Chapter 31
NEWS OF IMPORTANCE As was natural, our hero drifted down to the long steamboat landing. While he was standing around, he saw a ferryboat coming across the river, filled with passengers from the railroad station on the opposite shore. As the passengers alighted he recognized Amos Bangs in the crowd. The rich manufacturer looked around anxiously, and presently caught sight of Mrs. Bangs, who had come to meet him in a carriage. Randy slipped out of sight. "Well?" demanded Amos Bangs, as soon as he and his wife were together. "Oh, Amos!" the woman cried, and could not go on. "Is that all you can say, Viola?" demanded the husband, harshly. "I can do nothing with the girl." "And she knows where the papers are?" "She does." "How did it happen?" "When Mr. Tuller called upon me
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