[Her Father’s Daughter by Gene Stratton-Porter]@TWC D-Link bookHer Father’s Daughter CHAPTER XXIV 5/37
Start two new bank books, one for Eileen and one for me.
Divide the surplus each month exactly in halves. And I believe this is the proper time for the bank to turn over to me a certain key, specified by my father as having been left in your possession to be delivered to me on my coming of age." With the key in her possession, Linda and John Gilman left the bank.
As they stood for a moment in front of the building, Gilman removed his hat and ran his hands through his hair as if it were irritating his head. "Linda," he said in a deeply wistful tone, "I don't understand this.
Why shouldn't Eileen have come today as she agreed? What is there about this that is not according to law and honor and the plain, simple rights of the case ?" "I don't know," said Linda; "but there is something we don't understand about it.
And I am going to ask you, John, as my guardian, closing up my affairs today, to go home with me to be present when I open the little hidden door I found at the back of a library shelf when I was disposing of Daddy's technical books.
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