He made it and administered it. The officer had seldom
known women to intrude into it, save to get the worst of it. Its minister
had an air of burly ridicule that trenched on contempt as he broke into a
laugh of great relish.
"The county can accommodate its boarders without your help, Mrs. Royston.
Much obliged, all the same. He ain't no nice customer. He is mighty lucky
to be sure of his grub and fire and shelter this tough winter. He ain't
got to do any work. He has the freedom of the yard and the halls and the
office at all hours. No, madam, he is as snug as a bug in a rug. You'll
have a chance to spend all the money that you care to put up in this
affair, if I'm not mightily mistaken. No use in wastin' any of it on
Micky."
The fact that the child had not been wearing the coat when starting on
the drive, but had been seen in it immediately previous to the
catastrophe; that it should be subsequently found and not on his body, of
which no trace had ever been discovered, went far to convince the
authorities that the garment had been restored to the locality afterward
in pursuance of an effort to prove his death.
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