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At the distance of about 200 yards they hove the schooner up in the wind, and kept her so until Purnell got alongside, when they threw him a rope, still keeping the schooner in the wind.
There is belief also that the Federal Government can further contribute to these ends beyond the many helpful measures taken during the last five years through the different acts of Congress for advancing the interests of the farmers. The packers and stockyards act, Establishing of the intermediate credit banks for agricultural purposes, The Purnell Act for agricultural research,
Santry sobbed, dropping on his knees before the unconscious figure. "Who done this to you?" Dorothy weepingly explained, and when she told of her own part in shooting Moran the old fellow patted her approvingly on the back. "Good girl," he said hoarsely. "But I wish that job had been left for me." "Merciful Heavens!" cried Mrs. Purnell. "I shall never get over this."
I've been terribly worried." Dorothy glanced at her keenly and smiled. "I have an idea that they may find Gordon hard to arrest," she remarked. "Yes," Mrs. Purnell put in. "He is so popular. Still, I agree with you that there is every cause for anxiety."
Purnell, who was an excellent landlady, as well as an excellent woman, was too good a judge of business to turn away such a spanking order; with an engaging smile she replied, that she could hardly undertake to supply us all with beef steaks, but that, if we would dismount, she would do the best she could.
But the gown, which she had chosen with so keen a wish to impress him, reminded him of the simple frocks which Dorothy Purnell wore, and in Helen Rexhill's face there was not the same sweet simplicity of expression which distinguished her rival.
While they were at breakfast a squall of wind came on, which called them all upon deck; during their absence, Purnell took up a stone bottle, and without smelling or tasting it, but thinking it was rum, took a hearty draught of it, and found it to be sweet oil; having placed it where he found it, he lay down.
The two factions were now arrayed against each other almost like opposing armies, and the cattleman shuddered to think what his state of mind would have been had Dorothy and Mrs. Purnell remained in Crawling Water. "You'll be entirely safe here," he told them, when he was ready to leave for Crawling Water on the following evening.
Feeling is running high here now. You know, it's something like a violin string. You can stretch it just so far and then it snaps. That's all." "Dorothy, I'm really mortified that you...." "Oh, you've no occasion to be, Mrs. Purnell," Helen interrupted, smiling. "I asked for the plain truth, you know." Mrs. Purnell laughed feebly. "Dorothy has known Mr.
So many such things are sent to father that we always have more than we can use up." When Dorothy and her mother left the hotel, urged homeward by the first big drops of the coming rain, Mrs. Purnell tucked the blotter in the bosom of her dress, happy to have the suggestion of the picture to recall the days when her husband's presence cheered them all.
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