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respec. and admire her. We all resp.o,
old.Crunden snorted.
you black-balled her for your ten.

respect and admire her. we all respect
| old.Crunden snorted.
"You black-ballcd her for your ten.
mis- club"
Not l. my dear sir. proposed hss.
| l was very sorry to hear afterwards
what had occurred. But now-did 1t
distress hcr--make her unhappy"
II told her" said Crnndcn proudly.
"shc onghtn't to care two straws."
| Good advice. But then. you know.
young ladies OF twenty-five are often
/ fanciful--thcy can't always act on
| good advice. Ybn say. however, sll.
hasn't frettcd about that7
| no" said Crnnden. after mo-
ment's thought, "she wouldn't be such
fool. Mol"
4 ..So; very good. En, If some fanci.
| full trouble Expresses her--well, ] sup.
pose she doesn't confde everything IN
| you"
She's sensible girl. If she wants
anything. she knows che can ask for
| it,"
"oh, very good. But I'll give you
to--just coniectures. think yo,ir
daughter is unhappy-a girl pinins. ns
| 1t were
"Why should she pine? For WHAT
] "ah! can't prompt You there. You
can't make guess? Nothing sug-
gests itself to you?!'
.When I said one Is sometimes baf-
fled by case, / had this in my mind.
You know, there is a sickness that
girls are subject to which is not easy
to diagnose
What sickness is that
| Love -sickness-only q conjecture
| but. Is she in love-"
| NO"
| mo unhappy love affair? Not pin
/ ing for some handsome young fellow
whom she knows you wouldn't approve
OF? Mr.. Crunden, I tell you fairly, II
| she Is desperately in lovc--sick of love.
as girls are COMMUNICATING would ut
| once account for all the symptoms"
| mo, it's not that. Can't be. We
don't have young fellows hanging
about herc-handsome Or ugly. Be-
I sides, my girl has her head screwed on
Tight enough"
"Good Then we must look out for
some other reason. thought I'd tell
you what passed through my mind
| Just to offer n friendly hfnt-whicn
hope you take In good part
~ thank you, sir.
gust hint. You see. she has no
mother to confidc in. / think II you
| can win her confidence. it may be well.
| Encourage her to confldc in you. Girls
need a safety valve: girls are absurdiy
| fanciful. learned that at home In
/ Hill Rise not in the hospital or lecture
| room. Good morning. shan't como
| again-unless you summon me.
CHAPTER X.
| 1t was after tea, and Mary. the mai.i.
supervised by Mrs Price. had just
carried out the tea things. Old Crunden,
at his bureau was trifling with thu
| last number of the Architect. Now
and then thoughtful frown brought
/ his gray eyebrows together and he
4 glanced at his daughter, who sat IN
the window. absorbed by one of Mees's
| library novels. Mrs. Price, with the
/ white tablecloth gathered as a bag, had
! gone out and shaken all the crumbs
4 into the road. She made a practice OF
4 presenting the crumbs to the birds
1 both in summer and winter. and the
4 pretty birds, If they did not want the
\ crumbs at least gave one an excuse
for shaking the cloth in the public
eye.
'Lor'," she said. coming in again.
cts quite chilly. Going to get some
1 rain, think"
ut is chilly" said her master "shu,
i the lobby door, and shut that passage
door behind you, when you've done
| here
spread the ornamental cloth, placed
vase of roses in the middle Of the
table. and then retired to the Kitchen.
.'LizZie!n
Yes father
"Put away your book Liz. and come
here
And Lizzie obediently laid down the
] absorbing novel, and came from the
! window.
Get my pipe for men, said Mr..
lCrunden, pointing tot the n,antclpiece,
Il "and the jar. No; I've my pouch in my
pocket And Lizzie went over to the
i hearth. "Matches-come, look sharp!
4 I late to see a girl crawl about q
Cro be Continued To-morrowD