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The captain sprang to his feet. His chair tipped backward and fell to the floor. An obsequious waiter ran to right it, but Captain Cy paid no attention to him. "Where's my coat?" he demanded. "Where's my coat and hat?" "What ails you?" asked Everdean. "Are you going crazy?" "Goin' CRAZY? No, no! I'm goin' to California. When's the next train?"
Then it was broached by Pauline, who wrote a few lines to the effect that she was sorry to report that the authorities of Everdean, after investigation, had concluded not to engage the services of Miss Bailey as instructor. When Selma read the note her cheeks burned with resentment. She regarded the decision as an affront.
"I thought at once of Everdean," said Selma, "and have come to give you the opportunity of securing her." Pauline expressed her thanks cordially, and inquired if Mrs. Earle had referred to the candidate's experience or special fitness for the duties of the position. "She writes that she is very clever and gifted. I did not bring the letter with me, but I think Mrs.
"And yet, I can see I suppose I can see some excuse for you at the beginnin'. When old man Everdean and his crowd bought you and John Thayer out, 'way back there in '54, after John died, and all the money was put into your hands, I cal'late you was honest then. I wouldn't wonder if you MEANT to hand over the thirty-seven thousand five hundred dollars to your partner's widow.
The congressman insisted that they should adjourn to his rooms. An unmarried man, he kept bachelor's hall at the hotel during his stay in Washington. There, in comfortable chairs, they spoke of old times, when the captain was seafaring and the Everdean home had been his while his ship was in port at 'Frisco. He told of his return to Bayport, and the renovation of the old house.
"It sounds like Mrs. Hallett Taylor," answered Selma, sternly. "How did you know? What made you think so? How clever of you, Selma! Yes, she is the active spirit." "It was she who was at the bottom of Miss Bailey's rejection when she was my candidate for a position at Everdean College." "To be sure. I remember.
"Are you ill?" asked the congressman anxiously. "Take some water. Shall I call " The captain waved his hand. "No, no!" he stammered. "No! I'm all right. Do you for the Lord's sake tell me this! What was the name of this partner that died?" Mr. Everdean looked curiously at his friend before he answered. "Sure you're not sick?" he asked. "Well, all right. The partner's name?
The donation for the establishment of Wetmore College was made shortly after another institution for the education of women in which Pauline was interested Everdean College had been opened to students.
I remember now that he was another Down Easter, like Atkins." The captain did not answer. He clasped his forehead with both hands and leaned his elbows on the table. Everdean was plainly alarmed. "I'm going to call a doctor," he began, rising. But Captain Cy waved him back again. "Set still!" he ordered. "Set still, I tell you!
"Humph!" he grunted again. "It's one thing to smell a rat and another to nail its tail to the floor. But I'm mighty obliged to you, all the same. And I'll think it over hard. Say! I can see one thing you don't take a very big shine to Heman yourself." "Not too big no. Do you?" "Well, I don't wake up nights and cry for him." Everdean laughed. "That's characteristic," he said.
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