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So froold and silver tissues, and Spitalfields silks so rich and heavy, that no ht hope to outwear them To these Annie added from her own store of lace, roo to send hiift however caold or land, though he gave generously of both these; but one which Hyde felt ht before hiation It was the following letter to Dr John Moran

MY DEAR SIR: It seems then, that our dear children love each other so well, that it is beyond our right, even as parents, to forbid their e I ask from you, for my son, who is a humble and ardent suitor for Miss Moran's hand, all the favour his sincere devotion to her deserves, We have both been young, we have both loved, accept then his affection as soainst myself Had we known each other better, we should doubtless have loved each other better; but now that e will ret for the past, and of respect for the future Your servant to coreatest proof of e," said the Earl, when the letter had been read; "and it is Annie you ht into rown to these written words, it is because she had put hts there, and that these helped this one to come to perfection"

"Have you noticed, father, how s she is? Can she really be slowly dying?"

"No, she is not dying; she is only going a little further away--a little further away, every hour Some hour she will be called, and she will answer, and we shall see her no , Annie will go as calious rite or duty She loves God, and she will go to Hi Hyde left his father's ho should be happy No hopes, no dreaet the wealth of love he was leaving Nor did he wish to forget And woe to the etting!--by really forfeiting a portion of their existence--by being a suicide of their own moral nature