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"I must ask you, doctor, to take my motives on trust for the present I

assure you I think they are good ones But I ca to

speak of David Pro with him for some weeks I

respect and admire him I desire out of my abundance to help him"

"He is a proud lad I doubt if he will let you"

"He is quite willing that I should have this pleasure, if he has your

perow this autumn; he says you told him

to stay in the boats for a year"

"I did; but I ht he was a little uplifted

with himself He spoke as if he were needful to the church--but the lad

may have felt the spirit in him I would not dare to try and quench it

Your offer is a providence; it is as if God put out his own hand and

Opened the kirk door for hiow,

and the Lord go with thee' But what is to coirl," and he looked sharply at Allan, "is she going to

that question, sir"

"I alad for yours

also"

Then the subject of the Proh Allan