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There was further information I wished to obtain,

and I did not blush to pluck it froht Olivia Gladys Ar lived

in Cincinnati; her father was a wealthy physician at

Walnut Hills Stoddard knew the family, and I asked

questions about them, their antecedents and place of

residence that were not perhaps impertinent in view of

the fact that I had never consciously set eyes on their

daughter in my life As I look back upon it nowthe history

and social position of the Ars of Walnut Hills,

Cincinnati, seems excessive, but the curiosity which the

Reverend Paul Stoddard satisfied with so little trouble

to hiirl in gray I found him far more difficult

She was Marian Devereux; she was a niece of Sister

Theresa; her ho dead; and she was a frequent

visitor at St Agatha's

The ard Olivia and she were on excellent terster

to retire from school at the mid-year recess Miss Devereux

had accompanied her home, ostensibly for a visit,

but really to break the force of the blow It was a pretty

story, and enhanced h opinion of Miss

Devereux, while at the same time I admired the unknown

Olivia Gladys none the less

When Stoddard leftout of a drawer my