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I made a fool of myself, I expect; refused to believe her, behaved disgracefully, and at last, when I had to believe it, threatened to run away and leave my work and Trumet forever, like a coward. She made me stay." "Did, hey?" "Yes. She showed me it was my duty to face the music. When I whimpered about my troubles she told me her own story. Then I learned what trouble was and what pluck was, too.
Perhaps some day she tried to comfort herself with the thought perhaps some day, years afterwards and under different circumstances, they might. With Ellery she felt certain she could accomplish nothing by argument or persuasion. She knew him well enough by this time to realize that, if his mind was made up, all Trumet and all creation could not change it.
You're a Trumet boy and I've known you all my life, and so's Gertie, for that matter. All I can say is, God bless you and and take good care of my girl, that's all." He extended his hand and John seized it. Then the captain coughed, blew his nose with vigor, and, reaching into his pocket, produced two battered cigars. "Smoke up, John," he said. At dinner, a meal at which Mrs.
He's a reel nice man her live cousin is keeps a shoe store up to Sandwich, and I used to know him years ago. When I was over to Thankful's t'other day, him and me had quite a talk. We got speakin' of what nice drives there was around Trumet and and er well, he asked me if I wouldn't like to go to ride next Sunday afternoon that's to-day.
"We are cheering Cap'n Nathaniel Hammond of Trumet," he explained haughtily. "We are here to meet him and escort him home." The driver sighed. "You don't say," he said. "And I thought my merits had been recognized at last. And 'twas all for Cap'n Hammond? Dear! dear!" He winked at Simmons, who wanted to laugh, but did not dare. "Come! come!" said Captain Elkanah. "Where is he?
His pipe, the worn, charred briar that he had left in the drawer of that very desk when he started for the railway station and Scarford, was in his mouth. Over the counter, beyond the showcases and the tables with their piles of oilskins, mittens, sou'westers, and sweaters, through the panes of the big front windows, he could see the road, the main street of Trumet.
The Board of Strategy swooped down upon the carriage like Trumet mosquitoes on a summer boarder. They swarmed into the vehicle, Bailey on the front seat and Asaph in the rear, where, somehow or other, they made room for him. There were handshakings and thumps on the back. "What you doin' 'way up here in the west end of nowhere?" demanded Captain Cy. "By the big dipper, I'm glad to see you!
Ten minutes later the telephone bell rang. "Hello! Here is your Boston call," announced Central. "All right! all right! Is this Saunders, Griffin and Company? ... Hey? ... Is Mr. Doane there?... What? I want to know! Is that you, John? ... This is Dott, speakin'.... Yes, Dan Dott.... No, no, of Trumet, not Scarford.... Yes.... YES.... Here! you let me do the talkin'; you listen."
She gave me this note and told me to hand it to you to-day. "'Good-by, Nat, she says. 'We've had a nice day, haven't we? "'We have, for a fact, I says. 'But what are you sayin' good-by for? "'Because I'm not goin' to Trumet with you, says she. 'I'm goin' to the city. I've got some business to see to there. Good-by.
Ellery was obliged to use force to hold him down. "Hush! hush!" pleaded the minister, "you mustn't try to " "Trumet! I ain't. You're lyin'. Trumet! Good God! Who brought me here? Did she Is she " He struggled again. Then his strength and his reason left him simultaneously and the delirium returned.
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