Penny Dreadfuls, 1891 · page 172 of 325
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THE MAN IN POSSESSION. 167 murmured the banjo young lady, who read her “World” and her ‘‘ Modern Society” religiously, and was quite au fait with the ways of the monde ou lon sennue by means of those useful periodicals. ‘She will cut us all out.” She sighed as she took her creamy silken skirts up the grand staircase, mentally reviewing in her own mind her various gowns, and equally certain that they would all look shabby and mean by the side of the wonderful Amer- ican. | Kate said nothing. She had never even heard of Mrs. Jackson Lafaye. anges be A ECOMNCE OOO SS) (SO