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She spoke the word softly and hesitatingly, while a faint flush showed

on her otherhite face

"If I aht to his ive it back, and he said I couldn't,

and I said I could and would, and I wrote to Guy about it, told him I

was not so mean, and father kept the letter, and I did not knohat I

should do next till I was invited to visit Aunt Merriman in Detroit

Then I took the paper--the settlement, you know, from the box where

father kept it and put it in my pocket; here it is--see," and she drew

out a document and held it toward me while she continued: "I started for

Detroit under the care of a friend who stopped a few miles the other

side, so you see I was free to come here if I liked, and I did so, for I

wanted to see Guy and give him the paper, and tell him I'd never take a

cent of his money I am sorry he is sick I did not think he'd care so

much, and I don't knohat to do with the paper unless I tear it up I

believe I'd better; then, surely, it will be out of the way"

And before I could speak or think she tore the docuain, and scattered the four pieces on the floor

"Tell Guy, please," she continued, "what I have done, and that I never