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Evans, with a slight sigh. "You had better take it. Jefferson's going to do Bob Acres." "Is that so?" asked Mrs. Harmon placidly, taking the ticket. "Well, I'm ever so much obliged to you, Mr. Evans. Mr. Evans, Mr. Barker our new clerk," she said, introducing them. Lemuel rose with rustic awkwardness, and shook hands with Mr. Evans, who looked at him with a friendly smile, but said nothing.
In fact, for some years previous to this, various agents had already been employed Edward Strobik, president of council, Asa Conklin, the then incumbent of the mayor's chair, Thomas Wycroft, alderman, Jacob Harmon, alderman, and others to organize dummy companies under various names, whose business it was to deal in those things which the city needed lumber, stone, steel, iron, cement a long list and of course, always at a fat profit to those ultimately behind the dummy companies, so organized.
Harmon B. Driscoll, would understand and esteem Mrs. Spragg. But how long would their virgin innocence last? Popple's vulgar hands were on it already Popple's and the unspeakable Van Degen's! Once they and theirs had begun the process of initiating Undine, there was no knowing or rather there was too easy knowing how it would end!
She was indignant that her father had listened to Harmon, even to the extent that he had. “Why, father, I have heard you call him cowardly and dishonest,” she exclaimed, “and to think that you told him you would leave it entirely to me.” “I did not wish to offend him,” meekly replied Mr. Crawford, “and I had confidence in your judgment. I was almost certain you would refuse him.”
There were several serious and retiring couples, of whom one or other was an invalid, and several who were poor, and preferred the plated gentility of Mrs. Harmon's hotel it was called the St. Albans; Mrs. Harmon liked the name to the genuine poverty of such housekeeping as they could have set up.
Constance Stevens was among that number. By this time Marjorie was becoming a trifle anxious. There was just a chance that Connie might be overlooked. Naturally retiring, she would be quite likely to make no sign, were Professor Harmon to pass her by, under the impression that she had already sung. But Marjorie's fears were needless. Constance had a staunch friend at court.
The Hamilton boys were no doubt as extravagant and thriftless as they were insane, but the Careys sympathized with their extravagance and thriftlessness and insanity so heartily, in this particular, that they could hardly conceal their real feelings from Bill Harmon.
There was a whole passel of letters back and forth between Nate and Harmon, and finally Nate got word to meet the victims at the depot. "There was the professor himself, an old dried-up relic with whiskers and a temper; and there was Miss Olivia Dixland, his niece and housekeeper, a slim, plain lookin' girl, who wore eyeglasses and a straight up and down dress.
It was to be doubted, however, if her voice amounted to much. Another point in her favor lay in the fact that Professor Harmon was a close friend of her father. He would surely give her the preference.
Harmon was ably supported by Miss Arabella Simpkins, a woman of uncertain age, exceedingly precise, and subject to severe attacks of "nerves." Her thin lips remained tightly compressed as she listened for some time to the conversation.
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