feet upon the floor and thrilled under the light touch upon his arm. The
insight was over, the whirl was over; he was one of the guests talking
to his host's probable daughter-in-law. He went on with his subject. "At
least you have not changed your nature," he said with courteous freedom.
"You are royal still in defence of your friends. I shall not attack them
again."

"You would better not," she answered more than half in earnest.

"And Katie is--."

"Yes, I know," he said. And she felt so keenly that he did know all
about it that she readily drew away from him when Archdale came up with
some one to speak to her. Stephen saw the movement; Edmonson felt it.
"Proud as Lucifer," thought the latter, "will not own where it galls
her. She is the kind to hate him if she is bound to him in this way."

[Footnote 13: Copyright, 1884, by Frances C. Sparhawk.]

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PUBLISHERS' DEPARTMENT.

NOTES.

The welcome accorded to the BAY STATE MONTHLY by the reading public of
New England during the past year has demonstrated the fact that the
magazine has entered a field in which there is room for it to thrive. To
many the idea of a local magazine is novel; so in its inception was the
idea of a local newspaper, now generously supported by nearly every
hamlet in the Union.

The GRANITE MONTHLY for New Hampshire and the BAY STATE MONTHLY for
Masachusetts are pioneers: their claim for existence is shown by their
existence. The growth of each depends upon the patronage afforded by the
public. The indications now are that the BAY STATE MONTHLY is fairly
launched on a long and prosperous voyage.

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