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Mother, this is Mr. Colton, our neighbor." Colton turned toward the bed and murmured a few words. For once, I think, he was startled out of his customary cool self-possession. And when Mother spoke it seemed to me that she, too, was disturbed. "Roscoe," she said, quickly, "will you draw that window-shade a little more? The light is rather strong. Thank you. Mr. Colton, I am very glad to meet you.
"There are half a dozen boats, bigger than these, by the landing," he declared. "There is water enough for them. What are you afraid of? We haven't any time to waste, I tell you." I did not answer. Silence, on my part, was the safest thing just then. I continued rowing up the bay. Miss Colton spoke to him and he sat down, a proceeding for which I was thankful. They whispered together for a moment.
Captain Colton himself, wrapped in a blanket, was now a-slumber under a tree, and Wharton and Carstairs near by, stretched on their sides, were deep in slumber too. Fires were burning on the long line, but they were not numerous, and in the distance they seemed mere pin points.
Colton she received a formal request from Gwynne to dedicate the Otis Building named in honor of the creator of the family fortunes on the day the last of the foundation-stones was laid.
We had come to the edge of the grove bordering Beriah Holt's pasture. The grove was on the west side of a little hill. Before us the pasture sloped away to Beriah's house and barn, with the road beyond it. And beyond that, in the distance, were the steeples and roofs of Denboro. Among them the gables and tower of the Colton mansion rose, conspicuous and costly. She turned in the saddle.
There could be no better augury for a really great and sincere leader; for whether or not Roosevelt was all they imagined, the point to consider was that they had been carried away by their higher enthusiasms, not by those a mere trickster like Colton was trying to stimulate.
When Miss Colton, looking surprisingly presentable considering that she, too, was wearing borrowed apparel four sizes too large for her made her appearance, we sat down to a simple meal which, I think, was the most appetizing I ever tasted. The Atwoods were bursting with curiosity concerning our getting adrift in the motor boat. I described the adventure briefly.
What could I do with it if I had it, held here between walls of mud only four feet apart?" "At least," interrupted Wharton, "the high cost of living is not troubling us. Next month's rent may come from where it pleases. It doesn't bother me." A messenger turned the angle of the trench and summoned John to the presence of his commander, Captain Colton, who was about three hundred yards away.
Then I turned and saw, at the big window at the end of the "Newport villa," a group of three staring in my direction: Colton, his daughter and that cub Victor. The distance was too great to see the expression of their faces, but I knew that two of them, at least, were laughing laughing at me. I did not laugh. Lute was waiting for me by the gate and ran to meet me. He was wild with excitement.
Many of these foreigners were so numerous that churches had been built for their separate use, and service was held in their native tongue. All were willing to drop work for a few moments and talk politics with Colton, particularly if it was to abuse lawmakers and monopolists above all, the railroads, whose prices were exorbitant, and whose service was inadequate.
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