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Of these, the New York State Inebriate Asylum, at Binghampton; the Inebriate Home, at Fort Hamilton, Long Island; and the Home for Incurables, San Francisco, Cal., are the most prominent. At Hartford, Conn., the Walnut Hill Asylum has recently been opened for the treatment of inebriate and opium cases, under the care of Dr. T.D. Crothers.
She had come, however; had actually bought the cabin from Smith Crothers, and fitted it up in a manner never known to cabin folks before. Through all the pleasant summer days the broad door of the little house stood invitingly open and flowers had grown up as if by magic in the tiny front yard.
So quietly and quickly had she run from the station, that Smith Crothers, standing by the door of the saloon opposite, had been the only one to notice the passenger in the long coat, rich furs, and quaint little velvet hat. "Who's that?" he asked of the bartender inside. The man, on his knees, scrubbing the floor, rose stiffly and came to Crothers. "Ole miss from The Holler?" he ventured vaguely.
Before Joe could swear, even, Crothers was off like the wind, with Joe after him, using the string of oaths he had meant for Crothers on the sand that gave under him and made him stumble at every other stride.
The flames were almost at her feet, the wool of the carpet had caught first and the licking tongues followed the burden she bore, greedily. At last she was at the door; outside, and the safe, black night surrounded them! She lay Crothers down and breathed fast and hard. The snowflakes were larger; thicker now, and there was a harshness in their touch.
Like many another blindly passionate man, Crothers hit out in the dark with what weapons he had and landed a blow where he least expected, the recoil of which stunned and downed him. Crothers was a man who approached his ends by the use of his better qualities.
Conditions might arise to defeat Crothers' philanthropic schemes, but when all was concluded Morley must be taken into their confidence and made to understand that open and fair competition was both right and democratic.
"Yes, I could not let Crothers die; I had to pull him out!" Then a man near by said: "Plucky little devil." The words rang in Cynthia's ears strangely. Why did they praise her? What had she done? She wanted Crothers to die. Now that he was out of the fire, she did not want to see his eyes open again, and yet she was straining her own to get the first sign in his.
The two of us together might have kept Joe from the mere money jobs and made it a firm to be proud of. Crothers was ready to come in, and I had nearly succeeded in bringing Joe to agree to it." "Then what was the matter?" "Your sister. Joe had told her he was thinking of some move in his business which would keep him poor awhile. And she flew into quite a rage.
And I went to Nourse, to your old friend Dwight, and then to Sally Crothers and asked them all to help me. And as I went on and learned about you as you used to be, I fell in love all over again with the man I found not Amy's husband mine, all mine! "And I had almost got you back when Fanny Carr, with her nasty view of me and what I was doing, brought you those perfectly rotten reports?
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