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The $30000 Bequest and Other Stories

CHAPTER X
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"The scene was overwhelming." They went into the parlor.

The girl said it was safe, for her parents were abed, and would never know.

Then we have this fine picture--flung upon the canvas with hardly an effort, as you will notice.
Advancing toward him, she gave a bright display of her rosy neck, and from her head the ambrosial locks breathed divine fragrance; her robe hung waving to his view, while she stood like a goddess confessed before him.
There is nothing of interest in the couple's interview.

Now at this point the girl invites Elfonzo to a village show, where jealousy is the motive of the play, for she wants to teach him a wholesome lesson, if he is a jealous person.

But this is a sham, and pretty shallow.


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