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Ere they reached the mother's house, which, as I have said, was a long way from Mr. Dempster's, the daughter told everything, and the mother had perceived more than the daughter could tell: her eyes had revealed that all was not right behind them.
Those at Macpherson never dreamed but that the four strong, splendid men who had left them weeks before had long ere the date of Dempster's arrival reached Dawson City. The news that now came blanched all faces and cast a great gloom over that little company in the far North.
Dempster's, he looked at the little house over in the field, and wondered if Jean had been found. His notice to quit, the news of the Church meeting, and the announcement of Dr. Rannage's elevation had so occupied his attention that he had little time to think over the events of the past night.
"Poor lassie, she must have caught cold out on the hills that night. Is she at Mrs. Dempster's yet?" "Yes. Empty came for me this morning, and he had to go right back." "I must go at once." Joe rose from the bench as he spoke and untied his leather apron. "Jean may need me now." "Would it not be better for your wife to go?" Douglas asked. "A woman can generally do more in a sick room than a man."
A reg'lar Dempster's palace. The grandeur on it is a show and a pattern. Plenty to ate, plenty to drink, and a boy at the door with white buttons dotting on his brown coat, bless you like like a turnip-field in winter. Then the man himself; goodness me, the happy that man is Happy Joe they're calling him. Wouldn't trust but he'll be taking Kate to a theaytre.
What d'ye say to that?" cried Pete, coming behind with the whip in his hand. Kate looked around; she did not speak; her eyes began to fill. "Isn't it fit for a Dempster's lady?" said Pete, sweeping the whip-handle round the room like a showman. Kate could bear no more. She sank into a chair and burst into a fit of tears. Pete's glowing face dropped in an instant.
I had several visits from Mr Selwyn after I had left Baker Street, and on one of these he informed me, that upon the proofs of Lionel Dempster's identity being examined by the legal advisers of Mr Dempster, of Yorkshire, they were considered so positive that the aforenamed gentleman immediately came to terms, agreeing to give up the property to Lionel, provided, in consequence of the great improvements he had made, he was not come upon for arrears of income arising from it.
Pittman had described perhaps there might be more letters behind this slide. She pushed it back at once, and saw no letters, but a small spirit-decanter, half full of pale brandy, Dempster's habitual drink. An impetuous desire shook Janet through all her members; it seemed to master her with the inevitable force of strong fumes that flood our senses before we are aware.
The victim of your deviltry is lying sick unto death at Mrs. Dempster's. You had better go to her at once and make what amends you can before it is too late." "Ah, I know," Ben replied, regaining somewhat his former composure. "Jean has been stuffing you with lies. She's a little vixen, and wants to get me into trouble." "Look here," and Douglas' voice was stern as he spoke.
Another map hung opposite, on which the whole continent appeared, looking like a whale marked out for blubber, and by its side was a door, shut, but Henry's voice came through it, dictating a "strong" letter. She might have been at the Porphyrion, or Dempster's Bank, or her own wine-merchant's. Everything seems just alike in these days.
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