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A PAIR OF BLUE EYES.
8-4
She
rook and checks again.
now
bles
trem-
literally
an artful surprise she has in
lest
store for
him
surprise
he
shall
be anticipated by the
evidently has
in
store
for
in
two
her.
minutes
Five
'
Checkmate
moves!' exclaims Elfride.
you
can,' says
Knight.
'
If
'
0, I have miscalculated
'
Checkmate,'
victory
that
Knight
is
cruel
and the
won.
is
Elfride arose letting
says
!'
him
and turned away without
see her face.
Once
in the hall
she ran up -stairs and into her room, and
flung herself do^vn upon her bed, weeping bitterly.
'Where
is
Elfride?' said her father at
luncheon.
Knight listened anxiously for the answer.
He had been hoping
to see her again
before this time. '
She
isn't well, sir,'
was the
reply.
