"Whatever
they are, will you put them into your stock?"
"Don't you dare make fun of my new business. I'm in it for scalps and
have no time for joking. Of course I want to put this make in stock. I
never took hold of so warm a hand on so cold a night. The warmth comes
right through your glove and mine to my hand, runs up my arm, and stirs
up my circulation generally. It was running a little cold with some of
the things Miss Drummond was telling me."
"What could they be?"
"About how all the rest of you know each other so well. She described
all sorts of good times you have all had together on this river in the
summer. It seems odd that Benson never told me about any of them while
we were together at college."
"They have happened mostly in the last two summers, since Mr. Benson
left college. We always spend at least part of our summers here, and we
have had worlds of fun on the river and beside it--and in it."
"I'm glad I'm a business man in Eastman. I can imagine what this river
is like in summer. It's wonderful to-night, isn't it? Let's skate on
down to the mouth and out to sea. What do you say?"
"A beautiful plan.
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