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Clover

CHAPTER X
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Did Mr.Beloit send you ?" "No; nobody sent me.

Is it Mr.Beloit who has the letting of the house ?" "Yes; but I can let folks in.

I told Mis Starkey I'd air and dust a little now and then, if it wasn't took.

Poor soul! she was anxious enough about it; and it all had to be done on a sudden, and she in such a heap of trouble that she didn't know which way to turn.

It was just lock-up and go!" "Tell me about her," said Clover, making room on the step for the woman to sit down.
"Well, she come out last year with her man, who had lung trouble, and he wasn't no better at first, and then he seemed to pick up for a while; and they took this house and fixed themselves to stay for a year, at least.
They made it real nice, too, and slicked up considerable.


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