was left me if I had get you not? That I will never bear to
remember for a second. But you must now say that you forgive the man who
did write the letter from Zurich. You will, will you not?"

"Yes," she declared fervently; "I forgive him for ever and always. I
even," she smiled into his eyes,--"I even feel obliged to him for the
trouble that he took. But," she added, "I truly never expected to learn
in the end that ours was simply a '_mariage des convenances_' after
all!"

"It was as the marriage of a queen," he laughed, taking her hand within
his own and raising it reverently to his lips; "with such a marriage
every one knows, everything is quite well ready, the lawyers are done,
all the papers are signed, and then it is last of all that they go to
the queen, and the queen does then say 'Yes.'"

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_A New Romance by the Author of "The Shadow of the Czar"_

THE VIKING'S SKULL

By JOHN R. CARLING, author of "The Shadow of the Czar," etc.
Illustrated. 12mo. $1.50

Mr. Carling has written a spirited story of love and adventure, with an
ingeniously constructed plot, which tells how Idris Marville, true Earl
of Ormsby, recovered a treasure hidden by one of his progenitors,--a
Viking of the Ninth Century,--and how he cleared the memory of his
father, who had been wrongfully convicted of murder. There are many
powerful scenes in the book and abundant love interest. The whole story
is exceptionally strong, dramatic, vivid, and interest-compelling. It is
a worthy successor to the author's remarkable and successful novel, "The
Shadow of the Czar."

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_A Story of Modern Quebec by Miss Ray_

BY THE GOOD SAINTE ANNE

By ANNA CHAPIN RAY, author of "The Dominant Strain," etc.
With frontispiece. 12mo. $1.25

A young Englishman, Cecil Barth, visiting Quebec on his way to a ranch,
a New York physician and his daughter Nancy, a Canadian of English
descent, and a young French-Canadian studying law are the chief
characters of this charming summer novel, abounding in bright and
interesting conversations. This pleasing story of the love affairs of
vivacious Nancy, the heroine, has for a background the many places of
interest in and around Quebec.

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_A Stirring Tale of the Plains_

THE RAINBOW CHASERS

By JOHN H. WHITSON
Author of "Barbara, A Woman of the West," etc.