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BEA UTIFUL BUT POOR. ie 499 complaint. To him she was an supeth but, alas! not his angel. - He appreciated her dolcacy: and her noble sense of honor in returning his letter, and he felt the full - value of the friendship she offered. ‘“But,’’ he said, “Show can I, loving her as I do, and must—how can I see her here day after day, and refrain from pushing a suit which, under the circumstances, would be almost.an insult to her? I cannot doit. I will go away. Father has been anxious for me to establish a branch of our business in California, and I will do it. Perhaps absence, and the excitement and novelty of travel, will help me to bear my disappointment better, if it does not heal the wound inflicted so unwillingly by the noblest hand on earth.’’ . 3 For two,.hours or more he remained there in his office, laying his plans and thinking what to do, and trying to so tone down his feelings as not to pain her when he went out, by a look of sorrow; and he had regained entire command of himself when there came a hasty knock on his office door. 3 He opened it to receive Frank and Lizzie Legare, who stood there smiling, and who entered his office when he as cheerfully saluted and asked them in. Eomicboo » Throlt ae “4 e. R ~ 2 : ¥ oy. . - » : . é - aN | : : cA t : v. . < '* > =< ’ 7. aha ne ae et te wit as Xs “es k - - te ae 0 z - : | * i. . i Patt NP. fy oe ee ciyye > eet ee ee ee a 2 Diet a bee : =. 5 aA . — ay Se , * a, $3 a, Se Ss ee * do ee ee nee Se em SD ge IR ea as Peet ae . ; Meee, a FT Age ee SONA SY “ys, an vs A ane po A Se ES Fa ee PS oo ee, oe Og Ree i a Le ek ie, a ee a SN Ot SF ees Nee’ oF ny et WS ot 4 oe Re, a?) af or ta, NB ." — coal nat ay Wh Lr 4 Se of | <A - ay Re Stes 4 r fig) x Wh a he an ae enl > Y Ba: * ey \ Atay Me) 4 Pe , Le P «4 * L a9) 1 Sk . , n \ . : ‘ ~ we > i. » yo _ ea ‘oye : 4 Me a » 4 7 -) ‘s;com AA > . “mt 4 | “ : 14/5