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"He will soon go away, no doubt"

"I don't think so" Grace did not say "Why?" and Grammer hesitated At

last she went on: "Don't tell your father or ave the required proo away just yet"

"Buying you!--how?"

"Not my soul--, he said, 'Graan

of brain,' he said 'A woman's is usually four ounces less than a

man's; but yours is man's size' Well, then--hee, hee!--after he'd

flattered ive me ten pounds to have

I'd no chick nor chiel

left, and nobody with any interest in ht, faith, if I can be

of any use to one they are welcome to my

services; so I said I'd think it over, and would ree and

take the ten pounds Now this is a secret, miss, between us two The

money would be very useful to me; and I see no harm in it"