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"Oh, please do not--do not say what you are te "I cannot listen; truly I cannot; I must not It

would ret such

hasty words"

"Regret!" and he yet clung to the hand which she scarcely endeavored to

release, bending forward, hoping to read in her hidden eyes the secret

her lips guarded "Ah to know my own mind?"

"Yes--yes; I hope so, yes; but it is not for me; it can never be for

me--I aet

that I do not even knoho I ahtfully to

bear I will not have it so"

"Naida, sweetheart!" and he burst ih all bonds of

restraint, her flushed cheeks the inspiration to his daring "I will

speak, for I care nothing for all this It is you I love--love

forever Do you understand lad, weak, helpless, forgetful instant,--she did

not see him, did not even know herself; the very world was lost Then

she awoke as if fro arms clasped about her, his