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378 The Village Blacksmtth. was determined Janet should have started before she and Mr. Ryot Tempest came back from church. And as she spoke, she rose and rang the bell impatiently. ‘TT suppose I must come down and see after her myself. Go back and tell her Iam coming; perhaps that will rouse her,” she added angrily. Tanner retired without replying, but as she went down the drive she pitied Mr. Ryot Tempest from the bottom of her heart. By the time Mrs. Jamieson reached the lodge, she had to all appearance recovered her temper, and it pleased her to assume her most charming manner to Janet, whom she assured she should always regard as her step-daughter, while she was inwardly trusting she would never set eyes on her again. And before she took her depar- ture Janet was quite as eager to start as Mrs. Jamieson was to be rid of her. And by the time Mrs. Jamieson was Mrs. Ryot Tempest, Janet and her baby, accompanied by Tanner, were on their way to Liverpool ; Janet dressed in a travelling-cloak and hat of Mrs. Jamieson’s, her real name and estate now an open secret to her travelling companion. Her joy at being so suddenly acknowledged in a way as Rex's wife and sent to join him, was clouded by her uncertainty about her father. For though she had heard from Mrs. Tanner that he was in the hos- pital, she also heard that his life hung in the balance, and for aught Janet could tell she might never see him again. But for this there was no help. She was not strong enough to make any plans for herself, and, as Mrs. Jamieson had explained, she had another father now in Mr. Ryot Tempest. For Rex’s sake she must obey him, and as he ordered her to join her husband at once she must do so. Yet if Janet could have foreseen the consequences of that journey, not all the Ryots and Tempests in the world would have induced her to start that day. (Zo be continued.) @ COMM LDOOKS CO