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A SHVERE THREAT. 127 been said over them not two hours before. The worst was over, they congratulated themselves, as Howard hastened to procure tickets for the nearest seaport town, eager and anxious to-start, for they longed to put the ocean between them and the cruel old man who would tear them asunder. ‘‘ All ready!” he said, as, having secured the tickets, he came to Geraldine’s side. ‘‘Thank God, little wife, every- thing has succeeded. We are safe at last, and no one can ever Separate us——never on earth !” He paused aghast, as a low cry issued from Geraldine’s lips. The man in the corner had arisen now, and, striding forward, confronted them in grim silence. Geraldine threw up both hands with a wordless moan, for there before them, stern and awful, stood her father, Lionel Vernon! CHAPTER III. HOWARD'S ARREST. For a moment they stood there facing each other in dead silence; then the old man came forward, and with a grim smile, laid his hand on the girl’s arm. ‘¢Geraldine,” he said, quietly, ‘‘ where are you going?” She gazed back into his face with equal composure. ‘‘T was.about to embark for America with my husband,” she answered, calmly. ‘Your what ?” The question was put very tranquilly. There was not a vestige of discernible anger in Lionel Vernon’s imperturbable countenance. His daughter faced him with cool determina- tion. | ‘*VYou have not followed me here, father,” she returned, calmly, ‘‘ without being aware that I am not alone? I have taken my future into my own hands, and Howard Ashleigh is comicbooks (ee)