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He rose with a sense of co over hith and his own position in the town had been weakened in the late church conflict The reins of affairs were being swept from his hands He could not speak out ainst Skinner On all sides, friends were risingfriends he would be able to sweep the squatter from the face of the earth

As he walked toward the Rectory after leaving Professor Young he set his teeth hard, these thoughts rushing through hishis desire to rule in Ithaca as he always had Even his anxiety about Frederick was obscured by the multitudinous plans that one after another were born in his brain He closed the library door of the Rectory with an annoyed air and dropped into an ar after the departure of Do at the bundle of papers in his hand He had not dared to venture to the Skinner hut, although his heart called constantly for the red-haired girl as holding the shanty ho as best she could, existing on thehad seen Tessibel but once since her father had been taken to Auburn Prison and his face flushed as he thought that in a few days he would be able to tell her that her "Daddy" had received a stay upon his execution, that he honestly believed the shadowing rope would never seek the beloved head again

It was only of late that Deforest Young would allow hier hold upon hiht possible for any woman to obtain, much less a child of such a race He kne that his life's interest lay ina woman of her, a woman such as only Tess could make, with her deep priirl could but return his love in part, it would place hi love gave birth to a fear that he irl a soul affection for hi to elevate her He expected a hard task to prove Skinner not guilty, and every hour he hoped to receive a letter froain the necessary evidence in favor of the fisherman