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THE SILVER CORD.

BY SHIRLEY BROOKS.

CHAPTER LXXIV.

Mrs. Hawkesley to her Husband.

My dearest Charles,

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All which you know without my telling it.

And now for serious matters. Be sure that you read this letter when you are by yourself, and be quite sure that you make out every word in it before you destroy it,—not exactly an unnecessary request, as your remembrance will tell you.

Poor Bertha has been exceedingly ill, and is so still, although Dr. Solmes considers that there is no immediate danger. But the fever has only
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No. 105.