The Argosy — page 380: what you’re looking at

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308 Sabrina. is part and parcel of love, nay its very essence, shone in his eyes ; joy also began to play in them. ‘¢T am not worthy, Sabrina. And yet ” She could not turn her eyes away, she could not speak for a moment; then the words dropped down into his ear. **T love you, Miles,” she whispered. ‘Then by some occult law of gravitation her head bowed lower, their lips met, and the compact was settled for ever in one long “‘ seal of love.” When I met them they were walking slowly into the depths of the forest, a still delight in their faces, and I said : ‘The cab which brought us here must take us away from this en- chanted wood. You can take your garden of Eden with you; in spirit at least, young people.” ‘How can you be so ridiculous, Miss Patience?” This from Sabrina, but in accents that trembled with emotion. ‘Nay; you are the hundred-millionth Adam and Eve. But we really must return to Paris.” ‘I believe you are as glad as we are, dear,” said she, clinging to me as I gave them my blessing. Most people think Miles’s picture of Sabrina, as ‘“‘ Nymph of the Severn,” a finer painting than the ‘ Blessed Damosel,” but I prefer the latter, perhaps because I saw it painted. I see Miles and Sabrina often, but I miss my girl from my house. She is no longer my own, as I had hoped she would continue, though I rejoice at her happiness—‘“ her full content as wife.” Oh, elderly friend of the weaker sex ! whenever a young woman says to you, “ Where thou goest, &c.,” after the manner of Ruth, do not place implicit confidence in the declaration, for, ten chances to one, Boaz is waiting for her in some cornfield by the way ! ECONMCOOOKS.CO