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CHAPTER VII.

“ WrELL, Edward, what does your wife say ?”
Such was the inquiry of Jasper, immediately on
the return of his clerk from dinner.

‘¢ There will be no difficulty, so far as she is con-
cerned,”’ the young man answered.

“None, did you say, Edward ?”

“None. She is willing to take the child, under
the arrangement you propose.”’

“That is, for three hundred dollars a year, to
find her in every thing ?”’

‘Yes; until she is twelve years of age.”

“So I understand it. After that, as the expense
of her clothing and education will increase, we can
make a new arrangement. Very well. I’m glad
you have decided to take the child. It won’t cost
you six dollars a week, for the present, I am sure:
so the additional income will be quite a help to you.”

‘1 don’t know how that will be. At any rate,
we are willing to take the child into our family.”

‘Suppose then, Edward, we mutually sign this
little agreement to that effect, which I have drawn
up.”

And Jasper took a paper from his desk, which he
handed to Edward.

**T’ve no objection,” said the latter, after he had
read it over. ‘It binds me to the maintenance of
the child until she is twelve years of age, and you