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After a silence he spoke, low, as if with effort: "I can't honestly say I want the change to happen just now, Miss Timson. It means a great deal of agitation, a thorough upheaval of everything. We have an extremely troublesome business on at the Merchants' Guild I've just come away from a four hours' meeting; and upon my word I don't think I can stand a domestic revolution at the same time.
‘Then we’ll go into the house, as it’s past four, and I shall have to wash my hands before dinner,’ said Mr. Gabriel Parsons. ‘Here, I hate ceremony, you know! Timson, that’s Tottle—Tottle, that’s Timson; bred for the church, which I fear will never be bread for him;’ and he chuckled at the old joke. Mr. Timson bowed carelessly. Mr. Watkins Tottle bowed stiffly. Mr.
"Oh, yes," said John with alacrity. "All right," said Mr. Harum. "You tell Timson what you want, an' make him show you everythin'. He understands, an' I've paid him for't. He's agreed to stay any time in reason 't you want him, but I guess," he added with a laugh, "'t you c'n pump him dry 'n a day or two. It haint rained wisdom an' knowlidge in his part o' the country fer a consid'able spell."
Many's the time right in bus'nis hours, when I've wanted to ask him how he wanted somethin' done, he'd be busy talkin' hoss, an' wouldn't pay no attention to me more'n 's if I wa'n't there." "I am glad to feel," said John, "that you can not possibly have any unpleasant feeling toward me, seeing that you resigned as you did." "Cert'nly not, cert'nly not," declared Timson, a little uneasily.
"Wa'al," replied Chet, not quite so confidently, "he said somethin' about my requirin' a larger spear of action, an' that he thought I'd do better on a mile track some o' his hoss talk. That's another thing," said Timson, changing the subject. "He's all fer hosses. He'd sooner make a ten-dollar note on a hoss trade than a hunderd right here 'n this office.
Put Timson, when discharged, on board first train and have one of your men accompany him to this city. This department will meet all expenses. The detective waited until his assistant had tied up the bundle of documents; then, lifting the will from his desk and slipping it into his pocket, he said: "Come on, Greig! We're going down to Ward's office. There's going to be an explosion."
The detective next obtained a telegraph blank and despatched the following message: "Anderson, Chief of Police, Atlanta, Ga.: "Please engage lawyer in behalf of one Timson, alias Arthur Travis, now in Atlanta prison. Have writ of habeas corpus sworn out as soon as possible and explain matters to Federal attorney down there. Adhere to line we discussed on my recent visit.
‘I deeply regret having misunderstood your intentions, my dear sir,’ continued Timson. ‘Disinterested and manly, indeed! There are very few men who would have acted as you have done.’ Mr. Watkins Tottle could not help thinking that this last remark was anything but complimentary. He therefore inquired, rather hastily, ‘When is it to be?’
It was grizzled now, and much less intrusive. "I'm about tired out," he said, shortly. "Look here," she continued, "if you really want Milly back, just say so. She's kind of knocking at the door, and I believe I could let her in if I tried." He dropped wearily into a chair. "For Heaven's sake, Miss Timson, don't put the responsibility on me!" "I can't help it," returned Tims.
Timson made his exit, and not long afterward David came in. By that time everything had been put away, the safe and vault closed, and Peleg had departed with the mail and his freedom for the rest of the day. "Wa'al," said Mr. Harum, lifting himself to a seat on the counter, "how've you made out? All O.K.?" "Yes," replied John, "I think so." "Where's Chet?" "He went away some few minutes ago.
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