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Updated: May 3, 2025
The next moment all of Smyrna that happened to be in sight of the scene gasped with horror on beholding the first selectman walk out of the town house and stalk directly across the square toward the dynamiter. "You go back," screamed Mr. Luce, "or I'll flam it!" But no longer was Mr. Luce's tone dauntless and ferocious.
"What the dickens are you fellers drivin' at?" demanded Anderson. The remainder of his posse deserted the red-hot stove and drew near with the instinctive feeling that something dreadful had happened. "Ro Rosalie has been missin' sence early last night. She was grabbed by some feller near Mrs. Luce's, chucked into a big wagon an' rushed out of town before Ros Crow could let out a yell.
"Let me lean on you as I get up, Mr. Luce," begged Dick, and the coach was only too quick to help the boy to his feet. Then, with the aid of Luce's arm, Dick was able to show his parents that he could walk without too much of a limp. "You did it for us, Dick, old boy!" greeted Captain Purcell, as soon as he could get close. "Did I?" snorted the young pitcher.
Oh, Lord, I don't see anything for it, but, thank the Lord, Maurice has been behaving himself and that in spite of how blue he must have been feeling. By this time he's cert'nly made up his mind he's with a pretty bad crowd, but maybe he's glad of a little excitement. What I don't understand is how Dave ever left old man Luce's place without breaking up the furniture before going away.
The goods were not nearly so much to his taste as was Luce's stock, but he bought lightly, and considered that he was punishing Luce. After dinner he called again at the hardware store, and this time found Mr. Braun there.
Luce, who was bedridden. Her guardian's absence was not explained to her, and she did not in the least suspect that he had been away all day on a fool's errand. Roscoe and Bud accompanied her to Mrs. Luce's front door, heavily bound by promises to hold their tongues regarding Miss Banks. "We left her there at old Mis' Luce's," related Roscoe, "an' then went over to Robertson's Pond to skate.
He had the vague impression that he was deathly cold and that his hair was standing on end. The Men in the Sleigh Let us go back to the night on which Rosalie was seized and carried away from Mrs. Luce's front gate, despite the valiant resistance of her youthful defenders.
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