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"Sure, and I' like the fox must feel when

the hounds are in full cry after hiht after another vain attempt to rebuff Don Carlos "No

wonder he is able to boast of so many conquests if he has pursued every

other wo me!

What can I do?"

Whatwas that de Ruiz and

Standish had beco exercised his

personal ard One hobby they

actually had in co this

Don Carlos sent to Spain for two of the choicest and rarest of his

pieces--ancient Chinese sword ornaold These

he presented to Tony, as delighted, but protested that he could

not accept so valuable a gift withoutsome return

"Later, I promise you, my dear Standish, I shall take one of your

treasures," said Don Carlos in his char way "Meanwhile accept

these trifles as a token of ive to a fellow