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He plunged his hands into his hair and leaned his elbows on his knees,
and fell to rocking himself back and forth in anguish. Mrs. Hawkins
sprang in, beaming:
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Well, Si?"
Oh, con-found the con-founded--con-found it, Nancy. I've gone and done
it, now!"
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Done what Si for mercy's sake!"
Done everything! Ruined everything!"
Tell me, tell me, tell me! Don't keep a body in such suspense. Didn't
he buy, after all? Didn't he make an offer?"
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Offer? He offered $10,000 for our land, and----"
Thank the good providence from the very bottom of my heart of hearts!
What sort of ruin do you call that, Si!"
"Nancy, do you suppose I listened to such a preposterous proposition?
No! Thank fortune I'm not a simpleton! I saw through the pretty scheme
in a second. It's a vast iron speculation!--millions upon millions in
it! But fool as I am I told him he could have half the iron property for
thirty thousand--and if I only had him back here he couldn't touch it for
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