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THE FAILURE OF THE STRIKE.
story. Yet he did not want to act hastily in the matter. If the girl had suffered all she said, he felt that not only would he gladly help her, but Penelope would be delighted to make life brighter for the poor victim of fate. So he decided to take her to the home of Margaret Williams, if such a person really existed, and learn from others the true story, if what she had told him should prove to be false.
In this Richard showed himself very wise for a young man, If it was really a case of charity no one would be kinder or more liberal, but he doubted.
