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Tattersall's

And what rides they were! Dick, wise beyond his years, would lag behind

or canter a long way in front; and Nell and Drake would be left alone to

whisper together, or clasp hands in silent ecstasy

And there was the _Annie Laurie_ To sail before the wind, with the sun

shining brightly from the blue sky upon the opal sea; to hold his

beloved in his arms; to feel the warmth of her lips on his; to know that

in a few short weeks she would be his own, his wife!--the rapture of it

made him catch his breath and fall into a rapt silence

One day, as they were sailing ho tide and a favorable breeze, his longing became almost

insupportable

"See here, Nell," he said, with the ti with passion, "hy shouldn't we be ?"

"Married!"

She dreay froht her breath

"Why not?" he asked "I shan't be any the richer for waiting, and--and I

want you very badly"