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By spying before he had sailed, Themar added, at a question from Carl, he had learned of the cipher. "You read the paper of course when you stole it from my desk?" "There was a noise," said Themar dully, his face bitter; "I ran for the street. Later the paper was gone." "What were Tregar's intentions about the paper?" Themar chewed nervously at his lips. "His Excellency spoke to me of a paper.
In recognition of these valuable services Tom had given Cully two tickets for a circus which was then charming the inhabitants of New Brighton, a mile or more away, and he and Carl were going the following night. Mr. Finnegan was to wear a black sack-coat, a derby hat, and a white shirt which Jennie, in the goodness of her heart, had ironed for him herself.
Carl grew browner and sturdier day by day. His eyes were quieter. There was less of arrogance too in the sensitive mouth and less of careless assertiveness in his manner. So matters stood when Philip rode in by the southern trail with Sho-caw.
Once he believed the house had been visited in the daytime, during his absence in town, but he could not be sure of that. Jean went to Chinook and stayed there, so that Lite saw her seldom. Carl also was away much of the time, trying by every means he could think of to swing public opinion and the evidence in Aleck's favor.
If you would seriously consider the proposition I make you, and become Mrs. Culpepper, your children would have a good home." "That is very generous of you, Mr. Culpepper," Carl heard his mother say, while he fairly held his breath in suspense for fear she might agree to what the other asked; "but I cannot change my mind. I never expect to marry again."
Wipe dem goilish tears away, will yuh, Agnes, and bring us a little health-destroyer and a couple matches." Carl brought a whisky cocktail. "Where's de matches, you tissy-cat?" Carl wiped his hands on his apron and beamed: "Well, so the old soak is getting too fat and lazy to reach over on the bar and get his own! You'll last quick now!"
With Carl it was a period of steady and intelligent labor and progress. He had excellent mechanical talent, and made remarkable advancement. He was not content with attention to his own work, but was a careful observer of the work of others, so that in one year he learned as much of the business as most boys would have done in three. When the year was up, Mr. Jennings detained him after supper.
They sat down on the grass-tufted bank and Carl told her how he had seen Emil and Marie out by the pond that morning, more than a year ago, and how young and charming and full of grace they had seemed to him. "It happens like that in the world sometimes, Alexandra," he added earnestly. "I've seen it before.
Her pious gratitude was evinced in her every expression. She thanked her God for having thus favored them with fortune. Ragnar silently embraced her. "I did not say anything about it yesterday, for I wished to tell you here near Carl, who always placed his pleasures aside that they might not interfere with yours." "Bless you, bless you, Ragnar!
The dinner had been at a marvelous place on West Tenth Street very foreign, every one drinking wine and eating spaghetti and little red herrings, and the women fearlessly smoking cigarettes some of them. She had gone with a girl from Mme. Vashkowska's school, a glorious creature from London, Nebraska, who lived with the most fascinating girls at the Three Arts Club. Carl was alarmed.
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