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Then he was off, all his old vigour showing in his preparations for the hurried trip, and as he went away Ellen felt as might those on shore watching a lusty life-saver put off in a boat to pull for a sinking ship. Burns and Amy Mathewson were away three days, during which Red kept Ellen even more closely in touch with himself than usual, by means of the long wire.
"They belong to this young lady or, rather, to her father. This Japanese, and the other one, there on the shore, stole them." "What is the lady's name?" "I can't tell you that." "But the police " "It isn't a matter for the police. Please trust me, Mr. Porter." The life-saver stood irresolute. "If this boat is damaged, I'll make it good five times over," continued Orme.
That man spoke to me on the boat he did what you wished, he made a will providing for that woman; I took charge of it for him. As a matter of fact I went and saw his old mother yesterday. She behaved splendidly." "Then the life-saver was no good after all?" "No good," he said, and he avoided looking at her. "At least so it would seem, but who can tell?"
And such whiskey! There is nothing like it in Washington, or in the whole world, perhaps. A volume might be written in praise of that mellow, golden fluid. There were many in our party who would gladly add to this glowing testimony, and wax eloquent over the virtues of that noble life-saver and panacea, referred to by our good hosts as "a little something."
"Aphorism be damned; it's just plain horse sense. Don't do it, old man, don't do it!" "Don't do what?" "Don't fall in love with Mrs. Clephane." "Good Lord!" Harleston exclaimed. "Good Lord all you want, you're on the verge and preparing to leap in and you know it. Let some other man be the life-saver, Harleston. You're much too fine a chap to waste yourself in foolishness."
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