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What's all this trouble about a two-for-a-cent postmastership?" "H-haven't heard of any trouble," said Jethro. "Well, there is trouble," said the senator, losing patience at last. "When I told Grant you were here and mentioned that little Brampton matter to him, it didn't seem much to me, the bees began to fly pretty thick, I can tell you. I saw right away that somebody had been stirring 'em up.
"G-go if you've a mind to, Cynthy if you've a mind to." "I've come to say something to you," she faltered. It was not, at all the way she had pictured herself as saying it. "H-haven't took' Moses have you?" "Oh," she cried, "do you think I came here to speak of such a thing as that?" "H-haven't took Moses, have you?"
She was trembling, and yet she could almost have smiled at this well-remembered trick of pertinacity. "No," she said, and immediately hated herself for answering him. "H-haven't took that Worthington cuss?" He was jealous! "I didn't come to discuss Mr. Worthington," she replied. "Folks say it's only a matter of time," said he. "Made up your mind to take him, Cynthy? M-made up your mind?"
Give the girl her head. 'Give the girl her head! H-haven't I I g-given the g-girl her h- head all her l-life! He looked at his watch. 'Why, the day's half gone! He began scurrying towards the front door, I following at his heels. 'I've got a committee meeting on at the club, m-most important!
She was trembling, and yet she could almost have smiled at this well-remembered trick of pertinacity. "No," she said, and immediately hated herself for answering him. "H-haven't took that Worthington cuss?" He was jealous! "I didn't come to discuss Mr. Worthington," she replied. "Folks say it's only a matter of time," said he. "Made up your mind to take him, Cynthy? M-made up your mind?"
What's all this trouble about a two-for-a-cent postmastership?" "H-haven't heard of any trouble," said Jethro. "Well, there is trouble," said the senator, losing patience at last. "When I told Grant you were here and mentioned that little Brampton matter to him, it didn't seem much to me, the bees began to fly pretty thick, I can tell you. I saw right away that somebody had been stirring 'em up.
"G-go if you've a mind to, Cynthy if you've a mind to." "I've come to say something to you," she faltered. It was not, at all the way she had pictured herself as saying it. "H-haven't took' Moses have you?" "Oh," she cried, "do you think I came here to speak of such a thing as that?" "H-haven't took Moses, have you?"
"G-go if you've a mind to, Cynthy if you've a mind to." "I've come to say something to you," she faltered. It was not, at all the way she had pictured herself as saying it. "H-haven't took' Moses have you?" "Oh," she cried, "do you think I came here to speak of such a thing as that?" "H-haven't took Moses, have you?"
What's all this trouble about a two-for-a-cent postmastership?" "H-haven't heard of any trouble," said Jethro. "Well, there is trouble," said the senator, losing patience at last. "When I told Grant you were here and mentioned that little Brampton matter to him, it didn't seem much to me, the bees began to fly pretty thick, I can tell you. I saw right away that somebody had been stirring 'em up.
The inspiration, by the way, had come from Cynthia. "Er Ephraim, how'd you like to, be postmaster? H-haven't any objections to that kind of a job, hev you?" "Why no," said Ephraim. "We hain't agoin' to hev a post-office at Coniston air we?" "H-how'd you like to be postmaster at Brampton?" demanded Jethro, abruptly. Ephraim dropped the trace he was shaving. "Postmaster at Brampton!" he exclaimed.
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