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J^OUNG Master Appleton, mate of the

clipper-ship Jiauger, had long been Mis

tress Peggy's ardent lover, and had even

gone so far as to obtain mine host's reluc

tant consent that, when he could boast of

a command, his daughter should be his

an she would. Now Peggy, when she ad

mitted to her coquettish self that she had

a heart, knew that eventually she would

be forced, in order to still its clamourings,

to surrender it unconditionally into the keef)-

ing of a certain bold sailor; but woman

like put off capitulating as long as she

might. The time came, however, when the

knowledge of his promotion gave Master

Appleton the courage he had lacked to

force the citadel which her coquetry had

heretofore so jealously guarded; and, when

of a sudden Peggy's heart refused longer

to be maligned by her mouth, and spake

eloquently from out of bright eyes grown

almost serious,— before she could summon

her mind to the fray—she was conquered,

and, close embraced, was calling him dear

whom, but the day before, she had flouted

with reckless audacity.

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