowed to make any friends

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BY

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She was nineteen when the even toner of St. Cote, Jife was broken by the arrival of the Misses Jardines would-be nephew. The story of Robert Jardine's youthful indiscretion-the some of honour long dear to sell Wines, Beer and Spirit ander goften by all save the oldest residents of the place. Among the latter was Miss Rachel, and she, curious to see the son of the man who bel been one of the beaus of St. Cova in his young days, and whose basty banülment to forei, a

GAMBLING. The sole right to loap and parts by his father had caused wach general,

(1) Those tenders must be sent under sealed regret, lost au time in calling at Craigour. On to sense the keeping of Gambling Houses. this uncasion, she did not allow her niece to accompany her. to Lilian's secret disappoint- Ter to reset Sandukan by noon on the let ment, for s kindred feeling, had waked in her day of October, 1901, and must be addressed to the Secretary to the Governor. The words neart when she heard of the young man's arrivalevenne Farme aust be written on the of the home of his aunts.

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Lilian, that you don't wake his acquaint- GECE," Miss Rachel said as she pinned on her white India shawl and arranged her bonnet Whet strings preparatory to setting ont. transpired during her visit to Craigoer, Lilian did not learn till afterwards, and then from the lips of the young man himself. but Miss Rachel came home in a furious temper, vowing never to set foot in Craigoler again, so long at least as the ladies chose to entertain their nephew

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Many men find it the hardest thing, in the world to propose. A gratin went an even ing to the cottage of his beloved. She was sented by the fire, knitting, a cat at her feet. After a long silence he took the cat on his kases, and stummered ont Pussy, ak Lizzio if she'll marry me." Lizzie blushed, hesitated. Gran said: Pussy, you can tell HandboJasnie I'll take him.' ENGAGED.

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"The most detestable fellow it was ever my lat to meet," she exclaimed tartly when Liliu vextured to question her, "and I'm more than thankful I had the good sense to keep you at home today. I won't permit any sort of inti- by between you-remember that,ilian." These words only whetted the girl's curiosity, hoping to meat Robert Jardine, a hops which was gratited beyond her expectation on the second Sunday of his stay in St. Cose, when he secompanied Miss Harriet Junline to tan Kirk. On this occasion Lilian occupied her aunt's The Misses pew alone, Miss Rachel being indisposed, and unable to attend the service. Jardins sat in the pow immediately behind, and us Lilian was early in her place she saw Miss Harriet extor, followed by her nephew, a id fer interest at once centred on the latter. It was a mutual interest, for the young man's oves foll her alse, and discerning in her a creatura of different tupo from the brown-faced" fisher lassins who throaged the pews, be studied her face intoutly, such glimpse at least as he could eatch of it, when she turned her head during a service which, to one of his untars and upbring ing, was decidedly irksome. Till the close of the service Lalian had to satisfy herself with the brief view of him she had gained us he followed is annt down the aisle, at his was a His all elim personality which, though only seen is a catal way, could not be forgotten. figure, and handsonis face tanned with foreign. Bugs, he sharp observant features and keenly Shakespere says that 'mon are, April glancing dark eyes, all these points Lilian when they woo, and December wh they noted; and, aware that his eyes met hor's with wed, but not a few women can say of their equal interest as he passed the end of the pow, Imehands what Carrick's wife suid of here:

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Aunt," she heard him say in a loud whispor as soon as he was seated. "I thought you said the old termigant sat in the pew before us. Has a mysterious metamorphosis taken place, or who is that sweetly interesting young creature P

Lian heard Misa Harriet silence his in a low dustered whisper, and could imagine the look of offended proprioty on her withered old face, her owa cheeks flashing at comment so loadly made on herrel, At the close of the service she again heard him say something to Misa Harriet, of which she was the subject, and when she rose to leave the pew, the ctenpunts behind rose also, while Miss Harriet touched her nervously on the shoulder.

"Miss Lilian, this is our alphow, Robert, he sooks to make your acquaintanos" aby said faintly, with the air of one compelled to an uct of imprudence.

Lilian's pale chooks flushed a lovely rose, and she lifted her dark eyelashes tremalously 10 meet the young man's gaze. He bowed and offered his hand with a winning grace of which he was master, then the trio left the church, walking together until they reached the rect in which the Gable House stood. Even thon the young man seemed loth to part, and would have had Miss Harriet go up the street and round about instead of turning directly down PATENT SLIP (at KOSUGE).

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