They've got a contrapshun fixed up about three
mile south. I don't reckon they've begun yet, hardly; they're gittin' the
machinery in place. I heard Eph say they'd begin to bore--_dig_, I mean,
ma'am, I meant to say dig----" He stopped, utterly confused and unhappy;
and she understood his manly purpose, and knew him for a gentleman whom
she liked.
"You mustn't be too much surprised," she said; "but in spite of my
ignorance about such things, I mean to devote a good deal of space to the
oil company; it may come to be of great importance to Carlow. We won't go
into it in to-morrow's paper, beyond an item or so; but do you think you
could possibly find Mr. Watts and ask him for some information as to their
progress, and if it would be too much trouble for him to call here some
time to-morrow afternoon, or the day after? I want him to give me an
interview if he will. Tell him, please, he will very greatly oblige us."
"Oh, he'll come all right," answered her companion, quickly. "I'll take
Tibbs's buggy and go down there right off. Eph won't lose no time gittin'
_here_!" And with this encouraging assurance he was flying forth, when he,
like the others, was detained by her solicitous care. She was a born
mother. He protested that in the buggy he would be perfectly sheltered;
besides, there wasn't another umbrella about the place; he _liked_ to get
wet, anyway; had always loved rain.
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