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"Wait here until I've sent that telegram," Tom said, hastily; and rushed off once more to the telegraph office, where he sent the following to Nellie: "Ring recovered. Was hidden in inkwell by Royce. We have gardener's confession. Hurrah! Will write particulars. "Tom." "I hope she gets that before she goes to bed to-night," mused the youth. "If she does it will make her sleep so much better."
Abe sat down and dipped his pen in the inkwell with such force that the spotless surface of Morris' shirt, which he had donned that morning, assumed a polkadot pattern. It was, therefore, some minutes before Abe could devote himself to his task in silence. Gents: Your favor of the 16th inst. received and contents noted, and in reply would say our Mr.
"Well," he observed, "of course you've read so much real poetry that you ought to know." Laban nodded, slowly. "I've read a good deal," he said quietly. "Readin' is one of the few things I ain't made a failure of in this life. Um-hm. One of the few. Yes yes yes." He dipped his pen in the inkwell and carefully made an entry in the ledger. His assistant felt a sudden pang of compunction.
When some time had passed he came back to chair and table, inkwell and pen, and a half-written letter. The quill drove on: ... None could do better by the estate than you not I nor any other. So I beg of you to stay, dear Strickland, who have stayed by us so long! There followed a page of business detail inquiries expressed wishes. Glenfernie paused.
They were inky anyway, and a little more wouldn't hurt. He began to draw an "S" on his paper. Then he remembered that his "truly" name was Arthur like Grandpa Horton's. Sunny Boy turned the paper over and tried to draw an "A." But all the time he kept thinking of the poor lead soldier down at the bottom of the inkwell. "That looks very nice, Carleton," said Miss Davis. Sunny Boy looked up.
"I am to shake hands with every one." So they shook hands nine times, because there were to be nine members of the delegation. And Nikky picked up a brass inkwell from the desk and held it out before him.
Marie had not registered on her arrival, because there was no ink in the inkwell, and the pen had only half a point; but she was rather relieved to find that she was not obliged to write her name down for Bud, perhaps, to see before she had a chance to see him.
Goodness, the ink was deeper than he thought, and before he knew it his fingers were stained black. Then he poked around with the pen Jessie had given him, but though he could feel the soldier at the bottom of the inkwell, he could not make the pen stick in him. Once the pen slipped and the ink splashed out on the desk. Sunny Boy wiped it up with his hands.
Well, anyhow, my Tim, he went ter school with him, an' set in the same seat," continued Seth, turning toward the stranger. "Tim's got an old writin'-book with one leaf all sp'iled 'cause one of young Marvin's spiders got into the inkwell an' then did a cake-walk across the page. Tim, he got a lickin' fur it then, but he says he would n't give up that page now fur forty lickin's."
Then rising abruptly she jerked a chair in front of her desk, slapped down a fresh pad of paper, jabbed her pen into the inkwell, shook it fiercely over the blotter and suddenly brushing the pages hither and thither she flung out her arms upon them and buried her face from the light.
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