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"Fust he said it was proverdential, as Phipps run away when he did; an' then he put in somethin' that sounded as if it come from a book, somethin' about tunin' the wind to the sheared ram." Jim is very doubtful about his quotation, and actually blushes scarlet under the fire of laughter that greets him from every quarter.
"Of course," ventured Perry Larson diffidently, "I ain't professin' ter know any great shakes about the hand of the Lord, Mr. Holly, but it do strike me that this 'ere gold comes mighty near bein' proverdential fur you." Simeon Holly fell back in his seat. His eyes clung to the gold, but his lips set into rigid lines. "That money is the boy's, Larson. It isn't mine," he said.
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