REDDY ARMSTRONG'S REFORMATION
was pushing the furniture about, and pounding up a dust in the next room, Armstrong sat up in bed, ran his hands through his red hair, and decided to do it before sunset.
He told himself that what it meant was simply the removing of Something which bothered his free enjoyment of life. He was carrying too much weight for so young a horse; that was all.
When Runt Ramsay came in, after luncheon, he found a notice on the tobacco jar, stating that his roommate had gone to New York on an invitation from his bachelor lawyer cousin, and that, as he was coming back on the "Owl," he expected Runt to put something to eat on the bookcase, and some matches in the matchsafe by the door, as he had none, and it was Runt's turn to buy them, anyway. Runt said, "Humph!" and forgot. But, as it happened, it did not matter.
Red went as far as New Brunswick, then stepped off that train and took one for Philadelphia. But he did not stop there. He went on southward until the shadows became
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