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"Yes, isn't it?" says Dorothy, quite in good faith; "though I don't know after all why it should be; we could see for ourselves; we knew all about it long ago!","No, sir," answered Captain Acton.,"It was unfortunate Mona should have met them at the hall door,—Edith Carson told me about it,—but it could not be helped," says Violet calmly.,"Don't say that, darling, ever again," I said as I bent over him. "Your father is the best man in the world, and you must never, never leave him.","I have an excellent excuse," interrupted David, rising.,"Yes,—so far," returns she, coldly.,The calm way in which the boys announced their feat forced Whiskers to believe what at first glance seemed to be a preposterous yarn.,"Say that again, young one," she demanded imperatively. "Make it good and plain this time.",“This is my friend, Bob Hazard, Mr. Holman,” he said. “Wanted to come and see a ranch. He is a rodman down at the dam.”,"No; on my word, no," says Nolly, choking with laughter, in which he is joined by all but Mona. "She said all that, and lots more!",CHAPTER III. DIDO.,"It was a feeble effort," declares he, contemptuously striking with his cane the trunks of the trees as he goes by them..