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She was shaking hands with Blount and smiling. When a woman treads the ways of deceit she smiles like Mona Lisa. But was the great Leonardo deceived by the smile of his wife when she posed for him so sweetly? No, he read her thoughts how she was thinking of another and his master hand wove them in.
"Of course you'll give some security?" "Oh, sure," agreed Wiley. "My option on the mine I suppose that's what you're after?" Blount blinked for a moment, for such plain speaking was surprising from one as shrewd as Wiley, but he summoned up his smile and nodded. "Why why, yes, that's all right. Say one per cent a month payable monthly those are our ordinary short-time terms."
Wiley thought the matter over, glanced at George up on the hill, and sent a note down to Virginia. She came up the trail smiling, for her proud reserve had vanished, and she even allowed him a kiss; but when he asked her to take the money to Blount she drew back and shook her head. "I'm afraid," she said, " I'm afraid something might happen. Can't you send it by somebody else?"
"With nothing more to communicate, I hope you will attend to my just claim and send a special delegate to investigate our acts and see the truth, for perhaps if a statement comes direct from me you will not believe it. "I am your affectionate and faithful subordinate, who kisses your hand, Blount states that conditions existed "just like this, all over Luzon and the Visayan Islands."
That was years ago, and nothing had been heard from him since: but before the Laconia was due to arrive, Bedr had received a telegram from Blount instructing him to meet the ship, and wire to Paris whether Miss Gilder of New York and a "Mrs. Jones" were on board, with a party. "Blount" knew that Bedr had seen Miss Gilder as a child, and might now be able to recognize her.
He walked across the platform, abstractedly striking his right hand into his left. When he reached the ticket window he put one hand against the frame as if to steady himself, and stood there listlessly. The enterprising Mr. Blount had been hanging about the Doctor like a cat about the cream pitcher; now he rushed up, grasped the suit case, and officiously led the way toward the depot wagon. Dr.
He remembered the six-shooter, and the deputy and Blount, and the Widow's rage and tears; and Virginia's return and all she had said to him but what was it her mother had demanded? Her stock! All her stock! The stock she had refused to sell for ten cents a share and then had turned around and put up with Blount as security on a quick-action note.
The treasure was still Wiley's but well, Blount was used to waiting, so he smiled and extended the notes. At three dollars and more a pound it would not take many tons of tungsten to put Wiley safely out of the hole, but when he ran over his accounts he was startled by the bills that were piling up against him.
But now, they suspect me of being a thief, and I'll never work another day for them, exonerated or unexonerated." "Well, what of that?" Blount speke hotly. "You're lucky to lose that job I've been hoping for a long time that cussed railroad would fire you. There's bigger things in the world for you than drudging along on a salary.
"You and Billy stay here and see if you can't get that roadster so you can run it to town on its own power," he said to the chauffeur; and over his shoulder to the pair behind him: "If you'll change partners back there, and let Honoria ride on the cushions " Though he could not remotely apprehend his father's reason for the rearrangement, Blount got out, helped Mrs.
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