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He was desirous of effecting a loan, and after a time succeeded in having transferred to him two of the one-hundred-dollar bonds. He tried hard to obtain the five hundred, but Mrs. Estabrook was too prudent and too much attached to her savings to consent to this. Ford had to be satisfied with considerably less. "Ought I to stay with Mr.
It is needless to say that Grant heartily sympathized with the afflicted father, and was sad on his own account, for he had become warmly attached to the little boy whose instant companion he had been in his hours of leisure. The only one in the house who took the matter coolly was Mrs. Estabrook, the housekeeper. She even ventured to suggest that Herbert had run away. "What do you mean, Mrs.
"Um, that's just what I thought. That new blacksmith knows his business. That shoe's on straight. That other man never did know anything. All right, Sylvia." Mrs. Owen explained as the trim sorrels stepped off smartly toward the north that they were Estabrook stock and that she had raised them herself on her Kentucky farm, which she declared Sylvia must visit some day.
By the way, mother, haven't you got some money in government bonds?" "A little," answered Mrs. Estabrook, cautiously. "How much, now?" "About a thousand dollars." "Let me manage it for you, and I will make it two thousand inside of a month." Mrs. Estabrook had a large share of acquisitiveness, but she had also a large measure of caution, which she had inherited from her Scotch ancestry.
Estabrook might go to the bureau and discover the loss before he got out of the house, which would make it awkward for him. Once out in the street, he breathed more freely. He had enough with him to pay his only debt, and give him four hundred dollars extra. It might be supposed he would feel some compunction at robbing his stepmother of her all. Whatever her faults, she was devoted to him.
He cursed his folly for ever yielding to the temptation. Once let him get out of this scrape, and he would never get into another like it. The next evening he made a call upon Mrs. Estabrook, and made himself unusually agreeable. The cold-hearted woman, whose heart warmed to him alone, smiled upon him with affection. "I am glad to see you in such good spirits, Willis," she said.
"I hardly think that likely," said Willis Ford, who saw danger to himself in any persecution of Jim Morrison. Mr. Reynolds noticed his defense of Morrison, and glanced at him thoughtfully. "Mrs. Estabrook," he said, "I am satisfied that you possessed the bonds which you claim, and I will relieve your mind by saying that I will guarantee you against loss by their disappearance.
"Grant Thornton is the son of a country minister, and has had an excellent training," said the broker, coldly. "The fact that he is poor is no objection in my eyes. I think, Mrs. Estabrook, we will dismiss the subject. I think myself competent to choose my son's associates." "I hope you will excuse me," said the housekeeper, seeing that she had gone too far. "I am so attached to the dear child."
She shook herself convulsively as if to throw off the remnants of the anæsthetic. Then she caught my sleeve. "Oh, it's terrible," she cried. "Ye have taken me away from Julie! Bring me back to her, do you hear? You and Mr. Estabrook What do ye want of me?" "Quiet!" I said. "We want you to tell all you know." "You want me to tell it? After all these years? And it's no fault of mine or hers!"
"I presume it is your office boy who makes this charge?" she added, pressing her thin lips together. "There are others who are cognizant of it, Mrs. Estabrook. Grant succeeded in foiling Mr. Ford in his attempt to recover Herbert, who had run away from his place of confinement," "You are prejudiced against my son, Mr. Reynolds," said Mrs. Estabrook, her voice trembling with anger.
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