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What is it he wants of me, after eighteen years?" "He wants a good deal of you, Captain Warren. Or did want it." "Did? Don't he want it now?" "I don't know. Captain, I'm surprised that you haven't heard. It seems that I am the bearer of bad news. Your brother " "Is 'Bije dead?" "He died ten days ago very suddenly. In a way it was a great shock to us all, yet we have known that his heart was weak.
Inquire at Abijah Thompson's. You see," he added, his eye twinkling ever so little, "'Bije Thompson lives in the last house in the village, two mile or more over to the west'ard." "He does! Then why in the world did you tell people to inquire there?" "Oh, if I didn't they'd be botherin' you, probably, and I didn't want 'em doin' that.
The fact that she had risked offending one so closely connected with the real thing on Fifth Avenue and Wall Street was too dreadful. But she's yours devotedly now. There's an 18-karat crown on your head." "Yup. I suppose so. Well, I ain't so sot up with pride over wearin' that crown. It used to belong to 'Bije, and I never did care much for second-hand things.
"In the neighborhood of five hundred thousand, I believe. Of course, we had no authority to investigate thoroughly. That will be a part of your duties, but " "S-shh! Let me soak this into my brains a little at a time. 'Bije leaves his children five hundred thousand, half a million, and and they've got to economize! And I'm.... Would you mind readin' me that will?"
When I'd got over the fust shock and had counted the money three times, I commenced to ask questions. "'Somebody die and will you a million, Ed? I wanted to know. "'No, says he. 'It's the reward of virtue. I'm goin' to be a better man. I'm jinin' the men's club. "'NO! says I, for Ed was as strong a billiard-roomer as Bije. "'Sure! he answers.
'I swow, square, you're a trump, you be, Peterkin exclaimed, slapping him on the back, 'You've hit it to a dot. That's the 'Lizy Ann, and that there boy is Bije Jones, drivin the old spavin hoss. You or'to hev me somewhere in sight, cussin' the hands as I generally was, and May Jane on deck, hangin' her clothes to dry. Could you manage that? Arthur thought he could, but suggested that Mrs.
'Bije had been mighty kind to him, that's a fact." "Yes. Father was kind; I know that better than anyone else. But Mr. Pearson was right. Yes, he was right, and brave." "So I size it up. And I do sympathize with your father, too. This wa'n't such an awful lot worse than a good many stock deals. And poor 'Bije was perfectly desp'rate, I guess.
"Nothing crooked about them, of course. You see, a stock-broker's life is a nerve-racking, rather exciting one, and " "And 'Bije and his chums were excited, too, hey? All right, you needn't go any further. He was a good husband while his wife lived, wa'n't he?" "Yes. Frankly, Captain Warren, so far as I know, your brother's personal habits were good. There was nothing against his character."
Poor Caroline! she put her father on a sort of altar and bowed down afore him, as you might say. Any sort of disgrace to his name would about kill her. As for me," with another sigh, "I ain't so much surprised as you might think. I know that sounds tough to say about your own brother, but I've been afraid all along. You see, 'Bije always steered pretty close to the edge of the channel.
Thinkin' of upsettin' Jethro?" remarked Bije, in a genial tone. "Folks in Clovelly hain't got nothin' to do with it, if I am," said Chester. "Leetle early for campaignin', Chester, leetle early." "We do our campaignin' when we're a mind to." Bijah looked around. "Well, that's funny. I could have took oath I seed Rias Richardson here." There was a deep silence.
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