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"I have been cogitating," said Easelmann, twisting his moustaches. "I should think so. If you had asked me, now! I went with her to the house where I suppose she is still boarding." "Why, don't you want to know?" "Yes, to-morrow. And I think, that, when we find her, we may find a clue to your Alice." Greenleaf started up as if he had been galvanized. "You have seen her, then! You old fox!
Then you will return and marry the constant Alice, and live in economical splendor, on a capital let me see of eighty-seven dollars and odd cents, being the proceeds of a certain auction-sale. Promising, isn't it?" Greenleaf was silent, his pipe out. "Don't be gloomy," continued Easelmann, in a more sympathetic tone. "Let us take a stroll round the Common.
An hour passed in gloomy reverie, drifting without aim upon a shoreless ocean, under a sullen sky, when he was roused by the entrance of Easelmann. "In the dumps? I declare, Monroe, I shouldn't have thought it of you." "I am really ill, my friend." "Pooh! Don't let your troubles make you believe that. Cheer up. You'll find employment presently, and you'll be surprised to find how well you are."
Rain and salt spray, hunger and fatigue, were of little moment in that hour. Near the cliff stood a gentleman's villa, and to that they now hastened to procure dry clothing before returning home. They found the welcome hospitality they expected, and after rest and refreshment started to walk to Swampscot, where they could obtain a carriage for Nahant. But at the gate they met Easelmann and Mrs.
He took his leave silently, wringing Easelmann's hand, and walked home with a lighter heart. "He is a good fellow," mused Easelmann, "and has suffered enough for his folly. The lesson will do him good." Mr. Bullion was not without good natural impulses, but his education and experience had been such as to develop only the sharp and selfish traits of his character.
And by-the-by, you will have an excellent opportunity for your experiment. Marcia and I are going to take a sail this afternoon, and you can entertain Mrs. Sandford while we are gone." Easelmann softly whistled.
Charles Sandford, meanwhile, who was cultivating the sublime art of indifference, the distinguishing feature and the ideal of his tribe, only tapped his boot with his slender ratan, and then smoothed his silky moustaches. Greenleaf briefly expressed his thanks for the invitation, and, when the family had gone, turned to his friend with an inquiring look. "Famous, my boy!" said Easelmann.
Now let me embrace you in good earnest. Oh, Easelmann, this is too much! Here is Alice mine! Here is Europe, that I have looked at as I would heaven, beyond reach in this life! Now we will go to work; and let Cuyp, Claude, and the rest of them, look out for their laurels!" "Softly, my boy; you squeeze like a cider-press. But how came the old miser to give you this?"
And when weary of active amusement, they reclined on the grass and listened to the melancholy rote of the sea, the steady pulsations of its mighty heart. Easelmann, with his usual raillery, congratulated his friend on his prospects, and declared that the pupil was surpassing the teacher in the beau's arts. "Finely, Greenleaf! You are just coming to the interesting part of the process.
Ten per cent. was the amount of the dividend he received; the remainder was charged to Profit and Loss, Experience being duly credited with the same amount. It was with the greatest difficulty that the judicious Easelmann prevented his friend from making a second visit in the evening of the same day.
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