The Saturday evening post (1920) (14598658237)

Identifier: saturdayeveningp1933unse (find matches)
Title: The Saturday evening post
Year: 1839 (1830s)
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Publisher: Philadelphia : G. Graham
Contributing Library: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
Digitizing Sponsor: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign



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. Gideon was not nerv-ous, and saw little need for strategy withthis rather vagabondish fellow. In short, Mr. Cowan, my son offers toadopt that boy of yours—make him hisown son in name—and opportunities andadvantages—his own son. So it was only that! Dave drew a long,pleasant breath and wiped his brow. Thenhe took a pencil from the table and beganto draw squares and triangles and diamondpatterns upon a pad of soft paper that layat hand. Well—I dont know. His eyes fol-lowed the pencil point. Nor did he knowuntil it presently developed that the de-sired adoption was of the Merle twin. Hehad supposed, without debate, that theywould be meaning the other. You meanMerle, he said at last on some leading ofGideons. To be sure! said Harvey D., as ifthere could have been no question ofanother. Oh, him! said Dave—there was reliefin his tone. Youre sure you mean him? But of course! said Harvey D.,brightening. All right, said Dave. He felt theywere taking the wrong twin, but he felt also
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