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Mr Lloyd Pryor thought very deeply after he read Mrs Richie's

letter He sat in his office and shtened It was a handsome face, with a mouth

that sly thick

and curling lashes were blue; when he lifted theht shock, for they were curiously enerally, however,

the heavy lids drooped, lazily good-hue of his desk with strong, white fingers

"Nothing could be better," he said

Then suddenly he decided that he would go to Old Chester and say so in

person "I suppose I ought to go, anyhow; I haven't been there for six

weeks Yes; this child is just what she needs"

And that was how it cahter Alice's pretty ear and said he was going away that night "I

shall take the ten-o'clock train," he said

His girl--a pleasant, flower-like young creature--scolded him

affectionately "I wish you wouldn't take so many journeys Promise to

be careful; I worry about you when I'm not with you to take care of

you," she said, in her sweet, anxious young voice Her father,

s her let

her pack his bag, lecturing him as she did so about his health "Now