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Margaret was filled with a vague alarm. But she was brave, was Margaret. "No," said she, very decidedly, "I shan't give you another cent. So you climb right over that wall and go straight back where you belong." MARGARET WAS FILLED WITH A VAGUE ALARM BUT SHE WAS BRAVE WAS MARGARET NO SAID SHE VERY DECIDEDLY I SHAN'T GIVE YOU ANOTHER SCENT SO YOU CLIMB RIGHT OVER THAT WALL AND GO STRAIGHT BACK WHERE YOU BELONG
n't!" she pleaded. "Please don't! I--I'm upset already. Take this, and please--oh, _please_, don't spend it in getting drunk or gambling or anything horrid," Miss Hugonin implored him. "You all do, and it's so selfish of you and so discouraging." Mr. Flinks eyed the purse hungrily. Such a fat purse! thought Cock-eye Plinks. And there ain't nobody within a mile of here, neither. You are not to imagine that Mr. Flinks was totally abandoned; his vices were parochial, restrained for the most part by a lively apprehension of the law. But now the spell of the Eagle was strong upon him. "Lady," said Mr. Flinks, twisting in his grimy hand the bill she had given him--and there, too, the Eagle flaunted in his vigour and heartened him, "lady, that ain't much for you to give. Can't you do a little better than that by a poor workingman, lady?" A very unpleasant-looking person, Mr. Cock-eye Flinks. Oh, a peculiarly unpleasant-looking person to be a model son and a loving husband and a tender father.  AT HER WAIST AND TOOK OUT HER PURSE DON'T SHE PLEADED PLEASE DON'T I I'M UPSET ALREADY TAKE THIS AND PLEASE OH PLEASE DON'T SPEND IT IN GETTING DRUNK OR GAMBLING OR ANYTHING HORRID MISTER GODAN IMPLORED HIM YOU ALL DO AND IT'S SO SELFISH OF YOU AND SO DISCOURAGING MISTER FLINKS EYED THE PURSE HUNGRILY SUCH A FAT PURSE THOUGHT HAWKEYE FLINKS AND THERE AIN'T NOBODY WITHIN A MILE OF HERE NEITHER YOU ARE NOT TO IMAGINE THAT MISTER FLINX WAS TOTALLY ABANDONED HIS VICES WERE PAROCHIAL RESTRAINED FOR THE MOST PART BY A LIVELY APPREHENSION OF THE LAW BUT NOW THE SPELL OF THE EAGLE WAS STRONG UPON HIM LADY SAID MISTER FLINX TWISTING IN HIS GRIMY HAND THE BILL SHE HAD GIVEN HIM AND THERE TOO THE EAGLE FLAUNTED IN HIS VIGOUR AND HEARTENED HIM LADY THAT AIN'T MUCH FOR YOU TO GIVE CAN'T YOU DO A LITTLE BETTER THAN THAT BY A POOR WORKINGMAN LADY A VERY UNPLEASANT LOOKING PERSON MISTER COCKEYE FLINKS OH A PECULIARLY UNPLEASANT LOOKING PERSON TO BE A MODEL SON AND A LOVING HUSBAND AND A TENDER FATHER
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