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Martin Staats scowled as he first caught sight of her. In the olden days they had planned to be married when they should be grown up. Martin had plodded along in his quiet way, regarding himself as still engaged to the girl whom he fondly remembered. When he saw the change that the cities had wrought he groaned to himself in despair, and yet, with his inherent persistence, he broached the subject at the earliest opportunity. "I s"pose I'll have to be getting the ring now," he said. "I guess you remember that you was engaged to me before you went away to be polished
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