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which interested me more, when Mrs Taylor spoke

abruptly to her sister

"That's she-the one in the gray coat, talking to the

clergye"

"The one with the ulanced at her sister warningly, and

they both looked at ht to detach

themselves and moved away There was some one on

the farther side of the platfor their manoeuver-he was

really anxious, I think, not to be left alone withMrs

Taylor and her sister walked to the end of the platform

and looked across, a biscuit-toss away, to where Stoddard

stood talking to the girl I had already heard described

as wearing a gray coat and carrying an uray crossed the track quickly and addressed

the to eloquent in a mild well-bred

way over the dullness of our stateses that would accrue to the United States in

fostering our shipping industry His wife, her sister

and the girl in gray were so near that I could hear

plainly what they were saying They were referring

apparently to the girl's refusal of an invitation to accompany

them to California