It was not quite the search I intended,’ he said with a touch of selfmockery as he released her, ‘but success comes in all sorts of unexpected ways. "What the devil are you about! Will you allow
yourself to be beaten by a couple of kids?"
"Not if I can help it," returned Abraham, making a desperate effort to regain his
feet. "
"Poh! poh! say no more about it," rejoined the man hastily. You know Martin, right? He’s that beautiful half-Chinese
boy that skipped a grade and has an I. ”
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THE WINDS OF NOVEMBER
The Thanksgiving season brought a fierce wind that
relentlessly whipped around the brick corners of the
school. Ruth's
emotion was a primitive joy: she was essential in this man's life, and she would
always be happy because he would always be needing her. ‘Give me that!’
He took his finger away from her neck and made a grab at the handkerchief. She had never
been "My child" or "My dear"; always her name—Ruth. “Not much,” he answered, “and yet about all there is to be known, I fancy. Through it all Spurlock maintained a gaiety which
deceived them completely.
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