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Updated: May 12, 2025
The woman give Cherry's legs one more rousing jerk, and said, sort of imploring: "Save him! Save him for his old mother's sake, and for mine, and for the sake of our little girls!" Then she got up and wiped away at Santa Fé's eyes with her pocket-handkerchief, and went to kissing him for all she was worth holding on to him tight around the neck with both arms.
Coolidge gave her a coming-out party which eclipsed everything in Santa Fe's social annals. All the Select were there, including the Colonel's wife, who had not even thought of trying to have a card party the same night. The doors had been opened wide, also, for the Unassorted. All the most eligible of these had received invitations, and not one had sent regrets.
Geddes, the then chaplain, was present at one of these detestable Auto da Fe's.
It wasn't till she a'most butted into Charley she seen him and when she did see him she let off a yell loud enough to give points to a locomotive! And then she sort of sobbed out: "My husband!" and got her arms around Santa Fé's neck and begun to cry. "My God! It's my wife!" said Charley. And if the members of the Committee hadn't caught the two of 'em quick they'd likely tumbled down.
But I guess it would a-been a mistake to pick him up for a fool all round. Anyhow, Santa Fé got a set-back from him on his melodeon-faro racket and set-backs didn't often come Santa Fé's way. It wasn't a real game the little man was up against, and like enough he had the savey to ketch on to what was being give him.
A moment later the tablecloth of red damask, moved by apparently the same mysterious impulse, slowly gathered itself under Ah Fe's fingers, and sinuously disappeared by the same hidden channel.
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