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8 BLACK SHEEP.istics, to the utter deadness of the woman's conscience.His comforts wereas scrupulouslylookedafter as ever, and far more liberally proyided for;but the tasteful care for her home, the indescribablesomething which had invested their life withthe charm of a refinement contrasting strangelyyvith its real degradation,had vanished. Harriet'smanner was changed — changed to a quietude unnaturalto her, and peculiarlyunpleasant to Routh,yvhohad had a scientific appreciation of the charmof steady,business-like, calm judgment and decisionbrought to bear on business matters; butdiscarded, at a moment's notice,for sparklinglivelinessand a power of enjoyment which neverpassed the bounds of refinement in its demonstrativeness."Eat, drink, and be merry" hadbeen their rule oflife intime that seemed strangelyold to them both; ancl if the woman alone hadsometimes remarked that the precept had a corollary,she did not caremuch about it. " To-morroyvye die" yvas an assurancewhich carried littleterror to oneabsolutely without belief in afuturelife, and who, in this, hacl realised her sole desire,and lived every hour in the fulness of its realisa-
RECOGNITION. 9tion. Stewart Routh had ney-er had the capacity,either of heart or of intellect, to comprehend hiswife thoroughly;but he had loved her as muchas he was capable of loving any one,in his ownway, and the strength and duration of the feelinghad been much increased by their perfect comradeship.His best aid in business, his shrewd,wise counsellor in difficulty, his good comrade inpleasure, his sole confidant — it must be rememberedthat there yvas no craving for respect on theone side,no possibility of rendering it,no powerof missingit,on the other — and the most cherishedwife of the most respectable and worthy memberof society might have compared her position withthat of Harriet with considerable disadvantage onmany points.Tilings were, however, changed of late, andHarriet had begun to feel, with something of theawfully helpless, feeble foreboding with yvhich thevictims of conscious madness foresee the approachof the foe, that there w-as some power, yvhoseorigin she did not know, whose nature she couldnot discern, underminingher, and conqueringherunawares.Was it bodily illness ? She had ahvays
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BLACK SHEEP.% Bobcl.BYEDMUND YATES,
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CONTENTS OF VOLUME III.CHAP.PACKi.
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2 BLACK SHEEP.fully, and cunning an
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RECOGNITION.5is not as fond of me a
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RECOGNITION. 7fought this false and
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RECOGNITION.11not conscious of the
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RECOGNITION. 13cursed his own impru
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RECOGNITION.15—motives, in view o
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RECOGNITION. 17side of the broad sh
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RECOGNITION.19if you care for that
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RECOGNITION.21men nor women dare to
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" What a degenerate German !" said
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RECOGNITION.25saidMrs.Ireton P. Bem
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A FIRST APPEAL. 27impaired her facu
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A FIRST APPEAL. 29"This cursed thin
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A FIRST APPEAL.31pressing her templ
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A FIRST APPEAL. 33Stewart," said Ha
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36 BLACK SHEEP." Iwill," she said,
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38 BLACK SHEEP." But how can he dis
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40 BLACK SHEEP." There are not many
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42 BLACK SHEEP.in yours — in mine
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44 BLACK SHEEP.thing,Ican tell you.
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46 BLACK SHEEP.ask me anything now.
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48 BLACK SHEEP.man of stronger will
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50 BLACK SHEEP.you, she knows all a
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52 BLACK SHEEP.accompany beauty, we
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54 BLACK SHEEr." Indeed," saidMr. F
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56 BLACK SHEEP.he, on the other han
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58 BLACK SHEEP.cruelty of coquetry
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60 BLACK SHEEP.yvith him just enoug
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62 BLACK SHEEP.him well enough to s
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64 BLACK SHEEP.sign which his capto
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66 BLACK SHEEP." Iam happy to hear
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68 BLACK SHEEP.ever, yvith hope, yv
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70 BLACK SHEEP.coming light and eas
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72 BLACK SHEEP.bleyv and raged over
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74 BLACK SHEEP.How dreary the place
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76 BLACK SHEEP.he sawa man standing
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78 BLACK SHEEP.Rich purple amethyst
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80 BLACK SHEEP."What a temper you h
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82 BLACK SHEEP.told you so," he con
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84 BLACK SHEEP.what is itthat you m
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86 BLACK SHEEP.will never swerve or
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88 BLACK SHEEP.as soon as he releas
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90 BLACK SHEEP.manner, his look yva
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92 BLACK SHEEP.merous progeny of a
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94 BLACK SHEEP.and pointing to some
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CHAPTER Y.MOVING ON.Unconscious of
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98 BLACK SHEEP.technical sense that
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100 BLACK SHEEP.with the mysterious
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102 BLACK SHEEP.mother yvas the onl
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104 BLACK SHEEP.illness ?He set him
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106 BLACK SHEEP.He found his step-s
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108 BLACK SHEEP.presence, ancl the
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110 BLACK SHEEP.phew yvas a "good-f
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112 BLACK SHEEP." Ishould think you
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114 BLACK SHEEP.Carruthers, had sai
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116 BLACK SHEEP.police on this matt
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118 BLACK SHEEP.now. Every day her
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120 BLACK SHEEP.rible conviction of
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122 BLACK SHEEP.yvith infinitely mo
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124 BLACK SHEEP.change which her ne
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126 BLACK SHEEP.tions of maternal c
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128 BLACK SHEEr.ing, and then, when
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130 BLACK SHEEP."I am sure it has b
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132 BLACK SHEEP.think of me?Idare s
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134 BLACK SHEEP.to the area-railing
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CHAPTER VII.ANOTHER RECOGNITION.THE
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138 BLACK SHEEP.street in which she
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140 BLACK SHEEP.grass, and towards
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142 BLACK SHEEP.of Harriet's suppos
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144 BLACK SHEEr.appearance with all
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146 BLACK SHEEr.monised yvith the t
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148 BLACK SHEEP.in reality — went
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150 BLACK SHEEP.Jim of late, odd jo
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152 BLACK SHEEP.Jim Swain engaged i
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154 BLACK SHEEP.tents with a still
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156 BLACK SHEEP.yvas goingto do. Fo
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158 BLACK SHEEP.per circles, as can
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160 BLACK SHEEP.made her a sufficie
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162 BLACK SHEEP.Bembridge, and then
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164 BLACK SHEEP.might almost have j
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166 BLACK SHEEP.— liness it canno
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168 BLACK SHEEP.the intensity of hi
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170 BLACK SHEEP.organisation and as
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172 BLACK SHEEP.He hacl to remember
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174 BLACK SHEEP.the purlieus of the
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176 BLACK SHEEP.not in the least, t
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178 BLACK SHEEP.sciousness — the
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180 BLACK SHEEP.try the beer in a c
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182 BLACK SHEEP."I'm gladIsee'd tha
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184 BLACK SHEEP.quiry the day befor
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CHAPTERIX."CRUEL AS THE GRAVE.""IDO
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188 BLACK SHEEP.yvicked, fidelity,
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190 BLACK SHEEP.alittle. Ithad occu
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192 BLACK SHEEP.succeed; then the d
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194 BLACK SHEEP.suspicion that Airs
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196 BLACK SHEEP.for this woman, who
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198 BLACK SHEEP.named in the memora
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200 BLACK SHEEP.him deaf ancl blind
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202 BLACK SHEEr." Tliis is my- oppo
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204 BLACK SHEEP.lessblack eyes shif
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206 BLACK SHEEP."You are not drunk
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208 BLACK SHEEP." Now listen to me,
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210 BLACK SHEEP.Idon't care, indeed
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212 BLACK SHEEr.article of dress lo
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214 . BLACK SHEEP.Enoughof the old
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216 BLACK SHEEP.man as he entered t
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218 BLACK SHEEP." Well," said Cunni
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220 BLACK SHEEP.long lain hidden. A
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222 BLACK SHEEP.It yvas a very comp
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224 BLACK SHEEP.existence. Routh co
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226 BLACK SHEEP.becoming costume, a
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228 BLACK SHEEP."Madam," said the o
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230 BLACK SHEEP."What, what is it?"
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232 BLACK SHEEP.All a lie. Look at
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234 BLACK SHEEP.Mrs. Ireton P. Bemb
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236 BLACK SHEEP.come up with him. B
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238 BLACK SHEEP.care not; it might
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240 BLACK SHEEP.she said, with a su
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242 BLACK SHEEP.Ireton P. Bembridge
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244 BLACK SHEEP."That is my busines
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246 BLACK SHEEP.in which she was fo
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CHAPTER XLAT THE TIDAL TRAIN." Ther
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250 BLACK SHEEP."to the general sen
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252 BLACK SHEEP.ladies whose carria
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254 BLACK SHEEP.with a beating hear
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256 BLACK SHEEP." It's quite true;n
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258 BLACK SHEEP.r'ous story as —
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260 BLACK SHEEP.Mr. James Lowther,
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262 BLACK SHEEP.the wizened mannish
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264 BLACK SHEEP.told it with circum
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266 BLACK SHEEP.street but him and
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268 BLACK SHEEP.knew the other gent
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270 BLACK SHEEP.said Mr. Lowther; "
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272 BLACK SHEEP." Ido. It was my so
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274 BLACK SHEEP." You will lie down
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276 BLACK SHEEP.as he's afraid to f
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278 BLACK SHEEP.keeping close to th
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CHAPTER XII."STRONG AS DEATH."Unspe
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284 BLACK SHEEP.this was the night
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286 BLACK SHEEP.Tlie approaches to
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288 BLACK SHEEP.the story about to
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290 BLACK SHEEP.themselves from the
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292 BLACK SHEEP.Not Iris wife's,not
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294 BLACK SHEEP.mitted for trial. A
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296 BLACK SHEEP.voice,not inthe lea
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298 BLACK SHEEP.you might have know
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300 BLACK SHEEP.similar to that at
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302 BLACK SHEEP." Haul him out, anc
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304 BLACK SHEEP.conscious Mrs. Carr
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306 BLACK SHEEP.might rest, unquest
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