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A SUCIAL METECR, O74 again. You are excited and don’t know what you are saying.” Ray bit her lips until the blood almost came “I yever was more collected in my life,” ihe remarked calmly, “and I fully appreciate’ \ atta E am saying. JI am asking you to take me away where I will have peace and quiet, to any place you are going, even if it’s to the jungles of India. You will not regret it, Lee, I promise you. Iam no child that I do not understand the meaning of what Iask. Let me go with you and I will be as true and faithful as a dog. Leave me behind, and I will not answer for myself. If your life is ruined, what is mine ?” He made no reply. ‘As for you,” she continued, “why should you care what people may say? Have you not hada sorrow which drives you away out of the reach of the gossips? And what is your trouble, compared with mine? Homeless, friendless, poor—how can I face this merciless world? Have pity on me, Lee, and take me with you.” He folded his arms and lowered his eyes. “If money would aid you, I would give you halt I possess,” he remarked, slowly. “Money?” retorted Ray, scornfully, “good heavens! all you men think of is the dollar; you seem to believe that woman can go into a store and purchase happiness by the pound. No; what Gomichoo SS (E(o)