She never saw him at all.

It was I who spoke those cruel words to him!" "Miss Powell! you! how can I believe such a thing ?" "Yes, yes, you must believe," she said, wringing her hands, "it is I who have broken my sister's heart--the sister whom I would die to save a moment's pain." And she rose to her feet, though her limbs trembled with excitement.

"It is my turn now to tell my story, and when I have finished you will despise me, and you will have good reason." "Never!" he said, "I can never feel anything towards you but--but--what I must not dare to tell you." A vivid blush swept over Gwladys's face; but the troubled look returned, as Ellis, gently taking her hand, led her back to the log of wood, and sitting beside her, said: "Now, tell me everything." "I must go a long way back," she said, "and begin with my own uninteresting affairs.

You know that Mrs.Power looks upon me as her own daughter, and has expressed her intention of leaving me all her money.

Money! hateful money! the one thing I never cared about.