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Show it. She ~ai<l the beautiful trip to J~nglan<.l was 1no.t nbout ~poil<'(l for hf'r · ·he didn 'L know half ~he 'va. <'V<'r going t 0 hP happy th n', knowing the Jnoth<'r and the clti1dren warn't rrer going to sc<.' raeh other no Jnon'- and thC'n hn:-;trd ont bitt('l' r than ('Yrr, an<l ftn11g Hp brr hands, ;nHl say. : · Oh, deal', drar, to think they ain·t ever going to :er each uthcr any lllore! '' "Bnt they t£'ill-nncl in ,'iclr oft wow )cks- and I l·now it!'' .-a_y. I. L:nr~ it wa.· ont h<'for I could think !--:tn<l h0forc 1 eonld hndgr, :--hP throws her ann. ;tround 1ny n ck, ~n1d told 111e to :ay it O!Ju;,,, sny it a,r;((il7., ~ay ii u,r;ai11.' 1 sc•e I had ~poke ioo sudden, and ~ni<l too 1nneh, and wa~ in n close plnc<'. I ilskc<l hC'r to lPt n1e thi11k a 1ninnte; :n1d shc' set ther<' \'<'ry irnpatient ~uHl exeited and handsonw, hul looking kind of happy :1nd Pas<'d-up like a p(·rson that':-; ]1acl ·a tooth pulJ<'cJ on(. Ko I w nt to :t udying it on(. I .-nys to myS<' lf I reckon a body that up .. and tc·ll~ tlte irntl1 \\-h('n lH' i:-~ in a tig·l1t plaer is inking ronsid<'rabl<· 111any resk:-; ihou<rh I ain't t1 ln1<lno vxpcri<' n<·e, ~u1d can't f:ay for eertain; bnt it look.- .·o io lne, anyway~ and y<'t lHT<'·s :1 ca.<' \rhc·rc l'nt ble.t jf it don't look to llH' lik<· tbe truth j:-; beHer,;uldactunlly 8(tfPJ', thnn a lie. I 1nust lny it l1y in 1ny 1nind, and i hi11k iL over sonH! ti1nc or ot h 'r, it: .. . n kind of .-t range anc l Ul11'<'g1llar. I 11ev('r sec nothing ~ik ~ i:. \rrll I .'ay,· to 1ny.·clf <lt la~t, l'n1 agoi11g to chnn<:~' ll; [ Jl up and tp}l thP trnfh ihi.· tin1 }' thouuh it dO('.' PCI1l ~nost bk(' ::;et t i11g do\rn 011 a kag of powder <uHi...,t ouehing it oft' Jll.t to see wh re you'll go to. Then I .'8J.': • ~[i .... .:\Cary .JanP, i:-~ there any lll<tce out of town <l liUlr ways, wh :.re yon conld go and .'tay tltre, or f'onr <l;ty.' '! ., "y·c. - :\fr. Lothl'op':·. \\.by r ·· . "X 'V r 1nind why, y<d. 1 f I'll tell you how I know i he TIJ erg r · 'riJl s 'C each olh )r n gain - in :-;ide of two week ··--her ' in '' TilE BR l~TE !" this housr - nnd )J?'O?'e how I 1<110\V it-,,ill you ro to l\Ir. Lothrop's an< l stay four days ? ' . ., 'Four days! '' :he ayo; "I 11 stay a year. , Allriaht," I say.', " l don't want n othing 1nor ~ out of yun b .. , 1 . l · ,t '-'t wn J ns .; Ottr ,ronl - f druth r lnl\' it than a not her 1nan 1 s- .. 1 :'\DIC:~ . \'1'10'\. ih<'-Bil>l<':· ~he .'Inih~(1, nnd rrddr 11 <l np \'rry · wcct, _m~:l I .·nys, ~·If yon don't Jnilld it I'll shut the <loor- and lJolt Jt. . 'l'l1cn I ccnnc hack a11d set down again, :nHl · ny ·: '"Don •t you holler. Jnst )t . till, and i ak it lil~c a nwn .. I <rot to i ll th<' t rat h all(l yon want i o hra c up, :\I I.'S l\J<~ry' b<~ ....,a n:c it's n bad k1.n <' 1, a11< l go1ng t o b h·(1 nl to tak.e ', bnt t l 1crc ~u· n 't no 1H ~ 1p r1 0r 1· t• '1'11'/-") · l1llC1 · · of yourn a1n t n |
