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Greenfield's eye as he stepped through the doorway on his return to the hotel was the broad back of Horace P. Blanton, who carried away as usual by the importance of the occasion was "orating" to a group of strangers. It should be said that, save when the Kingston citizens were in a certain mood, Horace "orated" usually to strangers.
As the day passed and the engineer did not seek his company, while Greenfield's own stubborn pride forbade him to go to Holmes, the older man's heart grew more and more lonely.
"Greenfield's the hardest nut we've got to crack in the whole business. He's the sort of man you can't talk to on a square business basis. You've got to mince things damned fine with him, and he's chairman of the Railroad Committee, you know. He'd have a tremendous amount of influence, anyway." "He's a little tin god at Fentonville, I've heard," Mrs.
Under other circumstances he would have keenly enjoyed the brief vacation and the change from the desert life and work, but now he could think of nothing but the situation in which he so unexpectedly found himself. Once he would not have hesitated an instant to do Greenfield's bidding. Why should he hesitate now?
I thought you saw the paper in Greenfield's pocket last term." "So I did. That is " Here the wretched poet was interrupted by a general laugh, in the midst of which he modestly retired to the background, and left the Fifth to solve the riddle in hand by themselves. "Suppose," began Pembury, after a pause "suppose, when Braddy's done playing the fool, if such a time ever comes "
As I told you, legitimate promotion of actual development projects has always been attractive to me, but I want to examine into matters a little further before I give you my final answer. Frankly I want to ask the opinion of Willard Holmes. I would not place too much confidence in Mr. Greenfield's judgment, or rather, I should say, in any advice that he would give me in this particular matter.
Greenfield's orders, Lee." With a cloud of smoke from Abe's lips came the question: "And the other banks in the Basin?" "You would only waste your time." "Thanks, Williams. Adios." Abe Lee walked slowly out of the building. Moving aimlessly down the street, unseeing and unheeding, he ran fairly into Pat and Texas, who were talking with a rancher from the South Central District.
She understood that they were engaged with Mr. Greenfield. She read the glowing articles in the paper, the afternoon of Mr. Greenfield's departure, with a thrill of pride. At last it had come the day for which the Seer had hoped all these years. The dear old Seer! She was a little disappointed that the papers did not give his name more prominence. It seemed to be all Greenfield and the Company.
He ran his hand over Greenfield's belt and removed his pistol. "Sorry," he said curtly, standing up. "Quite keerect, Bub!" "Can I do anything for you?" "Nope." Suddenly, without warning, Greenfield raised himself, glared at him, stretched out his hands, and fell into a passionate fit of weeping. Frawley's English reserve was outraged. "What's the matter?" he said angrily.
She had offered excuses which Greenfield's simple soul found satisfactory why she had not sought her cousin's acquaintance early in the winter, and the very irksomeness of the enforced absence from his country home which seized him as spring came on, made him the more susceptible to the blandishments of the mature siren who, with cunning art, was meshing her nets about him.
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