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Show NOT PAGE FROM A ROMANCE Conversation, However, Reads a Whole Lot More Like a Scene In Real Life. "And so your father refuses to consent con-sent to our union?" "Ho does, Kodolphus." The sad youth swallowed a sob. "Is there nothing loft for us, thon, but an elopement?" said ho. "Nothing." ' ' "Do you think, Clementine, thnt you could abandon this luxurious homo, forget all the enjoyments of great wealth, banish' yourself forever from your devoted parents' hearts, and go west with a poor young man to enter a homo of lifelong povorty and self-denial?" self-denial?" "I could, Rodolphus." The snd Vouth rose wearily and reached for his hat. "Then," said ho, "you are far from being tho practical girl I havo all along taken you to bo." And with ono Inst ook around on tho sumptuousnosB that some day ho had hoped to share, ho sobbed and said farewetl. Browning's Magazine. |
