The Earl bowed. "Your Excellency is right. As Parkington I came to Annapolis, as Parkington I shall leave it.--Will you wait here one moment, sir?" He returned, presently, with Miss Stirling. "My dear," he said, "I did myself the honor of asking you to marry me, when I was simply Roger de Lysle; and, though you did not promise, yet you were good enough to consider it not unfavorably, I thought. Now, in the presence of his Excellency the Governor, your uncle, I do myself the further honor of asking you to become the Countess of Doncaster." Miss Stirling's heart beat wildly. "The Countess of Doncaster!" she repeated, wonderingly. "You are the Earl?" "I am the Earl," he answered. Then he smiled, the winning, fascinating smile that was his, and held out his arms to her. "Will you go home with me, dear?" he asked. Without hesitation, she went to him. "I will go, my lord," she answered. "I will go." FINIS. ADVERTISEMENTS _A NEW SPARKLING ROMANCE_ The Woman in Question By JOHN REED SCOTT _Author of "The Colonel of the Red Huzzars," "The Princess Debra," and "Beatrix of Clare"_ THREE FULL-PAGE ILLUSTRATIONS IN COLOR BY CLARENCE F. UNDERWOOD _12mo. Decorated cloth, $1.50_ "_The Woman in Question_" is a romance, but not of Valeria nor mediæval England. Mr. Scott has remained home in America, and the scenes are laid in the Eastern United States. The story is distinctly modern in tone and theme, and centers in and around Fairlawn Hall, an old mansion with a marvellous garden, lying on the outskirts of Egerton, where the new master has come with a party of friends--to find mystery, misfortune, and love awaiting him. Mr. Scott shows steady improvement in each succeeding novel, and he has planned this latest story well, filling it with many surprises and dramatic moments. "The story has dash and verve."--_New York Times Saturday Review of Books._ "There are few heroines in latter-day American fiction comparable with charming Mildred Gascoyne."--_Philadelphia North American._ "The dialogue is bright and sparkling, the characters interesting, and the plot sufficiently exciting. The woman in question, young, beautiful, and spirited, is involved in mystery, the unfolding of which introduces some thrilling episodes."--_Boston Evening Transcript._ J. B. LIPPINCOTT CO. PUBLISHERS PHILADELPHIA _DELIGHTFULLY FASCINATING_ The Princess Dehra By JOHN REED SCOTT In which we meet again the characters of his dashing success, "_The Colonel of the Red Huzzars_" (Eleven editions).