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"How does it happen that you See here, Georgianna, did you tell Ph er Miss Dawes what I told you to tell her when I went away?" "Why, yes, I told her. I hated to, dreadful, but I done it. She was awful set back at fust, but I guess she asked Mr. Tidditt Where you goin', Mr. Tidditt?" The town clerk, his face red, was on his way to the door. "Asked Ase?" repeated the captain. "Ase, come here!
Lem Myrick had resigned from the school committee, not waiting until spring, as he had announced that he should do. Then there was the usual sentiment in favor of better roads and the usual opposition to it. Also there was the ever-present hope of the government appropriation for harbor improvement. Mr. Tidditt was one of the selectmen whose terms expired.
A lord looks like Ase Tidditt, and champagne tastes like vinegar and soda. Tut! tut! tut! if I had to drink that sour stuff all my life I'd probably look like Asaph, too. No wonder that Erkskine man is such a shriveled-up thing." I glanced toward the captain's table. Mr. Heathcroft raised his glass. I bowed and raised mine.
And Peabody he writes to his lawyer friend in Butte, Montana. And the Butte man he " "Well, the long and short of it is," cut in Tidditt, "that it looked safe and sartin that Thomas HAD married the Arizona woman while his real wife, Bos'n's ma, was livin', and had run off and left her same as he did Mary. And the funny part of it is "
Do you remember young Cy 'Whit' we used to call him or 'Reddy Whit, 'count of his red hair? I don't know's you do, though; guess you'd gone to sea when he run away from home." Mr. Tidditt shook his head. "No, no!" he said. "I was to home that year. Remember 'Whit'? Well, I should say I did. He was a holy terror yes, sir!
"Ase," he said, "this er gentleman and I have got some business to talk over. I know you're good enough friends of mine not to mind if I ask you to clear out. You'll understand. You WILL understand, boys, won't you?" he added, almost entreatingly. "Sartin sure!" replied Mr. Tidditt, rising hurriedly. "Don't say another word, Whit." And the mystified Bangs concurred with a "Yes, yes!
"Never mind, Bailey," he said; "you let Ase alone. Tell us what you did find out, Ase, and cut out the trimmin's." "Well," continued Mr. Tidditt, with a glare at Bangs, "I asked Seth about the Thayers and the Richards folks the very fust night I struck Orham. He remembered 'em, of course; he can remember Adam, if you let him tell it.
The cat was curled up in another chair. The room looked more homelike than it had since its owner returned to it. The friends entered without knocking. Captain Cy looked up, saw them, and appeared embarrassed. "Hello, boys!" he said. "Glad to see you. Come right in. Clearin' off fine, ain't it?" Mr. Tidditt replied absently that he wouldn't be surprised if it was.
Anyway," he added, "I'm going to resign next spring. Yes, Cap'n Whittaker, I think three coats of white 'll do on the sides here." "Lem's goin' to do my paintin' jobs," explained Captain Cy. "His price was a little higher than some of the other fellers, but I like his work." Mr. Tidditt pondered deeply until dinner time. Then he cornered the captain behind the Bangs barn and spoke with conviction.
Yes; well, if I ain't mistaken somebody's comin' on that train. Somebody for you, Cy Whittaker." "Somebody for ME?" "Um hum! I can gen'rally be depended on, I cal'late, and when you says to me: 'Bailey, you get me a housekeeper, I didn't lose much time. I got her." Mr. Tidditt gasped. "GOT her?" he repeated. "Got who? Got what? Bailey Bangs, what in the world have "
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