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"And now, dear, we must talk plainly and calmly You have seen what my

family is"

"I don't know, Mary, that I can ton helplessly "I can't express it even tohas been so different All this sort of

thing means so much to us, and so little to you"

"I know exactly," she interrupted "I have read, and I have lived East

I can appreciate just how it is See if I can not read your thoughts

My family is uneducated If it becorieved, and your friends will have little to do with

you You have also duties toward your family, as a family Is that

it?"

"Yes, that is it," answered he, "but there are so s it does

not say It seems to me it has come to be a horrible dilemma with me

If I do what I am afraid is my duty to my family and my people, I will

be unhappy without you forever And if I followmyself, and will be unhappy that way It seems a

choice of just in what h

"And which is the most worth while?" she asked in a still voice

"I don't know, I don't know!" he cried ht ahead of him for some time "Whichever way I