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THE LORSSON ELOPEMENT
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candy box. At the end of the week the courtship began to approach a crisis, as the correspondence showed.

Ruth

"'He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. (Ps. 101:7.)
"'But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end.'" (Ps. 102:27.)

Chester

"'I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye.'" (Ps. 32:8.)

Ruth

"'And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. (Ps. 119:47.)
"'But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. Ps. 38:19.)
"'All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt.'" (Ps. 41:7.)

Chester

"'Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. (Ps. 35:19.)
"'Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha.'" (Ps. 70:3.)

Ruth

"'Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. (Ps. 31: 4.)
"'Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak and answer thou me.'" (Job 13:22.)