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The Harvester

CHAPTER XIII
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My mother would have known, but I do not.

You overwhelm me! Fifty times I've tried to tell you that a room of my very own, such a room as this will be when to-morrow's sun comes in, and these, and these, and these," she turned from the chest of boxes to the dressing table, bed, closet, and bath, "all these for me, and you know absolutely nothing about me----I get a big lump in my throat, and the words that do come all seem so meaningless, I am perfectly ashamed to say them.

Oh Man, why do you do it ?" "I thought it was about time to spring another 'why' on me," said the Harvester.

"Thank God, I am now in a position where I can tell you 'why'! I do it because you are the girl of my dream, my mate by every law of Heaven and earth.

All men build as well as they know when the one woman of the universe lays her spell on them.


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