Wide Courses by James Brendan Connolly
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"Nothing."
"Oh-h! And her old father, you'll be hearin' no more from him about goin' back to Paris to die. Gee, but this wind is fierce, ain't it? Say, Bud, but d'y' b'lieve that some people, especially women, that they know without bein' told when people they think a lot of is in danger?" "I don't know. Do you?" "M-m--sometimes I think there's something in it. Did you notice the look in her eyes to-night? But--" the red lamp of the Port Light saloon loomed brightly ahead--"it's a pretty cold night--a toothful o' something, what d'y' say?" "Nope." "Then where you bound?" "I don't know--take a walk, I guess." "Well, you sure picked a fine night for a walk. Better lash your ears to your head, if you're heading for the beach-side. Be back this way soon?" "I don't know." "You don't know? What's got into you to-night, Bud?" Baldwin stared at his chum. He stepped nearer and laid a hand on Harty's arm. "You ain't sick, Bud?" |
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