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Teeftallow

Painful antithesis to Miss Meredith!

Abner continued looking at the fragrant paper for some minutes after he had finished reading it. Tug sat scowling on the bed. From the hall below came the opening and shutting of a door. Both youths involuntarily strained their ears and presently heard a faint careful tiptoeing of someone passing their door.

Tug nodded savagely toward this noise, "There she goes now," he whispered. "Jest step out there in the hall, Abner, an' tell her to—go—to—hell!"

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