[Her Father’s Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter]@TWC D-Link bookHer Father’s Daughter CHAPTER XXI 8/18
"That has been done in the grades, but there is nothing fair in bringing a boy under twenty in competition with a man graduated from the institutions of another country, even in the high schools.
If this be the case--" "You can be certain that it is," said Linda, "because Donald whispered to me as he passed me half an hour ago, coming from the school building, that TODAY Oka Sayye's hair is a uniform, shining black, and he also thought that he had used a lipstick and rouge in an effort at rejuvenation.
Do you think, from your knowledge of Donald, that he would imagine that ?" "No," said Judge Whiting, "I don't think such a thing would occur to him unless he saw it." "Neither do I," said Linda.
"From the short acquaintance I have with him I should not call him at all imaginative, but he is extremely quick and wonderfully retentive.
You have to show him but once from which cactus he can get Victrola needles and fishing hooks, or where to find material for wooden legs." The Judge laughed.
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