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You see, I've settled that she and Babbie are to have the house for as long as they want it, so it's only fair to let them settle the rest, seems to me. Whatever Mrs. Armstrong wants to pay'll be all right. You just leave it to her." Captain Sam rose to his feet. "I've a dum good mind to," he declared "'Twould serve you right if she paid you ten cents a year."
"But where is the job and what's the pay?" "I guess Central America is near enough; mighty fine country, where rum's good and cheap. Pay'll pan out about two-fifty, or perhaps three dollars if you're extra smart." "You can get as much here," Dick objected, thinking it unwise to seem eager. "Then why don't you get it?" the clerk inquired.
Ye're too hefty a proposition, by long odds, fer a community like Lost Mountain Settlement. I'm a-goin' to write right off to Sillaby an' Hopkins, an' let them have ye back, partner. An' I reckon the price they'll pay'll be enough to let me square myself with Bill Smith."
It was payable to the order of Anthony Barraclough. Richard flicked it aside. "Old ground," he said. "No good to me, gentlemen." "Let's talk." "Fire away." "I needn't repeat what you have to do to earn that trifle, Anthony, but here's a point worth considering. Doubtless you got the idea the price we're willing to pay'll rise. You're wrong it'll fall.
Larry forced himself to look into her anxious eyes. "Sure; it's just as I said, Mary." "Then I'll pray this night to the Mother of God for that chief; for soon" Mary hesitated; a light came to her face that lifted the girl high above her squalid surroundings "the extra pay'll be comin' handy soon," she ended, her voice as soft as a Killarney breeze.
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