`` You 'll laugh too , when you hear it . Such a joke ! Hee-tee-tee-hee-e . Theodora Whitney has been badgering Judith Stewart so much about bein ' an old maid that Judith 's got mad and vowed she 'll marry the first man that asks her . Hee-tee-tee-hee-e-e-e ! My old woman was there and heard her . She 'll keep her word , too . She ai n't old Joshua Stewart 's daughter for nothin ' . If he said he 'd do a thing he did it if it tuck the hair off . If I was a young feller now ! Hee-tee-tee-hee-e-e-e ! '' Bruce Marshall swung round on one foot . His face was crimson and if looks could kill , Tony Mack would have fallen dead in the middle of his sniggers . `` You need n't mind doing up that parcel for me , '' he said to Nora . `` I 'll not wait for it . '' On his way to the door Eben King brushed past him . A shout of laughter from the assembled men followed them . The others streamed out in their wake , realizing that a race was afoot . Tony alone remained inside , helpless with chuckling . Eben King 's horse was tied at the door .
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