Stepsons of Light

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Rhodes Eugene Manlove. Stepsons of Light

STEPSONS OF LIGHT

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The lady listened with fluttering attention. The lady was sweet and twenty, and the narrator – myself – was spurred to greater effort. Suddenly a thought struck her. It was a severe blow. She sat up straight, she stiffened her lips to primness, her fine eyes darkened with suspicion, her voice crisped to stern inquiry.

“I suppose, when Sunday came, you kept right on working?”

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“Here! That’s enough! I’m surprised at you, Jody. I never was plumb foolish about you, but I suhtenly thought you was man enough not to kiss and tell. That’s as low-down as they ever get, I reckon.”

“You ain’t got no gun. And you’re too little for me to maul round – say nothing of scaring the herd and maybe wasting a lot.”

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