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"I," announced Miss Lescott, prohed, and looked up A man had come out onto the verandah

fro the table He was iroo a throne,

yet as one accusto thrones His snized Farbish, and, with a quick hardening of the

face, he recalled their lastIf Farbish should presume to renew

the acquaintanceship under these circumstances, Samson meant to rise

froe Lescott's sister

could not be subjected to such ooda scene in her

presence, and, as a warning, he met Farbish's pleasant snition The circuossip did not occur to Sa, unchaperoned, at a road-house whose

reputation was socially dubious, was a thing he did not realize But

Farbish was keenly alive to the possibilities of the situation He chose

to construe the Kentuckian's blank expression as annoyance at being

discovered, a sentiment he could readily understand Adrienne Lescott,

following her companion's eyes, looked up, and to the boy's astonishment