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tates but thank you tor the will, and
snail never forget il z
.But yoa surely will net refuse to let me
goI dear father I have been for some time
thinking about the factories and now | am
SO certain that could help you, and Philip
too-it would be cruel to Jenyme. Mother
will you not plead for me- asked the ardent
girl @you know not how my heart is set
upon this thing
Mrs Lee bad been apparently intent on
some household duty daring the converse
tiois between her husband and child. buk thus
\ addressed. she took step toward Grace and
only replied BIZ inquiring ID zlow voice.
:. And what do you think Lewis nayton will
sayto such 4 plan Grace ~ Poor Grace
ThRblood rushed to her cheeks neck and Bro "
az this question, and eoItHdiSiEa movement
4 Of the lip told that clsaft8 had been tA1aola-
ed " which every heart Etfisg ribfated-
It was only for moment, and then she said
rstAerHprpudly, Ii Lewis Dayton cares any
thing about me. he will like Inc the better
for doing my duty as a lnugbter-and ii his
loyecannpt stand this test, it is better to
know Itnow than hereafter
Grace is right wife said the farmer
! more cheerfully-" no man deserves our girl
/ who thinks the less Of Der fof any kind of
honest labor. ard though | have little CON
idedce in her plan of helping her old father.
am willing she should 90 and her kor
/ tunnel since she wishes ii.
\ Now bless you for that word dear fatler
| am certain Of success if / OILY have ,4bur
/ approval, aud that Of my mother, whatever
Others may think 81 say
I Itwas with great difficulty tHat Grace OBJ
tanned 2 promise from her father to wait six
1 months before any thing was said to Phtlip
I about leaylng cpilge but lie yielded at list,
\ and Through her agency d arrangement was
/ made WIFI uncle Thomas, BY which the in
4 teresttwas paid up, and tho troublesome cred,
itor qpieted for the present Farineg Lee
was CERTAIN that it was all nonSen G. and that
lie was only getting deeply into trouble by
/ this respite But it was hard. 10 deny ant
thing % the favorite chill who had meyer,
seemed SO dear. to hiM us now. when Size vas
I So soon 70 leave them
/ The pleasant farm on beech Hill had been
il the Lee family for two generations. aud
they were respected aud beloved By all the
inhabitants Of 4the little town Of Meredith.
IN WHICH it was situated The news few
swiftly that Grace Lee was about to leave
home tp go into factory, and in that quiet
comm unity it oecasioned quite an excitement
y Iva Was n9t, lew years slHee, as common for
.ne aaSgHiefs OF respectable farmers to enter
~ ihils III season az u row y, and TRACE
1ee' tr9ugp q marcy mountain maiden had
imagined how much quiet energy lay con
eealed beneath her gentle aud lady.like &c,
"sstui .
~, ! llMaE u, hpem taat PFiae must nave
Il : iss ilsel,ia oones' whose envy
i : 'teS- ~ oe5sh nouLlsited Until
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IL. ! F:as ,,o.E;1e,t IL INN csTfoialg wlat.
,a,,,..;.~,,,t, ls4,- +bon-,t rIra1,e+ IA dnl Bnt
,ban+,5, Ee atT.sted 4Psat intitT, .repeeIt,n die
sulii{set lily Nas f.lr from f4dliug Ill for.l1c d.
>R,ife,i tbc Wild flower ot Beech Hill more
Z Sian nd wodl4 have choseh to confess ANA
his atdntioas had been so marked, ,that
neither tifale nor her parents tould inisua.
derstanli taesn But ID marry d. factory
glrl--tAis. liiss foolish pride whispered, was
net to 81 thought of.so he hasteped to the
house I'll farmer lee, 10 lear the report con
tradieteA ty the lips lie lqyed best. Il can
not be denied. that the heart Of tile young
girl fatkercd 50 wildly AL his entrance, that
She cotria hardly speak 10 bid him welcome.
+ par thkf strange thrill OF pain convulsed
/ il a .Eie smoke of Liz surprise at hearing the
+ rumor Of her intended de6artrre But 1T
I waswitIt 4 calm brow and frm tone that She
/ assured him he had heard only truth, and
I that sheIwas indeed to leave home for lowell,
/. perhaps to be absent for some years There
( was noi mistaking the expression Of Her
lovers face as she saia tGIs-it rave the
deathblo to all tbs hopes she had uncdn
sseioaisly cherished. and taught her that
i henceforth, Lewis Dayton must be fo+ her as
a stranger After an Intellectual attemptIto
induce Ter to relinquish theidea, aud af4w
+ common place remarks about other tGings,
Lie took bis departure. leaving Graec>i In d.
multi Of coutending emotions, amefg which,
gratitude that she had ID soon learned the
hollowuess OF. his professions, became pre-
dominant " Better now than later she
4 said 10 herself, while the tears Of wounded
/ feeling gushed from her eyes might lin
time haye loved himso well, that the dis
covery cf bis character would, have almost
broken ms heart have now oaly to think
4 Of my duty to NY parents and dear, dear
Philip XII
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