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Page 146
... Mabel , " at length said the aunt . " You should finish your dinner . The hour is late . " The youthful widow looked to the little French clock on the mantel and indifferently observed that the hands were approaching the hour of 8 , but ...
... Mabel , " at length said the aunt . " You should finish your dinner . The hour is late . " The youthful widow looked to the little French clock on the mantel and indifferently observed that the hands were approaching the hour of 8 , but ...
Page 147
... Mabel , " protested the aunt . " If all the world could know you as I do " " But they don't , auntie , and they don't want to . " A servant came to bring the card of J. Per- cival Dunbar . From the brow of the hostess were smoothed away ...
... Mabel , " protested the aunt . " If all the world could know you as I do " " But they don't , auntie , and they don't want to . " A servant came to bring the card of J. Per- cival Dunbar . From the brow of the hostess were smoothed away ...
Page 150
... Mabel Purcell . You have known only Mrs. Hilary Stanford . I'll give you my life . And you shall judge . I have already told you that my mother and the wife of C. C. Edgar were cousins . I have also to tell you that my father and Edgar ...
... Mabel Purcell . You have known only Mrs. Hilary Stanford . I'll give you my life . And you shall judge . I have already told you that my mother and the wife of C. C. Edgar were cousins . I have also to tell you that my father and Edgar ...
Page 153
... Mabel , Edgar should help you . He is of your family . He owes it to you . You are young , you are beautiful , and you can coax him . If he will , he can help you to an independence . ' " Well , I came home and studied myself in the ...
... Mabel , Edgar should help you . He is of your family . He owes it to you . You are young , you are beautiful , and you can coax him . If he will , he can help you to an independence . ' " Well , I came home and studied myself in the ...
Page 169
... . " Mr. Dur- bin , I was Mabel Purcell , daughter of James Purcell , that man's benefactor , but whom he deliberately ruined and drove to his death . I am Mrs. Hilary Stanford , widow of the man C. IN THE OPEN IN DEFENSE 169.
... . " Mr. Dur- bin , I was Mabel Purcell , daughter of James Purcell , that man's benefactor , but whom he deliberately ruined and drove to his death . I am Mrs. Hilary Stanford , widow of the man C. IN THE OPEN IN DEFENSE 169.
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