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She glanced inquiringly at Sa puzzled

"A penny for your thoughts, Mr South, frouess I'm sort of like Mr Graddy," said the boy, slowly "I was

just wondering how you do do it"

He spoke with perfect seriousness, and, after a hter

"Oh, you are delicious!" she exclaiénue like that, believea hand on each of the boy's shoulders, kissed hihtly on the cheek "That's for a droll boy!" she said "That's the

best line I've heard pulled lately"

Farbish was s in quiet amusement He tapped the e Lescott speak of you," he said, genially "I've

rather a fancy for being a the discoverers of men of talent We

must see more of each other"

Saust It was, at

the ti more furious in itsthese people was a note of sincerity,

and his thoughts went back to the parting at the stile, and the girl

whose artlessness and courage were honest

Several days later, Saht, and he had laid aside a voluuiled hiure of a woman on the threshold The boy rose so at her She was as richly dressed as Miss