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Br:HAWLEY L_ & C-RUSEtt
PANE PICTURES.
A Wonder-worker all night lOng •
Has wrought his tail( for me
NOW, by the cold and : distant (lawn,
His miracles I see ;:, •
His graving on the window-pane,:'
Of magic tracery. -
Here lifts an Alpine summit, steep
As is the heavenly. stair, • .
A way-side cross below the path;
But pot a pilgrim there;;
No sad face of huinanity,,
No agopy of prayer.
And here, before a ,
•A fringe of reedo and fern
Across the water's crystal chill
No dying sunbeams buin; •
Yen hear not on that rushy shore
The call of drake or -tern.
Here lies a eromtof broken boughS;
A windfall in the: 7oods •
Some wild and wandoingtturricauti
Hath wrecked tlieslsolitudes;: .
But on that tanglekdreariness
No living step tinirudes.
And here is Arctic waste and wael.
A glacier's miA i ty face,
11ajesticia ita awful claret : l,, j
Slow seaward from its place,
Beneath that frown of solemn death"
There livea no biman trace.
But slowly from the joyful trace.
Ascends the dawning sun
Before his look of light and lite : -
' The magic is undone ;
The graceful pictures on the ' pane
411 vanish, one by one. -
Alas l must all the songs l siug,
The traceries of my brain--
The little stories sad 'and
Be uttered all in vain ?
2:110 . vistilati'when the Master comes,
Likepictures on the pane ?
, .
Or will theyi'inaome kindly
Remembered; 'sing' and shine f' . . .
For wrought intim man's humanity,
ROL *tins kost, arc mine . ;
love not to-be quite forgot • '
•
To die anti leave no sign..
—Scribner for December.
===l
THE OPEN DOOR.,
The mistahes of my life are many,
The sins of my heart are more ;
A.ndl scarce can see for weeping,
But I . Coine to the open door,
I am lOwest of those who hive Etillr;
I am weakest of those Who pray ;
But I'm coming as he has bidden,
And he will not say me nay.
My inisuikea Hie love will cove;,
3ltalus He will wash away;
And the feet that shrini and falter,
'Shall walk tlanagk the gatea of `day:
It I turn ,not from His whisper,
It I let not His hand ;
, l shall see Him in His' It - entity;
, The King in the far-off hutd.
The mistakes of •rny life are many,
And,my lord is sick withain ;
And I scarce can see for weeping
But the Lord Will.yet me in.
LOVE CONQUERS.
IT WAS a ' fair, sunny day, and': they
I were ont on the cliffs, fattioina above •
the sea, At play—she a dark-eyed, won;
drously beautiful
,girl of thirteen ; he a
tall, stal wart boy;ayear her senior... There
was a wide-difference in their stations in,
life. You bad Onlir to note,. the richness
.of her milk attire and the threadbare
scantiness of his, - to feel assured : of that.
No rich - man's son would have heen dress
ed ,quite so shabbily 1113 Duke Rutbford
and yer, spite ' of. the worn-nut elOtties
the. boy, - in, beautylo , f , d feanture,
might have beer...l` fit _sou for &011ie
man.
The children were gathering mosses
from the - rocks and chatEing. gayly ito
gether, - -forgetful - of ranit,;. or ',, :station.
me ,often, tuns for the fait:Six
yeari. •
'father.:was . the agent;
.of
estate of . Laopaitikeiols nighakidinoth-,
er..;• Thei r,eo ifi t tge liras but a:little distance
from theilltill,..and:;thic
of amutemen t, ,waudeped,PUt. PftcAt ? to the'
cliffs and. wi t led'isifq sit einviafternixins in
ju ile sporii4' , .04444 . gathered- ,ItrA
fair-play- lel tow -the-brig litest. inted shells..
and in return she brought him tii . 7.6ty
old books of romance aurfehivallY froM
the great.. Library at .the which. be
resit e~tt
, Ivrea& uti tilf: his Sul was fitied
with dreamo.and aspiratione. an d
sw:eet; and , at the visions;',ef ` 1 14 1 "
opmmeater.:- . - -
The-.lititherfords had not ;al,waya - been
vendonts. Generations back •-there
were noblemen in 'the famil#; but obti
e3i differences bad 'taken title-and, wealth
from 'the Movie. Early
Rutherford, Duke's father, had-become
agent to= lir. Delaroere ;,a '..post:.le ad
r, tained *hen Mr.',.,RelaMera"died,jeav,ing .
a widow and one only child, a . girl, as
sole beim* to his 'Vast Wealth, and
tales., - Ilugh Rutherford 'had married $
young Wife, beautifil .and refiat4
•
of ter a= few" Years: , t4i;..-og6PfigitT AKIN-
.
life will - broken. Mrs. Ruth ford died and
.her hOtiand bad only his .six 'months'
old 4y: to toil for.
Noirestraint was pnt upon the inter
course .hetiveen Duke Rutherford and
• _
Litcy:nelainere by the proud lady 'm other
of .thi.young ifetriaS.. If she thonght . of
the matter at all, she trusted to: the in
born pride of her daughter, and to the
cold contempt she had tried so faithfully
to' imbue he: with—contempt of all that
was, low-born and ill-bred. ' Mrs Dela-
mere would have never thought - of look
fug for a princely heart betieath the
rough jacket. of one she considered too
far beneath her to merit even the tribute
al a passing, thought.-`
The sea breezes gave a beautiful bloom
to. the cheek of Lucy ;; and-the Sports she
'glazed with Dube rounded her limbs and
gave grape and vigor to her step. Mrs. I
Dein:Jere read tier favorite novels, en-:
teriained her chosen ,company, and reign
ed queen at the hail;
,and Lucy : enjoyed
the wild freedom of the cliff.
The young . girl was almost re,ckleEs in
her daring at times. This afternoon she
,was in iter most dungeious mood:A clus
ter of itowers, growing in a cleft of the
rock below the surface of the cliffs, at
tracteflier attention:'"She Sprang toward
thotn. .Duke waved her back.
It is perilous, Lucy," he said hurried.
ly. "Liaok at the black rocks beneath.
A ,singhimissteii, and-2 .7
"I am no coward." she laughed, defiant
ly. "If 'You are .pale, lam not . ; And I am .
going td carry these bright things. home
to mamma."
Before he could prevent her, she had
swunuherself over the precipice ; and
resting one loot•-on- a narrow shelf of
rock; tier left hand clinging to a frail
shrub that had taken root in the sparse
earth at the top, with the other she grasp
ed the coveted blossoms.
Duke, white and rigid, stood • above
her looking down. She shook 'the flow
ers above her head. "See ! I dare do
what a hoy r trembles at seeing done V'
She stopped hastily in the taunting
speech she' was making. The treacher
ous rock , under her feet crumbled and
fell—there was only that little swaying
shrub to hold her, back . from eternity.
' Duke threw himself upon =his face,
reached - over," caught her uplifted bands
in „his, and draw her up slowly, laborious
ly--for she was nearly his own weight,
and he reabied too, well how much 'hung
on the result to be hasty or reckless of
hispwn strength. He rose to his feet,
lilting her ep with , For one mo
nient, - breathless and overcome by. the
tought of what she had escaped; she
leaned against, him ; then turning away
she seated herself on a rock.
"Oh, Duke r' - she, cried,-,Pale with the
terror 'of her late — Ainger, . "you have
Saved my life I What., mamma say ?
What can I give . you.- asa—keepsake ' to.
Show h'ow grateful lam ?I And. sliebe.
gan , toletach - .the: heavy gold chain she
Wore at her °girdle.' - • '
The bora face flushed ,proudly_ aahe
putit from !him. ,
4 0-ive me the bunch of heliotrope in,
your hair,!' he said. "I - want nothing
else. ., , •
She pulled it oat and laid -it in his
hand..
"You will throw it away' to-morrow
when it is withere,i,7 she-laughed.
"No ;: I shall ; never throw it awayl"
The day .was setting in steel•blue
clouds great banks Of them obscured
the setting : sun. From the troubled.sea
vast _MaSSEB of drenehed log swept up
the rocky coast and settled heaiily clown
on, the land. • -
That 'light Mr. Rutherford called Duke'
into his. bed clamber, where he keprhis
private desk 'and meagre stock of books:
Ile-took,from an- :ebony. eas!tet a ring aet
"withilarge diamond's. •
"Thep!, 'my; son,' he said, "this is the
only. thing I= have on earth to - show that
noble
,blood flows in our veins. That
ring:belonged to my great grand-father,
"the, Duke Son3erton. It - . cost one,
thonsairdponuds. It will bring readily
more 'than `half that stun. give' it to,
yott.' 31ill yoil.keep it.to 60#: that your
an&stors were . He
paased 'and looked into, the face.of,,the
' •
. ,
ilk.' *hat, :: lather :?" mimes Dice cial!
eageti,ll9l ) ef 6l 4 OteadY: he, had half 41:
vined, D
biroth ks meaning;
1)0
J boo, uke 1' thought
yon might , desire an edad'ation., -The pro
ceeds of that 'ring *di 'defray 'your
ent3e4 at sdh6ol-tuaybe helpyou through,
college. But :you can keep Ulf you 'chose:
'Which shall it be : ?" -
"Father I knowledge before , anything
else in the: world I What dare' I if my
body:starve,, so that my °cni
~d be fed ?"
So it was .dedided.' _A fortnight after
wards ,Duke ,left Romney and entered
the, renowned '
school at
* *' * * *
Six year , ' pasied, Duke had been , six
months at milege- and' waif-home on a
briet-vacation.
biteas Delamere bad completed her ed
motion and come !‘cut ;". a isrondorfully
arat beautiful: acoor4Plishe4 ..y9qPg JudYr ,
folloited by tisk) , of obseqtlione act
gaite& •
MONTROSE, PA., DEC. 20, 1876.
One still July night she stole away
from the revelry at the hall, aid went, as
of old, to the cliffs ; to _the very spot.
where Duke Ruthertord, had saved her .
life. Chance had taken Min that night
to the same spot. He was sitting silent
in the moonlight,.lookineout at the sea,
thinking of that bygonei,:day
,when she
had-given him the heliotrope for a keep ,
lake. All these six: yearS the heliotrope.
had been kept ~by -him. as :his greatest
treasure.' Her image hadi.heeu ever pres•
ent with him,- spurrinirhim on to excl..
Lion id his. sindiee,..thaking every fresh
yictory, e7ery;upwarti:steri;:a.triumph for
her sake, antfyet : ki neper-asked himself
why this, Was,!'nr :,W,hat;:it'. - ivould end in.
It was so, and he could not help it. But
belelt that .to . 'MON eventually to the
`hand of tn
.Luoy. - Delaece,, :the richest
. heireis in the
..conniry,.the,; daughter of
one bf the prondest cvomiti,,:in England,
was as hopeless as an atteOpt to grasp
,an ignis
Ho;heard ber - *13 7 --perkps the thrill
atThis-beitri told . :him wh,45:-.;,Was coming.
He.rose ancl t.ortiO.,toWit.WAlier, waiting
pleasure.her , him
:or tiotAtit.4 - -
- ShO paSsed him gitioco.
He did aft 01; with .folded:
. Ina,bly.;litOre , outlined
againsE the purple sky; tii4 . faCe lit uj. by
the young moon. .A 4fitint H, flush rose to
her - Whitelorelfeitd.', —
Duke Rutherford
"Miss Delamere ? 'Wilt ion mit gel
come me borne: I!!
She_ gave hitn.her hav ,d. After all, pld
memoriesht'.ld: in- hei.
heart,
Some secret audacity inoved him to
say it.: He bent over her and 7hisper
ed—"it have the' heliotrope:yet Lucy:.
Her
.eyes '.blazed ; ehe '.Snatclied her
band from him as if his touch stung 4*.r.
"Remember to'whem you are'speakiow?"
she .said, sharply. "I have other business
than listening to the silly*talknf a love -
sick buy I Good , night to you; Mr. Duke
Rutherford:'
Duka . gaz,ed after. hir as she.hastened
away.
The litne:['xitay
. conte," he muttered,
"yes, it.maylitippen thatthe will be glad,
to unsay those_ words I Loan wait."
Six years ~passed Ruth
erford was. making , , a itaini in the land.
On his graduation had law
and been admitted to the bar in dne time ;
and after . :tWo- years was in successful
practice, one of: the most rising men
in the profession. '
Wealth came to him .slowly, but fame
was 'not' chary: had . turned . his at;':
tention and his leisure moments to lit; ,
erature, and - already ranked. high as 'a
poet. His father was dead. There was
no tie, save memory, rtti - hiin .to the
Old place at Romtley. So he traveled,
when he could do so with benefit.
He frequently met Lucy Delamelein
the gay, worlf4 f : Tt4eir old familiar footing
of early days had given place to a colder
and 'more distant acquaintance-ship. He
could not forzet the hint he had whiSper
'•ed to her respecting the helio,t,rope- that;
1 hot July. night:, Her.pride -had taken
alarin,,yetto hint she was and ever would
be - the 'One" woman the 'world. con tained.
'His heart never for one moment owervcd
:from its:paiiinnate - And She?
What meant that frequent absence of
-that Ileithy lonic ; in the beautiful:
eyes, that constant look of sadness on the.
exquiAte face ? ‘Vliat Meant that sudden.
Aush, that lighting up of `the features at
the first moment that his name was an- . '
nounced on entering: the rooni ?:, Were
Wire and pride'having a battle ?. it would
seeinso, for on-shki - . approaching her the.
.light and the .flush would bc--hiagreett
Suddenly it was announced that Mrs.
and , Miss Delamere„weregoing to Amer
ica., An illness. .had attacked . the elder •
lady, and, a - sear voyage'' - was recommended
`6y her .physicians as:her -only chance .of
recovery. -They,:had advised 'Australia, ,
:but to, this she , would not listen ' a'' so long,
a voyage_ seemed to: her like Lidd ing fare
well to She resolied:6.4y'the
efficacy of -a trip 'to New'York: -
The Ifewit - reached' , Rutherford'
:amongst ntheri,:and - staitled i tqm." - 00u'.4
of 'this .rojiiiirttinifil „Fez',
some time , past - a , certain •mattr - of Wok
- nesi had denianded his presenee in Amer
jest 13.t1t. he ,}lad: i been unwilling to detoto .
the time to the . journey; It - was now the
,commencement ~o r tie long'yaeatifk; and
so far, circumstances were. in, bit i favon'
As he thought of the long an d dose
promixit'y to Lucy Delanierc this' voyage
would give him, and of what ,it 'might
brine about, his heart leaped wltli : hope
- atid!bis face fiiishedns the blood coursed
More 'rapidly thrOughWi veins for the
-Duke of Rutherford of bygOne days and
:the' Duke of Rutherford of th'e pre.sent,t(i,
whom trier highest honore of his , profes-
Isiah' were possible 'Of attairunent, were
two widely differentmen. •
.S, it came to : ' psi& that one day be
foUnd:,himself, "hoard.n!te4mer bound
for New YorIF, and ' and blisa;Dela.:
mere Were amongst the: passengers.
The second day of the voyaie , they
were on'deck at suniet, prouumiding,
I - laughing :chatting' 'enjoying the, !real-
breezes. More than ever, as Mr. Rather
ford gazed from a distanca at Lucy Dela
mere, he confessed that her youth had not
made Lisa prophecies of the glory of her
wonianhood. Her 'wealth of dark hair
ripph-d away from her broad white fore- .
head ; her eyes were deep and fathomless
as some wood-land spring, into which . the
sunshine never looks ; her lips red, ripe,
perfect ; her whole air and bearing were
full of haughty grace.
She was leaning on the arm of aOl,
proud-looking man ;' but, though she
sinned at his soft nothingo, shfi r was gaz
ing out, over and beyond'
,him io t a his
range 'of thought, to the sea "stretchihg so
darkly blue and .botindleas: to `.meet the
twilight glory., - . •
Dnke Rutherford stopped before her
just as she disengaged herself from her
coinpan!on,
It is thesatne' old 'ocean ;Ahab we used
to look:at from the cliffs, Miss Delainere;?
he said, quietly. , ,
She was leaning over the side of 'the,
vessel, looking, at the . water. She
lifted her eyes, Shuddered And
drew uplier shawl.. 'Duke assisted her. ,
It is like going .baelc.to my boyhood to
see y he continued.
. .
.
,stopprd , him with a haughty
ldfe ooMpal, ion appruaohed.
He %ins a stranger to: Mr. Rutherford,
and she introduced them to ea ;h other
. —=•"Sir - George Trevor, Mr.: Ruther
ford."
They bowed coldly._ They would never
.
be any better acqualnleg. There was
,nothing in their - natures whicly' would
assimilate. - I - ?1 • '
After this Miss IMamere and -Mr . . :
Rutherford ;never
,net alone. 'Whether
she was afraid of her strengtn, i brought
too much into contact , with his winning
presence ; afraid - that here ci - ride would
have to give way to the 'dictates of her
,heart, cannot be known. Certain ik is
that , she allowed hull no opportunity of
:pleading his suit.
The voyage was drawiog to' a close.
They were nearing the land. , A great
storm arse ; the vessel- was driven far
out of her track, and drifted down to
the Cape One, dark, direful night,. in
spite of skill and frenzied effort, the ship
struck the rocks of a lee show, and part
ed I
A. little moment, to tealia- the horror
of their situation, only.was left for those
on board.. Miss Delamere, pale, but
calm; was holding the arm of Sir George
Trevor ;' her friends, shrieking and ter
rified,- stood' near. She was not looking
at the threat'aing destruction. before her,.
but over her shoulder with a ' hungry;
wistful something. in her eyes, as if she,
forgot what she saw not.- The expressbn
died out as Diikeßutherford appeared ;lot
an instant their eyes met): In that mo
ment he knew he was beloved with „a
wild fervor even equal to' his own. '
Then there was tidull Plunge, a wild
shriek of agony, and the' water swarmed
with human beings 1 The world .had
grown dark to 'Lucy, but she felt herself
bOrne tip by.some power beyond her own
strength—upward and onward thrOugh
the billowa, till her feet touched the'firm
shore of the °Ape.- Then, intolhe light
and warmth of 'a fisherman's cottage,
and when they had laid her :down on,the
rude settee she openend her !ilea, and saw
—Duke Rutherford.
"You saved ins r'l
"I had' thc. honor." .
"And m7.,tnother ?'' -
. "She .is saved ; 'Mee
The door'opened; and-Sir Oeorge Tre-i
Ivor' appeared.- Whatever!:Lucy, Might
have - said by,way, ofi thankei checked
by his entrance, and directly afterwhrds;
Duke went out.. A • few.' dayalater on, a
Vessel from the Cape Convelyed•a.thldst
other passengcrs,Mra. and Miss Delamere
and Sir-George Trevor back to, England.
t • Mr. Rutherford proceeded - to New York
- and accomplished his mission.
It was months before he and Miss Det
amere metagafn, rand..theu i it was at,the
old plabe oh the cliffs ßomlfey. ` 'Mrs.
Delamere was dead ; the shock of the
shipwreck had proved too much for her
and she returneittoAngl9Conly to die.
Lucy had been to visit her grave, and on
'her return sat for a moment on the gray,
familiar reek -to„, look ont. T on
,the wintry
Heeeyes w ere Still- Viet= ;- She bad
:been weeping.
Duke found her thus, and seating
self beHide her, drew her, hea4; . down - og.
`his shoulder.:
"Lucy," yon. I defy
yontibiltifinpL- 1 : I dare repeat it to you.
I love you: , 7
.
For a moment it seethed' to lila' that
she eliing;tO:liim; thenl Oast him away,
.and rose to her feet. And when she spoke
her voicewas bard and - unmoved.' "On
New -"rear's-eve I am to be married to
Sir George Trevor." _
Duke started up—seemed abOutftO
make some itutiettions.,speech, checked
himself and left her.
An42pbe
- thew tiereeli down Ooze be
.bad stood, moaning ' out--"D , pride
`pride ! it will be my death I"
•
It was the last e day of 'the' old Year.
Dalmltntherfo stem
_and gloomy
man, was about,..to : bido 4 El A9. 1 441* ,
•-•
:1 4 4'
tive land for a long season.
He did not wish to breathe the air of
the same country - with Lucy, and the the
Wife of another. People are different
you kno•v. Some keep their disappoint
ments ever at heart, others nut them eter
nally on t of their reach, in the past. Duke
wished to free- himself from memory. Re
had destroyed: everything but the hello
trope; and even'that should be sacrificed,
he said, when the ocean rolled between it
and the soil which had nourishedit
• It-was a dark,- moonless ,tighth , , with
prophecies of snow in the air. He Shut
the door of the. cottage where his father
had died, and went out for a walk: He
avoided the path to the cliffs t°-he - had':
closed his heart _to -all dreams a tender
ness. , ; ,
Almost unconsetously t he turned hie ,
steps toward Delaniere Hall. It rose up,
s gloomy; massive pile, lighted only by- ••
'the, redlirelight at a single window. -rro..-
morrow,night it would blaze with. ,Abe:,
laws lit to shine , upon her bridal, 1
He paused to turn back, but soniething
led him on—thrnngh the deserted' gar.'
dens, up to' the broad door, which, stood •
ajar.. All was.quiet.: , The guests had re-„
tired for the night. Only a fem . , tardy
servants were , would, do no hart!!
'to glance within,. ,'.),
H e'stepped - "t o the door of Ili
_where he , liad - seen the light stid_pushed.,
it softly.open. He saw no one:: ;Still ,he
went on, and sat down in a great lockup,
ing chair before .the -warm blaze. : For a' •
moment, he said ,to himself, he would sit
in the chair idle' had recently occupied •
gaze into' he dying ' embers she too halt:
-gazed into. . '
Some one rose from a sofa at the other,
'end of the room. He started up, en
apology on his lips tor' his audacious in= •
trusion. She—it was Lucy—Clad, . not
in bridal robes, !: butt in • sable vestmentsi
And destitute of ornament, came towards,
him,-looked up into his eyes and tether
white hands ,rest upon' his shouldeiti.
"Duke," she said, "at last, here eyelids
drnpping, her cheeks crimson, 'lave Lot=
fended past forgiveness r,. ,
He ' did not,. answer ; only looked et .
her. She wen . on persistently.
let the truth speak, Duke. I love pill
I have loved you 'all -alone But pride
carne nigh to being my ruin I, Thank
God I at last, I have -clean hands.and la c
pure heart./ h have dismissed Sir George
Trevor, and true to myself, -; cast aside
'all womanly rtiode'sty 'and shame and tell
you that I love yon I" #. :
"Lucy," he said, aie•this thinOrue
Is all at an 'end tietween . you 'aid that
man ?" •
"All—all," she whlsperqd softly.
ever."
Duke Rutherford :preased her more
closely to him, and left, his first .w,arrit
kiss upon her lips. Shelf:mud herbeaven i ,
. 1
at last. Lqve, as it ever should had' eau
quered pride . . - •
t, He githered her in hie arms;
whofie'are'yoh now - . ;
"Yourslif you:will have me." . I •
And Duke. Rutherford .. forgot his aril ,
mosity to England and 'did 'not 'g o
abroad.
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Hogg was a good writer ,; but - b
be Cansidered a'aidenf Bacon.
The WOm'an:WhO . neilects her htzsband'er-- )
shirt , front is notl the. wife. of :his
Taxidermy: for parents—lC you want
o preserve your, thiliren not
,stug.,
them. .
A youngpan recently impired la a
music stole for s Sacred song bOok,-whioh
be said was advertised.' '
r
The looking-glass - reveals our:falts ter ;
ourselves: thq; 'wine-glass pierforms
like service . fur oar, friends. . .;
Augusta ;how -cumpliMents, ,:)
•upoa. tbe perfection of,her toilet, try as
curing her that she loO,ks tie Mae s
hife4 girl. ;:
:;*
/Olt - not Mtoniiihititthat "
have the whole World' to-' coticineri will
bother their great. heads about the tiglitel..:7. -
ness of a woman's skirts. •
A pap e r eaxa-tbe limvrare ow bad alit
pnymentSios rare, that the'litbWititasin
thst. r ,the -young l men_ cannot, ; even pe,
their addresses.:
,`• .• • • •
"Papa:, "Aid' RraY, eir, What' do'inty
intend_ to';:iiititle'on . nir &tighter; * a
hoilio , d6'yoalntend !to Hie?" Intendea s
air, - to 'settle tn.ydelf ,:On, your ,daughter g; ;; : i.
and, to live ; 011:70p." • -
A teacher in, on ft of the,lnissicu:Sab
'bath schools , in,Scrantc,m 'asked a patill
on Sunday, where the. angel of the Lord:
to go. The yOting hopeful- -I
naively; , . 4 tolhe cententiiaLP
rsay'loties, how is it that your mkt
dresses so magnificently, <and you:alw_ar.
appear almost ; out at ,thP elbows r, , iyou -
see, Th 01414014 xiciy alis'aPl4 6 ** 4.l
according to Le Foleit,'and IdrOi:ae4
ding `to ledger."% : x F Llv:
A. little girl, four leare :old, ofeattedit,'
ripple by remarking to the tom: :;
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when they tteivin';
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