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He raised his head and looked at her a trifle wistfully. "You can't understand just what Ed's death meant to me, Miss Walton. You see, he was about the only real friend I ever had, the only fellow I ever got real close to. And he was such a thoroughbred, and and was so darn so mighty good to me! I tell you, it sort of knocked me out for awhile." "I'm sorry I didn't know him," said Eve, softly.
I heard them rise at his bidding, and I put the blanket over my head. I felt their tread as they walked out, passing my stall. The straw that was half under me and half out in the stable was stirred as by something heavy dragged or half lifted along over it. "Look out, you're hurting Ed's arm," one said to another, as the steps with tangled sounds passed slowly out.
He could not dance, and for that reason keenly resented Ed's supple grace and easy manners with the girls. Crossing to where Burton stood, I heard Belford say as he replied to some remark by his companions, "I'll roll him one o' these days." He laughed in a constrained way, and that his mood was dangerous was evident. In deep excitement Burton and I awaited the outcome.
They had been great friends in boyhood days, and the big brother cared not a whit that Sandy had a grudge at Ed. If that were so, he declared, then all the more shame to Sandy. So he was seated between the Brians brothers, fairly radiating joy from his big fat person, when the procession passed Lawyer Ed's office.
At the same moment the other car honked excitedly and Mendoza answered. "There are some men on horseback there, aren't there?" said Polly, straining her eyes. "On the other side of the arroyo yes. Hullo, guns! Say, Ed's in trouble! Shake a leg, Mendoza we got to look into this. Girlie, you can lie down if they shoot, do you hear?" "Yes," breathed Polly, excitedly. They could see plainly now.
And Jimmy, as was his custom when Bobby urged, agreed. Skipper Ed's skiff lay at the landing, and arming themselves with an ax the two pulled away unobserved. It was a small iceberg, perhaps sixty feet in diameter, and rising not more than twenty feet above the water. Its surface was irregular, and there were several places where excellent footing could be had.
She had found time to change her morning dress for a soft, fluffy creation of some sort, and she stood before them, flushing slightly as both looked at her, a picture that smote Hollis's heart with a sudden longing. Only one glance did she give him and then she was over near Ed's chair, leaning over him, stroking his hair.
"I could 'a' took her out ridin' to-night if I'd wanted to," lied 'Rast promptly. "I'm goin' to take her to the spellin'-bee to-morrow night out to the schoolhouse." "Did she say she'd go with you?" "Not yet. I was jest goin' to ast her to-night." "Mebby Ed's askin' her now." "Gosh dern it, that's so!
He selected a hymn at random, and sang a stanza in his rich voice that poured itself out gloriously on the evening air. "Faith and hope and love we see Joining hands in unity, But the greatest of the three And the best is love. Amen." The beautiful words, sung in Lawyer Ed's melodious voice, were enough to move even Jock's orthodox heart.
Of course, everything here is Ed's, but I have enough. All my life I've had everything except the very thing you offer and how I've longed for that! How I've envied other people! Do you think I'll be allowed, somehow, to have it?" "Yes! I've something to say about that. You gave me the right when you gave me that kiss." Alaire shook her head. "I'm not sure.
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