This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... her, doctor. It will put her on her guard." To McLain Tom Alexander's coming was a godsend. It made his own absence from The Manse less noticeable. He had gone over after the meeting at Colonel Judd's to call on young Alexander as he had promised Jean to do. He could not do less in common decency, he told himself. He ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1912 Excerpt: ... her, doctor. It will put her on her guard." To McLain Tom Alexander's coming was a godsend. It made his own absence from The Manse less noticeable. He had gone over after the meeting at Colonel Judd's to call on young Alexander as he had promised Jean to do. He could not do less in common decency, he told himself. He would keep his promise to Judd, of course. He had renounced all thought of trying to win her; but he would not be a boor, even for Judd. He would still go, but would let his visits grow fewer. In this way he could keep the letter of his promise and yet allay suspicion as to any sudden cause for the breaking off. Perhaps by throwing himself into work he might in time He never got any farther than that. He knew he should never "get over it," as the phrase goes, and he felt like a scoundrel to leave her thinking he had got over it. The memory of that night in the vestibule was ever smarting within him. What must she think? "What are you doing with yourself these days, Mr. McLain?" asked Dr. Dabney, genially, in the course of that visit. "We don't see much of you lately." Jean's face burned, but she listened for the reply. "I've been over with the Colonel a good deal, doctor, --he is not doing as well as I should like--and then I am arranging with Mr. Bascom to look up some stock. He has very kindly agreed to take me around the country to see some that he thinks is specially fine. My knowledge is so limited that it is very good of him, I'm sure." "So it is," said the minister, thoughtfully. "I hear John is thinking of running for County Treasurer." He looked up in mild surprise at the laugh this elicited. "Mr. McLain," said Tom, who had taken an instant liking to the young m...
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