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Updated: May 14, 2025
"Didn't you follow me to the Garavels'?" "Oh, boss! Never would I do such." Seeing that the negro was honest, Kirk decided that somebody had been spying upon him, but the matter was of so little consequence that he dismissed it from his mind. "And what said your female upon your proposal of marriage?" Allan inquired. "Praise God, I shall h'expire of suspense if you do not cha-at me the truth."
Kirk made a dive for his coat-pocket, while Allan continued in a rising voice: "Glory to God, sar! Glory to God! It is fifteen thousand dollars 'silver. I thought I should h'expire from fright. Oh, I Quick! Praise be Do not say you have lost the ticket or I shall die and kill myself " "Here it is!" In his hand Anthony waved a slip of paper, out of which leaped four big, red numbers-"8838."
But the newly ignited roof was within range, and the stream they played upon it made the shingles fly. "Oh, Lard!" Allan was crying. "Oh, Lard! I shall h'expire." "Pull down your hat and shield your face." The fireman they had despoiled began to drag at the hose from a safe distance; but when Kirk made as if to turn the nozzle upon him he scampered away amid the jeers of the crowd.
He was in good time, it seemed, for hardly had he taken his customary station before the Cathedral bells awoke the slumberous echoes of the city. "Praise God, she will be coming soon!" Allan exclaimed. "I shall h'expire from fright. Look! There! Down the wide stairs leading from the living-rooms of Senor Torres came two women, and the negro danced in excitement.
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