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88 Strictly Business
You'll get catarrh here, Johnny - and IMy God!
you haven't any socks on!"
BcelMlaunbers looked down at his sandaled feet and
"You fellows don't understand," he said, soothingly.
"It's nice of you to want me to go back, but the old life
will never know me again. I have reached here the goal
of all my ambitions. I am entirely happy and contented.
Here I shall remain for the remainder of my days. You
see this robe that I wear?" Bellehambers caressingly
touched the straight-hanging garment: "At last I have
found something that will not bag at the knees. I have
attained --"
At that moment the deep boom of the great brass bell
reverberated through the monastery. It must have been
a summons to immediate devotions, for Brother Ambrose
bowed his head, turned and left the chamber without
another word. A slight wave of his hand as he passed
through the stone doorway seemed to say a farewell to
his old friends. They left the monastery without see-
ing him again.
And this is the story that Tommy Eyres and :Lancelot
Gilliam brougltI back with them from their latest Euro-
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Henry, O., 1862-1910. Strictly Business, book, 1910; New York. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139374/m1/100/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Austin History Center, Austin Public Library.