indifference to a noble cause. Faint heart never won fair lady."

The waning moon had risen, and now shone upon Carne's face, lighting up

all its gloomy beauty, and strange power of sadness. Dan seemed to lose

his clear keen sight beneath the dark influence of the other's gaze; and

his will, though not a weak one, dropped before a larger and stronger.

"He knows all about me and Miss Dolly," said the poor young fisherman to

himself; "I thought so before, and I am certain of it now. And, for

some reason beyond my knowledge, he wishes to encourage it. Oh, perhaps

because the Carnes have always been against the Darlings! I never

thought of that before."

This was a bitter reflection to him, and might have inclined him the

right way, if time had allowed him to work it out. But no such time was

afforded; and in the confusion and gratitude of the moment, he answered,

"Sir, I shall be always at your service, and do my very best in

every way to please you." Caryl Carne smiled; and the church clock of

Springhaven solemnly struck midnight.

CHAPTER XXXII

THE TRIALS OF FAITH

He following day, the 27th of October, was a dark one in the calendar of

a fair and good young lady. Two years would then have passed since Faith

Darling, at the age of twenty, had received sad tidings, which would

make the rest of her life flow on in shadow. So at least she thought,

forgetful (or rather perhaps unconscious, for she had not yet learned

the facts of life) that time and the tide of years submerge the loftiest

youthful sorrow. To a warm and stedfast heart like hers, and a nature

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