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‘twine, “She can’t, you know; she and sister have to work hard to make what we spend now. I don’t do half enough myself.” The theatre was entirely darkened long enough to arrange the grand piano. The pianist approached the instrument to the plaudits of the crowded house. The insult to his audience in the afternoon had succeeded in spreading his fame and a packed house greeted his evening performance. He turned and gazed intently toward the audience. He caught Nell’s glance, who sat near the front as he had wished, and he smiled an acknowledgment of her presence..
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“Did you send me that wire to get up here as quickly as I could? It caught me at Las Cruces just by chance.”I tried logging in using my phone number and I
was supposed to get a verification code text,but didn't
get it. I clicked resend a couple time, tried the "call
me instead" option twice but didn't get a call
either. the trouble shooting had no info on if the call
me instead fails.There was
“How old are you now, Bob? Seventeen, isn’t it? Yes, yes, of course. And in a week or two you will have finished with Crossways for good?”
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“She’s at Vine Hill—miles away; we’ll beat her if we hurry.” His words were a bit breathless. “What’s Jeth perched up there fer, Par?” demanded the boy. Now was Billy’s chance! The place was alone! He waited till each traveller was out of view on the curving road, then climbed up, crossed the dusty wheel tracks, and crept into the brush on the other side. Once hidden he “snooped” silently through the tangled chaparral, coming shortly to the mystery-house, so close to it that he could have looked in at the windows had they been clean enough. Job, his ardor undampened by the strangeness of this reception, made haste to follow..
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