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up the hill His face was dull, and when he spoke all the youth seemed

to have dropped out of his voice

"Grandfather," he said, when Mr Wright ithin speaking distance,

"I want to go away froive ht, his feet wide apart, and both hands gripping the top

of his stick, caaped at hirasped the idea that

Saestion which he had himself made more than

a month before, he burst out furiously "Why the devil didn't you say

so, yesterday? Why did you letjackass!"

Sam looked at him in faint surprise Then he proceeded to explain

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sir, to say that you would help et a

publisher for the drao to- and chewing orange-skin rapidly,

"the sooner the better! I'et rid of you But, confound you!

why didn't you tell me so yesterday? Then I needn't have--Well, how

much money do you want? Have you told your--your ? Coive you a check But why

didn't you , and then falling into silence, he began to trudge up the

driveway to his old house