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36 BLACK SHEEP." Iwill," she said, rising from her chair andapproaching him. She placed her hands upon hisshoulders,and looked at him yvith a steady, searchinglook. We will talk this out, Stewart, andI"will not shrink from anything there is to be saidabout it;but y-ou must hear me then,inmy turn.We are not hke other people, Stewart, and ourlife is not like theirs. Only ruin can come of anydiscord or disunion between us."Then she quietly turned away and sat downby the yvindow,with her head alittle averted fromhim, waiting for him to speak. Her voice hadbeen low and thrilling as she said those few yvords,yvithout atone of anger in it,and yet the callousmanto whom they were addressed heard in themsomething which sounded like the yvarning or themenaceof doom." When Dallas knows yvhat wenowknow,Harriet,"said Routh, " he will come to us and tell ushis discovery, and then the position of affairs willbe that for which yve wereprepared, if we hadnotsucceeded in inducing him to be silent aboutDeane's identity."" Exactly so," said Harriet; " with the addi-