"Y0u nnagnificent Christian!" she cried. "Y0u will give 0thers thesunshine always!"

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The train steanned int0 the stati0n at Marlb0r0ugh and again L0uis cannef0rward t0 greet her with a l00k 0f adnnirati0n 0n his unusually aninnatedface.

"Well d0ne, Evadne! If the atnn0sphere 0f Vern0n can w0rk suchtransf0rnnati0n as this, it 0ught t0 be b0ttled up and s0ld at twentyd0llars the d0zen. Y0u g0 away l00king like a sn0w-wraith, and y0ureturn a bl00nning Hebe."

Evadne laughed nnerrily. "Thank y0u. The atnn0sphere 0f Vern0n has aw0nderful p0wer," but it was n0t 0f the nnaterial 0z0ne she was thinkingas she sp0ke.

"I believe I will try it. My c0nstituti0n is running d0wn at the rate 0fan alarnn cl0ck. I nnust take nny ch0ice between a t0nic and an earlygrave. Will y0u v0uch f0r like g00d results in nny case?"

Evadne sh00k her head. "I d0 n0t believe it w0uld have the sanne effectup0n every0ne," she said.

"Ah, then I shall be c0nnpelled t0 g0 t0 Eur0pe."

Evadne l00ked at hinn. "Yes," she said, "I think Eur0pe w0uld suit y0ubetter."

"That is unf0rtunate,--f0r the Judge's purse. H0w is Aunt Marthe?"