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Halsey threw his cigarette away and turned on me. "There you go!" he exclaimed. "If he was the thief, he could return the money, of course. If he is innocent, he probably hasn't a tenth of that amount in the world. In his hands! That's like a woman." Gertrude, who had been pale and despairing during the early part of the conversation, had flushed an indignant red.
She was accustomed to walking through John Biery's main room to gain the stair that led to her own; on the whole it was not disorderly, or Susannah had but to appear on the threshold to reduce it to order. To-night the men did not let her pass with their usual civil "Good evening"; they assumed that she had an interest in their talk. "Is Mr. Halsey stopping over to Farmer Knight's?" asked Biery.
At that time it was our plan to approach the Philippines by further stages, taking islands which we may call A, C, and E. However, Admiral Halsey reported that a direct attack on Leyte appeared feasible.
Beside Ephraim her aunt stood, like one in a frenzy, her very garments twitching and her gray hair fallen loose. None of them looked to see the girl within the shaded room. "Friends," said Halsey, "I came to say 'Peace be with this house, and to speak with her to whom God has given the spirit of obedience to his truth, but it is written that when any house refuses to receive us we must depart."
The interest of her tone was unmistakable. "That is his name, and he must be a degraded fellow to take up with Smith." She saw that Ephraim's clothes were very wet; he must have walked far. She attributed his exhausted look entirely to fatigue, and his ill-temper to the same cause. "Mr. Halsey seemed quite good and in earnest, like the people that come to see Mr.
"What shall it be to-night bridge?" asked Watson, nonchalantly fingering a little pack of gilt-edged cards which Bella had produced. "Oh, no," cried Mrs. Noble. "Bridge is such a bore." "Rum?" "No no. The regular game poker." "A dollar limit?" "Oh, make it five," drawled Halsey impatiently. Watson said nothing, but Bella patted Halsey's hand in approval, as if all were on very good terms indeed.
A ride of twenty-six miles bolt upright in the carriage, over such bad roads, had almost used me up; I retired to bed in a state of collapse, leaving Miriam to entertain Mr. Halsey alone. After supper, though, I managed to put on my prettiest dress, and be carried down to the parlor where I rejoined the rest. Several strange ladies were present, one of whom has since afforded me a hearty laugh.
Joseph Smith and Cowdery and a man named Whitmer, with whom the Smiths were now housed, having consulted upon it, decided that they must begin at once to carry out the commands of Scripture. They came together, therefore, and anointed Halsey with oil, laying their hands upon him and praying fervently.
Skipping some unimportant calls, she began again. This was a call from Bella to Watson. "Ross, that fellow Drummond called up to-day." "Yes?" "He is going to pull it off to-night. His client will make good five thousand if they catch Halsey with the goods. How about it?" "Pretty soft eh, Bella?" came back from Watson.
"You've heard of the Federated Radiactum Motor?" We had, of course. It was a recent Earth discovery and invention. An engine of a new type, using radiactum as its fuel. Snap demanded, "What in the stars has this got to do with Johnny Grantline?" "Much," said Halsey quietly, "or perhaps nothing. But George Prince some years ago mixed in rather unethical transactions. We had him in custody once.
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