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And

again

:

"

Oh

,

Clyde

,

Clyde

,

life

is

so

different

to-day

to

what

it

was

last

year

.

Think

--

then

we

were

going

to

Crum

and

those

other

lakes

over

near

Fonda

and

Gloversville

and

Little

Falls

,

but

now

--

now

.

Only

just

now

some

boy

and

girl

friends

of

Tom

's

and

Emily

's

came

by

to

get

them

to

go

after

strawberries

,

and

when

I

saw

them

go

and

knew

I

could

n't

,

and

that

I

could

n't

be

like

that

any

more

ever

,

I

cried

and

cried

,

ever

so

long

.

"

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And

finally

:

"

I

have

been

bidding

good-by

to

some

places

to-day

.

There

are

so

many

nooks

,

dear

,

and

all

of

them

so

dear

to

me

.

I

have

lived

here

all

my

life

,

you

know

.

First

,

there

was

the

springhouse

with

its

great

masses

of

green

moss

,

and

in

passing

it

I

said

good-by

to

it

,

for

I

wo

n't

be

coming

to

it

soon

again

--

maybe

never

.

And

then

the

old

apple

tree

where

we

had

our

playhouse

years

ago

--

Emily

and

Tom

and

Gifford

and

I

.

Then

the

'

Believe

,

'

a

cute

little

house

in

the

orchard

where

we

sometimes

played

.

"

Oh

,

Clyde

,

you

ca

n't

realize

what

all

this

means

to

me

,

I

feel

as

though

I

shall

never

see

my

home

again

after

I

leave

here

this

time

.

And

mamma

,

poor

dear

mamma

,

how

I

do

love

her

and

how

sorry

I

am

to

have

deceived

her

so

.

She

is

never

cross

and

she

always

helps

me

so

much

.

Sometimes

I

think

if

I

could

tell

her

,

but

I

ca

n't

.

She

has

had

trouble

enough

,

and

I

could

n't

break

her

heart

like

that

.

No

,

if

I

go

away

and

come

back

some

time

,

either

married

or

dead

--

it

does

n't

make

so

much

difference

now

--

she

will

never

know

,

and

I

will

not

have

caused

her

any

pain

,

and

that

means

so

much

more

than

life

itself

to

me

.

So

good-by

,

Clyde

,

until

I

do

meet

you

,

as

you

telephoned

.

And

forgive

me

all

the

trouble

that

I

have

caused

you

.

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"

Your

sorrowful

,

"

ROBERTA

.

"

And

at

points

in

the

reading

,

Mason

himself

crying

,

and

at

their

conclusion

turning

,

weary

and

yet

triumphant

,

a

most

complete

and

indestructible

case

,

as

he

saw

it

,

having

been

presented

,

and

exclaiming

:

"

The

People

rest

.

"

And

at

that

moment

,

Mrs.

Alden

,

in

court

with

her

husband

and

Emily

,

and

overwrought

,

not

only

by

the

long

strain

of

the

trial

but

this

particular

evidence

,

uttering

a

whimpering

yet

clear

cry

and

then

falling

forward

in

a

faint

.

And

Clyde

,

in

his

own

overwrought

condition

,

hearing

her

cry

and

seeing

her

fall

,

jumping

up

--

the

restraining

hand

of

Jephson

instantly

upon

him

,

while

bailiffs

and

others

assisted

her

and

Titus

who

was

beside

her

from

the

courtroom

.

And

the

audience

almost

,

if

not

quite

,

as

moved

and

incensed

against

Clyde

by

that

development

as

though

,

then

and

there

,

he

had

committed

some

additional

crime

.

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