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A big story, of course, but I said to him quietly, "You heard what I said, Volmer, and further discussion will be quite useless. You were never permitted to take the colts out when Lieutenant Rae was here, and now that he is away, you certainly cannot do so." And I turned back to my spoons and forks. Volmer went out of the room, but I had an uncomfortable feeling that matters were not settled.
He made his way to the office and knocked at the door, which was partly open. A man was sitting at a desk, but he evidently did not hear, so Rupert stepped into the room, at the same time giving the door another loud rap. Still the man did not hear. "Good morning, sir," said Rupert. The man turned. "Volmer, Volmer Holm, is it you?" "Rupert Ames, I'm pleased to see you. When did you come to town?
Quite shabbily dressed he was, and a careworn expression on his face made him look ten years older. He wore glasses, which he pushed up on his forehead, and then took a good look at Rupert. "Well, well, Rupe, and where have you been keeping yourself? An' I've had luck, I tell you you haven't heard, perhaps?" "No; I haven't. What's it been, Volmer?"
He had run to his room again, but could not resist keeping watch to see if Volmer was really intending to "killee" me. He is afraid of the soldier, and consequently hates him.
Pierce's cook two years before he came to me, and for a time he made me weary telling how she had things done. Finally I told him he must do as I said, that he was my cook now. There was peace for a while, and then came the eggs. He would not do one thing to assist me, not even take down the eggs, and looked at Volmer with scorn when he carried down the boxes and salt.
When the strains of a waltz floated out, a dozen couples glided softly over the velvety grass. "That's fine music, Volmer," Rupert was saying to the bandmaster, as the music ceased. "Do you think so? We've practiced very much since our new organization was effected. Will it do for a concert?" "You know I'm no judge of music. I like yours, though, Volmer. What do you say about it, Miss Wilton? Mr.
"That's meant to be a cow, isn't it?" he said. He had been wondering every day, as it gradually grew. "It's Volmer that time he took you on his horns," said Pelle. Lasse could see at once that it was that, now that he had been told. "It's really very like," he said; "but he wasn't so angry as you've made him!
In a short time I became conscious of loud talking in the kitchen, and could distinctly hear Volmer using most abusive language about Faye and me. That was outrageous and not to be tolerated a second, and without stopping to reason that it would be better not to hear, and let the man talk his anger off, out to the kitchen I went.
Chinamen are awful cowards, and with the first word I said to the soldier, Hang had shuffled to his own room, and there he had remained until he heard Volmer go out of the house. Then he came back, and looking at me with an expression of the most solemn pity, said, "He vellee blad man he killee man he killee you, meb-bee!" The poor little heathen was evidently greatly disturbed, and so was I, too.
I offered to show him how to do it, but he said, "Me know you see." It gave him such a fine opportunity to dictate to Volmer! If the striker did not bring the eggs the very moment he thought they should be in, Hang would look him up and say, "You bling leggs!" Just where these boxes of eggs are I do not know. The Chinaman has spirited them off to some place where they will not freeze.
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