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TWIN TALES
"But I'm not going for long," he stoutly asserted as he held her face up to the light. "From to-day," he said, as he stooped and kissed her impassive lips, "the new era begins, and you'll see me back to-morrow with trumpets blowing."
"But I'm not going for long," he stoutly asserted as he held her face up to the light. "From to-day," he said, as he stooped and kissed her impassive lips, "the new era begins, and you'll see me back to-morrow with trumpets blowing."