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"Did you--did you ever hear either of the about Major

Alfred Brant? He must have been this lad's father"

"No, I never heard much they said Did you know hio Come, Kid, all this is only

ancient history, and just as well forgotten Now, you are a sensible

girl, when your te

to leave this o to Mrs

Herndon's, and find out how you like it? You need n't stop there an

hour if she is n't good to you, but you ought not to want to reh boy"

"You--you really want o It's a chance for you, Kid, and there is n't a

bit of a show in the kind of a life I lead I never have been in love

with it myself, and only took to it in the first place because the

devil happened to drive me that way The Lord knows I don't want to