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to a difference of opimion about o lady with the colomel @ and he was now gcnl‘i(:m;nr at-large on London society) supposced by those who know more about cvervone than onc knows about oneself, to he on the look- out for a nice airl with a little money.

Sir Justime had patd Persis o vreat deal of at- tention that par- ticulr cvening i pomt of fact, he had paid her @ ereat deal of attention from the wvery [irst, whenever he met her: and on the way home [rom the dance he had kept his eves Nixed on Persis’s face to an extent that was almost embarrassing., The pretty Cali- forman leanced back in her place i the carrage

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and surveyed him languidly. She was looking her level best that night, in her

pale pink dress, with the famous Remanct rubies ina cascade of red light setting oft that snowy neck of hers. "Twas a neck for a paimnter. Siv Justin Tet his cves

fall regretfully more than once on the ehttering rubies. He liked and admired

Persis, oh D quite immensely. Your society man who has been through seven or cight Foondon scasons could hardly be expected to co quite so far as falling i love with anyv o owoman o his habit is rather to look about him crueally among all the nice girls - trotted out by their mammas for his lordly mspection, and to reflect with a faint smile that this, that, or the other one might perhaps really suit him if 1t were not for--and there comes e the mevitable A/ of all human commendation. Sull, Sir Tustin admitted with a sigh to himself that he lked Persis ever so much ; she was so fresh and origmal ! and she talked o cleverly !

As for Persis, she would have given her eves (hike every other American airl) to be made

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hall so well as this (]L]l”h“ll] wild Irishman. At the Mace lures” door the carriage stopped, S Justing jumped out and gave his hand o Persis. You know the house woll, of course S bFve- rardd Maclure's - it's one of thosce [arge new artistic mansions, m red brick and old oak, on the top of the Wl and it stands o Tictde way hack from the road. dis- creetly retived, with a big wooden poreh, VOry convenicent for leave taking. Sir Justin ran up the steps with Persis to ring the bell for her: he had too much of ATTENTION. the il'l'('])l'L‘.\‘Si])]L,: [rish blood 1 his vems to leave that pleasant task to his sister’s footman. But he didn’t ring it at once o oat the risk of keeping Mrse Harrison waiting outside for nothing, he stopped and talked a minute or so with the prety American, Y(m looked charmimg to-meht, Miss Remanet,” he said, as she threw hack her light opa A Wra)) for a moment in e porch and displaved a single {lash of that

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snowy neck the famom rubies o those stones become you s0.” Persis looked at lnm and smiled. You

think so?7 she said, a hitde tremulous, tor cven your Amertcan heiress, after all, s o woman. “Well) Pmoglad you doo Dut 1ts cood-bve to-mght, Sir Justing for T go nest week to Pars.”

liven m the gloom of the porch, just hghted by an artistic red and Blue lantern m iron, she could sce a shade of dis- appointment pass quickly over his handsome face as he answered, with a little culp, = No'! vou don't mean (hat Oh. Miss Remancr I'm so sorrv ! 7 Then he pausad and drow back s " And yet after ally” e

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