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It onderful how the young couples worked their way ar Even at the lelasses in their outer hands--such are the sacrifices

de of fortune

upon the rustic with the rare accent, a youth in a green tie disengaged

his arirl upon whose

finger there shone a ring, su her to a

corner of the yard, bade her remain there until he returned He had to

speak to Hartly Bowlder, he explained

Then he plunged, red-faced and excited, into the circle about the shell

er

"Hol' on there, Hen Fentriss," thickly objected a flushed young man beside

him, "iss my turn"

"I'm first Hartley," returned the other "You can hold yer bosses a

minute, I reckon"

"Plenty fer each and all, chents," interrupted one of the shell-men

"Place yer spondulicks on de little ball Wich is de next lucky one to win

our o under de

middle shell Up she comes! Dis time ins; Plattville can't win

every tied slowly out of the circle, abashed, and with rapidly

whitening cheeks He paused for a one in one wild, blind whirl--the money he had earned

so hard and saved so hard, to make a holiday for his sweetheart and

hi to where a patient figure

waited for him Then he fled down a side alley and soon was out upon the