Then see if Baxter's
store is open. I don't believe it will be, and if it Isn't, look
for a light in his kitchen window, and prowl about till you know
that Waitstill and the Deacon have gone up to their bedrooms.
Then go to Uncle Bart's and find out if Patty is there."
Rod's eyes grew bigger and bigger: "Shall I talk to her?" he
asked; "and what'll I say?"
"No, just ask if she's there. If she's gone, Mark has made it
right with his family and taken her home. If she hasn't, why, God
knows how that matter will be straightened out. Anyhow, she has a
husband now, and he seems to value her; and Waitstill is alone on
the top of that wind-swept hill!"
"I'll go. I'll remember everything," cried Rodman, in the seventh
heaven of delight at the responsibilities Ivory was heaping upon
him.
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"Don't stay beyond eight o'clock; but come back and tell me
everything you've learned. Then, if mother grows no worse, I'll
walk back to Uncle Bart's shop and spend the night there,
just--just to be near, that's all."
"You couldn't hear Waitstill, even if she called," Rod said.
"Couldn't I? A man's ears are very sharp under certain
circumstances. I believe if Waitstill needed help I could hear
her--breathe! Besides, I shall be up and down the hill till I
know all's well; and at sunrise I'11 go up and hide behind some
of Baxter's buildings till I see
him get his breakfast and go to the store.
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