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A Simple Goutleraan. By JOHN STRANGE WISTER. London: Georga Bell & Sons. Hongkong Kelly & Wilsb.
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view it she wisely determined to live a quiet life. All went well until she met the man who inspired her with the divine passion ", when
fortunately his friend, Capinie L'.rauge discovered her secret and threatened to tell her lover. The interview between the captain and the girl herself is very dramatic. Hor love for the young man makes her defiant, lut at length her spirit is broken and she suddenly disappears.. The distracted lorrr searches Europe for her. and though in the meantime he has learned har secret, that she had been led away by another mau in the oarly versantíe pariod, it makes us difference in his determination to marry the gil, which he does. And everything ends as it should.
The Wrong Envelope: aud Other Stories. By Mrs. Molesworth, London: Mucmillan & Co.
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