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"Maybe one of us'll get a better job." "You could, I'm sure, if you had the clothes," said Etta. "But not in those rags." "If I had the clothes? Where?" "At Shillito's or one of the other department stores. They'd give us both places in one of the men's departments. They like pretty girls for those places if they're not giddy and don't waste time flirting but use flirtation to sell goods.
"Cut it out!" said the trooper. "Hands up; we've got you! Don't make trouble." Shillito's hand went behind him. It was possible he felt for the door knob, but the trooper meant to run no risks. Although he had put down his rifle and taken out his handcuffs, he jumped forward, across the platform, and Shillito bent sideways to avoid his spring.
The other nodded, and signed the driver to start. The car rolled off and stopped at the house of a doctor who dressed the cut on Lister's head and ordered him a week's rest. Lister went to a hotel, and in the morning found a romantic narrative of Shillito's escape in the newspaper, but was relieved to note that nothing was said about the girl.
"If I made trouble for the hotel porters, the guests would wonder, and when people have nothing to do but loaf, they like to talk. I expect you'd find their curiosity awkward " He paused and laughed when he resumed: "You're embarrassed now because somebody will see us!" Barbara was embarrassed. A man was coming up the path, and she knew her figure and Shillito's cut against the light.
He had married Clara because she was rich, but it was something to his credit that she had not suspected this. Clara was dull, and her dullness often amused him. "If you think it necessary, I won't hesitate about meddling," he remarked. "Shillito's a beggarly sawmill clerk." "He said he was treasurer for an important lumber company.
Although Clara was generous, he could not use her money, and, indeed, did not mean to do so, but he was extravagant and his managing owner's post was not secure. When one had powerful antagonists, one did not admit that one was getting old. "I doubt if Shillito's character is all one could wish," Mrs. Cartwright resumed. "Character's very important, don't you think? Mrs.
Now he had removed Shillito, and she was satisfied but imagined he was not. Cartwright knitted his white brows and drew hard at his cigar. "You had better watch Barbara until the fellow starts," he resumed. "Then I think you and the girls might join the Vernons at their fishing camp. Vernon would like it, and he's a useful friend; besides, it's possible Shillito's obstinate.
She and Wylie welcomed each other like old friends. He was delighted when he learned that she had taken the room. "You won't mind Aunt Kate after a while," said he. "She's sour and nosey, but she's honest and respectable and that's the main thing just now with you. And I think you'll get a job all right. Aunt Kate's got a lady friend that's head saleslady at Shillito's. She'll know of something."
Barbara's very young and romantic, and although she has not known him long " "She has known him for about two weeks," Cartwright rejoined. "Perhaps it's long enough. Shillito's what Canadians call a looker and Barbara's a romantic fool. I've no doubt he's found out she'll inherit some money; it's possible she's told him.
There was something for which she meant to ask, although her object was not very plain. Perhaps Shillito's demand for money had made her feel its power; moreover, she was independent and liked to control her affairs. "My birthday was not long since, and I'm entitled to use some of the money that is mine." "That is so," Cartwright agreed with a twinkle.
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