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"Never heard of him." "Hamilton Hill," said the station agent. Randy's neck stiffened. "Then the Hamiltons have sold it?" "Yes. A Mr. Waterman of New York bought it." Kemp had come back. "Mr. Waterman says he'll send the car at once. He is delighted to know that you have come, sir." "How long must I wait?"
"He has never been in love," Louise declared, "not really. Except with me." Becky felt that the Copes were a charming pair. When she answered Randy's letter she spoke of them. "Louise adores her brother, and she thinks he would be a great artist if he would take himself seriously. But neither of them seems to take anything seriously. They always seem to be laughing at the world in a quiet way.
Perhaps money doesn't mean as much to us as it does to you. I wish I had it, yes so that I could give it to her. But love for us means a tent in the desert a hut on a mountain it can never mean what we could buy with money." "Does love mean to her," George's tone was incisive, "a tent in the desert, a hut on a mountain?" Randy's anger flamed.
Kemp's honest eyes met Randy's burning glance. "No, I am not afraid. I am leaving his service, sir." They stared at him. "Leaving his service, why?" Randy demanded. "He called me a fool this morning. And I am not a fool, sir." "What made him say that?" Randy asked, with interest. "He ordered a kidney omelette for breakfast, and I brought it, and he wouldn't eat it, and blamed me.
Not until the Jolly Rovers had been afloat an hour or two did Randy's opportunity come, for during that time the channel was one succession of short, jerky curves that encountered the wind every which way. But his patience was finally rewarded by a clear half mile stretch of water, licked into tiny undulations by a crisp down breeze.
Nugget's lantern was in Randy's canoe, and worse than all, only four matches remained in the box. "It's a bad fix," thought Ned; "but we must make the best of it. Nugget," he added aloud, "push your canoe along the right side. I think the water is shallow there." Nugget obeyed, and joined his companion without difficulty. "Have you any matches?" asked Ned. "Not a single one."
The Paines of King's Crest had never asked favors of the country folk, or if they had, they had paid generously for what they had received. To go now among them saying, "I have something to sell," carried a sting. There had been nothing practical in Randy's education. He had no equipment with which to meet the sordid questions of bargain and sale.
Prue was quite unaware of Randy's loving scrutiny, and she caressed Tabby, humming contentedly, and looking about at the sunlight, the blossoms and the butterflies. Suddenly she pointed down the road exclaiming, "Look, Randy, look! See old Mr. Simpkins coming this way." As he espied Randy he hastened toward her. "Glad ter see ye, glad ter see ye, Randy. Ye're lookin' fine.
The chances were that a little persuasion would have induced the farmer to relent, and permit the boys to remain where they were until morning. But Randy's unfortunate temper blazed up just then, and made a breach that was too wide to be healed. "It's a confounded shame to turn us off at this time of night," he muttered angrily. "I wouldn't treat a dog that way.
Then followed such a wonderful series of shopping trips to Barnes' store, and over to the next town which boasted an establishment called the Dry Goods Emporium. With Mrs. Weston and Randy went Janie Clifton to advise them in regard to the wisest choice of pretty things for Randy's appearance in the city.
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