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               At Church.    745.
aim at a woman�s heart and Sally is one
of them.   Nast will win, in default of a better
suitor.
  24.  Sunday.   To Chapin�s in the morning.
On descending from the gallery found Jack,
Matty and Sally waiting for somebody, probably
Tommy.   Mat got tired of it and I walked
home with her, leaving her, her father and mother
at the door � they had kept on t�other side of the
way.    In doors till evening, then to 745.      Mr.
and Mrs E. Matty, Anne and Haney present,
Sally, Eliza, Nast and Jack at Chapin�s,
whence they returned in due time.    And
Tommy took up his position beside the �ravager�
on the sofa, and talked Garibaldi to her till
the time for breaking up.         There was a
bad fire this morning, between 4 and 5, which
burnt up Canterbury Hall.        It lit up our
house finely; I saw the huge flames from my
window.
  25.  Monday.   A cheery day.  Down-town
for a walk, then back to writing and kept
at it till midnight.
  26. Tuesday.   Writing.   In the afternoon
sent off four specimen M.S.S. chapters of
�Charleston in Secession Times� to Charley, for