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When Lenox and Diana returned to the inn, and burst upon the rest of the party, who were having breakfast, their extraordinary story was at first scarcely believed. "Bunkum, my boy!" said Giles, shaking his head. But the two witnesses gave such a circumstantial account of their adventure that incredulity turned to amazement, and then amusement. "You cheeky young cubs!" declared Mr. Hewlitt.
Eliph' Hewlitt offered to drive her to Clarence, but she refused him, and arranged to have one of the young boys, who had a faster horse, drive her to Kilo. The whole picnic leaned over the rail fence and watched until she was out of sight, and then went on with the lunch, which was just ready when her summons came. It was a severe blow to Eliph' Hewlitt.
The next moment the two men were lying beside the press, struggling and gasping, locked fast and fighting for advantage, legs intertwined and each grasping the other by a wrist. The editor was on top, but the heavier attorney was working with the energy of hate, and as they panted and struggled the door opened and Eliph' Hewlitt entered.
The minister shook hands gravely, and the ladies who had run forward with shoe bags and tidies turned and walked coldly away. Eliph' Hewlitt smiled. "Funny how that name makes a man unpopular, ain't it?" he said, addressing the minister. "But I ain't going to talk books in Kilo. The landlord down at the hotel told me it was a bad time, so I'm going to pass it by.
This volume " He stopped and handed his sample to the minister. "Introduce me to the lady in the blue dress," he said to Mrs. Smith, and she stepped forward and made them acquainted. "Miss Briggs, this is Mr " "Hewlitt," he said quickly, "Eliph' Hewlitt." "Mr. Hewlitt," said Mrs. Smith. "Miss Sally Briggs of Kilo." "I'm glad to know you, Miss Briggs," said Eliph' Hewlitt.
The neatly written card, "From Yours very truly, E. Hewlitt," did not suggest much, perhaps, but in Kilo friends do not scatter two-pound boxes of candy recklessly about.
She ain't begun to near git through with Sir Walter yet, and I don't figger she'll take in no more libraries just now. Sir Walter hit her pretty hard." "Ten volumes, fifteen dollars cloth, twenty dollars half morocco?" inquired Eliph' Hewlitt. "The identical same," said the landlord. "I purchased a group of Sir Walters in red leather myself.
Eliph' Hewlitt, knowing his horse as well as he knew human nature, climbed out of the buggy, and taking the rein close by the bit led Irontail to the side of the road. Then he took from beneath the buggy seat a bulky, oil-cloth-wrapped parcel and seated himself near the horse's head. There was no safety for a timid driver when Irontail had thus assumed command of the rein.
It was not Eliph' Hewlitt way to waste time when making a sale of Jarby's, and he felt that no more delay was necessary in disposing of his heart. Miss Sally glanced hurriedly around, seeking some retreat to which she could fly. Mrs.
There ain't anything I like so much as church picnics, and when I was a boy I used to cry for them, but I wouldn't dare join you. I'm a" he looked around cautiously, and said in a whisper "I'm a book agent." The lady laughed. "Of course," she said, "that DOES make a difference; but you needn't be a book agent to-day. You can forget it for a while and join us." Eliph' Hewlitt shook his head again.
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