. Christie Johnstone : a novel . ^^&&? POPULAR EDITIONWITH A .FhGNTISPl ? DON CHATTO & WINDUS 1905 PRINTED EY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. LTD., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON Pi -CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE. CHAPTER L. VTISCOUNT IPSDEN, aged twenty-five, * income eighteen thousand pounds per year,constitution equine, was unhappy ! This mightsurprise some people ; but there are certainblessings the non-possession of which makesmore people discontented than their possessionrenders happy. Foremost among these are wealth andrank ; were I to add k beauty to the list,such men and women as go by fact, not byconjectur
. Christie Johnstone : a novel . ^^&&? POPULAR EDITIONWITH A .FhGNTISPl ? DON CHATTO & WINDUS 1905 PRINTED EY SPOTTISWOODE AND CO. LTD., NEW-STREET SQUARE LONDON Pi -CHRISTIE JOHNSTONE. CHAPTER L. VTISCOUNT IPSDEN, aged twenty-five, * income eighteen thousand pounds per year,constitution equine, was unhappy ! This mightsurprise some people ; but there are certainblessings the non-possession of which makesmore people discontented than their possessionrenders happy. Foremost among these are wealth andrank ; were I to add k beauty to the list,such men and women as go by fact, not byconjecture, would hardly contradict me. The fortunate man is he who born poor, ornobody, works gradually up to wealth and con-sideration, and having got them dies before hefinds they were not worth so much trouble. Lord Ipsden started with nothing to win ;and naturally lived for amusement. Now, noth-ing is so sure to cease to please as pleasure, — to B 258469 z Christie Johnstone. amuse, as amusement. Unfortunately for hi
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