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7m oe, a 4 A £ . A ‘ : d 130 : BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. CHAPTER XXVIII. AUNT LOUISA. “We have come after Miss Hattie Butler, Mr. W—-,”’ said Lizzie, after shaking hands with him. ‘Our dear Aunt Louisa is ever so much better to- day, and her first wish this morning was to see her. But the doctor thought she had better wait until afternoon, until she grew stronger, and so we waited till after lunch, and then we had to come. Our aunt would give us no rest.”’ | “That’s so. Do you know, Mr. W——, though she has not positively said so in so many words, I be- lieve our good aunt means to give us a new cousin? I feel sure she means to adopt Miss Hattie as her daughter. ”’ ‘‘Hardly against the will of the latter, wie ae a mind of her own, and few minds stronger or better balanced,’’ said Mr. W——. 3 ‘But this morning,’’ said Lizzie, ‘‘when I went early to her bedside, she was murmuring in her sleep, and I heard the words, ‘my precious daughter,’ distinctly. And when she awoke, I knew she had been thinking of Miss Butler, for she asked the very first thing if she was in the house.” “That certainly bears out your idea,’’ said Mr. W—. “I will go and call Miss Hattie, and you can state your wishes to her. She will go with you, I know.’’ ‘‘Lizzie, he-is just one of the best fellows that ever lived!” cried Frank. ‘“Tsn’t ita pity he is only a book-binder after all?”’ --comicbooks reo} ~ i a Bath ha ~ s