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"I wonder," she said, gravely, closing her paint-box.

"Priscilla?"

She shook her head.

"Er—not—not Polly?"

Again she shook her head.

"Perhaps," she said, "it means just Miss Lynde."

"No, I think it means more," he answered, shaking his own head. "Of course one can find out."

"Of course, if one asks the neighbors; but as that might be thought rather queer, I don't think—one will."

"No, that's so. I shall have to look to you for the solution, after all. Some day you'll tell me, won't you?"

"I don't see why I should," she answered, calmly. "Do you?"

"Yes, I see—but I shan't tell you; at least, not at present," he answered, boldly. She shot a questioning and