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A FAIR MYSTERY.
THE STORY OF A COQUETTE.
BY CHARLOTTE M. BRAEME.
CHAPTER I.
A VOICE AND A FACE IN THE NIGHT.
"Hush! For the love of mercy, hush, I cannot bear it!"
But that which called forth this protest was only the lisping prayer of a little child at its mother's knee.
Patty Brace lifted the white-robed figure to her lap, and rested the brown head on her bosom.