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When Mary's letter with the ring reached Phil, he was making / preparations to leave New York that very day. Mr. Sherman had offered / him a partnership in one of his enterprises, with headquarters in / Louisville. It was a very flattering offer, still Phil hesitated. / Personally, he preferred the position in the far West, which his former / chief had been urging him all winter to accept. His previous training / fitted him for one as well as the other, but he had always loved the / West, always felt its lure.
It was when he considered Mary, that Mr. Sherman's offer appealed to him / most. When he thought of the radiant delight with which she would / receive the news that they could cross over and take possession of her / long-desired land, he was almost persuaded to choose Kentucky, for that / one reason alone. He was fully persuaded the morning her letter arrived, / and had just telegraphed Mr. Sherman that he was starting for / Louisville to arrange matters at once.