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BEAUTIFUL BUT POOR. ps tk and said Mrs. Emory was better, but very weak. She begged that Miss Butler would come and see * her on the afternoon of to-morrow, when she hoped she would be well; at least able to sit up and re- ceive her. She was ‘mach afflicted with the palpita- ( tion of the heart, and this now followed her faint- ing spell. Hattie, told by Mr. W—— that she could have all the time she wished, sent word to Mrs. Emory that she would come, arid now, escorted by Frank, Lizzie and their father, she went down to the carriage. _ Mr. W—— accompanied, for he was to see her safely to her boarding-house, and then ride home in the carriage. | A kind good-night from all.of the Legares went with the poor working girl, and it seemed as if they really regarded her visit as a favor, though through - the sudden illness of Mrs. Emory it had turned out sadly. Mr. W—— was silent and thoughtful during the brief time taken by the swift horses to draw the car- riage to Miss Scrimp’s door. Without a doubt his mind was upon the letter. then in Hattie’s pocket, and what might be her answer. She was thinking of Mrs. Emory, and what had caused her sudden pallor and terrible agitation, re- sulting in a swoon at the mere mention of the name - of poor little Jessie Albemarle. Could it be that a brighter future was about to dawn for the poor little bound girl? Ten strokes of the great clock bell on St. Paul’s, echoed all over the city by other clocks, told Hattie | Butler that the hour for closing was up, just as the carriage stopped ia front of Miss Scrimp’s door. Hattie did not know that Miss Scrimp had been J 2 ad r . i + ae — “<5 a ee OP on as a ee a a B ~~ 9-7 Ee Seon . x a z a 3a ‘sh . @ . = Te of 4 = a ; ; Qe Fats ere me all, ie \ “4 eS . 06 ER OS a eo es ri ee, <S ee So Comichoo * 2 a : . oad 7 a ; ae (\\ij 7