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They who come hither to lade salt rake it up as it kerns, and lay it in heaps on the dry land, before the water breaks in anew: and this is observable of this salt pond, that the salt kerns only in the dry season, contrary to the salt ponds in the West Indies, particularly those of the island Salt Tortuga, which I have formerly mentioned, for they never kern there till the rains come in about April; and continue to do so in May, June, July etc. while the wet season lasts; and not without some good shower of rain first: but the reason also of this difference between the salt ponds of Mayo and those of the West Indies why these should kern in the wet season, and the former in the dry season, I shall leave to philosophers.
"You you know what there is in your suit case," she faltered; "are you a burglar, dear?" "Ask the Tracer of Lost Persons," said Kerns gently, "what sort of a criminal I am!" They stood together for one blissful moment listening to the loud knocking below, then, hand in hand, they descended the dark stairway to admit the Tracer of Lost Persons.
Kerns looked long and unsteadily upon his friend; then very gravely fumbled in his pocket and drew forth the business card of Westrel Keen, Tracer of Lost Persons. "That," he said, "will be about all." And he bestowed the card upon Harren with magnificent condescension. And about five o'clock the following afternoon Harren found the card among various effects of his, scattered over his dresser.
I've won my twelve-gauge trap gun already, and I'll have to set you up in table silver, anyway, so it's an even break. You're all in, Tommy! The Tracer is on your trail!" In the beginning of a flippant retort Kerns experienced a curious sensation of hesitation.
He stood up very gravely and drank the toast, then, reseating himself, tapped the empty glass gently against the table's edge until it broke. "You are certainly doing your part well," said Kerns admiringly. Then he swallowed the remainder of his Burgundy and looked up at the club clock. "Eleven," he said with regret.
True, he had played bridge until dawn the night before, but, on awaking, he had discovered no perceptible hold-over. It must have been sheer weakness of intellect that permitted him to be dominated by the suggestions of Kerns. And now the game was on: the jack declared, cards dealt, and his ante was up. Had he openers?
There'll be etwas doing." "Can't you ever recover from being an undergraduate?" asked Gatewood, disgusted. "Well is there anything the matter with a man getting next to a little amusement in life?" asked Kerns. "Do you object to my being happy?" "Amusement? You don't know how to amuse yourself. You don't know how to be happy.
Days and weeks had passed, and no news had been received by those up in the mountains of the result of Llewelyn's expedition. It was reported by scouts that Edward was at Carnarvon Castle in person, making hostile demonstrations of a determined kind, which, in the absence of their chief, the wild Welsh kerns knew not how to repel.
"Nothing," said Gatewood firmly, "can make me believe that Kerns ought not to marry somebody; and I'm never going to let up on him until he does. I'll bet I could fix him for life if I called in the Tracer to help me. Isn't it extraordinary how Kerns has kept out of it all these years?"
Here you sit, day after day, swallowing Martinis " He paused to finish his own, then resumed: "Here you sit, day after day, intellectually stultified, unemotionally ignorant of the higher and better life " "No, I don't. I've a book upstairs that tells all about that. I read it when I have holdovers " "Kerns, I wish to speak seriously. I've had it on my mind ever since I married.
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