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And I have no favors to ask of the court." "Is it possible, Mr. Lyman, that you do not see the necessity of it?" "And is it possible, Mr. McElwin, that you do not see the humor of it?" "The absurdity, yes. But I see no fun in it. I am a dignified man, sir." "Of course you tell me this in confidence that you are a dignified man. All right I won't say anything about it.
"Are you feeding many mules at present?" "Well, not many at present, but I expect to have more in a day or two. Mr. Sawyer has gone down in the country to gather up a lot. He drove out just a few moments ago. I tell you, there's a hustler, Mr. McElwin. He don't wait, he makes things happen." "Which way did he go?" McElwin asked. "I don't know, exactly, but I think he took the Spring Hill road.
It was said that a great batch of this drivel was cut out, credited and sent to McElwin, and Lyman accused Warren, but he denied it, though not with convincing grace. One evening a picnic was given on the lawn of a prominent citizen. It had been heralded as a moonlight event, but the moon was sullen and the light was shed from paper lanterns hung in the trees.
I am simply a country girl, that's all." "You are a girl bewitched," said the mother, sadly. McElwin hastened along the hard and slippery path that ran on a ridge at the side of the road. Sometimes a low-bending bough raked across his umbrella, and once he was made to start by a cold slap in his face, dealt by the broad leaf of a shrub that leaned and swayed above a garden fence.
McElwin came from the window and sat down near her husband. The banker looked hard at his daughter, and a sudden tangling of the lines on his face showed that the first words that flew to the verge of utterance had been suppressed, and that he was determined to be calm. "He has had time, but he has also had consideration," said McElwin.
I had quite a talk with her last night, but I did not convince her that she ought to go to that fellow and ask him to sign sign that infamous petition." McElwin took his arms off the table and leaned back in his chair. "And, sir, I don't believe she'll do it." "It can't be that she can care anything for him," said Sawyer. "Nonsense," the banker replied. "Such a thing has never entered her head.
He was greeted with shouts and clapping of hands, and he drew back in dismay, but Miss Annie ran to him and led him forward. Eva McElwin, with a pout, turned to some one and said: "What, with that thing?" "Oh, you've got to," was shouted. "Yes, you have." "Well, what is expected of me?" Lyman asked. "Why," Miss Annie cried, "you've got to marry a young lady, the belle of Old Ebenezer."
Is what you have told me in reality suspected by the people or did you evolve it out of your own richness of observation?" Caruthers bowed his head under the outpour of this compliment. "It is not public talk," he admitted. "Ah, thank you. Drop in at the bank some time and see me, sir. Good morning." Warren stepped out of the room, merely nodding to McElwin as he passed.
Go ahead with your absolute truth." McElwin cleared his husky throat. "I went home, sir, and passed a most anxious night; I suffered, sir, far more than you did." "No doubt of that. I enjoyed myself." "Mr. Lyman, will you please not make a joke of this affair." "Oh, I won't make a joke of it. It will be earnest enough by the time it is over with. I am informed that Mrs.
"Maxey's cow tramped down the roses in Donalson's yard and Thompson's hogs, covered with mud, have rubbed themselves against Tillman's white fence." "Such occurrences are of no interest to me," said the banker. "No, nor to me either. Well, I'll bid you good morning. Wait a moment," he added. "There was something else on my mind. Oh, did you hear of the White Caps?" "No!" McElwin said with a gasp.
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