"
"In the meantime the experiment will have done a great deal for a
certain number of poor boys--unfortunates on your doorstep...."
"That," he said shortly, "is as it may be. But--"
"Mr. Queed," said Sharlee, "why are you honest in every way but one? Why
won't you admit that you have thought of this school because you would
like to do something to help in the life of this town?"
"Because I am not doing anything of the sort! Why will you harp on that
one string? Good heavens! Aren't you yourself the author of the
sentiment that a sociologist ought to have some first-hand knowledge of
the problems of society?"
Standing, he gazed down at her, frowning insistently, bent upon staring
her out of countenance; and she looked up at him with a Didymus smile
which slowly grew. Presently his eyes fell.
"I cannot undertake," he said, in his stiffest way, "to analyze all my
motives at all times for your satisfaction. They have nothing whatever
to do with the present matter. The sole point up for discussion is the
practical question of getting such a school started. Keep it in mind,
will you? Give some thought as to ways and means.
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