THE PURCHASE PRICE



his convictions, and saw accomplished, before, with
so many other brave men, he fell upon the field of bat-
tle - accomplished at vast cost of blood and tears-
that work which he had been inspired to undertake in
a more futile form.
  "You may say to this gentleman that I shall join
him presently, in the parlor at the right of the stair,"
said Josephine St. Auban after a moment to the mes-
senger.



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