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So she did as commanded, and opened each of the folded representatives

of hard cash that her father put before her To sow in her heart

cravings for social position was obviously his strong desire, though in

direct antagonis which had hitherto prevailed with

hi the ramble

She wished that she was not his worldly hope; the responsibility of

such a position was too great She had made it for herself mainly by

her appearance and attractive behavior to him since her return "If I

had only cohly, this

ht She deplored less the fact than

the sad possibilities that ht lie hidden therein

Her father then insisted upon her looking over his checkbook and

reading the counterfoils This, also, she obediently did, and at last

came to two or three which had been drawn to defray some of the late

expenses of her clothes, board, and education

"I, too, cost a good deal, like the horses and wagons and corn," she

said, looking up sorrily