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A full house wins so much as six hundret francs t'e tay." "Yes," assented Rushford, "a full house is a mighty nice thing. But now you seem to be holding only a bob-tail." "A pop-tail?" "No matter go ahead with the story. You say it costs you a hundred dollars a day to keep your doors open. What's the heaviest item?" "T'e greates' item at present iss t'e chef.
"Eef I offend heem, he gifes her my attress!" continued Pelletan, hoarsely, and his forehead glistened again at the thought. "He t'reatened as much when he arrife here unt I tol' him t'e house wass full." "Hm!" commented Rushford. "I see. All right; I'll stand by you. I dare say I can stomach Tellier for a day or two." Pelletan breathed a deep sigh of relief. "Tat iss kind," he stammered; "I I "
She sat at t'e money-drawer unt grows fat; I wass soon so weak t'at she tid not hesitate to to " The little man's face was bathed in sweat at the memory of that degradation, which his tongue refused to describe. "I endured eet to t'e last moment," he added, thickly. "T'en I fled!" "You seem to have alighted on your feet," remarked Rushford.
Will kissed his hand thrice, then vanished, and his wife shut her window and, kneeling, prayed out thankful prayers. As her husband crossed Rushford Bridge, his thought sped backward through the storm and sunshine of past events. But chiefly he remembered the struggle with John Grimbal and its sequel. For a moment he glanced below into the dark water.
One can easily guess with what delicious precipitation the Misses Rushford, having read the note sent to them by Lord Vernon and having recovered somewhat from the paralysis of amazement into which it had thrown them, hurried up the stair and sought the privacy of their own apartment.
"It is an explanation which I owe to the Prince of Markeld as well as to yourself, Mr. Rushford," went on Vernon, more slowly, speaking calmly by a great effort, "and which I was just about to make to him when you came in. I am not Lord Vernon I am merely his younger brother.
By ourselves, we should be social outcasts, impossible, not to be spoken to except by men. It isn't convenable." "Oh, I see," said Rushford. "The first great principle of European society seems to be, 'Think the worst of every one." "Not precisely, dad; but no unmarried woman may venture outside the circumference of the family circle.
His accumulated wrongs must be paid at last, and he fully determined, an hour before John Grimbal came homewards, that the payment should be such as he himself had received long years before on Rushford Bridge.
"Yes," said the Prince, in a hoarse voice, "you have." "But settled or not," said the other, "I wash my hands of it! I've had enough!" Rushford held out his hand with a quick gesture. "I beg your pardon," he said, simply. "I see that I was not mistaken in my first estimate of you, after all I am very glad."
"A sty is for pigs and a kennel for dogs," Rushford explained. "A den is for wild beasts. These niceties of the English language are not for you, Pelletan." "Still," persisted Pelletan, "a man iss no more a wild beast t'an he iss a dog or a pig." "Not nearly so much so, very often," agreed Rushford, heartily. "You have me there, Pelletan. Sty would undoubtedly be the right word in many cases."
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