She received three or four offers, and went back to Albany to consider them and make her election.

This she has done, I hear; and already, the happy recipient of her favor is rejoicing over his good fortune.

May they live a thousand years to be happy with each other!" Here was another drop of bitterness in the cup that was at the lips of Edwin Florence.

He went to his office immediately, and, setting down, wrote thus to Clara: "I do not wrongly interpret, I presume, a silence continued far beyond the time agreed upon when we parted.

You have rejected my suit.