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Serviss protested "Not another word It's too painful"

Britt persisted "I wasto say that I think there is soery These in with soed power rises to the surface of their uishes theins It's going to be worth while to take the subject up, by-and-by I'd do it myself if I could live in New York City" He rose "Well, I don't bla into this case--I wish I were clear of ityou'd had some experience that would help rounds

After Britt went out Serviss sat in brooding uneasiness over his visitor's sad revelations He had known Viola La her affected him most painfully, quite vitally His pleasure in her and in the one, and the breaking-off of this acquaintance left an ache in his heart

Of course he put all this on very general grounds "I hate to lose faith in any one It is a shock to know that I can be so wholly deceived by appearance Clarke is really the one to blairl wilfully deceives, and yet Britt was explicit, and he seean to pack in order to take the early ain, and posted a polite note saying he had been obliged to return to New York, and that he regretted his inability to call

As he stood on the rear platfor back up the cañon towards the shining crest of Colorow, he had a craven sense of having deserted a helpless young girl in the hour of her greatest trial