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Temple," he purred blandly. "At twelve o'clock!" repeated St. George coldly, wondering which end of the intruder he would grapple when he threw him through the front door and down the front steps. "I will be here on the stroke of the clock, sir on the STROKE," and Gadgem slunk out. For some minutes St.
Temple you remember when " "Sit down," said St. George curtly, laying down his knife and fork. "Todd, hand Mr. Gadgem a chair." The gimlet-eyed man and it was very active waved his hand deprecatingly. "No, I don't think that is necessary. I can stand. I preFER to stand. I am acCUStomed to stand I have been standing outside this gentleman's father's door now, off and on, for some weeks, and "
And he lifted the tails of his black coat in evidence. "Out of your own money?" "Yes, sir some I had laid away." St. George wheeled suddenly and stood looking first at Gadgem, then at Pawson, and last at Todd, as if for confirmation. Then a light broke in upon him one that played over his face in uncertain flashes. "And you did this for me?" he asked thoughtfully, fixing his gaze on Gadgem.
But no such fatality or stroke of good fortune whatever the gods had in store for him took place. Harry walked straight up to Gadgem: "I am very glad to see you, Mr. Gadgem," he said in his manly, friendly way. "You have been very good to my uncle, and I want to thank you both for him and for myself," and he shook the little man's hand heartily. Gadgem blushed. St.
Gadgem got as far as the hall and looked in, and, seeing all the great people thronging about St. George, would have sneaked out again to await some more favorable occasion had not Harry's sharp eyes discovered the top of his scraggly head over the shoulders of some others, and darted towards him, and when he couldn't be made to budge, had beckoned to St. JIMminy-CRIMminy what a man he is!"
He had the same hat in his hand and the same handkerchief a weekly, or probably a monthly comfort its dingy red color defrauding the laundry. "I have waited, sir," Gadgem began in an unctuous tone, his eyes on the dog, who had now resumed his place on the hearth rug "waited IMpatiently, relying upon the word and honor of " "There that will do, Gadgem," laughed St. George good-naturedly.
And the delight that Pawson and Gadgem took in it all! assorting, verifying, checking off slapping each other's backs in glee when some doubtful find was made certain, and growing even more excited on the days when Harry and Kate would drive or ride in from Moorlands almost every day of late tie the horse and carry-all, or both saddle-horses, to St.
a list which Todd the night before had prompted and which Pawson, in his clear, round hand, had transferred to a sheet of foolscap ready for Gadgem in the morning. On reaching the front door the collector stopped and looked furtively up the stairs. He was wondering with professional caution whether St. George had returned and was within hearing distance.
The little man laid his battered hat silently on a chair near the door, pulled down his tight linen sleeves with the funereal binding, adjusted his high black stock, and with half-creeping, half-cringing movement, advanced to where St. George sat. "I said good-morning, Mr. Gadgem," repeated St. George in his most captivating tone of voice. He had been greatly amused at Gadgem's antics.
"These bills are correct. Mr. Rutter has had the money and the goods. Take this list which I have signed to my attorney in the office underneath and be prepared to give a receipt in full for each account at twelve o'clock to-morrow. I have arranged to have them paid in full. Good-morning." Gadgem stared. He did not believe a word about finding the money downstairs.
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