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The wretched man made no reply; but, with Judy still supporting him, stumbled forward across the rows of vegetables. The two had nearly reached the steps at the end of the porch when Auntie Sue came from the house to see why Judy did not return with the potatoes. The dear old lady paused a moment, startled at the presence of the unprepossessing stranger in her garden.
You'd better keep a civil tongue in your head, young woman. Sus. You live lobster! Pol. I'll have to lock you up, I see. One violent. T'other incapable. Sus. You're another. Mattie, my dear, come along home. Pol. That's right; be off with you. MATTIE rises. Mat. Let's go. Sue! Let's get farther off. Sus. You can't walk, child.
When, however, a month had passed, and Phillotson casually admitted to an acquaintance that he did not know where his wife was staying, curiosity began to be aroused; till, jumping to conclusions, people ventured to affirm that Sue had played him false and run away from him. The schoolmaster's growing languor and listlessness over his work gave countenance to the idea.
The fact that Sue seemed so sure Frances was derelict in her duty made Pratt more confident that something untoward had occurred to the girl of the ranges to keep her from returning promptly to the party. Of course, the young man suspected nothing of the actual situation in which Frances at that very moment found herself. Pratt dreamed of a broken cinch, or a misstep that might have lamed Molly.
Slater I was running behind on my bills at the office and at home. Something must be done. I tried in every way to get Norman to pay me part of the considerable sum which stood against him on my books-he was heartless. He knew I would not sue him and if I did he could keep the matter hanging in the courts for years. Then I resolved to get some money out of him in another way.
Bunny and Sue thought of this when they had looked around through the trees, trying to find some way to, at least, get back to the road. "If I could find the trolley car tracks we'd be all right," Bunny said. "We could wait for a car and ride home." "But what could we do with Splash?" asked Sue. "Oh, he could run along after us. It isn't far, and he's had a good rest now."
"Red or black?" asked Mrs. Golden. Bunny and Sue looked at one another. This was something they had not thought about. Which did Mary want red or black? Seeing that the children were puzzled, Mrs. Golden said: "What is your mother going to use it for, my dears?" "Mother didn't tell us to get it," replied Bunny. "It was Mary, our cook, who sent us after it, 'cause she forgot to get any for supper."
It was only a little while after breakfast, hardly time to go in and ask for something more to eat, which the children did every day about ten o'clock. At that hour Grandma Brown generally had some bread and jam, or jelly tarts, ready for them. "What can we do until jam-time?" asked Sue, of her brother. "I don't know," he answered. "It's pretty hot."
"Sue, you won't be angry?" said Isabel, affectionately "but I do so hate to see you drifting, and want to have you as happy as I am! Is there somebody?" "Not unless you count the proprietor of the 'Democrat," Susan laughed. "It's no laughing matter, Sue " Isabel began, seriously. But Susan, laying a quick hand upon her arm, said smilingly: "Isabel! Isabel!
"Furthermore," Morris went on, "if Felix Geigermann hears it you are making a break like this that he's going to fail yet, and all sorts of crooks you are calling him, Kleiman he would sue you in the courts for a hundred thousand dollars yet. From a big mouth a feller could get himself into a whole lot of trouble." Kleiman scrambled hastily to his feet and seized his hat.
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