"If they wanted us to know," said Adeline, "they'd have told us.

" Anne saw it all, she saw that Adeline had slandered her to Jerrold and to Eliot, that she had made use of her love for Colin, which was her love for Jerrold, to betray her; that she had betrayed her to safeguard her own happy life, without pity and without remorse; she had done all of these things and none of them.

Where Adeline's ease and happiness were concerned she was one incarnate funk.

They all left him to meDaddy and Aunt Adeline and Queenie, I meanand they can't stop me now.

ii That winter Adeline and John Severn came down to Wyck Manor for Christmas and the New Year.

Adeline was sitting in the drawing-room with Maisie in the heavy hour before tea time.

" Maisie hoped that Adeline would treat the house as if it were her own.

" Maisie hoped that Adeline wouldn't consider that he didn't.

Adeline looked at the clock and saw that there was still another half-hour till tea time.

Then, suddenly, from a thought of Jerrold so incredibly married to Maisie, Adeline's mind wandered to Anne.

And Maisie said yes, she thought Adeline and Mr. Severn would like to see as much as possible of Anne.

And Adeline said that was very kind of Maisie, and was bored again.

Firm opposition was a thing that Adeline's wilfulness could never stand.

Adeline's smile intimated that she was unbeaten and unconvinced.

" "So am I," said Adeline.

I hope you haven't said anything to Maisie?" Adeline made a face at him, as much as to say, "What do you take me for?"

She remembered how Adeline had told her that Anne was in love with Jerrold.

Author: Edith K. Love, artists: Adeline Libery & Cathryn Taylor.

Artist: Adeline Libery.

The members were: Robert Curren, Leader, Sarah Curren, T.M. Riddle, Adeline Riddle, Gideon Wales, Polly Wales, Mark Johnson, Ann Butterfield, Margaret Underwood, Charles Curran, Frank Morgan, Mrs. Frank Morgan, and Mrs. Fellows.

CHAPTER X "SWEET ADELINE" Fatty Matthews came panting through the doors.

"You was plugged from in frontmy beautywas you?" grunted Fatty, and then running the roll of bandage around the wounded man's chest he hummed a bar of: "Sweet Adeline, my Adeline, At night, dear heart, for you I pine.

"You was plugged from in frontmy beautywas you?" grunted Fatty, and then running the roll of bandage around the wounded man's chest he hummed a bar of: "Sweet Adeline, my Adeline, At night, dear heart, for you I pine.

He was humming brokenly: "Sweet Adeline, my Adeline, At night, dear heart, for you I pine.

He was humming brokenly: "Sweet Adeline, my Adeline, At night, dear heart, for you I pine.