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The Leslies have always been 'rievers and thievers; but the Callendars are of another stock." "The Callendars are like ither folk good and bad, and mostly bad. Money, not honor, rules the warld in these days; and when folk have turned spinners, what is the use o' talking about honor! Profit is a word more fitting."
He was sadly used to dealing with deceit but hated to find it in one so young as Goober Glory. "No, sir. I never. But I will. I'd rather an' I must I must! Oh, I can't let her go to that terr'ble station house where thievers an' bad folks go, an' she so white an' pure an' little an' sweet! I can't. She mustn't. She shan't! So there."
With all her honest loyal heart she loved them, and saw virtues in them which others, maybe, would not have seen. With a gesture of perplexity, she tossed her head and clasped her hands, demanding: "An' what's poor? Why, I've heard you say that we're poor, too, lots o' times. But is any of us beggars? No, siree. Is any of us thievers? No, Grandpa Beck, not a one.
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