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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by

TICKNOR AND FIELDS,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

UNIVERSITY PRESS: WELCH, BIGELOW, & Co.,

CAMBRIDGE.

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Mysterious Personage, A.

Opinions of the late Dr. Nott, respecting Books, Studies and Orators E. D. Sanborn
Pacific Railroads, Our

Padua, At

Passage from Hawthorne's English Note-Books, A

Piano in the United States, The

Poor Richard. II., III.

Prophetic Voices about America. A Monograph

Religious Side of the Italian Question, The

Rose Rollins, The. I., II.

James Parton

Henry James, Jr.
Charles Sumner
Joseph Mazzini

Alice Cary.

T. W. Higginson

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THE

ATLANTIC MONTHLY.

A Magazine of Literature, Science, Art, and Politics.

VOL. XX. - JULY, 1867. —NO. CXVII.

THE GUARDIAN ANGEL.

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is true that Gifted had no right to regard Susan's heart as open to the wiles of any new-comer. He knew that she considered herself, and was considered by another, as pledged and plighted. Yet she was such a devoted listener, her sympathies were so easily roused, her blue eyes glistened so tenderly at the least poetical hint, such as "Never, O never," "My aching heart," "Go, let me weep," - any of those touching phrases out of the long catalogue which readily suggests itself, that her influence was getting to be such that Myrtle (if really anxious to

secure him) might look upon it with apprehension, and the owner of Susan's heart (if of a jealous disposition) might have thought it worth while to make a visit to Oxbow Village to see after his property.

It may seem not impossible that some friend had suggested as much as this to the young lady's lover. The caution would have been unnecessary, or at least premature. Susan was loyal as ever to her absent friend. Gifted Hopkins had never yet presumed upon the familiar relations existing between them to attempt to shake her allegiance. It is quite as likely, after all, that the young gentleman about to make his appearance in Oxbow Village visited the place of his own accord, without a hint from anybody. But the fact concerns us more than the reason of it, just now.

"Who do you think is coming, Mr. Gridley? Who do you think is coming?" said Susan Posey, her face covered with a carnation such as the first season may see in a city belle, but not the second.

"Well, Susan Posey, I suppose I must guess, though I am rather slow at

Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1867, by TICK NOR AND FIELDS, in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts

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