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It is thirty-five miles from Paradise to Sunrise City. /Compagnon de voyage/ is name enough, by the gripsack of the Wandering Jew! for so brief a journey. Soon the little party of wayfarers were happily seated in a cheerful arc before the roaring fire. The robes, cushions, and removable portions of the coach had been brought in and put to service.
He was about starting for New York to enter upon his duties at the jewelry store. Swinging a light cane, Conrad Carter appeared on the platform with his father, who was going to the city on business. With a good deal of surprise he recognized Andy. "Where are you going?" he asked, abruptly, with a glance at the gripsack. "To New York," answered Andy. "What business have you there?"
Now I would pay you a good sum for some of your mother's jewelry, as I told you last evening." "Thank you," said Rodney hastily, "but I don't care to sell at present." "Let me know when you are ready to dispose of the necklace." Here the depot carriage appeared in the street outside and Rodney with his gripsack in one hand and the precious casket in the other, climbed to a seat beside the driver.
Gilbert looked significantly at the gripsack. "Do you carry it all in there?" he asked, doubtfully. Carl laughed. "Well, no," he answered. "I have a trunkful of clothes at home, though." "Why didn't you bring them with you?" "I would if I were an elephant. Being only a boy, I would find it burdensome carrying a trunk with me. The gripsack is all I can very well manage."
While upon this errand he encountered in the hotel corridor "a small man wearing an enormous pair of goggles, his hat drawn over his ears, a greatcoat with a heavy military cloak, and carrying a gripsack and newspaper in his hand. The newspaper was the New York Tribune," announcing the election of Tilden and the defeat of Hayes. The newcomer was Mr.
Nor did the Squire even begin to realize the much more diplomatic diplomacy by which he had been induced to invite the local bard to lunch on the very day of the American critic's arrival. Mr. Paynter was still standing with his gripsack, gazing in a trance of true admiration at the hollowed crags, topped by the gray, grotesque wood, and crested finally by the three fantastic trees.
Besides, his time and attention were so much taken up by his aristocratic acquaintance that he had little notice for anyone else. Carl observed with mingled amusement and vexation that Mr. Stuyvesant wore a new necktie, which he had bought for himself in New York, and which had been in the stolen gripsack. "If I can find Lord Bedford alone I will put him on his guard," thought Carl.
Then he looked about for Andy's grip. It occurred to him that he would have a good opportunity to examine its contents. He started in surprise and dismay, for the grip was gone. "He must have given me the slip," he exclaimed. "Did any one see the boy go out with his gripsack?" he asked, as he returned. "I saw him go out, but he had nothing in his hand," answered the landlord.
A mile portage connected Lake Bennett and Lake Linderman, and his last words he flung back after him as he resumed the trot. It was a very painful trot, but he clenched his teeth and kept on, forgetting his pain most of the time in the fervent heat with which he regarded the gripsack. It was a severe handicap. He swung it from one hand to the other, and back again. He tucked it under his arm.
Compagnon de voyage is name enough, by the gripsack of the Wandering Jew! for so brief a journey. Soon the little party of wayfarers were happily seated in a cheerful arc before the roaring fire. The robes, cushions, and removable portions of the coach had been brought in and put to service. The lady passenger chose a place near the hearth at one end of the arc.
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