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THE MAN IN POSSESSION. 145 CHAPTER XVI. KATE CHANGES HER MIND. i Kare, stop! I must have a word with you,” said Cornelius O’Brien. The girl was running along the corridor to her own room, anxious to get there unobserved. She turned as she heard her father’s voice. ‘‘It is very late,” she said, ‘‘and I am very tired, but if it is important——’" ‘‘Important!"” said O’Brien angrily. ‘‘I should think it was important. What the devil do you mean by acting in this foolish manner?” He followed her into the room, and closed the door. Kate was silent. She had gone through so much that night, that now a sense of weariness and depres- sion alone made themselves felt. She sank down on a chair and waited for the storm to burst. ‘‘Are you mad?” went on her father. ‘‘ Didn't I bring you here on purpose to captivate this young fool? Wasn’t it an understood thing you'd accept him if he proposed, and now—upon my soul, Kate, you're enough to try a saint. What do you mean by it?” “Mean?” said the girl miserably. ‘Well, I only mean that bad as affairs were, the remedy looked IO COMicloe (Sri C(O)