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"I know something about it," she replied in a tone which left it for granted that Travis had told her before even we were called in. I felt that not unlikely Travis's set determination to fight might be traceable to her advice or at least to her opinion of him.
'So be it, was the answer, in a tone of half mocking, half compassionate submission, that was more provoking than all, except for the sudden change to the gay kindliness that followed, as Edgar threw aside his own affairs, to laugh over Ferdinand Travis's honest simplicity of adoration of Alda and all her household, declaring that it had been as much for his delight, as to be rid of him, that he himself had devised that commission of the luncheon.
Patsy, who had found her tongue at last, laid a coaxing hand on Travis's arm. "No, it isn't. I wired Miriam yesterday to see if she was really as sick as you thought. She was sick; but she's ever so much better and her nerves are not going to be nearly as troublesome as she feared. She's quite willing to come back and take her old place, and she'll be well enough next week."
And so firm was his faith, so simple his religion so contrary to the worldliness of the religion of his day, that the very practice of it made him an uncommon man. As the overseer of General Jeremiah Travis's large estate before the war, he proved by his success that even slaves work better for kindness.
As the banking investigation was occupying pages of space seven weeks ago, Travis's arrest was not even mentioned in most of the papers, while those that took note of it, buried the item on one of the inside pages. "Whitmore, alias Travis, had the ablest lawyer in the city to advise him.
Below him stood a boy, his face white in the terrible tragedy of his determination. And as Richard Travis threw up his empty rifle, the octagonal barrel of the pistol in the boy's hand leaped up and came straight to the line of Richard Travis's heart.
Captain Travis's consular outfit consisted of one full dress and one undress United States uniform. Albert put on the dress-coat over a pair of white flannel trousers, and looked remarkably brave and handsome. Stedman, who was only eighteen and quite thin, did not appear so well, until Albert suggested his padding out his chest and shoulders with towels.
"In our own case, remember what joy Travis's letter was!" Angela was silent, and presently said, "You shall see the will when I have unpacked it, but there is no doubt about my being guardian." "Probably not," said Bernard, rather drily. "If it be a valid will, signed by his proper name," said Lance.
It was still early in the forenoon, and Kennedy's next move was to go out on Long Island to examine the library at Travis's from which the pictures were said to have been stolen. At the laboratory Kennedy and I loaded ourselves with a large oblong black case containing a camera and a tripod.
"I'll take her," at last he said. "She'll go to The Gaffs with you" went on Jud. "There she's safe. Then to-night you can drive her to the train at Lenox, as we told Biggers." He came over and whispered in Travis's ear. "That worked out beautifully," said Travis after a while, "but I'll not trust her to you or to Charley Biggers. I'll take her myself she's mine Richard Travis's mine mine!
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