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"It was everything," answered the storekeeper, simply; "each of you came between me and destruction. There is something that I have always meant to tell you, Jethro, something that it may be a comfort for you to know. Cynthia loved you." Jethro Bass did not answer. He got up and stood in the window, looking out.
The draperies, necessary for the interior, would be made by the busy needles of the women of the village, and the materials would be supplied by Billy Unguin, the dry goods storekeeper. As for the stipend of the officiating parson, that would be scrambled together in cash and kind from similar sources.
"I'm afraid the children are more of a bother to you than a help," said Mrs. Brown, as she started home with Sue. "Oh, bless their hearts, I don't know what I'd do without them!" said the storekeeper. "They are a great help. My store business is much better than before they began coming here. That special oatmeal sale brought me new customers, and Bunny and Sue are a great help."
I will note down your name and address, and as soon as we have a vacancy I will write to you. Come into the store whenever you come this way." "Thank you," said Herbert. He left the store feeling quite encouraged. Even if the chance never amounted to anything, the kind words and manner of the storekeeper gave him courage to hope that he would meet with equal kindness from others.
"T-tried to get a franchise, did you?" "I am not here to quibble with you, Mr. Bass. We tried to get it by every legitimate means, and failed, and you know it as well as I do." "Er Heth Sutton didn't sign his receipt er did he?" The storekeeper, not being a politician, was not aware that the somewhat obscure reference of Jethro's to the Speaker of the House concerned an application which Mr.
W.R. Vol. I., p. 96. Whether the vigilance of a spy or the subservient fear or zeal of the storekeeper gave the Charleston authorities information of this trifling removal of arms, cannot now be ascertained.
A bright fire and a singing coffee-pail welcomed the three as the door swung wide, and the section-boss, who was urging Marylyn to "rustle some grub," turned with a testy word. But he fell silent when he saw Lounsbury, and edged into the dusky shelter of the hearth-side. The storekeeper nodded to him, shook hands absently with the younger girl, and took a bench.
Mayberry, after learning all about the situation, and feeling satisfied that her son should accept of it. "Salary, ma'am?" returned the storekeeper, in a tone of surprise. "We never give a boy any salary for the first year. The knowledge that is acquired of business is always considered a full compensation.
"Jethro Bass doesn't seem to frighten you," said the storekeeper. "Well," said Lem, "I hain't afeard of him, that's so. For the life of me, I can't help likin' him, though he does things that I wouldn't do for all the power in Christendom. Here's Jedge Parkinson's house." Wetherell remained in the wagon while Lemuel went in to transact his business.
He still insisted upon doing much of the cooking; it was true that he had good reason to doubt Betty Gallup's ability to cook. When there were no customers in the store Louise often sat there with Cap'n Amazon, with either a book or her sewing in her hand. Sometimes they would not speak for an hour, while the substitute storekeeper "made up the books," which was a serious task for him.
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