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Got little business with you after dinner,ef you can spare time.
This was
renderedby him with startling effect. Not one blessed thing, ma; only he wanted
to know why I wasntgladder to see him. Pike, by payin you alittle one I owe
you. As Elder Brown paid his small score he was at peace with the world. Elder
Brownbeheld for an instant the familiar scene within.
As he moved majestically
down toward whereBalaam slept in the sunlight, he felt no fatigue.
Theold man
laughed until his cheeks were wet. what do you mean bycoming home and insulting
your wife?
My memory is bad; but I had not hadtime to forget that Mr.
It may be
as well to explain just here that Simeon Marchman, theperson just named by Mrs.
It was not quite peepof day, however, when she laid her well-worn family Bible
aside. Fluker, who was as staid and silent as he was mobile andvoluble.
Im
_sure_ she told me they had only two--aboy and a girl.
I--I--somethin o that
sort, Matt, he answered vaguely. Brede, after a moment; youare very generous to
make it ours, too. All right, I said; but I did not think it was all right.
That isnt a nice thing to say, returned my wife.
It is always curious the
extent of influence that some men have uponwives who are their superiors.
It is
always curious the extent of influence that some men have uponwives who are
their superiors. When all the other boarders had left the house, the deputy and
Mr. Doubling his fist, he struck out with a blow that felled the deputy tothe
floor. I--I--somethin o that sort, Matt, he answered vaguely. He had made an
early start thatday, and for hours he stood in the sun awaiting relief. As she
sat with folded hands her eyes fellupon--what?
She had long since repented of
the decision which sent him to town.
Two children, repeated my wife; and they
are staying with his auntJenny. For one full minute the elder studied her
face.
All were glad to see her, of course, andshe returned smartly, freshened
by the visit.
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