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The news conveyed by the telegram caused Dick to ascend immediately to the seventh heaven. How Bollard had contrived to break the engagement between his niece and Randolph it was impossible to say; but there was no doubt that the wire settled the matter decisively. Audrey was free to be wooed and won.
"And by me--by me--by me!" cried the young man, jumping up to pace the room exultingly. "My luck has changed, Jossy. I am passing out of the storm clouds into the brightest of sunshine."