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"So things went along fer a few years. Then come a letter from England to Roger Stanhope. Frank read it to me. Seems they wanted Stanhope back home, if he was alive; if not they wanted his son to come. Frank didn't even answer that letter. He says to me, 'Mr. Keeler, this spot's good enough fer me.' An' by gosh! he stayed.,"Now I think you are making fun of me," says Mona, smiling sweetly; and, lifting her hand, she pinches his ear lightly, and very softly, lest she should hurt him.,“I think you may keep the report,” said the Principal at last. “For you will surely not do anything of the kind again, Johnny Blossom.”,“Hold on, Bob. I want to speak to you.”,His tone, his emphasis on the pronoun, is significant.,“Yes, but there is a lot more to forestry than that. I’d like to show you some day how modern logging is done.”,At home—in Sydney, I mean—the life was different. It was free, unfettered, and in a degree lawless. It suited me better.",“Couldn’t help it!” exploded the irate man. The total responsibility for the project had fallen on him for the past few days and it had made him nervous. “Of course you could help it. You’ve got to help it if you belong to the Service!”,“I don’t think you will have to wait much longer,” said Whitney laughing. Then he turned to Bob. “Made up your mind yet? You can go along with me if you’re going back East—”,"I don't know," she said, in a stolid tone.,The ghost asked him to come into his lodge, and he entered.,"Yes, about an eight-a-day well.".