ome," she cried, with frantic pain. "It's all I have of
him--it's all I have."

"I won't give it back," declared Junia quietly. "It's a man's career,
and you must let it go. It's the right thing to do. Let it stand,
mademoiselle."

She fully realized the half-insane mind and purpose of the girl, and she
wrapped her arms around the stricken figure.

"See, my dear," she said, "it's no use. You can't have it back. Your
soul is too big for that now. You can be happy in the memory that you
gave Carnac back his freedom."

"But the record stands," said the girl helplessly. "Tell the truth and
have it removed. You owe that to the man who saved your life. Have it
done at once at Shipton."

"What will you do with the certificate?" She glanced at Junia's bosom
where the paper was hidden. "I will give it to Carnac, and he can do
what he likes with it."

By now the tears were streaming down the face of Luzanne Larue, and hard
as it was for Junia, she tried to comfort her, for the girl should be
got away at once, and only friendliness could achieve that. She would
see Denzil--he was near by, waiting.

There would be a train in two hours for New York and the girl must take
it-she must.

CHAPTER XXV. DENZIL TAKES A HAND IN THE GAME

Barode Baruche was excited. He had sure hope of defeating Carnac with
the help of Luzanne Larue. The woman had remained hidden since her
coming, and the game was now in his hands. On the night before the
poll he could declare the thing, not easy to be forgiven by the
French-Canadian public, which has a strong sense of domestic duty.
Carnac Grier was a Protestant, and that was bad, and if there was added
an offence against domestic morality, he would be beaten at the polls as
sure as the river ran. He had seen Luzanne several times, and though he
did not believe in her, he knew the marriage certificate was real. He
had no credence in Carnac's lack of honour, yet it was strange he had
not fought his wife, if his case was a good one.

Day by day he had felt Carnac's power growing, and he feared his triumph
unless some sensation stopped it. Well, he had at hand the sufficient
sensation. He would produce both the certificate of marriage and the
French girl who was the legal wife of Carnac Grier. That Luzanne was
French helped greatly, for it would be used by Carnac's foes as an
insult to French Canada, and his pulses throbbed as he thought of the
possible turmoil in the constituency.

Fortun