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BORN COQUETTE,

MRS, HUNGERFORD,

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Now First Publishat.

CHAPTER VIL

She smiled on many, jush for fun ș

I knew that there was nothing in it

"What a lovely house!" mys Nan, with in- vero admiration:

says Hume, laughing. "It wasn't worth a line more, eh addressing Franch dizesily be looks back at him with his impenetrable eyes but | says nothing."

Not halt n ans, ways Croker. We have just come from Rethmare, whore Penslope," to Nan, "toids all about it,"

saknowledges that:

Why, pon know," orten Nazi, quickly, her eye on french, who seema, a trife uronsy beneath their fire. "Yorerything and yet you maked, Well now, by wonder

There is something in no, that compela an answer. Ffrench, after a rift glance at her, "Burely, you know why," says he in a low tone, meant for her alone. A tene fraught with It will be all right after a bit returns he Toro, meant to remind her of his piusion-bnt carelessly. "Tint in spite of the fellows I sent meant, too, to avoid a more difficult explanation down to see to it it wants a good deal still, I of his conduct. am afraid you are taking away a rather unkindlyWe saw Penelope; she told us," mays Croker. memory of it to-day, but next time you come There is something in the way he mentions

Ponelope's tsue that betraya bis interest in the pretty oriature "Are you going home now, Nan? Well, we'll go with you.”

So together they all return to Rathmore, reading each other as they go, and there Hums make the acquaintance of Penelope, sa Gladys, and the others; the picsfores of the others being in a highly advanced stage of dirt, the owners of them having spent their afternoon on the borders of the duck pond.

"Next time," my Nan, oparing her ever "Oh, surely my one mistake will be sufficient."

"But when my sister agríves, in 'about, three wooks or se, I hope you will be good enough to call on her," asyn Home, pleasantly. And that though, of course, I have no right to ask any favour of so great a stranger that you will help me 18 ke the constry agreeable to her."

We'll onll, of oouras," says Nan, who has somehow begun to feel dispirited. But as to

CHAPTER VIIL

Wy aunt my poor deluded want!

Her hair is almost gry:

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TAH DAILY PRINS, SATURDAY JAMUARY 1978 1800

takon rofuge in a severe it of coughing that threatens to part har son from her body, but Gindyn at all avonta, le equal to the cocaaton,

"I have always wondered, mya the in her oleer soprano, "why it is that thos porfeet bon male ars so desadfully obeseeing!

TABERAGE!

Gladys declining, to be withered by ihs glandes bestowed on her by both her sisters, alts gazing with quite an infantile unconsciousnes at her outraged aunt. The sant at least that bould have felt outragad, hat Mrs. Manly too well red of her own ciarma to lut herself foil Roated by the unintered oritlist of a child

a

thing, Nas, a little bitterly Normo. If one ana't be deseutir reseed, better wisy at homes."

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"Rage Don't give yourself the habit of talking bike that sys er sunt, sharply. It' HE TOP FLOOR of G1ZB. LIVINGSTON Co's Hong consisting of FIVE has contre to her that of late the girls bare been looking rather shabby Good Heavens SPADUS ROOMS and THREE BATH depene lines gown, wit ott a hole in it, to be BOOM suitable eithless fios or Breiling

Apartments. called rage Sdn hore now, I really think you bad batter ran upstairs and clange your mind and your frock at the game instant, and some with me to Calel more."

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Don't distress youre If about it, Julia X assure you it would be an unwiga move. I don't Dear little Gladys so erade, so dharmingly bolfeve I should captivate, Mr. Hams in that old downright says she, with a smile that brings frook" says Nan, with rather sarcastic little dear Stilo Gladys to a rather dangerone stato smile I should only run all your hopos, Gies of mind. Well, I'm sorry the bonasi dopan't it up, Julie, I was never meant to be great. please you, der but are can't dress to it eary Take the modest violet, born to blush aussen, I laste Boyle, at all events, was very compl shall probably so marry that I shall sink out of

outary about it He is to be here presently to the sight of sit my wall-u-lo relative

There is something moking in her whole air taka má on-tó Chelmore."

Boys Ffranch is her nephew, the son of that angers her nut. It on the settling of brother, long deal, and, therefore, cousin to the her nicce in such is as shall do credit to har. Hong rong, 15th January, 1890. Delaneye. With a captainey in the Hussars, self, and raise her indoor so in the county, which, and a paltry £re hundred a year, ho it shoct in spits of the monofaseming from it, had been a poor a young man as one need know, lowered by her marriage, she feels now thorough. That Mrs Manly has money that he has sly put ont by the girl's Bader. Fed a right to it, or even a better than any Is it possible that she can for a moment in. tend to play fast-and-loose with a man who cami body. I thought that frequently re wine with him. It is natural, strengthened by ocupt his thon-ands once readily than an on- the fast that, though she has never openly de-other man his hundreds. The girl must be mad

DAVID SASSOON, SONS &Co. *You may wall blush for much a speech na clared him her hair, she hes stood to him in it-

[Tönk song, 25th November. 1889:

140 the maitora, and makes it a thing of course, that that." says she, wrathfully. "Seen or unsqsä.

TO BE LET. he should spend bis feare at Ballybrack. her Really it's disgraceful the way you girls talk nowadays. Not to spark of the sinfulness of place. Why will be train that winter ourl

Western half of In such spring.Hke way!

Well, and how's your father ?" asks eho, pro- throwing away such an opportunity, se ProviCECOND FLOOR,

dence bas now thrown in your path."

(Marina Telegraph House from 1st Well, dears, this seems to be quite a godsend. eatly.

"That he is *Wa: don't know, saye Nas.

"Is Mr. Huns an opportunity F", naka Pons: Jaunary. this neighbour of ours," says Mrs. Manly, eater alive we do know, becauad his breakfast tray was lope, who is growing angry for Nan's sake.

***THE HOMESTEAD," Mt. Kalletti All Tom-cut, and besidos.........

ing the Bathmore drawing-room- most dila-

Ha, b," laughs Gladys gaily, totally A PORTION of "BEACONSFIELD Á BOLDE” rent to bin this morning, and onless he has con- "William!" says Misa Delaneyin anawful tone.pidated «pot—a week later.

You should spell BIENEE VILLA" PREOTU Wollwhat" retorts William, sullily. "I She is the one member of the Dalanay family, jured up a familiar to eat it for him, he certain-animpressed by the situation

BREEZY POINT, HONKAM BOAD, was only going to say And besides that, we ontside the immediate family circle, who is to ly finished his penched-ogge. But you know it it with him. Nau. You know! Forfeits you kip":

Something in the child's murestrained iner- Apply to have no money (

them well-know: their mother's, not their such as our lives are worth to make an

SHARP & Co., father's sister, small, sprightly, well-meaning, attempt to enter his room Last time Bartleriment adfoots them all. After a struggle their

BEACONSFIELD ARCADE. but unsympathetic woman. The bad gably trial Well you know all about that. And Irish natures sezert the assivos, and they join

in har joyous laughter, Julia herself, being the Hongkong, 11th November, 1889. offended an aristocratie but impecanions family. I'm sure we're not likely to forget It

gayest of them all. “Such a row,” Baya Penelope'

TO LET by marrying a Dublin merchant. She was the

Children like that never have an ounce of "It's diograceful!" says Mra: Manly, with youngest of that family, and perhaps had fired of the perpetaal shifts and mako believes that more real warst of manner than the has yet one litte alluns to the at Gladys. 66AIGELLACHIE 8. had helped them to get through life to their own shown. "But your mother exiled him. What it is the one little allusion to the late disus ree respect but with indescribable. discomfort, and a man! What a father! Good grinas, has be ability that she allows her id yet it is not when occasion threw a competence in her way of reponsibility Pos Think he always easy to cheere Lonversation-oad all- no existence where the worry of unpaid bills brought you late this worldly to ignore you ? ing her bra to find a new topic that shall 6 the last, she all at od sver be known, closed with it, and defying I wish to goodness I send get him to go manke ther publis and family commout married a low-bora him a pices of toy mind."

ries ebu Do gue know who I 'but otherwise most osticable merchant.

her is

"Dying !” exolzim th+ 7 n saning forward.

Yes; old. Mrs. Canthère at Duffy's farm, you know.

"If she's depending on us to make the place Tively for har, she'll have a bad time of it," saya i William, with an outburst of merriment, that Nan is her anger calls "goffaw." "You should see father? The very thought of a dance, zor a pinnis oven, puts his hair on and like an

once re

Gi "A place would do. no good; it would take the whole of the biggest mutid in Europe to make kiu ve us in the liht of anything sara, OE- curabrauses," Days Noo, hardly bitterly, yet with

touch of digoxitent.

This is terrible! And to an atter a stranger too. As if overcome by William's awful frauk. Deng, Miss Delaney lays down her arms;

"Weil, we haven't," says she mangtodensly, and then all at once something in the whole Siuntion strikes her as being cornia ia tbeslant degree. She struggles with herself ineffectually and finally breaks into repressible inaghter.

Such merry, happy, musical laughter! Was evor music sweat or gay na it? Hame, who has heer bred amongst such town miss a bar been toght that open demonstrations of any kind of mirth, or joy, or anger, are only for the Tulgar, is slectrified by it into a passionatqad It had surprised her to find that he bald quite miration What a young girl she is! What a good -pasitum in Dublin, that he w-known sweet, delicate touch of youth enabade hor, there in very proper diroles, and that she-his wife out bo poor figure even at the "Cawstle," glorifying every movement of her suite body,

"Well, I hope he will so far ronse himself aa All at once it is the most unacceptable, the as it was there called. Brewers and distillery most absurd thing in the world he admite)--bates were not to be lightly regarded in "Dablia to give you some money soon." says hirk, Manly ut this moment it does occur to hirs, how often Tosa," and the despised Manly way better than You'll want it, as I intend to give a dance the his friends have suggested to him the charms of the general ruak. He was on the point of week after next. the married stata. Jdiots, be had been rode renovating a parish church, and raising it to "O1 grios Nau, her eyes sparkling; sba has enough to call then to himself often and often; the ranks of a cathedral, when mighty Douth just bought, and made up a charming evening yet were they such idiots after all? A wander intored, and saising him he died. ing dont about his pet Lelief bazion to playing the one current action of his life said ber She has spent her last month's money, on a hat, He had fired, he had made money, he had O crise Penelope with sincere dismay, William, whose sulky monds are never proof relations-at all events be did dis, and left his and boots, and glove, fondly believing an oven- against laughter, bere gives in to Nan's joyens widow very cousiderable fortune, to which being gown in Rossmeyn to be entirely useless mirth, and presently Dr. Jame, as if unable to was by no means, indifferent. Perhaps she Oberias ladys, erasing forward her long restrain himself, jolus in with the brother and thought she had earned it hard. by marrving Tong Leck, and fixing her anal with soaptival eister, and the trio who would have been paz beneath her, because she elong to it lovingly.ing smile. zled to explain the case of their jollity if put She was, indeed, what is vulgarly tarmoad close- to it laugh unreservedly matil the entrance fisted; sud saw very strong reason for it before gate is reached.

she parted with a five-pound note to anyone but Cue cutovus of this general cameraderie is hetwolf. To the latter, however, she was nobly that Nan thon and there I saw all sense of the liberal. sbypass that but half an hour age distressed her She rails horgol? thirty-five, which proves her en keenly when in the presence of the master of integrity, as she still wants a month or ten of

havoo with his mind.

KOWA,

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"Ah P" says Nro. · I would be ornel to say there is disappointment in her tone, there is certainly lack of interest. Mrs. Canty, an old woman of ninety, who lo i had a leg and a half in the grave for th pos sighteen montha, is as nothing to her, and gust as little, indood, to her anat, bat then a chnge in the programme had to be made.

seen her twice in her lite. Poor old thing" ay Penelope kindly, who

Woll, she's not exacted to last the day," saya Julia, persevering her news as she sees that the late cloud is dar iy yet dispersed. "Au here is larphy," regard ag that important per

with a warlike glanca, as be happens to enter

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You'll ask me too. Julie, won't you?" says the. Ab, you will now what ?"

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mother bearing bean his other's third ecuain's faisce; gaites close and easily got at connection for an Irish peasant. "if yo'd like to hear el of bor, Miss Nan, I won'tn't be was minit fakin'

skelp up there.

Home Castle. Then he was an autoural, a beforky. A woman between thirty and fortyOl, nerer mind, it doesn't matter," saya ingays Mr. Murphy, who for his part does

the world is taraing upside down” ing to be dreaded, a erature on whom William's always, considere herself much younger than: reputation depended. Now he is a fellow mortal, does a woman between twenty and thirty. Julie Gladys with an attempt at bravery, that does feel an interest in the fading Mrs. Canty, hor and due, whiggers this deplorable coquette to Manly-sbe affects the sprightly, sprituelle not hide from Nau or Penelope the fact of her herself, not altogether blind to her charma. Te manner that he believes belongs to har French having tesre is bor eyes. In truth she is bitterly ureato contempt in a woman for a man, asante ighbours, however, and objects to the common disappointed, and oun thought adda poignaney her that the man is hopelessly in love with har Julis. Julie now; How sweat, how musical, to her regrot. "It--if only she bad rocollated After that reader to him your deepest commisera-She would be called Jalise by all her friends; a to call her falls, perhaps perhaps~——” ties, for she'll lead him a life that →→→

"Gladys is sixteen, bagim Nas, earnestly, tonob of trivality sternly sat upon by her Delaney's nieces, who call her Julia in season and out of it. A great many girls go ont at ditemo, and The latter, the fair Julie objects to most, By it Gladys has no fa meass when balf the county is present.

It is now evening. The giant eux bas droped asleep I Nature lies quiescent. if dreading to swake him. Up high, far away, a faint pale mocn-e-climbed-the-heavens, zbadowy ertain, as Chungh afrit of its own sadacity, Such a young Disan. In thought str. Hams compares it to the pale, slight girl by his side; so fair. Could she over-hear; or care to bear?

That ontwile the gateway, two young man coming leisurely up the road, mert their eyes. William-giveaway-tu-abuinteroas shout of luncheon and dinner tabl "a'umore, regards would get on without me?" is her usual begin.

welcome

tion with due gintitude.

Here's Freddy Croker," ories ho. M: Croker knowledges this joyous recogni- "My beloved William says he, "this is in deed a pleasure." Ito holde out his arms with The evident intention of pressing William to his dosem, a kindly, not to say affectionate, act, viewed, however, by William with distinot suspicion.

Oh. bother," says That youth, eloding the promised hug, and getting behind Mr. Huge, whe le lacking at those two new neghbours of his with some interest.

hos os af husentially fish-beings who, with a heart of wood bare sise a most affectionate mauner: a real, lovely, caressing maoner, that an angel might be proud of. It impresses most people, and prepossesses them in her favour bat not her nieced least of all— Murphy. That autonrat i reakfast, and

her over with a malevolent yo

Girls without two older sisiora!" says Mrs. Manly with all the air of a thorough worldling This is no air which she produces now and then, and on which she prides herself."No, not an other worl, Penelope. I know what is dus to you three poor motherless girls if nobody else does" In ber heart, she fondly holieres she in tho guardian angol of her deed sister's ohildren.

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He is evidently so anxas to go that Nao bas at the heart to tell him that dinner will soon ba ready, and his trivices mi jaived.

"Well go, and hurr's ok," says she, impres-03SE No. 2 SMITH'S VILLASE sively. We shall be ze anhappy till we hear."MAGAKING GAY, & SPACIOUS FIVE loge, laughing, as the cid man disappears with hense, xcellent view.

arpay is quite delf rated now," says Pere BOOM DE HOUSE, with Busement and Out great alsority. He has the joyous prospect of a wake balore him."

Here the door opens, nd William and Bartle

(To be continued.)

enter the room.

To se ber rigged ont in all the colors of nius of salg a guns ersation with her neighbor BUSINESS ANNOUNCEMENTS.

Nan beseech her is turn, she is deaf to their round. And though now Fenelope, and now charming, and dochines altogether to give Gladys

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But these feware of spasob on the pact of Mr. My dear Gladys, keep your youth while you Murphy, though now and thin delicately conveygan," says he to the disgasted Gladys. el to her by her mail, fail to waken Mrs. Manly heroe you will be glad of my refusal of to-day: to a oben of er mennness.She trazta them, as even your sistare arv in my opinion almost too the considers the author ought to betrested, with young for a big affair such as propose having." Croker, who is about Hama's own height, is a silent contempt, having conceived a violent a

Here the hearts of Nan sad Parolope beat stalwart mas of twenty-mven, with brown hair, dislins for him as that bonest if somewhat ag hish. brown eyes, brown skin. A very ordinary your gravating old porson has cultivated for her.

But that," goes on the moralist slowly, man, with nothing in particular to distinguish

For Jalis (the Delaney giris never cal herne wan't be too hard, and Nan; "hore abo him from dozens of his fallawa, except perhaps "sunt, except on that out fi duason occasional knks at the girl; sed as though strack by the very lovable expression that makes big large for Julia to ever dream of hargalt sa possessing something in the extreme baanty and girlish- north almost handsome, Huge, after one & fault would be to upsel etary theory abe has use of her, mye earnestly "you are looking swilt glance at bin, takes his measure to a over entertained. She is indeed generosity itself well to-day, Nan1. So young, so fresh p

iety, and decides upou liking him; hut the to bor own virtues, to say nothing of her vices. An IP" Bag Nan langbing, "Pity then, other Froker's companion-is of an altogether Should she, eloot to gown herself in the lataet that there is no one to admire me," she half different type

Paris fashions (and she always does so aloot it is breathes at these words with a large vown, for

X. Y. Z., with a hallow complexion, and black hair and heraf anording to her station in life, and so far

Offer of this Paper. yes. Peculiar eyea, dp, searching, almost as lieth in her to be a help and a comfort and a

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Hourkong, 28th November, 1889. feroe. There is a tough of self-repression uḥnut blessing to the poor sem patresses, and fittorg and the whole faus that irresistibly attracts, and inventors that go to make up the big sum of is this I hear about the new neighbour 2. About The Tee returned the re of Memory

.TO LET. warns ons vaguely, that a volcanoin all possibility those who se born but to fitilate the ortayar Bane F. It was partly the reports that I twenty-fold Dr. Albert Castor. (11th Nov., 1889) may lie beneath that stadionsly calm exterior. gances of the rich. Should she (which is very have been hearing, that have caused me to come *Of great advantage to a strong mamary, inoëlcula

ROM 1st December, 1889, either with or seldom sud a cheque to the Infirmary in the here to-day. Is it true that he is here, morning,able aid to weak on J. M. Buckley." Leally without Machinery, the Company'e The bluck eyes are now fixed on Misa Delaney.

Why Nan," nga Croker; with all the free-next town, it is not bacaues she wishes to carry noon, and night ?”

acquired and wry interesting. Kev.S. Roll, N.A. Spacious GODOWN & YARD at Bangton, dom of an old friend. Tis a curs for 'sair rou' favour, with the gentry round, and my Lord For a moment the girl beultate; it is indeed uro of mind wandering as lacrosse of vocetulary.

known as the Hongkong Steam Laundry AMA. Itd your syitamin Compary (Loŝtad)" to sou you outside the walls of Rathmors. Better; Bishop, who intimately competed with it, but gaita=true; that one day a introduction being tend traveling companies."--3. B. Hayo, Commander, She is accompliebed, that day on which Mr. Hume BN Leone, by post. Csions of Mr. Frogtor and

A..O'D. GOURDIN, "Rather foolish, isn't it?" was his companion, in ped, rather a favourite with the Bishop, who, brought back Nan to Rathmore-be, has come of any ember of the sedicat, &-u, profergiou,

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downright godsend," says Mrs. Manly, tire family. As for the childre they adore

** DATING'S COTGIF LOZENGES. you to try your strength-like this."

TO LET, FROM HT JANDAEY, 1890, We hardly night" aasa. Nan.Pro- *There is a coldnes in his tone, and yet au in the drawing room, and descending carefully

Conon's MALACHITIS, DIFFICULTY elmost burning interest that strikes on flame's into it. It would be au atrocity to destros the rightly we are sure that Rise derons of OF BRIG RE sa-i eured by KAT.UUSU-No. 3, CASTLE ROAD.

perfect build of this her latest gown from Worth kindly are generally removes him from dar

IN' Lozenge? (rongnised and recom- Zon are right. It was something special," that she is wearing She is an hor way to so tired eyes." says Miss Delaney, with a little laugh, that has o afternoon at Lady Cashelmore's and has dropped Een it's truo what I've been hearing Hended of the Medio) No other

remedy is half so effeotáre, good deal of perfousness in it. That she has in on the Delaner girls, Recretly to show bar is here perpetually And." says Mrs. Mealy, Just come out of the gates of Hame with its mas- gown, op aly to talk about John Hume. The lossing forward and speaking in an enger, tar by her side, is appareat, to all beholdera. Delaneya bad received a card for the sabelunre confidential manner," what brings him now, ola ? How is the to explain her prosence le? At garden party, too, but a dearth of gowns had el*** any other time, under different circumstances, compelled them to send a refusal.

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she would have found it quite a simple matter A young man, giris! An event in itself. cally to give a graphic description of Walian's orime And by no means destitute of' coin.. Well { "Oh, nonmoss!" ories Nan, with a loogk mal and her rush to the remove to these two old What under heaven can send a young man here, faint blush.

E “That's too absurd. You might friends, bat just now, with the old tired feeling who has money to ge elsewhere, pashes my com-just as well any it was Gladys' on her, and this stranga xian by her side, she finds prohension."

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all at once that words have failed hor, and idone else to try to comprehend it," says Fanelong. I looka at me or Peanie. and is always asking you Will they think she has been making an eran calmly. Where are you golog, Julia Ton are to go cut with him into the garden to look at the ing call on Me, Huma; anerious deales to laugh magnificent enough for a North American war late reses. I don't believe" (soorufully) "be at this absurd reading of her presence, here, is dance." mingled with a most unjust indignation towards ** To Ceshalmore,” says Julia, with dignity, } theza ára no Possa in, the arbour, und ——— * i. *De, you mean to Lord Baabel more?

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"Something special, bera?" Laks Frasch. His glance, seems just to toush the gates of Hume. Thero is ill suppressed excitement in his tone and "He'll marry you, if you don't look oct," says expression, and he allow completion seems to Glades. who is a saucy little thing in spite of Home→who is intently watching him to grow | har ungel fane, a shade paler.

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*** Ah you girls! you girls!" érías Julis, in into a corner.. "Nits the wind in that quarter?” says he to gushing tone, rather pleased than otherwise at himself, and all at once that curious desire for the suggestion of Gladys. I wish one of you with a last attempt at cell-assertion; buts second | Sole Invectors, Patentose, and Manufacturera, victory that reigns in all bronata, that longing were coming with me. You might hare glause from Penelope, full of satrosty,

JELLWOOD & SONS, LONDON. to overcome, grows warm within bins, and thrill- phanen, whereas your old spatie? Here subinga her quito. Mr. Manly's senses, how- bim to keeper life. The idea is formless, and she laughs in a litilətittering, conscione manner over, being of the wakefal order, mething has barely living, yet he has decided within himself, that incres the girls beyond bounds, and escaped ber.

DOWLAN D. Sa ̈ KALYDOR R Soil is you, Nen," says who thoughtfully. Goals and reftesse the face and hands of that this girl beside him shall marry kim-not suggests the idea that her being too old for Firench; nor any other man. But by all the anyone je out of the question, and quite en A Nation, I tell you, retarde Nan, gaily. all exposed to the hots and dues, eradiosten powers of earth, not Firanoh !"

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ROWLANDS MACASSAR OIL · **Yos here. : It was about William- begins go to Lady seimore sin those old gowas," says of friends, you will see how few and far between -Nan, and then falters and pausar se if at a long Nas, indiginally, sarcasm having at last given his visits. here will be."

proserves and beautifies the hair, and can be how to go on. She la looking very white and place to righteous anger, * Not likely | - It is s *ves are like that." says Mr. Manly, slowly, alas, had in a gaiden enlqar fired; terribly white. uma with hisenstomary simple thing to stay at homey it an abominabla, as if not following her own words, but rather

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