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Then she smiled a strange, mysterious, significant smile that almost tore Tutt's heart out by the roots. "Listen, Sammy," she whispered, with a new light in those beautiful eyes. "I want five thousand dollars." "Five?" repeated Tutt simply. "I thought you wanted ten thousand!" "Only five from you, Sammy!" "Me!" he gagged. "You dearest!" Tutt turned blazing hot; then cold, dizzy and sea-sick.
Allison was sitting by the window in Tutt's office when he came in, and for a full minute he paused upon the threshold while she pretended she did not know that he was there. The deluge of sunlight that fell upon her face betrayed no crack or wrinkle no flaw of any kind in the white marble of its perfection.
Another thing, it's plain he not only gets letters, but we-all sees him write about his drinks to Black Jack, the Red Light barkeep, an' sim'lar plays. "By this time, Tutt's got the letter open, an' is gettin' ready to read. The dumb man's been standin' thar all the time, with his arms roped behind him, an' lookin' like hope has died; an' also like he ain't carin' much about it neither.
Tutt's breast swelled with an emotion which he was forced to admit was not altogether avuncular that curious sentimental mixture that middle-aged men feel of paternal pity, Platonic tenderness and protectiveness, together with all those other euphemistic synonyms, that make them eager to assist the weak and fragile, to try to educate and elevate, and particularly to find out just how weak, fragile, uneducated and unelevated a helpless lady may be.
"But," squirmed Payson, struggling to recall Tutt's arguments, previously so convincing, "he knew how a will ought to be executed and as he deliberately neglected to execute the paper in a legal fashion, isn't it fair to presume that he did not intend it to have any legal force?" "Yes," replied Mr.
One of the tall hats crept quietly to the door and vanished. The others sat like images. Then the court said very quietly: "I will adjourn this matter for one week. I need not point out that what has occurred has a very grave interpretation. Adjourn court!" Old Doc Barrows, the two Tutts and Miss Wiggin were sitting in Mr. Tutt's office an hour later when Willie announced that Mr.
At first, speaking figuratively, Tutt merely carried Mr. Tutt's bag rode on his coat tails, as it were; but as time went on his activity, ingenuity and industry made him indispensable and led to a junior partnership. Tutt prepared the cases for Mr. Tutt to try.
Payson languidly took the will in his hand. "How large an estate did he leave?" he inquired. "As near as I can figure out about seventy thousand dollars," answered Tutt. "But the transfer tax will not be heavy, and the legacies do not aggregate more than ten thousand." The instrument was a short one, drawn with all Mr. Tutt's ability for compression and filling only a single sheet.
And she is a good little creeter, and will make him a happy wife; I don't make no doubt. As I said, the old lady is goin' to live with Susan. They went right on in the train, for Ardelia's home lays beyond Jonesville, and Abram wuz goin' home with her by Deacon Tutt's request. They are willin'. Wall, we disembarked from the cars, and we found the old mair and the "Democrat" a waitin' for us.
Tutt's desk would not have justified even the modest advance of five dollars in Miss Sondheim's salary, and their employer was merely sorting out and making an inventory of Doc Barrows' imaginary wealth. By the time Mrs.
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