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"We should condeive hi his side of

the story"

"Winston's letter will inform him of what and by whom he is

accused," said Mabel "He will have the opportunity you speak of I

should not be content with my brother's action, were this not so I

have been over the whole ground again and again, since sunset

We--you and I--are powerless This story is either true or false If

e have read really happened, what could arise froainst honor and virtue? It would

but complicate difficulties If he is unjustly accused, he can prove

it, and put his slanderers to shas Our

interference would be an intimation that he needed our

championship"

"I believe he will clear himself of every stain," returned Mrs

Sutton earnestly "This is either a vile plot concocted by some

secret foe, or the Frederic Chiltonthe

letter away fro, "is

another person"

"That is very unlikely!"

Mabel leaned her forehead wearily upon her hand, and did not finish

the sentence immediately