He 'd thank the Lord and me , he said . How Jake and Wade 'd roar to hear them two names in partnership ! But I 'm going to pull up a bit after this , see if I do n't , just to justify the old man 's faith in me . ` Twould be too bad to disappoint him if he 's believed for so long that I was going to turn out all right yet . '' When the 4:30 train went out Ben Butler stood on the rear platform . Gabe Foley watched him abstractedly as he receded . `` Blamed if I know who that fellow was , '' he remarked to a crony . `` He never told his name , but seems to me I 've seen him before . He has a kind of hang-dog look , I think . But he paid up square and it is none of my business . '' An Unconventional Confidence The Girl in Black-and-Yellow ran frantically down the grey road under the pines . There was nobody to see her , but she would have run if all Halifax had been looking on . For had she not on the loveliest new hat -- a `` creation '' in yellow chiffon with big black choux -- and a dress to match ? And was there not a shower coming straight from the hills across the harbour ? Down at the end of the long resinous avenue the Girl saw the shore road , with the pavilion shutting out the view of the harbour 's mouth . Below the pavilion , clean-shaven George 's Island guarded the town like a sturdy bulldog , and beyond it were the wooded hills , already lost in a mist of rain . `` Oh , I shall be too late , '' moaned the Girl . But she held her hat steady with one hand and ran on . If she could only reach the pavilion in time ! It was a neck-and-neck race between the rain and the Girl , but the Girl won .
Just as she flew out upon the shore road , a tall Young Man came pelting down the latter , and they both dashed up the steps XXXXX the pavilion together as the rain swooped down upon them and blotted George 's Island and the smoky town and the purple banks of the Eastern Passage from view .
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