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Shuttle worth, didn’t you?” asked Lucy, sud­

denly.
“ Waal, yis, I did kind o' mean to give her a

look of Anna Jane, ’cause Torrey, he’s so set on
her, but I’ ve got it more like her than I meant.

Somehow, it seems as if it was more like her than
she is herself/’
Lucy gave one more long look at the figure.

“ I must g o / ’ she said, with a little start. ^Good­
bye. Uncle Jobj” and she flitted away by a side
door.

Just then Master Torrey came into the shop, and
with him came old Colonel Shuttleworth and his

daughter. Colonel Shuttleworth was a pompous,
portly man, in an embroidered waistcoat, plum-
colored coat and lace ruffles.

“ A pretty thing 1 a pretty tiling !” he said, con­
descendingly, f£How many guineas has she cost

Master Torrey?”
“ You didn’t expect I was going to make her

for nothing, did you, cunnel?” said Job, who
stood in no awe of the. old man's wealth, clothes
or title.

££ No, no, of course not/1 said the colonel, try-