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you an' ood-by'--so, if you e, there shall be no 'good-bys' for either one of us,

and I shall come back--soon Until then, take ht--good night!"

And so, clasping their loving hands, I turned away, somewhat

hurriedly, and left theht was lu, my eyes were often lifted to the "wonder of the

heavens," and I wondered which particular star was Charlance aboutthat leafy path; and the shadoere very

black and a chill wind stirred a the leaves, so that I

shivered, and wondered, for the first tie had been in Charmian'spast a certain dark spot

And, coain,

and shivered again, for the ere dark and the door shut

But the latch yielded readily beneath my hand, so I went in, and

closed and barred the door behind low that

filled the place with shadows, and the shadoere very deep