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He didn't want to handle it and they both asked me why I didn't go into it for myself. There's a pot of money in it, Nance, if I can swing it. However, I never thought of it until Biggerstaff asked me if I knew about anything of that kind he's got some money to put in, and so has Ingram. This was last week. Well, I went to see. ..." Nancy listened, frightened and thrilled.
While the boys were away Anne drifted about with her mother, or more often with Agnes, or was allowed to go to play with Cynthia Biggerstaff or Harriett Fielding. Life spun on. The Bradleys felt that they had never really lived before. They rushed, laughed, played cards, dressed, danced, and sat at delicious meals from morning until night.
But before she could qualify it, Bert's angry and impatient answer had come: "Don't talk nonsense! Do you want everyone to think that, now I'm out for myself, I can't make a go of it? What would Ingram and Biggerstaff think, if I began to talk money tightness? I didn't leave the firm, and strike out for myself to give in this soon!" Nancy had shrunk back, instantly silenced.
When the troopers came and raided his smoke-house an officer, looking in, ordered them out, saying, "You shall not take all the man's meat; leave him one piece." He locked the door and put the key in his pocket and carried it away. Joseph Biggerstaff, of Rutherford County, a farmer and country merchant, was visited by six Confederate troopers, who claimed to be Wheeler's men, on their way home.
They demanded his money and, searching his house, found about $600 in specie. Four of them in the house put the money on a table to count it, while two men held the horses. Biggerstaff said he would die before they should take his money, but they paid no attention to him, when he attacked them with an axe, killing two and had the third one down when the fourth one at the table shot and killed him.
She was at the club, and Holly Court seemed a thousand impassable miles away. To get home to get home "Your Pauline telephoned! Nancy, wait! And she distinctly said Sam told this of his own accord " Mrs. Biggerstaff had her arms tight about Nancy, who was trembling very much. Nancy's agonized look was fixed with pathetic childish faith upon the other woman's eyes.
Biggerstaff, panting like a frightened child, "Sam said you weren't to be frightened we don't know a thing listen, dear, we'll telephone! That's what we'll do it was silly of me, but I thought perhaps we could keep you from being scared from just this " "But but what did you hear, Ruth? Who sent in the alarm?" Nancy asked, with dry lips.
He seemed entirely absorbed in what Oliver Rose and Joe Underhill were saying; he had lost his own chance for the cup, but was in high spirits, and was to umpire the afternoon games. After luncheon Nancy rather discontentedly settled down to bridge, with Elsie Fielding, Ruth Biggerstaff and a young Mrs.
I don't know where we stand, half the time. It's not that!" He pulled at his pipe for a moment in silence. "It's not that!" he burst out, "but I don't think we get much out of it!" Nancy glanced at him quickly, and then stared into the fire for a moment of silence. Then she said in a low tone: "I don't believe we do!" "I like Biggerstaff and I like Rose and Fielding well enough!"
She was ashamed to have new-comers at the club pass by, and see that she had nothing else to do, this afternoon, but watch a card game. Sam Biggerstaff came to the door, and nodded to his wife. Nancy smiled at him; "Will I do?" No, he wanted Ruth. So his wife put her cards in Nancy's hand, and went out to talk to him. Nancy laughed, when she came back. "You score two tricks doubled, Ruth.
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