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Fack’s Niece. IvI unced together once or twice, but after his talk with Captain Carr, 90r Jack had not ventured near Daisy. ‘I suppose I must call er Miss Douglas now,” he thought. ‘ Well, she’s a dear little soul, nd Carr is to be envied.” Each time Daisy passed him she had a ‘ight little nod and word for ‘‘ Uncle Jack,” till at last poor Jack, eling sadly as if Ae were an impostor, could stand it no longer, but ter a few words to Mrs. Allarton, saying he would like to see her one in the morning, he slipped away to his own rooms. “What can Captain Kerr have to say to me? I hope he does not ally want to take Daisy off to Feltham,” said Mrs, Allarton to her isband. “ T don’t suppose it’s anything very dreadful,” he answered. ‘‘ What pretty girl she is, and dances like a fairy.” When, at a very early morning hour, Daisy bade ‘‘ Good-night,” - rather, ‘‘ Good-morning,” to Mrs. Allarton, she added: “ I never, ever enjoyed myself so much; but what became of Uncle Jacke [I yuld not find him latterly, and did not see him dancing, and I anted so much to say good-night, and to thank him for such a ely day.x—And oh! he does dance well—I would rather dance ith him than with anyone.” Next morning Mrs. Allarton was surprised to see Jack and aptain Carr appearing together ; the more so as the former had ked to see her alone, and the latter she only knew slightly, as he id been a good deal away from his regiment, on staff employment. ut she liked what she did know of him, and greeted them both ndly, waiting to hear what they had to say. “Mrs. Allarton,” began Jack, ‘“‘I asked to see you this morning, something rather awkward has transpired. I had better tell uu the story from the beginning. You know I have one sister, : 1) ary ——— “Daisy’s mother—yes—I know,” murmured Mrs, Allarton. Jack coloured and continued. ‘‘ My sister is much older than I n, and married, when I was quite a boy, Archie Gaskell. They ent to Australia, and for some time I heard occasionally from ary, but gradually our correspondence ceased, and, havihg no her near relations, I have quite lost sight of her for years. I knew ary had children, but was immensely surprised, as you know, when y—Daisy—appeared the other night, and told me she was my niece, e daughter of my sister Mary. It never occurred to me it could > a mistake @ “ Now it is my turn to speak,” said Captain Carr. ‘I, too, have sister Mary, and she married a mining engineer, Charles Douglas, id went first to Australia, then to America. I hear from her now id then, and, in one of her last letters, she said something about the sibility of her little girl coming to England to visit friends. When saw your young guest at the ball last night, her likeness to someone knew struck me at once. I asked Kerr who she was, and he told COMIC OOO SS (CO) ae a ot Ss STS —— > eS at oa. —~—— = - = Sogh— P ed &.!- ; ‘ nia ee | ie ni ba} Wo