He threw down a twenty-dollar gold piece and took the letter away with him.

After I had moved into your office he spoke of that letter once: one day when you were out he asked me how much money had been mentioned in the letter." "When was that, Rose ?" "A few days after the state convention when you shot the hot tacks into Thatcher.

He had been at Waupegan, you remember." Dan remembered.

And he recalled also that Bassett had seen Sylvia at Mrs.Owen's the day following the convention, and it was not astonishing that the sight of her had reminded him of his offer to pay for her education.

His own relation to the matter was clear enough now that Rose had yielded her secret.
Rose watched him as he drew on his overcoat and she handed him his hat and gloves.