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It was a very empty train, he had noticed himself, when he had got in at Tilgate; the one solitary occupant of the front compartment of their carriage, a fat old lady with a big black bag, had bundled out at Chetwood. They were alone in the tunnel at this end of the train at least; their sole duty now was to make haste and save themselves. He gazed overhead.
"He's painting a sweet one now," Elma put in quickly, "down here, close by, in Chetwood Forest. He told me about it; it must be simply lovely all fern and mosses, with, oh! such a beautiful big snake in the foreground." "I should like to see it," Colonel Kelmscott said slowly, not without a pang. "If it's painted in the forest and by your brother, Mr.
Ellison had been the schoolmate of the beautiful and aristocratic wife of General Chetwood; when the local banker quietly spread the information that the Ellisons were comfortably supplied with stocks and bonds of a high order, society concluded that it could do very well without past history. That could come later.
Then dramatically she mouthed, with her black eyes fastened on Chet: "'Said Chetwood to young Short and Long, "Just list to my warning in song: If you know of the crime, For both reason and rhyme Betray it and so ring the gong!"" The other girls burst out laughing at the expression on the boys' faces.
Laura's brother Chetwood, his chum, Lance Darby, Billy Long, and some of the other Central High boys were usually entangled in the girls' adventures sufficiently to give spice to the incidents. So, all considered, it was only reasonable that the girls should have eagerly agreed upon the site of their summer camp Acorn Island.
Sir Peter's whims and Timon's gall? And Millamant and Romeo? Into the night go one and all." "I was too young," says Chetwood, "to view her first dawn on the stage, but yet had the infinite satisfaction of her meridian lustre, a glow of charms not to be beheld but with a trembling eye! which held her influence till set in night."
"I remember when he was an apprentice," relates Chetwood, "we play'd in several private plays; when we were preparing to act 'Sophonisba, or Hannibal's Overthrow, after I had wrote out my part of Massiva I carried him the book of the play to study the part of King Masinissa.
Elsa Chetwood, Elsa! . . . Well, the consul is right. I am a strong man. I can go out of your life, at least physically. I can say that I love you, and I can add to that good-by!" He wheeled abruptly and went quickly down the gallery, bareheaded, without any destination in his mind, with only one thought, to leave her before he lost the last shreds of his self-control.
"I don't think Dad will be able to make it good just now," went on Chet, in that sober tone that made people in North Bend feel confidence in Chetwood Bradley, young as he yet was. "I heard him say the other day that all his capital was tied up. And then it costs so much to live "
"The bank-note?" he repeated. "I left it for Mr. Monroe to look at. He was out of town. But he will tell me when he returns if he knows about it. It is a curious thing. And I hope it will teach you a lesson, Chetwood." "Sure!" grumbled Chet, "Of course, there is nothing so important in this world as learning lessons. Little thing about me being nicked fifty dollars isn't considered."
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