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On the other side stood a bookcase which was Shock's, and beside it a table where he did his work. Altogether it was a very plain room, but the fireplace and the shining candlesticks and the rag carpet on the floor redeemed it from any feeling of discomfort, while the flowers that filled the windows left an air of purity and sweetness. "Come away, my lad, come away," said Mrs.
Then we can start, unless the shock's been too much for you?" "I'm too bewildered to be shocked," said Angela. "Who could have played such a horrid practical joke on me? It's a little bit like in a ridiculous way the play of Adrienne Lecouvreur, where a woman is poisoned by a bouquet of flowers sent by a jealous rival. Only I haven't a jealous rival!" Nick's face hardened.
Bill Lee's anger and disgust were giving place to curiosity. "What are you, anyway?" he enquired. "Well, my boss told me to-day I was a prospector." Shock's mind reverted, as he spoke, to that last conversation with his Convener. "Prospector," echoed the old man. "What for, land, coal?" "No, men." "What?" The old man looked as if he could not have heard aright.
"Of course I do; thank you. I'll go to her at once. What a fool I am!" He rose hastily as he spoke, changed his coat, and getting his hat and riding gloves came out to where The Kid stood with the horses. "Why, it's the Swallow, and Slipper!" he said, "Boys, this is good of you." The Kid stood without a word, looking at Shock's white, dazed face. He could not trust his voice to speak.
As Shock's eyes rested upon Ike's lean, hard face, bent over him so anxiously, he smiled a glad welcome. "Don't look like that, Ike," he said. "I'll soon be fit." "Why, you just bet!" said Ike, with a loud laugh, deriding all anxiety. "Ike," whispered Shock. Ike bent over him. "I want two hundred dollars at once. Don't tell."
Shock's attention was arrested and his interest quickened by the appearance of Ike in the crowd, riding a hard-looking, bony, buckskin broncho, which he guessed to be Slipper. In a short time the Demon and the Swallow were in their places. Far behind them bunched the motley crowd of horsemen. The start was to be by the pistol shot, and from the scratch.
Now, with that there build of yours" Bill was evidently impressed with Shock's form "you'd be fit for almost anything." Shock smiled and then grew serious. "No," he said, "I've got to live only once, and nothing else seemed good enough for a fellow's life." "What, preachin'?" "No. Stopping men from sliding over the precipice and helping them back.
But Shock knew of no reason, and he only replied, "Bill was very kind to me, and I am glad to know of the change in him." "Yes," continued the Superintendent, "and I spent some time at the Fort meeting with some of the people, but upon inquiries I am more puzzled than ever to find a reason for the withdrawal of our services, and I am still in the dark about it." Shock's face flushed a deep red.
All at once I saw something amongst the bristly young shoots of the plum-trees along the wall, and on looking more attentively I made out that it was the top of Shock's straw head-piece with the lid gone, and the hair sticking out in the most comical way.
Macfarren was still at the table, evidently gathering up what lay upon it. In an instant Shock sprang into the fray. With a single jerk he tore Smiley from his victim and flung him on the floor. Reaching for the stranger, who was choking The Kid, he caught his wrist and gave it a slight turn. With a yell of pain the stranger turned upon him and aimed a blow at Shock's face.
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