Colonel Rowan who commands the police has begged they may be left to themselves.

Mr. Phillips, Sir R. Binnie, and Col. Rowan came in, and Lord F. Somerset, and Sir W. Gordon.

There grew, and there still grows, a rowan-tree in the corner of the garden or kailyard of Mitchelslacks; to this tree or bush the poor boy was fastened with cords, having his eyes bandaged, and being made to understand, that, if he did not reveal his father's retreat, a ball would immediately pass through his brain.

Isabel came with the Osborns: George soon to be taken secretly home by Rowan; Kate (who had forced herself to accompany him despite her bereavement), lacerated but giving no sign even to Isabel, who relieved the situation by attaching herself momentarily to her hostesses.

When Rowan went for Isabel, she was sitting with Professor Hardage.

Rowan, and I believed that I saw everything.

The closest association lasting from childhood until now had convinced her of the straightforwardness of Isabel's character; and the events of the night were naturally accepted by her as evidences of the renewal of relationship with Rowan, if not as yet of complete reconciliation.

No doubt the time will come when I shall have mine and when I shall have to hide things from you, Pansy, as Rowan has his and hides things from us.

But every friend of yours feels perfectly sure that Rowan was unworthy of you, and that you did right in discarding him.

Then it was Mrs. Meredith and Marguerite; and now it is Rowan and Marguerite.

Of course every one knows that he was once engaged to Rowan's mother and that scandal broke the engagement and separated them for life.

He and Marguerite had quarrelled before her illnessno one knows why, unless she was already under the influence of her fatal infatuation for Rowan.

I wished to know at once what these things are that are being said about Rowan.

"Only Rowan and I know what passed between us.

You say that you refuse to speak to Rowan on the street.

When I left home not a human being but yourself knew that there had been trouble between Rowan and me.

" "Then you have heard what they are saying about Rowan?" "I suppose we have all heard," he replied, looking at her sorrowfully.

Why had Rowan never confided these things to him?

It was with both attitudes that he himself answered Rowan's ring; he opened the door half warmly and half coldly.

"How are you, Rowan?"

Rowan did not heed the invitation, and the Judge lighted a cigar for himself.

Rowan tried to talk with the father about crops: they were frankly embarrassed.

"Rowan," she said, as they walked slowly from the carriage to the porch, she having clasped his arm more intimately, "there is something I have wanted to do and have been trying to do for a long time.

It was a good time, Rowan; it produced masterful men and masterful women, not mannish women.

The beadle had been asked to recommend a person for the same office, and his answer was, "If ye had wanted twa or three bits o' elder bodies, I cud hae gotten them for ye as easily as penny baps oot of Mr. Rowan's shop," pointing to a baker's shop opposite to where the colloquy took place; "or even if ye had wanted a minister, I might hae helpit ye to get ane; but as for a gude beadle, that's about the maist difficult thing I ken