Did Grace say nothing during her alarm ?" "Divil a syllable," replied Barney, lying without remorse; "she was so thunderstruck with what happened that she could do nothing nor say anything but cry out and scream for the bare life of her.

They say she has disappeared from her family, and that nobody knows where she has gone to.

I was at her father's to-day, and I know they are searchin' the country for her.

It is thought she has made away with herself." "Poor Charles," exclaimed his brother, "what an unfortunate business it has turned out on both sides! I thought he was attached to Miss Goodwin; but it would appear now that he was deceiving her all along." "Well, Mr.Harry," replied Barney, dryly, or rather with some severity, "you see what the upshot is; treachery, they say, seldom prospers in the long run, although it may for a while.

God forgive them that makes a practice of it.