McElwin

McElwin hastened along the hard and slippery path that ran on a ridge at the side of the road.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

"I thank you for saying that, Mr. Lyman," Mr.. McElwin spoke up.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

McElwin turned to the window and stood there, looking out, listening, with no ear for the solicitous common-places concerning the health of his household, indulged by the old gentleman.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

At eleven o'clock the next day, Zeb Sawyer was to meet McElwin at the bank.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

McElwin knocked it all out of me when he said, and right to my face, that anybody could have arrested the man that choked the sheriff.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

"He has had time, but he has also had consideration," said McElwin.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

McElwin jumped up and slapped his hand upon the table.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

Miss Eva McElwin, the great man's daughter, fell under penalty, and the sentence was that she should go through the ceremony of marriage with the first man who came through the door.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

It was said that a great batch of this drivel was cut out, credited and sent to McElwin, and Lyman accused Warren, but he denied it, though not with convincing grace.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895

It struck with solemn self-importance, as if proclaiming the hour to foreclose a mortgage; and though not given to this sort of reflective speculation, McElwin must have been vaguely influenced by its knell-like stroke, for he nearly always glanced up as if a tribute were due to its promptness.

Old Ebenezer Opie Percival Read 1895