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Georgie stepped upon the platform, and took up the emblem of office. "Ole red-head Fred'll be around next week," said the new chairman. "He'll be around boot-lickin' to get us to take him back in again, but I guess we don't want him: that fellow always was a trouble-maker. We will now proceed with our meeting. Well, fellows, I suppose you want to hear from your president.
'Who do you suppose it was? I enquired. 'Robbers, I guess, he answered, 'an' they'll be layin' fer us when we go out, mebbe; but, if they are, Fred'll find 'em an' I've got Ol' Trusty here 'n' I guess thet'll take care uv us. His rifle was always flattered with that name of Ol' Trusty when it had done him a good turn.
"And Fred'll go to college," put in Miss Flora eagerly. "Yes; and I shall send Bessie to a fashionable finishing school," bowed Mrs. Harriet, with a shade of importance. "Hey, Bess, you've got ter be finished," chuckled Benny. "What's Mell going to do?" pouted Bessie, looking not altogether pleased. "Hasn't she got to be finished, too?"
"Fred'll stand on his.'ed with joy," the unsophisticated mariner declared, with enthusiasm. "He'll go singing about the house," declared Mrs. Church. Mrs. Banks regarded her unfavourably. "He's never said much," continued Uncle Barber, in an exalted strain; "that ain't Fred's way. He takes arter me; he's one o' the quiet ones, one o' the still deep waters what always feels the most.
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