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Rh "Then thou wilt do more for Joyce Barnes than iver thou did either for thy mother or me."

"It need make no difference between us, Sarah."

"Ay, but it will."

"And thou needn't make any change for my wedding. There is room enough for three, I'se warrant."

Sarah looked quickly into the handsome, wavering countenance. It was evident to her, from Steve's remark, that he considered the furniture of the cottage his own. Yet it had been slowly gathered by Sarah's mother and by Sarah herself. He had never taken a thought about it, or given a shilling towards it But still, he had a comfortable conviction that whatever a parent left belonged of right to the son, in preference to the daughter. And Sarah felt that if Steve chose to take all on this ground, he must do so. She would scorn to claim even the additions made with her own earnings since her mother's death, unless Steve should recognize her right and insist upon her taking them.

When she talked the matter over with him in the morning he made no allusion to these articles. Perhaps his facile mind had forgotten