The Transplanted
The Transplanted
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noticed an expression on the chief's face that made him redden. Mr. Laurence had his head lowered and there was a faint smile on his lips, an equivocal smile. Did he realize that she had smitten his guest? It seemed so, at least at the moment, and he had been amused. Not even a shareholder; a salaried underling. The nerve of him!
The crowd within him jabbered on. Robert Wallace, they might say, was not the sort of man to allow himself to fall in love with a poor girl. Would they say that? Sure they would! He frowned heavily over more than the jolting of the coach. After all, he considered, a mineralogist for any company need not give all his thoughts to the company's work. He might come upon some opportunity. This was called the Land of Opportunity and he might see some opportunity--on the side, so to speak--to make a wad for himself. Not only in mines were there fortunes to be made, or lost. Look at these trees. There was the lumber business, with all its various branches. Still--the nerve of him!
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