Harris came back and everything was as before. Or was it? Where had the glamour gone? Pat felt a little disgusted with herself . and with Harris. and with the world in general. And then Harris went into Mr. Taylor's store in Silverbridge! There was no reason why a clerk in a dry-goods store shouldn't be as romantic as anybody else. But it seemed such a terrible come down after all his bird-man talk! Pat felt as if he were a stranger.
-"Mr. H. Jemuel Hynes has taken a position with Mr. Taylor of Silverbridge". so ran one of the locals in the next paper. perhaps inspired by no friend of Hynes.
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