"You told me he was a millionaire! I suppose everything went all right? He didn't lose his money or anything?" His tone was wistful.
"Not he! You don't know Papa!" said the Girl; "but, say, you're not going to be too proud to be acquainted with a self-made man?"
He didn't answer.
"Say," said she again, "I don't take so much stock in dukes as I used to." She laid a hand on his arm.
"Don't make a fool of me," said the young man, speaking very low.
"I won't,"—her voice was a caress,—"but Papa shall make Something of you. You don't know Papa! He can make men's fortunes as easily as other folks make men's shoes. And he always does what I tell him. Aren't you glad to see me again? And don't you remember—?" said she, looking at him so kindly that he lost his head and—
"Ah! haven't you forgotten?" said he.
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That is about all there is of the story. He is now a Something—and he has married the Girl. If you think that a young man of com-
