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Grady," bawled out a voice from the chamber within-a voice that made Mrs. Bonner start.

Grady did not answer: his song was heard from afar off, from the kitchen, his upper room, where Grady was singing at his work.

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Grady, my coat!" again roared the voice from within. "Why, that is not Mr. Strong's voice," said the Sylphide, still half laughing. "Grady my coat!-Bonner, who is Grady my coat? We ought to go away."

Bonner still looked quite puzzled at the sound of the voice which she had heard.

The bedroom door here opened, and the individual who had called out "Grady, my coat," appeared without the garment in question.

He nodded to the women, and walked across the room. "I beg your pardon, ladies. Grady, bring my coat down, sir! Well, my dears, it's a fine day, and we'll have a jolly lark at

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He said no more; for here Mrs. Bonner, who had been looking at him with scared eyes, suddenly shrieked out, “Amory! Amory!" and fell back screaming and fainting in her chair.

Mary Bonner But it's a secret, Your poor mother

The man so apostrophised looked at the woman an instant, and, rushing up to Blanche, seized her and kissed her. "Yes, Betsy," he said, "by G- it is me. knew me. What a fine gal we've grown! mind. I'm dead, though I'm your father. don't know it. What a pretty gal we've grown! Kiss me-kiss me close, my Betsy! Dit, I love you: I'm your old father."

Betsy or Blanche looked quite bewildered, and began to scream too once, twice, thrice; and it was her piercing shrieks which Captain Costigan heard as he walked the court below.

At the sound of these shrieks the perplexed parent clasped his hands (his wristbands were open, and on one brawny arm you could see letters tattooed in blue), and, rushing to his apartment, came back with an eau-de-Cologne bottle from his grand silver dressing-case, with the fragrant contents of which he began liberally to sprinkle Bonner and Blanche.

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