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72s: mn A SOCIAL METEOR. last, I could endure it no longer; so one day I told her I would make over the house to her and give her enough to live upon, but that I was going back to New York. I thought if I should go away from her for a while, she might feel ashamed of her conduct, and agree to behave her- self. But I was determined to put an end to this cat and dog existence, even if I never saw her again. She saved me all further trouble, however, by taking matters into her own hands, for [had no sooner turned my back, than she sold the house and decamped, taking with her every article of value that she could not dispose of at once.” “Oh,” ejaculated Georgie, breathlessly. “Yes, she skipped off with a good round sum, after sending me a couple of lines, begging me to be kind to Pierre, and forget her as speedily as I could, as she had tired of domestic life, and was going to return to the stage; which in- structions I followed to the letter, too.” “Didn’t you try to find her ?” “Not much. I nearly broke my neck doing that once before, and I didn’t care to repeat the experiment. Oh, no, when she left me this time - I saw right through the whole business; I had (Eo) Eomichbooks