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[Illustration: HARPER'S ROUND TABLE]

Copyright, 1895, by HARPER A BROTHERS. All Rights Reserved.

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PUBLISHED WEEKLY. NEW YORK, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 24, 1895. FIVE CENTS A
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VOL. XVI.--NO. 830. TWO DOLLARS A YEAR.

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[Illustration]

AN OWN RELATION.

BY SOPHIE SWETT.


The country-week girl came up the lane with her head in the air, so
Gideon, who was watching her from the crotch in the old sweet-apple
tree, afterwards remarked to little Adoniram.

After some hesitation Gideon dropped down at her feet. Aunt Esther had
especially enjoined it upon him to be kind to the