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that rnu.t I. rnJurir. nd, mm like. Ml that be " Nonwn. Ollie! Why, you know the doctor is
ha I rofH him by i Wwg willmjt torvivehU rr a a t-ar sometimes, when things are going
oirHurv nf wrong outride. You mut't not expect it of a man."
" I mil f t Mi. Ilird that ! ran lire without " Teddie was never cr.s to me," wailed the girl,
hrr. IWhap. ji . M well that ri.e did not read it, " Will, may) you had better give up trying to
afVr all." captivate Mr. Clayton, go back to the country, marry
Half an hour laUr Mr. fr. Ulrn ruhl into her Teddy Sykes and w ttle down on a farm!" was the ear-
tUUr'i rm, f if laiming ratir rejoinder.
U()M Ollir! Mr. Clayton liMralM fur you to Suddenly Ollie Hat up, and brushing the damp curls
Uke a drlte. I under where he ha -n thrw two bark from her llurin-d face, exclaimed, tragically
daya? Hp 1 - V a. If he'd had a fa of ri krtM lo " Jen. if I really thought Teddie cared for me as I
hurry,rhl!d; helmed to r.erroua and nttl' Here, do for Frank Clayton, I would go home and marry
bt iw lie your ah " him, farm and all! "
" IWI fidget, Jen; you know I rati rnt Uar to I Mrs. il-ri laughed, mockingly.
hurfK I." Lucky you don't often take such conscientious
11 You're a regular 11 maid. h, where is that rh, Hut how alx.ut Mies Uird, whom everyone
nofdial? ttr, lake little to wakeyuti up, you b-.k ayi Clayton in engaged to. He evidently can cot
dumpi.h " marry you both. iKm't you pitty her, if so bo you
Krwiahly Frank Clay tonwatclml the d..r through hold the winning card?"
buh the jfifl would rr.Ur, wondering what influence No, I don't; and inn't it funny? Someway I just
he would ejrrt over him in hi preN-nt Mate of mind, fit-1 a kind of ite at her, and if I could do anything
tit Imagination waa m fdH with a virion of a Uen- to get him away from her the proud, haughty thing!
Iy flgurr and fae of w arm, proud U auty that be pave We drove pwt there this morning, and I think I saw
an Involuntary tarl a the tit rrraturr tripd in, her in the riirublrry; anyway, there was some one
brr pMty pink and white faie ti.(n in to a frown at out there in white."
a rfatory glove that wuld not ne right; but tht " (J,!! That augurs well for our side, and you
frown Itirtl to .ii,. c M .U fiHri hrr ryra to hit muri play your card as fust as is safe, for the doctor
fare, and hln.hlng pMtdy, .aid tlt.$ ,M rt main here much longer; and by next year,
" I thought y,,M for.akrf, n.e, and waa ji.t leaf when we return, your ador.nl Miss Itird will probably
in d - tor and Jrn to bl toe go home to auntie " Mrs. Frank Clayton."
" l-for,ake y,,u! .W! And no., which way NW! She hall never have him!" cried the
aballwepol Ti. a lovely morning fr a ride in any girl, vehemently, adding later, irrelevantly, ''Jen, why
dic tion. The country 1. 1- aut.ful" .li.In'1 you marry one of the other kind of doctors? I
She ind,r.tl ber cho)(e,,Jtllm-de,,M1(Tcrrnce think the,, nwton, always on the move, are hor-
to Mm, a, after be bad drum riowly pAt the Hird rid"
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- !,. u. 11... . 1 1 n..,rmn(. an.) n,,w rumor i, (he ma go ng to
Pl ' ' nJ, . . , . . hiil ,rrn l 'me of her early girlhoo.1, but she
hiruw oe, Ollw I I am jr Mrnjny, had irrn it up to wait for Frank Clayton. With her-
buti.aoebuinri,erp!riltJr,t.(akMneaUntmindc H( Ut ' . , V "DD(,f
ah j tuj j" "f ,'t', neil that as the wife of a poor man
Mr. inm..a.Urt,rili1i . I ,,,,,,,r ,,ul'l 'Ignore than would her accom-
Mra iiirn ai urnl to oe U.rni hudie . ppthmenta
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.!,... .WJ. ,,ul,tur. U,...; k., , -i J '"i-, ' K growing timl of ,uch
.lib .ft.r W:,t P M U( " j " f-l; .WUnng Wf InUnUonof mnl.bg until