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Doane's whereabouts, his employer's health, how he was getting on, and when he John was to return to Scarford. The answer arrived, via telephone, about eight that evening. It was a surprising answer. "Doane gone to San Francisco on business of the firm," it said. "Left at midnight yesterday." It was signed by the senior partner.
Then her manner changed, she was silent and thoughtful and, soon afterward, said goodnight and went up to her room. Captain Dan forebore to trouble his wife with the news of the telegram announcing John Doane's departure for the West, and the reception of that news by Gertrude.
The drawer to the teacher's desk was locked, but it was a worn old lock, and by inserting the little blade of his knife Addison at last pushed the bolt back. Inside were the teacher's books and records. A Fifth Reader that we took up opened readily to Jim Doane's bank book. "She brought that here to hide it!" I exclaimed. Addison did not reply for a moment. "Perhaps she did," he admitted.
An' now" the old man crumpled forward and buried his great head in his knotted hands "an' now git outen my sight fer a spell, fer I kain't endure ther sight of ye!" But when he rode abroad the next day no man suspected the cataclysm which had shattered Hump Doane's world into a chaos of irretrievable wreck.
"Will ther Harpers stand to what ther two of us agrees on tergither in full accord an' leave cavillin' an' wranglin' amongst ourselves fer a more seemly time?" Aaron nodded his head. "So long as us two stands agreed we kin handle 'em, I reckon." The young man nodded his head in a gesture of swift decision. "All right then! I'm goin' over thar ter Hump Doane's house an' reason with them hotheads.
In the same way the Buddha was "transfigured". See Doane's Bible Myths. An idealism such as that which substantially identifies religion with morality, is suitably occupied, as occasion offers, in the discussion of those questions of public interest which have an immediate bearing on the well-being of communities.
"You nearly lugged the second shell ahead of us to-day, hang you." "No use letting a patient die because he doesn't know he's sick." Rollins grimaced. "Yes, we were sick. Doc Nicholls knows a sick crew when he sees one. He he thinks you're the needed tonic, Deacon." "Eh?" "He told me you were to sit in at stroke in Junior Doane's place to-morrow. I'd been pulling for the change the past few days.
In a few moments he was back, holding a money belt in his hands. He took out gold and bills and deposited the money on the table. The others stared. "There's about six thousand there, Mallory. It's gamblin' money. Turn it in to the bank to make or help out Doane's shortage. I've got just twenty-five hundred left which I earned in a better way." "Daddy, get the burros!" cried the girl.
Oddly enough, no one except the two most interested ever knew of this encounter. Albert, of course, did not tell. He was rather ashamed of it. For the son of Miguel Carlos Speranza to conquer dragons was a worthy and heroic business, but there seemed to be mighty little heroism in licking Sam Thatcher behind 'Lije Doane's cranberry shack. And Sam did not tell.
The starboard boat, fended off by sailors, rose and fell in the water alongside while the remainder of the dunnage and provisions showered into her. "Might as well lend a hand, sir, seein' you're bent on leaving in such a hurry," said Daughtry, taking the chronometer from Captain Doane's hand and standing ready to pass it down to him as soon as he was in the boat.
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