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* ‘ eae aa? oy ; : BEAUTIFUL Bur POOR ae 5 _ proper ee a poor, friendless working girkt to thus ac- =e | ‘cept the hospitality of the rich. | a She did not hesitate long. The iat of that ibe ae _*- poor nervous lady waiting and anxious just to see a : het arose in her mind, and she said: oo Paes “T will go, Mr. Eogare: on two conditions. First. Beat or ee: “that you will drive past my boarding-house, so that ee | I can leave word where I am going; next, ‘that you i oes | | will permit me to make my stay very briefed your — - a ” house. Miss Scrimp, where I board, locks her doors — Be: ~ at ten o’clock. I have boarded with’ her over two a Ba _ years, and have never been out of the house -before — | after dark.’ | ae ae E ~ “The conditions are agreed to. Mr. w— shall ce -- gee you safely home in my carriage bysnine o’clock ‘25 or half-past at latest. Now, come down and see my pe -. daughter, Lizzie, who waits to greet you.” 3 Hattie followed Mr. Legare, and Mr. W——, full of surprise, followed both. He had never reached x the entree of that wealth-adorned house, though he . : had met young Lega:e at his club. a a At the carriage Mr. Legare called Batre 7 a Bo | the sweet face of the young girl beamed out like -_ that of a cherub, when, on Hattie being pieeeR ee she said: “Jump right in here on the seat’ by my side dear Miss Butler. Papa has talked so much about you. _ that it seems as if I had known you ever so long.”’ oe. = x -.- And when Hattie stepped in the little girl threw ~ = Nee arms around her with all the fervor of sweet ” z ia - gixteen, and kissed her. se a Hattie could but respond to such a _ welcome, and za he returned the salute. Mr. Legare seated Mr. W—— on the front aaah) a. ate SY then sat beside him, | and when: sa number of ‘ies a oi Apa ene Aditi a kiled a ear aa >. oe oot Le ae at "ty “s, Ca oa