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Stratton-Porter, Gene, 1863-1924

"Michael O'Halloran"

I tell you, Daddy----"
"Leslie, tell me this," interposed Mr. Winton. "Did you get any small part
of what you have been saying to me, from me? Do you feel what I have tried
to teach you, and the manner in which I have tried to rear you, have put
your love for me into your heart and such ideas as you are propounding
into your head?"
"Of course, Daddy!" cried the girl. "Who else? Mother was dear and
wonderful, but I scarcely remember her. What you put into the growth of
me, that is what is bound to come out, when I begin to live
independently."
"This is the best moment of my life!" said Mr. Winton. "From your birth
you have been the better part of me, to me; and with all my heart I have
_tried_ to fashion you into such a woman for a future home, as your mother
began, and you have completed for me. Other things have failed me; I count
you my success, Leslie!"
"Oh Daddy!" cried the happy girl.
"Now go back to our start," said Mr. Winton. "You have plans for the
summer, of course! I realized that at the beginning.


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