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Hall a sharp shower of rain began to come down, when the widow suggested that he should return to the fire-side till the storm ceased. Darton accepted her proposal, but insisted that, as it was getting late, and she was obviously tired, she should not sit up on his account, since he could let himself out of the house, and would quite enjoy smoking a pipe by the hearth alone. Mrs.
She was standing up, agitated; her hand was held by her companion none else than Sally's affianced, Farmer Charles Darton, upon whose fine figure the pale stranger's eyes were fixed, as his were fixed upon her. His other hand held the rein of his horse, which was standing saddled as if just led in. At sight of Mrs.
His removal to the other side of the county had left unrepaired the breach which had arisen between him and Darton; and though Darton had forgiven him a hundred times, as Johns had probably forgiven Darton, the effort of reunion in present circumstances was one not likely to be made.
I flared. "He was her father." He stared at me hard, as though he had uttered the final, indisputable word. "He forfeited all right to that title years ago." "When?" demanded Mr. Darton. "On the day of her birth," I snapped back at him. "I do not understand you," he said coldly. And, when I remained silent, he added: "There is no greater crime than that of a child towards a father."
Mine's a different one. And turning the conversation from the philosophical to the practical, Darton expressed a hope that the said Sally had received what he'd sent on by the carrier that day. Johns wanted to know what that was. 'It is a dress, said Darton. 'Not exactly a wedding-dress; though she may use it as one if she likes.
The next afternoon was one that I have never been able to erase from my mind, for even more vividly than my earlier impressions of Con Darton, it marked the wizardry as well as the fearfulness of his power.
Old Con, I discovered, made occasional obscure trips to the city where he saw Lin Darton and Miss Etta, the former established as a second-rate real-estate dealer, the latter, as buyer for a large department store. Later it became more apparent that it was after these trips of his that he was able to purchase another horse. He quoted more and more frequently from the Bible and the "Elegy."
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I hesitated for a moment and then said: "It was three o'clock in the morning, if I remember, and he had written that he was coming to take her little son into the country, to give him a chance," I added bitingly, "of some real country air." "It was a cold night," continued Lin Darton, as though he had not heard me, "and she has all she needs while he " "To my mind, he had no business there!"
Hall entered it just in advance of her, having in the interim retired with her mother-in- law to take off her bonnet, and otherwise make herself presentable. Hence it was evident that no further communication could have passed between her and Mr. Darton since their brief interview in the stable. Mr.
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