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ALL IX A GARDIiX FAIR. 255<br />

duke, <strong>in</strong> order to illustrate it <strong>the</strong> more splen-<br />

didly.<br />

Avay.'<br />

' Eemember, Ol<strong>in</strong>thus, you are a Galla-<br />

' I d(^ not forget it,' he replied grandly.<br />

' A man raises liis ^vite to his own position.<br />

As a partner <strong>in</strong> <strong>the</strong> Coneern, I already enjoy a<br />

position, whieh I shall confer upon my wife.<br />

You may prepare <strong>the</strong> girls, mo<strong>the</strong>r, for <strong>the</strong><br />

news. I hope <strong>the</strong>y will like <strong>the</strong>ir sister-<strong>in</strong>-law.<br />

Tell 'em,' he added, witli sim])lieity, ' if <strong>the</strong>y<br />

don't like her, <strong>the</strong>y may go and live somewhere<br />

else.'<br />

'You might look higher, Ol<strong>in</strong>thus.'<br />

' I might,' he replied. ' With manner and<br />

appearance, and a partnership <strong>in</strong> a steady<br />

Concern, one might look anywhere, l^ut I am<br />

satisfied. Give me Claire. My tastes are<br />

<strong>simple</strong>. Of course, as regards her fo<strong>the</strong>r some<br />

arrangement must be come to. lie may come<br />

to <strong>the</strong> house once a week or so <strong>in</strong> tlie middle<br />

<strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> day, when I am <strong>in</strong> tlie City, or on Sunday<br />

to d<strong>in</strong>ner, or perhaps supper will do. with a bit

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