Chapter 24 THE MISER SENDS FOR HIS BRIDE.

"What a nuisance!" muttered Mrs. Courtney, but she bathed Nita's face until she came to herself with a long, low sigh of deepest pain.

"I have been dreaming-oh, such a dreadful dream!" she shuddered.

"No, it was not a dream, Nita. I was telling you your guardian was alive, and you fainted-from excess of joy, I suppose," added the lady malicio

            
            

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