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Updated: May 15, 2025
"He said an' she watched an' listened an' giggled as how he was in right an' you was in wrong; as how the law was on his side an' he'd stick it out; how he could take the whole ruction into court an' beat you; how " Old Hell-Fire Packard stared at him, mumbling heavily: "He said that? Stephen, my gran'son said that?" "Yes," lied Blenham glibly. "Them was his words.
He's my gran'son, more shame to me, an' a little water ain't goin' to hurt him. His fam'ly's used to water, good salt water, too," with a contemptuous look at the fluid in the fountain basin, "an' if I could wash the meanness outer him, I'd duck him a dozen times a day. Come along."
"Have I heerd my gran'son called a thief, an' a sneak, what let a boy like Jim be blamed for doin' what he had a right to do, if what this 'ere feller says is true? Kin ye prove it?" turning to Rob, while he still kept a tight hold on either boy.
Clicking up the receiver he went out on the street again, giving no heed to the many glances which followed him. They knew who he was; they were speculating on him. "Ol' man Packard's gran'son," he heard one man say. In the thick darkness lying under the poplar tree it was several minutes before he was certain that his horse was gone.
An', not knowin' a whole lot about law an' such " He ended there, knowing that his words went unheeded. The look upon the old man's face changed slowly from one of pure amazement to one of pain, grief, disappointment. Stephen, his gran'son, threatened to go to law!
Which we can do without goin' to the law!" he interjected scornfully. "I reckon you understan', don't you, Blenham?" Blenham nodded and put on his hat. "I'm to hound him from the start to finish; until we drive him an' her out the country. An' I'm to pound at your gran'son too an' at the same time until we bust him wide open. That right?" "Right an' go to it!" cried Packard.
"Nare Gilhooley should ever cross Storm Mounting, 'cordin ter yer saying Petey, an' hyar ye hev been totin' Boss Gilhooley 's gran'son back an' forth across Old Stormy, an' all yer spare time ye spend on yer hands an' knees bar kin' like a dog jes' ter pleasure him." Peter Petrie changed countenance suddenly.
Morris had ridden away, "you see I's right in my 'clusions, and Mahs'r Morris 'grees with me." "Dunno," said Brother 'Bijah, shaking his head, "dis is a mighty dubersome question. You kep' dem apples clar out o' sight, Brudder Gran'son; clar out o' sight."
The Lord takes away the Pass By, an' your son an' gran'son along with her, an' why? Now to my thinkin' you was a deal likelier punished because you'd forgot your duty to your neighbour an' neglected to pay up the insurance." Tregenza shook his head again, slowly but positively. "'Tis curious to me," he said, "how you keep harkin' back to that bit o' money you lost.
"Nor I wouldn't say he hadn't. But, like I was tellin' you " "You were tellin' me," growled the old man, "that that scoundrel of a Temple's fool of a girl is tryin' her hand at spellbindin' my gran'son Stephen! The dirty little saphead Look here, Blenham; you've got more gumption than most: tell me how far things have gone an' what Temple's game is.
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