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how it had passed, and to give him the

pleasant word instead of receiving it*
She heard the other young men come

in, one by one, and then go out again
lor the evening ; but Peggy still waited,

and at Last a very strange thing hap­
pened*

Some one quietly opened the door
and stepped stealthily in* it was Ful­

lerton, and she was so taken by surprise
that she sat perfectly motionless while

he tiptoed across the floor to the table.
His back being toward her, Peggy

could not see exactly what he was

doing there, but she distinctly heard
the rustling of papers, Presently, quite
unconscious that the bright eyes of the

slavey had been upon him, Fullerton

crept out again.
Peggy was stunned, but she knew

what she had seen. He is playing