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They were seated rather close together upon the steep hillside, gazing

silently down upon squalid Glencaid At such considerable distance all

the dull shabbiness of thetown had disappeared, and it seeround of brown rocks and

green trees All about theh which the eyes ular rocky hills, while just above, seely almost within touch

of the extended hand, drooped the blue circling sky, unflecked by

cloud Everywhere was loneliness, no sound telling of the labor of s far below rese mere

doll-houses

They had conversed only upon the constantly changing beauty of the

scene, or of incidents connected with their upward clih the fresh irl, with cheeks flushed and drea the valley, thehow best to approach his task For the first tian to realize the truth, which had been partially borne in upon hi by Wynkoop, that this was no irl upon the verge of woan to revealthe entire

nature of their present relationship, as well as the scope of his own

plain duty It was his wont to look things squarely in the face, and

unpleasant and unwelcoht hours he had settled it once for all--the preacher's

words were just

Observing her now, sitting thus in total unconsciousness of his

scrutiny, Hampton made no attempt to analyze the depth of his interest

for this ho had co into his life He did not in the

least coenerous