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Mrs Landell had dropped her work and crossed over to lay her hand upon my shoulder, while there was a tear one bright, gem-like tear of gratitude sparkling in Lilla's eye as she looked up timidly from her work, and that stupid young heart of mine gave a tremendous thump against my chest. There was a pause then for a few minutes, when, in a thick, husky voice, I once more tried to speak.
Lilla's face crimsoned as she bent over her work, while a few minutes after she rose and whispered to Mrs Landell. "You must excuse me, Harry," said my aunt, rising. "Lilla is unwell; the shock has been too much for her."
You tell me what to do and I'll do it. And as for sticking to you There, Mas'r Landell, sir, haven't I stuck to Mas'r Harry through thick and thin?" "Most faithfully, Tom." "Thanky, sir, thanky," cried Tom. "Yes, yes, Tom, we know all about that," I said. "No one doubts your fidelity, but it is not the question. We want to know what to do about getting the treasure home safely." "Oh! Ah!
Garcia's eyes flashed, but he kept down his resentment, and, advancing to the table: "Senor Landell," he said, "I come to demand the money that is due to me, and which I must now have. Of course you are prepared?" "Prepared, Garcia?" said my uncle. "I am not prepared you know that," he continued sadly. "But still these stringent proceedings will do you no good. I ask you as a favour for time.
We neither of us spoke, as we listened attentively, to hear the next moment the sound made by a ramrod in a gun-barrel, and we knew that Tom was safe. "They've gone from my window now, Mas'r Landell," whispered a voice at our elbow; "and they won't come back there, I think, seeing how hot it was. But, harken there, isn't that them trying somewhere else?" There was no mistaking the sound.
"Senor Don Reuben Landell on other side." "Say, Mas'r Harry," said Tom just then, "they ain't sure where the Garden of Eden was, are they? I'm blest if I don't think we've found the very spot, and if There she goes!"
An anxious passage of only a few seconds' duration, and I had led Lilla across, my uncle had followed with Mrs Landell, and Tom was close behind, when one of his mules turned restive, stopping short in the full glare of the flames, and I felt choking with rage and despair.
A handkerchief was next bound round the wrists, and Tom rose. "He won't get over that, Mas'r Landell. He'll lie there as long as we like only, if he don't hold his tongue, we'll stick something in his mouth; and he may thank his stars that he has got off so well.
He walked to a closet, took out a cigar, and sat smoking till Mrs Landell had left the room, when, beckoning me to him, he pointed to a chair, and then, as soon as I was seated, he gave utterance to what was in his mind. "Harry, my lad," he said, "I am a plain, straightforward fellow, and I like frankness. I'm going now to speak very plainly to you, for I'm not blind.
I was startled from my dreams back to the realities of life, for during that quarter of an hour existence had been bright and golden enough for me, without thinking of anything else; and the gold, the Indians, my uncle everything had been forgotten, when Mrs Landell entered the room. "Have you seen your uncle?" she said to me, rather anxiously.
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