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"Did it, indeed?" said Leslie drolly "You're just bursting with

sagacity now, aren't you? And your Sherlock-Hol with conjecture The lover's soul is far above the sordid

earthly considerations which interest us ordinaryhow it coirl is out here

without any more restraint on her actions than a careless brother who

doesn't bother his

like that 'Fess up"

"Well," acknowledged Bennington a trifle reluctantly, "of course it is

a little out of the ordinary, but then it's all right, soht! They haven't any father or

mother, you know, and they are independent of action, as you've no

doubt noticed Bill kept house for Jireat house, I tell you," said Ja his lips in

recollection "Bert and I used to visit there a good deal That's why

they call ot tired of

doing nothing--they possess everlasting rocks--you know their lamented

dad was a sort of amateur Croesus--and he decided to monkey with mines

Bert and I were here one su too They have been here ever since They're both true

sports and like the life, and all that; and, besides, Ji speculation They're the salt of the earth, that