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"That is it, then," Ribas would often say; "he diffuses happiness

everywhere around hilad and

cheerful faces wherever he appears, and his own is the only serious and

sad brow Mankind have er

believes in happiness!"

Ah, how then did the heart of this innocent child tre his belief in happiness

"But why does he not come to those who love him?" asked she "Why does

he decline the thanks of those whose hearts are truly devoted to hi faces he would recognize the

truthfulness of our feelings! Why, then, comes he not?"

"I will tell you," said Ribas, with a smile; "he hates women, because

the only one he ever loved was false to hied