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So convenient, that he'll get the surprise of his life from me, anyhow; he really must be made to realize that I am his debtor for the rest of my days don't I owe the 'one man on earth for me' to him? for would I have ever seen Flamsted but for him?
"I'm making another ass of myself!" he spoke aloud and continued to chew the end of a cold cigar. The New York office was deserted in these last days of August except for two clerks who had just left to take an early train to the beach for a breath of air. The treasurer of the Flamsted Quarries Company was sitting idle at his desk.
"They say there's a woman in the case " "Generally is with them highflyers " "I'll bet he'll make for the old country, if he can get clear he'll " "Europe's full of 'em reg'lar cesspool they say " "Any reward offered?" "The Company'll have to fork over or there'll be the biggest strike in Flamsted that the stone-cutting business has seen yet " "The papers don't say what the shortage is "
His laugh was so unaffectedly hearty; his interest in the future of Flamsted and of himself as a factor in its prosperity so unfeigned; his enjoyment of his own importance so infectious, his account of the people and things he had seen during his absence from home so entertaining that, in his presence, his aunt breathed a new atmosphere, the life-giving qualities of which were felt as beneficial to every member of the household at The Bow.
By the way, Colonel, I noticed the name he entered was a familiar one in this part of Maine Googe " "Googe!" The Colonel looked at the speaker in amazement; "did he give his first name?" "Yes, Louis Louis C. Googe " "My God!" Whether the ejaculation proceeded from one mouth or five, the manager and foreman could not distinguish; but the effect on the Flamsted men was varied and remarkable.
The Colonel resumed his speech, his voice acquiring as he proceeded a volume and depth that carried it far beyond the grill room's walls to the ears of edified passers on the street: "There were those among us who maintained in the face of extreme opposition, I am sorry to say that this town of Flamsted would soon make itself a factor in the vast industrial life of our marvellous country.
Until the last decade of the nineteenth century it was unconnected with the coast by any railroad; but at that time a branch line from Hallsport on the Bay, encouraged by the opening of a small granite quarry in the Flamsted Hills, made its terminus at The Corners a sawmill settlement at the falls of the Rothel, a river that runs rapidly to the sea after issuing from Lake Mesantic.
Involuntarily she started forward at a quick pace towards the stone house over by the pines a distance of a quarter of a mile. The sun was nearing the rim of the Flamsted Hills. Far beyond them, the mighty shoulder of Katahdin, mantled with white, caught the red gleam and lent to the deep blue of the northern heavens a faint rose reflection of the setting sun.
Buzzby, I know; and here is a letter from Mr. Van Ostend in regard to this little girl. Her arrival is premature; but the matron of the institution, where she has been, wished to take advantage of my coming to Flamsted to place her in my care. Mr. Van Ostend would like to have her remain here with you for a few days if Mrs. Champney is not prepared to receive her just now."
This estate is the ancestral home of the Champneys, known as Champ-au-Haut, in the vernacular "Champo." At The Bow the highway turns suddenly, crosses a bridge over the Rothel and curves with the curving pine-fringed shores of the lake along the base of the mountain until it climbs the steep ascent that leads to Googe's Gore, the third division of the town of Flamsted.
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