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never seed so much money in my life as I seed since you've been here,
but I don't want you to think I'm beggin' for more."
"No," said Quincy, "I should never impute such a motive to you."
Quincy took a dollar bill from his pocket and held it up before Hiram.
"What's that?" he asked.
"That's one hundred cents," said Hiram, "considerably more than I have
got."
"Well," said Quincy, "if you tell me why Miss Putnam doesn't like
callers I will give you that dollar."
"Stop a minute," replied Hiram. "Soon as we turn this next corner we'll
be in full sight of the grocery store. You can go ahead and I'll slip
'cross lots and come up from behind the store. If Wood thought I'd told
you he would lick me and I'm no fighter. Now about Miss Putnam,"
dropping his voice, "I heard it said, and I guess it's pretty near the
truth, that she is so blamed stuck up and dresses so fine in city
fashions that she is just 'shamed of her old pa and ma and don't want
nobody to see 'em."
"But," asked Quincy, "where did she get her money?"
Hiram answered, "From her only brother.


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