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Father! You!" Without replying, Mr. Fox glared ferociously at the minister. His hand trembled on the head of his walking-stick. The blood surged into his face. Elizabeth, growing alarmed, started toward her father. But the Elder waved her back. Mr. McGowan broke the awful silence. "We can't help it, Mr. Fox. I'm very sorry that this has come against your will." "So it is true. God help me!" The Elder's words came with surprising calm, but his tone was harsh and hard. "So it is as I was warned. It is hard to believe that my little Beth has proven untrue to me." He was breathing hard. Pointing his stick in the direction of the minister, he finished with savage calm, "My little girl here alone, and with a man like you! God help me!" "Be careful!" ordered Mr. McGowan. His words were sharp, as with blazing eyes he met the glare of the Elder. "Father, you must not talk and look like that." "Alone with him!" repeated Mr. Fox. "I saw the whole shameless proceeding through that window, and it is needless for you to deny what has happened." "We are not trying to deny it, Father. I'm proud of it. We tried so hard not to love each other, too, when we found out how set you were against it. But we couldn't help it. We did try, didn't we, Mack?" "You tried!" sneered her father. "I suppose this man forced you to steal from your home under cover of night, and come to him, over paths that were dark and out of the way, against your will. Do you expect me to believe that?" Elizabeth came between the men as the minister took a step toward the Elder. "I've done nothing to be ashamed of. I came here of my own accord, and you have no right to spy on me through those who are willing to do such vulgar things because you pay them. I came here to see Uncle Josiah. He wasn't in, and Mr. McGowan was--well, he was entertaining me." "That will do! You shall not add perjury to your sin. You knew perfectly well that Pott was not home. You knew he was in the city. Your stories don't hang together." "Father, you must not talk to me like that. Uncle Josiah came home this morning, and I made arrangements to meet him here to-night." "And he was conveniently out, I suppose, so you might meet this fellow here alone." "If you refuse to listen to reason, you may think what you like. I love that man you've been maligning!" she cried, her eyes filling with angry tears. "You love him? Are you brazen enough to stand there and say t
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