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A Beautiful Alien, by Julia Magruder
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Title: A Beautiful Alien
Author: Julia Magruder
Release Date: July 6, 2008 [EBook #25989]
Language: English
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A BEAUTIFUL ALIEN
BY
JULIA MAGRUDER
BOSTON Richard G. Badger & Co. (Incorporated) 1901
COPYRIGHT 1899 BY RICHARD G. BADGER & CO.
All Rights Reserved
PRINTED BY LAKEVIEW PRESS SOUTH FRAMINGHAM, MASS., FOR RICHARD G BADGER & COMPANY (INC) BOSTON
[Illustration]
A Beautiful Alien
I.
On the deck of an ocean steamer, homeward bound from Europe, a man and girl were walking to and fro. Their long march of monotonous regularity had lasted perhaps an hour, and they had become objects of special attention to the people scattered about.
A man, who was taking his afternoon exercise alone, and who had accidentally fallen into line directly behind this couple, kept that position purposely, turning as they turned, and, without seeming to do so, observing them narrowly, for the reason that the woman wa