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In the enthusiasm of victory he hadforgotten her.
The trainwas on a siding,
with news of a freight wreck ahead. The place was eery with the ghost of dead
effort; but itpleased him.
He was aglow with happiness; he wastaking home a
wife.
Presently, however, he saw her face raised--a face still shining
withtears. 1 withactive links or immediate access to the full terms of the
ProjectGutenberg-tm License. his discoverer demanded, with a sortof reverent
audacity.
Of course you can have anything you want. He heard his name being
passed from mouth to mouth, and came partly tohis senses. No, said Gideon,
hardly knowing whether he was glad or sorry--no, Ilive south of heah. She was
scarcely more than a girl, slim andstrong and almost of his own height.
There
he was, a little black gold-mine,and all of em passed him by until I came. His
face, now that the curtain was down and he was leavingthe stage, was doleful,
almost sullen.
Of course you can have anything you want.
She repeated the
name,inclining her head coquettishly; but it evidently meant nothing toher.
The
blind tumult of capture had passed; a greattenderness possessed him.
He made a
fire and cooked supper, eating enormously and with relish.
What you need
is--let me see--yes, a nice bottleof wine. Yo see befoyo jes Gideon--at yor
steemed sehvice. What you need is--let me see--yes, a nice bottleof wine.
Gideon felt very tender, very important, at peace with himself and allthe
world.
As long as he moved at all, he was satisfied.
As the squire passed ahead
ofthe deacon she was stirred by a noble resolve. She stepped out, andran past
him to snatch his skillet deftly from the fire.
Misteh, how long yo-all reckon
this train goin to be? Golf, tennis, driving, shooting, boating, fishing, all
of the best. To be sure, Gideonhad done the rest; Stuhk was as ready as any one
to do credit toGideons ability. Do you spose yocould let me have a little money
to-night, Misteh Stuhk?
Nearly all the individual works in thecollection are in
the public domain in the United States. Yo jes lay there in the sun an git s
fat s yo please.
There he took a night train, and dozed from Jacksonville until
alittle north of New Smyrna.
He stopped dancing, and grinned at them.
Presently
he came to a window before which he paused in delightedwonder. This picture
had, after all, nothing to do with him. Contact theFoundation as set forth in
Section 3 below.
He stopped dancing, and grinned at them. he repeated,
anxiously, though shelooked anything but a hurt woman.
He made a fire and
cooked supper, eating enormously and with relish.
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