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RECALLING THE SEVERAL OCCASIONS WHEN THE FORTUNES
OF RUTH AND JOHN WERE SO EARNESTLY DIS-
CUSSED, IT SEEMS AS FITTING AS IT IS
PLEASANT TO DEDICATE THIS
STORY TO
THE FRIEND
WHOSE INTEREST THEREIN URGED ME TO
WRITE WHAT I HAVE WRITTEN.
C. C. A.
April 10, 1895.
