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"'If you go back to Plattville!'" she said in a low voice "What do you

ht I ht in a witchery no lack of possession could dispel, and which

the prospect of loss ht of what he said; little thought of anything but of the gladness it

was to be with her again

"'Somewhere else?' Where?"

"Anywhere"

"Have you no sense of responsibility? What is to beco, I think"

"But what has become of it in your absence, already? Has it not

deteriorated very much?"

"No," he said; "it's better than it ever was before"

"What!" she cried, with a little gasp

"You're so astounded at my modesty?"

"But please tell me what you mean," she said quickly "What happened to

it?"

"Isn't the 'Herald' rather a dull subject? I'll tell you hoell Judge

Briscoe looked when he came to see me; or, rather, tell me of your summer

in the north"

"No," she answered earnestly "Don't you re you that I am