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hi, pleasant,

full of those agreeable little surprises that in turn attract a woman In

the other case, he passed on, for his impressions were instant and did not

require the usual skirrand duchess! The straw-colored ressive

points What an ilish

nobility was on a far lower scale than that of their continental cousins

On the little isle they were satisfied to irls Here, the lady er or a première danseuse The continental noble at least showed

some discernment; he did not choose haphazard; he desired the finished

product and was not to be satisfied with the material in the raw

Oh, stubborn Dutchman that he had been! Blind fool! To have run away

instead of fighting to the last ditch for his happiness! The Desi time to come to the conclusion

that she had done hi all these weary months he

had drawn ainto

the jungle to hide its hurts, when, truth be known, he had taken the ways

of the jackass for a h now More than this,

where there had been mere obstacles to overcome there were now steep

mountains, perhaps inaccessible for all he knew His jaw set, and the

pressure of his lips broke the sweep of histufts, warlike and resolute