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Johnnyhungaboutthestoreuntilthisorderwasreadyforthemail,andsucceededindestroyingitbeforeitreachedthepostoffice.
ThatnighthetookRosineunderthemangotreebyGoodwin’sporch,andconfessedeverything.Shelookedhimintheeye,andsaid:"Youareaverywickedman.FatherandIwillgobackhome.Yousayitwasajoke?Ithinkitisaveryseriousmatter."
Butattheendofhalfanhour’sargumenttheconversationhadbeenturneduponadifferentsubject.ThetwowereconsideringtherespectivemeritsofpaleblueandpinkwallpaperwithwhichtheoldcolonialmansionoftheAtwoodsinDalesburgwastobedecoratedafterthewedding.
OnthenextmorningJohnnyconfessedtoMr.Hemstetter.Theshoemerchantputonhisspectacles,andsaidthroughthem:"Youstrikemeasbeingamostextraordinaryyoungscamp.IfIhadnotmanagedthisenterprisewithgoodbusinessjudgmentmyentirestockofgoodsmighthavebeenacompleteloss.Now,howdoyouproposetodisposeoftherestofit?"
WhenthesecondinvoiceofcockleburrsarrivedJohnnyloadedthemandtheremainderoftheshoesintoaschooner,andsaileddownthecoasttoAlazan.
There,inthesamedarkanddiabolicalmanner,herepeatedhissuccess;andcamebackwithabagofmoneyandnotsomuchasashoestring.
AndthenhebesoughthisgreatUncleofthewavinggoateeandstarredvesttoaccepthisresignation,forthelotusnolongerluredhim.HehankeredforthespinachandcressofDalesburg.
TheservicesofMr.WilliamTerenceKeoghasactingconsul,protem.
