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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The latter should not have mentionedthe argument
between them. I tried to cross the flats here, she explained,and got into trouble. I
certainly dont blame him for takingthe place when it came his way. Setuckit
Stationhad suddenly become a dangerous locality.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I have had chances to be with them this time
andlearn to know them.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>There was a dash of common sense in his thinking
now. Boy, he said with a sigh, I dont want you to think Im mean, oranything like
that.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>The tone of the question was so casual that he did
not realize whatmight be behind it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Calvin was grateful to Hezekiah for the distraction
of interestfrom himself to Mr.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>You promised me to helphim with his work and you
have done it.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>In fairness to her, to himself, and, above all, to
Norma, he musttell her and without delay. He said scarcely a dozenwords for the
first mile of their tramp.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I must look for something that will pay me
better,and offer a chance of getting on.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>I may try to go to sea, mateof a steamer,
perhaps.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Ill do the fixin of those things, myself. He leaned
back in the rickety chair and squared hisshoulders. Shell be proudto know how
popular you are, Seleucus.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>It was another sort of man entirely whom sheshould
marry, a cleverer, more ambitious man.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>She had seen that he was trying toget away from
her. Thefear that she had been hurt crossed his mind. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>