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 Shuler repeated, unable to part with this humorous device. "Somebody's probably trying to get him away from you, Mrs. Tinker."

"Somebody's probably trying to get him away from some money. Somebody's always after him for that!"

"Well, he's still a pretty good-looking man, Mrs. Tinker. You'll have to keep your eyes open."

"Indeed, I'll do that!" she said; and this, for a time, was the last heard from her by the young man upon the gallery overhead. She moved away with her friends to occupy some chairs at a distance from the tower, and only the indistinguishable murmur of their talk was audible.