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Handyman." "But I need it now." "Very well, then," and Nell gave the order to Nan. It took but a few minutes to spread the white cloth upon the grass and arrange the dishes. "I am afraid this is a very humble supper," Nell apologised, as she sat down upon the ground and began to pour the tea. "Surely you do not call this humble!" Douglas replied.
Phil Marvin ain't any slouch at stalling a gent with a fat wallet and leading him up to be plucked. Marty Cardiff ain't half so tame as he looks, and he's the best trailer that ever squinted at a buzzard in the sky; he knows this whole country like a book. And Oregon Charlie is the best all-around man you ever seen, from railroads to stages. And me I'm sort of a handyman.
He frowned, twisted in his chair, and felt most uncomfortable. The staring and gaping audience greatly embarrassed him. "S-so you confess your guilt, eh?" he at length stammered. "Yes, sir; we do." "Are you not afraid of the consequences!" "What are they?" "W-well, I h-have to see about that. I'm not just sure yet. But why did you make the attack upon Mr. Handyman?"
"Father," and she turned partly around, "this is the man you have told us so much about. Nan has brought him to see you." "I am delighted to meet you, sir," the old man replied, as he took Douglas' hand. "I have wanted to thank you ever since that night you helped us in the city. Get Mr. "Handyman," Douglas assisted. "Handyman, that's a good name. Nan, get him a chair and make him comfortable."
"I hope I shall never be called to this parish on such a business again." "You never will," Stubbles emphatically replied. "But come and visit me again, sir, and bring Mr. Handyman with you. I don't think you will find anything amiss then, eh, Hawkins?" "Sure, sure," the Squire fervently replied, as he held out his hand to bid Garton and Douglas good-bye.
Harmer will give Clifford a permanent place on the staff if he turns in a good article about you. He is only handyman now. I just couldn't let him miss the chance he might never have another. And it means so much to us and Mother." "Are you a member of the Chronicle staff yourself?" inquired Mr. Reefer with a shade more geniality in his tone. "Oh, no!
I don't know what to do." "Then it is time you began. Why did you accept the office if you know nothing about it?" "Look here," and the Squire's face became red with anger. "I don't wish for you to dictate to me in that manner. Who are you, anyway?" "I am John Handyman, working for Jake Jukes at present." "H'm. And so you expect me to bother my head about you?"
"Mr. er Handyman, can speak for himself," Garton replied. "I am not thinking so much of myself, Mr. Stubbles," Douglas told him, "as of the parish in general. If you agree not to act like a tyrant in the future and not to meddle in Church matters, and stop persecuting every clergyman who comes here unless he bows to your slightest wish, then I am satisfied." "Do you think I am a fool?"
"Gone to Detroit, he has," said Mrs. Meecher. "Miss Doland, too." She broke off to speak a caustic word to the boarding-house handyman, who, with Sally's trunk as a weapon, was depreciating the value of the wall-paper in the hall. "There's that play of his being tried out there, you know, Monday," resumed Mrs. Meecher, after the handyman had bumped his way up the staircase.
She could love him then with all the ardour of a true, pure woman. But a clergyman in disguise! The thought repelled and stung her, even though she knew why he had done it. Henceforth, he would be a changed man, so she believed, hedged about by the dignity and conventions of his position, and no longer the free and companionable John Handyman as she had known him.
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