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22 A SOCIAL METEOR. men are so easily bored nowadays (especially with devotion), that one never can tell; their tastes are vitiated; they like change; and we should be prepared to follow suit the moment they begin to show signs of ‘falling off Re member the old saw about the ‘fish in the sea,’ and live up to it. “Forgive this long speech, my dear, and don’t think me heartless. But I am older than you are, and am only telling you what sy experience has been. If you haven’t lived long enough to see as I do, forget every word I’ve spoken; but if you are willing. to be guided by me a little, and so save yourself lots of trouble, begin by banishing the cause of your late unhappiness from your mind and let us see what we can do for you here.” “I told you I had banished him from my mind,” replied Georgie. “And you never think of him now ?” ONo.” : “Jamais ?”—-half doubtingly. “Jamais,” decidedly. “I have put him aside as I did my dolls when I outgrew them.” “I put my dolls away too, in a dark closet, and forgot all about them,” pursued Ray; “but last year, when I was staying at mamma’s, I accident- GEomichbooks Go