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He said he wouldn't do nothing if I didn't. If he hadn't said it I might believe it!" Laban shifted his weight where he stood from one foot to the other. "He passed the night at David's. He's passed two nights there." "Was it the snorting man?" "I reckon." "I heard about him at the Cross Roads. Why didn't David tell us yesterday?" "Maybe he hadn't thought it out. David thinks slow.
"With with him?" "Yes. I have something to say to him. Something important." She and Azuba exchanged looks. The latter nodded. "All right," she said decisively; "course we'll go. Come, Labe." But Laban seemed loath to move. "I ain't got through with him yet," he observed. "I'd only begun." "You come with me. Have you forgot all I told you so soon? Come!" "Hey? No; no, I ain't forgot.
"I don't think you've done wrong; but look out you don't do it. You are doing it, now. I can't let you do it. I can't let you live in sin!" "In sin? Me?" "You. Every minute you live now with Laban you live in sin. Your first husband, that was dead, is alive. He can't claim you unless you allow it; but neither can your second husband, now.
The chocolate nut of Sulo is preferred at Manilla to that from South America. The tree that yields the clove-bark, and the nutmeg, and clove, thrive luxuriantly, though never tried to any extent. The woods about Pontiana for carpentry and joinery, are kayu bulean, chena, mintangore, laban, ebony, iron-wood, dammar, and dammar laut, &c. &c. The pine abounds in the bay of Maludu, teak at Sulo.
Fulfil her week, and we will give thee this also for the service which thou shalt serve with me yet seven other years. And Jacob did so, and fulfilled her week: and he gave him Rachel his daughter to wife also. And Laban gave to Rachel his daughter Bilhah his handmaid to be her maid.
They smoked and talked books until nearly two. Then Laban insisted upon his guest departing. "I'm all right, Al" he declared, earnestly. "I am honest yes, yes, I am. I'll go to sleep like a lamb, yes indeed." "You'll be at the office in the morning, won't you, Labe?" The little bookkeeper nodded. "I'll be there," he said. "Got to answer roll call the first mornin' after enlistment. Yes, yes.
"I wish. . . . Eh? What's the matter, Rachel? What are you lookin' at me like that for?" The housekeeper was leaning forward in her chair, her cheeks flushed and her hands clenched. "How do you know he's dead?" she asked, in a mysterious whisper. "Eh? How do I know who's dead?" "Albert. How do you know he's dead?" Laban stared at her. "How do I know he's DEAD!" he repeated. "How do I know "
The vision of her face came between him and his work; and when he thought of the future, and of the damsel who had been allotted to him for a wife, his thoughts were very bitter. "Fate is like Laban," he said to himself; "a man works and does his duty for seven years, and then Fate gives him Leah instead of Rachel.
"Very well," said Samway. Laban then went to the door. When he opened it the hum of bustle rolled out as a wave upon a still strand the assemblage being immediately inside the hall and was deadened to a murmur as he closed it again.
Albert could not understand how he could possibly help another man keep the pledge, but his promise was eagerly given. "Certainly, Labe," he said. "Thanks . . . thank you, Al. . . . And now will you do something for me a favor?" "Gladly. What is it?" Laban did not answer at once.
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