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Book, page 111 / 259 didn't get anything--not hardly anything, for 'em; an' they was 'most new, some of 'em, too." "That's the trouble, Susan--they were too new, probably," laughed the man. "It's because these are old, very old, that he wants them, I suspect. "An' he'll really pay MONEY for 'em?" Plainly Susan still had her doubts. "He certainly will. I'd be almost ashamed to tell you HOW much he'll pay, Susan," smiled the man. "It seemed to me sheer robbery on my part. But he assures me they are very valuable, and that he's more than delighted to have them even at that price." "Lan' sakes! An' when I'd been worryin' an' worryin' so about the money," sighed Susan; "an' now to have it fall plump into your lap like that. It jest shows you not to hunt for bridges till you get your feet wet, don't it? An' he's goin' jest next week?" "Yes. The doctor and his daughter start Tuesday." "You don't mean that girl Dorothy's goin' too?" Susan had almost bounced out of her chair. "Why, yes, Dr. Stewart SAID she was. What's the matter?" "Matter? Matter enough! Why, if she goes--Say, why IS she taggin' along, anyhow?" demanded Susan wrathfully. "Well, I shouldn't exactly call it 'taggin' along' to go home with her father for the Christmas vacation," shrugged the man. "As I understand it, Dorothy's mother died several years ago. That's why the girl is here in the East so much with her relatives, going to school. The doctor's home has become practically a sanatorium--not the most desirable place in the world to bring up a young daughter in, I should say. Let's see, how old is Miss Dorothy?" "Sixteen, Keith says. I asked him one day. She's about his age."
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