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[Hedrix H. <ac...@nt...>]

Ould he say to her with his present imperfect knowledge? How

could she write to him if that knowledge

was correct? "Ef," said Nott, kindly, with a laying on of
large benedictory and paternal hands, "ef yer are willin' to see Rosey
agin, without SPEAKIN' to her, I reckon I ken fix it for yer. I'm goin'
to
take her down to the boat in half an
hour. Ef yer should happen--mind, ef yer should HAPPEN to be down there,
seein' some friends off and sorter promenadin' up and down the wharf
like them high-toned chaps on Montgomery Street--ye might ketch her eye
unconscious like. Or, ye might

do this!" He
rose after a moment's cogitation and

with a face of profound mystery opened
the door and beckoned Renshaw to follow him. Leading the way cautiously,
he brought the young man into an open unpartitioned recess beside her
stateroom. It seemed to be used as a storeroom, and Renshaw's eye was
caught by a trunk the
size and shape of the one