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the earth, but was disturbed by local influences at lower elevations.

My next business was to break the plan to Arowhena, and to devise the means for getting her into the car. I felt sure that she would come with me, but had made up my mind that if her courage failed her, the whole thing should come to nothing. Arowhena and I had been in constant communication through her maid, but I had thought it best not to tell her the details of my scheme till everything was settled. The time had now arrived, and I arranged with the maid that I should be admitted by a private door into Mr Nosnibor's garden at about dusk on the following afternoon.

I came at the appointed time; the girl let me into the garden and bade me wait in a secluded alley until Arowhena should come. The leaves had most of them fallen, and were lying thick and restful upon the ground; some few—sad yellow lingerers—still clung to the half-naked boughs, but they were falling fast before the soughing of the evening breeze; the sun had long set, but there was still a gleam in the sky over the ruins of the railway station; below me was the city already twinkling with lights, but half canopied under a veil of mist—beyond it stretched the plains until they blended with the sky—overhead were the desolate trees, and * * * I heard a rustle of leaves upon the ground, and perceived a white figure gliding swiftly towards me. I bounded towards her, and ere thought could either prompt or check, I had caught her to my heart and covered her unresisting cheek with kisses.

So overjoyed were we that we knew not how to