im, too astounded to
grasp fully the meaning of his words.

"It is an event which I hope will occur shortly," her brother replied.

"That's enough!" she retorted. "I leave Blanford this afternoon!"

"I trust you'll not go in anger, Matilda," he said. "I'm sure a change
will do you good. Miss Arminster--I mean Mrs. Spotts--suggests a course
of mud-baths; and if you'll permit me to assume the expense--"

"Josephus!" she returned shortly, "do not add insult to injury." And she
swept from the room.

"I, too," said Professor Tybalt Smith, who had hitherto remained
silent--"I, too, must be permitted to excuse myself. It may be that I
can comfort that injured lady in her exile." And he followed her out.

"Oh, I'm delighted!" cried Violet, seizing Mrs. Mackintosh's hand.

"And I, too," said Cecil.

"Thank you," replied his stepmother-to-be. "That pleases me more than
anything else. I hope you'll really make Blanford your home."

"I shall indeed," he returned, "since no one will have me as a husband."

"You've the great success of your book to comfort you," suggested
Violet. "What more can you ask?"

"Well, as it seems a day of explanations," he said, "I should really
like to know why you're called 'the Leopard'?"

"It's a very trifling secret after all," she replied, laughing. "But to
have let you know it would have given away our little plot. Now it
doesn't matter. Tell him, Alvy."

"It's merely this," said her husband gaily: "that, as much as she may
marry, HIS LORDSHIP'S LEOPARD CAN NEVER CHANGE HER SPOT(T)S."

THE END.

GODFREY'S THE HARP OF LIFE 12mo. $1.50.

A very human account of certain events in the life of the first violin
of the Pinecliff (England) orchestra.

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