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Title: Harper's New Monthly Magazine Volume 109 June to November 1904
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: various
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Publisher: New York: Harper & Brothers Publishers
Contributing Library: Brigham Young University-Idaho, David O. McKay Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Brigham Young University-Idaho

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with uplifted claw.Through one open window came occa-sionally the lowing of kine. The girl laid down her work. Howpeaceful it is! she said, looking outacross the meadows. The man yawned. I love peace, his companion con-tinued. I wish it could be alwaysso. Peace. The man shifted his position to onemore indolent still. Where, then, heanswered, would be all the fame andthe glory? I hate the horrible words. r He laughed. How silly you are,Agnes! he said. What does it matterto us, besides? Our interest is confinedto the news sheets. She gazed at him. They were cousins;they had known each other all their lives.All their lives it had been almost tacitlyunderstood that they would marry. Hewas an orphan, possessed of considerableproperty in the funds; her father hadbeen his guardian, and much of the ladsleisure had been spent in the companyof his uncles children, male and female.She was the prettiest of the daughters;what wonder that she should become herwealthy cousins wife? In fact, she wore
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Vol C1X —No 649—14 108 HAMPERS MONTHLY MAGAZINE. his ring upon her betrothal ringer; hehad given it her on her birthday, withoutany special ceremony, and placed it whereshe wore it, himself. If you were a conscript! she said,reproachfully. Heaven forbid! For one thing, atleast, delicate health has its use. A monthof barrack life would kill me. And our countrymen who bivouac inall weathers, that a tyrant— Hush! he cried, and glanced anx-iously round. Then he added: Youare mad. You, the daughter of theEmperors Prefect! At any moment youmay ruin yourself— I care not. And your father and all the rest. True. I wish father had never ac-cepted this post under the new govern-ment. It makes him seem an accessory. On the contrary, it enables him toact as a go-between. That also is true. With your calmjudgment, Eloris, you see many thingsmore correctly than I. The young man smiled approval. Al-ways, then, let yourself be advised by me,he answered. I know what is best forus both. She pout

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