Very respectfully,"
"'PASS WITH THE PATENT!'" Miss Georgie turned her face so that
she could look into Grant's eyes, so close to her own. "Old
Peaceful must surely have his patent--Baumberger can't be much of
a lawyer, do you think? Because that's a flat statement.
There's no chance for any legal quibbling in that--IS there?"
"That's about as straight as he could put it," Good Indian
agreed, his face losing a little of its anxiety.
"Well, we'll just browse along for more of the same," she
suggested cheerfully, and went back to the index. But first she
drew a lead pencil from where it had been stabbed through her
hair, and marked the letter with heavy brackets, wetting the lead
on her tongue for emphasis.
"'Agricultural Claimants Entitled to Full Protection,'" she read
hearteningly from the index, and turned hastily to see what was
to be said about it. It happened to be another decision rendered
in a letter, and they jubilated together over the sentiment
conveyed therein.
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