A Phantom of Delight

ing clothes in which he had first seen him. He was too obviously dressed up, and he looked coarser and more out of harmony with his surroundings.

For two days Eric refused to let him— self think of the orchard. Monday eve- ning he went cod-fishing, and Tuesday evening he went up to play checkers with Alexander Tracy. Alexander won all the games so easily that he never had any respect for Eric Marshall again.

“ Played like a feller whose thoughts were wool gathering,” he complained to his wife. “ He’ll never make a checker player—never in this world.”

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