Mrs. Bob: A Novel — page 232: what you’re looking at

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224 BOB FINDS-—A FATHER-IN-LAW. and who succeeded in carrying off my bachelor friend, Bob Pemberton. ”’ “Oh! she says, as she gives him her hand, ‘“‘it was Bob who did all the carrying—didn’t you, sir?’’ ‘(And the dearest load I ever had thrust upon me —never will forget that forest fire while I have life. But, Craig, you said something, just now, whether in joke or earnest, that concerns us.” lymeantat: 7 “Vou know this lady of the French flats had de- parted from here ?”’ ‘“Ves, and that you would be coming to see her, so I waited patiently about till Mary did appear, as the old rhyme has it.”’ ‘‘Bob introduce me to your friend.”’ “Beg pardon, Joe,’’? and both Hooker and the Senator are soon shaking hands cordially with the other. » | | It might be noticed—Bob sees it—that Craig glances keenly from under his heavy eyebrows at the Senator, as though he has an especial interest in him, and as Bob entertains certain faintly defined suspicions himself, he makes a mental note of this fact for future reference. ‘“Tell us what you know of this flitting, Craig. The man whose business it is to look after others and who has given his especial attention to this case, leans against the wall—the janitor has been called away, so they are alone, the little company whose interest 1s involved in this matter. ‘‘I shall only give the facts; it does not pay to CONNIE OOOKS.COn