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Updated: June 23, 2025
We'll buy that sixty thousand acres 'way back up the river for sixty-six cents, like we planned, and have some workin' capital.... And, Mandy, Crane and Keith hain't got that timber for keeps. It's comin' back to us some of these days. I feel it in my bones...." "Kind of a nice wind-up for our honeymoon," said Mrs. Baines, practically. Scattergood Baines was on his way to the city!
That had been too costly. It cost Scattergood just as much, but his customers paid for it.... The difference between him and the other merchants was that he sold goods while they allowed folks to buy. So, wisely, he kept on building up in a small way, while waiting for bigger things to develop.
You will sometimes ascribe them to the host, at other times to the hostess, at other times to the strangers within the gates. Old Dominie Scattergood often came in on Sabbath evenings. He was too old to preach, and so had much leisure. Now, an old minister is a great joy to us, especially if life has put sugar rather than vinegar in his disposition.
It was an urgent message, amounting to a command, for in his own commonwealth Scattergood Baines was able to command when the need required. "It's an off chance," he said to himself, "but it's what might 'a' happened, and if it might 'a' happened, maybe it did happen...."
'Leven-year-old daughter's tryin' to carry him and four other childern on to her back, so to speak." "I'll go at once, Mr. Baines." Scattergood fidgeted. "Calculate Xenophon wasn't forehanded. Six mouths to feed. More mealtimes than meals," he said, and fumbled in his pocket. He was visibly embarrassed. "Here's ten dollars that was give me to be used for sich a purpose.
"Fetched a friend to see you, Ovid," said Scattergood. "This is her." He pushed Pansy forward. "Find her better comp'ny than you been havin' recent," he said. "She's got suthin' fer you.... When she gits through visitin' with you, I calculate to have a word to say.... Here, Pansy, you kin give this here to Ovid." He counted off three thousand dollars before the young man's staring eyes.
The opposition had captured one more vote than he, and needed but five to pass their measure. Hammond faced the task of acquiring those five unplaced legislators, and of weaning one away from Scattergood and the bill was due to come up in the House in two days.
"If our idees of the fairness of it agrees with one another." "Has McKettrick got to you first?" It was the information Scattergood wanted, but his dumplinglike face showed no sign of satisfaction. As a matter of fact, he did not know who McKettrick was but he could find out.
His arm was substituted for Scattergood's, his breast for Scattergood's and Sarah made no complaint. "I wouldn't.... I wouldn't.... You thought I did," she murmured. "I thought that," said Bob, brokenly. "How can you ever forgive me?... I But I love you, Sarah. Won't that make up for it?" "You believed it," she repeated, and Scattergood grinned.
Walky Dexter had started homeward, and Marty and Mr. Day joined the women folk in the sitting room. "Oh, Marty!" Janice exclaimed, "Mrs. Scattergood says there is danger of the poor child's losing her sight again." "And that ain't the wust of it," went on Mrs. Scattergood, bridling. "My darter is an unfortunate woman. I knowed how 'twould be when she married that no-account Drugg.
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