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? ? ? ? "I advise you not to interfere with me, for I won't stand it."

? ? ? ? "Why didn't you talk in this way to Mr. Bailey?"

? ? ? ? "That's neither here nor there. He wasn't a boy for one thing."

? ? ? ? "Then you propose to have your own way, Mr. Gordon?"

? ? ? ? "Yes, I do."

? ? ? ? "Very well, then you can leave me at the end of this week."

? ? ? ? "What!" exclaimed the cook in profound astonishment. "Are you going crazy?"

? ? ? ? "No, I know what I am about."

? ? ? ? "Perhaps you intend to cook yourself."

? ? ? ? "No, I don't. That would close up the hotel."

? ? ? ? "Look here, young feller, you're gettin' too independent! I've a great mind to leave you tonight."

? ? ? ? "You can do so if you want to," said Rodney indifferently.

? ? ? ? "Then I will!" retorted Gordon angrily, bringing down his fist upon the table in vigorous emphasis.

? ? ? ? Oreville was fifty miles from Helena, and that was the nearest point, as he supposed, where a new cook could be obtained.


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