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Then a wave of contempt swept over her for her own cowardice and she straightened. "I am very glad to see you." Her tones were gravely conventional. "If you have followed me out here, as you say, to render me a service it must be one for which I shall be deeply grateful, Mr. Thode. I am staying at the Palace Hotel and if you will walk there with me we can talk, secure from intrusion.
Your friend, Jim Baggott, is flourishing, the crowd that bought out the Blue Chip are bringing new life to Limasito but I have hurt you again. I am sorry." Willa had winced uncontrollably, but she recovered herself and smiled. "And Mr. Thode?" She voiced her query blandly, and Wiley flushed. "I have seen nothing of him," he responded.
"You said just now it was the greatest prize in the oil fields to-day. What's wrong with it?" "I told you I couldn't explain," Thode responded doggedly. "You've simply got to take my word for it, that's all.
He held out a pudgy hand, and noting the fresh coat of sunburn on his visitor, he added: "Just come over the border?" "Further than that, Sir; from New York. I'm Kearn Thode. Perhaps Mr. Larkin mentioned me to you; Perry Larkin, of the Mexamer Oil Company." "To be sho'! I'm right glad to see you, Thode." Benjamin Hallock pumped his hand vigorously. "Been kinder expectin' you down in these parts.
I don't care who she really is, she's the most wonderful girl I know. She wouldn't even sign herself 'Murdaugh' after they questioned her right; she used the name of the gambler chap who'd been so good to her." "How did she learn it?" Thode asked quickly. "He was known only as 'Gentleman Geoff' in Limasito. I'm certain she herself never heard the name there."
No one did but but the man who had made me his own daughter, and he would not tell me because he did not want to hurt me by letting me know what mean, contemptible snobs my people were and how they had served my own father for marrying my brave mother! Kearn Thode knew nothing!" "What if I were to show you proof? Here is a letter in his own hand, telling all about you and what he meant to do."
The hand which had rested on his arm clasped his in a hearty grip. "Glad to see you here, Sir. My daughter told me to expect you." "You're Gentleman Geoff?" the younger man asked quickly, smiling in return. "My name is Thode. I met your daughter yesterday " "So she told me." The twinkle brightened in the genial eyes.
True to his word, Kearn Thode had ridden out at daybreak and ridden hard, but only the pinto knew where they were going and he was too jaded to care. A sleepless night of bewilderment and self-disgust at his own surly, unaccountable mood had brought a revelation that stunned and humbled him. He loved her!
Heroically the little garrison sought to stem the tide of destruction, but as quickly as a gap appeared in the on-coming wave it was filled and the flood swept irresistibly on. More than one narrow window now was unmanned against the attack and as the bullets pattered like hail through the unobstructed apertures, Thode heard a sharp little cry which turned his heart to lead within him.
Now and then the surgeon paused in his busy round within to glance speculatively from the doorway and each time Gentleman Geoff nodded reassuringly to him. Not yet! The blaze of noon subsided, and as the shadows lengthened in the patio, Billie stirred, and Thode stretched and opened his eyes. "Oh, Dad, I must have fallen asleep!" The girl's tones were filled with contrition. "Do you want anything?
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