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It looks to me like a misdeal, she gaily replied, and was movingaway when he
called her back.
Van Kamp passed the note to his wife and sat down or a
largechair.
Ellsworth volunteered to find the extraplayer. Evelyn now, for the
firsttime, saw the real humor of the situation.
Van Kamp passed the note to his
wife and sat down or a largechair.
She also sat down, but she was thefirst to
find her voice.
Champe giggled and said that Alicia made her. When seatedask
the young lady who her favorite composer is.
I gave myfoot a slight wrench, and
turned the least bit faint for a moment.
That must have been a love-letter,
said Aunt Missouri, in a pause ofthe music.
They knew all this, and resisted
until Mrs. Evelyn was sitting thoughtfully on the porch when her father
andmother returned.
The old mans voice lapsed into silence; the light was
becoming toodim for his reading. By the way, youdont happen to know the
Whitleys, of Washington, do you?
I thought you two would be inthere ahead of
us. They got my name Pillow, but theres ascalloped gilt border around
it.
Please come and take thosefront suite curtains down to the barn.
Claibornes--on--er--on an errand for Abners father.
Presently both girls
quietly disappeared.
It had occurred to him that the flood mightlast longer
than they anticipated. Oh, said he blankly, and took the water up to the
Ellsworth suite.
Ralph thought that this had beenoverlooked, but his mother
afterwards set him right about that. Shegazed complacently at the flaming
foliage opposite, and allowed him tothink.
Evelynpicked up the bills and tucked
them into her waist.
Ive got a wad of white chewing-gum; would you flat it out
andstick it over the collar button?
The rooms in it are as quaint anddelightful
as the exterior, too. Ive got two clean collars, announced the other boy,
proudlygenerous. Claibornes--on--er--on an errand for Abners father.
I couldnt
make a call any more than a cow. Ross asked, spreading them uponthe
bureau-top.
Why dont you go and talk to the girls, Rossie?
Three-handed poker
is a miserable game, and it seldom lasts long. Whats likely to happen after we
get rid of the card? I give a manfour dollars fer one o them check things
oncet, an I owe myself themfour dollars yit.
What righthave you to accuse
either this young lady or myself of flirting?
Van Kamp gasped and clutched the
arm of her husband. Her pose showed her pretty figure to advantage, but, of
course,she did not know that.
The hills were red in the westas though a brush
fire flamed behind their crests.
Van Kamp grinned understandingly, and agreed
to the infamous ruse.
I gave myfoot a slight wrench, and turned the least bit
faint for a moment.
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