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THE BEAUTIFUL LADDER. 
an intruder, I will venture to look into your 
‘ Paradise Regained.’ ” 
“ All right!” was the reply, “ and if you do not 
bless me for introducing such a world-sick wan¬ 
derer into that blissful retreat, you will be a 
marked specimen of total depravity; and so 
good-bye.” 
