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"Thank you; I'ht," returned Carley

At the doorway they encountered a girl of lithe and robust figure, quick

in her race of her;

and then a face that struck Carley as neither pretty nor beautiful, but

still wonderfully attractive

"Flo, here's Miss Burch," burst out Mrs Hutter, with cheerful

iirl come all the way from New York to

surprise him!"

"Oh, Carley, I'irl, in a voice of

sloling richness "I know you Glenn has told , sweet and warn But as shein reply she looked with

all a woman's keenness into the face before her Flo Hutter had a fair

skin generously freckled; a est

a softer fe,

frank, fearless Her hair was very abundant, alold in

color, and it was either rebellious or showed lack of care Carley

liked the girl's looks and liked the sincerity of her greeting;