Say," turning back, "keep an eye on George, will you?
Folks in love are l'ble to be absent-minded, they tell me, and I should not want him to be absent with any of my money.

Hear that, do you, George ?" Taylor, who was standing near, laughed and walked away.

A moment later I saw him looking out of the window with the same strange expression on his face which I had noticed several times before when his approaching marriage was hinted at.

Something was troubling him, that was plain.

He loved Nellie devotedly, I knew; yet he obviously did not like to hear the marriage mentioned.
Sim Eldredge was one of the first visitors to the bank, but his visit was a short one.