So oft, love’s vigil here to keep,

Stranger, albeit thou think’st I dote,

I know, I know she watches there.—Hoffman.

BY MRS. E. OAKES SMITH,

AUTHOR OF “THE NEWSBOY,” “BERTHA AND LILY,” “BALD EAGLE,” ETC.

NEW YORK:
BEADLE AND COMPANY, PUBLISHERS,
118 WILLIAM STREET.


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BEADLE AND COMPANY.

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