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 70, uncle" said the dear viyaci- ous girl, five got something l want to tell you 80 muchw
 "All right, Isabel, all right; go ahead and tell it," and he beamed on his niece fond, fatherly gaze. "It's about your character; know it just as well as if I had known you long time, and here this is the first day I ever saw your
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 'No, no one ever told me word. I read it in your handwriting. You know I have learned to read character in writing, and so l read yours and know it perfectly"
 "Indeed?"
 70, yes. Isn't it nice?" Yes, you gee 1 got a couple of your business letters to papa down at the office, and your character wes just as clear to me as could be. Your down strokes indicate great force and decision and your capi- tals are large, which show lofty imagination. Then all the way through your writing could de- tect great beneyolence and work of doing good"
 "Er-um," said the old man as he rubbed his head. "Well?"
 Then your 'R's,' and 'B's,' and 'P's' show great fancy and love of the beautiful; and the decided full-stop indicates that you have 10 fckleness about you; and the llne of writing inolines up slightly, which means loftiness of aim and high purpose in life"
 "Rsh! Anything more?"
 70, yes; your Ms and 'W's' readily tell that you have q fine poetical and artistic feeling, and your 'D's' and 'S's' are exactly like those of the most celebrated musicians; then l should judge that you were largely endowed with reverence and the love of truth; and also had excellent iudg- ment and a well-balanced mind"
 "Mebby! That all!"
 "No, 1 read lots more. You have 6 strong love of home and family, which shows in your small letters; and the way you round all your characters indicates much ability for organization as well as great business aptitude; the way you dot your Is shows liberality and desire to give every man his due; a certain unevenness to some letters indicate humOr and origin ality combined with hearty good fellowship; you cross your 'T's' so near like all great orators and statesmen that I really wonder you have never entered public life and got into congress"
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 "Well, I don't think of much more just now, except that your signature seemed to me to vary rather more from the body of your writing than most peoples; but that, l suppose, is because you have to write it so often. l thought I detected little stub bornness in it, as well as shade of bigotry, and some indications of high and quick temper, and perhaps q little that would indi- cate lack of appreciation of other peoples accomplishments, with faint touch of combativeness and inability to grasp new ideas. But, then, that's nothing. o, I do want to show you the lovely Christmas present papa gave mama," and she ripped away with an engaging smile.
 Isn't it truly wonderful" said Isabers young man, who sat across the room on the edge of the sofa, "how Miss Isabel can read char acter from handwriting? Really surprisingly
 "Y-a-e-s, y-a-e-s," said the old man; "y-a-e-s, very wonderful, re- markedly surprising! The dod- gastedest wonderfullest thing l