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Lem ain't as willin' as I be; but I'll jest go down to the scow and speak with him." "I want to go with you, Pappy Lon," cried Fledra. "Ye stay right here, gal," commanded Cronk. Full in her face he slammed the door and left her alone with Brimbecomb. Everett stood looking at her for fully a minute, and as steadily she eyed him back. "I have come for you," he said quietly.
This evening she was sitting with her betrothed under the glow of a red chandelier. "You know, Ann, I haven't given up the idea of finding my own family," said Brimbecomb presently. "The more I work at law, the more I believe I shall find a way to unearth them. I told Mr. and Mrs. Brimbecomb that I intended to spend part of my next year looking for them. Mrs.
He kissed his mother, shook hands with Mr. Brimbecomb, and followed them into the carriage. He went to bed content with the knowledge that their steamer would sail two days later, and that for six months he would be alone. "I can't understand why Horace wants to keep those children indefinitely," said Governor Vandecar to his wife one evening.
Rich in her own right, of the bluest blood in the state, soon to marry the man who had been her ideal since their childhood days, why should she not be happy? After leaving Horace, Ann went to the side window and tapped upon it. Receiving no response, she lifted the sash and called softly to her fiancé. Hearing her voice, Everett Brimbecomb appeared at the opposite window.
The girl looked appealingly at Lem. The scowman's squinted eyes and the contortions of his face caused Fledra to cry out: "Lem, Lem, save me! save me!" Crabbe drew his heavy body more compactly together, and, with his eyes glued upon the revolver, advanced along the wall toward Brimbecomb.
Brimbecomb wondered vaguely where the other man was, and what was his concern in the affair. After greeting Lon coldly, the young lawyer said: "I should like to know about your life, Mr. Cronk, how long your children have been away from you, and all about it." "They've been gone since September," replied Lon.
And, Lem," Lon smiled evilly, and, looking into the swart face of his pal, said, "and I guess ye can make the gal come to yer likin'." Lem's throat worked visibly, his face reddened by the silent laughter that shook him. "I only want the chance," he said. "Come on and let's git a drink." Everett Brimbecomb had become impatient.
The sensitive face gathered a deep flush: "I've never lied to you, Brother Horace," she replied gently. "If I could believe you, child, if I could place absolute confidence in your word, I should have courage to go into the struggle without losing hope." "What's Pappy Lon done?" "He has employed Everett Brimbecomb to take you back to Ithaca." Fledra shrank back as if he had struck her.
Screech Owl uttered an obedient assent, and Lem left her with a threat that he would beat her if she moved from the spot. Then he crawled along the Brimbecomb fence, and saw Lon leaning against a tree, some distance down the road. After Everett's departure, Ann tripped into Floyd's room in a happier state of mind than had been hers for several days.
"I could not leave you with these persons." Fledra curled her lip scornfully. "I lived with them a long time before I saw any of you folks," she said bitterly. The girl did not reason now. She knew that she must send him back, that this was her only way to repay the woman who had saved her brother. So she went up to Brimbecomb appealingly, her eager eyes gleaming into his.
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