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 of corresponding with his lovely cousin, of sending her flowers, and of seeing her dance at balls with other men, his roses held against her cheek and their shoulders,—after all this he still held only the position of her acknowledged admirer, among many others.

She would drive with him in the park, if she were not engaged to drive with any one else; when she had an off evening, she telegraphed for him to take herself and her sister to the play.

In the early summer he was privileged to spend a long month with her at the old homestead in Rhode Island, where an old relative, the Rev. Abel Carleton, lived.

In this quiet spot Gladys recruited her strength for the Newport season.

Farwell was looked upon in the family as the hopeless adorer of his cousin. Neither her worldly mother nor her sisters doubted for a moment that Gladys would make a great match; but meanwhile Cousin Charlie was a