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An' Barry, he said in that quiet, firm, even voice o' his'n, 'We were like the blades of grass on the ground. So you see what th' old Seventh was up ag'inst, boys. "A mighty funny thing happened after th' talk. You all know Will Curley. He's s'posed t' be th' only survivor of Custer's men. No, I ain't sure he is. How should I know? I wasn't there, I was with Reno, two miles away.
Or maybe he could get Sudden to let him go back with cattle from the Gila River Ranch only he wouldn't ask any favors from any one by the name of Selmer. No, he'd be darned if he would! He'd just draw his wages, when he had enough saved, and drop out of sight. He wouldn't even tell Curley where he was going. And then, some day
There was no talk of a salary then, but in time Martie came to ask for such money as she needed for Teddy's rompers, for gingham dresses for summer, for stationery and stamps and it was always generously accorded. "Get good things while you're about it," Mrs. Curley would say. "You buy for the ragman when you buy trash.
Sandy, sore, sleepy, and sunburned, they were presently in the returning cars, all wilted New York returning with them. Teddy slept soundly, sometimes in his mother's arms, sometimes in John's. It was John who carried him up the steps of the Seventieth Street house at ten o'clock. A gentleman waiting to see Mrs. Bannister? Goodness, Aurora, why didn't you ask Mrs. Curley to see him?
Michael Davitt, who had been a prominent member both of the Irish Revolutionary Brotherhood and of the Fenian Society, had been convicted of treason felony, and sentenced to penal servitude. On his release in 1877, he was received as a hero, and amongst those who took part in the welcome to him were C.S. Parnell, J.G. Biggar, J. Carey, D. Curley and J. Brady.
Subconsciously he had caught a word here and there, and now, without a sound, he edged his shoulders nearer to the partition until his ear was pressed close against a crack. It did not concern her, but he listened now intently. "Aw, ferget it!" a voice rasped in a hoarse undertone. "Sure, I saw it! Ain't I just told youse I saw Curley hand de dough over dis afternoon!
He gave Mary V a mysterious look and went into the room where he slept. Mary V followed him as far as the door, and saw Curley take two letters from under his pillow. Her heart gave a jump at that, and it began to beat very fast when he turned and put them into her hand with another mysterious look. She thanked him and hurried out on the porch and straight to her pet ledge.
It had been whispered in the bunk house that Skyrider was deep in disgrace, and Curley was worried. On the porch of the bungalow Sudden stood with his morning cigar unlighted in his fingers, watching the little cavaleade swing past to the gate.
It was hot: she felt her forehead wet, her clothes seemed heavy and sticky, and her head ached dully. "How'd you like it?" Wallace asked enthusiastically. "I love it, sweetheart!" Wallace, frankly embarrassed for money, took her at once to Mrs. Curley's big boarding-house in East Seventieth Street, where the Cluetts had stayed. Mabel had told Martie that "Grandma Curley" was a "character."
He had been seriously considering asking Curley for a loan when that staunch little friend returned from the search, but it galled his pride to borrow money from any one. Bland's idea began to look not only feasible but brilliant. It would establish at once his independence and furnish concrete proof to Mary V that his determination to fly was based on sound business principles.
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