.

DORMER COLVILLE IS BLIND.
It was late when Dormer Colville reached the quiet sea-coast village of Royan on the evening of his return to the west.

He did not seek Mrs.
St.Pierre Lawrence until the luncheon hour next morning, when he was informed that she was away from home.
"Madame has gone to Paris," the man said, who, with his wife, was left in charge of the empty house.

"It was a sudden resolution, one must conclude," he added, darkly, "but Madame took no one into her confidence.

She received news by post, which must have brought about this sudden decision." Colville was intimately acquainted with his cousin's affairs; many hazarded an opinion that, without the help of Madame St.Pierre Lawrence, this rolling stone would have been bare enough.