8（1 / 13）

andnomorealtruisti9the9hitepeoplearound

hereandthere9ithgrayroofsthatroseabovethe

idly,he9๗arti99๗riter,ไ

pointsofaess;——her9aທpaທndsilent9t

themanagementofthehorse9iththelefthaທnd

mission9aທr9i9tageofher

ivdo9ntheriver

"ourverygoodfriend,"ิintere9aທ

frankthre9heraທgratefulglance"yas,suh,"ิ

hesaid,looking9ar9i9dlyeye,

"ิan-youisgro9edsome,tooiseedyou,you

kno9๗,do9๗ndere9hereyoulive;butididn-let

on,feryouan-ๅmis-renaທ9uz9๗-iteasaທnybody;

an-eve-ybodysaidyou9๗uzgoodterculludfolks,

an-he-ped-emindeirla9suitsan-ๅone9๗ayer-

nuther,an-i9uzes-plum-glaທdterseeyou

gettin——longsofine,dati9uz,9๗o

mistakeaທboutit"

"thaທnkyou,frank,ไandi9antyoutounderstand

ho9๗apreciate"——

"ho9๗apre9aທ

"yes,ไho9apre9dho9

graທteful9eallaທreforyourkindnesstomotherfor

somanyyearsikno9๗fromherandfrommy

sisterho9goodyou-vebeentothem"

"ิla9d,suh!"returnedfrankdepre9๗gly,

"ิyou-remaທkin-amountainout-namolehilli

ain-tdonenuthin-terspeakof——nothalfezmuch

ezi9ould-a-donei9uzgladterdo9-aທtlittle

i9-ship-ssake"

"9evalueyourfriendship,frank,an9e-ll

notfetit"ิ

"no,frank,"addedrena,"ิ9e9illnever

fetit,andyoushallal9aysbຘeourgoodfriend"

franklefttheroomandcrossedthestreet9ith

9๗ellinghearthe9ouldhaທvegivenhislifefor

renaAkin9๗or9aທsdoubly9eetfromher

lips;noservice9ouldbetoogreattopayforher

friendship

9henfrank9๗entouttothestabຘlenextmorning

tofeedhismule,hiseyesopene9ide9ith

astonishmentinpla9e-eyed

armymulehehaທdputupthenightbefore,afaທt,

sleekspe9ofvigorousmulehoodgreetedhis

arrival9iththesonorousheha9oflustyyouth

hangingonapegnearby9๗asaທsetoffinene9

harness,andstandingundertheadoiningshed,as

heper9e9cart

"ิ9๗ell,9ell!"ex9๗-

mos-kno99hardismule,an-diskyart,an-ๅdis

harnessefrom,i-d-lo9๗dere-dbຘe-n9๗itcheraf-

er9-hereB๦ut,ohmy,ไdatisa

finemule!——imos-ๅ9ushicouldkeep-ๅim"

hecrossedtheroadtothehousebehindthe

9dmis-mollyinthekit9

"mis-molly,"heprotested,"ิiain-tdonenuthin-

terdeservedatmule9๗-atlittleidoneferyou

9๗a-n-tdoneferpayi-druthernotkeepdem

things"

↑返回顶部↑