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Jinnie'll come back in a minute." Then the speaker shoved the girl ahead of her into the shop and stood with her arms folded, austerely silent. "I want to know what's the matter," insisted Jinnie. "You tell 'er, Peg. I just couldn't," whispered Lafe. Mrs. Grandoken drew a deep breath and ground her teeth. "You've got to go away, kid," she began tersely, dropping into a chair.
Don't worry. Here's some money. Use it and I'll send more. Kiss Bobbie for me and tell him Jinnie'll come back soon. And the baby, oh, Peggy, hug him until he can't be hugged any more. Don't tell Lafe I'm away. "With all my love, "JINNIE." Peggy put down the letter. "Bobbie!" she said. The boy looked up. "I ain't got any stars, Peggy," he wailed tragically. "I want Jinnie and Lafe."
"Bobbie," she whispered, cuddling him. "Lafe's coming home soon. Be a good boy and lie still and rest. Jinnie'll come back in a few minutes." She crawled off the bed, and went to the shop door. By main force she had to drag her unwilling feet over the threshold. She stood for two tense minutes scanning the room with pathetic keenness. Then she walked forward and stood beside the bench.
"I want to speak with you just a moment," the woman said beseechingly. "May I come in?" Without answering, Jinnie backed into the room, which action Molly took as a signal to enter. She inclined her head haughtily to the cobbler. "Would you mind if I spoke to Miss Grandoken alone?" Lafe looked to Jinnie for acquiescence. "If Jinnie'll help me to the kitchen," he replied, "you can talk here.
"Jinnie'll be glad to let you help her, sir, providin' you keep track of the money you spend," he agreed. The girl could scarcely believe her ears. Suddenly her indignant sense of Maudlin's abuse faded away, leaving her encouraged and warm with ambition. Theodore took one more stride around the little room. "Now that's sensible, Mr. Grandoken," he said contentedly.
Jinnie looked at her two charges hopelessly. She knew not how to comfort them, nor could she frame words that would still the agony of the child. Yet she lifted Bobbie and Happy Pete and sat down with them on her lap. "Don't cry, honey," she stammered. "There! There! Jinnie'll rock you." Her face was ashen with anxiety, and perspiration stood in large drops upon her brow.
"Don't repeat what you've just said," the latter gritted between his teeth, whirling on Maudlin. Bates shot out of his chair at this command. "My tongue's my own," he roared, "and Jinnie'll be glad to marry me before " Theodore's big fist swept out, striking the man full in the face, and Maudlin dropped like an ox hit with an axe, but he was on his feet in another minute.
"If you're sensitive on that point, I'll add it in with the other money. I think it wise to keep our arrangements to ourselves, though." He stopped, his face changing. "And I I would like to make you more comfortable here." Lafe shook his head. "I couldn't take anything for me and Peggy," he announced decidedly, "but Jinnie'll give back all you let her have some day."
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