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"I'll pro to free

herself, for despite the circumstances and the hour, her mind flew

back to a thousand times when only one kind word from Nancy Ellen

would have saved her endless pain It was endless, for it was

burning in her heart that instant At the prospect of wealth,

position, and power, Nancy Ellen could srace she had endured alone

"I shan't let you go till you proain?"

"Ten, this et to bed, or

I'll look a sight"

"Then promise," said Nancy Ellen

Kate laid fir arms "Now, look here,"

she said, shortly, "it's about ti I can proot not only ot till ten o'clock, so I better get at it"

Kate's tone ot that letter in your hed Kate, "I haven't! He offered me a thousand dollars

if I could pronounce him a word he couldn't spell; and it's

perfectly evident he's studied until he is exactly like anybody

else No, it's not that!"

"Then what is it? Si else!" cried Nancy

Ellen