There will be room for a
store twice as large as Strout's, and a hotel entrance and office on
the ground floor. I'll put Hiram Maxwell in charge of the store."
"Who'll run the hotel?"
"'Zeke says Sam Hill is the man for the place, and his wife Tilly
will be the housekeeper, chief cook, etc."
"Do you mean to run Mr. Strout out of town?"
"That is my present intention. Not for personal vengeance but for the
ultimate good of the community."
"I'd like to help, but the work isn't in my line."
"Seriously speaking, Quincy, what is your line--the law?"
"No."
"Business?"
"No."
"What then?"
"Don't know. Am thinking it over."
"Have you seen that Miss Dana yet?"
"No. Mr. Isburn told me she is out West now on an important case."
"We'll get her to find Strout after he leaves Fernborough. Give me
that check to-morrow early. I'm going to Fernborough with an
architect to have plans made for the alterations."
Mr. Strout could look from his window and see what was going on at
the Hawkins House.
"Who's bought the hotel, Abner?"
"Well, Mr. Strout, they do say it's Mr. Quincy Adams Sawyer, an' that
Sam Hill and his wife Tilly are going to run it."
"I won't sell them a darned thing."
Mr. Stiles grinned. "Can't they buy in Cottonton, or Montrose, or
Eastborough? Mr. Sawyer's got stores there."
"Well they'll want things in a hurry, but they won't get them from
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