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The latter part of September Carley returned to New York

Soon after her arrival she received by letter a forton, who had been quietly attentive to

her during her sojourn at Lake Placid He was a lawyer of distinction,

somewhat older than most of her friends, and a man of ton was really one of the few

of her acquaintances whoarded as somewhat behind the times, and

liked him the better for that But she could not marry him, and

replied to his letter in as kindly a manner as possible Then he called

personally

"Carley, I've coray eyes He was not a tall or handso face

"Elbert, you eh it out "Indeed

I feel honored, and I thank you But I can't marry you"

"Why not?" he asked, quietly

"Because I don't love you," she replied

"I did not expect you to," he said "I hoped in tiood iveyourself down Maybe it is not a husband

you need so much now, but you do need a ho your life"

"All you say may be true, ing of hands "Yet it does not alter s"

"But you will marry sooner or later?" he queried, persistently

This straightforward question struck Carley as singularly as if it was