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He conceives an idea more creditable to his head than to his

heart. With the connivance and assistance of his wife he

disguised himself, covered those keen eyes with tinted glasses,

masked the face with a moustache and a pair of bushy whiskers,

sunk that clear voice into an insinuating whisper, and doubly

secure on account of the girl's short sight, he appears as Mr.

Hosmer Angel, and keeps off other lovers by making love himself."

"It was only a joke at first," groaned our visitor. "We never

thought that she would have been so carried away."