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 candy box. At the end of the week the courtship began to approach a crisis, as the correspondence showed.

Ruth

He that worketh deceit shall not dwell within my house; he that telleth lies shall not tarry in my sight. (Ps. 101:7.) But thou art the same, and thy years shall have no end. (Ps. 102:27.)

Chester

I will instruct thee and teach thee in the way which thou shalt go: I will guide thee with mine eye. (Ps. 32:8.)

Ruth

And I will delight myself in thy commandments, which I have loved. (Ps. 119:47.) But mine enemies are lively, and they are strong: and they that hate me wrongfully are multiplied. Ps. 38:19.) All that hate me whisper together against me: against me do they devise my hurt. (Ps. 41:7.)

Chester

Let not them that are mine enemies wrongfully rejoice over me: neither let them wink with the eye that hate me without a cause. (Ps. 35:19.) Let them be turned back for a reward of their shame that say, Aha, aha. (Ps. 70:3.)

Ruth

Pull me out of the net that they have laid privily for me: for thou art my strength. (Ps. 31: 4.) Then call thou, and I will answer: or let me speak and answer thou me. (Job 13:22.)