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But Mr.. Rutton" :, w
.1a q marty I've never card OIL II h,
You'll excuse my sayin' So 10 N r,
I ave of yourself. sir. ,s "
well" began Amber: but pau' .hs W
III. face hardening as ne lookeu 'A'
nae, m and down, noddlns slowly. :,
"per'aps." continued Mr.. Dossos,, t
un ,hsshed "you mistyke me TOT my I
hrother e merry Doggott. e was om NY. T
n england larst card OF I'm. "'
NV q deal alike, I've been told
you would be" admitted Ameet
dr,ly; and shutting his teeth upon No n
: inherent contempt for lar, ITO
ewing away, acknowledging WIN d
, crrt nod the civil Good arftefhooh'
, SIR" that followed him.
y The man had disappeared BY the
time Amber regained his kit-bae anu
,. pun.case: standing over when nc
4 surveyed his surroundings with son'o
o annoyance. discovering that ne no"
e shared the station with none ou' ,ne
10 ticket agent A stumbling and ois,
a consulate youth, clad IN three-oays
80 u~owth Of beard. a checked jumper
"a and khaki trousers. this person
ID lounged negligently in the doorway ~
ut the waiting room and, caress,ns ~"
rustv chin with nicotine-dyed myers
reqarded the stranger In NoKom,s
Us Nth an air Of subtle yet vaguely mel
sncholy superiority.
. ",f we're lookin' FOR tn hotel" ne
~. volunteered unexpectedly, there ain
~. nome" and effected mastery retre"'
into the ticket booth.
,en Amused. the despised ou',ahue,
n picked up his luggage ana Ioiio"ee
~ amiably. I'm not looking for tn'
s,,J hotel that amt" he said, plantih'
" himself in front Of the grating pu
, !, 7 expected to be met by some on'
from Tanglewood--"
o,, "Thet's the Quain place. dao"n y
ling tn ba-ay," interpolated the youth ifo,
ex. unplumbed depths OF mourh1ui d
egli. straction.
was ut ia. wired yesterday
In "Yeour names Amber, amt itF
akin "Yes, l."
be- We'll, Quain didn't get yeour me
Inc sage till this mornin. sent q a
little deown with 1t 'baout ten o'clock
often "But why the-but l wired yests
AZ day afternoon!"
con con az knaow ye did" assented
nihi youth YEARLY. 1T come throu
Eh'he raound closin' time and they wa
eioio nobody baound that way, so ! held
49,, over"
&C., "Th,s craze for being character
tic" observed Mr.. Amber obscure
"'n ga the only thing that really stal
NV Va in the way Of Nokomis becoming
n.y., thriving metropolis. Do you az
aeor with me? No matter tie smhea
- rasingly; seasoned traveller
who could recognize the fu'ihty
hu, b,ckering over the irreparable M
-. -. over. he had to remind himselt III
a.e i's fairness, the blame was, IN part
- least. his own; for ne had lnou
e"Asu ,essly worded his telegram. VII
ii''ui q with YOU tomorrow afternoon, an
saua'' was wholly like Quain that he sh
al. s have accepted the statement al
olii'eu f.ca value. regardless Of the date
o" .s,n 81 can leave my things here
, 49, - little while, presumed" Amber
a.r,, rested after pause.
The ticket agent stared stupo'
4, dusty into the inhni.e l,naew-,odge.
:, al e ~ he started eyed the offering with
nssu tive mistrust, and gloomily poss
"a o himself of It, "1'll look after q
-, :. s sn he said. BE ye thinkin' OF wall
'ns .s,a eyes" said Amber over his
ives de- der ne was ""'
hearing the door
"Knaow yeour wa-ay!
, enough T've been here before. thank
Va car a Crossing the tracks, he add
ny coach himself to the sou.h~a,u a
ers, flung highway waking orisA,y az u
,ked hell soon left behind the railway
l,v with it's few parasitic cottages,
cared the IN the land hid them, and I
and the hereafter for all compan!
part hall thoughts, the desultory road,
and looming sky. and bare
ra, wavs hedeed with impoverished fore
Inundated Amber had protested acqua
Amber with his way; 1t seemed rattle
,sumed in intimacy. for when ne chose
.ested him aake the main travelled road HI
y he pres boldly, striking of upon
figure so track which, leading across tn
,of in atti. delyed presently into the hear
J, and, hay forest.
| with per- The hush OF the iores' "o
heavily upon his senses: tn
his belong. and stealthy rustlings IN tn
rtaking the the clear dense ringing OF
the far end mote ak, an attenuated eli
cawing from some far ere
I say, Dog gress, but serSeu u ao'en''''
fuence.
:, ,,ron tho Then into the silence crept
,,m so,are. to. rouse him from his form