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"Clara," he pleaded, "look at me."
Hesitatingly she raised her eyes to his.
"Shall I tell you what I hope I see?"
The faintest suggestion of a smile hovered about her trembling
lips.
"I hope I see what you surely see in mine. Come, Clara, you shall
choose before you hear my story. Am I to be your husband or
friend? for I've vowed that you shall not be without a loyal
protector."
"Ralph, Ralph," she cried, springing up and hiding her face on his
shoulder, "I have no choice at all. You know how I loved papa; but
I've learned that there's another and different kind of love. I
didn't half understand you when you first spoke; now I do. You
will always see in my eyes what you've seen to-night."



FOUND YET LOST

CHAPTER I
LOVE IN THE WILDERNESS

Hopeless indeed must that region be which May cannot clothe with
some degree of beauty and embroider with flowers. On the 5th day
of the month the early dawn revealed much that would charm the
eyes of all true lovers of nature even in that section of Virginia
whose characteristics so grimly correspond with its name--The
Wilderness.


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