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COLONEL QUARITCH, V.C.

A TALE OF COUNTRY LIFE.

BY H RIDER HAGGARD,

AUTHON OF KING SOLOMON'S MINES,"

"ALLAN QUATERMAIN," "JES,"

"SB" &C., &c.

Nowe First Published.]

CHAPTER XIII.

THE DAILY PRESS, FRIDAY, AUGUST 81er, 1888.

A. telegram for you, sir,” said the girl with a sharp glance at har mistress."The telegraph boy brought it on here, when he found that you were not at hozie, because he said he would be sure to find you here and please, sir, he hopes that you will give him sixpence for bringing it round, sa be thought it might be important.

Edward felt in his pocket and gave tho gìria. shilling, telling her to say that there we no answer. As soon as she was gone, be opened the telegram and started. It was from his sister In London, and ran as follow ze

“Come up to town at once. Father Leg had a stroke of paralysis ball expect you by the seven o'clock train."

*What is it?". Raid Mrs. Quant, noting the alarm on his face.

20thy, my father, is vary fil. He has had a stroke of paralysis, and I must go to town. by the pers-train."

Shall you be long away. P",

"I dont know. How can I tell P. Good-bye, Belle. I am sorry that we should have had this soone just as I am going, but I can't help it."

"Ob, Edward," she saint, catching him by the.} arm and turning her tese stained face up to wards his own. You are not angry with me, are you? Do not let us part in anger. How can I balp being jealous when I love you so! Tell me that you do not bato me or I shall be wretched all the time that you are away."

No, no, of course not-bat I must say, that I wish that you would not make such shocking sounes-good-bye."

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Edward Comsey offered zin sreeptlós to them, |ter of plesines. Now did yen kappen to see Ida latior, and will eans and see you: toʻZOTTON OF indeed it illustrated them very well. He had in the course of your business Proces On the nach day.”./his letter he placed in adone novor been in love with Mrs. Quest; to begin. Yes he answered, looking bar full in the velops, which he directed to the high warding with, she had shown herself too much in lovs facs, “I did ve Ler, what about it ?****

momo of Mri, d'Aubigné, Stanley, St, Pimlico with him to neoseitato any display of emotion |--"By appointment, I suppose."

and yet it in his pocket. on his part. Her violent and unreasoning ma No, not by appointment,

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Then with another sigh he took up the gaire's sion wearied and alarmed him, he never knew your ratechism paramet

Latter, and glanged through its Its length was what she would do next and was kept in a m

Yend now I am going to preach a homi- considerable, but in anade it annonused his tinual condition of anxiety and irritation us to ly on it. I res through yon perfectly, Edward: soceptance of the arrangement proposed by Mr. what the morrow night bring forih.. Too sure You are getting tired of me, and you want to be Edward Omsay, and requested that he would. of her unaltering attachment to have any protart tid of me. I tell you plainly, that you are not prepare the necessary deads to be submitted to ABOUT ART.

for jaztously, be found it toedingly irkeme to going the right way to work about it. No wo, za lawyers. Mr. Quest rail the letter shaintly Edward Cousy drove from the Castle in a farbe obliged to avoid giving cause for it on his man, especially if she be in my unfortunats enough, and threw it down with a little laugh. from happy frame of mind. To begin with, the side, which, however, he dreaded tulog lest ke portion, can baately bier to se bural disaation and ass gaper world to len be said to hisself, Squire and bis oondamending way of colag eboall thereby bring about samo overwhelming for another. Certainly cannot and I cantion what aladiorous kids it has it all. Hore. business irritated him very much, so much that oatastrophe, Mrs. Untest was, as he well know, you-1 caution yen to be careful, because when a Comey säranding money to get a hold, over. onse or rice in the course of the conversation not a woman who would peame to amsider con- I think of such a thing. I am not quite myself," Ida de in Molle, whom he means, to marry if he he was within su see at breaking the whole thing sequences if unse her passionate jealousy was and suddenly, and without the slightest warning can, and who is probably playing her own Laud off, and only restrained himself with diffouler really aroused. It was even donbtful if the (for her face had been hard and cold as stens) Here is Bails madly in love with Cossey, who will break her heart. Hore am I in love with from co doing. As it was, notwithstanding all curtainty of her own rain would chook her. Her she burst into a flood of tears. the tacrifices and money rinks which he was Love was everything to her, it was her life, the Now Edward Cossey, being but a man, was Belle, who batan xa, and playing everybody's dergoing to take up the mortgages, and they thing she lived for, and rather than tamaly Inse somewhat broken down at this sight. Of course game in order to advance my own, and become a were very considerable even to a man of his great it, it seemed extremely probable to Edward he did his best to congole her, though with no venerated member of a society. I am superior to. prospects, he felt that to had been placed in the Cossey that she would not besitate to face great resnits, for she was still sobbing kitkerly Herse the Squire blundering about liko walas shame, or even donth. Indeed it was by moans when anddenly there came a knock at the door. in a borse-pont, and fancying everything a peaition of s person who receives a favour rather of this great prasion of hers, and by its mesus Mrs. Quest turned her face towards the wall and being outdated for his sole advantage, and that than of a porach who grants one. Moreuser there was an avenmption of superiority about the only, that lie ould bops to Induende her. If pretended to be reading a letter, and he tried to all the world zorulves round Soalan Cutle

And then here at the end of the chain in this old man, visible ranognition of the gulf which he could persuade bor to release him, by painting look as ansomcerned as possible.

female harpy, Edith Jones, otherwise d'Aubgué, used to be fixed between the gentleman of family out that a continuance of the intrigue muat and the man of business who has grown rich by involve him in rain of some sort, all might yet go

alias the Tiger, gnawing at my ritals and kold. trading in money and roucy's worth, which was

wall with him. If not, his future was a dark one,

|ing my fortune in her faná, tak the moro galling because it was founded on actasi.

This was the state of affairs before he became fact, and Edward Comey knew it. All his attached to Ida de la Molle, after which the foibles and addities notwithstanding, it would horizon grow backer than ever. At first he have been impossible for any man of discern. tried to get out of the difficulty by avoiding Ida, ment to outeriais a comparison between the half but it did not answer. She exeroleed an irresis- bankrupt Squira and the yanng baaltar, whe ible attraction ever him. Her calus and stately would shortly be worth between half a million presence was to him what the sight of mountain and a million sterling. The former was a repre- sucha, are to one scorched by continual heat. He sentative, though a somewhat erratic one, of all was weary of passionate outbursts, tears, agonies, that is best in the old type of Englishmon of alarms, presentiments and all the paraphernalia gentle blood, which is now so rapidly variabing, of secret love. It appared to him, looking up and indeed of the class to which to a very large at the beautiful snow, that if ozve he soul extent this country owes her greatness. His reach it life would all be sweetness and light, very eccentricities were wandoring lights which that there would be no more thirst, no more showed nonspected heights and depths in his fear, and no more forced marches through these character-love of country and bis country's Bolored quagmires of deceit. The inare ha bumar, respect for the religion of his fathers. allowed his imagination to dwell upon the pic- loyalty of mind and talar for the right. Flad turn, the farver, grow his longing to possess” it. be lived in other times probably like some of the Also, he knew well enough that to marry a old Boissey's who were at Henham before him you like Ida de la Molle would be the greatest he would have died in the Crundes or at Creasy, bossing that could beppen to him, for she would or perhaps more uselesly for his king at Max of necessity life him up ahora himself. She had ston Mour, or like that last bat one of the true no money, it was true, but that was a very minor de la Melles, kneeling in the courtyard of his matter to him, and she had birth and breading Castle and defying his epetnine to wring his aceret and beauty, and that presence which commands from bin. Now no suck opportunitice are left homage And so it came to pass that he fall te men of his stag, and they are, perhaps as a deeply and yet more deeply in love with Ids, and consequence, dying out of an age which is un- that as he did an his youneetion with Mrs. Quest suited to them, and indeed to most strong growth (although we have seen him but yesterday offering of individual character. In fact it would be in a passing ft of tendarongs and remorse to run much easier to test with a gentleman like the away with her) became more and more izkene to Bquire 1 this history if we could only reach down him. And now, as he drove, leisurely book to "Good-bye," she answered as shogaro him her one of those old, saits of armour from the walls Boisingham, be felt that he had imperiled all his baking Fande "Good-bye, my dear. If only of his pretibule, sud put it on his back, and take hopes by a rask indulgenssin his trading instincts. you knew what I feel hore," she pointed to her that long two-handied sword which last,dashed

Presently the road he was following took a turn breast, you would make exonses for me." ou Flodden Field from its resting place banesth and revealed a sight that did not tend to improve Almost before she had finished her sentence he the clock, and at the end see him dia as a loyal bis already irritable wood. Jest bare the road-was gone. She stood near the door, listening to knight should doin the forefront of his retaizers, way was bordered by a deep bank covered with his retreating footsteps till they had quite died with the old war cry of "a Delamole Detamol trees which sloped down to the valley of the away, and then fang Langelf in the abade and upon his lips. As it is, he is an aristocratie an Eil, at this time of the year looking its loveliest rested her head upon her heads. "I shall lose achronism, ka sality naftted to deal with the the soft autumn lights. And bern, seated on him," he said to herself in the bitterness of her eloments of car advanced and in some ways slope of turf beneath the shadow of a yellowing heart, "I know I shall. What chance have I emasculated age. His body should have been chestout tree, in such a position as to got a against her He already cares for Ida a grosé where his heart was in the past. What chance view of the green valley and flashing river where deal more than be does for me, in the and be will has such as he gainst the Quests of this polito cattle red and white shood chowing the still break from me and marry her some time—Oh, ora of political econowy and bi-metallism ?* Luzuriant aftermath, was none other than Ida Ibad.rather see him dead and myself too."

No wonder that Edward Cussey felt his in herself, and what was more, Ida axxmpanied by feriority to this symbol and type of the things Colonel Quartch. They were mated on camp that no mero are, yes even in the shadow of his tools, and in front of each of them was an easel. thirty thousand pounds. For hore we have a Charly they were painting together, for avan different breed. Goldsmiths two centuries ago, as Idrid gazed, the Colonel rise, came up close then hamkors from generation to generation, behind his companion's stool, made a ring of his money bees aseting for wealth and counting it thumb and first fuger, gazed critically through and hiring it from decade to dosade, till at last it at the lady's performance, and then sadly money becaus to them what bonsar is to the shook ide bead and made some remark, where nobler stook the pervading principal, and the upos Ida terned round and commenced serasim clink of the guius and the rustling of the bark ated discussion, note stirred their blood as the vang of arated "Hang me," said Edward to himself, "if ahe men and the sound of the fapping banner with has not taken up with that confounded old its three golden hawks foming in the sun, was military tramp. Fainring together! Ab. I -wort to set the hearts of the raco of Boissey, oft how what that means Well, I should have Dofferleigh and of de la Molle, beating to that thought that if there was one or more than tune to which England marched on to win the have been that battered locking Colonel. He another whom she would have dialikad, it would

It is a foolish and vain thing to sooff at basi. palled up his hores and reflected for ness, and those who do it in the maret plages, then banded the reing to his rvant, jumped out, and lo shout out the old var eries of our fathers, and climbing through a gap in the fence walked in the face of a generation which singe the song ap'te the too where the pair were sitting. So of the capital, or grouts in heavy labour beneath engrossed were, they in their argument, that the banners of their copyrighted trade marks; they either gaw or heard him. and besides, who would bay out books (also copy.

It's pousense, Colonet Quaritch, perfect zon- righted except in America) if we did? Let us sense, if you will forgive me for saying so, Ida rise up and cloths ourselves, and put a tail hats saying with warmth. It is all very well upon our heads and greet the Democracy with a for you to complain that my trees are a blur, big big D. And yet in the depth of our hearte¡ and the castle nothing but a splatch, but I am and the quiet of our chambers, after the gas is looking at the water, and if I um looking at the turned down and the ladies have goes to bed), water, it is quite impossible that I should see the let us sometimes cry to the oid times, and the trees and the cows otherwise than I have render old men, and the old ways of thought, lot me oryed them on the canvas. Trus art is to paint what "Am atque al-Huil and forowall." Our the painter apes and as he sees it,”

"It is not true," she answered, her lips quiver Fathers' armour huge above the door, their part

Colonel Quavitch stook his head and sighed sing with pain. raite, which whatever else they may be we now

Tho cant of the impressionist school," ke Mr. Quest lang kod gently "I think you know are not, "art" decorate the wall, and said sadly; "on the contrary, the business of the must have lost your power of observatdon, which their force and half tumed hearts moulder artist is to paint what he knows to be there,used to be sufficiently koen. However, of course beneath the stones of yonder church. Hail and and be razed complacently at his own anyus, it does not matter to you. It will in many ways farewell to you, our fathers Perchancs a man which had the appearance of a spirited drawing be & most suitable marriage, and I am aura they might have had worse company that he met of a fortified place, or of the contents of a child's will make a very handsome couple." with at your boards, and even have found it not Noah's ark, so stiff, ao solid, so formidable were more tani to die beneath your anord oats, fight its outlines, trees and animale. ing for some cans which to you at any rate. Ida sbragged her shinidera, laughed merrily, appeared to to good and grand, then to be gently and latrol round find herself face to face sozened to the grave by duly qualified prold with Edward Chasey. She started back, and her tioners at two graissas a visit.

face hardened-then she stretched out her hand And the upshot of all this is that the Squire and said, "How do you do," in ber vory callest was not altogether wrong when he declared in tones. the guence of his chamber that Edward Coussy How No you do. Mina de la Molle "he mid, was not quite a gentleman. He showed it when assuming as upconcerned an air as he could, and he allowed himself to be guided by the arts of bowing stiffy to Harold Quaeitoh, who returned Mr. Quest into the adepths of the fion of obtain the bow and went back to his canvas, which ings lien upon Ida, to be enforced if convenient. was placed a few paces piff. He showed it again, and what is more. ha som-

w you painting," went on Edward I hate you," she said, with bitter emphasis. mitted a huge misake, when tempted theroto by Cossey in a low tone, so I thought I would "I hate you. You have ruined my life, and now the opportunity of the moment, he rande a condi- some and tell you that I have settled that you torment me as though I were lost sol tional bargain with the said Ids, whereby sho wa matter with Mr. de la Molis."

Oh, I wish I were dead I wish I were dead!"

THE 'placed in pledge for the sum of thirty thousand "Oh indeed," answered Ida, hitting, visionály On reaching his offes, Mr. Quest found two pennda, well knowing that her bonour would heat a weep with her paint brush. Well, I hope letters for him, ona of which had just arrived by equal to the tsit, and that if cor venient to him that you will find the investment a satisfactory the afterror handwriting, and algasd with his she would be ready to pay the debt. I say heons. And now, if you please, do not let us talk the Squire's signed made a buge mistake, for bad he been quite any more about money, because I am quite tired big seal, and the other bore a superscription the gentleman, he would have known that he could of the subject. Then raising hor voice the sight of which made him tara momentarily not have adapted a worse read to the affections at ou, Come Lars, Colonel Quaritch, and faint. Taking up this fast with a visible effort, of a lady. Had he been content to advance the Mr. Cousey shall judge between na," and she he opened it. It ran as follows:--- money and then y-and-bye, though aren that pointed to her picture.

"Dear Bill,

world

Half-an-hour later, Mr. Quest came in." *Whore in owey?" he asked.

"Mr. Cossy's father he had a stroke of paralysis and he has gone up to London to look. after kúm.*

"Obid Mr. Qusat. "Well, if the old gentleman dies, your friend will be one of the wealthiest man in England.”

Wall so much the better for him. I am

sure mosey is a great blessing. It protests one

from now."

"Yes" anid Mr. Quost with smphasis, "so much the better for him, and all connected with him. Why have you been crying? Because Cos- sey has gone away—or have you quarrelled with him?"

If I have, it's my affair. At any rate my tears. "How do you know that I have been qeying P

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"Certainly they are-I do not wish to inter. 52, fere with your crying-ory when you ška. It will be lucky for Cossey if that old father of lun dies font now, because he wants monop

What does he want money for? "Because he has undertaken to pay off the mortgages on the Castle estate

has be done that, as an investment? No, it is a rotten investment I believe that he has cone it bowman he is in love with Miss de la Mole, and is naturally anxious to in- gratiate himself with her. Don't you know that I thought perkape that was what yon had been crying about ??"

She made no answer, and turned her back to hide the workings of her face. For a few momente her husband stood looking at her, with a gentle smile playing co Lis refined features. Then remarking but he must go round to the office, bat would be back in time for tea, he went. reflecting with satisfaction, that he had given his wife something to think about, which would be sexrcely to her tasto

As for Balle Quest, she waited till the door had closed, and then turned round towards it and spoke aloud, as though she wase addressing her Fauished husband.

would not have been gentlemanlike, have gently Edward glanced at the Colonel with no suisble Nonnerer this morning. I hope you ain't up

let it transpire what he had done at great persir. "I know nothing about art," he said, and to any of your tricks about the tin, because I sonal expense and inconvenience, her traginamafraid I must be getting on. Good morning," won't stand it and that's all. I told you that I tion might have been touched and her gratitude and taking off his bubla Ida he turned and wont. had dropped all my oof, not that I had much ont would certainly have been excited. But the idea Umph," said the Colonel, looking after him

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of bargaining, the idea of purchase, which after with a quizzical expression, that gentleman garly £20 on my birthday and what I make at what had passed could never be pet aside, would seems rather short in bie temper. Wauta kaook the Birmingham-foar pound ten a week, and of necessity be fatal to any hope of tender feeling about the world a bit, I should say: "But I hard work for that. I'm olsaned out and that's THE TROPICAL AGRICULTURIST HIM TAI ing. Shylook might get his boud, but of bis beg your pardon, I suppose that he is a friend of all about it. Only just now a brata of a fellow has now an assured position in Ite largo own set he had debarred kinaself from the poe-yours, Miss de la Mollo?" aiblity of over gatting, more.

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CHAPTER XIV,

THE TIGER SHEWS. NER CLAWS.

COAL MERCHANT, has always on hand STOCKS OF EVERY DESCRIPTION

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No. 85, PRAYA CENTRAL

was going to come down bandsome in a day or two. Sumatra, Java, Bordiau, Northern Austral, LARGE He would not believe it just so thôngh be Quonaland, Central America, Natal, Mauritius, know what a mean lot you were I told him and the West Indies. From all sub-tropical ta bundle ait donble quick, or I've the nisl planting settlements we have bad cordial sp shoot at his hand-nud he went, you bet, but proval of the publication and an encouraging station in life be that of a ploughboy or an earl, After this very aLilling reception at the hands he'll be back before long with the summons. Irure of support. The English Indian and the gentleman, like the pot, is horn and not of the object of his affection. Edward 'owey, assay the soal shoot for there ain't no costs in it, Colonial Press have spoken in commendatory mado: But it can and dogs the beef an observant may be imagined, continued his drive in an avan and I can't afford any money to get a bit of terms of the 2. 4. as atta-Directors of Publie nature, give him a ortain insight into the habits worse temper than before. He resohed his rooms, Ars to warm my bence with. Then there's Gardans from Sir Joseph Hooker, F.R.S. of thought and probable course of action of the had some luncheon, and then in pursuance of the landlord says he'll distrain for the downwards and so have all planters. members of iba class to which he outwardly, previous engagement went over to the Oaks to rent unless its paid up in double quick time and by ropate, belongs. Bugh an insight Edwardsoe Mrs. Quest.

so and short it is, if I

No planter should be without it.

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Lossession was troubling him very much. His room. She was standing at the window with her the course of next week, I'll know the reason trading justinels, the desire bred in him to get hans behind her, a favorite attitode of hers, why. And I'll just be plain with you, Bill, Bingle copies S. or II, back copies ds. or H14.

£1 Starling Raper 325 Dollars. something for his money, had led him to make As soon as the door was shut, she turned, cams, my old boy. If I don't see the colour of that Any-one of the four volumes completed, boun the bargain, but so that it was dong his better up to bit, and grasped his hand affectionately money by this day wook, why. I tell roa what in cloth, lettered, with comprehensive index, for judgment sa up against it. For the truth may batween bor own.

I am going to do. I'm going to tas little £1 10s. (or E18), carriage prepaid, padded. as well be told at once although he would as yet "It is an age since I have gen yon, Edward," country air, my complexion wants it, and I think soarsely aakuowledge it to hiinseH. Edward. he said, "one whole day. Really when I do not Boisingham would suit first into. In fact I As a medium for Burlish American and Cossey was already violently enamoured of Ide. see you, I do not live, I only exist He was by nature a passionate man, and, as it He freed himself from her clasp with a quick perhaps you'll ask the lovely Mrs, Quest to get a suitable for the tropias, Indis, as well as Coylen shall come down and pay you a visit, old boy, as Australian ADVERTISEMENTS of gods chanced, she had proved the magnet with power movement. Really, Belle," he said impatiently, room ready for me, and when I got down there, if the Straits Settlements, Java, and West Indie to draw his passion. But as the rander is aware, you might be a little moro osreful than to go I don't tell all the old respectables a thing or two for gounoted with agriculture the Tropion there existed another complication in his life for through that sort of performance in front of an about thefr beloved Lawyer, and generally make agriculturist stands unrivalled, the work being which he was cot perhaps entirely responsible open window-especially as the gardener wust them sit up and see stars, why, I aint L. And now constantly in the hands of Native as well as Bu When still quite a youth is wind, he had sad.hare seen the whole thing."

there's the straight tip for you from your affec. ropean and American agriculturiste Being & denly found himself the object of the love of a "I don't much caro if he did," she said defanttiopaste Tiger. But remember she'd always | Monthly Periodical, the Tropical Agriculturist beautiful and enthralling woman, and be badly. What does it matter P My husband is rather park than growl: It's only when the cashlias on the table and is very often referred to after a more or less severe struggle yielded to cortably not in a position to make a fuss about don't come down that her back goes up. All during each month. the temptation, us, out of a book, many young older people."

question of money, my boy, like everything else men would have doze. Now to be the object of

Mr. WT. Thiselton Dyer, F.L., C.M.G., What does it matter?" he said, stamping his in this wicked world.

Assistant Director of Kew Gardens, writing of the violent affection of anek a woman sa Belle foot. What does it not matter? If you have no

*Your beloved Edith.” the T. A., refers to it as an astonishing re

1,00 19 Quest ja no doubt very flattering and oven are for your good zamo, do you suppose that I

By the time that Mr. Quest had Buished red-bertory of everything relating to the economie Friday, va mooount of coaling. M

There will be no Iaunch on Monday and Hover olarning for a while. But if that affection is an indifferent to mine "

ing this precious offusion, the cold swend was : potany of iás Enet.”

For the sole of planta, seeds, wachinery to, except under unavoidable ciremmstances. In Strathspey

The above Time Table will be strictly adbured" "Great heavenal" he said, "this woman will implemente, So, used in tropical (tea, gar case of stress of weather, das notine will be

July 17 Mackensie [Belt, bk) destroy me. What a devil! And she'd be as good fibra, o.) agriculture, no better advertising given of any stoppages. is apt to vanish and oven the finitery to costo to "Yen have grown wonderfully careful all of a as her werd unless I found her the mouey, I studium exata

$29 please. Also, when, in the present case, the sudden, Edward" she said meaningly

TEESELS EXPECTED AT HONGKONG. go up the town at once. I wonder how she got connection is wrong lo itself and universally What is the use of my being careful when you that ideo into her head. It makes me shudder Bates for Advertisemente, 19 words to line.]

(Corrested to Date.) condemned by society, the affection which can are so reckless? I tell you what itis, Belle. We to think of Pooh a thing," and he dropped his 13 lines and under per Lines. Bd. (8 ans). still triumph and endure on both sides must be ace talked of all over this gossiping town, and I face upon his bands and groaned in the bitter. Abors twelve of a very strong and lasting order. Even a un don't like it, and what is more, once sud for, all I ness of his heart. principled man dislikes the acting of one long lis won't havo is. If you will not be more careful, I

Quarter Fags (once) 17 R1035 per cent of for It is hard." he thought to himself; "hore Half

£1 & E17 >engh additional mich an au intimacy of the sort necessarily will break with you altogether, and that is ths I have for years and years been striving and Whole

E2 R24) insertion involvas, sad if the man happens to be rather long and short of it." wist than unprincipled, the dunlike inapt to tura

telling and labouring to become a respectable and For long contracts, special reductions, Where have you been this morning the respected member of society, and always this old Communications, resposting advertisenientë

folly haunts my steps and draga me down, std, by end subscriptions may be adtromad to

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not returned in kind, if in sort the gentleman. Mra Quest opened her large violat eyes to the standing in bonds on his forehead, does not love the lady quits, as warmly as she fallest extent, and a curions light was refleted loves him, then in coarse of time the charm from them.

to loathing, some portion of which will certainly asked in the same minourly calad voles.

in time be redlected on to the partner of his ill-I bare boes to Honham Castle on a matter of heaven, I believe that it will destroy me after all doing.

business."-

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