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She is now fifteen years old, and is living in San Francisco, sup ported from the poet's purse. She is described as strikingly beautiful. She has her mother's deep, dark eyes, and wealth of raven hair, and her father's clear Caucasian skin. Her neighbors call her the beautiful Spanish girl, for they know not her romantic history; but to her own immediate friends she is known as the poet's gifted child. It is but justice to this rough, half-savage man, to say that he is exceedingly fond of her, and does everything in his power to make her comfort able and happy. What a joke it would be on. . . this monster daily press... ... i n this cas... shoul... utterly mistaken! Wha... this busy, searching, man-devouring press, which has compelled m... ad... this narrative... live and die misunderstood, should discover after all that this little lad... only the old Doctor’s daughter sent dow... the cit... my car... be educated? What will becom... her? The poor little waif, when I look into her great wondering eyes, I fancy sh... a little rabbit, startled and frightened from the forest into the clear ing, where she knows not whethe... retur... bound for ward, an... sits still and look... wonderment around her.