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had a twinkle in them didn t you say yourself that it could be done he inquired if i have made any mistake in my i shall charge the loss to you the critic reflected a minute i m not so certain it can t be done he said but that s quite different from money in it as you are doing a man wants pretty near a certainty befor... | 1 |
that sacrifices itself for its object asked with a trace of anxiety in his tone u m m possibly mr a female animal with young sometimes the possession of that sort of thing and women may have touches of it on occasions that will be a good point for you to remember when you are deeper in your however i ought not to fill ... | 1 |
s he had written fugitive pieces in his time for the papers in reference to his travels which had been extensive and had even contributed occasional book to the magazines his connection with enabled him to keep in touch with what was going on in the literary world and the of new volumes which passed through that office... | 1 |
was bright his cheek rosy his attire showed just enough of a quality to be attractive there was an air about him such as is often associated with an artist of the pencil and brush never better in health he said but very anxious to begin something definite in the way of work mr smiled his most smile what did i tell you ... | 1 |
up in current literature and i must ask what mr has written mr helped his young friend out of this as well as he could he has written nothing as yet at least nothing that has been printed he said he is wise i think in laying a deep foundation for his instead of rushing into print with the first thoughts that enter his ... | 1 |
you said the negro in his pleasant and strong tones let me take your hat and stick now sir this way t miss came tn a few the parlor where was left and greeted him most cordially there is a sitting room on the next floor she said where we shall not be disturbed i have given orders to admit no one saying that we shall wa... | 1 |
his people are dead that is all the trouble scented the difficulty under which he labors in a moment go and fall in love he said to him and you will write a story at which the world will marvel miss arranged one of her locks of red that had fallen down and hasn t he taken the advice she inquired in a low voice not yet ... | 1 |
face of her companion arrested her at this point that depends on what you mean by a man of the world it is a common expression and has many before i plead guilty to it i want to know just how much you intend by it miss put down the page she had taken up and a puzzled look crossed her pretty face you make it hard for me... | 1 |
him with the same quality of dislike n her tone which had noticed before that he ne d not wait he is really a magnificent piece of humanity said when the man had disappeared i never saw anything quite like him you admire then said the young lady almost i like representatives of every race he answered as if not noticing... | 1 |
that you possessed all this information that i have been aching to get hold of thus mr entered upon his story from which it appeared that he knew the root and branch and had dined with them of times what sort of a chap is the asked a very well kept man of with a bow great deal of what is called breeding in his manner a... | 1 |
if the article could be made to order in case the size did not happen to be in stock then would you believe it he found a girl embracing every attribute he had mentioned her hair was just the right shade her height must have hit the mark exactly her complexion was medium but no she was too heavy she would weigh a hundr... | 1 |
hot tears for it before you die at the door of s they met the two members of that firm who paused to say a word to mr they were anxious for a new book to bring out as soon as possible and were with him that nothing worth seemed to present you strain matters if necessary said mr m i we can t keep up on i hope you made n... | 1 |
meeting between and was most interesting to the one who had been the means of bringing them together the girl put out her hand with a straightforward motion of welcome and it was accepted with something resembling timidity by the young man who did not even raise his eyes to hers the talk that followed was nearly all he... | 1 |
when he had read her story through he began to it departing as little as possible from the original as soon as he had a chapter finished he would give it to her for comparison and criticism if she chose to make any she proved however a most charming critic her shafts falling mainly upon herself for she declared that he... | 1 |
beauty known as what prevents me from securing a slight hold in the affections of the junior shook his head in a way that might have meant almost anything he never could tell how much in earnest his friend was when he took up a vein like this neither could he imagine little in the of an for such a very wise man as not ... | 1 |
suggestion she had heard would have sounded from any other lips like a insult coming from this man the seemed to have vanished felt somewhat discouraged after his latest talk with he wanted to make a start to do something no matter how little toward the object he fully believed was to be attained that evening while wal... | 1 |
words that flowed from her red lips were as as the pretty attitudes she assumed or the exceedingly plain but very becoming dresses that she wore after she once got used to she treated him quite as if she had been five years his senior are you a rich man she asked him on one of those early autumn evenings that they pass... | 1 |
any one he hesitated puzzled himself at the question i never did love any one any woman he confessed and perhaps i never shall but your sister seems peculiarly hard to love yet she is a very handsome girl and equipped with a mind of unusual acknowledged this description of her sister s charms she remarked that it was s... | 1 |
mortals he cried there is nothing that could prevent my the clergyman and securing the prize i desire mr h m and in the meanwhile what would become of your great novel this question brought a sober pause to the young i could write it after my wedding he answered finally could you you could write nothing at all then not... | 1 |
the things about you i doubt if he would like to have you take me from him especially now when his heart is heavy and he so much on my love and care no you are in too great haste his impatience grew to boiling heat as he listened how could she find so many reasons and he was obliged to confess such sensible ones to bri... | 1 |
a very few of them he was obliged to laugh at this and to say that she would only marry one if he had his way before they had finished with this subject was in a state of high good nature though he had little apparently upon which to base the rise in his spirits can t i say something just a hint if no more to your fath... | 1 |
to suit the modern so wrote slowly patiently with devotion to his art until he had completed five chapters of his story and read it and went into declaring it the best foundation he had ever seen for a most romance he has wrought his people up to such a height said the critic to mr that the will be simply tremendous ho... | 1 |
you to a place where the devil his and show you a set of women as different from those you have lately met as chalk is from be here at nine o clock this evening prepared for the descent a vision of passages crossed the mind of the listener and he thought of tall boots and a how shall i dress roughly i suppose he inquir... | 1 |
most respectable of people intent on getting an good dinner which was always to be had there cooked in the french style and served at that end of the house there were several dining rooms that would hold forty or fifty guests and several others made to accommodate family parties of six to twelve if a couple happened to... | 1 |
the girl gently it is an outrage responded the black having stolen our ancestors and brought them here from their native country the americans hate us for the injury they have done in france they tell me it is not so oh if i could gain an education and become what god meant to make me a man he paused as if the thought ... | 1 |
my sweetheart do not make me wait too long repent your confession indeed if you do it will be from no fault of mine f as he said these things they were gradually the where the negro was taking in the chairs i have something pleasant to tell you whispered you don t like well he is going away soon assumed surprise has yo... | 1 |
i like him so well that if he continues to talk to to father as i heard the day i will throw him into the a black i can t stand by and see him insult old longer the girl looked at him with sad eyes i thought i had succeeded in that kind of talk she said mr used to speak very violently of but he has listened to reason o... | 1 |
dawned on him that she meant what she said he appealed to her to take it back he could not bear the thought of giving her up or even of waiting much longer for the of his hopes he spoke in the most passionate tone and his whole being seemed wrought up by his earnestness the a black girl was constantly thinking however ... | 1 |
might say wool has been in a bad way had the bill before it if higher protection was put on the stocks in the american market would rise if the rate was lowered they would fall i took the right side i bought an immense quantity of the bill passed to day and the president signed it wool went up and i am richer by two hu... | 1 |
night happy that his head would again lie under a roof actually as well as in name his own notes which he had given came back to him soon after and he burned them with a glee that was almost burned them after looking at their faces and backs after the burned them with his office door locked using the flame of a gas jet... | 1 |
alone otherwise it will be of no use and she answered that she understood she followed some paces behind and closed the door after him pushing a bolt that she did not remember had ever been used before then she turned to encounter her sister but had disappeared a black chapter black and white when reached her own room ... | 1 |
you ll admit i was right at last there was little use in reminding her sister that had shown himself the possessor of some information that mr before either he or began to cultivate his good will for she knew it well enough what did say was more to the point have you always hated him she asked what did he mean last nig... | 1 |
truly sorry for you she replied but why could you not leave all your troubles when you went to france and begin an entirely new life you found it true what i told you i am sure about the lack of prejudice account of he nodded and cleared his throat before he spoke again oh yes but it is not the prejudice there that me ... | 1 |
trembling if you accomplish what you say have no fear but i shall keep my word there was an element of pride and truth in the way she spoke that struck the strongly the smile on his face grew yet deeper i am placed in a peculiar situation he said after a slight pause your sister has ally no doubt matters in a way that ... | 1 |
truth from your vicinity mr remarked in response to these a took ing suggestions that he could tell much better what his friend was about if he would drop mr hesitated he saw no way but to trust this man with the facts and yet he dreaded the possibility that he might prove obstinate by the way lie said as if to change ... | 1 |
four he would join him in his room at the house soon after he escorted miss to her station and before he left the building sent a to her father asking him to come to the city and meet him at his hotel at four that afternoon everything worked to a charm mr ar t the time and went promptly to like a stock pig mr s apartme... | 1 |
made his next appearance at dinner in the house at miss smiled on him pleasantly she remarked that he lacked color and he replied that he had been suffering from a slight illness then she spoke of her new story revealing the plot to a limited extent and said it would be ready for him in about two weeks the astonished y... | 1 |
is so busy just now with miss she did not seem to comprehend him in the least oh he is merely filling in the time as a matter m we want to understand of amusement she answered when i am ready he will be he looked at her earnestly is it fair to speak of love making as a matter of amusement miss love making is he then fo... | 1 |
you could introduce other elements that would be the making of the novel and you ought to do it they should not marry before next spring at the earliest you run the risk of everything good god cried you talk like a fool i would have postponed it forever if i could and you know it but she loves him and there is nothing ... | 1 |
wedding last night at the miss disappeared yesterday morning and has not been seen since if mr had been pale before his face was like a dead man s now with many expressions of incredulity he listened to the explanations that followed he declared that the occurrence was past belief and that he could see no way to accoun... | 1 |
absence voluntary she loved her chosen husband said the old man when she hears what i have to tell her she will hold a different opinion then said the latter expression she must either be the victim of an accident a fit cl or h could not bear to finish the sentence but the bowed in acquiescence lunch was served and mr ... | 1 |
in mr s opinion to go to the police after the receipt of this word from the missing girl it would only add to the of the family in case the press got hold of the news but he did think it wise to go to see and find a man named whose reputation as a was great he could rely on the absolute silence of both of them the ride... | 1 |
his rooms well i hear the missing one is found he said as the came in yes she is with her father but the peculiar thing is that she her lips absolutely about her absence she not only refuses to speak now but that her refusal is final mr hesitated what card to play when does the marriage take place he asked finally with... | 1 |
talking with a man who held these views was not inspiring to put it mildly and reluctantly gave up all hopes of making a happy woman through this source he had dreamed of the mystery that surrounded her and placing the young couple again in the position which by some horrible had been so changed in the short space of o... | 1 |
of which they had learned through the newspapers but after the lunch was finished found himself alone with wan ah through the extensive oak forest that gave the place its name how long shall you stay here he asked her as a the other questions he wanted to follow it i don t know she replied we shall probably go north du... | 1 |
for some moments then he spoke again there are subjects he said that one does not like to discuss there are names that one to pronounce if you will tie your horse and go with me your eyes and ears will make questions unnecessary a momentary suspicion flashed through the mind of the other a suspicion that he was being t... | 1 |
was black the pressure on s shoulder grew heavier from time to time as his companion realized his temptation to break from his covert if it had been as white as any man s who ever lived replied boldly your conduct would have earned the contempt of a self respecting person a an a against the peace of mind of an old man ... | 1 |
effort perhaps i can do something in time the negro took a step away and then turned as if unable to go so abruptly l played and i lost good by he said again good by answered i want to tell you now i think of it where i got that i gave you it was lent to me by the man you hated so mr did not seem to care for this infor... | 1 |
allowing him to speak you are desperately in love likes you very well and it would take but little effort on your part to induce even a warmer sentiment her father thinks you one of the angels that came down to earth and forgot to return to heaven she ought not to go through life alone her only trouble is the suspicion... | 1 |
presently she returned and took a chair opposite to mr her face was so pathetic her attitude so that he quite forgot what he had come to tell and leaning toward took hands in his he said a i i and he could go no further yes i know she answered in a low voice but there is a reason why i cannot listen to you i have told ... | 1 |
breakfast was a wolf begun he went about the work whistling again in that low key he had used when on the way from his hotel and stopping now and then as the noise of a or some wild of the smaller kind came to his ears he the coffee that was boiling furiously and the caught fish that sent out an no meal served at the t... | 1 |
movements of the oars brought the boat to the shore and the surprise of its occupants can be imagined when they saw the that awaited them was still on the earth and the attitude of plainly showed the cause of the negro s terror a wolf what has he done was the first question and it was s voice that asked it let him tell... | 1 |
the is country over he wrote again sending fifty dollars to his friend and urging him to waste no time in getting here it was a mighty generous thing of him when you remember that it was about a fifth of all he owned and he needed it to develop his farm about as bad as he could but he sent it and john came and after lo... | 1 |
for many years where a piece of land was low a carefully constructed ditch had been dug where it was so situated that it was in danger of suffering from pipes had been laid land was so cheap in when these improvements were first introduced that many of fellow farmers sneered at them but he went on his own way paying no... | 1 |
ride in the old fashioned wagon which had answered for him but this did not give him much comfort for the wish to wed this girl had been the strongest passion of his life and he could not live it down try as he might and it did not add to his serenity when he discovered as time went by that his even in this respect did... | 1 |
i have sent for the necessary machinery and a miller and shall be grinding wheat within three months when the farmers can get their grain ground so near at home they will feel less necessity of selling it to those eastern at any price they choose to pay could not help his face showing a shade of pale green you are doin... | 1 |
he took no pride in the victory he had won over him it was natural that saw rather more of than he did of as she was the nearest neighbor that he had he knew in an indefinite way that there was something of ill feeling on the part of his father toward hers but it did not interfere with his friendship for the little gir... | 1 |
situated mr made a similar observation when handed him what had sent to her for his perusal they thought to themselves that nothing could be better for a young man in college than the true friendship of such girls who had been sisters to him for so long the mothers were equally well satisfied and encouraged a of the co... | 1 |
than this was the fact that neither of the girls evinced any preference to be by s side so long as he made one of the they used with great consideration but he was wise enough to comprehend that this was on account of his position he was s friend and that entitled him to their regard he could not help wishing that one ... | 1 |
think she never looked better i am growing very proud of her she how much do you suppose a hundred and ten i weigh nearly a hundred myself was his composure you would be heavier to carry over than you used he smiled still i think i could manage it i am very strong since i have taken the here did you know said that and ... | 1 |
convince yourself of that when a good was placed in your hand but i am keeping you from your engagement and we shall have to dismiss the matter for the present he rose as if to leave them but did not let him go with one hand still clasped in his she stood with him before the young man you would not take the part of the... | 1 |
for them to band together and hire a lawyer to compel me to pay for the same thing twice mrs and listened with interest and it was evident that their sympathies were with the speaker a i don t know much about law said and she was so taken up with the subject at issue that she quite neglected her meal but a case of this... | 1 |
of opinion he had grave doubts ought any one to allow themselves to be imposed upon asked not giving him time to speak is it the duty of a man who knows he is in the right to pay out a sum of money for the benefit ft of others just to avoid standing up in a court and defending himself against them not in that view of t... | 1 |
what said the other evening made a great impression upon me i have never wronged any person and i do not wish to begin i would rather suffer a small loss than inflict one as she says if i owe them anything or even if they honestly believe i do it will make me feel better to pay it than to hates and you are going to be ... | 1 |
of the girls made any response they wanted him to decide for himself and each was confident that he would see the right as she saw it if he only gave it thought enough they did not fancy having a new element brought in whichever way an might decide it would be against one of them and neither liked to risk that on his w... | 1 |
fastened by a a little rusty from exposure to the weather she tried to turn the key but it stuck in the lock and took the task upon himself with better results once inside the grounds he expressed his admiration for everything in no terms there was nothing very elaborate or expensive either in the summer house or its b... | 1 |
and wagon with which to make the trip up stream for it was necessary to follow a country road which led to most of the farmers houses and it seemed useless to make so much of a journey o foot was when he found that the the die was actually cast and could think of nothing but the objections that had raised he would have... | 1 |
execute a quit claim mr put his hands as far down into his breeches pockets as they would go you see mr i believe you didn t tell me your name mr you see mr we have made an agreement we farmers along the brook not to settle unless we can all settle together we put our names to a paper that lawyer drew up i m willing an... | 1 |
mind that he would offer assistance to the first time he met him knew well that his affairs were in a very precarious state but so they had been for years but that is a serious thin ill and yet he had always managed to escape at the last moment he had more than once seen the interest day approach until its shadow cast ... | 1 |
gratitude t she said there is no way in which you could have earned it better let me tell you first the name of the who held the note which i it was the girl was so lost in wonder that she dropped her arms to her side do you mean that he would have taken s house from over his head to prevent mr s destruction of the mil... | 1 |
near together as we shall be at we are so glad over it that i fear we do not realize how unhappy it will make our parents especially s and mine for has been off already a good deal and you must have got somewhat used to it i hope nothing will ever happen that will separate us for we should not know what to do without e... | 1 |
works harm to you mind for i can see how it may do so don t blame me he said i will be plain i want you and to spend your lives together is a girl of great strength of mind and you will need to be careful that she does not use her powers to you it is useless to sneer at such a possibility such things have been done and... | 1 |
i he cried shaking his clenched hand at him you can our lands and spoil our crops and when we come to a jury they will decide in your favor you have money that s your hold how much did you pay to get that verdict eh if had reflected a moment he would have let this observation pass for the of a disappointed man but the ... | 1 |
silence i shall spend most of my here said is there any way in which i can help you his father was astonished at the question he had never asked his son for the slightest assistance upon the farm knowing his for agricultural pursuits and he could not understand what put this idea into his head but he contented himself ... | 1 |
of his replies being in say the what she might she could not move him from either point on which he had decided he would do as he pleased about the mill power and he would have a talk with him to have less to do with miss in fact to break off his friendship with the entire family i won t have him going there he said an... | 1 |
come once when he stammered something of what was in his mind she quite prevented his going any farther by saying that she entirely understood him that there was no need of his saying anything more and that she had entire confidence and faith in his truth and honor don t neglect while i am gone she said at the last wit... | 1 |
knew that the half formed thought of evil that had forced its way into his mind had been exhibited in all its naked she had it not with anger or an assumption of superior virtue but by a refusal to understand he feared that she never could forget this moment and he cursed the folly into which his mad humor had led him ... | 1 |
of course it will not take much i think for a year or two my father will give me all that i shall want at the start and he would lend you some money if you needed it this severely on s my own father would do that he replied quickly but i cannot bring myself to think of any thing like years in connection with waiting fo... | 1 |
greater number said his time had come they said that a first with interest in a second of unusual size and a on every animal and tool on his place could not be carried forever the price of wheat was low that year and even if it had been higher it would not have saved him for in of a custom not uncommon in the west he h... | 1 |
you understand me yes said i understand the at the same time he wondered if he did i want to prevent any that will trouble you and proceeded the elder man i want you to feel that you have a friend in me on whom you can call you can as freely as if there had never been any feeling against me on your father s part at the... | 1 |
had been newly aroused by the light thrown upon the kindness of that parent in bearing his alone that he might have a calm ride on the sea of life he forgot the words he had so recently exchanged with forgot for the moment everything but the debt he owed to this the only relation whom he knew nothing shall come between... | 1 |
of any other person he laughed for she had put him into such good humor that the headache had taken wings and flown away he might not be able to marry this girl but it was very agreeable indeed to know that she cared for him he wondered if she would take it much to heart when he had to tell her that the separation was ... | 1 |
came to stand and comment it was the most exciting episode that had ever had in its entire history corresponding to a great railway strike or mill in a larger centre he s doing it this time said an old man who came up to the mill you ought to see the dirt fly by twelve o clock he will have all the the hill i t water in... | 1 |
man even temporarily only one thing was needed to make his humiliation complete would come to the and buy the roof from over his head a week from to day there would be no lower depth of disgrace into which he could sink and strolled back from their walk in the woods just before one o clock they had passed a morning tog... | 1 |
surprise took the face between his hands and brought the lips into contact with his own i are you sure you love me she whispered if there is ever to be any doubt of it i had rather know it now he drew her close to his breast and kissed her again and again if you had consented to my proposal for a secret marriage you wo... | 1 |
came with a load of wheat for grinding i shall take out an additional for my toil after this said to him handing him a as he spoke i have ground at a lower than i ought having the water power to rely on but the price will be increased hereafter machinery is the dear and wood is costly and i do not see why i should bear... | 1 |
years let him have it let him take the ground which i turned over with my breaking when he and i were poor together let him take this house where i have lived for so long and use it as he will for his i don t care but don t forget your promise my boy about his daughter let him not boast at least that he has beaten me w... | 1 |
firm like a man who means to have what he has set out for the agent of the company was also pointed out though most of the farmers present knew his face only too well his buying a son in law had on some of the best pieces of land in that section and he was noted for his in collecting interest for the eastern who were h... | 1 |
consciousness and when the rest of the family seeing that she needed no help had retired he sat by her side holding her hand and even kissing her pale cheek occasionally as he in as mild a manner as the facts would bear what he thought best of the afternoon occurrence poor said when she had heard him through it will be... | 1 |
after what has occurred to day he added with an attempt to be humorous but he made me the offer in good faith a fortnight ago i thought there were reasons why i ought to decline to accept it and i did so but those reasons do not exist in my case interposed the colonel quickly you have done yourself honor thus far as i ... | 1 |
cent he had rather than have allowed me to beat him and i let it go he was buying more than a farm he was buying a son in law as well and he could afford to pay high had raised his voice toward the end of his speech until it could have been heard by any person within two hundred feet s only action was to put her hand g... | 1 |
a week did not leave her chamber on the fifth day mary chief among the of the came into the sick room and slipped a note under the sheets of the bed with a very mysterious air i hope i haven t done wrong to bring it miss she said without telling your mother but the young man particularly begged it of me and said it was... | 1 |
deed of the premises conveyed to under a of sixty five hundred dollars which would put john in possession of quite a little sum of ready cash with which to tide over the winter and send back to to the office of the generous nature of these proposals made considering on w impossible and the papers were made out oil the ... | 1 |
which i charge makes it about even there was a in his manner of delivery that the sarcasm of his words and the colonel did not know just how to reply i hope you don t feel anything against me because i bid on the farm he said presently it was a public sale i haven t made anything out of it i only wanted to help john as... | 1 |
was a dreadful pity that so nice a couple should be torn apart because their elders were silly enough to indulge in a quarrel over a piece of land or a mill brook mary was of a romantic mood she had read many tales in which the fair heroine experienced the before she became the wife of the hero and had there learned th... | 1 |
in connection with her that i am fully persuaded of oh cliff i thought you would do something to aid me and you only make it worse and worse his companion grew dark about the eyes he was a good natured fellow but he was on the point of an explosion at that moment what is the matter with me cliff cried wildly rising and... | 1 |
and as a preliminary to that end he wrote a note and left it under the flat stone asking her to meet him that evening instead of the next as had been arranged received the note with joy when mary brought it to her her parents had that day departed for the east and she had been afflicted with ever since the train had ou... | 1 |
the opportunity to tell her of his sentiments so long as there was anything between her and s the he was barred out by the commonest rules of honor and more than that he had observed her too closely not to know that while was in the way the suit of no other man on earth would have the least effect upon her there was no... | 1 |
am not insane as you seem perhaps not to think he answered i may have been for a moment out of my mind but now i am quite the sober and sensible for three years i have been try ing to ascertain which of these girls i most cared for at last i have discovered there is one of them without whom life would be a miserable bl... | 1 |
novel she had brought and found herself absorbed in the woes of its heroine while watched and waited anxiously for the step of the one she loved who was expected at eight o clock did not arrive till nearly an hour later grew impatient fearing everything that her active brain could conceive of when he came at last she f... | 1 |
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