The Highland monthly - National Library of Scotland

A Strange Revenge. -^-^'j
" Don't put a fellow in a corner, there's a good girl,"
was the only response the soft appealing tone of the remark
elicited from Richard, who departed with his pony for the
stables, bestowing caresses upon the dumb brute for which
a human heart was yearning.
Away up in the window, behind the curtain, a face grew
paler as it watched this brief but significant episode.
" What love ;
and, my God, he does not love her !
David pitched the sage Fabricus of Hilden's clinical
notes into the far corner of the room with a bang that rent
the mouldy tapestry ; and, throwing himself into a chair by
the table, he buried his head in his hands with a groan of
despair.
[TO BE CONTINUED.]
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