She is as good as engaged to Larry West . You remember West ? '' `` That thin , leggy fellow you chummed with so much your first two years in Queenslea ? Yes , what has become of him ? '' `` He had to drop out after his second year for financial reasons . He is working his own way through college , you know . For the past two years he has been teaching school in some out-of-the-way place over in Prince Edward Island . He is n't any too well , poor fellow -- never was very strong and has studied remorselessly . I have n't heard from him since February . He said then that he was afraid he was n't going to be able to stick it out till the end of the school year . I hope Larry wo n't break down . He is a fine fellow and worthy even of Agnes Campion . Well , here we are . Coming in , David ? '' `` Not this afternoon -- have n't got time . I must mosey up to the North End to see a man who has got a lovely throat . Nobody can find out what is the matter . He has puzzled all the doctors . He has puzzled me , but I 'll find out what is wrong with him if he 'll only live long enough . '' CHAPTER II .
A LETTER OF DESTINY Eric , finding that his father had not yet returned XXXXX the college , went into the library and sat down to read a letter he had picked up from the hall table .
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