"My dear child. I’m not sentimental
and r insist upon competency. If r
| didn’t think you were worth it, T
| shouldn’t mention it. You’ve broad
! cried a great deal since 1 saw you
last, more than I had hoped. Let
me see your hands.”
As she had once before, Leila
stripped off her gloves and held out
her hands to Mary. They were still
beautiful, but as Leila stared down
at them she realized with a little
shock that they, too, had undergone
a change. They were sturdier, more
competent. It was as if they had
suddenly gained character!
(Continued In tomorrow’s Star.)
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rights, privileges and immunities of
natives and, moreover, that Congress
will provide for every such person 50
| acres of land, to be held by him and
I his heirs in absolute property.
Congress conceives that such for
eigners would choose to accept lands,
liberty, safety and a communion of
go**! laws and mild government in a
country where many of their friends
are already happily settled, rather
than continue exposed to the dangers
of a long and bloody war against a
people guilty of no other crime than
that- of refusing to exchange freedom
for slavery. It invites the Hessians
to consider that if they violate every
Christian and moral precept by at
tempting to destroy those who have
never injured them or their country
: their only reward, if they escape
| death and captivity, will be a return
I to the despotism of their prince, to
jbe by him again sold to do the
| drudgery of some other enemy to the
i rights of mankind.
Rice With Pimentos.
