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There was another interview next , and then the doctor left

her, but not until with her soft hand in his, and her shining eyes

upon his face, she said to him, "You think your home is not a

desirable one for me Can't you fix it up a little? Are there two

parlors, and do the s coood condition, for I aarden? I anticipatethe

plants Oh, it will be so cool and nice in the country You have an

ice-house, of course"

Poor doctor! Double parlors, los, ice-house, and flower

garden he had none, while the old carryall had long since ceased to

do its duty, and its place was supplied by an open buggy, drawn by a

sorrel nag But Maude Glendower could do with him what Katy and

Matty could not have done, and after his return to Laurel Hill he

was more than once closeted with Maude, to who her if she thought the profits of

next year's crop of wheat and ould uessed at random that it would, and as money in prospect

seems not quite so valuable as money in hand, the doctor finally

concluded to follow out Maude Glendower's suggestions, and greatly

to the surprise of the neighbors, the repairing process commenced