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Accordingly, after school, Beulah went to the house where they were

boarding Claudia met her rather aardly, but Beulah kissed her as

if nothing had ever occurred to mar their intercourse; and, after

some desultory conversation, asked her what they expected to do

"Heaven only knows! starve, I suppose" She spoke gloomily, and

folded her soft white hands over each other, as if the idea of work

was son to her mind

"But, Claudia, I reckon you hardly expect to starve," answered

Beulah, who could not forbear s

"Dear knohat is to beco in some out-of-the-way place up the country But he

does not like ht to have been

adopted inby the

operation but a great disappointet But you see they don't wantan

old spite at me, and mamma dislikes to ask them to take o to that farm, or

plantation, or whatever it is They have written to mamma to coood musician, are you not?"

"No, not particularly I never could endure to practice"

"Don't you draw and paint finely? I have heard that you did"

"Yes; but what good will it do me now, I should like to know?" She