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£06 THE M AN Of FEELING.
• “ the little <3ogs and all,
T^ay, Blanch, and Sweetheart, fee they
bark at me !”
His refolution failed^ he Hunk back, and
locking the gate as foftly as he could,
flood on tiptoe looking over the wall till
they were gone. At that inftant a fhep-
herd blew his horn : the romantic melan¬
choly of the found quite overcame him !—
it was the very note that wanted to be
touched—he lighed ! he dropped a tear !
■—and returned.
At fupper his aunt obferved that he
was duller than ufual ; but (lie did not
fufpedt the caufe: indeed it may feem odd
that fhe was the only perfon in the family
who had no fufpicion of his attachment
to Mifs Walton. It was frequently mat¬
ter of difcourfe amongfl the fervants :
perhaps her maiden coldnefs—but thefe
things need not be accounted for.
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