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The Shepherd of the Hills

CHAPTER XXVI
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He mast have a good fair chance.

I--I don't know what it is, but there is--I--I don't know, Daddy.

I am sure I loved him when he want away, that is, I think I am sure." And Jim, looking into her eyes, agreed heartily; then he took down his violin to make joyful music far into the night.
Ollie did not see Young Matt after their meeting on the Lookout.
The big fellow, too, avoided the couple, and Sammy, for some reason, carefully planned their rides so that they would not be likely to meet their neighbor an the ridge.

Once, indeed, they called at the Matthews place, walking over in the evening, but that was when Sammy knew that Young Matt was not at home.
Day after day as they talked together, the girl tried honestly to enter into the life of the man she had promised to marry.

But always there was that feeling of something lacking.


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